Ozzie And Harriet Now In
Tenth Year On Television
When band leader Ozzie Nels
Hilliard, were married on Oct. 8,
one das they would head a netvw
show that would make their owr
sons nationally known. The show*
is seen Sundays at 8 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
“The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet." which stars the- former
band leader and girl singer and
their sons. David and Rick, is now
in its tenth consecutive year over
ABC-TV. Including its long radio
run. the series actually is starting
its 18th year on the air.
The boys joined their parents on
the show in 1948 when David was
11 and Rick 3 years old. Ozzie has
portrayed himself on the show, pro
duced and directed it. and also
been its chief writer from the be
ginning.
Harriet was studying ballet and
appearing in musical movie shorts
when she met Ozzie in 1932. Search
ing for just the right girl to sing
with his band, he stopped looking
when he met Harriet. In a short
time the two were big box office
attractions, and they became fa
mous from coast to coast through
their radio broadcasts from Glen
Island Casino in the early '30s.
First Program
This led to their first commercial
program, in which they co-starred
^Hith the late Joe Penner. It was
during the run of this program that
Ozzie and Harriet were married at <
his mother’s home in Hackensack. I
N.J. In 1941 they joined Red Skel- ;
ton's network radio show furnish- 1
ing the music and appearing in (
comedy skits. i t
Ozzie and Harriet started their r
“The Adventures of Ozzie and Har- 1
on and his girl vocalist, Harriet
1935, little did they dream that
irk TV family situation comedy
i names and those of their two
net" radio show in the fall of 1944
and in the fall of 1952 the show
w’ent on ABC-TV.
Harriet was named “Woman oJ
the Year" (for 1959) in the enter
tainment field by the Los Angeles
Times. In 1960 she wras the recipient
of the Genii award, presented an
nually by the Radio-TV Women ol
Southern California for “outstand
ing contributions to the entertain
ment industry."
With more music being presentee
on the family show—including duets
by Ozzie and Harriet—thousands ol
requests were received for them tc
make an album. As a result, the}
recorded their first album in man}
years, titled “Ozzie and Harriet."
Gladys In Search
For Ancient Auto
Gladys learns too late, after sell
ng an ancient auto she had obtained
for Pete to tinker with, that the
)ld car has considerable value as a
mintage model on “Pete and Gladys"
Monday at 7:30 on KTVF, Channel
Eleven.
Cara Williams, co-starring as
Gladys, tries desperately to locate
he jalopy, which had been re-sold,
md discovers that it has been con
certed to a hot rod by its teenage
>wner. Heading for the race track
o make a deal, Gladys has a har
owing experience when she tries
ler hand at the wheel of the car.
RETURN RECALLS OLD TALE
The return of Rudy Vallee to the
limelight through his starring role
in Broadway's musical hit, "How to
Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying,' prompted Harry Salter,
producer of ABC's “Yours for a
Song" ’TV:'§how to recall the time
he put the erstwhile crooner on the
air in radio's pioneer days.
“I was musical director for the At
lantic Broadcasting Company,” Sal
ter said, “about 1928. The big thing
in radio then was doing ‘remote’
pickups of bands playing in night
clubs and hotels. Vallee and his
band were just beginning to catch
on at the old Heigh-Ho Club.
I put a line into the club, and
soon a diamond merchant, one of
Ate very first sponsors, decided to
risk $100 a broadcast to have Val
lee's music coupled with plugs for
his store. Vallee’s voice and music
drew heavy mail. But the sponsor
finally decided it didn't look well
for his commercials to be coming
from a night club. He wanted the
show in a studio, but Vallee and
band couldn’t leave the club to do
that.
“So the sponsor settled for me
doing a studio program, with a trio
of piano, violin and cello playing
classical musim. I was the violinist.
The sponsor came to me after a
couple of weeks and said he'd have
to cancel me. Seems Vallee pulled
about 4,000 letters a week and I was
bringing in 600. I protested that 600
wasn't bad at all. considering every
thing.
“ ‘But,’ he replied, ‘every one of
the 600 asks me to put Vallee back
on the air.’ ’’
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Opie Is Suspect
In Barn Burning j
On Griffith Show
After Opie joins a secret society,
! in which he becomes “Keeper of
the Flame," the boys' meeting place
—a barn—burns to the ground, and
Andy suspects that Opie is responsi
ble on “The Andy Griffith Show"
Monday at 9 cn KTVF, Channel
Eleven.
Andy Griffith stars as Sheriff
^ndy Taylor, with Ronny Howard as
Opne, Don Knotts as Barney, and
Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee.
Everett Sloane makes a guest star
appearance as Jubal Foster, the
farmer whose barn is razed.
Clever Trap Set
By Indian Woman
On ‘Dillon* Show
Men who have betrayed his In
dian wife are marked for death
by an enraged white hunter on
‘Marshal Dillon” Monday at 8:30
on KTVF, Channel Eleven.
Disregarding threats by a Dodge
City mob who resent the presence of
his Indian spouse. Rose (Angie
Dickinson), frontiersman Dan Dag
gitt (Peter Whitney) refuses to
leave town.
Realizing that her husband would
be jailed should he take the lives
of her attackers as he swore he
would. Rose begins a methodical
search of Dodge City as she baits
an ingenious trap to reap her own
kind of vengeance.
REALISM
Anthony Quinn wore special full
contact lenses for the filming of
Columbia’s “Barabbas” in Rome.
The lenses were unusual in that
they were bloodshot. Quinn plays
the role of a slave in a sulphur
mine who is never allowed above
ground.
“The Defenders,” the one-hour
CBS drama series about a fatHejf,
son team of attorneys seen Saturday
nights, has been purchased by the !
British Broadcasting Corp. The Can
adian Broadcasting Corp. and sta
tions in Australia, Sweden and the
Philippines already had bought the
series.
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