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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"18 linear feet (46 boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1993-034", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21307", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Studio One production files"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division."}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Worthington Miner was the director and producer of the <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> television program from 1948 to 1952. The <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> production files consist of working scripts, shooting scripts, notes, outlines, memos, correspondence, floor plans, schedules, cast lists, and press releases and document his career as the show's producer."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Worthington Miner - Studio One Production Files, *T-Mss 1993-034, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Miner, Worthington, 1900-1982", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Worthington (Tony) Miner, director, writer, and noted television producer, was born in Buffalo, New York on November 13, 1900. His parents were Worthington Cogswell Miner, a lawyer, and Margaret Willard, who later became chairman of the board of the Greenwich House School of Music. Miner attended the Kent School in Connecticut, graduated from Yale in 1922, and studied at Cambridge University until 1924. He came to the theater quite by chance when he was asked to hold the prompt book at a play rehearsal while visiting a friend in London.</p> <p>He made his Broadway debut as a \"spear carrier\" in the 1925 production of <span class=\"title\">Cyrano de Bergerac</span>. By 1929, after working under Guthrie McClintic and Jed Harris, he was directing plays. During the next ten years Miner staged over thirty productions including <span class=\"title\">Reunion in Vienna</span>, <span class=\"title\">Both Your Houses</span>, and <span class=\"title\">On Your Toes</span>. In 1939 he joined CBS as general program manager and in 1942 he became manager of the entire CBS television department. He produced <span class=\"title\">The Goldbergs</span>, early broadcasts of <span class=\"title\">Toast of the Town</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Mr. I. Magination</span> before reaching his zenith with <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> in 1948. Miner became a television innovator, pioneering such camera techniques as the close-up and the long shot, and was instrumental in developing the craft of live television acting. Leaving <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> in 1952, Miner produced several other television programs, including <span class=\"title\">Medic</span> and <span class=\"title\">Play of the Week</span>, and the motion picture <span class=\"title\">The Pawnbroker</span>.</p> <p>Miner was on the board of the Theatre Guild and was president and chairman of the board of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was married to actress Frances Fuller. They had three children. Miner died in New York City on December 11, 1982.</p>"}
- custodhist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Worthington Miner <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> production files were donated to The Billy Rose Theatre Division in the 1980's.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection documents <span class=\"persname\">Worthington Miner</span>'s career as the producer for <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> during the years 1948-1952. He also adapted many of the stories and plays for the <span class=\"subject\">television</span> program. The majority of items included are <span class=\"genreform\">synopses</span> and <span class=\"genreform\">outlines</span>, working <span class=\"genreform\">scripts</span>, and final <span class=\"genreform\">shooting scripts</span>. Miner's story outlines are usually handwritten. Also included is correspondence between Miner and script writers, actors, and various labor and religious organizations concerned with the development of individual productions. <span class=\"genreform\">Floor plans</span> and <span class=\"genreform\">blueprints</span> for most of the productions are also part of the collection. Also included are lists of actors and their salaries for all the productions from 1948 to 1952. Publicity materials in the form of news releases span the years 1953-1955, after Miner had left the show. <span class=\"title\">Curtain Call</span>, a 1952 summer replacement for the <span class=\"title\">RCA Victor Show</span>, was also produced by Miner and is represented in the collection by four scripts and fan mail.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Studio One production files are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21307#c295017'>Series I: Television Scripts and Production Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1948-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>41 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes working scripts, outlines, synopses, a few photographs, correspondence, memos and shooting scripts.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21307#c295263'>Series II: Schedules and Master Cast Lists</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1948-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes lists of productions with air dates, authors, adapters and directors and lists of casts and their salaries.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21307#c295266'>Series III: Publicity Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1953-1955</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Press releases for many of the productions.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21307#c295270'>Series IV: Set plans and blueprints</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1948-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 oversized boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Floor plans, details, elevations and drawings for most of the <span class=\"title\">Studio One</span> productions.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p> <ul> <li>Series I: Television scripts and Production notes</li> <li>Series II: Schedules and Master cast lists</li> <li>Series III: Publicity materials</li> <li>Series IV: Set plans and blueprints</li></ul></p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1948-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948/1955"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1948
- date_inclusive_end
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1955
- acqinfo
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{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1993-034"}
{"date"=>"1993", "source"=>"Unknown", "method"=>"Unknown", "extent"=>"20 o", "value"=>"Unknown, Unknown, 1993"}
- keydate
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1948
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Susan McArthur.</p>"}
- date_start
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1948
- date_end
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1955