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VOL. 183 No. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1951

GLOBAL TELEVISION BY

PRICE 25 CENTS

1960Color TV as Western Democracies

‘Secret Weapon vs. Red Youth Rail;

By GEORGS ROSEN

Paris, Aug. 7.

Color television** vast sphere of

Jnfotnce as a "secret weapon" in

championing the cause of the west-

ern democracies will be dra-

matically highlighted in Europethis month.Oddly enough, color TV’s two

•utstanding contributions to date

as an "international torchbearer.”

in (1) cementing a "free world*'

concept as opposed to Soviet totali-

tarianism; and (2) establishing

tinted video as the most revolu-

tionary advance of the 20th Cen-tury in the field of medical science,

focusses on Europe,, rather thanAmerica, during this month andSeptember.Within the next few days the

Columbia Broadcasting System un-veils a number of its color tele-

vision receivers in the western zoneof Berlin

—"across the street" from

the scene of the Soviet-inspiredWorld Festival of Youth, now in

progress, which anticipates a turn-out of 2,000,000 from all over theworld before the Festival ends.The idea, of luring the kids over

hto the western zone with a "come-on-a-my-house and see color TV"as the chief halt was cooked up bythe State Dept., and the EconomicCooperation Administration. CBSreadily agreed to fall in with theplan, as did Radio Corp. of Amer-ica, which will be repnesented bylarge-screen black and white TVprojection, plus a total of 60 of its

17-inch monochrome receivers. Thrfequipment has been in Europe forseveral weeks, but it was a case ofmaintaining strict secrecy to pre-vent possible sabotage.For two weeks, starting next

Monday, during the height of theYouth Rally, there will be regularlyscheduled color TV performancesfrom strategic points, designed toimpress the youth of the world with

(Continued on pape 40)

LIST TO SPONSOR

LA.-N.Y. TV PREEMAmerican Telephone & Tele-

graph Co. will sponsor a four-net-work show inaugurating the coast-m-coast coaxial cable and relayhookup on Sept. 30. It will be thehugest time-and-talent budget for•one-shot in video’s history, since** "ill involve the four tele chains•od an all-star talent roster.AT*T, of course, will get bark

•portion of the win for the net-orks use of its lines and relays,

its outlay for time on the webs•nd their affiliates will be record-wutng. To date no commercialP/Josor has used a four-chain

which has been accordedP,y president Truman for his ma-

*8 yet hasn’t been inkedthe hour-long show, which is

Ein* by N. W. Ayer.6.

1ry for *be telephone company.

eoaq s

are bei"8 llned up on both

Negro Thesps Score NAACP on ‘A&A’

Stand; Set Tositive Action’ Council

PLANJOLSON

THEATREAT BRANDEIS II.

Showbusiness leaders of all

faiths are currently drawing plans

to erect a Jolson Memorial Thea-tre on the campus of BrandeisUniversity, a non-sectarian school

in Waltham, Mass.

The tribute is in line with thelifetime efforts of A1 Jolson to

promote interfaith understanding.Jolson bequeathed the bulk of his

$4,000,000 estate to Protestant,

Catholic and Jewish Institutions.

Probe Ax Fells

Saratoga Spots

But Nags LureSaratoga Springs, Aug. 7.

The current state-conducted in-

vestigation into gambling andpossible tieups with public officials

of Saratoga County has shutteredPiping Rock and several otherswank niteries. reduced Riley’s

Lake House to '’bottle club" status,

with an orchestra only, brought a

non-name show into the Brook, andkept Newman’s on s dine-dancepolicy. Newman’s, like The Brook,is operated year-round, and hencedid not have to seek a summerliquor license. Both hold 12-monthpermits.

The State Liquor Authority an-

nounced yesterday ( Mon. ) that it

had turned down an application

I from Riley’s for s license on theallegation that a man with a police

record "has an interest in the prop-

erty proposed to be licensed andwill benefit by the issuance of a

license to the applicant (Mrs.

Lillian Somma)”. The spot opened

|

the ssme day with an advertised

I plan of "as at home, use your own(Continued on page 56)

Now You Can Even BuyA New Home Via Video

Dallas, Aug. 7.

Home buying can be made less

of an ordeal. At least, that is the

view of the Dallas Home Builders

Assn., which plans to make it so

the prospective buyer can sit be-

fore his television set and inspect

half a dozen homes ranging in

price from $8,500 to $24,500, all

within the space of one hour andwith a minimum of physical exer-

I tion.

"The Show of Homes" programis to be telecast each Sunday from2 to 3 p.m. on WFAA-TV. It will

be done with film of exteriors andinteriors, and the builders will bepresent to talk floor plans, sketches

'• and data on financing the deals.

By JACK HELLMANHollywood. Aug. 7.

International television within ayear and a half. World-wide tele-

vision by 1960.

That’s how the NBC timetablereads, and Sylvester **Pat

M Weaver,network’s exec tele veepee, ad-mitted to ' Vamity over theweekend that such a far-flung proj-ect is on the network’s planningboard, and he’s hopefully expec-tant of its realization barring un-toward obstacles or a spreadingworld conflict. The big problem is

electronics but these, he believes,

will be whipped in due time.After passing two weeks here In

conference with Norman Black-burn, TV head for the network in

Hollywood, and top comics on thenetwork. Weaver leaves for .MexicoCity and possibly Havana and Pan-ama -to continue negotiations for

the hemisphere tiein and the typeof programs that can be exchanged.It is practically assured that Cana-dian stations, first in Montreal andToronto, will fall in the sphere of

NBC’s operation.In Mexico City Weaver will

meet with Emilio Azcarraga, showbiz tycoon, and “"Possibly JohnRoyal, who recently retired after

23 years with NBC. UnderstoodRoysl may become associated withAzcarraga in the television venture,which will cover all of the southernrepublic. Weaver will also meetwith Fernando Eileta of Panamaand Goar Mestre of Havana to

forge the first link of the foreignnetwork to the south. Later therewill be conversations with SouthAmerican operators, who are eagerto make an association with NBCfor an exchange of programs. Bra-

(Continued on page 63).

Denver’s 1st TV

VisuBig-ScreenDenver, Aug. 7.

Denver will get its first lookat regularly-scheduled televisionshows via big-screen video in thedowntown Broadway Theatre. It’s

to be made possible by the factthat the new microwave relaychannel to the Coa'st passes di-

rectly through Denver.City has no TV stations, and

with the Federal CommunicationsCommission freeze on new stationconstruction still in effect, is notlikely to have one for some time.John Wolfberg, general managerof Wolfberg Theatre ICnterprises.

which operates the Broadway, will

consequently arrang with BellTelephpne to link the theatre withspecial cable to the coast-to-coastrelay setup.Under this arrangement, the vi-

deo signals will be flashed fromOmaha, the present western termi-nus of the coaxial cable, to

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THEATRE TV WOULD

BE PROBED IM HOUSEWashington, Aug. 7.

Theatre TV showings of prize-

fights would come under investiga-

tion of a special house committeeif a resolution introduced yester-

day (Mon.) by Rep. L. Gary Cle-

mente (D., N. Y.) is adopted.Gary asked that the committee

be established to determine wheth-er a Federal commission should becreated to control boxing. His reso-

lution calls upon the committee to

look into monopoly aspects of box-

ing, Including possible "unreason-able restraint" in denying matchesto TV setowners.

Film Biz Looks

To Sept • Oct.

As Test of B.O.a

Wifh film biz continuing to perkduring current dog days, industryexecs are increasingly concentrat-ing on September and October.Big TV shows will return to thenetworks then, providing a real

test of whether present good biz

is a seasonal flash or solidly based.

Pic toppers have not overlookedlast year’s experience in judgingresults of the present upturn.There was likewise a summer pick-

up in 1950, only to be followed bya perilous slide in grosses in

September and October.While t h e r • was no definite

reason ascribable to last year’s fall

slump, widespread industryopinion was that the start of thebig tele shows during those monthswas not merely coincidental to the


Group of Negro actors, voicingthe fear that the charges leveledagainst CBS-TV’s "Amos ’n* Andy"show by the National Assn, * forthe Advancement of Colored Peo-ple would ruin chance of Negro ac-tors. aserted this week that tha.NAACP does not speak for the ma-jority of Negroes. Thesps. taking astand in favor of A A. A, claimedthat the NAACP action against thashow has actually threatened the"greatest opportunity" given Negroactors in recent years.

In a move to set up a positiveprogram to help Negroes In showbiz. the group formed a new or-ganization. the Coordinating Coun-cil for Negro Performers, which

I

immediately voted a ‘resolutioncommending CBS "for it* state-ment that it is continuing its im-provement of the 'Amos 'n' Andy*series and its guard against thecasting of Negro performers in anunfavorable light on radio and TVprograms." Council, although com-prising mainly members of theNegro Theatrical Guild, will op-erate as a separate body. LesterA. Walton, former U. S. ministerto Liberia, is chairman, and onemember from each of the show bisguilds and unions took part in its

formation.Discussing the NAACP, Noble

Sissle, Authors- Guild rep on theCouncil, asserted that the approachtaken against the CBS show byNAACP chief Walter A. White wasall wrong. _ "People can always


KEFAUVER, WHERRY SET

AS SUBS FOR PEARSONSenators Estes Kefauver (Dem.)

and Kenneth S. . Wherry * (Rep.)will pinchhit for ABC's Drew Pear-son on Aug. 19 and 26, respectively,during the gabber’s vacation. Sept.2 broadcast will be handled byFred Blumenthal and Jack Ander-son, of Pearson’s D. C. staff.

Pearson's show Sunday (12) willoriginate from Europe.

THE

• •

A COMPLETE HOUROE ENTERTAINMENT ™* COLOR

Undor th* Direction of PHIL SPITAINY

Mr

History of the American films-.Tokyo, Aug. 1.

,

The United Nations fighting menin Korea need entertainment morethan any other soldiers have need-

ed it in the past, according to JackBenny, who recently completed a

three-week tour of that battle rone

at the head of a USO-Camp Showstroupe. Comedian has tome real

idea of G1 needs since he madefour overseas junkets to entertain

service men during the last war.

“I had a feeling that Korea wasmore important than any place 1

visited in the last war,” Bennysaid in Tokyo, where he and his

troupe rested for several days be-

fore hopping off for their . last

round of appearances on Okinawa."You just can’t imagine it until

you’ve been there. Korea has noth-

ing—absolutely nothing. Even in

the islands of the South Pacific

during th# last war. *h# boys had

something to take their minds off

the fighting—even if it was only a

chance to go swimming.”

The radio star said it. was time

the American entertainment indus-

try woke up to the fact that a real

war has been fovght in Korea for

the past year, and that the industry

has fallen down woefully in its obli-

He said he

at evidenced by the product itself—is speedily being lost to the in-dustry and to future students ofthe cinema. Negatives and few re-maining prints of the milestonepictures in Aim history have beendeteriorating in|o dust at an accel-erating rate during the past fewyears. No method is known forpreserving them.

Since 30 years is the maximumlife of the celluloid base of a well-processed picture, everything madebefore 1920 is rapidly being lost toposterity. Pix not so well proc-essed, such as many of those madein the ’30s, shrink up and turn topowder in as little as 10 years.Many of them have already beenJost forever.

\ While the print and negative de*iJr Ioration is important in absence[to the industry of a permanent rec-

ord of its advance during the past50 years, there's an even morepractical significance. That's in

loss of television values. It is ex-pected that many studios will even-tually sell rights to TV only to find

that they can't provide prints or

negatives because they've tunedto dusk

Leading the lament for the irre-

trievable loss of the evidence of

the progress of this most typical of

American art fofw h RichardGriffith, assistant curator of tha

film library of the Museum of Mod-ern Art, N. Y., and himself a fore-

most film historian.

The film library "has the only

known remaining prints of such

classics as "Morocco” (Paramount,1930), starring Marlene Dietrich,

Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou;"Night Must Fall” (M-G, 1937),

starring Robert Montgomery and

Rosalind Russell; the John Barry-

more version of Dr. Jekvll andMr. Hyde” (Par, 1920), and Buster

Keaton’s "The Nayifator” «M-G,

1924). They'll all be gone eventu-

ally. too.

Negatives No Longer Exist

For one reason or another tha

negatives of these films no longer

8x1st, so copies cant be made. ThaMuseum goes to extreme lengths

to preserve them, as it does tha

thousands of other prints it owns,

but the deterioration of time can

at best only be slowed, not stopped.

The major studios, taking no such

special care, have long since seen

the negatives of many ok_.ihe pic-

tures which brought them to pres-

ent eminence turn to powder.

Bing's Eastern ExpansionBing Crosby Enterprises la

diversifying its interests, by ex-

panding some of its eastern actlvi-

This is particularly OK with

Everett Crosby, pre* of the outfit,

who favors residing east and is cur-

rently looking for a house aroundNew York. He* plans selling his

Hollywood place.

Hollywood. Aug. 7. •

Joan Bennett will topline a video

series packaged by G. Ralph Bran-

ton. former midwest theatre circuit

exec, and TV producer EddieLewis.

Miss Bennett will emcee and oc-

casionally star in programs, aimedat dramatization of original plays.

Bad Booking: a Pooch Act

Also Plays Harmonica Oi

By LUCETTE CARONParis. Aug. 3.

Once more the usu*: busy* group

of international fashion experts

and buyers have taken over the

town while 80% of the Parisians

are aw ay on vacation.

The heat wave struck Paris the

morning of the first opening.

Everyone was unprepared and in

the overcrowded non-aircondi-

tioned salons the audience had to

be revived with paper fans—and

champagne—about once an hour.

Editors of Lhe U. S, and other

magazines occupy their usual giltj^ ||g ja#t witH the Soviet

chairs, all fighting to be in thejor|,jj countries when the Govern-

front row; Ludwig Bemelmans ment annoUnced it* intention of

sketches uninterruptedly for Town] v |rtually ending economic relations

and Country; and pix stars like Czechoslovakia. That was theMichele Morgan. Simone Simon or

Qnc Iron Curtain country that wasMarline Carol are very careful to

gtiU p iaving Hollywood pix and—wear their Dior, Fath. or Schiapa-

! mo*

re astonishing—still payingrelli models in the right houses

>

f them

: The amount of money being ob-

1650 Broadway

gations to the troopswould do his best after his return

to arouse some interest in Korea.

Benny added that he believed

there were many artists in the U. S.

who would be glad to come over if

some “name” personality like him-

self undertook to form a troupe

and m.c. it.

Benny, who showed the strain of

his 21 appearances in the Korean“rice-paddy circuit,” said he wouldbe glad to appear on a national

radio broadcast with other stars of

stage, screen or radio in a bid to

drum * up support for the USO-Camp Shows organization.

Benay Venuta’s SuggestionBenay Venuta, singer with the

Benny show, tossed out anothersuggestion which might pay off in

increased entertainment for Ko-

rean troops. Singer pointed out

that Hollywood studio rosters are

loaded with the kind of talent need-

ed for intimate revues on the GIcircuit. Miss Venuta opined that

if one studio put together a small

variety show of a half-dozen or so

acts and sent, it off to Korea, other

lots almost certainly would follow

suit. Singer pointed out that this

device would cost the studios very

little since they would be using

artists already under contract.

Other members of Benny’s Car-

nival of Stars troupe, which played

to 187,000 UN fighting- men in

Korea and several thousand morein Japan and Korea, were screen

actress Marjorie Reynolds, tap

dancer Delores Gay, pianist andaccordionist June Bruner, guitar-

ist Frank Remlcy from the Phil

Harris oreh, and mentalist HarryKahne. Errol Flynn accompaniedthe troupe for part of the Koreanjunket, but left the show early andreturned to the U. S.

but as long as the Communists per- of harmony. Anything she can

mitted it to continue. American In- play. I can play better. No other

dustry had some reason to hope it harmonica act can make this state-

could crack the Iron Curtain else- mentwhere. The Czech state film mo- The china Theatre operates

nopoly has taken no new product twice-a-night, seven days a weekrecently, but was showing 71 Amer- dU ring the summer months only,

lean pix imported under a five- The manager of the theatre ia also

year-old deal that was due to ex- the booker. He is also the orches-

pire this October. tra leader. Is America going to

Since even communication with . take this lying down? I say no.

Prague is sketchy, the Motion Pic- Out with Bob Weitman. in with

ture Export Assn., which handles Paul Whiteman. We’ll show them

sales there isn’t certain how soon Swedes.

the new edict from Washington h does very good business on ac-

will bring the business to a com- COunt of there just isn’t much to doplete halt. Decision to end eco-

1 j„ Stockholm. They have an opennomic relations with Prague result- a jr theatre where concerts are glv-

ed from numerous acts of "ill will,” en to standees only. Next month

New NPA Order Hits

Amusement ConstructionWashington, Aug. 7.

Theatres and other amusementspots will find the construction

going even rougher^under the newNational Production Authority or-

der issued last Friday (3). NPArevoked its M-4 construction order

and substituted M-4A.This bars new construction—in-

cluding theatres, etc.—using over

two tons of carbon steel. 200

l>ounds of copper wire, or any of

the alloy steels, without special

NPA approval. Previously theatres

have been permitted to spend up to

$5,000 for repairs and modernizingand another $2,000 for installation

of “personal property,” without

special permission.Under M-4A, amusement con-

struction will come under the Con-trolled Materials Plan, effective

Oct. 1.

Vanderbilts’ Close CallSet De Carlo for IsraelHollywood, Aug. 7.

Yvonne de Carlo has been set

for series of Israel appearances.Sept. 2-18. in Tei Aviv, Jerusalem,Haifa and Ramat Gan.

Deal was set up with Paul Kohn-er by Jacob Amidor, head of Is-

rael’s Juval Concert Agency, herelining up performers. Miss DeCarlo will do a singing act in bothEnglish and Hebrew.

Paris, Aug. .Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr., Va-

riety roving correspondent, andhis wife miraculously escaped in-

jury last week when a Luxembourgsteam train ran through the red-light. sideswiping their Americanstationwagon. hurtling it more than100 feet. The car was completelydemolished.

Vanderbilt, who had photo-graphed Perle Me&Lg, U. S. minis-ter to Luxembourg, and other offi-

cials. heads for London, sailing

home from there later this week.

London, Aug. 7.

Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina

at Sadler’* Wells, has signed as disk

jockey with Towers of London, and

the programs will be aired via

WQXR in New York in the fall.

The deal calla for 28 ore-hour

shows, and Miss Fonteyn has al-

ready started cutting the series.

They are biographical programs m

which the ballerina will describe

her dancing career and will intro-

duce the n usic of many well known

ballets.Subaeriptlon Order FormEnclosed find check for $

T Please send VARIETY foi yearsContinue USO Setup

Washington. Aug. 7.

Despite the cease-fire talks in

Korea and other global peac«

moves, the USO-Camp Shows pro-

gram for the * armed service* *“J

continue. Decision was made by

125 top civic and governmental nr

ures at a United Defense Fund

meeting here last week. Jan**

Sauter, USO-Camp Shows ptttj,

attended. . _ .

Continuation of Defense Fund,

which comprises various health *n«

welfare activities, was determine

after consultation with p

Truman and the Office of Defen

Mobilization.

Rnqnlar Subscription Ratos

One Tea—$10.00 Two Yoart—$19.00

Canada and Fortran—$1 Additional par Ytar

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RIVALRYTheatre TV Sets 9-Week Grid Sked

With NCAA; Gaines (or Home Limited

Theatre television this week set

plan* for a full nine-week schedule

of Saturday afternoon football

games, each of which Is to be

carried by the big-screen video

houses on an exclusive basis. Deal

for rights to the games was set by

Nathan L. Halpem, prez of Thea-

tre Net-work TV. with the National

Collegiate Athletic Assn, as a phase

of the NCAA’s experiment this

fall on TV’s effect on the gate

receipts.

NCAA plan, which will restrict

the televising of college games for

home reception to one or twogames each week, actually re-

dounds to the benefit of theatre

TV. With whatever network get-

ting the NCAA limited homeschedule, the big-screen video the-

atres will have their choice of all

other games. As a result, Halpernhas not scheduled the games for

theatres, deciding instead to select

them week by week in order to

giab off the tap game available, ...

How much the theatres are pay-ing for rights has not been reveal-

ed. but it’s believed the sum will

represent only a small fee at this

time At the most, no more than20 theatres are expected to belinked to pick up the games it thestart while a few others may betied in on a regional basis in othersections of the country. Collegeswill probably get a small percent-age of the gross from each house,similar to the way the theatres paidfor their rights to the recent box-ing matches they have carried.Wtnie several theatres in the


h~

Picture Pioneers Move

To Create Industry

Charity FoundationThe recent informal testimonial

dinner by a group of PicturePioneers, mostly comprising theboard, to Gus Eyssell on his elec-tion to the presidency of Rocke-feller Center, has snowballed intoa move to create a Motion PictureFoundation ' for intra - industrycharity. Prexy Jack Cohn of PPand Spyros Skouras are sparkingthe move. It will probably becapped by a gala benefit in NewYork this fall, coincidental withthe 12th anniversary of theanniversary of the Pioneers as anorganization.

At the Eyssell dinner. NateBlumberg moved to volunteera personal contribution of $3,000towards the Foundation. Around$20,000 which E. V. Richards, theNew Orleans showman, had ear-marked in the past, will probablyalso go into the PP.The Pioneers' past annual din-

ners have accumulated sufficientfunds so that a small committee,within the PP. already has beenso succoring the needy.

A1 Lichtman meantime has beennamed to head the Pioneers’ 1951dinner committee. The "Pioneerof the Year’’ has yet to be selected.The Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria. per usual, will be the siteof the annual banquet on Nov. 15.

TV Price Windfall SeenExhibs who are looking for-

ward to mass production oftheatre TV equipment to bringthe price down, may get anunexpected windfall in that di-

rection if the Federal Com-munications Commission grantspresent requests for educa-tional channels.Some of the theatre tele

manufacturers are known tobe planning equipment forschools. They foresee a tre-mendous eventual sale of thesame sets to educational in-

stitutions as are used in smalltheatres.

FOR B’WAY FIXaramount, UPT In Growing Snail;

Booking Differences Key to Situation

TALK WITH ‘COUPLE OF

GUYS’ NETS M G PACTCincinnati, Aug. 7.

Dean Miller, star of WCPO TV’s"Meet the Ladies” and "MovieTime** said Monday (0» he’s signeda seven-year acting contract withMetro. Mort Watters hold a pre-viously signed contract with Millerhut said he will make a deal to allowMiller the opportunity for advance-ment in films. Watters signed Mil-ler off WMC, Memphis, a year ago.According to Miller, his film

break resulted from discussion hehad on a train last month with a‘>ouple of strangers” while head-ing for a California vacation. It

*as about the merits of films andtelevision.

Strangers were Dore Schary andL- K. Sidney, who had Miller takescreen test under direction ofGeorge Sidney.

Offers Public Sale

Of Stock in Minn.

To Back Prod. Co.Minneapolis, Aug. 7.

The Arst public sale of stock everto be made in Minnesota, and, asfar as is known, the second. any-where, to help finance the produc-tion and marketing of theatre andTV pix, finds W. R. Frank, localtheatre circuit owner and Holly-wood producer, offering 400.000shares of Class A stock in the W. RFrank Associates, Inc., a Minneso-ta corporation, at $1 a share. Frankhimself is peddling the shares fromhis office in one of his theatres, andthe stock is offered only in Minne-sota where the state’s securitycommission has approved the issue.

Incorporation articles providethat Frank himself shall be theonly officer, director or executiveto receive compensation. As pres-ident and general manager he willreceive as salary 50,000 shares ofthe "B” stock if, at the end of athree-year period, dividends havebeen earned and paid on the "A"stock.

Frank recently made a deal withRKO to acquire its interest in thepicture, "All That Money CanBuy,” which he and several asso-ciates produced. As sole ofcnerhe’s now reissuing It as ‘The Deviland Daniel Webster." its originaltitle. Prospectus says that $50,000of the net proceeds of the stocksale will be used to obtain a 6%first mortgage on this picture,


Rouse-Creene Point To

Writing as B.O. Key

Not Exhib-Prod. YatataCurrent efforts by the Council of

Motion, Picture Organizations tobolster the b.o. via regular meet-ings between exhibitors and pro-ducers for an interchange ofviews on film-making is questionedby the writing-producing-directingteam of Russell Rouse and Clar-ence Greene.They hope the COMPO confabs

will achieve a greater intra-tradeharmony of operations but areconvinced the all-industry outfit is

dealing onl> with surface prob-lems. The roots of the trade’s ills

are in pic production, and the busi-ness conduct among the variousphases of the trade is secondary,they believe.

It’s the quality of productionthat counts and, say RAG. holdingthe key to this are the Hollywoodpic writers. Yet. all but top-namescripters are confined to a limitedoperational orbit and subject to thewhims and dictates of others notacquainted with their art, They’vebecome the industry’s "forgottenmen,” RAG declare.The RAG team wonders about

the qualifications of those who par-ticipate in the producer-exhlb hud-dles, in which the exhibs are to


Product jams at a couple of spots

and intensifying rivalry within the

ranks of both distributors and ex-

hibitors are resulting in sweepingdepartures from traditional book-ing practices in N. Y.’s showcasesector.

There’s a rift between UnitedParamount Theatres’ flagship house,the Paramount, and ParamountPictures. UPT refused to go alongon Par’s terms on "Rhubarb” andconsequently the pi j has beenbooked for Harry Brandt's nearbyGlobe. Par’s "A Place in the Sun”is set for the Capitol, marking thefirst time the Loew’s house will

serve as a first-run outlet for Par.

Columbia and City Investing Co.,

operator of the Astor and Victoria,

disclosed a deal yesterday (Tues.)

for a continuing booking tieup.

This is designed to guarantee thetwo theatres a constant source of

supply and. of course, provides Colwith important showcase outlets.

The long runs of Metro’s “TheGreat Caruso” and the current’’Show Boat” are forcing threefilms, which normally would playthe Hall, elsewhere, including"Place in the Sun.” Other two are


l

Depinet Back in N. Y.Ned E. Depinet, KKO prexy, is

back in N. Y. following 10 dayson the Coast.He had been at the four-day con-

ference of the Council of MotionPicture Organizations and spentthe balance of his stay at the RKOstudios.

See Johnston,#

Returning .To

MPAAOctlWashington, AqjL 7.

Col Gets Preferential -

B way Deal Via City

Investing’s Astor, Vic

Two-way preferential deal haspbeen set by Columbia and City In-

vesting Co. on booking Columbiapix into the Astor and Victoria onBroadway. It is reminiscent of

the preferential booking arrange-ment on the Astor which SamuelGoldwyn and David O. Selnickjointly held several years ago*—

—

Because of the aiitltrust decreeprovisions that distribs sell picture-

by - picture. theatre - by - theatre,

terms of the Col-CI arrangementare necessarily loose. It amountsvirtually to a two-day "first refu-

sal” pact. It’s understood to be a

15-month deal.

Setup provides that Col will of-

fer all of its product first to Maur-ice Maurer, operator of the Astorand Victoria for Cl. He’ll bookwhatever he agrees is suitable qual-ity for the houses. If Col has a


Economic Stabilization Adminis-trator Eric A. Johnston is definite-ly set to return to the presidencyof the Motion Picture Assn, ofAmerica on Oct. 1, according toinsiders here. That's the date his

leave of absence from MPAA ex-pires.

However, informants are not socertain on how long Johnston in-

tends to remain at the association’shelm. They figure he’s gained con-siderable stature in the ESA postand it’s long since been reportedthat Johnston has political aspira-

tions.

Reason for his ESA bowout is that

he feels his job has been done and a

successor could take over with aminimum of difficulty. That theformer U. S. Chamber of Com-merce president has handled theESA reins with good results is

acknowledged widely. When John-ston was originally appointed therewere numerous skeptics who felt

the post was too tough for John-ston, that he probably would lose

much political favor because of it.

There’s one big consideration.j

however, in linking Johnston withany possible public office. Whilehe scored as ESA topper, there aresome within Republican Partyranks who feel he was too friendlywith the present Administration.

To what extent his hand-holdingwith the Truman Administrationwill impair his political chances is

difficult to determine at this time.

National Boxoffice SurveyCooler Weather Hypos Trade; ‘Show Boat’ Champ4th Week in Row; Disney ‘Alice, ‘Moonlight’ Next

Rain in some localities and coolerweather in others are giving filmgrosses a jab in the arm this stanza.

Improved biz is reflected in biggergrosses for the top five picturesnow playing in key cities coveredby Variety. It is a matter of new,stronger fare getting out into full-

scale distribution, with exhibitorslooking for continued stout tradeuntil the big fall season is

igunched shortly.• For the fourth consecutive week."Show Boat” (M-G) is finishingfirst nationally despite being hold-over or extended-run in manyspots. Pic shows up in about 15keys currently, with total gross ofbetter than $380,000.

"Alice in Wonderland” <RKO-Disney). launched only a week ago,

is climbing to a strong second posi-

tion. showings being big to terrific.

It has completely overshadowedBunin’s "Alice,” which has less

"Francis To Races” <U). secondlast week, is landing eight moneywith "Convict Lake” (20th) ninth.

"Rich. Young, Pretty” (M-G) is

rounding out the Big 10 list thoughonly out on a few dates.

"Ace in Hole” (Par), "Frogmen”(20th), "Mask of Avenger” (Col)

and "Prince Who Was Thief" <U)

are runnersup. in that order.

Resides "My Boy,” Disney’s

"Alice” and "Belvedere.” whichpromise to be heard from addi-

tionally, three other new produc-

tions loom as potentially high

grossers. "Qapt. Horatio Horn-blower” (WB) lived up to ad-

vance expectations on its twoinitial first-run engagements in

Washington. D. C.. being smash in

both houses."Bright Victory” (U» also shapes

up big on basis of its strong open-ing-week showing at N. Y Victoria.

"Little Egypt,” also from the Uni-

then $25,000 to show for four play- versal tent. Ik sock on Its preem in

dates this round. The Disney,

Chicago. "Warpath'' (Par) looks

in lightweight in L A "Cattle Drive”

(U). also new, looms okay to fair.

"Alice” is bettering $280,000some 14 key cities.

"Moonlight Bay” 'WB) again is

third while "That’s My Boy” (Par)is soaring to fourth although onlylaunched so far in four key cities

covered by Variety. "Cyrano 1

“Little Big Horn” (Lip) is rated

big in Denver. "Oliver Twist”<UA>. not doing so well in somelocations, is terrific on first N. Y.

week, with crix praise helping.

(UA) coos fifth place with somej

"Happy Go Lovely” (RKO) is

excellent sessions. "Belvedere mild in N. Y. "Peking Express”

Rings Bell” (20th). also Just getting (Par) continues disappointing,

started out, is sixth while 'Tates of.

(Complete Boxoffice Reports on

l Hoffmann” (Indie) is seventh. i Popes 8-9).

The strain in relations betweenParamount and United ParamountTheatres that many insiders havelong felt inevitable has finally oc-curred. The picture and the thea-tre companies, which were oneuntil divorcement, have been in acontinuous and increasingly bitterfetid for almost a month.*Feud Is said to center around the

Paramount. N. Y., which is con-trolled by UPT. It’s understood tobe a two-way affair, with Paruunit'd ai the frequency withwhich UPT has gone to other dis-tribs for pix for the Broadway flag-ship and UPT huffy at the termsbeing asked by Par for some of its

product.'

Crux is understood to have beenhit with "A Place In the Sun,”George Stevens’ adaptation of "AnAmerican Tragedy/’ with Mont-gomery Clift, Shelley Winters andElizabeth Taylor starred. It wasoriginally booked into the MusicHat! and when Par periled it ratherthan wait until near the end of theyear for a playdate, Loew’s offereda giant guarantee to get the picfor the Capitol.UPT refused to meet the Agure.

Loew’s Capitol, which had never(Continued on page 17>

Reveal ‘Authentic’ Book

As Partial Hoax, Putting

Kramer on Spot ViaStanley Kramer has been put on

something of a spot this week viadisclosure by the American PrisonAssn, that last winter’s best-seller,

"My Six Convicts,” is at least part-ly a boax. Kramer has a film ver-sion well on the way toward pro-duction and the pic was announcedby Columbia Monday (6) for thisseason’s release.Kramer, it is understood, will

disregard thdi charges carried in

The Prison World, official publica-tion of the American Prison Assn.Producer will go ahead with thepic, but emphasis on its authentic


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MPEA Board Indicates Approval

Near on AngMIS. Agreement;

See Remittance Up By $5,800,000

Motion Picture Export Assn, fboard .yesterday «Tues.) indicated

that the proposed new Anglo-

American film remittance agree-

ment would be approved. While no

forma! vote was taken, pendingfurther study of the terms by sev-

eral member companies, majority

B«ck Elite RKO

Legion ‘S’ for 4 PitFour new dims from three stu-

dios were handed a *‘B" rating last

week by the National Legion of

Decency. Pictures are “CasaManana" 4 Mono), "A Millionaire

for Christy" <20th>, ••Pickup" (Col)

and "Two of a Kind" «Col).

"Manana." "Millionaire" and"Pickup" drew the "B" classifica-

tion for their "suggestive se-

quences" while "Two of a Kind""tends to condone immoral ac-

tions."

Hollywood, Aug. 7.

Producer John Beck, upon com-pleting his contract, checked off

the RKO lot.

of the directors, as well as otherj

He had been working on theindustryites. hinted they thought studios "Ballet De Paris" duringthe new deal eminently satis- his six month stay on the lot.

factory. — . —Details of the proposed agree-

ment. which emerged after three 1 I\ # •

weeks of conferences in Londonj

I IlCfiPV ^011110between a team of American film l/WUvj l/vvl UU}negotiators and officials of the

British government, were* pre- p *1 • *41* *

Rented to the hoard by Joyce 1H lllltf'OO’Hara. MPEA v. p. UUOIAJ 111

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Major point of the agreement is

that American companies will re- f\ 1 O *

eeive an additional $5,000,000 forI IllPl Willi YilHIITl

each of the two years, beginning l/llvl ft 1111 1/1111111Oct. 1. 1951. It is anticipated that

the new deal would bring in a total Battle of the "Alices" on Broad-of $24,500,000 by Oct. 1. 1952. Un- way. as well as in a number of

der the new pact, negotiations may cities throughout the country, ap-

be reopened at the end of the first nears to be verging on an easyyear by either side. knockout being scored by WaltThe present one-year pact which Disney over Lou Runin. Latter’s

expires Sept. 3<k MUL w4W net the version of "Alice in Wonderland,"U. S. companies $19,500,000. There distributed by Souvaine Selective

was a basic remittance of $17,000 - Pictures, has fared badly at the000. To this was added a $2,500.-

000 production bonus. Each picture

h o. and is having runs cut short.

In addition to leaving the May-produced in England was allowed fair on Broadway today (Wed.), be "The Thief."

Popkin Sees Indie Prod.

In Sport Several Mos.

Hence, With UA’s Rise

Heavy spurt in independent pro-

duction is likely to take place in

fourvto five months, indie film-

maker Harry M. Popkin declaredin N. Y. yesterday <Tues.) He be-

lieves by that time United Artists

I wlill have proved itself as a basi-

Ically sound distribution organiza-tion and. consequently, banks amiother backers will be more Inclined

to finance production.

Film money Is currently con-tinuing tight but despite this someindies have managed to arrangefor the required coin. They’veworked out deals by a wide assort-

ment of "ingenious" methods, Pop-kin states.

Popkin is in N. Y. from the Coastto work with the UA ad-pub de-partment on the campaign andpreem plans for ‘The Well." whichClarence Greene and Russell Rouseproduced, wrote and directed forhim. The combination’s next w-ill

W«Jn Aujm* t, 1951"

Scoff at Mag’s Sour Grapes Vs. PisStatement In the current issue of Fortune magazine to the ef

-

feet that exhibitors are "marked for slaughter" as the “onlygroup in absolute competition with television" was cenersllyscoffed at this week by film Industry leader*. Asserting thatthe Fortune story, titled "TV’s Time of Trouble " carried no prooffor such a blatant statement, the film execs referred to recentsurveys by both Variety and the Council of Motion PictureOrganizations, which* revealed that the number of drive-in housesand new theatres being constructed more than compensated forthe loss of seating resulting from the shuttering of -certain"fringe" theatres. Latter houses, they maintained, would prob-ably have been closed even if there were no video competition.

Fortune piece, a general resume of the trouble confronting TVbecause of its skyrocketing production costs, freexe on new sta-

tions. slump in set 'sales, etc., sgld that Hollywood could win"substantial control" of TV if it were "willing to risk its money.’*

Such a move, however, would "require extensive reorganizationsand the disappearance of many of the Old Guard." who, accordingto Fortune, have little desire to risk their personal fortunes "atthe peril of being wiped out"

Story described theatre TV as more of a "delaying tactic thana weapon" in the film industry’s fight against video because it

has "no defense against the home comforts of Phonevision." But,

Fortune said, "the making of TV films, on the other hand, is aweapon by which Hollywood can protect Itself from TV’s depreda-tions."

Fair Practices Group.Warns AT&T

Vs. ‘Substantial’ Cable to “B.O. Video’

—* ' V-

23' c of its budget. Also, there wasa bonus on the distribution of Brit-

ish product in the U S. whichamounted to about $500,000 A lit-

tle less than $9,000,000 will have

it is being pulled from two otherBrandt operations. They are theMidtown, w here the run will winduo next Wednesday <15), and the72 St. Trans-Lux. where it will

been spent on production in Eng- close tomorrow »Thurs> or Fri-land bv U. S. companies by Sept. ' day.

30. 1951.

The proposed agreement wouldallow a production bonus increaseof bringing the total to

33 1<jr r. Since U. S. companies have

already committed themselves to

spend approximately the sameamount on oroductlon during the

year beginning next Oct. 1. the

U. S. take would be $3 500.000

In addition there would be an i hit. aside from number of tickets '

J

he.r 1

entirely new source of convertible sold, by the fact that price was izc,

d ad‘P“b 1

mIT*Income through the Eady tax olan 25c for children all day. with most ?u * an> b°^k 1 ^ siwhich went into effect in Britain of the trade being confined to i?.*

8 were described as in line with

last week. U. S. dfttribs are guar- afternoons. 0V5r?*J

*W/Cy

ii° i

Cw k^

anteed a minimum of $4,000,000 -— ... the activities of all field branches,

Disney’s version of the LewisCarroll classic, meanwhile, con-tinue smash at the Criterion onBroadway. It hit a terrific $55,000for its initial week and looksheaded fo** about $44,000 thisstanza, with a long run ahead.

Bunin’s "Alice" is believed tohave done about $17,000 the first

week at the Mayfair and about$9,000 the second. Gross wras hard-

2-Day U Meet to Probe

Problems in the Field

Entire canvassing of field prob-lems and an analysis of currentmarketing conditions generallywill be taken up by Universal

! homeoffice execs, division and dis-

trict managers at a two-day meet-ing in N. Y. opening next Monday< 13 L Charles J. Feldman, domesticsales manager, will conduct thesessions.Aim is to look into each individ-

ual territory with the view of fur-

F&M’s TV ApplicationSt. Louis. Attf. 7.

Fanchon & Marco will remodelits shuttered St. Louis, a 3.800-

seater in midtown, into a television

house, according to TV application

made last week to the FCC.St. Louis has one TV station.

KSD-TV, owned and operated bythe St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ap-plications for permits by several

other local stations are pending be-

fore the FCC.

Experienced first-run operatorsunder this plan. * figure that the run at the threeScheme is based on increased New York houses might have cost

theatre admission taxes imposed in Souvaine as much as $7.000-$8.000Britain Based on normal attend-

j

in light of the gross,s as againjJtpi!

,vl<n f/J

Additional the $15,000 or more that was spent$39,200,000. The British govern-

jn advertising. It is not unusual

both domestically and abroad.Alfred E. Daff, company’s global

sales chief, is now on a swing of

foreign offices, solidifying opera-tions.

ment will get a 50^© cut and oro-ducers—distributors and exhibitorswill split the remainder. The Amer-

,

lean companies share of this snlit

would normally average $3,360,000.according to estimates, but the newagreement would Guarantee theU S. companies $4,000,000.

Because 26 uses for frozen dol-


(Continued, on page 17)

Await McCarthy in Paris

Before Naming Successor

To Gerald Mayer at MPAA

Charge TV Breach on Pix

Made By Pressburger

Defer FCC Hearings On I tionwide TV Corp. last week were

TL l Til a XV named defendants in a $100,000

I heatre I V to NOV. Zb damage suit brought in N. Y.

...... . _ Federal Court by Arnold Produc-ts ashmgton, Aug. 7. tions. Action charges that Favor-

Start of FCC hearings on theatre 1

ite breached a May. 1947, agree-television has been postponed from ment whereby it was to exploit

Sept. 17 to Nov. 26. Deadline for

filing statements in connection withthe proceedings has also been ex-tended from Aug. 15 to Oct. 26.

Arnold’s feature pix, "HangmenAlso Die" and "It Happened To-morrow." on TV.

Instead of devoting its own ef-

forts to promoting sale of theWhile no reason was given by 1 films. Favorite allegedly violated

Ithe Commission for the delay it’s

|

the pact by assigning the pictures

Paris, Aug. 7. understood that pressure on law-j

to Nationwide and failing to keepPermanent successor to the re- yers in preparing testimony and

|proper records in connection withthe pictures. It’s also chargedthat Favorite willfully neglectedto pay monies due Arnold underthe deal

Arnold also asks that the 1947pact be cancelled and terminated,

cently-vacated posL of continental exhibits for the short-cut proceduremanager for the Motion Picture adopted to eliminate oral hearingsAssn, of America is not expected to °n the TV allocation plan was re-

be r.amcd until John G. McCarthy,j

sponsible. The Commission, it washead of the MPAA’s international noted, selected as the new* date for

division, arrives here. Gerald May- theatre TV hearings the deadlineer resigned from the berth last day for submitting final pleadings all prints he returned and an *c-week to rejoin the U. S. State De- on Ih* allocations,

part ment, and Eugene Van Dee. I It’s expected the theatre TVhis assistant, will handle the job hearings will run from two to threetemporarily. weeks. Principal issues in the pro-

With the windup of the Anglo- feeding are the need for specialAmerican film agreement discus- frequencies to relay programs tosions in London last week. Me- 1 the theatres, adequacy of privateCart by is expected tc pass through I ‘common carrier) facilities, andParis Friday <10» on his way to ,

justification for the service in theSpain. Foreign chief will head for public interest.

Holland Aug. 15 and w ill also visit

Germany. It’s not anticipated he’ll

make an extended Paris stay until

a French cabinet is formed.Mayer joined the MPAA in 1946

as associate manager of the inter-national division and became its

managing director the followingyear. He held the post until 1948.when he went to Paris to superviseMPAA’s continental operations.Prior to joining the association heacted as European chief of theOffice of Information and CulturalAffair* of the U. S. State Depart-ment,

N. Y. to L. A.Goodman AceLucinda BallardSid BlumenstockHoward DietzDouglas Fairbanks, Jr.Cary GrantVictor JoryNancy KellyCharles LaughtonRobert L* LippertMtlton R. RackmilGeorge ScherArthur Schwartz

counting be made. Originally re-

leased by United Artists abouteight years ago, "Hangmen" and"Tomorrow" were both producedby the late Arnold Prrssburger.

Europe to N. Y.Anne AndersonJacques BarRalph BellamyLowell Bennet»Sarah ChurchillCathleen CordellRev. Gilbert HartkeHoward LindsayGerald MayerPerlita NeiisonC. C. PhilippeMargaret Phillip*Lily Pon*David RoseHerman ShumlinRed SkeltonDorothy StlckneyCornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.

Production Out -

In Lippert Switch

To Distribution

Future policy of his company,producer-distributor Robert L. Lip-

pert revealed in New York last

weektpoints to an expansion of the

firm’s distribution arm. In line withthis objective Lippert has madeseveral deals which will feed out-

side product to his own releasingorganization. Lippert Pictures. Inc.

In addition, he plans to increase his

sales personnel.Lippert Is reported dropping

completely his own production.Lippert, who returned to the

U.# S. Thursday (26) after fourweeks in Europe, set joint produc-tion programs with film-makers In

(

Italy and France, and also con-ferred with James Carreras, prezof Exclusive Films. In Britain. Hehas an arrangement with Exclusivewhich calls for co-production of

nine pictures over the next 15months.Stepup in his distribution facili-

ties. Lippert disclosed, is promptedby the theory that . w-tth UnitedArtists' absorption of Eagle Lion


N. Y. to EuropeCharles H. <Bud) BarryJohn BromfieldBill BrooksCorinne CalvetJudy CanovaDale CarnegieJack CarsonMarian ColbvJoseph CottenDixie DeanDee EngnebachBernard (UasscrLarry HagepianRichard HallidayHoney FamilyRichard JosephAlfred KnopfPinky LeeBorden MaceMary MartinJoseph H. McConnellHenry MichaudRosa MortelPaul Nath.\nsoaAlfred SantellRobert C. SchnltzerRobert StackJack L. Warner -

Alec WaughJosh WhiteEarl WilsonJadin Wong

Washington, Aug. 7.

Continuing its battle against the-

atre TV, the Fair Television Prac-

tice* Committee last week wantafter American Telephone & Tele-graph Co. with a gentle reminderthat furnishing coaxial cable facili-

ties in substantial volume for "box-office" video might create public

interest problems.

In a letter to C. F. Craig, presi-

dent of AT&T, Jerome W. Marks,chairman of the FTPC, said he un-

derstood that "one or more groupsinterested in' boxoffice television

has applied, or intends to do so.

for s substantial portion of coaxial

cable time to transmit telecasts of

sports events or theatrical enter-

tainment t<f theatres in various

parts of the country."

While saying he did not wish to

interfere in the "business relation-

ships" of the company. Marks re-

minded Craig "of the deep publicinterest involved in any of the

decisions of the company whichmight reduce the amount of co-

axial cable time available for the

transmission of TV programs for

the general benefit of TV set own-ers."

Marks declared that theatre TVsponsors have "heretofore" de-

prived setowners of importantsports programs, "and it is the

apparent intent of these groups to

contract for the rights to telecast

an increasing number of -such

events for the sole purpose of being

able to charge admission to suchtelecasts in theatres."

The FTPC chairman told Craig

there Is "some indication" that the-

atre TV operations may involve

"illegal monopoly" but he said he

did not challenge the right of


L. A. to N. Y.John AuerJohn BromfieldCorinne CalvetJudy CanovaJeff ChandlerCharles ClarkWendell CoreyGeorge CukorPat Dl CiccoPhilip DornWhitney EllsworthJack EmanuelAnthony Brady FarrellC. S. ForesterBernard GlaaserBert GranetJan GrippoRobert Hill

George Je&selWalter A. KlingerKarl MaldenGloria Marlow#Tony MartinGary MerrillBill On-Tony OwenBert ParkaHarry M. PopkinOtto PremingerDonna ReedJanice RuleOlga San JuanRobert SarnoffBigelow SayraLloyd SloanRobert SnodyHarry-SpearsRobert StackFred WileShirley Yamaguchi

ff'r'lnraday, AlgMl 8, 19S1

SEE ODLUM EYEING RKO CONTROL^ - - *<

Stockholders Prep (or Tiff, Seek

To Outvote Hughes on RKO Control

Dispute between Howard Hughes *Jfld a dissident Wall St. stock-*-

h)ldfr group over management of

Theatres has finally devel-

into an out-and-out proxy

bittle. Downtowners, long-hesitant

ta get into such a fight with RKO’scontrolling stockholder, say they

ire still ready to negotiate, but are

surt mg formal preparations for

gathering voting strength “just in

ca>i

Annual stockholders' meeting is

let (or December. Wall Streeters,

led b> David J. Greene, arc nowsetting up a committee to gather

proxies in preparation for that ses-

sion If they can swing more votes

than Hughes, they can elect a

majority to The board and take

management control away from

him'

- Hughes owns 929.020- shares of

stock Greene himself controls

about 300.000 shares and has the

support of a number of other large

mieie-vi* ou the Street Whetherthey can wrest board control fromHughes will depend on how manyother shareholders each group can

swing to iU side.

Committee is expected to hold

\\s first huddle in a few weeks.JUenitHMs are said to include actual

stockholders, plus others who in

an advisory or other capacity con-trol blocks of shares.

While the group has been verywary of getting into open battle

with Hughes, a rep of Greene said

this week: “We wouldn’t proceedas we are doing unless we hadreason to believe we Tan collect

enough proxies to outvote him."Fear of Battle

Fear of getting into a frontal

battle with the millionaire RKOtopper grows out of the vast re-

sources he controls and his well-

known determination in a fight.

Greene and associates believe hemight well go out on the marketand buy up shares at inflated

prices if necessary, to acquire.enough to beat them.

As a result, the Greene groupis continuing w'hat it calls its

“discussions" with Hughes' reps.Actually, some weeks it pre-sented a case for “adequate" boardrepresentation to RKO Theatres

(Continued on page 15>

Col Settles India’ Suit

Los Angeles. Aug. 7.

Columbia made an out-of-courtsettlement with Albert S. Rogelland Manning Post of a hassle in-

volving an accounting of receiptsfrom the picture, “Song of India."

Pair produced the film under theParliament Pictures banner butlater dissolved their partnershipand turned the case over to GordonW. Levey as trustee. Latter saidthe producers' rights were turnedover to Columbia, which releasedthe picture, but declined to sayhow much coin changed hands.

SEC Rule Curbs

Offers to Buy Out

Hughes’ ControlAside from Howard Hughes’ de-

mand that he get a profit on his

RKO Theatres Shares, a principalitem discouraging interest of pros-pective buyers is a regulation ofthe Securities & Exchange Com-mission. Known as Rule X10B5,this requires any would-be pur-chaser to olTer the same deal toall other stockholders as he offers

to Hughes.

While a buyer* may be willingto pay more than the market pricefor Hughes* 929.020 shares, sincethey’d give him control of thecircuit, he almost certainly wouldnot want to give the same amountfor each of the approximately 3.-

000.000 other shares outstanding.The RKO Theatres shares can

now be purchased on the New*York Stock Exchange for about$3.50. RKO picture company stockis selling at about the same price.

Hughes bought them prior to di-

vorcement of the two firms at acombined price of about $9 ashare.

Reps of the millionaire oil drill

king, and pic producer are knownto have suggested to negotiatorsfor Louis R. Lurie recently thatHughes wants a profit of $3 on thecombined shares. Lurie, wealthySan Francisco realty operator, whohas been anxious to buy the com-pany. is said to have laughed atthe proposal.

Lurie has offered $3 .*50 per sharefor the theatre stock. It is be-lieved likely he’d go up somewhat


Mono-UA in Co-op On

'Babe Ruth’-'Robinson’

- Sale as Reissue ComboHollywood, Aug. 7.

Sales manager Morey Goldsteinhas notified Monogram-Allied Art-ht< exchanges to cooperate with•ll United Artists branches in set-t»ng up reissue combination ofA.Vs Halve Ruth Story" and'Jackie Robinson Story" now* han-dled by VA.Unique arrangement is being

forked out to take advantage ofthe public's enthusiasm for the cur-rent major league pennant races,film rentals on all engagements"ill he split evenly between thetwo companies, each of which willmake up its own contracts.

IMS STOCK BO)

CUES NEW SETUPDisclosure by Atlas Corp., head-

ed by Floyd B. Odium, that it hasacquired 76.500 shares of RKO Pic-

tures common, has resulted in

speculation that Odium is againthinking of taking over the film

outfit.

The stock buy finds Atlas still a

small minority holder, comparedwith Howard Hughes' ownership of929.020 shares, but the big invest-

ment trust may well continue suchacquisitions until it has reachedthe point of threatening Hughes’control.When that tim* comes, it's be-

lieved Hughes would be more in-

clined to sell his holdings back toAtlas, the original owner. The929.020 shares were purchased byHughes from Odium in 1948 at

close to $9 per share. That was forthe old parent corporation. Marketvalue has been running about $7,

on the basis of about $3.50 pershare each of the two new RKOoutfits, the product ion-distrib firm

and the theatre affiliate.

Short time ago an Odium repwas on the Coast and therewere rumors he had huddled withHughes’ associates. Whether theyactually talked a deal was not dis-

closed. In any event, the indicationscontinue that Odium is interestedin re-acquiring control, either bybuying up shares on the open mar-ket or via a direct transaction withHughes.

Odium’s OptionEven when the sale was consum-

mated in '48. Odium indicated hemight want to buy back at a later

date. Part of the deal then gaveOdium an option""" to re-purchasethe shares by way of matching theprice offered by any third party.This right of first-refusal has

since been questioned by Hughes.He contends that other parties havemade offers to buy the stock andOdium declined to meet the price.

The Odium position is that theoffers were not sufficiently firm to


Krim & Co. Have Plenty of Problems,

But Feel UA Now ‘Over the Hump’

Decision Near on F & MSuit Against Majofi, FWC

Los Angeles. Aug. 7.

Oral arguments in the Fanchon& Marco antitrust suit against sixmajor distributors and Fox-West(Mast were completed in FederalCourt after seven weeks of trial.An early decision has been prom-ised by Judge Leon Yankwich.

Plaintiff demands first-run prod-for the Baldwin Hills Theatre

•Hi charges conspiracy to control»nd monopolize first-run exhibition

J

n O’** L A. area. If the BaldwinIs sustained it will mean drasticchanges in the L.A. County dis-b'butlon system, affecting Pasa-

Glendale and other nearbytowns.

Defendants, in addition to Fox-Coast, are RKO. Paramount,

Metro. 20th-Fox, Universal andLnited Artists,

20th s Non-Competing

Nabe Policy Bows in DelDetroit. Aug. 7.

Twentieth-Fox’s plan for exhib-iting pictures in nearly 200 nabehouses on a non-competing basiswent into effect Sunday (5*. JosephJ. Lee. district 20th manager, ex-plained that a survey showed asmany as 40 subsequent-run theatreshave been playing the same pic-

tures at the same time much to thedispleasure of the movie-goingpublic.

First films to be released underthe plan will be “Half Angel" and“Sword of Monte Cristo" to onegroup of nabes. and “House Tele-graph H1U" and “As Young AsFeel” to another. In midweek, thetwo groups will exchange product.Next week the pairings will be “OnRiviera"-‘*Lucky Nick Cain" and“Take Care My Girl"-“Guy WhoCame Back."Other exhlbs are watching the

experiment with interest. If it is

successful they may join the plan.

Appeal U. S. Rule

Pix ‘Unessential’

An appeal by the Council ofMotion Picture Organizations fromthe action of the Department of

Commerce removing the pictureindustry from the “list of essential

activities" has been submitted to

the Secretary of Commerce byRobert W. Coyne, general counsel.On Aug. 1. 1950, the Department

issued a statement named 'Tenta-tive List of Essential Activities."

which included the production,distribution, and exhibition of pic-

tures. But a statement on April 8.

1951, excluded the film industryfrom that category. It is from this

latter action that COMPO appeals.The appeal asked that a hearing

be granted the industry. Reviewof the industry's wartime contribu-tions was also included.

Owen Back to Work* Hugh Owen, Paramount’s east-

ern and southern division man-ager, is expected back at the N. Y.homeofftce on Monday (13).

He’s been ill at home the pasttwo months. ,

^ *

Kids Poll Pix litMinneapolis, Aug. 7.

Downtown first - run “A"house, the Gopher, polled its

children-undcr-12 patrons todetermine if their first lovenow is TV or theatre pix.

Poll revealed that 98% ofthe youngsters for whom TVis available in their own orneighbors’ homes prefer “togo to the movies." “It’s themovies for us if we have theprice." the kiddies told in-

quiring ushers.Most of the small fry made

clear the only TV film farefor which they care are thewesterns, but thev also enjoy“most" of the children's TVshows. However, screencomedies < particularly those ofBob Hope. Martin 6c Lewisand Abbott 6c Costello) aretheir favorites by a very con-siderable margin, the poll

brought out.

Dozier Exits GoldwynHollywood. Aug. 7.

William Dozier, signed by Sam-uel Goldwryn March 20 as the pro-ducer's assistant and story editor,

effective April 2, checked off theGoldwyn lot over the weekend.Pact was on a week-to-week basis.

Prior to Goldwyn stint. Dozierwas under contract to Cplumbia asa producer.

Skouras Denies

Frisco Wedge Vs.

Goldwyn ProductHollywood, Aug. 7.

Spyros Skouras, in a depositionin Sam Goldwyn’s antitrust suit,

categorically denied that either20th-Fox, of which he is prez, orNational Theatres, 20th‘s theatre

j

subsidiary, had ever entered intoj

any agreements with a competitorto remove a free and open marketfor Goldwyn in the Frisco area solatter couldn't get a fair price forhis product.

*

Taking of Skouras deposition,expected to take several days, wascompleted in one day. Most of thetestimony sought by Goldwyn at-

torneys had already been providedby Charles Skouras in an earlierdeposition.Under questioning by Joseph L.

Alioto, attorney for Goldwyn in

Frisco. Skouras asserted nobodywould take a chance to discuss sucha subject as picture allotments.This was in direct answer to aquestion whether, after the split

between National Theatres and Mi-chael A. Naify, and again after sev-erance of the United Artists Thea-tres and National Theatres ioint

operations deal, there had beenany discussions about allocation ofproduct.

Also established by Skouras wasthat after the dissolution of UATand NT by the consent decree.UAT prexy, had become a very ac-tive competitor to NT. Skourasmaintained there had never beenany discussion on a split of prod-uct on the Coast with Naify; nodiscussion of clearances and nodiscussion on allocation. He also

brought out that Naify has been an

(Continued on page 17’

Arthur B. Krim, Robert S. Ben-jamin and Matty Fox, the rulingtriumvirate in United Artists, arecertain now that they have thecompany “over the hump.” Whileadmitting that they still haveplenty of problems to solve, theyare confident that they have UAon the road to at least sufficientsuccess to assure their getting their50% stock interest in it.

Company has been well in theblack in domestic operations formore than a month. And. accordingto the Krim group, there is now'enough product running throughthe pipeline of distribution to as-sure continued profitable opera-tions until the end of the year.

By that time they hope to beable to switch policy from massrelease of ail types of product todistribution of a smaller, selectedgroup of pix. To that end. Krimis in Hollywood now. engaged insome highly Important and inter-

jnd t| A Lj,., uvawa* - -n - - v A »»•» ,.»••.*. »a

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successful, a good part of the com-pany's future product problem willbe solved.

Brightest aspect to the Krim syn-dicate of the present negotiationsis that a top New York bank hatagreed to finance the producer in-volved if a deal can ->e made. Banksup to now have taken a strictlyhands-off attitude toward loans orpix for UA release.

Banks heretofore have not beenconvinced that Krim and his asso-ciates—who on Aug. 19 will havehad control of the company for sixmonths—had brought UA to thepoint where they could be sure it

would still be In existence 24months hence. Initial indicationthat an important bank now hassuch confidence in the company is,

(Continued on page 17

>

Mulvey Quizzed in N. Y.

On Goldwyn Det. Suit

James A., Mulvey, GoldwynProductions prexy, who returnedto N. Y. from Anglo-U. S. con-ferences in London last Friday(3), is again facing a barrage ofquestions by attorneys for Detroit I

theatre interests, against whichGoldwyn, a number of other indies

and the Society of IndependentMotion Picture Producers filed an$8,500,000 restralnt-of-trade suit

several years ago.Resumption of deposition-taking

started Monday (6’ in the Para-mount board room in N. Y. Ques-tioning will probably take all week.

Efforts * to prove that SamuelGoldwyn was getting fair termsfor his product in Detroit wereapparent by the line of questionstossed at Mulvey in depositions

taken here last June.Attorneys for the defendants

were Rockwell T. Gust, for UnitedDetroit Theatres; William HenryGallagher, for Cooperative Thea-tres of Michigan; James K. Hag-gerty, for UDT topper Earl Hud-son. and David Newman, for Co-op chief James F. Sharkey Plain-

tiffs were represented by StewartKerr and James Dresbach of their

Detroit counsel.Basis of the suit Is that UDT

and Co-op, by agreements betweenthem, did not permit operation

of free competitive selling.

Lucas Estate Sells

.

Theatre Interests In

12 Ga. Cities to UPTAtlanta, Aug. 7.

The Arthur Lucas estate Friday(3’ sold its interest in five theatrecompanies which operate housesin 12 Georgia cities to United Par-amount Theatres, which recentlymerged with American Broadcast-ing Co. The Lucas sale involvedtheatres in Augusta, Macon, Colum-bus. Athens. Brunswick. Elberton,Buford, Gainesville. Waycross,Barnesville, St. Simons and Moul-trie.

Transfer of the Lucas interests

—

comprising approximately one-fourth of the stock—was completedin New York. Although no figurewas disclosed, it is believed thatthe deal involved a figure around$1,500,000. Frederick G. Storey,vicepresident of Georgia TheatreCo., and one of the trustees of theestate, conducted the negotiationsfor the sellers. Mrs. Arthur Lucasand the First National Bank of At-lanta are the other trustees. Thefive companies involved are theGeorgia Theatre Co.. SavannahTheatres Co., Augusta Amus., Inc.,

Publlx-Lucas Theatres. Inc., andUnited Theatre Enterprises.The late Arthur Lucas shared an

interest in a number of Georgiatheatres with UPT and William KJenkins. This three-way partner-ship was ordered dissolved by theGovernment in its consent decreeforbidding producing companie*

(Continued on page 56*

’Economy’ Cues F-WC

Exit From 2 Col GroupsHollywood. Aug. 7.

’ Economy" Is blamed for Fox-West Coast's resignation from theSouthern California and CaliforniaTheatre Owners Assns. Becauseof the large number of theatres it

' operates. F-WC was (aced withheavy dues ip the two organiations.figured at 10c per aeat.

This, along with expenses at-

tached to being an active member,[reportedly costs circuit upwardsof $50,000 annually.

FILM REVIEW* «. 1*51

N«H Me After the Shew(MUSICAL-COLOB)

Topflight Betty Grable at-steal with excellent be*office

Hollywood. Aug. 3.

TwentiethTo* release of GeorgeJeseelproduction Star* Belty Grable. MacdonaldCarey; featuroa Rory Calhoun. Eddie Al

bertV Fred Clark.rLu Andrew*. Irons

R>an. Stev# Condo*. Jerry Brandow Di-

rected by Richard Sale. Written by MaryLoos and Richard Sale; «*«*e.ted by a

story by Erna 1-aiarut and Scott

Darling; camera (Technicolor). Arthur E.

A r ling. dances. Jack Cole; •ona*. Jule

Styne. Leo Robin; musical direction.

Lionel Newman; editor. J. Watson W*bkIr. Tradeshown Aug. 1. '51. Running time.

14 MINS.GrableCarey

Delilah wDavid Heminsway °*7 *Christopher Leeds ^ ‘t.

Gloria Carstair* Lois Andrew*erilu Irene RyanSpecialty Dancers St*v#

BCA^°«and Jerry Brandon

jo* . .Arthur Walg*

Barney Robert .Nash

Airline Clerk Don Kohler

Dr Wheaton Rodney,

BfU

Harry AntrimLovyss Bradley

Jewel RoseVage

JudgeWardrobe MistressHaird renter •••.

' SecretaryOrchestra Leaderc;«w*f«Turnkey

PmI •!•‘Pool of London,** British-

made drama of tho Londonwaterfront, which preemi at

the Holiday Theatre, N. Y..

today (Wed.), waa reviewedIn Britain by Variety in the

issue of Feb. 28, 1951. Myro.described the Michael Balconproduction as an entry with a“solid core of thrills, but takes

a long time in coming to thepoint.” None of the cast, withthe possible exception of

Bonar Colleano. is known to

American audiences.

Yarn is spun within 48 hourswhen a freighter is moored to

a London dock. “Plot goes off

at various tangents,” Myro.wrole. “before finally converg-ing on the basic dramatictheme of a manhunt following

a holdup, murder and a jewelrobbery.” Reviewer noted that

Basil Dearden’s direction is

“not helped by the script, buttakes advantage of naturaldock and city settings.” U-l is

distributing in -the U. S.

• • • • •

Carol Savage

Haworthj

Barling, Mow 4'ould Yon

(SONG)

Okay satire m cat who 1b-

heriU baseball eleb, with BayMilland for as-rqueea. Aver-age b.e.

Hollywood, Aug 2.

Paramount relearn of William PertberfGoorgt Seaton production. Start Ray Mil-

land, Jau Sterling; feature* Gene Lock-hart. William Frawlev. Halo Holme*. Tay-lor Holme*. Directed by Arthur Lubtn.Screenplay, Dorothy Info. Fraud* Cock-rell; baaed on novel by H. Allen Smith;camera. Lionel Lindon; editor. Alma Ma-rrorie; music score. Vaa Cleave; aong. JayLiving*ton. Ray Evans. Tradoahowo July21 . Tl" Running Ume. M MINS.Eric Yeager Ray MillandPoUy Sickles Jan SterlingThaddeua J. Banner Geno LockhartLen Sickles William FrawleyMyra Banner Elale HolmesP. Duncan Munk Taylor HolmoaOrlando DUl Willard WatermanDud Logan Henry Slate

Meadow*. James J. Griffith. . . Jim HaywardDonald MacBride

Hal K. Dawson

OggleDoom .

PheenyMr. Fisher

Perc Launders

Moderately successful takeoffon the old James M. Barrieplay, “Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire”with okay marquee names.

Hollywood, Aug. 6.

A Technicolored, light, bright

musical such as this Betty Grableoffering should be a good tonic for

a flagging boxoffice. Its grossing

possibilities are promising.

George Jessel has endowed it

with five strong production num-bers and six tunes to make it top-

notch escapist musical entertain-

ment that will please the song-and-<Unce fan. There's a delightfully

bawdy air about some of the num-bers and in the playing and direc-

tion to sharpen the chuckles.

Richard Sale’s direction of his

own script, written with Mafy Loosand suggested by an Erna Lazarus-

W. Scott Darling story, whip* it

along without a slow movement.The dialog crackles with a smart,

racy flavor that scores as adult

comedy, and the story framework,a backstage affair, is excellent in

holding together the tunes anddances.

Y»m concerns a star-producer. Paramount has been only mod-husband-wife team that breaks up erately successful in putting the

after seven years of marriage be- J»mes M Barrie play. AUce-Sit

H. Allen Smith's humoroussatire of a cat that inherits a majorleague ball club, along with $30-000.000, transfers to the screen in

a fairly satisfactory manner. The94 minutes running time stretchesthe materia! rather thin, but thereare sufficient laughs to fulfill

comedy demands. Payoff shouldbe about average in most situa-

tions. helped by Ray Milland forthe marquees.Both the script and Arthur

Lubin’s direction work hard to padout the running time, resorting to

“Women Without Names,’*French import tradeshown in

New York last week, was re-

viewed in Variety In the Issue

of July 12, 1950. Motk. wrote:“After the brilliant ’Some-where In Europe,’ this Is belowpar for the second in GezaRadvanyi’s proposed trilogy of

the dispossessed peoples.”Critic added that Radvanyi’sdirection was “erratic.”

*

Story treats with unwantedwomen housed in a camp nearTrieste after the war. “Filmhas some excellent momenta.”the reviewer opined, “but onthe whole its message is

watered down.” He added thatwith Simone Simon and Fran-coise Rosay in the cast, “it

may do for U. S. arty spots.”

Lopert Films is distributingthe pic, which opened at theWorld Theatre, N. Y., Mon.(6).

paramount r«i«*M of Harry rueena slapstick - when the other humoroduetton. Stars Joan Fontaine, John I oK../.biac

rroduund. Mona Freeman, Peter Hanson; lea

turf « David Stollery. Virginia FarmerAngela Clarke. Directed by Mitchell Let-ten Screenplay. Dodte Smith. Lesaer Sam-uels: from play. “ Alice -Sit Bjr-The-Fire.”by James M. Barrie; camera. Daniel L.Fapp; editor. Alma Macrorie, Eda Warren;score. Frederick Hollander. TradeshownAug. 2- '51. Running time. 95 MINS.Alice Grey Joan FqntalneDr. Robert Grey. John LundAmy Mona FreemanDr. Steve Clark Peter HansonCosmo David StoUeryFannyNurse .

Aubrey QuavneMr. Rossiter . .

Mrs. Rossiter . .,

SylviaSimmsRa«te I,. ..**> ,« . .j,. 0 « 0. 0.0.0 .. ... ... f.,

.

Theatre Manager Willard

cause the missus suspects that hub-

wears too thin to sustain chuckles.As their initialer for Paramount,production team of William Perl-berg and George Seaton shape inpicture in a generally okay man-ner, though permitting it to run^too long. Further editorial tight-ening would help eliminate someslow spots.Rhubarb, the feline hero of the

yarn, is no prissy tabby. He’s a. .Virginia Farmer

,brawling, mauling alley tom at his

.*

*.*

.’ .*. LoweU^juinor* best when stealing golf balls, aRobert Barrat, trick that^first attracts eccentric— Gertrude millionaire Gene Lockhart, and

mk Eiifotij

makes life miserable for his hosthuue Rim

;gnd keepers when (aken into a

Waterman new home. Comedy flavor wouldhave been better had writers anddirector sustained this toughnessthroughout instead of letting it

lapse when Rhubarb takes on therole of lucky mascot for theBrooklyn ball club.

Milland. ball club press agent,has the unhappy chore of being

usaeaaa a aa a a wvnuni<vv. *1 niii mv I _ . - , - « -

better liked by the femmes than dies and makes the lelme his prin-

ma les cipal heir. This also makes his

mwxA , _ ] u

,

r !girl, Jan Sterling, unhappy, as she

anil th*i lUCTis^nUv i

» allergic to Rhubarb. Allergy is

f_

n^1. Ill'll i

uscd as * Eimmick to skve Rhu-

mod*™ ,ppro«h “ rnoril5 :

As a costumer, however, it does omnnrlvhave its funny situations and occa- f

?r l

|i

e

sionallv bright dialog that the real Kbubarb is dead.> o gnt g a og.

Gags and sltuat jons are wellJoan Fontaine and John Lund worked over ln the Dorothy Reid-

play the returning parents of thej Francis Cockrell screenplay. EvenUU A • AAA KmaI* w rVk 4* *fA *tA A M m A

_ By-The-Fire,” on film. It has its

by i, chiriniTVther^fiii. A* the Ihumorou* moment* but overall ef-

tupposcdly wronged wife. Miss feet doesnt hit enough of an enter-unnaonv more 01 oe.na

( rah, A fa>ian« *mnpci* and eoe« tainment level to rate it for more!

nas in^,

unnappy enore oi oeing

Lck to the*cbeap>MUaml nightclub I

th*n just fair boxoffice. It will be|

^he cat. keeper when Lockhart

where hubby Macdonald Carey hadfirst discovered her. Carey and Ed-die Albert, longtime suitor of MissGrable, pursue her, and plenty of

comedy touches are poured on for

laughs as- they try to protect herfrom a sea-loving nature boy, neat-

ly portrayed by Rory Calhoun, andbring back her memory. After MissGrable proves she can be a star onher own, she and Carey get to-

gether again for a happy windup.

Title tune kicks off the musicalportions, with Miss Grable singingand dancing it with Steve Condosand Jerry Brandow. She does asimilar stint on "Bettin’ On a Man,”also effectively. The real brightsequences in the song-and-dancedepartment, however, are “It’s a

Hot Night in Alaska.” flippantlysold in a honky-tonk style, and“No Talent Joe. ’ with plenty ofla. added to the rowdy delivery.Big finale piece is “1 Feel LikeDancing,” which comes over beau-tifully after it gets by the overlongback-alley opening portion. Tunesare all by Jule Styne and Leo Rob-in. and are good, although not par-ticularly outstanding.

Firstrate support is supplied rightdown the line by the long cast.

Calhoun and Albert, as the prin-cipal featured players, bolster theentertaining deliveries of MissGrable and Carey. Fred Clarkscores as Carey’s attorney, andLois Andrews, as the gal whocaused all the trouble, clicksstrongly. Irene Ryan does well byher flittery maid role.

Miss Grable gets topflight danceassists from the uncredited terplngof Jack Cole, who staged the hoof-ing. and Gwen Verdon. Musicaldirection of Lionel Newman reg-isters well, with the exception ofthe finale number, in which thetcore is noisily jumbled

Barrie piece, back from a five-yearstay at the Panama Canal diggingto become newlv acquainted withtheir three offspring, teen-agedMona Freeman, adolescent DavidStollery and baby. Latter is ex-plained as having been born duringthe Panama Canal stay and broughteast by her grandparent.

It is Miss Freeman, as the in-

volved Amy of the play, who addsthe most to the fun. Impressed ba “wicked” play she has seen dea

take on a very broad turn whenRhubarb Is kidnapped by gamblersso the Brooklyn club will lose, butthe cat Escapes in time to make it

to the park and win the series

for his club. Some fun Is devel-oped in the delaying action stagedto hold up the games until Rhu-barb can be found, and best is thewell-staged artificial rain-makingthat floods the field while leavingthe rest of New York dry.

Human members of the cast areing with straying mothera, she mis- generally good. Milland has a pip

7.is-

takes her own mother’s friendlyintentions to Peter Hanson, youngdoctor, as indiscreet and aims tosave her from the “rake.” Somecharm is involved in solving thismajor situation, as there is in re-acquainting parents and childrenafter the long absence but, despitethe better moments, overall impactis only mild and the length of thefootage is forced beyond storyworth.

Performances do much to help.Miss Fontaine is able as the flirta-

tious mother, and Lund is good as

of a drunk scene, resulting fromhis separation from Miss Sterling,

and she fills the demands of herrole acceptably. William Frawley,club manager. Miss Holmes. Tay-lor Holmes. Henry Slate, James J.

Griffith, Jim Hayward and I,ock-

hart, with his brief stint, areothers involved in the comedy.

Lionel Lindon does in/ expert

Job of lensing. and the special

photographic effects by GordonJennings are skillful. The VanCleave music score, and the tune.

“It’s a Privilege to Live in Brookthe father who understands his

ivn ” bv Jay Livinv^ton and Raystrange offspring As noted, though.

;Kvans. ’live

* up to humorous de-it is Miss Freeman who makes thebest impression, mostly because herro’e is more broadly treated underMitchell Leisen’s direction. Han-son’s befuddled doctor bit is excel-lent. and young Stollery’s choreas the son has some good lines,even though the script sets up

entry for the general run situa-

tion and medium boxoffice shouldresult. Sales values include theTechnicolor lensing and suc)i|name* •» John Payne ami ForrestTucker for the action field.

Overall entertainment worthwould have hit a stronger level

had director-scripter Lewis R.Foster made his characters less

complicated, used less footage to

tell the story and picked up thepace earlier. Pictorlally, the pro-duction by William H. Pine andWilliam C. Thomas treats the eyeswith lush color in sea-and jungle-scapes and benefits from Its Flor-ida-location lensing. Underwaterscenes were lensed at WeekiwacheeSprings in Florida. Incongruous is

the jungle hike during which prin-cipals encounter such unlikely NewGuinea creatures as a black pantherand an anaconda, plus alligatorssubstituting for crocodilea.Payne is an adventuring master

of a sleek schooner plying thePacific islands. Tucker and RobertLowery covet the boat as it Witsin with their plana to rob a richgold shipment by having the ship-ment plane crash in shallow, inlandwaters. A frame gains them posses-sion of the schooner, the plane is

crashed, but aboard It is RhondaFleming, war widow who has beendrowning her bitter memories in

drink and a jungle existence.Payne, accompanied by two raacala,Alan Mowbray and John Abbott,set out to recover the gold andrescue Miss Fleming.Trek runs the gamut of standard

pulp fiction adventuring. Groupbattles irate native Fuzzy-Wuzzies,the elements and the flora andfauna of the New Guinea localebefore arriving at the plane crashsite, then have to trick Tucker andrun through another native siegebefore the return to civilization is

accomplished and the two loversare able to make the finale clinch.It is not believable but has enoughchimerical value to rate in themarket at which it is aimed.Trouping is up to the demands

made by Foster’s script and direc-tion, neither of which is exacting.Payne is a muscular hero andTucker a likeable heavy. MissFleming takes to Technicolor asthe heroine, and the Mowbray-Abbott teaming makes for amusingrascality. Lowery, as the crookedplane pilot, is seen only briefly.Frank Kumagai adds welcomechuckles as Payne’s native handy-man. There are several excellent,but uncredited, performancesamong the remainder of the cast.

Script was adapted by ThomsonBurtis from his novel. “NewGuinea Gold,” and gets good colorlensing from Loyal Griggs. Musicscore by Lucien Cailliet is goodand there is one tune used for astory point. It is the title numberdefied by Jay Livingston and RayEvans. Brog.

Thunder On the Hill

f tha title H “Thunder On tka Hill*

S?" JSLSiS" BaUty- k* boi-offiCB prospects are In the um4category. Distaffart may find itfairly entertaining, even though itrunt an obvious, talky course thatbetrays its stage origin, but it doesnot offer much for the generalaudience. Some pull will comafrom marqueeing of Claudette Col-bert and Ann Blyth in regularsituations.The Charlotte Hastings pia«

deals with a nun at an Englishconvent who is instrumental msaving a convicted girl from hang,ing for a murder aha did not com-mit. As the nun. Miss Colbertmeets the supposed murderessMiss Blyth. when the latter and herguards take refuge at the conventduring a flood. Convinced of thegirl’s innocence, the nun, throughvarious maneuvers, it able to clearher and fasten the crime on RobertDouglas, a doctor who poisonedMiss Blyth’g brother because ofjealousy over the latter’s attentionsto his wife, Anne Crawford.Both the screenplav and Douglas

Sirk’s obvious direction tip off thaconclusion early so there is noelement of surprise in what tran-spires. Sink also mUhandle: somaof the playefe, notably Miss Blyth.who is made to overplay hercharacter. Miss Colbert’s long ex-perience enables her to temper hercharacterization nicely so that it

comes over better. Most of thaaction plays off against the novelsetting of a flood-hound conventthat has become the temporaryrefuge of assorted British yjXUfiers.and William Daniels’ busy camemdoes an expert job of getting somemovement into the limited bounds.

Douglas’ heavy rota is patJyprojected. English actress AnneCrawford makes an interestingHollywood debut as his strayingwife. Gladys Cooper, stern MotherSuperior; Michael Pate, halfwithandyman in the convent; ConnieGilchrist, n nun who adds a little

light touch to the drama; PhilipFriend, John Abbott and GavinMuir are among those who aregenerally capable in support *

The Michel Kraike production,from the script by Oscar Saul andAndrew Solt. has been held to 84minutes but still is not rapidlypaced. Technical credits performtheir respective functions accept-ably. Brog.

The Strip(SONGS)

Fair whodunit with musicalbackground, Mickey Roonej,Sally Forrest. Mild b.o.

Netfywood, Aug. 3Metro release of Joe Faeterna* produe*

tion. Star* Mickey Roeoey, Sally Forrest}features W'Ullam Demerest. James Crsi#,Kay Brown. Loute Armatroo*. Jack Tea*ffarden. Earl "Fatha" Hinea. Harney Btyard; fuest wars. Vie Demone. MonicaLewte. Directed by Leslie Kardoe. Writtenby Allen Rivkia; caaaera. Hobart Surtees;editor. Albert Aket; dances. Nick Castle;musical direction. Georgia StoU Trad*shown July 30. *81. Running time, NHINJ.Stanley Maxton Mickey Rooney{•n* Talford SaUy ForrestFlu® William DemareWgelwyn •Sonny" Johneon ...James Craigf<*na Kay Browa

£R*nd Louie Armstrongrt»e Tommy RetU«I. Detective Bonn*beI Tom Power*

«»»«• Jonathan CottBoynton Tommy FarrellPaulette Ardrey Myras DellFr**da^ . ... Jacqueline Fontaine

and Vic Damon*, Monica Lewi*.

PPMI ript

Of particular note is the art di- 1repetitious situations. Virginia Far-

mands. Brog.

rroaawlnils(COLOR)

rection and set dressings, whichmake lush use of the film’s hues totreat the eyes. Travilla’s costum-ing of the femmes also is tasteful.Arthur E. Arling contributed thefine lensing, and smooth editingmas furnished by J. Watson Webb.Jr. Ftrog.

Rep’s Foster BiopicHollywood. Aug. 7.

Stephen Foster, composer ofnostalgic sputhern melodies, is tobe biographed on the screen again,this time in “Song of Youth” atRepublic, with Allan Dwan doub-ling as producer and director.Don Ameche starred in a Foster

biopic for 20th-Fox some years ago.

rr.er as the governess, and AngelaClarke, as the baby's nurse, dowell. There is a hokey takeoff onan old-style play by Lowell Gil-more*. Robert Barrat and GertrudeMichael. Billie Bird also makes asingle bit register.

Fairly good adventure feature,okay for r*nera1 action play-dates. Medium b.o.

Drama of wrongfully convictedmurderess saved by a nun.Some distaff interest but Justfair b.o.

Hollywood. Aug. 3.Paramount release of William H. Ptne-

Willlam C. Thomas produc’lon. Stars JohnPayne. Rhon<1a Fleminr. Forrest Tucker:feature* Alan Mowbray; John Abbott.Robert l^iwery. Frank Kumagai. Directedand written by T^wia R. Foster; adaptedby Thomson Burtis from his novel. “New

Dodie Smith and Lesser Samuels|Guinea Gold”; camera (Technicolor). Loyal

Howarddid the script adaptation of the Bar-rie play and considering the datedpremise, did achieve a moderateamount of fun. even though resultsare inclined to be talky. HarryTugend’s production has goodperiod values in keeping with the'dot's era. In line with this. DanielL. Fapp's lensing, settings andother physical values have thestiff, starched look of the late Vic-

Gricga: editor. Howard Smith; musicscore. Lucien Cat'liet; sony. Jay Living-ston. Ray Evan*. Trr'Vshown Aug. 1. ‘51.

Running time. 95 MINS.Steve Singleton John Payn*Kaih«rii,s Sit—SI—y Rhonda Fleming•Itimbo Johnson F^rregt TuckerNick Brandon Robert l^>werySir Cecil Doubrey Alan MowbraySykes John AbbottBumldal Frank Kumagai

A New Guinea background fur-nishes the setting for this yarn of

torlan days. Footage is overlong at,

gold, greed, love and adventure. It

95 minutes. Brog. i adds up to a fairly goou action j “Bonaventure,” to the screen under

The gaudy glamor of Holly-wood’s Sunset Strip furnishes thetitle and background for the run-off of this musical • melodrama.The results make for just fair en-tertainment. Boxoffice prospectsappear mild, although somesmaller situations may help re-

turns with exploitation. Title

won’t mean much in the hinter-lands.

Film falls in the class of Metro’ssmaller-budgeted productions, al-

though helmed by Joe Pasternak,usually associated with morecostly, color musicals. However,framing is -adequate for story

values and the jazz addict will find

much that satisfies in the Dixie-

land beat supplied by Louis Arm-strong. Jack Teagarden, Earl

“Fatha” Hines and Barney Bigard.The Allen Rivkia original script

divides itself between plot’s who-dunit phases and the musical por-

tions, vhich breaks down some of

the intetest. Flashback method of

telling also tends to dull interest

and lessen suspense. Charactersare not very credible, nor does

Leslie Kardos* direction aid in that

department. „ _Mickey Rooney, as a guy who

Joves to play the drums, comes to

Hollywood after his Army dis-

charge. but Instead of taking i»P

a musical career he gets in wit*

James Craig, a bigtime bookie:

Rooney is doing well at the dubious

trade until he meets Sally Forrest,

hoofer-cigaret girl In a D**^eland

night spot run by - WllllRjJ

Demarest. He makes the DtistakJ

of intrbducing her to Craig to help

further her screen ambitions, si nr

Transference of the British play,j

the bookie has studio an

Hollywood. Aug. 3.Universal release of Michel Kraike pro-

duction. Stars Claudette Colbert. AnnBlyth; features Robert Douglas. AnneLrawford, Philip Friend, Gladys Cooper.Michael Pat*. John Abbott. Conni* GU-christ. Gavin Muir, Phyllis Stinley. Di-rected by Douglas Slrk. Screenplay. Oscar

“id Andrew Solt; from **iSaul an _

«?«ure " bjr rhlrl®tt* Haiti .Vg*r camera.William Daniels: editor. Ted IT Kent; mu-sic. Hans J. Salter. Previewed July 31.*31. Running time. H MINS.RMtef, Mery Claudette ColbertValerie Caras Ana BlythDr. J«ffr*yi Robert Douglaslubel Jeffrey* Ann* CrawfordSidney Klnghera Philip FriendMother Superior ..Gladys CooperWiliU Michael PateAbel Harmer John AbbottSister Josephine. Connie GilchristMelling . Gavin MuirNurse Phillips PhyUis StanleyPierce Nonna VardenNurse Colby Valerie CardewMrs. Smithson Queenie LeonardMr. Smithson Patrick O'Moore

(Continued on psge I®*

Wedncxlar. S, 1951 wssmr 9 * • Ijflp

“ttcbraiw.•# • %

mrs a good pier quandarySee N. Y. Org’s Boxoffice Campaip

As Possible Pilot’ for Other Cities

First report to member* of the*Organization of the Motion Picture

Industry of the City of New York

reveal* what the organization's

exec* see a* a '‘pilot campaign”

for other cities in establishing bet- 1

trr public relations and better box-

o Ifice in connection with the indus-

try s * Movietime. U. S. A." pro-

motion. Emphasis in the low-cost

fi Y campaign was in hitting “spe-

cial-interest” groups, such as teen-

agers. housewives, ami book-read-

ers »

The report, prepared by LynnFarnol. special representative, wasauthorized by Fred Schwartz,

chairman, at a board meeting of

the organization last Wednesday (1).

It was described as “an informal

summary of the general objectives

xri our work and a tabulation of

some of the specific things accom-plished.” It covers a period of si-

mo.'! three month**

“There is no overall magic aboutthis campaign.” said Farnol. “It

is simply what we believe to be anintelligent and practical ipproachto the problem of increasing

friends and boxoffice receipts.

“We %iave emphasized the im-portance of the theatre on the lo-

cal community level and the fact

that Hollywood ia producing manyexcellent pictures.”

Although the campaign wasoriginally set for three months, it

has now been extended throughSeptember. Indications are that it

may be extended indefinitely.No details have yet been worked

out for the organization to weld its


Shorts on Craft ArtsSeries of 20 featurettes on sculp-

tors and the craft arts will beturned out primarily for theatricalrelease by producer ThomasCraven, Jr.

All the films are designed to runbetween 20 and 23 minutes. “Un-common Clay,” the initialer in theseries, is already completed. Sec-ond, as yet untitled, will deal withthe works of sculptors Ivan Me-strovich and Malvina Hoffman,while subsequent shorts will stressthe American craft arts.

Each pic will be budgeted at be-tween $10,000-115.000, according toCraven. He is not to be confusedwith author-critic Thomas Craven,to whom he is not related.

CONTRADICTION INConspiracy Among Distribs in Industry

PUBLIC TASTES^ ^een R°t Enuf to AwardDamages

In Private Action as Dipson Loses Plea

Regal Dickers Video Sale

Of Roach’s ‘Our Gang’

As Rights Question Elares'Hollywood. Aug. 7.

Regal Television prexy MoeKerman, disclosed as owner ofvideo rights to 101 “Our Gang” plxafter triangular verbal battleamong Kerman, Hal Roach andMonogram, is dickering with indiedistrib Moe Auerbach, who wantsto buy the tele rights.

Roach said that Monogram pub-licity release stating he had soldthe tele rights to a N. Y. syndicate,headed by David Stillman, mis-quoted him. He had sold his 50%interest in the series, he added,bur subject to Kerman’s contract,letter bought teevee theatrical re-issue righta from Roach threeyears ago on a 15-year lease basis.

Kerman has the power to sell ordistribute to video. Roach's In-terest is only on a profit-sharingbasis Roach stated he had soldhis interests for less than the$300,000 figure quoted by Mono-Rram. which had bought reissuerights from Auerbach who. in turn,had purchased them from Kerman.

There’s still some dispute as towhen the series will be released,Roach claiming they were sold ona

1 when available” basis, withKerman countering he has a letterof availability. Roach said he hadreceived a “substantial” advance,against profits, for selling his in-terest to the Stillman group be-cause he wanted money for videoproduction, mulling a series alongthe lines of “Gang.”*

Just where Mono fits into thepicture is anybody’s guess. De-spite the studio blurb about Roach,veepee Harold Mlrisch contendsMonogram isn’t interested In tele-vision distribution aa yet.

RKO Flacks Accept

Staggered LayoffsHollywood. Aug. 2*

RKO flacks voted to two-weeklayoffs without pay rather thanrisk a reduction of the staff.

Seventeen members agreed tothe proposition, with the approvalof Gerald Gottlieb, business agentfor the Publicists Guild. Layoffs'*>11 Le staggered so that the w’orkv >ll not be seriously affected.

Par in Ad Switch

From Co-ops to

. Mags for ‘Sun’

Longtime dispute among indus-try advertising and distributionmen over national vs. co-op adver-tising came to the fore again thisweek with disclosure by Paramountof a significant reversal in polity.After five years of steadily veeringfrom national mags toward con-centration on local exhib-placedcopy. Par was revealed to be sink-ing $190,000 in national and fanmags on “Place In the Sun.”

That’s the heaviest magjexpendi-ture by the company since 1046.Closest approach was on ‘TheHeiress” two years ago. when $90.-000 went into fans and nationals.Most telling point in the switch inemphasis is that the sum is far be-yond what went into “Samson andDelilah” nationally, although morewas spent in co-op on the Cecil B.De Mille spectacle.

Expenditure does not mark apermanent change In policy, pub-ad chief Jerry Pickman said InNew York Monday (6>. It was felt

only that this particular picturemerited such establishment on anational basis, he explained.

Fan mags are getting $40,000 inunprecedented full coverage withdouble-trucks in color. Copy breaksin October Issues, out in Septem-ber. List of 17 nationals Is getting$150,000 in full-page black-and-white. These break between the


Faces 2d Rap for Illegal

Distrib of 16m PicturesLos Angeles. Aug. 7.

Previously convicted of criminalcopyright infringements. 16m dis-tributor Eugene A. Balcom camebefore Federal Judge James M.Carter last week on a similarcharge. He pleaded nolo con-contendere to counts which ac-cused him of illegally rentingParamount’s “Connecticut Yankee”and Disney’s “Cinderella” forscreenings at the Kaiser Steel Co.

Balcom’s plea is equivalent toplacing him at the mercy of thecourt. A criminal informationcharged the distrib with renting“Cinderella” last December for$22.50 and “Yankee” for $17.50.Only a month earlier he was fined$100 by Federal Judge Pelrson M.Hall for wrongfully renting a printof Metro’s “Harvey Girls” duringMarch, 1950.

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Schary Head* DriveHollywood. Aug. 7.

Dore Schary will repeat as chair-man of the 1952 drive of the Per-manent Charities Committee of theMotion Picture Industry.

Goal is $1,350,000. with funds, to be distributed among 13 welfare• organizations.

Question: What's a “good” film?

Answer: The one that did busi-

ness last night.That's the only conclusion to be

drawn from discussions at theCouncil of Motion Picture Organi-zations’ Coast roundtable recentlyand from a new poll of small-townaudience preferences. Theatremenand public were equally contradic-tory in analyzing tastes that putcoin in the b.o.

Exhibs at the Beverly Hills

seminar came in with squawks Onproduction of “message” pictures:production of too many westernsand on the industry’s tendency to

make pix in “cycles.” When pinneddown In each case by productionreps at the forums, it developedthat various films in all the“squawk” categories had done verygood business.

Theatre operators were forcedto admit that It would be unfor-tunate for Hollywood to be pro-scribed from trying any subjectthat popped into the head of oneof its creative people. To so limitfreedom of action in the past, ex-hibs were forced to agree withthe producers, would have meantfailure to make some of the in-

dustry’s J^iggest grossers—from“The Covered Wagon” to ‘TheGreat Caruso.”

In every case, the Hollywood dis-

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Triple HeaderNew Haven, Aug. 7.

Anyone In this area with amind to ogle “Alice i.. Wonder-land” should have little diffi-

culty gratifying that yen this

week.

Roger Sherman booked theDisney film version for a Wed.(8) opening. Then the artysmall-capacity Crown broke in

ahead with the Lou Bunin picopus, causing the Sherman to

run “Don’t Be Confused” ads.To top it alt, Lewis Harmon’ssummer theatre at nearbyClinton ia currently playingthe strawhal musical adapta-tion. —- w

Guild Steps Up Picketing

Of Rep’s Homeoffice

In Severance Pay RowScreen Employees Guild stepped

up its picketing of Republic’s home-office, N. Y., last week after thecompany assertedly still refused togrant five workers severance pay.Dismissed more than six weeks agowere Milton Silver. Jack McCabeand A1 Slepp of the publicity de-partment, plus Irving Kerr andJack Harris in the art depart-mentUnion previously held sporadic

picketing but reportedly gaow plansfrequent demonstrations during thenoon hour. It’s charged that al-

though Republic had a .contractwith the Screen Publicists Guild(now absorbed in SEG) for about10 years, the firm is now disre-garding It. In meetings with unionreps a Republic spokesman ia saidto have been "very bland” aboutthe matter and assured the dele-gates that “it will all be settled.”SEG claims that Rep’s action in

dismissing the five workers Is in

“direct violation of a provision in

a union contract which entitled theemployees to severance pay.” It’s

understood that the company's at-

titude is that when SPG movedinto SEG. along with the oldScreen Office and Professional Em-ployees Guild, the pact was auto-matically nullified..

Joseph McMahon, secretary ofRepublic, who handles the com-pany's Dbor relations, could not bereached for comment. Now on va-

cation, he’s scheduled to return toN. Y. next Monday (13).

Defunct Ore. Theatre Co.

Named in % Fraud SuitPortland, Ore., Aug. 7.

Six major distributing companieshave filed separate civil damageactions in U. S. district courtagainst the defunct Baker TheatresCo. and two individuals, allegingfraud. By this means, say thecomplaints, the company obtainedlower picture license fees fromJanuary. 1941, until July, 1950,when the company was dissolved.Named as defendants with the com-pany are Frank X. BuckmiiUf andFreeman Geddes.

Plaintiffs are Paramount, Colum-bia, Universal. United Artists,

Warners and RKO. The plaintiffs

assert they don’t know the amountof damages, but each suffered“more than $3,000.” Each asksboth exemplary and punitive dam-ages.

Distribs Seek

To Level Off on

‘Split Fames’Major distribs, in efforts to eke

out increased film rentals, are en-gaged in a concerted drive to bringtheatre “split figures” to “morerealistic levels.” They maintainthat the split figures being usedin most deals are almost entirelyunattainable now in light of pres-ent b.o. levels.

Split figure is the point in thetheatre’s gross where the salesterms on a picture change. Normal-ly. that change is in favor of thedistrib.

Typical deal, for instance, mightbe a film rental of 25% until grosshits $5,000. At that point it wouldchange to 50-60. Some of theBrandt theatres on Broadway havemuch more radical switches thanthat, going to 90% for the distrib

and 10% for the exhlb after acertain figure ( naturally, a highone > is reached.

.Distrib contention is that thefigures now being used for mosthouses were set In the high-gross-ing early postwar era. With biz

good, the switch point could.be

reached by a reasonably success-ful picture and both exhib anddistrib make a fair profit.

Decline in b.o. receipts, however,the majors say, has left most of

the split figures on a high anddry plateau. The distrib doesn'tget a fair shake, it is maintained,because the theatreman gets advan-tage of the low terms up to thesplit and the point is never reached—even by a really successful pic

—

at which the releasing companygets its fair share.

Success of the majors in improv-ing the figure has been pretty

much in direct ratio to the com-petitive situation of the exhib.

Where the distrib has a choice of

customers, he can be tough anddemand—and generally get—the

better terms he’s seeking. Wherea monopoly or semi-monopoly ex-

|ists, the distrib usually finds his

hands tied.

Most companies report that

they’ve made modest headway in

the split-figure drive.

Conspiracy found among film

distribs in the industry antitrustsuit is insufficient to awarddamages to an exhib in any privateaction, according to film companyattorneys. This is their conclu-sion drawn from the opinion bythe Circuit Court of Appeals in theaction instituted by Dipson Thea-tres of Buffalo vs. the companiesand Buffalo Theatres, Inc.

Dipson lost out initially in theU. S. District Court, Buffalo. Rul-ing on the appeal, the CircuitCourt similarly found lack of anyevidence showing the pic outfits

engaged in any conspiracy in theimmediate Buffalo area.

Analysis by industry lawyers ofthe 17-page opinion of N. Y. Cir-cutt CdUft Judge Augustus N.Hand in the case of Dipson haspointed up the unusual significanceof the case. The fact that theunanimous decision of the courtwas written by the same Judge whowho wrote the final opinion in theindustry consent decree case (V-S.vs. ParLon the return of that caseby the U. S. Supreme Court to thespecial expediting court for fur-ther consideration, is regarded asespecially significant.

Although the Second Circuit Ap-peals Court had previously turneddown the plea of an independentexhibitor for damages alleged tohave been occasioned by the con-spiracy of the distributors (Fifth &Walnut vs. Loew’s), that was be-fore the final disposition of the


H’wood Unions Probe

Non-Payoff Claims On

Trans-World VidpixHollywood, Aug. 7.

Hollywood unions are investigat-ing members' claims that theyhadn’t been paid for work donefor Trans-World Pictures, new vid-film outfit which has completedfirst of a scheduled series ofRupert Hughes yavns.John Dales, Screen Actors Guild

exec secretary, said a pact hadn’tbeen submitted to SAG boardsince the guild, which reps filmvideo performers, hadn't originallybeen satisfied with the firm's fi-

nancial condition.Theoretically, thesps who worked

in the initial pic. “The Lady WhoSmoked Cigars,” could be disci-plined for appearing for a non-ap-proved firm, but Dales added thatsuch action is unlikely.

Studio Electrical Techniciansand the International Alliance ofTheatrical Stage Employes are also

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checking reports that membersweren’t paid by Trans-World prexyRon Freeman before deciding onaction to be taken. Freeman wasunreachable for comment.

Protection V*. Strangers

For L.A. Kids Via PlanLos Angeles, Aug. 7.

L. A County Rnard. on advice

of Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz. is con-

sidering an ordinance to prevent

adults from sitting among children

in darkened film houses, unless the

grownups are recognized escorts of

the kids.

Idea is to set aside special sec-

tions of the theatres for children

| to protect them against molestation.

Locationing in India Up,

Paced by The Rhrer’Hollywood, Aug. 7.

K*n McEldowney. head of Orien-tal International Films, started

I something when he produced “Thei River” in India. At least four otherHollywood producers are preparingto shoot films against the rich

Oriental backgrounds in that partof the globe.Frank Ferrin Is on his way to

Bombay to make an elephant film

titled “Ghanga.” Forrest Judd hasa date to film “Monsoon” there in

October. Joseph Kaufman has plansfor the entire lensmg of ‘The Ladyor the Tiger” there early in 1952.

George Breakston contemplates at

least one India production when hecompletes “Geisha Girl” and“Sword of Arlba” in Japan. Mean-while, McEldowney is returning to

Calcutta to make two more pic-

tures, “Keddah” and “The Life of

Gandhi”

pimimr WAtrfiy, Ainwt S, 1951

Mighty $18,000

“Rich, Young, Fat the Buffalo,in second week

Estimates for This WeekBuffale (Loews) <3,500; 40-70)—

“Rich. Young. Pretty” <M-G) and“Painted Hills” (M-G). Good$12,000. Last week, “Teresa”( M-G > and “No Questions Asked”(M-G), same.Paramount (Par) (3.000; 40-70)

—

“Peking Express” (Pan and “Pier23” (Lip). Mild $8,000 or over.

Last week, “On Moonlight Bay”<WB> and “Korea Patrol” (UA),$15,000.

Center (Par) (2.100; 40-70) —“Cvrano” (UA) (2d wk>. Nice$7,500. Last week, $10,000

,

Lafayette (Basil) <3.000; 40-70>—“Texas Rangers” (Col) and “Five”(Col). Oke $10,000. Last week.“Francis To Races” (U) and “Agi-tator” <U\ $9,000Century (20th Cent.) <3.000; 40-

70)—

“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Disney). Smash $18,000. Lastweek. “Happy Go Lovely” (RKO)and “Fugitive Lady” (WB), $7,500.

Cyrano is nice

Los Angeles, Aug. 7.

Only two new bills are currentthis week and neither are ratingmore than moderate trade. “CattleDrive” shapes just fair $16,000 ora bit better in five theatres. Astageshow is helping “Warpath” to

a light $12,000 at the L. A. Para-mount. But straightfilm bill headedby “Warpath” at Hollywood Par is

dull $7,000 or under.Holdover films still are led by

••Show Boat.” which looks for neat$31 000 in third frame, two situa-

Oyrano” also is pleasing

Estimated Total Gross •

This week $2,448,000(Based on 25 cities, 194 the-

atres. chiefly first runs, includ-ing N. Y.)Total Gross Same WeekLast Year $2,372,000(Based on 25 cities, and 203

theatres.)

Estimated Total GrossThis Week $555,7(Based on 18 theatres.)Last Year $576.0(Based on 18 theatres.)

ahead of the Disney version, withan okay stanza liktly. Only othernewcomers, “Hard, Fast and Beau*tiful” at Boston and “ConvictLake” at Met shape about average.“Moonlight Bay’

1at Paramount

and Fenway looks oke in secondround. “Cyrano” in fourth andfinal stanza at Aator still it passa-ble.

Estimates for This WeekAster (B&Q) (1,200; 50-95) —

“Cyrano” (UA) (4th wk). Downto $4,800 after nice $5,800 forthird.

Boston (RKO) <3.200; 40-85) —“Hard. Fast, Beautiful” (RKO) and“Married a Savage” (Indie). Aboutaverage $10,000/ Last week, “Pick-up” (Col) and “Saddle Legion”(RKO), $12,800.

Exeter (Indie) (1.300; 53-80) —“Kon-Tiki” (RKO) <5th wk). Hold-ing near $3,500 after good $4,200for fourth.Fenway (NET) (1,373; 40-85) —

“On Moonlight Bay” (WB) and“Yukon Manhunt” (Mono) (2d wk).

Good $4,000. Last week, $6,000Memorial (RKO) <3.500; 40-65' —

“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO),(Disney). Boff $30,000 loomsLast week. “Happy Go Lovely”(RKO) and “Roadblock” (RKO),okay $13,000.

Metropolitan (NET) (4J67; 40-

85)—“Convict Lake” <20tb) and“Glass Mountain” (Indie). Fairish

$11,000. Last week, “Frogmen”(20th) and “Fugitive Lady” (Rep)

(2d wk). $11,000.Orpkoum (3,000; 40-85)— “Show

Boat” <M-G> (4th wk.) Okay $10/»

000. Last week, nifty $14,000Paramount (NET) (1,700; 40-851—

“Moonlight Bay” (WB) and “YukonManhunt” (Mono) (2d wk). Fair

$9,000. Last week. $14,000.State (Loew) (3,500; 40-85) —

“Show Boat” (M-G) (4th wk). Hold-ing near $6,000 after strong $7,500

for thirdTrans-Lux (Indie) (900; 40-60)—

“Alice in Wonderland” (Indie).

Bunin version pulled oke #(>.000 or

a bit better at this small-seater.

Last week, second-runs.

tionswith good $30,000 for second roundIn five sites while “Moonlight Bay”looks okay $25,000 in three sj*>ts.

also second week. Bunin’s “Alicein Wonderland” looms excellent$7,500 in two houses.

Estimates for This WeekLos Angeles, Chinese, Uptown,

Loyola. Wilshire <FWC) (2.097;

2,048; 1,719; 1.248; 2.296; 70-$1.10)—“Cyrano” (UA) <2d wk). Good$30,000. Last week, handsome$4«"00

Hollywood, Downtown, Wiltern(WB) (2,756; 1,757; 2.334; 70-$1.10)—“Moon'ight Bay” (WB) (2d wk).Oke $25,000. Last week. $32,000.

I^ew's State, Egyptian (UA)(2.404; 7.538; 70-$l?Ot — “ShowBoat” (M-G) and “Home TownStory” (M-G) (Loew’s only) (3d wk).Neat $31,000. Last week, smart$35 200.

. lilllstreet. Pantages (RKO)(2,890; 2,812;. 70-$U—“Sirocco”(Col) and “Texas Rangers’* (Col)

(2d wk). Slow $18,000. Last week,$28,300.

Lea Angeles Paramount (F&M)(3,398; 60)—“Warpath” (Par) withJoey Adams headmg stage bill.

Light $12,000. Last week. “PekingExpress” (Par) and “Danger Zone”(Lip). $7,500.

Hollywood Paramount (F&M)(1.430; 60)—“Warpath” Par). Thin$7,000 or less. Last week. “PekingExpress” (Par) and “Danger Zone”(Lip). $6,200.

United Artists. Rita. Vogue.Studio City, Culver (UA-FWC)(2.100; 1.370; 885; 880; 1,145; 70-$1.10)—“Cattle Drive’ 1

<U) and“Yukon Manhunt” (Mono). Fair$16,000 or better. Last week.“Mark of Renegade” (U) and “Mr.Bones” <Lip),$14v200.

• Four Star (UA) (900; 90)—“Acein Hole” (Par) (8th wk). Near$1 800. Last week, big $2,000.

Fine Arto <FWC) (677; 70-$l>—“Oliver Twist” (UA) (4th wk). Mild$3 000. Last week. $3,400.

Beverly Canon (ABC) (520; $1)—“Kon-Tiki” (RKO) (15th wk). Offto $2,000. Last week, good $2,500.

Laurel (Rosener) (846; $1.20-$2.40)

—“Tales of Hoffman” (Indie)

(10th wk). Started current roundMonday (6) after sock $6,200 last

week.Marcel, Bard’s Adams (Nichol-

son) <950; 1,200; 70-65)—“Alice inWonderland” (Indie). Bunin's im-port getting jump on Walt Disney’s’’Alice” and sighting a moderate$7,500 in these two name house*.

San Francisco, Aug 7,

Biz on the street is being helpedby cooler weather and continuedfoggy conditions. Still standout is

Josephine Baker, heading stage-show at the Golden Gate, with“Man With My Face.” Continuessoeko in third week only a stepbehind second round’s gait.

with “Emergency Wedding” shapesfine at Orpneum but “Trio** is notso strong on pop-price run atSt. Francis. “Snow Boat” still is

hefty in fifth week, being first pic-ture to be held here for Ihre weekssince “Gone With Wind” whichwas 12 years ago.

Estimates for This WeekGolden Gate (RKO) <2,850; $1-

$1 .25>—“Man With My Face” (UA)plus vaude headed by JosephineBaker (3d wk). Holding near $43.-000. Last week, sock $43,500.Fax (FWC) (4,651; 60-95) —

“Young As Feel“ (20th) and “14Hours” (20th). Mild $12,000. Lastweek. “Frogmen” (20th) and“Father Takes Air” (Mono) (2dwk). oke $12,500.

Warfield (Loew’s) (2,656; 60-85)—“Show Boat” (5th wk). Hefty$14,000. Last w*ek. $15,000.Paramount (Par) (2.646; 60-85)

—

“On Moonlight Bay” (WB) and“Interrupted Journey” (Indie) <2dwk). Big $15,000. Last week.$22 ,000 .

St. Pranda (Par) (1.400; 60-85)—“Trio” (Par). Nsg $7,500 at popprices. Last week, “Ace in Hole1*

(Par) <2d wk). $10,000.Orpheum (No. Coast) (2,448; 55-

85)— “M” (Col) and “EmergencyWedding” (Col). Fine $14 000. Lastweek. “Francis To Races” (U) and“Smuggler's Gold” (Col) (2d wk).10 days. $14,000.United Artists (No. Coast) (1.207;

55-85) — “Cyrano” (UA) (3d wk).Good $10,000. Last week. $11,000.Stagedoor (A-R) (370; $1.80-

$2.40)—“Tales of Hoffmann” (7thwk). Holding at $6,500. Last week,big $7,000.

Larkin (Rosener) (400; 65-85) —“Toast New Orleans” (M-G) and“Midnight Kiss” (M-G) (reissues).Big $3,400. Last week. “Hills ofIreland” (3d wk), $3,500 withprices upped.

Omaha, Aug. 7.

Better audience pictures are giv-ing the local first-runs morelift this stanza, especially “ShowBoat” cunning a nice second weekand Walt Disney’s “Alice in Won-derland.” The Orpheum has ThreeSuns Revue with Artie Auerbachand Joe Sudy’s band plus “NightInto Morning,” with good week ontap. “Rich, Young and Pretty” at

the small State shapes fine.

Estimates for This WeekOrpheum (TriaUUsJ (3,000; 20-

90>—“Night Into Morninft” (M-G)with Three Suns Revue on stage.Looks good $18,000. Last week,“Apache Drums” (U) and “FatMan’’ <U), oke $8,800.Paramount (Tristates) (2,800; 16-

70)—“Show Boat” (M-G) (2d wk).Rousing $9,500. Last week, smash$12,200.

State (Goldberg) (865; 25-75)—“Rich, Young, Pretty” (M-G) and“Sideshow” (Mono). Fine $6,500.Last week. “Wagon Wheels” (In-die) and “Desert Gold” (Indie) (re-issues), $2,600 in days spit with“Queen For Day” (UA). $3,000 in

4 days.Omaha (TrlsUtes) (2,100; 16-70)—“Man From Planet X” (UAi and

“Brother, the Outlaw” (BB). Nice$7,500. Last week, “Francis ToRaces” (U) (m.o.) and “DestinationMurder” <RKO>. $8,000.Branded (RKO) (1.500; 16-70)—

“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Dis-ney). Big $8,000 and probableholdover. Last week, “Up in Arms”(RKO) and “Got Me Covered (RKO)(reissues), $6,800.

Providence, Aug. 7.

It’s the RKO Albee and “Alice in

Wonderland” all tha way here this

round. Kiddies are packing housethroughout the day for quick turn-over and sock session. Majestic’s“On Moonlight Bay” also is sturdybut the State’s “He Ran All theWay” is only fairly good.

Estimates for This WeekAlbee (RKO) (2.200; 44-65)—

“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Dis-ney). Single feature, with kidstabbed at straight 35c throughoutday, building this to socko $19,500.Last week, ^Francis to Races” (U)and “Hell’s Gateway” (Indie).

$9 500Majestle (Fay) (2.2GG; 44-65)—“On

Moonlight Bay” (WB) and “Fugi-tive Lady” (Rep). Sturdy $12,000.Last week, “Ft. Worth” (WB) and“Casa Manana” (Mono), $13,000.

State (Loew) (3.200; 44-65)—“Ran All Way" (UA) and “HomeTown Story” (M-G). Fairly good$13,000. Last week. “Show Boat”(M-G) (3d wk). $9,500.Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65)—“Sirocco” (Col). Opened Monday

(6). Last week, ’Texas Rangers”(Col) and “Five” (Col), oke $8,000.

Denver, Aug. 7.

Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”is topping the town at Orpheum fora single theatre with sock session.“Cyrano” shapes trim with session,coin total, playing in three houses.“Little Big Horn” looms big atParamount Both “Show Boat” and“That’s My Boy” are solid hold-overs.

Estimates for This WeekAladdin (Fox) <1,400, 40-80) —

“Cyrano” (UA), day-date withDenver, Esquire. Good $7,000.Last week. "Cattle Drive” (U) and“Hollywood Story” (U), same.Broadway (Wolfberg) (1.500; 40-

80)—“Show Boat” (M-G), (3d wk).Fine $10,000. Holds again. Lastweek, big $14,500.Denham (Cockrill) (1.750; 40-80)


Indianapolis. Aug. 7.

Biz continues to set a good hot-

weather pace at major first-nmsituations here this stanza. “ObMoonlight Bay” at Indiana, hstandout with stout total. “Mr.

Belvedere Rings Bell” is above par

at Circle but 7’Law And Lady” honly fair at Loew’s.

Estimates for This WeekCircle (Cockrill-Dolle) <2.800.

44-65)—“Mr. Belvedere Rings Bell

(20th) and “House Telegraph Hill

(20th). Nifty $10,000. Last week,

“Francis To Races” (U) and “YuksoManhunt” (Mono), extra good

$11,000.Indiana (C-D) (3.200; 44-651-

“On Moonlight Bay” (WB) and

“Danger Zone” (Lip). Slick $13,000.

Last week. "The Frogmen” < 20th

)

and “Robinson - Turpin Fight"

(Rep), $10,500.Loews (Loew’s) (2.427; 44-65>-

“Law and Lady” (M-G) and “NightInto Morning” (M-G). Fair $9.00$Last week, “Show Boat” (M-G) (3d

wk). nice $6,000.Lyric (C-D) (1,600; 44-65)-

“The Scarf” (UA) and “Riders ot

Range” (Indie). Thin $4,000. Last

week, “Jungle Headhunters(RKO), oke $6,000.

Baltimore, Aug. 7.

Top product is sparking thedowntown sector here into top fig-

ures. “That’s My Boy” is reachingout for a rousing total at Keith’swhile Disney’s “Alice in Wonder-land” is boosting the Town into asmash session, ft looks like a highmark for many months.

Estimates for This WeekCentury (Loew’s-UA) (3,000; 20-

70)—“Strictly Dishonorable” <M-G) fairish $9,000. Last week, “ShowBoat” (M-G) (3d wk), $9,000.

Keith*a (Schanberger) <2.460; 20-70)—"That’s My Boy” (Par) (2dwk). Starting second week tomor-


Cincinnati, Aug. 7.Downtown trade is on rise this

stanza due mainly to sock pull of“On Moonlight Bay” for Palace'sbest figure in nearly a year. “CattleDrive” at Capitol, “Never TrustGambler” at urand and “Mark ofRenegade” at Keith's are in mod-erate stride. “Show Boat” is still

solid in rounding out record-shat-tering four-week stay at flagshipAlbee.

Estimates for This WeekAlbee (RKO) (3,100; 55-75)—

“Show Boat” (M-G) (4th wk>.Solid $12,000 on heels of terrific$15,000 third sesh. Pic set modernClncy biz record and also doubledtime of any other engagement tnthis big house.

Capitol (Mid-States) <2.000; 55-75)—“Cattle Drive” (U). Okay$7,500. Last week, “Francis ToRaces” (U) (2d wk). big $7,800.Grand (RKO) <1.400; 55-75)—

“Never Trust Gambler” (Col) and“Hurricane Island” (Col). Oke $7,-000. Last week, “Law and Lady”(M-Gl and “Home Town Story”(M-Gf, same.Keith’s ^Mid-SUrte*) O 542: 55-75)—“Mark of Renegade” (U). Favor-

able $6,000 Last week, “CanyonPassage”' (U) and “Frontier Gal”

Washington, Aug. 7.

General air of rosiness continuesto color midtown biz, with strong

Sroduct and cool weather helping.attle of the “Alices” was won

handi« down by Disney’s “Alice inWonderland" at RKO Keith’s,which is enjoying its heftiest bis ofyear, outdistancing even “Cinder-ella.” The Bunin version, at theTrans-Lux, pounded by crix andshunned by payees, is quietly fold-ing after a single stanza. “Capt.Horatio Hornblower,” given thesaturation treatment by day-and-dating three Warner houses (twomidtowns and one first-run nabe) is

smash all around. Sour note ofweek sounded by "Ace in Hole,”which never really got going atLoew’s Palace.

Estimates for This WeekCapitol (Loew’s) (2,434; 44-90)—

“Half Angel” (20th) plus vaude.Pleasing $23,000. Last week,“Prince Who Was Thief” plusvaude. above hopes at $23,500.

Dupont (Lcpert) <372;mm&i

—

“Kon-Tild” (RKO) (3d wk). Solid$6,500 after hot $7,000 last weekStays indef.

Keith’s (RKO) (1,939; 44-80)—“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Dis-ney). Terrific $25,000. with vaca-tioning moppets pushing taks abovethat of “Cinderella.” Hold*, natch!

Minneapolis. Aug. 7.

Radio City got a brutal breakwhen Martin & Lewis, extensivelyadvertised, cancelled their personalappearance here, scheduled forthis week. But the highstepping“Show Boat,” minus any stageshowassistance, is helping to overcomethis with sock session at the house.Two other ace film offerings,"Alice in Wonderland” and “TheFrogmen,” also are helping. In fact,aggregate biz this week is th4 bestin more than a year.

Estimates for This WeekCentury tPar) (1.600; 50-76)—

“Loma Doone” (Col). Fair $4,000.Last week, “Secret of ConvictLake” (20th) (2d wk). $4,500.Gopher (Berger) (1,000; 50*76)—

“The Frogmen” (20th). Nothingbut praise for this . one. Solid$7,500. Last week. “Cornin’ RoundMountain” <U) (2d wk), $3,200.

Lyrte (Par) (1,000; 50-76)—“Cattle Drive” (U) <2d wk). Okay$3,500 after good $5,000 first week.

Radio City (Par) (4,000; 50-76)—“Show Boat” (M-G). Acclaimed“one of very best” here. Terrific$24,000. Last week, “Rich, Young,Pretty” (M-G). $10,000PKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2.800; 40-

76)—“Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Disney). With children’s admis-sions raised from 12c to 35c.record week Impends. Looks wow$17,000. Last week, “Francis toRaces" (U). $7,300.RKO-Pan (RKO) (1.600; 40-76)—

“Two of a Kind” (Col) and “TexasRangers” (Col). Okay $5,000. Lastweek. “Pickup” (Col) and “TheHoodlum” (UA), $7,000.

State (Par) <2,300; 50-76)—“Acein Hole” (Par). Lauded by thecritics but only Just nice $7,500Ukely. Last week, “Guy WhoCame Back” (20th) and “Robinson-Turpin Fight” (Rep). $7,000.World (Mann) (400; 50-90)

—

“Lady Panama” (Indie). Profitable$3,000. Last week. ‘Teresa” (M-G)(2d wk), okay $2,000.

Pittsburgh, Aug. 7.

Things are looking brighter all

along the line these days. Severalspots are currently Jumping.“Ace in Hole” looks fine at Pens.“Francis Goes To Races” shape!fast enough to win holdover at the

Fulton. Not much for “PekingExpress” at Stanley, however.

. Estimates for This WeekFulton (Shea) (1,700;- 50-85) —

“Francis To Races” (U). Nice $••*m That’s enough to earn *•*

finer session. Last week. “Folio*we Sun” (20th) and “Fightinl

feoast Guard” (Rep). $5,000.

Wednesday, Amgmit 8, 1951 ncmi

Little Egypt’ Preem Pfas Eckstine

Torrid $67,000, ChL; ‘Alice’ Giant

37G, ‘Avenger’ 15G, ‘Samson’ 17GChicago, Aug. 7.

With the Martin and Lewis hur-

ricane over, Chicago Loop receipts

came down a bit. However, newentries augur well for first weekof August M. A L. were a harvest

for most of downtown hpuses last

round since many caught the over-

flow. Of the entries. "Alice in

Wonderland." Walt Disney entry,

at the Palace, should grab lofty

$37,000.World preem of "Little Egypt-

at the Chicago with Mark Stevens

and Rhonda Fleming onstage in

person plus regular stageshowheaded by Billy Eckstine should

hit wow $67,000. "Samson andDelilah" at straight scale is look-

ing for sweet $17,000 at UnitedArtists. State-Lake's. "Mask of

Avenger" and "Man With MyFace" is okay with $15,000. Onlight side Is the Grand with only

$H 000 lot "Mark of Renegade1’

and "Footlight Varieties."Oriental looks firm with $36,000

for fourth week of "Show Boat"plus Les Paul and Mary Ford on-stage. Other strong holdover is

'Francis Goes to Races" at theRoosevelt at trim $15,000.

Estimates far This WeekChicago (BAK) (3,000; 50-98) —

"Little Egypt" (U) with Billy Eck-stine heading stageshow. WorTdpreem. aided by personals of MarkStevens and Rhonda Fleming, is

hitting sock 167,000 or over.

Started out at big as "Louisa," a

sock here last year. Last week."No Questions Asked" (M-G) plusDean Martin and Jerry Lewis,sensational $118,000, new reeord.

Grand <RKO> (1.200; 50-98) —"Mark of Renegade" <U) and"Footlight Varieties" (RKO). Fair$11000. Last week, "Prince WasThief" (U) and "Big Gusher" (Col)

(2d wk). $9,000.Oriental (Indfte) (3.400 98) —

"Show Boat" (M-G) (4th wk) aidedbv Les Paul and Maiy Ford on-stage. Very staunch $38,000. Lastweek. $46,600.

Palace (RKO) (2,500; 5$-98) —'Alice in Wonderland" (RKO).Best gross in months; huge $37,000due for Disney pic. Last week."Up in Arms" (RKO) and "Got MeCovered" (RKO) (reissues), $15,000in 10 days.Roosevelt (BAK> (1,500; 55-98)—

"Francis To Races" and"Cavalry Scout" , (Mono) (2d wk).Very bright $15,000. Last week,$19 000State-Lake (BAK) (2,700; 55-98)

—‘‘Mask of Avenger" (Col) and"Man With My Face" (UA). Neat$15,000. Last week, ‘Cyrano”(UA> (2d wk). $20,000.United Artists (BAK) (1,700; 55-

98'—"Samson and Delilah" (Par).Pop price run is headed for lushSi 7.000. Last week, "Little BigHorn" (Lip) and "Savage Drums(Lip> (2d wk). $15,000.Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98) —

"Frogmen" (20th) (4th wk). Aver-age $15,000. Last week. $16,000.

Ziegfeld (Lopert) (434; $1.20-

$2 40)—"Tiles of Hoffmann" (In-die) (16th wk). Slipping in finalframes with nice $4,000. Lastweek. $4,500.

‘Moonlight’ Bright $8,000

In L ville; ‘Prince’ Hep

11G, ‘Little Girl’ 9GLouisville, Aug. 7.

"On Moonlight Bay" at MaryAnderson is standout here thisweek at this smallseater. Otherstands are fairly steady for sum-mer, with added break of a coolingoff in temperature over weekend"Take Care Little Girl" at Rialtois modest but "Prince Who WasThief" -at the State looks stout."Jungle Headhunters" st theStrand is smooth.

Estimates for This WeekMary Anderson (People’s)! 1.200;

45-65 '“Moonlight Bay" WB>.Looks strong $8,000 and maybemore. Last week, "Two of Kind"(Col), $6,500.

,

Rialto (Fourth Avenue) (3,000;4.»-65>—"Take Care Little Girl"(20th) and "Young As Feel" (20th).Slow paced at $9,000. Last week,I*'ranci8 to Races" (U) and "Hol-

lywood Story" (U), $10,000.State (Loew’s) (3.000; 45-65)—

Prince Who Was Thief" (U) and\\ Jennings" (Col). Smooth $11.-

®00. Last week, ’Teresa" (M-G)and "Flying Missile" (Col), $8,500.

Strand (FA) (1,200; 45-65)—Jungle Headhunters" (RKO) and

File 212" (RKO). Smoothion??

0* k*** week, "Jesse James"?nd “K^urn Frank James"

(20th) (reissues), about game.

Estimates Are NetFilm gross estimates as re-

ported herewith from the vari-ous key cities, are net; i. e.,

without the 20% tax. Distrib-utors share on net take, whent>laying percentage, hence theestimated figures are net in-come.

The parenthetic admissionprices, however, as indicated,include the U. S. amusementtax.

‘Alice’ Terrific

$23,000, Geve.Cleveland. Aug. 7.

While "Rich, Young and Pretty"at State started out well, thePalace’a "Alice in Wonderland" isthe outstanding smash here thisround. "Rich” is winding up Justokay. "Guy Who Came Back" isonly average at Hipp. “Dear Brat"shapes dull at Stillman

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• •

Allen (Warner) (3,000; 55-80) —"On Moonlight Bay" (WB) (2d wk-4 days). Okay $6,000 following$14,000 last week.Hlpp (Cheftel - Burger) (3,700;

55-80)—"Guy Who Came Back"(Fox). Average $10,500. • Lastweek, "Sirocco" (Col), $16,000.Lower Mall (Community) 585;

55-80)—"Oliver Twist” (UA) (4thwk). Thin $2,800 after $3,500 lastlap.

Palace (RKO) (3.300; 55-90) —"Alice in Wonderland" (RKO).Terriffic $23,000. Last week,Cyrano" (UA), $14,500.State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-80) —

Rich. Young. Pretty" (M-G). Oke$15,000. Last week, "Ace in Hole"(Par). $12,000.

Stillman (Loew’s) <2,700; 55-80)—’’Dear Brat” (Par). Dull $5,000.Last week, "Show Boat" (M-G)(m.o.), $9,000.Ohio (Loew’s) (1,244; 55-80) —

"Ace in Hole" (Par) (m.o.). Oke$6,500. Last week. "Law andLady’’ (M-G) (m.o.), $4,500.

K.C. Perks Up; ‘Frauds’

Lively *18.000, ‘Alice’

BiillG.lkoiiligk’MKansas City, Aug. 7.

Biz Is on the upbeat here withstrong pix a real help. "FrancisGoes to the Races" in four FoxMidwest houses looks likely leaderwith a nice total. “Alice in Won-derland" at the Missouri Is givingthat house one of its strongest re-

cent weeks with a big session. Par-amount also is doing fairly wellwith "On Moonlight Bay." "ShowBoat" still is in high gear at theMidland Theatre although infourth round.

Estimates for This WeekKimo (Dickinson) (504; 75-99)

—

“Kon-Tiki" (RKO) (5th wk). Nifty$2,500. Last week. $3,000.

Midland (Loew’s) (3,500; 50-69)—"Show Boat" (M-G) (4th wk). Still

in high gear at $8,500. Last week,$11 ,000 . ,.r

v

Missouri (RKO) (2.650; 50-75)—"Alice in Wonderland" (RKO-Dis-ney). Big $11,000 and may hold.Last week, "Two of a Kind" (Col)and "Never Trusf Gambler" (Col),

$7,000.fV?ramount (Tri-States) (1.900;

50-69)—"On Moonlight Bay" (WB).Happy $9,000 or over. Last week."Passage West" (Par), $7,500.

Tower-Uptown-Fairway-Granada.(Fox Midwest) (2,100; 2,043; 700;1,217; 50-75)—"Francis to Races"(U). Stepping along to $18,000.nice. Last week, "Convict Lake’*(20th), $14,000.

Levins Research Org.Jack H. Levin Associates, nation-

al organization designed to performa variety of research functions for

the film industry and other fields,

was launched last week in N. Y. byLevin. Formation of the outfit fol-

lows Levin’s recent resignation as

exec-veepee and general managerof Confidential Reports. Inc.

.

CR folded Saturday -(4) as a b.o.

checking agency o/i percentagefilms, and its functions were as-

sumed by the N. Y. law Arm ofSargoy 6c Stein and the WillmarkService System.

‘Dust’ Robust $16,000,

Toronto; ‘Moonlight’ 17GToronto, Aug. 7.

With heat and outdoor attrac-tions competing, biz is in the dol-drums. with Excuse My Dust"and “On Moonlight Bay" the onlysatisfactory grosseri among thefirst-run newcomers. Both arebig. Other entries, including hold-overs, are light with exception of“Prince Who Was a Thief’ whichis solid in second stanza.

Estimates for This WeekDowntown, Glendale, Mayfair,

Scarbore, State (Taylor) (1,059;

955; 470: 698; 694; 35-60) —"Painted Hills ’ (M-G) and "Smug-gler’s Gold” (Col). Light $10,000.Last week, "Dodge City (WB) and"Virginia City" (WB) (reissues),

$12j000.

Ezllnton, Shea's (FP) (1,180;

2,386; 40-80)—"On Moonlight Bay"(WB). Big $17,000. Last week.(Eglinton), "Lost Horizon" (Col)and "Sister Eileen" (Col) (re-

issues), $5,500: Shea’s, "GreatDivide" (WB). $8,500.

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 40-80) —Frogmen" (20th) (2d wk). Oke

$8,500 Last week. $14,500.Loew's (Loew) <2,743: 40-70) -i-

"Excuse My Dust" (M-G). Big$16,000 Last week, "Go for Broke"(M-G> (3d wk). $7,500.

Nortown, University (FP) (959:

1,588; 40-80)—"Peking Express’*(Par). Light $10,500. Last week."Night Into Morning" (M-G), ditto.

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 50-90) —"Prince Who Was Thief’ (U) (2dwk). Fine $12,000 after last week’s$14,000.

‘Belvedere’ Fat

mm, MyPhiladelphia, Aug. 7.

Aided by cool weather, film biz

is way up here this week. Disney’s"Alice in Wonderland" got off to afast start at the .Boyd and endedthe big biz being done by Bunin's"Alice" in the first week at the500-seat Trans - Lux. "BelvedereRings Bell" is loud at the Fox but"Moonlight Bay" is not too brightat Mastbaum. Backed by fine bally.

"Jungle Headhunters" started outsmartly at Stanton. ‘That’s MyBoy" still is great at the Stanley.

Estimates for This "WeekBoyd (WB) (2,360; 50-99)—"Alice

in Wonderland" (RKO) - Disney).Smash $23,000 or near. Last week."Ace in Hole" (Par) (2d wk),$14,000.

Earle (WB) (2,700; 50-99) —"Katie Did It" <U) plus JuanitaHall, John Agar onstage. Fair $18.-

000. Last week. "Little Big Horn"(Lip) and "Savage Drums* (Lip).

$16,000.Fox (20th) (2,250; *.50-99)

—“Mr.Belvedere Rings Bell" (20th). Fast$19,000. Last week, "ConvictLake" (20th), $18,000. •

Goldman (Goldman) (1.200; 50-99)—"Sirocco" (Col) (2d wk). Fine$12,000. Last week, $18,000.Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 50-99)—

"Moonlight Bay" (WB). So-so $15,-000. Last week, "Mask of Avenger”(Col), $17,000.Mldtowu (Goldman) (1,000; 50-

99)—“Cyrano" (UA) (3d wk). Fine$8,000. Last week, $14,000.

Randolph (Goldman) <2.500; 50-99)—"Show Boat" (M-G) (5th wk).Hefty $17,000. Last week. $20,000.

Stanley (WB) (2.900; 50-99) —"That’s My Boy" (Par) (3d wk).Great $25,000. Last week, $30,000.

Stanton (WB) (1.473; 50-99) —"Jungle Headhunters" (RKO).Sharp $13,000. Last week. "Hood-lum" (UA) and "Let’s Go, Navy"(Mono), $11,000.Trans-Lax (T-L) (500; 50-99) —

"Alice in Wonderland" (Indie) (2dwk). Off to slow $3,500. Last week.$8 000World (GAS). (500; 50-99) —

**Lady Par.ame" (Indie). Fair $3,-

200. Last week, "Ballerina" (Indie)and "Paris" (Indie) (2d wk).$3,300.

Weather HelpsB’way;WowSHOW

For That’s My Boy,’ ‘Victory’ $32,000

‘Convict' Smooth 14G,

St Loo; ‘Boat’ 13G, 4thSt. Louis, Aug. 7.

Trade is holding steady at

the mainstemmers, with "ConvictLake" outstanding among the fewnewcomers. It is good st the Fox"Show Boat" still is great in

fourth round st Loew’s. Weekendof fine weather apparently did nothelp the boxofflce.

Estimates for This WeekAmbassador (FAM) <3,000; 60-73)— -Sirocco" (Col) and ’Texas

Rangers" (Col) (m.o.s). Oke $9,-

000. Last week, "Francis to Races" and "Young ‘As Feel" (20th),

$10,500.Fox (FAM) (5.000; 60-75) —

"Convict Lake" (20th) and "Two of

a Kind" (Col). Good $14,000. Lari


End of the latest heat wave plus|continued cool wehther and somefresh, strong product is givingBroadway first-runs a rosy hue thisweek. The mercury hit the skidslate last Wednesday (1) and neverturned, really hot again for theremainder of the week. Rain yester-day (Tues.) also helped business.

"That’s My Boy," starring Mar-tin A Lewis, is standout of the

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newcomers. Paired with stageshowthat includes Danny Lewis, fatherof Jerry" Lewis; Modernaires, BobChester band, pic soared to wow$94,000 in first week at Paramount.Long lines both Saturday andSunday helped.

"Bright Victory” is the acestraight-filmer, landing great $32,-00C in firri week at the Victoria.Crix lauded film, a number withrave reviews. “Convict Lake"shapes surprisingly big, with $25,-000 at the Globe, one of best weeksat this house in months.

"Mr. Belvedere Rings Bell," withiceshow and. stage bill headed byFlorian Zabach, is finishing first

week at the Roxy with a good $72.-000 or under. "Oliver wist" hitterrific $1S.900 in first week at thePark Ave. being aided by strongreviews.

Still going great Is "Show Boat"with stageshow at the Music Hall,with $156,000 for third stanza. Thisis the first week it has dippedbelow $163,000.

Walt Disney’s "Alice in Wonder-land" is holding up remarkablywith smash $44,000 for secondround st the Criterion. "Rich.Young, Pretty” is the best holdoverin second week with $22,000 atCapitol.

Estimates for This WeekAator (City Inv.) (1.300; 55-$1.50)—"Happy Go Lovely” (RKO) (3d

wk). First holdover round endedlari night (Tues.) slipped to $8,000after good $14,000 opening week.Heat hurt Monday and Tuesdaylast week. “Jim Thorpe, All-Amer-ican" (WB) opens Aug. 24.

Bijou (City Inv.) (589; $1.20-$2.40)—"Tales of Hoffmann" (In-die) (19th wk). The 18th frameended last night (Tues.) dippedslightly to $10,000, still great forthis stage of run. Previous weekwas $11,000.

Capitol (Loew s) (4,820; 55-$1.25)—"Rich, Young, Pretty" (M-G) (3dwk). Second week ended last night(Tues.) held very well at $22,000after fancy $34,000 for openinground of all-film policy. "Law andLady" (M-G) is due next, with "APlace in Sun" (Par) scheduled tocome in around Labor Day.

Criterion (Moss) (1,700; 70-$1.85)—"Alice in Wonderland" (RKO-Disney) (2d wk). . Initial holdoverweek ending next Friday (10) isholding in smash fashion at $44,-000 or near. First week hit $55,000,near theatre’s alltime high fot anopening stanza. SUys indef.

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 50-$1.20)—"Convict Lake" (20th). First ses-sion ending tomorrow (Thurs.)looks to reach big $25,000 or near.In ahead, "Ace in Hole" (Par) (5thwk), $9,000.

Holiday (Zatkin) <950; 60-$1.50)—"Tomorrow is Another Day" (WB).Opens today (Wed.). In ahead."Cornin’ Round Mountain" (U) (2dwk) dropped to lean $5,500 In finalsix days after $8,000 openingfraipe.

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 25-11.20)—"Alice in Wonderland" (Indie)(2d-final wk). The Bunin versionis sagging to modest $9,000 thisround after good $17,000 openingweek. "No Questions Asked" (M-G)opens tomorrow (Thurs.).

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Palace (RKO) <1.700; 55-$l 20)—"As Young As Feel" (20th) withvaude. Heading for okay $19,500.Last week, "Little Big Horn" (Lip)and vaude, $19,000.

Paramount (Par) (3.664; 70-$1.60)—"That’s My Boy" (Par) withDanny Lewis. Modernaires, BobChester orch, Rudy Cardenas head-ing stage bill (2d wk). First weekended yesterday (Tues.) soared tosocko $94,000. Set to stay at leastthree weeks. In ahead. "PekingExpress" (Par), with Duke Elling-ton orch onstage (2d wk), $48,000.

Park Ave. (Readei (583; 90-$150)—"Oliver Twist" (UA) »2dwk). First session ended Sunday(5) hit terrific $18,900, biggestdone here on pop-scale basis. Inahead, "No Place for Jennifer"(Indie) (2d wk), $3,800

Radio City Music Hall (Rocke-1 fellers) <5,945; 80-$2.40>—"ShowBoat" (M-G) with stageshow (3d

[wk). Still holding at great $156.-1000 or a bit over. Last week.

$163,000, in line with expectancy.Holds a fourth week.Roxy (20th) (5.886; 90-$1.75) —

"Mr. Belvedere Rings Bell’’ (20th)with iceshow and Florian Zabach,Les Hurricanes heading stage bill<2d-final wk)- First round endedlast night (Tues.) landed good$72,000 but not up to hopes. "MeetMe After Show" (20th), with Mil-ton Berle heading stageshow,opens' Aug. 15.

State (Loew’s) (3.450: 55-$150>—"Cattle Drive" (U). Opens today(Wed.). Last week, "Francis ToRaces" (U) (2d wk-8 days), heldokay at $14.00<F after fine $17,000opening round.Warner (WB) (2.756: 55-$1.25) —

"Moonlight Bay" (WB) (2d wk).Current week ending today (Wed.)is sliding to $15,000. First weekwis okay $23,000 but not up toexpectancy.

Sutton (RAB) (561: 90-$1.50) —“Kon Tlkl" (RKO) (19th wk). The18th frame ended Monday (6) heldto $6,000 after $6,500. for 17thweek. Stays.Trans-Lux 60th St (T-L) (453;

74-$1.50) — "Emperor’s Nightin-gale" (Indie) (13th wk). Holdingfairly weU at $2,300 after $2,800for 12th stanza.Tram-Lax S8d St (T-L) (840;

90-$1.50) — "Kind Lady" (M-G>.Opened yesterday (Tues.). Inahead. “Circle of Danger" (UA)(4th wk-6 days) slipped to $2,000after oke $4,400 for third round.

Vletaria (City Inv.) <1,060; 55-

$1.50)— "Bright Victory" (2dwk). First session ended Monday(6) soared to great $32,000, helpedby great reviews. Looks in for nth.In ahead, "New Mexico" (UA) (2d-wk-11 days), $9,500.

A.&C. Oke $12,000

In Sluggish DelDetroit. Aug. 7.

Biz is slowing this week after acouple of hopped-up stanzas result-ing from stageshows. “ConvictLake" is slow st Fox. "MoonlightBay" looks on wesk tide at theMichigan. "Ran All Way" is shap-ing average at the Palms but"Cornin’ Round Mountain" at theMadison looks okay. "Show Boat"may perk a bit in fifth week atUnited Artists. "Cyrano" is Headyat Adams.

Estimates for This WeekFox (Fox-Detroit) (5.000; 70-95)— "Convict SLake" (20th) and

"When I Grow Up" (UA). Dull$17,000. Lari week. "FrogmetT(20th) and “First Legion" (UA).$2$,000.

Michigan (United Detroit) (4,000;70-95)— “Moonlight Bay" (WB) and"Hurricane Island" (Col). Weak$16,000. Last week. "Mask Aven-ger" (Col) and Billy Eckstineonstage, $29,000.

Palms (UD) (2,900; 70-95)—"RanAll Way" (UA) and "Two Ghls andGuy” (UA». Fair $14,000. Lastweek. "Sirocco" (Col), $15,000.Madison (UD) (1,800; 70-95) —

"Cornin’ Round Mountain" (U) and"Massacre Hill" (Indie). Oke $12,-000. Last week, "Hard; Fast. Beau-tiful" (RKO) and "First Romance"(Col), $9,000.

United Artists (UA) (1.900, 70-95)—"Show Boat" (M-G) (5th wk).Perking at $13,000. Last week,$12,300.Adams (Balaban) (1,700; 70-95)

—

"Cyrano" (UA) (2d wk). Steady$10,000. Last week. $11,000.

‘Avenger’ Great $10,000,

Seattle; ‘Moonlight’ 14GSeattle, Aug. 7.

Seattle’s annual "Seafair" is inprogress and bringing in somevisitors but also opposition attrac-tions. Ace new entries are "Moon-light Bay" and "Mask of Avenger,"latter being especially big. "ShowBoat" continues hot st the MusicHall in third stanza.

Estimates for This WeekColiseum (Evergreen) (1,877; 65-

90)—"Mask of Avenger" (Col) and"Two of Kind" <Col). Big $10,000.Iji«t week. "Warpath.’’ (Par) and"Interrupted Journey" (Indie),$9,400

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2.349;65-90)—"Belvedere Rings Bell"(20th) and "House Telegraph Hill"(20th) <2d wk). Good $7,500. Lastu/aaU 1 1

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Liberty '(Hamrick) (1.650 ; 65-90)(Continued on page 20)

10 INTERNATIONAL•vAtimrr London oooici

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British Pix Prods. Seek 50 Years

Copyright Protection on Sound Films

London, Aug. 7.

Legislation to give 50 years of

copyright protection on sound Alms,

a* an original work, was urged in a

joint memorandum by the British

Film Producers Assn, and the Assn,

of Specialized Film Producers in

the Copyright Committee recently

set up by the government. It waaurged that the owner of the nega-

1 fund just, to increase the numbertive at the time the film was made

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of British pictures, was the view

should be first owner of the copy* i expressed by Sir Philip Warter

Warter Fights Boosting

Prod. Via Eady Coin Tilt

London, Aug. 7 .*

That it would be a mistake to

use the extra money from the Eady

right. when presiding at the annual stock-

The memorandum also expressed holders’ meeting of the Associated

concern of film producers at the British Pictures Corp. last Thuis-

existence of monopoly in the con- day (2). It was Quality, and not

trol of performing rights in music quantity, he argued, that would put

exercised by the Performing Rightsj

the production side of the industry

Society. The producer, it was con-j

on a sound economic basis He felt

T. Air Hk Lmfc KiLondon, Aug. 7.

A new radio series, “From the

London Screen,” which will deal

exclusively with current programsin West End film theatres, is to

have its first airing the week of(

Aug. 19. *a

Thurston Holland is producing

the new show, which will tee off

w’ith extracts from the new Hitch-

cock thriller, “Strangers on Train,’’

now at the Warner Theatre.

Sponsors Ponder

Arg. TV Outlook

Arg. Film-Output Continues Big

But Storm Goods Loom on Coin

• tended, was placed if) an anomalousposition, because he was denied the

opportunity of obtaining the right

to perform the music incorporated> in the sound track.

that the Eady fund would be a sub-

stantial help for the entire indus-

try. and its value was appreciated

by his organization.

The prexy told a stockholder that

The two producing organizationst foe new wage increases agreed with

urged the committee to resist pro-t he unions recently would place

posals that authors be given over- a considerable burden on the or-

riding rights by legislation to inter- ân ization, but they would be alle-

fere with adaptations of their *ork viated to some extent by the recentin films. 'Producers, it was stressed, adjustment of admission tax.

w ould be severely handicapped inJ

the exercise of their art if this wasagreed.

Protection for the author, it waspointed out, could adequately

provided in the contract betweenj

the producer and the writer. Theirj

point of view, however, was that

the producer made, of his own cre-

ation. a new and original work, in-

volving, among other things, the

development and welding together

of the original contributions of

others.

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s iMay Have Sunday

Films in Aussie

Buenos Aires, July 31.

Radio advertisers in Argentinaare beginning to 4*k each other

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about their prospects for the fu-

ture once the first TV shows are

started by the Belgrano w’cb next

October. The transmitter, supplied

,by the Standard Electric Co , has

been shipped here and will not|

work in the year,

take long to set up. The govern-ment’s purpose obviously is to try

and have video an accomplishedfact by Oct. 17, the big Peronist

; celebration of the anni of the 1945

jdate when Peron came into powerafter a brief ouster.

As there are few sponsors whocan bankroll the high cost of TVadvertising, there is some sales re-

sistance from them. Because all

radio and video matters are underone control, it appears that It will

be easy to pressure advertisers

into accepting at least part of thecost of TV shows. Unless they con

Claim British Studio

Worker Averages $35London, July 31.

Average earnings of top bracketstudio technicians is claimed to be

less than $35 a week since the de-

cline in production. This is re-

vealed by the Assn, of Cine Tech-nicians in a letter to the British

Film Producers Assn., rejecting

the producers’ cost-of-living bonusof about 6c an hour.

Claiming that cost of living has

jumped 25% since the current stu-

dio agreement was negotiated in

1947, the union rejects the offer ongrounds of inadequacy. Turned it

dow*n because they contend that

technicians engaged in feature pro-

duction average only 15 weeks

Buenos Aires, July 31.

Argentina’s film production isgoing full blast, producers feelingsure that they will continue to getall-out protection from the govern-ment despite renewal of foreignfilm imports.

But on the financial end, produc-ers find things not as easy as ayear or two ago. with the officialbanks less inclined to grant themliberal credits.

This stems from Jhe fact thatthe producers have not made pic-tures which yield the much-covetedforeign exchange returns even if

grossing well in the local market.Bank's stringency also is due tothe general scarcity of coin, whichall Argentine industrialists are ex-periencing. Alarmed by the de-cline in foodstuffs production, thegovernment now wants to help therural instead of industrial interests:

hence, banks have orders to restrict

credits to the latter.

The protectionist decrees enable

Sydney, Aug. 7.

Hattam. independent ex-

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sent to do so, they can be deniedtime on radio.

Hildahibitor who runs the 1,125-seater

41_ . !Premier in Surry Hills, in an in- Preparations for the TV launch-

Commenting on a suggestionjhat i

dustrial irci ma fcing a bid to ing are well underway, with the— op^n êr houge pix shows on * principal

Sundays. Miss Hattam has been

legislation should be introduced re

quiring that a copy of any suitable

film < irrespective of origin), ex-

hibited in the United Kingdom,should be deposited with the Na-

tional Film Library, producers said

they had no objection.

British Unhappy About

Market Setups for Own

Pix in Germany, JapanLondon. Aug. 7.

Trading relations with two ex-

enemy countries, both of whichare regarded as important overseas

markets for British films, werereviewed by the British Film Pro-

ducers Assn, at its executive meet-ing last Wednesday (1). In WestGermany, a trade agreement whichauthorized unrestricted remit-

tances has not been honored be-

cause of the worsening economicand financial condition of the

country. But a compromise deal

has been finalized which will en-

able about $850,000 to be unfrozenin the year ended next Aug. 31. anda substantially larger amount in

subsequent years.

Under the new deal with the

West German government, unre-stricted remittances are being per-

mitted im respect to 15 films whichwere imported into Germany be-

fore Sept. 1, 1950. The BFPA ex-

ecutive naturally nominated the 15

top grossers to benefit under this

deal.%

There are, however, at least an-other 75-80 British pix currentlygoing the rounds in Germanywhose earnings will continue to befrozen. From Sept. 1 next, and for

succeeding years, the German au-thorities will allow unrestricted re-

mittances for 30 British filmswhich, it is anticipated, will coveralmost the entire British productwhose earnings would justify acurrency transfer arrangement.

In Japan. British films have beenallotted 15 import licenses a year,against 150 allocated to Hollywood.The number is regarded as inade-quate and strong representationson behalf of British studios are be-

Radio Belgrano audi-torium in Alvear Palace hotel un-

successful in obtaining a permit dergoing alterations for tele use.

from the New South Wales Chief tNaturally, the Belgrano web is also

Secretary Clive Evatt, who controls;

training Argentine technicians andtheatres and pic houses in the zone.

\producers for TV. Senor Samuel

New bid will be watched with in- !Yankelevich. a son of the Argen-

terest because the powerful Theat-rical Employees Union (projcction-

tine Broadcasting Assn, prexy, is

back from the U. S. where he andists, ushers, etc.) always has strong- his cousin Raul Rosales studied the

ly opposed Sabbath playdate in production end from Americanfilm theatres.

Whether the major distributors

will supply Miss Hattam with prod- i

niQue -

experts. A group of technical menis still there studying TV tech-

uct remains to be seen, althoughbelieved that the distribs see in

Sunday openings an answer to ad-

ditional revenue.

Leroy Brauer, newly-appointed

Young Yankelevich has beenacting as angel for several legit

shows during the last few yearsas part of the plan to embarkeventually on television produc-tion. He had a share in the Im-ui / # P- .

' ws- u 'i ZiTa luZ 1 llon H* bad a share in the Im-

'-LeJ.

of-5:!.“ ?....Jl .5?_L

e;

P«rlo and Grand Splendid thea-opening of the Aussie zone to general Sabbath screening would give

distribs that added revenue neededto offset the high operating over-head currently dominant DownUnder.

Recent move by Hoyts, majorcircuit operators, to hike the hold-over figures would see top pix.

which normally run six weeks,yanked after four weeks Whilethis would aid some distribs to

tres, and as the former has had tobe sacrificed to make room for atelevision auditorium, he and hispartners now have arranged to

: take qyer the 400-seat Radar Thea-

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tre, currently operating as a film

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theatre. It Is possible that thesetheatres in- whieh Yankelevich Jr.

is interested, may be used for TVdemonstrations.

catch up on product backlog, other RrificK Hivw PraaTAdistributors would not secure an| UIIUdl1 IWffJ UCCLC

Fails to Slough Film

Shares; Others PlungeLondon. Aug. 7. .

Although the stock market heretook an unprecedented tumble

censed under this latest plan will

be permitted to remit 40 fc of their

earnings, and the remainder will

be blocked for the time being.

Celebrate 209th Birthday AnniVienna. July 31.

The 200th birthday anniversaryof Maria ’Anna Mozart was fetedby only a few insiders of music

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His_MaJesty’s.in Salzburg this week.

AlthouKh an excellent musician,giving concerts in various citiesof Europe when only 11, shewas quicklyher younger

increased percentage rental for theshorter running time, Brauer said.

'Columbia releases via GreaterUnion loop.)

Industry toppers aver that if

Miss Hattam’s move for continuousSabbath playdates can overcome _ _the union’s opposition, the whole I following The dividend freezeAussie film setqp will be changed.

| policy announced by Hugh Gait-skell, Chancellor of the Exchequer,picture company shares remainedvirtually unaffected. The amuse-ment industry was the only onewhich came out unscathed inStock Exchange transactions,which represented a paper loss toinvestors of many n^lions ofpounds.While the downward trend In

stocks generally continued last

week, film and theatre stocks con-tinued to hold firm. Last Monday,< 30 ) for example, the only altera-tion in entertainment quotations

decline of 7c in Odeonand 3c - in British and

Dominion Film Corp. These are re-garded as normal market fluctua-tions.

Leading brokers and industryitescannot explain why these stockshave been bypassed In th^ generalselling scramble. One vlewis. thatpossibly, it reflects the healHderstate of the industry which wasgiven a boost wnth the near-recordAssociated British Picture Cqrp.profits,’ and forecasts that the[ J.

Arthur Rank results wo.uld shsubstantial improvement. Theiê is

also the Eady fund to be ukeninto account, which it is estimated

Shows in Australia(Week ending Aug. 11)

SYDNEY“Worm’s Eye View” (Williamson),

Royal.“Private Lives” « Williamson-Ful-

ler>, Palace.“Ice Follie” 'Tivoli), Tivoli.

Pranquin (hypnotist) (William-son). Empire.“Anna Christie” (John Alden),

St. James.“Peer Gynt” 'Doris Fritton), In- ,

"** 1«* ovuw.vFo mmw wv-

jsnares

me mad« by the BOX. Film. U-

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“Brigadoon” (Williamson), HisMajesty's.

“Bell. Book 6 Candle” (William-son), Comedy.“See How They Bun” (Carroll),

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Princess.“Chez Faroe” (Tivoli), Tivoli.

BRISBANEGlibert-suliivan (William s o n),

Babes Inlace). Royal.

ADELAIDE

The Woods” (Wal-

Borovansky Ballet (Williamson),overshadowed by Royal,broth, *r, Wolfgang “Midnight Frolics” (Edglcy & ! will add approximately 34% to\|he

: t C I grosfb*

The union also # charges the

BFPA with refusing to discuss the

merits of their application, assert-.

ing that they were unprepared to producers to get credits from the1 -- Industrial Credit Bank up to 70%

of cost, for production ut}its whichproduced more than three films in

the year preceding, and which planto make more than three picturesin the year. Interest rates areliberal. But recently the Industrial

Credit Bank hat appeared reluctantto shell out these loans.

Clnematografica Interamericanahas run into censorship troublesover its ’’Street Alongside theMoon.” made in collaboration withEmelco. This studio made Its first

big hit of the year, "Cosas deMujer.” produced In collaboration

with Estudioa Mapol, which hasbroken records at the Gran Rexhere. Five other films made byInteramericana this year withEmelco were not so feood.

Estudios Mapol will resume pro-

duction next year, instead of con-tinuing its co-production agreementwith Interamericana. It wouldmake five films in 1952. the first

a musical starring Cuban song-

stress Blanquita Amaro.New Production Outfits StartedWhile the well-established

major studios cut down on their

production because of restricted

bank credits, new production out-

fits are constantly springing up,

chiefly on the initiative of inex-

perienced picture makers, who be-

lieve film-making is easy.

Pena Clnematografica has beenset up by a group of amateurs, with

their first production. “AnchorsAweigh.” It will use amateur ac-

tors. Another new production firm,

the Autoctona, it specializing in

subjects about Argentina's miningwealth. The first is the “Miners,”to be shot on location near the Rio

Turbio coal-fields in Patagonia.

Luis Cesar Amadori has run in-

to delays in completing “TeatroColon” for Emelco. Based on the

history of the Colon Opera Theatre,the fact that the opera, symphonicand concert season Is in full swing,

with rehearsals taking up the day-

time hours, has prevented Amadorifrom using the building for re-

takes except early in the morning.

Strive For Better StoriesFollowing the new policy of try-

ing to Improve story material for

local productions, Argentina SonoFilm has purchased film rights to

Ernesto Sabato’s successful novel,

“El Tunel.” New policy stems fromsuccess of “Los Isleros which wasadapted from a successful contem-porary novel. San Miguel Studios

has purchased the film rights to

Eduardo Pappo'a “Men in My Life.”

a legit play. It was written for Tits

Merello, with this legit andscreen star producing it. LucasDemare (of “Los Isleros") is to di-

rect both legit and acreen versions.

Lumiton has bought fromscripter Maximo Aguirre the rights

to “The Reaero,” story about cattle-

men of a century ago. Arturo Gar-

cia Buhr Is being sought to play

the lead, because of his success In

"Los Isleros.”

Mario C. Lugones started pro-

duction for General Belgrano on

“X-22,” a story scripted by Tito

Climent in collaboration with ra-

dio writer-producer Miguel de

Calasanz. Amelita Vargas. Leo

Marino, Alejandro Maximino, Tito

Climent and Gogo Andreu have

been signed for it. Ralph Pappier

has been picked to adapt ’The La»

be influenced by their case since

they intended to insist that ACTaccept the same terms as recently

agreed on by other unions.

Berlin Fest Tops

European Season• Berlin, July 31.

The Berlin Festival Weeks, Sept.

5-30, promise to become one of the

top legit events of Europe this

year, announcements coming in

from top theatrical companies of

Europe and the U. S. American Na-tional Theatre & Academy (ANTA)will enter the fete upon special re-

quest of the State Department.ANTA will present “Medea.” star-

ring Judith Anderson. Addition-ally reported that the ANTA groupalso will present “Oklahoma,” the

first time that the Rodgers andHammerstein play has been shownin Germany. Robert C. Schnitzeris scheduled to lead the ANTA del-

egation.

Entering also will be the British

Old Vic Company, which will pre-

sent “Othello.” Another British

ensemble to enter is the Sadler’s

Wells Ballet. A Comedie Fran-caise team, headed by Louis Jou-vet, also will he present, perform-ing Moliere’s “Le Bourgeois Gen-tiihorom* ” Austrians are also

scheduled to enter.

First opera to be shown at thefestival will be Richard Strauss’

“Salome,” directed by Heinz Tiet-jen at the City Opera, starringLjuba Welitsch, of the ViennaOpera. Also on the program is

Wagner’s “Ring.” Astrid Varnay,of the Metropolitan Opera, will

sing two roles in this series. Ad-ditionally, scheduled to be per-formed by the local Schiller Thea-tre Company are two plays byChristopher Fry, one by Moliereand Scribe’s “A Glass of Water,”latter two directed by HelmuthKautner.

Amadeus MozarL,, , j j , € f ^ j l „ |

paw e), Majestic.

Final Scene of Paris’

'Grande Nuit’ in Court;

Blame Float Builders

Paris. July 31.

The last episode of the abortive“Grande Nuit de Paris” whichended in a snafu on the banks ofthe Seine river last summer, whenthe floating stage could not beused, was staged In the Court of\ppeals here. The court upheldthe decision already rendered bythe commercial court, making thetwo contracting firms responsiblefor the failure.

Only the first part of the show,staged on land and starring EddieCantor actually took place. Whenthe floating stage was to have beenused, the audience, after a long wait,was told that there was mechanicaltrouble and that ths performancewas over. The result was that manyrefunds had to be made.What should have been a big

moneymaker for the charities in-

volved, and a credit to Pierre __ T ,Louis-Guerin and the city of Pari*

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Hound,” "from the prise-winningbecame a source of considerable i novel by Guillermo House. Emelco

bad feelings. -.»

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Salzburg Music Festival Kicks Off

In Rain, But Record Year Is Likely

By JOSEF ISRAELS II

' Salzburg, Aug. 7.

The Salzburg Music and Dra-

stic Festival kicked off in a

heavy rain, and with the customary

atmosphere of speechmaking* long

; air music and coffee house

kfatcherei. It is likely that this

vear s events will bring • postwar

.nd possibly an all-time record

lumber of tourists to this U S.

military outpost on the Bavarian

border. • i

But for many visitors there will

he neither hotel rooms in the im-

mediate Salzburg area, already

swollen with American occupation

forces and their families, nor seats

for the better festival concerts,

operas and dramatic shows. These

ihows inevitably sell out and also

lose money. The sole exception is

uain the traditional “Everyman”

With the original Max Reinhardt

staffing, played in the open air be-

fore the Salzburg Cathedral. This

items likely to retain its distinc-

tion as the festival's consistent

financial savior. Austrian state,

the city and the province of Salz-

burg will kick In as usual to maketip deficit*.

Consensus of the opening event,

Mocsrt’s classic opera. “Idomeneo,”was that this showed the wisdom of

the ages in very rarely producing

this long, obscurely motivated

work. Audience, mostly in sum-mery evening clothes, shivered

through nearly four hours withoutintermission in the Rocky RidingSchool Auditorium now used asFestspieihaus. Women remarkedthey wished either the icy drafts

from backstage would cease orsomething would happen up thereto warm things up. Opera wasgood to look at, with a hatch of themost expensive looking new cos-

tumes the Marshall Plan could af-

ford \Festival management had to con-

tend with loud beefs from conces-sionaires who paid plenty for priv-

ilege of hawking beer and foodonly to And the big attraction hasno intermissions. Observed thoughthat plenty of the richly clothedaudience, moot dressy since thevar. carried refreshments. Artistic

heroines of “Idomeneo,” sung in

Italian, were Hilda Guden andJane Lawrence, latter an Ameri-can. She Is a looker with a hand-some. though not large voice. It

was her acting as Elektra which im-pressed.

In the speechmaking department,U. S. High Commissioner Walter J.

Donnelly reminded the Austrian*(who would rather be let alone)that the U. S. had gladly fatheredthe immediate postwar revival ofthe Salzburg Festival. Both he andAustrian President Koerner talkeds lot about Mozart's home town,which historians reveal the com-poser actually hated and avoidedas much as possible during his life-

time But now Salzburg's all outfor Mozart with streets and squarea popular candy (Mocart kugelnand the Mocart birth house asstandard rubberneck features. Thebirthplace has just been sold to aTrieste insurance company whowant to make it into an office build-ing and have run into violent op-position from city fathers who^ant it kept as a tourist attractionbut not enough to do anything•bout it Anandally.

Plenty of Fishtail CadsThe “Idomeneo” preem drew

limousines, tux and ermine wrapsbeyond anything the town eversaw. The whole Salzkammergut isswarming this year with fishtailCadillacs with tourist pistes. Thenatives who could not afford s fes-l> v al ticket, even If they could lay

Harold Lloyd’s Bril PicLondon. Aug. 7.

Harold Lloyd, who left Londonlast Wednesday (1) for a two-weekcontinental jaunt to Paris axsl

Rome, is returning to continue dis-

cussions with Monarch Films onthe possibility of lensing a British-made comedy next year. W. J.

Geil, the Monarch topper, said thatsubstantial progress had been madein the discussions. If a suitablesubject can be found, a deal prob-ably will follow.

Lloyd confirmed that he wouldbe Interested la starring in a 'Brit-

ish pictufe. but emphasised thatthe vehicle would have to be “just

right.”

Govt Quitting

Aussie RadioSydney, Aug. 7.

The Robert Menzies Liberal

Party government has decided to

sell its stock,la Amalgamated Wire*

less Australasia, Ltd., reported to

be valued at around $4,500,000.

This move follows a promise madeto the electors by Prime MinisterMenzies that his government wouldget out of any monopoly over pri-

vate enterprise. The most powersful organisation here, AWA man-ufactures radio sets and equipmentand operates eight commercialradio stations, key one being 2 CH

Tough on TV Set OwrersParis, July 31.

A decision which will not helpthe sale here of TV sets has beenhanded down by the Paris court.

Television **t owners cannot con-sider It their right to install anaerial on roofs of their apartmenthouses unless they get special per-

mission from the landlord. TVusers can put up aerials on bal-

conies, but these are not good for

use of TV here with the new 819-

band definition.

Sydney financial experts suggestthat the major reason for govern-ment's bowout of AWA is that thisorganization Is one of the success-ful bidders for the supply of TVequipment for proposed govern-mental controlled stations here.Understood that some 20 organiza-tions, including several from theU. S.. Britain and Holland, bid forthe video setup, but AWA was suc-cessful in winning the governmentcontract.

Belief here Is that the Menziesgovernment does not Intend +oplace governmental shackles ontele Down Under permanently, butultimately will permit private en-terprise to take over its operation.

New Tax Setup Likely

To Net British EiUbs

$10,300,000 a YearLondon, Aug. 7.

New tax schedules went into

force last Sunday (5), and withthem s new scale of admissionprices, which will net an additional$10,300,000 annually for exhibs.This will add $5,400,000 td theEady fund for British production.

Operation of the new tax planhas led 'to a nationwide raisingof admission prices. Threatenedrevolt among indie theatre ownersagainst this policy has, in the main,fizzled out. Only a comparativelysmall number of film theatres arestanding out against the generaltrade policy.

Industry acceptance of the re-

vised tax scheme was conditionalon s government promise to reviewthe whole principle of amusementtax collection. Exhihs have alreadyhad their first talks with the Customs and Excise authorities, andurged introduction of a percentage

„ . scheme with a sliding scale to bene-:lle,r hands on it. stood loyally be-

1fit the smaller theatres. XSempre-

ioip the Festspieihaus, soaked andj

hensive plan will be worked out*?!.?» Raping at the rich people and • immediately after the summer re1- S. dignitaries who never had it

jcess, with high level talks with the

O’Brien’s Plea

On British Prod.

Brings ResultsLondon, Aug. 7.

The SOS sent out by TomO'Brien, M,P., to the Prime Min-ister. urging him to Intervene in

the production crisis, has led topositive government steps beingtaken, following s meeting betweenthe union loader and Board ofTrade prexy, Sir Hartley Shaw-cross last Wednesday (1).

The government has agreed to

provide additional coin to keep theNational Film Finance Corp. in

business. In the House of Com-mons the followin' day (2). Shaw-cross announced that the corpora-tion’s credit was being increasedby $5,600,000. making an overalladvance since its formation of $22,-

400,000. O'Brien had asked for anadditional credit of $9,800,000 ayear for the next three years.

Shswcross said the governmentfavored restoration of s distribu-

tor’s quote and would see whatsteps could be taken next year in

negotiation with the American in-

dustry.

One of the main issues raised byO'Brien was the reported closure of

Denham studios and their possibledismantling. On this Shswcrosshas agreed to have personal talks

with J. Arthur Rank and to seekan assurance that the studios maybe kept available for British pro-

duction.

Although urging either full con-vertibility of Hollywood earnings orthe restoration of free remittances,

O’Briqn asked Shswcross to pressfor an agreement with the Ameri-can industry to spend agreed sumson production in Britain. It wassuggested that unless adequatefinancing was made available to theNFFC, sterling balances of Amer-ican film earnings would become“the sole source from which credits

for film production can be ob-

tained.” «

As part of the government’s 1952program for the industry, O'Brienurged setting up of s joint nego-tiating committee consisting of rep-resentatives of the British andAmerican governments, and thetwo industries. Such a committee,he believed, should negotiate fu-

ture Anglo-American film agree-ments and would replace the pres-

ent method.

good back home. AmericanMP’s fought Austrian cops for thetraffic control until the street* were•n.irlcd magnificently.

Later in the Festival monthfome bigger events, like AlbanBerff’s atonal “Wozzeck”; a newly•tiged “Othello” and LeopoldStokowski. On the dramatic side

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1* *>i* features are “As You Like«. in German and somethingcalled “The Broken Jar” dredgedUp from the Austrian classics by a

Jate-theatre type management,

fut

4to the tourists the big thing Is

Just to be in Salzburg in festivalUm«- »,»W« il

treasury expected by early fall.

‘Alice* Beats London Hot Weather,

Terrif $11200; Tory’ Fine $6JO,

‘Groom’ Good $5,800 for 2d Round

‘So to Bed’ as MusicalGlasgow, July 31.

Leslie Henson is cast ss the fa-

moui English diarist, SamuelPepys, in t musical version of J. B.Fagan’s 1926 play “And So ToBed,” which proems at LiverpoolAug. 20. It goes to Manchester,Glasgow and Edinburgh before theLondon opening in October.

Jessie Royce Landis will playMrs. Knight, one of Charles theSecond's bevy of mistresses. Newversion will have music and lyrics

by Vivian Ellis.

London, July 31.

Only one picture, among currentWest End programs, has succeededin besting the heat wave. ThisWalt Dianey's “Alice in Wonder-land.” which had its preem at theLeicester Square Theatre. It is

soaring to wow $13,200 in openinground after a great $5,600 in Initial

Paris Nightclub

Walkout AvertedParis, Aug. T.

An anticipated strike of musi-cians against local niteries hasbeen avoided. In an eleventh hourmove bontfaces accepted § mu-

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sicians' ultimatum which expiredSaturday (5).

Their old salary was about $5for a four-hour session and $7 forsix hours, with $1.50 per extrahour. Bandleaders get about 50%more. This, of course, goes formusicians and leaders which arenot rated ss name bands.

Another thing they wanted wass professional card instituted,

equivalent to s closed shop. Theyclaim there is not only considerableopposition employment from ama-teurs such ss Army musicians, etc.,

in- spare hours, but also that thenumber of foreigners employed,especially Negro musicians, is farbeyond the legal 10%.

Nitery operators were not ad-verse to giving the raise, but theydidn't want it to be put in writingsince now they will have to paythe social security bite resultingfrom the raise.

2 ‘Cleopatra’ Radio ShotsLondon. Aifg. 7.

Laurence Olivier and VivienLeigh are to broadcast two 15-minute.excerpts from “Caesar it Cleo-patra” and “Antony & Cleopatra”in the final program In “From theLondon Theatre” next Sunday( 12 ).

Last weekend. Cells Johnson,Margaret Leighton and Renee Ash-erson sired s -30-minute excerpth$rom “Three Sisters.” .« * » i » > i »

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Current London Shows(Figures show weeks of run)

London, Aug. 7.

“Anthony',

-“Caesaf,” StJaa. (14).

“Blue for Boy.” Majesty's (36).

“Carousel” Drury Lane (61).

D'Oyly Carte, Savoy (14).

“Fancy Free,” Pr. Wales (13).

“Fofles Beryere.” Hlpp. (22 *.

“Gay's the Word.” Saville (25).

“Happy Family,” Duchess (14 *.

“Hollow,**-

Fortune (10).

“Intimate Relations.” Strand (2).

“King's Rhapsody.” Palace <98*.

“Kiss Me. Kate," Coliseum <22*.

“Knight's Mada m.” Vic Pal (73).

“Latin Quarter,” Casino (22 *.

“Little Hut” Lyric (50*.

“London Melody,” Empress (10*.

“liOve 4 Colonels ” Wyndh'm (12*.

“Msn it Sup’rm'n, Prince’s <25*.

“Penny Plain.” St. Mart (6 k“Reluctant Heroes.” Wh’th. (47*.

“Ring Round Moon,” Globe (71 ).

“Seagulls Sorrento.” Apollo (60).

“Take It From Us,” Adelphi (40).

“Three Sisters.** Aldwycn (15),

“To DVOiy a Sou," Garrick (37*.

“Waters of Moon.” H’ym’kt (15).

“Who Is Sylvia,” Criterion (36*.

“Who Goes There?” York (19).

“Wife's Lodger,” Comedy (3).

“Winter's Tale,” Phoenix (6).

OPENING THIS WEEK“Fires Midsummer Eve,” Em-

bassy.“Polygamist,” New Lindsey.“Right Side Up.” Arts.

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' CLOSED LAST WEEK"GOm* Uvtf with Mei” Vhnde <7*

Italian Film Grosses

Up $14,000,000 in Year,

Nearly 900 More HousesGenoa, July 31.

Figures recently released by theItalian Society of Authors andEditors show that Italian legit andfilm attendance during 1950 rootsharply over previous years. Num-ber oT tickets sold in Italian pichouses went up 46,000,000 from1949 while the total take in thesetheatres increased from $79,000,000in 1949 to $93,000,000 last year.

A total of 8.398 film houses wereoperating in Italy during 1950 asagainst only 7,545 in 1949. Smallergains were made by the legit the-atre, there being 6,618,000 tickets

sold during 19^9 and 7,353,000 in

1950. Legit biz increased $1,500.-000 over 1949 to approximately$7,336,000 with the aid of a largegovernment subsidy accorded Ital-

an theatrical companies. Highestattendance months were Decemberand January.

During 1950, ticket* sold forItalian sporting events, notablysoccer, showed s gain of over 10%.$59,000,000 being spent in Italy

during 1950 on lottery tickets, betsand football pools.

The new Metro-British offering“Calling Bulldog Drummond.”failed to stay on the course, andwas pulled after two weeks. It got$13,200 in its final week, belowaverage in view of a stageshowcoupled with it at the Empire.“Sound of Fury” opened in. pleas-ing style, beinx helped by goodcritical appraisal. Looks fine $6,-200. ’Tales of Hoffmann” is still

in the money in 14th stanza.

Estimates for Last WeekCartten (Par) (1.128; 65-$1.60)—

Tales of Hoffmann” (BL) (14thwk). Still doing satisfactorily forlength of run at $3,400. “LoveHappy” (Monarch) follows in twoweeks.

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Empire (M-G) (3,099; 50-$1.$0)—“Calling Hullflitg Ortirnmnurl(M-G-British) end stage show. (2dwk). Disappointing $13,200 afterbelow average $15,300 openinground. “Law and the Lady" (M-G)opened July 29.

Gaumont (CMA) (1,500, 45-$l 60)—Half Angel” (20th) and “AsYoung as Feel” (20th) (2d wk).Fair $4,200. “Chicago Masquerade”(GFD) and “Iron Man’’ (GFD)opening on Aug. 2.

Leicester Square Theatre (CMA)(1,753; 45-$I.60>—“Alice in Won-derland” < RKO-Disney). Drawingbig crowds throughout the day, andwill finish opening week with ter-rific $13,200 after socko $5,600opening weekend. Stays on Indef.London Pavilion (UA) (1,217; 45-

$1.60)—“Sound of Fury” (UA). Crixhelped this to $3,100 in first threedays, and should do fine $6,200 onweek. “Murder. Inc.” (WB) fol-lows.Odeon, Leicester Square (CMA)

(2.200; 45-$1.60)—“Hotel Sahara”(GFD) (3d wk). Moderate $5,000.“No Highway" (20th) in on Aug. 2/Odeon. Marble Arch (CMA) <2.-

200; 45-$ 1 .60)—“Cornin’ Round

Mountain” (GFD) and “Prince Whowas Thief” (GFD) (2d wk). Fair$5,800. Stays Soother week with“Man in the White Suit” (GFD)opening Aug. 9.

Plata (Par) (1.902;‘ 65-$l 60>—“Here Comes Groom” (Par) <2dwk). Holding up with good $5,800.“Red Mountain” (Par) opens Aug. 3.

Warner—(WB) (1.72$; 45-$1.60)—“Fine and Dandy” iWB) (3d wk).'Expected to finish at steady $5,200.“Strangers on Train” (WB) opensAug 2.

UNIONS SEEK PROBE

OF BRIT. FIX CRISISLondon, July 31.

Three resolutions on the Britishfilm crisis have been tabled for theTrades Union Congress, which is

being held at Blackpool In the weekItarting Sept. 3. They have beensubmitted by British Actors Equity.Assn, of Cine Technicians and theMusicians' Union.The three unions call for a

square deal for Brtish production.Equity pleads particularly for theimplementation of the five-unionpolicy laid down by the Film In-dustry Employees Council as anecessary measure to prevent thethreatened extinction “of this vital

national asset.”

A further Equity resolution re-

Mexico Cltv Julv 31 |

Quests that the Chancellor of the

Native tourists mean more coin *f*Up worlti

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n* par,vfor the theatre, with special refer-

Native Tourists SpendMost Coin in Mexico

ence to the growth of monopoly intheatre ownership, while a motionfrom the National Assn, of Theat-rical Sc Kine Employees aims tooverhaul obsolete regulations, in-

cluding the Cinematograph Actof 1909.

for Mexico than do foreign visi-

tors, according to the NationalTourist Commission which checkedrailroads, other transportation com-panies. hotels, restaurants, mer-chants and amusement spots in its

survey. Native tourism is increas-ing. the commission reportedThe findings upset the theory en-

tertained in Mexico and abroad that 4 Fix For GI Circuit

tourist trade, a big benefit for this Frankfurt. July 31.

country, la all foreign. However. “Inside Walls of Folsom Prison'the commission stressed, foreign <WBi, “Along Great Divide” (WB),tourists are vital because their; “Cornin’ Round Mountain” (U* andcoin, especially dollars, keeps cash

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“Sword of Monte Cristo” (20th) arereserves of the Bank of Mexico , Aug. 5 releases on the Army’s

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Inside Stuff-Pictures "JggStLmPicture with Hollywood names Is being tor national dlstribu- • Warneri jg hitching its current

Iron under sponsorship of the Dearborn Motors Corp.f cross-country 25th aiini off sound celebration to amarketing organisation for Ford tractors and Dearborn farm equip-

pitch 00 forthcoming prod-ment. Film is off an institutional nature for it tells a story of modern ^ This week the company markedfarm Ilf.. Plot taYolve. « term «lrl who give, up her error a* . ?£ hXJ rom^X ahowlng of

Exhibs Flock to Join COMPO’s

Jubilee Drive Via Local Tie-ins

Exhibitors the nation ' are rffect such a spirit of cooperation onn the industry- behalf off the industry itself.

ve, “Movietown “On the basis of past achieve-ictober and No- ment. I know a little effort from1 auspices of the everyone here will put this pro-DiVtn was a zuui-rux camruci.cc xur imw ycun wmi* laoiuiun a&>- wir»a nrmilu,< wiii w. i.k.1 “ten- everyone nere win put mis pro-

neared in several Metro pix, including “They Were Expendable/* Jam nieturea " Soerial nressCouncil of Motion Picture Organi- gram over and win back our right-

Handy. producer off commercUi mmi is turaing out the pic. Most books aw being prepirî to herald “ft fVl 5»<Utign 00 the .ônt pages of

ef the shooting is being done on an. eastern Michigan farm under au. ,25th vear of sound on film andleve* ***• na^6nal b.o. cam" the newspapers and in the minds

Haford Kerbawy*s direction. Supporting players include Calvin wmj gtreg8 tieuDs with newsoaoers P*1*11 - of the public as the No. 1 enter-

Tlionias. Paula McLean and Gordon B. Clarke.will stress tieups with newspapersand department stores on the Throughout the past week thea-

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tainment medium." Brisk!n stated.

t groups and individual exhibl- 1 He explained thaf original plan. chancine scene such as fashions I tre groups and individual exhibl- He explained that original planDirect-mail campaign for 20th-Fox’s “David and Bathsheba” Is ex- gnd mode. 0 f iiving*v-» 10,1 have *>een Promising full sup- for a kickoff dinner in Washington

petted to be one of the largest ever undertaken for a pic. There’s 'Anniversary week kicked off P°rt and announcing jubilee chair- Oct 1 has been expanded to- in-

been an overwhelming public response to the first series off key ads Monday ceremonies at the m*n. Tflajor territories that have elude dinners in perhaps a dozen

for * Davi<y* More than 575,000 requests for full-color brochures on studio A nremiere of “CaDtain Ho- already formed committees to cities, tied in with a nationwide

the film have been received in response to 22 ads in July issues ofrat j0 Hornblower" will be held at direct local work include Oregon, broadcast. Groups attending open-

mass and newspaper supplements. Some 211 more ads are slated the Warners Hollywood Theatre to- Ohio, Michigan, Western Pennsyl- ing-night affairs will then split into

for publication during August and September. Total direct-mail cam- n j K jlt (Wed 1 1

vanl*» Utah, Texas. New England smaller groups to tour the country,

paign is anticipated to pull a readership of almost 20,000,000 before After thlg’

week *

g opening plug and New York. Letters from other To make the greatest number ofin windup, 20th claims. the celebration will continue until groups and individuals^continue to personalities available, studios

. „ ^ a , «... « . . v . the end of 1951 with the release flow into the N. Y. COMPO head- have ^Jted not to schedule anyAmerican Broadcasting Co. correspondent Ray Brock- in Istanbul 0f the following anniversary films- quarters.

ik- T..-ki.k Vl UIC umuwui* anniversary nuns... . . .. . .... .. . _ « . . utuu. quarter*.., film to start between Sept. 27 andfootnotes the fact that the friendly divorce of young Turkish mU- “strangers on a Train’* (already re* Meanwhile, details of organize- Oct. 6 . Brlskin later appointedlionaire Alt Ipar from ex-fllm star Virginia Bruce is not only destlngd

jeaae<D f ••force of Arms," “A tion are* being completed by Robert Lou Smith, chairman of the studioto make local history, but will probably cause the bothersome Turkish “streetcar Named Desire," “Jim J. O’Donnell, national director of publicity directors committee, tobill to |>e The Ipar family is one of the weafthiest in Xur- jfhorpe—All American,** “Starlift,” the campaign. He will take over handle public relations connectedkey. The old law forbids marriage by a Turkish officer to a foreigner, “Come Fill the Cup," “Painting the the reins formally at a luncheon with organisation of the tours,otherwise Ipar would be called up for service as an enlisted man, clouds With Sunshine.** “Close to meeting today (Wed.* at the St Smith will coordinate his activitieswhich hitch calls for 2Vh years.

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While in London to arrange for final Technicolor prints on “ThaRiver. ’ producer Res McEldowney conferred with Devedas Gandhi,son of Mahatma Gandhi, and negotiated a deal whereby he*U securefilms about India for the Gandhi Memorial Film Library. Pix showingthe Mahatma will be turned over to McEldowney for possible use in afull length feature which the producer it pmjf m the late Indianleader. “The River,** incidentally, is scheduled to preem at the Paris,

My Heart/* ‘The Tanks Are Com- Moritz Hotel, when he addresses with those of COMPO reps in N. Y.

What’s Good Pic?’

, 1 lng’* and “Distant Drums/* industry advertising heads. 1 -

h - Various projects involved in the .

hereby he*il seeffre IP^ss^ssss

campaign have been assigned to ad- II V A* ‘Pilot’ibraiVMX I Whsfc CaaA DU?’ vertising and publicity chiefs of HS rlHJl

or^Sisible use iaâ I .PIC. the major companies by ’ODonnell. ^ co.tm.en from pact 1 =,

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““ ******** tnm n|1 1'^National advertising. Howard COMPO*! "Movte-

p 1’ cussions revealed, what ekhlbs Dietz; general publicity. Art time, U. S. A./* which will take

were really beefing about in the Schmidt; general exploitation, place in October and November.

Fnv *k.nd. final analysis was not “memage" Charles Simone111; star tours. Mort Chairman Schwartz is eager to

N.Y. As ‘PHofCmUimM from pace 7

K,V . Sept. 10. « wa. lenzed In India.in tZ

Kin* Broa. turned down the requeet nude by 20th-Fox to change# oerv D, ! i k? ,i

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7* cnangepicture* or an oversupply of oaters Blumenstock campaign book and f°rra • committee to arrange for

the title of “The Black Lash*’ on the ground that It sounds too much mumensioc*. campaign dook anamarHaeo

like Uacklaab/* which Sol Wurtzel produced on the Westwood lot in k

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1M7. Frank )Ung pointed out that the forthcoming picture is a tale wn opfninR dinner, Charles Kinfeid; Tren \*r nuhrs

of cruelty on a Louisiana prison farm and could not possibly be con-rad, ° b,oadcast ‘ Jerry Pitches to attract teen-agers in-

fused with the Wnrtxel film. •" no c°mPlainl Wintt the good ones, pickman. - % eluded a New York Times Youth

•What la a Geed OnerPickman.

Teen-Age Pitches

Pitches to attract teen-agers in-

cluded a New York Times Youth

Conspiracy Among Distribs

The opening dinner for the Forum on television and on film;

That has served to revive the drjve will be held during the first a group interview, arrangedold discussion in trade circles of week of October at a time and through the board of education, be-“what is a good one?** Since many place to be announced later. An tween 'high school editors andthat have received acclaim ' from effort will be made to obtain Presi- Paramount's “Golden Circle**

both reviewers and • industryites dent Truman as principal speaker, players, covered by CBS andhave failed to click g£ the b.o.— Max Youngstein of United Ladies Home Journal; a circulating

CmSmcIhave failed to click the b.o.

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t*« “Golden Circle*'

covered by CBS andr-. - kave fftjied to click gf the b.o.— Max Youngstein of United Ladles Home Journal; a circulating

Paramount case. Tha Dipson de- of uniformity in any claimed pref- and vice versa—conclusion is that Artists has volunteered to act as display on motion pictures for theciaion is the first time, since the erence of Shea over Dipson, and what is labeled a “good** picture special assistant to Charles Me- high schools of New York,vindup of the decree, that the sit- because Dipson received preference frequently only wins that appella- earthy,- coordinator of the cam- A cooking show, with a show-uation has been squarely presented in several of the locations ih which tion by the fact that It has done paign*g advertising and publicity, wise demonstration, doing “Dinnerin 1 hi* Circuit Court-*1 and t hr Din. h#» wai mmnlainln* tin rnntnirarv business wZ. —* ..... tk. rv\uno _ D.i ..

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tiru.... il.in this Circuit Court/ and the Dip- he was complaining, no conspiracy business. Youngstein gave COMPO for a Bride* ‘Dinner for theson decision not only points up the had been established. The fact that Moral drawn by Hollywood board the first presentation of the Boas/* with the same kind of give-previous declarations of the court the conspiracy alleged by Dlpebn from all this—and grudgingly campaign last November. sways used by daytime TV shows,on the subject but^clarifies and ex- was with respect to preference as agreed to by some of the exhibs A bureau to handle news and bai been planned to attract womentends the rule of proof in motion to runs only, and not deprivation present—is that flatly protesting futures was formed Monday <6 !

*or matinees. This show was set aspicture antitrust cases so that of product, and that Dipson admit- In advance any type of Aim is bad gt a meetine of oublicitv reoresen- a demonstration at the RKO Flush-

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*• ju*‘ “ llk*'y Utw«fr?m* th/maor comp.n"". In*.c< legal application. each dlaU Ibutor. impelled the court as not that a - mejaage" pic or one Art sehmia,, chairman of the The organization held a confer-Kipsons contention, and one

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on conduct of the weaterns of which there are publicity committee In the east, ence for exchange of views withvhieli is sought almost uniformly of the distributor* did not indicate Too many will prove to he a mada the following assignments: several New York newspaper pub-10 be availed of by plaintiff exhib- the existence of any con«>lracy "good" one- one thats imash at N,tlonal nPW, WP«kly magaines Usher.; plans special exploitation‘ - ill these cases, was that the against Dipson in Bunalo, the b.O. an/i nau.nonnr cnnnlomonti Inhn with (h* I ril m I . A mnrtn»n ukinhto be availed of by plaintiff exhib- the existence of any conspiracyItocs in these cases, was that the against Dipson in Buffalo.

Paramount case established that ageneral conspiracy existed among I 1

the distributors and that, there- Daiica ProAnnfore, all that a complainant exhib- IIUUaC*lllvUflvhor h*’ to A°

J**° h,« ,<*»">• Continue* from p.s. *

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goon one one uuis siimmi aiNational news weekly magaines

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, and newspaper supplements, John with the Journal-American, whichExhib confusion as to what they Joseph; general magazines, Philip !

restored institutional “Go to thewant is easily explained via a poll

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Gerard; fan magazines, Doq Movies’* advertising; preparedof small-town audience preferences prince; radio and television, Mort copy and all production details ofconducted recently by the U. of Nathanson; news syndicates. Larry a series on "Go to the Movies."Illinois. Mentioned most frequently Golob; columns, Al Tamarin; trade- which is now running in Theas type of pix liked best w’ere press,* Hortense Schorr; out-of- Brooklyn Eagle. A series on “New

all exhibitors who have brought keep the film-makers posted on au- mysteries, comedies, musical com- town publicity. Sterling Silliphant; Players’’ was prepared for the N. Y.*action against the distributors set aience screen preferences. The en- edies, westerns, adventure and war financial press. J. Raymond Bell; Post and is now current. Work isup the Paramount case and claim tire premise here is wrong, accord- films. On the other hand, men- house organs and business trade under way for conferences leadingthat they are automatically entitled jng to R&G, for the reason the pub- tioned most frequently on the dis- publications. Al Corwin. Serving to institution of a “Guide to Hitto damage* thereby. This theory Re doesn’t manifest any choice of like side were war films, westerns, on tfie general committee with Movies’’ for N. Y. dailiesthe court rejected entirely, holding pic themes in advance. The ticket- full-length cartoons, mysteries, crhmidt are Madeleine Whit* »ndthe court rejected entirely, holding Pte themes in advance. The ticket- full-length cartoons, mysteriesthat while the Paramount case es- buyer knows what he wants in documentaries and operatic musttablished a general conspiracy, a *croen fare only when it’s offered, cals, in that order,private plaintiff not only has to 1 not before, say RAG. - Obviously, such overlapping it

11-length cartoons, mysteries, Schmidt are Madeleine White and Activity of interest to book-0Per,“C mUSl‘ S,eve “»»<•«*

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™din* public included xtory onis. in mai oraer. Employed this week to work on books made into films this yearObviously, such overlapping Is the special jubilee press book are and sent to book editors and bookprow* that the conspiracy existed The writers create the trends,

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aH(1 floainf* but must not the public, they declare. They 1 the University concluded that a and George Fraser, formerly with made into pictures this vear as-

;,M > sh0* that he had sustained are the basically creative branch little town exhib “has a difficult

;Eagle Lion. sembled andsentto three' boroughdamages by reason thereof. of the business, putting an Idea into time in reconciling different tastes libraries

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cted15* of the types of pix to which

urn rd by the distributors to show P°,n l of impairing pix. oe- they *ere objecting were theirtii;«t there was both no conspiracy ll«v* a qualified writer should stay biggest grossers. it can be likewiseand no damage to Dipson. The "‘th the film until its completion, demonstrated than an exhib wouldcmut held that the evidence showed working with the director and pro-

jn trouble by being guided byRut Dipson’s operations were on a an

Eagle Lion. sembled and sent to three boroughlibraries.

C Oast Luncheon Pledges Stories on theatre construction

Aid to' ft O Pamn;tiirn apP«ared in the Sunday News, theA1U 10 O.u. v ampai^n Journal-American and tradepapem.Hollywood, Aug. 7.

1 Stories are being prepared onLeaders of all branches of the i community uses of N. Y. theatres,

film industry enthusiastically 1 women’s viewDoint on dressing uoispuacy - 2 rnggesi grossers. 11 can De usewise film Industry enthusiastically womens viewpoint on dressing up'• Th« workln* /,h th"d Irector^ndorol

<1empnrtr.ted thin *n exhib wouldj

pledged cooper.lloo for^n.tlonwldi ,nd going outthe rom.mic romlshowed

aL|n/ahand n the,e* " tr“lbl*> b«ln* Mided by I tours which will spearhead COM- pltment that hi paid a woman when

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hit originated in Hollywoodv .to more promotional than those Additionally, tne senyener *n| that there were deht war wood chairman for the drive. .

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twists and turns. This has the ef- Battleground f\t G» was, in fact, of personalities >><• >'»•JJf

8 * “if* good to dress up—go out—seefeet of placing a restraint on his No - 2 - l

Latter, as outlined hy Briskin,g jnovie.” Other signs are in

creative talent, according to R&G. Similarly, a fairly respectable will cover cities throughout thepreparaDpn for delivery trucks.

In other lines—sculpture, fashion segment of those polled put full- country " rst week inbuses,

designing., etc—there’s no effort lenr./n cartoons In third place October with 200 stars, producers,.

In the planning stage is a TV orradio program based on the

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management instead of 0f p)acing a reatralnt on hit

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conspiratorial actions, played - - - *

f,arge part in the losses which

Dipsoa claimed he sustained. Thelou,'t also highlighted the fact that

to figure out what the public wants among the “disliked.” Yet Walt directors, writers n ml utn. i imlu

in advance, and In specific terms, Disney’s “Cinderella” was the sixth try figures participating.

R&G observe. 'Hie newly molded biggest grosser last year and Talk by Rot*ri j. ODonnell,J?"]!,? !

h* ^ributore had had H&G observe. Hhe newly molded biggest>.• isfactory dealings with Dip- product is offeree to the consumer “Alice in Wonderland" is currently :

piped in from Dallas, stressed ex-

20th ’s Tolstoy ShortSlanted as a public relations

hib enthusiasm for the Idea andj

boost for theatres and the film

. unity achieved at recent COMPOj

industry. “The Guest,” a 32-minuteJ"".

which furnished ample cause ind is icceoted or reiectSl doing smash biz hib enthusiasm for the idea and,

boost for theatres and the filmfor their preference of Shea to On the other hand. Hollywood Two more cases of “dislikes" cur- unity achieved *t recent a 32 minute

l son in some of their competing|8 on the constant prowl for pic rently being refuted are documen- meetings here. Talk was echoed eligious drams based on a

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aâo at ,aaat theme su&dcposts, socking prior Urios'nad operatic musicals. In by Y. Frank FrrejMn. tesrdeîr-j

•boristemy by Tolstoy will h* re-

location the unfair competitive knowledge on what will score best the first category, “Kon-Tlkl." made man the Assn. of. Motion Picture e*»ed by 20th Fox this monthlimuos of another Independent at the b.o.. Alio, many plc-pukers up of scraps of film shot by six Producers.

, ^Labeled as the first of a series

r \ 11 1 Ditor were admittedly the cause arc Inclined to follow up a sue- men with 16m camera on a raft Briskin stressed fact that Indus- of Inspirational short subjects.01 some of Dipson’s losses. cessful film with another of the drifting across the Pacific, is doing try figures always were able to Thb Guest" follows the company’s

1 Me court * opinion showed min- Mme type. This sometimes has tremendous biz In virtually every achieve complete cooperation in other “long shorts," ‘The Magneticexamination of the selling prac- commercial advantages but always opening. As for “operatic must- the past to assure success of char-

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Tide'* and "Why Korea?” It wasi" <*s of distributors In Buffalo, has the effect of discouraging re- cals," exhibs could hardly want itable, public service and patriotic produced by John Adams and Johnrrom *uch study, It concluded that sourcefulness on the part of the 1 better grosses than “The Great campaigns. This, he note'*, was Healy, and directed by Harve Fos->•< Mise there was a definite lack writer. * Caruso” is currently getting them. I the first such meeting called to ef- iter.

WedaMday, Anffiut S, 1951

Pity the poor traffic cop at Radio City Music Hall. It’s been a night-

mare for him. After 10 record-breaking traffic-jammed weeks of

*"The Great Caruso,” *"Show Boat” sailed in. The grosses and the

crowds are bigger than ever. The traffic cop remembers that M-G-Mstarted it in November with *"King Solomon’s Mines” followed by

*"Kim,” "Father’s Little Dividend” and+"Royal Wedding.” It was

one M-G-M traffic problem after another! He thought nothing could

top those*"Caruso” crowds but *"Show Boat” in the hottest days of

summer is setting new Music Hall records. All over the nation it's

the same, the box-office toppers are M-G-M.

Big chief Leo, the Leader, has hit a stride unparalleled

in film history. Soon you'll hear about the next big

M-G-Musical *”An American In Paris.” Meanwhile it'sL

smart to know what’s what with the company that's hot.

Keep close tabs on the Trade Shows. Next: August 14th-

"THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE’' -(The best film about the

War Between the States since GWTW.); and August 20th-

“THE PEOPLE AGAINST O’HARA" (Spencer Tracy scorest • . * ’ *.

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again!). Two important pictures you should seel

BUSYLION!

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Home of Brave'

(•!.(. 1 i * III* Briefs From the LetsState Dept, and military gov-

ernment have refused to okay ex-hibition of two Stanley Kramerfilms in Japan. They are 'TheMen’* and “Home of the Brave,"both of which deal with militarysubject matter.Kramer, meantime, has made a

deal with Samuel Goldwyn where-by two other films will be distrib-uted in Japan via Goldwyn. Theyare “Cyrano de Bergerac'* and“Champion.** Nip release will bethrough Diae, with which Goldwynhas an exclusive distribution deal

Objection to “Men** and “Brave,**it is assumed, stems from official

feeling that Jap orientation has notyet reached the point where it

would be wise to show effects ofwar on Americans. ^

Hollywood, Aug. 7,

Exhibitors are polishing up oneof their favorite complainU. thatcertain film companies seek “extor-tionate rentals’* for occasional b.o.

hits “to make up for poor returnson their .many b.o. failures.** Onthe business end of the theatre-men's ire are Paramount and War-ners, which allegedly are nrilkingthe exhibs dry on ‘That’s My Boy’*and “Captain Horatio Hornblower,**respectively.

A National Allied bulletin, re-printed In the current Allied The-atre Owners of Indiana counter-part, cites the experience of an ex-hibitor who operates a first-runhouse In a large city. This theatre-owner in dealing with Par for theMartin and Lewis “Boy’’ reportedlywas asked to pay 40%, beginningat a figure which represents theaverage of the grosses on the lastthree pictures played at that house.

‘ Since the last three Paramountpictures were poor grossers.” thebulletin states, “and were playedduring the current depression, theproposed 'breaking point is verylow. Thereafter, Paramount de-mands an increase of 1% In thefilm rental for eaoh 3% increase inthe gross.“ It*s claimed that theexhlb in question never paid ahigher rental to. Par in the pastthan 40% to a split at a very highbreaking point.“That’s My Boy’,** the bulletin

observes, “is expected to do a bigbusiness. Under the deal 40%starts at a figure below the averageof all grosses for the theatre. As-sume that the picture does 23%,50%, 75% or 100% more businessthan the average in these de-pressed times, then consider theamount of film rental this exhibitorwill be paying—or would be, if hewent for this crazy deal.”Apprised of the Allied squawk

at the Par homeoffice this week.Paramount assistant sales chief E.K. (Ted) O'Shea said the companyemploys no “yardstick or rule” indetermining what an exhibitorshould pay for Par product—“itdepends upon individual circum-stances.” He added that his firmbelieved in “fair terms for themand fair to us.“

Still reflecting on the problemof the larg£city first-run exhib, thebulletin notes that for this houseWarners' tbp has also been 40%.“For ‘Capt. Hornblower* It demands50% from the first dollar. Grantedthis is a good picture . . . there is

no justification for these graspingdemands except that exhibitors arestarved for boxoffice pictures and,therefore, are in a weak bargainingposition.'*

Although Allied pointed out thatlit would submit the matter to thecompanies in question before '‘in-

itiating a campaign of protest."O’Shea denied that any Allied rep

i had approached his firm in regard!to “Boy” terms.

fontinuing on the decline, RKOTheatres concluded its second 1951

oil li ter with a net profit of

si 09 697. the corporation disclosed.

Earnings for the first six months

of this year, up to June 30,

.mounted to $551,639. Latter figure

Includes $378,886 net profit from

tfu. sale of capital assets.

Exact comparison figures are

not available for the reason the

circuit last year was integrated

vi ,h the RKO picture company,

pivoirement was effected last

Jan 1 However, pro forma state-

ru.n tv issued earlier Indicate the

circuit earned about $300,000 per

quarter in 1950. Quarterly net in

2949 averaged about $1,040,000.

\< tual income for the first six

months of this year, exclusive of

the $378,886 in profit from capital

•sept s deals, was $172,753. This

compares with the 1950 first-half

net of $600,000, and $2,080,000 for

the initial six months of 1949.

retie Morrow in “Because ' You'reMine’* at Metro . . . Abbot! andCostello completed their “Jack andthe Beanstalk" two days ahead ofschedule on the Hal Roaeh lot . . .

Helen Eby-Boek signed for “Singln*in the Rain" at Metro' . . . Protes-tant Film Commission completedtwo pictures, “A Wonderful Life”and “Wings of the World,” forshowing in theatres as well as tochurch groups ... “Yellow Fin’* is

the new tag on “Blue Fin” atjdono-gram . . . Michael Mark joinedHugo Haas' “Thy Neighbor’s Wife”cast at Motion Picture Center.Metro bought “Good Boy,” au-

thored by Mary McChenr . . .

“Women in the Dark’’ is the final

tag on Republic's “Unclaimed Car-go ’

. . . Robert Keith snagged afeatured role in Periberg-Seaton’s“Somebody Loves Me.” starringBetty Hutton, at Paramount . . .

Richard Boone plays seCofid malelead in the Dale Robertson starrer,“Return of the Texan,*' at 20th-Fox. . . Christine Larson drew thefemme lead opposite Jon Hall in

the Sam Katsman production,“Brave Warrior ,** at Columbia . . .

St. Louis, Aug. 7.

Max L. Krustinger, owner of theKay, a SOO-aeater at St. Francis-ville. 111., last week pleaded guilty

to a charge of operating a lottery

in connection with a “Bank Nite”b.o. hypo, and was fined $750 andcosts by County Judge Richard SSimpson.

bsa Continues from pan 4 sssJClassics there’s as industry needfor a distrib outfit to serve theindie prodiflrer. Lippert Picturesalready operates in the 31 ex-change areas throughout the coun-try.

Lippert, himself, owns 85% ofthe distrib wing, with the balanceheld by franchise-holders. TheEuropean production deals, hesaid, age starters toward acquisi-

tion of more independent product.Recently made transactions call forLippert to provide American stars

and stories. In return he getsWestern Hemisphere distributionrights, among other concessions.

First feature on the ExclusiveFilms deal will be completed nextweek. It's tagged “Blonde Black-mail” and stars George Brent andMarguerite Chapman. “Dead onCourse,” a story which Lippert ac-

quired from producer AlexanderPaal, will roll Sept. 3 at Exclusive’sBritish studio, and “The Stolen

Current distrib practices againhave been scored as unfair and dis-

criminatory, this time by AlliedIndependent Theatre Owners ofIowa and Nebraska.

A bulletin on the 12 regionalmeetings held by this organizationthus far in 1951, prepared by Leo

Weleett, chairman of the board,reported:

“The exhibitor groups unani-mously called upon these distribu-tors to assume their fair and full

share of current reduced theatreboxoffice results; to reduce filmrentals accordingly; to cease theirdemands for unfair rentals and for‘must percentage’ deals; to removeimmediately any and all existing orcontemplated clearance, by what-ever method obtained and en-forced, between theatres not in

substantial competition, and to pro-vide more prints and earlier play-ing time.”

Omhha territory exhibitors com-plained that “Warners have buttwo brackets—top flat and per-centage.” Alio that Metro it get-ting more money for individual pic-

tures than in group deals.”

In the Mid-Central St. Louis ter-ritory, every meeting reported“that Republic is still attemptingto force other pictures with theRoy Rogers, and there were a fewreports of Warners attempting toforce pictures in that territory.”

Metro 'Fairest*

“All 12 meetings,” the bulletinreported, “excepting earlier Ne-braska and Sioux City meetings,voted Metro the fairest company to 1

deal with. Mason City and the six '

meetings in the St. Louis territoryvoted* gox the most unfair, withUniversal running a close second,while in all the other meetingsUniversal far outran all others fortop honors as the most unfair com-pany to deal with.”

Principal 'points that broughtI

stern opposition from the inde-pendent theatreowners were listedas follows:

“(1) Demanding higher film rent-

I

als from independent exhibitorsi and generally refusing cuts in rent-als and adjustments In spite of

substantially reduced theatre box-office results.

“i2» Demands by some distribu-tors for ‘must percentage’ deals oncertain desirable pictures, viz.. Par-amount’s ‘Samson and Delilah’ andWarners’ ‘Captain Horatio Horn-

i blower,’ which the independent ex-

j

hibitors cannot economically, andtherefore will not, play.

“•3* Setting up and maintainingarbitrary and illegal ‘territorial

clearances,’ discriminating againstindependent exhibitors not in sub-stantial competition in the vital

matter of prints and playing timein favor of affiliated, former af-

filiated. circuit or larger theatres,by various devices including unfairprice allocations, alleged print

shortages, playing time ‘slots,’ theno-print dodge, ‘bookers clearance;’

flat refusal to sell and/or date pic-

tures until the above ’preferredaccounts’ have dated and playedthe pictures, and by other methods,thereby cheating the independentexhibitors out of their legal rights

to prints and desirable pieyiugtime within the effective life of

national picture advertising; rights

clearly granted to Independent ex-

hibitors by the U. S. Federal andSupreme Courts.

“(4) Withdrawing pictures con-tracted for on group or so-called

’security’ contracts, notably 20th-

Fox’s ‘David and Bathsheba .”

| Continue* from HI* » SSSSSJ

prexv Sol A. Schwartz. Schwartz

ha< been on the Coait, assumedlyrelating the demands to Hughes*itifes. Noah Dietrich end TomSlack. He returned this week.What it comes down to, there-

fore. is that Greene iq. awaitingword from Hughes on these de-

mand n. Rather than delay anylonger, however, in case (as is felt

probable i the reply should benegative. Greens Is preparing to

appeal for proxies. The fourmonths until tha stockholders*

meeting is a relatively short timeto make the necessary solicitation.

* We 11 continue our discussions,

but tbe situation has reached apoint in time where we must takeaction.’’ a Greene spokesman de-clared.

The Wall Streeters felt theysere given a strong boost in jus-

tifying their desire for a manage-ment change by the second-quarterprofit statement issued last weekfor the period ending June 30.**

irte« n-wcek net was $109,697..*»age quarterly earnings for

i950. based on pro forma state-.*ntv. were $300*000 and for 1949

$1 040.000. (See separate story.)

Another new faciorvin the situa-tion u.is disclosed during the week.That u as that Floyd Odium’s AtlasCorp. had reentered the RKO The-itres picture by acquisition of 76.-500 shares during the past sixmonths Atlas was controllingstockholder in the RKO parentcompany before divorcement, sell-ing out m 1948 to Hughes. WhetherOdium will swing behind Greeneb undisclosed. (See separatestory .

»

Cause of the Greene alliancegiven a considerable hypo

several weeks ago by the Dept, ofJustne it caused resignation ofone Hughes-appointed director and

asked for ouster of two more.Lreene’s group wants the privilegeot naming the men to fill thevacancies, which w'ould give it aMajority of the five-man board.

Emanuel in RKO ConfabJack Emanuel, exec producer to

Joseph Kaufman, who producedJoan Crawford’s next release,

“Sudden Fear,”* arrived in NewYork from the Coast this week for

huddles with RKO. Pic will be

released by that company.Emanuel is also conferring with

his brother, financier Victor

Emaunel, who has an interest in.

the Kaufman productions.

hi* 4 —rrJ

lars in England are permitted (pro-

duction, salaries, film prints, etc.),

U. S. companies were able to use

up almost all of their frozen fundsin Britain this year. Under the

new arrangement, it is anticipated

that American filmmakers wouldhave no difficulty in clearing upthe balance 100%.

Although the new proposal is

not as good as the American dele-

gates had originally hoped for.

which was complete convertibility,

it was much better than antici-

pated when they first arrived andwere hit by wails by the British

Board of Trade oh how the dollar-

balance had fallen

James Mulvey. Samuel GoldwynProductions p c e x y. who repre-sented the Society of IndependentMotion Picture Producers at the

London confabs, was present at the

meeting to interpret with O’Haraaspects of the agreement. O’Harapaid high tribute to Mulvey for his

contributions to the London nego-tiations as well as to two othermembers of the negotiation team.John G. McCarthy, MPEA v.p.. andFayette W. Allport. MPAA Inter-

national Division representative in

England. Mulvey is expected to

report to SrMP shortly.

O’Hara said that the London dis-

cussions were carried on in a

friendly and cordial atmosphereand he conveyed to the board anupiifnisiijt noie on film businessprospects in Britain for the nextsix months. He said that an ex-

ceptionally fine array of featureproductions from both Americanand British studios is scheduled for

release during this period, auger-v I TCU USX H XT I/O OIIU UVVIUOVI v

jing a strong b.o. and brightened

t.imling, and a total of 2.727,- i will jump at the chance to expand outlook in British film industry1 r gular shares of common. 1 their apdience. I circles.

Continue* froi


Screen Associates filed a $10,000.-000 damage suit against Dean Mar-tin. Jerry Lewis and Wallis-Hazen,Inc., charging breach of contract.Plaintiff also asks Superior Courtfor an injunction restraining thecomic team from appearing in pub-lic entertainment until they havesettled the SA claim.

Sherlll Corwin, an official of SA,charges that Martin and Lewis, in

control, of York Pictures Corp.,broke an agreement to make oneSA picture a year for seven years.In addition, the comedians, theiragent. Music Corp. of America, andWallisllazcn are charged with a

conspiracy to cause York to violateIts pact with SA. At the tinrv* ofthe original agreement. Corwinsays, Martin and Lewis were notas prominent as they are today,and SA took a big gamble on them.Damages are based on an esti-

mated loss sustained by SA, whichclaims it financed “At War Wit i

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the Army," a mm expected to gross

A.( . Drive-in Mgr. DefiesDrder vs. Cash Giveaway

j

Atlantic City. Aug. 7.» aul Peterson, manager of the

"tlur Reade drive-in located in'lu burban Pleasant ville, has defied

j* ri 0| der issued by Prosecutorl.ouiv p. Scott which would haltJ’a> Nights’’ on Mondays and Fri-days

I’iv Nights’’ were institutedJMun the prosecutor ordered theinoat re to discontinue “Screeno,”Matured those two nights. Scottra

--,ed "Screeno” a type of bingo,

Jn, l as he has closed all kinds of

Plni!o

' except that played in hotels,a* loilowed through by halting thetno.ihe version.

l *‘> Nights” is another gimmick• "hlch patrons receive cash

•wauls, it was held last Friday I

< 3 » with no arrests.

Ignore than $3,500,000 in its first six

! months of release in this country.! Plaintiff also declares Martin and

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Lewis plan to make, for Wallis-

Hazen. “At Sea With the Navy.”!Thls, SA contends, "is an unlawfulattempt to steal the seqfel thunderof ‘At War With tbe Army,' with-

out regard to th« plaintiff’s rights.*’

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Wednesday, August 8, 1951

Lober Named by UATheatre TV-NCAA

HaB Continue# from pate 4 as?for a distrib to lose money* in that

manner on a Broadway opening.

Charles Amory, Souvaine sales

manager, is anxious to rush the

pic into the 95 theatres whichBrandt controls or books hi themetropolitan area. It is not certain

yet how many will play it. Thea-tres would have the advantage, of

course, of getting in ahead of theDisney pic on the RKO circuit,

since there’s no end iq sight onthe Criterion run.

Disney and Bunin plx are play-

ing opposite each other in a num-ber of 'other cities, includingPhilly, ' Boston and Washington.Grosses are about as disparate as

those in New York. In Washington,for instance, first week of Disneyis running about $25,000 to $5,900for the Bunin entry. Philly first

week figures were $23,000 for

Disney vs. $8,000 for Bunin.

laES Continue# from MS* 1

midwest carried football games last

fall, this year's schedule marks the

first complete season of college

contests made available to the

theatres. Deal also represents the

largest single block of program-ming set to date for the theatres.

Halpern has ^>acted so far withNavy, Princeton, Pitt, Yale, Ford-ham, Columbia and Dartmouth,and expects to wrap up otherschools before the season tees off

Sept. 22.

NCAA will be keeping as close

a check on results of the theatre

telecasts as it will on the homepickups, in line with its one-yearmoratorium on unrestricted te’e-

casts into the home. Theatre TVexecs are confident that the col-

leges and the NCAA will learnbefore the season’s end that big-

screen video, with its controlledboxofflee potentialities, offers themthe best method of gaining extra

profits from their games while at

the same time preserving the basic

sports structure—that is. the in-

person crowd at the stadium.

United Artists' determination to

strengthen its operations abroadwas further emphasized this weekwith the appointment of LouisLober as continental manager. Hewill work with Charles Smadja, re-

cently named continental sales

manager, and together they will

cover Europe and the Near East.

Lober bad been assistant vice-

president of Warner Brothers In-

ternational. Previously, he hadbeen associate regional director of

Europe and the Middle East for

Metro.

While foreign operations for thetrade generally have been upbeat,UA has not been faring so well.

Distrib has been advancing on thedomestic front as a result of its

bolstered releasing sked but in-

come from beyond Jhe U. S. hasbeen falling behind.

Recently tsker on by UA w?,s

Frits Strenghold. who is serving as

a director of company’s subsids in

France, Belgium and Switzerland.Strenghold is an exhibitor andindie distributor on the continent.

Also in line with the distrib’s in-

tent on building up its foreignorganization was the deal withArnold Picker, currently veepee of

Columbia International. Picker will

take over UA’s entire foreign oper-ation. However, he still has to workout his Coi contract, which doesn'texpire until Oct. 1, 1952.

UA within the past few weekshas made numerous other changesin personnel abroad, all. of course,alined at correcting its businesssetbacks there.

Chicago. Aug 7.

United Paramount Theatres is

currently negotiating with mid-western colleges in an attempt toline up another schedule of foot-ball games for exclusive theatre-telecasting. As a followup on last

year's filmery videocasts in UPTsubsid houses here and in Detroit,UPT exec Robert O'Brien has beensounding out Big Ten schools andNotre Dame for a fall tie-in.

Last year’s experimental big-screen gridcasts. using the U. ofMichigan home games at the De-troit Theatre and the U. of Illinois

home games at Balaban & Katz’sState-Lake and Tivoli here, builtto ^^.siderablc success. And thisyear, with home teevee limited to amaximum of a single game forseven Saturdays throughout theseason. UPT and B&K officials arehopeful of coming up with arounded schedule of major games.The National Collegiate Athletic

Assn., which set up the limitationson gridcasting via regular tele-vision. has greenlighted theatre-tele for the upcoming season.

Wider Ansco Usage

Although Ansco Color has beenseldom used by Hollywood, it’s an-

tir*pated that the Industry will bemaking wider use of that process

in the future. Metro and Anscohave set up a Coast laboratory to

handle footage lensed in that meth-od. and the studio has alreadycompleted a big-budgeter in AnscoColor.

Picture is ‘The Wild North.*' anoutdoor adventurer, starring Stew-art Granger, Cyd Charisse andWendell Corey. Robert Surtees,who did the Technicolor camera-work on "King Solomon's Mines,"supervised the location lensing at

Jackson Hole, Wyo. Indie producerIrving Allen also turned out an-other locationer in Ansco Color last

spring.vTitled "New Mexico," it

was released by United Artists.

•555 Continued from MS* 4

of course, a major-

point of satis-

faction to the triumvirate.

It is not expected to bring other

banks tumbling over each other to

extend loans to UA producers, but

it will certainly ease the financing

situation. It will encourage otherbanks to at least explore possibili-

ties with producers, rather thantake a complete nix attitude so far

as UA Anancing Is concerned.

While Krim, Benjamin & Co. feel

that they now have most of thebugs out of the domestic operation,

their overseas biz is still a problem.They’ve not even been able to de-termine precisely yet whether theyare workipgi&t a profit or a loss.

UA’s international department wasin a tremendous state of confusionwhen the Krim group took over.

Although they are certain theycan lick it. the foreign situation

provides Krim and his associates

with their principal point of reser-

vation regarding how quickly theyare certain to have the whole com-pany permanently in * the black.

That's because they have discov-

ered numerous instances wherewhat appeared on the homeoffleebooks didn't agree with the actualfinancial situation in the field. Theyare thus frightened of turning upstill more of these unknown quan-tities that prove to be severe blows.Worst of such situation^ was theone revealed in France when thegovernment there recently lifted

the freeze on American film remit-tances. Books in New York madeit appear that there were francsin Paris to pay off money owed pro-ducers. but s call for the fundsdisclosed the bank account wasdepicted.

If it weren’t for such unknowns.Krim associates would be confidentthat they’d get their 50% stock in-

terest in the company next Dec. 31from owner? Charles Chaplin andMary Pickford. As i{ is, they feelsure they'll get the shares nextyear.

Terms’* Under the agreement with Chap-lin and Miss Pickford by whichKrim. Benjamin and Fox assumedmanagement control, they get halfthe company's stock when it hasmade a $1 operating profit for acalendar year. This applies in 1951,1952 or 1953. Stock will be sharedwith sales v.p. William J. Heinc-man, pub-ad v.p. Max E. Young-stein and other officers.

Krim clan has no fears on de-fending itself against the show-cause order filed by the Dept, ofJustice last week in an effort to

force UA to return assets It ac-quired from Eagle Lion Classics.

Government maintains that theELC takeover reduced competitionIn the industry,

UA maintains that it did just

the opposite. Robert R. Young, whocontrolled ELC. had been forbid-den by his board to pour any morecoin into the picture biz, whichmeant that the Pathe subsid wasbound to be in trouble. UA itself

was in deep financial trouble.

If there hadn’t been the mergingof assets, Krim group maintains,the industry may well have beenfaced with less competition thanmore, since both companies mighthave been out of business. As it

Is, UA will answer In court In Octo-ber that the industry competitivesituation has been improved by thepresence of a strong independentcompany.

2 More So. CaL Exhibs

Buy Large-Screen TV« Los Angeles. Atig. 7.

Large-screen television equip-ment was ordered by two SouthernCalifornia theatres and three moreare about ready to climb aboardthe TV bandwagon. mGeneral Precision Laboratory

closed a deal to Install video para-phernalia in the Park theatre,Huntington Park, and the Sand,Oceanside. Understood Marco Wolffis negotiating for similar equip-ment for three Fanchon A Marcotheatres in L. A.

less Continue# from MS* 1 ——

J

before played a Par pic, thus put

up $150,000 In front-money. Out of

that Par agrees to spend a mini-

mum of $25,000 for advertising.

Theatre circuit, steaming at this

deal, immediately went out andbought two RKO pictures. Theyare "HU Kind of Woman" and"Flying Leathernecks." That, of

course, eliminates playing timethat would ordinarily have beenavailable for Par product, andforces latter, ill turn, to seek otherBroadway outlets.

It is understood that as a further

result Par is dickering with Rus-sell Downing, Music Hall topper, to

rebook "Here Comes the Groom,"Bing Crosby-starrer, into the

house. It was pulled at the sametime as “Place," because the com-pany didn’t want the long wait.

Deal is said to hinge on theHall’s willingness to forego its nor-mal contractual stipulation that

any film it buys must preem therebefore any other house in the

country. Par has proposed holdingup release in the New York fnetro-

politan territory if it begjns liqui-

dation elsewhere.There's also the possibility that

the film will go into Loew’s StateThat depends, however, on Metro’sdecision on putting "Quo Vadis”into the house. At any rate. Parappears to be making an effort to

avoid selling the Crosby special to

its former Broadway showcase.The current hassle proves more

than anything else the success of

the divorcement decree the Gov-ernment forced on Par as of Jan.

1, 1950. Industry' wiseacres, mind-ful of the almost father-son rela-

tionship that existed between Parprexy Barney Balaban and UPTprez Leonard Goldenson, have per-sisted in taking the attitude thatdivorcement was merely a techni-cality accepted by the two compa-nies with a figurative wink.Knowledgable insiders, however,

have always maintained that, whenthe going got tough in the clinches,

neither Balaban nor Goldensonwould let their stockholders down.It was foreseen that both menwould be desirous of maintainingthe earnings and dividend recordsof their respective companies, and,if giving a special break to theother jeopardized that, there’d bea straining of former relationships.Long and close friendships of

the execs of the two companies is

thought to preclude the possibility

of the present heat persisting pro-tractedly. However, well-groundedobservers who foresaw the presentset-to predict that any patching upof relationships will be only tem-porary. eventually evolving into the

normal competitive status that ex-

ists between any distrib and anycircuit.

Continue# from MS* 4 SSSm3

better offer from a competing thea-tre. it must, of course, under theantitrust decree offer the house achance at the pic via bidding ornegotiation.

Maurer, in return, will give Colpreferential booking, taking its pixprior to those of any other distrib

as long as they're felt suitable. Thisgives Col, in effect, two showcasetheatres on the Stem, since it is

assumed that there's an amicableunderstanding between the distrib

and Maurer by which Col pix will

occupy the houses most of the time.

Announce Deal in ChiDeal was announced at Col's'con-

vention in Chicago yesterday(lues.) by general sales manage*;Abe Montague. It was given con-siderable fanfare in that the twohouses are prized showcases. Like-wise. as Montague pointed out, ex-tended runs on Broadway havemade it advantageous to have out-lets for Col’s long-run product.

Col’s deal with City Investingprovides for formula terms. Everypic that is agreed on as worthy ofth* houses will go in at the samefigures. Details are being guarded.Under the Goldwyn and Selznick

terms for the Astor, Maurer hadno refusal right on product. Hehad to take everything they pre-sented. In return, they guaranteeda minimum house rental of arountrST, 500 a week to cover overhead.There was a stop figure of $14,000,pic going out two weeks after it

sunk below that amount.In the event Goldwyn and Selz-

nick had no product of their ownto keep the house alight, they could80 out and get plx from other pro-ducers. Columbia is under no suchobligation.

Two pix have already been set.The Astor will get Louis de Roche-mont’s "The Whistle at Eatonf alls” and t^p Victoria the SidneyHuchman production, "Saturday’s

Mississippi will have its flrit the-atre-television setup, with equip-ment already ordered for his Mag-nolia Theatre. New Albany. Mias.,David Flexer. prexy of the Mid-South Theatres, reveals. Screen-TVequipment has also been orderedfor Flexer's Rltz, Memphis nabehouse. It marks the fourth Mem-phis theatre to join the TV-the-atre list, along with the Malco. Lu-ciann and Airway.

Both Flexffr theatres in NewAlbany and Memphis will be RCA-licensed equipment, with 15x20foot screens.The Memphis chain-owner said

he expects the equipment to be in-stalled at both theatres by Jan. 1,

1952.

Lm. Continue# from pace 1 sssslM

documentary character will per-force be dropped. \

Among items <the APA points outis that the book was partiallyghostwritten by a Hollywoodscript writer. Eve O’Dell, for psy-chologist Donald Powell Wilson. It

purports to tell the experiences ofWilson while he served as staff

psychologist at the Federal peni-tentiary in Fort Leavenworth. It

was a Book-of-the-M< nth Club se-

lection, and was reprinted in partby Life mag.

Louis Messolonghites, associateeditor of King Features, wrote theAPA article, aided by James Ben-nett. director of. the U. S. Bureauof Prisons, and some 10 wardens,prison doctors and penal authori-ties. They list a number of pointsthey claim didn’t happen at all orhappened at other prisons.

Messolonghites makes the obser-vation that if the book were pre-

sented solely as fact, it might be"the greatest literary hoax since‘Cradle of the Deep’." Referenceis to the Joan Lowell yarn of 25years ago. which was exposed as afake after becoming a best-seller.

John Selby, editor of Rinehart,the publishers, in reply said that

Wilson never clalnrfed his book tc

be "a minutely accurate history ol

his services at Leavenworth." Headded that the alleged ghoster wasactually an "editor" and that suchitems as the prison break whichactually occurred at another insti-

tution was "literary license."

ConUnued from pan 5 1

active competitor of George Skou-vras in buying film product.

"Naify," said Skouras dryly, “is

a man who wants the best produc*and is out to get it." pointing outthat NT and UAT jointly, in 1943.

renewed leases on five Friscohouse s—Paramount. St. Francis.State. Warfield and Fox. Skourasdeclared he personally hadn’t par-ticipated in any of these negotia-tions.

Extensions were sought, he said,

because they represented a safe

profitable enterprise for NT.Much of the morning session was

devoted to a description of Skou-ras' rise in the industry and his

various affiliations. Skouras vigor-

ously denied the Goldwyn attor-

ney’s questioning whether, whenhe was in charge of theatres for

Warners and Paramount in theeast, he had ever been instructednot to compete for acquisition of

theatres with certain other com-panies. principally RKO and Fox.

Further depositions will be takenwhen Alioto takes Naify's in Friscoeither next Monday or Tuesday.

PICTURESdox phases of Army life, with WAC j lets. Unless he can locate stray

Col in Tix-Block Soleand G1 furnishing the boy-meets-girl flavor. Tom Neal, TV pro-ducer, is staging a show with agroup of WACs when he re-

ceives his induction notice. Theshock makes him faint, an4> whilein the dream stage he finds himselfstationed at a remote radar post

in the desert. Hungry for femmesalong with his soldier buddies, hemixes Army orders freely to get

a company of WACs transferred to

the desert station.

Life in the sagebrush is fun, ex-

cept for a stern Iris Adrian, of-

ficer in charge of the femmes, andboth male and female resort to all

kinds of ruses to pitch a little wooagainst orders. Before Neal snapsout of his faint he has fallen in

love with Jean Porter and continuesthe romance when he returns to

normal, which winds up things sat-

isfactorily.* Eight tunes are spotted and are

better than would be expected in

such a budget offering. Comingover best are two Jimmy Doddnumbers, “Gee. 1 Love My GI Jane”and “1 Love Girls." which he sings,

and “Baby. I Can’t Wait,” DianManners-Johnny Clark tune sungby Mis* Porter. Also listeningnicely is “What’s to Be Is GbnnaBe," by Teepee Mitchell andJohnny Anz.

Reginald Le Borg’s direction ofthe Murray Lemer productionkeeps it moving satisfactorily overthe 62 minutes of running time,and the performances by tha threetoppers are okay. Others showingup pleasantly In the cast includeJean Mahoney, Dodd. Mara Lynn,Jimmy Lloyd. Alan Ray and thefemme quartet, Jean Coleman.Amie Bates. Jeri Strong and OliveKrushat.Jan Jeffries scripted from a story

by Lemer. and Jack Greenhalgnphotographed. Brog.

Bolfe de Xult(Night Spot)(FRENCH)

Paris, July 26.Consortium Du Film rolooso of SFFARproduction. Stars CLaudtne Dupuis. Writ-ten and directed by Alfred Rode; editor,Andre Brotiier. At BerUtx. Peris. Run-ning time. IS MINS.

8ins Cleudine Dupuisicolas Louis Seigner

Gaby . . Pierre LouisCharles Howard VernonAlbert Maurice Regamey

This film is g lyokscc into somesordid meanderings in a singlenight at a Pigalle hot spot. Hack-neyed plot, shallow characters andstatic proceedings do not give thismany possibilities for the U. S. artyhouses. The semi-nudes and thesensational aspects of the yammade this good fodder for morelurid hypoing, and as such could goIn some grinds.Director-writer Albert Rode, who

also plays a gypsy violinist in thefilm, has placed all the action in

the nitery and loaded the plot withthe obvious A beauteous dancerIs the focal point of all the histri-

onics. There is a jealous partner,a. leering customer who chases thedancer while his wife carries onwith a gigolo, a police inspectorposing as a playboy and assortedstock drunks and characters. Anapache dance by sultry ClaudineDupuis is s standout. Lensfng is

ordinary and editing does not givethe film the tempo it needs.

Miss Dupuis contributes a sexyallure to role of the abused dancer,but does not do much acting. LouisSeigner hams as the heavy and re-mainder of the cast is less thanadequate. Mosk.

prints somewhere, tho series will

We to he shortened or abandoned.Companies customarily burn their

prints after a pic has gone throughrelease, but occasionally one gets

away and turns up years later.

Films on which Griffith is hopingto find a stray are ‘The Patriot"

(1028), starring Emil Jannlngs;“The Man I Killed" (also releasedas “Broken Lullaby" (1992), star-

ring Lionel Barrymore; “SmilingLieutenant" (1031), starring Mau-rice Chevalier and Claudette Col-bert, and "Forbidden Paradise"(1929), starring Pola Negri.

“What*s needed to save the lives

of films." Griffith said, “is the de-velopment of the equivalent of therag paper on which newspaper files

are preserved. Research peopleI’ve talked to say they believe apermanent non-deteriorating film

basis could be developed, but sofar we’ve never discovered anyonewith sufficient combination of

money and interest to attempt it.“

Curiously. Griffith said, the Li-

brary of Congress has preserved«nmc old films by printing them onpaper. Among them is “The GreatTrain Robbery" and ‘The Life of

an American Fireman." bhth of

which, made in the early 1900s,

were milestones, in film history.

The Museum of Modern Art's pres-

ent film copies were duplicatedabout 10 years ago from these pa-

per prints, which are still in goodcondition.

Paper prints resulted from theLibrary of Congress’ early de-mand that a copy of each picture

he filed with it before a copyrightwould be granted. Space problemsoon became so great that the pa-per print method was devised. In

a short time it beeame evident that

that, too, would require too muchroom, and then only copies of the

main title had to be filed.

Difference in quality of process-

ing various films is quite evident,

according to Griffith. He said

many of the Museum’s Biogriphprints of the period 1900-1912 are

still In good condition, while nu-merous others from the 1930s arealready beyond repair. Sloppyprocessing of this era, Griffith be-

lieves. is going to prove costly to

studios, which. In eventually sell-

ing old rights to television, will

suddenly discover they can’t dupli-

cate* the picture.

To hdastral Finns

Os Titos Falls’ PicColumbia it underway with nu-

merous deals by which blocks of

tickets to Its pic, “Whistle at Eaton

Falls," art told to Industrial out-

fits which In turn art distributing

them to employees In the interest

of labor-management relationj.

Film concerns the business conduct

between operators Of a New Eng-

land factory and the personnel.

In York, Pa., where the film

opened at the Southern Theatre

on Aug. 1, ticket sales were madecovering all employees at the

American Insulator Co., the Alloy

Rod Co. and Goodly Electric. Last

named outfit closed its plant last

week at 4 p.m., instead of the usual5:30, to allow the workers to seethe film during part of thair busi-ness day.'

Col II negotiating with numerousToledo firms on pre-sale of tickets.

Film opens at the Rivoli Theatre,that city, Aug. 23. Owen-IllinoisGlass and the DeVllbiss Co., bothToledo, are working on details fordistribution of IQ,000 tix.

Same device is being repeated in

Detroit, Akron, Cleveland. Spring-field, O

“

Continued tfm past •

riding sequences. Other technicalassists are good.

The Magic Face(AUSTRIAN-MADE)

Moderately successful atel-

ier of man who ImpersonatesHitler. Companion feature forgeneral runs.

Hollywood, Aug. 7.

Columbia rcleaae of Mort BrUkin-RobertSmith production. Stars Luthor Adier.Patricia Knijrht; feature* William L. Shir-

er. Ilka VS indish. Heinz Moog. PeterPreset. Manfred Inger. Jasper Vonoertzen. Charles Koenig. Directed byFrank Tuttle. Written bv Brtskin andSmith; camera. Tony Braun; editor. Hen-rietta Rrunsch; music score. HerachelBurke Gilbert. Previewed July Tt, ’SI-

Running time. Si MINS.Janus The Great Luther AdlerVera Janus Patricia KnightWilliam L. Shirer HimaelfCarla Mar bach Ilka WindishHans Harbaeh Heinz MoogWarden Peter PreeesHeinrich Wagner Manfred IngerMajor WelnrTch Jasper Von OertzenFranz Charles KoenigH»n« Toni MitterwurzerMariana Annie MatersHimmler SukmanGoering Herman EhrhardtGeneral Rodenbusch ......... R. WankaGeneral Von Schlossen WillnerGeneral Hettmeler Michael TellerlnsGeneral Stcig Hans SheelGeneral Haider . • • . . BollColonel Raffensteln Eric Prey

wa . --O

Performances sre generally in-

effective, as characters are not

real enough to be believab.e. Best

moments In the film are the musi-

cal sequences. Rooney beats his

drums solidly, and the Dixieland

group headed by Louis Armstrong

scores. Miss Fbrrest’s dance num-bers also are excellent, and KayBrown comes across in an ingenue

spot.Reprised a number of times dur-

ing the film is "A Kiss to Build

a Dream On.” by Bert Kalmar.

Harrv Ruby and Oscar Hammer-Mtrin II. Shadrack’’ Is worked

over expertly by the Armstrong

group, as is “Busin St. Blues. As

guest stars, Monica Lewis sings

“La Bota" and Vic Damone does

“Don’t Blame Me."Low-key lensing bv Robert Sur-

tees is effective for the melo-

dramatic phases, end *he

technical assists, including Nick

Castle’s dance staging and Georgie

Stoll’s musical direction, are capa-

ble Brog. Worcester, Reading andother spots. Col, of course, is play-ing up the big personnel harmonyangle in the Louis de Rochemontproduction.

Costume swashbuckler set in

18th century England: modrst

b.o.

baa CostlasM from Mft S sssJPar’s “Here Comes the 6room"and Warners' “Streetcar NamedDesire."

WB's “Capt. Horatio Hornblow-er," which follows “Show Boat" at

the Hall, also Is expected to holdfor a long run and this will fur-ther aggravate the booking jamconditions. Criterion is now tied

up with Walt DIsney-RKO’s “Alicein Wonderland." It’s now in its

second week and promises to stayat least an additional two weeks,if not longer.

Vigorous Bidding

Pointing up the sharpened com-petition among the theatre ops is

the vigorous biding for importantpix. On the other hand, the dis-

tribs. when they have top productto license, apparently are becom-ing mere demanding in their terms.Theatre guarantees of minimumrentals, of the type which weregiven infrequently In past, now arebecoming widespread.

Criterion's deal for “Alice" in-

cluded a provision guaranteeingDisney-RKO at least $100,000. Cri-terion wound up with the filmwhen Brandt, who had played Dis-ney's previous two films at hisMayfair, balked at the propositionthe producer was insisting upon.

Cap is giving Par a guarantee of$150,000 on “Place in Sun." Thisis plenty high and plenty unusual.Part of the pact requires the filmcompany to spend a minimum of$25,000 on advertising the run.

In another unusual twist. ParTheatre has entered a flat rentaldeal for Par’s 'That’s My Boy,"Hal Wallis production starringDean Martin & Jerry Lewis. Dis-trtb collects $100,000 for the picand Is not called upon to assumeahy of the ad costa.

M-G hasn’t decided on final

plans for Its “Quo Vadis." butthere has been some thought

Columbia reless* of Harry Joe *****•reduction. Stars Louis Hayward; fe*

turcs Patricia Medina. Suzanne IMlbert.

Tom Tully. John WiUiams. Malu Gstics.

Alan Mowbray. Lumsden Har*. Barbara

Blown Directed by Ralph **urphy.

Screenplay. Robert Libott and Frank Burt,

from story by Jack D*W»tt *ndIGnaido. based on Alfred Noyoa••Dick Turpin's Ride*; camera. HenryFreuiich; editor. Geor#e Brooks; music

director. Morris Stofofl: music score.

George Duninf. Tradeshown N. Y.. Auf.6. *31, Running time, 79 MINS.

Dick Turpin Louis HaywardKle Omn. Patricia MedinaCecUe Suzanne DeleftTom King _ .

Archibald Puffin John Williams

Baronesa Margaretl ord Willoughby Alan MowbraySir Robert Walpole Lumsden HareLady Greene Barbara BrownSir Thomaa DeVell Malcolm KeenJohn RatchotS st*F,*.t?

n *,*75Ramsey Jostin Sheldon Jett

David Garrick 9“orr2®a*U,T

King Georg* Tliesault

R Hedaer Norman Leavitt

Count Cckhardt Frank Reicher

and has been competently put onfilm but it lacks the timelinessneeded to really get it over.

William L. Snirer, playing him-self. gets the film underway withnarration of the rumor against apresent-day Berlin backdrop.Flash-back takes plot to Vienna whereAdler. ‘master impersonator, andhis wife. Miss Knight, attract theattention of Hitler. Mias Knightplays it cozy with the fuehrer andAdler is imprisoned and beaten.He makes his escape and carriesout a plan to kill Hitler andnakehis place. Plot poses thought thatthe reason Gennany lost the warwas because the imposter purpose-ly fouled up the well-laid patternof conquest first dreamed up bythe dictator.

Frank Tuttle's direction gearssome good suspense sequences andperformances, although film has ttendency to run too long at 88minutes. Adler carries off his dif-

ficult role with considerable skill,

and Miss Knight is satisfactory asthe mistress of Hitler. Foreignplayers perform the other charac-ters. ana the strange faces supplya note of freshness.Foreign backgrounds are an-

other good touch in the produc-tion. but the low-key photographyby Tony Braun Is so murky anddark at times that both players andbackgrounds are but shadows. Mu-sic score by Herschel Burke Gil-bert is interestingly used. Brog.

bss CmImcM from page 7 sssJend of August and beginning of

October.Veered to Co-ops

Distribs have been veering fromlarge national expenditures in fa-

vor of co-op advertising on thetheory that the latter providedmore for the money. The co-op.

going Into local papers at the timeand point of sale, has been felt to

make more impression on poten-tial audiences. Particularly so, It’s

said, since space is so much cheap-er than in national mags that anynear-equivalent expenditure canbuv large eye-attracting copy.

Also, the exhib contributes to

co-op advertising—from which fact

Thatf*. I* Jane(MUSICAL)

the category takes its namepermits larger space with less ex-penditure by the distrib. Still an-other factor U that the promise ofa heavy local campaign by the dis-

trib is a telling sales point in talk-

ing terms with the theatremen.“Since 'Place* is a big and un-

usual picture," Pickman said in ex-planation of the Par expenditure,“we felt it needed a big and un-usual campaign. Wre figure to at-

tract attention to it by the heavypre-selling."

Par is also going unusually bigon the New York local campaignwith a $30,000 budget set for pre-opening and Arst week. Though thepic is going into the Capitol, Pick-man said it is being given a “MusicHall campaign." Reference is tothe extra coin generally spent onpreeming at the Rockefeller show-case.

Par is handpicking dates to getthe film started. Only three havebeen set so far. World preem willbe at the Fine Arts. Los Angeles,next Tuesday (14), followed by theSt. Francis, San Francisco, Aug.17, and the Capitol, N. Y„ Aug. 29.Shelley Winters will personal at

the L. A. opening and MontgomeryCiift in New York. Boin are starredin the updated version of “Ameri-can Tragedy."Pickman will personally super-

vise each opening. Ad manager SidBlumenstock file* out to the Coastover the weekend for that purpose.

Okay prosram musical comedyfor secondaries.

kss Continued front pago t ssJpossible except for a few very rareitems.

Each time a print Is duplicated,of course, It also loses some of its

quality, so that in any case notmuch of a permanent record ofmotion picture progress can be left

to the world. Each duplicate costsfrom $400 to $500. so It would take$500,000 to preserve just the top1.000 pix. and many millions to pre-sene, through regular duplicating,all the better films ever made.

Since the Museum can afford toduplicate very few, and Griffithmust regularly make the choice ofwhich one to do, he's kidding onthe square when he cracks: “Ishudder to think that on my dispo-sition on any given day may hingewhat posterity is given to knowabout the history of the Americanfilm Industry.**

Griffith ran headlong into howacute the problem is while attempt-ing to arrange an “Ernst LubitschFestival’’ to mark the fifth anni-versary of the director's death nextyear. He planned to include Lu-bltsch’s 10 best pictures In a 10-week series of screenings in theLibrary's auditorium.He has discovered that the nega-

tives held by Paramount, whichmade four of the pictures, art use-

4 u iri#>ir Taw Upper! Pictures r*l«ss* of MurraylCIUCK, iom Lerner production. Stars Jean Porter,workhouse at Tom Neal. Iris Adrian; features Jimmy'amine their J *‘un Mahoney. Jimmy Lloyd. Mara

iVyjl L> nn. Michael W halen. Robert Watsonleavily-laden Directed bv Reginald I* Bcrf. Screenvel the Eng- pi*' J»n Jeffries; based on an original

,

i« hirilnc hie lory by Murray Lerner; camera. JackIS Dluing fUS Greenhalgh: editor. William Austin: mu-

j

P Can avenge sic score. Walter Greene; songs. Jimmybringing the fhxtd. Richie Kuller. Dlan Manners. John- 1

m n hnn a tn ny Teepee Mitchell. Johnny Anz.m to hang to Le* Porter. Previewed July 30. *S1. RunLondon, Tur- nlng time. II MINS.rd WillOUgh- !

Jsn Jean Porter

eks his ven- ! 7!™, i!

onZ..N?*1

but he meetsj

Tennessee jimmy DoddTies her and H»Ula Jean Mahoneynvevsr when Lieut Biauford Jimmy Lloyd,

Mara LynnMichael Whalen

.. Robert WatsonPhil Arnold

Jimmy CrossAlan Ray

Richard MonahanJean Coleman. Amie Bates.Jtri Strong. Olive Krushat

Jack KHtzenMJPr Lowell

leant , ...Loren WelchGarnet Marka

........... Jimmie PsrneU. Diana MumbyMonty PittmanTTVlc Massey

i nib is « pivnaaiu, uiiprrirmiCuamusical programmer that will fit

nicely into lower-case bookings inthe secondary situations. Pace itokay, the tunes well handled andthere are enough mild chuckles inits comedy to see it through re-lease intentions.A dream is the plot gimmick

used tp show some highly unortho-

cra moving nicely despite the ex-cess footage devoted to thcliight

W^neMay, 1951 19

mmm

Sensational previews in

over 100 selected cities,

week of August 1 3th

It’s Paramount’s new and sensationally effective technique

for generating word-of-mouth. Every preview

handled individually with special ads, invitations,

lobby displays, opinion cards— and even a special

preview trailer starring Bing ! One performance in each

city with praise fanning out to tell and sell—

•

for every engagement in the territory 1

All this climaxing

.

colorful Elko, Nevada

,

National Press Premiere

I

Just about all America is hearing about it, reading

about it! Ten plane-loads of reporters representing

newspapers, wire services and magazines from border

to border and coast to coast! Nevada’s Governor and

other officials— Bing and a huge contingent of stars—

broadcasts galore including entire CBS networkt

All this beating the

drums for its kick-off-

Paramount WeekFrank Capra's “HERE COMES THE GROOM” starring Bing Crosby

Jane Wyman • Alexis Smith • Franchot Tone • James Barton • with

Robert Keith • and introducing Anna Maria Alberghetti • Produced and

Directed by Frank Capra • Associate Producer—Irving Asher

Screenplay by Virginia Van Upp, Uam O'Brien and Myles Connolly

Story by Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien

so PICTURES W«Mtcd«y; 'AaipM'E; 'tail

Clips From Film Row

NEW YORKIrving Letter and Seymour Poe.

partners in Producers Representa-tives, Inc# are touring 19 RKO ex-

changes currently on behalf of

“Kon-Tiki.” They rep Sol Lesser,

who owns U. S. rights to the doc-

umentary. which RKO is handling.

Lesser and Poe are each visiting

different exchanges. Idea is to dis-

cuss sales policy and exhibition

plans, and to promote staff enthu-siasm for the pic.>

John B. McCullough, director of

Motion Picture Assn, of America’sTechnical Services department for

the last six years, elected a chartermember of Society of Fire Protec-

tion Engineers.Meeting of Warner Bros, district

managers has been called by sales

chief Ben Kalmenson for Aug. 16-

17 in N. Y. Sales plans for conr.-

f

>any’s fall and winter releases will

kighiight the two day parley?.

James R. Grainger. Republicsales chief, named Jules Living-

ston as New Haven branch mana-ger. Prior to taking over his new-

post Monday *6). he was a sales-

man in company’s Cleveland of-

fice.

Local 306. of the projectionists’

union, rented a floor in the formerBickford Bldg on West 50th St.

for executive offices.

“American In Paris,’’ Gene Kellytinier for Metro, has been definite-

ly set by the N. Y. Music Hall to

follow “(’apt. Horatio Hornblower"(WB* there. Now figured that thetwo pictures will take the Hall upnearly to Christmas, with followingfilms not likely to be set until

after the Hall’s Russell V. Downingmakes a trip to the Coast in Sep-tember or October.

Duke Clark, south central divi-

sion manager for Paramount. andGeorge A. Smith, western division

topper, both are celebrating their

30th anniversary with the company.Smith started with Par as an ex-

ploiteer in Canada. Clark joinedthe outfit as a salesman in Colum-bus. O.

**

William Mishkin picked up “Fe-male Sex.’’ “Outcast Girls,”. “Maleand Female" and “Born to Sin”for national distribution except in

territories where he makes statesrights deals.

some dow ntown first run* consis-

tently. ~ -..

Republic has 20 prints of “Rob-inson-Turpin Fight booked solid-

ly in territory until mid-Septem-ber. Minnesota Amusement Co.and all big indie circuits boughtthe picture.

Back from visits, to St. Louis andDes Moines branches, under his su-pervision along with the Minneapo-lis exchange, M. A. Levy, 20th-Foxdistrict manager, reports “a Dick-up in business ail along line."United Artists branch here no-

tified exhibitors that Sebnick re-leases h*ve been withdrawn fromits distribution.RKO-Orpheum tilted children-

under-12 scale from 12c to 50c for“Alice in Wonderland.’’

LOS ANGELESCharles P. Skouras has announced

that a new deluxe theatre, the Fox,1.033-seater. costing $450,600, wiii

open Aug. 16 in Venice, Calif.

Paramount's Portland. O r e .

branch leads all that company’sexchanges in the U. S. and Canadain the special “Salute tc Al Schwal-berg” sales drive. St. John branchin Canada top? Dominion ex-changes.Bob Goodfried resigned as coast

exploiter for United Artists and re-

joined the Shertll Corwin organiza-

ilion as ad-pub chief for Metropol-

j itan Theatres and the North Coast.Circuit.

IJohn H. M. Scribner, WB man-

ager in Central America, planed to

Panama City after gandering newproduct here.

Realart Pictures. Inc., closeddeal to release 10 Jack Broderproductions a year, starting with

(“Basketball Fix.” “Two DollarBettor” and “Bride of Gorilla."

SEATTLE

CHICAGOAfter working for a half hour

bandits gave up tiding to blastopen a safe containing $6,000 last

week at Twin Open Air Drive-Ins,Oak Lawn, 111.

Defendant answers in the Starand Garter anti-trust suit werepostponed 30 days.

Cni censor^ board was lenientduring July with only two “pinks”and one reject.

Audio Visual Society in con-vention here elected as prexy, J. K.Lilly; veepee, Jasper Ewing; Car-rol Haddon, secretary, and JackLewis, treasurer.

Local drive-ins are runningweekend circus nights with animalacts, clowns, and free pony rides.

In addition, four ozoners have beenshowing double horror bills twoand three times weekly.

James Hendel, former Coastdivision manager for Eagle LionClassics, joined Sterling Theatresas assistant to the circuit’s general

(r manager, Fredric A. Danz.Waiter Hoffman, northwest pub-

licity director for Paramount, wentto Nevada for preeni of “HereComes Groom’’ in Elko.

Because construction of AlaskanWay viaduct cut into the old build-ing on First Avenue. Paramountfilm exchange has moved into newquarters on Second Avenue.

SAN ANTONIOUptown Theatre, owned and

operated by Southern Theatres, is

hypoing summer biz by shiftingfrom a single-pic policy to doublefeatures and cutting prices to 40cfor adults and 9c for kids.

Construction started on a new-office and film exchange to houseAzteca Films. Inc. Building willcontain about 8,000 square feet,

constructed of tile and brick. It’s

scheduled for completion by Nov.1 •

MINNEAPOLISFilm Row considers that the new

$500,000 indie Tower.'Mn a 28-dayclearance spot like a ngmber ofother nabe and suburban houses,which is pulling $3,500 to $5,000weekly, is doing best biz relativelyin the Twin Cities; also outgrossing

DALLASEdward Stockton Thompson

!named manager at Conroe for theJefferson A inus. Co. He formerlywas manager of Sabine Theatre,Port Arthur. T. L. Dickey wasnamed to fill the Sabine vacancy.Truman Riley, city manager for

Interstate at McAllen, transferredto a similar position in Denison forcircuit. Jimmy Neinast, managerof the Rio in Denison transferredto Tyler where he will be assistant

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to R. D. Leatherman, Interstate

city manager.Kem Lemke, formerly publicity

director for Josephine Theatre. SanAntonio, joined staff of KingDrive-In at San Marcos.

Llovd Rust took over operationof Urban Theatre at Urbanvale. Heformerly owned houses at OakCUff. suburb of Dallas, with GeneAutry.

ST. LOUISThe Joy. Kansas, III., house op-

erated by Delbert Bell under lease

from M. W. Jessup, shuttered for

summer.Martin Davis, manager of the

Hi-Way here, to Beardstown, III., as

member of public relations bureaufor MPTOA of Eastern Missouri

and Southern Illinois to talk be-

fore Beardstown Rotary Club.

Fred Wehrenberg circuit is send-ing cuffo ducats for its Ronnie s

St. Louis county ozoner to parentsof newly bom babies, promisesbaby sitters while parents attendshow’s.The ozoner near Carmi. 111.,

owned by S. R. Stanley and Bartis

Williams. shuttered when highwind blew down the screen lower,has been relighted.

REGINA, SASK.Park Theatre, Choiceland. Sask.,

sold to E. Hebb, of Birch Hills.

Saak, by Ted Grimes. Grime?, a

former Famous Players manager,rejoined F-P in Winnipeg.

Savoy Theatre at Moose Jaw,Sask . dosed for 15 years, boughtby Service Theatres, Ltd., and re-

opened as the Studio. Manager is

Jack Tivy. who also manages theRoyal in Moose Jaw. House hasbeen entirely renovated.

Senate Finance Group

Seen Flooded by Exhibs

Against 20% ExemptionWashington. Aug. 7.

Senate Finance Committee, w hich

has wound up its hearings on the

new’ tax bill and is beginning ex-

ecutive session work, is expectedto be bombarded with requestsfrom exhibitors all over the countryto eliminate special exemptionsfrom the 20'e admissions bite.

Same stand against special ex-

emption.? will be carried by the bx-hibs to Senators who are not mem-bers of the committee, but whomust ultimately vote on what theFinance Committee reports to thefloor.

House of Representatives wrote in-

to its bill exemptions from the 20' %

bite for entertainment put on by re-

ligious, educational or charitableorganizations, non-profit operas andsymphony orchs, cooperatives, ben-efits for police and firemen, andNational Guard and veterans* or-ganizations.

Nation's film exhibitors will bespearheading the battle to kill all

these exemptions on the groundthat they constitute unfair competi-tion. Decision to urge exhibitors togo down the line against the ex-emption? was taken here last weekin a huddle by Allied States Assn,board chairman Abram F. Myersand Gael Sullivan, executive direc-tor of Theatre Owners of America,following appearance of Myers be-fore the Senate Finance Commit-tee.

-Myers appeared as officialspokesman for Council of MotionPicture Organizations and concen-trated hi? fire primarily on Section 1

402 of the House-approved bill,

which would grant the string ofexemptions. He also asked Senatesupport for Section 401 of the I

House bill. This eliminates thepresent requirement that when a!person is admitted free or at a re-duced rate, the admission tax onthe full, face price of the ticketsmust be collected.

Myers’ testimony was buttressedby spokesmen for other organiza-tions.

WASHINGTON(Continued from page 8)

Last week, “Cyrano” (UA) (2d wk),$11,000.

Metropolitan (Warner) <1.164; 44-

741—“Capt. Horatio Hornblower"(WB). Terrific $12,000 in day-datewith two other Warner houses.About double average bis here.

Last week, “Pickup" (Col), $6,000.

Palace (Loews) (2,370; 44-74)—"Ace in Hole” (Par). Sad $13,000.Last week, “Show Boat” <M-G) (3d

wk), steady $13,500, but not up tohopes.

Playhouse (Lopert) (485; 55-$I)

—

“Tony Draws Horse” (Indie). Okay$5,000. with tab quietly raised from85c to $1 after end of roadshowr runof “Tales of Hoffmann.” Last w*eek,

“Tales” (Indie) (15th wk), sturdy$5,000.Warner (WB) (2.174; 44-74)—

"Capt. Horatio Hornblower” (WB).Smash $20,000, and well aboveaverage for house. Last week,“Moonlight Bay” (WB), nifty $15,-

500, over expectations.

Trans-Lux (T-L) (654; 44-80)—"Alice in Wonderland” (Souvaine).Modest $5,900. Last week, "Inter-rupted Journey” (Indie), weak$4,000.

CYRANO’ LUSTY 1SG,

MONTL; OUTPOST’ 10GMontreal, Aug. 7.

United Artists "Cyrano” at thePrincess looks best of newcomers’big total. “Strictly Dishonorable”at the Capitol shapes okay. "LastOutpost" looms socko at Imperial.

Estimates far This WeekPalace (C.T.) (2,628; 34-60)—

"Kind Lady" (M-O). Poor $7,000Last week, “Excuse My Dust”(M-G), oke $14,000.

Capitol (C.T.) 2,412; 34-60)—“Strictly Dishonorable" • (M-G).Okay $14,000. Last week, “Tele-graph Hill” (20th), $11,000.

Princess (C.T.) (2,131; 34-60)—Cyrano” jUA). Big $15,000. Last

Car-~”week, “Sealed$11 ,000.

irgo” (M-G*,

PITTSBURGH(Continued from page 8)

jane Island” (Gpl). Average $550°- Last week, “Lorna Doone”(Col) and “Mask of Avenger"(Col). $5,000.Penn (Loew’s (3.300; 50-85) —

“Ace in Hole” ipar). Fine $11,000.Last week, “Show Boat” (M-G).• 3d wk-9 riaysr. $i5.000.

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 50*85) —“Peking Express” (Par). Drab $8.-500. if that. Last week, “On Moon-light Bay” (WB), $15,000.Warner (WB) (2.000; 50-85) —

“Moonlight Bay” (WB) (m.o.). Fast$8,000, terrific here for a move-over. Last week, "Dear Brat”•Par), brutal $4,000.

DENVER(Continued from page 8)—“That’s My Boy” (Par), *2d W’k),

Nicj $12,500. Last week, nearrecord at $16,000.

Denver (Fox) <2.525; 40-80) —“Cyrano” (UA), also Aladdin,Esquire. Good $14,000. Last week.“Francis To Races” (U) and "FatMan’ <U), $15,500.

Esquire (Fox) (750; 40-80) —“Cyrano” (UA), also Aladdin.Denver.

t'Trim $3,000 or near. Last

week. “Francis To Races” (U) and“Fat Man” (U). ditto.

Orpheum (RKO) (2.600; 40-80*—"Alice in Wonderland” <RKO-Disney). Sock $18,000 or near. Lastweek, “Happy Go Lovely” (RKO)and “Roadblock” <RKO>, $10,500.

Paramount (Fox) <2,200; 40-80)

—

"Little Big Horn” (Lip) and"Savage Dnims” (Lip). Big $12,-000. Last week. "Cattle Drive” <U)and “Hollywood Story” <U*, $8,000.

Tabor <Fox) < 1.967; 40-80) —"Scarf” (UA) and “Going to Town”(Indie), day-date with Webber.Light $5,000. Last week, “FrancisTo Races” tU) and “Fat Man” (U),$8 000 .

Webber (Fox) (750; 40-80) —“Scarf” (UA) and "Going to Town”(Indie*, also Tabor. Thin $2,000.Last week. “Cattle Drive” (U) and“Hollywood Story” <U*. $3 500.

SEATTLE(Continued from page 9)—“Law and Lady” (M-G) and

“Train of Events” (Indie). Mild$6,000. Last week. “Katie Did It”(U) and “Inheritance” (Indie),$6,700.

Music Box (Hamrick) <850; 65-90)—“Rage of Burlesque” (Indie) and“Paper Gallows” (Indie). Good$5,000. Last week, “Five” (Col),same in 8 days.

Music Hall (Hamrick) <2.200; 65-90 >—"Show Boat” «M-G> and"Night Into Morning” <M-G) «3dwk). Great $13,000. Last week,$16,500.

Orpheum (Hamrick) <2.600; 65-90 Moon light on Bay” (WB) and“Fugitive Lady” *Rcp). Great$14,000. Last week. “Francis toRaces” <U) and “Old Amarillo”•Hep*. $7,000.Palomar (Sterling) (1.350; 40-70)

—“Strangers on Train” (WB) and“Ace in Hole” <Par), (2d runs). So-so $3,500. Last week. “You’re inNavy” .20th) and “Goodbve, MyFancy” <WB> (2d runs). $3,400.Paramount (Evergreen) (3.039;

65-90)—“Sirocco” (Col) and “Red-skins Rode” (Col). Fair $8,500.Last week. “Frogmen” (20th) and“Start” (UA) (2d wk), $8,200.

ST. LOUIS(Continued from page B)

week, “Siroceo” «Col) and ‘TexasHangers” (Col), $15,000.

Loew’s (Loew) (3,172; 50-75) —“Show Boat" (M-G) (4th wk). Big$13,000 after $16,000 for thirdstanza.

Missouri (F&M) (3.500; 60-75) —“Moonjight Bay" (WB) and “NeverTrust Gambler" (Col) (2d wk).Holding at $10,000 following $15,-000 for initial stanza.Pareant (St. Louis Amuse.) <1-

000; 50-90)—’Trio” (Par) (2d wk).Good $2,000 after $2,500 for ini-tial session.Shady Oak (St. Louis Amuse)

<800; 50-90) — “Trio” (Par). Fine$2,500 following $3,000 openingstanza.

Loew’* (C.T.) (2,855; 40-65)—“Great Caruso” (M-G) (7th wk>.Still great at $18,000 followingsolid $19,000 sixth stanza.

Imperial (C.T.) <1,839* 34-60 >

—

“Last Outpost” (Psr) and “PrairieChickens” (Par). Sock $10,000,Last week, “When Redskins Rode”(Col) and "When Smiling” (Col),

$8 ,000.

Orpheum (QT.) (1,048; 34-60)

—

“Two of Kind” (Col) and “Pier 23"(Col). Hefty $9,000. Last week.“Dick Turpin’s Ride" (Col) and“Big Gusher” (Col), $5,800.

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Portland, Lnsh $16,500Portland, Ore., Aug. 7.

Hot weather continues to cutinto big biz here despite somestronger product. “Moonlight Bay”looms standout with solid total intwo spots. “Show Boat" still looksgood in third round.

Estimates for This WeekBroadway (Parker) (1,890; 65-90)

—“Ft. Worth” (WB) and "ThunderIn God’s Country” (Rep). Okay$8,500. Last week. “Francis ToRaces” (UJ> and “Timber Fury”(Rep), $13,006.

Mayfair (Parker) (1.500; 65-90)

—

“Francis*To Races” (UI) and "Tim-ber Fury” (Rep) (m.o.). Nice $5,000or near. Last week, “Prince WhoWas Thief (U) and “Million Dol-lar Pursuit" (Rep) (m.o.), $4,500.

Oriental (Evergreen) <2,000; 65-90*—“On Moonlight Bay” (WB)and "14 Hours” (20th), day-datewith Paramount. Oke $5,000. Last’week, “Warpath” (Par) and “bongDark Hall” (UA). $3,600.Orpheum (Evergreen) (1,750; 65-

BO*—“Peking Express’ (Par) and

“Kentucky Jubilee” (Indie). Mild$6,000 or over. Last w*eek. "War-path” (Par) and "Long Dark Hall”(UA), $6,600.Paramount (Evergreen) <3.400;

65-90)—“On Moonlight Bay” (WB)and "14 Hours” <20th), also Orien-tal. Fancy $11,500. Last week,“Half Angel” (20th) and “FatherTakes Air” (Mono). $8,000.

United Artists (Parker) <890; 65-

90 *—“Show Boat” (M-G) (3d wk*.

Solid $9,500. Last week. $11,500.

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Mayfair (Hicks) (980: 20-70*—"Passage West” (Par). Starts* Wed)after “Katie Did If <U) did mild$4,200.New (Mechanic) (1 800; 20-70*—

“Convict Lake” (20th). Okay $8-000. Last week. ’ Guy Who CameBack’’ (20th). $6,600.

Stanley <WB* <3.280; 25-75*—“On Moonlight Bay” (WB) «2d wk*.

Dull $8,500 after fine $14,800 open-er.

Town (Rappaport) (1.500: 35-65)—"Alice Wonderland” « RKO-Dis-ney). Huge $18,000 with juve at-

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Originations for Dramatic Stanzas

Joe Palooka TV Series

Television networks are mulling

the possibility of originating some

of theif major dramatic and com-

X IR0*er

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dXaUc1™™ ^“mov. ou' .XdlhfclifMnp pa^U.t.

?^ onlyPX.dt.Uy! in order ,o The TV «rie, l! s..,ed ,o tee off

utilize certain film stars who might 1 sometime in January. ®

not otherwise be available.

NBC, for example, figures that

both Robert Montgomery’s “LuckyStrike Theatre” and its ‘TV Play-

house” (to be bankrolled alternate

weeks this season by Philco and

Goodyear) will continue to head-

quarter in N. Y. but may move to

the Coast from time to time. Pro-

ducers of the show^ several times NBC is laying plans this weekhave found scripts which calk for

for a statistical survey on bow sumthe talents of a certain film star. 1

mer television has paid off for its

But previously, if the star was in sponSors, which it claims will rival

Hollywood and the show was beingjn the recently-completed

done in N. Y., they would either Hofstra study. Since the surveyhave to bypass the star or postpone w£jj at ieag£ several months to

the script until the star was avail* com piiet the web expects to holdable. tha results until It’s ready to start

Webs, of course, must take into,

pitching for summertime clients

consideration in all their planningj

next spring.

NBC Preps Study

On Summer Video

fedMKUr. Aujput *, 195|

Station Reps See Promising Season

For Spot Radio; Schedules Lined Up

Eigen’s WMGMJack Eigen left the 12 (mid-

night*^ a.m. disk jockey stint onWMGM. N. Y., on Sunday (5) si-

multaneously with Hutton’s eatery

bowing out of the airer.

WMGM is temporarily closing

down at 1 a.m., beaming records

from its studioa with a staff an-

nouncer after midnight, but ex-

pects to get back into the allnight

field.

the fact that, from the start, there

will be only one channel available

in either direction. As a result,

they will have to compete for the summer were worthwhile in in-

most favorable time on that chan-

nel. While their plans are still in

GEORGIE PRICEOne of America’s Great

Entertainer*BOwllng Green 5-8420 60 Beaver St

New York City

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GF Sets Rogers

As Hoppy Exits

Cowboy star Roy Rogers has

signed an exclusive television con-

tract with NBC and will probably

go in the Sundays at 6 p.m. slot

creased product sales. Even so, the this fall as General Foods’ replace-

Back Pay Melon

To Chi TV Talent

NBC last spring was able to

prove to potential sponsors that the

advantages in staying on through

web was forced»to make some con-the formulating stage, execs of all

j cegg iongt via absorbing a part offour webs predict that only certain

| the costs, in order to 'keepof their programs lend themselves

to Hollywood origination. They’re

not too worried, consequently.

their clients on the air. Web hopesthe new survey will prove beyonddoubt that summer video pays off.

*&•

about getting the cable when theyj |0 yje where they can aban-

want it. either through direct alio- ^ guch conce8gi0na next year.cation or through swaps with which-

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ever net might have the desired

“T. generally believed ,h.t whilej

GoodyW Sticks Withstraight comedy shows, utilizing a

revue-type format, such as NBC’s“Comedy Hour” and “All-Star Re-

vue,” will wind up in Hollywood,

the variety programs must neces-

sarily remain in the east. Reasonis that the vaudeoers must bookdifferent acts each week and mostof these acts concentrate in the

east, where booking possibilities

for them in theatres and niteries

are more plentiful than they are in

Hollywood. Thus, shows like Mil-


Cuban Network’s

$1,408,000 Sale

Whiteman, Giving It

Brace of Soil StanzasGoodyear Tire A Rubber, which

last week decided to take the Sun-day 9 p. m. kour on NBC-TV on.

an alternate week basis, will con-

tinue to bankroll the "Paul White-man Show" on ABC-TV Sundays at

7-7:30 p. m. Client resumes spon-sorship of the ABC-TV airer onSept. 9 and is Armly committedthrough Dec. 30.

Tire outfit is taking over the

I “Philco Television Playhouse” on askip-a-week basis. Philco. which

Ihad backed the stanza weekly in

the past, is going to a fortnightly

sponsorship. Question had beenraised In the trade whether Good-year would stick with Whitemanin view of its signing for anotherbig show on another network on

ment for Bill (Hopalong Cassidy)

Boyd. Whether the web will utilize

Rogers' old features or lens newfootage especially for the show will

depend on the outcome of the

oatuner's pending suit against Re-public Pictures.

According to Edward D. Mad-den. NBC-TV sales and operationsveepee, the new pact calls for

Rogers to appear exclusively onNBC whether he does a film or live

show. Madden said the web hopes

Havana. Aug. 7. . . _ . _

Union Radio, one of Cuba’s lead- the *amP evening

Ing networks, and Union RadioTelevision, the country’s pioneervideo station, have come under the

full control of Manolo Alonso, local

theatre magnate.

Confirmation of the purchase of

these properties from Gaspar Pu-marejo and the Menendez Bros,

for the sum of $1,400,000 was madeby Alonso. His backers include

IRMA' TO TV, BUT

NO SPONSOR AS YET

MisfiresNBC-TV sales veepee Ed-

ward Madden and sales execHarry Floyd had a date last

week with General Foods ac-

count execs at Young A Rubi-cam and Benton A Bowles to

talk over the upcoming re-

placement of Hopalong Cassidywith Roy Rogers. As a gag.

Madden sent his secretary outto a neighboring store to pickup a couple of cap pistols,

which he and Floyd wanted to

wear in their belts, in line

with the western motif of thetalks.

Secretary picked up theguns, of course, but theyweren’t exactly what Maddenhad in mind. Store had nothingin stock but pistols auto-graphed by Gene Autry, whoseoatunerx air on the rival CBSvideo web.

Video *r*to*i of ‘My Friendj

^ a jjje use £eature oldies.Irma,’ which CBS- TV is kinescop- R0gerg has obtained an injunctioning on the Coast this week for against Rep to- restrain the com-

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edition purposes has yet to he pany £rom seiling lhe films, to

Ramon Rodriguez, the Polar brew- i J“f*ned * time slot in th« web s which it claims it owns all rights,

ery interest and the firm of Hu- fal1 programming 1

}?ei

lp;u

( Since the suit is the first of its

mara and Lastra, local RCA dis-currently pitching it at three dif- kind, ft»g expected that it wiR dragferent sponsors, all in search of a through the courts for severalshow. • Ivears. As a result, NBC will prob-

Possible airing times are Mon- ftbly w foreed t0 lens new film8

Chicago, Aug 7.

As a result of the W Jge Stabiliza-

tion Board ruling which okays the

pay hikes established by the local

Television Authority contracts,

video talent here Is set to split a

sizeable melon in back pay.

Indie ^BKB last week handedout checkk totaling $18,000 to TVAstaffers. Sum represents the paybalance that was put in escrowpending the WSB edict, when the

pact went Into effect in March. Fig-

ure was the difference between the

new TVA fee schedule and the old

pay rate minus the 10% boost per-

mitted without a specific WSBruling.

Meanwhile WGN-TV is setting

up machinery for the retroactive

payoff whioAk is expected to he con-siderably larger than that shelled

out by WBKR because of the great-

er number of TVAers at the ChiTribune station.

The two owned and operated out-

lets—WNBQ and WENR-TV—arenot involved since their TVA pactswere not subject to WSB examina-tion, as they implemented wagehikes within the allowable 10%limit.

Spot radio business for the fall

looks especially promising, accord-ing to station reps. A large num-ber of small and medium-sizedspot spenders feel that they havebeen priced out of the TV pic-

ture and are expanding their AMactivities.

Some seasonal spot users, suchis cold remedies, are already lin-

ing up heavy schedules in radio.

TV, they feel, can’t give them thequick saturation that’s needed for

relative'*/ short-term campaigns.Rybutol Vitamins, which now

has Gabriel Heatter on MBS onenight weekly, is setting a big spotdrive. Harry B. Cohen agency is

placing the biz in Chi, Louisville,

Indianapolis, Atlanta and othercities, and the Weinberg agency is

handling the Coast end.

Instant Maxwell is putting morelocal spot promotion in 29 markets,via Benton A Bowles. Local* pro-

grams are being used, chiefly be-

tween 7-9 a m., but other daytimeshows are also being purchased.

National Biscuit Co. is planninga special 17-week campaign for its

Milk Bone in a number of majormarkets. It will use 60-second spots

and chain breaks both daytime andnighttime and is also consideringfive-, 10- and 15-minute programs.Agency is McCann-Erickson.

Jergens lotion is buying spots onsouthwestern stations, throughRobert W. Orr agency. Feenamint,via Duane Jones, is setting a fall

sked, to start Sept. 4 for s 32-weekrun. Sure Jell, handled by BentonA Bowles, Is lining up markets for

the home canning season.

* Kendall Mills, manufacturer of

tobacco seed coven, is placing a

13-week campaign in areas wherethere is a big tobacco growing in-

dustry. Agency is H. B. Humphrey,Alley A Richards.

tributors.

Alonso will divide his timeamong the radio and TV properties,

the Notlciero Nacional (newsreelcompany) and the film studios

which he is building on the out-

skirts of this city.

days at 9:30, where Sanka Coffeeis looking for a replacement for

’’Goldbergs"; Wednesdays at 9,

where Colgate has bought theI timf hut has not yet selected a

Alonso said that for the present show, and the alternate Thursdayshe had no new plans for either at 8, where “Irma” would rotateUnion Radio or its TV affiliate,

other than to continue to conductthem as independent enterprises.

with Burns and Allen. Johnson’sWax currently has that periodwith ’’Starlight Theatre” but maybuy "Irma” instead. TV show,which is to be staged on the Coast,will star Marie Wilson and be

GF repor£c4$Ty -has decided onthe switch from Hoppy because thelatter's feature film oldies have al-

ready played the TV circuits five

and six times. If Aogers goes onfor the sponsor this year, he'll becommitted to work special promo-tion and exploitation tie-ins forGF products in all cities where hisrodeo plays.

NBC Getting Off Hook

On Trosecotor’ Vidfilm

Series Via Local Sales"Public Prosecutor," one of the

original vidfilm series, which NBCproduced it conjunction withJerry Fairbanks four years ago,

is finally getting the web off thehook. After trying vainly to sell

the show since it was completed,NBC*s film syndication departmenthas lined up a number of marketswhich will play it on a local spon-sorship basis. Web, meanwhile,has two new vidfilm series in theworks, "Texas Rangers” and"Dangerous Assignment,”According to NBC spokesmen,

the chief Trouble confronting thefilm salesmen in attempting to sell

"Proaecutor” was the 20-minuterunning time of each episode. Nostation or bankroller wanted to buya show of that length. Web finally

decided to pad it by inserting apanel quiz session at the finale andit's now going out as the standard27-minute feature, which permitsfor three minutes of commercials.

Series co-stars John Howardand Mary Beth Hughes. It was re-

portedly budgeted at $15,000 perepisode, which would have repre-sented a net loss to NBC If theweb had not found a way to moveit off the shelf.

Chandler Defends

Series Sale to TVWashington, Aug. 7.

Former baseball commissioner

A. B. (Happy) Chandler has no

apologies for the $6,000,000 deal

}Jie made to sell the TV rights to the

world series for the next six years.

Testifying yesterday before a

House Monopoly Subcommittee in-

vestigating baseball. Chandler said

"no one knows what the rights are

worth,” but the contract provides"sure money” to the major leagueclubs.

Chandler indicated that lack of

parking provisions may be as mucha problem to club owners as TV,

but he would not predict the ulti-

mate effect of the medium on base-

ball attendance. "If there are ade-

quate parking facilities,” he said,

"no real fan who can go to a gamewill see it over television

OG’S 4J-YR RENEWAL ^ » , u „\ . .. .J™ scri p*ed and packa«cd ,or the wtb Med Me at WaldorfAM GU ITPI n I Aim) k,. Uau>.fH

ON ‘AMATEUR HOUR’

j

1* * 2=1Old Gold, via the Lennen A p «• n .n r ,

Mitchell agency, has Just concludedj fcV3Ili![6ilSt DlliY (jfd nHYTI

a long-term deal giving it a four- ^ J

and - a - half year exclusivity onsponsorship of the "Original Ama-

1

teur Hour” on TV and radio.

^G has been sponsoring theshow for the past two-and-a-halfyears, with the new contract thus

;

Tesl-Kinnied By ABCI "Meet Me at the Waldorf.” newtelevision gab series which will

Rnv« ARf-TV l

oriRlMte from th* Peacock AlleyDuys AlnrlT DCgnieill I lounge of the Hotel Waldorf-As-

Billy Graham, evangelist who toria, N. Y., was test-kinescoped

has attracted audiences of hun- Monday (6) by ABC-TV. Show will

dreds of thousands to his revival spotlight Constance Moore andmeetings, has bought time on ABC-

,

Robert Alda as emcees.

giving the ciggle company a seven- TV. Graham, who has been de- ' ABC will use the klne to pitch

MAURICE EVANS MULLS

VIDEO SERIES FOR FALLActor Nfiurice Evans is mulling

a video series on which he'd be co-

producer and narrator and forwhich he’d stiur in a limited num-ber of shows. Evans was queriedon the vidpic project last week in

Saranac Lake, N. Y . by Henry Mor-genthau, 3d, who last season pro-duced Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt’s AMand TV shows. )Morgenthau, who is a director of

[tfie New York City Center, alsoconfabbed with Evans on the out-

year lease on the property whichwas originally conceived as a net-work attraction back In 1935 bythe . late Major Edward Bowes"Original Amateur Hour” is heardon radio via ABC. The TV versionla seen on NBC.

WOR’s 'People Have More

Trouble Than Portia’ ShowReal life washboard weepers will

be used by WOR, N. Y., to com-

pete with soap operas. The MBSstation Is prepping a cross-the

board afternoon stanza built

around A. L. Alexander, who has

been conducting his "MediationBoard” on WOR for over a decade.

Recorded segments, several years

old. from Alexander’s past pro-

grams (on which husbands and

wives give vent to theifr emotionaldisputes or business partners pub-

licly air their problems) will 1*

played, after which the individuals

involved- will be brought back to

tell how the conflict was resolved.

Alexander will keep his Sundayevening "agony" series in addition

to the upcoming stanza.

McClay Back to WCAU-TVPhiladelphia. Aug. ?•

John McClay, director of oper*

tlons for the If. Y. Dally No*5

fit’s plans for the fall and Evans’ i v; /.. tvEvans is resigning as I

WPIX,^ is returhing to _WCAsuccessor.•iuvvxi'vovii k mm w bi moj

• —

artistic supervisor for the City i

•* aaalatant manager of the t

Scribed as s "new Billy Sundsy,”,

the package to potential sponsorswill be aired on Sundays at 10- and is not expected to put the show10:30 p m., starting Sept. 30. Ac-

'

on the air until it is sold. Series ___count was placed through Walter is a Philbin-Bergmann package, I Center’s dramatic season, in order nin* Bulletin’s TV division.

F Bennett agency. and is being produced by Bob Bach, 'to do “Androcles and the Lion” in | Prior to Joining WPIX in Mjjj

Graham's "Hour of Decision,” of the Mark Goodson-Bill Todmanj

Hollywood and to work on plansj

1950. McClay was operations cbte*

|is beamed on ABC radio. (offlef. I for a Broadway legiter. |at WCAU for two years.

« * • • >

Wednesday, Aajput 8, 1951• 1 • *|- if .f j »

AMo-numsiw 23

TV THEATRES AS WEB AFFILIATESRoyal Sendoff

Around NBC they were still talking this week of the nostalgic

farewell socked across by John F. Royal at a luncheon tossed in his

honor last week at 21 bistro. N. Y., upon his retirement as NBCveepee after 21 years with the network. (Royal continues as a

consultant for NBC after a vacation).

Luncheon idea originated with Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver, web’s

television ehieftain, and practically every NBC exec put in anappearance to pay tribute to the vet showman. After NBC pres

Joseph H. McConnell’s laudatory intro. Royal arose and, for nearly

an hour, reprised his career in show biz, dating back to his Keith-

Albee days and early experiences with NBC, with 'some crystal-

b.illing into the newer and wider horizons in a TV era. Thosepresent say it was even a topper to Royal’s now famous Chi ad-dress of three years back when, single-handedly, he whipped the

NBC affiliates into line at a crucial NBC management meet whenkey affiliate broadcasters were in revolt.

Armours Sudden Nix on Garroway

Poses $2,000,000 NBC Problei

PLENTY REVENUE

Chicago, Aug. 7.

NBC-TV’s •‘Garroway at Large”

U back on the market again this

week as a result of the sudden

cancellation of the show and time

segment by the Armour Co. Be-

cause of web’s failure to line up

a satisfactory number of stations

to carry the Dave Garroway show’

live. Armour dropped the packageleaving NBC with a $2,000,000 year-

ly time and talent bundle to

peddle again*

Meat packer and Foote. Cone &Belding. its agency, abruptly

turned thumbs down on the deal

Friday <3> when the best station

lineup NBC could come up with

was 11 live outlets and 47 kine sta-

tions. As Armour planned to plugspecial items such as holiday meatsthe kine delay wasn’t acceptable.

The Pabst Wednesday night box-

ing telecasts on CBS-TV are seenas a factor in the reappearance of

the station clearance bugaboo in

this particular case. The Garrowayspread, bumped out of its long-

time Sunday night slot by the up-

coming Red Skelton show, was to

go in the Wednesday 9:30 p.m.

(CST* spot opposite the CBS fights.

Evidently most of the single-sta-

tion execs decided to string along

with the Pabst-backed CBS showwhich last season rang up somehealthy ratings.

With NBC off on another bank-

roller hunt for the Garroway beam-ing. Foote, Cone & Belding is also

back in the market for another

show and time period for Armour.

Only Hr. Open

In NBC-TV LineupNBC-TV pacted with two more

sponsors this week for major show’s

on its fall schedule and so movedwithin a step of posting the SRObanner for its Class A time. Onlya single half-hour alternate weekson the new Wednesday night KateSmith remain available in the net-work’s lineup.

New bankrollers are ReynoldsMetals Co., which signed for ahalf-hour alternate weeks on MissSmith’s program, and Libby, Mc-Neil A Libby, which pacted for ahalf-hour participation on theSaturday night “Show of Shows.”Libby moves into the spot beingvacated by Minnesota Mining,v hich in turn signed for “JuvenileJury.” which is taking over theSunday 3:30 to 4 p.m. period on thefull network in the fall. MissSmith’s showr tees off Sept. 19 withNorge and Congoleum-Nairn asbankrollers with Reynolds makingiis first appearance the followingsession.

Each of the web’s bankrollers,

WL0U on Block for 40GLouisville, Aug. 7.

Mrs. John Messervy, owner ofWLOU, has applied to FCC forauthority to sell the station, local

daytime indie.

Sale price reported from Wash-ington is $40,000, and prospectivebuyer is Robert W. Rounsaville,who owns and operates stations in

Tennessee and Georgia.

O’seas Press Club

Gangs Up on ABC

‘American Agent’Detroit, Aug. 7.

A good “cover” Job is being hunt-

ed for Bob Barclay, ABC’s secret

American agent Wednesday night

show, titled “American Agent” is

fed to the ABC web by WXYZ. Thejob must have only one qualifica-

tion: it must not offend anyone in

a similar job who thinks that Bar-clay's spying on the side is degrad-ing to the profession.

Barclay got into trouble with theOverseas Press Club because hewas cast In the role of a foreigncorrespondent. He used his job asa “cover” for spying activities.

“The pressure is on.” GeorgeTrendle. producer of the show,lamented. “We’ll have Barclay re-sign in the script next week, andafter that he'll be something else,

but we don’t know what.”

After the show had been on theair over a year, the Overseas PressClub finally got around to listeningto it. What It heard made the com-mittee blow lta collective top.Bruno Shaw, chairman of the com-mittee. sent letters to ABC andTrendle. Shaw called the show a


Theatres with big-screen tele-

vision equipment may wind up as

special affiliates of the majorbroadcasting networks, if plans be-

ing mapped out by the webs this

week take fruit.

Adopting the film industry’s cur-rent “if-you-can’t-llck-’em-Join’ em"attitude towards TV, the broadcast-ers assert that there’s no reason to

start brawling with the theatre-TVchains for rights to sports apdother events. Webs believe that

there’s a new, untapped source ofrevenue lying ahead for them in

building programs for theatre-TV.Resultant cooperation, they claim,

will pay off to the mutual interestsof both groups.

Idea was explained as follows bvthe topper of one video network:Suppose that 'eventually up to 1.000

theatres get the big-screen equip-ment. Each of the four major TV

Barry-Enright’s 500G

Bonanza As NBC Pacts

‘Jury’ For Two Years•o i

Juvenile Jury,” Jack Barry-Dan

Enright show’, has been inked by

NBC-TV on a firm tw’o-year con-

tract that g^ves the indie packagers

$500, J00 over the two-year span.

Show, which is mrrently in the

8 p. m. Tuesday spot during the

Milton Berle hiatus, moves to Sun-

day at 3:30-4 p. m. when “Texaco

Star Theatre” returns in the fall.

It will be bankrolled by Minnesota

We Did It Before’NBC, apparently convinced

that it must fight theatre tele-

vision to a standstill for rights

to major sports events, wiredthe prexies of the top video set

manufacturers last wetk pro-posing they form a permanentorganization to snare rights to

such events away from the the-atres. .

NBC w’ould have the manu-facturers assign a person tohandle the bidding, on the as-

sumption that the manufactur-ers banded together will beable to outbid the theatres for

a number of years to come.DuMont anticipated such astep several weeks ago, whenit lined up nine of the set

manufacturers to bankroll its

pickup of the Joe Walcott-Ez-zard Charles fight in Pitts-

burgh.

webs could then split the pool bylining up 250 houses as affiliates.

They W’ould then service the af-

filiates by feeding them specially-built shows — the entertainment

[.programs which the theatres areconvinced they’ll need if they're tomake their big-screen units pay off

on a continuous basis.

Such a system, of course, wouldnecessarily be different from theway the networks now service af-filiate stations. In standard broad-casting, the webs, while creatingmost of their own programming,serve mainly as a clearing housewith the stations for time desiredby advertisers. For theatre-TV,which is to have no sponsors topay the freight, the networks couldderive their profits either fromcharging the theatres a flat feefor the show’s, or else on a per-centage deal from each theatre'sgross.

Web exec pointed out that sev-eral moves toward such a systemare already under way. There is al-

most certainly a theatre-TV tieinIn the works between United Para-mount Theatres and AmericanBroadcasting, when the FCC ap-proves the proposed merger of thetwo companies. In addition. NBC


Acquisition of GE Waring Billings

ProjectsBBD&O Into Top Video Spot

Toast9Roast

Comic Harvey Stone, guest-ing on CBS-TV’s “Toast ofthe Town” Sunday (5), wasstanding in the wings a fewmoments before he was to dohis stint with just enoughtime for a quick smoke. As hewas lighting the clg, the en-tire book of matches flaredup, severely burning his hand.

Despite the agon v; Stone

went dh — without betrayinghis pain. After the perform-ance he was rushed to Poly-clinic hospital, N. Y.

NBC Still Mulls

Chain Break Sale

Despite Rep RapNBC is still mulling the plan to

sell six-second network chainbreaks, tied in with its chimes, al-

though it had sat on the idea for awhile. Plan has drawn a strongblast from the National Assn, ofRadio and Television Station Rep-resentatives and from some affili-

ates which consider the project aweb “move-ln” on the stations’ na-tional spot business. fThe web identification quickie

spots, aired 24 times a day, couldbring the chain around $6,000,000.a year, it’s estimated. Actually theplan did not originate with NBCbut with Foote, Cone & Belding,which was looking for a spectac-ular coup In an effort to hold on tothe Pepsodent billings (which sub-sequently went to McCann-Erick-son).

NBC queried four big affiliates

on the plan, who reportedly en-dorsed the idea. Meanwhile, as de-tails of the project leaked, twoother agencies came to the webwanting in. and FC&B still wantsit for part of the Lever account.The station rep organization last

week hit the plan, saying it con-sidered It “incredible that NBC, orany other network, would evenconsider such an encroachmentupon their affiliates* spot revenue,let alone pressure the stations totake It.”

NARTSR added. ‘The action is

simply additional evidence of thenetworks’ creeping encroachmentinto the spot field, compoundingthe stations’ ‘problems forced bythe network rate cuts.” It declaredthat while only 30r'i> of the networkbillings of $122,000,000 went intothe cash registecs of their affiliates

in 1950, the stations were able tokeep 70% of the $120,000,000 spentby national spot advertisers. It

warned that “if enough stations ac-

cept enough spot advertising fromany network, they will eventuallydestroy the legitimate spot biz.”

4 BBD&O, with the acquisition ofGeneral Electric’s “Fred WaringShow” from Young & Rubicam this

week, virtually cemented its posi-

tion as the agency with the biggest

annual billings in television. War-ing show, aired Sunday nights via

CBS-TV, will represent an estimat-

ed $2,000,000 more a year forBBD&O and gives the agency atotal of 11 major network videoentries.

Y&R, in losing the GE account •

on Waring, picked up two daytimevideo shows. New business, how-ever. doesn’t come near matchingwhat the agency is losing on theWaring shows. Two new shows,which are to be bankrolled by GE’aappliances division, are the .“BillGoodwin Show,” to be aired Tues-days anti Thursdays via NBC-TV,starting Sept. 11, and a 15-minutesegment of the Garry Moore showthee times weekly on CBS-TV. .

In losing the Waring show,Y&R’s stick In video is decliningas the BBD&O biz rises. WhereY&R last year at this time was thetop agency in TV. It recently lostthe Packard account to Maxon.Switch In agencies on the Waringprogram was reportedly due to thefact that the show is now to bebankrolled on an institutional basisby GE, with BBD&O handling all

general company advertising forthe sponsor. It's also reported,however, that GE was dissatisfiedwith “GE Guest House.” which hasbeen the summer replacement forWaring, and decided to giveBBD&O a crack at, the programwhen it returns in the *sll.

Mining, for Scotch brand cello-

inetdentariy, has signed t>n a firm ' phane tape, the present sponsor.— 1—• CBS-TV had put in a bid for theproperty, but NBC-TV offered a

better deal.

NBC radio program v.p. Charles(Bud) Barry is now* thinking ofreprising a radic edition of “Jury,”which until early thL year wasbacked on Mutual by GeneralFoods for Gaines dog food.

- --week basis under new rulesposted earlier in the summer byexec veepee Sylvster L. (Pat)" caver and sales and operations

Pee Edward D, Madden. Witht.mse billings to anticipate, con-sequently, NBC figures it’s almost• 'tain to show a profit on Its net-v oi king operations this year.

LATE SUN. NIGHT BERTH

FOR 'GIRLS' ON NBC-TVWith Chesterfield having bought

the Sunday night at 7 slot onNBC-TV for a new half-hourcomedy show this fall, the webhas decided to move “Leave It to

the Girls,” which previously airedat that time, into the 10:30 to 11

period Sunday nights. Regentcigarets will continue as sponsor.To date. Bob Hope is the only

comedian set for the new’ Chester-field show, which Is to have fourcomics rotate once a month, as in

the web’s Sunday night “ComedyHour.” New half-hour slot for“Girls” Is local option time butthe web took it over in order to

round out its Sunday night sched-ule, which is now* sold out.

$50,000 Settlement

In Lieu of 800G Award

In ’Bride & Groom’ Soil

v Hollywood. Aug. 7.

Settlement of $50,000 has been

accepted by the three Johns—Mas-terson. Nelson and Reddy—in lieu

of the judgment of $800,000 award-

ed by a Superior Court jury last

month. KLAC-TV manager DonFedderson effected the settlement.

The station’s show. “Wedding

Bells.” basis of the suit which

charged it was lifted from “Bride

and Groom,” is being withdrawn,having been hobbled by a perma-nent injunction.

Verdict of $800.000—plaintiffs

had asked $1,000.000—was one of

the largest damage awards evermade in a plagiarism suit. Fedder-son had planned to appeal, butchose the settlement instead.

BBD&O Is expected lose oneof its current crop of TV shows inthe fall. It’s “Meet the Press,”bankrolled during the summerTuesday nights on NBC by CurtisPublishing. Show is filling part ofthe time occupied during the regu-lar season by Milton Berle's ‘Tex-aco Star Theatre,” When the Berleshow returns, “Proas” will eitherbe shifted to a different time pe-riod or axed. Since NBC’s fall pro-gramming lineup is novfr almost en-tirely sold out. the show wouldhave to be moved Into a daytimespot.

Biggest account held by BBD&Oin video is still American Tobacco.Ciggie outfit bankrolls RobertMontgomery’s “Lucky Strike The-atre.” an hour-iong dramatic showaired alternate Mondays on NBC;'This Is Show Business,” Sunday


Graskin Resigning

ECA; Back to U.S.Ed Gruskin is resigning as direc-

tor of radio of the Economic Co-operation Administration, after a

two-and-a-half year hitch duringwhich he was headquartered iff

Paris. He is returning to theUnited States next n.onth to enterthe commercial TV sweepstakes inthe writer-producer field.

Gruskin feels he's accomplishedhis mission of setting up the elabo-rate ECA Network of radio pro-gramming. of transcribed showsembracing 14 European countries,which has played a dominant role

;

in propagandizing the Marshall

;

Plan. In addition, he establishedlocal radio units designed to giveemployment to talent in the 14countries. His last mission tookhim to Berlin for a month, duringwhich he helped establish the State

j

Dept.-ECA program, including CBScolor television demonstrations and

1 RCA large-screen TV projection, torun concurrently with the Commu-

j

nist World Festival of Youth.

Prior to joining ECA in 1949,

!Gruskin was a top comedy writer

! identified with many of the com-! mercial network shows, including

;

“Duffy’s Tavern,” “Amos ’n’ Andy.”i etc.

Washington. Aug. 7.

The novel question of whether

the right of freedom from listen-

ing to the radio is protected by

the Constitution is now before the

Supreme Court. A petition for re-

view of a U. S. Court of Appeal*decision holding Transit Radio un-

constitutional was filed with the

high tribunal Friday (3) by

WWDC in Washington, the Capital

and the DC. Public

Salt Lake City, Aug. 7.

Prospects for live TV showsbrought here from the east via

micro-wave relay chain before the

end of the year look dim, after

last week's announcement by the

telephone company. According to

J. E. Buckwalter, district manager.Mountain State Telephone & Tele-

graph Co., the chain connectingChicago with the Coast is now be-

ing tested, and should go into

operation for phone calls next

month.Use of circuits for video will be

held up locally pending installa-

tion and checking of loops, whichusually takes from six to eight

months. If everything goes smooth-ly, there’s a chance the TV opera-tion will be clicking in December,but company isn't too optimistic.

Trade here is wondering howlocal TV stations are going to ad-

just when shows become available

Current practice of KSL-TV is to

limit between program spots to lt$

minutes. KDYL-TV gets in up to

five or six minutes, and doesn’t

stick to announced time skeds.

Problem will get really hot whentime becomes a must, and lost

revenue forced by cutting downspots has to be made up some-where.

Transit CoUtilities Commission.

Supreme Court is asked to de-J

cide whether the minority pf

passengers who object to the radioj

on busses and trolleys is deprived(

of liberty under the Fifth Amend-j

ment. Another issue is whether the

broadcasts must be limited to newsand music, but must exclude com-mercials.

In urging review cf the lowercourt action, the petition declares

that the application of the Con-stitution to the prohibition of radio

broadcasts on transit vehicles is

unprecedented. The question is

important, the petition said, be-

cause of “similar situations”

throughout the country. Transit

Radio operates in about 20 cities.

The petitioners contend that thedecision of the lower court ignoresSupreme Court decisions “whichshow that passengers have no con*,

stitutional rights to use the serv-

ices of Capital Transit and that

their rights are governed whollyby statutes that do no more thanrequire equal and non-discrimina-tory treatment pf all."

Transit Riders Assn.The court test of “forced listen-

ing” was brought by a local groupcalled ‘Transit Riders Assn..” led

by two attorneys. Franklin S.

Poliak and Guy Martin, who ap-

pealed to the District Court after

the PUC held that the. servicewas in the public interest. TransitRiders then went to the Court ofAppeals which reversed the Dis-

trict Court and remanded the caseto PUC for further proceedingsto conform to Its opinion.

Following the Appeals Court de-

cision and a refusal to reconsiderits ruling. Station WWDC obtaineda stay order to continue TransitRadio broadcasts until the issuehas been decided.

Meanwhile, WWDC has inaugu-rated a series of hourly civil de-fense" announcements to transit

passengers to point up the valueof Transit Radio in case of anemergency. In the event of need,the announcements declare, “theradio-equipped busses and street

cars of the Capital Transit Co.stand ready to be mobilized at amoment’s notice by our Civil De-fense officials. Directed by static-

free FM radio, they could be sentwherever needed. Passengerswould be provided with accurate,up-to-the-minute information to

avoid panic—save lives. Yes, theradio equipped street cars andbusses of the Capital Transit Co.are ready for duty, whenever thecall comes.”

HARRY SALTERMUSICAL DIRECTOR•top th# Musi#—ABC

Ealky to De New Tek

Show, Not ‘Gangbusters,’

For CBS-Schick Shavers

and goes to Roms on Sept. 23 to study for a year . • . Jmll# Bennett

into ABC's "Newsstand Theatre" tomorrow (Thurs) . . . Jean Soli-

berger, AM-TV news gatherer for Time, shifts to the mag’s Chi

office for one month . . . Wayne Hewell has taken over the RCAVictor "Musical Merry-Go-Round” on NBC, vice Kletse McElhone . .

.

Sammy Kaye'a “Sunday Serenade" for Sylvania Radio and Television(

Ricks off on ABC Oct. 7 from Chi . . . Ruth Ellington James, WLIBfemme gabber, will broadcast, tomorrow’s (Thurs.) press conference

of the National Assn, for Advancement of Colored People for the

Harvey Clarita, couple whose attempt to move into Cicero, 111., was

followed by a riot . . .

IN HOLLYWOOD . . .

Arnold Mar#uis has assembled old recordings of Will Regers broad-

casts for a series of five-minute programs. Mitch Hamflbnrg is noweast talking a deal with Leonard Reeg of ABC. A sequel of stories

and anecdotes in narrative form is also being prepared . • • Lon Holser

pulled out of Lockwood-Schackleford to set up his own agency with

nearly a half million in billing as a starter . . . Jehu Wagner, with

ABC (and the Blue) since 1935. was named controller of the net’s

western division . . . Wilier O’Keefe will tape "Double or Nothing"

for three weeks while his troupe is entertaining the military In Europ#

. . . Ralph Story. KNX’s "Morning Host" <5:30 to 7 a m.) has it all

figured out how to regale early risers without annoying late sleeper*

All they have to do is make their own earphones and he’s sending

out pamphlets showing them bow . . . "Suspense" will be back Aug.

27 but with a different design. Stories from the files of law enforce-

ment agencie# and the dallies will be dramatized Instead of fiction as

in past years. Rlllott Lewis continues as producer-director with th#

added duty of script editor . . . Fred Jordan turned in his veepe#

stripes to Earl Bothwell agency and is making another connectionaway from commission row . . . How radio deals are made: H. K. Car-

penter, KNX account exec, grabbed a tray in a cafeteria and called

for the manager to complain about a dish. His gripe eut of the wayhe started selling him on the station. Next day the eatery signed

for 13 weeks of the Dan Cubberly News.

IN CHICAGO . . .

Lowell R. Jacks#* Joins ABC's Central Division as AM networksalesman . . Bob McKee has replaced Howard. Dersey on WGN’i post-

midnight disk stint . . . Hugh Downs, NBC staff gabber and emcee of

WNBQ’s dally "Luncheon Date," has unveiled still another talent

He's clefted "Soliloquy" which was unwrapped Saturday (4) on NBCi“Surprise Serenade” by Joseph Galllcchlo's tootlers . . * MurrayForbes, ex-Chicagoan and longtime regular on the "Ms Perkins'*

soaper, visiting radio friends here . . . Curley Bradley, Mutual’s “Sing-

ing Marshall,” guesting Thursday (9) at Chi Tribune Charities kiddies

party . . . WLS' National Barn Dance will have its annual airing fromthe Illinois state fair Saturday night (ID , , Armour if plugging its

new shampoo on NBC's "Dial Dave Garroway" morning strip . . .

Clark Dennis returns to ABC’s "Breakfast Club" Monday (13) for two

weeks, subbing for fohnny Desmond who skies to the Coast for film

tests . . . WBBM spieler Jim Conway spending two weeks of his va-

cation on active duty in the Navy air corps . • . Bek Chill* ABC tutthumper, out on a two-weeker.

IN WASHINGTON ...In the excitement of preem of her new TV show (WTOP-CBS), Muff

Richardson forgot to read the telegraphed “Good luck” message from

ex-boss Arthur Godfrey .... Lee Dayton. WMAL-ABC staff announcer,has just completed a series of training films for Veterans' Administr*tion and is currently narrating 26 transcriptions of the Navy Band . . •

Jerry Strong, former ayera man for WINX, moving ever to WMAL-ABC (radio and TV) at disk jockey starting Aug. 20. . . .M/Sgi. GleseDarwin, USAF, former MGM and RCA disk dick, and Pvt. LeonardOumey, USA, vet of such TV shows as “Toast of Town" and Dave Garreway, will vie for baritone honors on Armed Forces Review next Friday

ntght (10)..,. Nri Elisabeth Krause, winner of the "Stop the Music"jackpot (May 10) set for a novel stint on the Rnth Crane "ModemWoman" airer (WMAL-ABC) to tell localites about the headaches of

the $14,000 haul ... A special radio-TV crew from Office of Public

Information, Department of Defense, currently touring Europe t#

gather film and recording material, to be made available to net-

works, on activities of North Atlantic Treaty Organization CountriesAforementioned team consists of special reporter Maxwell Marvin*

radio engineer Sgl Ray Krueger, and cameraman Sgt. Ralph Sent#*.

Rudolph Halley, former chief

counsel for the Kefauver Crime

Investigating Committee, will star

tn a new television show via CBSthis fall, instead of appearing in

indie packager Phillips H. Lord’s

“Gangbusters," as originally an-

nounced. New program, which will

be packaged Jointly by CBS and

th# Kudner agency, starts Sept. 4S-

in the Tuesday at • o.m. period,

Schick Electric Shavers sponsoring

through Kudner.

The Halley-Lord split resulted

from a difference of opinion be-

tween the two over the formatof the show. According to Lord,“Gangbusters," which is an estab-

lished package, must rely on the

Hollywood, Aug. 7.

Screen Writers Guild and Au-

thors League of America will op-

pose Radio Writers Guild claims to

rep video scribblers, according to

a joint announcement from SWGprexy Karl Tunberg and OscarHammerstein, 2d, ALA prez.

Statement said RWG doesn’thave jurisdiction and that the SWGand ALA are “in process of work-ing out jurisdiction which willserve and protect a 1 1 televisionwriters, including those who workconcurrently in radio, motion pic-tures, theatre or any other field."

$1,000 For S Mini.-g-WkEx-Kefauver committee coun-

sel Rudolph Halley, who preemshis own show on CBS-TV Sept.

4. may also do a five-minutecross-the-board radio show onthe Mutual web this fall. MBSis dickering with him for theshow, in which he would give

his opinions on crime problemscurrently confronting the na-

. tion.

Halley would get $1,000weekly for the series which,like the payment for his TVshow, would be turned overto various charities. Attorneysaid each five-minute broadcastwould probably require twohours of preparation, but he'dlike to do the series as anothermethod of combating crime.

TV ‘Kefauver Treatment’Cincinnati, Aug. 7.

Cincy’s three TV stations did aKefauver hearing video coverageMonday (6) of city council's inves-tigation of alleged auto towingracket reportedly involving 36 po-licemen. AM and FM stations alsocarried proceedings.

Telecasts from City Hall weredone jointly by WLW-T andWKRC-TV and .separately byWCPO-TV from 2 to 6 p. m.Witnesses were permitted to

deny lensing of them while onstand.

Capsule reports at Intervals weremade by Jim Ault, newscaster, andJerry Hurter, Times-Star City Ed-itor, on WCPO; Terry Flynn, Cros-ley’s news chief on WLW-T, andHarry Mayo, City Editor, and LeoHirtI, columnist, of Post on WCPO-TV.

participation of police officials,

rather than an attorney. Halley did

not want to do a cops-and-robberstype of show, prefering instead to

do a series on the work of crimecommissions, such as the Kefauvergroup, dealing with real-life in-

vestigations. Halley feels that sucha program would be especially

timely now and that he has the"leads" and knows where to com-pile the necessary information.Under the new setup, the showwill be produced by Jerry Danzigand scripted by a specially-selectedstable of writers.

Halley, incidentally, confirmedthat he will turn over his entiresalary, minus expenses and tax de-

ductions, to various charities, suchas the Police Athletic League, forwork in combatting juve delin-

quency. He’s to receive $1,500 perweek for the first year and $1,000a week the following year. This"spread" is to enhance the charityauspices. Halley plans to select aboard to pick the charities whichwill receive the money.New show is to preem as a live

production but may later be puton film. Lord, meanwhile, revealedthat he's working out a deal toput "Gangbusters" on Him for TV,while the radio show continues asa separate series on CBS Saturdaynights, sponsored by GeneralFoods.

in remodeling the ex-WQXR lay-

out, building five studios, all ofwhich will have floating acousticalwalls and ceilings. These will beused by its subsid, Audio-VideoRecording Co., tape recording out-fit, which previously had rentedspace from other outfits. Construc-tion job is expected to be com-pleted in a month to six weeks.New recording studios, each of

which will have its own controlroom, and four editing rooms willhave a total of 24 Ampex machines.There will also be six specie! ma-chines for duplicating tape. Ableto make five copies oT a half-hourshow in 7V4 minutes the setup willbe equipped to turn out 200-300copies of a show overnight. Out-fit also has five disk recorders.The largest studio will be made


Forester in N. Y. to

Script Victory at Sea’Novelist C. S. Forester, author

of the "Horatio Hornblower"books, arrived in N. Y. from theCoast this week to begin his script-ing chores on NBC-TV’s projectedhistory of the U. S. Navy, titled"Victory at Sea,” Series, which

OG Beys ‘Down Yon Go’Old Gold cigarets this week

bought DuMont's “Down You Go,”quiz show originating Thursdaynights for the net from Chicago.Agency is Lennen 4c Mitchell.Web’s N. Y. flagship, WARD, also

pacted with Strauss Stores this

week to bankroll its “SaturdayNight Wrestling" for 26 weeks,starting Saturday (11), while Sava-rln CoffPe and Rheingoid Beerinked for spot announcements.

RCA prez Frank M. Folsom an*

veepee Manie Sacks have beet

huddling on expanding NBC color

television programming in l* 1*with plana to resume demonstra-

tions of the RCA color system n

New York liter this month.

When Brig. Gen. David Sarnoif.

RCA board chairman, return*

Monday (13) from Europe they may

decide at that time about filinE **

application with the Federalmunications Commission for

hearings on their system.

Victory st Sea.will be compiled and lensed totallyon film, is scheduled to preem be-fore the end of the year, with Rob-ert Montgomery as narrator.

Henry Salomon, Jr., who'll pro-duce, left for England last week todiscuss the project with the BritishAdmiralty, while Clay Adams, whodirects, is in Canada gathering ma-terial for the project from theRoyal Canadian Navy.

wnz'i ‘Video ChefWPIX, N. Y., yesterday (Tuet.)

launched ‘ a new cooking show,sponsored by Associated FoodStores, via Furman, Feiner agency.

Titled "Video Chef," it stars JoelHolt and will be beamed Tuesdaysat 5-5:30 p. m.

El Paso— William J. Small,writer-producer here for KRODhas resigned his post to join thecontinuity staff of WLS, Chicago.

«, 1951

MGM SPARKS WAXCeAic Adams’ Blue-Chips Deal

Minneapolis, July 7.

Cedric Adams, the Northwest's top radio personality, has signed

an agreement extending his contract with the Twin Cities’ CBSstation. WCCO. through 1955. Sura involved is undisclosed, but

is believed by Gene Wilky. WCCO manager, to be “the largest

ever paid to any radio personality outside of New York and Holly-

wood.” Deal gives*.WCCO and CBS continued exclusive rights to

Adams’ services for the next four years.

Adams, also a Minneapolis Star and Sunday Tribune newspapertviumnist for many years, started his first .regular WCCO series

of radio newscasts in 1934. In the 17 years since his first broad-

casts. his popularity in the five-state area covered by WCCO has

increased apace and still continues to grow, and he also has at-

tained national eminence. Despite new TV competition from twoother stations during the past two years. Adams' news programspopularity ratings have risen to new peaks. Latest surveys indi-

cate his share of audience for the 10 p.m. news is greater thanthe audience of all other Twin Cities stations combined and is

three times greater than the second-rated station. Audience share

in the outside area is even greater.

At present Adams has 14 per week news broadcasts of 15

minutes each, three Class “A” half-hour shows a week of various

Kinds, a daily five-minute CBS network stint and “Open House”broadcasts in surrounding towns regularly, all of which are spon-sored Radio advertisers' demands for his services, in fact, havebeen so great that WCCO has been unable to meet them, accord-

ing to Wilky.Adams went to New York two summers to pinchhit for Arthur

Godfrey on radio and TV on latter's network talent show vg^iile

Godfrey vacationed. His newspapers claim for him the largest

readership “by far” of any non-syndicated columnist anywhere,surveys having shown this, and as a newspaper columnist, as well

as a radio personality, he is considered the Northwest’s mostinfluential person in these lines. He even has been mentioned asa gubernatorial possibility.

OFFERS DISCOUNT1NLRB Hears TVA Scre«i Gnflds

TO MATCH WEBS ^ 00 Webs’ Vidpix Jurisdiction

Must Restrict Big League Battcasts

More to Save Minors—TrautmanWashington, Aug. 7.

Too many broadcasts of major|

ag a * n j r OPAPleague baseball games are hurting

. ffldCylliUTIC 000(1 IOr ZDUllattendance at minor league gamesand further restrictions are neces-

sary. a House monopoly subcom-mittee was told last week byGeorge M. Trautman, prexy of theNational Assn, of ProfessionalBaseball Leagues (the minor lea-

gues'.

Trautman defended the presentbroadcast limitations by organizedbaseball which prevent radio andTV stations within 50 miles fromcarrying major league games whilethe local club is playing at home.“When you hear four of five majorleague games in the afternoon in

one little community.” be asserted,“bv the time our game starts in

the evening, everybody is a little

tired of baseball.”Although the local clubs were

given wide authority in 1949. to

restrict big league broadcasts,Trautman said, such authority hassince been reduced and the num-ber of major league game broad-casts reaching minor league cities

has more than doubled.Trautman expressed hope that

the Justice Dept., which is investi-gating monopoly aspects of limita-tions on baseball and football


Texas Oilman Buys

Interest In Liberty


Haven MacQuarrie, radio actor-producer, was named in a $250,000damage suit in Superior court byGilbert Sonbergh, his former busi-ness associate.

Plaintiff claims he was sluggedduring a conference in MacQuar-rie's home.

NBC’s $1,510,000

Snares Rose Bowl

In J-Yr. Exclusive«

Hollywood, Aug. 7.

Bidding in the dark against twocompetitors and topping its nearestrival by $500,000, NBC carried off

exclusive television and radiorights to the Rose Bowl game forthe next three years with a sealed-in offer of $1,510,000. It was im-mediately accepted, and now all

the network has to do is go outand sell it to get off the hook. Withcable, time and other chargesthrown in, it is estimated the spon-sor or sponsors of the New Year’sDay classic will be billed for betterthan $500,000. .

Second highest bid was KTTV’s$1,000,000, which would have beentelecast to a hookup of 42 news-

Dalla.s Aug 7paper-owned stations around the

Gordon McLendon, prei of the S?“",ry *ni °}hrr °^nm"ke

.U

Liberty Bro.dc.tln* System. has f®8.

thlrd"I

1*,*?1®;** ,or

announced that H. R. Cullen, athe thr**/**r*' A&C-United P.r-

Houston. Texas, oilman, has pur- amount withdrew from the compe-

Growing emphasis4

placed bybankroUers on tidloring their radio

coverage to particular patterns, as

opposed to the blanket use of full

AM hookups, is resulting in abonanza for the transcription out-

fits. Latter are practically turningthemselves into waxwork networksthat compete with the chains. In

turn, the webs are getting into the

transcription act, as are indie

packagers.

MGM Radio Attractions, a subsid

of Loew's, Inc., (Metro), is embark-ing on 'a novel selling ^formulawhereby it will provide a'nationaladvertiser with a hand-pickedprogram os a selected group of

stations, at individually designatedtimes — and with the **me dis-

counts that would be offered ona network.Under the MGMRA plan, the

bankroller would get discounts for

number of markets used, dollar

volume and length of contract,

comparable to those offered by thenational webs. Thus if a spendergets a 33V&% rebate from a chainfor an order totaling $1,500,000,MGMRA will offer the same dis-

count. Difference is that the tran-scription firm wiU pay the discountout of its own packet, rather thantrimming payment to the local

stations.

TV Aa Factor

According to Bertram Lebhar,Jr., director of WMGM. N. Y.. andMGMRA. the transcription concernis offering one package whicheliminates stations in TV marketsand another which- includes onlyoutlets in video areas. Former is

designed for spenders who feel

over-extended, advertisingwise. in

tele markets, while latter is beingpitched to clients (such as TV set

manuf cturers) who want radiohomes in tele areas.

MipMRA. which in Januaryended its deal with Music Corp.of America for latter to serve assales rep. is still going after local

station sales with a force of eight

men and plans a major expansionof the field staff. Hewever, it Is

concentrating efforts on inking na-tional spenders direct. In additionto selling existing programs, it will

custom-build airets to clients*

specifications.

Programwise, MGMRA is addingfour to six new shows to its presentstable of eight properties. Onenew show already inked is “TheLives of Harry Lime,” producedin England by Harry Allen Towerswith Orson Welles starred in his

“Third Man’’ pic characterization.Half-hour stanza features zither

backgrounding of Anton Karas,who also worked on the Alexander


rimed an interest in the network.The amount of Cullen’s interest

v not disclosed. Cullen is a lead-Inu Tcxas^ philanthropist and hasR'v«‘n away millions for hospitals,schools and charitable institutions.The LBS web has 431 outlets in

41 states. Hawaii, Alaska and ,

Japan, and is second In size only /1 .ll n «• vstl” X Sy,,,m

iGillette Standing Pat

tition when the Coast Conferencecalled no dice on closed circuit the-

atre exhibition.

On the breakdown it is guessedthe NBC bid $400,000 for the first

year; $500,000 for the second year,


among the major networks.McLendon founded the web in

jl!,4R as a sports network. Since I

*hen it has expanded full time, 16Jr a day, national network.Mcl^ndon quoted Cullen as say-

ins in Houston:Mv principal concern In acquir-

ing an interest in Liberty Is to helpprovide more wholesome entertaln-

information and education

On ABC Fisticuffs

Gillette Friday evening fights onradio return in the fall to ABC,although NBC had made a concert-

ed pitch for the biz. NBC. whichbeams the tele edition, tried to

bring both ends under the sameroof.

It will be the seventh season the

WMGM FORMS WEB

FOR ARMY GRIDCASTSDespite the current “cribbing

scandal” at West Point. WMGM.N. Y„ is going full speed aheadwith plans for building a webaround the Army football gamesthis fall. WMGM n*a> hook up withLiberty network to beam the grid-

casts, with possibility of 400 sta-

tions taking the series. National

sponsor is being sought.Idea of a WMGM grid web for

the Saturday Army games parallels

the Loew’s-owned indie’s networkfor the New York Giants pro foot-

ball broadcasts on Sunday after-

noons. sponsored by Miller’s Beer.

Ballcasts are fed for Miller to the

Yankee network, plus New Yorkstate and Pennsylvania outlets, andmay be extended to the south andsoutheast.

New A&A BlastCommittee for the Negro in

the Arts this week blastedCBS-TV’s “Amos n’ Andy”show as representing a “fla-

grant revival of stereotypes”and said that the series is “instrong contradiction to the ef-

forts for more democratic par-ticipation by Negroes in all

phases of American life.”

Claiming that “hundreds ofthousands of dollars have beenspent (oh AAA) to insult theNegro people for 30 minutesonce a week,” the committeedeclared in a prepared state-

ment:“What is needed is a repre-

sentative presentation of Ne-gro life, written by Negro writ-

ers preferably, many of whomhave such material available,

and fuller use of Negroes in

all aspects of radio and TV ona dignified level of merit andequality. All democratic-mind-ed citizens should make knowntheir objections to this pro-

gram and urge its withdrawal.”

Blatz’s Goodwill

Bid inA&A Snarl

Backfires in ChiChicago, Aug. 7.

Attempt by the Blatz Brewing

Co. to better its relations with the

Negro community as a result of

the stereotype charges leveled at

the video version of “Amos *n’

Andy" which it bankrolls on CBS,backfired here over the weekend.With considerable fanfare. Blatzand CBS brought in three of theNegro principles of the all-colorod

TV show to take part Saturday (4)

in the annual Bud Billiken dayparade sponsored by the ChicagoDefender, Negro newspaper.However. Tim Moore, Spencer

Williams and Alvin Childress whoplay The Kingfish, Andy and Amos,respectively, failed to appear in

the parade. Official reason givenby a Defender spokesman was that

Childress “had taken violently ill

Friday night and the appearanceof the other two actors would havebeen no good without the third.”

Actual reason. Vasicty learned,was that Walter White. NAACPnational topper, burned up thetelephone wires from New YorkFriday night protesting to the De-fender publisher, John Sengstacke.White reiterated the NAACP’*opposition to the video show in nouncertain terms and Sengstackereportedly “requested" that thetrio not take part in the Billiken

festivities.

Washington, Aug. 7.

National Labor Relations Boardtoday (Tues.) heard oral argumenton the question of whether Tele-

vision Authority or the screen

unions should have jurisdiction for

actors making vidpix for the net-

works.

Case stems from CBg-TV’a“Amos ’n’ Andy” show, over whichTVA feels it should have control(since it wa« made for a networkwith which it has a contract) whiloScreen Actors Guild and ScreenExtras Guild want control becauseit is on film.

TVA filed a petition in NewYork saying that all talent em-ployed by the nets should comewithin its unit. Screen guilds,how^yer, feel there should be aseparate unit for talent makingvidpic for the webs.

NLRB won’t announce its de-cision for some time. However, its

memo on what it regards as theissues asks the questions: (1) doesthe board direct an industrywideelection for all talent, as TVAwishes? and (2) do actors engagedin makingmotlon pictures for TVnetworks destined for initial tele-vision release appropriately belongwith the other actors engaged inlive TV?

Election, when it takes place, willinvolve.all the video ntworks, ABC-TV, DuMont and NBC-TV, CBS-TV,N. Y. Screen guilds want thosevoting in a separate vidpic unit toinclude performers who have hadat least two days employment inthe nine months preceding theelection. TVA, although objectingto a separate unit for vidpic talent,wants eligibility restricted, if aseparate unit it decided upon, toperformers who did st least twodays work between Jan. 3 andApril 3.

Taking part in the argumentwere Paul P. Pryor, TVA attorney;Robert W. Gilbert, SEG attorney;and William Berger. SAG attorney.Three of the five NLRB members—John M. Houston, James J.

Reynolds and Abe Murdock—werepresent. Hearing departed fromthe usual procedure in that theoriginal hearing examiner’s recom-mendations were not made publicand further oral argument washeard.

Ralston Lured

Back Into RadioChicago. Aug. 7.

Additional evidence that the ra-

dio network sales folk havelaunched a determined counterat-tack was supplied by ABC last

week who succeeded in luringRalston-Purina back into the foldafter a year's layoff. Cereal com-pany boards ABC Oct. 6 for a full

Fracas left the Blatz and CBS I web Saturday morning half-hour,

people in something of a quandary R.p will put “Space Patrol

I

Hollywood originating moppetscience fiction package, in the 9:30to 10 a m. (CST) period

Sale, engineered by Chi ABC-

( Continued on page 40)

Coke to Sponsor NBC

Junior Baseball HooplaMorton Downey and a flock of

major league ballplayers and,

. .. . .

I

sports announcers will salute the| that ttm# P^rM | otitfit rirnnn*ri th#»

25th anniversary of the American

AM topper Ed Smith and saleschief Bob McKee, has more thanusual import since Ralston checkedoff network radio a year ago toconcentrate on regional spot AM

— — - v V* . m ^ vw • a ^ m m m mm

^ American public throughj

bouts are on ABC. Agency isr»dio.” tMnxoq

Cftpehart’* MBS BuyCapehart Farnsworth, a subsidi-

ary of International Telephone It

Telegraph Co., has bought a 15-

mtnute news commentary with

Fred Van Deventer. It will be aired

Sundays at 1 p.m. on Mutual, start-

ing Aug. 19.

Agency it J. M. Mathes.

Legion's junior baseball programin a half-hour stanza tomorrow (9)

over NBC at 8 p m. The atrer will

be transcribed.The ballplayers, who will be in-

that time cereal outfit dropped theTom Mix and “Checkerboard Jam-boree” shows on Mutual. TheMix strip had been bankrolled byRalston on Mutual and previouslyNBC since 1933.

Another clue to Ralston’s andterviewed by Mel Allen, Connie

|

Gardner's, its agency, thinking re-

Desmond. Curt Gowdy and JimmyDudley, Include Pee Wee Reese,

Preacher Roe and Gil Hodges of

the Brooklyn Dodgers; Yogi Berra

sards AM versus TV, is that theyare cancelling their weekly spon-sorship of ABC-TV’s “Pet Parade”to pick up same web'a tele version

and Gerry Coleman of the N. Y. of “Space Patrol" but only on anYankees; Ted Williams, Dom Di- alternate week basis. -

Magglo and Clyde Vollmer of the I Kine version of “Patrol” gops in

Boston Red Sox and Bobby Feller Sundays at 3:30 to 4 p.m. (CST)of the. Cleveland Indians. Coca- Sept. 9. immediately precedingCola will foot the MU. I ABC's top rated “Super Circus.”

KAMO-TBLKYISIOX PUSHETf W«daMday, Aaffut S, 1951

NBC Brass London-Bound to Prep

Return of TaDu Via ‘Big Show’Tallulah Bankhead, who was the

f

toast of London back in the ‘30’s

when she scored In a succession of

legit clicks, makes a triumphantre-entry next month, this time as

femcee of the NBC ‘ Big Show."The 90-minute Sunday evening

musical extravaganza tees offT the*51 -'52 season with two Londonoriginations on Sept. 30 and Oct.

7. The brace of broadcasts to be

beard in this country will be tape-

recorded a Meek in advance, withthe entire cast doing in-personshow's at the Palladium on

WNJR ‘ON ALERT’ WITH

TEACE IN KOREA' DISKWNJR. 5 kw outlet of the Newf -

ark (N. J.) News, has wrapped upa half-hour disk on "Peace in Ko-rea,” to be beamed when and if a

cease-fire becomes official.

Show offers expert and man-in-the-stieet opinions about chancesof a lasting peace in Korea and in-

the! eludes comments from Leonarddates that the shows will be heardon the air here. 'Initially it wasplanned to also do a Paris origina-

tion. but latter plan has now beendiscarded in favor of two Londonperformances > %

Flock of NBC brass shoves off

by air inis weekend as the advanceguard to set up preliminary de-

tails. These include network prexyJoseph H. McConnell; Dee Engle-bach, director-producer of the"Big S low"; Charles H. ' Bud >

Barry, radio programming veepee.and RMt Rrrw»k« veepee in chargeof public relations. Week or solater Miss Bankhead, along withMeredith Willson, musical dirgptorand conductor on the show, andt lie writers, topped by GoodmanAce. join them to start actual pro-

duction work.Its likely that one of the major

NBC comics who rotated on theshow last season— possibly GrouchoMarx or Fred Allen—will also fly

over for the London originations.

Otherwise, the talent will be re-

cruited from the ranks of Londonshow biz. McConnell. Barry andBrooks will be gone from 10 daysto two weeks, with Englebach re-

maining on through the Oct. 7Palladium date.

"Big Show" has already snareda half-hour sponsor for next season,with Reynolds Metal, manufacturerof aluminum products, picking upthe tab for the first 30 minutes(6:30 to 7 p.m.L Buchanan agencyset the deal. Web is currentlynegotiating for sale of the secondhalf-hour, with the third reservedfor integration into the NBC“Operation Tandem” sales pattern.

Dreyfuss. N. J. state director ofcivil defense; William Hethering-ton, Newark News correspondentin Korea; an AAF pilot, parentsof wounded and dead Korean vets,

etc. Disk is being kept up to datew ith addition of other ’timely mate-a»J •* 1a iui.

Voice of America recently pickedup WNJR’s broadcast qf ceremo-nies when "Jersey Joe" Walcottreceived the key to Newark, forbeaming overseas. Special events-minded indie recently scored an ex-clusive in the metropolitan areawith its coverage of the Senatecrime probe in Atlantic City, andits coverage of the Port Newarkfire-blast was fed to WNYC, N. Y.,and WFPG. Atlantic City.

Twin Cities Transit

Embraces Radio, TV

JOHNNY ANDREWSAppearing on "Song at Twilight"

Monday thru Friday, 7:30 to 7:45

1*M NBC-TV.Third year "Easy Poea It" Mon-

day thru Fr^'ny; 2 :"»i to 2:30 PM.WNBT.

Exclusive ManagementDOUG STORER

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Color TV Slated

For IRE Discussion

Television Chatter

Washington. Aug. 7.

New developments in color tele-

vision will have an important placeon the agenda when the nat a

To fftlirt Pllhlir Favor ,eadin* electronic engineers gat..*rIV VtIU I I I UUUL idvUI

1 in th„ fall for thpir annilfl i

Minneapolis. Aug. 7.

Twin Cities Lines, which oper-ates the Minneapolis and St. Paulstreetcars and buses, is using radioand TV on a big scale to increaseits traffic, improve its public re-lations and prepare the public foranother boost in fares which arenow 15c. It’s the first time thetransit company has used anything Smith. Philco veepee in chargempf

in the fall for their annual meet-ing. The occasion will be the joint

meetings Oct. 29-31 In Toronto,Canada, of the Institute of RadioEngineers and the Engineering De-partment of the Radio-TelevisionManufacturers Assn.A symposium on color will take

up the morning session of the sec-ond day's meeting, with David B.

File For Portland,

Bangor TV Outletsa

Bangor. Aug. 7.

Television stations will be con-structed in Portland and Bangoraccording to plans filed today withthe FCC.

Murray Carpenter, treasurer andgeneral manager of the companywhich owns radio station WfABI in

Bangor, announced yesterday thathis company is applying to the FCCfor two television stations. Onestation would operate on channel6 in Portland and the other wouldoccupy channel 5 In Bangor. Car-penter said that both applicationswill he filed with the FCC in Wash-ington Tuesday morning.The two television stations will

cost more than $300,000 to con-atruci, according to Carpenter.The proposed television stations

will be owned and operated byCommunity Broadcasting Service,the same company which owns andoperates WABI in Bangor. WABlwas the first commercial radio sta-tion in Maine, having been oper-ated in Bangor for 26 years. Thecompany is jointly owned by Car-penter and ex-Govemor HoraceHildreth.

hut newspaper advertising.Radio spot announcements urge

the public to use streetcars andbuses instead of their own autosfor transportation because theyare more economical, enable peo-ple to avoid jangled nerves suf-fered by motorists because oftraffic congestion and eliminateparking troubles and costs.Amount of money the rider can

research and engineering, presid-ing. Philco recently received FCCauthorization to test the "whitebrightness” system developed bythe National • Television SystemsCommittee over its PhiladelphiaTV station. WPTZ. K’s expectedthat the NTSC system will come in

for considerable discussion at thissymposium.

Color television will also havesave has been figured out and is a part of the afternoon session ofemphasized in the announcements, the third day’s meeting which is

The company's need for more devoted to TV receiver develop-revenue also is subtly suggested

1 ments. Robert Dressier of thefrom time to time on the radio as Chromatic Television laboratories,is its desire to serve the public in i in which Paramount Pictures. Inc.,the best possible manner. One ! owns a substantial interest, wili re-point made. too. fs that streetcarand bus riders have the chance to"catch up on their reading.”Company recently went on TV.

too. sponsoring the WTCN-TV

port on the "Chromation” tri-colortube, sometimes known as theI*awrence tube.Developments in UHF will take

up a part of the esssions, with retelevising of one of the big Aqua-

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ports by RCA and DuMont engi-tennial summer festival parades.

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neers on converters to enable pres-During televising, some of com-pany's directors, substantial TwinCities professional and businesspeople, were introduced while thecommercials plugged the allegedsavings and other advantages ofstreetcar and bus riding.Company’s public relations have

been at low ebb because of its

continued demands for fare in-creases and because a fight forcontrol led to a state investigationwhich brought out the fact thatsome underworld characters hadbought into the company heavily.

WPTR Trims OwF Shift

ent sets to tune in new UHF sta-tions.

Tyramid Plan’ Pyramids

Into ABC Fall LineupClorettes, which bought partici-

pations for the summer on threeshows as part of ABC's "PyramidPlan." is continuing at leastthrough September and is expand-ing the present lineup of stations.Bankroller is using "Fat Man.”"The Sheriff" and "Stop the Mu-aic.”

On these shows and on theDrew Pearson show, which CarterProducts is partly sponsoring. ABCIs permitting the local affiliates notbought by the bankroller to Insertlocal or national spots on a cut-inco-op basis.' Stations pay a talentfee amounting to 2% of their high-est evening network hourly rate.

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‘Voice of Democracy’

Radio Contest Lines Up

Top Names As JudgesWashington. Aug. 7.

Radio Industry’s "Voice of De-mocracy” contests, now In its fifthyear. Is hitting the big leagues asa public relations project. Reflect-ing increased popularity of theannual high school competition, thecontest has obtained for its 1951

Albany N Y Am? 7 lJudges such personages as Sen.

WPTR ha. moth-balled^ 24lhour S 'nit.

h * J * Woperation for the second time In I...^ i!!’ V?nden

‘

two years. The 50.000-watter re- {£££•,

pre*,de£j

Philip Murray,turned to a 1 a. m. closing Sunday LCC „,

h r„an ^*ync C

,

oy ind‘51, after running round the clock

•v* rs - Mlram Houghton, president of

for six months. Bill Bennett’s Night £'<‘neral Federation of Women's

Owl show is now on the air for 90L

Jl,?* ... .minutes instead of six and a half

' n^ers named judges are Joseph-

hours. Morgan Ryan, former ABC ,•( ha P l,n * president of the Na-

executive and new WPTR man-' 1°,,

A*»n. of Secondary Schoolager. ordered the change.

Principals: Seymour N. Siegel,

The expected big late-evening ,

*!lf ^,a,lori> l Assn, of Edu-audience, due to war production

j

l

D*tional Broadcasters; the Right

work, apparently did not material- *7?;.A"*u* Dun - BUh°P* Diocese

New YorkJack Raymond, formerly with

Goodman Ace, now writing the

Sammy Kayo stanza on CBS-TV . .

.

Steve Previn signed to direct ‘‘Fly-

ing Tigers” on DuMont . . Claudia

Pinza guests on Steve Allen’s CBS-TV show tonight (Wed.). . Kathl

Norris flew to Paris with producer

Baba Donlger on Friday <3) to kickoff her “shop the world" feature.Hubby Wilbur Stark and Carl Car-uso are doing the WNBT stanzathrough Aug. 15. ; .

.

Peggy McCay set for the femmelead on CBS’ "Crime Photogra-pher” k tomorrow night »Thurs.). . . Buddy Rogers, just back froma European vacation, guest-em-cees on NBC’s "Break the Bank”tonight 'Wed.) and has been set

for six shows on a once-monthlybasis on "Duquesne Showtime"starting Sept. 20. snow originate,from WDTV. Pittsburgh . , ,

Worthington Miner drew the pro-ducing assignment from CBS forthe upcoming “An Affair of State.”which is to be aired in co-op withthe State Dept. . . . FranklinSrhaffner. producer last year of"Ford Theatre” for Kenyon Sc

Eckhardt, back to CBS on a term

?act now that Ford has cancelled.le'll alternate as director with

Paul Nfckell on "Studio One” . . .

Kevin O’Morrtson pacted as thelead on NBC’s "Philco Playhouse"Sunday (12) . . . Mllllcent Browerinto ABC's "Theatre of Romance”Saturday (11> . . . John Rich, NBC-TV production staffer, guest-lec-tured *' the U. of Michigan’s TVTechnio 1 clast of the U. ofMichigan, his alma mater, and alsoguested as director on the SpeechDept.’s radio show, "Angell HallPlayhouse" . . . Max Llebman. pro-ducer-director of NBC's "Show ofShows,” returned from his Euro-pean vacation over the weekendwith his wife. He’ll start prepara-tory work this week for the show’sresumption Sept. 8 . . . BarbaraDeMott resigning from the Ken-yon & Eckhardt publicity staff, ef-

fective Sept. 1 . . . Don Blauhut,formerly assistant radio-TV chiefof the Peck agency, upped to headof the department . . . Felix Jack-son named exec producer of thenew "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars,”which preems Oct. 5 via CBS . . .

Richard Hodgson, prez of Para-mount’s Chromatic TV l,abs andPar’s TV development chief,

named a consultant on researchand development to Air Forcechief of staff Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden-berg . . . Robert Q. Lewis subbingfor panelist Hal Block on GBS"What’s My Line?” Sunday '12)

. . . United TV Programs movinginto new and larger quarters at

270 Park Ave. to accommodate, anexpanded staff . . . E. Jonny Graff,national sales chief of SnaderProductions, to Atlanta to open aregional office before heading for

the Coast . . . Wallace A. Rosa,publisher of Ross Repods on TV,to Hollywood over the weekend toopen a Coast office . . . JamesMelton leased 2,000 square feet of

office space at the Henry HudsonHotel for production offices for

his Ford video show »NBC» . . .

Hank Leeds, formerly with Blalne-Thompson and CBS. joined theEarl S. Peed talent office as radio-

TV chief.

ize. of Washington; and Mis* Jan Gela-ter. winner of the 1947- “Voice”contest.

Last year the contest attracted2.300,000 students as compared

vB lock’s Tag the Gag’Hal _B)ock w ill emcee a new —„ „ vv ,

comedy quiz program for NBC-TV, with 37.000 in Its first year.Tag the Gag” The contest Is sponsored by theShow will have four comics on NARTB, the Radio-Televison Man-

the panel, which is being lined lip ufacturers Assn, and the U. S.hAW by Block, and will include Junior Chamber of Commerce.Morey Amsterdam and Jack Robert K. Richards. NARTB publicLeonard, ft ren'aces "Cameo The- affairs director, is chairman of theatre" on Monday.

i national "Voice” committee.c i ? 1 1 i

%

I•

• i ;• r‘3t.

«

ping into video with a spot cam-paign, through the Earle Ludgimagency . . . Cedargreen FrozenFoods and Beltone Hearing Aidjoin the participatioii lineup onWBKB’s "Fun and Features” . . .

Dr. Herman Bundeten, Chi Boardof Health topper, gets the cross-examination treatment tonight(Wed.) on WGN-TV’a "Press Ccference.”

.on-

HollywoodCliff Selkirk named associate

producer of Royal Five Produc-tions, which has 52 "The CalicoKid” oaters skedded for an earlystart at Mesa. Ariz. ... . GeorgeZuekerman is penning FrankWlsbar'a next teleplay, "Next TimeGo By Train” ... Allan Jonesinked for five more Snader Tele-scriptions . . . KTLA’s Spade Cooleytops July ratings in Pulse surveyof L. A. video tastes, only show toup rating from June . . . BruceCabot and Kristine Miller toplineRevue Productions’ "Driven Snow”telcpic. while Rath Warrick headscast of RC’s "Return to Vienna.". . . Courneya Productions shootingbackground footage on series of 26cpnrt« ion telepix. Jerry Cour-neya in charge . . . Dick Avondeexec veepee and associate producerof Wes Beeman Productions, whichrolls series of telepix oaters atGoldw^n studios this month. MiltSwift toplining . . . Ken Barton newproduction head for Leo Carrillo'sDude Ranch on KLAC-TV . ; ,

United Televiaion Programs salestopper Frank Evans visiting ac-

counts in Frisco, Portland andSeattle . . : Cast of Bracken Pro-ductions’ "Willie Wonderful” TVpuppet series taped sound trackof first 20 episodes at UniversalRecorders . . . “So This Is Life” is

tag of new series of five-minutevideo series planned by JerrySchnitzer, Bernard Luber and Rob-ert Maxwell , . KLAC-TV’s JoeGraydon on tw o-week vacation, w ith

Bob MeLaughlln subbing on his

cross-the-board show . . . Moe Ker-man. prexy of Regal Television,N. Y. video distributor company, in

town on a vacation . . . TennesseeErnie returns to “Hometown Jam-boree” on KLAC-TV following amonth on NBC’s "Grand OleOpry,” out of Nashville . . . RupertHughes will appear in prolog ofTrans-World’s telepix based on his

yarns. First on agenda is "TheLady Who Smoked Cigars’* . . .

Rene Williams’ sales chief, WalterKlinger, to Gotham to show telepixto ad agencies. Whitney Ells-

worth, editor of National ComicsPublications, back to N. Y. afterconfabs here with producers of"Superman” series, being bank-rolled by NCP, for release to videoin a few months.

ChicagoPresent tele set circulation here

is 937,965 according to the latest

Electric Assn, figures. TV sales

during June totalled 7.556 . . .

DuMont's word game, "Down YouGo,” originating from WGN-TVThursday nighta, will tele debut acouple of big-name authors. Nel-nen Algren guests this week andJames Jonea comes in next week. . . Eddie Peahpdy is plunking his

banjo in a cycle of vidpix pro-duced in Cleveland by the Sol Hel-ler Co. . . . Standard Oil’s "ShortStory Playhouse,” beamed Thurs-day nights on the midwest NBC-TVnet, this week it using an originalyarn scripted by Doug Johnson,who also writes same web's"Hawkihs Falls” ... Bob Elaon is

converting his AM package "BobElson, On the Century*' into atelepix series. First thirteen weekstrip has been sprocketed at Acad-emy Films . . . N. W. Ayer flackWauhtllau La Hay in town hustling

!publicity of agency’s "Hawkins

!Falls.” daytimar on NBC-TV . . .

Television Operations super JamesValentine has ankled ABC’s Chisection to join the Federal Tele-communication I<abpratories asSouth American rep . . . LackeyNorth filling In for Betty Whitneywhile she vacation* WRKB't"Tel-A-Shopper” strtp . . . EkeoProducts, kitchen equipment^ dip;

CBS Sets della Cioppa

To Guide Net’s TV

Programs On CoastHollywood, Aug. 7.

Guy della Cioppa, onetime as-

sistant to CBS board chairman,

William S. Paley. last week was

named director of network pro-

grams for CBS in Hollywood by

Harry Ackerman, v.p. and programchief. Since coming to the Coast

two years ago, della Cioppa hasbeen associate director underAckerman, which association con-tinues.

During the last war della Cioppaserved with Paley in the psycholog-ical warfare division and won the

Bronze Star and Cross of Lorrainefor having set up the first radio

station after France’s liberation.

Pooches Primp for TVMinneapolis, Aug. 7.

A "Pooch Parade” is now one of

the features of Jimmy Valentine’s"Junior Jamboree,” TV showaimed at youngsters, over £STP-TV daily at 5 p.m. Youngsters en-

ter their dogs and there are prizes

for the best looking ranlnes in

their classes, making the show vir-

tually a pooch beauty contest

Evidence of show's substantial

audience Is found by KSTP-TV in

the fact that when Valentine an*

nounced one of the contestants

had nine other puppies like his one

tn the parade and wanted to give

them away, the youngster’s parents

received more than 300 telephone

calls during the evening from pros*

pectlve gift recipients. •,

.

M: VON! till t* 1

High As a KITESan Antonio. Aug. 7.

KITE, l.OOO-watt indie, daytime only, ia buying time on

WOAI-TV and JKYL, local TV outlets to advertise itself and its

wares. KITS*# using 20 and 00-second spots which are takeoffs

on the current overdose of testimonials to promote products over

radio and TV.After showing doseups of both doctors and tobacco planters

who deny they ever recommended KITE for anything, KITE’S TVspots proclaim: “Yes, it’s true. Less doctors recommend KITEthan any other radio station. But most of their patients in SanAntonio find that KITE’S “good music” all day Is very soothing

to their nerves. Tune to KITE’S good music tomorrow morning.’’

Another KITE promotional spot for TV goes like this:

‘it’s absolutely true that all surveys show less tobacco planters

recommend KITE than any other radio station, but most tobacco

smokers in the San Antonio trade territory depend on KITE'Sheadlines every hour on the hour for complete news, with 15-

niinute editions, etc.’’

Both WOAI-TV and KEYL accepted KITE’S copy only with theunderstanding it plug daytime operation, when TV stations are

not competing for the broadcast audience.Charles Balthrope, owner and manager of KITE, and Hugh Halff,

of Southland Industries, operators of WOAI-TV, issued a joint

statement: “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.”WOAI-TV recently bought the signoff spot, at local sunset, on

KITE to plug its evening TV shows.

ACLU Mulls Pa-Vs.-TV Implications

Of ABC-UPT Merger; Fly Dissents

American Civil Liberties UnionIs considering projecting itself in-

to the discussion of ABC's mergerwith United Paramount Theatres.

A sub-committee of the ACLUradio committee has drafted a

WLAN Anni HooplaLancaster, Pa., Aug. 7.

Towers Sets Priestley,

Orson Welles Series

Towers of London has inkedJ. B. Priestley for 26 quarter-hourprograms being sponsored byBovril over Radio Luxembourg.Richard Attenborough is also un-der a Towers contract and is tap-ing a new series, “A Date withDiekie,” which is to be aired five

nights a week over Luxembourg,with guest stars featured.Another Luxembourg show be-

ing handled by Towers is “MovieMagazine.’’ which is introduced byWilfred Thomas.

Ini Standard Oil

Sets Grid SplurgeChicago, Aug. 7.

Standard {)il of Indiana, one of

the midwest s heaviest users of

spot radio, is set for its annual AMfootball splurge. A schedule of

63 college games on eight stations

has been readied for a tfeoff next

month throughout Standard’s dis-

tribution area.

Oil concern is also dickering

with George Halas, owner of the

Chicago Bears pro grid team, forSunday airings. Standard has bank-rolled the Bears broadcasts via

Iowa,E B’casters Warn Against

Encroachments on Tree Speech’

Cosmetic Firm’s 2-Year

Deal on Freddy MartinWith NBC-TV’s Wednesday night

at 10:30 slot opening up this weekvia Armour's cancellation of “Gar-roway at Large,” Hazel Bishop Lip-stick is moving in with the “FreddyMartin Show." Latter program hasbeen bankrolled by the cosmeticfirm this summer on a test basisin the Thursday night at 10 period,to which “Martin Kane, PrivateEye.” returns this month.While the deal was signed for

two years, it's expected that Bret-ton Watch Bands may move Intothe Martin show as an alternateweek sponsor with Hazel Bishop.Raymond Spector agency handlesboth accounts.

Hazel Bishop lipstick has alsobeen inked by ABC for a five-minute radio show, cross-the-board. bringing the web about$600,000 annually in gross billings.Alrer, still to be selected but withs musical entry moat likely, willgo into the 8:59 a.m. slot, in frontof Don McNeill’s “Breakfast Club.”

KLAC-TTs 300GWLAN here flies out a group of WIND and a midwest individualrartin rr»m

m

I r t hit draft a iui«wo»v muniuuni

inter to the FCC urrlne a “full timebuyers from New York City on station hookup for the past four p If IT IVinvestigation of.Uther.ml flea

Thu^d.r <•> to helpFr.^HAU. yean and i, expected to .fain l«ArI 0D Namfi rlX

lions" of the merger and asking do*T*«?* AB£ outlet mark its fifth latch onto the AM right* I VI I V|» 11CUIIC 1 IAtions” of the mertfer and askins? doerffer’s ABC outlet mark Its fifth litch onto the AM rights.

r . voice in the hearings #nnl - Fcte wiU include *olf at the Th« regular-season football line-

Jimes L Flv a former FCC Lancaster Country Club, visits to up includes: U of Colorado, KOA,commissioner who Is on the ACLU thc home Planta of Hamilton Denver; U of Iowa, WHO. Des

subcommittee strongly dissented Watch » Armstrong Cork and RCA Moines; U of Minnesota, WCCO,from the draft letter Thomas Tub* Division. Minneapolis; U * of Nebraska.orau leuer. i nomas

KFAB, Omaha, and KOLT, Scotts-bluff; Wichita U. KFH, Wichita; Uof Wisconsin, WTMJ, Milwaukee,and U of Michigan. WJR, Detroit.Latter station will also carry theMichigan State-Notre Dame and Uof Detroit-Notre Dame games.

Project is handled by McCann*Erickson agency.

from the draft letter. Thomas Tube Division

Carskadon, chairman of the com- _mittee. has referred the issue to

th» full committee. If I I flu CACLU letter, as It now stands. u

doesn’t take an outright position âgainst the merger. On one hand. I) Iit declares, the Supreme Court de- pafT 1cision in the Paramount Theatres * ttVE 1

case would tend to indicate thatthe merger should be disapproved.On the other hand. It reasons,, the Radio-Telev

RTDG’s Initial Chi

Pact With WBKBthe merger should be disapproved. Chicago, Aug. 7.

On the other hand. It reasons,.the Radio-Television Directors Guild y/ia a nr /merger in the short run would reached agreement on Monday (6) NLA A. WCSUllPDOUSPstrengthen ABC-TV and would with indie WBKB for its first pact __ .

mean “additional competition and with a Chicago television station. Mppf an Lrifl TV 1110*diversification for the near future Negotiations continue with WNBQ v Ul ut least.” (NBC) and WENR-TV (ABC), with RnvnnlfU AlMlAintAiiPresent ACLU letter, which may inking expected shortly. ACjDOluS AppOlDiCU

I”*

^"’^r revised or changed, asks WBKB pget, subject to approval National Collegiate Athletic

ire

.

Si

e <luest*0n*. among others: 0f rtdG and Balsban and Katz Assn.’s plans for televising collegeill the merger set a precedent (WBKB owner) boards, sets dlrec- football games this fall moved a

or other incrgers of webs and tor and floor managers’ base wage step nearer completion at a meettheatre chains that will not stim- at 995 weekly. Directors' weekly of NCAA reps in N. Y. yesterday

a3 e COI

J'Petiti®n

. J*ther!L£ con * take will also include commercial (Tues.) with officials of Westing-

< of interest between TV andshow fees, which under new con- house, which will sponsor the com-

in tv°t!li

t mer*era,fesul

1

t tract are not subject to recapture plete 10-week package, and its

£Jr* *

PIrft*ram#

,P ling being Mcri- by the station. Last week’s RTDG agency, Ketchum, MacLeod &ff tv ° £fl£

J

h* p!t

b 0 ’ Wh* national board meeting took a firm Grove.

nwaihnii.* ,

n,

ormii stand against any recapture or Simultaneously, the NCAA named

n i . .°* e

?e ^-

~ n ^tures.“jtici^back” clauses In future pacts. Red Reynolds, formerly associated

I"!?., a!*. A1? on# of RTDG bargaining was handled with CBS radio sales, as its TVP

\ rr TT arf^f. .. .V by RTDG local prexy, Alan Fish- program director. It will be his

In? *

§' co.

ncer”* burn, and union attorney Sanford job to work with Westinghouse andI"*

b!«crIP *on tele: if networks Wolff the agency in lining up ^ .ched-

T lh t£5*tricli

,

di

c5ai]ls

‘ ule of games to be televised. Un-‘

.

TV,

0WVv? sacrificed for AAr>imM nvilTS'TAkl der the NCAA moratorium plan.{M^-as-y oujSco TV On the other COBURN'BYINGTON not more than one game is to -be

of*n *ncreased ch*nce An. . televised in each area per Satur-

i JeâVcK KT RIGHTS TO COWAN and there wiu be total tv*

by fiv1?* the 1)1,1)110 Aiunij tv wniuiblackouts on three of the 10 satur-

p; 1 1 unities to see items a com- I,ouig G. Cowan this week ac- days during the season.

co,:£a ’ ,P^r

, T°U12 k

F Quir«d all rights to the new Charles No decision has been made yet

senotinn «r.aaai

Cobuin-Spring Byington telefilm as to which network will get the

rhann*/1

M*iUae

?i0n

#kX St *erlc* °Y half-hour situation come- games. As soon as the web is se-

lu of DroaVlm. <**«• titleri "Bed and Board." which lected. WeaUnghouw and its

Vi..other- tTe being made on the Coast by agency will deal directly with the

g on the air. Morris Wein. In addition the schools Involved In lining up their

i«r* Cowan office will supervise pro- schedule.

WLBS Technicians** "rt" “a *“

lre.Tiiir

'

mrmPI.* V ..Lsatil D„ Acquisition of the series marks AT1VA. LAIlU" VfUnlflLiaim LOCKOUl DV Cowan’s initial entry into the TV fpairii im nriniUP p inrr. r.- D: r film market, the packager until 1 AKt UP WAKING lAjtLx-GOT. Rivers Group "°* hl* •C“v'“e* American Federation of Radio

Birmingham, Aug. 7. DealP[?*;tured L Cobum with ArtUts and Lang-Worth Transcript

i-ocal 253, International Brother- w#in #or hi« exclusive services isHons, having amicably settled

hoodof Electrical Workers. RadioSignificant »d believed unprece- ‘h«,r b‘“«r »ixmonth-old strike

Technicians, has asked the NLRB drnt<sd j n the TV-nix comoetitive last week - are now Hîng to patchto hear their charges that they sweepstakes Henceforth ifa film UP their differences on the <Fred>"ere locked out of WLBS two MTOsny tod?2^tehlW with w»rln« Enterprl«s case

,r°UPw°i5t?

>r,,5 CobSrn

y|, win h.£ to S'et a green- w»rln* di,put* centered on

Dujhinessmen took over WKAX and frAm wî nchanged the caU letter* with FCC f W

*

•Pproval. • • _ " ^

WLBS TechuiciaiisAFRA, LANG-WORTH

TAKE UP WARING CASEAmerican Federation of Radio

waring Enterprises case.

Waring dispute centered onAFRA’a allegations that L-W hadtaken tunes tvaxed by Warfflg for

•FpniTii.j # A.*

1 it rat Its library service and integrated

.The radio technicians, who have fnrnp FYlU R^fllA fllirV them with Introductions by Waring

been picketing the new daytime ^lucu nau,u 1/IUW into what the union termed “open-station for two weeks, charged that Cincinnati, Aug. 7. end transcriptions.” which requirethe new owners, a group headed gy Syd Cornell, commercial produc- a higher rate of pay than library

Rivers, former governor of Hon manager of WKRC-TV, Is service work.Georgia, Is violating the Taft- winding up 11 years’ affiliation In the strike settlement, AFRAHartley Law. They claim that the with Radio Cincinnati, which also has withdrawn its pickets, removedlour engineers who had a contract operates AM and FM stations, this the “unfair" listing of the waxeryVl( h the WKAX management are week to join Rollman, Cary Sc Rlt- and dropped its case before thestill under terms of the unexpired teahouse, Cincy ad agency, as vice National Labor Relations Board,contract. They say that the con- president. L-W has signed the union's trafls-"act

. to run one year from March He was a scripter for Crosley's scription code and U dropping its

wl, was part of the stle. WLW for two years before start- appeals on suits against AFRA. De-This station is Liberty’s first full ing with WKRC as announcer and tails are being worked out by the

tune outlet In this city. (cdnUduity writer. J attorneys.

HoU>wood, Aug. 7.

In what is believed to be thelargest single station film, deal in

the television industry, KLAC-TVpaid Quality Films $302,600 for ex-

clusive rights to 52 feature films

for one year. Deal was concludedbetween station’s general manager.Don Fedderson, and Quality prexyCharles Weintraub.Some of the plx were obtained

from indie producers, some fromChemical Bank and Trust Co., andsome from Standard Capital, whoseboard chairman, Nate Wallach, nowis in partnership with Weintraub.

In the package are “The Moonand Sixpence,” ‘Tomorrow theWorld.” “So Ends Our Night,”“And Then There Were None,”“Angel On My Shoulder,” “ThePowers Girl,” Texas, Brooklyn andHeaven,” ‘The Crooked Way,”“Inner Sanctum,” “BUI and Coo,”“Babes in Toyland,” “Girl fromManhattan^’ and “Linda Be Good.”

Star names in the package dealinclude Cmtidette Colbert, GlennFord. Freoric March, Diana Lynn.Dennis Day, George Murphy, BettyField, Zachary Scott, George San-ders, Barry Fitzgerald, Paul Muni.Claude Rains. Anne Baxter, Doro-thy Lamour, Marie Wilson, Joe E.

Brown, Jane Powell, John Payneand Walter Huston.

FAIRBANKS, COODHEART

ELECTED TO OF BOARDIke Levy, board chairman of

Official Films, just back from Eu-rope, commuted from his Philadel-phia home to Jersey City for theboard meeting of the companylast Friday Thursday (2). It was de-

cided to merge the A and B issues

into one stock issue.

Jerry Fairbanks, whose Holly-wood vidpic studio was recentlypurchased by OF, was elected tothe board as was William H. Good-heart, Jr., executive veepee.Understood that the OF stock

may go on the N.Y. Curb Exchangelisting this faU.

Pearson’s Twin Cities

Setup on Tall Corn WebJohn E. Pearson, station rep out-

fit, opens a Minneapolls-St. Pauloffice around Oct. 1, when it takes

over the regional representation of

the Iowa Tall Corn Network. OnJan. 1 Pearson gets the web’s na-tional biz. currently handled byEverett McKinney.Heading up the Minneapolis of-

fice will be James D. Bowden, whojoins Pearson on Aug. 13. replacingTom Peterson, who recently re-

signed to go with CBS. Bowdenmost recently was with the LouisA. Smith agency.Pearson opened an office In

Dallas last month, headed by H. W.Maier, formerly with InternationalMilling Co.

> Des Moines, August 7.

A resolution disclaiming the

“right or power of any group to

bar

.

any broadcaster from thebroadcast of any public or semi-public entertainment or contest orhearing” has been adopted unan-imously by the Iowa Broad-casters’ Assn, in a meeting heldhere last week.The meeting attended by 42

men representing 32 Iowa stations.They pledged themselves to “resistthrough the courts and throughevery avenue open to us, the de-nial of the right of free speech.”

Discussion of the resolution re-ferred to the action of the secre-tary of the Iowa High Schoolathletic association in barring A1Couppee, KRNT sports director,from helping to telecast the 1951State high school track meet overWOI-TV, Ames, In May.The meeting elected William B.

Quarion. general manager. WMT,Cedar Rapids, president. EdwardBreen, general manager, KVFD,Fort Dodge, was named vice presi-dent and George Vnlger, generalmanager, KWPC, Muscatine, secre-tary-treasurer. The following fourdirectors were named: Owen Sadd-ler, . general manager, KMA,Shenandoah; Bob Dillon, generalmanager, KRNT, Des Moines; BenSanders, general manager. . KICD,Spencer; and W. W. Woods, as-sistant manager, WHO, Des Moines.

III. B’casters Also WarnedSt. Louis, August 7.

Possible encroachment by theGovernment on radio's freedomshould be closely watched accord-ing to Charles Shuman, prez ofthe Illinois Agriculture Assn., Chi-cago. at the midsummer meetinglast week of the Illinois Broad-casters' Assn., at Grafton, 111., nearhere. Shuman citing the harmfulaspects of state-controlled radio inEuropean countries, urged radiobroadcasters to be “unafraid of re-prisals.”

“Speak out for the American wayof free enterprise,” Shuman urgedhis listeners. More than 61 radioand tele stations were representedat the two-day session thomembersof which adopted resolutions in-cluding one opposing the reserva-tion of channels for future use oftax-supported school or universitystations, which the associationargues, are susceptible to “propa-ganda use” by governmentalagencies.

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Operations Linked

To New Nielsen TieRadio networks' interest in hypo-

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In April ABC was inked by Niel-sen for a similar deal, and has usedthe data in sales pitches and pro-motion presentations.The additional service provides

the webs with food and drug salesinformation, the consumer indexand other marketing data, whichcan be used in conjunction withthe Nielsen audience info to showAM’s Impact in moving goods.

Both ABC and MBS can get re-ports on sales of a product inhomes listening to a particularprogram, sales in the same homesbefore the program went on, salesIn non-listening homes, and so on.

It’s pointed out that the newemphasis on marketing as a salesweapon aims at telling the mediumas a medium, rather than networksscrapping among themselves. Alsoit stresses sales results rather thanstraight circulation figures.

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JELLO BUYS MORE TIMEChicago, Aug. 7.

The soldout tag goes back onABC’s “Breakfast Club” whenGeneral Foods ups its Jeilo rideon the early morning strip fromthree to five times weekly Oct. 1.-

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SURVIVALWith Richard Harkness, official* of

the Federal Civil Defense Ad-ministration •

Prodncers: Harold Aslne, AI LapinDirector: John MeKercherSO Mins.; Son., 4 p.m.SustainingNBC-TV, from WashInston

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the women take overWith John K. M. McCalferj, emcee;

Fannie Hurat, Jan Stnither, Mrs.

William Sporberg, VlrfUU Peter-

son. Edwin Lakes, Wayne Barker

Producer: Lorelie LewisDirector: Herman Llveright

SO Mins.; Fri., 11 p.m.PARTICIPATINGWJZ-TV, New York“Women Take Over*’ aims to serve

as a forum on which femme celebs

tackle controversial social issues

frankly, and it shows some promise

of achieving that goal. For the

kick-off stania Friday (3), airer had

an excellent panel in novelists Jan

Struther and Fannie Hurst; Mrs.

William Sporberg. American Fed-

eration of Women* Clubs observer

at the United Nations, and literary

critic Virgilia Peterson. They teed

off on a provocative subject. “Are

We Rearing a Generation of Neu-

rotics?” •

On hand to add some authorita-

tive data were Edwin Lukas, of the

Society for - the Prevention of

Crime, and Dr. Wayne Barker,

neuropsychiatrist.

The femmes were fairly unani-

mous on the point that Americahas a large dose of mental illness,

but were less in agreement on

causes of the situation. While the

discussion was interesting and gen-

erally well-informed, flow of con-

versation was disjointed, iargrly

due to moderator John K. M. Mc-Caffery’s failure to guide it suffi-

ciently.

McCaffery expressed the view

that the chairman’s role is “to fo-

ment trouble.” to brink out the

points of difference between the

participants. While argument maygenerate more interest, verbal fire-

works on superficial or irrelevant

issues merely creates confusion.

That’s particularly a problem whena half-dozen persons are giving

Clarity might be

With Lon McAllister. MartinBrandt, others

Producer: Mart AbramsDirector: Leonard ValentaWriter: Ted SturgeonMusic: Clark McClellan3* Mins.; FrL. 9:34 p.m.KREISLER WATCHBANDSABC-TV, from N. Y.

( Hirshon Garfield)As evidenced from the title, this

is a new dramatic series with a*

science fiction motif and. In viewof the new interest in scienti-fletion, it should gain and hold anaudience. Like all dramatic shows,of course, its success will depend

Working without benefit ofbudget or professional actors, theTV division of the Federal CivilDefense Administration has hadthe thankless Job of awakening acomplacent populace to the import-ance of preparing for atomic at-tack. It is a tough assignment,which would seem to justify amplefunds and facilities, but despite thehandicap the FCDA is doing a re-markable job with “Survival,”thanks to the energy and imagina-tion of Harold Azine, chief pro-ducer, and the cooperation of thehigh brass and various members ofthe staff who perform as actors,scene movers, set makers, andwhat have you.

Azine emphasizes production val-ues in this combination of instruc-tional, informational and dramatictype of documentary. He employsfilm, charts, photographs, props,music, and, above ah, live people.The camera moves from Harkness,the narrator, to FCDA officials, toa house, to an old lady in a wheelchair, to a nurse, to a warden, toa pile of nibble, to a child’s toy,to an exposed arm, to a rescuerusing an acetylene torch, to achild being placed on a stretcher.Wherever possible, people are

superimposed on background shots.Throughout, there is movement andpace. “Survival” attempts tocover a vast panorama—of citiesand neighborhoods and homes

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in bringing its message of pre-paredness to the individual.While the whole effect is one

of elaborateness, “Survival” suf-fers somewhat from the limitationsunder which it must operate.Jumps from narrator to set aresometimes abrupt and instructionaltalks don’t get over too well.But there are moments in “Sur-

vival” that pack a terrific punch,particularly that of the child beingfreed from a mass of debris. Thisis the kind of realism it takes tosell the FCDA program.NBC has obtained the rights to

kinescopes of “Survival” and theprogram is now available fromFCDA to any TV station, whetheran NBC affiliate or not. Jack.

on the scripting quality, but thepreem (3) showed that GeorgeFoley and Dick Gordon, who pack-age it, are headed in the right di-rection on that score. . Series isbeing bankrolle<L,by KreislerWatchbands in place of the “Kreis-ler Bandstand, recently axed.

Initialer 'presented a fantasticbut highly-interesting tale titled“Verdict from Space” and scriptedby Ted Sturgeon. Apparently tomake the title pay off, the yarnopened in 1952 with Lon McAllis-ter, a young mechanic, cn trialfor the alleged murder of a collegearchaeologist. When the Jury filedout to consider its verdict, thecameras cut to McAllister, whoreminisced about the tale viaflashback. Sock ending had the Juryrendering a “guilty” edict but, sec-onds later, the spaceships startedbombing the city to prove that Mc-Allister’s story was true.Young actor did an okay Job

with the meller, and was aided bya competent supporting cast. Setsby Robert Bright were good for themost part but the papier machaused for the hidden cave was alittle too obvious to be realistic.Kreisler commercials featuredplugs for the Jewelers handling theproduct, an okay way to combineinstitutional advertising with • astraight sales pitch. Stal.

SAY IT WITH ACTINGWith Magfi McNeills, Robert Alda,

othersProducer: Wayne WlrthDirector: Bob MeCahon39 Mins.; Fri., 7:39 p.m,BROWN SHOESABC-TV, from N. Y.

< Leo Burnett)“Say It With Acting.” the cha-

rade show featuring actcffs fromcurrent Broadway productions,wound up on the full ABC-TV net-work Friday night (3) after severalyears on WNBT, NBC’s key N Y.video outlet. With the exceDtion

HERB SHELDON“Tho Herb Sheldon Show” Mon-

day thru Friday 12:30-1 p.m. onWJZ.“Video Venus” Saturday night

11-12 p.m.. WJZ-TV.And announcing the pnriuleio of

another program on WJZ...onAugust IS, ' Monday thru Friday,WJZ «: 30-3:16 am. '

Personal ManagementTED LLOYD, INC.

270 Park Avenue, Now York

with savvy but should remind him-self before each show that he’s nocomic, to avoid a creeping tendencyto crack prise with weak results. Hecarries most of the program alone,with Mrs. Davis wandering in andout in an assistant role. Her contri-butions might be enlarged as sheevidenced » good teevee personal-ity.

Gadgets used on the segment in-

cluded gabfests with an exec of theR. H. Donnelly Corp., which han-dles most of the major mail con-tests conducted throughout thecountry. Bit provided some inter-esting background on the “25 wordsor less” projects. Another goodportion was an interview with awheel chair vet seeking a .diskjockey job. Show finaled with achat with the Chicago postmaster,who described the first aid trainingthe mail carriers are getting inpreparation for national emer-gencies.

Format aims for and reaches anice note of informality in a neatappearing living room set. How-ever, they could easily toss out thecoffee pouring routine which, al-

though a nice teaser for a poten-tial coffee sponsor, makes for a lot

of awkwardness on the part of theguests, who can hardly be expectedto chat and sip with much aplombwith a teevee camera staring at

them. Dave.

their, opinions _ _

Improved by pre-broadcast explora-

tion of the issues, trimming downthe panel and having a single maleguest. Further, the old femme-vs.-

male debate should be minimized.

Cameras weren’t properly bal-

anced, but that flaw can be easily

corrected. Airer has lined up some

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provocative subjects* sex education

n schools, conditions in insane

asylums, the baby-selling racket,

teen-age dope addiction, etc. Withguests of the calibre on the preemand some tightening to get the ls^

sues into clearer focus, “Women”can make a good addition to video’s

forum programs. Bril.

RUSS DAVIS SHOWWith Sylvia DavisProducer: DavisDirector: Sid Breese39 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Fri., 12 p.m.SustainingWGN-TV, Chicago

Here’s another variation on thenoontime gab and interview theme,this time using Russ Davis and his

wife as the host and hostess. If

Davis continues to line up as in-

teresting a batch of guests as dis-

played on frame caught <31), the

session should hold its own withthe casual daytime viewers.No stranger to the video

cameras, Davis conducts himself

SPORTS STAR TIMEWith Tom D ran, guestsProducer: William RoyDirector: Lynwood King34 M!ml: Sun., 7:30 p.m.ETHYL CORP.WNBQ. Chicago

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As this sports show contains alittle something for practicallyevery type of fan it should make astrong bid for summertime honors.Production on segment seen <29)was major league throughout. Evenhost Tom Duggan was on his goodbehavior, playing down the fre-quently excessive petulance thatman his weeknisht shows on thesame station. He handled thenumerous guests in an unusuallygenial fashion to help make theshow a standout offering.High spots of the session were

the visit of new Chi Cubs manager.Phil Cavarretta. and a film of therunning of the Arlington Handicapwhich took place the day before.Cavarretta was “good copy*’ sincehis grandslam homerun had wonthe ball game the same afternoonand his recent elevation to thefnanager berth made for good in-terviewing. He was accompaniedby the Cubs’ director of playerpersonnel, Wid Mathews, who is

never at a loss for words, especiallyunder Duggan's prodding.The horse race film was of ex-

cellent quality, aided by the ex-pert calling of Jack Drees. Reelwas a hefty additiqn to the wellrounded program.Grid fans weren't Ignored with

Chi Bear coach Luke Johnsos andplayer George Connors on hand toreport on the future of the popu-lar Bears. Golfers came in fortheir bit when pro Mario Gonzalesappeared for a few demonstrationswings.Another sock segment, a regular

feature, brought on a fishing ex-pert who reported the castingsituation at nearby Lake Geneva.As usual, lensing by the WNBQ

crew was smooth. Dave.

With the exceptionof some new faces, the format hasnot been changed a bit. It’s still apleasant 30 minutes, complete withsuspense as the contestants racethe clock and the vicarious partici-pation possible in the guessinggame by home viewers.Maggi McNeills and Bud Collyer

are regular emcees on the newseries but, with Collyer vacation-ing, Robert Alda (featured inGuys and Dolls” on Broadway)

took over. Duo handled theirchores well. Introducing the mem-bers of their teams aqd the charadequestions for the contestants.Teams this week came from “RoseTattoo” and “Dolls.” Under therules of the show, the winningteam comes back the followingwNjt to match wits and thespingability against a new group.‘‘TMt00” team won hands downFriday night.

Questions put to the contestantswere based mainly on song titlesand familiar sayings, some toughto figure and some easy. Sponsors'

Rlugs were handled by Miss Me-ellis and some live models, with

the former demonstrating she canmodel shoes with the best of them.

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FROM ADAM TO ATOMWith Prof. Donald Born; Prof.Menryu Bailey, guest

Producer: Joseph Pothier1ft Mins., Tues., 1 pjn.WBZ-TV, BostonAnother in WBZ-TVs educa-

tional sweepstakes, “From Adamto Atom” shapes as a fairly inter-esting stanza for the segment ofviewers who are interested in artand art forms down through theages. Initialer, with Donald Born,a professor of Huamnities andEnglish at Boston U. interviewingMervyn Bailey, head of BostonU.’s Dept, of Fine Arts, gave view-ers an interesting 15 minutes of

info showinieffort of. pre

WHAT’S THE STORY?With Walter Raney. Betty Forsling,

Allan Keller, Nancy Thompaon.Bob Cooke: Fred Scott, an-

nouncerProducer: James L. GaddiganDirector: David LoweWriter: Joseph Roper30 Mins.: Wed., 9 p.m.DUMONT, from N. Y.

“What’s the Story?” could get

some place other than near obliv-

ion if the news events served up

for tabbing were more skillfully

dramatized. Clues voiced via studiophone by a series of actors, for

spotting by working reporters andfeature scribes, were vague andeven obtuse at the show viewed<1). Program preemed previousWednesday.

Walter Raney functions as per-

manent “city editor” and guestpanelists were Newsweek* radio-

tv editor Betty Forsling (who’sleaving to move over to ABC-TV);N. Y. World-Telegram & Sun’sAllan * Keller, Look’s fashionistNancy Thompson, and N. Y. HeraldTribune's sportscribe Bob Cooke.Their job is to identify “historic”news events from hints supplied.Events themselves are suggestedby mail from home viewers. Whereclues given are not sufficient, moredope is supplied by the thespinglegmen.

For change of pace that’s strictlyexcess, viewers were let in on twoof the happenings. The reportersmuffed the Scopes “monkey” trial

in Dayton, Tenn., and Charge ofLight Brigade in Crimean War.The others were sinking of GrafSpee off Montevideo, first fight atMadison Square Garden, N. Y.(Paul Berlenbach vs. Jack Dela-ney), Lawrence Tibbett’s click in“Emperor Jones” at the Metopera,N. Y., and the Reichstag fire.

Such a diverse parade presentedrich opportunity for backgroundcasting, film clips, etc., but anobvious low-budget setup is some-thing else again .IiikI the came thepanel quartet livened things up inthe guesswork department, and thegals this trip had photogenic quali-ties. At finish. Raney called oneach for “interesting stories” oftheir reporting careers. They

Tele Follow-Up Commentskates. Martin Bros, must havepleased the kids with their puppets.

Ben Grom' tangling with thehigh IQ, high s.a. babes on “LeaveIt to the Girls” this past Sundaynight (NBC) is a good object les-

son to the professional flnger-'

pemters: to wit, those who throwtypewriter barbs should not exposethemselves to counter-attack. Thedean of radio-TV crix (N. Y. DallyNews) was in a not too comfortablespot as the moderator, and eventhough the femme panel tried to

act polite there was sug-gestion of that now-you-kriow-how-Tt-feels-on-the-other - side - of - the-mike and/or camera. At that.

Gross didn't fare too badly—for anewspaperman. Apparently, whena newshawk achieves the desiredshowmanship he can then look up-on his typewriter as a by-product,as witness Winchell and Sullivan

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ABC-TV's “Hollywood ScreenTest” utilized an original yarnby Mort Lewis Monday night (6)

as an on-the-air audition for a pro-jected video series based on thestory. Titled "The Tribles” andscripted by Mort Lewis, who wrotethe show at one time for radio, it

was a turn-of-the-century tale

about a smalltown newspaper edi-tor and his family. Trials and trib-

ulations of the family had some-thing of the quality of an Ameri-canized “Mama” series and mightmake for good commercial pack-age.

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Stanza also spotlighted thethesping talents of Peggy A’lenbyand Joe Walsh. With Neil Hamii-

__ ^-jhlstoric man and that

of a later civilization, ctrca 2.000A.D. Objects shown were a replicaof a crude bit of sculpturing hewnout of stone by a prehistoric manand the sculpturing product of »

more advanced and civilized mem-ber of the later civilization.

Professors Born and Bailey#

both of whom project affable per-

sonalities, handled the queryingand answering in neat, inform*!fashion. Camera work was slightly

overdone, with switching action

somewhat disturbing in what es-

sentially was a straight interview

show. E lie.

MIND YOUR MANNERSWith teenage panelista; Allen Lud-

den, emcee ,Director: Dwight Hemion30 Mina.; Sun., 12:15 p.m.SustainingWNBT, N. Y.“Mind Your Manners,” a teen-

age panel show which recentlyproemed on WNBT, N. Y., analyzeda number of problems in it* half-hour talkfest Sunday afternoon (5)

but failed to accomplish little ex-cept to bring forth a bushel of prosand cons. If viewers were looking

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the “test director,” the show pre-sented Loring Smith as the starwith whom the aspiring thespsworked. Smith turned in a com-mendable job as the autocratichead of the household. He wasgiven fine assists by Miss Allenby,

Wednesday, 8, 1951 ASW-TIUVISIM SI

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A series of four "Day at the Races" parties for New York City

lime buyers has been planned for the Saratoga racing season by Mor-

gan Ryan, new manager of WPTR. Jerry Lyons, sales manager for

Weed Si Co., WPTR reps, and Don Frost, also of. Weed, will accompanythe first group. They fly to Albany, luncheon in the State suite of

the Ten Eyck Hotel, hop to the Spa for the races and dinner, andplane back to New York the same night. It is believed to be the

first time the idea has been tried in Albany radio on such a scale.

First group was announced to include: Tom Lynch and Bill Dollard,

Young Sc Rubicam; Norm Chester, BBD&O; Doug Ballin. advertising

director of Whitehall Pharmacal Co.; Vera Brennan. Duane Jones;

Frank Daniels, Lennen Sc Mitchell; Chet Slaybouth, Morse Interna-

tional.

Kuss Dayld, WPTR v.p. for engineering, and George Miller, sports

director, assist Ryan in the hosting.

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With Leo Burnett having grabbed off about $3,000,000 of Kellogg’s

Com Flakes billings from Kenyon Si Eckhardt, it’s figured likely that

some time shifting will be done on the Kellogg “Mark Trail" and•Clyde Beatty” shows.

At present ’Trail." handled by K&E. is on ABC at 5:30 p.m. cross-

the-board, directly opposing “Beatty." handled by Burnett, on Mutual.With Burnett taking over both shows, which would put the agencyin the schizophrenic position of fighting itself, it’s expected one of

the webs will be asked to shift one show to 5 p.m., which would endthe direct competition.

Exclusive disclosure in Varixty that RCA was going into the“white goods" (appliances) business was important trade news to theDow -Jones ticker. Prexy Frank M. Folsom meantime is laying his

lines for RCA's advent into the manufacture and merchandising ofrefrigerators, stoves, etc., to go out as part of the regular line, alongwith radio, records and television.

AFRA, WGN TANGLE

ON CONTRACT ISSUESChicago, Aug. 7.

American Federation of * Radio

Artists and WGN are setting up ar-

bitration proceedings in an at-

tempt to iron out two contractualdisputes. Hearings have not beenset but likely will take place withina week or two using a three-manpanel.One dispute centers around the

sick leave policy. AFRA pact with{ WGN provides that the station

"agrees to grant sick leave to em-loyees in accordance with the pol-

cy of the company prevailing ftthe time." Current WGil companypolicy is to grant sick leave in ac-

cordancf with the circumstances ofesch case. AFRA claims that this

is a change in policy since the con-tract was inked and eliminates thestandard two-week sick leave allow-

ance the union seeks for its mem-bers.

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Second point going to arbitra-

tion has to do with the union’s de-

mand that WGN-TV sound effects

men be AFRA members. AFRAsays its pact states that all soundmen employed by the company,which operates both WGN (AM)and WGN-TV shall be AFRA mem-bers.

BAB Maps Pilot Studies on Radio s

Impact Luring Up Research Experts

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Procedures to be followed by AM and TV stations in New YorkState in event of atomic attack have been issued by the State CivilDefense Commission. These may set a pattern for other states.

Regulation calls for all AM stations, on sounding of the Red Alert,

to announce the alert, sound a Red siren warning for three minutes,reduce power to 250 watts and broadcast s sustaining recorded musicprogram or recorded civil defense instructions. On sounding of the all

clear, stations will go* back to full posfer and rebroadcast the StateCl) radio network program.FM stations and TV stations are to broadcast the Red Alert an-

nouncement, carry the Red siren for one minute and then go off theair. Amateur stations are to go off the air Immediately.

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List week was a busy one for some early morning platter spinnersin Gotham.On Friday (3) Dee Finch (who Is partnered with Gene Rayburn on

WNEW) became the father of a boy. Following day, Saturday. Tedand Rhoda Brown, Mr. and Mrs. rise-and-shlnecssters for WMGM.also became parents of s son.

Tyler, Tex.—Marshall H. Pengrahas been named general managerfor KGKB here. He was formerlypart owner and general managerof WATO, Oak Ridge. Tenn.

Broadcast Advertising Bureau'sreport on its first three months un-der an independent status details

ths services It has expanded andprojects which are planned.

BAB prexy William Ryan andboard chairman Ed Kobak report

{ that, in addition to getting cooper-ation from existing research organ-izations In the Held, BAB will con-duct some small scale “pilot"studies evaluating radio’s impact.Bureau is forming s committee ofresearch experts who will elkmlnegaps in existing radio research.

Industry promotion body hascompleted arrangements with Ad-vertising Research Bureau and will

soon publish three summaries deal-ing with rfsults of more than 50ARB tests In which equal amountswere spent for advertising in AMand newspapers.

Also on the drafting board is a

publication giving advertising andsales patterns for 01 commodities,which will help stations plan their

selling campaigns. BAB is also

trying to get an agency and a bank-roller to cooperate in controlled

tests on commercial copy and mer-chandizing’s sales effects.

AM promotion outfit is also con-

tinuing to release its retail infr •

mation folders and dealer co-op

data services, and will bring its

stripfllms on retail advertising andspot radio up to date yearly.BAB recently added a library

staffed by a pair of experts in thefield. It will serve as a repositoryfor statistical data on commercialbroadcasting, keep current data onAM coverage, issue bulletins on de-velopments in radio research, etc.

Lantz Wins B? a WalkKansas City, Aug. 7.

Jim Lantz. KCMO disk Jockey,

is not only a long talker, but Is also

a long walker. He recently won thechampionship of the annual Kan-sas City Athletic Club WalkingContest. He won by walking 14miles, but had to share honors withDuncan McIntyre, another memberof the club.

Athletic honors are nothing newto Lantz. He also recently wonthe Missouri Valley A. A. U. Juniordoubles handball championship,again with McIntyre as partner.

Dallas—Joe Pierce. Jr., has beenadded to the staff of WFAA andtakes over three Saturday news-casts. He is doing graduate workhere at Southern Methodist U.

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WOR, N. Y., is asking its audience to help select its next new diskJockey. Station is mapping a show* on which top platter-chatterersfrom around the nation will each get an hour to display their wares,vith the deejay who pulls the most votes from listeners to be offereda regular spot.

The Mutual key in Gotham is interested chiefly in high-rated gab-bers. It will air the record-spinners via tape, with the tunes inte-grated into the show from WOR. Stanza will be aired on a Saturdayafternoon, starting In the fall.

Radio and TV will get the biggest bite of the Air Force advertisingbudget for the 1052 fiscal year, according to recruiting plans de-tailed to the House Appropriations Committee at recent hearings onDefense Department expenses.

Transcript of the closed bearings, released last week, disclosed thatDefense plans for national advertising call for an outlay of $735,000fur radio and TV as compared to $525,000 for magazines. $420,000for newspapers and $80,000 for films. An additional $1,000,000 wouldbe allocated for local advertising.

Maj. Gen. T. J. Hanley, chief of the Office of the Adjutant General,Military Personnel Procurement Service, told the Committee that re-cruiting advertising via radio registered better on prospective candi-dates than announcements in other media.Genr Hanley cited a survey of service men, conducted by the Armed

Forces Research Branch, showing that 74% remembered recruitingannouncements on radio or TV, that 65% recalled them In magazinesor newspapers, that 53% noticed them in magazines and 46% innewspapers.

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U. OF UTAH REPEATSalt Lake City, Aug. 7.

For the sixth consecutive year

Intermountain Network has nabbedradio rights for all U. of Utah foot-

ball and basketball games. Net-work, with KALL as local outlet,will air 11 football and 28 basket-ball games. According to Lynn LMeyer, v.p. in charge of sales, tabwas $5,500 for rights. •

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to be chosen.TV rights for football games

went to KSL-TV, on a playbackbasis. Games will be filmed andaired Monday nights at 7:30. Nosale has been closed yet. Universitygets $375 per game, and suppliesfilm to station. Supplying film en-tails no extra cost, since all gamesare shot to enable coaches to dosome analyzing.

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television, others coated especially for their famous cookbook, pub-

lished by The MacMillan Company. Here's the Chicago Sun-Times

ranking of Best Sellers for week of July 29th: 1. Kon-Tiki 2. An-

toinette Pope Cookbook 3. Crime in America 4 The Sea Around Ua

S. A King's Story. "

In the CHICAGO DAILYJVEIFS, Jack Mobley,

Radio and Television Editor.

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Conducted by Francois Pope, director of the nationally famousAntoinette Pope School of Fancy Cookery. Ably assisted by his

two sons , Frank and Robert Pope9 instructors at the school.

QREATIVE COOKERY is a new kind of cooking program. It is a fascinating school of art .devoted

entirely to the selection, preparation, and service of incredibly good tasting and invitingly beautiful

food. The lessons are taught by the world's finest teachers of cooking. The television audience are

"students” and are so termed by Mr. Pope, director of CREATIVE COOKERY and of the Antoinette

Pope School of Fancy Cookery.

21 years of personal catering

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The Antoinette Pope School of Fancy Cookery was established in Chicago 21 years

ago. It ranks today as America’s largest and finest cooking school, with thousands

of graduates and classes booked full from semester to semester.

Francois Pope, the director, was born in Paris. Antoinette Pope, the co-director

and founder, is Italian bora. The co-directors have combined many different forms

of foreign cookery with American native dishes and the result is a never-ending

array of eye and taste appealing dishes for everyone.

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Sunkist Lemons, C & H Sugar, Roper Ranges, Ballard Biscuits, Bowman Milk,

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THE UNTOtTCHABLESWith Fahey Flynn. Rum Reed.Frank Smith and orch

Producer - Director - Writer: PerryWolff

St Mina.; Mon.. 8:St |JLSustainingWBBM, ChicagoAlthough the ether has been

pretty well flooded of late with

pseudo-, semi-, and 100% docu-

mentaries on the narcotic situation.

It’s doubtful if any of them exceed

the stature of this WBBM series

written and produced by Perry

(Skee) Wolff. The cycle of six

weekly half-hour segments dealing

with the Chicago dope problem is

another bullseye for Wolff and the

Chi CBS station which copped ma-jor radio honors last year with

'The Quiet Answer,” series on race

relations.

For enlargement of public

knowledge of the addiction prob-

lem. depth of penetration into a

highly complex situation and sheer

dt'amatic impact, “The Untouch-

ables” can only be rated as superb.

It’s an example of radio journal-

ism at its best and demonstrates

what a potent force a tape recorder

can become when combined withInitiative, intelligence and integ-

rity.

As the widening of public un-derstanding of the situation underexamination should be the chiefmotivation of a documentary andits measure of success, it’s in this

area that ‘‘The Untouchables” reg-isters most strongly. It’s more thana revelation of an unfortunate facetof Americana, providing listenerswith a vicarious peek into the sor-did world of addiction. By usinga wholly documentary technique,dialers are given a real-life lookseeinto this world with its uniuue vo-cabulary, its mental and physicalsicknesses, and its police and po-litical participation. They alsolearn of the so-called constructiveside from the medicos, phychia-trists. Uwuanforcement and judicialofTicHHs attempting to cope withthe rising tide of dope. But mostimportantly, listeners are warnedto expect no quick and easy solu-tions.

This series is definitely, not aonce-over-lightly treatment. Wolffhas probed deeply with his tape re-corder and what has emerged is awell-rounded and frightening 'ex-

cursion Into drugdom. The pro-ducer has been devoting full timeto the project since April and baa-collected about 50 hours of tapedmaterial. Besides establishing con-tacts with Windy City addicts,Wolff recorded interviews with in-

mates at the Federal hospital inLexington, Ky., the Illinois stateprison, the women’s reformatoryand the Chicago house of correc-tion. (Incidentally, he was thefirst radio reporter ever allowedin the Lexington institution.)

To do an effective public servicejob. there must, of course, be anaudience. And on the strength ofthe three segments, the nackageshould rack up a terrific listener-ship. The stark realism of the re-corded talks with actual personsintimately involved in addictionstacks up as some of the most dra-matic vignettes ever put on theair.

Wisely, Wolff has let the junkiesthemselves tell the story of their

Slight. Narration, sincerely doney Fahey Flynn, is used only as

the binding fabric. Only one actoris used on the series and that’sRuss Reed who ably handles theoccasional paraphrasing of medicalstatements.

It’s the tape reporting that pro-vides the real pith. There’s inter-views with addicts, one of them adoctor, who describe the sensationsprovided by opiates. At the otherend of the road there’s a descrip-tion of Uie suffering when deprivedof the drugs—the withdrawal syn-drome. A few seconds of animal-like noises made by an addict inthe midst of a forced withdrawalwere used with disturbing effect.The personal tragedy of the

habit was forlornly outlined by ayoung girl who drew her boyfriend into addiction because ofher own inability to kick the stuff.

One inmate at the women’s re-formatory bluntly described theshakedown proclivities of the Chi-cago coppers. A peddler stated thatprior to the current heat themonthly police protection tab was$100. Another told which streetcomers are most widely populatedwith pushers and users.The series, launched July 16.

ends on WBBM. Aug. 20. CBS is

missing a great public service op-portunity in not providing a full

network airing for anything as vi-

tal as this newsworthy expose ofthe narcotic Situation as it exists in

one city. It’s too provocative anduniversal in its import to be con-fined just to WBBM’s audience.

Dave.

KAL ROSS SHOWproducer: George RomIN Mins.: Mon. thru Sun.. 1 a.m.I’artlci palingWOR, N. Y.

Covering WOR’s dawn patrolbeat from Monte's restaurant in

the Belmont Plaza Hotel, N. Y„ KalRoss is another one of that diskjockey fraternity who will debateany question at the drop of a kilo-

cycle.

Ross flays the airlanes with amighty torrent of words and. if heruns short of ideas, merely repeatshimself. The important thing,though, is that he sustains the ver-bal din at a high intensity, inter-rupting himself about every hourto spin a platter and get back hiswind.

Ross fancies himself to be some-thing of an orator which is a dis-tinctive, if not -particularly happy,departure for the airlane boys onthe graveyard shift At the outsetof each show (at least on the twoMKions caught), he declaims a 10or 15-minute commentary on /topnews event with a soapboxer'sheat. He even ends each of histirades with a deadpan “I thankyou” to the scattered milting ofthe restaurant denizens. The intro-ductory “editorial” parallels BarryGray’s opening routine at the op-position Chandler’s (WMCA).

Ross, who has been on the Phil-adelphia airlanes, is also a collegeman and doesn’t care who knowsit. In one of hi? minor tiffs witha dialer who phoned in (the tele-phone has become one of essentialprops on these early morning air-ers, Ross clinched his point by say-ing: “I jusf happened to write apaper on that subject for my so-ciology class.” How can anyone ar-gue against that sort of thing?Everything is fodder for Ross’

forensic talents on this show. Fromtne West Point cribbing scandalthrough the baseball reserve clauseto the politics in South Carolina(“one of the more less progressivestates,” is his phrase), Ross has anopinion with no ifs, ands or buts.This type of unequivocal mentalitycan get somew'hat boring.

Ross otherwise handles the showIn conventional style. There aretelephone calls, interviews w' i t hvisiting celebs and infrequent disksto carry the session. Herm.

Detroit — George F. Leydorf.WJR vice-president in charge ofengineering, has been electedchairman of the communicationsengineering committee of theMichigan Office of Civil Defense.

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r iuia utiiivn mumWith Ora San Joan, Bob Graham. With Don Dowd. Carolyn GilbertAnthony Barrett, Samba Kings Loretta Poynton, Rex Mauoinfm i ^ uriii. aw _ a n_ a a_Trio, Wilbur Hatch orch

Director: Sterling TracyWriter: Let FarberM Mins.. 8nm» T:N p.m.SustainingCBS, from BoBywsod

and orchProducer: Louis PerkinsWriter: Bob Savage

Sustaining

ABC, from Chicago

(CDT)

This Latino flavored summer This Chi-based ABC show hasn’tentry shapes up as moderate fare , .

even for the devotees of south ofariy en

®JJ*h muscles to hoist a

the border tempos. Using a musi- m j Jor rating but its different

comedy format the stanza moved switch ranks It a notch or twoalong at an easy clip but it needed above the usual sustaining fillermore than chile rhythms and Mex- m __

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nenu* D«vlce here is * nocturnal

Preem (5) introduced "Pancho” âunt *° mythical Windy City

(Anthony Barrett) as the series points of interest via narration andguide and comic. - Although Barrett tousle* It’s no Greyline tourist

had little to work with in Les tootr but a looksee into out-of-the-

Farber’s script, he tied the show wsy comers of the city. The com-i i i i i j -a tiinutlnn nl caniitiua i.-.ri nl

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together nicely and bridged the bination of a sensitive script whichgap between songs with zestful only occasionally had tabloid

delivery. Ora San Juan. 18-vear- .columnist overtones and especiallygap uciween Him lesuuidelivery. Ora San Juan. 18-year- .columnist overtones and especially

old sister of screen actress Olga aP* "W1® Prided • unique slice

San Juan, was more adept at hand- Chi afterdark on frame heardling her singing chores than her 131 ’•

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lines. Gal’s piping on a pair of Narrator Don Dow'd first took therhurflba tunes was okay. Bob listeners to the opening night of aGraham, only one in cast without legit drama. Bit was a good satireMexican accent, provided pleasant with Rex Maupin and the ABC“gringo” balance singing “Begin orch giving a not too gentle 1am-the Beguine” and “Let iMe Love pooning of a lackadaisical pit band.You Tonight." Loretta Poynton offered a takeoff

The Samba Kings Trio accomped ?n th* road company star straining

both vocalists with a bit too much *°°. ûich scene to

drive. Wilbur Hatch supplied "?atc5th* performance of the

adequate background music.

1280 CLUB

Broadway leading lady.

Not regretfully Dowd departedthe theatre and made for a nonk?tonk. Narrator's comments on the...... - m mam _ a was illU

With Phil Gordon, Leigh Kamman clientele captured the flavor of the

» 1#B* P*m * countless Cni neon joints. Further

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vCSfU5f * “atmosphere” was furnished by

o • , * ... chirper Carolyn Gilbert who cameSince Freddy Robbins first held through with an effective carbon-

down the 1280 Club” spot, this Ing of lowercase nitery warbling,airer has been a listening post for Nocturnal trek next moved out toV A HA hSha a I Sa a aa J S— a a - — -a- S .99 . a. aaathe metropolitan Jive set. Several a neighborhood tavern which wasdisk jockeys have been handling jumping with gemuUichkelt. Here,T ha ff % h mn Ihia hWA99. a 1 a aa T1 aLL.1 a. a a _ aa. .a a* ..."the gab on thisshow since Robbins too, the music was authentic with

"Jf*hut this 99-minute session is an accordion single of "Good

still standout for the calibre of its Night, Irene."

^ Md*bh.~g«d‘rî £*25? l*>wd‘, narrating wu uniform!,*«d rhythm market top ciIibre ,nd M‘u Poynton and

.Phil Gordon, who takes over Miss Gilbert were fine in their bits,

from his predecessor, Ralph Coop- Dave.*r, as the “1280” platter pilot, han-dies his assignment with excellenttaste. His disks cover the top THE BIG JOBnames in the jazz field, from Ells With Den Hollenbeck, Jim Borke,Fitzgerald to Johnny Hodges, with Rex DavisFitzgerald to Johnny Hodges, with —the selections neatly programmed Producer: Dr. George Crethersfor maximum variety in sound. Dtrectorf Ed Oatls

Most importantly, Gordon sp- Writer: Monrooparently understands that his gab 1?

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is secondary to the music, at least CBS » from P«*»tson this deejay airer. Gordon holds CBS’ pitch for the additionalhis introes to brief comments, $5,000,000 needed by the Americanstrictly relevant to the disks being National Red Cross for the recentplayed. Gordon, moreover, has s Kansas-Missouri flood disaster hadmodest, ingratiating manner that enough poignancy and dramatics tohelps sell the commercials spotted get even tne most tight-fisted tothroi^gh the show. There’s no slug- contribute. 'Done in documentaryginK. but Just quiet and effective fashion, with on-the-spot recordeddeliveries of the plugs. Like Coop- interviews with some of the aur-

?r\~?rdon ** a Negro, but should vivors, the session hit hard despite

help this outlet in the general mar- narrator’s constant repetition thatket as well. listeners seated in comfortableOn the hour. Leigh Kamman homes couldn’t understand the full

gives a capsulized news commen- meaning of the flood tragedy. Suchf M«MI 1A — — '— A _ « mm I AAA A AaV. 2 A AAA AAA . 99A aIAI AA X. ..A

Rex Davis

interviews with some of the sur-vivors. the session hit hard despite

tary in competent style. Herm.

STEVE ALLISON SHOWProducer: Ted Reinhart185 Mins.; Mon., Sat., 11:15 p.m.GORDON’S MEN’S STOREWPEN. Philadelphia

an arbitrary position may havealienated dialers who hold highlytheir capacity for sympathy andunderstanding.

However, when the narrator(Don Hollenbeck) stuck to the factahis appeal was forceful. Jim Burke,of KMBC, Kansas City, and RexAU.cnn f' .. oi rmdl, ivansas tuy, ana itei

Boston yahh^r hJ DavU * of *MOX. St. Louis, con

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team. Allison wgs picked out ofto«ethar neatly and Ed Oatis’ di

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prlmWairers—random questions, inter-

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lovelorn, ethical problems, etc.Typical queries: “Will the price ofreal estate go up?” “What do youthink of Frank Sinatra’s trip toMexico with Ava?” “What is yourpersonal opinion of Gen. Patton?"Whs* do you think of the control

bill. “The baseball reserveclause?” “The West Point scan-dal?”

In Allison’s favor is his facultyof letting the interview subject

w aii0 to repeat ashonestly snd accurately u possiblethe questions and remarks of phonecallers. He apparently doesn’t suf-fer from that annoying occupation-al disease oi his fellows in thecraft—the Inability to say "I don’tknow.” Allison admits when he isstumped and so far hasn’t madeany pretense at being a seer. He


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ROGER PRICE*Can Be Cored by Watching

Onlhe New CBS TV and Radio Show

“HOW TO”

July 10, 1031

“How To.** a satire on panel

shown, has a rich vein of humorworthy of being a permanentnetwork tenant. This program,

originating from the coast, andkinnied into New York, is fadi-

manned by Roger Price, who at

one time was on Bob Hope's

scripting staff and later branch-

ed out as a saloon and later a

revue comic. The p^nel com-

prises Anita Martell (Mrs.

Price), and two other coast

writers. m Leonard Stern and4m

Stanley Adams. It's a hepquartet, who seem to be fast

on the ad libs and who exhibit

a zany turn of mind in doling

out advice.

• On the preem show*, there wasa girl who wanted to know howto snare a husband. Miss

Martell advised her to keep her

gowns low’ and her standards

high. Price agreed with her

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problem w’lth his zany illustra-

tions. which has been the focal

point of his nitery act. It's funny

visual and aural stuff

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THE BILLBOARDJvty It, 1*31

This satirical panel showrankf. with the best audience

participation airers today, andit's certainly one of the mostentertaining kines to come out

of Hollywood. Nitery comicRoger Price is largely responsi-

ble for the program's big-time

entertainment values. Price, a

comparatively new young comic,

looks like a cross between a

long-haired musician and a

short-tempered scientist.

Personality-wise, too. he com-bines a seemingly naive child-

like gaiety with sharp-tongued

cynicism. The results are un-

orthodox but surprisingly ap-

pealing. For Instance when a

young mother asked how to get

her young son to take a bath.

Price queried brightly, “Haveyou tried subtle psychological

methods such as hitting him?"In between panel sessions Price

illustrated the various problems

by sketching dizzy diagrams, ac-

companied by breezy mono-logues which were a high point

of the show.—June Bundy

“A rare comedy show that can

hold up well in both media . . .

Advice is along zany lines, and

ad lib wit registers strongly."

Variety ( radio review)

July 25. 1951

"Some people may not agree with these reviews. These

people should be 'put away.' They are wrong thinkers."

—ROGER PRICE

*7 predict that ROGER PRICE uill soon be

one of the nation’s top show buxines* per-

sonalities.’* —Frank Cooper, Manager

“HOW TO”A PRICE-STERN PRODUCTION

aooia price*. President, Mon. Wed. & Fri.

LEONARD STERN, President, Tues. Thurs. A Sot.

LLOYD SLOAN. Vic*-pr*tid*nt in ckorg* of production, Promotion,

ond Commitaory

SOL STUN S CHET CASTilLAW (Antwor phono* on Suodoy)

PHIL TURETSKY, Trooawror; VIVIAN OIEN, Offic* Mgr.a

Our tfcenkt to DICK LINKKOUM. LARRY IERNS, LUCIEN DAVIS end

IN ontiro CBS crow0

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'CvpcUttntti: •nobility to eopo with lif# ond things. Sot R. PRICE“Ir Opo Hood And Out Tho Othor"; Simon ond Schuttor.

rTho printers '••• against mo. Another exempt* of wrong-thinking.-—

*Mr. Coopor is obviously o right-thinker.

PRICE CUTS ZOOM TELE

SET SALES IN D. C.

Washington, Aug. 7.

Despite the general slump in TVsales. July business here was the

best since March and better than

July of 1950, according to the offi-

cial estimate last week of the Wash-ington Television Circulation Com-mittee showing sets in use as of

Aug. 1 at E78.100. This represents

ah increase of 7.650 sets from the

July 1 estimate.Intense price cutting by inven-

tory-loaded dealers, some offering

sets at 60% off list, has stimulated

purchases and apparentty brokenresistance of non -owners w aiting

for color. Some dealers have gotten

around the color problem by offer-

ing to install adapters (to bring in

color broadcasts in black-and-

white) at nominal cost whenevertheir customers want them. A fewdealers are installing adapters into

stock seta in lieu of price cuts.

July sales compare with June

Tele FoHowupCMtliMf from pass Si

a vet radio and legit actress, andyoung Walsh, who has also doneconsiderable legit work. LesterLewis package continues as goodTV entertainment and a goodspringboard for pro talent tryingto hit the bigtime.

__ _

Herb Shrtner, taking over for va-cationing Arthur Godfrey on CBS-TV’s “Talent Scouts," did a clickojob Monday (6). His opening mono-log was a sterling example ofHoosier wit, starting with hisreminiscences of the small towjihospital that was over the localshoe store (because the latter hadthe only X-ray machine around).Material was sharp and was givena solid ride with SnrineKs polishedcorn country manner and pseudo-hesitant timing.

Comic was a trifle tentative indealing with the gueSts, but han-dled them naturally and got off

YOiume of .nrf Mav sales I

s?me •"»«***“« lin« •*> “>* in‘ef-

ftf IQ*) Ju1v hncin«HK« a vp'ir aeo «*? f«*r commercial*oi j.wou. July Business a year ago

f

accounted for a turnover of 7,325

sets.

Mooney Out As NSTP

Censor After One WeekHollywood. Aug. 7.

Martin Mooney's tenure as Code 1 prano. a femmeAdministrator of the National So-

j

monica player,

cicty of Television Producerslasted less than a week, withNSTP abruptly announcing he had“resigned" while Mooney contendshe knew’ nothing of his “resigna-tion" until informed of it byVariety.

It’s believed that while a num-ber of reasons motivated the move,chief one was a statement byAMPPA Code Administrator Jo-

for IJpton products an appealingunderplaying, in character, andhad an effective line in his grand-paw's sipping the tea and exclaim-ing. “Sell my clothes, I'm inheaven."

Talent roster was good^althoughheavy uii vocdlifeU. Lineup in-cluded a tenor (who was the studioaudience's choice), an operatic so-

irio and • a har-

I

BBD&OContinued from past 23

nights on CBS. which is now’ beingreplaced for the summer by "GoLucky;" “Hit Parade,” for which“Assignment Manhunt**' is subbingSaturday nights on NBC. and the

seph Breen in which he repudiated! five or six Jack Benny TV show's a

ually go into theyear, which usually go into

“Show’ Biz" time on CBS.

WABY, Albany, Sold To

Eastern N. Y. B’castingAlbany, Aug. 7.

Salt of WABY by tha Adiron-dack Broadcasting Co., in whichGannett*! Press Publishing Co.held a majority interest, to thaEastern New York BroadcastingCo., has been effected. With it, Ed-ward C. Obrist, general manager ofthe 250-watter since early in theyear, has been promoted to vice-

president and a director. Heworked with WPEN. Philadelphia,before coming to Albany.

Officers of the Eastern New YorkBroadcasting Co., which had beennegotiating for the purchase somemonths, are president David Kyle,of Monticello and Syracuse; vice-

presidents. George Fields. NewYork; Assemblyman Herman Mint/,South Fallaburg. and Obriat; treas-

urer, Nelson Kidd, Syracuse; sec-

retary. Martin Karig. Glens Falls.

WABY. transferred here fromHudson Falls in 1936. will continueto concentrate on news, sports andgood music. Obrist said. It is aLiberty network affiliate. Ned Tru-deau is operations assistant andplant manager; Charles W. Bell,

Jr., tales manager; Miss ToniBrady, program director.

Standard Oil Pads Mi«h.

Football for 6th YearDetroit. Aug. 7.

For the sixth year. Standard Oil

of Indiana will sponsor eight play-

by-play accounts of 1951 U. of

Michigan football games over WJR.In addition to the eight Michi-

gan games, Standard Oil also will

sponsor the Michigan State-NotreDame and the Notre Dame-U. of

Detroit broadcasts. Van Patrick,

WJR’s sports director, will handlethe play-by-play. Charley Park will

provide the color and sidelights.

'

Lane Exits WAGESyracuse, N. Y., Aug. 7.

In a realignment of top execs,

WAGE here announced the resig-

nation last week of William T.

a letter of endorsement of Mooneyus*u In *n ad about the timeMooney was appointed. The fol-

1In addition to these. BBD&O is

lowing day NSTP announced the repperi on TV by; “Armstrong Clr-• resignation

< cle Theatre" (Armstrong Cork.

*.«£?ney say!V he

.

prom ‘sed!•NBC. Tuesday nights); “Rocky. J J

$1,000 a month, an office and a KjnK Detective" (Emerson Drugs Lane, co-founder and for 10 years

secretary, but got none, and head- DuMont Sundav nights)- “Celeb^ v p.-general manager, who is enter-

quartered at the Gladys Reubens 1* 1 * “ ' w— ““

—

4

Dancing School. Louis Snader.proxy of NSTP. countered he neveroffered any salary to Mooney, thatthe association—which reps film

TV producers here—hasn't fundsfor that purpose.

rity Time" (Goodrich. CBS, Sun- in* another phase of the broadcast

day nights); Groucho Marx show(DeSoto-Plymouth Dealers. NBC,Thursday nights); and “JuvenileJury" (Minnesota Mining. Tuesdaynights, NBC. but moving to Sundayafternoon in the fall).

Negro ThespsContinued front page 1

St. Louis Bar to Continue

Fight Vs. Transit RadioSt. Louis. Aug. 7.

Continued fight against streetcar _ .. .. . ,. ...

and bus FM radio programs will sw itch the dial if they don t like a

oe made by a committee of the certain program. Sissle said, ‘but

Lawyers Assn, of St. Louis. Char- i

we can’t tell the American public

acterizing the broadcasts as "an w hat to like. ' He claimed that

invasion of the basic civic right of '*^e8ro actors were partly responsi-

orivacy of passengers, by compell- ble f°r the situation since they had

ing unwilling persons to listen to I

never previously formed an organi-

ing field.r H. Douglas Johnson, Jr.,

succeeds Lane, and was elected

v.p. and a director of the station.

Johnson, former upstate public

relations inan and radio director of

the Lane ad agency here, resigned

recently as secretary to Congress-man R. Walter Riehlman.

Columbus — WBNS-TV hasnamed Margaret Mau, developerof the “Shelf Level" merchandis-ing plan at WSAI, Cincinnati, to

head up its new merchandisingdepartment. In addition she will

also cover sales promotion for the

station.

commercial announcements." com-mittee stated it was the duty ofthe bar to be on the alert againstsuch abuses.George W. Curran, president of

,

the association, said the committee stereotyped roles.

zation to “protect themselves"against such outside groups. Newcouncil. Sissle said, will stress

the necessity of a "balanced pro-

gram" to prevent the perpetuation

will assist him in protesting to au-thorities against continuance of thepractice, “and to take such furthersteps and institute such action asmay be necessary."

,

Station KXOK, owned by the de-funct Star-Times Publishing Co . is

the broadcasting 'Station involved,using Transit Radio. The broad-casts have been bitterly fought byKSD. owned by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. which bought the Star-Times papers several weeks ago.

Horner Gets PlumMinneapolis. Aug. 7.

R. M. Hollingshead Corp. (WhizMotor Rhythms). Camden. N. J.,

has pacted to sponsor the Thursdayand Friday segments of “Jack Hor-ner’s Sports Show" on KSTP-TV,starting Aug. 30.

Telecast daily, 10:20-10:30 p. m..this 10-minute sports feature hasbeen rated the third most popularTwin Cities local multi-weeklyshow. Account's agency is Camp-bell-Mithun.

Cast of A&A meanwhile wiredtheir congratulations to the Councilon its formation, declaring the new’

org “at last gives us. the Negroactors and actresses of America,some understanding spokesmanwho can protect and extend thegains we have made in recentyears." Cast members, without re-

ferring to the NAACP by name, as-

serted that the opportunity givenNegro thesps by the show “is be-

ing threatened by ill-informed peo-

ple of our own race who have ir-

responsibly threatened a boycottof our sponsor (Blatz Beer) andhave unfairly characterized theshow, its producers and ourselves."Reference to the threatened boy-cott was later removed from thetext of the w ire.

ATTENTIONTelevision and RadioFor mH« or Inm, completely

eqalpped 1,450 taot theatre, oee

Boor. Incledet beildleg 90**1 70*.

large stage. By loft, dressing

rooR.i, recently modernised. Cen-

trally located Los Angelos metro-

politan- clear viiien area. Consider

small cash payment on complete

solo. Amnsemeat Realty Company.

119 S. Beverly Drive, Boverly Hills.

California, Crestview 6-1542.

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—Columbus — Glacus G. Merrill.

|Marie B^Merrill and Fred Bailey,si! oi Clarksburg. W. . affiliatedwith the Mt. State BroadcastingCo., Clarksburg. W. Va., have or-ganized the Iron City Broadcast-ing Co.. Inc., Ironton, O.. to buildand operate a radio-television sta-tion In that city. They were au-thorized to Issue 1,000 shares ofcommon stock with a par value of

a share for the" Ohio enter-

J prtse.

Continued from page 23

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Korda film. Towers has cifne 26"Lime" episodes and others areunder way.

Lebhar and Raymond Katz,MGMRA production head andWMGM program chief, head out to

the Coast toward? the end of themonth to wrap up defllls on someother Metro properties for syndic**tion. It's also likely they'll pickup another big outside stanza.MGMRA has already put around$2,250,000 Into Its eight shows,turning out 312 editions of tho 15-fminute programs and 78 of thohour and half-hour aeries.

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Bristol-Myersshowed a slight tie-up betweenpeople in the amusement field andminor league baseball. He report-

ed that of nearly 2,000 baseball ex-

ecutives. 13 are motion picture

actors, directors and theatre own-ers. Another 73 are newspaperand radio officials and employees.

Because baseball broadcasts in-

volve Interstate commerce, the

Committee plans to study this ques-

tion more fully in determiningwhether the game can be excludedfrom anU-trust application. Thisphase of she inquiry is to be ex-

plored at subsequent hearings.

Theatre AffHurtes

Sundial division of InternationalShoe and Bristol-Meyers are eachtaking 15 minutes of “Foodini theGreat/' vidpic series which starts

on ABC-TV Aug. 25. Series will

be beamed Saturdays at 11-11:30

am.Show, which features the Bunin

puppets, is a William Morris Agen-cy package. Foodini, the puppetmagico, was leading character in“Lucky Pup,” which had been airedalx-Umes-weekly on CBS-TV un-til last spring.

Sundial starts sponsorship onAug. 25. via Hoag Ac Provandieagency of Boston. B-M, for Ipanatoothpaste, starts bankrolling onOct. 6, through Doherty, Clifford

Ac Shenfleld agency. B-M purchaseis in addition to its recent inkingof ABC-TV for a tele edition of

“Mr. District Attorney” and its buyof ABC radio for “Mr. D. A.” and“Break the Bank” with Bert Parks.

has done the technical pickups for

theatres on all the fights they've

carried so far. RCA, NBC's parent

company, is moreover the major

manufacturer currently of big-

screen video equipment. And. it's

recalled, NBC veepee Charles R.Denny proposed some years agothat NBC would be ready and will-

ing to program for theatre videowhen and if the theatres could payfor it.

How such a venture would elimi-

nate the competition between the-atres and the networks for rightsto sports events has not been ex-plained. Theatre operators realize

that the sports shows mean nothingto them unless they get exclusiverights, which would necessarilyeliminate the broadcasters fromcarrying them.

This type program depends oncelebs to hypo the interest, andAllison's production staff shouldhustle up figures of prominence,and keep up a steady flow of them.It’s too much of a demand on thegabber when he is left with thelocal Joe* and Janes to be broughtup from the tables, and he is toonew to the local terrain (fourweeks) and needs name guests.

Start of show season next monthand return of big floor show actswill be a help here. Cagh.

Schenectady — Mary McGarry,former director of women's pro-grams on WABY, Albany, is nowwith the traffic department ofWGY and WRGB-TV, Schenectady.St Louis—Alan Thompson, pro-

duction head of WEW, the St.Louis University station, is doub-ling in brass, having been appointeddirector of music at the institution.Thompson, a native of England,has been in radio for 24 years andat WEW for the past year.

WCOP Activates Pasage

Of Anti-Narcotic LawBoston, Aug. 7.

WCOP, Hub indie, is taking bowsfor its part in aiding passage of astiff Anti-Narcotic law, signed byMassachusetts Governor Dever,last week. Bill, which was filed last

February by Rep. Meyer Pressman,had been pigeonholed until station,

cooperating with daily Record-American, stirred up enough publicinterest to force passage of thebill. Station aired several roundtable discussions of the narcoticproblem, spotted news bulletinsreporting bill’s progress and other-wise actively engaged in pushingthe measure through.

In appreciation of WCOP's aid.

Rep. Pressman invited the station’s

production manager, Henry Lund-quist. to witness the signing of thebill in the governor's chambers.

»' - Continue* from ease IS—

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broadcasts, can work out a solu-

tion which will be satisfactory to

baseball and the broadcasters. TheCommittee is inquiring whetherbaseball should be exempt fromthe anti-trust laws.

65 rr Losses Last Year

Trautman said that most minorleague clubs are operated primar-ily as civic enterprises and that

with a great many It is a case of

keeping losses to a minimum ratherthan making a profit. He said that

65% of the clubs reported losses

last year.

A survey presented by Trautman

THE REPORTWith Charles Kuralt; announcer.Bob Carroll

Writer: Ken McClure15 Mins.; Sun., It -p.m.

SustainingWAYS, Charlotte. N. C.

WAYS, the ABC affiliate in

Charlotte, has come up with a

fairly interesting news roundup of

the week in “The Report,” a 15-

minute airer. Written by KenMcClure of the station’s staff, thedigest recounts world events as

well as local happenings.To get away from a dry repeti-

tion of things the public has

Lss Continue* from page ZS gssJ“slander.” He said It was damagingto the reputation of all foreign cor-

respondents, including those of ra-

dio.

“It is likely to do enormous harmto William Oatls (Associated Presscorrespondent recently Jailed onspy charges in Czechoslovakia) onthe kind of flimsy charges to whichyour radio series lends credence,”Shaw wrote.Trendle said: “I still think this

whole thing is foolish. Everybodyknows that an undercover manmust have some kind of a job as afront. Wt were very happy withBob in his present job as a re-porter.

“But, what are we going to dowith him now? If we make him a

Boston—Craig Lawrence. WCOPgeneral manager, has been ap-pointed Radio Representative ofthe State Public Affairs Commit-tee of Civil Defense Agency. Ap-pointed to his program advisorycommittee are George Perkins,WHDH program director; JosephTobin, co-owner WJDA, Quincy;Wayne H. Latham, program direc-tor, WSPR, Springfield, and Har-old A. Dorschug. chief engineer,WEEI, technical adviser.

Boston—Richard E. Johnson, forpast 10 years engineer at WCOP,has resigned to accept post as chiefengineer of Lowell Institute's FMstation. Now under construction,station expects to hit the air inearly fall.

Lone Star, Tex. — Applicationhas been made to the FCC b> theLone Star Broadcasting Co. for anew standard broadcast outlet, tooperate on 1300 kilocycles with apower of 500 watts daytime. Prin-cipals in the company are equalpartners. Pierce R Brooks andT. H. Parham. The outlet wouldcost an estimated $16,570 to con-struct, and the first year operatingcost is set at $24,000 with the es-timated revenue the first, year $46,-000.

already read in newspapers or

READYKOTVs Power Boost

Tulsa, Aug. 7.

KOTV, television station In

Tulsa, has been granted higherpower by FCC to extend receptionover a wider area. KOTY, amongthe first three of the nation’s 107stations to request an increase,may go up to its maximum trans-mitter power of 100,000 watts.

Marie Helen Alvarez, president,said the hike will give the station

a signal strength of more than 20,-

480 square miles.

TV Drama to CoastLsa CenUnued from pan tt ssssJj

ton Berle’s 'Texaco Star Theatre”(NBC), Ed Sullivan's 'Toast of the

Town” (CBS) and DuMont's “Cav-

blcade of Stars” will probably re-

main in N. Y. except for occasionalspecial-purpose originations fromthe Coast.

In addition to “Comedy Hour”and “All-Star,” NBC has decidedthat Red Skelton will air his showlive from the Coast on the cable,rather than filming it, as originallyplanned. CBS hopes to air all

shows from the Coast which cur-rently emanate from there via thekinescope route, including AlanYoung and Burns and Allen. Inaddition. Jack Benny's four or five

shows yearly for CBS will comefrom the Coast, in addition to sev-eral new packages the web hasscheduled, such as “My FriendIrma” and the Lucille Ball-Desi Ar-naz show.

Birmingham — Burtt F. McKee,Jr., production director at WAFM-TV here, will leave next month totake a position with the “Voice ofAmerica” in Damascus. Syria. Mc-Kee was production director forWAPI for nine years before trans-ferring to the CBS station’s TVoutlet.

Strong Goes to WMALWashington, Aug. 7.

Jerry Strong, disk jockey atWINX, Washington, for the past11 years, has switched to WM^L,ABC's outlet here.San Antonio— Corwin Riddell,

veteran southwest newscaster isbeing presented in a quarter-hournewscast each Sunday afternoonover the Texas State Network andKABC here. Airings are sponsoredby Morning Glory for mattressesand box springs.

Galveston — Larry Rasco hasbeen named program director ofKGBC here. He will also serveas news editor. Rasco comes herefrom KTSA, San Antonio.

Memphis — Recent announce-ments by four local theatres hereand one in New Albany. Miss., toinstall theatre-TV equipment havecaught the fancy of The MemphisPress-Scimitar, p.m. daily here,which announced the birth of anew daily television column. Newdaily feature which will kick offin about two weeks will be au-thored by Bob Johnson, w.k.Memphis reporter and formerradio ed of the Scripps - Howardp.m. here.

Portsmouth. O. — Marshall Ro-sene. general manager of WSAZ,Huntington, W. Va., has resignedhis post to take over as generalmanager and president of WNXT.new 1 .000-watt station due to go onthe air here in late August.

Detroit—Worth Kramer, veepeeand general manager of WJR, andLee B. Wailes, veepee of the FortIndustry Co. operators of WJBKhere, will chair the radio and tele-vision committees, respectively, ofDetroit's United Foundation cam-paign. United Foundation is asetup which collects funds forvarious national and local healthand welfare organizations.

Salt Lake City—Kay Richins,disk Jockey and staff announcerat KALL, has been upped to pro-duction manager, assisting JackPaige, program director. Richinswit formerly program director ofKDYL. KALL has added KeithAtfmmtif i -stiffof. *

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' Carmen Miranda brought the house

down with her South American tunes,

and then as a piece de resistance, did

a number without her famous turban,

without the platform shoes, and, if you

can believe it, she also did a beboproutine. You've got to catch it."

HARRISON CARROLL*L. A. Herald Express

"Carmen Miranda provides Ciro's

with the fastest, flashiest 32 minutes

the Sunset Strip spot has showcased in

months • • • Stint makes the customers

yell for more."VARIETY

"She shattered the Sunset Strip. Gave^away bananas left from her turban to

ladies at ringside. She's a South Amer-ican doll, and shook everything in the

place—including the customers."

HEDDA HOPPER

"It isn't too surprising that CarmenMiranda has scored a hit at Ciro's. The

vivacious Brazilian has always been an

exciting performer. But she's greater

now than ever before."

PAUL COATES. L. A. Mirror"Carmen Miranda must have been on

e diet of Vitamin B-12. She's got as

much eneray as a jet propelled airplane

and turned it loose all over the stage

last night in her Ciro's opening, to the

delight of the crowds that packed the

place."PLORABEL MUIR. L A. Mirror.

"The nightly excitement at Ciro's as

Carmen Miranda explodes into action.

Has been a big hit here."

LOUIS SOBOL*N. Y. Journal American

"Best way to describe Carmen Mi-randa's act at Ciro's is 'WOWl' She is

simply great with her strong comictalents and Bair for handling zany ma-terial. It is an evening which falls in

the 'don't miss' category."

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"If you miss Carmen Miranda at

Ciro's, you're either crazy or you don't

have any money. What an artistl Whata talent! What a fruit standi"

JIM HENAGHAN.Hollywood Reporter

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Continued from page NPrior to the Congress of Sur-

geons, the French Governmentstarting Sept. 13 will sponsor of*

ficial demonstrations of CBS color

TV on the French BroadcastingSystem's 819-line definition, whichthe French maintain is a naturalfor color adaptability. Top stars

of the Continent will be featured in

special shows for Cabinet ministers

and other dignitaries, with regularpublic demonstrations to follow.

Dr. Peter Goldmark, CBS veepeewho brainchilded the web’s field

sequential mechanical color sys-

tem. will be on hand for the eventsalong with a number of CBS engi-

neers. The French Governmenthas extended an invitation to

Wayne Coy, chairman of the FCC.

the bureau, emceed. Jane Barton, speculation that severs cuems

bureau program director, wrote may be invited to participate, in-

show. Mrs. Mildred Meskil. of the eluding RCA. parent company of

Dept. Woman’s Program, came on NBC. Web will also put up the

camera for final exchange with g*.me for sale on radio. Mad KTTVMrs. Beulah Southwell, owner of carried off the plum, the Times

an Albany herb shop. station would have sold off the

Off the beaten path, half-hour rights. That the CBS bid

held moderate Interest. It was was mtle more than half of NBC’sdraggy. uneven and uncertain in

| offer is taken as an indication thatspots—possibly inevitable in view network was not hopeful ofof the fact the

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success and merely entered the bidtelevision. Moylan, one-time Syra

tokpn or a "wild chance."cuse announcer, displayed signs of as * token or a

hesitation, nervousness and un*|

certainty, although he wove the mi *»• j aprogram together with reasonable Ilf \y\tX HirCfl ASskill. He strove, not always success- .

fully, for a light,, informal touch. 1J V Qfalp TV AdyicnrMoylan photographed well, espe- H.l. JlalC If nUf»UIcial from profile. He will improve Albany. Aug. 7.

as a telecaster.| The Civil Service Commission

Demonstration of steps taken in approved a request from themaking rose stock had perhaps the sute Unlv t0 hire Dr , j. Keithmost, lens punch Mrs. Hall s com- T , director ef radio educationmenUiT °" Jl'i*

1"'58 X™ at Ohio SUte University and a

B^lth Coined atThccnd byM16- member of the Joint Committee for

year-old^Jauehter.talked en.hus,- !

Educational Television, as.spccial

astically about gems, and displayed|

TV consultant at *4o a day^ Dr

a collection of them—color refer- Tyler s selection was announced

ences could not be illustrated on some weeks ago.

black and white. Miss Lee emerged He is to assist State University

with the photogenic honors; she i officials in formulating plans for

could do a musical TV show. How-|establishment of two or three video

ever, her lively story of a Ken-j

stations at state schools, whentucky woman left, through death channels for educational television

of her husband, with an eight-year- become available.old son to support, who built a sub- i —sequent career with General Elec-

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‘ric did not come ofT as sharply as iy|p|s> Station PlllRS Itsit should have. Jaco. ^

for guidance undoubtedly they

were more confused than ever after

pondering the varied answers from

(hr**e girl and two bov participants.

Allen Ludden. who moderates

the session, could have been more.kiutiua In wrannlne UPobjective in wrapping up the

participants’ varied opinions into

one solution for the poser at hand.

On the question of dyeing ones

hair, which caused a considerable

for each program. Adolescents

were concerned with such minor

dilemnas as "what should a boy

give a girl for a going awaypresent?”. Of a more important

nature was "should a 18-year-old

girl marry a 21-year-old boy whodrinks?’’. Discussion among the

panel, although not objective, wasspirited and Interesting One gal

participant’s long-wfhded com-ments reminded of Eloise Mc-Elt'one In miniature.

Originally created by station

WTIC. Hartford, the show started

via WNBT, N. Y.. last June. Be-

tides the major problems, the for-

mat also works in some "answer

box" shorts which are briefies

mainly concerned with teenage

etiquette. To wfhip up audience in-

terest. viewers are asked to nom-inate a "top teenager" among their

acquaintances. Various prizes are

^5555 Coattaaek from page li 1

since their role in the entire proj-

ect was merely an attempt to at

least partially smooth out some of

the ill feeling inspired among sec-

tions of the colored community by

the tele series. The strenuous ob-

jections to the participation of the

A&A trio in the Defender-backed

Biliiken activities raised by the

NAACP, both locally and national-

ly, have alerted both the breweryand the network to the seriousnessof the controversy.

A meeting has been set up in

New York which will bring togeth-er reps of Negro group. Blatz andCBS for a thorough kickaround ofthe entire matter. Parties are ex-pected to meet within a few days.

Continued frWOMAN AT WORKW*th Beth Lee. Mr*. Alfred Hall.

Mrs. Elisabeth Hall. Neal L.

Moylan, othersWriter: Jane BartonDirector: Bill Mnlvey39 Mins.: Son. (5). 3:30 p.m.

N. Y. STATE DEPT. OF COM-MERCE

WRGB-TV, SchenectadyPublic service program, arranged

by the State Dept, of Commerceand produced in cooperation withthe State Radio-Television Bureauto demonstrate the assistance

which the former can give to

women in establishing their ownbusinesses, featured interviewswith four successful Capital district

women. Neal Moylan, director of

"Strike It Rich" TV network show world will congregate. The Con-over WTNC-TV the last two weeks gress this year, the largest yet. will

in August when its own staffer per- take its cue from the thematicsonality. Randy Merriman. will be "White Paper" prepared by Dr.

pinchhitting for vacationing War- Louis Bazy. former Surgeon Gen-ren Hull as emcee. eral of France and organizer of the

This will be Merriman’s first as- Committee of Governors arrangingsignment on a network show and the Congress, that "color television

KSTP-TV wouldn’t stand in his in surgery is the most revolution-

way. even though the show locally|ary advance since the teaching of

is carried on the rival station. Mer- ’ surgery."

riman's present TV show, "Cash For five days, from Sept. 24 to

’n’ Carry," is sponsored by Vel and Sept. 29, there will be a series of

Cavalier cigarets through William specially-selected operations at theEsty Co., New York. Agency was Boucicault hospital in Paris whichso impressed by sales record Mer- the surgeons will view from colorriman racked up for both accounts

|TV receivers which will be movedinto France following the Berlindemonstrations. There will be re-

ports on the advances made in theseries of "color TV surgery” duringthe past year in the United States,

under

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Among the publishers, reaction

to the disk-jockey-as-a-Franken-

stein thesis was split with the line

of division running geneftlly be-

tween the old-line firms, for the

ayes, and the newcomers, for the

nays. Both wings of the business,

however, agreed that the exploiters

of mechanical music, especially the

jukebox ops, were getting too muchof a free ride and that the Copy-right Act was overdue for a revi-

sion in favor of the creative end of

the industry.Most of the established pubs

look upon the disk jockey as the

end result of an evolution whichhas put the record-makers in the

industry saddle. Not only are the

deejays looked upon as a menacebecause of their inexhaustible mawfor tunes, but the artlsts-and-reper-

tory setups at the major wax worksare regarded with equal distaste bymany vet pubs.One publisher said that the a&x

men seem to regard them the pubs)as little more than "office boys,”with their only function being tocarry tunes to the diskers* desksfor approval. This attitude on thea&r men's part was confirmed bya top platter exec who candidly putthe publishers in the same class asthe supplier of Vinylite.

Chain Hate ReactionParadoxically enough, the pubs'

attitude towards the diskers is al-

most exactly duplicated in thediskers' attitude towards the dee-


Overdose of Disk Jock

Plug Borns Up Hits Too

Rapidly—Sid LippmannMinneapolis, Aug. 7.

Federal legislation or othermeans to limit the number of timesany song can be played during agiven period over radio or TV is

proposed by Sid Lippman, co-au-thor of "Too Young” with SylviaDee. here from New York to visit

his hometown.This is essential for pop song-

writers* financial welfare ’ becausethe present era of disk Jockeys is

bringing in its wake speedy deathfor the smash hits. 4 Lippman feelsthat, with few exceptions, thewriters of even the biggest pophits are not receiving their justfinancial rewards today.

It’s all because the disk jockeyskill off the hits quickly by playingthem too often. “Of course, thisdisk jockey business works twoways,” concedes Lippman. "Be-cause of frequent repetition overthe air many songs become big hits

quicker than otherwise would bethe case. But In the aggregatethe surfeiting of the listening pub-lic does songwriters more harmthan good.”Lippman doesn’t blame the

jocks. He says their younger fansactually send in requests for thesame numbers over and fiver andalmost constantly.What part hick plays in landing

a songwriter ia the smash-hit classIs Illustrated anew by "TooYoung’s” history, Lippman pointsout. It was written three yearsago, but didn't attain publicationuntil late last year. In the Interimevery leading New York publisherturned thumbs down on it exceptRedd Evans of Jefferson Music,who was sold on it from the out-set.

Need Good Disk Version,According to Lippman, ’Too

Young** it an example of how Im-portant It ia to get a good record-ing of n song and that, regardlessof Its quality and potential, indif-ferent and poor recordings canbreak it. The Nat "King” Colorecording "made” the tong Thisversion alone has told nearly 1,-

000,000 platters for Capitol, hasprojected the number to its presentposition on the air and TV, andmade it a more than 500,000 bestteller sheet music piece In a verydepressed market.

Ordinarily, Lippman estimates, a(Continued on pago 45)

Sex Frank WalkerFrank B. Walker, prei of

MGM Records, observes,"Down through the years

Vakixtt and 1 have seenthings in the music businesspretty much eye-to-eye. Wedon't differ on your "MusicBiz’s Frankenstein” editorial.

"I like to believe that theold-fashioned way of exploit-ing songs was better but timemoves on, r>and I could bebe wrong.”

Davis CaDs It

‘Stop-Music’Biz

Benny Davis is one of the real-istic songsmiths who merely seesthe deejay as a 1051 evolution thatdates back to payola in the oldendays. Today’s DJ, in the main, is

not on-the-take, but he must beromanced just as Jesse Crawford at

the Broadway Paramount Theatrewas years ago, when the organistwas so important to "make” a song.Or when the bandleader, later withradio, or with vaudeville acts in thedays before Crawford and thebands.

"First it Was Jolson, liter it wasTommy Dorsey, and before thatand in-between a publisher wouldbuy an act its wardrobe, or a ward-robe trunk, or pay for 1,000 the-atrical photos, and the like. So. to-

day, they don’t contact the bandsas assiduously as they did, instead,they’re wining-and-dining the dee-

J«y*."Main thing is that the music

publisher no longer has control ofhis song. He may place it with adisk company for a male and windup with a girl singing it. The rec-ord is the sudden-death barometer,to the degree that the songwritersuffers.

"In former years a publisherstayed on a song, spent money plug-ging it,” continues Davis. "Manysongs could be made hits, but thepublishers roll the easiest way. TooYoung* was on the market formonths, and might have gone theway of many another equally goodsong, but luckily a terrific Nat(King) Cole record came alongwhich gave the song a terrific dem-onstration. There are any numberof equally good tongs but it’s got-ten so that it’s the "Stop the Music”business—a million-to-one shot. If

the record zings, you’re in. But If

not, they lay down cold. That’s whyI say it’s no longer a music pub-lishing business—it’s a case of therecord and the deejay, and that'swrong and unsound. It may workout swell for those catch-as-catch-can firms which do hit the jackpotwith a good recording, but It's fun-damentally unsound in the besttraditions of music publishing.”

Pubs Score Diskeries

For Discovery’ KickA music publisher who is typical

of the don’t-quote-me and don’t-want-get-in-trouble footnotersscores the diskeries for abettingthe deejays in their "discovery”kick

For one thing, there are record-ing outfits with .subsidiary, affili-

ate or other tied-in publishing ven-tures which make no bones shoutthe fact that they "like to takefrom guys with offices in theirhats.” Another brags. "I don't needWarner Bros., referring to the WB’sMusic Publishers Holding Corp-which embraces such fine oldhouses as Witmsrk. Harms andRemlck, plus subsids like NewWorld (Gershwin), Advanced Musicand others.

Another says, "I’d rather pick'em from Nashville,” referring to

that focal point of hillbilly andfolk song origination (WSM, Nash-ville). Another puts accent on thefaet that only the lesser publisherswill "cooperate on exclusives,”

which is fallacious because oncethere Is a "notice-of-uaer"—underthe Copyright Act—anybody canrecord an "exclusive.” That exclu-sivity can sometimes be cut downas fine as 24 hours if gny competi-tive diskery ever set out to makea fast waxing and jump into thecompetitive market.

Sees Editorialm

A Pitch For Some

Passe Music PubsBy JOSEPH R. CARLTON(V.P., Mercury Recorda)

Your editorial brings to mind anaged, fading, soubret, who sits inthe outdoor cafe on the Champs-Elysees. mutters oaths at the thinvermouth and the new generation,and whinnies now and then for the“Paris of yesteryear.”

So with this blast at the diskJockey, written for the sole benefitof a few old-line music publishers.At least you repeat the same obso-lete premise . . . that the musictrade belongs only to the publish-ing business . . . and come up Viththe obviously faulty conclusion thatall the horses (record execs, d. J.’s.

performers, writers, etc.) shouldretreat through the locked doorinto the stable.

Piety nor wit can alter the fact

that the music trade today is big-

ger than the old publishing busi-

ness. just as the old publishingbusiness is too little and too set

in Its ways for the real music busi-

ness. Records and disk jockeyshave fiung open vast new musicmarkets to encompass the smallestcities of America. The once-proudaristocracy of the major musicalmetropolis can no longer cofitrol

the channels of "hit” exploitation,

so they wail and lament and rueand look backwards and warn us"Just wait, television will fix every-thing.”What do the publishers fear? If

there were 50,000 disk jockeys,there would be so much more op-

portunity to review new songs anduncover new talents. The goodmusic and the good judgment of

the good publishers will pervadedown to the public level. _ Whatis evil about competition from newpublishers and new sources of hit-

making?We have a bigger audience than


Other Headache*The deejay self-examination

has also disclosed the lawyers,

agents, business managers whowant "deals,” and other latter-

day travail that goes with to-

day’s music publishing evolu-tion.

Publishers complain that In

former years, if a writer placed

a song and he got an advanceand assurance it would get a"plug,” that was that. Today,lawyers and business manage-ments get into the act on spe-

cial provisions, etc., which fre-

quently upset a deal.

Avers Musk Biz

Started PayolaHartford, Aug. S.

Editor, Variety:Was just abmit to take off for

a short vacation but figured I’d

wait until 1 dashed off this com-ment or two on your editorial onthe "Frankenstein.”

I have often wondered why the

so-called business men of the mu-sic world have taken it upon them-selves to "Ax” certain disk-jockeys

in order to supposedly assure

themselves of a hit. To my wayof thinking, a song stands on its

own—no matter what pressures are

brought to bear by pluggers, pub-bers and the like. Sure I know the"payola” system exists— but whoitarted it/ Look around your ownbackyard—big and small alike are

not adverse to gentle bribing of

disk-jockeys. As far as I person-

ally am concerned. I never haveand never will tolerate any attemptto "buy” a plug from me—of

course, no one has come aroundwith a five pound box of money ora small Cadillac as yet!

Last summer, I had the pleasure

of appearing on the Chesterfield

ABC’s of Music show. I know how7 got on the show—yet at least

three "characters” showed up at re-

hearsals claiming that they alone

were responsible for my being(Continued on page 48)

This Pub Salutes the Disk Jock For

Everything But Inventing Penicillin

By HOWARD S. RICHMOND <

I disagree that "the music busi-

ness built a Frankenstein for itself

by building up the disk jockey to

his present level.”

First of all, the deejiy has not

been built up by. the business, but

by the public. There are all kinds

of spinners of disks and makerswith repartee. They don’t all earna President’s salary, and the oneswho do aren’t necessarily on the

highest wattage. It’s what these

fellers do with their shows and the

way they work as showmen andsalesmen that places them on top

or out looking, for a new job. AndIt’s the public who decides, not

the music publishers, who is goingto be listened to and who isn’t.

Most of the big men in recordedradio muaic have spent 10 or 20

years cresting their own audiences.

Long before the recent upsurgeof records as a source of revenuesurpassing sheet music in boxoffice

draw (1 think about 1940), the

sheet copies had dwindled. If mydad (Maurice Richmond, one of the

real pioneers of the whole doggonepopular music biz) has his memorycap on properly, It was when .10-

cent music went out, prior to radio

that the general' rule of million-

copy song sales disappeared. Sure,

there have been big copy songs—even last year’s 'Tennessee Waltz”proved it can still be done, but onlywhen the song’s got the stuff. Nopubtisher with a steady run of hits

in the past 15 years could counton prosperity from sheet sales, andthis all happened before the deejaygot ao popular. The '30s werepretty dismal yean for copy sales.

(Only the Frankenstein was sup-

posedly live radio, remember?)ASCAP has made a fabulous con-

tribution to the creative partners,

the writers and publisher, of the

Wortt Payola Town§The trade admits that Bos-

ton and Chicago are the toppayola towns in the business,

so far as disk jocks are con-cerned.

music business. Certainly the $14,-

000,000 melon compensates for

"free” public reception of musicon radio, TV, in clubs, etc. Andlet’s not forget how much BMI is

doing to stimulate competition, of-

fer opportunity and recognition andacceptance to new writers and pub-lishers. The BMI performance pay-ments have helped lessen the life

or death struggle for the publisherand writer. And this all happenedprior to ndminating the deejay andradio record programs as the musicindustry evil.

Great ExpietteerThe deejay counts because he

contributes a major function in thepopularity of a song. He offers thebest possible of all performancesand Interpretation* through themedium of a recording. Artists,

musicians, arrangers, techniciansand all aorta of people have spentdays, weeks and even months to

get on wsx their very bent perform-ance. Not just a remote broad-cast with bad balance, and noisydancers. But the best of all pos-

sible treatments from every ap-

proach artistically and technically.

That's what’q on the record! That’swhy people prefer it to the live

performance.Why should the public be expect-

ed to accept less than the best?

It may be wrong that the perform-er gets no more than the basic

royalty. Don't blame this on the

deejay. The performer’s retail


DJ SEED DODD

iinnThe musie business Is one of ex-

tremes, and as result the early re-

action to Vamety’s exposition onwhether Tin Pan Alley may havebuilt itself a Frankenstein in theform of the disk jockey foundsharply contrasted reactions. Thepro-DJ prototype, of which theyounger, more enterprising andhence more opportunistic musidpublisher is typical, gives thedeejay credit for everything in-cluding the invention of penicillin.

To this typ# music man, the diskjock is the surefire barometer onmusic tastes: tbs continuing ave-nue for exploitation and populari-zation: the most direct equation be-tween the business and the ulti-

mate consumer. They gp over-board, even wondering what’spayola? That's where sharp prac-tice ends and naivete begins—orit’s a naivete as studiously inno-cent as any sharpshooter who givesthose gullible enough to accept it

the wide-eyed technique.There’s no disputing the stature

of the deejay and his affirmativecontribution to the music business.But It doesn’t gainsay the fact, asa vet songsmith like Benny Davispoints out, for instance, that "themusic publisher has lost control ofhis copyright, which technically is

owned by his publishing firm butwhich is theoretical because therecording company takes hold, andfrom then on the fate of the song,the songwriter and the publisher


WTSL’s Milt Kray Sez

Small Stations Couldn’t

Exist Without RecordsHanover, N. H.

Editor, Vaeiety:Strictly from the persona] stand-

point of the writer, and the partyline hinterland station, it is truethat radio and the disks, plus thejockey, have taken over instead ofpub’ed sheets. And true, there is

a lot of the so-called payola, etc.,

which may call for a Congressionalin the day of the«many investiga-tions. The pros and cons are some-thing for others to argue. We seepractically nothing of that aspectand many of the outlets hereaboutsdon’t even get a sniff of goodservice from the companies. Webuy our copies. Here, It’s "Playpretty for the people or they won'tlisten."

On your basic theme. I wonderif you have- considered the factthat the old parlo% piano, and thedays of buying the new sheet mu-sic on the stands, have long sincegone by. It’s cheaper to buy scombination radio-phono and hearthe latest by the top artist, arrangerand orch. "What’s fresh and newon the music side? Let’s listen toour favorite disk show.” Whatmakes a favorite dfck show? Youtell me.Without recorded music, the

small station could close its doors,and as It happens the small sta-

tion has become the centre of smalltown USA. We’re part of the com-munity and as such, we're ruled bythe community. The average DJhereabouts doesn’t plug a disk.The most he can do is introducethe new ones. After that the lis-

tener tells him what he plays.The bad features of "Franken-

stein" we can’t argue, but thefact remains radio is note the mu-tic business’s top piupper, and thedisk is the way it’s being pub-lished. Milt Kray.

LECT SCHNEIDER TO

DECCA DIRECTORATELeonard W. Schneider. Decea

exec vice-prexy, was elected a di-

rector of the company at a boardmeeting last week.At the same time, the board ac-

cepted the resignation of DaveKapp, who recently was ousted as

veepee by Decca pres Milton R.

Rackmil.

om page 41 S5SS3SSBS55V|

and cities. These are the real men-aces of the music business. Their ,

income on a nickle-a-play runs

into, the millions. They sew upthe local kids, pressure them andtalk them into ‘tieups.’ a la the

same kids who have been trappedin the recent basketball scandals,

and I rather suspect that the majorrecord companies blind themselvesto this. Because these ‘syndicates’

work the record distributors, andif they’re bearing down on this or

that record, the accent thus is ongetting as many 'plays' as pos-

sible.”

Ford accents that he. nor anyright-thinking deejay would eversay anything “stinks”; that he northey would do anything deliberate-ly to hurt an artist, a song or a

product: that “we might sometimesbe compelled to say that this is

the worst record so-and-so evermade, but we are not on-the takeguys, we are not destructive, weare a plus to the industry.” •

Ford thinks that some sort of a

board to regulate things, withVariety at the helm, would auto-matically cure any backslidingwhere mobsters, local syndicatesand other pressure groups, includ-ing payola-minded music pub-lishers. “might have engineeredcorruptive influences.”

But he doesn't see how payolacan exist in the bigger cities—al-

though in the same breath he con-cedes that Boston and Chicago, cer-tainly two of the top key keys in

the U. S., are "the most payolaedtowns”—because the pay is good.If the kids in the sticks arecaught in a vacuum, and grow upunder a larceny influence thinksFord, “that’s where the Variety-supervised board could right thewrongs of the take-’em characters.”

Ivory Rag Mac MelodiesI Apoljgixe Victoria

Be My Love . F.D & H.

Mockin' Bird Hill . SouthernJezebel . ConnellyOn Top of Old Smoky . . LeedsMy Truly TiMly Fair . . DashToo Late Now ...New WorldShot Gun Boogie ConnellyLoveliest Night F.D.&H.

Second 12Our Very Own WoodGod Bless You CarolinYou Are My Destiny. SwanSeptember Song Sterling

Unless F.D.AH.Would I Love You DisneyLife’s Desire LennoxSparrow in Treetop ClnephonicBeggar In Love . CinephonicLittle White Duek . SouthernIn English Garden . ...SunFifty Years Ago . . Connelly

Nat (King) Cole; “Make Believe Someone Knew I Was Lonesome"Land” -”111 Always Remember -’’Tell The Truth” (Decca). TwoYou” ( Capitol*. Still riding high disappointing sides by the Gordonwith his Too Young” click. Cole Jenkins crew, which usually comescomes up with another good poten- up with something fresh. These

tial in “Make Believe Land/’ It’s arrangements, however are sweet-

a lovely ballad in the “Over The ly lack-lustre, with Jenkins repeat-

Rainbow” vein, Cole delivering ing some musical figures u*ed morewith his usual sensitivity. Hugo appropriately on other tunes. It

Wlnternalter orch and chogus also cpu|d numbers are

have an excellent cut for Victor, slightly on the cliche side.

Stuart Foster soloing. On the Cap- Merv Griffta-Hugo Winterhalteritol flip. Cole strongly projects an , Orch: “Belle, Belle, My Libertyokay number. Pete Rugolo orch Belle”-“I Fall In Love With Youand chorus backing neatly.

|Ev’ry Day” (Victor!. Merv Griffin

Tamara Hayes: “Hold Me-Hold (Freddy Martin band vocalist

•

Me-Hold Me ’-‘ You Blew Out The turns in a cutely hoked-up version

Flame In My Heart” < Decca). Negro of one of the hokiest folk tunes to

cafe vocalist from the Coast con- stem from Tin Fan Alley. Grunntinues to impress as a standout ,

*pd chorus will give the Guysong stylist. There’s a slight bop Mitchell version for Columbia a

responsible awareness to tneir

obligation”; that, because of their 1

persuasiveness as platter-chatter-

ers and merchandisers they are en-

listed for all sorts of altruistic

causes; that “they raise families

and deport themselves in p whole-

some manner,” and that the>

shouldn’t be broadly indicted be-

cause of. possibly, a few back-

sliders.

Ford’s WNEW (N. Y.) shows en-

joys top-rating for its straight mu-sical exposition since Ford is not

an opinionaior, an inlefvievti . of a

cause-pitcher *a la Barry Gray.

“Big Joe’’ Rosenfeld. Kal Ross, et

al*. and he thinks he falls within

the orbit of “record showmen’’

when he projects a “just-off-the-

wax’’ work, or some “premiere’’ of

a new album or artist

The Lindy’s set has been slightly

•gog over the spotlight on the

deejays’, perhaps exaggerated

function and/or importance in the

music business, and the pros 4cons will probably continue for

some time.

There are and will continue to

be that cautious segment which

sounds off but “fears” repercus-

sions from deejays since "we gotta

live with them, you know, espe-

cially because they are as impor-

tant as Variety’s editorial states.”

Ford perhaps best •• Illustrates

the deejays’ viewpoint that the in-

telligent. platter-chatterer is a mu-sicologist and a disk editor. “Some-times they’re violent as a yellow

journal, but most often they are as

calm and objective as the N. Y.

Times.” he observes.

Creative Force

He thinks most of them are “a

creative force” and certainly a for-

Alan Lerner, Barton Lane

Form Own Publishing CoLyricist Alan Jay Lerner and

composer Burton Lane have

formed Lerland Music Co., which

has been chartered to conduct a

publishing, broadcasting and televi-

sion business in New’ York. Lerner

and Lane recently did the score for

the Metro fllmusical “Royal Wed-

ding.” and Lerner will be repre-

sented on Broadway this fall in

the Cheryl Crawford legit musical.“Paint Your Wagon,” on which hecollaborated with Frederick Loewe.They are undecided as to whetherthey will publish their future prod-

uct

Capital stock of Lerland is 200shares, no par value. Directors areLerner. Lane, Mrs. Nancy Lerner(screen actress Nancy Olson) andMrs. Marion Lane. Fitelson AMayers were filing attorneys.

to restore the old b.o. platterpower. “Tenderness” is the morecommercial side, Sinatra renderingthe sentimental theme moreeffectively than the sophisticatedRodgers A Hart number on thereverse.

Jane Russell: “You'll Know’’-“Five Little Miles From San Ber-dedo” (London 1

. Film actress JaneRussell fares badly in her pipingof "You’U Know” on wax where thelack of sight values can’t divertattention from the off-key and flat

vocalizing. She comes out betteron “San Berdedo,” a rhythm itemwhich doesn't demand so much.Both tunes are from her RKO pic

starrer, “Her Kind of Woman.”

Album ReviewsJosephine Baker (Columbia). Jo-

sephine Baker’s magic as a per-former fails to come through fully

In this set of French tunes. Cutin France, the quality of her voiceis thin, much like the pre-acorati-csl era recordings, and the onfnes-tral backgrounds add nothing.Despite these hurdles, her style

can be felt in such numbers as

“Haiti." “C’est Lui," “Aux lies

Hawaii" and "J’ai Deux Amours.”which are tops in this package of

eight tunes.'

Platter PointersRalph Flanagan orch has a sharp

Instrumental in “The Winky Dink.”a number closely fashioned after

“The Huckle Buck” (Victor) . . .

Lea Paul and Mary Ford closely

follow the “How High The Moon”formula on their new Capitolrelease. “The World Is Waiting ForThe Sunshine” . . . On the samelabel. Glaele Mackenzie impresseswith her rendition of “Jolie Jac-queline” and “Fairyland” . . . Ella

Fitzgerald bounces out a highlyboppified cut of “Smooth Sailing”for Decca . . . George WetUIng’scombo has packaged a solid set of

jazz for Columbia . . . On the samelabel, Eddy Manaon flashes his

virtuoso harmonica technique in

another long-play set . . . IrvingZathmary orch showcases somefancy orchestral arrangements in a

“Moods For Moderns” album issuedunder the new Madison Recordslabel . . . Arthur Prysock's cut of

“Blue Velvet” rates attention

(Decca) . . . Louis Armstrong’sversion of “I Get Ideas” for Deccais just fair . . . Some moreof Jerry Lewis' moderately effec-

tive comedy vocalizing on wax in

”1 Like It—I Like It” (Capitol) . .

.

Louis Jordan orch has a cute Itemin “Three-Handed Woman” (Capi-

tol).

Standout western, folk, blues,

rhvthm. religious, etc.; Bob Wills,

“Pliney Jane” <M-G-M> . . . JohnGreer. “Big Rock” (Victor) • .

Merle Travis, “Lost John Boogie

'

(Capitol) . . . Sharkey DixielandKings, “Hungry Woman" (Capitol).

. . . Tampa Red, “Since Baby’s BeenGone” (Victor) . . . Sister Rosetta

Tharpe-Marie Knight: “Hli Eye Is

On the Sparrow” (Decca).

Cap Sets Aside Tuesdays

For Publisher Contacting

Sr. Lombardos’ 50th AnniThe 50th wedding anniversary of

the elder Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lom-bardo. parents of the musical clan,

will be observed at a party at

their Stamford. Conn., home. Aug.19. Children and in-laws throwingthe party are Guy, Jr.. Carmen.Victor, and their wives; Lebert,Joseph. Rose Marie and the Ken-neth (Elaine Lombardo) Gardners.Latter is vocalist with the GuyLombardo band.

Over 200 are expected, includinga group of friends from London.Ontario, where most of the Lom-bardos were born.

Records contract”); Don Cherry;

(“whom I helped pick out of a

quartet, even wondering who wasthat voice until Lester Lewis andHowie Richmond took him over”);

“I Don’t Wanna Set the World OnFire,” by Bennie Benjamin (“whonow’ owns half of the Virgin Islandsrealty”), Eddie Seiler and Sol

Marcus, because of plugging thatold disk; Toni Arden (“whom I like

to think I developed enthusiasmin. via Ed Sullivan, who took heroff my WPIX show and sheclimbed big from then on”).

Eileen Barton, Johnny Desmond.The Weavers (“about whom 1

screamed. “Wily aren’t they on rec-ords?”’), Edith Piaf ( who I al-

ways thought w’ould do better if

she did more melodic songs”),those 26 French songs which event-ually became U. S. hits, “asVariety pointed out.”

Ford states that he doesn’t thinkhe nor any^deejay wants to gooverboard craiming or taking bowsfor this or that, but he feels thatthe intelligent disk jockey — a

nomenclature which, incidentally,he abhors excepting that he can’tthink of anything more colorful to

describe his calling— is in perhapsthe best position to explore all

facets of the music business froma neutral corner. He calls the DJthe “test pilot” of the musicbusiness.

Nice Bunch of Kids

He has some cogent things to say•bout the fact that the rank-and-file of the 10.000 DJs are in thecut rate payoff class. “They’re abunch of kids, In the main, someof whom will come up the hardway as have the better knownnames you mention. But considerthe 2,700 radio stations, and thefact that they operate 12-24 hoursdaily, and have two, three or fourmen per station to turn the diskswhile they yatata. it does createemployment for a lot of people.

“But they are kids, nevertheless.And don’t forget that many hinter-land cities are 'sewed up’ by juke-box syndicates, like the beer mus-clemen used to ’sey up’ districts

UvllUlUilRosemary Clooney . . . .Columbia

l Nat "Kinp" Cole CapitolI Richard Haye* Mercury\ Guy Mitchell Mitch Miller . Col.

) Vic Damoyie MercuryDinah Shore .Victor

i Patti Page Mercury) Dennis pay Victor

Frankie Laine ... Columbia

l Doris Day Columbia( Billy William* Quartet ...MGMApril Stevens Henri Rene Victor

( Tony Bennett ColumbiaI Les Baxter Capitol

Frankie Laine Columbia

1. COME ON-A MY HOUSE (5) (Duchess)

2. TOO YOUNG (16) (Jefferson)

3. MY TRULY. TRULY FAIR (6) (Santly-J)

4. SWEET VIOLETS (3) (Morris)*

5. MR. AND MISSISSIPPI (7) (Shapiro-JS)

6. JEZEBEL (11) (BMI)

7. SHANGHAI (1) (Advanced)

8. I’M IN LOVE AGAIN (4) (Harms)

9. BECAUSE OF YOU (1) (Broadcast)*

10. ROSE. ROSE I LOVE YOU (*) (Chappell)

Second CroupI GET IDEAS (Hill-R)

LOVELIEST NIGHT OF T1IF. YEAR (6) (Robbins)

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (14) (Folk-W)

JOSEPHINE (Feist)

HOW HIGH THE MOON (14) (Chappell)

GOOD MORNING MR. ECHO (Forrest)

THESE THINGS I OFFER YOU (Valando). .

Tony Martin Victor

Mario Lanza Victor

( Wearer* Decca(Vaughn Monroe Victor

Les Paul-Mary Ford . . . .Capitol

Les Paul-Mary Ford ..‘..Capitol

Jane Turzy Trio Decca

iSarah Vaughan Columbia

j Patti Page Mercury

jAl Trace Mercury

1 Jo Stafford-Frankie Laine . Col.

\ Tommy Edwards MGM(Paul Weston Columbia

'/ Nat “King” Cole Capitol

JLes Paul-Mary Ford . . . Capitol

) Patti Page Mercury

UNLESS <S> (Bourne)(Guy Mitchell-Mitch Miller..Cpl

SOUND-OFF (8) (Shaplro-B)L

VaugJifi Monrbe * VictorBE MY LOVE (21) (Miller) / Mario Lanza Victor

I APOLOGIZE («) (Crawford) Billy Eckfttfie MGMIFipures tn parentheses indicate number of weeks song has been in the Top 10.J

PRETTY EYED BABY (Pickwick)

MORNIXGSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (Remlck)

BECAUSE OF RAIN (Maypole)

MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL (IS) (Southern)

Shearing-Eckstine TourTees Off Get. 12 in LA.

The George Shearing-Bitty Eck-stine second annual concert, tourtees off Oct 12 at the Shrine Xudi-toriuni, Los Angeles. Tour, whichalready has 67 dates booked, will

wind up in Washington, D. C.,

Dec. 9.

Shaw Artists Corp. is handlingtour by arrangement with theWilliam Morris Agency.

Columbia Records Is launchinganother effort to stabilise the in-

dustry's price structure by a crack-

down on price-cutting practices in

the long-play disk field. Stymiedby an adverse court ruling last yearwhich prevented the company fromcutting off discount outlets frommerchandise, Columbia Is cur-

rently making an -effort to plugthe leaks in its distrib setup bywhich retailers in one territory

can buy disks from distribs jn an-

other area.Practice of trans-shipments has

proven to be the major key to the

retailer's discounting policies.

Some distribs. caught with big tele-

vision inventories and strapped

for cash, have been selling disks

at cost, thus giving the retailers a

big enough margin to slash prices.

Some of the larger discount housesin N. Y. have been having regular

contact with out-of-town distribs.

Currently, the discounting prac-

tice has gone from bad to worse,

from the viewpoint of the manufac-turers. Dealers, who started off

with 20% cuts as bait, have beenmaking even deeper slashes, rang-ing in some cases up to 40% on all

labels. Situation has reached a

peak this summer because of slowbusiness and a desire to liquidate

merchandise against competitive

discount houses.

In a showdown battle with the

indie TV stations over a licensing

deal. American Society of Com-posers, Authors and Publishers last

week uncorked a sweeping blastagainst Broadcast Music, Inc., in aN. Y. Federal Court petition toamend the ASCAP antitrust con-sent decree.

. Charging that TV indies areseeking to use the antitrust decreeto give an unfair competitive ad-vantage to BMI, ASCAP’s petitionis seen opening the door to newGovernment Intervention in thewhole music industry's licensingsetups.

Key amendment proposed byASCAP would give the Society theright to nix granting a per-programlicense to any radio or TV outlethaving a licensing agreement withBMI. Under the consent decree,ASCAP was required to submitboth a blanket and per-programdeal to the broadcasters for theirapproval. In the current case, thebroadcasters rejected both, thusprecipitating court action.

Presented in the form oi an af-fidavit by ASCAP prexy Otto A.Harbach, the latter charged the re-fusal of the TV indies to make adeal augmented BMI's "present un-fair competitive advantage to theprejudice of the Individ

Rayburn-FInch WaxUnder Deccm Banner

Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch,WNEW, N. Y., disk jockey teamwho have been poking at diskswith gag interpolations on theirshow* are going out on a limb viatheir own disk creations. Deejayduo will wax under the Decca ban-ner, with which they have inkedan exclusive pact.

Initial releases will be "Way UpIn North Carolina'* and "DryBones.”

Grean-Glazer 'Musicians’

Picked Up By Lou Levy“The Musicians,” novelty cleffed

by RCA Victor pop artists and

repertory .chief Charles Grean in

collaboration with Tom Glaser,has been picked up by publisherLou Levy for his Leeds firm. Tunehas been given a big sendoff via

a Victor cut featuring a quartetof Dinah Shore. Betty Hutton,Tony Martin and Phil Harris.

Number is the third entry byGrean since his tune, “The Thing,"clicked late last year. Unlike the

other tunes, such as “SweetViolets” and "Never Been Kissed,"

new number avoids the doubleentendre lyrics and is pitched at a

juve audience.

Indicative of Decca's stable finan-

cial setup, despite sharp businessfluctuations in the platter industryover the past six months, the disk-ery racked up a net profit of$362,200 for the half-year period,ending June 30. Provision of$343,700 was made for incometaxes beyond the net.

Profit this year ran. slightly

ahead of the $360,000 made byDecca during the first six monthsof last year; the total year's grossran over $1,000,000. As in 1950,most of Decca's initial six-monthprofit this year was garnered in

the fit>l quarter, when the com-pany netted $315,000. Sharp fall-

off during the second quarter fol-

lows the normal curve for the diskindustry.Six-month net amounted to 47c.

per share on the 776,650 sharesoutstanding.

In an attempt to pressure a

change in the new payoff system ofthe American Society of Com-posers, Authors A Publishers, formletters are being circulated amongASCAP writers urging them tosupport various revisions designedto help the lower brackets. Let-ters stem from various individualdeffers and groups, but there is

no agreement among them as tothe solution.

One report that the top writersof ASCAP agreed to a petition to

the Department of Justice for anamended payoff plan is groundless.Several high ranking writers saidthey were “leaving the matter en-tirely in the hands of the ASCAPboard.” In any case, it's pointed

1 com-posers, authors and publishers whodo not throw their lot with BMI.Each of the petitioners . . . holdsa blanket license from BMI. It is

significant that the petitioners in

the dealings with BMI do not insist

on obtaining per-program licenses.”

History of BMIHarbach's affidavit outlined the

history and structure of BMI,stressing the fact that BMI “is anarm of the broadcasting industry,”owned and operated by 700 indiesand webs. Spotlighting an ASCAPsore point. Harbach said BMI “con-stantly reminds broadcast compa-nies . . . that they serve their ownfinancial interests when they broad-cast BMI music.” BMI, it was alsopointed out, advertises that its

“repertoire provides sufficient mu-sic to fill every program need.”

Under these conditions, Harbachpointed out that ASCAP would beunder a handicap If it gave per-program licenses to stations thathgve an interest in “preferring theuse of BMI music on particularprograms instead of music com-posed by the Society's members,irrespective of the merits of themusic or the appropriateness forthe program.”

ASCAP further charged that aper-program deal would give broad-casters the chance to urge sponsorsto bypass ASCAP tunes on theirshows as a way of saving moneysince no extra charge is made onBMI music. “This practice has beenresorted to,'** the affidavit alleged,“and evidence of It will be pro-duced on the hearings of the ap-plication.” Harbach further chargedBMI with urging broadcasters toobtain per-program rathei thanblanket license deals.

ASCAP's raising of the BMI is-

sue in the current case brings intothe open a long-standing grievanceof the Society against both BMIand the Government. When theGovernment first charged ASCAPwith being a monopoly some yearsago. ASCAP execs said: “Whatabout BMI?” At that time, it’s un-derstood the Government assuredASCAP that it would step in againwhen BMI became big enough tohurt ASCAP.

Simultaneously with filing its

answer in N. Y. Federal Court to

the petition of some 50 indie TVstations on determination of per-

program license fees, American So-

ciety of Composers, Authors and

Publishers last week moved for a

court order to amend the anti-

trust consent decree of March,

1950. It was the first attempt by

ASCAP to amend the decree and

thus bring the Department of Jus-tice back into the case as an inter-

ested party.

ASCAP's proposed amendmentsto the decree were designed to

strengthen the Society's bargainingposition on the TV licensees whilegiving ASCAP an additional com-petitive lever against BroadcastMusic, Inc., which also suppliesmusic to the broadcasters (the BMIangle In the dispute is covered in

an adjoining story).

Petition for an amended decreeasked the court to include withinthe meaning of “programs” all spotannouncements, station-break plugs

or “other commercial credits” in-

terspersed between programs. Thisamendment would legitimatize

ASCAP's demand to the TV indies

that the per-program license also

include revenues derived fromplugs sandwiched between showsusing ASCAP material. This pro-

posal was one of the major hurdlesin ASCAP's attempt to make a di-

rect deal with the TV indies.

ASCAP also asked the court to

okay the licensing fee rate sched-ule originally proposed to thebroadcasters. ASCAP's licensing

rates on a per-program basis are

on a sliding schedule as follows:

8V£% of the full card rate for

sponsored shows and 2% of the

card rate on sustaining shows for

stations with gross receipts under$150,000 yearly; 9% and 2V4% for

grosses between $150,000 and$300,000; and 9*4% and 2Vfc% ongrosses over $300,000.

Argument on ASCAP's motionsare expected to open in FederalCourt in October before JudgeHenry W. Goddard. Robert P.

Patterson, former Secretary of

War, is acting as ASCAP's gen-eral counsel together with for-

mer Judge Ferdinand Pecora,

of Schwartz Sc Frohlich, and Her-man Finkelsteln. For the indie

stations, Stuart Sprague and formerFederal Judge Simon H. Rifkindare handling the legal angles.

'Additional direct negotiations

between ASCAP and the 50 TVstations, representing a little less

than half of the industry, are not

excluded even though the matteris before the courts. It’s not con-sidered likely, however, that a

Ed Vance Loses Again,

This Tone in Attempt to

Interrene in Govt Sait

RCA Execs Hit die Road

For Distributor MeetsEdward Vance, Missouri song-

writer. and probably the most ac-

tive litigant in the music industry,

lost out again in New York Federal

Court last week when Justice Ed-ward Weinfeld denied him the right

to intervene In the Government’santitrust suit against the AmericanSociety of Composers, Authors andPublishers.The court ruled that where “the

Government is the complainant in a

suit, its conduct and control of liti-

gation be free from Interference

from private citizens.”

Industry lawyers estimate that

it's about the 10th time that Vancehas been set back in the courts. Heoriginally brought an unsuccessfulaction for $1,000,000 damagesagainst ASCAP and several pub-lishers, charging conspiracy and\ iolation of the antitrust laws.Licked several times in the Mis-souri courts, Vance moved to NewYork to change jurisdiction, but it

hasn't helped to date.

Teeing off a major fall promo-tion for RCA Victor, eight topexecs of • the diskery divisionfanned out nationally over theweekend for a series of distrib

meetings this week. Powwows in

six cities will follow up the sum-mer campaign, with several mer-chandising incentives being offeredto dealers.

Victor will pitch up a 100% ex-change plan to dealers covering101 of the company's best-sellers

in both pop and longhair fields.

Under this deal, outlets can ex-change any portion of this mer-chandise if they agree to main-tain their overall stock of Victorstandards. Other incentives forearly fall ordering include a freedisplay rack and a three-speedbooth demonstrator.

Victor execs embarking on thejunket included J. B. Elliott, vice-prexy in charge of consumer prod-ucts; W. W. Bullock, sales planningmanager; Ed Dodelin, field salesmanager; H. L. Letts, assistantmanager of the record department;Paul A. Barkmeier, vice-prexy andgeneral manager of Victor; JimLennon, coin operator sales man-ager; Larry Kanaga, general salesmanager, and George R. Marek, di-

rector of artists and repertory.

In any caseout, any move to help the lower-income writers could only be in theform of a charitable donation to aspecial fund set up for that pur-pose because under the consentdecree the only method of distri-

bution must be based on perform-ances.One of the form letters is being

circulated by “a group of west coastwriters.” It’s known, however,that L. Wolfe Gilbert, ASCAP’sCoast rep, is opposed to the prop-aganda activity of the so-called

“West Coast Group.”

tir JOINS 'BANANA’

FOR CAPITOL ALBUMCapitol Records is making an

early plunge into' next season's

original-cast album operation witha tieup of a second legit musical to

open on Broadway in September.Newest deal was completed last

week for the album rights to

“Three Wishes for Jamie,” withscore by Ralph Blane and starring

John Raitt, Marion Bell and Cecil

Kellaway. Show is currently try-

ing out at the Curran, San Frqn-cisco, for a month, and is slated to

open in N. Y. in September. Albumwill be issued shortly afterwards.

Several weeks ago Capitol sewedup the album rights <m the upcom-ing “Top Banana,” with score byJohnny Mercer and starring Phil

Silvers. Show is due to open In

N. Y. Sept. 26. Capitol had the

inside track on this show since

Mercer is one of the diskery’s co-

founders. in addition to being a

vocalist on the label.

RUDOLPH'S NOSE WILL

BE RED IN TECHNICOLOR“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein-

deer,” standout Christmas click forthe past two years, is moving intoanother area of exploitation via aTechnicolor film short titled afterthe song. One-reeler is slated towind up this week at the JamHandy studios in Detroit, with MaxFleischer getting the animationcredits.

Pic is being produced via a tie-in between Jam Handy and JohnnyMarks, composer and publisher of“Rudolph” through his firm, St.Nicholas Music. Pic will be re-leased through an indie outlet be-ginning in September and is seenas a further hypo to the tune's disksales, which went over 1,000,000 onGene Autry's Columbia Recordsversion in 1949 and 19$0.Harry Wilson, member of Co-

lumbia U.’s music faculty, did thechoral arrangement for the ear-toon.

COL PICTS PAYS S-B 5C

FOR 'SOUND OFT RIGHTSHollywood, Aug. 7.

Columbia Pictures paid Shapiro-Bernstein Music $5,000 for the title

and unlimited use of the song“Sound Off” on which pubberyholds the copyright. Tune is fromthe “Cadence System of TeachingClose Order Drill” by Col. Ber-nard Lentz and published by theMilitary Service Publishing Co. ofHarrisburg. Pa.

Tune, first used by Metro as a

marching song in “Battleground,”clicked and became a best-seller

on RCA-Victor as plattered byVaughn Monroe. Metro then has-

tened to register the title, butColumbia beat the Culqer studioto title bureau. Col's “Sound Off”starts Thursday (9) with MickeyRooney starred, Jonie Taps produc-ing and Richard Quine directing.

Tune will be the pic theme. Willie

Duckworth wrote the lyrics.

WaM-Krasna Pix Scores

Die for RCA Albt

DOLORES GRAY SIGNS

DECCA EXCLUSIVE PACT

Manie Sacks. RCA veepee overartists relations, has wrapped up a

deal with Wald-Krasna, producingteam at RKO, for Victor to do analbum of the score of “Two TicketsTo Broadway,” W-K pic withtunes by Jule Styne and Leo Robin.Tony Martin, starring io the pic,

wjjl do the album either directlyfrom the soundtrack or In sepa-rate studio sessions.

Sack* also arranged for Victorto make sets of background scoresfrom two of W-K's completeddramatic productions, “Blue Veil”and “Behave Yourself.”

Flanagan's A.C. FlyerDolores Gray, singing star of the

legit revue, 'Two Qn the Aisle,”has been pacted to an exclusivepact by Decca. She'll cut singlesin the pop series, with the initial

sides to be released shortly.Decca, meantime, cut the origi-

Jral cast album version of the showSunday »5).

Atlantic City, Aug. 7.After a publicity stunt in which

he flew over the beach and Board-walk here dropping Circulars plug-ging his Steel Pier date, bandlead-er Ralph Flanagan was fined $50.Flanagan was nabbed as hedropped his plane into the Munici-pal airport by resort police, andtaken to city hall.

^Released on bail he appeared be-fore Municipal Judge Stephen Da-mico yesterday (Mon.) and wasgrounded after being fined. Useof a plane in distributing such lit-

erature is a violation of a local or-dinance.

Decca to Expand LP’s

In Richmond Plant‘

~ Richmond. Ind., Aug. 7.*

Milton R. Rackrnil, president ofDecca Records, has announcedplans for expanding its Richmond,Ind., plant.

He said that all Decca's long-

playing records will be made in

BARRY GRAY'S THEME SONGBenny Davis and Abner Silver

have written a new theme songfor the Barry Gray's signoff onhis WMGA post-midnight stint

from Chandler's, N. Y. bistro.

Bregman-Vocco-Conn will prob-ably publish.

M-G-M Inks Cindy LordCindy Lord

Montelare Music Corp. charteredto publish musical, dramatic andliterary works in New York. Capi-tal stock Is 100 shares, no _parvalue. Directors are Herbert wal-lahan, Harold Orenstein and Rosa-lie Wilson, all N. Y,

16-year-old singer

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from Boston, was inked to a longterm pact by M-G-M Records.

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In East of 2 Cap. PubsDuke Niles has taken over the

eastern professional manager post

at Capitol Records' publishing

firms, Ardmore and Beechwood-Mike Gould. head of Cap's pub-lishing enterprises on the Coast,recently was in N. Y. to set upthe N. Y. operation.

Dick Gold, originally namedhead of the N. Y. office, exitedlast week.

ng SystemWeek of July 27-Aug. I

Richard Himber's lop of broadcast performances , compiled on basis

0 t varying point ratings for plugs on commercial and sustaining pro-

grams logged in each of the 3 major territories, New York, Chicago and

los Angeles.First Group

Songs FobUshers

Because of* Rain vrrr. MaypoleBecause of You—t”I Was An Ameirican Spy’* BMIBonne Nuit Famous( ome On-A My House . . . i . vv Duchesspark Is the Night—t**Rich, Young Sc Pretty”.. Feist

Do You Really Love Me BVCEverything I Have Is Yours Miller

Co Go Go Go FamousHello Young Lovers— ***The King and I” Williamson

How High the Moon. . Chappell

1 Get Ideas H&RI'll Buy You a Star—*"Tree Grows In Bklyn” T. B. HarmsIn the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening . Paramount] Whistle a Happy Tune—“The King and 1” i WilliamsonJc/ebel BMILoveliest Night of the Year—t'The Great Caruso” RobbinsMister and Mississippi ShapiroMorning Side of the Mountain RemickMy Life’s Desire .Shapiro

My Truly Truly Fair Santly

pretty Eyed Baby ' PickwickShanghai AdvancedSong Is Ended Berlin

Tell Me MellinThere's No Boat Like a Rowboat BourneToo Young JeffersonWang Wang Blues Miller

We Kiss In a Shadow—“The King and I WilliamsonWonder Why—t‘*Rich. Young & Pretty” RobbinsWorld Is Your Balloon—“Flahooley” Chappell

In a move to hypo dance biz,

orch leaders are being advised byband agency men to go back to theold book of durable standards. Ac-cording to reports from ballroomand dancehal! promoters, orch datereceipts have been showing a defi-

nite upbeat especially with bandsthat feature a minimum of produc-tion numbers and a concentrationof dance tunes that were popular20 and 30 years ago. Reasonfor nostalgic preference, promo-ters claim, is that majority ofdancers these days are oldsterswho want to step, to familiarrhythms.

Despite summer heat and widernet of TV channels, these dancersare filling ballrooms in Pennsyl-vania. Maryland. Rhode Island,Massachusetts and Ohio to such anextent that one-niters are generallygoing into percentage Such band-men as Ralph Flanagan. Jimmyand Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Mor-row and Woody Herman are begin-ning to adopt the “business man'srhythm.'* So many calls for bandshave been coming into agenciesthat the orch men are returning toa bullish bargaining position.

In line with the upbeat dancetrend, promoters are reverting tothe wider exploitation tactics ofthe 1030*8 and orch leaders are de-veloping stronger promotional in-terests by using top advance men.One orch manager said that he’drather let two sidemen go than dis-miss an advance man.

GAC Builds Southwest

Setup in Chi LiaisonIn a move to build up its newly

opened Dallas office as the hubof southwest band activity. Gen-eral Artists Corp.. Is switching JackWhittemore, band exec, to its Chi-

cago branch where hell cordinateactivities between Dallas and Chi.

Whittemore, whoHl also superviseother agoncy business in the mid-west territory, divided his NewYork duties among the band menremaining at the home office.

Frank Foster has been named to

head the Dallas office.

Winding up a five-week string

of one-niters through Canada, theeast and midwest. Vaughn Monroeband heads back to New YorkSept. 2 for an engagement at theWaldorf Astoria Hotel beginningSept. 6 and a two-week stint withthe 26th annual rodeo at MadisonSquare Garden starting Oct. 8.

Monroe will receive 050.000 for

his 14-day run with the rodeo andit is expected that he'll use a com-pany of 32. Plans for the Gardenprogram will be formulated dur-

ing his stay at the Waldorf. Theorch leader will leave for Holly-

wood immediately after the rodeochore to begin a long-term con-

tract for Republic Pictures, whichIs expected to be signed this weekby Herbert Yates, Republic's top-

per, and Willard Alexander, Mon-roe’s manager.

factor. The jocks, however, areoutsiders, eabber* without musics!training who control the destiny ofour songs and burn up hits so fastthat we can’t fully capitalize onthem.”

The younger publishers, how-ever. are unreservedly for the diskjockey as the most Important ave-nue for tune exoloitation. “Wearen't blue bloods who can reston our ASCAP income whiledreaming of the industry’s goldenera. The deejay Is here and we’refor making hit existence a mu-tually profitable affair. We’ll sup-ply them with tunes if they keepmaking us the hits,” one new andrelatively successful publisher said.

Like That Tast Reaction’

Whero the old-timers have thereserve to shell out substantialcoin on promoting a No. 1 plugfor a long period, the youngerpubs stated that they needed a“fast reaction” to their entriesand the jocks have supplied themthe right medium. It was pointedout. in fact, that the plenitude ofpublishing firms, some with of-

fices in the lobby of the Brill

Building, came alongside of thegrowth of the disk jockey phe-nomenon.“We didn't make the disk,

jockeys,” one young pubber stated:“They were created by thg eco-nomics of the broadcasting indus-try and they will continue as longas inexpensive programming is

needed. The situation is thereand we’d be fools not to work it

to the maximum. For us. thejockey has equalized the businessand reduced our disadvantage as

against the well-heeled firms. It's

granted that the jockeys burn uphits, but you gotta get the hit first

and that’s where the disk jockeyscome in.”

Writers No Like

Among the more successfulsongwriters, the opinion paral-lelled that of the bigger publishers.The disk jockey creation of cycles,his demand for more songs, therash of rookie^writers, the exploi-tation of mediocre material, all

have createa a rag-tag and bobtailsituation in which the cleffer findsit increasingly tough to hit witha class song.

The writers particularly are in

agreement that the deejay andrecord-makers are riding on their

backs, cashing in on their creativeefforts while the writer gets theminor residue in terms of BMI orASCAP performance ratings.

From the deejays themselvescame the squawk that the “badapples” in their business were be-ing identified with the whole in-

dustry. The prevalence of thepayola was minimized,” "unless.”one jock said, "if you want to

count our Christmas presents,theatre tickets, and the rest of theminor stuff. That happens in everybusiness where salesmanship is in-

volved and it doesn’t necessarilymean corruption.”

Several years ago, one jock said,

it may have been possible to sewup the deejay market by gettingto the few top characters in thebusiness. "There are too many ofus now,” he said, "and this itself

is a guarantee against the payola.If a publisher can’t sell his tuneto one jockey, be can to another.There's no such thing any longerof one jockey making or breakinga song.”

Second GroupDimples and Cherry CheeksEverlastingGetting To Know YouHot CanaryHow Many Timesl‘m in Love AgainI’m Late—t”Alice In Wonderland”It s A Lovely Day Today—‘‘Call Me MadamLonesome and SorryLonging For YouLove Is the Reason—*’*Tree Grows In Bklvn”Mocking Bird Hill . .

My Resistance Is LowrOn Top of Old SmokySweet VioletsTahiti, My Island—*‘*TahUi, My Island” ...There’s a'Big Blue CloudThese Things I- Offer You .

Very Good Advice—t”Ali«« In Wonderland”What Will I Tell My Heart

LeedsMorris

.WilliamsonLeeds

... . . Paxton, . . Crawford.... . Disney

BerlinMills

. . .

.

LudlowT. B. Harms. . .Southern

. . . Morris. . Folkways

Morris. . Paramount

Spinlan. .

.

,

VnlandoDisney

Ivy

Gershwin, EUmgton

Exert Major Influence

On Israeli MosiciaiIsraeli composers and instrumen-

talists are taking their cue?*fromthe American musical idiom, ac-

cording to Molphe Oysher. cantorialsinger who recently returned froma concert tour of Israel. Such U. S.coni posers as George Gershwin andDuke Ellington. He asserted, haveexerted great influence on the mu-sical product of the new countryand American-styled danc? rhythmsare packing its ballrooms andnitcries. ‘ •

Despite paucit]r of U. S. disksin Israel, natlvgs are kept up todate on latest waxings through thecountry’s government-owned radiostation. "Voice of Isrpel.” whichfeatures two hours of putter mu-sic a day. Current fave there is

Rodgers A Hammerstein’s "SomeEnchanted Evening.” Americandisks are available in small quanti-ties only since most of them areeither brought in by visitors ordonated by American friends andrelatives. Due to lack of purchas-ing dollars, import of disks andphonographs are kept at a mini-mum.Oysher revealed that a record-

ing and music publishing industryis already thriving there. Suchdiskeries as Hed-Artzi, MakolitLtd., and Tail Israel are pressingplatters of native and Americantunes in increasing quantities.Disks, thus far, are only manu-factured on the standard speed and,di. to difficulty in getting neces-sary mechanical equipment, are be-low par technically.

Such publishing houses as Kaper& Baran, Laager and Naidat ASons art printing native as wellas foreign product The Israel Com-pc. ers Asan. completed a pact lastyear with the American Societyof Composers, Authors and Pub-lishers in N. Y. for performancerights. An overall performance feeof five pounds is paid to the ICAby a foreign entertainer while a

native must pay two pounds, at

$2.80 per pound.

Although "Tzena, Tzena” hasbeen the only Israeli tune to hit

the U. S. market, songs by suchcomposers is Marc Lavri, ShmuelFershko. Avram Mind lip and Gus-tav Engel have been picked up byMills Music and Howard Richmondfor future release. Top composersIn Israel Ml about 800 pounds amonth from royalties.

In line with current publishinghouse retrenching Ivy Music, Chap-pell subsld, shuttered its Coast of-

fice last week and Victor Selsman.professional manager, exited its

New York office. The Ivy catalog

pn the Coast, which was handlediiy Artie Valando, will be pro-

moted through the Chappell of-

fice there.

Jack Perrin remains as Ivy’s

general manager in the east.

< Numerically Listed)Total Pis.

Jefferson 125Duchess 75BMI. 60Chappell 55Paramount 40BMI. 40Advanced 40Williamson ' 40Essex 40

.

Santly 35

1. Too Young2 . Come On-A My House . .

.

3. Because of You4. How High the Moon5. Cool Cool Cool of Evening6. Jezebel7. Shanghai8. Shall We Dance». Wondrous Word of Lord .

.

10. My Truly Truly Fair

Is 28 Midwest-LNitersChitfagtL Aug. 7.

Russ Morgan, through the Mc-Conkey booking office, has lined

up 28 consecutive one - nightersthrough the middlewest and thengoes into the Statler Hotel. N. Y.,

in September for a stay. . Band-leader has a $30,000 guarantee for

the dates with single shots at $1,-

000 or more against 60% of theboxoffice.

Starting the day after he leavesthe Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chi.

he hits Mineral Point. Wis., andthen plays Cedar Rapids add SiouxCity. Iowa; Atkinson. Neb., Aug.13; Arcadia. Iowa Aug. 14 and thenswings back into Nebraska to Fre-mont on the 15th.

t Filmustca

l

9 Legit Musical,

- - - Contnuf d fn

*ong hit like "Too Young” wouldearn its writers a minimum of $50,-000

. which amount is insufficient,lie feels, considering how few can&<ore thusly and how infrequentlyevrn the most successful writersachieve such a goal. If the hitweren't played so often- by deejaysover the air the longrun financialKaui would be much greater, hesay s.

In this slumping market Lipp-ni.m asserts there’s no way to cal-culate closely how n uch ‘TooYoung” will net him and Miss Dee.The greatest benefit to them, hebelieves, will be a raise In theirAmerican Society of Composers,Authors A Publishers’ rating underDie present new system. Regard-less of whether they turn out an-other smash hit for four or fiveYears, he says* their ASCAP rat-ing and dividend will continue toincrease during the ensuing fewyears in consequence of it

Lippman and Miss Dee formedtheir present writing partnershipin 1840, having been brought to-gether as former University ofMinnesota students and Mlnnea-PoDtans. They’ve written on an*'erage of 50 songs a year, of

Jiich number about 10 per year

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1

they wrote, while another Minn-eapolitan. Max Shulman. wrote thebook. He and Miss Dee also havean unproduccd folk opera.

Too Many Songs

One result of the disk jockey de-velopment, he says, is that, pub-lishers are putting out a substan-tially larger number of songs thanever before. That means moresongs obtain a hearing and this

may be a break for writers, al-

though. in his opinion, quality is

essential for success the same asalways. The music publishers’ partin making a song a winner is grow-ing increasingly small. It’s the rec-ord companies that now are thedominant factors.

The new ASCAP rating systemis all to the good as far as youngmusic writers are concerned. Lipp-man feels. Before the present sys-tem, he says, ratings were made upby a classification committee andpolitics governed. Now there’s apoint system, with a maximum gainof 100 points a year, and the wri-ters are rated according to the "ac-tivity” of their numbers. Embryowriters haven't a chance unlessthey’re "on the - ground”—whichmeans "in New York.” says Lipp-man. And then their chance of get-ting one of their numbers recorded,in essential, ia a long shot.

Seattle Writers ChargePlagarism in ‘Sam’s Song’

Seattle, Aug. 7.

Local composers Bob Harvey andBill Wolfstone have filed suit in

Federal court here. Wking to im-pound all copies and recordings of

the song, "Sam's Song.” music for

which they claim was lifted fromtheir "Wouldn’t It Be Fun,” pub-lished In 1940. Bourne, Inc., also

charges Infringement of copyright,along With the two composers.Named as defendants are the

American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers, four re^cording companies and their repre-sentatives, three radio network!and two local radio stations. Thocomplaint specifically states that"Wouldn’t It Be Fun" was printedprior to "Sam’s Song" publicationin May, 1040.,

Lil Green Joing AtlanticLil Grefn, Negro blues singer,

was Inked to a longterm pact byAtlantic Records.

She was formerly with RCAVictor.

Victoria Recorda, a new record-ing firm, has been set up in Phil-adelphia by Mel Korn. Albert Al-bertini and Larry Fleet.

Milton R. Rackmil, Decca prexy,headed for Hollywood over theweekend (4) to o.o. company opera-tions there.

LATE

M G M RECORDS

and various early Italian rarities

or curiosa, and found them ail com-mercially feasible. He found there

was a market for $18 albums (price

is $5.95 for single LP’s, $17.85 for

standard three LP full-length

works). The majors have since

followed suit, with some full-length

releases. Market, in addition to

regular outlets, is found amongclubs, colleges, music schools andcommunity groups.

Survey of retail sheet music

sales, based on reports obtained

from leading stores in 12 cities

and showing comparative sales

rating for this and last week.

interest in the longhair music-

dramas. Switch to long-play disks;

opera performances on video; in-

creasing segue of U. S. talent into

opera, are all hypoing disk sales.

Sale for even the lesser works of

the well-known composers, or

operas by obscure scribes, is on the

upbeat.

These are the conclusions of

Dario Soria, head of Cetra-Soria

Records, which specializes in Ital-

ian opera recordings. Soria sees

young vocal talent coming along,

who’ll find their best outlet in

opera. He sees U. S. singers al-

ready making inroads into tlfe ros-

ter of many European opera com-panies. just as they’ve become the

dominant element at the N. Y.

Met. Together with radio and TVairings of opera, this has occa-

sioned a hypo in full-length operapressings and sales.

Cetra-Soria has 33 completeoperas already released, with 12

more due between now and Xmas.This 45 total represents half the

operatic repertoire available fromall companies. Company, whichrecords in Italy on tape, presses

its operas in the U. S. at the Co-

lumbia Bridgeport plant. It has a

year-round pact with Radio Ital-

lano. Italian-government network,and tapes its operas at the sametime they’re broadcast.

Company started in biz in 1949,

and two of its albums, Verdi’s

“Forza del Destino” and Mozart’s•’Requiem” (one of the few non-

operas in the list) have gone over10,000 each in sales. Current big-

gest sellers are “Barber of Seville”

and an album of opera duets byFerruccio Tagliavini and Pia Tassi-

nart Forthcoming “Marriage of

Figaro" will be the first completereceding of the opera on LP’s.

“Feaora,” due in Septembd'r, will

be the first Giordano opera to bereleased.

Soria has pressed unfamiliarworks of lesser-known composers

Week EndingAugust 4

Troy, Aug. 7.

Bob Snyder, WPTR, Troy, disk

jockey and promoter, has booked“Jazz At The Philharmonic” troupe

with Ella Fitzgerald. Buddy Rich

and Oscar Peterson, in the Rens-

selaer Polytechnic Institute Field

House at Troy. Oct. 3. He’ll follow

with Stan Kenton’s orchestra. Oct.

30 and Billy Eckstinc and GeorgeShearing quintet Nov. 21.

It will be a return engagementfor Eckstine and Shearing, whodrew the second highest gross, for

a popular music attraction. In the

6.000-seat auditorium last season.

Snyder also expect; to bring Patti

Page and other names to the Field

House later in the year.

National

Sating

Title and Publisher

1 1 -Loveliest Night Year** (Robbins) 421113232131 108

2 1 “Too Young” (Jefferson)

3 ii **( omcon-A My House** (Duchess) 565682394 10 7

4 7 -Because of You** (Broadcast)

Sweet Violets*’ (Morris)

On Top of Old Smoky” <

7 4 -My Truly, Truly Fair” (Southern) 7 3 9

8 3 -Mr. and Mississippi” (Shapiro-B)

Mockin’ Bird Hill” (Southern)

Shanghai” (Advanced)

These Things 1 Offer

BMI Cos. Sue in N. Y.

Vs. Cafe InfringementsBroadcast Music, Inc. and three

of its affiliated publishers broughtcopyright infringement suits in

N. Y. Federal Court last weekag..inst two New York cafes anda resort spot at Warwick. N. Y.

Actions all ask an injunction andstatutory damages of not less than$250 for each alleged violation.

Defendants are Corey’s Restau-

rant, N. Y., the Chateau Madrid.N. Y.. and the Red Swan OperatingCo., which runs the Warwick cafe.

Plaintiffs are Peer International

Corp., Promotora Hispano Ameri-cana de Musica and Marks Music.

The three defendants, accordingto the complaint, publicly per-

formed several tunes of Peer.Marks and Promotora for profit

without a license at various timesduring this year and in 1950.

13A 9 -Hello Young Lovers’* (W’mson*

How High the Moon” (Chappell)

Rose, 1 Love You” (Chappell)

week to make sure his tunes gotenough plays.

As long as there are small radio !

stations and sponsors willing to

pay for time, we are going to havethe problem. There will always bethe deejay who predicts a ‘‘big

hit!” Records will continue to

sell and publishers will foreverscream. That is. unless the copy-right laws are changed. And.should this happen, another Frank-enstein will have been created. Re-member. before deejays, one of theimportant factors was the jukebox.And they didn’t pay any royalty.And so it goes!

Rather than point a cursedfinger at the deejay . . . lookaround at the publishers. Ask themwhat they have done to promotepiano playing in homes? Back mu-sic lessons in schools? Clean uptheir own business? Work to-

gether!

It would seem that the matterof releasing could stand some dost,observation. Every recording com-pany tries to get their record outfirst. They start “teaser” mailingsweeks before the platter is due.Then, with great cleverness, theyselect one ’‘important” deejay tolipln the record Arst. The platterpilot says. ’‘Well, so-and-so just

sent me this pre-release recordingby Blank and Doakes. I’m going tospin it for the first time. I predictthat this tune will jump into theNo. 1 spotlight in less than fourweeks.” And you know something... it works! Of course, the sevenother deejays in town hate his gutsand stay off the record for weekson end. And you think you’ve got

problems. Give me strict releaseschedules . . . and fewer releases!

In all you have sized the situa-

tion up very well. It would seemthat some clinic should be sched-uled in New York. Publishers,recording company execs and dee-jays should be invited. Let’s bringthe situation out where we can all

get a good look at it Music Pub-lishing is a great business . . . let’s

see what all of us can do—work-ing together—to keep it that way!

Bud Wendell (WJMO)

New Dallas DiskeryDallas, Aug. 7.

Richtone Recording & Publish-ing Co. has been established hereby Jimmy Richards, a song writer.

Richards returned here recentlyfrom a five-day recording session

in Hollywood with Bill Peck, vo-

calist, and such bands as Ted Fio

Rito, A1 Donohue, Skinnay Ennis

and Red Nichols.

Avers Music Biz

—well speaking for myself—

I

work for a good outfit who pay mewell for the work I do. If I everaccepted outside revenue not

directly earned by outside work

—

I’d have no kicks coming about

getting the boot, but fast. I doubtthat any reputable radio station

manager In the country would al-

low such callous bribing as you sayexists. It’s time both sides of thepicture got a good housecleaning.

Joe Girand.(WTHT)

niCHASD TUCKS*-RIRCY FAITH ColumMl

IVILYM KNIOHT OKUTHI MARINIRS ColumbiaKITTY KALLIM-RICNARD HAYSS Moreury

ROY ROOIRS RCA Vi<*r•ILLY COTTON LoaSM

DARTMOUTH MUSIC. INC.m W«t S2*d Now York It, N. V.Payola Always HereCleveland, Aug. 4.

Most of what you say in “The

Music Biz’s Frankenstein” is cor-

rect. I think the word “Franken-

stein” was a perfect choice. For, if

one looks closely, it fs the pub-

lishers who have created this

situation.

However, let us pretend—for a

moment—that the deejay hadnever come into the picture. Letus go back to the days when a

band remote really meant some-thing. Can anyone deny that thesame basic situation existed? Showme the major publisher who hasnot paid for an arrangement. Showme the publisher who has not

[

bought drinks, dinners and gifts

for bandleaders. Find the rare1

publisher who didn’t let one “top”I band introduce a tunc coast to

, coast . . . and then put his picture

,

on the sheet music. Nothing has

I

changed but the exploiter. Bands

Ithen deejays now!As you stated, it is the ASCAP

and BMI systems of payoff that

!have forced the publishers to workon platter-spinners. I have evenhad BMI publishers contact me to

inform them when our station wasto be checked by BMI. One partystayed in Cleveland for a whole

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Arby Gibson

AND HIS ORCHESTRA

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RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS

National

Rating

Thia Lastwk. wk.

Survey of retail disk best

sellers, based on reports ob-

tained from leading stores in

12 cities and showing com-parative sales rating for this

an^Jast week.

Week Ending

August 4

Artist, Label, Title

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col)

“Come-on-A My House”—39467 .

.

""NAT“KING"COLETCapito1

)

“Too Young"—1449

“MARIO'LANZAM Victor)

"Loveliest Night of Year"—10-3300TONY BENNETT (Columbia)"Because of You"—39362 ,

TONY MARTIN "'Victor)

"I Get Ideas"—20-4141A . .

FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia)"Jesebel"—39361

DINAH SHORE (Victor)

"Sweet Violets’—23 4 174A

5. , 2 7 4 1 ..

2 . . 2 .

34.... 4 5

8A 12

11B 14

14A 13

15A 15

Inside Orchestras—MusicIn a switch on the current audit of the publishers' books by the

Songwriters Protective Assn., one major publisher has gained several

thousand dollars through a suggestion of Dave Blau, SPA eastern

auditor. In combing through the books. Blau noticed that the pub-lisher had not applied for a refund from England on a 45% withhold-

ing tax imposed on foreign earnings in 1946-47. 4 Application for a

refund was made, with the British Government okaying the transferof coin to the U. S. last week. SPA wouldn’t disclose who the pub-lisher is.

RCA Victor’s "Alice in Wonderland” album last week was the ob-ject of one of those lucky news breaks which no publicity agent couldpromote. It happened at the N. Y. arrival of the Xûeen Mary,on which Kathy Beaumont, the "Alice" of both the album and theWalt Disney pic, was returning from Europe, ^lso returning was

,

Bernard Baruch. A news photog dreamed up the idea of taking a !

pic of Kathy on Baruch’s lap. An RCA promotion staffer planted thealbum in the pic, which broke in 70% of the nation’s dailies.

*1

When Irving Berlin divested himself of partnership with Saul H.Bourne, latter setting lip his own company. Berlin upped the 8c royaltyon "God Bless America" to 10c so that* the Boy and Girl ScoutsFoundation, which is the beneficiary of the song's income, can get anupped yield He also arranged that 100% of the ASCAP income is

earmarked for the Fund, payable directly to the Scouts, and not in-termingled with his own dividends from the Society.

RCA-Victor has the dubious* solace that the cowboy song whichEzio Pinza made in his best Italian basso profundo with The Sons ofthe Pioneers. "Little Old State of Texas," will at least become a col-lector’s item. It’s much as if Enrico Caruso were to have sung "Jada"or Abadaba Honeymoon.” Despite the freak novelty of this "gim-mick" disk, RCA can’t give it away.

This Pub Salutes Disk Jockeys(ontintud from pace 41^

. on o my iruiy, ruiy rair —girt aj . . g . . . . usales are boosted. His personal records from the stores—but they I ’•APRIL STEVENS iVictor)'appearance money increases. He dob t compare with vinylites if they | 9 10 "I’m in Love Again"—20-31 48A . 5 4gains innumerable benefits from are available.*

I MARtO LANZA (Victor)~

_ I ! Never Heard of Payola 10 "Because”—10-3207A 3

weeks' ago )

* *** And now * ln re Pa> ola Who, LESPAUL-MARY FORD (Capitol)..

‘

* ..... _ _ where, why, when and how? 1 11A 11 "How High the Moon"—1451 5

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ne 165°yu *now • lot of these fellers' myself, WEAVERSTDecca) \1.. S got OK ether, led by Fred and j don’t believe your accusa- hr 14 "On Top of Old Smoky"—^7515War ng and tried to stop public tton . Deejay, are people, and all ^

f^dn * **r*.* with these artists. In people are vulnerable to the dlsPAGE (Mercup'l

the meantime these leaders lost ease in queslion However, con- g™*“PI’1.

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peiformanco of disks. The court sider this: has any deejay made a ?.ON

i9!Decca i

the valuable radio record plugs. hit of a song or record that didn .

t13 “Vanity ’—ntl8 » »

and newcomers like Benny Good- have it? [ doI).

t know of one pres. VIC DAMONE Mercury)!”?

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enn Mil- sure song which could make it in 14A 13 "My Truly. Truly Fair”—5646

Kerned6

’„hHo the time if U didnt haVe P°PU * TOUMY EDWARDS (M-G^M)

disk performance % deeply oW^V'r.ni“B - “

g?™1"8 Si*They were talented newcomers, glu ex Dos d ^^rlv-R’l ’

*

KAY STAHR ,Ca Pitol)

they had what it took but what’s hit^ d prQperl> li * 14C .. "Come-on-A My House”—1710

most important they were show- J- . .. JANE TURZY TRIO (Decca)cased. Even Decca Records changed g

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arc 15A 15 "Sweet Violets"—27668 10*its mind. When the late and great &™‘"fIea

*rt F^nd C "ebralValsy BlLLY

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THERE'LL BE

PEACE IN THE VALLEYFOR ME

This composition waS written by Thomas A. Dorseyand was copyrighted by him jn 1939.

All rights in this composition have been assigned byThomas A. Dorsey to

HILL AND RANGE SONGS, INC.407 Commercial Center Street

Beverly Hills, Calif.,

which is Uie sole owner of all rights in this compositionand in all copyrights thereof.

nea more man a made the rounds to say, ’Thanks,"expressed their a fter it wu all over. Ask all the

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PROGRAM

My Moonlight Madonnafidoafiitf Wahi Standard

by

Paul Francis Webster

Sees EditorialContinued from page 41

STEWART BARI

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in au copyrights thereof.

This is an original composition, full protectedby copyright, and owned exclusively by Hilland Range Songs, Inc.

- Growing BIGGER Everyday —

LONESOME AND SORRYWI0ILT MCORDKD — WIDKLY PROGRAMMED

MILLS MUSIC, INC., 141f Broadway, Now York 19

VAI1KVIIXKi WednettUy, Aagnst ft, 1951

Poliui tolk dance that Is far catabove the redundant Latino andAmerican type of production. It's

worthy of continual repeatArtie Dann handles the emcee

chores capably and on his ownmakes for a hard-punching comicwho mixes familiar and originals tokeep them happy. .

Accent, ofcourse,- la on the Durante-sisedschnoz. Also works in band forrhythm song tnat gets them on hiswaIkon. Tony Lopez and orch aretops in the backings. Lory.

a lengthy but sdlld dram solo byKart Kiffe. .

Anne Triola is ushered on to Im-mediately set out in fast-pacedsongology utilizing clever opener"Here 1 Am," scqueled by narra-tive tale about "Al," and reprisefrom her recent "Annie Get YourGun" road-show tour—"Can't Get aMan With a Gun." Leaveningclever technique in selling lyricsto "Travel is Broadening" winsbig returns. "Call!. Call!" is mod-ernization of an old Hebrew chantsung with plenty zest for sockcloser. Miss Triola is accomped by

(EMERALD ROOM)Houston. Aug. 1.

Carmen Cavallaro, Louise Mar-PHI. Henry King's Orch

;

$3.50 mini.>nvm.

tunesmithing. Documentary tapesnarration by Jean Paul King, warb-ling. by Ray Middleton. Ted Lewisend Guy Landis, over speakers,while pantoed under strobs. Tunesaga picks out wJt/s embellishedby Buster’s taps atop piano to,."!Never Knew." ballrooming duetwith Chi Chi Kohl in "PolynesianLove Song." miming of Jolson andoff to Buffalo tag "Toot Toot Toot-sie, Goodbye." Idea is unique forlocal nitery fare, but needs morepolishing.June Taylor Dancers make an-

other appearance m i d w a y. withmambo routine, bongoed by Busterand*undulations by sexy BarbaraNichols. Will.

ROUNDUP ROOM)Las Vegas. Aug. 1.

Beatrice Kay, Syloan Green,Archie Robbins . Buster Burnell,June Taular Dancers (81, Ted FioRito Orch <10»; no cover, no mini-mum. *

Shortly after the Shamrockopened in *49, Carmen Cavallarobrought his orch in for two weeksand got rave notices. His reappear-ance, as a single this time, is bring-ing out flocks of fans for histerrif keyboarding. They keep himat the piano for a couple oflengthy hegoffs.

Guests get a helping of some-thing new in local floorshows. too.

Louise Martell, a hefty gal who’ssung ip the Blue Angel. N. Y., andMiami supper clubs and done dub-in chirping for Walt Disney, hasher Arst big nitery engagementhere. Her lilting, simple style witha ballad gets over big, has theroom in pin-drop silence.

Sock items on the Cavallarorepertoire are his fast Cubanrhumba, "Voodoo Moon." and hisexcursion into boogie-woogie.

Audience gets a shade restlesswhen he gives with longhair"Claire de Lune" and Chopin’s"Polonaise," expertly done thoughthey are. It’s when he bounces intothe two faves. plus arrangementsbacked by Henry King’s orch of'Tea for Two." "La Vie en Rose.”and the inevitable , "SeptemberSong." that he’s tops.Miss Martell, show opener, mixes

ballads such as "Lass With a Deli-cate Air," at which she's besL withpop "Lady from SO Palm/* andtorcher "There’a No You," to

which her stylo Is not so welladapted. Then there’s clevertune from an upcoming Disney,titled ‘Tourists," which clicks nice-

ly.

Dick Krueger does the vocalizingduring the dance seta in his usualgood style. * Fraz

Beatrice Kay. now envelopingRoundup Roomers with her spor-tive Gay 90s style, seems to be hav-ing a hall while asserting her as-

sorted cantos. Caught up In thespirit of such larking, audiencesare according her such kudosnieteaTHit to local faves-^generousand sincere

After establishing herself at out-set in period costume touch of

maribou neckpiece and parasql.Miss Kay themes a *few^ bars of"Band Played On.” Solicits audi-ence into participation gimmickwith "Everybody Clap Hands."then takjs turn into broad innu-endo by spicing "Good Man is Hardto r inu."

Sylvan Green, who spanks thekeyboard and dictates to the FioKilo crew during this sesh, alsomanages to play straight in gabsetup ribbing Berle’s gagwriters.Accomper se.s up rumpus duringfollowing stripper cruise, to leadthe ebullient B.K. back onto song-ology. "Piano Roll Blues” is bar-relhouse growl, contrasted withschmaltzy community sing "Let MeCall You Sweetheart." Preludes"Put Your Shoes on Lucy" withscat jargon, threading into sad taleof w ronged miss 4n "Only a Glassof Champagne." Shifts into nighglee with dialect "Bill Bailey." andlowers lashes during hokum "Don’tGo Into the Lion’s Cage Tonight."Bright ramble through "Old Gay90s Days" takes her off to cheecg.

Archie Robbins is held overfrom last two frames to All slotoriginally reserved for Buddy Les-ter. Contrasts present stint neatlyfrom past fortnight by laying downentirely new batch of material,with much patter emerging evenbrighter. Audiences seem to go forthe Robbins’ brand of humor. Is-

sues friendly manner sans smart-alecky approach, garnering unwav-ering interest as well as plentyyotks.

ThMiflrblrd, Las Vegaa(NAVAJO ^OOM)

Las Vegas, Aug. 2.

Jimmy Dorsey Orch {16), Am.eTriola , Pat O'Connor, Sandy Evans,

Shorty Sherock, Pola Van Essa,Christina Carson, Kay Tapscott

,

Kathryn Duffy *Dafixations (7),Jack Martin rive; no cover, nominimum.

Eddie Samuels from onstage spinet.Damnations tie up with "Salute

to George M. Cohan" having KayTapscott to front in ultra-animatedisplay of taps. Jack Martin Fivefills in for Interim terpatron setsto relieve Dorsey gang dn occa-sion. Will.

( lover HallMiami, Aug. 6.

Patti Page. Artie Dann, LuisGomez k Beatrice k Dancers (8>.Tony Lopez Orch; minimum $2 and$3 50.

Kaatllas Hotel. MiaasI

(DRIFTWOOD ROOM)Miami Beach. Aug. 5.

Richard Hayes, Mac Pepper. Josik Stella Reyes , Freddie Calo Orchminimum $2.

Jimmy Dorsey and orch toplinethis new array, with chirpingcomedienne Anne Triola extra-added. Balance of layout is madoup of Dorsey solgjsts. vocal and in-struments!, aloeg with KathrynDuffy Dansations. to make up unu-sual music-laden casement goodfor some satisfactory biz.

Dorsey is given special intro byDansations and Pat O’Connor,femme vocalist in band, to down-beat walloping "Sweet GeorgiaBrown," m which he gels off acouple of neat alto sax choruses.Miss O’Connor returns to thrushbouncy "Them There Eyes." movesover for dueting with trumpeterShorty Sherock on "Kiss Me."Sherock employs novelty mutedgrowl to obbligato lyrics forchortles.

Dorseyland Band, combo fromunit, rips off the old New Orleansstandby, "Muskrat Ramble," forbright segment well received. Pace-changer sets up Dansations Ingorgeous terpery to "Deep Purple."sopranoed hv Pola Van Essa andiniaid with authoritative toe bal-let steppery by Christina Carson.Costuming and lighting polish thisInto very effective sequence,though somewhat on arty side.Sandy Evans’ chapter is pleasant-

ly outlined, with genial appearingballadeer dossing over "MineAlone," "Everything I Have IsYours," and combining with MissO'Connor in reprise of wJl Dor-sey hitune "Green Eyes." Temporevs up with instrumental oldie in

the books, "John Silver," encasing

Current booking of Patti Pageindicates a pattern which may wellstart another cafe war in this areafor names. Already set for theClover in coming months are SpikeJones and his crew, the Ritz Bros,and Billy Grey with Ben Lessy andPatti MooreFrom biz attracted by the record-

ing click, the policy is a good idea,though an expensive one. In aroom seating over 400. however, it

can be turned profitably. Miss Pagein this turn is a different lass fromthe one who appeared last winterat the swank Club Morocco of theCaJkablanca Hotel on the Beach.There she purveyed a brief stintthat left them wondering why therewasn’t more. Here she reaches fullstature as an assured and tvise cafeperformer who knows how to han-dle her listeners, giving them ahighly satisfying array of songs,with of course, her recording hitsincluded. Runs out some nice tunesdelivered in easy and effectivemanner. Gowned in top style, shelooks as good as she sings andwraps up all the way.

Supporting show is strong. TheGomez 4t Beatrice duo displayspalm-bringing lifts and spins, han-dled in class manner for a pair ofimaginative routines, and in the

Add Richard Hayes to the grow-ing list of young song salesmen toclick in this town.The lad projects a potent pa-

rade of pop tunes, embraced in asolid vocalistic style that reminds,at times, of a younger Tony Mar-tin. With it. hit Is an easy andwarm personality that wins hislisteners irom walkon.

In this pop mid-Beach smarterv,he wraps up via "Gonna Live Till

I Die," neat change of pace with"As Time Goes By." "Old MasterPainter." "If You Are But aDream," and a sock version of"Come On-A My House." Encoredwith 'Too Young" for the requestsection. Works ms intros in simple,albeit efective talk and wherethere might be a flagging of inter-est. rouses them back with a deft-est, rouses them bacnite drive that adds to overall Im-pact. He's a bet for the better cafes.

Mac Pepper, in the comedy slot,

is a hard-working lad who tossesa melange of patter, acro-antics.the aud happy.hoofery, songs and aud-partidpashIdeas to keep things moving, and

Holding over are expert Latindancers. Stella 4c Jose Keyes, whoconcentrate on the deliberatetempos in that idiom. Freddie Galoorch is capablo on the show-backsand tops on dance segments.

Lary

Hollywood, Aug. 2.

Tippy k Cootna, june Rose lie,

Victor Marchese. Emil Coleman’sOrch; $1.50-12 minimum.

Tippy li Cobins, a couple ofrhesus monkeys owned by Manuelk Marita Viera, opened at theMocambo after two weeks of argu-ments as to whether they shouldmake their Hollywood nitery bowthere or at Clro’a, a hop and askip down the Sunset Strip. TheMo s Charlie Morrison won out on


TV's Most Original Dancers

Opening AUGUST 9th

New York

Thanks to Miss MERRIEL ABBOTT

—It Is Gratifying to Hava Appeared W ith SID CAESAR andIMOGENE COCA in Their Recent Record Breaking Engagementat CHICAGO THEATRE, Chicago.

r- - Returning in the Fall to i

NBC-TV

( Third Coneeeutive Year!)-Thanks to Mr, MAX LIEBMAN

Exclusive Management

HERBERT MARKS AGENCYNEW YORK-218 West 49 Street, Circle 6-8601 MIAMI BEACH—600 Lincoln Rood Bldg., Tel. 5-2119

Wednesday** August 8* 1951

Borscht Grant

HoteFs $100,000

Weekly Grosses#

Irving Mansfield, CBS-TV pro-

ducer, was overwhelmed by the

big business that the Catskill Mt.

resort hotels do, fnd to what de-

gree they enlist ftnow biz as part

of the life-of-the-party pitch. Tophostelries, like, the Concord Hotel,

at Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., whereMansfield spent a month with his

latest CBS buildup comedian, SamLevenson, paid acts like Martin &Lewis $3,500 for a one-nighter;

Danny Thomas got $2,500, Leven-son. $2,000; Vic Damone, $1,000,

and the like.

These hotels have 1,000-1,200

capacities, and weekly rates runfrom $100 to $175 a head. Figuredon the basis fit $100 a week, and aInvk-averaee midfleaenn of 1 000capacity, that’s a £100,000 weeklygross. “It proves that fresh air,-

sunshine and good groceries in theso-called ’borscht circuit* is still

twice as big a hit as ’South Pa-cific.' " observes Mansfield whothinks the “b.c." billing a mis-nomer.

In fact, Arthiy Kober, author of“Having Wonderful Time/* a yes-teryear comedy dealing with theborscht belt, discovered the greatchange in his travels through theCatskills and Poconos with JoshuaLogan, who plans to produce amusicalization of the play to becalled “W i s h You Were Here."Harold J. Rome has done the score.

Logan and Kober found that theborscht belt is quite chic nowadays,with top name talent, (he bestCuban bands, and the like.

Lew Grade Due In U.S.Lew (& Leslie) Grade, of the

London agency, is expected inNew York on a two-month overduevisit, retarded by physical exhaus-tion.

He has been convalescing in thesouth of France, but is now dueover in mid-September.

BOB HOPE ADDED TO BIG

NAME SEED BY HADACOLBob Hope is set for a couple of

dates for the Hadacol Caravan.Louisville, Sept. 3 and CincinnatiSept. 4.

Addition of Hope gives the box-top troupe its chunkiest list of

name lures in show’s two-year his-

tory as a star-user.

Previously inked for this year's

dates were Miltoh Berle, JimmyDurante, Carmen Miranda, RudyVallee, Dick Haymes, Jack Demp-sey and Eddie (Rochester) Ander-son, plus supporting acts, bands,etc. Theirle-Duffield of Chicagois supplying fireworks displays for

the 47-city skein in south and mid-west.

Charlie Yates, Hope's agent onhis personal appearances, set the

deal with Louisiana State Sen. Dud-ley LeBlanc, head of Hadacol.Hope will make the stands after

playing Michigan State Fair at De-troit, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, for whichhe's biting off $20,000. •

Cesar Romero will play show's.opening week, Aug. 14 20, aioni

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with Vallee.

Wometco Negro Theatres

In Fla. to Play ActsSome Florida film houses catering

to colored trade wiii book stage-

shows this fall and winter. Live

fare will encompass units, bandsand acta in the vaudfllm setup.

Among first users will be Womet-co circuit's Negro theatres in great-

er Miami and West Palm Beach.District manager Elmer Hecht en-

visions from two to three weeks of

consecutive bookings for attrac-

tions working the chain in those

two areas. Hecht's base is Miami.

Miami Sets Bcv Hudson• Beverly Hudson, following hercurrent professional debut at theCopacabana, N. Y., goes Into theClover Club, Miami Beach, Aug.12, for two weeks with options.

Miss Hudson, 21, was recentlybrought to the attention of “Bul-lets'' Durgom. the agent-personalmanager, oo the Coast, where sheformerly sang “for the fun of it*'

for friends. Durgom is now hermanager.

Canon to EnglandFor Vaude Dates

Comedian Jack Carson departedfor England aboard the QueenMary Monday (6) to play a one-week engagement in Manchesterbeginning Aug. 13, and then theLondon Palladium for two weeks,commencing Aug. 27.

Carson and his troupe will play

army camps in Germany duringweek beginning Aug. 20. When hereturns from England In mid-Sep-tember he begins propping his

NBC-TV comedy show.

Uberace Pact

Nix May Bring

Theatre Authority Challenges AGVA

To Stop Acts At Coast Grid BenefitHollywood, Aug. 7.

First open battle in the Coastwarfare between Theatre Authorityand American Guild of VarietyArtists is expected this week overthe scheduled benefit show be-tween halves of the L. A. Times'Rams-Redskins football game in

the Coliseum Aug. 15. Eddie Rio,

AGVA's Coast chief, pulled his

organization out of TA ranks lastweek, following the pattern set byAGVA ton New York a year ago.

After departing abruptly, Rio an-nounced his intention of havingAGVA police its own benefits in

the futtire and taking its own shire

Ad Mgt Airing nxurwKHollywood, Aug. 7.

Personal management contracts

are being re-examined in the light

of a ruling by deputy labor com-missioner Edward M. Belasco, whohas voided' the agreement betweenUberace and William B. White.Ruling also is expected to have aneffect on the $150,000 suit whichWhite currently has pendingsgsinst the pianist in SuperiorCourt here.Uberace brought the matter to

the labor commission, seeking anend to the contract on the groundsthat it was actually an artists' man-ager’s agreement and as such hadbeen invalidated by White's failure

to provide work for the pianist. Ahearing was held three months agoand after lengthy deliberation,

Belasco upheld the contention that

the provisions of the fc>act actuallymade It an artists’ manager’s con-tract. > ..

*

Since it had not been submittedto the labor commission for ap-proval before signing and did notconform to the minimum legal re-

quirements, Belasco voided the

agreement. However, he overruleda Uberace plea that $1,900 in com-missions be returned, contendingthat White was entitled to keepfees for what work had been per-

formed.

CAFE SOCIETY, N. Y.Further crackdown on New York

niteries by Government men for

nonpayment of taxes shuttered theCafe Society Downtown Thursday(2). Tom Ball, of the now defunctChina Doll, was similarly hit re-

cently by U. S. Internal Revenueagents.A spokesman for the Greenwich

Village nitery revealed that theclub would reopen as soon as thecoin (an undisclosed sum) for theback taxes was raised. Singer GigiDurston was scheduled to openThursday night and pianist ErrollGarner was booked for an engage-ment beginning Aug. 16. LouLewis is Cafe Society's currentowner.

Hildy’s 7G For Coast 2Hollywood, Aug. 7.

Hildegarde opens at the Hoteldel Coronado. Coronado Beach, fortwo weeks, starting tonight (Tues.)

Chanteuse is getting a $3,500guarantee per frame.

Jack Kalcheim, who maintains atalent agency in New York, plansno change in his setup, contrary toa report from Chicago last weekthat he was headed for the WindyCity to negotiate a berth with Gen-city to negcera! Artists Corp.

of the gate. First benefit to comeup is the Times’ shindig, with Riodeclaring he had notifed the news-paper’s promotion chief, PaulSchissler, mt a new contractwould have to be signed withAGVA. Schissler said that Rio hadmade no such move but had givenpermission to go ahead with ar-rangements previously madethrough TA. Newspaper pointedout that the deal was made whileRio still was sitting on the TAboard and that he had been a partyto the contract for the show.

TA, on hearing of Rio’s an-nouncement that a new contractwould have to be signed or noshow, promptly challenged thevaude union to make good on its

threat. In a bristling statement,Ken Thompson, of the Screen Ac-tor Guild, acting chairman of TAin the absence of Ken Carpenter ofAmerican Federation of Radio Ac-tors. declared flatly that TheatreAuthority “will see to it that therowill be a great show" at the game.“We will leave it to all per-

formers and to the public to de-cide,’* the statement continued,“who's right in this unfortunatedispute which has been' broughtabout by AGVA's attempt to takeover for its own purposes the non-profit Theatre Authority, despitethe unanimous opposition of theother talent unions."Music Corp of America has lined

up Ken Murray, Laurie Anders andthe Skylarks for the show, withone act to fill.

Dinah’s Chi VaoderHollywood. Au; . 7.

Dinah Shore heads for Chicagothis weekend for 'a one-week stintat the Chicago Theatre, com-mencing Aug. 17. Date marks sing-er’s first theatre engagement in five

years.While in the Windy City, song-

stress will aid in several promotionand exploitation stunts being setup by RCA Victor, for which sherecords.

CiWientuf

3rd SMASH WEEK

GOLDEN GATESan Francisco

"The maddest and looniest comedian In thebusiness. A master of timing, material andpersonality.**

—HORTENSE MORTONSan Francisco Examiner

"Wonderful.**—HERB CAENSan Francisco Examiner

"A remarkable versatile comedian.**—FRED JOHNSONSan Franciaco Call Bulletin

"CrackerJack Funnyman , . . Uproarious• . • nearly gave ns the bends.**

—LUTHER NICHOLSSan Franciaco Chronicle

"One of the funniest men on stage today• • • her

s amazing."—EMILIA HODELSan Franciaco News

"Dynamic clowing."—W. E. OLIVER. Los Angeles

Evening Herald it Examiner"Very clever Indeed . . . receives tremen-dous applause."

—EDWINA SCHALLERT- Los Angeles Times

"An amiable clown De Lyon • . . has goodmaterial and deft timing, builds Into atop humor package."

—Dally Vaxixty

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My Sincere Thanks and Appreciation to MISS JOSEPHINE BAKER and MR. NED SCHUYLERfor a Wonderful 20 Week Tour

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52 VAITOBVIUJI Wednesday, Aagnst 8, 1951

Mpls. Theatre MnDs Legal Step

Vs. M&L For Breach of ContractMinneapolis. Aug. 7.

Minnesota Amus. Co. (United

Paramount Theatres) is conferring

with its legal talent to determine

what action to take in consequence

of the Martin & Lewis alleged

breach of their contract to appear

at Radio City Theatre here during

the current week.

Harry B. French. MAC president,

claims Martin Ac Lewis signed for.

their in-person stage show appear-

ance March 26, 1951. The contract

contained a clause to permit the

comedy stars to cancel 29 days in

advance of Aug. 3.

Pair reportedly didn’t notify

French they were cancelling until

three days before Aug. 3 and,

meanwhile, MAC claimed it spent

a substantial sum in advertising the

Chicago's

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stage-screen show, starting twoweeks ahead of the show.

Newspaper ads, apologizing to

the public and expressing regret,

stated the cancellation came as “a

complete surprise.” The ads told

about the contract with Martin &Lewis and how the pair had waitedthree days before their scheduledopening to cancel, although the

contract specified that such cancel-

lation had to be made before 29days prior to Aug. 3. When no suchcancellation was received withinthe prescribed period, the ads said,

the Radio City went ahead and ad-

vertised the show.

Ads gave no reason for the can-cellation, but in Chicago Dean Mar-tin said it was because Lewis ‘‘is

just plain worn out after fourmonths on the road.

'

Martin Ac Lewis pictures, inci-

dentally, are distributed throughParamount. Their newest one.“That’s My Boy,” is scheduled for

early Radio City showing. Whetherthe Paramount tieup will have abearing on the final MAC deter-mination is a matter of conjecture.

A. C.*g Latest Headache:Nags Are Off This Wk.

Atlantic City, Aug. 7.

The Atlantic City race track, onthe mainland 17 miles away, opensits annual 42-day meet on Thurs-day (91, and already people in theamusement biz are wonderingwhether the track this year will

help or harm their grosser.

One thing is sure, from 10,000 to

16.000 on weekdays and up to 22,-

000 on Saturdays make their wayto the track, and most of themcome from A. C. Thus they’re

Baddy Lester Seeks

ACVA Aid en Salary

From TlnpUyed’ RanchoBuddy Lester appealed yester-

day (Tues.) to the American Guild

of Variety Artists on a complaint

alleging two weeks' salary owedhim by El Rancho Vegas, LasVegas. The comic was skfdded to

open at the resort nitery last week,

but ran into difficulties and was re-spending money away from this placed by Archie Robbins, a hold-resort. 1 0Ver

,J.Sh“.yv.*.r5!l; ^Tr-kT'VE ! »'•*• claimed Lester took «

mmiu'i which h»« burn when he noticed his name-"I ?r

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scheduled this year.

Atlanta, Fair Assn. Held

Liable in Injury Suitlh' p

"r'™ses

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trice Kay. This resulted in a series

of heated arguments with ownerBeldon Katleman, who, it is

charged, had Lester removed from

Atlanta. Aug. 7.Next day Lester called his agent

Charlie Yate6 in New York, after

FOSTER AGENCT, LONDON.

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Amoricon Sop. WM. MORRIS AOINCTTAVIL-MAROUANI AGENCY. PARIS

Ellington-Cole-Vaughan

Unit to Spring Sept. 21An til-colored troupe, traveling

under the banner of "The* Biggest

Show of 1951," tees off on an eight-

week tour of eastern arenas and

auditoriums Sept. 21. The unit,

featuring Duke Ellington orch, Nat"King” Cole. Sarah Vaughan. PegLeg Bates, Timmie Rogers. MarieBryant, Howell At Bowser, andPatterson Ac Jackson, is beingbooked at a $5,000 guaranteeagainst 60?c of the gross.

The individual acts will get a flat

fee for the tour, which already em-braces Boston, Worcester. Provi-dence. Troy, Newark. New York.Washington. Philadelphia. Norfolk.Baltimore, Philadelphia, and WhitePlains. The unit is represented bythe Gale Agency.

:

seeking an inr.nacd*sie booking at

nearby Thunderbird without ap-parent encouragement from thatsource. He then left town. Intenton collecting full salary for the un-played stint. Lester’s protest toAGVA was wired from St. Louis,but no formal charges were pre-sented, merely a statement by theperformer In which he asked na-tional administrator Henry Dunnhow to go about effecting collec-tion. Meantime, the subbing Rob-bins was booked for the two weeks.

Grant's RivieraaiSTAURANT AND SAR

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MONDAY NIGHTSArise: Professional Engagement

Oolitih Prim A«vM le Nm Cm - rw*

Josh White Repeats

England, Scandia TourFolk singer Josh White left last

weekend (4) for a return tourthrough England and the Scan-dinavian countries, opening witha two-week stand at the TivoliTheatre. Stockholm. Aug. 15. Touris being sponsored by the Swedishmusic mag. Estrad. Mary Chase.White’s manager, is also makingthe trip.

Dancer Josephine Primus left at

the same time for a similar Euro-pean junket.

Southeastern Fair Assn, are liable

for damages resulting from injuryto Lakewood Park patrons, theGeorgia Court of Appeals hasruled.

Decision was returned by thejudges in a $100,000 damage suit

filed by a nurse who was seriously

injured when she was hurled froma riding device on April 30, 1950.

One person was killed In themishap and three others were in-

jured.The decision sends the case back

to Fulton Superior Court for trial.

The nurse, who lost an eye andsuffered a skull fracture and tworib fractures, sued the city, the fair

and R. H. Harris, operator of theride.

Both the city and the associa-

tion entered pleas in SuperiorCourt that they were not liable

for damages. The lower court up-held the city’s plea, but denied theclaim of the association.

Attorneys for the city and thefair cited copies of the leases be-

tween the city and the associa-

tion. and Harris, which allegedlyabsolved the cdty and the associa-

tion from damage claims.

The Appeals Court, however,said, in effect, that neither thecity nor the fair association couldrelinquish responsibility for op-

eration of concessions because theyboth hold direct supervision overthe park.The court said the city holds a

one-third voice in “absolute con-

trol" over the park through its rep-

resentation on the park governingcommittee. Lakewood Park is sit-

uated on city owned property.

Brit VAF Backs German

Union on MembershipLondon, July 31.

Willi Feldman, president of theInternational Artisten Loge ofGermany, is beefing to the VarietyArtists’ Federation because manyBritish vaude act* playtng Ger-many have failed to join his organ-ization, although Germans workingin -Britain are compelled to takeout a VAF card.

In a letter to the VAF, Feldmansays the offenders come mainlyfrom Britain and America. TheBritish union considers his griev-ance a legitimate one. and has in-

structed its members to supportthe German union.

Saranac LakeBy Happy Benway

Saranac Lake, N. Y., Aug. 7.

Golden Gate, S.F., Hits

Josie Baker ‘Laxity’San Francisco, Aug. 7.

Rumblings of Josephine Baker'salleged lAxlty fh keeping up herend of the vaude engagement atthe Golden Gate Theatre, came tothe surface after the forced delayof the 10 o'clock show on Wednes-day night. The star’s attendance

Big Show's Tex. Standi

Dallas. Aug. 7.

Ringling Brothers - Bamum Ac1 Bailey Circus will pay its annual1

visit here Sept. 28 to 30.

Among other Texas dates areiLubbock. Sept. 25; Amarillo. Sept.26; Wichita Falls, Sept. 27, and

I Waco. Oct. 1.

now|« th#Joi Uri/Su thitright

rest.ng Bagbraok, N. Y.| compelled the holding up of thecompelled the holding upperformance over a half hour, It

was said.

Theatre execs claim that MissBaker had been consistently lateat all Initial morning performances,requiring a readjustment of timeschedules throughout the day and

. , . . .placing a burden on other perform-

verpool, who beat the rapjrrs j eo De Lyon, emoee, .vas

torium. reports she was recently*

taken out of her cast in which shehibernated for over a year.Grace Davidson, of American

Broadcasting Co., registered for ob-servation period.

William and Joan Butler in fromN. Y. to chat with Hattie Butler,whose progress is special.

Inez Liverpool, whoherethating

A.C. FATHERS TO RULL

‘ICE CAPADES’ PACTAtlantic City, Aug. 7.

A new live-year contract whichwould return "Ice Capadea" to theresort for another run In city*owned Convention Hall la in themaking. The Arena Managers'Assn., which started a two-day ses-sion in Convention Hall yosterday(Mon.), Is discussing the routingof ice shows, among other subjects.The contract is to be submitted

to the city commissioners for ap>proval at their meeting Thursday(9), when terms and conditionswill be made known.Members of the association, 100

In number from all sections ofthe U. S. and Canada, are beingentertained by Phillip Thompson,manager of Convention Hall, a non-member.

The McCormicks, vocal quartet,and Bill Jacoby, singer-dancer, geta month's showcasing currently atSkyway Lounge, Cleveland.

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Enterprises. N. Y., and SonyaMusial. of YVmngstow’n. O., stoppedoff to hello the gang while enrouteto Montreil.

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Josie to Roxy Sept. 26

Josephine Baker plays the Roxy.N. Y., opening Sept. 26, her second

Carl kessier (Amazing Mr Bal-| stem since arriving from Eu-lantine) planed in from N. Y. to

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rope. vtender birthday party to Walter First was the Strand (now War-(CBS) Romanik, an all-up patient.

! ner>.Blowout was a steak dinner at |

Don’s Theatrical Melody Lounge.Angelo Rom and Charles Lam-

bert in from Rochester. N. Y., tobedside entertainer Shirley Han-dler, a new arrival whose observa-tion period is starting to show re-sults.

The Bob Pasquales (She’s HelenGrupp. ex-Republic) now cottagingIn downtown colony; report a dou-ble O.K. on recent allout checkup. I

Otto Hayman, Cambria, N. Y..manager, back in circulation aftera two-week siege. His frau Genie(legit) Reed, received her first up 1

O.K. since rebent major operation.Delphin (RKO) Streder and For-

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THE VIERASCf««rt*« Marrieon'e p«tr«ni will prtliably all ba willing ta bacsma

monksy'e unclae If thair niacse and nsphawe wsuld Him aut m clsvar

•• Cabins, «Ha atari af fba currant thaw. Tippy and Cabins,

In caea dnyana boa nat rand tba nawi columne tba bit faw days, ara,

*wa aiminAa whaeo talsnte ara almost unbalisvakls. TKair opening

nifbf wat graatad with applouta, tba fibs af wbicb a 1st af AOVA

^4WM*ba^» wiab tbay caw Id garnar.

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Tippy and Cabins, twa highly cantravaraial rhstue monks, apanad

thara tba atbar averting.

fartanataly, tbay lived up ta tba excitement crastad in advance af

thair dabvt.

It's a atanling and rathar frightaning parfarmonca. Thaaa twa pro*

caciaaa monkeys can da anything humane can, and much mara than

•am# I've mat.

Sharhay tha eaal hod battsr look ta hie

leurcle. Tippy and Cabins ara gasd. Battsr%

far Bietrae and TV than thaatrae. because

thay'ra eucb email crittsre and tharafara<aa

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nat aaeily diecsmibls fram tha loet raw

af tba Roxy. Bat goad. . . . notvroly

coweae o commotion an tba port af tha

cuetamare, wha'N probably ba jamming

tha joint ta pa thaaa moral e make man-

kaye out af paapla.

-DAILY VARIETY

-PAUL COATE5, L A Mirrar

If thaea Mocamba mankaye don't wraneb

earns laughe out af you nothing con. That* i . .

woe iaa Scbanck railing in tba aiela aver

Tippy'e tricke Tuaaday night.

-MIKE CONNOUY. Daily Vsr«*ty

Manogament: LEONARD GREEN AGENCY, Inc., New York

“UNQUESTIONABLY

THE GREATEST NOVELTY ATTRACTION

IN SHOW BUSINESS!

Packing Ike Mocam-

bo notwithstanding

Tony Martin at tha

Grove, Kay Thomp-

son at Ciro’s, “Gays

and Dolls” at Tha

Philharmonic, "Fin-* \....

ian’s Rainbow” at tha7’

;s

.

Greek Theatre.”

GUaxlic. Mowu&oh

MOCAMBOHollywood

"Tba eimion camadione got ana af tba

biggaet buildupe any night club act hoeA

racaivad around bars far many 0 doy.x ^

"I want mod far thaaa U«»lo animals thata

laok ta much lika paapla whan I tow tham

at El nanchs Vsgoe in May and I havs

bssn thair biggaet baoetsr avar since."

-FLOtABEl MUIRa

VAUMVDLUi Wednesday, Aagast 8, 1951

AGVA-Protected Ads

Paid Bat Tooters Seek

3G at Lons Beach FizHollywood, Aug. 7.

The California labor commis-sioner is investigating claimsagainst the Long Beach Exposition,which lost an estimated $75,000during its 10-day run at Veteransof Foreign Wan stadium la LongBeach last week. American Guildof Variety Artists' talent was paidoff beenusd the vaude union had in*

serted a contract clause calling fornightly payment, but 11 musiciansare still trying to collect a total ofabout $3,000.

Show was promoted by LongBeach businessman Don E. Ken-nedy, his first show biz venture.Highlight of the expo was anatomic energy display, but lack ofinterest was evidenced early. Manyconcessionaires began departingafter the third day of run. Shownever played to more than 2,000people in 13.000-seat stadium, butcompleted its scheduled run. Grosswas reportedly only around $15.*

000, lust covering AGVA talent

fees of $12,000, plus Federal ad*mish taxes, which were held outnightly to insure payment to Gov*eminent.

Cafe 4m Pari*. LeadeaLondon, Aug. 1.

Dorothy Dandridge < with Phil

Moore 1, Sidney Simone Orch,Johnnie Kenison Sambo Band;

minimum $5.

Original material, sock arrange-

ments and a personality that proj-

ects warmth and intimacy are the

plus factors in current cabaret at-

traction at this stylish cafe.

Dorothy Dandridge. sepia song-

stress from Hollywood, makes animpressive London debut with this

stint.

Success of engagement is due in

large part to her- partner Phil

Moore, who not only made the ar-

rangements. but accomps at key-board and authored some of thematerial. One of his new numbers,being presented for the first time,“Blow Out the Candle," is a strong

London, July 31.

Grade Fields winds up the vaudeseason at the London Palladiumwhen she plays there for twoweeks, opening Oct. 1. Val Parnellterminated the vaude session last

year in the same way.

The usual headache for bookerParnell is what to put in at thePalladium as stopgap after vaudeto open the pantomime season. Al-though unconfirmed, it is likely tobe George and Alfred Black'scurrent Opera House (Blackpool!summer show. "Happy Go Lucky,"which stars Vera Lynn. BernardBros., Jack Radcliffe and HarrySecdmbe. It is understood he is

pressing for Gypsy Bose Lee toplay the lead.

an imitation of Jerry Lewis thatfaithful Then the

MoeaMbe, Hollywoodbasis of a signed contract. Ciro’s

Herman Hover claimed he'd hada verbal agreement from theVieras. The Vieras denied this.

Tippy 4 Cobina are headlined,with June Roselle and VictorMarchese holding over from last

week’s "New Talent" lineup, andEmil Coleman still giving out withace terp tunes for the customersand backing for the acts.

The monkeys, an unusual nitery

booking, are very good, and Shark-ey the Seal had better watch him-self. They make their entrance in

the arms of their owners and im-

mediately get down to the businessof making faces at the customers.Perched in metal highchairs, theycase the joint and the individualcustomers, chatter at Morrison’scaged lovebirds, gape, salute, smile,

wash their hands and faces, slap

at the Vieras, io a rhumba, andbeat out rhythm accompanimentsto Coleman's music with maracasand bongo drums, all very fitting

In view of their bolero costumes.

Tippy, the athletic type, doestome hat tricks, a headstand and

is frighteninglytwo have a banana-eating contest,

after which Tippy plays a uke andCobina a toy piano. For the grandfinale. Cobina pounds out “PeopleWill Say We’re in Love," one noteat a time, on a specially-built

solovox. This naturally causes acommotion on the part of payees,who’ll probably be jamming thejoint to see these monks makemonkeys out of people.

During their week’s stand here,Marchese and Miss Roselle havepicked up a big chunk of show-manship. Each draws a 10-minutesolo spot—Miss Roselle singing"La Mer," “While We’re Young,"“I Dream Too Much" and "In theStill of the Night." and Marchesetenoring “Song of the Open Road,”“Estrellita" and "Granada.” whileEddie Oliver accompanies them.

Mike.

“Blow Out the Candlecandidate for the hit parade onboth sides of the Atlantic. It’s

being published here and in Ameri-ca by Chappell’s, and is an ideal

vehicle for Miss Dandridge’s sing-

ing style.

Act is intelligently routined withan abundance of romedv numbersas the basis of a lighthearted en-tertainment "Ridin* on the Moon”is a nice opener, followed by twoamusing speciality songs, "You Gotto Buy, Buy -for Babv" and "I’mGonna Be a Bad Girl." In con-trasting style, the chanteuse makesan effective contribution with "I’ve

Got You Under My Skin" and thenswitches again to the lighter stuff,

to wind with such songs as "I NeedThat Kind of Man ” and "If YouWant Affection."

Phil Moore is at all times a vital

part of the combo, and apart fromhis flawleft accompaniment, con-tributes to many of the songs,mainly with jocular interpolations.The Sidney Simone unit providesrestrained backgrounding, and theJohnnie Kerrison Samba Bandoffers a nice line in Latin music.

Myro.

Vaude, Cafe Dates

ChicagoMile Stelt handling act depart-

ment for Mutual Entertainmentnow that Sid Harris leaves forFrank Sennes’ Miami Beach office

. . . Harmonicats inked for Roxy,N. Y., Aug. 29. but must bow outafter two weeks to play MichiganCity, Ind., home show, Sept. 15...Dinah Shore headlines ChicagoTheatre. Aug. 17 . . . Dennis Day,Gene Sheldon. Stuart MorganDancers, WUl Mastln Trie withSammy Davis, and Teddy Phillips’

band is package for IndianapolisState Fair, Aug. 30 for four days,

then moves over to DuQuoin, 111.,

State Fair Labor Day.Kathryn Duffy line held over at

Lake Club, Springfield, 111., withFran Warren coming in Aug. 10 for10 days . . . Club Hollywood re-

building coming along with open-ing set for October . . . DaveBarry cavorts at Eddie's, KansasCity, Sept. 28 . . . Tony ft Eddierenewed for eight weeks at BrassRail . . . Willie Shore comics at Es-quire. Wichita, beginning Sept. 7

. . . Louise Bralovich moves fromMutual to assist Paul Marr . . .

Kay Thompson 4k Williams Bros,get two weeks at Chase Hotel, St.

Louis, Sept 8.

Bellevue Canlno, MiitlMontreal, Aug. 4.

Roger Ray. Don Henry Tno, TheDenvers, Vadja Del Oro, Walterft Jean Brown. Charles Tyre II,

Ethel Rider, Casino Line (8). BurBe lair Orch (12), Julio ReyesQuartet; admission , 50c-$l.Only Thing On

Earth More

Brilliant Than

a DIAMOND!

The obvious and consistent show;

formula offered week after week by

Bellevue Casino continues to drawtop biz on the local circuit, far

outstripping other local saloons.

Much of the credit for this show-

casing goes to Madame Kamarova,who produces every revue as

though it were her last, and theapparent willingness of ownerHarry Holmok to keep spendingplenty of coin for every show.

Average budget runs around $8,-

000 and even during current sum-mer slump, when most operatorshave been cutting expenses downthe line, the Bellevue has beenon a spending spree. Results aresatisfying to both management andpatrons.

Present layout, based primarilyon lavish productions, a sock ponyline and showgirls, is bolstered byindividual acts that are all top-drawer. Roger Ray, seen hereabout a year ago at the nowdefunct Folies Bergere, adapts hismaterial *handily to this big roomand builds his marimba offeringneatly to his gin salesman clincher,a show-stopper. His prelim pattertakes a while to elicit because ofintimate nature, but visual materialis standout. On show, caught, Ray,a temperamental guy at best,pulled a boner (one that quite afew other artists also do) by talk-ing down to the crowd and tryingto pass over the lack of mittingat the beginning by saying he for-got there were so many French-speaking persons in the house.What he forgot was that mostpatrons of this boite are bilingualand that the French element inMontreal has built this spot intowhat it is.

The Denvers (New Acts) whamover their knife-throwing routineto socko mitting and although actis short, it has the sight appeal

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Los Chavales de Espana Orch(12>, Rosa Pensieri, Tito Hernan-dez; $2.50 minimum, no cotter.

Los Chavales de Espana, theSpaniah orch which created a, two-year .sensation in Cuba a shorttime ago, has returned to thisnitery for minimum six months.Rosa Pensieri, an Italian mezzo

soprano, does four Latin numbersin a strong, pleasing voice. De-livery style is ordinary, but goodcontrol of voice makes her num-bers entertaining.

Tito Hernandez is • youngCuban who does takeoffs on localpoliticos, entertainers and DonaldDuck in Spanish. For a youngster.Hernandez has a great deal ofpoise, plus personality, plus atalent for mimicry and good lineofnehatter. He's a two-encore hitnightly.Los Chavales demonstrate their

superiority in Latin music. Theirrenditions of Spanish and SouthAmerican favorites are arrangedand executed for listening with-out tiring, main reason being someof the best devised scores to beheard. All sidemen play at leastthree instruments, and usually areshowcased for display of talentsin their specialties. Violins pre-dominate, however, and on somefast numbers, such as ‘TwoGuitars," the fiddlers put on ashow which is almost as good towatch as to hear.

Brightly costumed in traditionalSpanish outfits of high whitepants, satin puff-sleeved shirts andscarlet embroidered vests, thedozen men present excellent ap-

!

pearance. Two good-looking vocal-ists have the girls in the aisles

Cama.

HollywoodRose Marie and the Yogabends

booked for three weeks at Fla-mingo. Las Vegas, Aug. 16, follow-ing Spike Jones. . .Tony Martin didone-nighter at L. A. Press Clubparty at Ambassador Hotel . . Blos-som Seeley pre-recorded

" ’WayDown Yonder in New Orleans" forParamount’s "Somebody LovesMe." .. Sterling Way, former dtymanager for Fox West Coast in

Pomona, joined the Palladium dan-eery in Hollywood as manager . .

.

Mary Anstln added to lineup at

Billy Gray's Band Box.

Frank Sinatra opens tomorrow(Thurs.) for fortnight at RiversideHotel, Reno . . . Kay Starr exitedGeneral Artists Corp. on expira-tion' of contract and signed withWilliam Morris . . Odette Myrtil,currently in “Mist Liberty" at Dal-las Starlight Theatre, stays in Dal-las for extra fortnight to single at

Baker Hotel . . . Lena Horne set forthree-weeker at Bill Miller's Riv-iera. Ft. Lee, N. J., Sept 9, to befollowed by Diek Haymei, Sept.

27, for fortnight. . .Kay ThompsonSt Williams Bros., current at Ctro’s,

booked for fortnight at AdolphusHotel, Dallas, starting Oct. 29 .

.

Martin Sk Lewis will follow Thomp-son-Williams into Ciro’s Aug. 23 .

.

Ellen Sutton into Zamboangaclub for fortnight . . Rhonda Flem-ing rehearsing a new singing act. . . Arlene Dahl debuts a new actAug. 22 at Olympia. Miami . SallyBrooks reoptioned for another fourweeks at Airliner ... Tito Galsarand Lina Romay opened at Cocoa-nut Grove .yesterday (Tues.), fol-

lowing Tony Martin who departedfor his stint at London Palladium. . Robert Merrill starts a NewEngland concert tour Aug. 17 . .

,

Alice Pearce, currently working in

film "Belle of NelHYork" at Metro,set for Ciro’s, London, starting Oct.1 . .

.

GAC readying nitery dates forApril Stevens, once known as Car-ol Tempo, and set her for a Capitol

NOW IN REHEARSALAMERICA'S OtSATIST SINOINOCONCIRT WITH THI VOCHKSTRA—A SYMPHONY AMSAMOIMINTOF HUMAN V04CIS.

of Ravel’s “Bolero," assisted by theline, and later takes a solo spotdoing two Flamenco dances thatclick heavily.

The Eon Henry Trio has dressed{. . formance up considerably sincelast viewing, due mainly to thedemands of video. Result makesact a much more saleable item forrevues such as this. Guys runsthrough the usual harmonica rou-tines, pick up okay mitting withtheir huge mouth organ stint andencore with a hoked-up session ofgag instruments in the manner ofSpike Jones, for solid begofT.

Terp duo of Walter ft JeanBrown adds value to overall pres-entation and vocals are pointedup by Charles Tyrell and EthelRider. Bix Belair, with the biggestshow band in town, does greatbacking, and the Julio Reyes com-bo cuts in for customer hoofing**ts. Newt.

with their crooning

DINK FREEMAN M.C.’S

Dallas, Aug. 7.

Dink Freeman, son of Charles J.Freeman, head of Interstate The-atres’ roadshow booking depart-mgQt, has taken over the emceeduties at Abe’s Colony Club here.

Bill includes Molly O’Day’s Danc-ing Debs (5), solo and groupterpers.

LANDREaMl

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WednMcUj, August 8, 1951 HOUSE REVIEWS 55

Parum-t, N. Y.Bob Chester orch (14), Rudy

furdf’rwii. Danny Letris, Helene 4Howard, Modemaires 15); "That's

jily Boy” (Par). reuieteed in

Variety June 13, '51.

With Dean Martin Sc Jerry LewisMarred on the screen this round,

the Paramount bookers apparentlythought they wouldn’t need too

much of a stage layout for boxof-

fice lure. And that’s about whatthey’ve got. Show is of averagelength and the acts are talented,

but there’s no name draw for the

5tageshow alone. Withal, the bill is

veil paced and plays well, and theaudience opening night <1) seemedto like it.

With Martin Sc Lewis in thefilm, the Par has booked DannyLewis, Jerry’s father, for an addedstage fillip. Whether he wouldhave rated the date sans his filial

connections, however, is question-

al.’'*.

A personable and not-too-oldsinging refugee from the borschtbcit. Lewis pere is trading toomuch on his son’s rep. Where oncehe made his own way with a voiceresembling but not matching that

of Al Jolson. he’s doing the Jolie

bit now only as an opener. Thenhe lets the audience in on his trueidentity and rides it into theground from there. There’s a songtitled “That’s My Boy” and aparody on “Sonny Boy,’’ in whichhe tosses in a line t referring to

Jerry, of course) that, “you madedear Brooklyn a Bronx right hereon earth.” Even the best of talent

ran t live by trading on another’srep. »

Bob Chester orch is on the showstrictly for stage dressing. Com-prising four reed, plus the leaderon sax. five brass and four rhythm,the crew opens with a noisy buttalentless version of “Stars andStripes Forever” and that’s it.

They confine their playing for therest of the show to backing theacts, which is probably all to thegood.Rudy Cardenas holds down the

No. 2 slot with his sensationaljuggling and merits the terrlf ap-plause he gets. His agility and fa-

cility with the rubber balls, cock-tail shakers, top hats,* etc., areever amazing. New trick, in whichhe juggles billiard balls and dropsthem from the air into pocketsstrapped to his waist, is a realshow-stopper.Helene Sc Howard score handily

with their fine comedy terping. ac-centuated by their zany costumesand her acro-posturing. They doin exaggerated tango for an open-er and then wrap up the goodwork with an impersonation of azoot-suiter and his gal friend in

’Slaughter on 10th Avenue.” It’s

a sock act of its kind.Modemaires, a versatile and

animated quintet (four men andPaula Kelly) wind the show on abright note. While known mostlyas a vocal group through theirwork with the late Glenn Millerband and their present "Club 15”radio show, they register mostsolidly here with a series of im-personations, all well-routined andpresented. Short skit on whatwill happen when the film starstake over TV gives them a chanceto lampoon top film talent. Theyclose with an expanded version oftheir bestseller disk, “JukeboxSaturday Night,” which showcasestheir singing ability and also pro-vides for more impersonations.

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Earle, PhlllyPhiladelphia, Aug. 3.

Juanita Hall, John Agar, MichaelDouglas 4 Ish Kabibblc, Vince 4Gloria Haydock, Frank Juele’sHouse Orch (16); “Katie Did ft”iU-n.

Although it leans too heavily onvocals, the new Earle show rates** fair entertainment, with un-questioned high spot being JuanitaHall. The star gets a productioncome-on with the music from‘South Pacific” bringing her outof the wings to the mike.Singer opens with a trio of pop

numbers, and her Juilliard andBroadway backgrounds never getin the wav. She has a true, reson-ant set of pipes and sends over alyric with solid artistry, tallyingparticularly with the ballad “Howvh’op is the Ocean.”for her finale, Miss Hall goes in-

to the Bloody Mary character andJoes her two numbers from “SouthPacific.” the dialect “Happy Talk”•nd the stirring “Bali Hai.” The

on Her and Frank•*ueie’s house band (mounted on?;***) on the closing measures ofHall Hal” for an effective show-

break.

John Agar Is nicely received andVraws strong attention from theemme section of the audience.

•*aHs lightly to get started

and then departs from the cus-,

J)tn«ry *piel of the visiting Holly*

*"odian to exhibit an okay voice,

a ««»^A-Cr00ner ymclhing of

his numbers go over even betterbecause of If. Actor displays easeon stage and his handling of aheckler at the evening show caughtwas very neatly done and won himfriends. Agar comes over best with‘Too Young,” “Walking My BabyBack Home^’ and “Hadn’t AnyoneTill You.”

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Although they are spotted for acomedy break, there is still morevocalizing from the team of MichaelDouglas Sc Ish Kabibble. Douglasoffers food enough imitations ofTony Martin, Frankie Laine. Mor-ton Downey and Bill Keeny.Kabibble does trumpet 1mpersona

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tionsh of Harry James. Clyde Mc-Coy and Henry Busse, all of whomare strictly museum piecek as faras the Earle audience is concerned.The comedy is patterned after theDean Martin-Jerry Lewis formula,but the material is not in the sameleague. The boys dual on a parodyof “Roomful of Roses,” somethingwoeful about a man milking thewrong brand of goat. Kabibble car-ries the comedy burden and hisniftiest sallies are hurled out in theform of song titles—a style of de-livery inherited from his longtenure with Kay Kyser.The dance team of Vince Sc

Gloria Haydock gets the show offfast with slip ’n slide routine andfast tapping. A brotheMister actand a second generation showbizduo, they really score with theirnostalgic soft-shoe takeoff on thedancing in mom’s and pop’s day,

* Gagh.

Paramount. L. A.Los Angeles. Aug. 2.

Joe Adams' Orch (17), withMauri Lynn; Evely Famey, BenBeri, Mercer Bros. < 2

) ; “Warpath”(Par).

Only mild business is indicatedtor this 55-minute layout, second inthe downtown house’s new seriesof stage offerings. Basic draw is

Joe Adams, local deejay and videopersonality, but his happy Hooper*ating doesn’t add up to boff box-office. Standard turns of jugglerBen Bert and dancer Evelyn Farneyare strongest on the bill.

Adams, only sepia disk jockhereabouts, has assembled a 16-piece crew for the occasion, withaccent heavy on the brass, so heavythat the vocal efforts of Adams andsinger Mauri Lynn are sometimes

,lost. Adams leads with more

fenthusiasm than effect, and whilehis radio-teevee fans may int im-pressed, the standard ticket buyerswon’t be. Mias Lynn's contribu-tions are a pair of mild vocals.“Almost Like Being In Love” and“One For My Baby.” Adams, apersonable gent but only a so-sosinger, gets better results with thebouncy “Baby I’m Gone” than with“What Will I Tell My Heart.”

Beri’s sly juggling routine givesthe layout a needed lift and winstop response with his standardball-club-and tambourine routines.U’s slick stuff sold with a fineknowledge of comedy and meritsthe top attention it gets. MissFarney wallops over a pair of terpnumbers in her usual style, al-though hampered by inability ofthe orch to provide adequate back-ing.

Mercer Bros, round off the lay-out with some okay comi-dancestuff, but w’hen they turn to .vocalcomedies they fall to impress.

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*y9 N. Y.Florian ZaBach . Let Hurricanes

(4), Angel, Carol Lynne , ArnoldShoda, John Walsh k Bruce Mapes,Jr. (urtth Jean Worth), SkatinpBelles A Blades, Gee Foster Roxy-ettes A Escorts, H. Leopold SpitalnyC'joral Ensemble , Paul Ash HouseOrch; 4,Mr. Belvedere Rings theBell” (20th), reviewed in VarietyJuly 25, ’51.

Roxy’s new stage layout is atasty blend of ice revue and vaudethat achieves good audience reac-tion. Tagged "Bal Masque.” the45-minute show appropriately hasa masquerade ball theme that’scolorfully accented by the vari-hued costumes of the Gae Fosterline and H. Leopold Spitalny'schoral group.

Headliner is Florian ZaBach.Blond violinist has appeared herepreviously, but a flock of Interimradio and TV stints, has served todevelop his name with the public.Fiddler is warmly received by thepayees, who relish his string tech-nique on tunes which range from“Meditation from Thais” to hisw.k. novelty. “The Hot Canary.”

In keeping with the masquerademotif is the adagio turn of LesHurricanes. Three men toss theirfemme partner around in a seriesof eye-catching maneuvers donewith eclat and precision. It's asight act that scores easily. Bowoff with an involved routine whichresult! in the gal being rapidlyspinned from one male to another.

For the blades portion of thesession, holdovers Carol Lynne andArnold Shoda register handilywith their usual grace and agilityon the rink. Skaters John Walshand Bruce Mapes, Jr., with JeanWorth and .the Skating Belles Sc

Blades give the stars sock backing.Revue’s fiqale is endowed withgood production values that in-clude the dulcet choraling of theSpitalny ensemble and fine accomp-ing of Paul Ash’s house band.

Angel, an eight-year-old girl

ventriloquist, is reviewed underNew Acts. - Gilb.

< hlra*o, UhlChicago. Aug. 3.

Les Juvelys (2), The Dunliills(3>, Henny Youngman , Billy Eck

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stine, Louis Bast! Orch; “LittleEgypt" ( 17 ).

Current show is a good follow-up to the slambang antics of Mar-tin Sc Lewis last week, with head-liner Billy Eckstine rating most ofthe draw. Singer has discardedmost of his vocal tricks, relyingmore on showmanship and lusn

stint, necessitated by those lengthylineups hired by marquee an-nouncement!.

The Cab and Cotton Club orch.plus surrounding acts, make for

a colorful and swiftly-movingpackage that, on integrated enter-tainment values, is tops. That moreof this type of rousing vsude enter-tainment is necessary is evidentin the CaUoway b.o. and terrific

audience reception.

With the gymnastic fronter vig-

orously gyrating throughout theproceedings, he has also whippedtogether a riotous 75 minutes in

the true tradition of his trade-nr...rked hi-de-ho style. (LastToronto appearance a couple of

months ago, Calloway headed anEdison Hotel quintet that wasrather subdued on delivery.) Nowagain, he has a brassy 15-manteam, with piano and two percus-sionists, for plenty of raucous blarethat the customers want.

Oldtime style of band openingit. first number behind the cur-

tain. and the traveller then partingon full-stage set, has musical groupwhamming into “Fine and Dandy”for plenty of blare, and thenCalloway into his vocalizing of’ Jezebel” and the band’s specialconception of this current fave.

Whole shrewdly packaged bill theninterpolates Billy 4 Ann for theirnifty and nonchalant tap chal-

lenges; Dorothy Salter, vivaciouspint-sizer, for her little-girl andeye-rolling song styling, particular-ly in her “I Don’t Want to Be aGood Girl”; Saxy Williams for his

dancing and the finish in which heholds a progressive tiering of threetables in his teeth while hoofing.

Show-stoppers, when caught,were Patterson 4 Jackson, barrel-

shaped overweights who blendeffortless shuffles and patter, plusclever imitations of popular songstylists of the day (including awow takeoff on The Inkspots), andsoft-shoe strut eccentrics. Butdespite the shrewd choice of inter-

polated acts, all of which scoreoutstanding returns, it’s still Callo-way and his 15 cats who ring theaudience top decibels. Notable is

Calloway’s singing of “BlackMagic,” his “St. Louis Blues” and“That’s My Girl,” all with terrific

support from the band. The finale

wham comes with Calloway’s pip-

ing of “Minnie the Moochcr,” com-plete with audience participationon the hi-de-ho’s. Whole bill is

traditional vaude back in thegroove for big b.o. returns, judg-ing from those daily lengthy line-

ups. McStay.

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Capitol, Wash.s Washington. Aug. 4.

Suooky Lanson, Georgie Kaye,baritoning for his effects.,_ . A . .

T. Dave k Dorothy Workman, LathropThere could be more of a change i , , 4 a n/l0 1 •» ivoth t

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Olympia. MiamiMiami, Aug. 4.

Bill Farrell, Dave Darry. PattiThomas 4 The Freshmen, Skip kGeri Yournan, 4 Fantinos, LesRhode House Orch; "Strangers OnA Train" (WB).

Bill Farrell, headliner, is a song-ster who needs plenty of work be-fore he meets tne projection andpersonality requirements of a topvauder or cafe. The vocal equip-ment is there, though in this en-gagement he seems to be tryingtoo hard. He has looks and basiccharm, but there’s need for morewarmth that should, come withwork before live audiences. As is.

his recording and radio rep standhim In good stead, with receptionon the healthy side via his conceptsof the better pops.Dave Barry, is a laughtnaker

with his impreshes and waggery.Most of the stuff is new andsmartly twisted to make for thepalm-rousing, in addition to thehowls. Adds up as most potentof the mittmakers on the layout.

Teeoff spot is capably handledby Patti Thomas 4 the Freshman.Their terp ideas are zingy and theyhold them all the way, withHawaiian routine as topper.Closers, the Fanlinos, make for azestv curtain act. Their aerialwork earns resounding reaction,with the key point the femme bal-ancing of the three malls. SkinSt Geri Yournan round out bill

with the lad’s' musical impreshesearning results.

Les Rhode house orch okay onthe Uhcktoms# ' - -

of pacbaritone the set is near perfect.For a natural opener he takes oneof his top clicks, “I’m in the Moodfor Love.” and breaks the moodwith the only bounce tune he does.“Shanghai.” Following “I’m aFool to Want You,” he previewsa new disk, “Laugh, Clown Laugh.”which is mainly a talk piece, butscores with Italian operatic end-ing. For an encore he does “IApologize” to fine reception, butit’s really the Ellington “Caravan.”set to words, that gets the mostapplause.

Henny Youngman is a livingrefutation to the cry that come-dians must have new materialLong-puss comic may have one oftwo new lines in his act. but it’s

the hoary material he’s been doingfor the last five years that ringsthe bell. Seatholders know all

the gags, but the wry manner ofthe lanky psuedo Addle playersells them over again.

The Dunhllls not only get overwell with their tap routines, bothunison and single, but youthful,clean-cut manner has the fentmesegment of the audience yelling.

Men also get some chuckles for

comedy attempts.

Les Juvelys are the curtain-raisers with pair offering somebright balancing stints. A * real

gasper is finale with female doinga “head-to-head” balance on threerubber ball* between the noggins.

Lous! Basil returns again to takeup the baton and tightly pace therevue. Zabe.

TereateToronto, Aug. 3.

Cab Calloway Cotton Club Orch(16), Patterson 4 Jackson, DorothySalter, Billy 4 Ann. Saxy Williams

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Archie Stone House Orch; “Pier23” ( Lip ).

This strictly routine lineup offour vaude acts seems to fill thebill for Capitol’s summer audi-ences. At Saturday night showcaught, payees approved each seg-ment of layout with headline en-thusiasm. \ •

Snooky Lanson, of “Hit Parade”spotting, gets well deserved topbilling with his tuneful baritoningand pleasant southern spieling.

Leaning heavily on his disk andradio clicks, Lanson gives out withmedleys of sentimental tunes, in-

cluding “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “MyFoolish Heart,” “Bewitched, Both-ered and Bewildered” and “TooYoung.” He does his own emcee-ing. capitalizing on his southerndrawl and a naturally appealingboyish manner. Wisely digs intopast faves with such tunes as “ByLight of Silvery Moon.” “OleMaster Painter” and “BlackMagic.” His efforts with “Ole ManRiver” impressed as less success-ful and not quite tip the alley ofhis easy, romantic style. However,where the packed galleries wereconcerned, anything that Lansondid seemed sock.

Comic Gebroie Kaye has a fastline ' of patter

7with colloquial ap-peal. His routine is varied andmore novel than most gagsters.Tees off with a timely gag on new*commentators, and

.proceeds to

tackle everything and anything.His takeoff on femmes dividing upthe luncheon check is ribticklingand authentic. Best bet with pay-ees seemed to be a psychiatric rou-tine. a zany bit of business that hasthe usual questionable angle of rib-bing the mentally ill. However, it

brings him beaucoup returns.Lathrop St Lee do better than

average job of curtaln-ralaing withtheir nifty tap routines. Best betis still their walking number, in

which they tap out a mood to“Darktown Strutters’ Ball.”

After a steady diet of headlined;

For those who like novelty, theinstrumental or vocal trios In re-

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music via glass of the Workmans

Palace, !¥. Y.The Troyans (1), Eddie Law-

rence. Joe Morris A Susan North,Linda Lee Jones> Neal Stanley,

The Marvellos (3), Bud Harris AFrank Radcliff, Wynters A Ange-line, Johnny Morgan, Lopez Trio,Don Albert House Orch.; "AsYoung As You Feel” <20th>, re-viewed in Variety June 6, '51.

Significant in the Palace’s ArstAugust bill is the fact that sevenof the 10 acta esaay the comedyroute in one form or another. Mostof it is good. Some of it is broadpurple. But in general, the Wholelayout it above par.Joe Morris A Susan North aro

treyed in their standard rapid-firegags, with former operating fromupper box. Femme, a bosomylooker (ex-’’Miss Utah”), ia greatfoil for the veteran and a terrificscreamer in the right spots. Earnloud mitt.

Neal Stanley is fifth with largeassortment of carbons, from Don-ald Duck and Jerry Colonna toLorre-Oreenstreet pairing and afine finishing Cagney as George M.Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”

In sixth slot are Marvellos,two men and femme, in top-drawer musical-magico inven-tions. Straight man operates onsundry instruments which disap-pear. The comic runs in and out,sometimes appearing in replica asmanikin, as do parts of hisbody, worked behind a blackcloth. Gal’s gown undergoes swiftchanges in fabric and color, addingcorking sight values.

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The veteran aepian duo of Har-ris Si Radcliff turns up seventh toscore handsomely with combopiano-song-comedy, although someof the gags are a bit antique. Rad-cliff solo on “Danny Boy, done inmulti-register with falsetto topper,and pair’s “Marie” won a sockmitt.Wynters St Angeline. eighth on,

are smooth ballroomologists fea-turing elegant spins and shoulderwhirls. Show best in steppery to“Who,” part of it in graceful stop-time.

Next-to-closer is comic JohnnyMorgan, whose good delivery andexceptional appearance demandbetter material. The guy has neat

Eipcs. which manage to dissipateis earlier lapses into blue stuff.Openers are The Troyans, hand-

balancing. listed under New Acts,•* Eddie Lawrence, tapster:Linda Lee Jones, child singer, anaLopez Trio, comedy trapeze per-formers.

PalladliM. Vjiadon.

London, Aug. 1.Andrews Sisters <3>, with Vic-

tor Schoen. Jesse, James k Cornell.Max Bacon. Vic k Ad 4

o. EddieGordon It Natytv. George Meaton ,Rob Murray. Downey k Daye,Palladium Girls (16), SkyrocketsOrch.

cent weeks, commendable as mostof these were, It’s good to see afull-stage hand of the Cab Callo-way calibre tiered on the Casinostage. The presentation productionis so popular as to warrant a five-

should be their dish. They alsoplay on cowbells and on a rubbertube. In a mild Spike Jones man-ner. Routine is strong on novelty,weak on music, much of which is

drowned out by the orch. whicha-day schedule and six perform- tries Its best not to outdo the act.

lances • -throughout- -the- • weekend l Maytag • •

The Andrews Sisters are all set torepeat their success of 1948. Theircurrent season (limited to a fort-night) opened to a rousing recep-tion and has every prospect of be-ing a sellout. Val Parnell's confi-dence in their boxofflre appeal isunderlined by the choice of sup-porting acts, most of which havingonly a limited name value.

Act, which runs just under snhour, certainly makes a strikingpitch for visual appeal, and con-tains a wealth of those comedypranks for which the trio is noted.There is a healthy mixture of newtunes and old faves. and a big batchof requests is neatly disposed ofby a bunch of chorus snippetsranging from “Bei Mir Bist DuSchoen” to “Roll Out the Barrel.”To open their show they have a

special. “Back Again,” which ex-presses their sentiments in a veryacceptable way. They then go Intoa good calypso routine beforecoming across with their first com-edy hit, “Didn’t Know the Gun WasLoaded.” From there the showreally gets into its stride, with trioobviously more relaxed after thewtfrm and immediate audience re-sponse. Two or three more num-bers together, and then three solosfrom Patti which clicks strongly.Her first was "I Wanna Be Loved ”

and she follows with “Ask Me HowI Feel” and 'Too Young.” Theother two take over with a first-rste comedy hit, “Why Give all theSolo* to Patti." And, Anally, thetrio, together again to score withone laughmaker after another,starting with a brilliant deadpanversion of “Hawaii,” going on to“Boy Rangers of Ameriee.” andfinishing with “Girls of the GoldenWestJ^a good satirical lyric on thewives of three western heroes.Victor Schoen. who conducts theSkyrockets orch on stage, doe* anexcellent job of batoning end in-

Circs the required split-secondming.

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Opening act, the Palladium Girls,with routines devised by Joe La-

I tone, is not up to standard anddefinite^ needs polishing. No. 2spot is filled by Downey 4 Daye, ahard and fast-working skating duo.

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tsa Continued from page S sJfrom entering into partnerships

with individual theatreowners.UPT recently shifted operating

control of Atlanta’s Fox, ’Para-

mount and Roxy theatres to theWilby-Kincey circuit, headed by R.

B. Wilby, a member of the boardof directors of UPT and a formerpartner himself. Negotiations are

now under way to dissolve theUPT-Wllliam K. Jenkins partner-

ship in 25 theatres in Georgia.Either party has the right to buyor sell from the other partner.

The Lucas sale, it was reported,was made to facilitate the ultimatebreaking up of the three-way part-

nership.A spokesman for the Lucas

estate trustees stated that the sale

would not affect operation of sub-

urban theatres in Atlanta ownedby Lucas 8c Jenkins. This company,which operates a string of nabehouses in this area, is owned bythe estate of the late Arthur Lucasand William K. Jenkins.

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which would eventually also be-

come a television property.The balance of the stock sales

proceeds will be used “in acquir-ing interest in and to partly finance

the immediate production of twoor more American pictures, thefirst of which will be entitled Tt's

a Great Day’ (story of a blind manwho recovers his eyesight) and thesecond to be a great American epic

entitled ’Sitting Bull.' the latter to

be filmed in Technicolor and to betaken in our great Northwest areaof Montana, the Dakotas and Min-nesota." where the famous Indianchief actually held forth.

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AT&T to lease its facilities for the-atre relay “where otherwise legal."

Marks said he wanted to stress thefact that the allocation of cabletime Involves “the large public in-

terest," that the 12,000,000 sets nowin use provide approximately50.000,000 people with access tovideo, and that “it would be a hardblow to these viewers to deprivethem of network programs becauseof the allocation of any considerableportion of coaxial cable time forthe purpose of boxoffice tele-

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New Acts

ANGELVentre• Mins.Roxy, N. Y.Angel Mignonelle (billed as Just

Angel) is an eight-year-old girl

ventriloquist whom booker SammyRauch spotted on the currentRoxy bill on the strength of TVguest dates. In her first stage ap-pearance the moppet seems com-pletely at ease, works her twodummies proficiently and displaysa patently professional techniquethat belies her age.

In an exchange with one alterego. named ‘Tiny," Angel • pacesthe dummy through crack impres-sions of Jimmy Durante andFrankie Laine, highlighted withthe former's “Ink-a-doo" andLaine's “That*s My Desire." Fol-lows with some repartee with herother prop. “Susie," which shedresses up with the tunes, “If YouKnew Susie" and “Gimme a LittleKiss."

For New York and . other keyTV cities Angel will have pfr-scldaudiences. Elsewhere, however, shewill encounter little difficulty inscoring with theatregoers, for hertalent is self-evident. Child, hard-ly moves her lips and has a finesense of timing. With carefulcoaching, she seems set for apromising career in any visualmedia. Gilb.

THE DENVERS (2)

Knife-Throwing12 Mina.Bellevue Casino. MontrealOf the English music-hall cir-

cuit. the Denvers are doing theirfirst North American stint at theBellevue Casino. Team should bea cinch for any visual medium onthis side of the Atlantic.

Male half of team makes entryin flashy western outfit doing afew rope tricks, with femme thendoing some toe-tapping while alsoskipping rope.Team goes into knife - tossing,

with the girl as target. Denverthrows them straight for the firstround; then he covers his partnerwith a sheet of paper and. blind-folded. he heaves six knives andtwo hatchets at this trustingblonde. Payoff are flaming hatch-ets, with the lights turned downfor a boffo finish.

Patter and intros are kept to aminimum, and plenty of razzle-dazzle maintains speed and effec-tiveness. Newt.

LOPEZ TRIOComedy Trapexe6 Mins.Palace, N. Y.The Lopez Trio consists of

catcher, straight and comic. Equip-ment is low-flying trapeze with amat employed in lieu of net forthe^ occasional drop-finishes.The straight tricks are nifty in

themselves, but turn’s principalappeal is in the comedy flights,which are in the hilarious groove.The buffoon, dressed in high tints(sharp yellow jacket >, scores In anumber of shenanigans, one ofthem being a leap over the land-ing pedestal into the wings. Alsowins attention with trouser un-dress, developing the gag viatrouble in setting things to rights.Passing leap finish showcases theact’s aerial virtuosity.A natural for TV. also for stages

with suitable dimensions, espe-cially in the width.

LINDA LEE JONESSongs4 Mins.Palace, N. Y.This eight-year-old has teeveed

on a number of top shows (Sullivan,Durante, Haley, Kate Smith).Biondish moppet, outAtted in pink,pipes in adult style, scoring withthe only two numbers given her

—

“Great Big Beautiful Doll" and“Carolina.”Between tunes she goes off on a

bit of tapping. Got a loud salvoat show caught (2), but while thekid Is a comer, there is no doubtthat her age accounted for at least

some isentimental mitting. Voiceis exceptional for age bracket. She

j

backs it with good stage presence.

FRAN DOW IE & CANDY KANEComedy14 Mins.Empire. GlasgowFran Dowie, Canadian comic, lm-

f

tresses strongly with his noncha-ant comedy. With his wife andpartner, blonde Candy Kane, hedoes a very amusing takeoff of afilm cowboy to score strongly.The act is strong on novelty.

Dowie spits flame toward the foot-lights. engages in western (argonand does a skit on film cowhands.

Strong, fresh material points tofuture click in important spots.

Cord.

THE TROYANS (S)

Balancing7 Mins.Palace, N. Y.

This trio (one femme), show-openers at this house. Is a goodentry in the hand-to-hand line.

Boys are suave and deliberate inmanual gymnastics, splicing theturn with comedy byplay.

Tricks are accomplished withease. Flashy costumes dress theact. and gal enhances it via guitarand chirp of “Guadalajara" as duoruns through one group of slowlifts. Top piece is male’s leap overtable to hands of partner. Above-par for general situations and TV.

EDDIE LAWRENCETap Dancing5 Mina.Palace. N. Y.

Eddie Lawrence, spotted No. 2

on current Palace bill, U tech-

nically authoritative in his tap

tattoos. Lad has youth and en-

thusiasm, bui cau improve his turn

by relaxing a bit.

His best efforts are whirls andpivots, completed handily to ears

a nice mitting.

Wednesday, August 8, 1951 LEGITIMATE 57

George Brandt Gomg Ahead on Road

Plan Thonj^i Syndicate’ Fails ThruAlthough the proposed produc-4

tion booking deal with a syndicate|

of road theatre managers has been

abandoned, N. Y. subway circuit

operator George Brandt says he is

going ahead with the arrangement

with most of the same group as

Individuals. The participants have

already supplied their end of the

financing and he is making advancepreparations for the productions,

he adds.

The reason the syndicate idea

didn’t work out, Brandt explains,

is that the members have different

situations and problems in their

various towns, some being actual

owners of their theatres, others

representing owner syndicates andstill others being merely paid em-ployees with little voice as to pol-

icy. Moreover, he indicates, someof the originally mentioned par-

ticipants may have feared incurring

the ill-will of the United BookingOffice and the Shuberta if they

went ahead with the syndicate plan.

At least two mentioned that theypreferred to discuss the situation

with Lee Shubert, who was in Eu-rope until" last week, before com-mitting themselves.

Brandt claims that the only waythe road theatre men will be able

to get together is through somearrangement such as that plannedfor this season, and he predicts

that by next year nearly all out-of-

town managers will be participat-

ing. The UBO Is bogged downby “dry rot,” he says, and a co-*

operative system for producing andbooking shows on a realistic eco-nomical basis is needed to save theroad, he asserts.

ShowsUnder the revised setup Brandt

will send out productions of "BlackChiffon,** with Mady Christians andHenry Daniell; '‘Graraercy Ghost,*'

possibly with Sarah Churchill; “Sea-son in the Sun,'* with Victor Joryand a femme cottar to be selected;

“Angel in the Pawnshop,** with atleast one Hollywood name lead, andprobably other shows. Each playwill have had a subway circuit

tuneup. The individual road man-agers will participate in the finan-cing on the basis of the length oftime the shows will play their the-

atres. That is, houses that play one-week stands will put up one uniteach, while spots that p*lgy split-

weeks will contribute half-units,etc.

All the theatremen have bookingcontracts with UBO, and all showswill be booked through that office,

but Brandt notes that he and thelocal managers will work out mu-tually satisfactory dates. Those


Post-B’way Tour Nixed

By Garfield for ‘Boy’,

Snagging N.Y. DateWorcester, Aug. 7.

Only one thing is holding up sBroadway revival of '‘Golden Boy’*in the autumn, John Garfield saidhere lastVeek. Two producers in-

terested in it want him to tour it

after New York, and the stardoesn’t want to.

Instead, he said, he has awaitinghim a new Clifford Odets dramaand a film about narcotics that heprefers to do.

Garfield, touring with six sup-porting actors, played "GoldenBoy" to good grouses here lastweek, and* is in Princeton, N. J.,

this week, the season’s last stop.He'll use the same six players

—

Constance Ford, Harold J. Stone,Judson Pratt, Michael Lewin, JoeBernard and Harvey Fine—if theplay reaches Broadway, he said.

In 1053 he plans a New Yorkrepertoire of "Golden Boy,'*“Awake and Sing". and “The BigKnife."

Robert Lewis Starts

Re-directing *Jamie’San Francisco, Aug. 7.

Robert Lewis started re-directionof Three Wishes For Jamie,'* cur-rently in its second week at theCurran. It was originally staged byAlbert Lewis, who is co-producingwith his son, Arthur.*how has been trimmed from

ordinal three acta of its Lot An-gles tryout to two. Other revi-*ions are in the works. Tentative

Y. opening la set for Sept 17.

Kelly in Coast Vacation

;

Jory Making U FilmWith the dosing next Saturday

night (11) of “Season in the Sun,"at the Booth, N. Y., costars NancyKelly and Victor Jory will planeto Hollywood. The actress will

vacation there for two weeks, andis due back Aug. 27 to start re-

hearsals in ’Twilight Park,"Richard Krakeur's production of

A. B. Shiffrin’s melodrama, underPaul Stewart’s direction.

Jory will start work Sunday (12)

in a Universal-International re-

make of "All Baba," in which his

scenes must be completed in three

weeks. Then he returns to NewYork for a television commitmentbefore resuming the male lead in

“Season" for the roed tour.

Replacement leads will appearin “Season" on the subway circuit

starting next Tuesday (14).

Seek Drake For

Gty Center SpotAlfred Drake may become super-

vising director of a musical comedyproduction unit at the N. Y. City

Center. The actor-singer-director

has be^n offered the spot by Mor-ton Baum, chairman of the Centerexecutive committee, but thw fact

that he would have to split the

assignment with hit Broadway ac-

tivities may stymie the deal.

If Drake were to take on the

Center duties he would require twoassistants, preferably Peter Law-rence and Michael Ellis, he hasIndicated. Both are Broadway pro-

ducers and ex-stage managers withwhom he has worked on various

shows. That angle would probablybe acceptable * to the City Centermanagement. However, neither

Drake nor Center officials are en-

tirely convinced that he could suc-

cessfully combine the Center as-

signment with his Broadway career.

At the moment, Drake is plan-

ning to star in a new version byEdward Eager of Pirandello's

"Man, Beast and Virtue," to beproduced by Lawrence, possibly

with Harold Clurman directing. Hislast Broadway assignment was stag-

ing the musical. "Courtin' Time,"of which Ellis was co-producer. Hewas the original Curley in "Okla-homa" and costarred as the original

Fred Graham-Petruchio In "KissMe, Kate."

According to the Center's tenta-

tive plans, a musical comedy-oper-etta season would be offered at themunicipally-sponsored theatre in

the late spring-early summer. It

has already been decided to dis-

continue the spring drama season,

concentrating the Center’s straight-

play offerings in the midwinter pe-

riod. Drake and Baum have alreadydiscussed tentatively a lineup of

possible musical comedy and op-

eretta titles.

MARCH-ELDRIDCE OPEN

‘GARDEN’ TOUR OCT. 29"Autumn Garden," with Fredric

March and Florence Eldridge in

their original Broadway cottarring

parts, will open Its tour Oct. 20 at

the New Nixon, Pittsburgh. It is

scheduled to tour for the full sea-

son.

March, who will star in StanleyKramer’s film version of "Deathof a Salesman," is due back east

Oct. 22, but producer KermitBloomgarden Intends to start re-

hearsals of the Lillian Heilmandrama a week prior to that, prob-ably with Harold Clurman repeat-ing his original staging. Clurmanis currently in Europe,

Dtsian’i Honors Burnside

Dazian's, the theatrical fabric

house, fetes R. H. Burnside, the vet

legit theatre manager, tomorrow(Thun.) at its West 44th SL bead-quarters in N. Y. The occasionwill mark the 100th anni ofDazian’s. /

It will also be a birthday cele-

bration for the head of the onetimeNew York Hippodrome/

Myers Recovering

From Severe Illness

Richard Myers, co-producer of"Moon Is Blue," has reportedly re-

covered from a severe Illness in

Paris, where he has been vacation-ing for the last few months. Ac-cording to word received at theAldrich A Myen office in NewYork last week/ the producer wasstricken with ptomaine while in

England to attend the opening of

"Gainsborough Girls," the Cecil

Beaton play being tried out there

by A ’ A M in association with

Henry Sherek.On his return to Paris, the pro-

ducer was hospitalized with a lunginfection.

Touring ‘Alice’

In Prod TangleMusical version of "Alice is

Wonderland," now touring the

strawhat circuit, has begun to runinto headaches. Besides meetingcompetition from the two current

ffilm editions of the Lewis Carroll

yarn, the show has become Involved

in a production tangle between the

company and stager Robert Perry.

Although it’s still too soon to

measure the effects of the release

of the Walt Disney and Lou Buninpicture versions of the juvenile fan-

tasy, indications are that it mayseverely crimp the boxoffice pull

of the legiter. So far this sum-mer, the stage musical "Alice” has

been a moderate grosser, but with

the two screen adaptations now in

general release. In many towns si-

multaneously with or in advance of

the strawhat productiqp, the com-petition is expected to be brutal.

The situation between Perry andthe troupe arose last week, while

the musical package was at the

Pocdno Playhouse, Mountainhome,Pa. Having been informed that the

performance had deteriorated since

the show played its opening date,

the week of June 18, at the Grist

Mill Playhouse, Andover, N. J.,

Perry paid an unheralded visit to

the Pennsylvania resort to see It.

After the performance he wentbackstage and suggested that the

company have rehearsals. But since

it was nearly the end of the weekthe Pocono management declined

to pay for the rehearsal, as ActorsEquity rules require. And after

conferring with the cast, the Equitydeputy, Roy Raymond, reportedly

said the company preferred "notto bothar."That burned Perry, who next day

phoned the managements of the(Continued on page 59)

My LA., Li, Takes

10-Year Theatre Lease;

Mulls Other ShowsHollywood, Aug. 7.

My L. A., Ltd., producing "MyL. A.,'* legit revue financed by$173,000 public sale of stock, hassigned a 10-year lease on the

Forum Theatre, 1,766-seat nabefilm house which has recently beenoperating on a weekend basis.

William Trenk, prexy of MyL. A., Ltd., which has been in theworks for about three years, an-nounced casting will begin at oncefor an October opening. House will

be closed for about five weeksprior to the opening for extensivealterations. Spokesman declined to

say who is paying for the altera-

tions but Sherrill Corwin, the the-

atre’s owner, said he is rewiringthe stage and doing some otheralterations, with "My L. A." pay-ing for "considerable" otherchanges.

It’s planned for house to serveas 'a permanent legit spot ior.suchattractions as My L. A.. Ltd., will

produce. House has nq balcony.About 700 Invettors .Jiave paid

$102 per unit- of stock. Sceneryalready built has cost $00,000.

Stock prospectus estimates weeklyoperating expense of around $20,-

000, including undisclosed guar-antee and percentage deal for

theatre.

Stock sale has been promoted byradio blurbs, with strong coopera-tion from the Junior Chamber of

Commerce. Book la by Larry Gel-bart, Bill Manhoff and LaurenceMarks, and music and lyrics bySammy Fain and Paul FrancisWebster. Choreography is byTrudi Schoop, sets by HarryHorner.

Chicago Looks for Big Fall Season

To Offset Recent Legit Famine

‘Room With Door’ In

Tryout at Dennis"Room With a Door." melodrama

by Joanna Wade, which Eunice

Healey, Charles K. Freeman and

A1 Lewis plan to produce on Broad-

way this season, will be tried out

at the Cape Playhouse, Dennis,

Mass., the week of Aug. 27 as the

closing, bill of the summer. Estelle

Winwood will be starred. ArthurSlrcom, resident director, will

stage.

For the Broadway production, re-

quiring an elaborate single setiing

and a cast of 11, the budget will

proBabiy be $60,000.

Blondeil Snarl

^ On Barn PayoffJoan Blondell’a guest date last

week in “Come Back, Little

Sheba," at the Chevy Chase Sum-mer Theatre, Wheeling, 111., haaerupted into a wrangle with tHfc

barn management and involves heragents and Actors Equity. There'sa dispute over the gross, the termsof the actress* deal and evenwhether a contract was signed.

All accounts agree that the star

played to capacity-plus trade, butthere Is disagreement over theamount of the grots, the seatingcapacity of the house. Miss Blon-dell's sharing arrangement and thecipcurastances surrounding thestatus of the contract.

After the closing performanceSunday night (5) there was an ar-

gument over the amount due theactress, and she refused to acceptproducer Bill Johnson's check.Matter was referred to Equity yes-

terday (Tues.).

The gross for the engagementwas first reported to have beenjust short of $17,700, and that fig-

ure was reported to the star. Sub-sequently, Variety was informedthe take had been $13,900. Thecheck offered Miss Blondeil wasvariously reported to have beenfor $5,300 to $5,900. On the basis

of what she claims were the agreedterms, she figured her share shouldhave come to about $7,700.

It’s reported that due to a mlxupof the mails, a contract signed bythe management was not on file

with Equity when the engagementbegan. The management reported-ly asserts that Miss Blondeil ac-

cepted a $2,000 guarantee, plus

33V$ of the gross over $7,500. How-ever. the actress says the deal wasfor a $2,500 guarantee, plus 50%over $7,500.

No solution had been reached at

press time yesterday (Tues.), butindications were that Equity offi-

cials would investigate what termswere agreed upon, whether a con-tract was signed and, if not. whythe engagement had been fulfilled.

JED HARRIS PAYS OFF

BACKERS’ JUDGMENTJed Harrig last week paid a

$13,701.03 court judgment ob-

tained two years ago by a syndi-

cate of backers of two of his stageproductions. "Apple of His Eye"and "Loco." The action, broughttwo years previously, claimed nofinancial statements for the twoshows had ever been filed andasked for an accounting of $20,000invested by the group. Harris didnot defend the suit.

The claim was brought by SavoyProductions, corporate entity of thesyndicate. "Apple" was producedduring the 1945-46 season and"Loco" was done in 1946-47. Bothwere staged as well as produced byHarris. The Utter it currently ac-

tive in television and has severallegit plays listed for production onBroadway thU season.

Chicago, Aug. 7.

The famine of legit attractionswhich has hovered over the WindyCity for the past year, and partic-ularly for the last six months,seems to promise a transformationfor the fall season, which will turnthe famine into a feast. For thepast three months, Chicago has hadonly two attractions to garner thelush summer grosses brought bythe vacationeers and convention-eer*—“South Pacific” and “MoonIs Blue." Prior to that, only oneor two plays dared venture in fora few weeks, most of which diedhere after their valiant attempts.

However, by the beginning ofOctober, there will be six pieces oflegit fare to offer the playgoers, incontrast tq four at the same timelast year. The future lineup ia

also much stronger, in the matterof script and star value. In Octo-ber, 1950. there was “Come Back,Little Sheba” at the Erlanger;“Diamond LIT* at the Blackstone;“Innocents" at the Harris, and‘Texas. Lil* Darlln’ '* at the GreatNorthern. With the exception of'Texas,” all did good business, al-

though “Diamond Lil" faded afterthe first of the year. At no time,including the ballet and opera, didthe city play host to more thanfive offerings at one time.

Season is sUrting about thesame time, with “Member of theWedding" at the Erlanger Sept. 17teeing off the occasion. It’s alsothe first offerii^ of the TheatreGuild. On Sept. 19 the Palacebrings in "Gentlemen PreferBlondes/' which marks the switchfor the former pic-spot to legit the-atre. Built as the midwest show-case for RKO vaudeville, it hasbeen double-featuring pictures forthe past several years; from timeto time slipping in roadshow film


Payne Heads Texas U. DramaAustin, Aug. 7.

B. Iden Payne; vet British stagedirector and actor, will head the U.of Texaa drama department nextyear.

‘Alive’ Insurance Claims

Settled; Judgment Vs.

KatzeD for 9G DittoWith the settlement last week of

insurance claims for the costumeson "Alive and Kicking," a Judg-ment of $9,058 against co-producerWilliam R. Katzell and his associate,Richard Diamond, was paid off.*

The insurance claims, for whichthe "Alive and Kicking” manage-ment had brought suit, were set-tled out of court for an undisclosedamount. The Judgment, obtainedlast May In N. Y. Supreme Court,was in favor of Eaves Costume Co.The insurance claims were made

by co-producers Katzell and RayGolden after a backstage fire Feb.3. 1950. at the Winter Garden,N. Y., where the revue was playing.The costumes were covered by poli-

cies for $300,000 with the Ameri-can Equitable Assurance Co. ofN. Y., and $100,000 each with theCaledonian - American InsuranceCo. of N. Y. and the Fireman's In-

surance Co. of Newark. Claimingthe loss of the costumes caused theclosing of the show, the manage-ment asked payment of the entireproduction cost, which was set at$207,142.

After examination of the show'sbooks and records, the insurancecompanies refused to pay theamouirt sought, but under the pol-

icy terms the management couldnot bring suit until a year later.

When that became possible andcourt action Vas started the casewas settled. Meanwhile. Eaves hadsued and obtained the $9,058 judg-mentOther judgments against the

management were obtained at thesame time by Joseph Maharam,theatrical textile dealer, for $4,361;and for royalties by composer Sam-my Fain, $784; lyricist Paul Fran-cis Webster, $984; arranger A.Ross, $72. and composer-lyricistSonny Burk* $212.

‘Make Wish’ ChorusPaid $2,700 on Claim

Members of the chorus of "Make •

a Wish" were paid over $2,700 last

week In payment of a claim againstthe management. The case, broughtby Chorus Equity, Involved extraduties for 36 eftsembl* stitigers anddancers and performance feet forthe recorded edition of the musi-cal.

"Wish" recently closed after ald-week run at the Winter Gar-den, N. Y.

ss LHCITIMATE WednudiT, Augurt t, l9j]

Kenwith Explains Deadwood’ Beef

Claims Arden Was Aware of Setup

Eve Arden, who complained to*

Actors Equity last week about what

ahe called excessive •‘deadwood’’

on the boxoffice statement for her

recent appearance in "Here Today"

at the McCarter Theatre, Prince-

ton. was fully aware of the system

of p'isses and two-for-ones used at

the spot, and had no Justifiable

complaint, according to Herbert

Kenwith. producer there. Thepass and "twofer” setup, the same

fs he has used for five years, has

helped produce maximum grosses

for the strawhat, and has been ac-

ceptable to every other star to play

there during that period. Kenwith

•ays.

According to the producer, his

press list includes 121 names of

critics for publications ifi New Jcr*

fcev and Pennsylvania as far distant

as Philadelphia, and comprising 242

free seats for the week. He also

issues twofers, mostly for mer-

chants who show' his display cards

and otherwise provide free bally-

hoo tpr the theatre and for people|

who supply gratis properties, fur-j

nishings. etc. The twofers. which

last week totaled 684, are good only

Monday and Tuesday nights, al-

ways the lightly attended perform-

ances at Princeton. Even with the

twofer trade included, there were

nearly four rows empty in the or-

chestra at the Monday night showduring Miss Arden's appearance,

notes.

For the entire week of "Here

Today" there were 3.757 orchestra

seats sold at regular scale ‘includ-

ing 684 paid-for twofer tickets),

plus the 684 free admissions on the

twofers. 242 passes. 34 theatre

party tickets sold at a group rate

and 1.370 unsold. That accounts

for the 762 orchestra seats for

eight performances. The 315-seat

balcony, for which no passes or

twofers are issued, went virtually

clean at all evening performances.

It is closed at matinees.

Miss Arden's share of the week’s

estimated $11,300 gross under her

guarantee-plus-percentage deal was

$3,764.52, Kenwith reports. Heargues that such a fee for a non-

sellout week seem* substantial,

even fo& a Hollywood star, and not

call for recriminations and accusa-

tions on her part. At any rate, it

left him little profit on the engage-

ment. he adds.

When Miss Arden played Prince-

ton last year in "Over 21." she

grossed* nearly $8,700 with pre-

cisely the same pass and twofer

policy in effect. Apparently be-

cause of the considerably lower

operating expense at theatre at

that time (when the general cost

structure was lower), the operat-

ing profit was approximately

$2,200. the best week of the sea-

son for the spot. The star was ful-

ly aware of his b.o. policy then andknew it was the same this year.

Kenwith asserts.

Miss Arden can apparently donothing about the Issuance of two-

fers during the recent date, but

her contract this year contained a

clause giving her approval of the

fans list. Kenwith concedes that

e did not submit the list to the

actress, but says he obviously could

not be in the position of .refus-

ing regular press courtesy to the

critics who habitually cov^r the

house.

He declares that after Miss Ar-

den's agent had questioned the pass

setup, he submitted a special press

list to the actress. Including the

addresses of all the reviewers. "I

suggested that if she doubted the

authenticity of the list she mightwrite to any or all the people onit and verify that they were en-

titled to the seats and had usedthem for profession purposes," hesays

Officials of Equity, to whom MissArden complained, seportedly in-

formed her that the union, withwhich producers have 1>ondsposted, would force Kenwith to payher the contractual percentage on

• the 242 passes if she pressed thecase She has apparently made nomove to do so, however.

LAMB CUCK IN ‘SHOES'

IN OUTDOOR L’VILLELouisville, Aug. 7.

“High Button Shoes," fourth in

the six-week summer musical stock

season at Iroquois Amphitheatre,wound up it’s seven-day stand play-

ing to three sellout performancesFriday - Saturday - Sunday ‘3-4-5).

Louisville Park Theatrical Assn.,

producer of the shows, ha* beenfavored with perfect outdoorweather to date.

Gil Lamb, local favorite, sockedhome in ‘ High Button Shoes." with

his coihedy and eccentric dancing,

in addition to his nitery routine.

Joe E. Marks, Jack Whiting.

Audrey Meadows. Wiiiiam Knn-bcll. Dorothy Keller. Arlyne Frankand Taggart Casey were in sup-

port.

Season has two more weeks to

go. ' Song of Norway" opening yes-

terday «Mon.), with Rodgers andFestival scheduled to

bring the open-air season to a close

beginning Aug. 13.

D. C. Safety Measures .

. Nix New Stock BowWashington. Aug. 7.

Last-minute nix by local officials

has short-circuited tonight’s (Tues.)

scheduled opening of a new stockcompany at the converted AtlasTheatre here. The spot was to havepreemed with "Respectful Prosti-

tute,” but authorities threw astymie by ruling that an asbestoscurtain and sprinkler system wouldhave to be installed. Cost involvedwould run to $50,000. it’s figured.

William Robins, who formerlyhad a stock company in Atlantic

City, had taken a lease on the 900-

seat former film house and hadhired an Equity company.

Claudette’s 12G Cracks Demis Mark;

Douglas-Hasso in SRO at Westport

Holliday-Dream’

Wow $111500, Pitt

Pittsburgh. Aug. 7.

Two-week engagement of Judy-Holliday in "Dream Girl” at Bill

Green’s Arena Theatre was one ofbiggest strawhat grosses ever rungup in this area. Second stanzabrought $16,700 at $2 top, morethan a grand over preceding sat-sion. That was due to the extraseats which w’ent in at every per-formance. as well as some standingroom.On the fortnight, "Girl” did

nearly $32,500, giving Miss Holli-day a windfall at her $5,000 weeklyguarantee plus %. Out of that, how-ever, she paid her two leadingmen. Richard Derr and WalterKlavun. a traveling director anda stage manager. Pittsburgh standmarked the end of her brief barn-yard tour in Elmer Rice comedysince she’s due back on the Coastthe end of this month to begin anew picture for Columbia. ArenaTheatre currently has Ruth Chat-terton in “O Mistress Mine” andcloses next week with Lillian Gishin "Miss Mabel.”Summer opera company slipped

back again last week with "GirlCrazy" after hitting the top withPatrice Munsel in "Rose Marie.”George Gershwin musical, withJoy Hodges, Yvonne Adair, BvronPalmer. Leo Fuchs and MiltonFrome, did only $35,000, consider-ably under the nut. A1 frescoproject presently winding up with"Show Boat,” starring Gene ]

hart.Lock-

Mercer Island Summer Theatre,only strawhat group active in Se-attle this summer, opened lastnight (Tues.) with "He Who GetsSlapped.” in conjunction with theSeattle Seafalr celebration. The-atre is now in its fifth season and"Slapped” is the 13th production,riatelle Macdonald directs.

‘ANGEL’ MODEST $66300

IN DALLAS FORTNIGHTDallas. Aug. 7.

"I Married An Angel.” fourthindoor offering of State Fair Musi-cals’ 1051 season, closed Sunday<5» showing a good $66,300 from42.000 payees for the fortnight’s 14performances. Rodgers A Hart re-vival had smallest gross of the foursummer stagings thus-far. fallingslightly under the $66,700 takefrom "Where’s Charley?”, the ’51

opener. Terrific Texas heat, how-,

ever, cut sharply into amusementboxoffices here last week, with 100-degrees or better registered dallyduring Aug. 1-5.

“Angel" deserved a better weath-er break as Arlene Dahl. VeraZorina. John Brownlee. HiramSherman. Xenia Bank. John Hollo-way. Jere MacMahon and DavidNillo were kudosed all the way,with top honors to ballerina Zorina.Next -to-closing production. "Miss

Liberty," opened Monday (6». star-ring Dick Haymes and featuringNola Fairbanks. Odette Myrtil.Marilyn Day. Kenneth Triesth,Jack Rutherford. Norris Greer,Michael Pollock and I^ou Marcella!

•Crowd’ Capacity $5,3<foStoekbi idge. Mass., Aug. 7.

One s a Crowd.” Eugene Ras-kin" new' comedy, premiered withPaul Hartman in lead, drew- ca-pacity $5,300 in 436-seat Berk-shire Plavhouse here last week.Top price was $2.94.

K.C’s Al Fresco

Latest Summer

Click in 1st Yr.Kansas City, Aug. 7.

Outdoor summer theatres, pro-

ducing large-scale musicals andoperettas, now represent a con-tinuing and flourishing phase of

show business. It’s a comparativenewcomer, scarcely dating backmore than a couple of decades.Even then summer musicals madelittle headway, outside of one ortwo spot*, until the postwar years.

Now' the outdoor musical* Is

flourishing in a dozen U. S. cities,

keeps a host of players and mu-sicians working regularly duringthe usual summer off-season, andlikewise - employs a great manytechnical and production people.As a "new” facet, outdoor summertheatre is standing on its own andis here to stay, according to Rich-ard H. Berger, producer-directorof Kansas City's Starlight Thea-tre. newest to join the outdoormusical ranks.'There was a time not so long

ago when summer musicals werefigured sort of fly by night andgenerally considered to be operat-ing on a catch-as-catch-can basis.

That's long gone, and in its placeis a flourishing circuit of topnotchtheatrical productions. It’s notonly "'fortunate for the stp>w biz

professionals, but it is encouragingso see how the paying public nastaken to the idea,” Berger said.

What sparked the Berger com-ments last week wrere indicationsthat the Kansas City theatre willwind its 10-week season in theblack. Now well into the secondhalf of its first season and withlong-awaited hot weather in force,attendance is bullish and pushingweekly grosses into the $60,000-$70,000 bracket. It appears nowthat only extended bad weatheror an unusual sag in the produc-tion quality can stop the seasonfrom a near-$600.000 take. "RoseMarie” in the fifth week hit thepeak with an estimated $65,000.and "Chocolate Soldier" last weektopped that. Advance sales for thebalance of the season insure a near-capacity pace. Nut for the seasonis figured at around $450,000.

Berger is quick to point out thatall this is happening in the veryfirst season. Much of the successhe credits to the theatre itself,

“the most complete one of its kindin the country.” The theatre is

any producer’s dream. Berger said.

The theatre also gets plenty ofcivic promotion.

GRIST MILL CANCELS

‘YANKEE,’ SKEDS ‘HAPPY’Andover, N. J., Aug. 7.

On the basis of adverse reports,

the Grist Mill Playhouse has can-celled the scheduled engagementhere the week of Aug. 27 of thetouring "Connecticut Yankee” re-

vival. starring Paula Laurence.’Instead, it will present "HappyTime.” which recently closed on ,

Broadway. Rodgers and Hammer-stein. producers of "Time,” have

j

released the rights for a few barnj

locations but plan to tour the orig-

inal production in the fall, follow-ing its current subway circuit run.

Last week the Grist Mill had its

best gross to date, over $7,200 foreight performances of "Briga-’doon.” (deluding an‘ extra matinee.Current bill is "Rain,” with Law-rence Tibbett. Next week bringsJoan Blondell in "Come Back, Lit-

tle Sheba” and the week of Aug.20 offers Ruth Chatterton andBarry Thomson in “O MistressMine." The week of Sept. 3, prob-ably the season windup. >ill beEve Arden in “Here Today.”

Army, Civil Servicers

Do Alaska ‘S. Pacific’Kodiak. Alaska. Aug. 7.

Armed forces and civil servicepersonnel at the naval base herewill present their version of “SouthPacific” In 26 performances at Al-askan bases.

Alaskan version is being directedby Ross P. Bowman, assistant stagemanager of the Chicago company,w’ho has been hare for the past fewweeks directing rehearsals. Showswill be given here, at Adak. An-chorage and Fairbanks for armedforces and their families only.Troupe will travel in two * AirForces C-54s.

Emile DeBecque will be playedby M/Sgt. Dave Leonard. AirForce; Nellie Forbush by RuthWichelpian, civil service employee;Lt. Cable. Corp. John Nolan. AirForce, and Bloody Mary by There.seKochendarfer, civil service em-ployee. who was formerly with theSan Carlo Opera Co. music willbe furnished by the Naval Base or-

chestra.

Opening is set for Aug. 22.

Chi Area Bams

Have Hot SeasonChicago, Aug. 7.

St r*what • activity here, whichprewar was limited to one Equityhouse, is blossoming out to full-

scale competition to regular legit'

locations in gross take. Not onlyare barns reporting $9,000 to $11,-

000 gross weekly, which is compa-rable in cost and net to downtownspots averaging $17,000 to $19,000.but are also finding new or dor-mant theatregoers from those whoformerly attended 'part films or arevideo fans.

Joan Bondell last week, in

’’Come Back. Little Sheba” at theChevy Chase Summer Theatre at

nearby Wheeling. 111., racked up atorrid amazing estimated $13,900 at

top. From last Tuesday open-ing through Sunday, includingWednesday and Sunday matinees,house was sold out.

In the musical tent field. NorthShore Musical Theatre, under theoperation of Barrie O’Daniels, Is

grabbing from $13,000 to as high as$17,000 weekly for musical come-dies. Last week, with "Song ofNorwsy." it captured $14,000.

Nearby, in Highland Park, theTenthouse arena, with a perma-nent company of Equity memberswho also play Palm -Springs, Cal.,

in the winter, under the aegis ofHerb Rogers has been averagingtop b. o. of $8,000 to $9,000, withlast week’s "Skin of Our Teeth”yanking in $9,500. Group is in its

fourth year.Further west is the Shady Lane

Players, the oldest Equity organi-zation in the area. On the south-west side. Shady Lane, under themanagement of Marshall Migatz.who Instituted name policy in this

area at Chevy Chase, has been hit-

ting around $10,000. with the ex-ception of last week, with JohnLoder in "Second Threshold."which captured only mild $6,500.The only group In the oity proper

is Drury Lane, also a tent opera-tion under Danny Goldberg's man-agement. which after a weak start

started rolling with Willie Shoreand seems to be doing well withcurrent two-weeker of John Carra-dine in "Dracula.” Newest entry is

Miller Theatre, southeast of thecity, which started less than a

month ago, and which is reorganiz-ing its company.

Dennis, Mass., Aug. 7.Claudette Colbert, starring in a

tryout of Noel Coward’s "IslandFling." last week broke all box-office records in the 20-year his-tory of the Cape Playhouse here.The film actress grossed $12,001,topping the former mark of $n,I650 set last summer by GertrudeLawrence and Dennis King in“Traveler’s * Joy." In both casesthe show played to absolute ca-pacity. but in Miss Colbert's casethe management cut down the freelist for press and promotion.

This was the second consecutiveweek that Miss Colbert had brokenMiss Lawrence’s b.o. mark, havingdone the same thing the previousweek at the Westport (Conn.) Play-house. where she’s playing a re-turn engagement this week. Cur-rent at the Cape Playhouse here is

"Berkeley Square." with JeffreyLynn and Barbara Britton,At Richard Aldrich's other Cape

legiter. the Falmouth Playhouse atCoonamessett, Mass., ConstanceBennett and Donald Woods had anear-capacity $10,400 i n "Sky-lark.” ThU week’s offering at thtspot is Arthur Treacher in "Clut-terbuck.”

Both the same managementstent operations dipped a bit last

week. The Capo-Cod Music Circus,at Hyannis. pulled a fine $15,900the South Shore Music Circus, at

Cohasset. got nearly $12,000 on"Blossom Time.” For the currentTveek, "Blossom Time” is playingHyannis. while "Merry Widow” is

at Cohksset.

Olivia's New RecordClinton. Conn., Aug. 7.

Olivia do HavlUand, starring in

"Candida." set a new boxoffice rec-ord at tho Clinton Plavhouse last

week, grossing $7,953 4n the reg-ular eight performances at $2.46(plus tax). House seats 526.

"Alice in Wonderland," currentbill at the Playhouse, cancelled theregular opening performance last

night (Mon.) in favor of an extramatinee Saturday (ID, in additionto the regular matinees tomorrow(Wed.) and Friday 410). Next weekbrings John Loder. with HowardErskine and Keith Palmer, in "Sec-ond Threshold." with ConstanceBennett and Donald Woods star-

ring the week of Aug. 20 in "Sky-lark" and Edward Everett Hortonas the season-closer the week of

Aug. 27 in “Springtime for Henry/*

Douglas-Hasso SRO $12,196Westport. Conn., Aug. 7.

Glad Tidings.” with MelvynDouglas and Slgne Hasso costarred,had a sellout eight performanceslast week at the Westport CountryPlayhouse, with a gross of Just

over $12,100, second-highest in the

barn's history. This week is dueto break all its existing recordswith Claudette Colbert doing a re-

peat in Noel Coward's "IslandFling.” The film star set a newrecord of $12,403 two weeks ago in

the same show, hut will top that

figure because no press list is in-

volved for the return.According to Harold Bromley,

producer of "Tidings," the EdwardMabley comedy will definitely be

presented on Broadway this sea-

son. He says that the author, who(Continued on page 60)

Mae West-'LiT Record

$16,616 at PrincetonPrinceton, Aug. 7.

Mae West In "Diamond Lll,” asa substitute bill for the cancelledJohn Barrymore: Jr., , in VJfastjHeart.” last week drew the highestgross of the season to date at theW»....l*48Wph 1TB . eta etMcCarter Theatre here, racking upa smash $16,610 for eight perform-ances. Producer Herbert Kenwithclaims it was the record gross inhis five years’ operation of thestrawhat.

"Golden Boy,” starring JohnGarfield, opened last night (Mon.)with a heavy advance.

BOHEMIAN’ SOCK 52G,

IN ST. L. MUNY WEEKSt. Louis, Aug. 7.

"The Merry Widow,” one of the

best coin-grabbers of the MunicipalTheatre Assn.’s repertoire, has beenrevived for the eighth time since

1923 in the al fresco Forest ParkPlayhouse. The Lehar operetta

teed off another seven-night stand

last night (Mon.) to fine weatherand a mob of 9.300 that laid out an

estimated $4,500 for the opening.Wilma Spence and Ralph Her-

bert click in the lead roles. Out-standees in support are Roy At-

well, Jim Hawthorne, Leonard El-

liott. Edwin Steffe and Lois Hunt.

Mary Raye and Naldi, specialty

dancers, also scored.“The Bohemian Girl,” another

revival, wound up a one-week stand

Sunday (5) with a neat gross of

approximately $52,000. Jean Ma*deria. a native making her first

Forest Park appearance, scored

along with Walter Casael, pianna

de Sanctos, Donald Dame, EdwinSteffe. Thomas Hayward, Evans

Thornton. Patricia Bowman and

Robert de Voye.

Wednesday, August 8, 1951 UKIflMATB

"Three Wlahes For Jamie " with

John Riatt and Marion Beil, the

final offering in the Civic Light

Opera season series, opened last

week to mixed reviews, but with

hefty subscriptions hit a fine es-

timated $34,500 for its first stanza

at the 1,775-seat Curran. Top is

$4.80."Bitter Sweet," which preemed

at the 3,300-seat Opera House onMonday 130), rated lukewarmnotices, but star Anne Jeffreyswound up with the nod Jrom all

crix. Show garnered * ohly thin

$31,700 for its first frame, withhouse scaled to $3.80.

Los Angeles, Aug. 7. •

Best local legit week in sometime brought a $135,000 torrent

into four boxoffleet last week as

“Mr. Roberts” exited. Strong

•Guys and Dolls" and 'Tinian’s

Rainbow" openings helped swell

the tally.

Outlook lajilow for next several

weeks, however. "Roberts” exit

darkened the Biltmore, with noth-

ing in sight and no prospect of

nu>re new productions until after

Labor Day.Estimates for Last Week

“Finian's Rainbow,** Greek (1st

\*k> 14,400; $3,901. Started off with

s mild $36,000; it’s a reprise fromlast season."For Love Or Money.” Ivar (1st

uk> <376; $3.60). Opened Saturday14 * to near capacity $900 openingnight bix.

“Guys and Dolls” PhilharmonicAud (1st wk) *2,670; $4.80). Smashing $53,000 start of a scheduledeight-week run. Cutrate seasontickets, in effect first four weeks,limiting dollar take.“Mr. Roberts,” Biltmore (6th

vk> (1.636; $4.20). Final week hit

$39,000, including $4,500 on special

Sunday Equity benefit perform-ance. Absolute capacity and couldhave stayed another four to six

frames. Six-week total of $207,300represents an operating profit onthe local run of around $52,000.

Business on Broadway last weekwas generally about even with theprevious frame’s seasonal low. Afew shows sagged a bit further,but a couple registered gains and

"Buy Me Bine Ribbons,” unspe-cified theatre, Sept. 27."Remains to Be Seen.'* Morosco,

Oct. 3.

"Saint Joan,” Cort, Oct. 4. ,

"Music In the Air,” Ziegfeld,Oct. 6.

"Top Banana,” unspecified Thea-tre, Oct. 11.

"Paint Your Wagon,” unspeci-fied theatre, Oct. 15.

"Barefoot In Athens.” unspeci-fied theatre, week of Oct. 22."Philemon Complex,” unspeci-

fied theatre, Oct. 26.

"Girl,” Fulton, Nov. 21."Ntni Royale, week of Nov. 22."Point of No Return,” unspeci-

fied theatre, Dec. 12.

"Caesar” - "Antony” (Olivier-Leigh), Ziegfeld. Dec. 19 (currentin London).

Kansas City, Aug. 7.

"Chocolate Soldier" wound upits week’s run Sunday night withnearly 55,000 in attendance for theseven performances at the localoutdoor summer musical theatre,considerably over capacity and ac-counted for by standees at four ofthe seven performances. Thismeans a take of $70,000, virtuallyall that can possibly be squeezedinto the new theatre. Nut for theweek was about $45,000."Brigadoon" opened yesterday

(Mon.). Cast is headed by John

there were indications that thedowntrend may have leveled off.

Total ma for all 13 showswas $346,166, or 68% of capac-ity (for the rorrespondin*week last year, the 1$ currentahows grossed $307,106, or65% of capacity).

Six representative mediumdraws last week did only 44%of capacity (a decrease -of 2%from the previous week). Theprevious woek’s total for all 15shows was $379,300, or 65% ofcapacity.

Indicating the severity of theseasonal slump, "South Pacific”failed to have a clean rack lastweek, the first time In its 28-monthrun that the Rodgers-Hammersteinsteamroller had failed to sell out."Guys and Dolls" and "King and T"are now the only capacity draws.(Of course, like every other showon the boards, "South Pacific" hadpreviously had empty seats asbrokers swallowed tickets ratherthan risk allotment cuts by makingreturns—but the musical alwayscollected on all locations and hada sellout on tlfe books).

Possibly spurred to some extentby the cooler weather, attendanceperked a bit around the street Sat-urday night (4), giving the week’sreceipts a modest boost. And inthe case of "Seventeen," the grosstopped the preceding stanza. Thenew entry, ‘Two on the Aisle,”eased a bit and "Season in theSun," also taking a dip, announcedclosing for this week.

Business is expected to be aboutthe same this week, with the sea-sonal upturn probably starting nextweek.

Estimates for Last WeekKeys; C (Comedy), D ( Drama ),CD (Comedy-Drama), R (Revue),

MC (Musical Comedy ), MD (Musi-cal Drama ) , O ( Operetta )

.

Other parenthetic figures refer,respectively, to top price, f •indi-cates using two-for-ones), numberof seats and capacity gross. Priceincludes 20% amusement tax, butgrosses are net; te., exclusive oftax.

"Affairs of State,” Music Box(45th wk) (C-$4.80; 1,012; $26,874).Almost $10,700 (previous week,$11,400).

"Call Me Madam,” Imperial (43dwk) (MC-$7.20; 1,400; $51,847).About $47,300 (previous week,$49,200).

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,”Ziegfeld (87th wk) <MC-$6; 1,628;$48,244). Approached $19,000 (pre-vious week, $19,400); closing Sept.15, to tour.

"Guys and 00118,” 46th Street(37th week) <MC-$6 60; 1,319; $43.-904). The limit, $44,400 again."King and I,” St. James (19th

wk) <MC-$7.20; 1.571; $51,717).Went clean again; $51,700 (previ-ous week, $51,600).

"Rose Tattoo,” Beck (27th wk)<D-$4.80*; 1,124; $28,000). Justover $12,000 (previous week. $12,-200 ).

"Season In the Sun.” Booth (45thwk) (C-$4.80; 7C6; $20,235). Nearly$7,400 (previous week, $8,100);closing next Saturday (11), to playthe subway circuit and then go ontour in the fall.

"Seventeen,” Broadhufst (7thwk) (MC-$6; 1,160; $37,000). Al-most $17,000 (previous week, $15.-100 ).

"South Pacific,” Majestic (120thwk) <MC-$6; 1,659; $50,186). Hadunsold tickets for the first time;nearly $49,700 (previous week,$50,300.)

"Stalag 17,” 48th Street (I3thwk) <CD-$4 80; 921; $21,547). Al-most $11,100 (previous week. $11,-200).

"Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” Al-vin (16th wk) (MC-$7.20; 1.331;$47,167). Nearly $15,600 (previousweek, $16,200)."Two on the Aisle," Hellinger

(3d wk) (R-$6; 1.527; $48,500). Hit$38,400' (previous week, $40,100).

FUTURE SCHEDULE"Lace on Her Petticoat,” Booth,

Sept. 4.

^Border Be Damned.” Royale,

:

Sept. 10 (trying out in strawhat).

Ex-Aide Sues Lesser

For $2,625 Salai

Phone Co. in

REVIVALChicago, Aug. 7.

Chicago legit twosome whichhurdled the usual July doldrumsin good fashion seems set torequally fine grosses in August"South Pacific" took a turn for thebetter with the return of JanetBlair after a month’s vacation."Moon Is Blue” is running wayahead of its New York counterpart.

Nothing due in August but byOct. 1 six attractions will be crowd-ing the scene.

Estimates far Last Week"Moon Is Blue” Harris (14th

week) ($4.40; 1,000). Bright$20 ,000 .

“South Pacific,” Shubert (38thweek) ($5; 2,100). Coming back tonear top mark with $46,000.

Arthur Lesser, producer of ‘Twoon the Aisle.” it the Hellinger,

N. Y., was Involved in twofold

legal complications last week. Both

stem from his last Broadway show,

"Along Fifth Avenue,” a revue flop

of the 1948-49 season. One is a

claim for allegedly unpaid salary

to a former employee and the

other for an unpaid telephone bill.

The salary claim, brought byPhyllis Dukore, covers $2,625 al-

legedly covering the unpaid bal-

ance of wages for 12 weeks fromJune 26, 1949, to Sept. 17 of thesame year, and for 27 weeks fromApril 1, 1950, to the following Oct7. According to Miss Dukore ’s suit,

her salary at stenographer andoffice manager for Lesser was $75a week and the amount due her for

the periods covered was $2,925, ofwhich the producer paid her $300.

In an action brought ^n N. Y. Mu-nicipal Court, the plaintiff sought

According to

Financing Is going forward for a1951 "Shuffle Along,” exactly 30years since the late Florence Mills

starred in this Negro legit musicalat the old Daly’s 63d St. Theatre,New York. Pearl Bailey is set tostar in the revivsl which IrvingGaumont will produce. Productionis budgeted at $150,000.Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake will

add eight new songs to the original

score which produced such hits as

"Just Wild About Harry,” "LoveWill Find a Way” and ’BananaDays.” John Mason will replace thelate Aubrey Lyles as partner to

Flournoy Miller, original comedystars of the musical. Miller wrotethe book for "Shuffle.”John Murray Anderson will di-

rect; dances by Henry Le Tange;settings, Perry Watkins. BerryBros, and Billy Banks are amongthose mentioned for the cast.

Clinton (Conn.) Playhouse, wherethe show is playing this week, andthe Westport (Conn.) Countfy Play-house, where it’s booked for nextveek, demanding that his name betaken off the program as stager.

The director asserted that he nolonger cared to accept responsibil-ity for the musical, remarking thatJohn Henson, who plays the Gry-phon, is the only member of this

cast still giving a satisfactory per-formance.This week, the Westport man-

agement sent two members of its

production staff, Elliott Martin andJudy Fineman, to Clinton to lookover the show and, if necessary,advise on restaging and re-rehear-sal. The Westport management hasagreed to pay for the extra re-hearsals, if any. After discussingthe situation with the company andhearing Its account of slmost con-stant changes and rehearsals at thevarious barns the musical hasplayed, Lewis Harmon, Clintonmanager, gave permission to cutthe pre-opening rehearsal there toa minimum, so the players couldget s breather.According to cast members, the

production had only a week's orig-inal rehearsal before the Andoverpremiere. Since then, the localmanagement at practically everydate has insisted on revisions andthere have been long rehearsalsbefore each opening, so the troupehardly knows what it’s doing andthe players are groggy.They claim they did not refuse

Perry’s request for extra rehear-sals. but merely declined to okaya waiver of the Equity rule requir-ing pay for it. Under the circum-stances, they believe they werejustified.

Iss Continued from pas* It SSSsil

attractions. The 2,500-aeater will

go through renovation, especiallybackstage, during August."Hippy Time” is set for the

Blackstone. with possible startingdate around Oct. 8, although this

may be shifted back one or moreweeks. "Stalsg 17” is another defi-

nite, due in at the same time at

the Selwyn, which has been usedas a roadshow pic location for thepast months.

TV Studios ThreatThe only theatre not spoken for,

at this time, is the Great Northern,which last housed "Lost in theStars” last November. Shubertswere trying to get "Blondes" for

it, but the Herman Levin manage-ment decided for the Palace's largerseating capacity. Studebaker, onlyother available spot, is being usedby NBC television for program-ming. If NBC decides to renewthe lease, which comes up next win-ter, fiat will take this theatre outof the running.

With the need for further tele

studios, it might he that severalother legit stands would changeover to the new medium. With thecoming in of "Guys and Dolla" late

in November to replace "South Pa-cific" at the Shubert, there mightbe a legit housing shortage.Chicago Civic Opera House is

also looking for some ffiays. al-

though it has an Impressive lineupof operas, ballets and concerts.

There is also the perennial talk of

reopening the old Auditorium, butnobody seems to want to come upwith the $500,000, at least, that it

Would cost to refurbish the land-

mark.

‘Lucasta’ Mild 8G, Olney

;

Crix Are Being ToughOlney, Md., Aug. 7.

Olney Theatre wound up anothersession of "just getting by" at$7,000 for Ann Corio In "AnnaLucasta." Th<f strawhatter. mid-way between Washington and Bal-timore, has suffered this seasonfrom crushing treatment by dramadesks, and is winding up mid-sea-son just about even.

Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronynin “Fourposter," which opened to-night (Tues.) shows promise. BasilRathbone in "Glaconda Smile”bows next Tuesday (14).

summary judgmenther attorney-uncle. Isaac Dukore,she did not expect Lesser to dis-

pute the claim, so her motion didnot include substantiating evi-

dence. However. Leaser entered ageneral denial that any money is

owed her and made the counter-assertion that she was overpaid to

the extent of $350. On the groundthat the defendant’s affidavit pre-

sented "matters which raise triable

issues,” the court denied the sum-mary judgment motion.

Miss Dukore is now employed in

the office of Cy Feuer and ErnestH. Martin, producers of "Guys andDolls." Her attorney will move to

examine Lester before trial.

The producer’s lawyer, BernardFliegel, described the. action as a

asserting that this "Alice in Wonderland"—Clinton(Conn.) Playhouse (6-11); Westport(Conn.) Country Playhouse (13-18)(Reviewed in Variety. June 27, ’51).

"An Innocent In Time”—Prov-incetown (Mass.) Playhouse (6-18).

"Ask Me No Questions’*—ArenaTheatre*, Orleans. Mass. (7-11).

"Border Be Damned” (EddieDowling) — John Drew Theatre,East Hampton, L. I. (13-18) (Re-viewed in Variety, Aug. 1, ’51).

"Deception by Design”—ArenaTheatre*, Orleans, Mass. (7-11).

"Fonrposter” (Jessica Tandy,Hume Cronyn)—Olney (Md.) The-atre (7-12) (Reviewed in Variety,July 11, ’51).

"Glad Tidings" (Melvyn Douglas,Signe Hanoi — Ogunquit (Me.)Playhouse (6-11); Boston SummerTheatre (13-18) (Reviewed inVariety, June 13, ’51, under title

"Sacred and Profane")."Island Fling” (Claudette Col-

bert)—Westport (Conn.) Playhouse(6-11) (Reviewed in Variety, July25. *51).

"L-t’s Take Stock”—Arena The-atre*, Great Neck, N. Y. (8-12).

"Mirror, Mirror” (Kay Francis)—Ivoryton (Conn.) Playhouse (0-11);

North Shore Playhouse, Beverly,Mass. (13-18) (Reviewed in Variety,July 18, ’5H."My Friend Irma” — Lincoln

Park (N. J.) Summer Theatre (7-12).

"River Boy”—Barn Stages. Nan-tucket, Main. (14-19).

"Some Sweet Day”—Barter The-atre. Abingdon, Va. *6-8). .

’’Told to the Children” ^MiriamHopkins) — Corning <N. Y.) Sum-mer Theatre (6-11).

"Woman with Red Hair"—Cirri#Theatre, Chelsea Hotel, AtlanticCity (6-11) (Reviewed in Variety,May 23. ’51).

(Indicates non-Fouitv).

nuisance suit,

and other claims against . Lesserstem from the recent click of "Twoon the Aisle." He said the othercase against the producer last

week, s judgment obtained by theN. Y. Telephone Co. for an unpaidbill for $238, is in process of beingsettled. Until the court claim wasmade for the amount. Lesser didnot even know about it, the attor-

ney said, explaining that the pro-

ducer’s previous lawyer was sup-

posed to have taken care of thematter. Lesser himself was notavailable for comment.

Current Road ShowslAuq

.

6-19)

"Guys and Dolls” (Allan Jones,Jan Clayton)—Philharmonic Aud.,Los Angeles (6-18).

"Moon la Bine”—Harris, Chi-cago (6-18).

"Sojth Pacific” (Richard East-ham *—Shubert. Chicago (6-18).

"Three Wishes for Jamie” (JohnRaitt, Marlon Bell. Cecil Kellaway;(trvout)—Curran, San Francisco <6-

18'. Reviewed in Vasiety, July 4,’51). „

SUBWAY CIRCUIT"Black Chiffon" (Mady Chris-

tians)—Jamaica, Jamaica, L. I.

(7-12). .. .

’

"Gramercy Ghost”—W 1 n d s o r.

Bronx (7-12); Brighton, BrightonBe ach. N. Y. (14-19).

’Happy Time”—Brighton. Brigh-ton Beach, N. Y. (7-12); Jamaica.Jamaica, L. I. (14-19).

’Oklahoma"— Flat bush. Brook-lyn <7-12); Windsor, Bronx (14-19).

"Season In the Sun"—Flatbush,Brooklyn M4-19).

NEGRO CIRCUIT"Detective Story”— B c d f o r d,

Brooklyn (8-13); Howard, Washing-ton. D. C. (15-20*.

,

“Rain"—Apollo. Harlem, N. Y. I thony Brady Farrell, pi^ 13); Bedford, Brooklyn (15-20). i Verneuil, dir.; Ginger R<

Rev. Hartke in Report

On Theatre in GermanyBurlington, Vt., Aug. 7.

Rev. Gilbert Hartke. head of

Catholic U. drama department,visited here last week on his wayback from a six-week survey of

the German theatre for the StateDepartment He stopped to see

his Repertory Alumni Players, resi-

dent company this summer at St.

Michael’s Playhouse in suburbanWinooski Park, in "The OldLadles." The other half of thecompany was presenting "Skin of

Our Teeth" at Merrimack Play-house, Concord, N. H.Pending its submission to the

State Department. Father Hartkedeclined to reveal the details of his

report, but merely Indicated that It

deals with the Impact of shows Im-

ported to postwar Germany andcovers the status of the theatrethere on professional, college andcommunity levels.

Keys: C (Comedy), D (Drama)t

CD (Comedy-Drama ), R (Revue),MC (Musical Comedy), MD (Murical Drama), O (Operetta).

60 MMilTfMATB

54 5 FIFTH AVENUE . ne a' yqr* 17, n y

more comedy with the tame lines

by more capable actors.Richardson, co-author of “Dark

of the Moon,” which was tried out

at the Hayloft, and co-author of“Sodom, Tennessee,” tried outhere last summer, has the leadmale role, as C. R. Hullender, anddoes well on it. Miss Goforth andGabrielle Anderson do fairly wellas Sadie and Essie.The setting is a North Carolina

hotel, with southern prejudicesevident against the Civil War back-ground.

Dickinson is announcing to theaudience that the play will open in

Paris in a few weeks and that re-

hearsals are now going on there.PowL

David Warfield’s will bequeathing $50,000 each to the Jewish, Cath-olic and Episcopal Actors Guilds follows in the interfaith legaciespattern set by A1 Jolson whose more-than-$4 .000,000 estate eventuallygoes to all three religious charities. The 84-year-old retired actor’sestate is estimated at about $1,500,000 although show biz figured himto be worth nearer $10,000,000, chiefly from Loew’s, Inc. profits,Warfield's old friend. Marcus Loew, had urged him to invest in histheatrical enterprises and as the Loew empire matured and prosperedso did Warfield.

After certain trust funds, the will further provides for $100,000each to the Actor's Fund of America and the Dyker Heights Homefor Blind Children. Brooklyn. N. Y. The Lambs and the'Bide-a-WeeHome Assn, also were bequeathed $10,000 each. In His decliningyears Warfield spent most of his leisure hours at the theatrical club.The high mass ordered by his widow, who is of the Catholic faith*

gave misimpression in certain quarters at the time of Warfield’s death!Born into the Jewish faith, he died the same way.

Dancers Tommy Rail and Nqrma Kaiser, mentioned in a followupreview of “Call Me Madam” in last week’s issue, are not partners.Rail does a single in the second act, while Miss Kaiser works withArthur Partington throughout the show.

rinitton portrrjieid on her career in polygamy re-

p..r!ôxin1r.» i M-arclK After .convention. Icon-Jim Davir

,

flict between the two that could beFrancis w>avcr cut to the betterment of the play.

Ko!*Win

rnr *Wrlgh! father of the correspondent, a

*.V Worfdjr Romoff physicist, arrives with the gadget. . Chariot te Nolan Upon which the action of the play

David;

is based. The correspondent ean-,7.7. Andy M»\fv not keep his hands off the machine.

• The biological result is that he'rr

iWothV<

liver* emerges as four individuals: hisAlma Lofinra* meticulous self, his animal instinct.

r^rTm r his moppet side and a touch of the

caddHi Ru*ro..-h« feminine. The balance of the pieceand Michael < haa« . js dcvbtcd to resolving the situ-

Vnn Buckle.|

at ,on

,. . . . Paul Hartman, who plays the

which had its correspondent, does it too broadly.Theatre, play-

fa j|jng to suggest a world-wide cor-#» has put con- respondent This could be easilyament a I human remedied by the author in placingile of a chi.dsjj^ charac ter in another field ofI'hantments

.

an(* endeavor. Katherine Meskil over-

tiuman relation-a tn the earty scenes, but

v written for, olcay as the play progresses,

ing has over- ôp performances came from mop-ss of transition pavid Thurman and Janet Fox.laultôod. wocn

^ jj^c Russian-born maid, to whomicr and grand-

the author handed the best com->f aJl children

e(jv nnes. Gaye Jordon and How-r. Hinted is the ar^ Ers |cjn e. as alter egos of Hart-»mory of fairy man rendered neat support.

,

-”laR c,an en ' Director William Miles obtained!

‘

all the potentialities that the au-es of wit and

t hor offered. On night caught thele play. Mother audience was most enthusiastic,art of all love chances for the comedy on thepets. It enables Rjg stem are questionable. Russ.

Csatisutd frees page 58

is with the play on the strawhattour, is continuing revisions. There>jrill probably also be some recast-

OflfHive SlorvChart** Harrow production of drama

in three acta by Sidney Kingsley. StarsSidney Poitier. Directed by William Me*Fadden. At Apollo. N. V., Au|. Z. ‘51:

$1.50 top.Detective Dakis ....A shoplifterDetective Oslladltr .

Mrs. FarragutJoe FtneonDetective Callahan .

Detective Bryan ....Detective Brody . .

.

F.ndirott SimsDetective McLeod ..

Arthur KindredPatrolman Barnes1st Burglar (Charlie*2nd Burglar <Lewt*»Dr. SnyderLt. Monoghan . .

Susan Carmichael ..

Patrolman BakerMiss HatchMrs. FeeneyCrum-BumMr. PritchetteMary McLeodTommy J. Petty . .

.

LentlemanIndignant CltUen ...

. . Ellsworth Wright. . Hilda Haynes

Kenneth ManitaultKsleiie Henuir>

. Milton J. Williams

. . . . Jimmy Wright, . . .

.

Richard Ward. . . Earl JonesSheldon H Hoskins

. .... Sidney Poitier

. . .

.

Julian Mayfield. . John Garth. :trd

. Wardell BlundersJ. F Rllev

... Ken Rcnard. .. Ia»rcn/«» Tucker. . . Jeanette Conliffe. . .

.

Roy Allen. .. Alice De latarhe

Ella HolmBill Hrown

Service BellSybil Lewis

, . . . Van Prince. ... William Branch

Lillian Smith

Meredith 'Whistle' 7GSea Cliff, L I

,Aug 7

Burgess Meredith, In “SilverWhistle,” had a profitable stand atthe Sea Cliff Playhouse last week,grossing over $7,000 at $3.60 top.Current is “Streetcar Named De-sire.’’ with Helen Twelvetrees star-ring as Blanche.

Replacing John Barrymore. Jr,who cancelled a scheduled appear-ance in “Hasty Heart” the week ofAug. 27, the strawhat has bookedBurl Ives in “Man Who Came toDinner,’’ directed by ErnestinePerrie, who staged “Streetcar.”

i .

Bennett-Daughter in 'Susan*Ivoryton. Conn., Aug. 7.

Joan Bennett, making a strawhattour for the expressed purpose oflaunching the career of ner daugh-ter. Melinda Markey, hit the jack-pot at her initial eastern stand atMilton Stiefel’s playhouse here lastweek <30-4> in “Susan and God.”With only scattered empties foropening night iMon.i, biz soon wentto capacity. Final take toppled thestraw’hat's record, with turr.awaysfeaturing the weekend. At a top of$2.95, gross reached an estimated$9,700.

Debut of Miss Markey (daugh-ter of Gene Markey) was markedby her ease in the role of thedaughter.

The content of “Valley.” like its

title, is reminiscent of many showsthat have gone before. Fortunately,however, the ingredients have al-

ways been surefire Americana.Entire action takes place in a

little red schoolhouse in Oregon,in 1907, with the characters possi-bly not accidentally reminiscentof Norman Rockwell's poster art.A Mêar-old schoolmarm rightout o

I'm In a I «*€»Guthsvllle, Pa.. Aug. 5.

*

tUvIoft Theatre production of comedy-drama in three acta by Howard Richard-son and Frances Goforth. Directed byDon M. Dickinson. At Hayloft Theatre.GuthaWlte. PsSadie Childers Frances GoforthE«sic Childers . Gabrielle AndersonMaude Ivy Carnahan Millicent ColemanErnie Callahan . David LelandC. K Hullender Howard RichardsonQuinn Flowers Bert NiemarkBertha Flowers Blanche TruseLevada Flowers ......

.

Dorothy OldhamCrystal . Betty Sands

J school tackles thedual chores of attempting to knockletters into the heads of a hand-ful of rustic juvenile delinquentswhile placating an illiterate schoolboard. Barbara Baxley bringswarmth and conviction to a stereorole, raising her encounters withthe stubborn spirits of the kidsand most of their elders to astrong emotional pitch.

Plot mainly concerns the teach-j

er’s inner battle as to whethershe’ll continue to knock herselfout on an apparently thanklessstint or quit. There’s no romantic >

element as a potential mind-changer; in fact, the only visible“love” interest is a series of cab-bage-patch scufflings between two

Latter finally

Sidney Kingsley’s taut and some-times gripping drama of life in

New York’s 21st precinct is beinggiven an erratic interpretation at

Harlem’s Apollo Theatre by its all-

Negro cast headed by Sidney Poi-tier. Kingsley’s lines retain their

original color and punch, but theproduction is thrown off balance

It is well that Howard Richard-sfin and Frances Goforth are trvlngout their new play “The Cat In ACage.” at the Hayloft, an off-the-

bcaten strawhat path where muchdoctoring can be done w ithout rais-

ing too many eyebrows.

If the play is to go to Broadwayin September, as Don M. Dickin-son. theJ0irector, said it would, it

needs several dfictors. for it dragstoo much. and. believe it or not,

three females have the stage forthemselves for about 15 minutes in

the first act. laying the groundworkfor what, is to follow.Th^*e is some merit to the play’s

idea, about two spinster sisters,

strong opposites, who are antag-onistic to each other, “locked up” in

their beliefs and prejudices, prettymuch as Caroline, their cat. is iir

her cage. Essie is a strong believerin the Bible and God. seeing onlygood in every one. Sadie, playedhere by Miss Goforth, trusts few.Both are frustrated by early loves,

and the play revolves pretty mucharound them as their personalitieskeep clashing.The authors have devised a

rather novel presentation of theircharacters. One scene shows whatEssie would like to believe thesituation really i.s. and another is

reality brought about by Sadie'smachinations. Sadie's schemes,however, come to naught, and in

the end she becomes reconciled to

Essie’s view's as the marriage ofher illegitimate daughter is ruinedand her plans for a second mar-riage fall through.Done here in the round, with the

resident company, the play is notgiven a fair chance. Billed aa acomedy-drama, there could be

Tlbbett-'Raln* NG $5,000Boston. Aug. 7.

Lawrence Tibbett's legit venturein “Rain” at the Marblehead Play-house failed to stir up much box-office activity last week with asluggish $5,200 reported. House,a l.OOO-seater. is scaled at $1.20 to$3. “Connecticut Yankee” current.

“Streetcar Named Desire,” star-ring Julie Haydon. at Boston Sum-mer Theatre, grabbed nearly$9,000. “Pal Joey” current.

of the older kidsresults in a pregnancy and an un-likely abortion plus a third-actdeath, which unnecessarily negatesthe previous wholesome buildup.

Meller possibilities are .alsothrown away, when handwringingsuspense created by wait for dis-tant medico’s arrival is dissipatedby irrelevant cropping-up of othermatters and sudden announcementof girl's offstage death. At finalcurtain, the medico inexplicablystill hasn't shown.

Doro Merande, as the unluckvgirl’s mother, provides a sockcharacterization of a covered-wagon homemaker, whose final

delineation of total grief is almostworth the plot contradictions thatprompt it. As the girl, Patty AnnJackson convincingly progressesfrom the first-act hoyden throughthe second-act’s emotional compli-cations. only to be written intoan offstage deathbed for the bal-ance of the production. BillyJames wanders around in an ap-propriate adolescent fog as the ladresponsible for his sweetheart’sdownfall, being allowed notmuch more by the necessities ofthe plot.

Part of the schoolboard tyrantis played by Raymond Bramley,whose load of villainy proves tooheavy for the author to forgiveor even to punish at the end.Benedict MacQuarrie. as a home-spun mail carrier, earns a resound-ing salvo fur a philosophizing vig-nette in the second act. which in-dicates that the author has talentfor bits and pieces of dramaturgy,lacking only the cratt for sustain-ing this high level.

Francis Compton, Kathleen Bol-ton. Ann Ives, Dan Doherty, andthe others among the elders, areauthentic in their sympathetic de-pictions of pioneer Americans,w'hile the nine kids turn in per-formances that make it Impossibleto distinguish between the sevenamateurs and the two professionals.It is in the latter facet of the

(

troduction that Frederick Bur-cigh’s direction reveals Itselfmost obviously for the strong job

One** a ( rttu dStockbridge, Mass . Aug. 3.

Berkshire Playhouse production of com-•dy in three act* by Eufene Raskin. StarsPaul Hartman. Staged by William Miles:aettings by 8idney Z. Litwick. At Berk-ahlre Playhouse, Stockbridge. Mass.

P«W Janet FoxExpressman W illiam ShetlandRuth Katherine MeakilStephen Paul HartmanDm John W. AustinSteve Howard ErskineStevie, David ThormanStephanie Gaya Jordon

FOftMHtrputt/c/rr ohtfcrot rotDWIGHT DEERE WIMAN

detective: Wardell Saunders milkshis part as a four-time loser whow'inds up as McLeod’s killer. HereWilliam McFadden’s direction andinterpretation of the drama suffer.

The musty, sordid atmosphereof the sauad room is duplicated in

the Apollo set. hut the lightingmen needed more practice to gettheir cues right at snow caught.

Author Eugene Raskin, professorof architecture at Columbia U..may have had his tongue very highin his cheek when he turned outthis comedy. Undoubtedly inspiredby the atomic advance in the worldof science, the professor decidedthere should be a gimmick thatwould also be able to diffuse thehuman personality. Applying thistheory, the author has turned out

Plays • Playtrt

Picture* • Television

BreakwaterHollywood, Aug. 1.

Rar-Mor production of drama In threeacta by Frank William* and Peter L. Mar-rua. Stara Fran*. Hilliard. Directed byWalter Wicelalr: aettlnga by Rolf Jacoby.At Coronet Theatre. Hollywood. July 28.*51; 8.180 top.Dmytrv Frank HilliardRosalind Amanda BlakeRobin . . Richard BeachChris Behle Barrett

The ufiftiiLCO nHiuiuvvProductions

“DETECTIVE STORY”By SIDNEY KINGSLEY

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Well-known Script Agency wont* on-

produced 1 -act end fwtt-length ploy* to

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743, VARIETY, 133 Watt 44th St., Now

York 19. N. Y.

Clumsily constructed, badlyw'ritten and amateurishly acted,

this drama hasn’t a chance at any-thing more auspicious.

Apparently designed as a .dar-

ing adventure Into sex. it dealtwith a nymphomaniac, her lover,

a deserted mistress and a vagrantartist once the lover of the nympho.The play is handicapped not only

by the dialog but by the cast,

which had a bad case of first-night

jitters.

Frank Hilliard. Amanda Blake.Richard Beach and Behle Barrettare the unfortunate players. Onlycredit goes to the diehard audience,which stayed to the bitter finish.

Dare.

Ly JOHN COLTON” Bedford, Brooklyn

Wook A«f. IS

4t Apollo, N. Y.

4 Wook Aof. B

It is.

William Ryan's one set is bothproMcrly nostalgic and unob-trusive. Dim.

Wednesday, Ai|Ui 8, 1«1cle riding. Joe Sudy orch playsonly a couple of numbers, but dowell in accompaniment of a tricky'

show that calls for all kinds ofcues in unusual places. Betty Holt,

band singer, has one number.Whole show has class and snap.

Rack.

Literati SCULLY’S SCRAPBOOKBy Frank Scully tttttttttttt### {

Hollywood Aug. 7.

The Smithsonian Institution has three weather stations in America.One is 8,000 feet above San Bernardino and 2,000 feet above thesummer quarters of the Scuily family circus. I was driving up therein a car which shall be nameless, since I paid the full price and,even so, got a lemon. Above the timber line the going got tough.I stopped for the motor to catch its breath.An Aipine guide passed me on foot. He was yodeling with a soft

quiet brogue. I smiled and bowed. He bowed. He bowed like aguy used to taking them.

“Say," I called, “aren’t you Owen McGiveney?" He grinned andnodded several times. “Why you old protean crock, what are youdoing up here?"He said he was stopping at Christy's Lodge. That’s the guy **ho

had just dropped $10,000 trying to revive vaude under the billing of*‘Spice of Life" in Hollywood and had been whipsawed to piecesbetween Equity and AGVA.

“I was just walking up the hill for the exercise," explained McGiv.I looked at him. He was trained down like a miler. Rosy-cheeked,

blue-eyed, he looked not a day over 39. But I knew he must benearer 70.

“If you have that much surplus energy, couldn’t you give our cara push?" I asked.He tried, but it was no go. The car was pooped So we *at hv.

the side of the road and talked trade instead of weather till themotor cooled.

I hadn’t seen him since the closing of what Jack Oakie called,“Ken Murray and his opening acts." To McGiv “Blackouts" was acircuit act’s dream. He came over from England for two years. Hewas still quick-changing in “Blackouts" at the end of three. It wasvaude—with home life as a bonus.“Murray used to give every act a vacation with pay. I didn’t want

if* Playing that sort of vaudeville was a holiday in itself."

This surprised me. I \lways thought McGiv’s act would tire atiger. It wrent on for 27 minutes. He tore through a whole n»ft ofDickens characters, and to remove the suspicion that he could onlymake such changes because he was using doubles he had the gauze-like set lighted from behind so the audience could see him makehis rapid changes.

Routine Forced on HimThis al fresco routine was more or less forced on him years before

when he played the Brooklyn Orpheum. A Hearst dolt said McGivwas 6 feet, 1 inch in one scene and 4 feet, 6 in another. So obvi-ously he couldn’t be the same person. A stopwatch revealed hewas changing costumes in as little as 1 9/10 seconds.McGiv had never seen such an act before he began creating his

own. There weren’t many protean acts in England where he be-gan. Except for Charlotte Parry, McGiveney couldn’t remember awoman doing it. She was a great artist. “I couldn't say you werebetter," Joshua Lowe once told him. “After all, I have to go homeafter catching your act." In addition to heading the Varikty Londonoffice. Lowe (Jolo), was also married to Miss Parry.What veered McGiv into the protean field was the remark of a

theatre manager in Manchester. “It’s a funny business," the man-ager said. “I own two houses here, one a music hall and the othera legit house. In legit f pay the whole company 30 pounds a week.In the music hall I have to pay one act as much as 100 pounds."McGiv was playing bits in old fashioned mellers at the time. He

decided to make a switch. But music halls in those days weretougher than barrack rooms. Gallery goons looked on everything asrank comedy or rank tragedy, and they were always ready to pulltheir rank on an act they didn’t like.

McGiv figured out a way to appease these frustrated pests. Hethoiight if he could appeal to people of taste and move fast, norotten apples could touch him. He picked Dickens because Dickensappealed to ali classes—Victorians, vagrants, vicars, and vulgarians.He tried the act out first at a Jesuit college in Preston. That was

his home town. He was bom there w’hile his mother was on a visit

from Ireland. From Preston he got his first professional booking.That was at the Queens Park Hippodrome, Manchester. He waspaid 20 pounds. He was 18 at the time.He was soon pulled in from the provinces* In London he played

the Coliseum, Alhambra and Palace as well as the Palladium. Thesewere bigger houses than the Palladiufn in those days. Martin^ Beckcaught him at the opening of an Oswald Stoll house and signed himfor his American circuit.

Barrymore’s $3,500 LookMcGiv opened at the Chicago Majestic. The protean marvel was

getting $350 a week now. Beck had theatres where acts played twoweeks before moving on. Attractions alternated as headliners onthis circuit. In San Francisco the great McGiv stepped down thefirst week for Ethel Barrymore, who was starring in “The TwelvePound Look." McGiv got her check one week by mistake. She wasgetting $3,500. He couldn’t have got less if he were her agent.

She said she understood he had seen the original company in Lon-don. He admitted he had, in the company of Sir James M. Barrie,

the author. She wanted to know bow her performance comparedwith Irene ^Vanbrugh’s.- “You have a different conception of the pail," hedged the chameleonof quick-change artists.

She upstaged him and said there could be no two conceptions ofsuch a part.

“Then you have achieved the Impossible," flipped the old McGiv.When she had to step down the next week and he stepped up as

the headliner, the eminent Ethel really blew her top. But Becklacked up the great McGiv.* Ultimately booked in New York, he was received by Beck with

open arms. Beck showed him a new theatre he was building andwher£ he expected McGiv to open. It was to be called the Palaceand would be modeled after the London variety house of the samename.“You will nevfr equal it," said the great McGiv.“And why not?"“Well. sir. the last bill I played there had Pavlova, Chevalier »not

Maurice) and Arthur Prince. How are you going to equal that, Mr.Beck?"

“I will go higher."“Are you going to heaven for acts?"“I will get Bernhardt."“Bernhardt is higher than the flag. She is France."Beck pulled out a big wad of bills and stuck it under McGiv's nose.

“None of them is bigger than this." he said.

Well, he got her. But not for the opening week. He got elephantsfor that. They were a hit but they couldn’t hold over because Bern-hardt’s contract barred an animal act from appearing on the samebill wdth her.

It took quite a roll to swing her. A thousand bucks a day. payableevery night. “I used to see her stuff the bills in her stockings eachnight," said McGiv.By now the engftie was cooled and so was my ardor for aeeihg

the weather station.

“Can I give you a ride down the hill?" 1 asked."No," he said, "I need the exercise. I like to keep in shape. You

never can tell. Vaudeville may coroe back.”• T got news for you," 1 said. “It is back. They call ft TV."

son’s itinerary as part ef his “Roundthe World In 30 Columns" air flight.

“Shaw’s Plays in Review," col-

lection of notices by British magcritic Sir Desmond MacCarthy ofShavian shows over a 47-year peri-od, will be published Sept. 14 byThames 8c Hudson.John C. Winsten Co., has an-

nounced Sept. 10 as publicationdate for Mike Angelo’s "Just BePatient," book of 64 cartoons onhospital life. Angelo is Philly In-

auirer staff cartoonist, whose Em-y and Mabel series is handled

nationally by the Chicago Sun-Times syndicate.James Thurber’s article about

his mother, “Lavender with a Dif-ference” in the July 28 NewYorker is being reprinted in theCongressional Record at the re-

2uest of Rep. John 51 Vorys, oflolumbus, Thurber’s nome town

and scene of his current “Photo-graph Album" series in the mag.“Drama on the Air," by David

K. Mackey, integrates three facetsof radio drama, writing, directionand acting. Tome, to be publishedby Prentice-Hall this month, in-

cludes a section on sound, fourcomplete scripts and 25 scenesfrom well known plays. Book is

designed for use as a college text.

Copyright SurveyOne of the most extensive coun-

try-by-country surveys ever madeof copyright protection has beenitarted in the current U$pe of theUNESCO Copyright Bulletin, pub-lished by UNESCO In Paris. Workis by William S. Roach and ArpadL. Bogsch, Jr., attorneys for theUnited Nations agency, who aretrying to arrive at a new interna-tional copyright convention. Roachis a former show biz lawyer In

New York.When the installments of the

v ork are completed in theUNESCO bulletin, a book based onIt by Roach and Bogsch is to bepublished in the U. S. by MatthewBonder Sc Co. Study describes thecopyright protection which each of80 countries provides with respectto the works and authors of all theother countries. It is designed togive a ready answ*er as to whetherprotection exists in a given country.

Shuiitaan’s Sbori Story ClickMinneapolis humorist Max Shul-

Man* now a resident of Westport,Conn., author of four humorousbooks, who also wrote the boakof the George Abbott musical,•barefoot Boy with Cheek," andwho has done other writing forthe theatre, continues to click inthe short story field. He’s repre-sented by stories in the Augustnumbers of both Cosmopolitanand Today’s Woman. Stories au-thored by him also appeared in

the June Good Housekeeping andthe July Cosmopolitan and his pub-lisher. Doubleoay, will bring outa book of his short stories this

fall.

Shulman also is engaged in

writing a play which he discussedwith Abbott and Leland Hayward,both of whom w'ere enthusiasticover the plot idea.

H. Allen Smlth'a London DiaryWhen the H. Allen Smiths sail

Aug. 28 on the Queen Elisabeth ontheir first European trip, the au-thor will come back with a 1051-52Boswellian version which he will

call “Smith's London Journal." It

will be patterned after the best-selling "Boswell's London Jour-nal." It's for Doubleday.

Ben Sehneider’s SpotFairchild Publications’ nite club

editor Ben Schneider Is adding thelegit, pix, music and concert ad-vertising to his saloon beat, follow-ing the death of Kelcey Allan. TomDash continues as drama critic ofWoman’s Wear Dally and the DallyNews Record, as he had been doingfor the past many months duringAllen’s off-and-on Illness.

However, unlike Allen who han-dled both the dramatic reviewingand the amusement advertising.Dash will stick to the editorial cov-erage. and Schneider will expandhis business sights.

Raehel Carson's ClickRachel Carson’s “Sea Around

Is." factual tome on the ocean,p«'Hit vQf; which ran In the New York-er as a three-part aeries, is in its

fifth printing one month after pub-lication. The publisher, Oxford,has to ration copies to booksellers.It's a Book of the Month Club se-lection for September.

I ifc i d e n t a 1 1 y. one day afterVvriety ran the piece about theNew Yorker’s' 1 n t e re st in thepieces, the last chapter of the bookvas sold to Vogue.

Bill Conlan’s New SpotWilliam H. Conlan shifts from

UlCOG to director of the U. S.Fu ss Center in Berlin, succeedingLowell Bennett. Latter sails forN«w York Aug. 9.

Bennett has had quite a careerdespite his 31 years. He w as a mem-ber of the Foreign Legion, became•u INS correspondent, was shotdown over Berlin while fixing withHie RAF. made three escapes fromBerlin «was caught twice*, editedfn underground newspaper. Heh is written three books, two onGermany, and is considered an ex-pert on German affairs today.

St**! Pier, A, C.Atlantic City. Aug. 3.

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Triplets, Roxyettes (18),Theron Troupe (8), John Barry,Steve Evans, House Orch (10);“Cuban Fireball" (Rep).

The headlining Mack Triplets

are supported by the strongest acts

offered in Music Hall this summerseason. The dancing of the Roxy-ettes, who appear In three num-bers, is a welcome relief from the

five acts of straight vaude usually

on display.

The Macks, an eyeful in anytheatre, lean to novelty numbersto keep the audience with them all

the way. They score first with fast

“Have Yourself a Wonderful Time”and bounce Into “Wonder What is

on His Mind." Next is “BeautifulBrown Eyes," with “Sweet Violets”sending them off to a nice roundof mining, called back, theyencore with “Everybody Like It”

and have to beg., The Theron Troupe, three men.four femmes and a six-year-old, aretops in cycling. Group does abouteverything on bikes. Cycles comeapart and are put together again.And with all eight on one cyclegracefully pedaling around thestage.

Steve Evans scores with impres-sions of a drunk and an audienceregistering laughs.The Roxyettes offer three well

done tap production numbers.Opening chore brings ,them on in

red hats, yellow vests' and greenskirts in a “Show Boat" bit usingstrobolite for added effect They’relavishly dressed in colonial cos-tumes in second number, and In

Civil War garb for third stanza.

Pauline Leslie dresses latter via

“Its an Old Southern Custom"chirp.

• John Barry emcees show andkeeps things moving at nice pace.

Sings with Miss Leslie and solos“Show Boat" in first number ofRoxyettes. Walk.

House ReviewsIsa Continueg'Trom hi« 59 —

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Palladium, Undewwho go through most of the stand-

ard tricks on a small circular plat-

form. George Meaton again withhis sound impressions, but most of

his act has been seen in town in

recent weeks. Sound effects fromhorror and gangster pix are repro-

duced with commendable fidelity.

Eddie Gordon takes a long timeto get over the preliminaries of his

miming act before he gets into his

comedy routine on a bike. It reg-

isters well enough with the custom-ers, but generally lacks pace. Hisassistant. Nancy, does nothing ex-

cept walk on a couple of timesin a bathing suit

Vic Si Adio, a pair of newcomersfrom Brazil, make an immediatehit with an excellent acrobatic andhand-balancing act, which Is lively

and original and combines a nicesense of comedy with an im-

Sressive, nonchalant skill. Maxaeon relies too much on blue

material. It’s completely unneces-

Sry and out of keeping in a bill

at is suitable for the whole fam-ily. He is much more acceptable*at the drums.

Jesse, James 8c Cornell, anAmerican colored dancing trio

making their bow in London, area slick and energetic hoofing team.Their high-speed terping routinesare enhanced by their own energyand vivacity. They get boffo re-

ception as closer of first half ofshove.The Palladium girls have another

inadequate routine after the inter-

mission. They are followed by RobMurray, an Australian jugglerwhose skill, timing and comedystyle merit a stronger position onthe bill. Myro.

Empire, GlaagawGlasgow, July 31.

Clayton L Ward, Fran Dowie &Candy Kane, Trampo-Loonies (3*.Botonds, Raymond Smith, AmazingBriton (4» v Sugar Chile Robinson.

Sugar Chile Robinson, 12-year-old boogie-woogie pianist, is cur-rent dick here. His act has novelty,freshness and appeal, and he head-lines an average bill stronger onphysical attractions than anythingelse.

The boy has something. He’sclever, he's confident, and nis verysmallness goes over big. He sits

at piano, strums the keyboard,strikes a footboard with his feet,

and plays numbers that have thejazz fans tapping. His act is a bit

short for a British twice-nightlyvaude house, but, on his U.I£.debut, he certainly fractures ’em.Between numbers he’s inter-

viewed by Canadian comic FranDowie, who asks him about hishobbies, his 88’ing, his home en-vironment. Dowie does a good jobhere.

Rest of the bill js average, withthe Continental acro-balancers. theBbtonds, a standout, and top-ratecomedy from Fran Dowie and hisblonde wife, Candy Kane. Theirtakeoff on a western film cowboy is

immense, and seems likely stuff forbigger houses and U. S. market.Raymond Smith's ventriloquial

act is overlong but clever, andstrong-man Briton does surprisingweight-holding with his West-EndLovelies.Orch is under the baton»of Scots-

man Bill Matthew. Cord.

Orpheum, OmahaOmaha, Aug. 4.

Three Suns, Artie Auerbach(Kitzel), Art fc Margie Bassett,

Vernon It Gale, Joe Sudy Orch,Betty Holt; "Night Into Morning ’’

(MG).

F^t time here in person, theThree Suns lifted the lid noisily onopening night of their week standat the Orpheum. On a cleared stagethey perform with electric organ,piano, guitar and accordian andkeep the audience in a constantferment of interest.Open with “That’s Plenty" and

swing into “Syncopated Clock"w ith sound effects. “Never SeeMaggie Alone" with parody on theTrumans, scores a sensational laughresponse. Going into sweeter stuff,

they do “Yes" and wind up with amedley sparked by their pop in-

terpretation of “Peg O’ My Heart"and “Tico Tico," as well as othersin smooth, sweet and syncopatedgrooves.

Artie Auerbach. the “Kitzel" ofthe Jack Benny 'radio program,moves his Yiddish dialect here toscore with satirical stories of Hol-lywood characters. His play uponwords is especially funny. Uses thecut-up English language as aspringboard to illustrate some ofthe most picturesque attacks onthe tongue. Much of the referenceto more metropolitan and profes-sional things can be deleted formore down-to-earth stuff, particu-larly In Uiese cow lands. But all

told, he gets over tremendously.Vernon 8c Gale hoof in true tap

style and Art 8c Margie Bassettvary comedy juggling with unicy-

biSS Continues from Hl« 57 ssJparticipating in the financing, hesays, include Paul Beisman, of theAmerican, St. Louis; Robert Boda.of the Hartman, Columbus. O.;

Gabe Rubin, of the New Nixon,Pittsburgh; Milton Krantz, Hanna.Cleveland; Jack Stone, WRVA The-atre, Richmond, and seven others

who have not yet actually signed

the limited partnership agreement.The success or failure or the

plan, in the opinion of one roadtheatreman, will lie primarily In

the quality of the plays and pro-

ductions sent out by Brandt. Lackof confidence in that, rather thanfear of the UBO or the Shuberts ;

was what caused him to withdrawfrom the syndicate-financing ar-

rangement, he said. He may playany of the shows at his house, heindicated, but prefers not to com-mit himself flnancialy for their pro-duction.

CHATTERGeorge Frazier doing a Cosmo-

politan mag piece on the “tofc"famine chirpers.William Hartley in Hollywood

to confer with literary agentsabout material for Redbook mag.

Phyllis Rosenteur's *new book.Affair of the Flesh," will be

Published in September by Double-«HV.

West coast author Kay Campbelldue east end-September on herannual junket to powwow N. Y.editors.

William P. Berger has rejoineduoubleday as syndicate depart-

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Europe on the Britan-Dick Joseph, travel editor

\ to Eure

appearances at theChicago Theatre Au

Esquirenic.

Gerald Mayer, Metro writer, in

town digging background material

for upcoming pix.

Theatrical dentist Dr. A. S.

Greenstone's 18-year-old daughter,Janet, a recent bride.

John Firman, m.d. of FeldmanMusic, due over from London nextmonth on a periodic trip.

Edith and William Goetz living

on a yacht in Connecticut watersduring their fortnight’s eastern so-

journ.William Wyler and wife Marga-

ret Tallichet planed out last weekfor a month’s vacation in Londonand Deauville.

Bob Topping and wife, LanaTurner, back to the Coast after

attending the funeral in N. Y. ofTopping’s father.P^e and Phyllis LeDouzen back,

after a sojourn in her nativeFrance, operating their West 46thSt. Cafe de France.Goodman Ace (Easy Aces' to

Coast on a quickie to explore a

screenplay writing chore for SolC. Siegel at 20th-Fox.

Hollywood radio producer-writer-director Carroll Carroll backto the Coast next week following asummer vacation in N. Y.

Henry King, director of 20th-Fox’s "David and Bathsheba," ar-rives from the Coast this week toattend the film’s preem at the Riv-oli Theatre next Wed. (15).

David Golding, who resigned twoweeks ago as publicity manager of20th-Fox, was hosted at lunchMonday (6> by the film staff ofLife mag as a parting appreciation.

Maestro Harry Sosnik dividinghis spare time between deepseafishing off Montauk Point andfresh-water angling in the Wiscon-sin lakes.

Martin Davis, flack at SamuelGoldwyn’s N. Y. office, back in

N. Y. after two weeks of soldieringat Pine Camp, N.Y. He’s a warrantofficer in the reserve.

Jeff Chandler hits town today(Wed.) from the Coast on the first

hop of a six-city promotion tourin behalf of "Iron Man,” Univer-sal film in which he’s starred.

Since George (Fiorentino). part-ner with Gene Cavallero in theColony, guested on The Fitzgeralds’TV show, the show biz clientelewants to know where is George’sAFRA card.

Arthur Schwartz planed to theCoast last Thursday (2) for confabswith producer Arthur Freed on thenext Fred Astaire picture, forwhich he and Howard Dietz will

supply the songs.Ex-vauder. now Commerce Com-

missioner and Mrs. Walter T.

Shirley hosting a 25th anniversarydinner for Mayor and Mrs. VincentR. Impellitteri at WestchesterCountry Club Aug. U..George Cukor and JBert Granet,

director and producer, respective-ly, of "The Marrying Kind,” Col-umbia's next Judy Holliday starrer,in N. Y. to scout locations for thepic. Film starts next month.

Borden Mace, p r e z of RD-DRCorp. (Reader's Digest-Louis deRochemont), planed to Germanylast week seeking talent for deRochemont's upcoming "Walk Easton Beacon.” He's due back in 10days.

Actress Corinne Calvet andhusband John Bromfield due in

N. Y. tomorrow (Thurs.) from theCoast enroute to her native Paris.This will be Miss Calvet’s first triphome since she went to Hollywoodseveral years ago.Rudolph Halley, who is satirized

In "Two on the Aisle,” by ElliottReid, says he not only has no ideaof suing for any "libel,” but "lovesthe idea" and. besides, he knowsbest of all that nq public figure hasany legal cause for such complaint.Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., off to

Hollywood after N. Y. meetingswith United Artists execs. Distribis handling his two latest. "OneMan's Poison.” which he produced,and "Mr. Drake’s Duck.” in whichhe stars in addition to having pro-duced.

Jack L. Warner, veepee in chargeof production for Warner Bros.,sailed for Europe Friday (3) on theLiberte accompanied by his family.Also sailing were Paul Nathnnson,prez of Empire-Universal Films;film director A1 Santcll and folksinger Josh White.

Ellin (Mrs. Irving.) Berlin, whohas been working on her new novelat their Lew Beach, N. Y., summerhome, to Bermuda for 10 days ofrest with daughter Elizabeth.Linda Berlin, the middle daughter,is currently vacationing in Paris;Mary Ellin, the oldest, only recent-

- ly returned from abroad.

rart theatrego Theatre Aug. 17.

AGVA and AFRA huddling for

benefit for flood victims which will

be held at Chez Paree this month.Mark Stevens and Rhonda Flem-

ing in for preem of "Little Egypt"at the Chicago, with A1 Horwits ofUniversal flacking.Preem of "Flying Leathernecks”

set for the Woods Theatre Aug. 13,

with Robert Ryan and Janice Car-ter doing personals.John Carradine, appearing at

Drury Lane Theatre in "Dracula,”is giving a few lines of Shakes-peare as a curtain speech.Mike Todd in for a quick get-

together with Joan Blondell anddaughter, who appeared at ChevyChase silo in "Come Back, Little

Sheba.” before he shoved off forEurope.

Richard Carlson in for "PetrifigdForest” at Salt Creek strawhatter.with Miriam Hopkins, John New-land and Bramwell Fletcher set for

jAug. 13 in new tryout, "Told to theChildren.”

Londoa

Minneapolis«•

By Les ReesEddy Howard orch into Prom

Ballroom.Old Log strawhatter offering

"Room Service.”Annual Roller Derby at Audi-

torium Aug. 8-Sept. 2.

Jimmy Hayes, WCCO, back onjob after long illness.

Managers of 50 radio stationsguests of local Aquatennial.

Minneapolis Civic Opera Assn,presenting "H.M.S. Pinafore.”Roy King and his "Komi-Kings”

start sixth month at Magic Bar.Muggsy Spanier and his Dixie-

land combo at St. Paul Flame.Ruth Clymer an addition to

KSTP-TV continuity department.Lisa Kirk into Hotel Radlsson

Flame Room for first local appear-ance.

Fred S. Haywood, WCCO promo-tion and publicity director, in N. Y.for CBS’ meeting.

Sid Lippman, composer of "TooYoung,” vacationing in and aboutMinneapolis, his hometown.

Minneapolis Flame, formerlyClub Carnival, closing its supperclub because of poor biz, but hasenlarged its theatre bar.Jimmy Nederlander in from De-

roit again to take helm at Lyceum,opening next month with EdwardEverett Horton in "Springtime forHenry.”

Joe Byrne, who handles TamO'Shanter golf tournament forWENR-TV, brought in from Chi-cago by WTCN-TV to do likewisefor St. Paul Open which stationtelevised.

ChicagoTrudy Germi replaced Pat Finch

In Connie Waleska role in "SouthPacific.”

Dinah Shore does one of her

Jack Payne into 1 hospital for

an operation.Ray Milland, here on vacation,

visited Wales to see his parents.Sir Benjamin Fuller off to

South America on five-weekcruise.

Celia Upton opened her thirdcabaret date at the BagatelleMonday (6).

Charlie Clapham, after serioussix months illness, back in vaude-ville and radio.

Exhibition of theatrical picturesfrom the Garrick Club opens at theTate Gallery this week.

Harry Noble & Frances Kingbooked for return six week cabaretdate at Berkeley beginning Sept.26.

Gali Gali on Moss and Stoll cir-

cuit; returns to London to playmonth of October at Savoy Hotelcabaret.

Eddie Davis back from Stock-holm where he has been attendingthe Walt Disney world sales con-vention.The Ink Spots are the first

American act booked for the Lon-don Palladium vaudeville seasonnext year.New Alec Guinness comedy.

"Man in the White Suit” is to bescreened at Edinburgh Festivalthis month.

A1 Daff, sales chief of Universal,planed in from Paris for confabswith J. Arthur Hank, Jonn Davisand U execs.Gypsy Rose Lee broke all house

records in last 15 years on heropening day at the Hippodrome,Bristol. July 30.

Harry Alan Towers off to SouthAfrica soon and scheduling a N. Y.trip shortly after his return withAustralian quickie to follow.

Paul England back here fromHollywood after 13 years. Lastthree years he was in "Where'sCharley?,” the Ray Bolger musical.

Miklos Gafni booked for concerttour in England opening in Sep-tember by Jack Hylton. After Eng-lish season, Gafni will tour Israel.

Sir Philip Warter, chairman ofAssociated British, given a Govt,job as controller general of fac-tory and storage premises. He heldsimilar post during the last war.

Patricia Morison was privilegedvas pi

of C<

PittsburghBy Hal Cohen

Bert Jason, ex-three sailors,makes this territory for a hand-bagcompany.

Mrs. Herman Middleman, wife ofbandleader, operated on at Shady-side Hospital.

Hu-Ling, magician, has changedhis hilling to 2d Lt. Robert C. Hill-

ing, Jr., USAF.Carousel's summer closing will

be much longer than the threeweeks first announced.John Craven left resident com-

pany of Bill Green's Arena Theatreafter doing five shows.

Grace Price, director of Chil-dren's Theatre here, off to Los An-geles for National conference.

Jersey Joe Walcott coming backto scene of his triumph Aug. 17 forworld preem of "(ron Man” atHarris."Make a Wish” closing permitted

LeRoi Operti to come on for final

two outdoor operettas of theseason.

Virginia Conwell, local ballerina,terping • on "Goodyear SummerRevue” on TV while "Hit Parade”is laying off.

Bill Green hasbrother Bob generalthe dine-and-dancebears former’s name.

named hismanager ofspot which

Westport, Conn.By Humphrey Doulens

Charles Laughton ditto.

George Oppenheimer here.Fania Marinoff visiting the Law-

rence Langners.Dorothy Warenskjold visiting the

James Meltons.Roger Rico has rented Mary Mar-

tin's Norwalk house.Mr. and Mrs. Sax Rohmer vaca-

tioning at Stonehenge. «•••.

"Blossom I’ime" next bill at Dan-bury Fairgrounds operetta stand.

Alec Templeton guesting atConnecticut Symphony Pops con-cert (15).

Lily Pons due in (12) from Franceand Italy to spend a couple ofweeks at her country home in Nor-walk.

Mrs. Cheever Cowdin here to secClaudette Colbert doing repeat en-gagement In "Island Fling” at

Country Playhouse.

visitor at the House of commons;was taken there by prominent ToryMember of Parliament, David Ec-cles. who is an art expert like MissMorison.

Peggy Cochrane, pianist andwife of former band leader andnow agent Jack Payne, gets weeklyseries of British BroadcastingCorp. Light Program, which will

be titled "Happy Go Lucky.”Kenneth Spencer. Negro singer,

after several refusals, has finally

been granted entry permit by theU. S. authorities to appear in theAmerican zone of Berlin Spt*

resumes his concert tour in Bencer

erlin,

Aug. 17.

Jack Hylton signed Pearl Primusdancers to open in England Nov.19. He has also booked LeonorMaria and Jose Morato, withSpanish singer and guitarist Ade-laida Barrera for four weeks' sea-son. opening Sept. 3, at the Allegroand Quaglino’s restaurants.

Spanish Ballet of Teresa andLuisillo, which just terminated a21-week tour in England, goes toFrance and Belgium for series ofone-night stands in casinos duringthe summer season. After that, it

tours Italy. 'Greece, Egypt andTurkey. Ballet has already beenbooked for return to England nextyear.

Jean Rigaux and Sophia Desmeretsoff to Italy on co-production stints.

John B. Nathan waiting for theHenri Michaux to return from U. S.

to Join his children in Juan les

Pins.

George Lacombe to direct "Cali-ber 6.36” in Italy with Eric VonStroheim and Andrea Debar head-ing cast.

Michele Morgan in city for goingaway parties for the various Frenchlegit troupes on their way to SouthAmerica.

Ketty Frings here scouting forFrench talent for the Wald-Krasnafilm on the fashion world, "TheGolden Door."Darryl Zanuck too busy with Ed

Leggevie to be seen much in town;plans to make up for it during hisslated three weeks at Antibes.Jean Mercure and legit troupe off

to Tel Aviv where he will present"School For Women” and Sala-crou's "God Would Know AboutIt.”

Julie Gibson trying to get HenriDiamant-Berger’s okay on herrightful credit in production of theAmerican version of "MonsieurFabre.”

Walter Shirley, head of NewYork City’s Department of Com-merce, handed Pierre de Gaulle,chief of the Municipal Council, amessage of good wishes to the cityof Paris in token of the town’s2,000th a n n i. Parchment state-ment was delivered on behalf ofGotham's Mayor Impellitteri andthe metropolis' 8,000.006 citizens.

Philadelphia

ParisBy Maxime de Belx

(33 Blvd. Montparnasse )

David Rose and wife Betty hereon visit.

Peter Lorre recuping at a Swisssanatorium.Anne Vernon to Loudon to star

in "Clementine.”Red Skelton in from London on

his quickie European tour.Firstclass hotel reservations

fully booked until September.Claude Dauphin taking his com-

pany on tour of South America.Gen. David Saraoff lunching

with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.Borrah Minevltch back at his

watermill after visiting vacationingfriends.

Arletty and Francois Perier intonew Gilles Grangier film, "LoveMadam.”

Elias Lapinere to Scandinaviaorrty 24 hours after his return fromvacation.

George Ullmer to direct and starin his own story, "Meeting In

Pifaila.” * •

.

Paul Baron back from Italy andlunching with the I. D. Levys andMike Nyborg.

Anatole Litvak in town huddlingon possibility of turning out hisnext film here.

"Sunset Boulevard” and "AllAbout Eve” still going strong herein their fifth months.French tresps Claude Laydu,

By Jerry GaghanEdythe Adams, chirper on Ernie

Kovacs’ NBC-TV show, is doublingat Celebrity Room.

Dr. Leon Levy, of CBS board ofdirectors, broke his lex in a fallfrom the porch of his home.Donald Engle, press rep and pro-

Sram annotator for Philadelphiarchestra, has been named an as-

sistant manager of symph.James Melton due here Aug. 20

to launch Highway Traffic Board'sQourtesy-of-the-road campaign andto act as honorary chairman ofdrive.Peggy Lloyd, chanteuse at Jack

Lynch's Zodiac Room (Hotel War-burton', has retired in favor ofmatrimony with local manufac-turer.

Bill King, owner of Emerald Bar,Wildwood, has bought major inter-est in local recording companyand will wax local bands and com-bos in fall.

Max Leon, candy manufacturerand owner of Station WDAS«;willreorganize his Philadelphia "Pops”orch next season. Group will iWwax for Capitol."Johnny Night” show coupled

with Athletics - Cleveland ballgame, sponsored by Variety ClubTent 13 and Daily News, drew25.000 at Shibe Park (3). Rose-mary Clooney and Bill Kennyheaded the list of stars.

Owner Chubby Stafford giftedRosemary Clooney with a diamondwrist watch at conclusion of hersmash week’s run at Chubby's(West Collingswood. N. J.) Sundayevening (5). Room shuttered fortwo weeks same night to redeco-rate.

Atlantic City

DickBy Joe W. WalkerMilliner into Shelburne

(3).

Bert Wheeler and Hank Laddopened at Yacht club Friday (3). •

Sheila Barrett into Ritz-Carl-ton’s Old English tavern overweekend (4-5).

Myron Cohen into 500 Club (3),

with Fran Warren held over foranother week.

Mills Bros, into Steel Pier vaude(5), with Ralph Flanagan orch intoMarine Ballroom.Bob Russell, Myron Cohen and

Andy Arcari to headline show inConvention Hall. Aug. 26 for bene-fit of Community Center schoolbuilding.

Irving Fields. Traymore Hotelorch leader, to wed Jane Ferdinandof New York this month and planeto Las Vegas, then Hawaii forhoneymoon.

WashingtonBy Florence S. Lowe

Irene Bordoni on week’s guestlist.

Louis Armstrong current click atBlue Mirror nitery.

Louis B. Mayer in town most ofweek to see friends.Tex Benckc orch doing one-

nighter at Glen Echo Park nextFriday (17).

Dick La Salle current at HotelStatler's Embassy Room, fromwhere toupe Is continuing Its MBSairers.

Charles Laughton In from N. Y.to see Jessica Tandy and HumeCronyn in "Fourpoater” at Olney,Md. t strawhatter.

HollywoodWalter Plunkett planed to Hono.

lulu.

Glenn Ford , planed in (ronFrance.Eve McVeagh to Santa Fe for

strawhat.Gene Summers divorced Georx*

W. Brown.*

Thurston Hall celebrated 50thanni as actor.

Louis Shapiro out of hospitalafter surgery.Anne Sterling in town after six

months in N. Y.Rhonda Fleming to Chi for

preem of UI’s "Little Egypt.”Guy Madison and Andy Devine

to Seattle to plug their TV show.Charles Laughton and Paul

Gregory planed in from England.Edmuira Grainger tossed a din-

ner for Marine Corps Newsmen'sAssn.

Lawrence Tierney sentenced toflve days in Jail for contempt ofcourt.

Anita Chamberlain opened ownflackery after 19 years with DaveEpstein.

Jerry Wald and Norman Krasnato Kansas City to preem "Behav*Yourself.”

William Goetz leaving his UIproduction chores for two-weekVacation.

Frankie Laine recovering fromsurgery to correct old nerve in-

jury in leg.

Vincent Price returned from asix-week vacation in Haiti, Jamaicaand Mexico.LeRoy Prinz planed to St. Jo-

seph, Mo., where his father is

seriously ill.

James T. Vaughn to Bombay to

make a production survey for Cas-cade Pictures.

Hal Haughton off to Australiaas roving exploiter for ParamountInternational.

Celeste Holm entertained the

veterans at Long Beach Hospitalfor Paraplegics.

Joe Hines celebrated his 70thbirthday and his 21st anni as stand-in for Jimmy Gleason.

Danny Kaye, Bob Hope andRandolph Scott to Topeka for abenefit for flood sufferers.

Gregory Peck hospitalized forcheckup in La Jolla, shelving 16-

city personal appearance tour.

David Diamond in from N. Y.

after postponing plans for produc-tion of "Women of Britain” in

London.

Miami Beach« By Lary Solloway

Lenny Kent into Sans SouciBlue Sails Room yesterday (TuesA

rThe Tom (NBC-TV staffer)

Howells vacashlng at Roney Plaza.

Joey Bishop and Lily Ann Car-roll current at Casablanca's ClubMorocco.

Another chance casinos GrecoAcres, turned eatery this week,with Ed (ex-Copa City) Denersteiooperating.

Ink -Spots being dickered for byFive O'clock Club. Joyce Bryantreplaced Juanita Hall in song slot

of current show.

Martha Raye In town for twodays before returning to Coastand rehearsals on "Annie GetYour Gun” road show.Ben Schneider, former N. Y.

World-Telly staffer, now publicity

director for Schine Hotels Floridachain, with h.q. at Roney Plaza.

Colonial Inn sold to groupheaded by Martini, former Beach-comber maitre d\ They’ll changethe former chance spot to Swedishrestaurant idea with entertain-

ment lounge addition.

DaDasBy Bill Barker

Arthur Godfrey due In with

Navy brass to participate in 20th

National Model Airplane Cham-pionships.

Lex Barker made a personal

with a "Tarzan” film at Forest

Theatre while real-life ipate Ar-

lene Dahl was starring In "I Mar-ried An Angel” at State Fair

Musicals.

Rev. Jimmy McClain, former

"Dr. I. Q.” of NBC. doing spare

time announcing at KIXL . i°r

owner Lee Sega 11. Former quiz-

zer’s stipend swells a fund-raising

campaign for a new church.

BirminghamBy Fred Woodress

Legislators introduced a bill »tfce Alabama House to outlaw str'P

performances. ,

Veep Alben Barkley agreed to

make appearance at Corn Festival

in Bessemer Sept. 15. _

Marjorie, organUt at TutwilJr

Hotel Continental Room and coca*

tail lounge, completing her fourth

week.

Wedneadar. Au*u»t •, 1951 4to 13

and producer Jules Levy, died in\been a mixed reaction among ex

Toronto. July 27. Besides hersons, she is survived by five daugh-ters.

hibitors and distributors. Weaverpoints out (hat the features will

differ from Hollywood-producedAlms in that NBC’s footage wiUhave no story line, and project onlyTV entertainers “making personalappearance’* in the homes of set

owners. The big problem facingthe network Is. “will people pay tosee it?’*

Weaver is hopeful of an accept-ance from Jimmy Durante for theArst picture. Martin and Lewis will

also be approached. First Aim will

be tested in Cleveland, which hasTV, and Denver, which hasn’t Pub-lic reaction to the Arst picture will

determine whether the project is

to be continued or abandoned.Films to cost around $200,000 will

have running time of 75 minutes,and will require three to four dagsshooting.

Soaring costs of television pro-duction is rcAected in the billing

to sponsors. “Show of Shows,’’ run-ning 90 minutes, will be grossed tothe client at $87,500 to w hich mustbe added the cast of time andcable-relay charges. Saturdaynight's “All Star Revue." runningone hour, is grossed at $69,000 ex-

clusive of time and oilier charges.Rotated amoitg four sponsors, it

will cost each $105,00c for one tele-

cast with talent, time and all

charges included.

Weaver is not worried aboutw'here the fresh comedy talent is

coming from. “If they’re good we’ll

hear about them soon enough.Agents will keep us posted on thehottest prospects. New writers atesomething else again but they’ll bedrifting into television from oiheientertainment fields."

It is Weaver’s belief that young-sters control the home sets andthat's his reason for establishingthe 8 p. m. cotnedy time in the east.

He also has Axed opinions aboutthe direction and lensing of his

Theatrevision pictures. He's deter-

mined to use skilled craftsmenfrom Hollywood but under strict

orders on how to proceed fromNBC’s own producers. * "We* knowwhat we want, which is altogetherdifferent from how they wouldwant to make it," said Weaver.

Ml FashionOBITUARIES IBS Continues from HI* t s=JNo crinolines, no padding. Every-thing ultra simple.

Dior has killed eccentricity afterhaving launched it three years ago.His suits are smart and comfort-able, his coats resemble glorified

raincoats, his cocktail dresses arealmost bare of ornaments, but hisball gowns follow the tradition of*uper glamor. He names themafter the League of Nations. U. S.

is a cloud of blue tulle studdedwith stars. Iran a heavy gold sheathbrocade, Iraq a rich acetate lame,and France a dream in rose chiffon.

The applause was quite differentfor each country .

Jacques Fath’s collectipn is ro-

mantic and Victorian—crinolines,chignons, capes, frills, wide sleeves.The width of his skirts starts belowthe hips for daytime and resembleballet dancer dresses for evening.Fath will be in a U. S. Aim pro-duction on the French couture. He

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55, Memphis of-

Dth-Fox, died in

THOMAS M. BELLThomas M. Bell, 51, actor-animal

trainer, died in Newark Aug. 2. Hewas best known as the trainer of

a blue Syke terrier with which heappeared in vaude as A Flat It

Tom Belli The dog also appearedin several Alms. When the animaldied several years ago, Bell trainedothers for the stint

His sister survives.

IRA M. LOWRYIra M. Lowry, 62. silent Aim pro-

ducer-director, died in Los AngelesJuly 31. Lowry had recently or-ganized Veritas Productions tomake “The Prince of Poverty,’’

a Aim on the life of St. Francis ofAssisi. He was once general man-ager of Lubin Pictures Corp.

Surviving are his father anddaughter.

R. M. TADLOCKR. M. "Bob’* Tadlock, 65, veteran

cattleman and Arst manager ofFoil Worth's Southwestern Exposi-tion It Fat Stock Show Rodeo, diedin Fort Worth July 30.

Tadlock inaugurated the original

indoor rodeo at the old northsidecoliseum in 1918 and remained at

its helm through 1928.

SCRIBNER COBBScribner Cobb, 43, composer-

author, died July 30 in New York.Among his works were “Symphonyin F" and “Suite For Strings." Hetaught music theory at the HighSchool of Music 8c Art. N. Y.

Surviving are his mother, father,wife, son, daughter and brother.

LEONARD A. RAMINSLeonard Arnold Kamins. 39.

sales manager for WXYZ-TV, De-troit, died in that city Aug. 2.

He was formerly account execu-tive with Brooke, Smith. French 8c

Dorrance and Young 8c Rubicam adagencies.

BRUCE L STEINMETZBruce I. Steinmetz. 65, secre-

tary-treasurer of District No. 1, In-

GEORGE LEFFLERGeorge LefAer, 77, former book-

ing agent and company manager,

died in New York Aug. 4. LefAer*orked in the theatre for morethan a half century, beginning at

ai’e 17 in the boxofAce of the

Casino Theatre, N. Y. He later

ni >nage<f Della Fox, musical com-r(iv star of the 1900s, and thenbecame a booking agent for AlWoods. He joined the Klaw 8c

Krlanger syndicate in 1927, and in

1931 teamed with booker VictorLeighton to bring the D’Ovly Cartetroupe and the Irish Players of

Dublin’s Abbey Theatre to NewYork.For a time, LefAer represented

producer William Harris in “Abra-ham Lincoln" and "East Is West."lie booked the road shows of“Three Men On A Horse" and“A nother Language,*' amonfothers. He also had been companymanager for Olsen 8c Johnson pro-ductions. and his last Dost was ascompany boss for “Anna Lucasta."

His wife and daughter survive.

CHARLES L. HEIZMANNCharles L. Heizmann, 72, former

vaude actor, died July 30 in An-gelica, Pa. After serving in theSpanish-American War as a sec-ond lieutenant, he went to NewYork and with his wife, actressldarie Yuill, who died a year ago,he organized and managed variousvaude troupes which covered theU. S. for 10 years. Both he andhis wife appeared in their produc-tions.

Member of a family active In thehardware manufacturing industryIn Heading, Pa., for nearly a cen-tury. Heizmann returned to thatnty in 1915 and organised theEarie Co., an independent hard-ware producer.

LEW CANTORLew Cantor. • 64, veteran vaude-

ville agent and unit producer, diedAug. 7 at Beth David Hospital,N. Y., after a long illness.

Originally working as agent in

Wife, 53. of Adolph Deutsch,Metro composer aml musical direc-

tor, died July 31 in Bel Air, Calif.,

after a long . illness.

.

Mother, 77. of Al Tucker, vaudeactor, died in New York Aug. 6.

A daughter survives.

Arnold Adam, 52, contactmanfor Sam Fox Pub.ishing Co. for 25

years, died Aug. 5 in New York.

John G. Stone, 50, Paramountsound technician, died July 26 in

Hollywood after an operation.

Wife, 64. of Thomas M. Regan.Los Angeles radio commentator,died in that city Aug. 2.

Martin Johnson, vet Almhouseoperator, died in Chicago, July 29.

grvup have been esktj io playtheir own parts.

Everything at Jean Desses is

blue. The theme is the blue birdwith width thrown backwards. Healso raises the waistline, sometimesgiving an Empress Josephine look.

Unexpected small black shoe but-

tons outline many of his dresses.

Eisenhower InfluenceSchiaparelli calls her collection

“Shape” after the Supreme ‘lead-

quarters of the Allied Powers in

Europe. She goes entirely orientalwith dervish turbans, Persian pat-

terned brocades, ornate costumejewelry. Her evening gowns areslim and daring in color combina-tions.

Venice and Spain have inspiredPierre Balmain.Every house shows individuality,

and women will have a large choiceto pick from.

In between shows, couturierssre great at entertaining theirforeign guests. The theme ofJacques Fath’s ball is “1925 Holly-wood Stars." Alwynn took overMaxime's for the evening for* an“Apache" party. DioT's Mme. Su-zanne Luling hired Jimmy’* bandfor one whole evening. Countessde Polignac < Mme. Lanvin’s daugh-ter) entertained in her beautifulold Left Bank Home, and JacquesHeim had all his guests televisedand filmed by March of Time.

De Nardis, 94, Italian

died Aug. 5 in Naples.

W1| vmu V at., nug( •• mv/vuv

i

is concert and radio singer MonaPaulee.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierson,son, Hollywood. Aug. 1. Father is

a screen and TV director.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry . May, son.

Hollywood, Aug. 3. Mother is

former Metro publicity depart-ment switchboard operator.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gerken.twin son and daughter. July 29.

Hackensack. N. J. Father is execof John Blair 8c Co., station repoutfit.

Mr. and Mrs. William Strauss,

daughter. July 30, New York.Father is WQXR. N. Y., announcer.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammond,daughter, Syracuse, N. Y., July 28.

Father i« newscaster with TV sta-

tion WHEN. Syracuse.

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Freed-man, son, Atlantic City, Aug. 2.

Father is general manager ofWMID, Atlantic City.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Helfand.son. New York. Aug. 3. Father is

treasurer of N. Y. ParamountTheatre.

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Weiss, son,

New York, July 28. Father is withRoy Gerber-Weiss Agency.'

Mr. and Mrs. Dan O’Herlihy, son,Hollywood, July 29. Father is

screen actor.

la behalf ©f Artists and Tochaiclaat whom b#served so brilliantly aad kindly far 13 years, tkamanagement of the Flatbnsh theatre sorrow-felly announces fka patting of

CD "WHItEY" SHEPPARDContinued (root pane S

represent bona fide proposals with-

in the meaning of his option agree-ment r

Consistent with the reports of a

re-purchase is the history of theAtlas operation under Odium. Fi-

nancial concern has made it a prac-

tice of buying control of a businessoutfit at a deflated price, rebuildingits corporate structure and thenselling out at a greater price.

The RKO pic shares, at $3.50,

probably represent a big attraction

to Odium, who figures the companycould be placed on a sounder fi-

nancial basis which would result

in bigger per-share value.

The stock acquisition was dis-

closed in Atlas’ semi-annual report,

which shows a total of $2,354,209invested in film outfits. The otherpic industry holdings remained un-changed. Securities in portfolio in-

clude Walt Disney Productions 4?eSeries ‘A’ bonds, valued at $249,-

885; 25.000 Paramount Picturescommon. $537,500; 25.000 UnitedParamount Theatres certificates ofinterest. $462,500; 93,050 Disneycommon, $721,137, and 750 sharesof $5 preferred and 150 shares of

common stock of Motion PictureCapital Corp., valuec^at $125,000.

Atlas also holds 20,000 shares of

Madison Square Garden commonat $180,000.

Chicago. Cantor came to N. Y. tojoin the Loew organization. Heproduced a number of legit shows,including “Courage," with FayBainter, and “Mendel, Inc.," withSmith 8c Dale. In recent years hehad been in the insurance busi-ness.

Wife and daughter, survive.

temational Alliance of TheatricalStage Employees and Moving Pic-ture Machine Operators of theU. S. and Canada, died Aug. 6 ofa heart attack in Great Falls,MontHe had been a member of the

Great Falls local since 1917.

MARRIAGESMary Stuart to Richard Krolik,

N. Y . Aug. 1. Bride is film, radioand television actress: he’s a TVproducer for March of Time.

Carol Wanderman to Kurt Hof-mann, N. Y„ Ailg. 9. Bride is

former actress; he is theatricalpublicist.

Faye Greenwood to Phil Gold-stone. Santa Barbara, Cal., July 31.Groom is a ‘former film producernow financing other film-makers.

sNannette Vezina to Herb Leder,

July 14. Edgartown, Mass. He’sfilm TV director for Benton 8c

Bowles agency.

Arlene Fried to Pvt. Claude Bin-yon. Jr., Honolulu. July 27. He’sformer Daily Variety officestaffer.

Dany Robin to Georges Marchal,Paris, July 30. Bride is stage andfilm actress; groom is actor.

Angela Sibella to Kenneth Rich,San Antonio, recently. Bride for-

merly with WBZ and WVOM, Bos-ton. is now with WC Al, San An-tonio, hahdling traffic.

Katheryn Karfe to Robert Lopez,Houston. July 31. Bride is a niterydancer.

Sara Rossman to Charles W Car-penter. New York, Aug. 4. He is

New York office manager of Tech-nicolor Motion Picture Corp.

Lucinda Ballard to HowardDietz. Greenwich, Conn., July 31.Bride is theatrical costume de-signer; he’s ad-pub veepee ofLoew’s Inc., and lyricist.

Mrs. Olive Wyndham Tyng to Dr.Thomas Henry Gaze, Portsmouth,N. H., July 28 Bride is formeractress Olive Wyndham.

Sally Forrest to Milo Frank. Jr.,

Brentwood. Calif., Aug. 5. She'sscreen actress; he’s her agent.

Carol Buckenmaier to HarryFrancis Sullivan. Jr., Baldwin,L. I., Aug. 6. Bride is TV actress

GEORGE WILLIAM SHARPGeorg* William Sharp, 67, the-

atrical manager, died July 31 in

Los Angeles. He was companymanager of “Abie's Irish Rose,and until he retired a year ago wasassociated with the Shuberts.

His wife survives.

HARRY WELDANO DETERSHarry Weldano Deters, vaude and

circus performer, died recently in

New York. Deters toured theKeith circuit for many years in

Weldano’s Eiffel Tower AeroplaneSensations. He was also known asHarry Connelly (flying trapeze),and in recent years he had ap-peared with Deteros AeroplaneSensations. He also played withHingling Bros, circus.Survived by his wife and a broth-

er, August Deters, a member ofthe Herzogs, acrobatic act.

Conflawd from paid 1 — 1

zil will be skipped in the early ne-

gotiations because of the Portu-guese language spoken there. Pro-grams fed to and from the south-

ern link would be re-dubbed in

English and Spanish, which wouldnecessitate kinescopes until the

project is farther along.

World-wide TV was first project-*

ed by Gen. David Sarnoff. boardchairman of RCA. That it will

come within 10 years is hopefullyexpected in the gradual process of

spreading to Europe and across

the Pacific after this hemispherehas been linked by cable andmicrowave relay. NBC execs havealready surveyed the situation in

Europe and are confident there canbe cabled teevee across the Atlim-

tic by various electronic means,some still to be devised.

For the remaining w'eek of his

stay here. Weaver will hold meet-ings with comedians, who will shift -

to Hollywood after a few weeks of

televising in N. Y. Among the

first to cross th$ country on the

relay from here will be Bob Hopeand Red Skelton. Other certainties

are the comics who make up the“Colgate Comedy Hour." Oncefacilities are adequate and alloca-

tions favorable, many of the pro-

grams making up the “Show of

Shows’* and "AU Star Revue" will

be moved here from N. Y.

Mixed Reaettaaef Pix ProjectNBC's so-called Theatrevlsion. a

creation of Weaver’s to combinethe highlights of last season’s top

shows in a full length feature film

for showing In picture houses. Is

moving along satisfactorily, accord-ing to Weaver, although there has

EDWARD BENDEREdward Bender. 30. production

director for WINS, N. Y.diedofachronic stomach ailment at Hyannis,Mass., Aug. 1, while on vacation.He had been at WINS since 1946.

Survived by wife, Beverly.

William I. Foutts, 65. film ex-hibitor, died July 30 in East Liver-pool, O. He formerly owned andoperated the old Palace and FivePoints Theatres in Akron. Twodaughters and four sons survive.

Charles Born, 82, pioneer filmhouse operator, died of s heart at-

tack Aug. 1 in Prescott, Ariz. Hehad operated the Elks Theatre inthat city for 39 years.

Virginia Gerson, 87, former the-atrical designer and author ofchildren's books, died Aug. 3 inNew York.

SANDOR ROTHSandor Roth, 61, violinist of the

Lcner String Quartet, died Aug. 2of a heart attack in Mexico City.A native of Italy, he had lived in

Mexico for many years, working as* musician and music teacher. Justbefore his death he had played aconcert with the quartet at thePalace of Fine Arts (National The-atre).

Wife and daughter, Marta Roth,pic star, survive.

JOSEPH ALLEN PHYSIOCJoseph Allen PHysioc, 86. former

scene designer, died Aug. 3 inColumbia. S. C. At age 27 he wascontracted for “Arms and the Man"'for Richard Mansfield) and for thenext 39 years his name was con-nected with many outstanding pro-ductions.Among his sets were those for

"Lightnin*," “Peg o’ My Heart.”‘Fair and Wanner." “Within TheLaw" and “Seventh Heaven."

Jack Freeman, 43, Chi Republicoffice manager, died in ChicagoJuly 31. He had been a film sales-

man for 21 years. Survived by wifeand three children.

Fleyd Wenderer, 63, conductorof “Gardener’s Mail Box" onWLNA, Peekskill, N. Y.. died in

Putnam Valley, N. Y., Aug. 3. •

Mother, 80, of George Pincus,professional manager at Shapiro-Bemstein Music, died In Chicago,Aug. 1.

Mm. Eileen M. Regan, writerand wife of radio broadcaster TomRegan, died of heart failure Aug. 2In Hollywood.

Mother of Nat Levy, RKO Radioeastern division sales manager.

HARRY ROYERHarry ‘Missouri) Royer. 82, pi-

f>neer film cowboy, died Aug. 1 inHollywood after a heart attack. A^•*»ge player in his early days.Hoyer became a western thesp inHH8 and played in hundreds ofhorse pictures.He was an original member ofScreen Actor* Guild and later

"i the Screen Extras Guild.

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"Beverly Hudson Is o ntwcomtr to the cofoscout. She’s a hoydonisk and uninhibited

youngster, woll schooled iu tho ways of thowhack, who will havo little trouble getting onin tho cafe fields. She's a personable girl

with a big voice.

"At this stage of her development she hasthe material for showmanship. She's appar-ently undisciplined, has tho elements of goodcopy and she impresses as a nervy tyke, notafraid to tackle any assignment that may bohanded to her. Miss Hudson holds attentionvocally and visually. She gets soli3 mittings.This kid apparently knows what she's doing."

Jase.

Currently—4ih SMASH WEEK

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"In dynamic, Beverly Hudson the Copo has asock new performer. Miss Hudson's stylo is

,utterly distinctive. Her singing is lusty ratherthan boisterous. She was fust as effective in

ballad as in bounce. Miss Hudson had thecapacity house with her from her opening"Hallelujah" to her closing "Alexander's Rag-time Band." Her "Too Young" was as mov-ing a performance of the hit as this reporterhas heard. Miss Hudson seemed to 'becomepart of every number she did. Her feather:ut light red hair offsets a youthful pretty

. . . My sincere thanks to MR. JULES PODELL and MR. JACK ENTRATTER for

the wonderful opportunity afforded me in my irst professional engagement.

. . . also Thanks to MORTY JACOBS (my musical arranger), DOUG COUDY(production director) and MICHAEL DORSO (conductor).

Opening AUGUST 12-CLOVER CLUB, Miami

BO, Hollywood and LAS VEGAS, Nevadaface. She worked hard-esults from tho crowd fuiure bookings

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