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.
Episode 1
A middle-aged woman begins a romance with a car-racing playboy.
Episode 2
A US Customs Officer breaks up a narcotics smuggling ring.
Episode 3
A society woman from Washington, D.C. joins the Army Corp.
Episode 4
A woman falls in love with the Doctor she meets at the train station after she gets a cinder in her eye
Episode 5
An old woman is ignored by her family, that is until she wins a sizable amount of money.
Episode 6
A man abandons his dream of Presidency to work at saving the Whig party.
Episode 7
A woman is assigned the job of ghost-writing the memoirs of Aimee Durant, a flamboyant Wild West gal.
Episode 8
A man wishes to write the great American novel, but a fatal illness changes his life's direction
Episode 9
Two employees are dead at a post office hold-up. There is one survivor, but the press paints him as a coward.
Episode 10
A woman finds romance at a remote wireless station in Nova Scotia.
Episode 11
Baro, a fearless young member of the underground network helps the persecuted flee.
Episode 12
A man having been rejected by a society girl ventures West, upon his success out West he returns and plots revenge against another upper class family.
Episode 13
A man marries a woman who has lost her voice; unfortunately, when her voice returns she doesn't shut up.
Episode 14
In order to cut even more corners, the penny-pinching owner of a hotel also plays maid.
Episode 15
When Claggart is found murdered after making false accusations of mutiny against Billy Budd, it leads to Billy's court-martial and trial.
Episode 16
A wealthy woman finds herself engaged to two suitors at the same time.
Episode 17
An Italian girl helps five American POWs.
Episode 18
A millionaire leaves his riches to his spinster sister, and the town's corrupt politicians try to gain control of the estate.
Episode 19
The troubled life of Mary Todd Lincoln and her influence on her husband.
Episode 20
A prize fighter continues to box to pay his debts.
Episode 21
Architect Hayden Chart, recovering from the death of his wife, begins anew overseas.
Episode 22
A widowed older farmer falls in love with the much younger woman he hires.
Episode 23
A musician is torn between his music and the love of a woman.
Episode 24
Grandpa has a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt hanging in his home and is overwhelmed when the real Mr. Roosevelt comes to visit.
Episode 25
A pianist must choose between his music career and love.
Episode 26
The life of artist Grandma Moses who began her career in her 70's, capturing rural scenes of life and celebrations in upstate New York.
Episode 27
A doctor devotes her life to finding a serum to battle a disease sweeping Korea, the country that claimed her husband and son.
Episode 28
A widow supports her family through painting and ceramics.
Episode 29
Members of Steamer were attacked by Hamadan, a crazy musician, and blown away by magic wind.
Episode 30
After the escape of three convicts, a woman home alone fears they might harm her.
Episode 31
A doctor becomes engaged to a socialite and problems arise when his pretty nurse complicates matters.
Episode 32
Outlaw Monte Clovis comes to Kingdale to settle some business. He's come to claim his woman, Mary, and the child she was carrying when he was sent to the hoosegow. Monte wants a shoot out with his former best friend, Cal, who married to Mary and has since "gone straight." Meanwhile, Monte's old gang rides into town to hold up the bank.
Episode 33
A woman dreams of becoming a successful musical star, but her level-headed boyfriend brings her back down to Earth.
Episode 34
A chambermaid becomes distraught when her daughter goes missing, and a businessman falls for the maid during their search for the daughter.
Episode 35
A department-story employee is implicated in the death of a customer.
Episode 36
Story of China Smith, a disreputable, disheveled Irishman making his living on the lucrative Singapore rackets.
Episode 37
A newspaper reporter puts her life on the line to rescue a young girl being held captive by her gangster boyfriend.
Episode 38
A traveling salesman fills in for a friend on a date and has his life changed.
Episode 39
An insurance investigator's secretary uses a mink coat as bait to help her boss trap jewel thieves.
Episode 40
A man's niece complicates a rapport he has with monsters.
Episode 41
A reclusive woman's life is disrupted when her greedy nephew visits.
Episode 42
A group of teenagers construct a rocket to travel into space.
Episode 43
The widowed father of four boys must deal with one of them who is getting romantic ideas.
Episode 44
A cynic is caught in the trap of his effort to be on both sides of the French Revolution.
Episode 45
A nightclub entertainer meets and marries a millionaire.
Episode 46
A psychiatrist is bamboozled by two patients, each claiming the other wants to kill someone.
Episode 47
A husband and wife team up to do a little detective work and find themselves in the middle of a heist.
Episode 48
A big, ugly man discovers romance.
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