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Season
5 (NBC) (1952-53)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger, Rina Fox
references:
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Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
######### Philco Television Playhouse ########
############## season 5 1952-53 ##############
##############################################
NBC Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern -
Alternating with "Goodyear TV Playhouse"
5.01 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE THIN AIR
21Sep52
written by Ben Starr
starring
Scott Forbes
Joan Lorring
Jo Van Fleet
[--] 28Sep52 - Goodyear Playhouse: "The Room"
5.02 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE BLACK SHEEP
05Oct52
starring
Jeffrey Lynn
5.03 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: UNCERTAIN HERITAGE
19Oct52
starring
Peter Brandon
Margalo Gillmore
5.04 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE WINTER OF THE DOG
02Nov52
starring
John Forsythe
5.05 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: PAROLE CHIEF
16Nov52
written by Richard Sanders
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Sidney Poitier
Harry Townes
Terry Becker
Perry Wilson
Leo Penn
Mario Gallo
Anna Minot
5.06 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE GIFT
30Nov52
starring
Johnny Johnston
5.07 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: TEMPEST OF TICK CREEK
14Dec52
starring
Crahan Denton
Mildred Natwick
Edgar Stehli
5.08 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: MAGIC MORNING
28Dec52
starring
Edna Best
Paul McGrath
5.09 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: DOUBLE JEOPARDY
04Jan53
written by David Shaw
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Vivien Blaine
Kevin McCarthy
Mary Beth Hughes
Olive Blakeney
Addison Richards
Howard St. John
5.10 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: PRIDE'S WAY
11Jan53
starring
Shepperd Strudwick
5.11 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: TWO FOR ONE
18Jan53
starring
Valerie Cossart
Murray Hamilton
Cyril Ritchard
5.12 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: ELEGY
25Jan53
written by Sumner Locke Elliott
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Charlton Heston
Marian Seldes
Constance Ford
William Prince
Lydia Clarke
5.13 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE RELUCTANT CITIZEN
08Feb53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Fred Coe
starring
Joseph Buloff
James Daly
Werner Klemperer
David Opatoshu
Irja Jensen
Mary Morris
5.14 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: MR. PETTENGILL HERE
15Feb53
starring
Arthur Treacher
5.16 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
01Mar53
written by Horton Foote
directed by Vincent J. Donehue
starring
Lillian Gish
Eva Marie Saint
John Beal
Eileen Heckart
William Hansen
Will Hare
Frank Overton
Dennis Cross
5.18 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE VELVET MITTEN
22Mar53
starring
Edward Everett Horton
Ernest Truex
5.19 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: A YOUNG LADY OF PROPERTY
05Apr53
written by Horton Foote
directed by Vincent J. Donehue
producer Fred Coe
starring
Joanne Woodward
Kim Stanley
Robert Donley
James Gregory
Margaret Barker
William Hansen
Fred Marshall
Vivian Nathan
Dorothy Sands
5.20 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE RECLUSE
19Apr53
written by David Shaw
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Fred Coe
starring
Dane Clark
Constance Ford
Jack Klugman
Frank Albertson
Paul Ford
Joseph Foley
5.22 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: A LITTLE SOMETHING IN RESERVE
10May53
written by Harry M. Nuheim
directed by Delbert Mann
starring
Tony Randall
Geoffrey Lumb
Kendall Clarke
Bartlett Robinson
Barbara Bolton
Jerome Kitty
Maxine Stuart
5.23 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: MARTY
24May53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
directed by Delbert Mann
guest stars
Rod Steiger as Marty Pilletti
Nancy Marchand as Clara
Nehemiah Persoff
Lee Philips
Augusta Ciolli
Joe Mantell
Esther Minciotti
Betsy Palmer
Synopsis:
Marty, a lonely homely butcher from the Bronx is in search of a wife.
He finally meets a lonely girl in a dance hall with whom he can communicate. [RF]
5.24 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE WAY OF THE EAGLE
07Jun53
starring
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Grace Kelly
5.25 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: BABY AND ME
14Jun53
written by Frank Gabrielson
Synopsis:
Comedy about a family whose members are all individualists. Mother,
a former actress, Father, a breezy fellow who doesn't care much; a
ten-year-old son whose life revolves around the Cub Scouts; and a
five-year-old daughter who is a Prima Donna. [RF]
5.26 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: EXPECTANT RELATIONS
21Jun53
written by Horton Foote
starring
Lily Cahill
Florida Freibus
Kathleen Comegys
Wright King
Synopsis:
The struggle of a middle-aged woman who tries to win an inheritance from a rich uncle. [RF]
5.27 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE HOUSE IN ATHENS
(aka Incident in Athens)
05Jul53
written by N. Richard Nash
starring
Gaby Rodgers
Lydia St. Clair
Ray Rizzo
Synopsis:
Three people are thrown together by the death of a man. [RF]
5.28 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE BIG DEAL
19Jul53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
starring
Anne Jackson
David Opatoshu
Joanna Roos
5.29 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE CIPHER
02Aug53
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
starring
Ed Binns
Ross Martin
Walter Matthau
Ernest Truex
5.30 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: ERNIE BARGER IS 50
09Aug53 NBC Sun
Producer David Susskind
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Gordon Duff
starring
Ed Begley ....... Ernie Barger
Carmen Mathews ....... Mariella Barger
Howard St. John ...... Abbot
John Connel ..... Roy Barger
Joseph Sweeny ..... Father Barger
Addison Powell .... Chester Wilson
Richard Davalos ..... Tom Bates
Patricia Fay ....... Louise
with (uncredited)
Al Thaler
Norton Bloom
Robert Baird
Marilyn Mohr
Gladys Klark
*
Announcer Jay Jackson
Settings by Wm. C. Molyneux
Costumes by Rose Bogdanoff
Lighting by Leo Farrenkopf
Video by Ray Barrett
Audio by John Rice
Technical Direction by O. Tamburri
Synopsis:
Ernie Barger, who at 50 makes the frightening discovery
that he is no longer needed by anyone. [TA]
5.31 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: THE RAINMAKER
16Aug53
starring
Darren McGavin
Joan Potter
Cameron Prud'homme
5.32 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: OTHELLO
06Sep53
written by Steven de Baun
play by William Shakespeare
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Fred Coe
starring
Torin Thatcher as Othello
Olive Deering as Desdemona
Gene Lyons as Cassio
Jack Manning as Roderigo
Walter Matthau as Iago
Marian Seldes as Emelia
Basil Langton as Montano
Synopsis:
The Moor Othello is driven by the ambitious and jealous Iago to believe that
his wife Desdemona is guilty of adultery. Othello becomes mad with despair
and jealousy and slays her, only to learn afterward that Iago's accusations
are false and that she has never been unfaithful to him. [RF]
5.33 [--] Philco Television Playhouse: HOLIDAY SONG (II)
20Sep53
written by Paddy Chayefsky
directed by Delbert Mann
producer Fred Coe
starring
Joseph Buloff
Anne Heigira
Dora Weissman
Herbert Berghof
David Opatoshu
Werner Klemperer
Irja Jensen
Michael Sivy
Leo Bayard
Minnette Barrett
Synopsis:
A cantor finds a renewal of his spiritual faith. [RF]
*Note this is a restaging of the Philco presentation of
September 14, 1952 and not a rebroadcast.
######### Philco Television
Playhouse ########
############### end of season 5 ##############
##############################################
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