The Philco Television Playhouse — Season 5

Aired 21 September 1952 • 60 min

A young girl's disappearance on the night of her engagement party leads investigators and her fiancee on a long perplexing case that ends in a London pub 24 years later.

Aired 5 October 1952 • 60 min

A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.

Aired 19 October 1952 • 60 min

The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.

Aired 2 November 1952 • 60 min

This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.

Aired 16 November 1952 • 60 min

The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.

Aired 30 November 1952 • 60 min

A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles

Aired 14 December 1952 • 60 min

The story of two brothers and a missing uncle who returns suddenly bringing with him a chest which the brothers assume contains gold. The brothers want their share but so does the uncle's jilted bride and son.

Aired 28 December 1952 • 60 min

A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.

Aired 4 January 1953 • 60 min

A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.

Aired 11 January 1953 • 60 min

The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.

Aired 18 January 1953 • 60 min

Aired 25 January 1953 • 60 min

A young writer hears that his friend has died so he writes an "Elegy - A Tribute to Larry" that brings him fame and fortune. A year later his friend turns up very much alive and with plans for blackmail.

Aired 8 February 1953 • 60 min

A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.

Aired 15 February 1953 • 60 min

A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.

Aired 22 February 1953 • 60 min

DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.

Aired 1 March 1953 • 60 min

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish -- just once before she dies -- is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. ...

Aired 15 March 1953 • 60 min

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

Aired 22 March 1953 • 60 min

A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.

Aired 5 April 1953 • 60 min

Wilma a 15-year-old girl has dreams of becoming a movie star but after her mother's death she is sent to live with her aunt, her father is too weak and unreliable. She wishes to be back at her home with her father.

Aired 19 April 1953 • 60 min

Classic definition of a recluse when an older man withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude. Withdrawn from the world; due to heavy trauma in his life.

Aired 26 April 1953 • 60 min

An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.

Aired 10 May 1953 • 60 min

Aired 24 May 1953 • 60 min

Marty Pilletti is a 36 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 ...

Aired 7 June 1953 • 60 min

The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.

Aired 14 June 1953 • 60 min

In a family of eccentrics the five year old daughter stands out for her diva like behavior. Her mother, a retired actress, and her happy go lucky father accept her behavior while her older brother cares only about scouting.

Aired 21 June 1953 • 60 min

The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a rich uncle.

Aired 5 July 1953 • 60 min

Three people are thrown together by the death of a man.

Aired 19 July 1953 • 60 min

Aired 2 August 1953 • 60 min

Aired 9 August 1953 • 60 min

Ernie Barger has a startling revelation when he turns 50. The discovery that he is no longer needed by anyone sends him over the edge.

Aired 16 August 1953 • 60 min

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

Aired 6 September 1953 • 60 min

Othello, the Moor of Venice, is manipulated into believing his loving wife an adulteress.

Aired 20 September 1953 • 60 min

A cantor's faith is renewed.