Omnibus Season 2, Episode 1: Glory in the Flower

The Battler

King Lear

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.

The Golden Dress

Billy the Kid

The Raspberry Queen

Toine

The Horn Blows at Midnight

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.

Capital of the World

The Nature of the Beast

Mom and Leo

The Sojourner

Nobody's Fool

The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

The Duchess and the Smugs

Nothing So Monstrous

The program has five segments: (1) "Nothing So Monstrous" (dramatized adaptation of a John Steinbeck story), (2) "E=MC2" (celebration of the 15th anniversary of splitting the first uranium atom with the Columbia University cyclotron), (3) "The Hunter" (showing of a Swedish film on nature and wildlife), (4) "Signs" ( interview with an animated sign maker), and (5) "The Garage" (a look at bus maintenance and repair).

Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

The Confidential Clerk

A Time Out of War

Hilde and the Turnpike

The House

Three Sketches

Tell Me If It Hurts

The Apollo of Bellac