TV Guide (December 25, 1954)

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Christmas feast. Ethel's belief in Santa Claus is sorely strained. Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce play Ethel and Albert. This is the final show of the series. Q Sports Final—Duggan 7:00 Q JACKIE GLEASON-Comedy Jackie presents a gala holiday extrava¬ ganza for the young ones and other viewers: "The Poor Soul in Christmas Land." A fairy queen takes pity on the Poor Soul, who is left all alone at Christmastime, and takes him to Fairy¬ land. Then the Poor Soul and the Fairy Queen board a magic carpet to Christ¬ mas land, where they see a big carnival. The June Taylor Dancers will be found throughout Fairyland. Read about Jackie's frantic movements next week. 0 (4) MICKEY ROONEY Mickey and Freddie help the boss. 0 DOTTY MACK SHOW-Music Dotty, Bob Braun and Colin Male pan¬ tomime to records. A guest dance team will also perform. (Cincinnati) 0 MOVIE—Musical Comedy "All-American Coed." A young man poses as a girl in order to participate in a school exam. Frances Langford. 7:30 0 (4) PLACE THE FACE-Game Guesting are sportscaster Tom Harmon and his beauteous wife, actress Elyse Knox. Emcee Bill Cullen also introduces comedienne Mitzi Green, who not only tries to place a face from the past but also presents plans for making hers a face of the future. She's the star of the show which replaces Place the Face next week at this time: A situation com¬ edy with a Hollywood locale. So This Is Hollywood. It co-stars Miss Green with Virginia Gibson, Jimmy Lydon and Gor¬ don Jones. 0 TROUBLE WITH FATHER 8:00 0 TWO FOR THE MONEY 0 (4) IMOGENE COCA As a Christmas treat, Imogene stars in a fairy tale as "Glissanda, or the Girl Who Sang Like a Bird." Character actor Ernest Truex portrays the king of a mythical kingdom who brings the poor DECEMBER 25 waif, Glissanda, to his castle as com¬ panion to the queen. 0 BOXING—Albany Four amateur bouts of three rounds each from the Mid-city Arena in Albany, N.Y. Jack Gregson reports. Q LONE WOLF-Adventure "The Hunt." Mike Lanyard helps the authorities track down a man who is carrying cholera. Louis Hayward, Joe Besser, Pat Dane. (Film) 8:30 0 MY FAVORITE HUSBAND Liz Cooper feels that George is taking her for granted, and plans some action gua¬ ranteed to shake him up a bit. Joan Caul¬ field, Barry Nelson. (Film) 0 @ DONALD O'CONNOR Donald salutes the season with Christmas carols. Supporting him are the voices of the Robert Mitchell Boy Choir. Donald's songs include "Christmas Can Be Every Day." (Film) Q WRESTLING—Marigold Jack Brickhouse is at the Marigold mike. The Great Karpizolas vs. Zack Maikov. Mitsu Arakawa vs. Paneho Aguilar. Benito Gardini vs. Red Bastien. Jack Wilson vs. Ivan Rasputin. John Arjon vs. The Mighty Atlas. Bill Koenig vs. Jim Bernard. Hans Hermann vs. Roy Rogers. Main event: Rudy Kay vs. Pat O'Connor. 8:45 0 FIGHT TALK-Sports Bob Cooke and Don Dunphy interview John Bach, basketball coach of Ford ham University. DONALD O’CONNOR TEXACO STAR THEATER Saturday night-Ch. 4-5, 8:30 P.M. Presented by YOUR TEXACO DEALER The best friend your car has ever had I N TV GUIDE A-l 1 > </>