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The Best Episodes of Omnibus

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    Omnibus Season 1 Episode 14 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 5
    9.8/10(17 votes)

    #1 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 5

    S1:E14

    No description available

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 10 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 4
    9.2/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 4

    S1:E10

    No description available

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 4 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 2
    9.0/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 2

    S1:E4

    No description available

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Omnibus Season 4 Episode 4 - Toby and the Tall Corn
    8.8/10(33 votes)

    #4 - Toby and the Tall Corn

    S4:E4

    The program has three segments: (1) "Toby and the Tall Corn" (repeat showing of play broadcast in Season 3), (2) "Antonio and His Spanish Ballet Company" (Spanish ballet dancing), and (3) "Excursion House" (looking at the housing boom in America).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 2 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 1
    8.3/10(39 votes)

    #5 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 1

    S1:E2

    No description available

    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Omnibus Season 3 Episode 5 - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

    S3:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Omnibus Season 4 Episode 8 - The Royal Game
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    #7 - The Royal Game

    S4:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Omnibus Season 7 Episode 5 - Dancing, a Man's Game
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Dancing, a Man's Game

    S7:E5

    After the French Revolution, a tyrant ropes off a velvet chair in his palace and decrees that no one must ever sit in it, under penalty of death. Ultimately he is goaded by his subjects into sitting in the chair himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Omnibus Season 2 Episode 9 - The Horn Blows at Midnight
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #9 - The Horn Blows at Midnight

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Ralph Levy
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Omnibus Season 5 Episode 1 - The American Musical Comedy
    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #10 - The American Musical Comedy

    S5:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Omnibus Season 4 Episode 2 - The Jazz World
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #11 - The Jazz World

    S4:E2

    The program has two segments: (1) "The Jazz World" (Leonard Bernstein discusses jazz and conducts a jazz number), and (2) "Famous America Boyhoods" (William Saroyan recreates scenes of his boyhood).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Omnibus Season 2 Episode 3 - King Lear
    6.9/10(200 votes)

    #12 - King Lear

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Omnibus Season 5 Episode 15 - Introduction to Modern Music
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Introduction to Modern Music

    S5:E15

    The program has three segments: (1) "Introduction to Modern Music" (Leonard Bernstein discusses modern music and composers, including Bartok, Berg, Hindemith, Ives, Prokofiev, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), (2) "Out" (showing of a 1957 UN documentary about the influx of Hungarian refugees into Austria as a result of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution), and (3) "John Hersey Interview" (interview with the writer of segment (2))

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 1 - The Trial of Anne Boleyn
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Trial of Anne Boleyn

    S1:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 3 - The Twelve Pound Look
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Twelve Pound Look

    S1:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 5 - The Trial of Ben Jonson
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Trial of Ben Jonson

    S1:E5

    The program has five segments: (1) "The Trial of Ben Jonson" (play), (2) "Jean Sibelius" (celebration of the composer's 87th birthday), (3) "The Dagger" (showing of a 1952 film ballet short), (4) "Rowland Emett" (the cartoonist displays some of his ingenious whimsical inventions), and (5) "Slow motion and High-Speed Photography" (feature).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 6 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Mr. Lincoln: Part 3

    S1:E6

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    Director:Norman Lloyd
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 7 - The Trial of Mr. Pickwick
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Trial of Mr. Pickwick

    S1:E7

    The program has three segments: (1) "The Trial of Mr. Pickwick" (Dickens-based story), (2) "Agnes DeMille's 'Rodeo' " (dance episode from the ballet), and (3) "Palle Alone in the World" (showing of a 1949 Swedish fantasy film).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 8 - My Brother Henry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - My Brother Henry

    S1:E8

    The program has five segments: (1) "My Brother Henry" (J.M. Barrie story), (2) "Walt Disney's 'Peter Pan' " (film preview), (3) "Pictures at an Exhibition" (dance interpretation of Moussorgsky's suite for orchestra), (4) (Leopold Stokowski conducts Christmas carol singers), and (5) "William Faulkner" (interview with the prize-winning novelist).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 9 - Man in the Cool
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Man in the Cool

    S1:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 11 - Vive!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Vive!

    S1:E11

    The program has five segments: (1) "Vive!" (story), (2) "The Servant with Two Masters" (play), (3) "Raymond Loewy" (the industrial designer discusses examples of his work), (4) "Barn Dance" (ingenious use of time-lapse photography and film editing to produce dance effects), and (5) "The Haircut" (comedy feature).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 12 - While the Tide was Rising
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - While the Tide was Rising

    S1:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 13 - Die Fledermaus
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Die Fledermaus

    S1:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 15 - The Oyster and the Pearl
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Oyster and the Pearl

    S1:E15

    The program has six segments: (1) "The Oyster and the Pearl" (TV play), (2) "Wheat Germ" (time-lapse photography feature), (3) "Rospigliosi Cup" (exhibition of the famous decorative ornament made in gold and enamel, displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), (4) "Under the Bridges of Paris" (showing of a 1952 French ballet presentation), (5) "La Boheme Preview" (interview with cast members in rehearsal for the next edition's scheduled production), and (6) "Radar" (feature on equipment and supplies).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Omnibus Season 1 Episode 16 - La Boheme
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - La Boheme

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Mr. Lincoln: Part 5" is the best rated episode of "Omnibus". It scored 9.8/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Norman Lloyd and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/8/1953. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mr. Lincoln: Part 4".