Evening star., 1953-03-27

CHS pact is with the world
famed American Museum of Ma
tural History. ; The first re-
suit of this is promised as IAN
entirely new type of television
series" Titled Adventure"
it will dramatize the vast re-
sources of the museum, the Hay
den Planetarium and the mu-
Seum'S field stations. This
series of hour-long programs has
a definite starting date and time,
Sunday, May 10 at S pm.
NOT TOO PERSONAL-Ricky,
jr., the celebrated baby of II
Love Lucy" will make his TV,
debut in the series now being
filmed in Hollywood. It won't
be the real life son of Lucille Ball
and Desi ArnaZ, but an actor
type baby. May even be
twins, because of the rigors of
the working schedule. Jim
Simpson, in case you hadn't
caught up with him, is back on
local television. Does a
sports report nightly at 11:15,
following the newscast, on
WTTG. Samuel Spencer,
the Districts new commissioner,
made his first TV appearance
in the role on WNBW. He
was interviewed on the air by
Earl Goodwin and Ray Scherer
three hours after he walked out
of President EisenhoWer's Office
and told them of the appoint
ment. Arthur Godfrey will
be grand marshall of the parade
at the Shenandoah Apple Bios
som Festival on May /. &.
Judy Canova, in Jacksonville
awaiting the arrival of her baby,
is also readying scripts for a
proposed TV series on NBC next
season. Red Buttons and
Jackie Gleason are two present
New Workers who expect to be
using CHS TeleviSion City in Hol-
lywood next fall. And Wally
Cox may be doing his "Mr. Peep
ers" chores in NBC-TV's Bur-
bank studios. Robert Mont
gomery may be going west. too.
Red Buttons, incidentally,
will be a Washington visitor next
Tuesday to star at the National
Press Clubs annual Congress
sional Dinner. Alan Young
has obtained time extensions
from Paramount and RKO
Radio on picture commitments,
now put off until summer.
He did two movies before while
on TV at the time and doesn't
want any more of that.
SUNDAY SPECIALS - Ethel
Barrymore will appear on CBS-
TVS Omnibus" in Lord Byron's
Love Letter." from Tennessee
Williams "27 Wagons Full of
Cotton and Other One-Act
Plays" Another feature of
the same show will be the first
TV presentation of George
Gershwin's short musical, "135th
Street." NBC-TV's "Ameri-
can Inventory" will present a
comprehensive film document
ary on Cancer: A Research
Story" The next in NBC-
TVS series of talks with phi
losophers will turn up. too: this
an interview with DR.. Lewis
Finkelstein. Bob Hopes
Comedy Hour" guests will in
clude Rosemary Clooney and the
Bell Sisters.
ON THE RADIOS-A series of
four lectures on 1.-THE World and
the West" by Historian Arnold
j. Toynbee has been scheduled
by WNdAL. They will be
heard on four consecutive Thurs
days, starting April 2. Cap
itol Cloakroom" will be celebrat-
ing it's fifth anniversary Sunday
night at 1870 on WTOP. :.
Senator Edwin c. Johnson, guest
on the March 81, 1948. program
and anniversary guest every year
since, again will be on hand.
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PROGRAM NOTES - Eye
Witness" will make its bow Mon
day night at 9 on NBC-TV
(WNBW). This is the one
described in advance as an "off
beat" mystery series. :. Com
mentator Joan Brown and Pa
.tricia Stevens models wilt be