The Philco Television Playhouse

S8 · E1 · 4 set 1955

The Miss America Story Episodio 1

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.

S8 · E2 · 18 set 1955

The Outsiders Episodio 2

The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

S8 · E3 · 2 ott 1955

A Man is Ten Feet Tall Episodio 3

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

S8 · E4 · 23 ott 1955

A Business Proposition Episodio 4

S8 · E5 · 6 nov 1955

The Mechanical Heart Episodio 5

A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

S8 · E6 · 20 nov 1955

One Mummy Too Many Episodio 6

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

S8 · E7 · 4 dic 1955

The Trees Episodio 7

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.

S8 · E8 · 18 dic 1955

Christmas 'Til Closing Episodio 8

A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

S8 · E9 · 1 gen 1956

Rise Up and Walk Episodio 9

A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

S8 · E10 · 15 gen 1956

This Land is Mine Episodio 10

S8 · E11 · 29 gen 1956

The Starlet Episodio 11

S8 · E12 · 12 feb 1956

Kyria Katina Episodio 12

The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?