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HE most fun 's had since, given exhibitions of the Char^- .ton, dance say, the Roaring Twenties has been director Billy Daniels ditto. Four Earl Ton Monday nights at Mocambo Carroll gals, in authentic 20's costumes, when the whole place jumps to the Dixie- panicked the crowd with their exhibition land music of the Firehouse Five Plus of Charleston and Black Bottom. Two. This strange tag belongs to seven • • • guys who started playing hot jazz as a This is a crazy craze, but it shore has hobby. The leader, , 'is the town winging. Janet Leigh and Arthur one of Walt Disney's chief animators dur- Loew, Jr. are steady customers. British star ing the day, as are some of his boys in Stewart Granger is another who's mad for the band. This combo plays loud and the Monday night sessions. We also spotted good and every couple who can crowd the whole Whiting family—Maggie^J3a£ on the dance floor goes into an unin- bara, their mother and their aunf!"aHent hibited and different version of the Char- aHfJeieaWejjefZlaire Windsor, John leston. All in all, the crowd is the hap- and Joanne Dru, the Artie Lakes, Dennis piest and gayest we've ever seen in a O'Keefe, Roz Russell and Freddie Brisson, night spot and people literally hang on and scads more kicked up their heels in a the ropes, hoping someone will leave so frenzy of fun. Used to be that Monday they can get a table. Mocambo owner, nights in Hollywood were spent recovering Charley Morrison, is the envy of all the from the weekend. 'Tain't so any more, not other nightclub operators for grabbing as long as the Firehouse Boys are around off this jazzy bunch, who wear fire- engine anyway. They don't put out any fires, but Johnny Mack Brown with the two cldast of hit red shirts and white firemen's hats while they shore start some. four children, Lachlen, 14; Jane Harriet, 18. they play. * * * • HURRYING for Lux Theatre stint, Bob Stack ushers Coleen * » » Gray out of Coffee Dan's. Glass and greenery make exterioi SISTER ACT often seen at Dan's: After waxing new sone Robert Rossen, who pulled off a big fat meets Barbara, radio's Junior Mil Teen The Charleston contest is the big fea- ot restaurant mvitrng; interior has redwood- panelled walls coup with "All The King's Men," has an- U(,uibji lllll DJI1 i, because it has night- club air, but no bar ture of the evening with four judges de- other plum this year. It's Tom Lea's best ciding who are the best dancers. Judges selling novel "The Brave Bulls" to be vary, sometimes they're stars—Bette filmed entirely in Mexico. But the best Davis was one. One night Greg Bautzer, part of the coup is that he got Mel Fer- sports writer Vince Flaherty, designer rer, that double- threat - director, for Don Loper, and Johnny Meyer did the the hero, Luis Bello. Odd quirk is that deciding. Harry Crocker, another colum- Eugene Iglesias, who plays Mel's brother, nist, usually is the m.c. Ginger Rogers, was discovered by that other Ferrer Ann Miller and Joan Crawford have named Jose on the New York stage. Mel cut himself off a big actor's chore since he had to learn all the cape and sword Gloria De Haven, no longer blonde, at Encore work of a top bullfighter. He has 12 with Matt Dennis. She's in "Yellow Cab Man."

Farley Granger with Ceraldine Brooks at Wal- Also vacationing in N. Y., Brod Crawford and Ann Miller having fun on the dance floor at dorf- Astoria during recent trip to . kit wife, in Waldorf- Astoria's Wedgwood Room. Ciro's with her favorite escort. Bill O'Connor.

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TELEVISION AND RADIO

G:00 "KFI- TV News Room" with Ted Mevers 6:30 "The Eddie Coontz Show" RSPORTEI . (Variety) 7:3d "Fishing Pals" with TONIGHT'S ROGFRAMS J. Charles Davis By BARBARA SELLERS Jure / f- /Ronald Reagan, as John, and Pa- templated," after the visit of vice- Cod" next Sunday, as arranged with NEW YORK—She was lunching at Henri Lillian Gish and General tricia Neal. as Mary on the "Radio president Paul Raibourn last week. Richard Denning of the Lutheran leads your Leslie Groves Theater," KNX at 6. The story of League. Soule's, a very stunning woman. Marlene 0:00 "In Our Times" Mel Williamson has joined the Mike a returning G.L who* married an Stokey organization to handle audi- Story of how Governor Warren and Dietrich paused to say hello to her. So did with Roy Maypole reporter Ernie Hood cleaned up the 9:30 "Floor Show'' with Eddie English girl so that she could come tion of a new show titled "Night- Irene Selznick. Some older patrons turned Condon and His Band to the U.S. and marry his buddy mares." town of Alameda. Calif., will be 10:00 KTTV Television News is complicated when he finds the dramatized on the June 28 "Big to gape at her. "That's Carmel Myers," said Elliott Lewis will produce and direct 10:15 "The Wheeler and Rourke buddy (Fred enacted by Herbert Story" airshow. Show" (Variety) next year's "Suspense" airshow for Harold Arlen and Ralph Blane did one. "Remember her in 'Ben Hur'?" Vigran) has married another girl CBS, replacing William Spier. Alan Reed plays McKinley and the score for "My Blue Heaven." Carmel Myers, actress who started in Bill Johnstone, the General.. Lud Gluskin leaves for a European 20th Century- Fox film starring Betty flickers as a D. W. Griffith prodigy, is making her first visit to • * * • vacation next week, returning Sept. I ; Crable and Dan Dailey. New \ ork City in quite a spell of time. She came east to attend Leifh Stevens takes over as regional "Cloak and Dagger," stories of the graduation of her son, Ralph Blum Jr., from Andaver musical director for CBS today in the CUESTINCS the OSS, poses the plot of an Irish interim. Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Lux Graduation generally is a happy occasion. This one was priest in the Burma jungles who Tex Williams returned from Oregon bittersweet. Ralph Blum, her husband, died suddenly of a Theatre, CBS. becomes an ally of the service, KFI today. Jean Hagen, Lynn Looks at Holly- heart attack not many weeks ago. at 7. Ezio Pinza will be Louella Parsons' wood, KHJ airshow guest Sunday. Women who are widowed by the passing of a man they loved Muriel Maddox, Fun in the Sun, Two radio figures have drawn 19th year, the Reporter is back in deeply live m a half- world of loneliness. A partial escape is work. • • • Mercedes McCambridge, Ruth Hus- KTTV. top roles in 20th- Fox's "Half An the 10 p.m. slot on KFI after two TONIGHT 7:45 Awnl Khalidy, chief delegate of sey and Allan Ray will appear in Olds- Charles Coburn. Star Gazing. KECA. The widows of famous men are deeply appreciative of those who Angel," with the signing of Basil years on ABC. John Wald is the Iran on the UN committee con- mobile TV and radio spots being made Frank Yankovie. Peter Potter Show. remember their husbands. Mrs. 0. 0. Mclntyre for instance al CHANNEL 11 Ruysdael and James Backus for newscaster and Wayne Miller sidering the internationalization at the Fairbanks Studios. KTSL. Fun in the Sun. KTTV. ways sends a note of acknowledgment when Odd' nameTsme - the picture. Loretta Young and writes the copy. of Jerusalem, is interviewed on turned. So does Mrs. Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, wtois thtak- KTTV Jseaph OuUui ilit ; staneU. Homer Boelter is the new prexy "United or Not?" KECA at 7:30. mg now of getting up a singing and dancing act to occupy her. Margaret Whiting does a "live' of Hollywood Advertising Club. Oxydol show today, tapes another Other officers are Neil Reagan and The delegate will explain the reas- and then reports to KTTV to star ] Robert McAndrews, v.p.'s, Geor- ons behind his lone dissenting vote No Widows' Weeds in Their Gardens in the Popsicle TV show tonight. gia Holbeck, secretary, and Wade to turn the problem back to Bennett, treasurer. They will be the General Assembly for further For years after Maj. Glenn Miller was reported lost on a war Program will be released later in installed at the July 10 meeting. study. time flight from Paris to Mrs. Milledkeenly rtented any the east. With Whiting on the video show will be Frank DeVol. Lisa Howard set for top role in - « « • Jack Smith and Margaret Whit- £nnyo°u flerhcely °lenn Buddy Pepper and dancer Joe "You Be the Jury" over KFI- TV Lowery. Monday. ing render "Wait TiTr U» Sun Shines Nellie." and "Johnny One |j ji "' "•"*** will guest on Bill Note," at 8:15 over KNX. transcription, on Steven Allen's Anson's initial nighttime teevee JHwcuenj lUUjuTfrom the "Gay the Blue Horizon," "Louise" "One Hour wjf YoV*»K KNX show Sunday. show over KLAC- TV on Monday. (ARMKHAEL, WHillNG, Nineties" are featured on the many others, has busied herself gnidinJ th * t*° True Boardman has completed Eddie Gallagher, Betsy Gaye, "Railroad Hour." KFI at 8:30. Go** J""! Whiting and younger three of thirteen scripts he is do- Bill Jacoby and the Overtones MERCER ON TY SHOW don MacRae opens with "Hello. My ing for John Sutherland's tele- guest on Bob BcLaughlin's ' There are k6 many of these widows of famous 'mor,- Tk» m Baby" and Lucille Norman follows he mes Series of half- hour TV shows, film series based on "The Adven- KLAC-TV show Sunday. Alfred E. Smith, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth cX? ™ ^ r? ' with "Kentucky Babe." E ds Gracie "The Music World," is being Fields Banks, Grace George Brady Wen - ^ ' tures of Tom Sawyer and Huckle- Phil Kent starts a nightly- lined up by Telco Productions berry Finn." First one tees off George Slsler, scout for the dell Willkie . , . The list is too long series on KFWB Monday, called and Normandy Productions. Gen- June 26 at Sutherland Studios. Brooklyn Dodgers, and a member And in the particular cases of women like "Help Wanted," in which he will eral idea is to use casual inter- It will be "Martha Tilton Day" give the listing of available jobs. of baseball's Hall of Fame, the Helen Hayes and Clare Boothe Luce the views with vocal name personali- in Monterey tomorrow when she Quarter hour program to be aired guest of Jackie Robinson, KECA tragic loss of children leaves a searing im¬ ties, interspersed with pop- plat- will be guest of honor at the U. S. at 9 p.m. is in cooperation with at 8:45. print. ters and background film. For the Naval School's annual dinner- Southern California Employment Carmel Myers, leading lady for Douglas most part, records made by the, dance. Agency. guest stars will be used. Fairbanks, , Harold Lock- With the exiting of Johnny Fanny Brice makes her video ii>c the usual wood, Ramon Novarro and so many others Sample program, directed by- Grant from Ciro's nitery where Freda New Paul Landers, with Ray Fern- debut Monday in the "Popsicle is thinking of settling here in New Tork he did a nitelv disc jockey show Parade of Stars" on the CBS take and er and channeling her "savvy" into TV Her strom as photographer, is now aired over KLAC, the station will net should I in the final stages of editing, and eastern cable. Phil Rapp wrote vast circle of Coast contacts would' give move back to its old 1 a.m. rtadh their has Hoagy Carmichael, Margaret the script and Ralph Levy di- her services unique value. sign- off. When Grant moved to rected the insert from here. on AFRA's Whiting and Johnny Mercer as the outlet, KLAC pushed Don Her Coast parties, when Ralph was guest stars for round- table dis- Otis out of his 10 to 1 slot and TV TIDBITS J T ~ 'r* ' ' of- / 7 •JI alive, would have put Perle Mesta to cussions about music. Pilot show gave him an 11 to 2 period. Grant will be submitted to prospective That strike of CBS technician s will hit the local tele\ i- mn iinnual aonivsaw shame. CARMKL MYERS went in from 10 to 11. Now that n,med sponsors for a series deal. Telco screens next week when many of the familiar P[°8"'^ Angeles PTeSa Ctt "You know, the movie colony Is tnnim^ . .. Grant has left Ciro's, after the f 11,1 h 1 0n the cold in the East for local release are being canceled by KTTV (11It. the rtm . . . side," she said, at luncheon. "But I U nell r° ** * } is headed by Al Gannaway and station had a spat with nitery Trio are al=n nn er forget tlle Ed Everts, with William Morgan, Among them ate the Goldbergs. Suspense and Treasury Parade ,. diem when Ralph died." warmth of owner, Herman Hover, Otis will RADIO DOINGS former film editor for Selznick, recoup his old time slot and the %i Stars. They'll all he hark the following week, however . . . operating Normandy. Two new shows on the TV horizon. Bill Anson invades the >inn commuting gue- t star. ZcZr' '?? - way, be. station will sign- off 60 minutes ».u- after midnight. owli class witn himss "fllanriuiancinn at ^\ll,u nson" " i"*packagv-"h^e.^e _ on KLAC (13). Harlow Wilcox yesterday was Show - ill h, seen M«Hn through Fridav from II p.m. to flu lormer t^fe^S^^" asked. "Ralph's signed bv Jerry Fairbanks Pro- *nidnight. Bill maintains his other IV „ rartin - ow n PP8d V er ,0 the house 2Z on his July 30 show and then do .,, e^veniiiEdWmecasS fiat h°0 ° , ductions "to narrate the radio and WfM .„ . K'' V (11 • will interrup' its "Fun in the sin- snow Ralph's cliel!SH*T he movies and SSlr? J^* Ukmg 0ver a11 of television series for Oldsmobile. e f the com missions. 'Ralph would have done Th? Bam?^ r" ° - NBC will- salute the return of ,,lained." e same tnin8 '<* me,' he ex- Richfield Reporter June 25 with a half hour show starring Boh Hope. Penny Singleton, Luculs Norman and Gregg Mitchell. Old- est newscast in radio, now in its