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Season 1 Episode 15: The Purple Doorknob

A spirited old woman hopes for a little excitement in her quiet life in a small New England town, and gets it when a famous actress knocks at her door one night with a strange request.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Saturday's Children

1. Saturday's Children

Aired: Oct 2, 1950

Pretty Bobby Halevy loves Rims Rosson, a dreamer and inventor without much go...

Episode 2 Rosalind

2. Rosalind

Aired: Oct 9, 1950

An aging actress resists the fact that she is no longer able to play ingénue ...

Episode 3 Shadow on the Heart

3. Shadow on the Heart

Aired: Oct 16, 1950

Coast Guard Seaman Red Harrington on duty at Cape Cod, meets a pretty girl na...

Episode 4 The Valiant

4. The Valiant

Aired: Oct 23, 1950

A convicted murderer steadfastly refuses to reveal his real identity leaves t...

Episode 5 Mine to Have

5. Mine to Have

Aired: Oct 30, 1950

When her husband is killed in trying to elude police, she is imprisoned as hi...

Episode 6 That Wonderful Night

6. That Wonderful Night

Aired: Nov 6, 1950

An English girl is thoroughly unimpressed by winning a date with an American ...

Episode 7 Gallant Lady

7. Gallant Lady

Aired: Nov 13, 1950

A woman discovers that her husband, who disappeared seven years ago, was suff...

Episode 8 Goodnight, Please

8. Goodnight, Please

Aired: Nov 20, 1950

A besieged bank executive decides that the high pressure business isn't worth...

Episode 9 The Token

9. The Token

Aired: Nov 27, 1950

Story of a fiery girl with a great love for the sea, during the days of Ameri...

Episode 10 To Thine Own Self

10. To Thine Own Self

Aired: Dec 4, 1950

A stock broker plans to rob his clients. After emptying the safe, he reserves...

Episode 11 The Lovely Menace

11. The Lovely Menace

Aired: Dec 11, 1950

Marie Overbrook, is a young French widow of an American soldier, who is sudde...

Episode 12 Down Bayou DuBac

12. Down Bayou DuBac

Aired: Dec 18, 1950

This is a delightful story told from the view of "Mis' Lyd" who acts as the l...

Episode 13 A Child Is Born

13. A Child Is Born

Aired: Dec 25, 1950

The child born in none other than Jesus Christ and the event that was to rock...

Episode 15 The Purple Doorknob

15. The Purple Doorknob

Aired: Jan 8, 1951

A spirited old woman hopes for a little excitement in her quiet life in a sma...

Episode 17 Manhattan Pastorale

17. Manhattan Pastorale

Aired: Jan 22, 1951

A spinsterish young schoolteacher finds an abundance of excitement in a visit...

Episode 18 The Shiny People

18. The Shiny People

Aired: Jan 29, 1951

Story of a sideshow barker with a yen for high society after he meets a socie...

Episode 19 The Choir Rehearsal

19. The Choir Rehearsal

Aired: Feb 5, 1951

It takes place in the small New England town of Tuckerton during the early ye...

Episode 22 The Irish Drifter

22. The Irish Drifter

Aired: Feb 26, 1951

Due to his mother and father who are continually fighting and threatening to ...

Episode 23 Not Guilty - Of Much

23. Not Guilty - Of Much

Aired: Mar 5, 1951

A young tenant of a Manhattan apartment house spends her working days in a de...

Episode 24 Long Distance

24. Long Distance

Aired: Mar 12, 1951

Story of a woman trying against desperate odds to save her husband from unjus...

Episode 25 No Shoes

25. No Shoes

Aired: Mar 19, 1951

A truck driver is awaiting the birth of his first child and certain that it w...

Episode 26 The Treasure Trove

26. The Treasure Trove

Aired: Mar 26, 1951

Tony is the best friend of Bob and Hilda Devinish. He visits their home in Lo...

Episode 28 Column Item

28. Column Item

Aired: Apr 9, 1951

Sophie Claire is telling one of her fellow press agents that the worst has co...

Episode 30 Hit and Run

30. Hit and Run

Aired: Apr 23, 1951

A man who has run over a child, decides to hide from the police. However, he ...

Episode 31 The Speech

31. The Speech

Aired: Apr 30, 1951

A small toen doctor is called to New York to accept an award as the outstandi...

Episode 33 Local Storm

33. Local Storm

Aired: May 14, 1951

A thriller about a woman who believes she is a cripple.

Episode 34 Wild Geese

34. Wild Geese

Aired: May 21, 1951

A young and beautiful school mistress receives a strange visit from an Englis...

Episode 35 Sweet Sorrow

35. Sweet Sorrow

Aired: May 28, 1951

An important Broadway actress has journeyed to the town of Oxford, Vermont to...

Episode 36 Consider the Lillies

36. Consider the Lillies

Aired: Jun 4, 1951

A struggling young authoress caught between her own puritanical inclinations ...

Episode 37 Weather for Today

37. Weather for Today

Aired: Jun 11, 1951

A young Broadway producer is having casting problems on his forthcoming play....

Episode 38 Inside Story

38. Inside Story

Aired: Jun 18, 1951

A psychological comedy about an advertising girl and a psychiatrist.

Episode 39 The Promise

39. The Promise

Aired: Jun 25, 1951

Story of a sadistic tycoon ruthlessly dominates his wife. Although crippled b...

Info about Lux Video Theatre

Seasons: 7

Network: CBS

Genres:Comedy, Drama