Lux Video Theatre

Season 2

53 episodes · Aug 27, 1951

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  • S2E1

    The Pacing Goose

    Aug 27, 195160m

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

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  • S2E2

    Forever Walking Free

    Sep 3, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E3

    It's a Promise

    Sep 10, 195160m

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

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  • S2E4

    A Family Affair

    Sep 17, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E5

    A Matter of Life

    Sep 24, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E6

    Grandma Was an Actress

    Oct 1, 195160m

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

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  • S2E7

    Route 19

    Oct 8, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E8

    Cafe Ami

    Oct 15, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E9

    The Twinkle in Her Eye

    Oct 22, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E10

    The Doctor's Wife

    Oct 29, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E11

    Confession

    Nov 5, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E12

    No Will of His Own

    Nov 12, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E13

    Stolen Years

    Nov 19, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E14

    Dames are Poison

    Nov 26, 195160m

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

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  • S2E15

    Tin Badge

    Dec 3, 195160m

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

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  • S2E16

    Second Sight

    Dec 10, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E17

    The Blues Street

    Dec 17, 195160m

    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.

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  • S2E18

    A Child is Born

    Dec 24, 195160m

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

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  • S2E19

    The Jest of Hahalaba

    Dec 31, 195160m

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

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  • S2E20

    Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb

    Jan 7, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E21

    Ceylon Treasure

    Jan 14, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E22

    The Sound of Waves Breaking

    Jan 21, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E23

    For Goodness Sake

    Jan 28, 195260m

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

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  • S2E24

    Kelly

    Feb 4, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E25

    The Game of Chess

    Feb 11, 195260m

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

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  • S2E26

    Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley

    Feb 18, 195260m

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

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  • S2E27

    The Bargain

    Feb 25, 195260m

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

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  • S2E28

    Night, Be Quiet

    Mar 3, 195260m

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

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  • S2E29

    The Promotion

    Mar 10, 195260m

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

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  • S2E30

    The Foggy, Foggy Dew

    Mar 17, 195260m

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

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  • S2E31

    Julie

    Mar 24, 195260m

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

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  • S2E32

    Taste

    Mar 31, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E33

    Man at Bay

    Apr 7, 195260m

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

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  • S2E34

    Decision

    Apr 14, 195260m

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

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  • S2E35

    Operation Weekend

    Apr 21, 195260m

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

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  • S2E36

    Salad Days

    Apr 28, 195260m

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

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  • S2E37

    Masquerade

    May 5, 195260m

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

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  • S2E38

    Marriage in the Beginning

    May 12, 195260m

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

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  • S2E39

    Ferry Crisis at Friday Point

    May 19, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E40

    Pattern for Glory

    May 26, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E41

    Garneau '83

    Jun 2, 195260m

    The plot concerns an art patron whose name is mysteriously linked with that of her young protege.

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  • S2E42

    The Lesson

    Jun 9, 195260m

    A psychological drama.

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  • S2E43

    Gilia

    Jun 16, 195260m

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

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  • S2E44

    Welcome Home, Lefty

    Jun 23, 195260m

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

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  • S2E45

    I Can't Remember

    Jun 30, 195260m

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

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  • S2E46

    The Lady from Washington

    Jul 7, 195260m

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

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  • S2E47

    Son Wanted

    Jul 14, 195260m

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

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  • S2E48

    The Brigadier

    Jul 21, 195260m

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

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  • S2E49

    Two Pale Horsemen

    Jul 28, 195260m

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

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  • S2E50

    Two Make Four

    Aug 4, 195260m

    Story about two orphans in search of foster parents.

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  • S2E51

    The Orchard

    Aug 11, 195260m

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

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  • S2E52

    You Be the Bad Guy

    Aug 18, 195260m

    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.

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  • S2E53

    The Magnolia Touch

    Aug 25, 195260m

    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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