Philco Television Playhouse
Nocturne
TV Flash files “Nocturne” as hour 76 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 2, episode 31, aired 1950-04-02, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E31: listed hour 76 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 31 of 45 in season 2. It aired 1950-04-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Second Oldest Profession” (S02E30). Next is “Dirty Eddie” (S02E32).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In 1910 London, two sisters, Jenny and Emmy Blanchard, must support and care for their widowed, invalid father. Jenny, the younger, pretty sister, seeks to escape from the depressing reality of her poverty-stricken home, while Emmy, the older, plain sister, finds comfort and eventual happiness by serving their ailing father. At the end, both are engaged; Jenny will marry Keith Reddington and Emmy will wed Alf Rylett.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Nocturne sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S02E31 is listed hour 76 of 256 — hour 31 of 45 in season 2, season 2 episode 31.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S02E31 air?
Nocturne aired 1950-04-02 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…