The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series

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Episode Guide
version 16.0 January 2008

(Ep 2.3)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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OMNIBUS

November 9, 1952 to March 31, 1957

Nov 1952-May 1953 CBS Sun 4:30-6:00

Oct 1953-Apr 1956 CBS Sun 5:00-6:30

Oct 1956-Mar 1957 ABC Sun 9:00-10:30

Oct 1957-May 1961 ABC Various airtimes

Host: Alistair Cooke

Producers: Fred Rickey Directors: Bob Banner

Mel Ferrer Andrew McCullough

Cyril Ritchard Bob Miller

Don Hewitt

Delbert Mann

John Stix

Jeffrey Hayden

Omnibus has the distinction of being the most outstanding and longest running

cultural series in the history of commercial network television.

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1.01 [--] Omnibus: THE TRIAL OF ANNE BOLEYN

09-Nov-1952

Written by Maxwell Anderson

starring

Rex Harrison ........ Henry VIII

Lilli Palmer ....... Anne Boleyn

Synopsis:

As King Henry VIII decides to behead another one of his wives.

1.02 [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN PART 1

16-Nov-1952

Written by James Agee

Directed by Norman Lloyd
Narrated by Martin Gabel

starring

Royal Dano ....... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ....... Ann Rutledge

Crahan Denton ....... Tom Lincoln

*Note: Rebroadcast 01Feb59 in a longer version and not the five separate features.

 Filmed in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, it dramatizes Lincoln's formative years.

Author James Agee (Pulitzer Prize winner), is seen as an actor in a small role.

1.03 [--] Omnibus: THE TWELVE POUND LOOK

23-Nov-1952

story by J.M. Barrie

starring

Helen Hayes

1.04 [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN PART 2

30-Nov-1952

written by James Agee

Directed by Norman Lloyd
Narrated by Martin Gabel

starring

Royal Dano ....... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ...... Ann Rutledge

Crahan Denton ...... Tom Lincoln

1.05 [--] Omnibus: THE DAGGER

07-Dec-1952

(High-Speed Photography, Rowland Emett - Inventor, The Trial of Ben Johnson, Jean Sibelius)

1.06 [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN PART 3

14-Dec-1952

written by James Agee

Directed by Norman Lloyd
Narrated by Martin Gabel

starring

Royal Dano ...... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ...... Ann Rutledge

Crahan Denton ...... Tom Lincoln

1.07 [--] Omnibus: PICKWICK

21-Dec-1952

(Palle Alone in the World)

1.08 [--] Omnibus: MAN IN THE COOL

04-Jan-1953

(The Bear (aka The Boar, Letters to be Answered, Dance Congress)

1.09 [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN PART 4

11-Jan-1953

written by James Agee

Narrated by Martin Gabel

starring

Royal Dano ...... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ...... Ann Rutledge

Crahan Denton ...... Tom Lincoln

1.10 [--] Omnibus: THE SERVANT WITH TWO MASTERS

18-Jan-1953

1.11 [--] Omnibus: WHILE THE TIDE WAS RISING

25-Jan-1953

1.12 [--] Omnibus: DIE FLEDERMAUS

01-Feb-1953

starring

Lois Hunt

Charles Kullman

Jarmila Novotna

Eugene Ormandy

Brenda Lewis

Thomas Hayward

Hugh Thompson

1.13 [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN PART 5

08-Feb-1953

written by James Agee

Narrated by Martin Gabel

starring

Royal Dano ...... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ...... Ann Rutledge

Crahan Denton ...... Tom Lincoln

1.14 [--] Omnibus: THE LOVE STORY OF NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE

15-Feb-1953

starring

James Mason ...... Napoleon

Pamela Mason ...... Josephine

1.15 [--] Omnibus: LA BOHEME

22-Feb-1953

Puccini drama

starring

Brian Sullivan

Nadine Connor

Brenda Lewis

Alberto Erede

Frank Guarrera

Norman Scott

1.16 [--] Omnibus: THE HAPPY JOURNEY

01-Mar-1953

starring

Helen Hayes

1.17 [--] Omnibus: A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT

08-Mar-1953

starring

Yul Brynner as Francois Villon

1.18 [--] Omnibus: THE LAST NIGHT OF DON JUAN

15-Mar-1953

starring

Fredric March

Joseph Schildkraut

1.19 [--] Omnibus: THREE MAIDENS AND THE DEVIL

22-Mar-1953

starring

Agnes DeMille

*Note this title was censored by the networks from Three Virgins and the Devil to Maidens.

A ballet performance.

1.20 [--] Omnibus: LORD BYRON'S LOVE LETTER

29-Mar-1953

starring

Ethel Barrymore

1.21 [--] Omnibus: GRANDMA MOSES

05-Apr-1953

(The Drift to One Eye, Trip to the Moon)

1.22 [--] Omnibus: TOY SYMPHONE WITH STOKOWSKI

12-Apr-1953

starring

Leopold Stokowski

1.23 [--] Omnibus: MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE

19-Apr-1953

also The Abracadabra Kid

by William Saroyan

1.24 [--] Omnibus: TALE OF TWO CITIES

26-Apr-1953

1.25 [--] Omnibus: ARMS AND THE MAN

03-May-1953

Based on George Bernard Shaw's play

starring

Jean-Pierre Aumont ...... Captain Bruntschi

Walter Slezak ...... Major Paul Petkoff

[--] Omnibus: THE FIGGERIN' OF AUNT WILMA
1953
Adapted by Tad Mosel
Story by James Thurber

[--] Omnibus: THIS LITTLE KITTY STAYED COOL
1953
Adapted by Tad Mosel
Story by James Thurber
starring
Elliott Reid
Carol Channing

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2.01 [--] Omnibus: GLORY IN THE FLOWER

04-Oct-1953

story by William Inge

starring

Jessica Tandy

Hume Cronyn

James Dean

2.02 [--] Omnibus: THE BATTLER

11-Oct-1953

written by Arnold Schulman

2.03 [--] Omnibus: KING LEAR

18-Oct-1953

Produced by Robert Saudek
Adapted by Peter Brook
Based on the play by Shakespeare
Directed by Andrew McCullough
Music by Virgil Thomson
Hosted by Alistair Cooke

starring

Orson Welles ...... King Lear

Arnold Moss

Beatrice Straight

Margaret Phillips

Natasha Parry

Bramwell Fletcher

David J. Stewart

Alan Badel

Michael MacLiammoir

*NOTE: This was Orson Welles' TV-debut.
 

2.04 [--] Omnibus: THE GOLDEN DRESS

25-Oct-1953

adapted by Arnold Schulman

story by Stephen Vincent Benet

starring

Jocelyn Brando

Perry Fiske

Raymond Bramley

Joe Sweeney

Doro Merande

2.05 [--] Omnibus: THE MAN OF DESTINY

01-Nov-1953

by George Bernard Shaw

2.06 [--] Omnibus: BILLY THE KID

08-Nov-1953

by Susan Glaspell & Elizabeth Hart

2.07 [--] Omnibus: THE RASPBERRY QUEEN
15-Nov-1953
by George Bellak
starring
Claudia Hall
Conrad Janis
Synopsis:
Story of a press agent's efforts to make a 16-year-old drum majorette

"The Raspberry Queen" of Wyandotte Valley.
Also "The Moor's Pavane" a modern ballet based on Othello with Jose Limon and Company.
And a documentary study of the life cycle of "The Sea Horse". [RF]
 

2.08 [--] Omnibus: TOINE

22-Nov-1953

adapted by Maurice Valency

starring

Walter Slezak

2.09 [--] Omnibus: THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT

29-Nov-1953

written by Hugh Wedlock Jr. & Howard Snyder

directed by Ralph Levy

starring

Jeff Donnell

Jack Benny as the Avenging Angel

Dorothy Malone

2.10 [--] Omnibus: CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

06-Dec-1953

adapted by Arnold Schulman

story by Ernest Hemingway

directed by Yul Brynner

starring

Sal Mineo

Johnny Stewart

Anne Bancroft

John Marley

Mario Gallo

Synopsis:

Dramatization of the Hemingway story of a young man confronted with his idol.

2.11 [--] Omnibus: THE NATURE OF THE BEAST

13-Dec-1953

by Moss Hart

2.12 [--] Omnibus: MOM AND LEO

20-Dec-1953

starring

Helen Hayes

2.13 [--] Omnibus: THE SOJOURNER

(aka THE INVISIBLE WALL)

27-Dec-1953

written by Carson McCullers

directed by Robert Ellis Miller

starring

Lorne Greene as Ed Bailey

David Wayne as John Ferris

Frances Starr as Mother

Neva Patterson as Elizabeth

Johnny Kellin as Billy Bailey

Rex Thompson as Valentin

2.14 [--] Omnibus: NOBODY'S FOOL

03-Jan-1954

by Arnold Sundgaard & Tad Mosel

(2) VILLAGE INCIDENT - INDIA

Synopsis:

A live drama using the living newspaper technique written by Arnold Sundgaard.

The drama takes up the problems of a single village in India

2.15 [--] Omnibus: THE REMARKABLE CASE OF MR. BRUHL

10-Jan-1954

written by Tad Mosel

story by James Thurber

starring

Elliott Nugent as Mr. Bruhl

Synopsis:

Mr. Bruhl's life is turned upside down, when it turns out that he looks exactly like an escaped convict.

2.16 [--] Omnibus: THE DUCHESS AND THE SMUGS

17-Jan-1954

adapted by Ellen Violett

novel by Pamela Pfrankau

starring

Susan Strasberg

John Beal

Lilyan Chaunvin

Lili Darvas

Synopsis:

Story of a young girl living on the Riviera, and the conflict in her mind.

 The conflict is symbolized by her envy of a staid English family.

2.17 [--] Omnibus: NOTHING SO MONSTROUS

24-Jan-1954

starring

Lew Ayres

Tommy Rettig

Nan Boardman

Arthur Shields

Randy Stuart

Anthony Sydes

Isabel Withers

Synopsis:

Story about a crazy woman driver who blames all her antics on other drivers.

*Note: From the comic French film, "The Spice of Life" starring Noel Noel.

2.18 [--] Omnibus: SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOODS

31-Jan-1954

adapted by Arnold Schulman

opera by Ottorini Repighi

directed by Robert Banner

starring

Jim Hawthorne

Jo Sullivan

Helena Scott

Frank Rogier

Rosemary Kuhlmann

Gloria Lane

Leon Lischner

George Irving

Michael Pollack

Nadia Witkowska

Helen Rice

Muriel Shaw

Patricia Bybell

Dorie Fretwell

Synopsis:

The first American performance of Respighi's opera, Sleeping Beauty in the wood.

 The opera opens with a puppet sequence in an enchanted forest. Fairies and elves

are summoned to present their gifts to the princess,

but the wicked witch arrives to cast a spell. [RF]

2.19 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

07-Feb-1954

2.20 [--] Omnibus: THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK

14-Feb-1954

by Budd Schulberg

(1)The Confidential Clerk

(2) The Whale Who Wanted to be a Submarine

(3) Azuma Kabuki Dancers and Musicians, Paso Doble

2.21 [--] Omnibus: A TIME OUT OF WAR

21-Feb-1954

(1) A Time Out of War

(2) Yale Shakespeare Festival

(3) South African Folk Songs

2.22 [--] Omnibus: HILDE AND THE TURNPIKE

28-Feb-1954

by Alfred Sutro & A.K. Lewis

starring

Olga Fabian as Hilde's Mother

(1) Hilde & the Turnpike

(2) Undersea Research Part III

(3) A Marriage Has Been Arranged

2.23 [--] Omnibus: THE HOUSE

07-Mar-1954

Hosted by Alistair Cooke

(1) The House : Filmed drama starring Buddy Ebsen, Mabel Paige, and Jonathan Winters.

(2) Letters to be Answered : Alistair Cooke reads letters sent in by listeners.

(3) Treason - 1780: is the story of Benedict Arnold. [RF]

2.24 [--] Omnibus: THREE SKETCHES

14-Mar-1954

by James Thomas Flexner

(1) Three Sketches

(2) Shoot the Nets

(3) The New York Times

2.25 [--] Omnibus: TELL ME IF IT HURTS

21-Mar-1954

(1) Tell Me If It Hurts

(2) Arteriosclerosis

(3) Village Festival

2.26 [--] Omnibus: THE APOLLO OF BELLAC

28-Mar-1954

by Maurice Valency

starring

Oscar Karlweis

(1) The Apollo Of Bellac

(2) Omnibus in Retrospect

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3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

17Oct1954

by Fred Allen & Jack Roche

3.xx [--] Omnibus: THE MAN WHO MARRIED A DUMB WIFE

24Oct1954

starring

Nita Talbot

Zachary Scott

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

31Oct1954

by Joel Sayre

3.xx [--] Omnibus:  Unknown title

07Nov1954

3.xx [--] Omnibus: BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY

14Nov1954

starring

Leonard Bernstein as Himself

3.xx [--] Omnibus:  Unknown title

21Nov1954

3.xx [--] Omnibus: JUST BE NORMAL

28Nov1954

starring

Darren McGavin

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

05Dec-954

3.xx [--] Omnibus: THE CONTRAST

12-Dec-1954

starring

Nita Talbot

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

19Dec1954

by John Gassner & Ed Jurist

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

26-Dec-1954

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

02Jan1955

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

09Jan1955

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

16Jan1955

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

23Jan1955

3.xx [--] Omnibus: HAMLET

30Jan1955

Based on the Play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Seymour Robbie
Host Walter Kerr
With players from the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespearean Theatre.
 

3.xx [--] Omnibus: MR. LINCOLN

06Feb1955

starring

Royal Dano ....... Abraham Lincoln

Joanne Woodward ....... Ann Ruthledge

Crahan Denton ....... Tom Lincoln

Synopsis:

A feature film on the young Lincoln has been made from the applauded series shown

on "Omnibus" in previous seasons, and will occupy the entire program.

The film was shot on location in Lincoln country in Kentucky and Illinois. [RF]

3.xx [--] Omnibus: THE TURN OF THE SCREW

13Feb1955

Adapted by Gore Vidal

Based on the horror story by Henry James

starring

Geraldine Page

Synopsis:

A governess believes she sees two ghosts who exert

a sinister influence on her charges.

3.xx [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

20Feb1955

3.xx [--] Omnibus: THE LIVES OF HENRY ADAMS AND CHARLES FRANCES ADAMS JR.

27-Feb-1955

by James Flexner

starring

William Windom

3.xx [--] Omnibus: ILIAD (90 mins)
03Apr1955
Based on Homer's "Iliad"
Directed by Tad Danielewski
Staged by Elliot Silverstein
Music score by Gene Cines
Off-camera voice of "Homer", Michael Kane
starring
Dorothy Hart ........ Helen
Florence Reed ....... Andromache's Servant
Paul Sparrer ........ Achilles
Frederic Tozere ..... Agamemnon
Michael Higgins ..... Hector
Frederick Rolf ...... Priam
Susan Douglas ....... Andromache
Herbert Evers ....... Paris
Alexander Scourby ... Odysseus
LeRoi Operti ........ Nestor
Edgar Stehli ........ Idaios
Grant Sullivan ...... Ajax
Roger Evan Boxill ... Petroclos
Sorrell Booke ....... Dolon
Donald Harens ....... Polydamos
Synopsis:
During the 10th year of the Trojan War, which was precipitated by the departure

to Troy of the beautiful Helen, wife of the King of Sparta. [RF]
 

3.xx [--] Omnibus: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

10Apr1955 (last show of this season)

Adapted by Ellen Violett

Based on the story by Harriet Beecher Stowe

starring

John Marriott ........ Uncle Tom

Doreen Lang ....... Ophelia

James Daly ....... St. Clare

Lynn Loring ....... Eva

Phyllis Hill ....... Marie

Irene Treadwell ...... Topsy

This three part program consists of,

1. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" the heart-rending chronicle of the slave, Uncle Tom,

who passes into the hands of one master after another.

2. "Dances From India" The prominent classical dancer of the country, Shanta Rao, and an

equally prominent player on the sarod, Ali Akbar Kahn. A singer and other musicians also take part.

World-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhuin provides an interpretive commentary.

3. "Change Ringing" a centuries old art of producing patterns of sound with bells,

is shown as practiced by students of Kent School, Connecticut. [RF]

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4.01 [--] Omnibus: THE BIRTH OF MODERN TIMES

09-Oct-1955

by Robert Coughlan

starring

Charlton Heston

4.02 [--] Omnibus: THE BAD MEN

16-Oct-1955

Narrated by William Saroyan

starring

Sal Mineo

4.03 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

23-Oct-1955

4.04 [--] Omnibus: ADVICE TO BATHERS

30-Oct-1955

starring

Esther Williams

Hume Cronyn

Jessica Tandy

Synopsis:

The first half of the show is devoted to advice offered by that lovely bathing instructress Esther Williams.

She has help from the Yale swimming team and a few members of the Walter Reed swimming team.

The history of swimming is covered once over lightly, and some modern strokes are demonstrated.

 The Yale University pool is the scene of this live pickup.

The other half of the show is in the nature of advice to actors, since the popular team

of Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy is seen applying makeup for,

and then performing a variety of roles.

4.05 [--] Omnibus: TOBY AND THE TALL CORN

06-Nov-1955 CBS Sun

narrated by writer Russell Lynes

Synopsis:

Antonio and his Spanish Ballet Company perform for the first half of the show.

Then there is a repeat of "Toby and the Tall Corn", the prize-winning film showing the

impact on a midwestern town of the arrival of a troupe of traveling players.

4.06 [--] Omnibus: AMERICAN BOYHOODS, CAPTAIN JOHN M. ELLICOTT

13-Nov-1955 CBS Sun

Synopsis:

Another episode in the American Boyhoods series, Captain John M. Ellicott, 96,

in a filmed interview with his daughter. Captain Ellicott reminisces about the Civil War,

 the assassination of Lincoln and the Spanish-American War. At the time of his death,

which occurred shortly after the interview was filmed, Captain Ellicott was

the oldest living graduate of Annapolis.

4.07 [--] Omnibus: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

20-Nov-1955 CBS Sun

based on Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy of manners.

cast:

Michael Redgrave ...... Marlow

Barbara Jefford ....... Kate Hardcastle

Hermione Gingold .......... Mrs. Hardcastle

Walter Fitzgerald ........ Mr. Hardcastle

Synopsis:

The main thread of this complicated story finds the upper-class Miss Hardcastle

smitten with young Marlow. When she learns he is ill at ease with ladies,

she poses as a barmaid, thus stooping to conquer.

[--] Omnibus: preempted by SEE IT NOW an Edward R. Murrow documentary on the Nation's Schools

27-Nov-1955 CBS Sun

4.09 [--] Omnibus: THE ART OF CONDUCTING

04-Dec-1955 CBS Sun

starring

Leonard Bernstein ........ Himself

4.10 [--] Omnibus: THE ROYAL GAME

11-Dec-1955 CBS Sun

starring

Carmen Matthews

Mercer McLeod

Synopsis:

A chess-obsessed man finds that the cruise he's taken with his

 wife is populated with European chess champions. [RF]

4.11 [--] Omnibus: SALOME

18-Dec-1955

starring

Eartha Kitt ...... Salome

Patricia Neal ....... Herodias

4.12 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

25-Dec-1955

4.13 [--] Omnibus: THE BEST YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE WHOLE WORLD

01-Jan-1956

written by William Saroyan

directed by Delbert Mann

starring

Orson Bean

4.14 [--] Omnibus: DEAR BRUTUS

08-Jan-1956

starring

Helen Hayes

4.15 [--] Omnibus:  THE GREAT FORGERY
15-Jan-1956
Synopsis:
Story of four Americans who forged bills of credit and bilked the Bank of England

of a fortune in English money. Second feature of today's show is Part 1of

the widely acclaimed feature film "The Great Adventure" depicting some of

 the varied rhythms of nature, and filmed by Arne Sucksdorff. [RF]
 

4.16 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

22-Jan-1956

written by Alvin Sapinsley

4.17 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

29-Jan-1956

4.18 [--] Omnibus: ONE NATION

05-Feb-1956

starring

Lilia Skala as Rosica Schwimmer

4.19 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

12-Feb-1956

written by John Latouche

4.20 [--] Omnibus: Unknown title

19-Feb-1956

written by E.J. Kahn

4.21 [--] Omnibus: THE ART OF BALLET (aka The Evolution of the Ballet)

26-Feb-1956

starring

James Mitchell ...... Himself/dancer

(2) The Boyhood of William Shakespeare

by Walter Kerr & Alfred Harbage

4.22 [--] Omnibus: WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

04-Mar-1956

Narrated by Attorney Joseph Welch

starring

Lilia Skala

Vaughan Taylor

Ray Bramley

Reynolds Evans

David Stewart

Synopsis:

This is the third and last in the series on the U.S. Constitution. This episode

emphasizes the role of the Federal Judiciary in protecting civil liberties. [RF]

4.23 [--] Omnibus: THE BETTER HALF

11-Mar-1956

written by Alvin Sapinsley

4.xx [--] Omnibus: no details

18-Mar-1956

4.25 [--] Omnibus: HARVARD UNIVERSITY REMOTE

25-Mar-1956

written by Andy Lewis

directed by Delbert Mann

starring

Alistair Cooke

Nathan Pusey

John F. Kennedy

Everett Saltonstall

Leonard Bernstein

Samuel Eliot Morison

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5.01 [--] Omnibus: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY

07-Oct-1956

written by Leonard Bernstein

directed by Charles S. Dubin

starring

Leonard Bernstein as Himself

Carol Burnett as Herself

5.02 [--] Omnibus: ANDROCLES AND THE LION

14-Oct-1956

adapted by Frank Duane

story by George Bernard Shaw

directed by Lee Rothberg

starring

Bert Lahr

Jerome Kilty

Joan Diener

Philippa Bevans

Albert Corbin

Clint Young

Mark Daniels

Alvin Epstein

Douglas Watson

George Mathews

Stanley Jay

Felix Munso

Berry Kroeger

(2) THE SILENT WORLD

14-Oct-1956

Louis Malle

Jacques Cousteau who screened his first undersea adventure on American television

5.03 [--] Omnibus: THE LAST DAY OF MANOLETE

21-Oct-1956

Synopsis:

The last day of Manolete, the great Spanish bullfighter, is recounted through the use of still photos.

 Barnaby Conrad, author of the novel Bullfight, edited the selection. [RF]

The stranger left no card / producer, George K. Arthur ; director, Wendy Toye ;

writer, Sidney Carroll ; cast, Alan Badel (22 min.)

 -- The silent world--excerpt / a Columbia Pictures release ;

 by Jacques Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle (9 min.)

 -- Rodeo / created and staged by Agnes de Mille ; director, Andrew McCullough ;

 music, Aaron Copland ; conductor, Joseph Levine ;

dancers, John Kriza, Jenny Workman, Kelly Brown, the Ballet Theatre Company (23 min.)

 -- The day Manolete was killed / producer, Barnaby Conrad (20 min.)

5.04 [--] Omnibus: MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS

28-Oct-1956

written by William Saroyan

Synopsis:

My heart's in the Highlands, the one-act play by William Saroyan first produced in 1938.

It's the lyrical story of a poet who refuses to take a workaday job in order to rescue himself,

his son and his Armenian mother-in-law from the dismal conditions in which they live. [RF]

(2) How different kinds of horses are used for sport. Sportscaster Bud Palmer narrates.

 3. Part three of excerpts from The silent world, Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau's film of underwater life.

(3) Almost all about horses / director, Hal Davis ; writer, Andy Lewis ; with Bud Palmer (21 min.) -- My heart's in the highlands / director, Charles S. Dubin ; writer, William Saroyan ; music, Paul Bowles ; with Everett Sloane, James Daly, Richard Olsen, David J. Stewart, Eda Heineman, John McGovern, Marilyn Siegel, Frank Bolgerm, Charles Saari, Joseph Boland, Meridith Schoonover, Dennis Patrick (44 min.) -- The silent world--excerpts / Columbia Pictures release ; by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle (9 min.)

5.05 [--] Omnibus: LET THERE BE FARCE

04-Nov-1956

directed by Charles S. Dubin

starring

Judith Evelyn

Enid Markey

Jonathan Harris

Eartha Kitt

5.06 [--] Omnibus: MOLIERE'S SCHOOL FOR WIVES

11-Nov-1956

written by Walter Kerr

story by Moliere

directed by Hal Davis

starring

Bert Lahr

Michael Strong

Elizabeth Wilson

Patricia Smith

William Shatner

Synopsis:

To provide himself with an ideal wife, Arnolphe, a bachelor, has had a girl educated

 from infancy in such a way as to keep her ignorant of the knowledge

most young ladies possess. [RF]

5.07 [--] Omnibus: PLAYS OF THE IRISH RENAISSANCE

18-Nov-1956

directed by Charles S. Dubin

starring

Siobhan McKenna

Cavada Humphrey

Frances Fullerm

James Neylin

Tom Clancy

Vince Dowling

Farrell Pelly

Synopsis:

The plays will include Lennox Robinson's The whiteheaded boy (1916) and Is

life worth living (1933), and Sean O'Casey's Juno and the paycock (1924) and

The plough and the stars. John Millington Synge will be represented

 by his Deirdre of the sorrows (1910). [RF]

5.08 [--] Omnibus: THE BLUE HOTEL

25-Nov-1956

adapted by Joseph Hurley

story by Stephen Crane

directed by Fred Carney

starring

Arthur O'Connell

Charles Aidman

William Traylor

Patrick McAlinney

Rip Torn

Jim Boles

Dan Morgan

Synopsis:

It's the story of a Swede who is confined in a little Nebraska hotel by a blizzard.

He is afraid that the other guests, though they appear to mean no harm, actually are

looking for an excuse to kill him; and his fear itself incites violence. [RF]

5.09 [--] Omnibus: A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

02-Dec-1956

adapted by Maurice Valency

story by Edward Everett Hale

directed by Daniel Petrie

starring

Arthur Franz

Joseph Anthony

John McGovern

Bernard Lenrow

James Coots

George Mitchell

Joe Mantell

Joan Wetmore

Frank Marth

Philip Abbott

(2) Amicable Parting

directed by Charles S. Dubin

written by George S. Kaufman and Leueen MacGrath

starring

Eli Wallach

Anne Jackson

5.10 [--] Omnibus: THE FINE ART OF MURDER

09-Dec-1956

written by Sidney Carroll

directed by Paul Bogart

starring

James Daly

Jack Sydow

Truman Smith

Jane McArthur

Bruce Kirby

Ludie Claire

Daniel Ocko

Felix Munso

Herbert Voland

Dennis Hoey

Robert Ecles

Gene Reynolds

Rex Stout

5.11 [--] Omnibus: THE CHRISTMAS TIE

16-Dec-1956

written by William Saroyan

directed by Andrew McCullough

starring

Helen Hayes

Ray Boyle

Iggie Wolfington

Synopsis:

The Christmas tie spots her as an elderly, quite genteel shoplifter. [RF]

(2) DRUG STORE, SUNDAY NOON

written by Horton Foote

story by Robert Hutchinson

directed by Andrew McCullough

starring

Helen Hayes

Jacqueline Scott

Enid Markey

Elizabeth Watts

Philip Abbott

Robert Brian

Johnny LoBianco

(3) [--] Omnibus: THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM

is a play about Sandor Szabo's flight from Communism.

written by Joseph Hurley

directed by Charles S. Dubin

starring

Sandor Szabo

Kato Barczy (Mrs. Szabo)

Barna Szabo

Balazs Szabo

5.12 [--] Omnibus: MADELINE VISITS OMNIBUS

23-Dec-1956

adapted by Frank Dunne

written by Ludwig Bemelmans

starring

Evelyn Rudie

Renie Riano

Tommy White

5.13 [--] Omnibus: THE ART OF CHOREOGRAPHY

30-Dec-1956

directed by Charles S. Dubin

starring

James Mitc