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falb Kellers Crusaders NATION’S TOP STARS MARCH WITH CHRISTOPHERS ON TV If (as the press releases insist) this is truly the year of the $300,000 “extrav¬ aganzas,” when the voice of the name star is heard through the land, then perhaps it is time to make way for a man who really knows how to corral big names. He isn’t Max Liebman, Fred Coe or even Ed Sullivan. He is a missionary priest named Father James Keller, and although he has never spent more than $30,000 on a single television show, he quite possibly holds the TV record for snagging stars. Among them: James Cagney—on TV for the first time, William Holden, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Irene Dunne, Loretta Young, Paul Douglas, Jimmy Durante, Jo Stafford, William Bendix, Walter O’Keefe, Den¬ nis Day, Phil Harris, Charles Farrell, Jack Haley and Robert Young. These stars and hundreds of others help Father Keller tell the story of the Christopher movement he founded and directs. This year the Christopher program— upped from a 15-minute to a half- hour filmed show—enters its third season on TV. Scheduled to appear soon are James Cagney, Danny Thomas, Ann Blyth, Jeanne Crain, Jerry Colonna and Jo Stafford—and quite possibly Charles Boyer, Rosa¬ lind Russell, Tyrone Power and Peter Lawford as well. All these people, in a way, are Father Keller’s “angels.” He credits them with helping him introduce the Christopher movement to more than All together: aiding Father Keller in the first of his half-hour Christo¬ pher programs for TV are, left to right, Eddie Jackson, pianist Tommy Chambers, Jimmy Durante, Danny Thomas, Ann Blyth and Jeanne Crain. ten million Americans on TV alone. The 54-year-old priest, a member of the Maryknoll Missionary Society, organized the Christopher movement in 1945 to awaken a sense of moral and spiritual responsibility, to stimu¬ late those who, in Father Keller’s words, are “for God.” “We feel that little people can do big things to change the world for the better once they are sparked by a love of God and a love of man,” Father Keller holds. “When a million of them start reaching for the world, making their voices heard and their influence for good felt, then we will be on the high road to peace.” The first Christopher film was shot in Hollywood in 1949 and was de¬ signed for use by clubs, schools and church groups. It was called “You Can Change the World,” and starred Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Loretta Young, Irene Dunne, William Holden, Ann Blyth and Rochester. It was filmed in Benny’s living room under the eyes of director Leo Mc- Carey, who, like the stars, donated his services. 10