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Season 81955

Season 8

September 4, 1955
12
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1955
Year

Cast

Bert Lytell
Bert Lytell
Self - Host

Episodes

12 episodes
Season 8
The Miss America Story

The Miss America Story

Sep 4, 19551h 0m0 votes

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.

3 guest stars
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The Outsiders

The Outsiders

Sep 18, 19551h 0m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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A Man is Ten Feet Tall

A Man is Ten Feet Tall

Oct 2, 19551h 0m0 votes
Director: Robert Mulligan

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

4 guest stars
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A Business Proposition

A Business Proposition

Oct 23, 19551h 0m0 votes

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4 guest stars
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The Mechanical Heart

The Mechanical Heart

Nov 6, 19551h 0m0 votes

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

5 guest stars
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One Mummy Too Many

One Mummy Too Many

Nov 20, 19551h 0m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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The Trees

The Trees

Dec 4, 19551h 0m0 votes

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.

4 guest stars
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Christmas 'Til Closing

Christmas 'Til Closing

Dec 18, 19551h 0m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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Rise Up and Walk

Rise Up and Walk

Jan 1, 19561h 0m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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This Land is Mine

This Land is Mine

Jan 15, 19561h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

4 guest stars
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The Starlet

The Starlet

Jan 29, 19561h 0m0 votes

No overview available.

2 guest stars
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Kyria Katina

Kyria Katina

Feb 12, 19561h 0m0 votes

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

2 guest stars
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