The Philco Television Playhouse(TV show/series, 1948-1956)

Name: The Philco Television Playhouse
Genre: Drama
Released: 1948

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 8 seasons with 267 episodes

Rating: 2.7/5 (with 3 votes) 384

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American television 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. ()

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About The Philco Television Playhouse

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.

The Philco Television Playhouse Seasons and Episodes

09/04/1955Season 8 - 12 episodes

#1 | 09/04/1955The Miss America Story

The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.

#2 | 09/18/1955The Outsiders

The work of US engineers in a South American country is disrupted by angry local people.

#3 | 10/02/1955A Man is Ten Feet Tall

Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry.

#4 | 10/23/1955A Business Proposition

#5 | 11/06/1955The Mechanical Heart

A businessman commits an unpardonable breach of ethics in order to keep his business alive.

#6 | 11/20/1955One Mummy Too Many

Three crates, one contains a mummy, one a dead body and one an air-conditioning unit that gets shunted around with utter confusion.

#7 | 12/04/1955The Trees

A little girl returns from a fresh air camp to her slum district home and brings a sapling with her. The tree is planted in the parking. Ridicule of the family's efforts to keep it alive comes from all sources. Angered, the father sets out to get more trees planted, trouble brews.

#8 | 12/18/1955Christmas 'Til Closing

A poor family tries to make the best out of Christmas with little income.

#9 | 01/01/1956Rise Up and Walk

A polio victim's battle to conquer polio is a potent weapon for recovery.

#10 | 01/15/1956This Land is Mine

#11 | 01/29/1956The Starlet

#12 | 02/12/1956Kyria Katina

The life of a widow is likely to change the day a gentleman suitor proposes to her. For the better?

09/19/1954Season 7 - 25 episodes