Evening star., 1951-03-16
On the Air
BerIe Loses
Mr.. TV' Title
ToChurIes
BY Harry Macarthur


must be of the utmost significance
in televiSion'S early history has
been lying around here all but
overlooked. Its complete and ulti-
mate meaning must be left for
weightier brains to ponder, but
even this small mind can see that
its effect may be far-rcaching.
Milton Berle is not "Mr. Tele-
vision" any more. At least he
isn't the way Trendex rates the
national popularity of TV pro-
grams. He didn't descend from
the throne. of course, without a
fight, or, for that matter, two
fights.
The "Mr. Television" title is
being shared now by Ezzard
Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott.
Their recent bout tops the March
Trendex television ratings with
60.3 twhatever that means) to
Berle's 55.4 (Which is clearly
lower, whatever they botn mean =.
This is the second time it's hap
pened, too. The Sugar Ray Rob-
inson-Jake LaMotta fight was
February's Trendex leader.
That Berle will remember the
winter of 1851 long after he for
gets his first joke.
x x x 4
Practically New: WTOP-TV
has come by a batch of 81 feature
films, which will be finding their
way into the program schedule
on playhouse Nine" Cowboy
Playhouse" Western Theater"
and Film Theater," starting
today. None has been seen on
television here and all, by 1V
standards, are brand-new, the
oldest dating back only to 1916
and the newest to 1949.
Among the titles listed in the
announcement of this celluloid
bonanza are: "Tumbleweed Trail"
"Philco Chose TV makers can
sneak a commercial in anywhere)
Vance'S Secret Mission" "Out of
the Blue" Love From a Stran-
ger" Adventures of Casanova"
"Railroaded," Law of the LASH"
Cobra Strikes" "Tioga Kid" and
Hawk of Powder River" A horse
named White Cloud is in that
last one.
Weekend Guests:
Tomorrow: Jeffrey Lynn, in "a
Doctors Dream" on Faith Bald
wins Theater of Romance"
(WMAL-TV-11 a.mD Jane
Morgana, "The American From
Paris" on The Victor Borge
Show" CWNBW-7 p.m.) and
Earl Wrightson's "At Home Show"
(WTOP-TV-11 p.mD Ed
Wynn on THE Jack Carter Show"
(WNBW-8 p.m) :. Signe Hasso
on Your Show of Shows (WNBW
g p.m0 . Wilma Banky and
Rudolph Valentino, in 1.-The Eagle"
on Film Playhouse" (WMAL-TV
g p.m.)
Sunday: Billie Burke, in Dear
Amanda" on 'Bigelow Theater"
WTOP-TV-6 p.m) Evelyn |
Knight, on '"The Paul Whiteman
Show" (WMAL-TV-7 p.m) >, /
Bea Lille and Rex Harrison. on
"The Comedy Hour" (WNBW-I
g p.m0 E. Jean Sablon, on that
and on Celebrity Time" CWTOP-
TWO p.mD Viola Roche,
Viola Keats, Stella Andrews, Phil
lipa Bevans and Wesley Addy, in
THE Dark Corridor" on "Tele-
vision Playhouse" (WNBW-9
pm.
Monday: Gypsy Rose Lee (dis-
cussing model trains on THE
Faye Emerson Show" (WTOP-TV
.-7:15 p.m0 Lola Albright, on
Hollywood Screen Test" (WMAL-
TV - 7:30 PM Eleanor
Steber. on Voice Of Firestone"
(WNBW, WRC-8:30 p.m.) i
Bert Lahr, in Flying High" on
Musical Comedy Time" CWNBW
$50 p.m0 JesSica Tandy. in
"Hangman's House" on Studio
One" (WTOP-TV-10 p.m.).
X X X
Radio Department.: Norman
Corwin's human rights documen-
tary. Document A/777," will be
broadcast Monday at 1870 pm.
over WASH-FM, which is signing
on a half hour early to carry it.
The broadcast has been arranged
by the Prince Georges County
League of Women Voters, which
Is offering prize for the largest
listening audience in any Prince
Georges County high school i
Senators William Benton and
Owen Brewster will appear on
VOLS lively Call the Forum"
Sunday at $50 pm. The ques-
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