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DANCEHALL GIRL — Gloria Talbott stars as a danceliall girl in this Saturday’s episode of “Gun
smoke,” at 9:30 on KTVF, Channel 11.
SIGHT OF BLOOD DOESN'T BOTHER CASEY
Four months ago Vince Ed
wards took his chances when
crossing a street, just like any
body else.
He could have been run down
by a beer truck, or maybe side
swiped by an escapee from the
Hollywood Freeway.
Now when he sets foot on the
street, he stops traffic.
Vince is the hottest star in town
and the newest television hero. He
plays the title role in ABC-TV’s
“Ben Casey.” the doctor with a
busted nose, vile temper and sexy,
bedside manner. The show is seen
Wednesdays at 9:30 on KFAR-TV,
Channel 2.
The characterization has made a
startling impact on televiewers as
evidence by a recent rating poll
which placed “Ben Casey” in the
top five.
But the man behind Dr. Casey is
altogether different from the one
in the TV operating room perform
ing brain surgery.
Mild Mannered
Edwards, a rugged 6 foot 2, 200
pounder, is mild mannered, quiet
and, believe it or not, as shy as a
June bride in the merry month of
May.
Of his new-found fame he says,
“I'm really overwhelmed and
amazed by the recognition I've re
ceived. I went to Tucson, Ariz., a
few weeks ago for a promotion
deal and 35,000 people turned out
to see me.”
Despite his sudden impact on the
public, Vince's is an old face in
Flickertown.
He arrived here 10 years ago to
become a member in good standing
of the unemployed-hanging-around
the-drugstore-type acting communi
ty. He even drove a motorcycle and
developed a flair for nothing.
Gradually lie found work in TV
shows and small parts in movies.
When he was offered ‘ Ben Casey”
he jumped like a Russian private at
the mention of Khrushchev’s name.
“We get more than a thousand
letters a week,” he said proudly.
Intelligent Letters
“They’re very intelligent letters,
too. Many are from people who are
writing their first fan letters. And
there are several long distance calls
a day from all parts of the country
—viewers just wanting to say hello.”
For the record, Vince is of Italian
extraction. He was born in New
York City and attended Ohio State
University on a swimming scholar
ship.
He broke his nose as a youth
when it collided with a baseball bat.
To the delight of a sizeable seg
ment of the feminine population,
Edwrards is a bachelor.
“I like the role I play,” he said,
“but I have no desire to become a
doctor.
“Six months ago I didn't know
anything about hospitals except for
a couple of weeks in traction and
the time I had my appendix re
moved. But once I agreed to play
Casey I spent several weeks in
County hospital watching opera
tions.
“The sight of blood doesn’t
bother me, though. I’ve seen too
many actors left bleeding around
this town."
Groucho Marx Starts New
Chapter la Woe
Groucho Marx, one of America’s all-time great comedian ,
has sharpened his barbs for a new chapter in a madcap career that
has spanned more than half a century.
As host of “Tell It to Groucho” on the CBS Television Net
work, he is finally given the chance to exert the full force of his
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comic talents, which have rocked
American audiences since the golden
age of comedy. Here it is seen
Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. on KTVF,
Channel 11.
The venerable comedian sings,
dances, wiggles his bushy brows,
ogles a pretty girl and “knifes”
his way into, around and out of a
variety of situations ranging from
the slapstick to the bizarre. He
struts about in a number of incon
gruous roles, presenting many faces
of his comic character. Sometimes
he’s “Young Dr. Groucho,” “West
Side Groucho,” “King Kong Grou
cho,” or “Sandy McGroucho.”
Just Groucho
But, primarily, he’s assigned the
role of being just Groucho. Perched
atop a stool, he surveys an assorted
stream of guests who are looking
for a place to unload their frustra
tions. He listens to their hare
brained schemes, problems and
opinions and provides solutions by
answering with his own hare
brained schemes, problems and
opinions.
This is Groucho at his best, the
one-and-only Groucho, He mixes
On *20t!i Century’
“Siege at Malta,” the heroic story
of the tiny Mediterranean islands
perseverance under unending air
attacks during World War II. will
be unfolded on "The Twentieth
Century” Sunday at 9 on KTVF,
Channel Eleven.
“Siege at Malta” deals with the
period between 1940 and 1942 when
the people of the island had to
withstand incessant hammering by
the Italian and German air forces,
with almost no means of retaliation.
Numerous Allied supply ships, try
ing to reach Malta were sunk.
In 1942, when the Maltese were
near starvation, five ships broke
through with enough food and am
munition to save them. For its col
lective heroism, Malta was awarded
the George Cross by King George
VI of England, the first time a
whole people had been so decorated.
Job Threatened
In 6Administrator’
Guest stars Joseph Cotten and
Dorothy Malone join series stars
Richard Chamberlain and Raymond
Massey in the "Dr. Kildare” epi
sode. "The Administrator,” Friday
at 10 on KFAR-TV, Channel 2.
Cotten plays the role of Ladovan,
efficient hospital administrator
whose career is threatened at a
crucial fund-raising banquet by the
behavior of his neurotic wife (Miss
Malone). Dr. Kildare (Chamber
lain) and Dr. Gillespie (Massey) try
to undo the damage.
confusion with consolation, leers
with laughs and acid wit with as
tute understanding.
His rapier-like wit, honed on the
tough vaudeville circuit of the early
20th century, has been tempered,
through decades of performances on
stage, screen, radio and television
and polished through a lifetime of
converting misfortune into fortune
Groucho was boin Julius Henry
Marx in New York's upper East
Side on Oct. 2, 1895, the fourth son
of Samuel Marx, a poor tailor who
had emigrated from Alsace, and
Mina Schoenberg Marx, a native of
Germany.
Large Family
A large, zany family, the Marxes
lived in a crowded Yorkville flat on
93rd street in the shadow of the
Third Avenue elevated. Here Grou
cho spent a struggling childhood
with four brothers—Leonard (Chi
co), Adolph (Harpo), Milton (Gum
mo) and Herbert (Zeppo) — an
adopted sister, his mother’s parents
and assorted poor relatives.
Groucho, as a skinny boy soprano,
was the family’s first entry into
show business; he earned one dol
lar every week as a member of a
boys’ choir. He became a full
fledged professional in 1908. just
before his 11th birthday, when he
signed up with a vaudeville troupe.
Met Squad Seeks
Typhoid Carrier
On ’New Breed’
Lt. Price Adams and his Metro
politan Squad face almost insur
mountable odds in locating an active
typhoid carrier in “Care Is No
Cure” on “The New Breed,” Satur
day at 8 on KFAR-TV, Channel 2.
Over the protests of his wife, El
len, registered carrier Barney TalL
tree and she leave his Arizona
American Indian reservation be
cause of his desire to live what he
believes will be a dignified life.
Dr. Eric Thor, the U.S. Public
Health Service officer, appeals to
the Los Angeles Police after learn
ing that Barney is headed for that
city. Barney takes a job as handy
man for rancher Harry Tilden and
picks fruit, which he is forbidden
to do, declining to tell his wife.
When Tilden's little daughter,
Susie, contracts typhoid, the Met
Squad takes a desperate gamble to
complete its mission before further
harm can be done.
Shelley Berman
Is 6Rawhide’ Star
Comedian Shelley Berman, play
ing his first role in a television
western, guest stars as an itinerant
peddler who comes to the aid of
trail boss Gil Favor in “The Ped
dler.” on “Rawhide" Friday at 7
on KTYF, Channel Eleven.