Evening star., 1952-12-31

of interviews with the people do
ing the fighting rather than with
those directing it. The closest to
brass Mr.. Murrow encountered
was group of young officers who
+ fly jets and chase MICS for a
living.
Somehow. in blending together
all of these talks, Mr.. Murrow
managed to let viewers share
briefly land without danger of
flying shrapneD the GI's feeling
toward his war. His sense of the
futility of his lot and the spirit
with which he faces it came
through. So, in many cases for
the first time, did the true nature
of the Korean cold. the rugged
terrain and the weird war being
fought there.
1t was splendid report Mr..
Murrow Many thanks.
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OOPS, SORRY-A few days ago
it was reported here that Fletcher
Markle seemed to have restored
to Studio One" its former luster.
At the same time it was noted
that Mr.. Markle is a man of ex-
|perimental turn and that a man
who experiments has something
more conservative producers never
have-occasional spectacular fail
ureS.
This is far superior to conSer-
.vatism IN TV drama. Mr.. Markle
is man who can brighten our
Monday evenings and it is good to
have him aboard. 1t is to be hoped
in view of this, that he will not
consider it churlish if it is sug-
gested here that, as of II pm. last
Monday, Studio One has no
place to go but up.
What Mr.. Markle was aiming
at in Young Man Adam" was one
Iof those brittle, sophisticated
comedies. He was wide of the mark
by several yards. The teleplay had
something to do with a young
singer from small town trying to
make good in New York. While she
was passing time with an ad
agency executive. his wife was set
ting the singers boy friend up in
business as talent agent. Any
moderately competent set of actors
could have taken it from there
from memory, without script.
An authority on such matters
swears Young Man Adam" was a
recent short story in one of the
fwomen's magazines. Mr. Markle
Tor whoever it was) never should
have disturbed it. He robbed
Hollywood Of a Glass B movie plot,
that's what he did.
The production detail, it ought
to be added, was excellent. All Mr..
Markle managed to prove, how
ever. was the staggering fact that
Ia TV program can be dull even If
1T has Mindy Carson singing three
songs. Never would have believed
lit.
PLEASE, MR.. B.-Jack Benny's
latest television appearance. Sun
day on CBS-TV. was as fine a
demonstration yet of his best and
his worst. 1t opened and closed
with Benny addressing the studio
audience and rudely ignoring the
audience at home. as usual. Be-
tween was a comedy sketch intro
ducing Jimmy Stewart and his
wife to television. 1t was a fairly
comic script and Benny and Stew
art played it with generally hilari-
Gus effect. Both are masters OF
particular comedy styles and theil
combined performance was q
Sticky polished one. The Benny
deadpan and the famed Benny
timing were put to excellent use.
This was learned. however. only
because of duty. Seeking pleasure
rather than professionally check
ing up on Mr.. Benny. this viewer
would have sought another chan
mel 80 seconds after he started
talking to that studio audience
N0thipo ~ q Las on ont q 1T iv,ar lac.
interesting in the living room. II
Benny feels some great compul-
sion to do 1t. he might try doing
it before he goes on the air ano
after he goes of. If he would con
fine himself to doing q televisior
show while on television. he woulC
be welcome almost any time hi
came around.