Arch Oboler's Plays
Premiere Episode: 1939-03-25
Final Episode: 1964-12-26
Genre(s):
Fantasy
Anthology Drama
Broadcast History:
Dates: 3/25/1939 - 3/30/1940
Network: NBC
Days: Saturday
Sponsor: Sustained
Dates: 4/5/1945 - 10/11/1945
Network: Mutual
Days: Thursday
Starting time: 10:00PM
Length of show: 30 minutes
Dates: 1964 - 1965
Network: Mutual
Days: Thursday
Starting time: 10:00
Length of show: 30 minutes
| 03/25/1939 | #1 | The Ugliest Man in the World | << Available |
| 04/01/1939 | #2 | Mirage | << Available L |
| 04/08/1939 | #3 | The Truth | |
| 04/15/1939 | #4 | The Ways of Men; Past, Present and Future | << Available L |
| 04/22/1939 | #5 | Mr Important | |
| 04/29/1939 | #6 | The Cliff | << Available L |
| 05/06/1939 | #7 | Engulfed Cathedral | << Available L |
| 05/13/1939 | #8 | Baby | |
| 05/20/1939 | #9 | Crazy Town | << Available L |
| 05/27/1939 | #10 | The Word | |
| 06/03/1939 | #11 | Dark World - Steel - Humbug | |
| 06/10/1939 | #12 | Nero's Wife | << Available L |
| 06/17/1939 | #13 | Immortal Gentleman | << Available L |
| 06/24/1939 | #14 | The Luck of Mark Street | |
| 07/01/1939 | #15 | Visitor from Hades | |
| 07/08/1939 | #16 | The Ivory Tower | << Available L |
| 07/15/1939 | #17 | The Shooting Star - Talisman - Eigerwund | |
| 07/22/1939 | #18 | The Ugliest Man in the World | |
| 07/29/1939 | #19 | Another World | << Available L |
| 08/05/1939 | #20 | Mr Pip - Man to Hate - Rich Kid | |
| 08/12/1939 | #21 | History of a Mug | |
| 08/19/1939 | #22 | Efficiency Island | |
| 08/26/1939 | #23 | This Lonely Heart | |
| 09/02/1939 | #24 | Love Story Ltd - The Trail - Mungahra | |
| 09/09/1939 | #25 | And Adam Begot | |
| 09/16/1939 | #26 | Suffer Little Children - Finale - I Do - Miss American | << Available |
| 09/23/1939 | #27 | Mr Whiskers | |
| 09/30/1939 | #28 | Holiday 1939 | |
| 10/07/1939 | #29 | Machine, the - Happy Year - Autumn Flower | |
| 10/14/1939 | #30 | The Word | |
| 10/21/1939 | #31 | Perfect Party | |
| 10/28/1939 | #32 | Profits Unlimited | |
| 11/04/1939 | #33 | Young Mr Trouble | |
| 11/11/1939 | #34 | I'll Tell My Husband | |
| 11/18/1939 | #35 | Bathysphere | |
| 11/25/1939 | #36 | Mirage | << Available L |
| 12/02/1939 | #37 | State Executioner - Danse Macabre | |
| 12/09/1939 | #38 | Hometown - New World | |
| 12/16/1939 | #39 | Nobody Died | << Available L |
| 12/23/1939 | #40 | These Are Your Brothers | |
| 12/30/1939 | #41 | This Precious Freedom | << Available L |
| 01/06/1940 | #42 | Money, Money, Money | |
| 01/13/1940 | #43 | The Truth | << Available L |
| 01/20/1940 | #44 | Sensitive Mr Ginsberg | |
| 01/27/1940 | #45 | Three Stories - With Tongue-In-Cheek | << Available L |
| 02/03/1940 | #46 | A Hollywood Special | |
| 02/10/1940 | #47 | Memoriam - Dark World | |
| 02/17/1940 | #48 | Genghis Kahn | |
| 02/24/1940 | #49 | The Women Stayed at Home | |
| 03/02/1940 | #50 | Baby | |
| 03/09/1940 | #51 | Johnny Got His Gun | << Available L |
| 03/16/1940 | #52 | The Most Dangerous Game | << Available |
| 03/23/1940 | #53 | The Ivory Tower | |
| 04/05/1945 | #1 | Strange Morning | << Available L |
| 04/19/1945 | #2 | Lust for Life | |
| 04/26/1945 | #3 | The House I Live In | << Available L |
| 05/03/1945 | #4 | Love, Love, Love | << Available L |
| 05/10/1945 | #5 | Holiday 194X | << Available L |
| 05/17/1945 | #6 | Mr Ten Percent | << Available L |
| 05/24/1945 | #7 | An Exercise in Horror (A Peculiar Comedy) | << Available L |
| 05/31/1945 | #8 | Double Feature | << Available L |
| 06/07/1945 | #9 | Night | << Available L |
| 06/14/1945 | #10 | Mr Pyle | << Available L |
| 06/21/1945 | #11 | The Naked Mountain | << Available L |
| 06/28/1945 | #12 | The Truth | << Available L |
| 07/05/1945 | #13 | Dr Bluff | << Available L |
| 07/12/1945 | #14 | A Gallery of Big Shots - Feminine | << Available L |
| 07/19/1945 | #15 | Special to Hollywood | << Available L |
| 07/26/1945 | #16 | My Chicago | << Available L |
| 08/02/1945 | #17 | Parade | << Available L |
| 08/09/1945 | #18 | History of a Mug | << Available L |
| 08/16/1945 | #19 | Lust for Life | << Available L |
| 08/23/1945 | #20 | Three About Children | << Available |
| 09/06/1945 | #21 | Mirage | << Available L |
| 09/13/1945 | #22 | A Gallery of Big Shots - Masculine | << Available L |
| 09/20/1945 | #23 | Rocket from Manhattan | << Available L |
| 09/27/1945 | #24 | The Family Nagachi | << Available L |
| 10/04/1945 | #25 | Mr Miller | << Available L |
| 10/11/1945 | #26 | This Living Book (I Declare War) | << Available L |
| 10/03/1964 | #1 | The Word | << Available |
| 10/10/1964 | #2 | Visitor from Hades | << Available |
| 10/17/1964 | #3 | Special to Hollywood | << Available L |
| 10/24/1964 | #4 | The Day Sinatra Got Fat | << Available L |
| 10/31/1964 | #5 | Come to the Bank | << Available L |
| 11/07/1964 | #6 | The Immortal Gentleman | << Available |
| 11/14/1964 | #7 | Big Ben | << Available L |
| 11/21/1964 | #8 | Rocket from Manhattan | << Available L |
| 11/28/1964 | #9 | African Story | << Available L |
| 12/05/1964 | #10 | Revolt of the Worms | << Available L |
| 12/12/1964 | #11 | Bathysphere | << Available L |
| 12/19/1964 | #12 | Mirage | << Available L |
| 12/26/1964 | #13 | Him or Me | << Available L |
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