''Love and Marriage'' is an American

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that aired on

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during the 1959-1960 television season. The series stars

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as the owner of a struggling music publishing company.

Synopsis

Bill Harris is a widower who owns the Harris Music Publishing Company in

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.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 492.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.The Classic TV Archive Love and Marriage (1959-60) Accessed 18 November 2020
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/ref> A longtime music publisher and a lover of old-fashioned, melodious music, he hates the

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music that has become popular during the latter half of the 1950s and rejects most of the popular songs submitted to him. As a result, his company is nearly bankrupt, and stress over its financial problems is affecting his health. 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. She then tries to sign rock and roll musicians with the company and get Bill to publish their music. Bill shares an apartment with Pat, her husband Steve Baker, who is a lawyer, and their daughters Susan and Jennie. Steve is more progressive than Bill and constantly irritates him, and Susan has to mediate the frequent disputes between them. At the publishing company, Sophie is the secretary and Stubby Wilson is the firm′s song promoter. 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. 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. Jimmy faces the challenge of dealing with Han′s father, Mr. Cho-Yee, a strict man who has set up an

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to someone else for Han.

Cast

...William "Bill" Harris *

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...Patricia "Pat" Baker *

Murray Hamilton Murray Hamilton (March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986) was an American stage, screen, and television character actor who appeared in such films as ''Anatomy of a Murder'', ''The Hustler'', ''The Graduate'', ''Jaws'' and ''The Amityville Hor ...

...Steve Baker *

Kay Armen Armenuhi Manoogian ( hy, Արմենուհի Մանուկեան); November 2, 1915 – October 3, 2011), better known by her stage name Kay Armen, was an American Armenian singer popular during the 1940s and 1950s. Her career in show business spann ...

...Sophie *

Stubby Kaye Bernard Solomon Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals. Kaye originated the roles of Nicely-Ni ...

...Stubby Wilson * Susan Reilly...Susan Baker * Jennie Lynn...Jennie Baker * Robert Kino...Jimmy Chang *

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...Han Cho-Yee *

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...Mr. Cho-Yee

Production

''Love and Marriage'' was a production of

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. P. J. Wolfson produced the show. The theme song was an instrumental of "

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Broadcast history

''Love and Marriage '' premiered on

on September 21, 1959. 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.

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on Mondays throughout its run.

Episodes

SOURCE imdb.com Love and Marriage (1959–1960) Episode List
/ref> 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. At least one contemporary newspaper listing indicates that "The Baby Sitter" was broadcast on January 11, 1960. However, at least three contemporary newspaper listings indicate that "Jealousy" aired on January 11, 1960.''Love nd Marriage'' (television listing), ''El Paso Times'' (El Paso,Texas), January 11, 1960, Page 17 Accessed 5 January 2022
/ref>

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0052486
''Love and Marriage'' opening credits on YouTube

''Love and Marriage'' alternative opening credits on YouTube

''Love and Marriage'' episode "Second Honeymoon" opening and closing credits on YouTube
1950s American sitcoms 1960s American sitcoms 1959 American television series debuts 1960 American television series endings Black-and-white American television shows NBC original programming Television shows set in Los Angeles English-language television shows