Rheingold Theatre Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

The Door

Wed, Sep 9, 1953

After a chance meeting in a Berlin park, a new life begins for a pretty German girl orphaned in World War II. Is it to be a life of happiness - or of terror?

Episode 2

The Great White Bird

Wed, Sep 23, 1953

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian artist and inventor, dreams of conquering space. He engages the help of a young student who, if his experiments are a success, will be the first man on Earth to fly.

Episode 3

Forever My Heart

Wed, Sep 30, 1953

Among the visitors to the Tower of London comes Captain Mark Conyers, USAF. A crest on one of the walls of a cell resembles the crest on a ring he wears. In his imagination, he goes back to the cell in the time when Oliver Cromwell was Lord Protector of England.

Episode 4

Moment of Truth

Wed, Oct 7, 1953

A famous bullfighter faces shame and financial ruin after he looses his nerve. Through love a rich and beautiful American girl offers him a way out.

Episode 5

The Silent Snow

Wed, Oct 21, 1953

Harriet, alone in a snowbound cabin in Alaska, is waiting for the return of her husband's partner, Steve, who is to take her to the city. Growing more distraught as the hours pass by and a blizzard rages outside, she turns on the radio only to have her worst fears confirmed.

Episode 6

The Bitter Heart

Wed, Nov 4, 1953

Tom O'Farrell, a New York moneylender, wants to find Kathleen, an Irish girl, whom he has treated badly. However, the priest who knows where she is says that he will not tell Tom until he proves he is worth helping.

Episode 7

The Death of Michael Turbin

Wed, Nov 18, 1953

In an Eastern Bloc country, a firing squad is doing its duty executing enemies of the state. When the shooting is over, one of the soldiers goes to check on the bodies of the executed men. To his surprise, he sees that one of them, Michael Turbin, is still alive.

Episode 8

Panic

Wed, Dec 9, 1953

Fred Waldman has set a time bomb to go off in the night at his workplace, but on his way home he gets a nasty surprise.

Episode 9

The Charm

Wed, Dec 30, 1953

Gideon, a young poacher, wants to marry Betsy, a farmer's daughter. He seems doomed to failure until a gypsy gives him a love potion to be mixed with a hair from Betsy's head. Betsy's young brother supplies the hair- without revealing that it came from his father's cow.

Episode 10

The Silent Man

Wed, Jan 27, 1954

Special agent Dick Bosworth travels to Eastern Europe in search of a missing American journalist, Ben Cummings.

Episode 11

King High

Wed, Feb 3, 1954

When forced into exile, the King and Queen of Sabinia are comforted by their love for each other. Their adventures in exile, and the difficult decision that they have to make is told in this tale.

Episode 12

Gramma Brenn

Wed, Feb 10, 1954

A family wants to exploit the celebrity opportunities of having a 105 year old relative. But the old woman just wants to be left in peace and quiet.

Episode 13

The Ship's Doctor

Wed, Feb 17, 195430 mins

Episode 14

The Wedding Veil

Wed, Feb 24, 1954

Mary with her fiance now has to face visiting an old house she has feared since she was young, her aunt lives there but is now dying.

Episode 15

Pardon My Ghost

Wed, Mar 3, 1954

When Edmund P Jossop, a Canadian financier, buys a castle in Scotland, there is one feature of the place not listed in the inventory- the resident ghost. The third Earl of Ballantyre has waited 350 years for the perfect woman and now that he has found her, the course of true love is not running smoothly. No wonder his patience is exhausted.

Episode 16

The Trap

Wed, Mar 10, 1954

A young couple struggling to live on a low income suddenly bump into an old friend who gives them a new prospective on life.

Episode 17

Second Wind

Wed, Mar 17, 195430 mins

A happily married middle aged couple learn that their young married daughter is about to have a baby. The prospect of becoming grandparents makes them take stock of their lives. In the midst of making plans for retirement and travel, the wife makes an unexpected discovery which results in a complete upheaval.

Episode 18

Leave to Die

Wed, Mar 24, 1954

Martha reflects on her life as she awaits in her prison cell.

Episode 19

The International Settlement

Wed, Mar 31, 1954

An American pilot in the WW2 Pacific Theater crash lands in 1942. He awakens on an unknown island where the residents are from many countries. They have been out of touch with civilization since 1939 so they know nothing of the war.

Episode 20

Double Identity

Wed, Apr 14, 1954

Paul and Victor are Canadian cousins living in London and jointly owning a family business which Paul, the more businesslike of the two, handles. Victor is an artist and he suffered a head wound during World War II. Suddenly, curious things begin to happen to Victor which make him wonder if his brain has been affected.

Episode 21

The Refugee

Wed, Apr 21, 1954

When a group of East German refugees arrive at an Allied border crossing, the C.O. receives word that one of the refugees is a dangerous spy. The C.O. must ferret out the spy or lose his command.

Episode 22

A Lesson in Love

Wed, Apr 28, 1954

Episode 23

Myra and the Moneyman

Wed, May 5, 1954

Myra, a young American school teacher, meets a fascinating black market money-changer in Paris in the spring.

Episode 24

The Heirloom

Wed, May 12, 1954

The story of an unselfish woman's efforts to protect her simple-minded sister from reality, the reality which could end her dream-world and even her life.

Episode 25

The Witness

Wed, May 19, 1954

Alastair Duncan imagines himself to be the star witness for the police in a hold-up. The results are almost disastrous for himself and his loyal and adoring grandson.

Episode 26

Johnny Blue

Wed, May 26, 1954

Down and out trumpeter Johnny Blue is offered the chance to play a mysterious trumpet with a warning that he must never hit the highest note or the world will suffer.

Episode 27

Street of Angels

Wed, Jun 2, 1954

A young American girl on a foreign sightseeing tour with a wealthy Aunt bumps into a troubled man haunted by his past and harassed by the scavengers who prey on his present.

Episode 28

The Happy McBains

Wed, Jun 9, 1954

The very happy McBains put on an act for others that they are an arguing, sour couple. However, their new neighbors become concerned as they take the act rather too seriously.

Episode 29

Rain Forest

Wed, Jun 16, 1954

The obsession with rare butterflies leads the captain and his men further and further into a jungle they may not be able to escape from.

Episode 30

Provincial Lady

Wed, Jun 30, 1954

Episode 31

The Awakening

Wed, Jul 14, 1954

A minor bureaucratic functionary in a soulless totalitarian regime is ashamed of his tattered overcoat. He scrimps to save money for a new one, and the new one changes his life. He is suddenly respected, admired, and valued, and when the new coat is stolen, his life becomes worse than it was before. He goes against the bureaucracy in hopes of getting the government to help him get his coat, and discovers that he can no longer accept the world he lives in as it is.

Episode 32

The Apples

Wed, Jul 21, 1954

A man, hidden in an attic without food for six days, suffers hallucinations. In this state, an apple seems more valuable and desirable than a suitcase full of money.

Episode 33

Pattern for Glory

Wed, Aug 4, 1954

Clinton Farley was once a famous playwright and now he's planning his comeback. However,0 many people are going to get hurt because his leading lady is going to ruin her reputation by playing the part that he creates for her.

Episode 34

A Line in the Snow

Wed, Aug 18, 1954

Mountie Warren wanted his man - at any price. But how could he leave an exhausted man to die in a blizzard, even though he were guilty of murder?

Episode 35

One Way Ticket

Wed, Aug 25, 1954

Christmas visitors to Ricky Wagner finds he insists on living sparsely on a tropical island. What is stopping him and his wife returning to civilization?

Episode 36

Dream Stuff

Wed, Sep 8, 195430 mins

Duncan is an American college student living in a rooming house with his rather plain country wife Alice. He does not realise how unhappy she feels when she sees the pretty girls around her.

Episode 37

Four Farewells in Venice

Wed, Sep 22, 1954

An archduke romances four lovely Venetian ladies. The only problem is their suspecting husbands, who join forces to trap him.