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Actors Studio

1948 • 7.5 • Drama • 30m
US • English

Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.

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Episodes

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Portrait of a Madonna

E1 30m
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Night Club

E2 30m
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The Giant's Stair

E3 30m
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The Thousand Dollar Bill

E4 30m
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The Catbird Seat

E5 30m
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The Inexperienced Ghost

E6 30m
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Ropes

E7 30m
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Esther

E8 30m
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Good Bye, Miss Lizzie Borden

E9 30m
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Ten Percent

E10 30m
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The Night the Ghost Got In

E11 30m
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The Widow of Wasdale Head

E12 30m
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The Man Who Lost Christmas

E13 30m
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To the Lovely Margaret

E14 30m
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A Day in Town

E15 30m
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I'm No Hero

E16 30m
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The Little Wife

E17 30m
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The Lady on 142

E18 30m
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A Trip to Czardis

E19 30m
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Jim Pemberton and His Boy Trigger

E20 30m
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Zone of Quiet

E21 30m
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The Tell-Tale Heart

E22 30m
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Greasy Luck

E23 30m
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Joe McSween's Atomic Machine

E24 30m

Joe McSween is a factory worker who builds a machine in his basement. The machine doesn't do anything—it just runs. Naturally, everyone thinks that it's an atomic machine, and the government gets involved.

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Dead Man

E25 30m
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Concerning a Woman of Sin

E26 30m
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Three O'Clock

E27 30m
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A Reputation

E28 30m
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I Can't Breathe

E29 30m
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From Paradise to Butte

E30 30m
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Here Comes Spring

E31 30m
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Somebody Has to Be Nobody

E32 30m
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Salt of the Earth

E33 30m
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Spreading the News

E34 30m
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You're Breaking My Heart

E35 30m