Paul Bogart
Director
American Playhouse (1982)
Season 4
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Released Jan. 12, 1982
Episode 60 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.anthology, imdb.1980s, imdb.satire-comedy, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Testament
Nov. 26, 1984, midnight
S4E2 - A Matter of Principle
Dec. 3, 1984, midnight
S4E3 - Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.
Dec. 10, 1984, midnight
S4E4 - Tomorrow
Dec. 17, 1984, midnight
S4E5 - Go Tell It On the Mountain
Jan. 14, 1985, midnight
S4E6 - Noon Wine
Jan. 21, 1985, midnight
S4E7 - The Joy That Kills
The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.
Jan. 28, 1985, midnight
S4E9 - The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
Feb. 11, 1985, midnight
S4E10 - Some Men Need Help
Feb. 18, 1985, midnight
S4E11 - Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Feb. 25, 1985, midnight
S4E12 - Breakfast with Les and Bess
March 11, 1985, midnight
S4E13 - Nightsongs
April 15, 1985, midnight
S4E14 - Under the Biltmore Clock
F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.
April 25, 1985, midnight
S4E15 - Displaced Person
May 6, 1985, midnight
S4E16 - The Europeans
May 15, 1985, midnight
S4E17 - El Norte
May 20, 1985, midnight
S4E18 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
May 27, 1985, midnight
S4E19 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II
June 3, 1985, midnight
S4E20 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III
June 10, 1985, midnight
S4E21 - Paper Angels
June 15, 1985, midnight
S4E22 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
June 24, 1985, midnight
S4E8 - Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Feb. 4, 1985, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 10620 min.
Released: Jan. 12, 1982
Last Air Date: Sept. 29, 1996, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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