Omnibus
Season 2
195324 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Glory in the Flower
1953-10-04
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).
- E2
The Battler
1953-10-11
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
King Lear
1953-10-18
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.
- E4
The Golden Dress
1953-10-25
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
Billy the Kid
1953-11-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
The Raspberry Queen
1953-11-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E8
Toine
1953-11-22
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).
- E9
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1953-11-29
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.
- E10
Capital of the World
1953-12-06
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E11
The Nature of the Beast
1953-12-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
Mom and Leo
1953-12-20
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E13
The Sojourner
1953-12-27
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E14
Nobody's Fool
1954-01-03
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E15
The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
1954-01-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E16
The Duchess and the Smugs
1954-01-17
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E17
Nothing So Monstrous
1954-01-24
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).
- E18
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
1954-01-31
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E19
The Confidential Clerk
1954-02-14
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
A Time Out of War
1954-02-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E21
Hilde and the Turnpike
1954-02-28
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E22
The House
1954-03-07
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E23
Three Sketches
1954-03-14
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
Tell Me If It Hurts
1954-03-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E25
The Apollo of Bellac
1954-03-28
No episode synopsis available yet.