The Philco Television Playhouse · SEASON 8
The Miss America Story
Episode 1 · 1955-09-04
- Drama
Episode overview
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.
60 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. The Miss America Story1955-09-04
2. The Outsiders1955-09-18
3. A Man is Ten Feet Tall1955-10-02
4. A Business Proposition1955-10-23
5. The Mechanical Heart1955-11-06
6. One Mummy Too Many1955-11-20
7. The Trees1955-12-04
8. Christmas 'Til Closing1955-12-18
9. Rise Up and Walk1956-01-01
10. This Land is Mine1956-01-15
11. The Starlet1956-01-29
12. Kyria Katina1956-02-12
