Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-20
ON THE AIR
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

Pam North was on the phone
yesterday evening and she was
something of a surprise. Not
having done anybody in for
some time now, I had not known
Mr.. and Mrs. North were on my
trail. Thought it was only the
sheriff. 1t turned out, however,
that she was not calling as Pam
North but as Barbara Britton.
actress.
She was using part of her
lunch hour to brag about the
fine California weather and to
let it be known that she would
be on the television Thursday
In Flight 951" on CBS-TV's
"Climax. Since Paul Douglas Is
playing the leading male role,
q question seemed obvious.
How do you think this will
go over in the South?" Miss
Britton's interviewer asked in
nocently.
"At about $4,000 feet" she re-
piled with equal innocence.
that's where these Constella-
tons fly. Anyhow, I don't know
what you're talking about and if
! did, I wouldn't admit It,"
That seemed to end that.
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Miss Britton sounded like q
young woman enjoying her work.
Rehearsals had been going well
and she thinks highly Of her fell
low cast members-Douglas and
Cathy O'Donnell. land they
brought Lii Darvas, Robert l..
Harris and John Emory out from
New York"
The action of Flight 951"
takes place aboard an airliner
bound from Paris to New York
and, Miss Britton revealed, it
will be an aviation drama with
a difference.
tits an interesting show" she
said. For a change, the flight is
a very safe one. Nothing happens
to the plane, just to the people. :"
Possibly because Of this,
Trans-World Airlines has loaned
CHS a Constellation, or at least
the fuselage of one. When the
play is performed on Climax"
tomorrow night at $50, you'll
be seeing the real thing, not a
set stimulating it.
I'VE have some real, live TWA
fellers, too" said Miss Britton.
"The copilot is real TWA CO.
pilot and the fight engineer is
an engineer. So everything is
terribly authentic"
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No stranger to live TV drama
- get back to New York once
Or twice a year and like to get in
two or three shows Miss Brit
ton shares the affection of q
large segment of the movie COL
ony for the movie camera.
For a one-shot," she adj
mitted, 'it's fun to do 1t live.
I wouldn't want to do series
this. way, though. 1t would be
too wearing" 1t can't be the
hours that account for this feel
ing, either. When doing the "Mr.
and Mrs North" series, Miss
Britton said, Il was always in
makeup at 7. We started shoot
ING at 8 and worked until 6.
For this show we have been
coming in at 8 and working I'M
I'll 4, or maybe coming in at II
and working until s.
Il Tomorrow today we will
work from $50 to 7:30 and on
Thursday we'll start at 9 and
work straight through until the
end Of the show at $780,"
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So. something else must make
the difference between live TV
and film. Miss Britton just pre-
fers the latter and she would
be glad to go back to playing
Pam North any time she is asked.
She also might get back to
New York in the fall in a play.
The possibility was mentioned
and Miss Britton disclosed that
she was doing a show out there
in tryout.
ITS called The Woman With
Red Hair" she said. II don't
play her: we just talk about
her. 1t has only three charac-
tiers and one set and that always