The Ern Westmore Hollywood Glamour Show

{{short description|1953 American beauty tip TV show}}

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The Ern Westmore Hollywood Glamour Show (also known as The Ern Westmore Show and Hollywood Backstage) is an American television program that was originally syndicated in 1953 and carried on the ABC network from August 7, 1955, until September 11, 1955.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 260|edition=4th}}

The show is hosted by Hollywood make-up artist Ernest 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 BabbFrank Westmore and Muriel Davidson. The Westmores of Hollywood. J. B. Lippincott, New York City, 1976. and, along with Turn to a Friend, was part of a two-program entry by ABC into daytime TV.{{cite magazine |last1=Bundy |first1=June |title=Turn to a Friend |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1953/Billboard%201953-10-17.pdf |accessdate=21 March 2019 |magazine=Billboard |date=October 17, 1953 |page=15}} Besides Westmore, the show featured Dick Hyde,{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=310|edition=2nd}} Betty Egan, Eddie Varden, Helen Winston, and Robert and Helen Little.{{cite magazine |title=Hallmark Beauty Show for WKRC-TV, Cindy ... |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1953/Billboard%201953-03-28.pdf |accessdate=21 March 2019 |magazine=Billboard |date=March 28, 1953 |page=6}}

At times the program originated from local TV stations, including WAFM in Birmingham, WKRC in Cincinnati, and WTVJ in Miami. The ABC version of the program was broadcast from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays.{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=622 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Ern+Westmore%22+ABC&pg=PA622 |access-date=October 29, 2022 |language=en}}

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.

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.{{cite magazine |title=ABC-TV Axes 'Jean Carroll'; Pares Budget |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1954/Billboard%201954-01-02.pdf |accessdate=21 March 2019 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 2, 1954 |page=2}}