Nostalgia USA April 2016 Nostalgia USA April Issue 2016 | Page 15

A pinnacle of the Golden A ge of Television, "Studio O ne" presented a w ide range of m em orable dram as and received 18- Em m y nom inations and five w ins dur ing its prestigious nine- year- r un on CBS from 1948- 1958. Show casing som e of the greatest t alents of the era, this groundbreaking ser ies created an enor m ous im pact and still rem ains a treasured par t of A m er ica's broadcasting history. Em bracing the work of som e of television's m ost iconic w r iters, directors, actors and technical ar tists, the Studio O ne A nthology features the com plete 1954 or iginal television production of "Twelve A ngry M en" and is highlighted by early per for m ances by Charlton H eston, A r t Car ney, Jack L em m on and L eslie N ielsen as well as teleplays w r itten by Rod Serling and Gore V idal. T he R abbit, A ugust 13,1951 T he Glass K ey 4- 13- 48 O n A pr il 29, 1947, M arkle launched the 60- m inute CBS radio ser ies w ith an adapt ation of M alcolm L ow ry's Under the Volcano. Broadcast on Tuesdays, opposite Fibber M cGee and M olly and T he Bob H ope Show at 9:30 P.M ., EST , the radio ser ies continued until July 27, 1948, show casing such adapt ations as D odswor th, Pr ide and Prejudice, T he R ed Badge of Courage and A h, W ilder ness. Top per for m ers were heard on this ser ies, including John Gar field, Walter H uston, M ercedes M cCam br idge, Burgess M eredith and Rober t M itchum .