
Queen for a Day
Drama
Overview
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.
Top Cast


Jack Bailey
Jack Bailey
Host - Self
Jack Bailey
Host - Self
Jim Morgan
Jim Morgan
Self
Jim Morgan
Self
Fort Pearson
Fort Pearson
Announcer - Self
Fort Pearson
Announcer - Self
Melanie York
Melanie York
First Contestant
Melanie York
First Contestant
Cynthia Corley
Cynthia Corley
Second Contestant
Cynthia Corley
Second Contestant
Kay Wiley
Kay Wiley
Third Contestant
Kay Wiley
Third Contestant


Helen Mowery
Helen Mowery
Jan
Helen Mowery
Jan
Diane Fauntelle
Diane Fauntelle
Helena
Diane Fauntelle
Helena


Phyllis Avery
Phyllis Avery
Marjorie
Phyllis Avery
Marjorie


Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin
Dan
Darren McGavin
Dan
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This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.




















