Goodyear Television Playhouse

1951

5.3

6 Seasons

Drama

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.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

October Story

A 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.

Ep 2

The Copper

A 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.

Ep 3

Flight To Freedom

Ep 4

The Eleventh Ward

Ep 5

Money To Burn

Ep 6

I Was Stalin's Prisoner

Ep 7

A Softness In The Wind

Ep 8

Raymond Schindler, Case One

Ep 9

Tour Of Duty

Ep 10

Crown Of Shadows

Ep 11

Treasure Chest

Ep 12

Three Letters

Ep 13

Tigers Don't Sing

Ep 14

The Medea Cup

Ep 15

The Travelers

Ep 16

The Twenty-Third Mission

Ep 17

The Lantern Copy

Ep 18

Four Meetings

Ep 19

It's A Small World

Ep 20

Leaf Out Of A Book

Ep 21

The Trial Of Steven Kent

Ep 22

The Dusty Drawer

Ep 23

The Witness

Ep 24