Evening star., 1953-06-18
On the AIT
They Don't Erect Statues
Of V Comics, Says S. J.
By Harry Macarthur


ments on earth have been
erected to stuffed shirts"
He had Allen there, all right.
THE ANSWER - Margaret
Truman will be in the NBC fold
for a third year, at least, through
the 1884 season. The network,
in case you missed the news
stories. has provided a reply to
those who have wondered how
long Miss Truman would stay
with it after her father left the
White House. It has signed her
for another year, with options.
The new contract calls for
nine guest appearances on both
radio and television. Charles
c. Barry, NBC vice president in
charge of programs, said that
he and Miss Truman also are
considering formats for a pos
sible radio or television show on
which she would STAR Her last
appearance was with Milton
Berle on "Star Theater" on
June 8.
ANNIVERSARY The third
anniversary of the war in Ko-
rea will be marked on Sunday by
a special documentary television
program on CBS-TV. Titled
Korean Is My Home" 1t will
be seen from $50 to Z pm. on
the network, in Washington via
WTOP-TV. The networks adj
vance promise is that this will
be "the most searching camera
study of Korea's destitute and
homeless millions to date"
NAMES IN THE NEWS-Neva
Patterson will play a leading role
on Sunday in 1.-THE Turning
Point" on ABC-TV's plymouth
Playhouse. Miss Patterson, cur
,rently a featured player in "The
Seven Year Itch" on Broadway.
will play q character named Mrs.
Patterson. j.. Former Vice Presi-
dent Alben w. Barkley has been
made an honorary member of
the American Federation of Tele-
vision and Radio Actors, its
second. The first was Henry
Morgenthau, then Secretary Of
the Treasury. honored by AFTRA
for his wartime work with USO
entertainers. Mr.. Barkley's NBC-
TV Meet the Weep" will move
to Tuesdays at 10:45 pm. on
June 80. The radio version will
continue on Sundays at 6:15 pm.
on NBC. Walt Disney will
enter the telefilm field in the
near future, but that doesn't
mean Snow White" in the living
room. Unless present plans
change, none Of the Disney
theater films will be released to
TV. Alan Young and Chs
TV have come to a parting of the
ways, amicable. the report says.
His last television show for the
network will be next Sunday
nights. After that the comic
will do his own TV film series for
independent distribution. {.
Barry Fitzgerald has a telef1lm
series in the works too, in which
he would appear as q parish
priest. Still another planned
series, this one titled Life Of the
Family" would star Fay Wray,
the former film star, and Paul
Hartman. +. The harassed head
of a household is a role Mr.. Hart
man plays on television. :.
Martha Wright, who stepped
from the Mayfiower Lounge into
South Pacific" may get a TV
musical show.
X X X
IT'S SUMMERTIME Gibbons,
popular WMAL-TV personality.
will stage his annual Schools
Out" party at Glen Echo tomor-
row. He'll be there from l to
5 pm, and from 9 to IL pm.
taking time out to do his regu-
lar Z pm. show on WMAL-TV.
Another WMAL-TV visitor
to Glen Echo this summer will be
Sherman Butler, who conducts
the daily "Bandstand Matinee"
Starting June q, he'll have
a "Bandstand Matinee" beach
party at the Glen Echo pool
every Saturday. ). Among other
things. he'll provide music and