Four Star Playhouse Magic Night (1952–1956) Online

In this episode Charles Boyer brilliantly displays the character of an officer who has been committed to his job as an accountant for 25 years. He is desperately in love with one of his coworkers and suffers the neglect of his friends. As the incidents develop the story gets more engaging and interesting. The script is very well written by Laszlo Gorog ,Robert Florey's direction is remarkable and the nice music by Gerard Calvi adds a cheerful atmosphere to the episode. Boyer is as magnificent as ever; he can amazingly reveal his deep inner feelings with great natural talent and his impressive performance is inimitable.

Charles Boyer stars in this episode of "Four Star Playhouse". Although it's hard to imagine Boyer being a man like he played in this show, it is a memorable episode nevertheless. Boyer plays an accountant who's been plugging away at the same job for 25 years. Although this might sound very depressing, especially since he his unmarried and lonely, he is excited. This is because he expects his company to make a big deal about his birthday. So, on the day of the anniversary, he comes to work in his best suit and....nothing happens. In fact, if anything, it was a worse than usual day at work because his boss chewed him out for making some mistakes on the ledger. Later, when the boss leaves a huge sum of money sitting on his desk after work, Boyer's character is tempted. What's next? Well, there is MUCH more to this episode than I mentioned above-- including an unprofessed love he has for one of his coworkers, Collette. However, it's best you just see it for yourself.

This particular episode works well because it is very charming and the ending offers a nice twist. Be aware, however, that the show is pretty maudlin near the end--stick with this, as it DOES offer a silver lining eventually! Well made and with some nice looking exterior scenes actually shot in Paris--something very unusual for that time period on television.