Evening star., 1949-03-13

great deal of confusion caused by
more f1uffed cues than any tele-
vision program could be expected
to bear. One of its major achieve
ments was in the field of drama
criticism, when Mr.. McCrary an
nounced with bland omniscience
that "the greatest musical in Is
years" was due to open 20 min
utes later in New Haven.
"Preview" also contributed what
possibly was the most inane quiz
yet. Flashing picture of Joe
Louis on the screen, Mr.. McCrary
asked Elsa Maxwell. James Farley
and couple of other "distin-
guished" the name of the town
where this boy was born. Ala
bama." said Mr.. Farley. Where
was Elsa Maxwell born?" Mr.. Nc
Crary wanted to know. After a
few wild guesses. Mr.. Farley sug-
gested San Francisco. Il was
not" said Miss Maxwell. Il was
born in "a box at the opera while
'Mignon' was playing"
"Preview" had other things, too.
1t touched upon the career Of
Mary Martin. the proper length Of
fur coats. new Ray Milland
movie, presented song by Pa
tricia Morison's understudy peggy
Ferris and several songs by a
glee club of business executives,
conducted by Fred Waring. The
significance of this latter item was
lost on us, since Mr.. McCrary's
explanation and commercial
were telecast simultaneously.
"Preview" had variety, all right.
if it had little else.
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Programs and People: The
current metropolitan Opera Au-
ditions of the Air" series (WMAL
Y 47-Sunday. 4:30 PM winds up to-
day with selection of two winners.
Past graduates of the program in
clude. among others, Patrice Mum
sci. Eleanor Steber and Robert
Merrill. "Theater Guild on
the Air" CWMAL-Sunday, $50
PM moves to NBC next season.
il. . Hazel Market has been named
director of Program Service at
WTOP. Charlie Keaton, Or
ganist and musical director at
VOL, has started a new series of
musical programs over the Mutual
network. He's heard Saturdays
at PAS pm. WQQW starts
new series of interviews on the
status of women all over the world
tomorrow. The programs will fea-
ture prominent women of the
United Nations and will be heard
Mondays through Thursdays at
GAS am. for the next three
weeks. Red Auerbach. Wash
ington Cap basket ball coach, is
the newest local sports commen-
tator. He's on WARL at 5:45 pm.
Monday through Saturday.
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Telenotes: H. r. Baukhage Is
filling in on Capital Closeup"
CWMAL ,TV-Friday. $50 p.mo
while Bryson Rash is in Key West
keeping track of the President.
George johnson. NBC CAM
eraman, scored beat for WNBW's
washington Newsreel' Thursday
because he followed a hunch and
a police radio call while on the
way to another job. He got shots
of police leading one man and
carrying another out Of that
Pennsylvania avenue paWnshop
before he knew they were to turn
out to confess the stickup of the
B. e. O's stage coach. :. Broad
way Revue" (WNBW. WTTG--
Friday. 8 PM has been signed
by it's sponsor for another 80
weeks. 1t will vacation after the
June 10 show and resume on Sep
tember Is. . Ruth Cranes Mod
ern Woman" (WMAL-TV-Tues-
day, $50 PM this week will be
passing along advice to expectant
fathers on the feeding and care
of their expected offspring.
Angles on Art" is a new Tues
day at 8 pm. feature on WTTG,
1t is conducted by Robert Green,
director of the Institute Of Con-