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Utilizing clips of the older show for flashbacks, the Boston Legal episode portrayed Shatner's Studio One character as a young Denny Crane trying his first case alongside his father. Ī third-season episode of the ABC legal drama Boston Legal, 'Son of the Defender', used clips from the two-part Studio One episode 'The Defender' (February 25 – March 4, 1957), featuring William Shatner as an attorney joining his lawyer father, played by Ralph Bellamy, in the defense of a 19-year-old, played by Steve McQueen, who is accused of murder. Consentino was researching a History Channel documentary about Leibowitz, and the discovery was announced by the Museum of Television & Radio (now The Paley Center for Media). However, in 2003, Joseph Consentino, a researcher-producer for The History Channel, discovered a complete kinescope of the Studio One production in the home of the late New York defense attorney (and later judge) Samuel Leibowitz.

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Main article: List of Studio One episodes Seasonįor years, the second half of the original TV production of Twelve Angry Men was considered lost.

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The series finished at number 24 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–1951 season. The show's run ended when Westinghouse switched its sponsorship to the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, which premiered in 1958. The show's musical orchestra was also directed in several episodes during the 1950s by Alfredo Antonini. Anderson, who also created music for Playhouse 90, and Eugene Cines. The show's musical directors were Milton C. As the official commercial spokeswoman for Westinghouse, Betty Furness became strongly identified with the Westinghouse products she advertised and demonstrated during the commercial breaks, and she was also seen as an actress in eight Studio One dramas. Worthington Miner, Martin Manulis, and others produced. ĭuring the 1953 presentation 'Dry Run', whole sections of a submarine were built inside the studio, and the entire cast was nearly electrocuted when water that was being used for special effects got very close to power cables. The cast included Thomas Hardie Chalmers, Miriam Wolfe, Hurd Hatfield, and Paul Tripp. With musical accompaniment by the Robert Shaw Chorale, and presented during the Christmas season of 1952, this was one of the few medieval mystery plays telecast on commercial network television. John Astin appeared uncredited as a reporter.Īnother notable presentation was an adaptation in 1952 of a medieval mystery play about the birth of Christ, ' The Nativity', based on the Chester and York Mystery Plays of the 14th and 15th centuries, reworked into Elizabethan English.

The cast included Alexander Scourby, Ed Asner (credited as Edward Asner), and Vincent Gardenia James Coburn (credited as Jim Coburn), Warren Beatty and Warren Oates all made their television debuts in bit parts. 'The Night America Trembled' was Studio One 's Septemtop-rated television recreation of Orson Welles' Octoradio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. Nathaniel Hawthorne's granddaughter received a plaque in recognition of her grandfather's writing achievements during the Aptelecast of The Scarlet Letter. In 1954, 'Crime at Blossoms', scripted by Jerome Ross, was given an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series.

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Sal Mineo had the title role in the January 2, 1956, episode of Reginald Rose's 'Dino', and he reprised the role for the movie Dino (1957). Reginald Rose's drama ' Twelve Angry Men', about the conflicts of jurors deciding a murder case, originated on Studio One on Septemand the 1957 motion picture remake with Henry Fonda was nominated for three Academy Awards. William Templeton's 1953 adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, starring Eddie Albert as Winston Smith, led to the 1956 feature-film version with Edmond O'Brien in the principal role.

Some created such an impact, they were adapted into theatrical films. The series staged some notable and memorable teleplays among its 467 episodes. Offering a wide range of dramas, Studio One received Emmy nominations every year from 1950 to 1958. Sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the television series was seen on CBS (which Westinghouse later owned between 19), from 1948 through 1958, under several variant titles: Studio One Summer Theatre, Studio One in Hollywood, Summer Theatre, Westinghouse Studio One, and Westinghouse Summer Theatre.

In 1948, Markle made a leap from radio to television.

It premiered on Novemand ended on September 29, 1958, with a total of 467 episodes over the course of 10 seasons.Īlexander Scourby (right) in 'The Night America Trembled' (1957) It was created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One is an American anthology drama television series that was adapted from a radio series. Television program (1948–1958) Studio One