The Alcoa Hour
This live series featured adaptations of other works (novels, plays, et cetera) plus original works for the show. It was primarily dramas, but a few musicals also were presented. The show is considered one of the major drama series during The Golden Age of Television. Up through episode 1.8, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre" and "The Philco Television Playhouse"; beginning with episode 1.9 to the end of the series in 1957, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre".
- Runtime
- 1h
- Released
- 1955
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1955
Storyline
This live series featured adaptations of other works (novels, plays, et cetera) plus original works for the show. It was primarily dramas, but a few musicals also were presented. The show is considered one of the major drama series during The Golden Age of Television. Up through episode 1.8, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre" and "The Philco Television Playhouse"; beginning with episode 1.9 to the end of the series in 1957, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre".
Top credits
Luis Van Rooten — Bernstein, Foster, President, Vito- Robert Dryden — Co-pilot, Olan, Sankey
Robert Emhardt — Doc Jones, Matt Fisher, Teddy Harrison, Van Vlick- Tom Gorman — Gambler
Awards
0 wins & 6 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• Laurence Harvey made his U.S. television debut in season one, episode two, "The Small Servant".
• Season two, episode seven, "The Stingiest Man in Town", was a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Basil Rathbone singing.
Episodes
52 episodes – 2 seasons
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color, Black and White
