Episodes
Glory in the Flower
October 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).
The Battler
October 11, 1953
King Lear
October 18, 1953
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.
The Golden Dress
October 25, 1953
Billy the Kid
November 8, 1953
The Raspberry Queen
November 15, 1953
Toine
November 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).
The Horn Blows at Midnight
November 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.
Capital of the World
December 6, 1953
The Nature of the Beast
December 13, 1953
Mom and Leo
December 20, 1953
The Sojourner
December 27, 1953
Nobody's Fool
January 3, 1954
The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
January 10, 1954
The Duchess and the Smugs
January 17, 1954
Nothing So Monstrous
January 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).
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
January 31, 1954
The Confidential Clerk
February 14, 1954
A Time Out of War
February 21, 1954
Hilde and the Turnpike
February 28, 1954
The House
March 7, 1954
Three Sketches
March 14, 1954
Tell Me If It Hurts
March 21, 1954
The Apollo of Bellac
March 28, 1954
