Evening star., 1949-10-30
News of Video and Radio
The Broadcasting Industry, Born in 1920,
Celebrates the Event This Week
By Harry Macarthur

Macarthur
nights telecast. Concerning a
Woman Of Sin" Is not about a
woman of sin, at all, but is one of
Mr.. Hecht's comments on the
movie industry, which he never
has regarded as teeming with
mental giants.
Concerning q Woman Of Sin"
is about a movie script submitted
as a practical joke to a movie stu
dio head. who finds it a work Of
art and turns it into a $4,000. 900
picture expected. to gross $4,000,-
600. The author turns out to be
a 10-year-old girl. which probably
sums up Mr.. Hecht's attitude
toward most movie scripts except
his own.
Telenotes: Today is the day
when the new Department of De-
fense- -NBC documentary, Armed
Forces Hour" makes its debut to
start telling the story of unifica-
tion. It will be on WNBW at
pm. rTonight on Broadway"
which hasn't found much inspir-
ing on Broadway this season and
last week even turned up with a
night club floor show, tonight
turns to another fringe of the
theater. Tonight's show will be
a televersion of the ice spectacle,
"Howdy. Mr.. Ice" A video
version of Edwin Gilbert's novel,
"Damion's Daughter" will be
tonignt's drama on "Television
Playhouse" with Sidney Black
mer playing the leading role.
I'VE. the People. which moves
to NBC this coming Friday to be
broadcast and telecast simultane-
ously, will retain its old formal.
Dan Seymour will continue to
preside and interview people in
the news. The program was
on CHS for almost IL years, after
starting on NBC with a month
run in 1896. {. . Hollywood is now
setting forth rather sound argu-
ment in support Of its contention
that that's where televiSion will
settle. Among video's other urgent
needs Is that for space and more
space. Space. it is pointed out, is
what there is a lot of in the Los
Angeles area, at costs far below
Manhattan's high realty rates.
Production of the nightly NBC-TV
news caravan has settled into q
comedy routine, according to re-
ports from New York. Clarence
Thoman and his production staff
start each day moaning, Where
can we find anything for to-
night?" At air time the wall is,
1--WE can't get everything in.
What will we cut out?"
Programs and People: Red
Shelton is the latest comedian to
go straight" being scheduled for
a dramatic. rather than a comedy,
role on Suspense" next Friday
night. Carl Berger of WWDC's
Your Government and Mine" last
Friday marked II continuous
years on the air reporting Gov
ernment news for Government
employees. Joseph McCaffery
Mutual's Washington correspond
ent, takes over tomorrow night
as this weeks guest commentator
on the networks 10 pm. news
cast. . The only local program
devoted to all aspects of the thea
ter In Washington was started
yesterday on WGAY by Ed Moore
Theater Time" combines news,
reviews, interviews and short per-
formances by local little theater
groups. 1t will be heard every
Saturday at 1915 pm. THE
Adventures Of Maisie," starring
Ann Sothern. became a WMAL air
show last night and will be heard
every Saturday at $50 pm.
WWDC and WWDC-FM will
broadcast all home games of the
Washington Capitals basket ball
team this season. On two
broadcasts. tonight and next Sun
day at $50 pm, WQQW-FM will
present all six of the Bach COM
positions for violin alone, played
by Alexander Schneider at the
Coolidge Auditorium of the Lii
brary of Congress. WCFM
starts a new weekly Spanish-lan-
guage program, THE Inter-
American Voice." today at $50
pm. "Broadway's NY Beat "
the CHS whodunit which served
as summer replacement for THE
FB1 in Peace and War" returns
as regular on its own this COM
ing SATURDAY. ,,iobt