Television, Records, Cinema, Books, Best Sellers: Oct. 4, 1963

TELEVISION

Wednesday, October 2

CHRONICLE (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).* An attempt to explain what makes a Frenchman tick, through dramatized excerpts from the works of Camus, Cocteau, Anouilh, De Maupassant and Balzac.

ESPIONAGE (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Premiere of a dramatic series filmed in Europe and based on the experiences of actual undercover agents.

THE ELEVENTH HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Ralph Bellamy makes his debut as chief psychiatrist in this season's series of psychiatric adventures. Tonight's story deals with infidelity.

Thursday, October 3 TODAY (NBC, 7-9 a.m.). Noel Coward appears on a program entirely devoted to him.

Friday, October 4

ROUTE 66 (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Joan Crawford plays the pursued wife of a homicidal maniac.

BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Premiere of the dramatic side of Hope's series. An billionaire Chippewa Indian returns to his home town to avenge his father's lynching. Color.

Saturday, October 5

ABC's WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). World's Professional High Diving championships from Toronto; the National Scrambles Motorcycle championships from Perris, Calif.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). "Ask Any Girl," starring Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young and David Niven. Color.

Sunday, October 6

DIRECTIONS '64 (ABC, 1-1:30 p.m.). First of a five-part series on Israel's culture, focusing on the current archaeological discoveries.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Guest: Walter Reuther.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN LONDON (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Actress Taylor wanders around the city in which she was born.

A MAN NAMED MAYS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). A TV portrait of the Giants' Centerfielder Willie Mays.

Monday, October 7

HOLLYWOOD AND THE STARS (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). First of a two-part look at the glamour queens of the past 50 years.

Tuesday, October 8

THE RED SKELTON HOUR (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Guests are Ginger Rogers and Jackie Coogan.

BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Season premiere. Tonight's guests include Anna Moffo, Rudolf Nureyev, Richard Tucker and Robert Preston.

RECORDS

NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (Columbia). Isaac Stern may have a peer or two among the world's violinists, but this is merely a breezy and beautiful little effort. Stern glides through a dozen "great violin favorites"—Greensleeves, Humoresque, Hoe-Down—and the album should keep

* All times E.D.T. him in bow resin for years to come.

PORGY AND BESS (RCA Victor) is another case of too much cake for the oven —this time with Leontyne Price towering over both score (excerpted songs) and cast (William Warfield, McHenry Boat-wright). The recording is rich, the singing is fine, and the livin' is easy—at least for those who can bear the thought of Price singing under Skitch Henderson's baton.