Evening star., 1951-06-20
BY Horry Macarthur

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ing inches out of reach. He strug-
giles futilely. unable to cry out for
help as he hears footsteps over
head and snatches of nearby con-
versation.
To heighten the suspense, Mont
gomery employed a novel narra-
ton technique, with large part
of the action done in pantomime
by Vaughn Taylor, excellent as the
victim Of his own plot, and Olive
Deering. equally good in a less dra-
matte role as his wrongfully sus-
pected wife. 1t was as effective in
its own way as Montgomery's novel
use of the camera as the "I'' of the
story in Lady of the Lake"
Three O'Clock" was one to keep
you on edge and keep your atten-
tion glued to the screen.
Addition Department.: Having
set out to catalogue all the avail
able local dramatic talent, WTOP-
TV now finds itself in need Of
another kind of TV specialist. The
station has new program ready to
go, ready, that is. except for one
thing. The show, tentatively IT,
tied Top Kindergarten" will pre-
sent six or more different children
each week attending kindergarten
in the studio to draw, sculpt, paint,
drink milk and do all the other
things children do in kindergarten.
The one thing lacking to launch
this project is the teacher and If
you think you can meet the re-
|quirements Carolyn Morgan would
be happy If you'd call her at
WTOP-TV. The one who gets the
job will have to know the latest
educational techniques, how to
handle children and be telegenic
The latter doesn't mean that she
will have to be a raving beauty
and some degree of expertness in
getting along with kindergarten
age children is the most important
qualification.
The first WTOP-TV addition for
dramatic talent, incidentally, was
set down as a success by all con-
cerned. Fifty-four people turned
out, from 10 to go years of age and
of varying degrees of experience.
Some of them had musical rather
than dramatic talent to offer.
Director George Hill, in fact,
soon discovered that a definite
pattern was being followed. by
pretty young girls. AS soon as
they started to read that page
from "Our Town." he knew they'd
conclude and then say, What
really want to do is sing" He set
up musical addition to take
care of them at 2 o'clock this
Afternoon and if you'd like to be-
come television singer Cor sax
aphonist or either player, etc.)
a call to Mr.. Hill should result
in an appointment.
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But Next Year: The NBC-TV
opera schedule, which dwindled
from early promises to three
operas in English actually televised
this season, promises eight such
musical entertainments next
season. Among these. it again is
hoped. will be the Gian-Carlo
Menotti opera commissioned by
NBC, which now has reached at
least the tentative title stage
with the label Marianne and the
IGypsies."
This will be the third NBC-TV
lopera season, with Samuel Chotz-
Iinof producing and Peter Herman
Alder acting as musical and
Iartistic director. The operas will
be selected from a list which in
cludes Ofenbach's "RSVP," Leon
cavallo's II Pagliacci," Zandonai's
l"Game Of Cards." Puccini's "Tos.
Ica," r. Strauss Der RoSen.
kavalier," Debussy's 'Pelleas ana
lMelisande," Rossini's Barber oi
Seville" Puccini's I'll Tabarro,
Tschaikovsky's Queen of Spades,
Giordan's Andrea Chenier,
Prokofiev's Love for Three
Oranges" and Massenet's 'Manon.
All will be one-hour adaptation.
Isung in English.
The Metropolitan also ha.
some television opera plans, which
Ishould make the 1951-52 TV
season the best one yet for music
lovers.
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For Stay-at-Homes: All tele-
viewers who did not watch the
Louis -Savold fight at Keith!
when big-screen theater televisior
was introduced to Washington viii
have their chance to see it al
home five days late. Films of tn.
match will be shown tonight a
10 on WTOP-TV in the series O.
filmed bouts filling the Wednesda,
boxing spot during the summer.
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