The Philco Television Playhouse
Season 8
195512 episodes
Episode 1
The Miss America Story
Sep 4, 19551h
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.
Episode 2
The Outsiders
Sep 18, 19551h
The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
Episode 3
A Man is Ten Feet Tall
Oct 2, 19551h
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
Episode 4
A Business Proposition
Oct 23, 19551h
Episode 5
The Mechanical Heart
Nov 6, 19551h
A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
Episode 6
One Mummy Too Many
Nov 20, 19551h
Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.
Episode 7
The Trees
Dec 4, 19551h
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.
Episode 8
Christmas 'Til Closing
Dec 18, 19551h
A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
Episode 9
Rise Up and Walk
Jan 1, 19561h
A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
Episode 10
This Land is Mine
Jan 15, 19561h
Episode 11
The Starlet
Jan 29, 19561h
Episode 12
Kyria Katina
Feb 12, 19561h
The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?