Evening star., 1950-04-09
TeIeVisiOn-RudiO
Crusade in Europe to Be Shown
To Vastly Enlarged TV Audience
By Horry Macarthur

Back when television was
younger it achieved its first rea
stature with a specially prepared
motion picture series based or
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Crusade in Europe" Having run
its 26-week course, Crusade ir
Europe" went back into the vaults
last October, only recently to be
made available again by ABC. this
time for local sponsorship. The
good news OF this week is that
WMAL-TV has turned up a
Washington sponsor, department,
store willing to commit a public
service by footing the bill for
Crusade"
The television audience here as
elsewhere is considerably larger
than it was when Crusade" first
saw the light Of cathode ray
When it started last spring there
we're approximately 10000 re-
ceivers in Washington; there were
118.250 as of April l. CIV sets
are being installed in Washington
at the rate of about 1000 a week
and that is expected to jump to
5000 or 1000 when the baseball
season Starts.)
Crusade in Europe" in case
you have missed hearing about it,
which is unlikely. was prepared
by March of Time and Goth Gen.
tury-Fox for ABC. for use only
on television. Some of the films
used to pictorialize Gen. Eisen-
hower's narrative have been seen
before. but much of the footage
was culled from files of official
pictures. both Allied and Axis.
The series, which won the first
Du Pont Award to be given to. a
television program. among its
other honors, is excellent TV fare.
1t has dignity as a document and
1t is packed with excitement as an
entertainment. Crusade" will
make its welcome temperance
on April 18 and will be shown, for
the time being at least, Tuesdays
at 8 and Fridays at $50 pm. on
WMAL-TV.
In the adjacent radio and tele-
vision programs you will note a
number of special events sched-
uled for today's Easter OBJ
servance. Noteworthy among
these is the TV version of THE
Triumphant Hour" which brings
an annual radio Easter program
to television for the first time, to
be seen by an expected 16 million
viewers.
THE Triumphant Hour" tell
ing the story of the resurrection
and ascension, was produced by
the Rev. Patrick Peyton, c. S. c.,
founder of radios Family
Theater." Cast and technical
workers donated their time and
talent and studio facilities were
provided by Jerry Fairbanks Pro-
ductions for filming by the Null
ticam process.
A number Of Hollywood's fore
most players took part in the
making of The Triumphant
Hour" the cast including Pat
OBrien, Ann Blyth. Ruth Hussey,
Fibber McGee and Molly, Jane
Wyatt. Jack Haley, Morton
Downey. James Gleason and a
number of others.
The film is being shown on vir-
tualiy all of the country's tele-
vision stations. It is scheduled
to be seen here today on WNBW
and WO1C at pm. WTTG at
5 pm. and WMAL-TV at 9 pm.
This departments favorite tele-
viewer right now is woman in
New Orleans. who, according to
word from there, has a foolproot
system for winning bets from her
husband. Arthur Godfrey's "Tal-
ent Scouts" is delayed on New
Orleans TV, being seen there or
Wednesday nights. Having al
ready heard the weeks winner on
Godfrey's morning radio show or
Tuesday morning. this canny
housewife has a cinch bet every
Wednesday night.
Women -the-Year Depart
ment: Ruth Crane, women's di.
rector for WMAL and WMAL-TV