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Producer's Showcase (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). Anatole Litvak's $500,000 Mayer- ling, starring Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer as the star-crossed lovers (color...
...Springs, Calif. Sports Fan Helms acquired his awe of athletes watching his uncle, oldtime major-league Outfielder William E. ("Dummy'') Hoy, make circus catches, spent much of his time handing out medals to successful musclemen, encouragement to unknowns (the young Baseballers Jackie Robinson and Ralph Kiner, Trackman Mel Patton), helped oversubscribe Southern California's Olympic contributions...
...Plenty of Nuthin', and plenty of improvised solos are sprinkled throughout. To keep the spirit of improvisation intact, Bethlehem indulged in some offbeat casting, with surprising results. Frances Faye's bone-dry, heart-of-gold style is strangely apt as the voice of the inconstant Bess, and Mel Tormé's smoky tones give a proper touch of pathos to the part of the crippled Porgy. The oily voice of Al ("Jazzbo") Collins fills in narrative gaps between tunes. This procedure dilutes some of Porgy's dramatic excitement, but musically it is an exhilarating affair...
...Peace. An uneven but brilliantly pictorial treatment of Tolstoy's great novel, with some outstandingly good battle pieces; with Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn. Mel Ferrer (TIME, Sept...
Elmer Walls, a Yardling defenseman, was the outstanding player of the afternoon, scoring four of his team's eight goals and helping to break up the frequent Terrier attacks into Crimson territory. Ken Woodworth, Mel Hodder, Dick Kalil, and Mike Graney each registered one goal for the freshmen...