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4 (CBS) (1951-52)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [ #4.25 #4.37
Updated May 2019]
references:
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########## Westinghouse Studio One ###########
############## season 4 1951-52 ##############
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CBS Mondays 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (weekly)
All episodes produced by Worthington Miner in Season 4
4.01 [--] Studio One: THE ANGELIC AVENGERS
17-Sep-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Pierre Andrezel (Isak Dinesen)
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Maria Riva
Murray Matheson
Mary Sinclair
Richard Purdy
4.02 [--] Studio One: THE LITTLE BLACK BAG
24-Sep-1951
Adapted by Lois Jacoby & Paul Peters
Based on Samuel R. Golding's novel "The Mailed Fist"
directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Howard St. John
Harry Townes
Eli Mintz
4.03 [--] Studio One: THE IDOL OF SAN VITTORE
01-Oct-1951
(aka Cell Block Eight, Escape From Fear)
Adapted by Jane Hinton
Based on a story by Indro Montanelli
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Eduardo Ciannelli ....... General Andreas della Rovere
Maria Riva
Synopsis:
The story of General Andreas della Rovere who was imprisoned by the Nazis
and inspired fellow prisoners, despite the fact that he never existed! [RF]
4.04 [--] Studio One: MIGHTY LIKE A ROGUE
08-Oct-1951
Adapted by Louis Meltzer (Lewis)
Based on a story by Day Keene
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Tom Ewell ....... Willie Mason
Nita Talbot ....... Connie Mason
Joshua Shelley ....... Arturo
Herbert Evers ....... Scott Magruder
Leslie Barrett ....... Keagle
Gerald Milton ....... Gorgo
James Shelton ....... Elmo
Don Fellows ....... Turney
Pauline Drake ....... The Waitress
Synopsis:
A western comedy about the dingy wife of an outlaw who takes the rap for
him and goes to prison, coming home with some new ideas. [RF]
4.05 [--] Studio One: COLONEL JUDAS
15-Oct-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Derwent Davies
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Anthony Dawson
Iris Jensen
Robert H. Harris
Synopsis:
A Czech ballerina is reminded of her family behind the Iron Curtain and blackmailed
into trapping a British spy for the Russians. But the spy is really a double agent. [RF]
4.06 [--] Studio One: MACBETH
22-Oct-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Charlton Heston ....... Macbeth
Judith Evelyn ....... Lady Macbeth
Synopsis:
Macbeth besieged by guilt and illness while Lady Macbeth tends to him.
4.07 [--] Studio One: THEY SERVED THE MUSES
29-Oct-1951
Adapted by Elizabeth Hart
Based on a story by Kressman Taylor
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Herbert Evers
Priscilla Gillette
Noel Leslie
Frances Farmer
4.08 [--] Studio One: THE HERO
05-Nov-1951
Written by Irwin Lewis
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Ray Walston
Patricia Collinge
Paul Hartman
4.09 [--] Studio One: A BOLT OF LIGHTNING (verified on film)
12-Nov-1951
Produced by Worthington Miner
Written by Irve Tunick
Directed by Paul Nickell
Musical Director Ben Ludlow
Settings Richard Rychtarik
Announcer Paul Branson
starring
Charlton Heston ..... James Otis
Romney Brent ........ Governor Bernard
Elizabeth Johnson ... Mary Otis
Rita Vale ........... Ruth Otis
Anne Seymour ........ Mercy Warren
Harry Townes ........ Sam Adams
Frank Overton ....... John Emroy
with
Lloyd Bochner
Shirley Ballard
Rudulph Justice Watson
Harry M. Cooke
George Ives
Roy Johnson
Jon Lormer
Rita Morley
Marvyn Dorkin
Robert Haines
Synopsis:
Revolutionary War story about Boston attorney and patriot James Otis,
who battled the British troops' right to search colonists' homes. [RF]
*NOTE: Thomas M. Paradine is the guest speaker for
America History Appreciation Month at the end of the episode.
4.10 [--] Studio One: THE KING IN YELLOW
19-Nov-1951
Adapted by Betty Loring
Based on a story by Raymond Chandler
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Jack Palance
Carol Bruce
Synopsis:
A seedy glimpse at Los Angeles, complete with crooked cops,
double-crossing dames, and greedy opportunists. [RF]
4.11 [--] Studio One: THE DANGEROUS YEARS
26-Nov-1951
Adapted by Basil Beyea
Based on a story by Leo Davis & Basil Beyea
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Maria Riva
Harry Townes
Frances Farmer
4.12 [--] Studio One: MUTINY ON THE NICHOLETTE
[verified on film -RF]
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03-Dec-1951 CBS Mon
Producer Worthington Miner
Teleplay by Joseph Liss
Story by James Norman based on the short Story "The Ship That Failed".
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Settings Willard Levitas
Announcer Paul Branson
starring
Boris Karloff ........ Skaggs
Anthony Ross ...... Miller
Ralph Nelson ....... Lt. Clark
Dan C. Morgan ..... Gill (as Dan Morgan)
James Westerfield ... Bilgeboy
Victor Thorley ....... Karl
Victor Rendina ...... Carlos
James Goodwin .... Kid
Tommy Nello ......... Needles
Frank Silvera .......... Sailor
Synopsis:
A man discovers that the good ship Nicholette is carrying a cargo of
weapons, and in order to prevent
a war, he stages a mutiny with the crew against the Captain. [RF]
*Note: The life ring has the ship called Nicolette.
4.13 [--] Studio One: THE LEGEND OF JENNY LIND
10-Dec-1951
Written by Irve Tunick
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Priscilla Gillette
Thomas Mitchell
4.14 [--] Studio One: THE INNOCENCE OF PASTOR MULLER
17-Dec-1951
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Carlo Beuf
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
John Baragrey
Maria Riva
Walter Slezak
Synopsis:
The friend of a pleasant minister has invented a camera that takes a strange kind of photo,
and with it, he plans to put Germany in a position to rule the world. [RF]
4.15 [--] Studio One: SARA CREWE
24-Dec-1951
Adapted by Elizabeth Hart
Story by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Iris Mann
Henry Stephenson
4.16 [--] Studio One: THE PARIS FEELING
31-Dec-1951
Adapted by Patricia Collinge
Story by Paul Horgan
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Ann Gillis
Wright King
Lili Darvas
Guy Williams
Synopsis:
In post-WWII Paris, a GI meets a girl in a hotel elevator and falls in love. [RF]
4.17 [--] Studio One: THE DEVIL IN VELVET
07-Jan-1952
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Story by John Dickson Carr
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Whit Bissell
Phyllis Kirk
Joan Wetmore
4.18 [--] Studio One: WATERFRONT BOSS
14-Jan-1952
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by Edward D. Radin
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Kent Smith
Ron Hargrave
4.19 [--] Studio One: THE OTHER FATHER
21-Jan-1952
Written by Laura Z. Hobson
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Peg Hillias
Judson Laire
4.20 [--] Studio One: BURDEN OF GUILT
28-Jan-1952
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Ralph Nelson
Kirby Grant
Anthony Ross
Robert Stanton
Synopsis:
Crooked politicians and rival gangs of mobsters are fighting over turf. [RF]
4.21 [--] Studio One: A CANDLE FOR ST. JUDE
04-Feb-1952
Adapted by Elizabeth Hart
Story by Rumer Godden
Directed by Paul Nickell
Choreographed by Ruth Anna Boris
starring
Lili Darvas
Betty Low
Marc Platt
Tanaquil Le Clercq
Synopsis:
The story of the ballet and the young, talented dancers
using it as a creative force. [RF]
4.22 [--] Studio One: PAGODA
11-Feb-1952
(aka Rangoon Run)
Adapted by Joseph Liss
Story by James Atlee Phillips
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
John Forsythe
Sono Osato
Cyril Ritchard
Richard Loo
Synopsis:
The owner of a charter airline must cope with disease
and betrayal in war-torn Burma. [RF]
4.23 [--] Studio One: SUCCESS STORY
18-Feb-1952
Written by Howard Merrill
Story by Donald Robinson
Adapted from the John Howard Lawson play.
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Harry Townes
Sally Chamberlin
Robert Dale Martin
Synopsis:
A 'Rags to Riches' story about novelist Horatio Alger's life about
tragic events and huge disappointments. [RF]
4.24 [--] Studio One: LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
25-Feb-1952
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Based on a story by Stefan Zweig
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Melvyn Douglas
Viveca Lindfors
Synopsis:
The story of a tragic love affair between a woman and
a musician during World War I in Vienna. [RF]
4.25 [--] Studio One: TEN THOUSAND HORSES SINGING [Updated May 2019]
03-Mar-1952 CBS Mon
Producer Worthington Miner
Adapted by Worthington Miner / Story by Robert Carson
Directed by Paul Nickell
Announcer Paul Brinson
starring
James Dean .......... Hotel Bellbop
John Forsythe ........ Marv Payne
Joe Maross ...... Bullets Riordan
Catherine McLeod ..... D.D. Dillward
Vaughn Taylor ......... Mr. Racknall
Rita Morley ........... Mrs. Racknall
Casey Allen ........... Henry Bascomb
George Ives .......... Dick Herbert
Vincent O'Brien ...... Jack Samuels
Ray Johnson .......... Neil
James Nolan ........ Inspector
Justice Watson ...... Hotel Clerk
Synopsis:
A wealthy orphan and a shy airline owner find a live corpse in a coffin aboard
his plane,
a crate of fish (fresh) and a confessed embezzler. [RF]
4.26 [--] Studio One: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE
10-Mar-1952
Adapted by Howard Merrill
Story by Henry James
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Charlton Heston
Stella Andrews
Felicia Montealegre
Synopsis:
An American journalist falls in love with a Londoner. [RF]
4.27 [--] Studio One: THE VINTAGE YEARS
17-Mar-1952
Adapted by Robert Soderberg & Edith Somer
Story by F. Hugh Herbert
Based on the play by L. Bus-Fekete
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Una O'Connor
Walter Slezak
4.28 [--] Studio One: MISS HARGREAVES
24-Mar-1952
Adapted by Sumner Locke Elliott
Story by Frank Baker
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Tony Randall
Mary Wickes
4.29 [--] Studio One: THE STORY OF MEG MALLORY
31-Mar-1952
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by William Dozier
Directed by Paul Nickell
Settings by Willard Levitas
Announcer Paul Branson
Narrated by Don Hollenbeck
starring
Thomas Mitchell ..... Mayor William Mallory
Skip Homeier ........ Carl Green
Logan Field ......... Robert Downs
introducing
Wendy Drew .......... Meg Mallory
Charles Cooper ...... Dan Green
John Boruff ......... Sid Proctor
Charles Jordan ...... Walt Conroy
Sydney Smith ........ Graham Prentiss
Morton L. Stevens ... Roy Danvers
Victor Rendina ...... Droppo
Ron Johnson ......... Jailor
Synopsis:
The mayor's daughter is kidnapped but soon falls
in love with one of her captors. [RF]
4.30 [--] Studio One: PONTIUS PILATE
07-Apr-1952
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Michael Dyne
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Settings by Paul Sylbert
starring
Cyril Ritchard ....... Pontius Pilate
Geraldine Fitzgerald.. Claudia Procula
Madge Elliott ........ Calpurnia
Berry Kroeger ........ Caiaphas
Francis L. Sullivan .. King Herod
Richard Purdy ........ Annius
Robert Duke .......... Manlius
Louise Larabee ....... Herodlis
Alan Shayne .......... Joseph of Arimathea
Anthony Hawtrey ...... Lucius
Synopsis:
Set 15 years after the Crucifixion, the story is told from the Roman governor's
point of view. Which depicts Pilate as a victim of circumstances. [RF]
4.31 [--] Studio One: HOLD BACK THE NIGHT
14-Apr-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Adapted by Mel Goldberg
Story by Pat Frank
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
John Forsythe
Lee Philips
Betty Furness
Synopsis:
A group of Marines reminiscing about home as they try to hold onto
a mountain pass in North Korea, 1950. [RF]
4.32 [--] Studio One: LILY, THE QUEEN OF THE MOVIES
21-Apr-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley
Story by Paul Gallico
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Glynis Johns
Richard Ney
David B. Greene
4.33 [--] Studio One: THE DEEP DARK
28-Apr-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Adapted by Mel Goldberg
Story by Montgomery Atwater
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Lili Darvas
Skip Homeier
Victor Thorley
Synopsis:
A coal mine disaster destroys the faith of one family. [TA]
4.34 [--] Studio One: TREASURE ISLAND
05-May-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Peter Avrano ....... Jim Hawkins
Francis L. Sullivan ....... Long John Silver
Albert Dekker ...... Billy Bones
Synopsis:
There's treasure to be found in Flint's map leading
Long John Silver and his pirates to his hiding spot.
*Note: Live parrots, sword fights and a ship for this live
production was executed with any problems. [RF]
4.35 [--] Studio One: THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
12-May-1952
Adaptation of Agatha Christies' novel.
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
June Dayton
Richard Kiley
Bramwell Fletcher
Beatrice Arthur
Synopsis:
Unfortunately the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East
is planning to sabotage the talks. Into this explosive situation skips Victoria Jones,
a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when
a wounded agent dies in her hotel room. [RF]
4.36 [--] Studio One: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
19-May-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Adapted by Alvin Sapinsley
Based on a story by Mark Twain
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Boris Karloff
Thomas Mitchell
Berry Kroeger
Synopsis:
Classic tale of a modern New Englander who travels back to the time
of King Arthur and battles Merlin the Magician. [RF]
4.37 [--] Studio One: ABRAHAM LINCOLN [Updated May 2019]
26-May-1952 CBS Mon
Producer Donald Davis
Written by David Shaw / Story by John Drinkwater
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Robert Pastene ...... Abraham Lincoln
James Dean .......... William Scott
Judith Evelyn ....... Mary Lincoln
Harry Townes ........ Hook
Betty Low .......... Mrs. Stowe
Frank Overton ...... Samuel Stone
Noll Leslie ............ Jennings
Jean Adair .......... Susan Deddington
Charles Egelston ........ William Seward
Robert McQueeney ..... James Macintosh
Katherine Raht ........ Mrs. Otherly
Harold McGee ........ Timothy Cuffney
Anthony Grey ......... Elias Price
John Buckwalter ........ Clerk
Synopsis:
The Story of court-martialed Union soldier William Scott, who is slated for
execution for sleeping
on duty after he was sent for by Lincoln. [RF]
4.38 [--] Studio One: CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE ARMIES
02-Jun-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Adapted by James Costigan
Story by Robert Sherman Townes
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Richard Carlson
Lydia Clarke
Victor Jory
4.39 [--] Studio One: LOVERS AND FRIENDS
09-Jun-1952
Producer Donald Davis
Written by David Shaw
Story by Dodie Smith
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Jane Wyatt
Murray Matheson
4.40 [--] Studio One: INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT
16-Jun-1952
(aka Frontier Incident)
Producer Donald Davis
Written by Whitfield Cook
Story by S.B. Hough
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
starring
Lloyd Bridges
Victor Jory
Patricia Wheel
4.41 [--] Studio One: THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN
23-Jun-1952 (restaging of 19Jun1950)
Producer John Haggott
Adapted by Charles Monroe
Story by Kelly Roos
Directed by Martin Magner
starring
Judith Parrish
Butch Cavell
Robert Pastene
Robert Webber
Synopsis:
The murder of crippled Mr. Otis a boarder at the boarding house is investigated. [TA]
4.42[--] Studio One: THE BLONDE COMES FIRST
30-Jun-1952 (restaged from 06Nov1950)
Producer Martin Manulis
Adapted by Worthington Miner
Story by Aben Kandel
Directed by Matt Harlib
starring
Lee Grant
Tom Helmore
Synopsis:
An arrogant conman who sells a fraudulent household cleaner takes a
young woman under his wing without realizing she's a reporter. [RF]
4.43 [--] Studio One: THE ROCKINGHAM TEA SET
14-Jul-1952 (restaged 23Jan1950)
Producer John Haggott
Adapted by Worthington Miner & Mathew Harlib
Story by Virginia Douglas Dawson
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Scott Forbes
Cloris Leachman
Margaret Phillips
4.44 [--] Studio One: THE LAST THING I DO
28-Jul-1952
Producer William Speir
Written by Ted Murkland & Max Wilk
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Whit Bissell
Richard McMurray
Shepperd Strudwick
4.45 [--] Studio One: JANE EYRE
04-Aug-1952 (restaged 12Dec1949)
Producer Martin Manulis
Adapted by James P. Cavanagh
Based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte
Directed by Jack Gage
Settings Richard Rychtarik
starring
Katharine Bard ..... Jane Eyre
Kevin McCarthy ..... Rochester
Nan McFarland ...... Grace Poole
Eva Leonard Boyne .. Lady Ingram
Jane Surrey ........ Leah
Francis Compton .... Briggs
Frances Starr ...... Mrs. Fairfax
Guy Spaull ......... Mason
Veronica Cole ...... Adele
Hamish Cochrane .... Reverend Woods
Doris Roberts ...... The Madwoman
Synopsis:
A poor orphan girl against all odds, whose love and
determination save the tormented hero Rochester. [RF]
4.46 [--] Studio One: THE MAN THEY ACQUITTED
11-Aug-1952
Producer William Speir
Adapted by Mary Orr & Reginald Denham
Story by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham
Directed by Lela Swift
starring
Robert Coote
Patricia Wheel
Joan Wetmore
Synopsis:
A doctor is accused of poisoning his evil, invalid wife. The title tells the results of his trial,
but his attempt at a new life in Ireland runs into the expected complications. [RF]
4.47 [--] Studio One: ONE IN A MILLION
18-Aug-1952
Producer John Haggott
Written by Victor Wolfson
Directed by David Rich
starring
Royal Dano
Stefan Schnabel
Reinhold Schunzel
4.48 [--] Studio One: THE GOOD COMPANIONS
25-Aug-1952
Based on a story by J.B. Priestly
starring
Edith Fellows
Hamish Menzies
4.49 [--] Studio One: STAN, THE KILLER
01-Sep-1952
Adapted by Paul Monash
Based on Georges Simenon's novel
Directed by Paul Nickell
starring
Romney Brent ..... Maigret
Eli Wallach .... Stan
Lisa Ferraday
Synopsis:
A French inspector and his Polish assistant who must stop a murderer in Paris.
[TA]
4.50 [--] Studio One: THE HAPPY HOUSEWIFE
08-Sep-1952
(aka The One I Love)
Producer John Haggott
Written by Hedda Rosten
Directed by David Rich
starring
Gene Williams
4.51 [--] Studio One: THE SHADOWY THIRD
15-Sep-1952 (restaged from 29Jun1949)
Written by Ellen Glasgow
starring
Carmen Mathews
Geraldine Page
Robert Pastene
########## Westinghouse Studio One
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