Evening star., 1950-07-02
Television-Rodio I
Som Goldwyn Continues to Regard
TV as q Trusted Friend, Not q Foe
By Harry Macarthur


The first two broadcasts will
deal with the atomic bomb, the
third the hydrogen bomb and the
fourth will look to future control
and use Of both. Bob Hope will
appear on the series, not as
comedian, but In the role of a
taxpayer learning about atomic
energy. William L. Laurence. New
York Times science reporter. is
acting as technical adviser In the
production of "The Quick and the
Dead" and also will appear on it.
Telenotes: Special television
coverage or activity at the White
House and the Pentagon in the
Korean crisis had WNBW so busy
that it almost failed to notice its
third birthday last Tuesday. Its
two mobile units celebrated the
event by getting programs on the
air from the White House and
Pentagon within an hour after
the Presidents announcement of
aid to Korea. At the White
House, pictures were on the air
only "a minutes after the arrival
of the remote camera generator
unit, a record for this or any
other vicinity. American En-
pire," with Richard Dix riding
through the formative post-Civil
War period, is this weeks feature
on Hollywood Movie Hits"
(WMAL-TV. Tuesday, $3.50 p.m).
-. Gertrude Berg. creator. writer
and principal actress of "The
Goldbergs," should be in Holly
wood any minute now. to spend
the TV shows summer hiatus
making a movie version of it. !.
Don. Goddard takes over as mar
rator on Watch the World"
(WNBW) and the program today
moves to a new time, 1880 pm.
s. Screen Actress Betty Furness
is another who will be television
regular come fall. She will be on
ABC-TV in a Friday night variety
show, as yet untitled. !. Warner
Bros, the motion picture studio,
saw fit to make a firm denial dur
ing the week of a story that it
soon will leap whole e-heartedly
into television. Fabricated, un-
checked, unfounded," were the
words the WB press department
applied to the rumor. Lynn
Bari and Donald Curtis will star
in q new comedy mystery series
due to start this week on CBS-TV
as a. summer replacement for
Man Against Crime" on Friday
at $3.50 pm. The latest count
by the Washington Television Cir
culation Committee finds 143.000
receivers in use here as of July /.
a 6,400-set increase over June l.
Programs and People: Lucille
Manners will be the July guest
star on 1.-THE New House Show"
(WMAL-T Tuesday. Wednesday,
Thursday, $3.50 p.m.). -. Betty
Bradley and Steve Olds have a
new program, "Sweethearts in
Song" heard daily at 11:05 am.
on VOL. 'Who Said That?"
which has been one or the other
or both at various times. again
win be q radio and television show
starting Tuesday night (WRC-8
PM. The Tuesday radio version
viii be the recorded audio portion
lof the Monday night telecast. -.
Milt Grant has taken over the
sos to 8 pm. daily slot formerly
occupied by Sam Browns Music
Hall" on WINK. 81. WQQW will
furnish last-minute bulletins on
Watergate weather conditions on
each concert night during the Ses-
quicentennial series. Bulletins will
be aired every Is minutes between
5 and 8 pm. :. Two new daily
newscasts have been added by
WRC. There will be a special
program covering the Korean af-
fair at 1915 am. each day, start
ing tomorrow, and Morgan Beatty
will be on with a late news round
up at 11:15 nightly. except Tues
days. when he will be heard at
1880. NBC inaugurates a new
racing series featuring major
events at the Arlington and WASH
ington Park tracks next Saturday.
Don Ameche will be the color
and-interview man, with Jack
Drees calling the races. :. Jean
Hersholt. who has been devoting
himself to ''Dr. Christian" and nu-
merous civic activities, is before
the cameras in his first featured
movie role in nine years. He has
the leading part in one of the
eight segments Of MGM's tits a
Big Country"