Season 2

Episode 1

Glory in the Flower

Oct 4, 1953

The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).

Episode 2

The Battler

Oct 11, 1953

Episode 3

King Lear

Oct 18, 1953

TMDB rating 7.0TMDB

King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.

Episode 4

The Golden Dress

Oct 25, 1953

Episode 6

Billy the Kid

Nov 8, 1953

Episode 7

The Raspberry Queen

Nov 15, 1953

Episode 8

Toine

Nov 22, 1953

The program has five segments: (1) "Toine" (adaptation of a Guy De Maupassant story), (2) (concert by London's St Paul's Cathedral Choir), (3) (interview with an Arctic explorer about his life with the Eskimos), (4) (demonstration of X-ray motion picture techniques), and (5) "Place Names in the United States" (tracing the impact of 19th-century settlers' westward movement on various US town names).

Episode 9

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Nov 29, 1953

Television adaptation of Jack Benny's 1945 feature film of the same name. Jack plays an angel name Athanael, who's been sent to destroy the Earth by playing his trumpet.

Episode 10

Capital of the World

Dec 6, 1953

Episode 11

The Nature of the Beast

Dec 13, 1953

Episode 12

Mom and Leo

Dec 20, 1953

Episode 13

The Sojourner

Dec 27, 1953

Episode 14

Nobody's Fool

Jan 3, 1954

Episode 15

The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

Jan 10, 1954

Episode 16

The Duchess and the Smugs

Jan 17, 1954

Episode 17

Nothing So Monstrous

Jan 24, 1954

The program has five segments: (1) "Nothing So Monstrous" (dramatized adaptation of a John Steinbeck story), (2) "E=MC2" (celebration of the 15th anniversary of splitting the first uranium atom with the Columbia University cyclotron), (3) "The Hunter" (showing of a Swedish film on nature and wildlife), (4) "Signs" ( interview with an animated sign maker), and (5) "The Garage" (a look at bus maintenance and repair).

Episode 18

Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

Jan 31, 1954

Episode 19

The Confidential Clerk

Feb 14, 1954

Episode 20

A Time Out of War

Feb 21, 1954

Episode 21

Hilde and the Turnpike

Feb 28, 1954

Episode 22

The House

Mar 7, 1954

Episode 23

Three Sketches

Mar 14, 1954

Episode 24

Tell Me If It Hurts

Mar 21, 1954

Episode 25

The Apollo of Bellac

Mar 28, 1954