Evening star., 1951-07-13
On the Air
His sAmuteur
Stonding
Was Al
By Harry Macarthur

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of Deanna Durbin. Miss Durbin
when she was a tot with an amaz.
ling voice for a lass Of her tender
years, made a short for Metro.
Goldyn-Mayer. Soon after this tht
studio cast her adrift, convincee
that it had exploited any talent
she had to the full.
Every one knows what happened
Miss Durbin then went to Univer.
sal and they grew rich together.
Something of the same sort
once happened to dancer named
Fred Astaire. He was given 9
screen test one time, at Para
mount if memory serves, and II
was duly noted in the report that
he did not have enough hair OF
sex appeal and that his prospects
for a movie future were DINNER
than somewhat.
Undaunted, Mr.. AStaire turned
up shortly at RKO, was assigned
a musical picture and a dancing
partner named Ginger Rogers
and you know the rest. Astaire's
popularity reached such heights
that his admirers won't even allow
him to retire to a hard-earned life
lof ease.
Since this sort of thing is al
ways happening to talent scouts
one of them who was working fol
Major Bowes back in 1888 must
have attained a pinnacle Of snug
ness during the last TV season OF
two. One of the illustrations in a
brochure put out recently by 1.-THE
Original Amateur Hour" (WNBW
Tuesday, 8 p.m.) is a photo
graph of an application for audi
|tion, dated January 10, 1888, by
Paul Winchell.
Nobody slipped here. In the
space reserved for the addition
departments rating of the act is
the firm. clear notation, AL"
Winchell's description of his
1888 act was equally fortnight,
incidentally. II give a direct i'm
Ipersonation of Edgar Bergen and
Charlie Mccarthy" he wrote on
the application.
Time does pass. If Bergen erer
found himself in ventriloquists'
contest today. after all those care
less radio years, he might well
'1cpe to do a direct impersonation
of Paul Winchell.
Week End Guests:
Saturday: Constance Bennett,
in Love Letters" on tThe Faith
Baldwin Theater o. Romance"
(WMAL-TV-12:30 PM Ce-
dric Adams, Richard Carlson, Sen.
Hubert Humphrey and Gil Lamb,
in a salute to Minneapolis. on
Faye Emerson's Wonderful
Town" (WTOP TV-9 p.m.) i.
Margaret Whiting and Mel Torme,
on Songs for Sale" CWTOP-TV
10 PM.
= Sunday: Senators James A.
OMahoney and Styles Bridges,
debating HAS Korea Paid Off?"
on Peoples Platform" (WTOP-
TV-6:30 p.m.D Phil Baker,
on Leave 1t to the Girls"
CWNBW-7 p.m) :. Judy Lynn,
joining Maureen Cannon and
Earl Wrightson on the new Sum
mertime Revue" (WMAL-TV-7
pm.) John L. Lewis, making
his first TV appearance, on Meet
the Press" (WNBW-7::30 pm.)
Janis Paige and Russell Nype,
facing Jan Murray on a new quiz
show, go Lucky" (WTOP-TV-I
1880 p.m.) Lauritz Melchior,
Louis Prima and the Dunhills, on
Toast of the Town" (WTOP-TVI
3 p.m0 -. Cellist Leonard Rose
On Recital Hall" (WNBW-8:3OI
p.mo Joe E. Brown, Lanny
Ross and Valerie Betti-, plus Dur
ward Kirby replacing Oscar Le-
7ant, on Guest House" (WTOP-
rV-9 pm. . John Hoyt and
Katherine Meskill, in II Want toI
March," on "Televisjon plav-
house" (WNBW-9 p.m.) /
Gladys Swarthout and Alfred
Drake, on Celebrity Time"
(WTOP-TV-10 p.m.) Ben
nett Cert, on whats My Line?"
(WOP-TV-10:30 PM.
Monday: Judith Evelyn, guiding
4 pair OF young hopeful in But
,ons," on Hollywood Screen
Test" (WMAL-TV-7:3O p.m.) Il
Alan Mowbray, AuL ey Long, Jane
Nigh and Florence Bates, on 'aPan-
,omime Quiz" (WTOP-TV - 81
o.m0 .. Baritone Igor Gorin, on
Voices of Firestone" (WNBW-I
$3.50 PM :. Richard Carlson, in
The Devil in Glencairn," onI
Lights Out" (WNBW-9 p.m)
:. Lucy Vines, William Whitman
and John Heldabra- =, in John
jalsworthy's 'The Apple Tree"
IN Summer Theater" (WTOP-
rV-10 p.m.).
Programs and People: Jerry
Strong and the cast of Block Par
y" (WTTG-Thursday, 7:30 pm.)
we're to take the show to Children's
Hospital today to do it for ITO
pretty young patients there i
announcement that CHS would
AXE its color cameras to the Mon
mouth Park race track tomorrow
(WTOP-TV-4-4:40 PM has sent
:. E. Butterf1eld A.P. radio T-Vl
'ditor, delving into history. Horse
acing, he reports. probably was
he first sporting event televised in
'lack-and-white. It was the Derby
It EPSON Downs in 1881 Psy-
biologist Miriam O. Speck will