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20th Century-Fox Hour (Wed. 10 p.m. CBS). Noel Coward's Cavalcade, with Michael Wilding. Merle Oberon...
...King and I. Performance: a knockout. Von Weber: Four-Hand Piano Pieces (Arthur Gold, Robert Fizdale; Columbia). A gifted romantic at his most melodious. Weber puts as much sweet pathos and lilting grace into these little charmers as he does into his more famed operas (Der Freischutz, Oberon, Euryanthe). Other notable new releases: Brahms's German Requiem (soloists, Frankfurt Opera Chorus and Orchestra and Museum Orchestra conducted by Georg Sold; Capitol, 2 LPs); Giuseppe Torelli's Twelve Concert!, Op. 8 (Stuttgart Pro Musica String Orchestra conducted by Rolf Reinhardt; Vox, 3 LPs). Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto...
...Wisconsin v. Rice. Spectacular (Sun. 7:30 p.m., NBC). With Judy Holliday, Steve Allen, Dick Shawn. The Bob Hope Show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). With Rosemary Clooney. The Best of Broadway (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). The Man Who Came to Dinner with Monty Woolley, Merle Oberon, Bert Lahr, Buster Keaton, Joan Bennett, Zasu Pitts, Reginald Gardiner...
...result, Mendelssohn is more the hero of the evening than Shakespeare; Moira Shearer's dancing far surpasses any actor's speech; the ass's head that Bottom wears is more entertaining than Stanley Holloway's Bottom. Only Robert Helpmann as Oberon can render Shakespeare's diction as well as dance, can become something fleet, mischievous, magical-and believably Shakespearean...
...Radio Theater (Tues. 9 p.m., NBC). Wuthering Heights, with Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell...