Evening star., 1952-02-15
On the Air
Commercials
NoWlnterrupt
Commercials
BY Harry Macarthur

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the third one when they cut him
for the station break.
"Then the station ran in a string
Of those spot commercials ane
if the third one wasn't
some man trying to sell me an
other kind Of margarine"
There is a little too much chaos
here for even asmodern man of the
atomic age to cope with. our caller
feels.
'It's bad enough" he said
when they interrupt a football
game for a commercial, or when
Ehey show a commercial instead Of
showing a fight manager betting Q
referee, but this!
They've even got commercials
Interrupting the commercials"
This does seem, all right, to be
something or other 9
little too far.
Reviewed i'm Brief -"PulitZel
Prize Playhouse" tWNfAL-Tv-
alt. Wednesdays. 10 p.m) came
up with a well-made TV docu-
In "HiIl 346." based or
Marguerite Higgins dispatches
from Korea. It was skillfully
played by Philip Borneuf and
others and a top-notch produc-
tion job generated q deal Of ex-
citing realism TeleviSion
(WNBW Wednesday
. p.m.) suffered q rare lapse fol
1t during an otherwise solid tele-
version Of John Galsworthy's
THE Skin Game" It almost
didn't recover after director and
cameramen got locked in q con-
spiracy of confusion during an
early dramatic moment The
man missed most this week was
Referee Ruby Goldstein, the noted
critic. That Wednes-
day night fight" was an even
duller television show than the
one Ruby put a sudden end to in
New York awhile back. That
takes o funny fall, all
right, when he knocks himself
down. but TVS Red Shelton does
It much better -. Clark Cables
appearance at the Els
snhower rally IN Madison Square
Garden the other night appar-
entity was not q breach Of his
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer contract,
which forbids teievision appear-
ances. The reas9h is that Cables
under suspensions right now by
she studio Cor was at the time,
1t least) and therefore not bound
" the contract clause forbidding
nv.
Weekend Guests: a,
Tomorrow-Admiral Thomas C.
Kinkaid and James B. Carey, dis
UNIT on Marquis Childs'
Washington Spotlight" (WMAL-
rV--7:15 p.m). -. Hal Leroy
Bonnie Baker and Riley and Far
ley on "The Ken Murray Show
(WToP-TV-8 PM. Jack
Carson, with Ann Sothern and
Lola Albright, on "All-Star Re
7ue" (WNBW-S p.m.). -. Ar
enc Francis, on "Your Show OF
Shows" (WNBW-9 p.m.).
Sunday-The choral group from
falls Church High School, on
Your Junior Revue" (WNBW-
/. Thelma Schnee ant
Joshua Shelley. In '"The Plot tc
Kidnap George Washington" on
Hall Of Fame" (WNBW-S:3o
p.m.). .. Richard Purdy, in ''The
Sound Machine" on "Television
Workshop" tWTOP-TV-4 p.m:)
Governor Ellis Arnall, on
Meet the Press" (WNBW-4
pm). -. Peggy Knudsen and
william Frawley. In '"The Lady
Or the Tiger" on "Wonderhame
Theater" (WMAL-Tv-6 p.m.)
j.. Mel Torme, on "Stage En-
trance" (WTTG-7 PM.
Bea Lille, on Royal Showcase
(WNBW-7 p.m.). -. Priscills
Gillette. on "The Paul Whitemar
Revue" (WMAL-TV-7 p.m.).
Eddie Cantor, on '"The Comedy
Hour" (WNBW-8 pm.). Fe.
licia Montealegre, In Grown oi
Shadows" on ''Television Play.
house" (WNBW-9 p.m.).
Jane Morgan and Dick Kazmeier
on Celebrity Time" (WTOP-Ty
10 p.m1. :. Garry Moore, on
Whats My Line?" (WTOP-Ty
.10:3o pm.).
Monday-Aline McMahon. II
American Underground" OF
Hollywood Screen Test" (WMAL.
TV-7:30 PM. Jackie Cooper
in "Life, Liberty and Orrir
Dooley," on ''Video Theater'
(WToP-TV3 PM. :. Eleanol
Steber, on "Voice Of Firestone'
(WNBW-8::30 pm.). -. Thoma
Mitchell. in 1.-THE Eyes from Sar
Francisco" on Lights Out
(WNBW-9 pm.). -. Geraldine
Fitzgerald, in "Sheppey," or
Robert Montgomery Presents
(WNBW-9:30 pm.). -. Barry
Townes. playing Horatio Alger II
Success Story" on Studio One
(WToP-TV--l0 PM.
y 4 \
! Expansion-WTTG win NOV.
its Sunday sign-on time up from
$3.50 pm. to 2 pm. as Of this com.
ing week. to present an all-filr
program. .The Sunday show
will include "The Week Ia Re.
view" news program from 2 {.
2:S0. is minutes Of cartoons d
2::30, full-length feature film,
tflrst-run on Washington TV) a
2:45 and 4, and the hour Of car,
tooYls. The Children's Hour,
which win continue from 5::3l
TO $50 pm.
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