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Omnibus
Overview
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
Status
Ended
Created By
Robert Saudek
Network
CBS, ABC, NBC
Seasons & Episodes
Season 2
Episodes
Glory in the Flower
The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).
The Battler
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King Lear
King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.
The Golden Dress
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Billy the Kid
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The Raspberry Queen
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Toine
The program has five segments: (1) "Toine" (adaptation of a Guy De Maupassant story), (2) (concert by London's St Paul's Cathedral Choir), (3) (interview with an Arctic explorer about his life with the Eskimos), (4) (demonstration of X-ray motion picture techniques), and (5) "Place Names in the United States" (tracing the impact of 19th-century settlers' westward movement on various US town names).
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Television adaptation of Jack Benny's 1945 feature film of the same name. Jack plays an angel name Athanael, who's been sent to destroy the Earth by playing his trumpet.
Capital of the World
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The Nature of the Beast
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Mom and Leo
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The Sojourner
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Nobody's Fool
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The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
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The Duchess and the Smugs
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Nothing So Monstrous
The program has five segments: (1) "Nothing So Monstrous" (dramatized adaptation of a John Steinbeck story), (2) "E=MC2" (celebration of the 15th anniversary of splitting the first uranium atom with the Columbia University cyclotron), (3) "The Hunter" (showing of a Swedish film on nature and wildlife), (4) "Signs" ( interview with an animated sign maker), and (5) "The Garage" (a look at bus maintenance and repair).
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
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The Confidential Clerk
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A Time Out of War
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Hilde and the Turnpike
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The House
No description available.
Three Sketches
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Tell Me If It Hurts
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The Apollo of Bellac
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Top Cast
Alistair Cooke
Self - Host
