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THREE SQUEAKY PEOPLE — Walt Disney’s ever-merry cartoon characters, Chip (left) and Dale, make
music and harmony with a beautiful distaff chip munk in one of “The Adventures of Chip ’n’ Dale,”
to be broadcast for the first time in color on NBC-TV’s full-hour “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of
Color” Sunday at 7 on KFAR-TV.
MARY ASTOR WOULD PREFER TO WRITE
Mary Astor can think of one im
provement in her billing on NBC
TV’s “Dr. Kildare” series in which
she appears as top guest star in the
episode “Operation: Lazarus” Fri
day at 10 on KFAR-TV. Channel 2.
The billing she would prefer in
one of the episodes, says Miss Astor,
is that of writer.
More Authoress
“I’d really like to be able to
write one of those teleplays,” says
the showbusiness veteran who now
is more authoress than actress.
To take the role on “Dr. Kildare,”
Miss Astor had to put aside “Number
Four.” This is all the title, she has
so far for her fourth book and
third novel since she started writ
ing in 1957. Her first book was her
autobiography. Her third, a novel
entitled “The Image of Kate,” came
out just last March 23.
Many Credits
Miss Astor's acting credits em
brace stage (“Tonight at 8:30” and
“The Male Animal”) and motion
pictures (“Don Juan,” “Beau Brum
mel,” “Dodsworth,” “Meet Me In
St. Louis,’ “Little Women”). Yet
when asked which she likes better,
acting or writing, she says:
“Writing by all means. Its more
creative than acting. You’re your
own boss.
“Directors are their own bosses,
too, but that’s not my type of job.
Moving the actors around would be
fun, but I wouldn’t be very good at
fighting that timetable.
Always Available
“So I guess I’ll just stick to my
last,” she said, as she patted the
typewriter in her Malibu Beach
home. “But I'm always available
for an acting role if it’s juicy
enough.”
Master Criminal
Plans Art Heist
On ‘New Breed’
Barry Morse returns to “The New
Breed” as special guest star to por
tray a master criminal who masks
his activities by posing as a patron
of fine arts Saturday at 8 on KFAR
TV, Channel 2.
In “Walk This Street Lightly.”
art collector Virgil Payne mobilizes
a select group of ex-convicts to
heist three-quarters of a million
dollars in negotiable securities.
Payne’s greediness helps the Metro
politan Squad wrap up the case.
Co-starred are guests Sydney Pol
lack as Bert Masters, Ed Nelson as
Roger Sykes, Chris Robinson as
Clifford Forbes, Ron Whelan as
Achilles Rex and Laura Devon as
Ann Fetterson.
Leslie Nielsen stars in the series
as Lt. Price Adams, with John Bera
dino as Sgt. Vince Cavelli, John
Clarke as Officer Joe Huddleston,
Greg Roman as Officer Pete Gar
cia and Byron Morrow as Capt.
Keith Gregory.
Miss Astor said it took her 18
months to write “The Image of
Kate.-’ which she described as the
story of a girl who was born at the
turn of the century in the twilight
of her parents’ lives, a couple of
decades after her two brothers.
As for “Number Four,’’ all she
could say about it now was that she
started it last February, expects to
take another year or two to finish
it. and that at present “it’s in a
lousy stage.”
“There’s a lot of horribly hard
work ahead of me,” Miss Aster
said, “but I can't complain—I asked
for it.”
Grandpa McCoy
Learns Lesson
Grandpa McCoy suspects his cou
sin, Sarah McCoy Barnes, is suffer
ing her husband's abuse in silence
on “The Real McCoys” Wednesday
at 8 on KFAR-TV, Channel 2.
In “Don’t Judge a Book,” how
ever, Luke and Kate are quick to
grasp the true situation, even though
Grandpa continues to stick with his
own opinion.
Walter Brennan stars as Grandpa,
with Richard Crenna as Luke and
Kathy Nolan as Kate. Others in the
cast: Lydia Reed as Hassie Mc
Coy; Edward Andrews as Harry
Barnes, and Virginia Gregg as
Sarah.
'Samson and Delilah' Rates
As One Of DeMille's Finest
One of the great motion picture achievements of all time,
Cecil B. DeMille’s spectacular Paramount production in Tech
nicolor, “Samson and Delilah,” starring Victor Mature and Hedy
Lamarr in the title roles, will, beeinninr* novt
again light up the screen of the
Lacey St. Theater.
Into “Samson and Delilah,” which
represents one of the major accom
plishments in a career crowned with
a record number of film classics,
the master showman poured in gen
erous quantities all the entertain
ment ingredients for which he was
—and always will remaifi'—so justly
famous. Bearing the unmistakable,
inimitable stamp of DeMille are the
many spectacular and awe-inspiring
scenes, so rich in color and lush in
costume, scenes that drew paens
of praise from public and critics
alike when this tremendous saga
of the Bible was first released.
Temple Destruction
The destruction of the Philistine
Temple will forever remain one of
the highspots in motion picture ex
citement as the blind Samson, his
legendary strength restored, brings
the. giant edifice crashing down on
the heads of his disbelieving ene
mies. His bare-handed battle with
the lion, his single-handed assault
on a thousand Philistine soldiers,
his Titanic struggle with an enemy
giant, the fantastic wedding feast
brawn—and his poignant, passionate
personal relationship with the se
ductive Delilah — combine in a
triumph of not-to-be-misscd screen
entertainment.
To Discuss Jet
Age Air Traffic
Control Problems
An examination of the awesome
problems facing jet-age airports
and the new methods of air traffic
control devised to make the in
creasingly crowded airlines safe will
be presented on “The Twentieth
Century” Sunday at 9 on KTVF,
Channel Eleven. CBS News Cor
respondent Walter Cronkite. the
program’s reporter, takes part in
an automatic landing, in which an
on-ground electronic system runs
the controls of an airplane and
brings it down on the runway.
Titled “Traffic Jam Upstairs,” the
documentary was filmed on location
at Idlewild Airport in New York
City, at Dallas, Texas, and at the
National Aviation Facilities Experi
mental Center (NAFEC) in Atlantic
City, N.J., where the government
tests new air-traffic equipment and
procedures.
Gen. Elwood Quesada (USAF.
Ret.), former chief of the Federal
Aviation Agency, under which
NAFEC operates, and Clarence
Sayen, president of the Air Line
Pilots Association, are interviewed
by Cronkite.
Burton Benjamin is executive
producer of “The Twentieth Cen
tury.” Isaac Kleinerman is the pro
ducer. “Traffic Jam Upstairs” was
written by Richard Witkin and di
rected by Dan Klugherz
“The Twentieth Century,” a pres
entation of the Public Affairs De
partment of CBS News, is sponsored
by the Prudential Insurance Com
pany of America.
Stars George Sanders, Angela
Lansbury and Henry Wilcoxon head
the cast bringing to life the story
of ‘'Samson and Delilah.”
“Devil's Hairpin” is the compan
ion feature.
Sullivan Presents
‘Advice & Consent’
Preview Sunday
Rudy Vallee. Chita Rivers, Willie
Mays, Bill Dana, Peter Nero and
special guest star Paul Anka will
headline “The Ed Sullivan Show”.
Sunday at 8 on KTVF, Channel
Eleven. Another highlight will be
the presentation of a scene from
Otto Preminger's new film, “Advise
and Consent.” Members of the White
House corps of correspondents and
1 press photographers appear in the
scene, along with Charles Laugh
ton, Don Murray, Franchot Tone,
Walter Pidgeon and Peter Lawford.
Rudy Vallee. starring in Broad
way's “How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying,” will pre
sent a song and comedy routine.
Chita Rivera, who starred on the
Broadway and London stage in the
musical “Bye Bye Birdie,” will be
accompanied by the Hugh Lambert
Danec-rs as she sings and dances to
“This Could Be the Start of Some
thing Big.”
Willie Mays, center fielder of the
San Francisco Giants, will offer
tips to young baseball players;
comedian Bill Dana, famed for his
Jose Jimenez character, portrays
an astronaut who is interviewed by
Sullivan and pianist Peter Nero
presents several musical selections.
Special guest star Paul Anka, mo
tion picture and recording head
liner, will perform portions of his
current night-club act.
Duryea Parodies
Television Villains
Guest star Dan Duryea parodies
television villains when he appears
with Jack Benny on “The Jack Ben
ny Program" Sunday at 9:30 on
KTVF, Channel Eleven.
Duryea and Dennis Day portray
unlikely hoodlums who menace a
lunchroom proprietor, played by
Benny, but learn from the master
miser that crime does not pay.
Don Wilson plays a feckless sher
iff and Frank Nelson portrays an
interior decorator whose timing is
aw’ry. Verna Felton portrays Den
nis’ mother and Benny Rubin and
Colin Campbell are seen as lunch
room patrons.
GETS BLACK EYE
Rob Petrie disproves the old
wives’ tale that becoming a mother
is harder on the woman than it is
on her husband—he gets a black
eye, loses V is pants and smashes
the family ca* en route to becoming
a father on “The Dick Van Dyke
Show” Wednesday, July 4 on KTVF,
Channel Eleven.