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Show By LTN CONNELLY TPHE biggest problem facing TV ; drama is one-the movies never have to meet holding an audience audi-ence . . . Frank Wisbar, producer and director of "Fireside Theatre." says that "unlike movies, we do not have a 'captive' audience, one which must stay in the theater seat and watch or fall asleep . . TV's audience is on the loose and a story must be good or 'click' goes the dial . . . My greatest challenge is the knowledge that each week 'Fireside' has to hold the interest of families so completely com-pletely that they will stay with us forx the entire half hour No motion picture man ever had such a problem!" Mr. Wisbar is certainly correct, whicb brings up the question, if he is so cognizant of this unhappy problem, how come Fireside Thea-. Thea-. ter doesn't come, up with better scripts? The ones in recent weeks have been pretty hackneyed and the acting leaves much to be desired de-sired Maybe now that he has at last recognized the difficulty, he will try to remedy it. PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL This company has come up with some delightful long-playing long-playing records (33V& PM) which serve the "jime purpose of albums but save so much space in your borne . . . There is one. featuring Jane Powell and Gordon MacRae in songs from their latest picture, "Three Sailors and ,a Girl' . . Frank Sinatra sings songs for young lovers in a revived voice . . . Songs include such old favorites favo-rites as "I Get a Kick Out of You," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "The Girl Next Door," "A Foggy Day," "Like Someone in Love," etc. One of the finest of the newest long-playing discs is by Les Bax-tsr Bax-tsr who recalls such favorites as "Thinking of You," "The Nearness of You," "Nevertheless," "Miss You," "Little White Lies," "Speak Low," "Mine," "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" |