Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - Season 1

First aired: 10/5/1951 48 episodes
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Episodes

1. Not a Chance

Aired: 10/5/1951

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

2. The Name is Bellingham

Aired: 10/12/1951

A US Customs Officer breaks up a narcotics smuggling ring.

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

Aired: 10/19/1951

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

4. Still Life

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

5. The Lucky Touch

Aired: 11/2/1951

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

6. Decision and Daniel Webster

Aired: 11/9/1951

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

7. The Memories of Aimee Durant

Aired: 11/16/1951

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

8. One is a Lonesome Number

Aired: 11/23/1951

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

9. Two Living and One Dead

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.

10. The Nymph and the Lamp

Aired: 12/7/1951

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

11. Exit

Aired: 12/14/1951

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

12. The Dark Fleece

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.

13. Girl in a Million

Aired: 12/28/1951

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

14. Clean Sweep for Lavinia

Aired: 1/4/1952

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

15. Billy Budd

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.

16. The Man that I Marry

Aired: 1/18/1952

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

17. P.G.

Aired: 1/25/1952

An Italian girl helps five American POWs.

18. Lady With a Will

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.

19. The Daughter

Aired: 2/8/1952

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

20. Fifty Grand

Aired: 2/15/1952

A prize fighter continues to box to pay his debts.

21. World So Wide

Aired: 2/22/1952

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

22. Apple of His Eyes

Aired: 2/29/1952

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

23. The Haunted Heart

Aired: 3/7/1952

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

24. Make Way for Teddy

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.

25. The Human Touch

Aired: 3/21/1952

A pianist must choose between his music career and love.

26. The Autobiography of Grandma Moses

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.

27. Experiment

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.

28. Four's a Family

Aired: 4/11/1952

A widow supports her family through painting and ceramics.

29. Now's the Time

Aired: 4/18/1952

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

30. Fear

Aired: 4/25/1952

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

31. Doctors Should Never Marry

Aired: 5/2/1952

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

32. Appointment With the Past

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.

33. Autumn in New York

Aired: 5/16/1952

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

34. Love Came Late

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.

35. A Quarter for Your Troubles

Aired: 5/30/1952

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

36. Souvenir from Singapore

Aired: 6/6/1952

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

37. Dress in the Window

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.

38. Say Hello to Pamela

Aired: 6/20/1952

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

39. The Von Linden File

Aired: 6/27/1952

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

40. The House of Death

Aired: 7/4/1952

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

41. A Southern Lady

Aired: 7/11/1952

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

42. Early Space Conqueror

Aired: 7/18/1952

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

43. A Man's World

Aired: 7/25/1952

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

44. Crossroads

Aired: 8/1/1952

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

45. So Help Me

Aired: 8/8/1952

A nightclub entertainer meets and marries a millionaire.

46. Double Exposure

Aired: 8/15/1952

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

47. The Trubbles

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.

48. Port of Call

Aired: 8/29/1952

A big, ugly man discovers romance.