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THE HOLLYWOOD (OR DIM) VIEW OF TV IS MIRRORED IN FILMS ^ In 'A Star Is Born/ Judy Garland sinks to singing-commercial job. TV programs, however, and marries a thoroughly nice young man, who keeps taking pictures of her with his 16-millimeter movie camera. There is currently making the rounds a picture called “Top Banana,” which, in burlesque parlance, means “head comic.” He is portrayed as a real unpleasant-type character — a broad caricature of Milton Berle, if that’s possible—and he springs full¬ blown from the brow of television. Judy Garland is about to return to movie screens in a remake of “A Star Is Born.” Early in the plot, Judy gives up a job for a movie contract, which fails to materialize. Desperate, she sinks to the level of doing a TV commercial—but she doesn’t become another Betty Furness. That would be heresy. This unchivalrous Hollywood trend was forecast several years ago when Ronald Colman starred in a travesty on TV quiz shows called “Champagne for Caesar.” In it, the part of an idiot quiz master was handed to Art Link- letter, who should have known bet¬ ter—and now does. Even earlier—as far back as 1950— M-G-M got real forward-thinking and cast Barbara Stanwyck as a pesky radio-TV gossip columnist. She kept appearing on TV screens and making Clark Gable’s life miserable until he married her. Some day the movies may discover the likes of Edward R. Murrow, Alex Segal and maybe even Kukla, Fran & Ollie. This won’t happen until a long, hot day in January, however. TV is still a menace to the movie box office, and as such is hardly a fit sub¬ ject for congratulatory back slapping.