What Every Woman Knows

S02 E01 • Sunday, Sep 4, 1949 • Sep 4 • 1h

A Victorian Scotswoman of far-reaching ambition. Using her supposedly frail feminine wiles, she maneuvers her fatuous husband into a successful political career. He rises to a parliamentary seat, never quite realizing that he hasn't done it alone.

Pride's Castle

S02 E02 • Sunday, Sep 11, 1949 • Sep 11 • 1h

Pride Dawson was one of those "Robber Barons", who started out his life in rags and turned his life to riches and women. His contempt for human decency or moral restraint left him ruthless and corrupt. He falls for Sharon O'Neill who is a woman filled with so much goodness in her soul, as much as he has evil in his.

The Little Sister

S02 E03 • Sunday, Sep 18, 1949 • Sep 18 • 1h

A woman from Kansas comes to Marlowe to help find her missing brother.

The Lonely

S02 E04 • Sunday, Sep 25, 1949 • Sep 25 • 1h

An engaged Air Force lieutenant goes on a ten-day furlough to Scotland with a female friend. Their understanding is that the trip will be purely platonic; instead, they fall madly in love. At his first opportunity, the lieutenant flies back to America to break the news to his fiancé and family.

The Queen Bee

S02 E05 • Sunday, Oct 2, 1949 • Oct 2 • 1h

A conniving and devious Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results.

Something's Got to Give

S02 E06 • Sunday, Oct 9, 1949 • Oct 9 • 1h

A couple of New England housewives disrupt their marriages by becoming an early morning radio team.

The Last Tycoon

S02 E07 • Sunday, Oct 16, 1949 • Oct 16 • 1h

A 1930's brilliant and efficient movie mogul and the story behind the Hollywood Dream Factory.

Because of the Lockwoods

S02 E08 • Sunday, Oct 23, 1949 • Oct 23 • 1h

The Lockwoods are patronising toward their former neighbours, the Hunters, who are now living in the poorer district in town. The Hunters are saved from despair from the help of a young junk dealer named Oliver Read, who teaches the Lockwoods a lesson in humanity.

Damion's Daughter

S02 E09 • Sunday, Oct 30, 1949 • Oct 30 • 1h

A theater owner's daughter discovers his father's true nature and is shaken by the discovery. She moments jealousy backstage to expose him.

The House of Seven Gables

S02 E10 • Sunday, Nov 6, 1949 • Nov 6 • 1h

With the ownership of Seven Gables, the opulent family estate, at stake, a man frames his brother for murder.

The Promise

S02 E11 • Sunday, Nov 13, 1949 • Nov 13 • 1h

A husband and wife are drifting apart due to different goals in their individual careers.

Medical Meeting

S02 E12 • Sunday, Nov 20, 1949 • Nov 20 • 1h

The Wonderful Mrs. Ingram

S02 E13 • Sunday, Nov 27, 1949 • Nov 27 • 1h

A female psychiatrist visits the home of a famous woman novelist and discovers unhappiness aplenty. She learns the novelist's ambitions and vanity are causes of the trouble.

Mist on the Waters

S02 E14 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1949 • Dec 4 • 1h

Blackmail terrorizes a couple because of an accident which was a terrible tragedy.

The Beautiful Bequest

S02 E15 • Sunday, Dec 11, 1949 • Dec 11 • 1h

The story of a spoiled and jilted young novelist of intellectual pretensions, who is freshened up and made marketable and happy again by design of his sporting publisher.

The Strange Christmas Dinner

S02 E16 • Sunday, Dec 18, 1949 • Dec 18 • 1h

A modern day Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to close his store on Christmas Day.

In Beauty Like the Night

S02 E17 • Sunday, Dec 25, 1949 • Dec 25 • 1h

A British pilot who lost his sight during the Second World War deals with the problems caused by the injury.

Little Boy Lost

S02 E18 • Sunday, Jan 1, 1950 • Jan 1 • 1h

An English poet searches for his son whom he has never seen. The child disappeared shortly after his mother was killed by the Gestapo.

Bethel Merriday

S02 E19 • Sunday, Jan 8, 1950 • Jan 8 • 1h

A small-town girl named Bethel Merriday is determined to become an actress.

Murder at the Stork Club

S02 E20 • Sunday, Jan 15, 1950 • Jan 15 • 1h

A wealthy matron is murdered at the Stork Club and the suspect list is growing.

The Marriages

S02 E21 • Sunday, Jan 22, 1950 • Jan 22 • 1h

In England in the 1890s, Colonel Chart, a widower with four children, falls in love with a charming, wealthy American widow, Mrs. Churchley, but his 27-year-old spinster daughter Adela contrives to ruin the relationship. She also turns two of the other three children against their intended stepmother and spoils the widow's plans to help Adela's brother Godfrey out of an unpleasant situation.

Uncle Dynamite

S02 E22 • Sunday, Jan 29, 1950 • Jan 29 • 1h

Uncle Fred wants Pongo to marry Sally Painter, an unsuccessful American sculptor. They had been engaged but she broke it off when Pongo refused to smuggle jewellery into America for a friend of hers.

The Sudden Guest

S02 E23 • Sunday, Feb 5, 1950 • Feb 5 • 1h

A New England spinster Miss Leckton disregards her neighbours' cry for help and assistance during a hurricane. She resents the intrusion, especially since her neighbours happen to be Jews.

Ann Rutledge

S02 E24 • Sunday, Feb 12, 1950 • Feb 12 • 1h

The short life of Ann Rutledge, Abraham Lincoln's one true love who passed away at age 22 of typhoid fever.

A Letter to Mr. Priest

S02 E25 • Sunday, Feb 19, 1950 • Feb 19 • 1h

An attorney, voted most likely to succeed in college, looks back on his life.

Hometown

S02 E26 • Sunday, Feb 26, 1950 • Feb 26 • 1h

Mitchell Hickok, an author from the country, comes to New York for a publicity build-up for his book. He meets a glamorous woman, who introduces him to the nightlife of Manhattan. He soon tires of cafés, cocktail parties, and public appearances, and returns to his simple way of living in the country and Eileen, his childhood sweetheart.

The Life of Vincent Van Gogh

S02 E27 • Sunday, Mar 5, 1950 • Mar 5 • 1h

The tragic life story of the tormented artist.

The Uncertain Molly Collicutt

S02 E28 • Sunday, Mar 12, 1950 • Mar 12 • 1h

A flirtatious woman has a difficult time settling down to her marital responsibilities.

The Trial of Steven Kent

S02 E29 • Sunday, Mar 19, 1950 • Mar 19 • 1h

A jury foreman seeks to wreak personal vengeance on the murder defendant.

The Second Oldest Profession

S02 E30 • Sunday, Mar 26, 1950 • Mar 26 • 1h

An idealistic newspaper editor battles with his stubborn publisher.

Nocturne

S02 E31 • Sunday, Apr 2, 1950 • Apr 2 • 1h

In London in 1910, two sisters, Jenny and Emmy Blanchard, must support and care for their widowed, invalid father. Jenny, the younger, pretty sister, seeks to escape from the depressing reality of her poverty-stricken home, while Emmy, the older, plain sister, finds comfort and eventual happiness by serving their ailing father. At the end, both are engaged: Jenny will marry Keith Reddington and Emmy will wed Alf Rylett.

Dirty Eddie

S02 E32 • Sunday, Apr 9, 1950 • Apr 9 • 1h

Dirty Eddie is a sleek black pig with a fat movie contract and Hollywood isn't too happy about it.

The End is Known

S02 E33 • Sunday, Apr 16, 1950 • Apr 16 • 1h

A department store tycoon comes home and is nearly hit by a falling body. He then learns the suicide jumped from his apartment. A mystery surrounds a suicide.

The Man in the Black Hat

S02 E34 • Sunday, Apr 23, 1950 • Apr 23 • 1h

A gambler has nothing to lose as his shady past with women and cards catch up to him.

The American

S02 E35 • Sunday, Apr 30, 1950 • Apr 30 • 1h

An American travelling in Europe finds clashes between the two cultures.

The Feast

S02 E36 • Sunday, May 7, 1950 • May 7 • 1h

A seaside resort hotel brings together an odd assortment of people: a frustrated married couple, four young lovers, children and an grouchy old miser.

Brat Farrar

S02 E37 • Sunday, May 14, 1950 • May 14 • 1h

Identical twins concoct a plan to defraud an insurance company and collect a large sum of cash.

The Charmed Circle

S02 E38 • Sunday, May 21, 1950 • May 21 • 1h

A poverty-ridden student feels out-of-place among his wealthy fraternity brothers. He eventually falls in love with a rich girl and leads a revolt against the President of the fraternity house.

Semmelweis

S02 E39 • Sunday, May 28, 1950 • May 28 • 1h

Story of the great physician who saved millions of lives due to his discovery of the cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever) and eliminated its danger by prescribing the absolute sterlization of all instruments and the cleanliness of all persons coming in contact with the mother.

Sense and Sensibility

S02 E40 • Sunday, Jun 4, 1950 • Jun 4 • 1h

Sisters left poor by the death of the family matriarch search for suitable husbands in Georgian England.

The Bump on Brannigan's Head

S02 E41 • Sunday, Jun 11, 1950 • Jun 11 • 1h

A bonk on the head turns a grouchy hothead into the sweetest man in town. Brannigan runs for mayor of his small town--and wins--with his "love everybody" campaign. He even wins over the crooked newspaper publisher.

Anything Can Happen

S02 E42 • Sunday, Jun 18, 1950 • Jun 18 • 1h

A Russian emigrant to America finds a new language, and strange manners bewildering but tries mightily to adapt to his new homeland.

Hear My Heart Speak

S02 E43 • Sunday, Jun 25, 1950 • Jun 25 • 1h

A shell-shocked WWI ex-soldier is unable to speak though doctors say the problem isn't physical. Tired of completing with his overbearing, doting mother, the woman he loves begins to withdraw from his life. It's then that he regains his ability to talk.

The Reluctant Landlord

S02 E44 • Sunday, Jul 2, 1950 • Jul 2 • 1h

Georgi, a kindly and honest immigrant from the Georgian area of Russia, experiences many difficulties as he tries to adapt to his adopted country. He works hard to make a place for himself in America, all the while fighting with the English language and the strange customs of an alien people.

The Tentacles

S02 E45 • Sunday, Jul 9, 1950 • Jul 9 • 1h

A young wife fights to free her husband from the control of his manipulative and controlling father.