Omnibus (1952)
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Episode 1 - Glory in the Flower
Release Date: 1953-10-04The 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).
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Episode 2 - The Battler
Release Date: 1953-10-11 -
Episode 3 - King Lear
Release Date: 1953-10-18King 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.
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Episode 4 - The Golden Dress
Release Date: 1953-10-25 -
Episode 6 - Billy the Kid
Release Date: 1953-11-08 -
Episode 7 - The Raspberry Queen
Release Date: 1953-11-15 -
Episode 8 - Toine
Release Date: 1953-11-22 -
Episode 9 - The Horn Blows at Midnight
Release Date: 1953-11-29Television 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.
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Episode 10 - Capital of the World
Release Date: 1953-12-06 -
Episode 11 - The Nature of the Beast
Release Date: 1953-12-13 -
Episode 12 - Mom and Leo
Release Date: 1953-12-20 -
Episode 13 - The Sojourner
Release Date: 1953-12-27 -
Episode 14 - Nobody's Fool
Release Date: 1954-01-03 -
Episode 15 - The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
Release Date: 1954-01-10 -
Episode 16 - The Duchess and the Smugs
Release Date: 1954-01-17 -
Episode 17 - Nothing So Monstrous
Release Date: 1954-01-24 -
Episode 18 - Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Release Date: 1954-01-31 -
Episode 19 - The Confidential Clerk
Release Date: 1954-02-14 -
Episode 20 - A Time Out of War
Release Date: 1954-02-21 -
Episode 21 - Hilde and the Turnpike
Release Date: 1954-02-28 -
Episode 22 - The House
Release Date: 1954-03-07 -
Episode 23 - Three Sketches
Release Date: 1954-03-14 -
Episode 24 - Tell Me If It Hurts
Release Date: 1954-03-21 -
Episode 25 - The Apollo of Bellac
Release Date: 1954-03-28