Cinema: May 10, 1963

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Bye Bye Birdie. Ann-Margret is almost convincing as she sings and dances through the story about a small-town chick who tangles with a rock-'n'-roll rooster and nearly loses some tail feathers. All the songs from the Broadway original are here, but most of the life in Birdie seems to have flown the coop.

The Balcony. Jean Genet's allegory of life as a bawdyhouse where men buy illusions at the price of their masculinity. Shelley Winters is the madam.

I Could Go On Singing. Members of the Judy Garland Underground will love this more-than-slightly biographical story about a famous singer who goes to London to sing, gets involved in a child-custody wrangle, ends up on the lonely side of the rainbow.

TELEVISION

Wednesday, May 8

Israel—It Is No Fable (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).* A special documentary look at Israel, including an interview with Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion.

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). The show's Creator-Writer-Producer Carl Reiner turns actor for an appearance in this episode called "When a Bowling Pin Talks, Listen."

Thursday, May 9

The Twilight Zone (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). An Outward Bounder of a story called "Passage on the Lady Anne," with Gladys Cooper, Wilfred Hyde-White and Cecil Kellaway.

Friday, May 10

The Jack Paar Show (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Guests Pearl Bailey and Peggy Cass will beard Peter Ustinov. Color.

Saturday, May 11 ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). A film-clip reprise of the Pan American Games from Sáo Paulo, Brazil.

The Defenders (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). In this episode Lawyer Lawrence Preston falls in love with a client (Geraldine Brooks) who is seeking a divorce.

What's Going On Here? (WNEW-TV, 9-9:30 p.m.). Anti-Establishment satire comes to U.S. television in a show patterned on the BBC's That Was the Week That Was­a rude, comic look at the news. Performers include Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook from Beyond the Fringe, Oh Dad's Barbara Harris, The Establishment's John Bird, Second City's Roger Bowen and others.

Sunday, May 12

The Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "The Airport Jam," a discussion of the problems of jet-age airports, including interviews with FAA Administrator Najeeb Halaby and homeowners who live near airports.

Sunday Night Movie (ABC, 8-10 p.m.). James Cagney as Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey in The Gallant Hours.

What's Going On Here? (WNEW-TV, 9-9:30 p.m.). Repeat of the Saturday night premiere (see above).

The Dinah Shore Show (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). An au revoir from Dinah­the last of her regular series (except for reruns) for a while. Color.

Monday, May 13

Monday Night at the Movies (NBC, 7:30-9:30 p.m.). Irene Dunne plays Queen Victoria and Alec Guinness plays Disraeli in The Mudlark.

David Brinkley's Journal (NBC, 10-10:30 p.m.). The second of two parts on Haiti.

Ben Casey (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Academy Award Winner Ed Begley is consulting physician in "Hang No Hats on Dreams."

Tuesday, May 14

As Caesar Sees It (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). The first silent TV show­Sid Caesar and guests re-create pre-talky movies (an opportunity for viewers to turn off the sound on the commercials and leave it off).

THEATER