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• By JILL WARREN
A darkened studio, a piano and coffee-break help Frank Sinatra set the mood for his popular 15-minute NBC show.
"Brightest Day" for CBS starlet Mary Linn Beller (Babby) came recently when she was married to Robert Pitofsky. When he said "I do," Robert happily gave up his active status as vice-president of Bachelors Club of America.
Freeman "Amos" Gosden and Charles "Andy" Correll rehearse for their Christmas rendition of The Lord's Prayer.
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There's good reason for NBC-TV's excitement over plans for its big Christmas day extravaganza — "Peter Pan," starring Mary Martin. However, it will have to be a cut-down version of the stage production, which runs three hours. According to present plans, "Peter" will most likely be televised from the theater where it is playing, because of the many involved mechanics of the play.
CBS-TV's big Yuletide offering is Dickens' "Christmas Carol," which will be seen Thursday, December 23. Maxwell Anderson has done a musical adaptation of this famous classic, and
the big cast will include Fredric March as Scrooge, Basil Rathbone as Marley's Ghost, Christopher Cook as Tiny Tim, Ray Middleton as the nephew, Bob Sweeney as Cratchett.
"Amahl and the Night Visitors," by Gian-Carlo Menotti, will be presented on NBC-TV, for the fifth consecutive year, on Sunday, December 19. Also doing a repeat, on CBS Radio, December 19, will be Amos 'n' Andy, with their now-famous version of the Lord's Prayer. And Gene Autry, who will tell the story of the Nativity, as he did last year, will be heard on CBS Radio the same day.
Preparing for its role on the Sunday before Christmas, the New York Philharmonic Symphony has programmed Brahms' "Requiem," with Bruno Walter conducting, and featuring guest soloists. During the intermission time, James Fassett will narrate "A Carol Is Born," the story of the composition, "Silent Night." He will also play the late Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink's original recording of the selection, made many years ago.
"The Women" — by Clare Boothe Luce — which was a hit Broadway show and also a hit movie, will be performed on the Producers' Showcase Monday