Evening star., 1951-05-14
On the Air
Pulitzer
War Drun1u
IA Near Miss
By Harry Macarthur

night at 9 (WMAL-TV ana II
must be rated an A for ef1ort
Its attempt to bring the Korean
war down to size-to conflne II
to a television studio and trans
late it on home viewing screens
was hardly an unqualified sue
cess, however.
Technically, 'Korea-The Thou
sand Yard Look" k"-inspired by the
dispatches of A.P. Correspondent
Hal Boyle-was a difficult task
well done. There were times
when the screen showed exactly
what the cameras were picking
up-a group of actors posed or
an artificial set-but for the mos
part Director Frank Telford anc
his crew managed to capture ar
illusion of the enormity OF tnt
Korean conflict.
@The Thousand Yard Look" wa
well-played for the most part
too, by virtually an-male cas-,
headed by Richard Camp anc
Richard Kiley. Both Camp. as
draftee forced to make a quick
change from college campus tt
Korean battle-ground, and Kiley
as a platoon leader forced tc
send his men to certain death
were completely effective and the
others managed a believable loi
of GIs.
The success achieved by the
technicians probably was the dra-
mas undoing. The elaborate pro-
duction itself seemed, at least
in one living room. to dwarf and
get in the way of the personal
story of men engulfed in war,
which Scripters Don Ettinger and
Nelson Giddings tried to get out
of Mr.. Boyle's dispatches.
The artificial settings took On
more of a look of reality than the
people in them. Instead OF q semi
documentary done in documentary
style for realism's sake. this
seemed more documentary done
in semi-documentary technique
The result was an hour well-spent
but not spent as well as 1t might
have been.
r Il
Moving to Headquarters: Wash.
ington's Importance in worlo
affairs is being discovered by the
Columbia Broadcasting System
which is moving three discussion
programs to the Nations Capital
Henceforth, Peoples Platform
(WTOP-TV-Sunday, $50 pm.
WTOP-Sunday, IL noon) ane
"Cross Section. U.S.A." (CBS. not
WToP Saturday. 4:3o) will
originate here instead of in New
York.
This bring to six the total Of
CHS public affairs programs
regularly produced in Washington
The others are, on television, 1.-THE
Facts We Face" (Sunday. 5 p.mo
and, on radio, Capitol Cloak
room" CTuesday. 10:30 p.m.) and
Adventures in Science" (Satur-
day, 3:15 p.m1.
House Reopened: Jerry Lester
has just two more weeks OF
Broadway Open House" and will
leave it after the May Is show
for vacation which will take him
to both an Arizona ranch and
Paris. Dagmar is remaining, how
ever-would you call this half a
loaf?-with the show on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
The new comedian taking over,
starting May 20, will be Jack E.
Leonard, a master Of the ad lib,
who is also singer and dancer.
He's made 10 TV guest appear
ances recently and has toured the
country's leading theaters and
supper clubs.
Dancer Ray Malone will remain
with the show the nights Dagmar
is on hand and the musical chore
will be taken over by the Kirby
Stone Quintet, which will be con-
sidered relief in some quarters
Lester, himself. is still under
contract to NBC and it is likely
that he will turn up, after his
summer vacation. as the star of a
one-hour weekly program.
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Tomorrow on TV: Should We
Follow MacArthur's Policy ir
Asia?" will be debated on Court
of Current Issues" (WTTG-s
p.n1o. -. The new television mic
roscope, about which you must
have read recently, will be shown
to the public for the first time or
Johns Hopkins Science Review
(WTTG-8:30 PM. Louise
and Harris, comedy dance team
will be featured guest entertainers
on "The Vaughn Monroe Show
(WTOP-TV-9 PM. Singer
June Hutton and Comic Phil
Foster will join Host Buddy Rog-
ers and Louis Prima and orches-
ira on "Cavalcade of Bands
(WTTG-9 PM. Billy Red
field will play the leading role in
"Too Hot to Live" on Suspense"
(WTOP-TV-9:30 p.m0.
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The Password: Don McLaugh-
lin, who plays David Harding in
"Counterspy" and Director Marx
Loeb report they found Toots
Shor's in an uproar of excitement
after a recent broadcast. The Gil
ants had just come out of their
slump and won a ball game. Toots,
rabid Giant booster, shouted
Come on, everyone. have a
drink" The bartender didn't
move. "Well?" someone finally
asked. When he says 'on me- -
said the bartender. "I1l set 'em
up"