Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Season 2

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 stories.

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52 Episodes

  • Homecoming
    E1
    HomecomingAn ex-athlete can't face his own aging until he meets a woman who refuses to change.
  • Marriage of Lit-Lit
    E2
    Marriage of Lit-LitA 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.
  • I Want to be a Movie Star
    E3
    I Want to be a Movie StarA father complains about his daughter's movie magazines -- until he's discovered by a talent scout.
  • The Trial
    E4
    The TrialA gold miner's greed makes him murder his partners.
  • Come What May
    E5
    Come What MayA man learns too late that a gun is a poor problem solver.
  • Trouble on Pier 12
    E6
    Trouble on Pier 12When Captain Torras is accused of double murder and his life is threatened, he hires professional bodyguard Mike Grover to protect him.
  • This Plane for Hire
    E7
    This Plane for HireThe adventure-romance of a Mexican Al Capone.
  • Drawing Room A
    E8
    Drawing Room AAn 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.
  • Enchanted Evening
    E9
    Enchanted EveningA family's happy life gets complicated when the kids have lost theater tickets that belonged to their dad's boss.
  • Tango
    E10
    TangoA night club affair winds up in intrigue and mystery.
  • The House of Pride
    E11
    The House of PrideA young bride learns that not everything in the tropics is paradise.
  • Pussyfootin' Rocks
    E12
    Pussyfootin' RocksA 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.
  • Barrow Street
    E13
    Barrow StreetA jilted girl settles an old score in an unusual and poignant fashion.
  • Mr. Thayer
    E14
    Mr. ThayerOn her first job, a girl meets a seedy and serene gentleman to whom the ordinary rules mean nothing.
  • The White Cream Pitcher
    E15
    The White Cream PitcherAfter 20 years of marriage, a couple bent on divorce turn to their pastor to help them divide their possessions.
  • The Playwright
    E16
    The PlaywrightA man juggles his life in pursuit of the things he wants to do.
  • A String of Beads
    E17
    A String of BeadsA governess for a wealthy family becomes the object of affection from elderly Count Borselli.
  • Jenny
    E18
    JennyA single mother, bored with her life, takes part in a play where she meets a widower.
  • The Unopened Letter
    E19
    The Unopened LetterA woman receives a letter from the man she loves but does not open it for thirty-five years.
  • High on the Gallows
    E20
    High on the GallowsA Hollywood movie producer falls for an ambitious starlet and almost wrecks his career.
  • Guardians of the Clock
    E21
    Guardians of the ClockJonathan 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.
  • Point of Honor
    E22
    Point of HonorAfter a revolution sweeps his country, a police officer finds himself belonging to the wrong party.
  • Manhattan Robin Hood
    E23
    Manhattan Robin HoodA reporter investigates by posing as a high-school basketball coach to stop a raffle gambling racket and finds a judge also on the take.
  • Mr. Greentree and Friend
    E24
    Mr. Greentree and FriendA lonely college professor strikes up a friendship with Jackie, a lion who has run away from the circus.
  • The Devil's Other Name
    E25
    The Devil's Other NameSteve 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.
  • Girl of My Dreams
    E26
    Girl of My DreamsA married man falls in love with another woman at first glance.
  • Big Jim's Boy
    E27
    Big Jim's BoyA 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.
  • Nineteen Rue Marie
    E28
    Nineteen Rue MarieAn 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.
  • Parent's Weekend
    E29
    Parent's WeekendA woman finds out that the key to youth is to act her age.
  • Happy Ending
    E30
    Happy EndingAn author lives in Copenhagen with his wife and daughter. He refuses to alter his stories to happily-ever-after endings.
  • The Governess
    E31
    The GovernessQuite 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.
  • The Mirror
    E32
    The MirrorWhen a man's past is revealed his self-assurance is broken.
  • Papa Goes to the Ball
    E33
    Papa Goes to the BallA man takes his daughter to a school dance and puts on an exhibition that makes him the "beau" of the ball.
  • Allen of Harper
    E34
    Allen of HarperA professor is saved from early retirement by a group of students.
  • Medicine Woman
    E35
    Medicine WomanSmug 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.
  • The Copper Ring
    E36
    The Copper RingDr. 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.
  • Vacation for Ginny
    E37
    Vacation for GinnyA mousy clerk at a travel agency wins a vacation and finds herself being pursued by no less than two suitors.
  • Pursuit
    E38
    PursuitA talented musician loses an arm in a hunting accident.
  • The Girl that I Married
    E39
    The Girl that I MarriedAn Army major falls for a French woman and a Red Cross Worker.
  • Twenty-Two Sycamore Road
    E40
    Twenty-Two Sycamore RoadA woman feels she is being taken for granted by her construction worker husband.
  • The Widow Makes Three
    E41
    The Widow Makes ThreeA crime commission looks for three missing witnesses who can put the finger on a waterfront racketeer.
  • Operation Riviera
    E42
    Operation RivieraComedy about a GI on a ten day furlough on the isle of Capri.
  • The Ledge
    E43
    The LedgeA 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.
  • Richard and the Lion
    E44
    Richard and the LionA young husband feels neglected because his wife pays too much attention to her pets, so he gets one of this own - a lion.
  • Storm Warnings
    E45
    Storm WarningsWanda 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.
  • The Journey
    E46
    The JourneyA woman who is considerably younger than her husband is bored with their uneventful like in Costa Rica.
  • Knave of Hearts
    E47
    Knave of HeartsGambler 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.
  • The Doctor Goes Home
    E48
    The Doctor Goes HomeA high society doctor finds great happiness in treating the poor.
  • Simplon Express
    E49
    Simplon ExpressAn incompetent detective bumbles his way thru danger and intrigue
  • Miracle in the Night
    E50
    Miracle in the NightA wealthy woman is afraid to go out alone.
  • Sheila
    E51
    SheilaA man's attempts to collect his aunt's inheritance are foiled by a cat named Sheila.
  • Two Loves Have I
    E52
    Two Loves Have IAfter 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.

Cast of Season 2

  • Paul MonashWriter
  • William SelfProducer

 

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