The Philco Television Playhouse — Season 8
About this season
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
Episodes (12)
1. The Miss America Story
Aired 4 September 1955 • 60 min
The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.
2. The Outsiders
Aired 18 September 1955 • 60 min
The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
3. A Man is Ten Feet Tall
Aired 2 October 1955 • 60 min
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
4. A Business Proposition
Aired 23 October 1955 • 60 min
5. The Mechanical Heart
Aired 6 November 1955 • 60 min
A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
6. One Mummy Too Many
Aired 20 November 1955 • 60 min
Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.
7. The Trees
Aired 4 December 1955 • 60 min
A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.
8. Christmas 'Til Closing
Aired 18 December 1955 • 60 min
A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
9. Rise Up and Walk
Aired 1 January 1956 • 60 min
A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
10. This Land is Mine
Aired 15 January 1956 • 60 min
11. The Starlet
Aired 29 January 1956 • 60 min
12. Kyria Katina
Aired 12 February 1956 • 60 min
The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?