Letter to Loretta Season 3, Episode 20: The Challenge

Fear Me Not

At a desolate weather station, a woman (Phyllis Thaxter) encounters an escaped mental patient.

Weekend in Winnetka

A mother suspects her daughter has become a juvenile delinquent.

Reunion

My Uncle O'Moore

A schoolmarm in the 1920's is imported into an all-Irish community for the sole purpose of marriage to one of the O'Moore boys. When her intended decides she is too frail for ranch life and sets about looking for another prospect, the teacher must prove he is wrong.

Gino

A family is engaged in a battle they may not win: their home is in the way of a proposed freeway.

Moment of Decision

The Waiting Game

The Last Spring

Katy

Slander

A wife in a small town is having her portrait painted by a promising young artist. Rumor has it that her interest in him is more than that of a patron.

Tropical Secretary

A girl seeks out a former sweetheart on a tropical island and unexpectedly also becomes involved with a writer.

The Bracelet

A woman whose husband was killed in an airplane crash refuses to believe that he was running off with another woman when the crash occurred.

Across the Plaza

A newspaperwoman and her fiance find themselves involved in a Central American revolution. To further complicate things, her former sweetheart shows up in town.

A Pattern of Deceit

Man in the Ring

A Shadow Between

Christmas Stopover

This Christmas day tale of a small town waitress, lonely serviceman and the child of separated parents marks Loretta Young's first appearance on the series after many months of guest star presenters who filled in while she recovered from illness.

A Ticket for May

Inga III

One of Inga's prison workers is distraught over his wife's ill health, and Inga takes steps so that he can care for his wife. Seeing the strength of their marriage, Inga contemplates marriage for herself.

Song of Rome

In Rome, an 18-year-old girl finally meets the man who has been her "second father" through a foster-parents program. Thrilled with her voice and with the girl herself, the older man plans an extensive singing career for her in New York.

The Secret

John Newland becomes another series fixture as the practical, detached father of a disabled mute boy, both whom are brought out of their shells by a children's book author.

The Pearl

A middle-aged Japanese fisherman finds a pearl in an oyster and conceals it from his wife.

Tightwad Millionaire

Gesundheit

A famous New York stage actress finds herself allergic to her leading man.

Father Hoppe

The drab life of a spinster is brightened by her interest in amateur painting and the encouragement of a kindly priest.

His Inheritance

An otherwise responsible husband and father has a periodic urge to leave his family and wander.

The Wise One

But for God's Grace

A mother, suffering sustained grief of losing one of her two sons, has distanced herself from her other son and husband. She becomes attached to a melancholy neighborhood boy.

Hapless Holiday

Code 258

A well-meaning friend tries to prevent a brilliant engineer from destroying his life.

The Cardinal's Secret

A young priest uses his skill as a baseball player to clear his parish of debts.