The Ern Westmore Hollywood Glamour Show
The Ern Westmore Hollywood Glamour Show is a short-lived 1953 ABC television show.
The show was hosted by Hollywood make-up artist Ern Westmore, who offered beauty tips to viewers and gave a makeover to a member of the studio audience, who was then serenaded by a vocal singer, similar to the end of the Miss America Pageant. It was produced by Kroger Babb and, along with Turn to a Friend, was part of a two-program entry by ABC into daytime TV.[1] Besides Westmore, the show featured Betty Egan, Eddie Varden, Helen Winston, and Robert and Helen Little.[2]
At times the program originated from local TV stations, including WAFM in Birmingham, WKRC in Cincinnati, and WTVJ in Miami.[2]
A review in the October 17, 1953, issue of the trade publication Billboard described Westmore as "ultra-candid" in the episode that was reviewed and said that he was "far too clipped and cold in his frank appraisal of the grooming deficiencies" of women in the audience.[1]
The show's final broadcast, and that of Turn to a Friend, came on December 31, 1953, as ABC shifted its focus from afternoon programming to morning shows.[3]
References
- Bundy, June (October 17, 1953). "Turn to a Friend" (PDF). Billboard. p. 15. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- "Hallmark Beauty Show for WKRC-TV, Cindy ..." (PDF). Billboard. March 28, 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- "ABC-TV Axes 'Jean Carroll'; Pares Budget" (PDF). Billboard. January 2, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
Bibliography
- Marsha Francis Cassidy (2005), What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s, University of Texas, ISBN 978-0-292-70627-9
- Frank Westmore and Muriel Davidson. The Westmores of Hollywood. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1976.
- Internet Movie Database: Ern Westmore. URL accessed 13 January 2006.