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Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

The next show is an anthology series that brings to life dramatic plays adapted from celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning stories, novels, and other literary works.

Episodes:

Episode 2 The Canton Story

2. The Canton Story

Aired: Oct 13, 1950

The editor of the Canton (Ohio) Daily News wages war on organized crime. He c...

Episode 7 Knickerbocker Holiday

7. Knickerbocker Holiday

Aired: Nov 17, 1950

It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publ...

Episode 8 The End Game

8. The End Game

Aired: Nov 24, 1950

A rigid colonel wants his two sons to go to West Point. One son is just like ...

Episode 9 Our Town

9. Our Town

Aired: Dec 1, 1950

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. ...

Episode 17 The Silver Cord

17. The Silver Cord

Aired: Jan 26, 1951

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new b...

Episode 18 Alison's House

18. Alison's House

Aired: Feb 2, 1951

The house of Alison Stanhope, the country's foremost poet who's been dead for...

Episode 20 Mary of Scotland

20. Mary of Scotland

Aired: Feb 16, 1951

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne bu...

Episode 22 The Wisdom Tooth

22. The Wisdom Tooth

Aired: Mar 2, 1951

A clerk fantasizes himself as a young freckled faced vital boy unlike his pre...

Episode 23 The Haunted House

23. The Haunted House

Aired: Mar 9, 1951

Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate fo...

Episode 24 The Royal Family

24. The Royal Family

Aired: Mar 16, 1951

An eminent, slightly eccentric theatrical clan is as flamboyant offstage as t...

Episode 28 Icebound

28. Icebound

Aired: Apr 13, 1951

A hired girl becomes the salvation of the black sheep in a family when she is...

Episode 33 The Queen's Husband

33. The Queen's Husband

Aired: May 18, 1951

A king outwits his domineering wife while dealing with a son who wants the th...

Episode 35 Detour

35. Detour

Aired: Jun 1, 1951

Helen Hardy has toiled for twenty years by her husband's side on their farm. ...

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Info about Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

Seasons: 2

Network: ABC

Genres:Drama