The Innocent Sleep (Playhouse 90)

"The Innocent Sleep"
Playhouse 90 episodes
Hope Lange in "The Innocent Sleep"
Episode nos.Season 2
Episodes 37[1]
Directed byFranklin Schaffner[1]
Written byTad Mosel
Original air dateJune 5, 1958 (1958-06-05)[1]
Running time1:28:15[2]
Guest appearances
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"The Innocent Sleep" is an American television play broadcast live on June 5, 1958, as part of the second season of the CBS television series Playhouse 90. Tad Mosel wrote the teleplay, and Franklin Schaffner directed. Hope Lange, John Ericson, and Buster Keaton starred, and Raymond Burr was the host.

Plot

Alex Winter is the young bride of a wealthy elderly man, Clyde Winter. She marries the elderly man after the breakup of her relationship with Leo West who later returns to woo her. The man's longtime housekeeper, Mrs. Downey, is suspicious of Alex's motives. The play concerns "patterns of guilt among the characters."[3]

Cast

The following performers received screen credit for their performances:[2]

Raymond Burr was the host and Dick Joyce the announcer.[2]

Production

Martin Manulis was the producer, and Franklin Schaffner directed. Tad Mosel wrote the teleplay, a project he had been working on for three years.[2] The production was broadcast on June 5, 1958.[2][1] It was part of the second season of Playhouse 90, an anthology television series that was voted "the greatest television series of all time" in a 1970 poll of television editors.[4]

The program's commercial sponsors were the American Gas Association, Ipana toothpaste, Allstate insurance, Camel cigarettes, and Kleenex.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Playhouse 90, Season 2". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Playhouse 90: The Innocent Sleep". The Paley Center. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Charles Witbeck (June 5, 1959). "Patience Is Needed To Write". Bergen Evening Record. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Martin, Douglas (October 2, 2007). "Martin Manulis, TV Pioneer, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2009.