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Suspense (Mon. 8:30 p.m., CBS). Charles Laughton in Jack Ketch...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). The Bishop Misbehaves, with Charles Laughton, Josephine Hull, Vanessa Brown...
Please correct the error made in your Laughton article where you state: ". . . Chautauqua in 1925 quickly and quietly faded away." In my opinion, this worthwhile institution is very much alive today at Chautauqua. Its religious and cultural programs are without parallel. During the season the Chautauqua Symphony programs are broadcast to a nationwide audience. The summer opera maintains highest musical standards. New York University offers extension work there to a host of educators from all parts of the country...
...derivation of "ham" as applied to "h'amateur" actors in your article on Charles Laughton differs from what I believe to be the correct one. The oldtime minstrels used to apply ham-fat to their faces so that their burnt-cork makeup would be easier to remove. They thus became known as "ham-fatters," the word eventually being shortened to "ham," and used to designate any broad, slapstick performances such as those of the minstrels. Now, of course, it simply means bad acting...
...whatever the derivation, if Mr. Laughton's performances in Don Juan in Hell are hamming, let us have more...