A wide range of memorable dramas during the Golden Age of Television.
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Twelve Angry Men (Episodio 1)
Guionista: Reginald Rose
Fecha de emisión: 1954-09-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A jury must reach a verdict concerning a teenaged boy accused of murder.
The Education of HYMAN KAPLAN (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-09-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: An irrepressible student at the American Night Preparatory School for Adults wages his personal war with the English language.
Prelude to Murder (Episodio 3)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-10-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A mystery writer and his wife are searching for an isolated country home where he can work undisturbed. Instead, they meet up with an odd painter whose wife had recently died.
Melissa (Episodio 4)
Guionista: Don Ettlinger
Fecha de emisión: 1954-10-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young woman responds with deep devotion to her dominating father and upon his death she makes a postmortem discovery of a "secret" about him.
The Boy Who Changed the World (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-10-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The life story of the famous inventor
Fatal in My Fashion (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-10-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A Paris dressmaker's model is stabbed to death during the showing of new gowns.
The Man Who Owned the Town (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-11-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: An arrogant gambler in Cripple Creek controls the village until a stranger comes along to usurp his powers.
An Almanac of Liberty (Episodio 8)
Guionista: Reginald Rose
Fecha de emisión: 1954-11-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: When a stranger to a small town is beaten up by a locals, upright residents gather, inexplicably, against their will to the town hall. Once assembled, they find they can't leave and time has stopped. All talk about the stranger, (also present). Some express rage for his views and reveal their misguided ideas of American patriotism, which are really prejudices against freedom of thought and free speech.
Let Me Go, Lover (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-11-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A disc jockey is involved in a murder. As he played peekaboo with a psychopathic killer and tangled with the police, turntables all over the place kept spinning a record called "Let Me Go, Lover", the murderer's favorite song, of course.
Joey (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-11-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Joey, a clown and leader of a traveling circus, suddenly becomes depressed when his group plays the tiny town of Millville.
The Deserter (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-11-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: After serving seven years in prison for desertion, a bitter soldier tries to start a new life.
Short Cut (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-12-06
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A crusading attorney finds that there are no short cuts to justice.
12:32 A.M. (Episodio 13)
Guionista: Reginald Rose
Fecha de emisión: 1954-12-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A sensitive boy's relationship with his parents lacks the real understanding necessary to a happy life.
Two Little Minks (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1954-12-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A New England Christmas story
The Cuckoo in Spring (Episodio 15)
Guionista: Sam Hall
Fecha de emisión: 1954-12-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young art dealer visits the home of a miserly connoisseur and discovers a pretty girl as well as some very valuable paintings.
The Missing Men (Episodio 16)
Guionista: Marc Brandel
Fecha de emisión: 1955-01-03
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young private investigator finds himself trapped by a web of circumstantial evidence and his name linked to that of a homicidal mugger. The tension mounts as he strives to clear himself.
Grandma Rolled Her Own (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-01-10
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Twelve-year-old orphan Bill Caldwell is sent to stay with his eccentric grandmother when his aunt and uncle go to Europe. Down on her luck in 1929 Detroit, Grandma rents out 22 rooms of her 25-room house. Every March, the circus comes to town and some of the more interesting characters stay at Grandma's. Young Bill learns much more about life interacting with his Grandma and her colorful boarders than living with his stuffy aunt and uncle.
Sail with the Tide (Episodio 18)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-01-17
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A beautiful but icy singer is devoted exclusively to her art and her equally icy French officer who succumbs to her charms.
It Might Happen Tomorrow (Episodio 19)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-01-24
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A test pilot sets out for a cruise through space and suddenly loses contact with Earth.
The Silent Women (Episodio 20)
Guionista: Marc Brandel
Fecha de emisión: 1955-01-31
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A sheriff travels to a rural Maine island to investigate the case of a missing young woman. While there, he learns many odd things about the place and it's inhabitants.
A Stranger May Die (Episodio 21)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-02-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Police fight a desperate battle against time to prevent a would-be suicide from killing not only himself, but also the other tenants in the building.
The Broken Spur (Episodio 22)
Guionista: Reginald Rose
Fecha de emisión: 1955-02-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In a shabby western town about 1900, a stranger gets off the train, goes to the sheriff's office, and kills him. His mild-mannered son takes over his position and tries to find the killer and avenge his father's death.
The Eddie Chapman Story (Episodio 23)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-02-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Eddie Chapman was the only Briton to win the Iron Cross in World War II. But was he really working for the Germans? Or was he a highly-placed double-agent?
Donovan's Brain (Episodio 24)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-02-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The brain of a billionaire who dies in an accident is kept alive and makes plans for global domination.
Millions of Georges (Episodio 25)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-03-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A "retread" Master Sergeant is called back into the service and it seems to his wife that most of their 10 years of marriage have been spent moving from base to base. When a young and lovely girl enters the picture the wife fears that love alone cannot hold her husband.
The Conviction of Peter Shea (Episodio 26)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-03-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The dying words of a young woman, the victim of a hit-and-run driver, point towards stock-broker Peter Shea. He maintains his innocence, even as he's found guilty and sent to prison.
Miss Turner's Decision (Episodio 27)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-03-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Spinster Melissa Turner is at a crossroads in life concerning her future. She must decide whether to pursue Forest, sad reclusive acquaintance or prepare for a life alone.
Dominique (Episodio 28)
Guionista: Ernest Kinoy
Fecha de emisión: 1955-03-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: When a newly wed Italian bride named Dominique moves to Vermont, she suffers culture shock and is hesitant to continue her new life in the Americas.
Cross My Heart (Episodio 29)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-04-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Feeling misunderstood and unwanted by her parents, a girl decides that she must run away.
Passage of Arms (Episodio 30)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-04-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In 1948, while the captain of Czechoslovakia's championship hockey team is in Moscow, Russia annexes his home land. On his return, he and his fiancee plot to escape.
Affairs of State (Episodio 31)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-04-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Irene is the plain niece of an elder statesman, who comes to Washington to aid her uncle. She seems an ideal match for a bachelor senator up for re-election. But her uncle and husband-to-be don't realize just how ideal she really is!
Mrs. Brimmer Did It! (Episodio 32)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-04-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Mr. Brimmer did not go over that seaside cliff unaided. Sinister Cousin Julian from South Africa gave Mr. Brimmer a bit of help.
Summer Pavilion (Episodio 33)
Guionista: Gore Vidal
Fecha de emisión: 1955-05-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In an old Louisiana plantation, the the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on the a gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, though she loves the builder.
A Picture in the Paper (Episodio 34)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-05-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A mild-mannered bookkeeper, belittled by his family and his coworkers, is to get his picture in the paper when he is named his company's head bookkeeper. The picture is in the paper all right, but he is mistakenly named the chairman of the city's anti-vice crusade.
Strange Companion (Episodio 35)
Guionista: Don Ettlinger
Fecha de emisión: 1955-05-16
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The drab companion of an elderly hypochondriac is transformed into a lovely woman when she falls in love with a young man she met at the opera, but she lies to him about herself, claiming she's the educated daughter of a famed operatic diva.
Pigeons and People (Episodio 36)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-05-23
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A man named Parker prefers the companionship of the pigeons in the park to that of the human race. One day, as he sits feeding his friends, Parker is approached by a gentleman who wishes to rehabilitate him.
Operation Home (Episodio 37)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-05-30
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A scholarly officer, who has spent his 3 years of military service at a secluded desk job, is assigned to shepherd some 600 troops from California to New York at the end of World War II.
The Spongers (Episodio 38)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-06-06
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: An elderly man has lost touch with his son when he receives a surprise visit from his son and his wife who come for a visit. They find that a pair of parasitic drifters have moved in with the old man and are "sponging" off him.
The Incredible World of Horace Ford (Episodio 39)
Guionista: Reginald Rose
Fecha de emisión: 1955-06-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Horace Ford longs for his childhood but it was not as idyllic as he remembers it.
Heart Song (Episodio 40)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-06-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: He used to be a Hollywood bigwig but now Jonah Silver is a casting director at a small studio. A young woman seeking a job pays him a visit.
For the Defense (Episodio 41)
Guionista: George Bellak
Fecha de emisión: 1955-06-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young lawyer bucks public opinion in his defense of an accused killer. When the killer suspect escapes while visiting the scene of the crime with the lawyer, life becomes very unpleasant for the defender.
The Day Before the Wedding (Episodio 42)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-07-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A mother announces on the day before her daughter's wedding that she is going to divorce her husband.
Sane as a Hatter (Episodio 43)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-07-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A man with a Robin Hood complex has a penchant for liquidating people whose lives he considers worthless in order to give their money to more deserving people.
A Terrible Day (Episodio 44)
Guionista: Carey Wilber
Fecha de emisión: 1955-07-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A ruthless landowner is terrorizing a small Western town, aided by his hired killers and the cowardice of the local gentry.
The Tall Dark Stranger (Episodio 45)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-07-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A woman is found strangled in a plush hotel room and sitting dazedly by is an ex-convict who tells police he is guilty. Flashback to ten years before when the man and woman first met and events leading up to the slaying with a tall dark stranger.
Julius Caesar (Episodio 46)
Guionista: Leo Penn
Fecha de emisión: 1955-08-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
The Prince and the Puppet (Episodio 47)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-08-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A pair of puppeteers seek funds for a trailer tour and do a show for a wealthy man's party with unusual results.
The Secret (Episodio 48)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-08-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A young wife invites her rival to dinner and sees that her husband is still interested in the old flame. He takes the woman home and is gone for several hours. In the morning, the woman is found dead in her hallway, the victim of a fall down the stairs that could have been accidental or could have been murder.
The Voysey Inheritance (Episodio 49)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-08-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: In the early 1900s, a man who is about to take over the family investment firm finds that his father has played fast and loose with some of his clients' money.
A Chance at Love (Episodio 50)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-08-29
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A store owner in a small Iowa town goes to New York and meets a model. He falls in love with her and tries to figure a way to let the model continue her work and still become his wife.
Mama's Boy (Episodio 51)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-09-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A family is torn by divided and misplaced loyalties of a possessive mother who controls her two sons.
The Pit (Episodio 52)
Fecha de emisión: 1955-09-12
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Two men trapped in a mine fear that the end is near and the one man confesses to the other about a crime that he committed. Upon their rescue, the man enters a new trap as his confidence might be exposed.