Philco Television Playhouse
The House of Seven Gables
TV Flash files “The House of Seven Gables” as hour 55 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 2, episode 10, aired 1949-11-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E10: listed hour 55 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 10 of 45 in season 2. It aired 1949-11-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Damion's Daughter” (S02E09). Next is “The Promise” (S02E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With the ownership of Seven Gables, the opulent family estate, at stake, a man frames his brother for murder, many believe there is a curse imposed upon the family and the people who come to the House of Seven Gables
Viewer FAQ
Where does The House of Seven Gables sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S02E10 is listed hour 55 of 256 — hour 10 of 45 in season 2, season 2 episode 10.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S02E10 air?
The House of Seven Gables aired 1949-11-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Marty (May 24, 1953, Rod Steiger) — the teleplay that became the anthology-to-Oscar dream — then sample other surviving Coe/Mann hours.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Philco Television Playhouse is Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays: ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts, Marty with Rod Steiger before the Oscar film. Watch it now as the rise of intimate realist TV drama — Fred Coe's shop, Delbert Mann, and the anthology-to-Hollywood dream in one sponsor's title.
The close-up is a butcher's loneliness, not a gown — kitchen-sink light, live cameras, ordinary lives getting extraordinary writing. NBC's *Philco Television Playhouse* (1948–1955), 256 episodes across seven seasons, Fred Coe's shop, directors like Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky's *Marty* telecast May 24, 1953 with Rod Steiger. A kitchen sink as an Oscar machine. The Philco/Goodyear tandem nights made anthology drama a dual-sponsor prestige ritual. The timeline can call domestic realism mid. The silhouette was a…