Vivian Matalon

The General Motors Playwrights Theater (originally airing from 1991 to 1993 on the A&E Network) was an anthology television series that broadcast hour-long adaptations of contemporary romance, mystery, adventure, and social-realist stage plays. Legendary actress Lauren Bacall served as the host. The series spotlighted prominent American writers and featured performances from notable actors of the era, such as Patrick Dempsey, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Anthony Edwards

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

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In a small Midwestern town in the 1920s, four sisters' lives are turned upside down when one sister's son brings his fiancée home to meet his eccentric family for the first time.

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Series of plays about the comic and tragic situations of people who rent a country cottage.

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Anthology of self-contained dramas that aired from 1977 to 1978.

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A moral philosopher at a university finds his own morals under scrutiny.

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Trinidad, 1949. ' Mass suicide!' shout the Indian residents who want free passage home now that India has its independence. But to a young girl like Kayshee, Trinidad is home - and she must fight her ebullient father in his crazy campaign.

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Jane starts her new job as a Marriage Guidance Councillor and offers advice to the couples who seek it (based on true cases) with the support of her more experienced colleagues Kathleen and Alan.

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A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre. The Group Theatre, a cooperative theater ensemble, became a leading force in the theater world of the 30s. Meisner performed in many of the group’s most memorable productions.

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An aspiring young actor moonlights as a male stripper while looking for work in the theatre.

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During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.

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Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin is a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife, Eponine. The wife becomes involved with a swarthy working man, Larnier, and their passion knows no boundaries of caution or safety. Eventually, Eponine's and Larnier's lust drives them to madness, and they murder Hagolin. The second tale concerns an up-and-coming young lawyer, Claude, whose mentor is a highly successful veteran attorney, Lamerciere, with a beautiful young wife named Florence. Claude finds himself defending Larnier and Eponine, while Lamerciere dies of a heart attack after he discovers that Florence has been unfaithful to him with Claude.

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A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.

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Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

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