Evening star., 1952-01-25
By Harry Macarthur


"Celanese Theater" tWMAL-TV
Wednesday, 10 p.m.). Their
production Of Eugene ONeill's
Anna Christie, with June
Havoc, Richard Burton and John
Qualen In the leading roles. was
quite a stirring version of the
authors tribute to dat OF debbil
sea. Miss Havoc, in fact,
made it impossible to regret too
long that the plan for getting
Garbo to play the role on TV fell
through. A talented actress,
Miss Havoc.
ScoOp-Senator Estes Kefau-
ver's acquiescence to the power OF
teIevision by nominating himself
as q presidential candidate did
mot come as any surprise to
listeners to Hazel Markets Sun
day Mutual-WASH radio pro-
gram. Mrs. Kefauver, appearing
on the program last Sunday,
didn't say her husband would run,
but she did say that she would
campaign with him and that
there had been a lot of talk
around the Kefauver household
about moving to the White House.
Sounded as if she had already
called Smiths.
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Programs and People Amer
ica's Town Meeting. radios
senior discussion program, will
make its bow as a television
program Sunday on ABc-TV
(WMAL-TV-6:30 pm.) !. Mod
orator George v. Denny, jr., will fill
the same role on the visual
version. Radios "Town Meet
ing" incidentally, was broadcast
last Tuesday (WMAL-9 p.mo
for the tooth time =. "The Big
Top" will celebrate its first an
niversary tomorrow at noon
The full Hop
along Cassidy" series has been
signed for another run on WNBW,
at / pm. Alan Young
is planning change of forI1at in
his weekly show (WTCP-TV-I
Thursday, 9 PM. switching to al
comedy dramatzation
instead of two blackout sketches.
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Radio Department The Air |
Force Hour" (WMAL Saturday.
1880 pm D viii be celebrating an
anniversary stomorrow night N
vas launched four years ago this
week to tell radio listeners the
story of their Air Force -. Meet
Your Congress, conducted by
Senator Blair Moody when he was
still a newspaperman himself and
now conducted by Charles Lucey,
will be heard on WEAM on Sun
days at 8, starting this Sunday.
Robert Montgomery has
launched new commentary
series, "A Citizen Views the News. >"
on NBC at 1890 pm.,, Monday
through Friday.
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Weekend Guests.
Tomorrow - Mickey Rooney,
With Jimmy Durante, on "All-Star
RevtIe' (WNBW-8 p.m.) ..
Farrell and Chester
on 1.-The Ken Murray
Show (WTOP-TV-8 p.mD :. i
Binnie Barnes. as gues star-hos-I
tess on "Your Show of Shows"
(WNBW-9 PM :. Earl Wilson,
On Faye Emerson's Wonderful
Town" tWTOP-TVI9 pm) >. !
Peggy Lee and Tommy Edwards,
IN Songs for Sale" (WTOP-TVI
10 p.m).
Sunday-John Beal, in ''The
Story of Roger Williams" on
Sarah Churchill's CIV Theater"
(WNBW-3:30 p.m) -. w. Averill
Hartman, on Meet the Press"
(WNBW- p.m) Senator
Morse, on Eisenhower or
Taft" on Americas Town Meet
ing" (WMAL-TV-6:30 p.m) !
Lisa Kirk, on paul Whiteman Re-
vue" (WMAL-TV-7 p.mJ !
Vivian Blaine and Sam Levene, on
isRoyal Showcase" (WNBW-7
p.m.) :. Barbara Stanwyck. max
ing her Tv debut on "The Jack
Benny Show" tWTOP-TV-7:30
p.m.) 80. Dorothy Lamour, with
Danny Thomas, on 'The Comedy
Hour" (WNBW-8 p.m) J. Jes-
sica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in
a scene from 1.-The Fourposter,
Ted Lewis and Alan Dean, on
Toast of the Town" (WTOP-TV
.8 pm.) Mercer Mcleod and
Eileen Heckart, in Segment" " on
Playhouse" (WNBW--I
9 PM -. Lou Holtz and Mary
Mccarthy, on Arthur Murray
Party" (WMAL-TV-9 pm9 -
Isabel Bigley. on Break the Bank"
(WTOP-TV-9:30 pm.) =. Ann
Sothern and Dunninger, on "Ce-