Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
Showing Season 6 of 8
Season 6
1958
No overview available.
01. The Near Unknown
1958-10-05
A gangster's moll encounters her doppelganger in a sweetly innocent young woman and exploits their resemblance to avoid certain death. Loretta plays both parts in this suspenseful drama.
02. For Better or For Worse
1958-10-12
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03. In the Good Old Summertime
1958-10-19
Jeb and Amy Stewart plan the perfect second honeymoon - and send their children to summer camp.
04. A Visit to Sao Paolo
1958-10-26
An American travel agent visits a depressed village in Italy. James Philbrook later was the co-star of the New Loretta Young Show (1962-63).
05. Out of Control
1958-11-02
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06. The 20-Cent Tip
1958-11-09
To make ends meet, a high school teacher must take a second job as a waitress. Conflicts occur when students begin coming to the restaurant.
07. I Want to Get Married
1958-11-16
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08. The Woman Between
1958-11-23
A man possessed is Alex Stark, who never has anything on his mind but business, even staying away from his fabulous New York penthouse for long periods to make deals. His wife Eleanor loses interest in him and falls for the family lawyer, She Alex's firm by selling their stock to the paramour.
09. The Last Witness
1958-11-30
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10. The Happy Widow
1958-12-07
On a ship bound for Paris, a businessman (James Philbrook) spends his time with a Mrs. Mathews - he assumes is married.
11. Strange Money
1958-12-14
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12. Most Honorable Day
1958-12-21
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13. Operation Snowball
1958-12-28
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14. The Break-Off
1959-01-04
Drama of test pilot's reaction to space travel.
15. Sister Ann
1959-01-11
A badly injured man is brought to a hospital, needing long term care with his hands and eyes covered during his period of treatment. he's gruff, irritable and ill mannered, not realizing he's been taken to a Catholic hospital or that his nurse that he falls in love with is actually a nun. When the bandages are removed and finally knows, he must suppress his feelings.
16. This is the Moment
1959-01-18
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17. Incident in India
1959-01-25
A Hindu slaver tries to sell two Muslim captive women from Pakistan in a small town. The single local constable puts a stop to it but holds the women in his gaol. The younger woman bargains for her freedom by helping the policeman to trap a bandit gang who have been raiding nearby homes and farms.
18. Seed From the East
1959-02-01
No overview available.
19. The Black Lace Valentine
1959-02-08
On Valentine's Day, a housewife receives a large, expensive valentine - but isn't sure who sent it.
20. Marriage Crisis
1959-02-15
No overview available.
21. The Portrait
1959-02-22
An old line aristocrat has a portrait painter in to do his daughter's likeness, but he finds her painfully shy and given to revealing only half her face, the side he's asked to paint. Soon it comes out she's been scarred in a fire, one that her mother died in and her stern father blames her for.
22. 810 Franklin Street
1959-03-01
No overview available.
23. The Prettiest Girl in Town
1959-03-08
A famous fashion model returns to her home town for her 20-year class reunion. After spending the evening with her old flame, she longs to return to a more meaningful small town life.
24. The Tenderizer
1959-03-21
A shy bank employee meets a hardened female parolee at a cafeteria.
25. Each Man's Island
1959-03-29
No overview available.
26. Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1
1959-04-05
A self-absorbed business man constructs a plan that includes the employment of a psychiatrist to stop his bored wife's descent into alcoholism.
27. Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2
1959-04-12
A healing process for a couple's marriage and a cure for the wife's alcoholism begin after a psychiatrist helps them face their specific roles in causing dysfunction.
28. Strictly Personal
1959-04-19
No overview available.
29. The Accused
1959-04-26
In a middle-class residential district, police are trying to solve a series of evening attacks on women in the neighborhood. Two women from the PTA begin to look at some of the precedents for the possibilities that sex offenders are thriving in the neighborhood. They propose that local stores cease to sell smutty magazines and run into resistance. But they go to great lengths to make protests and their convictions begin to gain some respect.
30. Trouble in Fenton Valley
1959-05-10
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