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...dials from one show to another-the big parade of singers, dancers and actors has been programed without any overlapping: ¶ NBC and Rexall Drug Co. will try spreading some elfin cheer (6:30 to 7:30 p.m., E.D.T.) with a $325,000 "free treatment" of Pinocchio, with Walter Slezak, Fran Allison, Jerry Colonna, Stubby Kaye, Savoyard Martyn Green, and as the wooden hero, Mickey Rooney, 35. Says Scriptwriter Yasha Frank: "It's corny, but corn is the staff of entertainment life." ¶ CBS's The Edsel Show (8 to 9 p.m., E.D.T.) will crowd The Ed Sullivan...
...writing has neither period gloss nor better-than-period glitter, and Tyrone Guthrie's staging shows best in small touches. As long as the title role keeps to a bright musicomedy level, with the Regent preening himself, or riding a rocking-horse, or struggling with his stays, Walter Slezak's Regent has all Walter Slezak's mischievous charm. But, for all Actor Slezak's avoirdupois, the characterization lacks body because of the writing. With its famous characters and historic occasions, the play is fun enough to look at, but wearisome to listen...
...your last chance to see Danny Kaye in an All Star International Show, with frenetic Spanish dance troupe (at the Colonial) and Walter Slezak as The First Gentleman, at the Plymouth. Both...
...Tyrone Guthrie, an outstanding director, should believe in this play is a mystery, but he proves his ingenuity and does an enormous amount of work to cover the author's odd efforts with an engaging, amusing, decidely well-wrought surface. He and Mr. Slezak make delightful details out of nearly nothing--a gesture, a glance, or a footman...
...Slezak who supports everything. Nearly all his laughs are earned by business and intonation; nearly none by lines. When he drinks champagne, allows himself to be corseted, or just stalks in and out, the evening is a success. But why must such a highly talented star as Slezak drag along a playwright like Mr. Ginsburg...