‘I’ve Got A Secret’…Backstage Video 1962

On October 16, 2014 - TV History, Viewseum


‘I’ve Got A Secret’…Backstage Video 1962

A Rare Look At CBS Studio 52

This opens in the Control Room and moves to the stage of Studio 52. This is a long and narrow building with the entrance on West 54th Street and the back door on 53rd and is just behind The Ed Sullivan Theater, which is on Broadway.

As you watch, here is a key for orientation…entering from 54th street, the stage is on the left and the control room is on the right. As you’ll see, there is very little seating on the studio floor as 90% of the audience is in the balcony, which is still there. I was in this building in May. Here is the CBS Spec Sheet for this studio.

Rare…CBS Studio 52 Spec Sheets From 1961

The show moved here from Studio 59 in late 1960 and this is the show’s 10th Anniversary episode. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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3 Comments

  1. Scott Auerbach October 16, 2014

    That later became my dad’s chair, Bobby. I kinda grew up visiting that control room. Jim Angerome worked for my dad. So did Norm Ferro (another CBS video engineeer), who I just interviewed. I think my dad might have still been in Liederkranz Hall in 1962, but had definitely moved to 52 by the 1970s.

  2. Clark Humphrey October 16, 2014

    CBS Studio 52, of course, became the disco “Studio 54” (renamed to match its address on 54th Street), and is now a live theatre space again.

  3. Ivan Suplee White October 16, 2014

    Thanks for your informative posts!