Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Season 2
Created by: Desi Arnaz
Network: CBS
Season aired: 1959-09-14
Seasons
Overview
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
Episodes · 16
A Diamond for Carla
The Day the Town Stood Up
An itinerant philosopher challenges a psychopathic young outlaw who rules the population of a small Western town.
Six Guns for Donegan
So Tender, So Profane
Come Back to Sorrento
Border Justice
Lepke
The Hanging Judge
Murder in Gratitude
A doctor kills the man who murdered his brother, but he kills the wrong man.
The Desilu Revue
Lucille Ball plays herself as the vice-president of Desilu Productions, who is busy readying her workshop of young performers for their musical revue. The performers in this program were actual members of Lucy's Workshop at Desilu Studios, and included film historian Robert Osborne, Carole Cook and Dick Kallman, who later starred in the series ""Hank"".
Meeting at Apalachin
Thunder in the Night
Meeting at Appalachin
The Man in the Funny Suit
In 1956, viewers saw Ed Wynn give a moving performance in ""Requiem for a Heavyweight"" on the Playhouse 90 series. This program shows the tense drama which unfolded behind the scenes, when Ed's son and co-star Keenan Wynn feared that ""The Perfect Fool"" would be far from perfect in his first straight dramatic role.
