Evening star., 1950-01-22

IelenoteS: The popularity of
the 'Hopalong Cassidy" films on
television has prompted Para
mount to do something about Bill
Boyd, the man who has merged
his and "Hopalong's" identities.
Contracts are being drawn up to
provide for II Bill Boyd pictures
at Paramount during the next six
years, the first probably an out
door film with Bing Crosby. Par
amount released 81 of the sc
"Hopalongs" Mr.. Boyd made,
most of which were resting in
cans until the star bought rights
and sold them to television. That
deal made him one of the most
popular figures in the entertain
ment world, though he hasn't
faced camera in three years.
-. A new television series, unique
in that it will have not one star,
but 10 appearing in succession,
was announced during the week
by CHS, though it won't be started
until spring. The personalities,
each to appear in a special show
built around him. will be Arthur
Godfrey, Groucho Marx, Milton
Berle, Dick Haynes, Margaret
Whiting, Tony Martin, Fanny
Brice, Martha Raye, Paul Win
chell and Borrah Minevitch. .
This weeks free concert by the
National Symphony Orchestra
has been moved to Thursday night
and will be televised by
WMAL-TV. 1t will emanate
from Leland Junior High School,
with Howard Mitchell conduct
ing, and will be seen and heard
in the 9-to-10 period.
Margaret Truman will return
as a Carnegie Hall" (ABC-
WMAL) soloist the night of Feb
ruary 7. Her New York debut
was made on the program last
December 20, when she sang in
Carnegie Hall itself. Her second
appearance will be made in the
studio regularly used by Car
negie Hall"-not Carnegie Hall,
but the former Vanderbilt The
ater in Manhattan.
Musical details of Miss Truman's
second Carnegie Hall" concert
have not yet been arranged, but
she is expected to take care of
this in the near future.
Programs and People: NBC has
auditioned a new Guy Lombardo
show, 'Pick a Hit" which will
have a panel judging the songs of
composer contestants. It's being
considered as a possibility for
radios Death Valley, Sundays at
7 opposite Jack Benny. Joby
Reynolds launches a new singing
program tonight at 10:45 on
WTOP. WQQW-FM is sam
pling the views of average concert
goers rather than celebrities as
intermission features on the
broadcasts of Wednesday evening
concerts of the National SYM
phony. A. Visitors to Washington
are having their say on WMAL's
Breakfast With Tourists" Satur-
day mornings at 10. Jackson
Weaver visits local hotels for the
interviews. WTOP started
four-week series of National Sym
phony broadcasts yesterday in CO.
operation with the orchestra,s
sustaining fund drive. The pro-
grams are the regular Wednesday
night series, Transcribed for broad
cast at 4:30 Saturday afternoons.
. Rod Hendrickson's program of
philosophy, story telling, poetry
and music has moved to WTOP,
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4::30
pm. Bryson Rash. ABC White
House correspondent and special
events director for WMAL and
WMAL-TV, has again been named
chairman of the Mile O. Dimes
drive of the March of Dimes cam
paign. :. Louis Frazier has joined
the WINK personality list, with
"Frazier's Frolics" on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 11:45
pm. =. Vaughn Monroe is the
man who made the years most
nnn,1lar record hofh in retail sales