Evening star., 1956-12-20

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Due here in a fortnight, as
saloon, is John Lupton. who
plays Tom Jeffords. the Indian
agent-mail rider in Broken Ar
row."
And q March visitor will be
Hugh O'Brian. Of Wyatt carp"
fame.
mo. girls, / don't knoto where
they'll be stayino.)
Incidental intelligence:
oBrian is single; Lupton is
married to the former Anne
Sills. of Chicago.
AfterthOught: While "Che-
yenne" owes much Of its success
to Walker. by the way, the care
In the Scripting should not be
overlooked.
A Star colleague whose job II
once was to buy Western yarns
for publishing house AYERS that
somehow the producers Warner
BrOthers) are coming mp with
stories that avoid the usual
formula stun.
He also feels that Clint. de-
spite his size. resembles a cow
boy more than the majority Of
the Western heroes. He's never
been able to 60 for Wyatt carp,
for example, because he keeps
remembering what carp looked
like. To hear him describe the
famous marshal. Wally Cox
would be perfect in the lead.
Add Western Note: WRCs
cowboy. Ray Haney. bit the dust
yesterday morning. An Indian
got HIM - specifically, Prime
Minister Nehru Of India. Rays
regular show was cancelled for
the special telecaSt of the Asian
leaders press conference.
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Quickie Interview: Pretty Jaye
P. Morgan. who'll be one Of
Sonia Henie's singing assistants
on her ice spectacular Saturday
CWRC-4). may have her own
TV show in a few months If
things work out. And if
Jaye p. can employ her four
brothers (who sang with her on
her lively 15-minute summer
series). she will. I'VE had so
much fun, it was a shame to
take the money" she said. !.
Mother loved the show" she
added. "She knew where we
all we're at once" Jaye p,
o non-skater. is busy digging
into the files for neglected old
standards" for her first album.
She'd like to call it Blue
Jaye." Shed rather not
predict future trends in pop
music. Goodness. she said,
I'm so confused now"
On The Run:
Steve Allen was trying to set
up a remote from the Salute to
Hungary, show at Constitution
Hall for his December 30 show.
but technical complications
snafued the deal. /. Two of the
stars are Victor Borge and Louis
Armstrong.
"TO Tell the Truth" the new
quiz show, got on to . dismal
start the other night tWTOPZ
sy.'. The show built slowly
to q "who cares?" climax. -
WMAL-radio will split its AM
FM operation beginning January
l to program ''finer music" on
FIN from 6 pm. until midnight.
/. In addition, the station is
asking the general public to in
dicate specific preferences in
programming on WMAL-FM
via questloanaires which may
be picked up in hi-fi dealers
stores.
A reader points out that an
Olympic Spectacular" will be
telecast Sunday on a New York
station and asks If it will be
shown here. Not to my
knowledge. WRCS Jim
Simpson points out that the only
films on the Olympics were made
on an exclusive basis by q Arm
that includes sportscaster Tom
Harmon. All four local sta
tions turned the half-hour series
down and it's Jim's guess that
this New York station bought
and edited the Harmon films for
a sports spec. tI'd like to see 1t,
tool
Alumni OF the National Acdd-
eny of Broadcustilo got together
recently for a Christmas re
union" party More than 70
former students of the Academy
Which is headed BY Alice Keith
are employed in Washington and