"Science Fiction Theatre" (1955) TV series 1955-1957

Writers:

Eric Freiwald (writer) (1958)
Laurence Heath (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

9 April 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Strange stories based on true facts that will amaze and intrigue you.

Plot:

In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology

Cast

Truman Bradley

...

Narrator / ... (78 episodes, 1955-1957)

Series Directed by
Herbert L. Strock		(19 episodes, 1955-1956)
Paul Guilfoyle		(15 episodes, 1955-1957)
Eddie Davis		(13 episodes, 1955-1957)
Henry S. Kesler		(7 episodes, 1955)
Tom Gries		(5 episodes, 1955-1956)
Jack Arnold		(4 episodes, 1955)
Leigh Jason		(4 episodes, 1955)
Leon Benson		(3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Jack Herzberg		(3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Alvin Ganzer		(2 episodes, 1955)

Series Writing credits
Ivan Tors		(23 episodes, 1955-1956)
Stuart Jerome		(9 episodes, 1955-1956)
Lou Huston		(8 episodes, 1955-1957)
Arthur Weiss		(6 episodes, 1955-1957)
Doris Gilbert		(6 episodes, 1955-1956)
Norman Jolley		(5 episodes, 1955-1956)
Lee Hewitt		(4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Ellis Marcus		(4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Hendrik Vollaerts		(4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Jerry Sackheim		(4 episodes, 1955)
Robert Smith		(3 episodes, 1955-1957)
Robert M. Fresco		(3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Tom Gries		(3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Sloan Nibley		(3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Thelma Schnee		(2 episodes, 1955-1956)
Richard Joseph Tuber		(2 episodes, 1955-1956)
George Van Marter		(2 episodes, 1955)
Meyer Dolinsky		(2 episodes, 1956-1957)
George Asness		(2 episodes, 1956)
Peter R. Brooke		(2 episodes, 1956)
Joel Rapp		(2 episodes, 1956)
Eric Freiwald		(1 episode, 1955-1958)
Laurence Heath		(unknown episodes)
George Kenyon		(unknown episodes)
Jack Rock		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Ivan Tors	....	producer (20 episodes, 1955-1956)
Frederick W. Ziv	....	executive producer (18 episodes, 1955-1956)
Maurice Ziv	....	executive producer / producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jack Shaindlin		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Curt Fetters		(21 episodes, 1955-1957)
Robert Hoffman		(6 episodes, 1955-1956)
Monroe P. Askins		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
John B. Woelz		(4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Thomas Scott		(3 episodes, 1955-1957)
W. Duncan Mansfield		(2 episodes, 1956)
Ace Clark		(unknown episodes)
Charles Craft		(unknown episodes)
James Dyer		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Bert Glazer		(unknown episodes)
Robert Kinoshita		(unknown episodes)
Willard Kirkham		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Bruce MacDonald		(3 episodes, 1955-1957)
Lyle B. Reifsnider		(2 episodes, 1955)
Lou Hafley		(unknown episodes)
Vin Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
George Gray	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Armand Delmar	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Ivan Tors	....	executive in charge of production (6 episodes, 1955-1957)
Barry Cohon	....	production supervisor (4 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eddie Stein	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
Edmond F. Bernoudy	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bert Chervin	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Edward F. Mull	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Ralph Slosser	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Donald Verk	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Joe Wonder	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Mack V. Wright	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Max Pittman	....	property master (5 episodes, 1955-1957)
Jack T. Collis	....	set designer (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
Robert Kinoshita	....	set designer (2 episodes, 1956-1957)

Series Sound Department
Quinn Martin	....	audio supervisor (5 episodes, 1955-1957)
Garry A. Harris	....	sound mixer (4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Sidney Sutherland	....	sound supervisor / sound editor (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Monroe Martin	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 1956-1957)
Jay Ashworth	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1955)
Gus Galvin	....	sound supervisor (unknown episodes)
Philip Mitchell	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Harry Redmond Jr.	....	special effects / special scientific effects (5 episodes, 1955-1957)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Richard L. Rawlings	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Donald Tait	....	video supervisor (2 episodes, 1956)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alfred Berke	....	wardrobe (3 episodes, 1955-1956)

Series Music Department
Joe Inge	....	music editor (1 episode, 1957)
Ray Bloch	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)
Milton Lustig	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
Hayes Pagel	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Joe Wonder	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 1955-1957)
Maxwell Smith	....	scientific advisor: electronics and radar operation / scientific advisor: electronics and radar operations / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1956)
Larry Lund	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
Donald Tait	....	film coordinator (2 episodes, 1955)
Noreen Cantrell	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Ivan Tors Productions

Distributors

• ZIV Television Programs (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• United Artists Television (198?) (USA) (TV) (re-syndication)

Also Known As:

Science Fiction Theater (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

25 min (78 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Company:

Ivan Tors Productions

Quotes:

[last lines of each episode]
Host: I'll be back one week from today with another story from the world of fiction and science.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Back to the Future (1985)

I loved the intros as much as the shows themselves

Science Fiction Theater was one of my favorites when I was a kid. (Sea Hunt, also from Ivan Tors and Ziv, with Lloyd Bridges, was another) I, born in 1950, remember hurrying home from school to see the show. I'm not sure what year this was--late '50s probably--it must already have been in reruns, being on in the afternoon. My mom wasn't thrilled that my brother and I watched it--science fiction was inherently not to be trusted--but it was good enough that she tolerated it in preference to things like the forbidden "Wednesdayville"--on, not surprisingly, only on Wednesday afternoon, showing Three Stooges shorts--and frankly, I preferred it myself. Much more better to a kid interested in sciences. I remember the intros with Truman Bradley--I can almost conjure up his face, but not quite--and, though I remember most of the shows mentioned by other writers, the one I remember especially was about a young mammoth found in the permafrost, thawed and revived, and what this led to for the animal and the people involved with it. I remember Truman Bradley's intro to that show, taking a fish frozen in ice, dropping it in water, and, when the ice melted--just a few seconds--the fish swimming away. That was the sort of thing that fascinated me.