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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
Murray May Never
Return to Jokes
And Thot Cigar
HOLLYWOOD.

Comedians never win be able
to lick TV every week, accord
ing to Ken Murray. eft Just
can't be done, and I don't care
how good you are"
Ken is doing right well as
a straight narrator on his
filmed Where Were Your" Sc
ries, now syndicated in 40
cities.
He has a limitless supply Of
personalities who changed the
course of our history, as well
as a huge collection Of news
reel footage showing highlight
events Of the year in which the
personality in question made
his mark.
IT'S well produced and al
ways interesting. and Ken may
never 90 back to chomping on
that cigar and telling Jokes.
tcepyrishs 1858. Mirror RntsFpsiss CO..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
HOLLYWOOD.

-
The world of domestic COM
edy on TV still belongs to
the women. Name just one
such series in which the So
called man of the house is
not being constantly outsmart-
ed by his mate. You can't do
1t.
A knowing and clever wife
always is married to a guy
who is either a simpering oaf.
or at least a birdbrain when
it comes to a match of wits
in his own home.
There was one series which
gave the husband a fairly
even shake in these male-fe-
male contests, but now 1t too
has gone the way of all TV
domestic comedy.
I'm referring to CBS-TV's
my Favorite Husband" Last
season Barry Nelson and Joan
Caulfield were allowed to act
out their comedy as a couple
Of fairly well adjusted beings.
There was a touch Of sophisti-
cation and an adult air about
the show.
Reverted to Type
AS George and Liz Cooper,
they were even permitted by
the writer's to indulge in mari
tai with each other, of
course) romance, something
that rarely takes place in do
nestle comedies. Evidently
most such marriages were the
result of a bet, or consumated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
Mr.. Citizen to Start:
No Color TV This Week

It seems a little late in the
season for it, but a new tele-
vision show will bow this week.
It's Mr.. Citizen" described as
"a new form of dramatic TV
journalism" to start Wednes-
day at $50 pm. on ABC-
WMAL-TV. Its aim will be to
faithfully dramatic true
stories" of private citizens who
have acted heroically in time
of crisis. -. Today's Big
Picture" (WMAL-TV, 1870
p.m.) is aimed at those with
Armed Forces service in their
immediate futures. Titled
Time to Co." it will tell the
story of selective service
what it is and does, how young
men are indicted and what
happens to them then. For
the first time in a long time
neither NBC nor CHS has any
color television scheduled for
this week.
Schedules Change
Preliminary steps in realign-
ing its weekly afternoon pro-
gramming are promised for to-
morrow by WMAL-TV. Sum-
mer Festival Theater" will
start in the $3.50 spot, steer
ing clear of heavy drama, con-
centrating on a stock of new
Ito TV) Western films. Studio
z" will be moved from 5 pm.
to 11:25 pm. to replace "Seven
Star Theater." Tomorrow also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
Lucy ondDesi
Like Guests,
Plan More
HOLLYWOOD.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
had so much success with
guest stars this season on IT
Love Lucy" that they are plan
ming to use more next year.
Jack Benny and Burns and
Allen are being invited to APP
pear, among others.
Undoubtedly this will kick
off a new trend for Holly
woods filmed situation come
dies, with all of them employ
ing name guests from other
shows.
1t will help break up the
monotony for the viewers, but
also it may be slightly con-
fusing. There may be times
when you won't know whose
show you're watching.
tcopyrisht, 1855, Mirror Enterprise Coz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
ON THE AIR
Martin Agronsky has his ewn

Martin Agronsky has his ewn
approach to television. Wheth-
er or not it will ultimately
prove successful, he doesn't
know. Whatever the eventual
verdict, it will be either a blow
to or a victory for honesty. For
honesty is the basis of the
Agronsky approach to the five
minute news commentary he
does over WMAL-TV week
nights at $40. 1t centers in
this instance about his refusal
to pretend that he is doing
anything other than read a
script.
why should I try to fool
anybody" he was saying the
other day. I'm doing a COM
mentary on the news, or some
item in the days news. Obvi-
ously I put some thought into
it. I'm not making it up as I
go along and I don't see why
there should be any pretense
that I am.
Il have used idiot cards."
he added, referring to the
large, white, off-camera sheets
from which a man on TV can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17

will bring a move to 6 pm. for
Connie B. Gays Town and
Country Time" This will move
Jim Gibbons back to the Z p m.
Monday-through- Friday spot
he occupied for years, replace
ing unsponsored "Kukla, Fran
and Ollie" Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith will well
come NBC-TV's Home" to
Washington tomorrow for its
fiVe-day visit.
Dust Is Blown
Bernard Girard, who directs
CBS-TV's you Are There"
thinks today's Emancipation
Proclamation" will be one OF
the best in the shows two
year history. Great" is his
word for abe performance by
JEFF Morrow of the Abraham
Lincoln role. What Mr.. Nor
row does. says Mr.. Girard, is
blow some of the dust off the
history books" Home" is
not the only NBC-TV show on
tour. Dave Garroway and
To-day" will be originating in
notroit fhic y,ooL A,ol
Tonight" will leap to Cleve-
land on May 4 for a one-night
stand at the Supermarket In
stitute Convention.
Foshion Contest
A Fashion Queen Contest
open to all would-be fashion
queens between II and IS will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
'DisneyIond'
MoyHeIpSeII
c. B. s Movie
By the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

Recently Walt Disney was
telling Sam Goldwyn how
much good TV exploitation
had done for his film, 10000
Leagues Under the Sea-" Gold
wyn was impressed. Disney
suggested that Goldwyn's SIS
million Guys and Dolls could
be given the same treatment
OH "Disneyland."
1.-THE only trouble is that
I've already made a deal with
CHS" Goldwyn replied.
"All right" Disney laughed.
"I'll go see De Mile"
So De Miles Ten Com
mandments" might get the
"Disneyland" treatment, which
represents a fortune in adver-
Using.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17

house: 1.-THE Bold and the
Brave" q Patterson drama
set in q military academy.
stars Tom Tully and John
Kerr.
800, WTOP t9)--Electric Thea
ter: Neva Patterson comforts
a respondent E. @. Marshall
in 20 Lonely Moon"
$3.50, WTOP t9)-Stage Seven:
Lee Bowman tries to save his
best friend from suicide in
Emergency"
1000, WTOP DISAPPOINTMENT
With Adventure: Hateful Pill
grimage." the story OF post
war romance in Bavaria. stars
Viveca Lindfors and william
Prince.
1000, WMAL (7)--Break the
Bank: The sum Ia $4,000.
1850, WTOP ts)-To 1--we Anew:
Rehabilitation following Q
polio attack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
Todoy's Programs on TeIevision
Sunday, April II, 1855


wMAl Ch 1-1ao TietHs yToP Eh $780,
%, Salute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17

the West, in -Four Faces
West" with Frances Dee and
Joel McCrea.
1880, WMAL (T-Playhouse:
Ian Keith and Josephine
Hutchinson try to stop time
In The House Where Time
Stopped"
$500, WMAL (7)--Key to the
Ages: Life and times Of Nine.
De Pompadour.
$500, WRC (4D-Comedy Hour:
Gordon McRae is host to Sue
Carson, coincidence; Ronny
Graham, comedian; Edgar
Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy
and the Trenier Twins.
$500. WTOP (9)-Toast Of the
Town: Louis Armstrong, Rob-
ert Merrill. Marguerite Piazza,
David Whitefield. James
Stewart and joey Bishop.
$500, WRC t4)-Television Play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-17
ON THE AIR
He Wrote 1t, Says Agronsky,
Why Shouldn't He Read 1t

audience who readily accept
the Agronsky approach. For
one thing, his sponsor, Addison
Chevrolet. has Just renewed
the program, which is among
the better expressions of APP
proval known to broadcasters.
Considerable background is
behind Mr.. Agronsky's obser-
vations on the news. lnciden-
tally, despite the fact that he's
no graybeard. Born in Phila-
delphia. educated at Rutgers,
he got his start as a foreign
correspondent by reporting
from Palestine for the Pales-
tine Post and the Christian
Science Monitor. A year with
international News Service in
Paris followed and then he
turned up in Spain reporting
for the London News Chronicle.
A War Correspondent
The Agronsky voice became
familiar to radio listeners in
this country in 1899, by way of
his broadcasts from Geneva,
Belgrade. Ankara. Bucharest
and other European cities. The
explosion of the events he was
reporting that year turned him
into a war correspondent, a
calling he followed in Europe
until 1912.
That year he came back to
the United States for a lecture
tour, then in 1943 joined the
American Broadcasting Co. as
Washington correspondent, a
position he has held ever since.
He had covered quite a bit of
ground before settling down
here.
He had been in Cairo when
Gen. Rommel struck, in
Singapore when the Japanese
attacked. He was with Gen.
Macarthur in Australia and
once. after the lots were
drawn, he found himself in a
British bomber over Brindisi.
He covered the last League of
Nations meeting before the
war and he was on hand at
Hunter College when the UN
Security Council assembled in
1916.
He's O 'BIeeder'
A conscientious man who
thinks honest news reporting
is among the noblest of pro-
LESSONS, Mr.. Agronsky puts in
a long day. Since he doesn't
do it the easy way by simply
reading what comes off of the
teletype machine, he must be
up at 5 am. to prepare for
his radio newscast over the
ABC network at 8 o'clock.
The nightly television COM
mentary. seen in Washington
only, starts to take form
about 8 o'clock in the after
noon when Mr.. Agronsky adj
dresses himself to his type
writer. 1t does not come cas-
lily for he is a "bleeder," as a
great many writer's with a re-
spect for the language are.
The most deity turned phrase
often owes its air of sponta-
neity to laborious effort and
so it is with Mr.. Agronsky.
Il have terrible time" he
admits. II can write a first
sentence, then a second, then
a third. Before I can write
the fourth, I have to go back
and read the first three.
Sometime it comes more
easily than at other times, of
course. I have sat down at
3 o'clock and at 5 o'clock
found myself still staring at
a sheet of blank paper"
So far, he always has man.
aged to get the required num-
Der of words written by $40
pm. What's more, they're his
words and he doesn't care who
is aware when he is on the air
that he wrote them.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Hopes Seven Little Foys'
May Be His Best Film Yet

an ornamental side scene
which stage hands call q
"tormentor." From there. the
flames leaped up into the flies.
setting the scenery on FIRE.
Somebody backstage panicked
and opened the rear stage
doors. The draft thus created
did the rest.
Foy, headlining the bill,
rushed from his dressing room
to the apron Of the stage.
trying to calm the frantic au-
dience and stop the stampede
to the exits. The theater itself
did not burn. ebutT the gases
released by the backstage fire
asphyxiated SIS people. When
Foy was dragged off the stage,
he was close to asphy yxiation
himself. But when the chips
were down Eddie Foy proved
himself a real trouper.
Hopes latest picture Is q far
cry from his first, ''The Big
Broadcast Of 1885," The star
was w. c. Fields. with Hope
in q supporting role. Bob was
so discouraged, so convinced
from studio gossip that his
prominent chin could not be
photographed, that he was
ready to pack up and 60 back
to Broadway.
Yet that was the picture in
which he and Shirley Ross
teamed up to sing the delight
full Thanks for the Memory"
which was to make him a star.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
At some point toward the
end of the first act of 1.-THE
Dark Is Light Enough" which
opened at the ANITA Theater
here Wednesday night, I had
. sudden, binding delusion
that I was in Nine. Tussaud's
waxworkS. There was Katha-
rine Cornell, real as life, and
Tyrone Powers and John VIII
liams and several other actors
I'd seen many times. They
were carefully arranged in
center stage, like a group of
photographers, and from some
place was coming a sound
track with a lot of words by
Christopher Fry.
The words of Mr.. Fry were
good words, and they droned
on relentlessly, building one on
the other in a plea for paci-
fism, the brotherhood of man,
and q series of minor matters
more closely associated with
the characters. This is stylized
and this is good, I said to my
self, and pretty soon somebody
will throw the switch and these
figures will come to life and do
something.
But, unfortunately, this
never happened. The charac-
ters continued to posture and
declaim, the words ebbed and
flower around them-but to
the bitter end they remained
static and secure in their rest
full Victorian surroundings.
There will be many inter-
pretations of what Christopher
Fry was trying to say. but there
should be a solidarity Of opin-
ion on the fact that he takes
an endless time doing it. An
Austrian countess harbors q
rebel officer in her house dur
ing the Hungarian revolution
OF 1859. He had been mar
ried to her daughter, it de-
velops, although the girl has
since wed a Hungarian in the
Austrian Army. We are thus
projected into something re-
sembling an American Civil
War melodrama, but with in
finitely less action. In the fad
Evening star., 1955-02-27
His Stor, Yes; Fry No
Miss Cornell and Cost Praised, Author
Gets No Cheers for The Dark Poem
By John Mccloin

ing stanza of the evening
somebody says, WARS only
change anxieties," which is q
fair condensation of several
hundred preceding speeches.
One leaves the premises re-
dedicated to the fact that
bloodshed is useless, and that
playwrights. however talented,
cannot always bstitute
speech for action.
Miss Cornell, as ever radiant,
is a warm and comprehending
figure around whom the play
revolveS; it is she who, like a
butterfly. goes forward through
the night meaning, I guess,
that she perseveres in her dedi-
cation to tolerance. It is re-
grettable only that they didn't
give us more exciting incidents
Of her flight.
Tyrone Power, certainly in
our top cadre of young actors,
delivers his lines with strength
and assurance, projects bril-
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Continued From

(Continued From Page E-l.)
me that his talent was as ex-
traordinary as his tempera-
ment.' To win his point with
theater managers, they tell me
that Foy would wait until 10
minutes before the curtain was
to raise. Then he'd assemble
his costumes, throw them into
a wardrobe trunk, slam and
lock it and then the tiny comic
would tremendously drag the
trunk out through the stage
doors to the sidewalk and
whistle for a taxicab. AS the
theater was always packed and
the box Office men were getting
ready to stow the nights re-
ceipts in the safe, Foy always
was the winner.
One of Foy's unrequited am.
bitions. in real life, was to play
Hamlet" He even had his
picture taken in the costume.
Producers never permitted him
to satisfy the ambition. He
finally won the dubious salts
faction of burlesquing the role
in a musical traveSty called
Mister Hamlet of Broadway"
On December 80, 1908, Foy
won absolution for all of his
temperamental displays. It
happened during a matinuee at
the Iroquois Theater in Chi
cago. A fire started when q
calcium sidelight fell against
Evening star., 1955-02-27

liantly his characterization Of
the bewildered Austrian who
has sought solace in a cause.
and repented. But he. too, finds
himself caught in the same
time-exposure. his neck fixed
in a wise, as the dialogue rolls
on. ....
The supporting cast is uni
formly excellent: John Will
liams, Donald Harron, Arnold
Moss, Marian Winters, Eva
Condor, William Podmore,
Christopher Plummer and Paul
Roebling.
I do not think 1.-THE Dark Is
Light Enough" does great JUS
tice to either Fry, Cornell or
Power.
Released by MANA.
Evening star., 1955-02-27
Drunks Get Rail
In Award Roles
HOLLYWOOD.

A4SAAA]@ - w OO~s
Director Roy Rowland be-
Meves that Bing Crosby will
win this years Oscar with
James Mason q close second.
The reason - both played
drunks.
Socially the alcoholic may
be a nuisance" reports Row.
land, "but dramatically he can
name his own price.
"Figuratively, the thespian
hall of fame reeks Of cheap
whisky and there's sawdust
on the floor and a brass rail
to put your foot on"
He cites such lush Oscar
winning performances as Ray
Milland in "The Lost Week.
end" Thomas Mitchell as
the drunken doctor of Stage
COACH" Fredric March in the
original "A Star Is Born" and
Charles Laughton as King
Henry VII.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-14
Sports of the Times

The Catholic Elementary Foot
ball League got under way two
weeks ago with each of the four
weight divisions playing full
set of games. Action was fast
and furious and already some of
the teams have cast themselves
in roles Of teams to beat.
In the light weight league St
Gabriel and Sacred Heart both
showed promise of having defen-
sive minded clubs as each held
its opponent scoreless while scor-
ing two touchdoWns.
Our Lady of Victory in the
middleweight league opened the
season with three touchdown
splurge in its game against Christ
the King. The final score was
21-6. Other games in the mid.
dleWeight league were won by
close scores.
The light-heavyweight league
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-14

seems to be one that will produce
some exciting high-scoring games.
st. Peter showed a fine offensive
and defensive machine as it scor-
ed at ease over st. Michael while
keeping its own goal line uncross-
ed. In the same league Immac-
ulate Conception lost a high scor-
ing thriller to Holy Rosary by a
score of 1925. The boys from I'm
maculate Conception appeared
to have the game all wrapped up
until Rosary intercepted a pass
in the last few minutes and ran
it back for touchdown.
Immaculate Conception an
look with pride upon its most
rabid fan, Sister Reginald, the
school principal. Last week she
found herself out on the playing
field at one time during the
game. In the excitement of long
touchdown run Sister found a
spot on the field where she could
give her own personal cheer as
the boy went speeding past.
In the heavyweight league, ties
seemed to be the order of the
day. st. Leo-St. Augustine and St.
Aloysius st. James played to
stand-stills while st. Catharine and
Corpus Christi earned victories
In the opening set of games.
Action in the league was slow
ed down this past week by the
rain, However, several games
were played in spite of the
weather.
Holy Family of the light heavy
weight league won its second
game in a row by topping st.
Agatha TO AS yet Family's goal
line has not been crossed.
st. Dominic of the lightweight
league is another team that has
not been scored upon. II won
over Sacred Heart by a score of
1910 last week. Sacred Heart in
cidentally, is much better than
the score indicates. In its first
game they beat st. Vincent 1870.
and then dropped its last game
to st. Dominic. Sacred Heart is
hindered by squad that is small
in number. IT had only eleven
boys for the last game and twelve
In the first one. These few BOYS
are doing fine job but at times
they show need of a rest which is
not possible without boys on the
bench.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-14
This Weeks Games
HTSH oNHVVN
Friday, October u

Marion st. Mary at Mt. Gilead
Lancaster BIS at Columbus Rosary
fafternoon)
Columbus Aquinas at Columbus North
Columbus st. Charles at Circieviiie
Columbus st. Mary at Marion-Frank-
lin
Waverly at Portsmouth Notre Dame
Saturday, October IS
South GAINESVILLE st Newark ST. Fran
Dennison st. Mary at GAINESVILLE Rose
Grams
New Lexington st. AIoysius at June
ton City
Dover ST. Joseph at Cleveland st.
LAST WEEKS RESULTS
GAINESVILLE Rosecrans %, Lancaster BIS
IL
Newark st. Francis 40, Magnetic
Springs s
Columbus Rosary sS, Columbus St.
Mary
Marion st, Mary 0, olentangy 0
South GAINESVILLE 40, New Lexington
st. Aloysius "a
Chesapeake 10, Portsmouth Notre
Dame 12
Foliensbee, w, Va, st. Anthony 10,
Dennison st, Mary
Canton Lincoln 10, Dover st. Joseph
SNAbE 5AHOOL f6(rEDukE
LIcHTWElcAT LEAGUE
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Sacred Heart-St Gabriel at st. John
st. Dominic ST. Vincent at Wolfe
Thursday, October 20
st. Francis = Our Lady of Peace at
MILESTONE
MlDpLEWEIcHT LEAGUE
Wednesday, October ~
Our Lady of Victory St. Thomas
at Wolfe
Holy Name Christ the King at
Christ the King
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT LEAGUE
Thursday, october 40
ST. Michael ST. Mary at Southview
Immaculate Conception st. Peter
Friday, ocfo6er n
ST. Agatha Holy Rosary at Wolfe
HEAVYWEIGHT LEAGUE
Sundsy, October Is
st. James - st. Catharine at Chilli
cothe
Tuesday, October 10
Corpus Christi - st. Augustine at Lin
den
Friday, October ~
st. Mary Magdalene - st. Aloystus at
Westgate
st. Catharine - st. Ladislaus at South.
st. Leo-St James at st. James
LAST WEEKS RESULTS
Lichtweiaht
st. Francis z, St Vincent o
st. Dominic iS. Sacred Heart 0
st. Gabriel oil. Peace tPostponed1
Mlddleweiqhf
Holy Name st. Thomas Postponed)
Christ the King Is. st. Christopher IL
OIL. Victory 81, St. John 6
Light heavyweight
st. Peter 10, Holy Rosary l8.
Immaculate Conception 27, st. Mary o
Holy Family 7, st. Agatha 0
heavyweight
st. Augustine 6, st. Aloysius 0
st. Ladislaus ~, st. James 6
st. Mary Magdalene IA, st. Leo O
st. Catharine Corpus Christi Post
ponedl
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-10-14
Mrs. Anna Podres Is Proud Lady;
Watches Son Beat Yankees

WITHERBEE, NY. - NC) -
Mrs. Anna Podres is a proud
woman and she has a right to
be.
Her son is Johnny Podres, who
brilliantly pitched the New York
Yankees into a 20 defeat and
won the first World Series cham
pionship in history for the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
It's not only that her son has
become the new idol of Flatbush
which makes Mrs. Podres proud.
She told the N.C.W.C. News Serv-
ice that she is prouder still of
the fact that her son is devoted
to his Catholic Faith, She said