The Philco Television Playhouse - Season 5

1. The Thin Air

Aired: 9/21/1952

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

Aired: 10/5/1952

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

3. Uncertain Heritage

Aired: 10/19/1952

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

Aired: 11/2/1952

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

5. Parole Chief

Aired: 11/16/1952

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

6. The Gift

Aired: 11/30/1952

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

7. Tempest of Tick Creek

Aired: 12/14/1952

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

Aired: 12/28/1952

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

9. Double Jeopardy

Aired: 1/4/1953

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

Aired: 1/11/1953

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

Aired: 1/18/1953

12. Elegy

Aired: 1/25/1953

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

Aired: 2/8/1953

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

Aired: 2/15/1953

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

15. Wings on My Feet

Aired: 2/22/1953

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

16. The Trip to Bountiful

Aired: 3/1/1953

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

Aired: 3/15/1953

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

18. The Velvet Mitten

Aired: 3/22/1953

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

19. A Young Lady of Property

Aired: 4/5/1953

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

Aired: 4/19/1953

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

Aired: 4/26/1953

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

Aired: 5/10/1953

23. Marty

Aired: 5/24/1953

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

Aired: 6/7/1953

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

25. Baby and Me

Aired: 6/14/1953

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

Aired: 6/21/1953

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

27. The House in Athens

Aired: 7/5/1953

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

28. The Big Deal

Aired: 7/19/1953

29. The Cipher

Aired: 8/2/1953

30. Ernie Barger is 50

Aired: 8/9/1953

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

Aired: 8/16/1953

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

Aired: 9/6/1953

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

33. Holiday Song

Aired: 9/20/1953

A cantor's faith is renewed.