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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
01.12.1951	one man's family b082c10 no maudie, no work	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 10.
01.15.1951	one man's family b082c11 clifford gets a promotion	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 11.
01.16.1951	one man's family b082c12 henry visits clifford's office	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 12.
01.17.1951	one man's family b082c13 maudie invites paul to dinner	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 13.
01.18.1951	one man's family b082c14 clifford plays santa claus	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 14.
01.19.1951	one man's family b082c15 henry puts a proposition to clifford	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 15.
01.22.1951	one man's family b082c16 henry decides to close a deal	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 16.
01.23.1951	one man's family b082c17 personality vs. sweat	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 17.
01.24.1951	one man's family b082c18 fanny signs on the dotted line	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 18.
01.26.1951	one man's family b082c20 harper and barbour	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 20. Clifford's first day on the job. The story title is...
01.29.1951	one man's family b082c21 clifford puts over a big deal	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 21.
01.31.1951	one man's family b082c23 the engagement ring	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 23. Henry gives to Clifford Aunt Isabel's old engagement...
02.01.1951	one man's family b082c24 clifford the triple threat man	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 24.
02.02.1951	one man's family b082c25 maudie gives clifford an answer	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 25.
02.05.1951	one man's family b082c26 a rejected suitor is not a happy man	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 26.
02.06.1951	one man's family b082c27 henry barbour, realtor	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 82. Chapter 27.
02.23.1951	one man's family b083c10 clifford speaks up to mr. harper	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 83. Chapter 10. Clifford walks out of the real estate office. The s...
02.28.1951	one man's family b083c13 margaret uses clifford's car as a lure	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 83. Chapter 13. Clifford decides to give up the Real Estate busines...
03.01.1951	one man's family b083c14 clifford has two dates at once	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 83. Chapter 14.
03.06.1951	one man's family bo83c17 doctor thompson's visit	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 83. Chapter 17. Father Barbour is tricked into having a medical exam...
03.26.1951	one man's family b084c06 pinky missing from the lumber mill	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 84. Chapter 6. Pinky joins the Navy and leaves his job. The story ti...
03.27.1951	one man's family b084c07 pinky murray, seaman recruit	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 84. Chapter 7. The system cue has been deleted.
03.28.1951	one man's family b084c08 jack is worried about nicolette	+ Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 84. Chapter 8. The system cue has been deleted.
03.29.1951	one man's family b084c09 fanny comes to clifford's rescue	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 84. Chapter 9. The system cue has been deleted.
03.30.1951	one man's family b084c10 a pilgrimage to san diego	+Sponsored by: Miles Labs. Book 84. Chapter 10. The system cue has been deleted.

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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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