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The Philco Television Playhouse — Season 8
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0160mThe Miss America StoryThe 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.Sep 4, 1955Sep 4, 195560m0260mThe OutsidersThe work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.Sep 18, 1955Sep 18, 195560m0360mA Man is Ten Feet TallAxel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.Oct 2, 1955Oct 2, 195560m0460mA Business PropositionOct 23, 1955Oct 23, 195560m0560mThe Mechanical HeartA businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.Nov 6, 1955Nov 6, 195560m0660mOne Mummy Too ManyThree crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.Nov 20, 1955Nov 20, 195560m0760mThe TreesA 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.Dec 4, 1955Dec 4, 195560m0860mChristmas 'Til ClosingA poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.Dec 18, 1955Dec 18, 195560m0960mRise Up and WalkA polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.Jan 1, 1956Jan 1, 195660m1060mThis Land is MineJan 15, 1956Jan 15, 195660m1160mThe StarletJan 29, 1956Jan 29, 195660m1260mKyria KatinaThe life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?Feb 12, 1956Feb 12, 195660m
