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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
09.20.1950	one man's family b078c13 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 13. Elwood spends the night with Jack and Betty and bore...
09.21.1950	one man's family b078c14 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 14. It's obvious Teddy is trying to avoid Elwood, she ev...
09.22.1950	one man's family b078c15 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 15. Elwood has purchased a business and home for himself...
09.25.1950	one man's family b078c16 the book of teddy	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 16. Elwood shows Teddy their new home and she doesn't l...
09.26.1950	one man's family b078c17 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 17. (even though the announcer says Chapter 16) Father B...
09.27.1950	one man's family b078c18 the book of teddy	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 18. Teddy tells Paul her true feelings about Elwood, bu...
09.28.1950	one man's family b078c19 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 19. Teddy and Elwood finally break off their engagement.
09.29.1950	one man's family b078c20 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 20. Elwood has suffered a heart attack.
10.02.1950	one man's family b078c21 the book of teddy	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 21. Teddy has been visiting Elwood in the hospital and ...
10.03.1950	one man's family b078c22 the book of teddy	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 22. Teddy and Elwood have finally gotten married, but T...
10.04.1950	one man's family b078c23 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 23. Teddy returns from the hospital, but still isn't abl...
10.05.1950	one man's family b078c24 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 24. Because of a misunderstanding, the honeymoon is put ...
10.06.1950	one man's family b078c25 the book of teddy	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 78. Chapter 25. Alone in the honeymoon suite, Teddy is called away t...
10.09.1950	one man's family b079c01 plans for a belated honeymoon	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 1. Father Barbour finds out that his son Jack has not r...
10.10.1950	one man's family b078c02 more plans for a belated honeymoon	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 2. The system cue has been deleted.
10.11.1950	one man's family b079c03 father barbour talks to jack	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 3. The system cue has been deleted.
10.12.1950	one man's family b079c04 betty and her fifteen day diet	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 4. The system cue has been deleted.
10.13.1950	one man's family b079c05 teddy goes to see paul	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 5.
10.16.1950	one man's family b079c06 nicollette consoles betty	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 6.
10.17.1950	one man's family b079c07 betty's long vigil	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 7.
10.18.1950	one man's family b079c08 jack plans a trip	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 8.
10.19.1950	one man's family b079c09 paul goes to see nicollette	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 9.
10.20.1950	one man's family b079c10 jack reports on his trip	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 10.
10.23.1950	one man's family b079c11 pinky's status at stanford gets shaky	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 11.
10.24.1950	one man's family b079c12 pinky's troubles begin	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 79. Chapter 12.

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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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