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Season
2 (CBS) (1951-52)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated Jan
2022],, James Beer
references:
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CBS Mondays 8:00-8:30pm Eastern (30 min)
2.01 [40] Lux Video Theatre: THE PACING GOOSE
27Aug1951 CBS Mon
Written by Elinor Lenz
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Celeste Holm ...... Eliza
Thomas Coley ...... Jess
Parker Fennelly ... Enoch
Gene Steiner ...... Josh
Roland Wood ....... Judge Pomeroy
Tom McElhaney ..... Abel Samp
Klock Ryder ....... Overby
Gage Clark ........ Steve Morgan
Synopsis:
A farm woman would rather raise a goose as a pet than a cat.
2.02 [41] Lux Video Theatre: FOREVER WALKING FREE
03Sep1951 CBS Mon [Courier-Post]
Adapted by John Whedon
Story by MacKinlay Kantor
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Wendell Corey ....... Buster Menton
Nancy Marchand ....... Joan Warrock
Murray Matheson ....... Old Waiter
J. Pat O'Malley ....... London Bobby
Sybil Baker ...... Girl at Blue Polly
Oswald Marshall ....... Man in Bathrobe
Richard Barclay
Joseph R. Colbert
Synopsis:
The story takes place in London during the height of the "Battle of Britain"
when the Luftwaffe
was bombing the populace. Joan Warrock's home has been bombed. She meets an
American
Air Force gunner, Buster Menton, in the blackout-darkened streets shortly
afterwards and he
takes her to an afterhour "pub" to calm her nerves. It isn't until the evening
is over that she
realizes there has been something strange about the place and about Buster. Her
thoughts
return to the party in the bombed building and she dreads all the future bombing
that will come,
until Menton convinces her that he knows that she has nothing to worry about in
the future.
2.03 [42] Lux Video Theatre: IT'S A PROMISE
10Sep1951 CBS Mon
Written by Michele Cousin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Laraine Day ........ Lynn
John Shelton ........ Tom
Janet Alexander ........ Elly Barret
Edward Gargan ........ Policeman
Synopsis:
A young roomer's life is unexpectedly altered by a seven-year-old child.
2.04 [43] Lux Video Theatre: A FAMILY AFFAIR
17Sep1951 CBS Mon [The Record]
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Roland Young ........... Sumner Scofield
Isobel Elsom ............ Agnes Scofield
Biff McGuire ........... Will
Francis Compton .......... Everett
Elizabeth Ross ........ Barbara
Margaret Ann Deighton .... Abby
Wolfgang Zilzer ....... Head Waiter (as Paul Andor)
Lorna Lynn (blond singer-actress will do the featured singing role in the play)
William E. Becker
Lee Filips
Walter Teschan
Synopsis:
An outwardly weak-kneed, henpecked member of Philadelphia's elite, Sumner
Scofield II is
constantly reminded by his wife that he must look down his bank-roll at anyone
not in the
same financial and social bracket as the Scofields. When their son Will, home
from Yale
for Spring vacation declares he wants to quit college and marry a vocalist in a
band, Agnes
Scofield tells Sumner the family must "buy the girl off". Sumner's encounter
with the young
singer takes an unusual turn which allows him to assert himself for once in his
life.
2.05 [44] Lux Video Theatre: A MATTER OF LIFE
24Sep1951 CBS Mon
Written by Mac Shoub
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Edmond O'Brien .... Tom Protis
Elizabeth Johnson.. Jeannie
Dick Moore ........ Tony
Lee Dimond ........ Milkman
Synopsis:
A widower, realizes to his astonishment that his daughter, a typical
wholesome American girl, begins to act strangely almost overnight,
stealing and disobeying him. When he shadows her one night, he
realizes she has fallen in with drug addicts and herself becomes
addicted to narcotics.
2.06 [45] Lux Video Theatre: GRANDMA WAS AN ACTRESS
01Oct1951 CBS Mon
Written by James Truex
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Josephine Hull .... Grandma
Patty Smith ....... Hester
Lawrence Fletcher.. Henry
Amy Douglass ...... Daphne
Gage Clarke ....... Mr. Westcott
Nancy Malone ...... Girl
Synopsis:
A whimsical story of an old lady who is infatuated with the stage.
Synopsis 2:
An old woman seeks to persuade her granddaughter to go on the stage against her
son's opposition.
2.07 [46] Lux Video Theatre: ROUTE 19
08Oct1951 CBS Mon
Written by Joseph Ruscoll
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Vanessa Brown ..... Maryjane Fisher
Dennis O'Keefe .... Second Man
Robert Stack ...... First Man
Norma Winters ..... Woman
Synopsis:
Maryjane finds herself in a lonely bus station on a desolate highway one rainy
night shortly after
it is reported that a homicidal maniac is at large in the area. There are only
two people in the
station and Maryjane suspects that one of them is the killer.
2.08 [47] Lux Video Theatre: CAFE AMI
15Oct1951 CBS Mon
Written by George Bellak
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Robert Preston .... Sgt. Jed Kennedy
Maria Riva ........ Hilda
Rod Steiger ....... Victor Honegger
Walter Matthau .... Craig
Frances Fuller .... Aunt
Susan Wayne ....... Girl Singer
Andrew Duggan ..... Thug
Lawrence Breitman.. Waiter
Synopsis:
In Western Germany an Army sergeant feels there is something strange about the
proprietor of a cafe,
but doesn't believe a German girl who says the man is an exNazi concentration
camp commandant.
2.09 [48] Lux Video Theatre: THE TWINKLE IN HER EYE
22Oct1951 CBS Mon
Written by Bill Coleman and Imelda Coleman
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn ........ Honor
Dick Foran ........ Matt
Leora Thatcher .... Meg
Art Carney ........ Mike
Pat O'Malley ...... Griffin
Bob Gardette ...... Fireman
Peter Clune ....... Fireman
William MacDougall .. Fireman
Synopsis:
A bachelor's sister believes he should get married. She hires a housekeeper for
him and he refuses to have the girl in the house until he meets her.
2.10 [49] Lux Video Theatre: THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
29Oct1951 CBS Mon
Written by Manya Starr
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
June Lockhart ......... Julie
George Hill ........... Dan
Grace Valentine ...... Betty
Joseph Buloff ...... Mr. Pulaski
Luba Kadison ...... Mrs. Pulaski
Jean Sincere ...... Miss Sherman
Philippa Bevans ...... Mrs. Evans
Alexander Clark ...... Dr. Edwards
Synopsis:
A young wife of a doctor tries to help him by learning his profession.
She learns far too well and nearly causes her husband to lose his medical
license.
2.11 [50] Lux Video Theatre: CONFESSION
05Nov1951 CBS Mon
Written by Mac Shoub
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Thomas Mitchell ...... Robert Baldwin
Biff Elliot ...... John Gresham
Russell Collins ....... Marlett
Dorothy Blackburn ....... Martha
Ellen Cobb Hill ...... Evie
Synopsis:
Story of a small town bank cashier dismissed from his job,
after the bank's president John Gresham is indicted for embezzlement.
The bank trustees suspect that Baldwin is involved in the crime
but don't accuse him. He cannot find other work because
of the scandal and is practically penniless when he receives
a strange offer of $100,000 if he will leave town.
2.12 [51] Lux Video Theatre: NO WILL OF HIS OWN
12Nov1951 CBS Mon
Written by Jack Campbell
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Gene Lockhart ........ Leslie Hobbs
Binnie Barnes ........ Beatrice Hobbs
Rosalind Ivan ........ Mrs. Chamberlain
Melville Cooper ........ Watts
Halliwell Hobbes ....... Fitz James
John Stephen ....... Darlington
Guy Spaull ....... Granet
Anthony Kemble Cooper ...... Foxhall
Ian Martin ........... Riggs
Jim Davidson ..... Man
Maxine Stuart ..... Girl
Gwilym Williams ...... First Workman
Dick Barclay ............ Second Workman
Leopold Badia ....... Extra
Synopsis:
An excavation inspector finds an original play by William Shakespear
in the ruins of an old London house and connives to pass it off as a creation of
his own.
2.13 [52] Lux Video Theatre: STOLEN YEARS
19Nov1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by Mac Shoub
Story by Lawrence G. Blochman
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Francis L. Sullivan ....... Detective Yates
Richard Greene ......... Hartford
Lola Albright ........ Miriam
Jerome Cowan ....... Wright
Hurd Hatfield ....... Dobbins
Nils Asther ....... Norstad
Frederick Worlock ....... Reverand Stowell
Harold Yee ...... Chang
Robert Sterling
Ricardo Cortez
Synopsis:
The easy-going life on a Chinese river port of four foreign
agents for American firms is unexpectedly interrupted by
Detective Yates of the San Francisco police department,
who announces he wants one of them as a fugitive from
a California murder warrant.
2.14 [53] Lux Video Theatre: DAMES ARE POISON
26Nov1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by John Whedon
Short story by Steve McNeil
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch ....... Jessica
William Eythe ....... Peter
Alice Pearce ...... Nina
Henry Jones ..... Sanford
Peggy Cass ..... Betty
Kip McArdle ..... Cooper
Klock Ryder ..... Blake
Sy Travers ..... Policeman
Synopsis:
A nurse is forced to make a shrewd real estate deal when five
roommates leave her with a lease for a huge house.
2.15 [54] Lux Video Theatre: TIN BADGE
03Dec1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by Mac Shoub /
Story by Walter C. Brown
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Pat O'Brien ..... Officer Joseph Crandall
Bobby Driscoll ..... Billy Crandall
Muriel Kirkland ..... Ellen Crandall
Harold Stone ..... Mike Gannon
Anthony Rivers ..... Gangster
Jimmy Sheridan ..... Young Cop
Ernest Roncoli ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A beat cop finds that making the arrest of a wanted killer has its
aftermath - attacks by vengeful henchmen.
Synopsis 2:
Officer Joseph Crandall has been back pounding a beat for the last five
years ever since his testimony sent a killer to prison for life. Crandall had
been a young sergeant with a bright future but the killer's henchmen
obtained revenge for their pal by seeing to it that Joe was demoted for
a slight infraction of regulations. This has discouraged Crandall's
10-year-old son who has always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
However, his outlook is changed when the killer escapes from prison.
2.16 [55] Lux Video Theatre: SECOND SIGHT
10Dec1951 CBS Mon
Written by Melinda Palmer
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm ....... Margaret West
Patric Knowles ....... Corey Hill
Neva Patterson ...... Claire Whitcombe
Don Shelton ..... Doctor
Anne Meacham ..... Nurse
Jerry McKay ..... Extra
Mary Cahoon ..... Extra
John Weaver ..... Extra
Synopsis:
Story of a secretary hired by a blinded foreign correspondent to take
down his memories and in so doing proves a fateful influence on his life.
2.17 [56] Lux Video Theatre: THE BLUES STREET
17Dec1951 CBS Mon
Written by Anne Howard Bailey
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Veronica Lake ........ Lou Jansen
Roddy McDowall ..... Pete Cornelius
Walter Woolf King ..... Cornelius
Harry Bellaver ..... Victor
Jack Warden ..... Man
Anne Dere ..... Landlady
David Kerman ..... Counterman
John Kullens ..... Waiter
Synopsis:
Pete Cornelius the 19-year-old son of a wealthy businessman is on his way to
college
for his first year's studies but when he stops off in New Orleans on the way to
the school
Pete becomes fascinated with the city. He also becomes interested in a nightclub
vocalist,
Lou Jansen and decides against catching his train for the University. His
disappearance
causes his father to send out a nationwide alarm and offers $1000 reward for his
son's
return. When this is announced Lou plays a different part in his life than he
had anticipated.
2.18 [57] Lux Video Theatre: A CHILD IS BORN
24Dec1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by Wendell Mayes
From a story by Stephen Vincent Benet
Directed by Fielder Cook
Vladimir Selinsky has prepared a special score for this production.
starring
Fay Bainter ....... Innkeeper's Wife
Thomas Mitchell ... Innkeeper
Rita Gam .......... Leah
Elizabeth Ross .... Sarah
Robert Morgan ..... Dismas
Lloyd Bochner ..... Soldier
Ernest Graves ..... Joseph
Lawrence Ryle ..... Prefect
Synopsis:
The story of the Innkeeper and his wife in the town of Bethlehem during the
reign of King Herod.
2.19 [58] Lux Video Theatre: THE JEST OF HAHALABA
31Dec1951 CBS Mon
Adapted by David Shaw /
Story by Lord Dunsany's mystery classic
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Boris Karloff ..... Sir Arthur Strangeways
Arnold Moss ..... Yannu
Sybil Baker ..... Miss Kerry
Robin Craven ..... Snaggs
Michael McAloney ..... Doorman
Diane de Brett ..... Yannu's Assistant
Evelyn Wall ..... Woman In Theatre #1
Carrie Bridewell ..... Woman In Theatre #2
Marjorie De Voe..... Elderly Woman
with
William MacDougall ..... Bobby
Dick Barclay ..... Pretzel Man
Carl Swope ..... Soldier
Andrew Bernard ..... Sailor #1
Mark Elliot ..... Sailor #2
Joan Engle ..... Street Walker #1
Lilija Austrin ..... Street Walker #2
Joe Nathan ..... Man With Hat #1
Walter Teschan ..... Man With Hat #2
Dean Mundy Bate ..... Flower Woman
Constance Coleman ..... Extra
Terese Hayden ..... Extra
Patricia Ann Miller ..... Extra
Judy Young ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A British business man whose clairvoyance plays tricks on him on New Year's Eve.
Synopsis 2:
Sir Arthur Strangeways, a London businessman makes a bargain with a mystic
to look into the future, and on New Year's Eve his clairvoyance plays an ironic
prank on him.
2.20 [59] Lux Video Theatre: MR. FINCHLEY VERSUS THE BOMB
07Jan1952 CBS Mon
Written Rod Serling
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Henry Hull ........ Jason W. Finchley
Arlene Francis .... Eddie Sloan
Harry Townes ...... Hannify
Roland Winters .... General Millet
Robert F. Simon ... Peterson
Gage Clarke ....... Hoffman
Jim Davidson ...... Jacobs
Lawrence Haynes ...... Extra
Jeff Fernald ...... Extra
Ted Brenner ...... Extra
Synopsis:
Finchley refuses to move from an old ghost town he calls home. The Army has
planned
to test the atom bomb at the site but Finchley will not budge.
Synopsis 2:
Story of an old codger who had built himself a cabin in the middle of "Dead
Man's Flat", a site chosen for A-Bomb tests.
Finchley is determined and backed up by a squirrel gun in facing an army tank,
because he refuses to move.
*Note: Courier-Post has Arlene Francis' character listed as Edie Sloan.
2.21 [60] Lux Video Theatre: CEYLON TREASURE
14Jan1952 CBS Mon
Written by Irwin Lewis
Directed by Seymour Kulik
starring
Edmond O'Brien .... Dave Rorsford
Maria Riva ....... Alma
Stefan Schnabel ...... Kroner
Alexander Scourby ...... Hagen
Ronald Long ...... Dodsley
Al Thaler ...... Wilson
Audrey Meadows ...... The Singer
William Caldwell ...... Extra
Synopsis:
Adventurer Dave Rorsford arrives at a hotel in Ceylon carrying a gem worth a
fortune, an international band
of thieves immediately find out about it and make plans to steal it. A blonde
named Alma also turns up at the
same hotel hoping to buy the jewel. Indirectly she lures Rorsford into a trap
set by the plotters. However, once
she has betrayed him, Alma makes new plans to secure the diamond.
2.22 [61] Lux Video Theatre: THE SOUND OF WAVES BREAKING
21Jan1952 CBS Mon
Written by Ann Loring and Meade Roberts
Directed by Richard Cooke
starring
Teresa Wright ....... Emily Lawrence
Kent Smith ....... Mike Brackauer
Natalie Schafer ...... Blanche
John Mylong ....... Brack
Hugh Griffith ....... Man with Cello
Patrick O'Neal ....... Sailor
Synopsis:
Mike Brackauer shrugs off his success as an artist, feeling that his rise to
fame has been based on
technical proficiency without any deep creative talent. He becomes increasingly
moody over his failure
to inject what he terms "the spark of life" into his paintings. His confidence
in himself is suddenly
restored when a department stor salesgirl tells him she can hear the sound of
waves breaking when
she looks at one of his seascape paintings. A short time later they fall in love
and plan marriage
until Brackauer's confidence again leaves him.
2.23 [62] Lux Video Theatre: FOR GOODNESS SAKE
28Jan1952 CBS Mon
Written by Elinor Lenz
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Jack Carson ....... John Mulligan
June Lockhart ..... Carrie Williams
Edgar Stehli ..... Pa Williams
Fredd Wayne ..... Bert Oliver
Victor Thorley ..... Bartender
Walter Matthau ..... Extra
Charles Gordon ..... Extra
Robert Ludlam ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A Boston waterfront roughneck is hounded by a beautiful
evangelist who tries to convert him.
2.24 [63] Lux Video Theatre: KELLY
04Feb1952 CBS Mon
Written by Eric Hatch
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Preston ..... Kelly
Geraldine Brooks ..... Odette
Horace McMahon ..... Captain Hodges
Marcel Hillaire ..... Frenchman
Jack Warden ..... Sergeant Stivers
Michael McAloney ..... Extra
Grady Fraser ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A romantic comedy about the member of a three-man army team which
followed the invading Allied Forces to Normandy in 1944 to liberate
American prisoners of war and other Nazi captives.
2.25 [64] Lux Video Theatre: THE GAME OF CHESS
11Feb1952 CBS Mon
Written by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Vincent Price ..... Christoff
Will Kuluva ..... Joseph
Hugh Griffith ..... Constantine
Marden Bate ..... Footman
Synopsis:
A foreign ruler, unarmed and without guards or servants,
plays a game of wits with a would-be assassin.
2.26 [65] Lux Video Theatre: LIFE, LIBERTY AND ORRIN DUDLEY
18Feb1952 CBS Mon
Written by John Whedon
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Jackie Cooper ..... Orrin Dudley
Grace Kelly ..... Beth
Roy Fant ..... Pa
Edith Meiser ..... Ma
Maurice Manson ..... Mayor
Evelyn Wall ..... Mrs. Jeffers
Tom Glazer ..... Guitarist
Chet Stratton ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A veteran uses his GI allotment to further his education and win the love
of the school teacher.
2.27 [66] Lux Video Theatre: THE BARGAIN
25Feb1952 CBS Mon
Written by James Truex
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Celeste Holm ..... Katherine Case
Robert Coote ...... Stephen
James Daly ..... Brigida
Diane de Brett ..... Felicia
John Moore ..... Borland
Miriam Goldina ..... Extra
Emil Belasco ..... Extra
Douglas MacLean ..... Extra
Synopsis:
The wife of a mining engineer, gains the money needed
to save her husband's business.
2.28 [67] Lux Video Theatre: NIGHT, BE QUIET
03Mar1952 CBS Mon
Written by S. Lee Pogostin
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Sylvia Sidney ..... Joyce
Lloyd Gough ..... Ben
Alfred Neal ..... Neal
Synopsis:
A young wife becomes involved in a triangle with her husband
and his youthful brother, a guest in their home.
2.29 [68] Lux Video Theatre: THE PROMOTION
10Mar1952 CBS Mon
Written by Andrew Duggan
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Thomas Mitchell ..... Ralph Burgess
Anne Jackson ..... Sara
Richard Carlyle ..... Steve
Clifford Sales ..... Johnny
Synopsis:
A hapless employee finds the proverbial silver lining in the dreaded
pink slip after a long career as a salesman.
2.30 [69] Lux Video Theatre: THE FOGGY, FOGGY DEW
17Mar1952
Producer Cal Kuhl
Written by J. Albert Hirsch
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
James Barton .... The Stranger
Muriel Kirkland .... Mrs. McCallum
Richard Bishop ..... Mr. McCallum
James Dean .... Kyle
James Ginelli ..... Guitarist (off camera)
Synopsis:
Kyle had been brought up by foster parents. On a hunting
trip he meets his biological father, a strange looking drifter
with a guitar.
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2.31 [70] Lux Video Theatre: JULIE
24Mar1952 CBS Mon
Written by William Kozlenko
Directed by Buzz Kulik
An original tense drama of stage life by John Taintor Foote.
starring
Miriam Hopkins ..... Julie Arden
Jerome Cowan ..... Rollo
Gene Blakely ..... Jack
Loretta Day ..... Dorothy
Joy Nilson ..... Extra
Carl Swope ..... Extra
Arthur Rowe ..... Extra
John Dorman ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A temperamental actress gets entangled in a struggle
with her daughter over the love of the same man.
2.32 [71] Lux Video Theatre: TASTE
31Mar1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Elinor Lenz
New Yorker magazine story by Roald Dahl
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Peter Lorre ..... Richard Pratt
Frederic Torzere ..... Father
Margaret Grindell ..... The Girl
Renee Gadd ..... Mother
Peter Forster ..... The Boy
Ronald Long ..... Extra
Robert Oswald Marshall .... Extra
Synopsis:
A sinister gourmet and wine authority makes a cunning
bet to win a reluctant young lady. The wager: his town
and country houses against the girl's hand that he can
guess the date and vinyard's name of a rare claret the
father is serving for dinner.
2.33 [72] Lux Video Theatre: MAN AT BAY
07Apr1952 CBS Mon
Written by Dewitt Copp (thriller "Hunt the Man Down")
Directed by Fielder Cook
Music, Vladimir Selinsky
starring
Broderick Crawford ..... David
Anthony Ross ..... Pete
Carmen Matthews ..... Milly
George Roy Hill ..... Mark
Gloria McGhee ..... Sheila
Jack Weston ..... Bill
Leo Bayard ..... Harry
Walter Matthau ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail to expose the real killer.
Synopsis 2:
A man unjustly accused of murder, escapes from police while on his way
to prison. He heads for his wartime buddy, whose sister persuades the
fugitive to seek out the one man who can save him.
2.34 [73] Lux Video Theatre: DECISION
14Apr1952 CBS Mon
Written by Robert Esson
Directed by Richard Goode
starirng
Burgess Meredith ..... David
Peggy Conklin ........ Mary
Addison Richards ...... Michaels
Constance Coleman ..... Secretary
Lewis Grady Fraser ..... Extra
Synopsis:
The story of a man's inner conflict between his self-respect
and his worldly desires.
2.35 [74] Lux Video Theatre: OPERATION: WEEKEND
21Apr1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Mac Shoub /
Based on a Short Story by Ben Ames Williams
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Angela Lansbury ..... Lucy Landor
Richard Kiley ..... Dan
Ian Keith ..... Dr. Landor
Marcel Hillaire ..... Pierre
Lloyd Knight ..... Jim
Synopsis:
Lucy Landor is an unwitting participant in a clash between a young
medical student and a famous brain specialist, with the latter's life at stake.
2.36 [75] Lux Video Theatre: SALAD DAYS
28Apr1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Henry Denker /
From a story by Bellamy Partridge
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Peggy Ann Garner ..... Judy
Roddy McDowall ..... Bellamy Partridge
Enid Markey ..... Mother
Parker Fennelly .... Judge
Iggie Wolfington ..... Ward
Gage Clarke ..... Justice of the Peace
Leta Bonynge ..... Maid
Synopsis:
The story deals with a young college couple's determination
to marry, despite parental objections.
2.37 [76] Lux Video Theatre: MASQUERADE
05May1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Mac Shoub
Adaptation of Leonard Marrick's short story "The Doll in the Pink Silk Dress";
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Basil Rathbone ..... Sir Paul Maxim
Margaret Phillips ..... Jeanne Allison
Robin Craven ..... General Travers
George Roy Hill ..... George
Fred Warriner ..... Johnson
Synopsis:
A French dramatist is in quest of a young actress to star in his latest play.
2.38 [77] Lux Video Theatre: MARRIAGE IN THE BEGINNING
12May1952 CBS Mon
Written by Jacqueline James
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Diana Lynn ..... Louise Franklin
Donald Curtis ..... Walter
Roger Price ..... Rex
Blanche Yurka ..... MotherinLaw
Rosamond Vance ..... Gossiping Woman
Sidney Fields ..... Extra
Joan Morgan ..... Extra
Virginia Girvin ..... Extra
Synopsis:
Story of a young wife who is jealous of her husband's political activities.
2.39 [78] Lux Video Theatre: FERRY CRISIS AT FRIDAY POINT
19May1952 CBS Mon
Written by John Gay
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fredric March ..... Captain Matt
Florence Eldridge ..... Emma
Henry Jones ..... Jim
Katharine Bard .... Ellen
Roland Winters ..... Greenleaf
Robert F. Simon ..... Jeff
Dan Morgan ..... Clyde
G. Albert Smith ..... Blake
Synopsis:
A kindly old skipper of the ferry boat "Hyacinth" discovers that the town
council plans to replace his vessel with a new bridge, his wife joins him
in his fight for his job.
2.40 [79] Lux Video Theatre: PATTERN FOR GLORY
26May1952 CBS Mon
Written by Abby Mann and Bernard Drew
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Cummings
Sylvia Sidney ..... Laura Barrie
Svea Grunfield ..... Anne
Kene Holliday ..... Farley
Sanford Bickart ..... Producer
Robert Dale Martin ..... First Actor
Addison Powell ..... Second Actor
Glen Gordon ..... Extra
Leonard Bell ..... Extra
Synopsis:
The story of a young dramatist torn between love for his sweetheart
and his devotion to an older film star with whom he shares his first success.
2.41 [80] Lux Video Theatre: GARNEAU '83
02Jun1952 CBS Mon
Written by Bruce Jewell
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Janet Beecher ..... Kate Walburn
Reinhold Schunzel .... Robert Owens
Lili Darvas ..... Marie
Geoffrey Lamb ..... Perry
Synopsis:
The plot concerns an art patron whose name is
mysteriously linked with that of her young protege.
*Note: Janet Beecher, veteran actress of stage and screen, will come
out of retirement, at the age of 70, to star in her first television play.
2.42 [81] Lux Video Theatre: THE LESSON
09Jun1952 CBS Mon
Adaptation of George Kelly's play
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Gene Raymond ..... John Aldrid
Nancy Coleman ..... Mrs. Aldrid
Geraldine Page ..... Neighbor
Synopsis:
A psychological drama.
2.43 [82] Lux Video Theatre: GILIA
16Jun1952 CBS Mon
Written by Hamilton Benz
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Leueen MacGrath .... Gilia
Ernest Graves ..... David
Ed Binns ..... Silas
Isobel Elsom ..... Watkins
Synopsis:
A young wife sacrifices her career as a novelist
rather than stand in the way of her husband's ambitions as a musician.
2.44 [83] Lux Video Theatre: WELCOME HOME, LEFTY
23Jun1952 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
Chester Morris ..... Lefty
Jan Sherwood .... Helen
Richard McMurray ..... Barney
Donald Murray ..... Jimmy
Robert F. Simon ..... Joey
Jack Diamond ..... Bartender
Synopsis:
A washed up major league baseball player is put to the test
by his hometown regarding his sportsmanship.
2.45 [84] Lux Video Theatre: I CAN'T REMEMBER
30Jun1952 CBS Mon
Written by Marcus Ellis
Directed by Richard Dinkas
starring
Robert Alda ..... Rusty Miller
Julia Meade ..... Esther
Steven Gethers ..... Suber
Ralph Dunn .... Mitch
Thomas Walsh ..... Tolen
Pan Bourke ..... Mrs. Malone
William Greaves ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A story about a detective accused of the homicide of a beautiful girl.
2.46 [85] Lux Video Theatre: THE LADY FROM WASHINGTON
07Jul1952 CBS Mon
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Constance Cummings
Synopsis:
A political career woman is forced to choose between marriage or becoming
the first woman to run for the vice-presidency.
2.47 [86] Lux Video Theatre: SON WANTED
14Jul1952 CBS Mon
Written by Elinor Lenz
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Aina Niemela ..... Garbo Jones
Joe Maross ..... Young Man
Jean Adair ..... Miss Lizzie
Helen Donaldson ..... Nurse
James Little ..... Policeman
Synopsis 2:
A movie-struck youngster tries to palm off a youthful vagabond
as the missing son of an aged woman.
*Note: Aina Niemala, an unknown 13-year-old schoolgirl, won
the starring role in "Son Wanted" through her acting in the Cleveland Community
Players.
2.48 [87] Lux Video Theatre: THE BRIGADIER
21Jul1952 CBS Mon
Adapted by Elizabeth Meehan /
From a story by Rupert Hughes
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Henry Hull ..... Brigadier General William Elred
Skip Homeier ..... the Spy
Philip Coolidge ..... Lieutenant Colonel Finley
Addison Richards .... Colonel Bessette
Ralph Clanton ..... Major Morey
Jack Warden ..... Captain Giluley
Lauris Lambert ..... Miss Rainer
Martin Newman .... Orderly Jackson
Synopsis:
The play deals with a spy in Northern ranks during Sherman's march thru Georgia.
2.49 [88] Lux Video Theatre: TWO PALE HORSEMEN
28Jul1952 CBS Mon
Written by Carey Wilbur
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Marian Winters ..... Jean Nelson
Anthony Ross ..... Rusty
Martin Newman ..... Johnny
Victor Thorley ..... Eppikuk
Ralph Allen ..... Radio Man
Matteo Vitucci ..... Witch Doctor
Anne Mary Tallon ..... Extra
Pamela Fitzmaurice ..... Extra
Synopsis:
Story about a cynical artist and a lonesome teacher who seek to escape
from reality by going to an Arctic village.
2.50 [89] Lux Video Theatre: TWO MAKES FOUR
04Aug1952 CBS Mon
Written by Elenor Tarshis
Directed by Richard Dunlap
starring
Nana Bryant ..... Mrs. Carter
Lewis Scholle ..... Robbie
Johnny Coleman ..... Dickie
Curtis Cooksey ..... Mr. Wainwright
Isabel Price
Synopsis:
Story about two orphans in search of foster parents.
2.51 [90] Lux Video Theatre: THE ORCHARD
11Aug1952 CBS Mon
Written by Carey Wilbur
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Geraldine Brooks ...... Doraleen Perkins
Skip Homeier ....... Les Prince
Anne Seymour ....... Hannah
John Shellie ....... Moses
Henry Jones ....... Dan
Peggy Ann Garner ..... Girl
Synopsis:
A tragic rural American life involving a family of itinerant cherry pickers.
2.52 [91] Lux Video Theatre: YOU BE THE BAD GUY
18Aug1952 CBS Mon
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Dick McDonagh
starring
MacDonald Carey ..... Dan Shelvin
Biff Elliot ..... Jamie
William Harrigan ..... Captain Vansky
Joe De Santis ..... Wylie
Joe Verdi ..... Abernathy
Rudy Bond ..... Detective
Robert Dale Martin ..... First Policeman
Andrew Sibilia ..... Second Policeman
Synopsis:
Detective lieutenant Dan Shelvin is torn between the sense of duty and justice
and his devotion to his family after discovering his younger brother in a
hijacking racket.
2.53 [92] Lux Video Theatre: THE MAGNOLIA TOUCH
25Aug1952 CBS Mon
Written by Jo Schilling
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Nina Foch ..... Terry
Donald Cook ..... Roger
June Dayton ..... Lucy Lee
Jamie Smith ..... Mark
Jack Weston ..... Elevator Man
Lilija Austrin ..... Extra
Diana Rogers ..... Extra
Synopsis:
A married Dixie gentleman smitten by a young Southern belle now living
in Manhattan invites him to her apartment for an old homestyle dinner.
2.54 [93] Lux Video Theatre: THE RETURN OF ULYSSES
01Sep1952 CBS Mon
Written by Jack Barden and Irwin Blacker
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Cedric Hardwicke ....... Robert Malcolm
Dorothy Peterson ....... Wife
Glenn Anders ....... Richard Morgan
William Redfield ....... Son
Addison Richards ....... General Spencer
Sybil Baker ....... Son's Secretary
Henrietta Moore ....... Wife's Secretary
Roy Baime ....... Extra
Synopsis:
An explorer returns home after 15 years and finds his wife and
son bitter and reproachful over his long absence.
2.55 [94] Lux Video Theatre: ILE
08Sep1952 CBS Mon
Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's novel "Ile".
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Fay Bainter ....... Annie Keeney
Gene Lockhart ..... David Keeney
James Daly ........ Mate
Frank Maxwell ..... Harpooner
Abby Lewis ........ Extra
John Armstrong .... Extra
John Marvin ....... Extra
Robert McQuade .... Extra
Synopsis:
The captain of a whaling vessel whose indomitable will and greed
for oil drives his men to mutiny and his wife to insanity.
2.56 [95] Lux Video Theatre: A STONE'S THROW
15Sep1952 CBS Mon
Written by Earl Booth
Directed by Richard Good
starring
Angela Lansbury ....... Tina Rafferty
Jeffrey Lynn ....... Ralph Caswell
Joshua Shelly ....... Pete
Parker Fennelly ....... Dad Campbell
Synopsis:
A romantic comedy about a young writer and a rugged forest
ranger in a vacation housing problem.
2.57 [96] Lux Video Theatre: HAPPILY, BUT NOT FOREVER
22Sep1952 CBS Mon
Written by Jack Barden and Irwin Blacker
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Robert Preston ....... Professor Isaac Eaton
June Lockhart ....... Sally Eaton
Bramwell Fletcher ....... President Maynard
Malcolm Keen ....... Dean Truitt
Laura Bartlett Muehlberger ..... Extra
Sidney Fields ..... Extra
Ken Meecham ..... Extra
Bruce Reynolds ..... Extra
Synopsis:
The comedy deals with a college professor whose job is in jeopardy
through an over-zealous student body.
2.58 [97] Lux Video Theatre: A MESSAGE FOR JANICE
29Sep1952 CBS Mon
Written by S.H. Barnett
Directed by Richard Goode
starring
Jackie Cooper ....... Dave Carter
Grace Kelly ....... Janice
George Chandler ....... Newspaper Man
Royal Beal ....... Mr. Towers
Peggy Allenby ....... Mrs. Towers
George Hall ....... Desk Clerk
Evelyn Wall ....... Maid
Anne Roberts ....... Extra
Synopsis:
Dave Carter attempts to deliver a message from his deceased
comrad-in-arms to a young girl, he meets unexpected rebuffs
from his buddy's parents.
2.59 [98] Lux Video Theatre: A LEGACY FOR LOVE
[Final episode of Season 2]
06Oct1952 CBS Mon
Written by Michael Dyne
Directed by Fielder Cook
starring
Corinne Calvet ....... Mouche
Steven Hill ....... Hank
Gaby Rogers
Louise Larabee ...... Opera Singer
Francis Bethencourt ....... Jean
Leni Stengel ....... Madam Hortense
Lili Valenty ....... Extra
William A. Lee ...... Extra
Synopsis:
A Parisian model discovers that wealth doesn't solve all her problems.
[--] Lux Video Theatre
13Oct1952
pre-empted by a major political address by Senator Richard M. Nixon.
*Show returns Oct 20, 1952 for Season 3.
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