Evening star., 1951-03-23
By Harry Macarthur

washington showing OF HILL
Number One" already is past his
tory. 1t was scheduled for 1890
pm. today on WTOP-TV. The
next showing will be tonight at
1915 am. on WNBW. The Easter
drama will be telecast here three
times on Sunday--on WMAL-TV
at 2:30 and on WTTG at anc
again at 6 pm.
Hill Number One" as you
probably don't have to be tolo
again, is the third Family Thea
ter" TV drama filmed by Fair
. banks. The cast is headed by
Ruth Hussey. who will play Mary,
mother of Jesus. as she did in
THE Joyful Hour" at Christmas
time. Other well-known movie
players taking part will be Joan
Leslie. Jeanne Cagney, Gene Lock-
hart, Left Erickson, Regis Toomey
and Roddy MeDoWall.
The two previous efforts-"The
Triumphant Hour" last Easter and
THE Joyful Hour tele-
vision Of the highest quality.
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The Protestant View: The Prot
estant churches are making their
first large scale television observ-
ance of Easter this year. accord
ing to Rev. Everett c. Parker
director of the Protestant Radio
Commission. The commission
now a part of the department oi
films of the National Council o1
Churches of Christ, has produced
two motion pictures, which will
be shown on TV networks through
out the country.
One, THE Meaning of Easter y
was made in Hollywood to pre-
| sent "the Protestant view of the
significance of the holiday
Ronald Reagan will take part in
both drama and discussion in the
film and Carolyn Tanner. one
time "Oklahoma!" star. will be
heard in Gaul's THE Holy City
1.-THE Meaning of Easter" will be
seen in Washington on Sunday
at $50. over WTTG.
The other of the two pictures.
Home Is Nowhere" also will
reach it's local audience by way
of WTTG, this afternoon at 5
pm. Home Is Nowhere" is a
documentary depicting the plight
of war refugees all over the world.
emphasizing the "One Great Time
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For a Network, Audience: Easter
Festival Services of Holy Com
munion at the Washington Ca
thedral will be telecast by the
ICBS-TV network (includins
WTOP-TV here) at Gam. Sunday.
The Holy Communion service viii
be presided over by the Right Rev.
Angus Dun. Bishop Of the Episco-
pal Diocese of washington. as
sisted by members of the Wash
Iington Cathedral clergy.
There will be special Easter
music by the Cathedral Choir
under the direction of Paul CAL
1laway, organist and choir master
at the cathedral. This will be
the second telecast of cathedral
service; the first was last Christ
mas Ewes candlelight mass.
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Easter Bonnets and Other
Things: The best known Easter
parade-the one on New York's
Fifth avenue-will be reported for
Washington by two network out
lets. Faye and Skitch emerson
and Henderson, you know will
describe the Easter finery fol-
NBC-TV (on WNBW Sunday at
noon) and Dennis James will dc
the same for DuMont tWTTG
Sunday, 1870 am. to l pm.)
The Other Things:
Milton Berle will get into the
Easter celebration. too. His con-
|tribution will be as master OF
ceremonies of a special holiday
show, "Airflyte Variety Theater,
which is scheduled for the 3 pm
,lhour Sunday on WNBW.
At 3:15 Sunday, WTOP-TV
will carry "Golgotha," a motion
picture story of the last days or
earth of Jesus of Nazareth. II
has a musical score composed by
Jacques Ibert.
At $3.50, WMAL-TV will present
Bringing Christ to the Nation,
a special Easter program by the
Lutheran Laymen's League
I"Showtime U. S. A." (WMAL-
ITV-Sunday. 7:30 PM will note
the holiday with scenes from the
Pulitzer prise-winning Greer
Pastures Armed Forces
Hour" (WTTG-Sunday, $500
will observe Easter with excerpts
from Handel's oratorio, 1.-THE Mes
siah," by the Air Force Symphony
Orchestra and the choir of the
tEldbrook Methodist Episcopal
Church There will be other
special programs. too, on radio
Jas well as on television, but space
here has long since run out.