Evening star., 1950-04-16

to Mr.. Montgomery, an old labor
man himself and for some time
the extremely active head of. the
Screen Actors Guild.
Telenotes: Bob Hope having
taken the TV plunge with
$4,000 personal splash, Eddie
Cantor now is thinking more Sc
riouSly about turning from radio
to TV next season. His notion
is that a comedian wears out his
welcome more quickly when seen
as we'll as heard so he plans right
now to limit himself to 13 shows
a season, spaced about three weeks
apart. A new 52-week series
of "Hopalong Cassidy films starts
tonight on NBC-TV (WNBW-6
p.m.). Washington is the
highest bidding city in the coun-
try for the prizes offered for
canned goods labels on "Auc-
tionaire" (WMAL-TV-Friday, 9
PM. Almost 1000 calls are
clocked every Friday at the
WMAL-TV studios. Joe Gray
don, Washington baritone, is MAX
ing a TV name for himself in
Hollywood. He has a flve-a-week,
two-hour morning show on
KLAC-TV, fully sponsored. &.
Ruth Crane has turned up with
a different sort of clothes prob
lem. Some of hers have proved
too attractive on Shop by Tele-
vision," on WMAL-TV Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday nights.
People keep calling up and trying
to buy the blouse right off her
back instead of paying attention
to the merchandise she wants to
sell. Danny Dare. Hollywood
and Broadway director, has Joined
the NBC-TV production staff.
Programs and People: Les
Sand, whose brand of humor has
won him a considerable following
around here, starts a 9-to-12,
Monday-through- Friday show on
VOL tomorrow night. 1t will con-
sist of records and the usual Sand
treatment of whatever he happens
to think of and has been named,
typically, The Les Sand Thing"
Mr.. Sand, who came here in
March, 1947, sat up all night on
the WWDC "Yawn Patrol" for %
months, then did a six-month turn
at WINK, will continue his Game
Room" television show on WTTG.
That will be a year old Tuesday
THE Choraliers," at 2 pm.
and "Symphonette," at $3.50 pm,
will be returned to the CHS sched-
ule today. The former features
an all-male chorus led by Eugene
Lowell and the latter an orchestra
conducted by Michel Piastro. . 1.
Horace Heidi was slated to take
off for Europe this morning for
tour of United States bases, dur
ing which CT entertainers will be
given their chance on his talent
hunt shows. These will be tape
recorded and flown back for broad
cast. "One Mans Family"
radio version, will celebrate its
18th birthday next Saturday
night. . The newest local wom-
ems show is Diane Cameron's, on
WPIK every morning at 10:45,
featuring household hints. fashion
news, interviews and the other
things about which a woman talks
to women. Miss Cameron is some
thing of a radio veteran around
these parts, a reader of children's
stories from way back, a one
time member of the cast of
WTOP's Janice Grey and for
mer conductor of a program called
Tips on Tables" on WQQW.
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Reviews in Brief:
"The Triumphant Hour"-The
first TV version of the annual
Easter broadcast, telecast by all
four Of the video networks, was
television of the highest order.
IT'S story was the most dramatic
one in Christendom, of course,
the account of the resurrection
and ascension of Christ. This was
unfolded with dignity and SIM
plicity which brought it to fullest
impact. Technically THE Tri-
umphant Hour" was a triumph,
too, for the new Minicam process
of Jerry Fairbanks Productions.
Picture quality was generally very
good and some trick shots and
special effects were achieved that
live television never could manage.
Of it heartens the Fairbanks
people any. this viewer, momen-
tarily forgetful. sat through Sill
yer Theater" last week unaware
until the closing announcement
chat he was watching show on
film.)
Star Spangled Revue"-The
vehicle for Bob Hopes big time
televiSion debut. special one-and-
one-half-hour holiday show last
Sunday on NBC-TV (WNBW) had
its highs and lows. Among it's
good features were Beatrice Lille.
who is as wonderfully funny on
television as anywhere, and Dinah
Shore, who goes on being one of
our top-ranking balladeers. Mr..
Hope. himself, gave a bright touch
to several comedy skits, but as
master of ceremonies he made it
abundantly clear that he has
much to learn about this new
medium. One of the first things
he has to learn is that he is play
ing to several million people at
home and not to a few hundred
yokels who are laughing it up in
theater to pay for their free
tickets. Producer Max Lehman
showed an atypical lapse of judg-
ment, incidentally, in letting Miss
Lilies Double Dozen Damask
Dinner Napkins" sketch become
part of Star Spangled Revue"