R044R0 0PtedON INCLUDING NOV 29 -DEC 5, 1954 THE TELEVISION INDEX VOLUME 6 NUMBER 48 PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING TALENT EDITOR: Jerry Leichter ASSOC ED: Alvin Sullum 551 FifthAvenue *New York 17 MUrray Hill 2-5910 BUS MGR: Marjorie Oxley

PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION INDEX, INC. WEEKLY REPORT

THIS WEEK - - NETWORK DEBUTS & HIGHLIGHTS

Tuesday(30) NBC- 12:15-12:30pm EST; SPECIAL; InternationalLivestock Exposition; from WNBQ (Chi), stations indefinite. Sponsor- Charles Pfizer & Co (Feed supplements and farm products) thru Leo Burnett Co.,Inc(Chi); Acct Superv- Charles Busting; Acct Exec- Ed Thiele. Production information not available at press time. John Cameron Swayze is m.c. for a hog-judging contest, in conjunction with the International Livestock Exposition, the programoriginating from the Normandy Room of the Conrad Hilton Hotel, . Films of last year's contest will also be shown. Program pre-empts 12:15-12:30 segment of theBetty White Show this date only. See also next item.

NBC- 3-4pm EST; SPECIAL; InternationalLivestock Exposition; from WNBQ(Chi), no. of stations indefinite. Sponsor- Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.(Tractors, Farm Equipment, Road Machinery) thru Bert S.Gittins Advertising(Milwaukee). No account or production information available. NBC farm commentator Everett Mitchell and Mal Hansen, farm service directorfor WOW & WOW-TV(Omaha) share m.c. duties for the 7th consecutiveyear for NBC -TV's telecast of the Internat- ional Livestock Exposition at Chicago'sInternational Amphitheater, with Hansen handling the arena events and Mitchell thestudio -originated features. The program will include specialreports and integrated films. The program pre-empts for one day only, the Tuesday segments ofthe following dramatic serials: The Greatest Gift, 3-3:15pm; Golden Windows,3:15-3:30pm; One Man's Family, 3:30- 3:45pm; and Concerning Miss Marlowe, 3:45-4pm.

Sunday(December 5) NBC- 4-4:30pm EST; RETURN & NET CHANGE; JuvenileJury; from WRCA-TV(NY), to the net. Sustaining. Pkgr- Barry, Enright & Friendly(NY); Prod Supery By - Mike Oppenheimer; Dir- Craig Allen(tentative). Jack Barry, as host, is assisted by a panel of five youngsters, ranging in agefrom 5 to 10 years, who offer sol- utions for problems posed by visiting youngsters. Each week's panel is drawn from a pool of eight children, rotated fromweek to week.The program debuted over NBC-TV on June 19, 1951, and was seenat different periods until it moved to CBS -TV, Oct 11, 1953. Last show on CBS was Sept 14, 1954. In its new NBC spot it replaces Out on the Farm; last show Nov 20. (Beginning Jan 9, 1955, Juvenile Jury will be sponsored by Pharmaceuticals,Inc (Geritol) thru Edward Rletter Associates, Inc(NY); Acct Exec- Edward Rletter;Agcy & Comm Superv- Don its CBS run.). Blauhut. Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was sponsor of the show during - Page 203 - TRTS WEEK(More) Copyright 1954 by Television Index, Inc. Ross Reports On Television, Service Subscription Rates (U.S., Canada, Mexico): $110 per year (or $30 quarterly, minimum one year subscription). Additional or multiple subscriptions at lower rates. Service includes: Unlimited telephone and mail information service, except research; weekly reports on current television production, programming; talent movements; annual industry directories; periodic reports on special aspects of television; and The Television Index card file. THIS WEEK(Cont'd) Sundey(December 5) NBC- 5:30-6pm EST; SPECIAL; March of Medicine, LIVE & FILM; from WTVJ(Miami), 63 stations live & delayed. Second program in 1954-55 series. All credits are same as for the first program on Oct 31 (See page 188 for all credits). The Miami telecast is in connection with AMA clinical sessions and will feature a striking advance in heart surgery.

OTHER NETWORK CHANGES & ADDITIONS

NBC- Churchill at 80, ON FILM; SPECIAL Nov 28; Sun, 2-2:30pm EST, one time; from WRCA-TV(NY), to the net. Sustaining. Pkgr- NBC-TV(NY); Prod- Ted Mills; Dir- John Goetz; Film Ed- John Gaffney; Managing Ed- Reuven Frank; Writer- John Lynch. A special NBC-TV film review of highlights In the career of Sir Winston Churchill marking his 80th birthday, including sidelights from friends and parliamentary opponents.

HallmFrk Hall of Fame - Macbeth; SPECIAL Nov 28; Sun, 4-6pm EST; from WRCA-TV(NY) in compatible color, no. of stations indefinite. Sponsor- Hall Brothers, Inc (RA-11mArk Greeting Cards) thru Foote, Cone & Belding(Chi); Acct Exec- Homer Heck; Agcy Supery & Comm Superv- Bob Simpson(NY). Pkgr- NBC-TV; NBC Exec Prod - Jack Rayel; Production & Adaptation- Maurice Evans; Stager & Dir for Evans - George Schaefer; Assoc Prods- Mildred Freed Alberg & RmmAtt iogers; NBC Prod & TV Dir- Hudson Faussett; Assoc Dir- Sutton Roley; Music Composed & Dir- Lehman Engel; Sets- Otis Riggs; Costumes- Joel Taylor.Maurice EVans and Judith Ander- son co-star in a special television production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," the third annual presentation by Evans of these specials; the two previous produc- tions were "Hamlet" and "King Richard II."

Weekend Workshop; DEBUT Nov 20; Sat, 12noon-lpm EST; WNBQ(Chi)2 also to NBC o- 1 and -o stations: WRCA-TV(NY), WNBK(Cleve), WRC-TV(Wash). Open. Pkgr- WNBQ(Chi).$ Prod- George Heineman; Dir- Paul Robirson. Jim Hamilton, assisted by Kay West - fall, explain and demonstrate -tow -to-do and major and minor maintenance and handyman problems. (Program was listed in local station section, page 201, be- cause of previously incomplete information).

NEW NETWORK SPONSORSHIPS

EMERSON DRUG CO (Bromo-Seltzer) will become alternate week sponsor of Chance of a Lifetime (Fri, 10-10:30pm EST) over the DuMont net, effective Dec 17, replacing P. Lorillard Co (Old Gold Cigarettes), both thru Lennen & Newell, Inc(NY). Lentheric, Inc., which became alternate sponsor on Sept 17, continues.

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LOCAL STATION ACT1Vi1Y

WABC-TV(Ch 7) - Dollars and Donuts,Wed, Thurs, Fri, 8:30-9pm EST, scheduled to debut New York Nov 24 (See page 201), postponed indefinitely. Tinker's Work Shop continues Mon thru Fri, 8-9am EST, as originally scheduled.

KABC-TV(Ch 7) - Familiar Faces; DEBUT Nov 26; Fri, 10-10:30pm PST. Sponsor- Holt Hollywood, LA Motors and San Fernando Valley Motors thru Craig, Dean, Riley & Olsen(LA). Pkgr- Sid Crockett; Prods- Bob Olsen, Ed Becker; Dir- George Flournoy. Artist Sid Crockett does caricature sketches and actress Nina Bara provides audio clues while four guest panelists compete for high scores in attempt- ing to identify the well-known persons being sketched. The program had been seen for one year over KGO-TV().

KABC-TV - Nitecap Theater, LIVE & FILM; DEBUT Nov 29; Mon thru Fri, 10:30pm- lam PST. Participations. Louie Quinn, disc jockey, gag writer, comedian; tells gags, stories, interviews people (Continued next page)

Tr,h, I,-1. _ _ , LOCAL STATION ACTIVITY(Cont'd)

KABC-TY(Ch 7) - Nitecap Theater(Continued from previous page): and sandwiches in Hollywood, LA a late movie each night. The program will be informal and off -beat.

KNXT(Ch 2) - Pet Showcase; STATION CHANGE Nov 20; Sat,5:30-6pm PST. Participa- Hollywood, LA tions. Prod- Norma Serviss. Tommy Dixon m.c.'s the program which features animal acts, purebred dogs and cats and pet shop proprie- tors in the LosAngeles area. The program has previously been seen over KTLA(LA).

KNXT - Fsnily Fun Time; LIVE & FILM; DEBUT Nov 22; Mon thru Fri, 9-9 :30am, 3-3:30rm PST. Participations. Wee Battersea is m.c.-host for two programs daily, the afternoon session a variation of the morning program. Be will interview well-known chefs, give news of interest to the housewife and interview audience guests during the morning show. Diana Brewster joins him for the afternoon segment, presenting fashion features and news for women.Each program will also in- clude a Walter Lantz cartoon short. The morning program replaces California Living, with Mercedes Bates, while the afternoon show replaces Movie Matinee.

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PRODUCTION AND PROGRAMMING NEWS

FILM DIGEST: KNXT(LA) has purchased 179 Walt- NEWS & COMM: Ted Bergmann, managing dir- er Lantz cartoons for showing ector of the DuMont TV Net on the daily Space Funnies and issued a statement on Nov Wes Battersea shows. The cartoons, produced for19 denying that DuMont has contemplated, "nor Universal International, include 92 Oswald the have we any intentions of, entering into negotia- Rabbit" shorts KTTV(LA) believes it is tions" with anyone "which contemplate the dispos- marking an innovation in children's programming ition or the abandonment of the DuMont Television by presenting the Robert Cummings' My Hero series Network." On Nov 23 Mr. Bergmann made a speech as part of the Sheriff John show daily, from before a group meeting of the 4A's which indic- 5:30-6pm. The series, distributed by Official, ated the extent of DuMont's future problem in has been retitled Mr. Beanblossom. An odd dis- competing with three other networks when station tinction, not too much emphasized by KTTV, is clearances are critical. A DUMont survey shows that Cummings is replacing cartoons formerly in the top 148 market groups of the country, 14 shown in the time slot.The Cummings films weremarkets have at least 4 stations, 27 have 3 sta- previously "test run" at 7pm to get a reaction; tions, 55 markets have 2 stations and 39 have 1 the six -week test indicated a 50 per cent juven- station each. DuMont's "best estimate of the ile audience. future picture" is that a reasonable expectation would be for 24 markets to have 4 or more stations. Jack Gage has replaced Sidney Lumet as director and an additional 78 will have 3 stations. The of the You Are There film series, being shot at DuMont answer is, in a sense, already in opera - Bedford Park Studios in New York .Derwin tion. Mr. Bergman emphasized that DuMont does Abbe has replaced Will Price as director of His not have a "must buy" list of stations such as Honor, Homer Bell, the Hi Brawn -Galahad series exists on the other nets. This permits small shooting in Brooklyn for NBC Olmsted Sound advertisers to break into net advertising and Studios, 1 East 54th St., New York, opens for also permits a regional concept in the solid East. business on Dec 2, using film equipment from It is, of course, no answer for the big advertis- Princeton Film Center, which has a partly -common er who wants to clear many stations after he grows ownership. The main sound studio is 40 x 28, to that size, unless the program is a special, and sound and other equipment is custom -designed such as Bishop Sheen's program.Consensus: Du - or latest obtainable Hans Tiesler has been Mont may make a special alliance, but it will elected a v.p. and director of Loucks & Uorling still have a network identity no matter what; and Studios, Inc., New York, replacing Wil Marcus, it will remain outside of any dog fights over who who has resigned as an officer but remains as a will be part of the "Big Two," or "Big Three." consultant Joe Dale is musical director for Guild Films' Florian ZaBach Show, shooting in PERSONNEL CHANGES: Larry Lazarus named busi- Hollywood. ness manager of KNXT(LA) and the Columbia Tele- vision Pacific Net, replacing Howard Barnick, re- Ed Beloin's new film series for the Toni Co, signed Duncan Miller appointed publicity starring Lass Daley and Virginia Gibson is now and promotion director for WTTG(Wash) as of Nov titled So This Is Hollywood James Mason's23, succeeding George L. Flax who has been named Portland Productions is at the Goldwyn Studios, Washington -Baltimore regional editor for "TV Prog- Hollywood, preparing production on a 15 -minute ram Week," the new Curtis publication Paul Biblical film starring Portland Mason in a screen- G. O1Friel named director of labor relations of play by her parents, James and Pamela, to be dir-the broadcasting division of Allen B. Du Mont ected by James Mason Roland Reed has a Laboratories, Inc Gayle V. Grubb, v.p. of new New York office at 1 East 54 St, New York, Storer Broadcasting Co., will head a new Storer with Hampton Howard as sales rep for commercials West Coast office in San Francisco, leavinghis and industrial films. post as managing director of WJBK & WJBK-TV(Det). ROSS REPORTS - 11/28/54 - Page 205 - NEWS & COMMENT TALENT SHOWEHKET NOVEMBER 29 -DECEMBER 1954

Most of the shows on November 26, 27, 28 were listed in last week's report. Changes & additions are included here for the record.Multiple and across-the-board shows are grouped together after the listing for Friday, December 3. Script identifications used are: (0) original,(A) adaptation, (SW) staff -written, (SD) staff -directed. Performers are identified as singer (S), dancer (D), comic (C), musician (m). Actors who appear regularly are listed in the premiere cast, then subse- quently referred to as regulars. Live shows are listed in caps in the left column; filmed shows are in upper and lower case letters, underlined. mmm=mmmFRIDAY NOVEMBER 26 RED BUTTONS NBC 8pm Victor Borge subs for ailing Buttons; Roberta Peters (S)

MAMA CBS 8pm The Moving Finger Writes -(0) by Palmer Thompson; with reg- (Peggy Wood) ulars & Mark Rydell, Pat Bosley, Paula Houston, Janet DeGore

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME DuM 10pm The Four Esquires (S) SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27

AN EYE ON NEW YORK WCBS 3pm Kill: Bob Pfeiffer as moderator; add: Jim McKay ETHEL AND ALBERT NBC 7 s30 regulars & Rex O'Malley, Truman Smith, Cele McLaughlin, Morton (Lynch & Bunce) Stevens, Lois Holmes, Siri; (SW & SD) JACKIE GLEASON CBS 8pm add regular: Pat Harrington IMOGENE COCA NBC 9pm Roger Price (C), Jack Warden, George LaFaye (puppets), Beverly Dennis, Eric Brotherson, Dennis Patrick; (SW & SD) MY FAVORITE HUSBANDCBS 9:30 (SW) by Sol Saks, William Manhoff; with regulars; (SD, HIWOOD)

JIMMY DURANTE NBC 9:30 Durante regulars & Margaret Truman (S), & Jerry (Eddie Jackson) Lewis (FROM HOLLYWOOD) STORK CLUB ABC 10pm Polly Bergen Fontaine Sisters(S), Robert Maxwell (Sherman Billingsley) Jimmy Komack C GEORGE GOBEL NBC lOpm Charles Coburn (FROM HOLLYWOOD) mmrannum=suaSUNDAY NOVEMBER 28 LAMP UNTO MY FEET CBS 10am Film clips on racial integration; Father John LaFarge (Dr. Lyman Bryson)

AMERICAN INVENTORY NBC 12:30 The Last Mail - (0) by Edgar Marvin; with Pat Harrington, Frank Baxter, Arthur Cassell, Tom Poston, Nell Harrison; Dir by John Newland

FRONTIERS OF FAITH NBC 1:30 Land of Our Fathers -(0) by Morton Wishengrad; with Jeffrey Lynn, Tom Glazer, Joan Tompkins, Kimeta Ouerbacker; (SD) OMNIBUS CBS 5pm Music Lesson II - Brass Section -- with Bery Brothers of the (Alistair Cooke) Symphony of the Air; John Teal (archaelogist) in live & film Capture of a Live Musk -0;.; The Virtuous Island -10) by Jean Giraudoux (from Supplement to Cook's Voyage) - (A by Maurice Valency; with ^yril Ritchard, Burgess Meredith, Hermione Gin - gold, Rita Jam, Darren McGavin, Charles Nolte, Rod McLennan, Coe Norton, Don Gordon, Michael Tolan, Marsha Reynolds, Muriel Berkson, Sidney Stevens, William Thourlbey; Staged by Ritchard Mu -sic segment above (0) & Dir by Paul Tripp Sunday Supplement WARD 6pm Skyway to Yosemite - presented by United Airlines, Prod by Cate (COLOR & McGlone; Prelude to Kitimat - presented by Aluminim Co of Can., (0) by Lou Davidson, Prod by L. M. Parry,Narr by D.Baird YOU ARE THERE CBS 6 :30 The Plot Against King Solomon - (0) by Kate Nickerson; with (Walter Cronkite) Sylvia SaltMan, Shepperd Strudwick, Mary Sinclair, Margaret Barker, Bruce Gordon, Mary Patten, Martin Brooks, Frederick Rolfe, Eliot Sharfe, Bert Berger, Jerry Eskow, Joseph Nathan

MR. PEEPERS NBC 7:30 regulars & Beta ghaw, Paul Lipson; ISW & ) COLGATE COMEDY HOUR NBC Opm Gordon MacRae (S) as host; Gene She don (CI: ald: Gale Storm,. Jack Carter (C), , Carmen Dragon's Orch (FROM HID)

ROCKY KING,DETECTIVE DuM 9pm Death Set to Music - (0) by Philip S. Goodman; with regulars & (Roscoe & Todd Karns) Marrian Walters, Nevin O'Morrison, Marya Saunders, Gordon B. Clarke, Hal Riddle; (SD)

PHILCO TELEVISION NBC 9pm Beg, Borrow or Steal -(0) by Jay Presson; with Phillip Abbott, PLAYHOUSE Anthony Ross, Patricia Smith, Sylvia Field, Richard Casey;(SD) HONESTLY, CELESTE! CBS 9:30 (0) by Larry Gelbart & Hal Collins, (A) by Jack Raymond; with (Celeste Holm) Mike Kellin,Mario Gallo,Harry Clark,Abe Simon, Ross Martin LIFE BEGINS AT 80_DuM 9 regulars & Charles Winninger, Lanny Ross (S) T4OR 14VPilft - 11/28/C4 - PaqeA TAtRUT RIMWRTIRRTImnriq) MONDAY NOVEMBER 29 mmmmmvirsummmmummmmm Sherlock Holmes WRCA-TV 7pm The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun -(0) by Henry Sandoz; with (Ronald Howard regulars & Russel Waters, Maurice Teynac, Nicholas Swarbrick, & H. Marton Crawford) Frank Dexter; (SD) CAESAR'S HOUR NBC 8pm regulars only; (SW & SD) (Nanette Fabray)

ARTHUR GODFREY'S CBS 8:30 Rosa Elena Miro (S), Chris Robinson (3), the Nomads (Nancy TALENT SCOUTS Allan, Jess Oliver, Joseph M. Lopez, Robert Davie (SkM) THE VOICE OF FIRESTONE ABC 8:30 Nadine Conner (3). Eugene Conley (S) December Bride CBS 9:33 Lily Hires a Maid -(0) by Parke Levy with Lou Derman & Ellis (Spring Byington) Marcus; with regulars & Nancy Kulp, Lyle Talbot, Frances Mer- cer, Frank Jenks; (SD)

ROBERT MONTGOMERY NBC 9 :30 Judith -(0) by A. E. Coppard,(A) by Doria Folliott; with with Scott Forbes, Margaret Phillips, Tom Duggan, John Moore, Christopher Hewitt, John Stephen, Victor Wood, Humphrey Davis, Pat Moore, Neil Fitzgerald, Margaret Lang, Byron Russell, Pamela Simpson, William Munchow; (SD) by Norman Felton

STUDIO ONE CBS 10pm The Deserter -(0) by Lowell Barrington, (A) by S. Lee Pogo- stin; with June Lockhart, James Gregory, Logan Ramsey, Margar- et Wycherly, Harry Townes, William Harrigan, Russell Collins; (SD) by Franklin Schaffner

Big Town WRCA-TV 10:30 regulars & Whit Bissell, Natalie Masters, Peter Hanson, Law- (Mark Stevens) rence Ryle; (SW & SD, SEEN ON NET WED, same time) TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 Immttimmr=mmmnim

Ella Raines WRCA-TV 7pm Gomez Case -(0) by Max Wilk; with Darren McGavin, Grace Val- entine, Frieda Altman, Donald McClelland, Lewis Charles, Julian Noa, Philip Hepburn, Leonard Elliott, Lothar Rewalt, Ben Yaffee, Garry Valberg, Gwilym Williams, Gerald Ansbacher Cavalcade of America ABC 7:30 Ordeal in Burma - with Toni Gerry, Donald Murphy, Richard Loo, Noel Drayton, Keye Luke; (SD)

Waterfront WABD 7:30 Seabells - with Harry Lauter, Ted DeCorsia, Edgar Buchanan, (Preston Foster) Sid Saylor, Norman Leavitt, Frances Bavier, Lyle Talbot, Max Wagner;SSW 4SDI RED SKELTON CBS 8pm Lillian Roth (S) (FROM HOLLYWOOD) BUICK-BERLE NBC 8pm Zsa Zna Gabor, Smith & Dale (C) & regulars (0) by Frances Farrell, (A) by Fenton W. Earn- Studio 57 DuM 8:30 Storm Signal - shaw & Catherine Turney; with Hugh O'Brian, , DeForest Kelley; Dir by Richard Irving

The Halls of Ivy CBS 8:30 regulars & Douglas Dick, Jay Novell(); (SW & SD) Danny Thomas ABC 9pm Terry's Boy Friend - (0) by Mac Benoff; with regulars & Sam- (Jean Hagen) my Ogg; (SD) (A) by Hagar Wilde, Fireside Theater NBC 9pm Three Missions West -(0) by Anne West. David Victor, Herbert Little, Jr.; with Virginia Field, Paula (Gene Raymond) Raymond, Virginia Grey, Robert HuttonJames Millican, Alma Eeltram, Don Harvey, Frank Sully; (SD)

Inner Sanctum NOR-TV,9pm Reward for Janie -(0) by Louis Vittes; with June Dayton, Ber- ry Kroeger, John Kellogg, Frank Barth, Karl Lukas,James Boles

DANGER CBS 9:30 Silent Witness -(0) by Stan Lee; with James O'Rear, Harold J Stone, Jean Stapleton, Peter Gumeny, Joe Campanella, Karl Lu- kas, George Olden, MaryEllen Verheyden; (SD) by T. Donovan

ARMSTRONG'S CIRCLE NBC 9:30 The Contender -(0) by Edmund Morris; with , Frank THEATRE McHugh, Charles Mendick, Don Keefer, Inger Stevens. Diokie Belton, Maurice Shrog, Sid Raymond; (SD) (0) by John Vlahos; with Gertrude Berg, THE ELGIN HOUR ABC 9 :30 Hearts and Hollywood - Mikhail Rasumny, Robert Strauss, Dora Weissman, BettyWalker, Dorothy Raymond, Norman Feld, Lenka Peterson, Rudy Bond,, Frank Overton; Dir by Dan Petrie

LIFE WITH FATHER CBS 10pm no credits available at press time (Ames & Tuttle) Tck.L% 'Ptu .{o) 1Me a. ktiv&s t- 4- `,-00-ft{4.os-ea.) J(A. ROSS REPORTS - 11/2W54 - Page B TALENT SHCWSHEET(more) FteAkj0.4. (Lc 1ra.c.e..47 R.:in-A-(0) (^e-) )14%.-k. nunms=WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 Wild Bill Hickok WRCA-TV 6pm Savvy, the Smart Dog - with regulars; (SW & SD) Disneyland ABC 7:30 A Story of Dogs - by Clyde Geronimi, Tom Adair, Erdman (Walt Disney) Fanner; Sequences from Lade & the Tramp; Lend a paw I Married Joan NBC 8pm regulars & Paul Power, Gladys Hurlbut; (SW & SD) my Little Margie NBC 8:30 regulars & Keye Luke; (SW & SD) New Stu Erwin Show ABC 8:30 (0) by John Tucker Battle; with regulars & Raymond Hatton, (June Collyer) Harry Hayden, Lela Bliss, Richard Collier; (SD) CHICAGO SYMPHONY DuM 9pm Fritz Reiner conduots(FROM CHICAGO) KRAFT TELEVISION NBC 9pm Camille - (0) by Alexandre Dumas, Fils,(A) -(SW); with Signe THEATRE Hasso, Charles Andre, Jacques Bergerac, Lilia Skala, Yvonne pal; (Sp) by Maur HollandItAttoVOU%-2.01400,ACjeiiith.6,6 1406006, 1)40.1WWHLL&LAWM11. Douglas Fairbanks WRCA-TV 10:30 ramma nn - peat 4..4. 14116.6.AA.16.., 416C-1-4641 se-.:04AeL,IC01,641600.46A.:4^. mammmn=unraTHURSDAY DECEMBER 2 cyn-t.t.-44-ie. '114-t Ch -'64. Foreign Intrigue WRCA-TV 7pm F. I. in the Poisoned Teacup - with Ingrid Thulin, John Pado- (Gerald Mohr) vano, Gunwar Sj6berg, Tordsten Lilliencrona, Gilbert Robin;) Bay Milland CBS 8pm regulars & Osa Massen; (SW & SD) THE MAIL STORY ABC 8pm Pick a Winner -(0) by Max Ehrlich; with Jack Arthur, Donalee Marans, Gary Walberg, Bill Griffis, Michael Sage, Robert McQuade, Frederic Meyer, Tom Ahearne, Dick Wigginton; (SD) JUSTICE NBC 8:30 Witness to Murder -(0) by Mann Rubin; with Ben Gazarra, Jeff (Gary Merrill) Harris, Robert Emhardt, Richard Bishop, Russell Hardie, Louise Larabee; (SD) Treasury Men ABC 8:30 The Case of the Dangerous Dollars -(0) by Alvin Boretz; with in Action Wally Cassell, Kay Stewart, , Harry Lauter, Ralph (Walter dreaza) Sanford; Dir by George Blair CLIMAX: CBS 8:30 An Error in Chemistry -(0) by William Faulkner,(A) by David portort ;withL Edmond 0' Br en Lon Chaney; Sk,r:jfwFJiIOM4O4yW0OD)e('- KA.AAs..4- 44.4141LU001. S%4111061- IN% 4 4.11- 40- Mr SO YOU WANT TO LEAD -BAND ABC 9pm Ila,Denise Lor (S) /71mft*A"-1 tral i DrAKULL NBC 9pm regulars & Marian Richman, Bob North, Lillian Powell, Dennis Peek Webb) Weaver; (SW & SD) Ford Theatre NBC 9:30 Girl in Flight -(0) by Ellis St, Joseph,(A) by Andrew Solt; (COLOR) with Joan Leslie, Hugo Haas, Tom Drake, John Qualen, Morris Ankrum, Gregory Gaye; (SD) by Fred F. Sears Four Star Playhouse CBS 9:30 Meet a Lonely Man -(0) by Dick Stenger; with David Niven, Mgrtha Hyer, Stanley Andrews, Hal Baylor, Don Shelton, Bar- bara Bestar, Pauline Moore, Ralph Peters, David Leonard, Don Garver, Jack Lomas, Ann Lawrence, Dale Van Sickle, Carey Lof- tin; (SD) by Lewis Foster KRAFT TELEVISION ABC 9:30 Kitty Foyle -(0) by Christopher Morley (novel), Christopher THEATRE Sergel (play), TV (A) -(SW); with , George Roy Hill, Ed Begley, Lydia St. Clair, Jack Warden, Noel Les- lie, Judson Laire, Frances Fuller, RicharguZyle, Dir by Fielder Cook L'At7771,17=! 1 LUX VIDEO THEATRE NBC 10pm Craig's Wife - (0 by George Kelly, screenplayscreenplayfor Columbia film by Mary C. McCall, Jr., Try(A) by Sanford Barnett; with Ruth Hussey, others to be announced; (SD) bak ,1

CBS 8:30 Topper Lives Again -(SW) by Robert Riley Crutcher; with regu- (Anne Jeffreys lars & Frank Wilcox, Randy Stuart, Gladys Hurlbut, Ray Mont- & Robert Sterling) gomelyyjigniibyA Lewd"=rrs ( Ray Bolger ABC 8:30IN (SW by ey Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, Fred Fox; with regu- (Sylvia Lewis) lars & Verna Felton, Lucien Littlefield, Dan Barton, Jan APA.11I Shepard; (SD) Dnee tr7DAMM 11/.)P/gb. Da no TtrrNT MIntrentTeRTImetro% FRIDAY DECEMBER 3(Cont'd) 1111 II 1 1 11 1 I1101111111111 I 1111I 1 II 111.111111 (A) by Charles Schlitz Playhouse CBS 9pm Volturio Investigates -(0) by L. J. Beeston, Bennett; with . Melville Cooper, Edward Ashley, Charles Davis, Norma Varden, Ben Wright, Olaf Hytten; Dir by Charles Bennett

THE STRANGER. DuM 9pm Eyewitness- (0) by Joseph Ruscoll; with Don Briggs, Lawrence (Robert Carroll) Fletcher, Eli Mintz, William Keene, Lotte Stavisky; (SD) THE BIG STORY NBC 9pm Donna Mikels, Indianapolis, Ind. Times -(0) by Gail Ingram; (Norman Rose) with Mary K. Wells, June Dayton, Paul Huber, Larry Haines, Sid- ney Smith, Victor Rendina, Cr.ff Owen; (SD) The Eavesdropper - with Fredrick Leister, Terrence Brook, The...M.§1 ABC 9:30 Ron Randell) Neila Parely; (SD) The Lineup CBS 10pm Mexican Bandit -(0) by John Vlahos; with regulars & Marshall Reed, Rudolfo Hoyos, Charles Waggenheim, Pilar del Rey, Felipe Turich, Robert Cabal, Maureen Cassidy; Dir by Earl Bellamy

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TODAY NBC 7am W - Kirk Douglas

GARRY MOORE CBS 10am Thu - Milbourue Christopher (magic); F - Roger Ray & Marimba Band, Jay Marshall (C), Dylan Todd (s)

TED STEELE WOR-TV 3Pm M thruF -Burt Taylor, Mary McCoy, Bill Darnell (allS); W thruF -add: Jill Corey (S) THE GREATEST GIFT NBC 3Pm M thruF -Eenn Squires subs for vacationing Joe Behar as Dir. this week & next SHE WORLD OP MR.SWEBITEY NBC 4:30 regulars &: Tu - Jason Johnson, Michael Mann; W - Janet Pox, (Charlie Ruggles) Ross Martin; Thu - Rogers, Jeff Harris; F - Aileen Poe, Charles Egelston:;SW&SD 1,10DERN ROMANCES NBC 4:45 M thru F - The Pe rect ife - (0) by Noel Gerson; with Pat (Martha Scott) Breslin, Stephen Elliott, Joy Hodges, Don Gibson, Humphrey Davis, Gale Page; (SD) by Jim Sheldon

MAGIC COTTAGE WABD 6pm M thru F Skedge Miller, Ed Holmes; (SW & SD)

PERRY COMO CBS 7:45 W - Teresa Brewer (z) SATURDAY DECEMBER 4 nuimmTrirnrminnumwrimminynin

Captain Midnight CBS 11am The Deserters - (0) by Malcolm Stuart Boylan; (A) by Boylan & (Richard' kebb) Wells Root; with Stuffy Singer, Butch Bernard, Kem Dibbs, Harry Lauter, Henry Rowland, Rusty Westcoatt, Barry Curtis;(SD)

WHAT IN THE WORLD? CBS 2pm Vincent Price (FROM PH1LA.) The Range Rider WRCA-TV 6:30 Law of the Frontier -(0) by Dwight Cummins; with regulars & Andrews;(SD) (Tack Mahoney) Ewing Mitchell, Lois Hall, Harry Lauter, Stanley GEORGE GOBEL NBC lOpm Faye Emerson (FROM HOLLYWOOD) Willy CBS 10:30 Willy and Muller vs. Muller - with regulars & Sig Rumen, Edit (June Havoc) Angold, Jeri Lou James, ; (SW & SD) SUNDAY DECEMBER II 1f11II 010 MM. II If1I111I11111011 NBC-TV OPERA THEATTE NBC 3pm Sister Angelica - opera by Puccini, (A) by NBC -Opera Staff;with Elaine Malbin, Shannon Bolin, Joan Moynagh, Mary Kreste, Ruth Hobart, Irene Antal, Rose Gerringer, Joyce Gill, Alice Fraser, Carole O'Hara, Frances Paige, Dorothy Candee, Tamara Bering, Jean Ray, Libora Geraci, Margaret Tynes, Sarah Dubin, Helen Rice, Ethel Greene, Rose Virga, Joan Carroll; (SD)

CBS 5pm A.Maine Lobsterman - Prod by Ford Foundation, Cam Dir - Arthur OMNIBUS Dir (Alistair Cooke) Zegart, Narr. & (0) by E. B. White; The Deaf Boy - film, Cam Fons Ianelli; Toys - with Melanie Kahane (designer), Dione Lucas (cooking), others to be announced;(SW & SD)

Roy Rogers NBC6:30 ,Strangers - (0) by Dwight Cummins; with regulars & HarryHarvey, Francis (& ) John Doucette, Henry Rowland, Russ Scott, David Bair, McDonald; (SD)

Private Secretary CBS 7:30 Susie for President -(0) by Tom Seller; with regulars & Pat (Ann Sothern) Carroll, Nancy Kulp, Frank Orth; (SD)

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zpost-Cola Playhouse ABC 7:30 Girl in Distress - (0) by Fenton W. Earnshaw; with Bill (Polly Bergen) Phipps, Joanne Davis; Dir by Herschel Daugherty * OPERA CAMEOS DuM 7:30 Girl of the Golden West - excerpts from opera by Puccini, (Giovanni Martinelli) based on play by David Bolasco; with Robert Rounseville, Brenda Lewis, David Aiken; (SD)

MAX LIEBMAN SPECTACULAR NBC 7:30 Spotlight - with Sonja Henie & ice-skating troupe, Jack Bu- (COLOR) chanan, Jeannie Carson, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander (D), Pat Carroll (S), Jimmy Durante (C);(SW & SD)

TOAST OF THE TOWN CBS 8pm Eartha Kitt (S), Kirk Douglas, CArol Haney (D), Jackie Miles (Ed Sullivan) (C), Ames Brothers (S), Wassan Troupe (teeterboard), Johnnie Ray (S), Sequence from No Business Like Show Business (film)

General Electric CBS 9pm Committed -(0) by Russell S. Hughes; with Alan Ladd, John Theatre (Ronald Reagan) Howard, Virginia Gibson, Prank Ferguson, Whit Bissell, Tina Carver; Dir by Frank Tuttle

GOODYEAR TELEVISION NBC 9pm Last Boat from Messina -(0) by David Shaw; with Doris Dow- PLAYHOUSE ling, Martin Balsam, Prank Campanella, Ernest Graves, Hans Von Twardowski, Aristedes Sigismundi, Ada Ruggieri, Don Mayo (SD) by Robert Mulligan

Pother Knows Best CBS 10pm Typical Father -(0) by Dorothy Cooper,(A) by aul West & [Robert Ybung) Roswell Rogers; with regulars & Chet Marshall; (SD)

Loretta Young NBC 10pm Big Jim -(0) by Richard Morris; with Bobby Driscoll, Mary Carroll, Eleanor Audley, Chick Chandler;Dir by Richard Morris

The Hunter NBC 10:30 Dead Pigeon -(0) by Richard Nunis & Evelyn Konrad; with (Keith Larsen) Bart Burns, Constance Clausen, Cameron Andrews, Joe Verdi, Robert Fuller; (SD) NEW YORK TALENTAVAILABILITIES In lit0 110011 if II 10 II 0.000 100 IIIII! 11,4, 11110110100

HARRY TOWNES - feautered in Operation Manhunt - HAZEL SCOTT -currently at the Embers - AGT: AGT: Grace Lyons, JU 6-8330 ColumbiaArtists, CI 7-6900

PAUL NEWMAN - in Tuesday's Armstrong's and Warnere JOHN HODIA1 -starring in Caine Mutiny Court The Silver Chalice -AGT: MCA, FL 9-7500 Martial -PRESS: Karl Bernstein, CI 6-0427

ERROLL GARNER - available 12/5 to 2/6/55 - AGT: RUDOLF FIRKUSNY - concert pianist - PERSONAL REP Shaw Artists (Dick Alen), MU 8-2230 M. Y. Bichurin, JU 6-2349

RICHARDTUCKER Mettenor - PRESS: Elizabeth Win- TOM HELMOn - star of One Eye Closed - TR 4-2361 ston,JU6-0987 BIBI OSTERWALD - versatile singer, comedienne, - ARTUR RUBINSTEIN - arrivedfrom - AGT: NCAC, PL 3-2466 PL 9-6000 SHEPPERD ST DWICK - popular leading man - AGT: GRETA KELLER - supper club stylist - performer WrUiam Morris, JU 6-5100 PRESS: Muriel Francis, LE 5-3200 PHYLLIS LOVE - featured on last Thursday's Kraft SOL HUROK - producer of Aida film - CONTACT: Fred AGT: Gloria Safier, MU 8-3950 Goldberg (I.F.E.), EFT -4843 ROMNEY BRENT - actor -director - CH 3-2431 ROSALYN TURECK - returned from abroad - PRESS: Muriel Francis, LE 5-3200 DANE CLARK - just closed in Fragile Fox - PRESS: David Lipsky, CH 4-5185 VIRGINIA VINCENT - lauded for portrayal in Weddi Breakfast PRESS: J. D. Proctor, VA 6- GEORGE ROY HILL - actor, script -writer - AGT: Robert Lantz, FL 5-6850 VERA ZORINA - in last week of Cn Your Toes - PRESS: R. Rabinovitch, LA 4-1839 PEGGY McCAY - lead on Love of Life - TR 6-4594

JOHN FORSYTHE - returns to cast of Teahouse of the PAT CARROLL - featured in Best Foot Forward - August Moon - PRESS: SolJacobson, CH 4-1432 AGT: Lucy Kroll, PL 7-4250

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