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Their hero is a man whom even Jazz Pianist-Composer Ferdinand ("Jelly-Roll") Morton, a notoriously uncharitable critic, acknowledged as "the greatest ragtime writer that ever lived." In a book packed with the high-sounding names of old ragtime wizards and composers ("Blind Boone," "Jack the Bear," "One-Leg Shadow"), a quiet-mannered, softspoken, scholarly little man stands out above them all: Scott Joplin, the composer of Maple Leaf...
Like a lot of other ragtimers, Texas-born Scott Joplin served his time rocking a piano in that cradle of jazz, the sporting house. But unlike flamboyant, razor-handy Jelly Roll Morton, Joplin was, as one old friend recalls, the kind of man who "never hurt anybody. A kitten could knock him down. He wasn't much socially, but most everyone had a lot of respect for Scott because he never threw himself away...
...Married. Morton Downey, 48, wealthy radio & TV tenor; and Margaret Boyce ("Peggy") Schulze Hohenlohe, 29, daughter of $85 million (copper) Heiress Margaret Thompson Schulze Biddle; both for the second time; in Hot Springs...
Refreshment Time (Sat. 10:30 p.m., CBS). New show starring Morton Downey. Guest: Kitty Kallen...
Star of the Family (Fri. 10 p.m., CBS-TV). New variety series with Morton Downey...