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One Man's Family was a 30-minute family drama radio series sponsored by Snowdrift and Wesson Oil. Created by Carlton E. Morse, the thing about this radio show was that it is divided into books and chapters like those of literary works. The story was about the daily life and struggles of a family living in a Sea Cliff in San Francisco, California.

The family is headed by Henry Barbour, a stockbroker, together with his wife Fanny. The couple have five children namely Paul, Hazel, Clifford and Claudia, and Jack. Throughout the story, each of them would refer to some places in San Francisco especially the Golden Gate Bridge, which can be seen from their living room. The role of Henry Barbour was given to J. Anthony Smythe, while Minetta Ellen took the role of Fanny for the show’s first thirteen years, after which Mary Adams took over until the end. Other stars included Michael Raffeto (who was replaced by Russell Thorson later on) as Paul, Bernice Berwin as Hazel, Barton Yarborough as Clifford, and Kathleen Wilson as Claudia. The show lasted for 27 years, with its pilot episode on April 29, 1932 and its last on April 24, 1959. Given that, it’s no wonder that One Man's Family is dubbed as radio's most popular and longest-running national serial ever made. The show was able to produce a total of 36 books with 3,256 chapters.

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
05.02.1951	one man's family b085c08 about toots schultz	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 8. Toots Shultz has dinner with the Barbours. The story ...
05.03.1951	one man's family b085c09 joan plans for her apartment	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 9.
05.04.1951	one man's family b085c10 joan cancels a date	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 10.
05.07.1951	one man's family b085c11 the boy in the case	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 11.
05.08.1951	one man's family b085c12 jack lays down the law	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 12.
05.09.1951	one man's family b085c13 toots in pursuit of knowledge	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 13
05.10.1951	one man's family b085c14 is it miss toots shultz or is it mrs	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 14.
05.11.1951	one man's family b085c15 a marriage is dissolved	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 15.
05.14.1951	one man's family b085c16 the path of love is not smooth	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 16.
05.15.1951	one man's family b085c17 goodnight mary lou, goodnight	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 17.
05.16.1951	one man's family b085c18 ah, these women	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 18.
05.17.1951	one man's family b085c19 toots takes a night off	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 19.
05.18.1951	one man's family b085c20 claudia's mounting concern	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 20.
05.21.1951	one man's family b085c21 meet james beach	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 21.
05.22.1951	one man's family b085c22 mother and daughter talk it out	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 22.
05.23.1951	one man's family b085c23 clifford's promotion	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 23.
05.24.1951	one man's family b085c24 young attorney at home	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 24.
05.25.1951	one man's family b085c25 joan and jim beach	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 85. Chapter 25.
05.28.1951	one man's family b086c01 henry and fanny at the sky ranch	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 86. Chapter 1.
05.29.1951	one man's family b086c02 clifford gets in deeper	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 86. Chapter 2.
05.30.1951	one man's family b086c03 pinky and battleships	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 86. Chapter 3.
06.01.1951	one man's family b086c06 more responsibilty and less cash	+Sponsored by: One-A-Day, Alka-Seltzer. Book 86, Chapter 6. Jack has been made a partner in the law ...
04.27.1952	one man's family 20th anniversary special	+The twentieth anniversary program.
07.14.1952	one man's family b096c29
07.29.1952	one man's family b096c32	+Sponsored by: Miles Nervine, Alka-Seltzer. Book 96, Chapter 32. Jack is tired after a horseback rid...

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One man family! what a great show, it stills holds our attention.....i love it

Frank

I still love One Man's Family! Although Father Barbour drives me crazy sometimes--I find myself arguing out loud with him!

Keely

Featuring 347 existing episodes as broadcast from 1941 to 1953, with several complete books. There is also a Golden Anniversary show, a Whatever Became of the Barbours, and Australian 1935 show, and a New Zealand show where the cast sends greetings to their American friends. This daytime dramatic (soap opera) series was broadcast by NBC from 1932 to 1959, and followed the Barbour family through several generations. J. Anthony Smythe played Father Henry Barbour for the complete series run, which was 3,256 programs in 134 Books (the shows were chapters in a book). The series was created by, and written by Carleton E. Morse, the fellow who created Adventures by Morse, and I Love A Mystery.

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