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Actor's Muff. On one level, the film v. live-TV fight is an artistic squabble. Producers and directors of such live shows as Studio One, U.S. Steel Hour and Philco Goodyear TV Playhouse argue that the theaterlike thrill of live TV cannot be captured on film, and that live performances hold more excitement and spontaneity. Replies Film-Maker Hal Roach-"Who wants to see a stagehand in the wrong place, or hear an actor muff his lines? That's what spontaneity means...
...Goodyear TV Playhouse (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC). Judy Holliday in The Huntress...
...strike vote proposal reflects the belief that workers would often vote against their union leaders if they had the chance. But while such a regulation was in effect for essential industries during the war. the Government conducted 2,285 strike polls in such companies as Goodyear, General Motors and Wright Aeronautical, found that in most (85%) employees voted to strike. Instead of making for quicker settlement, the polls served (in workers' eyes) as a sort of Government approval, tended to solidify the opposing battle lines...
...critics gave a modest approval to a TV import: Horton Foote's new play, The Trip to Bountiful, starring Lillian Gish (see THEATER). Last March millions of televiewers saw an hour-long version of the same play, with all but two of the same cast, on the Goodyear-Philco TV Playhouse. Robert Howard Lindsay's The Chess Game, seen in February on the Kraft TV Theater, is scheduled for a Broadway opening later this season...
Nylon Tires. Three tire companies-Firestone, Goodrich and U.S. Rubber-announced their first nylon cord tires (Goodyear has had one since April). Firestone's is the first tubeless nylon tire, while Goodrich brought out a nylon truck tire, with a tread 46% thicker than usual, which it says will last up to 100,000 miles. U.S. Rubber claims its nylon passenger tire has 95% more bruise resistance than standard tires. Prices run 6% to 15% higher than regular tire lines...