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Show by LYN CONNELLY CBS seldom comes up with a colorcast but when It does It goes all out as In the case of "Cinderella" "Cinderel-la" . . . This endearing old fairy tale was brought to the TV screen by Rodger and Hammersteta with all the magic that Cinderella's godmother could hold In her wand . . . Gay, colorful, delightfully charming, and with a perfect cast to boot, this adaptation compared very favorably with that other children's fantasy, "Peter Pan" . . Plays like this, while produced pro-duced only occasionally, more than makes up for all the trite seen on TV. No one could have done Cinderella Cin-derella better than young and lovely love-ly Julie Andrews, who at 21 has won fame on Broadway 'in "My Fair Lady" . . Jon Cypher was, an inspiration as the prince and we trust this will be Just a stepping step-ping stone toward a brilliant career ca-reer for this new talent . . . Ilka Chase as the stepmother; Alice C.hostlcy and Kaye Ballard as the stepsisters; Dorothy Stlckney as the queen and Howard Llndsey as the king were all chosen wisely and came through in remarkable fashion. PLATTER CHATTER MERCURY: Dick Contlno't best disk In recent months Is "Pledge of Love" which he does with feeling . . . Good song, good arrangement ... On the flip side, Dick revives a favorite of yesteryear yester-year with notable results, "Two Loves Have I" (this one Is an accordion ac-cordion number, the first a vocal) , , . The popular Crew Cuts come up with an original number that should please their teen fans, "Whatever, Wherever, Whoever," backed by the beautiful "The Angelus." Chuck Miller joins the calypso bandwagon with a cutie, "Me Head's In De Barrel" with a new ballad, "Good Mornin' Darl-ln,"' Darl-ln,"' on the reverse. CAPITOL: Dick Haymes does his rendition of the ever-popular "C'est La Vie" and it's a fine one . . . FUp side has "Now At Last." |