Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • 1951
  • 8 Seasons
  • 376 Episodes
  •  7.2  (5)
  •   Ended

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Seasons
A Ballad to Die By
36. A Ballad to Die By
July 31, 1959
Rancher Anna Carrick hires singing cowboy Johnny Guitar to play at her wedding. Johnny soon learns that Anna is to marry a killer against her will.
Cowboy Five Seven
35. Cowboy Five Seven
July 17, 1959
This dramatization was about a typical day in the lives of the men of SAC, was made by Stewart, a reserve officer in the air force, at Westover (Mass.) Air Base. No professional actors are used; officers and enlisted men and their families portray themselves.
Hostage
34. Hostage
June 19, 1959
A motorcycle cop becomes hostage to a cold-blooded slayer who plans to use him to escape police roadblocks.
The Miss and the Missiles
33. The Miss and the Missiles
June 12, 1959
The Rumor
32. The Rumor
June 05, 1959
The guys of the billing department at Brittanica Insurance heard that one of them is about to be let go. After breaking up with his girlfriend-of-the-week, office playboy Eddie shoots off his mouth and says he's gonna quit and leave town. Of course, he reconsiders as soon as he meets another woman.
The Case of the Two Sisters
29. The Case of the Two Sisters
May 01, 1959
The Salted Mine
26. The Salted Mine
March 27, 1959
In the Old West, a beautiful mine owner hires a detective to discover if she has been swindled when she bought a mine.
Ivy League
24. Ivy League
March 13, 1959
After 30 years in the Marine Corps, Bull Mitchell retires and enrolls as a college freshman.
On the Brink
22. On the Brink
February 27, 1959
Story of an intense hatred between father and son.
Various Temptations
21. Various Temptations
February 20, 1959
The Man Who Had No Friends
20. The Man Who Had No Friends
February 13, 1959
Champion Barry Brannon retires from a successful career as a fighter and goes into the restaurant business with his long-time manager, Charlie. When Barry proposes to his girl, he finds that she is in love with Charlie.
And Practically Strangers
18. And Practically Strangers
January 30, 1959
From childhood Alan Mitchell has always felt his abilities and achievements overshadowed by those of his younger brother Hugh. When Hugh requisitions Alan to work with him on a nuclear bomb project it puts an additional strain on their already tense relationship.
You Can't Win 'Em All
17. You Can't Win 'Em All
January 16, 1959
A professional football player refuses to admit that his playing days are over.
A Fistful of Love
15. A Fistful of Love
January 02, 1959
Drama of a prizefighter's battle for survival.
No Answer
13. No Answer
December 19, 1958
A swindler who's known for separating rich widows from their money is the lead suspect in the murder of this latest "pigeon." His alibi seems pretty air tight: he was with the investigating cop when the murder supposedly took place.
Drive a Desert Road
12. Drive a Desert Road
December 12, 1958
Third Son
11. Third Son
December 05, 1958
The youngest brother is torn between whether to follow in the footsteps of his brother who is a frontier marshal or the other one who is a dashing gambler.
Coney Island Winter
10. Coney Island Winter
November 28, 1958
Last Edition
9. Last Edition
November 21, 1958
Newspaper editor Sheldon Black is being shoved aside for the publisher's slimy protégé, Dean Lowell, who passed Black's ideas off as his own. Before exiting, Black orders Lowell to cover the execution of a condemned man that Lowell was friends with in the war. If the reptile Lowell had been willing to soil his "war hero" reputation and testify, he could have saved the man from the electric chair. Instead, he remains quiet and turns in quite a news story.
False Impression
7. False Impression
November 07, 1958
A crippled dental technician falls in love with a pretty girl who refuses to have anything to do with him. He decides to steal a fortune in jewels in order to force the girl to overlook his physical handicap and marry him.
The Trouble With Ruth
5. The Trouble With Ruth
October 24, 1958
Not even her husband knows that Ruth Elliot is a kleptomaniac. But hoodlum Joseph Libo finds out about her illness and threatens to tell her husband unless she helps him carry out a robbery.
The Hasty Hanging
3. The Hasty Hanging
October 10, 1958
A man and his wife are sentenced to hang without a trial.
The Best House in the Valley
2. The Best House in the Valley
October 03, 1958
A Thing to Fight For
1. A Thing to Fight For
September 26, 1958
A peace-loving Civil War veteran seeks refuge from the violence of war as overseer on a Florida plantation.
Description
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
  • Premiere Date
    October 05, 1951
  • Rating
    7.2  (5)