Love at Fourth Sight

"Love at Fourth Sight"
Studio One episode
Episode no.Season 9
Episode 13
Directed byRobert Mulligan[1]
Written bySumner Locke Elliott
Original air dateJanuary 7, 1957 (1957-01-07)
Running time60 mins

"Love at Fourth Sight" is a 1957 American television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott.[2] It was a vehicle for Gisele MacKenzie, who played four girls, sang and played the violin.[3]

Plot

A bachelor refuses his mother's pleas to fall in love but dreams of his ideal girl, Pat. He keeps thinking he found her in real life situations.

Cast

Reception

The New York Times called it "utterly inane an undertaking" and the performances of Gisele MacKenzie and William Redfield "were approrpriately dreadful."[4] The Cincinnati Enquirer praised Mackenzie's "versatile display of comedy talent."[5]

The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "a frothy bit of fun."[6] The Times Tribune felt MacKenzie was "a delight" and called the play "possibly the best light comedy to emerge on the distinguished Studio One series."[7]

References

  1. ^ "7 January 1957". Ross reports -- television index. 1956. p. 50.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Chicago Tribune. 5 January 1957. p. 45.
  3. ^ "Irish McGalla is Jungle Queen". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 20 January 1957. p. C8.
  4. ^ quoted in "Cast Caught in sticky trap". The Courier-Journal. 8 January 1957. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Gisele a charmer". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 9 January 1957. p. 18.
  6. ^ Harris, Harry (16 January 1957). "Screening TV". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 30.
  7. ^ "Listening Post". The Times-Tribune. 12 January 1957. p. 14A.