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...Tidings (by Edward Mabley; produced by Harald Bromley) is set down in the program as a "romantic comedy." Up on the stage, however, it seems like a sentimental farce-which, if a rarer mixture, is a much less rewarding one. The play tells of a well-known foreign correspondent (Melvyn Douglas) who, on the eve of marrying a magazine heiress (Haila Stoddard), is descended on by a cyclonic actress (Signe Hasso) with whom, 20 years before, he had had an affair. With her are her two grown children, one of whom, he learns...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Craig's Wife, with Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas...
Armed with a convenient $900,000 inheritance, Ava bribes her rakish ne'er-do-well of a cousin (Melvyn Douglas) to break up Mitchum's home by seducing his wife (Janis Carter)-a job Douglas seems perfectly willing to attempt without pay. But, on the point of success, Douglas accidentally kills his quarry. Mitchum, suspected of doing his wife in, can be saved only by Ava's last-minute confession of her foul scheme...
Your Show of Shows (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). Host: Melvyn Douglas. Stars: Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca...
...Video Theater (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). To Thine Own Self, with Melvyn Douglas...