Goodyear Television Playhouse
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Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the first Golden Age of Television.
Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and The Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In October 1955, Alcoa took over alternating sponsorship from Philco, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour.
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 Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet (1955), Richardson's Ark of Safety and Chayefsky's The Catered Affair.
From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30 p.m.
Goodyear Television Playhouse finished #16 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1951–1952 season, #15 for 1952–1953 and #22 for 1953–1954.[1]
Episodes
Season 1 (1951–52)
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Season 2 (1952–53)
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Season 3 (1953–54)
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Season 4 (1954–55)
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Season 5 (1955–56)
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Notable guest stars
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- Philip Abbott[2]
- Eddie Albert
- Don Ameche
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Ed Begly
- Ralph Bellamy
- William Bendix
- Shelley Berman
- Theodore Bikel
- Claire Bloom
- Beulah Bondi
- Ernest Borgnine
- Eddie Bracken
- Lloyd Bridges
- Pat Carroll (actress)
- John Cassavetes
- Lee J. Cobb
- Hume Cronyn
- Don DeFore
- Melvyn Douglas
- Mildred Dunnock
- Bill Erwin
- Gracie Fields
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- John Forsythe
- Anthony Franciosa
- Eva Gabor
- Larry Hagman
- Margaret Hamilton
- Julie Harris
- Eileen Heckart[3]
- Judy Holliday
- Celeste Holm
- Grace Kelly
- Phyllis Kirk
- Jack Klugman
- Veronica Lake
- Viveca Lindfors
- June Lockhart
- Jack Lord
- Kathleen Maguire[2]
- E.G. Marshall
- Nan Martin
- Raymond Massey
- Walter Matthau
- Roddy McDowell
- Steve McQueen
- Sal Mineo
- Mildred Natwick
- Patricia Neal
- Paul Newman
- Leslie Nielsen
- Anthony Perkins
- Robert Preston (actor)
- Tony Randall
- Thelma Ritter
- Jason Robards
- Gena Rowlands
- Eva Marie Saint
- Martha Scott
- William Shatner
- Lilia Skala
- Kim Stanley
- Maureen Stapleton
- Rod Steiger
- Susan Strasberg
- Elaine Stritch
- Jessica Tandy
- Eli Wallach
- Tuesday Weld
- Joanne Woodward
- Dick York
Production
Goodyear Television Playhouse was a production of Showcase Productions, Incorporated".[4] Herbert Brodkin was the producer. During his 12-week vacation in 1956, associate producer Philip Barry Jr. produced the series.[5] Other producers included Gordon Duff. Directors included Arthur Penn.[3]
Critical response
A review in The New York Times praised Heckart's performance in "My Lost Saints" (1955), saying, "Miss Heckart's brilliant work overshadowed the deficiencies in script construction."[3] The review said that the episode might not have exceeded soap-opera status had it not been for Heckart's acting, but she created "a moving and entirely believable characterization" of a housekeeper who faced a crisis.[3] It concluded, "She raised what was basically an ordinary drama to a level of distinction."[3]
References
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External links
- Goodyear Television Playhouse at CVTA with episode list
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- 1951 American television series debuts
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- 1950s American anthology television series
- 1950s American drama television series
- American live television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- American English-language television shows
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- Works by John Secondari
- NBC television dramas