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Season
2 (CBS) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, James Beer, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, Jim Brent, Heikocleef
references:
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######### Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
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############## season 2 1952-53 ##############
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CBS, Fridays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (30 min)
2.01 [049] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: HOMECOMING
05-Sept-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Leif Erickson
Helen Westcott
Synopsis 1:
A one-time "Athlete of the Year" is convinced that time marches on. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
It takes a woman who refuses to age to convince a one-time
champ that time
marches on. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
An ex-athlete can't face his own aging until he meets a woman who refuses to
change. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on "Play of the Week" 12Apr56.
2.02 [050] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MARRIAGE OF LIT-LIT
12-Sep-1952 CBS Fri
Based on a story by Jack London
starring
Rita Moreno
Don DeFore
Synopsis:
The love story of a white man and an Indian girl.
Synopsis 2:
An Indian bride's father attempts to wreck her marriage to a white man. [RF]
*Syndication airing on Play of the Week.
2.03 [051] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: I WANT TO BE A MOVIE STAR
19-Sep-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Elinor Donahue
James Dunn
Synopsis:
A father complains about his daughter's movie magazines until he's discovered by
a talent scout. [RF]
2.04 [052] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE TRAIL
26-Sep-1952 CBS Fri
Based on the story by Jack London
starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
Robert Lowery
Eve McVeagh
Synopsis:
A gold miner's greed makes him murder his partners. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
"The Trail," a Jack London adventure about a greedy mine owner and murder. [RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Play of the Week 16Sep54.
2.05 [053] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: COME WHAT MAY
03-Oct-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Wallace Ford
Synopsis:
A man who learns too late that a gun is a poor problem solver. [RF]
2.06 [054] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TROUBLE ON PIER 12
10-Oct-1952 CBS Fri
starring
John Howard
Akim Tamiroff
Rochelle Hudson
Synopsis:
A professional bodyguard helps a sea captain. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A bodyguard (John Howard) and his girl friend (Rochelle Hudson)
are the last hope for a ship captain trapped by a killer. [RF]
2.07 [055] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THIS PLANE FOR HIRE
17-Oct-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Lloyd Bridges
Synopsis:
The adventure-romance of a Mexican Al Capone.
Syndication airing on Film Drama, KLZ-7 Denver, CO.
Tuesday 14Jun 60 10:30 p.m. MDT [JBeer]
2.08 [056] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A DRAWING ROOM
24-Oct-1952 CBS Fri
Directed by John Brahm (TV directing debut)
starring
William Bishop
Joan Camden
Synopsis:
Amnesia strikes a beautiful train passenger just outside a psychiatrist's
compartment. [RF]
2.09 [057] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ENCHANTED EVENING
31-Oct-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Eddie Albert
Margo
Synopsis:
A family's happy life gets complicated: the kids have lost
theater tickets that belonged to their dad's boss. [RF]
*Syndication airing on Play of the Week
24Mar64.
2.10 [058] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TANGO
07-Nov-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Cesar Romero
Ann Savage
Synopsis:
A night club affair winds up in intrigue and mystery.
2.11 [059] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE HOUSE OF PRIDE
14-Nov-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story by Jack London
starring
Robert Hutton
Coleen Gray
Synopsis:
A young bride learns not all in the tropics is paradise. [RF]
2.12 [060] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: PUSSYFOOTIN' ROCKS
21-Nov-1952 CBS Fri
Written by Luther Davis
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Hosted by Irene Dunne
starring
Joan Blondell ......... Calamity Jane
Buddy Ebsen
Kathleen Freeman
Synopsis:
Calamity Jane rides again in this comedy of errors. [RF]
*Great episode a must for Robert Aldrich fans.
2.13 [061] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: BARROW STREET
28-Nov-1952 CBS Fri
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
Sally Forrest
Synopsis:
A jilted girl settles an old score in an unusual and poignant fashion. [RF]
2.14 [062] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MR. THAYER
05-Dec-1952 CBS Fri
Written by A. M. Seaholm
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Peggy Ann Garner
Francis L. Sullivan
James Dobson
Carleton Young
Ruta Lee
Synopsis:
On her first job, a girl meets a seedy and serene gentleman
to whom the ordinary rules mean nothing. [RF]
2.15 [063] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE WHITE CREAM PITCHER
12-Dec-1952 CBS Fri
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
Walter Slezak
Frances Rafferty
Synopsis:
After 20 years of marriage, a couple bent on divorce, turn to their
pastor to help them divide their possessions. [RF]
2.16 [064] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE PLAYWRIGHT
19-Dec-1952 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Richard Carlson
Synopsis:
A man juggles his life in pursuit of the things he wants to do. [RF]
2.17 [065] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A STRING OF BEADS
26-Dec-1952 CBS Fri
Based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham
starring
Joan Caulfield ....... Joan Robinson
Tom Drake ............ Colonel Mournay
Carl Esmond .......... Count Borselli
Synopsis:
A governess for a wealthy family becomes the object
of affection from elderly Count Borselli. [RF]
2.18 [066] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: JENNY
02-Jan-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Fay Bainter
Synopsis:
A single mother bored with her life and takes part in
a play where she meets a widower.
2.19 [067] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE UNOPENED LETTER
09-Jan-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
John Newland
Phyllis Avery
Geraldine Wall
Synopsis:
A woman receives a letter from the man she loves but
does not open it for thirty-five years. [RF]
2.20 [068] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: HIGH ON THE GALLOWS
16-Jan-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Buxx Banner ....... Young Tom Horn
2.21 [069] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: GUARDIAN OF THE CLOCK
23-Jan-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Ludwig Stossel
Una Merkel
Hugh Beaumont
Roland Winters
Edmund Gwenn
Synopsis:
An old clock-keeper is let go and seeks revenge.
2.22 [070] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: POINT OF HONOR
30-Jan-1953 CBS Fri
From a Story by William Somerset Maugham
starring
Joseph Schildkraut
Synopsis:
A man finds himself involved in a Revolution with the wrong side.
2.23 [071] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MANHATTAN ROBIN HOOD
06-Feb-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Preston Foster
Dorothy Patrick
Robert Osterloh
Edward Binns
Ralph Reed
Steven Terrell
Fred Sherman
Buddy Swan
Synopsis:
A reporter investigates a series of rigged lotteries and a judge also on the
take.
2.24 [072] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MR. GREENTREE AND FRIEND
13-Feb-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Hans Conried
Barbara Billingsley
Synopsis:
A lonely college professor strikes up a friendship with Jackie
a lion who has run away from the circus.
2.25 [073] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE DEVIL'S OTHER NAME
20-Feb-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Arthur Franz
Marjorie Lord
Virginia Hall
Synopsis:
A man kills his wife. It looks like the perfect crime, which will
pave the way for him to marry a wealthy woman. [RF]
*Syndication airing on "Star Playhouse" 10Apr56.
2.26 [074] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: GIRL OF MY DREAMS
27-Feb-1953 CBS Fri
Written by Christianna Alexander
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Jeff Donnell
Marguerite Chapman
Donald Woods
Roy Roberts
Synopsis:
A married man falls in love with another woman at first glance.
2.27 [075] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: BIG JIM'S BOY
06-Mar-1953 CBS Fri
Written by Robert J. Shaw
Directed by Ted Post
Director of photography Russ Harlan
Music by Melvyn Lenard
starring
Jackie Cooper ..... Bob Heywood
Harry Shannon ..... Big Jim Heywood
Morgan Farley ..... Dr. Kane
Phyllis Avery
Edgar Dearing
Kit Guard
Dan Barton
Synopsis:
A man returning from military service wants to become a doctor.
He needs money for his education and as much as he hates to enter into
his father's field of expertise as a boxer he finds himself entering the ring.
2.28 [076] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NINETEEN RUE MARIE
13-Mar-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Maria Palmer
Leon Askin
David Brian
Synopsis:
An American wakes up in a Parish hospital unaware of how he got there.
2.29 [077] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: PARENT'S WEEKEND
20-Mar-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Skip Homeier
Maureen O'Sullivan
Jerome Cowan
Suzanne Alexander
Synopsis:
A woman finds out that the key to youth is to act her age.
2.30 [078] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: HAPPY ENDING
27-Mar-1953 CBS Fri
From a Story by Anton Chekhov
starring
Helmut Dantine .... Peter
Osa Massen ........ Eva
Janine Perreau .... Karen
Synopsis:
An author lives in Copenhagen with his wife and daughter.
He refuses alter his stories to happily-ever-after
endings.
2.31 [079] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE GOVERNESS
03-Apr-1953 CBS Fri
From a Story by Stefan Zweig
Directed by Rod Amateau
starring
Lillian Bronson
Onslow Stevens
Ellen Drew
Synopsis:
A Senator's wife intent on feeling young again, throws a series of parties.
2.32 [080] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE MIRROR
10-Apr-1953 CBS Fri
From a Story by Alphonse Daudet
starring
Victor Jory
Ian MacDonald
Synopsis:
When a man's past is revealed his self-assurance is broken.
2.33 [081] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: PAPA GOES TO THE BALL
17-Apr-1953 CBS Fri
Written by John Vlahos
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Harold Perry (other source Harold Peary)
Jill Jarmyn
Chet Marshall
Jeanette Nolan
Jay Novello
Danny Richards Jr
Dan Foster
Jack Daly
Queenie Leonard
Synopsis 1:
A teenager's father escorts her to a school dance. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A man takes his daughter to a school dance and puts on an
exhibition that makes him the beau of the ball. [RF]
2.34 [082] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ALLEN OF HARPER
24-Apr-1953 CBS Fri
starring
John Newland
Anne Seymour
Robert Warwick
Rhys Williams
Hans Conried
Jan Miner
Synopsis:
A professor is saved from early retirement by a group of students.
2.35 [083] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MEDICINE WOMAN
Meridian Productions
01-May-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
George Brent ......... Sam Bentley
Andrea King .......... J.B. Blake
Bobby Hyatt .......... Tommy
Mary Ellen Kay ....... Sally
William Fawcett ..... Old man
Frank Jenks
Synopsis:
A construction engineer is able to cure a doctor's allergy
and write his own prescription for romance. [RF]
2.36 [084] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE COPPER RING
Meridian Productions
08-May-1953 CBS Fri
Produced by Ralph W. Nelson
Written by A. Nisseman
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
Charles Bickford ....... Dr Gunther
Katherine Warren ....... Mrs Gunther
Dani Sue Nolan ....... Elizabeth
Colin Campbell ....... Sir Philip Gilling
Ann Loos ....... Caroline
Synopsis:
Dr. Gunther is growing old and irritable, but one evening he dreams of an
Egyptian copper ring which brings happiness to all who wear it. He slips it on ....
(13Feb57 Associated-Rediffusion, London UK aired as "Hollywood Playhouse") [DM]
2.37 [085] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: VACATION FOR GINNY
15-May-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Bill Karn
starring
Barbara Hale ...... Ginny Morgan
Craig Stevens ..... Rod Warren
Hugh Beaumont ..... John Harris
Carl Switzer
Grace Lenard
Eugene Borden
Marilyn Gray
Synopsis:
A mousey clerk at a travel agency wins a vacation and finds
herself being pursued by two suitors no less.
2.38 [086] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: PURSUIT
22-May-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Richard Carlson ... Josef Lindquist
Martha Hyer ....... Lisa
Robert Cornthwaite. Dr. Ellsworth
Hank Patterson
Adrienne Marden
Lester Dorr
John Pickard
Synopsis:
A talented musician loses an arm in a hunting accident. [RF]
2.39 [087] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE GIRL THAT I MARRIED
29-May-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Gene Raymond
Suzanne Dalbert
Beverly Tyler
Synopsis:
An Army major falls for a French woman and a Red Cross Worker.
2.40 [088] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TWENTY-TWO SYCAMORE ROAD
05-Jun-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Willard Parker .... Ron Gage
Nancy Davis ....... Nan Gage
Synopsis:
A woman feels she is being taken for granted by
her construction worker husband.
2.41 [089] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE WIDOW MAKES THREE
12-Jun-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Broderick Crawford
Betty Lou Gerson
Synopsis:
The law seeks three important witnesses to find the secret head of waterfront crime. [RF]
2.42 [090] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: OPERATION RIVIERA
19-Jun-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Roy Kellino
starring
Randy Stuart
Lon McCallister
Synopsis:
Comedy about a GI on a ten day furlough on the isle of Capri. [RF]
2.43 [091] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE LEDGE
26-Jun-1953 CBS Fri
Writer Robert J. Shaw
Director Ted Post
starring
Regis Toomey ...... Ed Bartlett
Skip Homeier ...... Dick Newton
Allene Roberts .... Joan
Robert Osterloh
Bill Baldwin
Herbert Lytton
Joseph Mell
Robert Knapp
Kenneth Alton
Richard Monda
Synopsis:
A man's impending blindness hits him hard and
he feels suicide is his only recourse, until he meets
a blind woman.
2.44 [092] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: RICHARD AND THE LION
03-Jul-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Joanne Dru
George Nader
Jackie the Lion
Synopsis:
A young husband feels neglected because his wife pays too much attention
to her pets, so he gets one of this own : a lion. [RF]
2.45 [093] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: STORM WARNING
10-Jul-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Robert Stack
Arthur Franz
Kristine Miller
Synopsis:
Two partners of a wildcat Alaskan airline are both in love with the same girl. [RF]
2.46 [094] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE JOURNEY
17-Jul-1953 CBS Fri
syndicated airdate - 24Jun62 Sun 6PM CENTRAL Ch. 18
Hostess: Merle Oberon
starring
Merle Oberson ....... Marian Thorne
Grandon Rhodes ....... Mark Thorne
Patrick O'Neal ....... Jay Farnum
Paul Guilfoyle ....... Eastbrook
Synopsis:
Bored with her life, a young woman decides to leave
her husband for a younger man. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
A woman who is considerably younger than her husband is
bored with their uneventful like in Costa Rica. [RF]
2.47 [095] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: KNAVE OF HEARTS
Meridian Productions at Revue Studios
24-Jul-1953 CBS Fri
Producer William Self
Teleplay & Story by Herbert Moulton & Robert Leslie Bellem
Directed by Ted Post
Director of photography Russell Harlen
Supervising Editor George Amy
Assistant Director Ken Warrus
Music by Melvyn Lenard
Hosted by Mark Stevens
Guest cast:
Mark Stevens ....... Steve Dexter
Morris Ankrum
Maggie Mahoney
Lee Van Cleef
Jack Elam
John Qualen
Victor Millan
Synopsis:
IN THE TOWN OF WILLOW CREEK, A CATTLE BARON REFUSES HIS DAUGHTER TO
MARRY THE SON OF A LOCAL FARMER. THE DAUGHTER'S FORMER LOVER, NAMED
STEVE DEXTER, RETURNS TO TOWN AFTER BEING GONE FOR EIGHT YEARS IN
SEARCH OF HIS PROSPECTIVE WIFE TO-BE. HER STUBBORN FATHER LEARNS OF
HIS ARRIVAL AND PLANS TO HAVE HIM SHOT BY TWO GUNMEN THAT WORK FOR
HIM. [SC]
2.48 [096] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE DOCTOR GOES HOME
31-Jul-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Barbara Billingsley
Ronald Reagan
Synopsis:
A high society doctor finds great happiness in treating the poor.
2.49 [097] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SIMPLON EXPRESS
07-Aug-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Eddie Bracken
Aline Towne
Laura Mason
Synopsis:
An incompetent detective bumbles his way thru danger and intrigue.
2.50 [098] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MIRACLE IN THE NIGHT
14-Aug-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Ann Harding
Charles Cane
Synopsis:
A wealthy woman is afraid to go out alone. [RF]
2.51 [099] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SHEILAH
21-Aug-1953 CBS Fri
Directed by Ted Post
starring
Vincent Price
Elisabeth Risdon
Griff Barnett
Synopsis:
A man's attempts to collect his aunt's inheritance are foiled by a cat named "Sheilah".
[RF]
*Note: Syndication airing on Silver Theater 03Jun58.
2.52 [100] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TWO LIVES HAVE I
28-Aug-1953 CBS Fri
starring
Patricia Medina
Philip Carey
Janine Perreau
Synopsis:
When a newspaper woman learns of the tragic death of her husband of two weeks
in the war, she completely withdraws from the world of intrigue and newspaper
reporters in wartime Lisbon. [RF]
######### Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
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