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without change. Fireside Theater, which resumed Sept. 1 after its va¬ cation, now has movie star Gene Ray¬ mond as program host, although Frank Wisbar continues as producer Ralph Edwards will surprise stars like Dinah Shore and George Montgomery. and director. Herbert Marshall will again be host of The Unexpected, the telefilm dramas featuring O. Henry- tsrpe endings. The three film series which have introduced most Hollywood stars to TV will continue in that direction. Ford Theater and Playhouse of Stars are on the air with no change, and Four Star Playhouse, telecast alter¬ nate Thursday nights last season, will be seen each Thursday night this year. Cavalcade of America, with its filmed dramatizations of famous events in American history, shifts from NBC to Monday nights on ABC this season. The half-hour live shows on TV will also be back unchanged. Both Circle Theater and Hall of Fame have already returned from their summer vacations. Sarah Churchill returns to the latter program as hostess and oc¬ casional star the first week in Octo¬ ber. This show, as it did last season, will present an occasional “special,” such as the Christmas week telecast of Amahl and the Night Visitors and a possible two-hour telecast of Mac¬ beth, starring Maurice Evans. This Is Your Life, which has been repeating for the summer the 13 shows of last season judged best by viewers, resumes its live schedule Sept. 30, when Ralph Edwards again will try to siuprise big-name per¬ sonalities and average citizens with the stories of their lives. Suspense, Danger and The Web, on the air all summer, will retain their emphasis on melodrama. Soundstage Continues Another half-hour program which debuted during the siunmer is Camp¬ bell Soundstage, which continues Fri¬ day nights on NBC. This is the pro¬ gram which replaced Aldrich Family. City Hospital, the dramatic series purporting to be based on incidents which might occur in a large metro¬ politan hospital, will be telecast al¬ ternate Thursday nights in the new season. With Melville Rxiick continu¬ ing to star as the doctor, it will ro¬ tate with Place the Face. Peggy Wood, Judson Laire and others in the Mama cast have re¬ turned to their same Friday night time period on CBS. Big Story comes back to NBC Friday nights with its dramatizations of famous achieve¬ ments by newspaper reporters. Tales of Tomorrow continues as a science fiction series for adults. Telefilms Repeated Several telefilm dramatic series originally telecast as network shows will be making the rounds of local TV stations this year imder new titles. Thus, a number of telefilms which originally were aired as Fireside Theater are now being telecast on local stations under the pseudonyms of Strange Adventure, Royal Play¬ house and Your TV Theater. The telefilms now known as Play of the Week were seen originally as Play¬ house of Stars. Famous Playhouse was known originally as Chevron Theater and Story Theater was known as Your Show Time, one of the pioneer tele¬ film series. Hollywood Half Hour was originally Silver Theater. Other tele¬ film series to be aired locally under various titles are Jewelers Showcase, Invitation Playhouse and Little Thea¬ ter. Ekkch of these features name stars in different stories each week. 10