The Philco Television Playhouse
Synopsis
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
Season 2 Episodes
EP 1
A Victorian Scotswoman of far-reaching ambition. Using her supposedly frail feminine wiles, she maneuvers her fatuous husband into a succes…
EP 2
Pride Dawson was one of those "Robber Barons", who started out his life in rags and turned his life to riches and women. His contempt for h…
EP 3
A woman from Kansas comes to Marlowe to help find her missing brother.
EP 4
An engaged Air Force lieutenant goes on a ten-day furlough to Scotland with a female friend. Their understanding is that the trip will be p…
EP 5
A conniving and devious Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results.
EP 6
A couple of New England housewives disrupt their marriages by becoming an early morning radio team.
EP 7
A 1930's brilliant and efficient movie mogul and the story behind the Hollywood Dream Factory.
EP 8
The Lockwoods are patronising toward their former neighbours, the Hunters, who are now living in the poorer district in town. The Hunters a…
EP 9
A theater owner's daughter discovers his father's true nature and is shaken by the discovery. She moments jealousy backstage to expose him.
EP 10
With the ownership of Seven Gables, the opulent family estate, at stake, a man frames his brother for murder.
EP 11
A husband and wife are drifting apart due to different goals in their individual careers.
EP 12
EP 13
A female psychiatrist visits the home of a famous woman novelist and discovers unhappiness aplenty. She learns the novelist's ambitions and…
EP 14
Blackmail terrorizes a couple because of an accident which was a terrible tragedy.
EP 15
The story of a spoiled and jilted young novelist of intellectual pretensions, who is freshened up and made marketable and happy again by de…
EP 16
A modern day Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to close his store on Christmas Day.
EP 17
A British pilot who lost his sight during the Second World War deals with the problems caused by the injury.
EP 18
An English poet searches for his son whom he has never seen. The child disappeared shortly after his mother was killed by the Gestapo.
EP 19
A small-town girl named Bethel Merriday is determined to become an actress.
EP 20
A wealthy matron is murdered at the Stork Club and the suspect list is growing.
EP 21
In England in the 1890s, Colonel Chart, a widower with four children, falls in love with a charming, wealthy American widow, Mrs. Churchley…
EP 22
Uncle Fred wants Pongo to marry Sally Painter, an unsuccessful American sculptor. They had been engaged but she broke it off when Pongo ref…
EP 23
A New England spinster Miss Leckton disregards her neighbours' cry for help and assistance during a hurricane. She resents the intrusion, e…
EP 24
The short life of Ann Rutledge, Abraham Lincoln's one true love who passed away at age 22 of typhoid fever.
EP 25
An attorney, voted most likely to succeed in college, looks back on his life.
EP 26
Mitchell Hickok, an author from the country, comes to New York for a publicity build-up for his book. He meets a glamorous woman, who intro…
EP 27
The tragic life story of the tormented artist.
EP 28
A flirtatious woman has a difficult time settling down to her marital responsibilities.
EP 29
A jury foreman seeks to wreak personal vengeance on the murder defendant.
EP 30
An idealistic newspaper editor battles with his stubborn publisher.
EP 31
In London in 1910, two sisters, Jenny and Emmy Blanchard, must support and care for their widowed, invalid father. Jenny, the younger, pret…
EP 32
Dirty Eddie is a sleek black pig with a fat movie contract and Hollywood isn't too happy about it.
EP 33
A department store tycoon comes home and is nearly hit by a falling body. He then learns the suicide jumped from his apartment. A mystery s…
EP 34
A gambler has nothing to lose as his shady past with women and cards catch up to him.
EP 35
An American travelling in Europe finds clashes between the two cultures.
EP 36
A seaside resort hotel brings together an odd assortment of people: a frustrated married couple, four young lovers, children and an grouchy…
EP 37
Identical twins concoct a plan to defraud an insurance company and collect a large sum of cash.
EP 38
A poverty-ridden student feels out-of-place among his wealthy fraternity brothers. He eventually falls in love with a rich girl and leads a…
EP 39
Story of the great physician who saved millions of lives due to his discovery of the cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever) and eliminat…
EP 40
Sisters left poor by the death of the family matriarch search for suitable husbands in Georgian England.
EP 41
A bonk on the head turns a grouchy hothead into the sweetest man in town. Brannigan runs for mayor of his small town--and wins--with his "l…
EP 42
A Russian emigrant to America finds a new language, and strange manners bewildering but tries mightily to adapt to his new homeland.
EP 43
A shell-shocked WWI ex-soldier is unable to speak though doctors say the problem isn't physical. Tired of completing with his overbearing, …
EP 44
Georgi, a kindly and honest immigrant from the Georgian area of Russia, experiences many difficulties as he tries to adapt to his adopted c…
EP 45
A young wife fights to free her husband from the control of his manipulative and controlling father.