TV Guide (September 3, 1955)

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4 EVENING 6:00 (Q It's Magic—Paul Tripp Emcee Paul Tripp plays host to stuntmas- ter Randi, who tries to escape from shackles and a straitjacket. Chinese il¬ lusionist Ching, who makes myriads of candles appears from out of nowhere, and comic-magician Jay Marshall also visit. This is the last show of the season. Lassie returns at this time next week. Q People Are Funny—Games (1) Art Linkletter sends a uranium pros¬ pector out to a local neighborhood. He's supposed to convince the householders there is uranium in the area, and get permission to dig up their front lawns. (2) A jury of policemen decides whether a man or his wife is the better driver. Q You Asked for it—Requests (1) The Texas Rangers solve a modern- day case of cattle rustling. (2) A girl par¬ alyzed in both arms demonstrates how she paints with her feet. (3) Greased- pole-climb competition. (4) A magician performs in swimming trunks. 6:30 0 Private Secretary-Comedy Susie suspects her boss of an ulterior mo¬ tive when he presents her unexpectedly with a five-pound box of chocolates. Ann Sothern, Don Porter, Ann Tyrrell. Frank¬ lin Pangborn is the candy salesman. 0 @ Do It Yourself Do-it-yourselfer Dave Willock shows the folks some projects to interest the chil¬ dren. Most of them are projects to keep the kids at home out of mischief on rainy days. Humorist Cliff Arquette comments while Dave works. (Hollywood) Q Hollywood Backstage Ern Westmore glamorizes the five women chosen from the audience. Q MOVIE—To Be Announced 7:00 O toast OF THE TOWN Ed Sullivan and the gang travel to Atlan¬ tic City to view the 1956 edition of the "Ice Capades." We'll see a full half-hour of "Peter Pan" on ice. Donna Atwood stars in the production. Also, Shelley Win¬ ters and Lillian Gish re-enact scenes from the new film, "Night of the Hunter," pro¬ duced by Paul Gregory, directed by Charles Laughton. Gregory and Laugh¬ ton are on hand to show clips from the movie, which co-stars Robert Mitchum. @ ® VARIETY HOUR Charlton Heston emcees. Tonight, he is host to the singing King Sisters. Frank De Vol conducts the orchestra. Q IN OUR TIME-Travel 7:30 O EISENHOWER PRESS CONF. 8:00 O G.E. THEATER-Drama Joseph Cotten stars in "High Green Wall," Charles Jackson's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens." Cotten plays Henty, a disil¬ lusioned businessman who joins an Ama¬ zon expedition and gets lost in the jungle. There he meets McMaster, the half-caste whose greatest joy is having the works of Charles Dickens read to him. Ronald Reagan is host. (Film) Cast Henty . Joseph Cotten McMaster . Thomas Gomez Aubert . Maurice Marsac First Explorer . Marshall Bradford Second Explorer . Ward Wood @ ® TV PLAYHOUSE-Drama "The Miss America Story" stars Lee Ann Meriwether, "Miss America 1955," and singer Johnny Desmond in a drama about the experiences of a girl who sud¬ denly finds herself proclaimed the most talented entrant in the country-wide con¬ test. The teleplay is by Roger Hirson. Cast Jody Carson . Lee Ann Meriwether Phil Damon . Johnny Desmond Mayor . Howard Freeman Connie Bartlett . Lori March Bill Bartlett . Peter Turgeon Upjon . James Little Carl . Sidney Armus Ostefan Grotz . Jonathan Harris Mrs. Johnson . Bonnie Bartlett Esther Ross . Lilyan Wilde Announcer . Milo Boulton Lee Ann Meriwether wants a pink car. Story of a queen's reign on page 5. A-18 TV GUIDE