A String of Blue Beads

(1953)

30 minutes.

Television / Special / Holiday / Family / Drama / Fantasy / Made-For-TV

Directed by Alan Dinehart

Cast: Louis Jordan, Ellen Cobb-Hill and Margaret Hamilton

A pilot episode for the potential series "Screen Writer's Playhouse”.  A young man with everything to live for is crushed to learn of the death of his fiancée in a fire on Christmas Eve.  For three years he wallows in self-pity until a young girl reminds him of the true meaning of Christmas.