Philco Television Playhouse
A Young Lady of Property
TV Flash files “A Young Lady of Property” as hour 190 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 5, episode 19, aired 1953-04-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E19: listed hour 190 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 19 of 31 in season 5. It aired 1953-04-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Velvet Mitten” (S05E18). Next is “The Recluse” (S05E20).
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Young Lady of Property sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S05E19 is listed hour 190 of 256 — hour 19 of 31 in season 5, season 5 episode 19.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S05E19 air?
A Young Lady of Property aired 1953-04-05 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…