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47
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IMDb
7.4
/141/
Trakt
10
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TMDb
56
/5/

Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 16020 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

Season 8 (Sept. 4, 1955, midnight)

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

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The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

Season 8 (Sept. 4, 1955, midnight)

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

47
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IMDb
7.4
/141/
Trakt
10
/3/
TMDb
56
/5/
Bert Lytell
Bert Lytell
Host
E.G. Marshall
E.G. Marshall
Vinton Hayworth
Vinton Hayworth
David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu
Alfred Ryder
Alfred Ryder
John Newland
John Newland
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
William Prince
William Prince

Sept. 4, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E1 - The Miss America Story

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.
Sept. 18, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E2 - The Outsiders

The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
Oct. 2, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
Oct. 23, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E4 - A Business Proposition

Nov. 6, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E5 - The Mechanical Heart

A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
Nov. 20, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E6 - One Mummy Too Many

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.
Dec. 4, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E7 - The Trees

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.
Dec. 18, 1955, midnight 0.0

S8E8 - Christmas 'Til Closing

A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
Jan. 1, 1956, midnight 0.0

S8E9 - Rise Up and Walk

A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
Jan. 15, 1956, midnight 0.0

S8E10 - This Land is Mine

Jan. 29, 1956, midnight 0.0

S8E11 - The Starlet

Feb. 12, 1956, midnight 0.0

S8E12 - Kyria Katina

The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 16020 min.
Released: Oct. 4, 1948
Last Air Date: Feb. 12, 1956, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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