Goodyear Television Playhouse Season 2
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.
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Goodyear Television Playhouse Season 2 Full Episode Guide
This drama examines several concurrent crises in the life of middle-aged Ernie Barger (Begley).
Marty, a lonely homely butcher from the Bronx is in search of a wife. He finally meets a lonely girl in a dance hall with whom he can communicate.
WISH ON THE MOON is a chronicle of two women-friends whose lives take unexpected turns. One musters all her effort to become a famous actress, but instead ends up married. The other, who lacks motivation except to find a husband, inadvertently becomes a stage and screen star. Both feel unfulfilled and secretly envy what the other has gained.
The Room symbolizes the barrier built by a small girl against her father whom she believed responsible for her mother's death.
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