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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 8

September 4, 1955

12 Episodes

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Episodes

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E1

The Miss America Story

September 4, 1955

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.

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The Outsiders

September 18, 1955

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

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A Man is Ten Feet Tall

October 2, 1955

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

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E4

A Business Proposition

October 23, 1955

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The Mechanical Heart

November 6, 1955

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

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E6

One Mummy Too Many

November 20, 1955

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

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E7

The Trees

December 4, 1955

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.

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E8

Christmas 'Til Closing

December 18, 1955

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

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E9

Rise Up and Walk

January 1, 1956

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

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E10

This Land is Mine

January 15, 1956

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E11

The Starlet

January 29, 1956

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E12

Kyria Katina

February 12, 1956

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