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PERFORMERS PATTI PAGE, JULIUS LAROSA AND CALIFORNIA SKATING WIZARD ARTIE FRANKS PERORM A CHRISTMAS SKATE PERFORMANCE TO "JINGLE BELLS". A SMALL TOWN CHURCH IN THE BG. HAPPY COUPLES SKATE IN SYNC HOLDING HANDS. SKATERS WEAR ROLLER SKATES FOR THE FESTIVE CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE. LONE MALE SKATER, CENTER STAGE WHIRLS QUICKLY AROUND IN AN UPRIGHT SPIN AND A SIT DOWN SPIN.

ALL PERFORMERS SPIN ARM IN ARM IN A SYMMETRICAL LINE AS THEY ROLLER SKATE AROUND AND AROUND THE FROZEN POND STAGE SET. ONE SKATER ROLLS UP CLOSE TO THE CAMERA AND FALLS INTO THE LENS.

SULLIVAN HOLDS TWO SMALL PUPPETS / DOLLS IN HIS HANDS, SULLIVAN REQUESTS A CLOSE UP OF THE DOLLS BY THE CAMERAMAN. SULLIVAN INTRODUCES A SEGMENT THROW TO THE HOLLYWOOD FILM SET FOR "NOT AS A STRANGER"
STARRING ROBERT MITCHUM AND OLIVIA DE HAVILLAN.
COMICAL CLIP STARRING SULLIVAN IS PREVIEWED.
SULLIVAN ACTS THE PART OF A SURGERY PATIENT BEING OPERATED ON, SULLIVAN GREETS A SURGICAL NURSE, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND. DE HAVILLAND AND SULLIVAN TALK ON THE SET OF "NOT AS A STRANGER". OLIVIA SPEAKS ABOUT HER CHARACTER, KRISTINA HEDVIGSON / MARSH, IN THE FILM. DE HAVILLAND SHOWS OFF HER SHORT, BLEACH BLONDE LOCKS.

FILM CLAPPER SLATE SNAPS AS FRANK SINATRA PRACTICES A LINE ON THE SET OF THE FEATURE FILM "NOT AS A STRANGER". SINATRA SPEAKS IN A SWEDISH ACCENT AND PERFORMS A COMEDY ROUTINE ABOUT A DOCTOR IN SURGERY.
SINATRA'S ACTING CAREER, SINATRA IN REHEARSAL.

SULLIVAN INTERVIEWS CHARLES BICKFORD ON THE SET OF "NOT AS A STRANGER". BICKFORD SPEAKS ABOUT HIS CHARACTER, DR. DAVE RUNKLEMAN, IN THE MOVIE...BICKFORD ADVERTISES FOR MERCURY.

FILM DIRECTOR STANLEY KRAMER WALKS SULLIVAN AROUND THE SET. A LARGE CROWD ON A HOLLYWOOD FILM SET GATHER AROUND THE CAST AND CREW FROM "NOT AS A STRANGER" TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO ED SULLIVAN.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND STEPS FORWARD TO PRESENT SULLIVAN WITH TWO SMALL DOLLS / PUPPETS AS A GIFT.
THE GIFTS REPLICATE DE HAVILLAND'S AND MITCHUM'S CHARACTERS IN "NOT AS A STRANGER".

CAMERA PAND ED SULLIVAN STUDIO AUDIENCE, CLAPPING.