Evening star., 1951-02-28
On the Air
|Woshington's
| Miss Talbot
Pretty on TV
On the Air
By Harry Macarthur

1t was something of a Wash
ington night Monday on television.
A pair of local ,lasses turned up
on a pair of network shows and
the home town can be nothing but
proud of them.
The first was Shirley Talbot,
whose career up to this point has
consisted principally of winning
beauty contests and modelling. 1t
seems now to be taking turn in
the direction she has been aiming
it for and her television appear
ance was an interview on Holly
wood Screen Test" (WMAL-TV-l
Monday, 1880 p.m).
A young woman Of charm and
beauty. Miss Talbot demonstrat-
ed that the television cameras
are not immune to these qualities
in her case. She comes through
the electronic processes of TV and
into the living room most appeal
ingly. Whether or not she can
act is another question, which
may be answered on this same
program sometime within the next
three weeks.
She may also have an old
fashioned. pre-television screen
test in the near future. She has
been doing preliminary readings
for two major studios.
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The other Washingtonian on
television Monday night was Bibi
Osterwald, who already has estab-
lished herself in New York as a
dependable stage, night club and
TV comedienne. She most recent
ly has been kept busy with Gen
tlemen Prefer Blonds," for which
she is understudy for both leading
roles. She has played both of
them, too.
Her chief contribution to
''What's My Name?" (WNBW-I
Monday. 8 p.m). a .rousing rendi-
ton of Diamonds Are a Girls
Best Friend" was ample proof
that the "Blonds'' customers are
not being cheated when Miss Os-
terwald takes over for Carol Chan
ming. She can do song of that
type to a turn and television
ought to find more frequent use
for her talent.
The previous night. incidental
ly, it was WNBW's Jeanne Warner
who was acting as Washington
ambassador to network television,
on Leave 1t to the Girls" {WNBW
Sunday, Z PM. A more charm
ing representative of the town
would be hard to find.
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Better Late Than Never: II
Jesse w. Richards of Marshall
(Va0 is still waiting, his question
finally can be answered. "Lum
and Abner" have not retired, even
If they couldn't be found on his
radio dial. CHS has just COM
pleted the, pilot film in new
''Lun and Abner." television Sc
ries, and they are expected to be-
come Ty regulars this summer.
Programs ana Pe0pie: A pair |
of popular perforners-the Bick-t |
ersor1s frames hLangford andt
Lew Parker left the air with
Star Time, which wound up
its run on DuMont eWTTG last
night Eva lie Gallienne's an
nounced appearance on Toast Of
the Town" (WNBW-Sunday, 8
p.m0 has been postponed until
March II q. Helen Forrest, one
time local singer who left here to
become q recording favorite. will
be on Toast" Sunday =. Betty
Madigan, talented singer on "Bou-
quets and Bonuses" tWMAL-TV) |
Sunday, 4:30 p.m.1 and Les
Sands nightly Game Room"
(WTTG), has taken on another
chore. She starts tomorrow as the
singer with Beach Johnson's Or
chestra at the Lounge Riviera at
Hotel 2400 =. Maria Riva, whose
last TV appearance was on Sure
AS Fate" (WTOP-TV-alt. Tues
days, 8 PM, has a secret that
keeps getting away from her. She
used to be Maria Manton. to avoid
trading on her mothers fame,
then switched recently to her mar
ried name. She's still Marlene
Dietrich's daughter Lenny
Kent is leaving Broadway Open
House" (WNBW-11 pm.) after
tonight's show, for film chore
in Hollywood. If you're not sad
to see him go you're not alone i
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In One Ear: Margaret Truman
will make her second appearance
on THE Big Show" Sunday (WRC
% PM. Others facing the tenn
pestuous Tallulah Bankhead will
be Ethel Norman, Fred Allen,
Portland Hoffa, Give Brook,
frankie Laine and Herb Shrinner
:. Milton @. Ford of WWDC and
his talking parrot, Richard, are
back in the new sequence in the
Star comic strip. "Bo." "Caval-
cade of America" (WRC-Tues-
day, 8 p.mD won first place for
radio programs in the Freedoms
Foundation Awards for 1851 It's /