Evening star., 1950-12-22
On the Air
Joyful Hour
Heads YuIe
Show List
By Harry Macarthur

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end by television and radio. Among
other things, the TV Christmas
observance will include the pro-
gram likely to be seen by an
audience of record proportions,
the filmed drama of the Nativity.
THE Joyful Hour" In Washing
ton this is to be shown on WNBW
at $50 tomorrow night, on WTTG
at 1890 am. and 11:15 pm.
Monday and on WMAL at 10 pm.
Monday
1.-The Joyful Hour" like its
Easter predecessors, 1.-THE Trium-
phant Hour" was filmed for Fam
lily Theater" by Jerry Fairbanks
Productions. The cast is headed by
Ruth Hussey as Mary and Nelson
Leigh as Joseph and includes,
among others. Pat O'Brien and his
family. Lloyd Corrigan. Thurston
Hall. Cecil Cunningham and Rhys
Williams The special musical
score has been recorded by the
50-voice Roger Wagner Chorale
and a 25-piece orchestra.
"The Magnificent Hour" was
seen by more than 16 million
viewers and it is expected that
"The Joyful Hour" will reach an
audience of 80 million.
Another special holiday enter
tainment will be Edgar Bergen's
second television show, to be seen
Monday at 4 on WNBW, by way of
an already-prepared film. This
should be notable for the fact
that Walt Disney and a number of
his people will join Bergen's
Charlie Mccarthy and Mortimer
Snerd. These will include Bobby
Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont,
as well as the cartoon characters
Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse,
the Seven Dwarfs, etc. Bobby
played a leading role in Disney's
recent all-live Treasure Island"
and young Miss Beaumont is the
star of his forthcoming "Alice in
Wonderland" Production high
lights of this latter film will be
feature of the telecast.
Before this comes along, WNBW
viewers will be treated to what
might fairly be termed a variety
of entertainment on Monday.
From 9 to 1880 am, If you have
a Christmas television set you are
anxious to try out early. Channel
4 will carry a program of Christ
mas music with appropriate visual
accompaniment. At 2 o'clock, an
hour will be given over to the
second production of the "NBC
Television Opera Theater" season,
Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gret-
ell" This will be followed at 3
pm. by another hour-long show.
Uncle Milty's Christmas Party"
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Among the yuletide programs
on WMAL-TV will be Family
Christmas" to be presented by
the Protestant Radio Commission
at 9:30 pm. Monday. Through
the medium of a typical family
gathering. this will trace the
Christmas celebration through the
years, with madrigals and carols
from countries all over the world.
Other Christmas Specials: The
candlelight service at the Wash
ington Cathedral will be televised
over WTOP-TV from 11:15 pm.
Sunday to / am. Monday. {.
Paul Tripp's "Tubby the Tuba"
will be featured on a christmas
Day Festival" on WTOP-TV Mon
day at 5. The Paris Opera
Ballet will be seen on film in a
Christmas ballet on WMAL-TV
Monday at $3.50. Veloz and
Yolande will replace "Dick Tracy"
on WMAL-TV Monday at $3.50 for
some unexplained reason, possibly
because ABC-TV feels this is no
night for crime, even if it doesn't
pay.
On radio. as he has for the past
16 years, Lionel Barrymore again
will be playing Scrooge in "a
Christmas Carol" The dramati-
zation of the Dickens story will
be on Mutual (WEAM, WASH
FM) at 4 pm. Monday.