Evening star., 1952-03-25
On the Air :
Montgomery
Show Plays
Odd Dates
By Harry Macarthur

e1eNNeAeee
that washington has four tele-
vision stations instead Of three.
or two. or one. This means that
you can get all. or almost all. Of
the network Tv programs when
they're presented 'liye". :. Hav-
ing all of the television programs
available may not be an unmixed
blessing, but that is beside the
point today. The point today
is that the people in the cities
served by kinescope recordings
sometimes keep some strange
hours to see their pet shows.
A press release about the March
81 Robert Montgomery Presents"
drama has appended a list of the
times it will be seen in the kine-
scope cities. which makes it clear
that the show really gets around
-. The earliest date it has after
the live" production on March 81
is April IA and the last one win be
April "a. -. In f1ve cities Robert
Montgomery Presents" is shown
viewers at II pm. in two at l1:15
and in six at 1880. -. In Jack
sonville, Fla. it turns up at pm.
Saturdays, and in Miami it is
seen on Sunday at noon. !. In
Pittsburgh it is strictly for house.
wives and husbands staying home
to recover from the virus, i. 1t is
squeezed into the schedule there
at II am. Thursdays.
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Observation-Disclosures Kenny
Williams, who studied for six years
with the late Nine. Maria Ouspen-
Skaya. says he always gets the
same greeting when he comes
home from work. :. He's the man
who shouts t'Stop the music!" and
who has shouted it more than
$500 times on radio and television.
.. His mothers regular saluta-
ton: "For this he studied Shake
Speare pr. OzZie and Harriet
(Hiniard) Nelson will bring "The
Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet"
to television next fall. Also
will continue the radio version on
ABC. according to Robert Kintner.
president of the. network. +. /.
Meredith Wilson reports that a
TV version of '"The Big Show on
which he appears with Tallulah
Bankhead. is another fall proba-
bility.
John Forsythe, who reminded so
many of Henry Fonda on a recent
Studio One production, is the
first TV performer to make his
movie debut with star billing.
The picture is "The Captive City. !"
in which Forsythe plays a crusad-
ing newSpaperman. United
Artists says this is the first fea-
ture film to receive the full in
dorsement Of Senator Estes Ke-
fauyer. =. Hans Dercsksen, Dutch
pianist. will be the third young
musical artist brought to this
country by Paul Whiteman's "One
World Talent Project" He
will appear on ABC-TV's paul
Whiteman TV Teen Club" on April
5 and on the radio "Teen Club" on
April Z. Dercksen has been
preceded in the project by Gerard
Frenzy, 16-year-old French con-
cert pianist, and Rosemary Janet
Utting, 17-year-old British vio-
1iniSt. =. Whiteman, incidentally,
will be doing his final Paul
Whiteman Revue" next Sunday
evening on ABC-Tv. Sponsor
is giving up both show and time.
In the Bag-Gov. McKeldin of
Maryland has kept his own coun-
sci as to the man he prefers as
President. combining himself to re-
ports that he is a red-hot vice
presidential candidate. His
subconscious gave him away
though, Sunday night, when he
appeared on Americas Town
Meeting" with Gov. Devers OF
Massachusetts,. ;. when Eisen-
hover is elected President" were
the words with which Gov. Nc
Keldin prefaced a statement al
one point. :. He hastily corrected
himself, but it was too late =
Once you say it on the air, you
can't call it back.
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Programs and People-Screen
Actress Jane Nigh has been signed
for the Lorelei role opposite Pat
rick McVey's Steve Wilson for the
TV version of big Town." start
ing with the April 3 telecast.
April L is the date when Louise
Beavers will take over the title
role, at the head of a complete
new cast, in ABC-TV's 'Beulah'
series. 3. Victor Borge will bt
in washington for a three-weel
quay dt bLiC 0tnt1G4 AIA4bdOoy 1eVOAA
starting next Monday night.
Dorothy Rosenberg. aged 10, o.
Kensington, Md. was the winning
artist in that "Kukla. Fran anC
Ollie" drawing contest held herr
last week =. Other prize winner
were Tina Baker, Bill McCullocl1
Terry Chamberlain. Diane Petrow'
sky. Wilburt Stewart, Judy Dan
ielson, Linda Leighton and Tom
my Lathram. Hollywood
rumor this week is that NBC
TVS Dave N Charley" may b.
shifted from the 1880 am. Spo
to an evening time period
There'd be more written abou
that show If it weren't SO hard Il
write n.
Radio Notes-WWDC will broad
cast all 154 American Leagu
games of the Washington Sen
ators this year. plus a dozen pre-
season exhibition tits TIL
first of these Is slated for April
and they'll continue through Apr
Is with a game a day except o.
Good Friday, April IL Bo