Goodyear Television Playhouse
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📺 Series

Goodyear Television Playhouse

📅 1951 ⭐ 5.2 🕐 1h 0m US US

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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 24 episodes
E1
October Story 1951-10-14
E2
The Copper 1951-10-28
E3
Flight To Freedom 1951-11-11
E4
The Eleventh Ward 1951-11-25
E5
Money To Burn 1951-12-09
E6
I Was Stalin's Prisoner 1951-12-23
E7
A Softness In The Wind 1952-01-06
E8
Raymond Schindler, Case One 1952-01-20
E9
Tour Of Duty 1952-02-03
E10
Crown Of Shadows 1952-02-17
E11
Treasure Chest 1952-03-02
E12
Three Letters 1952-03-16
E13
Tigers Don't Sing 1952-03-30
E14
The Medea Cup 1952-04-13
E15
The Travelers 1952-04-27
E16
The Twenty-Third Mission 1952-05-11
E17
The Lantern Copy 1952-05-25
E18
Four Meetings 1952-06-08
E19
It's A Small World 1952-06-22
E20
Leaf Out Of A Book 1952-07-06
E21
The Trial Of Steven Kent 1952-07-20
E22
The Dusty Drawer 1952-08-03
E23
The Witness 1952-08-17
E24
Roman Fever 1952-08-31
Season 2 25 episodes
E1
Holiday Song 1952-09-14
E2
The Room 1952-09-28
E3
O Romany 1952-10-12
E4
Better than Walking 1952-10-26
E5
The Darkness Below 1952-11-09
E6
The Old Beginning 1952-11-23
E7
The Search 1952-12-07
E8
Mr. Quimby's Christmas Hats 1952-12-21
E9
A Medal in the Family 1953-02-01
E10
Wings On My Feet 1953-02-22
E11
The Rumor 1953-03-08
E12
The Gesture 1953-03-15
E13
Wish on the Moon 1953-03-29
E14
The Long Way Home 1953-04-12
E15
Printer's Measure 1953-04-26
E16
The Accident 1953-05-03
E17
The Oil Well 1953-05-17
E18
Marty 1953-05-24
E19
Before I Wake 1953-05-31
E20
Her Prince Charming 1953-06-14
E21
Catch A Falling Star 1953-06-28
E22
Nothing to Sneeze At 1953-07-12
E23
The Young and Fair 1953-07-26
E24
Ernie Barger is Fifty 1953-08-09
E25
Hollywood Tandem a. Fade Out and b. The New Process 1953-08-23
Season 3 25 episodes
E1
The Happy Rest 1953-10-04
E2
Other People's Houses 1953-08-30
E3
The Haven 1953-11-01
E4
John Turner 1953-11-15
E5
Madame Aphrodite 1953-12-06
E6
Wings Over Barriers 1953-12-20
E7
Moment of Panic 1954-01-03
E8
Here's Father 1954-01-17
E9
The Brownstone 1954-01-31
E10
The Huntress 1954-02-14
E11
Buy Me Blue Ribbons 1954-02-28
E12
The Inward Eye 1954-03-14
E13
Native Dancer 1954-03-28
E14
Spring Reunion 1954-04-11
E15
Old Tasselfoot 1954-04-25
E16
Miss Look-Alike 1954-05-09
E17
The Lawn Party 1954-05-23
E18
Somebody Special 1954-06-06
E19
Write Me Out Forever 1954-06-20
E20
Suitable for Framing 1954-07-04
E21
Dear Harriet Heart -Throb 1954-07-18
E22
The Arena 1954-08-01
E23
Recoil 1954-08-15
E24
The Power of Suggestion 1954-08-29
E25
The Big Man on Campus 1954-09-12
Season 4 23 episodes
E1
Guilty Is the Stranger 1954-09-26
E2
The Personal Touch 1954-10-10
E3
Flight Report 1954-11-07
E4
Thunder of Silence 1954-11-21
E5
Last Boat From Messina 1954-12-05
E6
Class of '58 1954-12-19
E7
A Case of Pure Fiction 1955-01-02
E8
Doing Her Bit 1955-01-16
E9
The Way Things Happen 1955-01-30
E10
The Rabbit Trap 1955-02-13
E11
Backfire 1955-02-27
E12
My Lost Saints 1955-03-13
E13
The Chivington Raid 1955-03-27
E14
Beloved Stranger 1955-04-10
E15
Do It Yourself 1955-04-24
E16
Visit to a Small Planet 1955-05-08
E17
The Catered Affair 1955-05-22
E18
Mr. Dorothy Allen 1955-06-05
E19
End of the Mission 1955-06-19
E20
The Prizewinner 1955-07-03
E21
Man on Spikes 1955-07-17
E22
Tangled Web 1955-07-31
E23
The Takers 1955-08-14
Season 5 27 episodes
E1
Suit Yourself 1955-09-11
E2
The Merry-Go-Round 1955-09-25
E3
The Expendable House 1955-10-09
E4
A Business Proposition 1955-10-23
E5
The Mechanical Heart 1955-11-06
E6
One Mummy Too Many 1955-11-20
E7
The Trees 1955-12-04
E8
Christmas 'til Closing 1955-12-18
E9
Rise Up and Walk 1956-01-01
E10
This Land Is Mine 1956-01-15
E11
Starlet 1956-01-29
E12
Kyria Katina 1956-02-12
E13
The Terrorists 1956-02-26
E14
Conspiracy of Hearts 1956-03-11
E15
Joey 1956-03-25
E16
Footlight Frenzy 1956-04-08
E17
Career Girl 1956-04-22
E18
The Sentry 1956-05-06
E19
In the Days of Our Youth 1955-05-20
E20
The Primary Colors 1956-06-03
E21
Sound the Pipes of Pan 1956-06-17
E22
The Film Maker 1956-07-01
E23
County Fair Time 1956-07-15
E24
Pencil Sketch 1956-07-29
E25
Proud Passage 1956-08-12
E26
Grow Up 1956-08-26
E27
Ark of Safety 1956-09-09
Season 6 20 episodes
E1
Maestro 1956-09-23
E2
Missouri Legend 1956-10-07
E3
All Summer Long 1956-10-28
E4
Stardust II 1956-11-11
E5
A Murder Is Announced 1956-12-30
E6
Nobody's Town 1957-01-27
E7
The Princess Back Home 1957-02-24
E8
First Love 1957-03-24
E9
The Money Killer 1957-04-07
E10
The Gene Austin Story 1957-04-21
E11
A Will to Live 1957-05-12
E12
The Treasure Hunters 1957-05-26
E13
Your Every Wish 1957-06-16
E14
The Legacy 1957-06-30
E15
Backwoods Cinderella 1957-07-14
E16
Rumblin' Galleries 1957-07-28
E17
Weekend in Vermont 1957-08-11
E18
The Dark Side of the Moon 1957-08-18
E19
The House 1957-09-08
E20
The Best Wine 1957-09-29
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