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DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01Beyond This PlaceA young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive — and in prison for murder.
- 02Junior MissA musical version of the hit play.
- 03The Prince and the PauperA poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01CrescendoSeptember 29, 1957—A visiting Englishman takes a dim view of American culture. To overcome his skepticism, he is introduced to a wide variety of American music
- S01E02The Prince and the PauperOctober 28, 1957A poor boy and a prince exchange identities and lives while the villainous Captain of the Guard plots to take advantage of this.
- S01E03Season's bestBeyond This PlaceNovember 25, 1957A young man returns to his birthplace for the first time since childhood and learns that the father he had believed dead is still alive — an
- S01E04Junior MissDecember 20, 1957A musical version of the hit play.
- S01E05The Bridge of San Luis ReyJanuary 21, 1958In 1714 Peru, a friar is tried by the Inquisition for questioning God's intentions when five die in the collapse of an Andean rope bridge.
- S01E06AladdinFebruary 21, 1958—Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin — his only musical written especially for television.
- S01E07A Tale Of Two CitiesMarch 27, 1958A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the
- S01E08The Red MillApril 19, 1958—
- S01E09Wuthering HeightsMay 9, 1958—
- S01E10The Member of the WeddingJune 12, 1958—
Season02
- S02E01HarveySeptember 22, 1958—
- S02E02The Count of Monte CristoOctober 28, 1958—
- S02E03The Winslow BoyNovember 13, 1958—
- S02E04The Hasty HeartDecember 18, 1958—
- S02E05What Every Woman KnowsJanuary 28, 1959—
- S02E06HamletFebruary 24, 1959—
- S02E07The Human ComedyMarch 28, 1959—
- S02E08The Browning VersionApril 23, 1959—
- S02E09Billy BuddMay 25, 1959—
Season03
- S03E01Body and SoulSeptember 28, 1959—
- S03E02The Fallen IdolOctober 14, 1959—
- S03E03I, Don QuixoteNovember 9, 1959—
- S03E04Oliver TwistDecember 4, 1959—
- S03E05ArrowsmithJanuary 17, 1960—
- S03E06Ethan FromeFebruary 18, 1960—
- S03E07Treasure IslandMarch 5, 1960—
- S03E08Years AgoApril 21, 1960—
Season04
- S04E01Men in WhiteSeptember 30, 1960—
- S04E02Those Ragtime YearsOctober 18, 1960—
- S04E03Heaven Can WaitNovember 16, 1960—
- S04E04The Scarlet PimpernelDecember 18, 1960—
- S04E05The Prisoner of ZendaJanuary 18, 1961—
- S04E06The Lincoln Murder CaseFebruary 18, 1961—
- S04E07The Night of the StormMarch 21, 1961—
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