Color TV Spotlight Dims The Amateur Hour and New Revue
John Crosby finds color television visually striking yet artistically weak noting CBS New Revue and NBC The Amateur Hour rely on corny formulas and thin vocal talents. He singles out garish set pieces, a troupe of clowns and a green screen Irish act while praising the vivid lighting and asks if RCA can do better than this roadblock in color broadcasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State Building
CBS
NBC
Ted Mack
Barnum
RCA
Major Bowes
TV Schedule Highlights for Altoona Channel 10
A dense listing details daily and weekend programming for MONDAY through SUNDAY including local live news, kids shows, films, net live programs, sports events like Penn State basketball at Navy, and variety specials. Notable items include Ozzie and Harriet, Paul Dixon, Captain Video, wrestling and boxing bouts, and The Lone Ranger net live.
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Penn State
Navy
Cisco Kid
Johnny Jupiter
Tommy Henrich
Koehler
Dotty Mack
Ethel and Albert
Madison Square Garden
Net
Jack Brickhouse
Paul Dixon
City Desk
John Daly
Boston
First Regularly Scheduled Color TV Show A Marred Variety Hour
A mock review notes the debut color television program as a ragged mix of singers, dancers, puppets, and Mike Wallace hosting. The critic jokes about colored jokes and burlesque crypto, while praising a song setting described as vibrant as a Dufy painting and anticipating bold color scene designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Wallace
Evening TV Schedule Highlights With Local Theatre
8:00 Schlitz Playhouse and 9:30 Kraft Theatre air nets. 8:30 Where's Raymond? 9:00 Letter to Loretta nets. 10:30 To Be Announced. 11:05 Broadway Theatre local event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Net
Walter Winchell
Peter Potter
I Am the Law
TV Playhouse
Schlitz Playhouse
Raymond
Loretta
Kraft Theatre
Broadway
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John Crosby
Webg - TV
Altoona
Roy Rogers
Paul Winchell
Miusic
Gene Autry
Hollywood
Dr. IQ
Ambassador Theatre
Daddy
U. S. Steel Hour
Front Row Center
Massey - Harris
Wagoner Loaders
Warren, Pa
John P. Wendell
United Refining Co
Wendell
Warren
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Martha Topper
Robert Voigt
Anne Drew
Westinghouse TV
Beveving Electric CO
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