Variety (September 05, 1951)

TBUKVISMX 1 IKV1KWS MID DAY NEWS CRIME WITH FATHER ( The Boy Who Cried Wolf) Miih Rusty I.im. Fegfy Lobbtaa Ed Horner. Billy M. Groene •then Producer: Wilbur Stark Director: Charles S. Dubln Writer: Lorry Meukln SO Mina.: Fri.. 9 p m. Tele Follow-Up Comment Producer-director: Tod Marvel IS Mina: Moo-thrw-Fri.. lt:li p ut. Sustaining CBS-TV. S. Y. With 15 minutes to fill tem- porarily in ita new daytime setup. CBS-TV has inserted a cross-the- hor^ news program, i - A couple of sub-par spots dimln- his* stoence, the shew be* ished the quality of what might of former hurl otherwise have been an entertain- TvlSMir Mai*' in; shew on Sunday’? '2* edltfo*- It re s roe of Toast of the Town .” It was the in rid**. ^ last week before Ed Sullivan te- * r*' 1 turns from his summer vacatin'* and Dolores Gray deta * “Two on the Aisle” ,#** f-rwUr .not Mi- U- the introos rfijliSttonaiid her tune He Gilded on * K>rv? ne«c good enough to rate Ot:her eomerty on the show was ^dgjSwTTIo,, Iieany Y'»ttu a vnan who gen- P p Thit show has one merit—that j t rally lie’s hia nuoi a **f iaujjh*. Ho of introducing fresh talent to the mixitJ some mrw liwes with some televiewers. Sullivan has frequent- Wd n'ateftal anc. cvn.e out ahead ly taken a chance on unknowns, or. *u*»*"ri*JW*. some of them have worked out es- Opening the shov ons Hinny cellentlv and others not so well. In B.iggi, one nt the more j*'ile ^p- Jac*c ick Dan*, typo r«a*.ve v v e sketch** thev did a *J sc*i—t-1 v' varib _„ ort they put into them, lusher V>aton. assisted toy Mrs. lion. saUrWx* flic Ua\n co and Handled ,-JulhM balcony arene. It wasn’t un- r singling til ItcatvD moved into par/.vmixie. HP ____ „ grooved for ftSrtSv -1 # M w v i the housewife audience likelv to froas *. *• . •be looking in at the time. John Within the framewoth of mho- n( tbe CBS-TV news staff, cl ox defective drain*, the t rime a|M j Dorothy Doan, emeec oa the With Father" preero last Friday wrb s . Vj , n { (> Fair’' show, handle OV wa> erdrhes Mwve Its teevee. lJa , v .> orlJn g en d g-d. *>» the prototype*. It should have no pr eem Monday i3». demonstrated trouble snagging a bankrolJer on |h| . y their way around a basis of opening showcase. headline Show is in its present Although formatted *» mystery s i„t on |y f or three week*, until (llama, it emerged as s whvdunlt ; -tave of Life,” another soap opera, in tackling the strange killer ten- j off, but it certainly rates a denrie* of a vounfc psychotic with 9 ( ea4 |y ride. a persecution complex originating Format has Schafer handling in childhood and Stemming from (he rt r:>igJ»i news,, with Miss Doan a wastrel father The psychiatric , sporting on feature material, such overtones were encased within a as fashions and other items which swiftly moving and deftly written j ^j|j a pp e al strictly to the femme script that was skillfully directed , v j ewer$ Miss Doan was a feajw. via stage and camera. Excellent wr j| er f or Internationa*’ cu>*'cups of characters, some of j (bo-vice, covering fhe S and the PEEP VOCAL GROUP RENEWED on Htokely-Van Cuap’n “LITTLE KIloW" w'.tU J<»l*n on WNHT an<l Netw o'k. ? SO I’.M, D.S.T., Tuen.lav* and Thuraday* Mat i JIMMY RICH. N«w Vork Dir.i JOHN E. GIBBS A CO. TIIE EGG AND 1 With Pat Kirkland. John Crave*. Doris Rich. Frank Twodell. Grady Sutton Writers: Manya Starr. Robert Soderberg Producer: Montgomery Ford Director: Jack Gage 15 Mins.: Mon.-tlini-Fri.. It noon Sustaining CBS-TV. from New York “The Egg and 1.” a daytime serial based upon the Betty Mac • lVmald best-selling novel which CBS-TV preemed Monday *3'. wtW have little difficulty in building .1 sizable midday audience. For in light of the book's wide readeishlo and the fact that several films ha vs been based upon the story mod viewers will be presold. TV adaptation of the original appears to have captured the flavor of the original and those who be- came acquainted in other media with the tale of a young coupie who moved to the country to rtari to Valiev a c 'Ctcn farm wi be reasonably ■ * satisfied with the latest version. For the opening episode Pit of e. gave OSe i Kirkland and John Craven, as ihe citation and he | city-bred couple, were shown aba;>- a doning their small apartment « live on a chicken farm “for the •> i of their lives." It proved to be o I structure repleat w.tti i rustic simplicity but both resoheJ to make the be>t of It. j ’ Miss Kirkland ami Craven lire I well cast as the new lyweds. Do is j bi. „ . . - Rich and Frank Twedell turned in usua' we;.« hr ssl vu shew good characterizations of Ma sad 1 arc. us history and hie pi*nei' Pa Kertle. a pair of shiftless ru- i »i« tnon*tr it .*t» on* ' ralites. However, their portrayals ! in rvurnIng ut wito two fall shoti of the performances oi | Ki'ns whe- lol> over the riO’<' in er ; the screen Kettles. Percy Kilbride 1 0.^w Levant fa'ltd ty *mik*» n and Marjorie Main, whom view- (Dei Vkxt ,'«o ee»jk< of ! ers will immediately think of. | again displayed a p»e*S<n» per^ I Grady Sutton is believable as Jkeiiv *s**Mty ard a kno'vrsf **v of i Simmons, another bucolic chartc : keeping the hour perking. Central Meetric's v»c^*t Worse* Ctustd its summer season on CBS XIDS A CO. With Johnny Olsen; Al Greiner. organ, and guests Direotor: Fat Ray Writer: Bill Ballard SO Mins.: Sat., 11 ajn. RED GOOSE SHOES DuMont, from N. Y. ( Weitheltner & Block ) “Kids A Co.” i* okay moppet fare. In addition to encasing good and just ordinary child talent, it has a nice gimmick in a tribute to the “kid of the week.” done with cooperation of U. S. Junior cham- nncu uj kStft *i■ • vi izai 1 TV Sunday night (2> with a bright. ' y*-aih’lrjt l*opr of auizzing and en- i teriafonicttt that imUtalrt) >.Ho ! show. pernapa In a c«x»d3R?ed jfw'I hour vervten. Piigtit be a good i bet fur a yea?-manri (HxTatinn. ; (»rit bru>«« her!: the *‘Fr*»» VnriBg l ” to L>;e 9 o’elnej; period n«*x r . Sunday night 9 Regular pa.te t William Gallon was joined for tit* firsts by woe }jturie Jr , Mergo Jorec and wear Doirympie. All of »hvin. uatuially, are hep on <no» biz and h?d little iroublo ; wit:. nro*t o! the r?i kbvs pt v >* I poi t tied to* et:r. ee Dr iws, et K» rb) Ilk . iditiun. they p/alrvAi'd tUrh* own pcettihs’l ies neatly, wi»t« \ Gaxton avi V^urir panicv’liu* ) tparkinR '.he sh*r,* w.’tli homo j rapnitivi batfi<P*ing. laient ii**« ;vas .'tlvi tons f<yr the wiqnup. Ixilh in theu* boIo spots .■'n-* in !-:icsr oro;ect»« fi of the quest!/ns tor Uk» finale. Calibre of the goes arx ac:l th«*ir nuir.K r evicerced IbiH Gf: d in t pa. e ‘W btl'ikd, M'h f »r .- e BesweU. Valerie IL Ms. K^i He Mayehofi. Cy C^lemru Nl ((ric. i;nd ReH.? CJeoryc all tvjlttiV* bir.g * » tl/« <^:p QvBfUou*, per ; show !l» was 11-yez ! Dworchek lie Ditch ! hometown Paoli. Pa 1 Forge Army Hospital to read base- I ball books to blind veterans. _A member of the c. * i fine-looking boy a was gifted with jacket, a bike weekend at Park Sheraton Hotel N. Y.. and the sponsor's shoes: pirn a Helbros watch, a running gi\e-; dilapidated away. Along similar lines, emcee ' —* - — Johnny Olsen cited a kid who is in the hospital: it’ll be a regular fea- I ture along with “kid of week.” I Among the ente.iaining mopi»ets, the. topper was Barry Ross. 15. ac- J cord ion ist - sineer w hose “Too | Young” was highly promising • Leslie Uggams. who is eight and TOP OF THE With Marjorie Trumbull Producer: Mim Trumbull Director: Dave Km Mins.. Tburs.. C:3fi to 7 p m. Sustalnicc KPI\. Saw Fraocbr# 1« Is doubtful if rvet a finer com- bination of ingrediems wt-Te on | h ;nd to make for « icjt rh«>w. or « more thorough mess n.sde of an op* net thaa u\ this bosiratl.v ele- mentao t-.pe of inteiView pro- gram A super .vetting a famous room n.Mne and one b the most j b< *»iiiful view * i?. lf»e world wen?. *\t >.inrfired or an altar of sheer ! sfpldnei* of pmdxclioc, lighting, content and chatter, li i ques- tnu:able if a duller or u< :• '.mic- warding h*!f-ho»jr <71 fit c aitrivird content hss been o<!ers'd by even the high school juniors whe play- sn at radio and television. Cer- tainly the craftsmen who contrib- » ii*ed to the hodgepodge did Iciest video rep«ite Htfle in folsving **Y«»wr Eswt Ceovctof. 1 ’ CRfi-*'V ' stanzn '.vhicb Is hlirn^! the of Alan You ig. s nrariied i iinyrsveroeNl f x*m f « p»o/m a • 'oupb* of mantht hw’t v*e e, ’ if «U>1 he* »:aio •>. j Untitt h. son.« Inten^retatl** i tot It . ; and its backrror d. t^rougk film clip*. Much o* um maletfal vor,- shi* of inter, iews and son;* larks the s,jot nev s quality, bul r:*ve^- theless it hol«l» interest IV **re was «Hne gO'K.’ int "jiriti.S. mL iho'*/ evught Thur^tey 30 . as i* taring- • i.'td tcfetbci on the K/«th* I eeMr-irr. It ais amt J*fv*t»t"v» treaty ta!k>^ 1 Show mi'tzir* t A develop tha feeling of exclusivity, in the inter- i view* with Senators and in the special i'*-por*s by correspondents. Alexander Kendrick's report, for example, oo Yugoslavia’s- drift from oithedov Communism to- wards more private enterpri r , showed aspects of the country* not generally seen aa TV or Uik new**- reels. Featurlsh items wev* Vice- President Rv-klev with Vbsa Wash- ington. and the Little World Seriei ll-year-&:d bssehalleiw). both ir.tereitinu but cverionf?. Program is all on film, which presents jriob’cim Narr-dion seg- ments with Grilling Bancroft were out of synchronization, and Ban- croft shoii\<* imlimber a bit. Some of the editing was jumpy, having cut ouit tr.-naitionai Ad- justment of contrast between tilm of dtflerevit idi*.;o£iaohic quality wasn’t made qmckly <a<w.*?h. There’.! at. unocc»miiry can*yovv* from AM in the correspondents* winding their stints with. “This is Alexander Kendrick. Your Esso Reporter in MgBgtfe.* r. 'ur th«f* functional in radio but excess baggage oi film. MOVIE MATINEE With Betty Parry, Fred Daigcr, Others 30 Mina,: Tues, 1:13 p a Participating WXK1V, Albany Beity Parry, woman’s program director for inis HJ.OOO-wattcr. lias begun a series oi originations from Warners’ Madison Theatre, com- bining features of her regular radio show with audience stunts and giveaways. First block made un- even listening: some portions were reasonably interesting, and others had little point to non-visuals. Pickup was quite bad In spots, the tone from house p.a. system lack- ing clarity and fidelity. Interview with advertised guests. Melvyn Douglas and Signe Hasso—appear- ing at Saratoga Springs in “Glad Tidings”—proved rather disap- pointing. A better balance between aural and visual, plus sharpter routining, would be desirable. Recipe ex- change with femme representative of Daily Council could have been cut. Pickup there slid off marked- ly. A dog adoption award to a girl holding lucky ticket had a warm touch—official of Humane Society discussed proper method of han- dling the animal. ‘’Wish Come True” bit could be built; plug by service station operator, as gift is awarded, should go out. Fred Daiger handled himself well down in the auditorium try- ing on women's hats—the old Tom Breneman business. Miss Parry', probably nervous, had sure and ragged moments. Friendly. Intel- ligent gal will undoubtedly Im- prove as she gains feel of theatre. * om house viewpoint, program is attractive. Jaco. MASLAND AT HOME SHOW With Karl Wrightson. Norman Pari* group: Kyle Mac Donnell, took viewers on a “grand tour” of hack” theme was used in the open- .i ncu decorating job which in- *r. Conte displayed an okay flavor eluded a fireplace, garden, lily of geniality in his emceeing duties pond, tablr-for-two, candlelight. and measured up nicely with his and fresh flowers ; warbling. Singer and guest terp- A romantic background such as , Fisher A Curt parlayed ef- Ihis was a natural intro for Miss IffCtlvely on a well-staged produc- SeaiUc-ric? Davis, Jocj ; . free- lance t ::wncer h&z acrimer, h«ia been i'**ir«d pro^ra u dlreitoi of KING Acre. t>«vis was one of two atmounceis w ho gained kudo* la A fall for 24>bonr *;im to tais* Hzuifi tor Se.»tt l Symphony. He suc- ceed * Grapt Merrill, who has been upped tc piiiiuciio^ iiwiagei.