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The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8

Every episode of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8!

The Best Episodes of The Philco Television Playhouse Season 8

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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    #1 - The Miss America Story

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    The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

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    #2 - The Outsiders

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    The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

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    #3 - A Man is Ten Feet Tall

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    Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

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    #4 - A Business Proposition

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    #5 - The Mechanical Heart

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    A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

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    #6 - One Mummy Too Many

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    Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

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    #7 - The Trees

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    A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

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    #8 - Christmas 'Til Closing

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    A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

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    #9 - Rise Up and Walk

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    A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

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    #10 - This Land is Mine

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    #11 - The Starlet

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    #12 - Kyria Katina

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    The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Miss America Story" is the best rated episode of "The Philco Television Playhouse" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/4/1955. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Outsiders".