Evening star., 1951-10-19
On the Air
Importing
| PumeIu Was
Wise Move
By Horry Macarthur

might have done very well with
the leading role in Rachel Croth-
ers' 1887 play and saved the price
of the transatlantic fare. 1t has
even been brought off for the
movies by Joan Crawford without
!, the script suffering any irrepara-
BILE damage.
Still. the verdict today must be
that Executive Producer A. Burke
Crotty does not have to say. well,
it seemed a good idea at the
time" 1t was a good idea all
the way through to import again
the actress who helped John Giel-
gud make such delight of Chris
topher Fry's THE Lady's Not for
Burning"
Whatever the economic sound
ness Of such casting, it did give
televiewers the opportunity to see
a most winning performance of
the role originally done on stage
by Gertrude Lawrence. Miss
Brown, who can be beautiful with
out being a beauty at all, is full
Of excitement on a televiSion as
well as theater stage. Her play
ling of Miss Crothers' extraordinary
woman who almost lost a daugh-
ter and husband while laboring
under the delusion that she had
found God was a complete delight.
- -
/ The play was a success in every
other aspect. too. Comprising It'll
to the limits of television hour
didn't do Miss Crothers' drama
lany noticeable harm. Miss Brown
and a supporting cast headed by
Albert Decker made it, under
Producer Director Alex Segal'sI
guidance. one of the better
moments of the television month.
"Celanese Theater," seen on
alternate Wednesdays at 10 pm.
over ABC (WMAL-TV), seems toI
have established itself with two
performances (tile opener was
I"Ah, Wilderness" with Thomas
MitchelD as one of the more de-
pendable entries on the TV pro-
gram roster. Obvious care goes
into the production and the pro-
gram. with the collected works
Iof the Playwrights Co. to-
draw upon. has for time at least
licked the script problem which
faces all TV dramatic shows.
n 4 y +
Week End Guests:
Tomorrow: The Jane Dudley
Folk Dancers. on THE Patricia
Bowman Show" (WTOP-TV-
6:45 p.m) Harold Stassen,
facing the questions Of Amer
Eican Youth Forum" lWNBW-
|I7 p.m) Martha Raye and
Ezio PIMA. on "All-Star Revue"
(WNBW-8 p.m) =. Josephine
Hull. on "The Ken Murray Show"
{WTOP-TV-8 p.mD Car
itoonist Al Capp. on Paul White
mans "TV Teen Club" (WMAL-
Tvs p.m) Geraldine Fitz-
gerald and Gino Bechi, on Your
Show Of Shows" (WNBW-9
p.mD =. Benay Venuta and Paul
Hartman. helping Faye Emerson
salute San Francisco on Won
derful Town" (WTOP-TV-9I
p.m) Joan Edwards and
Johnny Desmond, on Songs for
Sale" CWTOP-Tv-l0 pm.).
Sunday: Harold Stassen, on
Meet the Press" (WNBW-4
p.m) :. Peggy Lee and Wally
Brown. on Star. Of the Family"
tWTOP-TV-6:30 p.m.) -. Jerry
Lester, on Sound OF Time"
(WNBW-7 p.mD Connie
Russell, on paul Whiteman Re-
vue" (WMAL-TV-7 p.m) i
Diana Lynn on the panel, Andy
and Della Russell singing. on
This Is Show Business" (WTOP-
FTV-7:30 p.mo :. Jack Carson |
and Betty Garrett. on "The Com
Iedy Hour" (WNBW-8 p.m.) :. /
Constance Bennett, Doug Fair
banks and (again) Andy and |
Della Russell, on Toast Of the
Town" (WTOP-TV-8 pm.) :. /
Olive Deering. in Marcia Akers,"
on "Television Playhouse"
(WNBW-9 p.m.) .. Boris Kar-
loft. on "The Fred Waring Show"
(WTOP-TV-9 pmD Jane
Pickens and Robert Cummings, |
on Celebrity Time" (WTOP-TV
10 p.m) Victor Borge, on |
Leave 1t to the Girls" (WNBW |
I-10:30 pm).
Monday: Arlene Francis, on |
Hollywood Screen Test" tWMAL- H
'TV-7:30 p.m) Diana Lynn. \
in Twinkle in Her Eye" on |
"Video Theater" (WTOP-Tv-8f
fp.m) Thomas L. Thomas, on |
Voice Of Firestone" (WNBW-H
$3.50 p.m.) -. Vaughn Taylor, in |
II Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes"
on Robert Montgomery Presents"
tWNBW-9:30 pmO Judith |
Evelyn and Charlton Heston. in 1
Macbeth" on Studio One"
(WTOP-TV-10 p.m.).
X Il
For Football Fans-Tomorrow's
pigskin ration from the NCAA for |
this section of the country will |
be the Cornell Yale game at New
Haven eWNBW-1:45 pm.), with
Ted Husing doing the play-by- |
play =. The WToP-TV cameras
viii be turned tomorrow after
noon (also starting at 1:45) on
the game between Westover Air
Force Base and the Military Dis
trict OF Washington.
Radio coverage tomorrow will
include Georgia Tech-Auburn
ftWMAL--2:15 pm.); Maryland |
North Carolina (WRC-2 pm.).
northwestern Navy (WWDC
tz;45 p.mo; Notre Dame-Pitts- |
ourgh (WEAM-2 p.m.): Kansas |
lOKlahOma (WOI-2.ds ~