Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

songs and dances led by Bob
And then goes directly int
for Best Supporting Actorl j.
The idea is to keep you glued
to the screen from start "a
linish-and If you want ia
catch Kirk Douglas and Burt
Lancaster dueting, ''It's Great
Not to be Nominated" (by
Sammy Calm and Jimmy Van
Heusen), you'll have TO. Its
the last act on the hour and
Is minute show.
To illustrate the difference,
now that the film industry is
sponsoring its own Oscar show,
producer Jerry Valid called for
and got-a run.through Of
the program last Saturday. :.
The majority of the stars will
ct least know where to stand
and the general direction Of
the cameras.
The parade of ladies' fash
ions, incidentally, will not in
clude examples of the sack"
LOOKOUT with Zsa Zsa, Cradle,
Rhonda Fleming and other
dazzlers on the bill. the no
sack edict is merely q chal-
lenge.
The opening medley, by the
way, will present Mae West
and Rock Hudson duet
ing Baby, It's Cold Outside. -
:. Mae very smartIy ordered
two identical gowns for the
event-One to wear at the
rehearsal, the other for the
snow. -. -
A TV network man, with a
not unnoticeable tint of green
in his eyes at the industry's
ability to gather top stars for
the show, noted the West
Hudson duet and snarled:
What are they trying to do?
Set TV back 10 years."
p. S.: They wouldn't mind.
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ScOrebOard:
High Adventure (Monday,
WTOP-0: Lowell Thomas is
a regular old chatterbox but
there isn't a continent-hopper
around who can string out five
minutes worth of information
into a saleable hour show. The
goal of his Australian expedi-
ton was to solve the mystery
of Harold know as ''HarryD
Lasseter, who disappeared Is
years ago after finding what he
claimed to be a reef of gold.
The main interest in the trave-
l0gue, however, centered around
the amazing Australian abort
gineS. whose ability to find
water under the ground is
nothing short of uncanny. One
Of them-the instict titleholder
even spotted LasSeter's bones
beneath the ground, though
there was nothing above to in
dictate the resting place. At
least, Thomas is satisfied that
they were Lasseter's remains,
and as he picked up the poor
chaps skull and intoned, ALAS
poor Harry, didn't know him
we'll" we left the happy ex-
petition for a quick safari to
the tuning knob. One of the
aborigines thought Thomas
was pretty funny, too.
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Visitors: With Bill Bendix al
ready in town (for the Savings
Bond Division of the United
States Treasury, Washington's
star colony will be further
augmented tomorrow by the
arrival (4:03 at the airport)
Of Mike (Cochise) Ansara for
the Cherry Blossom Festival
events. And next Tuesday,
one of TVS all-time dolls, Fran
Allison, will be here to narrate
q dramatic presentation for the
kickoff luncheon of the D. C.
division of the American Cancer
Society. Mark Evans (no
visitor, he) will emcee.
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On the Run:
Bipartisan note: Mayor Wag-
ner Of New York, a Yale man,
has officially proclaimed Friday
as Harvard's Day in the big
city. The schools hour
long Cease for the College" will
be presented on CHS radio be-
ginning at 8 pm. that day.
Some of the T'V stars whose
shows are folding should pom
der their remarks longer before
making their excuses. Said
Gisele Mackenzie:
eve came on after Perry
Como and Polly Bergen. Two
hours Of music is just too much.
Half the audience drops of
after Perry's show, and we had
to try to build IL up again. 1t