Goodyear Theatre (also known as Award Theatre
Cast
Actors appearing in the series included:
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Parley Baer (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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Felicia Montealegre Bernstein (1 episode, 1952)
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Charles Boyer (unknown episodes, 1957-1958)
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Russ Conway (2 episodes, 1958)
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Pat Crowley (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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John Doucette (2 episodes, 1958)
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Paul Douglas
[ (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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Errol Flynn
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Virginia Gregg
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Vivi Janiss (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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Richard Kiley
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Michael Landon
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John Larch
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Peter Leeds (3 episodes, 1958)
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Jack Lemmon (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
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Dayton Lummis (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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James Mason
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James McCallion (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
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Patty McCormack
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Ray Milland
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Cameron Mitchell
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David Niven (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
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Jane Powell (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
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Judson Pratt as Colonel Holt in "Point of Impact" (1959)
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Tony Randall (2 episodes, 1959)
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Edward G. Robinson
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Robert Ryan
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Willard Sage (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
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Jacqueline Scott (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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Barbara Stanwyck
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Chet Stratton (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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Rod Taylor
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Lurene Tuttle (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
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Eli Wallach
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Gig Young
Episodes
| + Partial List of Episodes of Goodyear Theatre |
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"Lost and Found" |
"Voice in the Fog" |
"The Victim" |
"White Flag" |
"The Seventh Letter" |
"The Giant Step" |
"Disappearance" |
"The Chain and the River" |
"Guy in Ward 4" |
"A Good Name" |
"I Remember Cavair" |
"Hello, Charlie" |
"Author at Work" |
Production
Fifty-five episodes were made. The live show was directed by many notable directors, including Don Taylor,
Arthur Hiller (3 episodes, 1958–59) and Robert Ellis Miller (3 episodes, 1958–59). It followed
Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951). Dayton Productions, a subsidiary of Four Star Productions, produced the show,
which alternated with
Alcoa Theatre.
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Critical response
Episodes of Goodyear Theatre reviewed in The New York Times included the following:
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September 29, 1958: The episode was called "an unconvincing story", and the review said, "It made for a drab and pointless thirty minutes of television."
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November 24, 1958: The review said that "a facile and unsatisfactory conclusion" marred what might otherwise have been "an interesting drama".
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April 11, 1960: The review summarized the episode as "an unsubstantial and only faintly amusing suspense story".
Promotion
In the spring of 1959, a joint effort between the producers of Goodyear Theatre and the publishers of Practical English magazine involved approximately 500,000 high school students in a study based on the program's April 17, 1959, episode. An issue of the magazine that contained the complete script of "I Remember Cavair" went to teachers prior to the broadcast to enable students to read the script and perform it in their classes. After the program was presented on TV, students were to evaluate that performance and compare it with their own.
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