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Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.

Where to Watch 综合大观 • 季2

24 Episodes

  • Glory in the Flower
    第 1 集
    Glory in the FlowerThe 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
    第 2 集
    The Battler
  • King Lear
    第 3 集
    King LearKing 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
    第 4 集
    The Golden Dress
  • Billy the Kid
    第 6 集
    Billy the Kid
  • The Raspberry Queen
    第 7 集
    The Raspberry Queen
  • Toine
    第 8 集
    ToineThe 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
    第 9 集
    The Horn Blows at MidnightTelevision 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
    第 10 集
    Capital of the World
  • The Nature of the Beast
    第 11 集
    The Nature of the Beast
  • Mom and Leo
    第 12 集
    Mom and Leo
  • The Sojourner
    第 13 集
    The Sojourner
  • Nobody's Fool
    第 14 集
    Nobody's Fool
  • The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
    第 15 集
    The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
  • The Duchess and the Smugs
    第 16 集
    The Duchess and the Smugs
  • Nothing So Monstrous
    第 17 集
    Nothing So MonstrousThe 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
    第 18 集
    Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
  • The Confidential Clerk
    第 19 集
    The Confidential Clerk
  • A Time Out of War
    第 20 集
    A Time Out of War
  • Hilde and the Turnpike
    第 21 集
    Hilde and the Turnpike
  • The House
    第 22 集
    The House
  • Three Sketches
    第 23 集
    Three Sketches
  • Tell Me If It Hurts
    第 24 集
    Tell Me If It Hurts
  • The Apollo of Bellac
    第 25 集
    The Apollo of Bellac
  • Alistair CookeSelf - Host
  • Robert Saudek制片人

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