Playhouse 90
One Coat of White
TV Flash files “One Coat of White” as hour 21 of 133 in the TV Flash guide — Playhouse 90 (1956–1960) on CBS, season 1, episode 21, aired 1957-02-21, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E21: listed hour 21 of 133 in the Playhouse 90 guide, hour 21 of 39 in season 1. It aired 1957-02-21 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “The Comedian” (S01E20). Next is “The Blackwell Story” (S01E22).
Viewer FAQ
Where does One Coat of White sit in the Playhouse 90 guide?
S01E21 is listed hour 21 of 133 — hour 21 of 39 in season 1, season 1 episode 21.
When did Playhouse 90 S01E21 air?
One Coat of White aired 1957-02-21 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with the most cited nights named in the record: Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight and the TV Judgment at Nuremberg, then branch into other surviving Manulis-era teleplays.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Playhouse 90 treated living rooms like Broadway with a stopwatch: ninety-minute teleplays, often live, from Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight to a TV Judgment at Nuremberg. A 2026 viewer watches the gold standard of Golden Age drama — sponsor meddling, high-wire nights, and prestige Variety still ranked among television's greatest.
Flash: a living room pretending it has orchestra seats, a stopwatch instead of a curtain, and a sponsor already in the wings with a pencil. CBS's *Playhouse 90* ran October 4, 1956 through May 18, 1960 — 133 episodes of original teleplays and adaptations, often live, prestige as a dare. Martin Manulis steered the machine. Rod Serling's *Requiem for a Heavyweight* and a television *Judgment at Nuremberg* were not museum labels. They were high-wire nights with last-minute rewrites and the kind of technical panic…