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Marty by Paddy Chayefsky
"Marty Pilletti is a 34 year-old butcher who lives with his mother. His brothers and sisters are all married and his dear mother - along with several other of her friends - is always asking him why he doesn't find a nice girl and get married. The truth is Marty is lonely and would like nothing better. He has very low self-esteem however and admits to his mother that he's ugly and no one wants him. He's tired of going to the Saturday night dance with his buddies and then going home more depressed than he was when the evening started. At one of those dances he meets Clara. They have a great deal in common but Marty will have to overcome peer pressure if he and Clara are to have a relationship.
This play has won two Sylvana Television Award for television for 1953. Best actor: Rod Steiger. Best orginnal script: Paddy Chayefsky. The Sylvana Award was an early television award (1951 to 1959) that revivaled the Emmy in prestige.""
Air date: The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, 24 May 1953 (USA)
The theatrical movie version: 10 June 1955
PeopleErnest Borgnine
TitlesMarty