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Studio One

1947–1948 · 52 episodes · 53 listens

On April 29 1947, 26-year-old Canadian director Fletcher Markle launched a 60-minute CBS radio drama series called Studio One, with an adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano.

It was the first of many short stories, novels and plays to be adapted for radio, and the results really were outstanding!

The series showcased such adaptations as Carmen, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Ah, Wilderness.

Looking at the cast lists, many of the shows were performed by Everett Sloane and Anne Burr, with Fletcher Markle himself often heard too. Interestingly, the actress Orson Welles said was "the world's greatest living radio actress" Mercedes McCambridge also played several parts. She and Fletcher Markle went on to marry in 1950.

CBS Radio received a Peabody Award for Studio One in 1947, citing Markle's choice of material and the authenticity of his adaptations "in a production, which at its best, is distinguished for its taste, restraint, and radio craftsmanship".

However, broadcast on Tuesdays, it was up against stiff competition, running opposite Fibber McGee and Molly, and The Bob Hope Show at 9:30pm.

Perhaps that's why it lasted for just one season, only continuing until July 27 1948 - although it did then make the leap to television in 1948, airing under several variant titles: Studio One in Hollywood, Studio One Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One and Westinghouse Summer Theatre.

The audio quality is excellent, and the storylines really are enthralling.

Happy listening my friends.

Cast & Crew

FFletcher MarkleWriter · Actor · ProducerEEverett SloaneActorMMercedes McCambridgeActorAAnne BurrActor

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Episodes

Apr 27, 1948
Prepare for a captivating journey into the heart of English country life with this radio adaptation of Winifred…
Apr 29, 1947 · 1:01:34
This is the first show of the series, and comes from the handsomely acclaimed bestselling book written by Malcolm…
Apr 6, 1948
Franchot Tone leads a thoughtful, sea-breezed drama about a man who returns to his coastal hometown and finds the…
Aug 12, 1947 · 54:41
The romantic involvements of five sisters and the loves of three of them, set in the class-conscious London and…
Aug 19, 1947 · 1:05:50
If there's a world capital for tranquility, it's Laburnum Grove. Two acres of Connecticut charm, so named by George…
Aug 26, 1947 · 58:05
The Hunted is based on a play by Booth Tarkington and is a dark melodrama of revenge and passions set in the smoking…
Aug 5, 1947 · 56:40
The basis of the famous opera by Bizet, this is the famous love story of old southern Spain, telling the tale of the…
Dec 1, 1947
Step into a world of love and prejudice with this gripping radio adaptation of Gwethalyn Graham's bestselling novel.…
Dec 16, 1947
A foggy New York night leads a thoughtful physician into a Park Avenue apartment where charm and unease sit side by…
Dec 23, 1947
A quiet, wintry ache runs through this city-set drama, where choices are made in haste and their aftershocks settle on…
Dec 30, 1947
Joan Blondell gives a poised, sympathetic turn as Celina, guiding this quietly unfolding story of work, hope and the…
Dec 8, 1947
A tender triangle unfolds across bustling cities, smoky clubs, and wartime thresholds as Mary, her husband Jock, and…
Dec 9, 1947 · 1:02:36
To Mary With Love is the story of ten years and three people. Mary Wallace, her husband Jock, and Bill Hallen their…
Feb 17, 1948 · 60:00
While this story is a magnificent romance it is also an unforgettable commentary on men and women at war. Madeline…
Feb 24, 1948 · 58:18
A fine story of love and hate, and young people growing up in a small midwestern town at the turn of the twentieth…
Jan 20, 1948
A coolly inquisitive physician tests a daring theory where the clinic meets the criminal underworld. As his ‘research’…
Jan 5, 1948
This Studio One hour, adapted from Graham Greene’s novel, plays its cards with pleasing restraint. Edward G. Robinson…
Jul 1, 1947 · 57:42
Baby Cyclone is a comedy by George M. Cohan. It’s about three men who lead a general dog’s life because of three…
Jul 15, 1947 · 1:00:49
Ah Wilderness is a Pulitzer Prize story by a great American dramatist, Eugene O'Neill, and is a comedy of American…
Jul 20, 1948
Step back in time to colonial Florida with this gripping tale of romance, rebellion, and moral dilemmas. Burgess…
Jul 22, 1947 · 55:06
A romantic comedy about a young man with young ideas, who meets the daughter of a traditionally rich, and richly…
Jul 27, 1948
A bright, open-hearted girl from a freewheeling musical family collides with the polished world of guardians, schools,…
Jul 29, 1947 · 54:56
A witty romantic comedy about the disruption caused when a young woman's father returns home after fifteen years in a…
Jul 8, 1947 · 59:40
Will Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills., and so when his wealthy nephew visits, he asks him for a…
Jun 10, 1947 · 58:43
A moving Civil War story of a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who is plagued by doubts of cowardice,…
Jun 15, 1948 · 1:00:25
The classic English novel of love and hate on the bleak English Moors. Eustacia Vye is a young maid, filled with…
Jun 24, 1947 · 56:36
Today's story is a satire of southern society. One of romance, an American comedy of manners, and of love and marriage.…
Jun 29, 1948 · 1:00:23
A thriller of romance, and cloak and dagger intrigue in wartime Beirut. Arabesque is a love story that takes us to the…
Jun 3, 1947 · 59:26
In this comedy you are invited to spend a weekend with the Bliss Family four of the most improbable people you have…
Mar 16, 1948
A gentle story of chance companionship in Central Park, this adaptation follows three strangers who fashion a makeshift…
Mar 2, 1948 · 59:59
People who are forced to live together against their will are sure to hate each other. There's bound to be trouble!…
Mar 23, 1948 · 59:58
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring, that covets…
May 11, 1948
Tonight, settle in for a captivating tale of two towns and the intertwining lives of those who inhabit them. 'Wine of…
May 13, 1947 · 56:57
Dr. Thomas Stockman is a confident man and a family man. He has become medical officer for the big new health resort in…
May 18, 1948
Tune in for a gripping tale of power, passion, and the high-stakes world of Hollywood in this radio adaptation of F.…
May 20, 1947 · 57:55
This is a character comedy about the renowned baseball player known as Alibi Ike. Alibi Ike belongs to the ages now…
May 25, 1948
Settle in for a thrilling tale of innocence and evil on this week's episode of Studio One. When two young English…
May 27, 1947 · 1:03:07
A romantic drama and wonderful story from Sinclair Lewis, which tells the tale of a recognisable type of married…
May 4, 1948
Listen to this intriguing story 'Private Worlds', where the lines between sanity and madness blur. This episode offers…
May 6, 1947 · 57:24
The story of Topaz a very remarkable gentleman indeed was originally written in French by Marcel Panyol in the 1920’s…
Nov 11, 1947 · 58:41
Let Me Do The Talking is based on the novel by Richard Mayland. It is a behind the scenes inside the agents portrait of…
Nov 18, 1947 · 1:07:00
A vivid Katherine Brush novel about the tumbling and tempestuous times of the roaring twenties, in a love story about…
Nov 25, 1947 · 61:00
Payment Deferred is one of the great melodramas in the literature of the theater, a dark portrait of a very simple man…
Nov 4, 1947 · 60:53
Kitty Foyle in this story is Irish in her mid-twenties and consistently feminine. She was born and raised in…
Oct 14, 1947 · 1:02:53
Anthony Adverse Esq is twenty six years old, and is about to set out for a New World. Like the whole span of his…
Oct 21, 1947 · 25:00
Sheriff Caradac had gone up Mount Laurel and found his man and as he raised his gun to outlaw Rhiannon and told him…
Oct 7, 1947 · 60:00
There’s A Tree That Grows In Brooklyn was written by Betty Smith published in 1943, about the people and times of the…
Sep 16, 1947 · 30:08
“The war had come. In time they had joined up, they had fought to the end somewhere in Germany. Now here they were…
Sep 2, 1947 · 58:17
On the night of May 16th 1849 the sailing ship Lander Lake sowed at Buffalo bound for Milwaukee encountered a Northwest…
Sep 23, 1947 · 58:31
Gentle Julia is a story by Booth Tarkington in which Julia’s sister Florence (Rosemary Rice) is intent on stirring…
Sep 30, 1947 · 57:11
Emily Bronte's famous classic, Wuthering Heights, tells the somber, brooding, foreboding, gloomy and yet somewhat quite…
Sep 9, 1947 · 59:33
Rudolph Besier has called his play about the Barretts of Wimpole Street a comedy but it is also a romance, a melodrama…
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