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The Jet Propelled Couch (Playhouse 90)
"The Jet Propelled Couch" is an American television play broadcast on November 14, 1957, as part of the second season of the CBS television series ''Playhouse 90''. Burgess Meredith and James Clark directed. Donald O'Connor, David Wayne, and Peter Lorre starred. Plot A psychoanalyst, Dr. Robert Harrison, is called on by the government to treat a noted atomic physicist, Dr. Kirk Allen, who believes that he lives in two separate worlds—on Earth as a scientist in a government research laboratory, and on another planet where he is the dominant authority and has powers of telepathy and teleportation. The story concerns Dr. Harrison's "adventure into outer space" as he "becomes too involved in the other world of his patient." The two of them end up "visiting a celestial asteroid". In the other world, there are two or more girls for every man, wishes are undisputed, and every-day troubles are eliminated. Cast The following performers received screen credit for their performances: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse 90
''Playhouse 90'' was an American television anthology series, anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. The show was produced at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s usually were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual: a weekly series of hour-and-a-half-long dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Background The producers of the show were Martin Manulis, John Houseman, Russell Stoneman, Fred Coe, Arthur Penn, and Hubbell Robinson. The leading director was John Frankenheimer (27 episodes), followed by Franklin J. Schaffner (19 episodes). Other directors included Sidney Lumet, George Roy Hill, Delbert Mann, and Robert Mulligan. With Alex North's opening theme music, the series debuted October 4, 1956 with Rod Serling's Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90), adaptation of Pat Frank's novel ''Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90), Forbidden Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
