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Lux Video Theatre

Network:CBS

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Aired on Sep 13, 1956, 4:00 PM

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Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Premiered
October 2, 1950
Ended
September 13, 1956

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Episodes (6 Seasons · 288 Episodes)

The Enchanted Cottage

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else. 

Sep 29, 1955

The Amazing Mrs. Halliday

An American teacher rescues a group of orphans during an Asian war and finds she has problems trying to get them thru immigration. 

Oct 6, 1955

The Two Dollar Bettor

A bank employee gets hooked on horse racing and starts to take money from the bank when his funds run low.

Oct 13, 1955

The Human Jungle

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle. 

Oct 20, 1955

The Lady Gambles

A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling. 

Oct 27, 1955

Appointment for Love

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.

Nov 3, 1955

Bedtime Story

Playwright tries to stop his wife from retiring so he can star her in his next play. 

Nov 10, 1955

The Hunted

An innocent girl is sent to prison by her policeman sweetheart who believes her guilty of the crime. When she is released on parole, the girl swears vengeance on those responsible for her undeserved punishment. 

Nov 17, 1955

Miss Susie Slagle's

Baltimore, 1910. Miss Susie Slagle opens a boarding house for medical students. 

Nov 24, 1955

The Web

An attorney acting as a body guard, apparently kills a man in defense of his employer's life, and later believes the victim was set up to be murdered.

Dec 1, 1955

Suspicion

A shy young English woman marries a charming gentleman, then begins to suspect him of trying to kill her.

Dec 8, 1955

Branded

A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child. 

Dec 15, 1955

Holiday Affair

Connie Ennis, widowed mother to young son Timmy, has avoided accepting the marriage proposal of her longtime boyfriend Carl. While he patiently awaits her saying "yes," Connie clings to the memory of her late husband. By chance, a department store salesman enters her life and complicates matters when the two quickly fall in love. With two marriage proposals on the table, Connie is forced to make a final choice.

Dec 22, 1955

Cover-Up

An insurance detective is sent to investigate the sudden death of a man. 

Dec 29, 1955

Hands Across the Table

A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.

Jan 5, 1956

The Unfaithful

Chris Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created. 

Jan 12, 1956

Ivy

An Edwardian belle meets a rich bachelor, but what to do about her husband and her lover?

Jan 19, 1956

Witness to Murder

A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window. 

Jan 26, 1956

The Green Promise

A stubborn old farmer won't listen to any of his neighbors about how to improve the efficiency of his farm with modern methods, as he thinks "the old ways" were just fine. His three daughters live on the farm with him, and the oldest one, a teenager, has fallen in love with a local boy. However, she knows that she is expected to help her father work the farm and is torn between her love for the local boy and her father's expectations for her to continue working the farm. 

Feb 2, 1956

The Star

A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a come-back. 

Feb 9, 1956

Night Song

Cathy Mallory, beautiful socialite who prefers classical music, is taken by friends to a back-alley dance club. There, she meets blind pianist Dan Evans, who plays in Chick Morgan's swing band but seems to be a composer of great promise. Attracted but spurned, Cathy feigns blindness herself to get past Dan's bitter facade, scheming to get him to the doctor who can restore his sight...and to Carnegie Hall. But her actions bring about several twists in their relationship.

Feb 16, 1956

Hired Way

Kendal, a secretary, helps to her boss Stephen Dexter out of a legal problem by becoming his wife. What was supposed to be temporary becomes something more after many obstacles.

Feb 23, 1956

Here Comes the Groom

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

Mar 1, 1956

Criminal Code

After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated. 

Mar 8, 1956

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