The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 10

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   #1 - Into the Woods

   S10:E13/15/1991

   In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

   Director:James Lapine

   Writer:Unknown

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   #2 - The Grapes of Wrath

   S10:E23/22/1991

   Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

   Directors:Kirk Browning, Frank Galati

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Kirk Browning, Frank Galati

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   #3 - Three Hotels

   S10:E33/29/1991

   An American couple, Kenneth and Barbara Hoyle, reflect on their lives as players in international business, set in hotel rooms in Morocco, the Virgin Islands, and Oaxaca, Mexico.

   Director:Jon Robin Baitz

   Writer:Jon Robin Baitz

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   Director:Jon Robin Baitz

   Writer:Jon Robin Baitz
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   #4 - The Sunset Gang

   S10:E44/5/1991

   Three stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in 'Yiddish', a man and a woman, both married to others, form a bond through their native language; in 'The Detective', a married couple who have grown apart come together again as they pursue a thief in the neighborhood; and in 'The Home', a woman struggles against her grown children, who want to place her in a nursing facility.

   Directors:Calvin Skaggs, Anthony Drazan

   Writer:Ronald Ribman

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   Directors:Calvin Skaggs, Anthony Drazan

   Writer:Ronald Ribman
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   #5 - Signs of Life

   S10:E54/26/1991

   The closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.

   Director:John David Coles

   Writer:Mark Malone

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   Director:John David Coles

   Writer:Mark Malone
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   #6 - The End of a Sentence

   S10:E65/3/1991

   Sentenced to community service in a prison, an English professor teaches creative writing to an inmate.

   Director:David Jones

   Writer:Richard Nelson

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   Director:David Jones

   Writer:Richard Nelson
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   #7 - O Pioneers!

   S10:E75/15/1991

   A young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning for her childhood love to return.

   Directors:Kirk Browning, Kevin Kuske

   Writer:Darrah Cloud

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   Directors:Kirk Browning, Kevin Kuske

   Writer:Darrah Cloud
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   #8 - Triple Play II

   S10:E85/21/1991

   Three more short films: in 'Peacemaker', a 1950s father helps his 11-year-old son overcome his fear of the A-bomb; in 'The Price of Life', the hours of your life are a currency you can buy or sell, trade or squander...; and in 'Astronomy', a mother and her young daughter search for an escape from the poverty in which they live.

   Directors:Stephen Tolkin, Susan Rogers, Jonathan Sanger

   Writers:Stephen Tolkin, Susan Rogers, Jonathan Sanger

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   Directors:Stephen Tolkin, Susan Rogers, Jonathan Sanger

   Writers:Stephen Tolkin, Susan Rogers, Jonathan Sanger
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   #9 - Hot Summer Winds

   S10:E95/22/1991

   A look at the domestic tension between an illiterate Japanese immigrant farmer and his educated wife in 1930s California.

   Director:Emiko Omori

   Writer:Emiko Omori

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   Director:Emiko Omori

   Writer:Emiko Omori
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    #10 - The Plot Against Harry

    S10:E105/31/1991

    Deadpan, small-time Kosher Nostra mobster Harry Plotnick goes meshugga when he gets into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law.

    Director:Michael Roemer

    Writer:Michael Roemer

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    Director:Michael Roemer

    Writer:Michael Roemer
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    #11 - Darrow

    S10:E116/7/1991

    American lawyer Clarence Darrow evolves from a corporate attorney to a champion of the underdog, defending labor leaders like Eugene V. Debs and later taking on high-profile cases like the Leopold & Loeb trial.

    Director:John David Coles

    Writers:Stephen Stept, William Schmidt

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    Director:John David Coles

    Writers:Stephen Stept, William Schmidt
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    #12 - The Hollow Boy

    S10:E126/14/1991

    A lonely German boy, whose bigoted parents want him to constantly work in their bakery, finds solace in a close-knit, musically-gifted Jewish family in the apartment across the hall.

    Director:Noel Black

    Writer:Jay Neugeboren

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    Director:Noel Black

    Writer:Jay Neugeboren
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    #13 - Misplaced

    S10:E136/28/1991

    The story of strong-minded Polish mother Halina Nowak, who desperately wants her talented son Jacek to have a life in the free world.

    Director:Louis Yansen

    Writers:Thomas De Wolfe, Louis Yansen

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    Director:Louis Yansen

    Writers:Thomas De Wolfe, Louis Yansen
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    #14 - A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz

    S10:E147/26/1991

    Explores the complex, passionate, and often tumultuous relationship between the iconic artist and her mentor/husband, a pivotal figure in American modernism.

    Director:Edwin Sherin

    Writer:Julian Barry

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    Director:Edwin Sherin

    Writer:Julian Barry
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    #15 - Longtime Companion

    S10:E159/29/1991

    During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious 'gay cancer' soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

    Director:Norman René

    Writer:Craig Lucas

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    Director:Norman René

    Writer:Craig Lucas
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    #16 - Metropolitan

    S10:E1612/4/1991

    A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society — until they're joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.

    Director:Whit Stillman

    Writer:Whit Stillman

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    Director:Whit Stillman

    Writer:Whit Stillman