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fttWWltt KEEP THIS AMUSEMENT SECTION Km $oa dCandif ihpihsinai OIL WvJl TV RADIO PROGRAMS SEPT. 30-OCT. 6 Inc. SEPTEMBER 30, 1 960 PAGE 3 Jean Holloway's Western Dramas Silence Boasts Of Male Writers '''JSJ esjSsfj iijE-j JiV-iS ITS Women just can't write Westerns, mate writer friends kept telling Jean Hollo way. They repeatedly said, "Women just aren't capable of capturing the histy philosophy and attitudes of the early West." Miss Holloway was one woman "who refused to accept this as fact.

She has been a precedent-breaker since girlhood. San Francisco-born Jean Holloway left college in her sophomore year at the age of 17 to write. First it was "The Kate Smith Show" on radio and then she penned three M-G-M musicals: "Till the Clouds Roll By," "Words and Music" and "Summer Holiday." Miss Holloway hadn't planned to write Westerns. But, the lofty attitude of her writing men friends drove her to it if, tff A if r.r- Ill v- and she aimed for agon Train." The result the first three shows of the new fall season are By Jean Holloway "Wagons Hoi" the premiere on A SCENE FROM 'MEN IN WHITE9 Lee J. Cobb IefO and Richard Basehart right star in Sidney Kingsley's Pulitzer Prize drama "Men In White," on Channel 20 Friday, Sept.

30, at 7:30 p.m. Dina Merril and Lois Smith also star in this play about the lives and loves of dedicated doctors of medicine. Don Richardson dir eels the ninety-minute "special." The television version of this hit Broadway play as been written by Audrey Gellen and Jacqueline Babbin. David Susskind is the producer. If -m i 1 Sept.

28 starring Mickey Roon ey; "The Horace Best Story' starring George Golel on Oct. and "The St. Louis Story starring Ed Wynn of Oct. 12, FIRST SHOW 1.9 The first show she submitted two years ago was "The Steele Family Story," which "Wagon Train' producer Howard Chris t). 1 f.

i t- ft tie read through once and then instructed his secretary to make out the necessary purchase papers, ironically enough, for Mr. Holloway. When Christie I bought her second script Andrew Hale Story" star i7 A- ring John MclntireV he put Miss Holloway under a long term con -tJ7 tract. Last season she left her male writer friends choking in the cloud at dust she kicked up with i I her productive typewriter. Her chief work was the two-part 'Trial for Murder." Also one of WHEELS OF 'JTACOy TRAIN' last year's favorites was "The Greenhorn Story" starring Mickey Rooney.

It was so sue cessful gave rise to ideas for this year's premiere, in which Jean Holloway, television's only woman writer of Westerns, takes time off from her busy plotting and playwright-ing to visit the set of "Wagon Train" her biggest market. Here she is shown with Robert Horton, who co-stars with Ward Bond as regulars on the show. Miss Halloway has written the first three "Wagon Train" episodes for the new fall season, which begins Wednesday, Sept. 28. iv if Rooney stars again.

OTHER SCRIPTS Since beginning to write for Wagon Train, Miss Holloway iias authored such scripts as World Scri es nines Slietluell "The Stage Coach Story" which starred Debra Paget; heC. L. Harding Story" starring Claire Trevor; "The Jess Mac-Abee Story" starring Andy De-vine and others. mingham, 4 p.m., Channel 12. Auburn Kentucky, at Lexington, p.m.

Channel 12. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 "Home Run Derby," featuring Jackie Jensen. 8 p.m., Channel 20. "Women can write anything! men can write." says Miss Hol is i loway firmly. "A writer should be able to write in many fields -maybe not with equal success all, but competently at least.

A writer's chief concern is plot. betting and props are of sec ondary importance. Why shouldn't I be able to write Westerns?" ft1 If- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, 11:45 a.m., Channel 20. NCAA Football, Syracuse vs.

Kansas, 12:45 p.m., Channel 12. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 "Pro Football Kickoff," with Gleason As Hamlet 1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 Pre game, World Series, 10:45 a.m., Channel 12 Wor'd Series game, No. 1, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees, 11 a.m., Channel 12. THURSDAY, OCTOBER Pre game, World Series, 10:45 a.m., Channel 12.

World Series game, No. 2. 11 a.m., Channel 12. Run Derby" featuring Rocky Coiavito of the Detroit Tigers. 9 p.m., Channel 20.

Jackpot Bowling, featuring Don Carter and Harry Smith, 10:30 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) Accord ing to theatrical legend, all comics want to play Hamlet. The latest is comic Jackie Glea Johnny Lujack, 11:45 a.m., Chan son. nel 20. Baltimore Colts vs.

Chicago He not only want to he wi'l. Gleason will nlar the melan JAMS PAIGE AND JANE POWELL Glamorous Janis Paige, left, and Jane Powell are the girls and Art Carney and Tony Randall are the boys of "Hooray for Love," an hour-long comedy revue on the humoroua aspects of I'amour, scheduled at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, on Channel 20. The four funsters will star in a series of comedy nd muscal sketches lampooning the fables and foibles of man in his eternal quest- for love and happiness.

choly Dane in a two hour tele Bears, noon, Channel 20. Chicago Bears vs. Baltimore Colts, noon, Channel 12. Alabama-Vanderbilt, at i r- vision spectacular in Septem ber 1961..