The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

30min

Drama

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly Bergen

Episodes

Cast

When A Lovely Woman

1. When A Lovely Woman

30min

2nd Oct 1953

Wait For Me Downstairs

2. Wait For Me Downstairs

30min

9th Oct 1953

The Night Light At Vorden's

3. The Night Light At Vorden's

30min

16th Oct 1953

Death Has A System

4. Death Has A System

30min

23rd Oct 1953

The Ragged Stranger

5. The Ragged Stranger

30min

30th Oct 1953

Melody In Black

6. Melody In Black

30min

6th Nov 1953

The town is gossiping about a local murder. Her continued piano lessons and a $1000 note implicate a young girl in the crime.

The House Nobody Wanted

7. The House Nobody Wanted

30min

13th Nov 1953

Claire

8. Claire

30min

20th Nov 1953

A woman working hard to support her ill husband is put on the spot by the nurse.

Frozen Escape

9. Frozen Escape

30min

27th Nov 1953

Vacation Wife

10. Vacation Wife

30min

4th Dec 1953

A young wife takes a vacation alone at a mountain resort and meets another man.

The Motive Goes Round And Round

11. The Motive Goes Round And Round

30min

11th Dec 1953

Death Makes A Pass

12. Death Makes A Pass

30min

18th Dec 1953

Who Is Sylvia?

13. Who Is Sylvia?

30min

25th Dec 1953

Miss Darkness

14. Miss Darkness

30min

1st Jan 1954

The Gold Thumb

15. The Gold Thumb

30min

8th Jan 1954

Account Closed

16. Account Closed

30min

15th Jan 1954

Farewell Performance

17. Farewell Performance

30min

22nd Jan 1954

Too Gloomy For Private Puskin

18. Too Gloomy For Private Puskin

30min

29th Jan 1954

The Psychophonic Nurse

19. The Psychophonic Nurse

30min

5th Feb 1954

A Far, Far Better Thing

20. A Far, Far Better Thing

30min

12th Feb 1954

Live A Little

21. Live A Little

30min

19th Feb 1954

A devoted husband becomes involved with another woman in a life of crime.

His Brother's Girl

22. His Brother's Girl

30min

26th Feb 1954

Taps For A Hoofer

23. Taps For A Hoofer

30min

5th Mar 1954

Don't You Remember?

24. Don't You Remember?

30min

12th Mar 1954

Open Season

25. Open Season

30min

19th Mar 1954

The Silence

26. The Silence

30min

26th Mar 1954

A woman frightens the construction workers in the jungles of India when they believe she is the "kiss of death".

The Grey And Gold Dress

27. The Grey And Gold Dress

30min

2nd Apr 1954

Borrow My Car

28. Borrow My Car

30min

9th Apr 1954

Hollywood, Home Sweet Home

29. Hollywood, Home Sweet Home

30min

16th Apr 1954

The Sound Of Silence

30. The Sound Of Silence

30min

23rd Apr 1954

And The Beasts Were There

31. And The Beasts Were There

30min

30th Apr 1954

Girl On The Drum

32. Girl On The Drum

30min

7th May 1954

The Black Purse

33. The Black Purse

30min

14th May 1954

Fie, Fie, Fifi

34. Fie, Fie, Fifi

30min

21st May 1954

Grenadine

35. Grenadine

30min

28th May 1954

Unfair Game

36. Unfair Game

30min

4th Jun 1954

Terror Train

37. Terror Train

30min

11th Jun 1954

Doubled In Danger

38. Doubled In Danger

30min

18th Jun 1954

When The Police Arrive

39. When The Police Arrive

30min

25th Jun 1954

Dear Little Fool

40. Dear Little Fool

30min

4th Jul 1954

Uncle Charlie

41. Uncle Charlie

30min

11th Jul 1954

The Whistling Room

42. The Whistling Room

30min

18th Jul 1954

Bachelor's Week-end

43. Bachelor's Week-end

30min

25th Jul 1954

Annual Honeymoon

44. Annual Honeymoon

30min

1st Aug 1954

Long, Long Ago

45. Long, Long Ago

30min

8th Aug 1954

Mungahana

46. Mungahana

30min

15th Aug 1954

The Perfect Gentleman

47. The Perfect Gentleman

30min

22nd Aug 1954

Playmates

48. Playmates

30min

29th Aug 1954

Adopted Son

49. Adopted Son

30min

5th Sep 1954

A Mansion for Jimmy

50. A Mansion for Jimmy

30min

12th Sep 1954

One Thing Leads To Another

51. One Thing Leads To Another

30min

19th Sep 1954

Portrait of Tobey

52. Portrait of Tobey

30min

26th Sep 1954

First air date

2nd Oct 1953

Last air date

3rd Jul 1955

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks