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The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 8

Episode List

The Miss America Story
E1 - The Miss America Story

Aired: September 04, 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.

The Outsiders
E2 - The Outsiders

Aired: September 18, 1955

The 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 Tall

Aired: October 02, 1955

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

A Business Proposition
E4 - A Business Proposition

Aired: October 23, 1955

The Mechanical Heart
E5 - The Mechanical Heart

Aired: November 06, 1955

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

One Mummy Too Many
E6 - One Mummy Too Many

Aired: 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.

The Trees
E7 - The Trees

Aired: December 04, 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.

Christmas 'Til Closing
E8 - Christmas 'Til Closing

Aired: December 18, 1955

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

Rise Up and Walk
E9 - Rise Up and Walk

Aired: January 01, 1956

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

This Land is Mine
E10 - This Land is Mine

Aired: January 15, 1956

The Starlet
E11 - The Starlet

Aired: January 29, 1956

Kyria Katina
E12 - Kyria Katina

Aired: February 12, 1956

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