Studio One

1h

Drama

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Episodes

Cast

The Storm

1. The Storm

1h

7th Nov 1948

During a stormy night, a woman alone in a country house discovers a dead body in her basement and is terrorized by an intruder.

Let Me Do the Talking

2. Let Me Do the Talking

1h

26th Nov 1948

A young agent in the publishing business wheels and deals his way up the ladder, stepping on a few too many toes along the way.

The Medium

3. The Medium

1h

12th Dec 1948

Madame Flora conducts bogus seances to bilk grieving parents, but during one seance she feels hands around her neck and panics.

Not So Long Ago

4. Not So Long Ago

1h

26th Dec 1948

An elderly woman remembers back to a time in her youth when she was pursued by two gentlemen.

The Outward Room

5. The Outward Room

1h

9th Jan 1949

A story about psychological breakdown and recovery

Blind Alley

6. Blind Alley

1h

30th Jan 1949

A psychopathic killer escapes from prison and comes under the care of a noted psychiatrist.

Holiday

7. Holiday

1h

20th Feb 1949

The happy-go-lucky Johnny Case, a self-made man with the dream of making just enough money to retire on and then traveling around the world, proposes to the lovely Julia in Lake Placid but later discovers she's the daughter of a wealthy industrialist.

Julius Caesar

8. Julius Caesar

1h

6th Mar 1949

A modern dress adaptation of the classic play

Berkeley Square

9. Berkeley Square

1h

20th Mar 1949

When a young American inherits a house in London, he travels back in time to the Revolutionary War and encounters his ancestors.

Redemption

10. Redemption

1h

3rd Apr 1949

Victor Karenin is devastated when his fiancée Lisa leaves him for Fedya but is happily surprised when Fedya falls for a young reckless gypsy girl.

Moment of Truth

11. Moment of Truth

1h

17th Apr 1949

Five refugees vie for a seat on a flight to escape a Communist occupied Britain.

Julius Caesar

12. Julius Caesar

1h

1st May 1949

A modern dress adaptation of the classic play about Roman politics

The Glass Key

13. The Glass Key

1h

11th May 1949

When his boss, a corrupt politician, is accused of murder, a man hunts the real killer, avoiding amorous advances from his boss' fiancee and attacks from gangsters along the way.

Shadow and Substance

14. Shadow and Substance

1h

18th May 1949

A true believer brings others, through the uncorrupted purity and simplicity of her own faith, back to first principles.

Flowers from a Stranger

15. Flowers from a Stranger

1h

25th May 1949

A psychiatrist's wife battles her own deteriorating emotional state when she receives a box of flowers from a stranger.

The Dybbuk

16. The Dybbuk

1h

1st Jun 1949

A haunting tale about ill-fated love, possession, and exorcism in a small Jewish town in Eastern Europe. The restless spirit of a dead man enters the body of the woman he was pledged to marry.

Boy Meets Girl

17. Boy Meets Girl

1h

8th Jun 1949

A pair of screenwriters are ordered to concoct a comeback screenplay for a cowboy star whose star is on the wane.

Smoke

18. Smoke

1h

15th Jun 1949

"Smoke" is the story of European community roots and changes, reflected both in Russian politics and in the lives of two individuals who find philosophies diverging.

June Moon

19. June Moon

1h

22nd Jun 1949

A naive Schenectady shipping clerk comes to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a lyricist, befriends a one-hit wonder composer, and meets the girl of his dreams.

The Shadowy Third

20. The Shadowy Third

1h

29th Jun 1949

A handsome doctor becomes the object of affection of several of his female patients, young and old alike.

First air date

7th Nov 1948

Last air date

29th Sep 1958

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks