Celanese Theatre The Distaff Side (Season 1, Episode 17)
TV Episode | Drama

Celanese Theatre

The Distaff Side (Season 1, Episode 17)

TV Episode | Drama

An upper middle-class family is ruled by the ancient and churlish matriarch. Her daughters' marriages are all in jeopardy, with affairs and communions with the dead. It's difficult to find any solitude or sanity in the family.

Writer

John Van Druten (play)

Composer

Bernard Green

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Updated May 14, 1952

Release date

May 14, 1952 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Alistair Cooke Actor Actor See fewer	America (1972)
Adrienne Corri Actress Actress See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Scott Forbes Actor Actor See fewer	The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
Celia Johnson Actress Actress See fewer	Brief Encounter (1945)
John Merivale Actor Actor See fewer	A Night to Remember (1958)
Eileen Peel Actress Actress See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960)
Viola Roache Actress Actress See fewer	Harriet Craig (1950)
John Seymour Actor Actor See fewer	I Spy (1955)