Algeria Featured on Playhouse 90 broadcast cast
Van Heflin Raymond Massey Peter Lorre Cliff Robertson Phyllis Thaxter Charles Bronson Nehemiah Persoff star in The Cruel Day a 90 minute Reginald Rose teleplay rebroadcast on CBS TV July 11. The drama centers on a French captain in an Algerian garrison amid violence with a priest a cafe owner and soldiers in key roles.
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Network TV Saturday Schedule Overview
A dense lineup lists programs and times from early morning to late night on Saturday July 1. Notable items include Western Trails, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, Deputy, Dragnet style entries, and late shows such as Naked City and News summaries from Cochise.
Comedy Drop Not Fault of Industry but Men
Abe Burrows a theatrical jack of all trades whose specialty is comedy states humor makes you laugh regardless of situation. He notes that television humor troubles stem from producers not audiences and that comedians stay on air when funny and exit when not. The piece ends with a mention of a recent noisy defector.
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Frontier Justice TV series debuts on CBS with Western dramas
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Best selling records and TV trends in early 1960s radio
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