Goodyear Television Playhouse
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1. October Story
2. The Copper
3. Flight To Freedom
4. The Eleventh Ward
5. Money To Burn
6. I Was Stalin's Prisoner
7. A Softness In The Wind
8. Raymond Schindler, Case One
9. Tour Of Duty
10. Crown Of Shadows
11. Treasure Chest
12. Three Letters
13. Tigers Don't Sing
14. The Medea Cup
15. The Travelers
16. The Twenty-Third Mission
17. The Lantern Copy
18. Four Meetings
19. It's A Small World
20. Leaf Out Of A Book
21. The Trial Of Steven Kent
22. The Dusty Drawer
23. The Witness
24. Roman Fever
Overview
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.
