Evening star., 1951-03-07
On the Air
Judith Has
Lost One
|Admirer
BY Harry Macarthur

department which tries to keep
track of the entertainment world.
1t was quiet, that is, until the
afternoon mail arrived. Shortly
after that there was a snarl from
the other side of the partition.
from the unassailable stronghold
of the living theater.
A press release which had been
addressed to the drama editor
came sailing over the wall. He
had read the note pencilled in the
margin--"Judith sends love"-and
part of the first sentence, which
was enough. 1t started out:
Zone of the few actresses max
ing the switch from stage and
radio to television with complete
equanimity is Judith Evelyn. :"
Making the switch from stage
to television with complete equa-
nimity, indeed" said the growl
from over there. Traitor. You can
have her. And her love-"
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The television department can
only say thank you, very much.
Miss Evelyn, who last was around
these parts in "a Streetcar Named
Desire" at the Gayety and in
Angel Street" at the Olney, has
already had more than 20 major
roles in TV dramas. The last of
these was Macbeth" and she has
been praised for all of her appear
ances before the television cam
eras.
Miss Evelyn's first motion pic
ture, Otto Preminger's 1.-THE Thir-
teenth Letter." also is in current
release.
The press release which dis
rupted the drama department was
to report her next television ap-
pearance. This will be in a play
titled Miss Buell." to be seen to-
morrow night at 8 on Starlight
Theater." Miss Buell., if it will ap-
pease the drama editor, is a school
teacher struggling to put her
drama class through a Shakes
pearean production.
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Unlearned Lesson: One of the
favorite questions of radio quiz
programs used to be: who played
Frankenstein in the original mov-
ie?" Probably an untold number
Of prizes have been won by people
who knew it wasn't Boris Karloff,
but that Colvin Give played the
DR.. Frankenstein who made the
monster. The correct answers
seem not to have penetrated to
the people in the broadcasting
business, however.
The first report received about
the Abbott Costello return to THE
Comedy Hour" (WNBW-Sunday
8 pm.) says their guest will be
"Frankenstein, the Monster" Lion
Clancy. Sorry. NBC press de-
partment. No $64 for you.
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Prize Consolation: If it will
soften the blow for those who see
their favorite actresses detecting
to televiSion, there is a set of sta
tistics here at hand to demon
strate the mediums lure. These |
apply generally to almost any TV
drama, but they apply specifically
to the recent performance by
Helen Hayes Of Mary of Scot
land" on Pulitzer Prize Play
house" (WMAL-TV-Friday, O.
pmD.
When Miss Hayes did the Max
well Anderson play for the Thea
ter Guild in New York it was at
the Alvin Theater, which had a
seating capacity of 1850. It ran
for 248 performances and full
house at each would have allowed
337 ,280 to see it. On television,
Mary of Scotland" was seen by
8 million drama lovers. An actress
couldn't resist that audience.
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Programs and People: Report
from Hollywood says Red Shelton
is holding out for color television.
Long time no see, Red THE
Big Story" becomes weekly in
stead of biweekly starting this
Friday. 1t also moves to 9 pm.
on WNBW's schedule, Henry Nor
gan's Great Talent Hunt" NOV
ing to $50 Walt Disney's
Alice in Wonderland" will have
musical preview Sunday, March
18, on THE Fred Waring Show"
(WTOPN9 p.m). Kathy Beau
mont, Disney's Alice, will be the
guest star :. If you missed both
Susan Peters Miss Susan" and
the explanation of why it didn't
start on NBC-TV last Monday,
here's the word on that. Miss Pc
tiers came down with a throat
infection and the start of the
Monday through Friday serial