The Philco Television Playhouse · SEASON 1
Dinner at Eight
Episode 1 · 1948-10-03
- Drama
Episode overview
Social-climbing Mrs. Oliver Jordan, whose husband's firm is in financial trouble, feels obligated to reciprocate hospitality for a visiting British aristocratic couple by arranging a small dinner party. The guests are chosen both to impress--a faded stage star, a well-known if over-the-hill alcoholic actor--and to meet certain social obligations. This means the necessary inclusion of a philandering doctor and his wife, and a gauche, nouveau-riche couple who are loathed but powerful.
60 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Dinner at Eight1948-10-03
2. Rebecca1948-10-10
3. Counsellor-at-Law1948-10-17
4. Angel in the Wings1948-10-24
5. Street Scene1948-10-31
6. This Thing Called Love1948-11-07
7. Camille1948-11-14
8. An Inspector Calls1948-11-21
9. I Like It Here1948-11-28
10. Suspect1948-12-05
11. Parlor Story1948-12-12
12. A Christmas Carol1948-12-19
13. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals1948-12-26
14. Ramshackle Inn1949-01-02
15. Cyrano de Bergerac1949-01-09
16. Papa Is All1949-01-16
17. Pride and Prejudice1949-01-23
18. Dark Hammock1949-01-30
19. The Late Christopher Bean1949-02-06
20. The Story of Mary Surratt1949-02-13
21. Twelfth Night1949-02-20
22. St. Helena1949-02-27
23. The Druid Circle1949-03-06
24. Quality Street1949-03-13
25. Dinner at Antoine's1949-03-20
26. Becky Sharp1949-03-27
27. And Never Been Kissed1949-04-03
28. What Makes Sammy Run?1949-04-10
29. Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies1949-04-17
30. Burlesque1949-04-24
31. Macbeth1949-05-01
32. Romeo and Juliet1949-05-15
33. This Time, Next Year1949-06-05
34. It Pays to Advertise1949-06-12
35. Summer Formal1949-06-19
36. Jenny Kissed Me1949-06-26
37. Dark of the Moon1949-07-03
38. For Love or Money1949-07-10
39. The Five Lives of Richard Gordon1949-07-17
40. You Touched Me!1949-07-24
41. The Fourth Wall1949-07-31
42. Enter Madame1949-08-07
43. A Murder Has Been Arranged1949-08-14
44. Pretty Little Parlor1949-08-21
45. Three Cornered Moon1949-08-28
