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PARTY CRASHERS — Jack Benny and his date, Barbara Nichols (right), crash
party given by Jimmy Stewart and his wife, Gloria, on “The Jack Benny Program”
on KTVF, Channel 11.
EARTH TO BE PLAGUED BY JERRY
an anniversary
Sunday, at 9:30
LEWIS
Just in case the earth doesn’t
have enough to cope with, today
when Jerry Lewis arrives at the
Lacey Street Theater in “Visit
to a Small Planet,” it will have
more! The new Hal Wallis
Paramount Production is an
adaptation of the hit Gore Vidal
Broadway show.
It co-stars Joan Blackman. Earl
Holliman and Fred Clark and fea
tures John Williams, Gale Gordon
and a truly remarkable young
dancer, Barbara Lawson.
Jerry portrays Kreton, an impish
creature from outer space whose in
satiable curiosity about humans and
their ways sends him spinning from
out of the mysterious stratosphere
to a realistic “grounding” some
where in Virginia on the “small
planet” beneath.
Confederate Uniform
He arrives dressed in what he be
lieves the appropriate attire for
the period—the uniform of a Con
federate Army officer but he luckily
“visits” a family that is about to
attend a masquerade party so his
outlandish attire is taken for grant
ed as just another costume.
The family is far less lucky than
selves in the middle of the kind of
goings-on that have to be seen to be
—well, not believed, but enjoyed,
he, however, since they soon learn
the truth about their weird self
SPACEMAN ? ? ? — Jerry Lew
is takes a fling at Earth in “Visit
To A Small Planet”, which opens
today at the Lacey Street The
ater along with “A Place In The
Sun”.
invited houseguest and find them
Lovely Joan Blackman, who
scored so well as the young wife in
“Career,” portrays the daughter of
the family. She is engaged to a hot
tempered boy, played by Earl Holli
man, who finds himself up against
something new in rivals when Kre
ton falls in love with his girl.
Funny Problems
The problems that develop as a
result of Kreton’s deciding to be
come an Earthling are so funny that
Jerry Lewis fans are going to say
“Visit to a Small Planet” is the
most uproarious picture he ever
made.
Fred Clark, that past master of
the double-take and the quick burn,
will be seen as Joan’s father, the
most misinformed of all television
commentators who doesn’t believe
in the existence of flying saucers,
yet must play host to the zany visi
tor from the wild, blue yonder.
The film introduces Barbara Law
son in a hilarious Beatnik scene,
with Barbara doing a dance number
with the enthusiastic tourist from
the gossamer-world that is one oi
the highspots of an unusually en
tertaining film.
Fans Follow Elvis Presley
To "Dream" Film Location
“Follow That Dream’’ will only appeal to movie fans who
like to laugh. Starring Elvis Presley, the romantic comedy opens
today at the New Empress Theater, through United Artists.
Cast as a naive, girl-shy singing yokel, the type of role he
played so successfully in his earlier films—and a change of pace
from his recent dramatic parts—
Elvis sings five new songs in “Fol
low That Dream." which is shown
in Panavision and Color by De
Luxe.
Co-starring with him is two-time
Academy Award nominee Arthur
O'Connell and screen newcomers
Anne Helm and Joanna Moore are
the two dreams who follow Elvis.
Filmed in Florida and Hollywood,
“Follow That Dream” was produced
by David Wcisbart. and directed by
Gordon Douglas. Charles Lederer
adapted it for the screen from Rich
ard Powell's hilarious novel, “Pio
neer, Go Home!"
Tons of sand, costing $17,500 were
hauled in to convert a piece of
marshland into a strip of sandy
beach. This “coals to Newcastle”
operation was required because
Wcisbart thought the line of trees
along the edge of the marshland
would look better on the screen
than the bare background of the
actual sandy areas.
Fans Poured In
Fans, by the thousands, poured
into the location area just north of
Tampa, in the hope of catching a
glimpse of their singing idol. Most
were Florida residents but some had
traveled from as far away as New
York and Los Angeles to see him.
Presley happily signed autographs
on everything from the conventional
album page to laundry checks, auto
licenses and even on the bare shoul
der of one ardent admirer who
vowed she’d never wash his signa
ture away!
When the star held an autograph
party at Weeki Wachee Springs,
famed Florida tourist attraction, fif
teen thousand people jammed the
resort and struggled for a handshake
or kiss. One young girl collapsed
in the arms of her mother after re
ceiving a Presley peck on the cheek.
Cracked Col. Tom Parker. Pres
ley's manager, “There's one in every
crowd!"
Parker meant it quite literally,
too. “I haven’t seen demonstrations
like this since the days of Valen
tino," he recalled.
Parents Refuse
Medical Aid For
Dying Offspring
“The Accident,” a drama by Regi
nald Rose about a child who dies
after an automobile accident when
his parents, because of their re
ligious beliefs, deny him surgery
and a blood transfusion, will be
presented on “The Defenders'
Saturday at 8 on KTVF, Channel
Eleven.
Evans Evans portrays Eleanor
Dunn, an irresponsible young wom
an who, while drunk, hits the
youngster with her car. Lonny
Chapman plays the stricken boy’s
father, Mr. Morton.
Series regulars E. G. Marshall
and Robert Ree'* star as Lawrence
and Kenneth Preston, the attorneys
who defend Miss Dunn against a
second-degree manslaughter charge
“DREAM” CO-STAR — Arthur
O’Connell shares starring honors
ith Elvis Presley and a host of
others, in “Follow That Dream”,
which opens today at the New
Empress Theater.
Robot Babysitter
Has Saipe Traits
As Grandmother
A robot babysitter with all the
physical attributes of a grandmother
has to prove to her assigned charges
that she also can be a loving woman
in “I Sing the Body Electric" on
Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone”
Friday at 9:30 on KTVF, Channel
Eleven.
Written by one of the nation’s top
science fiction writers, Ray Brad
bury. the teleplay is the strange tale
of a mechanical grandma, portrayed
by Josephine Hutchinson, who is
created by Facsimile. Ltd., to pro
vide technically generated love to
a family.
David White stars as George
Rogers, the widower who reluctant
ly agrees to buy the robot in order
to assure proper care for his three
children, one of whom rebels at the
plan.
Letterman Senior
Is Robbie’s Idol
Letterman Chug Williams be
comes Robbie’s idol after he helps
the impressionable high school stu
dent open his locker on ‘‘My Three
Sons” Thursday at 8 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
The Douglases tire rapidly of
hearing Robbie quote his new friend
on all subjects, and Mike warns his
brother that he will pay for the
locker-opening favor eventually.
But when Chug goes so far as to
ransack the locker and take the
cake Robbie plans to share with
student Gloria Davenport, he’s still
a hero to the lad—but not to Gloria.
Girl Trailed To
Gambling House
As a favor to a dying friend, Nick
Cain (Mark Richman) searches for
a missing girl (Eve McVeagh) and
finds her—a dope addict working
in a gambling- house—in “Degree of
Guilt," on “Cain’s Hundred,” Thurs
day at 10 on KFAR-TV. Channel 2.