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The Philco Television Playhouse

Drama

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.

Oct 3, 19488 seasons267 episodesEndedEN

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Bert Lytell

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Seasons

Season 1

45 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 1948

Season 2

45 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1949

Season 3

56 episodes

Premiered Sep 10, 1950

Season 4

25 episodes

Premiered Oct 21, 1951

Season 5

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 21, 1952

Season 6

26 episodes

Premiered Sep 27, 1953

Season 7

25 episodes

Premiered Sep 19, 1954

Season 8

12 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1955

Episodes

1–6 of 45

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Ep 1

Dinner at Eight

Oct 3, 1948

60m

Social-climbing Mrs. Oliver Jordan, whose husband's firm is in financial trouble, feels obligated to reciprocate hospitality for a visiting British aristocratic couple by arranging a small dinner party. The guests are chosen both to impress--a faded stage star, a well-known if over-the-hill alcoholic actor--and to meet certain social obligations. This means the necessary inclusion of a philandering doctor and his wife, and a gauche, nouveau-riche couple who are loathed but powerful.

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Ep 2

Rebecca

Oct 10, 1948

60m

Brooding and moody Maxim deWinter returns from an extended trip to the continent with a young bride, less than a year after the tragic death of hi first wife, Rebecca. The staff of Manderley, his country home, including Mrs Danvers the housekeeper who rules over the house, are still devoted to their former mistress, the socialite Rebecca and they find it difficult to accept the new, shy Mrs deWinter who is inexperienced running a large home.

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Ep 3

Counsellor-at-Law

Oct 17, 1948

60m

An upscale Manhattan attorney torn between his greedy practices of insider trading and embezzlement and his desire to help the working-class Jews from his old neighborhood.

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Ep 4

Angel in the Wings

Oct 24, 1948

60m

An understudy for a stage show's star takes over when an accident circumvents the stars performance. The understudy takes over and brings down the house.

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Ep 5

Street Scene

Oct 31, 1948

60m

Abraham Kaplan lives with his family in a row house populated by a kaleidoscope of characters looking to break out of poverty. Kaplan's revolutionary, socialist views grate against some of his neighbors.

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Ep 6

This Thing Called Love

Nov 7, 1948

60m

A professional couple marry and the wife insists on celibacy for three months to see if they really are compatible or not. The husband tries to lure her with all kinds of excuses and tricks to the marital bed.

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