American Playhouse
Season 4
1984 • 22 Episodes
Episodes
1. Testament
November 26, 1984
No overview available.
2. A Matter of Principle
December 3, 1984
No overview available.
3. Solomon Northup's Odyssey
December 10, 1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey, reissued as Half Slave, Half Free, is a 1984 American television film based on the autobiography Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film, which aired on PBS, was directed by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks starring as the titular character. It was the second film to be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, following Denmark Vesey's Rebellion in 1982. Parks returned to direct the film after years of absence. He chose to work in the Deep South and to collaborate with a crew of mixed races. The film first aired on PBS on December 10, 1984 and as part of PBS's American Playhouse anthology television series in the following year. It was released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free.
4. Tomorrow
December 17, 1984
No overview available.
5. Go Tell It On the Mountain
January 14, 1985
No overview available.
6. Noon Wine
January 21, 1985
No overview available.
7. The Joy That Kills
January 28, 1985
The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour." It was directed by Tina Rathborne and co-written by Rathbone and Nancy Dyer. It was released in 1984 as a part of the PBS series American Playhouse.
8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
February 4, 1985
No overview available.
9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
February 11, 1985
No overview available.
10. Some Men Need Help
February 18, 1985
No overview available.
11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
February 25, 1985
No overview available.
12. Breakfast with Les and Bess
March 11, 1985
No overview available.
13. Nightsongs
April 15, 1985
No overview available.
14. Under the Biltmore Clock
April 25, 1985
F. Scott Fitzgerald's comedy of a stylish young flapper (Sean Young) who chooses a husband (Lenny Von Dohlen), but finds she can't compete with his family.
15. Displaced Person
May 6, 1985
No overview available.
16. The Europeans
May 15, 1985
No overview available.
17. El Norte
May 20, 1985
No overview available.
18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I
May 27, 1985
No overview available.
19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II
June 3, 1985
No overview available.
20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III
June 10, 1985
No overview available.
21. Paper Angels
June 15, 1985
No overview available.
22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
June 24, 1985
No overview available.