Omnibus

Season 7

1958 · 15 episodes

Episodes

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   1. Capital Punishment

   26 Oct 1958

   The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).

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   2. The Submariners

   9 Nov 1958

   The program has only one segment: "The Submariners" (Esther Williams joins a Connecticut naval submarine base and presents a feature on submarines and the life and training of submariners and Navy divers).

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   3. The So-Called Human Race

   23 Nov 1958

   The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).

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   4. The Empty Chair

   7 Dec 1958

   After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

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   5. Dancing, a Man's Game

   21 Dec 1958

   After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

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   6. Prince Orestes

   4 Jan 1959

   The program has only one segment: "Prince Orestes" (production of a Greek tragedy adapted from an Aeschylus trilogy about Orestes, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for her murdering his father).

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   7. Malice in Wonderland

   18 Jan 1959

   The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).

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   8. Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years

   1 Feb 1959

   The program has only one segment: "Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years" (repeat showing from Season 3 of a feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes).

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   9. The Medium

   15 Feb 1959

   The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).

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    10. Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy

    1 Mar 1959

    The program has two segments: (1) "Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy" (play by William Saroyan), and (2) "Visual Perception" (looking at how the eyes perceive images and optical illusions).

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    11. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

    15 Mar 1959

    The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).

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    12. Power Among Men

    29 Mar 1959

    The program has only one segment: "Power among Men" (showing of excerpts from a 1959 U.S. film about man's creative and destructive capabilities).

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    13. The Strange Ordeal of Normandier

    12 Apr 1959

    The program has only one segment: "The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier" (the tragic story of an English tramp steamer struck by disaster in 1918 when its crew succumbed to blackwater fever, leaving the ship helpless and adrift in the Atlantic).

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    14. Professor Tim

    26 Apr 1959

    The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).

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    15. H.M.S. Pinafore (II)

    3 May 1959

    The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).