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Season
3 (CBS) (1950-51)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
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########## Westinghouse Studio One ###########
############## season 3 1950-51 ##############
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CBS Mondays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (weekly)
All episodes produced by Worthington Miner in Season 3
3.01 [62] Studio One: ZONE FOUR
28-Aug-1950 (rescheduled from 12-Jun-1950)
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Fielder Cook
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Eileen Heckart
Judson Laire
Leslie Nielsen
Mary Sinclair
Synopsis:
Chris Jackson a former OSS officer and now teaching at a university
is asked by the government to come back for service in "Zone Four".
3.02 [63] Studio One: LOOK HOMEWARD, HAYSEED
04-Sep-1950
Adapted by Elizabeth Hart
Based on a story by John Ed Pearce
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Tom Avera
Jane Seymour
Janet Ward
*Note: John Ed Pearce was paid $750. by The Saturday Evening Post
for this short-story a take-off on Thomas Wolfe.
3.03 [--] Studio One: MIST
11-Sep-1950
(aka Mist with the Tamara Geba)
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Rita Weiman
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Sally Chamberlin
Stanley Ridges
3.04 [--] Studio One: TRILBY
18-Sep-1950
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on a short story by George Du Maurier,
published in 1894 in Harper's Monthly.
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Priscilla Gillette ........ Trilby
Arnold Moss ........ Svengali
Synopsis:
Little Billee, is a young English painter with great talent. He meets Trilby,
a beautiful, lively charming model and falls deeply in love with her. Billee's
mother objects to this union, saying that she is not in his social class and Trilby
vanishes. Years later Billee and his friends hear of a famous singer called "La Svengali"
who has taken Europe by storm. When he attends one of her concerts, he realizes
that it is none other than his beloved Trilby. Noticing her strangely stiff and blank face,
it isn't until Svengali dies during a concert that Trilby is set free from the
hypnotic spell that controlled her.
*Note: George Du Maurier is the father of Daphne Du Maurier.
3.05 [--] Studio One: AWAY FROM IT ALL
25-Sep-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Val Gielgud
Directed by John Peyser
Settings by Richard Rychtarik
Announcer Paul Branson
starring
Kevin McCarthy ...... Lt. Johnny Quayle
Catherine MacLeod ... Sgt. Shirley Marsh
Worthington Miner ... Hugo Bastin
Haila Stoddard ...... Gloria Selwyn
Faith Brook ......... Edith Bastin
Luis Van Rooten ..... Stefan Baum
Jim Nolan ........... Dan Delaney
Ernest Rowan ........ Dr. Maltzen
Rick Hollister ...... Lt. Grant
Kaie Deei ........... Seu the Chinese Houseboy (aka Khigh Dheigh)
Synopsis:
A Navy pilot and his passenger crash land on an island where they stumble
upon a luxurious estate owned by the mysterious Hugo Bastin,
an author thought to have died many years before.
3.06 [--] Studio One: THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM
02-Oct-1950
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a novel by Henry James/ Charles Terrott
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Richard Hart
Leueen MacGrath
Jane Seymour
Pat O'Malley
Synopsis:
This is the story of Sister Elizabeth Wheeler, who accompanied
Florence Nightingale to Crimea to help the British wounded.
Dismissed for speaking out against the atrocities, she was later
honored by Robert E. Lee for her service to the Confederate Army. [RF]
3.07 [--] Studio One: THE SPECTRE OF ALEXANDER WOLFF
09-Oct-1950
Adapted by Charles O'Neill
Based on a story by Gaito Gazdanov
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Joan Chandler
Leslie Nielsen
Murvyn Vye
Robert H. Harris
Helen Wagner
Philip Robinson
Rock Rogers
Synopsis:
A French newsman returns to Marseilles to relive his killing of a suspected
Gestapo agent when he was a member of the French Underground. [RF]
3.08 [--] Studio One: GOOD FOR THIRTY DAYS
16-Oct-1950
Adapted by Charles O'Neill
Based on a story by Richard Stern
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Stanley Ridges
Sally Chamberlin
Lloyd Bochner
Helen Fortescue
Martin Newman
Mercer McLeod
Ethel Everett
Peggy Sanford
Percy Verwayne
Ted Hecht
Frank de Kova
John Marley
Sammy Schwartz
Howard Caine
3.09 [--] Studio One: THE ROAD TO JERICHO
23-Oct-1950
Adapted by Loren Disney & Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Elmer Davis
Directed by Carl Frank
starring
Richard Carlson
Lydia Clarke
John Newland
Ann Shoemaker
Robert McQueeney
Harold McGee
Tom Alvera
Leslie Barrett
3.10 [--] Studio One: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
30-Oct-1950
Adapted by Lois Jacoby
Based on a story by Emily Bronte
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Charlton Heston ..... Heathcliff
Mary Sinclair ....... Cathy
Lloyd Bochner ....... Edgar Linton
June Dayton ......... Isabella
Richard Waring ...... Hindley
Una O'Connor
John Forsythe
Edward Harvey
Bertram Tangwell
Don M. Dickinson
Rudolph Watson
Synopsis:
A tale of romance and hatred on the eerie English Moors. [RF]
3.11 [--] Studio One: THE BLONDE COMES FIRST
06-Nov-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Aben Kandel
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Lee Bowman
Elisabeth Fraser (as Virginia Fraser)
Herbert Rudley
Richard Webb
Harold McGee
Joe E. Marks
Synopsis:
An arrogant conman who sells a fraudulent household cleaner takes a
young woman under his wing without realizing she's a reporter. [RF]
3.12 [--] Studio One: THE LAST CRUISE
13-Nov-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Commander William J. Lederer
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Richard Webb ....... Dick Wright
Leslie Nielsen ....... Engineer
Walter Matthau ....... Jacobs
DeForest Kelley ....... Bob Philo
Don Dickinson ....... Captain Benitez
Robert Wark ....... Worthington
Richard Carlyle ....... Doc Eason
John Alberts
Harry Cooke
Walter Starkey
John Fletcher
Alan Dreeban
Roy Johnson
Mary Holsten
Jim Winslow
Peter Warner
Arnold Walton
Chris Gampel
Martin Newman
Jimmy Goodwin
Gar Moore
Paul Lilly
William Tregoe
Vincent O'Brien
Dan Frazer
Art Keegan
Synopsis:
A documentary based on the armed forces and dedicated to the crews of the
USS Cochino and USS Tusk submarines. [RF]
3.13 [--] Studio One: THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN
20-Nov-1950
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on a story by Sylvia Chatfield Bates
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Glen Langan
Mabel Taliaferro
3.14 [--] Studio One: SHADOW OF A MAN
27-Nov-1950
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a story by May Sarton
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Berry Kroeger
Judson Laire
Ilona Massey
John van Dreelen
Synopsis:
When Persis Bradford passes away, both her son and second
husband try to deal with her loss, coldly and distantly.
3.15 [--] Studio One: LETTER FROM CAIRO
04-Dec-1950
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a short-story by James Robbins Miller
published in Collier's June 11, 1949.
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Charlton Heston
Cecil Parker
Anne Marno (aka Anne Bancroft)
3.16 [--] Studio One: MARY LOU
11-Dec-1950
Adapted by Catherine Turney
Based on a short-story by Mildred Cramin,
first published in The Delineator March 1930.
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Mildred Natwick
Laura Weber
3.17 [--] Studio One: LITTLE WOMEN Meg's Story (Part 1)
18-Dec-1950
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a story by Louisa May Alcott
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Mary Sinclair
Kent Smith
John Baragrey
June Dayton
Lois Hall
Berry Kroeger
Nancy Marchand
Una O'Connor
Richard Purdy
Synopsis:
Classic tale of the March Sisters; Part 1 concentrates on Meg's story.
3.18 [--] Studio One: LITTLE WOMEN Jo's Story (Part 2)
25-Dec-1950
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Based on a story by Louisa May Alcott
Directed by Lela Swift
Kent Smith ............ Professor Fritz Bhaer
Mary Sinclair ......... Jo
John Baragrey ......... John Brooke
Peg Hillias ........... Meg
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt March
June Dayton ........... Beth
Berry Kroeger
Richard Purdy
introducing
Nancy Marchand
Lois Hall
Una O'Connor
Synopsis:
Classic tale of the March Sisters; Part 2 tells Jo's story.
3.19 [--] Studio One: COLLECTOR'S ITEM
01-Jan-1951
Adapted by Allen Boretz & Ruby Sully
Based on a story by Lillian Day & Alfred Golden
Directed by Leonard Valenta
starring
Walter Slezak
Synopsis:
A fast-talking dealer in antiques makes his own rarities
when he cannot find them. [RF]
3.20 [--] Studio One: ENGLAND MADE ME
08-Jan-1951
adapted by Catherine Turney & Worthington Miner
story by Graham Greene
directed by Lela Swift
starring
Richard Waring ...... Anthony
Joan Wetmore ........ Kate
Synopsis:
Kate persuades her incompetent brother Anthony to be her boyfriend's bodyguard.
3.21 [--] Studio One: THE TRACK OF THE CAT
15-Jan-1951
Adapted by Betty Loring
Based on the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Directed by Ralph Nelson
starring
Jane Seymour
Stanley Ridges
The Bridges, a family of ranchers in Sierra Nevada's are trapped
when a storm breaks out and leaves them stranded. [RF]
3.22 [--] Studio One: THE TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER
22-Jan-1951
Written by Irve Tunick
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Judson Laire
Henry Stephenson
Frank Sundstrom
Alfreda Wallace
Synopsis 1:
Zenger's legal difficulties resulted when he defied British rule in the colonies
and printed materials unflattering to King George and his surrogates in New York. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The Zenger case is so important to American historians and
champions of the First Amendment because it represented a strong
repudiation of British libel law and also marked an important fissure
in the relationship between the American colonies and the mother country.
3.23 [--] Studio One: PUBLIC SERVANT
29-Jan-1951
Written by Hugh Pentecost
Directed by Ralph Nelson
starring
Sally Chamberlin
Hume Cronyn
3.24 [--] Studio One: THE TARGET
05-Feb-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Rita Weiman
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Henry Daniell
Sydney Smith
Beatrice Straight
Synopsis:
An estranged marriage is brought to the breaking point when the wife's
former lover arrives and a target shooting incident ends in tragedy. [RF]
3.25 [--] Studio One: NONE BUT MY FOE
12-Feb-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by David Duncan
Directed by Peter Frye
starring
June Dayton
John Forsythe
Howard Freeman
Synopsis:
When the political paranoia grips the country, a man writes an anonymous letter
claiming he is going to poison a town's water supply, setting off a panic. [RF]
3.26 [--] Studio One: THE WAY THINGS ARE
19-Feb-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Josephine Lawrence
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Barbara Baxley
Richard Carlyle
Peg Hillias
3.27 [--] Studio One: THE AMBASSADORS
26-Feb-1951 (restaging)
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Lois Jacoby
Story by Henry James
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Judson Laire ....... Lambert Strether
Ilona Massey ....... Countess de Vionnet
Robert Sterling
Synopsis:
The story about the journey of Louis Lambert Strether--a fiftysomething man of
the world
who has been dispatched abroad by a rich widow, Mrs. Newsome. His mission:
to save her son Chadwick from the clutches of a wicked European woman,
and to convince the prodigal to return to Woollett, Massachusetts. [RF]
3.28 [--] Studio One: ONE PAIR OF HANDS
05-Mar-1951
Adapted by Allen Boretz
Based on the 1939 novel by Monica Dickens,
the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens.
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Mildred Dunnock
Denholm Elliott
Catherine MacLeod
Synopsis:
A bored debutante decides to become a cook, because she once took
a French cuisine class. What ensues is a comedic "Upstairs, Downstairs"
tale between the wealthy upper class and the servants. [RF]
3.29 [--] Studio One: A CHILL ON THE WIND
12-Mar-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Edward Gibbons
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
John Conte
Sally Chamberlin
Richard Purdy
Beatrice Straight
Reba Tassell
3.30 [--] Studio One: HANGMAN'S HOUSE
19-Mar-1951
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Based on the novel by Donn Byrne
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Kevin McCarthy
Jessica Tandy
Synopsis:
A dying judge prepares his daughter's welfare by arranging her
marriage to a wealthy man whom she despises. [RF]
3.31 [--] Studio One: THE CASE OF KAREN SMITH
26-Mar-1951
Adapted by Peter Cardozo
Story by Viola Brothers Shaw
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Leslie Nielsen ....... Stan Janicek
Felicia Montealegre .. Karen Smith
James Westerfield
Synopsis:
A detective investigates the murder of a millionaire, which was
witnessed by a femme fatale. [RF]
3.32 [--] Studio One: WINTERTIME
02-Apr-1951
Adapted by Robert Woodruff Anderson
Story by Jan Valtin
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Patric Knowles
Anne Marno (aka Anne Bancroft)
Synopsis:
A sea captain returns home to post-war Germany to find it in ruins,
his shell-shocked fiancee missing a leg. When a lovely Latvian refugee
stows away on his ship, he decides to help her. [RF]
3.33 [--] Studio One: SHAKE THE STARS DOWN
09-Apr-1951
Adapted by Henry Myers
Story by Pamela Frankau
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Joseph Buloff
Beverly Whitney
Richard McMurray
Marilyn Monk
3.34 [--] Studio One: THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW
16-Apr-1951
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by Geoffrey Cotterell
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Patric Knowles
Maria Riva
Judith Evelyn
Don Dickinson
3.35 [--] Studio One: THE HAPPY HOUSEWIFE
23-Apr-1951
Written by Hedda Rosten
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
John Forsythe
June Dayton
Ann Shoemaker
Gloria Stroock
3.36 [--] Studio One: PORTRAIT BY REMBRANDT
30-Apr-1951
Written by Irve Tunick
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Maria Riva .......... Hendrickje Stoffels
Berry Kroeger ...... Rembrandt Van Rijn
Synopsis:
A man obsessed with the woman he paints, is tormented by her death. [RF]
3.37 [--] Studio One: NO TEARS FOR HILDA
07-May-1951
Adapted by David Swift
Story by Andrew Garve
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
John Forsythe
Mary Sinclair
Tom Poston
Howard Smith
Synopsis:
A major in the Armed Forces who attempts to clear his pal,
accused of murdering his wife. [RF]
3.38 [--] Studio One: THE OLD FOOLISHNESS
14-May-1951
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by Paul Vincent Carroll
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Dick Foran
Dennis Harrison
Una O'Connor
3.39 [--] Studio One: A CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS
21-May-1951
Adapted by Ted Berkman
Story by James Ronald
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Maria Riva
Francis Compton
Murray Matheson
Michael McAloney
3.40 [--] Studio One: HERE IS MY LIFE
28-May-1951
Adapted by Henry Myers
Story by Rita Weiman
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Judson Laire
Vivienne Segal
3.41 [--] Studio One: SHIELD FOR MURDER
04-Jun-1951
Adapted by Irve Tunick
Story by William P. McGivern
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Kevin McCarthy
Marcia Henderson
James Nolan
3.42 [--] Studio One: CORIOLANUS
11-Jun-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul Nickell
Set designer Richard Rychtarik
starring
Richard Greene ...... Coriolanus
Sally Chamberlin .... Virgilia
Murray Matheson ..... Menenius
Frederick Worlock ... Cominius
Howard Freeman ...... Brutus
Judith Evelyn ....... Volumnia
Richard Purdy ....... Sicinius
Tom Poston ..... Sentry
Synopsis:
Updating of the Shakespearean play from Roman time to Fascist Italy.
3.43 [--] Studio One: SCREWBALL
18-Jun-1951
Producer Martin Ritt
Written by Mel Goldberg
Directed by Martin Ritt
starring
Dick Foran ....... Russ Adams
Cloris Leachman ....... Mrs. Adams
Lefty Gomez
3.44 [--] Studio One: LONELY BOY
25-Jun-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Written by Hugh Pentecost
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Jerome Cowan
Wright King
Mary Sinclair
3.45 [--] Studio One: THE SWAN
02-Jul-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Story by Ferenc Molnar
Directed by Walter Hart
starring
Maria Riva
John Newland
Alfred Ryder
3.46 [--] Studio One: NIGHTFALL
09-Jul-1951
Producer Jerry Danzig
Adapted by Max Ehrlich
Story by David Goodis
Directed by John Peyser
starring
John McQuade
Margaret Hayes
Herbert Rudley
Synopsis:
The cops, his girlfriend and his gang members are wondering why Vanning
won't leave his room, especially since he's sitting on $300,000.
3.47 [--] Studio One: THE APPLE TREE
16-Jul-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Adapted by David Shaw
Story by John Galsworthy
Directed by Walter Hart
starring
Lucy Vines
John Heldabrand
William Whitman
Synopsis:
A couple celebrating their silver wedding anniversary encounter
a past acquaintance.
3.48 [--] Studio One: TREMOLO
23-Jul-1951
Producer Jerry Danzig
Adapted by Mel Goldberg
Story by Ernest Borneman
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Dick Foran
Haila Stoddard
3.49 [--] Studio One: AT MRS. BEAM'S
30-Jul-1951 (Restaged from 28Nov49)
Producer Montgomery Ford
Adapted by Charles Monroe
Story by C.K. Munro
starring
Jean Adair
Claude Dauphin
Eva Gabor
Enid Markey
Una O'Connor
3.50 [--] Studio One: THE PINK HUSSAR
06-Aug-1951
Producer Jerry Danzig
Adapted by Doris Frankel
Story by Ben Hecht
Directed by Martin Magner
starring
Ludwig Donath
Howard Freeman
Scott McKay
3.51 [--] Studio One: THE RABBIT
13-Aug-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Adapted by Philo Higley
Story by Morton Grant
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Maria Riva
Richard Purdy
3.52 [--] Studio One: RUN FROM THE SUN
20-Aug-1951
Producer Jerry Danzig
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Mel Goldberg
Story by William Krasner
Directed by Byron Paul
starring
Gaby Rodgers
Marc Daniels
Paul Ford
Cliff Hall
Synopsis:
A WWII veteran is framed for his wife's murder. [RF]
3.53 [--] Studio One: SUMMER HAD BETTER BE GOOD
27-Aug-1951
Producer Jerry Danzig
Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley
Story by Ruth McKenney
Directed by John Peyser
starring
Katharine Bard
William Eythe
3.54 [--] Studio One: MR. MUMMERY'S SUSPICION
03-Sep-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley
Story by Dorothy L. Sayers
Directed by Martin Magner
starring
Faith Brook
Francis Compton
Roland Young
Josephine Brown
Rex O'Malley
Synopsis:
British sleuth Mr. Mummery is out to catch a cook who disappeared after
poisoning her guests. Wait a minute, Mr. Mummery just hired a new cook! [RF]
3.55 [--] Studio One: THE GUINEA PIG
10-Sep-1951
Producer Montgomery Ford
Adapted by Sam Locke
Based on the story "Just Hold My Hand" by Dr. T. Bawer
Directed by Roy Fowler
starring
Richard Kiley
Ruth Ford
Jack O'Brien
Beatrice Arthur
########## Westinghouse Studio One
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