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Season
1 (CBS) (1951-52)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox,
[1.11,1.18, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23 Updated Jan 2021 RF]
James Beer,
Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger,
Jim Brent, Heikocleef
references:
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
######### Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
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CBS Fridays 9:00-10:00pm
Eastern - 60 min Live episodes from New York
1.01 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NOT A CHANCE
05-Oct-1951 CBS Fri
Writer Thomas W. Phipps
Director Frank Telford
starring
David Niven
Helen Hayes
Synopsis:
A middle-aged woman begins a romance with a car-racing playboy.
1.02 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE NAME IS BELLINGHAM
12-Oct-1951 CBS Fri
starring
Romney Brent
John Payne
Synopsis:
US Customs Officer Mel Hanks breaks up a narcotics smuggling ring.
1.03 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NEVER WAVE AT A WAC
19-Oct-1951 CBS Fri
written by Donald Mankiewicz
idea by William Dozier
starring
Rosalind Russell
Charles Dingle
Betty Lynn
Russell Hardie
Frederick Kohner
Fred Bradyynopsis:
A society woman from Washington, D.C. joins the Army Corp.
*NOTE: TV debut of Rosalind Russell.
1.04 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: STILL LIFE
26-Oct-1951 CBS Fri
Adapted from the play by Noel Coward
starring
Margaret Sullivan
Wendell Corey
Synopsis:
A woman falls in love with the Doctor she meets at the
train station after she gets a cinder in her eye.
1.05 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE LUCKY TOUCH
02-Nov-1951 CBS Fri
From a Story by Shalom Asch
starring
Helen Hayes
J. Pat O'Malley
John Farrell
Marshal Henderson
Synopsis:
An old woman is ignored by her family, that is until she
wins a sizable amount of money.
1.06 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: DECISION AND DANIEL WEBSTER
09-Nov-1951 CBS Fri
Story by Hector Chevigny
starring
Walter Hampden ....... Daniel Webster
Charles Dingle
Matt Briggs
Synopsis:
A man abandons his dream of Presidency to work at saving the Whig party.
1.07 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE MEMORIES OF AIMEE DURANT
16-Nov-1951 CBS Fri
starring
Diana Lynn
Synopsis:
A woman is assigned the job of ghost-writing the memoirs
of Aimee Durant, a flamboyant Wild West gal.
1.08 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: ONE IS A LONESOME NUMBER
23-Nov-1951 CBS Fri
Story by William Manners
starring
Charlton Heston
June Lockhart
Synopsis:
A man wishes to write the Great American Novel but
a fatal illness changes his life's direction.
1.09 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: TWO LIVING AND ONE DEAD
30-Nov-1951 CBS Fri
starring
Fay Bainter
Walter Hampden
Synopsis:
Two employees are dead at a post office hold-up.
There is one survivor but the press paint him as a
coward.
1.10 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE NYMPH AND THE LAMP
07-Dec-1951 CBS Fri
Story by Thomas Randall
starring
Margaret Sullivan
Robert Preston
Synopsis:
A woman finds romance at a remote wireless station in Nova Scotia.
1.11 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: EXIT
14-Dec-1951 [Courier Post]
Scripted by David Shaw
from Hungarian escapee Robert Holmi
starring
John Payne ..... Baro
Coleen Gray ....... Maria Tasnady
Oliver Thorndike ........ Charles Reeves
Harold Vermilyea ..... Kerekes
Svea Grunfeld ......... Ruth
Ronald Long ......... Karoly, Communist Police Chief
Synopsis:
Baro, a fearless young member of the underground network helps the persecuted
flee.
*Note: Robert Holmi was a man who escaped from behind the Iron Curtain where he
was
imprisoned as a spy for the United States.
1.12 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE DARK FLEECE
21-Dec-1951 CBS Fri
From a Story by Joseph Hergesheimer
starring
Anthony Quinn
Helen Hayes
Carmen Mathews
Synopsis:
A man having been rejected by a society girl ventures West, upon
his success out West he returns and plots revenge against another upper class family.
1.13 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: GIRL IN A MILLION
28-Dec-1951 CBS Fri
Writer Sydney Box
starring
John Forsythe
Joan Caulfield
Synopsis:
A man marries a woman who has lost her voice, unfortunately
when her voice returns she doesn't shut up.
1.14 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: CLEAN SWEEP FOR LAVINIA
04-Jan-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Josephine Hull ..... Lavinia
Scott McKay
Synopsis:
A penny-pinching owner of a hotel plays maid as well to cut corners.
1.15 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: BILLY BUDD
11-Jan-1952 CBS Fri
From a story by Herman Melville
starring
Charles Nolte ..... Billy Budd
Walter Hampden .... Captain Vere
Peter Hobbs ....... John Claggart
Chester Morris .... The Dansker
Walter Burke ...... Squeak
Jeff Morrow ....... Lt. Wyatt
Bernard Kates
Guy Spaull
Jack Manning
Winston Ross
Synopsis:
When Claggart is found murdered after making false accusations of
mutiny against Billy Budd, it leads to Billy's
court-martial and trial.
1.16 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE MAN THAT I MARRY
18-Jan-1952 CBS Fri
starring
John Baragrey
Diana Lynn
Steven Hill
John Ireland
Jeffrey Lynn
Synopsis:
A wealthy woman finds herself engaged to two suitors at the same time.
1.17 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: P.G.
25-Jan-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Dan Duryea
Teresa Celli
John Forsythe
William Redfield
Henry Jones
Synopsis:
An Italian girl helps five American POW's.
1.18 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: LADY WITH A WILL
01-Feb-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Ann Sothern ...... Liz Quiz
Edmon Ryan ....... Brad Miller
Russell Collins
Robert Emhardt
Nancy Franklin
Richard Bishop
Ernestine McLendon
Harriet McGibbon
Synopsis:
A millionaire leaves his riches to his spinster sister and the town's corrupt
politicians
try to gain control of the estate.
Synopsis 2:
The story deals with the machinations of a corrupt city council's plans to get
control
of the fortune of millionaire Col. John Selby, who had left his estate to Liz
Quiz,
spinster housekeeper of Selby for many years. [RF]
*Note: Ann Sothern makes her first full-length dramatic debut on television.
1.19 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE DAUGHTER
08-Feb-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Geraldine Fitzgerald ...... Mary Todd Lincoln
Juanita Hall ....... Mammy Salby
Synopsis:
The troubled life of Mary Todd Lincoln and her influence on her husband.
1.20 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: FIFTY GRAND
15-Feb-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story by Ernest Hemmingway
starring
Dane Clark
Synopsis:
A prize fighter continues to box to pay his debts.
1.21 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars:
WORLD SO WIDE
22-Feb-1952 CBS Fri [Courier Post]
From a story by Sinclair Lewis
starring
John Forsythe .... Hayden Chart
Cameron Prud'homme ...... Sam Dodsworth
Nina Foch ...... Dr. Olivia Lomond
John Baragrey ?
Synopsis:
Architect Hayden Chart is recovering from the death of his wife, begins anew
overseas.
Synopsis 2:
A successful architect's life and career have dwindled to a memory since his
wife's death.
In an effort to reassert himself, Chart settles in Italy where he becomes
friendly with Sam Dodsworth.
Into the town comes a young historian Dr. Olivia Lomond, who seeks a grant of
money from
Dodsworth to continue her research. Chart is immediately attracted to and
repulsed by Olivia,
who is using her studies as a defense mechanism against men, occasioned by the
failure of a
former romance. [RF]
1.22 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: APPLE OF HIS EYES
29-Feb-1952 CBS Fri [Courier Post]
starring
Ward Bond .... Sam Stover
June Lockhart .... Lily
Henry Jones
Synopsis:
A widowed older farmer falls in love with a much younger woman he hires.
Synopsis 2:
Prosperous, middle-aged Indiana farmer Sam Stover, is very lonely after the
death of his wife.
He hires an attractive young girl to help out on the farm and begins to show
her attention.
She seems to enjoy his company, but the neighbors scorn his behavior. [RF]
1.23 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE HAUNTED
HEART
07-Mar-1952
CBS Fri [Courier Post]
Original play by Arnold Schulman
featuring songs of Arthur Schwartz
starring
Polly Bergen ...... Shirley
William Eythe ..... Dave
Joshua Shelley
Sheila Bond
Maurice Burke
Synopsis:
A musician is torn between his music and the love of a woman.
Synopsis 2:
Dave, a struggling young musician loves Shirley, a struggling dancer, but at
times he gives her the
idea that he loves his clarinet more.Tiring of her musical rival, Shirley
goes for a long walk and in
Times Square Penny Arcade she bumps into a handsome young man. They exchange
a few words
but before they can exchange names he becomes lost in the crowd. Haunted by
this face, Shirley
leaves Dave and makes a search for the unidentified stranger. [RF]
1.24 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: MAKE WAY FOR TEDDY
14-Mar-1952 CBS Fri
Written by Ambrose Flack & Don Ettlinger
starring
Walter Hampden
Philip Abbott
Irene Manning
Jack Weston
Ann Crowley
Laura Weber
Synopsis:
Grandpa has a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt hanging in his home
and is overwhelmed when the real Mr. Roosevelt comes
to visit.
1.25 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE HUMAN TOUCH
21-Mar-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story by Herman Cyril McNeile
starring
Vincent Price
Diana Lynn
Synopsis:
A pianist must choose between his music career and love.
1.26 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GRANDMA MOSES
28-Mar-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Lillian Gish
Synopsis:
The life of artist Grandma Moses who began her career in her 70's,
capturing rural scenes of life and celebrations in upstate New York.
1.27 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: EXPERIMENT
04-Apr-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Sylvia Sidney
Synopsis:
A doctor devotes her life to finding a serum to battle a disease
sweeping Korea, the country that claimed her husband and son.
1.28 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: FOUR'S A FAMILY
11-Apr-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Celeste Holm
Synopsis:
A widow supports her family painting and ceramics.
1.29 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: NOW'S THE TIME
18-Apr-1952 CBS Fri
Written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld
starring
Walter Hampden
Synopsis:
A resort hotel owner and his granddaughter play
detective when two suspicious characters check in.
1.30 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: FEAR
25-Apr-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story by Mark Hellinger
starring
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Synopsis:
After the escape of three convicts a woman home
alone fears they might harm her.
1.31 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: DOCTORS SHOULD NEVER MARRY
02-May-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Diana Lynn
Jamie Smith
Synopsis:
A doctor becomes engaged to a socialite and problems
arise when his pretty nurse complicates matters.
1.32 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: APPOINTMENT WITH THE PAST
09-May-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Mark Stevens
Synopsis:
A small town comes under investigation when the FBI
search for an Army deserter.
1.33 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
16-May-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Skip Homeier
Polly Rowles
Donald Briggs
Synopsis:
A woman dreams of becoming a successful musical star
but her level-headed boyfriend brings her back down to Earth.
1.34 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: LOVE CAME LATE
23-May-1952 CBS Fri
Writer James Ronald
starring
Luise Rainer
Joseph Anthony
Synopsis:
A chambermaid becomes distraught when her daughter goes missing,
a businessman falls for the maid during their search for the daughter.
1.35 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A QUARTER FOR YOUR TROUBLES
30-May-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Richard Haydn
Ned Glass
Ned Young
Richard Rober
Synopsis:
A department-story employee (Richard Haydn) is implicated in the death of a customer. [RF]
1.36 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SOUVENIR FROM SINGAPORE
06-Jun-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Dan Duryea
Synopsis:
An adventurer is both an agent-at-large for the police and
also works for the Chinese underworld.
1.37 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: DRESS IN THE WINDOW
13-Jun-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Teresa Wright ....... Terry Hagen
Brett King
John Ridgely
Synopsis:
Teresa Wright stars in a sketch from the early life of writer Adela Rogers
St. John, who once risked her life to save a child held captive. [RF]
1.38 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SAY HELLO TO PAMELA
20-Jun-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Leif Erickson ........ Dan
Barbara Britton ...... Pamela
Synopsis:
A traveling salesman fills in for a friend on a date and has his life changed. [RF]
1.39 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE VON LINDEN FILE
27-Jun-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Joan Leslie
Steve Brodie
Synopsis:
An insurance investigator's secretary uses a mink coat as
bait to help her boss trap jewel thieves. [RF]
1.40 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE HOUSE OF DEATH
04-Jul-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Boris Karloff ....... Charles Brandon
Synopsis:
A man's niece complicates a rapport he has with monsters. [RF]
*Syndication airing on Play of the Week 15Mar64.
1.41 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A SOUTHERN LADY
11-Jul-1952 CBS Fri
Script by Luther Davis
Directed by Phil Brown
starring
Jane Wyatt ........... Mattie Smith
Douglas Dick ......... Byron
Margaret Field ....... Lola
Synopsis:
A reclusive woman is disrupted by the a visit from her greedy nephew.
1.42 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: EARLY SPACE CONQUEROR
18-Jul-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Bobby Driscoll
Domenic Delgarde
Shimen Ruskin
Brad Morrow
Teddy Infuhr
Synopsis:
A group of teenagers construct a rocket to travel into space.
1.43 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: A MAN'S WORLD
25-Jul-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Pat O'Brien
Synopsis:
The widowed father of four boys, must deal with one
of them who is getting romantic ideas. [RF]
1.44 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: CROSSROADS
01-Aug-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Amanda Blake
Charmienne Harker
Synopsis:
A cynic whose effort to be on both sides of the French Revolution traps him. [RF]
1.45 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: SO HELP ME
08-Aug-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story Nelson Agren
starring
Jean Wallace
Synopsis:
A nightclub entertainer meets and marries a millionaire.
1.46 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: DOUBLE EXPOSURE
15-Aug-1952 CBS Fri
From a Story by Ben Hecht
starring
John Beal
Amanda Blake
Jack Daly
Richard Tyler
Anne Nagel
Maude Patrick
Synopsis:
A psychiatrist is bamboozled by two patients each claiming the other wants to
kill someone. [RF]
1.47 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: THE TRUBBLES (aka Mr. & Mrs. Trouble)
22-Aug-1952 CBS Fri
starring
Virginia Field
Willard Parker
Synopsis:
A husband and wife team up to do a little detective work
and find themselves in the middle of a heist.
1.48 [--] Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: PORT OF CALL
29-Aug-1952 CBS Fri
From a the 1946 Saturday Evening Post Story by Bud Hutton
starring
Victor McLaglen
Gertrude Michael .... The Duchess
Synopsis:
A big, ugly man (Victor McLaglen) discovers romance. [RF]
######### Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars
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