A Trip to Paradise (Playhouse 90)

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"A Trip to Paradise"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 25
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Written by Adrian Spies
Original air dateMarch 26, 1959 (1959-03-26)
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"A Trip to Paradise" is an American television play broadcast on March 26, 1959 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90 . The cast includes Susan Oliver and Burt Brinckerhoff. Buzz Kulik is the director, and the teleplay is written by Adrian Spies.

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Plot

A troubled teenage boy, Raymond Austin, meets a Ellie, a provocative teenage beauty who introduces him to delinquents and youthful "beatniks".

Cast

The cast included the following: [1] < [2]

Production

The program was presented on March 26, 1959, on the CBS television series Playhouse 90. The teleplay was written by Adrian Spies. [1] [2]

Reviews

Television critic William Ewald of the UPI called it "a neat little package", but "perhaps a little too neat, equipped as it was with pat ending and tidy moral, but it was a pretty rewarding excursion into the world of a teen-ager fumbling his way toward maturity." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Trip To Paradise On Playhouse 90". The Victoria Advocate. March 22, 1959. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Playhouse 90, Season 3". The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. William Ewald (March 27, 1959). "'Trip to Paradise' A Mirrored Maze". The Daily News. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.