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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...
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Season 1

  • Not a Chance
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    Not a Chance

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/1951

    A middle-aged woman begins a romance with a car-racing playboy.

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  • The Name is Bellingham
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    The Name is Bellingham

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/1951

    A US Customs Officer breaks up a narcotics smuggling ring.

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  • Never Wave at a W.A.C.
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    Never Wave at a W.A.C.

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1951

    A society woman from Washington, D.C. joins the Army Corp.

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  • Still Life
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    Still Life

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1951

    A woman falls in love with the Doctor she meets at the train station after she gets a cinder in her eye

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  • The Lucky Touch
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    The Lucky Touch

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1951

    An old woman is ignored by her family, that is until she wins a sizable amount of money.

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  • Decision and Daniel Webster
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    Decision and Daniel Webster

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1951

    A man abandons his dream of Presidency to work at saving the Whig party.

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  • The Memories of Aimee Durant
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    The Memories of Aimee Durant

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1951

    A woman is assigned the job of ghost-writing the memoirs of Aimee Durant, a flamboyant Wild West gal.

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  • One is a Lonesome Number
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    One is a Lonesome Number

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1951

    A man wishes to write the great American novel, but a fatal illness changes his life's direction

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  • Two Living and One Dead
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    Two Living and One Dead

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1951

    Two employees are dead at a post office hold-up. There is one survivor, but the press paints him as a coward.

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  • The Nymph and the Lamp
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    The Nymph and the Lamp

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1951

    A woman finds romance at a remote wireless station in Nova Scotia.

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  • Exit
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    Exit

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1951

    Baro, a fearless young member of the underground network helps the persecuted flee.

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  • The Dark Fleece
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    The Dark Fleece

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1951

    A man having been rejected by a society girl ventures West, upon his success out West he returns and plots revenge against another upper class family.

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  • Girl in a Million
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    Girl in a Million

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1951

    A man marries a woman who has lost her voice; unfortunately, when her voice returns she doesn't shut up.

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  • Clean Sweep for Lavinia
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    Clean Sweep for Lavinia

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1952

    In order to cut even more corners, the penny-pinching owner of a hotel also plays maid.

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  • Billy Budd
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    Billy Budd

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1952

    When Claggart is found murdered after making false accusations of mutiny against Billy Budd, it leads to Billy's court-martial and trial.

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  • The Man that I Marry
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    The Man that I Marry

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1952

    A wealthy woman finds herself engaged to two suitors at the same time.

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  • P.G.
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    P.G.

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1952

    An Italian girl helps five American POWs.

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  • Lady With a Will
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    Lady With a Will

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1952

    A millionaire leaves his riches to his spinster sister, and the town's corrupt politicians try to gain control of the estate.

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  • The Daughter
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    The Daughter

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1952

    The troubled life of Mary Todd Lincoln and her influence on her husband.

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  • Fifty Grand
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    Fifty Grand

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1952

    A prize fighter continues to box to pay his debts.

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  • World So Wide
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    World So Wide

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1952

    Architect Hayden Chart, recovering from the death of his wife, begins anew overseas.

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  • Apple of His Eyes
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    Apple of His Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/29/1952

    A widowed older farmer falls in love with the much younger woman he hires.

    Director: Frank Telford

    Writer: N/A

  • The Haunted Heart
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    The Haunted Heart

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/7/1952

    A musician is torn between his music and the love of a woman.

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  • Make Way for Teddy
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    Make Way for Teddy

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/14/1952

    Grandpa has a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt hanging in his home and is overwhelmed when the real Mr. Roosevelt comes to visit.

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  • The Human Touch
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    The Human Touch

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/21/1952

    A pianist must choose between his music career and love.

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  • The Autobiography of Grandma Moses
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    The Autobiography of Grandma Moses

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/28/1952

    The life of artist Grandma Moses who began her career in her 70's, capturing rural scenes of life and celebrations in upstate New York.

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  • Experiment
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    Experiment

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/4/1952

    A doctor devotes her life to finding a serum to battle a disease sweeping Korea, the country that claimed her husband and son.

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  • Four's a Family
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    Four's a Family

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/11/1952

    A widow supports her family through painting and ceramics.

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  • Now's the Time
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    Now's the Time

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1952

    Members of Steamer were attacked by Hamadan, a crazy musician, and blown away by magic wind.

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  • Fear
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    Fear

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/25/1952

    After the escape of three convicts, a woman home alone fears they might harm her.

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  • Doctors Should Never Marry
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    Doctors Should Never Marry

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/2/1952

    A doctor becomes engaged to a socialite and problems arise when his pretty nurse complicates matters.

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  • Appointment With the Past
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    Appointment With the Past

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/9/1952

    Outlaw Monte Clovis comes to Kingdale to settle some business. He's come to claim his woman, Mary, and the child she was carrying when he was sent to the hoosegow. Monte wants a shoot out with his former best friend, Cal, who married to Mary and has since "gone straight." Meanwhile, Monte's old gang rides into town to hold up the bank.

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  • Autumn in New York
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    Autumn in New York

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/16/1952

    A woman dreams of becoming a successful musical star, but her level-headed boyfriend brings her back down to Earth.

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  • Love Came Late
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    Love Came Late

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/23/1952

    A chambermaid becomes distraught when her daughter goes missing, and a businessman falls for the maid during their search for the daughter.

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  • A Quarter for Your Troubles
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    A Quarter for Your Troubles

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/30/1952

    A department-story employee is implicated in the death of a customer.

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  • Souvenir from Singapore
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    Souvenir from Singapore

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/6/1952

    Story of China Smith, a disreputable, disheveled Irishman making his living on the lucrative Singapore rackets.

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  • Dress in the Window
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    Dress in the Window

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1952

    A newspaper reporter puts her life on the line to rescue a young girl being held captive by her gangster boyfriend.

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  • Say Hello to Pamela
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    Say Hello to Pamela

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/20/1952

    A traveling salesman fills in for a friend on a date and has his life changed.

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  • The Von Linden File
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    The Von Linden File

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/27/1952

    An insurance investigator's secretary uses a mink coat as bait to help her boss trap jewel thieves.

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  • The House of Death
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    The House of Death

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/4/1952

    A man's niece complicates a rapport he has with monsters.

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  • A Southern Lady
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    A Southern Lady

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 7/11/1952

    A reclusive woman's life is disrupted when her greedy nephew visits.

    Director: Phil Brown

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  • Early Space Conqueror
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    Early Space Conqueror

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 7/18/1952

    A group of teenagers construct a rocket to travel into space.

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  • A Man's World
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    A Man's World

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 7/25/1952

    The widowed father of four boys must deal with one of them who is getting romantic ideas.

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  • Crossroads
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    Crossroads

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 8/1/1952

    A cynic is caught in the trap of his effort to be on both sides of the French Revolution.

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  • So Help Me
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    So Help Me

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 8/8/1952

    A nightclub entertainer meets and marries a millionaire.

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  • Double Exposure
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    Double Exposure

    Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 8/15/1952

    A psychiatrist is bamboozled by two patients, each claiming the other wants to kill someone.

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  • The Trubbles
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    The Trubbles

    Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 8/22/1952

    A husband and wife team up to do a little detective work and find themselves in the middle of a heist.

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  • Port of Call
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    Port of Call

    Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 8/29/1952

    A big, ugly man discovers romance.

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