Omnibus

Season 2

1953 · 24 episodes · 7.0/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Glory in the Flower

   4 Oct 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).

2. 2

   2. The Battler

   11 Oct 1953

3. 3

   3. King Lear

   18 Oct 1953 · 7.0/10

   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.

4. 4

   4. The Golden Dress

   25 Oct 1953

5. 6

   6. Billy the Kid

   8 Nov 1953

6. 7

   7. The Raspberry Queen

   15 Nov 1953

7. 8

   8. Toine

   22 Nov 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).

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   9. The Horn Blows at Midnight

   29 Nov 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.

9. 10

   10. Capital of the World

   6 Dec 1953

10. 11

    11. The Nature of the Beast

    13 Dec 1953

11. 12

    12. Mom and Leo

    20 Dec 1953

12. 13

    13. The Sojourner

    27 Dec 1953

13. 14

    14. Nobody's Fool

    3 Jan 1954

14. 15

    15. The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

    10 Jan 1954

15. 16

    16. The Duchess and the Smugs

    17 Jan 1954

16. 17

    17. Nothing So Monstrous

    24 Jan 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).

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    18. Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

    31 Jan 1954

18. 19

    19. The Confidential Clerk

    14 Feb 1954

19. 20

    20. A Time Out of War

    21 Feb 1954

20. 21

    21. Hilde and the Turnpike

    28 Feb 1954

21. 22

    22. The House

    7 Mar 1954

22. 23

    23. Three Sketches

    14 Mar 1954

23. 24

    24. Tell Me If It Hurts

    21 Mar 1954

24. 25

    25. The Apollo of Bellac

    28 Mar 1954