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NEW YORK Bob Stahl reports; TV Teletype NBC«s PERRY COMO and CBS' JACKIE GLEASON both still playing coy about whether they'll be telecast directly opposite each other Saturday nights this fall. But latest word has the hour- long Como Show going at 8 o'clock EST opposite the DORSEY BROTH ERS' Stage Show , with GLEASON'S Honeymooners coming on at 8:50 to buck COMO'S second half-hour. « « « With two movie versions of "War and Peace” filming in- Europe, now It's TV's turn. NBC president PAT WEAVER and producer OTTO PREMINGER discussing a TV "spectacular” based on the TOLSTOI classic . . . And speaking of spectaculars, CBS now plans one each fourth Tuesday and Thursday night, as well as every fourth Saturday. * * * CBS also has acquired for spectaculars the TV rl^ts to "Time Out for Ginger," Broadway play last year, and to F. SCOTT FITZ¬ GERALD'S "The Last Tycoon" . . . And ORSON WELLES planning to film "Around the World In 8o Days," with COLE PORTER music, as a spectacular. WELLES once starred In the show on Broadway. * * * PEGGY KING definitely set now to return as singing star of The George Gobel Show . . . Greatest Fights of the Centu^ . 15-mlnute films originally telecast Friday nights after Cavalcade of Sports , scheduled for syndi¬ cation to local stations by Craftsman Films. JOHN PEYSER, directing "Casablanca" for Warner Brothers Pre ¬ sents , Is rehearsing and shooting each episode completely, with out the movies' customary short "takes" . . . PHIL SILVERS will have 26 of his You'll Never ^t Rich telefilms completed by the time the show starts Sept. 20. That represents a |l,000,000 Investment, underscoring CBS' confidence that the show will be a hit with TV audiences. * * * British movie actress GLYNIS JOHNS coming here this fall and has requested her agents to line up some Amer¬ ican TV work for her . . . LARRY BLYDEN, playing a New York taxi driver in the forthcoming Joe and ^bel ser¬ ies, forced to get an authentic hack license for the outdoor filming sequences. « « « Emcee HERB.SHRINER signed to a Columbia Record contract. He'll sing pop ballads for both adults and kids . . . DICK VAN DYKE, new emcee of Morning Show , tapped by CBS to audition a projected new variety program titled It's on the House. * * * —————— BOB CROSBY, who gave l6-year-old daughter CATHY her first break by spotll^tlng her on his TV show, now taking her to England with him for his appearance at the London Palladium this fall. 'Trade-mark, Teletype Corp. Continued on Inside Back Cover