Evening star. [volume], August 10, 1955, Page A-39, Image 39

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ON THE AIR
The Bairds Triumph
Over Treacly Story
By BERNIE
That was a bright idea some
ping a show around the fascinati
peteers Bilcq and Cora Baird.
I once spent a hot August ;
two-story warehouse plant neai
proudly pointed out some bullet
marks in the wall, relics of the
era when the building belonged
to the prosperous brewery chain
of the eminent and defunct
Dutch Schultz.
But what intrigued his visitors
the most were the scores of pup
pets—each an incredible work of
art—that hung neatly in rows
along the walls, and the work
benches cluttered with the tools
of their craft. It was with reluc
tance that we left the Bairds that
day to rush across town to keep
another appointment.
The play written for the Bairds
Monday could have been a much
sturdier vehicle, but at least the ;
author made imaginative use of i
the workshop background for her
treacly little story.
The yarn, which concerned a
mixed-up little boy, was sash- j
toned to accommodate the stars
and. in that respect, I guess,
merits a passing grade.
While Bil and Cora are not
actors in the professional sense,
their unstylized performances
proved to be just right. They
underplayed most of their
scenes, which was perfect for,
the sentimental passages, and
went all out only when they
were manipulating their pup- I
pets off camera.
The scene wherein the boy,
played by that appealing young
actor. Van Dyke Parks, falls
asleep on the workshop stage
and is awakened by the Queen
puppet, to whom he pours out
Channel Chuckles
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'’You’ll have to turn down
the volume.”
the reasons why he Is so un
happy with his mother, was
television magic.
When I met the Bairds, by
the way, Cora impressed me as
an attractive lady but she
looked positively scrumptious in
her TV makeup. <Bil looked
exactly the same—preoccupied.)
I hope the Bairds do some
thing like this again in the near
future. The same play, rewritten
and strengthened and with
original music added, would be
a fine asset to any Color Spec
tacular schedule particularly
around the Christmas season.
** * *
Speaking of feminine trans
formations, I caught the opening
session on ABC-7 Sunday of the
Em Westmore show, the first
10 minutes of which were illus
trated by before and after com
parisons of women who had been
treated by the Hollywood make
up expert.
They were quite impressive
although I thought the “before"
pictures must have been taken
by a passport photographer and
the comparison, with the “live"
subjects, was therefore height
ened.
The thought that occurred to
me as I watched these ladies
who typified the various facial
categories (oval, square, octa
gonal, etc. i was that when West
more was finished with them,
they all looked like sisters.
They looked 100 per cent im
proved. mind you, but as if they
were freshly off some human
assembly line.
•** * *
On the Run:
The American Research Bu
reau rates the “$64,000 Question"
No. 1 in the Washington area,
which seems to me to be indis
putable, but lodges Robert Mont
gomery’s show as No. 2. . . .
I would have thought that Ethel I
and Albert had enough strength
at 9:30 to keep Bob out of the
top 10—at least until “Decern-1
ber Bride" returns.
Denise Lor turned actress Bun-
Open 'MI 9 PM.
n
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I HARRISON
eone at Studio One had of wrap
:ing workshop and talepts of pup
afternoon roaming around their
ir the river in New York. Bil j
day night on “Appointment in
Adventure,” but the script pro
vided little opportunity for any
one to emote. ... If they could
only have turned the corner in
one of those New Orleans street!
scenes and bumped into Satch
mo!
Wish NBC would get some new
writers for Matt Dennis’s thrice
weekly show. . . . The setting is
wrong and so are most of the
coyly written Intros for the
guests such as the Burton
sisters Monday. . . . Milt Ford,
by the way, has been giving
Matt’s latest record, "Show Me
the Way to Qo Out of This
World” quite a spin on his WMAL'
disc shows.
i Wish Jack Paar, who filled in;
for Godfrey on Talent Scouts
Monday, would stop belly-aching j
about his “Morning Show” and
other daytime CBS assignments.
;. . . He never worked as early—
or as long—as the man he's re
placing.
Radio station WINX goes full
time September 1.
Station WMAL-7 barely got
out the announcement that
weatherman Louis Allen was
joining staff and, bingo, eight of
the 11 Allen weather shows were
sold! i ßy Jthe time you read ~
ithis, the other three should be |
gone.) ! 1
I checked up to see If Bob f
; Dalton really had the softest/
radio job in town on Saturday
afternoons. ... He sits in a f
bathing suit under a umbrella by j
. the brand-new Dominion Arms 1
Apartment pool, sipping a soft t
drink, spinning records, and
, chatting with the dolls, of which .
ihis wife. Donna, is one of the 1
i 1 prettiest. . . . P.S. It’s the soft- 1
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