The Lux Video Theatre

Season 3

Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.

Where to Watch Season 3

51 Episodes

  • The Return of Ulysses
    E1
    The Return of UlyssesAn explorer returns home after 15 years and finds his wife and son bitter and reproachful over his long absence.
  • Ile
    E2
    IleThe captain of a whaling vessel whose indomitable will and greed for oil drives his men to mutiny and his wife to insanity.
  • Stone's Throw
    E3
    Stone's ThrowA romantic comedy about a young writer and a rugged forest ranger in a vacation housing problem.
  • Happily, But Not Forever
    E4
    Happily, But Not ForeverThe comedy deals with a college professor whose job is in jeopardy through an over-zealous student body.
  • A Message for Janice
    E5
    A Message for JaniceDave Carter attempts to deliver a message from his deceased comrad-in-arms to a young girl, he meets unexpected rebuffs from his buddy's parents.
  • A Legacy for Love
    E6
    A Legacy for LoveA Parisian model discovers that wealth doesn't solve all her problems.
  • The Country Lawyer
    E7
    The Country LawyerStory of a Country lawyer takes care of his community for 50 years.
  • Three Hours Between
    E8
    Three Hours BetweenNancy Holmes childhood romance is revived when her first beau visits her at midnight to while away the hours between planes.
  • The Face of Autumn
    E9
    The Face of AutumnA fight manager risks his family's savings to back the comeback of an ex-champ.
  • Something to Celebrate
    E10
    Something to CelebrateA humble bookkeeper is out for that long-postponed raise from his boss.
  • The Man Who Struck It Rich
    E11
    The Man Who Struck It RichAn Alaskan sourdough returns home from Alaska is faced with the problem of distributing his wealth.
  • The Hill
    E12
    The HillA hard-boiled newspaperwoman meets with some opposition from her male colleagues when she is assigned to Korea as a war correspondent.
  • Amo, Amas, Amat
    E13
    Amo, Amas, AmatA girl engaged to an intern too poor to marry, gets a job tutoring a rich young man.
  • Fear
    E14
    FearA drama about the reunion of two men who haven't seen each other for 25 years. One is a millionaire philanthropist and the other an ex-con.
  • Song for a Banjo
    E15
    Song for a BanjoA cattle drover is falsely accused of swindling his boss.
  • A Child is Born
    E16
    A Child is BornGene Lockhart and Fay Bainter will recreate the roles of the Innkeeper and his wife for the third year, of the Christmas television classic "A Child Is Born", Stephen Vincent Benet's story of the Nativity.
  • The Key
    E17
    The KeyA shock victim of an airplane accident effects a small miracle by nursing a group of war veteran flyers similarly affected.
  • Two for Tea
    E18
    Two for TeaA young man caught on the rebound becomes enmeshed in a hilarious series of matrimonial situations.
  • Thanks for a Lovely Evening
    E19
    Thanks for a Lovely EveningA shy business executive finds a romantic mentor in one of his brash truck drivers.
  • Ti Babette
    E20
    Ti BabetteA Canadian backwoods lass is transformed into a glamorous debutante.
  • The Inn of Eagles
    E21
    The Inn of EaglesA wartime bomber pilot returns after nine years to his squadron's rendezvous, where his sweetheart vowed she would wait for him.
  • The White Gown
    E22
    The White GownA 16-year-old girl wears a very special dress on her first date with a college man and gives her parents anxious moments when she departs.
  • A Bouquet for Caroline
    E23
    A Bouquet for CarolineStory of a retired concert singer is unable to accept obscurity.
  • Miss Marlow at Play
    E24
    Miss Marlow at PlayA reigning headliner of the British stage is accused by an irate father, of stealing the affections of his son from the girl of his choice.
  • Autumn Nocturne
    E25
    Autumn NocturneStory of two sanitarium patients on road to new health.
  • A Time for Heroes
    E26
    A Time for HeroesA lonely adventurer returns home after 12 years to claim a son he had deserted.
  • One of These Things
    E27
    One of These ThingsA skilled and devastating "man about town" offers some sage advice about how to land your prey. The intended catch a lovely Angela Gray.
  • The Wednesday Wish
    E28
    The Wednesday WishA compassionate matron has a fondness for hobos and a longing for a refrigerator with a light inside.
  • One for the Road
    E29
    One for the RoadDrama of a veteran newsman and his final big headline story.
  • The Brooch
    E30
    The BroochA young man and his wife confront the meddling mother, take control of the unhappy situation, and live, presumably, happily ever after.
  • With Glory and Honor
    E31
    With Glory and HonorStory of a tortured son of a man, condemned to die in the electric chair.
  • Measure for Greatness
    E32
    Measure for GreatnessThe story of the parents of a pre-med student who feels that his family fails to live up to his ideals.
  • Long Distance
    E33
    Long DistanceA frenzied wife tries desperately to halt the execution of her husband who is about to die in the electric chair.
  • The Ascent of Alfred Fishkettle
    E34
    The Ascent of Alfred FishkettleStory concerns a young man whose scientific experiments disturb his entire neighborhood, especially when he discovers how to fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
  • Listen, He's Proposing
    E35
    Listen, He's ProposingA small-town girl whose on-again off-again romance keeps the neighbors guessing. Their curiosity reaches an all-time high when the word gets around that a proposal is in the offing.
  • The Betrayers
    E36
    The BetrayersStory of a man unwittingly involved in hi-jacking, finds himself pursued by police and killers.
  • Tunnel Job
    E37
    Tunnel JobDan Carmody is the boss of a construction job 1,500 feet below the surface of a river. The job is fraught with danger and turmoil when he must make a life or death decision.
  • Lost Sunday
    E38
    Lost SundayA middle-aged school teacher is in a one-woman battle with the international date line and the Bon Voyage Travel Bureau, trying to get back a golden day she lost on her wistful trip around the World.
  • Ten Days to Forever
    E39
    Ten Days to ForeverA little known custom in Mississippi, permits a life prisoner 10 days furlough after several years of good behavior; and what happens to aristocratic Jeff Foster, convicted murderer, on his 10-day return.
  • Make Believe Bride
    E40
    Make Believe BrideA bewildered plane passenger agrees to pose as the husband of a fleeing and temporarily penniless, heiress who has just enough with her for the trip if she goes on the company's "half-fare-for-wives" plan.
  • Wind of the Way
    E41
    Wind of the WayA young widow of a war hero is reminded that "love is a gift not a debt".
  • This is Jimmy Merrill
    E42
    This is Jimmy MerrillWhen two feuding newscasters become involved in a mud-slinging campaign, an interesting situation is bound to develop. The instigator of the feud suddenly faces an expose of scandal in his own family.
  • Force of Circumstance
    E43
    Force of CircumstanceA man is jailed for the hit-and-run death of a child, even though he couldn't possibly have committed the crime. He struggles to free himself of a web of evidence that has sent him to prison.
  • The Tango
    E44
    The TangoA frustrated dancer has been sitting next to the telephone for many years, waiting for a theatrical agent to keep his promise.
  • The Corporal and the Lady
    E45
    The Corporal and the LadyA G.I. camp in Korea is plagued by a mysterious pin-up picture thief. A meek corporal suffers from a strange ailment - he objects to pin-up girls around the barracks, particularly when the happen to be his wife!
  • A Man in the Kitchen
    E46
    A Man in the KitchenAn ad executive switches places with his wife while he writes the "Great American novel" at home.
  • The Odyssey of Jeffrey Sewell
    E47
    The Odyssey of Jeffrey SewellA disdainful young man gets a lesson on modern art appreciation from a stern and knowing lady artist.
  • Something to Live For
    E48
    Something to Live ForThe story concerns a retired stage star whose marriage to a theatrical producer is threatened by the ambitious and unscrupulous young star of his new play.
  • Lovely Day
    E49
    Lovely DayLinda Russell is under strict instructions from husband Bill to have the family home good and ready for the dinner visit of Bill's efficiency obsessed boss Mr Marshall. Will she meet Bill's expectations or will the evening end in disaster.
  • Women Who Wait
    E50
    Women Who WaitThe distraught wife of a pilot whose plan has crashed, realizes that another woman also awaits him just as fervently.
  • Some Call It Love
    E51
    Some Call It LoveA Washington Senator has a difficult time convincing his secretary that she should marry him.

 

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