Evening star., 1951-08-08
On the Air
Innocence
Is All Over
The Place
By Harry Macarthur


tions of actual cases from the files
of the Los Angeles police depart
ment, occasionally comes up with
a yarn fit for adult consumption
only.
To forestall any complaints and
to keep all consciences clean, the
ANNOUNCER on these occasions
says: This program is for you,
not your children"
Sufficient time" the press re-
lease adds, "is then allotted be-
fore the broadcast starts for lis
teners to pack the kids off to bed. :"
There are several types of inno-
icence in operation here. The first
is the blithe assumption by the
l"Dragnet" producers that an
Ieight-word announcement would
be enough to turn away childish
ears. 1t is just the sort of thing,
i'll fact. which would have the
young hiding under the sofa to lis
ten to "Dragnet" when you
thought them safely upstairs log
ging sack time.
Vast innocence about the facts
of parental life is displayed, too,
by any press agent who writes
Sufficient time is then allotted
before the broadcast starts to pack
the kids off to bed" Sufficient time
to pack the kids off to bed, indeed !
That can be anywhere from 20
minutes to one hour and SIS min
Iutes, depending on how high a
charge the little monsters have
accumulated during the day.
The innocent man or woman
who wrote that clearly never
packed any kids off to any beds
|anywhere.
Premiere: A new 15-minute pro-
gram dedicated to dance and music
Will be launched Saturday at GAS
pm. on CHS television (WTOP-
TV) by Patricia Bowman, who used
to be a Washington girl herself
Miss Bowman, who made her debut
here in her home town at the age
OF l3 in company playing Aida, y
mas had her share in making the
ballet a popular art. In addition
to appearances with Ballet
Theater. various opera companies
and leading symphony orchestras
she has been a familiar figure in
movie presentation house stage
shows.
The new Patricia Bowman
Show" will have a Bowman num-
Der on each program and appear
ances by guest celebrities in the
entertainment field. The first
singing guests will be Maureer
Cannon and the Jack Brown Sing
ers.
Inside Story: If you sit around
drooling at the prizes listed on
those radio and television give
aways, you had better listen tc
Ruth Cranes Modern Woman
Friday at 1870 am. on WMAL
Miss Cranes Friday guest will be
Mrs. Elizabeth Krouse, who will
present detailed account of what
has happened to her in the three
months since she won the JACKPOT
on stop the Music"
Among other things, Mrs. Krous,
will tell Miss Cranes audienc,
what happened to "a pairs O
shoes. 40 dresses. a worksho,
equipped with power tools ant
other things as she sought buyer
for prizes to pay taxes on othe
prizes. This whole stop tn
Music" experience has been, Mrs
Krouse has said, lone of the mos
narrowing that can come from
good luck"
Programs and People: Miltol
@. Ford of WWDC and his fame
parrot. Richard, will represen
Washington this week on 9TH
3 Art Ford Show" (WNBW-Satur
4 day 7:30 p.m). :. The Hal Roacl
. studios in Hollywood, virtually idl
for the past few years, now ar
humming with activity. TV'
Lone Ranger" Amos n Andy,
Stuart Erwin Show" and "Roya
Playhouse" are filmed there.
/ A third sponsor has signed t
participate in THE Kate Smitl
Evening Hour" The hour-lon
show will be seen on Wednesda
nights at 8 on NBC-TV startin
September 26. Anne Marlowt
producer of the Somerset Maug
ham Television Theater" is
young woman who wishes he
secret were better kept. She
4 the owner of the soprano voG
4 which for six years bombarded lis
( teners' eardrums with the "happ
4 little washday song"
Radio Department: Mario LAM
" (WTOP-Sunday, 8 PM is sur
there is something significan
, about it Since he has started thi
summer radio show he has ha
more requests for ave Maria
] than for any other song. HeI
sing 1t next Sunday. Tallulal
tBankhead, Fred Allen and Mere
dith Wilson have been signed 70
three broadcasts in Britain thi
summer, "The Big Show. Incl
! dentally, is slated to return t
, NBC on September 80, running a
before from $50 to 8 pm. .
There's a poll behind everythin
in radio, including sponsors risin
interest in after-midnight pro
grams. A Gallup poll reporte
that So per cent of the Unite