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A Trip to Paradise (Playhouse 90)

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"A Trip to Paradise"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 25
Directed byBuzz Kulik
Written byAdrian Spies
Original air dateMarch 26, 1959 (1959-03-26)
Guest appearances
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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.

Plot

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

Cast

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

Production

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Trip To Paradise On Playhouse 90". The Victoria Advocate. March 22, 1959. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "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.