Evening star., 1951-01-10
On the Air
|Get Horse,
Pamela Told
|Grundpu
By Harry Macarthur

Thomas Mitchell is man who
regards horses and television with
distrust. He lost an argument
with one of the former one time
and since has refused to have
anything to do with any livestock
except cows, which he does not
ride. The latter. television. is ma
turally considered suspect by a
man with the Mitchell regard for
the living theater.
Ordinarily, a man could 60 along
serenely feeling this way about
horses and television, but Mr..
Mitchell also has granddaughter,
name Pamela, age 10 and half.
Everyone else has been impressed
with the highly favorable reviews
the actor has received while tour
ing with Death of a Salesman -
which he brings to the Gayety in
the near future. His producer has
been impressed, his family has
been impressed, Mitchell himself
has been impressed.
But not Pamela.
She was visiting her grandfather
in Boston during the Christmas
holidays and she made it fairly
clear just how much awe she had
for any actors scoring any dra-
matte triumphs in any plays called
death of a. Salesman
Grandpa" said Pamela to
grandpa, "if you'd come to riding
school with me once a week, you
probably could get a job in a
Hopalong Cassidy picture"
This Fridays Ford Theater"
production (WTOP-TV-9 PM
will be unique among television
programs, whatever else it is. A
CBS-TV show, its stellar perform
ers will include four of NBC-TV's
top-ranking comedians and it will
pay honor to several ABC-TV pro-
grams and people. The occasion
will be the presentation of the
first annual Look Magazine TV
Awards and all of those honored
will be on hand to demonstrate
why.
! The best program of the year,
Look has decided, was Jimmy Du-
rante's debut on NBC and there
is not much point in quibbling
about that. It was one of the bet
ter ones, at least. Others to be
honored include Faye Emerson
(ABC) and Arthur Godfrey
(CBS). most appealing personali-
ties; Dave Garroway CNBC). most
original; Sid Caesar (NBC), best
comedian; Studio One" (CBS)
best dramatic program; News
Caravan" (NBC). best public af-
fairs program; "Cavalcade of
Sports" NBC), best sports pro-
gram: 'Mr. I. Imagination" (CBS)
best children's program; Ed Sulli-
van (CBS), best master of cere-
monies; Max Lehman (NBC)
best producer; Robert Montgom-
cry (NBC), best director; Charles
Andrews (NBC, ABC), best writer;
James McNaughton (ABC), best
stage sets, and Milton Berle
(NBC), best variety show. There
also will be a special award for
television's coverage of the United
Nations.
If Ed Sullivan is a master of
ceremonies, Look Magazine is the
Foreign Affairs Quarterly, but
there is only one of these awards
this department will seriously con-
test. Ollie of "Kukla, Fran and
Ollie" is the most appealing per-
sonality in television and second
only to him are Kukla, Fran Alli-
son and all the Kuklapolitan
Players. No magazine is ever going
to prove otherwise with couple
of awards or $4,000 awards.
Programs and People: Two new
news programs start on CBS-TV
this week end. Douglas Edwards
and the News" will become a reg
ular Saturday quarter hour at
7:45 pm. and Sunday News
Special" will keep Don Hollenbeck
busy Sundays at II pm. .
Smilin' Ed McConnell's Tv show
for children will become a regular
WNBW feature, starting Saturday
at $3.50 pm. Ballerina MORA
Shearer, Of the sadler's Wells
troupe and RED Shoes" will be
on Toast Of the Town" (WTOP-
TV) Sunday at 8. A new
brand Of television detective yarn
is in the works in Hollywood,
which will put the emphasis on
authenticity and promises mo
bodies falling out of closets, no
sexy, unlikely blonds." The Pri-
vate Files of Raymond SCHNEIDER"
will dramatic actual cases of
the famed investigator. And a
Hollywood rumor has it that
Orchestra Leader Meredith Will
sons recent praise of Margaret
Truman's singing may lead to
conducting date with her here
in Washington