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Fulton Sheen on "What's my line?"

It is interesting that a game show could then draw intellectual panelists like Random House publisher Bennett Cerf and David Niven.

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It is interesting that a game show could then draw intellectual panelists like Random House publisher Bennett Cerf and David Niven.

Quality programming wasn't limited to game shows. Take for example, actress Loretta Young who used her weekly show - The Loretta Young Show" to showcase catholic topics. EWTN broadcast the following program last night, on the Feast of our Lady of Lourdes.

Loretta Young's The Road To Lourdes And Other Miracles Of Faith

Originally broadcast as episodes of "The Loretta Young Show," the touching film "The Road" (1959) stars Young as a terminally ill woman who travels to Lourdes and has a life-changing experience at the famous shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary; Young plays Catholic nurse Sister Ann in "Three, and Two Please" (1956), bringing holiday cheer to her most difficult patients; "Sister Ann" (1959) shows Young helping to expand the care at a hospital; the touching episode "Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty" (1960) finds Sister Ann getting into hot water when she makes a secret investment. 3 1/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; featurettes; interviews; TV spots.

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We have Fr. Peyton to thank for the number of quality radio and television programs that featured some of Hollywood's top stars.

Family Theater Productions

And then there were the blockbuster Hollywood productions like Spartacus, The Silver Chalice, Ben Hur, and the list goes on and on. They would always schedule their releases at Easter.