Printer's Measure

"**Printer's Measure**"
"Printer's Measure"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 21
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Written by	Paddy Chayefsky
Original air date	April 26, 1953
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"Printer's Measure" is an episode of the TV anthology series The Philco Television Playhouse written by Paddy Chayefsky.

It was a reworking of a story Chayefsky had written in college.^[1]

The play was highly acclaimed and ended up being published in a volume of Chayefsky's work.^[2]

References

^ "In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life: Paddy Chayefsky knew that while the stage demands excitement, TV calls for smaller stories. Untouched Moments Chayefsky worked alone with a dictionary for company." by TAD MOSEL. New York Times December 10, 1989: H7.
^ "Display Ad 107 -- No Title" New York Times 26 Mar 1956: 27.

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v t e Works by Paddy Chayefsky
Films written	The True Glory (1945) As Young as You Feel (1951) Marty (1955) The Bachelor Party (1957) The Goddess (1958) Middle of the Night (1959) The Americanization of Emily (1964) Paint Your Wagon (1969) The Hospital (1971) Network (1976) Altered States (1980)
Television plays	"Holiday Song" (1952) "Printer's Measure" (1953) "Marty" (1953) "The Bachelor Party" (1953) "The Sixth Year" (1953) "The Mother" (1954) "The Catered Affair" (1955) "The Great American Hoax" (1956)
Plays	The Tenth Man (1959) Gideon (1961) The Passion of Josef D. (1964) The Latent Heterosexual (1968)

"Printer's Measure"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 21
Directed by	Delbert Mann
Written by	Paddy Chayefsky
Original air date	April 26, 1953 (1953-04-26)
List of episodes