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Season 2

Season 2

October 4, 1953·24 épisodes
Épisodes · 24
E1

Glory in the Flower

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).

Oct 4, 1953
E2

The Battler

Oct 11, 1953
E3

King Lear

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.

Oct 18, 1953
E4

The Golden Dress

Oct 25, 1953
E6

Billy the Kid

Nov 8, 1953
E7

The Raspberry Queen

Nov 15, 1953
E8

Toine

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).

Nov 22, 1953
E9

The Horn Blows at Midnight

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.

Nov 29, 1953
E10

Capital of the World

Dec 6, 1953
E11

The Nature of the Beast

Dec 13, 1953
E12

Mom and Leo

Dec 20, 1953
E13

The Sojourner

Dec 27, 1953
E14

Nobody's Fool

Jan 3, 1954
E15

The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

Jan 10, 1954
E16

The Duchess and the Smugs

Jan 17, 1954
E17

Nothing So Monstrous

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).

Jan 24, 1954
E18

Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

Jan 31, 1954
E19

The Confidential Clerk

Feb 14, 1954
E20

A Time Out of War

Feb 21, 1954
E21

Hilde and the Turnpike

Feb 28, 1954
E22

The House

Mar 7, 1954
E23

Three Sketches

Mar 14, 1954
E24

Tell Me If It Hurts

Mar 21, 1954
E25

The Apollo of Bellac

Mar 28, 1954