If you like a good story, a tall tale or pleasant (live) play...you'll love "The Star and the Story". I was too young (not even born) to watch this series (or anthology) of plays, and like others have never even heard of the program. And now I'm watching it and enjoying every minute. The best way to explain it (visually) is think of as a mixture of "Twilight Zone" (another favorite) and a Shakespeare play (another favorite). No, t here is not that peculiar element of "weird, other worldly, or supernatural" - and the actors don't speak in poems. although there is a "special" message to the story.. However, there is a different story each week, chosen by a (famous) actor of that era (from a short story or play) the actor/actress enjoyed reading. And they take it and give it their particular talent. You will enjoy it...if you like a good story. peace

This was pretty good, considering they only had half an hour to do the whole show. The father of a family suddenly tells his wife he wants to leave her for another woman. She proposes that he hold off for three months and asks him to not see this other woman just for those three months. Things go well, and the end of the 3 months is almost up when a massive misunderstanding occurs making the wife think her husband went back to the "other woman". BTW the leading actress in this is beautiful, leaving me to wonder why the heck would that husband want to go after something else in the first place?

This vintage television series from 1955-56 not only has good stories and the 'star' of each episode, but quite often a supporting cast of actors who went on to become stars. The series is of historic interest cinematically. Even more important, it is very entertaining. According to IMDB, there are a total of 46 episodes (two seasons, 23 episodes each) -- it would be nice to see more of these added to Amazon Prime.

This was real nice story. Good ending too. The stories that were told way back when seemed to consciously try to keep us good ending, with maybe even a slight moral thrown in. And there was nothing wrong with that. Television is supposed to be relaxing. While they do give us the real-life problems we all face, the better ones, I think, give us something positive to think about.

There's a great variety of well written and well acted stories in this anthology story. They vary quite a bit in subject matter and style. I enjoy the half hour (actually 25 minute) format The stories generally move at a quick pace. It is also great seeing the actors and actresses. In many cases the announced star actually has a lesser reputation than some of the other actors in the episode. For example, one episode starred Edmund O'Brien, who I knew from the film "D.O.A." However, another actress in the episode was Joanne Woodward. This was 1955, before she became a movie star.
Some of the episodes that I have seen have a nice "Twilight Zone" quality, while others are sharp character studies and examination of real life 1950's problems.
I would definitely recommend it.

This program was the VERY FIRST SHOW I ever saw when we got our first TV, Nov 30, 1954...so that's why this series is very special to me.
I'm hoping I can find the episode with Burgess Meredith in this series as that show was my first ever watching on our GE 17" TV.

It is fun to watch some of these shows from the 50's. The stories are ok for such a brief format. Most of the stars are not what one would consider "big" stars. Still fun, once in a while.

A very good anthology program from the 50's. I have only watched a few episodes so far, but will definitely watch more.