The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 8
1 - The Miss America Story
Air Date: 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.
2 - The Outsiders
Air Date: September 18, 1955
The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.
3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall
Air Date: October 2, 1955
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.
4 - A Business Proposition
Air Date: October 23, 1955
5 - The Mechanical Heart
Air Date: November 6, 1955
A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.
6 - One Mummy Too Many
Air Date: 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.
7 - The Trees
Air Date: 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.
8 - Christmas 'Til Closing
Air Date: December 18, 1955
A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.
9 - Rise Up and Walk
Air Date: January 1, 1956
A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.
10 - This Land is Mine
Air Date: January 15, 1956
11 - The Starlet
Air Date: January 29, 1956
12 - Kyria Katina
Air Date: February 12, 1956
The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?