TV Guide (December 25, 1954)

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EVENING 6:00 Q Lassie—Drama 0 (4) People Are Funny 0 You Asked for It-Requests Art Baker introduces Kuman, a daredevil who will perform feats of balance; a tag match in a pool of mud; a lesson in for¬ gery; an exhibition of aquatics. (Film) 0 MOVI E-Comedy "Million Dollar Weekend." A stock broker takes a million dollars from his office safe and leaves for Honolulu. Gene Ray¬ mond, Stephanie Pauli. 6:30 0 Jack Benny—Comedy Jack and his gang travel to the Naval Training center in San Diego, Cal., to visit men confined to the base over Christ¬ mas week-end. Leigh Snowden entertains the boys. Also on hand are: Eddie "Ro¬ chester" Anderson, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc and Joe "Not So Fast" Besser. Jack and the "Bop Quintet" end the program with a rousing jam session. Want to see the highest-priced Dixieland five in the country? Turn to page 22. 0 (4) Mr. Peepers—Comedy Wes had bragged so much about his skill on the slopes that Marge bought him a full ski outfit for Christmas. Now the Weskits and the Peepers set off for a session in the snow, with Wes as their instructor. Wally Cox, Pat Benoit, Tony Randall, Georgiann Johnson. 0 Playhouse—Polly Bergen William Gargan stars in "Lost Lullaby." A detective must deduce from such bizarre clues as a mysterious lullaby, an erased tattoo and two people who are really six people, to uncover the real identity of a lost boy. (Film) Cast Barry Graig ...William Gargan Lloyd Abbey .Arthur Space Florence Abbey .Mary Field Johnny Abbey .Donald MacDonald 7:00 Q TOAST OF THE TOWN Ed introduces two scenes from the film version of Morton Thompson's novel, "Not DECEMBER 26 As a Stranger." From last weeks's comedy he switches to drama for a scene between Olivia de Havilland and Robert Mitchum and the fight sequence featuring Frank Si¬ natra and Robert Mitchum. On the New York stage, Ed greets: singer Joan Weber, who gained overnight acclaim for her rec¬ ord of "Let Me Go, Lover"; "scat" singer Cab Calloway. Billy De Wolfe and Her- mione Gingold appear in the train sketch from the late John Murray An¬ derson's "Almanac." 0 ( 4 ) COMEDY HOUR Host Gordon MacRae introduces Barbara Ann Scott and her troupe of 50 who ap¬ pear in an ice panorama from Chicago Stadium. In the cast are: world's figure skating champion, from Germany, Gundi Busch; comic skater Freddie Trenkler; fig¬ ure-skater Skippy Baxter, who can exe¬ cute three complete loops in mid-air; skaters Jimmy Grogan, Andra McLaughlin and Bobby Blake; and introducing the French sensation, Pierre. (Chicago) Q FLIGHT NO. 7-Travelog 0 MOVI E-Comedy "Reg'lar Fellers." The kids meet a wealthy child-hating old woman. Roscoe Ates. 7:30 O BIG PICTURE-Army Films 0 FAITH OF OUR FATHERS 8:00 0 G.E. THEATER-Drama Barry Fitzgerald re-creates his Broadway role in an adaptation of Paul Vincent Carroll's play, "The White Steed." A paralyzed old Irish priest prays for the strength he needs to stop his over- s u N n SUNDAY 6:00 P.M. CHANNEL 9 MILLION DOLLAR WEEKEND A stock broker steals $1,000,000 and flees to Honolulu. He befriends a girl who is being blackmailed and blackmailer steals his $1,000,000. He recovers the money and an exciting ending results. THE WHITE CROSS THEATRE Sponsored by BANKERS LIFE & CASUALTY CO. TV GUIDE A-19