Guide Right Explained

Runtime:	24 mins.
Director:	Barry Shear
Presenter:	Donn Russell (host) The Airmen of Note
Country:	United States
Network:	DuMont

Guide Right is an American musical variety show which aired on the DuMont Television Network from February 25, 1952, to February 5, 1954.

The program was produced by the First Army Recruiting Service^[1] and supplied by the United States Air Force^[2] as a means of increasing enlistment for the Korean War. It featured The Airmen of Note directed by Fred Kepner, each 30-minute episode was hosted by Donn Russell, with Elliot Lawrence conducting the orchestra.^[3]

The show featured civilian musical artists in addition to military personnel. Guest performers included Eddie Fisher, June Valli,^[4] Sunny Gale,^[5] Teresa Brewer^[6] and Steve Lawrence.^[7]

Episode status

The UCLA Film and Television Archive has 18 episodes in its collection, and the Paley Center for Media has two episodes.^[8]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)

External links

• • DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. News: Oliver . Wade . 'Guide Right' Telecast Aids Draftees . February 6, 2022 . Star-Gazette . Associated Press . May 11, 1952 . New York, Elmira . 27. Newspapers.com.
2. Book: Edgerton . Gary R. . Rollins . Peter C. . Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age . 2021 . University Press of Kentucky . 978-0-8131-8164-6 . February 6, 2022 . en.
3. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. . 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8641-0 . 421 . February 6, 2022 . en.
4. News: Guide Right . February 28, 2022 . Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index . October 19, 1952 . 9.
5. News: Cpl. Verhulst to Star on Video Program Tonight . February 6, 2022 . The News . November 10, 1952 . New Jersey, Paterson . 21. Newspapers.com.
6. News: Monday October 6 (Cont'd) . February 6, 2022 . Ross Reports . October 5, 1952 . 9.
7. Book: Reed . R. M. . Reed . M. K. . The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video . 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-1-4684-6521-1 . 308 . February 6, 2022 . en.
8. https://dumonthistory.comv/a1.html DuMont historical website