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The Lux Video Theatre

Season 2 1951 - 1952

  • 1951-08-27T04:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 2d 5h (53 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Comedy
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53 episodes

Season Premiere

1951-08-27T04:00:00Z

2x01 The Pacing Goose

Season Premiere

2x01 The Pacing Goose

  • 1951-08-27T04:00:00Z1h

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

1951-09-03T04:00:00Z

2x02 Forever Walking Free

2x02 Forever Walking Free

  • 1951-09-03T04:00:00Z1h

The story takes place in London during the height of the "Battle of Britain" when the Luftwaffe was bombing the populace. Joan Warrock's home has been bombed. She meets an American Air Force gunner, Buster Menton, in the blackout-darkened streets shortly afterwards and he takes her to an afterhour "pub" to calm her nerves. It isn't until the evening is over that she realizes there has been something strange about the place and about Buster. Her thoughts return to the party in the bombed building and she dreads all the future bombing that will come, until Menton convinces her that he knows that she has nothing to worry about in the future.

1951-09-10T04:00:00Z

2x03 It's A Promise

2x03 It's A Promise

  • 1951-09-10T04:00:00Z1h

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

1951-09-17T04:00:00Z

2x04 A Family Affair

2x04 A Family Affair

  • 1951-09-17T04:00:00Z1h

An outwardly weak-kneed, henpecked member of Philadelphia's elite, Sumner Scofield II is constantly reminded by his wife that he must look down his bank-roll at anyone not in the same financial and social bracket as the Scofields. When their son Will, home from Yale for Spring vacation declares he wants to quit college and marry a vocalist in a band, Agnes Scofield tells Sumner the family must "buy the girl off". Sumner's encounter with the young singer takes an unusual turn which allows him to assert himself for once in his life.

1951-09-24T04:00:00Z

2x05 A Matter Of Life

2x05 A Matter Of Life

  • 1951-09-24T04:00:00Z1h

A widower, realizes to his astonishment that his daughter, a typical wholesome American girl, begins to act strangely almost overnight, stealing and disobeying him. When he shadows her one night, he realizes she has fallen in with drug addicts and herself becomes addicted to narcotics.

1951-10-01T05:00:00Z

2x06 Grandma Was An Actress

2x06 Grandma Was An Actress

  • 1951-10-01T05:00:00Z1h

An old woman seeks to persuade her granddaughter to go on the stage against her son's opposition.

1951-10-08T05:00:00Z

2x07 Route 19

2x07 Route 19

  • 1951-10-08T05:00:00Z1h

Maryjane finds herself in a lonely bus station on a desolate highway one rainy night shortly after it is reported that a homicidal maniac is at large in the area. There are only two people in the station and Maryjane suspects that one of them is the killer.

1951-10-15T05:00:00Z

2x08 Cafe Ami

2x08 Cafe Ami

  • 1951-10-15T05:00:00Z1h

In Western Germany an Army sergeant feels there is something strange about the proprietor of a cafe, but doesn't believe a German girl who says the man is an exNazi concentration camp commandant.

1951-10-22T05:00:00Z

2x09 The Twinkle In Her Eye

2x09 The Twinkle In Her Eye

  • 1951-10-22T05:00:00Z1h

A bachelor's sister believes he should get married. She hires a housekeeper for him and he refuses to have the girl in the house until he meets her.

1951-10-29T05:00:00Z

2x10 The Doctor's Wife

2x10 The Doctor's Wife

  • 1951-10-29T05:00:00Z1h

A young wife of a doctor tries to help him by learning his profession. She learns far too well and nearly causes her husband to lose his medical license.

1951-11-05T05:00:00Z

2x11 Confession

2x11 Confession

  • 1951-11-05T05:00:00Z1h

Story of a small town bank cashier dismissed from his job, after the bank's president John Gresham is indicted for embezzlement. The bank trustees suspect that Baldwin is involved in the crime but don't accuse him. He cannot find other work because of the scandal and is practically penniless when he receives a strange offer of $100,000 if he will leave town.

1951-11-12T05:00:00Z

2x12 No Will Of His Own

2x12 No Will Of His Own

  • 1951-11-12T05:00:00Z1h

An excavation inspector finds an original play by William Shakespear in the ruins of an old London house and connives to pass it off as a creation of his own.

1951-11-19T05:00:00Z

2x13 Stolen Years

2x13 Stolen Years

  • 1951-11-19T05:00:00Z1h

The easy-going life on a Chinese river port of four foreign agents for American firms is unexpectedly interrupted by Detective Yates of the San Francisco police department, who announces he wants one of them as a fugitive from a California murder warrant.

1951-11-26T05:00:00Z

2x14 Dames Are Poison

2x14 Dames Are Poison

  • 1951-11-26T05:00:00Z1h

A nurse is forced to make a shrewd real estate deal when five roommates leave her with a lease for a huge house.

1951-12-03T05:00:00Z

2x15 Tin Badge

2x15 Tin Badge

  • 1951-12-03T05:00:00Z1h

A beat cop finds that making the arrest of a wanted killer has its aftermath - attacks by vengeful henchmen.

1951-12-10T05:00:00Z

2x16 Second Sight

2x16 Second Sight

  • 1951-12-10T05:00:00Z1h

Story of a secretary hired by a blinded foreign correspondent to take down his memories and in so doing proves a fateful influence on his life.

1951-12-17T05:00:00Z

2x17 The Blues Street

2x17 The Blues Street

  • 1951-12-17T05:00:00Z1h

Pete Cornelius the 19-year-old son of a wealthy businessman is on his way to college for his first year's studies but when he stops off in New Orleans on the way to the school Pete becomes fascinated with the city. He also becomes interested in a nightclub vocalist, Lou Jansen and decides against catching his train for the University. His disappearance causes his father to send out a nationwide alarm and offers $1000 reward for his son's return. When this is announced Lou plays a different part in his life than he had anticipated.

1951-12-24T05:00:00Z

2x18 A Child Is Born

2x18 A Child Is Born

  • 1951-12-24T05:00:00Z1h

The story of the Innkeeper and his wife in the town of Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod.

1951-12-31T05:00:00Z

2x19 The Jest Of Hahalaba

2x19 The Jest Of Hahalaba

  • 1951-12-31T05:00:00Z1h

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

2x20 Mr. Finchley Versus The Bomb

  • 1952-01-07T05:00:00Z1h

Finchley refuses to move from an old ghost town he calls home. The Army has planned to test the atom bomb at the site but Finchley will not budge.

1952-01-14T05:00:00Z

2x21 Ceylon Treasure

2x21 Ceylon Treasure

  • 1952-01-14T05:00:00Z1h

Adventurer Dave Rorsford arrives at a hotel in Ceylon carrying a gem worth a fortune, an international band of thieves immediately find out about it and make plans to steal it. A blonde named Alma also turns up at the same hotel hoping to buy the jewel. Indirectly she lures Rorsford into a trap set by the plotters. However, once she has betrayed him, Alma makes new plans to secure the diamond.

2x22 The Sound Of Waves Breaking

  • 1952-01-21T05:00:00Z1h

Mike Brackauer shrugs off his success as an artist, feeling that his rise to fame has been based on technical proficiency without any deep creative talent. He becomes increasingly moody over his failure to inject what he terms "the spark of life" into his paintings. His confidence in himself is suddenly restored when a department stor salesgirl tells him she can hear the sound of waves breaking when she looks at one of his seascape paintings. A short time later they fall in love and plan marriage until Brackauer's confidence again leaves him.

1952-01-28T05:00:00Z

2x23 For Goodness Sake

2x23 For Goodness Sake

  • 1952-01-28T05:00:00Z1h

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

1952-02-04T05:00:00Z

2x24 Kelly

2x24 Kelly

  • 1952-02-04T05:00:00Z1h

A romantic comedy about the member of a three-man army team which followed the invading Allied Forces to Normandy in 1944 to liberate American prisoners of war and other Nazi captives.

1952-02-11T05:00:00Z

2x25 The Game Of Chess

2x25 The Game Of Chess

  • 1952-02-11T05:00:00Z1h

A foreign ruler, unarmed and without guards or servants, plays a game of wits with a would-be assassin.

2x26 Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley

  • 1952-02-18T05:00:00Z1h

A veteran uses his GI allotment to further his education and win the love of the school teacher.

1952-02-25T05:00:00Z

2x27 The Bargain

2x27 The Bargain

  • 1952-02-25T05:00:00Z1h

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

1952-03-03T05:00:00Z

2x28 Night, Be Quiet

2x28 Night, Be Quiet

  • 1952-03-03T05:00:00Z1h

A young wife becomes involved in a triangle with her husband and his youthful brother, a guest in their home.

1952-04-10T05:00:00Z

2x29 The Promotion

2x29 The Promotion

  • 1952-04-10T05:00:00Z1h

A hapless employee finds the proverbial silver lining in the dreaded pink slip after a long career as a salesman.

1952-03-17T05:00:00Z

2x30 The Foggy, Foggy Dew

2x30 The Foggy, Foggy Dew

  • 1952-03-17T05:00:00Z1h

Kyle had been brought up by foster parents. On a hunting trip he meets his biological father, a strange looking drifter with a guitar.

1952-03-24T05:00:00Z

2x31 Julie

2x31 Julie

  • 1952-03-24T05:00:00Z1h

A temperamental actress gets entangled in a struggle with her daughter over the love of the same man.

1952-03-31T05:00:00Z

2x32 Taste

2x32 Taste

  • 1952-03-31T05:00:00Z1h

A sinister gourmet and wine authority makes a cunning bet to win a reluctant young lady. The wager: his town and country houses against the girl's hand that he can guess the date and vinyard's name of a rare claret the father is serving for dinner.

1952-04-07T05:00:00Z

2x33 Man At Bay

2x33 Man At Bay

  • 1952-04-07T05:00:00Z1h

A man convicted of murder breaks out of jail to expose the real killer.

1952-04-14T05:00:00Z

2x34 Decision

2x34 Decision

  • 1952-04-14T05:00:00Z1h

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

1952-04-21T05:00:00Z

2x35 Operation Weekend

2x35 Operation Weekend

  • 1952-04-21T05:00:00Z1h

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

1952-04-28T04:00:00Z

2x36 Salad Days

2x36 Salad Days

  • 1952-04-28T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-05-05T04:00:00Z

2x37 Masquerade

2x37 Masquerade

  • 1952-05-05T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-05-12T04:00:00Z

2x38 Marriage In The Beginning

2x38 Marriage In The Beginning

  • 1952-05-12T04:00:00Z1h

Story of a young wife who is jealous of her husband's political activities.

2x39 Ferry Crisis At Friday Point

  • 1952-05-19T04:00:00Z1h

An old man has a small ferry boat on which he takes goods and passengers back and forth across the river of a small Midwestern town. One day the town's leaders decide that they'll build a bridge from the town across the river, which would enable them to bring even more goods and visitors to the town, but it will put the old ferryman out of business.

1952-05-26T04:00:00Z

2x40 Pattern For Glory

2x40 Pattern For Glory

  • 1952-05-26T04:00:00Z1h

The story of a young dramatist torn between love for his sweetheart and his devotion to an older film star with whom he shares his first success.

1952-06-02T04:00:00Z

2x41 Garneau '83

2x41 Garneau '83

  • 1952-06-02T04:00:00Z1h

The plot concerns an art patron whose name is

mysteriously linked with that of her young protege.

1952-06-09T04:00:00Z

2x42 The Lesson

2x42 The Lesson

  • 1952-06-09T04:00:00Z1h

A psychological drama.

1952-06-16T04:00:00Z

2x43 Gilia

2x43 Gilia

  • 1952-06-16T04:00:00Z1h

A young wife sacrifices her career as a novelist rather than stand in the way of her husband's ambitions as a musician.

1952-06-23T04:00:00Z

2x44 Welcome Home, Lefty

2x44 Welcome Home, Lefty

  • 1952-06-23T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-06-30T04:00:00Z

2x45 I Can't Remember

2x45 I Can't Remember

  • 1952-06-30T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-07-07T04:00:00Z

2x46 The Lady From Washington

2x46 The Lady From Washington

  • 1952-07-07T04:00:00Z1h

A political career woman is forced to choose between marriage or becoming the first woman to run for the vice-presidency.

1952-07-14T04:00:00Z

2x47 Son Wanted

2x47 Son Wanted

  • 1952-07-14T04:00:00Z1h

A movie-struck youngster tries to palm off a youthful vagabond as the missing son of an aged woman.

1952-07-21T04:00:00Z

2x48 The Brigadier

2x48 The Brigadier

  • 1952-07-21T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-07-28T04:00:00Z

2x49 Two Pale Horsemen

2x49 Two Pale Horsemen

  • 1952-07-28T04:00:00Z1h

Story about a cynical artist and a lonesome teacher who seek to escape from reality by going to an Arctic village.

1952-08-04T04:00:00Z

2x50 Two Make Four

2x50 Two Make Four

  • 1952-08-04T04:00:00Z1h

Story about two orphans in search of foster parents.

1952-08-11T04:00:00Z

2x51 The Orchard

2x51 The Orchard

  • 1952-08-11T04:00:00Z1h

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

1952-08-18T04:00:00Z

2x52 You Be The Bad Guy

2x52 You Be The Bad Guy

  • 1952-08-18T04:00:00Z1h

Detective lieutenant Dan Shelvin is torn between the sense of duty and justice and his devotion to his family after discovering his younger brother in a hijacking racket.

Season Finale

1952-08-25T04:00:00Z

2x53 The Magnolia Touch

Season Finale

2x53 The Magnolia Touch

  • 1952-08-25T04:00:00Z1h

A married Dixie gentleman smitten by a young Southern belle now living in Manhattan invites him to her apartment for an old homestyle dinner.

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