Evening star., 1953-12-27

ers haven't seen before or
since.
Best Special-Events Report
ing-The coverage of the coro-
nation of Queen Elizabeth by
ABC-TV. While others were en-
gagged in much -ballyhooed air
derbies, the junior network
quietly scooped them all by
picking up the BIC films from
the Canadian BroadcaSting
Corp. After that unexpected
left jab, ABC crossed with the
right and ran a lengthy pic
torial report at $50 pm, while
the other webs were awaiting
the cheaper time after ii pm.
Brond- New TV
Best New Television Pro-
gram - Edward r. Murrow's
Person to Person" entered
upon whole new employment
of the television medium. BY
interviewing the celebrated and
not-So-celebrated at home. on
live television and not by way
of film, Mr.. Murrow has
achieved a human interest
program of uncommon merit
and continually high appeal.
Best New Dramatic Pro-
gram - The Theater Guild
served notice with the first
~. S. Steel Hour" on ABC-TV
that it was out to achieve and
maintain the leadership in the
one-hour TV drama field that
it held for years in radio. The
excellent ening drama.
p. Q. W., was so timely it
was sometime ahead of last
weeks news, and the high pro-
duction standards have been
maintained
Best Single Dramatic Pro-
gram - The Maurice Evans
Hamlet" on NBC-TV's Hall
OF Fame" It gave television a
new and exciting Shakespeare
to number of viewers who
had been thinking of him as
a dusty library type.
Best New Comedy Show
Danny Thomas Make Room
for Daddy" is far out ahead of
the field. 1t remains fairly
close to credibility, it's comedy
does not get out of hand, its
sentiment is not so treacly as
that in some other areas Of
TV and, its star is eminently
llkable as well as talented.
Guaranteed TV
Best TelevisiOn ActOr-Eddie
Albert wins the nod, not
merely because he sang Sep
tember Song" the other night
as effectively as any one since
the late Walter Huston. Mr..
Albert has been busy in tele-
vision of late, both as an actor
and as the relaxed and relax
ing master of ceremonies of a
summer musical session. No
body around has been display
ing his knack for portraying
the ordinary guy with his
ordinary troubles. whether in
the past, the present or George
Orwell's 1894" Mr.. Albert's
name on the cast sheet has
come to be almost a guarantee
that a TV drama will have one
sincere performance, what
ever else it lacks or has.
Most Enlightened Sponsors
Surprisingly, this has to be a
dual award. 1t goes to the
Ford Motor Ca. for dispensing
with commercials on that an
niversary show (and putting
the name Ford on more lips
than the model T ever did.
1t goes also to the Perpetual
Building Association here,
which sponsors Bryson Rash's
$50 pm. newscast on WMAL-
TV without commercials, Civ
ing the time over to some COM
service message.
Best Opera Ever Performed
on TWO. "Amahl" has to
be second best. The winner
is the Burr Tillstrom-Jack Fas-
cinato "St. George and the
Dragon" as performed by
Ollie, Fran Allison and the
other Kuklapolitans.
Surprise of the Year - The
emergence of Jack Webb as a
major heart-throb and of his
"Dragnet" as VIBRATING COM
petition for Il Love Lucy" He's
the first man who ever won
over the Nations women by
pressing for the facts, ma am.
just the facts.