O. Henry Playhouse

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•1957

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Episodes

30m

1. The Reformation of Calliope

30m

2. Man About Town

30m

3. Sam Plunkett's Promise

30m

4. Two Renegades

30m

5. The Marionettes

30m

6. Fog in Santone

30m

7. Hearts and Hands

30m

8. Blackjack Bargainer

Yancey Gorey redeems himself from a complex financial situation using a rival between the Gorees and Coltranes.

30m

9. The World and the Door

30m

10. The Guilty Party

30m

11. A Ramble in Aphisia

30m

12. Fourth in Salvador

A Fourth of July celebration in tropical Salvador starts a hot revolution and melts a very valuable piece of ice.

30m

13. After Twenty Years

30m

14. A Trick of Nature

30m

15. Sisters of the Golden Circle

30m

16. Hygeia at the Solito

30m

17. Only the Horse Would Know

30m

18. The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear

30m

19. Miller's Millions

30m

20. Between Rounds

A man helps locate and rescue the young neighborhood boy he had been entertaining with his (possibly tall) tales.

Overview

The O. Henry Playhouse was an early American anthology television series which featured television adaptations of short stories written by 19th-century author O. Henry and primarily set in New York City. The series was both hosted and narrated by Thomas Mitchell, who portrayed the title character, and featured several television and film stars during its run such as DeForest Kelley, Lisa Montell, Otto Kruger, Max Showalter and Ernest Borgnine. The series was syndicated and initially ran from January 23 to May 25, 1957, and its final episode aired on November 19 of that year.