TV Guide (June 11, 1954)

Page scan 00062 from TV Guide

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
June 11, 1954
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - Chicago (June 11, 1954)
Leaf #:
00062
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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phasizes, “which aren’t available on the open market. I doubt, for instance, that an M-4 tank can be bought at any Army-Navy store—so we supply the tank.” Film producers, oddly enough, are just now beginning to wake up to the fact that Armed Services files are loaded with “truth-is-stranger-than- fiction” stories no writer could con¬ ceivably dream up; and there are in preparation today several TV series based entirely on Service stories. Recent one-shots involving Service cooperation have included Fireside Theater’s “I Send Your Son into Battle,” Schlitz Playhouse’s “Decision at Sea” and “Edge of Battle” and Ford Theater’s “To Any Soldier,” the story of an Army chaplain. Kraike, who has immediate plans to make at least two more Ford Theater films drawn from Navy files, adds admiringly, “It’s remarkable how broad-minded these Service peo¬ ple have been. They lean over back¬ ward to be fair. They don’t object to honest realism—and I think you’re going to see some whopping good films coming out of Hollywood, films which can do both Hollywood and the Armed Forces a lot of good.” Reagan consults script clerk Doris August.