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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Episode 52 : Two Loves Have I
August. 28,1953
After the death of her husband in the early years of World War II, a newspaper reporter throws herself into helping refugees from the Nazi invasion in wartime Lisbon.
Episode 51 : Sheila
August. 21,1953
A man's attempts to collect his aunt's inheritance are foiled by a cat named Sheila.
Episode 50 : Miracle in the Night
August. 14,1953
A wealthy woman is afraid to go out alone.
Episode 49 : Simplon Express
August. 07,1953
An incompetent detective bumbles his way thru danger and intrigue
Episode 48 : The Doctor Goes Home
July. 31,1953
A high society doctor finds great happiness in treating the poor.
Episode 47 : Knave of Hearts
July. 24,1953
Gambler Steve returns to marry Laura only to find she is to marry homesteader, Johnny. Laura's father, rancher Warren, disapproves of both men and, with hired gun Dineen, aims to eliminate both.
Episode 46 : The Journey
July. 17,1953
A woman who is considerably younger than her husband is bored with their uneventful like in Costa Rica.
Episode 45 : Storm Warnings
July. 10,1953
Wanda is married to one of the operators of a small Alaskan cargo airline. She sends a note to her husband's partner, Vic, suggesting a rendezvous. When the letter goes missing, Vic is convinced his partner knows about their affair and feeding him deadly landing instructions via radio during a storm.
Episode 44 : Richard and the Lion
July. 03,1953
A young husband feels neglected because his wife pays too much attention to her pets, so he gets one of this own - a lion.
Episode 43 : The Ledge
June. 26,1953
A young artist who's come to the big city loses heart when he experiences vision problems. Despite reassurance from his doctor that his eyes will improve, he becomes disheartened and climbs out onto a window ledge. The doctor, a cop, and a young woman who knows his case all work to coax him back inside.
Episode 42 : Operation Riviera
June. 19,1953
Comedy about a GI on a ten day furlough on the isle of Capri.
Episode 41 : The Widow Makes Three
June. 12,1953
A crime commission looks for three missing witnesses who can put the finger on a waterfront racketeer.
Episode 40 : Twenty-Two Sycamore Road
June. 05,1953
A woman feels she is being taken for granted by her construction worker husband.
Episode 39 : The Girl that I Married
May. 29,1953
An Army major falls for a French woman and a Red Cross Worker.
Episode 38 : Pursuit
May. 22,1953
A talented musician loses an arm in a hunting accident.
Episode 37 : Vacation for Ginny
May. 15,1953
A mousy clerk at a travel agency wins a vacation and finds herself being pursued by no less than two suitors.
Episode 36 : The Copper Ring
May. 08,1953
Dr. Gunther is growing old and irritable, but one evening he dreams of an Egyptian copper ring which brings happiness to all who wear it. And he slips it on.
Episode 35 : Medicine Woman
May. 01,1953
Smug Sam Bentley, a builder of high rise construction projects, is inconvenienced by a doctor's parked car. He decides to give him a piece of his mind, only to find the doctor is a lady. Instead of an argument, they get romantic. Things go well until one of her patients is hurt at one of his work sites.
Episode 34 : Allen of Harper
April. 24,1953
A professor is saved from early retirement by a group of students.
Episode 33 : Papa Goes to the Ball
April. 17,1963
A man takes his daughter to a school dance and puts on an exhibition that makes him the "beau" of the ball.
Episode 32 : The Mirror
April. 10,1953
When a man's past is revealed his self-assurance is broken.
Episode 31 : The Governess
April. 03,1953
Quite sentimental story of an old woman looking back on her life as a governess. Though now she's seemingly been forgotten by her past charges, the deep feelings this woman felt for her "children" never will.
Episode 30 : Happy Ending
March. 27,1953
An author lives in Copenhagen with his wife and daughter. He refuses to alter his stories to happily-ever-after endings.
Episode 29 : Parent's Weekend
March. 20,1953
A woman finds out that the key to youth is to act her age.
Episode 28 : Nineteen Rue Marie
March. 13,1953
An American finds himself in the Paris home of a doctor, unaware of who he is or how he got there. His one daily visitor is Celeste who, he's told, he once loved. Armed with only the address of the bakery that makes the cakes Celeste brings him, he escapes the doctor's home and goes out to try and remember his life.
Episode 27 : Big Jim's Boy
March. 06,1953
A man returning from military service wants to become a doctor. He needs money for his education, and as much as he hates to enter into his father's field of expertise as a boxer he finds himself entering the ring.
Episode 26 : Girl of My Dreams
February. 27,1953
A married man falls in love with another woman at first glance.
Episode 25 : The Devil's Other Name
February. 20,1953
Steve Jordan kills his wife, Marietta and it looks like the perfect crime to pave the way for him to wed wealthy Helen but Steve doesn't count on Marietta's brother, Russ.
Episode 24 : Mr. Greentree and Friend
February. 13,1953
A lonely college professor strikes up a friendship with Jackie, a lion who has run away from the circus.
Episode 23 : Manhattan Robin Hood
February. 06,1953
A reporter investigates by posing as a high-school basketball coach to stop a raffle gambling racket and finds a judge also on the take.
Episode 22 : Point of Honor
January. 30,1953
After a revolution sweeps his country, a police officer finds himself belonging to the wrong party.
Episode 21 : Guardians of the Clock
January. 23,1953
Jonathan Bigby, an elderly clock keeper, is forcibly retired by his company. Bigby decides to exact an unusual revenge but then finds himself the victim of a larcenous criminal.
Episode 20 : High on the Gallows
January. 16,1953
A Hollywood movie producer falls for an ambitious starlet and almost wrecks his career.
Episode 19 : The Unopened Letter
January. 09,1953
A woman receives a letter from the man she loves but does not open it for thirty-five years.
Episode 18 : Jenny
January. 02,1953
A single mother, bored with her life, takes part in a play where she meets a widower.
Episode 17 : A String of Beads
December. 26,1952
A governess for a wealthy family becomes the object of affection from elderly Count Borselli.
Episode 16 : The Playwright
December. 19,1952
A man juggles his life in pursuit of the things he wants to do.
Episode 15 : The White Cream Pitcher
December. 12,1952
After 20 years of marriage, a couple bent on divorce turn to their pastor to help them divide their possessions.
Episode 14 : Mr. Thayer
December. 05,1952
On her first job, a girl meets a seedy and serene gentleman to whom the ordinary rules mean nothing.
Episode 13 : Barrow Street
November. 28,1952
A jilted girl settles an old score in an unusual and poignant fashion.
Episode 12 : Pussyfootin' Rocks
November. 21,1952
A masked band of desperadoes smuggles illegal aliens into the U.S. Each carries a piece of camouflage-painted tarp to crouch under when threatened with discovery. The Ripplehissians dispatch the gullible aliens into a deep well, A lawman has to thwart the gang, led by his identical twin brother.
Episode 11 : The House of Pride
November. 14,1952
A young bride learns that not everything in the tropics is paradise.
Episode 10 : Tango
November. 07,1952
A night club affair winds up in intrigue and mystery.
Episode 9 : Enchanted Evening
October. 31,1952
A family's happy life gets complicated when the kids have lost theater tickets that belonged to their dad's boss.
Episode 8 : Drawing Room A
October. 24,1952
An attractive lady find herself on a train with a case of amnesia. A psychiatrist, also traveling, agrees to assist the woman with her memory loss and determine the cause.
Episode 7 : This Plane for Hire
October. 17,1952
The adventure-romance of a Mexican Al Capone.
Episode 6 : Trouble on Pier 12
October. 10,1952
When Captain Torras is accused of double murder and his life is threatened, he hires professional bodyguard Mike Grover to protect him.
Episode 5 : Come What May
October. 03,1952
A man learns too late that a gun is a poor problem solver.
Episode 4 : The Trial
September. 26,1952
A gold miner's greed makes him murder his partners.
Episode 3 : I Want to be a Movie Star
September. 19,1952
A father complains about his daughter's movie magazines -- until he's discovered by a talent scout.
Episode 2 : Marriage of Lit-Lit
September. 12,1952
A general store manager at a Canadian outpost marries an Indian girl named Lit-Lit. Her conniving father, in an attempt to shake down his new son-in-law, tries to get his daughter to leave her new husband until he comes through with more supplies and loot. The old man's plans go awry because the girl has fallen in love.
Episode 1 : Homecoming
September. 05,1952
An ex-athlete can't face his own aging until he meets a woman who refuses to change.
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