TV Guide (February 19, 1955)

SUNDAY 2:30 0 Ellery Queen—Mystery "The Moll." The suicide death of a small¬ time gangster seems connected to the operations of the underworld's mysteri¬ ous "Mr. Big." Hugh Marlowe. (Film) eg) Beat the Clock—Games 3:00 Q Background—Documentary The camera crews have gone to Germany to get the Germans' own reaction to plans for the nation's rearmament. fg) Pennsylvania Society of Pr^essional Engineers Name That Tune—Quiz (ig) Johns Hopkins—Science Dr. George W. Smith returns to the show to speak again of tic Douloureux, sometimes called the worst pain known to man. (Baltimore) 3:30 People Are Funny—Gomes (8) The Millionaire—Drama "The Story of Emily Short." A typist in a large business firm receives the check for $1,000,00D. She plans to forsake her humdrum life and go off on a European jaunt. Marvin Miller. (Film) fD©) Adventure—Education Dr. Harry Shapiro and Charles Colling- wood present the fourth in a series on genetics. Today's topic: "The 'Races' of Man, Their Origins, Differences and Sim¬ ilarities." Such topics as racial change, mutation, natural selection, adaptation, genetic drift, migration and isolation are shown through film and the animated il¬ lustrations of the John Butler dancers. (1^ Healing Waters 4:00 Q Roy Rogers—Western "Dead-end Trail." A young boy who wor¬ ships an outlaw, tries his best to keep Roy from finding this man, wanted for high¬ way robbery, assault and murder. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady. (8) You Are There—History Please see 6 P.M. Saturday m listing. 03 ©) The American Week (T2) Schools in Action "Business Education." Wilmington H.S. 4:30 0 Zoo Parade—Nature "Animal Health" is Marlin Perkins' topic for today. (Chicago) Fame—Film The life of Wendell Willkie is reviewed. (0) Follow That Man—Drama "The Missing Cadet." A big-time hoodlum hires Mike Barnett to find his son who has disappeared from the Tri-state Mili¬ tary Academy after being served with a subpoena to testify against his dad. Ralph Bellamy stars as Barnett. (Film) industry on Parade—Film 4:45 Televiews—Film (g) Your University-Education Prof. Ray E. Keesey, Department of Dra¬ matic Arts and Speech, U. of Delaware. 5:00 0 (8) Hall of Fame—Drama "Martha Custis Washington," the little- known tale of the widowed mother of two children who became the wife of America's first President. Near breakdown from the difficulties of running her huge plantation single-handed, Martha Custis went to rest at the home of friends. There the forthright widow met the shy and charming Col. George Washington, who courted her for over a year before mak¬ ing her his wife. Q| Super Circus—Variety Claude Kirchner, Mary Hartline and the clowns, Nicky, Cliffy and Scampy, wel¬ come: Baby chimp .Darlene & Jinx Archery expert .Jim Lynch Gymnastics .U.S. Gymnastic Stars (0 Omnibus—Alistair Cooke (1) "The First R" is "Readin'," and to¬ day's guests, Drs. Anne McKillop and Arthur I. Gates of Teachers College, will test a class on its reading powers. View¬ ers will be oble to participate, too, and there will be instruction in increasing reading power. (2) A film will depict the sea in its varying moods, as depicted on the canvases of f9th-century American painter Winslow Homer. James T. Flexner arranged the pictures; the sound track adds sounds and songs of the sea; John Halos and Joy Batchelor ("Animal Farm") produced. 5:15 (g) News Summary 5:20 Catholic TV Guild-Religion A-12 TV GUIDE