Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
News of Video and Radio
Hollywood Makes Some More Plans
For Films for Television
by Hory Macarthur

OF people are going TO be greatly
surprised. A new survey by
c. e. Hooper indicates an increase
over last September Of set use by
television owners. The survey last
fall showed 81 per cent of sets in
use during evening hours in fam
lilies owning them less than three
months. The figure was So per
cent for those having sets II
months or longer. The recently
completed survey showed an aver
age of ~ per cent in use In new
TV homes and Sc per cent In "old"
TV homes. The music situation
on television is all right for awhile
The American Society Of Com
posers, Authors and Publishers
| (ASCAP) has extended to August
l its temporary permission for use
of members music on TV. pend
ing final agreement with the in
duStry on rates. Whistle.
Daughter. Whistle" which was
presented on MICS "On Broad
way" drama series last fall. has
been included in Margaret May
orgas book. Best One-Act Plays
of 1948-1949." "One Mans
Family" long popular weekly radio
serial. moves to New York and
television CNBC) in mid-July.
The advances of science, record
ing tape division, are sometimes
more fascinating than somewhat
Item: A pair of inventive men
have just contrived a system by
which television actors are saved
the bother of learning lines. First
they read the lines from the script
for recording. Then, during the
televised show, 1.-The performers
wear tiny, almost invisible hear
ing aid devices and repeat their
lines as they are broadcast to
them by Authorization waves
from the tape recording"
Item: A shy movie actor. I'M
believable as that might be, re-
Gently baked at appearing on an
NBC Screen Guild" show before
a studio audience. Tickets already
had been issued, so a stand-in
read the stars lines at the orig
inal recording session before the
audience. The star recorded his
lines in privacy and the two re-
cordings were spliced together for
the broadcast. Nobody. NBC says.
knew the difference. Except the
engineers who had to splice in $50
lines by the shy star.
Don't let anybody tell you
science isn't wonderful.
Programs and People: A pre-
view Of the coming series Of
Water Gate Concerts by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Is
scheduled for tonight at 10 on
WMAL. Raymond E. Cox. presi-
dent of the National Symphony
Orchestra Association; Howard
Mitchell, conductor; j. E. Mulch.
manager of the orchestra, and
Lee Dayton. WMAL announcer.
will appear. The broadcast series
on WMAL starts July 3. :. The
D. C. Merci Train Committee Is
seeking the right Washington girl
to receive a silk wedding gown
sent from France. She has to
write q letter to Eddie Gallaher
before Wednesday, among other
things. Mr.. Gallaher will be Civ
ing the details on his daily Sun
dial" on WTOP and will be giving
away the gown next week end. :.
A new series. THE Editor Speaks. I"
sponsored by the Montgomery
County Press Association, was
launched Friday night at Z on
WGAY. Silver Spring. Editors OF
the Montgomery County weeklies
and Montgomery County editors
and reporters for the Washington
daily newspapers will appear on
the programs, to be heard weekly
throughout the summer. :.
Prominent Washington clergymen
will be heard via WMAL on the
ABC networks Hour of Faith"
program Sunday. 1880 am.
during July. They include the
Rev. John p. Cronin. the Rev.
William E. McManus and the Rev.
Donald MCGOWAN, all holding
posts with the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. 81. Claude
Mahoney, WTOP 1880 am. news
man, will pay cash money, 81
each, for accepted news tips or
stories. Each must be in writing
and can be a complete story or
tin that leads to a story.