TV Guide (September 4, 1954)

All times are Eastern Standard SEPTEMBER 5 adventures of the famed collie and his masters, the Miller family. The show centers on the farm life of Jeff Miller (Tommy Rettig), his widowed mother (Jan Clayton) and his grandfather (George Cleveland), and, of course, Lassie. 0 YOU ASKED FOR IT—Acts Art Baker presents Vincent Telling, who will demonstrate the method used in tracing lost heirs by describing a Mr. Campbell, a missing heir who is en¬ titled to a large inheritance. A group of teen-age Europeans who have been living here as “Americans For a Year.” A re-enactment of the famous pony ex¬ press. A pair of glider-piloting acrobats. A backstage view of a magician's stunts. (Film) 6:30 0 © © MR. PEEPERS—Comedy Robinson relives the most important day in his life—his wedding to Nancy Rem¬ ington—as we take a last look into the Peepers family album. On Sept. 19, Mr. Peepers returns “live" with new tales of the folk in Jefferson City. Wally Cox, Pat Benoit, Marion Lome, Ernest Truex, Tony Randall, Georgiann Johnson. (Film) . . . Next week at this time TV GUIDE gives spectacular cov¬ erage to the first of NBC’s spectaculars, starring Betty Hutton. The blonde bomb¬ shell will be featured on the cover and there will be a full story on this one- and-a-half hour show. 0 © © YOUR PLAY TIME “The Night Light at Vorden’s.” A domi¬ neering mother stops at nothing to keep her daughter from marrying her school¬ teacher suitor. (Film) CAST Ward Preston .. Craig Stevens Vanessa Vorden . Jean Byron Bianca Vorden .Myra McKinney Harold Atkins . Emmett Vogan Dr. Paul Tabor . Bruce Payne Final show of the season. Next week at this time. Private Secretary returns to its familiar time spot in a new series of adventures starring Ann Sothern as Susie MacNamara. 0 PLAYHOUSE—Anita Colby "Adopted Son." A mother tries to re¬ make the athletic boy she has adopted s in the image of her musically inclined son who has died. (Film) CAST Mother . Frances Gifford Father . Gordon Oliver Boy . Dee Pollock ■ 7:00 ® © © SUMMER COMEDY HOUR The cast boasts actress Dorothy Lamour, singer Nat “King” Cole, and comedian Larry Storch. Dorothy Lamour appears in a sketch satirizing sarongs. She’ll sing “Queen of the Hollywood Islands." Another of her scenes fakes place on the the Hawaiian island of Luau. This is the last of the Summer Comedy Hour series. Next week at this time: the first Spectacular in which Max Leibman pre¬ sents Betty Hutton in “Satins and Spurs." Two weeks from tonight: Gordon MacRae will be permanent host on the winter Comedy Hour. 0 © © TOAST OF THE TOWN Ed Sullivan presents scenes from "The Ice Capades of 1955” in a special pro¬ gram originating in Atlantic City’s Con¬ vention Hall. A 40-minute segment pre. sents the premier performance of John Harris's "Ice Capades" starring Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht, with a cast of 110 skaters. The ice show is part of Atlantic City's centennial celebration. Tonight’s scenes accent comedy. Metro¬ politan Opera star Roberta Peters and impressionist Sonny Howard join the festivities, along with the Harmonicats. 0 HAL ROACH COMEDY 7:30 O BOSS LADY—Comedy 8:00 0 © © TV PLAYHOUSE—Drama "Run Like a Thief” by Sam Hall. When a valuable bracelet is lost at a resort hotel, suspicion points to a young waiter. The boy is the protege of a man to whom the waiting profession is a “sacred trust." CAST Alexander Ingles.Kurt Kazner Dell Ingles.Gusti Huber Rob.James Dean Madame Pollard.Barbara O’Neil The Insurance Investigator .Ward Costello The Busboy.Amy Walton Mr. Howard.Eugene Wood A-13 mm