The Bachelor Party (The Philco Television Playhouse)
1953 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky
"The Bachelor Party" is a Paddy Chayefsky-written episode of the TV anthology series, The Philco Television Playhouse. The live broadcast starring Eddie Albert was aired on October 11, 1953; it was directed by Delbert Mann and produced by Fred Coe.
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The story centers on a group of accountants holding a bachelor party for Arnold, a soon-to-be-wed friend and co-worker. On the morning of the party, the lead character, Charlie, learns from his wife Helen that she is pregnant with their first child. Although outwardly happy with the news, he has been feeling trapped lately, and the prospect of imminent fatherhood contributes to that feeling. The other party attendees are also young married men like Charlie, with the exception of Eddie Watkins, known as "The Bachelor". He is a boastful free spirit who is envied by the others for his presumed sexual exploits.
As the men go bar-hopping, Charlie ogles an attractive woman, and the audience realizes he is contemplating adultery. The party devolves into a drunken affair in which the men reflect on their own lives, and confess their hopes and fears. The Bachelor is revealed to be not as swinging or enviable as previously believed.
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