The Philco Television Playhouse

Season 1 Episode 15: Cyrano de Bergerac

8 Seasons Jan 09, 1949 NR 1h 7.6

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Dinner at Eight

1. Dinner at Eight

Aired: Oct 3, 1948

Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy ...

Episode 2 Rebecca

2. Rebecca

Aired: Oct 10, 1948

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first...

Episode 3 Counsellor-at-Law

3. Counsellor-at-Law

Aired: Oct 17, 1948

Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background b...

Episode 4 Angel in the Wings

4. Angel in the Wings

Aired: Oct 24, 1948

An understudy for a stage show's star takes over when an accident circumvents...

Episode 5 Street Scene

5. Street Scene

Aired: Oct 31, 1948

Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a micro...

Episode 7 Camille

7. Camille

Aired: Nov 14, 1948

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the ...

Episode 8 An Inspector Calls

8. An Inspector Calls

Aired: Nov 21, 1948

In 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police insp...

Episode 9 I Like It Here

9. I Like It Here

Aired: Nov 28, 1948

Willie is a refugee who works as a houseman at a professor's home. He's a swe...

Episode 10 Suspect

10. Suspect

Aired: Dec 5, 1948

20 years ago, a Scotswoman was accused of an ax murder and let off with the i...

Episode 11 Parlor Story

11. Parlor Story

Aired: Dec 12, 1948

An ambitious professor wants to become President of his university. He is soo...

Episode 12 A Christmas Carol

12. A Christmas Carol

Aired: Dec 19, 1948

The skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

Episode 14 Ramshackle Inn

14. Ramshackle Inn

Aired: Jan 2, 1949

An old maid librarian has saved her money for twenty years, in order to buy a...

Episode 15 Cyrano de Bergerac

15. Cyrano de Bergerac

Aired: Jan 9, 1949

Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by...

Episode 16 Papa Is All

16. Papa Is All

Aired: Jan 16, 1949

The members of a Pennsylvania Dutch family rise up against against the overbe...

Episode 17 Pride and Prejudice

17. Pride and Prejudice

Aired: Jan 23, 1949

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especia...

Episode 18 Dark Hammock

18. Dark Hammock

Aired: Jan 30, 1949

In a remote part of Florida, Coral Platt, a sinister woman has married a man ...

Episode 22 St. Helena

22. St. Helena

Aired: Feb 27, 1949

On St. Helena, the exiled emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is grim when his faithfu...

Episode 23 The Druid Circle

23. The Druid Circle

Aired: Mar 6, 1949

An embittered professor comes near to wrecking the lives of a young man and y...

Episode 24 Quality Street

24. Quality Street

Aired: Mar 13, 1949

A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return fro...

Episode 25 Dinner at Antoine's

25. Dinner at Antoine's

Aired: Mar 20, 1949

The murder of a woman at a dinner party unveils a multitude of twists and tur...

Episode 26 Becky Sharp

26. Becky Sharp

Aired: Mar 27, 1949

Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the stor...

Episode 30 Burlesque

30. Burlesque

Aired: Apr 24, 1949

Vaudevillians Skid and Bonnie are partners onstage and off -- until success c...

Episode 31 Macbeth

31. Macbeth

Aired: May 1, 1949

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that...

Episode 32 Romeo and Juliet

32. Romeo and Juliet

Aired: May 15, 1949

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Re...

Episode 34 It Pays to Advertise

34. It Pays to Advertise

Aired: Jun 12, 1949

The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to pr...

Episode 35 Summer Formal

35. Summer Formal

Aired: Jun 19, 1949

A charming young girl comes to live in a household of an elderly priest. Jen...

Episode 36 Jenny Kissed Me

36. Jenny Kissed Me

Aired: Jun 26, 1949

A charming young girl comes to live in a household of an elderly priest. The ...

Episode 37 Dark of the Moon

37. Dark of the Moon

Aired: Jul 3, 1949

A witch boy named John who falls in love with a beautiful girl named Barbara ...

Episode 38 For Love or Money

38. For Love or Money

Aired: Jul 10, 1949

A young woman shows up during a thunderstorm at the country home of a famous ...

Episode 40 You Touched Me!

40. You Touched Me!

Aired: Jul 24, 1949

The adopted son of a drunken former sea captain returns to the household as a...

Episode 41 The Fourth Wall

41. The Fourth Wall

Aired: Jul 31, 1949

The life of a middle-aged couple has become too complacent and empty.

Episode 42 Enter Madame

42. Enter Madame

Aired: Aug 7, 1949

In this comedy, a self-absorbed opera diva works to save her marriage once he...

Episode 44 Pretty Little Parlor

44. Pretty Little Parlor

Aired: Aug 21, 1949

A little soirée is interrupted by a murder and the guests are all suspect in ...

Episode 45 Three Cornered Moon

45. Three Cornered Moon

Aired: Aug 28, 1949

Nellie Rimplegar has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handl...

Info about The Philco Television Playhouse

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres: Drama