The Philco Television Playhouse

S8 · E1 4 sep. 1955

The Miss America Story Aflevering 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 sep. 1955

The Outsiders Aflevering 2

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

S8 · E3 2 okt. 1955

A Man is Ten Feet Tall Aflevering 3

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

S8 · E4 23 okt. 1955

A Business Proposition Aflevering 4

S8 · E5 6 nov. 1955

The Mechanical Heart Aflevering 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 Aflevering 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 dec. 1955

The Trees Aflevering 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 dec. 1955

Christmas 'Til Closing Aflevering 8

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

S8 · E9 1 jan. 1956

Rise Up and Walk Aflevering 9

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

S8 · E10 15 jan. 1956

This Land is Mine Aflevering 10

S8 · E11 29 jan. 1956

The Starlet Aflevering 11

S8 · E12 12 feb. 1956

Kyria Katina Aflevering 12

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