Evening star., 1951-02-27
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AT Large
By Harry Macarthur

By Harry Macarthur
One of the most carefully pre-
served illusions in television has
been the casualness of Dave Gar
roway. ''Garroway at Large
(WNBW-Sunday, 10 p.m0 is a
production masterpiece, but it al
ways seems to be performed by
people who decided on the spur
Of the moment to do a television
show. This makes for easy, re-
laxed viewing.
The people concerned with the
production of the program have
been willing to let its viewers be-
lieve that the whole thing was q
30-minute ad lib, but not MICS
New York publicity department
The publicity department has
taken to sending out advance
blurbs about "Garroway at Large, -
apparently with the intent of de-
stroying any illusions about the
casual approach. The latest reads,
in part:
Baritone Jack Haskell and viii
lowy charmer Connie Russell set
the pace for the show with Connie
as mannequin in store window
and Jack as a passing window
shopper. They'll sing a version Of
a hit of the sos. You Couldn' t
Be Gutter
"a unique harp and piano duet
will supply the tempo for a dance
number by Russell and Aura, with
typical Garrowayesque lighting
for background. The song will be
Stella by Starlight
"Short and sweet Bette Chape
will appear on an Iberian-type
balcony singing In a Little Span
ish Town She'll be followed BY
Jack Haskell. this time just sit.
ting on stool and singing 'Frienc
of Johnnie's.'
Dave. comic Cliff Norton ano
the crew will appear in their best
hillbilly getup for the finale. "A
Penny a Kiss"
That is hardly ad lib. And
since this description of the
March 4 program is dated Febru.
airy %. it indicates the spur is
well removed from the moment in
the case of a "Garroway at Large
production.
Strictly Personal: Jack Haley,
who missed two Star Revue
performances because of illness, is
expected to be back on the show
Thursday night at 8 (WNBW)
The Star Revue" singing star,
Mindy Carson, will have her first
go at musical comedy when she
plays the leading role in Vincent
Youmans' mo. No Nanette" next
Monday at $50 on Musical
Comedy Time" (WNBW)
Joan Benefits recent television
guest appearances won her an
offer of show of her own. She II
accept if she can originate it in
Hollywood, where she prefers to
live . Hopalong Cassidy will be
honorary chairman of National
Wildlife Week March 1920
Outdoor wildlife, that is.
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Never Underestimate the Power of
TV: One of the regular weekly
features of Ruth Cranes Modern
Woman on Television" (WMAL-
~ daily, 3 pm) is the appear
ance of member of the National
Society of Inventors. Man was on
recently displaying a new table
he had invented and before the
program was off the air a local
manufacturer had called. The two
are now discussing production
plans.
Heard But Not Seen: NBC Is
planning what it considers one
OF its largest-scale radio series
Titled This Is My Own, My Ma
tive Land" it will concern itself
with 13 representative events In
American history" WCMF
stockholders voted at their annual
meeting to urge Congress to in
vestigate the neglect and mac
ton by the radio manufacturing
industry" responsible, the stock
holders charge, for failure to pro-
vide enough FIN sets to meet the
demand. Marjorie Hendricks
OF Normandy Farm, will speak
over WINK every Sunday at 2:05
pm. during the Red Cross drive.
She served in the Red Cross dur
ing the war in both Pacific and
Mediterranean theaters.
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Not Since Barrymore: The
Hamlet acclaimed as the most
interesting since John Barry
more's will be heard by radio lis
teners next Sunday on "Theater
Guild OF the Air" expanded to an
hour and half for the occasion
(WRC-8:3Q-10 PM. This, of
course, will" be the Hamlet" of
John Gielgud, which won all that
praise when it first was presented
TO American audiences in 1896.
The actor himself has done the
adaptation of the four-hour play,
retaining, he says, "all the scenes
that people have long associated
with Hamlet" If you've seen the
Glelgud Hamlet" you know you
couldn't get a better reason for