Two for One

Bert Lytell

Elegy

Pride's Way

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.

The Thin Air

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

The Black Sheep

The story of a young man struggling against his father's domination after his father has been dead for several years.

Uncertain Heritage

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

The Winter of the Dog

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

Parole Chief

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

The Gift

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.

Tempest of Tick Creek

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

Magic Morning

A jury finds a woman not guilty of the murder of her husband, but some still believe her to be guilty of the crime.

Double Jeopardy

The story from incidents in the life of Benedict Arnold and how Arnold's family suffers by his traitorous acts against his country.

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.

A 67-year-old refugee deals with his fears and conflicted feelings as he's about to become an American citizen.

The Reluctant Citizen

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

Mr. Pettengill Here

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

Wings on My Feet

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. ...

The Trip to Bountiful

Misaligned plot twists for this lost episode.

The Gesture

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

The Velvet Mitten

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.

A Young Lady of Property

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.

The Recluse

An old typesetter in a printing works fears the new machinery which will make him redundant - and perhaps render his whole working life pointless.

Printer's Measure

A Little Something in Reserve

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 ...

Marty

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

The Way of an Eagle

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.

Baby and Me

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

Expectant Relations

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

The House in Athens

The Big Deal

The Cipher

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.

Ernie Barger is 50

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!

The Rainmaker

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

Othello

Holiday Song

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.

Two for One

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