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Season
2 (CBS) (1949-50)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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########## Westinghouse Studio One ###########
############## season 2 1949-50 ##############
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CBS Mondays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (weekly)
All episodes produced by Worthington Miner in Season 2
2.01 [21] Studio One: KYRA ZELAS
12-Sep-1949
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on the short story "The Adaptive Ultimate" by Stanley J. Weinbaum.
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Richard Hart ......... Dr. Dan Scott
Felicia Montealegre .. Kyra Zelas
Synopsis:
Kyra Zelas is diagnosed as being in the final stages of tuberculosis
when Dr. Scott gives her an untested injection which not only heals her
but gives her unusual abilities [RF].
2.02 [22] Studio One: THE RIVAL DUMMY
19-Sep-1949
Adapted by Worthington Miner and David Opatoshu
Based on a short story by Ben Hecht first published in Liberty Magazine 1928.
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Paul Lukas ........... Gabbo the Great
Anne Francis ......... Wichita Jones
Synopsis:
The murder of a ventriloquist's puppet.
Synopsis 2:
Gabbo, a ventriloquist meets beautiful Wichita Jones and asks her to become
his assistant for his act. He is a big hit at the Palace, an old vaudeville theater,
Pepe his dummy objects to the new assistant and refuses to perform.
Gabbo knowing that Pepe speaks and moves without his assistance
is helpless destroys the dummy with an axe. [RF]
*Note: Made into a motion picture in 1929 titled "Gabbo the Great" with
Erich Von Stroheim in the title role.
2.03 [23] Studio One: THE OUTWARD ROOM
26-Sep-1949 (Restaged from 09Jan1949)
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on a story by Millen Brand
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Charlton Heston
Ruth Ford
Bramwell Fletcher
John Forsythe
Synopsis:
This story is about a mentally unbalanced woman released
from the hospital who tries to make it on her own.
2.04 [24] Studio One: MRS. MOONLIGHT
03-Oct-1949
Adapted by William Jayme
Based on a story by Benn Levy
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Katharine Bard
James MacCall
Una O'Connor
2.05 [25] Studio One: THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
10-Oct-1949
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on a story by Rudyard Kipling
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Richard Hart ......... Dick Heldar
Felicia Montealegre .. Bessie
Synopsis:
The story of a lonely child, Dick Helder, who grows up to become
a war artist. Following the British army into battle, he experiences many
difficulties and internal struggles while providing some outstanding
descriptions of the desert and desert warfare. [RF]
2.06 [26] Studio One: THE STORM
17-Oct-1949 (Restaged from 07Nov1948)
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by McNight Malmar
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Marsha Hunt ......... Janet Willsom
Dean Harens ......... Ben Willsom
John Rodney
Synopsis:
During a stormy night, a woman alone in a country house discovers
a dead body in her basement and is terrorized by an
intruder. [RF]
2.07 [27] Studio One: BATTLESHIP BISMARCK
24-Oct-1949
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Maurice Valency
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Paul Lukas
Vaughn Taylor
Leslie Nielsen - television debut
Synopsis:
The story unfolds as the Bismarck is sunk three weeks after
her maiden voyage with more than 2000 souls lost.
*Note: In an interview with Worthington Miner, he spoke of
the difficulties in doing this episode and complained
about the set being waterlogged and how difficult it was to
prepare and execute. Very innovative for his time. (TIME magazine)
2.08 [28] Studio One: CONCERNING A WOMAN OF SIN
31-Oct-1949
Adapted by Gerald Goode
Based on a story by Ben Hecht
Directed by Yul Brynner
starring
Dean Harens
Iris Mann
E.G. Marshall
Hildy Parks
James MacCall
2.09 [29] Studio One: THE HUSBAND
07-Nov-1949
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Natalie Anderson Scott
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Robert Favart
Margaret Phillips
2.10 [30] Studio One: THE SHARP KNIVES
14-Nov-1949
(aka Two Sharp Knives)
Adapted by Carl Bixby
Based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Hildy Parks
Stanley Ridges
Wayne Gibson
Theodore Newton
Robert Emhardt
Peggy French
Len Lesser
Seth Arnold
Charles Kuhn
William Lee
Judith Rich
Synopsis:
A murderer is found dead and his killer is sought. [RF]
2.11 [31] Studio One: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
21-Nov-1949
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Charlton Heston ..... Philip Carey
Felicia Montealegre.. Mildred Rogers
Guy Sorel ........... Harry Griffiths
E.A. Krumschmidt
Philippa Bevans
Robin Craven
Synopsis:
Story of a crippled medical student's romance with a
heartless waitress in 1910 Paris. [RF]
2.12 [32] Studio One: AT MRS. BEAM'S
28-Nov-1949
Adapted by Charles Monroe
Based on a story by C.K. Munro
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Mildred Natwick ..... Mrs. Beam
Eva Gabor ........... Laura Pasquale
John Baragrey ....... Colin Langford
Cathleen Cordell .... Miss Shoe
Synopsis:
After a mysterious pair from Paris arrive at a boardinghouse,
gossip and trouble starts like a fire.
2.13 [33] Studio One: HENRY IV
05-Dec-1949
Adapted by Maurice Valency
Based on a story by Luigi Pirandello
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Richard Purdy....... Enrico IV
Catherine Williard .. Matilda
Berry Kroeger
Virginia McMahon
Synopsis:
A wealthy eccentric Italian gentleman believes himself to be 11th-century
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. [RF]
2.14 [34] Studio One: JANE EYRE
12-Dec-1949
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a story by Charlotte Bronte
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Mary Malone ......... Jane Eyre
Charlton Heston ..... Edward Rochester
Mary Sinclair ....... Blanche Ingram
Synopsis:
Jane's life has been full of turmoil from an early age, when things seem
to have settled down, brooding and fiery Edward Rochester arrives. She at
nineteen and below his social status falls in love
with the disillusioned worldy man.
2.15 [35] Studio One: MARY POPPINS
19-Dec-1949
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by P.L. Travers (Pamela)
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Mary Wickes ....... Mary Poppins
E.G. Marshall .... George Banks
Valerie Cossart ..... Winifred Banks
Iris Mann ........... Ellen
Tommy Rettig ........ Michael Banks
David Opatoshu ...... Bert the Match Man
Synopsis:
Bank manager George Banks hires a nanny
to help keep his children in line. [RF]
2.16 [36] Studio One: THE INNER LIGHT
26-Dec-1949
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on a story by Hugo Csergo
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Richard Purdy
Margaret Phillips
2.17 [37] Studio One: RIVIERA
02-Jan-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Ferenc Molnar (Franz)
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Dolly Haas
David Opatoshu
Tonio Selwart
Synopsis:
A Parisian widower vacations at a villa in the French Riviera
and his daughter gets caught up in a romantic
triangle.
2.18 [38] Studio One: BEYOND REASON
09-Jan-1950
Adapted by Devery Freeman
Based on a story by Worthington Miner
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Richard Derr
Stanley Ridges
Mary Sinclair
Haila Stoddard
Synopsis:
A woman believes that her husband is trying to kill her.
2.19 [39] Studio One: GIVE US OUR DREAM
16-Jan-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Artemise Goertz
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Josephine Hull
Charlotte Keane
Butterfly McQueen
Marie Powers
2.20 [40] Studio One: THE ROCKINGHAM TEA SET
23-Jan-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Mathew Harlib
Based on a story by Virginia Douglas Dawson
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Grace Kelly
Louise Allbritton
Katherine Emmet
Judson Laire
Richard Murray
Cecil Scott
Nell Harrison
Catherine Willard
2.21 [41] Studio One: FATHER AND THE ANGELS
30-Jan-1950
Adapted by David Shaw
Based on a story by William Manners
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Dorothy Peterson
Stanley Ridges
2.22 [42] Studio One: THE LOUD RED PATRICK
06-Feb-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Ruth McKenney
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Dick Foran
Peg Hillias
Joy Geffen
Synopsis:
A widower brings up four daughter's on family council lines,
until they rebel against his wishes. [RF]
2.23 [43] Studio One: FLOWERS FROM A STRANGER
13-Feb-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Dorothee Carousso
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Yul Brynner
Felicia Montealegre
Robert Duke
Synopsis:
A psychiatrist's wife battles her own deteriorating emotional state
when a box of flowers arrives from a stranger. [RF]
2.24 [44] Studio One: THE WISDOM TOOTH
20-Feb-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Marc Connelly
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Barbara Bolton
Jack Lemmon
Synopsis:
A bored dull clerk attempts to take control of his life by telling his
boss off and asking his girl to marry him, but he can't find the guts.
2.25 [45] Studio One: THE WILLOW CABIN (verified on film)
27-Feb-1950
Produced by Worthington Miner
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Story by Pamela Frankau
Directed by Paul Nickell
Settings William Cecil
Announcer Paul Branson
starring
Priscilla Gillette .. Caroline Seward
Charlton Heston ..... Michael Knowle
Marsha Hunt ......... Kate Brookfield
Joan Wetmore ........ Mercedes Knowle
Jane Seymour ........ Dorothy Knowle
Francis Bethencourt.. Jay Brookfield
Faith Brook ......... Joan Bridges
Joseph Buloff ....... Leopold Rokov
Francis Compton ..... Billy Lloyd
Katherine Meskill.... Matron
Treva Frazee ........ Ceilia
Isabel Bonner ....... Brookfield's Secretary
Michael Lind ........ Mickey
Lois Nettleton ...... Mona
Alan Merrill ........ Dr. Billy Wood
James Surrey ........ Mickey
Margaretta Warrick .. Maid
Synopsis:
A married American surgeon and a flighty British actress fall in love. [RF]
2.26 [46] Studio One: THE DREAMS OF JASPER HORNBY
06-Mar-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Kevin Mullen
Story by Kevin Mullen
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Doris Rich
Alan Stevenson
David Wayne
Tom Carney
Synopsis:
Injured during a robbery the robber hands Jasper the money,
only to be pursued himself by the robbers' accomplices.
2.27 [47] Studio One: THE DUSTY GODMOTHER
(aka The Dusty Grandmother)
13-Mar-1950
Adapted by Thomas Sugrue
Story by Michael Foster
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Macdonald Carey
Mary Sinclair
Laura Weber
2.28 [48] Studio One: THE SURVIVORS
20-Mar-1950
Adapted by Milton Wayne & Worthington Miner
Story by Peter Viertel & Irwin Shaw
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Donald Curtis
Leslie Nielsen
Stanley Ridges
2.29 [049] Studio One: A PASSENGER TO BALI
[verified on film -RF]
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27-Mar-1950 CBS Mon
Produced and adapted by Worthington Miner
[NOT Adapted by Vincent McConnor -as previously stated]
Story by Ellis St. Joseph
Directed by Paul Nickell
Settings William Cecil
Announcer Paul Branson
starring
Colin Keith-Johnston.. Captain English
Berry Kroeger ............ Mr. Walkes
Harry M. Cooke .......... Mr. Slaughter
Barry MacCollum ....... Mr. Wrangle
Francis Compton ....... Mr. Chisholm
E.A. Krumschmidt ...... Mynheer Van Matsys
E.G. Marshall
Khigh Dhiegh
Richard Morningstar
Francisco de Salvation
Synopsis:
A freighter captain agrees to take on an innocent looking passenger who proves
to be a fountain of
evil and impossible to get rid of. [RF]
2.30 [50] Studio One: THE SCARLET LETTER
03-Apr-1950
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Mary Sinclair ....... Hester Prynne
John Baragrey ....... Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Richard Purdy ....... Roger Chillingworth
Synopsis:
In Puritan Boston in 1642, a young woman has been found guilty of adultery
and sentenced to wear a scarlet A on her dress in shame and must stand on
a public scaffold for three hours exposed to the
townspeople in humiliation.
2.31 [51] Studio One: WALK THE DARK STREETS
10-Apr-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Vincent McConnor
Story by William Krasner
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Sally Gracie
Franchot Tone
Patricia Ferris
2.32 [52] Studio One: THE TORRENTS OF SPRING
17-Apr-1950
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by Ivan Turgenev
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
John Baragrey ....... Sanin
Louise Allbritton ... Gemma
Anne Bancroft (as Anne Marno)
Synopsis:
A man's lust for another woman, destroys his relationship with Gemma.
Unhappy and unfulfilled with his decision he seeks out his beloved Gemma once again.
*Note: Anne Bancroft made her television debut in this
episode.
2.33 [53] Studio One: THE HORSE'S MOUTH
24-Apr-1950
Adapted by H.R. Hays
Story by Joyce Cary
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Burgess Meredith ....... Gulley Jimson
Sally Gracie
Francis Bethencourt
Peter Martyn
Synopsis:
Gulley Jimson, a gravel-voiced, antisocial painter,
whose artistic drive is single-minded and as self-absorbed as a terrier's.
Just out of jail and down and out he convinces people to pay him
for paintings they didn't actually commission. [RF]
2.34 [54] Studio One: MIRACLE IN THE RAIN
01-May-1950
Adapted by David Shaw
Based on a story by Ben Hecht
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Jeffrey Lynn ........ Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
Joy Geffen .......... Ruth Wood
Eleanor Wilson ...... Flora Ullman
Katherine Squire .... Mrs. Wood
Synopsis:
A lonely woman falls in love with a returning World War II
soldier but fate threatens to come between them.
2.35 [55] Studio One: A WREATH OF ROSES
08-May-1950
Adapted by Charles S. Monroe
Story by Elizabeth Taylor
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Margaret Phillips
Charles Korvin
Conrad Nagel
2.36 [56] Studio One: THE AMBASSADORS
15-May-1950
Adapted by Howard Merrill
Based on the novel by Henry James
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Judson Laire ....... Lambert Strether
Ilona Massey ....... Countess de Vionnet
Robert Sterling
Katherine Willard
Synopsis:
Sent from Massachusetts by the formidable Mrs. Newsome to recall
her son, Chad, from what she assumes to be a corrupt life in Paris,
Strether finds his intentions subtly and profoundly transformed as he falls
under the spell of the city and of his charge. He is quick to perceive that
Chad has been not so much corrupted as refined, and over
the course of the hot summer months in Paris he gradually realizes
that this discovery and acceptance of Chad's unconventional new
lifestyle alter his own ideals and ambitions. [RF]
*Note: The novel "The Ambassadors" by Henry James is
number 11 on the list of the best 20 novels of the 20th century.
2.37 [57] Studio One: THE ROOM UPSTAIRS
22-May-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Mildred Davis
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Valerie Bettis
Clay Clement
Donald Curtis
Mary Sinclair
2.38 [58] Studio One: THE MAN WHO HAD INFLUENCE
29-May-1950
Producer Worthington Miner
Adapted by Nancy Moore
Based on a story by Don Mankiewicz
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Announcer Paul Rencin
starring
Robert Sterling ..... David Grant (TIME magazine lists Robert Montgomery
in this role)
Eva Marie Saint ..... David's Cafe Guest
King Calder ......... Patrolman Jim O'Rourke
Stanley Ridges ...... J.C. Grant
Anne Marno .......... Maria Cassini (aka Anne Bancroft)
Robert Pastene ...... Harry Cohalan
Julian Noa .......... Judge Dreyden
Frank McNellis ...... Paul Scott
Sally Hester ........ Jane Scott
Esther Minciotti .... Mrs. Cassini
Harold McGee ........ Dr. Hartley
Mary Gildia ......... Martha the maid
Clark Rider ......... Captain Conway
Frank Rolenger ...... Officer Mallory
Silvio Minciotti .... Luigi the Cafe Owner
John Draper ......... David's Cafe Guest
Uncredited
Robert Emhardt ...... Joe Phelps
David Winters ....... Tom Boyne
Synopsis:
When the spoiled son of a political kingmaker causes the death of a
hatcheck girl found in his car, he surprises everyone by taking
full blame for the incident. [RF]
2.39 [59] Studio One: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
05-Jun-1950
Producer Worthington Miner
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul Nickell
Set Designer Richard Rychtarik
starring
Charlton Heston ..... Petruchio
Lisa Kirk ........... Katherine
Don Murray .......... Biondello
Sally Chamberlin .... Bianca
Henry Barnard ....... Lucentio
Ernest Graves ....... Tranio
Louis Edmonds ....... Grumio
Arthur O'Connell .... Curtis
Rudolph J. Watson ... Gremio
James Gannon ........ Hortensio
Carl Don ............ The Tailor
Florence Stanley .... The Widow
Douglas Gordon ...... Drunken Sod
Synopsis:
A modern dress version of Shakespeare's acid-tongued
comedy has Heston in shades slugging beers with the boys and Kirk
sporting tight riding slacks and a whip.
[--] Studio One: ZONE FOUR
12-Jun-1950 (rescheduled to August 28, 1950)
2.40 [60] Studio One: THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN
19-Jun-1950
Adapted by Charles S. Monroe
Based on a story by Kelley Roos
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Robert Sterling ..... Jeff Troy
Virginia Graham ..... Haila Troy
Charles Korvin ...... Paul Collins
Richard Purdy ....... Professor Simons
Robert Emhardt ...... Otis Block
Kay Abbot ........... Marion Scanlon
Butch Cavell ........ Walter
Ann Shoemaker ....... Mrs. Girard
Harry M. Cooke ...... Mr. Girard
James Coots ......... Henley
Synopsis:
A whodunit set in a boarding house where fat, jolly and crippled
Mr. Otis is found murdered. [RF]
2.41 [61] Studio One: MY GRANNY VAN
26-Jun-1950
Adapted by Loren Disney
Story by George Sessions Perry & Loren Disney
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Sally Chamberlin
E.G. Marshall
Dean Harens
Mildred Natwick
########## Westinghouse Studio One
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############## end of season 2 ###############
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