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Show By LYN CONNELLY ylVIAN BLAINE and Pinky Lee are being packaged as a TV team with one sponsor interested ' "V I. S rePrted that Jack Benny and his sponsor are tiffing over the number of telecasts Jack is to do this season ... The sponsor says six but Jack . man he was sent to political exile in the polar region of Siberia and met the dog, then old and rheumatic rheu-matic and an object of veneration. Because he knows the country intimately, in-timately, Mr. Kalashnoff brings to the re-telling and timelessness, an early quality and a classic simplicity sim-plicity that are essential qualities of the material itself. It is a book for all readers who have a feeling for animals and the adventure of the out-of-doors. THE MARCABOTH WOMEN By Vina Delmar "Well, it's only fair to reserve judgment on the little tramp until I've met her," said Zeda Macaboth of her eldest son's second wife. Ruby, the lady in question, is Simon's junior by thrity years. She si never-the-less a Marcaboth, the sixth Mrs. Marcaboth in fact, and as such she must appear at Zeda's on her birthday. At the command performance, in receiving receiv-ing from the hands of the matriarch mat-riarch a golden goblet symbolic of her position as a Marcaboth, Ruby reacts about the way Zeda guessed she would. Intimately humorous, swiftly paced, this is perhaps Mrs. Del-mar's Del-mar's mo.st successful novel. The many readers who have become Vina Delmar's fans from "Bad Girl," to "About Mrs. Leslie," will find the authentic Delmar touch is holding out for only four . . . Most promising star on the TV horizon is Red Skelton whose debut was socko and who has continued con-tinued to score with some bright follow-ups. . . He'll in the "Marcaboth Women," and will long remember the upsetter of the Marcaboth applecart. o . , ,, be far more popu-Ked popu-Ked Skelton on than ever was on radio because of his visual qualities He's a terrific shot in the arm,' coming at a psychological moment in TV's history. Hollywood was laughing at this one this week: The No. 1 Hooper show in Russia features Joe Stalin in a program called "Me, the People" Peo-ple" . . . "Screen Directors Playhouse" Play-house" has been dropped with the sponsor shifting their bankroll to Martin and Lewis . . . Maestro Meredith Willson learned this week that another of his new melodies, "Laura Lee," is forging its way toward the hit class with sheet music and record sales reported high across the country . . . Vaughn Monroe and Guy Lombardo have recorded it. PLATTER CHATTER COLUMBIA: Don't look now, but Christmas Is lurking around the corner and Columbia has released some holiday records that should take up in popularity where they 11 left off last year . . . Percy Faith's "Christmas In Klllarney" is beautiful beauti-ful and appealing . . . "Sleigh Kide" backs it . . . "That's What I Want for Christmas" is given a cheerful send-off by Ton! Harper . . . "Mom and Dad'i Waltz" is on the flip . . .Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine team up effectively again in "Gambella" and "Hey, Good Looking." C A P I T O L: "Just One More Chance" is revived by that wonderful wonder-ful team of Mary Ford and hubby Les Paul and it should sell as big as their previous best sellers, "How High the Moon" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." |