Evening star., 1951-05-29
| On the Air
| When Ralph
lGets uGiirI
IIt'sOId
By Harry Macarthur

feat Bellamy hasn't performed
automatically speaking. since he
discovered the lucrative pos
sibilities of "other man" roles In
THE Awful TRUTH" of 1887.
It is the younger set, Of course
which is most likely to be con-
fused by some Of the elderly photo
plays seen on television. No one
can know what the ultimate effect
will be until these young are grown
and the scars Of their youth mark
their adult behavior.
Take this business the other
night. Here was a young man with
\ close family resemblance to Mike
Barnett, Man Against Crime. At
the start of the Aim he was just
getting out Of prison, having paid
his debt to society for q small
matter of manslaughter, and he
spent the rest Of the picture on
the lam, lest the law hang another
manslaughter charge on him.
What's a young crimefighter to
think Of that? This Barnett can't
even keep his own son out of
trouble.
This is nothing, of course, COM
pared to the shock the TV broad
casters have given some members
Of the Hopalong Cassidy set. A
movie-goer old enough to remem-
ber Bill Boyd's profile jutting into
the sea spray in THE Yankee
Clipper" is immune, but it must
have come as an awful shock to
the Hoppy admirers that time
when they looked up from their
evening magazine tearing and
furniture-wrecking to see their
boy running a shady honky-t tonk.
All dressed up in dude clothes.
ne was. drinkin' highballs and
leerin' at women. Hoppy would
have run him out of town.
X \
To the Ramparts, Men: How
ard Stanley. the WEAM general
manager around whom things
don't seem to stay quiet very long,
is engaged in warfare again. This
time his opponent is Local 16l,
Federation of Musicians.
The local decides how many mu-
sicians should play each job and
it seems to have decreed that there
should be eight on the bandstand
at the Glen Echo ballroom, in
cluding Thursdays when WEAM
stages barn dances. WEAM seems
to have five men instead of eight
and there apparently is some feel
ing that this is enough hillbilly
to be in one place at
one time. MIR. Stanley has agreed
to the increase, however, with
reservations.
"1nasmuch as you have seen
fit to dictate to u.s." he reports he
has written to Local 16I, IT insist
that you provide us with the extra
men we want to complete your
eight-man featherbed. WEAM
wants a left-handed five-string
banjo player, a either player who
can double on, the washboard. and
In ocarina player who can also
yodel. all union musicians in good
standing"
Sports Department: The heavy
weight championship bout tomor-
'ow night between Titleholder Ez-
lard Charles and Light Heavy
weight Challenger Joe Marin viii
be on radio and television (WTOP
and WTOP-TV) at 10 o'clock.
The annual 500-mile speedway
classic at Indianapolis tomorrow
Will be carried on radio by Mutual,
out you'll have to have an FM set
10 get any of it here. WASH will
larry the start at noon, progress
'eports at las and 2:45, and will
'eturn at 4 pm. for the finish.
NWDC, the Mutual AM outlet
VIII be carrying the ball game,
will flash only the name of the
Indianapolis winner. ThereIl bel
10 television.
49, IS
Programs and People: Stu Err
vim and Hal Roach. jr., star and
PRODUCER of ABC-TV's "Stu Erwin
show" (WMAL-TV - Saturday.
80 p.m.) have been named to
eceive two Of the annual citations
or contributions to education
iven by the California Associa-
Ion Of Secondary School Admin
strators. It's the first time the
roup has honored any one In the
Entertainment field. Several
roadcasting personalities are on
he RKO-Radio movie payroll
light now. Everett Sloan, tele-
ision actor, is playing q role in
The Blue Veil";; 10 Gilbert, radio
ctress, is in that and in 1.-THE Las
'egas Story; Sportscaster Red
barber is narrator of the Pathe
portscope, "Ted Williams" i
AIRY Blake and Dorothy Adams
I'LL play leading roles in "When
ne Devil Is Sick" on "Stars Over
hollywood" tomorrow night at |
0:30 on WNBW. Sam Brown
as added a daily 6:30-to-7 pm.
ession Of authentic Latin music
his radio chores over WARL. Il
X Il 4 4
All-Star Bill: "Pint Parade. a
ala Red Cross Blood Bank bene-
t with an audience consisting of
lembers of the entertainment
'orld who have donated a pint of
lood, will be televised tonight
'om MICS Center Theater inIl
ew York. WNBW and WTOP-
" will pick it up at 1915 am.
nd carry 1t until /, possibly later.
erformers will include Milton
erie, Kate Smith, Dagmar, Frank
inatra, Victor Borge, Sam Leven-
IN. Gloria Swanson and a host Z,
I others.