Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-20
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yesterday morning and, as usual.
mastered the situation. Kim
Hunter, the personable and tall
ented young actress, was sched-
uled for a guest appearance on
Today" It being the day Of the
Motion Picture Academy Awards.
Mr.. Garroway was planning to
! have Miss Hunter display the
Oscar she won last year, along
with some of her predictions for
this years winners.
Well, Miss Hunter arrived on
time. looking fresh, wide awake
and lovely. She arrived alone,
however. Where, Mr.. G. wanted
to know, was the Oscar?
"Oh," said Miss Hunter, II
couldn't bring that. Before they
let you have it they make you
sign a contract which prevenss
you from using the Oscar COM
mercially or displaying it,"
That was a good rule, Caro-
way thought. and he turned to
another question. Who did Miss
Hunter think would turn up in
the winners circle this year?
II couldn't answer that" said
Miss Hunter prettily. I'm a
voter and it's a strictly secret
ballot"
Such a double contretempS has
caused many an interview to drop
dead on the spot. This one did
not foil interviewer Garroway or
interviewer Hunter. however. Mr.
Garroway went right on to other
things Miss Hunter could talk
about. including how it feels to
win an Academy Award.
Is it, he wanted to know, the
emotional relief that comes with
the end of a long period of suS-
penSe, or is it a sudden surge of
childlike joy? Miss Hunter
thought that over prettily.
"It's neither, exactly" she de-
cided, "but it's somewhere in be-
tween"
That may not tell you pre-
cisely how it feels to suddenly
come by an Oscar. but Garroway
did demonstrate that a man
doesn't have to stop merely be-
cause the story he had in mind
collapSeS in his face. Some other
radio and TV interviewerS could
take lessons.
SHOW CASE-Another evil
dence of the new life around
ABC will be forthcoming in a
Sunday night television series
titled "ABC Album" which will
be launched on April u. Each
Of the half-hour dramas will be
so written. directed and produced
that it will be, sort of pilot
program Of a possible series.
Paul Douglas will be the star
Of the initial production. This
will be a melodrama by HalStead
Welles titled Jealousy" based
on case histories in the file OF
the Legal Aid Society.
Brandon de Wilde, the young
player who won fame along
with Julie Harris and Ethel
Waters in "A Member of the
Wedding" will star in the Sec
ond play. This will be Jamie, u
an original teleplay by David
Swift, about an orphan shunted
from home to home and never
finding understanding.
Donald Cook will be the host
and narrator for the "ABC AL.
bum" series. Other players ex-
pected to appear in subsequent
dramas are Allen Jenkins, Alar
Mowbray, Walter Slezak, Au-
drey Christie, Mildred Natwick
Patricia Collinge, Leona Power.
and Don Briggs.
Album" according to Charlie.
Underhill, ABC-TV program di.
rector, will rely heavily on tele.
vision originals. Adaptations Of
plays. short stories, novels anc
Eight classics" also will be used
Some productions will be live
some on film, some originatins
In HOLLYWOOD. some in New York
y + +
SEARCH-American univer.
sites Cat least 81 of them anc
CBS-TV are joining forces fol
a new series of programs to b,
titled 1.-The Search" The in.
tent is to dramatic "highel
education'S scientific and cul,
tural contributions to individual
and national welfare"
1.-THE Search" is the result
according to Sig Nicholson. O.