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ABDUC1LD— Amanda Blake, as Kitty, fs kidnaped by a suuor when she refuses to take his pro
posal of marriage seriously on “Gunsmoke” Saturday at 8::M> on KiY'F, Channel 11.
MEDICAL SHOWS DEVELOP SICK VIEWERS
it is the year ot the hypo
chondriac on TV, thanks to
“Ben Casey” and “Dr. Kildare.”
Viewers are discovering dis
eases they never knew they had.
Others write in asking for home
remedies, for complicated diseases.
Some diagnose their own symptoms
and then ask tax medication.
Still others, however, visit their
doctors, and this, says Dr. Allan M.
Warner, technical advisor to the
“Ben Casey” series, is a very good
thing.
, Pleased With Show
“The American Medical Associa
tion is pleased with the show be
cause it gives viewers a knowledge
of their doctors-and their devotion
to patients,'’ he said;
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“They squawk when we give the
correct medical names of diseases
on the show,” }5r. Warner said.
“When we name a disease, and
then Ben Casey tells the patients
it is fatal, we really hear from phy
sicians.. They, .complain that some of
tneir patients discover tor tne iirst
time that they are suffering from a
fatal disease.
Tell Truth
“The AMA generally believes that
if a patient wants to know the truth,
his doctor should tell him the facts.
“Also, we want to be realistic and
technically correct. Some doctors
complain that Casey is too heroic
and unbelievable. That may be true,
but if we played him straight we
wouldn’t have any ratings."
Dr. Warner, a young man who
was chief resident physician at Los
Angeles County General Hospital,
is a neurosurgeon. Gasey, too, is a
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Real 'Apartment
When Margie Clayton and her
friend. Maybelle Jackson, decide
they want to live away from home,
their respective parents feel the
easiest way to keep them at the
hearth is to offer no resistance in
“Margie Flies the Coop” on “Mar
gie.” Tuesday at 8:30 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2
neurosurgeon anct a cniei resident
for ABC-TV.
The similarity ends there. Dr.
Warner is on detached duty as con
sultant to the series on a temporary
basis, awaiting induction into the
U.S. Army.
Provide Authenticity
“My job is to provide as much
authenticity to the show as possible,
while producer Jim Mosher strives
for as much drama as he can get.
“I really can’t say ‘Ben Casey’ is
true to life because doctors don't
find medicine as dramatic and emo
tional as television writers and pro
ducers.”
Dr. Warner foresees more medical
shows on TV next year.
“Women, particularly are fas
cinated with medicine, operations,
doctors and hospitals,” he said.
“This is especially true of women in
the child-bearing ages. The average
young housewife calls her doctors
far more often than any other seg
ments of the population.
“The most frustrating letters we
receive are from doctors’ wives
complaining that Ben Casey is slop
py because he doesn’t button his
tunic.
Mirfhsome ''Bachelor Flat"
Stars Pert Tuesday Weld
An eyefilling array of voui
hilarious misadventures of Ti
Terry Thomas and Celeste H
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coming Thursday to the New 1
This light-hearted boy-meets-girl
fare introduces to American audi
ences England's top comedian,
Terry-Thomas, as a “stiff upper lip”
British professor of Archaeology
teaching in an American college. All
the wit, charm and farcical humor
that have made his name box
office magic across Britain are here
in a situation comedy created for
this kind of talent.
Tuesday Weld, who most recently
appeared in “Return to Peyton
Place" and opposite Elvis Presley
in “Wild In the Country,” receives
star billing with pros Terry-Thomas
and Celeste Holm. Miss Weld is a
bright young comedienne whether
she is delivering a line, a smile or
a kiss.
Starting with the premise that
Thomas, the object of the affections
of every co-ed on campus, has de
cided to wed fashion designer Cel
este Holm, the story quickly and
happily brings into focus Tuesday
Weld, as the mischievous teenage
daughter of Miss Holm.
roses as ueiiiiquem
Tuesday, posing as a juvenile de
linquent, attempts to win the profes
sbr. but only upsets his simple way
of life and drives him to the point
of madness. Richard Beymer. last
seen with Miss Weld in 20th Cen
tury Fox's “High Time,’’ is a cynical
law student, who reproaches Tues
day for her behavior, but finds him
self melting under her charms.
Celeste Holm, making a return to
the screen after many successful
years on the Broadway stage, is the
perfect foil for the sophisticated
Thomas. The antics of Weld and
Beymer. especially in a fishing se
quence where Tuesday saves the
manly Richard and revives him with
mouth-to-mouth respiration, should
gratify teenagers as well as the
young in heart of all ages.
“Bachelor Flat” offers a cast of
glamorous newcomers and adult fa
Bevy Of Females
Are Featured In
‘Gideon’s Follies’
‘‘The Defenders" departs some
what from its usual fare this Satur
day at 8 on KTVF, Channel Eleven,
when it presents “Gideon’s Follies,"
a zany “whodunit" about a much
married millionaire who is found
stabbed to death in his own liquor
cabinet in a fashionable New York
town house.
The light-hearted comedy-drama
staris a bevy of glamorous females—
Shirl Conway, Gloria de Haven. Eva
Gabor, Zohra Lampert and Julie
Newmar—all of whom portray the
late Joshua Gideon’s adoring ex
wives.
The program ajsp. introduces Miss.
Tsai Chin, a beautiful Chinese
actress from Hong Kong, in her
television debut in this country.
She portrays Parma Gideon, the
playboy millionaire’s last wife, who
is suspected of killing him.
tg beauties lends support to the
lesday Weld, Richard Beymer.
aim in the 20th Century-Fox
medy-romance “Bachelor Flat."
impress Theater.
vorites, in addition to a special
scene-stealer in the person of a
dachshund named Jessica.
Director Frank Tashlin has fash
ioned a light and lively screenplay
from the successful Bud Grossman
play, "Libby," and Jack Cummings'
production is right in tune.
TUESDAY WELD
Jack Oakie Joins
Host of Stars On
'The New Breed’
Veteran comic Jack Oakie heads
a star-studded guest cast in “I Re
member Murder," a drama set in
Hollywood's world of make-believe'
on "The New Breed," Saturday at
8 on KFAR-TV. Channel 2.
Also guest starring are Tina
Louise. Ilka Chase, Robert Middle
ton and Virginia Field.
Oakie portrays Ham Tucker, a
has-been comic who is making Ills
comeback in a movie which reunites
him with other movieland veterans
—producer Stanley Mannis and di
rector Maury Keeler. The prevailing
friction is intensified by the appar
ent accidental fatal shooting of
Ham's stand-in, Bert Flyer.
Then, when an electrician falls
to his death from a sound stage cat
walk, Lt. Price Adams and men of
the Los Angeles Police Metropoli
tan Squad are hard put to connect
the two deaths. A lead is supplied
by Hollywood gossip columnist Cyn
thia Webster.
The Untouchables
In Canadian Case
When Canadian liquor starts
pouring into Chicago in a steady
stream, Eliot Ness heads for the
northern border to investigate in
“Canada Run’’ on “The Untouch
ables,’’ Tuesday at 9 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
To his amazement, Ness learns
that a respected priest and a small
community church are unknowing
allies of the underworld in the
operation.