TV Guide (May 14, 1954)

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SUNDAY M A Y 16 All times are Chicago Daylight Saving Time 0 Super Circus—3 Ring Thrills Claude Kirchner, Mary Hartline, and the clowns are joined by three stupendous acts: O'Dell and Jackie, hand-balancers. Baudy's greyhounds, six dogs and three monkeys. The O'Dells, jugglers. The sen¬ sational Ortons, swaying-pole act. 0 BASEBALL-Sox vs. Wash. 2nd game of a doubleheader. 5:00 0 The American Week GO Paul Hartman Show 0 Meet The Press—Discussion 0 Cisco Kid—Western Film 5:30 © You Are There—Drama You are attending "The Scopes Trial" in Dayton, Tennessee, in July of 1925. Teacher Scopes has been brought to trial because he taught Darwin's theory of evolution to the children of religious townfolk. Brilliant iawyer Clarence Dar- row defends Scopes and his ideas. Actual film clips of the scenes outside the original courtroom will be shown. Scopes now lives in Shreveport, La., where he is a researcher for a gas company. 0 You Asked For It—Requests 0 Roy Rogers Show—Drama "The Mingo Kid." Roy Rogers masquer¬ ades as the Mingo Kid in an effort to uncover plans for a bank robbery. 0 Jane Pickens—Musical 5:45 © Commercial EVENING 6:00 0 Life With Father—Comedy Mother becomes ill from the patent med¬ icine being sold by her sons: She decides to take advantage of Father's sympathy and make him do as she wishes. Leon Ames and Lurene Tuttle. GO Joe Palooka—Adventure 0 Paul Wine hell—Comedy 0 You Asked for It—Requests George Biggers and his Beard of Bees. Rasini, "The Daredevil Dane," somer¬ saults a rocket-powered racing car. How the Navy teaches blind flying to aviation cadets. Art Baker hosts, (film) . In Standard Time areas, subtract one hour. © Quality Theater—Film "Closeup." A lost wallet saves a child's life, brings happiness to a poor man's family and reunites a wealthy husband and wife. Donald Woods and Ann Dvorak. 6:30 0 Private Secretary "Crazy Mixed Up Kid." Susie's boss dele¬ gates her to give a lesson in manners to a teen age hepcat. Susie decides to give the boy a dose of his own medicine. Ann Sothern, Paul Piecrni, Don Porter, (film) © 0 Mr. Peepers—Comedy It seems as if every relative Nancy and Robinson have is jammed on the lawn at the Remingtons' garden party. And the lovebirds just want to be alone. Wally Cox and Pat Benoit star. Next week you are cordially invited to attend the wed¬ ding of Mr. Peepers and his blushing bride. (Page 16 tells how Georgiann Johnson went from pin-up to Mrs. Weskit. Next week's issue will carry Mr. Peepers' wedding announcement.) 0 Drew Pearsort A review of the news. 0 Theater Date—Film "Broadway Big Shot." A news reporter goes to prison to obtain an embezzle¬ ment story. Ralph Byrd and Virginia Vale. 6:45 0 News—Austin Kipiinger Latest news headlines. 7:00 0 TOAST OF THE TOWN Host Ed Sullivan headlines tonight's show with a scene from John Patrick's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Teahouse of the Au¬ gust Moon," featuring David Wayne as the Japanese interperter Sakini. Other guests are: Singer-pianist Nat "King" Cole; the "is everybody happy?" man Ted Lewis; accordionist Dick Contino; St. Louis Cardinal outfielder Stan Musial; golfer Byron Nelson; English comic Rich¬ ard "Mr. Pastry" Hearne. In the audi¬ ence are General Claire Chennauit and members of his "Flying Tiger" division. (Our reviewer lauds Ed Sullivan's inven¬ tiveness, p. 20.) A-20