A Trip to Paradise (Playhouse 90)

"**A Trip to Paradise**"
"A Trip to Paradise"
Playhouse 90 episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 25
Directed by	Buzz Kulik
Written by	Adrian Spies
Original air date	March 26, 1959
Guest appearances
	Susan Oliver as Ellie; Burt Brinkerhoff as Ray;
Episode chronology
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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

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]

Susan Oliver - Ellie
Burt Brinckerhoff - Raymond Austin
Martha Scott - Mrs. Austin
Buddy Ebsen - Froelich
Martin Balsam - Harkavy

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]

References

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

[VA-1] "Trip To Paradise On Playhouse 90". The Victoria Advocate. March 22, 1959. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

[CTVA-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.

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