The Philco Television Playhouse

S8 · E1 · 4 de set de 1955

The Miss America Story Episódio 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 de set de 1955

The Outsiders Episódio 2

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

S8 · E3 · 2 de out de 1955

A Man is Ten Feet Tall Episódio 3

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

S8 · E4 · 23 de out de 1955

A Business Proposition Episódio 4

S8 · E5 · 6 de nov de 1955

The Mechanical Heart Episódio 5

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

S8 · E6 · 20 de nov de 1955

One Mummy Too Many Episódio 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 de dez de 1955

The Trees Episódio 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 de dez de 1955

Christmas 'Til Closing Episódio 8

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

S8 · E9 · 1 de jan de 1956

Rise Up and Walk Episódio 9

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

S8 · E10 · 15 de jan de 1956

This Land is Mine Episódio 10

S8 · E11 · 29 de jan de 1956

The Starlet Episódio 11

S8 · E12 · 12 de fev de 1956

Kyria Katina Episódio 12

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