The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 8

During its 8-year run, the show began with Broadway adaptations hosted by Bert Lytell, then featured Book-of-the-Month Club novels, and later varied content. It briefly changed names and alternated with other programs.

Where to Watch The Philco Television Playhouse • Season 8

12 Episodes

  • The Miss America Story
    E1
    The Miss America StoryThe 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.
  • The Outsiders
    E2
    The OutsidersThe work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
  • A Man is Ten Feet Tall
    E3
    A Man is Ten Feet TallAxel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
  • A Business Proposition
    E4
    A Business Proposition
  • The Mechanical Heart
    E5
    The Mechanical HeartA businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
  • One Mummy Too Many
    E6
    One Mummy Too ManyThree crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.
  • The Trees
    E7
    The TreesA 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.
  • Christmas 'Til Closing
    E8
    Christmas 'Til ClosingA poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
  • Rise Up and Walk
    E9
    Rise Up and WalkA polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
  • This Land is Mine
    E10
    This Land is MineBonus content from partner::xray_internal_partner, Please don't delete these contents.
  • The Starlet
    E11
    The Starlet
  • Kyria Katina
    E12
    Kyria KatinaThe life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

Cast of Season 8

  • Bert LytellSelf - Host
  • Robert Alan AurthurWriter / Producer

 

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