Evening star., 1952-01-16
On the Air
Next Rooms
TeIeyiision
Is Different
By Harry Macarthur

'I sFs&SsNAbSs
No Half Way Measure - A.
i Of the differences between radi
and television are not the OBJ
vious ones. You may learn thi
on a bed of pain while bugs ar
viruses are humiliating you, o
you may learn it on a hot nigh
IN January, but sooner or late
you will learn it.
A radio in another room in tn,
house or in another apartment
is not always a nuisance. Thu
man next door has no more righ
to inf1ict his radio on you thar
Capital Transit has to inflict bus
casting on you, but the radio
next door does not always irk you
It is often possible, in fact, Il
be- lulled into slumber by sof
music in the distance, even BY
somebody else's soft music.
Television is different, though
You lie there, trying to read
trying to sleep or trying to for.
get, but the nearby television sci
is a foe to any Of your plans
1t sends its sounds in to you
its music, its muffled talk anc
even its silences-and you know
this is only part of what is going
on.
The strange. faint sound comes
to you from the far-off television
set and you can't ignore it. II
demands attention. What in the
world, you are continually asking
yourself, can they be doing NOW?
It's far cry from radio. II
you want television to put you
to sleep, you've got to watch it
Timely Note-Headline on 9
press release from the Du Nom
television network: "a Girls
Weakness for Mink Proves Fatal
in Du Mont's The Plainclothe.
Man on January co."
Local Queen Makes Good
Tippy Stringer, of Chevy Chase
Md, Maryland q. homecoming
queen last fall, will play a stellar
'ole in "711 Ocean Drive" on
Playhouse on Broadway" Sun
lay night at $3.50 on CHS radio.
Edmond O'Brian, who played the
cad in the movie of the same
1ame will be her co-star. Miss
5tringer, a speech major at Mary
and, also was Princess Maryland
1t the Apple Blossom Festival and
appeared in "FOOF," as Faith
If Our Fathers" was known, to its
lntimates.
The Guild on Professionalism
project, reported here awhile back,
TO televise the Broadway play,
Saint JOAN" to theaters by way
of a closed circuit, has reached the
formal announcement stage. 1.-THE
rheater Guild and United Para
Mount Theaters," says the press
'elease, "are going forward with
olans for the televising, to a group
II closed circuit theaters through
,ut the country, a program of
,layss that have been produced by
he Theater Guild. The Theater
Guilds production of Bernard
'haw's Saint JOAN starring Uta
Hagen, which is currently play
ng a limited engagement at
he Century Theater, and which
lad been projected as a single
to the closed circuit
heaters, will be included as part
IT the long-range blueprint" The
series is expected to start in the
Spring.
IAN important experiment" is
what Lawrence Langner of the
Guild called this project when he
asst was in Washington.
Music, Muted-"Television Re-
,ital Hail." which startled the ad-
lerents Of the Acknowledgements
school last summer by demon
'trating that good music is not
necessarily made any better by
visual establishment, returns to
,he network tonight, but not for
you. WNBW is starting a new
Cisco Kid series on Wednesdays
1t 10:3O pm. WNBW is the sta
ion full of people who think Her
Itage." another summer program
n the same groove, ought to be on
the network.
Maybe it's just as well this way,
though. You can continue to
watch "Celanese Theater" or "Pu-
litzer Prize Playhouse" without
feeling that you might be missing
something.
Man at Work-Jerry Strong, as
you may or may not have no.
Iced, has taken over the might
Watchman" stint Oils pm. to
1890 ann in addition to his
other chores on WMAL radio
Froodle, that French poodle in the
Strong household, must be hitting
the dog food pretty hard. AS the
man snarled to hfs wife when they
drove by the distillery, he's got
Strong working nights.
Programs and PeOple-Gene Ar
cher. heard daily on WRC in a
combination singing and platter
spinning session, will make q
guest appearance on Kate Smiths
afternoon TV show on January
%. Herb Shriner. appearing
tonight on Miss Smiths evening
show (WNBW-8 p.m.) will be
making a sort of thank-you ap.
pearance. Eleven years ago, Mr.
Shriner got his. first big break ir
show business guest shot or
the Kate Smith radio hour.
Senator Robert A. Taft will fact
mo of tho more Saorchipo in.