The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 5
1 - The Thin Air
Air Date: September 21, 1952
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.
2 - The Black Sheep
Air Date: October 5, 1952
A reformed playboy has quite a time explaining his escapades to the mother of the girl he decides to marry.
3 - Uncertain Heritage
Air Date: October 19, 1952
The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.
4 - The Winter of the Dog
Air Date: November 2, 1952
This plot revolves around American troops stationed in China after WWII.
5 - Parole Chief
Air Date: November 16, 1952
The case histories of several parolees and events that shaped the career of the parole director is told.
6 - The Gift
Air Date: November 30, 1952
A child has been given an exceptional gift by her fairy godmother, the gift of finding lost articles
7 - Tempest of Tick Creek
Air Date: December 14, 1952
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.
8 - Magic Morning
Air Date: December 28, 1952
A woman seeks success in her marriage as she had gained in her career.
9 - Double Jeopardy
Air Date: January 4, 1953
A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.
10 - Pride's Way
Air Date: January 11, 1953
The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.
11 - Two for One
Air Date: January 18, 1953
12 - Elegy
Air Date: January 25, 1953
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.
13 - The Reluctant Citizen
Air Date: February 8, 1953
A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.
14 - Mr. Pettengill Here
Air Date: February 15, 1953
A dancer becomes so eager for success that her ambition nearly ruins her career.
15 - Wings on My Feet
Air Date: February 22, 1953
DANCE- DANCE- DANCE- The struggle is real for this young dancer.
16 - The Trip to Bountiful
Air Date: March 1, 1953
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. ...
17 - The Gesture
Air Date: March 15, 1953
Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.
18 - The Velvet Mitten
Air Date: March 22, 1953
A man becomes entangled with a flighty woman during a convention.
19 - A Young Lady of Property
Air Date: April 5, 1953
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.
20 - The Recluse
Air Date: April 19, 1953
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.
21 - Printer's Measure
Air Date: April 26, 1953
An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.
22 - A Little Something in Reserve
Air Date: May 10, 1953
23 - Marty
Air Date: May 24, 1953
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 ...
24 - The Way of an Eagle
Air Date: June 7, 1953
The story of John J. Audobon and his wife Lucy.
25 - Baby and Me
Air Date: June 14, 1953
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.
26 - Expectant Relations
Air Date: June 21, 1953
The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a rich uncle.
27 - The House in Athens
Air Date: July 5, 1953
Three people are thrown together by the death of a man.
28 - The Big Deal
Air Date: July 19, 1953
29 - The Cipher
Air Date: August 2, 1953
30 - Ernie Barger is 50
Air Date: August 9, 1953
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.
31 - The Rainmaker
Air Date: August 16, 1953
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!
32 - Othello
Air Date: September 6, 1953
Othello, the Moor of Venice, is manipulated into believing his loving wife an adulteress.
33 - Holiday Song
Air Date: September 20, 1953
A cantor's faith is renewed.