Studio One
_____________________________________ The post-war 1940's was a time of experimentation and expansion in radio. One such show from this era was STUDIO ONE, a drama anthology, which first aired Tuesday, April 29, 1947, at 9:00 over CBS stations. It brought hour-long presentations of books and plays to radio, many of which had not been attempted before. Fletcher Markle, a CBC radio veteran, produced, hosted and occasionally acted in the series. Initially, he was supported by a troupe of seasoned radio actors, because he felt the actor's name was not as important as the play. The works selected were adapted to be as true as possible to the original, a tough job considering the shows were to air only an hour. It was directed by Robert Landry and was written by Vincent McConnor. Half way through the season, ratings were not as expected, possibly because the series didn't air on the West Coast. Big name actors were brought in to help improve ratings. The sustained series still left the air after only one season. STUDIO ONE ran until July 27, 1948, when it was replaced by ROOFTOPS OF THE CITY. However, the standards it set led to a TV series of the same name which ran for nine seasons. Interestingly, when THE FORD THEATER moved from NBC to CBS in 1948, Fletcher Markle became producer for it and brought his troupe of STUDIO ONE radio actors with him. THE FORD THEATER followed the same formula as STUDIO ONE, using Hollywood screen actors in the lead, supported by a cast of radio actors. Overshadowed by longer running or better knows one-hour series, like LUX RADIO THEATER or MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR, STUDIO ONE seems to be a forgotten gem. If you like high drama, these shows should not be overlooked. =============== Studio One - 470429 - 01 - Under the Volcano [Malcolm Lowry] (Everett Sloane, Joe DiSantis, Anne Burr).mp3 Studio One - 470506 - 02 - Topaz [Marcel Pagnol] (Everett Sloane, Hester Sondergaard, Sebastian Cabot).mp3 Studio One - 470513 - 03 - An Enemy of the People [Henrik Ibsen] (Fletcher Markle, Hester Sondergaard, Paul McGrath).mp3 Studio One - 470520 - 04 - Alibi Ike [Ring Lardner] (Everett Sloane, Anne Burr).mp3 Studio One - 470527 - 05 - Dodsworth [Sinclair Lewis] (Santos Ortega).mp3 Studio One - 470603 - 06 - Hay Fever [Noel Coward] (Evelyn Varden, William Woodson).mp3 Studio One - 470610 - 07 - Red Badge of Courage [Stephen Crane] (Everett Sloane, John Sylvester, Joe Di Santis).mp3 Studio One - 470624 - 09 - Romantic Comedians [Ellen Glasgow] (Everett Sloane, Anne Burr).mp3 Studio One - 470701 - 10 - Baby Cyclone [George M. Cohen] (Everett Sloane, Leon Janney).mp3 Studio One - 470715 - 12 - Ah, Wilderness [Eugene O'Neill] (Don Harron ).mp3 Studio One - 470722 - 13 - Holiday [Philip Barry] (Fletcher Markle, Anne Burr, Ed Begley).mp3 Studio One - 470729 - 14 - A Bill of Divorcement [Clemence Dane] (Anne Burr, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 470805 - 15 - Carmen.mp3 Studio One - 470812 - 16 - Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen] (Everett Sloane, Cathleen Cordell).mp3 Studio One - 470819 - 17 - Laburum Grove.mp3 Studio One - 470826 - 18 - The Hunted [Booth Tarkington] (Everett Sloane, Sidney Smith).mp3 Studio One - 470902 - 19 - Thunder Rock [Robert Audrey] (Fletcher Markle, Robert Dryden).mp3 Studio One - 470909 - 20 - Barrets of Wimpole Street [Rudolph Bessier] (Fletcher Markle, Anne Burr).mp3 Studio One - 470916 - 21 - An Act of Faith [Irwin Shaw] (Fletcher Markle, Robert Dryden).mp3 Studio One - 470923 - 22 - Gentle Julia [Booth Tarkington] (Fletcher Markle, Anne Burr).mp3 Studio One - 470930 - 23 - Wuthering Heights [Emily Bronte] (Fletcher Markle, Miriam Wolfe).mp3 Studio One - 471007 - 24 - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [Betty Smith] (Charlotte Holland, Cliff Carpenter, Leon Janney).mp3 Studio One - 471014 - 25 - Anthony Adverse [Herbie Allen] (Bud Collyer, Mercedes McCambridge).mp3 Studio One - 471021 - 26 - Singing Guns [Max Brand] (Myron McCormick, Gary Merrill).mp3 Studio One - 471104 - 27 - Kitty Foyle [Christopher Morley] (Mercedes McCambridge, John McGovern).mp3 Studio One - 471111 - 28 - Let Me Do the Talking (John Garfield, Mercedes McCambridge, Raymond Edward Johnson).mp3 Studio One - 471125 - 30 - Payment Deferred (Charles Laughton, Hester Sondergaard).mp3 Studio One - 471201 - 31 - Earth And High Heaven (Rehearsal).mp3 Studio One - 471202 - 31 - Earth and High Heaven (Geraldine Fitzgerald, Raymond Edward Johnson, Mercedes McCambridge... Studio One - 471208 - 32 - To Mary With Love (Rehearsal).mp3 Studio One - 471209 - 32 - To Mary with Love (Gene Kelly, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 471215 - 33 - Experiment Perilous (Rehearsal).mp3 Studio One - 471216 - 33 - Experiment Perilous (Ralph Bellamy, Everett Sloane, Gertrude Warner).mp3 Studio One - 471223 - 34 - Painted Veils (James Mason, Eileen Farrell, Everett Sloane, Mercedes McCambridge).mp3 Studio One - 480120 - 38 - Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (Paul Muni, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480127 - 39 - Great Impersonation [E. Phillips Oppenheim] (Walter Slezak, Luise Rainer).mp3 Studio One - 480203 - 40 - Dodsworth.mp3 Studio One - 480217 - 42 - A Farewell to Arms [Ernest Hemingway] (Everett Sloane, Hester Sondergaard).mp3 Studio One - 480224 - 43 - King's Row (Robert Young, Mercedes McCambridge, Leon Janney).mp3 Studio One - 480302 - 44 - Uncle Harry (Michael Redgrave, Judith Evelyn, Gertrude Warner).mp3 Studio One - 480309 - 45 - Sometime Every Summertime [Fletcher Markle] (Burgess Meredith).mp3 Studio One - 480316 - 46 - One More Spring [Robert Nathan] (Susan Peters, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480323 - 47 - The Thirty-Nine Steps [John Buchan] (Glenn Ford, Cathleen Cordell, Mercedes McCambridge).mp3 Studio One - 480330 - 48 - Babbitt [Sinclair Lewis] (Walter Huston, Hester Sondergaard).mp3 Studio One - 480406 - 49 - The Kimballs (Franchot Tone, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480413 - 50 - The Glass Key [Dashiell Hammett] (Alan Baxter, Everett Sloane, Charles Irving).mp3 Studio One - 480427 - 52 - South Riding (Charles Laughton, Hester Sondergaard, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480504 - 53 - Private Worlds (Madeleine Carroll, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael Fitzmaurice).mp3 Studio One - 480511 - 54 - Wine of the Country (Robert Mitchum, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480518 - 55 - The Last Tycoon [F. Scott Fitzgerald] (Betty Field, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480525 - 56 - Angelic Avengers (Ann Blyth, Everett Sloane, Joe DeSantis, Margaret Phillips).mp3 Studio One - 480601 - 57 - One Foot in Heaven (Franchot Tone, Rosemary De Camp, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480608 - 58 - Let Me Do The Talking (by Richard Mealand w-Melvyn Douglas, Mercedes McCambridge).mp3 Studio One - 480615 - 59 - Return of the Native [Thomas Hardy] (Michael Redgrave, Hedley Rennie, Everett Sloane0.mp3 Studio One - 480629 - 60 - Arabesque [Geoffrey Household] (Marlene Dietrich, Gary Merrill).mp3 Studio One - 480720 - 62 - Spanish Bayonet (Burgess Meredith, Mercedes McCambridge, Everett Sloane).mp3 Studio One - 480727 - 63 - Constant Nymph (Rosemary Rice, Cathleen Cordell, Hedley Rennie).mp3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _____________________________________