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Prudential Family Playhouse

6.0 / 10 · 2 votes
1950
~1h / ep
1 season
13 episodes
Drama

Prudential Family Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on live CBS from October 1950 to March 1951.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Biography

    10-10-19501h

    An attractive young magazine editor convinces a well know artist/playgirl to publish her memoirs. The resulting consternation of her former lover, now a respectably married politi...

  • Ep 2

    2.Dodsworth

    24-10-19501h

    The story of Midwest industrialist who lets his youth obsessed wife bully him into retirement and a grand European tour, eventually seeing through her, her promiscuity, and the pre...

  • Ep 3

    3.Call It a Day

    07-11-19501h

    Comedy about a day in the life of the Hilton family on the first day of spring and the romantic complications that ensue when the brother of a friend mistakes Mrs. Hilton for his p...

  • Ep 4

    4.Three Men on a Horse

    21-11-19501h

    Farce about a greeting card writer with a knack for choosing the winners at racetracks. A group of gamblers kidnap him and force him to pick the horses for their profit. Little do...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    05-12-19501h

    Story about 19th century English poet Elizabeth Barrett, a semi-invalid, who finds romance with fellow poet Robert Browning, much to the dismay of her controlling father.

  • Ep 6

    6.Over 21

    19-12-19501h

    Middle-aged couple's life is turned upside down when the husband enlists in the army during WWII.

  • Ep 7

    7.Burlesque

    02-01-19511h

    Vaudevillians Skid and Bonny are partners onstage and off. When success comes to comedian Skid, he develops an oversized ego and a taste for booze. With help from friends, he gets...

  • Ep 8

    8.Skylark

    16-01-19511h

    Sophisticated romantic comedy about a neglected wife who decides to divorce her workaholic husband. She has an affair with a playboy that turns sour and decides to return to her h...

  • Ep 9

    9.Icebound

    30-01-19511h

    In Veazie, Maine where the people are cold, hard, and austere, live the Jordan family. The mother is a stern, sad old woman. Ben, the younger son, has more warmth in his nature tha...

  • Ep 10

    10.Berkeley Square

    13-02-19511h

    Fantasy time travel story about a man who is transported back to the 18th century while at his ancestral home in England. There he meets and falls in love with one of his ancestor...

  • Ep 11

    11.Ruggles of Red Gap

    27-02-19511h

    Condensed version of the classic tale of an English butler who is ""lost"" in a poker game by his noble English employer to a nouveau-riche couple from the American West. Once out...

  • Ep 12

    12.One Sunday Afternoon

    13-03-19511h

    Biff Grimes, a dentist, marries Amy but thinks he should have married Virginia instead. When he meets Virginia a few years later she's become a materialistic social climber, marri...

  • Ep 13

    13.The Bishop Misbehaves

    27-03-19511h

    Tale about a mystery reading, crime solving English cleric aided by his sister.

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