TV Highlights: John Brown’s Raid leads NBC lineup
NBC presents James Mason in John Brown’s Raid a sixty minute drama about Brown and his army’s 1959 Harper’s Ferry raid with a supporting cast including Earl Hyman Timmy Everett and Robert Duval. News briefs cover Laramie Father Knows Best The Rifleman Dobie Gillis Alfred Hitchcock The Five Forty Eight Tom Ewell Stagecoach West The Unwanted The Thriller The Purple Room Garry Moore Pattie Page and Tony Randall on a packed Tuesday night schedule.
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Bud Evans
NBC
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James Mason
Brown
Army of Liberation
Harper’s Ferry
U.S. Armory
Earl Hyman
Timmy Everett
Robert Duval
Tim O'Connor
Marshal Torrance
Lucas McCain
CBS
Dobie Gillis
Dobie
Alfred Hitchock
Zachary Scott
Phyllis Thaxter
Tom Ewell
ABC
West
Luke Perry
Wayne Rogers
Bethel Leslie
Tammy Merihugh
That Wonderful Year Premiere Plans Revealed For 1953
Marlon Lorne Carol Burnett and Durward Kirby announce That Wonderful Year will air in 1953. Among sketches is Matrimonial Agency starring Tony Randall and Moore and his regulars.
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Marlon Lorne
Carol Burnett
Durward Kirby
Matrimonial
Tony Randall
Moore
Comedy Team Sued for 450000 Over Curly Howard Estate
Valerie Howard and her daughters filed suit in Los Angeles for 450000 against Moe Howard Larry Fine and Joe DeRiis heirs of Jerome Curly Howard and against Comedy III Productions and Norman Maurer Productions alleging earnings from The Three Stooges shows should have been shared with the late Howard’s estate and seeking an accounting.
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Los Angeles
Three Stooges
Valerie Howard
Jane Howard
Marilyn Server
Howard
Moe
Larry Fine
Joe DeRiis
Jerome
Comedy III Productions
Norman Maurer Productions, Inc
Naked bachelor scales roof in midtown rescue
During the noon rush a young bachelor, naked except for house slippers, stood on a North Charles Street roof after locking himself out of his top floor apartment. After 1 hour 20 minutes a building maintenance man noticed him and rescued him.
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Baltimore
Charles Street
Telephone ad mix up prompts street sign change inquiry
Mrs. E A Larson found her address mislisted by the telephone company as Kane Street instead of Hoodview Drive. County officials said the name was changed five months ago but street signs have not been updated yet.
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Salem, Orc
E. A. Larson
Kane St
Hoodview Drive
Television Schedule Dense with Classic Channel Lineup
Prime time listings show Burns and Allen later Stooges and Little Rascals. Afternoon to midnight blocks feature news, weather, sports, movies with Hi Diddle Diddle and Dakota Lil, plus serials like The Rifleman and Wagon Train.
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Hi Diddle Diddle
Adolphe Menjou
Superhighway Construction Faces Mixed Progress
Washington reports the vast highway program aims to build 41,000 miles at about 1 million dollars per mile. Investigators find some cost overruns and fraud rumors, but many projects proceed with reasonable costs. By 1975 coast to coast travel could reach 60 to 70 mph with limited stops.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Indiana
Massachusetts
Florida
Congressional
West Virginia
New Mexico
W. J. Keller
Santa Fe
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Ohio
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Stevens eyes off Broadway
Roger L. Stevens, a top Broadway producer, shifts focus to off Broadway projects. He notes high costs for commercial theater and says many uptown plays with merit cannot attract enough audiences to warrant Broadway runs.
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New York
Roger L. Stevens
Broadway
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