About this season
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.
Episodes (25)
1. The Happy Rest
Aired 4 October 1953 • 60 min
2. Other People's Houses
Aired 30 August 1953 • 60 min
A senile old man causes headaches and heartaches for his two daughters and his son-in-law.
3. The Haven
Aired 1 November 1953 • 60 min
4. John Turner
Aired 15 November 1953 • 60 min
5. Madame Aphrodite
Aired 6 December 1953 • 60 min
6. Wings Over Barriers
Aired 20 December 1953 • 60 min
True story about pilot Chuck Yeager and his sound breaking flight.
7. Moment of Panic
Aired 3 January 1954 • 60 min
8. Here's Father
Aired 17 January 1954 • 60 min
9. The Brownstone
Aired 31 January 1954 • 60 min
10. The Huntress
Aired 14 February 1954 • 60 min
11. Buy Me Blue Ribbons
Aired 28 February 1954 • 60 min
12. The Inward Eye
Aired 14 March 1954 • 60 min
A semi-documentary about a blind girl's training with a dog at the seeing eye school at Morristown, New Jersey.
13. Native Dancer
Aired 28 March 1954 • 60 min
14. Spring Reunion
Aired 11 April 1954 • 60 min
15. Old Tasselfoot
Aired 25 April 1954 • 60 min
16. Miss Look-Alike
Aired 9 May 1954 • 60 min
17. The Lawn Party
Aired 23 May 1954 • 60 min
18. Somebody Special
Aired 6 June 1954 • 60 min
19. Write Me Out Forever
Aired 20 June 1954 • 60 min
20. Suitable for Framing
Aired 4 July 1954 • 60 min
A high-pressure public relations man takes a job as a publicist for a new art gallery. But the gallery owner has his own plans for hitting the front pages, far more artful than the publicist could suggest.
21. Dear Harriet Heart -Throb
Aired 18 July 1954 • 60 min
22. The Arena
Aired 1 August 1954 • 60 min
23. Recoil
Aired 15 August 1954 • 60 min
24. The Power of Suggestion
Aired 29 August 1954 • 60 min
25. The Big Man on Campus
Aired 12 September 1954 • 60 min