CBS Playhouse (Season 1)

CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series was nominated for a number of awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.

  • Poster for The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie (Episode 1)

    Writer: Tennessee Williams

    Air date: 1966-12-08

    Runtime: 104 min

    Overview: An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be.

  • Poster for The Final War of Olly Winter

    The Final War of Olly Winter (Episode 2)

    Writer: Ronald Ribman

    Air date: 1967-01-29

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Olly Winter, an African-American Master Sergeant in the Vietnam War, is walking back to allied-controlled land following a battle with the Viet Cong. Along the way, he meets a Vietnamese girl, an orphaned infant, and a dog.

  • Poster for Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Episode 3)

    Writer: Loring Mandel

    Air date: 1967-10-17

    Runtime: 74 min

    Overview: Follows a carpenter who has built his own home, but is now too old and infirm to live on his own, and is sent to live in an old age home against his desires.

  • Poster for Dear Friends

    Dear Friends (Episode 4)

    Writer: Reginald Rose

    Air date: 1967-12-06

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: After 15 years together, Michael and Lois Graves contemplate divorce. Their friends—three other couples—try to repair their relationship, and ultimately observe the connections that they themselves have.

  • Poster for My Father and My Mother

    My Father and My Mother (Episode 5)

    Writer: Robert J. Crean

    Air date: 1968-02-13

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Ned, a New York editor struggling as a husband and parent, looks back and learns about the difficulties his own parents faced in life.

  • Poster for Secrets

    Secrets (Episode 6)

    Writer: Tad Mosel

    Air date: 1968-05-15

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Following a chance encounter that brings him face to face with his past, conservative businessman Bryan Gray goes in search of Janet Ferguson, an actress with whom he had a relationship many years before. His unwillingness to share private aspects arouses the suspicion of wife Doris, who is determined to know all of his secrets and the motivations behind them.

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