Evening star., 1952-02-26
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TeIevision's
Best Drama
Is In Life
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FIeA W. RIleHnY 81 "Hee Y Now
lWFeFs4V-sHndaE, slaAl are
Just the ones TO flnd the drama,
too, and 10 translate II effectively
IN terms Of teleVlslon's picture
and sound, "Eee II Now" this
week brought viewers q glimpse
OF Senator Kefauver and family
lot home and Q documentary on
1.-THE airllft which brings wounded
back from Korea to stateside hos.
pitfalls and both were revealing
and effective enough for Murrow
and Friendly TO rest their laurels
on.
In between these two items,
though, they did not rest on any
laurels, but brought television one
OF the most dramatic moments II
has had. They did 1t with simple
facts, too, and managed O severe
rebuke to the people Of the South
wood. the South San Francisco
suburb which must have been
embarrassed already TO Get into
the news the way 1t had.
Several weeks ago when we
started this program, Mr.. Muir.
row said In effect. we showed you
Q picture Of both coasts. We ad.
mitted at the time that this was
just o stunt and that we didn't
know whether we'd ever have any
real use for this. Today, ] think.
10 the day.
"See II now" switched 10 San
Francisco for an interview re-.
corded on Aim with Sing Sheng.
the Chinese who wanted to buy
o house In Gouthwood. The World
War II intelligence ofiicer with
Chang Kai-Sheks Nationalist
army told. diSpaBsionateiy. how
he had proposed 10 buy the home
for his wife and child, how there
had been protests and how he
had proposed the vote Of his
prospective neighhors. which he
lost i74.to.20.
without comment Mr.. Murrow
called In q mobile unit back on
the east coast and some words
OF well.known poetry on the base
Of q familiar landmark came
UP on the nv screen.
Give fne your tired. your
poor" Mr., Murrbw read.
Your huddled masses yeaths
Ing 10 breathe free,
The wretGhed fefuse 6i y0ut
teetfiltie shore,
Send theSe. The h6hieieSS,
teifipeAtst0SSedI ID me-
! llft my lamp Beside the
s6tdeh d66t.
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man. t'he camera SWebt ub A}6wiy |
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,9gliaye yeg seeH "eatSaF and
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A-Whatp FeH mean they've
replaced Imeeene eepaG
AmbltlaWs-ANathe not af large.
scale plans tor q teleylslan series
II m the alseHsslan stage now atI
MIGHTY, These would be sIx pro-
eFams with the collectiVe title
Man" to he prepared by NRG-TV
and the American Museum Of Na-
tural History,
There Ia nothing limited about
the scope of this project aS the
network sees 1t now, Tentative
titles on the planning board in
clude "The Physical Nature Of
Man." Man as Q Psychological
Phenomenon" Development OF
Communications" "The Oceans
Water and Man" THE Earth's
crust-Land and Man" and "rhe
Nature Of the Universe"
All of this considerable territory
would be covered In hour-long
programs using both live pickups
and film, with q different producer
attacking each subject. The "Man"
series, as the early plans 60. would
mot be spotted in q regular time
period. but the programs would
be presented on q random basis
through the year.
- -
Programs and PeOple-Gian Car
10 Menotti's opera, "Amahl and the
Night Visitors" which many con-
Isidered his best work and which
certainly was one Of the high
points Of this television season,
viii be repeated by NBC-TV on
Easter Sunday. That unique
Pick Temple Day" ct Keiths Sat-
urday (the first time o theater
ever staged such festivity for q
television entertainer) tripled the
business, according to the manage
ment. The WTOP-TV folk
singers presence along with the
film. Bend Of the River" brought
out "three times as many children
as we expected" Herbert Mar
shall has been signed 10 act
as narrator for q new series Of
Tv dramas on Aim, 1.-THE Un.
expected"
\
Special Event-The annual Len
ten message by Pope Plus XII,
broadcast from the Vatican, will
be carried here by WToP radio
tomorrow at $50 pm.
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