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American Playhouse Season 4

November. 26,1984

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American Playhouse

1982

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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American Playhouse Season 4 Full Episode Guide

Episode 22 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

First Aired: June. 24,1985

Episode 21 - Paper Angels

First Aired: June. 15,1985

Episode 20 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III

First Aired: June. 10,1985

Episode 19 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II

First Aired: June. 03,1985

Episode 18 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I

First Aired: May. 27,1985

Episode 17 - El Norte

First Aired: May. 20,1985

Episode 16 - The Europeans

First Aired: May. 15,1985

Episode 15 - Displaced Person

First Aired: May. 06,1985

Episode 14 - Under the Biltmore Clock

First Aired: April. 25,1985

F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.

Episode 13 - Nightsongs

First Aired: April. 15,1985

Episode 12 - Breakfast with Les and Bess

First Aired: March. 11,1985

Episode 11 - Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

First Aired: February. 25,1985

Episode 10 - Some Men Need Help

First Aired: February. 18,1985

Episode 9 - The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

First Aired: February. 11,1985

Episode 7 - The Joy That Kills

First Aired: January. 28,1985

The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.

Episode 6 - Noon Wine

First Aired: January. 21,1985

Episode 5 - Go Tell It On the Mountain

First Aired: January. 14,1985

Episode 4 - Tomorrow

First Aired: December. 17,1984

Episode 3 - Solomon Northup's Odyssey

First Aired: December. 10,1984

Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.