The second presentation of the story aired as the February 14 , 1949 episode of NBC 's 30-minute weekly live drama series , '' Chevrolet Tele-Theater '' which , during its earliest months , was titled '' Chevrolet on Broadway '' . Presented on a high budget by the automaker , the show 's productions tended to use established Hollywood talent which was more expensive than lesser-known actors from the New York stage . Reducing the plot to its core elements , the twenty-six-minute Valentine 's Day encapsulation of the original novella starred , as Ruth , Mary Anderson who , in the previous five years , had played the female lead or second lead in six major studio films , including 1944 's '' Lifeboat '' and '' Wilson '' , 1946 's '' To Each His Own '' and 1947 's '' Whispering City '' . Art was portrayed , in his TV debut , by John Dall who , a few months earlier , in 1948 , had co-starred as one of the two Leopold and Loeb-like thrill killers in Alfred Hitchcock 's first Technicolor film , '' Rope '' and , two years before that , at the 18th Academy Awards , was one of the nominees for Best Supporting Actor as a result of his first film role , playing a young Welsh coal miner given a chance for a better life in 1945 's '' The Corn Is Green '' . The episode was produced by former actor Owen Davis , Jr. ( who drowned in a boating accident three months later , on May 21 ) , directed by Gordon Duff and adapted by '' The Corn Is Green '' playwright Emlyn Williams . NBC 's records indicate that despite the brevity of the adaptation , the storyline included three other cast members , Viola Frayne , Lee Harris and Jesse White , but the identities of their characters were not specified
18th Academy Awards
18th Academy Awards
Miracle in the Rain