Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-07

Douglas in mind. Cathy and Ell
lott Lewis, the radio acting
writing couple, signed last week
for top supporting roles in June
Havoc's The Story of Molly x"
being filmed at Universal-Inter-
national. Cathy used to be busy
young cinema actress. but gave
it up in 1941 for radio when she
became Mrs. Lewis.
There is a possibility, too, that
Berle may be followed to the
Warner Bros. fold by Arthur God
frey. The deal still is in the
nebulous preliminary discussion
stage, but the movies are the only
branch of show business Godfrey
hasn't tried. He's a canny man
and probably would want to see
a script before he made move
in Hollywood direction.
Telenotes: The guess here that
Milton Berle would not suffer f.
nancially because his sponsor is
tdropping his AM show to concen-
trate on TV is confirmed by re-
port in Variety. Berries new con-
tract, according to the trade jour-
nal, calls for 80 weeks a year on
NBC-TV, at $4,000 a week next
season, $11,500 the following year
and $4,000 in the 1872 season.
A card from Chicago advises
that "Kukla. Fran and Ollie"
WNBW-daily, 7 PM will be
back on the air tomorrow night to
start their third season. A
new Monday through-Friday show.
"Video Cookbook" will make its
debut tomorrow at 6 pm. on
WOIC. 1t will be conducted by
Catherine McCarron, native
Washingtonian and graduate OF
the home economics department
of the University of Maryland.
WOIC installed a special. COM
pletely equipped kitchen as a set
ting for the program. {. . A new
action serial starts tomorrow at
! 7 on WMAL-TV. This one will be
Shadow of the Eagle" starring
John Wayne. A new five
minute comic strip" "Ruthie on
the Telephone" scheduled for
every night but Wednesday at 1855,
starts today on WOIC. 1t will be
written and produced by Goodman
Ace, solid man with comedy on
the air. The voraciouS appetite
television has for dramatic scripts
has created quite a problem. 1t is
being partially solved at NBC by
adapting past radio plays to TV.
Most of the plays on MICS Radio
City Playhouse will be put to use
this way, first being heard on the
radio, then going by adaptation to
video. The new Washington
Television Circula ton Committee
report shows $500 television sets
in use in the Metropolitan Area
on August /. This is an increase Of
400 over July /.
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Programs and People: Despite
rumors that have turned up,
WWDC is not moving into VOL
Immediately and firing its staff.
According to Ben Strouse, vice
president of WWDC, the two sta
tons will continue to operate in
competition as they have in the
past until the FEC approves the
transfer. This should take three
months by optimistic estimate, Mr..
Strouse says, and might take six
months or longer. BY that time,
he says. it is hoped that q buyer
for WWDC will have been located
and that the two stations will
absorb the present personnel one
way or another. Americas
Town Meeting" (WMAL- Tuesday,
$50 PM brings by transcription
from ROME discussion of What
Does Democracy Mean to Italy?"
on this weeks broadcast. The
Rev. Edward J. O'Brien. pastor
of the Church of the Little Flower.
Glen Echo. Md, will be the
speaker on ABC's Hour of Faith"
(WMAL- Sunday, 1870 am to-
day and on the following three
Sundays. {. The CHS quiz. Spin
| to Win" which plays records
backward, is looking for a singer
who can Groom a tune backward.
Kate Smith bows with a new
evening program tomorrow night
on ABC (WMAL). She'll be on
from until IL, except for a IS
! minute ir1termisSinn at 10 broad