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READING: Young actress reads for a part, while Saunders reads second part, and Frank listens. An actor may audition for one role, be found better for another one, sometimes is booked for a later date. Generally a star is cast without a reading in advance.
BLOCKING: Gray dawn finds Schooner at work at home on floor plans. He gets up at five, brews coffee so as not to disturb wife Jean, blocks out the basic positions for actors, cameras and mike booms. All this paper work saves rehearsal time later.
DRY RUN, this rehearsal is called. It's done to test all facilities and find out whether the plans on paper actually work in the rehearsal studio . Walter Hampden and Dorothy Gish rehearse, while cameramen, directors wrestle technical problems.
COMMERCIALS: Ford Theater was the first sponsored dramatic show on TV. It began in October 1948 once a month, changed to every other week, has continued as a fortnightly program. Here the commercial writer Neil O'Brien confers with Frank.
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MUSIC CUES are set by the director with orchestra conductor and arranger Ben Ludlow. Frank and Ben have conferred earlier and now Frank goes over the entire script with the full orchestra, marking script for entrance and exit cues, special themes.
COSTUMES may be period or modern, but every detail is supervised by the director and Grace Houston, in charge of the program's costuming. Here both are giving a final check to Mr. Hampden's jacket, after the make-up man has done his job.
DINNER BREAK: The dress rehearsal is over at 6:30, and the show airs at 9:00. Meantime, the cast dines and rests. Miss Gish takes her siesta on a prop sofa, and even the director takes time out from last-minute details for a few laughs to help clear the air.
ON THE AIR: Inside the control room all eyes are on three monitors, watching pictures fed by three different cameras, one of which is transmitted to your screen. Technicians, script girl, producer follow closely. Here is the finale of a fortnight's work.