Follow the Sun (TV series)

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Follow the Sun is an American television adventure series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1961, to April 8, 1962.{{sfn|Brooks|Marsh|2009|p=486}} The episodes follow a pair of freelance magazine writers based in Hawaii who seek out interesting stories while leading an active social life both on the mainland and aboard their boat, The Scuber.{{sfn|Brooks|Marsh|2009|p=486}}{{sfn|Terrace|2014|p=355}} The series is characterized by a host of guest appearances by popular film and television actors.

Dell Comics issued a contemporaneous series of comic books based on the show in 1961 and 1962.

Production

The series was co-produced by Roy Huggins and Marion Hargrove at 20th Century Fox.{{sfn|Green|2014|p=75}} The plotline was designed as a follow-up to Hong Kong, which Huggins had lately produced, "with two freelance journalists based in Honolulu encountering mystery and their fair share of beautiful women in their weekly Hawaiian adventures".{{sfn|Green|2014|p=75}} Hargrove left the project after the fifth episode and Huggins reworked the cast list, downgrading Gary Lockwood from one of the reporters to a scout, and upgrading Brett Halsey to the journalist position. Huggins also began alternating the episodes to star one or the other of the two lead characters.{{sfn|Green|2014|p=75}}

Cast

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Barry Coe as Ben Gregory
Brett Halsey as Paul Templin
Gary Lockwood as Eric Jason
Gigi Perreau as Katherine Ann Richards
Jay Lanin as Lt. Frank Roper

Episodes

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Lyon \|WrittenBy = Howard Browne & Jonathan Hughes \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|11\|12}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 10 \|Title = Little Girl Lost \|DirectedBy = Ted Post \|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay\|s= John Whittier\|t= Ellis Kadison}} \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|11\|19}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 11 \|Title = Night Song \|DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist \|WrittenBy = Harold Jack Bloom \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|11\|26}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 12 \|Title = The Primitive Clay \|DirectedBy = Richard L. Bare \|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Palmer Thompson\|t= Palmer Thompson & Ellis Kadison}} \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|12\|3}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 13 \|Title = Conspiracy of Silence \|DirectedBy = Ted Post \|WrittenBy = George W. George & Judy George \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|12\|10}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 14 \|Title = The Far End of Nowhere \|DirectedBy = Don Taylor \|WrittenBy = A.J. Carothers \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|12\|17}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 15 \|Title = Mele Kalikimaka to You \|DirectedBy = Mitchell Leisen \|WrittenBy = Edwin Blum \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1961\|12\|24}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 16 \|Title = The Girl From the Brandenburg Gate \|DirectedBy = Felix E. 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Coon \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|1\|28}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 21 \|Title = The Dumbest Blonde \|DirectedBy = Robert Butler \|WrittenBy = Donn Mullally \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|2\|4}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 22 \|Title = Annie Beeler's Place \|DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist \|WrittenBy = Albert Beich \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|2\|11}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 23 \|Title = The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch \|DirectedBy = Robert Butler \|WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|2\|18}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 24 \|Title = A Choice of Weapons \|DirectedBy = Alexander Singer \|WrittenBy = George W. George & Judy George \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|2\|25}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 25 \|Title = Marine of the Month \|DirectedBy = \|WrittenBy = \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|3\|4}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 26 \|Title = The Inhuman Equation \|DirectedBy = Jack Donohue \|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Tony Wilson\|t= David Harmon}} \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|3\|11}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 27 \|Title = A Ghost in Her Gazebo \|DirectedBy = Leonard Horn \|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay\|s= Robert Presnell, Jr. & Donn Mullally\|t= Donn Mullally}} \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|3\|18}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 28 \|Title = Not Aunt Charlotte! \|DirectedBy = \|WrittenBy = Erna Lazarus \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|3\|25}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 29 \|Title = Run, Clown, Run \|DirectedBy = Justus Addiss \|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay\|s= William Froug & Michael Patrick Casey \|t= William Froug}} \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|4\|1}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber = 30 \|Title = Chalk One Up for Johnny \|DirectedBy = Leonard Horn \|WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison \|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1962\|4\|8}} \|ShortSummary = \|LineColor = }}

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|9|24}}

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|Title = Journey Into Darkness

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{{Episode list

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{{Episode list

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|Title = Little Girl Lost

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{{Episode list

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|Title = Night Song

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|WrittenBy = Harold Jack Bloom

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|11|26}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = The Primitive Clay

|DirectedBy = Richard L. Bare

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Palmer Thompson|t= Palmer Thompson & Ellis Kadison}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|12|3}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = Conspiracy of Silence

|DirectedBy = Ted Post

|WrittenBy = George W. George & Judy George

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{{Episode list

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|Title = The Far End of Nowhere

|DirectedBy = Don Taylor

|WrittenBy = A.J. Carothers

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|12|17}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = Mele Kalikimaka to You

|DirectedBy = Mitchell Leisen

|WrittenBy = Edwin Blum

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|12|24}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|Title = The Girl From the Brandenburg Gate

|DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Fritz Von Koenig|t= Judith Friedman}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1961|12|31}}

|ShortSummary =

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|WrittenBy = Edwin Blum

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|1|7}}

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{{Episode list

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|Title = The Last of the Big Spenders

|DirectedBy = Robert Butler

|WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|1|14}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = Ghost Story

|DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist

|WrittenBy = Orville H. Hampton

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|1|21}}

|ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = Sergeant Kolchak Fades Away

|DirectedBy = Jacques Tourneur

|WrittenBy = Gene L. Coon

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{{Episode list

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|Title = The Dumbest Blonde

|DirectedBy = Robert Butler

|WrittenBy = Donn Mullally

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|Title = Annie Beeler's Place

|DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist

|WrittenBy = Albert Beich

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|2|11}}

|ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

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|Title = The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch

|DirectedBy = Robert Butler

|WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison

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{{Episode list

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|Title = A Choice of Weapons

|DirectedBy = Alexander Singer

|WrittenBy = George W. George & Judy George

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 26

|Title = The Inhuman Equation

|DirectedBy = Jack Donohue

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Tony Wilson|t= David Harmon}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|3|11}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 27

|Title = A Ghost in Her Gazebo

|DirectedBy = Leonard Horn

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Presnell, Jr. & Donn Mullally|t= Donn Mullally}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|3|18}}

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|Title = Not Aunt Charlotte!

|DirectedBy =

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|3|25}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 29

|Title = Run, Clown, Run

|DirectedBy = Justus Addiss

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= William Froug & Michael Patrick Casey |t= William Froug}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1962|4|1}}

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|Title = Chalk One Up for Johnny

|DirectedBy = Leonard Horn

|WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison

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Guest stars

The series featured guest appearances by many popular film and television stars, including:

Yvonne Craig{{sfn|Lisanti|2015a|p=58}}
James Dunn{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48804285/philadelphia-daily-news/|title=James Dunn Makes TV Singing Debut|first=Joe|last=Finnigan|agency=UPI|date=March 1, 1962|publisher=Philadelphia Daily News|page=37|via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}
Bill Erwin
Anne Helm{{sfn|Lisanti|2015b|p=262}}
David Janssen{{sfn|Green|2014|p=79}}
Sue Ane Langdon{{sfn|Lisanti|2015b|p=87}}
Julie London{{sfn|Owen|2017|p=241}}
Jayne Mansfield

References

Sources

{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA486|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present

|first1=Tim|last1=Brooks|first2=Earle F.|last2=Marsh|year=2009|publisher=Random House|isbn=9780307483201}}

{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TSoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA75|title=Roy Huggins: Creator of Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive and The Rockford Files|first=Paul|last=Green|publisher=McFarland|year=2014|isbn=9781476613499}}
{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j8bUpOl2TgYC&pg=PA87|title=Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties|first=Tom|last=Lisanti|year=2015b|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786493425}}
{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITClSVUV7voC&pg=PA58|title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles|first=Tom|last=Lisanti|year=2015a|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476612416}}
{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EoB9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT241|title=Go Slow: The Life of Julie London|first=Michael|last=Owen|year=2017|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781613738597}}
{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA355|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|edition=2nd|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|year=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486410}}

External links

[http://www.tv.com/shows/follow-the-sun/episodes/ Episode guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421184846/http://www.tv.com/shows/follow-the-sun/episodes/ |date=2016-04-21 }}
{{IMDb title|id=0054539|title=Follow the Sun}}

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