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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Season 2 (52 Episodes)

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Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic...

Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Homecoming

1. Homecoming

Aired: Sep 5, 1952

An ex-athlete can't face his own aging until he meets a woman who refuses to ...

Episode 4 The Trail

4. The Trail

Aired: Sep 26, 1952

A gold miner's greed makes him murder his partners.

Episode 5 Come What May

5. Come What May

Aired: Oct 3, 1952

A man learns too late that a gun is a poor problem solver.

Episode 8 Drawing Room A

8. Drawing Room A

Aired: Oct 24, 1952

An attractive lady find herself on a train with a case of amnesia. A psychiat...

Episode 9 Enchanted Evening

9. Enchanted Evening

Aired: Oct 31, 1952

A family's happy life gets complicated when the kids have lost theater ticket...

Episode 10 Tango

10. Tango

Aired: Nov 7, 1952

A night club affair winds up in intrigue and mystery.

Episode 13 Barrow Street

13. Barrow Street

Aired: Nov 28, 1952

A jilted girl settles an old score in an unusual and poignant fashion.

Episode 14 Mr. Thayer

14. Mr. Thayer

Aired: Dec 5, 1952

On her first job, a girl meets a seedy and serene gentleman to whom the ordin...

Episode 16 The Playwright

16. The Playwright

Aired: Dec 19, 1952

A man juggles his life in pursuit of the things he wants to do.

Episode 17 A String of Beads

17. A String of Beads

Aired: Dec 26, 1952

A governess for a wealthy family becomes the object of affection from elderly...

Episode 18 Jenny

18. Jenny

Aired: Jan 2, 1953

A single mother, bored with her life, takes part in a play where she meets a ...

Episode 19 The Unopened Letter

19. The Unopened Letter

Aired: Jan 9, 1953

A woman receives a letter from the man she loves but does not open it for thi...

Episode 20 High on the Gallows

20. High on the Gallows

Aired: Jan 16, 1953

A Hollywood movie producer falls for an ambitious starlet and almost wrecks h...

Episode 22 Point of Honor

22. Point of Honor

Aired: Jan 30, 1953

After a revolution sweeps his country, a police officer finds himself belongi...

Episode 23 Manhattan Robin Hood

23. Manhattan Robin Hood

Aired: Feb 6, 1953

A reporter investigates by posing as a high-school basketball coach to stop a...

Episode 27 Big Jim's Boy

27. Big Jim's Boy

Aired: Mar 6, 1953

A man returning from military service wants to become a doctor. He needs mone...

Episode 28 Nineteen Rue Marie

28. Nineteen Rue Marie

Aired: Mar 13, 1953

An American finds himself in the Paris home of a doctor, unaware of who he is...

Episode 30 Happy Ending

30. Happy Ending

Aired: Mar 27, 1953

An author lives in Copenhagen with his wife and daughter. He refuses to alter...

Episode 31 The Governess

31. The Governess

Aired: Apr 3, 1953

Quite sentimental story of an old woman looking back on her life as a governe...

Episode 32 The Mirror

32. The Mirror

Aired: Apr 10, 1953

When a man's past is revealed his self-assurance is broken.

Episode 34 Allen of Harper

34. Allen of Harper

Aired: Apr 24, 1953

A professor is saved from early retirement by a group of students.

Episode 35 Medicine Woman

35. Medicine Woman

Aired: May 1, 1953

Smug Sam Bentley, a builder of high rise construction projects, is inconvenie...

Episode 36 The Copper Ring

36. The Copper Ring

Aired: May 8, 1953

Dr. Gunther is growing old and irritable, but one evening he dreams of an Egy...

Episode 37 Vacation for Ginny

37. Vacation for Ginny

Aired: May 15, 1953

A mousy clerk at a travel agency wins a vacation and finds herself being purs...

Episode 38 Pursuit

38. Pursuit

Aired: May 22, 1953

A talented musician loses an arm in a hunting accident.

Episode 43 The Ledge

43. The Ledge

Aired: Jun 26, 1953

A young artist who's come to the big city loses heart when he experiences vis...

Episode 44 Richard and the Lion

44. Richard and the Lion

Aired: Jul 3, 1953

A young husband feels neglected because his wife pays too much attention to h...

Episode 45 Storm Warnings

45. Storm Warnings

Aired: Jul 10, 1953

Wanda is married to one of the operators of a small Alaskan cargo airline. Sh...

Episode 46 The Journey

46. The Journey

Aired: Jul 17, 1953

A woman who is considerably younger than her husband is bored with their unev...

Episode 47 Knave of Hearts

47. Knave of Hearts

Aired: Jul 24, 1953

Gambler Steve returns to marry Laura only to find she is to marry homesteader...

Episode 49 Simplon Express

49. Simplon Express

Aired: Aug 7, 1953

An incompetent detective bumbles his way thru danger and intrigue.

Episode 51 Sheila

51. Sheila

Aired: Aug 21, 1953

A man's attempts to collect his aunt's inheritance are foiled by a cat named ...

Episode 52 Two Loves Have I

52. Two Loves Have I

Aired: Aug 28, 1953

After the death of her husband in the early years of World War II, a newspape...

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Info about Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Comedy, Drama