TV Guide (August 27, 1955)

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TV Teletype NEW YORK Bob Stahl reports: On NBC's upcoming daytime dramatic series, Matinee . SARAH CHURCHILL will play her own American grandmother In an original play, "The Remarkable Mr. Jerome.". . . MARGARET TRUMAN also signed for an as yet unselected role . . . Network also has made MARILYN MONROE a firm offer to play "The Brothers Karamazov" as a three-hour, three-parter . . , And producer AL McCLEERY has obtained rights so far to two plays presented originally on Studio One, two from Kraft Theater and one from TV Playhouse. - -» * * ■ -- NBC hopes It will be the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series, because that would permit televising of all series games In color. Otherwise, count on color only in games played at Ebbets Field. * * * First of ABC's fall Disneyland series on Wednesday, Sept. l4, will be "Dumbo," one ot WALT DISNEY's feature-length movies . . Also scheduled for the new series are "Man and the Moon," in the "Tomorrowland" category, and "Robin Hood" and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" In "Fantasyland." * * * GORE VIDAL adapting another WILLIAM FAULKNER story, "A Question of Honor," for Climax I . . . And Climax] producers also working on an adaptation of the famed romantic classic, "Mayerllng" . . . Studio One planning a super-duper extravaganza for Its Eighth Anniversary program Monday, Nov. 7. * * * NBC trying to Interest sponsors In the Book-of-the-Month Club Theater , to rotate Sunday afternoons with Wide Wide World an5 the MAURICE EVANS spectaculars. The B-O-M shows will be bud- geted at |100,000 each . . . It's part ofNBC's ambitious plan to make Sunday afternoons "another peak viewing period." * * * NITA TALBOT'S role on the upcoming Joe and Mabel ser¬ ies will be that of a manicurist — the same role that first won her attention in "The Women" spectacular . . JUDY GARLAND naturally will sing "Over the Rainbow" for her CBS spectacular Sept. 24. * * * Movie star JOHN WAYNE will guest on the initial Gunsmoke show Sept. 10. He has prepared a special filmed insert to Introduce JAMES ARNESS, regular star of the series ... If you're wonder¬ ing about that mysterious gun aimed at JULIUS LA ROSA each Satur¬ day night on TV's Top Tunes , incidentally, it's only a teaser for Gunsmoke . which will move into LA ROSA's time period. * * * New JACKIE GLEASON comic book now on the stands . . . EDNA BEST and SARAH MARSHALL,scheduled to play mother and daughter in "Counterfeit"' on U.S. Steel Hour this Wednesday, are mother and daughter in real life. •Trade-mark, Teletype Corp. Continued on Inside Back Cover