Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

1953 8 Seasons 257 Episodes ⭐ 6.6 Drama

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Trial Run

The first episode of the series, explaining the letter anthology format. A shop girl is courted by a man whose family lo

EP 2

The Mirror

A spoiled and selfish woman goes without her husband to a vacation home and is tormented by a woman escaped from a menta

EP 3

Prisoner at One O'Clock

A young man is accused of murder in a small Western town, but the sheriff's wife believes him innocent, while the townsp

EP 4

Girl on a Flagpole

A teacher publicly opposes a candidate, only to be romanced by him, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend.

EP 5

Turn of the Card

A shipboard con artist falls for his mark.

EP 6

Earthquake

A man using an iron lung who has lost hope regains his will through the efforts of his wife to keep him breathing when a

EP 7

The One That Got Away

The glowing, tiresome reminisces of a wife and mother about her now-famous former beau and his devotion to her comes to

EP 8

Kid Stuff

Two widowed parents fall in love but feel their relationship might be hampered by their lively young children.

EP 9

The Bronte Story

Charlotte Bronte struggles to cope with her controlling and oppressive father even as it interferes with her courtship w

EP 10

Thanksgiving in Beaver Run

The kidnapping of a boy by young toughs takes an unexpected turn when one of the hoodlums befriends the boy.

EP 11

Love Story

An aspiring actress falls in love with a clown and marries him, but then she's ashamed to be publicly associated with hi

EP 12

Laughing Boy

Glass-jawed Walter Stone attempts to rescue Kay Coughlin from a purse snatcher, but he gets hurt instead. Kay nurses him

EP 13

The Faith of Chata

A little girl in a Mexican village falls desperately ill and places her faith in God through her patron saint, regardles

EP 14

The Night My Father Came Home

Charming holiday story about a small boy who frequents a postal station, chatting incessantly with a disillusioned labor

EP 15

Hotel Irritant

Corporate hotel snoop Sally Webster creates unpleasant situations in a hotel to test its operation while becoming impres

EP 16

Inga

Indomitable Inga Helborg convinces a bank president to conditionally reverse the foreclosure of the family farm and take

EP 17

Lady Killer

A mystery writer discovers she is marked for death.

EP 18

Secret Answer

A spirited wife challenges the stodgy attitudes of researcher husband by refusing to respond to one of his survey questi

EP 19

Big Little Lie

Beverly Washburn plays a lonely schoolgirl whose decision to start a rumor about her mother turns into classroom blackma

EP 20

The Hollywood Story

Madge Mason based on her prowess as a local actress in a small Iowa town goes to Hollywood and meets with only modest su

EP 21

A Family Out of Us

The son of an affluent couple, whose father has little time for him, joins the Cub Scouts.

EP 22

Act of Faith

Eddie Albert plays a mild-mannered soul whose happy marriage to an earthy woman seems to be coming to an end.

EP 23

The New York Story

A glamorous mother and wife who dallies with other men's attention takes her own husband and son for granted. Clever ope

EP 24

Nobody's Boy

Fictionalized story of a Chicago juvenile delinquent who meets Jack Robbins, founder of the BBR, a boy's club that still

EP 25

The Count of Ten

Tiger Tipton retired from a successful boxing career at his wife's insistence. Now broke from her expensive medical care

EP 26

The Clara Schumann Story

The great composer and his concert pianist wife, whose seemingly idyllic marriage descends into mental breakdown.

EP 27

Son, This is Your Father

Flashbacks tell the story of a charming but irresponsible ex-husband who re-enters the lives of his wife and son. The fa

EP 28

The First Man to Ask Her

Offbeat comic tale of a sheltered young woman whose house is turned upside down by an eccentric lady, her cowboy son --

EP 29

Man's Estate

Profile of a teenager who wants to be treated as an adult.

EP 30

Forest Ranger

A forest ranger's wife unknowing allows into her house an escaped convict who seeks revenge on her husband.

EP 31

The Enchanted Schoolteacher

A near-sighted, reclusive teacher is romanced by the father of her shyest pupil and discovers what she's been missing.

EP 32

The Judgment

A woman is plagued by guilt when her politician husband killed a pedestrian in a car accident. Instead of taking respons

EP 33

Oh, My Aching Heart

Nora is hired as a secretary under the condition that she disguise herself to be old and unattractive, so as not to dist

EP 34

Dear Midge

Midge is an unmarried social worker with an overactive imagination, including having a curmudgeonly fairy to guide her.

EP 35

Something Always Happens

A young widow's beau won't marry her until he establishes some financial capital, so she deceives him into believing he

EP 36

Lady in Wet Paint

A new teacher in a remote Native American community struggles to get children out of work and into school, and she ends

EP 1

Guest in the Night

Duke and Rita visit a remote mountain cabin for a romantic getaway. During a fierce snowstorm, a young boy with pneumoni

EP 2

Dr. Juliet

A doctor unravels the mysterious circumstances and suspects surrounding the near-death of a young heiress.

EP 3

Double Trouble

Granite jawed Hugh O'Brien, clearly enjoying a change of pace from his usual rugged roles, plays a shy cartoonist whose

EP 4

The Lamp

What seems to be Aladdin's Lamp also seems to be fulfilling the fondest wishes of a young couple.

EP 5

You're Driving Me Crazy

A couple finds themselves terrorized by a disturbed man who rear ends their car. There is some genuine suspense in this

EP 6

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

This familiar plot of a lone holdout juror benefits from extreme unusual close-ups, montages and double-exposures to "op

EP 7

For Father Darling

Clever "amateur sleuth" tale with a sharp Catholic priest who helps a family escape from a smooth con man. Very "Columbo

EP 8

On Your Honor, Your Honor

An idealistic widow, whose last name is that same to that of a candidate, allows two slick politicians to add her name t

EP 9

The Girl Scout Story

A girl scout is left alone with an escaped convict.

EP 10

No Help Wanted

Former stuntman and TV's "Range Rider" and "Yancy Derringer," Jock Mahoney, returns to this series, this time playing th

EP 11

It's a Man's Game

Pushy history teacher nags her math teacher-coach boyfriend to have more ambition and winds up coaching the football tea

EP 12

Something About Love

A dancer's resolution to go on with her life as a singer inspires an architect who had become embittered after his hands

EP 13

Our Sacred Honor

Like Spielberg's "Lincoln," which celebrated the little-known people who made a difference as well as high-profile leade

EP 14

Big Jim

A young man attempts to reform his delinquent mother when she stops in town to see him.

EP 15

Evil for Evil

An embittered man takes revenge on a beloved doctor who lost his wife on the operating table, leading to vigilantism. Am

EP 16

Time and Yuletide

At a hospital and nursing home, everyone wants to stage Christmas parties for the sick children, but the event coordinat

EP 17

Three Minutes Too Late

A financially strapped New York cab driver becomes desperate for cash when his wife goes into labor.

EP 18

The Girl Who Knew

Familiar TV faces abound in this fanciful dramedy about a woman's ability to know the time without a watch challenged by

EP 19

The Flood

A man whose experience as a prisoner of war has caused him to be alcoholic and homeless stumbles into a situation in whi

EP 20

Decision

The wife of a pilot runs the gamut of emotions and memories while awaiting the return of her husband, whose plane has lo

EP 21

The Refinement of Ab

Hugh Beaumont plays the dad in one of two suburban families that allow the childish teasing between their sons escalate

EP 22

600 Seconds

A successful Art Director lets her imagination run away with her when a young female business associate of her husband's

EP 23

The Case of Mrs. Bannister

A little girl's stories about her seemingly imaginary friend, "Mrs. Bannister," begin to foreshadow real events and immi

EP 24

Dickie

True story of a Depression-era mother's efforts to redirect her talented little boy's creative projects to more practica

EP 25

Option on a Wife

The Hollywood success of a New York writer takes up so much of his time and attention that it threatens his marriage.

EP 26

Tale of a Cayuse

A western drifter retrieves a beloved horse to court a maiden settler.

EP 27

Case Book

Only a few years after "Spellbound," but before "Vertigo" and "The Three Faces of Eve," this episode uses extended two-a

EP 28

Dateline - Korea

The plight of poverty-stricken war orphans forces a hard-nosed war correspondent to face the flesh-and-blood effects of

EP 29

Inga II

Dennis Hopper was only nineteen when he appeared in this episode as a privileged young man who is sent to work on a farm

EP 30

Mink Coat

Series favorites Jock Mahoney, Ann Doran and Casey Adams (Max Showalter) reunite with Ms. Young in an amusing "Fisherman

EP 31

Let Columbus Discover You

Craig Stevens plays the head of a modeling agency who likes to discover his clients in ordinary walks of life, prompting

EP 32

He Always Comes Home

An aging man is unfaithful to his wife and negligent to his daughter.

EP 33

Feeling No Pain

In a memorable episode that showcases Ms. Young's comic timing and dancing talent, she plays a passive secretary who cut

EP 34

The Little Teacher

A man is plagued by guilt and worry when his daughter breaks a finger after he spanks her in anger.

EP 35

I Remember the Rani

A British writer recalls the captivating Maharani with whom he fell in love while on assignment in India.

EP 1

Fear Me Not

At a desolate weather station, a woman (Phyllis Thaxter) encounters an escaped mental patient.

EP 2

Weekend in Winnetka

A mother suspects her daughter has become a juvenile delinquent.

EP 3

Reunion

EP 4

My Uncle O'Moore

A schoolmarm in the 1920's is imported into an all-Irish community for the sole purpose of marriage to one of the O'Moor

EP 5

Gino

A family is engaged in a battle they may not win: their home is in the way of a proposed freeway.

EP 6

Moment of Decision

EP 7

The Waiting Game

EP 8

The Last Spring

EP 9

Katy

EP 10

Slander

A wife in a small town is having her portrait painted by a promising young artist. Rumor has it that her interest in him

EP 11

Tropical Secretary

A girl seeks out a former sweetheart on a tropical island and unexpectedly also becomes involved with a writer.

EP 12

The Bracelet

A woman whose husband was killed in an airplane crash refuses to believe that he was running off with another woman when

EP 13

Across the Plaza

A newspaperwoman and her fiance find themselves involved in a Central American revolution. To further complicate things,

EP 14

A Pattern of Deceit

EP 15

Man in the Ring

EP 16

A Shadow Between

EP 17

Christmas Stopover

This Christmas day tale of a small town waitress, lonely serviceman and the child of separated parents marks Loretta You

EP 18

A Ticket for May

EP 19

Inga III

One of Inga's prison workers is distraught over his wife's ill health, and Inga takes steps so that he can care for his

EP 20

The Challenge

A young couple faces a serious test when the husband is denied an important promotion.

EP 21

Song of Rome

In Rome, an 18-year-old girl finally meets the man who has been her "second father" through a foster-parents program. Th

EP 22

The Secret

John Newland becomes another series fixture as the practical, detached father of a disabled mute boy, both whom are brou

EP 23

The Pearl

A middle-aged Japanese fisherman finds a pearl in an oyster and conceals it from his wife.

EP 24

Tightwad Millionaire

EP 25

Gesundheit

A famous New York stage actress finds herself allergic to her leading man.

EP 26

Father Hoppe

The drab life of a spinster is brightened by her interest in amateur painting and the encouragement of a kindly priest.

EP 27

His Inheritance

An otherwise responsible husband and father has a periodic urge to leave his family and wander.

EP 28

The Wise One

EP 29

But for God's Grace

A mother, suffering sustained grief of losing one of her two sons, has distanced herself from her other son and husband.

EP 30

Hapless Holiday

EP 31

Code 258

A well-meaning friend tries to prevent a brilliant engineer from destroying his life.

EP 32

The Cardinal's Secret

A young priest uses his skill as a baseball player to clear his parish of debts.

EP 1

Double Partners

A deaf woman is entangled in strange and deadly events.

EP 2

The Question

A real-life research project inspired this tale about a wife and mother having trouble juggling work and family when she

EP 3

Saigon

Refugee worker Kim Collett had believed her husband died a hero in a Communist prison camp - until she hears conflicting

EP 4

Little League

Tommy Kirk returns, this time as a youngster with his heart set on qualifying for a little league baseball team.

EP 5

Incident in Kawi

The local schoolmarm makes a habitual drunk face up to the responsibilities of caring for his new ward -- his recently o

EP 6

Now a Brief Word

A copywriter finds herself writing speeches for two opposing candidates.

EP 7

The Years Between

In a taut drama that sadly still resonates today, an arrogant personnel director finds his ageist hiring policies coming

EP 8

New Slant

A playwright tries to get background material for a new play by taking a job in a boys' reform school. He attempts to a

EP 9

Goodbye, Goodbye

During a beach picnic, a widowed mother recalls when her romance with a novelist hit an unexpected snag.

EP 10

The Great Divide

A woman convinced she will never marry falls for an old school friend.

EP 11

Take Care of My Child

EP 12

The End of the Week

Just as a disillusioned schoolteacher is about to quit, she encounters classroom challenges including stolen money and a

EP 13

Inga IV

Inga Helborg returns, this time to help get an accounting job for a ex-convict who was jailed for embezzlement.

EP 14

Rhubarb in Apartment B-7

EP 15

Somebody Else's Dream

A decorated veteran contends with careers that threaten his integrity, as well as an ambitious, social climbing wife.

EP 16

Three and Two, Please

Sister Ann touches the lives of numerous patients she attends to at a hospital.

EP 17

Imperfect Balance

A little Swiss boy suspects the respected Burgermeister of loading his scales and cheating village children.

EP 18

Queen Nefertiti

While sculpting a bust of the Egyptian monarch, the artist declares his love for her, putting both of them at risk with

EP 19

My Favorite Monster

A sensitive little girl becomes hysterical when she sees a horror movie starring her mother's boyfriend.

EP 20

Miss Ashley's Demon

A deluded Southern belle has trouble facing the truth about why she really refused her engagement.

EP 21

The Bad Apple

EP 22

Tension

A best selling author, who has taken to callous treatment of those he deems unimportant, finds his wife and himself in a

EP 23

Wedding Day

An eerie period piece about a bride suffering apparent breakdown and confusion in the wake of strange events she can't s

EP 24

Louise

EP 25

Emergency

EP 26

The Room Next Door

A man and woman who live in neighboring city apartments are reluctant to allow romance into their lives.

EP 27

So Bright a Light

A jaded news photographer named Gretchen or "Gretch" gains new insight into the human condition when she covers the stor

EP 28

Rummage Sale

EP 29

Legacy

The difficult conditions of an inheritance put a couple in conflict

EP 30

The Man on Top

EP 31

The Countess

Ken Osmond plays a young boy involved in a deadly resistance movement for a small country under military siege.

EP 32

A Mind of Their Own

A top fashion designer is charmed by the owner of a budget dress line -- until she discovers his company has copied her

EP 33

Royal Partners: Part 1

One of the stars of a renowned dance duo loses her sight in a freak accident and sinks into self-pity.

EP 34

Royal Partners: Part 2

A sight impaired dancer secretly trains herself in hopes of rejoining her husband/dance partner on stage again.

EP 1

A Dollar's Worth

The spoiled daughter of a brash manicurist discovers that her father hadn't died when he returns from a prison sentence

EP 2

The Defense

EP 3

Innocent Conspiracy

A loyal Japanese wife finds a way to help her discouraged husband when an orphan wanders into their lives.

EP 4

Understanding Heart

EP 5

The Little Witness

A mother struggles to protect her son (Johnny Crawford), who witnessed a murder.

EP 6

Blizzard

EP 7

Friends at a Distance

A widowed small-town gift-shop owner and children's book illustrator meets a charmingly foreign handyman and it seems he

EP 8

Man in a Hurry

EP 9

Power Play

EP 10

The Demon and Mrs. Devon

A Chinese vase and a steroids surprise party drastically alter a young businessman's life.

EP 11

The Accused

A serial strangler is at large in a community where two determined women attempt to raise awareness of the correlation t

EP 12

The Hidden One

EP 13

Faraway Island

EP 14

My Two Hands

EP 15

Dear Milkman

A wife who has written a loving book about her milkman husband encounters marital conflict when a Hollywood producer wan

EP 16

The Bargain

EP 17

A Greater Strength

A newly returned widow discovers to her dismay that her only daughter has been adopted while she was a POW. While trying

EP 18

Conflict

EP 19

The Oriental Mind

EP 20

Windfall

EP 21

Time of Decision

Ruth's 16 yo sister Ellen, appears to have become mentally ill. Ruth and her boyfriend struggle to come up with a workab

EP 22

Air Stewardess

During a night flight aboard a transcontinental airplane, a dangerous drug disappears from its storage place.

EP 23

To Open a Door

A chic boutique owner is very tempted to compromise her integrity when she falls for a handsome, cultured married man. T

EP 24

Thanks to You

EP 25

Dangerous Verdict

A man who is to be tried for murder tries to escape across the Mexican border since he was not granted a change of venue

EP 26

Second Rate Citizen

EP 27

South American Uncle

Loretta plays it for laughs as a clever con artist who dupes three parish priests out of money. They compare notes and s

EP 28

A Strange Adventure

Globe-trotting lady encounters what looks like her own portrait in an Italian gift shop, leading to a romantic fling and

EP 29

Day of Rest

A woman's day of rest assigned to her by the husband due to a her developing cold becomes problematic due to the needs o

EP 1

The Near Unknown

A gangster's moll encounters her doppelganger in a sweetly innocent young woman and exploits their resemblance to avoid

EP 2

For Better or For Worse

EP 3

In the Good Old Summertime

Jeb and Amy Stewart plan the perfect second honeymoon - and send their children to summer camp.

EP 4

A Visit to Sao Paolo

An American travel agent visits a depressed village in Italy. James Philbrook later was the co-star of the New Loretta Y

EP 5

Out of Control

EP 6

The 20-Cent Tip

To make ends meet, a high school teacher must take a second job as a waitress. Conflicts occur when students begin comin

EP 7

I Want to Get Married

EP 8

The Woman Between

A man possessed is Alex Stark, who never has anything on his mind but business, even staying away from his fabulous New

EP 9

The Last Witness

EP 10

The Happy Widow

On a ship bound for Paris, a businessman (James Philbrook) spends his time with a Mrs. Mathews - he assumes is married.

EP 11

Strange Money

EP 12

Most Honorable Day

EP 13

Operation Snowball

EP 14

The Break-Off

Drama of test pilot's reaction to space travel.

EP 15

Sister Ann

A badly injured man is brought to a hospital, needing long term care with his hands and eyes covered during his period o

EP 16

This is the Moment

EP 17

Incident in India

A Hindu slaver tries to sell two Muslim captive women from Pakistan in a small town. The single local constable puts a s

EP 18

Seed From the East

EP 19

The Black Lace Valentine

On Valentine's Day, a housewife receives a large, expensive valentine - but isn't sure who sent it.

EP 20

Marriage Crisis

EP 21

The Portrait

An old line aristocrat has a portrait painter in to do his daughter's likeness, but he finds her painfully shy and given

EP 22

810 Franklin Street

EP 23

The Prettiest Girl in Town

A famous fashion model returns to her home town for her 20-year class reunion. After spending the evening with her old f

EP 24

The Tenderizer

A shy bank employee meets a hardened female parolee at a cafeteria.

EP 25

Each Man's Island

EP 26

Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1

A self-absorbed business man constructs a plan that includes the employment of a psychiatrist to stop his bored wife's d

EP 27

Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2

A healing process for a couple's marriage and a cure for the wife's alcoholism begin after a psychiatrist helps them fac

EP 28

Strictly Personal

EP 29

The Accused

In a middle-class residential district, police are trying to solve a series of evening attacks on women in the neighborh

EP 30

Trouble in Fenton Valley

EP 1

The Road

An unhappy wife, with a brain tumor, leaves for France without her husband. See ends up on a road trip to Lourdes (filme

EP 2

One Beautiful Moment

A teacher's attitude is transformed during a trip to Hawaii, but she faces a crisis upon her return.

EP 3

The Strangers That Came to Town

EP 4

Mask of Evidence

A woman watching Mardi Gras from her balcony becomes concerned when a stranger comes over to her apartment - and won't l

EP 5

Circles of Panic

EP 6

The Red Dress

EP 7

A New Step

A widowed dance instructor decides to volunteer at a rehabilitation center.

EP 8

Ten Men and a Girl

EP 9

The Lady in the Fish Bowl

A woman lives in a store window for a week to win a contest - but seems to be watched by a mysterious man.

EP 10

Vengeance is Thine

EP 11

The Penthouse

EP 12

Alien Love

The principal at Jefferson High has an immediate dislike for the new Hungarian-born physics teacher because he seems so

EP 13

Shower of Ashes

EP 14

The Grenade

EP 15

Little Monster, Tall Tales

Jeff, a recently adopted child, continually makes up stories - worrying his new family.

EP 16

Off Duty Affair

EP 17

Mrs. Minton

Felice Minton agrees to her husband's request to have her portrait painted, only after the visiting husband of her close

EP 18

The Hired Hand

EP 19

Slight Delay

EP 20

Second Spring

In the midst of planning her teen-age daughter's wedding, Betty Rogers finds out she is having another baby.

EP 21

Crisis in 114

EP 22

The Trouble with Laury's Men

Laury Barlow blames her mother for her failed romances. Julie Sommars first television role as Laury.

EP 23

The Trial

EP 24

Plain, Unmarked Envelope

EP 25

The Best Season

EP 26

The Unwanted

EP 27

Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty

Another story involving Sister Ann, this time involving funds multiplying to help those Sister Ann meets.

EP 28

The Eternal Vow: Part 1

On a sight-seeing tour, a bored American widow and a French businessman are left behind on a Greek island.

EP 29

The Eternal Vow: Part 2

On a Greek island, a French businessman tries to help an unhappy American widow face the Now.

EP 30

The Misfit

EP 1

The Long Night

The lives of the new family next door have a great impact on a housewife's own marriage.

EP 2

At the Edge of the Desert

EP 3

Fair Exchange

A wife reflects back on the time she went to the family's beach house alone after an argument with her husband. Loretta

EP 4

Linda

EP 5

Switchblade

A crazed maniac with a switchblade intimidates his friends and citizens of a small Midwestern town.

EP 6

Love Between the Acts

At a popular play, a widow believes her meddling aunt arranged to have a certain man sit next to her. James Philbrook (N

EP 7

The Glass Cage

Spurned and rejected by her family, a Southern belle finds romance then disappointment in New York city.

EP 8

The Seducer

A former actress does not approve of the content of the motion pictures her husband produces.

EP 9

No Margin for Error

EP 10

Conditional Surrender

A man who has been working closely with a young woman, asks his wife for a divorce. However, he's not prepared for her r

EP 11

The Night the Doorbell Rang

EP 12

These Few Years

A wife's decides to leave a New Year's Eve party early to spend the evening with her family.

EP 13

My Own Master

A boy with an imaginary friend becomes more attaches to him with his real fami

EP 14

Enter at Your Own Risk

EP 15

This Subtle Danger

A husband's recovery from back surgery results in an increasing dependence on pain killers.

EP 16

The Lie

Loretta Young plays a Japanese governess who finds it necessary to make a personal sacrifice in order to keep the family

EP 17

Quiet Desperation

The Perkins family contemplates breakup and separation as Victor's boss pressures him to move to Japan for his job.

EP 18

The Golden Cord

EP 19

Double Edge

EP 20

The Choice

EP 21

When Queens Ride By

EP 22

The Preliminaries

EP 23

Woodlot

EP 24

Doesn't Everybody?

A wealthy woman decides to assist fate - and pursues a bank vice president.

EP 25

The Man Who Couldn't Smile

EP 26

Emergency in 114

After an accident involving their son, a wife must locate her philandering husband.

EP 27

13 Donner Street

EP 28

Those at the Top

EP 29

The Wedding

EP 30

The Forbidden Guests

After the death of her husband, a sculptress without children fixates on her statues.

EP 31

Not in Our Stars

A wife begins to believe her personal horoscope impacts what happens to her family.

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