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Episode Number: 181 Season Num: 5 First Aired: December 22, 1952
The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. The story of the First Christmas.
STARS:
Paul Tripp - Originally Paul Tripp wanted to be an opera singer, when he found out that his voice would not be appropriate for grand opera. He lowered his sights and became a performer in comic operas. He performed in the comic operas that were staged and produced in the theatres and other local functions on the lower East Side of Manhattan.
Hurd Hatfield - A longtime friend of Angela Lansbury, Hurd Hatfield was best known for his role in the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray , which is where he first met Angela.
Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. A total of 466 episodes aired on CBS between 1948 and 1958. The program appeared in various time slots before finally settling in on Monday night.
Like a number of other 1950s and '60s television shows, Studio One was moved over from radio, where it had started in the mid-1940s.
Studio One was aired in the following time slots:
November 1948 - March 1949 -- Sunday 7:30 - 8:30
March 1949 - May 1949 -- Sunday 7:00 - 8:00
May 1949 - September 1949 -- Wednesday 10:00-11:00
September 1949 - September 1958 -- Monday 10:00-11:00
By 1957, live TV was giving way to filmed shows, and the industry was migrating from New York to Los Angeles. The show was renamed Studio One in Hollywood and started airing filmed shows. Westinghouse stopped sponsoring the program and a year later, Studio One was gone.
The show was nominated for numerous Emmy Awards throughout its run; it was nominated for Best Dramatic Series every year but won only once in 1952. The episode "Twelve Angry Men" won 3 Emmy Awards (for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Writer) in 1955.
Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. A total of 466 episodes aired on CBS between 1948 and 1958. The program appeared in various time slots before finally settling in on Monday night.
Like a number of other 1950s and '60s television shows, Studio One was moved over from radio, where it had started in the mid-1940s.
Studio One was aired in the following time slots:
November 1948 - March 1949 -- Sunday 7:30 - 8:30
March 1949 - May 1949 -- Sunday 7:00 - 8:00
May 1949 - September 1949 -- Wednesday 10:00-11:00
September 1949 - September 1958 -- Monday 10:00-11:00
By 1957, live TV was giving way to filmed shows, and the industry was migrating from New York to Los Angeles. The show was renamed Studio One in Hollywood and started airing filmed shows. Westinghouse stopped sponsoring the program and a year later, Studio One was gone.
The show was nominated for numerous Emmy Awards throughout its run; it was nominated for Best Dramatic Series every year but won only once in 1952. The episode "Twelve Angry Men" won 3 Emmy Awards (for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Writer) in 1955.
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