Mr. Adams and Eve
Mr. Adams and Eve

Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)

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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.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 124 episodes
The Young Actress

1. The Young Actress

30 min

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Typical

2. Typical

30 min

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.

They're Off and Running

3. They're Off and Running

30 min

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The Teen-Age Daughter

4. The Teen-Age Daughter

30 min

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This is Your Life

5. This is Your Life

30 min

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You Can't Go Home Again

6. You Can't Go Home Again

30 min

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The Proposal

7. The Proposal

30 min

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.

Howard Goes to Jail

8. Howard Goes to Jail

30 min

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The Business Manager

9. The Business Manager

30 min

Francis X. Bushman, the matinee idol of silent films portrays the Adams' business manager.

The Torn-Shirt School of Acting

10. The Torn-Shirt School of Acting

30 min

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.

The Mothers

11. The Mothers

30 min

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.

Academy Award

12. Academy Award

30 min

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Taken for Granted

13. Taken for Granted

30 min

Eve fibs to Howard that she and their agent had clandestine meetings.

Fulfilling Talents

14. Fulfilling Talents

30 min

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That Magazine

15. That Magazine

30 min

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.

The Social Crowd

16. The Social Crowd

30 min

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Insomnia

17. Insomnia

30 min

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The Diet

18. The Diet

30 min

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.

The Picture That Could Not Be Made

19. The Picture That Could Not Be Made

30 min

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The Fighter

20. The Fighter

30 min

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.

The Rumor

21. The Rumor

30 min

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.

The Lost Two Hours

22. The Lost Two Hours

30 min

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The Bachelor

23. The Bachelor

30 min

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!

Separate Vacations

24. Separate Vacations

30 min

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.

Season 241 episodes
Adult Western

1. Adult Western

30 min

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Taming of the Shrew

2. Taming of the Shrew

30 min

Howard and Eve are all set to appear in a production of Shakespeare's ""Taming of the Shrew"".

International Affair

3. International Affair

30 min

Rajah Ahmed Khan, an Eastern potentate, visits the studio where Eve and Howard are making a picture. The Rajah immediately decides that Eve would be a lovely acquisition for his harem and offers to buy her from Howard.

Split Careers

4. Split Careers

30 min

No description available.

Joan Fontaine

5. Joan Fontaine

30 min

No description available.

Suspicion

6. Suspicion

30 min

No description available.

The Life Story of Eve Drake and Howard Adams

7. The Life Story of Eve Drake and Howard Adams

30 min

When Hollywood scenario writers prepare a film biography of Eve and Howard, any resemblance to the real people are purely coincidental.

The Comedians

8. The Comedians

30 min

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Man with Raven

9. Man with Raven

30 min

Howard decides to act ""Richard III"" and invites a thespian of the old school to his home.

The Artist

10. The Artist

30 min

Eve is flattered and Howard skeptical when an egotistical artist asks Eve to sit for a portrait.

Active Duty

11. Active Duty

30 min

Howard, spending two weeks with the Air Force Reserve, finds his troubles with the commanding officer aggravated when Eve comes to the base to entertain.

Las Vegas Story

12. Las Vegas Story

30 min

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The Producers

13. The Producers

30 min

Eve and Howard turn producers and repair to a small town to film a simple story derived from real life. Their first mistake is the hiring of an Italian director.

The First Mrs. Adams

14. The First Mrs. Adams

30 min

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The Service Story

15. The Service Story

30 min

The Adamses entertain at an Army camp. Howard can't understand why the wolf whistles from the darkened audience are only for him.

The Flack

16. The Flack

30 min

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Jungle Madness

17. Jungle Madness

30 min

Darkest Africa is all aglow when a white hunter gets a yen for Eve while on location.

Me, the Jury

18. Me, the Jury

30 min

In the midst of making a movie, Eve receives a call to jury duty. She insists that she must fulfill her responsibilities as a citizen.

The Inheritance

19. The Inheritance

30 min

Eve falls heir to a massive castle high on the desolate moors of Scotland.

The Big Top

20. The Big Top

30 min

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Come on to Mars' House

21. Come on to Mars' House

30 min

Studio chief J.B. Hafter hires an astrologer to advise him as to the best time for making movies. Stars Howard and Eve become intrigued with this method and decide to follow Hafter's example.

Backwash

22. Backwash

30 min

Howard is given the opportunity to direct a movie and receives enthusiastic support from Eve. But when Howard reads the script he is afraid the picture will be a flop.

Surprise! Surprise!

23. Surprise! Surprise!

30 min

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The Writers

24. The Writers

30 min

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Platter Place

25. Platter Place

30 min

Howard and Eve fall asleep in their producer's office. They discover that the ghosts of the silent-picture era take over in the wee small hours.

Brought to You Dead From Hollywood

26. Brought to You Dead From Hollywood

30 min

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Backpage

27. Backpage

30 min

Ed Sullivan invites Howard and Eve to guest write a column for him. With visions of Pulitzer Prizes dancing in their heads, they set out among the city's teeming millions.

U.C.L.A. -- Eh!

28. U.C.L.A. -- Eh!

30 min

Eve and Howard practically rewrite ancient history when they study the Etruscan Age in college.

The Lovey Doveys

29. The Lovey Doveys

30 min

Eve and Howard are asked to serve as hosts to a newly married couple who have won a ""perfect marriage"" contest on a TV program. But the Adamses find that the constant round of nightclubs is a strain.

Howard and Eve and Ida

30. Howard and Eve and Ida

30 min

In this episode, Ida Lupino plays both Eve and herself. Studio chief Hafter hires Ida Lupino to direct a Howard and Eve film. Howard used to date Ida, so Eve is jealous and gives her a very difficult time. Eve comes to realize she's a good person, though, and defends her when she gets fired for pushing her artistic vision.

The Original MacDuffs

31. The Original MacDuffs

30 min

Howard and Eve overhear a telephone conversation in which J.B. Hafter, the studio head, grants many concessions to another star. When they make the same demands, Hafter tells them that the star has a ranch and is independently wealthy. So, Howard and Eve decide to buy a ranch.

The Ghosts of Consolidated

32. The Ghosts of Consolidated

30 min

After a hectic day at the studio, Howard and Eve decide it is too late to go home. So they fall asleep in their producer's office.

The Bowling Story

33. The Bowling Story

30 min

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Command Performance

34. Command Performance

30 min

Studio chief J.B. Hafter sends Howard and Eve to Europe to publicize the premiere of one of his films. They visit a small country where the ruler is a grand duchess. Eve tries to sell the duchess on the advantages of democracy--in fact she even suggests the duchess abdicate!

The Stunt Man

35. The Stunt Man

30 min

A neighbor, who apparently hates movie people, complains to the police about Howard and Eve. Then he bombards them with phone calls. Eve, who has been reading up on psychology, devises a plan to cure the bothersome neighbor.

The Interview

36. The Interview

30 min

While at a party, Eve is tricked into agreeing to appear on a nationwide television interview with a man known to hate the movie colony. On the show, Eve makes an unfortunate remark, which makes her look ridiculous. Later, Howard makes a few remarks of his own at a press interview.

The Chowder Cup

37. The Chowder Cup

30 min

Eve and Howard buy a half interest in a restaurant. They become so absorbed in their new enterprise that they incur the anger of their boss, J.B. Hafter, who demands that they either give up the restaurant or give up acting.

Dear Variety

38. Dear Variety

30 min

Eve mistakes an old copy of Variety for a recent one and gets the impression that the studio is about to close down.

Steve's Girl Friend

39. Steve's Girl Friend

30 min

No description available.

Planes That Pass in the Night

40. Planes That Pass in the Night

30 min

Howard and Eve take a vacation, but they can't decide where to spend it.

Teenage Idol

41. Teenage Idol

30 min

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Cast

Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

Alan Reed

Alan Reed

Howard Duff

Howard Duff

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

Olive Carey

Olive Carey

Patrick Wayne

Patrick Wayne

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