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The Gulf Playhouse

  • 1952-1953
  • 2 seasons
  • NBC
  • Drama

This live show was seen through the "eye" of the camera. The actors in each episode would talk to the camera as if it were a person.

Season 2 Episode Guide

11 Episodes 1953

Episode 1

Cafe Society

Fri, Jul 3, 1953

A derelict headed West finds himself in a desert cafe among people who have also fallen on hard times.

Episode 2

I'd Rather Be a Squirrel

Fri, Jul 10, 1953

Episode 3

Death of the Old Man

Fri, Jul 17, 1953

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Episode 4

Comeback

Fri, Jul 24, 1953

An aging star accepts a television role thinking her part is a young girl. Upon learning her part is the mother she quits and her agent attempts to keep her from breaking the contract and to see that the production goes smoothly.

Episode 5

One Night Stand

Fri, Jul 31, 1953

Episode 6

August Heat

Fri, Aug 7, 1953

Episode 7

The Tears of My Sister

Fri, Aug 14, 1953

A beautiful but fragile young woman is upset because she is to marry a rich man whom she does not love.

Episode 8

Crip

Fri, Aug 21, 1953

A lonely young man, crippled in a childhood accident, living with his doting mother meets his new neighbor, Jane. She recognizes his intelligence and secretly works to rehabilitate him.

Episode 9

The Lady Looks Ahead

Fri, Aug 28, 1953

Episode 10

Prophet in His Land

Fri, Sep 4, 1953

Episode 11

A Gift from Cotton Mather

Fri, Sep 11, 1953

A woman, whose husband has apparently left her, comes to her parents for solace.

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