Variety (September 05, 1951)

Act employment has perked upconsiderably, according to majortalent office spokesmen. Fall pic-

ture indicates that cafes, lounges,

and the outdoor fields will be using

the usual quota of acts. If anyslack exists, television will be able

to absorb most layoffs in the stand-

ard act category.The only weak sector in the

talent departments, according to

current indications. Is vaude. Thepaucity of playing time has hit

the offices considerably, but the

other fields have snore than made,UP for that decline in revenue.

Percenterles also feel that pick-

up will be accentuated thir fall

when the Federal Government allo-

cates defense contracts. It s figured

Government spending will be

especially felt in such cities as

Detroit. Los Angeles. New Yorkand Chicago.The talent agencies are in a good

position in many situations. Someoffices say that nearly every time

a salt is involved, two Jobs have

to be done. First an agent has to

sell an employer, then there’s a

selling job to be done on the act.

Tills vending process Is more fre-

quent for acts made through re-

cordings than in any other case.

Agency men declare that In these

Instances, the offices attempt to

keep salaries at reasonable levels.

It’s felt that every time the salary

of an act rises to any appreciable

degree, there are fewer employ-ment outlets. When the stipend

reaches the upper brackets, only

a handful of cafes are in position

to buy the turn, and they’ve got

to concentrate on theatres andgamble on the ultimate take via

percentage deals. When the flow of

hit disks stops, these acts are gen-

(Continued on page 75)

By GEORGE ROSEN

As Eddie Cantor sees it. theN. Y.-to-L. A. transition for majorTV talent and productions, nowthat the cross-country micro-cablehas become a reality, is as naturaland inevitable as it was back inthe radio era of the ’SO’s. Cantoris currently in New York for hisinitial “Colgate Comedy Hour**appearance of the season nextSunday (9), but this will be hisonly origination from the east.He’s all set to premiere the first

commercial coast-to-coast showfrom Hollywood on Sept. 30, withhis subsequent 10 Colgate showsall emanating from the Coast.

Cantor’s drumbeating of the“Go West” TV formula is appar-ently shared by the NBC videobrass, for in addition to Cantor,the majority of the web’s top tal-ent array will do most of theirprograms from Hollywood thisseason. These include JimmyDurante, Ed Wynn. Danny Thomas,Bob Hope, Jack Carson. Abbott ScCostello, Martin & Lewis, DinahShore and Donald O’Connor,


. Hollywood. Sept. 4.

Those red faces lighting up thewestern horizon despite smogand “unusual weather” can’t beblamed on Labor Day-weekend sun-burns. They belong to the cryingtowel boys who, a year ago. mourn-fully predicted that the old townwouldn't be the same during 1951.

‘TV, you know.”

A year ago, the pessimists snick-

ered at studio announcements that

production would be maintained at

“average” figures—around 40 a

month. Today, they’re abashed.Pace not only has been main-

tained. but studios now are ac-

celerating their efforts. Prospectstor the final four months of 1951are better than they were a yearago.

Check of production for the first

half of the year shows 268 films

have received the Production CodeAuthority seal. 13 more than dur-ing the same period In 1950. Ofthe total, 42 were lensed abroad.This classification, of course, in-

clude* some purely foreign films.

The ’majority, however, are theproduct of Hollywood studios shoton location in distant climes, as,

for example, Warners’ “CaptainHoratio Hornblower,” which wasmade entirely in England.

This increase over 1950 will bemaintained for the remainder ofthe year. As of this morning.(Tues. ) there were 92 films shoot-ing here and abroad. Figure admit-tedly is four under the numberfor the post-Labor Day period last

year, but the decline represents* (Continued on page 75)

Harry JoUon’s ’Comeback’Harry Jolson’s personal at the

A1 Jolson Remembrance NightOct. 23, at Carnegiq Hall, N. Y.,

a one-nighter for benefit of theN. Y. Cardiac Home, will be in thenature of a “comeback” for thelate singer’s brother. Latter haslong been retired.

ABC deejay Joe Franklin is

sparking the show, which Vill haveMilton Berle and Barry Gray as

emcees and at which Jolson'swidow will make a personal.

Minneapolis, Sept. 4.

Opening - night audience at

“Springtime for Henry’’ at theLyceum here included one 93-year-old and another 80-year-old Ed-ward Everett Horton fan.

They were the star’s mother (93

>

and the latter’s “kid” sister (80).

They drove all the way froqi LosAngeles to Minneapolis, with theyounger femme at the wheel, to ap-plaud the comedian.

It marked the third time withina year that the elderly Mrs. Hortonhas traveled across the continentto attend her son's performance.

Stretch pennant drive for theartist ’selling the most disks dur-ing 1991 is narrowing down to Patti

Page and the Les Paul-Mary Fordteam, according to current indica-

tions. Miss Page, for MercuryRecords, and the Paul-Ford duo,for Capitol, are seen sure to gowell over the 5.000,000-platter markapiece before this year ends. In

both cases, the artists have comeup out of obscurity with their disk

clicks.

Miss Page got away to a wing-ing start at the outset of this yearwith her “Tennessee Waltz” slice,

which went well over 2.000.000

sales, part of which was racked uplate last year. Songstress also

clicked with several other disks,

notably ‘ Mockin’ Bird Hill” and“Mister and Mississippi.” amongothers, although not to the extentof her “Waltz” smash.The Paul-Ford team has come up

with a rush this year with severalbestsellers. Their biggest sides todate have been “How High theMoon” and “Mockin' Bird Hill,”


Nix of Stack in Britain

Seen as Reprisal Vs.

New Hampshire Mailman

Television’s Fading

Due to Poor Shows,

Zannck Sez in Paris

Paris, SeTpt. 4.

TV Is no menace to either films

or radio, Darryl F. Zanuck told

newsmen this week, prior to his

return to the U, S. Zanuck said

pix were packing up tremendouslyin America and that radio was“staging a comeback.”

20th-Fox production chief opinedthat TV’s Impact will continue to

fade as the novelty wears off. Heattributed this in part to low qual-

As Local Theatrical StarBy NAT KAHN

New London. N. H.. Sept. 4.

To blase Broadwayites. this townis just a speck on the New Hamp-shire map. but it has its theatrical

compensations. Localites haveheard of Cornell, Hayes and Fer-rer. and so many other stars, butthey'll stick with their CharlieJobes.

Jobes is a mail carrier in New-port, N. H„ 15 miles from NewLondon. For 19 ygars, ever sinceits organization, he has been thestar of the New London Players,a non-Equity company recruitedeach summer season from amongfledgling groups in New York andelsewhere. For 19 year*. Jobeshas commuted each summer fromNewport—after delivering the mail—to head up the performances in

New London. The troupe frequent-ly changes from year to year—butJobes always returns.“Our Town,” “Harvey” and

“Lightnin’ ” are typical of theplays that have starred Jobes. No-tice of his appearance In s playlwre is the signal for sellout per-

(Continoed on page 20)


Unearth Twin N.Y. Cops

As Ex-Actors (At Age 1

)

Zanuck arrived in New Yorkfrom Paris today (Tues.) and wasslated to fly to the Coast tomorrowor Thursday. He is accompaniedby his wife. Their daughter. Susan,who was touring with them, pre-

ceded them home by a week.

Four-week trip was a biz-vacation

combo. Zanuck huddled on twoa enow or sommsts Ul * UK)a coNPutn noen i•V HVTEBTAINMHVT bUI

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Wcdnfiday, September 5, 1951

Italian Pic Wins Sdznick Award

At Venice Fete; WeDes Polls ‘Othello’

Ago ISenate Narrows

By ROBERT E. HAWKINS

Venice, Sept. 4 . Sarnoff ChairmansItaly’s “Cammlno dell* Speran- ir% « - r, * 9

za won the Golden Laurel Award ‘Crusade for Freedom*at the Venice Film Festival Satur- Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, RCAday «1>. Prize, donated annually hoard chairman, has been namedby David O. Sdznick. was handed chairman of the 1951 Crusade forto reps of Lux. producers of the Freedom for the greater New Yorkpic, by U. S. Ambassador to Italy at«*a by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, na-James C. Dunn. tional chairman.

This marked the second straight Gen. Sarnoff will head a fund-year that an Italian him has won. raising and membership campaignSdznick, who was slated to attend, in N. Y. in behalf of Radio Freewas not able to be present, having Europe, whose transmitters reachbeen held in the U. S. behind the Iron Curtain. Cam-

“Othello," produced by Orsonj

palgn is also seeking funds this

Welles, was a late-minute with* year to extend its operations to

drawal from Venice competition, the Far East. This will be knownWelles said the processing was as Radio Free Asia.

Washington. Sept. 4.

Although July admissions tax HP 19- a* i\collections, reflecting June at the I OV rYMlUltlAVl I 111boxofflee, were up substantially 1 OA llACllIKJlIUll vrllover the previous month, they con-tinued to lag behind the flgure for /II •- HP1 .

July, 1950. This year’s take was I hOFIlV I ilPQlTPC$28,620,413, about $600,000 short of V/IUU IIJ 1 IICdll COthe $29,247,204 taken in by the

*

Revenue Bureau during July, 1950. Washington. Sept. 4.

In contrast, the nightclub tax The drive by the Council of Mo-bite came to a fine $3,698,260, Hon Picture Organizations to pre-which bettered the previous year's vent pseudo-charitable film thea-Agure by about $600,000. In New tres from springing up in opposi-York’s 3rd Internal Revenue Dis- tion to the nation’s regular exhib-trlct, which includes the Broadway itors has won the solid approval ofsector, general admissions tax was the Senate Finance Committee,a mediocre $3,765. l7l, while the which is working on the new taxnight spots did relatively better bill.

with $402,372 received in 20' b tax- The committee radically changedCS On their checks. llnu«P.»nnmv«H itmvicinn

BOB MORRIS

faulty, and it was thus unready for

showing. He similarly yanked his• Macbeth ’ in 1949.

“Cammino” was selected “as thepicture which, produced by Euro-peans in Europe during the preced- wsiv ivi nvnoivvi, a i, i Mana 0«m«nt

|Tokyo, Aug. 28. *1 Senate Finance Committee last

contribution to mutual understand- AM Coverage of Hearings i«o Broaj«!,yE0WA

f°JLfor

h*P£,"

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ex'impUons’from*"he bU,

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the peo-• Wa.hlr.Rlon, Sept. 4.

— — the career of Lynn Cowan (Belley pletely eliminated them when the

I*

1"“f tL n^w.

d« Overall code for the u*e of new*- ft 1 • 1 1 «*> «fter leaving the B. F. Keith entertainment insists of motion

h. toll fclSJr. radio and television in Vdhnift A (TPHCV Clrcu* and the Gus Sun time, pictures or la held In a film theatre,

till .It winner, in various lan’ House and Senate Committee hear- iAIilllvn lUVllvY Cowan and his partner. Bill Bailey. Senate committee, which re-

mac. craune nreviou.lv awarded in*5 *hould be set up by Congress. came to the Far East some 20 years sumes work on the bill tomorrow

Silver I

1 0u:‘ly *»*rdedaccording to the final report of the f| I, I Ufl ago with silent screen actress Betty <5> also:

Other contenders were* "Herr- Kefauver Senate Crime Investigat- KAimhf Hu |«|l ll Compson and remained in the Ori- |. okayed exemptions from the

liehe Zetten* iTelete^Comodla). in* Committee. WUglll UJf MI\jt\ ent when she returned to the U.S. admissions tax for non-profit sym-

Germany; “Four In a Jeep” Committee found these were le- Team toured Japan, China. Hong phony orchs and operas, approvingi Wechsler-Praesens). Switzerland; gitimate news media which should London, Sept. 4. Kong and kindred areas before the House action.

“Trio” <Rank), Britain; “Justixe get proper consideration but ad- Music Corp. of America has en-;

settling in Singapore to open the' 2. Ruled that any charitable or-

est Faite” ( Dorfman - Silver >. mitted there was sometimes a con- larged its British holdings with Cocoanut Grove on Pasie Paiyang, ganization, to be eligible for ex-

France; “Medan Staden Sover” flict between the rights of the wit-j

the acquisition of the Myron Selz- “The Long White Sands’’ road. 1 emption from the admissions tax

iSvensk Filmimdustri), Sweden, ness and the rights of the news nick agency here. Later they operated the Cathay 1 on its entertainments, must re-

Preceding the presentation of the correspondents. Committee, which Reported purchase price is $100.- Cafe and ballroom which served ceive public support,

award, one-reel excerpts from the permitted some sponsored telecast- 000. which includes a roster of as Japanese headquarters during 3. Limited admissions tax ex-

six finalists were shown, and the »ng of Its hearings, found that talent comprising lâurence Olivier, the war. eruptions for religious groups to

winner was subsequently screened there was a need for sponsors to Vivien Leigh, Roger Livesey. When Singapore was attacked lurches and conventions of

in its entirety. Entries for the help pay the tab on the long public Valerie Hobson. Godfrey Tearle on Dec. 7, 1941. reserve officer,

churches.

Laurel awards thfe year totaled 32. service shows of hearings because and Eileen Herlie. Cowan was re-called to service. He i

4 Completely wiped out exemp-A teacup diplomatic crisis was stations could not afford it other- Deal was initiated by Lew e*<-'#pcd from the besieged Malayan Hons provided by the House for

averted when French producers wise. Wasserman, MCA prexv. during ci|y in a small boat which landed entertainments staged by coopera-

withdrew their threat to yank the Report suggested that Congress his recent trip abroad. Cecil Ten- Lynn. Jr., jn Java. Bailey and his tive group*.

Gallic entries due to a change *ln;should set up hearing rooms nent. agency’s managing director. 8* r l * n their vaude act) and son, Limited tax exemptions on

the film aid bill. Troubte started equipped with glass-enclosed sec- and a one-third ow ner, remains him. his wife ( Estelle Davis—the entertainment for educalinal insti-

uhen this government bill to sub- lions for television and newsreel with the office wife didn’t make it and were in- tutions to those with an organized

sldi» Nlim was recently amended cameras, to provide minimum of The agt.ncy acquisitionterned for th* duration. U

S.U,*y'

. ,. „ „ eAid was cut from 35% of total cost annoyance to witnesses. It wss

is the second major percentery buy Cowan reported to U. S. head- Sia .. ^° Ts',P J

of Him to 15%. with tlie new law pointed out that the UN assembly, for MCA Th(, 0rganiiation recent- quarters and served with the En-

fContinued on page 75)

.Continued on page 22) hall at Lakeûecess. N. Y . dld a'

ly ,c<)Uirrd ,he Unnit A Dunfee glneers. In campaigns throughôod job with such equipment. agency, which gave MCA- a talent Java, New Guinea and other Mel- /M 11 J P

D* C-w^lr .1 rJLL.w«L Committee report commentedj

roster especially strong in British anesian islands he worked with the UlODdI AlHICQ i 0FC6SBIZ JOCK dl Lainourgo “Television is essentially another • legit. overseas motion picture service. .. . • nr 1 r

n <n ff r •• « ;

improved method of public com- His post called for him to handle UllltV 111 Works F0rror D9X0lIIC€ r estival munication. If hearings are to be films. USO personal tours of stars * ^

Edinburgh, sept. 4. to^pr^M Iindsay-Crouse-Berlin“rJ„«ioS.

,uge ,everal soldier USO EntertainmentNon-atop boxoffice is being re- cannot be limited to those who aPe DL™- * Vno»oeo*» The Dal IU Swankery Washington. Sept. 4.

“Ifable to attend in person.

|planning a dUCCCSSOr An wllh ,h _ - A worldwide unification of the

> Radio Free Asia. During the past year he# sung. , more nongs and emceed more shows

"‘on television than any other popif p C A 11 singer in the business. That covers

UrUC lonmss ij€t UO a lot of territory but the record6 5

JT speaks for itself. We'd like to play

Code for Newsreel, TV,lt ,or 10U

M.n.#.m.n«see r% / II • PHIL EDWARDSAm loverage Ol Hearings Broadway FLaza 7-2042

Washington. Sept. 4.

iuz.j/z received in b tax- The committee radically changedtheir checks. the House-approved tax provision— providing broad exemptions from

IIn as mj the 20% admissions tax for enter-

WiUu Happens (o Uld tainment operated by cooperatives,

ff .r\

’ charities, religious groups, etc.

Vann* Article? Vuno House measure, according to thea-fduue /illldlo. JOme (re people, was full of holes

Tn Uw«a rain and h*ve opened the way toUO Laol anu 11a Yc rUu unfair competition in the film field.

Tokyo. Aug. 28. * Senate Finance Committee last

Overall code for the use of news-

. 1 . V™ . ^ reels, radio and television in

list of six winners in various lan- ,

Houw.an

^ rguage groups previously awarded mR<; \hou f ^ hy

v;ji v«r iaccording to the final report of the

Other contenders were: “Herr- Senate Crime Jn\< vtigat-

liche Zeiten” «Teichs-Comedia ),

Germany; “Four In a Jeep"

ing Committee.

Committee found these were le-

Sdznick Agency

Bought by MCAi Wechsler-Praesens). Switzerland; gitimate news media which should

“Trio” 'Rank), Britain; “Justixe get proper consideration but ad-

Faite’ (Dorfman - Silver),

corded here with the 1951 Inter- ahie to attend in person.

Dram»** * Iready *b«ing named *he,No “bjeet to having re-

• Boxoffice Festival.” Tickets areiffinglhru'h.

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films. USO personal tours of starsas well as stage several soldierproductions.

The Dal IU Swankery

faculty.

6. Approved the House-passe<f(Continued on page 75)

Global Armed Forces

Unity in Works For

USO EntertainmentWashington. Sept. 4.

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make the 1951 deficit the largest .“dk.I*

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. ,|rnaHu\. forEur.^S'rl.u!prestige has soared. .

h^rlngs has bcen * common P* ac‘|

tion of the vehicle providing terms Mrs. Cowan had charge of the ?31> nlght* *

Top event with the public is the *

,for her services are set. She still snack bar and observers no»e that Go**tz former pko pvpx

Sadler s Wells Ballet at the Em- Newsreel cameras present the insists on *150.000 for the picture, it is the place in Tokyo to eat. |. currently soending a tartnhriftpile Theatre here, normally occu-

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pires circuit. Ballet lovers sit'he lights required for their use. authors, in turn, have cut their 1 special dinner, for example, is only men! circuit for this mfluTro

around for hours in the bureaus “All of these media of news col- » $300,000 sale price on “Madam” to $1.50. This includes tenderloin He plans to set ud an orc-inizatioriawaiting persons arriving to dis- lection and dissemination have $250,000. as an inducement to both steak plus the usual other ameni- bised in Pari# nr WU«hJIi*n r-rpose of tickets. Next in order of been used for many years. Adding the studio and the star, but the ties. manv to operate is 4 unit ,,, . t"popularity are Margaret Lockwood television merely has the effect of Jury’s still out with both of them, r Music for all club functions is ing entertainment to all branches’in 1 \ gmalion. and Shakespeare s increasing the number of people 1 Lindsay k Crouse’s “Remains to ; furnished by Hiroshi Walarialee of the serviceThe Winter Tale, a resounding who can actually see the proceed- Be Seen.’’ comedy meller which Le- and his Star Dusters— 15 men and European Theatre, which in-success, with John Gielgud Flora ings. Television cameras are quiet land Hayward is mounting, is mean-

,

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tonsidcrably less light than news-j

yenned “Music Box Revue” is still memorized from pop records. Greenland and Iceland, is one ofMeantime, sock trade U reported ,

reel cameras. a g |eam with Berlin. He has the Being a ham at heart Cowan three large areas of U S military

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Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse •» Jw to” V* . ^1.^ !

>d Irving Berlin are mulling a he I™* oxer the managership of r fmfz ’ he iHK\nlpH Fnr?M

successor “vehicle for Ethel Mer- the Dai IU Hotel Club in Tokyo. J™!*

prestige has soared.Top event with the public is the

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in mind 'Fred Allen, Lena Home grand and leads community singing has *lready been organized alongand Fred Astaire among them), 0 f all the old faves as he was in lhe new unified lines by Lt. Col.and even has * $10 top scale pro- vaude with Jack Benny and his is Jerome Coray, who recently re-

.posed on the theory such top tal* same age, 39? turned from latter chore. Goetz

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YANKS’ HEFTIEST FOREIGN COINGotta Stay With Present Dbtrib

System Despite Costs: RodgersAlthough the cost of distribution

has climbed steadily in recent

years. William F. Rodgers, Metro’sveepee in charge ef distribution,

sees no logical substitute setup in

the offing. “You can’t beat that

personal contact between salesmenand exhibitors.” he declared.

Many trade observers are con-

vinced that the present costly

methods of distribution are duefor a radical change within the

next five years. One overhead re-

duction scheme proposed was theestablishment of a joint agency to

handle selling to minor tail-end

accounts for all distributors. Un-der this plan. Instead of eight or

10 peddlers representing different

companies traveling the sameground, one man would make the

tour for all. Thus the present 31

or 32 exchanges might be reducedto about eight top sales execs scat-

tered through the country for eachdistributor.

• Such a scheme has been speared

by Ahrahm Myers, Allied genera!

counsel, and others who deplored

the suggestion that exchanges beeliminated or reduced, and empha-sized the value of the personal con-

tact between salesmen and exhib-

itors. #Closest thing to a “revolutionary

move” ever made by Metro was a

10-day “selling by telephone” ex-

periment about two years ago, butthat was in no manner of speakingan attempt to change the presentsystem. Rodgers said.

“That was simply a test to see

whether our slogan, ‘the FriendlyCompany,’ had any real meaningwith the exhibitors.” Rodgers ex-

plained. “It did. More than 13,-


Sherman Mulls 10-Pic

Theatre-and- Television

Offer for FinancingHollywood. Sept. 4.

Harry Sherman is considering anoffer from an unnamed TV com-pany to finance his next 10 pic-

tures. as a prelude to turning his

t'alifornia studios over to video

production. Proposition calif for

him to produce four “A” films andsix six-gun pictures for theatrical

release, after which they would beused on television. At the end of

that time, possibly three years,

Sherman would make TV pictures

on a salary and participation basis.

Producer said he is not ready to

abandon theatrical production for

TV but is studying the proposition.

Tailor-Made ‘B’ Pix

For Post-Theatre VideoHollywood, Sept. 4.

“B” productions tailored foe tele-

vision—that’s the new trend amongindependent film producers andMib-major studios, with an eye onthe TV market after their producthas made the rounds of the theatrecircuits. Directors of “B” pictureson some lots have been ordered to

whittle the running time down to

54 minutes, which will leave six

minutes for the insertion of com-mercials when the films are sold tovideo.

A cut of six minutes not onlymakes it more convenient for thetelevision sponsors but saves moneyfor the producers. In the ordinary*‘B” picture it will eliminate theexpense of a day’s shooting.

Mayer Back to ParisGerald Mayer, until recently

Continental rep for the Motion Pic-

ture Assn, of America, is returningshortly to Paris, where he former-ly made his headquarters. He is

joining the staff of the U. S. Em-bassy there.

No successor to the MPAA post

in Paris has been named yet. De-cision may be made this week byJohn G. McCarthy, director of

MPAA’s international division, whois in France now.

Vets Group,MPAA

Team to Solve Pix

Politix QuestionsMotion Picture Assn, of America

and the Catholic War Veteranseach have appointed special com-fnittees to Jointly tackle any ques-tion pertaining to the public ac-

ceptability of Hollywood films andfilm personnel on political

grounds.Move is along the lines of a co-

operative program under whichthe two groups will hold discus-

|sions on the questionable pix orpersons before any action is taken.

Statement from CWV headquar-ters In Washington said its com-mittee was formed as a result ofdiscussions between Joyce O’Hara,acting president of the MPAA. andDonald J. McQuade of Toledo,CWV’s national commander. Chair-man of the veterans organization’sgroup is Thomas Walsh of N. Y.,

former- national commander. He’sassociated with Wilbar Photo En-graving. whose accounts includemany film companies. MPAA com-mittee was not identified.

It’s apparent the entire idea

grew out of recent huddles involv-ing Judy Holliday between threeCWV leaders and Nate Spingold,Columbia v.p. The CWV brasspointed to the fact Miss Hollidayhad been listed by the House Un-American Activities Committee ashaving been associated with Com-munist-front organizations.

The vet toppers wanted to knowhow Col felt about the comediennein view of this. Spingold informedthem Col Investigated her political

leaning and concluded Miss Holli-

day was a “loyal American.” CWVofficers accepted this.

Serving on the CWV committeewith Walsh are vice-chairmanFrancis D. Skelley of West NewYork, N. J., national welfare of-

ficer; John Coughlin, N. Y., com-mander of the Department ofN. Y.; John Dowling. Jersey City,1st vice-commander of the Depart-ment of N. J., and Thomas Lane,Columbus, O., Ohio judge advo-cate.

Femme Jobs Up in PixSurvey of 40 picture producers

reveal* that job opportunities for"«>inen in the film field will be‘ unusually good” during the com-ing year, it’s reported by the CityCollege Institute of Film Tech-niques.

The producers expressed confi-dence that films will be able tofc >'orb more and more women Intechnical Jobs, including commer-

documentary, educational,Mature, and television Aims.

L B. MAYER’S M-G EXIT

’OFFICIAl’ AFTER 27 YRS.Hollywood, Sept. 4.

Quietly, without comment fromeither side. Louis B. Mayer overthe weekend officially ended his 27-

year tenure as production chief atMetro. Departure leaves only thecompany’s trademark to remind theindustry of the original triumviratewho were forerunners of the pres-ent firm: Mayer, Samuel Goldwynand Richard Rowland, originalfounder of Metro Pictures Corp.Goldwyn withdrew from the pro-

! ducing firm before it was sold toLoew’s, which previously acquiredMetro. Rowland died in 1947.

.

Mayer’s future plans are still un-known despite widespread reportsof his possible affiliation with or

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purchase of one of several com-

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panics. Latest report bad Wall St.

insisting that he and a group ofassociates would acquire control

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FOB THIS TEARAmerican film companies are

raking in the heftiest amount ofcoin from foreign markets in years.Lessened restrictions on convert-ing earnings abroad into Americandollars, coupled with the fact

global theatre business has beengood, are the main factors for th#upbeat.While estimates vary, the general

figuring is that U. S. companieswill have realized $100,500.ouo lorthe calendar year ended next Dec.31.

Foreign department execs of thefilm outfits refrain from any spe-cific predictions on the future forthe reason new curbs on tradingalways are a possibility. However,barring any such setbacks, it’s be-lieved 1952 might prove evengreater.

Partly the basts for this reason-ing is the new deal with England,which probably will yield about$22,000,000 for the current year.Under the new Anglo-Americantrading and monetary agreement,U. S. outfits probably will drawabout $24,-25.000,000 from the Brit-

ish market next year. Eased re-

strictions in France and Italy alsowill help.

In any event, pic companies arejubilant over the upped inflow ofdollars. It’s coming at a time


TV’s Impact on Pic B.O. Declines

In Video Areas, Survey Reveals

Laughton Meets A&CCharles Laughton would be co-

starred with Bud Abbott and LouCostello in “Capt. Kidd,” if cur-rent negotiations are consummat-ed. Abbott is planning to producethe pic Independently.A&C are now making “Jack and

the Beanstalk” as an independentproduction for Warner Bros, re-

lease. “Jack” is the personal prop-erty of Costello’s. Duo alternatefor tax purposes on production andownership of the films in whichthey work.

3 Mags Ready Appraisals

Of Pix, Seen Answer

To Life’s Blisterer

In the face of Life’s recent blis-

tering treatment of the film busi-

ness, which brought a storm of pro-

tests from industryites. three othermags are readying industry ap-

praisals that promise to offset theLuce publication’s downbeat.

- First due, in a late-Septemberissue, is a Samuel Goldwyn by-liner in Collier’s. Look and Cuealso are prepping special featureswhich will answer what the organ-ized industry has labeled Life’s de-partures from fact plus unwarrant-ed gloom regarding the motion pic-

ture future.

Cue will give part of its Nov. 10issue to the “Movietime U. S. A.”


Up to 12 Million

For Rep in 3 Yrs.

From TV—YatesHollywood, Sept. 4.

Herbert J. Yates. Republic prexy,told his associates here on his ar-rival from New York and Londonthis week that he estimated a po-tential orofit of as much as$10,000,000 to $12,000,000 In thenext three years via lease to TVof films in the company’s extensivelibrary.

Estimate grew out of queriesconcerning the recent sal? of 175pix by Rep to a Los Angeles telestation. KTTV, for $225,000. Yatespointed to the fact that that tran-saction was for use of the pix ononly a single station and for onlyone year, during which each couldbe shown only twice, as evidencethat his $1 0.000,000-$12,00(M)00estimate was not fantastic.

The KTTV sale did not includeany Roy Rogers or Gene Autrystarrers, since these are involvedin litigation. They are expected to


UA, Litv&k DickerUnited Artists is discussing a re-

leasing pact with producer-directorAnatole Litvak..

In the past he’s been associatedwith the major film companies.

National Boxoffice SurveyLabor Day Booms Biz; ‘My Boy* Again No. 1, ‘Rich*

Second, ‘Groom’ Third, ‘Woman’ Fourth

Television’s impact on motion pic-ture attendance is declining slight-ly in heavy TV areas (where morethan 50% of the families have sets).

Dr. Jay M. Gould, consulting econ-omist, disclosed this week. Gouldhas been making a study of teleimpact on pix. based on admissiontax figures, video set installationsand other data for major industryinterests.

Original ratio plotted by Gouldwas that a 1% decline took placein film attendance for each added2% saturation of tele sets in anarea. Later figures, Gould said,now show there’s only a 1% dropfor each 3% additional saturationin areas where more than half thefamilies have sets.

Economist has also revised theforecast he made a couple monthsago on the drop in grosses in 1951compared to 1948, which his statis-

tics show to be a perfectly normalb.o. year. Rather than the 9.4%fall which earlier figures indicated,Gould now believes only a 7-8%drop is likely. That would put totalU. S. boxoffice income for 1951 atabout $1,500,000,000 as against the$1,590,000,000 of the 1948 norm.Change in the estimate of drop*

off is based on three counts:1. B.o. Improvement indicated in


11,000 Exliits Hear

O’Dopnell Pitch In

Three-Week TourMore than 11.000 theatremen

have heard the “Movietime U.S.A.”pitch by national director RobertJ. O’Donnell during the last threeweeks.Climax of his whirlwind tour is

set for tomorrow morning' (Thurs.)at the RKO 58th St. Theatre. N. Y.,when he will address N. Y. areafilm industry personnel. A halfholiday for homcoffire and film ex-change employees for many of theN. Y. companies will he held toenable them to attend the rally.

In addition to O’Donnell. Arthur(Continued on page 24)

Favorable, cool weather in nu-merous key cities, plus the release

of fresh, strong product, is boom-ing biz at the boxoffice this ses-

sion. Fact that there were so manynew, sturdy pictures out on release

tipped off thatPthe fall season for

film theatres promises to be a greatone. Four strongest pix this weekin keys covered by Variety—prob-ably will go well above $900,000in total gross.

“That’s My Boy” (Par) continuesNo. 1 spot for the fourth week in

a row, with some additional newbookings proving just as smash as

in spots played earlier. “Rich,Young, Pretty" <M-G), which wasin 11th slot a week ago, pushed upto capture second position, withdates in some 11 important keycities.

“Here Comes Groom” (Par), outfor first time this week, is showingsuch strength that it will easily

land in third place. “His Kind ofWoman” (RKO), which also is justgetting started, is pushing up to.

fourth. Fifth money is going to

“Flying Leathernecks,” from samedistrib, with hints that it may movehigher.“People Will Talk” (20th). also

new, is grabbing sixth position,

with “Jim Thorpe” (WB) in seventh.“Show Boat” <M-G), still is doingwell enough to finish eighth.“Homblower” (WB) is slipping toninth currently.

’•Meet After Show'” (20th), whichwas third last week; “Iron Man”

 and “Oliver Twist” (UA) roundout the Golden Dozen in that order.“Happy Go Lovely” (RKO) and“Belvedere Rings Bell” (20th) arethe runner-up pix.

Both "Place in Sun” (Par) and“David and Bathsheba” (20th) showunmistakable signs of going placesamong the new pictures beinglaunched. Both are rolling up greatcoin currently although each is

playing in only four k*»y cities.

“Sun” is terrific in N. Y., smashin Frisco, solid in L. A. and boffoin Philly. “David” shapes great in

Minneapolis, huge in Frisco, sockin N. Y. and terrific in Philly, get-ting upped scale on nearly all ofthese dates.

“Rhubarb” (Par) preemed big inN. Y. “People Against O’Hara”(M-G) shapes good in Buffalo, okayin Indianapolis, fast in Seattle andsturdy in Cincy. “Ta’l Target”(M-G) does not loom as favorably.“Take Care of Little G[?P (20th)

shapes solid in Seattle. ”4 in Jeep”(UA) is okay in three spots. “Force

* of Arms” (WB) is rated lusty in! Chi.

“Alice In Wonderland” I’RKO-Disney) still is doing nicely in sev-eral big kev spots “Cattle Drive”(U* looms fine in Seattle.

“Pickup” (Col) looks husky In

Frisco. “Thunder on Mill** (U> is

trim in Boston and good in Port-land “Bright Victory” (U) shapesbright in Frisco.

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PICTURES Vcdneidaf, September 5, 19S1

‘My Boy August B.O. Champ;*

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2d

Disney- Afice’ 3d, Capt Horatio’ 4th4 - '

Comedies and musicals predom-inated among the boxofTice win-ners over the country last month,according to Vasiety correspond-ents in some 26 key cities. Breakin the heatwaves and some cool

weather helped biz in numerouslocalities. Indicative of how far

the general upbeat at Aim theatres

has carried, is the fact that the Avebiggest grossing pictures hit near-

ly $5,000,000 gloss during AugustThe two top Alms totalled above$2,600,000.

“That’s My Boy” 'Par* took overthe No. 1 spot nationally last

month. The Martin-Lewis comedyromped to three Arst places in

weekly totals, and never was outof the top four rankings except theinitial week it was on release,

wiien only opening in two thea-

tres. Not only was the college com-edy a sensation on preem weeks,but it also held up much strongerthan even the most optimistic dis-

tributor had foreseen.“Show Boat" (M-G*, which was

the champ in July, was a heavy-weight in second place, althoughin the Anal two weeks of the monththe musical t inter was playingmainly on a few scattered extend-ed-run dates. Picture had nearlycomp'eted a 1 1 Arst- run engage-ments in bigger keys by the closeof August, but still managed to

snag almost the same amount ofcoin as in July.

“Alice in Wonderland” *RKO-Disnex * easily copped third money,with the fact that the Bunin for-

eign version of “Alice” attemptedto beat it into release, apparentlyonly stirring up additional tradefor the Disney opus. It held Armin second place most of the weeks,adult t'*ud'» and upped prices in

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Theatre TV Into Public

Service as Civil Defense

Puts on Training SetupWashington. Sept. 4. ,

Theatre TV debuts in the Aeldof public service when Civil De-fense Administration puts on a two-hour training program on Satur-day, Sept. 15. Show, format ofwhich has not yet been revealed,will originate from Washington andbe carried over the coaxial cableon a closed circuit to all theatresequipped for the service. Time is

set for 9 to 11 a.m.Use of large-screen TV in the

civil defense training program haslong been discussed here, but thiswill be Arst actual experiment. If

successful, it opens the way forsimilar public service programs forspecialized groups. Civil defensetrainees and ofAcials will gather in

equipped theatres In their respec-tive areas for the tratning-vla-video.

In Washington program will bothoriginate and be seen from RKOKeith's, sole theatre in this areawith permanent theatre TV equip-ment.

August’s Top 121. ‘That’s My Boy” (Par).2. “Show Boat” <M-G>.3. “Alice” (RKO-Disney).4. “Capt.” Hornblower” «WB>.5. “Moonlight Bay” (WB>.6. “Meet Show” *( 20th).

7. “Cyrano” (UA).8. “Belvedere” «20th>.9. “Francis” <U).

10. “Sirocco” <Col).11. “Rich. Pretty” <M-G>.12. “Tales Hoffmann” >Lopert>.

Skouras to Check

Developments On

Eidophor SystemSpyros Skouras, 20th-Fox prexy,

is expected to plane out of N. Y.for Zurich. Switzerland, within thenext two or three weeks to checkon the Anal developments of 20th’snew color theatre television sys-tem, Eidophor.The pic company hopes that the

revolutionary process will be avail-able for a demonstration at theOct. 4 meeting of the companystockholders, when they will hearreports on the pending consent de-cree divorcement.

Eidophor in black and whitecould have been demonstrated twomonths ago, it was reported, butSkouras wanted to wait until Foxengineers, working with the SwissInstitute of Technology, adaptedthe new system for full color.The company already has made

a deal with the Columbia Broad-casting System to use its color tele-vision process, and an agreementwith General Electric to manufac-ture the theatre TV equipment.

Chief points in favor of the Ei-dophor theatre TV projector, it waspointed out, is the distance fromthe screen is no handicap; that theequipment is no larger than stand-ard Aim projectors, and that It maybe operated from the regular pro-jectionist's booth.A public demonstration of the

Swiss-made theatre TV system is

expected before the end of thisyear, most likely in N. Y.

Yates, Grainger Prep• Rep Sales Campaigns

Hollywood, Sept 4.

. Herbert f. Yates and James R.

Grainger opened a week of studioconferences at Republic to arrangesales campaigns for fix high-budgetreleases.

Producers on 19 forthcomingpictures will also bo assigned.

Par Stock Jumps

Doubts Mount on UPT-ABC Merger

Okay in FCC s Get-Tough Policy

To 271/,,

Paramount shares on the N. Y.Stock Exchange climbed to a newhigh for the year yesterday(Tues.l, closing at $27.50. Thatrepresents a jump of 2H points in

the last two days of trading. Gainyesterday was $1 and followed a

$1.37V$ leap last Friday.

Both financial sources and Parexecs professed lack of knowledgeregarding cause of the upbeat. It

was believed reports of Par's de-velopment of a new color tele-

vision tube might have contributedto the interest in the company’sshares.

However, neither previously de-flated price nor the TV tube re-port was immediately accepted bysome of Wall St.’s money men asreason behind the stock spurt.They suspect Par might have somesort of deal in work which wouldmake the outfit's financial setupmore attractive. There was noconfirmation of this.

Exhibg Low Fight NetAlbany, Sept. 4.

Number of theatre televisionexhibitors, forced to boosttheir ticket tabs lor tha up*coining Ray Robinson-RandyTurpin fight exclusive to $2because of a hike in the rightafee. hate undertaken an inten-sive newspaper advertisingcampaign to apprise their cus-tomers of how little they neton the deal. Grand Theatrehere, for example, took adspace in the local press tobreak down the $2 into Its

components thusly: Federaltax. 24c; line charges, 37c.; cutto the boxers and promoters,75c; theatre share, 54c.

Highest nrevious tap for Al-bany was $1 for the recent JoeLouis-Jimmy Bivins fight.

Other theatre TV exclusiveswent for 74c.

‘Palooka’ On TV

As Mono Ends SeriesHollywood. Sept. 4.

Monogram prexy Steve Broidy’sdisclosure that the studio deal withHam Fisher on the “Joe Palooka”series has ended, and the series is

being dropped, was followed byword that the Fisher character willwind up in television.

Telepix producers Bernard Luberand Robert Maxwell have inked adeal with Fisher to produce a “JoePalooka” vidpix series at RKOPat he, where they are now making“Superman” videopix. Roger Car-lin, who is associated with them,has skied in from N. Y. for huddleson the upcoming scries. NationalComics Publications is bankrolling.

Six old Mono pix of the “JoePalooka" series were included inthe package of 26 sold recently toan eastern syndicate headed by El-liott Hyman.

SMALL PREPS RELEASE

OF 20-ODD PIX TO TVHollywodd, Sept. 4.

First step in a deal to releasemore than 20 of his old films totelevision has been taken by Ed-ward Small, who has applied to theAmerican Federation of Musiciansfor a labor trustee agreement. AFMLocal 47 execs here regard It as a

1 certainty that the deal will gothrough.Agreement is the one drawn

up by AFM some time ago underwhich producers who release filmsto video turn over 5% of the grossof each film to the musicians*union..

Among the pix Small reportedlyIs ready to throw onto televisionScreens are “Count of MonteCristo.” “Man in the Iron Mask”ind “Last of the Mohicans.” Smallalready has talked to at least onelocal vidcoutlet about releasing hispix here.

Wald-Krasna Due Fast

Next Week to Ballyhoo

Their First 2 PicturesJerry Wald and Norman Krasna

are due in New York next weekon a personal ballyhoo tour in con-nection with their first two inde-pendents for RKO release. “BlueVeil” and “Behave Yourself.” Theyplan to cover 10 key cities on anintensive exploitation pitch (press,and radio interviews, etc ), and.coincidentally, “sell, Hollywood.”

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The indie producers are enthusedabout b.o. prospects for the pic-ture business generally.Wald-Krasna join the episode

film cycle with “Speak To Me ofLove.” planning six episodes by asmany diPTerent directors, all deal-ing with l’amour. Eddie Buzzell is

bearing down on the USO-CampShow’s story for which W-K haveTony Martin and Jack Benny (“de-spite reports of Benny's resistance,we have Jack.” says Wald). That'sbeen retitled “Cheer Up.” with the

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original “Stars and Stripes For-ever” idea abandoned on home-office Insistence the foreign market'British as well as non-English-speaking) would resist the Amer-ican flagwaving motif whereas theentertainment - for - soldiers ideawould have general appeal.

Clare Boothe Luce is due on theCoast next week to work on “Pi-late’s Wife.” which Curtis Bern-hardt will direct, and ‘The Eliza-beth Browning Story” (workingtitle) is also on the agenda.

Ben Henry Due in U.S.Ben Henry, former sales head of

Universal Pictures in Great Bri-tain, is due in N. Y. next Tuesday'll), aboard the Queen Elizabeth,to pick up U. S. film product forthe British market.He is being accompanied by Mrs.

Henry,

McEIdowueys Sore At

SEP Yarn Title SwitchVenice. Sept. 4.

Mr. and Mrs. Ken McEldowneyhave issued a strong protest to theSaturday Evening Post becausethe mag changed the title of aforthcoming story on their experi-ences in India, authored by Mrs.McEldowney. They're here to pre-sent “The River.” which theylensed in India, at the Film Festi-val.

Article by Mrs. McEldowneywas written under the title “Mov-ies Are Made by Fools IJke Us.”Mag switched this to “We Made aMovie Without Hollywood.” TheMcEldowneys feel this is immod-est. is not justified by context ofthe story and has the effect of

•' *ng their film-centre home-town.

Selznicks to Europe After

Walker Death Delays ’EmDavid O. Selznlck and his wife.

Jennifer Jones, who were forced toI postpone their trip to Europe last

Iweek just a few hours before their

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scheduled takeoff, are leaving fromNew York today (Wed.). Suddenpostponement was caused by thedeath In Hollywood of RobertWalker. Latter was Miss Jones’former husband and father of hertwo children.The Selznicks and the children

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flew’ back to the Coast last week.They returned to New York yester-day. Delay has caused them to can-cel out their visit to the VeniceFilm Festival, where the GoldenLaurel Award, which Selznlck an-nually donates, was presented Sat-urday (1). He had planned to be onhand for the ceremonies, then vaca-tion in Italy and go on to businessin Paris and London.Couple will be back In three or

four weeks.

200G Guarantee

ByRKO on Pic Key

To Ray-Randy TVRay Robinson-Randy Turpin mid-

dleweight title fight next Wednes-day night (12) might have been un«>available to theatre television andhome TV both, under the deal set :

up for rights to the event by thej

International Boxing Club. IBCmade the theatre TV rights con-tingent on RKO’s guarantee of$200,000. plus percentage, for its

20-minute film. That figure hasbeen met, Insuring the fight for thetheatres. But if the theatres hadnot been able to get it, it’s revealedthat the fight might not have gone

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to home video either.Pabst Beer, which sponsors a

weekly series of Wednesday nightfights over the CBS radio and TVnetworks, would have had first

crack at the bout for home video.But. according to a spokesman forWarwick k Legler. the Pabst adagency, the brewery was interestedin the fight but had never turnedin an official bid. He explainedthat Pabst would be virtuallyforced to steer clear of any fightsstaged in outdoor arenas. Since theRobinson-Turpin fight is scheduledfor the Polo Grounds, N. Y., Pabstmight not have been able to takeit even if it had been available tohome TV.WAL exec pointed out that with

video network time as tight as it istoday, the sponsor would have beenlicked if the fight had been rainedout and postponed to another night.If that happened. Pabst would have


14 SCRIBES BUSY AT BEPHollywood, Sept. 4.

Fourteen screen writers, doublethe usual number, are working on

1

13 scripts at Republic in the busi-est summer season in the historyof the studio’i literary milL

N. Y. to L. A.Dave GoldingCynda GrasseBurton LaneBeverly LinetJeff LivingstonJeanette MacDonaldMorty Palitz

Gene RaymondBilly ShawCharles Simonelli

N. Y. to EuropeTallulah BankheadJean DalrympleLinda. DarnellPeter DavisBarry FitzgeraldCynda GlennCeleste HolmRouben MamoulianDevid E. RoseArthur ShieldsMax Youngstein

Europe to N. Y.Jessica DragonetteMadge Elliott

Ruth GordonEarle H. HammonsTed HowardBarry JonesJohn Robert LloydGarson KaninIrene ManningBuddy PepperCyril RltchsrdWilliam SatorlHenry SouvaineEve TurnerDarryl F. Zanuek

Washington, Sept. 4.

The FCC made doubly clear thepast weekend that the proposedUnited Paramount Theatre-Ameri-can Broadcasting Co. merger mustrun a rugged gauntlet and beslugged with all the anti-trust sinsof pre-consent decree ParamountPictures, Inc. Whether the mergerwill ever get the FCC nod wasleft exceedingly doubtful.

FCC ordered a consolidated hear-ing of the proposed merger withrenewal of various Paramount-heldlicenses and applications; thismeans all the anti-trust angles willbe thoroughly aired as well asPar’s alleged control of DuMont.And finally, there will be the ques-tion -of whether such a powerfulcombination at a" major theatrechain and radio-TV network mightnot work against the public in-terest by creating new monopoly.FCC set no date for the hearings.

Only objector to the consolidateddonnybrook was CommissionerRobert F. Jones. Hia stand wastaken not because he wanted togo easy on United Par but becausehe wanted separate hearings sothat he could be rough in eachone of them. This he left no doubtabout.

Public doesn’t realize it, butBaramount has been in troublewith the FCC since It put theanti-trust decree into effect morethan a year ago. Operation of thisdecree involved transferring cer-tain radio and TV properties tothe successor companies of the oldPar.FCC has never given its consent

to these transfers although theproperties have been operatingunder new management for 20months. Some FCC officials feelthat Paramount should lose its

Radio-TV licenses.Among bigtime insiders in

broadcasting there is considerablepredicting that, for this and otherreasons, the radio commission willnever give the nod to the UP-ABCdeal.

In its order last weekend. FCCexplained that the principal pur-pose of the consolidated proceed-ing was;

1. To obtain full informationwith respect to the participationof any of t^e applicants, theirofficers, directors, stockholders,employees, or agents, in any viola-tion of either Federal or Stateantitrust laws, the extent andcharacter of such participation.”especially to determine whetherthe antitrust violations also vio-lated sections 311 and 313 of theCommunications Act.

2. To determine policies to bepursued in operating the broad-cast facilities of the merged com-pany; obtain information aboutplans for exclusive theatre TV;and restrictions to be imposed on


L. A. to N. Y.Gilbert AdrianLois AndrewsBrian AherneLex RarkerNate J. BlumbergClarence BrownGeorge CukorRobert CummingsNick' DennisPaul DouglasSharman DouglasBenny FieldsBarry FitzgeraldHenry FondaPaul F. HeardLena HorneAnne JeffreysJoseph KaufmanMickey KnoxSonya LevienRouben MamoulianRaymond MasseyJ. Graves McDonaldRoddy McDowallLeo MorrisonCharles MoskowitzOdette MyrtilJames NicholsonH. C. PotterOtto PremingerNoel PrestonMikhail RazumnyEdward G. RobinsonCesar RomeroBlossom SeeleyArthur ShieldsGeorge SlaffAnn SothernBob SterlingJean WallaceTest WilliamsCharles Winning* r

Robert Wise

ffudnwdby, September 5, 1951 HCTOTUBS

ARTIES’ STRESS FILMS IN ENGLISHFuture UA-Financing Via Heller

Seen Hinging on ‘Night’ PayoffClose Match is expected to bef

kept by United Artists and WalterE. Heller & Co., Chicago financhvs.on b. o. results of “The Big Night/’which producer Philip A. Waxmanbrought into New York from theCoast last week. “Night" is theinitial pic completely produced andfinanced by UA since the new Ar-thur B. Krim regime took over thecompany six months ago.

Heller ‘ financed it through ar-

rangements made by Krim. It is

thus also Heller's maiden effogunder the new setup. As a result,

the John Barrymore, Jr., starrer is

taking on something on a test-tube

aspect, with both UA and Hellereyeing it anxiously. Extent of its

success may well influence avail-

ability and terms of further finan-

cing of UA producers by Heller.

UA’s future hinges to a consider-able degree on continued access to

lleller funds. Krim is thus doublyanxious to see the Chi financial

house show a neat profit on“Night" in the hope that it will

ease up somewhat on what admit-tedly are tough terms to the indies.

Heller demands, as a matter offact, are so stiff as to be somewhatdiscouraging to producers. Bydemonstrating the profit possibili-

ties of a few Alms. Krim looks for-

ward to a reduction in Heller de-mands and consequent encourage-ment of other indies to get backinto the production swim.As a point of fact, it is under-

stood that Heller Is taking little

risk on “NigK." Chi firm is in theposition cf a bank, putting up onlyfirst-money, yet getting In return1 .*i* more than a bank can legally

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Strange CoincidenceHollywood, Sept. 4.

Although it was writtenmonths ago. Stanley Kramer’sforthcoming production, “TheSniper," bears a striking re-

semblance to a front-pagestory currently running in theLos Angeles newspapers.

Police are hunting a mys-terious killer who has shotdown two young women, in

different parts of town with-out apparent reason. That is

also the plot of “The Sniper."

U, UA Hit Back

At Govt Rap On

Decree Violation

M-G Would Guarantee

Exhib Profit on B.O. Hike

For 'American in Paris’

Metro Is considering special !

deals with exhibs on “An Americanin Paris." Gene Kelly-starrer. It’s

reported the company will guaran-tee a profit for theatremen playingthe pic but with admission scales

advanced.Company is excited about the

film s values and feels it s entitledto hefty coin. Big problem, how-ever. arises out of the fact M-Gis restrained under court order, asare other distribs. from demandingupped admish prices.Seme situation obtains with “Quo

Vadis." Advance admissions are in

view for “Vadis" but this does notdemand immediate considerationfor the reason the pic will not gointo wide release for some time.It opens at the Capitol and Astor.N. V.. in November, and a longrun is anticipated at the Astor.

It’s expected that in the case of“American in Paris," M-G primari-ly will seek out those exhibs whooffer such high rental for the filmthey would have to raise pricesin order to come out on top. It’s

in such contracts as these that M-Gvould guarantee a profit.

Despite the court injunction,there have been instances in thepast where films were played off

on an advanced-admission basis.

These included Paramount’s “Sam-son and Delilah" and RKO’s “Joanof Arc," Walter Wanger produc-tion.

These brought beefs from someexhibs who contended such highrentals demanded that scales hadto l>e upped as a matter of eco-nomic necessity. By the profit guar-antee M-G hopes to avert any con-vflirt with theatremen.

Universal and United Artistshave hit back at the Departmentof Justice, saying in effect the lat-

ter’s charges of consent decree vio-

lations were groundless. Govern-ment last month filed a complaintin U. S. District Court. N. Y., as-

serting UA and U had common of-

ficers and directors, and that UArestrained competition via its ac-

quisition of Eagle Lion Classics last

April.

U’s answer to the court, present-ed last Friday (31 », was a generaldenial coupled with a bid for dis-

missal of thi action. Company ad-mits Robert Benjamin is a memberof its board, but states he is neithera director nor an officer of UA.U related that Benjamin has been

a board member since 1946, and his

election was via the stock voteof General Cinema Finance Corp.,controlled by J. Arthur Rank. Thisoutfit has holdings of U shares suf-

ficiently large to elect several di-

rectors, company stated. Benjaminalso is president of the J. Arth’irRank Organization in the U. S.

In its separate answer, UA told

the tribunal Benjamin is neitherofficer nor director, but merelyserves as advisor to prexy ArthurB. Krim on a part-time basis. Hehad been a board member of PatheIndustries but bowed out of this

post last February.Instead of stifling competition

with the ELC takeover, as the Gov-ernment charged, UA bolstered it,


Marks, Insisting His FairTV Altruistic,

OFFBEAT-FIX HIKE)A<*mits a Welcome Publicity Payoff

Rapid evolutionary process whichmost of the film industry has beengoing through in the past few yearshas caught up with the art thea-

tres. Formerly synonymous withforeign-language product, the

arties are now' playing mostly films

in English.Reason is double-edged. First is

the decline in recent years of ac-

ceptable lingualers and second is

the Increase of offbeat product out

of Hollywood. Added to the latter

Is a growing number of plx madeabroad, but In the English lan-

guage.Art houses are thus in the midst

of a swingraway from havens forsubtitles toward becoming a circuit

of llniited-oeaters devoted to non-lingual specialized pictures. Fur-ther evolution In this direction andthe addition of many more theatresto this type operation are antici-

pated.

Shot was called on this develop-ment by some industry execs sev-

eral years ago. They foresaw' theswitch and prophesied the growthof a large number of sureseatersdevoted to attracting audiences ofspecialized tastes.

While the arties have rapidlychanged their policies, and a greatmany additional theatres haveturned to this type operation, thesame Industry soothsayers who

'Flash' KatzmanSam Katzman, who makes

low-budgeters for Columbia,has long been noted as a

speedy producer. How much of

a hurry he’s in was probablybest evidenced last week, how-ever, by his title registrations

with the Motion Picture Assn,of America.He flr^t registered “Every

Minute Counts," then quicklyadded another registration,

“Every Second Counts.”

Theatre TV, FOm

Drive, Arbitration

Set (or TOA MeetChief topics on the agenda of

the annual convention of the The-atre Owners of America. Sept. 24-

27, Hotel Astor, N. Y., will be thea-tre television, "Movietime U.S.A.”and arbitration. It was reported bySI Fabian, general chairman.

Jerome W. Marks, New York at-

torney who organised and is

chairman of the Television FairPractices Committee, admittedthis week that there's been an un-looked for—but welcome—payoff.

The issue of theatre and subscrip-tion tele versus the for-free homevariety, he said, was a popular onewith the voters in the low-incomedistrict where he's in politics, andhas also resulted in publicity that“hasn’t hurt” his law practice.

TFPC. much to the surprise offilm and tele execs, appeared vir-

tually out of thin air last June.Its avowed aim was a crusade toprotect home viewers from beingexcluded from fights and otherevents by theatre and p/iy-as-you-see TV.Much speculation was immedi-

ately aroused in the trade as tothe source of Marks’ backing andas to his “angle.” He denied toVarikty that he has had any finan-cial support from any person ororganization except the 15 or solawyers, one labor leader and oneWashington publicity man whohave participated in the commit-tee’s work.

The complete agenda, committeeoriginally called the turn say that

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chairmen, and other details for the

all this is just a start. They see four-day meeting have not yet beenhundreds more* houses switching i

determined. Also, Fabian is await-

ffrom standard Hollywood fare antf*r*ng word of acceptance from Indus.

enlisting themselves in the cate-(Continued on page 28>

$1,050,000 Suit Hits Five

Majors, Century on Claim

try leaders slated to address theexhibitors.

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More than 1.000 exhibitors and .

their wives are expected to attend.

'

Convention hotels will be the As- <

tor. Piccadilly, Paramount and Edi-

:

son.

Every exhibitor, upon register-

“As a matter of fact.” he added,“the total cost so far has been less

than $500. That has been ad-vanced by a half-dozen or so mem-bers of the committee in contribu-tions whenever the occasion re-quired. The largest single amount—probably less than $200—I've

laid out myself. That seemed fair,

since my name has been the onlyone publicly connected with thecommittee, and I’ve thus been theone to profit by the publicity."He really had no "angle" in

starting the TFPC, Marks said It


In Vffl Vino I IparanfP^ Ing, will named to serve on one111 YUlYlIlg U&H dlltCS

Qf fhe 13 commlWees> An entertain-

Spellman to Deliver

Allied’s InvocationCardinal Spellman will deliver

the invocation at the openingluncheon of the National Alliedconvention, Oct 30-Nov. 1, at theBill more Hotel, N. Y, The lunch-eon will be attended by presidentsuf the major film companies.

V.’Ubur Snaper is general chair- :

ni;«n. 1

SUIT VS. TONY CURTIS

ON AGENT SLUFF CLAIMActor Tony Curtis (real name

Bernard Schw’artz) tossed her outas his personal manager, talent repJoyce Selznick charged in a $50,000damage suit brought against theUniversal-International star in

N. Y. Supreme Court last week.She seeks a similar amount fromactors’ agent George Rosenberg,also a defendant.

Miss Selznick asserts that sheinked a 10-year pact with Curtis in

March, 1048, whereby she w’as to

act as his personal rep and hewasn’t to engage anyone else. Butin July of the same year, accordingto the complaint, the actorbreached the agreement by hiringRosenberg. Latter allegedly in-

duced the star to break the deal.

Century Theatres. Inc., and five

major distributors last week werehit with a $1,050,000 triple damageanti-trust suit brought in.N. Y.Federal Court by the LavellonAmus. Corp., operators of theCriterion Theatre. East Rockaway,L. I. Complaint charges thatLoew’s, Paramount. Columbia. Uni-versal and Uhited Artists gave fourCentury sites seven to 21 daysclearance over the Criterion, al-

though the houses were not in di-

rect competition.Defendant distribs. it’s asserted,

have adopted a “uniform systemof clearance." which the Criterionallegedly was forced to observe onthe pain of receiving no product.In seeking a better break on pixavailability. Lavellon claims thatthe B. S. Moss Malverne (L. I.)

Theatre works on par with theCentury locations, even though theMalverne house is geographicallycloser to the chain's outlets thanthe Criterion.

Lavellon also contends that the

jpreferential clearance handed theCentury spots is illegal, under pro-

visions embodied in the Industry(-consent decree. Failure of theCriterion to get the same run asCentury’s Valley Stream, Valley

)Stream; I.ynhrook. in Lynbrook;Fantasy, in Rockville Centre, and

1 the Baldwin, in Baldwin, allegedlycaused the plaintiff exhib to lose

$350,000.

Par Backlog Defers Prod.Hollywood, Sept. 4.

Paramount has so many com-pleted pictures on 4ts hands that it

has requested Nat Holt and Pine-Thomas to lay off further produc-tion until next year. As a result.

Holt's “Hurricane Williams,” origi-

nally slated to start next month,was pushed back to January. Samething goes for Pine-Thoma*’ “Carib-bean. Gold." now held back for aJanuary start.

Reason for the delaying c’

* is

a backlog of 21 pictures.

Nine Subpoenas Remain

Unsenred in LA. Red QuizLos Angeles, Sept. 4.

Nine subpoenas issued by the

House Un - American Activities

Committee for appearances at thehearings to open hfre Sept. 17 arestill unserved, according to Rep.Donald L. Jackson, a member of

the committee. Still to be heardfrom are Norville Crutcher, GeorgeTyme, Paul Perlin, Joe Lo&ey. JohnWexle* Paul Trivers. I^eon Becker,Hekner Bergman and John Miller.

More than 30 witnesses will becalled for thp hearings at the L A.Federal Building. Whether the ses-

Tsions will be * ’ r - *» ^••»stlon

to be decld * rom-i mittee.

ment committee will obtain ticketsto theatres and other entertain-ment TOA members may wish toattend. A block of tickets has beenobtained for members wishing tosee the ’ Sandy Sadler-Willie Pepfeatherweight title bout.

To date. 82 tradeshow boothshave been reserved. The total is

expected to reach 100 before theconvention opens.

Mrs. Isabel Goldenson’s enter-tainment committee for the ladiesalready has set up a full program,which includes: Sej>t 24. tea at

Toot Shor’s. 4 p. m.; Sept. 25,breakfast at Altman’s depart-ment store, 9 a. m.; Sept. 26.luncheon and fashion showby Russek’s at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. 1 p.m.; Sept. 27, show andtea at Radio City Music Hall, 3 p.m.On Tuesday night. Sept. 27. 6 p.m.,both members and wives will betaken on a boat tour.

Presidents of the film companieswill entertain the exhibitors at adinner Thursday night, Sept. 27, at

Hotel Astor.

PRODUCER DAVE ROSE

MAPS 3 MORE PIXProducer David Rose, who planed

to London over the weekend withLinda Darnell, is expected back inNew York in about four weeks todiscuss three plx he’s planning toproduce next year. It is understoodthey may be for either United Art-ists or RKO release.

“Saturday Island." which he Is

now completing In England, is be-ing distributed by the two com-panies. UA has the Western Hem-isphere rights and RKO the East->ern. UA portion of the deal was

j

originally made with Eagle LionClassics and taken over when UAabsorbed ELC.

Miss Darnell Is starred in thepic. which has been shooting foreight weeks in Jamaica. B.W.I.There are three more weeks of iens-ing to he done in England. DirectorStuart Helsler and the rest of thecast and Technicolor crew left forLondon directly from Jamal*** list

Wednesday (20). i

Divvy Tax-Free for Mfr.

Of Eqnipt, Arising From

Old Fox Red; Stirs Wall StWall St. interest has been

stirred in recent weeks in Gen-eral Precision Equipment Corp.,manufacturers of motion pictureand tele eqtiiDment. by the discov-ery that its dividends are tax-free.

That results from heavy losses suf-fered some 20 years ago in thestock of the old Fox Film Corp.

Several investment houses areknown to be pitching GjPE to their

customers, particularly wealthyones, who get maximum benefits

from the tax-free dividends. Rey-nolds Sc Co., one of these firms,

issued a laudatory research reporton GPE a couple weeks ago. andanother brokerage house. Ncu-berger Sc Berman, is known to hegetting a similar one together for

its customers.Tax-free dividend angle arises

from a $54,000,000 investment thatGeneral Theatres Equipment. Inc.,

predecessor company of GPE. hadin Fox Films. When Fox wentinto voluntary reorganization in

1932 and w'as unable to pay divi-,

(lends to GTE, latter also wasdriven into receivership. Whenboth emerged from the bath.GTE’s $54,000,000 holdings in

Fox Films were represented by35.000,000 worth of stock in 20th-Fox.

Original cost of the shares wasabout $300 each. Present marketprice is about $20. The GPE par-

(Contlnued on page 85 *

‘Joe Young:’ Mulled

For Sequel by RKORKO, which two years ago re-

leased “Mighty Joe Young." is ap-parently mulling a sequel. It reg-istered with the Motion PictureAssn, of America last week the ti-

tles “The Great Joe Young" and“Mr. Joseph Young of Africa."

Registrations were In the nameof Howard Hughes, RKO’s control-ling stockholder and productionchief. "Joe Young" was a giantanthropoid pictured via trick andprocess photography in the mannerof “King Kong."

6 FILM MEVIEWS Wednesday, September S, 1951

Fainting the OnadaWith Snashlae

(COLOR)

Standard musical; goad tunes;

goad color; good boxoffice.

Warner Brwa. of William Jacobsproduction. Stars Dennis Morgan. Vir

pensate for tho lack of any mar-quee names. As a result. “Earth”looks headed for okay grosses in

virtually all situations.

Screenplay by Edmund H. North,based on a story by Harry Bates,tells of an invasion of the earthby a single space-ship from an un-identified planet in outer space.

ginia Mayo. LeeeNeleoaifoaturvs LucllU. Ship ha* lw0 ©CCUpantS. an eigUt-

Norman. S. Z Sakail. Vlrfinia Otbaon.| , J* lit,*. K.._

- Clark. Roland Klbbee. Peter M?lne; i Mrth -- d^dU that all other in- I

10 i*11** inc twysniiBwra (Technicolor). Wilfrid m. cime;

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*a™ 8 inal al1J" down, the victim being a brother

r. Irene Morra; musical direction, habited planets have banded to- ’* DifTirnlt-to-finrt trail leads

a« saiaia ^ illtO a peaceful organiza I . .

_

,n nriaan, ,nH Kacir ts

Tom Conway. Wallace Ford. Tom Dugan, foot robot, and an earth-llke l»U-

d.reeled by David Butler. Screenplay, man. They have come to warn theHarry Clark. Roland Klbbee. Peter MilnecameraeditorKayRunning time. • 1 MIMS.Vince Nichols Dennis MorganCarol Virginia MayoTed Lansing Gene NelsonAhbyIrux I loll

June

to overthrow racketeers who’vebeen shaking down dock workerson tho waterfront. Fist lights, gun-fire and somo salty dialog ana sexyInterludes involving Crawford withLynno Baggett enliven tho pro-ceedings considerably.Tensely paced entry from Jerry

Bresler’s production cubicle at Co-lumbia gets going, in practically theinitial frame, with a murder. Craw-ford, altar-bound, gets called buckto track the responsible party

tion snd that peace is beingthreatened by the wars of the

. llt ,earth-people who. now that they

LuciUc^Norman 1

are experimenting with rockets...'.’.Virginia Gibson may soon be able to carry their

If

his starting point, California, rightinto the poli<w department itself.

Scripter William Bowers has

In the later stages of rescue, whenlt*s touch and ga whether the childwill be nved. As directed by LeoPopkin and Russell Rouse, thesesequences are emotionally over-powering. Direction throughout is

driving. Production is expertlyexecuted.

Cast, headed by Richard Rober,as sheriff in charge of settlingthreatened mob violence and rescueof the child, is uniformly strong.Standouts here are Maidie Normon,mother of the child; Ernest Anderson, as the father; Henry Morgan,

him to New Orleans and back ter accused of child’s disappearance,and Barry Kelly, construction manwho allows use of all his equip-ment and knowledge in rescue of

BrnninKt<>n Tom Con veynt»gression into outer space.

S*m Park* Wallace foul .,7”. , .1 „iBarney Tom DuKan that happens, the inter-planetary

UN is prepared to blast the earth

Hack up another standard, lushiy 0111 universe.

studded the Ferguson Findley orig-'

girl,inal with some logically developed Fine music score by Dimitriclues designed to throw the cus-

jTiomkin adds materially in build-

tomers off the track. Its definite-jup Gf dramatic 'force of plot, and

ly a surprise when the true culprit Ernest Laszlo’s lensing also effec-is exposed, and the Bow’ers-F indley tively contributes to high general

by George Shearing): and “In MyHeart” (sung by rferb Jeffries,who collaborated on the bong withDick Hazard). Tommy Dorsey ia

In with “Oh, Look At Me Now,'and The Weaver* with “Oe TellAunt Rhody” and “The Rovin'Kind.” Neal.

Fori Bodge Ktonpede

Allan "Rocky” Lane In okay

colored, spritely tuneful and solid Message is pointed up by the team doesn’t stop with that shock- interest Technical credits are allboxoffiee musical for Warners, space-man's parting words to an er Climax, in which Crawford and on »he D i us s i(i e VV’hti“Painting the Clouds With Sun- assemblage of scientists gathered his girl are at death’s door in her I

'

tract Crawford from his pursuitsspark the distaff end expertly.Matt Crowley. Neville Brand, Er-

Bisf .lockev

Good exploitation pic withScore of pop recording artistsand deejays providing the b.o.

spark.

ing the Clouds wnn ?>un- assemDiagr 01 scientists Rflinirru hiS gi r l __

shine," with its contrived p.ot. from ail countries to hear their hospital room, .is tautly staged and !

may not be something to stand up choice before he and his robot- guaranteed to raise the hackles,and cheer about, but its^ entertain- companion head back to their own Betty Buehler is thoroughly sym-ment values cannot be ignored. planet: "Join us and live in peace. 1 pathetic as Crawford’s girl friend,

The values include the looks of °r,

pursue your present course and Miss Baggett and Jean Alex-

Yirgin'a Mayo, the dancing of an(* * ace obliteration.Iander as manbait planted to dis-

Gcne Nelson, the singing voice oi Yarn, of course, has much morefilm newcomer Lucille Norman, suspense than that. Space-ship

the amusing mugging of S. Z. lands in Washington and the man. ...Sakall. the good-look ng Dennis leaving the robot on guard, leaves nest Borgnine. Walter Klavun.

Morgan, pertness of Virginia Gib- to hide among the people, to dis- John Marley, Frank de Kova and

son and Wallace Ford thrown in (*over for himself what they are Jay Adler are a splendid assort- _ , —

.

«* an old »urdough prospector. like His findings of 'onstant;

men, of bad guy,.and the law- rS'winnf'KSThe storv can hardlv be called I

bickerings and mistrust, inci- and-order aspects are taken care Rlder, ^ Pun>l# tag*. Directed by

hut then originality is dentally, which are sharply pointed of handsomely by Richard Kilev, I win Jaaon story and screenplay. Clark

I "P by North's aedpt. aren't too Otto Hulett._ Ralph Dumke. Emlfe;

t C.™r.. H.rr„ N-j-aan;

Hollywood. Aufc 30.Allied Artists release of Maurice Duke

Jrocluctlon. Stars Cmny Simms. Torn Drake,ane Nigh; features Lenny Kent, RussMorgan. Tommy Do:

Lenny 1

rany. Georga Shear-

seldom expected in the average, .. . .. - .

musical. Tnis farce concerns three I favorable for the earth s humans.

m,» 1.m-, 1H* Vrnmih, »rhnnI of ex- ' Situation naturally creates feari Robert Parrish's direction never

s.-ck mil- throughout the world and the U. S. pounds at point. that could have

f

ierience spurred on to seek mil- - . . ,

icnaircs rilner .it n love uy r.ng- brings out Army tank*. howitiers,

leader Virginia Mayo But Miss 10 luard *he ship and the

Norman is in love with Morgan. «*»»«. »hll« » search goes_ . . r.n Cap a m o n I qHap /mn t - 1 n/>nc n

Meyer and Carleton Young.Robert Parrish’s direction never

editor. Otho Lovering; music. Kuaa Mor-gan. Previewed Aug. X, *51. Runningtime. 11 MINS.Vickie Peters. Ctany Simms

been cliched beyond endurance, so i.ônthat any claims at similarity toprevious cops-& -robbers pix arenullified. It's a clean, straightfor-hnu nsm hant for gambling late on for the man tetter convinces a

' nullified It’s a clean straigntfor

,hrowsPher mrn the afms of Nelson. f»"fd scientist. who«- character is

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job of rtaglng. George_punthrows her into the arms .

. ,. . , .

.

The girls, a singing trio in a obviously on Albert

Los Angeles night spot, adopt the Einstein, of his powers and his

all for one and one for ail' theme • mission.

ing’s score is used economically buteffectively, and Joseph Walker’slensing and Charles Nelson’s edit-

and seek their dough guys in Las|

Scientist calls together h\% eol-[ ^Mnsfactory string

f

of Technicalleagues from all over the world but,; y.v.„^ ilc

SIacl sl n* 01 lcc"n al

Mike.

The Wei!

Gripping drama with adultappeal.

Hollywood. Aug. 31.

I'nlted Artist* release of Harry M.Popkin production 'Clarence Greene. LeoPowkln. associates). Features RichardRober. Barry Kelly. Henry Morgan. Chris-tine Lsrson. Tom Powers, Robert Oeter-lob. Directed by Leo Popkin. RuaeelJRouse. Screenplay. ,RuaeeU Rouse. Clar-ence Greene; camera. Ernest Laaxlo; edi-tor. Chester Schaeffer; music. DimitriTiomkin. Previewed Aug. 31. ’51. Run-ning time. M MIMS.

Vegas. They stop at a hotel r;in icagu« iium an u»ci me *»unu uui,. crf»Hi» s

by Sakall. whose gambling ton- before they can hear the space-

cessions are about to run him out man. he is discovered and shot

of business. by Army guards Robot,

Ne.son. who turns out to be a mil- through a bit of out-of-this-world

lionairj in disguise, makes the magic, captures the body, takes it

big play for Miss Norman, aided back to the ship to bring it back

and abetted by the two Virgin 1 as. to life, which sets the stage for

But staid Boston banker TiNi Con- the final message. Script carries

way cousin of Nelson, arrives to several contrived situations, as

foil their plot. He engages Mor-j

well as unexplained happenings,

gan to help put the romance on which militate against it generally,

the rocks. Morgan’s efforts seem Producer Julian Blaustein workedfutile, despite the fact that Miss with an apparently moderate budg-Norman still loves him Miss et but that doesn’t interfere with

Mavo takes Conway in hand to get the film’s impact. Background shots

him out of the way, Miss Gibson of Washington, where the action

soothes Nelson, and—well. ;t winds|takes place, give it almost a docu-

up good clean fun, with a sprink- mentary flavor. And Fred Ser-

ling of old tunes from former sen, 20th's special effects chief,|

B*n kciio**

Wrrner films. makes the most of a field day in1 G?irJ£ih*?

Td "‘

Tups among the old tunes in- depicting the powers of the roboteluded are “Painting the Clouds in disintegrating the best ArmyWith Sunshine” <Joe Burke, Al equipment, the ship’s flight, etc.,

j ^plt^SSSHuDubim; "Tiptoe Through the ably abetted by Leo Tover’s cam- 1 - * ^ - -

Tulips*’ (Joe Burke. Al Dubin). era supervision. Bernard Herr-“Vienna Dreams’’ (Rudolf Siee/y- mann’s score, spotlighting a weirdski. Irving Caesar), "With a Song theramin, helps generate the sus-

in My Heart.” (Dick Rodgers. LoM P^nse.

reni Hart), "Birth of the Blue" Cast, although secondary to the!ci»*v

(B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray story, works well. Michael RennieHenderson), “You’re My Every- i s fine as the man from space andthing” (Harry Warren, Mort Dix- rates better roles in the future onon), and “Jealousie” (Jacob Gage, the basis of his work here. Patri-Yera Bloom). cia Neal is atp*active and compe-

Also standard are solid direction tent as tht widowed mother of theby David Butler, camera by Wil- young boy whom he befriends andfrid M. Cline, musical numbers who is the first to know his secretstaged and directed by LeRoy while Hugh Marlowe is sufficientlyPrinz and musical direction by a boor as her boy-friend, whose

Carolyn

Mr. Crawford.Mickey Dick SimmonsStan Lane Chandler

Gwendolyn Latter. . . Hit-hard Rober. . Maidie Normon..Georye Hamilton. . Ernest Anderson

Johnny .... Tom DrakeI Jane Nlfh

Mike Richard* Michael O'SheaHappy Lenny KentRuaa Morgan Rue* MorganTommy Dorsey Tommy DorseyGeorge Shearing George ShearingNick Lucas Nick LurasHerb Jeffries, Herb JeffriesSarah Vaughan Sarah VaughanThe Weavers The WeaversMartov Jerome CowanJack Fina Jack FinsVito Musso Vito MuasoRed Nichols Red NicholsRed Norvo Red NorvoHen Pollack Ben PollackJoe Venutt Joe VenutiFey Willing and Rldera of the Purple

SageWith Martin Block. Joe Adams. Joe Alli-

son. Bill Anson. Doug Arthur. Don Bell.Paul Brennor. dob Clayton. Paul Dtaon.Ed Gallaher. Dick Gilbert, Bill Gordon.Maurice Hart, Bruce Hayes. Eddie Hub-bard. Bea Katmua. Lea Malloy. Paul Mat-terson. Ed McKenxie, Tom Mercoln. GilNewsome. Gene Norman. Art Pallana. BobPoole. Norman Pre-w-ott. Frod Robbins,Ernie Simon. Larry Wilson.

Hollywood, Aug. 28.Republic reloaee of Harry Keller pro-

duction. Stare Alton “Rocky" Lane. Di-reeled by Keller. Written by RichardWormaer; camera. John MacBumie; edi-tor. Irving M. Schoenberg PreviewedAug. X, *51. Running time. *• MINS.Allan "Rocky" Lane Ailan "Kocky" LaneHis Stallion Black JackSkeeter .'Chubby JohnsonNatalie BrTan Mary Ellen KayPike Hardin Roy BarcroftSparkler McCann Trevor BardetteJeiT Bryan. Bruce EdwardsButler

t Wesley Hud.-n..«Hutchinson. William ForrestRagan .....Chuck RobertcnSheriff Rory MallinaonCox Jack IngramSettler Kermit Maynard

” Lane continuesas a western

Allan “Rockyhis adventuresdeputy in “Fort Dodge Stampede.”a suitable entry aimed at the west-ern addicts and Saturday matine*trade.

Lane takes a vacation from his

deputy chores to track down thespoils of a recent bank robbery,hidden in the deserted town ofFort Dodge in badland territory.But Roy Barcroft and his gangalso move into town to uncoverthe loot also, to generate the usualconflict between the outlaws andLane. Latter recruits bewhiskeredChubby Johnson and Bruce Ed-wards to assist in outwitting thegang and recover the stolen fundsto rightful owners.

Picture is liberally sprinkledwith standard ingredients for anoater—gun and fiat battles, ridingand similar action. Associate pro-ducer-director Harry Keller keepsthe proceedings moving at a brisk

pace, while Lane is okay in thetop spot. Good support providedby Johnson. Barcroft, Trevor Bar-dette and Edwards. Walt.

The Relaetnnt WidowMinor British-made espionagemetier with poor b.o. potential.

Ray Heindorf.

Schoolteacher Margaret WellsWoody Wheaton ChambersFrank Michael RosaChet Russell TrentHal Allen MathewsFred John Philips!Art Walter Morrison

. Christine LarsonQuigley Jess KirkpatrickGleason Roy *ngelGaines Alfred GrantMilkman Ed MaxRagcage Man Guy BeachWylie Robert OnterlohClaude Packard Henry MorganSam Packard Barry KellyChip Walter KellyLois Mary Ellen KayS»Uy Beverly JonsStnoent EDie EmanuelMayor Tom PowersDr Billings Bill Walker

The llav the EarthStood Still

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tip to the Army results in his i Lobei Douglas Ev*n -

capture. Sam Jaffe turns in his IManners Sherry Hall

usual top performance as the sci-entist. and young Billy Gray doesa good job as the boy. Robert

Suspenseful, moralistic entryIn science fiction sweepstakes;OK b.o.

High drama and suspense are

_ _ __ embodied strongly In this HarryWise's direction permits the ~ac- !

M PopMn production, which deals

tion to drag at times, but is also 1 with of a ,ittle NeRro *lrlresponsible for the suspense 1

buried in a well. Film has been

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The Mob ,,

Plenty of action; copa-A -rob-bers dualer starring BroderickCrawford promising betterthan average returns.

turned out with an eye to racialproblem, but boxoffiee chancesappear limited due to its stronger-than-usual adult appeal. Good ex-ploitation values are present, how-

Iever.

Writers Russell Rouse and Clar-ence Green took the Kathy Fiscusepisode of several years ago, in

toth Fox release of Julian Blaustein

Roduction. Stars Michael Rennie. Patriciaeal, !!u»h Marlowe; features Sam

Jaffe. Billy Gray. Directed by R dertWise. Screenplay, Edmund It. Ncrih.baaed on alory by Harry Bates; f: mera.Leo Tv'er; music. Bernard Herrmann-

rcial eflect*. Fred Sersen Prev.ewedY., Aug. 28. *51. Running time.

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Kaltenborn. E’mer Davis. Screenplay, W Ullam Bowers; based i«n

which a California child was _trappwl in an o'd well, and used I wacky” tongatrcta.'it fine, playithis as a story hook for a tense her role in sprightly fashion I

and gripping screenplay. For pur-

On the exploitable basis of thenumerous recording artists, each ofwhom has his or her own follow-ers. plus the guest appearances of28 deejays from scattered sectionsof the country. Allied Artists’“Disc Jockey” seems headed fortidy returns at the boxoffiee.Ginny Simms. Russ Morgan,

Tommy Dorsey, George Shearing,Nick Lucas, Herb Jeffries, SarahVaughan, The Weavers and otherswere rounded up for the film, it

was quite a task for producerMaurice Duke, and it's to his creditthat the overall footage comes offin good form. Inclusion of the 28

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ilatter-spinners was a showmanlydea; each of them means addedexploitation for the film.

Story, as is usually the case withan act-laden musical, is decidedlysubordinated—which isn't parties’arly going to bother the musiclovers. As scripted by Clark E.Reynolds from his original story,yarn deals with combinationd j. -radio promoter Michael O'Shea,and his claim that he can take anunknown singer and make her astar with the aid of recordings anddisk jockeys. It seems as thoughooe of his top clients, believingthat record spinners are on theirway out because of television,doesn’t want to renew his contract.Femme turns out to be MissSimms, and O'Shea sets out on hisplan, v The case is'proven snd pic-ture winds happily, right down tothe off-and-on romance betweenTom Drake, Miss Simms’ manager,and Jane Nigh, secretary toO’Shea’s Client.

Miss Simms, as the slightly

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„n t-, Cl . c .,„ ,,Walker: editor, Charles Nelson; mu-

Day the Earth . stood Still. I**C score. George Dunlne. Previewed Aug.

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from its predecessors in that t ic

fantasy and suspense arc Jin. edwith a sharply-pointed mor;’

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that the nations of the earth willbe destroyed if they don’t put an

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end to their warfare. But the yam Dorto jran Alexanderis toid interestingly enough r :d

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tion lures and suspense so that Ru-Hl Jay Adhônly seldom docs its moralistic Duke w-tarmwnrrilnp^ In thp u"iv Stfitioii Attfffi4AVlft.se* Rvnilff Mffyffrworoiness gel in ine way. District Attorney Carleton YoungJudging from the success of its

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key character a Negro child, andadded the Negro problem in build-up of plot, which permits a frankand ofttimes brutal approach tothe subject. It’s unusually wellhandled. 1 Cowan.

Plot has for its motivation the,

Will Jason gives the film formulameasures taken by Negro populace direction, and technical creditsof a small town, after a white man 1 shape up as stockcomes under suspicion of having For the record, pic contains

maximum effect. Her song num-bers, especially “Show Me YouLove Me,” a Hit Parade potentialby S. Steuben and Roz Gordon, aretops. O’Shea, Drake and MissNigh are all good, as are top sup-porters Lenny Kent and Jerome

Fine Art* Films release of GordonWellesley (Two Cities Film) production.Stars Jean Kent. G«v Rolfe; featurnKathleen Byron, Peel Dupuis. Lana Mor-ris. Julian Dallas. Directed by BernardKnowles. . Screenplay. Wellesley. J. B.

Boothroyd: camera. Jerk Hildyard: score.Allan Gray. Pre\iewed Aug. V*. '31, N. Y.Running time. M MINS.Elinor Jean KentLord Carlyon Guy RolfsMmo. Do Chevreaux Kathleen ByroaLouis NiveU# Paul Du punBecky Lana MorrisFrancis Cheviot Julian Dalle*Nicky Anthony TancredEustace Cheviot Peter HammondMrs. Barrows Jean CadsilLord Bedllngton Andrew CruikshankColonel Strong George ThorpsSir Malcolm Torrens ... Hoctor MacGregor

“The Reluctant Widow ” a Brit-

ish-made costumed espionage met-ier set in the Napoleonic era, is a,

poor item with weak prospects in]

the U. S. market. Initially handi-capped by a minor troupe of

thespers unknown in this country,pic is completely floored by a con-

fusing varn made even more con-

fusing by a choppy editing job.Pic was apparently intended as a

farce, but the script fails to sup|

tain any comic mood. The film

quickly gets lost in a maze of

complications amateurishly strunftogether and lacking real point.

Yarn revolves around a younfBritish governess who accidentsltyfalls heir to a homo which is a

hangout for French spies and Brit*

ish traitors. They are looking for

a plan of Wellington’s militarystrategy, but the gal foils them by

finding the papers first.

Performances are fair. Jeai|

Kent, as the heroine, plays com*petently, while Guy Rolfe, as the

hero, is a bit wooden. Filmistandout Is Julian Dallas who. as

the dandified British traitotv playi

with suave finesse. (Dallas Is cuprently under contract to WarnefBros, under the name of Scott

Forbes). Kathleen Byron, as *

French femme fatade, is badly mis*

cast and wholly unconvincingRest of the minor roles, however,are adequately filled. Herm.

kidnapped the girl. This providesan unusual and dramatic switch tothe usual whites-vs.-Negroes theme.Two races later throw in together,however, in the rescue of the en-trapped child and forget their dif-ferences. •

Considerable editing dhrfhg theearly rescue sequences would

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—- .a only name but he’sbe good, which will partially com- 1 fine as a cop who poses as a hood

slvely suspenseful. Emotions arestrongly touched toward the climax.

eight new numbers; '‘Let’s Meander Thru the Meadow" (by RozGordon and S. Steuben: sung byNick Lucas); “After Hours’” byGordon; sung by Sarah Vaughan);“Show Me You Love Me’” anil“Disc Jockey” (the latter by HerbJeffries and Dick Hazard; bothsung by Ginny Simms); "NobodyWants Me” (by Gordon; sung byRuss Morgan); “Peaceful Country**(by Foy Willing; sung by Willingand Riders of the Purple Sage);“Brain Wave” (written and played

Der Verltorene(The Leal One)(GERMAN)

Paris, Aug. 25National Fiiiftgcs«Uch*rt release e-f

nold Preaahiirgcr production. Stars P**"Lorre. Directed sy Lorre. ScretnpUJLorre. Benno Vlffnjr, Axel EfgebrecMcamera. Vaclav Vlch; editor. C O. to*ntng. At La Maiaon De Douane. Pa r*Running time, «• MINS.Dr. Rothe Peter I®£H'rach * Karl J**fWinkler Helmut RuôlrInge Johanna H0**

Madam Herrman Eva Sri*Ursula Lott# R*»'

P»*ter Lorre, back on the «ccnj

of his early- film activities. Jstarred, directed and helped 11

Wednesday, September S, 1951 HCTUBES 7

INDIES CONTINUE HACKING COSTSr ' ’ •

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Yank Indies Making Twice as Many

Foreign Locationers as Major Cos.

COMPO’s Big Trick“Movietime U. 8. A.** may be COMPO's big trick to make the

organization stick. There is every indication in that direction.

The Council of Motion Picture Organizations needed a real pay-off gimmick to turn the trick, and if "Movietime” doesn’t drama-tize industry cohesiveness and makl the grassroots recognize

the values of intra-industry cooperation, nothing will.

There are certain fundamentals which are best understood ona feet-on-the-ground basis. The hunger emotion is funda-mental. The boxoffice is the man-in-Film Row’s conception of

another fundamental. Celluloid artistry is one thing but in the

picture business man can’t live by art alone. “MovletlmeU. S. A." reduces all the industry hoopla into one common de-nominator—a shot-in-the-arm for benefit of boxoffice. Luckilyfor the more lofty aspects of COMPO's industry purposes, thecampaign, which has now been extended to a full year's drive,

coincides with a flow of film product of high average.

However, neither COMPO nor the energies of Messrs. Depinet,O’Donnell, Mayer. Coyne & Co. can ever offset another showbusiness fundamental—the show’s the thing. The Hollywoodproduction line is giving them good shows, fortunately, and it

is assumed that the dire results that mediocrity has brought tothe boxoffice will keynote, at all times, the necessity to main-tain high parity.

. It is true, as one film executive once put it, “Nobody in Holly-wood has a production meeting or a story conference and de-cides. ’Let's set out to produce a stinker’ ”... but it is apparent,too, that harder application of production savvy and story valuescan minimize the ratio of flops. COMPO's latching onlo the im-proved quality output is the big plus to insure the organiza-tion's future. Abel.

‘Producer-Producer Has the Edge

Over Other Producers-HornbiowThe Hollywood “producer-pro-

ducer. ’’ with few exceptions, hasthe edge over the actor-produceror the director-producer, becausehis thinking has to do with basic

ideas and subject matter and not

with star roles or showy directorial

projects which are off the com-mercial beam, declares producerArthur Hornblow. Jr.

Hornblow has written the first

of a series of articles by promi-nent members of the recently-organized Screen Producers Guild,designed to acquaint the publicwith what a producer is. Articles

are being sent to general circula-

tion mags and newspapers.“The actor-producer, by and

large.” Hornblow states In his dis-

cussion of producing as a fulltime

profession, “picks vehicles for him-self, and here he has mostlv founddemoralization and bankruptcy.This is not because they are notintelligent people, but becausetheir thinking had nothing to dowith baric ideas or subject matter,but had to do with star roles.

“And the director-producers?They are very intelligent and verytalented men. Without the direc-

tor. we in the guild would bepowerless . . . But the curious cir-

cumstance is this, and this has

been demonstrated in England, for

instance, where the director-pro-

ducer system has been practiced;

the industry there which held a

certain amount of promise a fewyears ago, has gone into almostcomplete collapse. Why has this

happened? I think it is becausedirector-producers think not of

subjects or ideas, in the main, al-

though some of them do; they

(Continued on page 24>

NLRB Orders Elections

For Paramount EmployeesWashington. Sept. 4.

National Labor Relations Boardhas ordered bargaining electionsto be held the end of this monthfor (D advertising, publicity andcontactmen for Paramount Inter-

national Films operating in NewYork State; (2) advertising, pub-licity and contact people for Par-amount Pictures Corp. in New’York State; and < 3> office, clericaland accounting personnel of Par-amount Pictures Corp. and Par-amount Distributing Co., workingat the homeoffice in N. Y.They will decide between Local

H-63. Motion Picture Home OfficeEmployees Union. IATSE, and Dis-trict 65 of the Distributing. Proc-essing and Office Workers. Board'sorder is in line with the recom-mendation of its trial examiner.

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Polyglot PicHollywood. Sepl. 4.

Twentieth-Fox lot soundslike the Tower of Babel thisweek, with 60 actors speaking13 languages in foreign em-bassy sequences for “FiveFingers.”

In addition to English, thethesps break out with argu-ments in Greek. Turkish, Rus-sian. Hungarian. French, Ger-man. Italian. Arabic. Spanish,Japanese, Polish and Portu-guese.

‘Movietime’ Gets

A Big Surprise:

First 2 Gripes‘‘Movietime U. S. A.” campaign

has been getting such unanimousand enthusiastic response fromexhibs throughout the country thatexecs of the b.o. promotional cam-paign have begun to pinch them-selves. This week they ran intoassurances that they weren'tdreaming, for the first of twosquawks— almost welcome underthe circfamstances—was heard.One was from the Independent

Theatre Owmers of Ohio in its reg-ular service bulletin. The otherwas a telegram from Charles Niles,treasurer of Allied States Assn., toHubert J. O’Donnell, chairman ofthe •‘Movietime” drive.

Neither attack was on the pro-motion campaign directly. Rather,they w’ere objections to terms beingsought on pix to be distributedduring the “Movietime” drive starting Oct. 1 and to other distrib prac-tices which the beefers in one wayor another hooked up with theO’Donnell-led campaign.

Neither objection was in any wayan official expression of 1TOO orof Allied. Ohio bulletin merelyprinted the reaction of memberLeo T. Jones and asked for com-ment from other members. Or-ganization's board Is to meet Sept.11 in Columbus to discuss partici-pation in “Movietime” and wantsguidance. Niles' telegraphic squawkwas purely personal.“Why should an independent ex-

hibitor,” Jones asked, “particular-ly one in a small town or city, orone with a subsequent run. partici*


TO KEEP APACEOne of the moat striking aspects

of cost reduction in the Industry in

the past three years is the deepslash that has taken place in theaverage indie production budget.While the major studios have like-

wise trimmed pic expenditures,they have been able to come no-where near the cuts the averageindie has made.The deep hacking at budgets ap-

plies mostly to the true indies

—

those who dig up their own financ-ing without second-money or guar-antees from a studio. A large num-ber of indies, incidentally, led byStanley Kramer, have moved intothe studio category, preferring tosacrifice some of their autonomyand potential profits for the easeand safety of big company backing.While Kramer particularly, with

Columbia financing, is going in forheavier-budgeted product than thaton which he built his reputation,the indies who have remained com-pletely free of studio ties havebeen bringing their costs down to

what for them are much more re-

alistic levels. That applies to every-one from Samuel Goldwyn, longthe bellwether of the lone-wolffilmmakers, to the lowliest lads onshoestring row.

Goldwyn a Special CaseGoldwyn, of course, is a some-

what special case. After going in

for big. expensize product for manyyears, he turned to comparativelylight-budgeted (for him) films dur-ing the fiscal scare that grippedHollywood three years or so ago.With his newest effort, “I WantYou,” just completed, he’s hit alevel somewhere In between “BestYears of Our Lives” (1946) and


Lopert Preps ‘Cry,’

‘Outcast’ ReleaseLopert Films is propping expan-

sion of its sales organization with-in the next few weeks, in prepara-tion for handling two new SirAlexander Korda plx this year.First will be “Cry. the BelovedCountry.” which will go into re-lease in October, and the secondis “Outcast of the Islands.” duefor Christmas openings.

Lopert has released only onemajor pic for Korda since its

distribution agreement was madeearly this year. That is “Tales ofHoffmann/’ General salesmanage’-Sidney Deneau has pretty muchhandled that himself. He’ll appointthree or four reps throughout thecountry to aid with the new pixand possibly still further expandlater.

Morris Hclprin. Korda's U. S.

rep. recently returned to NewYork with Ilva Lopert. Lo-pert Films chief, from huddles inLondon with Korda. Helprin saidthe British producer has just com-pleted two lesscr-budgeters andhas a David Lean production now-shooting. In accordance with theLopert agreement, these will beoffered him first, but no relase is

set.

The pair just finished are “Mr.Denning Drives North.” with John


Bette’s BitHollywood, Sept. 4.

Bette Davis, an establishedstar and an Oscar winner, hasaccepted a minor role in

“Phone Call from a Stranger”at 20th-Fox. In England It if

customary for top names to ap-pear in supporting parts, butnot in Hollywood. Actress will

play a bedridden paralytic forabout 10 minutes.Her husband, Gary Merrill,

and Shelley Winters are billed

as costars.

COMPO Capitalizes

On Gallup Survey

Of B.O. OptimismAn optimistic forecast by Dr.

George Gallup on the film indus-try and a summary of a survey byVariety on gross incomes for ma-jor picture companies are includedin a story being released by theCouncil of Motion Picture Organi-zations to financial editors and pub-lications this week. They are partof a quiet—and evidently highlyeffective—campaign that the all-

industry public relations organiza-tion has been carrying on to ac-

quaint financial writers with facts

on status of the business.The yarn being sent out this

week follows a recent luncheonfor editors and reporters on theWall St. Journal. Journal of Com-merce and the financial sections ofthe daily newspapers. Thy approxi-mately 10 writers present at theHotel Astor, N. Y., huddle wereaddressed by Robert J. O’Donnell.Texas circuit operator and chair-

man of the “Movietime U. S. A.”promotional drive; Arthur L.Mayer, exec. v.p. of COMPO. andPaul Raibourn. v.p. of Paramountand an outstanding industry econ-omist. Luncheon was arranged byArt Schmidt and Ray Bell, of Co-lumbia. who also were present.

Success of the * session is un-doubtedly best illustrated by a mar-ket report issued a couple days


Finkelstein Quits

Lopert, Joins WeinerEdward Finkelstein. executive as-

sistant to Ilya Lopert. prez of Lo-pert Films Distributing Corp., forthe past four years, resigned this

week to join Sanford Weiner in

setting up a new distribution firm.

New company will handle productfor both theatrical and TV markets.

Finkelsteln-Weiner's initial the-atrical release will be William L.Snyder's “The Emperor’s Nightin-gale.” Czech import recentlywound up a 16-week run at theTrans Lux 60th St. Theatre, N. Y.F-W outfit reportedly Is also pre-pared to partially finance indie the-atrical TV production.

CHI THEATRE SHUTTERS

IN IA STAGEHAND SNAG.

Chicago, Sept. 4.

Several weeks old labor disputeinvolving the North Center Theatreand International Alliance of The-atrical Stage Employees ended tem-porarily last week with shutteringof the theatre.

Hassle started when the housedropped a stagehand from its pay-roll because of economy. Dis-missed stagehand, a member ofIATSE Local 2, had been carriedon the payroll under a union edictmaking it mandatory that all erst-

while vaude houses keep stage em-ployees regardless of presentpolicy.

Demand followed by Local 2that sister guild. IATSE Local 110.operators union, walk out in sym-pathy, a request which Gene At-kinson, operators chieftain nixed.Atkinson's refusal to pull out theprojectionists was later remandedby IATSE prexy Richard Walsh.Many local film houses are still

carrying stagehands. Among themare several nabes which at onetime had stage activity, plus a ma-jority of downtown houses.

Independent American producerswill turn out almost twice as manyfpreign locationers this year as themajors, an analysis of overseasfilm-making disclosed this week.More than 20 features will be madeabroad either in whole or in partby indies to outdistance the topHollywood studios in point ofglobal lensing.Bulk of the foreign shooting will

come from such indies as IrvingAllen, Alexander Paal, Robert L.Lippert, Julian Lesser, MortBriskin, Joseph Kaufman. AlbertL e w i n, Benagoss Productions(Henry Rogers Benjamin-GermaineGossler *, Norma Productions(Harold Hccht-Burt Lancaster),Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., PeterCusick, George -Breakston-C. RayStahl. Orson Welles and SamSpiegel.Prime reasons for the indies'

tendency to roll their films abroad,trade observers feel, are the obvi-ous ones: lower costs and an op-portunity to capitalize upon naturalbackgrounds. Majors also effectsimilar budgetary savings in over-seas shooting, but in contrast to theindies, they have huge studios tomaintain and a sufficient quantityof product must be made at hometo keep down the domestic over-head.Now before the camera in Japan

is Breakston-Stahl's "Geisha Girl.”Breakston previously made “TokyoFile 212” in the same country, andRKO now has it in release. SamSpiegel's Horizon Productions is

winding up “The Africa Queen” ina Britain studio. Most of theHumphrey Bogart-Katharine Hep-burn starrer, however, was lensedin Africa.

Tleups with James Carreras' Ex-(Continued on page 28)

UA Starts Sales Drive,

Instead of Oct, to Take

Advantage of B.O. HikeBecause of the*\ipbeat nature of

the current market, United Artistsset its national sales drive in mo-tion over the weekend, droppingoriginal plans to launch the cam-paign in October.

Switch was decided upon at theseries of field meetings last weekbetween a trio of homeoffice execsand district and branch managers.William J. Heineman, distributionv.p.; Max Youngstein, ad-pub v.p„and Bernard Kranze. sales man-ager, conducted the sessions inChicago, San Francisco. New Or-leans and N. Y.

Sales push.*1which runs to -Dec.

31, will depart from traditional in-dustry policy. Intead of honoringany individual, as is usually thecase, drive will carry only thecompany's banner. Each branchmanager will more or less set hisown rules. Company will have hada total of 41 features in release bythe end of the drive. Youngstein

iwill serve as coordinator from the

I h.o.

Also marking a departure. UA’s

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big selling pitch will be withoutcash or other prizes. UA is oper-ating in the black but still hasheavy losses incurred early in theyear to overcome.

Goldwyn, Golding TalkDavid Golding, newly-appointed

ad-pub director for Samuel Gold-wyn Productions, left N. Y. last

night (Tues.) for Coast huddleswith Goldwyn.

It will be his first meeting withthe producer since Golding joined

I the outfit.

Hemsing Joins ECA For

Europe Trade Union PixAlbert E. Hemsing, film division

director for the Textile WorkersUnion of America and the Amal-gamated Clothing Workers ofAmerica, resigned the post lastweek to become film adviser forthe Economic Cooperation Admin-istration's Labor Information Pro-gram for Marshall Plan countries.ECA plans to produce a number

of pictures aimed at Europeantrade union audiences, as part ofits goal to increase industrial pro-ductivity and combat Communism.LIP is headed by Harry Martin,prez of the American NewspaperGuild. Hemsing will act as Mar-tin’s film adviser.

8 PICTURE GROSSES Wednetday, September S, 1951

B way Soars;*

81111’

Terrif $88,000,

Talk’-Stage Smash 120G, ‘Woman’

Plus Vaude Wow 87G, ‘Rhubarb’ 27GBroadway first-run business soar-

ed over the Labor Day weekend,with the overall total being almost

the same as a year ago for LaborDay week. Showing, la particularly

gratifying, since both the Capitol

and Warner (old Strand Theatre)were playing stagefilm policy in

1950, but are sans stageshows nowThe big deluxe houses were added

by cool, rainy weather, the sameas last year for Labor Day week,with plenty of out-of-towners mak-ing up for the unusually heavyexodus of New Yorkers from the

city starting last Friday (31).

Early sweltering weather con-

tributed to this heavy trek, mecury not dropping until late Friday.

Seven new bills plus the usual

weekly change at the Palace are

helping the upbeat, since few of

the new films failed to click. TheRoxy, Paramount, Capitol andGlobe all have new winningentries.

“Place in Sun” is soaring to a

gigantic $88,000 at the Cap, nearall-time high for straight films

there. This is also much biggerthan many stagefilm shows havedone opening week at house.

“People Will Talk,” backed byan extensive, original ad campaign,is hitting smash $120,000 or better

in first week at the Roxy. Pic is

backed by stageshow headed byFrank Fontaine, the Harmonicatsand an iceshow, but apparently thebulk of the draw stems from thefilm House is credited with doingthe biggest Sunday biz ever onSept. 2, with the four-day weekendmarking the Roxy's greatest LaborDay weekend.

“His Kind of Woman.” with stagebill topped by Jan Murray, ToniArden, and Elliot Lawrence band,is climbing to sock $87,000 at thePar, pic here again being creditedfor the heavy boxoffice. “Rhubarb'*is proving surprisingly strong with$27,000 likely for first session at

the Globe.

“Painting Clouds With Sunshine”is not measuring up so well for

a holiday week but is passablygood $20,000 at the Warner. "Little

Egypt" is in a similar category,being only fair with $12,000 in

initial Mayfair round. “PanelledDoor” at Trans-Lux 60th St., is

very lean, and quits after 10 days.Continuing to show amazing

stamina. “Show Boat” with stage-show is heading for a great $145,-000 this stanza, although it’s theseventh week at the Music Hall.Same bill holds an eighth frame,with “Capt. Horatio Hornblower”due in next. “David and Bath-sheba” also is proving a champlong-run pic, winding up its thirdRivoli round last night withmighty $77,000 This is very closeto second week’s total.

“Jim Thorpe. All-American” is

holding nicely in its second sessionat the Astor with about $23,000.“Alice in Wonderland" is display-ing marked sustaining power this<6th* stanza, with the probable$22,000 at the Criterion almostequal to the fifth week's $24,000.“Passage West” with vaude is push-ing the Palace to a fine $24,000.

Estimates for This WeekAstor (City Inv.) ( 1.300; 55-S1.50)— “Jim Thorpe” <WB> (2d wk*.

Initial holdover round endingtomorrow (Thurs.) holding nicelywith $22,000. Last week, was smash$31,500. Holds again, naturally.

Bijou (City Inv.) (589; $1.20-$240* — “Tales of Hoffmann"(Indie) (23d wk>. The 22d weekended last night (Tues.) pushed upto $12,000, with help of extra showsLabor Day week. Previous weekWCapl{oHLoew,

f) (4.820; 70-$1.8C)— “Place in Sun” (Part (2d wk>.First week ended last night (Tues.)soared to gigantic $88,000. This is

near all-time high for straight-filmpolicy here. Uppe^j scale and largeseating capacity here both figuredin getting so much coin. Lastweek, "Law and Lady" (M-G> (2dwk-6 days», $12,000.

Criterion <Moss* <1.700; 70-$1.80)— “Alice in Wonderland" (RKO-Disneyi <6th wk'. Present stanzais holding in great style with $22 -

000 in prospect, Labor Day week-end being a big help. Fifth weekwas rousing $24,000.Globe (Brandt 1 (1,500; 50-$ 1.20'—"Rhubarb” (Par). Initial week

ending today (Wed.) is heading forbig $27 000 Holding. In ahead.“Convict Lake” <20th> (4th wk*,$7 000

Mayfair (Brandt) (1.736; 5041.20)—"Little Egypt” <U) (2d wk). Firstround ended last night (Tues.) wasdisappointing at fair $13,500. Inr

ahead. “Outlaw Brother** <UA),$6,500.

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 5541.25>—"Passage West” (Par) and vaude.Fine $24,000 or close. Last week."Criminal Lawyer” (Col) withvaude. $21,500. below hopes.Paramount (Par) <3,664 ; 7041 60

>

— “His Kind of Woman” (RKO)with stagebill topped by JanMurray, Toni Arden, Elliot Law-rence orch (2d wk). First weeksoared to socko $87,000. I^ast week,“That’s My Boy” (Par) with stage-

show (4th wk), okay $57,000.

Park Avenue 'Reade) (583; 90-

$150 > — “Oliver Twist" OJA) (6th

wk). Fifth session ended Sunday(2) held to $14,000. after $14,800for fourth week. Continues.

Radio City inusic Hall (Rocke-fellers) <5.945; 8042.40) — "ShowBoat” (M-G) and stageshow <7th

wk). With an assist from LaborDay weekend, this longrun looks to

hit great $145,000, unusually bigfor seventh week. Holds an eighthframe. Last week! $142,000, aboutin line. with expectations. "Capt.Horatio Hornblower” <WB) is duein next.

Rivoli (UAT-Par) (2.092; 9042)—"David and Bathsheba” (20th) (4thwk'. Third frame ended last night(Tues.) continued its mighty pace,finished at $77,000, only a step be-hind the $79,000 done in secondweek. Stays on indef.Roxy (20th) <5.886; 8042 20) —

“People Will Talk” (20th» plusstageshow topped by Frank Fon-taine. Jerry Murad’s Harmonicatsplus iceshow. (2d wk). First roundroared ahead to smash $120,000with Labor Day weekend being thebiggest ever at this house. Sundaybusiness was highest reached byRoxy for a Sunday. Last week.“Meet Me After Show” '20th) withMilton Berle and his own revueheaded by Dagmar onstage (2dwk), terrific $128 000.

State (Loew’s) (3.450; 5541.50)

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“People Against O'Hara” <M-G».Opens today (Wed.). Last week.“Iron Man” (U) (3d wk-5 days),held stoutly at $14,000 after $16,-000 for second frame.Warner (WB» (2,756; 5541.25)—

“Painting Clouds With Sunshine”<WB). First week ending tomorrow(Thurs.) did not measure up tohopes for a Labor Day week, butstill good - at $20 000. In ahead.“Force of Arms” (WB) (2d wk-10days). $14,500.

Sutton (R & B) (561; 90-$1.50)—"The Medium” (Indie). Openstoday (Wed). In ahead. "Kon-Tiki” (RKO) <22d wk-8 days), hit$6,700 after nice $5,100 for 21stweek.Trana-Lux 60th St. <T-L* (453;

7441 .50)— ’"Her Panelled Door"

(Indie) <2d wk-4 days). First weekended Sunday (2) was lean $3,300.“Reluctant Widow” (Indie) opensFriday (7). Last week. “Emperor’sNightingale” (Indie) (16th wk-4days), $1,500.Trans-Lux 52d St (T-L) (540; 90-

$1.50)—“Kind Lady" (M-G) (5th

wk). Fourth stanza ended Monday(3) pushed up to fine $7,200, aftergood $6,500 for third week.

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060; 55-$150)—"Bright Victory" »U) (6thwk). Fifth stanza ended Monday• 3) edged up to trim $11,000 after$10,500 for fourth round. “Satur-day's Hero” (Col) opens Sept. 10.

‘David’ Tops Mpls., Sock

$19,000; ‘My Boy’ TaU

17G, ‘Leathernecks’ 13GMinneapolis. Sept. 4.

Local boxoffice is still ridinghigh, thanks to n\ore standout pic-

tures and long Labor Day week-end. Even in the face of toughMinnesota State Fair opposition,

newcomers “That’s My Boy," “Fly-ing Leathernecks” and "David and.Bathsheba." last named at ad-vanced scale, are coming throughwith flying colors. It’s the sec-ond week for “His Kind ofWoman,” still solid. Unseasonablycold and rainy weather is n realbiz stimulant.

Estimates for This WeekCentury 'Par' < 1.600; 7441.20)—

“David and Bathsheba” (20th).Raves for this one and the uppedscale apparently is not hitting anyresistance. Soaring to terrif $19.-000. Last week. “Song to Remem-ber” (Col) (reissue), $5,000 at 50-76c scale.

Gopher 'Berger) (1.000; 50-76)—“Warpath" (Par) (2d wk). Okay


“LEATHERNECKS’ HEP

120,000. 10 TOP DC* * Washington, Sept. 4.

Labor Day weekend, on basis pf

previous years, is neve/ up tostandard of other long holidayshere. However, bis for town’s bighouses is shaping nicely, with •few very solid spots. "FlyingLeathernecks.” at Keith's, is pacingcity with holdover bis. “Rich,Young and Pretty,” at Palace, looksbrisk, while “Young As You Feel,"sparked by the annual Gene Ford“Going Native” revue, is sturdy at

Capitol. “Oliver ’Nvlst*’ is huge at.

Dupont, biggest since "Bitter Rice.”

Estimates fer This WeekCapitol (Loew's) <2,434; 44-90)—

"As Young As Feel” (20th) plus"Going Native’’ revue. Bright $25.-

000, with local talent on stage a

real draw. Last week. “Law andLady” <M-G) plus vaude. $22,000.Dupont (Lopert) (372; 50-85)

—

"Oliver Twist” (UA). Wow $12,000.Last week, "Wonderful Times”(Indie), firm $4,000.

Keith’s (RKO) <1,939; 44-89)—"Flying Leathernecks” (RKO). Sock$20 000 and tops in town. Staysover. Last week, "Alice in- Won-derland” (RKO-Disney) (4th wk).sound $9,000.

Metropolitan (Warner) (1.164; 44-

741—“That’s My Boy” (Par) (m.o ).

Pleasing $6,500 for third consecu-tive downtown week. Last week.“Mask of Avenger” (Col), $6,600.

Palace « Loew’s) (2,370; 44-74*—“Rich, Young, Pretty” (M-G).Sturdy $20,000. Last week. “RanAll the Way’’ (UA). weak $13,000.

Playhouse (Lopert) (485; 5541)

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“Bright Victory’1

(U>. Disappoint-ing $5,500. despite crix kudos. Lastweek, “Women Without Names”(Indie) <2d wk), slim $3,000Warner (WB) (2,174; 44-74)—

“Jim Thorpe” (WB). Okay $12,000.but not up to hopes. Last week.“That’s My Boy" (Par) (2d wk),

!

sock $15,000Trans-Lux (T-L) (654; 44-80*

—

“M“ <Col) »2d wk). Very steady$5,000 after better than expected$7,000 last week.

‘Groom’ Giant

$17,000 in K.CKansas City, Sept. 4

Fast pace of film biz here overthe last few weeks continues withstrong lineup of pix for holidayweek. Paramount brought in “Here

jComes the Groom” and wow 1

$17,000 looms. “David and Bath-j

sheba,” at roadshow prices, con-tinues great in second week at Or-pheum. Midland is perky with“Rich. Young and Pretty.” FoxMidwest quartet of houses is do-ing good with "Meet Me AfterShow.” Extreme heat late last

week turned to cooler tempera-tures for weekend.

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

—

"Lilli Marlene" (RKO). Gettingworld preem at this little art house.Good $2,500. Will hold. Last week,"Kon-Tiki” (RKO) (7th wk), $1,800

Midland (Loew’s) <3,500; 50-69)—“Rich, Young and Prettv” (M-G) I

and "Pointed Hills” <M-G>. Good$14,000 Last week. “Ran All Way”(UA) and "Skipalong Rosenbloom”(Col), $11,000.

Missouri (RKO) (2.650; 50-75)—"Flying Leathernecks” (RKO) and“Fury of the Congo’’ (Col) (2d wk*Flying high at $10,000. Last week,sock $15,000.Orpheum (Fox Midwest) (1.912;

7541.20)—"David and Bathsheba”<20th) (2d wk). Smash biz continuesat $15,000. Last week, giant $21,000Paramount (Tri-States) <1.900;

50-69) — "Here Comes Groom”(Par). Big from first dav withwow $17,000 likely and biggesthere this season. Holds. Lastweek. "That’s My Boy” (Par) <2dwk), $11,000 in 9 days.Tower, Uptown. Fairway, Gra-

nada (Fox Midwest) <2.100; 2,043;700; 1.217, 50-75)—"Meet Me AfterShow” (20th). Good $17,000. Lastweek. “Apache Drums” (U),$15,000.

‘Horatio’ Hotsy $11,000,

Port; ‘Belvedere’ 16GPortland. Ore . Sept. 4.

This week’s bix looks ereat againfor film houses. “That’s My Boy”

)

is being held for second stanza at *

Orpheum after doing scorching 1

opening week there and at Orien-tal. “Captain Hornblower” at

1

Broadway and "Belvedere RingsBell” at Paramount and Orientalshape as top newcomers.

Estimates for This WeekBroadway (Parker) (1.890; 65-90)—“Capt. Horatio Hornblower”


Chi Solid; Berle-Dapar lift ‘Rich’

To Huge $100,000, ‘Han’ Lusty 17G,

‘Arms’ 19G; ‘Woman’ Big 18G, 2d-

Estimates Are NetFilm gross estimates as re-

ported herewith from the vari-

ous key cities, are net; 1. e.,* ~

without the 20% tax. Distrib-

utors share on net take, whenplaying percentage, hence the

estimated figures are net in-

come.The parenthetic admission

prices, however, as indicated,

include the U. S. amusementtax.

‘Groom’ Stout 14G,

Indpls.; ‘Show’ 12GIndianapolis. Sept. 4.

Biz is fairly perky at first-runs

here again this stanza, despiteheavy draw of state fair. All spots

got s break via cool weekend after i

two days of record heat. “HereComes Groom” looks tops withhefty take at Indiana, while "MeetMe After .Show” is Just as strongat smaller Circle. "People AgainstO’Hara,” at Loew’s. is okay.

Estimates for This WeekCircle <rockrill-Dolle> (2.800; I

44-65*—“Meet After Show” (20th)

and “Fugitive Lady" (Rep). Nifty,

$12,000. Last week. "Happy GoLovely" (RKO) and “Road Block" I

(RKO), $10,500.

Indiana (C-D) <3.200, 44-65) —

!

"Here Comes Groom” (Par) and"Varieties on Parade" (Lip). Stout$14,000 or over. Last week, "That'sMy Boy” (Par* and “Two Gals, a

Guy" <UA) (2d wk), dandy $11,-1

500

Loew’s 'Loews* <2.427; 44-65) — !

“People Against O'Hara” (M-G*and “China Corsair" (Col). Oke$10,000 I^ast week. “Ran All Way”

j

• UA* and “True Story” (Col). Mild$8 ,000 .

Lyric (C-D) (1.600; 44-65* —“American Spy” 'Mono) and “Let’s 1

Go Navy” 'Mono). Fair $5,000

Last week, “Mark of Renegade” 1

(U) and “Saddle Legion” (RKO*,$5,500.

Wayne Record $18,000,

Denver; ‘Woman’ Big 16G%Denver, Sept. 4.

Biz is so strong here this weekthat three pix are holding over, 1

and a fourth is winning a move-over date. “His Kind of Woman.”“Flying Leathernecks” and “HereComes Groom” are the big boxof-fice winners. “Leathernecks” is

holding for record at the Broad-way. “Groom” shapes as best of

year at the Denham.Estimates for This Week

Broadway (Wolfberg) (1.500 ;40-

80*—“Flying Leathernecks” (RKO*.Record $18,000 for new JohnWayne starrer. Last week, “SJiowBoat’’ (M-G) (6th wk), $7,000

Denham (Cockrill) (1,750; 40-80)—“Here Comes Groom" (Par). Big$15,000 or near. Last week, "War-path” (Par), fair $10,500.

Denver (Fox) (2.525; 40-80) —"Frogmen” (20th) and "14 Hours”(20th), day-date with Esquire. Fine$17,000. Last week. “Capt. HoratioHornblower” (WB* and "G.I. Jane”(Lip) (2d wk), $12,000.

Eaqulre 'Fox) (742; 40-80) —“Frogmen” (20th) and “14 Hours’*(20th *, also Denver. Nice $3,000 orover. Last week, “Capt. HoratioHornblower” (WB* and “G.I. Jane"(Lip) (2d wk). $2,000.

Orpheum (RKO) (2.600; 40-80)—“His Kind of Woman" <KKO> and“Murder Without Crime" (Mono*.Sock $16,000 or better. Last week,"Alice in Wonderland” (RKO-Dis-ney) (4th wk*. $5,500.

Paramount (Fox) (2.200; 40-80>

—

“Cornin' Round Mountain” (U) and"Yes Sir, Mr. Bones" (Lip*, day-date with Webber. Fair $8,000.Last week. “Disc Jockey” (Mono* '

and “Let’s Go Naw’’ (Mono*$ 11 ,000 .

Vogue (Pike) <600; 60-80)—“Hap-piest Ibvvs of Life” (Indie* (2d wk*.Mild $1,700. Last week, $2,500.

Webber (Fox) (750; 40-80) —“Cornin’ Round Mountain" , and"Yes Sir, Mr. Bones” (Lip), alsoParamount. Fair $3,000. Last week.“Second Woman” (UA) and "Copa-cabana” IUA\ good $4,000.

* 1

Chicago, Sept. 4.

Influx of out-of-towhere for La-

bor Day weekend keeping LoopArat-runi on a continued high-

level. For third straight week, hold-

overs are the mainstay, but the big

wallop is Milton Berle and Dagmaronstage at the Chicago Berle par-

cel. in at $1.25 top, plus "Rich.

Young and Pretty** won t crack the

Martin-Lewis house record of a

few weeks back, but should hang

up gigantic $100,000 for first week.

Grand, with “Iron Man" and

"Hurricane Island" Is sock $17,000."Force of Arms” and "Lady andBandit" looms lusty $19,000 at

United Artists.Fifth week of "That’s My Boy" is

strong $39,000 at Oriental. Secondframe "His Kind of Woman’’ is

socko $18,000 at Roosevelt. “Capt.Horatio Hornblower.” in fourthframe at State-Lake,’* is shapinglush $14,000 Palace, with fifth

week of "Alice In Wonderland,”has solid $17,000 sighted. “FlyingLeathernecks" at Woods is - big

$20,000 in third week.

Estimates fer This WeekChicago (B&K) <3.900; 98-S1.25)—"Rich. Young. Pretty" (M-G) plua

Milton Berle and Dagmar toppingstageshow. Huge $100,000, nearhouse record. Last week. "Ran AllWav” (UA) with Jack Carter andMarilyn Maxwell onstage, $45,000.

Grand (RKO) <1.200; 55-98)—"Iron Man” (U) and "HurricaneIsland" (Col). Sock $17,000. Lastweek, "Pickup” (Col) and ’ NeverTrust Gambler" (Col) <2d wk),

$ 12 ,000 .

Oriental (Indie) <3.400; 98*—“That’s My Boy" (Par) and vaude(5th wk). Strong $39,000. Lastweek, $44,000.

Palace (RKO) (2,500; 55-98)—"Alice In Wonderland" (RKO-Dia-ney* (5th wk*. Leveling to fine

$17,000. Last week. $20,000.

Roosevelt (B&K) <1,500; 55-98)—“His Kind of Woman" (RKO) (2dwk). Lively $18,000. Last week,smash $29,000. way over hopes.

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 98* —"Horatio Hornblower" (WB* (4thwk). Fine $14,000. Last week,$16,000.

United Artiste (B&K) (1.700; 55-98)—“Force of Arms” (WB) and“Lady and Bandit" (Col). Lusty$19,000. Last week, “Strictly Dis-honorable” (M-G) and “14 Hours”(20th) (2d wk), $12,000.

Woods (Essaness) <1,073; 98)

—

“Flying Leathernecks" (RKO) <3dwk*. Big $18,000. Last week,$24,000.

World (Indie) (587; 80)—“KindLady" <M-G>. Fine $5,000. Lastweek, 'Teresa” (M-G) (6th wk>,$4,000.

Ziegfeld (Lopert) (434; 98)—"Odette” (Indie). Opened yester-day (Mon.). Last week, "Four InJeep” (UA). oke $4,500.

Groom’ Great $18,000,

Buff.; Thorpe’ Boff 14G,

‘Iron Man’ Sturdy 12GBuffalo, Sept. 4.

Biz is perking here this stanza,with "Here Comes Groom," "IronMan” and "Jim Thorpe” shapingas standouts. Outstanding showinglikely will be made by “Thorpe”at Center Theatre. “Groom” loomsbig at Paramount while "IronMan" is rated sturdy at Lafayette."People Against O'Hara” is goodat the Buffalo.

Estimates for This WeekBuffalo (Loew’s) (3.500; 40-70)

—

—“People Against O’Hara" (M-G).Good $13,000. Last week, “Ran AllWay" (UA) and "Navy Bound" (In-die). $10,800.Paramount (Par) (3,000; 40-70—

“Here Comes Groom” (Par) and“Two Dollar Bettor” (Indie). Big$18,000. Last week. “BelvedereRings Bell" (20th) and “Sun Setsat Pawn” (UA), $10,500.Center (Par) <2.100; 40-70) —

“Jim Thorpe” (WB). Stalwart $14-000. Last week, “Capt. HoratioHornblower” (WB) (3d wk). $5,000.

Lafayette (Basil) <3,000; 40-W—“Iron Man” (U) and “Madeleine”. Sturdy $12,000 Last week,"Sirocco’’ (Col) and "Chain of Cir-cumstances” (Col), $10,000.Century (20th Cent.) (3,000; 40-

70) — “That’s My Boy" (Par) <3d

wk). Held at $11,500. Last week,sock $15,000,

FIFTH DAY and greatest crowds o! all times shatter FI IIST DAY crowds jam Roxy for Zanuck-Mankiewicz*s “People Will Talk” starring Caryevery record in the history of the Roxy Theatre/ Grant and Jeanne Crain, which had one of top grossing opening days in the past three years.

THE CROWDS ARE BACK THANKS TO 20th CENTURY-FOX!

10 pimnB grosses WwInewU^ September 5, 1951

LA Spurts; David’ Terrif $54,000,

‘Woman’ Wham 42G, Thorpe’ Big

43G, Talk’ OK 37G; ‘Bov’ 15G, 4th

Los Angeles. Sept. 4.

Local first-runs are heading for

a smash week, paced by mighty$54,000 in prospect for “David andBathsheba" in two theatres, pic

doing record weekend. Fine holi-

day weekend weather cued hold-outs at most houses with sevennew and three holdover bills. Ex-pected that final totals will be 20%over corresponding week last year.

Second place is being capturedby “Jiin Thorpe." with big $43,000

in three houses. “His Kind of

Woman" is terrific $42,000 or close

at Orpheum, El Key and Hawaii.“Peop’e Will Talk" is rated okay$37,000 in five locations.

“That’s My Boy" still is strongwith $15,000 in fourth week, twospots. “Place in Sun” continuessolid in third Fine Arts round.“Five" was sock $8,000 in first

week at Four Star.

Estimates for This W eek

Los Angeles. Vogue. Uptown.Loyola. Wllxhire FWC) <2.097;

885 1,719; 1.248; 2.290; 70-$1.10>—“People Will Talk" <20th). Okay$37,090 or over. Last week. “MeetAfter Show" <20th) 48 days. LosAngeles, Uptown. Loyola. Wilshireand 9 days Chinese, 2.048), smart$42 400.

Hollywood, Downtown, Wiltera<W’B> <2.756 1,757; 2.344; 70-81.10)— Jim Thorpe" 4WB). Big $43,000or dose. Last week, "Hornblow-er" « WB) (3d wk), $20,400.

Loew's State, Egyptian (UA)<2.404; 1,538; 70-$1.10) — “Rich,Young. Pretty" <M-G> and “Mon-tana Desperado" (Mono) (Stateonly). Mild $26,000. Last 'week.“Strictly Dishonorable" <M-G) and“Tall Target" <M-G), $22,200.

Hlllstreet, Pantaces <RKO> <2.-

890. 2.812; 70-$ 1 '—“Happy GoLovely" <RKO> and “Hard. Fast.Beautiful" <RKO>. Solid $34,000.I*ast week, “Alice Wonderland"• RKO-Disney) (2d wk-11 days),$36,700.Los Angeles, Hollywood Para-

mounts <F&M> <3.398; 1.430; 0O>—“That’s My Boy" (Par) <4th wk).Fine $15,000. Last week, fine

$16,500.United Artists, Rita, Iris <UA-

FWC) <2.100; 1,370; 814; 70-81.10)—“Francis to Races" <U) and“Native Son" (Indie) (United Ar-tists only). Fast $19,500. Lastweek, at UA, Ritz, Vogue <885),

Studio City (880), Culver <1.145),“Iron Man" (U) and “Man WithMy Face" (UA) <2d wk-4 days)okay $13,700.

Four Star (UA) <900; 90)

—

“Five" (Col). Started second weektoday <4) after sock $8,000 last

week.Fine Arts (FWC) <677; 8O-S1.50)


Broadway Grosses

Estimated Total GrossThis Week $714,798( Based on 18 theatres.)

Last Year r $762,6004 Based on 18 theatres.)

Crosby Crisp $16,000,

Cincy; ‘Woman’ Smasji

13G, ‘Show’ Boff 14GCincinnati, Sept. 4.

Holiday spread of super fare is

ringing up dividends at majorhouses this stanza. “Here ComesGroom." is a Capitol harvest.“Capt. ‘Horatio Hornblower,"looms nice at Albec. while “MeetMe After Show," is lush forKeith’s. “His Kind of Woman" is

smash at the Palace. “PeopleAgainst O’Hara" looks sturdy atthe Grand.

Estimates for This WeekAlbee <RKO» <3.100; 55-75)—

“Capt. Horatio Hornblower" <WB).Fine $15,000. Last week. “Cyrano"<UA), $13,000 on pop scale run.

Capitol < Mid-States) <2.000. 55-75 1—“Here Comes Groom" (Par).

Bingo $16,000, and best here forsome time. Holds. l^ast week.“Belvedere Rings Bell" <20th) <2dwk'. all right $7,000.Grand <RKO> <1400; 55-75)

—

“People Against O’Hara” (M-G).Sturdy $9,000. Last week. “LadyBandit" (Col) and “Roadblock"(RKO), $7,500. ~

• Keith’s 'Mid-States) ( 1.542; 55-75<—“Meet After Show” <20th>.Boff $14,000 theatre’s greatest fig-ure in months. Slays on. Lastweek. “The Strip" <M-G», 810.500.

Lyric <RKO* <1.500; 55-75)—“Annie Get Gun" <M-G) and “WestPoint Story” <WRi 'reissues) splitwith “Kim" <M-G> and “CaptainFrom Castille" <20th» (reissues).Fairish $4 500. Last week. “Alicein Wonderland" (RKO-Disney)on o ). fine $5,000.

Palace RKO) <2.600; 55-75)—“His Kind of Woman" «RKO).Socko $13,000. Last week. “Hap-py Gy. Lovely" HKO<, $10 500.

DavkT Gigantic

$50,000, PhiHyPhiladelphia. Sept. 4.

“David and Bathsheba," withtilted' scale, is likely to aet newhouse record at Fox this sessionwith mighty $50,000 in prospect.Biz is up generally because ofrainy weekend. Aldine returnedto first-run field with initial film,“Rich, Young, Pretty,” solid.Rave reviews kicked off “Place

in Sun" at Boyd and it shapessock. “Fugitive Lady" is beinghelped by stageshow with extralate stage performance to getaround Philly blue laws at theEarle. Strong preem bally for“Flying Leathernecks" is enablingit to get a big total despite- ob-viously strong competition fromother big new pix. “Happy GoLovely" is neat at Midtown.

Estimates fer This WeekAldine <WB) G.303; 50-99)—

“Rich, Young, Pretty" <M-G».Solid $13,000. Last week, housewas dark.Boyd ( WB> <2.360; 50-99)

—

“Place in Sun" <Par). Boff $31.-000. Last week. “Alice in Wonder-land" (RKO-Disney), $5,000.

Earle <WB> <2.700; 50-99)—"Fugitive Lady" (Rep) plus Il-

linois Jacquet, Piano Red, Sa-vannah Churchill onstage. Strong$22,500. Last week. “Got MeCovered" <Par» and "Up in Arms"(RKO) (reissues), $10,000.Fox <20th) (2,250; 50-99)—“David

and Bathsheba" (20th). Terrific$50,000. Last week, “Meet AfterShow" <20th) <2d wk), okay $15,000in 8 days.Goldman (Goldman) <1.200; 50-

99)—“His Kind of Woman" >RKO)<2d wk). Big $12,000. Last week.

\

wow $21,000.Mastbaum (WB) <4.360; 50-99)

—

“Capt. Horatio Hornblower’’ <WB)(3d wk). Off to $11,000. Lastweek, nice $16,500.

Midtown (Goldman) <1,000; 50-99>—"Happy Go Lovely" (RKO).Neat $10,000. Last week. “NightInto Morning" <M-G», $7,000.Randolph (Goldman) (2,500; 50-

•9)—“Flying Leathernecks" (RKO).Big $18,000. Last week. "ShowBoat" (M-G) <8th wk>. $7,000.

Stanley (WB) <2.0tH); 50-99) —“Jim Thorpe” (WB) (2d wk). Downto $11,000. Last week, sock$21 .000.

Stanton <WB) >1.473: 50-99) —“Passage West” <Par). Study $11.-000. Last week, “Pickup” (Col),

$10,500.Trans-Lux <T-L) <500; 50-99) —

“Four in Jeep” <UA>. Nice $4,000.Last week, “Kind I.ady" <M-G><3d wk>, $3,000.World <G&S) <500; 50-99) —

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“Oliver Twist” (UA» <3d wk). Big,$6,500.

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WAYNE SOLID $16,000

IN PROV4 SHOW’ 9GProvidence, Sept. 4.

With wet weather over early

part .of usually big away-from-clty

weekend, most theatre spots

reaped an unusually big harvest.

Standouts are Metropolitan with

“That’s My Boy” and RKO Albee,

with “Flying Leathernecks" latter

being especially strong. “Meet

After Show*’ is only so-so at

Majestic.

Estimates for This WeekAlbee (RKO) <2,200; 44-85) —

“Flying Leathernecks" (RKO) and“Road Block" (RKO). Solid $16.-

000 for John Wayne starrer. Lastweek, “Up In Arms" <RKO> and“They Got Me Covered” (RKO)(reissues), good $10,000.

Majestic (Fay) (2.200; 44-65) —“Meet After Show" (20th) and“Yukon Manhunt" (Mono). Onlyso-so $9,000. Last week, “Capt.Horatio Hornblower" <WB) (2d

wk), $9,000.

Metropolitan (Snider) <3.100; 44-

65)—“That's Mv Boy" (Par). Hefty$16,000. Last week, house wasshuttered.

State «Loew» <3.200; 44-85) —“Rich, Young, Pretty" (M-G) and“Big Gusher" (Col). Fairly good$15,000. Last week, “Mask of

Avenger" (Col) and “Chain Cir-

cumstances" (Col), so-so $10,000.

Strand (Silverman) (2.200; 44-

65 »—“Here Comes Groom" (Par).

Opened Monday <3). Last week,“Big Carnival" (Par), NO $8,000.

My Boy’ Mighty

$20,000, L’ville

Louisville, Sept. 4.

Pace at first-runs* is lively this

week, with a new house, the Ken-tucky, opening with “Mr. Belve-dere Rings Bell." “That's My Boy"at Rialto is the smash hit currently.“Rich, Young, Pretty" at Loew s

State is doing nicely, as is “Frog-men" at Strand and lioldover of“Captain Horatio Hornblower" at

Mary Anderson. Mammoth Hada-col show at Parkway Field. Mon-day (3), headed by Bob Hope, hadpeople from miles around comingin for event.

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

45-85)—“Capt. Horatio Hornblow-er" (WB) <2d wk). Holding up togood $7,000. Last week, sock$ 10 ,000 .

Kentucky (Switow)65)—“Belvedere RingsTown's newest theatrecomplete facelifting,

first-run house. Paceon initial week at fairweek, shuttered.

(1,100; 45-

Bell" <20th).

entry, afterMade intorather slow$4,000. Last

Rialto (Fourth Avenue) <3,000;45-65)—“That’s My Boy” (Par) and“Roaring City" (Lip). Biggestweek’s biz house has had in longtime. Terrific $20,000 for 8 days.Last week, “Forbidden Past-’• RKO) and "Let’s Go Navy”• Mono), $12,000.

State (Loew’s) (3.000; 45-65)

—

“Rich, Young, Pretty” <M-G) and“No Questions Asked" <M-G). Nice$11,000. Last week. “Sirocco"•Col) and “When Redskins Rode"•Col), $10,000.

Strand (FA) <1.200; 45-65)—"Frogmen" (20th) and “RodeoKing, Senorita" <Rep>. Excellent$6,000. Last week, “Best of Bad-men" (RKO) and “Road Block"(RKO), $3,500.

Jones Ups ‘Fabian’ to $37,000, Det.;

Boy’ Socko 32G, ‘Man’ Strong 17GDetroit, Sept. 4.

Cold weather over the LaborDay weekend, which is keepingmany people away from northernresorts, is boosting trade here.Spike Jones’ Musical Depreciationgang is sending "Adventures Capt.Fabian" to a fancy figure at theFox. “That’s My Boy" looks sockoat the Michigan. “Iron Man" shapesstrong at the Palms. “Capt. Hora-tio Hornblower” looms nice onmoveover to Madison. Torrid heatjust ahead of cooler weather lastweek caused a big drop in biz.

Estimates for This WeekFox <Fox-Det roit) <5.000; $1.25-

$1.50)—“Adventures of Capt. Fa-bian” (Rep) plus Spike Jones on-stage. Fancy $37,000 Last week,

,“M" (Col) and "Two of Kind" (Col),$24 000 in 6 days.

Michigan 'United Detroit) <4 00070-95)— “That’s My Boy" (Par) and

“Katie Did It" (ColL Gi;eat $32,000.Last week, “Alice in Wonderland"• RKO-Disney) (2d wk), $15,000.

Palms <UD) *2,900; 70-95)—“IronMan" and “Saddle Legion"(Lip). Strong $17,000. Last week,“Capt. Horatio Hornblower" (WB)<2d wk), $17,000. wilting in lastcouple of days because of heatwave.Madison <UD) <1,800; 70-95)—

“Hornblower" (WB) <m.o.). Nice$10,000. Last week, “WagonWheels" (Indie) and "Desert Gold"• Indie) (reissues). $6,000United Artists <UA) <1.900; 70-95)

—’Strip" *M-G) and “This IsKorea” (Rep). Slow $8,000. Lastweek. "Rich. Young, Pretty” <M-G)‘2d wk), $11,200.Adams (Balaban) (1,700; 70-95)

—

"Happy Go Lovely** (RKO) <2d wk).Slipping to $6,000. Last week, neat$9,000.

leathernecks’ Great 23G, Hob; ‘Boy’

25G, 2d; Thorpe’ $18,000, ‘Rich’ 26G

Key City Grosses

Estimated Total GrossThis week . . $2,962,999( Bated on 23 cities, 201 the-

atres, chiefly first runs, includ-ing N. Y.)Total Gross Same Week

Last Year .... $2,789,599(Based on 22 cilief, and 176

theatres.)

‘Groom’ Lofty

$17,000, St LooSt. Louis, Sept. 4.

Exodus of natives for three-day

holiday weekend to nearby resorts

is not slowing down turnstile ac-

tivity at the big cinemas here this

week. Cool, cloudy weather qver

weekend boosted biz. Of new fare,

"Rich, Young, Pretty" is grabbingsock coin at Loew's. “Jim Thorpe”is not far behind with big tradeat the Fox. “Here Comes Groom”also is smash at the Missouri.“That’s My Boy" continues fine at

Ambassador, fourth downtownweek for pic.

Estimates for This WeekAmbassador <K&M> <3.000; 60-

75)—“That’* My Boy" <Par) and

"Dear Brat’’ (Par) <m.o.’s». Fine$12,000 for fourth week downtown.Last week, “Capt. Hornblower"(WB) and “Belvedere" (20th),

$11 ,000 .

Fex <F&M > <5.000; 60-75) —"Jim Thorpe" <WB> and “Stage toTucson" (Col). Big $18 000 orover. Last week. “Meet AfterShow" (20th) and “Lets Go Navy"(Mono), $17,500.

Leew's < Loewi <3.172; 50-75) —“Rich, Young. Pretty” <M-G).Socko $20,000 or near. Last week,“Law and Lady" <M-G> and"Painted Hills" <M-G), $13,000.

Missouri .KAMI <3.500; 60-45) —“Here Comes Groom" <Par) and“According Mrs. Hoyle’’ (Mono).Smash $17,000. Last week. “That’sMy Boy" <Par> and “Dear Brat"<3d wk), $13,000.

Pageant <St. L. Amus. Co.)

(1,000; 50-90)—"Oliver Twist" (UA)(3d wk). Holding at $1,500 after

$2,000 second session.

Shady Oak <St. L. Amus. Co.)

(800; 50-90'—“Oliver Twist" (UA)<3d wk). Still oke at $1,800 follow-ing $2,500 second stanza.

Shubert (Indie) < 1.700; 60) —"Jesse James" (20th) and “ReturnFrank James" <20th> (reissues).

Okay $3,500. Last week, shuttered.

"That’sstanza at

Boston, Sept. 4.

My Boy," in secondthe Met, and "Flying

Leatberiteckk," at the Memorial,are grabbing the bulk of trade thissession. Trade is hypoed byAMVETS convention, reopeningof downtown stores oq Saturdayand being a rainy spell. “JimThorpe," at Paramount and Fen-way shapes oke and “Rich. Young,Pretty” at State and Orpheum is

average. "Little Egypt" at Bostonlooks only fair, "liiunder on Hill"is winding four-week run at the

J Astor still in the chip*.Estimates for Thla Week

Astor (BAQ) <1,200: 50-95) —“Thunder on Hill" <U) <4th wk).Trim $7,000 or near. Last week,$9,700.

Boston (RKO) (3.200; 40-85)—“Little Egypt" (U) and “King ofWild Horses” (Col) (reissue). Slug-gish $8,000. Last week, “Iron Man"<U) and “Gypsy Fury" (Mono*, neat$13,000.

Exeter (Indie) (1.300; 55-80)—"Kon-Tiki" (RKO) <9th wk). Hold-ing up to $2,500 after nice $2,600for eighth.Fenway (NET) (1.373; 40-85)—

"Jim Thorpe, All-Americar" (WB)and “Heart of Rockies" (Rep). Fair$4,500. Last week, "Warpath" (Par)snd "Varieties on Parade" (Lip),

$3,200.Memorial (RKO) <3.500: 40-85)—

"Flying Leathernecks" <RKO) and"Big Gusher" (Col). Heading forsmash $23,000. Last week, "AliceIn Wonderland*^RKO-Disney) (4th

wk). $12,000.Metropolitan (NET) (4.367; 40-85)—’That’s My Boy" (Par) and

"When I Grow Up’f (UA) <2d wk).Sturdy $25,000. Last week, smash$33,000.Orpheum (Loew) (3.000; 40-85)

—

"Rich, Young, Pretty" *M-G> and"Painted HHls" (M-G). Good$16,500 shapes up. Last week,“Mask of Avenger" (Col) and “TheStrip" (M-G), $13,000Paramount (NET) <1,700; 40-85)

—"Jim Thorpe" (WB) and “Heartof Rockies’* (Rep). Oke $13,500.Last week, "Warpath” (Par) and“Varieties on Parade” <Lip>,

$ 10 ,000.

State (Loew) <3,500 40-85)

—

"Rich, Young, Pretty" <M-G> and“Painted Hills** (M-G). Good $9 500.

Last week, “Mask of Avenger"• Col) and ‘The Strip" <M-G),$9,000.

‘Show’ Load 144*. Toronto;

‘Boy’ Wham $22,000. 2d SSSToronto, Sept. 4.

On product appeal and LaborDay extra showings biz has boomedback at first-runs here. Some topholdovers grossing even better onsecond stanzas than opening week,notably “That’s My Boy," “HereComes Groom" and "Show Boat.”Big newcomers are “BelvedereRings Bell" aod “Meet Me AfterShow."

Estimates for This WeekCrew. Downtown. Glendale, May-

fair, Searboro. State (Taylor) <863;

1.059; 955; 470; 698; 694 :35-60)—

“No Questions Asked" <M-G) and“Home Town Story" <M-G>. Light$10,000. Last w’eck, "Best of Bad-men” (RKO) and “Big Gusher"(Col), $14,000.

Engllnton, Shea’s (FP) <1,080;

2,386; 40-80) — “That’s My Boy"• Par) <2d wk'. Building to big$22,000 and topping last week’s$20 ,000 .

Imperial (FP) (3.373; 50-80) —"Here Comes Groom’’ <Par) (2dwk). Swell $18,000. Last d’eek,$15,000.

Luew’s (Loewi <2,743; 40-70) —“Show Boat" (M-G) <2d wk). Big$17,500. Last week, $15,500.

Nortown. University (FP) (959;1.558; 40-80) — "Belvedere RingsBell" (20th). Fine $16,000. Lastweek. “Happy Go Lovely" (RKO)<2d wk). $9,000Odeon <Rank» <2.390; 50-90) —

"Meet After Show” <20th>. Lusty$14,000. Last week, "Cyrano” (UA)•2d wk». $11,000Uptown (Loew) <2,743; 40-80) —

“Tall Target" (M-G) and Ink Spotsheading stageshow. Good $12,500.Last wert, "Strictly Dishonorable"(M-G) (2d wk», $5,500.

‘David’ Sockeroo $46,000

In Frisco; ‘Groom’ 24G,

‘Victory’ Bright $11,000San Francisco, Sept. 4.

City is loaded with tourists, plusadvance Japan Peace Conferenceguard. This plus the usual holidayupbeat Is boosting biz here thissession. Fox Is hitting a smashpace to wind up first week of“David and Bathsneba" at sock to-

tal. Orpheum got big bally andis doing husky biz with “Pickup."However, one of outstanding show-

being made by "Here ComesGroom" with terrific session at

Paramount. ‘‘Oliver Twist” is

rated hefty at the Larkin. “BrightVictory" shapes big at UnitedArtists.

Estimates fer This WeekGolden Gate (RKO) <2.850; 60-

85)—"Alice in Wonderland" 'RKO-Disney) <3d wk). Good $11,500 in

5 1 7. days. Last week, $18,500.

Fox (FWC) (4,651; $1.20-81.80V—"David and Bathsheba" (20th). Ter-rific $48,000. Last week. “Belve-dere Rings Bell" (20th) and "Cav-alry Scout" (Mono), $17,500.

Warfield (Loew’s) <2.656; 60-85)—“Rich, Young, Pretty” <M-G) '2dwk>. Nice $14,000. Last week,$20 ,

000 .

Paramount (Par) (2.646; 60-85)

—

“Here Comes Groom” (Par). Sock$24,000. Last week, “That’s MyBoy” (Par) (3d wk), $14,000.

St. Francis (Par) (1,400; 60-85)

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“Place in Sun" (Par) (3d wk).Smash $10,000. Last week, $14,000.

Orpheum (No. Coast) (2.448; 55-85)—“Pickup" (Col) snd "ChainCircumstances” (Col). Husky $16,-000. Last week, "Sirocco" (Col)and *'Redskins Rode" (Col) (2d wk),$10,500.

United Artists (No. Coast) G.«207; 55-85)—“Bright Victory" .

Big $11,000. Last week. “FirstLegion" (UA) and "Three StepsNorth" (UA), $8,000.Stagedoor <A-R) (370; $1.80-$2 40)—“Tales of Hoffmann" (Indie)

< 11th wkL Fine 85,000. Last week,$6 ,000 .

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Larkin (Rosener) (400; 65-85)

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“Oliver Twist" (UA). Hefty $3.-

500. Last week, "Lady Paname"I (Indie), $2,600.

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Britisli TV Found Making Strides

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By HARRY REGENSBERGLondon, Sept. 4.

Television, the unpopular Brit-

ish Broadcasting Corp.'s stepchild,

is in a thriving condition despitebeing spoon-fed. The 1951 Radioshow, held at Earls Court fromAug. 29 to Sept. 8. reveals somevery important strides.

Some of the improvements seenat the Exhibition are <1> LargerScreens. Instead of the former 12-

inch tubes, sets are now fitted with15 to 16-inch tubes, (21 anti-flare

gadgets. <31 the final eliminationscanning lines (Spot Wabble).

For the first time, Projection TV(throwing a screen on the wall)has finally been perfected for thehome. Size of screen is four feet

by three feet, making it a very use-ful home model. For public use,there is a model throwing a 20-footwide screen, using a two and halfinch tube energized by *25,000 volts.

The largest direct-vision tube givesa picture 19 by 16Vi inches.

Peculiarity of the TV situation is

that to date there are around 1.500.-

000 sets in use, with licenses issuedby the BBC numbering only about

1.000.

000. Users of the extra 500.-

000 sets cannot be accounted fordespite constant investigation.Thus the BBC is annually beinggypped of around $3,000,000.The 1,500,000 TV sets are esti-

mated to have a viewing public ofaround 8,000,000. With the adventof Holmemoss, Yorkshire, station,

Oct. 12. it is expected that theviewers will number well over10 .000

.

000 .

The most popular TV featuresare newsreels, light entertainment< variety), outside broadcasts, legit

plays < including musicals), films(both English and American), bal-

let, documentaries, orchestral mu-sic. quiz programs, opera, culturaland foreign films.

The most popular light entertain-ment shows are "Music Hall" and"Top Hat," both produced by Rich-ard Afton. and "Kaleidoscope."produced by TV boss Ronny Wald-man. Of the kids’ programs, themost outstanding are "Muffin theMule," by Annette Mills, sister offilm star John Mills; and "Andy*randy.” Both are puppet shows.I'.S. Names Started on Brit. TVThe most important individual

turns if) the lighter field are Nor-man Evans. Terry-Thomas, ArthurAskey, Victor Silvester and band.Desmond Walker. Richard Dimble-by. Bernard Miles. Norman Wis-dom and A! Burnett, the last-

named the most controversial. Ofthe women contingent. GradeFields easily tops, although shedoes not often televise; PetulaClark. Barbara Mullen* Vera Lynn.Betty Dniver, Jennifer Scott andTessie O’Shea.

These, of course, do not includeAmerican radio, vaude. legit andTV names, who are always wel-comed whenever they come over.Surprising fact is that quite a num-ber of American names made theirTV debut in London before gettingtheir chances in the U. S. These,among others, include DoloresGray, Leo Fuld. Vic Hyde, Haroldheel. Bill Johnson and NormanLawrence.Saddest part of it all Is that with

all the advancements there is noteven a glimpse or hint of col-ored TV.

Anouilh’s ‘Ardele’ So-So

As Sole London EntryLondon, Sept. 4.

Only West End production last

week was Jean Anouilh’s "Ardele."translated by Lucienne Hill, pre-sented by Linnit 8c Dunfee at theVaudeville Aug. 10. Play is an un-comfortable mixture o f farce andtragedy, with unwholesome sexsatire predominant. Isabel Jeansand Ronald Squire costar as theunfaithful couple enmeshed in

wholesale family Immorality. Playhas all-round excellent of actingand direction.

Play was warmly received but is

unpalatable fare for general audi-ences. It likely will appeal mainlyon the author's reputation and to

lovers of the ultra-sophisticatedtype of entertainment.

London, Sept. 1.

By arrangement with the Boardof Trade, the British Film Produc-ers Assn, is to select 30 Britishfilms to fulfill the German ImportQuota for 12 months startingSept 1.

Licenses issued under this quotawill enable money earned by thesepictures to be transferred to Eng-land through the Anglo-GermanExchange Control. Films submittedfor approval must be British Quotaproductions, the German rights ofwhich are beneficially owned by aBritish company or British na-tional.

New B.O. Record Doe in Bard’s Boffa

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1951 Stratford-On-Avon Season

Cinema Admission Tax

Hike No Scot Biz DragGlasgow, Aug. 28.

Tax increases on cinema admis-sion prices have barely hit attend-ance at circuit, indie and nabehouses here. Only a few grum-blings have been heard frompat rons.

A few India houses in Edin-burgh and South-East Scotlandreport larger attendance than for-merly as result of lowering certainprices. Exhibs in Scotland watchclosely any fall in receipts. Cine-ma-going, they say, is as much alubit as smoking cigarets; onceh>M. it may never be recovered.

India Director Turns ProducerBombay. Aug. 28.

Nitin Bose, director and camera-man who was formerly with NewTheatres of Calcutts, has set uphis own independent productiontin it here.He will produce his pictures on

l he Central Studio lot.

CBS, RCA TV Systems

Begin Tour’ of Europe

After Berlin DisplaysBy BILL CONLAN

Berlin. Aug. 29.

The joint CBS-RCA TV demon-strations. which ran for two weeks

here, came to an end on Sunday

(26). John Martin and Herbert

Foster took the CBS color show to

Zurich where they will put on a

one-day hospital demonstration forRemington Rand. CBS will do a

show in Paris in September.

A small part of the RCA dem-.|

onstration is now in Copenhagenwhere a show' for E. R. Squibb is

under way during the Second In-

ternational Polio Conference. Themajority of the RCA equipment is

remaining here in Berlin, however,as the American officials here areanxious to keep RCA going duringthe Cultural fest which runt fromSept. 5 to 30. The logic goes thatif the Government is to spend up-wards of $150,000 for the Ameri-can participation in the fest which9,000 Berliners are expected to seewithout television, an additionalinvestment of $35,000 would payoff with an estimated 1,000,000video audience.

The idea to retain the RCA-TVshow for the Cultural fest camefrom Major General LemuelMathewson on Sunday (26>. whendropped in at the home of StateDepartment Director Howard P.

Jones where RCA promotion chief.

Dick Hooper, was staying. TheGeneral asked Hooper what couldbe done to retain the video demon-stration and Hooper said that asfar as he was concerned there wasonly one man who could grantimmediate approval. Mathewsonput in a call to New York and gotGeneral Samoff out of bed earlySunday morning (Berlin is five

hours ahead of New York). Sam-off agreed with Mathewson’s pro-posal. 4

On Monday (27), a meeting washeld at which reps from the Army,HICOG. ECA and RCA were pres-ent. It was agreed to start theball rolling to get approval fromthe British. French, ANTA, AFRA.Equity and all others concernedwith the televising of the Culturalfest. If ail goes well the Berlin-ers will see such performances as I

"Oklahoma" with Celeste Holm, !

"Medea” with Judith Anderson,the Old Vic Co., The JulliardString Quartet. The Hall JohnsonChoir, Agna Enters and manyother top notch attractions on RCAtelevision.

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Buenos Aires, Aug. 28.

So many independent film pro-duction units have sprung up re-cently that it is reported that theEntertainment Board plans re-

stricting production so as to elimi-nate fly-by-night concerns, and toinsure quality production insteadof quantity. As a result, some in-

dependents are holding up pro-duction plans. At present, thereare about 40 or 45 Aims either in

production, about to go to thelaboratories or ready to start

shooting, apart from several whichhad been planned for this year'slineup but which have not got un-der way. Many of these had beenplanned to cover the dearth ofproduct caused by foreign film

imports being suspended.

Major Argentine producers arenot at all interested in makinglow-cost pictures. One writer, whosubmitted an original story Idea,

involving a production cost of

$40,000; but the studio asked himto build it up so as to call for amore costly production budget.This peculiar attitude may havesome connection with the loanswhich the Industrial Bank allow*producers of up to 70% of cost.

The major fault in the Argen-tine. production setup appears tobe the lack of organization and thenecessity of making costly retakes.

Emclco Studios and Trans-America Films are preparing a

special preview of the first Ar-gentine color picture. "El Gauchoy El Diablo." adapted from aRobert Louis Stevenson story.

Final sequences have now comeback from Hollywood.Malti-Languare Films PlannedCinematograflca Interamericana

has made considerable progress In

negotiations with J. Stanley Kra-mer for production in Argentinaof multiple-language pix. Frenchfilm star Gerard Philippe wouldform part of this combination.


Mex Indie Exhib UpbeatMexico City. Aug. 28.

Spread of independent exhibitionof Mexican pix in this country hasbeen started by the Impulsora delCine Independiente recently form-ed by Gen. Aberlado L. Rodriguez,who heads the Credilo Ctnemato-grafico Mexicano, a film financingsociety, and a syndicate of MexicanIndie exhibitors. This is accomp-lished by buying, building or leas-ing cinemas.

Impulsora has bought the CineAlhambara, 12-year-old cinema inTampico and is constructing a

!1.000-seat house there. It likely will

;

build a 1.200-scat house In PueblaI City, capital of Puebla.

BRITISH cntcurrs SWEEP

SHOWMANSHIP CONTESTLondon, Aug. 28.'

The circuits cleaned up in theindustry's national showmanshipcompetition, winning seven out of

the nine awards, including theflrst

prize of a two-week trip to Holly-wood. This was w'on by F. J. Smid-more. manager of the Gaumont,Morecombe. who may choose analternative cash prize of $2,100. Hisassistant received $210 and eachmember of the staff who workedwith him during the competitionwill receive an extra week's pay.Managers of the Odeon, Briston

and the Odeon Port Talbot. S. C.Beacham and M. I^ewis. capturedsecond and third places with prizesof $1,400 and $700. Reacham's as-

sistant will receive $140 and his

staff an extra week's pay whileLewis’ deputy will be awarded $70and the theatre staff half a week'ssalary.

Fourth prize went to AssociatedBritish Cinema’s manager, F. A.Hall, of the Savoy, Wolverhampton.He gets $560, his manager $56, andthe staff an extra half week's sal-

ary. Fifth prize has the same value,going to L. Laidlaw of the GrandTheatre, Pelaw-on-Tyne, an indiehouse.

In addition to the nine major cashawards, 130 area prizes of $70 eachwere awarded to the best entriesin the 27 competition areas. Allprize winners will receive certifi-

cates of merit.

Wolfgang Wolf Resigns

As MPEA Austrian BossVienna. Sept. 4.

Wolfgang Wolf, Austrian boss

for Motion Picture Export Assn,

since opening of its Austrian op-eration in 1946. resigned this weekand has been succeeded by LouisK^nturek. European manager of

MPEA. Latter recently shifted

here from long-time headquartersin Prague. Tightening Czech re-

strictions on western pix forcedKanturek Into Austria where It's

assumed MPEA operations will

likewise end within a >ear at most.

Wolf came to Vienna, his native

city, as a member of the U. S.

Army with an assignment as dep-uty U. S. Film Officer in the In-

formation Services Branch. Aftera brief period as Chief Film Offi-

cer, Wolf undertook organization

of the MPEA Vienna office whichhe expanded into the biggest Aus-trian film distributor with notablesuccess. He was successful in thedifficult field of getting Yank pic

income converted into dollars. In

1950, MPEA distributed 160 films

in Austria against 84 from Ger-many, next biggest originator of

celluloid shown here.

Wolf left for Venice where hewill confer with Motion PictureAssn, of America officials duringthe film festival there on possiblefuture assignment.

Foreign Films Helping

Break Ice in Aussie

Fight for Sob. ShowsSydney, Aug. 28.

Hilda Hattam. independent op-erator of the 1.120-seat Premier in

Surry Hills, when stymied twoweeks ago on its plan to introduceSunday pix at her house by therefusal of distributes* to supplyproduct and the threat by Thea-trical Employees' Union, finally

opened her house with the foreignpic. "Shoe Shine." Miss Hattamhas declared that she will openSundays from now on with for-

eign product supplied by NatScheinwald, who is currently okay-ing films for the 300-seater King’sCross theatre, King's Cross , onSundays.

Ken Cook, indie owner of King’sCross, plans to continue Sundaypiaydates in defiance of the pow-erful TEU, taking product fromScheinwald. At least six other in-

j

die exhibs are planning to seekSunday greenlight from Chief Sec-retary Clive Evatt, in charge ofcinemas here. This indicates thata breakaway is looming by certainindie exhibs.

Spokesman for the eight U. S.

major distrtbs operating in thiszone declined to comment on theSunday setup presently. Last week,however. Universal declined tosupply short subjects to Miss liat-tam. Spokesman for the TEU saidthat a test case of the entire Sun-day setup would probably be madevia the Supreme Court to seewhether Chief Secretary CliveEvatt had the power to permitSunday showings via pic permits:

General feeling now is that therewill be many cinemas operating onthe Sabbath in and around Syd-ney zone before the end of1951 irrespective of any TEU op-position.

City’s authorities here have de-cided to legalize non-commercialSabbath sport to.combat move byChief Secretary Clive Evatt to okaySunday pix. Previously the au-thorities had a taboo nixed Sun-day sports in key spots under theircontrol.

By ALICE VRNEZKYLondon, Aug. 28.

A gross of $369,600 for theMarch-October season is estimatedby the Shakespeare Memorial The-atre at Stratford-on-Avon now thatthe opening of "Henry V” com-pletes the five-play repertory. Fromnow on, Shakespeare's 'The Tem-pest” and the four history playsfrom "Richard II” through "HenryV" will be showing in successionat a scale of $1.75 to 35c. Intake,highest in the theatre’s history,stems from installation of 135 newseats which can bring in $33,600per season.

In the past few years since An-thony Quayle took over as direc-tor, the theatre has bolstered its

reputation and its bank account,switching its focus from text totexture, and concentrating onfewer and better productions witha seasonal star like John Gielgud,Peggy Ashcroft, or Michael Red-grave, supported by a solid resi-

dent company.Having reached 99% capacity in

'49, and 94% in ’50, and withan intake exceeding operatingoutput by $22,515 in 1950 (plusa nestegg subscribed by Americanfriends at the theatre’s inception),the theatre ventured into recon-struction last November, addingthe extra seats, an electronic lightboard and a new wing containing16 dressing rooms and a greenroom. Of the $266,000 spent,$168,000 is estimated as capital ex-penditure. It is expected that thenow-outstanding $50,400 of the re-construction cost to date will bemade up in three years.

Press Favorable to 1st FourPress response to the first four

plays was favorable, ranging fromtemperate to torrid; "Henry V" is

suffering generally by being com-pared with Glen Byam Shaw’s su-perior production at the Old Vicearlier in the season.Chosen to contrast with the his-

tories, "The Tempest." directed byMichael Benthall and heavily if

tastefully decorated by LoudonSainthill. emerges as a gaudy andeffective fantasy, and the best en-tertainment fare of the lot.

Michael Redgrave’s weighty Pros-

(Continued on page 20*

New Irish Council Asks

State Aid for Legit;

Plan Seans UnlikelyDublin, Aug. 28.

Newly-formed Irish Arts Coun-cil. representing management, andIrish Actors’ Equity, is seeking aslate subsidy, apart from that paidto the Abbey Theatre, for specialproductions of artistic merit andto aid professional managementsoperating theatres which are notfinancially successful. Ides is simi-lar to the Arts Council in England,but so far has found little favorhere.

Council also wants local authori-ties to subsidize touring companies,improve standards of local opera-tions and In some cases to buildtheatres. National Transport Co.is also being asked to providecheap fare for touring companies.

Although the project has thebacking of Irish Equity, not all

managements are represented.Government may review the wholeposition in the light of what it willhave to advance for rebuilding theAbbey Theatre.

Other Foreign Hew*On Page* 17 and 90

Lauder, Fyffe HonoredBy New Scotland Club

Glasgow, Aug. 28.Memories of Sir Harry Lauder

and Will Fyffe will be honoredwhen Scotland’s first Stage andScreen Club is launched here nextmonth. Dining room will be namedthe WiU Fyffe Room, and therewill be a special suite named theLauder Room.Harry Gordon, top Scot comic, is

first chairman of the new club.Films, legit, vaude and radio willbe represented In the membership.

Jiioge Film Union Signs

$200,000 Export DealHamburg, Aug. 28.

Junge Film Union, the country’ssecond largest production company,has announced that export con-tracts worth $200,000 have beensigned with Italy, Belgium andSwitzerland for the export of threecompany pix.

Contracts were inked by com-pany general manager Rolf Meyer,who toured those countries dur-ing the recent weeks. Meyer willleave shortly for Stockholm to ne-gotiate with Scandinavian distrib-utors for exporting Junge FilmUnion pix to those areas. Detailsreleased on the Italian. Belgianand Swiss pacts revealed that com-pany will receive an advance cashpayment of $100,000, while theother $100,000 Will be paid upon

delivery of prints. i

Do You Want 60 Million PeopleAt Home Or Going To Theatres?

In these two fight pictures the. theatres of America have an oppor-tunity of playing to the tremendousaudience of ardent fight fans willing

to pay to see the fights.

But -even more -the theatres cannow attract the millions of regularmovie fans who remain home on thenight of big competitive entertain-ment events.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, alert and far-

seeing showmen have the opportunityof assuring themselves |n advanceof boxoffice special events which will

not be seen or heard elsewhere.

•VAHtTY'r LONDON OMICI• »*. Martin's Fine*. Trafalgar Mvira mBBNATiom 17

Raw London Squalls Dampen Tourists;

Tvanboe’ Impervious; Extras ScantBy HALSEY BAINES

London, Aug. 28.

The lilies and larkspur are

blooming and soaring, while the

Festival concessionaires are just

blooming sore, under an almost

solid month of August wetness. Thethousand shaggy Hyde Park sheep

which are the personal property of

Queen Mary look cool and non-

chalant; but thexheavens are low-

ering, and every tourist is glow-

ering.Nice, quiet, refreshing midsum-

mer showers of short duration are

one thing, but the kind that seemto have blown down aguelshly fromthe moors ar^ another. And 49 de-

grees in August is cold for any-

body, except maybe a dyed-in-the-

woollen-pants Scotch Highlander.Seeking shelter underground, this

visitor made the incredible, com-forting discovery that subwaytrains were steam-heated. After

that, he grabbed every chance to

enjoy this refuge from the ele-

ments.Making the blunder of arriving

in such a squally London wearingwhat appeared to be the only pana-ma in town, I was enlightened byBen Goetz, genial managing di-

rector of M-G-M’s British Studio,

Ltd., in the London suburbs. Hang-ing my panama up to dry in his

closet at Claridge’s Hotel (where it

still remains i, Goetz fixed me upwith a more durable spare whilehis very charming wife and daugh-ter-in-law arranged a delectable

serving of American sausages. Asfor Goetz s hat, if 1 can get awaywith the trade, it will soon be upfor export.Out at Goetz's smartly-run, ul-

tra-modern. 120-acre studio one of

the big postwar pictures, "Ivan-hoe," is being made by PandroBerman. Bob Taylor has traded his

Roman legionnaire togs for a

plumed black suit of chain mail,

a 15-foot lance, and a horse that

looks strong enough to win at

Jamaica just by bunting the otherssideways. Joan Fontaine, in some1192 A.D. previews of Jacques Fathdinner creations, is a Rowena to

make life easier for the Techni-color boys.

George Sanders looks more dia-

bolical than ever as the itcjiily-

bearded, etchings-at-home No. 1

villain of Walter Scott's slambangromance, especially when he kid-

naps one of Hollywood's nicest

young stars, Elizabeth Taylor. Em-lyn Williams would make a per-fect subject for one of Si Seadler'scandid drawings. He has to jogabout wrapped in long socks andmedieval dungarees, dragging aSaxon-serf iron collar around his

-neck, so he for one, hasn't mindedthe cold.

Muddied WatersThe towering Norman castle built

,on the lot—beating any roadwayretreat that Howard Johnson hasyet conceived — is probably thefanciest prop ever built in England.Construction was started back in

1949. The last part of the job wasfilling up the 12-foot deep moataround the premises with some90.000 gallons of water. Even if

it didn't save Miss Taylor, the moatis a real story-book creation. Thepop and thud of arrow-notchedbodies falling into the brine fromthe battlements is a daily occur-rence. They’ve stopped countingthe total. You look at the scum-mishly green tinge of the waterand shudder. Then your faith in

M-G-M paternalism is restored bynews that a few barrels of harmlesscolor were thrown in to suggestantiquity.

After “Ivanhoe/* a new melo-drama, temporarily called "T. forTerror,” will be produced by HayesGoetz. Peter Lawford and DawnAddams have the leads.

A whole flock of top English act-ors are in the big cast of "Ivan-hoe." Plus hundreds of extras.There’s a shortage of extras now inLondon, Film Casting says, espe-cially men. Feminine extras aremore apt to be young marriedwomen, doing it as a sideline, thanback in the U. S. When three pic-tures like "Ivanhoe!* "Charley’sAunt” and "Derby Day" get goingat the same time, the supply doesn’thold out. and they start wavingthem in from the streets.

Multitudinous MolarsWalking down Piccadilly the

other day to inquire at a news-stand if there might be an editionof Variety published in English


Royal Couple to PreemOf ‘Lady’ Film, Sept. 22

'London, Sept. 4.

When the new Anna Neagle-Her-bert Wilcox picture. "The LadyWith a Lamp.” has its preem at

the Warner Theatre Sept. 22, it

will have the unique distinction of

being attended by Princess Eliza-

beth and the Duke of Edinburgh.This is the first occasion on whichthe royal couple have so honoredthe film industry. They have cur-

tailed their Scottish holiday for the

event which is 48 hours prior to

departing bn their Canadian tour.

Proceeds from the performaneare to be donated to the Royal Col-

lege of Nursing Educational Fund.Arrangements have been made for

premieres throughout the British

Commonwealth to contribute to thesame charity.

Anti-Americanism Flares

As Venice Fete Preems;

AP Men Poshed AroundRome. Aug. 28.

A newsman and photographerfrom the Associated Press news bu-

reau here found themselves the

uninvited guests at the Venice FilmFestival this year. For months the

AP had tried to wangle invitations

from the Festival heads. Invita-

tions went to the foreign press as

well as the Italian newspapers.Swedish, French. English, Dutch.German. Spanish, Danish andAmerican, and to almost any Ital-

ian newsman who has a camera andnotebook.

However, many telephone con-

versations and letters to variousmembers of Dr. Antonio Petrucci’s

Festival organization, proved of noavail. But an assignment is an as-

signment. so the AP boys went ontheir owfi.

.On arriving at the Festival’s

office of public relations, they pre-

sented their credentials and re-

ceived the news that there were noadmittance cards open for them.The AP men pointed out to SignoreMattea. head of publicity for Dr.

Petrucci, 4>at it would be impos-

sible to take photographs withoutadmission cards, and that the APserved many papers in Americaand Europe, not just a small publi-

cation in Italy.

"We are not here to serve Ameri-cans,” said Mattea. "I would like

to throw a shoe in your face, andanother shoe in the face of yourdirector (boss)."

The AP men telephoned RomeBureau chief Stan Swinton, whocalled the Motion Picture Assn, of

America office here. Giulio Andre-otti. Undersecretary of State,

straightened out matters at once.

So now, the Festival will be cov-

ered by the AP as guests of Uni-

talia, a subsidiary of ANICA, for

one week, and guests of MPAAfor the second week.

^iSToSSP |W. German Producers-Distrik Fight

Exhibs to Get 27% Quota Passed

Mexico City, Aug. 28.

Mexico’s first tinted TV is beingmade ready for experiments in theNatiofiel University’s mecucalschool here by the inventor andpatentee of e color process, Guil-lermo Gonzalez Camarena, redioengineer. Tryout will be seen bythousands of students viewing ma-jor surgery ’done at the generalhospital.

If tests succeed. Camarena will

present commercial shows fromtheir classrooms via his owncolor TV.

Greater Unions Net

Hits Record $338,290Sydney. Aug. 28.

Under chairman Norman B.

Rydge. Greater Union Theatresfilm circuit earned net consoli-

dated profit of $338,290 for the

year ending last Dec. 31, highest

ever recorded.Dividends are unchanged at

$225,000. Four holding companies,Greater J. D. Williams, Spenser’s,

West s and Amalgamated Pictures,

receive the 5% dividend; also half

the ordinary dividends of $84,375,

the other half <$84,37S) going to

the J. Arthur Rank group, whichholds a 50% interest in this toploop. %

principal distributors hooked to

GU are Universal, Columbia andthe Rank group, with some pix

from Paramount.

Pirates Stage Sit-Down

Strike on Lancaster’s

‘Pirates’ Opus in Italy

Rome, Aug. 28.

"Crimson Pirates.” the BurtLancaster starrer being filmed onthe Island of Ischia, has encoun-tered plenty of trouble since it

started early in July, latest head-ache being a sit-down strike by bit

players. Reason given for this ac-

tion was that they could not eatthe food available on the island

and still give their best efforts.

The "pirates’* sat down and re-

fused to work. And when nochanges were made about meals,many left for vacations in Rome,120 miles from Ischia.

Prior to this, director RobertSiodmak sent here for 20 English-speaking actors to come to theIsland for interviews on playingin the film. They went by train

first-class and were luncheonguests of the unit. They were as-

signed roles, and everything wentsmoothly until they discoveredthat they would get about $15 to

$26 per day, if and when theyworked, plus room and meals.Only one Italian agreed to stay.

Although star and director areAmerican, the remainder of thecast is from Italy and England.Production is a subsidiary of Brit-

ish Warner Bros., called NormaProductions. Margaret Rowlandis due in from London to play op-posite Lancaster. She was chosenby Siodmak from three TWAhostesses in London as he passedthrough the airport there,

ABBEY THEATRE GETS

TEMPORARY QUARTERSDublin, Aug. 28.

Abbey Theatre, homeless srncefire destroyed its building lastmonth, has taken a two-year leaseon the Queen’s Theatre here ef-

fective Sept. 10 aud plans its first

production there on Sept. 24.

Since the blaze, the Abbey Play-ers have been temporarily housedin Rupert Guinness Memorial Hall,

an amateur theatre centre built

for employees of Guinness’s Brew-ery- This is away from the centreof town and unsuited for continueduse. Queen’s, originally built in

1841, has 950 seats, about 400 morethan the old Abbey, and has beenused as vaude house with a resi-

dent local company.Ernest Blythe, Abbe managing

director, says it is the intention torebuild the Abbey on the originalsite as soon as possible, but it is

likely to take longer than two yearswhich, the present Queen’s leasecovers.

India Censor Tightens CodeBombay, Aug. 28.

Chairman of the Central CensorBoard has told all producers that

films which tend to condonecrime, violence or loose morals,now given adult certificates, will

not got the seal of approval in thefuture.

Adult certificates would be dis-

|

continued, films being certified for

I universal exhibition or nixed.

Current London Shows(Figures show weeks of run)

London, Sept. 4.

"Anthony”-“Caesar,” St. Jas. (18).

"Ardele," Vaudeville (1).

"Blue for Boy," Majesty’s (40).

"Carousel," Drury Lane (65>.

"Fancy Free," Pr. Wales (17).

"Folies Bergere," Hipp. (26».

"Gay's the Word," Saville (29).

"Hollow," Fortune (14».

"House In Order,” New (9*.

"Intimate Relations.” Strand (6).

"King’s Rhapsody.” Palace (102).

"Kiss Me, Kate.” Coliseum (26).

"Knight’s Marn’ss,” Vic. Pal .(77).

"Latin Quarter," Casino (26).

"Little Hut,” Lyric ‘54*.

"London Melody.” Empress (14).

"Love 4 Colonels." W’ndh’m (16).

"Man A Snp’nn’n," Prince’s (29).

"Penny Plain,” St. Mart (10).

"Reluctant Heroes.” Wh’ih. (51 ).

"Ring Round Moon.” Globe (75*.

"Seagulls Sorrento,” Apollo (64*.

"Take It From Us,” Adelphi (44).

"To D*r*thy a Son,” Garrick (41).

"Waters of Moon,” H’ym’kt (19*.

"Who Is Sylvia,” Criterion (40».

"Who Goes There?” York <23>.

"Wife’s Lodger," Comedy (7).

"Winter's Tale," Phoenix (10).

OPENING THIS WEEK"Saint's Day," Arts.

"X$:I5," Irving Theatre Club.

Frankfurt, Aug. 28.

The bitter qfiotn battle betweenwest German producers and dis-Barrault May Head

Jouvet Theatre 1 trib# * on one #lde ’ *nd *** exhib4~lvOUis jouvei I neaire

j torl on ^ other contlnucd un_Paris, Sept. 4..

Although no decision has beenreached yet, it looks likely nowthat Jean Louis Barrault, who withMadeleine Renaud had given his

shows at the Theatre Marigny. will

be made head of the Athenee LouisJouvet Theatre. Minister of FineArts Andre Marie has given his

blessing to the scheme, and Bar-

rault is willing to accept the job.

The decision rests now with the

board of directors.

Pierre Renoir, who was a close,

trusted assistant of Jouvet, has de-

clined to have anything to do with

running the theatre, claiming heis too old. In the case of getting

someone to succeed Jouvet, it is

not only a matter of running a the-

atre but of upholding a tradition

which he Incepted. Also it is a

case of keeping together a com-pany as well as staging plays.

Palladium, Adelphi Not

Set on Slows for Early

Fall; Revnes as Stopgap' . London, Sept. 4.

A lot of guess work li being doneas to what will follow the Lon-don Palladium vaudeville season.

Grade Fields signed Aug. 29 to

play this house for the last vaudefortnight of the season, openingOct. 15, a policy which Val Par-

nell has always adopted in the

last three years.

But what follows, as stopgap be-

fore the Xmas pantomime season,

has not been set. Understood that

Parnell is framing a revue with a

string of talent. These are expect-

ed to include "Sugar Chile” Robin-son. who has been packing them in

on his current provincial tour; the

Three Wiere Bros., who have not

worked in England since befo.v the than an arbitrary quota law. They

abated during the last few weeks.Both sides made strong efforts to

influence the Bundestag (lowerhouse of Bonn Parliament) in iUfavor. The Bundestag reconvenesfrom its summer recess in Sepem-ber and the screen quota will bean early agenda Item.

The quota, proposed to insure27% of the playing time for local

pix. failed to pass the Bundestagduring the pre-recess session, as aresult of an unprecedented fight

put up by the exhibitors against

it. The issue completely split theindustry, with pnxlucers and ex-hibs forming their own joint Work-ing Association of the Film Indus-try in Germany, Arbeitsgemein-schaft der Filmindustrie in Deut-schland (AFO*. thus practically

wrecking Spitzenorganization derFilmwirtschaft (SPIO), long thetop industry association whichunited all Industry branches. •

At present, the quota draft’s

chances of becoming a law are still

very bleak. Unless AFD managesto gain more government support,thereby at least partially Influenc-

ing the Bundestag, the quota lawmight fail altogether.

Recent action on the quota prob-lem came in Nurenberg. where Ba-varian exhibs formed the WorkingAssn, of German Exhibitors in or-der to put up an even more effec-

tive fight against the quota. Ex-hibs unanimously rejected theqpota. At the same time, it de-cided to set up a program commit-tee inside its new association to

assure bookings of on'y good qual-ity pix.

Exhibs also decided that thecommittee would investigate Ger-man films scheduled for produc-tion and to supply productioncredits to such producers whohave good scripts on hand. Exhibspointed out that such action wouldmuch better aid the producers

war; and an American name comedian, as yet not set, but likely to

be Pinky Lee. Lee clicked a cou-

ple weeks ago when he made trs

Palladium debut, and Parnell is

anxious to have him in the show.But salary ia the stumbling block.

It is expected that these differenceswill be ironed out with Lee morethan a possibility. Also on the pro-

gram will be the 12 Toppers, a

Richard Afton troupe of gals fromthe top TV features. "Top Hat” and"Music Hall.” Charles Henry, thePalladium producer, will do thestaging.

emphasized their old argumentthat the quota law would forcethem to play films of inferior qual-ity, and also that production capa-city would not fill 27% of thescreen time as envisaged in thelaw. They said the government'squota law draft Is a "rape of pub-lic opinion.” To date 600 theatresare members of new association,with 600 more expected to join.

AFD prexy Theo Aulich said the"quota is absolutely necessary to

aid production and that therewould be enough quality-pix pro-duced once the law is passed. He

Jack Hylton is another whose ac- added that AFD is ready to maketivities for his Adelphi theatre compromises on the final wordingare at present uncertain. The current show, 'Take It From Us,” hasbeen running nearly a year, and.with Joy Nichols, one of Its stars,

expecting a child,* the show will

fold at the end of September.

Hylton’s headache Is what to re-

place it with. He and Glno Arbib.his aide, have just returned fromParis, with the likelihood that a

French production will go in therefor about four tyeeks.

The attraction after that Is notquite set, but likely will be theGeorge and Alfred Black’s "Happy-Go-Lucky” revue, currently pack-ing the Opera House. Blackpool.This is a top show starring VeraLynn, Bernard Bros, and Jack Rad-cliffe, and la reputed to have costaround $75,000 to stage. The castis not likely to be the same as at

of the law.

20TH-F0X SETTING UP

OFFICE FOR ARC. FILMBuenos Aires, Aug. 28.

20th-Fox has set up a supple-mentary office here to use as head-quarters to prepare for making of"Way of a Oaucho” at an Argen-tine studio in October. Some ofthe production experts, includingproducer Phillip Dunne and Di-rector Jacques Tourneur, will re-

turn to Buenos Aires next weekafter a brief visit to the U. S

Reports from Hollywod still in-

dicate Tyrone Power may playthe lead although it had been un-derstood that he had been dis-

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tain that Jimmy Edward., one ofb*

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another candidate. Local film tal-

ent is hoping to get some impor-tant roles in the 20th-Fox pro-duction. , _

the stars In ‘Take It From Us,”will be included.Show will run till February, with

Hylton planning to bring back Mau-rice Chevalier for a short season ofsix to eight weeks. After that he Mysore Govt. Tries Out1 i : i _ _ a _ - ^ _ m At- • • i

Yis likely to stage one of the bigAmerican shows he is currently ngotiating for.

Per-Show Theatre Tax

Allen, Carson, Willson

Madras, Aug. 28.

Brushing aside the protest lodgedy the Mysore Film Chamber of

Commerce, the Mysore state gov-

To Paris for 'Big Show’|

Paris, Sept. 4. |jn« from $1 to $2 per performance.Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Jack Indian distributors have agreed

Carson and Meredith Willson, plus to treat the new tax as first chargeall available guest talent, will be

| on collections along with enter-on the "Big Show” radio programwhich will star Tallulah Bankheadin Paris Sept. 24.

Part of the show will be a trib-ute to the late French actor LouisJouvet

talnment tax, but foreign distribshave not agreed to this. TheChamber of Commerce has askedtheatre owners to increase theiradmission scales to offset the new

itax.

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HOWARD HUGHES presents

ROBERT MITCHUM • JANE RUSSELL

“HIS KIND OF WOMAN”A John Farrow Production

"it* VINCENT PRICE • TIM HOLT • CHARLES McGRAWby ROBERT SPARKS • Olracttd by JOHN FARROW

WrlttM by FRANK FENTON and JACK LEONARD

London. Aug. 28.

John Harding’s reformation of

his National Sporting Club, recent-

ly opened at the Empress Club,

Mayfair, has had such a response

that he has been compelled to ac-

quire new premises in addition to

the Empress. —Harding has now leased the Gar-

den Room in the Mayfair Hotel,

with sports celebs now able to dine

and wine while watching sluggers

at work.

I Con(intMS

been forced to pre-empt time which

CBS has sold to other sponsors for

the following night, paying for

sponsors' shows, for Nation time onand Thursday

Into the hands of scalpers. Oneticket agency offered to take 800seats off the hands of the Warneroffice, before it even set up the

boxoffice, at a figure well above$2.60, but was tiy*ned down.

both Wednesdaynights and also for the rights to the

fight. No sponsor, he said, could

afford such a deal. He pointed out,

moreover, that the Joe Louis-Leei

Savold fight last June had beenIf Pabst i

Vienna. Aug. 28.

Motion Picture Export Assn,

started the winter season with

"Sunset Boulevard’* <Pir) at the

Salzburg Stadt Kino here.

There will be not less than 118

films ‘44 Technicolor-Pix) besides

104 educational shorts on the sea-

son’s lineup.

""g rained out two nights

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were in on that deal, it would have

Iffl I had to pay for time on Wednesday,HU I Thursday and Friday nights.

s ssJI I • As a resylt of that factor. Paost

also did not put in a bid for theossamer pep.Sandy Saddler feather-is the ' weight affair, slated for Sept. 26Michael from the PG. In addition, it’s ex-

exander pccted that the brewery will not

Caliban hid for the Joe Louis-Rocky Marci-

r’s Brit- ano fight Oct 11. Latter fight had

r). Pro- been schduled for Oct. 10. a Wed-

RCe. nesday, but postponed to the 11 th

succes- because of Yom Kippur's falling

• this is on the 10th this year. WAL spokes-man pointed out that that was an-

other factor which Pabst had to

take into consideration. Theatres,v hich have already obtained rights

to the Pep-Saddier fight, will also

probably get the Louis-Marcianoset-to, as a result.

In assigning film rights to RKO-Pathe for the Robinson-Turpinfight, 1BC stipulated that the dealwas contingent on KKO guarantee-ing a return of $200 ,000 , and thatthe theatres would not have thefight for big-screen unless the films

grossed that much. RKO sales vee-pee Robert A. Mochrie, as a result,

put it up to the exhibitors to guar-antee the fight for them and thuskeep it off home video, where it

might have hurt their boxoffice thenight of Sept. 12. Deadline wasset for last Saturday 1

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Iss Continued from page I 55Jformances. The theatre, a Revolu-tionary barn, seats 270, and at $2

top, the management makes anample profit. (Warren Weldon,from N. Y.. is both producer anddirector). The top salary is paid

to Jobes, who gets $35 for eachweek that be works.

Jobes draws patrons for miles

around, including many from his

adopted home town of Newport,where he resides with his wife. Hesettled there in 1913. He was ap-

pointed a mall carrier by the New-port township 32 years ago, andthere is hardly anyone there whomhe doesn’t know. Whenever there

is a local theatrical, whether it befor the fire or police departments,the local high school or some lit-

tle theatre group, the word soongoes out to "get Charlie.” Foryears he has staged the local showsthere, in addition to performingin many of them.

Stage Savvy

Jobes, who has an unusual pro-

fessional savvy in his stage work,as indicated by his performance in

"Lighttiin’.’’ the seasonal closer at

New London, has had several op-

portunities "to go to New York,”but he has turned them down.

He had* one professional excur-sion into show biz—in 1913—whenhe did a piano act in vaudeville

with his brother and a cousin. Theact was caught in the middle of a

booking dispute between two thea-

tre interests, and soon found them-selves without bookings. The act

broke up, and upon visiting New-port, Jobes decided to settle there.

Jobes hardly ever attends a pro-

fessional legit performance any-more. though two years ago htsaw "Mias Liberty” in New York.He doesn’t remember when he last

saw a Broadway legiter beforethat, and never does he entertainthe idea of giving show biz anothertry. The modest salary that heearns in the postoffice means se-

curity, and he's banking on it. Heused to walk a dally 12-mile routein his mail deliveries, but nowdoes seven miles, ever since de-liveries were cut from two to onea day.

Jobes gets four weeks of vaca-tion every year, and he tries to

slot them at such times when heknows he’s doing a play in NewLondon. His idea of a vacation is.

actually, to act in the theatre. Overthe years he has not only becomewell known to the locals/ but alsoto many vacationers who comeback year after year.

Vacationing visitors from theBroadway theatre, or with thea-trical connections, have often vol-

unteered to recommend him to

Broadway managers, hut Jobes, al

age 57. always nods his head spec-ulatively and reaffirms a long-standing conviction:’"Where could I ever have the

security that 1 have now—and suchwonderful vacations!”

Italian cooking. He had to turn\

*ne

down an "Ivanhoe” role because of ,*1 ofTmi/iWlv made

The Lovr «f Four Colonels." the »hou*h the author apparent y made

play he » rote and stars in. It s a ?*<“< ions and provided links *)

smash hit. He ray* it may eome to ‘hat the plays eould be thus pre-

Broadway next spring, after the rented.

London run. A unit Elizabethan-type stage set

One of the curious quirks of the designed by Tanya Moiselw itsch

recent British law allowing free for all four plays met with mixed

dentistry, is that many enterpris-|reactions. Concurrence was that

ing gentlemen from India have the wooden two-storied structure

come to London and had their with stairs at either side was un-

teeth yanked. They would go from obtrusive, provided varied areas

one dentist to another getting setstfor the continuous action, and fo-

ot crock molars. After assem- cused attention on the dialog,

bling a big enough total to show a 3 Directors Mer” Kudosfair profit for the Irip. they have

| Directors Anthony Quayle.hh-d back to Bombay or Calcutta to

( Mlchael Redgrave and John Kiddrcll their ware* In the public mar-

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, k d for , h, oveM„ highquality of the productions. Theyunify the loosely-knit panorama bygood dramatic realization and byusing throughput the same actors

for Henry IV and Hal as threads

to bind the narrative. Harry An-drews (who comes to Broadwlywith the Oliviers in -"Antony andCleopatra” in December) Is stalwart

as Bolingbroke who deposesMichael Redgrave's well-drawnposeur Richard II, shrewd as theking who routs out rebellion in

Part 1, and stricken

guarantee figureare now on Spam. And there iss marked the

sti |j a shortage of Scotch— it's allr,f*

01 u* being exported. But the town

the govern-hasn’t given up any of its friendly

pc licenses.hospitality or sturdy see-it-through-

long stretch ness. Regardless of problems ofican releases, food or weather, London is a greatns are thor- city. Where else could you pick upthe relative a morning paper to read wryly?s now avail- factual accounts on successive

V possible to pages of how a man named A.‘LA) at the Goose was fined £20 for streetafter stand- betting, and how another manral hours al-

: named E. Gadd retrieved a run-ias been run- away pet monkey? Not to men-Gross for the tion a third item to the effect thatwas around the city Council had to send wayat the two to Delhi to find 24 rats for labora-

tory research. New York City hasLococo ' never had a p a. item as favorable

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B&K’s Uptown Readies

For Robinson-TurpinChicago, ’Sept. 4.

Installation of theatre televisioneqiupmcnt in the Balaban 8c Katz4.300-seat Uptown Theatre will becompleted in time for the Ray Rob-inson-Randy Turpin bount. Sept.12, giving B&K the benefit of 13.100seats for the exclusive theatre tele-cast of the fight.

In addition to the Uptown, thecircuit’s other rigged houses, the3.400-aeat Tivoli and 2,700-seatState-Lake, will large-screen thebout at a uniform tariff of $2. Inthe event of a sellout the chaincould gross $26,000 on the middle-weight ruckus. A repeat show-ing on film at a later performanceis slated for the State-Lake.

Circuit for the past few monthshas been pushing installation at tbeUptown and Marbro, only the for-mer being readied in time for thefight. Rigging of the Marbro willgive B&K big-screen \1deo in all

major locations bere.

“Henry IVwith anxiety as the dying king in

Part II.

Best of the many well-staged

scenes are the abdication in "Rich-

ard FI,” the reproval of PrinceHal by his father in "Henry IV”and Hal’s successful combat withHotspur, playfd by Redgrave.

All the comedy scenes score,

being unaffectedly high-spirited.

Anthony Quayle’s Falstaff is a rich

comic creation as are Rosalind At-

kins’ bustling Mistress Quietlyand Michael Bates’ bumptiousBardolph.

Production Costs Abeve 1950

Production costs for the five

plays total $70,000 as against

$64,722 for last year’s five. Nosubstantial saving was effected byusing a four-play set this season,because the directors, apprehen-sive of the "rude scaffold,” put thecoin into lavish costumes and dec-orations. and an 18-man orchestrain the wings. (Most of the audi-ence thinks the music is canned.)

Scenery and costume costs can-not he fairly compared to thoseof Broadway, since this theatremakes its own. Overall ‘staff, in-

cluding those in the restaurant• which showed $5,143 profit last

year), numbers 200. with 53 ofthem actors assured of ninemonths’ steady work. Salaries

meet Equity minimums. with stars

sacrificing for an average of $250weekly and bit players faring bet-

ter than in the West End, with $22the lowest weekly wage. Thoughsize of cast and stage far exceedthose of the average N. Y. produc-tion, backstage staff is small, con-sisting of three electricians, six

managers (three assigned to eachshow), and 10 stagehands. Oper-ation is non-union.

Continued from pace 15 ssJHugo del Carrill is to direct and

play in “Green Hell" from a screenstory’ by Eduardo Rorras. Most ofthe shooting will be done in theforests of the Argentine Chaco.There will be an international as-

pect to the production since Mexi-can camera-man Gabriel Figueroais being sought, with Mexican star

Esther Fernandes and Chilean ac-

tor Alejandro Flores in the femmeand male leads respectively. Bra-zilian actress Dulcina de Moraeswould also play an important role.

Portena Film has completed its

fight film, "A Champion is Born.”in which Luis Angel Firpo play*an important role. The picturewill be distributed in Argentina byArgentina-Sono-Fllm.The Argentine provinces are

now trying to get into thefilm production game, Film-Andes,which has its up-to-date studios in

Mendoza, has just released its first

pic, "La Picara Cenicienta." whichwas made entirely in that prov-ince. The Province of Tucumanhas produced the film. "Manse-dumbre,” with the whole cast com-posed of province natives, and thetechnical staff was recruited fromthe university students. The prov-ince of Cordoba has set up a pro-duction unit known as Cordoba-Films. with Interamericana to dis-tribute.

Switch Albany HousesFor Sept 12 Boxing Bout

Albany, Sept. 4.

Fabian Theatres, in a surprisemove, are shifting television equip-ment from the 3.660seat Palace tothe 1.550-seat Grund (in the nextblock) for the Turpiu-Robinsonbout Sept. 12 9 id for future video-casts. The Palace had clicked at

the boxoffice with two collegebasketball games and three prize-

fights. before it dipped to one-thirdcapacity for the closed circuit pres-entation of the Louis-Bivins setto.

The Fabian flagship was the first

In the state outside New York city,

and one of the first in the countryto he video-equipped by RCA.Cost wit $40,000. New lines arebeing installed in the Grand, whichhas two balconies and which for

years was a link in the F. F. Proc-tor vaudeville chain.

L Lopert PrepsCo»tlaa*4 from par* 7

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Mills, Phyllis Calvert and SamWanamaker, and "Lady G o d i v a

Rides Again.” with Stanley Hol-loway and Paulette Stroud. Nowlensing is "The Sound Barrier,”starring Ralph Richardson.

In preparation is "Gilbert andSullivan,” which will start shoot-ing about Nov. 1, probably withRichardson starred. Propping fornext year Is "Sleeping Beauty.” aballet film to star Margot Fonteyn.It will be based on the "SleepingBeauty” music of Tchaikovsky andhe somewhat in the genre of "RedShoes” and "Hoffmann.” but will

be much more pure ballet fantasy,with little or no dialog.

Carol Reed, who produced anddirected "Island,” is expected in

the U. S. in November. He’ll stay

for the proem of the pic. ZoltanKorda, who directed and co-pro-duced **Cry’* with Alan Paton, au-thor of the novel on which it wa«based, is due in New York next

Monday (10) with the print.

Seek Mex False AlarmJoker in Fatal Panic

Mexico City, Sept. 4.

Police are seeking the practical

joker whose false fire alarm pro-

voked a panic that killed throe

women and two children during a

jampacked show at the Cine Hipo-

dromo, subsequent-run cinemahere.

Over 35 adults and children were

injured.

Quick Phflly Sellout

Philadelphia. Sept. .4.

Ticket! for the Ray Robinson-Randy Turpin fight telecast, which'were placed on sale yesterdaymorning (3) at the Stanley Thea-tre. were sold out the first day.

All but 110 balcony seats in the2,900-seat Stanley were gone be-fore the special boxoffice set upfor the fight tickets shuttered forlunch.Much speculation locally as to

how many ducats fpund their way

Panto in SummerDunoon. Scotland. Aug. 28.

Pantomime is normally associ-ated with Christmas and snow-time. Instead, this summer in

Scotland, it's being staged as astraw-hat novelty.

Pete Davis presented Britain’sfirst summer-time pantomimewith a full 120-minute productionof, "Cinderella” at the Cosy Cor-ner here.

Workers Get Bombay Studio

Bombay. Aug. 28.

Studios of Bombay Talkies havebeen taken over hy workers andtechnicians.

This is the second studio tofunction as a workers’ co-operativeunit hero, the Prakash Studioshaving passed into the hands ofthe technicians.

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100% SOCKREVIEWS ONM G M’s AMERICANIN PARIS «

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Typical sample of ali trade paper reviews is this one from M. P. DAILY:(A Front Page Review)

^ Nothing quite like M-G-M’s 'An American In Paris’

has come from Hollywood. It has Gene Kelly’s finest

nee, George Gershwin’s music, new faces andt

fine talents. May well mark a new milestone in film/

musicals. Entertainment with a capital E. ife

M-GrM presents “AN AMERICAN IN PARIS’ to the music ofGeorge Gershwin starring GENE KELLY and introducing LESLIECARON with OSCAR LEVi\f4T • GEORGESGUETARY • Nina Foch* Color by TECHNICOLOR* Story and screenplay by AlanJayLerner* Lyrics bylraGershwin • Directed byVincente Minnelli* Produced byArthur Freed

100% SOCKREVIEWS ONM G M’s 'ANGELSIN THE OUTFIELD!

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Typical sample of all trade paper reviews is this one from VARIETY:•• .•

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** 'Angels InThe Outfield’ bids fair to be one ofthe year’s top

grossers.Fine box-officeoutlook for this rip-roaringcomedy

as, Janet Leigh and introduc-starnng

ing little Donna Corcoran, another Shirley Temple.’ WM-G-M presents ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD starring PAUL DOUGLAS*JANET LEIGH* with Keenan Wynn*Lcwis Stone* Spring Byington* Bruce Bennettand introducing Donna Corcoran • Screen Play by Dorothy Kingsley and George Wells • Based on a Story by Richard Conlin • Produced and Directed by Clarence Brown

Goldman Sues Stanley

For Theatre RepairsPhiladelphia, Sept. 4.

William Goldman Theatres, Inc.,

have thrown a new suit against the

Stanley Corp. of America, this

time in the city courts, asking $83 ,-

588 in damages resulting from the

Stanley company’s 20-year occu-

pancy of the State Theatre, keyWest Phiily nabe.

Mercantile 8t Theatres Proper-

ties erected the State in 1928. Thehouse was leased to the Stanley

KrouD for 20 years. The Goldman

the July tax Agures. which becameavailable last week.

2 Drop in TV set sales, which

means that 4 000.000 or less instal-

lations will be made this year, in-

stead of the 5 000.000 originally

anticipated.

3. Weakening of TV’s impact In

tele areas.

3d Point Most Significant

The third point, the most signifi-

cant regarding the future of the film

biz vis-a-vis tele, is indicated by

the slowins-up of the fatloflf at the

ho. a* the number of TV sets in-

creas s. This shows up clenly on

Dr. Gould's charts, giving what he

cails a “curvilinear” rather then a

straight downward line for the re-

lationship of TV saturation to bo.

dec'ine.

Where saturation is not so great,

the bo. attendance line descendsin a steady curve 'the 2-to-l ratio)

for earii increase in the numberof tele sets. However, as the satu-

ration increases after the point

where at least 50% of the families

68% in Film TaxFilm admission taxes ac-

count for about 68% of the

amusement tax receipts report-

ed each month by the U S. In-

ternal Revenue Dept.. Dr. Jay

M. Gould, consulting econo-

mist, estimated this week. In-

dustry has generally assumedon a purely guesstimate basis

that film admission levies com-prised about 85% of amuse-ment tax income.Could arrived at his figure

by comparisons of Federal re-

ports with those of 150 cities

and states that provide a

breakdown of film admissiontaxes against overall amuse-ment tax Income and with the

1948 U. S. Census of Businessdata on pic receipts.

College graduation sequence in “Belles on Their Toes’* at 20th-Foxwill have 20 names from the silents on the set at one time. Playersinclude Gertrude Astor, Pauline Garon, Stuart Holmes. Leah Baird,Cleo Rldgely, Richard Neill, Dorothy Phillips, Ann Luther,. Vada LeeHeilman, Arline Pretty, Brooks Benedict. Jean Acker, Hcinie Conklin,Scott Seaton. Helen Foster, Lillian West, Ida Pratt, Colin Kenny andWilbur Mack.

New Brunswick (Can.) List

Of Approved Films Folds

Due to Local Dissension

St. John. N. B., Sept. 4.

Charges that a local women’s or-

ganization placed too much de-

pendence upon reviews of films in

together. With the question ofMetros selection finally settled,

following much controversy on’’Teresa” aft#r other choices hadbeen ruled out. question has arisenas to why the Peter Lorre-directedGerman pic, ”Der Verlorene” hasbeen scratched from the list ofentries after having been an-nounced. Lorre, now in Germany,is coming down personally to lookinto the question.

New arrivals in Venice continueto find hotels jammed, and withweather holding well, room short-

age is likely to continue for at least

another three weeks, giving thecity its longest, strongest seasonsince the war. There is little fornighttime customers to choosefrom in way of nitery entertain-ment, with little name talent beingfeatured in the local night spots.

Orchestras in outdoor danceriesare drawing well, however, and theCasino low jammed nightly, withBruno, top-ranking Italian dancecombo, pulling them in. All othernon-Festival nighttime biz is goingto the few outdoor filmeries sprin-

kled through town and patronizedby lower-budgeted visitors. At thefestival theatres. U. S. pix continueas the main draws, full housesmarking all Yank dates so far.

retroactive to films already com-

pleted. This meant a 20% kick-

back. and the squawk started.

French producers thought to

strike a blow at government pres-

tige by pulling out entries at the

festival. However, fast parleys

Ixmis Calhern joined DannyKaye and Gene Kelly in Metro mu-sical, “The Adventures of Huckle-berry Finn” . . . Nanette Fabraysigned a Metro contract ahd wasassigned to costar with FredAstaire in an untitled tOnefilm to

be produced by Arthur Freed . . .

Richard Haydn is abandoning his

director career temporarily to re-

sume acting in “The Merry Widow”at Metro . . . Howard Duff drew oneof the top roles in ’’Steel Towm”at UI . . . Pier AngeH plays thefemme lead ip Metro’s ’’Autobahn,”to be produced in Germany byRichard Goldstone . . . LudwigStow

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l arrived from Vienna tQ play

the role of Sid Grauman’a fatherip Paramount’s “Somebody LovesMe” . . . UI borrowed Dan Daileyfrom 20th-Fox to star in “GreatCompanions” . . . Curtis Bernhardtwill direct “Elizabeth and RobertBrowning, Their Love Story,” forWald-Krasna.

Scott Brady’s option picked upfor another year at 20th-Fox .

Robert Ryan will share costar bill-

ing with Barbara Stanwyck, PaulDouglas and Marilyn Monroe in

Wald-Krasna’s “Clash by Night”. . RKO artists are painting a

huge mural showing 30.000 Roman

ing pictures. Prior to collapse of

the plan, the participating units

issued a list of approved films

every week.Although no official explanation

of the weekly list’s sudden dis-

appearance has been given, it’s un-

derstood that it’s lopoff stemmedfrom dissension among the groupsparticipating in the co-op plan.

Those, representing the erstwhile

majority entities in the units,

claimed that the

Howeverand a promise to check over the re-

troactivity clause calmed the irate

producers.

Film aid measure was primarilydesigned to boost French producerswho had made films that went overin foreign markets. A producerwho had a film that grossed big

overseas could easily get the 35%subsidy for his next picture. It

also applied to the lower-budgeted,locally-consumed films.

Participating in the festival wereIrene Dunne, who represented the

Hollywood studios, accompanied byher husband, Dr. Francis Griffin;

Leon Dayton, ECA Minister to Italy;

Perle Mesta, U. S. Minister to Lux-embourg; John G. McCarthy, vice-

president of the Motion Picture'Assn, of America In charge of in-

ternational affairs; film stars GeneTierney and Joseph Cotten, andItalian government officials.

Activity has perked considerablyafter a slowish start, and a furtherspurt is expect^ during the tradi-

tionally hectic concluding weeks of

the show, w hich ends Monday < 10).

Stars, producers and pic names In

general, largely missing to date,

are showing up in increasing num-bers. and indications, bolstered byan impressive roster of top films,

point to an all-round success for

the Festival.*

Seriousness of Yank effort is also

reflected In U. S. pic selection, con-sidered one of the strongest inyears. Sock press and public re-

ception were accorded “Ace in theHole” 'Par), considered prize ma-terial, with ovation following thescreening; other Yank contendershave come off almost as well, withPier Angeli’s performance puttingover “Teresa” <M-G>, Disneycharming with “Alice in Wonder-land” and “Nature’s Half Acre,”and Gian-Carlo Menotti’s “The Me-dium” < shown out of competition)registering strongly with Venetianpublic and the 300 crix assembledhere from all over the world.

Forthcoming U. S. entries In-

clude Kenneth McEldowney’s ’TheRiver,” plus “Streetcar Named De-sire” (WB), “Born Yesterday”<CoU and “14 Hours” <20th), thelatter to be shown with both its

tentative endings; public is to se-

lect its preference in a prize con-test combined with the Veniceshowing, with winning ftnale to beused in Italian distrib of pic.

‘Teresa* Controversy

This year’s festival, an improve-ment over past years’ mnnifesta-

Independent.Daughters of the Empire was as-

suming more responsibility thanit wras entitled to.

Opinions of the I.D.E. on pic-

tures were not shared by a numberof the cooperating groups, espe-

cially exhibitors and distributors

of product in this territory. Af-filiated with the I.D.E. in form-ing the unofficial censoring "board

were the Home 8c School Assn, andCatholic Women's League. Femmesdominated the panel by a widemargin.

7-Man Union Rep Team

Set for Fund CommitteeA seven-man group of union reps

was anpotnted last week to a laborsub-committee of the Foundation of

Motion Picture Pioneers' FundCommittee. With Richard Walsh,prez of the International Alliance

of Theatrical Stage Employees, as

chairman, the panel will coordi-nate the activities of labor In con-nection with several events theFund Committee will sponsor in

coming months.Associated with Walsh In the

labor group will be Bud Collier,

American Federation of Radio Art-

ists; Henry Dunn, American Guildof Variety Artists; Herman Gelber,Local 306, Motion Picture Machine

Sol Pernick, Local 1,

Iszssx, Continued from pare 3 ——I

000 contracts were sold by tele*

phone. But for a long range pro*gram—no."

Bullish Trend to Stay

The upward trend in businessthroughout the country should con-tinue, Rodgers believes, because ofthe increase in quality and quanti-ty of pix now hitting the screensand scheduled for release this fall.

As for a policy on the company’stopper for the fall, “Quo Vadis.”Rodgers said details are still beingargued at almost daily meetings.It is possible that other Loew’stheatres may book the film afterthe N. Y. twin opening at the Astorand Capitol theatres early in No-vember, but no general releasedate has been set, he said.

Some exhibitor squawks aboutderstandable, when two exhibitorsbid on a picture and only one getsit. but under the present setupthere does not seem to be a solu-tion, Rogers said.

Rodgers explained that the com-pany now has approximately 500competitive bidding situations andpossibly will have more, but thecompany does not hold that It is

compulsory and only in rare casesha* the company asked for it.

“Wherever possible,” he said,

“we try for a division of our own

Opera* ^*1*$

Theatrical Protective Union; J.

Reagan, Screen Actors Guild, andSam Suber, Local 802, AmericanFederation of Musicians.

Hollywood, Sept. 4 .

Ronald Reagan was nominatedfor another term as president of

the Screen Actor Guild and Wil-liam Holden as first vicepresident.Others were; Walter Pidgeon andJohn Lund, for second and thirdveepees. respectively; Paul Harvey,recording secretary, and GeorgeChandler, treasurer.

Louise Beavers, Chick Chandler.Nancy Davis, Rosemary De Camp.Frank Faylen, Robert Keith, BudLinn, Cliff Lyons, Tyrone Power,Regis Toomey and Lurene Tuttlewere nominated for three-yearterms on the board of directors.George Murphy and Lyle Talbotwere named for two-year terms,and Fredric Clark and Rhys Wil-liams for one year.

New Br. cber Scaradale, N. Y. Ho*«eT*o Prerher circuit opens its

new P’aza Theatre, , Scarsdale,N. Y., Sept. 12.

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Wednesday, September 5, 1951

Fair TV Group

Kicks Off Again

‘Fair TV Altruistic

' ^ * - {Washington, Sept. 4.

Fair Television Practices Com-mittee. which is devoted to the job

of fighting theatre TV, teed off

again Inst week against the U. S.

Naval Academy although it wasdisclosed that Annapolis plans a

well-rounded program of televising

Its home games.

In an exchange of correspond-

ence. Vice Admiral H. W. Hill.

Commandant at the Academy, ex-

p’ained that all Annapolis homefootball games will go out over

C”S color TV. In addition, onegame, to

Continued i

just grew, he explained, oqt of

monthly meetings of a group of

lawyers who got to kicking around

the idea of theatre tele depriving

home viewers of fights, at the time

of the Joe Louis-Lee Savold bout

last June 15. That was th* first to

go exclusively to theatre TV.

Popular Issue

As soon as the first publicity re-1

lease hit the papers on the forma-

scriveners stated: “Anyone whotakes a dim view of the future of

the motion picture industry has not

reckoned with Its great and un-

tapped sources of strength.

“Man is a gregarious animal, andtelevision is not going to changethat . . . It s a safe bet that a large

part of the population will seek a

rendezvous outside the home with

others of their kind in a pleasant

and friendly atmosphere.”

Story continues: “Dr. Gallup also

points out that enjoyment of mo-tion pictures is rising steadily eachyear. This finding is based onperiodic surveys of the populationr . . , ” iii . i| „ _i_. uniuuit pms vw/w wa

tion of the new committee. Marks Audience Research Institute tosaid he knew he had * P°P”‘*r ,s * measure the extent to which audi-sue in his bailiwick. He lives

“J ences enjoy the Individual picturesKnickerbocker Village, a

they see. In this respect there hashousing project in lower East Side.

, # steady increase in qualityNew York TV set owners jjocked

of mot ion pictures since 1946. Au-around him to congratulate dience enjoyment has risen steadilythe work he was doing on their

(o # new h ,gh iB 19S<W1 »

^ n . . , j

“Vahixty, an outstanding publi-

* . —

v

That, and a flock of letters, en-cation ln the motion picture field,**

&

n

.nr, be selected by the Ns- couraged him to go ahead. He had ^ release adds, “states that a

tional Collegiate Athletic Assn., made some study of the.

*,^

ra *| study of gross incomes of leading

will be put out over a television Communications Commission 12 or( companies indicates that 1951

network in black and white, and 13 years ago which was oneshould produce revenues in excess

all other home games will be of-

;

his reasons for his interest in the ^ those for the preceding year,fered for theatre teie on a circuit whole subject— and he al once

Highlight* of the publication’* ap-basis. Films taken of all games delved into further research.

praisa i 0f current business condi-will also be screened the following Marks emphasized that there s

, follow**

Sunday over the CBS web. and no truth to the varied rumors thatj

. at l#*ni?thhiehMght films from the games the committee is being finan^d by I

then wromarij^a a length

will be on various mid-week sports a network, sponsor, advertising the survey which appeared mshows. agency or any outside group op- ,

Variety last week under the head-

But Jerome W. Marks, chairman i

posed to theatre tele. As amatter £«• “Tly

of the Fair Television Practices of fact, he declared, while he s had Bullish.

Committee, didn’t like it and wrote phone caUs and letters frora.such

again to Admiral Hill:

- “The list of te evision partici-

pations which you furnish impress-

es this committee only in its length.

Boiled down it means that a single

Navy game will be made available

to national te evision. audiences at!

the time the game is played. The ment against

tel'K'asts in color are meaningless, weak one. especially if it means

“Motion pictures of the Navy,

closed ci r c u i t transmission*, in

games televised at a later date which the theatres would lease tel-

doubtless will have some merit but ephone wires to carry their shows.

caught on so strongly and quickly

that it is now termed a “sleeper"

of real proportions by some circuit

executives.,

“Meet Me After Show" (20th)

attested to the sustained popular-

ity of Betty Grable, as well as the

current vogue for musical pix, by

grabbing off sixth place. However,

it does not promise to measure upas big as some Grable starrers. al-

though doing big trade the first

two weeks out in distribution.

Pop-scale run of “Cyrano" (UA>

lifted the Jose Ferrer epic to sev-

enth slot. “Belvedere Rings Bell”

<20th), not up to the draw of someof the earlier “Belvedere" films,

still did well enough to finish

eighth.

Ninth spot w as captured by

“Francis Goes To Races” . Thecomedy started off in second posi-

0UPT-ABC; Mergerf

trmm m< 4 SS=Jthe use of motion picture Almaand live talent.

/

3. To determine whether the

merger “would substantially lessen

competition or tend to monopolyin any line of commerce, ln anysection of the country.”

In his dissent to the consolidatedhearing. Jones said there were“peculiar circumstances surround-ing the hearing for renewal of theold Paramount licenses and appli-

cations’* due to “involvement in

anti-trust violations by ParamountPictures Inc.” He went on to addthat 21 officers and directors of

Par were named co-defendants in

the anti trust case and raised the

’51 B. O. Returns

question of how many of themtion. and held to eighth place the

j

are now with the successor corn-

next week, but then ran into com- panics.

petition for playdates from a batch Jones continued: “Inasmuch as

of strong new entries. “Sirocco” I a corporation can act only through

CoP, “Rich. Young. Pretty” <M- its officers, directors and agents,

G) and “Tales of Hoffmann” it seems, at the very least, unrea-

(Lopert) round out the Golden sonable to assume that these

Dozen for August. “Tales” was officers and directors are guiltless,

ninth in July. i

Bather it seems imperative and a

Frog-! necessary prerequisite to any

in |

further proceedings or consolida

Juiy;*

*

started out the final two weeks of

the month: “Convict Lake” « 20th».

Runner-up pictures are

*Go West’ TVoutfits asking questions as to his

stand or promising moral support,

he’s had only one actual Tiint of

financial aid. It was from an out- i r_—

^

cwtiauti from pose l

fit which had special interest in

the matter. among others. To allow for vaude.

Marks admitted that the argu- nitery, in-person, etc., commit-theatre TV “is a

\™n" J^^M^^r^mifjust ! tion of other applications pendingIron Man whicn

I before the commission involving

the proposed successors and as-“ ..Mini; of Paramount Pictures. Inc.,Ran All Way >UA) and P«Wng

, hf s„„ of rommiMionExpress 'Par.

-| should make a thorough study,Strong Potentials analysis and organization of tho

Numerous strong pix were just information available to it relat-

being launched as the month end- ! ing to the key officers and direc-

ed Besides “Iron Man.” which tors of Paramount Pictures, Inc.

likely will be beard from addition- 1

“Since the Commission has tra-

ally in the future, “David and ditionaliy held that when a licen-

Bathsheba” »20th> and “Place in gee's legal qualifications are ques-Sun” (Par) shape as certain win- tioned. it will not approve the dis-

ners this month. Although launched position of its radio facilities until

only in N. Y.. “David” is going at it finds the licensee qualified under

the quality af excitement, which is He reiterated the committees con-

the principal reason for watching tention. however, t h a theatres

tions, but “from here on in” the

Coast will be “home base.”

Cantor, for one. doesn't sub-

—- , --- -— .I, ‘

'LC/ii.KiviT a'ir scribe to the belief of some that,

sports events, will be lacking for,

have no r I g h t to exclusive airj York knowhow

anoyone who knows the results be- channels, since the theatres would,

PP*® _ - ...

forehand.

ments, some will be pencilled in _

tor one or two New York origins- ' such a terrific clip the first threej

the Act, it is clear that (1) the mer-weeks that it appears assured of 1

ger applications of Americanhigh rating nationally. “Sun" reg^ Broadcasting Co. and United Par-istered smash biz in the first two amount Theatres and (2) the sub-weeks in both L. A. and San Fran- 1 sequent transfer of control of

off in sockeroo

‘ be operating for profit, whereas

"We cannot therefore agree that the FCC regulations specifically

the policies the Naval Academy is state that the airwaves are to be

and the feel and excitement of the

Gotham pulse, TV performanceswill lose in quality and spon-

tne policies me ixavai Atrautrmy is «...«» w.v — ~ — .. K {

following in regard to telecasting reserved for the “public interest,j

taneity. If anything, he is con

of Navy football games will be of convenience and necessity.”Jhat ° ^

much benefit to hospitalized mem- “A c t u a 1 1y,” he said, “we’re

j

benefit from the transition.• a it i • At w? _ i a vri_i

bers of the Armed Services and against all subscription-vision, be-

other hospitalized persons, to say cause it has such wide ramifl-

nothing of the public in general, cations. If the networks discover

“In this instance it is our belief,

that they can make more moneythat the Naval Academy has acted than they can through selling their

as a private organization rather time to a sponsor what’s to prevent

than as a public institution with them from turning over all their

the special responsibilities which best programs eventually to somefall upon the latter.

‘Movietime’ GripesContinued from pace 7

‘pay-as-you-see’ method? and whenthat happens, where will the poorset-owner be?”Marks admitted that the sports

promoters have a point in their

argument that unrestricted hometelevising of their events hurts the

New Talent Vistas

He sees the opening up of newtalent vistas ("already they’re

complaining about the same fa-

miliar availabilities to be found in

New York”). More important, hebelieves that the setting up of

Hollywood as a major TV network

|

production center will invite hepproduction men identified withCoast film studios, and particular-

ly new camera techniques by menwho. by virtue of their refusal to

shift their scene of operation to

the east, have until now shunned

cisco, and teedstyle at the N. Y. Capitol.

“His Kind of Woman” <KKOiranged from hefty to giant on its

first four initial playdates, being

WBKB. Chicago, from the mergedcompany. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. to Co-lumbia Broadcasting System. Inc.t

two steps and three steps respec-

rated an unusually strong Robert itively, removed from prerequisite

Mitchum-Jane Russell vehicle, determinations in the order adopt-

“Jim Thorpe. All-American” <WB)j

ed by the Commission Aug 8, 1951,

started out in sock fashion at the|

might well become moot.”

N. Y. Astor. “Flying Leathernecks’’

(RKO) did from powerful to smashtrade on its first four dates, with

the new John Wayne starrer shap-

ing as another big potential hit.

Homblow

pate in ‘Movietime U. S. A..’ pay gate. But, he said, if there were! tbe medium. “As I see it, we've

1 /10th of 1% of his film rental 'or

whatever the assessment may be)

toward its support and then be

forced to play, during the cam-

no theatre TV or subscription TV,a way would be found of bringingthese events to the public. Thenetworks could trim their costs, he

paign and after, only pictures of declared, and the sponsors could

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think of show

11,000 Exhtbs| .

Coattnued from MS* 4 in trying to

Continued from ms* 1 5=showy directorial projects

off the commercial

got everything to gain and noth-ing to lose,” says Cantor.

Cantor is drastically altering

his format for his Hollywood-to-Manhattsn TV preem Sept. 30 to

the type made available to him this pay more money for the people to „tablish ^ ..Coagt thinking” heget these shows, since the shewswould play to a much wider au-dience.He said that his group could And

no legal precedent for their fight

and so would be going cold into

the upcoming FCC hearings. Headded that the committee may reg-

ister with the Government as a

lobbying agent, since the work it’s

attempting to do may be inter-

preted as an attempt to influence

Federal legislation.

C0MP0 GallupContiautd from pas* 7

summer because of extortionate

film rentals and other onerousterms demanded by the distribu-

tors for their occasional boxoffice

hits and in addition to an active

revival and intensification of manyof the other trade abuses so obnox-

ious and detrimental to his best in-

terests?”Niles telegram read:

“I am well aware that film rent-

als are not a part of COMPO. but

It is ironical that outrageous de-

, mands are being made here in Iowaand Nebraska for top product right

at the time the ’Movietime’ cam-paign is getting underway. We in

Allied know we need the campaignand need it badly. We in Allied

have done and will do everything later by Harris. Upham A Co.. Newpossible to make it a great sue-

j

York Stock Exchange house. It

cess, but cannot you or someone stated: “The movie group firmed

get the word to the big guns to call up. presumrlity based on a story- in

off the dogs and curtail their greed the Journal of Commerce to the ef-

at least until the ’Movietime feet that attendance is on the up-

U. S. A.’ is over? swing and that the industry wras

“You and Arthur Mayer < exec .laying plans for further boosts by

v p. of COMP0 1 are doing a great promotional campaigns in the fall.”

job and 1 personally hate to see all In addition to the Journal of

your work and efforts being de- Commerce yarn that came out of

stroyed at the grass roots by avar-1the luncheon, highly favorable

ice. What better answer is t here(

stories appeared in the Wall St.

to that infamous article in Life Journal. N. Y. Herald Tribune, In-

than top pictures on every screen i vestor’s Reader, and wpre carried

in the country with big audiences by the United Press. J. of C. story

in attendance? But this is impuv at the top of page one was headedsible if exhibitors are unable to ne- "Movies Report Steady Upturn in

gniiste for top pictures such as i Attendance." It cited numerous•Here Comes the Groom.’ ’That’s figures given in the talks and in

My Bov' and *Capt. Horatio Horn- a q. and a, period following the

sees vital to s maturing entertain-

ment medium. It will be in thenature of a “book show,” localled

at Hollywood and Vine, with theinevitable celebs (Jack Benny.Burns A Allen, etc.) as passersby.“When you see this, you’ll knowwhat I mean by the new tempoand refreshing qualities that a

Coast origination will invite.”

“From a more personal stand-point.” he says, “it will be particu-

larly beneficial to the not-so-youngtalent, like myself. Durante. Wynnand others, who can enjoy thecomforts of home and family andfree themselves of the unnecessaryinvolvements and confusions at-

tending a New York origination. I

can assure you we’ll be better as

a result.”

L. Mayer, executive veepee of the

Council of Motion Picture Organi-

zations, and Rev. Bill Alexander of

Oklahoma City, will address the

theatremen. The speakers will give

details of plans for new-spaper ad-

vertising. radio exploitation, star

tours, and other events, along withcity and regional adaptations andextensions of the campaign.

Industry toppers will Join the

rally.

Today (Wed.) O’Donnell will ad-

dress exhibitors in Albany. NextFriday (7) he will speak in Pitts-

burgh. Ned Depinet, COMPOprexy. will join O’Donnell and Rev.Alexander at a meeting in ChicagoSept. 10.

August ChampsS Continued from pace 4

blowef.’ In case of David andBathsheba Fox is violating the lawby fixing admission prices so that

not only the exhibitor is beinggouged but the public as well byupped admissions.”

luncheon. Stories in other papers,while not given such prominence,were allotted considerable spaceand also had very upbeat headlines.Gallup slatement released this

week to the financial editors and

many localities helping swell thetotal gross. The Bunin pic mostlydid well in a few scattered keys,

but faded when it ran into directcompetition with Disney’s film.

“Capt. Horatio Hornblower”(WB>, the spectacular picture thatwas produced in England, landedin fourth position, although out onrelease only three weeks. Popu-larity of Gregory Peck in the star-

ring role, and word-of-mouth thattipped the sweep of the film, gotthis production rolling early. Fifthplace went to “On Moonlight Bay.”another Warner picture. Origin-ally described by some exhibitorsas just another musical, “Bay”

1,500 Southern Exhlbs In Pledre

New Orleans, Sept. 4.

More than 1.500 theatreownersof Louisiana. Mississippi. Arkansas,Alabama and Florida voted Thurs-day <30> to contribute 5c a seat for

expenses for the “MovietimeU.S.A.” drive in the New Orleansexchange territory: drive-ins at the

admits having troubletrying to define just what a

film producer is. “It is a field

filled with confusion because ofthe nomenclature,” he w rites. “Theword ‘producer* is used in anextraordinary variety of ways.But, to come right down to whatthe person we are writing aboutis in bis own mind and in the ac-tual function of his trade—hefabricates the product . . . Thereason why this grobp has takenan important factor in the growthof the motion picture industry is

that they are men w-ho are inter-ested in many -things They'recrazy about ideas. They're onthe hunt all of the time. This is

the dominant factor of a success-ful producer. He's never out ofbusiness for a second.’’

Concerning the source of a pro-ducer’s ideas. Hornblow savs: “Formany years books and plays werean important part of the provenderof the screen. We drew on booksgreatly — the classics, currentbooks—stage hits . . . That greatwell of material has begun to dis-appear ... By and large the mod-ern best-seller falls into twocategories: either it’s a morbidkind which we don't like becauseof its down-beat factor and be-rate of 10c for each loudspeaker.

Speakers at the meeting were cause we think the American pub-Robert J. O’Donnell and Arthur L. Re is a cheerful public not want-Mayer. General chairman of the

drive in this area is Levere Mont-gomery.

Mo.-Illinois Rally

St. Louis, Sept. 4.

Organization of the “MovietimeU.S.A.” campaign in Eastern Mis-souri and Southern Illinois was

ing to be drepressed; and theother type of fiction which is rub-bish known as ‘bosom literature,*

the historical type that is reallynot fit for publication but seems tobe curiously popular, sometimesperhaps because of its sheerbulk ...“The play* of America, of

Bioadway in particular, used to beof tremendous value in respect toperfected yesterday (Mon.) at a

meeting of 650 exhibitors and <Na- I ^bat w'c"roUld andT would 'want totribution representatives.

pU t on tbe screen That is noSpeakers were Robert J. O’Don- longer true . . . Original stories for

nell and Arthur L. Mayer. Edward the screen 'become extremely im-B. Arthur of Fanchon A Marco was portant . . . Because of the paucitywas named are* chairman; Her-bert Bc-nnin, Metro branch man-ager, distribution chairman; TomBloomer chairman for SouthernIllinois, and Frank Plumlee chair-

man for Eastern Missouri.

of desirable submitted material,most studios are devising their

own material—collaborative devis-

ing. and this Is perhaps the mostI exciting part of the producer’s

I work today.”

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with its three holidays: Election Day,

Armistice Day, Thanksgiving. Paramount’s

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Lurie’s Interested

In Rep, But Yates

Sez He Won t Sell

Louis R. Lurie’s anxiety to move

Into the him business was further

underlined this week with the' dis-

closure he was one of the key fig-

ures showing interest in acquiring

control of Republic. Louis B. May-er w’ould have been associated withhim if a deal had gone through, it’s

said.

Lurie is the San Francisco real

estate operator who headed thecombine which recently sought to

buy out the stock owued by Harry,Jack and Albert Warner. Last-min-ute hitch developed and negotia-tions were abandoned. His next bidwas for Howard Hughes’ shares in

either the RKO picture or theatrecompanies, or both. Hughes nixeda deal.

There is no indication at all thatHerbert J. Yates. Rep prexy, wouldconsideC'selling his cont rolling in-

terests./ Yates, in the past, has re-peatedly denied that he ever hadany intentions of parting with hisstock. He restated that attitudeupon his return to N. Y. from JCu-rope last week. “Republic sharesowned by me and my friends arenot for sale at any price.” he de-clared.

Yates added a personal note onMayer, saying; “However, if 1 hadany idea of selling my stock i

would be very glad to sell it to Mr.Mayer as 1 consider his valuableexperience in the motion pictureindustry and his ability as an ex-ecutive equals any operator in theindustry and tops most ol them.”

Nathanson Joins Liberty

Unit’s Exit From ParMort Nathanson’s exit as public-

ity manager at Paramount again

spotlights the not-so-long-lived na-

ture of the Par-Liberty Films deal

of 1947 so far as a good .portion of

Liberty’s personnel were con-

cerned.

In a straight stock swap, Par ac-

quired the services of Liberty top-

pers Frank Capra. Sam Briskin.

W illiam Wyler and George Stevens.

E. K. O’Shea. Liberty’s sales chief,

and Nathanson. unit’s publicity di-

rector. also made the switch.

Capra bowed off the P.r lot sometirpe ago. Stevens, upon comple-tion of his current production.

I

'Shane,” ai*.o will split with thecompany. Wyler told Vakjety re-

cently he has two more films to

make under his pact but beyondthat has no plans. Briskin is re-

maining with Par but for reasonsof health has cut down on his ac-

tivities. O’Shea is firmly set as

v.p. of Par Distributing Corp.

Nathanson’s resignation becomeseffective Sept. 14. Successor hasyet to be selected by Jerry Pick-man. Par’s rd-pub head.

Foreign CoinCombined from pan 3

Rep in TVS Continued from pap 1

have tremendous value, however,when they are freed.

One of the most interesting as-

pects of Yates’ estimate is that if

it proves rorreet. Rep will earn con-siderably more from TV alone in

the next three .'ears than the pres-ent value of all of its outstandingcommon stock. Company now hasout about 1 ,818. (MM) shares. They’vebeen selling recently at $4.25.Their total valuation on that basiswould be about $8.000.(XH).

Thus, if Yates’ estimate comestrue, the stock would undoubtedlyprove a bonanza, going on a divid-ed-paying basis and greatly appre-ciating in value. Wall St. has al-

ready been very much cognizantof the potential value to TV offilm libraries owned by minor com-panies, and offers are said to havebeen made of as much as $10 to

V* per share for Rep stock.

is now re-

on a 00-40of its over-

when domestic earnings are gen-erally sluggish and corporate taxrates are stepping up. It’s hopedthese two adverse factors can beoffset by the spurt abroad.

New Importance

Newly added importance of theforeign market also is having a

strong bearing on domestic produc-tion economies. Producers, whohad looked abroad for about one-third. or less, of their total incomeon pix. have re'ised their rev-

enue formula upward.Metro, for example,

ported to be operatingbasis. This means 60' o

all revenue is figured to come fromthe domestic market »U. S. andCanada*, with the balance of 40< ccoming from abroad.

The European continent prom-ises to yield a total of $35,000,000to the American outfits this year.In addition to improvements in

France and Italy, the companiesnow are drawing substantial moneyfrom Germany. This has beencoming via the Economic Coopera-tion Administration, which guaran-tees certain amounts of convert-ibility, and with the film outfits’

direct sale of reichsmarks in N. Y.While the official exchange rate is

23. 8e. per unit of the German cur-rency, the U. S. companies can ped-dle reichsmarks, which they can-not convert officially, at about 14cin N. Y.

Latin America will

American distributors$17,000,000 this year,possibility Argentinatribute some revenue

WB to Seek Another

Tender Next Year In

Stabilization SetupWarner Bros, reportedly will

seek another tender of its out-standing stock early next year in

furtherance of its long-rangefiscal stabilization policy. Com-pany has recently bought up over1.000.000 shares via a request for

tenders and by buys on the openmarket.

Wall St. reports are that WB will

wait about six months before an-nouncing the next tender request.

Such a request entails asking anyholders of Warner shares who so

desire to submit their stock to thecompany’s treasury for purchase.

A ceiling price” at which the

shares may Ik* tendered will beset at the time the move is an-nounced. It will hinge on the

market quote at that point. Therewas a top of $15 on the tenders dueAug. 16. when 1.015.900 shareswere acquired by WB at an aver-age of $14.76 per share.

Between now and the next re-

quest for tenders, company is also

expected to buy up some shares onthe open market. Stock is nowselling at about $14.25.

How many open market sharesare purchased and how soon thenext tender is sought will hinge onspeed with which WB unloads real

estate and other assets, as well asthe theatres it Is required to divestunder the consent decree intowhich it entered with the Govern-ment in the antitrust ease earlierthis year.

As coin eoines in under Warners’new policy of ridding Itself of all

assets not directly required for

operation of its produrtion-dis-tri but ion-exhibit Ion activities, it

will Ik* plowed into the capitaliza-

tion reduction program. Sales ofimportant theatre properties will

contribute heavily to the amountof spare cash available.

Aim of cutting quantity of out-standing stock Is to strengthen thecompany financially. Action is

commensurate with the drop in

earnings expected when divorce-ment shears the firm of its theatrecircuit income. It will enable it

to maintain its $1 dividend rate, it

is hoped, since wih fewer sharesout. smaller earnings will cover thedivvy.

Amusement Stock QuotationsFor the Week Ending Tuesday, Sept. 4

Weekly Weekly Weekly Tues. NetVol. in High Low Close Chang*100s for w eek

N. Y. Stock Exchange

ABC . . . . 42 12*4 12*8 4 1 s’ CBS, “A” .... 55 29-U 28V* 29*8 4- 7 s

i IK • * U ,#

\ Dw, D »•••••• t • * • • 64 •29>a 28 29*4 4-1

Col. Pic .... 18 13’ a 12U 13*8 4- 8

Loew’s .... 257 17>a 16*8 17*8 -1- * a

Paramount .... 221 27' 2 24*8 27*2 4 2-hRCA .... 379 22*4 21*4 22-‘s 1 iRKO A*turcs .... 193 3'a 3*8 3*8 4- * H

RKO Theatres 186 4’h 3*4 4 4- 1 H

Republic . . . . 278 4 *8 4 Mi 4*t 4-

Rep., pfd .... 13 10*8 10* H 10*4 ‘4

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Univ. .... 81 10-8 10’h 10 : b 1

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Warner Bros 151 14-8 14*4 14*2 • * 4 ,

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Monogram ... * .... 42 3-8 3*h 3*4 4- 1 M

Technicolor . ... 19 20 19*8 20 •*8

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might con-under a new

No Distrib for ‘Fabre’

Until Ready for ShowingNo distribution for “The Amaz-

ing Monster Fabre” will he soughtuntil the film is ready for screen-ing. producer Walter Futtcr saidin New York last week. Pic wasmade in France simultaneously in

two versions. French and English,by a bilingual cast. It is similar in

this respect to “Mr. Peek-a-Boo.”starring French comic, Bourvil.which United Artists is *»bout tosend into release.

Blog of Fabre. French naturalist,was made from a screenplay byJack Kirkland. Henri Diamant*Berger. who co-produced the twoversions with Flitter, was in NewYork last week to supervise somefinal technical work. Some of thefootage on insect life is being shotnow and some is .from the extensivelibrary owned by Futtcr.A three- to four-month publicity

campaign is planned prior toscreenings and seeking a release.Futtcr said. Hal Horne, former Dis-ney and 2()1h-Fox pub-ad chief, hasbeen employed for the buildupprocess.

Saratoga Names BurkeSaratoga. N. Y.. Se pt. 4.

Harry A. Burke, city managerfor Saratoga Theatres. Inc.—con-trolled by the W’illiam E. Bentonestate and Walter A. Rcade—wasunexpected appointed by the CityCouncil last week as Commissionerof Public Safety to fill the unex-pired term of Dr. Arthur J. Leon-ard, who resigned Aug. 22.

pact with that country. But if thismaterializes the amount would herelatively small, thus is not in-cluded in the estimates.

Far East's $*.000,000Far East will provide about

$8,000,000 this jear and Australia-New Zealand will yield about$7,000,000. Australia representsthe only ini|>ortant area wherethere has bet if a drop in income.Only explanation offered is there’ssimply been a drop in theatre busi-ness.

Down Under country has aformula governing the amount ofdollar convertibility of earnings,ba^ed on the peak film income of1946. Because of the slump ofcurrent business there's conse-quently no restrictions, in effect,on converting.

Artierican outfits figure on atotal of $8,000,000 from miscel-laneous sources, This includessuch territories as South Africa andSpain 'some films are sold toSpanish interests in N. Y.) andI6111 rights. The U. S. Anny con-tributes about $2,000,000.

(trowing slim as a source ofmoney from the world market is

the Motion Picture Export Assn.Revenue from MPEA this year is

estimated at $1,500,000. mainlycoming from Japan, Austria andYugoslavia.

July-Aug. Period Dull OnPix Stock Transactions

Washington, Sept. 4.

Period from July 11 to Aug. 10was one of dullest in years for in-

side stork market transactions bymotion picture execs, according tothe monthly report of the Securitiesand Exchange Commission.

Abraham Schneider, of Colum-bia Pi*. purchased 100 shares ofthe studies no-par common, givinghim a toMiiLuL^.666 shares. He alsoowns warrants for 12.500 shares ofthe common. Harold J. Mirisch. oneof the group which has moved in onMonogram, reported that duringFebruary, April and May he bought1.200 shares of Mono’s $1 par com-mon.

1 » John G. Eidell, member of theboard of Universal Pictures, noti-fied SEC that last April he sold 1

1.000 shares of U $1 common; thisleft bun' with 5.475 shares of thestock.

* Harry Brandt came through withthe information that in June hisBrandt Foundation made three

1 gifts, totaling 800 shares of Trans-lux $1 common, to the WiltykSchool. Foundation still has 1.200.Brandt owns 101,015 shares in hisown name. His wife has 1.400shares and his Fiarday Inc., trustanother 17.700.

upcoming program with pic layouts

and a running story. Mag also will

report on future production and

exhibitor operations. Jack Sayers,

of Look’s Coast office, is in N. Y.

for huddles with film execs on that

publication's upcoming special sec-

tion regarding the trade, lie’ll su-

pervise the full coverage which

Look w ill give.

Goldwyn's comments concern

production and television pri-

marily. He concedes TV IS a com-petitor but insists there's a solid

future for film-makers who'll con-

tinue to have outlets for their

product in theatres, as well as via

TV. In this respect. Goldwyn hints

big possibilities in subscription TV.In any event, according to advanceword on his article, the producerstates theatres will remain in busi-

ness.

Further riling industry toppers,

following Life’s initial size-up of

the state of the btz,war~the -sameweekly in its letters-from-readersdepartment in the issue dated Sept.

3. which was on the stands last

Thursday « 30).

Life printed five letters, twq^ of

which more or less agreed with theappraisal, and three which dis-

agreed. Latter included one fromArthur L. Mayer, as president of

the Council of Motion Picture Or-ganizations. This was severely cut;

it offered only a sketchy mirroringof industry conditions.

Also used, but similarly edited"almost beyond recognition,” wasa letter by Jack Kirsch, formerpresident of Allied States Assn.,w ho now reps North Central Alliedon the natiopal org’s board. Thethird which took issue with Lifeand appeared last week was byJ. P. Adl#»r. president of Adler The-atre Co., Marshfield, Wise.Other two letters were com-

plaints about films from personswhose signatures were not asso-

ciated with the business. Theyrapped "rotten double features”and ‘overrated mediocre pictures.”

Mpls. Indie in Test Suit

To Determine Pic Co. Right

To Force Exhibitor BidMinneapolis. Sept. 4.

A test suit to determine a film

company's right to require an ex-hibitor to bid competitively forproduct has been filed in FederalCourt here. The plaintiff, the PaulMans independent circuit, hasbrought the action against Metro,which refuses pictures to its Rich-field. local suburban huusat unlesslatter bids competitively for themin the earliest 28-day slot againstanother rival Independent subur-l»an theatre, the Edina.

In the suit, Mans raises the

I

points that the Edina, being five

miles distant from the Richfield,jactually Isn’t a competitor; thatthe Edina is not even a 2H-<lay sit-

uation regularly, but. instead, is

classified as having 25 days avail-

ability. and that other distributorshere are servicing the Richfieldwithout competitive bidding. Heseeks to restrain M-G from continu-

|ing th* policy and to have it

ordered to supply the Richfield its

product without competitive bid-ding. He also seeks damages, theamount to be determined by thecourt.

On its part. M-G contends thatthe consent decree compels it tocall for competitive bids when twosuch theatres as the Richfield andEdina both seek the first 28-day runon the same picture.

At the same time. Ben Fried-man. Edina owner, declares thatdistributors are "crucifying” hisEdina by refusing to grant it 28-

day availability. He charges dis-

crimination.

Rep’s 25c DivvyFollowing a meeting held at the

company's New York homeofiicelast Thursday <30*. Republic Pic-tures board declared a 25c divvyper share on preferred stock.Melon is payable Oct. 1 to stock-

holders of record as of Sept. 12.

GILLIN UPPED BY UDonald Gillin, Universal sales-

man in Los Angeles, has been pro-moted to the branch manager’spost in Seattle, replacing LGeorge DeWaide. resigned.

Gillin joined U in 1949 as a

1salesman in Denver.

WHITE HOUSE PICHollywood, Sept. 4.

White House In Washington.D. C.. forms the background of”1000 Pennsylvania Avenue,” to heproduced by Cavalier Pictures,headed by Robert Young and Eu-gene B. Hodney.

Film, 1w»scd on a drama by Sid-ney M. Blduell and Frederick M.Frank, is slated to start in Noveni-

' ber.

Mayer’s Exitm Conllniird from pace 3

of Republic, but Rep’s Herbert J.

Yates denies it. Mayer has taken

offices in Beverly llills, but exeept

for “purely political” trip cast and

racehorse buying spree, his activi-

ties are shrouded in secrecy.

Despite his departure. Mayermaintains a heavy financial stakein* Metro. He has an estimated fu-

ture revenue of $2,500,000 under acontract whereby he collects 10f bof net distribution profits on all pixmade up to termination of his con-tract Aug. 31, including those half-

complcted at that time, as well as\0 r

<> of value of any stories of suchfilms which may be reused or sold.

Long-reported exit was officially

announced last June. Behind ter-

mination of the association was a

recurrent rift between Mayer andNicholas M. Schcnck, Loew’s prexy.

Asks 366G DamagesFor Defunct Chi House

Chicago, Sept. 4.

An antitrust case which goesback to 1933 to cite alleged injuriesunder the old Chicago release sys-tem was filed last week in ChiFederal Court for $366.(”>0 trebledamages. Suit w as filed by 'attor-ney John F. Sullivan on behalf ofthe Langley Theatre, which is nowout of operation.

Theatre asks damages to coverthe period 1933 to 1943. reportedlyover-riding the statute of limita-tions under the Paramount decree,which suspends other existing stat-utes of limitation if it's held ad-missible in court.Named in the charge are the

eight major films companies. Bala-ban A: Katz and Warner Theatres.

RCA Names BennettCamden, N. J., Sept. 4.

Martin F. Bennett, RCA theatresales representative in the easternregion, has been named manager ofthe theatre equipment sales sectionof the RCA Engineering Productsdepartment.

Bennett succeeds J. F. O'Brien,recently promoted to the post ofsales manager of RCA’s Theatre,Visual and Sound Section. Priorto Joining RCA in 1946. Bennettwas supervisor of sound projecttion for Warner Bros. Theatres in

the New York area for 14 years.

IN BIG CITIESBOSTON-Five Weeks

HOUSTON—Biggest Opening Week in 6 Months

SEATTLE—2nd Week Holdover

WASHINGTON-Two Weeks

SAN FRANCISCO -Fifth Week

LOS ANGELES—Two Weeks and Moveover

PHILADELPHIA—Three Weeks

BROOKLYN ALBEE-Two Weeks

MONTREAL-Second Week

SALT LAKE CITY-Second Week

RKO Metropolitan Grcuitj

Skouros Metropolitan Grcuit l Heldover

RamHorce Grcuit " f All overCentury Grcuit /

SMALLER CITIES

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Academy

It's Big Business All TheWay Down The Line—

SYRACUSE • ROCHESTER • DES MOINES

CLEVELAND • COLUMBUS • FORT WAYNEFAIRBANKS, ALASKA • ATLANTIC CITY

ASBURY PARK • NEWPORT • STAMFORD

GREAT BARRINGTON • PLYMOUTH

HUNTINGTON, L. I.

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PHTIRK.S Wednectlay, September 5, 1951

'Arties’ Stress Filmsfontinurd from page 5

gory of what these execs have la-

beled “TV-proof theatres." «

Latter appellation arises from

the conviction that the specialized

houses get a discriininating-type

audience that won’t be wooed bytele. These patrons are chooseyalmut what they go to see. even in

the specialized theatres, but they’ll

travel far out of their way to viewa film they think they’ll like. Theyare not the casual cinemagoers whoeasily fall for substitute entertain-

ment just because it is easier andcheaper to see.

Students of both the aesthetic

and the business side of pix havebeen anxious to see the specialized

theatres develop. Interest of those

whose worry is film quality see thenew type houses opening the wayto the end of attempts to makeevery picture please every type of

audience. •

This effort at planning every film

to ho attractive to every theatre-

goer no matter what his age. sex.

interests or intellectual level, haslong l>oen felt to be one of the

hurd'es that has most hurt thequality of Hollywood’s output. Onthe other hand, every producerhad to keep this aim of generaliza-

tion in mind because he couldhardly come out with a profit other-

wise.

Problem was—and still is, for

that matter, since the overall num-ber of specialized house* is still

small—that he hadn’t a large

enough group of theatres that• would throw off sufAeient film

rental for offbeat pix to make thempay. The answer is now just start-

ing to be found in small houseswith low' nuts that can keep a pic

for a long run. They can give a

specialized film tremendously morerental than many times their num-

i her of big. expensively-operatedhouses.

N. Y. as Example

1 Change in the artie field is best

: evident in New York. On t he

I

quantitive side is the fact that

there will be 13 art theatres first-

runs in Manhattan this fall. •Call-

ing them "art theatres" is more a

convenient handle than an accuratedescription now. since most of theproduct is not "artie.’’ hut merelyspecialized.)

With that number of houses, vir-

tually every offbeat pic with anypromise at all can find a showcase,if it proves it has the stuff in theinitial run. it can go on to subse-quent* and similar houses in othercities, or ecen jump the line fromail houses to regular circuit book-ings.

Evidence of the switch of the

traditional artles to English-lan-

guage Alms is best seen currently

at the World. N. Y. After yean of

exclusive showing of lingualers,

theatre is now playing Columbia's

"Pick-Up.” The Paris. N. Y..

which started out three years agoshowing French Alms exclusively,

opens next week with United Art-

ists’ '"The River,’’ after recently

running the same distrib’s "FourMen In a Jeep.’’

The 55th Street has recently hadan Irish travelog and novr has a

double-feature reissue. “Man of

Aran" and “Edge of thd Worldboth in English. Such recent ad-

ditions to the art film field as theTrans-Lux houses at 52d St.. 60th

!St. and 72d St. and the Sutton are

playing either British pix or for-

eign-made films in F.nglish.

Sutton, which closes a lengthyrun of "Kon-Tiki” this week, re-

places it with "The Medium,’’ pro-

duced in Italy, but in English.

Trans-Lux 60th. which recentlywound up 16 weeks of the Czechpuppet film with English commen-tary. "Empen»r*s Nightingale,"opens United Artists' "Mr. Peek-A-Boo" soon. That was made in

France, but in English. Cast wasbilingual and two versions weremade at the same time. A simi-larly-produced pic coming in a fewmonths is "The Amazing MonsieurFibre." An increasing number ofsuch pix are in production in Italy

and France, and undoubtedly will

find their wav to the specialized

circuit in the U.S.

Yank Indies’ CoinContinued from pose t

elusive Films in Britain are ac-

counting for a number of Joint

productions. Usually the Ameri-can indie provides the story anda couple of Yank stars in sucharrangements, with Carreras con-

tributing the studio facilities andtechnicians.

Early this year Alexander Paal

made "Cloudburst” with Exclusive,

and Julian Lesser turned * out"Whispering Smith Investigates.”

Robert L. Lippert recently com-pleted "Blonde Blackmail” and is

committed to an annual programof co-productions with the Car-reras firm.

Producer Mort Briskin leans

toward Vienna as a film locale. Hewrapped up ”No Time for Flow-ers.” Viveca Lindfors starrer, in

the Austrian capital a few weeksago and also made "The MagicFace’’ in the same area. Irving

Allen is due to roll "The GammaPeople” there shortly.

Curiously, there are no Ameri-can or British co-productions un-derway in Italy this summer in

contrast to the frenzied activity

of previous summers. Sole Italian

pic aimed for the Yank market at

the moment, is "100 Little Moth-ers.” which Leonide Moguy is

currently producing and directingwith Columbia International back-ing.

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When Orson Welles returns fromLondon, where he’s been finishing

some chores on the soundtrack of“Othello,” It’s expected that he’ll

start "Capt. Noah’’ at the Scalcrastudios. Picture will he made byOrson Welles Productions and thestar will write, direct and appearin the venture.

Douglas Fairbanks’ DougfairCorp. lensed its Bette Davis-GaryMerrill starrer, "Another Man’sPoison,” in England, and Fairbanksplans to Aim "Knights of theRoundtable” there around the endof the year. Peter Rathvonx Mo-tion Picture Capital Corp. partial'yfinanced Marcel Heilman's British-made "Happy Go Lovely.”

Kaufman’s ’Pandora'Joseph Kaufman, in association

with Albert Lewin and RomulusProductions, turned out "Pandoraand the Flying Dutchman” inSpain. He and Romulus also did“Lucky Nick Cain" on the ItalianRiviera for 20th-Fox release.Bc-nagoss Productions made "TheGreen Glove" on the French Riv-iera and expects to roll an un-titled yarn in France sometime this

fall.

Norma Productions currently has"The frimson Pirate" underwayoff the coast of Italy for Warnerrelease. Burt Lancaster stars in

the sea adventure. Peter Cusick,in cooperation wiUf French andBritish associates, made "PardonMy French” and "The Long DarkHall” in England and France, re-

spectively.

Majors’ overseas Aim-making is

relatively quiet as of the end ofAugust. Metro has “Ivanhbe” be-fore the cameras irt England whileWarners is rolling "Where'sCharley?” in the same country.20th-Fox recently completed “De-cision Before Dawn” in Germanyand lensed scenes for “FiveFingers” in Turkey.Meanwhile, Metro is prepping

“Sign of the Eagle.” which HavesGoetz is slated to produce in Eng-land. 20th, the most active of thetop Hollywood lots in the past inpoint of pic-making abroad, has alocation unit in Argentina for "Wayof a Gaurho.” Company also has“Snows of Kilimanjaro” and "Dip-lomatic Courier” in work in France.RKO-Disney will soon launch “TheRobin Hood Story.” live-actionyarn, in Britain.

Part of Republic's "The QuietMan" was filmed in Ireland thissummer, and prexy Herbert Yatesrecently disclosed that the com-pany will make a Judy Canovastarrer In Britain as well as onein which John Wayne will havethe top role. Monogram, althoughnot lensing features entirely onits own abroad, may participatein joint ventures with Japaneseand German companies.

THE 195 1 T.O.A. CONVENTION AND TRADE SHOW is the

most importanf gathering of theStremcn in many years.

This will he a workin g conA-ntion. Every important topic relating

to up-to-the-minute management, policy, operations and conces-

sions will he discussed. An important feature of the convention will

be the big Trade Show at which the manufacturers, dealers, con-

cession merchandise and merchandising will be on display and

where you can talk over, first-hand, your requirements and problems

for the year ahead. A golden opportunity for both buyers and sellers.

An elaborate program of entertainment has been arranged by the

convention committee and will feature the T.O.A. Showboat trip up

the historic Hudson River (hosted by Coca-Cola), lunches, ‘rheatre

parties, fashion show, broadcast studios, the big banquet and a

special program for the Ijdies.

ALL EXHIBITORS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND REGARDLESSOF AFFILIATION. THIS IS A CONVENTION TO HELP SOLVETHE PROBLEMS OF ALL EXHIBITORS AND THE BUSINESSAGENDA WILL COVER EVERY SUBJECT OF CURRENT ANDCOMING IMPORTANCE.

IMPORTANT TOPICSFOR DISCISSION:

• Know your industry

• Distributor-exhibitor

public relations.

• Government regulations onsupplies, shortages, etc.

• TV and Theatre TV.

• Legislation, national, state

and local.

• Concessions.

• 16 inm. competition.

• Theatre Equipment

• Consent Decree.

• And many other vital subjects!

For information and reservations:

T.O.A, CONVENTION COMMITTEE1501 BROADWAY. HEW YORK CITY, N. Y.

L Film ReviewsContinued from page S

Iter Verlorenewrite this offbeat picture of moraldilemma and punishment. Down-beat story, arty treatment and finetechnical aspect* and thespingslant this for slotting in specialU. S. situations. Expressionist ichandling plus a mixture of melo-dramatic make the Aim a bit im-plausible but Aim has the Lorrename to help sell it.

Story concerns a German scien-tist during the war who learns thathis fiancee has been selling theresults of his secret research tothe enemy. In a moment of tem-porary instability he murders her.It is hushed up and passed off assuicide due to his importance inthe war effort. The scientist thengoes into a psychosis in which hekills women reminding him of hisdead fianceeHe attempts to slay the Gestapo

agents involved in the expose, hutfails. Declared dead in an air raid,he changes his name and becomesa doctor in a refugee camp. Meet-ing the surviving Nazi, he recountsthe story’ • judges himself, kills theNazi nnd commits suicide.

Lorre has directed in firm stylewith much care to detail which* attimes obscures the character moti-vation. Film has a ponderous aifr

of finality about it. Editing keepsa fine coherence between presentand flashback in the telling of thestory. Peter I .orre turns in a bril-lantly modulated acting chore asthe tortured doctor who finallyfinds peace in murder and suicide.Remainder of cast turns in fine bitsof acting though most of placersare relegated to cameo hits. Filmwill need some heavy ballv to nutIt over. Most,-.

PICTURES IredM«daj, September 5, 1951

NEW YORKCharles Simonelli. manager of

Universal's eastern ad-pub depart*ment. and Jeff Livingston, easternad manager, left for the Coast overthe weekend for confabs with ad-

pub veepee David A. Lipton. Theywill be gone a week.

Henderson M. Richey, Metro'sexhibitor relations chief, will ad-dress the Illinois Women's PressAssn, in Chicago Sept. 21.

Realart Film Exchange of NewYork, Inc, opened yesterday(Tues.) in the Film Center Bldg.

A l Rroder is prez, Carroll Puciatois veepee -treasurer and Jack Bell*

man sales manager.Elizabeth Eisenhart. 20th-Fox

magazine contact, last week waselevated to newly-created post of

special publicity contact, assisting

Stirling Silliphant, publicity man-ager.Cresson E. Smith, who resigned

his RKO exec's post a few yeafsago to go into business for himself,has returned to the company asacting western district manager.He's substituting for Herb Mc-Intyre during the latter’s currentillness.

CHICAGOEncyclopedia Britannlca Films

has purchased assets of Instruc-tional Films, Inc., including a li-

brary of 25 pix which will be sentinto distribution.

Balaban it Katz has trimmed kidadmissions to a uniform 9c at its

key southside houses.Capitol Films' assistant booker

Alfred Blumfet seriously ill in

vets hospital, Hines, 111.

* As a result of their indictmentby a Federal Grand Jury recently,most ozoners here have abandonedsingle-feature policy. Drive-InTheatre and Four-Screen drive-inare dualing for the first time in

their history.Monroe Theatre, indie 1,000-

seater, outbid rival McVickera,B&K 2.200-seater, for a two-weekride with "Show Boat.” Housewill crack the nut via a 16c admis-sion boost.Con Jovan, son of James Jovan.

vet exhibitor here, has been uppedto rank of corporal in Korea.

Balaban it Katz, reportedly forfirst time in its history, will usetrailer advertising from nearbymerchants in its northside houses.

MINNEAPOLISMinnesota Amus. Co. (United

Paramount) launched its Septem-ber "Greatest Movie Season,"heralding its big hits, specificallymentioning ‘That’s My Boy,” "TaliTarget,” "David and Bathsheba,”"Jim Thorpe” and "BelvedereRings Bell."

Marilyn Walker, daughter ofMarion Walker, Minnesota Amus.Co. city manager at Minot, N. D

,

chosen as "Miss North Dakota.”Her dad will accompany her toAtlantic City pageant.

Ev. Seibel, Minnesota Amus. Co.ad-publicity head, on tour of SouthDakota situations to contact news-paper publishers and editors, oncircuit’s "Greatest Movie Season”drive.

Local Paramount branch brokeall previous records in playdatesfor Paramount Week.

ST. LOUIS„v» Avenue Theatre, East St. Louis,

padlocked by U. S. Internal Rev-enue Dept, last May 24 for failureto pay $23,799 delinquent taxes,has been sold to Sanford Rutten-berg. Chicago investor. Housemay be relighted.

Martin T. Atkins, who sold theIdaho, Summer, 111., to RalphClark several years ago, will takeover operation of house n©w_ thatClark has been called into service.

William Weiss, for 14 years sales-man here for Republic, joinedScreen Guild Productions. Willtravel same territory.George Kerasotes, general mana-

ger of Kerasotes Theatres, Spring-

field, 111., back after visit to Mayoclinic.

Picketing halted at St. Charles,Mp.,.ozoner after satisfactory pactwas made with the newly organizedprojectionists’ union there.

Four St. Louis county ozonersjoined in playing first-run pix day-

and tay-date, a policy inauguratedlate last season for outstandingfilms. Current pic is "Warpath."The ozoners are the Airway andManchester, controlled by Phil

Smith, of Boston, the Ronnie,owned by Fred Wehrenberg estate

and North drive-in. owned byClarence Kaimann and Wehren-berg es^te.

DALLASHorace Falls purchased an inters

est in the Leen Theatres with ToadLeon. Fills is film buyer for the

Phil Isley Theatres and will con-tinue in that post.

Woodlawn and Laurel Theatres,operated at San Antonio by the In-

terstate Theatre Circuit since 1945.

bought by Tom Sumners, owner of

Josephine Theatre also in that city.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Price trans-

ferred to Dallas, where they will

manage the Grove Theatre. Theyformerly managed the Round-Updrive-in at Angleton.

O. Z. Horton named manager of

the Creighton and Liberty at Con-roe for the East Texas Theatres Co.

Albert Bagley, formerly managerof the Liberty, goes to a new post

on circuit.

Bob Johnson transferred fromthe Parkway to manager of the

Ridglea Theatre in Ft. Worth,changing posts with Clyde Allen,

who goes from the Ridglea to the

Parkway.

BOSTONMax Melincoff, for last 20 years

district manager of Warner Bros.Theatres in Massachusetts, re-

signed to embark in business for

himself.Harold (Hal) O’Day appointed

manager of the Needham Theatre.Needham, which was recentlyleased by Stanley Sumner and As-sociates. Formerly associated withInterstate Circuit, O’Day recentlyconcluded g stint of active duty in

the Navy.Variety Club’s Jimmy Fund

Drive, which got underway last

week, received a fine contributionof $1,000 from Hub’s Mayor JohnB. Hynes. Massachusetts Chiefs of

Police Assn, collected $541 at their

August meeting which was turnedover to the fund.

Dick Weaver, producer’s rep of

"The River” in town working withUA’s Joe Mansfield prior to NewEngland preem at the Beacon Hill,

Sept. 26.

PHILADELPHIAFrancis X. Bushman, aiding bal-

ly on "David and Bathsheba”which opened at the Fox last week,delivered several talks before^omen's groups and civic organi-zations.Cameron Shipp, who helped

Lionel Barrymore on "We Barry-mores,” is due here this month toget background material for Red-book story on Mario Lanza.Mickey Shaughnessy, local nite^r

comic, tested okay for Columbiaand leaves for Hollywood shortlyto start work in "The MarryingKind.”Warners will place the 2.900-seat

Stanley on a reserved-seat basisfor the Turpin-Robinson fight tele-

cast. Sept. 12. House will be seat-plotted for the first time in its

history. House is asking $2 per or$2.60 with Federal and local taxesincluded.

BUFFALOLeonard Jozwiak returns as

manager of Shea’s Teck after longIllness. Donald Measer, ex-actingmanager, has resigned and takesover management of Dipson’sBailey.The Kenmore suburban house

which has been operated by United

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Paramount Theatres for the past

year,{taken over Sept. 1 by William

Brett and William Rosenow. Brett

was former house manager of

Shea’s Buffalo and Rosenow sales-

man for Paramount. They are

Sresently operating Skyway. Lakehore, and the Niagara drive-in

theatres. Richard Carroll, former

Kenmore manager, will be in

charge.

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ask. Heller Is understood to have

advanced slightly over $150,000 for

"Night” against a production cost

of more than $350,000. Syndicate

assembled by Waxman put up the

second-money.Although first in line at the pay-

off counter, Heller not only got

normal Interest on its money, but

also a bonus and a piece of the

film. Bonus, believed to be around

$15,000, is added to the size of the

original loan. In other words,

while the producer actually only

receives $150,000, loan would be

considered as having been $165,-

000 .

In addition, Heller gets a share

of the profits, said to amount to

10% or 12% and a little more on

some recent pictures. Banks are

not permitted under -the law to ac-

cept bonuses or profit participa-

tions, merely a maximum of 6 ©

interest. Bank loans, however,

have been hard to come by re-

cently.. „ .

Waxman is a former Broads <«>

legit producer. "Night" is his In-

itial film effort. He is understood

to have plans for further UA pro-

ductions, probably also to be

financed by Heller.

‘Groom’ lively $16,000,

Clever ‘Show’ Brisk 17GCleveland, Sept. 4.

Thanks to cooler weather, whichdamaged outdoor events over holi-

day weekend, all first-run houses

are catching strong trade. Majordraws are "Meet Me After Show,”fancy at Hipp and State’s "HereComes Groom.” also smash. Extra

good takes are being registered by

holdovers of "Jim Thorpe" at

Allen and "Flying Leathernecks”

at Palace. .

Estimates for This WeekAUen (Warner! (3,000; 55-80)—

"Jim Thorpe” (WB) (2d wk). Fine

$13,000 following $17,500 last week.Hipp (Scheftel-Burger) (3,700;

55-80)—"Meet After Show” (20th!.

Swinging high at $17,000 and hold-

over in line. Last week, "Iron

Man” (U). $16,500.Lower Mall (Community) (585;

55-80!—"Four in a Jeep” (Indie).

Oke $4,000. Last week, "Odette”(Indie), $2,600.Ohio (Loew’s) (1.244; 55 80) —

"Let’s Go Navy” (Mono) and “Cav-alry Pstrol'’ (Mono). Satisfactory

$7,000. Last week. "Return FrankJames” (Indie) and "Return JesseJames” (Indie) (reissues), $4,000.

Palace (RKO) (3.300; 55-80) —"Flying Leathernecks” (RKO) (2dwk). Stout $10,500 after grabbing$17,500 opening round.

State (Loews) (3,450; 55-80) —"Here Comes Groom” (Par). Big$16,000 or over. Last week, "That’sMy Boy” (Par) (2d wk). $17,500.

Stillman (Loews) (2.700; 55-80

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—"That’s My Boy” (Par) (3d wk)I

(m o.). Sock $10,000. Last week,"Warpath” (M-G), okay $6,500.

LOS ANGELES(Continued from page 10)—"Place in Sun” (Par) (3d wk).

Swell $8,000. Last week, boff$10,300.Beverly Canon (ABC) (520-$l)

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"Kon-Tiki” (RKO) (19th wk).Strong $1,700. Last week, $1,900.

Laurel (Rosener) (846; $1.20-$2 40)—"Tales Hoffmann” (Indie)

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14th wk). Started current frameMonday (3) after $6,100 last week.Orpheum, El Rey, Hawaii (Met-

;

ropolitan-G&S-FWC) (2,313; 861;1 1,006; 60-90)—"His Kind of Wom-an” (RKO). Terrific $42,000 ornear. Special 3-house unit leasedby Hughes for showing.

Chinese. Globe <FWC> (2,048;799; B0-$153)—" David and Bath-sheba” (20th). Heading for smash$54,000, with tilted scale helping.

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Minneapolis i ‘Leathernecks’ RousingJ (Continued from page 8)

$4,000 after fine $5,800 Initial

stanza.Lyrie (Pari (1,000; 50-76)—"Meet

After Show” (20th) (m.o.). Good$5,000. Last week, "Law and Lady”(M-G), $3,500.Radio City (Par) (4,000; 50-76)—

"That’a My Boy” (Par). Martin it

Lewis apparently not on their

fans' blacklist, despite inability to

keep recently scheduled "in per-son” date at this house. Keepingboxoffice plenty busy. Sock $17,-

1000. Last week. “Meet After Show”(20th), okay $10,000.RKO-Orpheom (RKO) i2,800; 40-

76)—"Flying Leathernecks” (RKO).John Wayne and Robert Ryan ef-

fective marquee names and pic-

ture has pulling power. Tieup withLegion and Marine recruiting of-

Ace also a help. Big $13,000. Lastweek, “His Kina of Woman”(RKO). $11,500.RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 40-78)—

"His Kind of Woman” (RKO)(m.o.). Neat $6,000. Last week,’Moonlight Bay” (WB) (2d wk),

$6 ,000 .

State (Par) (2,300; 50-76)—’TallTarget” (M-G). Somewhat neglectedbecause of distracting counter at-

tractions. Poor $4,000. Last week."Capt. Horatio Hornblower” (WB)(2d wk), good $6,000.World (Mann) (400; 50-90) —

"Moonlight Bay” (WB) (mo.). Sat-isfactory $2,500. Last week, "BondStreet” (Mono). $2,300.

‘TALK’ SMART $17,000,

SEATTLE; ‘GROOM’ 18GSeattle. Sept. 4.

Socko bills all around here thisstanza with new product a hypoto boxoffices. "People Will Talk.”"Here Comes Groom,” "PeopleAgainst O'Hara” and "Take Careof Little Girl” shapes as best bets,

all strong to sock.Estimates for This Week

Coliseum (Evergreen) (1,877; 65-

90 '—“Take Care Little Girl” (20th)

and "Let’s Go Navy” (Mono). Solid$15,000. Last week. "After Show”• 20th) and “Road Block” (RKO)<2d wk). $9,300.

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,349;65-90>—"People Will Talk” (20th)and "Hard, Fast, Beautiful” (RKO).Gftat $17,000 or near. Last week,"Alice” (RKO-Disney) (3d wk),$8 300

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,650; 65-90)— 'People Against O’Hara” (M-G)and "On Parade” (Lip). Fancy$13,000. Last week, "Young, Rich,Pretty” (M-G) and "Kind Lady”• M-G) (3d wk-4 days). $3,300.

Music Box (Hamrick) <850; 65-90>—"4 in Jeep” (UA) (2d wk).Oke $4,500. Last week, $5,200.

Music Hall (Hamrick) <2.200; 65-90) — "Hornblower” (WB) andBenny the Dip” (UA) (2d wk).

Holding at $14,000 after great $17,-800 last week.Orpheum (Hamrick) (2,600; 65-

90»—"Cattle Drive” (U> and "ThisIs Korea” (Rep). Fine $12,000.Last week, "Cyrano” (UA) and"First Legion” (UA) (2d wk), $7,-

800Palomar (Sterling) <1,350; 40-

70V—"Katie Did It” (U) and"Frogmen” <20th> (2d runs). Good$5,000. Last week. "Francis ToRaces” (U) and "Fort Worth”(WB) (2d wk), $4,400.Paramount (Evergreen) (3.039;

65-90) — "Here Comes Groom"(Par) and "Guy Who Came Back”(20th>. Sock $18,000. Last week.“That’s My Boy” (Par) and "ManWith My Face” (UA) (3d wk),

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(WB) and “This Is Korea” (Rep).Solid $11,000 or over. Last week,"Cyrano” (UA) and "Kind Lady”(M-G). $12,300.Mayfair (Parker) (1,500; 65-90)—

"Cyrano” (UA) and "Casa Manana”(Mono) (m.o.). Fine $6,500. Lastweek, “Prowler" (UA) and "Hood-lum” (UA), $6,000.

Oriental (Evergreen) (2.000; 65-90)—"Belvedere Rings Bell” (20th)and "Brave Bulls” (Col), day-datewith Paramount. Big $6,000. Lastweek, "That’s My Boy" (Par) and"The 13fh Letter'* (20th), $7,000.Orpheum (Evergreen) (1,750; 65-

90)—"That’s My Boy” (Par) and"The 13th Letter” (20th) (2d wk).Big $9.500., Last week, $13,500.Paramount, rEvergreen) (3.400;

65-90)—"Belvedere Rings Bell”(20th) and "Brave Bulls” (Col), alsoOriental. Tall $10,000. Last week."Alice in Wonderland” • RKO-Dis-ney) (2d wk). $8,500.United Artists (Parker) (890; 65-

90)—"Thunder on Hill” <U). Good$7,500. Last week, "Strictly Dis-honorable” (M-G), $5,200.

14G, Balto; ‘Groom’ Fat

15G, “People’ Fine 11GBaltimore. Sept. 4.

Rain over the weekend cut downthe holiday exodus and helpeddowntown houses here into steadyactivity. The Hippodrome openedsans flesh with "FlyinK Leather-necks” and response is bullish.

Good activity also is reported for"Here Comes Groom,” at Keith'sand "People WiU Talk,” at theTown.

Estimates for This WeekCentury (Loew’s-UA) (3.000; 20-

70)—"Rich, Young, Pretty” (M-G).Fancy $10,000. Last week, "RanAll Way” (UA), $7,200.Hippodrome (Rappoport) (2.240,

20-70) — "Flying Leathernecks”(RKO) (2d wk). Starts secondround tomorrow (Wed) after solid

$14,000 operar for John Wayneatarrer.

Keith's (Schanberger) <2,460; 20-70)—'"Here Cornea Groom” (Par)(2d wk). Second round startedtoday (Tues). First week washefty $15,000.

Mayfair (Hicks) (980; 20-70) —"Warpath” (Par) (2d wk). Fine$5,500 following $7,100 openinground.New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-70V—

"Meet Me After Show” (20th) (2dwk). Sliding off to mild $6,500after nice $10,800 preem.

Stanley (WB) (3,280; 25-75) —“Jim Thorpe” (WB). Nicely re-ceived but only good $12,000 looms.Last week, "Poking Express” <Par>,

$5,700.Town (Rappaport) (1,500; 35-70)— "People Will Talk” (20th >.

Strongly sold and building well tosturdy $11,000. Last week. "NeverTrust Gambler” (Col), $4,300.

‘Leathernecks’ Lusty 8G,

Omaha; ‘Groom’ $12,000Omaha. Sept. 4.

"Here Comes Groom” looks likebiggest gross for week but somedoubt if it will touch the smashgross of "That’s My Boy” in its first

week. Should be big, however."On Moonlight Bay” at Para-mount looks stout. One of thestandout items will be "FlyingLeathernecks” at Brandeis whereso strong it likely will get a sec-ond week.

Estimates for This WeekBrandeis (RKO) <1.500; 16-70—

"Flying Leathernecks” (RKO).Lofty $8 000. and holds. Last week,"Sirocco” (Col). $6,500.Orpheum (Tristates) <3.000;

18-70)—"Here Comes Groom'*'Par). Big $12,000. Last week,"That’s My Boy” (Par) <2d wk) and"California Passage ’ (Rep), $1 1.800.Paramount (Tristates) (2.800;

16-70)—"On Moonlight Bay” (WB),Very good $10,000. Last week,“Capt. Horatio Hornblower” (WB>,$ 12 ,000 .

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State (Goldberg) (865: 25-75)—"Warpath” (Par). Opened Sunday(2). Last week. "Tars and Spars ’

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Decision of Ford to shave costs on its James Melton NBC-TVdisplay, highlights a turn of events in contrasting this season'svideo sponsorship by auto companies with the situation prevailinglast season.

Exactly one year ago the automotives were staking one of themajor claims in TV, battling it out with the cigaret companies fortop sponsorship coin. More than a dozen top-priced shows wereall set to tee ofT for the *50-’51 season, and industry impressionwas that TV would accomplish what radio had failed to do—committhe auto companies to long-range planning and programming in-

stead of Its previous “in and out" radio status.Today virtually all the automotives have disappeared from the

sponsorship picture, with Ford and Lincoln-Mercury ( Toast of theTown") as the lone network entries. Packard is still co-sponsor-ing the Don Ameche show on ABC, but has already turned in its

cancellation notice.Production curbs and bottlenecks are blamed for the TV retreat.

Ken Murray arrived in NewYork this week to continue his

feud with CBS and to do his first

teleshow slated for Saturday (8>.

Murray stance is the result of a

long-standing tiff with the network

on the matter of costs, increased

budget and degree of cooperation

to be given him by the network.

Situation reached its peak sev-

eral days ago when Murray hired a

Coast showgirl and a singer for his

Budwelser display and sent in a

requisition to the Coast CBS office

for transportation. Network, uponinstructions from New York, turnedit down. After Murray allegedlyblew his top, the eastern office

relented and sent a telegram to

the effect that they would bear thecosts if he insisted. Tone of thewire is said to have riled him.

Subsequently, Murray took theposition that he wouldn't move eastunless there was some settlementupon other points on which therehad been bickering. Included in

Murray's charges were what hetermed excessive house costs. Mur-ray was particularly peeved aboutthe “Hollywood and Vine" set

which he uses weekly to open theshow. When comic first went on theair. he had that particular set madeup for $2,700, which was refundedto him by the web. However, CBShas been charging him $800 for theweekly use of that set. Net statedthat this amount was necessarybecause of hauling, cleaning andstoring the elaborate prop.

Murray also demanded an In-

crease in budget. He feels that he’ll

be up against some tough opposi-tion from NBC with Its Saturdaynight lineup, which includes EzioPinza. Jimmy Durante, Ed Wynn,and offers of similar potency. Hestated that a considerable uppingof the bankroll was urgent if hewas to reUin his rating and effec-

tiveness. Murray feels that adbudget for the show should be ex-panded and that he be givenenough coin to go after some top-flight guesters and carry out someideas that he has to hypo the pro-gram’s effectiveness.

It’s reported that CBS initially

told Murray that inasmuch as thecontract with Anheuser-Busch wasset through tjie D’Arcy Agencythere could be no renegotiation.

Since Murray's blowup and an-nouncement that he wouldn't comeeast unless these questions havebee i ironed out, CBS havingagreed to negotiate the disputed <

point* when Murray came to NewYork However. Murray was ada-mant in his refusal to budge untilthe problems were settled to hissatisfaction However, he relentedand came in.

Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver,

NBC's television veepee, is putting

the finishing touches to a unique

programming idea, which will start

the network’! television day at 7

a. m. On the agenda for a Nov. 1

kickoff is a two-hour “wake up"

cross-the board show designed for

all-family viewing which, under a

new sales pattern evolved by the

network's TV chieftains, will per-

mit for a gross billings potential

in excess of $2,500,000 a year.

Obviously, NBC has an aware-ness that the success of such early

programming will depend on howmany people can be made TV-con-scious upon awakening in the morn-ing. Similarly, the web recalls Du-Mon’t ill-fated excursion into suchearly morning programming a cou-

ple years back. But Weaver is

equally convinced that, with a

proper application of showmanshipbased on a “service to the waker*upper" formula, the 7 to 9 a. m.display can eventually create an“oh - how - 1 - love - to-get-up-in-the-

moraing" school of TV adherents.

As such..Wqaver Is keynoting theget hep" pattern

Worries in the MorningThe questions of whether

NBC must, under FCC regula-

tion. conduct its color TV dem-onstrations before the start of

its regular commercial pro-gramming schedule, may -be afactor In determining whetherthe network will be able to

proceed with its ambitious 7

to 9 a m. “waker upper" videoshow, scheduled to preem Nov.1. NBC legalltes are currentlyseeking a more clearcut defini-

tion of the rules governing its

closed-circuit tint displays.

In the past, NBC has beendemonstrating color at 10 a.m.,

prior to any commercial net-work commitments. By re-

verting back to “station time"at 9 a.m., after the two-hourmorning network display signsoff. NBC is hopeful that theFCC will allow the color dem-onstrations to go on after acommercial program entry.

A three-way rhubarb developedlast week among the participating

sponsors on the NBC “OperationTandem" over the properties

chosen for the flve-nighta-a-weekprogram parlay for the ’51-'52 sea-

son. With the Whitehall-Chester-field-RCA coin investiture addingup to a hefty chunk of billings, NBCwas anxious to make peace all

around and as of this week it

'

looked as though a common meet-ing ground had been reached.The five shows chosen by NBC

included a half-hour of the Sun-day “Big Show," the Boston PopsOrchestra, “Mr. Keen." whichWhitehall has succeeded in ma-neuvering over from CBS in orderto incorporate it into “Tandem.”Ed Gardner’s “Duffy's Tavern" and“Screen Directors Playhouse.** Ap-parently all three sponsors wereinitially agreed only on the wis-

dom of continuing on “Big Show”and “Mr. Keen." None of themfavored the Boston Pops and it's

getting the heave, with NBC prom-ising delivery of a Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis radio show as a sub-stitute.

It's reported Chesterfield wasopposed to “Duffy’s Tavern** and

First property of the late GeorgeBernard Shaw to be dramatized ontele will be “Cashel Byron’s Pro-fession" on NBC-TV 's “LuckyStrike Theatre." It will be beamedon Nov. 19.

Adaptation is based on one of

Shaw’s early novels, which dealswith the love affair between anaristocratic woman and a prize-

fighter.

show with a

which will incorporate, in continu-

ing sequences, the date, ’weather,

time, headlines, what new booksare appearing today, the magazinesthat will hit the newsstands, lead

editorials in the major dailies, newrecords scheduled fpr release that

day, back to the date, weather,time, headlines, etc. In essence it

will provide the answer to thequery’: “What should the viewerknow since he went to bed last

night in order that he may keepalert?"

'Clock Radio’ Angle

In some respects it will be an ex-

tension of the so-called “Clock Ra-dio," which has had a wide play in

foreign countries but which is prac-

tically unfamiliar in U. S. broad-casting. Many of the show’s fea-

tures—providing practically every-thing but the syndicated materialin the dailies—were originally set

for incorporation in a program onWeaver’s , agenda called ‘Today,"but this wiki be integrated into thetwo-hour format. Throughout theshow there will be a continuing“news ribbon" across the bottomof screen for a running flow of

headlines.

In addition to the “get hep" seg-

ments, Weaver plans other pro-

gramming facets, including an or-

chestra and vocalists, a comedyteam hewing to the “Bob and Ray’*

or Rayburn and Finch type of early-

morning banter and byplay. MortWerner has been set as producerof the series, with Charles Speerand William L. Stuart tackling thewriting assignment.

The network is currently work-ing on a formula which will permitfor local weather inserts, the one-hour time differential between NewYork and Chi, etc.

The sales pattern for the two-hour stretch will also representsome innovations. The 10 hours perweek < Monday through Friday)will be sold in 15 minute segments,along with station breaks on a lo-

cal level, and a new type of “visualplug" participation, whereby cli-

ents' products (clocks, syrup, cof-

fee. other breakfast commodities,etc.) will be integrated into theprogram proper—on a fee basis.

NBC and Eddie Cantor havebeen having some words over thecomedian's insistence on doing aweekly radio show as well as hisrotating TV series on “ColgateComedy Hour." In fact, it’s

reached a point where Cantor maysuccumb to the persistent bland-ishments of the Fred Ziv outfit,

that he do a transcription seriesfor sale in individual markets. •

However, the Ziv alliance posesa problem. Cantor is under con-tract to NBC for both radio andtelevision, and it would meanbreaching the AM commitmentshould be agree to the Ziv woo-ing. NBC doesn't want him to dothe transcribed series, but on theother hand doesn't want to slot aCantor radio program unless a

sponsor has been lined up. Andthus far there isn't a* client in

sight.

$1,600,000. Top web spokesmansaid this week that first refusal onsponsorship is being offered Gil-lette on the basis that NBC hasworked closely with razor firm onmost of its sports telecasts for thelast several years. It’s known.

,

too. that NBC is pitching for anexclusive on the World Series thisyear, to which Gillette controlsthe rights, and it’s believed theweb may be offering the Rose Bowlplum as Its prime argument to getthe Series.

NBC exec declared the web is

taking its time in lining up abankroller for the Rose Bowl, sinceit has several months to set thedeal. He added that the packagemay be broken down into segmentsfor sale to participating bank-rollers, if it's impossible to find asingle sponsor to take the entireshow. Both the Series and RoseBowl game are to be aired fromcoast-to-coast for the first timethis year.

Still a Doodles Weaver

Is NBC’s Video Future

Despite Lapse of Option

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis,vho scored a blank in radio twoyears ago when NBC gave them aSunday at 7 spread in a bid tocounter the Jack Benny competi-tion on CBS. and were subsequent-ly yanked from the network, nowwant another crack at AM. MCAis currently packaging a new half-hour radip show for the team andNBC looks with favor at the wholeidea. Web may slot them in aMonday night segment as replace-ment for the Boston Pops Orches-tra, as one of the participatingshows in “Operation Tandem."Currently the hottest attraction

in show business, and also in viewof their TV smash, both Martinand Lewis feel they're learned alot since their earlier NBC radiofiasco, and that they've now gotthe answers to a click comedystanza. In view of their plx. TV.nitery, etc., commitments, the ra-

dio show would probably be tapedIn advance.

NBC has allowed its option onDoodles Weaver to lapse, follow-ing last week’s windup of the com-ic’s Saturday night summer TVseries under sponsorship of theCitrus Growers of Florida. Returnof the “Saturday Night Revue”forces Weaver out of the 10 to1030 period.Although Weaver won’t be con-

tractually bound to the network.NBC plans to use him, however,throughout next season as one ofits “auxiliary" comics, possibly onthe upcoming early morning <7 to9 a.nt.t “wake up" TV series or theproposed after-midnight networkshow.

NBC and William Morris TVexecs have been huddling on a newprogram formula which may bringFred Allen hack to video this sea-

son with his own stanza. Alienhimself likes the idea, and if cur-

rent talks jell, he will be slotted

three times a week in the 7.30-7:45p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Fri-day segments as the alternate showto Dinah Shore, who goes into theTuesday and Thursday period forVan Camp.

Show' would be an offshoot of“Mi. Oram” character projected byAllen on two test programs acouple years ago, and would be inthe nature of a "TV Treasury ofHumor,” with Allen doing the nar-ration In introducing sketches andappearing in some of them. For-mat would be sufficiently flexiblefor Allen to invite practically any-body and everybody with talent on

NBC Execs Harbor Fine

Points of Difference

As to Dagmarx TalentsNBC appears to be a “house di-

vided" on the merits of picking upDagmar’s option, with result thatthere’a now a two-way NBC-CBSrivalry for her future services. If

NBC lets her get away, Frank Sin-atra wants to sign heMor his up-coming Tuesday night (oppositeBerle) show on Columbia.When NBC permitted her option

to lapse It w as done without know l-

edgy of Sylvester (Pat). Weaver,the jreb's tele chieftain, who wasin Mexico at the time. Weaver be-lieves there’s definitely a place onthe network's programming sched-ules for her talents, and a« of thisweek had practically persuaded

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FAITH GETS LONGHAIR

DEEJAY SPOT ON WNEWPercy Faith, composer, musical

director and artists and repertorystaffer of Columbia Records, startsa symphonic pops disk jockeystanza on WNEW. N. Y. He’ll gointd the 3 p m. Sunday spot cur-rently held by Duke Ellington, inthe summer hiatus of the BennyGoodman longhair platter aeries.When he returns in the fall.

Goodman will move into the 4-5p.m. period, to catch the audiencefrom the N. Y. Philharmonic broad-casts on CBS network. At thatthat. Faith will shift to a Sundayevening slot

'Big Show’s’ Big NamesLondon, Sept. 4.

Further names have been addedto the list of topliners to appearin the first “Big Show" radio pro-

gram to be relayed from the Pal-

ladium Sept. 16. They includeGeorge Sanders, Joan Fontaine,Beatrice Lillie. Flanagan and Al-

len, and Wilfred Pickles.

To cope with the big demandfor seats lots will be drawn, withfemcee Tallulah Bankhead pickingthe first 10 cards.

Cincinnati, Sept. 4.

Gilbert W. Kingsbury steppedup this week In the Crosley Broad-casting Cm-p. to become adminis-trative assistant to Robert E. Dun-vllle. president.

Starting several years ago in theWLW newsroom as a scrlpter, hemoved on to Washington as thestation’s correspondent for pipingof weekday newscasts and returnedrecently as publicity and promo-tion director.

32 RAMO-TELEYISIOX Wednesday, September S, 1951

NBC Stalemated on Theatre Showcase’

Project With Comics By Agency StanceDifferences of opinion exist be-

tween Abe Lastfogel. of the Wil-

liam Morris Agency, as the agent-

ing rep for: Jimmy Durante, and

NBC execs, on the wisdom of trans-

ferring the network’s top TV cdm-

edy shows on to 35m film for reg-

ular theatre exhibition. They have

stalemated the web in its plans to

“theatre showcase" the major vi-

deo attractions.

Blueprint for the project, spear-

headed by NBC-TV chieftain Syl-

vester <Pat) Weaver, calls for ini-

tially doing a Durante feature-

length Aim based on the highlights

of the Schnoz’s TV shows during

the ’50-51 season. Lastfogel has

expressed doubts as to the box-

office potential of such a Aim.

maintaining that regular theatre

patrons wouldn't go for it, and

that the average exhibitor would

run a mile from anything smack-

ing of TV.

Weaver, on the other hand, is

conAdont that an hour of Durante

TV highlights could add up to top

pix entertainment. He plans hud-

dling with the Schnoz when the

latter arrives in New York, in

hopes of convincing him to go

through with it.

Lacking Durante’s go-ahead.

Weaver plans to tee off the project

with a composite Aim featuring the

highlights of TV shows by Eddie

Cantor and several other comics

on the NBC roster.

Dinah Shore East For

Irving Berlin TV SahiteDinah Shore arrives in N. Y.

from the Coast over the weekendfor her Arst video guest shot ofthe season, on Red Cross Shoes'"Irving Berlin's Salute to Ameri-ca" next Wednesday night (12) viaNBC-TV. Miss Shore, who will

join Tony Martin and MargaretTruman as top vocalists on theshow, is receiving the top guestshot fee of $5,700. Singer is taping

I her thrice-weekly CBS radio show-in advance.Consummation of her deal to do

a 15-minute show Tuesdays andThursdays on NBC-TV for Stokely-Vnn Camp, starting in November,will necessitate a change in herradio series, which Procter &Gamble is ready to approve.Where she now appeal's Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays with

,

Jack Smith, she’ll switch to Mon-days, Wednesdays and Fridays.

!leaving the Tuesday and Thursday

j

spots to Ginny Simms.

NCAA Sets Formula for Televising

$1,000,0(10 Westinghouse Grid Package

Cantor ‘Briefs’

NBC Press DeptSomething new in talent-net-

work relations cropped up last

week at NBC. Eddie Cantor made

a surprise appearance in the press

department and assembled the

whole staff together in the net-

work’s TV conference room for an

informal meeting.

In essence, Cantor told the

staffers that, with Colgate plunk-

ing down unprecedented coin for

its lavish Sunday night “ComedyHour" TV spread, it put a burdenon the press department to pitch

in and justify the client’s faith in

the network and the medium.Cantor told them that the obliga-

tion extended beyond carrying the

ball for the individual talent onthe show, to helping Colgate dup-licate its 8 to 9 Sunday supremacyin beating out the CBS "Toast of

the Town" competition.

Press department veterans say

they can’t recall any such pre-

vious “let’s-chip-in-and-work-to-

gether" powwow inspired by a ma-jor web personality.

AM, TV Markets

Differ; Nielsen

Warns Vs. Stuff

Chicago, Sept. 4. -

Advertisers are cautioned to

take a long, hard look at the over-all broadcast coverage picture, be-

fore thev completely kiss off radioin favor of television. The warn-ing was voiced last week bv Ar-

thur C. Nielsen, prexy of the audi-ence research Arm of the samename.

Researcher argues there’s datato support the thesis that the twoelectronic media are often “morecomplementary than competitive.’’

Because of video’s geographicallimitations, with set ownershipconcentrated in the upper incomeand urban groups, there’s still a

highly signiAcant area reachableonly via AM.

It’s pointed out there’s muchless audience duplication betweenradio and teevee than is generallyrecognized by the bankrollers cur-rently infatuated with TV. Niel-

sen states that the two advertisingvehicles “reach largely different

markets." He pegs the total num-( Continued on page 50)

GEORGIE PRICEOne of America's Great

Entertainers

BOwTing Green 9-8420 €0 Beaver StNew Y’ork City

TV Union Snarl

On Teleprompter’National Labor Relations Board

ruled last week that the CIO Na-tional Assn, of Broadcast Engineers3c Technicians had engaged in aAillegal jurisdictional .strike last

February, directed against Theatri-cal Protective Union No. 1 of theInternational Alliance of TheatricalStage Emplyees <AFL).

Strike stemmed from use of‘Teleprompter" equipment at NBC-TV in N. Y. Web had assignedthe equipment, 'which* consists ofan. electrically rotated scroll con-taining tile script <as a memoryaid to actors', to the IATSE men.NABET contended before NLRBthat the /walkout had been called

because It made conditions morehazardous to members of the en-

gineering crew. • It also wantedthe "Teleprompter" assigned to

NABET employees.

NLRB found that 'Teleprompt-er’’ was more satisfactory than themanually operated cue cards; It

also decided that the stoppage wasdesigned to "compel Teleprompterto assign work to NABET mem-bers rather than to their own em-ployees who were members of an-

other union."

Labor board gave NABET 10days to notify NLRB of its compli-ance.

It’s been disclosed that Tele-prompter Service Corp. and Tele-prompter Equipment Corp. is

being geared to operate at a $750,-

000 to $1,000,000 a year clip.

National Labor Relations Board


Snader Sets Markets

For Foreign Pix on TVSome 13 British Alms recently

acquired by Snader Productionsfrom Alexander Korda and Ilya

Lopert for theatrical and television

distribution will be on TV withinseven months, it was disclosed in

New York last week by SnaderSales Productions head ReubenKaufman.

Besides the Korda pictures,

Kaufman added, the Snader organ-ization has several other dealspending for additional foreign andU S. product. After their theatri-

cal runs the pix will be released in

51 TV sales markets where Snaderclaims to have exclusive contract-

At least three college football

!games will be played to their big-gest audiences in history this sea-son. when they're beamed via tele-vision from coast to coast underthe National Collegiate* AthleticAssn’s experimental plan for tele-vised football. One of these willbe the Notre Dame-SouthernMethodist game, which along withthe two others, will be aired byvideo stations in 53 different mar-ket areas from N. Y. to Los An-geles.

Details of the NCAA plan, to-gether with a complete schedule ofall games to be televised in eacharea, arc to be released by theassociation to the industry andsportswriters today (Wed.) at aluncheon in N. Y. Plan is de-signed to furnish statistical dataon exactly how much TV affects

ual arrangements with one station|the gate receipts of football games

in each area.

In order to build the Alms’ pres-

tige, Kaufman declared, the sta-

tions will plug the pix in the courseof their theatrical dates, either

gratis or at a nominal charge. An-nouncements will make no men-tion that the features will eventu-ally be programmed on TV.

MUTUAL’S 11 HIKE

IN BILLINGS FOR '51

Trend to larger AM hookups 1s

reported by Mutual prexy FrankWhite, who said last week that the

average MBS bankroller now hashis message on 356 stations, con-trasted w ith a Agure of 284 last fall.

Reason, he indicated, is the greateremphasis on getting into smalltowns.

Web reports a gain in gross bill-

ings for the Arst seven months of1951 of 1% over the same periodof 1950. Total MBS gross for Janu-ary-July this year have been $10.-

200.000.

Fall biz is looking up. accordingto sales v.p. Adolf N. Hult. withthe pacting of Sterling Drug forAve 25-minutes weekly with "La-dies Fair." To strengthen “LadiesFair." program v.p. William H.Fineshriber. Jr., is skedding "Takea Number" ahead of it in the 10:30-

11 a m. spot, starting Oct. 1. "Num-ber" is now heard once-weekly.on Saturday evenings at 8:30 p.m.In its new strip format, show hassome commercial nibbles and maybe made a co-op if a national back-er isn’t booked. i

Television Premieres(Sept. 5-15)

Following is a list of shows, either new or returning after a sum-mer hiatus, which preem on the four major television networksduring the next 10 days <Sept. 5-15):

SEPT. 6Bigelow Theatre. VidAlm dramas. DuMont, 10-10:30 p. m.

Bigelow-Sanford Carpets, via Young & Rubicam.Sept 7

Mama. Situation comedy. CBS. 8-8:30 p.m. General Foods,through Benton & Bowles.We. the People. Drama-variety. NBC, 8:30-9 p m. Gulf Oil,

via Y&R.Aldrich Family. Situation comedy. NBC, 9:30-10 p.m. Camp-

bell Soups, via Ward Wheelock.Cavalcade of Sports. Madison Sq. Garden Fights. NBC, 10-10:45

p m. Gillette, through Maxon.Sept 8

Hollywood Junior Circus. Circus for moppets. ABC, 10:30-11a m. HoMvwood Candy, via Ruthrauff & Ryan.

All-Star Revue. Comedy-variety. NBC, 8-9 p.m. Participating.Ken Murray Show. Variety. CBS, 8-9 p.m. Anheuser-Busch,

through D’Arcy.Your Show of Shows. Variety-revue. NBC. 9-10:30 p.m. Par-

ticipating.

Hit Parade. Music. NBC. 10:30-11 p.m. American Tobacco,

through BBD&O.Sept. 9

Big Question. Panel discussion. CBS. 6-6:30. p m. Sustaining.This Is Show Business. Variety. CBS. 7:30-8 p.m. American

Tobacco, via BBD&O.Fred Waring Show. Music. CBS. 9-10 p.m. General Electric,

via BBD&O.Sept. 1$

Lang ford-Ameohe Show. Variety. ABC, 12 noon-1 p.m, Mon-day-thrji-lriday. Participating.

Kate Smith Show. Variety. NBC, 4-5 p.m, Monday-thru-FridayParticipating.

Author. Author! Drama—panel ABC, 8-8:30 p m. Sustaining.Sept. 11

BIU Goodwin Show. Variety. NBC. 3:30-4 p.m, Tuesdays andThursdays. General Electric, via Y&R.

Charlie Wild, Private Detective. Whodunit. ABC, 8-6:30 p.m.Mogen-Dayid Wine, fit Weiss & Geller.

U. of P. Goes Film

On Grid Pickups

In NCAA BrushDespite the fact that the U. of

Pennsylvania supposedly capitulat-

ed to the National Collegiate Ath-letic Assn.’s experimental plan fortelevised football this season, noPenn game is included in theNCAA schedule. College has soldAim rights to its entire seasonschedule to an unidentiAed bank-

roller.

Number of colleges which origi-

Field Test Tint GridCBS-TV took its three color

video cameras to Annapolisover the weekend to conductAeld tests in preparation forthe Navy football games it is

to cover this year from Navy’shome stand. Web will beamthe color pickups on its ownmicrowave relay link from An-napolis to N. Y., a distanceof 155 miles, and so consider-able testing must be done toinsure the best reception pos-sible of the games.CBS will open its color foot-

ball schedule Sept. 29 with thePennsylvania-California gamefrom Philadelphia, and thengoes to Annapolis the follow-ing Saturday (Oct. 6) for thePrinceton-Navy game. Lastweekend, while the colorequipment was being tested,

the web subbed black-end-white Alms for its regularly-scheduled color shows.

and has been made as wide inscope as possible to provide themaximum of information. All

nally had backed the NCAA plan games to be televised have beenfor a moratorium on TV this year bought by Westinghouse, in a spe-

cial package deal, for $1,000,000.reportedly balked, along with Penn,when they discovered that Westing- Sponsor has selected the NBC webhouse, which is bankrolling all live !

to air the contests.

games to be carried, would not paythem what they thought the gameswere worth. All these, however,were brought into line when it waspointed out to them that mostgames to be televised under theNCAA setup will be aired on aregional basis, at the most, and sodid not merit the outlay of cointhat the schools had expected.

Penn, however, which led thecrusade to stymie the NCAA planoriginally, reportedly would not gofor the price and so decided to dowithout any live TV this year, pre-ferring to make the Aim deal.NCAA, for its. part, is not ex-

pected to look with too much dis-favor on Penn’s action. Sale ofAim rights may be brought into theexperiment, since it will give theassociation a chance to determinewhether potential fans might stayaway from a college game, eventhough the game were not beingtelevised live, if they know theycan see Alms of the game on theirvideo sets the following day.

Each area in the country, underthe plan, is to undergo a completeTV blackout twice during the sea-son, to permit NCAA officials todetermine how much better grossesare pulled by schools in each areawhen there is no video available.As a further test of TV’s effect, cer-tain of the top schools will not betelevised at all, to determinewhat beneAt this is to the gate re-ceipts of smaller schools in theimmediate area. For example,Ohio State, which is virtually as-sured of a sellout on all homegames, will not be TV’ed duringthe season because of the manysmaller schools in Ohio, whichmight be hurt if OSU games wereavailable via video to fans in theircities.

Selection of the games to be.televised has been necessarily re-

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WCAU Gets Penn AM RightsPhiladelphia, Sept. 4.

Counteracting the television

• Continued on page 48)

COX SATIRIZATION OF

DISK JOCKEY STANZASA diskless disk jockey stanza,

starring deadpan comic Wally Cox,will be launched by WNEW, N. Y.,

Sept. 30 at 10:30 p.m. The 25-min-ute weekly show will feature in-troing, instead of the usual records,a collection of non-disk music-makers, such a? music-boxes,cuckoo clocks, windup toys, me-chanical caliopes, piano rolls, har-monica rolls, toy hand organs andsimilar gadgets.

Station, credited with startingthe platter-spinning format backin the mld-’30s with its MartinBloc, recently has skedded some"switch jocks" (such as BennyGoodman and Duke Ellington doingclassical music platter shows). Ideaof program director Dick Pack is

to kid the station Itself, disk-jockeydom and all the takeoffs with"a switch to end all switches."-

Rudy Vallee TVer

Only A ‘Mebbe’Whether or not NBC would pro-

ceed with its plans for the hour-long. cross-the-board Rudy Valleedaytime TV show, appeared con-jectural this week, in view of theweb’s inability to entice sponsorsto the segment. Vallee has beenpencilled in for the 11 to 12 (noon)period.

In blueprinting the show, thenetwork let It be known that it

would go on only if it had a 50%sponsorship in advance. Thu* farit hasn't been forthcoming.

While the network points outthat it went out on a sustaininglimb in getting the Kate Smihdayime TV show off the ground,and prior to that even risked a$1,000,000 outlay to sustain “Sat-urday Night Revue" before gettingclient acceptance, they add that“this Is 1951; we’ve proved ail

our points as to TV’s daytime com-mercial impact." Tightened pursestrings is another factor In stick-

ing to the “50% or else" edict

Wfdnctdaf, September 5, 1951 Miio-numiM 53

AGENTS. PACKAGERS CRYLinger A-Wile

, S

Six weeks ago. while on the Coast, Fred Wile, NBC-TV exec,

heard of the plans being formulated for the Japanese Treaty Con-ference. which got under *>• last night «Tu • in San Francisco,and set in motion the machinery which eventually crystallized in

utilizing the occasion for inaugurating the cdast-to-coast micro-cable service.

Oddly enough, it was the selfsame Wile who, back in 1035 whileforking out of the news department at CBS under Paul White,initiated another long-distance communications "preem" and wasresponsible for delaying the signing of the Philippine Independenceso that it wouldn't interfere with a CBS commercial.As his special events scoop for Columbia, Wile had negotiated

the broadcast of the Philippine ceremonies, marking the first

direct pickup from the Pacific island. The ceremony was set for 10p.m. (New York time*. However, it wasn't until he reported backto CBS that Wile was notified that, whether or not the Philippinesgot their independence, 10 o’clock was Coast repeat time for the“Myrt ’n* Marge" sponsored show, and CBS had no intention oflosing out on the coin.

Wile arranged with Manuel Quezon, the then chief executiveof the Philippines, to stall the signaturing to 10.30. He agreed.

‘Where’s Radio?’ Sait Lake City

Asks in Combatting HoodhimismBy NAT BERLINSalt Lake City, Sept. 4.

Marked rise in hoodlumism andJuvenile delinquency has set this

town on its ear. with everyonehowling for action, but to daleradio has done very little to carryIts share of this public service bur-

den.Problem was spotlighted a few

weeks ago with a Federal Bureauof Investigation report on national

conditions, that showed Salt LakeCity over the national average in

several categories. Mormon Church*owned paper. Desert News, inline*

diately started slugging, and hasbeen running a campaign for pub-

lic assistance through "vigilantes."

Hadio stations have dipped into

the situation, but so far no onehas come up with any sustained ef-

fort of programming. KSL andKALL have shown more signs of

reacting than the others. KALLhas hit the situation a half a dozentimes during the past month on its

daily editorial program, aired

morning, afternoon and night. In

addition. Paul Sullivan, newscaster,

has interviewed Keith Ashton, staff

announcer who hit the news bybeing chased at 100 miles an hourby hoodlums trying to run him off

the road. But there are no plans

for a sustained series of programsto try to find the answer to the

problem.KSL had Mayor Earl J. Glade

on its "Newsman's Review," local

version of "Meet the Press," last

Friday (31). Their U. of Utahprogram, aired two weeks ago, took

up juvenile delinquency in a half*

hour round table discussion. Butagain, nothing much is stirring ona longtime basis.

To a certain extent, new KSLchild psychology program. "Human

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Mellon Vidshow

Being Pruned?The Ford Motor-sponsored James

Melton TV show on NBC. one of

the more costly hour-long musicalextravaganzas in video, with a

weekly talent-production nut in

excess of $40,000. is undergoingsome drastic revamping, with

the auto company planning to

shave it to a half-hour stanza. Movefollows in the wake of Ford’s 40%auto production curtailment, with

the subsequent decision to pare the

advertising allocation by a like

amount. it’s reported.Huddles have been going on for

the past couple of weeks at J. Wal-ter Thompson, agency on the ac-

count. in an effort to resolve thestatus of the Thursday slight 9to 10 show. Slicing of the pro-

gram to 30 minutes would open upa cream half-hour time segment,partially alleviating the web’s SROsituation.

Oddly enough. JWT execs re-

port dealers like the show' andpoint to higher ratings. Programmay shift to the Coast in the springin a general refurbishing plan.

The Lighter NoteLast week, during the meet-

ing of NBC execs, with keyaffiliate members comprisingthe Economic Study Grouptrying to evolve a pattern to

c 'sc the network-affiliate ten-sion over rate slashing. NBCprexy Joseph H. McConnellplayed host to the station op-erators at a dinner at theWestchester Country Club,Rye. N. Y. From all accounts,it was one of the few "hail-fellow-well-met" occasions in

an otherwise serious week ofdiscussion between the war-ring factions.

The following day McCon-nell kept to his bed, reportinghv phone to his secretary thathe was suffering from stomachdistress. Ensuing gag aroundthe network was that the af-

filiate boys tried to poisonhim.

Hartford Indie’s

Rebuttal to Web

‘Tandems’ EyedHartford. Sept. 4.

Seeking what he calls a "right-ful share of the national spot busi-ness." Paul Martin, station mana-ger of WCCC here, has evolved amerchandising plan to magnet thelucre of that field. For every$1,000 spot business placed withthe station, Martin is alloting theproduct five days promotion workbv a special station merchandisingman.

Move is Martin’s rebuttal to thepyramid and tandem plans of thenetworks. These have, he said,

raised havoc with the smaller in-

dies. Plan of Martin is to beamhis stunt at those companies whohave limited or no salesmen orpromotion men in the area of thespot promotion and who wish to

crack, the particular market. Pres-ently he’s dickering with one ofthe nation s large drug manufac-turers to carry out this type ofprogram.

WCCC Is a 500 watt daytimer.According to Martin this is thefirst time a small Indie has doneany type of merchandising. Thelarger indie powerhouses do havemerchandising and marketing de-partments.

Work of the station merchandis-ing man will be of a type desig-nated by a spot sponsor or thestation. If the product so prefers,the merchandise man will makegoodwill trips Into the field, pro-mote retailer co-operation or con-sumer sales, consumer research,house to house canvass, in factanything the product desires. He

1 will affidavit his merchandising

I tContinued on page 48)

WEBS’ SRO CUES B*°w Sets Daytime TV Formula

To Combat High Production Costs

By JOE COHEN

Talent agencies and tele pack-agers face one of the most drasticrevamping* in personnel andmodus operand! In several yearsas a result of virtual sellouts ofmajor network video time. Per-centeries and packagers are in theposition of having a surplus ot

manpower that cannot pay off at

this time. They’re also carrying alot of Orient on the books that can-not be sold except for guest shots,and many offices are dropping op-tions because the market has -driedup.

Talent agencies, particularly, arein a peculiar position. When videopromised to become probably themost important field in show biz.

the offices lined up practicallyeveryone available to W'ork in thenew medium. Writers, publicitymen, vaudf and cafe agents, thea-tre producers and managers werebrought in at sizable salaries toprobe , the potentialities of tele-

vision. Office toppers, then felt,

and correctly, that if they camein swinging it would pay off. Thishas been particularly true in thecase of the William Morris Agencyand Music Corp. of America whichhave corraled more shows than all

other agencies combined.However, these commission

houses found that despite the fact

that they wfere getting a lot of

revenue out of video, the depart-ment wasn’t paying off in propor-tion to the earnings of other de-

partments because of the hugeamount of manpower needed for

servicing and because of the sales

force needed to create ideas andmarket them.

Lot of C hanges on TapNow* that possi bill ties of ex-

pansion are nil. the talent toppersfeel that changes are necessary in

order to consolidate their positionby making present time Commit-ments pay off. Some changes arcseen in the number of agents in

each office. It’s presently planpedin some agencies to convert sales

staffs to creation of new ideal.

Latter is necessary because of theprevalent belief that not all showsinhabiting the networks will be re-

newed after the first 13-week pe-

riod is over. They must get to-

gether some powerhouse programswith top talent, if they’re to buckthe competition of other agenciesas well as network-owned shows.At MCA, for example, four agents

have been dropped from the rolls.

Whether more will go isn’t knownas yet. It’s r<»ported at that of-

fice that MCA prexy Lew Wasser-man is due from the Coast shortly

to study the situation and changeover the workings of the videosector. Reports indicate that therewill be further cuts. At the sametime, one MCA exec stated that if

a man looks like material to

make good at that office, he’ll goon the payroll. .

The sellout of network t*me is

a blow’ to the percenteries fromanother direction. They have been

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Bill Paley, AnnouncerMinneapolis. Sept. 4.

If CBS topper Bill Paleyever needs a job he couldqualify as a radio announcer.

At least, that’s the conclUfsion reached in local radio cir-

cles following Paley’s appear-ance on the Cedric Adams’WCCO newscast here.

Stopping here eA route backeast after a Wyoming vacation,Paley decided he wanted to goto the State Fair and catchAdams newscast. When Adamssaw Paley, he called the latter

to the mike and asked him to

read a coir.mertlal. Paley com-plied and. in the opinion of theradio people who heard him,did a hangup job on the com-mercial. Sponsor, too, ex-pressed himself as mightilypleased.

It’s believed to be the first

time that any network boardchairman did the commercialend of a show on one of his

company’s stations.

Free Sustaining Ride Set

For Trail’ an ABC WebABC web is giving "Mark Trail”

a free sustaining ride, starting to-

day <Wed>, for a month, to get theprogram rolling for its commercialstart for Kellogg’s on Oct. 1.

Web is giving the 5.30 p. m. kid

strip some heavy ballyhoo and thesustaining run because Kellogg’sother Juve show, "Clyde Beatty,"

in the same time slot on Mutual,kicked off Monday (3>. There’s a

strong "battle of the flakes" rivalry

between MBS, and ABC jjnd Ken-yon St Eckhardt < "Trail" > and LeoBurnett i’’Beatty">, on which of the

two entries makes the better rating

showing.During the sustaining period

"Trail" will have the full half hour.

When sponsorship starts Oct. 1,

"Trail" will be cut to 25 minutes,and Kellogg’s Victor Borge capsule

i w ill go into the 5:55 p. m. segment, i

Shifts;‘Romance’

Out, ‘Storm’ In%

Philip Morris is bringing back

"Against Jhe Storm." onetime Pea-

body Award winner which it

hacked two years ago on Mutual,

fo insert in the 3:45 p.m. strip the

ciggie has bought on ABC. PMis also dropping "Modem Ro-mances." which started as a half-

hour show and then was shifted toa 15-minute serial, and is replac-ing it with "Romance of EvelynWinters.”

"Storm" is a John Gibbs pack-age scripted by Sandra Michaels(Mrs. Gibbs i. "Winters" is an AirFeatures entry, currently aired onthe w’eb, written by Frank andAnne Hummert.Leonard Reeg, ABC program

veepee. is planning to originatesome of the soapers going into thechains; upcoming 3:30-4:30 p.m,serial block from Chicago. Hefeels that moving one or two pro-grams to Chi, whence the wash-board weeper first developed in

the ’30’s, may give them a fresherslant and stronger audience ap-peal. due to the fact that some ofthe soaper pioneers are still in theWindy City. At the same time,move will take the load off theweb’s Gotham production facilities.

Reeg’s concept is using estab-lished rather than new properties.Among those being consideredare: "Woman in White.” a GeneralMills show; "Joyce Jordan." a HiBrown property; "The Open Door."John Gibbs’ package; and EiaineCarrington’s "Marriage for Two."

In addition to "Modern Ro-mances,” web will drop "DavidAmity." Walter Kiernan’s "Fam-ily Circle," will probably he movedup to an early afternoon slot, butthe .remainder of the chain’s after-noon sked is likely to be dumped

Shrioer TV Show SetHerb Shrlner deal has been set

for his own show on ABC-TV,starting Oct. 11, in the 9 p.m.Thursday spot. It will be backedby Cluett-Peabody on a w'eeklybasis.

C-P has been backing "DonAmerican Musical Playhouse" in

that period on an alternate-weekbasis with Packard. However,

j

Packard switched agencies from 1

Young St Rubicam to Maxon andis dropping Ameche. C-P agencyIs Y&R. i

Fullscale counter - offensive

against television's sky-high pro-

duction costs was launched by the

Blow agency this week with the

preem of the agency's first day-

time TV soap opera—"Search for

Tomorrow,” which preemed Mon-day (3> on CBS-TV under Procter

& Gamble sponsorship. Agency is

bringing the flve-times-a-week. 15-

niinute serial in at a gross talentand production budget of $8,500,which is almost the cost of a once-weekly 15-minute dramatic showin Class A time. Blow plans tospend no more than that $8,500 on"Love of Life." its second soaper,which preenis Sept. 24 for Ameri-can Home Products on CBS-TV.

Basis of the rock-bottom budgetis the almost complete elimina-tion of expensive sets, accordingto Roy Winsor. who’s supervisingproduction of the two shows forBlow. Long associated with day-time radio serials. Winsor declaredthe ’success of any soaper dependson "a strong story with interest-ing characters who have problems."As a result, he said, the scripts willemphasize those factors and not setdecorations Winsor plans to playthe shows against a cycloramicbackdrop- with only a few prop* asscenery, for the most part. Hesaid t lie cameras will concentrateon closcups. something akin to thetechnique developed by NBC pro-ducer Albert McCleery for his"Cameo Theatre" series, but thecamera work will not be so extremesince viewers will want some reliefon a flue-times weekly show'.

Winsor decried the realistic

scenery used on most current videoshows as being not only unneces-sary and. consequently, wastefulbut also as "playing down" to theaudience. "TV is so intimate," hesaid, "that it doesn’t require therealistic scenery. Use of Just afew props will give viewers moreof a chance to exert their imagina-tions. something like the 'mentalimages' they visualize when listen-

ing to a radio show. As a result,

they’ll participate more directly in

the action." While Biow Is

naturally interested in keepingcosts as low as possible, he added,the agency also considers this themost efficient way to produce thesoapers.

Winsor also will attempt to con-fine his cast to no more thun 25each week, using an average of five

per day. Because the actors mayhave trouble memorizing theirlines for a 15-minute strip, thescripters will put the burden ofdialog on a different character eachday. Thus, it the male lead hasthe most lines ont day. he’ll beable to loaf through the action thefollowing day while another mem-ber of the cast assumes the majordialog. Winsor pointed out. more-over. that elimination of expensivesets will give the writers morefreedom, since they won’t be re-stricted to scripting their actionaround a set, the cost of whichmust be amortized over a certainperiod of time.

Post-Midnight TV

On NBC’s AgendaAlthough conceding that 11 to

midnight on TV is "blue chips"time for local sponsorship, andabandoning hopes of "networking"the late night period. NBC’s videochief have no intention of callingit quits after the 10:59 signoff.

Plans are now- being formulatedfor a post-midnight network show',possibly running to 1 a. m., whichthe web will pitch up for sponsor-ship and affiliate station accept-ance. Network wants to hit on anInformal "Broadway Open House"type of program format, convincedthat there’s a large early morningTV’ audience if the right showcomes .along.

Wednesday, ficplrmhcr 5, 1951RA9I9 KEVIBWS

Lin WITH LUIGIWith J. Carroll N«U», Al*n i*jJ.

joe Forte, Hans Courted, JodyGilbert. Mary Shipp

Director: Mac Bead!Writer*: Beuoff, Lau Dermao39 Mina.: Tues. (**). • P ®.

Adams’ llnllvwnndCBS, from Hollywood( Arthur Meyerhoff >

Only Cy Howard, creator of this

daffy dish of dialects, is missmp

from the original that CBSlaunched three seasons ago amid

much uncertainty as to its com-

CEDRIC ADAMS SHOWProducer-Director: Bob SnttonWriter: Cedric Adamsft Mins.; Mon.-Prl., 1:55 p.m.PILLSBURY MILLSCBS. fiom Minneapolis

Thia five-day*-a-week five min-

utes transcribed Cedric

session, resumed for the third suc-

cessive season, finds the "Mr. Ra-

dio ‘ of local WCCO radio station

using the same format—an inti-

mate. homey, friendly verbal tete-

a-tete with housewives. Adams mercial potential. Mrigley gave it

principally supplies tidbits of use- a ride last season, was impressed

ful information. He also n mi- with its showing and is again tak-

ing up the tab. Howard since has

msecs, takes sentimental and n<>s*’gone on to bigger things,talgic journeys and intern. ws âin character of Luigi Basco.

celebrities’ wives. Into his five| taj,an immigrant who strives to

minutes he manages to pack a s.n- become a good citizen, is played by

prising amount of interesting andj £aroji Naish with an endearing

ln.orm itpv paitir. At the outset.t.harm that gives the piece its only

he bids his listeners to pull upsemhlance of sanity- Surrounding

t . \s and relax during his ^ ifn are a collection of dialccti-

bri'ff •visit’’—it’ll do th< m mk> tians tha t turn the plot topsy turvy

anu his approach and his top Hnd gags are piled on malaprops.drawer presentation and first-rate 0n tht. getaway there seamed to be

materia are calculated to cause an ovcrioad of contrived comedythem to do just that. situations that inveighed against

Biggest of big shot radio per- the poignancy of Luigi’s struggle

sonality and newspaper columnist for an education,in his own bailiwick, with more with such seasoned

local sponsored ether shows thanyou can ‘•hake a stick at, and a

WCCO contract believed to call

for the 'argest radio stipend oin-

side of New York and Hollywood,alongcolumnist

w.

4

3f

Ratio Followup Comment

Irving Berlin’s more than 90-min-

ute stint on Barry Gray’s WMCAfor such signal occasions). It

ily placed Berlin right upwith a memorable A1 Jolson

certain

post-midnight show last Wednes- songa i0g he did with Gray on WOHday was one of those electric and

, some five years ago during the lat-

spontaneous marathons. It is a|ter’s “drop dead’’ days when Gray

fundamental as to why these noc-

turnal koffee-klatches intrigue so

HARRY SALTERMUSICAL DIRECTORStop the Mueie—ABC

MEET CORLISS ARCHERWith Janet Waldo. Sam Edwards.Fred Shields. Irene Tedrow;John Hiestand, announcer

Producer-director: Helen MackWriter: Jerry Adelman

However, with such

vets as Hans Conried, J<*

Alan Reed and Jody Gilbert it

came off as rollicking, rowdy

c- owning with Luigi all but lost in|

30 Mins., Sun., 9 p.m

„ [he "huffle Conried as the gur-,

ELECTRIC LIGHT A POWERwith the top non-syndieated R iing Schultz and Reed’s Pasauale CBS, from Hollywood

nisi ’"readership, Adams has carried most of the laugh load., « N. W. AycM. ... 1. 1 . 1 ...... . . r > iui . ,v„ — - — -- - , ,

the equipment to make him an *ith Forte also socking across nis

ideal choice for his present as- lines. Naish has mastered the de-

signment. livhtful shadings of the little im-

timbre! ’ perfect0^cnunci«Uun!*°

U» .

pj.’lh'y heôrercomes’the’mountjJ

first program of, "M-lsmooth and finished delivery, an ing obstacles in hU p«th Arrlwr Sunday <2).rttei

r,, suujno ate ju», a.easy, ingratiating manner, a sense good Americanism. In the * > mer

H u.av known, since he wanted to lay a

of the dramatic and how to. c.ys- of hyphenated-loyaltyJ m round groundwork But when Berlin got

tallize it over the ether, and an tionable patriotism. o{fa

f°™’ /hlJ cpiJLif®“ d' rolling on his own it was “poor lit-

uncanny ability to propel hi* ar- of l.uigi U warm^ come. p.nw ô ^mutes of tnte situ.-

tion and stock gags, as the Archers

lacked the savvy and savoir-faireof now. The other to par it wasan Eddie Cantor broadcast last

many show biz listeners. This new year, which rates with Jolson andevolution of the disk jockey, of Berlin.

w’hich Gray is the No. 1 exponent.| Gray’s showmanship is now

has been building an important and standard, and while his punditing

ever-increasing audience. Some of]

and po$itiveness are still a source of

the time the boys and girls are air- , mild irritation to some, his balanceing their egos; sometimes there is is considerably better, and his bat-

a “casting'' gimmick, because of ting average's of such stature thatsome exploitation tieup; sometimes he now enjoys an unique positionit permits the amateur oracles to with the hep show biz bunch. Byindulge in some al fresco pundit- nature of calling or nervousness,ing—and, sometimes, it produces the show bunch are traditional in-

inspired broadcasts. Berlin's was somniacs. In addressing himselfone of these. His last hour, after shrewdly to that sophisticateda faltering, nervous initial half-

(

cross-section of get-home-laters andhour, which proceeded along con- stay - ups Gray also automaticallyventional lines of “the Berlin saga," attracts the not-so-heps. He talkswas socko showmanship because it their language but. another plus, is

was forthright, honest and simple hU glibness on matters politic, eco-in its recounting. So was the fore- nomic and the like. Gray gets over-part. for that matter, but by now board in that league, where he musteverybody knows the story of the perforce be at variance with onesinging waiter who married the so- side or the other,ciety girl and made good not onlyin Tin Pan Alley but In an Import-ant Americanism manner.

Gray could not be whollyblamed for leading him along con-ventional lines, although this shouldbe a barometer in future whenother subjects are ju4t as well

resting personality, this master- paragon of goodI citi enship.

hand at the mike can’t help but Wrigley intrudes only brieflyto

roiling

tie colored

Gray is a show biz phenomenonwho bids fair to set a pattern offreedom-of-the-air that is new be-cause it’s old. It’s old in the AMtradition, although outmoded withthe coming of “peace," as the ces-

’ sation of World War 11 hostilities

might be laughingly called—andit's old. of course, in the tradition

' of freedom of the press. How-. ever, so revised have the radioboy who writes my commentator standards become in

IKliiu tit uic vm.i % • v * l'” * -w' -- - «

achieve a rapport with his listen- expose its message and presfdt •

en!¥

Luigi as "a friendly, good-natured

Season', initial show had Adams ôw. ' I.', all that and pleasant

recalling some of his summer’shappenings, including a pleasantvisit with Art Linkletter, and tell-

ing what will be offered by liis

ensuing programs, the last five

minutes of Pillsbury’s half-hourshows on which Linkletter con-sumes 25 minutes.

Adams’ show is designed to sell

Pillsbury’s pie crust mix and hetells what it can do for the house-wife. Listeners sendingitems to him will

ackages, he advised.

entertainment, too.

songs, ’ but with human-interestand an unpretentiousness that madethis particular broadcast a collec-

tor's item indeed. 'Gray ap-parently now has the foresightto have a

WTCN Safety Promotion

Hoopla for 20;000 Kids

Ties in 22 Minn. Stations

Minneapolis. Sept. 4

resumed their home routineCorliss was in a mooning mood,

to the dismay of her extrovertish

boy friend Dexter, and Corliss’

parents weren’t of much help, at

first. Dexter brought them his i

new problem—Corliss refused to

indulge in kissing anymore, be- THE Hl’BBARDScause it was oldhat—and the trio With Eddie and Jackie Hubbardgot together to make Corliss snap

i

69 Mins.; Mon.-thru-FrL, 12 a.m.

out of this subversion. This at- Participating

forded opportunity for a few gags. WFNR, Chicagowhich were a little corny, but did That venerable premise on which

recent postwar years that “theopen mike" technique assumesnew daring. Certainly WMCA’sNathan Straus is not lacking incourage in backing up Gray, and

, ,.'

: permit for some homey philosophy to build a midnight show from a

..i

WTCN-TV and radio are sc ' » 0 ^ worked in by Mr. Archer, saloon or eatery is back in evidenceusable what undoubtedly will, be one of

ag £0r|jss was brought down to again. It states: toss in a fewreceive gift ^he nation's most unusual safety

ground again. guest celebs, spin a couple of plat-Consuier- promotions. Station hfts arranged part Qf the segment’s unreality

(

ters. talk *over the telephone, andpackages ne aovisea. vonsmer- promotions. Station his arranged part of the segment’s unreality . ters. talk *over the telephone, andtng the show s brevity, the single

tf) âve 20.000 youngsters through- may have been due to the high- for good measure, send out a freecommercial impressed as being

out ê state inducted by the pitched accents of Sam Edwards; record album to a perpetual dial-

overly long, but it was delivcicidate’s governor-to-be E E. Ander- as Dexter, who sounded for all the turner. Eddie Hubbard, an ace

with Adams usual effective punch ^ int0 the school safetv patrol world like Charlie McCarthy platter and needle boy, and wifeKce*• «„h elaborate ceremonies in front Janet Waldo continued Corliss’

|

Jackie ar the latest pair to bid for1 - - dominance via the same creaky

format. And it may be concededFESTIVAL OF MUSICWith Martin BookspanProducer: Bookspan390 Mins., Sun.. 5:30 p.m

(midnight)ParticipatingWCOP. Boston

of the State Fair grandstand Sept, dreamy moods while Fred Shields

12-

18. Affair .involves a tiein with

the American Legion, the State

Highway Department. public

schools, the Twin Cities street rail-

way company and 22 other Min-nesota radio stations, most of the

latter members of the Upper Mid-

and Irene Tedrow capably handied the parent roles. Felix Mills’

tape-recorder handyt hat goes jn a measure also to LouRubin, boniface of Chandler’s, thebistro from whence Gray origi-nates. although in the latter’s in-

stance. the eatery benefits from thenocturnal commentator's draw; heis probably least concerned withthe context so long* as the pull is

there. The station, however, doesassume an extraordinary responsi-bility.

The next intra-trade questionconcerns itself with the future ofsuch programs. CBS had Grayslated for a summer replacementand. for one reason or another, buteasily assumed to be, fundamental-ly. one of caution, the networkpaid him off rather than take any

int ofeven

chances. From the standnetwork operation it migB

orchestra had excellent music Shangri-La restaurant, is merelythat the show, originating from the

,

have even been wise. But on the

This is a solid Sunday evening WPSl Broadcasting Svstemblock of longhair recordings, which

, Qf the 20.000 youths. 6.700 willundoubtedly sets a record for con- ^ from the Twin aties and dur.

t'ôus airtime for a Hub deejay,hrif.ôur ceremony their

?rnm in °nntPl^taHon"f I

indW’t‘on w* 11 *>e televised andfrom 5.30 p.m. until stdtion s si&n~ .. » u lf iutpvoff at midnight. Actually however. ra

J.°b

,

rt

oadcast,„by

,u 0T<

^,Tr.uthe platter spinner has plenty of SimuÎtaneously,

intermissions for the longhair dio show will be fea to the state-

wide network of the 22 other stn

tions so that the remaining 13.300

youngsters present in their towns’Liepzig

|

radio stations and listening to theUrania

jradio, can take the school safety

Anderson at the Fair

disks usually run anywhere fromfive minutes to 20 minutes whilein th case of last week's show theHub air preem of theGewandhau orchestra'srecording of “Tristan and Isolde,” oath fromconsumed four flours. ! Grounds.The six and a half-hour stint is . In the local communities, the

broken into segments, teeing off State Highway Department, public

bridges, but script and direction

were only so-so. Brog.

NARTB SLAPS BENTON

BILL AS DANGEROUSWashington. Sept. 4.

National Assn, of Radio andTelevision Broadcasters has

labeled the Benton bill, to create I which the pair do a skit designed

the best of a bad lot. The mainingredjent. entertainment, is still

lacking, still leaving a hole on Chi-j

showmanship and derring-4cago radio at midnight big enough Gray's outspoken technique is cer-

broad basis of showmanship—andthe TV inroad on radio nowadaysis such that AM could stand a little

showmanship and derring-do—

to drive a truck through.

Biggest fault here is the apparentdifficulty in using up the hour-long segment, since both Hubbardand his missus are far from beingthe loquacious type. Main objectof interest is a contest idea, in

with the “Sunday Pops," hour anda half of selections of lighter long-hair stuff, such as Listz’ “PianoRhapsody’’ for piano and orch,etc., followed by the “Sunday Eve-ning Hour’’ from 7:05 until 8 pmspotlighting heavier music, theArtur Rubenstein recording ofBrahms' “G Minor Concerto forPiano” featured, when caught. The“Evening Concert,” the 8-11 ses-

sion. showcases a complete re-

corded opera with the final hourtabbed “The Martin Bookspin

school systems and American Le-gion will work with the town’s ra-

a national citizens’ advisory board

for radio and television, as "the

most dangerous and far-reaching

to come before the Congress in

recent years."Two days of hearings on the

measure open tomorrow morning(5) before the Senate CommerceCommittee, with NARTB slated to

lead the opposition.

Measure has under the fire of

broadcasters because the commit-dio station in rounding up the

|tee would be an informal, advisory

youths and escorting them to the

to reveal clues to the identity ofprominent personalities. It’s aclever idea and by far the mainstayof the show.Why Hubbard is chary of spin-

ning platters is a mvstery. Onlyone cut w'as heard on sessioncaught (29), the rest of the timebeing occupied in interviews amongout-of-towners and a discussion ofthe answer to the mystery skit onthe previous show.

Kindly stated, the segment is

broadcasts. service.

Inside Stuff-Radio

censor on programming and public1 more music. Both Hubbard andhis wife impress with sincerity andwarmth, but they can’t beat theformat.

Commercials, which consist of adrive-in theatre spot and plugs forthe eatery, are intoned capably. It' -

i-1might be better for the Shangri-La,however, if Hubbard sounded hun-grier when he reads the menu.

Mel

Tied in with the picture “Jim Thorpe—All American" as a joint

station and Minneapolis State and St. Paul Paramount theatres pro-

J.

a ““ruf i

1 ‘*r;

„

m motion. WTCN-TV and WTCN-AM and FM arc conducting a poll to

format the sDielcr invitin'’'determine whom, among six living Minnesota athletes, the public con-

listeners to phone him and dis uss aiders the greatest The six, selected as candidates by a board of Twin

subjects relative to longhair music. Cities sports experts, are Bronko Nagurski, Pudge Heffelfinger. Johnny

composers, artists, etc., interspers- McGovern. Amie Oss, Leonard Frank and Bud Grant, all of whom woning with platter spinning. Oc- fame on the gridiron.

casionally he has guests on this Rollie Johnson. WTCN sports director, will do the polling, asking his

segment,* but due to the length of audiences to send in votes. To the first 100 persons voting and givingperformance of “Tristan and correctly the scores of the Carlisle Indians-Minnesota football games.Isolde’ this stanza was neces- Johnson awards guest tickets to the film. Poll will he climaxed Sept,sarily omitted last week. 12 when Johnson will present a giant Jim Thorpe trophy to the winning from CBS has flopped, with the

Bookspan. a recent addition to candidate. The presentation will be between halves at the Green Bay- sponsor deciding to stick with Co-

WCOP staff, is recognized as an San Francisco pro exhibition charity football game at the local Stadium lumbia.authority in the classical music de- —a further plug for the station and film. I ABC predicated its pitch to Col-

ABC Loses Out on Its Try

To Lure ’North’ From CBSAttempt by ABC to lure Col-

gate's “Mr. and Mrs. North" over

As

partment and he purveys back-ground info in a casual hut infor-

mative style. Stuffiness, whichcould easily creeprogram, is conspsente. Bookspan handling the pro-gram notes adroitly and with au-thority. It should garner plenty of ®* c *<ets

listening amongmusic addicts. Elie. i

N. Y. Oct. 3.

gate on the fact that the Norths had

n into this tvoeSeen” producer, and Russel Crouse, co-author of the Broadway legiter. Theatre" on Tuesday

JL,” hv ». s ah' on Barry Gray’s program, the show has bought four participations With Sterling moving... ii'On It 1 w> nn IKa (f a KKr. r *r \UM f ' A V V e4 n*»n Oimpt pUa* a# U •* PaIiiim ki u #/* AD 1

a result of the guesting of Leland Hayward. “Remains to be followed Sterling Drug's "Mysteryevenings,

over fromweekly on the gabber’s WMCA, N. Y., stanza. Guest shot of Hayward

;

Columbia to ABC, latter weband Crouse, both aficionados of Gray’s airer, brought a healthy number sought to bring over the Norths

garner plenty of °* requests for tickets. Two announ^cir nts p ugging the advance sale as well, to keep the programs in a

Hub’s lon» : ’air brought 500 responses during the first week. “Remains" opens in block. CBS, fiowever. was abl$ Ip.halt the ABC maneu\er.

tainly audience-arresting. Grantedthat the responsibility of an openmike doesn’t mean that every‘'flannel-mouth" announcer couldbe entrusted with such, there is

no question that the sounds-in-the-night that has evolved as a mid-night disk jockey—a broad conno-tation. although a misnomer—is anew form of radio showmanship.This evolution of opinlonating. theQ. and A. bull sessions on special-ized phases 'show biz and other-wise). and the voicing-of-the-gripesconstitute the mid-20th century’sform of roundtable. It’s back-fencegossip wired for sound. And, mostimportantly, it’s an open forum towhich the pros and cons can cometo air a beef, an opinion or ex-pound a cause. Tne show biznames, as well as others of thecalibre and stripe of JusticeSamuel Rosenman, Morris UErnst, Mike Quill, Justice Ferdi-nand Pecora, Fire CommissionerJacob Grumet, et al., seeminglythink this out-of-the-way East 4otbSt. 'N. Y.) bistro a sufficient lureto ferret it out and mount the mi-crophonic stump for speechmaking.The show bunen, if not a bit boredwith their own ilk. certainly areprone to respect other “names” inother fields, and the parade of per-sonalities has been such that thisWMCA station has aired a who’swho of greats. Among the the-atrical segment people like EthelMerman and B. S. Fully, LelandHayward and Henry Dunn. InaClaire and Tex A Jinx, Ruth Chat-terton and Sadie Banks. EddieCantor and Jan Murray, IrvingBerlin and Nick Kenny, RusselCrouse and Benny Fields, Beck-man A Pransky, Jose Ferrer andMaxie Rosenbloore, Dorothy Mac-kaill and Monica Lewis. Ivan An-nenberg and Hy Gardner, DantonWalker and Bob Sylvester, GloriaSwanson and Peggy Lee have cometo the Gray-Chandler's mike. Ifan indie can attract that kind ofa cross-section of cuffo artists,

what are the potentials for a net-work show? AbeL

S, 1931 BAiM-TELBVUMN

NEW ACCENT ON OLD TONGUESAugust Viewing-51 Vs. '50

Following is a comparison of ratings and number of homesreached by the top 10 shows during August. 1950. as comparedwith those for August. 1951. Figures are provided by the A. C.Nielsen Co.

AUGUST. 1951Homes Reached

Rating (000)

Big Town (CBS) 31 8 2.782Racket Squad (CBS) 31 4 3.410Arthur Godfrey's Friends (CBS) 20 3.443Toast of Town (CBS) 28.6 2.870Amateur Hour (NBC) 28 3,336Fireside Theatre (NBC* 27.7 3.273Kraft Theatre (NBC)*. 27 1 2.8*7Amos n’ Andv (CBS) 26.9 3.046Lights Out (NBC) . 26 8 2.641Westinghou.se Theatre (CBS> 26 4 3.189

AUGUST. 1950

Toast of Town (CBS) .. 35.7 1.710Stop the Music (2d halt < (ABC) 32 6 1.828Ford Star Revue (NBC» 29 7 1.722Lone Ranger 28 8 1.499Big Story (NBC) . ... 27 1,446Cavalcade of Stars (DuMont) 25 9 1.299Amateur Hour (NBC) 29.8 1.299Stop the Music (1st half) (ABO 25 5 1,191Kraft TheaUre (NBC) 24.5 1.393Break the Bank (NBC) 23.5 1.136

Frisco Preps Conference Coverage;

Three-Video-Station Pool Set UpSan Francisco. Sept. 4.

A three-video-station pool, un-

der the aegis of KPIX (CBS af-

filiate). joined by KGO-TV (ABC»and KRON (NBC), will siphon the

Japanese Peace Treaty Conferenceto the nation from the War Memo-rial Opera House tonight <4>

through Sept. 8, with the com-bined equipment of the three sta-

tions utilized in covering the his-

toric event.

Coordinating the programs for

the combined network pool is Sig

Mickelson. director of news andpublic affairs for the CBS TV net-

work.The Opera House, scene of the

sessions, will have five TV camerapositions with an additional three

standby cameras. The engineering

staff will man two master control

rooms. one for the regular five

camera setup and one for the

standbys during the transcontinen-

tal transmissions. Tentative posi-

tions of the five camera positions

will be three inside the house, oneIn the lobby and one fronting the

building.Radio will be widely represented

by all networks both within andoutside the house, with mobile andother units on hand to cover spot

events. Many eastern originations

will be shifted to the local scene

during the sessions.

Microwave will cut a big figure

in the telecasting. The simulcast-

ing of President Truman’s openingaddress was scheduled to take

place last night (Tues.) on both

radio and TV networks.Heading operation SUIT for

KPtX will be Dave Kees. produc-tion manager; George Mathieson.

engineering director, and SandySpillman, program director.

Gathered In San Francisco to

I

Nielsen Survey Shows Hefty Payoff

For Summer Sponsors on Video

Chi TV Set Sales DipChicago. Sept. 4.

Television set sales in the WindyCity area dropped off again duringJuly, according to Electric Assn,figures.

Purchases during the monthwere 11.828. bringing the total in

the region served by the four Chivideo stations to 949.793. DuringJune 17.495 receivers were sold.

(Continued on page 46

)

WBIG Staff Trimming;

Overhaul Blamed On

Webs' Rate RedactionGreensboro. N. Car., Sept. 4.

Possible tipoff to the effect onsome affiliate radio stations of the

networks’ recent cut in rates wasfurnished this week by WBIG.CBS outlet here, which servednotice to its staff of a stringent

tightening of the operational

pursestrings and of a probableaxing of some staffers. Move is

highlighted by WBIG’s purchase of

tape-recording equipment, whichwill make possible the taping in

advance of early morning and eve-

ning programs. These are to behandled directly from the trans-

mitter, so that the studios can beclosed* in another cost-saving

measure.In a note to the staff. WBIG

general manager Gilbert M. Hutch-


McNeill Snagged

On Clearances- Chicago, Sept. 4.

ABC is sweating out a station

clearance problem on the Wednes-day night Don McNeill video show’

which Is due to kick off again next

week for Philco. Facts are exceed-

ingly hard to come by on the actualsituation with neither the network I

nor McNeill's office putting out !

much information other than theshow w’ill go on next week.

Because, with Philco bankrollingonly every other week, the half-

hour Chi-based offering will rideon a skip-week basis, it's believedto be encountering some resistenre

j

from station execs in tha pick-and-choose situations. Philco reportedly

,

is hoping (or a 30-station lineup.

; which is a high mark to shoot at

under the circumstances.

McNeill’s video spread is due forsome revamping, with GeorgeCahan coming in from ABC’s Hol-lywood office to assume producerchores. Although the showwill bestarting only its second season, it’s

hit about par as far as producersarc concerned. Cahan is the fourth.Previously, Iver McLaren, JerryMorrison and Leonard Holton oc-cupied the producer’s chair last

season at various times.

One of the major phenomena in

broadcasting is the almost unprec-edented appeal for non-Englishprogramming, not only on foreignlanguage stations but within theframework of AM Operations in

genera!.

Whatever the reason (and as yet

the “one big world " sleuths haveyet to analyze the causes), a largesegment of the American listening

public is showing an increasingfondness for the non-English-ac-cented shows. That the overtonestr; nscend the entertainment valuesof such programming in that theycould foster a greater understand-ing among peoples Is, perhaps, ofsecondary importance to clients

^though they’re all quick to foot-

note it>. Primarily the sponsorsare attracted to these shows be-

cause of their increasing audiences.

Within the span of a few months,the Loew's-owned WMGM indie in

New York, in a radical departurefrom its customary programmingformula, has hit the Gotham jack-pot with its weekly “American Jew-ish Caravan of Stars" show, whichpiles up a higher rating than anyprogram in New York during *hvSunday hour it's on the air. Yetthe station’s analysis of its mailpull shows that a large segmentof the listeners are non-Jewish.

Similarly, another brace of NewYork indies. WNEW and WQXR.which have a penchant for showcas-ing French tunes, report increasingpopularity for such shows amongits dialers. By the same token, theU. S. network built up by theFrench Broadcasting System for

its transcribed shows now encom-passes several hundred stations in

all parts of the country, with al-

most weekly additions to the ros-

ter of outlets.

When, a few years back. TV be-

gan to project itself as a threat to

AM operators, it was readily agreedthat the stations directing its pro-gramming toward the foreign-lan-

guage segments of the populacewould perhaps be the last to feel

the video impact.—What’s beenhappening since has more thanborne out the crystal-gazing. Forduring the past year, foreign lan-

guage stations, particularly in NewYork, have evidenced a freshnessand vitality matched only by theenthusiasm of the sponsors climb-ing aboard the linguistic outlets.

(It’s similarly recognized todaythat the guy who grabs himself a

TV channel for the metropolitanNewguagefor himself a sizable chunk of

sponsorship coin). No such outlet

exists today, although WOR-TV re-

serves weekly time slots for Italian

pix. as does WPIX, N. Y.

Lacking its own TV oujlet, WOV,the Italian-slanted Gotham station

which looks headed for a banneryear in the face of a general AM

Television sponsors who stayedon the air throughout the summergot their money’s worth. Specialstatistical study of summer videoviewing for this summer as com-pared to the summer of 1950, com-piled for Variety by the A. C.Nielsen Co., reveals that eventhough the percentage of TV homesusing their sets declined this year,the average top program picked

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up at least 1.000.000 additionalhomes because of the increase inset circulation.

Slump in sets in use, which was,

felt in all evening time periods,,may have some significance in fu-ture years, when set circulationbecomes stabilized.' -.Rut, for thisyear at least, it didn’t ha'rirt thesummertime bankrollers any. sincethe increase in the total number ofsets more than compensated for thepercentage drop in viewing. Cou-pling this fact with the knowledgethat the July-August-Septemberquarter is traditionally the be ^

saleswise for most industries indi-cates that TV’s summertime bank-rollers received a hefty payoff thisyear.

Whal was responsible for the per-centage drop in sets in use will bedetermined by the diAry surveysto come. Surprisingly, the singletime period which showed moresets in use for the first week ofAugust this year over the same pe-riod in 1950 was 5 to 6 p. m. It’s

believed that this represents thepre dinner hour, when the house-wife might have taken time offfrom her chores to relax with TV,or the husband might have satdown before his receiver prior todinner. In addition, it’s the timewhen the kids might hav-* come infrom play to watch their favoritewestern film.

Otherwise, the drop in sets inuse ranges from about 1% to 4%.For the 7 to 8 p. m. period for thefirst week in August last year.29.9 1 b of the TV homes had theirsets tuned in. as against 26.1% forthe same period this year. For the8 to 9 period, it was 42 9% lastyear, as against 37.4% this year.Other hours showed the followingdrop: 9 to 10 p. m.. 51.4% for ’50.

compared with 48% for *51; 10 to11. 50.2% for ’50, as against 48%in ’51. and 11 to midnight, 33.6%for ’50, compared with 34% for *51,

Spot radio field continues to ..Number of homes reached, par-

show an upbeat, cued to the falltlcu,arly *or the top-rated pro-

buying season. grams, was up considerably this

The Drackett Co., through Young y*ar - however. For example. CBS’“ * Toast of the Town,” which headed

Radio Premieres(Sept. 5-15)

Following is a list of shows,either new or returning after

a summer hiatus, which preemon the four major radio net-

works during the next 10 days(Sept. 5-15):

Sept. 5Mark Trail. Adventure-

drama. ABC, 5:30-6 p m

,

Monday. Wednesday, Friday.Sustaining

Sept. 6Father Knows Best. Situa-

tion Comedy. NBC. 8-8:30

p.m. General Foods, via Ben-ton 4k Bowles.

Hallmark Playhouse. Drama.CBS, 8:30-9 p.m. Hall Bros., viaFoote, Cone A Belding.

Hit Parade. Music. NBC.10-10:30 p.m. American To-bacco. through BBD&O.

Sept. 7

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports.Boxing. ABC. 10-10:45 p.m.Gillette, via Maxon.

Sept. 8At Ease, with Pvt. Eddie

Fisher. Music. ABC, 11:30-12

noon. Sustaining.Stan Daugherty Presents.

Variety. CBS, 4-4:15 p.m.Sustaining.

Sept. 9World News Roundup. News.

CBS. 4-4:30 p.m. Sustaining.Theatre Guild on Air.

Drama. NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.U. S. Steel, via BBD&O.

Walter Wlnchell. Newcasts.ABC. 9-9:15 pm. Hudnut, via

Kenyon & Eckhardt.

Sept. 13Romance. Drama. CBS.

11:30 p.m.-midnight. Sustain-ing.

Sept. 15Nation's Nightmare. Crime

documentary. CBS, 9:30-10p.m. Sustaining.

Continued Upbeat

In AM Spot Sales

cnanne, tor in* meiropo. tan * Rubicam. is breaking a campaign i oast ot me Town, which headed

larea fo

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*orei*n !?n * in about 35 major markets. It is

the Nle,sen top 10 for August. 1950,

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purchasing into women’s participa- wilh a 35 7 rating, reached 1.710,-

tion programs for its Drano and homes. For August this year,

Windex products. CBS' “Big Town” topped the pa-

Continental Oil Co. is buying rade - with a rating of 31.8% (downfive daytime and five nighttime pro- because of the lower sets in usegrains weekly, for a period of eight ftKuro ‘. but It played to 2.782.000

weeks, starting Oct. 1, in several bomcsmarkets. Agency is Geyer. Newell& Ganger.

Motorola TV js launching a six-slump. is going into video produc- week drive In 40 cities, mostlytion. making filmed commercials

. ihose receiving primary televisionin Rome for Italian clients in this service, effective Oct. 21. Campaigncountry. ik being handled by Ruthrauff &

Unusual success in catering to Ryan,the non-English populace via its American Safety Razor, for Bluemultiple foreign language pro-

,star and Treet blades, is wrapping

I on^lT'.nd Tu ^tenUM ofdramming is also reported by, Up a spot campaign in 100 cities! am m obioleSe? in timiWHOM, the multi-lingual station

! BBD&O agency is choosing morn- a

Gen. Sarnoff's ‘Show Me’

To AM Boys in Followup

On Credo for FutureGeneral David Sarnoff’s accent

NBC Sets Two Series

In Syndication Plan

. . ,agency Is choosing morn

operated by Fortune Pope and pro- jing and evening time with emphasis

Hollywood. Sept. 4.

First two Coast shows in NBC’srevived film syndication plan fortelevision are Don Sharpe s “Dan-gerous Assignment” starring BrianDonlevy and "The Texas Rangers ”

Bill Karo directs the pilots of thetwo series at Goldwyn studio.

Both will be shot in 26 minutes,]

with the “Rangers” to be a storyof the hard-ridin’ Texas peace of-

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fleers rather than revolving arounda main character, such as JoelMcCrea in the radio version. An-other actor will play tha part.

grammed by Charles Baltin (whichonly recently Innovated the first all-

Chinese program on the station’s

FM adjunct), and by WWRL, theWoodside. L. I.. station which par-

layed its foreign language promo-tional activities into a VarietyShow management Award the pastseason.

Jene Sales ExpandingCoverage on ABC-TV

sound made silent pictures, drew» . _ . -

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plenty of intra-radio Industry at-

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tention and comment. Even hisown NBC (radio) network officialswanted elaboration thereon.

Before expounding that the ex-clusive Variety interview didn’tindicate any “sudden death” inter-ference for AM. General Sarnofftold his executives that he ’’would

.Monday (10» for 10 weeks.e

Pinza-Berle Team Up

As M&L ReplacementEzio Pinza and Milton Berle

take over the Sept. 23 installment,

b* vcry PJeasod indeed if the ra-

of the “Colgate Comedy Hour’’ on d,° bm,n8* prove me radically

TV. Initially, the third show in I

wron« ’ But - regardless, this

the series had been allocated touas a forecast Into the future—

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, but and * even wBb the future tense,Jene Sales Corp.. for its home I the comedy team has been forced i

th* Radio CorP of America boardpermanent, is expanding its time to postpone its season's debut be-purchase on ABC-TV from an al- cause of the upcoming “At Seaternate-week to a weekly basis. With the Navy” pic commitment.Sponsor has the Thursday 10-10:30

iUnder his newly-signed con-

p.m. period, starting Sept. 27, but tract with NBC, Pinza does hishasn’t yet picked a program. first TV show this Saturday *8),

Jene is a Ntftv York outfit, but,when he emcees the preem of "All-

its agency, Sherwin Robert, Rod- iStar Revue,” with the Colgate sta-

gers & Associates, is in Chi. ” Islon as his second chore. 0 ,

chairman cited to his NBC (radiodivision) executives that he pur-posely stated. “But that doesn’tmean there will not always be alarge sphere of influence for soundbroadcasting alone. That goes forbiR as well as small cities alike.'*Another phase that- disturbed

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W//7 be celebrated in a Special Sectibn of

Later This Month

The Achievements and Progress of NBC in the

Past 25 Years Will Be Editorially Reviewed and

Appraised Along With the Future Horizons of

NBC, RCA, RCA Victor and Affiliated Enterprises.

Scientific Progress, Artistic Development, Talent

Potentials, Merchandising, Advertising and Sales

Promotion, Radio and Television Now and Future.

All These Aspects Will Receive Comprehensive

Editorial Coverage for a Permanent Record Com-

memorating SILVER JUBILEE ON NBC.

25th

B4J»IO-TKLKVlSi»°rWmImmUje, September 5, 1951

Clocking up what It probably the television record for taking.

processing and showing film, along with network coordination. WPTZ’sPhiladelphia film unit came in with a three-hour beat for “Camel News-reel” on its coverage of the six-alarm lumberyard fire in North Phila-

delphia <28>.

First reports of the Are were received at 5:30 p.m., and Roy Lopatinraced four miles to the scene, caught the blase at its height, interviewed

fire officials and shot films of rescue and relief work. While Lopatlb

was processing and developing the films. Roy Neal. WPTZ news editor,

coordinated the story 'With NBC-Camel newsmen in New York. Final

arrangements were made with NBC and AT&T at approximately 7:15

p.m. Program went on the air a half-hour later and viewers through-out the nation were given a one-minute glimpse of a fire that was still

raging in Philadelphia.

CBS from account executive onthe TV sales staff of Its Radio Salesto sales manager of its Twin Citiesstation, WCCO.

Before becoming TV sales staff

account exec. Hall for three yearswas an account executive on theAM sales staff of CBS Radio Sales.

Oop«I Wrong OigIf NBC has any am PticMs

about using Exio Pt-.u it tbcweb's dramatic TV scairaa. li

wont be on the Rotiert Mont-gomery “Lucky Stitke Thea-tre." Na sooner 'wt NBCpacted Pinza to a flv^-yrar ex-clusive contract, that maehfc*-

• ery was set in motion f«e hLutto guestar on some <4 tbrLucky Strike dramatic sluwtthis season.

One of the alert axra*iiexecs anlBD-&0 agency on tiwLucky Strike account, prof-fered the info that Pinza is cur-rently getting a ni(lok>r*d‘spread on car cards, bilibon^tvmags. etc., in which 1* «»xtort»

the virtues of Camel cifiaittls.

That, all hands readily a (reed,wouldn't set too well vltb NuiHan, prexy of Lucky's | *a.,vn»

company. American Tobacco

IraUAg that ox* pruatoor i '.portedI at a suicide mlgiit navv* met deetli

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oth«rurt*r.By Ukinf tfv An jrtz*-

ing the pewv* and »tonpk\g news-papers or. r*j*L*r«us developmentsh» the affair whichha* Lacum* a >eadmg and her* frontT*>\c nr story t arried ever Kurwir-* etui has rt&ttted in U\n*w-gallon* i*v the FBI. -s»nd jettiesird tha the -atattan notoniy ctaraMUti* i:cd evn~ptW&ou an-te* privy. bvt even Uacfed m«ah&zv*paim *ront page wuMftcPy foritself ami undoubb <f.Y M te-

crear^ tH 7V or4 r. ,di.* audiences.On >e>«Ai o-'fisio'.^ newspapers,cwveriug fofv/wuprv have re-ferred c<* KSTP breadfwsu and

tjhlrd atteteft.

Clo Auf JV. vcJteg n a ti; thatwm. tatemiteg «-msntewar-. U at-ewr J* j*. pauj^ 'tuL.aicourt. KSTP reporters and pho-tographers were on the scene toget the story nf ctuagea dtetie tor

a prisoner uarter orth tin* the usenf oarbitmates was widespread hithr* ivfsrmatory and fhtt ** woesmuggled into »he prison by thegtterda. \T*e /otWs wav' the fir* %aplay up the matter.

The prisoner testified in theduan KSTP

Roth Walter Reuther. United Auto Workers chief, and Charles M.Sligh. head of the taxation committee of the National Aasn. of Manu-facturers. have accepted NBC's offer of free time on "AmericanForum of the Air" to debate a “National Tax Plan.” Offer by NBCcame in the wake ef Reuther's charge that he had been unfairly labeled

a Soviet sympathizer by Sligh on "Forum” two weeks ago.

Earl Bunting, managing director of the NAM. declared this weekthat NBC had not issued a public "apology” on the air. as previouslystated. Rather, he said; the web "allowed a statement to be read onthe ‘Forum* TV and radio programs, which had been issued by theLAW."

Washington. Sept. 4. -

The FCC is urged in a petitionsigned by 18 individuals, someprominent in liberal circles, not todrop its hearings cn WJR, KMPCand WGAR. because of the deathof owner George A. Richards.

Petition asserts that the issue atstake—whether stations shouldbroadcast prejudicial matter againstracial and religious groups—didnot die with Richards. It saysfurther that those Richards namedto operate the stations announcedin the press that they would carryon the same policies in the station.

"The proceeding.” says the state-ment. “is not and never has beena proceeding against Richards. It

is rather a proceeding to determinewhether operation of the stationsby the three corporate licenseesserved the public interest andwhether the licenses of the threecorporations should be renewed.. . . Had Richards lived, it wouldhave been Inescapably incumbentupon the Commission to decidewhether those implicated in theseactivities were suitable recipientsof radio licenses. Richards' deathin no way diminishes the responsi-bility of the Commission to con-demn these practices as unworthyof radio broadcasters.”

The petitioners continue that theissues raised are “too series to bedisposed of in any way save by adecision on the merits.”

Signers include Roger Baldwin.Algernon Black. Paul Freund.Lloyd Garrison. Earl A. Harrison.Horace M. K alien. Freda Kirchwey,Milton R Konvitz. Edward H. Levi,Max Lerner. Patrick MurphyMaiin. Thurgood Marshall, JeromeMichael. David W. Petegorsky,Shad Polier, David A. Hiesman.Horry Shujman and Harold Taylor.

Novel promotion stunt for DuMont Telesets, tied in with the WorldSeries, has been set by Walter L. Stickel, DuMont receivers national

sales chief. Manufacturer will install one of its new’ 19-inch models at

any site designated by local dealers, if five or more potential customersaign w’ith the dealer that they will watch the series in that place. Setswill be installed in time for the opening game and will remain for theduration of the aeries.

Stickel stressed that the promotion is not confined to the home butthat the sets win be installed wherever fans gather to watch the games,including such places as barbershops, stores, hotels, recreation halls,

etc. Dealer campaign is being backed at both the distributor and man-ufacturer level by fuilscaie ad-publicity.

Hartford. ,5cpt. 4

The Connecticut State Board of

Education has asked the FCC for

four ultra high frequency TV chan-

els on which to establish \ state-

wide educational network. The net[

morning xnd kef2"*!fc&H *bf<? to reach the reformatory**

children, state execs sav, w„ f(fc,n ail<j question biro anout It

A proposal appropiath.g ft.200.-jm a r'-errted interview which was000 for the project has b-vrs .jroft-

. ws«*eConnecticut General Awn ibiy. hi warben's iUi ueiii«i of iiie charge*a letter to the commission. Acting brought the station a flurry of in-Gov. Edward N. Alien Uf)*» that I uign&nt c*fls from listener's, in-the Education Board's P*-m hi*

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t lcd«r.£ wver„! former in.na'es,granted. uVvhed to provide <‘orroJ»crr«v

The next regular sessir* of the ‘ ticn

Legislature will not be h*V until KSTP contacted the callers and,January. 1953. However, tie matter' 1* addition to corroborating ib*could be handled sooner !f a ?pe- charges, they made additionaldal session nf the Assembly rvj allegations of other unsavory con-called. dittona. including beatings of pris-

The plea is for TV cha;r e)» re i

on»PS Informants were Inlet viewedsiriCted for non-commerci*. *.i*. Ic 1 t4irir statements recorded onhi* request to the FCC. Stile Edu- J*

1* iV?r ihe radio »nd «*» film for

cation Commisaioner F Y,Th<1 station used a *gx» iiW

Engle noted that unless t«m-' pro 'j'ftotngraphy method c«. TVvision i* made for educat>ona %»se V»«t. while the effect was dra-of television now. the schools wiU the mtormant's kkHK/tytoon find themselves In l*ir <«me N*-»uld nof ** revealedposition os tbe>' are in ir ih rail- possibiUty o! xt Jci, ,t onetion to radio. d-ath resulting f\om a heuting led

PitJ^rAms U W sent on' K^TP to further inveîgation For-

the proposed lelrviaion nr . >vuuidm<fr i” rnat<?* vMed P»nfcularly the

be worked oof In cooperatm irtt/i°f one Geiwge StwrdevaM. who

col lege «, universities, liar Ties !

w^gndiy had died under qu.Mtlon-

museum*, and other such uv tltu,

wctunsisncfi .n the H/orma-lions, Engle claimed. ;

t->rv Jn April, 194t» Accoirdng to-

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the coroner's report. Sturdevant{ tlii-d of :<trangnUtion as a re-

Everybody k & Gk t i

'"m~" ,n ,0,!,ar»

i n n* i I ihrohard T*kes Initiative

Alter lifocery Biz Jfl' Hubbard. KSTP gei>c*aJ

. • f • i . • * r 'll{ fvsftAfer sr.d yw-t owner, wm*

Cbm Lightning Shiites. 'ZZ

Chicago, SejA ti tor in Hnllvvw't'. ^.Vr *^.rTni«\g

The jockeying for groce*/- *î ,Vi- : fttuitieveat's body had been.ne*\ •'* picking up wiomer^î i U»re »fiip*>ed h. I .1* Aiigî s for h*j* wl

Chi N'iw fla | liu t f, *r **+ dteKrt. He jl.-v.

iate** <,* - >eld. Thi* limej

ffce* sated prixrmw * icotborIt’s a nt light! n« ns rtl rwrived permission tetwice, as WMAQ Is putting the have the htaly didnierred for ex-tinishtng toucher *e it* vers or of sminstinn“Chain L^diting.” w hich was o»U’ c^.peration tvitk «

narinalljr unleashed ca WNBC. wrht

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* f> 4 R Ids#. SV.. HoiVwW* k*yGotham anchor. ’ a -tM HuoOeivi vis.ined and paid

WMAQ s sales chief Howard ^ *"<* ^thoiogisty

ers has the Atlantic & Pacific d<a ; -ln". ,hc,n P*- <0f~

ready to board the mmkan hv» 4 ^ T**'^***project when It kkks off Brit • ^_4

trang-?,IRn

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Kroger and National Tea .«/-\ JilSTSL T.IS

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K '*Tl *** ^week WKH some NO UP • tars -SJ8^ ^ rtarv ^represented, plus 14F. &-^get » »

> ne ntwspa-let* and 400 Nations! sc >„ t

..vn'-rx»en pomsc cf.

Screen Gems, IncM telefilm production subsidiary of Columbia Pic-

tures, last week tied in with United Productions of America, animationoutfit which produced the Oscar-winning “Gerald McBoing-Boing.” for

the production of animated film commercials for TV. Under the nameof Screen Gems Division of UPA. the outfit will establish completely-equipped studios in N. Y. to house UPA’s staff of animators, artists

and producers.

.Organization is to provide all animated TV commercials for both

romplnies. with Screen Gents' regular sales staff handling sales. S-Gwill continue to produce its live commercials and programs, as in thepast. UPA and S-G plan to spend $150,000 to establish the new’ di-vision

Unlike AGVA and AFRA. which have said publicly they want Tele-vision Authority to merge with them when TV.\ convenes in Decemberto chart its future course. Equity feels such talk is premature at this

time Equity Coast rep Christopher O’Brien comments he feels theinvitations from AGVA and AFR \ are useful in that “Ihcy provide a

springboard lor discussion of the basic problems” and that a great dealmight be gained by absorption of TVA. but adds no one now knows theultimate solution because the problem is complex and difficult.

CKLW’s 25% Biz HikeDetroit, Sept. 4.

J. E. Campeau, president ofCKLW, declared that in the over-all picture—national and local

—

the sales figure is 25% above 1950,January through Auguat.

His comment came as the coop-erative campaign to sell radiogained momentum. All of the De-troit area AM stations are con-tributing time and money to tbeadvertising campaign based onthe slogan; “Wherever You Go,There's Radio.”

Life-Thne Docanentary

IsooraboB f*r Video

Via 'Stake is Japan’Vaiv •nimvb.k U A •

NEC’s ail-cncompa&dnf "Opera-

tions Frontal Lobes" TV project,

which is being integrated into the

network's commercial program-

ming schedule, has moved another

Itep forward. Network is prepar-

ing en ambitious "Men and the

Universe" stanza.

Program's original scriptcr wav

Dr. B<«y K. Marshall, long familiar

to TV viewers for hts “scientific”

commercials for Ford. It is cur-

rently being written by Tom

New approach te television docu-mentaries is being lined up by TirmvLife, Inc., and the Young & Rublcam agency for "Your Stake ixJapan,” hour-long show scheduledfor stations on both the ABC andCBS video webs Friday night 1 7 *

at 10 Program, which will attempt

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to tell viewers what the Japanesej

peace treaty conference means tethem, will include filmed mx>views, live dramatic vignettes .andstraight documentary treatmem. aswell as straight entertainmentProgram will originate front

CBS' Studio 53 in N. Y via CBStechnical facilities. Time 1

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which is sponsoring, has bo-j^/rtime on both CBS and ABC. how-ever. and the ahow will be seenon affiliate ataticna of both websin N. Y„ Atlanta. Columbus andWashington, as well as on singlestations in 14 other cities. Whilepickups from the conference in SanFrancisco are to be transmittedfrom coast -to coast, the Time Lifeshow’ will hr aired in the east andmidwest only.

It's expected that the show wiHcomprise about 29 minutes of film,with ihe balance Wring done live.

Producers are attempting to lineup a film Interview with WinstonChurchill, who is t in Venice,and may also present interview*,with Admiral Chesfct'r Aand Gen. Douglas MwrArthiir. Wal-ter Hampden h b^ng sought asnarrator. Shirley YamafneM. topJapanese film star no«s m thiscountry will rrprosem Japan insome of the diamauc vignettes.Harry Sosnik will direct a largeorch and chorus. Sow dipt fromthe March of Time library are alsoto be used.Show ts Wmg produced by Mck

Sanstag of Time Life, wit s CarlSchlllinger. of Y4R. as productionsupervisor. Finns Farr aod Joseph

With Davidson Taylor, who wasInitially brought In to mastermind"Frontal I*obes." currently side-

tracked with his multiple news-sports-special events assignments,it s planned to bring te someoneelse to spearhead "Lobes." withthe latter, in turn, reporting to

Taylor.

Some of the unions in the brosd-caNt field are expressing concernover the grow'h of theatre tele-

vision and are mulling methods ofstrengthening home TV against theinroads of big-screen tele. Thequestion is expected to be broughtbefore the National Assn, of Broad-cast Unions & Guilds *HABUG>.What worries the unions is the

growing strength of theatrical tele,

** in the special hookups e? theatr** for boxing events, whir?} canput a crimp in set sales and generalpublic interest in home tele andthus have an adverse effect on theunions.NABUG. which includes iudotu

such as American F<t£eratinn ofRadio Actors. Radio 7’elevision Di-rectors Guilds, and technical andengineering unions, may be askedby some of Its members to joinwith the networks in finding waysto strengthen home tele It’s feltthat this 4s an issue on which laborand management In the industrycould cooperate to their mutualbenefit.

ABC-TV SETS ALTERNATE

'STOP MUSIC* BACKERSABC-TV has lined up two bank-

roller* to alternate sponsorship of

the first half-hour of “Stop theMusic." vice Admiral TV, whichankle* after the Oct. 25 broadcast.Old Gold, via Lennon & Mitchell,remains in the 8 30-9 p.m. segmentcf the Thursday evening Bert Parks•tatrer.

Starting !>fov. 1, Prom and WhiteRate, via Foote. Cone & Belding.t ike over a half hour on a skip-

a week basis, with the alternateweek going to' Hazel Bishop lip-

•tiek. via Raymond Spector agency,effective Nov. 8.

Arthur Murray dance studio*moves over the "Arthur MurrayShow.” currently on WNBT, N. Y..

to ABC-TV. Airer. which alar*Mrs. Murray, goes into the Wed-nesday 9-a 30 pjn. spot, startingSept. 19. Agency is Ruthrauff &Ryan.

BUir*. WPTZ PortPhiladelphia. Sept. 4.

James Blair, television directorof Lamb 4 Keen. Inr.. local adagency, has been named executiveproducer at WPTZ, effective lmme-

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CRIME WITH FATHER( The Boy Who Cried Wolf)Miih Rusty I.im. Fegfy Lobbtaa

Ed Horner. Billy M. Groene•then

Producer: Wilbur Stark

Director: Charles S. DublnWriter: Lorry MeuklnSO Mina.: Fri.. 9 p m.

Tele Follow-Up CommentProducer-director: Tod MarvelIS Mina: Moo-thrw-Fri.. lt:li p ut.

SustainingCBS-TV. S. Y.With 15 minutes to fill tem-

porarily in ita new daytime setup.

CBS-TV has inserted a cross-the-

hor^ news program, i -

A couple of sub-par spots dimln- his* stoence, the shew be*

ished the quality of what might of former hurl

otherwise have been an entertain- TvlSMir Mai*'

in; shew on Sunday’? '2* edltfo*- It re s roe

of Toast of the Town.” It was the in rid**. ^last week before Ed Sullivan te- *r*

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and Dolores Gray deta*

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f-rwUr .not Mi- U-the introos

rfijliSttonaiid her tune He Gilded on * K>rv? ne«c

good enough to rate Ot:her eomerty on the show was^dgjSwTTIo,, Iieany Y'»ttuavnan who gen-

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t rally lie’s hia nuoi a **f iaujjh*. Hoof introducing fresh talent to the mixitJ some mrw liwes with someteleviewers. Sullivan has frequent- Wd n'ateftal anc. cvn.e out ahead

ly taken a chance on unknowns, or. *u*»*"ri*JW*.

some of them have worked out es- Opening the shov ons Hinnycellentlv and others not so well. In B.iggi, one nt the more j*'ile ^p-

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_„ ort they put into them,lusher V>aton. assisted toy Mrs.lion. saUrWx* flic Ua\nco and

Handled ,-JulhM balcony arene. It wasn’t un-r singling til ItcatvD moved into par/.vmixie.

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• be looking in at the time. JohnWithin the framewoth of mho-

n( tbe CBS-TV news staff,

clox defective drain*, the t rimea|Mj Dorothy Doan, emeec oa the

With Father" preero last Friday wrb s . Vj,n { (> Fair’' show, handleOV wa> erdrhes Mwve Its teevee.

lJa ,v .>orlJng end g-d. *>» theprototype*. It should have no

preem Monday i3». demonstratedtrouble snagging a bankrolJer on

|h|.y their way around abasis of opening showcase. headline Show is in its present

Although formatted *» mystery s i„t on |y for three week*, until

(llama, it emerged as s whvdunlt ; -tave of Life,” another soap opera,

in tackling the strange killer ten-j

off, but it certainly rates a

denrie* of a vounfc psychotic with9(ea4|y ride.

a persecution complex originating Format has Schafer handlingin childhood and Stemming from (he rtr:>igJ»i news,, with Miss Doana wastrel father The psychiatric

, sporting on feature material, suchovertones were encased within a as fashions and other items whichswiftly moving and deftly written

j^ j|j appeal strictly to the femme

script that was skillfully directed, v jewer$ Miss Doan was a feajw

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via stage and camera. Excellent wrj|er for Internationa*’

cu>*'cups of characters, some ofj(bo-vice, covering fhe

S and the PEEPVOCAL GROUP

RENEWED on Htokely-Van Cuap’n“LITTLE KIloW" w'.tU J<»l*n

on WNHT an<l Netw o'k. ? SO I’.M,

D.S.T., Tuen.lav* and Thuraday*Mat i JIMMY RICH. N«w VorkDir. i JOHN E. GIBBS A CO.

TIIE EGG AND 1

With Pat Kirkland. John Crave*.Doris Rich. Frank Twodell.Grady Sutton

Writers: Manya Starr. RobertSoderberg

Producer: Montgomery FordDirector: Jack Gage15 Mins.: Mon.-tlini-Fri.. It noonSustainingCBS-TV. from New York

“The Egg and 1.” a daytimeserial based upon the Betty Mac •

lVmald best-selling novel whichCBS-TV preemed Monday *3'. wtWhave little difficulty in building .1

sizable midday audience. For in

light of the book's wide readeishloand the fact that several films havsbeen based upon the story modviewers will be presold.

TV adaptation of the originalappears to have captured the flavor

of the original and those who be-came acquainted in other mediawith the tale of a young coupiewho moved to the country to rtari

to Valiev a c 'Ctcn farm wi be reasonably* satisfied with the latest version.

For the opening episode Pitof e. gave OSe i Kirkland and John Craven, as ihecitation and he

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a doning their small apartment «live on a chicken farm “for the •>

iof their lives." It proved to be o

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i rustic simplicity but both resoh e

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Pa Kertle. a pair of shiftless ru- i»i« tnon*tr it .*t» on*

' ralites. However, their portrayals !in rvurn I n g ut wito two

fall shoti of the performances oi|Ki'ns whe- lol> over the riO’<' in er

; the screen Kettles. Percy Kilbride 1 0.^w Levant fa'ltd ty *mik*» n

and Marjorie Main, whom view- (Dei Vkxt ,'«o ee»jk< of

!ers will immediately think of.

|again displayed a p»e*S<n» per^

I Grady Sutton is believable as Jkeiiv *s**Mty ard a kno'vrsf **v of

i Simmons, another bucolic chartc :keeping the hour perking.

Central Meetric's v»c^*t Worse*Ctustd its summer season on CBSXIDS A CO.

With Johnny Olsen; Al Greiner.organ, and guests

Direotor: Fat RayWriter: Bill BallardSO Mins.: Sat., 11 ajn.

RED GOOSE SHOESDuMont, from N. Y.

( Weitheltner & Block )

“Kids A Co.” i* okay moppetfare. In addition to encasing goodand just ordinary child talent, it

has a nice gimmick in a tribute to

the “kid of the week.” done withcooperation of U. S. Junior cham-

nncu uj kStft * i •v i izai

1 TV Sunday night (2> with a bright.' y*-aih’lrjt l*opr of auizzing and en-i teriafonicttt that imUtalrt) >.Ho

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pernapa In a c«x»d3R?edjfw'I hour vervten. Piigtit be a goodi bet fur a yea?-manri (HxTatinn.

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” to L>;e 9 o’elnej; period n«*x r.

Sunday night 9 Regular pa.te t

William Gallon was joined for tit*

firsts by woe } jturie Jr , MergoJorec and wear Doirympie. Allof »hvin. uatuially, are hep on<no» biz and h?d little iroublo

; wit:. nro*t o! the r?i kbvs ptv>*

I poi t tied to* et:r. ee Dr iws, et K» rb)

Ilk . iditiun. they p/alrvAi'd tUrh*own pcettihs’l ies neatly, wi»t«

\ Gaxton avi V^urir panicv’liu*) tparkinR '.he sh*r,* w.’tli homojrapnitivi batfi<P*ing.

laient ii**« ;vas .'tlvi

tons f<yr the wiqnup. Ixilh in theu*boIo spots .'n-* in !-:icsr oro;ect»« fi

of the quest!/ ns tor Uk» finale.

Calibre of the goes arx ac:l th«*ir

nuir.K r evicerced IbiH Gf: d in t

pa. e ‘W btl'ikd, M'h f »r .- eBesweU. Valerie IL Ms. K^i HeMayehofi. Cy C^lemru Nl

( (ric. i;nd ReH.? CJeoryc all tvjlttiV*

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!Dworchek lie Ditch

! hometown Paoli. Pa1 Forge Army Hospital to read base-

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was gifted with jacket, a bikeweekend at Park Sheraton HotelN. Y.. and the sponsor's shoes: pirn

a Helbros watch, a running gi\e-; dilapidated

away. Along similar lines, emcee ' — * - —Johnny Olsen cited a kid who is in

the hospital: it’ll be a regular fea-

I ture along with “kid of week.”

IAmong the ente.iaining mopi»ets,

the. topper was Barry Ross. 15. ac-

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TOP OF THEWith Marjorie TrumbullProducer: Mim TrumbullDirector: Dave Km

Mins.. Tburs.. C:3fi to 7 p m.

SustalniccKPI\. Saw Fraocbr#

1« Is doubtful if rvet a finer com-bination of ingrediems wt-Te on

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« more thorough mess n.sde of an

op* net thaa u\ this bosiratl.v ele-

mentao t-.pe of inteiView pro-

gram A super .vetting a famousroom n.Mne and one b the most

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b< *»iiiful view * i?. lf»e world wen?.*\t >.inrfired or an altar of sheer !

sfpldnei* of pmdxclioc, lighting,

content and chatter, li i ques-

t nu: able if a duller or u< :• '.mic-

warding h*!f-ho»jr <71 fit c aitrivird

content hss been o<!ers'd by eventhe high school juniors whe play-

sn at radio and television. Cer-tainly the craftsmen who contrib- »

ii* ed to the hodgepodge did Iciest

video rep«ite Htfle in folsving

**Y«»wr Eswt Ceovctof.1’ CRfi-*'V

' stanzn '.vhicb Is hlirn^! theof Alan You ig. s nrariied

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son.« Inten^retatl** i tot It . ;and its backrror d. t^rougk filmclip*. Much o* um maletfal vor,-

shi* of inter, iews and son;* larks

the s,jot nev s quality, bul r:*ve^-

theless it hol«l» interest IV **re

was «Hne gO'K.’ int "jiriti.S. mL iho'*/

evught Thur^tey 30 . as i* taring-• i.'td tcfetbci on the K/«th*I eeMr-irr. It ais amt J*fv*t»t"v»

treaty ta!k>^1 Show mi'tzir* t A develop tha

feeling of exclusivity, in the inter-

i view* with Senators and in thespecial i'*-por*s by correspondents.Alexander Kendrick's report, for

example, oo Yugoslavia’s- drift

from oithedov Communism to-

wards more private enterprir,

showed aspects of the country* notgenerally seen aa TV or Uik new**-

reels. Featurlsh items wev* Vice-President Rv-klev with Vbsa Wash-ington . and the Little World Seriei

ll-year-&:d bssehalleiw). bothir.tereitinu but cverionf?.

Program is all on film, whichpresents jriob’cim Narr-dion seg-ments with Grilling Bancroft wereout of synchronization, and Ban-croft shoii\<* imlimber a bit. Someof the editing was jumpy, havingcut ouit tr.-naitionai Ad-justment of contrast between tilm

of dtflerevit idi*.;o£iaohic qualitywasn’t made qmckly <a<w.*?h.

There’.! at. unocc»miiry can*yovv*from AM in the correspondents*winding their stints with. “This is

Alexander Kendrick. Your EssoReporter in MgBgtfe.* r. 'ur th«f*functional in radio but excessbaggage oi film.

MOVIE MATINEEWith Betty Parry, Fred Daigcr,

Others30 Mina,: Tues, 1:13 paParticipatingWXK1V, Albany

Beity Parry, woman’s programdirector for inis HJ.OOO-wattcr. lias

begun a series oi originations fromWarners’ Madison Theatre, com-bining features of her regular radioshow with audience stunts andgiveaways. First block made un-even listening: some portions werereasonably interesting, and othershad little point to non-visuals.Pickup was quite bad In spots, thetone from house p.a. system lack-ing clarity and fidelity. Interviewwith advertised guests. MelvynDouglas and Signe Hasso—appear-ing at Saratoga Springs in “GladTidings”—proved rather disap-pointing.A better balance between aural

and visual, plus sharpter routining,would be desirable. Recipe ex-change with femme representativeof Daily Council could have beencut. Pickup there slid off marked-ly. A dog adoption award to a girl

holding lucky ticket had a warmtouch—official of Humane Societydiscussed proper method of han-dling the animal. ‘’Wish ComeTrue” bit could be built; plug byservice station operator, as gift is

awarded, should go out.Fred Daiger handled himself

well down in the auditorium try-ing on women's hats—the old TomBreneman business. Miss Parry',probably nervous, had sure andragged moments. Friendly. Intel-ligent gal will undoubtedly Im-prove as she gains feel of theatre.* om house viewpoint, program is

attractive. Jaco.

MASLAND AT HOME SHOWWith Karl Wrightson. Norman

Pari* group: Kyle Mac Donnell,

took viewers on a “grand tour” of hack” theme was used in the open-.i ncu decorating job which in- *r. Conte displayed an okay flavor

eluded a fireplace, garden, lily of geniality in his emceeing duties

pond, tablr-for-two, candlelight .

and measured up nicely with his

and fresh flowers;

warbling. Singer and guest terp-

A romantic background such as,

Fisher A Curt parlayed ef-

Ihis was a natural intro for Miss I ffCtlvely on a well-staged produc-

SeaiUc-ric? Davis, Jocj ;. free-

lance t ::wncer h&z acrimer, h«ia

been i'**ir«d pro^ra u dlreitoi ofKING Acre. t>«vis was one of twoatmounceis w ho gained kudo* laAfall for 24>bonr *;im to tais* Hzuifitor Se.»tt l Symphony. He suc-ceed* Grapt Merrill, who has beenupped tc piiiiuciio^ iiwiagei.

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!MARTIN KIKt, rttr/ATE KYIWith Lloyd NMnn. Walter Kin

sella. Nicholas Saunders, frailM. TIimim. Iterry Krueger

iProducer-director: track Burns

COLGATE COMEDY ROUEWith Jackie Gleason, Johnny John-

ston, Rose Marie, Esther JangerDancers. A1 Goodman orch

Writers: Joe Bigelow, Arnold Hor-witt, Arnie Rosen. ColemanJacoby. Gleason

Producer-director: Jack HurdleProduction supervisor: Sam Fuller<• Mina.: Sun.. 8 p.m.COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEETNBC-TV, from New York

i.Yhermun & Marquette, Bates )

Probably the highest-budgeted,single-sponsor extravaganza on theTV spectrum (with the client pick-ing up a talent-production-timetab exceeding $3,000,000 a year),“Colgate Comedy Hour” has to de-liver—or else. Last season, for its

initial semester, it swept the Niel-sen field, with the assorted comed-ies of Dean Martin Ac Jerry Lewis,Eddie Cantor, et al., leaving thecompeting 'Toast of the Town”way back in the CBS stretch.

At this kind of coin. “ComedyHour” can’t afford too man> misses,particularly in a season when theEd Sullivan “Toast” display is duefor some considerable talent re-furbishing*. in a bid to reprise its

No. 1 rating position. Colgate is

spreading its TV wings this seasonto encompass a talent parlay em-bracing the aforementioned MartinAc Lewis and Cantor, with rotatingcycles by Jackie Gleason. TonyMartin. Spike Jones, Abbott Ac Cos-tello. Ezio Pinza and some addedstarters.

Teeoff of the new’ season Sun-day t2> found Gleason at the Col-gate starting post (initially NBChad hoped to maneuver Martin Ac

I*ewis into the '51-52 lcadoff spot,but medico's orders to Jerry Lewisto take it easy forestalled the earlyentry).

With Johnny Johnston and RoseMarie tex-Baby Rose Marie) asgueslars, with the usual productiontrappings and Gleason in fine fettlein transferring his antics over fromhis DuMont -slotted ‘‘Cavalcade ofStars,” the Colgate premiere, whilefar from spectacular, nonethelesshad its fair quota of entertainingmoments. The past year has seenGleason** emergence as a comedianof growing stature, particularly inhis “profile” delineations.

His Reginald Van Gleason is pe-culiarly suited to his comedic flair,

as was demonstrated anew on Sun-day's show. Again, his pnntomim-icry as a frustrated idler in CentralPark, or as a father trying to ex-plain to his son his getting fired• reminiscent of his onetime Rileyrole dn TV), showed a versatilitythat blended some lighter nuanceswith his customary broad comedy.As such. Gleason rates the encour-agement offered by the pivotal Sun-day 8 to 9 NBC spot.'Certainly the hour’s top mo-

ments stemmed from Gleason's con-tributions <along with the assistfrom his writers), while both John-ston and Rose Marie registeredonly so-so in their gurstar vocalspots Former attempted the “Guysand Dolls” tune. “You’re Rockin'the Boat.” hut while it may besmash material within the contextof the Broadway musical, it wasstripped of its wallop in a solo spot.Rose Marie, who goes into theforthcoming "Top Banana" musieatrovermugged and that old stylizedstance while singing didn’t partic-u'arly help. She fared better in a“Razzmatazz” dueling with Gleason.The Esther Junger Dancers were

highlighted in the show's majorproduction number, spanning fourperiods of musicomedy from the"Varsity Drag" (“Good News") tothe modem idiom of "Surrey Withthe Fringe on Top" (“Oklahoma").It was pleasant viewing.

Eddie Cantor came on at thefadeout for some byplay and totrailcrizo his Colgate show nextweek and subsequent headliners,Al Goodman's musical background-ing was. per usual, among theshow's assets.

Colgate’s four-way commercialspread 'Ajax. Palmolive Soap. Col-gate Dental Cream and Halo Khanv-|mm>

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hewed to the same live-film-carloon pattern as last year.

Hose.

WHAT'S PLAYING?With Maggi McNeillsProducer Emanuel DembyDirector: Charles A«t**us

Writer: Allen Swift15 Mina.: Men . <:45 p m.SustainingWJZ-TV-—ABC. N. Y.

Here’s a bright new' idea iii co-

operation between the film and

I SEARCH rOH TOMORROW' With Mary Stuart, John Sylvester.

CUB H*11, L)un Luring, BessJohnson. Sara Anderson; Chester

IKingsbury, organist

Writers: Dor Sanford. Henry Kane Producer-director: Charles Inringt* Mins.: Than., 16 pan. Writer. A*nes I ekhsrdtUNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. 15 Mins.; Mon.-Fri., 12:36 p.m.NBC TV, from V. Y. PROCTER At GAMBLE

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* Se.vrrh for Tomorrow,” whichnwne *ole of “Martin Kane. Pri-

jg * low-budgeted soaper, never-\aie Eye,” vacated by ongmator . . .

... , ......W.Hiiam Gargan. was anything but th ** levs should da a good job lor its

Ls.ppy. T'mj erstwhile film-sleuth- banfcroUer. Procter A Gamble.il* Michael £ta>n< way cramped A^ncs Erkhard.. who is scripting

fey >m incredible script in this the series, appears able to endowthirds year series thus has also it with some ; airly mature dra-

kneovn considerable weirdness due- malic values an! producer-directorin$ Gargan m*ime. Nolan did Chuxktt Tmlng teems able to mountnt» seem to be on thF qui vive in the production -on\. vingly.ti t 'harrjns though tt\i ur* On V ree*n Mi nday (3) theb«n« jKylish indicetc'i that n? will episode eschewed tlte usual soapme" -

* into tin* groove before long. , epera technique of presenting theThat he har br-oit recently essaying | entire dramat.ii personae. InsteadKar« in tho radio couirieiparl on

, a was piuved wUh oe ly four of theihe *ame net Sunday afternoons

( centra? ohaiaCcr* Li three Ughtsiu'gest* that it will tak» him aoi.ie-

1 jtênes. It started vtth an argu-v.hat .‘onger to bridge the gap between Victor Barron, aHi< capabilities as an actor are demiiW'-ring esecutlve. and his sonsure to show in tbe difficult tnnsi- Victor, who prefers photography

S'* contracting businessei> indi r his father'si. 1 ill* was sensitivelywith

• BckilAkraut. Rita0T?*m. Rom Martin, John Me-^ Govern. Rickard Newton, Auo-iaMe Klein. Wm. Codmore. Ci-cada llumphr* >

Producer: John Gibb* A Ann Mar-lowe

Director; David Alexander•Vriters: Ibeodore A Mathilde

FerroAt) Mins., Mon ,

®:oO p.m.IINTAIRNBC-TV. from N. Y.

(Cerit A Prcitzrcy)The Somerset Maugham session

of storytelling has returned to aliiU-hotir format on an evtry-aiher-week basis, alternating withtl*c ftobtrt Montgomery Lucky

thei» a hi to tying In. Basic-ally. the shot? trcueriiei three tlf-

fereut films ioca vv?k, utilh.ngshort eiips from the pix suppi’eJby the dlstnb- in return for thegratis plufr Ftmcee Moggi Mc-Neills preceded the screening of

each with x f*\v explanatory: notes

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i *»0 to see Th;* would moply tn»»Senate looking for a romantic *i- ! WJZ-TV is inviting viewers to turnlachmcfit Schildkraul’s misfor-

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sailor and w hiskej -guzznng medico Foliofxrt*llfntly nandiÔ. Th^rt tpkcn, static to ctmiidffibif i

%%rith s<4n,

ii vg.MK) movement, lively direction er*»e exploitaiion and haUvivo inand some handsome production. >viUrn for the film clips. BuiIt’s a cleverly written yarn taas- Fmanur! r^.by. olio’s packagingmuch as it shows SchildXroui be- xue t'ej.r^rt^dly iu t sln.ady>ng taken over, but the process is

; run into trouble with the majorssufficiently $wt*ti* W lewd the' on the d**sl and. «lfbout their o>-yugust Senator to believe that Re s ! operation the iJk/v* rssnot»v <ing the ;* rHnrs Bos* Martin

| too much. Chps on the prvemav 'he ~ *crv Joev s ell. i -Z c-e -Mr

T'»c SIMM could disivnse with|Peek-A -Ba • ” En'Am'-Iahguss* rh:

Maugham s illmed introduction lil-

ac much %* it appears the filming<nd audio were made .-.enirstety

a»id bey 're not synchronizedCnmirerrials with Wendy Barrie

". *i.e tô spot ar* well proo»,\red.

hui • initial : •:? ?.»ad MissUarrie taUblg atao. t Jae new Jet

EU'tt Ual*’ dye. .Shv vs.ife a hta#-k

vpRngted eown an<i “bowed thev.-rue volnr ttceflsorie* an«l adwo-cdHi^ htiH?el#r to in'jtch. Ker*.»n fresM\s, though, were still

hondc. Jose.

the antagonists’slaied sharply and with

Following fr-enc. in which the- - . -aai’t wif» and daughter wonder

who hei-viioetf s corpse from wj,y hasn’t come home, didn’tpoisoning 'announced by the

jregister with the impact it should

is polio via the skin-engrav-ju/| Ftail segment, in which

nute: and the ngukr racting niU. f.allfd hl. r f.ther-in-l iwl.nJas Saunders, as *"gt. Bos*,

J kA(] learnt d <*? the heated argu-\ M Ihoina.s, a>> o police cap- i nient, provideii the cliffhanger ele-«id Vn.fer Klnre’.ls. *e. the I m„n j

.no .«b»wo It K»,C||rt l!all as , hf , uvcr

t dca .ia\ mjr. an i thei*: chairaetfrizationn weft. Maryjla vi. »r <*d on a ,i<’v ”1

j/tuart, 7h. lemtne lead, wasn't

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40 ®I cr •tvincia'/ In he' maternal role,

up his body ^ o *« r.djoming she «ud hettt» in thei\ parlor, see'ns to strotch telephone bit Lynn nix-bility tc ultra-faniasi c pro- vearold actress, was so so as heins that ifie pulps c«t up av. as dragged in by the heels .

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di tê <kir< appeal. SJ* ^ lh* ^ SIT *'d “i . *.o i.; - ,he roui» 1 .IrthnigM in :he

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in l* uro to .18 cities, oilier sceneh. concentrated c..to 2.i fluffs air divided

«.|feeU*'e clow ups and fluid cameray Sane ?nd Lncor* ci** and Work tlgbtllM iii s low fcey.ri fc i ur«vi Lin * Best |m .c to- < n keeping with ten sombre .mod.

(. i initialer i-wn( over vve;\ except foriooe cliche, the fathev crushing', ,>ut

BIG STORY bis cigar any lly in (lie ashtrus

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Nut PoUq. MeUa DanaKsoo,j

Commercials fit? Spic and S anrry D«vU, I e.ni Sieogri, lance*.

; Jj., v**rc r'V'A. Uowcvcr. joi-st*. Johr. Sbv;; narrator

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lowtr^ . frynny. foreboi <ngfinale »• wlib a plag for Joy

•r*. Reeasl E*uoy 'seemed into u-.-us. Bri

by United /t.rtiCs “Emperor s icnd »I

Nightingale, * foreign Jodie ur>j

funrepor» ind Rcfvublk’s "Fightinv,

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.credit

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piwus »venm.vl>y to extend it t v»

Jnetwork basis. Tnat would mean pr^>

i flirt onlv clj;*s from unrrieas^d niedfln|U W used Ne»**»uv f'i a>no»l|

thf? various IxKiktug dates l»ned \ip 1

by tlieitri‘1 ,r* <o ff*rrui pari* v *f haccothe country. Thai, in v«ni, would

• make Demby’s work ail the harder tIIEBy keeping »h'' urogram local. ov» with«>** hanh. ri><* veb sV.su Id llirt-»> iac- too much difficulty in

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i.nisg .» eiremt of pehc m»u*cs sin,» Ua>Uro:k*r. Brite

|Miss Me Kellis, beautcou.-ly • Prodt

gowned a* usual, did a tri/!iitlv Dlreci

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i^mpiKcfn jv»h on the iniUzler. 79 Mlspotlighting human Interest r-agmv I* V-LIin the p1 * r.

r. scripted oy Arico NDC-TVSwift. Director Charles A M-'

j.cverai time*, twitched cariera* r,n 'The

j her during one of her speech «w.j NBC-TV

f^rcinp her tc *h!fl awkwartiiv v.eck mi

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from one posHtofj to snothec.Jdramatii

r‘Jm clip* ookcc go<*d on izc t'-K:'., nscreen, although "Nightingale/” pyliiicul

! didn’t mean much without tile cident i

color it has in theatre*. ’vt'iJ. true i

T* Min*.: Wrd.. 9 to 9:36 p.m.I NION OIL CO.KPIX. Nan Fr*n< l*< o

"h ie this program is.a cviminer-rial pitch in great part with sjxin-‘or’f product an essential part ofthe “game” and almost in continu-ous view, the content is inten st-ing. pleasing and fast moving. Set-ting is a desk hacked by rack ofseveral rows of miniature oil-pumps, gacli of which has numberor star or| |x>ttnm. Nearby is an-other rack with rows of oil cansalso representing sponsor's prod-uct.

Privilege of engaging in contestIs achieved by sending postcard,produced at sponsors oil sta-

iContinued on page 40)

Lee Tracy kas been signed forj

c«Vc title role <n AmtiltU! Mr. M«-tel^versior, of the radio show

]" hirit v. id be bankrolled on ABC*

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With this announcement, CBS Radio opens the< %*

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mass circulation of night-time, network radio to ,

advertisers with limited budgets• Also, to large

advertisers for special promotions•* *

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RED SKELTON, star-showman , star-salesman—and his 13 million listeners—are now available on

a one-time basis. The cost: less than a color page

in a mass magazine . • • . Here’s how a one-time

budget now fits big-time radios:

QUESTION i HOW?

answer i Red Skelton's regular half-hour show— one of

the “top ten” in all radio— will be on the air for 39

consecutive weeks, starling October 3. Each mass-

market broadcast will be sold to a single sponsor (but

. a sponsor will not be limited to a single broadcast).

question i How will advertisers use the show?

answer i To say something special with impact— as explo-

sive as the laughter of Skelton's listeners. ... Here is

mass radio uniquely produced to launch a new product

—kick off a drive—announce a contest.... Here also is* {' " 7 ,

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the perfect opportunity for the split-timing and com-

manding attention that many advertisers need for peak-

selling seasons and holidays: Christmas, White Sales,

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Straw Hat Time, June

weddings and graduations. (Skelton ad libs over our

shoulder: “For Thanksgiving, we can sell bogs and bogs

of cranberries.”)«.*»*•*•

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question i Any merchandising tie-ins^A' . •

answer : Displays and mailings will flash the appeal of

Skelton’s personality, ticing-in program, product, and

purse at the sales counter..

question: What’s the time of broadcast?

answer: During a peak listening hour—9:00 to 9:30

p.m., Wednesdays. Between the big-audience attractions

of Dr. Christian and Bing Crosby.i

question: How many stations in the Skelton line-up?

answer: Stations accounting for 91.4 per cent of the

entire CBS Radio circulation are available for clearance.

question: How many listeners on an average program?

answer: Year-in, year-out. Red Skelton in front of a» -

microphone is a human, fun-making magnet. Last sea-

son, he drew an average weekly audience of more than

13 million people.

question: How much does the show cost?

answer: $23,500— including time, talent, and merchan-

dising. To give this price a yardstick: For $23,500,

you can tap a mass audience^ and listener-loyalty that

took an annual investment of $1,500,000 to build.

question: How will sponsors be scheduled?4

answer: Solely on a first-come, first-to-profit basis*

question: Are there any other answers?

answer: Just a reminder: To say things that get things

started.. .or to give a peak-selling season a higher peak

than every RED SKELTON is your boy . . . . For a program

* date that fits your needs, call your representative at...•

THE CBS RADIO NETWORK

RADIO-TKLKVIKIOX Vrdnndiiy, SrpMnhrr 5, 1951

WGAL-TV

. . . Pein Ryan and Ray Me-Donald inked for five more SnaderTelesqriptings.

Sid Ronell. exec veepee of Jerry

bought out Dick Moores' interest

in Illustrate. Inc., film animationcompany with Moores departingthe company he helped found, be*cause of ill health . . . John Suttonand Lynn Roberts snagged theleads in “Not a Bit Like Jason.”latest in the Frank Wisbar “Fire-side Theatre” series. Script is ateleplay original by Marion Cooper.

R. E. Stokin heads Screen-Teie-video Productions, subsid of ScreenAssociates of Beverly llills . . . Va!Larsen Productions formed topackage radio and video programs. . . Les Brown and his band inkedto a long-term deal at KTLA.starting Sept. 9, opening on the“Bandstand Revue” emceed byHarry Babbitt . . . Vldfilm pro-ducer Scott Brown back in townafter shooting on “The Calico Kid”series was halted in Besa. Ari/.,

by a downpour . . . Starllghtersinked for the Red Skelton vid-

show . . . Eddie Cantor set EdithBarstow to do choreography on his

Sept. 9 “Colgate Comedy Hour” onNBC-TV . . . Lee Savin inked byRalph Branton to produce the up-coming “Gentleman Burglar” vid-pic series which will star GeorgeBrent. First of the series, basedon the "Raffles” yarns, will roll

Sept. 20 . . . Film director D. RossLederman heads the newly-formedTelevision Productions Co., capi-talized at $100,000. Directors in-

clude radio's Wendell Niles . . .

Kane” on NBC . . . Anne Hoellng.German actress selected as “MissColor TV’ ’as part of the hooplasurrounding the recent demonstra-tion of American color video at theBerlin youth rally, in N. Y. forfurther publicity under the direc-tion of the Economic CooperationAdministration and CBS.Lux Video Theatre <CBSi bought

William Kostenko's televisionadaptation of “Julie.” short storyprizewinner. Yarn deals with atemperamental famous actress . . .

Dr. Bruno Furst, memory expert,guests today iWed.t on New JerseyBoard of Education’s TV programover WATV, Newark.

New York '>ear. joinliew lur*, to casting

Jim Owens, former account4 # |>on

manager in the DuMont sales de-j,f ja

partinent. upped to the post ofjH east-on

account exec . . . Anita Gordon. and 3rssformer singer on the Edgar Bergen CBS-TVradio show, signed as featured vo- J co|or prodcalls! on CBS' “Ken Murray Show”

| s j s j an | pr. . . Lynn Clean named manager \jv Line?of sales service lor DuMont '

. . Was assistPatricia Bowman returns to her duccr ofSaturday night show on CBS this Shows.”week ««• after doing a three-weekballerina stint at the St. Louis

;

lj*rv^yMunicipal Opera, astiilng liei ah- \

Melton s

scnce. singers Kyle MacDonnell. !

‘ *

'

,l,rs -' •

Peggy Lee and Jane Morgan Went,

on

subbed l,l ‘m l°mAlex Mumfert, formerly with the Nliaw is n

March of Dimes, added to the an * lo HaNBC press department to handle !

program

ruhliuity for “Colgate Comedy

j

Harry S.

lour." Bill Hosle, department P]lon ‘‘ ^Mi

staffer, has been assigned to work;

Mondayexclusively on the two Kate Smith G a r g a n

shows for the web . . . Bill Mer- Springs,

ritt joined the DuMont sales de- to the “A1

partment as an account manager going bac

. . . DuMont moving “Johnny OJ- second sh

sen's Rumpus Room” into the 1 to plaining

1:30 p.m. strip, with “Take the Margaret.

Break” taking over the 12:30 to 1***

period. “For Your Information" ^ ou in

goes into the noon to 12:13..seg- guf8** on

ment, and “Mid-Day Headlines” is * \ showbeing switched into the 12:15 to

|Ed Peel

12:30 time

HollywoodVincent Price, who has made

several video appearances? makeshis telefilm bow in “Dream Job”

at Jerry Fairbanks Productions . . .

Sherman Harris is set as co-pro-ducer with Walter Thompson of aseries of five-minute dramatictelepix for Teevee Co. . . . LexBoyd of KRON-TV, San Francisco,in town to ogle the new Louis D.Snader telescriptions . . . Old Goldpicking up the tab for “Queen Fora Day.” which makes its debut onKECA-TV, Sept. 13, with JackBailey emceeing.

Sid Kuller will produce “OneThousand and One Nights.” vidpicscries based on the stdries by BenHechL Hecht will script and directat least eight of the half-hour tele-films . . . KTLA started signing onat 3:30 P. M., adding seven andone-half hour* weekly tn it« nkeri

. . . Don Dewar and Jack Boyd

Bill Hobin, who won his video• spurs as director of NBC-T\ s

I “Garroway At Large” show piec ewhich is currently closeted due lo

the web’s lack of time availabili-

ties, has answered Gotham’s sirencall. He’s joining producer MaxLiebman as director of the “Showof Shows” . . . Chi video packagerHerb Laufman is opening a NewYork branch . . . Old Gold has de-cided to pick DuMont’s “Down YouGo” Sept. 21. two weeks earlierthan the planned Oct. 5 kickoff. . . Dick Lewis Inc., Chi commer-cial art Arm. and Telepix. Holly -

• wood TV film outfit, have merged,j

Dick Lewis, prexv of the art c<>m-i nnnv. was elected veepee of the• hew organization . . . Charles Bai-ley. ex-Chl NBC scenic designe r,

now headquartering In New York... Harvey Lumber Co., remainsaboard WENR-TV’s “Mr. Fixum”for another 26 weeks. Art Young-qulst works the Mr. Fixum role . .

.

Jim Moran, car dealer turned videoemcee, has been given a lifetimehonorary’ membership in the Amer-ican Guild of Variety Artists.Moran is a major user of varlel.vtalent on his Friday night “Cour-tesy Hour" via WENR-TV . . .

ABC-TV’s “Super Circus” quernMary llartllne missed her first

telecast In three years Sunday *2’.

She’s vacationing . . . BowmanDairy and Swift are having another13-week go on WBKB’s “Creative

Georgette Heine,who worked with the Arena The-atre in N. Y.'s Hotel Edison last

LondonGeorge R. Foa telecasting his

ninth operatic program Sept. 9with his production of “LaBohenie" with Lilly Stanley, asinger from Crete, making hertelevision debut as Miml and Ken-neth Neate and Uella Toros aschief support. Charles Mackerras,Sadlers Wells’ youngest conductor,will direct the orchestra . . .

Patricia Neway, star of the re-cently produced "The Consul.”made her second television appear-ance In a program of folk songsand spirituals yesterday (4

»prior

to her return to the U. S. . . . C.usMacNaughton making his debut in

the third of series titled “TheLighter Side” presented < 1 2 • con-taining a humorous slant on cur-rent affairs in the holiday spirit

with Eleanor Summerfleld. ErnestMaxim and Ray Johnson and HarryNoble and Frances King providingsinging and character background.

ISSS Continued from pact 13

signing most acts on the strengthof the tele sector. They’ve alsobeen approaching top names tocome into the offices on thestrength of being able to get themtele shows. Since they’ll be un-able to deliver in that direction,there’s like’y to be considerablemovement from one agency to an-

other.

The packaging agencies harebeen hit even harder. As onepackager put it. “Why should thenetworks encourage us whenthey’ve got their own shows in

sell?” Situation has reached thepoint where the nets will give noguarantees to bundlers willing to

stand all costs of kinescoping a

show. This is in contrast to a

couple of yea^ ago when the nets

would shell out all or at least part

of the costs If the prospectuslooked worth while.

As with the case of talent agen-cies, the packagers’ sole hope*,these days, lies In the possibility

that they’ll be able to sell a pro-

gram when nets discard a show.

'The ad agencies are similarlyhit in such a situation. The Madi-son Avenue heroes, these days, are

the ones who can get a good slit*

of network time, and not those that

can put on a high-Nielsened p*agram.

The most modern method of teaching small

children to read— the method by which new

teachers &ie trained at Millersville State

Teachers* College—was recently featured on

• MSTC Presents** on WGAL-TV. Every

other Sunday afternoon at three o'clock,

living rooms in the WGAL-TV area become

schoolrooms for one-half hour. Hundreds of

adults learn broadening, worthwhile facts

about today's living, are taught new, help-

ful, skills. Professor George Anderson of

Millersville State Teachers* College is the

moderator on these educational telecourses

which have covered such subjects as: a series

ou the use of the slide rule; a program on

leather* orking; a demonstration and in-

struction period in carving; a program on

linolcuni cuts. Wide public interest, in this

one of many community service programs

carried on WGAL-TV, is evidenced in the

fact that after each show the station receives

an average of 180 requests for a copy of the

complete program proceedings.

LANCASTER, PINNA.A STEINMAN STATION • Cloif t. McCoMovgh, fra

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YOUR LUCKY STRIKE Qn O&d/o Tfiuuday /O’00

HIT PARADE On 17.80 Te&vOion SaUitidaa (0

radio thorsd

///n Your Lucky 7 Hines +hat you

w/w would have heard last Saturday

as determined by Your Hit Parade Survey, which checks the best

iV setters in sheet music and phonograph records, the songs most

mt heard on the air and most played on the automatic coin machines.

46 BAMO-TELEVISIOX Wednesday, September S, 1951

Television Reviewsfr P>f« 41

lions, to Ben Alexander, whosewife, in view of camera, phonescontestant who obviously mustwatch show at time to participate.

A question of the usual non-brain*racking type is asked and if an*swered correctly entitles person topick out pump. If a. number, con-testant gets dollars to that amount.If a star, scene shifts to trade-marked oil cans where anotherchoice is made with prize moneyto match. There is also a mysteryvoice gimmick for further reward.As much as $50 may be garneredin the oil pump and oil

tcan cate-

gories and $100 via .the 'mysteryvoice.

A exander is a facile, pleasingpersonality who handles the array

MOHAWK SHOWROOMWith Roberta Quinlan, MusicalCraftsman Trio, guests; BobStanton, announcer

Director: Dick SchneiderWriter: Ed Flynn15 Mins.: Mon.-Wed.-Fri.. 7:10 p.m.MOHAWK CARPET MILLSNBC-TV, from N. Y.

(George R. Nelson

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Returning for its third year

after a summer layoff, this showimpresses as an unpretentious andpleasing musical session. RobertaQuinlan carries the brief stanzawith her vocalizing and person*

couple of numbers In excellentstyle, standout being “SeptemberSong.*' Mel Torme, who teems tobe turning up on every TV showas either a guest or regular per-former, again guested on thisseries kickoff with a neat rendi-tion of “We Kiss in the Shadow"plus a duet with Miss Quinlan on“Pretty-Eyed Baby." Miss Quin-lan continues to use "EspeciallyFor You" as her theme. Herm.

Raft, Got Artrj Hanle

StaBs ‘Rock;’ TV DealHollywood, Sept. 4.

George Raft ankled Flying AProductions, telepix company*own-

ed by Gene Autry, after a hassle

Frisco Meetsri from pace II

ality with guest artists adcflng an 1

w jth Flying A on the contemplatedelement of variety to the format. ..Rocky Jordan” video series.Except for a closing jingle, the 7 ... , wl4 . ,

carpet company confines itself to Autry and his agent, Mitch1 0f Frank LaTourette, ABC western

of phones in front of him with ease ' one long plug midways. Bob Stan- Hamilburg. say the deal fell on1

division news manager, assisted by

cover news phases of the confer-

ence for CBS are Larry LeSeuer,

Charles Collingwood, Carroll At-cott, Lewis Shollenberger, DallasTownsend. Grant Holcomb, StuartNovins, Walter Cronkite. Don Moz-ley, Carroll Hansen and Bill Dorais.Bill Nietfeld, KCBS news director,

will assist on national radio broad-casts and direct KCBS coverage.

ABC’s Washington commentatorBryson Rash, assisted by Coast re-

porters and commentators ChetHuntley and Hank Weaver, will

participate in both radio and TVcoverage. Both radio and TVpresentations of the conference byABC will be under the supervision

and simpatico. Voice is superior ton handMng the commercial and it* face because Raft demandedand leisure paced registers effec-tively. An occasional tendency towink at the video viewers could bedispensed to advantage but this is

a minor flaw that does not detractfrom the overall solid appeal ofthe gamut. Lesley Alexander is alikable, attractive adjunct.

Viewers do not seem to mindoveremphasis of product since thechief attraction is giveaway angle.A well contrived attention sus-

tainer throughout. Ted.

occasional chatter chores in good the right to okay stories and thetaste. Whole show, jn fact, is director, and they felt to give inhandled with the kind of taste andinformality that builds good will

for the sponsor. Show’s selling

job makes it surprising that thesponsor, in a switch of agencies,has cancelled out after the initial

13-week period.

On the preem <3». Miss Quinlanbowed in the show by readingsome congratulatory wires fromthe NBC brass and delivered a

could mean their budget of $20,-

000 a vidpic could easily be topped.

Raft’s rep. Danny Winkler, con-tends the deal was nixed becausehe and Raft doubted the “quality"of telepix planned by Flying A.Winkler's now talking the samedeal with Harry Ackerman, CBS

Vic Reed, manager of the San Fran-cisco ABC news room.

A four-star team of NBC radioreporters, consisting of • MerrillMueller, former chief of NBC'sLondon Bureau; Alex Dreier, in

from Chicago; Elmer Peterson. LosAngeles, and Bob Letts. Friscocommentator, will cover the nego-tiations. H. V. Kaltenborn, flyingin from Korea, will also take a

v.p. In charge of programming on major part in the NBC lineup,the Coast. * NBC, in addition to the pool tele

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pickups, will also provide round-the-clock coverage of treaty ses-sions via a continuous kinescoperecording operation, which will beedited and combined with newsreelfilms for airing on NBC-TV newsshows. Kines are to be made off thescreen in N. Y.

A telephone installation costingapproximately $50,000, as well asan elaborate telegraph setup, arepart of the facilities being providednewsmen, envoys, notables andothers engaged in the business ofthe conference.

A major center of activity hasbeen established at the San Fran-cisco Press Club, with special tele-graph and radio facilities, to serv-ice the conference.

Hotels report absolute capacitybooking, with delegates absorbingmost available rooms. Over 1,000newshawks have registered, withhundreds turned away without cre-dentials to enter the conferenceconfines.

The city is hopping with* visitor?,,

many in foreign dress, with restau-rants jammed and tourist traps get-ting the play of their life.

Coailn«e4 from page IS

ison termed the reorganization a“must." because of the cut in net-work revenue tnat took effect July1 and the station's own decline inincome. Hutchison revealed plansto combine the duties of announc-ers and control board operators atthe studio and aslo to handle partof that work at the transmitter.He added:

“Selection of personnel to be re-tained will be made on the basisof merit and ability. As soon aspossible, we want to record thediction and voice of the controlboard operators and techniciansto determine those who are bestfitted for the combination opera-tion. Similarly, weight will begiven to the knowledge of controlboard operations and technicalmatters that the announcers mayhave. Seniority will be taken intoconsideration wherever possible."

SamoffContlMri from page 1)

the trade was the forecast on thepossible impairment of networkoperation in TV with the boom in

the usage of motion pictures onvideo programs. This, of course,is predicated on the extraordinar-ily high possibility of 80ro filmcontent for TV programs. Con-servatively, however. General Sar-noff sees TV programs comprising50ro celluloid but that doesn’tmeans that the big headliner showwill not best be served live-off-the-stage, rather than filmed.

The picture business* reactionsto the Sarnoff interview were oneof respect. The inevitability of theHollywood-TV mating has longbeen conceded, and both the RCAtopper and the film executivesagree that the top film product is

the best boxoffice insurance fortheatres in the battle against at-home gratis TV entertainment.

DagmarContinues from page 31

some of the dissenters on the wis-dom of '‘reinstating" her contract.

ABC Kines 'Dagmar Story*ABC-TV last week cut a kine-

scope audition of “The DagmarStory," situation comedy whichdeemphasizes the comedienne’ss.a. Kine, for which Dagmar (Jennyl^ewisi got $10,000 as packager,casts her as a television actress w hoIs the daughter of an apartmenthouse superintendent. It's a per-sonality change for the gal whosestint on NBC-TV’s “BroadwayOpen House" concentrated on herphysique.Gal is dressed in simple, but-

toned-up frocks, except for onescene in wh'eh *hes in her pro-fessional v -n. Cast includesEnid Mar '

•, as her mother, Robert

Emhardt at the father and JackCarney as her cousin.Show was produced by Leonard

Holton and directed by Bob Doyle.Kine is now making the rounds ofthe agencies.

» ThSeason

f startsSept.9

On September 9, another outstanding

season of the U. S. Steel Hour gets un»

der way. Among the top shows already

__ scheduled are The Glass Menagerie,

y? Twentieth Century, The Sea Wolf, Pyg.

fmotion, Oliver Twist, 1984.

The best plays v . . the best stars . ,

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V jr, for the best dramatic entertainment

A Lon radio. That’s been standard since

Theatre Guild on the Air began in 1945.

No wonder the U. S. Steel Hour has

become radio’s most-honored show.

UADIO-

Murray Bolen l* coming back to Hollywood to rein two radio shows—,

^=ao"

; 4 “Father Knows Best" and “Railroad Hour'*—for Benton & Bowles. He U * qcr il H I _ a* 1.. „ , |

succeeds Fran van Harteafeld. who wants to write and freelance fl3r l V0TQ I 1311.hrnm thP Yrnnliriion laPImM " Jack Rabin and Jerry Brewer, who scrip* “You Cant Take It With '.

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1 I UUI Ulv 1 1 UUUvUvII VvlIUvO o You.” are credited with the best comedy scripts of the summer and one !» Cantinnee from past M s Jo of the big reasons why the show is being held over into season by NBC worw «o DroVe his work or state*+»»»+ Harry Malzllsh is taking his sabbatical in the old home town of

™ ‘ p -Boston Tom O’Neill due out next week to relieve Willet Brown. ... .

f\ NEW YORK CITY . . .Don Lee prez, for a long-overdue vacation : . Arnold Marquis is pack- Martin claims his plan, which

. .. v . aging Cliff Arquette as emcee of a co-op audience participation show, went into effect on Sept. S, is aO-Neil. Uirson & McMahon. Chi Money, is opemn* a New York

. . savior for the .mall indies, .uchbranch on Madison ave. . . Bill Lawrence, former vocalist on Arthur

/jy CHICAGO ... n >. as his own.Godfrey shows êk in N. Y Vllma Kurrr. Viennese actress work-

Bj|lke| Mon%r cha irmnn of Northwestern's school of journalism radio Campaign is also aimed at newing for State Dept, radio amt ( US Kings Row . . . Julie Bennett into

division, is the new chairman of the Council of Radio Journalism. Hej

types of clients, those .who haven t

CBS' “Young Dr. Malone” and NBC's “Counterspy” tomorrow <Thdrs.> succeeds Floyd K. Baskette, University of Colorado journalism prof D,e ether because they don t

WMGM's Ted Brown, .Marty Gllokmen and Bert Lee, Jr., have F.mie Simon takes over next Tuesday <11» as solo hotd on WMAQ’s have the proper selling approach

been added to the Broadway team that will meet a Hollywood softball late-evening “Chez Show.” He replaces Pat .Murphy aod Maggie Daly,

or s^tup in certain areas. Smaller

squad at the United Cerebral Palsy Fund benefit at the Polo Grounds, . WGN-TV’s “Top Tunes With Trendler” returns to its Thursday

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companies, with no budget for •ell-

t<>morrow <Thurs.) Other participants include Eddie Cantor. Dagmar, night berth this week with Peggy Taylor and BUI Snary in as regular M*** campaigns, should bite on this

Fred Allen. Gus Lesnevich, Jack Eigen, tin* Falkenburg. Kitty Kallen, vocalists *. Don McNeill resumes toastmasfering .duties on^-ABC's .. *>'PC of promotion, he feel».vfc4

i

Denise Darrel. Carmel Myers. Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee and Wendy “Breakfast Club” Monday <1U> after an eight-week hiatus .. JimmyBarrie Guy Wallace, WFDR program manager, has resigned to join McConnell, grandson of WLS program director Harold Salford, madeIDdio Free Europe as executive producer; no replacement set yet his radio debut on station's Boh Atelier show last week. Tyro is 14 I C**ft4 I oLa


ments.

Martin claims his plan, which

Basket Mosse, chairman of Northwestern's school of journalism radio

as his own.. .

*

Campaign is also aimed at new

Radio Free Europe as executive producer; no replacement set yet his radio debut on station's Boh Atelier show last week.. Tyro is 14.

I DoHlAW illiam B. Templeton has joined Sherman $ Marquette as AM-TV dlrec- months old . W3BM documentary producer Skee Wolff and frau va- dull LdnC liuUlUtor; he had been with Kudrter as AM-TV production manager and di- rationing in Indiana . Otto Breminers has been upped to assistant frftm n A

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reeled the Milton Berle tele show C. H. Cottington. for past eight promotion manager for WMAQ and WNRQ. Chi NBC stations. Grant 1 " ™yearsÂM-TV veepee of Erwin. Wasey agency, has resigned Vlc'or Kriksieck and Patt Kimmick have been added to John Keyes’ promo- Highways." with Peggy Tangren, toZrmbruski. who airs Polish shows on several New England outlets, has tion crew'... Maryjane IMchman, WON ahief Frink Schrieber’s gal s | a ,t Sept. 0. at 9:45 a, m. willadded a “Polish Eagles” stanza on VV'IBX, Utica. Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. Friday, is new prexy of fhe women's division of the Tribune bowling ... * « , inciftMi

Bennett Korn. WNEW account exec, married recently in London to league ...“Dirk Till Dawn” ditty has been clefted by Georgie Weiss11,1 lMe t

luesi,on » DUl miiaem*

Jtloura Lympany, top British concert /pianist, who makes a N. Y. Town and Benny Benjamin for Dirk Courtnea^'s post-midnight WMAQ disk *Hy to the general subject of rais-

Hall appearance in October and leaves for a tour of 30 concerts in session of the same name. Ralph Flanagan may record .. Fran Rielly. 1 ing a moppet.European countries Carlton Fredericks, WMGM nutrition expert. Walt Sehwimmer Productions flack, in X. Y. on biz .. Rise Stevens of the nutlets sav thev

JHoura Lympany, top British concert,pianist who makes a N. Y. Town and Benny Benjamin for Dirk Courtnea^'s post-midnight WMAQ disk to 8<*neral subject or rais-

H ;• 1 1 appearance in October and leaves for a tour of 30 concerts in session of the same name. Ralph Flanagan may record... Fran Rielly. 'ing a moppet.European countries Carlton Fredericks, WMGM nutrition expert. Walt Sehwimmer Productions flack, in N, Y. on biz .. Rise Stevens Several of the outlets say theywill have his tome. “Eat. Live and Be Merry,” published by Paxton- set to guest on WGN’j Northerners airer Nov. 6 with Lauritz Melchior are tajking about some construc-Slade tomorrow <Thurs.) Mother of Wauhillau La Hay, N. W. Ayer coming in Dec. 4 . Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet back this week tjVe programming, but the only onepublicist, died Sunday in Muskogee. Okia , at the age of 86 Pvt. on WBBM with his nightly “Kup’s Column of the Air.” actually set to be aired is beingpublicist, died Sunday in Muskogee. Okia., at the age of 86 Pvt.

Danny Schwarts. ex-MBS press, now in Anchorage, Alaska . . On Sept.

17 ABC newscaster Taylor Grant starts a five-minute new? strip at 7

p.m., preceding his.“Headline Edition” Hobart Donovan, Coast radiowriter and producer, is recuperating in Roosevelt Hospital. N. Y,. froma broken back suffered in an accident in New York last week. He’ll behospitalized several months. Donovan was standing on a small balconvoutside the apartment of a friend when the supports gave way andpitched him into a yard several stories below,

/V HOLLYWOOD ...

on wtstSM wiin ms nigntiy hups column oi me Air. actually set to be aired is being'

M handled by Hal Zogg, KUTA disk

ijock. Zogg's 250-member Music

KSTP Bares Dope Peddling ! meet twice monthly and give teen-

^ agers a chance to hear hot music.Continued from pace 37 Group has brought in several mu-

pers. Included in its reports were,witness interview type for radio f*

ca * combinations. a!>d is arrang-

tape recordings and sound filmland has several hundred feet of Ldk* by members of ine

shots of the doctors and the mother sound film. A4»out 60 interviews Symphonj.

and stills of the dead youth, along and portions thereof were taped. ! Zogg plans to present the juve-

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' C ' Lk> /JCII I V'117/J/in shots of the doctors and the mother sound film. Aliout 60 interviews sympnoo.y.

fit fyfv f n \F\fi9 * • • an(l stiUs of the dead youth, along and portions thereof were taped. Zogg plans to present the juve-

John Hurley exited KHJ. where he was program manager, to join up with photostat ;; of the death cer-,

It ha;* used many stills on TV and nile delinquency problem to his

with a TV’ f m sheet Joe Bines pulled out for the east, with business tificate. coroner’s report, etc., ! brought to the mike many promt- club at next meeting, and arrangestops in N. Y., and social calls at Boston “Beulah” is still being backed with telephone recordings nent officials and other persons for selected members to appear ondogged by the jinx. Marlin Hurt, who originated the role, and Ken of the conversations in connection figuring in the story. Station feels his Sunday night sessions w’ith

Dolan, who owmed and packaged, have passed on and now Hattie with the findings.j

that it tinajiced the public informa- their opinions on what causes the

McDaniel, the radio and TV “Beulah." has been laid low by an ailment The Los Angeles Examiner also tion end 3T the investigation which trouble, and where the solutionwhich will keep her off the two shows for four months. Luckily A1 cooperated with KSTP. and KNBH now awaits FBI, grand jury and cor- lies. His approach of going to

Kabaker of Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample taped shows in advance through : is now “sitting

The Los Angeles Examiner also * tion end <SF the investigation which trouble, and where tin

operated with KSTP. and KNBH now awaits FBI. grand jury and cor- lies. His approach of

on the story to oner findings. Minneapolis news- tho>e involved, rather than to po-Nov. 9 Likely that Louise Beavers will fill in until McDaniel gets back guarantee a simultaneous release, papers gave KSTP full credit when lice, educators, and social workers

Jack Paar made one guest shot with Jimmy Melton on TV and KSTP and KSTP-TV have made using its news reports. should arouse interest, by virtue ofwithin a week got radio offers from Toni and Cannon Towel ... use of 40 tape recordings of the St. Cloud affair is not a KSTP its novelty if nothing elê.

Thanks, BILL MILLER, for the honor of playing your beautiful cafe.

Thanks, Walter Nye and Orchestra;‘

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Seth Babits; Mr. Bonardi; The backstage crew and everybody at the Riviera

RALPHCURTIS

Now Completing

2 BIG WEEKS

BILL MILLER S RIVIERA

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“flash in the pan.” Station pie- With a whole town up in armsviouslv had dug up other crime over a situation, radio has had anews beats and led a hunt for three golden opportunity to prove whatmen in .salved i.i the killing of a it can do, but whether because ofpoliceman, following the trio commercial commitments, lacks ofthrough five states and getting appreciation of the potential, orcredit for the eventual confession disinterest, the chance has beenof one of the fugitives after his muffed so far.

captnre. •——Hubbard always has taken an

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deputy sheriff “on the side’* and is

well known among the area's lawenforcement officers.

U. of P.(untimird from pace 3?

— And thanks, to the Press, for these wonderful notices:

“Terrific tenor."—F.AKL WILSON,New York Post.

“Brilliant youns tenor . . . Voice

glows like a stream of liquid silver

. . . His ’Vest! la Giubba' is a

smash.’’

—LEE MORTIMER, Daily Mirror.

“Curtis . . . showed a powerful

tenor volee of considerable quality

•and exceptional range ... No doubt

Curtis is a hit . . . His fancy sing-

ing Into various registers com-pletely caught the audience. It

applauded Curtis long and loudly'.’’

. . . RILL SMITH. The Billboard.

“IDs jt .iromlsing tenor. Can h\i

high notes with ease. There's an

Publicity:

MARVIN KOMN

unusual degree of lyricism andvigor In his pipes, and he has care-fully tailored arrangements.'-^JOE COIIEN. Variety.

“Curtis due to be heard from . • •

Has fine tenor voice; knows whatto do with It." —RUBE DOKIN.Morning Telegraph.

“Wowing them at the Riviera.”-—

PATRICIA EVERS, World Tfle-gram-Sun.

“Curtis, young romantic singing

sensation.'*—SHOW BUSINESS.

“A natural for TV and pictures.”—PAUL DENIS.

Personal Management:

ETHEL BURNSHotel !*lloclairoNew YerA, N. Y.

blackout on both collegiate andprofessional football. WCAU hassecured the broadcast rights to thecomplete schedules of both the •

Univ. of Pennsylvania and thePhiladelphia Eagies this season.

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In addition to all 16 exhibition(

and league games for the pro grid-;

dors, nine Ivy League contests will

be aired by WCAU. plus four reg-ular weekly football programs

—

“Grantland Rice Show.” “KickoffTime.” “CBS Football Roundup”

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and “Football Final.”The comprehensive schedule of

game broadcasts and football fea-tures was announced yesterdayi3> by Joseph T. Connolly, v p. in

charge of radio for the WCAU sia-

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fions; but the station has alreadyJ

carried three of the Eagles exhi-bitions contests—Pittsburgh Steel-

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ers. at Hershey, Pa., Aug. IR; De-troit Lions, Aug 27. and Los An-geles Rams, at Little Rock, Ark..Sept. 1.

Bill Scars will handle the play-by-play for all Eagles games,

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Byron Saam will handle the play-by-play for the Penn games, with

iBill Campbell, WCAU sports di-rector. doing the color and the com-mercialsThe new season marks the 20lh

consecutive year the Penn gameshave been hejird

, on WCAU. andthe games will be sponsored bythe Atlantic Refining Co., throughN. W. Ayer.

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Columbus—Sally Flowers. WLW- 1

C entertainer here, marked her i

i 500th telec ast of “Meetin’ Time atMoore’s” last Friday <31 ). Pro-gram debuted Oct. 3. 1949, as a15-minute, five-a-week affair but

,a month later was boosted to half-

{ hour, cross-the-board. In May,1950. “Mee.tln’ Time” svas piped to

J WLWD. Dayton, on the Crosley: three-city network, and Is the oniyITV program here regularly hitting

I a two-city audience.

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Wednesday, SfplfmWr S, 1951

^ essmanW. J. Bryan Dorn•'

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and our gratitude to Ken Murray

“ThU It a Story of Mea Who Believed

That the Load Matt Be Gaarded aad

Defended From tho Sky, aad Tbit It

the Story of How They Defended and

Gaarded It, a Proud and Unforgettable

Story—Litten and Observe, America, to

This, the Story of Your Air Foret”—

Kea Murray

EXTENSION OP REMARKSor

HON. W. J. BRYAN DORNor SOUTH CAIOUNA

IN THE HOU8E OP REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday , June 20, 1951

Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, there are

few. if any. television programs projected

over any network more popular than is

the Ken Murray show, telecast eachSaturday night over the ColumbiaBroadcasting System and its coaxial

system.Personally. I have always found it a

delightful, high-class hour of music,

dance, and a great variety of other popu-

lar divertisements. presenting to the

television audience the biggest namesand the costliest acts available In the

entire amusement world.

The humor dispersed is clean. It Is

always funny. It is devoid of even asemblance of ridicule of any person or

groups of persons. In my opinion, the

Ken Murray show has long since set a

standard of decency, decorum, andproper presentation—one that might

well be followed by all similar television

and even radio programs.

*j Mr. Speaker, nothing in a long, long

time, on any television screen, afforded

a great audience more pleasure than did

the Ken Murray show telecast on the

night of May 26.

The program was scintillating. _ Thestar of the show was at his best. Eachsucceeding act presented seemed to excel

the others.

Then, Mr. Speaker, the scene suddenly

changed. The show hit an entirely dif-

ferent tempo.Ken Murray no longer toyed with that

Internationally known big. black cigar.

Stepping completely out of character,

and for the first time on television, headdressed himself to a serious subject.

He was in perfect voice, and I am sure

thrilled his millions of viewer-listeners

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by his narration of the story of the

United States Air Force from the time

it wks established in 1907, and consisted

of a captain, a corporal, and a private.

He told of the epochal decision madeby the Arm/ to buy the first airship for

our Air Force in 1909. and carried his

narration down until this day of super-

sonic speeds and guided missiles.

Mr. Speaker, there is nothing that I

could say that could lend weight, addany beauty, give greater expression to the

appreciation of what the Americanpeople feel about their Air Force over

and above what was said by Ken Murray,

and which millions of Americans will

never forget.

For such of my colleagues as did not

chance to hear that dramtic story as

told by the great film luminary andmusical comedy star, I ask the unani-

mous consent of my fellow Members to

extend my remarks and include therein

the story of the United States Air Force,

written by Jean Holloway, a* told by agreat performer and a great American,Kenneth 4,KerT Doncord Murray, over

the network of the Columbia Broadcast-

ing System television.

The telecast was as follows:

Mr. Musrat. At various times during theseason we have saluted the men of the vari-

ous armed service forces of our country. To-night we are proud to present a tribute to theguardians of our sky. as written by Jean Hoi.loway. The Story of the United States AirForce.

The words you are about to hear, at well

as the pictures you will see, are concernedaltogether with men of dreams and visions.

They are concerned with the thrill thatsurged through the men who stood on theground at Kitty Hawk leas than half a cen-tury ago and watched the first man mountthe sky on wings of steel. They are con-cerned with the men who followed the Wrightbrothers up Into the universe, along thehighways of the winds and birds, and re-

mained there to keep watchful vigilance over

their country.This Is a story of men who believed thst

the land must be guarded and defended fromthe sky. And this Is the story of how theydefended and guarded It—a proud and anunforgettable story.

Listen and observe. America, to this thestory of your Air Force.

The crews of these planes come from every

State In the Union. They make up the

greatest Air Force In world history—your Air

Force. They have been writing world his-

The Ken Murray Showreturns to CBS September 8th

D’Arcy Advertising Company, Inc.

tory and American history across the akiea

in planes like this.

There is the F-64 ThunderJet, In use now 1

In Korea. And there Is the jet fighter waused when we first entered the war in Korea—the F-80 Shooting Star. And there is the

big baby—the B-36—the pride of the Air

Force. A bomber that can fly 5.000 miles,

drop the atomic bomb, and return. It can

fly from a base In the United 8tates to the

principal cltlea of Europe and back homewithout landing. It is the moet powerful

means of waging war and the most effective1

means of preserving peace in existence today I

Yea, the greatest Air Force in world history—

the realization of the dreams of many brsve

men.And where did it begin? When did the

first seeds sprout? What hour? What place?

To go back to the beginning you have to goback to a cold December morning In the year

1903. The brother* Orville and Wilbur

Wright, and the engines of history being

warmed up at Kitty Hawk on Kill Devil Hill.

Two bicycle makers from Dayton. Ohio, haveperformed the miracle men have dreamed of

for centuries. The first airplane la on her

way from America Into history. And so. the

flying machine crossed the horlaons to con-found the universe. And the Army took offi-

cial note of the occasion on August 1, 1907,

and Issued the following directive:

“An Aeronautical Division of thUr office la

hereby established to take effect this date.

This division will have charge of all matterspertaining to military ballooning, air ma-chine*, and all kindred subject*. Capt.

Charles Chandler, Signal Corps, la detailed

In charge of this division, and Cpl. EdwardWard and Pfc. Joseph E. Barrett will report

to Captain Chandler in this division underhis Immediate direction.

“James Allen,•*Brigadier General, Chief Siynal Officer

of the Army*There you are. There you aee the begin-

ning* of your Air Force—a captain, a corpo-ral. and a private. No hint here of the legions

to follow. No sign yet of the glory to come.That was 1907.

In 19C9, the Army decided to buy Its first

airplane. There It ts—according to Armyspecifications. It has a speed of 40 miles anhour, can carry enough gasoline to travel 125miles, and can transport two persona havinga combined weight of 350 pounds.

That’s Fort Meyer. Va. Over 7.000 spec-tators are there to watch the test. The Army,recognising the possibilities of aviation, ap-pealed to Congress for sn spproprlation topurchrse 20 planes.

As the years passed. Congress saw thingsIn a slightly different light, and by the ttmawar was declared In April 1917, the Air Divi-sion had 65 officers and slightly better than1,000 enlisted men. And even before ourentrance Into the war, the famed La^iyett#Escadrllle of American volunteers wIn combat overseas. Of that gro’

George made an Immortal atatemi

cable to these brave men. av*follow down the years.

‘ Far above thehigh In the firms*

earth, they fig?

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50 BAMO-TEUBVISIOX Wednesday, September S, 1051

WIND’s Chi AM Indie Pattern Sails

Through TV Seas With Record Biz

NCM FormulaPHILLIPS APPOINTED

AS COTTS ASSISTANT

Chicago, Sept. 4.

The blossoming of television in

stricted by the availability of TVnetworking facilities. Since there

vent of the quartet of TV stations;

i* not yet any cable or microwave

here. connection to the deep south and... . , .

. , , . . . i Operating round-the-clock since southwest, a number of col-this kingpin midwest mai*et ka4

1 1941 , WIND airs 42 newscasts daily. legfs in those sections of the coun-left little or no scars on indie radio on the hour and half hour, all of

, try wm not be able to participate

station WIND. In reviewing the 1 which are sponsored. Indie also in the plan when they play at

AMer’s role in the sound plus sight carries all the Chi Cubs baseball home. Included in this group is

WIND sale* chief John Carey games which *1 feeds to a dlO-station Oklahoma, which is expected to * administrative formula on the top1 , winu sales cniei jonn

j hnnimn and (h« Rpani .1 Am tka Miintru 1

operational level instead of the

prevailing practice of splitting

era. w.isu sa.es cn.ei a«nn midwest hookup and the Chi Bearsjfave 'the "top team in the country

told Variety that the station s coin pro football games fed to 20 out- this Vear. However, such schools .

50 f?r Jhis VW

Alets. Disk shows comprise the bal-

;

wil l be televised when they play down the middle.lH'r over last year. And the 1950 ance 0f the programming. Us

1 colleges in interconnected video Theory is that it permits for abusiness had set an alltime high ror

i 0 pm . to 4 a m. record sessions areas twin-selling concept that had paidthe 5 000-watter. consistently fly the SRO banner. Under the plan. 19 different off for the WNBC-T stations with

Indie is winding up its best sum- “WIND steadfastly maintains its, games will be televised during the record billings.

in 1

season, either in all parts of themer in its 32-year history ^nd is pate card.” Carey stated in answergoing into the winter season with to the now-standard query aixi.it

a backlog of orders destined to rate card adherence,maintain Or better the present 18^ Station keeps up with its publicupbeat. Billings are about equally service duties but insists the pub-split between local and national

accounts.Incidentally. Carey raised an in-

teresting point regarding spot pur-

chases by the major national adver-tisers. The machinery by which the

services be tailored to its overall

programming philosophy of a min-imum of chin music. During the

school year, a daily quarter houris given over to the Board of Edu-cation and a nightly quarter-hour

bigtime accounts and their agencies strip is set aside for transcribedparticipate in the spot market has

jbond and enlistment drive shows,

become so cumbersome and slow- station also airs a Sunday presenta-moving that in many instances the tion by the Northwestern speechavailabilities have been snapped up department.bv home town clients before the Ralph Atlass is WIND’S generalbig boys swing into action.

| manager and H. Leslie Atlass Jr.,

country or on a regional basis.

Twenty-nine different colleges will

participate in these games, repre-

senting virtually eery grid con-

ference in the country. This in-

cludes the Big 10. which hadbanned live TV last year before

the NCAA cracked down on indis-

criminate televising. Ten of the

First AC Video Show

To Be Beamed to PUDy

Without Coaxial CableAtlantic City, Sept. 4.

Without the coaxial cable, a tele-

vision show will be beamed fromthe Steel Pier here to receivers In

the Philadelphia district Saturday( 8 ). It will start at 10:30 p.m. andcontinue until 1:30 a. m. on Sun-day, during which time the thou-sands of Boardwalk strollers, plusnight club entertainment, and pos-

sibly the new Miss America, will

be subjects.

The show is sponsored by theUnited Funcf Campaign in con- »

junction with the Cerebral PalsyDrive in Philadelphia* and marksthe first time a direct broadcast hasoriginated here.

The telecast will be Jumped

#from its point of origin to a tower

‘Wilknn MlKir Rnnm I

at°P the 14-story Ambassador hotel,YllioUll imidll nuuui

j and from there to firetowers at

Charles Phillips, former sales

manager fpr TV spot sales at NBC,has been appointed by Ted Cott.

general manager of WNBC andWNBT, New York, as the assistant

g.m. for the AM and TV flagship

operations.Unlike the WCBS. WJZ (ABC)

or WOR local setups, encompass-ing both radio and TV adjuncts.

WNBC-T adhere to an integrated

RCA to String Along On

RCA notified NBC this week that

it was cancelling out on the Sat-

urday night Wayn«^ How'dl ‘‘Mu-

sical Merry-Go-Round” radio show.

29 colleges will have their games and instead was throwing in its

televised twice during the season, lot with the new “Meredith Will-

Batsto and Medford, some ' 20miles apart, and from there to thetransmitter at Roxborough. Pa.

From that point it will be tele-

vised over WFIL-TV, Philadelphia,channel 6 , as a part of a television

In addition to these, one or two son Music Room” program, heard 1 marathon to be conducted in Phil-

WIND’s tripod programmingpremise—news, musics and sports

— is seen as a strong factor in coun-teracting the video influence. Sta-

is the program director.

local games may also be televised Wednesday nights at 10:30.

in small video areas.j

RCA initially contracted for the

Also figuring in the NCAA plan Willson show for an eight-week

are the games to be telecast ex- August-September period, with

clusively by theatre TV and by Willson cutting 12 shows on the

CBS in color. Video theatres will Coast before leaving for London

New Orleans—Charlie Lake, ra-

,. ...... . ..

,

dio director for the Roosevelt Ho-t ion claims the highest out -of-home tel here, marks his 20th anni in ing with the theatres, the NCAA

air a completed schedule of 10games during the season, with all

to be exclusive to them. By work-

audience in the Windy City market radio this month, although he’sand points to a consistent improve- only 38 He started on KOY,ment of its ratings despite the ad- Phoenix, in 1931.

*

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25 Yoars Commercial Radio

Still available for more emceeing andCommercial TV announcing.

Call JOHN GIBBS—PLaza 7-5959

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will be able to determine the effect

of big-screen video on gate re-

ceipts. CBS colorcasts, wjiich will

include nine games, are not ex-pected to throw* too much light onthe outcome, because of the neces-sarily small audience available for

the color transmissions this sea-son.

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TeleprompterContinued from put 32

and the overseas premiere of the“Big Show.” RCA has now de-cided to go for a full 39-week cy-

cle. with Willson emanating theshow* live from New* York uponconclusion of the 12 taped shows.

J. Walter Thompson Is theagency.

adelphia for

campaign. .

the cerebral palsy

Salt Lake City—Arthur Gaeth,former Mutual news commentatorwho represented all nets at thoNuremburg trials, has given up hisInterraountaip Network news showand left for Honolulu, where hewill head the news and specialevents department at KULA.

shows the following business sign-

ed by Teleprompter.

1. One year contract for be-tween $25,000 and $30,000, withBenton & Bowies, as agents for

Procter & Gamble. Contract can-l cellable in 13-week segments.

2. Indefinite contract, with Cal-kins & Holdens, advertising agentfor Stokeley-Van Camp, sponsorand producer of “Little Show.” It

is cancellable on one week’s noticeand calls for $10,000 in fees for afull year.

MacPherson’s Boot NodMinneapolis. Sept. 4.

Under consideration by CBS asa regular announcer on the weeklyfight broadcast. Stu McPherson^WCCO staffer, has been named to

broadcast the ‘‘Fight of the Week”featuring light heavyweight Ar-chie Moore, over the network to-

morrow* night (5).

BBC also is having MaoPhersonbroadcast the Turpin-Robinsonscrap this month. He formerly wasa BBC sports announcer in Lon-don.

‘Lucy* Rents GS Lot

Hollywood. Sept. 4.

Production begins this week onthe Desi, Arnaz-Lucille Ball tele-show “I Love Lucy.” followinginking of what is believed to bethe biggest studio rental deal in

3. Ye.r contract with CBS forj

<*•*». video history. "Lucy" will

two television shows weekly. It is j° a General Service Studios un-

oral and for a $30,000 fee.

4. Oral agreement with ArthurGodfrey and his video show*, can-cellable in 13-week segments, forabout $20,000 a year.

der a lease deal signed by CBSand Desilu Corp.CBS execs had come west to

scout a site for the series of 52half-hour vidfilms and had eyedtheatres as well as studios before

5. Various experimental and setting the deal. General Serviceone-shot shows bringing a total of topper James Nasser predicted the

WW- deal will set a pattern for futureThe teleprompter is an electri- operations,

cal device which visually promptvideo performers by displaying theenlarged lines of the script in let-

ters about one inch high. Someunits are fixed permanently in thestudio. Others are mobile and arepushed about the set. At the timeof hearings in mid-April therewere only 13 units in existence,hut an additional 100 were onorder.

Eileen BARTONSTARTING SERT. 11 Mi

THE BILL GOODWIN .

SHOWNQC-TV

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la Idaho's Patiloas Magic Volley

Ask HOLLINGBERY

ARC at Twia Ralls. Idaho

They Know What’s Watt

Down in WFIL-adelphia

NielsenContinued from pare 32

her of radio homes reached by anevening radio show* at 5.908.000,while a nighttime TV program hits

13.310.000“Abandonment of radio, in favor

of TV. is a most hazardous ventureat this time.” Nielsen claims. “Ifyour product is widely used, youcan’t afford to neglect the vastsmall-town and rural markets.”

Survever’s argument is that themost effective method is to blendthe two media.

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WMPS’ U. of Tenn. DealMemphis. Sept. 4.

WMPS. Memphis’ ABC affiliate,

will carry for the second consecu-tive season the full schedule of theUniv. of Tennessee football gamesfor 1951. U. of Tenn. walked off

with the Cooton Bowl title last

year.

Nine games will be aired byWMPS with Westinghouse andRayco picking up the tab.

Ad men who’ve taken a good

look at the Philly radio marketknow one thing for sure -It’s

not Just the power, it’s tha

selling power that counts.

That’s why more and moreof them are turning to WFIL,Philly ABC net voice . whose 5,000

watts actually outpull 50,000

watts In 11 out of 14 counties

In America's third largest Retail

Trading Area.^

And it’s the whole Philly area i

—not the city alone—that is mostj

significant to the sales-wise. *r

Here are 4,400.000 men, women, :

and minors. Every year they soak

up $4 billion worth of retail1

goods. Their effective buying in-

come is valued at $6,638,759,000.

A plum ripe for tha picking,

plus a big bonus area . • . and the

ladder to the top of the tree has"560’ r written all over it. It’s anengineering fact that WFIL’s5,000 watts,. operating at 560

kilocycles, give coverage equalto 100.000 watts at double thefrequency . . 1120 kilocycles.

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To Those Who Helped ToHoe The Row —

MY CAST - MY BRAINSDURWARD KIRBY

KEN CARSONDENISE LOR

ILENE WOODSHOWARD SMITH

and His

Barefoot Philharmonic

MY WRITERS -BILL DEMLING

JACK ELINSON

ROLAND SCOTT

VIN BOGERT

RALPH GOODMAN

HERB SANFORD— Producer

CLARENCE SCHIMMELL

HATTIE COLBERT

— Director

— Secretary

AND to CBS -for a great deal of faith

To my TV CREW -for a great deal of patience

To my SPONSORS -for a great deal

MY HEARTFELT THANKS !

GARRY MOORE

Madigan to Head New TV

News, Events Dept at ABC To Be Emcee of Network

Name Band-Vande LayoitIn line with the major networks'

projection of disk jockeys into webpersonalities, NBC has pacted withBob Snyder, deejay broadcastinglocally in the Albany, N. Y., area,for a half-hour ride on the full net>work Sunday nights as emcee of aname band-variety layout. Show,which starts Sept. 16 in the 11:30p. m. to midnight period, will bapicked up from the Crooked LakaHotel, near Albany.

Snyder, who also promotes pack-age shows for hotel and niter?rooms in upstate N. Y., is handlingthe talent for the program in con-junction with General Artists Corp.Bands are to be booked into thaCrooked Lake spot for the singleSunday night each week, and will

be paid a guarantee against per-centage for playing an entire eve-ning's dance date. Snyder will

then cut in for the NBC spread forthe half-hour airtime.Woody Herman has been set for

the preem, with Shep Fields slated

to follow. Different name vocalist

is to be spotted with the variousbands each week. Show, which will

originate via the facilities of WGY,Schenectady, will start as a sue*

tainer.

rolling will receive plenty of pub-licity in its trade organs.

Tentative program schedule,which now has Mike and Buff Wal-lace’s "Two Sleepy People” airingfrom 10:39 to 11 a. m. cross the-

board. will have Mel Torme star-

ring in a variety show, to be airedcross-the-board from 5:30 to 5 p. m.starting Sept. 17. White is also

lining up a children’s show, to beaired from 5 to 5:15 cross-the-

board, and a feature to be aired ona strip basis from 5:15 to 6:15. Alsoin the works is a half-hour kidshow Saturday mornings, a featurefilm following the football gamesSaturday afternoons, and a remoteshow from a zoo or museum aroundN. Y. on Sundays White also said

he is reserving the 2 to 3 p mSuhday slot for what he averredwould be "the most exciting showin TV," but he declined to elabo-

rate on that.

Web is paying talent the basic

Television Authority scale for its

color programming, despite thelack of set circulation. White said

the web’s experience so far hasshown that color shows can be pro-

duced less expensively than simi-lar black-and-white programs, if

only because the added impact of

color reduces the need for expen-sive sets and props. A11 color pro-grams, incidentally, are to origi-

nate henceforth from CBS’ Studio42, in the Grand Central building.

N. Y.

Claiming to be near the inking

Stage with several prospective

sponsors for its color TV program-

ming, CBS is proceeding rapidly

towards its 26 hours per weekschedule, which is grooved for

reaching by mid-October.

Web revealed this week that it’s

pitching to agencies to "forgetabout the number of sets around’’and to think of the merchandisingand promotion angles to be de-rived from plumping for colorsponsorship. As a reslult. it's

probable that the first bankrollersof tint programs will be diggingthe money out of their promotionfunds rather than from their ad-vertising budgets.

According to Henry White. CBScolor coordinator, and Bill Hylan,color sales chief, most of the ordersin the house now are contingenton the placement of receivers in

'‘certain areas"—which are prob-ably department stores, since thatIs where the programs will be seenby most viewers. While it’s ex-pected that some 60,000 color re-ceivers may be on the market byJan. 1, even that number won’tprovide the necessary circulationfor any hefty outlay of ad coin.But CBS is telling the agenciesthat the possibilities are almostlimitless for dealer promotions andmerchandising angles in color•tores, directly related to color.

Publicity Payoff

Part of the CBS thinking, forexample, is based on the fact thatbankrollers would be interested inshowing their wares in their natu-ral tints before viewers in a de-partment store, if they knew thatthe same viewers could take an ele-vator inside the same store and buythe article displayed. Also figur-ing in their pitch is the publicitypayoff, both consumer-wise andtrade-wise, expected from colorsponsorship. For example, it’s

considered almost a certainty thatthe first fabric house, dress outfit,

etc., that springs for color bank-

BBC Boys 1st Com ’I Show

With Orson Welles’ ‘Lime’

Towers Preps ‘Ballerina’

"Lives of Harry Lime." OrsonWelles-starrer based on his "ThirdMan*’ characterization, has beenbought by the British BroadcastingCorp., first time the BBC has pur-

chased a commercially-producedshow. Harry Alan Towers, whoseTowers of London firm producedthe transcriber, visited N. Y. last

week to confer with execs of MGMRadio Attractions, which is releas-

ing the series in the U.S.

Margot Fonteyn, leading Sadler’sWells ballerina, is starring in a

new airer which Towers is produc-ing. Titled "Ballerina.’’ it features

the dancer talking about the ballet

and introing disks of choreographicmusic. It will be similar to theseries which Sir Thomas Beechamdid for Towers, beamed in the U.S.

on WQXR. N.Y., and other long-hair outlets. Like the Beechamshow, it wiU be released throughthe Towers of America sub6id.

The "Lime" stanza. Towers re-

ported. has started commerciallyin Australia and soon will be re-

leased In New Zealand. South Afri-

ca and Canada. It’s already beingbroadcast, in translated form, in

Germany. France. Sweden andDenmark, with other language edi-tions being planned.

Welles, besides acting in “Lime,”has also written some of thescripts. Others have been pennedby Peter Lyon, Robert Cenedella.Sigmund Miller, Irving Ashkenazi,Bud Lesser and Virginia Cooke.Zither-player Anton Karas is in-

cluded in the musical background-ing.

In addition to "Lime.” Towershas the "Grade Fields Show.” re-

leased in the U S. via MGM RadioAttractions, and "Allan JonesShow.” released here by Lang-Worth. He also handles foreign dis-

tribution of MGMRA and FredericW. Ziv shows. Ziv’s “Bold Ven-ture,” Humphrey Bogart-LaurenBacall transcriber, has just beensold for Australia. Additionally,Towers buys outright the foreignrights to some of the programs ofsmaller transcription firms.

Besides selling to the sterlingblock market, Towers sells pro-grams to Radio Luxembourg, pow-erful commercial outlet that beamssponsored shows to Britishers. Hisshows comprise about three-quar-ters of the non-disk jockey offer-ings on Radio Lux.

UTP Names Beckwith

In Expansion More‘United Television Programs, in

a major expansion move, has

named Aaron Beckwith, former

commercial manager of WAGE.Syracuse, to the newly-created post

of general sales manager. He’ll

coordinate all sales, both locally

and on a national basis, and also

expand his sales force with the ad-

dition of several new staffers to

work on the road.

Besides boosting its sales organ-ization. UTP has also moved intonew and larger homeofflee head-quarters in N. Y. Expansion is

made necessary by the recent dealto handle distribution on all prod-uct turned out by the Kling stu-

dios. as well as that of Bing CrosbyEnterprises, which it has syndi-cated for some time.

Beckwith at the start will addtwo men to UTP's current roster ofseven. He plans to take a trip onthe road himself in the near fu-ture to survey exactly what stationsand advertisers want in the way offilms for TV.

Chicago. Sept. 4.

In a last-minute switch, WCFLhas again come up with the Chi*cago Cardinals pro football broad-casts. Sinclair Oil. which ownsthe rights to the Card schedule,had planned to move the games to

WJJD, since latter station is

a daytime-onlv operation, involv-ing a farm-out of the night gamesand West Coast contests, the oil

company decided to switch to

WCFL.Sinclair’s tab will be shared by

the Goebel Brewing Co.. *»hich will

bankroll the exhibitor -es.

Joe Boland will do !h<? play-by-play during the exhibition sched-ule and color on the regular games,with Bob Elson handling the playcalling.

WCFL. which has carried thoCards' airings for the past threeyears, is expected to make a strongbid for the rights next season.

Bigelow Moves BaseHollywood, Sept. 4.

"Bigelow Theatre" moves its

production base from Jerry Fair-banks to the Vogelin Corp. at Gen-eral Service studio for the start ofthe new fall series. It was theVogelin outfit that produced "ThePharmacist's Mate” for PulitzerPrize Playhouse last season.On the takeoff Irving Pichel will

direct "The Big Hot” (sun*, withFrank Woodruff as supervisor forYoung & Rubicam. Robert Hus-sey casts the series for the agency.

For fhe Best in DancingKPIX, Frisco Indie TV’er

Boosts Rate Card 1 /3San Francisco, Sept. 4.

Latest rate card issued by KPIX.indie television outlet here, booststhe Class A hourly rate up to $600from $450. Class B rates are upfrom $340 to $450, and Class Cfrom $225 to $300.

New rate card, which gives ad-vertisers the usual six-month pro-tection, provides frequency dis-counts for the first time, rangingup to 20% for a maximum fre-quency of 250 or more times.

Choreography, by

CovrtMV *f M-O-MNow appearing withDONALD O'CONNOR

la "THE MILKMAN”(Unlvarsal-IntornatlonaO

Mimpant WILLIAM MORRIS AfiKNCV

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*"*SAl£$Starting Third Season

CBS PREPS ‘QUESTION’

SERIES ON JAP TREATYChoreography and All Musical Staging

CBS Network Saturday Nights, 8-9 P.M

CBS will launch a new publicaffairs show, "Big Question," Sept.9. by filming a half-hour panel dis-cussion among delegates to theJapanese peace treaty conferencein San Francisco the day before,and flying the film back to N. Y.for transmission. "Question” is tobe aired Sundays from 6 to 6:30p. m.With Charles Collingwood as

moderator and emcee, the series is

to range in format from individualinterviews to panel discussions onthe "big question" each week incurrent events. It’s being pro-duced by the CBS news and publicaffairs division.

• ARTHUR MURRAY SHOW• ALICE IN WONDERLAND• LOUISVILLE OPERETTA COMPANY—2 SEASONS• BIRMINGHAM STARLIGHT OPERA

• ST. LOUIS MUNICIPAL OPERA

• MEMPHIS OPEN AIR THEATER

• MEXICAN HAYRIDE (SPECIAL CHOREOGRAPHY)

Results from WJSK-TV *K*w, 1b4mDoy"— 30-pioco MU of iloinlMi Staal cut-

lory retailing for $4.9$ apirn, sold 41

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Cedar City, Utah—KSUB, localMutual and Intermountain Net-work outlet, has started recordingmessages by wives and children tobe sent to soldiers In Rorea. Vet-erans of Foreign Wars has beensponsoring the program of gettingrelatives to town to wax their talks.First cutting session had about 20before the mikes.

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The Latin Quarter is an exploitation “natural.**

Within recent weeks The Saturday Evening Post,

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MClBSmti-MISIC Wnln«d«y, S»pt™W 5, 1951

Jocks, Jukes and Disks.By IIF.RM SCHOENFELD

Orch: ‘The

Sheet SeDers

make this taffy-pull come alive, i

Waltz on the reverse is an improve-ment with Camarata furnishing a :

lush string background to Cherry's !

strong delivery of the lyric.

Elliot Lawrence Orch: “Quick"-“Sixtv Minu.e Man”' (King*. utw-rencc’s hep crew registers brightly

oh thisf coupling of rhythm tunes.

“Quick” with Rooalind Patton

j

handling the vocal, rides smartly1

and rates as a solid juke item.

. Reverse is an off-color time slanted

for the blues and rhythm market,Melvin Moore vocalling.

Platter Pointer*

RCA Victor has followed up last

year's “Design For Dancing'' albumseries with four new sets featuring

• Freddy Martin’s orch on JeromeKern tunes. Ratph Flanagan on

1 Rodgers A Hammerstein numbers.Vaughn Monroe on Cole Porterstandards and Wayne King o^Frans l*har waltzes. Albums are

Ralph Flanagan

Blues From ‘American In Paris'

“Love Is Here to Stay” (Victor*.

Flanagan's arrangement of a theme

from one of George Gershwin's

major compositions is probably

the best side this crew has sliced

for Victor. Handled in a dance

tempo closely grooved to the

original piece, this cut has a big

pop potential, particularly in view

of the resurgence of Gershwin

oldies expected with Metro’s re-

lease of the “American In Paris’’

pie. Flanagan’s keyboard style,

showcased on disks from the first

time, is simple and tasteful. TheGershwin standard on the reverse

is handled conventionally. HarryPrime vocalling competently.Cass Diley-Hoagy CarnPrhael:

“Woman Is a Five-Letter Word"-"I’m Waiting Just For You” <Dec-ca*. This duo's applejack warbling grooved along the same commercial

(Week ending Aug. 25

1

London, Aug. 27.

Too Youi\g . . SunMy Truly Truly Fair . . DashMy Resistance Is Low . MorrisIvory Rag MacmelodlesWith These Hands KassnerToo Late Now . . World WideJezebel ConnellyI Apologize VictoriaBe My Love FI) A II.

Unless F.D.&H.Loveliest Night F.D.&H.On Top of Old Smoky. .Leeds

Second 12Shotgun Boogie ... ConnellyMockin' Bird Hill . SouthernChr’st’ph’r Col’mb’s. ConnellyTulips and Heather . . . Fields

Sweet Violets MorrisOur Very Own Wood ,

God Bless You ... CarolinBeggar In Love. . CinephonicPetite Waltz LeedsYou Are My Destiny . SwanSmoky Mountain . . . ConnellySeptember Song . . . Sterling

has had mot* kick than is evidenton “Womaifr a clever tune in a

Calypso vein. Side sounds tired

and offers no competition to theoriginal hoked-up version by theHarry Ranch orch for M-G-M.Flip Is delivered with a strongerOzark bite and rates juke spins.

Doris Drew: “Where’s-A YourHouse '-“I Wish I Wuz” (Mercury*.“Where’s-A Your House” shows

lines as the first sets by these orchs.

Bernle Mann’s orch has a fair side

in “Down Where The RainbowEnds.” Tommy Hughes and SanduScott vocalling (King* . . . CalTjader Trio deliver some intricate

instrumental on “Ivy” and “GiveMe The Simple Life” (Galaxy; . .

Fran Warren delivers okay on“Tryin’ Too Hard” for Victor . . .

On the same label. Henri Rene

Pre-Release Test

Of Its Disks Being

Studied by Victor

‘RH’ Logging SystemWeek of August 24-30

Richard Himber’s log of broadcast performances, compiled on basis

of varying point ratings lor plugs on commercial and sustaining pro-grams logged in each of the 3 major territories, Sew York , Chicago andLos Angeles.

First GroupSongs Publishers

Because of Rain MaypoleBecause of You— t“I Wa* Aif American Spy” BMIBonne Nuit—’’Here Comes the Groom” FamousCome On-A My House . DuchessDimples and Cherry Cheeks * . . LeedsEverything I Have Is Yours—“Strictly Dishonorable” MillerGo Go Go Go—t“Here Comes the Groom” FamousHello Young Lovers—“The King and I” WilliamsonHow D’va Like Your Eggs In Morning—f'Rich. Young. Pretty .. FeistHow High the Moon ...... ... . . 'r>, ChappellHow Many Times PaxtonI Cot Ideas H&RI’m In Ix>ve Again CrawfordI’m Late—“Alice In Wonderland” DisneyIn Cool Cool Cool of Evening—t“Here Comes the Groom” ParamountIt Never Entered My Mind ChappellJezebel BMILoveliest Night of the Year—t“The Great Caruso” RobbinsMaybe It’s Because I Love You BerlinMister and Mississippi ShapiroMorning Side of the Mountain. Remit

k

My Truly Truly Fair SantlyOut of Breath ValandoShanghai AdvancedThere’s No Boat Like a Row boat BourneThese Things I Offer You ValandoToo Young JeffersonWe Kiss In a Shadow—*“The King and I” WilliamsonWonder Why—“Rich. Young A Pretty” RobbinsYou’ll Know—”His Kind of Woman” Chappell

enterprise in following up on the orch has a couple of more seriouscurrent “Come On-A My House" sides in “Intermezzo” and "Moon-click. hut little else. It’s an iinita-

Jlight Sonata” . . . Eileen Wilson

tive item with no single twist of has a neat side in “Cold Coldits own to set it apart from the Heart” iDccca* . . . Les Baxteroriginal. The deadpan treatment orch and chorus give a high com*by Miss Drew doesn’t help to hide

, mercial gloss to the ballad, “You’llthe carbon fuzzes. Reverse is a Know” ‘Capitol* . . . Mills Bros.promising folk -styled numberwhich Miss Drew handles withsuitable brightness

Margaret Whiting: “And So ToSleep Again’-’Beer Barrel Polka"(Capitol *. “Sleep”ballad with goodcould be the material Miss Whit-ing has needed to break throughfor a new hit. She sells., it w ith a

warm straightforwaid renditionReverse is a rousing remake of

the standard.Eddie Fisher: “Turn Back the

Hands of Time ”-“I Can’t Go OnWithout You" (Victor*. “Hands ot

j

Time” 'is in the “My Heart Criesfor You” format, and Fisher pro-jects strongly with an assist fromthe Hugo Winterhalter orch and

I

chorus. The waltz tempo, folk

flavor and familiar refrain haveproved to be click ingredients in

the current market, and could re-

peat here. Bottom deck is a big

torch number, also on the familiar

side. Fisher delivering with com-mercial full-piped sentimentality.

Ted Mack: “Just a Real OldFashioned Sunday" - “We’re In

Love. We’re In Love. We’re In

Love” (Premier*. Ted Mack, of

the NBC “Family Hour” show, andeo-author of “Sunday.” works out

on a folksy narration midway onthis slice that will probably help

this side’s chances among the

Mack fans. Musically, tune is okay,with Ray Charles chorus handlingthe lyrics in a pleasing arrange-ment. On the reverse, Jan Bartdelivers a high tenor rendition of a

slightly arty waltz ballad.

Giselle MacKenzle: “J’Atten-drai”-“My Greatest Love” (Capi-

tol*. Giselle Mackenzie. Canadian!songstress currently featured onthe “Club 15” airer w ill In* a i

.strong factor on disks with theright material. “J’Attendrai" is

a good ballad, but it takes a tunethe stature of “La Vie Kn Roseto break through the Gallic lan-

guage barrier. This one isn’t

quite good enough. Reverse, anadaptation of a classical musictheme, could he a hit-list con-tender if the jockeys give this

class side « proper break.Andrews Sisters: “Love Is Such

A Cheat” - “Lying In The Hay”< Decca*. Two good sides etc hed b>the Andrews Sisters'during their curris jet-propelled material which thetrio belts across with lots of steam.Number could take off on the basisof this side. For a change -of-pace.

the oldie on the reverse gets a

softly rhythmic rendition.Ray Noble Orch: “Loretta" - “1

Win! To lie Near You" 'Victor 1

.

Ray Noble's crew, recently rejoined

fail to impress on "I Ran All TheWay Home” (Decca* . . . Bob Ebrrlyhas an okay slice of “A Kiss ToBuild A Dream On” for Capitol.

Standout western, folk, blues,is a melodic fhvthm. religious, polka, etc.:

chances andj Terry Timmons. “Eating My HeartOut For You” ‘Victor* . . . WynonieHarris. “Man. Have I Got Troubles”(King* . . . Boots Faye A IdahoCall. "You Tried To Ruin MyName” (Capitol* . . . Johnnie AJack. “Humming-Bird” (Victor* . . .

Oakie Jones. “You’re Just Imagina-tion" 'Columbia* . . . Curley Kin-sey, “1 Don't Want You Now”(Mercury* .. . . Homer A Jethro.“Sound Off No. 2” (Victor*.

With, the Initial phase having Second Groupended in RCA Victors at.oinpt to

Belle, My Liberty Bell .. Oxfordget a scientific pre release appraisal

, „e My Love—fToast of New Orleans" Millerof its disks, the <hskei> execs are

L>:,rk Is the Night—t“Rich. Young & Pretlv" Feistcurrently studying the results sub- m y Keally Love Me BVCimtted by the Schwerin research Knd o( 4 u>ve Affair Duchess^tfit. Schwnn. which ilsopri'.

if You Turn Me Down Jeffersontests shows for NBC. had been

i^,ne50mf snd Sorry .; Mills

r«“.“8JKTto‘5r55 1*•»*» uo.

BUDDY SAVin HELD AS

WITNESS IN DOPE CASE

at its N. Y.

eight weeks. . ,

Victor execs voiced confidence[that the experiment would provefruitful, although they said that

several more weeks would be need-ed for the tested disks to get a

public reaction. They also admittedthat several inaccuracies had de-

;

veloped early in the testing whichwere later corrected.. It’s likely

that Victor will continue to work

|

along with the Schwerin research-|

ers until a conclusive result, oneway or another, is found.

Purpose of the test was tu give

,Victor an idea which of Its releaseshad the greatest potential. If there

1is any correlation between’ theclinical and public reaction. Vic-

tor would be able to plan promo-tion accordingly, with possibility

i

that some disks would be held backfrom the market completely.Schwerin has been conducting thetests with a cross-sectional sam-pling of people who have been in-

vited to make comments on theVictor sides several weeks beforerelease.

Make Believe I^md BVCMixed Emotions RogerMy Day Dream WingsMy Magic Heart Simon 11

Mv Resistance Is Low , MorrisSong Is Ended BerlinSweet Violets f . . MorrisWang Wang Blues . MillerWe Never Talk Much— “Rich. Young A Pretty” ... RobbinsWhile You Darned Danced Danced SpitzerWith These Hands . ~ bloomWorld Is Waiting For the Sunrise a Crawford

R H Tele-LogtWeek of August 23-29*

( .VtiMierirally Listed

Philadelphia. Sept. 4.

Burton Schwartz. saxophone

player known professionally as

Buddy Savitt. was held in bail, in

Atlantic City, as a material witnessagainst two men. who allegedlyso*d him heroin capsules.

Savitt. who was playing at an I

Atlantic City night club, had been i CLyilmimwi Hilljit* xunder surveillance by the narcotics ,

uDnUHidn'lldllcil 5

squad, and on his information po-

lice picked up Henry Pinkston, of

Atlantic City, and Joseph Newbold.of Morristown, N. J.. both of whomwere held in bail for the action ot

the Grand Jury.

Radio Luxembourg’s

Lone Yank Disk JockLuxembourg. Aug. 27. _

Wally Peterson, who’s been han-dling an hourly cross-the-boardplatter show on Radio Luxembourg,heads for London next month to

start rehearsals for “South Pacific”

in which he’ll have the role of theProfessor. Believed to be the onlyAmerican disk jockey in Europe• outside of the Armed Forces Net-

.

sol° operates the

work which is essentially for U. Sj

«-*nd Symphony Ballrooms in Bos-

t - in I)- I a troops*, he came to England in 1947 ! ton; Roseland in Taunton; and the

ent tour •‘Che-1*” Nvi, h th<‘ ori R inal ‘‘Oklahoma” cast. 'Sun Valley Ballroom in Worcester.

JiL Petersons program is labeled 1 For the summer these operate

Terpery Partnership

A Longtime Biz Assn.Charlie Shribman and band-

leader Mai llallett, longtime part-

ners. this summer converted their

C’harleshurst terpery at Salem Wil-

lows, Mass., into a giant soda foun-

tain and have beon weathering the

season okay that way. This is the

first ballroom in which both wereassociated, among the severalothers which Shribman operates

individually. The pair are alsopartnered in a howling alley

PU.1. Mister A Mississippi . 100

2 Too Young 70

3. Loveliest Nile of Year 604 Shanghai 605. I Get Ideas Hill A Ranee 55

6. Because of Ypu 50

7. Cara Cara Bella Bella 50

8. Cool Cool of Evening 509. Because of Rain 40

10. Come On-A Mv House 4011. Everything Is Yours 4012. Maybe Because 1 Love You 4013. You’re Just In Love 40

Ebbins Inks Actress

i To Widen P.M. Activity

Hollywood. Sept. 4.

Milton Ebbins. who has hereto-fore concentrated (on musical tal-

ent. entered the acting division bysigning a contract as personal man-ager for Barbara Ruick. 18-year-old

i daughter of radio actress LureneTuttleRulck’s

MINDY CARSON RENEWS

WITH RCA LONG-TERMERMindy Carson has been renewed

by RCA Victor to a long-term re-

cording pact via a deal negotiatedby the songstress’ manager-hus-band. Eddie Joy.Added feature of the new deal

“Time on My Hands.’’ He’ll con-tinue the show on tape from Lon-don after he assumes the “SP”stint. Through his use of the oldVincent Youmans number as a

theme the tune may be revived

—

at least in this part of Europe.Decca reportedly is interested in

cutting the oldie when the platter

calls for Victor to absorb costs ofEbbins engineered Miss t future disking sessions. Usual run

I

miufis new seven-year pact atj

of pacts, except for a handful of,n

|

Metro by bringing her to the at- top names, provide* that costs ofTaunton, Mass., while Shribman

(

tention of Metro veepee Marvin record sessions come out of artists’

Roseland-State i

Sclu‘ntk aft<* r she debuted on the royalties.New York “College Bowl” vidshow. *

William Morris will act as heragent.

Ebbins* musical stable includesBilly Eckstine. Hugo Wintprhaltcrand Count Basie.

with the Victor label, do a cute _job on “Loretta” with a series of I

pilot ;7rrives in Britain,dialect passages set in a sharp in-

strumental arrangement. Tune is

an okay rhythm item written along,

j:i Oriolo* I > juIpi*conventional lines On the flip.

’ 1 M ’ xn liCa(U r, l

Noble Has an attractive cut of an As Sol()i*t by Jubileeadapted French folk song, with

,

Vocal by a choral group Sonny Til.' lead voice of the

Don Cherry-Camarata: “I Will Orioles, vocal quintet, has beer.

N ver Change”-‘‘The Sweetheart «#ned as a vocal soloist by Jubilee

Waltz” (Decca*. “Change” is just Records.

a string of cliches headed into a Jubilee also recently inked thebig ballad form. Don Cherry can’t . Orioles to a new five-} ear pact.

|fires.

( looney's New Col Disk

Ties Into Cereal PushRosemary Clooney’s new disk for

Columbia Records. “Dandy, Han-dy and Candy.” will be pushedvia tie-in with a $2,000,000 promo-tion for a new cereal food, SugarCrisp Cereal. *

E. B. Marks Music, which is pub-lishing the tune, written by Alanand Marilxn Scott, linked up with

Latter Shribman heads for Nlolly- convert its equipment to the new the ad agency. Benton & Bowles, forwood Sept. 10 on Miss Clooney’s speed Sept. 10. Victor has been an extensive disk Jockey drive andft Ini testing bids.

opciweekends, chiefly, which is whenHallett tours the circuit with his

band. Midweek he supervises his

business interests.

Another brother. Joe Shribmanis talent manager for Rosemary

j

RCA Victor has gained accept-Clooney, among others, a music

ianee for its 45 rpm system at an-

publisher (Roger Music*, along other radio station, this one in

with other New York operations. Minneapolis, where WTCN will

WCTN Goes 45

pushing its 45’s into the broadcast a premium deal through which thesystem to hypo disk Jockey plugs food company will offer both the

to tp 1*or ^*ctor ^tem Move will record and sheet music of the song

rLEK S «*L0dAL TRIP be pccomped by ballyhoo In con- to cereal buyers. This guaranteesRalph Peer. Peer International

,

junction 'with the Victor distrib in a minimum uf 50.000 disk and copy.Music prexy, return to fl, Y. from Hat area. i sales.

Hollywood Sept. 10 and then takes The Minneapolis NBC affiliate is Platter Is Mist Clooney’s first

off for a six month trip around the the second station to go 45. the first release since her “Come On-A Myworld to check with branch of-

.

being WFIL, Philadelphia, severalj

House” side broke through earlyI months #;o. I this summer.

Like other facets of the music

business, band promoters are gear-

ing for one of its biggest seasons

since the end of the war. While

attempts during the p- couple of

years to put the band biz on a

sound footing have concededly not

borne fruit, agency men and book-

ers feel they now have the best

chance to restore bands as a profit-

making medium.Key to success of the band biz in

the next period is seen in proper

promotion and the right financial

terms for the one-niter promoters.

It’s held that what has been lacking

in the past couple of years has beena concerted attempt by the topagencies and the disk companies to

sell bands to the dancing public.

It's understood that Music Corp.of America toppers have been mull-

ing ideas to revitalize band promo-tion activity on the road.

Most important step, however,will have to be taken by the disk

companies, it’s held, since there

has been no better medium thanwax to exploit bands with the buy-ing public. A couple of years agothe diskers started a flurry of ac-

tivity. with RCA Victor taking thelead in putting over the RalphFlanagan band, and Decca and Cap-itol Records countering with theJerry Gray and Ray Anthony orchs,

respectively.

The competition was held to begood for the band business in

general, with some talk generatedabout the respective merits of thevarious bands. In the past several

months, however, Decca and Capi-tol have been tapering off on their

promotion of the bands bvl are ex-

< Continued on page 58)

. On his three-week quickie to

Rome, Spain and Israel aroundKept. 20. RCA president Frank M.Folsom will lay the ground for theopening of an RCA Victor Recordpressing plant in Tel Aviv. Helooks upon Israel*^ economic fu-

ture as looming largo -in MiddleEast business affairs. While theRome visit is for the purpose ofsetting up a larger sphere of eco-nomic influence for RCA, out ofthe Italian capital, the Israeli

By HERM SCHOENFELDAlthough television will step out

with added impact this fall due to

coble.

Remington Enters Pop,

Low-Price Field; 3 for $1Remington Records, which has

been a factor in the longhair field

via its low-price disks, is entering

the pop field on a similar basis.

Indie has set coverage of all hit

tunes on disks that will retail at

three for $1. Royalty deal with

the publishers, via agent HarryFox, will give pubs lV^c per side.

Remington is packaging its newpop series as frank carbons of the

hit disks. Don Gabor. Remingtonprexy, said that his disks would be

as close note-for-note copies of the

original hit versions as possible.

Enoch Light is acting as musical

director on the pop disks, which

are made of unbreakable material.

u|llll rtllvl IU I Cal a operation of the co axial

Vic Schoen, musical director for many music execs are minimizing

the Andrews Sister, for ^d“ J„V,^.'5* "tT

16 years, lv*s sevend relationsj s expected to follow the same

with the vocal trio. The parting method of operation that It has

was amicable, with Schoen plan- pursued since It was launched com-

ning to go out on his own in the"lercially five years ago with little

* * prospect that the publishing busi-platter and video fields. ness wj|l profit any more than it

Schoen arrived back in the U. S. has in the past.

last week from England, where he Key question revolving around

i was accompanying the Andrews TV is whether it can duplicate the

Sisters on their overse.s tour. The P°w?r of r»di° in treating a mar-i

. , , , . . , . ... 4 . ket for new songs via live Derform-trio is due back later this month. ances Up now. video has beenSchoen had been under a straight virtually confined to the playing of

52-week salary with the trio since standards plus established hits,

he Joined them in 1935, when they with new entries getting the brush

clicked with their "Bei Mir Bist;

or relegated to minor programmingDu Schein” recording for Decca. spots.

He had accomped them on all their Countering the belief that TVrecord, radio and personal appear- will inaugurate a new en for

ance dates. younger songsmiths, vet publish-

ers point out that radio was forced

to make its own hits. Two decadesAL n .,„i n

* II _ _ J _ ago the disk industry didn’t have

!!Rmmn nP/)n^ the toehold that it has now on theVUVl ulblll 11VUUO music buglneggf with the reiSU it that

radio had no outside critera to go

A P D Law If by in selection of its material. ThatilA7|\ I fll lYlIlv factor, plus the power of such1 IVI AAAA1£ names as Kate Smith, Bing Crosby

,. . . and Guy Lombardo to make hits

F.li Oberstein, music Industry overnight via their live shows, gavevet who has recently been press- radio the self-confidence to plug

ing and distributing the low-priced new tunes with expectation that

Varsity and Royale labels, has would accept them.

,. . . _ * . Currently, however, TV can af-Joined King Records »s manager

ford to play jt- safe on muslc

of artists and repertory. King, cause it has the objective check of

which headquarters in Cincinnati, disk sales. Tunes that sell on wax

as one of the top indie companies *re ^eld to ** *urefire material for

.. , T, . £‘ TV shows, and programmers are

in the country, blues and rhythm uBng no chanCes on testing un-market, will make a bid for the tried tunes. This is especially true

pop market under Otoerstein’s I of the more expensive shows, whereaegis. Firm is owned by Sydney !

experimentation with new material

Nathan. (involves gambling with heavy coin.

Oberstein was a&r chief for Additional Factor

.

RCA Victor from 1928 to 1939 and An additional factor dampeningi again from 1945 to 1948. Since! TV’s possible revolutionization of

In his first major step to re-

align Columbia Records’ top-eche-

lon staff since becoming prexyearly this year. Jim Conkling has

upped Paul Wexler to vice-prexy

over sales. Naming of Wexler as

veepee gives the 32-year-old execadditional authority in handlingthe company’s dlstrib setup. In re-

cent months, Wexler has beenfighting distrib deals with retailers

which have made price-cutting

possible.

Wexler, who has been with Colsince 1941 except for a hitch in

the Army, was named generalsales manager of the company af-

ter Paul Southard exiled as sales

veepee.

“Too Young.’* the Sylvia Dee-SidLippman click ballad, publishedby Jefferson Music in the U. S., is

climbing into one of England's bestsheet sellers in recent years. 1

the three weeks since it was pub-lished here in early August, num-ber has sold 150,000 copies, witha record-breaking sale of 75,000during the last week. Previoustop-seller during on* week was“Now Is the Hour,’* which hit

•8.000.’Too Young’* is being published

In England by Francis Day &Hunter, which picked up the rightsto the tune for a $3,000 advance.Sonny Cox, British pub who re-

cently settled in the U. S. with hiscompany. Box 8c Cox, handled thedeal.

In the U. S., 'Too Young” hasgone over the 600,000 copy salesmark, with likelihood that the NatCole disk for Capitol will hit $1,-000 ,000 .

Al Donahue SlicedHenderson, Nev.. Sept. 4.

Bandleader Al Donahue was hos-pitalized here last week for an ap-

pendix operation.His crew is laying off until Dona*

hue is out of the Rose De LimaHospital in a couple of weeks.

i

exiting Victor. Oberstein has been music biz will be the virtual impos-

In promoting 39c and 49c pop disks sibility of getting saturation cover-

as well as cut-priced long-play , age of a tune. Due to the nature

platters. With his joining King, he of TV programming, with its fear

also plans to continue with his low- of duplication, spotting of a hit

priced labels. (Continued on page 59)

Hollywood, Sept. 4.

Jump of $1,188,424 in Capitolrecords’ sales for 12 months, endedJune 30. as compared with the pre-ceding 12 months has been re-ported by prexy Glenn Wallichs.As a result, net income reached$419,414, equal, after providingfor preferred dividends, to 74c pershare on 478.230 shares of commonstock outstanding.

Sales figure was $13,034,230.Last year, sales reached $11,847,-fi f >6 for net income of $242,370- or35c per share on same numbercommon shares.

Rosemary Clooney . . . .Columbia

I Tony Bennett Columbia/ Let Baxter Capitol

Dinah Shore Victor

Tony Martin Victor

JNat "King** Cole Capitol

I Richard Hayes MercuryTrankie Laine Columbia

( Guy Mitchcil-Mitch Miller Col.) Vic Damone .... ... MercuryGuy Mitchell Mitch Miller Col.

|Patti Pane Mercury

I Dennis Day Victor

Mario Lanza Victor

1. COME ON-A MY HOUSE (9) (Duchess)

2. BECAUSE OF YOU (5) (Broadcast)

3. SWEET VIOLETS (7) (Morris)

4. I GET IDEAS (4) (Hlll-R)

5. TOO YOUNG (28) (Jefferson)

6. JEZEBEL (28) (BMI)

T MY TRULY. TRULY FAIR (10) (Santly-J)

8. BELLE. BELLE. MY LIBERTY BELL (2) (Oxford)

9. MR AND MISSISSIPPI (11) (Shapiro-B)

10. LOVELIEST NIGHT OF TIIE YEAR (10) (Robb)ns) ...

Second Croup

William Warfield. Negro bari-tone featured in the current Metropic. “Show Boat.” has been inkedto an exclusive pact by ColumbiaRecords* longhair division. His in-

itial release will be a collection ofAmerican folk songs arranged byAaron Copland, with the composeralso acting as piano accompanist.Next release will be a group of seachanties.

Next month Warfield starts workIn another film, Metro’s musicalversion of “Huckleberry Finn.” Hehas had no regular recording pactbefore. having appeared in

M-G-M’s “Show Boat” album aspart of the secondtrack set.

Discontinuing its studio and cus-tom-record operations for outsidecustomers. Muzak has sold most ofIts recording equipment to RCAVictor. Victor has also picked upthe lease on Muzak’s 48th St.. N. Y..

studios and has hired some of Mu-zak's technical personnel.

According to James P. Davis,RCA Victor Custom Records sales

division chief, the new equipmentwill enable Victor to fill orders for

vertical as well as lateral record-ings. Victor has been steadily ex-

1

>anding its custom records activ-

ties the past couple of years.

Move does not affect Muzak'swired music operation or Its radiotranscription business, the Asso-ciated Program Service. Muzak alsoretains Its pressing plant in Eliza-

bethtown, Ky.

I Doris Day ColumbiaI Billy Williams Quartet . . MGM

£Les Paul Mary Ford ..CapitolLet Paul Mary Ford . . . Capitol *Nat “King” Cole Capitol I

\ Sarah Vaughan Columbia *

l Patti Page Mercury *

Lucky Millinder King <

| Tommy Edwards MGMI Paul Weston .Columbia °

4 >

Frankie Laine .... Columbia <

April Stevens-Henri Rene Victor

Jane Turzy Trio Drcca||

* Weanen Decca <>

l Vaughn Monroe Victor JBilly Erksttne MGM <>

.Mano lanza Victor <

\ Eddie Fisher Victor oI Gvy Mitchell *fi?rh Miller Col.

)Les Paul Mary i'apSoi *

I Patti Page Mercury

(J'igurss In parentheses indicate number of tieekj #m»o has been tn the Tor 10 r

SHANGHAI (J) (Advanced)

JOSEPHINE (Feist) *. . ....

HOW HIGH THE MOON (14) (Chappell)

BECAUSE OF RAIN (Maypole)

THESE THINGS I OFFER YOU (Valando)

I’M WAITING JUST FOR YOU (Jay-Cee)

MORNINGSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (Remirk)9ROSE. ROSE I LOVE YOU <8) (Chappell)

I’M IN LOVE AGAIN (4) (Harms)

GOOD MORNING MR. ECHO (Forrest)

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY (14) (Folk-W)• v

I APOLOGIZE (•) (Crawford)

BE MY LOTI (Jl> (Miller)

UNLESS (*) (Bourne)

Rackmil’s Coast ShortieMjlton K. Rarkmit. Decra prexy,

headed for the Coast Monday (3)

on business. He’s due back nextweekend

Morty Paiitz. Decca’s pop artists

and repertory chief, also heads forHollywood this week for contabswith Sonny Burke, Coast recordingchief. It’s Palitz’s initial trip tothe Coast since taking over thea&r post formerly held by DaveKapp.

Country Club Inn, Teterboro.N. J.. has revived Its policy ofholding once-a-week dances In Its

Terrace Rooom. with BUI TrUlia’sorch opening tonight (Wed.).

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58 OBC'HESTIIAS-MUSIC Wednesday, September 5, 1951

WOODY HERMAN ORCH

CLICKS IN CINCY PARKCincinnati, Sept. 4.

Woody Herman drew close to

9 000 admissions during his week's

engagement at Coney Island's

Moonlite Gardens, ending Friday

<31 ). for a season record. Charge

was $1 and $1.50 on week-end

nights.

The Herman 16-piece combo,

with Dolly Huston as chirper,

rounded out General Artists Corp.

bookings at Cincy's ace amusement».

park for the 1951 stretch whichincluded Hay Robbins. JohnnyLong, Buddv DeFranco, Hal Mc-Intyre. Ralph Flanagan, ShopFields and Guy Mitchell.

Jack Dunn to PlymouthJack Dunn, formerly coniact-

man for J J. Robbins & Sons,Music, has joined Plymouth Musicas plugger.Plymouth is owned by composer- !

conductor Meredith Willson andCork O’Keefe.

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8 9LES PAUL-MARY FORD (Capitol)

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10 12LES PAUL-MARY FORD (Capitol)

“How High the Moon”—1451 4 . 4 10 7 8 3 9 18

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pected to start up again when the

fall business starts perking.

Victor Promotes MorrowVictor, meantime, has been press-

ing the Flanagan issue and hascome up with another new crewwith a promising ruture. New bandis headed by trombonist BuddyMorrow and, like Flanagan, hasbeen kept in New York strictly asa recording outfit for the first year.Morrow's first date at the SteelPier, Atlantic City, last weekendgarnered solid results, with thecrew set for a series of one-nitersthrough October, with a Palladium,Hollywood, date set for next spring.

Formula for Morrow has beenproper dance tempo styling, asteady disk promotion capped byhis recent “Roser Rose, I LoveYou” click for Victor, and moderateterms for the bookers. Morrow willplay on modest guarantees againstpercentages. Uw, order to give pro-moters a chance to break even.Anthony’s band also has been work-ing stgadily on the road with thesame formula.

It’s admitted that the diskershave not been getting rich on theirband releases but neither have theybeen losing money. For example.Flanagan's orch, one of the topmoney-makers 00 the road cur-rently, has only been selling inmoderate figures for Vietor, but theband has been getting repeateddisk jockey spins with sustained

sales impact, although not In thehit category. Bandsmen feel thatthe diskers can open another ma-jor avenue for disk sales If theymaintain their leadership in put-ting over the band business.

Ex-Omaha Distrib Sues

Columbia for $78,000Omaha, Sept. 4.

An Omaha business man. Paul

W. Jacobus, operator of the OmahaAppliance Co., has brought suit for

$78,000 against Columbia Records.

He obtained a writ of attachment

for that amount against the record

company’s accounts here,.

.Jacobus was wholesale distribu-

tor for Columbia for 10 years untilthis spring. He says he is “stuck”with $78,000 worth of records and“obsolete” equipment that thecompany allegedly “forced” him to

buy. He complained that the com-pany assured him it would takeback anything he could not sell.

His complaint says that when hecomplained of being badly over-stocked early this year, Columbiaterminated the agreement.

Felsted Music Corp. and Bur-lington Music Corp. chartered toconduct music publishing busi-nesses in New York. Each has acapital stock of 200 shares, no parvalue. Herbert J. Krohn wasfiling attorney for both.

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BETAIL SHEET BEST SELLEHS

Survey of retail iheet music

sales . based on reports obtained

from leading stores in 12 cities

and showing comparative sales

rating for thU and last week.

National

Rating

This Last

wk. wk.

Week EndingSept. 1

Title and Publisher

1 I "Because of You" (Broadcast)

2 "Loveliest Night Year" « Bobbins).

"Sweet Violets” (Morris)

6

3 "Too Young” (Jefferson). ..... #

14 "I Get Id^nHOTR ) . . . 8

6 "Come-On-A My House" (Duchess)

8

•Shanghai" (Advanced)

"My Truly, Truly Fair" (Santly-J)

"Longing For You** (Ludlow) 2 Fo 7! 7! 7 . [

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10 10 "Cold Cold Heart" (Acuff-R.) . . . . 6

11 14 "These Things I Offer You" (Val.) T

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12 8 "Momtngside of M’tain" (Remick) 9 8 8

13A "Belle, Belle, Liberty Bell" (Ox.) 5 7

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Inside Orchestras-MusicIke Carpenter won a battle with San Diego American Federation of

Musicians Local 325 by invoking the aid of Clare Meeder, AFM inter-

national board exec and a trouble-shooter for pres James C. Petniio.

Southern California city local had/contested right of Carpenter band to

play the annual San Diego Bartenders’ Ball, an affair usually played bya local crew. Carpenter, a member of L. A. local 47, currently is play-ing San Diego’s Sherman’s nKery on a six-month pact. Band managerHal Gordon forced the showdown in the hassle and Meeder upheldhim with a San Diego relief orch hired for the event. Meeder nixed apitch that two standby binds be employed. Understood the San Diegolocal expressed concern bver the growing usage of traveling bands byspots in the area, thereby limiting the amount of work for local mem-bers. In addition to Sperman’s, Tops, another S. D. nitery, is usingout-of-town windjammers as is the Paris Inn.

RCA Victor made its latest Ralph Flanagan release, "The BluesFrom ’American In Paris’," strictly as a gamble since Herman Starr,head of the Warner Bros, music combine, which owns the GeorgeGershwin copyright, refused to give an advance okay to the dancetempo arrangement. Starr told Victor execs to submit the platter forapproval after it was made. Starr then turned it over to Ira Gershwin,brother of the late composer, who okayed the version. The three-minute side took one hour to record.

Peter Pan kid diskery has teamed up with a kiddie tog manufactureron a combination package deal which will bring the peddling of its

disks Into children’s apparel stores. Tieup has manufacturer paint“Old MacDonald" and his farm animals on two-piece Viits to be soldwith the Peter Pan disk "Old MacDonald." The diskery expects toadd more titles to the package plan for the Christmas season.

See VideoCMtiDDfd from part U

tune on several shows is a tough

job. With a new song, the difficul-

ties are multiplied.

Unlike the early years of radio,

moreover. TV performers are not

given wide latitude in selecting

their materiaL Recently, AnneShelton, appearing as a guest ona variety TV’er, asked to do hernew London Records number."Blow, Blow, Winds of the Sea."

The TV producer nixed the sugges-

tion and she wound up doing a

best-seller.

TV, of course, is not a total loss

to the music industry. It has be^nresponsible for the showcasing of

numerous oldies and has givenmore steam to bestsellers. A pophit which is also a performancenumber, like ‘Too Young." hasbeen given a big ride on TV, com-paratively, with the result that thenumber has been helped to stay

tip on the bestseller lists.

From a financial point of view.

video also represents a lucrative

,

source of income for the AmericanSociety of Composers, Authors andPublishers. TV this year is ex-

pected to triple last year's ASCAPtake of $1,000,000, w ith the revenue(seen eventually rising way beyondi the $8,000,000 top shelled out by

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radio to the Society’s writers and

;publishers.

Loew s Pays Expenses

For 3d ‘Bozo’ Week"Bozo, The Capitol Clown," Capi-

told Records’ promotion Aim for its

1

juve disk series, has been set for

an additional week’s run in 12

Loew's theatres this week after

playing 24 houses during the origi-

nal two-week deal. Capitol is fur-

nishing a clown to go along with

the Aim as part of the "Bozo" disk

hypo.During the third week, Loew’s

agreed to pay all expenses for the

ipromotion after Cap had footed thebill for the Arst two weeks.

Musso Rejoins Glaser

After 2 Mos. With GDCHollywood, Sept. 4.

Vido Musso. bandleader who in-

voked James C. Petrillo’s aid two

months ago to shed pact with Joe

Glaser's Associated Booking Corp.,

rejoined the outAt after getting

release from General Artists Corp.

with which he had signed after

Arst ankling Glaser. GAC let him

go because agency hadn’t been too

successful booking the 16-mancrew he brought with him.

In rejoining Glaser, Musso cut

his crew to six. First date underhis new ABC pact is Sept. 10-23

stand at Oasis, southside nitery, at

$950 weekly for combo.

The 1951 Houston SymphonyOrchestra Maintenance Fund Driveis to be held in Houston Sept. 12through Sept. 28. Max Levine hasbeen named general chairman ofthe drive, which will try to obtain$175,000.

New YorkMerv Griffin, vocalist with Fred-

dy Martin's band, to the Coast inDecember for a 20th-Fox screentest . . . Joey Saaao joined DavidO. Alber publicity office as headof disk promotion . . . Don Ovens,Capitol Records disk jockey pro-motion staffer, marries DorothyBlau, of New Rochelle, Sept. 15. . . Mitch Miller. Columbia Rec-ords artists and repertory chief,due back from the Coast next week. . . Sarah Vaughan, currently play-ing Standish Hall Hotel, Quebec,returns to N. Y. Sept. 9 for Col-umbia recording sessions and adate with the Gene Krupa orchat the War Memorial Auditorium.Trenton, Sept 14. She then takesoff for a 10-week tour, startingSept. 21 in Boston, with a packageincluding the Duke Ellington orchand Nat "King" Cole Trio.

ChicagoCasa Harrison orch, seven-piece

eastern group, has signed withMCA. Barbara Ballantine is set asgal vocalist . . . Jane Turxey Trioplays Seven Seas, Omaha, Sept. 10for one week, following at Casinotheatre, Toronto, Sept. 27 for oneweek, then to Seville theatre,Montreal, Oct. 4 for one week . . .

Cyclones set for Club Lido, Huron,S. D., Sept. 15 . . . Ray Rio inkedinto Clover Club, Peoria. 111., Sept.

5 . . . Stan Kenton plays one-nighter at Parkwi

n playsBallroom, Chi,

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Sept. 6 . . . Bli‘lie Holiday intoBand Box, Chi, Sept 11 for twoweeks . . Betty McGuire orchlays Blue Mirror, Washington,. C.. Sept. 10 for two weeks . . .

Charlie Ventura and Buddy Richorchs inked for eight weeks intoPreview, Chi. Sept 19 . . . FlorenceBoyle, ex-BVC staffer here, work-ing for Bob Cole. Chi SouthernMusic rep . . . Eddie Janies orchin 11th week at Granada Ballrooms,Chi, and set indef • . . Ray Pearldoes repeat at Aragon, Chi, Nov. 6for one month.

ClevelandDuke Ellington. King Cole and

Sarah Vaughan, in package show,set by Frank Sands Gale Agencyfor jazz concert at Public Audito-rium for Oc_ 16 . . . MyronHanley's reorganized Ave-piece or-chestra deing Arst hotel date hereat Sutler’s Terrace for month,until Sammy Watkins* crew returnsabout Oct 8 to start floor showseason. Hanlev also doubles inlocal MCA office as booker . . .

George Duffy back from monthvacation in Denver to take his or-chestra into Skyway Lounge Club.. . . Stan Kenton's 40-odd piecetroupe due at Public Music HallOct. 13 in pop concert . . . RayPurell formed dance crew forBorsel lino’s Club.

In a new MGM Record Release

THE LOVE OF A GYPSYBock*4 with

I’VE GOT AN IDEA FOR A SONG

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VAUDEVILLE ^'ednesdiy, September 5, 1951

irritating aura of arrogance dis-

satisfy tablers here. He reprisesmost of his songs from heyday,teeing off with “Lydia,’* “MadDogs and Englishmen." medley ofway-back-whens. In the latter, hetickles up some mitts with“S’posin*

“ “Stein Song," “BettyCo-Ed." A passable lilt of Trenet’s“Passing By" is dampened some-what by the intro gab, stew of“Fractured French” garbling.Pompously blown up bit salutingPetrillo has orch stooging. Out ofthis Vallee makes excuse for clari-

neting “Tiger Rag." Long hold-note tag grabs kudos. Wraps par-cel with special El Rancho versesattached to w.k. “Fare TheeWell," winning okay exit plaudits.

Billy Daniel, having built up a

fine rep as dance director in pix.

couples with a very cute little num-ber, Lita Baron, known aroundmusic biz as Isabellita. AlthoughMiss Baron is no dancer in tnetechnical sense, she matches theDaniel verve, and with her s.a.,

costuming by Mitch Leisen, im-perfections dim sb^xewhat. Paircome on fast and strong with duetwarbling of “Feelin’ Fli^e

v” swing

into another roundelay.'

“Billy."

topped with some waltz whirls.

Mood changes itno lowdown“Frankie and Johnnie,” with femmestripping skirt to display nicelyturned gams. “Honey Man" is in

‘similar vein, followed by a Danielsoft-shoe solo. Gal fills with a

chirp sesh comprising oldies andLstunes. Daniel slides on. bongosstrapped to waist and accompedby Miss Baron’s “Cubanchero."stomps offbeat rhythmics. Re-volves into tasty tag with pairwhirling off to fine reaction.

Dance line under direction ofDave Gould presents two veryamusing routines. They were nevermeant to garner chortles, but hap-pen to tickle ringsiders with ineptsteppery. Buster Burnell manages

H * Hotel Ambassador. L. A.I KPVlPltfC (COCONUT GROVE)‘ IlvfIVf?O Log Angeles, Aug. 29.

Mary Hatcher ivrtth The Fourby local deejays of her “Come Fellas ), Artini & Consu^lo, CarlosOn-A My House." It is to her Molina’s Orch; cover $1.50, $2.

credit that she hits the Navajo

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room duo. The Hawaiians havecet tones of a muted viola.

had iong experience grabbing theReveals diversity in both Lady customers' attention in this big

Is a Tramp” and the mirthful room . it was all new, of course,"Shot Gurt Boogie. Just a Little t0 t |ie Hatcherites.

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Arthur Blake , Helen Boice, FelixDeCola k Benru Rubinyi, JohnnieDavid Orch

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Las Vegas, Aug. 31.

Rosemary Clooney , Irving Fields

Trio, Harold Lang A HelenC llagher, Kathryn Duffy Donsa-tions (7), Christina Carson, JoyWalker, Lucy Lewin, Pola VanEssa, Johnny O’Brien, NormandieBoys < 3 »

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Al Johns' Orch (12).

Jack Martin Five; no cover, nominimum.

Arthur Blake is back at his oldstamping ground, and packing thejoint. The mimic’s cult, since heopened here a few weeks back, has

Jrown into a full-fledged religion,udging by turnaways at opener.They wouldn't let him off. .despitethe fact that the lighting wentblooey.

Blake proves he doesn't needlights in a 60-minute turn thatopens with a Sophie Tucker andcloses with a hilarious lampoon onLouella Parsons. Caricatures ofMae West. Charles Laughton, Ed-ward G. Robinson and Kate Hep-burn are strung out with a storyline about how • each of themtaught Blake to impersonate them,and all are solidly received.

Taking off the Brooklynesquesecretary of the Arthur Blake FanQlub. impersonator does fairly

jXell with some material oew to his

‘Biy .oL.Mtysic following. Subjectshere are Ethel Merman. JoseFerrer doing “Cyrano de Ber-gerac," and Josephine Baker.These characterizations need morework. The * real mop-up comeswhen Blake does Bette Davis,Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boule-vard” Tallulah Bankhead both-

(Continued on page 62 >

This one has everything—a high-

geared, potent production contain-

ing every element to magnetize

full rooms for the next three

weeks. Every act is a Las Vegasfirst, with . thrush RosemaryClooney heading marquee roster.

88'er Irving Fields, and musicom-edy terpers Lang St Gallagher sock-

ing c*er big. Kathryn Duffy Dan-sations also receive full kudos forboth of their golorful inventions.

Rosemary Clooney arrives at

this desert resort centre precededby the almost continuous whirlings

AlapeN Skyroom. HonoReno. Aug. 29

Carl Ravazza, Bill Bailey, ArchieRobbins, Skylettes (8>. Dick FoyOrch (8); no cover, no minimum.

Despite mediocre supporting acts,

Carl Ravazza is a hit at the MapesSkyroom. In a little less time thanit takes to write about it, Ravazzapulls the show to its toes.

But the Skylettes. the line whichlives here, looks better, has a maleto add to the routines* and hasfreshened up its numbers withoriginality and variety.

Bill Bailey (Pearl’s brother) is

a dancing parson who is on thecircuit to make money to build achurch. After every number hesays a solemn “amen." Act is al-

most unnoticeable from ankles up;the feet carry the whole routineHe taps and that’s about' that.

However, in one successful -out-

burst, he charges the crowd witha little patter—and sometimes this

hits a jackpot.

Comedian is Archie Robbins,who doesn’t quite click. He hassome good chatter material, buthis lyrics to songs and operas asin his "La Boheme" bit about TV,caused only slight ripple alongringside. Whole act might go bet-

ter if he played his part straighter—deadpanned. No doubt, though,about his potential.

Carl Ravazza is still making a

fine entrance via the tables. Asorch opens with his “Hello. I HaveSome Songs For You,” Ravazzastarts his song out among the cus-tomers—no light—and once sur-prise has died away, comes forwardto stage. The few titters causedby what looks like some com aboutto grow, fade immediately, and theeffect is wonderful. Without wait-ing for plaudits, he segues into astandard. Among pops he doesbest are “If,” "—When You KnowI’ve Been a Liar All My Life" and“Loveliest Night in the Year."

In a medley of old pops, he getscarried away and packs the crowdright along with him. “Too Mar-velous for Words," “Blue Heaven"are best. Dialog and song for"Pedro, from Chihuahua" is pleas-ant relief from straight song, real-ly cute and well done.

Ravazza is smoother than ever,achieves some fine vocal effectswith no effort. ' Customers demandencores and never receive any. Butthe parting is tender and every-body stays around for anothershow.

Dick Foy's orch gives wholeshow an added lift. Curt.

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALLNow York

7th WEEKood Still Going Strong

CURRENTLY

CONCORD and GROSSINGER’SHiW YORKDir.i M.C.A.

SENOR CORTEZMusical7 Mins.; OnePalace. N. Y.Senor Cortez, a South

American import, is likely to at-

tract a lot of attention herethrough his remarkable mando-lin playing. Using an odd-shap-ed instrument, he displays terri-

fic virtuosity both tonally andtechnically.Mixes Latino tunes, classics

and boogie-woogie. As an ex-ample of his technique, hebreezes through a couple ofchoruses of "Hora Staccato"easily. His boogie-woogie closeris a solid piece of jazz, and hissuccess in playing both the bassand treble parts brings a solidreception. As an added bit ofshowmanship, he plays a coupleof choruses with the mandolinbehind his back. Chan,

. Personal Mono?amant:

PHIL OPFIN4t W. 4tfk St., Naw York

Shamrock. HiiunIoii(EMERALD ROOM)

Houston. Sept. 1.

Tito Guizar, Judy Kelly, HenryKing’s Orch; minimum $3.50 regu-lar, $8 opening nights.

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Tito Guizar made his debut inthe Shamrock's Emerald Roomsimultaneously with hotel's new$8-A-per£on “Fiesta Night" open-ing-night policy. The first Fiestaplanned for Margaret Whiting'sopener, was Hawaiian in theme,featuring lavish palm tree andorchid lei decor. Then her datewas postponed a fortnight, Guizarwas booked, and the result was anIsland atmosphere with Lgtin en-tertainment.

Paradoxical combo was a happyone. however, with the biggestopening-night turnout save on theMarch 17 anniversaries and NewYear's, since the hotel opened in1949.

Guizar and his guitar, and JudyKelly, a terrific little acrobaticterper, have been crowd-gettersever since >the auspicious opening.

Guizar's offerings range fromtraditional Mexican ballads to U. S.hits to boogie bounce tunes—andhe does them all with a verve andent husiasm that projects itself wellinto the audience. In fact, his“Rancho Grande" and “CielitoLindo” turn out to be audienceparticipation numbers. Folks justautomatically join in on thechorus, call for more in his will-ingly given logoffs.

Miss Kelly as the show opener,leaves the audience gasping withher sensational splits. Lass is niceto look at and neatly costumed.

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Lita Baron, Buster Burnell, ElRancho line (8), Ted Fio Rito Orch(10); no cover, no minmium.

Records

“George Shearing setting new marks withhis superb quintette."

FRANK QUINN.N.Y. Dally Mirror.

Rudy Vallee is presently en-gaged in blandishing a rather dullsongfest retarded further withstale and occasionally dirty jokes.Lifting the whole biz out of hodge-podge is the preem of a tvro terpteam — Billy Daniel with LitaBaron. Holiday weekend willbring capacity rooms. Bevond thisperiod, only average crowds are tobe expected.

Vallee should call in some sharpwriters if he wishes to continuehis nitery career; otherwise forgetthe whole thing. - Same old tunes,tired Joe Millers, coupled with an

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Raid Major Casinos in KentuckyNewport, Ky., Sept. 4.

Hopes that the bigtime niteries

with casino adjuncts would con-tinue sub-rosa operation* in this

vicinty were shattered last weekvia a series of raids staged byKentucky State Police at the di-

rection of Gov. Laurence Wether-by. The Latin Quarter and theClub Manana were hit by two in-

vasions in which 48 state troopersparticipated and gambling equip-ment seized.

Tfte governor acted shortly be-fore the release of the KefauverCommittle report. The Senatesubcommittee had cited this areaas one of the foremost centres ofgambling activity. Local policetook no part in the raids.

The latest clampdown indicatesthat the entire area here whichembraces Covington, which alsohas a number of large-scale niter-ies, including the Lookout House,will have to operate without thegreenfelts. The decimation willmake it impossible for these spotsto buy any top name talent. Thecafes in this area, when runningthe casinos, are among the top tal-

ent buyers in the country.

AGVA Arbitration Gives

Buttons His Full SalaryAn arbitration over the weekend

gave Red Buttons $200 for a dateplayed last week at the ConcordHotel, Kiamesha Lake, N. Y. Beck-man A Pransky, spot’s bookers, ac-cording to the American Guild ofVariety Artists, which set up thearbitration, wanted to reduce therate because of a mixup, butarbitrators awarded the fullamount.

Basic situation stemmed from adelay in Joe E. Lewis' appearance.Lewis, who was at Saratoga,phoned the hotel saying he wouldbe late. Meanwhile, set somesubstitute talent, including Buttons,who did a show. Lew*, rhowed uplater in the e^ning and went on.

Seattle Ops Seek2:30 A.M. Curfew

Seattle, Sept. 4.

Seattle city council has set ahearing on Sept. 10 to decidewhether cabarets and niteries heremay push closing hour to 2:30 a.m.from present 1 a.m.

Council’s license committee hasbeen studying desirability of later

curfew, which was asked by opera-tors of cafes and dance spots southof Yesler Way. Consensus is thatlater shuttering will be granted,although hour rosy be set at 2 a.m.Midnight closing on Saturday will

be retained.

Duluth Cops Clamp

Down on Dagmar—

’Original/ That Is

Duluth, Sept. 4.

With local newspapers declaringshe was "the hottest thing to hit”

this town since the heat from theCloquet, Minn., forest fire pene-trated to it some years ago, Duluthclamped down on the "original”Dagmar, exotic dancer, compellingTeve’s ilitery to cancel her. Sheets,praising her artistry, said she still

was too torrid for "the cool, air-

conditioned town.” When Teve’sattempted to move her over to its

club in the sister city of Superior.Wis., the police there also steppedin.

Although there's a ban in Min-neapolis on hot dancing and strip-

ping, the police made no effort to

halt Dagmar during a record-breaking three-week engagementat a local bistro, Vic's, not con-sidering her work there tooblistering.

Jack Kane, manager of the OhioBurlesque Circuit, opened the ParkTheatre, Youngstown, O., for theseason, Aug. 31.

Ticket*, PleaseThe upcoming two-a-day at

the Palace is causing morepublic Interest than any vaudeevent in years. When news ofthe policy change hit thestreets, theatre clocked morethan 500 phone calls askingfor reservations within thefirst few days.House isn’t putting the tick-

ets up for sale until a laterdate.

Supporting Acts for Judy Garland

A Problem for N.Y. Palace 2-a-Day

Hope $13,800 in 3

At Mich. State Fair,

Ankles Picket TeeoffI

Detroit, Sept. 4.

Bob Hope grossed only $13,800

in three shows at* Michigan StateFair, 6.400-seat Coliseum. Scale was60c for children, $1.20 for adultsand 290 seats at $1.80. Hope got$20,000 for two days.

Hope was prevented by strikefrom presenting the matinee showopening Friday <31). He refusedto cross picket lines, stating, "I

belong to a union, too.” Wild Bill

Elliott’s rodeo show was delayedan hour.

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The strike started when a gingerale firm attempted to use nonuniongirls -in Us booths. The strike thenspread into a jurisdictional AFL-CIO fight involving 90 musicians,100 electricians and 16 stagehands.Refunds were made to about 4.-

000 persons who had paid $120admission. The strike was settledin time for the evening show.

Hope and Marilyn Maxwell,latter headlining the Coliseumshow four days after Hope's stint,

ate pie at a luncheon in theirhonor after the fair's kitchen helpjoined the strikers. The kitchenhelp locked up all the food, butsomehow overlooked the lone pie.

Hope, Miss Maxwell and Gov. G.Mennen Williams polished it off

and then went out to a midwayhot dog stand for the main course.

The revival of two-a-day at theRKO Palace. N. Y., slated for Oct.

16 with Judy Garland headlining,is giving RKO Theatres* prexy SolA. Schwartz and house booker DanFriendly a major headache in onerespect. The most important prob-lem is to get a surrounding showof names with marquee value fromlists that haven’t played a NewYork vauder for some time.

Chain last week made a pitchfor Gower Sc Champion, but filmcommitments prevented an ap-

All Will Be Forgiven

If Dean-Jerry Play

Mnls. R.C. in Winter*

Minneapolis, Sept. 4.

Minnesota Amusement Co.'s legal

department is trying to induceMartin Si Lewis to make amendsfor their 11th hour alleged breachof contract to appear with theirstageshow at Radio City Theatrehere last month by consenting to

a date during the coming winter.

United Paramount circuit herespent a substantial sum in advanceexploitation and advertising forthe stars, having been notified ofthe cancellation only three daysprior to the scheduled opening.It’s expected that chain would notinsist on being recompensated andwould not sue for any damages it

might have suffered as a result ofthe pair’s failure to appear if

they’d fulfill the engagement later.

Harry B. French, MAC presi-

dent, is awaiting a propositionfrom Martin & Lewis' counsel withwhom his own lawyers have beenin contact.

Etna Laun Dancers, featuringSaanda. open at Boston LatinQuarter Sept. 6. On Sept. 20group opens at Roosevelt Hotel,New Orleans.

Page for Vega*’ Xma*The Desert Inn, Las Vegas. Is

doing its Christmas shoppingearly.

Inn has signed Patti Page forits Dec. 25 show.

pearance. Rosario Sc Antonio andSenor Wences were also scouted,but both have foreign bookings at

that time. They’re still loosing fortalent with the appearance offreshness, but so far it's no go.

Although official figures on MissGarland’s deal are still unavilable,it was learned this week that un-der terms of the contract, it’s pos-sible that Miss Garland would takeout as her share more than thetheatre will. The house gross is

broken up in three sections. Firstportion goes to Miss Garland asher guarantee, the next part to thehouse to cover its expenses, andthe haul above that amount will besplit equally. It’s reported thatMiss Garland’s guarantee is higherthan the running expenses of thehouse, thus her ultimate share maybe higher than that which the Pal-ace would receive.The theatre's expenses, inci-

dentally, will have to undergoradical revamping. Under twp-a*day, house will drop costs of thefilm and probably one operator inthe projection booth (those retain-ed will work the spots).However, * stagehand and musi-

cian costs will go up, it’s believed.Operation will now be classifiedalong deluxe lines and number ofbackstage crew will be increasedas will the number of pit men.A higher scale is anticipated inboth sections. House also assumesgreater front-of-the-house ' costs.More expensive treasurers will re-place cashiers and ticket distribu-tion costs will also be increasedbecause of "hard tickets,** insteadof the rolls.

Collada’s ScootingBenito Collada, operator of El

Chico, N. Y„ planed to Spain lastweek to case Castillian acts forshowcasing* in his Greenwich Vil-lage spot.

Cafe will resume Sunday nightsessions Sept. 9 after havingdropped Sabbath operation for thesummer months.

To ALL OUTDOOR PERFORMERSthe AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

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a Branch of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America Chartered by the American Federation of Labor

• • •

An Intensive Campaign to enroll Performers working in tne Ouitoor Field in AGVA as directed by the 1951 AGVA Con*

vention and the AGVA National Board with the following Objectives:

1. To establish fair and uniform condition* of work and pay for Outdoor En-gagement* and a Standard Form of Performer'* Engagement contract.

2. To provide AGVA Accident insurance protection to ccver all performer*during outdoor engagement* and while traveling to and from such engage-ment*—and the AGVA Death Benefit Insurance—ALL AT NO COST TO THEPERFORMER.

3. To give the Outdoor Performer a place and a voice in the affairs of AGVA ••he will enjoy self -determination in the conduct of Outdoor affairs and theestablishment of Outdoor Working Conditions.

4. To work for the oroatlor. of additional employment for American performers,and to protect American performers from unfair alien competition.

SPECIAL INITIATION FEE CONCESSION DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBERIf you are now working in the Outdoor Field, or have an engagement contract to work in this

vantage of the special concession in Initiation Fees for Outdoor Performers voted by the AGV i

Prinei|

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SARASOTA BRANCH The usual i

By order of the 1951 AGVA Convention and the National Board, the Sara- »nd on No\

sota Branch in Sarasota, Florida, will he established on November 1, 1951, SI 00 for pr

for the primary purpose of enrolling Outdoor Performers and giving them November 1

m Branch through which they may he represented in the Convention and on ITiere is a !

the National Board of AGVA and otherwise participate in Branch and Na- %,r* subject,

tional affairs. All Outdoor Performers are invited to enroll in the Sarasota whether yoi

Branch or such other Branch as they may choose, or if already a member, you ar* <1

you may transfer to the Sarasota Branch. The first meeting of the Sarasota terest in m<

Branch membership will he held in Sarasota In November of this year at a Please do n

date and place to he announced* **on rel1

NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUTDOOR CODE NOW IN PROCESSNegotiations with the Fair Booking Agents are already in progress. Ade- Natl4

quate funds to assure the successful conduct of this program have been 1697

alloted by the AGVA National Board. Additional personnel, recruited di-

rectly from the Outdoor Field, has been employed to handle the organizing I bet

Progrmm. ££FULFILLMENT OF CONVENTION PLEDGE if

This program is the fulfillment of the pledge given by the AGVA Cornell- 1,1,01

tion delegates and the National Board members to the representatives ofthe Outdoor Performers at the recent AGVA meetings in Detroit. AGV Ais happy and proud that it is in the position to initiate and support this longdeferred program of organization.

AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

work in this field during the season of 1951, you may take ad-i by the AGVA National Board at its Detroit meeting.

Principals $25 ': Chorus $10

The usual initiation fees are principals $50, and chorus $25,and on November 1, 1951, the initiation fee wjll be raised to$100 for principals and $50 for rhorus. AGVA basic dues, as ofNovember 1, 1951, are principals $36 and Chorus $24 per year.1Tiere is a $10 assessment to which all old and new members

,are subject. You make take advantage of this concessionwhether you have never b«*en an AGVA member before, or if

you are a delinquent member of AGVA. To indicate your in-

terest in membership, fill out and mail in the coupon below.Please do not send any money. You will receive full informa-tion by return mail.

Cut Out - Fili In - Mail to AGVANational Outdoor Department American Guild of Variety Artists1697 Broadway, New York City, N. Y.

Date :

I hereby apply for membership In the American Guild of VarietyArtists, and designate the American Guild of Variety Artists as mycollective bargaining representative in the Variety Field, and agree.If accepted, to abide by the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Regu-lations of the American Guild of Variety Artists.

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HENRY DUNNNati Ad'm Sec'y

I «m a Variety Performer now working at

Renaldo-Carrillo Pull

32G in Cincy 4-DayerCincinnati, Sept. 4.

“Cisco Kid" rodeo, starringDuncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo,

drew an estimated $32,000 on after-

noon and night performances%for

four days ending yesterday (Mon.tat Crosley Field. Scale was 90c to

$2 .

Take was a loser, according to

promoter’s reported $40,000 nut.Reaction by customers generallywas a letdown on advertised hordeof cowboys and cowgirls, clowns,bronks and bulls, elephants andcircus and hillbilly acts, the latterlocal.

J. Riviera Production! Long Island's Capri

nto Roxy, N.Y.. for iogTax-Seized by U S

te production layout of the Ri-j

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a. Ft. Lee, N. J., has been pack- The Capri Beach Club, Long1 for the Roxy Theatre. N. Y.# Beach. N. Y„ was taken over by thepen Oct. 24 at $10 000. Unit U. S. Government late last week be-

comprise the Will Mast in Trio, cause of failure of the operators.Sammy Davis. Jr., Nanci Dave Victorson and Nat Winston, to

npton, Sherry Stevens, the 12- pay $15,000 in back amusementline and an opening act still to taxes. Performers' salaries, how-idded. Should another topper ever, are covered by a bond postedligned, theatre will shell out previously with the- American Guildadded salary. of Variety Artists, and unioniviera will close Oct. 21 for the shelled out that coin yesterdayon. thus precluding necessity iTues.i.

oubling. The Capri, an adjunct of the ca-

jocy booker Sammy Rauch has bana setup, operated by Simonuently bought cafe productions

j

Cohen, is nin separately by Vic-

the theatre, notably the Copa- , torson & Winston, who also oper-ma. N. Y., floorshows. ate the Suburban Club, Brooklyn.Iviera boniface Bill Miller is Bureau of Internal Revenuedickering for Martha Raye to t agents seized all assets of the club.

Iline the spot s closing show to r stationed their men at cash regis-

iw the run of Dick Haymes. ters. and supervised all disburse-ments. Cafe had relied on week-ends almost exclusively. Several

IMnro InflirtmpnU rainy weekend*, however, knockedmUIC 1UUIU1IICUW receipts below the break-even

I Prnhn P°in *- The spot had been usingIII JdlalOgd I I0UC name talent throughout the sum-

Saratoga. N. Y.. Sept. 4. i. .

renouncement was made last Capri closed Monday night <3* as

it 1 30 1 nf thp indictment of 10 i

previousl> scheduled.

Schnoz Finally Gets

Into Raincbeck Class

As 20,000 Storm CNEToronto, Sept. 4.

With heavy dowmpour cancellingthe nightly Jimmy Durante showat the Canadian National Exhibittion here, some 20.000 ticket-hold-

ers still had braved the three-hourrainstorm to catch the Friday (31)performance, but this too was call-

ed off before the 24.000-seat grand-stand.Elwood Hughes, CNE g.m., told

stubholders from the stage that

their seat locations would be honor-ed at an extra performance onMonday (10> night. Out-of-towncustomers will get refunds by mail-ing in their stubs if unable to at-

tend the emergenev performance.(On heavy raiiv possibility. Duranteand some Other contracts call fortwo extra performances to bestaged on two successive eveningsfollowing closing of CNE afterSept. 8.)

Ottawa Better Biz Bureau

Hits Exhibition’s MidwayOttawa. Sept. 4.

Ottawa Better Business Bureauis planning a blast against the Cen-tral Canada Exhibition Assn, in

connection with alleged gyp gamesand shows on the 1951 CCE mid-way.BBB claims games were rigged

to milk the customers unfairly. Bu-reau says it will ask CCE for athorough investigation, with fair's

g.m. H. H. McElroy quoted as say-ing he would welcome “anythingthat would give Ottawa a bettermidway next year.” CCE presum-ably has not pacted the World ofMirth midway for the 1952, andwill not until the Bureau’s com-plaints are settled satisfactorily.

Besides gyp games, BBB alsoclaims midway carried indecentshows and misleading tent-frontgabbing.

GAC’g Botwen to WABobby Botwen. formerly of Gen-

eral Artists Corp. one-nighter de-partment. has joined the WillardAlexander agency to work in theact and band divisions.

Another addition to the agencyis Irving Dinker, who will workthe video sector.

San. Antonio. Sept. 4.

The crackdown on local nightspots is in full swing. While pub-lic attention here has been rivetedon the clash between the policeand the Keyhole Club, the realactivity of the constabulary hasbeen elsewhere.The vice squad, aided by a re-

inforced detachment of the liquorcontrol board, has been devotingits attention to a number of westand east side resorts consideredbelow par. As a result, the liquorboard has quietly brought chargesagainst no less than 20 establish-ments in the past 10 days. Mostof the cases will end in permanentsuspension of liquor licenses.

Police, armed forces and thestate are working in close coopera-tion. The establishments underfire by the police reveal a three-point peace program outlined bythe officers.

If the police keep up at the ratethey are going, it will mean «

change in the habits of severalhundred of the city’s 2.300 spotswhich the police classify as “honky-tonks.”To stay in biz the operator must

promise to keep prostitutes anddrunks off the premises and co-

operate with local police in caseof stabbings. shootings or otherpolice cases.

Police are especiaRy watchingspots on which local army andair force base's have receivedadverse reports, as well as thosefrom which frequent disturbancecalls are received.

Emerson as Style GabberOf Syracuse Aud. Teeoff

% Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 4.

Construction is being pushed onOnondaga County’s War Memor-ial Building to meet scheduleddedication ceremonies week ofSept. 9New auditorium will be used for

the Syracuse Post-Standard’s An-nual style show, beginning Sept.12. with Faye Emerson as spot-light commentator. “Icecapades of1952,” sponsored by John H. Har-ris. is booked for Sept. 20-26 asinitial stage attraction.

Columbia Rocords

CURRENTLYFOUR DUKES SUPPER CLUB

Detroit, Michigan

Direction: MILO STRLTMutual Intortolnmont Aeancy

!•) N. Wobesh, Ch.cafw 1, III.

FOSTER AGENCY, LONDON

Brook; Leo Grennan and Patrick

J. Greenan (his brother*, of Sche-

nectady; William P. Cotter, of Am-sterdam. and William C. “Scotchy”Morrison, of Albany. Smith's In-

terlaken.The alarm message stated that

Cotter was believed to be working

j at Palisades Amusement Park.Palisade, N. J. The indictmentscovered years before 1950. OnlyThe Brook and Newman’s, amongthe swank clubs, are now ojxrn.

The 'Brook presented a small ftoor-

show during August.The special grand jury is sched-

uled to resume hearing witnessesat Ballston Spa. Sept. 12.

LANDREVERNA

Lmm Continued from pace U ssSnll

lap •! Musif, H'woodering the customers st the bar,and the very funny “Hello-from-Hollywood - to - all - of - you” rou-tine. Proof that a real trouper cantake it was the acknowledgementof Blake's artistry by Bette Davis,accompanied to the opener byspouse Gary Merrill,^, who aroseand did p short takeoff on herselfto prove how right Blake’s was.Comedienne Helen Boice, who

accompanies herself at the key-board. holds over, proving an okaywarm-up performer with suchmore-than-slightly-biue chansonsas “Santa Monica.” “The PeasKept Rolling Off His Knife.*’ “NoOne Gave the Bride Away” and“You Gotta Be I^oved 'to BeHealthy.” Due piano team of FelixDeCola 8; Benno Kubinyi continueto please the payees with theirbetween-acts interpretations ofChopin, Sarasate ana whatnut, andJohnnie David’s combo providesokay dance rhythms. Mike

Now Appearing WINTER GARDENBlackpool, England

Americon Rep WM. MORRIS AOINCYTAVKL-MAROUAMI AOSNCY, PARIS

"America's Most Exciting

Dance Team”.

CLUB LIDOVENICE,

Italy

Thank* t* HANS LEDERER andLEW and LESLIE GRADE, Ltd., Iwc.

and Raya Sisters“DANCING DOLL-USIONS”

Opining

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Milwaukee. Sept. 4.

Patti Page-Guy Mitchell combobill at the Riverside Theatre herehit a new record for house on stage-shows. Musical fare racked up sock$34,963 last week. Previous topwras $33,000, hit by Frankie Lainelast year.

Riverside, booked by CharlesHogan, is on spot schedule, but is

seeking more attractions to followPage-Mitchell presentation.

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A1 Boerner. former Chicagomanager who graduated here in1938, in from N. Y. for generalcheckup, drew an all-clear andgoes back to work.

After a two-year session of faith-ful ozoning Jerry (Loewi Hornsbydefinitely beat the rap here andgoes home to Newark.

Carl Karoly. new guest andformer commercial artist for War-ner Bros., in and out of the gen-eral hospital for operation, took It

like a veteran and Is back at thelodge resting in comfort.The Variety Club’s Will Rogers

Hospital is going all-out on Its lab-oratory exploits. Charles “Chick”Lewis, VC executive, stated that“no limit would be placed on theextent of trying to find a cur# fortuberculosis and other diseases.”New equipment valued at about$25,000 has been added to the hos-pital.

The Ben Weinbergs and the CarlShafers motored in for a . chatwith Lawrence (IATSE) Garber;ditto Charlie Kaufhold. who beatthe rap here, in from Harrisburg,Pa., to ogle frau Julia Kaufhold.

Hadacol Tour Continues

Under New SyndicateSyndicate now in control of

Hadacol, the patent medicine, will

continue the one-night shows withexpanded budgets.

Syndicate, which took over Had-acol for a reported $8,000,000 (first

given as $10.000.0001, is headed byNew York attorney Asher Lans.Proceeds will go to the TobeyMaltz foundation, of which Dr.Maxwell Maltz. a plastic surgeon,is medical director. Malts statedthat the foundation, named for hismother, who died of cancer, willreceive funds from the license forvarious medical research programs.Some of the money will be devotedto the foundation’s work in woundhealing.

Louisiana State Senator DudleyJ. Leuianc, who founded the Had-acol firm, will continue as directorof sales and publicity at a reputedannual - salary of $100 000 plusbonuses.

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VAIOKVIIAKWednesday, September 5, 19S1

Borschters Hit

Highway Snarls

In $ DownbeatThe Labor Day weekend disap-

pointed the borscht belt hotels in

New York State. Although spots

of the calibre of Grossinger’s, at

Ferndale, and the Concord, Kia-

mesha Lake, were filled, the ma-jority of the inns didn’t do so well.

Attendance was good the first twodays, but on Sunday (2) there weremany early checkouts because ofthe weather.

However, the mountain innkeep-ers are planning ahead. The ma-jor drawback to their business,they say. is the bad traffic setupon Route 17, major artery leadinginto the vacation area. Openingcampaign was fired this week whenCharlie Rapp, N. Y. borscht beltbooker, took ads in the Liberty,N. Y., papers, denouncing condi-tions on that highway. Ad calledthe road “a killer.’* During thesummer an accident there tookseveral lives, and there were fre-quent mishaps that delayed traffic.

The hill-country hostels point tothe delays around Monroe, TuxedoPark and Sloatsburg where trafficis delayed interminably. Ordinar-ily the ride from New York toMonticello and Liberty should takeno more than four hours, but withcurrent traffic conditions, it’s im-possible to negotiate the distancein less than six or seven hours.Anothejr factor is the poor trainservice to the area, leaving theonly way open by bus and auto.

The mountain men hope that thefatalities this season will result insome action to correct these condi-tions. They are pressuring local of-ficials and the State Legislature forappropriations to expand the roadand eliminate bottlenecks in thoseareas.

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Ottawa Standishall BackIn Action After Blaze

Ottawa, Sept. 4.

Standishall is back in businessagain, having closed after a blazethat wiped out its Chinese Roomand entire front section of thehotel-nitery. Circle Bar was opena few days after the Are, whichbroke into 10-day Louis Armstrongbooking a month ago, and thedamaged Rainbow Room, Standish-all’s dancery, reopened (27) withNorman Richardson’s orch.

Nitery biz reopens with SarahVaughan booked into RainbowRoom. Disk jockey Paul Allenmaintained his former ChineseRoom airer from studio until hemoved into Circle Bar, where hewill remain until a new ChineseRoom is built.

West Coast’s Show Biz

Bally Being Primed As

Offset to AC/s BeautsLong Beach, Cal., Sept. 4.

The Catalina Swim Suit Co.,

which was prominent in the MissAmerica contests in Atlantic City,

until the educational, entertain-

ment and IQ aspects militated toomuch against the fundamental s.a.

pitch of the bathing beauty hoopla,is intent on building up the westcoast as a summer showmanshipstunt as offset to the AtlanticOcean resort. This near-Los An-geles beach’s bally next June-Julywill focus on a Miss Universebuildup where only curves, gamsand looks, in bikinis or otherwise,will be the prime lure.

Universal-International Films is

tied in with the Miss Universe;quest, as is Pan American. Air-ways, which will bring the beautsfrom abroad and the Latin coun-tries to Southern California. TheFar East is excluded because ofpreliminary conclusions from Jap-anese and kindred countries that it

would be ’’futile to send any con-testants in light of the world un-rest.”

The European imports will, natu-rally, be from the Western Powers,although there is no exclusion spe-cifically against Iron Curtain po-tentials.

The Long Beach Chamber ofCommerce, along with the Catalinaswim suit people plan elaborateshow biz supplements, from namebands to name vaude and videopersonalities. The TV aspects aremuch to the fore in light of thecable’s functioning in expected full

blast by next summer.Atlantic City, meantime, as a

counter-move, has brought over aMiss Sweden by air for this sum-mer’s competition and may win-dow-dress with other imports.

Israeli OaterManchester, Eng., Aug. 28.

Cowboy acts are popular inIsrael. Booked to perform there is

Lance King and his horse Gypsy,now in vaude at Oldham, near here.

Act has September bookings inIsrael and the Near East.

Kid-Absent Matinees

Slow Spike’s PnU In

Det.; Cleve. B.O. PerksDetroit, Sept. 4.

Poor matinee attendance is

throwing a dampish blanket overthe Fox Theatre’s two-a-day stage-film policy inaugurated Friday (31)

by Spike Jones’ ’’Musical Depreci-ation” crew. As a result, there areindications the management maygive preference from here on in to

regular television ^performers.

Dave Idzal, Fox managing direc-

tor, said audiences for Jones’ per-formances have been preponderant-ly adult. Usual matinee audienceof teen-agers and housewives hasnot developed as expected.

Idzal feels that if he can bringestablished TV performers to his

stage, he’ll reap the benefit of theexploitation values.

7G AdvanceCleveland. Sept. 4.

Two-a-day show policy of re**

served seats for Spike Jones’ ‘‘Musi-

cal Depreciation Revue,” openingThursday (6) at the 3,300-capacityPalace, rang up an advance sale of

about $7,000 a week before theband's opening.

“Mark of the Renegade” will bethe picture linked with Spike, whowill do three Saturday and Sundayperformances at $1.50 top. Gate is

being hiked to $2.40 Sept. 12 for

theatre’s televised Robinson-Tur-pin fight, scheduled to go on after

Jones’ evening show.It will be his first two-a-day ap-

pearance on the RKO chain, andalso marks the house’s first experi-

r ment with reserved seats since1926, when it discontinued Keith-Albee “bigtime” vaude to go into

a grind policy.

Balt. Burley’s BowBaltimore, Sept. 4.

The Gayety, local burlesquelandmark, opened here last weekwith policy of travelling names ona three-a day basis under direction

of J. J. Pearlstein.

Billy Wallace and Frank Silk

plus stripper Winnie Garrett pro-

vided the teeoff bill, which drewgood b.o. Gus Flaig is producing.

Hub’s LQ Leads Autumn Harvest

Via Tucker; Others Set LineupsBoston, Sept. 4.

Hub nightlife gets a shot in thearm this week when the LatinQuarter tees off the season withSophie Tucker in for 10 days, fol-

lowed by “Minsky’s Follies” for atwo-weeker. LQ shuttered in earlyJune, and as far as can be deter-mined now, will be the only Hubspot playing top names this season,with the Copley Plaza’s Oval Room,which dropped floorshows 'for thesummer, figuring on continuing its

present policy.

Oval Room in the past featuredsuch names as Hlldegarde, CarlBrlsson, Kay Thompson, Rudy Val-

Minn. State Fair Gates

Rack $1,200,000 Score;

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Strip Tops 230G MidwayMinneapolis, Sept. 4.

The really “big business” of

showdom is the State Fair, if the

figures of the Minnesota exposition

are a criterion.

Including the midway gross, and

gate and grandstand admissions,

the 10-day fair here racked up$1,200,000. The total take of the

midway alone (Royal American

Shows), including shows, rides and

concessions, was approximately

$230,000 for the run. A State Fairsurvey revealed that as many of thesilo boys made a beeline for thecarnival's femme revue, featuringstripper Yvette, the outfit’s follow-

up on Sally Rand and Gypsy RoseLee, as hied themselves N> the live-

stock pavilion and other aggie ex-hibits. And they freely ponied up75c a throw to lamp the cuties.

“The soil tillers apparently feel

they know pretty much all there is

to know about agriculture, but canstill learn plenty about girls,” rea-soned Carl J. Seldmayr, RoyalAmerican owner for more than 30years. “I have a hunch, too, thatmost of the farm boys find the love-lies even more interesting than thelivestock on display. To accommo-date the crowds, we give as manyas nine performances a day. Atevery stand our girl show continuesto outdraw all of our other numer-ous attractions. It not only looksas though sex is here to stay, butis becoming more firmly entrenchedall the time.”

lee, Evelyn Knight, et al., shutter-ing for the summer months. Thisyear the management inaugurateda new policy, staying open duringthe hot weather for dining anddancing, but dropping the floor-

shows and cover charge, with re-

sult that room had a financially

okay summer. Harry Marshardorch bows into the room Sept. 12,

and informal entertainment will befurnished by featured sldemenwith a femme thrush also grabbingthe spotlight

As for the rest of the town, theCircus Room in the Hotel Bradford,one of the few spots which com-bines floorshows and customerdancing to stay open this summer,will t jntlnue its policy of medium-budgeted shows along with Blin-strub’s Village. Latter resumedshow policy yesterday (Mon.) andSteuben’s reopens Thun. (8). TheShowbar, featuring continuous en-tertainment, sans customer terping,remained open during the summerand continued to pull staunch biz.

Jazz bistros, the Savoy and theHi-Hat, also reopened over theweekend, and George Wein’s Story*ville. which has been operating in

Marblehead during the summer,returns to the Hotel Buckminsterthis week, teeing off with GeorgeShearing.

Plane Stunters KilledMinneapolis, Sept. 4.

Carl Ferris, stunt pilot, and Kit-tie Middleton, wing rider, werekilled yesterday (Mon.) when theirplane crashed in front of the grand-stand before 26.000 spectators atMinnesota State Fair.

It was their final performance ofthe 10-day stand.

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Par; Gals Take OverAtlantic City. Sept. 4.

Following the seasonal trend,Labor Day here was above aver-age, making a final killing on thelast weekend of the season. Warmweather helped the influx, andpleasant skies greeted visitors onSaturday and Sunday. Rain cameSunday night and Labor Day waaovercast, with occasional showers,causing many to depart early.

Despite this being PageantWeek, many spots are satisfied with

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the season so far and have eithershuttered or are operating with

I greatly reduced staffs. Hundredsof summer families have quit theresort for their homes in nearbymetropolitan areas where schoolsare ready to start.

The Pageant will keep manywithout school ties over. Girlsstarted arriving Sunday <2) andall of the cross-country beauts areparticipating in the annua) parade,the largest of the year in the city,

today (Tues.).Judging at Convention Hall

starts tomorrow (Wed.) night, andcontinues until Saturday (8), whenthe new “Miss America” is se-

lected.

Other major attraction is the At-

lantic City racetrack, which is hav-

ing a season some 20% above anysince opening six years ago.

Conventions start coming in the

middle of the month and listings

are good through the fall months.Meanwhile, most spots have revert-

ed or are reverting back to out-of-

season status or have closed alto-

gether.

Steel Pier stays open but tkpers

down operations until mid-Septem-ber, when Its winter policy will be

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64 HOUSE REVIEWS Wdnefdif, September 5* 1951

pRTMMUty 5. V.Jan Murray, Toni Arden, Ray

Malone, Pryde k Day, Elliot Law-rence Orch; "His Kind of Wornan" ( RKO • reviewed in VarietyJuly 18. *51.

Current stage layout at theParamount adds up to solid enter-tainment with four ace turnsframed in a snappily paced andneatly varied session. Furtherpointing up video’s potential for

building marquee names. RayMalone, from the “Broadway Open

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House'' show, scores handily in a

fancy terping routine. He’s re-

viewed in New- Acts.

Returning for another one of his

periodic stands at this house, Jan,

Murray tops the bill with his regu-lar comedy routine. Although onlya couple of new lines have beenadded to his repertory' since last

appearing here, Murray so»*ks overhis material wi*h a sharp edgethat maintains its fresh impactHe's an expert clown who knowshow to reverse his field between a

hoked-up vocal and last throwawayjof a gag. llis extended ‘ l,augh.Clown. Iûgh” number, with its #

numerous time-outs for incidentalchatter and berating of the orch.still registers heavilv. His closingpitch before the Labor Day week-end for careful driving on theroadways adds up to good show-manship.

In the vocal department, ToniArden delivers a brace of numberswith a bravura style. The qualityof her pipes is undeniable and sheworks her range to the utmost,from a rhythmic brassiness to alyrical sweetness. At times, sheseems to pour on the stylisticflourishes too heavily, especiallyon her “Come Back to Sorrento,"but she's commercial all the wav.Her rendition of “Too Young" istops.

Pryde & Day. as the openingturn, clirk with their admit jug-g’ing routine Duo negotiate aseries of nifty stunts with 10-pinsand rubber balls while maintaininga light comedy flavor to their op-erations. Their pyramid trick,with both juggling balls while she'sstanding on his shoulders, gelsthem a soiid milting payoff

Elliot Lawrence's crew, compris-ing seven brass, six leed and threerhyhtm. cuts th. show sharply, theband flashing a driving instru-mental style Length of the cur-rent show has apparentlv pre-cluded spotting the band beyondthe curtain-raiser. Hcnn

with gals in tinsel attire and rea-

listic ftreworks effect.

Karson Is not overdoing the bal-

let stuff, so as not to clash withcurrent Metro pic attraction, “AnAmerican in Paris."Judging by turnout, which was

practically capacity on morningshow, pic and show are good for

five to six weeks. Reye.

Illinois

|Baxy, N* Y.

I Frank Fontaine, Harmonicait

(3), Norwood Smith, Arnoldi Shoda, Carol Lynne, John Walsh.Roxyettes k Escorts (24», H.Leopold Sptfalny Chorus, Paul AshHouse Orch; “People Will Talk

”

i • 20th ), reviewed in Variety Aug.22 .

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51 .

After the excitement caused byMilton Berle’s appearance at this

theatre, nearly anything that

Jacquet^'orch*"

(8). follows would be a letdown. Yet... . —. r. . • j I no s»a«rrnnl fiiuivlav in onf irpl V utK.

Earle, rhlllvPhiladelphia. Sept 1

Saratmah Churchill & Four St rid

ers. Piano Red. Conunty k Parks.

Satnwy Hinds. Frank Juele s HouseOrch (161;

'*Fugitive Lady" (Rep*.

;ne current display la entirely satis-

factory as the A. J. Balaban-SammyRauch combine has chosen to ac-

centuate production.

Arthur Knorr has designed a gay

Th Earle relights for well-bal- atmosphere; costuming and routin-

anced vaude that comprises most | ing are lively enough to keep the

of the currently pop ingredients of customers interested throughout;

stage fare. Illinois Jacquet and again the ice section is integrated

his expert septet take care of the into the rest of the proceedings

hot jazz department, while Savan- i so that the combined flash has

nah Churchill with the backing of a greater Impact,

new quartet scores a minor tri- With the heavy ballyhoo on theumph.

,film. “People Will Talk." the stage-

Show opens with Frank Jude s show looks like it's been de-pit band mounted on stage and a • emphasized budgetwise. But withfast team of steppers to kick it off. i the presence of Frank Fontaine.Conway A Parks, a pair of eccen- there's a degree of name value,trie terpers. always register steam Fontaine, w-ho registered hand-with their footwork, no matter how soinely on video initially, and wholukewarm their songs and the pat- went on with Jack Benny to be-ter may be Their jitterbug dance come known nationally, is a funnyroutine is a solid getaway. citizen. His sweepstakes winnerThe Earle revue has no emcee characterization is his best known

and each act introduces the next staple and a rewarding bit ofturn. Piano Red follows with low- tumor. Fontaine at times^ weakensdown keyboarding and backroom this bit with injections of gagsballads. Sample chant is "I Got not in keeping with the character,the Right String. But the Waning t t on the whole it’s strong enoughYo Yo." Keyboarder works with m Re t him a couple of earned re-

backing of his own drums and bass, calls. His gallery of impressionsNumbers are in the rhythm blues

j s well done. His subjects arecategory and the lyrics are far fitted into the framework of anfrom subtle: act would probably Arthur Godfrey show, and he givesbo much stronger in a cafe than in his impressions a great deal ofbig auditorium Reception at the fidelity.Karle was only fair

jOther major act on the boardsSammy Hinds offers an okayJerry Mur

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ad s Harmonica*. This\entro att with his dummy Ed m0uth-organ trio is a showy group.d”\ H?

!VISSKS^HlSLlr

0! Jh,!; skilled at extracting melody and

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applause out of these instruments.wiU*_the dummy. 1 Cant Give They hit jackpot nuttings with

"Galloping Comedians.” a boogietune and the inevitable “Peg O’

with th* comic tarn him * fine

mittOnly spot to bring In the scis-

sors might be with Sid Gary.' Heshows off an excellent vole* in

warbling "Old Man River,” but it

impresses as a bit too slow to keepshow’s pace. His vocal carbons ofDowney and Jolson, however, arehigh spots, as is his closer, a black-face duet with Berle. Rotundsinger Fatso Marco is a fine

opener, and virtually brings downthe house with powerhouse treat-

ments of “Sweet Lorraine,”“Changes Made.” and “SunnySide.” Stooge' Stan Ross carriesoff his quickie "I’m With You”business to plenty of chortles.

It behooves to admit that It’s all

Berle. despite the generally highcalibre of the other turns. He’snever offstage, of course. Hisrarping at the house orch. thestage crew and the electricians is

not to his credit, nor is it verywise to stalk into the aisles andangrily yank an annoying cameraout of a teen-acer’s hands. It's

not funny, but by Virtue of his

comic genius it can almost be over-looked

Carl Sands, subbing for LouisBasil, does a commendable jobbackstopping. And the TexacoMen. appearing only briefly, aresolid in the leadoff spot. Mel.

Apollo. !\. Y.Billy Eckstine,' Bobby Tucker.

Buddy De Franco Orch (14>. until

Pat Collins: Son & Sonny, BobbyJule. Harold King, Spider Bruce<3*; “Return of the Vampire"(ColK

You Anything But Love,’’ that real

ly break> up the houseThe Four Striders and Savannah

Churchill are a happy combinationThe quartet shows the star to ad- The nautical production hits an

Empfro. l,on«lonLondon, Aug. 28.

Empire Girls <24*. EmpireBallet < 20 », Choral Ensemble(12», The Four Furres, JackieHunter, The Three Wilkes. BillHurley. George Metachrino OrchAn American tn Paris" (MCi.

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No sign of diminution in the ver-satility of Empire s stageshow pro-ducer Nat Karson.

Despite this being his 24th ef-foit, Karson .still reveals new ideasand novelties; and he still man-ages to unearth new* acts, in spiteof having to face strong oppositionfrom Val Parnell at the Pal'adium.This week’s production is aptlvtitled "Festival.” second edition -ofa previous show.

Backgrounded by quick glimpseof massive plane, with fadcout re-veal ing the 24 Empire gals, besttroupe in town, in some fine pre-cision steps, fronted by panoramaof Festival setting.

Scene fades out to Music Pavil-ion. with George Melachrino andhis symphony orch giving out withmedley of songs, including “Cruis-ing Down the River.” with HillHurley topping with “Paper Doll”and "Good Night Sweetheart” togood returns. Boy has personalityand fair pipes and. with a littlemore experience, should go places.As is, can front for anv nitervband.

With Fun Fair setting, the ThreeWilkes «two men) are Continentalhorizontal bar offering of the reg-ulation type, with one man sup-pling the comedy and the otherdoing most of the hard work, whichcomprises several vaults andswings from bar to bar. Gal is infor flash.

The Empire Ballet, comprisinga east of eight principals, is heldover from the May show, and is

Worthy of repeat.This is followed by the Four

Furres (two men* in aerie* of chairstunts, with best trick being theyouthful member of the team bal-ancing atop six chairs.

Jackie TTunter. a radio andvaude name, puts over some goodimpreshes of various cops regulat-ing traffic, a couple of stories,which scored laughs, and closingvilli comedy drumming, helped by-

stooge in tne pit.

Show rlimaxe* with “Changingof I he Guard" sêne. usin -’ Eric

Coates' theme of the same name.

vantage (Miss Churchill has nevexêxceBen t stride with good forma-

looked or sounded better than she a”dj'vel >’ Norwood

does in this Earle show) and the Smith baritones ‘David and Bath-

boys possess some qualities on sheba authoritatively. His back

their own. They are young and ground is enriched by a guitar in

from the top tenor to the bass they * aJ*‘

Ash orch, and net effect

have a wide range. ,s A004*-

Miss Churchill- and the boys Arnold Shoda does a bit ofopen with “You’re Just in Love” dramatic terping to “Malaguena”and follow it with her latest re- to diminish his total effect. There'scording. “I Don’t Believe in To- appreciable pickup during themorrow.” Then come "Wedding lighter passages wherein the mu-Bells Are Breaking Up That Old sic permits him to pick up speedGang of Mine” and the number and get in some of the tricks whichthat has virtually been identified Roxy customers go for. He walkswith Miss Churrhill. “Time Out off to a fiine mitt.

For Tears ” They close with the| Carol Lynne similarly makes a

jumpy Route 66 and get off with mark on the rink She opens inthe customers still yelling for the tandem with John Walsh, but short-Stars I Want TO Be Loved.

I lv afterward «nln (nr finrvThe sock registering of the sing

ing group leaves Illinois Jacquetand his combo in an anti-elimacticspot for the show’s close. Thehard-driving saxophonist soon picksit up. however, and his rhythmicgroup cuts loose, solo and in uni-

ly afterward goes solo for fancymaneuvers which provide the showwith a strong closer. Jose.

rhi«*ago. fliiChicago. Aug 31.

Milton Berle, Dagmar, Sid Gary.son. on such items as “All of Me" Leonard Sues, Fatso Marco, Texacoand “Baby, Don’t You Go Away Men <4>, MagUf Triplets. LouisMad." In addition to Jacquet's Basil Orch; "Rich, Young andopening medley on the sax. another Pretty ” (M-G>.sock reception is accorded Jo Jones

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in his solo flight on the drums The Question of who will break thesession^ winds up with Flying Chicago Theatre house record isHome the Jacquet version of

, the big trade subject this weekwhich has more sustained excite - - -

ment than any in the hooksGfl0)i.

Judging from the mob on thesidewalks opening day (31* in 90 -

degree heat. Milton Berle couldwell chastise current holders. Mar-tin & Lewis. Only drawback is

the length of the flick, which is

keeping the comic down to six-a-day schedule. Cristianis. pail of

IMer. A. r.(MUSIC HALL)Atlantic City, Aug. 29

Rosemary Clooney The Ville,

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naves <2*. Hal Sands' Dancers (5* Lhe BTe ln Gotham, have

The Kemnu/s «2». Artie Dann™*en droPP*d »«•«* to recoup the

House Oreh (10); "This Is Ko tlme -

rea" (Rep*. ‘, Entire parkage. amply led

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Dagmar. Is in at a straight 50-50Rosemary Clooney, who got her sPbt with the management from

start on this pier four years ago the initial buck. “It’s my financialwhen she and her sister Betty au- • pleasure to be here” he quips,ditioned fully for vocalists with -*nd though the romic may fall

Tony Pastor’s band, tops stageshow sb°rt of the house mark, it’s still

in the Music Hall this week. aPt to be his pleasure upwards ofHer top platter. “Come on-A My $55,000-

House.” is saved for last, begging Remarkable about Berle is hisoff at its conclusion. combined drawing power with the

Making for more than an eye- juves. Mites barely old enoughful in a white strapless evening to walk unleash salvo after salvogown. Miss Clooney’s numbers are of “Uncle Miltie " They huddlewell geared for summer audience. . around the pit as though he werelaking a Chance On liOve.” her Santa Claus; his influence, how--

opener, starts., her well She fol- ever, may not be as healthv. Helows with “Mixed Emotions.” and swishes, offensively grabs thethen “The Ijidy Is a Tramp.’’ male performers arid all but for-Brought back, -stir-chirps “Brown gets that Dagmar’,* supposed to be

a dumb femme and not the phe-rhe VUIenaves. bike act in open- nom she U. On the plus side, he

ing slot is okay , with boy and girl sings; he jollies the patrons; hedoing nice jobs on the two-wheel- dances; he crawls in the aisles. It’sers and unicycles. Audience cn- one of the most vigorous perform-joys nonsense of the Kemmys, duo ances ever seen here,whose stuff centers around a hat I Dagmar doesn’t disappoint. HerArtie Dann. who emcees show, fol- .two vocal efforts are capably done,lows Miss ( looney, proving a good but for the most part she serveslaugh-getter (hiring his stint. as a foil for the comedian. Berle

Last spot on bill brings on Hal and trumpeter I,eonard Sues cum-sand* Dancers, three girls and two plement each other neatlv. Suesbo s who offer Javanese and C an is an ingratiating lad and hisnumbers, both well done. Walk,

jsplendid tooting and fast rapport

The return of Billy Eckstine tohis annual Harlem date is an eventof considerable boxoffioe impor-tance to the Apollo. The FrankSchiffman house is able to snagthe majority of the important Ne-gro headliners for one appearanceyearly at this Harlem vaudfilmflagship Many attractions feel anobligation to play a date here.

It’s a house that nurtured andencouraged fledgling talent whenthey meant nothing more than justan act. The obligation is furtherheightened by a headliner's feelingof responsibility to the Negro com-munity. and to help keep the houseopen as a Harlem outlet for em-ployment of vaude performers.Many play this house at consider-ably less than that which could beobtained in the downtown delux-ers. although it must be noted thatan appearance here doesn't affectthe gate at the plushier spots.

Eckstine’s draw is excellent, andit’s noted that this house gets morethan its usual share of ofay cus-tomers during his stint. His pipingshave tremendous warmth and pow-er. There’s the sexy quality thatpulls the kids, and adult interpre-tations that please the maturemembers of the audience. He’s al-lotted six numbers which mix bal-lads and rhythms. It’s the formerthat gets the maximum response.

Six strings, five fiddles and acello are added to the Buddv DeFranco orch during Eckstine’s ap-pearance only. Eckstine also car-ries his own conductor, Bobby-Tucker. During show caught,there wasn’t the necessary integra-tion between the strings and therest of the crew. There obviouslyshould have been more rehearsalso that the catgut could have got-ten the prominence that -wouldfurther enhance Eckstine’s efforts.This failing, however, didn’t dimin-ish the overall response to thesinger.The De Franco crew is making

its first Apollo appearance. It's aCaucasian crew that's well versedin the kind of musical fare that’spopular at this house The instru-mentation of five reeds, an equalnumber of brasses and a trio ofrhythms, with De Franco showingvirtuosity at the clarinet, makesfor a lively brand of music. Maes-tro shows some good interpreta-tions of varied tunes and his fod-der gets a good reception. Blondesongstress Pat Collins gets acrossher single tune. “Because of You.”The surrounding act lineup does

very well. Son A Sonny hit themark with their hoofing. They havea fine approach to their work withsome ballet influences shown.They work out some clean cleatsand show a few tricks that givethem midterm applause.

Harold King, a youngish vet atterping on roller skates, has a setof good routines. He has an easystyle with a lot of slithering move-ments that get applause. Topperis a session of terping on a tabletop while blindfolded, which is agood applause-getting item.

Sole ofay act on th* layout Isjuggler Bobby Jule. a cleveryoungster w ho has a lot of comcdicdesigns in his manipulations. Heworks smoothly, has some goodjuggling patterns and a pleasantpersonality.

Spider Bruce does the comedyskit this week with Vivian A Rayassisting. As usual, it gets yocks.

Jose,

Palace, N. Y.Ted k Flo Vallett, The Work-

mans 12), Gillette Ik Richards,

Betty Clark. Sharkey the Seal, De-Lage k Shirley, Roger Ray, TheCaribbean* (3), Tim Herbert ADon Saxon, The Del Mars (2),Don Albert House Orch; “PassageWest” tPar), reviewed V* VarietyMay 30. '51.

This is about as nicely balanceda bill as has been Palaced for tom*time. It moves along smoothlysans benefit of a sock turn.Opening baton tossing of Ted k

Flo Vallett is a clicko warmer-upper. Feature speed and flash in

their twirling and juggling flavor-

ed with aero work.The Workmans are a neat-look-

ing couple who please with trum-pet. cowbells and extraction oftunes from glass tumblers. Supplycomedy motif via melody race withorch on the bells plus Spike Jones-ish rubber-pipe contraction.Mark Huling’s Sharkey the Seal

is surefire on any stage. Flipperdoes everything in the book, top-

ping with “River Shannon” onbells after terrific balancing andcarrying stints.

The orthodox magico repertoireof DeLage k Shirley is set off bypolish and showmanship. Theirdollhouse sword box and trunkstunts are well-wrought standardswhich earn ample rewards.Roger Ray's fast patter, ribbing

of pit maestro Don Albert, anasuspenseful delay of xylo hammer-ing provide many a laugh. Theguy is a natural comic whose in-

strument functions as an ever-present prop. He’s not too bad at

the knockabouts, either.

Tim Herbert A Don Saxon, next-to-closing. are irrepressible cut-ups, with Herbert supplying na-tionality characterizations andSaxon a fine foil for his skinnypartner’s eccentrantics. They’re in

there pitching with fight pix aid“Dapper Dan” song - and - dancetakeoffs.

Reviewed under New Acts areGillette A Richards, comics; BettyClark, blind singer; the Carib-bean*. dance trio, and the DelMars, gymnasts. Trau.

i Palladium. LondonLondon. Aug. 28.

Jacki Carson, irifh Three HoneyBros., Marion Colby and TommyWells, Deep River Boys (5*. Hall,Norman & Ladd, Christina k Mollt

Clifford Stanton, The Rosinas < 2 *.

The Mo"yadors (2*. The PalladiumGirls (16). Woolf Phillip*’ Sky-rockets Orch.

London Palladium bill measure*up well to its predecessors. WithJack Carson and gang, newcom-ers. topping; The Deep RiverBoys, in their third return, andnewcomers Christine A Moll,there is enough diversified talentto more than satisfy the regularclientele.Opening the program, the niftly

attired Palladium Girls in stereo-typed routine give way to theKosinas. man-woman aerialists.Plenty of thrills here, with manatop a trapeze holding a portablebar on which the femme perform*series of gyrations, some breath-holding Act is ideal circus stuff.

Clifford Stanton features politi-

co takeoffs; some of which arerealistic, especially the PrimeMinister and Herbert Morrison.Of the stage personalities, the bestwas impresh of Robert Newton asLong John Silver in "TreasureIsland.” He should delete the lateBilly Bennett, which, althoughwell done, is too sad for thoseWho still remember him.Newcomers Christine A Moll,

who have played America, arenovel. Open with gal dressed asshoeshine urchin and Moll doingsome fine stepping atop the shinebox. Then both perform some in-

1 tricate rhythmic steps, with Moll'sfinger snapping giving realisticsounding taps. Gal’s ballet workrevejafTs ,hei* a s having masteredthe tochnique.

Hall. Norman & Ladd are com-paratively new- team. Norman wasoriginally American Norman Bart-lett of the Three Admirals. Actspecializes In comedy music. Ag-gregation comprises cello, fiddleand guitar. Boys' straight pansare great asset to their antics.Doubling from Val Parnell andBernard Delfont’s "Folles” showat the London Hippodrome, theyare still novel enough to garnerbig hand.Deep River Boys are favorites

here. They come on to recep-tion and immediately get crackingw ith ’ Hallelujah” and ”Tc oYoung " Then go Into their semi-spiritual. “Shadrach.” identifiedwith them since their first visithere. Follow with “Get Up ThoseStairs," and insistent applausebrings them bark for “Little Eye*.I Love You.” As a parting, theysing “May the Good Lord KeepYou.” Bovs finally had to beg off.

Carter Wilson, who replaced Jim-(Continued on page 65t

WrdnmUr, Srptemkor 5, 1951

Eayee* the feeling of bigtime thatep showmanship can always man-

age. Under skillful direction, even

f

;reenest of cast comes across foot-ights smiling and bouncy.Cast, whose pay scale runs from

S50 to 8100, rehearse for threeweeks, a'ways at night, after work-ing hours.As far as Capitol audiences are

concerned, this is an annual fam-ily event, and each act is, to them,a show-stopper. Lour.

trical loop at the required second.Team work of Jinx Clark and RudyClark and Rudy Richards asrhythm-infected “Calypso Kids’* is

one of the most showipanly bits in

the two-plus hours, roundly ap-plauded by the house. Round offancier blade work is shown by

and Meehan, handsome

Holiday on lee(MUNICIPAL AUD.)

Kansas City. Sept. 1.

Ice Skating rerue in lu>o acts

presented by Holiday ou Ice

Shows. Inc.; produced by Russell

Markert ;choreography, Dolores

Pallet, Rudy Richards; costumesdesigned by Billy Livingston; set-

ting*. James Marconi; orchestra-

tions, Paul Sutnmey; special mu-sic. Dolores Pallet; lighting. DougMorris; musical director. CarmenNappo; rocalist-m.c., Arno Bennett;

vocalist. Jacquie Hallquist. Present-

ed at the Municipal Auditorium by

John Antoncllo hooking office,

Ann. 31-Sept. 7. _

Cast: Joan Hyldoft, j

Meehan. Jin* Clark, Rudy Rich-

ard*. Joan, Mae k Leo Freismger,Hobby May, Paul Andre HarveyWeber & Gene Le/F. GenevieveX orris & Hob Payne, Phil Hiser. Gi!

L Taffy McKellen. Jackie Grant.

Glamour la-rs «24>. Ice Squires

(8 >.

that this house draws on film ap-peal alone, Kate Murtah fils wellmto policy and is away up on theapplause register. Neat-y stackedin a black net evening gown, com-plete with below-the-neck profilewhen she turns her side to the au-dience, Miss Murtah quietly pro-pels a husky sexy voice in her“I Get a Kick Out of You;’* herbouncy “Come On-A My House,”complete with Chinese. Scots andoperatic Carmen-style versions;her travesties on society singerstyles. Miss Murtah also had tobe? off.

With Ellis McLintoch’s bandtiered before an eye -filling full-stage silver drape setting, crimsonIrave'ler parts to a swift start withWeds and Four Fays <a man andlour blondes), for cross-stage tum-bling and risky; Eddie Manson on• he harmonica for a neat “SouthPacific” medley, clever staccatoand diapason effects on Encsco's“Rumanian Rhapsody" and anotherbegoff on “St. Louis Blues,” withMargery Weds at 'the grand pianoin for the solo interludes to an-other great audience reception.

Competently knitting the bill

throughout as m.c. is Don Riee. Hisintroductory patter to the acts is

well-mannered and suave; and hisprogressive drunk bits mark a highdegree in inoffensive sta^e com-edy that has the payees applaud-ing for more. The McLintockorch ent strong support to a’i acts,ine uding vocal background to theDon Rice turn. In his first vaudepm, Jerry Collins reveals show-manship acumen and a furtherplug for this type of stage enter-tainment. McStay.

Palladium, Londonmy Lundy, redrafted into the U.S.Army, blends nicely with the team.Second half lias Palladium gals

with change of costuming and an-other routine to make way for theMongadors. This is offshoot ofteam of jugglers of a couple dec-ades ago; there were five then,now dwindled to two. who looklike mother and daughter. Putover fast club swinging and niftytossings, all done as if they enjoythe work.

Jack Carson makes nonchalantentry, with some gab and a fewrew gags fa rarity these days),then introduce* his stooge. TommyWells, for a' lew giggles, in turnmaking way for Marion Colby, aneyeful with a nice pair of pipes.Her renditions, comprise “Chi,Chi, Con*t*n« •' o" and a medleyof Sammy Fain numbtr* whichclicked. Carson hops back for afew comedy card tricks, withWells helping to muff ’em. Ho thenbrings a ‘on? the Three HoneyBros, who do everything hut kill

themselves. Boys worked veryhard, and put over some finetumbling, even to falling into theorchestra pit, pratfalls and generalclowning to big hit. As climax,they give a tanning to Carson, whostooges for them, all to big laughs.Carson’s rendition of tunes, in-cluding - “Melancholy Baby,” al-

though hardly in the Tony Mar-tin class, reveals him as quite agood warbler. Further Carsonforte is his mimicry, with Gable,Lorre and Colman proving real-istic.

Show ran over 60 minutes, aboutfive minutes too long, with closinghillbilly numbtr not to advantageand could be deleted without be-ing mourned.Woolf Phillips, Palladium maes-

tro. and his aggregation as usualperform competent job in accom-panying the acts. Rege.

Hyldoftpair highly accomplished on therink. Final comedy turn is work ofPaul Andre as he literally takes ahath on the ice: a solid click withthe customers. “Carnival in Venice"calls on the entire cast for whatproves to be more than the con-ventional finale, made most color-ful by excellent costuming anddone with liveliness to the final

Michael beat by the entire company.Quin.

HarneM-rarrulher« Kev.(MINNESOTA STA IK FAIR)

Minneapolis, Aug. 31.Bokara Troupe <4>, Cimse Co„

f4). Pallenbcrg Bears, Joe Wallace,Josephine Bcrosini, Tip, Tap & Toe,Nino, Riska A Nina, Stan Kretnerk Co. «2>, Rtcd k Spellman. Elsak Waldo, Shyrettos <2). FrankLibuse k Co. (21, Les Kimris • 4 )

,

Zacchint (3), Dancing Girls <24).Dancing Boys i4>, ChandelierSingers , Band <30).< noilol. Wash.

Washington. Aug. 30.Gene Ford’s “Going Native" Re-

rue 1 4(1), trifh Helen Kaufman,Baron Tim ns, Joan Kendall & TomPence, Jane Clark & Barbara AnnSiricher. Ray Stuart, Mary Pisto-rio. Judy Sentino, Scott Jackson,Dick Gray. Jean Law’renre, Bill kPaul; produced by Joel Margolis;m isical direction, Sam Kaufman;dances by Margaret Faber; “AsYoung as Yon Feel" <20th».

"Holiday on Ice” is the first

sizable show of the season to hit

town. It’s (he only ice unit to piny

the big downtown Municipal Audi-torium, doing so with its own ice

equipment. Date here is an early

one in the season, running into

some competition from the locally-

sponsored outdoor Starlight The-atre's final week. Friday night ^31)opening was moderately good with

a house of 3,500 at $3 top, and unit .

is certain to build as its color andmovement spur word of mouth.

More compact than other icers to

play here. “Holiday” packs a ca-

pable roster of figure and rhythmskaters, comedians and vaudeturns. Coupled with these are lav-

ish costuming and the productionknow-how of Russell Markert. '

Sltow is eye-filling from start to

finish, and hits a number of en-tcrtainmenl peaks. Outside of a

few draggy moments near opening,j

it is well-paced and genuinelylively near close. Markert and his

staff also have given the show un-usual Hash, without resort to the

usual tricks of lighting, achievingtheir effect through the colorful

costuming and pace of the per-

formers.

Opening production number is

“Hi, Neighbor!” done on the

square dance theme and paradingHie. line in western togs. “Put-tin’ on th# Dog” features JackieGrant and Leo Freisinger in a

round of acrobatic figure work,and Mickey Meehan has his first

turn at ballet figures in a solo

s|K>t. Genevieve Norris & BobPayne head up the “Dreams Ago ’

j

number, exhibiting their smoothwaltz routine. The McKellens

4'mkIiio* TorontoToronto. Aug. 31.

Nellie Luteher. Alan Carney,Jayuor It Ross, Paul Rich, TheReedys. Jimmy Cameron. ArchieStone House Orch; "Mr. BUindingsBuilds His Dream House " *RKO).

Olvmpia. MiamiMiami. Sept. 2.

Milt Hcrth. Trio. RHI Darnell.N.p Nelson. Jack Parker k Doll.Tony & OiUla. Les Rhode HouseOrch; “Peking Express” ‘Pari.

When Nellie Luteher embarkedsome months a*4o on a Europeanjunket, her last appearance beforecrossing the Atlantic was at thishouse. Her first appearance sinceher return from Europe is againat the Casino, ai 1 the ebullientlady can come back here anytime, judging from the enthusias-tic welcome of her perennial ad-min rs here who back that arduousfivc-a-day schedule with standeebiz.

Miss Luteher is currently intro-ducing two new numbers. “That’sA-Plrnty” and the cumbcrsomcly-titled “Mv Poppa's Not Home on’Mv Mamma's Upstairs So WhyMust We Sit on Separate Chairs?”But it’s her identifying "Horry onDown” and "Fine Browrn Frame”that the customers arc impatientlywaiting for. They showed little

interest in her unhuilt-iip newnumbers and, on vociferous re-quests. the voca'ist-pi-mb-t had togive the fans her trademarkedfavorites, with conpncndahlc gen-erosity on time, and the inevitablebeyoff when caught.

Alan Carney is another localfavorite hack for a quirk returnand over big for his footlights pat-ter. h*s impersonations of EdwardG.. Robinson. Charles Laughton,ef a!.; his standard comedy char-acterizations of politicos in dialect,all done without offense to eventhin-skinned nationalists and withthe neat tribute that these typesactually built the present andcoveted North American wav oflife. Carney was another begoft\Vt*' n c •u f, ht.

Neatly rounding the bill, withhouse o**rh tiered onstage beforean cvc-fdMng black and gold fullset. are The Reedys. bov and girldarce t»-am. for neat laps in waltzand ballet styles, plus clever ec-centric® Paul Rich for Ids har-r’enica work, notablv his hroken-time eff'ets in "My Belongsto Dnddv” and "In the Groove,*"latter encored so rousin'* He re-'•*nnse; Jaynor A Ro®*. two flat-

bcl'icd and tanned to -lowers ir.

b’p -•.•'Ik abbreviated Iti'-s. ‘ors’ow temoo hanrf-ha'anr>n<* that,on n>»- '#u'-r control. h» Id Hie ad-mit'.. t on of the men In the audi-ence while the femmes vr»\* *on-t n’ to inst «»nze widc-cv* d a!' theirperfect physical proportions.

Contlnurtf from pact J

Ink SjHtts <•>',

Eddy Manson ft

Don Rice, Wells ft

McLintock OreliTarget ”

Jero’ Collins, now in officiallyas manager of I <«k-w'.h Uptown, fol-lowing sudden death of Stan Cos*nell. lias whipped together an fig-

minute stags package that seta j

precedent for this 2,743-seat er.Theatre was jammed when caughtand should set a sttu tion standardfor a needed v.u*de hypo, judgingfrom paim-poundin" response.Marquee lure is The Ini; Spots

W;th Bill Kcnnv t:»king the leadwith his trick faVelto and purelong-note sustainin''. p*us theliquid piano olaying of Har-old Francis, t<»e vocal quartetwhammed over with “Time Out 'orTears,” “You Left Me EverythingBut You,” a comedy tempo switchto “Everybody Ix>ves My Baby.”the sentimental “Sometime” and asmash vociferous hegbff after theluoy-awaitcd ”

lvO® Angeles. Sent 4,

FHa Mae Morse com -

s out of a*cv- n-" a” it l in tin nt n«»\l w ‘ck.on ring Monday « 1 0 > fo» a fort-n'’ht r' Hie Oasis, "oul’isdenllery, William Morris is hook-

M ; a* Morse was one of the first

attcr-d v art (*t* to lilt a pla terpe*k with only one record. Heretc! *»•*- of “Cow Cow Boogie”made lit r a name.

If I Didn’t Care.”i For the sophisticated audit-net

VARIETY BILLSCHICAGO

louut, N. Y.Malone, who had a fea

spot on the “Broadway Opei" TV show last season, naj

TAP RodriquezM Abbott Den (S>Eddie O'Neal OreItfMwaNr ImcH

Xavier Cufal OreAbbe Lane

Hotel StevensScarecrows <3>

Romayne A BrentJo BemumEllina r

Jerry MapesJack RaffleerHarper FlahertyBob FitzgeraldBuddy RustOUe ClarksDoulevar Dears (4>

Mariana FitzgeraldScottee MarshOrrln Tucker Ore

BlackhawfcNorma Lou DocgettHope ZeeRay ArnettConnie BanterKen RemoBobo Lewis ABobby Barry

Joel FriendHenry Brandon Ore

Cbm FaroeRUly DanielsJackie MilesDoris RubyArden FletcherDcrs till

Puncho Ore t4>

Cee Davidson O <8'

Palmer HouseMary McCartyPaul Sydell

House Mlbeen around for some time inniteries, but has not been docu-mented in New Acts

OUe BolivarDuL ima.Trial ReyesKl GringoCLARKSBURG

LIVIRFOOLImpire <M> S

Jewell A WarringBenson Dulay CoBentley SisFay LenoreRene StrangeBertie HareJacqueline DunbarSo American

LovliesLONDON

Palladium <M> IJack CarsonHoney BrosMarion ColbyTommy WellsDeep River BoysChristine A "MollCPfTord S;ant»nRosinasl'a ! la(Ji'im GirlsSkvr rke s OreMb.itiioriMANCHESTER

Hippoorome (Si 3Sugar ChileRobinson

Down* A KaneLes Danidlyst'.'antes 1 'uni anChris SantisHarry Denetlln-hard* Sis

NOTTINGHAMSmptre (Mi 3

3 CoronetsSam CostaAlex James AIrene

Nitwits2 ColombusBeryl OrdeFinlay Bros7 Volants

PORTSMOUTHRoyal (Ml 3

Vic GordonPeter ColvilleGeorge NeatonPatricia A ColinIrving A GirdwoodSingingBarnstormers

Roy LeesJoyce WclbySherman Fisher GIsPiccadilly Nudes

SHEFFIELDEmpire <M> 3

Rhoden A l.aneDorothy Neal

NSW YORK CITYMusic Hall (I) 4

Marilyn MuryhySenor Cortes •

BAG LambertBetUna RokayPatricia Drylie

Biunhiida RoqueCorps de BalletEric HutsonKocketteabym Orth

Palace (R) 4FontainesNicola Paone3 Ruddies1.AM RossDenversAibentreBobby ShieldsBenny Merc If

(2 to fill)

Paramount (Pi SJan MurrayToni ArdenRav Mrlo*'cPryde A DayElltoH Lawrence O

fony (I) SFrank Fontainellarmon'ratsNorwood SmithCarol LynneArnold ShedsJohn W.vlsli

CHICAGOChicaqo (Pi 7

Meribelh OldPitchmenRomo Vincent

<1 to fill)

Oriental (II 4Xavier Cugat OrrhAbbe Lane

Paul NewingtonTommy DeeJ A A GrantSamson A DelilahJohn GuestCaroline ARichardsSHIPHIRDS

BUSHInspire <S> S

Nat Mills A BobbieCali GallKen MorrisCactus KidsChevalier BrosCurzon 3MAM MillsFlying CometsSUNDERLANDEmpire (M) 3

George RobeyHetty KingGeorge WoodsShaun GlenvilleAlbert WhelanPAM HonriPeter Bernard. ack Kdge>rrv Rich A EvaLarry Gordon GirlsWALTHAMSTOW

Palace <l> 3Jack NorthPal StoyleWestway WonderGirls

MeltonesPantomanocasEugene A Sheila3 DiachordsBUI LodgeShiela HawthornPatricia

WOLVER-HAMPTON

Hippodrome (I) 3Johnny LockwoodCrochetStevanoHal GillionTeller GirlsMary O’NeilBeryl RanscmeWOOD GREENEmpire <•> 3

S Browne SingersJaneHarry Tate JrFred ColtingJoan RhodesJack AntonFe Jover A JackDel Monico Dcrs

He has one —“Remember,** “Ragtime Band,"of the top terping routines in the "Always," “Easter Parade," “Whitebusiness. Xmas and “Blue Skies”—for aMalone has furbished his thrn fine score,

with several striking numbers Goes into “Too Young’* for anwhich register with an impact* that even bigger mitting. Her finish*goes way beyond the usual terping “Come On-a My House” is

ing act. His material shows the poor*, hut not in the niche of pre-type tf imagination which has ceding efforts. Trau.made him a sock staple on video

j

and s MTvJhing refreshing on the-, the CAR1BBEANS (3)

M »! Dance

V ou,v opens with a “Vagabond € Mins.S*^ jes” number, neatly interspers- Palace, N. Y.ing comedy patter among his The Caribbeans (two males, onesteps. He builds strongly nth his 1 femmei are a flashy trio with a“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and

!good stock of tropic-terp mate-

Write Myself a Letter’’ item, in rial.

which he does an impression of a Teeing-off Afro-Cuban item is atypist at work via his tap-terping. sizzler. Follow with a fast treat-He caps his turn with the “Dr. roent of spook-tuned hoofing thatJekyil and Mr. Hyde’’ routine in shows disciplined abandon, andwhich he dons a mask and reels finale with w'hat seems like ad-madly over the stage and then mixture of Jungle and moderndown the center aisle. He clicks terpery. Well received,all the way. Herm. A natural for general niteries

and TV as well as vauders.MARY HATCHER Trail.

Hi <W> • OnlyAsylum of Horrors

CLEVELANDPalace <R> 4

Spike Jcnes ShowMIAMI

Olympia STenner A BettyMinds I .an*Jimmy Jtinr e CoSandv the SealAl Mor'i>

n

PARKF*»«BUROW Va

Sm-j-t (W> 7 OnlyAsvlum oT HorrorsPHILADELPHIA

E'f:e <w> 4Joe Thomas OreU1 GreenKoxx A WhiteErrol C rncr 3Wynon e HrnrtsWASHINGTONCapitol 1 L 4

Lewis A VanEddie Mms.'nArlene DahlHerbert ^ Saxon

Howard (l> 7

Johnnv Hodges OreTiny GrimesSwallowsEarl WilliamsEdwards SitLittle JoeHerman Hyde A

Myrtle

LOS ANGELESJune EdwardsHal Derwin Ore

Clre’e- •

Pearl BaileyDick Stabile OreDante Varela Ore

MocamboChu.v ReyesLatin-Aires

Ambassador HotolFrankie Carle OreLarry Whiteoan House

I’egRy BarrettEvelyn Farney

Biltmore HotelHarrison A FisherMarjorie Garretison

I - Continued from pec* 1 ” - *

been no interference with U. S.

players in British pictures, at least

after they had started actual work. Songs

In the Stack instance the official It Mins,

explanation was that “a case had <

yyb'®“

not been made out" for the actor, big tim<

That has left trade circles as puz- Fe

zled as before, since other Ameri-doesn't**

cans now making British films, in- her foui

eluding Linda

THE DEL MARS (2)

Aero7 Mint.Palace. N. Y.

This is an unusual turn special-izing in slow, hand-to-hand pos-tures and lithe equilibristics per-formed with souffle lightness. Thedelicate, ouasi-humorous treat-ment is enhanced in the middleportion by. an assist from the pit’s

trumpet and saxes during duo'sgymnastic excursions.

Their salvo finish has the boyholding both feet of the girl in onehand aloft. The femme is small,dainty and pretty; her mate is ashort, good-looking blond withlots* muscle and grace.A top novelty act: Trau.

AUSTRALIAPepitoCarvunv BrosTipsy A BrowEvy A Evert oBibs M.vrkinnonMoira ClauxLes RitchieHorne Dirgif 4Celebrity Sinkers6 I cs ModelsLei Debonnai.esTivoli BaiM *

SYDNEYTivoli III 1

Ann inti PerrenMarion DaviesTrio FavesDevine A KinsGerd BjornstadChriblMarika SaaryPhilip TappinWim de JointJacques CartauxJunmv ElderJoe WhitehouseCissy TrenholmTerry Scanlon

AUCKLANDHis Majesty's (•» S

Joyce GraemeAlison LeeLynne Goldin*Henry D-ntonRex ReidLeon KellawayCorps de Ballet

BRISBANEHis Mtiesty's (I) SWally Boa*G iJ* Brox A

*fvrnaMtrquis A Family} Skatin* MerenosBean • sazovaFan Yiie Jen TpDetroyAnn DonaldCelebrity SingersTivoli Ballet

MELBOURNETivoli (I) 1

Jon PerlweeAlan Clive8 Los Trianas

Darnell. George appear to be a mistake since Miss

„ . .. .. . Hatcher sings her three pop tunesBrent, Marguerite Chapman. Zach-

ratber lackadaisically. She tacklesary Scott and Mischa Auer, have the standards—“Let’s Fall in

not been affected. |L?ve/’ 'Jealous" and -I've Got^ , ... | the World on a String —with tooTrade circles are speculating on appreciation of the words,

the possibility of a connection he- seeming to concentrate strictly on

tween the Stack incident and lastj

the rhythm.

s controversy between Eouity1 Act (dtliers steam when the fourweeks conirovers> oeiween e.Mu y boys her in ..j Dont Care lf

and American actress Barbara the Sun Don’t shine’’ and “I Can’tPerry. The latter dispute was set-

|

Believe That You’re in Ix>ve with

tied yesterday iMon.t with Miss Me.“ They also do a difficult aI

, i

capella routine, sans orchestra, onPerry s joining the union, but only “Over the Rainbow," but the veryafter producer Eric Maschwitz lv»d lack of musical background de-

agreed to pay her initiation fee trom the trick, rather than* v 3

pointi 4g It up. This sort of closeand dues. harmony is better for concerts

British Union Setup <han for bistros Quintet closesokay with Buttons and Bows.

Previously, the actress’ holdout and with full orchestra. Kids

had threatened to prevent the West could use some special material.

Ei\d opening of a new musical,

“Zip Goes a Million.” The situa-=======^=^====^=====

tion stems from the curious rela- a ||tionship between performer unions |I|(||PC HJIin England. Miss Perry joined the :

iiwivmVariety Artists Federation for a - - - Continued l

previous vaude engagement in . _ „ .. .

London, and claimed that that Roseanna McCoy 1949, but

should make it unnecessary’ for her tending more towaru the latter

to join British Equity. ,han the formcr '

Unlike the situation in the U. S..Also something of a special ease

there is no affiliation between the .

ar?

,he t',u “'k 'e makers who turn

British performer unions In fact. Wn irnlthere is ronstanl friction, occa-

o°m P-1nles, They ha n t been able

sionally breaking into open dissen- :

‘° cut n,“c,

h ' slnr,

e they n?v*fsi.m, as about two years ago. when '"e "«“*** ,0 ru " h«h

.he Variety Artists Federation :ra

U '

*maturm

rf

0f Tre^cSsought to take over jurisdiction

as.a 1 ,' are

,

speJ?”

over chorus members in lecila bit m0,e ,han form<-‘rIy. That s

shows. However, the move was ‘""f10"

succpssfullv resisted hv Fomtv has Pushed WP tlu’ ,r haslt ’ lrre -

u , •. h . inrieHirtinn 'm t ^ nit-

ducible expenditures, but more souhich has Jurisdiction not only

b a shorter runs on maiorover all legit but also films radio.

br(;d h ./vo crcated „ dt ,mand OI.

television, toilet, opera and con-{

Jnore p!X thal tl3s 8lven thom in .rir

.

,u lv fi'uK cx,ept \ audit i icr ,.ase(j ,,-iarket opportunities and

and night clubs. thus |he posslbimv of morc romThe question of British Equity for octter product,

membership was not an issue in the Principally affected bv the reap-case o two other American play-

praisal of bu( ,geting are the mid-ers in Zip Goes a Million. Gloria

(„ 0 .0 f.the .road indies-those whoLane had joined the union during ordinarily tlirn to United Artists

pf)5

n^en

1

1

V,nt !5*ason in for release. They were the ones.The Consul and Ward Donovan.

( hardest hit b shrinking theatre1

not previously a member o either, gr08se8> so have been the ^nes find . I

Equity or AF, has joined the for-jng ^ most necessary to base costs

mer for tins appearance. on realistic pr0Spects.|

Under the Britislf Equity rules. While u is difficult to stHke a .

\sfiin TV •finSTSLi a*es in the fie,d ’ a sound guess islegit, films radio, TV ballet, opt ra tbat currrnt budgets on UA prod-

nf n|

he»f

must beJ

nom^)ers uct are running one-third of what

of the organization after they have tbpy werc fivp years agQ and one .

iurvfor entry by the Min- bajf of tbree years ag0 j n tbe waf- ,

ofiOF

- Jhey P.a>

\ithe re

?UI

time heyday they were probahjy,

jar lnl,ia,lon fee and dues but averaging around $1,200,000. When 1

l

He

ffi!a flock of Produc^rs got nicked on ’

h Equity nu*ml>ership to adopt the, fba t basis, they came down to

ES rtU,

P as n the U'.

s * wher,

e!ab°nt $700.000-$800.000. And now

. glish players must Join Ameri-; |be average Is more likely about

can Equity and pay 5% of their $400,000.salaries. Tbc deC |jne bas h^en made pos-

In the present Instance, British sible by shearing all frills and cut-Equity had ordered its members ting overhead to the bone. Gone arenot to appear in “Zip" unless Miss the fancy offices, excessive pub-Perry joined the organisation. It licity expenditures before the picremains to be seen whether the got to the point where it counted.Stack incident leads to further and the general big-time Charlieaction against American players attitudes.htre

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GILLETTE Sc RICHARDSComedy8 Mins.Palace. N. Y.

This duo is in need of a rou-tine. Material has no special char-acter and manner of presentationIs dull.

Male's patter introing femme’sbuffoonery is worn and badlytimed. The gal Is lively—andthat’s about the best that can b«said of this turn. Trau.

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Greater PreparationCounting for saving on the actual

production side currently is I hegreat emphasis on preparation,which most indies now take as amatter of course. Scripts and plan-ning are so carefully set up thereis little mind-changing or shilly-shallying once the cameras havebegun to grind. The indies havelearned that they can’t afford suchluxury.

Another important factor inbringing down the general level ofcosts is the concept of the typepictures to be made. The indiesare no longer essaying scripts thatby their very nature are expensiveto produce. Emphasis rather is

on the style of story that doesn'trequire extensive sets, costumes orcasts.

Indies have been forced intoeconomy thinking by the currentpotential. A $400,000 pic must getbetween $650,000 and $700,000 tobreak even. And UA must put upa hard fight to get $700,000 onanything but an exceptional film,so the producer naturally has totrim his sails accordingly.

Indies have been able to cut theircosts much morc than the majorsbecause of the great flexibility iri

their operation. Among otherthings, major studios are under thehandicap of tremendous overheadswhich seemingly can’t be slicedbelow a certain point as long aspressure for quantity product pre-vails. Indies, it is generally con-ceded, are able to »et considerablymore on the screen for the samebudget than can the majors.

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Managers’ Beefs May Bring Equity

Barn Changes in Players, RehearsalsTwo major changes in Actors *

Equity’s strawhat regulations maybe made before next summer. Onewould be th? elimination of the

rule requiring the employment of

a minimum of six resident players

at each barn. The other would beadoption of the controversial five-

day-rehearsal rule which waspassed and immediately droppedtwo seasons ago. at the insistence

of silo managers.

On the basis of reports of Equityrepresentatives who covered thehayloft 'circuit this summer, andfrom statements by the barn opera-tors themselves, union officials andmembers of its stock committee be-lieve that the strawhatters mightnow favor ending the six-resident-

actor rule, whereas they formerlyfavored it and. in fact, were"''In-strumental in having it retained.Similarly, it’s figured that many ofthe rural producers have reversedtheir previous opposition to thefive-day-rehearsal proposal.

Several silo managers quoted in

last week's Variety survey of thesummer stock season criticized thesix-resident-actor rule as now out-moded. But Equity reps point outthat three seasons ago and againthe following year, the union it-

self proposed dropping that re-

quirement. However, it was dis-

suaded by members of a StockManagers Assn, committee duringa series of meetings on suggestedchanges in the existing code.

The SMA representatives at thattime included John Washburn(then at Marblehead, Mass.), Mel-ville Burke (then at Skowhegan,Me.), Harold Shaw (then of Ben-nington. Vt.), Guy Palmerton (thenand now at Worcester and Fitch-burg, Mass.), Milton Stiefel (Ivory-ton. Conn.), Theron Bamberger(New Hope. Pa.), Richard Aldrich(Dennis, Mas*.), Richard Stevens(then Lake Hopatcong, N. J.», SaraStamm (Newport, R. I*. John


New Snow Comedy Dae

For Virginia TryoutWashington, Sept. 4.

"On His Honor,” new comedy byDavis Snow, whose first play. "TheLong Days.” had a brief run last

season at the Empire Theatre,N. Y., will be tried out at theCrossroads Theatre, Bailey Cross-roads, Va., near here, next Mon-day ( 10 >. Engagement is for a

week. Show is being presented byIrma Gordon and Peggy Tait, whohope to bring it into N. Y , this

fall.

Miss Ta!t is Snow s ^jcife and co-

producer of the shorT-Tt\?ed "LongDays.” She's alsou daughter of

Frank Tait, one of the managingdirector of the J. C. WilliamsonTheatres of Australia. Tait, inci-

dentally, is due in the U. S. endof September, with his wife Viola,

onetime lead soprano with D’OylyCarte Opera Co.

Advance w, £100.000

For Cu. Dalis* Dolls’

Dalit), Sept 4.

The State Fair Auditorium’s ad-vance tale for "Guys and Dolls”passed the $100,000 mark last

Tuesday (28). Charles R. Meeker,Jr., managing director, announced.The musical is due for the StateFair season, Oct. 6 to 21.

Sale for "South Pacific,” the1950 State Fair show, was approxi-mately the same figure at this time.

Guild Shift To

Westport SeenPlans of the Theatre Guild to

move its physical production activ-

ity to Westport, Conn., may be car-

ried out next season. The organi-zation already uses its warehousethere for storing scenery, costumes,props, technical equipment andspecial effects. The constructionshop, part of the Westport CountryPlayhouse owned by Guild co-direc-

tor Lawrence Langner. may beused for building productions forthe Guild and other Broadwaymanagements beginning about a

year hence..Operation of the project may de-

pend on realization of Langner'splans for an American ShakespeareFestival Theatre A Academy in

Westport. But although its hopedto have the latter under way bynext summer, present indications

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are that it may not be ready for

jQ Longest I\Ufl dt nouse at least another year. Langner

‘Carousel’ Winding Date

In London With 562 Times;

Winter Stock Set

For Palm BeachMartin Manulis and Philip Lang-

ner, who had a stock company last

winter at Nassau. Bahamas, expectto open another this season in

Palm Beach, and operate, the twospots in con. bination. The Idea

would be to produce shows at eachplace and switch them every week,an angle being that the two loca-

tions are only an hour apart byplane.The Palm Beach project is still

not definite, but Manulis and Lang-ner have located a building therethat could easily be converted to

legit use, and expect to lease it andstart renovations shortly. The origi-

nal operation at the Nassau Play-house. with one performance a

week at another local theatre, will

be much the same as last season,except that shows would be alter-

nated with the Florida resort. Theschedule, which ran eight weekslast winter, w ill again open early in

February, but may be extended afew weeks longer this season.

Manutis, currently a televisiondirector at CBS, will again take aleave of Absence for the legit proj-

ect. Langner has been managingthe Westport (Conn.* Country Play-house this summer, and will be in

charge of the Center Theatre, anew spot in Hartford, this fall.

Ralph Lycett, prrssagent and sub-scription manager at Westport. will

have the same assignment at Hart-ford and for the Nassau-PalmBeach venture.

London, Sept. 4.

With "South Pacific” due Nov. 1

at the Drury Lane. "Carousel,” also

by Richard Rodgers and OscarHammerstein 2d. will vacate thehouse Oct. 13, after 562 perform-ances. That will b* the third

longest run in the theatre’s 288-

year history- It is still topped by"Oklahoma.” also by Rodgers AHammerstein. and "Rose Marie,”of which Hammerstein was co-au-thor. but it recently passed "DesertSong,” another Hammerstein show.

There’s a possibility that "Ca-rousel” . may be moved to another put restrictions on

West End theatre to continue its' built out of town.

has chosen a spot for the layout,

but he hasn’t acquired the land,

started active fund-raising orcleared up the matter of buildingpriorities.

He has told fellow-members of

the Committee of Theatrical Pro-ducers that with the Guild's ware-house and the Country Playhouseworkshop in Westport, it shouldbe possible to build shows for a

fraction of present costs in NewYork. However, the union anglemight be a factor, for while theWestport shop is unionized, the

craft groups in New York mightproductions

run. hut more likely it will lay off

four w'eeks or so to give the cast a

rest, undergo minor recasting, re-

rehearsal and then tour the prov-inces. The musical is presented

Already, the Westport warehouseis proving valuable for Guild pro-

ductions on Broadway, an examplebeing the forthcoming "Saint Joan”revival, for which considerable

here by the Theatre Guild, which .

technical equipment, props, etc.,

produced It originally In New York. 'from former Guild shows are beingused. Meanwhile, the warehouse

"South Pacific.” with Mary Mar-tin in her original part. WilburEvans as male lead, Ray Walstonfrom the Chicago company andBetta St. John transferring fromthe Broadway edition, will he pro-

duced here by Rodgers A Hammer-stein through Williamson Music,their publishing company, in part-

and workshop are a major factor in

the impressive scenery, costumesand lighting of productions at thePlayhouse.Contrary to reports in Westport,

there Is little prospect of the

Guild moving it* business, subscrip-

tion. casting, script and similar de-

Finklehoffe to Present

New Jean Dalrymple PlayA play by Jean Dalrymple, titled

"The Quiet Room." has beenbought by Fred F. Finklehoffe for

nership with Chappy. Ltd . th« I JSfESjf**

. . ’< n the radio and other non-legit ac*

N th f P 1 f

fivities would continue to head*

«« u„ rA 1 quarter In the Guild's present homeAccording to trade report here. ‘

. N YorkI,ouis Dreyfus, head of the local

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offlc* in wcw * orK ‘

Chappell company, also has aninside track on the West End pres-

entation of two other currentBroadway hits, the Rodgers AHammerstein "King and 1” and theFrank Loesser-Jo Swerllng-AbeBurrow** "Guys and Dolls.” whenthe time comes. "Guys” wouldprobably follow' the current "Kiss ' production in the fall. Miss Dal-

Me. Kate” at the Coliseum, while * rymple left Monday «3) for Berlin.Where she will be working on theBerlin Arts Festival for ANTA andthe U. S. State Dept, for the nextfew weeks. On her return, Finkle-hoffe w’ill put her play in produc-tion with Miss Dalrymple dircct-

Met contralto Martha Llpton,]

n,L . , . mwho's been concerting in Europe _ *a ' s Lillian and

this summer, is winding un her i

Dorothy Gish are ideal for the

tour with three RriHsh Broad- «nd Eill’an O* h Iks alreadyeasting Corp. dates in Lpndon,

j

^xpresw d willingness ip appqar in

then homing. line play.

Big Show Biz Contingent

Among Investors for New

Crawford Musical ’Wagon’Backers of "Paint Your Wagon."

new Alan Jay Lerner-FrederickLoewe musical being produced byCheryl Crawford, include a largecontingent of show' business names.Manie Sacks, .representing RCAVictor, has invested $15,750 and,on his own, an additional $5,062.50;theatre owners-producers AnthonyBrady Farrell and Billy Rose. $14,-500 each; producer Bea Lawrence,$10,125, and theatrical accountantJ. S. Seidman, $9,000.

Also, Miss Crawford herself,$6,750; Irving Sarnoff. nephew ofRCA board chairman David Sarnoff,$5 062.50; Actors Fund presidentWalter Vincent, producer Roger L.Stevens, talent agent Gloria Safier.theatrical attorney Bertram May-ers, film executive Joseph W. Ha-zen. talent agent Kurt Fringe andsouvenir program agent A1 Green-stone, $4,500 each.

Also, theatre party agent I enoreTobin, $3,936.50; orchestra leaderMeyer Davis, Mary Martin ar.d herhusband Richard Halliday. TheatreGuild co-director Theresa Helburn,author-director Joshua Logan. Mrs.Logan, silent film star CarmelMyers, theatrical financier JosephVerner Reed. Jr., and Hilda Kook,wife of lighting technician EddieKook, $2,250 each; producers TadAdoue and Bernard Hart, composerRurton Lane. ABC network presi-dent Robert Kintner. Theatre Guildco-director Lawrence Langner andMrs. Langner « Annina Marshall »,

$1,125 each, arid Wolfe Kaufman,the show's pressagent. $562.50.

Production, capitalized at $225,-000 , with provision for lO^c over-call, is due Oct. 15 at the WinterGarden, N, Y., after a road tryout.

• * • ••rwiilg, presumably with Gertrude 1

l«awrcnce returning to Tendon to

repeat her original starring role,

will play some other house at anindefinite date.

B.O. Scale Hike Seen as B’way Faces

11/12G Weekly Payroll Increase

Show Biz Misses Boat;

ST. Jammed, And No Legit

San Francisco, Sept. 4.

San Francisco is jammed, loaded—and nary a legit in sight. It looksas if the town will be without ashow u^il Theatre Guild subscrip-tion time in November.The Curran and Geary are both

without bookings, although on Mon-day (3) the free-ducat "Jot ha in Val-ley” moved into the Curran for twoweeks. It's doubtful whether this

moral rearmament show will makeany difference to the Russian dele-gation at the Jap Treaty Confer-ence.Any regular show could be doing

a boff boxoffice now, but no onethought of spotting anything hereat this time.

Unorthodox lace’

Financing SetHerman Shumlin, whose produc-

tion of "Lace on Her Petticoat”opened last night (Tues.) at theBooth. N. Y., Is establishing a legit-

financing precedent with that andthe three other shows he’s presort-ing this season. The four offer-ings are not only being done onan unusually low cost basis, but arebeing financed in unorthodox man-ner.

The producer-director expectedto bring in "Petticoat,” a recentLondon success, under his $36,000budget. He would have been com-fortably within the limit, but raninto last-minute complications onunion rehearsal rules. Even so.

the actual production cost was ex-pected to be In the neighborhoodof $22,000 (the exact amount can'tbe determined until all the bills

are in), plus $5,000 for Equity bondand $7,500 cash reserve. * x

The show* did not have a tryouttour, but played a few previews inNew York, so there was no pre-liminary road loss. The productionwill probably break even at around$8,400, including both show' andtheatre shares.

"Petticoat” was capitalized by it-

self. but Shumlin is financing histhree other scheduled show's, RogerMacDougalls "To Dorothy, a Son,”William Marchant’s "Under aCloud” and an untitled script byEnid Bagnold, as a single unit.Most of the "Petticoat” coin hasbeen advanced from within legitmanagerial circles.

The backers include John F.Waters, representing Lee Shubcrt,$9,360; Anthony Brady Farrell. $3,-

600; former publisher GeorgeBacker. Coast realtor - financier,Louis R. Lurie, Nedtia Harrigan(Mrs. Joshua) Logan. $1,440 each;St. Louis theatre owner John G.Celia. $1,080.

Also, firm theatre operator Ed-ward Kugoff (A Becker), producersMichael Ellis and James Russo,legit general manager HermanBernstein, theatrical ml executiveLawrence Weiner, designer JoMielziner, theatre manager LouisA. Lotito. $720 each; boxoffice menGordon Cramer and Rod McMahdn.and theatre manager WarrenO’Hara, $360 each.

On the basis of the new cost-of-living raise to actors and wageboost demands from other unions,Broadway legit faces a payroll in-

crease of around $11 .000-$ 12.000 aweek for the combined shows.With other budget items also con-stantly rising, while availablegropes remain constant, there is

growing prospect of a general hikein the boxoffice scale as the onlymeens of getting the necessary In-

crease in revenue.

Soaring production costa andoperating overhead have alreadyforced several adjustments. Therehas been a tendency in recent sea-*sons to push the admission pricefor musicals from $6 to $6 60 andthen to $7.20 (Including tax), butstraight plays have remained at

$4.80. except for a temporarymove a couple of seasons ago tohave a $6 top Friday and Saturdaynights.

A more general tendency hasbeen to seek larger-capacity the-atres, both for musicals andstraight shows. Thus, houses like

the Alvin. Barrymore, Beck. MusicBox, Royale, etc., that once regu-larly played musicals, now morefrequently have straight plays.Also, houses like the Majestic,Ziegfeld, 46th Street, once consid-ered too large for anything but thebiggest musicals, are now in great-est demand for tune shows, ob-viously because of their gross-get-

ting potential.

The most striking example ofthis trend toward booking straightplays into larger theatres and com-bining it with a drastic boxofficeboost involves the coming appear-ance of I«aurence Olivier andVivien Leigh in their twin revivalsof "Caesar and Cleopatra” ahd"Antony and Cleopatra” at tjne

Ziegfeld, for 12 weeks startingDec. 19. at a $7.20 top. Nobodyhas suggested that the 1 .628-seattheatre is the suitable size formaximum audience appreciation ofthe shows, but the managementfigures that the backstage require-ments of the two ponderous pro-

4

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volved in the engagement, require

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Memphis Open Air to Stay

Despite 4-Year 97G Loss

NCAC Pacts Phillips AsAM, TV, Pix Dept*. HeadHem-y J. W. Phillips has been

appointed head of the TV, radio,1 films and recording departments ofNational Concert A Artists Corp.,to succeed Stephen Rose, who re-signed.

Phillips was for several >ears a •

n p of Civic Conceit Service, Joe.,

|k subsid of NCAC.i

Memphis. Sept. 4.

Some 500 civic and cultural lead-ers here are bent on keeping theMemphis Open Air Theatre in bizfor the 1952 season, despite thefact that the local project droppedover $97,000 during the past fouryears. The 1951 MOAT was nickedfor $38,000 on its operatinlandgeneral nut during this past Mmjn.which closed Aug. 30. whffeThe1948-50 seasons showed a deficit of$59,727. according to reports re-vealed in a meeting Saturday (1*.

The 500 business leaders attend-ed a local public meeting at theHotel Peabody and voted unani-mously to raise $35,000 In order togive the green) ight to another se-ries of weekly musicals during thesummer of 1952.

See Taft-Hartley Suit

Unless ATPAM-League

Settle Sabinson CaseIf the Assn, of Theatrical Prest

Agents A Managers sticks to its

refusal to accept Lee Sabinson’sapplication for membership, theformer producer Intends to bringsuit against the union under theTaft-Hartley Act. After a weekand a half of conferences. Leagueof N. Y. Theatres representativesand a committee for the union werereportedly "approaching a solu-tion” yesterday 'Tues.). Understoodthe deal- would involve a compro-mise for part-time employment forSabinson.

ft had been feared in bothmanagerial and union circles thatthere was little prospect ofATPAMmodifying its stand In the matter.The makeup of the committee, in-

cluding Wolfe Kaufman, vice-presi-dent. who is regarded as favoring aclosed union policy, and boardmembers Hal Olver and Abe Enkle-witz. who are known to have votedagainst admitting Sabinson and arereportedly adamant on the ques-tion. was figured a tipoff that theATPAM board was determined notto budge from its position.

There is still no clear indicationas to the union's reason for bar-ring Sabinson from membership.Milton Weintraub, secretary-treas-urcr, has refused to discuss thecase, on orders from the board, andvarious board members have de-clined comment. Weintraub report-edly denied to producer HermanShumlin. who sponsored Sabinson s


Delfont, Kanter Split

- London, Sept. 4.

After four .veal's, Bernard Del-font has bought out his partner.Hen Kanter. who has been asso-ciated with him in several shows.Deal . involves around $60,000.

Delfont produced the Broadwayrevue of two years ago.‘and Go,” in London last season.

LEGITIMATE

Bomelt-Sosan’ Sets B. 0. Record;\

Arden’s Matunuck Mark; Barn NewsMarblehead. Mass.. Sept. 4. *

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Harmoa’s Cfaitoi Seasoi

Wiids Up in Neat BlackInside Stuff-Legit

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strawhat tour by setting a newhouse record last week at the Mar Kansas City. Sept 4.

blehead Playhouse with a 8™** °* Director Gene Frankel has set a$42.1 86. Engagement included a

schedule of four productions fornew single performance mark for

the Resident Theatre s 1951-52 Sea-ttle spot of $1.81 >s on Saturday

SQn êre. Opener will be “Thenight < 1 > and a new matinee rec* Happy Time,” beginning Nov. 5.

Second play to be prtfciuced.

season as strawhat impresario at

the Clinton Playhouse last week,

completed his summer session

,with a substantial overall black

Four-Play Winter Sked figure. With only one distinct set-

back on the books and a couple of

ord of $1 255 last Wednesday <29>. !

There were standees at all performances. Miss Bennett’s share for

the stand was over $5,000.

The film actress, whose teen-aê

daughter. Melinda Markey. is fea-

tured in the role of her daughterin the Hachel Crothers play,

opened last night <Mon.> at the

Boston Summer Theatre to the big-

gest advance in the barn's his-

tory’ HicHard Barr, manager at

Marblehead, wanted her to plav a

return date there next week, andJohn Colden. who produced the

play originally on Broadway, prop-

ositioned Miss Bennett to star in a

revival Sh» has to return to Holly-

wood for her new tele-film series

starting Sept. 20. however, so the

tour ends this week in Boston.

probably opening early in January,will be Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the

People" Following that will be“My Heart's in the Highlands."Season's closer will be “The Mad-woman of Chaillot.*’

The four plays will mark Frank-el’s first season here. He came in

from New York recently to fill the

position formerly handled by Stan-ley Ackerman.

Ballet Theatre Lines Up

Strong 27-Week Sked;

Bows Witk 3 Wks. in N.Y.

Ballet Theatre, beginning its

13th year of operation with a

three-week season at the MetOpera House. N. Y.. starting Sept.

20. has lined up an additional 24weeks of bookings on the road,

for one of its most imposing sched-ules to date.

Sked, which includes the plumseason time in Chicago from Dec.

Judy Hollidav in “Dream Girl," 127 to Jan. 6, will run four to five

was $10,445. Miss Arden, who was weeks longer than last year. Book-married a week previously to her ings. arranged by William Fields,

were admittedly a tough proposi-

tion this year, in face of oppo-sition from the Ballet Russe deMonte Carlo and the Sadler'sWells Theatre Ballet of London,due to make its U. S.-Canada de-but. Next season’s (’52-’53* sked

Arden's Matunuck Record

Matunuck. R. I.. Sept. 4.

Eve Arden, starring in “HereToday," broke the boxofftce recordlast week at the local Theatre-by-the-Sea. registering a gross of

$10,550 for nine performances. Theprevious nine-performance mark,set at the start of the season by

leading man. Brooks West, drew

(Continued on page 7 1

»

_ . The Blaine-Thompaon agency, which formerly got tho ad accountsClinton. Conn.. Sept. 4. for virtlllj|y shows in Shubert theatres in New York, currently has

Lewis Harmon, closing his first on]y jw0 0f the five such productions. At the same time. It has four

of the eight current shows in independent houses. The accounts for

the remaining three shows in Shubert theatres and three of the remain-

ing four offerings in indie houses ire handled by the Lawrence Weineragency. The final show (indiel is with Clifford Strohi.

Although the Shuberts still suggest that ads for shows flaying their

houses be placed through B-T, there is no longer any compulsion in

.the matter, and it is not in the booking contracts. The fact that Johnbreak-evens, balance of schedule shubert is a vice-president of the agency does not affect the freedomcame through nicely, individual

of pr(K|ucers to give their ad account to agencies of their own choke,profits in some esses hitting around executives declare.

•???*,. wfn i»ri.nH "«nip rind A« an *x**npl« of the latter situation, the ads for “Lace on Her

of MiM^Mhrhou^bMkalMMrt Petticoat." which opened last night <Tuei > at the Shubert-controUed

SI non and '-Miss Mabel"* and Booth. N Y„ are being placed by Weiner The latter is a barker of tha

“Second Threshold” were the Herman Shumlin production, but his $720 slice Is topped by the Shu-

even-Steven pair. Top grosser was berts’ 26ro < $9,360) interest

Olivia de Havilland in “Candida." _but “Streetcar Named Desire’’ “Fact Book, Concerning the Plays of Richard Rodgers and Oscarequalled the former’s net due to Hammersteln. II,” has been published by Lynn Famol, personal pub-no-name low overhead. Also on

jxicist for the musical collaborator-producer team, for gratis dlstribu-

Jhe Pro^fwtTJ I

tion to editors, writers, libraries, etc. Note in dhe front of the large.

! ”ing

*r™ aB

XtSZS?*a!!n

498-page, cloth-bound volume reads, “This book is a first draft, and is

••Q.krinSt.mp Fnr Hpnrv” subject to correction and revision. Corrections and additional material

indicates i profitable season’s ,or inclusion in later editions will be welcomed at the office of Rodgersindicates a profitable season

& Hammersteln." Volume contains presumably complete lists of all

„ . v, : shows and films (and a ballet by Rodgers) by the composer and lyricist

direct opposite of his operation at in collaboration with others and together, plus data as to credits and

nearby SSilfird last season! when casts opening dates, length of runs, tours, quotes from the reviews,

he functioned on a no-name. $1 **><1 bibliography of newspaper and mag articles about each, flier,

top program with moderately sue- are also bibliographies on the collaborators individually and together,

cessful results. Profitable opera- plus lists of prizes and honors awarded to their various shows and to

tion at Clinton this year is partly them personally. t

due to stipulation in sale of his Inevitably In a first edition, there are errors and striking omissionsformer strawhat at Guilford. Pur- For instance, there are no capsule blogs of the subjects

fu® Jj,ureh ’ te

^nl?

statS and no mention of Hammerstein’s book, “Lyrics,” published last year

th«t the building can not be used „y Simon & Schusteras a theatre, thus removing a 486-

seat competition from the territory.

Best Season to Date LoomsM e-|| M a|

SSI, QIIU sn/l Hi Vo |/UVJV O , WIIIVII V «/IIIVO OIISV SUV S»V/«IV VIV |f% • A

Far N Y I ifV Kallpf* IJKt show has been a three-season boxoffice winner, clicking at theTUI II. 1. UilJ DOUCl, LddlRoojiev*lt Theatre. Miami Beach, last winter, to the degree

Year’s Loss Only $30,00f

Minneapolis, Sept. 4

St

theirMinneapohs theatre ads for attrac- against eight last season, but the

tions playing their exclusive Twin,

three are newsworthy. One is anCities* engagements here, andpassing up the down-river

The borscht battle ©fc'llroadway is a windfall for the dailies via

extraordinary display space taken in the last three weeks by "Bagels &Yox.” which opens at the Holiday <nee Gotham, Central, etc.), Sept.

12, and “Borscht Capades," which comes into the Roysle Sept. 17. LatterBrandts*that tha

theatre circuit commissioned Beckman Sc Pranskv to whip up a suc-cessor Yiddish-American revusieal, with the “Bagels Sc Yox” title.

The N. Y. City Ballet Co... which ! Both vaude-revues are being sold at legit tops of $4.80. Hal Zeigeropened its fourth year of opera- and Mickey Katz are co-producers of “Capades"; latter, a bandleader-tions at the City Center. N. Y . comedian, also participates in the show which again has Phil Fosterlast night <Tues.». seems headed as comedy highlight. Katz’s son, Joel Grey, is also in “Borscht Ca-for its best year to date. Troupe,

j

pades" and has been mentored by Eddie Cantor, who gave the young-giving three weeks of perform- sier a number of TV guest-shots last season. Others in the cast are

, ... ..... . - .. . ances this month, will be back in Barry Sisters. Dave Barry. Jack Hillard. Roasche, Patsy Abbott, Abbyshould be a little easier, according

;November Jnd agaln in February.

;Lee. Ted Adair Dancers.

to Fields, w’ho has already irt-fop a total of three “seasons" dur- The Barton Bros., Lou Saxson. Mary Forrest. Rickey Lane. Marty

ed booking for that term.I ing ’51-’52. It has a European sea- Drake. Lord Buckley and Larry Alpert are in “Bagels “ A1 Beckman

Y ’ en^Re ’ son of four and a half months set. ! A John Pransky. co-producers of the latter with the Brandts, have long

St. Paul Newspapers Ih To

Old ^ric’is, Nixing WWs.

Legit Ads in Civic HuffMinneapolis, Sept. 4.

u „ , ,* j

,_v ” son oi lour ana a nan iiionui* sti. i at ounil rimniiY, nîmniuirrs oi me laucr wun me

t. I aul newspaners are up to ment shapes up as unusual. There5e gjnn jng next April, with nook- been identified with borscht circuit talent bookings,

ir o>d tricks, refusing to accept will be only- three premiers, as;

*ntetd . ,n tlle fa„ ot

The three-week N.

ings guaranteed.’52. an American tour looms under Musician with “South Pacific’

This time it has happened“Springtime for Henry" now at

the local Lvccuin for a fortnight,

and not hooked into St. Paul at all.

As a matter of fact, the St. Paulsheets are even going a step fur-

ther this season, turnine down ad-

vertising from the Minneapolis . in

“. v Z Sol Hurok management, the first backstage at the Majestic N Y but the N Ythus as vei untitled Bronislava Nijinska 1 KnA oh® r,

majestic, m. i.. out me n. i.

city, work another is “Mancenilha.", l re

? rentl* tak™ no act on to curb Illegal smoking in

with Choreographed bv Madeleine Ro- !

members at intermissions. After a fumre over;

was lined $50 last week for smokingFire Dept, has appa-theatres by audience

choreographed by Madeleine Ro- 1

*"i ,'r:‘."nT'iT,'ol.~.o'ln‘.r.'.~.

n"-'n“vrs ai iniermissions. Auer a iiirore over the latter type viola-

sav onetime chief choreocraoher move<1 for non-profit institutions, as tions a couple of seasons ago, an official promised that the department

of Teatro Municioal Rio de Ja-now seems 1‘Nely, company will he would correct matters, but nothing was done. It was pointed out at

neiro Third new work is Jeanin goo<1 financial as wel * as ar<ist *c the time that firemen regularly on theatre duty lack authority to issue

Bibilee’s “Til Eulenspiegel.” to,ha P*- summons, so presumably a special deputy was on hand when tha

Richard Strauss music Troupe gave three “seasons” in Majestic violation occurred. The musician fined last week was Renata

There will also be two revivals. N Y. last year <’50-’51>. as well as LaGuardia. 41, a sax player. In asking the maximum fine, a depart-

out of I

niaking its first appearance in Chi- ; ment official urged that an example be set, so employees at otherFokine’s “Bluebeard.’Alvin, burlesque house, which ore- the repertoire .since 1946,

• •

viouslv Jhev always had acceptedSt Paul has no burlesque

Wheri such shows as “Annie GetYour Gun.” “Brigadoon” and “HighButton S'oes.” to mention a few.

played M ; nr»eaoolis exclusively in

past seesons. the St. Paul news-papers not only always turneddown their advertising, but re-

fused to make any mention in news

Princess Aurora.and cago. and lost about $30,000. a theatres might avoid an accident involving “tragic consequences."

relatively small sum for ballet in Smoking by musicians, stagehands, actors, etc., backstage and particu-

Tioupc i ill be as strong as last the operations. In one of the N.Y. larly by actors in dressing rooms, all illegal, is fairly common in

season, headed by Aliciav -rAlonso.I

’•‘Seasons.” in early spring, troupe Broadway theatres, but is less prevalent and far less dangerous than

Igor Youskevitch John Kri/a and actually was in the black, for abodf similar violations by playgoers during intermissions.

Mary Ellen Moy'.an.highly-touted FrenchBahllee and Nathalieback again as guests.

with theduo. JeanPhilippart.

$10.000—a ' most unusual occur-rence. since ballet presentations \ strawhat tour for a play prior to its New York presentation is “angenerally wind up in the red, with enormous advantage,” Edward Mabley, author of “Glad Tidings” (inprivate backers making up the de- which *Melvyn Douglas and Signe Hasso are starred*, said at Saratoga,

be fleits. Last fall s N. Y. run cost n Y. ( Saturday (1). Mabley, who sat in the audience at the matinee toOpening night i20* top will ,

$6. as against last year's $4 80. $10,000. and the June engagement observe his brainchild and audience reaction, explained that a summercolumns of their Twin Cities’ pres- with subsequent evenings being dropped $15,000. The Chicago visit theatre swing is “relaxed and easy ... it avoids the feeling of theenê.

It’s the sheets’ wav of showingtheir own and the city's resent-

ment to what is considered an af-

front to St. Paul by theatrical

people. On one occasion, the mayoreven protested to the TheatreGuild, soon so.r of one attractionthat played only here.

S3. 60. same as before Troupe has ' cost it another $15,000. sword of Damocles hanging over your head on the Broadway premier*a new pressagent this fall in Sam The $30,000 loss, however, isn’t which you get otherwise." Revisions can be gradually made; actors ar*Lurie, replacing Walter Alford, on quite accurate, since the City Cen- employed for sometime, “and everyone profits.” Mabley pointed out.leave of absence in Europe.

New Orleans Pacts Star

Names for Onera Season

SARATOGA SPA FINALFS

WITH BEST SEASON YETSaratoga. N. Y.. Sept. 4

John Huntington stated Satur- other productions,day it) that the 1951 season at theSpa Summer Theatre was "5 to

10r ;” ahead of last year, u hich

had bci n his biggest since openingIn 1947. “I made some money.”he admtted. Huntington pointedout that he ran nine weeks this

summer, compared with eight last

summer, but the incrase was per-centage-wise.The strawhat experienced two

poor w eric*- -the opener. w ; tb

“Cluttci buck” <no star*, and thefollowup “Alice In Wonderland.’’Margaret O’Brien cancelled in

“Junior Mis~ ’’ which had been set

for the teeotT and which Hunting-ton expected to he profitable Twoweeks in which the gross passed

New Orleans. Sept. 4

The New Orleans Opera Assn,

will produce Strauss’ “Die Fleder- were written off last season.

ter writes off all production costs He could see “no disadvantage to summer theatre tryout tours,” Mableyin a current season, instead o f added there were only about three shows produced this summer whichamortizing them Last season, for definitely had been “pointed toward Broadtfay ”

instance, the troupe staged severalelaborate ballets, including suchi

! Newest blood injected into the planned revival of minstrelsy on the

,

Tll(V| »

(\,age

'.“La Valse - Coast is Rocky Sylvester, 12-year-old tenor who sings both minstrel

and ( akewa k. which will stay songs and classical music. Moppet probably will be one of the attrac-in the troupe s repertory. Cost ofproducing these ballets, however.

tions wjien the revival gets rolling under the banner of Jimmy Gau-ghen’s Old Glory Minstrel Family.

maus" this season, with motion

picture names signed for this and

Hugh Herbert

will play the role of Frosch. thejailer, in “Fledermaus." Anothersigned for the opus is John Wen-graf. as Orlofsky, a role usuallyplayed by a woman.

Director Walter Herbert recent-ly signed them on the Coast. Her-

Troupe visited England a yearago. during the summer, and theventure cost them $40,000. Nextsprings European trip, beingguaranteed, will bring them in

some coin instead.

Current N. Y. season will offerthree premieres, in “The Miracu-lous Mandarin," “Apollo." and“Concerto Barocco ” Roster is thesame as last spring, with one ex-

bert also visited New York where ception. Tanaquil LeOerq.- one of

he pacted several singers, includ-ing Cesare Bardelli for “Tosca."and Anton Dermota.

Other stars already signed, whowill make their first appearanceswith the New Orleans Opera Assn..

1 roles -

include Robert Merrill, Delia Ri-gal. John Brownlee, Lois Hunt.Leonard Warren, Blanche ThebomMariiyn Cotlow. Martial Singher

the lead dancers, sprained her an-kle last week in practice and will

he out for most or all the Sep-tember run Maria Tallchief will „take over most of Miss LeClerq’s ”r

'lnrL “ ,r• Robert

Ann Sothern, stars.

Shows in RehearsalKeys C (Comedy), D (Drama),

CD (Comedy Drama), R (Revue),MC (Musical Comedy), MD (Musi-cal Drama). O (Operetta).“Darkness at Noon" iD> (road*

—

Playwrights Co., prod.; SidneyKingsley, dir.; Edward G. Robin-son. star.

“Death of a Salesman” (D*

—

Kermit Bloomgarden, prod ; DelHughes, dir.

“Faithfully Yours” (CD*—Rich-ard Krakeur. prod.; Richard

Cummings,

nald Hammerstein, prod.; OscarHammerstein 2d. dir.; DennltKing. Jane Pickens, Charles Win-ninger, stars.

“Oklahoma” (MC*—State Dept

-

Theatre Guild-ANTA, prods.; Rou-ben Mamoulian, dir.; CelesteHolm, star.

“Out West of Eighth” (C*—BurrSt Pearson, prods.; Marc Connelly,dir.

“Paint Your Wagon” (MC)—Cheryl Crawford, prod.; DanielMann, dir.; James Barton, star.

“Saint Joan” (D) — Theatre

$8 000 (with 580 seats, at a $3 top). ‘and Adelaide Bishop. Those makwere experienced, with Eve Ardenand with Melvyn Douglas-SigncHasso“No noticeable changes or trends

were observable at the Spa Thea-tre this year,” Huntington re-

ported.

ing return engagements includeBrian Sullivan, Dorothy Kirsten.Eugene Conley. Patrice Munsel,RiduDavid Poleri

Berncy Authors ‘Puppet’

William êrney ^co-VuHior with Subber & Ayers, prods.; John C. t "Twilight Walk" (D) — Richardwiiuam nerney, co amnor wun „MI_' Krakeur. prod.. Paul Stewart, dir.;

Guild, prod.; Margaret Webster,

“Fledermaus” (O) — êt°Pera '!

Ken»» qi a,

prod.; Garson Kanin, stage dir.;; j

Tibor Kozma. mus dir vflFkXSSf'JS*Donahue ’ dir :

Kiss Me. Kate” (MC) (ro.nL—.l. • 4 t iAi. t _ i r* "Tailikht lVkllr

*

Howard Richardson of “Dark of theMoon.” “Design for a Stained Glass

pro<

(Berlin*—State- 1Nancy Kelly, star.“Medea" (D) #

Window ” and “Sodom Tennessee ^Pl ANTA. prods ; Guthrie Mc-|^#

HOLLYWOODl on try Ka.nce MunwM has completed i so,o 'effort . tonU-

' d,r : Ju<l,th Ar'dprson.

j p^J**^"* FfovS'chrirtT^Sd1*

Sttyao. J.m« Pe„,e .nd, thirty titled "The Puppet and the

l%utrr Roberta. ,CD._Lel.ad WÛra TarvW. ? ^ '

. a ... a . . Hayward, prod.; Joshua Logkn,; “Why Not Tonight?” (R)—J.. _ Se

fR4

0ll, jfj**

8 jpderwey with La The author has been summertng dir.; Tod Andrews, star. Powell Tomsen, Kent Williams,i Traviata Oct. 11. i at thu Cape Cod resort. I “Music in the Air” (MC)

—

Regi* prods.; Tomsen, dir.

LEGITIMATE

Legit Bits

Dora Chamberlain, treasurer of

the MfeUn Beck. N. Y.. vacation-

ing in Jamestown and Lakewood.NY... Margo Jones will try out

Edwin Justus Mayer's' "I AmLautfiing" and Edward Canlfte'd’s

“Blind Spot" this season at herTheatre '52, Dallas . . . JackToohey back as associate to MlehelMok. pressagent for Rodgers &Hammerstein shows, after a

month’s vacation in Maine . . .

Robert Coleman, critic of the N. Y.

Mirror, underwent minor surgeryon his knee . . . William Hawkins,aisle-sitter of the N. Y. World-Telegram & Sun. back from a two-week vacation at Glenbrook, Nev.,

after month's visit to England . . .

Gretchen Long returns this weekas secretary in the. Aldrich &Myers office after her usual sum-mer stint at A»drich's Cane Play-house. Dennis. Mass . . . RosemaryThurber, daughter of James Thur-ber. and Molly Tuttle, daughter offormer producer Day Tuttle, wereapprentices this summer in therop department of the Falmouthlayhouae. Coonamessett. Mass

Mass., made her stage .debut as the

little girl in “I Remember Mama”last w<there week.

‘SHOW BOAT FINE 21G

IN 1ST TORONTO WEEKToronto, Sept. 4.

Leighton K. Brill production of"Show Boat," with Ben Kamaler

Klaus Kolmar, publicity direc- directing, grossed a smash near-ca-r for the Spa Summer Theatre, p^ty $21,000 for seven perform-iratoga, N. V., and his wife. Peg ances as the summer season’s finale

torSaratoga. ... _Crossfield, scenic designer at the

strswhat, left with their baby for

a vacation in Canada. Kolmar will

return to the S. Hurok office andprobably will go out with a con-

cert attraction. He toured SouthAmerica with the Vienna ChoirBoys last season.

Henry Garrard, who played the

juvenile in "Glad Tidings" on the

strawhat tour of the new comedy,is going • into the Henry Aldrichtelevision show. Vivian Matalon.who has telecast on the “KraftTheatre" program and on "Sus-pense,” was in Saratoga Springs.

N. Y., Saturday <1>, with EdwardMabley. author of "Glad Tidings."

He read the part there for MelvyaDouglas, co-star and director.

Matalon had also read it for Har -Id

Bromley, the producer.

George Rockford goes from theI aujaiviaov, vwihii ibvoov Vi, «fiuog< • • •

|

. —’ " .

Erie Daniell. who staged the ap-[

Blackstone Theatre. Chicago, to

prentice production of “TheyKnew What They Wanted’’ at Den-nis last week, leaves Sept. 15 for

rentice production of "They 1 t£ke °yer the treasurer’s post at

the Palace Theatre, when it goeslegit .Sept. 20. Bill Newman will

England, on a Fulbright fellowshipJane Sparks, daughter of actressNydia Westman and David AJdrioh,son of Richard Aldrich, appearedIn the show . . . Brooks Atkinson,critic of the N. Y. Times, partici-

pated in round-table discussions at

the Breadloaf (Vt.) Writers Con-ference.

Anthony Brady Farrell will part-ner with Charles Coburn lii theproduction of "Long Watch." l>yMorale RyskinC and Harvey Haa-lip. Farrell has dropped his op-tion on A. B. Sblffrln’s "Burst ofSummer." but his production ofLouis VerneuU’s "Love and LetLove," with Ginger Rogers, preemsSept. 25 . . . George S. Kaufmanand Leneen MacGrath (Mrs. Kauf-man), who authored last season's"Small Hours.” have written a newscript. "Fancy Meeting You Again"

. . Charles Mayer will mark his20th anniversary as an actor to-

morrow (Thurs.). He made hisstage debut in Berlin, subsequent-ly appeared in Paris and made hisBroadway bow in "Bell for Adano”. . . Sol Jacobson, back from a Eu-ropean vacation, joins Harvey Sab-Inson at associate to pressagentKarl Bernstein . . . The 40 men in

the "Paint Your Wagon" company,including director Daniel Mann andthe production staff, are raisingbeards hnd letting their hair

assist. Jerry Sullivan becomes thehouse accountant . . . TommyTurner, Chi "South Pacific" stag?manager, off for Florida vacation

. . . New lighting board and back-stage repairs for the Palace will

set theatre back an estimated$30,000 to convert to legit. Man-agement is also putting extra in-

side boxofAce in the foyer . . .

Liam Sullivan back to TV "fromfour weeks with Katharine Cornellin "The Constant Wife" at Central.

City, Colo. s

William Koolenko, whose shortplay, "One of These Days," wonArst prize in a recent British

drama contest, is resuming workon his collection of short plays for

publication.

GUILD SUBSCRIPTIONS

IN CHI ON INCREASEChicago, Sept. 4.

Chicago legit interest is way

ahead of last season and previous

years, according to Harriet Watts,

head of the Theatre Guild subscrip-

tion setup here.#

Early announce-

ment of half the season’s play list

has added to the subscription sea-

son. with over 650 additional sub-

in keeping with” the 1849 Back- i scribers as at the same time last

to Toronto's introduction to the-at re-in-the-round. Blue and goldtent setup in midtown DufferinPark, with 1.640 seats at a $3.40top. has a $12,000 advance for its

second week, this being outstand-ing when it’s considered that thestage version is playing against theholdover engagement of the picture

at Loew’s here, plus those 1,282,500people snared by the Arst week of

the Canadian National Exhibition.The Brill-Kamsler team is using

Brian Sullivan of the Met, singingRavenal; Kaye Connor as Mag-nolia, Audrey Guard as Julie, Wil-liam Smith as Joe and Helen Dow-die as Queenie (both from the Zieg-feld Theatre revival in same roles),

Stanley Carlson as Captain Andy,and lggie WolAngton, Cynthia Lat-

ham, Carolyn Adair, Alex McKee.

Dolls’ $55,100,

‘Annie’ 27G, LA.Los Angeles, Sept. 4.

Greek Theatre, reeling from its

worst season Anancially, sufferedan unexpected body b’ow fromSouthern California’s "unusualweather” last week. For the Arsttime in its six years of operation,ozoner was forced to cancel sched-uled performances because of rain.Tuesday and Wednesday showswere affected, but the house re-

covered somewhat with an addedperformance Sunday night <2) andthe incumbent "Annie Get YourGun." season’s Analist, will be heldan extra week. First frame's takehit $27,000.

Only other offering in town,"Guys and Dolls," bounced up-ward meanwhile, having been freedof the cutrate Civic Light Operaseason subscription tickets. Firstweek of the subscription-free por-tion of the stand hit a whopping$55,100. Musical holds throughOct. 3.

B’way Dips io Pre-Holiday Loll;

‘Aisle’ “Blondes’ Up to 83,600,

Brooklyn’ $21,900, ‘Affairs’ $17,100

As usual for the pre-Labor Daystanza, business eased a bit last

week on Broadway. Virtually all

shows but the solid sellouts felt

the holiday-eve lull, although at-

tendance zoomed to capacity at

nearly all offerings Saturday <1>.

possibly helped by the gray, chill

weather.The four shows ("Moon Is Blue,"

"Seventeen." "Stalag 17” and “TreeGrows in Brooklyn ) playing holi-

day matinees Monday (3) hadbullish houses, but trade generallyskidded that night, as customaryon Labor Day evening. Followingtradition, this week’s grosses areexpected to be a bit ofAsh again,

but business is due to spurt nextweek and keep building throughOctober and remain healthythrough November, after which theannual -Christmas decline will

start.

The total gross for all 12shows last week was $385,30$,or 81% of capacity. For thecorresponding week last year,the 15 current productionsgrossed $335,800, or 60% ofcapacity.

Five representative moderatedraws last week played to 88%of capacity, a dip of 9%. Theprevious week's total gross forall 12 shows was $300,200, or$2% of capacity.

This week's only opening is

"Lace on Her Petticoat." Nextweek brings a return engagementof Mae West in "Diamond Lil,"with "Out West of Eighth" duethe following week, and "TwilightWalk" and "Love and Let Love"scheduled for the week of Sept. 24.

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"closed Sept. 15 and "Rose Tattoo"leaves Oct. 27, both to tour. Thereare no other announced closings,but at least two additional showsneed considerable b.o. improve-

gl'OW,

g'xnind of the show.Isabel Btgley u

year. "Member of the Wedding,”

to co-fea-1 which starts off the season at the

tured billing in "cfuys* and Dolls." iErlanger Sept. 17. has a healthy ad-

along with Robert Alda. Martha vance without any announcement.Stewart (subbing for Vivian Blaine)and Sam Levene . . . Alan Webb,last seen on Broadway in "Wins-low Boy," will play the husbandin "Nina," co-starring with GloriaSwanson and David Niven ... Adistribution of $40,000 accompaniedthe last accountant's statement on"Guys and Dolls," bringing thepayoff to $70,000 thus far on the$200,000 investment. The secondcompany has now recouped its

|on the list.

$180,000 production cost and thecombined operation is currentlynetting about $21,500 a week . . .

Elliot Norton, drama critic of theBoston Post, recovering from sur-gery . . . Katharine Cornell is re-portedly planning g Broadwaypresentation of ner revival ofMaugham's "Constant Wife," re-cently a sellout, at Central City,Col., with .Brian Aherne, GraceGeorge, John Emery and Gertrude

other than in new stories, and withno ads as yet. Second offering is

"Autumn Garden," with FredricMarch and Florence Eldridge, Nov.

12, and Edward G. Robinson in

"Darkness of Noon" is due in

Dec. 3.

It’s possible that "Country Girl"will be the fourth play, and it's

also hoped that a musical will be

Lil’ $18,000 in Montreal

"Twilight Walk," Fulton. Sept24 (rehearsing).

"Love and Let Love," Plymouth,Sept. 25 (trying out) (reviewed inVahiitt, Aug. 29. *51).

"Remains to Be Seen," Morosco,

.

Oct. 3 (rehearsing).

"Saint Joan." Cort. Oct. 4 (re-

hearsing) (original Theatre Guildproduction reviewed in Variety,Jan. 17, *24: Katharine Cornell re-vival reviewed March 11, *36).

"Music In the Air." Ziegfeld, Oct6 (rehearsing) (original productionreviewed in Vartety, Nov. 15, ’32).

"Glad Tidings," Lyceum. Oct. 10(strawhat.' tryout reviewed inVariety, June 13, '51, under title

"Sacred and Profane").

"Faint Your Wagon," WinterGarden, Oct. 15 (rehearsing).

"Pay-Off." unspeciAed theatre,week of Oct. 15.

"Bny Me Blue Ribbons," Empire,Oct. 17.

"Faithfully Yours," Coronet,Oct. 18 (rehearsing).

"Barefoot In Athena," Beck,week of Oct. 29 (rehearsing).

"Top Banana," Shubert, Nov. 1

(rehearsing).

"Gigl," Fulton, Nov. 21."Nina," Koyale. week of Dec. 3.

"Point of No Retorn," unspeci-Aed theatre. Dec. 12.

"Caesar** - "Antony." Ziegfeld.Dec. 19 (current In London).

‘Pacific’ $51300,

‘Moon’ 221/zG, ChiChicago, Sept. 4.

There were no pre-holiday dol-ment to hold on in the face of

|drums here with the legit boxof-

incoming productions.

Estimates for Last WeekKeys : C ( Comedy ) , D < Drama )

,

CD i Comedy-Drama), R (Rerue),MC ( Musical Comedy ), MD < Musi-cal Drama), O (Operetta).Other parenthetic figures refer.

After frit Tif Hacdp respectably, to top price, find*

AllCI LIU 1U llaoolC, cate9 u*inp two-for-ones), number

Show’s General Panning;

includes 20% amusement tax, but

Montreal, Sept 4grosses are net

:

t.e., exclusive of

As leadoff show for the Gayety’s ***•t __ .

1 „new legit policy (the house has I .

®oxalways been a vauder featuring wk

!$26,874).

strippers) Mae West's "Diamond i S*" *171 00 ‘Pilous week,Lir grossed a mild $18,000 for an M .. . „ , . .

11 -performance stanza last week.I .

*******““*Engagement ends this Saturday wk) ***•"

( 8 ). The 1.800-seater Is scaled 847 ’• W*00 (previous

City College (N. Y.) school ofgeneral studies will offer coursesin acting, playwrighting and dramacriticism this fall . . . Members ofN. Y. Ticket Brokers, Inc., last

K.C. Starlight Eads Sock;

Bright 80C With “Marietta’

Kansas City. Sept. 4.

Starlight Theatre closed out its

10-week season here Monday night<3) in a blaze of glory,' “NaughtyMarietta" playing an eight-dayweek to standee business for all

but one performance. Worrisomeweather bothered three nights ofthe run, but failed to dent theattendance.

"Marietta" played to more than63,000 people in the eight days.

week signed the new ticket code. , -^^^Vgr^top^g $W -

.ii*. CMS; STfoV0^?^

so under protest that the pact doesnot also regulate subscription or-ganizations, and that the latter andparty agents do not share in thecost of enforcen^nt. for which thebrokers pay a fee of 3c per ticket

Maude Franchot. who recent -

of $70,000 held by "The ChocolateSoldier" earlier in the season.

Several attraction of the seasontopped the $50,000 gross, the break-even figure being $45,000. Firstnine shows played only seven day

to $3.

To overcome the local ruling ofno show on Sunday, company is

doing three on Saturdays, withone matinee. Run opened on aSaturday, Aug. 25. No advancenotice or advertising to this effectresulted in a firstclass boxoffic*hassle on opening night with bothpatrons and crix. The latter were

week. $52,100)."Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,"

Ziegfeld (91st wk) (MC-$6 ; 1.628;$48,244). Almost $33,600 (previ-ous week, $32,500); closing Sept.15. to tour."Guys and Dolls.’’ 46th St. (41st

wk) <MC-$6.60; 1.319; $43,904). Asalways, all the house will hold;$44,400."King and I," St. James <23dparticularly miffed when they or-

f5py,. "ISfi 717?rived at the theatre to find no

, Vu20

’,, If715 $51,717JAlso gets the limit every week;$51,700.

‘‘Moon Is Blue," Miller <26th wk)<C-$4.80; 920; $21,586). Over$20,000 (previous week, $20,200).

"Rose Tattoo," Beck (31st wk)<CD-$4.80; 1,124; $28.000>. Over$15,500 (previous week, $16,400);closing Oct. 27, to tour.

"Seventeen,” Broadhurst rilth

seats to cover the passes sent outby the management. One critic,

S. Morgan-Powell of The MontrealStar, who panned the show whenit appeared at His Majesty's last

year, simply returned his envelopeunopened.

Despite the general pan handl'dout by the critics. Miss West’s

fice ringing up a merry tune."South Pacific" again went cleanand "Moon Is Blue" is outdoingits New York partner by quite astretch. In the meantime, the ad-

1vance for "Member of the Wed-ding" and "Gentlemen PreferBlondes" is very t\pavy.

There are no definite Octoberbookings, although both "HappyTime" and "Stalag 17" are expect-ed in the early part of the month.

Estimates for Last Week"Moon Is Blue," Harris (18th

week) ($4.40; 1,000). Comedy is

still doing great business. Smash$22,500.

"South Pacific." Shubert (42ndweek) ($5; 2,100). Hanging out thesell-out sign again. Boffo $51,300.

Central City Season Ends

With Record 162G Take;

Cornefl-W Boff 93CCentral City, Col., Sept. 4.

Closing the longest season since

its reopening in 1932, after beingclosed for years, the Central CityOpera House summer play festival

rolled up a record gross of around$162,000, with the cost of stagingbeing about $150,000. For the first

four weeks operas were used, in-

cluding "Romeo and Juliet," for 17performances; “Don Pasquale," six,

and a double bill, "Amelia Goes tothe Ball" and "The Beautiful Gala-

10 shows. The gross on these

iv took over active management of runK * however. Total take for the

the Niagara Falls (Ont.) Summer\

“amm, a non-profit enterprise.

Theatre, of which she has been over 5500.000. against

sole backer, is mulling an offer to * nut °* 3400,000 to $450,000.

operate a winter stock company in _ .Acapulco. Mex. . . . Herman Sha- Judy-‘Girl SetS 20-Yearpiro shifts from stage manager of ¥ .

Ivoryton Mark With 13G

grating bon mots barely audible r X tea’ #F°“ °"

dufitink walk drew’tli? furjou»U{o <py^u« ROT oST

trite a theatrical Diece as ever bouth Pacific, Majestic (124th t For the final four weeks, the as-

offered to Montmlen wk) ,MD**6 - 1.659; $50,186>. About sociation staged "Constant Wife."° Follow in£ *the current oroduc- *5

?«°° a*ain starring Katharine Cornell. Brian

tion Mickcv Roonev opens next“SUlag 17." 48th St <17th wk) Aherne and Grace George, which

Monday .10? in^sSlo? S!ware”

' 'CD *4 8°: 92 >. Nearly played to sellouts all along to a

Season^ continues with Constance *>3700 iprevious week; $14,100'. gross of about $93,000. with the

Rennftt rioinc "Skvliirk " Hurfess Trr* Grows in Brooklyn." Al-

•

cost about $68,000. Season closed

MeretU th in he^

"SBver WhUt?” vi" ,20th * kl 'MC-$7 20; 1.337; t Saturday <1). ,

and an a" vet unn mod vehicle*47.167) Almost $21,900 .previ- With a seating capacity of 735ano an >ri UI $mn.u vtiuiie ...... U .flau *o*» itmi t i t ... „

*‘Affairs of State" to a similar stint

with "Twilight Walk." with hisbrother Michael Shapiro succeed-ing on the former show. HarryEssex will be company manager of•Twilight."

British actress Molly Glesaingmakes her U. S. bow in "TheBeaustone Affair." which opensnext Tuesday (11) at Las Palmas,Hollywood. William Janris directs,with Eric Store toplined.

MaryfAnn ,Mileo, daughter of

starring Franchot Tone.

‘Love’ 31G, New HavenNew Haven. Sept. 4

Preem of Ginger Rogers in

Ivoryton. Conn., Sept. 4.

ous week. 523.400). for legit, and about 50 seats less"Two on the Aisle," Hellinger for the opera, because of the or-

<7th wk) <R-$6; 1.527; $48,500). chestra pit, prices for legit ranNearly $r<8,500 'previous week, from $3.25 to $7.50, and for the$41,100). operas from $3 55 to $7.50. The

Opening This Week $7.50 was top for opening night.Lace on Her Petticoat," Booth with other tops being $6 55 for the

766; $20,235). Aimce operas and $5.70 for "ConstantLove and Let Love" at the Shu- «C -$4 80; ___

»pt. 4.|

bert last week was a b.o bonanza. Stewart’s London play, produced Wife.” The gross is remarkable,Judy Ilollidav’s final week < 27-1 ) due somewhat to a 75% advance and directed by Herman Shumlin, 'considering H is piled up in a town

* ‘ “ —A •"•' on — — “-I 1—1 M1,AAnof less than 1,000, and is 45 milesaway from a city of any size,

Denver. Tickets were sold tomore than 35 states, Canada and

of strawhatting was a field day 1 sale*: At the record top of $4 80 production capitalized at $36,000., . . • . , * •» _ J g _ • a a a a .

proposition for Milton StiefelsIvoryton Playhouse here. With anupped top of $3 60, for "DreamGirl" gross reached an approxi-mate $13,000. highest figure in thehouse’s 20-odd j^ears of operation

j

Saturday <6-8'. Next week get*j

Stiefel’s planned extension be-;

opening of ‘Saint Joan." Sept. 13-(

yond Labor Day. with a week ofFourposter.” failed to materialize.

William Miles, director of the and spot closed an overall profit-Bcrkshlre Playhouse, Ctockbridge, able season last Saturday (1).

for a straight play, the show pulled cost about . $22,000 (excludingjust under $31,000 for seven per- $5 000 in bonds) and can breakformances. (even at around $8,400; opened last

Current is breakin of ' Remains night (Tues.i; (London production|England

to Be Seen" this Thursday through Ireviewed in Variety, Dec. 20. *50).

FUTURE SCHEDULEDiamond LII," Broadway, Sept

15; "Kiss Me. Kate" starts a road 14 (touring) (reviewed in Variety, “Eighttour here, week of Sept. 17; "Faith-

Fred F. Flnklrhoffe is pagingRoddy McDowall for a star role in

fullv Yours" (formerly "PhilomenComplex") preems Sept. 26.

Cousins," Sally BensonApril 11. 28; Feb 0. ’49). iplay with music, which he has"Out West of Eighth." Barry- scheduled for next spring’s pro-

imort, Sept. 20 (rehearsing). iduction.

LEGITIMATE Wednesday, September 5, 1951

injecting in this parallel to ‘To-bacco Road.” He should put moremeat onto his plot. Direction andacting are good. Comedy situations

are excellent.

Play deals with a backwoodsmountain people, housed atopGreen Hills. Mo. It concerns theefforts of a mountaineer wife.

Sarah Rock <Bea Chilson* and hermarried daughter Penelee Hollisi Rosemary Prinz>. in trying to savethe job of sheriff, justice of the

of Daniel

present state, although it does giveEstelle Winwood an effective roleof a half-demented old womanwhich she plays to perfection, witha wealth of telling detail.

Miss Winwood' portrays FloraWilthorpe, a woman of 75 who forthe past 37 years has never left

her hotel room where she hid. fol-

lowing the scandal which resultedfrom her husband's taking off withanother woman. Now the hotel is

about to be demolished, and themanagement wants her out.

Plot is overloaded with incidentsand characters, among them broth-er-in-law Kennard Wilthorpe. whoturns out to have killed Flora’s hus-band and stolen the money andhouse willed to her: near-estrangedwife Stanice; spoiled young daugh-ter Barbara, who plays a major rolein getting the old woman out; Jo,

a dumb young punk murdered byFlora when he attempts to rob her;Jo's aunt, the chambermaid Ellen;

Mrs. Baudille, fat. aging lush whoalso is reluctant to leave the hotel.

The ending is indecisive and vague.In addition to Miss Wtnwood's

skilled depiction of an old woman'swavering world between sanity andhallucinations, there are vigorousperformances by Brandon Peters,Georgia Harvey, Lucille Benson.Logan Ramsey. Leona Maricle, Va-nessa Brown and David Ross.

Direction of Charles K. Freemanseems as confused as the script, andwhile the set of Eugene Fritsch,

He is properly rustic In his inno-

cence. canny in his instincts andflamboyant In his appearance.The ever-welcome Josephine Hull

as his doting mother has had fun-

nier roles than this one. but herfamiliar vagaries and llst-to-star-

board as she puddles around the

stage wins her the evening's great-

est plaudits.

Although she is too pretty andtalented to be a nag, June Lock-Siart alino.-t succeeds as Kin's am-bitious wife. John Alexander haslittle to do as an editor-brotherand doesn’t do it too well this time.

Queenie Smith, back on the east-

ern stage for the first time in

;r~r3 . is breezily brought on as a

roadshow actress, stoppinf over in

Hellefontaine for a one-night per-

formance. She's lost none of the

zip that delighted theatregoers 25

\years ago. Fred Irving Lew is is

a caricature of any big-city pub-lisher. and William LeMassena is

pretty sophisticated as a Hubbardbrother who superintends the

Hellefontaine high school. Katha-rine Raht is fine as a Hubbardsister, and Loraine Grover andNeal Wilder are an attractive pair

of youngsters. The veteran EdwinJerome completes the cast.

John C. Wilson has siaged Kin’’

at some length. Dotil.

Kin HubbardWestport. Conn.. Sept. 4.

1.aw renet l-angner, Arinin* Mar »lutll

* John C. Wilson presentation of comwiybv Hiley. based on bloaraphyby Fied C. Kelly. Stars Josephine Ifnil.

Tom Ewell. June Lorkhart. John Alex-ander; features Uueenle Smith. KatharineRaht. William l-eManxena. Directed b.v

Wilson. Sett Inc snd light In* by BisonElder. Ai Country Playhouse. Westport.Conn . Sept 3. '31.

Mrs. Hubbard ....Mary Schofield .....Ada HubbardTom Hubbard......Ed HubbardKin Hubbard ......TinyTippy CookCharley MoSweeneyCoddle W* SweeneyMajor IMvm

Kin Hubbard was the familyj

yea*J

s

name of Abe Martin, a widely-syndicated columnist of theHoosier school, who flourishedfrom 1906 to 1930 and was dubbed“a joker in fact" by the master-ful James Whitcomb Riley.

Fred C. Kelly has written a biog-

raphy of the humorist, and al-

though it Is still to be released.Kelly's work is the basis of this

play by Lawrence Riley. Mavbcthe book should have come outfirst, to brief a new day in thelegend and accomplishments of

Abe Martin. An awful lot of workis still to be done, if this stagebiography is to be regarded as a

tribute to a fly-by-night newsmanand actor who became a prosper-ous paragrapher.

The Hubbards were self-styledlarks, according to playwrightRiley. It's hard to believe thatthey were as long-winded asRiley's Hubbards, for after all Kinas Ahe Martin made his successb> getting to the poinb as quicklyas possible. Someone had betterget a move on if "Kin Hubbard"is to justify the confidence of its

expensive cast and enthusiasticsponsors.

Kin is the youngest son in afamily that runs a good little news-paper in Bellefontaine, O., at theturn of the century. He is gen-erally irresponsible until he getsa job on an Indianapolis news-paper. and marries a very prettyand determinedly ambitious jounglady from that city. Back in Belle-fontaine and poundii^g. j out a

column of funny sayings on thefamily journal. Kin may be goingto editorial seed, his helpmatefears.

So she tries to sell his works toa visiting politico-publisher fromChicago The publisher is verypompous about the homely little

pieces and Kin refuses to buckleto his views. Of course he ulti-

mately sells his column to anothersyndicate, and his fame begins.Tom Ewell, dividing his time be-

tween the screen and the stage,plays the central role with relish.

KImm Me« Kale(COLISEUM)

London. Aug. 30.

Valerie Tandy, Julie Wilson'ssuccessor *s Bianca, made her de-but the week of the show's 200th>erformance. She brings a breezyrashness to the character In herndividual gamin style, not emu-ating the sophistication of her pre-decessor. She scores chiefly withthe sock comedy number, "AlwaysTrue in My Fashion." and makesthe most of opportunities to im-press her personality.Show still goes on with blithe

smoothness, with Patricia Morisonand Bill Johnson firm favorites asthe quarrelling lovers, and dancersand singers maintaining their highstandard tff efficiency. Audience

Eeace, judge, jailer, etcock (John Martin*, husband and

father. They rob the communitybank to prove the need of old manRock's services to the community.In the bank also was the payroll

for a nearby Army camp.Following the bank cracking job.

a travelling peddler appears on thescene. He takes board and room in

... Josephine Hull... Lorain# Grover

Katharine H»hiWilliam LeMa**ena....John Ale*an«1e.... Tom Ewell

June LockhartNeal Wilder

. . .

.

Edwin JeromeQueenie Smith

Fred Irving Lewi*and room in

the combination home and jail-

house of the sheriff. The two chicksbecome suspicious of the peddlerand the gal is instructed by themother and her own conscience to

“cozy" up to the peddler. This

Off-B’way Show

lonrs Till Yenlerday(PROVINCETOWN PLYHSE, N.Y.)

The Provlncetown Playhouse'slast tenants were O'Casey’s"Shadow of A Gunman" andSynge's "Playboy of the WesternWorld." To say that its latest

occupant, this new play by KenParker, is a comedown, is an under-statement. Parker, young N. Y.actor-playwright, uses a stock plot,

one dealing with the psychopathiccharacter, who comes close towrecking the lives of the peoplearound him. It makes demands onthe playright that Parker isn’t ableto meet.

In “Yours Till Yesterday." a

young man from Boston has a goodchance of being happy with a girl

who lives near the railroad tracks,

until his domineering sister movesin on them, and tries to seduce himwhen she finds out that she is notreally his sister. It is full of"strong" scenes, and the author'shabit of invariably striking thewrong note in his writing causesthe actors and the audience a gooddeal of embarrassment. The per-formances of Dee Wood. RussellDennis, Jayn Fortner and NellClark are such as to indicate thatthey could be very satisfactory insensibly written parts. Gale.

Ray Newcomer as Roriek Hollis, gives a reduced view to customers

the son-in-law; Kay MacDonald as on the extreme sides of the theatre.

Valerie Bates; Joseph Elic as Ross iThere is too much slow exposition.

Claypool, and Stuart Macintosh as|

followed by hasty jumps to quicken

Isaac Taylor, the three members the plot, jumps which only leave

of the town council; and Larry Bu-,

one to guess certain important

chanan as Tim Luton, the guitar points. More suspense and char-

playing prisoner, ail turn in com- acterization are needed, too. In its

mendabie performances. Set and present stale, "Door ’ sticks fast.

A I.Idle EvilLitchfield, Conn., Aug. 2ft.

Leonard Altobell pre»entalion of coin-ed' in three acta (four acenesi by Alex-ander Greendale. Directed by Altobell.Set* and lighting by Clark Smith. AtLitchfield (Conn.) Summer Theatre. Aug.?H. '31.

Daniel Rock John MarlinSarah Rock Bea Chil.ionPenelee Hollia Rosemary Pi In/

Itorik llollis Ray NewcomerTim Luton harrv BuchananValerie Hates Kay Mao<1on>l<Ro«« Claypool .......... Joxeph Eli*i s Taylor Stuart MacintoshAh Granger

(Joseph Hardy

A Door l» m lloontDennis. Mass., Aug. 27.

Eunice Healey. Charles K. Freeman AAlbert H. I.ewU production of drama b>Joanna Wane. D*a#«ted by Charles KFreeman. Setting hv Eugene FritschAt Cape Playhouse. Dennis. Mass., Aug27. *51.

Ellen , Georgia HarveyJo Lo-..-an Ham.xevWaiter Eric DantellMr. Koech Howard WendellMr. Gorman Frank Stephen*Dusty David Ros*Mrs. Baudille Lucille BensonKenard Wilthorpe Brandon PetersMr. Pryor John McKeeFlora Wilthorpe Estelle WinwoodStanice Wilthorpe I.eona .MaricleBarbara Wilthorpe Vanessa BrownChad Endicott Tom TrvonPoliceman James TartanAmbulance Driver Ted ThlemeWorkman Edward Knight

ArdplpLondon. Aug. 31.

l.innil A Dunfee production of comedyin three acts h> Jean Anouilh, translatedby l.urienne Hill. St >rs Isaltel Jeans. Ron-ald Squire. Directed by Anthony Peltssler.Setting* and costumes. Fanny Taylor. AtVaudeville Theatre. London. Aug. 29. '31.

$2 top.

The General George RelphNatalie Veronica HurstCounte»s Isabel JeansCount Ronald SquireVlllardieu Nicholas Phipp*Nicholas ....'Ronald HowardAda . .. Fannv CarbyToto Lance HeeretanMarie-Chri*‘ine Angela FouldsEmily Jane HendersonThe Hunchback John Burch

‘Skylark’ $7,900, Princeton

Princeton, Sept. 4. v*Constance Bennett In ‘‘Skylark’*

grossed a disappointing $7,900 atthe McCarter Theatre here lastweek. Poor weekend attendancewas attributed by the managementto the Labor Day exodus.

Show’ was the final productionof Herbert Kenwith's summer sea-son at McCarter.

"A Door to a Room" might havebeen a first-class thriller, and mayyet be if author Joanna Wade doessome major revising. As it is. thebrilliant main idea is badlycramped by amateurish treatmentin development and dialog. Play

Almost every line of this latest

Jean Anouilh comedy will offendsomebody. It is a wholly unmoralmixture of lechery, lunacy and de-

formity, with scarcely one redeem-ring character. An attempt midwayto philosophize on true love fizzles

out. and leaves disillusion and anunpleasant taste in the mouth. Theauthor's tactics will certainlyshock, and for that reason the playmay prove a draw.

Set in a country house in Franceof 1912. a decadent household is

assembled for a family conclave.Head of the house is an old goatof a general, who paws the house-maid

is unthinkable for Broadway in its

Just Completed of Road Attractions

Includewith true Gallic abandon

while his insane wife lustily shrieksfor him at regular intervals froman adjoining room. It is impliedthat she has lost her reason forlove of him. but it Is later revealedin a revolting tirade, that his con-stant infidelities have been respon-sible. One daughter arrives withher husband and lover. The latter is

jealous and proprietary while thehusband, outwardly complacent,salves his wounded pride byacquiring a young mistress. Theother daughter, a middle-agedhunchback, is locked in her roomand is JL|)f subject of the debate.

One breath of fresh air concernsIhe general's second son who wor-ships his brother’s wife—hut this

turns stale later. Even the twoyoung children of the household ra-

fted the contaminating surround-ings. and ape their elders.

Isabel Jeans is amusing and herusual soignee self as the two-hus-band daughter. Ronald Squire,suave and accommodating as herlawful mate, supplies polish and adegree of pathos. Nicholas Phippsis duly correct and self-posses-edas the third side of the triangle.George Relph revels _jn his part asthe rogoe of a father, with RonaldHoward a gentle, contrasting figureas his unhappy son. I^ance Sec re-

tan and Angela Foulds are excel-lent as the precocious youngsterswhile Jane Henderson makes themost of one dramatic appearanceas the wronged wife. VeronicaHurst flits ghostlike among themore vigorous characters as theyoung daughter-in-law who marriesthe wrong brother.. Clem.

(Play, translated..by Cecil Rob-son. u'as a quick Broadway flop oftwo seasons ago tinder the title

"Cry of the Peacock."-—Ed.)

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(UNTIL SEPT. 9TH)

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWSBy John Rosenfield

". . . There I* MASILYM DAY at the

Felice Oaiette newtwomin named ManiaDeli in "Mla» Liberty."

Ai MARILYN DAY. »h# arretted NewYork attention at Ll»a Klrk'i auccesserIn "Kl«* Me, Kate." We expect her to

father mere reclame with opportunitiesfor she'i at toed an Irvins Berlinlinger at we ever heard and we've heardMerman.An Irvins Berlin tlnter mutt heve e

laud, bratty quality with a couple of coo-ins overton**. She mwit have a* cleandiction a* a Shakeipearian actreia. tha'asotta set rhythm and give a seed imita-tion of e slrt who love* to be tinging.Thi*, then, wet MASILYN DAY, end if

you don't believe In perasen* catch her"Homework" tele durlns the neat fort-nipht end her duet with Naymai on the•ubiect of "A Little Flth In a Bis Pend."She It yawns, ransy and tawey. tee.". . . "MARILYN DAY, ana of the mottperfect Irvins Berlin alnsera of the dec-ade."

SINCI in#

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TIIF DAILY TIMES HERALD (Dalian)By Clifford M. Sage

“MARILYN DAY, the show's pert sou-brette, halted the proceedings with hersuper-qellinr of "Homework." and shewould perhaps still be singing encoresIf the audience arranged it. MARILYNDAY unfailingly electrified the stage."

THE PITTSBURGH PRESSBy Ralph Lewando

“The acting singing role of Sharon.Flnian'a daughter, is revealed with fi-

nesse by MARILYN DAY. Mis* DAYknows how to create mood In her sing-ing, with gratifying results.

. . . She won the audience."

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Wednesday, Scptenber 5, 1951 LEGITIMATE

Montana Players PrepFifth Far West Tour

Virginia City, Mont., Sept. 4.

The Virginia City Players, end*lng their regular strawhat seasonat the Old Stone Barn Playhousehere last weekend, are readyingtheir fifth winter tour of California,Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, North Da-kota, Oregon, Washington and Mon-tana. The non-Equity professionalgroup, originally started with theidea of luring tourist trade toVirginia City, does deadpan pro-ductions of 19th-century plays. Theone to be toured this season willbe “Rip Van Winkle.”Troupe is under the management

and direction of Larty Barseness,formerly with the Oregon U. dramadepartment.

lnees. Absolute capacity for theengagement would have been $11,-

600, without passes.Producers Hal Wise, Donald

Wolin and Harold Schiff, who tookover management of the 18-year-

old strawhat this season. Instituted

a star system. In addition to thetheatre, they operated a nitery at

the inn, bringing acts from NewYork.

Chicago, Sept. 4.

Strawhat season here, which nor-

mally ends this week and which hasbeen unusually successful aroundChicago all summer, has been ex-

tended an extra week in threecases, due to the unprecedentedbusiness. Only one Equity groupfailed, although there were threenew locations operating this yearagainst last. The Miller Playersswitched to a semi-pro cast after amonth's tussle in the pro ranks.

Marshall Migat’s Salt Creek The-atre in nearbye Hinsdale crackedthe year’s record with Lillian Gishin “Mifis Mabel," and extended theplay for another week. Week withextra Sunday performance sold out,

with a huge $11,000 registered. Mi-gatz gave a Labod Day matineeand evening show, omitting a Tues-day night performance for the first

time.

Drury Lane Theatre, in thesouthwest, is bringing in Willie

Shore to star in “School ForBrides,” and Joan Caulfield extendsthe season at Chevy Chase with“Claudia.” Tenthouse Theatre hadpreviously announced the extensionof the season until tte 16th. “Deathof a Salesman” last week hit a sock$ 10 ,000 .

Barrie O’Daniels closed hisNorth Shore Musical Theatre in

Skokie, III., with a sock till. Neverregistering below $12,000, and hit-

ting as high as $18,000 weekly, theformer Detroit Light Opera headreported a 42% hike in grosses this

season over last. Producer has alsobeen given a nod for a winter musi-cal season in Honolulu. Last week,with an added Sunday matinee,“Chocolate Soldier” racked in alush $16,000.

Interest has been so high thattwo of the North Shore operatorsare planning to expand their ac-tivities to the southslde and sev-eral backers are talking of a winterstock group with names. However,unless located in the suburbs, unioncosts may kill the deals.

Seattle Stock Outfit

Sets Schedule for FallSeattle, Sept. 4.

Great Plays Co. here iust woundup a run of Ibsen’s “Ghosts” withgood houses, and director DeanGoodman has set a fall schedulefor three productions to beginSept. 22 with Eugene O’Neill’s "Be-yond the Horizon.” O’Neill dramawill run four nights, as will others—Mel Dinelli’s “The Man.” Oct.

20-21, 27-28; and “The Stranger" byStrinberg and “A Phoenix TooOften” by Christopher Fry. Nov.17-18, 24-25. Each production will

feature one matinee performance.

Troy Strawhat Winds UpTroy, N. Y., Sept. 4.

The first season for Troy on thestrawhat circuit ended Sundaynight (2) when Frank Meyers’Frear Park Summer Theatre gavethe final performance of “FatalWeakness,” with Diane Tiliman,apprentice in earlier productions,in the lead. Meyers, former city

ofAcial, who had his wife, BettyShannon, as director, expressedsatisfaction with the results.

"I did not make any money, butI cleared expenses and 1 built for

the future.” he said. He addedthat a 10-year-lease on the 120-

seat theatre is held.

The Frear Park Equity group,did the best business with “JennieKissed Me.” which was presentedlast season at the Playhouse in

Albany (six miles from Troy).Other pieces included “John lx>vesMary,” "Torch Bearers,” "For Loveor Money.” “There Is AlwaysJuliet,” "The Late ChristopherBean” and “Happy Days.” Meyersexperimented with newspaper copyoff the theatre page and oppositethe editorial page in local dailies.

Mill’ $17,117, CohassetCohasset. Mass., Sept. 4.

The South Shore Music Circus,

concluding its first season here,

came up last week with the biggest

strawhat gross in New England his-

tory. The Richard Aldrich tent

rang up a take of $17,117 for eight

performances of “Red Mill.” Thatnot only topped its own previousweeks but also bettered anythingrung up this season or last at its

companion spot, the Cape Cod Mu-sic Circus. Hyannis.

Latter tent nevertheless had a

bumper closing week, comingthrough with a gross of $16,800with “Brigadoon.” The seasonwashup at Aldrich’s two otherbarns, the Cape Playhouse, at Den-nis. and the Falmouth Playhouse.Connamessett. was moderate. For-

mer grossed Just under $8,000 withthe tryout of “Door to a Room,”while the latter tabbed a satisfac-

tory $9,900 with “Pal Joey.”

In the SummerhouNePhiladelphia. Aug. 25.

Hedierpw Theatre production of dramain three acts (four acenes) by Jane B»wlci.Directed by Jaaper Deater. Setting* byJeatl Layiun anu Joaeuh Ub«rin«n, coa-tumea. Jane Lekberg; lighting. Ruth Esh-erick. At Hedgerow Theatre. Rose Val-ley-Moylan. Pa.. Aug. 23. ’SI.

Strong Yank Lineup Is

Set for Israel Concerts;

Scott, Horne, Primus SignA strong lineup of U. S. show

biz figures has been set for appear-ances in Israel during the ’51 -’52

season, as result of a three-monthvisit by J. Moczan Amidor, man-aging director of the Yuval agen-cy, of Haifa. Latter returned homeby way of London last week, afternegotiating for talent in N. Y. andHollywood.Those signed include Hazel

Scott, Yvonne de Carlo. LenaHorne, Pearl Primus. Jo*enhgeti, Mario Berini and Mlklos Gaf-ni. Miss de Carlo, making a film

in London this summer, was to

leave England Sunday (2) for a

nine-day tour of Israel, starting to-

day (Wed.), in a song-and-danceturn.

Miss Scott Is due there in De-cember for a three-week tour. Herhusband, U. S. Congressman AdamClayton Powe’l will accompanyher on the trip. Tenor Gafni will

do 10 concerts over a three-weekperiod in October. Miss Primusand a group of 10 dancers will ap-pear for three weeks in January.Tenor Berini is skedded for 10 re-

citals in February. Miss Home is

due for eight performances overa two-week period in May. bring-ing a group with her. Szigeti will

give 10 concerts, over three weeks,in April.

In addition to the above, whowere pacted before Amidor left,

negotiations have been going onwith Tony Martin for a visit, andwith producer Paul Gregory forh i s First Drama Quartet group,which is doing Shaw in lecture-

legit form. The N. Y. City Ballet

Co. is planning a European tournext spring, and Amidor has been

; dickering to extend its tour toIsrael.

Before he left, Amidor also

signed Paul Kohner of L. A. as hii

U. S. rep. Former expects to beback in the y. S. in six months, to

prep ’52-’53 bookings.

As the 173d production addedto its repertory, Hedgerow haspicked one of those wild andwoolly contraptions beloved bysome arty groups, but generallyleft untouched by this normallysane and sensible outfit in RoseValley.

The influence and spirit ofTennessee Williams constantlypervade “In the Summemouse,but even to begin to attempt com-parisons would be ridiculous, inview of the many ineptitudes ofJane Bowles’ fledgling effort.

“Summerhouse,” like “Menag-erie,” has a mothcr-and-daughterangle, and, in this case, the sum-merhouse where Molly broods andreads her comic booty; takes theplace of the set of Tlass piecesused in the Williams play.

Setting of this one is “on thecoast of Florida or California,” ac-cording to the program. Appar-ently that choice was left by theauthor, because of presence of agroup of Spaniards. Here we meetGertrude Eastman-Cuevas and herdaughter, Molly. Mrs. Eastman-Cuevas is a widow in poor finan-cial circumstances who is contem-plating a possible second marriagewith a wealthy Spaniard, UmbertoSolares. In the meantime, she is

looking forward to helping financei. i# i 1 _ —i _ a_ —

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the large house and 50%-increased

scale.

Unlike other businesses, which

can meet rising costs by increas-

ing turnover as well as boosting

prices, the theatre has been ham-pered by inability to expand its

eight-performance schedule or en-large seating capacity (except byplaying larger houses than de-

sirable for audience impact). Andalthough there was a general bo.hike from $3.60 to $4.80 about a

decade ago. the prevailing feelingin managerial circles Is that a

further lift in the scale wouldcause public resentment (at least

partly aroused by drama editors

of publications that have increasedcirculation, raised prices and ad-

vertising rates).

Attacks on Costs

In the face of this situation,

there have been numerous at-

tempts to hold dews productionand operating costs, notably on a

group consultive basis by the Com-mittee of Theatrical Producers,and as exemplified last season bythe ANTA Play Series (withoutunion concessions). But although

’Scotch’ $9,406, WestportWestport. Conn., Sept. 4.

Aimee Stewart's “A Case ofScotch.” which had been aroundfor about 10 years under the title

of “Jeannie,” grossed a comfortable$9,400 last week at the WestportCountry Playhouse, with MargaretPhillips and John Forsythe co-starred. Local reviews and audi-ence reaction were favorable andthe Theatre Guild, which has anoption on the romantic comedy,plans to produce it on Broadwaythis season if satisfactory revisionsare forthcoming.

AS its season finale, the Play-house is currently offering a try-

out of “Kin Hubbard,” by Law-rence Riley, author of the 1934-35hit, "Personal Appearance.” Jose-

Ehine Hull, Tom Ewell, June Lock-art and John Alexander are

starred in the comedy, which Ewelland Playhouse manager PhilipLangner hope to present in NewYork this fall.

Historic Roanoke HouseCondemned

; to Be RazedRoanoke, Va., Sept. 4.

Roanoke’s historic but crum-bling Academy of Music, is to betorn down. City Council has agreedthat t KniMIrt#* *4*••••* VMV MM(«M***0 •IIWMtU «k>V a Miiil

and has told City Manager ArthurS. Owens to bring in a report onbest way of getting rid of it.

The 58-year-old theatre was or-dered shuttered two years ago asa fire trap, after having housedhundreds of legit productions andconcerts. City manager’s closingaction stirred the ire of theatrelovers and sentimentalists, whoorganized "Friends of the Acade-my.” with M. Carl Andrews, editorof the Roanoke World-News, aschairman. Survey that followedindicated $185,000 would be therock-bottom nut of meeting state

minimum safety i w-quirements. Areally adequate job would cost over$200 ,000 .

herself by means of a rich youngwoman boarder at the big East-man-Cuevas home on the seashore.When her one financial limb is

shorn away, Mrs. Eastman-Cuevasmarries her Spaniard and, more orless in desperation at the prospectof loneliness. Molly maries Lionel,

a young worker in a nearby sea-

food ^restaurant who, at first

glance, seems to be one of theplay's sole sane characters, butwho turns out to be as neuroticas any of tpem.

Molly gets worse rather thanbetter after marriage and, twoyears later, makes a homicidal at-

tack on an almost - completestranger over a fancied .wrong.After Lionel thwarts that attack,

Mrs. Eastman-Cuevas and he in-

duge in what is apparently theplay’s climactic and pivotal scene.

The woman, after telling of herunhappy life and its likely effect

on Molly, asks him to let her takethe girl away, since neither mar-riage seems to have worked out.

Lionel packs and walks out, but at

the end the girl is running after

him, crying hysterically, whileMrs. Eastman -. Cuevas cowers,crushed In the background.The Spanish husband and his

sister and relatives, all lusty and of

the soil, are the show's only real-

istic as well as its only normalhuman beings, although there mustbe sympathy for the mother of thewealthy young boarder whose mindgives way after her daughter’stragic death and who seeks thesolace of the bottle to A assuageher grief. She may be a mentalcase at the end. hut she’s a sym-pathetic one. The other schizo-

‘Curtain’ 7G. OlneyOlney, Md., Sept. 4.

Veronica Lake in “Curtain Rises”managed only a fair $7,000 in last

week’s session at the CHney Thea-tre. Stint was a personal triumphfor the screen star so far as thecritics were concerned, but theopus took a general pounding.Despite a mild week, Saturdaynight was SRO.

Leo Carroll in "Home at Seven,”new show with Broadway aspira-tions, opens tonight (4). This is acold opening, with very little ad-vance interest However, if pressreception is good, blx will build.

Final three weeks of Olney ap-

fear assured of virtually capacityiz, with advance for all three

ahows very heavy. “Pal Joey.”with Carol Bruce, bows in nextTuesday (11), with return of theJessica Tandy-Hume Cronyn click.

“Fourposter. following. Tryout of“Music in Air’’ winds up season,beginning >veek of Sept 25.

Strawhat Tryouts

“Behind the Badge" — MaldenBridge (N. Y.) Playhouse* (5-9).

“Birds of Prey” — Ivy TowerPlayhouse, Spring Lake, N. J.

(4-8).

“Castle in the Air” — Peter-borough (Ont.) Summer Theatre*(4-8) (original London productionreviwed in Variety, Jan. 11. ’50).

“Fourpooter" (Jessica Tandy,Hume Cronyn) — Bucks CountyPlayhouse, New Hope. Pa. <10-15)

(reviewed in Variety, July 11, ’51).

“Hallowe’en Bride”—Arena The-atre*. East Rochester. N. Y. (6-16).

“Heaven Come Wednesday” —Keene <N. H.) Summer Theatre(3-8). •“Home at Seven” <Leo G. Car-

roll) — Olney <Md.) Theatre <4-9)

(original London production re-

viewed In Variety, March 15, ’50).

“Kin Hubbard” (Josephine Hull.Tom Ewell, June Lockhart. JohnAlexander) — Westport (Conn.)Country Playhouse (3-8> (reviewedin Variety this week).

“Mirror, Mirror” (Kay Francis)— Bucks £ounty Playhouse. NewHope. Pa. <3-8) (reviewed inVariety, July 18. ’51).

“Molehills”—Barn Stages, Nan-tucket Island, Mass. (4-9>.

“On His Honor” — Cro»TroadsTheatre*, Bailey’s Cross RoatWCVa.(10-15)

“Told to the Children" (MiriamHopkins)—Sea Cliff (L. I.) SommerTheatre (3-8) (reviewed in Variety,Ac*. 15, ’51).

1 t*—Indicates non-Equity.)

“Death of a Salesman”—KleinAud., Bridgeport (8); Victory, Prov-idence GO); Aud., Worcester. Mass.(11); Bushnell Aud., Hartford (12);

Academy of Music, Northhampton,Mess. (13); Erie, Schenectady(14-15).

“Gays and Dolls" (Allan Jones,Jan Clayton)—Philharmonic Aud.,Los Angeles (3-15).

"Love and Let Love" (GingerRogers) (tryout) — Forrest, Phila-delphia <3-15) (Reviewed inVariety, Aug. 29. ’51).

“Member of the Wedding” (EthelWiters)—Csss, Detroit (3-15».

“Mister Roberts” (Tod Andrews)—Klein And , Bridgeport (13-15*.

“Moon Is Blue” — Harris. Chi-cago (3-15).

“Remains to Be Seen” 'HowardLindsay) (tryout) — Shubert. NewHaven (6-8); Colonial, Boston(10-15).

“Saint Joan” (Uta Hagen) (try-

out*—Shubert, New Haven • 13-15)

(original production, with Winifredl reviewed in Variety. Jan.17, ’24; revival with KatherineCornell, reviewed in Variety,March 11, ’30).

“South Pacific” (Janet Blair,Richard Eastham) — Shubert, Chi-cago (3-15),

Blondell $11,500, Hub- • Boston. Sept. 4.

"Come Back, Little Sheba," withJoan Blondell, pulled a neat $11,-

500 at the 917-seat Boston SummerTheatre last week. It was scaledat $2.80 top.

“Susan and God" is current.

*Tldlngs* $8,200, SaratogaSaratoga. N. Y., Sept. 4.

Melvyn Douglas and Signe Hasso.In Edward Mabley’s new comedy,“Glad Tidings." grossed about $8.-

200 — second highest In the SpaSummer Theatre’s history—on theclosing week for the 580-seater, at

a $3 top. Figure was topped onlyby the $8,613 which Eve Ardenrecently drew, producer JohnHuntington said. Huntington hada chance to bring Judy Hollidayhere on a percentage deal for anadd

4ed week, but decided it would

be too great a gamble with theracing season ended.

Manley, who drove from NewYork to catch the Saturday mati-nee. expressed himself as wellpleased with the performance. Hesaid that the play, continuously re-

vised since it began a tour of

summer theatres, would undergofurther revision, and “several cast

changes” when it goes into rehear-sal "in 10 days" for a Detroit open-

SIBWAY CIRCUIT“Sea?#** in the Sun"—Jamaica

Jamaica, L. L (4-9).

\

72 flATTKi WnlnrMlty, Sfplpmlifr 5, 1951

Broadway

Sisters,pianist

JohnpairedHero.”

Abe Schneider, Columbia Pic-

tures' veepee-trcasurer, became a

grandfather last week.

Rose and Joe Seidelman to Eu-rope Sept. 28 on the Queen Eliza-

beth on business and pleasure.

Patti Andrews, of the Andrews 1

to wed Wally Wechsler.who accompanies the trio.

Derek and Donna R.*ed.

in Columbia's "Saturday’sin town for week-long

scries of interviews and p.a.’s.

Maggi McNeill* out of the hospfollowing the bursting of a b'oodvessel in her stomach which kept

her off her TV shows for over a

weekGeorge Reinhardt, long a fixture

at the o'd Hi /.-Carlton's Little Bar.

shifts to Sherry's, as major doino,of the bar cafe at that Park Ave.bisi ro.

Bourvit. French comic who hasthe eail in "Air. Peek-A-Boo." im-p»rt winch United Artists is re-

leasir;, in th*» U. S, is pl-inning a

tour of t lit* states.

The Harry Sosniks and the Ros-coe Fawcetts flew all the way to

Wiscon »’n to do some fishin,. en-counter «• e o !i t i n u o u s 1 y hadweather m d never cast a fly.

Agent Kenneth Later is openingthe ritnle.x Restaurant on upperBroadwax as a sideline. Hisbrother, Irving, a former agent, is

associated with him in the enter-prise.

.

i

Jerry Dit tz writing a play aboutMark Twain's classic. "Huckle-berry Finn." lie also wrote "Hom-ing Pigeons” for Peter Bernardwho’ll produce and stir in thatopus in London this fall.

They're eo-oping the Park Ave. •

apartment building housing FrankM. Folsom, Hoxvard S. Cullman.Toots Slior and other show biz

,

names, and most of them are be-coming co-’andlords as result.

Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr.'s "thenew Europe” films, in color, whichhe shot for his upcoming RedpathChautauqua concert tour gettingattention from Metro’s DoreSchary for films;

.and Official

Films for vidpix. Vanderiblt. in-cidentally. s?t for Toxvn Hall lec-ture Dec. 10.

William Chapman White’s Sate-vepost piece on Saranac* Lake, aspart of his series on "the cities ofAmerica ” pays kudos to the late

William Morris. Sr., founder of theagene.x, for hi* humanitarian workIn the tubercular colony.

Lucille Little (Mrs. Deems Tay-lor 1

. who Ins been painting in.

Paris, due bark for her one-wom«iishoxx. She’s been selling consider-able stuff off-the-easel to Yankand Parisian visitors to her studio.

Cynda Glenn Airfraneeing to

Paris this weekend for a year’scontract as star of the new FoliesBergere revue where she got herprofessional start years ago. MissGlenn, while American, has beena longtime Parisian resident.

Wall Street's Arthur Wiesen-berger. who is realistic about theattuncment of a bull market withpleasure spending, writes from theRiviera. "Those European casinosreally need some ticker tape to

atir up business; Monte Carlo majsoon go on the auction block.”

ance of the Antoine when it re-

1

opens to erect a monument to

Louis Jouvet.While dancing "Swan Lake” in

Luchon. Dldi Amiel, one of the

Pari* Opera star ballerinas, pirou-

etted in such a way that her handstruck the face of her male partnerand broke several of his teeth.

Loodoi

MinneapolisBy Les

Log silo

Keesoffering "Kind

Trio into St. Paul

Dean, with

Paul'sBache-

OldLady.”

Art TatumFlame.

Curly’s has WallyHerrero hel i over.

Schliet's liUle City has FrankieYankovic fi » one-nighter.

Barbara Lunt at St.

Heinie’s with Hal Prince's

lors.

McCarthy A Dale and ShannonBolin into Hotel Hadisson F!*meRoom.

National company of "Guys andDolls” set for Lyceum here in

November.Neil Rose A Meryl Baxter guest

stars xvith Dorothy Lewis lee Showat Hotel Nicollet Minnesota Ter-

race.Flame’s lineup of acts includes

Jimarlen Trio. Record Breakers.

Nate Wexler, Sally Saylin sndDick Clausen.Sundav opening day attendance

of 144.894 at Minnesota State Fairset a record since ex|>osition wenton 10-day schedule in 1838

Henry Duffy hack to Coast to

prepare Billie Burke in "The Mar-quise” for Shuhert. Detroit, after

getting "Springtime for Henry”set here.Chuck Gregory producing at Al-

vin. local burlesque house, againbeing operated by Charlie Fox of

Milwaukee, with Sarah Wax resi-

dent manager.Joyce Sullivan, only American

actress ever actually to be a mem-ber of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre,vacationing with her parents ontheir suburban Lake Minnetonkaestate.

Edxvard Everett Horton, appear-ing at Lyceum in "Springtime for

Henry.” was guest of MinnesotaState Fair, being introduced to

Labor Day grandstand crowd of

65.000 and telling a few stories.

Lounge with Hal Stubbs and FrankHeron airing it via CKVL.Claude Trenet, younger brother

of Charles, through town to start

session at boite in Quebec City aswarmup to Montreal debut.

Wally Griffin Into Ruby foo’sStarlight Roof "Skating Vanitiesof ’52” in four-day session at

Forum starting Wednesday (12».

Ralph Bellamy to head all-star

cast for Red Feather Revue at

His Majesty’s next Tuesday 'll).

Paul Gray currently headliningChez Paree layout.

at

ParisBy Maxime De Brix

(33 Bird. Montjuimassc, Littrc7564)

Lacy Kastner due to leave forAmerica soon.

Arlette Arnaud at Amphion onlake of Geneva.

Col. Barney Oldfield back fromCopenhagen.Bob Snowdy at work on "Hills

of Kilimandjaro” for 20ih-Fox.Two days later he reconsidered,and the op>. ning was moved to LeTouquct.

Gerard Rolf searching Paris formaterial for N. Y. Met sets andcostumes.

Simone Berriau of the Antoinegiving exclusive parties in herRiviera villa.

Theatre des Champs Elysccs tohouse Travel Agents Congressopening Oct. 22.

Even French tourists, seldom seenthere for the last few years, nowfavor vacationing there.

RomeBy Helen McGill Tuhhs

Italian actress Carla del Poggiato Paris for a film.

Sam JatTe here xxith his familyon four-months vacation.

French actor Jean Claude Pascalhere from Paris to make "FourRed Roses."Mrs. Paul Muni joining her

husband who is locationing in

Tirrenia on Italian film.

Geza Radvanyi signed to direct"Endless Passage” for Italo-Frwichco-production in October.

"Holiday on lee’’ doing capacitybiz at Foro Mussolini. Italian

audiences rate it a real novelty.Director Julien Duvivier in from

Paris to Direct "Don Camillo."Amato Production, locationing in

Parma.Dario and Jarmcl Soria summer-

ing in Rome and Venice. He is headof Cetra-Soria Records and she is

publicist of N. V. Philharmonicorchestra and Columbia Art sts

management.

Leon Kimberly has opened newoffices at Triumph House RegentStreet.

Second son born to Robert Mor-ley. making Gladys Cooper’s third

grandchild.

Frederick Valk succeeded CecilTrouncer in "Ring Round theMoon." row in its final w’ceks at

the Globe.

Zachary Scott due in soon to star

in "Dead on Course.” an Anglo-American venture which will bemade at the Exclusive studios.

Michael 11. Goodman ended his

association with Michael H. Good-man Productions. J. G. Frankeiand V. Lenz continue as directors.

T xv o-xveek holiday in Algeria is

top prize, in a contest now beingframed us a tie-up with the Yvonnede Carlo British-made "Hotel Sa-hara.”

G:*orge Minter back from Amer-ica. having set a deal with UnitedArtists to distribute "Tom Brown’sSehoe'davs” and "A ChristmasCarol."

KKO have sent Nigel Patrick a

hurry call to star in a picturewhich it will start in HollywoodDec. 1. Patrick is still making uphis mind.

Robert Krasker, cameraman on"The Third Man." received his Os-car from the Ia»s Angeles BritishConsul. W. M. Guthrie, at a partyheld In Phil Hymns’ office here.

Gino Arbib off to Germany in

early September to arrange ex-tensive tour of Gigli to open at

Munich Nov. 12. This is the Ital-

ian singer’s first German date _ _ . _ . .

since 1938. Ted Frlend

To* encourage young playgoers, •* FMrmont Hotel,

the Old Vie is slashing its prices Sherrill Corwin in tor meetings,

with the opening of the new sea-: #

Angling Brothers and Barnumson. Sept. 24. First oroduction 1

* Bailey into Cow Palace for fixe

will bo a revival of Christopher d*ys -

Marlowe’s "Tamburlaine ”, I

Billy DeWolfe doing the seven

Agatha Christie s thri r. "The; .

.H*Wcr in

Hol’ow." transfers from the For- 10 sPar^ Bright Victoiy.

tune Theatre to the Ambassadors. Earl & Mrs. Wilson due for

Oct. 8. with former reverting to 1 quick look-see enroute to N. Y.

recent venter policy of staging lollowing flight mound globe,

amateur performances.j

Beverly Michaels in for OrpheumHaving closed in "Cafe Con- date with Columbia's Mike New-

tinenta ?" in Blackpool. Sylvie St.j

man garenenng mucho promotionClair is visiting her family in fur her.

Paris and Nice before sailing Sept,j

Hildegarde and Anna Sosenko1 1 on the DeGrasse to resume doing the town in 48 hours enrouteU. S. engagement* in TV. niteries. to Duluth, where singer opens at

etc., j

Duluth Hotel.

Having been successful w ith his Gold-plated set worried that galalast fdm for Ass«>ciated British opening of Frisco opera season, setPicture Corp.. which was titled

: for Sept. 8, may be postponed if

Conference runs over schedule at

TsUywood

WashingtonBy Florence S. Lowe

Georgia Sothern currentCross Roads, nearby roadhouse.

Buddy lister highlighting taborDay weekend show at Club Kava-kos.

20th rep Tony Muto has issued

invitations for a bras* hat preem of

"David and Bathsheba" Sept. 12.

Metro producer Robert Thomp-son in town to do some spade workon studio’s forthcoming "I Street."

to be shot here and in Gettysburg.

Evelyn Swarthout, concert pian-

ist. frau of concert booker PatrickHayes and cousin of GladysSwarthout. named assistant profes-

sor of music at American U.

Langner, in the past week for Na-tional Inventorstook time outVeronica Lake in

Olney Theatre.

Council confab,for look-see at

straw hat stint at

San Francisco

ClevelandBy Gicnn C. Pullen

Bob Manners, leader of MusicMakers Quartet, back in town witha bobbed nose.

"Tales of Hoffmann” kicks off

the Hanna’s preseason Friday (7)

for a f^ot-week stay.Betty Reilly at Alhambra Lounge

Club with Bert Slone and EddieShine for a fortnight.

Fred Strauss, formerly of FrankSennes agency, handling nitery ac-counts for Merle Jacobs' agency.

Palace’s inside boxoffice, closed20 years, reopened for SpikeJones’ two-a-day starting tomorrow*<Thui*dny».Jimmy Burton, Detroit singer,

joined Herman PirchnerV light op-eretta group and his radio-TV "Al-pine Village Fair” series.Clevelander Carl Lampl’s new

song, "Saturday Afternoon at HalfPast,” on which Buddy Kave col-laborated, published by J. j. Rob-

Bank Holiday.” Rodney Acklnndhas written a sequal titled "EasterMonday." which goes into produc-tion at Elstree studios in October.

Jack Hulbert and Joyce C’areyhead the cast of a nexv Ian Haycomedy. "While Sheep of theFamily.” written in collaborationwith L. du Garde Peach. Showpreenis in Liverpool Sept. 13 be-fore coming to the West End aftera brief tour.

Latest subscription theatre clubis the Irving. o(T Leicester Square,opening Sept. 6 with a poliev ofintimate late night revues. First

will he "10:15” xvritten by PeterMyers and Alec Graham, with mu-sic by Norman Dtfnnat, JohnPritchett and Ronald Cass.

Elspelh March, former wife ofStewart Granger, in hospital withbroken ankle following roughhandling by muggers while home-ward hound from the theatre. Shehas had to give up her roles inthe Shaw-Shakespeare season at

the St. James’ pending recovers’.’ Who’s Sylvia” folds at the Cri-

terion Sept; 22 after 11 months tobe followed by a new KennethHorne play presented by LordVivian and John Clements. Lat-ter will direct the piece as yet un-titled. Mary Jerrcld, Avice Lan-done. Raymond Huntley. JoanHarben. Margaret Scudamore headthe cast.

Opera House.

Town jumping with JapaneseTreaty Conference. Delegates,press, etc., jamming hotels, res-taurants and spilling over hills. Allhotel reservations screened by StateDept, during week of Conference.

Vienna

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I

By Emil W. Maas*Wiener W^rkel cabaret will re-

open in September.Ernst Deutsch inked by Burg

Theatre for winter season.

"Silent Mouth." film done by Ex-celsior at Thalerhof Studios, com-pleted. Karl Hartl directed.

Rosenhuegei atudios in Russianzone prepping 10 pix in Techni-color, a record output to date.

DU lenz Production* began workon Johann Strauss film. "Frueh-lingsstimmen.” Hans Tliimig is di-rector.

Patriafilm in Gratz is workingon the Karl Zeller operetta. "Ober-stciger.” Hans Schott Schoebingcris directing.

Vic Da* oi ** town on furlough.

Hattie l.-Lamel seriously ill.

George O'Brien hospitalized withphlebitis.

Patricia Knight divorced CornelWilde in Reno.Jimmy Ellison vacationing at

Laguna Beach.

Mickey Rooney to Montreal to

open a atage tour.

Armand Schaefer to June Lakefor two-week siesta.

Pat Knight Reno-filed suit to

divorce Cornel Wilde.

Samuel Goldwyn returned fromHawaiian vacation.

Blossom Seeley laid up with im-pacted wisdom tooth.

Val Anthony hospitalized in

Santa Monica tor surgery.

Coleen Gray and Barbara Brit-

ton planed in from N. Y.

George Macready in fromFrance W'here he made a pic.

Julie Wilson in toxvn as houseguest of the Jack Mulcaheys.

Mala Powers checked in at RKOafter vacation at Russian River.

Robert L. Lippert to San Fran-cisco to celebrate his silver wed-ding.

Mrs. Forrest Tucker on themend following the loss of herbaby. • ‘ *>

Pat Somerset re-elected prez ofCalifornia State Theatrical Fed-eration.The Charles O'Malleys cele-

brated their 25th wedding anni-versary.Thor Thors, Iceland’s envoy to

Mhe U. S., ogled film-making at

Warners.Mel Ferrer laid up with flu,

postponing his scenes in "Scara-mouche.”

Barbara Bates resumed work at

20th-Fox after siege of ptomainepoisoning.Leo Morrison closed his Holly-

wood agency to become veepee ofArcher Productions.Keenan Wynn headed a Metro

troupe to entertain service men at

Offutt Air Base in Nebraska.Ira Gershwin. Gilbert Roland

and Antonio Moreno to Tijuanafor resumption of bullfight sea-

son.Gloria Swanson will be

guest speaker at Screen ProducersGuild's firpt anual "Milestone”dinner.

Broderick Crawford. John Derek.Beverly Michaels and Donna Reedon personal appearance tours forColumbia.Goldwvn studio employees tossed

luncheon for Frances Inglis. wholeft the lot to become exec secre-tary of Screen Writers Guild.

Dore Schary tossed a luncheonfor the heads of 15 studio guildsto work out program for 1951Permanent Charities campaign.George Cukor' in from N. Y.

where he huddled with GarsonKanin. Ruth Gordon and JudyHolliday about details in filmingof "The Marrying Kind.”

Dave Stein, representing direc- * bins Co.tor Max Ophuls, closely following Marvin Kline reappointed execfilmization of "ta Plaisir.” director ol Cain Park’s 3,000-ca-Bomth Minevitch to the U S. |

paclty outdoor summer theatre forfor the wedding of hisdaughter, Lydia, in

next month19-year-oldHollywood.World preem of "The Red Inn.”

a Meninon Film (Simon Mufflin'production, due at the La BauleCasino, was held up by the censor.

Lots of Americans going toSpain soon after arriving in Eu-rope. They find the weather warm-er and prtces considerably cheaper.

Mrs. Simone Rerrtau to donatethe proceeds of the first perform-

next year, starting 1#52 series July7 and running up to Labor Day.Johnny Ray returning to Moe's

Main Street Sept. 17 for anothertwo weeks after recording "24Hours Ago” and "LiUle WhiteCloud” for Columbia In New York.Samsen Maynard and Will

Kiump closed their Rabbit Runstrawhatter season in MadisonSunday <2>, same day ChagrinFall* Summer Theatre wound upwith "Voice of Turtle.”

MontrealCarmen Cavallaro tentative for

Normandie Room show Sept. 17.

Paula Drake starts winter sea-son at Ritz Cafe next Wednesday( 12'.

Charlie Spivak's band doing aone-nighter tomorrow (Thurs.) atDomaine Ideal Beach.

The Great Morton and his magicslated for a week starting Satur-day <8» at Gesu Theatre.

Chez Paree ' installing a telelounge with two receivers as latestgimmick to draw business.

Ethel Smith and Dick Haymeslead off first show at Seville whenit opens next Thursday (13).

Stan Fisher with Blair Sc Deaninaugurated qew show policy at

Mount Royal Hotel's NormandieRoom Monday (3).

His Majesty's to open new sea-

]son- Sept. 17 with "Death of a

one week and thenOct. 1

Cafe has Installed

Salesman” for"Mr. Roberts”

Continentala (I J. slum

MemphisBy Matty Brescia

Chuck Foster * crew at Peabody'sSkyway.

Henry Busse orch at Claridge'sMagnolia Roof.

Local theatre biz suffering un-der terrif 100 to 104-degree heat.

Joe Simon, manager of Ritz^Theatre, just returned from three-*week Chi vacash.

Francis X. Bushman checks in’

here this week to hypo the "Davidand Bathsheba” pic and appear be-fore Shrine luncheon group.

John C. Simmons, account exccout of Ruthrauff Sc Ryan office inSt. Louis, checking with local radiostations for placing fall biz forGriedsek Brewing Co.

J

Jimmy Dorsey, Jan Gamer andWoody Herman are skedded forone-nighters at nearby MillingtonNaval Air Base during September,October and November.Cindy Garner, UI starlet, checked

In here for a one-day stopover.Also in the UI troupe here to hypothe "Iron Man” were Frankie Van,former featherweight title con-tender spotted in pic as an athletic

India

Producers of Tamil film. "Life ”

have made a Malay version of thepicture for the Far. East.Cine Technicians Assn, of South

India is holding a conference inMadras early in SeptemberTamil film troupe has gone to

the Andaman Islands to make pic-

ture with the island as locale.

Paul Zils. once associated withUFA Studios, started oxvn produc-tion unit in Bombay. First produc-tion in Hindi, "Zalzala’” startedthis month.

Indian Motion Picture ProducersAssn, xyarned members that pio-duction'of films has slumped nearly60' r and steps must be taken tostep up production.

’"Cinderella” (RKO) did twoweeks of terrific biz at the NexvGlobe in Madras recently while"Treasure Island” (RKO) startedoff good at the same house thismonth.Producer - director Paul Zil’s

"Our India.” which has been re-titled "Dawn of India” in the Eng-lish version, is set for Septemberrelease in London.Producer C. A. McEldowney and

director Jean Renoir are on wayto India to produce three more pic-

tures with Indian background. Onepicture may be about Gandhi whilethe second will be called "TheMonsoon.”

SeattleAbe Burrows and wife visiting

relatives.Lionel Hampton orch played

onc-nlghter at Trianon.Rex Allen in for "Back to

School” parties at five downtowntheatres. Affairs sponsored bySeattle Times.Tony Pastor orch in for stint

at Trianon. Also opened new En-

in new Mermaid I feld.

instructor, and flacker Burt Illrsh-[listed Men's Club at McC ord a r

1 base Sunday (2*.

branch and will taka aver and ofth« month.

Palumbo's Restaurant, 000-seat*4>utb Philty cabinet, reopened lastnight (Tues.), although ofOctal de-but is set for Sept. 27. Spot wtlloperate without chorus lines thisyear.

Eddie Suez will keep his Club i

Avalon (Wildwood. N. J.) open theweek after Labor Day for the first

time. South Jersey resort expectsabout 25,000 Legionnaires in for

'

the state convention this week.Eugene Ormandy, conductor of

the Philly symph, will lead theDanish State Radio Orchestra.Sept. 6, 0 and 13, in Copenhagen,and make his debut with the Na-tional Radio Orchestra at Oslo,Sept. 20 and 21.

By Brie GorrkhMetro’s *Great Caruso’* played

four of Met’s key Sydney houses.

Some exhlbs still refusing to payupped rentals for Par's "Samsonand Delilah."

Ralph Hogg, production execattached to Ealing, in from Londonon short looksee.

Iceskating continues with boombiz in Sydney and Melbourne overthe winter season.

Donald Novis appearing at theCelebrity nightclub, Sydney, forthe Joe Taylor management.RKO will spot "Kon-Tiki" at

Savoy in Sydney and Melbourneon deal fixed with Peter Dawson.

Charles Chauvel is setting final

plans for a color pic of the Aussiehinterland. Likely will use local

talent.

Ealing’s "Wherever She Goes,"life story of Eileen Joyce, debuts inHobart, Sept. 7 for Greater UoionTheatres.

Leroy Brauer, Columbia's Aussiechief, is currently in India on biz.

He will cover Far Cast zones be-fore returning to base.

Frank Muir and Denis Nordenarrived from London to scriptshows for non-commercial Austral-ian Broadcasting Commission.

A1 Daff has appointed Wally Orrto take charge for Universal inMalaya. Daff is making a three-week tour of the Aussie zone.

Donald Novis continues a topclick at Celebrity nightclub, Syd-ney, in third week. Singer will dosome radio work during his localstay.

Universal • International holdingbig sales session in Sydney, withA1 Daff, company sales chief, andHere C. McIntyre, Aussie boss, incharge.

Evelyn Laye and Frank Lawtonbow into Royal. Sydney, shortlywith "September Tide" for Wil-liamson. Follow with "Beil, Book

By D. L. Praha—Charles Rooner readying • reper-

the Follies.

Arturo de Coruoba recoveringfrom operation.

Meribeth Old featured in floorshow at El Patio nitery.

Hughie Mack. Negro pianist, aclick at the swank 33 restaurant.

Rosa Guraieb giving piano re-cital series at Palace of Fine Arts.

"Park of the Moon" being pre-sented in English by the Anglo-Mexican Cultural Institute.

Patricia Moran, Mexican pic starnow working in Spain, inked for apic at Cinecitta studios, Italy.

President Miguel Aleman’s an-nual message to the nation Sept. 1

was telecast for the first time.Hazel Griggs soloing with the

National University SymphonicOrch at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Fausto Garcia Medeles, backfrom a European tour, readying apiano concert series at Palace ofFine Arts.

Fix stars Antonleta Pons andDelia Magana inked by FrankPounce for tour of his Californiatheatres.Ambassador and Mrs. William

O’Dwyer attended preem of•Three Guys Named Mike" (M-G)at the Cine Roble.

Mexican Radio AnnouncersAssn, to banquet President MiguelAleman Sept. 19. Foreign an-nouncers will be invited.

Variety Club godfathering Jac-queline Evans, English pie actress-writer, in the second Pan Ameri-can road stock egr race Nov. 20-25.

Charles Rooner readying a repe-toire of Shaw and Barrie In Span-ish. Set to open with "The Ad-mirable Crichton" at Salon Moli-ere.

Jorge Reyes. Marta Roth, Am-paro Monies. Evelyn and AmparitoArozamcna. film players, planed toN. Y. for personals at the PuertoRico Theatre.

rom paft 17 —s—

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steal edition of "Alice In Wonder-land."

Countering barn manager beefsat the union rules. Equity officials

say there have been numerous in-

stances of abuses by the silo op-erators themselves, though few of aserious nature. Among the latter

are reported salary kickbacks byone prominent New England man-ager (currently being Investigated),

plus a number of cases of failure

to pay the required round-triptransportation, petty infringementsof rehearsal and performance- rules,

etc.

In the case of stars, there havebeen wholesale gripes

,by players

and their agents about undecipher-able boxoffice statements, instancesof apparently full houses and sus-piciously low gross returns, chisel-ing on agreed-upon transportation,living accommodations and ex-penses. And more than any otherpoint, there are repeated assertionsthat the star generally has no sureway of double-checking the man-ager’s boxoffice statement on a per-centage deal. No matter how muchhe may suspect, the percentageplayer can do nothing but acceptthe producer’s word, it’s asserted.Most guarantee-plus-pereentage

stars don’t appear to mind straw-hatter complaints about "astro-nomical” demands. They incline toshrug off such beefs with the ob-servation. "If they don’t want meor like the terms, they don’t haveto take me. It’s a free country."

resident-actor would encouragepackage shows" and tend to rele-

gate the local producer to thestatus of little more than a housemanager. Most of the bam opera-tors joined in emphasizing that

they wanted to continue as stockcompany producer-managers, it is

reported.

Antiquated Ruling

Equity members were and areinclined to agree with Bamberger’sthesis, and most of the silo im-presarios now seem to concur, thatthe six-resident-actor rule is anti-

quated. They explain that it is

a hangover from the old stock com-pany days, when plays were writ-ten around standard characters andevery stock company had the basic

quota of leading man, leadingwoman, character roan, characterwoman, juvenile and ingenue.

With plays nowadays writtenwith little consideration for slockcharacters and with economic andproduction conditions vastly

changed, the old setup has becomemeaningless, particularly since

many of the leading barns nowplay principally touring packageshows. As a result, various devices

j

are used to evade the rules, such asone leading Connecticut spotwhere the owner’s wife, who hasnot appeared on the stage for

a decade or more, is officially listed

as a member of the resident troupe.

With such legal evasions of vari-

ous sorts now commonplace, mem-bers of the union’s stock committeefeel, as they have for the last sev-

eral years, that the six-actor ruleis passe and should be written off.

They figure that its eliminationwould not decrease Equity employ-ment, but would tend to simplifylocal barn operation and the pro-duction of touring packages, thuspossibly even increasing Work forunion actors. They point out that,

if necessary, the present 70-30%ratio of Equity and non-union play-ers could be boosted to protectEquity-ite employment.

In the matter of the proposedrule requiring five days' rehearsalfor all strawhat engagements, theunion has recently been informedby several leading rural managersthat they now favor the idea. Twoyears ago, when the measure wasadopted by the council, there wasa violent, concerted protest fromSMA members, on the ground thatit would cut the number of appear-ances of each star in half. Thatwould curtail stir availabilities andtend to boost the already swollensalary demands of name players, it

waa argued. So the matter waadropped.

But now many of the haymowmanagers appear to have swungaround to the idea that a five-day-rehearsal rule would prevent starsfrom walking into local engage-ments with merely a run-throughwith the resident players, andwould thereby raise the quality ofguest-name productions. As to the

' prospect of higher salary demands,the strawhatters remark that theasking terms are already at theabsolute ceiling.

Tonrinf Show ProblemEquity representatives generally

shrug off claims of barn managersthat the union rule requiring oneday off per week curtails rehears-als. It shouldn’t do so if the man-agement is efficient and plans care-

, fqllyi It’s argued. The union mem-bers point out that William Miles,for instance, whose Stockbridge,Maas., operation is a model ofsmooth management, has little

trouble wiy> the setup, and thesame applies to other competentproducers.As for squawks that insufficient

rehearsal time is permitted fortouring packages. Equity’s attitudeis that such shows already have anextra week’s rehearsal prior to thefirst engagement, plus a run-through and a dress at each localstand. The only shows which therule might hit would be tryquts,which were not intended to becovered by the stock regulations.As far as the unions have heard,the only show actually affected this

summer waa the tryout of the mu-

By BUI ConlanBoris Morros in town for a few

days.Emile Lustig in Berlin negotiat-

ing fog a series of TV pix to beproduced by Central Europe forStillman it Stillman.

Paul Gordon has notified Lichtigand Englander to initiate a lawsuit if Metro produces Gordon’s“Jumbo."German TV receiver production

hit the 5.0Q0 mark last week. About40 different models will be dis-

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tlayed at the October industrialair.

Berlin studios are busy withthree pix being produced * atTemplehof and two films underwayat Spandau. "Sundige Grenzen"was finished at the C.C.C. studioAug. 27.

ScotlandBy Gordon Irving

"Geordie" film title role may goto young Scot singer AlastairMcHarg.

Noel and Novelly in cabaret at

Piccadilly Club, Glasgow.Linda Ellington. 19-year-old. set

to sing with Hedley Ward and bandin Glasgow.

Radio-biog on the late Will Fyffebeing scripted by free-lance scribeHoward Lockhart.Joan Mann, in strawhat revue

here, set as pantomime principalat Swansea. Wales.

Royal Kiltie Juniors pleasingScandinavians with Scot songs, be-ing currently in Sweden.

Perth Theatre to preem newScot play, "Try and Be Sensible,"by George Scott-Moncrieff.

“* Jewel and Warriss, Britishcomix, in Val Parnell’s "StarlightRoof" at Empire, Glasgow.Helen Davis, 22-year-old Scots

warbler sailing for America Sept.25 under sponsorship of U. S.singer Rose Murphy.

Richard Dimoleby, top Britishradio commentator, interviewedleading Edinburgh Festival visitorsfor his radio series, "Down YourWay."

ILss CostlnatS from page 17

application and has been employ-

ing him as company manager (on

a temporary basis, pending settle-

ment of the row) as of "Lace onHer Petticoat." that there was any"political angle" involved, as aboard member had privately as-serted.

lt’« sieved that a major ele-

ment in the ATPAM stand is thefact that Shumlin got two previousmanager applicants into the unionearlier this season under the "newblood" clause. But there appearto be personal factors involved in

the Sabinson case, from remarksof board members and indirect re-ports from within the union mem-bership.

Among the ATPAM membership,In which there is widespread un-employment, prevailing sentimentappears to be against Sabinson 's

admission. However, many mem-bers express the conviction pri-

vately (being careful not to let

their statements get back to theboard ) that it is basically abhor-rent for anyone to be deprived ofthe right to earn a livelihood be-cause of inability to join a union.

In the opinion of labor attor-neys, no union is under legal com-pulsion to accept anyone into mem-bership. However, the Taft-Hartleylaw forbida the barring of anyonefrom employment because of non-union membership, provided he of-fers to pay the regular Initiationfees and dues. The law appliesonly to businesses in interstatecommerce, but in the case of Ringvs. Dramatists Guild the courtsruled that legit is interstate com-merce.

Under T-H, anyone refused em-ployment because of nonunionmembership may bring damage ac-tion against the employer and theunion.

BarcelonaBy Jeaquina C. VIdal-Gemis

Teresita Abad. new dance per-sonality, at the Cppacabana nitery.

Song and dance team of LolaFlores and Manolo Caracol is

splitting.

Tony Leblanc and Fernando Val-lejo at the Talia with comedy, "TheMixed Up House."

Pic star Miss Josita Hernan in-

tends trying her hand as directoron the film, ’Tanya."

"Sweet Name.” film based on theConcha Espina novel produced bylquino. is ready for release.

Poliorama Theatre has revival of"My Sister Concha." legit play byAntonio Quintero and PascualGuillen. Lola Villaespesa playslead.Mario Cabre will star in Spanlsh-

Mexican production, "Terelo dequites," to be produced in the Cha-martin Studios, Madrid. Lina Ro-sales will have femme lead.

"The Wingless Vulture.” by legit

author Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena,will be presented the big Fruen-teovejuna award at the Lara The-atre next month in Madrid.Demon’s nitery show, "Half a

Century of Songs," moved to Bar-celona Theatre for benefit offemmes not able to get out at

night. It is proving a click.

By Lary SollowayCasablanca shuttering Club Mo-

rocco for several weeks.Kirby Stone quintet a. click on

return engagement at Clover Club.New 300-room hotel being

planned for North beach sectorwith cafe included.

Area niteries had best Saturday-Sunday biz in some weeks withresidents rather than tourists fill-

ing the spots.Beachcomber will be turned

into a Roumanian-Jewish food andshow idea this winter if currentplans go through.Ned Schuyler leaves for N. Y.

and Paris this weekend. Will joinJosephine Baker in France, andcome back with her for her Roxydate in early October. Has partedTony Martin, Jimmy Durante andBetty Hutton for Copa City runs.

Robert Preston playing lead rolein "Detective Story" at Brandt’sRoosevelt. Carol Bruce follows intwo weeks with "Pal Joey." StagerJose Vega and manager BemieI>opata looking for more name at-

tractions to come In through fall

and winter.

e Jones due for Auditorium

Sarah Vaughan into reopenedStandishall nitery.

Gatineau Club doing okay bizwith Radio Rogues.

City gets fourth drive-in withStartop due for early te^off.

All local theatres closed until3:30 p.m. Thursday (30) in respectto Mayor Gren Goodwin, who diedsuddenly Monday (27).

Ottawa Summer Theatre shut-tered for season with "PresentLaughter." Canadian RepertoryCo. reopening still unannounced.Len Hopkins’ orch skedded for

13th season in Chateau Laurier’sCanadian Grili after late Septem-ber closing at Jasper Park Lodgein Alberta.

By Maxwell SweeneyMary Martin to London in prep-

aration for "South Pacific" open-ing; she's been vacationing here.

Hilton Edwards and MichaelMacLiammoir back from Paris toready fall season for Dublin GateTheatre Co.

Everett Mitchell, emcee of "Na-tional Farm and Home Hour,’’ onNational Broadcasting Co., here totape stories.

Film imports in first six monthsof this year totalled 5.278.990 feet,

compared with 5.617.227 in corre-sponding * rio(i of 1950.Maureen '‘laney a»>t* Abbtyite

Ronnie Walsh to l^adon for rolesin Kieran Tunney’s "A Priest inthe Family," skedded for West-minster Theatre.

Broderick Crawford weekendingat Columbia Yacht Club.

Willie Shore in "School forBrides" opened Monday *3) atDrury Lane silo.

Lillian Gish held over for sec-ond week in "Miss Mabel" at SaltCreek strawhatter.

Otto Preminger in town check-ing Chi company of "Moon Is

Blue." which he directed.Joan Caulfield winds up the

Chevy Chase summer theatre sea-son in "Claudia" this week.Ray • Walston leaves "South

Pacific" company to take over Lu-ther Billis role In London com-pany. />hnny Howard, cafe comic,replace*.

Barrie

Western Canada BureauSets 90 Dates for Season

Winnipeg, Sept. 4.

About 90 legit and longhairdates have been set In westernCanada by Celebrity Concerts,managed by A. K. Gee here. Cir-cuit covers 16 towns.

Hazel Scott will do nine dates;I h e dePaur Chorus. 15; NelsonEddy, five; Minneapolis Symphony,five; Thomas L. Thomas, nine;Rise Stevens, five; Patricia Trav-ers, five, and Leopold Simoneau,six. Several Canadian artists arealso on the series.

Gee will present the First DramaQuartet, consisting of CharlesBoyer. Charles Laughton, AgnesMoorehead and Sir Cedric Hard-wicke, In Shaw’s "Don Juan inHell" readings, at Winnipeg Audi-torium. Oct. 2. The Gene AutryShow will appear here Oct 6.

By Jerry GininThe Troc (Hirst Circuit hurley

house) reopened Sunday midnight<2>. with Peaches.

Insurance man George Dorwart,co-owner of Celebrity Room, is inJefferson Hospital for surgery.

Stoney McLlnn. WIP sports su-pervisor, will receive the B’naiBrith’s award of merit. Sept. 11.

Film starlet Klppeo Valez (wifeof restaurateur Frank Palumbo) is

in Methodist Hospital for acherkup.

Rill Kenny, of the Ink Spots, Is

flying in from Detroit at his owrnexpense to appear on the WFIL-TV telethon (8) to aid the cerebralpalsy fund.

Sid Axelrod, of the AGVA of-fice here, has been named head ofthe theatrical onion’s Miami

Atlantic City

By Joe W. WalkerCircle Theatre shuttered Satur-

day night (1) with Arthur Treacherin "Clutterbuck."Club Harlem cast headed by

Larry Steele offered final show ofseason yesterday (Tues.).

"Ice Capades" closed SundayAmerica" pageant, which comesnight <J) to make way for the "Missinto Convention Hall today (Wed ).

Denise Darrel In Steel Pier’sMusic Hall through Monday *3)

with Three Suns. Gus Van fol-

lowed them into the house forPageant week.

O’Daniels wrapped upthe season in the black at NorthShore Music Theatre, and tenta-tively set for winter in Honoluluto produce operettas.

Ansel Winston, manager ofPalace Theatre which converts tolegit Sept. 20 for "Gentlemen Pre-fer Blondes." will shift to GrandTheatre. Vet showman FrankSmith handles new policy atPalace.

Lindy’i, the Stork or 21 for -re-

fueling. Sort of Point of No Re-turn. Between our earthquake oflast week (72 now dead, 620 seri-

ouslied), nearly 2,000 homeless theCarib hurricane, the Jap typhoon,and the July floods in Kansas

—

plus the wrecking crew of the So-viets—the world is going to hell in

a handbasket, it seems.“Wagons-Llts-Cook is trying to

fix me a compartment for tomor-row night on the Istanbul Express.Plan to hit Edirne (Adrianople)on the Turko - Greco - Bulgarianfrontier for some spy stuff—\lsoZongnldak. on the Black Sea—fora closeup on Russian infiltrations.

“Also plan to dip this tired, oldbody in the Bosphorus at least

once. I need some sun, wind, air

and water of a benizoning variety.

It's tough out here.”'

SCULLY’S SCRAPBOOKiiiiiiiittttt By Frank Scully+»Literati

Hirschfeld knows his theatre andHenry Ford ‘Expose'

Rumors in the book trade the

past few months, about an “expose"

of the l*».e Henry Ford by his one-

time ci V*nt and personnel head,

Harry Bennett, which most pub-

lishers f >und too hot to handle,

are being substantiated with publi-

cation in October by Gold MedalBooks of Blnnett's “We NeverCalled Him Henry.”

Gold Medal, one of the FawcettPublications subsids, which pub-

lishes original thrillers, will be

making its first big venture into

non-fiction with the book. It will

be paper-bound, selling at 25c,

with a first run of 250,000. Fawcett

has also skedded a 20.000-word di-

gest for its True magazine for Oc-

tober.Book, written two years ago in

collaboration with Paul Marcus, a

freelancer, was originally titled

‘•S. O. B. Detroit,” but title wasnixed by Bennett’s agent. Ben-

nett. an ex-sailor and pug who waspicked by Ford as personnel direc-

tor of the Ford Motor Co.,

held the post 30 years, in a

stormy era of labor relations dur-

ing which he was accused of run-

ning a private police force and spy

system, having contacts with the

underworld, etc. Bennett's thesis

in the book is that Ford and not he

was responsible for the spy system,

and that his underworld connec-

tions were necessary to guardagainst unsavory characters com-ing into the Ford plants.

Manuscript was sent to a half-

dozen publishers, including several

of the foremost in N. Y. Admitting

it was one of the hottest books he’d

ever received, one turned it downfor that reason. Another nixed it

as too libelous. A third said hewasn’t worried about the libel

angle, but mistrusted the book's

authenticity and objectivity. Pub-lishers claimed, however, that there

was no pressure from the Fordfamily to turn the book down.

writes about its people humorously,wittily and cynically. And he also

knows how to write as well as hedraws. Laurie .

Woman's Day Ups Price

Woman's Day, mag distributed

through the A&P food chain, is

upping its price from 5c to 7c with

the October issue.

Monthly, which is 14 years old.

originally started publication at 2c

a copy.

Faye Emerson’s Ad ColumnFaye Emerson, who is bankrolled

by Pepsi-Cola on CBS-TV, is

launching an advertising columnwith notes about people, places

and products. It will start Feb. 3

in the Sunday xnag sections of 36

new-spapers. Column will include

paid plugs along with the chatter.

. James White, who is handlingthe columnar enterprise, said that

advertisers in it will also get somemerchandising aids.

Flagrant, Fla., Sept. 1.

Lawyers who specialize in fortifying phobias, have been reported as

advising picture producers not to eat of this column’s fruit, lest they get

a bill for one apple big enough to have bought an orchard. Theysimply do not believe that a Variety mugg would give anything away.

All I can say by way of rebuttal is. “Ignore your lawyers. When w#give anything away for free we use the word in its old-fashioned sense.

-You don’t even have to tear off a Variety masthead and send it in to

the masthead editor. He’s the guy whose job it is to see that the date

is changed each week.”So take any or all of these stories, all or any part of them. If you’re

still in doubt, se.kd a release-form and we’ll sign it.

There will be. of course, a slight charge of $150,000 for titles. Butif a producer can’t think of a title, what earthly use is he to his studio?

Now take your pick:

Old Title New Title

STAND UP AND SMEAR THE MUDPACKQueen Castoria's country is on the verge of revolution. Her cabinet

believes she can win back public sympathy if she permits the court

physician to announce that she has contracted bursitis, a disease of

leaders in more democratic countries, and intends to repair the trouble

at home.While up to her tiara in mud. a little tyke comes into her tent on

the seashore and says, “Wotta youse doin' here, lydie* This is me ownoyster bed. this is. As a squatter I got sovereign rights ’ere and you’re

poachin' on me riparian rights as well.”

Her flunkies rush to throw the ragamuffin into the muffin bin, but

she is intrigued by his legal mind. “Stay!” she commands. “This lad

is an honor to a home industry. Instead of exploiting backward peoplein far off lands, why don’t we exploit each ether at home? My bur-sitis is gone, thanks to our wonderful mud, and I feel sure It will nowgrow the most wonderful oysters in the world. I will give this lad anappointment so he can say h’.s oysters are grown ’By Appointment to

Her Majesty Queen Castoria.* The oysters won’t be any better for

that, but they will sell at a higher figure in democratic countries. In

return, of course. I expect a stipend, or ’kickbick' as the Shylarks say.**

“Agent’s commish, Ma’am,” offers the tyke. ;• , N

“Good.’’ says the queen. “I shall name you Knight Commander ofthe Kickback, and from there you can work up this thing you call

‘agent’s commish’.”Everybody cheers and then proceeds to turn the hose on everybody

else. Before the mud is completely off Queen Castoria. However,the end title appears and mercifully prevents audiences from seeinghow fat she really is.

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This picture has absolutely no love-interest and will therefore besure to hold flve-vear-old makers of mudpies completely spellbound.

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THE MATADORABLE PANCHO ALL BULLPancho Viva was the best bull fighter in Spain since Montes the

Matador. But he once named a bull Franco and killed him in recordtime. The parable was not lost on the generalissimo and so Pancho hadto leave the country or he’d be a dead Viva.He escaped to Mexico on pesos advanced by a marijuana mob and

so fell into the clutches cf a vice ring. They bribed him not to throwthe bull, bi4 the match. Pancho would feed bulls caviar so that theymight come to an “understanding.” It was expensive in Mexico. Thesturgeons were sick and tired of feeding dirty capitalists and were lay-ing only every other egg.

After he was gored twice, ViVa vowed he would never let a bull hornin on his take again. He couldn’t tell this to anybody, a« Mexico hadno Senatorial crime committee at the time.He did. however, tell it to two girls he’d met In a bar in Acapulco.

One of them was Stella Palace, a rich American Communist, who wa*hiding out south of the border. The other was Fan Semando. a fandancer from Sonora. Stella promised Viva a fortune if he would namea bull after Tito and kill him as he had the one named Franco. ButFan Semando learned about it and pleaded with Viva not to do thesame silly thing twice.

Stella promised him enough money to get the rest of his family outot .Spain if he would do just this one more thing for the cause ofliberty.

The marijuana gang heard about it and they told hl.n they would“keel heem” if he did anything of the sort. They didn't want to upset

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friendly relations between the U. S. and Mexico because that way it

would bt harder to ship the reefers aerdss the Rio Grande.To prove to Pancho her word was as sacred as her bond, Stella put

the money into his manager's hands. She found his hands so soft sheheld on to them. They were driving along a mountain road at the time.

CHATTERDick Hannah won the annual

short story contest held by the LosAngeles Press Club.

Robert Gessner, NYU filmcourse prof, working on two novelsduring his current Martha's Vine-yard sabbatical.

Peter Martin, ABC script staffer,this week wraps up final pages ofhis new novel, still untitled, forLittle, Brown publication.Jo Ranson and Dick Pack's “Op-

portunities in Television.” alreadyin a vocational guidance edition,comes out in a trade edition (Gros-set & Dunlap) this week.

Gigi Marion, daughter of filmscripter George Marion, picks anAll-American football team for afemme mag, Mademoiselle, for its

curent (September) issue.

Mrs. Tess Williams, press editorof Seventeen mag. returned toNew York Mon. (3) after a month'slour of the Coast which includedhuddles with Hollywood studioexecs.Frank Lualdi, assistant to Cowles

circulation m«nager Ab Sideman.leaves the Look-Quick organiza-

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tion Sept. 15 to join Standard Pub-lications (See mag) as newsstandsales manager.“News For An Empire.” the

story of the Spokane (Wash.kSpokesman-Review and its foun-der-publisher, William H. Cowles,by Ralph E. Dyag, being publishedNov. 17 by Caxton.Sidney P. Sulow of Consolidated

Film Industry is writing a techni-cal chapter for “The Arts andSciences of Motion Pictures.” spon-sored by the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences andedited by Muriel De Lisa.

Bill Ornstein. Metro trade con-tact. has sold a short story to theKansas Magazine, published byKansas State College. Addition-ally he ha* fiction pieces comingup in Wildfire, the American He-brew and American Jewish TimesOutlook.Cue mag planning to give part

of its Nov. 10 issue to plugthe film industry's “MovietimeU. S. A.” campaign. Publicationwill also run a survey on entertain-ment habits of N. Y. metropolitanaudiences specifically in regard tofllmgoing.Harold H. Laskey, sales man-

ager of Columbia University Presssince 1945, upped to sales and ad-vertising manager, with BarbaraFuller, former assistant ad man-ager, named publicity manager,and Elizabeth Burke made as-sistant sales manager.Frank Scully, Variety column-

ist. has been invited to address theannual convention of the NationalSociety for Crippled Children in

Chi, Oct 4. Scully is tu.e author

of various books for convalescents.Latest, “The Best of Fun in Bed,”will be published by Simon it

Schuster this fall.

“Monday Follows Tuesday,” byEd Sovola, is due from Allen Smithpresses on Nov. 1. Author is 31-year-old columnist for the In-dianapolis Times. Tome has a pre-face by Earl Wilson* .New YorkPost syndicated columnist, and a

foreword by Robert Ruark, ScrippsHoward columnist.On occasion of the N. Y. Times’

100th birthday, Sept. IB. Simon ASchuster will publish Meyer Ber-ger’s “The Story of the N. Y.Times.” as well as “100 Years ofFamous Pages from the N. Y.Times.” Latter tome contains re-productions of historic pages fromthe paper, covering world eventssince its founding.Robert Downing, stage manager

of the Broadway musical, * Seven-teen,” has an article on MarlonBrando in the November L-.ue ofMovie Snotlight. film far rr»2.due on the stands Sept 10. Theauthor was stage manager of theBroadway edition of “StreetcarNamed Deside.” in which the ac-tor was the original male lead.Tom Waters one of the original

comedy piano acts and veieranmusical comedy star, now a < gvre-ceptionist at the Capitol Museum

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at Harrisburg. Pa., has writtenanother book of his homey noem*

Random

Bill ConUn's Post Stalled

Appointment of Bill Conlan as

director of the U. S. Press Centerin Berlin being held up pendingfinal agreement on the Army wageclassification for the Job. ArmyPIO officials In Berlin offered the

spot at a salary considerably high-

er than the Army personnel peoplewould come vf with. The dispute

has been carried to the main 0. S.

Army headquarters in Heidelberg.

Minstrel Book BallyKeen's English Chop House.

N. Y., will be the scene of a min-strel carnival Sept. 17, to bally

the publication of "A Song In His

Heart,” penned by John Jay Daly.

Book, a biography of James A.

Bland, minstrel-composer of suchtunes as “Oh! Dem Golden Slip-

pers” and “Carry Me Back to Ol’

Virginny,” is being published byJohn C. Winston Co.

Keen's is the site of the original

Lambs Clubhouse.Book-Writing ‘Precarious’

Writing books is a precarious oc-

cupation. N. Y. Daily Mirror editor

Ja*k Lait stressed in his syndi-

cated column (subbing for WalterWincheli) last week. He opines

that half of the popular titles are

by one-tonfig authors; who have

never before had publication andwho may write a second whichflops

,

Lait said, “There Is a great deal

of hooey about earnings of best-

seller authors.” Under the stand-

ard royalty contract, calling for

10% of gross retail sales, the $30,-

000 gross from the 10,000 copies

of the average “successful” $3

tome brings the writer $3,000, Lait

figures.He points out that the contract

he and Lee Mortimer have for

their “Confidential” tomes is

“special,” the royalties running,

with periodic bonuses, to 20?c, plus

returns from the 25c reprints.

“Confidential” series has sold over

350.000 copies, with the N. Y. re-

print having been bought by 750,-

000 so far. with an additional

750.000 in print.

Wincheli Clarifies Runyon Setup

Walter Wincheli has clarified therelationship between the WalterWincheli Foundation, Inc., and the

Damon Runyon Memorial Fund to

avert confusion in the public mind.The Runyon fund is a tax-exempt

organization seeking contributions

to finance cancer research. Win-chell personally has contributedover $90,000 to the Runyon fundto date.

However, the Fund has reacheda point where it require* a small

. organization. To finance expensesof the Runyon fund, Wincheliformed the Walter Wincheli Foun-dation. Ho made an initial gift of

$50,000 last July 1 to the founda-tion for the purpose of paying Run-yon fund expenses. LaurenceRockefeller donated $6,000 worthof Socony Vacuum stock to thefoundation.Thus far. $4,271,966 has been paid

out in 106 grants and 147 fellow-

ships in 137 institutions in 45states, the District of Columbiaand 11 foreign countries.

Another Good Show Bit BookNot satisfied with just furnish-

ing caricatures of show folk to au-thors, the N. Y. Times, Collier’s,

Life, Holiday, the old Vanity Fairand other publications, A1 Hirsch-feld. show biz caricaturist, haswritten and illustrated, his ownbook. “Show Business Is No Busi-ness” (Simon & Schuster; $295*.The book contains short para-

graphs on theatres, producers,playwrights, directors, agents, de-signers, angel auditions, rehearsals,out-of-town opening. New Yorkopening, and a load of top cari-catures of the stags greats.

40 University PressesThere are 40 American univer-

sity presses turning out bodk pub-lications regularly. Some have af-

filiated or subsidiary imprints.

The institutions by name follow:

University of California Press,

Catholic U, Columbia Press (andKing’s Crown Press, Cornell,

Duke, Florida, Fordham, Georgia,Harvard, Huntington Library (SanMarino, Cal.), Illinois. Iowa, JohnsHopkins, Kansas. Kentucky, LSUPress, Loyola, Metropolitan Mu-seum of Art Press (N. Y. City),

Michigan U, Michigan State Col-lege Press, Minresota, Nebraska,New Mexico, NYU Press. NorthCarolina, Oklahoma. Penn U Press,

U of Pittsburgh Press, Princeton,Rutgers, South Ccrolina, SouthernMethodist U. Stanford, Syracuse,Texas, Toronto U Press (Canada),U. S. Naval Institute Press (An-napolis), Washington U, Wisconsinand Yale U Press.

Cloak & Dagger StuffRay Brock, American Broadcast-

ing Co. and magazine correspond-ent, writes (and reads) like achapter out of some cloak & dag-ger saga with his news coveragein the Middle East listening post.

The Russian situation makes his

and other newshawks’ movementssound very E. Phillips Oppenheim,as witness:“Ankara, at long last, is recog-

nized for the news centre it is,

and Charlie (Kingsbury! Smith, theINS European chief, Cecil Brownof MBS. and other ferrets, areferreting. The premier section ofthe Turkish Surete just uncov-ered another spy ring in Istanbul(operating for the USSR from Bul-garia). It's hotter’n French post-cards.“The Mediterranean trouble

areas are Beirut, Alexandria, thePiraeus (Athens*, probably Genoaand Leghorn, Marseilles and Bar-celona. I’m aboard the Excalibur,which will afford me a 24-houror more, jump ashore in ports I

know intimately—and I can shootanywhere by air immediately if

big trouble pops. But Sept. 23 willsee me in Barcelona, barring aMediterranean typhooo. and bySept. 23 the Russkies will hav» tohave moved, or else. We re (rela-tively) safe ’til spring if theyhaven’t jumped by then.

“I look forward to intensivehours of hard writing on newspa-per stuff, magaziners, and the first

five or six chapters of a book forBill Targ (yclept ’Blood, Oil andSand’i on Middle East, due forearly spring publication. Also lookforward to some rolling sea, sunand the first real, temporary, re-laxation I’ve had since I took offwith Pan-Am from Idlewilde inApril. This area’s a killer dikeBroadway), but you can’t put into

but everybody can’t get

New Director Set ForSt. I/Ouis Playhouse

St. Louis* Sept. 4.

William Coureen, director of the

Kelvyn Players in Chicago, hat

been named director of the SLLouis Community Playhouse, whichcelebrates its 25th anniversary thisyear. A vet actor and director,Coureen served as director of theBeaumont, Tex., Little Theatre lottwo years before going to Chicago^He lucceeda Bradford Whitney,

director for the past five seasons,who resigned to join KSD-TV, St.

Louis. _

SS Continued from pace

the distrib said. Prior to the deal,

both LA and ELC were facingfinancial disaster and there ap-peared the possibility both' couldfold.

In the place of these two weak-lings, the ELC purchase meant a

more solid distrib organization in

UA which was thereupon enabledto compete with other distribs,

company stated.Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krlm

represent UA In the action. AdolphSchimel reps U. Hearing la set forHe calls

Thoughts.'

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OBITUARIEStor” and also did magic. He ap-peared with circuses and in vaude,later building a full-evening show.In early film days he was managerfor Famous Players In Ontario.For the last 1 1 years Green had

operated his own show in WesternCanada, and is credited with hav-ing Arst exhibited a motion picturein Canada.A daughter and sister survive.

ROBERT WALKERRobert Walker, 32, motion pic-

ture star, died suddenly Aug. 27in his Pacific Palisades home onthe Coast after his doctor had ad-ministered a sedative for “an emo-tional disturbance."

Walker’s nervous altmcnts causedhim to enter the Menninger Clinicin Topeka, Kan., three years ago.After a lengthy treatment he re-

turned to Hollywood, apparentlycured. Dr. Frederick Hacker, at-

tending physician at the time ofhis death, said it "could have beena recurrence of his old trouble."A native of Salt Lake City, Walk-

er started his dramatic careerwhile studying at the Army andNavy Military Academy in SanDiego. Later he moved to Tulsa,Okla., where he worked at a radiostation with Jennifer Jones, wholater became his Arst wife andbore him tw6 children. His radiovoice attracted the attention ofMetro scouts and resulted in a fea-tured role in "Bataan."

In time his "emotional disturb-ances" became so * frequent thatJennifer Jones divorced him. shortJy after she had won an AcademyAward for her work in ‘‘The Songof Bernadette." Miss Jones wasawarded custody of the two chil-

dren, Bobby and Mike, now aged11 and 10. and later married DavidO. Sel/nick.

In 1948 Walker married BarbaraFord, daughter of screen director

John Ford, but tjiat marriage wasbrief, ending in divorce for thesame reason.

Following his debut In “Bataan,"Aimed in 1943. Walker climbed to

stardom in "Madame Curie" and"See Here. Private Hargrove.”Among the other pictures in whichhe played top roles were "SinceYou Went Away,” with JenniferJones. “Thirty Seconds Over Tok->o." "The Clock." "What Next,Corporal Hargrove?" “Her High-ness and the Bellboy," “TheSailor Takes a Wife," "Blue Skies,”"Song of Love." "Please Believe

Me" and "Strangers On a Train."His last Ann work was with

Helen Hayes in **My Son John,"

JOSEPH M. NASSAUJoseph M. Nassau. 48, veteran

in Philadelphia radio and morerecently president and generalmanager of WAEB, Allentown, Pa.,died Sept. 2 in Allentown.Nassau was Arst announcer and

then manager oft WOO. one ofPhiladelphia's earliest AM outlets.He was subsequently associatedin an exec capacity with WHAT,WFIL, WLIT and WIBG, all ofPhiladelphia. He was civilian con-sultant to the Air Forces and wasalso connected with WMRF, Lewis-town, Pa., and WEEU, Reading,Pa.

His wife survives.

JACK RHINEJack Rhine. 40, a former actor,

died of poliomyelitis in San Fran-cisco Aug. 21. Befbre the war hewas active on the Coast in Alms,radio and the stage. In the late’30» he toured as The Chriftus withthe Great European Passion Play,an English-language version of theFreiburg production.Rhine came east in 1940 with the

F. Hugh Herbert comedy, J’Qdiet,Please." An infantry major dur-ing the war, upon discharge heretired from the theatre to enterbanking in San Francisco.

His wife survives.

ALBERT HUCKERBYAlbert Huckerby, 83, who

founded the Australian Theatricaland Amusement Employees' Unionsome 40 years ago, died in Mel-bourne Aug. 19.

Huckerby was respected in all

fields of Auesie amusement biz.

Despite his age and the heavy de-mands made upon his services, he

IN MEMORIAM

Marcus LoewSeptember 5th, 1927

at RKO. on loanout from his homestudio, Metro.

ABRAHAM CAHANAbraham Cahan, 91. retired edi-

tor of the Jewish Daily Forwardand for years a vital force in de-

velopment of the Yiddish-languagetheatre in America, died Aug. 31

in Beth Israel Hospital. N. Y.

Known for more than 50 years

as a pungent editorialist, in addi-

tion to his wide interest in the

theatre. Cahan also achieved wideacceptance for his wTitings in Eng-lish. He wrote several novels in

English, the most successful of

them being "The Rise of DavidLevinsky." which to some extentwas autobiographical. It sold sev-

eral million copies, both amongJews, to whom he had becomewidely known as a champion of

labor, and later among Christianswhen fame of the novel had spread.

A revolutionary in his youth, hewas forced to Aee Czarlst Russia

in his early 20s, and later he wase major force in development of

Socialism in America.As an outstanding Agure of New

York’s dow ntown eastside for morethan six decades, Cahan hadbeen instrumental in bringing to

America many Yiddish stage stars

from Poland and Russia who hadbeen caught there in the political

maelstrom. Around him pivotedmuch of the cultural life of Amer-ican Jewry,

ARCHIE NICHOLSONArchie Nuhoison. 81, retired

comedian and musician, died in

“Woodstock. N. Y., Aug. 27. l^ong

a vaude performer, he appearedon the top circuits in the turn ofK'ein Ott Bros. & Nicholson, aswell as with the Archie NicholsonTrio. ‘ For a uuarter century hewas featured with the Joe ThomasSaxotette in vaude, fairs and musi-comedy.

Surviving are hiz wife, twodaughters and two granddaughters.

JOHN C. GREENJohn C. Gfeen. 84, magician,

died Aug. 26 in Yegreville. Alta.,

Can. He started his career as ayoungster with the Harry Mount-ford European Museum in BufTalo.a store show in which he becameknown as "The Little Giant Ora-

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remained active in union affairsright up to the time of his death.Two sons and two daughters sur-

vive.A

WALT ROESNF.RWalt Roesner, 62. retired orch

leader, died in San Francisco Aug.31. Beginning as a trumpeter withArt Hickman and later with PaulAsh, he fronted his own crew at

the Fox Theatre in Frisco in theheyday of stageshow productionsthere and also appeared at NewYork deluxers. His Fox Theatrecareer linked him with numerousFanchon & Marco shows.

Surviving are his wife anddaughter.

JOHN KELLNERJohn Kellner. 80. retired stage

manager, died in Mobile Aug. 22.

He was stage manager for com-panies starring John Drew, Jo-seph Jefferson. Sarah Bernhardt,Richard Mansfield, Edwin Boothand James O’Neill.

Kellner opened one of the first

strictly vaude houses in Mobile

—

the old Ben Haney Theatre—in

1911. I.ater he managed theDreamland Theatre, which played*t<kk.

MALCOLM KINNEY .

Malcolm Kinney, 46. advertisingexecutive and merchandiser, diedin Dallas Aug. 26. He first becamekonwn to the public in the 1930sas "Col. Wheat." head of the Bew-ley Mills "Chuck Wagon Gang.”The group consisted of four mu-sicians and a cook who travelledthroughout Texas giving shows andcooking biscuits for the audience.

At the time of his death he wrasowner of the Mid-Continent Ad-vertising Agency, Dallas.

JOHN PAFFRATHJohn Paffrath. w.k. to show biz-

zers via his Divan Parisien res-taurant, N. Y., died Aug. 30 inN. Y. Born in Germany, he ranhotels in London and Paris be-fore coming to the U. S. in 1909to manage hotels. Including theold Delmonieo’s. He openedthe smart Divan Parisien inJ921 and and created a numberof unique dishes. At one timehe was a financial partnerof the late Te^ Rickard in the

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early rodeos at N. Y.’s MadisonSquare Garden.He is survived by his wife, two

sons and two brothers.

JAMES EDWARD LYNCHJames Edward Lynch. 50. dare-

devil driver, died in Texarkana,Tex., Aug. 31, after an illness ofseveral months. He had headedJimmie Lynch’s Death Dodgers,a thrill attraction at s t a t e andcounty fairs. His show at the N. Y.World’s Fair. 1939-40, pulled anestimated 11,000.000 persons at thefree Goodrich Rubber Co., exhibit.

Survived by two sons, both inthe Army.

BEN ALI HAGGINJames Ben Ali Haggin, 69. set

designer and portrait painter, diedSept. 2, in New York alter a longillness. Haggin designed the liv-

ing tableaux that wer- featuredid the "Zicgfeld Fo‘iies ’ lor threeseasons and produced the sets forthe Metropolitan Opera. N- Y.,

benefit balls for several years. Healso directed the Beaux Artspageants from 1927 to 1932.Survived by wife, two sons and

a daughter.

CORA LAPARCFRIECora Laparcerie. 73. a foremost

French actress of her day, died in

Parts, Aug. 37. After retiring as

an actress, she became a theatreowner, operating the Mogador, theScala and Renaissance, and dab-bled in playwriting. She was mar-ried to poet Jean Richepin.

Survived by a son. FernandRichepin. a painter, and a daugh-ter, Miarks Richepin, songwriter.

TI1ADEE NATANSONThadee Natanson. 83, Frdnch

playwright, died in Paris, Aug. 31.

He founded "Revue Blanche’’ in

1890. and with Octave Mirheauwrote "Le Foyer" and an adapta-tion of "Maid’s Diary."

In reporting his death, theFrench radio mistook him for theprolific French playwright JacquesNatanson. .

ADOLPH L. SCHAFERAdolph L. i Whltey » Schafer, 49.

director of still photography at

Paramount studio, died Aug. 31 in

Bremerton. Wash., of bums suf-

fered in a yacht explosion five daysbefore. He was widely known for

his "glamor photography" in his

30 years as a portraitist in the himindustry. v

His wife and son survive.

WILLIAM J. HEINEMANWilliam J. Heineman. 71. retired

musician who conducted his ownorch in Albany for more than 30years, and who was featured at

the old roof garden of the Hamp-ton Hotel, died in Albany Sept. 1.

He played eight instruments.Heineman was not related to

William J. Heineman. veepce in

charge of sales for United Artists.

His wife, a son and daughtersurvive.

Aug. 29. ithe other pop artists, of being wnicn the fans will want lo see on

ad opposite spotted on numerous disks which, * Saturday when the big game in

ptain Brass-| in their aggregate sales, have swol- their area Is not to be televised?

last year at len the Page and Paul-Ford totals. I f Kate is bad on that day atith. j the game, that will not necessarily

mean. then, that TV does not hurtcorrespond- ^ ^ u the gate. Most important of all.

\ and grand- 00(1316 FOfTOWS the tradesters opine, there will hegal len. N. i

. no way possible for the NCAA to

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£*= continued from 2 =1 take into consideration in its sta-

provision that the admissions tax titles how much the present high

on tickets shall apply only to the cos* of jiving, combined with the

manager of price actually paid and net to the:

upped ticket tab for top college

cilities. died full printed price on the ducat. games, is responsible for a slump

l*?h£Tch£ ,

7.

,hf prcs,‘n,'rtf 'TV

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NCAArr

"«^o,t,d to reveal the™di“: Of 1,8 eT^nnen, at Its an*.

nual convention next January. Butthe colleges, networks and agen-cies are already preparing ques-tions to submit at that time to de-termine exactly how all-embrasingthe survey actually was.

Ernestine Lecuona de Brower,66. composer, died Sept. 3 in Ha-vana. She was the sister of com-poser Ernesto Lecuona, with whomshe collabed.

Mother of Will Lenay. folk en-tertainer on WSAT, Cincinnati,was killed Aug. 26 in an auto ac-

cident in British Columbia, whileenroute to her home in Alaska.

Mary Thaxter Aiken, 76, com-poser of instrumental and vocalmusic, died Sept. 1 in Wellesley.Mass. She was a kin of PresidentFranklin Pierce.

tographic apparatus for businessI purposes, such as commercial pho-!tographers and the Hollywood filmstudios.

There may be a number ofchanges before the bill is finally

sent to the Senate floor in the next

Harry J. Klbler. 41. Toledo sing-

er with local orch several yearsago. died Aug. 26 in that city, of

a heart ailment.

Father, 63. of Ruth <Dusty! An-derson, model-actress wife of JeanNegulesco. screen director, died in

Toledo. Aug. 26.

Jack R. Reid. 54 costumer at

20th-Fox siwdia, died Aug. 24 in

Hollywood.

Mrs. Margaret llopwood McKin-ley, 74. veteran concert pianist,

died in Clevland Sept. 2.

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