A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film

John Frankenheimer's Directorial Career: A Chronology

279 JOHN FRANKENHEIMER’S DIRECTORIAL CAREER: A CHRONOLOGY 1948 dates unknown Unknown episodes of Lamp unto My Feet 1951 September 3 Episode 1.1 of Search for Tomorrow airs 1952 dates unknown Frankenheimer writes and directs Harvey Howard’s Ranch Roundup on Channel 13 in Los Angeles and various films for the United States Air Force 1953 February 22 “The Capture of John Dillinger (January 25, 1934)” airs on You Are There March 15 “The Hamilton-Burr Duel (July 11, 1804)” airs on You Are There March 22 “The Discovery of Anesthesia (October 16, 1846)” airs on You Are There April 18 Frankenheimer begins stint as floor manager on Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers, averaging several episodes a month June 30 Frankenheimer leaves U.S.A.F. date unknown The Garry Moore Show date unknown Person to Person date unknown See It Now 1954 February 12 “Dagmar’s Braces” airs on Mama February 19 “Katrin at the Exposition” airs on Mama April 27 “Escape Route” airs on Danger May 29 Frankenheimer concludes stint on Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers November 9 “Padlocks” airs on Danger with James Dean November 28 “The Plot against King Solomon” airs on You Are There 280 JOHN FRANKENHEIMER’S DIRECTORIAL CAREER December 7 “Knife in the Dark” airs on Danger December 21 “Treasure of the Argo” airs on Danger 1955 January 4 “Precinct Girl” airs on Danger with Peggy Ann Garner January 18 “No Passport for Death” airs on Danger February 1 “The Dark Curtain” airs on Danger March 3 “South of the Sun” airs on Climax! with Edward Arnold, Margaret O’Brien March 24 “The Darkest Hour” airs on Climax! with Joanne Dru, Zachary Scott April 7 “Private Worlds” airs on Climax! with Claudette Colbert, Lorne Greene April 28 “The First and the Last” airs on Climax! with John Agar, John Carradine May 19 “No Stone Unturned” airs on Climax! with Jeff Donnell, Tom Drake June 2 “The Unimportant Man” airs on Climax! with Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey June 23 “To Wake at Midnight” airs on Climax! with Wendell Corey, Akim Tamiroff August 11 “Edge of Terror” airs on Climax! with Lloyd Bridges, Phyllis Kirk August 25 “Deal a Blow” airs on Climax! with Edward Arnold, James MacArthur September 15 “Silent Decision” airs on Climax! with Betty Furness, Franchot Tone September 29 “Sailor on Horseback” airs on Climax! with Mercedes McCambridge, Lloyd Nolan October 20 “House of Shadows” airs on Climax! with James Daly, Diana Lynn November 10 “Scheme to Defraud” airs on Climax! with Marilyn Erskine, Dennis O’Keefe November 24 “Portrait in Celluloid” airs on Climax! with Jack Carson, Kim Hunter December 8 “The Passport” airs on Climax! with Viveca Lindfors, Frank Lovejoy December 29 “Bail Out at Forty-three Thousand” airs on Climax! with Richard Boone, Nancy Davis 1956 January 12 “The Hanging Judge” airs on Climax! with John Carradine, Reginald Denny February 2 “Gamble on a Thief” airs on Climax! with Macdonald Carey, Phyllis Kirk February 23 “Nightmare by Day” airs on Climax! with Mary Astor, Katy Jurado March 8 “The Gay Illiterate: The Louella Parsons Story” airs on Climax! with Gracie Allen, Eve Arden, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lex Barker, Joan Bennett, Jack Benny, Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Susan Hayward March 22 “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” airs on Climax! with Lili Darvas, John Forsythe April 5 “Spin into Darkness” airs on Climax! with Charles Drake, Virginia Grey April 26 “Sit Down with Death” airs on Climax! with Ralph Bellamy, Constance Ford JOHN FRANKENHEIMER’S DIRECTORIAL CAREER 281 May 17 “Flame-Out on T-6” airs on Climax! with Sidney Blackmer, Richard Carlson May 31 “Figures in Clay” airs on Climax! with Lloyd Bridges, Edmond O’Brien June 14 “To Scream at Midnight” airs on Climax! with Richard Jaeckel, Diana Lynn July 9 Frankenheimer commences shooting on The Young Stranger, his first feature October 4 “Forbidden Area” airs on Playhouse 90 with Charlton Heston, Tab Hunter October 25 “Rendezvous in Black” airs on Playhouse 90 with Franchot Tone, Viveca Lindfors November 22 “Eloise” airs on Playhouse 90 with Evelyn Rudie, Hans Conried, Kay Thompson December 20 “The Family Nobody Wanted” airs on Playhouse 90 with Lew Ayres, Nanette Fabray 1957 January 10 “The Ninth Day” airs on Playhouse 90 with Piper Laurie, Mary Astor February 14 “The Comedian” airs on Playhouse 90 with Mickey Rooney, Kim Hunter March 14 “The Last Tycoon” airs on Playhouse 90 with...