The Bell Telephone Hour

Season 2

The long-running television version of the long-running NBC radio series devoted to classical music as well as Broadway composers.

A Night Of Music
E1
A Night Of Music
Music of the West
E2
Music of the West
On Stage With Music
E3
On Stage With MusicBurgess Meredith is host. Performers are John Raitt, Jayne P. Morgan, Johnny Desmond, Gene Nelson, Taina Elg, The Four Lads, pianist Loren Hollander, dancers Allegra Kent and Jacques d'Amboise, and the Coast Guard Academy Choir.
The Music of Gershwin
E4
The Music of Gershwin
The Gift of Music
E5
The Gift of Music
Our Musical Ambassadors
E6
Our Musical Ambassadors
We To
E7
We ToMusical variety show with this episode focusing on famous couples: recording artists Les Paul and Mary Ford; dancers Marge and Gower Champion; singers Gordon and Sheila MacRae; concert pianist JosZ iturbi and his sister Amparo Iturbi; and Raymond Scott and his wife Dorothy Collins.
The Four of Us
E8
The Four of UsFour entertainers perform songs not readily associated with them: Ray Bolger sings and dances 'Slaughter on Tenth Avenue;' clarinetist Benny Goodman plays Carl Maria von Weber's Concerto in E-flat Major; Beatrice Lillie sings ballads in a comic style; and Ethel Merman sings ragtime tunes.
Portraits In Music
E9
Portraits In Music
The Music Makers
E10
The Music MakersPolly Bergen is the host with singers John Raitt and Barbara Cook, 15-year-old concert pianist Lorin Hollander; the jazz combo Dukes of Dixieland; the barbershop quartet Buffalo Bills; and the Bob Hamilton dance trio.
Main Street USA
E11
Main Street USA
Concert Hall
E12
Concert Hall
The Mikado
E13
The Mikado