Last week Hollywood was eying television with deep interest: ¶ The first top-rank movie star to get into TV on a contract basis was Oscar Winner Ronald Colman. For an undisclosed sum, said Producer Ben Finney, Colman had agreed to narrate and act in 26 half-hour telefilms: 13 Charles Dickens stories, and 13 by Robert Louis Stevenson. Colman may also narrate a series of O. Henry dramas.
¶ Producer David O. Selznick announced the formation of his own television film unit, which will begin producing "in the near future."
¶ Producer Hal Roach decided to turn his Hollywood lot into a production center...
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