Robert Saudek
Director
Omnibus (1952)
Season 7
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
Released Oct. 9, 1952
Episode 65 min
None+
Genres: Drama, History, Music, Talk, Talk Show
Keywords: tmdb.educational, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.art, imdb.dance, imdb.opera, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Production Companies: JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Italian
S7E5 - Dancing, a Man's Game
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.
Dec. 21, 1958, midnight
S7E13 - The Strange Ordeal of Normandier
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).
April 12, 1959, midnight
S7E14 - Professor Tim
The program has only one segment: "Professor Tim" (showing of a 1957 British-Irish comedy film performed by the Abbey Players of Dublin).
April 26, 1959, midnight
S7E1 - Capital Punishment
The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).
Oct. 26, 1958, midnight
S7E2 - The Submariners
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).
Nov. 9, 1958, midnight
S7E3 - The So-Called Human Race
The program has only one segment: "The So-Called Human Race" (play in three acts).
Nov. 23, 1958, midnight
S7E4 - The Empty Chair
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.
Dec. 7, 1958, midnight
S7E6 - Prince Orestes
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).
Jan. 4, 1959, midnight
S7E7 - Malice in Wonderland
The program has only one segment: "Malice in Wonderland" (three-part drama satirizing Hollywood).
Jan. 18, 1959, midnight
S7E8 - Abraham Lincoln - The Early Years
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).
Feb. 1, 1959, midnight
S7E9 - The Medium
The program has only one segment: "The Medium" (performance of Menotti's opera).
Feb. 15, 1959, midnight
S7E10 - Ah Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy
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).
March 1, 1959, midnight
S7E11 - Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway
The program has only one segment: "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway" (performance of the musical by George M. Cohan).
March 15, 1959, midnight
S7E12 - Power Among Men
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).
March 29, 1959, midnight
S7E15 - H.M.S. Pinafore (II)
The program has only one segment: "H.M.S. Pinafore" (performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera).
May 3, 1959, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 65 min.
Season Runtime: 65 min.
Released: Oct. 9, 1952
Last Air Date: April 16, 1961, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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