Omnibus - Season 2
1 - Glory in the Flower
Air Date: October 4, 1953
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).
2 - The Battler
Air Date: October 11, 1953
3 - King Lear
Air Date: October 18, 1953
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.
4 - The Golden Dress
Air Date: October 25, 1953
6 - Billy the Kid
Air Date: November 8, 1953
7 - The Raspberry Queen
Air Date: November 15, 1953
8 - Toine
Air Date: November 22, 1953
9 - The Horn Blows at Midnight
Air Date: November 29, 1953
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.
10 - Capital of the World
Air Date: December 6, 1953
11 - The Nature of the Beast
Air Date: December 13, 1953
12 - Mom and Leo
Air Date: December 20, 1953
13 - The Sojourner
Air Date: December 27, 1953
14 - Nobody's Fool
Air Date: January 3, 1954
15 - The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
Air Date: January 10, 1954
16 - The Duchess and the Smugs
Air Date: January 17, 1954
17 - Nothing So Monstrous
Air Date: January 24, 1954
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).
18 - Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Air Date: January 31, 1954
19 - The Confidential Clerk
Air Date: February 14, 1954
20 - A Time Out of War
Air Date: February 21, 1954
21 - Hilde and the Turnpike
Air Date: February 28, 1954
22 - The House
Air Date: March 7, 1954
23 - Three Sketches
Air Date: March 14, 1954
24 - Tell Me If It Hurts
Air Date: March 21, 1954
25 - The Apollo of Bellac
Air Date: March 28, 1954