(circa November 1957) Claudette Colbert has incorporated herself, now plans to produce TV films.
(circa November 1957) A ghost-story series, One Step Beyond, is in preparation at Screen Gems, with Boris Karloff, one of Hollywood's kindlier ghosts, pencilled in as the ghost-host.
(circa November 1957) Following her something-less-than sensational appearance on the opening Frank Sinatra Show, Kim Novak has been banned from further TV appearances by her studio.
(circa early 1959) Brigitte Bardot is coming to the United States for television guest appearances. The Steve Allen Show is one that wants her.
(MG Trivia: Dave Garroway at The Today Show was able to secure her instead)
(summer 1961) The long-time radio show, Johnny Dollar, is to be turned into an hour TV film series by producer Blake Edwards.
(early 1958) Dragnet will use an actual case witness in an upcoming episode, a Los Angeles nurse's aide who identified a killer by the appearance of his eyes. She will play herself.
(early 1958) Still another new Western series, this one to star Michael Rennie, is not in the test-film stage. Title is The Tall Man.
(early 1958) Warner Brothers has a new Western series in mind for John Russell, will have him test the character in an upcoming Cheyenne episode. Probable series title: Lone Star.
(early 1958) Cy Howard may produce and write a series for MGM based on the studio's 1950 hit, Father of the Bride.
(early 1958) Orson Welles will receive $7,500 for tomorrow's Steve Allen Show, but Gale Storm keeps her asking price at $15,000 per guest shot.
(early 1958) Bette Davis, whose Suspicion show was postponed when she suffered a fall in her home, is now set for April 21 in "Fraction of a Second."
(early 1958) There will be no private-eye series for Mickey Rooney at CBS, as previously thought, and the network show is looking around for a new format for him.
(early 1958) The new Warner Brothers Western series for star John Russell will be titled Laramie. Peter Brown will be co-star.
(early 1958) Charles Bronson and Angie Dickinson will be regulars in a planned new series, Man with a Camera, based on the experiences of newsreel cameramen.
(MG Trivia: Angie Dickinson co-starred with Bronson on the pilot episode, which was sold to the network, but she was never a series regular and never appeared on the program beyond the pilot, which consequently aired as the fourth episode of the series.)
(early 1958) Plans fell through for June Lockhart to become the permanent romantic interest on Have Gun-Will Travel, but she'll do one more episode, now scheduled for May.
(early 1958) Tales of Frankenstein, new series of telefilms, takes on ABC's Saturday night ay 10 period in the fall. The show, produced by Screen Gems, has no permanent cast.
(early 1958) Frankie Laine has registered the title and format for a series called Dressing Room "A", a behind-the-scenes story of a singer. He would star.
(circa early 1959) Danny Thomas is trying to sell CBS a new program idea titled "Variety Workshop," to develop new comedians for television.
(autumn of 1957) Warner brothers next season will do a 39-episode, hour-long film series called The House of Wax, with a mystery-intrigue format. No star as yet selected.
(early 1961) The Defenders, written by Reginald Rose as a two-part Studio One presentation, is planned as a weekly hour-long series, with Lloyd Nolan penciled in for the role.
(MG Trivia: E.G. Marshall was the lead for the series, not Lloyd Nolan.)
(early 1958) Marilyn Monroe, who has shrugged off television, now reportedly saying :maybe" to producer Robert Saudek for an Omnibus appearance in the fall. Perhaps in something written by her husband, Arthur Miller?
(early 1958) NBC already has scheduled Gunn for Hire, starring Craig Stevens, for Mondays at 9 p.m. next season. He plays Pete Gunn, a private eye.
(early 1958) Jack Wrather (Lassie, Lone Ranger, Sergeant Preston) is making a test film for a series based on the files of "Tom Swift."
(early 1958) Nellie Lutcher has a featured role in Jack Webb's test film for Pete Kelly's Blues.
(early 1958) Helen Humes has replaced Nellie Lutcher in the Pete Kelly's Blues test film. Meanwhile, Jack webb is set to shoot a second test film this month, The D.A.'s Man, to be turned out by the Medic producer-writer team of Frank La Tourette and Jim Moser.
(early 1958) Jack Webb will soon start production on a test film for the Pete Kelly's Blues series he's been planning for four years, possible with Bob Crosby starred. Only hitch: Crosby is still under exclusive contract to CBS.
(early 1958) The Adventures of McGraw got a little too adventurous for Frank Lovejoy. The script called for him to dive through a window, but didn't say anything about breaking his leg -- which he did. The cast comes off next week.
(early 1958) One Man's Family may return to TV, turning up in its new format as an episode on The Loretta Young Show. If the audition is successful, a new series would probably be produced by Miss Young's Lewislor Productions.
(early 1958) Gerald Mohr, once of Foreign Intrigue, who has played the notorious "Doc Holiday" for the Maverick series, may now play the character in a projected Warner Brothers series to be titled Doc Holiday.
(early 1958) Singer Frankie Laine will do a straight dramatic role in an upcoming Cheyenne episode.
(MG Trivia: He never appeared on the show.)
(summer 1958) Preston Foster of Waterfront has completed a test film for his planned new series, Iron Trail, a Western dealing with trains rather than horses.
(summer 1958) Warner Brothers, adding a ninth series to its TV schedule, will make Public Enemy, based on the 1931 James Cagney movie.
(early 1958) All plans for a Tarzan TV film series, starring Gordon Scott, now have been dropped in favor of continuing the property as a once-a-year motion picture schedule. Scott will continued in the lead.
