Mr. Adams and Eve

★ 10 · 1957 · 30m · Comedy

Mr. Adams and Eve is a CBS sitcom starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino, as a fictitious acting couple, Howard and Eve Adams, residing in Beverly Hills, California. In the television series, Lupino is known professionally as Eve Drake. The program aired sixty-six episodes from January 4, 1957, to July 8, 1958, with rebroadcasts continuing until September 23, 1958. Lupino was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Best Actress in a Continuing Role" for both seasons of Mr. Adams and Eve.

Episodes

▶1. The Young Actress30m · ▶2. Typical30m · Howard and Eve's agent suggests they star in a television series about a typical married couple. They refuse, then Eve begins wondering just how their marriage compares with other marriages. She decides to try an experiment.▶3. They're Off and Running30m · ▶4. The Teen-Age Daughter30m · ▶5. This is Your Life30m · ▶6. You Can't Go Home Again30m · ▶7. The Proposal30m · A movie fan-magazine asks Howard and Eve for the exclusive story of their courtship, engagement and marriage. Everything goes along fine, until the question of who actually did the proposing.▶8. Howard Goes to Jail30m · ▶9. The Business Manager30m · Francis X. Bushman, the matinee idol of silent films portrays the Adams' business manager.▶10. The Torn-Shirt School of Acting30m · Howard and Eve agree to work with an experimental summer-stock theater group. They aren't quite so pleased about their decision when they learn that the play they will appear in, is to be done in blank verse.▶11. The Mothers30m · Howard and Eve run into family problems. The mothers of both arrive for a visit at the same time. The two older women don't have much in common, which makes it difficult for Howard and Eve to keep them amused.▶12. Academy Award30m · ▶13. Taken for Granted30m · Eve fibs to Howard that she and their agent had clandestine meetings.▶14. Fulfilling Talents30m · ▶15. That Magazine30m · A magazine assigns a photographer and a reporter to cover a typical day in the life of Eve and Howard. They're pleased about the forthcoming publicity and have carefully rehearsed their own version of a day in their lives. But everything goes so far wrong that it seems the magazine will get a scoop -- that Eve and Howard are planning to divorce.▶16. The Social Crowd30m · ▶17. Insomnia30m · ▶18. The Diet30m · A gift of a bathroom scale becomes a monster to Eve when she steps on it and learns that she's four pounds overweight. She launches herself on a rigid diet.▶19. The Picture That Could Not Be Made30m · ▶20. The Fighter30m · After Howard wins a prize fighter in a gin-rummy game, he decides to groom him for the ring. But Eve, insisting the pugilist comes under community property, has her own ideas about the training! She wants to make an actor out of their latest project.▶21. The Rumor30m · At a crowded nightclub, Eve and Howard become separated. An enterprising press agent corners Eve, introduces her handsome client and arranges to have a photographer cover the meeting. Next morning the newspapers carry the news of the end of Eve's and Howard's marriage.▶22. The Lost Two Hours30m · ▶23. The Bachelor30m · An old boyfriend of Eve's gets the part of the other man in a movie starring Eve and Howard. There's no jealousy on Howard's part at all; in fact, he and the old boyfriend go out for a night on the town!▶24. Separate Vacations30m · Howard and Eve decide to spend their vacation at home. But they suddenly find that they have nothing to talk about and become bored. Then a friend of theirs invites Howard to go deep-sea fishing with him, and his wife invites Eve to stay with her. But separate vacations create problems too.

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