Lux Playhouse
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti,
Jim Brent, Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
LUX PLAYHOUSE
Filmed at Revue Studios
CBS Fridays 9:30-10:00
Oct 1958 - Sep 1959
Filmed dramatic-anthology aired on alternate Fridays with Schlitz Playhouse.
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###### season 1 1958-59 ######
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CBS Fridays 9:30-10:00 pm Eastern
Alternated with Schlitz Playhouse -season 8 (CBS) during the 1958-59 season
Schlitz Playhouse: A THING TO FIGHT FOR
26-Sep-1958 CBS Fri
1.01 Lux Playhouse: THE BEST HOUSE IN THE VALLEY
Revue prod. no. 2009
03-Oct-1958 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Polly Bergen .......... Lamy
Rod Taylor ............ Lee
Carl Benton Reid ...... Wanger
Alice Backes .......... Mrs. Dolman
Dana Dillaway ......... Mimi
Selmer Jackson ........ Minister
Charles B. Keane ...... Mr. Scoffey
Synopsis 1:
Having no where else to go, the young widow of a sharecropper
lives in a tree house with her young daughter. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of a rancher's son who falls in love with an poor-but-proud widow
(Bergen) who lives in her "house" beneath the trees. [JB]
Schlitz Playhouse: THE HASTY HANGING
10-Oct-1958 CBS Fri
1.02 Lux Playhouse: THE FOUR
Revue prod. no. 2008
17-Oct-1958 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Anne Baxter ........... Delphine Murphy
Mark Douglas .......... Tentor
Rad Fulton ............ Sean
Suzanne Lloyd ......... Ivy
Schlitz Playhouse: THE TROUBLE WITH RUTH
24-Oct-1958
1.03 Lux Playhouse: THE CONNOISSEUR
Revue prod. no. 2007
31-Oct-1958 CBS Fri
Directed by John Brahm
Guest cast:
Michael Rennie ........ Walter Brand
Barbara Rush .......... Magda
John Maxwell .......... Mr. Graham
Synopsis:
A beautiful Hungarian bride learns that her wealthy American
husband is plotting to murder her. [RF]
Schlitz Playhouse: FALSE IMPRESSION
07-Nov-1958
1.04 Lux Playhouse: A GAME OF HATE
Revue prod. no. 2017
14-Nov-1958 CBS Fri
Directed by John Brahm
Guest cast:
Kathryn Grayson ....... Dr. Sally Wells
Tom Laughlin .......... Killer
Jean Byron
Schlitz Playhouse: THE LAST EDITION
21-Nov-1958
1.05 Lux Playhouse: CONEY ISLAND WINTER
Revue prod. no. 2015
28-Nov-1958 CBS Fri
Directed By John Brahm
Written By Halsted Welles [SC]
Guest cast:
Edmond O'Brien ........ Big Jim Webber
Kathleen Crowley ...... Anna
Bob Fuller ............ Andy
Schlitz Playhouse: THIRD SON
05-Dec-1958
1.06 Lux Playhouse: DRIVE A DESERT ROAD
Revue prod. no. 2019
12-Dec-1958 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Barry Nelson .......... Dr. Vic Martin
Audrey Totter
Schlitz Playhouse: NO ANSWER
19-Dec-1958
1.07 Lux Playhouse: SMALL WONDER
Revue prod. no. 2011
26-Dec-1958 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Patric Knowles ......... Paul Ryder
Anna Lisa .............. Elsa Hoffman
Evelyn Rudie ........... Beth Ryder
Schlitz Playhouse: A FISTFUL OF LOVE
02-Jan-1959
1.08 Lux Playhouse: A DEADLY GUEST
Revue prod. no. 2021
09-Jan-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Jane Wyman ............. Selena Shelby
Philip Carey ........... Robert Garvin
Isobel Elsom ........... Cora Shelby
Synopsis:
Spinster Selena Shelby rents out the spare room of
her family home to a handsome widower. When he begins displaying
affections for the lonely Selena, her invalid mother is suspicious. [TA]
Schlitz Playhouse: YOU CAN'T WIN' EM ALL
16-Jan-1959
23-Jan-1959 no details
Schlitz Playhouse: AND PRACTICALLY STRANGERS
30-Jan-1959
1.09 Lux Playhouse: DEATHTRAP
Revue prod. no. 2022
06-Feb-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Virginia Mayo .......... Gloria Crawford
James Gregory .......... Johnny Warcheck
Ken Lynch .............. Lieutenant Wilson
Synopsis:
Gloria Crawford fears for her life when a convict breaks out of prison.
The criminal has sworn that he will get even with those who testified against him. [RF]
Schlitz Playhouse: THE MAN WHO HAD NO FRIENDS
13-Feb-1959
1.10 Lux Playhouse: VARIOUS TEMPTATIONS
Revue prod. no. 2025
20-Feb-1959 CBS Fri (rebroadcast 21Aug59)
Guest cast:
Ida Lupino ............. Clara Brown
Hurd Hatfield .......... Ron Abbott
Cyril Delevanti ........ Clerk
Tita Purdom ............ Girl
Jennifer Raine ......... Nurse
John Trayne ............ Policeman
Synopsis:
Plain Clara Brown gives refuge in her shabby London apartment to Ron Abbott,
wanted for the murder of several women. Wishing to believe him innocent, Clara helps
Abbott evade the police, hoping that her dreams of romance will come true. [RF]
Schlitz Playhouse: ON THE BRINK
27-Feb-1959
1.11 Lux Playhouse: STAND-IN FOR MURDER
Revue prod. no. 2024
06-Mar-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Don Keefer ............. Henry
Bartlett Robinson ...... Niles
Jan Sterling ........... Alice Vincent
Schlitz Playhouse: IVY LEAGUE
13-Mar-1959
1.12 Lux Playhouse: FREDERICK
Revue prod. no. 2031
20-Mar-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Jeff Morrow ............ Stranger
Phyllis Thaxter ........ Lucinda Vaughn
Regis Toomey ........... Herbert
Schlitz Playhouse: THE SALTED MINE
27-Mar-1959
1.13 Lux Playhouse: THE DREAMER
Revue prod. no. 2028
03-Apr-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Herb Anderson .......... Mark
John Cassavetes ........ Christo Sierra
Miriam Colon ........... Mrs. Flores
Sue Ane Langdon ........ Denise Cerise
10-Apr-1959 no details
1.14 Lux Playhouse: THIS WILL DO NICELY
Revue prod. no. 2032
17-Apr-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Zsa Zsa Gabor .......... Helen
Richard Haydn .......... Cedric
Kenneth Bromfield ...... Alec
Richard Gaines ......... Inspector Humbert
Synopsis:
Helen, a glamorous socialite, finds her life so uneventful that she kills her husband.
She then enlists the aid of his best friend to make the murder appear accidental. [RF]
24-Apr-1959 no details
1.15 Lux Playhouse: THE CASE OF THE TWO SISTERS
Revue prod. no. 2027
01-May-1959 CBS Fri
Guest cast:
Mari Aldon ............. Donna
Fred Clark ............. Charles Dobbs
Phyllis Coates ......... Ellen Packer
Michael Wilding ........ Stephen MacIllroy
08-May-1959 no details
1.16 Lux Playhouse: BOY ON A FENCE
Revue prod. no. 2034
15-May-1959 CBS Fri
Producer Mark S. Smith
Teleplay by George Tibbles
Story by Shirley Jackson
Directed by Frank Arrigo
Guest cast:
Richard Eyer ........... Joe Wilson
Diana Lynn ............. Jane
Jesse White ............ Detective Drake
Alice Backes
John Stephenson
Don Hix
Ralph Moody
22-May-1959 no details
1.17 Lux Playhouse: MIRROR, MIRROR
Revue prod. no. 2035
29-May-1959 CBS Fri
directed by Robert B. Sinclair
Guest cast:
Anne Jeffreys .......... Aunt Kate Lodge
Diane Jergens .......... Kathy Cartwright
Liam Sullivan .......... Clifford
Schlitz Playhouse: RUMOR
05-Jun-1959
1.18 Lux Playhouse: THE MISS AND MISSILES
Revue prod. no. 2033
12-Jun-1959 CBS Fri
written by Everett Freeman
directed by Peter Tewksbury
producer Jack Chertok
Guest cast:
Jocelyn Brando ......... Madge
John Forsythe .......... Colonel Bill Adams
Kathleen Freeman ....... Emma
Gordon Gebert .......... Buzz Marlowe
Gisele MacKenzie ....... Connie Marshall
John McGiver ........... MacBain
Michael J. Pollard ..... Spider
Schlitz Playhouse: HOSTAGE
19-Jun-1959
Lux Playhouse: 26-Jun-1959 - no details
Schlitz Playhouse: 3-Jul-1959 CBS Fri No Details
Lux Playhouse: 10-Jul-1959 - no details
Schlitz-Stripe Playhouse: COWBOY FIVE SEVEN
17-Jul-1959 CBS Fri
Lux Playhouse: 24-Jul-1959 - no details
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