Goodyear Television Playhouse

Goodyear Television Playhouse

1951

Season

6
5
4
3
2
1
20 - The Best Wine
Sep. 29,1957

19 - The House
Sep. 08,1957

18 - The Dark Side of the Moon
Aug. 18,1957

17 - Weekend in Vermont
Aug. 11,1957

16 - Rumblin' Galleries
Jul. 28,1957

15 - Backwoods Cinderella
Jul. 14,1957

14 - The Legacy
Jun. 30,1957

13 - Your Every Wish
Jun. 16,1957

12 - The Treasure Hunters
May. 26,1957

11 - A Will to Live
May. 12,1957

10 - The Gene Austin Story
Apr. 21,1957

9 - The Money Killer
Apr. 07,1957

8 - First Love
Mar. 24,1957

7 - The Princess Back Home
Feb. 24,1957

6 - Nobody's Town
Jan. 27,1957

5 - A Murder Is Announced
Dec. 30,1956

4 - Stardust II
Nov. 11,1956

2 - Missouri Legend
Oct. 07,1956

1 - Maestro
Sep. 23,1956

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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.

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