The Ed Sullivan Show
S8 · E40 — U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
S8:E40 · U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
54 episodes in this season
The Darryl F. Zanuck Story
60 min
A Salute to the U.S. Navy (with All-Navy talent)
Salute to the Cleveland Indians; Los Chavales De Espagna; Happy Wanderers
Salute to Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Patti Page; Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane. Plus: "A Star Is Born" preview
Bing Crosby (on film); Irving Berlin; Liberace; Orson Bean
Pearl Bailey; Robert Merrill; Carol Haney; the Treniers
Grantland Rice tribute / Nat King Cole / Bert Lahr & Art Carney / D. Fairbanks Jr.
The Mills Brothers; Eddie Fisher; Kitty Kallen; Dane Clark
Elaine Stritch / Julius LaRosa / Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson interview
Roberta Peters; Jimmy Boyd / Gregory Peck (on film)
Florence Henderson; Josh Logan; Teresa Brewer
Kirk Douglas; Eartha Kitt; Ames Brothers; Jackie Miles; Carol Haney
The Crew-Cuts ("Sh-Boom"); Virginia Mayo; Sophie Tucker
The Chordettes / Patti Page / On film: Frank Sinatra, Robert Michum & other stars
Cab Calloway / Carl Ballantine / Hermione Gingold / Billy DeWolfe
Pearl Bailey; Ted Lewis; June Valli; Sam Levenson; Maria Neglia
Grace Kelly; James Michener; Guy Mitchell; Forrest Tucker; Jose Greco
Esther Williams; Alice Pearce; Hermione Gingold; Gloria Lane
Robert Taylor; Roberta Peters; William Warfield; Viveca Lindfors
A Cavalcade of Radio, 1920 - 1955 (with many stars from radio)
The Columbia Pictures Story with Kim Novak; Eddie Fisher; Maureen O'Hara
Les Paul & Mary Ford; Pearl Bailey & her brother Bill
Tribute to Gertrude Lawrence with Sarah Churchill; Helen Hayes; Dorothy Sarnoff
Eartha Kitt; the DeJohn Sisters; Shirl Conway; Nancy Andrews; etc.
Lillian Roth; the Fontane Sisters; Roy Franklin; Mata & Hari; etc.
Broadcast from Chicago: The Ice Capades; Victor Borge; Peg Leg Bates
Sarah Vaughan / Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane / Sam Levenson
Tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein w/Celeste Holm; John Raitt; Florence Henderson
Fred Astaire / Dorothy Dandridge / Sammy Davis Jr. / Julius LaRosa
Rosemary Clooney; James Cagney; Willie Mays; David Whitfield; etc
James Stewart; Louis Armstrong; Joey Bishop; Robert Merrill; etc.
Harry Belafonte; Marion Marlowe; Carol Haney; Jackie Miles
Eartha Kitt; Georgia Gibbs; Lionel Hampton; Phil Foster
Eddie Fisher; filmed interviews with Hollywood stars
Louis Armstrong; Will Mastin Trio (Sammy Davis Jr.); Senor Wences
Shown from the USS Wisconsin: Burl Ives; Jack E. Leonard; June Valli
Andy Griffith / Pat Henning / Betty & Jane Kean / Lew Parker
Ricardo Montalban; Julius LaRosa; Gloria DeHaven; Carol Haney
U.S. Army Talent Contest Finalists
Mister Roberts salute with Henry Fonda; James Cagney, Jack Lemmon
7th Anniversary Show: Bob Hope; Pearl Bailey; Will Jordan
From the USS Antietam: Chordettes /scheduled: Step Brothers; Priscilla Wright
Marion Marlowe (guest host); Eartha Kitt; Joey Bishop; Joan Holloway
Ethel Merman (guest host); Russell Nype; Jimmy Edmonson (Prof. Backwards)
Guy Mitchell (guest host); Polly Bergen; Arthur Worsley
"Tops in Blue" (U.S. Air Force acts)
Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall
The Mills Brothers / The Four Aces / Interviews with Sports Celebrities
Rosalind Russell, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett
Eartha Kitt; Jay Lawrence; The Mariners; The Chicago Festival Singers
Georgia Gibbs / 1956 Ice Capades / Donna Atwood
Jane Russell & Jeanne Crain / Phil Silvers & "Bilko" cast / Ames Brothers
Julius LaRosa & the Winners of the Navy's World Wide Talent Contest
