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"Love at Fourth Sight" is a 1957 American television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott. It was a vehicle for Gisele MacKenzie, who played four girls, sang and played the violin.

Plot

A bachelor refuses his mother's pleas to fall in love but dreams of his ideal girl, Pat. He keeps thinking he found her in real life situations.

Cast

• Gisele MacKenzie as Pat
• William Redfield as Otis Lockwood
• Evelyn Varden as Mrs. Lockwood
• Maggie Smith
• Alice Ghostly
• Clarence Hoffman
• Margaret Barker

Reception

The New York Times called it "utterly inane an undertaking" and the performances of Gisele MacKenzie and William Redfield "were approrpriately dreadful." The Cincinnati Enquirer praised Mackenzie's "versatile display of comedy talent."

The Philadelphia Inquirer called it "a frothy bit of fun." The Times Tribune felt MacKenzie was "a delight" and called the play "possibly the best light comedy to emerge on the distinguished Studio One series."

References

1. "7 January 1957". Ross reports -- television index. 1956. p. 50.
2. "TV Guide". Chicago Tribune. January 5, 1957. p. 45.
3. "Irish McGalla is Jungle Queen". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. January 20, 1957. p. C8.
4. quoted in "Cast Caught in sticky trap". The Courier-Journal. January 8, 1957. p. 16.
5. "Gisele a charmer". The Cincinnati Enquirer. January 9, 1957. p. 18.
6. Harris, Harry (January 16, 1957). "Screening TV". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 30.
7. "Listening Post". The Times-Tribune. January 12, 1957. p. 14A.

External links

• "Love at Fourth Sight" at IMDb

• 1957 television plays
• Works by Sumner Locke Elliott
• Studio One (American TV series)
• 1957 American television episodes