 In 1956, Colbert hosted the 28th Academy Awards ceremony.In 1957, she was cast as Lucy Bradford, the wife of schoolteacher Jim Bradford (Jeff Morrow), in the episode, "Blood in the Dust", on CBS's "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre".In the story line, Jim will not back down when a gunman orders him to leave town, and Lucy is particularly distressed because Jim has not fired a weapon since he was in the Civil War.