Love and Marriage (1959 TV series) explained

Genre:Situation comedy
Starring:William Demarest
Jeanne Bal
Murray Hamilton
Kay Armen
Stubby Kaye
Opentheme:"Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:26 (8 unaired)
Producer:P. J. Wolfson
Runtime:ca. 26 mins
Company:Louis F. Edelman Enterprises
Channel:NBC

Love and Marriage is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1959–60 television season. The series stars William Demarest as the owner of a struggling music publishing company.

Synopsis

Bill Harris is a widower who owns the Harris Music Publishing Company in Los Angeles, California.[1] [2] [3] A longtime music publisher and a lover of old-fashioned, melodious music, he hates the rock and roll music that has become popular during the latter half of the 1950s and rejects most of the popular songs submitted to him.[2] [3] As a result, his company is nearly bankrupt, and stress over its financial problems is affecting his health.[1] [2] [3] Bill′s daughter, Pat Baker, wants to keep an eye on him as well as save the family business by convincing Bill that he is wrong about rock and roll and should publish it, so she maneuvers him into taking her on as a partner in the company.[2] [3] She then tries to sign rock and roll musicians with the company and get Bill to publish their music.[3]

Bill shares an apartment with Pat, her husband Steve Baker, who is a lawyer, and their daughters Susan and Jennie.[1] [2] [3] Steve is more progressive than Bill and constantly irritates him, and Susan has to mediate the frequent disputes between them.[2] At the publishing company, Sophie is the secretary and Stubby Wilson is the firm′s song promoter.[1] [2] [3] Stubby performs most of the songs submitted to the firm and is prone to reminiscing about the "good old days" in the music publishing business.[2]

Late in 1959, the Bakers hire a Chinese woman, Han Cho-Yee. as their housekeeper, and a Chinese songwriter, Jimmy Chang, falls in love with her.[3] Jimmy faces the challenge of dealing with Han′s father, Mr. Cho-Yee, a strict man who has set up an arranged marriage to someone else for Han.[3]

Cast

Production

Love and Marriage was a production of Louis F. Edelman Enterprises. P. J. Wolfson produced the show. Directors included Bob Sweeney and Norman Abbott. Mel Shavelson was one of the writers. Noxema Cream sponsored alternate weeks, with the remaining episodes being sustaining,[4]

Love and Marriage replaced The Restless Gun.[4] The theme song was an instrumental of "Love and Marriage."

Broadcast history

Love and Marriage premiered on NBC on September 21, 1959.[1] [2] It lasted only half a season, and only 18 episodes were broadcast, the last of them on January 25, 1960. Another eight episodes never aired. The show was broadcast at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Mondays throughout its run.[1] [2]

Episodes

SOURCE [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

NOTE: Episode lists for Love and Marriage place the episode "The Baby Sitter" on January 11, 1960, and the episode "Jealousy" among the show′s unaired episodes.[5] At least one contemporary newspaper listing indicates that "The Baby Sitter" was broadcast on January 11, 1960.[21] However, at least three contemporary newspaper listings indicate that "Jealousy" aired on January 11, 1960.[22] [23] [24]

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External links

Notes and References

  1. McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996,, p. 492.
  2. Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995,, p. 612.
  3. https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1950s/love-and-marriage/ Nostalgia Central LOVE AND MARRIAGE Accessed 18 November 2020
  4. September 21, 1959 . 86 . This Week (Cont'd) . Ross Reports . December 22, 2023 .
  5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052486/episodes?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1 imdb.com Love and Marriage (1959–1960) Episode List
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19590921&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, September 21, 1959, p. 17.
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19590928&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, September 28, 1959, p. 11.
  8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19591005&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, October 5, 1959, p. 21.
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3XRVfRxfzk Closing credits for Love and Marriage episode "Second Honeymoon" on YouTube
  10. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19591019&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, October 19, 1959, p. 13.
  11. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19591026&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, October 26, 1959, p. 19.
  12. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/178191845/ "Monday, November 16," Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 1959, p. 251.
  13. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19591123&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Programs," The Pittsburgh Press, November 23, 1959, p. 47.
  14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GKX6TSFDq9oC&dat=19591130&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Meriden Record and Journal TV Week, November 28, 1959, p. 2.
  15. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/448450746/ Love nd Marriage (television listing), Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), November 30, 1959, Page 6 Accessed 5 January 2022
  16. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19591221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, December 21, 1959, p. 18.
  17. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19591228&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, December 28, 1959, p. 15.
  18. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19600104&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, January 4, 1960, p. 9.
  19. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19600118&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, January 18, 1960, p. 11.
  20. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19600125&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, January 25, 1960, p. 15.
  21. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/448450746/ Love and Marriage (television listing), The Paducah Sun (Paducah, Kentucky), January 11, 1960, Page 10 Accessed 5 January 2022
  22. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ziW8EwMpto0C&dat=19600111&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Television Highlights," Schenectady Gazette, January 11, 1960, p. 18.
  23. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/448359190/ Love nd Marriage (television listing), Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), January 11, 1960, Page 6 Accessed 5 January 2022
  24. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/430111610/ Love nd Marriage (television listing), El Paso Times (El Paso,Texas), January 11, 1960, Page 17 Accessed 5 January 2022

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