8-2 Tele-Visions BY THORTON KANE Last ww»k NEC devoted 90 minutes to proving tbat magazines and television don't mix, and, incidentally, that Henry Luce can't act. This may be comforting to many of us who are glad to discover there is something Mr. Luce can't do, hut "25 Years of Life" was wasted air time-as far as entertainment was concerned. The show, widely touted as a brilliant review oL the You can become an "over­ past 25 years as recorded in Life, had a most impressive night success" in Hollywood, cast. Among the players were Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Peggy all right, but if the mop flops Cass, Fredric March and some top-flight singing and danc­ the wrong way you become ing groups, plus a closing song fe.st starring Mary Martin. an "overnight hasbeen," too. Hope's opening monologue was funny, Sid Caesar and Ask Dick Davalos. Peggy Cass made the best of two inferior skits designed Dick started acting when to contrast family life today with that of 1936. Fredric he was'five, worked his way March did a good job of narration of Life still photos and up through school produc­ Mary Martin's solo and her duet with Hope were pleasant tions, became a .dancer, fin­ to the ear. ally got his break in pictures, Unfortunately, throughout the show, Henry Luce, the rising to the role of Jimmy man behind Life, Time and Fortune, kept intruding into Dean's brother in "East of the proceedings. In every instance, he managed to put a Eden." damper on any hilarity the professional performers had A few more picture suc­ been able to produce. cesses and he found himself With the start of a series of still pictures from Life, playing an important part on with narration by Fredric March, the really distressing Broadway in "View from the portion of the show began. An example of the difficulties Bridge." inherent in transferring interest from printed to broadcast Then Skidsville. media, the pictures were dull, too well remembered and "It took me a year after provoked nothing more than a yawn. that to get back to work," A bad show all around, "25 Years of Life' was fur­ Dick says. "They said I was ther damaged by a visit from the Seven Astronauts. Not too typed; I was a has-been even Hope's clowning could enliven th'e interview! of the overnight." Astronauts and their wives. To get out of the rut, Dick BATTERED top hat, floppy bow tie and baggy sweater are tht> We can only hope that this is the first and* last show used his period of unemploy­ trademarks of zany comedian Soupy Sales as he preside* «ver of its kind and that we will not be subject to 26, 27, 28, etc., ment" to learn to act instead the "Soupy Sales Show," Monday through Friday, beginnin9 years of Life, Time or Fortune. of just being an actor." March 13, at 5 p. m. over KABC-TV. Channel 7._____________ Gradually, he fought his WELL WHADDYA KNOW KTLA'n next "City at DINNER GUESTS cent dinner guests at T h Night," March 22, will showcase "The Changing Fare of way back to a career. "It's not the first break Mr. and Mrs. Vincent E. Polynesian Restaurant in L. A./' with the xpotlight on L. A.rchitect Wclton Beckett. Benstead of Torrance were re­ Walteria. NBC will resume major league baseball April 15. that counts in show business," Dinah Shore wants to piny it straight in Noel Coward's Dick now advises new comers, "Brief Encounter" and air it in place of her March 2<fth "it's the second. Getting on how. Robert Young can't take the inactivity; returns that second rung of the ladder is often harder than getting RED SKELTON SHOW—Freddie HAVE the ONE Preeload- OF to drown THESE to the nets next season with a new series. ."Family out a baby's cries during Tuesday's on the first." er (Red) and his friend Muggsy (Ed Wynn) try show on CBS-TV, Channel 2. at 9:30 p. m. Classics" will present "Camille" on April 27. It's not yet Once he got back to work, been cast, but we'd like to see Audrey Ilepburn in the title Dick ran through a host of DENTURE PROBLEMS? » role. The "Some Like It Hot" movies being considered roles on television's leading • Univen Gum Ridges • Shallow Lower Gum Ridge • Sagging Facial Muscles as a TV series, with Lemmon and Cnrtis to star in the dramatic shows, feels now first episode only. Strange as It Seems Dept.: "Adven­ • Sharp Bone Under Gum • Spongy Gums that the bugaboo of being • Sore Spots • V-Shaped Palate in San Pad TO tures in Paradise' is being renewed for a third season on typed is behind him. ABC. Joan Crawford plans a TV series in which she'll Currently, ne's co-starring No extra charge play a lady lawyer. Figures! . "Mr. Calico," proposed as Jeff Canfield in NBC-TV's 704 new series starring Howard Keel, uses the traveling sales­ "The Americans," hour-long on difficult cases S. Pacific man of th« old west format with a femme guestar each No matter how many laboratory and Civil War series (Mondays, dentist's hours spent, prict is same. week playing a famous (?) woman of that era. 7:30-8:30 p.m. PST; 6:30-7:30 • EASY CREDIT WITH The three new CBS daytime game shows are "Double p.m. CST). Dr. H. H. Exposure," "Your Surprise Package" and "Face the Facts" Dick is a product of public NO INTEREST CHARGED we guess they finally did. Richard Montalban starts School 89 and Christopher No credit cards or special financing Winlclor needed. Same price cash or credit. in the "Untouchables" segment, "Little Pig," and Bob Hor- C61umbus High School in the Wait 45 days for your first credit Manager ton emotes in "The Choice" on the Barbara Stanwyck show. Bronx. payment, and take two years to pay. Wish they'd give the Kingston Trio a spec of their own. "But that didn't type me," THE Theyve got what it takes to put on an hour of first-class he laughs. "In 'The Ameri­ »HONE THAT TELLS viewing. Catch them on the Pat Boone show for April 20. cans,' I play a Confederate poldier." YOU your savings n .... Ron Cam Productions wants Bob Matthias to star in M advance- TE 2-7115 jjfm their "Column 8" pilot. Why? . You'll see KMPC deejay Dick Whittinghill as the storekeeper in an upcoming "Out­ WEAVERS SING for Why You Can Depend On My Prices laws" showing. Say, wasn't that Julie London we saw The Weavers, famed folk- exact prices We don't want yeu ever to expect lower at the bar in last week's "Arupulco"? Looks like the singing quartet, who are re­ NOT ESTIMATES! prices than you Ret. To give you confldenci "cameo" angle is being pushed in this series. After a turning to Southern Califor­ wt hivi the prtc« permanently molded Into nia after a long absence, for FAST PLATE REPAIRS each sample denture. You see the dinturt, five-year absence abroad, Lon McCallister returns to Holly­ you set the price, you cheosi. wood to do "The Hostage" episode on the "Rebel" series. concerts, at the Philharmonic . Crash! "One Happy Family" Is out and a cotintry mu­ Tuesday, April 4, and Pasa­ SAME LOW PRICES AS 10 YEARS AGO sic show from Springfield, Mo., "The Jubilee^" is in as of dena Civic Auditorium, Wed­ LEAVE IT TO BEAVER—Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow, right) and | March 17th. nesday, April 6, have been hit friends give a dance party for • new boy* on Saturday's regarded as the "granddaddy" Show at 8:30 p. m. on Channel 7. of today's numerous folk singing groups. Perhaps SHARE EARNINGS like period last year T. C. All's Fair in Love-War more than any other group Coleman Engineering Com­ Coleman, ^president, revealed or performer of the past dec­ pany, Inc., earned 65 cents today in a report to sharehold­ Aphrodite, the goddess of USC, in KNXT'i early morn­ ade,, it was The Weavers who per common share for the ers. Total income also was up love and beauty, and her .con­ ing classroom, "Men and brought folk music to t h e nine months ended .January to $3.589,586 from $3,460,580 BONUS SAVING sort Ares, the god of war, will Myths," Tuesday, March 14, largest audience this music 31, 1061, compared with a loss for the nine months ended and Thursday, March 16, (8:30 form ever enjoyed. Profes­ of 55 cents per share for the January 31, 1960. be introduced by Dr. Edward to 7 a.m.) on Channel 2. sional polish and musical tal­ N. O'Nell, Associate Professor ent mark this particular quar­ of Classical Languages at Use classified. 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