Four Star Playhouse

A String of Beads

Directed by William Cameron Menzies
TV-G
S2 • E18    Jan 21, 1954    30m
Joan Robinson works as a governess for a wealthy family. She attends a party thrown by her employer and, although she is an attractive young woman, she is completely ignored until one of the guests, Count Borselli, appraises the beads she is wearing as a valuable string of pearls. She proteststo no avail, knowing they are imitations. Her whole life changes. She is invited to parties, and wooed by a fortune hunter. When it's finally learned that the beads are worthless, she is fired and her suitor loses interest. The count admits that, provoked by the snobbish socialites, he deliberatly lied about the beads. In the end, he and the governess fall in love.

Where to Watch Four Star Playhouse - S2 • E18

  • Ronald ColmanNarrator
  • Angela LansburyJoan Robinson
  • Brenda ForbesEdythe Livingstone
  • Ron RandellPeter Jeffries
  • Nigel BruceCol. Mournay
  • George MacreadyCount Borselli
  • Sean McCloryRobert Upton
  • Sarah SelbyDella Charlton
  • Ben WrightJeweler
  • Dorothy GreenLaura
  • William Cameron MenziesDirector
  • Don EttlingerWriter

 

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