Screenland Plus TV-Land (Nov 1952 - Oct 1953)

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WIRE By MACCI McNELLIS Dorothy (Kilgallen) and Dick (Kollmar) plan to do TV series along lines of their popular radio show. Bedecked in a Ceil Chapman gown and Harry Winston's $12,000 diamond necklace, Maggi McNellis greets Gloria DeHaven at a Gotham premiere. variety show emanating from Gotham. During the gala midnight champagne supper party given at Bruno's Pen & Pencil Steak House by the Outer Circle drama critics ' (Broadway correspondents for out-of-town newspapers), Edith and Roz Russell danced and sang the title song from their show after accepting scrolls which named "Wonderful Town" the "best musical for 1952 53." Jack Benny wants Ann Sothern to bring her shorthand notebook and pencil over to his "house" on a future telecast. To date, Ann has demurred, despite the fact generous Jack has offered to send Rochester in the Maxwell to bring her to the Benny homestead for the video visit . . . Although Frank Sinatra doesn't want to be hnigi in i the series which became so popular with televiewers when J. Carrol Naish played the role, the actorsinger is quietly working on a telefilm format that will give him an opportunity to concentrate on dramatics rather than vocal abilities. Tipsters insist Sinatra is angling for a program tailored along the Robert Montgomery lines. That's a very ambitious goal for any actor firmly established internationally as a singer . . . Mary Sinclair, who favors milk baths over the bubbly kind, works on jigsaw puzzles while soaking in her tub — it's her way of relaxing completely after a busy day around town, rehearsing, performing, shopping . . . Perry Co mo eats spaghetti as much as he likes and never gains an ounce by indulging himself in his favorite food. "It's the sauce you use that adds the calories," cautions Perry. "I use tomatoes, chives and mushrooms, nothing else added" . . . ON the 19th of every month, Desi Arnaz presents the Lucy he loves with a box of his favorite cigars, in honor of the January 19th birthdate of their son Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV. Lucille Ball (continued on pace 69) 47