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Goodyear Television Playhouse
Overview
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.
Key Crew
Producer: Fred Coe, Robert Alan Aurthur, Herbert Brodkin
Seasons
Season 1 (1951)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: October Story
1951-10-14A young girl from Brooklyn causes a stir with television executives when she announces she has invented a portable TV that can be built for $2.14.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: The Copper
1951-10-28A backwards young man who wants to be a policeman goes to a psychologist for help when strange things happen to him during his daily duties.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Flight To Freedom
1951-11-11Episode 4: The Eleventh Ward
1951-11-25Episode 5: Money To Burn
1951-12-09Episode 6: I Was Stalin's Prisoner
1951-12-23Episode 7: A Softness In The Wind
1952-01-06Episode 8: Raymond Schindler, Case One
1952-01-20Episode 9: Tour Of Duty
1952-02-03Episode 10: Crown Of Shadows
1952-02-17Episode 11: Treasure Chest
1952-03-02Episode 12: Three Letters
1952-03-16Episode 13: Tigers Don't Sing
1952-03-30Episode 14: The Medea Cup
1952-04-13Episode 15: The Travelers
1952-04-27Episode 16: The Twenty-Third Mission
1952-05-11Episode 17: The Lantern Copy
1952-05-25Episode 18: Four Meetings
1952-06-08Episode 19: It's A Small World
1952-06-22Episode 20: Leaf Out Of A Book
1952-07-06Episode 21: The Trial Of Steven Kent
1952-07-20Episode 22: The Dusty Drawer
1952-08-03Episode 23: The Witness
1952-08-17Episode 24: Roman Fever
1952-08-31Season 2 (1952)
No overview available.
25 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Holiday Song
1952-09-14Episode 2: The Room
1952-09-28The Room symbolizes the barrier built by a small girl against her father whom she believed responsible for her mother's death.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: O Romany
1952-10-12Episode 4: Better than Walking
1952-10-26Episode 5: The Darkness Below
1952-11-09Episode 6: The Old Beginning
1952-11-23Episode 7: The Search
1952-12-07Episode 8: Mr. Quimby's Christmas Hats
1952-12-21Episode 9: A Medal in the Family
1953-02-01Episode 10: Wings On My Feet
1953-02-22Episode 11: The Rumor
1953-03-08Episode 12: The Gesture
1953-03-15Episode 13: Wish on the Moon
1953-03-29WISH ON THE MOON is a chronicle of two women-friends whose lives take unexpected turns. One musters all her effort to become a famous actress, but instead ends up married. The other, who lacks motivation except to find a husband, inadvertently becomes a stage and screen star. Both feel unfulfilled and secretly envy what the other has gained.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: The Long Way Home
1953-04-12Episode 15: Printer's Measure
1953-04-26Episode 16: The Accident
1953-05-03Episode 17: The Oil Well
1953-05-17Episode 18: Marty
1953-05-24Marty, a lonely homely butcher from the Bronx is in search of a wife. He finally meets a lonely girl in a dance hall with whom he can communicate.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Before I Wake
1953-05-31Episode 20: Her Prince Charming
1953-06-14Episode 21: Catch A Falling Star
1953-06-28Episode 22: Nothing to Sneeze At
1953-07-12Episode 23: The Young and Fair
1953-07-26Episode 24: Ernie Barger is Fifty
1953-08-09This drama examines several concurrent crises in the life of middle-aged Ernie Barger (Begley).
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 25: Hollywood Tandem a. Fade Out and b. The New Process
1953-08-23Season 3 (1953)
No overview available.
25 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Happy Rest
1953-10-04Episode 2: Other People's Houses
1953-08-30A senile old man causes headaches and heartaches for his two daughters and his son-in-law.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: The Haven
1953-11-01Episode 4: John Turner
1953-11-15Episode 5: Madame Aphrodite
1953-12-06Episode 6: Wings Over Barriers
1953-12-20True story about pilot Chuck Yeager and his sound breaking flight.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Moment of Panic
1954-01-03Episode 8: Here's Father
1954-01-17Episode 9: The Brownstone
1954-01-31Episode 10: The Huntress
1954-02-14Episode 11: Buy Me Blue Ribbons
1954-02-28Episode 12: The Inward Eye
1954-03-14A semi-documentary about a blind girl's training with a dog at the seeing eye school at Morristown, New Jersey.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 13: Native Dancer
1954-03-28Episode 14: Spring Reunion
1954-04-11Episode 15: Old Tasselfoot
1954-04-25Episode 16: Miss Look-Alike
1954-05-09Episode 17: The Lawn Party
1954-05-23Episode 18: Somebody Special
1954-06-06Episode 19: Write Me Out Forever
1954-06-20Episode 20: Suitable for Framing
1954-07-04A high-pressure public relations man takes a job as a publicist for a new art gallery. But the gallery owner has his own plans for hitting the front pages, far more artful than the publicist could suggest.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Dear Harriet Heart -Throb
1954-07-18Episode 22: The Arena
1954-08-01Episode 23: Recoil
1954-08-15Episode 24: The Power of Suggestion
1954-08-29Episode 25: The Big Man on Campus
1954-09-12Season 4 (1954)
No overview available.
23 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Guilty Is the Stranger
1954-09-26Episode 2: The Personal Touch
1954-10-10Episode 3: Flight Report
1954-11-07Episode 4: Thunder of Silence
1954-11-21Episode 5: Last Boat From Messina
1954-12-05Episode 6: Class of '58
1954-12-19Episode 7: A Case of Pure Fiction
1955-01-02Episode 8: Doing Her Bit
1955-01-16Episode 9: The Way Things Happen
1955-01-30Episode 10: The Rabbit Trap
1955-02-13While on vacation, a father and son set a rabbit trap. They are to return the next day to free the rabbit, a prospective pet for the boy. But the family is forced to return to the city after a rush call from the father's demanding boss.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 11: Backfire
1955-02-27Episode 12: My Lost Saints
1955-03-13Episode 13: The Chivington Raid
1955-03-27Episode 14: Beloved Stranger
1955-04-10Episode 15: Do It Yourself
1955-04-24Episode 16: Visit to a Small Planet
1955-05-08Episode 17: The Catered Affair
1955-05-22Episode 18: Mr. Dorothy Allen
1955-06-05Episode 19: End of the Mission
1955-06-19Episode 20: The Prizewinner
1955-07-03Episode 21: Man on Spikes
1955-07-17Episode 22: Tangled Web
1955-07-31Episode 23: The Takers
1955-08-14Season 5 (1955)
No overview available.
27 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Suit Yourself
1955-09-11Episode 2: The Merry-Go-Round
1955-09-25Episode 3: The Expendable House
1955-10-09Episode 4: A Business Proposition
1955-10-23Episode 5: The Mechanical Heart
1955-11-06Episode 6: One Mummy Too Many
1955-11-20Episode 7: The Trees
1955-12-04Episode 8: Christmas 'til Closing
1955-12-18Episode 9: Rise Up and Walk
1956-01-01Episode 10: This Land Is Mine
1956-01-15Episode 11: Starlet
1956-01-29Episode 12: Kyria Katina
1956-02-12Episode 13: The Terrorists
1956-02-26Episode 14: Conspiracy of Hearts
1956-03-11Episode 15: Joey
1956-03-25Joey, a dishwasher by trade, who is under the watchful eye of his overprotective mother, meets Kay, an ex-stripper who works as an assistant dishwasher, who thinks he has some endearing qualities.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Footlight Frenzy
1956-04-08Episode 17: Career Girl
1956-04-22Episode 18: The Sentry
1956-05-06Episode 19: In the Days of Our Youth
1955-05-20Episode 20: The Primary Colors
1956-06-03Episode 21: Sound the Pipes of Pan
1956-06-17Episode 22: The Film Maker
1956-07-01Episode 23: County Fair Time
1956-07-15Episode 24: Pencil Sketch
1956-07-29Episode 25: Proud Passage
1956-08-12Episode 26: Grow Up
1956-08-26Episode 27: Ark of Safety
1956-09-09Season 6 (1956)
No overview available.
20 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Maestro
1956-09-23Episode 2: Missouri Legend
1956-10-07Episode 3: All Summer Long
1956-10-28In the midwest the torrential rains have not subsided. Young Willie is panicked when he sees the river threaten the very walls of his home. But even as the house begins to cumble, Willie can't arouse anyone else in the family to the danger.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 4: Stardust II
1956-11-11Episode 5: A Murder Is Announced
1956-12-30In a small town's newspaper, there is an unusual listing that announces an upcoming murder.
Runtime: 60 min
