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Show Making TV Actors Making TV Actors pi Q During the first complete calendar year of operation, the Protestant Radio Commission produced and arranged for 2,128 radio and television programs of Bible stories for children. This total resulted in an average of 41 programs each week, many of them puppet shows of Bible stories. These puppets (pictured in this story) are the creations of a husband and wife team, Leslie and Mabel Beaton. Above, for instance, the Beaton-made TV actors are shown in a scene from "The Ten Talents." y ft Pi 1 f - -if ' 1 & , " l I . y -s " , 4. , I O The figure above is the seductive dancer from the inn scene in "The Prodigal Son". The Beaton figures are meticulously designed and executed. i if;; ?y& O Settings and props for the famous Beaton TV shows are authentic down to the last detail. In the above picture Leslie Beaton is shown finishing one of the "actors" just before he makes his entrance in front of the camera. Notice the detail and almost life-like expression of the repentant sinner (right) who appears in "The Lost Sheep." Everett C. Parker, famous for development of new techniques of religious education in the field of broadcasting, is the director of the Protestant Radio Commission which puts out the TV films. r " v V- f i'4 J n 1 ' ' - ' ; 0 In the scene above two brothers carry the fatted calf to the welcome feast on the return of the prodigal. Notice the fine details of the scene, including in-cluding the basket and water jugs, flowers and trees. fx A 'I 11 V ::r . ! S . S4 I, v IS L v s Q Sculptress Mabel Beaton ft (above) is shown working on , one of her marionette heads. ; The life-like figure (left) is ; the Good Shepherd from the : parable of the "Lost Sheep". . At the right Mrs. Beaton , dresses a puppet. The Protestant Protes-tant Radio Commission has completed four films for TV. . They are "The Ten Talents", .i 'The Good Samaritan", "The Lost Sheep" and "The Prodigal i Son". |