American Playhouse
Season 3
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Where to Watch Season 3
17 Episodes
- The GhostwriterE1
The GhostwriterNathan Zuckerman is a promising young writer who spends a night in the home of E.I. Lonoff, an established author whom Zuckerman idolizes. Also staying in the Lonoff home is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past whom the narrator apparently comes to suspect of being Anne Frank, living in the United States anonymously, having survived the Holocaust. - True West
E3True WestAustin, a Hollywood screenwriter living comfortably in suburban Arizona, is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of his prodigal brother Lee, whose menacing demeanor and pugilistic attitude draws Austin further and further into conflict until he must finally engage his brother in an intense psychological battle for his ideals, and perhaps even his life. - The CafeteriaE6
The CafeteriaEsther, a traumatized Holocaust survivor, frequents a midtown cafeteria in 1960s Manhattan, where she meets Aaron, a successful Jewish writer. Although Aaron is drawn toward her, he soon comes to realize that she is haunted by her memories and hallucinates about the past and discovers that even though she has physically survived her experiences, her soul has not. - The Killing Floor
E10The Killing FloorDuring World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement. He becomes prominent as a leader of fellow African-Americans in the union, though many, including his best friend, view him as a sell-out. - City NewsE12
City NewsCity News is an independent, American comedy film, written and directed by David Fishelson and Zoe Zinman in New York City in 1983, which was nationally broadcast on PBS in 1984, exhibited theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in 1983, and selected for 12 international film festivals in 1983-4.
