Evening star., 1951-12-31
On the Air:
1851 Also
Had kurrow,
Heritage
By Harry Macarthur

a better way of saying what is al
ready irretrievably in print as the
presses roll or it may have to do
with something unsaid which
would certainly have been said if
you had had your wits about you
at the time.
There is today, for instance. the
realization that yesterdays in
formal look back at television in
1851 was most glaringly incom-
plete in not taking proper note
of pair of program series which
made more. than lowest common
denominator" use of the medium.
These were Heritage" an NBC
summer series lost to us when the
sponsors brought back their vaude-
Vile, and See 1t Now" the CHS
news review launched this Fall by
Edward Murrow and Fred
Friendly.
Both were in mind among the
Ihighlights when the summary of
the year was launched in the
typewriter, but, what with the
eternal space problem and other
things, that's where they re-
manned. In a far corner Of the
mind. 1t seemed all right at the
time, but on reading Sundays
paper it became obvious that this
wasn't a true picture of televi-
sion's year.
Television was much better in
1951-and showed hints of its
truly wondrouS possibilities-be-
cause of Heritage" a most salts
flying blend of art and music tele-
vised in the National Gallery of
Art, on which Director Joseph
Browne proved, among other
things. that music has movement
jail its own and doesn't require a |
galloping camera to give it life, |
and See 1t Now" on which Mr.. |
Murrow continues to demonstrate |
excitingly that televiSion has a
style Of it's own for reviewing the
weeks news.
A bow, then, to CBS-TV for
See 1t Now" and to NBC-TV for
Heritage" uses of the publics
televiSion channels for which the
public can have nothing but
praise. And, in passing, a raised
eyebrow and a sardonic glance at |
NBC-TV for not doing something
to keep Heritage" alive, appar-
emily only because it was designed
to give viewers pleasure and en-
lightenment and not to sell soap.
New More or Less)-We may
not yet have seen the end of
Cheers for Miss Bishop" Her
Sisters Secret" or your own pet
'celluloid abomination, but WNBW
has some good news for the Sat-
.urday night movie-goers-via-TV.
This weeks attraction on Safe
way Theater" (WNBW, Saturday,
1880 PM will be Seven Days
to Noon" which heads a list of
18 new films acquired by the pro-
grom. All are brand new as far as |
television is concerned, most hav-
ing been released within the last
18 months to theaters. Some still
are playing first run theaters
around the country and few
have not been released. /
Many Of the titles are familiar
from recent appearances on
Washington theater marques,
some of these lengthy appearances
as in the case of the hit, Seven
Days to Noon" This is one of the
13 Alexander Korda films of 1850
81 included in the block of 18I
pictures. 1
The complete list of pictures, in
addition to Seven Days to Noon,"
includes: "The Wooden Horse"
Ueo Genn), Bonnie Prince
Charlie" Margaret Leighton and
David Niven). Wonder Boy"
Bobby Henry, Man in the
Dinghy" Constance Cummings
and Michael Wilding), Flesh and
Blood" Joan Greenwood and
Richard Todd, Hour of Glory"
kathleen Byron and David Far
rar), Angel With a Trumpet"
eileen Herlie), "The Courtney
Affair" (Anna Neagle and Michael
Wilding). interrupted Journey"
valerie Hobson and Richard
Todd, "The Hideout" Howard
KeeD, Saints and Sinners" (the
Abbey Theater Players), Woman
of Dolwyn" Edith Evans and
Emlyn Williams, "Odette" Gun
released film starring Anna Neagle
and Trevor Howard. Fame Is
the Spur" (Rosamond John and
Michael Redgrave), Good Time
Girl" Jean Kent, Flora Robson
and Dennis Price,, Facts of i
Love" comedy by the producers
of Trio" and "Quartet'') and
Forever and a Day" (the RKO
release With IL stars, including /
Charles Laughton, Ida Lupino,
Robert Cummings, Ray Milland,
Herbert Marshall, Merle Oberon
and Anna Neagle).
4 4 X y
Radio Observation-Disclosures
becomes the origination point, as
of today, for a new Mutual net
work news commentary by Bauk-
hage, to be sponsored by john
sons Wax on some $50 MBS sta
tions at 1915 pm, Monday
through Saturday. The new show
is a plum for WWDC Announcer
Fred Fiske, who won the sponsors
addition and becomes a coast-to-
coast commercial announcer 4. i
Radio Theater," oldest hour long
drama in radio, has been renewed
by its sponsor, will continue on
Mondays at 9 on CHS for another /
So weeks National Radio Pull
pit" celebrated it's 25th anniver-
sary yesterday. The oldest con-
tinuing program on the air. it was