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8/28/08 at 6:19pm
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Studio One DVD news: Announcement for Studio One - Anthology | TVShowsOnDVD.com

I am VERY impressed with the line up of episodes.

While they are all great episodes, I am excited about the following ones :

TWELVE ANGRY MEN - This didn't exist complete till a print turned up in a private collection only a few years ago!

1984 - This pre-dates the BBC version by almost a year - Eddie Albert plays Winston Smith! (This was actually rumored to be lost!)

THE ARENA - A "lost" Rod Serling Drama about a newley elected Senator and the challenges that he faces.

DINO - Sal Mino in the original TV drama that later become the film of the same name - he stared in both.

I hope these have been transfered via Live Feed,or atleast The Da Vinci Process!

Now,if only we could get a PLAYHOUSE 90 release!
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8/28/08 at 6:43pm
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Amazing to see "Studio One" receiving such care. I'm also very intrigued by this set. In addition to Serling's "The Arena", the set also features his teleplay for "The Strike"--both of which were directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
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8/29/08 at 4:00am
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This set will likely be the definitive "Studio One" release. Most of what I've seen of this series comes from Alpha Video, so there's no restoration work done on those releases, though they're watchable. But I thought the Canadian company, Video Service Corp., did a reasonably good job with their series of SO releases several years back. You could play each episode with or without the Westinghouse commercials. They're still available.

Video Service Corp.

I really wonder how much of this series still exists.
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8/29/08 at 7:49am
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Very exciting news to get to see some of these classic dramas. Thanks for the information, Denny.
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8/29/08 at 7:51am
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I have some Studio One eps in a Mill Creek movie collection, and I love them! Been hoping that somebody'd release a set of them! Hope they end up releasing every ep ever made!

These anthology series from the 50's (Studio One and similar) were some of the best things ever made!!
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8/29/08 at 8:06am
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I think it's great to see Studio One come out as well. I just wish they did a more comprehensive release, one with more episodes. There were 400+ made. As it stands, it's sort of like one of those CBS/Paramount split-season releases.
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Amazing to see "Studio One" receiving such care. I'm also very intrigued by this set. In addition to Serling's "The Arena", the set also features his teleplay for "The Strike"--both of which were directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

I forgot "The Strike" was one of Rod's Scripts!
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8/29/08 at 11:16am
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I'll be picking this set up at some point (sale). I was slightly disappointed that we didn't get the Christmas episode on this one though. But I understand that picking episodes for a set like this is based on big name celebs and not sentimentality. Still, I really would like to see the Christmas-themed episode from this series.

Gary "glad to see an older anthology like this getting a release" O.
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8/29/08 at 11:40am
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Re: STUDIO ONE - WOW!

Great News! I've added them to my Studio One DVD release guide below:

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Use the link above as this is not included on my page yet as I'm working on all the Anthology series for my next update.

With this new release that brings 41 episodes known to be released. Does anyone have information on RichieMagoo's comment on episodes being on a Millcreek Movies Collection? Episodes? Title of Collections?

Thanks,
Brian
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8/29/08 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by Brian:C
Great News! I've added them to my Studio One DVD release guide below:

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Use the link above as this is not included on my page yet as I'm working on all the Anthology series for my next update.

With this new release that brings 41 episodes known to be released.

Brian

Brian, as always, I appreciate your lists, and it is interesting to see episodes from this series strewn over several different releasing companies. I can confirm that the first episode of season 5, "The Kill" with Grace Kelly, appeared on a dollar DVD from Digiview that I picked up at Walmart some time ago. I have no idea as to whether Digiview is still manufacturing and distributing DVDs; it may very well be now out of print.

I'd really love to know how many episodes from this series survive today.
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8/29/08 at 12:49pm
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Are all of these shows from kinescopes? Were any of them also filmed?
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Now,if only we could get a PLAYHOUSE 90 release!
I was thinking about that myself after reading the announcement. My Mother has told me about both "shows" and their quality. I'd like to see a 50's take on 1984...I've only ever seen the one with John Hurt as Winston Smith.

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8/31/08 at 11:25am
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Nope... sorry!

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Funny thing about The Arena. IIRC the popular story goes that Serling's experience with the censors over the original script (which party is the one we're supposed to identify with, what's the issue etc.) was directly responsible for him creating "that Twilighty show about that Zone".
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8/31/08 at 11:51am
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Wow - is right. I didn't expect these would ever find a release.

Btw, brilliant list, Brian!
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Nope... sorry!

-Kevin

That sucks! LIVE FEED is such a fantastic process
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9/6/08 at 6:03pm
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Wow - is right. I didn't expect these would ever find a release.

Btw, brilliant list, Brian!

Thanks Mike! I use them for my collection and seem a waste not to share them with anyone interested.

re Bob Hug: I've updated to list to include you addition. Thanks once again.

Below are all the new tables listed on the site:
Cavalcade of America
Cisco Kid
Colgate Comedy Hour
The DuPont Show Of The Month
General Electric Theater
George Burns And Gracie Allen Show, The
Henry Fonda Presents: Star And Story
Loretta Young Show, The
Peter Gunn
Saint, The
Star And Story
Studio One
Telephone Time
TV Reader's Digest

Brian
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9/8/08 at 5:41am
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^^^^

As always, Brian, thanks for the update. You've really brought a number of the dramatic anthology series to your list this time around. A completed series that Timeless just released is "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot" (30 episodes). They have also released "William Tell" and "The Buccaneers" but both of those series are incomplete (30 of 39 episodes). However, Mill Creek's release of "The Buccaneers" is complete. You might also want to add Mill Creek's "Sherlock Holmes" 1954-55 series, another series which is complete.
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Great news about STUDIO ONE. 12 ANGRY MEN will be a real coup!

I seem to recall that several "Playhouse 90'S" were committed to film (MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK, NO TIME AT ALL, THE CONSTANT HUSBAND. HOMEWARD BORNE, and CLIPPER SHIP) by Screen Gems and were offered as part of movie packages in syndication. Do they still exist in the Sony vaults?

Is there any word on the remaining 30 episodes of SUSPENSE or is that a lost cause?

Charles Hoyt

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Re Mill Creek releases of Studio One material. The Dark Crimes set has The Man Who Had Influence, There Was a Crooked Man, Two Sharp Knives, Flowers from a Stranger, and Plan for Escape; Historic Classics has The Nativity and Pontius Pilate, plus The Night America Trembled. There's probably others as well.

Prints are reasonable PD quality.

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3/30/09 at 9:21am
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Oldies.com has a couple of the Studio One episodes on sale that do not appear on Koch's "Studio One Anthology" including the double length "The Defender" and Jackie Gleason's "The Laughmaker." These are both from the Canadian label Video Service Corp. and are available for $5.95 each.

Studio One - The Defender - Television on DVD (1957) Starring Ralph Bellamy; Steve McQueen & William Shatner; Video Service Corp : OLDIES.com

Studio One - The Laughmaker - Television on DVD (1952) Starring Jackie Gleason & Orson Bean; Video Service Corp : OLDIES.com

I have "The Laughmaker" and I thought VSC did a nice job with the release. You can play the episode with or without the Westinghouse commercials. "The Defender" is Reginald Rose's "pilot," of sorts, to the "The Defenders."
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3/31/09 at 6:54am
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Thanks for this, Bob. I didn't know about the VSC titles and will definitely be picking these up.
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3/31/09 at 7:05am
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Mike, VSC actually produced a third Studio One DVD titled "Sentence of Death" (with James Dean), but Oldies.com isn't offering that title though the co-feature episode "The Night America Trembled" (the recreation of Orson Welles' Martian radio scare) is available on DVD from Alpha Video.

Amazon.com: Studio One: Sentence of Death/The Night America Trembled: Mary Sinclair, Maria Riva, James Daly, Richard Purdy, Charlton Heston, Leslie Nielsen, Felicia Montealegre, John Forsythe, Richard Kiley, Everett Sloane, John Baragrey, Harry Towne

Interestingly, the Studio One titles are no longer showing at VSC's web site so, presumably, they are going out of print.
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