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S1.E12 ∙ The Family Nobody Wanted. Thu, Dec 20, 1956. A true story, it follows a pastor and his wife through forties beginning with one biological child, Donny. But the upheaval of the war years results in a number of mixed raced children that the Doss family adopt until they have 12 children. Rate.
The most ambitious and acclaimed of all the anthology series', Playhouse 90 was in a league of its own. "Requiem of a Heavyweight," written by Rod Serling, garnered numerous Emmys and remains one of the best live dramas. Each week the series aired a complete 90 minute live drama. The list of talents is amazing: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Hiller, John Brahm, Arthur Penn were a few of the ...
Playhouse 90. Considered by many to be the most ambitious of the anthology dramas to emerge during the "Golden Age of Television," Playhouse 90, according to historian William Boddy, was voted the greatest television series of all time in a 1970 Variety poll of television editors. Appearing Thursday evenings on CBS from 1956 to 1959, the ...
133 x 90 minute episodes. Playhouse 90 was the first weekly ninety-minute dramatic television show. It premiered on the CBS network on 4 October 1956 with Rod Serling’s adaptation of Forbidden Area starring Charlton Heston and Tab Hunter. Undoubtedly its most impressive offering was the second play it mounted: ‘Requiem for a Heavyweight ...
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December 12, 1957. Middle-aged actress Victoria Maxwell comes to terms with her destructive lifestyle as she struggles with the lead role in a Broadway-bound play. Matters are complicated by the fact that she is co-starring opposite her estranged husband, Allen Grant, whom she never stopped loving.
"Good Evening. Tonight, Playhouse 90 presents "The Comedian", the story of a ruthless, but fascinating entertainer. "The Comedian" is the work of two distinguished writers, the author of the original story, Ernest Lehman, who has written the screenplays for such popular motion pictures as The King and I , Somebody Up There Likes Me and ...
