George Schaefer

George Schaefer

George Louis Schaefer (December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997) was an American director of television and Broadway theatre, who was active from the 1950s to the 1990s. Schaefer was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived in Oak Park, Illinois for much of his boyhood and young adulthood. He was the son of Elsie (née Otterbein) and Louis Schaefer, who worked in sales. Schaefer studied stage directing at the Yale School of Drama. He began his directing career while serving in the U.S. Army Special Services during World War II. He directed over 50 plays for the troops. After being discharged, he directed for the Broadway theatre. His first production was of Shakespeare's Hamlet starring Maurice Evans. In 1953, Schaefer won a Tony Award for his production of The Teahouse of the August Moon which he co-produced with Evans. During the Golden Age of Television, Schaefer directed numerous live TV adaptations of Broadway plays for NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame. His first episode for Hallmark was an adaptation of his Broadway staging of Hamlet starring Evans. In the 1980s, several of his productions for Hallmark aired in syndication under the title George Schaefer Showcase Theatre. His television work garnered him five Emmy wins out of 21 total nominations. He also won four Directors Guild of America Awards out of 17 nominations. He holds the record for the most DGA Award nominations. He also directed five theatrical films, but to limited success.

  • Popularity : 4.12
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1920-12-16
  • Place of Birth : Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
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George Schaefer Movies

  • 1994
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    Beverly Hills Cop III

    Beverly Hills Cop III

    5.9 1994 HD

    When his boss is killed, Detroit cop Axel Foley finds evidence that the murderer had ties to a California amusement park called Wonder World....

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  • 1965
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    Eagle in a Cage

    Eagle in a Cage

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1964
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    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    8 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    Abe Lincoln in Illinois

    8 1964 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    5.5 1983 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Bunker

    The Bunker

    6.3 1981 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Patriots

    The Patriots

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1969
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    The File on Devlin

    The File on Devlin

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1958
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    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1985
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    Stone Pillow

    Stone Pillow

    6 1985 HD

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  • 1986
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    Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

    Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

    5.5 1986 HD

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  • 1969
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    The File on Devlin

    The File on Devlin

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1977
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    Our Town

    Our Town

    9 1977 HD

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  • 1983
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    Right of Way

    Right of Way

    7.3 1983 HD

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  • 1971
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    Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Bunker

    The Bunker

    6.3 1981 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Second Barry Manilow Special

    The Second Barry Manilow Special

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1992
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    The Man Upstairs

    The Man Upstairs

    5 1992 HD

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  • 1981
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    People vs. Jean Harris

    People vs. Jean Harris

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1982
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    A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

    A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

    8 1982 HD

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  • 1976
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    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1984
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    Children in the Crossfire

    Children in the Crossfire

    7 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1973
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    Once Upon a Scoundrel

    Once Upon a Scoundrel

    5 1973 HD

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  • 1969
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    Pendulum

    Pendulum

    5.5 1969 HD

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  • 1978
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    First, You Cry

    First, You Cry

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1954
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1972
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    A War of Children

    A War of Children

    7.2 1972 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Girl Called Hatter Fox

    The Girl Called Hatter Fox

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1982
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    A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

    A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

    8 1982 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Girl Called Hatter Fox

    The Girl Called Hatter Fox

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Answers

    Answers

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Answers

    Answers

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1966
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    Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1977
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    Our Town

    Our Town

    9 1977 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

    5.5 1983 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1961
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    Victoria Regina

    Victoria Regina

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1960
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    Captain Brassbound's Conversion

    Captain Brassbound's Conversion

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1960
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    Captain Brassbound's Conversion

    Captain Brassbound's Conversion

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1978
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    Who'll Save Our Children?

    Who'll Save Our Children?

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Who'll Save Our Children?

    Who'll Save Our Children?

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1981
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    People vs. Jean Harris

    People vs. Jean Harris

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Gift of the Magi

    The Gift of the Magi

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1967
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    Soldier in Love

    Soldier in Love

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1976
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    The Land of Hope

    The Land of Hope

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1958
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    Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

    Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1966
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    Barefoot in Athens

    Barefoot in Athens

    6.3 1966 HD

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  • 1996
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    Harvey

    Harvey

    4 1996 HD

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  • 1965
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    Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind

    8 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Admirable Crichton

    The Admirable Crichton

    6 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1971
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    Gideon

    Gideon

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Gideon

    Gideon

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind

    8 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Admirable Crichton

    The Admirable Crichton

    6 1968 HD

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  • 1964
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1967
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    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1963
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Pygmalion

    Pygmalion

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Deadly Game

    The Deadly Game

    7.2 1982 HD

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  • 1961
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    Give Us Barabbas!

    Give Us Barabbas!

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1945
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    Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel

    6.4 1945 HD

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  • 1974
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

    F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles

    5.5 1974 HD

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  • 1967
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    Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1969
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    Generation

    Generation

    4.5 1969 HD

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  • 1975
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    In This House of Brede

    In This House of Brede

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1959
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    Winterset

    Winterset

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Winterset

    Winterset

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1979
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    Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

    Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Lark

    The Lark

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Lark

    The Lark

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    Meet Me in St. Louis

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    5 1959 HD

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  • 1963
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    A Cry of Angels

    A Cry of Angels

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1973
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    A Time For Love

    A Time For Love

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1962
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    Arsenic & Old Lace

    Arsenic & Old Lace

    6.5 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Arsenic & Old Lace

    Arsenic & Old Lace

    6.5 1962 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Yeomen of the Guard

    The Yeomen of the Guard

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Gift of the Magi

    The Gift of the Magi

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    One Touch of Venus

    One Touch of Venus

    7.3 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    One Touch of Venus

    One Touch of Venus

    7.3 1955 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

    The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1988
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    Laura Lansing Slept Here

    Laura Lansing Slept Here

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    10 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    10 1959 HD

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  • 1986
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    Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

    Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

    5.5 1986 HD

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  • 1958
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    Kiss Me, Kate

    Kiss Me, Kate

    8.7 1958 HD

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  • 1988
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    Laura Lansing Slept Here

    Laura Lansing Slept Here

    5.7 1988 HD

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  • 1958
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    Kiss Me, Kate

    Kiss Me, Kate

    8.7 1958 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Fantasticks

    The Fantasticks

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Fantasticks

    The Fantasticks

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Tempest

    The Tempest

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1984
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    Children in the Crossfire

    Children in the Crossfire

    7 1984 HD

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  • 1964
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    Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    On Borrowed Time

    On Borrowed Time

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    On Borrowed Time

    On Borrowed Time

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Little Moon of Alban

    Little Moon of Alban

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1966
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    Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Holy Terror

    The Holy Terror

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Holy Terror

    The Holy Terror

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1970
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    8.667 1970 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1970
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    8.667 1970 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E3

    7 1970 HD

    CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series...

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  • 1970
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    4.5 1970 HD

    NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Alcoa Premiere is an American anthology drama series that aired from October 1961 to July 1963 on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire,...

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  • 1970
    imgS3 E15

    6 1970 HD

    Kraft Mystery Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from June 17, 1961 to September 25, 1963.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E4

    5 1970 HD

    The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    8 1970 HD

    Sandburg's Lincoln is a six-part mini-series starring Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected...

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