Climax! · SEASON 2

The Louella Parsons Story

Episode 23 · 1956-03-08

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  • Drama
  • Mystery

Episode overview

The Louella Parsons story, based on incidents in her autobiography ""The Gay Illiterate"", is a series of flashbacks. Teresa Wright portrays Miss Parson in the drama. As she speaks with the stars the cameras will re-create incidents in her long career. The time span is from the early twenties to 1948. We see Miss Parsons' early days as a newspaper reporter in Chicago. Here she loses her job and departs for New York. In New York she resumes her career, only to be stricken with tuberculosis. When she recovers from her illness, she meets the man who is to become her second husband, and her rise as Hollywood columnist begins. As a climax to tonight's drama, there will be a tribute from the stars of the movie industry.

60 minutes

Season 2 episodes

1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1955-09-01 2. Public Pigeon #11955-09-08 3. Silent Decision1955-09-15 4. Night of Execution1955-09-22 5. Sailor on Horseback1955-09-29 6. Thin Air1955-10-13 7. House of Shadows1955-10-20 8. The Pink Cloud1955-10-27 9. Scheme to Defraud1955-11-10 10. A Promise to Murder1955-11-17 11. Portrait in Celluloid1955-11-24 12. A Man of Taste1955-12-01 13. The Passport1955-12-08 14. The Day They Gave the Babies Away1955-12-22 15. Bailout at 43,000 Feet1955-12-29 16. The Prowler1956-01-05 17. The Hanging Judge1956-01-12 18. The Secret of River Lane1956-01-26 19. Gamble on a Thief1956-02-02 20. The Fifth Wheel1956-02-09 21. Nightmare by Day1956-02-23 22. The Sound of Silence1956-03-01 23. The Louella Parsons Story1956-03-08 24. Pale Horse, Pale Rider1956-03-22 25. An Episode of Sparrows1956-03-29 26. Spin into Darkness1956-04-05 27. The Lou Gehrig Story1956-04-19 28. Sit Down with Death1956-04-26 29. The Empty Room Blues1956-05-03 30. Flame-Out on T-61956-05-17 31. The Shadow of Evil1956-05-24 32. Figures in Clay1956-05-31 33. Faceless Adversary1956-06-07 34. To Scream at Midnight1956-06-14 35. The Circular Staircase1956-06-21 36. A Trophy for Howard Davenport1956-06-28 37. Phone Call for Matthew Quade1956-07-05 38. Fear is the Hunter1956-07-12 39. Fury at Dawn1956-07-19 40. The Man Who Lost His Head1956-07-26 41. Child of the Wind1956-08-02 42. No Right to Kill1956-08-09 43. The 78th Floor1956-08-16 44. Throw Away the Cane1956-08-23 45. Dark Wall1956-08-30