Evening star., 1950-04-23

Ielenotes: The movie people,
however they feel about tele-
vision, are not above using it as
talent scout. One of the latest
film discoveries is Charlton Hes
ton, signed for a role in Dark
City" after Producer Hal Wallis
saw him on TV. ANY man who
looks good on kinescope is a cinch
for the screen. RCA's all-elec-
tronic, compatible color will have
It's first public showing at the
Home Builders Exposition May
II through May 81 at the National
Guard Armory. The "Morey
Amsterdam Show" only comedy
variety show on television to run
an uninterrupted 50 weeks under
one sponsorship, started its second
year on Du Mont (WTTG) last
Thursday night. Television, a
medium which needs writer's badly
but has bestowed success on few
of them, has done all right by
Joe Bates Smith, an actor turned
writer. Mr.. Smith has just sold
his fifth script to MICS "Tele-
vision Theater." Titled And So
Goodbye" it will be televised May
g. =. Arthur Godfrey will be
host for the television kick off of
a new Savings Bond drive on NBC
May Is at 10 pm. Gertrude
Berg, author and star of THE
Goldbergs" on CHS radio and tele-
vision. has taken on the additional
chores of writing a novel about
the Goldberg family and COL
laborating on the script for a film
to be titled "The Rise of the Gold
bergs." The regular members of
the cast are expected to appear
IN the picture. Add to the new
jobs created by television the un-
polisher. The Firehouse Five
Plus Two. appearing on Ed Wynn's
show recently. watched with dis
may as this man spent all the
time they weren't rehearsing TAX
ing the beautiful polish off of
their instruments. Those bright
lights, you know.
You'll note a little Juggling in
the WMAL-TV program schedule
tonight. The Golden Game" is
being dropped from the $50 spot,
to be replaced tonight by a fea-
ture film on the ABC-TV network.
with a new show called Mama
Rosa" moving in next Sunday
The juggling you won't notice
took place entirely on paper
Vaughn Shoemaker's Studio" had
the shortest run of any television
program yet around here, spend
ing two days in the Sunday-at-
7:45 spot-on the program listing
only. 1t was Cancelled before it
got on the WMAL-TV air, DIR.
Fixum" remaining.
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Programs and People: Remem-
Der when the big news in radio
was Jack Benny's switch to CHS?
He has just had to scotch rumor
OF all rumors-that he was switch
ing back to NBC-by announcing
that he has signed with CHS for
two more years. Benny takes Phil
Harris and Rochester to London
this summer, incidentally, for
three weeks at the Palladium.
The first overseas broadcast of
Horace Heidt's Youth Opportu-
nifty Program" (WTOP-Sunday
$3.50 p.mD is scheduled for to-
night. Heidi, who flew to Europe
a week ago to tour CT bases, did
the show in Weisbaden and the
tape recording was flown back
during the week A new pro-
gram of folk ballads and novelty
songs, featuring Joby Reynolds
and Zeb Turner, in both solo and
duet, starts tomorrow on WMAL.
It will be heard at 4 pm. daily,
Monday through Friday.
Arthur Godfrey. who doesn't like
to be tied down even if he is a
one-man entertainment factory,
found himself in an involved mu-
sical hookup the other morning.
He was down at his Virginia farm,
Archie Bleyer's Orchestra was in
the New York studio, the Mariners
were in South Bend-and they all
sang a song together. How
ard Hughes is reported to have
put in bid for the ABC network.
MBS has told other prospec-
tive buyers that it is not for sale.
George Campbell is the new
news editor at VOL, on the air
himself at noon and 10 pm, Mon
! day through Friday