Evening star., 1951-03-19
On the Air
That Flash
In Hollywood
WAS Molly
By Harry Macarthur

Gertrude Berg gave Hollywood
quite a turn when she was out
there to make the film version of
THE Goldbergs," now being shown
in the Nations theaters as Molly" !"
She has picked up considerable
momentum during the number
of years she has been writing the
show and playing Molly Goldberg.
first on radio and now on tele-
vision (WTOP-TV-Monday, $50
PM. She had a full head of
steam when she arrived in the
movie capital and the unwritten
law that it takes three months
to make an "a" picture seemed
pretty silly to the author actress
of a weekly television program.
Molly" nee THE Goldbergs,"
was ready for release six weeks
after Molly's running start.
Studs Terkel, who brightens the
television scene weekly with
Studs Place" (WMAL-TV-Fri-
day, 1890 PM, almost became
a lawyer instead of an actor.
Passed the Illinois bar exam. but
instead of practicing turned to
radio acting-aS gangster on
Ma Perkins" Played in a dozen
other soap operas for years be-
fore he came up with the TV for
mat for Studs Place" Lat
est development on the elderly
movie front is the refusal of in
surance companies (other than
Lloyd's of LondonD to insure
against INVASION of privacy suits.
The insurance firms are afraid
actors in old films and athletes
shown in old newsreels may have
valid claims, where the original
contracts did not cover television
. Next-to-lateSt development
on elderly movie front: The new
est package" of films for which
TV rights have been sold includes
some 1900 two-reelers made at
the Edison studios between 1909
and 1915 Well probably have
to wait awhile for Birth of a
Nation"
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Well, 1t Was Pretty: If you we're
startled recently to see an actress
on a Family Playhouse" drama
pruning shrubs at what was sup
posed to be- = am, you should
know that Scenic Designer Henry
May was surprised, too. He'd de-
signed a terrace setting to be
used in both day and night scenes
and the nocturnal lighting turned
out to be so effective the direc-
tor decided to do the whole play
in that.
Another New One: "Kreisler
Bandstand," new half-hour
variety show, starts this
week on WMAL-TV, Wednesday
at $50 pm. 1t will put a weekly
spotlight on top-f1ight bandlead-
ers and singing stars, the first of
these to be Benny Goodman and
Peggy Lee. Pulitzer Prize
Playhouse" (WMAL-TV-Friday
8 p.mD is moving to Hollywood
in April or lay to be done on
film instead # being telecast live
from New York. Another poll
Of televiSion =. Ngram likes and
dislikes is unde: way. This one isl
being conducted by Stylon News,
which has sent ballots to it's read
ers, more than 10000 tile men. |
The tile industry is one of
the worlds oldest, dating back to
the early Egyptians, if that's news
to you. In the United States, ac-
cording to Stylon News. it rep
resents a true cross section nf the
people. . Everything is all right
now around the home of Bauk-
1age, the ABC-WMAL news COM
nentator. His favorite bird dog
Susie e.. came down with a case
Of arnesia recently. Failed to
recognize either Mr.. and Mrs.
Bauk lage or her best bird dog
frier !. Dinah. Took a dog psy-
Chi 5rist several weeks to cure her,
according to Baukhage.
rree-and-Easy Press Agent De-
pa tment: Last Wednesday eve
ming Violinist Florian ZaBach re-
ported that he had just given
first copies of his first Decca
record C'The Hot Canary" and
Jalousie'') to several of the
towns radio record spinners.
Sa turday morning a story reached
the desk claiming that Art Brown
and Milton @. Ford Of WWDCI
saw the hit potential of "Canary"I
and included it in their morn
ing show every day for a solid
week" And press agents still
wonder why newspapermen areI
sometimes skeptical
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Wrinkles on the Run: A prob
lem peculiar to television isl
the producers of