TV Guide (May 28, 1955)

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TV Teletype/CoNT.Nu.0 «om j HOLLYWOOD Pan Jenkins reports: ED SULLIVAN will move to Hollywood next fall to produce and star in a feature picture to be made at Warner Brothers, which will give his Toast of the Town a Hollywood origination for a month or longeiT SULLIVAN has set up his own independent com¬ pany to produce the film. * * * Latest candidates for the Tugboat Annie TV film series are ELSA LANCHESTER and CHILL (Vrancls The Mule) WILLS . . . NBC's two-hour version of "Of Thee I Sing," slated as a fall "spectacular," may mark the TV debut of DORIS DAY . . . DAGMAR? You'll see her next with ESTHER WILLIAMS in "Don't Go Near the Water." * * * NBC is financing a new pilot. Skip Taylor, USAF , a series to be based on the life and adventures of Air Force cadets in training . . . GIG YOUNG has been signed to host the new Warner Brothers Presents film series on ABC next fall. . . Look Tor^ more and more TV shows to originate in Las Vegas, now that LIBERACE has paved the way. * * * It's possible JACK WEBB will wind up with a Las Vegas act, fronting a Dixieland jazz group. Versatile, these cops . . . The tennis-playing DINAH SHORE recently won the mixed-doubles tournament at the Racquet Club in Palm Springs. She also picked up a tan which has been driving NBC make-up men mad. * * * A major studio is eying Four Star Productions . Wants to take it over as a TV subsidiary - ! . With 6$ Life with Elizabeth films in the can, there's a new situation comedy show in the works for BETTY WHITE and DEL MOORE. DON FEDDERSON, who owns the show, has also packaged a new quizzer. Do You Trust Your Wife ?, to be filmed with EDWARD ARNOLD as permanent emcee. * * * It's a Great Life will go through the summer on a re- run"’basis, starting in June . . . Prosperity note, Post Office Dept.: Fan mail is up 12 percent over last year --and FESS PARKER and GEORGE GOBEL probably account for 11 percent of it. * * * Cultural note: CHARLES FARRELL, of My Little Margie, has been invited by Boston University's president to address 10,000 alumni during commencement weekend ... 0. Henry Television Play¬ house is now in production, with THOMAS MITCHELL as host in the title role. DICK POWELL is predicting that 1955-56 will see many more movie stars moving into TV . . . Permanent cast for the new You Can't Take It with You series includes CECIL KELLAWAY, BARBARA BRITTON, JOYCE HOLDEN, GEORGE GIV0T and NYDIA WESTMAN. 73