Lux Video Theatre

Season 2 (52 Episodes)

7 Seasons 1951 NR 30m 7.6

Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a thirty-minute weekly show, but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show was extended to sixty minutes, and the plays were primarily adaptations of motion...

Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a thirty-minute weekly show, but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show was extended to sixty minutes, and the plays were primarily adaptations of motion pictures, and a host was added. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Pacing Goose

1. The Pacing Goose

Aired: Aug 27, 1951

A farm woman would rather raise a goose as a pet than a cat.

Episode 2 Forever Walking Free

2. Forever Walking Free

Aired: Sep 3, 1951

The story takes place in London during the height of the "Battle of Britain" ...

Episode 3 It's a Promise

3. It's a Promise

Aired: Sep 10, 1951

A young roomer's life is unexpectedly altered by a seven-year-old child.

Episode 4 A Family Affair

4. A Family Affair

Aired: Sep 17, 1951

An outwardly weak-kneed, henpecked member of Philadelphia's elite, Sumner Sco...

Episode 5 A Matter of Life

5. A Matter of Life

Aired: Sep 24, 1951

A widower, realizes to his astonishment that his daughter, a typical wholesom...

Episode 7 Route 19

7. Route 19

Aired: Oct 8, 1951

Maryjane finds herself in a lonely bus station on a desolate highway one rain...

Episode 8 Cafe Ami

8. Cafe Ami

Aired: Oct 15, 1951

In Western Germany an Army sergeant feels there is something strange about th...

Episode 10 The Doctor's Wife

10. The Doctor's Wife

Aired: Oct 29, 1951

A young wife of a doctor tries to help him by learning his profession. She le...

Episode 11 Confession

11. Confession

Aired: Nov 5, 1951

Story of a small town bank cashier dismissed from his job, after the bank's p...

Episode 12 No Will of His Own

12. No Will of His Own

Aired: Nov 12, 1951

An excavation inspector finds an original play by William Shakespear in the r...

Episode 13 Stolen Years

13. Stolen Years

Aired: Nov 19, 1951

The easy-going life on a Chinese river port of four foreign agents for Americ...

Episode 14 Dames Are Poison

14. Dames Are Poison

Aired: Nov 26, 1951

A nurse is forced to make a shrewd real estate deal when five roommates leave...

Episode 15 Tin Badge

15. Tin Badge

Aired: Dec 3, 1951

A beat cop finds that making the arrest of a wanted killer has its aftermath ...

Episode 16 Second Sight

16. Second Sight

Aired: Dec 10, 1951

Story of a secretary hired by a blinded foreign correspondent to take down hi...

Episode 17 The Blues Street

17. The Blues Street

Aired: Dec 17, 1951

Pete Cornelius the 19-year-old son of a wealthy businessman is on his way to ...

Episode 18 A Child Is Born

18. A Child Is Born

Aired: Dec 24, 1951

The story of the Innkeeper and his wife in the town of Bethlehem during the r...

Episode 19 The Jest of Hahalaba

19. The Jest of Hahalaba

Aired: Dec 31, 1951

A British business man whose clairvoyance plays tricks on him on New Year's Eve.

Episode 21 Ceylon Treasure

21. Ceylon Treasure

Aired: Jan 14, 1952

Adventurer Dave Rorsford arrives at a hotel in Ceylon carrying a gem worth a ...

Episode 23 For Goodness Sake

23. For Goodness Sake

Aired: Jan 28, 1952

A Boston waterfront roughneck is hounded by a beautiful evangelist who tries ...

Episode 24 Kelly

24. Kelly

Aired: Feb 4, 1952

A romantic comedy about the member of a three-man army team which followed th...

Episode 25 The Game of Chess

25. The Game of Chess

Aired: Feb 11, 1952

A foreign ruler, unarmed and without guards or servants, plays a game of wits...

Episode 27 The Bargain

27. The Bargain

Aired: Feb 25, 1952

The wife of a mining engineer, gains the money needed to save her husband's b...

Episode 28 Night Be Quiet

28. Night Be Quiet

Aired: Mar 3, 1952

A young wife becomes involved in a triangle with her husband and his youthful...

Episode 29 The Promotion

29. The Promotion

Aired: Mar 10, 1952

A hapless employee finds the proverbial silver lining in the dreaded pink sli...

Episode 30 The Foggy, Foggy Dew

30. The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Aired: Mar 17, 1952

Kyle had been brought up by foster parents. On a hunting trip he meets his bi...

Episode 31 Julie

31. Julie

Aired: Mar 24, 1952

A temperamental actress gets entangled in a struggle with her daughter over t...

Episode 32 The Taste

32. The Taste

Aired: Mar 31, 1952

A fastidious wine snob makes a rather dangerous bet.

Episode 33 Man at Bay

33. Man at Bay

Aired: Apr 7, 1952

A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail so he can expose the real killer.

Episode 34 Decision

34. Decision

Aired: Apr 14, 1952

The story of a man's inner conflict between his self-respect and his worldly ...

Episode 35 Operation Weekend

35. Operation Weekend

Aired: Apr 21, 1952

Concerning a clash between a young medical student and a famous brain special...

Episode 36 Salad Days

36. Salad Days

Aired: Apr 28, 1952

The adventures of law student Bellamy Partridge's at school and his quest to ...

Episode 37 Masquerade

37. Masquerade

Aired: May 5, 1952

A French dramatist is in quest of a young actress to star in his latest play.

Episode 40 Pattern for Glory

40. Pattern for Glory

Aired: May 26, 1952

The story of a young dramatist torn between love for his sweetheart and his d...

Episode 41 Garneau '83

41. Garneau '83

Aired: Jun 2, 1952

The plot concerns an art patron whose name is mysteriously linked with that ...

Episode 43 Gilia

43. Gilia

Aired: Jun 16, 1952

A young wife sacrifices her career as a novelist rather than stand in the way...

Episode 44 Welcome Home, Lefty

44. Welcome Home, Lefty

Aired: Jun 23, 1952

A washed up major league baseball player is put to the test by his hometown r...

Episode 45 I Can't Remember

45. I Can't Remember

Aired: Jun 30, 1952

A story about a detective accused of the homicide of a beautiful girl.

Episode 46 Lady from Washington

46. Lady from Washington

Aired: Jul 7, 1952

A political career woman is forced to choose between marriage or becoming the...

Episode 47 Son Wanted

47. Son Wanted

Aired: Jul 14, 1952

A movie-struck youngster tries to palm off a youthful vagabond as the missing...

Episode 48 Brigadier

48. Brigadier

Aired: Jul 21, 1952

The play deals with a spy in Northern ranks during Sherman's march thru Georgia.

Episode 49 Two Pale Horsemen

49. Two Pale Horsemen

Aired: Jul 28, 1952

Story about a cynical artist and a lonesome teacher who seek to escape from r...

Episode 50 Two Make Four

50. Two Make Four

Aired: Aug 4, 1952

Story about two orphans in search of foster parents.

Episode 51 The Orchard

51. The Orchard

Aired: Aug 11, 1952

A tragic rural American life involving a family of itinerant cherry pickers.

Episode 52 You Be the Bad Guy

52. You Be the Bad Guy

Aired: Aug 18, 1952

A police detective is torn between his duty to law enforcement and his family...


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Network: CBS

Genres: Comedy, Drama