Omnibus

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  E1He Shall Have Power

  Nov 13, 1960
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  E2A Midwinter Night's Dream

  Jan 1, 1961
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  E3Robert Altman in England

  Jan 8, 1961
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  E4Suburban Revue

  Jan 15, 1961
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  E5S. J. Perelman's Paean to Burlesque

  Jan 22, 1961
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  E6Arthur Miller Plays

  Jan 29, 1961
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  E7Western Hemisphere 1971Finale

  Apr 16, 1961

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  E1Capital Punishment

  Oct 26, 1958

  The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).

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  E2The Submariners

  Nov 9, 1958

  The program has only one segment: "The Submariners" (Esther Williams joins a Connecticut naval submarine base and presents a feature on submarines and the life and training of submariners and Navy divers).

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  E3The So-Called Human Race

  Nov 23, 1958

  The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).

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  E4The Empty Chair

  Dec 7, 1958

  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.

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  E5Dancing, a Man's Game

  Dec 21, 1958

  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.

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  E6Prince Orestes

  Jan 4, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Prince Orestes" (production of a Greek tragedy adapted from an Aeschylus trilogy about Orestes, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for her murdering his father).

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  E7Malice in Wonderland

  Jan 18, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).

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  E8Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years

  Feb 1, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years" (repeat showing from Season 3 of a feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes).

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  E9The Medium

  Feb 15, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).

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  E10Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy

  Mar 1, 1959

  The program has two segments: (1) "Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy" (play by William Saroyan), and (2) "Visual Perception" (looking at how the eyes perceive images and optical illusions).

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  E11Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway

  Mar 15, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).

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  E12Power Among Men

  Mar 29, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Power among Men" (showing of excerpts from a 1959 U.S. film about man's creative and destructive capabilities).

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  E13The Strange Ordeal of Normandier

  Apr 12, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier" (the tragic story of an English tramp steamer struck by disaster in 1918 when its crew succumbed to blackwater fever, leaving the ship helpless and adrift in the Atlantic).

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  E14Professor TimFinale

  Apr 26, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).

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  E15H.M.S. Pinafore (II)

  May 3, 1959

  The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).

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  E8School for Wives

  Nov 10, 1957

  To provide himself with an ideal wife, Arnolphe a bachelor, has had a girl educated from infancy in such a way as to keep her ignorant of the knowledge most young ladies possess. Second feature of this show: From Princeton University, where coach Charley Caldwell and members of the football team review yesterday's game with Harvard. Bud Palmer narrates the feature, which also includes a brief history of college football in the U.S.

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  E9American Trial by Jury

  Nov 17, 1957

  1. Last month Leonard Bernstein, American Composer and Conductor, responded to an invitation to conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. The occasion was the dedication, via several concerts, of the new Fredric R. Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv. Omnibus covers this visit. 2. The other section of this 90 minute show is "American Trial By Jury". Boston attorney Joseph N. Welch turns to a trial which focused attention on the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. This was the 1934 Massachusetts murder case of the Millen brothers and Faber. Verbatim transcripts of the trial will be dramatized.

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  E11The Suburban Review

  Jan 12, 1958
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  E13Life of Samuel Johnson

  Dec 15, 1957

  Based on the celebrated Englishman of letters, from 1763 until his death.

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  E18The Young People's Concert

  Jan 19, 1958
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  E19La Perichole

  Jan 26, 1958

  Perichole was a Peruvian actress who also is a character in "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". The opera depicts her romantic misadventures dodging the amorous viceroy.

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  E23Moment of Truth

  Feb 23, 1958

  Faced with the prospect of imminent invasion by enemy forces, the prime minister contrives a desperate plan. He recalls from retirement the nation's military hero, a doddering old man whose mind can no longer cope with anything but memories of ancient campaigns. The prime minister believes that the old marshal's reputation will restore the people's confidence and frighten the enemy.

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  E24Mrs. McThing

  Mar 9, 1958
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  E25Information Unknown

  Mar 16, 1958
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  E26Bernstein Looks at Opera

  Mar 23, 1958

  90 minutes of operatic music direct from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Participating will be the Metropolitan's singers and orchestra with Leonard Bernstein conducting. Bernstein's remarks about special characteristics of opera are illustrated with varied operatic excerpts. Bernstein's translation of a scene from Puccini's "La Boheme" is acted out; then the scene is sung in Italian. There will also be the "Liebestod" fromWagner's "Tristan", the "Credo" from Verdi's "Otello" and selections from "Rosenkavalier", "Carmen", "The Medium", "Don Giovanni" and "Lucia".

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  E29The Lady's Not for Burning

  Apr 6, 1958

  The scene is England in the 1400's in the mayor's house at Cool Clary. A vagrant named Thomas Mendip is making things difficult by insisting that he be hanged - he has a poor opinion of the world. To make matters worse, in comes a lovely young woman believed to be a witch. The mayor grows impatient.

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  E31The Reindeer Men

  Apr 20, 1958

  Two Norwegian films are featured. "The Reindeer Men", filmed by Per Host, which shows the way of life of a nearly extinct group of nomadic Laplanders and "Nine Lives" the true story of a Norwegian anti-Nazi saboteur.

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  E32Bernstein in IsraelFinale

  Apr 27, 1958

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