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VOL. 172 No. 9 



NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1948 



PRICE 25 CENTS 



RADIO'S YEAR-ROUND 'BIG TIME' 



Columbia 'Gem of the Airwaves' If 
Benny, Harris-Faye, Bergen Coup Jells 



GBS board chairman William S.*' 
Palex . has. ■ been burning the |i 
jiiidniight oil over the past 481 
Iiours waiting for a couple of fate- I 
full phone calls which, should' 
- they materialise, would practically 
clinch the Columbia appellation as 
the "Gem of the Airwaves." 

In a succession. of . maneuvers^ 
involving Music Corp. of America 
^eals so imminent that CBS was 
expecting its decisions on jMon- ^ 
day (D. but was still "holding the 
line" jcsterday (Tues.), it would 
practically result in a switchover i 
of. NBC'^ Sunday night sock par- , 
lay of comedic talents to CBS. i 

Columbia execs frankly confess 
that they all may not jell (al- 
though they may know one way , 
or the other within the next 24 
,houi-s), but if it should, this would 
be the new Sunday night CBS ^ 
Wnoup: ' 
„ At 7 o'clock. Jack Benny and 
his Lucky 'Strike program. ■ 

At 7:30, Phil Harris and Alice 
Faye. 

V At 8 o'clock, Edgar Bergen. : I 
At 8:30, Amos 'n' Andy. ! 
To achieve such a sequence, it 
Would involve moving Amos 'n' 
. ■ (Continued on page 55) I 



Idle Film 

Hollywood,'Nov. 2. 

There's a flock of idle film 
out Jiere. It's the recently 
acquired batch of one, two, and. 
three-reelers made for televi- 
sion by both established and 
hastily formed indie film firms. 

Tlio pictures are finished, in 
the can, and open at both ends. 
Sponsors, via their agencieSj 
haven't touched them. 

The reels are simply laying 
on the shelf. They're called 
"dustgetters." 



Ontario Nix on Robeson 
Pic, as 'Too American/ 
Protested in Toronto 

Toronto, Nov. 2. 

Civil Rights Union here is up 
ill arms over the alleged banning 
in Ontario of "Native Land," in 
vhich narrative and songs are by ^ 
Paul -Robeson. ;! 

O. J. Silvcrthorne, cCnsor board 
chairman, says the 85-minute film 
has not been "banned." But the 
censorship board regulations cover 
■public .showings of films submit- 
ted by a licensed film exchange : 
only, and this has not been done : 
in tlie case of "Native Land." I 

Jefferson Hiirley, executive sec- j 
retary oC the Civil Rights Union,] 
s.aid th.it Silvcrthorne verbally , 
turned 'lown the film for Ontario 
showings because, dealing with 
the Ku Klux Klan, reputed vigi- 
lante shootings of Southern share- 
croppcr.s. and attempts of "labor 
spies" to smash unions, it was 
"too American in subject matter." 



KAYE REPEATS SOCK AT ! 
COMMAND APPEARANCE 

London, Nov 2 
Danny Kaye, who stormed Lon- 
don earlier this year during his 
stand at the Palladimn. ropoated 
.his snia.sh:- before royalty al the,, 
Command Performance last nigiit 
iV. Tlie U. S. coiiiic liold the stage 
for 30 minutes, twice as long as , 
the time allotted oUier acts on the ■ 
sliow. He even had tlie royal fam- 
ily joining in on a- chorus of ''Win- ! 
nio the IMoocher." 
The Command Performance, fori 
Continued on page 62) ' 



Aga Khan Into 
PixBizViaEL 

The. Aga Khan, spiritual leader 
of 70,000,000 Ismaili Moslems and 
reputedly one of the three richest 
men in the world, is taking a flyer 
in films. Through his representa- 
tivCj A. Zapelli, now in the Ui S., 
the Khan is closing with Eagle 
Lion for a joint distribution-pro- 
duction tieup in six European 
countries. Understood that the deal 
will, in all likelihood, be closed 
within a few days. 

Involved in negotiations are 
franchise rights to EL pix in 
France; Spain, Italy, Switzerland,; 
Germany and Austria. While de- 
tails are not available, it's under- 
stood that the films will be dis- 
tributed by a syndicate headed by 
the Khan with offices set up in 
LausannBi Switzerland. 

Films will be handled by the 
group on a percentage basis. Be- 
cause EL wants hard currency 
(Continued on page.55) 

JOHN aRFIELD LIKELY 
FOR NEW ODETS PLAY 

John Garfield is leaving for the 
Coast today (Wed.) after a quick 
vibit to N. Y. to discuss a Broad- 
wav play this season. It's by Clif- 
ford Odets, titled "Big Knife" (for- 
merly "A Winter Journey"), which 
Harold Clurman was to produce. 
Clurman has now bowed out, with 
another producer coming into the 
picture. Only hitch (as of last 
night) to Garfield's participation is 
fact that he wants to leave the 
play in June, to go to Europe for 
two nioijtljsVwkile ■ produ 
him on ' a rah-of4he-play cbntraet, 
Lee Strasbcrg is set to stage the 
p'ay. 

Play is reported to be a bold 
yarn about a Hollywood wriler and 
loo hot, therefore, for filming, so 
no film rights are involved. The- 
matic material, reportedly, is an 
extension ofi ideology in Odets' 
■Golden Boy," in which play, inci- 
dentally. Garfield also appeared. 

Garfield is definitely determined 
(Continued on page 53) 



s 





TO OFFSET TELE 

NBC and CBS have set into mo- 
tion almost simultaneously one of 
the most sweeping program policy, 
revisions in many years. It repre- 
sents the most ambitious attempt 
yet to give radio- a "year roundV, 
bigtime flavor designed to keep the 
Hoopers rolling in August as they 
do in December. It also marks the 
major thrust to date in the des- 
perate attempt by the networks to 
"protect radio" and its advertising 
during tlie transition into tele-, 
vision. ,• 

In efl^ect, CBS and NBC areeas' 
ing their tight ban on transcripr 
tions and have formulated indi- 
vidual program patterns in a bid 
to, get the top comics and other 
programs to remain . on the air for 
52 weeks a year, with transcribed 
repeats during their summer: lay- 
off. As characterized by one . top 
network exec, it's the "beginning I 
of the end" so far as the transcrip- 
tion ban is concerned.; .. 
. CBS has already pitched up its 
new policy to the agencies and cli- 
ents, sending out notices this week. 
(Continued on page 34) 



Billy Rose Cashed In on Met Problems 
But Where s Our Cut?-Johnson 



* What Next? 

New Haven, Nov. 2. 
As part of his coaching 
equipment, Yale's . football 
mentor; Herman Hiokman, has 
a video set in operation at his 
bench post 'during the big 
games. 

This enables him to- spot 
considerable action that he 
can't get from his position on 
the ground floor. 



FINAL DETAILS 
AWAITED ON 
DISKPEACE 

The American Federation of 
j Musicians and the recording com^ 
! panies have not as yet dispatched 
I to the fiepartment of Justice the 
details of ■ the plan they agreed 
upon unexpectedly, last week for 
settlement of the recording ban. 
So far, the work of putting the en- 
tire idea in presentable, form has 
not been completed. And none of 
I the recording executives will even 
I hazard a guess as to when record- 
|ing will be resumed, since that 
I depends entirely upon liow. fast 
j the wheels of the Ju.'itice division 
1 move once it's served with the 
! papers. 

. It had been Tumored that disking 
'. (Continued on page H7j 



Authors League 
Television Pkge. 

Authors League of America tele- 
vision program, using dramatic, lit- 
erary, radio and possibly some film 
properties, is' being built by Music 
Corp. of America for presentation 
to prospective sponsors. Budget for 
the show hasn't been set, but un- 
derstood the deal will call for pay- 
ment of a fee to the League and 
to the writer whose work is used. 

Another pitch for a somewhat 
similar series has been made to 
the Dramatists Guild, an affiliate 
of the League, by Ernie Ricca, free- 
lance radio and television producer- 
director, and Bud Fishel, radio 
seripter-editor. It would concen- 
trate on legit script properties but 
be open for literary and radio ma- 
terial. 



t Billy Rose, says Edwai^d John- 
son, has made money out of th» 
Metropolitan Opera Assn.'s finan- 
cial problems-^by using them for 
material in his columns, : on 'the 
air, and in articles in Look and 
Collier's. "But he hasn't given u< 
a dime of it," wails the Met's «en- , 
eral manager. 

Discussing- for the first time 
Rose's criticisms of the Met and 
its management, Johnson declined 
to answer Rose's charges, saying 
they couldn't be taken seriously by 
anyone knowing the Met's setup 
or its history. Johnson did take 
Rose to task for smearing the Mett9 
board of directors — a group of 
volunteers, said Johnson, who are 
doing a. civic job, gratis. "He can 
throw stones at us, the professional 
workers," said Johnson, "but it 
was unfair, to knock the board." 
Johnson also pointed out that Rose 
"finally ended fighting our battle." 
by stumping for $20,000,000 to be 
raised for a new opera house. "We 
want that, too," said Johnson. 

Subscription renewals this sea- 
son are already equal to List year, 
said Johnson,, and-' may even ex- 
ceed that. "That's the best vote 
(Continued on. page 55) 



TV COMPELS FASTER 
NEWSREEL DISTRIB 

Move to speed up the release of 
newsreels to theatres because of 
the mounting pressure of television 
competition is now under way. 
Major distribs' newsreel commit- 
teCi chairmaned by Oscar Morgan 
of Paramounti is meeting tomorrow 
(Thurs.) with the expectation of 
immediate action. Speedup will be 
concentrated in. the New York 
metropolitan area- for the time be- 
ing. 

Under discussion will be a pro- 
(Continucd on page 55) 



200 Hollywood Lambs 
Form Coast Branch; 
Friars Ban Non-Pros 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Formation of a Coast branch ol 
the Lambs Club is under way, with 
200 members currently living in 
this sector, and the number con- 
stantly increasing. 

Local members have been, meet- 
ing informally for some time and - 
have been .authorised to form a 
new branch;' ' ; 

Hollywood's Friars Club, as a re- 
sult of the financial success of its 
recent Frolic, is closing its rolls to 
I lay membership. Currently the 
I membership consists of approxi- 
I mntely two and a half lay brethren 
i to one professional, 
i Under the. new plan, announced 
I by Jonie Taps, membership chair- 
I man, no lay members will be ad- 
I mitted as the old ones drop out. 
, The idea is to build a preponder* 
lanee ol show people. 



THE HOUR of CHABM 



A ■at ^ • V 1 m t jr • Under the Direction of 

All Girl Orchestra ana Choir vhu spuainy 



CURRENT CONCtERT TOUR^ 



Nov. 9, BIRiMINGHA.^ ALA. 

" 10, JACKSON, MISS. 

" 11, SHREVEPOBT, LA. 

" 12, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

" 13, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

" 14, HOUSTON, TEXAS 



Nov. 15, COLLEGE STA., TEX. 
" 16, ABILENE, TEXAS 
" 17, AlVIARILLO, TEXAS 
" 18, WICHITA FALLS, " 
" 19, ENID, OKLA. 
" 21, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. 



Nov. 22, FARGO, N. DAK. 

" 23, GRAND FORKS, N.D. 

" 24, ROCHESTER, MINN. 

" 25, ST. PAUL, MINN. 

" 26, TOPEKA, KANS. 

" 28, DETROIT, MICH. 

" 29, CH'RLST'N, W. VA. 



MISCELI^W 



%«<Ine8fI(iy, NoTcmlier 9, 194S 



Televbion Starting to Pay Off As 
A Prime Sliowcase for Hollywood 



Television, as a full showcase for* 
the personalities only half revealed 
radio, has opened a new talent 
highroad to Hollywood. This video 
facet came into play about six 
months ago when major film com- 
pany talent scouts Initially began 



Hope Injures Leg 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

Bob Hbiw/ rwnhing^ ia prop 

garigplank on s^t of "Easy ; Does 

It," missed his footing to injured 

a leg muscle, a blood clot forming, 

to pay close attention to new faces ; He will be bedded for a tew days 

on tiie new medium. Since then, ' while pic sbpota around him. 

flv-o vniintf thpsnpi s have been 1 airshoW Is unaffected, since 

five young tliespeis nave p«en i ^^^^^.^^ ^^.^^ ^^^1^^^ ^^^^^ ^j^^, 

tagged by Hollywood as promising jjon anyway. 

film prospects. i 

Gunning for talent on TV has 
■everal unique advantages not 
present in the legitimate theatre, 
the current major hunting ground 
for film players. Firstly, according 
to the talent scouts, television is 
closely alcin to the screen mediuni 
In projecting personalities within 
♦ two-dimensional framework; 
further electronic improvements. 
It's held, will delineate the figures 
on a TV screen with such clarity 
and definition that, conceivably, ex- 
pensive special screen tests may 
be eliminated for testing photo- 
genic qualities, 



Attorneys Heed Jurist, 
Leslie Case Privately 

Hollywood, Nov; 2.' - 
; Surprise iu^gestipn by Federal 
Judge Ben Harrisc;h: quicWy ended 
prfe-trial hearlftgs in Joan' Leslie's 
$2,'7OO,0OO libel suit against War- 
ntsrs. 'Attorneys for both sides ih- 
dicated they'll qulcltly heed Jurist's 
suggestioin that inatter. Can be ,set^ 
tied, out of court. Latter comment- 
Secondly, viewing talent on ' ed that matters of this sort can 




video is easy and inexpensive. Lat 
ter item is no small consideration, 
moreover, in. these economy-mind- 
ed days. With most of the major 



be worked out amicably . without 
recourse to courts and attendant 

anti-Hollywood publicity. 
Actress charged studio libeled 



company talent departments ban- her, injuring her name in film biz 
ning the usual o.o. of the btiaw- by clianging star bUling to featured 
hat circuit last summer to save billing in "Two Guys From Mil- 
travel and hotel expenses, new waukee," Suit is in addition to 
video shows kept them busy in ' that filed in Washington to rehear- 

fjw York during that period, ing of breach-of-contract suit, 
atching video in- the parlor also 
wears more easily on the nervous I Mtt't Wkitinn Fvife Tliih 1 S 
•ystem than nightly catching trains IWg t iVniling fiXllS tlUD 13 
to tank-town theatres. 

Boris Kaplan, Paramount's east- 
ern talent chief, remarked that 
video has opened a "whole new 
field of observation for actors and 
actresses. Talent has to be seen; 
and I don't care whether it's a 2d 
avenue loft, a Broadway theatre 
or a television screen,, just so long 
as it provides an opportunity to 
rate potentialities." 

Five All Set 

Directly linking tip video as a ' 

{howcase for film talent, Lester ; 
.ewis' show on ABC-TV, "Holly- 
wood Screen Test," has already i 
paid oil with five Hollywood pacts j 
for the program participants. Rita.' 
Colton and Jean Biegger have been 
optioned by Hal Wallis; Olive Sta- 
cey is currently undergoing further 
20th-Fox screen tests; Joel Marstoii 
has: been signed by Steve Brotdy , 
Allied Artists chief ; and Robert 
Quarry was pacted by Ted Jen^ 
nock, Paramount newsreel cxrc, 
for a documentary role. Also higli- 
lighting legit possibilities, , Monica 
Lang, after a television appear- 
ance, was cast into the , Playrights 
Co.'s production of "Anne of the 
. Thousand Days," and Bob Lieb, 
assistant director, was ^ven a bit 
role in "Harvey." 

Kaplan, : hdwever, accented once 
again that Hollywood was eschew- 
ing large-scale inking of talent. 



340th Week! 

3,415 Performance! 

; ■• All-time, Ibn.^ ;.ruii:; rticord ''tn 
th(! leKltimate theatre. 

KEN MURRAY'S 

•'BLACKOUTS OF 1948" 
El Capitan, Theatre,: Hollywood, Cal, 

And now in world-wide release- 

"BILL AND COO" 

Ken Murray's 
.Aeademy Awai^ .'Film 



ToProduceinN.Y., 
Not in HoHy wood 

By IIERB GOLDEN 

■ 'Romfe, iCJct. -a'e/. ^^- 
Roberto Rpssellinii; a<:6 Italian 
producer r director, is planning "a 
> I visit to New York in Decembet. t^ 
o.b.:iiie potentialities ibr tnakihg 
_ , , 4 II ir 1 , a film , t h ere , he disclosed to 

rnir WlaiririaJffi-N Y LeffUi"^'^''iETY this week, RosselUni, who 
tUI lTMIIiaSC-11.1. I^CgH^^^ repeated offers from top 
Hollywood, Nov. 2., \ American indies and majors to 
:\Iargaret Whiting, featured on ■ come to the film capital, said he'd 
the "Club 15" radio series for hke to make a picture in the U. S. 
Campbell's Soup, is quitting the but not in Hollywood. He feels that 
show in January to move to New production in New York may be 
York. She hopes to get a Broad- 'the solution. 

way musical and will probably do i ..doing to Hollywood," the meg- 
there ^ ^'"^ S.er explained In his extremely 



sketchy English, ''would ..mean 



Singer is to marry Hubbell Rob- ;.iearning my trade all over again 



inson, CBS program v p. Latter's 
wife, radio-film writer Theresc 
I Terry) Lewis, is currently in 
Reno for a divorce. 



There's tod rhlich system ■ttteref-^ 
a sy stem with ' Which I'm entiirely 
unfamiliar and under which I can't 
arid don't want to; work. I've made 
top niahy piGtUres:tb sta^^^ 
.begi'nniiig :/agaih.",' ■,'„■; , ■'' ■ ■ , 
'■, RosseUirii, .whose,' .Italian -^^ 
"Open City" ' was the alltime top 
.foreign-language moneymaker in: 
Upswing in the boxoffice during the U. S. and whose "PaJsan" is 

August Is noticeable from admis- ' f""f eighth month at 
. , _ 1 J , 4. 1 the World, N. Y,, said he'd be glad 

sions tax figures reported last , to take up the recent offers of 
week by the Bureau of Internal Samuel Goldwyn, David O. Selz- 
fievenue. September tax coUec- | nick and other Yanli producers to 
lions, based, with few exceptions, i make films either In New York or 



Tax Dept. Reports 

Upped Aug. B.O. 

Washington, Nov. 2. 



on August biz, were a handsome 
$35,933,211. 'This was nearly 
$2,000,000 ahead of the $34,141,- 
294 figure for the preceding 
month. Nevertheless, business was 
off from August of record-break- 
ing 1947. Uxtcle Sam.'s . share , of 
that month was a fat $37,068,543. 
Best estimates here are that 



Italy, but that they must accept 
(Continued on page 65) 



Mason to Narrate 

'Bovary' as Author 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Ja lives Mason signed a one-pic- 

.1.6 x.in.1115 ui. laic.jL. . ,. . ,, | tufc dcal wlth Metro for the rolc 

Actors are being signed only for ^} S.^'^^^ trom the of Guslave Flaubert in the Jenni- 

•pecific character or specialty roles . ■ „ 'f? boxoffice remainder fcr joncs starrer, "Madame Bov- 
these days, he said. "We are ex- ' covering the w'orks from legit, I ary." British thesp will appear 
crcising more discrimination in ' ""'onsn "PO"* to dancehalls. , only in the prolog and epilog but 
the, selection of screen players," I The government also collected , will function as off-screen narrator, 
he said, adding quality films will $4,617,957, representing a 20% 1 As the voice of Flaubert, author 
Hrow out of Hollywood's Increasing ; bite on the nitery tabs of August, I of the story. Mason will play a key 
ilscrimination in other production 1948. This was a slight improve- , role although it will require only 
aspects, I ment over th« $4,509,041 of the } eight or 10 days' work. 

' preceding month, but lagged con- : With Mason and Miss Jones in 

•m^ ... , -r.. - ^ . rw. , sidcraWy behind the $5,181,324 the picture, they will both be at 
BntlSh Lion- Quarter To 1 levy on August, 1947, nightclub , liberty later to costar in "Trilby" 



N.Y. on a Wanger Deal? 

; London, Nov. 2. 
Sir Arthur Jarratt; managing di- 
rector of British Lion Films, pror 
ducer Herbert WUcox, his Wife 
Anna Neagle and actot- Michael 
Wilding sailed for the U. S. Sat- 
urday (30) aboard the Queen Eliza- ' 
beth. It is believed their visit is ' 
In connection with a production,; 
deal with Walter Wanger. i 
Britishers w^ill also line up U. S. : 
distribution for a trio of Imperadio ! 
films, including the latest Neagle- j 
Wilding Starrer, "Elizabeth ol 
Ladymead." Other two are "Court- 
neys of Curzoij Sfi'eet" and "Spring 
In Park Lane." Latter picture 
grossed more than $1,800,000 here 
on its recent release. 

Quartet will stay in New York | 
♦bout one week and then return i 
to 'London. - ) 



business. 



for Je!5se L. Lasky. 



H wood's lack of Courage 

"No guts" seems to be a general anti-ITollywoOd paen by the ' 
\oung-blood players, directors and producers When they come to 
' Broadway and sound off. Some of the opinion, coming frolri sea- 
soned talent, is quite vociferous in expressing the fact that "Holly- 
wood is killing itself ofT with not daring to do the different." 

The criticism runs the gamut from attacks on the Johnston 
oil ice technique of hamstringing "vigorous" ideas in plot or moti- 
vation, to the fact that some of the studio toppers are ,so cohceitied 
about protecting the status quo that few dare anything different. 
"It's rare when a Zanutk essays a "Ge^jH-eman's Agreement," ob- 
serves one. "When they tackle a 'Lost Weekend' it sure pays off, 
so why must all ideas be so formula?" complains a topnotch pro- 
ducer who yens to do something different but finds himself stale- 
mated by the front office. ; 

Seat of the trouble, according to the L. A.-to-N. Y.'ers, lies in 
Hollywood's fear of censprsliip from all sources, Which was cli- 
maxed by the Communist probe last year. Situation is So tight 
-today -that the studios are wary of turning out anything but es* 
capist Aims. The. way the industry adheres so closely to its own 
Production Code is also blocking any attempts to turn out more 
virile pix, it's stressed. • > ■ ,m i , , 



This Week's Football 



1 I "By MARTY GUCKMAN 

(SfMrti Direcfor af WMOM, N. 

COLLEGE ' . 

EAST' '■ 

*GAMES SELECTION tPOINTS 
Stanford- Army , Army 20 

Cadets headed for undefeated season. 
Boston V-Fordham , Boston %t 

Fordham stepping out of its class. 
City CoUexe-Brooklyn CoIIcKO Brooklyn B 

Anything can happen — and usually does. 
Colsate-Cornell ..Cornell 13 

Cornell has two Of the' best backs In the east in Fleischman 

and Miller. 

Columbia-Dartmouth Dartmouth 7 

It's the same old story. Too much depth for Kusserow, Ros- 
sides and Co. 

Holy Cross-Duquesne Holy Cross 14 

The Crusaders under Bill Osmanski are building. 
NYU-Geore^etown (Frl. nite) Georgetown 26 

Why do they keep scheduling the tough ones if they aren't , 

prepared to meet them on even terms. 

Harvard-Princeton Princeton 6 

, • .The winner will emerge as the champion of the Big Three. 
Lafayette-Ruteers Rutgen 7 

Rutgers has been playing in faster company. 
Penn State-Penn Penn State 13 

The game of the day in tiie east-~two unbeaten teams, 
Syracuse-Temple Syracuse 7 

Syracuse hasn't won one since opening day. It's due. 



SOUTH 

Rice- Arkansas Arkansas 13 

The Owls have been having a rough time of it. Arkansas still 

has Clyde Scott. ' 
Mississippi State- Auburn State . 19 

Auburn has only one win so far this season. State too toughi 

Texas-Baylor Baylor 1 

; A tight ball game but Baylor's Bears are protecting an 

unbeaten record. 

Furman-Clemson Clemson 32 

Clemson imdefeated and untied, way out of Furraan's class. 
Wake Forest-Duke . . Wake Forest 6 

Upset! Strictly a hunch. 
GcorKla-Florida .Georgia' 14 

Only North Carolina has beaten Georgia, and only by 7 points. 
Tennessee-Georgia Tech . Tech 13 

Georgia 'lech will be the Southeastern Conference champ. 
Villanova-Kentucky ... Kentucky 7 

Tough pick. Kentucky is at home, though. 
La. State-Vandcrbilt . ... . Vauderbilt . 13 

LSU, with a new coach in Gaynell Tinsley, is starting from 
■■■scratch., ■..,■,■.,,■ , , .■.■,,...•,■.■■■,■■,.■■,■■,:,.,■, 
William & Mary^Xorth Carolina . No. Carolina 

Who can stop the Tarheels? 
SMU-Tcxas A&M .... , SMU 

The Mustangs will be the champs ot the Conference. 
VMI-Tulane Tulane 

Henry Frnka may make Tulane the power of the south 

on. 'the-v .Way, ■■ ..■ 



20 
26 

2» 

It's 



MIDWEST 

lowa-lllinois Iowa 7 

The mini are just playing out the season. 
Notre, Dame^Indiana . . . Notre Dame '26 

And who is there to beat the Irish? 

Navy-Michigan ..... , . . Michigan S9 

, Missouri, Penn, Notre Dame (one loss among them) and now 

undefeated Michigauv Poor Middies! 
Missouri- Oklahoma Missouri 7 

Don Faurot's club has too much hipper-dipper. 
Northwestern-Wisconsin Northwestern 13 

The Wildcats are Rose Bowl-bound.' 
Pittsburtrh-Ohio State . . Ohio State 19 

Pitt has won four in a row. That's where it stops. 
Oklahoma A&M-Tulsa Ajrgics 14 

How the mighiy have fallen! Tulsa has yet to win one. 

FAR WEST 

UCLA-Calif ornla California 19 

Clear sailing to the Rose Bowl. 
Oreffon-WashingtoH; .... . . . Oregon 7 

The Huskies haven't scored in their last three games. 
Washington State-Oregon State . . . Oregon State 6 

A traditional rivalry but Oregon has a better record. 

PROFESSIONAL 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Philadelphia-New York Eagles 21 

Eagles are the class of the Eastern Division, 
Washington RedskinsTBoston Redskins 14 

Sammy Baugh is red hot. 
Chicago Bears-Los Angeles Bears 14 

Luckman and Lujack. And Lujack is developing into the best 

pass defender in the league. 
Detroit-Chicago Cardinals Cardinals 21 

The Lions finally won their first game last Sunday, but they 
• „ Packers, not Trippi, Harder, Angsman, et al. 
Green Bay-Pittsburgh Green Bay 7 

An off-year for both clubs. Green Bay more versatile. 



14 
14 
28 



ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 
Baltimore-Cleveland Browns , Browns 
» « r J-'^^ Browns are getting better, Colts losing ground. 
Buffalo-Brooklyn Buffalo 

George Ratterman is too tricky. 
Chicago Rockets-'49-ers -. .'49-ers 

The Rockeis just running out the string 
Los Angeles Dons-N. Y. Yankees DonS 7 

Don line is vei-y, very good. Glenn Dobbs will be ready for 

this one. 



SEASON'S RECORD 
Won, 203; Lost, 60; Tics, 5; Pet., .772. 
(Ties don't count.) 



" College games are played Saturday unless otherwiae stated; pros play 
Sunday Unless otherwise stated. > r »- 

^ ^tids'"*'^^^" represents selector's choice, not the official gambling 



Wednesday, Novcinlier 8, 1948 



PICTIJRES ~ » 



HUGHES PLANS TO EXPAND STUDIO 



Dr. Gallup Avers Film Biz Among 
Last to Researdi Itself Willi Eye 
To Cultivatii^ Any New Markets 



The film industry falls Into the4- 
bottom category of businesses alert 
to increase their markets through 
public relations programs, Dr. 
George Gallup told Varietv this 
week. "There is probably less in- 
terest shown by the film industry 
than any other industry to map ] Pleasure. His touch of flu last 
out a sensible overall campaign IV.^":!^ .^^''^^^ him off-scheduj^e on 



Jerry Wald in N.Y. 

Jerry Wald, Warner Bros, pro- 
ducer, and his wife Gonnie, are 
east for two weeks , of business- 



and carry it out," Dr. Gallup, 
whose outfit has been statistically 
active in films, declared. 

"Almost every other Industry 
had done a real job trying to Cul- 
tivate markets "which have failed 
to patronize il," he said. "For in- 
stance, the cold cereal people have 
done a hangup job in inducing the 
public to buy their product in the 
Wintertime. Offhand, the petroleum 
«nd meat industries have also made 
a concerted effort to cultivate new 
markets." 

Dr. Gallup believes the film busi- 
ness is "overlooking a great source 
of revenue" in not working, on the , 
■ over-30 age bracket. It was his , 
(survey that disclosed that 25% or ; 
less of the people over 30 go to 
film theatres once a week or more. 
•'Maybe- the Johnston? office (Mo- 
tion-Picture Assn.. of America ) is 
doing something about it, but at 
the present moment 1 see no evi- 
dence that the industry is going 
out for the non-filmgoers," he, de- 
clared. 

An estimated $490,000,000 more 
wottld aimually be brought to. U. S. 
bOxoffices at the present admission 
scales if the industry could induce 
the 40,000,000 people between 30 
«nd 50 to attend films once weekly, 
Dti Gallup said. "People over 30 
" (eontinued on page 18) 



their proposed flight with Danny 
Kaye to London for the Command 
Performance Monday (1) night. In- 
stead he's huddling in New York 
with Phoebe and Henry Ephron on 
their next WB production chore, 
taking in the shows, etc. . 

On Monday (1), Baron Polan, 
brother of Mrs. Wald and co-manr 
agcr with George Rosenberg of 
Kay Thompson &. Williams Bros., 
staged a joint welcome-farewell 
party for the Walds and the act, 
latter heading back - to Hollywood; 

It's Wald's first trip east in two 
years. 



TONE'S FRENCH-MADE 
INDIE FOR M-G DISTRI6 

Hollywood, Nov, 2. 
• Metro is readying its sixth out- 
side releasing deal, huddling with 
A. & T. Productions to take over 
distribution of "Man on the Eiffel 
Tower," now lensing in Paris in 
color. M-G'Si new color laboratory 
Is processing the; film, which is be- 
■ Ing air expressed from France. 

'■ "Eiffel'.' cast is topped by Fran- i thing new— that is, finding out for 
■ehot. Tone, Burgess Meredith and how little not how much the entire 



Costumer at 
Keys Ingenuity On 
Prod. Economies 



Hollywood is developing an en* 
tirely new bag of tricks in its pres- 
ent drive to bring in pictures at 
$1,000,000 and under. So says An- 
thony Mann, director of Walter 
Wanger's VReign of Terror," who 
wrapped up that Eagle Lion re- 
lease for $850,000 "soraething 
unheard of In Hollywood a couple 
of years ago .when . you consider 
that the film is a costume drama." 

Mann, who also directed EL's 
profitable . "T-Men'' which cost 
$450,000, declared that "any fair 
picture costing that sum can't help 
making money in the present mar- 
ket." As for "Reign," Mann said 
all the sets for the drama of the 
French revolution were held down 
to a sum total of $40,000. 

"X got William G. Menzies to do 
Itliem after interesting him in some' 



Charles Laughton. Tone and 
Irving Allen head up A. & T. 

Metro's • other outside releasing 
deals were set with Enterprise, 
Swiss producer Lazar Wechsler, 
Hal Roach, John A. Haeseler (for 
■'Tales o£ the Navajos") and the 
V. S. Navy (lor "Secret Land"). 



job could ' be . done,'' ' EL /director 
exBlainedi.; :"Costume films .UsUaU^^ 
have mammoth sets, bttt \ye/ built 
eoriipletely with flats, in; other 
words, closer to theatre terms, and 
used no four-wall sets at all." 
, ."Another thini, we used only 
Broadwi^y actors-^Richard Base- 
hart, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, 
rone Seeks Current Jesse Barker— because theie re 

Paris, Nov. 2, more authenticity in fresh faces. 
With a power shortage halting that's why we think the British bit 
production for two days of the i parts are so trcmondous," Mann 
Irving Allen-Franchot Tone film. I continued. "Tlie audience will be- 
"The Man on the Eiffel Tower," i lieve them more completely bo- 
at the Billancourt studio. Tone cause it doesn't associate them with 
has asked the American Eniba.ssy other previous parts, 
to iiiforcede «ifh local authoriHos Talking on the new production 
to obtain a permanent source of teclmiciuc Mann said lie nevei 
- . . : (Continued on page 16) 



UTILIZE iO 
THEATliE m 

Hollywood, Nov. 2, 
CuiTent plans of Howard Hughes, 
controlling stockliolder of RKO, 
caU for the expansion of his inter- 
€!st in the production^distribution 
end of the company, it is: reliably 
reported. Hughes will use the 
money which he is to receive: for 
the sale of his stock in the new 
RKO theatre company to build up 
his present 24% interest in the 
filmmaking end of the company. ; 

Division of RKO into two com^ 
panics, agreed upon over the week- ; 
end by. the board here, is expected 
to hike, the value of common stock 
holdings. Hughes, it's said, be- 
lives that he can get a fancy price 
for his controlling hold in the thea- 
tre company while reta'ning his 
interest in the filmmaking end^ 
the one in which he is primaiily; 
concerned. 

While actual mechanics of the' 
split have not been disrlosed, a 
pro-rata slock division i( current : 
shareholders in both companies is 
I inevitable. The new theatre unit is 
I expected to have a strong reaction 
I on price ir the New^ York ex- 
change. 

To back this: insiders point out 
that RKO's Uicatres last year took 
in • $10,000,000 in profits before:, 
taxes. Of this sum, $2,300,000 came 
from the sale of theatres, but the 
entire balance was from the com- 
pany's boxoffice. Since RKO's total 
take before taxes amounted to :$.9,i- 
635,847, it's apparent that the thea- 
tre end accounted for all profits 
of the company, 

RKO's theatre business this year; 
(Continued on page 18) 

Wyler's H'wood Remake 
Of Marcel PagnoFs 3 

William Wyler, Paramount direcV 
tor, has acquired the remake rights^ 
to Marcel Pagnol's film trilogy, 
"Marius," "Fanny" and "Cesar," 
with . plans for early . production. 
Wyler initiated the deal early this 
year. The French films, originally 
produced, in middle 1930's,; were re-: 
leased in the U.S. by Siritzky In- 
ternational over the last 15 months, 
and met critical acclaim. , 

It's expected that Wj'ler, who 
formerly was partner in Liberty 
Films before its absorption into 
Paramount, will produce the U.S. 
version under an indie banner. The 
final section of the trilogy, "Cesar;'' 
is currently playing at the Elysee, 
N, Y. art house. 



RKO Settles on Consent Decree With 
Govt; 110 Theatre Ceiling Withm 
One Year Fixed for New Theatre Co. 



RKO No Pat Pattern 

Washington, Nov. 2. 

Consent decree entered iq 
between the Government and 
RKO is not necessarily a 
formula which will be available 
to the: four other theatre-own- 
ing defendants in the anti' 
trust action. :: RKO was the, 
weakest of the Big Five from 
the angle of thaatre holdings. 
As such; the Government was 
willing to elect in favor of a. 
quick settlement to clear that : 
defendant from the; calendar, 

However,' there is a feeling 
that the Dept. of Justice will 
want stricter terms against 
the other four and will hold 
out for them,, if necessary, 
through long hearings. 



Mention Tevlin^ 
Syndicate Would 
Dicker for Repub 

I Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

C. J. Tevlin, one of: the board 
of three now ruling: the RKO stti- 
dio under controlling stockholdei: 
Howard Hughes, has been ap^ 
proached by a syndicate . and 
sounded out on the proposition of 
taking over supervision of Repub- 
lic studiosi it is reliably reported. 
Feelers were put out to Tevlin 
preliminary to the syndicate seek- 
ing to buy out control of Rep from 
Herbert J. Yates, company presi- 
dent and board chairman. 

Western syndicate, whose names, 
liave been kept undisclosed, is also 
seeking pn alliance with eastern 
(Continued on page 18) 



The new RKO theatre company, 
which Is expected to have th« 
sanction -of a consent decree for its 
operations, will be a well-lnteKrat- 
ed circuit yiVih widely ilun(r show 
case representation in biff cities 
and a: strong nabe hold in, metro* 
politan New York. Under the set* 
tlement, it retains the 80 wholly- 
owned houses and may add a maxi- 
mum of .30 from present partner- 
ship interests. 

Company is empowered to keep 
its dcluxers in 17 important cities: 
in the country. Outside of New 
York these houses are Golden 
Gate, San Francisco; Keith's. 
Washington; Palace, Chicago; - Or- 
phcum, Dcs Moines; Liberty and 
Orphcum, New Orleans; RKO Bosh 
ton, Keith's and Memorial, Boston; 
Uptown, Detroit; Orpheum and 
Pan, Minneapolis; Orvheum, Kan- 
sas ^ity; Brandeis, Omaha; Albce, 
Providence, and Allen, Palace and 
105th Street, Cleveland. 

In Cincinnati, where RKO was 
the dominant exhibitor, new com- 
pany must sell two theatres wliile 
retaining: another seven. Good 
number of partnerrhcld nab* 
houses in New York :# must bs 
liquidated, but RKO still keeps its 
Broadway stronghold, the Palace, 
besides other big first-run nabs 
flickeries sucli as the Fordham, 
86tli Street, 83d Street, 23d St., 
Coliseum and kindred-type houses. 

Moreover, with a leeway of 30 
theatres srantcd it, RKO is in « 
position to round out its theatrs 
holdings in such important sectors 
as New York, New Jersey or Miclit- 
gan. 



STUART SERIOUSLY HI 

Sydney, Oct. 25. 

Ilerschell Stuart, National The- 
atres' official working with the 
Hoy ts' circuit here, is seriously ill 
following a heart attack and stroke. 

Stuart has been here since be- 
fore the war. He formerly was as- 
sociated with the RKO circuit in 
New York and the Roxy, N. Y. 



National Boxoffice Survey 

Biz Starts to Perk— 'River,' 'Belinda/ 'Peggy,' 'Julia,* 
'Blood,' 'Eyes' Big Six Winners 



.Current, 
Meanwhile, 



front, '■ 



Visit Aussie Early '49 

Sydney, Oct. 20. 
SpjTOs Skouras ami .Eric John- 
ston are rcpoi'lcd likely lo vi.sit 



on another 

film technicians have approved a CI,ft„«.«o InhnQtnn MaV 
resolution wliich insists thai the JKOUfdi, JUIlliSlUll majf 

govenuncnt protect the industry 
against the influx of foreign pro- 
ducers despite the fact that the 
filmmakers Irom abroad pay high- 
er salaries. Tone-AUen technician 

crew, however, has maintained an j^g" earlv'no^t veair'Formcr ulil 
extremely cooperative attitude, n^j.^ ^ gander iit the llpyts loop 

and -20th-Fox; local setup; 

Johnston is reported^ a'njfious to 
see if he tjiii't uhfreeze more than 
the yearly sum of $3,30.0,000 in 
reiitals now going lo the. U, S. 
:H.. ■ ■)Fr<S(^e;;]4We: H :S(l';«,.-:at.:preSent;,V . 

|.: ■■. ■ ', Coast Meet Shelved 
I ■ Coast meeting: originally slated 



F&M Aide Helps Gunman 
Who Shot Him in Holdup 

St. Louis, Nov; 2 
The leniency of Eugene 
Abeln, treasurer of Fanchon & 
Marco's Fox theatre, enabled Rob- 
ert Albey, who shot, him In an at- - - ^ . , , -■, 

tempted holdup last Feb., to cop a! for this month with Eric Johnston 
six months' workhouse sentence 1 Motion Picture Assn. of America 
last week. Originally charged with chief, presiding and company presi- 
assault with intent to rob, Alvev | dents and studio heads participat- 
was permitted to plead guilty to a ing has now been mdohnitely 
common assault charge. I shelved. , , ^ .„ , . 

Abeln, who recovered from a Instead, Johnston will chairman 
gunshot wound in the chest, told ' a scries of at least three meetings 
the court he did not wish to prose- 1 in the east. First of the huddles 
cute. 1 will probably be held next it-eck. 



End of pre-Elcctioii influences is 
helping biz in many key cities nn 
current session but the pickup iii j 
trade often is not of sufficient 
strength to offset the beating most 
theatres took up until Monday (1.) , 
night. Coming week is expected to 
see a brLsk pickup from the na* 
tional Election doldrums. 
: Manner in which "Red River'' 
(UA) soared from sixth place to 
top i-aiik nationally keynotes the 
present stanza. Picture is uniform- 
ly fine to smash with a "good" 
rating the lovyest in the 10 key 
cities playing this week. In dose 
pursuit is: "Johnny Belinda" ( WB ) , 
which is taking socond^place money 
for second week in succession. 

Third best is"Apartmer)t For 
Peggy" (20thl, only a step behind 
the big shovvinj; made by "Be- 
linda." Fourth slot goes to "Julia 
Misbehaves" (M-G), just getting 
started in keys covered by Va' 
RiEjTV. Fifth poiiition was captured 
by "Kiss Blood Oft Hands" (U) 
while sixth spot is taken over by 
"Night Has Thousand Eyes'' "(Par). 
This is the first time around tor 
"Blood," making it a great showing 
for the new Burt Lancaster star- 
rer. 

Best runner-up pictures are 
"Loves of Carmen' (Col), "Cry of 
City" (20tht, "Station West" 
( RKO ) "Southern Yankee" 



RKO and the Dept. of Justice 
hav.e come to an: agreement on : s 
consent .decree ending the anti- 
trust action against the iilm com- 
pany. The decree, providing for 
separation of the theatre wing 
from that of distribution-produc- 
tion plus a partial sale by ths 
newly-formed exhibitor outfit, is 
(Continued on page 19) 



'M-G1, "Hamlet" (U) and "Rope" 
(WBk 

Of the new product, "Sealed Ver- 
dict" ( Par ) i which opened yester- 
day at N. Y. Paramount; and "June 
Bride" (WB) lihape strongest cur- 
rently. "Song Is Born" (RKO) 
continue^! solid in. second Chicago 
and N. Y. weeks. "Tatloek's Mil- 
lions" (Par), nice in San Francis- 
co, is barely good in Minneapolis 
and okay in, K.C. "Untamed Breed" 
(Col) looks okay In Baltimore but 
looms mild in L.A. and Chi. "Se- 1 
cret Land" (M-G) shapes hefty in | 
Cincy. I 

"Spiritualist" (EL) Is doing] 
. sock biz in Cincy with an assist I 
from big vaudc layout. "Good , 
Sam" ^ RKO i is pacing Iiidianap- 1 
oli.s and great in Portland, Ore. I 
"Paradine Case" (SRO), while blgj 
: In Portland, looks very slow in \ 
■L. A. 

I "Plunderers" (Rep) is racking' 
' up solid week in N. Y, "Sorry, 
.Wrong Number" (Par) is tops in 
I Baltimore and stout in Providence. I 
'"Rod Shoes" (EL) stays solid in' 
j third Washington week, and ca- ' 
I pacity in second N. Y. round. I 
I "Canon City" (EL) is hitting 
! sock trade In Montreal. "Dream ' 
' Girl" looks fairly good in Omaha. ! 

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INDEX 

Bills 47 

Chatter 54 

Film Reviews 11 

House Reviews 47 

Inside Legit 52 

Inside Television 27 

, International , . . . . . , ,-. .; , 13 

Legitimate , . . . 48 

Literati 53 

Music 35 

New Acts 47 

Night Club Reviews 46 

Obituaries 55 

Orchcstx-as 35 

Pictures .....^ 3 

Radio 20 

Radio Reviews 22 

Records 38 

Frank Scully 53 

Television 24 

Television Reviews 30 

Vaudeville 43 

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»1D a rear— $;o Foreign 



FfCTUWES 



Wedmescbiy, NoTcndber 1948 



'fM Fare Hnrts BoxoTkc^ Stb 
Pressure Groups, Say Can. Edub 



Toronto, Nov. 2. 
SIrmc protests that too many! 
"wdult entertainment" fiims we 
being released to the detriment of ' 
the boxoffice, and that sueh prod- 
uct is arousing the publiciied ire 
of Catholic Church and business- 
men's organizations, highlighted 
the annual meeting of tlie Motion 
Picture Theatres Assn. Members 
propose drawing up a new con- 
tract form whereby exhibitors will 
not have to accept so many "adult 
entertainment" films as are now 
claimed cun-ent. 

Overshadowbig such other dis- 
cussion topics as television probr 
lems, amusement tax, the forth- 
coming music royalty increases 
Mid -leni. competition, consensus 
of 313 theatre managers here was 
that film producers must be 
warned of the hazai-ds of too 
sophisticated film fare which is 
"chasing away film-goers." 

(MPTA membership includes 
tlw "Big Tluree" chains — Famous 
Players Canadian, Odeon (Bank), 
and 20th Century Theatres— plus 
Independents.) 

Too large numbers of films deal- 
ing with insanity, hysteria and 
«>ther pathological overtones are 
losing the exhibitors aa.increasr 
lug number of patrons who used 
' to be regular attenders, said 
HL C. D. <Diclc) Main, MPTA pres^ 
Ident. "Because one such picture 



Teciiiii's $m6,905 Net 

Technicolor's net profit for the 
nine months ended Sept. 30 scored 
a small gain over the equivalent 
period last year. Company has 
reported a take of $1,276,905 
against $1,146,363 in '47. Earnings 
were equivalent to $1.39 per share 
compared to last year's $1.25. 

Third-quarter profits Were sliced i 
somewhat as against the second- 
quarter net because of a tempo- 
rary slowdown of operations due 
to cutting in some of the machin- 
ery which is part of the expansion 
program slated for completion by 
the end of the year, according to 
0r. Herbert T. Kalmus, company 
prez. 

Indies DoDmate 

Drive-Iiis,OwD515 

Of756intlieU.S. 



A PIe«Mir« 

Arthur Krim, pre« of Eaglo 
Lion, - beliews that his com- 
pany't "Canon City," which 
Bryan Foy produced, will 
prove to be the most j^ofitaWe 
mm made bf Hollywood In 
1948. The pic, released early 
in the summer, will show a 
worldwide gross of $2,000,000, 
Krim said. Production costs of 
"Canon" came to $350,000. 

"It's a real pleasure to sell 
the film,'" he said, "because at 
its low cost we are able to dis- 
tribute it without slugging the 
exhibitor on terms and still 
make a handsome profit." 



Eagk Uons Krim Has Ifis Own 
Ueas on Picture Star Vdhws 



yAnanl^Kedh 
Plea Ts. Majors 

■ Philadelphia, Nov. 2. 
Judge William H. Kirkpatrick, in \ 
Federal district 90ui^, has turned 
down the plea of William Goldman, 
indie exhib,'that Warner Bros, and 
10 other major distribs and pro- 
ducers be ordered to divest them- 
selves of theatres in this area. 
Kirkpatiick also declined Gold- 
man's request for an order in an 
'alternative motion, barring the 
i majors- from cross4icensing films. 
[The device, Goldman charged, en- 

to 



HymaiBro&'AtoiiikClHmi 

Oakridge, Tenn., Nov. 2. 
Four theatre! in this atomic re- 
search center operated by the V. S. 
Government during the war are 
being leased to Abraham and Solo- 
mon Hyraan for private operation.; 
Government built the theatres ran 
them for the benefit of project 
workers but now is pulling . out, of- 
the exhibition business. 
1 Hyman Bros, once held an RKO 
! franchise in this temtory. They 
; presently operate five houses in 
Huntington, W. Va., in partnetsliip 
iwith RKO. 



Spedid Depts. 
ToPhig Oldies 
AsFdl-inFare 



Establishment of a special ; re- 
issue sales department last week 
by 20th-Fox, paralleling the reissue 
wing of Metro's sales organization, 
points up the fact that, despite a 



, . aWed the Itoger , companies 

I With affiliated and major cir- | j,iock first-run i^ms lrotn his ih^ 
' cuits kept in check by Government houses. 

antirtrust actions, indie operators I Bj^fusal of the motions doesn't I promKe of inore n^w fea^^ 
are Increasing takuig the initia- ! gftect Judge Kirkpatrick's de- I jor distributors - wll still place 
j tive in theatre eicpansion' and gen- !:^tsion in the original case, in which : plenty /of emphasis , on reissues to, 
Is favorably received rtocsnt mean eral business enterprise. This phe-., he ordered that pics bo distributed flU the playdate gans. 
that the average film-goer wants nomenon is strikingly revealed in , by competitive bidding and gave I Situation emphasizes anew the 



to see ."jO more pictures on the 
lame theme," he said. 

. Royalty Fee Deadlock ; ■ 

On increased music royalty fees, 
MPTA and the Composers, Au- 
thors and Publishers Assn. of 
Canada are still deadlocked on 
the 1949 scale, according to N. A. 
(Nat) Taylor, president of 20th 
Century Theatres i84 houses in 
Ontario). Taylor traced, off the 
.jrecord, the "fantastic ideas" of 
CAPAC in settuig new fees but 
■aid that, as negotiations were still 
proceeding, details couldn't be 
disclosed ,18 to the proposed 
CAPAC seat-lee sehediilr or what 
MPTA would be satisfied to pay. 
Though Canadian exhibitors pay a 
: lower fee than U. S. 
the ASCAP decisions 

■ (.Continued on page 16) 



the small indie's two-to-one dom- i (joiaman a triple-damage verdict , faltering boxoffice condition \yhich 



on m. the field of dnve-m the- ^f $375,000 under tht Clayton Act. ' finds few films grabbing oft' any 
t— the most important develop- [ Today's decision, however, is a , extended playing time such as in 
ment in exhibition circles since the 1 iQgal victory for Warners and its I years past. As a result, a pressing 



end of the war. 
Figures eom^ptled by the research 



10 associates, the target of several ! need for a greater number of pic- 
suits by Goldman. Judge Kirk- 1 tores than the studios are appar- 



department of the Motion Picture ■ patriqk will hear another phftse of lently able to produce has cropped 



I15M00O GROSS NOW 
SPELS BLACK FOR E 

Gross revenues for Eagle Lion 
during the current year wiH hit 
between $15,000,000 and $16,000,- 
000, Arthur Krim, EL president, 
•aid this week. During 1948, second 
ftiU year of its existence, EL has 
doubled the rentals garnered dur- 
ing '47, which came to about $8,- 
iWOiOOO. For the past 15 weeks, the 
company has been operating in thei 
profit side of the ledger, Krim said, 
except foi small amortization on 
pix turned out during its .first Six 
months. 

■ . "Since June 1, not counting B's; 
nine out of the 12 big films re- 
leased by the company will pay 
back their negative costs and show 
• profit," EL prez declared. "Wo 
feel that we are now definitely on 
the right track.'* 

.. Explaining 'the company's -finan^ 
cial situation, Krim disclosed that 
the $11,000,000 in^loans which EL 
obtained through its parent Pathe 
Industries from a syndicate headed 
by the First National Bank of Bos 



Assn. of America show that put of 
a national total of 756 drive-ins. in- ' 
dependent exhibs own and operate 
515, or 68.1% to 31.9% for the cirr ' 
cuits. The indie di'ive-ins are 
smaller on the average than the 
circuits' .but the former still have ; 
a far larger total' capacity with 
parking space for 188,523 ears as 
against 124,855 for the former. 

These figures contrast with the 
indie exhibs status in regular , the^ 
exhibitors, I atre ownership figures also corn- 
there will . piled .by the MPAA last spring; 

Here," the indie hold a slight ma- 
.iority in number of theatres 0\vned 
with 10,224; as against 8,983 for:the 
circuits. The circuits'^ domination 
of the indoor exhibition field, how- 
ever, is indicated by their heavy 
seating preponderance witb.'7,539,- 
162 seats, as against only ,4,657,826, 
for the indies. 



the litigation tomorrow (3), when ' up within the industry. Because 
he has scheduled arguments on a continued high production costs 
motion by Warners, et al., eon- have limited the major's issuance 
eerning the distribution of their of new pictures, distribs have been 
own films. The majors have asked. ; forced to turn to reissues; 
for a ruling on whether the com- | Creation of the reissue depart- 
pelitive-bidding order applies to ment by 20th salesmanager Andy 



After a full year of combining 
his duties as president of Eagle 
Lion with the new chores as pro* 
-duction chief for the compatiy, 

Arthur Krim has reached the con- 
clusion that plenty of players "are 
stars in HoUyvrood but not in Kala- 
maxoo." Krim, whose company 
haS'.registered a sharp climb in 
revenues during the past 12 
months, admits his outfit found out 
the hard way. 

"We made mistakes the first year 
by taking qn players who add noth- 
ing to the boxoMce," Krim said. 
"As a result, we made films which 
were costlier than they had to be 
because we wanted names. Later; 
we learned these names meant 
little or notliing when the film 
reached the theatres." 
; Krim breaks down the Holly wood . 
star situatioa into four groupings. 
'There are tho$e players, a very 
small number, who can carry a 
picture and make it profitable by 
their own pulling power alone. A 
second group consists of those who 
cannot make a picture on their own 
but. given a good film, can bring 
in more than the cost of tlreir sal-> 
aries in added grosses," 

"Third," Krim said, "are those 
who neither add nor detract from 
the film. The great bulk of stars 
fall into this grouping. Fourth, 
are those called stars in Hollywood 
and : rightly so because they are 
known to the pnblic but who actu- . 
ally keep people out : of the ' 
theatres." ■ 

Krim wants to draw from the top 
group for four or- five films an- 
nually. Company, he said, will 
seek big stars rn the freelance field. . 
He conceded that the majoiMtudios 
have the advantage of films de- 
pending mainly on star attraction 
"rightfully so because these studios 
built them, up over the years." 
2 Other Catesiories 
"There are two other brackets of 
successful films, those which de- 
(Continued on page 16) 



films which are produced and dis- 
tributed by the same company. 



COL LEVINSON WINS 
S.L WARNER AWARiy 

Washington, Nov. 2. 
i The Samuel L. Wai-ner Memorial 
I Award was copped the past week 
lat the convention of the Society 

of Motion Picture Engineers by 
[by Col. Nathan Levinson, technical 

director of WB. He was one of five 



W. Smith, Jr., indicates that the 
[ company : will renew its distribu- 
tion pacts with very few of the in- 
I die producers whose product it 
I handled during the 1947-48 season. 
[Renewal of the pacts has been a 
source of runnurg debates between 
. (Contiilu'ed on page 14) 



METRO READYING BIG 
PUSH FOR 25TH ANNI 



by exchange areas puts Charlotte 
in the lead with 108, followed by 
Dallas with 78, Cincinnati with 55 
and Atlanta and Cleveland with 51 



■ . Metro ad-.publicity Veepeie How* 

..~ 3rd Dietz will serve as coordinator 

Breakdown of drive-in theatres IJ'^'j^g"' honored with a malor ^ betw een the studio and homeoffice 
■ ' at/tjjg gjjpE banquet. : |iii lining up plans for the, com- 

Citation mentioned Levin- 'pany's 25th anniversary celebra- 
son's "long and successful career tion next year. Dietz was supposed 
■ . „ . Tr 1 t i,. in radio communications as well to have returned from the Coast 

apiece. New York has among the, as so„„d motion pictures." It over the weekend but stayed for 
fewest drive-ins with only 10, while ■ ^^mied to his role in "the devcloo- further huddles with studio pub- 
2f'^fn°t^„f H',:?if;°%^^^'!fi\^ menl Of M^visiin for thcaCe uL liclty chief Howard Strickling. He's 
21 iVTn<;t nf (hP H,„.p.,nc v„„ o ^ producUon of , "ow due back at the homeoffice 

motion pictures." ; today (Wed.). , . 

Citation Was read by outgoing i Present plans, which are still in 
president 'of SMPE, Loriin L. By^^the formative stage, call for all the 
der, sbund director of Paramount 1 subsidiaries of tfee parent Loew's, 
Picfilres. {Inc., to be ttirned loose in a mass 

. . ■ I campaign grooved foir general pub- 

llic and rtra^e, consum^ : Studio 



21.. Most of the drive-ins run on a 
single-feature policy with thi'ce or 
four program changes a week. 

Indie exhibitors are also far in 
the;, lead in current drive-in con- 
struction. Out of a total of 86 now 
being built, non-circuit operators 
are responsible for 59 as against 
27 for the circuits. The largest 
number of drive-ins being built are 
centered in Los Angeles with 11, 
and Atlanta and Boston with 7 
apiece,;: 



St. Loo Exhibs Denied 



Mpls. lndi« Drive-ins - 
Minneapolis. 
Drive-in circuits are spreading 
here, independent exhibitors re- ■ 



an extensive ; scale. Harold Field 
announced a new circuit of drive- 
ins in eight of 10 Io\ya towns, 
years where he now has regular theatres. 
Later he will build in two mother: 
towns. . ■ '.v 

Field has set up a separate fiir- 
fContinued on page 16) 



ton has now been reduced to S8,-,cently starting to build them on 
000,000. Of this sum, films will pay 
off $5,000,000 out of their revenues 
While the other $3,000,000 is on a 
longterm basis with five 
■tO'.'gO. ■ ; 

Krim denied ireports that he was ! 
In New York for a new loan; While !■ 
here, he said, he had uorlwd out' 
■n agreement with the banks to { 
li-ee $1,000,000 from suras accu- 
mulated by Pathe out of lilm reve- 
nues. Under the terms of its loan, 
BL must obtain the banks' okay 
before using that money for pro- 
duction purposes, ■ . 

Pointing up EL's rosy pro.spects, 
Krim said that the company be- 
tween, now and the end of the year 
had seven: films booked into the 
Odeon and . BritisIirGaumont cir^ 
««its. These were double-billed 
•ither between themselves or with 



is expected to tuirh out a t\vo-reel 
short outlining the company's his- 
D • L C r . itory and accomplishments, similar 
KeVieW Dy iMip. tOUrt to the one produced by Warners 

last year to mark the 20th anni of 

sound.:';: ',-,,.'■■■;,; . ■:■. ::■;:'■■•■''''•', "■:■! 

Special disks at* to be 'pressed 
by M-G-M Records, f^Stttrihg most 
of Metro's musical :stars. WMGSj; 
Loew's,; AM ; ahd; F^ : Stations in. 
New 'S'brk, will fiWg -the anni in a 
manner similar to : that iised to 
mark the station's recent change of 
call letters from; WHN; iforeigii 
departnlient, too, will advertise the 



St. Louis, Nov. 2. 
The U. S. Supreme Court last 
week . denied a: review of litigation 
reiitiested .by five St. Louis indie 



exhibitors, in . their anti-trust law 
complaint against four film, distrib- 
utors and the American Arbitration 
Assn. The exhibitors sued for 
$285,000 damages -and ; asked an 
injunction against Paramount Film 
Distributing Corp.; RKO 



Pryor Heads N.Y. Crix Amus. Co., St. Louis Ambassador 
New York Film Critics circle has Theatre, Inc.; Eden Theatre Co., 
elected Thomas M. Pryor of the St. Louis Missouri Theatre, Inc., 
N. Y. Times as its new chairman ' and the Fanchon & Marco Service 
for the coming year. Wanda Hale. Corp. The appeal to the high 



Radio ^"''^ in idl overseas situations: 
Pictures, 20th-Fox, Warner Bros. ' , the sales department 

Di-stributing Corp., and the asso- , J'-'^" ' " ,s„.«?.Pe<=t?,d 

elation " ; that M-G sales veepee Wiluam F. 

The plaintiffs were the St. Louis ! ^°^Sf" institute some kind 
n„ cf T^..4c A,«i,.,c.,j-„. of sales drive. Unlike othei maior 



major 

distributors, Metro hasn't staged 
a sales drive since its 20th anni 
celebration five years ago. The 
one in 1949 will probably follow 
that one' in attempting to get at 



Daily News, is vice-chah'raan, and tribunal was taken following dis- least a sinale reel fPAtiirinit thi t pn 
Dorothy Masters, same paper, sec missal of the exhibitors' complaint trademark on t^^^^^ 

■in the lower Federal courts in St. :^„°!.„*:_ ^i^reen of eveiy 



P^vor takes over from Otis L. Louis. The Supreme Court h^-^^:.»':.^r^'^-^^'--^^ 
Guernsev, Jr., of the N. Y. Herald held the association is a valid, le- ■ - 
Trlbaiie,' stepping up from vice- ,gal system ;o| regulation, and rul- 
chairman. Meet ^so voted to ad- ings of , the association can decide 
•theV ■yanit'produVt.' M as new members Lew Schael- ' disputes on clearance. The owners 

booking in England means a mini-ifer of the Brooklyn Eagle, Soy- of the Apol o ^"^^^^'Li"**'^'^ 
mum of SeoofoOQ for 4 package, mour Peck of th* N. Y. Star, and , began the litigation m 1944, and 
Ki-iiB said. i Yglesias, Daily Worker, 



j the others, joined in. 



N. Y. to Europe 

Sir Ernest Fiske 
Robert G. Leffingwell 
Sam Prager 
Mrs. , Ruby JRbsenberg 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Edward L. Alperson; 

John Alton 

Florine Bale 

Barbara Bel Geddes 

Boy Brewer i 

Kathryn Brown ) 

Bob Burns 

Harry Cohn 

Joan Davis 

Bill Eythe 

Tommy Farrell 

Carl Fisher 

Matty Fox 

Peggy Ann Gamer 

Franklin Gilbert 

Monroe Greenthal 

Jane Greer 

Louis Hayward 

Bob Hussey 

William Katzell - 

Prankie I^aino 

Ed Lasker 

Janet Leigh 

Bemie Luber 

Gene McCarthy 

Patricia Morison^ ■ 

Pat O'Brien 

Frank Partos 

Jan Peerce 

William Pine 

Fred Pride 

Morris Safier 

Carl Schreuer " 

Frank Scully 

Douglas Sirk 

John Sutherland 

Esther Tow 

Spencer Tracy 

Jerry Wald 

Europe to N. Y. 

■ Albert Bouche 
Jack Cohn 
Herb Golden 
Bernord Guro 
Sir Arthur Jarrat 
Leonide Kipuis 
Anna Neagle 
Joseph H. Seidelman 
Harry Alan Towers 
Herbert Wilcox 
Michael Wilding 

N. Y. to L, A. 

Harry Aekernian 
Joseph Bemhard 
George Cukor 
Bryarj Foy 
John Garfield 
Jack Kapp 
Carl Leserman 
Frank Loesser 
Paul Baibourn 
Charles Beader 
Charles M. Reagnn 
Stanley Shuford 
Joseph Szigeti , 
Ben Washer 
Joseph Winters 



WedncsJay, November 3, 1948 



PICTIJItES 



EXTENDED DATES DOWN,CUTS B.O. 



Par Continues Feelers with Partners 
Or Others on Breaking Up Theatres 



While the Government anti-trust+ 
aclioii is set for another go in the 
courts, Paramount, largest of the 
theatre-owning majors, is continu- 
ing to negotiate with a number of 
its theatre partners for a breakup 
of joint holdings. Company, alter 
months of preparation, is attempt- 
ing to fix a price and has asked foi* 
bids from various partners before 
seeking buyers on the outside. 

Reportedly, Butterfleld circuit, 
consisting of 112 theatres, mainly 
in Micliigan, is one of the chains 
involved. Par holds a 25% inter- 
est in 90 theatres and 33% in 22. 
KKO has 10% Interest in 90 and 
33% in 22. Negotiations to move 
out Butterfield, it's said, have been 
going on for several months. 

Since the company is on a 
friendly, basis with all or almost 
all partners, it is giving them the 

■ first opportunity to.., acquire the 
Paramount intertfst. Where tlie 
partner has balked on offering a 
price or has set one too low ac- 
cording to Par's lights, company 

. has taken one of two alternatives. 
It has either made efforts to buy 
out the partner so as to end the 
Joint ' operation or p\it out feelers 
for an" outside bid. 

Number of big indie exhibs re- 
port cautious sounding-out by Para- 
mount on their Interest in acquir- 
ing joint holdings. So far, it's 
said, the feelers indicate only that 
Par wants to get a line on what 
they could obtain from outside in- 

.■.terests. ^^ 

Par''s biggies, it's said, are con- 
vinced that the breakup of joint 
holdings is imminent. Hence, the 
concentrated surveys and current 
negotiations based on a desire to 
avoid hasty action when a court 
ord^r comes down. 



Busy Gal 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Calamity Jane knew where 
■ she was going in the old -west- 
• ern days but now she is riding 
four ways at the same time on . 
the screen, 

Jane Russell plays the Ca- 
lamity role in Paramount's 
"Paleface." Yvonne de Carlo 
rides in "Calamity Jane and 
Sam Bass" for U-I. Cathy 
Downs gallops for Screencraft 
in "Calamity ,Jane and the 
Texan,!' and Doris Day is 
climbing aboard a hos^ for the 
same role in a Mike Curtiz, 
musical, ■ .■... .■:■„.■: ■ , . 




SEIDELMAN, COHN DUE 
IN N. Y. FROM ABROAD 

Paris, Nov. 2, 
Joseph H. Seidelman, Universal's 
foreign chief. Is en route to the 
U, S, on the Queen Elizabeth after 
a short inspection of the continen- 
tal market. Ha was particularly 
impressed with the Italian situa- 
tion where he described busineis 
as excellent, 

. Al,so homing Is Columbia Pic- 
tures' vcepee Jack Cohn who's 
been making the r o u n d s here, 
He left by plane Is already back 
in N, Y. Former Chicago nitcry 
Impresario Albert Bou'che Is also 
on his way back after study local 
- bistro setups. 

Par and M-G Settle Balto 
Suit; Better Clearance 

Baltimore, Nov. 2, 
. Paramount and Metro have set- 
■ tl^d a $600,000 treble damage an- 
'ii-trusl action brought against 
them and four other majors by the 
Windsor theatre, indie nabe, in 
Federal court here^ Negotia- 
tions are being pushed for, settle- 
ment with 20th-Fox, United Art- 
ists, • Universal and Warner Bros, 
on the same terms. 

No cash was paid either by Par 
or M-G in securing a discontinu- 
ance of the action. Instead, Wind- 
sor ■ is guaranteed first-run nabe 
availability and given a split, on 
product. 

Windsor had asked the court to 
enjoin the defendants from feed- 
ing its competing houses, Wal- 
brook and Hilton, first-run nabe 
product, unless it gets the same 
availability. 



UA Admits Pitch 
ForUKFihnCoin 
Unlikely for OK 

United Artists home office of-' 
ficials this week confirmed reports 
that the company is seeking a loan 
from the British government's Na- 
I tional Film Finance Council to 
bankroll UA's British production 
I but admitted they had little chance 
of success. One of the main 
provisos of the original British 
plan called for the money to be 
used for the financing of British 
producers only, so that granting 
of a loan to UA would require 
Parliamentary action , to revise the 
fund's administration. 
I UA was forced into seeking the 
I loan because of ■ its unique posi-^ 
\ lion in England. While other 
I American companies; have frozen 
j funds there with which to finance 
I their British-made films, all the 
frozen funds accrued by UA films 
in England belong to the indie 
producers releasing through the 
company. Thus, according to UA 
execs; the. company hasn't suffi- 
(Continucd on page 14) 



Failure of much current product: 
to prove strong enough at the box* 
office to obtain extended playing 
timeii^ one.of the main reasons for 
film business this year sagging 
12-18% below 1947 in principal: 
key cities. This is revealed by a 
VaImety survey of theatre business 
in over 20 keys, including N. Y., 
Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles and 
Philadelphia^ where biggest grosses 
are run tip by key product. 

A typical week this month shows 
128 theatres had pictures playing 
on first-weeks while in comparable 
week of 1947 only 100 .houses had 
films on initial week .. playdates; 
Multiplying this differential of 18 
theatres by some 30 additional key 
cities (the 50 biggest cities con- 
stitute about 75% of total rental 
coin in U.S.), gives some idea' of 
how holdover biz has declined as 
compared with a year ago. 

This, dip in 20 representative" 
key . cities, - aS: done by Variety,; 
reveals only 57 holdover dates plus 
12 moveover engagements this 
year as against 75 films holding 
over in corresponding week of 1947. 

Of the holdovers few are going 
beyond the third week this year. 
I Chickup 'shows only 19 pictures 
ilast three weeks on longer as 
against 28 films in 1947, Of these, 
' just 13 played four weeks: or over 
as compared with 20 pix that went 
four stanzas or longer last year. 
Figures also reveal that this year 
(Continued on page 16) 



Par-ites West 

Group of Paramounteers planed 
to the ,Coast yesterday (Tucs,1, for 
vstudio. huddles on recently conir 
pleted pix. Those who left 
were Charles M. Reagan, Paul 
Raibourn, Stanley Shuford and 
Ben Washer. 

Barney Balaban with Henry 
Ginsberg awaits them west. 



N.Y. DIRECTORS' SURVEY 
OF EASTERN PIC PROD. 

; First detailed survey of eastern 
production;' ; its personnel and 
f acilitiesi will be launched within 
the next couple of weeks by Gene 
Martell, N' Y, Screen Directors 
Guild president. Survey's aim 
will be to line up data on the com- 
mercial, educational and documen- 
tary fields with respect to their ca- 
pacity to handle anticipated , ex- 
pansion of television film produc- 
tion. ■ ■ ■ 

SDG also plans to place the 
data in 'the hands of the Mayor's 
Committee for further promotion 
of eastern production with well- 
grounded arguments. Survey will 
cover .number of workers, avail- 
able 'studio space,, working condi- 
tions and types of equipment. 

'Sorry,' 'Sam' Scored 

Washington, Nov. 2. 
Two of the top grossers currently 
—"Sorry, Wrong Number" and 
"Good Sam"-^have been nixed by 
i the Pj-olestant Film Council, which 
lists them as "definitely not recom- 
mended." 

; The Council's review declared 
loC "Wrong Number" that "ethi- 
'cally and morally, there is no justi- 
ificatlon for a vicious and tortuous 
[film of this sort " Of "Good Sam," 
lllie Council explained: "Our seri- 
lous qualms about this picture re- 
llate principally lo the slapstick 
land -satirical manner in which 
; 'goodiie.ss' i.*! treated ..such 1am- 
1 pooning antics offend the most or- 
idinarj proprieties, as well as re- 
' fleet on the evangelical good taste 
'that is part and parcel of Salvation 
'Army procedure. We regret that 
, Garv Cooper was chosen to portray 
'the "unfortunate Sam; he gains no 
i statute by the performance." 



Fear of U.S. Frown On 
Further Theatre Bldg. 
Causes F&M-Par Tiff 

Holly wood,- Nov. . 2. : 
.Dispute between Paramount and 
the Fanchon & : Marco circuit over 
the disposition of a valuable piece 
of unimproved realty on Wilshire 
Blvd. which the two outfits own 
jointly may lead to the courts. 
F&M is insisting that a theatre be 
erected on the spot without further 
delay. 

Parj on the other hand, is balk- 
ing because of possible rep|risals 
by the Government in view of the 
pending anti-trust actioni While 
no theatre freeze exists at the pres- 
ent time, Par is afi'aid future court 
rulings would affect the venture. 
Unless the tiff can be adjusted, 
there is a likelihood of . a partition 
action in the courts. 



SEARS WEST TO WRAP 
TAKEOVER OF HUGHES' 3 

United Artists president Grad 
Sears heads for the Coast next 
week to wrap lip the deal for Howt 
ard Hughes to buy back three films 
he produced originally for UA re- 
lease. Sears will huddle vi'ith 
Hughes and James Nasser, who are; 
to bankroll an unspecified number 
of pix to be turned out by UA pro- 
ducers in a second*money; role, in 
return for Hughes gaining back his 
■three.. ■ ■ 

Although negotiations are near 
completion. Sears definitely won't; 
give up the Hughes productions 
until, he ascertains what the new- 
UA films are to be, who's to pro- 
duce them, their casts, stories, etc. 
That's based on the assumption 
that it would be unwise to give up 
three pictures whose values are 
determined in return: for others: 
that are still in the talking .stage. 
Hughes and >iasser, of course, are 
just as interested in the new UA 
productions, since they'll get the 
usual second-money returns from 
them. 

Hughes' money, which has been 
; reported at $600,000-$750.0()0, may 
I be spread out over more than the 
'.three films originally planned. It 
I will be up to the three execs to de- 
! termine how many pictures- are to 
I be made with the coin. Hughes, in 
I return, will get back "Outlaw." 
'•'Mad Wednesday" and "Vendetta," 
which he produced as aa indie for 
UA. These are now to be released 
by RKO, ot which companj he's 
ithc principal stockholder. 



Negotiations to Settle Anti-Trust 
Suit Collapse; Goes to Bat Next Mon. 



Election B.O. Blue^ 

■ Decline in ; nationar film 
grosses in the past month does 
not stem primarily from many 
of several, causes advanced in 
recent weeks, according lo top 
distribution executives; but is 
a natural result of pre-elec- 
tion interest; Every; Presiden- 
tial election year finds picture 
theatre business suffering, and 
'48 is no exception. 

Current week should see a 
sharp upbeat, with the voting 
yesterday (Tues.) out ol the 
way. 



M-G s Legal Memo 
For Decree Delay 
Slapped by Dof J 

Justice Department hit back 
over the weekend at; an anti'trust 
brief filed with the trldl court by 
Loew's, Inc.; which called upon i 
J. D. to bring the record of the ' 
case up-to-date. The Loew memor 
randum with the New York court 
argued that the divorcement Issue 
should not be considered until the 
court ; examined the ..circumstances 
of the acquisition of each theatre 
owned by a Big Five defendant 
company; ; 

In /addition, Loew's said, it had 
been in partial compliance with 
the 1946 decree of the trial court, 
the one which was largely over- 
ruled by the Supreme court. 

"We are ; aware of no case," said 
the Government brief submitted 
with the New Vork court, "which 
suggests that because partial vol- 
untary compliance with a Sherman 
Act decision pending appeal has 
occurred no final decree is needed: 

"The need for such relief be- 
comes more acute than ever when 
the decision on' appeal removes a 
threat of judicial enforcement of 
the conduct voluntarily under- 
taken. Our proposed judgment 
contains relief proposals of the 
only . kind sanctioned by ; the Su- 
preme Court decision to replace 
the vacated Sanctions-. 

"The case for these provisions 
might conceivably be met or weak- 
ened by proof of changes- in the 
defendants' theatre control occur- 
ring subsequent to the closing of 
the trial record. To the extent that 
such data is readily available to 
us we :are ourselves Incorporating 
it in the r6cord. But the plaintiff 
is not obligated to keep the record 
fresh in all respects desired by the 
defendants and the task is physi- 
cally impossible, in any event. 
; "The only way in which this 
court may meet the problem of 
(Continued on page 55) 



Self -Policing by H'wood ; 
Urged for Good Taste ; 

Washington, Nov. 2. :| 
The public's best assurance of * 
good taste and decency on the film , 
scVeen is self-policing by the pic- , 
ture industry, Arthur De Bra, di- ' 
rector of community relations, for 
the Motion Picture Assn., told a 
conference on children Friday (29), 
Session was called by the General - 
Federation of Women's Clubs in 
connection with a program of com- 
bating juve delinquency; it drew 
reps from nearly 30 organizations. ; 

"Each year," said De Bra, 
"hundreds of motion pictures are 
produced---films for all types and 
taste.s-^and they offer a wide vari- 
ety of entertainment for th e 
familyi Some few of these films ■ 
may not be suitable for all of the • 
family all of the time. The answer 
is not censorship but intelligent 
selection of entertainment.'' He 
asserted that the Motion Picture 
Code "represents carefully devel- 
oped standards whicli through the ; 
years have won wide public accept- 
ance and approval." , 



Negotiations for a settlement of 
the Government's anti-trust action 
have completely broken down and, 
short of an Unexpected revival of 
dickerings, the 10-year 'litigation 
will start another round Monday 
(8), when the N. Y. federal statu- 
tory court reopens hearings in th« 
wake of the U. S. Supreme Court 
ruling. The Big Four— Paramount, 
20,th-Fox, Metro and Warner* Bros. 
— called off their peace efforts thi« 
week in the face of an unsoftening 
demand by U. S. Attorney General 
Tom Clark that the companies re- 
strict themselves to solo showcasei; 
in- cities over 100,000 population. 
, Both Government and defense 
strategy point up a critical legal 
battle during the first two days oj 
the hearing, which may determin* 
the entire course of the new trial. 
Dept. of Justice has indicated to 
defendants that it will immediately 
ask the court for an order directing 
the majors to file a plan of divest- 
ment within one year. The plan, 
applicable both to partnership, and 
%vholly-owned houses, would list all 
theatres to be sold and how th« 
defendants propose to go about It,; 
It would also include any houses 
which the majors claim as -exempt - 
from divestiture requirffments. 

D of J^is expected to push th« 
argument that the Supreme Court 
ha.s ruled most theatre operations; ' 
illegal. It will contend that no 
further, evidence is necessary as to 
particular situations and that, ths 
only step now needed isjmplemen- 
tation of the high court decision -by 
a plan of divestiture. 

Major company legalites aro 
priming to meet the Government 
on the. issue, griefs currently be- 
ing prepared argue the point at 
length and maintain that the D of 
J must bring in new evidence re- 
f eiTing: to each of the thousands of 
situations in the country. 
;, If the three-judge court orders 
Introduction of evidence, it is be- 
lieved a long trial would follow, 
which) in turn, means added pres- 
sure on the Government to accede 
to a lighter settlement. Clark, it 
is thought, would then be on th* 
spot, partioularly with' a. new ad- - 
Continued 6n page S2) 

EINFELD SLATED TO 
START JAN. 1 AT 20TH 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

Charles Ginfeld, prez of the in- 
active ; Enterprise Productions, is 
set lo take over as ad-publicity 
veepce for 20th-Fox on a five-year 
contract starting Jan. 1. He will 
headquarter in New York. 

Einfeld's position is a new one, 
since .20th has never before had 
an ad-publicity veepeei As a re- 
sult, it's believed that no changes 
will be effected in the status of 
either publicity chief Han-y Brand 
or homeoffice ad-pub director 
Charles Schlaifer, Both are ex- 
pected to continue in their present. 
jobSi Einfeld would; concentrate on 
sales promotion. 

Twentieth thus becomes tho 
fourth company in the industry to 
assign a veepee rating to the ad- 
publicity chiefs job. Other three 
are Howard Dletz at Metro, Mort. 
Bl-umenstock at Warner Bros;, and 
Max Youngstein at Eagle Lion. 
Pau 1 Raibourn , a Paramount vee- 
pee, supervises that company'.s ad- 
pub operations as only a part of 
his other duties. 

Whether Einfeld's new job will 
mean a di:'<solution of Enterprise, 
of which David L. Loew is .board 
chairman, hasn't been deteimlned. 
Ent still has commitments to der 
I iver one .film to both Metro : and 
United Artists, biK will cancel 
Ihcm if tho company dissolves. 



Warfield's Added Stock 

Washington, Nov. 2. 

David Warfield, octegenarian 
member of Loew's ; board, hag ; 
boosted his stock holdings in tho 
company to a total of 24,510 shares 
of common. 

. Warfield's increased holdingf 
are due lo a legacy of 3,510 shalres 
from an unnamed estate. 



PICTVBE8. 



Wednesflay, November 8, 194S 



Decree Makes ASCAP Revampiiig 
Mandatory If It Wants Exlub Revenue 



Eat and See, Too 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 

While ordinary film houses 
are equipped with popcorn 
and candy bars, the new Rubl- 
doux Drive-In theatre at River' 
side features a Snac'n-Vue 
Room, in which customers can 
eat 'Whrle gandering pictures. 

Theatre, which opens this 
week, will accommodate 730 
cars and will operate all year 
round, regardless of weather. 



Smart lawyens may yet pull the* 

American Society of Composers, 

Authors & Publishers out of the 

hole dug for it last week by the 

latest decision of Judge Vincent T. 

Leibell in N. Y. Federal court in 

the exhibitors' monopoly action, 

t)ut industry consensus is that it 

will have to be an entirely changed 
..organization with drastically re- 
vised methods of doing business. 

Any such revolution, however, must 

•wait final outcome of the suit since 

both ASCAP and the 160 suing 

exhibs, headed by circuit operator 

Harry Brandt, have Indicated cross- 
. appealis following the ruling, 
In the interim, it is likely that 

the Federal courts will grant a 

stay of the injunction against, the 

Society. If so, ASCAP undoubtedly 

will have to post a whacking sized 
vbond to recoup exhib payments.; 

during the stretch from appeal to 

decision. 
Meanwhile, the early impact of 

t h e decision which restrained 

ASCAP and its members from col- 
lecting theatre seat taxes had vary- 
ing impacts and reaction on dif- 
ferent branches of the industry. 

These were: 

1. Against ASCAP, a possibly 
fatal blow to its theatre revenues. 

2. For all indie exhibs, elimina- 
tion, at least temporarily, of the 
need of meeting ASC AP's levy for 
performing; rights on films. Also, 
the possibility, if the Brandt ap- 
peal is upheld, of recovering pay- 
inients made to the Society in past 
years. . , ■ 

3. For affiliated exhibs, the same 
elimination of seat taxes. However, 
the saving is tempered by the fact 
that the parent companies own 
subsid music publishing concerns 
Which are "members of ASCAP and, 
therefore, suffer diminished reven- 
ues. 

4. As; to exhib groups, w h i I e 
both National Allied and the In- 
dependent Theatre .Owners Assn., 
the Brandt unit, have flatly ad- 
vised their members to halt pay-- 
ments. Theatre Owners of America 
Friday (29) declared it still believes 
the question of seat taxes is in 
doubt. Following an executive com- 
mittee meeting, TOA told: its mem- 
bers to continue depositing ASCAP 
fees in escrow until all appeals 
are taken. 

Elements of the film industry. 
Including TOA, believe that 
ASCAP can be reorganized, into a 
collection agency and operate ■ With J. Arthur Rank's "Hamlet 
legally. As an added condition, the building up grosses on strong re- 
Bociety would be forced to sell | views and word-of-moufn m a 
licenses on a per-piece basis rather *■ 



Uppert's 4 for SG 

Lensed at Republic 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Robert L. Lippert will produce 
!four pictures on the Republic lot 
for Screen Guild release, starting 
this week, with the understanding 
that he will make 24 more if the 
present arrangement works out 
satisfactorily. 

First of the four is ^Rolling 
Cargo," rolling Thursday. OtherS; 
are "1 Shot Jesse James," Nov. 11; 
"Omoo," Dec. 1, and "Rirofire," 
Dec. 13. 



Columbia s Strong 
Next Yr. s Lineup 

Buttressed by its tieups with 
several indie producers, Columbia 
Pictures is staking out the next 12 
months as an important earning 
period with 14 top budget films to 
be released or produced. In addi-- 

tion, another seven top pictures i mission which would kill the radio 
currently in release will partially ' jackpot shows would be the "big- 
carry over into the next period to .^If 



Bill Brandt Likens 
Radio's Giveaways To 
Theatres' Banko Blight 

Rash of giveaway shows that 
have plagued the radio industry 
during the last year are a carbon 
copy of the bank nights that in' 
fested film theatres prior to the 
war, according to William Bi-andt, 
exec of the Brandt circuit, N. Y. 
Sounding, a ■ warning to radio, 
Brandt pointed out that theatre 
giveaways had practically run the 
entire film industry into the 
ground before a combination of 
circumstances, climaxed by the 
war, finally buried them. He be- 
lieves that the pending action of 
the Federal Communications Comr 



build the company's 1949 pros^ 
pects; Col's roster of pix for next 
year will also Include 27 "bread- 
and-butter" horse operas; and ad- 
venture films plus five serials and 
numerous shorts.: 

Major releases for the next per 
rlod will include "Knock On Any 
Door," Humphrey Bogart starrer 
now in production under the : San- 
tana banner; "Rough Sketch," 
Jennifer Jones-John Garfield star- 
rer; ''The Man From Colorado," 
Technicolor film starring Glenn 
Ford and William Holden, and 
"The Gallant Blade," Larry Parks 
starrer currently in a pre-release 
run. Top upcoming productions 
include "The Big Jump," with 
George Raft; "Wild BiU Doolin," 
Starring Randolph Scott, and "Miss 
Grant Takes Richmond," Lucille 
Ball vehicle. 



'HAMLET' INTO NEGRO 
CINEMAS ALSO AT $2.40 



than the present method of grant 
Ing blanket licenses. Should this 
change be successfully effected, the 
overall cost of performing rights to 
theatres would undoubtedly climb 
materially. 

To back their contentioni they 
(Continued on page 19) 



HUNTZ HALL ADDS TO 



has ever had. 

According to Brandt, theatre 
bank, nights were started: during 
the depression by a neighborhood 
exhibitor who, in desperation^ of- 
fered a $50 door prize to lure 
customers. : Then the vicious circle 
started, with competing nabe 
houses, forced / to offer similar; 
prizes, gradually pushing the jack-, 
pots higher. Big circuits, even, 
those running first run product/ 
were forced into the mess, until 
eventually almost every theatre 
was giving away prizes. Taking 
hold just like a. cancerous growth, 
Brandt said, the spiraling prizes 
started eating up -all the profits 
until : nobody was making any 
money and everybody in the in-: 
dustry, including studio producers,; 
were working only ; for the ; give- 
aways; ■ . , 

Even worse, Brandt pointed out, 
was the fact that bank nights be^: 
gan driving many customers, who 
expected to patronize theatres only 
for entertainment, away from the- 
atres. Exact situation is now tak- 
ing hold of the radio industry, he 
1 pointed out, with many former 
I listeners now bypassing radio be- 
! cause of what he termed the ''non- 
entertaining" giveaways. Radio 
giveaways started the same way; 
building gradually from the smaller 
programs to' the present . "Stop the 
Music jackpots, totaling as. much 
as $30,000. There's no limit to the 
amount of money that can be given 



'Wrong Number/ Teggy,' 'Belinda/ 
Julia/ Xarmeii' 'Rope' Pace Oct. B.O. 



October's Big 10 

1. "Sorry, Wrong Number" 
(Par). 

2. "Apartment Peggy" 
(20th). 

3. "Johnny Belinda" (WB). 

4. "J u 1 1 a Misbehaves" 
(M-G). 

5. "Loves of Carmen" (Col). 

6. "Rope" (WB). 

7. "Red River" (UAL 

8. "Rachel Stranger" (RKO). 
9 "Good .Sam" (RKO). 

10. "Cry of City" (20th). 



number of key runs; Universal's 
sales execs have now set an ex- 
panded booking policy for the film 
on the theory :"*that we; can road- 
show It anywhere in America." 
With that in mind, the American 
distrib of the British-made opus , 

is currently negotiatiiig to open i away under the present system, 
the pic in Negro houses both in , Brandt declared, so that the same 

cancer is now :spreading its 
tumorous growth over radio. : 

■ Filni business was cheapened -by 
bank: nights and many theatres, 
which ; couldn't stand; the drain, 
died in the sliUffle, Same thing is 
now happening in radio. Brandt 
declared, and he predicted that 



Washington and e I s e where 
throughout the counti-y. 
In no place will the pic play at 

WOOD HATE PARADE ^^t' vf^^ 

nabe nouses, according to Maurice 
With Hollywood film personali- 1 Bergman, U's eastern ad-pub chief, 
ties snagging increasingly unsym- 1 Company has set a three-vear pe- 
pathetic press treatment for their 1 nod for roadshows Bergman 
escapades, rumblings for a more ' added, before pulling the film for 
positive and aggressive type of , general release. He believes it can 
industry public relations program play jn 1,500 situations during this 
are being sounded by film execu- stretch ° , 1 

m^e thIn%nvTi^nfi'e?se Ttlifs' ^"'^ ^^^n^^'^^ Potential' 
«me' il^T ta^aooUng^outfit ^li^L^^e' 36^ mont"hr";f^?'"'''''° . 
whirh would be on call at all l.mes "^r*^^- " "9,1^1^ . 

to smooth over the situation if any hvT.r „ ^Tl^^ l-^u I 

•«nr» .s^noo^ peleh<! ee\ Intn °^ ""^ """^ profitable British 
ceieos get Into ^i,,^ ^^^^ ^j^^ American 

market. Record holder at present 
's another Shakespearian filmiza- 
tion. ■ 
up $ 
far. 



Study Amus. Tax 
To State, Cities 

' Washington) Nov. 2, 

A plan to turn all amusement 
taxation over to the states and cit- 
ies may be recommended by Con- 
gress by the Hoover Commission 
studying reorganization of the Fed- 
eral departments and agencies. 
This would mean that Congress 
would terminate its 20% bite on 
admissions and; on nightclub 
checks surrendering that entire 
field to the states and their sub- 
divisions. 

Currently 28 states have such 
taxes .which yielded them a total 
of only $14,216,000 during fiscal 
1947. In addition, a number of 
cities have such levies, some run- 
ning >as high as 109ci, as in Phila- 
delphia. Up to noWi however, this 
form of taxation has yielded only 
small potatoes to the cities and 
states. It thejr should get the field, 
to themselves," .however, they ob-. 
viously could make a good thing of. 
it, as : the Federal Government ■. has 
been doing, 

■The surrender would be in keep- 
ing with a suggestion of the Con- 
ference of Governors that the 
states and Federal government 
each stake outran exclusive field of 
taxation for itself, with certain of 
the excises being turned over v to 
the states. • Under the scheme, 
Uncle Sam would surrender his 
i right to all excises except two of 
the income-yielding big three— ^-to- 
bacco and liquor. 'The government 
would drop its gasoline. tax along 
with the other excises. A1.S0 re-, 
turned to the States would be the; 
estate taxes. 

In exchange, however, the states 
would have to drop certain forms, 
of. taxation which wouid become 
exclusively Federal, and there is 
the rub. Without such cooperation 
from all 48 states, the deal to 
switch the amusement tax would 
not take place. The -states would 
have to give up their income taxes. 



■♦■ "Sorry, Wrong. Number" (Par) 
rang the boxoffice hell nationally 
in October, according to reports 
from Variety correspondents in 22 ; 
key cities. The Burt Lancaster- 
Barbara Stanwyck starrer crashed 
through for nearly $800,000 total 
take in the past month despite the 
general pre-election decline, easily 
taking first place in the monthly; 
Variety survey. Picture was ninth; 
in September, month when it was 
just starting out in the keys. 

"Number" was substantially: 
ahead of "Apartment for Peggy" 
(20th), which started out slowly. , 
despite high praise from the erix. 
Latter put on a burst of strength 
near thedose of the month to take 
over second place. "Johnny Be- 
linda" (WB) was not far behind in 
third position, taking first place 
coin one week and Uniting second 
another in .the four^week compiW' 
tion. i 

"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G), on the 
wings of clever advertising, copped' 
fourth; spot. Picture ran four weeks;' 
at the N. Y. Music Hall, starting off 
with a smash $160,000, one of big- 
ger weeks at the Hall. VLoves of; 
Carmen" (Col) landed in fifth; 
place. 

Another Warner picture; "Rope,? 
was a strong sixth place winner, 
reaping plenty of critical acclaim 
as well as lots of coin. "Red River''.; 
j (UA) measured up to: its promise . 
I of the previous month to -wind up 
, in seventh, getting third place 
' money 'one week and fourth an- . 
other. 

"Rachel and Stranger" (RKO),: 
which; was fourth nationally in 
September, had sufficient steam to 
take eighth place last month. 
"Good Sam" (RKO), second place 
winner in September, landed ninth 
I position in the boxofflce sweep- 
stakes of October. "Cry of City" 
(20th),' which was inclined to be 
spotty early in the month, came, 
through with eno'ugh coin late in 
October to :.grab lOth position. 
' 'Runners-Up ' 

Other stout entries only showed 
enough stamina to reach runner-up 
category, offish trend of October ; 
keeping them: from getting; impor- 
tant coin. This classification was 
(Continued on page 19) 



television too would eventually fall 
piey to the giveaway illness unless 
the Federal Communications Com- 
mission steps in immediately and 
kills the plague. 



more screen 
trouble. 

These industryites believe it's 
practically impossible for the ,<;tu- 
dios to keep an eagle: eye on tlieir j 
Stars at. all times, to make certain .; 
they stay out of trouble. ' They ; 
recognize the human element and 
the fact anybody from Hollywood, I 
being so much in the public eye, | 

will always attract more attention, i Metro's Benjamin Thau and 
Mounting tide of anti-Hollywood Spencer Tracy arrived in New 



CONTE'S20TH FACTORS 
TWO PLAYS IN 7 YEARS 



..■ ' ■ Hollywood, Nov. 2:;.,,;, 
i Richard Conte's new contract 
■.rj.v— . ir,. i.t , I ^v'*'^ 20th-Fox calls for seven years, 

ii 7<frt S,y ' t'le three of which are with- 

$1,750,000 in distrib rentals so out options, with the privilege of 

taking time out for a Broadway 
legiter at any titne during^ that 
period. , During the other four 
years he will be permitted another 
eastern stage venture, with a heavy 
boost in pay. ::; ■'■;; , 

Conte's next film chore is "Hard 
co-starring with Valen- 



Thau, Tracy in N. Y. 



crl'^cism was lent further fuel this Y<""k from the Coast Monday (1). , 
week by the arrest on the Coast of Thau will remain for at least two i Bargain 
actor Huntz Hall (one of the Dead ' weeks for huddles with homeoffice '. tina Cortese, Italian"actress. 
tind Kids) on a narcotics charge, i officials and may stay over until 
and Life mag's pickup of the pic- I production exec Dore Schary ar- 
ture of actor Robert Walker sit-,"ves Nov, 15. 
ting disheveled and apparently ' Tracy is in on a combined busi- 
drunk in a Hollywood police; sta- ; ness.ivacation trip for 10 days 
tion. Such Incidents, according to While in N. Y., he'll confab with 

prove 



WB PREPS 10 YARNS 
FOR 1949 LENSING 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Production at Warners, currently 
in a slump, will be hopped up after; 
the first of the year^ with six pro- 
ducers readj'ing 10 stories for early 
1949 lensing. Lou Edelman ' ha^ 
"Career Girl," "Classmates" and 
"Missing Persons Bureau;" Henry 
Blanke is preppmg "Bright Leaf 
and "Beyond the Forest;" Harry 
Kurnitz is readying "Miss Smith 
and the Octopus;" Jerry Wald is 
working on the Eddie Cantor 
starrer, "Rise Above It," and An- 

j thony Veiller is preparing three 

' untitled properties. 

All the pictures will be made 
under the new studio policy which 
lequircs all .scripts to be com-, 
pleted befoie the icrihing starts; 
thereby saving lime and costs. 



Chi 441G Trust Suit 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 

o u i . , „,^., , , - .-A S441.000 complaint was feed 

Such incidents, according to While in N. Y., he'll confab with in Chi federal district court against 
more bellicose industryites, .George Cukor, director of Metro's major film exhibs and theatre cir- 
that pub relations programs ; "Edward, My Son," Tracy's last cults, by Seymour Simon attorney 
based on attracting favorable pub- ; picture which was shot in England, for Grove theatre, Galesburg 111 
Ucity for Hollywood is okay as far | Cukor returned from London last Friday (29). ' ' 

as it goes, but even more impop- ,week and was scheduled to return I Weldon Allen, owner of the 
tant is the development of some to the Coast Saturday (30) but re- Grove theatre, claims violation of 
cystera to insure against such inci- 1 mains in N.y, for another week to ! the ' " ' 



dents hitting the public ^ress. i*ee Tracy. 



Sherman 
I trust acts. 



and Clayton anti- 



M-G Woos John Huston 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
; Three-year director : deal be- 
tween John Huston and Metro is 
nearing the signing stage, with 
"Battleground" slated as the first 
assignment. 

Contract would permit Huston to 
make one outside film a year for 
Horizon Pictures, in which he and 
Sam Spiegel are partners. Their 
first (John Garfield) is for Colum- 
bia release. 



STOCK-BUYING SPREE 
FOR 2 WARNER BROS. 

Washington, Nov. 2. 

Mild buying spree in WB com^' 
nion stock by two of the three 
Warner brothers featured -"insider" ■' 
transactions : reported ; by the . Se- ; 
curities and Exchange Commission^ 
during the month ending Oct. 1. 

Jack L. Warner acquired a total 
of lOjOOO shares in six separate 
transactions but gave 1„500 to the 
United Jewish Welfare Fund. This 
left him v»".th a net increa.se of 8,- 
500 shares for the period, bocsting 
his total holdings to 426,500. In 
addition, he has 21,500 shares in a , 
trust fund, 

Brother Albert Warner bought 
1,000 shares to .lack his total to 
436,200, plus another 21,000 of the 
common stock in a trust fund. Gn 
the other hand, Harry Jl. Warner ; 
disposed of 1,200 WB common by 
gift, but still owns 283,150 of the 
I company stock. He has an addi- 
tional 16,000 shares in a trust fund. 

N.. Peter Rathvon sold 400 shares 
of RKO. $1' common, but retained 
13,800. Robert Lehman, 20fh-Fox 
director, bought an extra 100 shares 
of that company's no par common 
during the past month, to build his 
holding to 2,600 shares. Edwin 
Van Pelt, of the Republic pix board, 
picked up 1,000 shares of that com- 
pany on the market and now owns 
2,600. 

Loew's, Inc., which has been 
quietly purchasing all the loo.se , 
stock of Loew's Boston Theatres, 
continued that during the month. 
It added 84 shares. It now holds 
123,263 shares of the $25 par com- 
mon of that Boston corp. 

During recent months, SEC dis- 
closed, Arthur C. Broraberg, mem- 
ber of the board of Monogram, 
bought up 1,300 shares of Mono 
via his Monogram Southern Ex- : 
changes. Exchanges now holds 16,- 
672 shares of Monogram Pictures. 

On the radio front, Robert E. 
Kintner, vice president of the 
American Broadcasting Co., sold 
2,500 shares of that company's 
common. 'He, retained 33,500. 



Every business has a TRADE MARK-'IVot many rate a HALL MARK 



It's simple to get o trade mark. 

Tell Uncle Sam you're going into business, regis- . 
ter the name, pay the fee and there you are— set 
to sink or svnm» 

A HALL mark is something else again. 

You Just can't BUY it. 

In England it's the official stamp used at the 
Goldsmiths' Hall, Lortdon, to mark the standard of 



gold and silver articles essayed by them. You 
can't get around that kind of weighing. 

In this country, the words have come to mean "a 
distinctive mark or token of genuineness." You 
can't get around that kind of weighing, eitherl 

And in about every country in the world, 
VARIETY has, for nearly 45 years now, been im- 
prinfed with the hallmark of distinction by the peo- 
ple of all showbusiness. 



NEW YORK 19, 
154 West 46th St. 



CHICAGO 1, 
360 No. Michigan Ave. 



HOLLYWOOD 28, 
6311 Yucca St. 



LONDON WC 2 
8 St. Martin's Plac* 
Ttalolgor Sq. 



LA. Still Lags But 'Hamlet' Hefty 
$15,000; 'Blood' Hands UpNice39G, 
'Breed' Tame $17,000, 'Station' 27G 



IjOS Angeles, Nov. 2. i 
Overall boxfTice continues on 
light side here as new bills fail to ■ 
generate strong biz. However, ' 
roadsliowing of "Hamlet" is sight- 
ing a very strong $15,000 on imtial 1 



and "I^eather GIovps' 
$10,000. Last week, 
(EL) and "Nanook" 
sue) (5 days), $5,700. 

Pan Paiiific (Prin<Coc) 
$1— "Red Biver" (UA) 



(Col). Okay 
"Spiritualist" 
(Indie) (rels- 



frame at small Four Star. "Sta' 
lion West" Is going to only medium 
f 27,000 in two theatres while 
"Pdi-adine Case" looks very slow 
$37,500 in five situations/ 

"Kiss Blood Off Hands" shapes 
fairly good $39,000 or better in six 
houses. "Untamed Breed" looks 
only $17,000 in four spots. Third , r^^A^^^^' 
and final frame of "Johnny Be- fl* Goddess^ 



(940; 85- 
(3d wk). 
neat $5,- 



Fair $3,500. Last week, 
000. 

Pantaces (Pan) (2.812; 60-$l)— 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) and 
"Black Eagle" (Col) (2d wk-6 days). 
Only $7,500. Last week, fair $16,- 
100. 

Paramount (F&M) (3.398; 60-$l) 
—"Station West" (RKO) and "Jun- 
(SG). Mild $16,000. 



Imda" is breezy $40,000 in three 
locations. "Red River" on third 
round in > five small-seaters, is still 
good at $39,000. 

Estimates for This Week 

Belmont (FWC) (1,532; 60-$l)— 
"Untamed Breed" (Col) and 
"Leather Gloves" (Col). Under 
$2,500. Last week, "Spiritualist" 
(EL) and "Nanook of North" (In- 
die) (reissue) .(5 days), $1,300. 

Beverly Mills Music Hall (G&S- 
Prin-Cor) (834; 85-$l) — "Red 
River" (UA) (3d wk). Nifty $6,500. 
Last week, $7,900. 

Carthay Circle (FWC) (1,518; 60- 
$1)— "Paradine Case" (SRO) and 
"Million Dollar Weekend" (EL). 
. Only $5,000. Last week, "Cry of 
City" (20th) and "Smuggler's 
•Cove" (Mono) (2d wk-6 days), 
$3,100. 

Chinese (Grauraan-WC) (2,048; 
60-$l) — "Paradine Case" (SRO) 
and "Million Dollar: Weekend" 
CEL), Thin $6,500. Last week, 
"Cry City" (20th) and "Smug- 
gler's" (Mono) (2d wk-6 days), 
$5,200. 

Culver (FWC) (1,145: 60-$!)— "Kiss 
Blood Off Hands" (U) and "Sword 
of Avenger" (EL). Fair $5,000. 
Last week, "Spiritualist" (EL) and 
■/"Nanook^' (Indie) (6 days), .$2,100. 

Downtown (WB) (1,800; 60-$l)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (3d wk). 
Neat $16,000. Last week, $ld,800. 

Downtown Music Hall (Prin-Cor) 
(902; 85-$l)— "Red River" (UA) (3d 
wk). Good $15,500. Last week,' 
clrong $20,700. 

Egyptian (FWC) (1,538; 60-$l)— 
"Luxury Liner" (M-G) and "Secret 
Land" (M-G) (2d wk). Medium $7.- 
600. Last week, okay $11,000. 

■ El Rey (FWC) (861; 60-$l)— "Un- 
tamed Breed": (Col) and "Leather 
Gloves" (Col). Modest $2,000 or 
over. Last week, "Spiritualist" 
(EL) and "Nanook" (Indie) (5 days), 
$1,200. 

Esquire (Rosener) (685; 85-$1.20) 
—"The Illegals" (Indie) (3d wk). 
Oke $2,000. Last week, $2;800. 

Four Star (UA-WC) (900, $1.20- 
$2 40)— "Hamlet" (U). On "road- 
show policy. Very strong $15,000. 
Last week, "Apartment Peggy" 
(20th) and "Night Wind" (20th) (2d 

■ wk--4 days) (m.O:), $2,600. 

Guild (FWC) (968; 60-$] >— "Kiss 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL). Mild $3,500. Last week, 
.'.'Love of Mary" (U) and "Golden 
Eye" (Mono), $1,300. 

Hawaii (G&S-Prin-Cor) (1,106; 
85-$l)— "Red River" 'UA) (3d wk). 
■■ Smooth $7,500. Last week, $10,700. 

Hollywood (WB) (2,756; 60-$l)— 
"Belinda" (WB) '3d wk). Good 
$12,000. Last week, sturdy $18,300. 

Hollywood Music Hall (Prin-Cor) 
(512; 85)— "Red River" (UA) (3d 
wk). Smart $6,000. Last week, $7,- 
400. * 

Iris (FWC) (828; 60-85)— "Kiss 
, Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL). Okay $4,500, Last week, 
"Love Mary" (U) and "Golden Eye" 
(Mono), $2,000. 

Laurel (Rosener) (890; 85)— 
."Life, Loves Tschaikovsky" (Indie). 
Fair $2,500. Last week, "Mill on 
Floss" (Indic) and "Our Mr. Shake- 
,, speare" dndie) (reissues), $2,700. 

Loew's State (Loew's-WC) (2,404- 
60-$l)— "Paradine Case" (SRO) and 
"Million Dollar Weekend" (EL). 
Slow $15,500. Li-fit week, "Cry 
City" (20th) and "Smuggler's" 
(Mono) (2d wk-6 days), $12,300. 

Los Angeles (D'town-WC) (2,- 
097; 60-$l)— "Luxur.v Liner" (M-G) 
and "Secret Land" (M-G) (2d Wk). 
Mild $12,000. Last week, okay 
$20,400. 

Loyola (FWC) (1,248; 60-$l)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and "Mil- 
lion Dollar Weekend" (EL). Light 

?!5,000. Last week, "Cry City" 
20th) and "Smuggler's" (Mono) 
(2d wk-6 days). $3,700. 

Million Dollar (D'towti) (2,093; 
B0-$5) -"This Is New York" (UA) 
(2d run) with Milton Larkin: orch, 
Lonnie Johnson on stage. . Slim 
$10,000. Last week, "Larceny" (U) 
(2d run),' with Josh White, others, 
on stage, small $9,100. 

Orpheum (D'town-WC) (2,210; 
eO-$l)— "Untamed Breed" (Col) 



Last week "Night Has Thousand 
Eyes" (Par) and "Night Time Ne- 
vada" (Rep) (8 days), $15,900. 

Paramount Hollywood (F&M) (J.,- 
451; 60-$l)— "Station West" (RKO). 
Okay $11,000. Last week, "Thous- 
and Eyes" (Par) (8 days), $9,200. 

RKO Hillstreei (RKO) (2,890; 60- 
80)— "Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) 
and "Black Eagle" (Col) (2d wk-6 
days). Down to $11,000. Last week, 
sturdy $23,000. 

Kits (FWC) (l,a70; 60-$l)— "Kiss 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL). Good $7,000. Last week. 
"Love Mary" (U) and "Golden Eye" 
(Mono), $3,100. 

Studio City (FWC) (880; 60-$l)— 
"Kiss Blood" (U) and "Sword 
Avenger" (EL). Nice $4,000. Last 
weeki "Love Mary'' (U) and "Gol- 
den Eye" iMonoT, $4,400. 

United Artists (UA) (2.100; 60- 
$1) — "Kiss Blood" (U) and "Sword 
Avenger" (EL). Trim $15,000. Last 
week;"Love - Mary" (U) and 
"Golden Evp" (Mono). $4,400. 

Uptown "(FWC) (1,719; 60-Sl)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and "Mil- 
lion Dollar Weekend" (EL). Slow i 
$5,500. Last week, "Cry City" 
(20th) and "Smussler's" (Mono) 
(2d wk-6 days). $3,500. | 
Vogruc (FWC) (885; 60-85)— "Un- 
tamed Breed" (Col) and "Leather 
Gloves" (Col). Light $2..500. Last 
week, "Spiritualist" (EL) and 
"Nanook" (Indie) (reissue) (5 days), 
$1 900 ■ 

Wilshire (FWC) (2,296; 60-$l)— 
"Luxury Liner" (M-G) nnd "Secret, 
Land" "(M-G) (2 wk), Fair $7,500. 
Last week, nice $11,800. 

Wiltern (WB) (2,300; 60-$l)— 
"Belinda" (WBI (3d wk). Good 
$12^000. Last weeki strong $18,- 
400.' 



'EYES' NOT SO BRIGHT 
$15,000 IN DIM ST. LOO 

St. Louis, Nov. 2. 
Interest in election plus rain last 
Saturday night and part of Sunday 
combined to slash weekend btt 
and is making trade very slow for 
week. Best showing likely will be 
made by "Night Has Thousand 
Eyes" but it is mild at Ambassador; 
"Return of Bad Men" shapes very 
.slow at Fox. 

Estimates for This Week 
Ambassador (F&M) (3,000; 50- 
75)— "Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) 
and "Angels in Exile" (Rep). 
Modest $15,000. Last week. "Moon- 
rise" iRep) and "Smart Girls Don't 
Talk" (WB), $16,000. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 50-75)— "Re- 
turn of Bad Men" (RKO) and 
"Berlin Express" (RKO). Slow 
$16,000. Last week, "Coroner 
Creek" (Col) and "Lulu Belle" 
(Col), $18,000. 

Loew's (Loew) (3,172; 50-75)— 
"Pea body and Mermaid" (EK) and 
"Black Arrow" (Col). Dull $14,000. 
Last week, "Southern Yankee" 
(M-G) and "Secret Land" (M-G), 
$19,000. 

Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 50-75)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
(m.O.). Fine $9,000. Last week, 
"Good Sam" (RKO) and "Rachel 
and Stranger" (RKO) (m.o.) (2d 
wk), $7,500. 

Orpheum (Loew) (2,000; 50-75)— 
"Southern Yankee" (M-G) and 
"Secret Land" (M-G). (m.o.). Nice 
$8,000. Last week, "Loves of Car- 
men" (Col) (m.o.), $8,500. 

St. Louis (F&M) )4,000; 50-60)— 
"Drive by Night" (WB) and "An- 
gels Dirty Faces" (WB) (reissues). 
Oke $5,500. Last Week, "Son Monte 
Christo" (EL) and "Count Monte 
Christo" (EL) (reissues), $5,000. 

Shubert (Ind) (1,500; 40-60)— 
("Rope" (WB) and "Lightnin" in 
Forest" (Rep) (m.o.) (2d wk); Solid 
$6,000 after $7,000 for first stanza. 



'River Big Splash in Pitt, $22,1 
'Blood' M $14,000, 'Eyes' Dim IIG 



Key City Grosses 



Estimated Total Gross 

This Week $2,793,000 

(Based on 23 cities, 233 
tlieatrcs. chiefly first runs, in- 
cluding N. Y.). 
Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year . $3,415,000 

, (Bas^d on 23 cities, 208 
theatres). 



'SAM' WOW $16,500, 
PORT.; 'PARADINE' IIG 

Portland, Ore., Nov. 2. 
Good pictures are coining the 
dough in flrstrun and holdover 
houses this week; "Good Sam" and 
"Paradine Case" look toppers. 
"Saxon Charm'! is on disappointing 
side.'.:' 

Estimates for This Week 

Broadway 'Parker) (1,832; 50-85) 
—"Paradine Case" (SRO> and 
"Daredevils of 'Clouds" (Rep) (10 
days). Big $11,000., Last week 
"Peabody and Mermaid" (U) and 
"Secret Service Investigator" 
(Rep), $11,400. 

Mayfair (Parker) (1,500; 50-85) — 
"Doctor Takes Wife" (Col) and: 
"Flight Lieutenant" (Col) (reisfues) 
(4 days). Fine $4,000. La.st week, 
"Black Arrow" (Col) and "For You 
I Die" (Indie) (5 days), $,4,500. 

Music Box (H-E) (1,000; 50-85)— 
"Apartment For Peggy" .(20th) and: 
"Escape" (20th) (m.o.). Sock $4,500. 

Last week, 'JRachel and Stranger" I Trim $13,000 or close 



Frisco Slow But 
'Eyes Hep $13 1 



(RKO) and "Mystery In Mexico 
(RKO) (3d wk) (m.o.), $2,500. 

Oriental (H-E) (2,000; 50-85) — 
"Good Sam" iRKO) and "Shed No 
Tears" (EL), (6 days). Day-date 
with Orpheum.' Terrific $6,000. 



San Francisco, Nov. 2. 
. Business j is very dullish this 
stanza .Mritfa . the plethora of hold- 
overs .cutting ■ into : overall total. 
"Touch of Venus," which rated 
disappointing reviews, will be only 
fair at Orpheum. Best .showing 
is being made -by "Night Has 
Thousand Eyes," which will do a 
comparatively, strong session at 
small St. Francis. "Station West" 
shapes okay at Golden Gate. 
Estimates, for This Week 
Golden Gate (RKO) (2.844; 60- 
95)— "Station West" (RKO) and 
"Bodyguard" (RKO). Okay $18,000 
or near. Last week, "Race Street" 
(RKO) and "Variety Time" (RKO) 
(2d wk) $10,500. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651; 60-95) — 
"Angels Dirty Faces" (WB) and 
"Drive by Night" (WB) (rei.ssues). 
Sinn $15,000. Last week; "Cry of 
City" (20th) and "Sons of Adven- 
ture" (Rep), $17,500. 

Warficld (FWC) (2,656; 60-85)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"Secret Land" (M-G) (2d wk). Oke 
$14,000 or close. Last week, good 
$19,500. 

Paramount (Par) (2,S46; 60-85)-- 
"Tatlock's Millions" (Par) arid"In- 
ner Sanctum" (FC) (2d wk). Nice 
$14,000 in 5 days. Last week, good 
$19,000. 

St. Francis (Par) (1,400; 60-85)— 
ITOght Has Thousand Eyes" (Par). 

Last week. 



'Verdict' Smash 
$14,0M in PhiUy 

Philadelphia, Nov. .2. 

Hallowe'en parties cut' into, the 
Saturday night receipts at mid- 
town deluxers. but brisk Sunday 
night trade made up partly - for 
boxoflfice loss. Absence of new 
bills is hurting. ''Sealed Verdict'? 
shapes smash but "Southern Yan- 
kee" is not big. ' 

Estimates for This Week 

Aldine (WB) (1,303; 50-99)— 
"Isn't It Romantic" (Par). Fair 
$13,000. Last week, "Best Years" 
(RKO), $10,800. 

Arcadia (S&S) (700; 60-94)— 
"Rachel and Stranger" (RKO). 
Solid $5,700. Last week. "Luxury 
Liner" iM-G), oke $5,200. 

Boyd (WB) (2,360; 50-99)— "Loves 
of Carmen" (Col) (3d wk). Cooling 
off to $16,000. Last week, $19,000. 

Earle (WB) (2,700; 50-99)— "Walk 
Crooked Mile" (Col). Down to 
$16,000 after fast .$24,000 opener. 

Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99)— "Cry 
of City" (20th) (2d wk). Mode.st 
$17,000 after wow $28,000 Initial 
frame." ■ ■ ■ ■ 

Goldman (Goldman) (1,^00; 50- 
99)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d 
wk). Still great $23,000 aftfer fancy 
$29,000 first session. 

Karlton (Goldman) (1,000; 50- 
99)— "Sealed Verdict" (Par). Smash 
$14,000. Last week, "Love of 
Mary" lU), $8,500. 

Keith's (Goldman) (1,300; 50-94) 
-^"Sorry, Wrong Number" (Par). 
Mild $4,000. Last week* "Sitting 
Pretty" (20th), $6,500. 

Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 50-99) — 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (4th wk). 
Holding up with surprising 
.strength at $20,000; goes a fifth. 
Last week, fine $?,5,000. 

Pix (Cummins) (500; 50-ft4).^"No 
Greater Sin" (Indie) and "Children 
on Trial" (Indie) (2d wk). Best 
thing this house has had: in months. 
Great $8,000 after aboiit same 
opening sesh. Holding a third. , 

Stanley (WB) (2,950; 50-99)— 
"Southern Yankee" (M-G). Red 
Skelton film not up to expectations 
at $21,500. Last week. "Red River" 
(UA) (4th wk), fancy $16,000. 

Stanton (WB) (1,475; 50-99)— 
"Night Has Thousand Eyes" (Par) 
(2d wk). Fine $11,000 after sock 
$14,000 opener. 



Pittsburgh, Nov. 2 

"Red River" is the big spla.sh 
here this week, giving Penn its big- 
gest session in months and a cim-lt 
to hold. "Kiss the Blood OfT Iland.s " 
is packing a punch at Harris, and 
"Johnny Belinda" doing fine on 
moveover to Warner. "Night Has 
a Thousand Eyes" looks droopy at 
Stanley. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 44-76) — 
"Cry of City" (20th) (2d wki. Slays 
just 4 days, with "Song Is Born ' 
(RKO) moving in Nov. 3. In 
abbreviated session, "City" was 
only $4,000. Last week, nice $9,500. 

Harris (Harris) (2,200; 44-76) — 
"Kiss Blood Off Hands ' (U), Good 
campaign, helped by p a. of Burt 
Lancaster here last week, paying 
off at strong $14,000 or over. Last 
week, "Walk Crooked Mile" (Col), 
same in 8 days. . . . 

Penn (Loew's-UA) (3.300; 44-76) 
— "Red River" (UA). Top piclure 
in this house In : months: Sock 
$22,000, and will stay. Last week, 
"Southern' Yankee" iM-G) and 
"Secret Land" (M-G), fair $13,500. 

Ritz (Loew's) (800; 44-76) — 
"Southern Yankee" (M-G) and 
"Secret Land" (M-G) (m.o,) Dim at 
under $2,000 In 6 days. Comes out 
a day ahead due to ''Hamlet" open- 
ing roadshow date. Tomorrow 
(Wed.) night. Last week, "Sorrv, 
Wrong Number" (Par), okay $3,5(jo 
for third downtown week. 

Senator (Harris) (1,7.50; 44-76)— 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) (m.o,)/ 
Okay $3,000 or over. Last week, 
"Count Monte Cristo" (UA) and 
"Son Monte Cristo';, (UA) (reis- 
sues), $2,500. 

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 44-76) — 
"Night Has Thousand Eyes" iPar). 
Notices, for this one weren't too 
bad biit it's going nowhere. Maybe- 
$11,000, thin. Last week, second of 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB», big 
$16,000. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 44-76) — 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (m.o.) Big 
$10,500 here after sock fortnight 
at Stanley. Likely to stay her*. Last 
week, "Smart Girls Don't Talk'* 
(WB) and "Isn't It Romantic" (Par), 
dismal $5,500. 



"Rope" (WB) (4th wk), fine 
$10,000. 

Orpheum (S. Corwin) (2.448; 55- 
85)— "Touch of Venus" (U) and 
"Shed No Tears" (EL). Fair $12,- 
000 or better. Last week, "Loves 



Last week, "Apartment Peggy" j Carmen" (Col) and "Rlarlr 
(20lh) and "E.scape" (20th) (2d wk), Eagle'' (Co?) (2d- vik) 



$3,700. 

Orpheum 'IT-E) (1,750; .50-85)— 
"Good Sam" (RKO) and "Shed No 
Tears" 'ED, also Oriental. Sock 
$10,500. Last week, "Apartment 
Peggy" {20th) and "Escape" (20th) 
(2d wk), $6,500. 

Parsmiount (H-E) (3,400; 50-85)— 
"Rose Washington Square';' (20th) 
and "Slave Ship" (20th) (reissues). 
Good $6,700. La.st week, "Walk 
Crooked Mile" (Col) and "Gay In- 
truders" i20th), fair $7,000. 

Playhouse (H-E) 1 1,200, 50-85)— 
"Walk Crooked Mile ' (Col) and 
"Gay Intruders' i20th) im.o,) (6 
day.s), Okay $1,500., La.st: week, 
"Sorry, Wrong Number" (Par) and 
"Adventures Casanova" (EL) (2d 
wk) (m.o.), good $1,800. 

United Artists (Parker) (895; 50- 
85) — "Saxon Charm" lUi. Fair 
$5,000 or negri Last week, "Lux- 
ury Liner" (M-G) (3d wk), fine 
$7,300. 



, strong $16, 

500. 

United Artists (S. Corwin) a, 207; 
5.5-85)— "Red River" (UA) i3d wk). 
Strong $13,000. Last week, big 
$19,000. 

Esquire (S. Corwin) (955; 55-85) 
"Loves of Carmen" (Col) and 
"Black Eagle" (Col) (m.o), Nice 
$7,000. Last week, "Urubu" (UA) 
and "Bush Christmas" (U). same. 

Clay (Roesner) (400; 65-85)— 
"Ireland Today" (Indie) (2d wk). 
Good $3,500. Last week, $4,200. 

United Nations (FWC) (1,149; 60- 
8.5) — "Cry of City" i20th) and 
"Sons of Adventure" (Rep) (m.o >. 
Thin $2,500. Last week, "Apari.- 
ment for Peggy"- (20th) and "Night 
Wind" {20thj im.o.), $3,500. 

State iPar) (2,133; 60-85) — 
"Kope" (WB) (m.o.). Pleasing 
.$6,000. Labt week, "Cover (he 
War" (Indio) and "Saboteur" (In 
die) (reissues), $6,500. 



Mills Bros. Up 'Storm' 
Lusty $13,000, Seattle 

Seattle, Nov. 2. 

Palomar is doing strong biz this 
week, with Mills Bros, boosting 
"Out of Storm" in resumption of 
stage fare at this house, , Best 
straight-filmer is "Julia MisbCT 
haves" at Fifth Avenue^ 

Estimates for This Week 

Blue Mouse (H-E) (800; 50-84) — 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) and 
"Big Punch" (WB) (m.o.). Okay 
$3,500. Last week, "Carmen" (Col): 
(3d wk), dandy $3,900 in 6 days. 

Coliseum (H-E) (1,877; 50-84)— 
"Return Wildfire" (SG) and "Jun- 
gle Goddess" (SG). Thin $5,000 in 
6 days. Last week, "Crooked Mile" 
(Coi) and "Triple Threat" (Col) (2d 
wk), only $4,600 in 6 days. 

Fifth Avenue (H-E) 12,200; 50-841 
—"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"Secret Land" iM-G). Great $13,- 
000, Last week, "Apartment for 
Peggy " i20th) and "Big Punch" 
|(VVB) (2d wk), good $8,800 in 8 
days. 

Liberty (Ind) (1,650; 60-84)— 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) (2d 
wk). Fair $4,000 in '4 days. Last 
week, fair $8,000. 

Mu.sic Box (H-E) (850; 50-84)-^ 
"Touch of Venus" (U) and "Sword 
of Avenger" (EL) (m.o;). ■ Okay 
$4,000. Last week, "Rachel and 
Stranger" (RKO) and "Mystery 
Mexico" (RKO) (4th wk), $3,400 in 
6 days..:"' 

Music Hall (H-E) (2,200; 50-84)-^ 
''Peabody and Mermaid" (U) and 
I "Case Mrs. Crane" (EL). Dim $6,- 
i (Continued on page 18) 



'Tallock's' Good $15,000, 
Mpls.; lile' Nice 12G, 
life' lOG, 'Mermaid' 5G 

Minneiipolis, Nov. 2. 
Big Incoming football crowds' 
again, this time for Minnesota-In- 
diana homecoming', grid game 
which drew 65,000, helped Loop 
weekend grosses. More favorable 
weather helped, too, with busihess 
generally rosier. Ncwconier.s out : 
front are "Miss Tatlock's Millions'* 
and "Walk a Crooked Mile." 
Estimates for This Week 
Century (Par) (1,600; 50-70)— 
"Peabody and Mermaid" (U). Mild 
$5,000 indicated. Last week,"Decp 
Waters" (20th), good $7,000. 

Gopher (Par) (1,000; 40-'.50)— 
"Secret Land" (M-G> and "Reluin 
of Wildfire" (SG). Mild $3,500. Last 
week, "Eyes of Texas" (Rep) and 
"Pardon My Sarong" (Indie) (re- 
issue), $3,000. 

Lyric (Par) (1,000; 50-70)-^ 
"Blood and Sand" (20tli) and "I 
Wake Up Screaming" (20th) (re- 
issues). Good $6,000. Last week, 
"Canon City" (EL) (2d wk), satis- 
factory $5,000, giving it fairly good 
$14,200 fortnight. 

Pix (Corwin) (300; 50-70)— "Deep 
Waters" (20th) (m.o.). Ushers in 
moveover policy for house once de- 
voted to newsreels. Fair $1„500 or 
:over;-. ■ 

Radio City (Par) (4,400, 50-70^— 
"Miss Tatlock's Millions" iPar). 
Personals by Mary Hatcher and 
Robert Stack first two days but 
looks only good $15,000. Last week, 
"Julia Misbehaves" iM-G) (2d wk), 
neat $12,000. 

RKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; 50- 
70)— "Walk Crooked Mile" iCol), 
Good $12,000. Last week, "Rope" 
(WB), socko $15,000. 

HKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; ."iO- 
70)— "Rope" (WB) (m.o.). Strong at 
$9,000. Last week, "Loves of Car- 
men" (Col) (2d wk), .$7,500. 

State (Par) (2,300; 50-70)— "Time 
of Life" (UA). Moderate $10,000. 
Single midnight showing of "Night 
Has Thousand Eyes" (Par) Ilal- 
low'en brought in real dough. Last 
week, "Saxon Charm" (U), light 
$8,000, 

Uptown (Par) (1,000; 44-60)-— 
"Two Guys Texas" (WB). Good 
$4,000. Last week, "Life With 
Father" (WB), $4,500. 

World (Mann) (350; 50-85)— 
"Loves of Carmen" (Col) (m.o.). 
Third downtown week. Fair $2,000. 
Last week, "October Man" (ED, 
$2-,500. 



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12G, Teggy'-Kowey Sock 50G, 2d 



Chicago,. Nov. 2. 

Fair weekend weather and heavy 
advance flacking set up bonanza 
noening for "Johnny Belinda," 
which rates as best of five new 
nix here this session. In for four 
weeks under special exemption 
from JP decree, it looks hefty 
$28,000 at State-Lake. 

"Sealed Verdict" is doing husky 
$14 000 at United Artists while 
"Secret Land," hypoed by Navy 
brass on hand for preem, promises 
the Grand a so-so $12,000. "Rac- 
ing Luck" and "Untamed Breed" 
should garner Garrick okay $10,- 
000. "Apartment for Peggy," with 
Mickey Rooney on stage, leads the 
holdover parade with prime $50,- 
000 likely at Chicago. "Luck of 
Iri-sh," plus Jane Powell in person, 
is set for brisk $38,000 in third 
week at Oriental. "Station West" 
looks stout $22,000 in second frame 
Palace while "Song Is Bom" may 
land $26,000 on Woods holdover. 
Estimates for This Week 

Apollo (B&K) (1,400; 50-98)— 
•Hangmen Also Die" (Indie) and 
^Blockade" (Indie) (reissuesT. Nice 
iflO.OOO. Last week, "My Son, My 
Son" (EL) and ".International 
Lady" (Indie) (reissues), $9,800. 

Chicago (B&K) (3,900; 50-98)— 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) with 
Mickey Rooncy in person (2d wk). 
Smash $50,000, ; Last week; excel- 
lent $(52,000. 

Garrick (B&K) (900; 50-85)— 
•Untamed Breed" (Col) and "iRac- 
Ing Luck" (Col); Moderate $8,000. 
Last week, "Triple Threat" (Col) 
and "Blac k Kagle" (Col), $9,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Secret Land" (M-G) and "Variety 
Time" (RKO). So-so $10,000. Last 
week. "The Pearl" (RKO), fine 
$18,000. 

Oriental (Gssaness) (3,400; 50-98) 
—"Luck of Irish" (20th) with Jane 
Powell on .stage (3d wk). Brisk i 
$38,000. La.st week, sock $51,500. 

Palace (RKO) (2,500; 50-98)— 
"Sfation West" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Solid $22,000. Last Week, big $28,- 
600 

Uoosevclt (B&K) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Cry of City" (20th) (2d wk). 
Average $16,000.' Last week, 
ttiirdv $21,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2.700; 50-98) 
— "Johnnv Belinda" (WB). Big 
$28,000. Last week, "Julia Mis- 
behaves" (M-G) (2d wk), fairish 
$16,000. 

Surf (Indie) (650; 85)— "Mikado" 
(Ui (rfeissue) (3d wk). Bright 
$3.S00. Last week, $4,500. 

United Artists (B&K) (1,700: 50- 
98)— 'Scaled Verdict" (Par). Neat 
$14,000. Last week, "Gone with 
Wind" (M-G) (reissue) (1st wk). 
Slight $9,000. 

Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98)— 
•Song Is Born" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Solid $26,000. Last week, sock 
$34,000. 

Worid (Indie) (587; 80)— "Beauty 
and Beast" (Indie) (3d wk). Fat 
$3,500. Last week, $4,000. 

'Blood' Bright $18,000 
Tops Buff.; 'River' Big 
17G, Skelton Good 15G 

Buffalo, Nov. 2. 

Biz sliapes a bit better this week 
but far from terrific. "Red River" 
and "Kiss Blood Off Hands" look 
to be strongest newcomers. 
Estimates for This Week 

BulTalo (Shea) (3,500; 40-70)— 
"Red River" (UA). Stout $17,000. 
Last week, ".Tohnny Belinda" (WB), 
$19,500. 

Great Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 40-70) 
— "Southorn Yankee" (M-G). Very 
good $15,000 for new Red Skelton 
comedy. Last week, "Apartment 
tor Pcggji" f20th), $16,000. 

Hipp (Shea) (2,100; 40-70)— 
^lohnny Belinda" (WB) (mo.). 
Great $12,000. Last week, "Sa-: 
laia" fCol) and "Destroyer" (Col) 
(reissues). $7,J.00. 

Tepk (Shea) (1,400; 40-70)— 
Apartment Peggy" (20th) (m.o.).: 
Trim $3,500. Last week, "Count 
Monte CrKsto'* (UA) and "Son 
Monte Crislo" (UA) (reissues), $3.-' 

Lafayette fBasil) (3,000; 40-70)— ' 
, Kis.s Blood Off Hands" (U) and 
'.Surrender Dear" (U). Big with 
SiS.OOO Last week, "TourOi of 
Vi-nuV ail and "Port Said" (U), 
$13,000 

Cenimy f20th Cent) (3.000; 40- 
70i— "Usee Street" (RKO) and 
Mu.sic M,m" (Mono) (2d wk). j 
n U $7,000 after fine $16,000 
last \u'ok. 1 



Broadway Grosses 

Estimated Total Gros« 

This Week $653,040 

(Based on 15 theatres) ' 
Last year . . . $722,000 

(Based on 16 theatres ) 



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Baltimore,' Nov. 2. 

Trade here is taking a slight 
spurt all along the downtown front 
with best activity being recorded 
by "Sorry, Wrong Number" at 
Stanley. Some better than average 
reaction is noted also for "Red 
River" at Loew's Century. "Un- 
tamed Breed," helped by vaude, 
looks steady at Hipp, 

Estimates for This Week 

Century (Loew's-UA) (3,000; 20- 
60)— "Red River" (UA). Making 
good $16,000. Last week, "Innocent 
Affair" (iJA), $13,200. 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2.240; 
20-60)— 'Untamed Breed" (Col) 
plus vaude headed by Joey Adamas 
and Tony Canzoneri. Steady $15;!- 
000. Last week, "Hollow Triumph" 
(EL) and vaude, $14,200. 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,460; 20- 
60)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U). 
Opened today (Tues ). Last week, 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par), 
added mild $7,000 to okay first 
round at $11,700. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-60)— 
"Cry of City" (20lh). Not up to 
hopes at $9,000;. Last week; third 
of "Apartment for Peggy" (20th), 
pleasing $7,600. 

Stanley (WB) (3,280; 25-75) — 
"Sorry, : Wrong Number" (Par). 
Rosy $13,000 or over to top ; city. 
Last week, "Johnny Belinda" (WB) 
(2d wk), strong $11,100. 

Town (Rappaport) (1,500; 35-65) 
—"Lost Horizon" (Col) (reissue) 
Not getting far at $8,000. Last 
week, "Velvet Touch" (RKO), a 
bit disappointing at $10,400. 



PICnjItB GROSSES 



'River' Hefty $27,500 In 
. Prov.; 'Qy' Brisk 19G 

. Providence, Nov. 2. 
State's "Red River" is going 
great guns to lead the town in a 
strong session. Metropolitan's "Cry 
of City" shapes surprisingly fine. 
Majestic's "Johnny Belinda" looks 
good.' „ 

Estimates for This Week 

Albee (RKO) (2,200; 44-65)— 
"Station West" (RKO) and "Nanook 
of the North" (Indie) (reissue). 
Fairly good $14,000. Last week, 
"Touch of Venus" (U) and "Guns 
of Hate" (U), so-so $11,000. 

Carlton (Fay) (1,400; 44-65)—^ 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) and 
"Night Wind" {20th) <2d run), 
Okay $5,500, Last week, "Luck of 
Irish" (20th) and "Creepers" (20th) 
(2d run), $6,000. 

Fay's (Fay) (1,400; 44-65) — 
"California" (Par) (reissue) and 
Freddie Bartholomew heading 
stageshow. Active $7,500. , Last 
week, "Dear Ruth" (Par) and 
vaude on stage, $6,500. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 44-65)— 
"Johnny BeUnda" (WB) and "Life 
With Grandpa" (WB). Fine $17,000. 
Last week, ■ "ApartmeB t for Peggy" 
(20th) and "Night A^ind" (20th), 
$15,000. 

Metropolitan (Snider) (3,100; 44- 
65)— "Cry- of City" (20th) and 
"Smuggler's Cove" (20th). Big 

,$19,000. Last week, "Canor City" 

' (EL), wow $18,000. 

I State (Loew) (3,200; 44-65)— 

I "Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
Angel" (M-G). Sock $27,500. Last 
week, "Southern Yankee" (M-G) 
and "Secret Land" M-G), fair 

I $18,000. 

I Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44- 
\ 65)— "Night Has I'hou&and Eyes" 

(Par) and VRacing Luck" (Par). 

Opened . Monday (1). Last . week; 

''Sorry, Wrong Number" .(Par), 

(2d wk), nifty $11,000. 



'Bride -Monroe Brisk $75,000 Pace 
B'way Election UpbeatfBlood' Money 
At 44G, 'Musketeers' Smash ^ Zd 



'RIVER' FAST $22,000, 
D.C.; 'CARMEN' $19,000 

• Washington, Nov. 2. / 
Biz continues dull here, with 
prospect of election day competi- 
tion adding no cheer to depressed 
exhibs. "Hamlet," day-dating at 
Playhouse and Little; looks as big 
or bigger than first ■ week, t)eing 
capacity. "Lo v e s of Carmen" 
shapes lively at the Warner. "Red 
Shoes" at the National, is .taper- 
ing off a bit. "Red River" at Pal- 
ace is smash. 

Estimates for This Week 
Capitol (LOew's) (2,434 ; 44-80)— 
"Isn't It Romantic" (Par) plus 
vaude. Dull $17,000. Last week, 
"Cry of City" (20th) with vaude, 
mild $18,000, and below expecta^ 
tions. 

Columbia (Loew's) (1,263 ; 44-74) 
—"Apartment for Peggy" (20th). 
(2d run). Good $7,500. Last week, 
"Secret Land" (M-G) and "Night 
at Opera" (M-G) (reissue), hot 
$13,000 in 9 days, best at house in 
months. 

Keith's (RKO) (1,939; 44-74) — 
"One Touch Venus" (U). So-so 
$10,000, With drama desks turning 
thumbs down. Last week, "Tap 
Roots" (U) (2d wk), good $11,000. 

Little (Miller-Lopert) (287; $1.20- 
$2.40)— "Hamlet" (U) (2d wk). 
Sock $6,500. with bite from Guild 
and student discount rates paring 
capacity total in for run. Last 
week, same. 

Metropolitan (WB) (1,163; 44-74) 
-"Man-Eater Kumaon" (U). Sick- 
ly $5,000 for iirstrun. La.st week, 
"Sorry; Wrong Number" (Par) (2d 
run). $6,500. 

National (Heiman) (1,590; 85- 
$2.40)— "Red Shoes" 'ED (3d wk). 
Tapering off to $12,000 or less, but 
still plenty of interest Holds 
acain. La.st week, socko $16,000. 

Palace I Loew's i (2,370, 44-74)— 
"Red River" lUA). Smash $22,000. 
Last week. "Julia Misbehaves" 
(M-G) (2d wk), nice $16,000. 

Playhouse iLopert) (432; $1.20- 
$2 40'— "Hamlet" 'Ui (2d wk' Re- 
peats .smash $10,000 of last week, 
with extra performance this 
session. . , , , 

Warner (WB) (2,154; 44-74) — 
"Loves Carmen" fCol), Big $19,000. 
Last week, "Johnny Belinda" (WBJ 
(2d wk),.okay $13,000. 



'Peggy' Pegs Nice 
$15,000 in L'viUe 

Louisville, Nov. 2. 

Business is bright in a couple 
spots here this week, "Johnny 
Belinda" at the small Mai^^- An- 
derson going nicely and sure 
holdover. ''Apartment For Peg- 
gy" at the Rialto looks to top thcj 
town with nice week. . "Red 
River," at State, also shapes fine. 
Estimates for This Week 

Brown (Fourth Avenue) (1,200; 
30-40)— -"Sorry, Wrong Number" 
(Par), and "French Leave" (Mono) 
(m.o.). Dull $3,000. Last week, 
"Rachel and Stranger" (RKO) and 
"Gay Intruders" (20th) (2d wk), 
$4,000. 

Kentucky (Switow) (1J200; 30- 
40)— "Life With Father" (WB) and 
"Return of Bad Men" (RKO). Sol- 
id $3,500. Last week, "Beyond 
Glory" (Par) and "Up In Central 
Park" (U), $3,300. 

Mary Anderson (People's) (1,- 
000; 45-65) —-"Johnny Belinda" 
(WB). . Patrons.; are going for this 
onOr pointing to generous $9,000 
in 8 days. Last week, "Smart 
Girls ; Don't Talk" (WB), soggy 
$2,500 in 5 days. 

National (Standaird) (2,400; 45- 
' (Continued on page 18) 



. With the advantage of seven new 
bills dnd Election Day, Broadwayi 
firstrun . business is looking up: 
sharply this session. Election Day 
yesterday (Tues.) ; and upsurge 
Monday (1) night, pre-holiday, 
helped most deluxers to solid to- 
tals. All houses had the advantage; 
of ■ holiday scales. In addition to 
seven newcomers, five more new 
bills will tee off later this week. 
Mlm .theatres suffered as result of 
pre-election Interest and managers: 
were disappointed because depart- 
ment stores did not close yester- 
day. 

Pacing the new entries is "June; 
Bride" with Vaughn Monroe band, 
which is giving the Strand a smash 
$75,000 or close. Also in big money 
is "Kiss Blood Off Hands" with 
rousing $44,000 at Criterion. RC'r 
issue combo of "La^ Days, of Pom- 
peii" and "She" is the week's eye- 
opener at Palace, where socko $30,- 

000 looms. House broke all records 
over weekend, with week's total 
easily the biggest for Palace under 
current, policy. •: 

Capitol is highly disappointing 
with $50,000 on first week of 
"Touch of Venus'' plus Jean Sa* 
blon, Bettjf Bruce, sTed Straeter, 
band topping . stagebill. "Hollow 
Triumph" also is very: mild . $16,000 
at Globe. 

"Sealed Verdict,'' with Frankie 
Laine, Connie Haines, Jerry Wald 
band, started its regular run yes- 
terday- (Tues. ) i at Paramount with 
a big' day: "The Plunderers." too, 
is doing . remarkably fine trade in 
first week at Gotham with $15,000. 

"Three Musketeers," which made 
a new all-time high last week at 
State, is off about $12,000 from 
first: week but still terrific in sec- 
ond week: at $68,000 or near. Be- 
cause getting in -an extra show 
Election Day; "Red Shoes'' is land- 
j ing a giant $18,000 in second round 
at Bijou; which is capacity. 

"Gotta Be Happy" opens tomor- 

1 row; at the Music Hall after four 
I big weeks with "Julia Misbehaves," 
Anal stanza holding to fine $123,000. 
I "Snake Pit" comes into the Rivo- 
iJi the same; day. "Road House" goes 
I into the Mayfair Saturday (6).- after 

three ver> nice weeks of "Mournr 

ing Becomes Electra." 

• "Unfaithfully Yours;" with Peter 

Lind Hayes; Mary Healy, Jack Cole 
, dancers and new iceshow is being 
i launched Friday (5) at Roxy lol- 
i lowing three sturdy weeks of 

"Apartment For Peggy-' and stage- 
'bill topped ; by ; Kay i Thompson- 
I Williams Bros. 

J - Estimates for This Week ; 
! Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—"Song Is Born" (RKO) (3d wk). 
{Second week ended last Monday (1) 
j night held up well at $32,000 after 
{big $37,000 opener. Stays on in- 
]def. 

I Bijou (City Inc.) (589; $1.20- 
I $2.40)— "Red Shoes" (EL) (2d wk). 
Second session ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) is going to capacity $18,- 
000, extra show yesterday. Election 
Day, making this money, possible. 
First week hit terrific $17,000, 
which was capacity. Continues 
extended .run: ' 



'Spiritnalist'-Vande Hot $23,000 in 
Cincy; 'Julia' Lofty 16G, 'Belmda' 15G 



Cincinnati, Nov. 2. . 
Splurge of new bills and a stage 
show at Albee ;: have grosses gen-' 
erally doing a nifty nipup. Top: 
grosser is; "Spiritualist," - linked 
With vaude layout. "Julia Misbe- 
haves" has a slight edge on "Johnny 
Belinda" in leading the straight' 
filiVis. "Love of Mary" and ''Inno- 
cent Affair" are fairish. 

Estimates for This Week 
-Albee (RKO) (3,100; 60-94)— 
; "Spiritualist" (EL) plus Three 
f Stooges. Harmonicats, others, on 
> stage. Vaude injection,; on spoti 
{ ^booking,: boosting , this to big $23,"- 
! '00Q. Last .' week, "Apartment for 
! Peggy" '(20th), at 50-75c scale, solid 
, $17,000. 



Estimates Are Net 

Film gross, estimates as re- 
ported herewith from the vari-- 
ous key cities, are net, i.e.. 
without the 20% tax. Distribu- 
tors share on net take, when 
playing prccentage, hence, the 
estimated figures are net in- 
come. ■ ■ 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however, as indicated, 
include the U. S, amusement 
tax. 



Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 50-75)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G). Rollick- 
ing $16,000 or close. Holds. Last 
week; *'Southem Yankee!' (M-G) 
(3d wk), good $6,500. 

Grand (RKO) (1,400; S0-75>— 
"Love of Mary" (U). Tepid $6,500. 
Last week, "Forever Amber" (20th), 
(9 days), okay $8,500. 

Keith's (City Inv.) (1,542; 50-75) 
— "Innocent Affair" (UA). Fairish 
$7,000. Last week, "Sorry, Wrong 
Number" (Par) (3d wk), hotsy $8,- 
500. 

Lyric (RKO) (1.400; 50-75)— "Se- 
cret Land" (M-G) and "Variety 
Time" (RKO). Sock ballyhoo of 
documentary "Land" via tieins 
with Navy Recruiting:- office re- 
warding with hefty $7,000. Last 
week,- "Time of Life" (UA) (m.o.), 
4 days, and "Wake Up Screaming" 
(20th) and "Blood and Sand" (20th) 
(reissues), average $5,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2.600; 50-75)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) .Sweet 
$15,000 or near. Last week, "Night 
Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par), modest $10,- 
500. 

Shubert (RKO) (2,100; 50-75)— 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20tU) (m. 
0 ). Pleasmg $5,.')00. Last week, 
"Rope" (WK) (m.o,), same. 



Capitol (Loew's) (4,820; 80-$l.S0) 

"Touch of Venus" (U) with Jean 
Sablon, Betty Bruce, Ted Straeter 
orch topping stagebill: First week 
ending today (Wed.) looks to reach 
only moderate $50,000, but holds, . 
Last week, "Red River" (UA) with 
DeMarcos, Rose Marie, Nat Bratid- 
wy nne orch onstage (4th wk), was 
fine $40,500, 

Criterion (Loew's) (1,700; 70- 
$1.85) — "Kiss Blood Off Hands" 
(U),. First week ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) is closing to rousing $44,- 
000 or bit below, best here in soma 
time. Holds, -natch! In ahead, 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) (2d wk- 
10 days), mild $19,000. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 90-^1.50) 
—"Hollow Triumph" (EL). Getting 
little help from crix and looks thin 
$16,000, holding over just one 
week. In ahead, "Rope" (WB) (9th 
wk), $11,000. 

Gotham (Brandt) (900; 70-$1.20) 
—"Plunderers" (Rep). Getting very 
nice $15,000 in. first week ending 
Friday (5). Holds. Last week, 
second-run. 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 6Q-$1.25) 
— "Morning Becomes Electra" 
(RKO) (3d-final wk). Final week is 
down to about. $16,000 . after okay 
$21,000 for second. "Road House" 
(20th) opens Saturday (6). 
■ Palace (RKO) (1,700; 40-$l)— 
"Last Days of Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO (reissues). First week 
ending Friday (5) looks -to : hit 
smash $30,000, best here under 
current policy of second-runs and 
reissues. House played to 17,000 
people Saturday-Sunday' to break 
all .records here. Circus bally on ; 
two oldies first released in igSS ; 
doing trick. Holds, In ahead, "An- ^ 
gels Dirty Faces" (WB) and "Drive 
By Night'.' (WB) (reissues) (3d wk- 
4 days), $9,000 after $16,000 in sec- 
ond. 

Pafamount (Par) (3,664; 55-$1.50) 
7-^"Sealed Verdict" plus Frankie 
Laine, Connie Haines, Jerry Wald 
orch heading stageshow. Opened 
yesterday (Tues.) with big biz after 
benefit preem for American Vet- 
erans Committee Monday (1) nighti 
■House .was closed Monday after- 
noon to prepare for this benefit. 
Last week, "Night Thousand Eyes" 
(Par) with Tony Pastor orch; Vic 
Damone topping stagebill (3d ttrk- 
5'/^ days), barely okay $43,000 after 
$63,000 for second. 

Park Avenue (U) (583; $1.20- 
$2.40) — "Hamlet" (U) (6th wk). 
Fifth session ended last (Tues.) 
night held up stoutly and aided by 
extra performance Election Day 
looks to hit better than $17,000; 
fourth was $16,000. Stays indef. 

Radio City Music Hall (Rocke- 
fellers) (5,945; 80-$2.40).— "Julia 
Misbehaves" (M^) with stagesho.w- 
(4th'-flnal wk). .: Present stanza end- 
ing today (Wed.): looks to hold up 
nicely, aided by Election Day, with 
$123,000 Ukely; third good $126,- 
000. "Gotta Be Happy" (U) opens 
tomorrow (Thurs.). 

Rialto (Mage) (594; 44-99). — 
"Betrayed!' (Mono) (reissue). Opens, 
today (Wed.). Last week, "Urubu" 
(UA) (2d wk), down to okay $9,500 
after fast $13,000 opener. 

Rivoii (UAT - Par) (2,092; 60- 
$1.25).— "Gallant Blade" (Col) (3d 
wkT9 days). Goes only two days 
past third session that ended Mon- 
day (1), with bare $10,500 likely 
for 9 days; second was $11,000. 
"Snake Pit'' (20th) opens tomorrow 
(Thurs.), 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$1.80) — 
"Apartment For Peggy" (20th) with 
Kay Thompson-Williams Bros., ice- 
show heading stagebill (3d-final 
wk). Third week ending -tomorrow - 
(Thut'S:> -likely will hold near nice 
$85,000, helped by Election Day 
biz;; after good $88,000. for second 
which was below hopes. "Unfaith- 
fully Yours" (20th) with Peter Lind : 
Hayes, Mary Healy, ; Jack Cole 
Dancers, new iceshow featuring' 
Arnold Shoda^ Joan Hyldoft opens 
Friday (5). 

State (Loew's) (3,450; 80-$1.50)— 
"Three Musketeers" (M-G) (3d wk). 
Initial holdover session off sharply 
from iirst week but still smash at 
$68,000 or better in second round: 
ended last (Tues.) night; first wa.s 
all-time higli for house at $80,000 
but below hopes. Stays here in- 
definitely. Higher graduated scale 
starting with matinees and fact; 
fairly short running time makes: 
this terrific business possible. 

Strand (WB) (2,756; 76-$1.50)— 
".lune Bride" (WB) with Vaughn 
Monroe orch heading stageshow. 
First w e e k ending tomorrov* 
(Thurs.) shapes to land smash $75;- 
000 or close. Last week, fourth of 
"Johnny Belinda" 'WB) with, 
Freddy Martin orch topping stage; 
was big $53,000. 



HTcdnABdayv Nevember 9, 1948 



FILM REVIEWS ^ 11 



The Snake Pit 

Hollywood, Nov. S. 
SAUi-f'ttX rcltaw ol Anatol* liitvak-Rpb> 
«rt Bisstar jwpductlon, directed by. Lit- 
vide. Stiin OUvi* d* Havlllandi Mark 
titeveniV Xe» Oeiui): features Celeste 
RoUn. Oleim Langan. Helen Craig. Leli 
edckion, BeuUb Bondl, tee Patricks 
Eoifecnplay. Frank Part6{i Mlllen Brandt 
buad on novel by Mary Jane Ward: cam- 
era. Leo Toverj mualo, Alfred Neumani 
idltor. Dorothy Ssencer. Tradeshown Oct. 

io. '48. Running time, lOK mxs 

Virginia Cunnlngtam.. Olivia de HavUland 

gobert Cunnlngnam. Mark Stevens 
r; Kik.i ' "Leo Qenn 

Crace Celeste Holm 

r. Terry . ■ ■ . • • . • < . • > > • • • .Glenn Langan 

Ist DavH ...Helen Craig 

'ordon. . ■ ■ • ■ . •••>Leit Erickson 

Mrs, Oreer ,,t ..Beulah Bondl 

Sylum Inmate....... '.Iwe Patrick 

Curtis. . . . ^i. . . . . .Howard Freoman 

Stuart ..... . . . . . . . > . . Natalie Schaf er 

Buth...^..... ..•...■«>■•• Ruth Donnelly 

Margaret . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . .Katberlne Locke 

Dr. Olffordv. . . ... ... ... ^Frank Conroy 

MISS Hart Minna Gombell 

Miss Bixby , June Storey 

Virginia (age 6) ......... Lpra Lee Michel 

Mr. Stuart. Damian OTLvun 

Valerie i.-.-.A"" Doran 

Miss Vance Esther SomeVs 

Miss ..SommervUle ; .... .Jacqueline de 'Wit 

jHester Betsy Bliiir 

Miss Greene Lcla Bliss 

Xola. . - - ■ ■ . i . . i . . . . . . .Queenle Smith 

Miss Seiflert v . . , . . . . , . . .Virginia Brissac 

CQiintess ....Grayce Hampton 

Champion . ...... . . . . .Dorothy. Neumann 

SinRiilg Inmate v. . ; Jan Clayton 

Asylum Inmates: Isabel Jewell. Vititorla 
Home, Tamara ^baynei Grace Poggl. 



"The Snake Pit" Is a standout 
among class melodramas. Shaped 

■ by distinctive handling for - the 
carriage trade, it also has the in- 
gredients that mak« for popular 
boxoffice in general release. Mor- 
bid subjects, >vhen properly pre- 
sented. mt« broad b,o. acceptance 
and "The Snake Pit" WiU be no 
exception. 

Olivia de Havill«nd rises to new 
distinction with this. It is a 

^memorable performance, both for 
ieliovv professionals and the ■ disr 
cerning filmgoer, and certain to be 

;; the strongest talking point among 
the film's many potent word-of * 
mouth factors. 

Producers "Anatole Litvak and 
Robert Bassler started with a boff 
screenplay by Frank jPartos and 
Millen Brand. As ffirector, Lltvak 
has given it hard, shocking reality 
In the filming. It vis an adroit 
combination of realism and hokum, 
emotional but not maudlin. Pic- 
ture is based on Maiy Jane Ward's 
-nov61 of Insanity, a subject tliat 
would seem td make for doubtful 
screen fare, yet the skill in telling, 

. tilajring and direction gives it a 
palliative treatment acceptable to 
picture audiences. What re- 
luctance there ml^t be by readers 
of the novel to see the shocker on 
flhn will be overcome by exploita- 
tion and word-of-mouth. 

Picture probes Into the proc- 
esses of mental illness with a razor- 
sharp forthrightness, giving an 
open-lianded display of the make- 
up of bodies without minds and 
the treatments used to restore in- 
telligence. Clinical detail is 
staled with matter-of-fact clarity 
and becomes an important part of 
the melodramatics. That this 
phase of the picture Is interesting 

: bespeaks: the general abilitsr of 
those concerned with the filming. ■ 
Emotional peaks reach scream- 
ing tension and would have, 
stretched nerves even tauter had 
not the music score been permitted 
to . become noise. High volume 
I music is a hokum trick that is not 
needed ' to point up the melodra- 
matic moments in "Snake Pit," and 

. . can be easily corrected on the 
soundtrack. Qtiherwise the Alfred 
Newman music Is used properly as 
a subtle bridge tor the emotional 
going-on. 

Mi.ss de. HavUland Is .seen as a. 
ypung bride who goes insane and 
is committed to an institution for 
treatment. An understanding 
medico, Leo Genn, uses kindness 
and knowledge of mental ills to re- 
store her. Just as a cure seems pos- 
sible, she again plunges into a 
mental snake pit and starts all 
over on the road to insanity. Shock 
treatments, truth serum, and 
psychiatric probing gradually dis- 
close the source of her trouble 
and bnng her back to normalcy. 

Scenes in the Institution have a 
pathetic hopelessness as the in- 
mates are depicted. Scenes will 
arouse some guilty chuckles from 
audiences as the grotesque char- 
acters go through their blank an- 
tics. There is a touching, tear- 
3erking sequence Of a community 
sing in the asylum, with Jan Clay- 
ton vocalling "Going Home" in 
chorus -i^itii the ininales. Its only 
. tault is tlvat it goes one chorus too 
■jnany,,. 

Miss de HaviUand's performance 
Js likely to stand for a long time 
as a lop gauge tor judging femme 
mstiionics. Genn goes about his 
, part of the doctor with a quietness 
that gives it strength and Mark 
?/evens IS excellent as Miss de 
"ayiliand's husband. Celeste 
Holm has only a brief bit as an 
mmatp. Among those standing 
out in portrayals of insanity are 
S^tsj, Kair, Isabel Jewell, Beulah 
«ondl, Lee Patrick, Dorothy Neu- 
and Queenie Smith. Lend- 
mg good support are Glenn 
1-inghan, Helen Craig, Leif Erick- 
son, Howard Freeman and others, 
iechnieal credits are marked 



Miniahire Reviews 

"Tha Snake Pit" (20th). 
Class melodrama topped by 
smash performance by Olivia 
de Havilland. Big b o. 
■• "You Gotta Stay Happy" 
(U). High gear comedy with 
Joan Fontaine, James Stewart. 
Sturdy general appeal. 

'^Bonnie Prince Charlie" 
(color) (BL). Korda's $4,000,- 
000 spec long, ponderous and 
often boring. 

"The Countess of Mont* 
Cristo" (Songs) (U). Sonja 
Henie skating, but little else to 
recommand. 

■ "High Fury" (UA). Madeline 
Carroll In modest budgeter 
with solid emotional kick; 
good b.o. 

"The Untamed Breed" 
(Color) (Col). Mild western in 
Cinecolor, passable for the 
market, 

"The Plunderers" (Color- 
Songs). (Rep). Good outdoor 
fare for general situations: : 

'Leather Gloves" (Col). 
Good prizefight supporting 
feature. Story twists help 
make it pleasant dual fare. 

"Jungle Goddess" (SGS). 
White goddess in. .dat^cest 
Africa overly done and overly 
boring. 

"Quartet" (GFD). Satisfying 
and sophisticated entertain- 
ment. Should go well with 
American audiences. 

"The Plot to Kin Roosevelt" 
(UA). Crude BHtish-made sen- 
sational spy yam for U.S. ex- 
ploitation circuit. 

"Four Steps In the Clouds" 
(Italian). CSiarming import 
geared for hearty returns in 
art and language situations. 



with Uie class that distinguishes 
the entire film. Lee Tover's pho- 
tography is outstanding and spe- 
cial photographic effects by Fred 
Sersen add to tlie madness mood. 

Bros. 



It easy to take. Miss Fontaine and 
Stewart play it ably for laughs 
under the deft direction by H. C. 
Potter. .Karl . Tunberg functioned 
as producer and scripter, scoi-ing 
on both chores. He also used the 
same skill in casting the roles and 
every performer adds punch to the 
doings. 

£ddie Albert is extremely like- 
able as Stewart's flier pal. Kil- 
bride (in a new version of Pa 
Kettle, ' complete with - offspring), 
sharpens his country bumpkin role. 
Porter Hall is the absconder and 
makes it good for laughs. The 
newlyweds are pertly portrayed by 
Marcy McGuire and Arthur Walsh. 
Willard Parker, the groom desetted 
by Miss Fontaine; Roland Young, 
William Bakewell, Paul Cavanagh 
and others deliver strongly. . 

Picture is a Rampart production, 
presented by William Dozier for U 
release, and has been given a well- 
valued gloss to fit it for top billing 
in all situations. A humorous score 
by Daniele Amlitheatrof figures 
importantly and Russell Metty's 
lensing gives an expert displa.v to 
the physical values. Erog. 



\ Dulcimer Street 

i "Dulcimer Street," preeming 
at the 72d street Trans-Lux, 
N. Y., Saturday (6), was re- 
viewed from London in 
Variety,: Aug, 25, 1948, under, 
its original title of '"London 
Belongs to Me," Film was heldl. 
by critic Myro to be an un- 
even, picture tliat "starti as; 
tense melodrama and develops 
into broad farce . , . doesn't 
come olf." Universal i« ie<- 
leasing J. Arthur Rank pio.^ 
ductiim in the U. S. 



Von GeMa Siny Hapity 

Hollywood, Oct. 30. 

Universal : release, ol! Karl Turifcerg 
(Rampart-WlUlam Dozier) production. 
Stars Joan .Fontaine.' .lames^ Stewart; fea- 
tures Eddie Albert, Roland Young. Wil- 
lard Parker, Percy Kilbride. Directed by 
H. C. Potter. Screenplay. Tunberg from 
Satevepost eerial by Robert Carson; cam- 
era. RnsseU Metty: niusici Daniele Amii- 
theatrof; editor, Paul Wetherwax:. Pre- 
viewed Oct. 26, '48. .Running time. 100' 

Dee Dee DlUwood . . , , , .,. Joan Fontaine 
Marvin Payne. ... . .. James Stewart 

Bullets Saker Eddie Albei t 

Ralph Tatwiler. , .... .. . Roland Young 

Henry Benson. ........ ...Willard I'ailieiv 

Mr. RackneU .S Percy Kilbutlc 

Mr. Caslon Porter Hall 

Georgia Goodricli. . . .Marcy. McGutre 

MUton Goodrich Arthur Walslj 

Dick Hebert William Bakeweil 

Dr. Blucher ...... . . . ; . .Paul Cavanagh 

Martin. . .HalliweU Hobbcs: 
Jack Samuels. ....... . . . ,\ .Stanley Prager 

Aunt Martba , Mary Forbes 

Mrs. RackneU............. Bdltli Evnnson 

Barnabas. ....: .... ..:.'-- ... ■ .Peter . Roman 

JvA T»vj»-- .-Houseley Stevenson 

Baidc Watcbman ... ... .Emory Parnell 

Ted J ..................... Don Koiiler 

Neil ......... . ........ Bert Conway 

Night Clerk. ........ i.i^.Hal K. Dawson 

Mae . Vera Marslic 

Curly. V. ...... . J.. . .. ..Tlmmie Dodd 

Eddie Robert Rockwell 

Joe Joe 



Apparently the cinema queens 
of heavy drama have started a 
trend to comedy. Fhrst Greer Gar- 
son, then Bette Davis, and now 
Joan Fontaine. As in the first two 
ventures, the change of t>aoe comes 
oft' very happily for Miss Fontaine, 
giving "You Gotta Stay Happy" a 
neat boxoffice outlook. Her name, 
coupled with that of James Stewart, 
offers plenty of marquee gloss to 
give the picture Initial impetus. 

Fun content is good and, while 
the title is not a particularly bright 
tag to merchandise. It Is apt enough 
to the plot Script keeps the 
hokum pot boiling all the way and 
there are innumerable deft touches 
in writing and direction that make 
it a happv affair for light entertain- 
ment. From a mildly interesting 
start; picture picks up attention as 
it unfolds and delivers all that il 
promises in the way of 'chuckles. 

Stewart is seen as an ex-Army 
flier battling lus way in civilian 
life with a cargo plane company. 
A New York trip brings femme 
trouble when he Is forced to play 
unwilling knight errant to a slight, 
ly wacky bride fleeing her stuffed- 
shirt groom on the wedding night. 
The gal talks him Into taking her 
to California. It's an adventurous 
flight, with an assorted cargo such 
as a trained chimp, a corpse in a 
coffin, an absconder with his loot 
and an amorous pair of newlyweds. 

A plane crash on the Oklahoma 
farm of Percy Kilbride gives 
Stewart and Miss Fontaine a 
chance to fail in love, have a 
misunderstanding and then make 
it all up in California when ho 
reconciles himself to fact that she s, 
not a poor, misguided girl who has 
gone wrong in the city but is an 
licircss 

Plot sounds like a lot of fluff, 
and it is, but comedy knowhow in 
bringing it to the screen, along 
with topnotch performances, makes 



Bemiie Prin«« Charlie 

(Celor) 
(BRITISH) 

Liondoii, Nov. 1. 

British IdiHi release «t I/oudan Films ' 
(Sir Alexander Korda) Production. Stars 
David Niven, Uargaret Ldebton. Birected 
by Anthony Kinunins. Screenplay, Cleui- 
once Dane; camera fT«t3uiicidor>. Kobert 
Kraskcr. O. BorrodaHe: '«ditor. Grace 
Garland; music. Ian Wbytei - 'Kojmiag 
time. ISS HIN8. 

Prince Charles Ed. Stuart . : :I>a<^ Niven 

Flora Maodonald. .Margaret i«igbtan' 

Donald '..Morland Graham 

Blind Jainle. . .... ... .'. ...... .John Laniie 

Clementina Walkinshaw^ . . Judy Campbell 
King James, lU. . ... ........ l Henry Oacai' 

Marquis of TuIlibardine;.;.Flnlay Cnrrie 

Lord George Minxay Jack Hawkins 

Cameron of Ixtdiiel.. .. . Guy liC-lieiivre 

Macdonald of Keppoch,. . .FraskSn Dyall 
Kinloch Moldart . . . .Herbert Lomas 

Macleod o£ Maclcod. .Ronald Adam 

Macdonald of Armadale... .Stuart UndseB.' 
Colonel 0'SuIIi¥aar..i<....Ji^ IjOngden 

Glenaladale. , ', ...........Ileetor Boss 

King George, K Martin IBUer 

'Duke of. Cumberland. .Elwyn Brook..Jones. 
Duke of Newcastle .>. . .^G; H. Muicaster 
Captain Fergusson, R.N.. Charles Goldncr 
General Cope . . ... . ..... ; .JtiIieii Mitchell 

Lady Margaret IltBCdamild. Molly Rankin 
Kingsburgh: , James Hayter 

Colonel Ker ..... ... . . i i . .. .Tortai 'Huteber 

Young Alan o{ Hiddart.. . . . ;Sliiian t.Bc3c 

Clanranald . . ... ... . .i. . . . .Tammy Vaneaii 

Lieutenant Ingleby.... . flggb Xtdly 

Mrs. Klugsburgh .;.N^:Bia*nty!ae 
Annie Kingsburgh............ Patricia vtm 

More than two years in the mak- 
ing, and reputed to have cost up- 
wards of $4,000,000, the latest Alex 
Korda production £rom Irftndon 
Films Is long, ponderous and often 
boring." Devoid of the spectacle 
and pageantry which was to have 
been expected from this historical 
drama, "Bonnie Prince Charlie" 
plods Its dull and .weary way 
through a series of meaningless 
adventures that follow the failure 
of the young pretender to recapture 
the throne for his exiled father. 
Despite the money expended; it is 
not a picture to enhance the pres- 
tige of Britain, and the producers 
cannot hope to recoup much of 
their cash outlay from the Amer- 
ican market. . 

That it bears little resemblance 
to the history textlMok is neither 
surprising nor disappointing, but 
there is cause for real, regret in 
that a picture which occupied so 
much time on the studio floor ap- 
parently has little hope of earning 
more than a fraction of its original 

cost. ; - 

Of the two and a quarter hours 
spent in telling the story, only a 
small part is devoted to the battle 
of the Pretender against George 
of Hanover, and the rest of the 
screen time describes the Prince's 
exploits in outwitting the: entire 
English army, and eventually mak- 
ing his way back to France. But 
even the battle scenes lack, the 
spectacle and crowds, and despite 
the vivid Technicolor, are virtually 
colorless. As for the rest, it is 
nothing : more . than , ; a familiar 
manhunti lacking- the suspense to 
capture Ifie imagination, 

It is unfair to critici2e the acting 
by normal standards, as the leading 
I players, competent though they 
may be, are .given little , scope. 
David Nlven, for example, an 
accomplished actor. Is entirely out 
of place and not even a blonde 
wig helps to provide the illusion 
that he is meant to be the young 
Prince Charles. Much the same 
can be said of Margaret Lelglitoni; 
who plays the role of Flora Mac^ 
donald, the patriotic Highlander 
who helps the Prince to escape, 
and the other members of the cast 
who battle.' against unreasonable 
odds. Myro. 



The €«aaite«« mi Mmnle 

(SONGS) 

Hollywood, Oct. 30. 

Universal ideue af J«tm Beek (West, 
wsodj production. Stars Sonja Bote; 
featnres Miclwel :]Bi1iy> m|t> San Jam, 
Dorothy Hart. ArUiiir Xwkcher. FreMie . 
rrenUer. Directed by Frederkk Ite Cor- 
dova. Screenplay, Vraiiam Bowers: starjri 
Walter Reiaclu camera. Edward CroB- 
jager; aongs, Jack Brooks, Saul OupBiu 
music. Walter Scbarf; editor, Edward Cut- 
tiss. Previewed Ocst, X9, '48. Bunnloc 
time. 19 MISS. 

Karen Sonja Henic 

Jenny Olga San Jnan 

Pee Manning...... Dorotby Halt 

Paul Tfloi Cram , .Mi<ihael Kixby 

Uaoai^ac Director Arthur 'Ovacter 

pount Holtw ..Hngh Fmach 

Mr. Hansen Ra»»om Sbemiaa 

Skating Specialty .lYeddie.Tteoldier 
^Freddie.'. .......... .JoBn. 3wmtM 

Assistant Dirertor Arllnr (mmaeU 

Joe .Josepta Crdkaa 

Charlie Bay Tesa 



"The Countess of Monte Cristo" 
is a passable Sonja Henie ice film. 
After a screen absoice of neatly 
four years, the blade star eould 
have used a stronger vehicle for! 
a return. It's a flufijr to-dor^bout ; 
nothing, mildly amusiae at times. 1 

Six skating numbers are spotted , 
through the footage, all dtrne witb 
the expected Henie grace and s^cill ; 
but still not stiong enough to 
overcome other handicaps. Some 
femme attention will be garnered 
by Ii9Sdiael Kiiby. Miss Henie's 
real-life skating patlB^. who han- 
dles principal male interest In this. 
He films well and his personally : 
pleases. 

The John Beck production con- 
cerns itself with two Norwegian 
barmaids ni^o get' extra ntles at 
an Oslo studio and then take off 
with film property to fake Aeir 
way througn a stay at a swank re- 
sort hotel. Miss Henie poses as 
the countess of the title and Iber 
buddy, Ol^ San Juan, becomes 
her personal maid. Mistaken 
identity theme is milked from all 
angles as the fable anfolds. There 
are suave crooks, tich Ueotenants 
mistaken for doormen and sundry 
stock sttmts carrying the slight 
story thread in between . Miss 
Henie's production numbers; 

Pertness of Olga San Juan gives 
some life to the story and she 
pleases with vocals on three tunes, 
"Count Your Blessings," "Who Be- 
lieves in Santa Claus"?" and "The 
Friendly PoLka," all cleflled by 
Jack Brooks and Saul Chaplin. 
Dorothy Hart plays a character 
never made clear In the scripting 
and Arthur Treacher, resort host, 
^anages some comedy touclies. 
' Comedy ice specialty contribut- 
ed 'by Freddie Trenker is one as- 
sist ■ for the film. Frederick De 
Cordova's direction does its best 
with the 'Student Prince," never- 
never land flavor of the William 
Bowers script. Physical produc- 
tion values are moderate and Ed- 
ward : Cronjager's lensing gives 
Utem an okay display' . Brog. 



acters, thereby erasing (Jie line be*' 
tween fact and fiction, 

Yarn Is concerned with a was- 
orphaned French boy who, during 
the war, settled with a Swiss cou- 
ple with conflicting feelings for 
him. The wife (MisS Carroll) wants 
to adopt him In order to save him 
irom returning to a French orphan- 
KSt. The husband (Michael Ren- 
ifie), hov/ever, resents the boy and 
refuses to sign the adoption papers 
unless the vvife signs over her 
IHoperty. to him; But Rennie Is . a . 
£ood4ieatted heavy who, during a 
neive-tiii^Og Aljpine climbing- se- 
onence, sacHfices his life to save 
tiw lad's. The climax, though 
sligfatly eontrived to clear the way 
for « romance between Miss Car- 
roll and the village doctor (Hun- 
ter), is ntted in with a minimum of 
.artificiality. 

In one of her most highly suit- 
able roles. Miss Carroll plays with 
an emotional restraint and natural- 
ness that blends her into the real- 
istic settings. Hunter and Rennie, 
Iftewise, roe^ter as credible char- 
acters. As the young boy, Michael 
McKeag evokes sympathy with hli 
suggestion of inward fear and tor- 
ture. The rest «tf tiie cast play their 
bit roles to the hilt. 

Added impact is (iven by first- 
rate outdoor camen work with 
strildng shots of the Swiss peaks 
and a stirring score by Bernard 
Ciun. Henn. 



The IJaiaaMNl Svecd 

CCOLOK) 

Hollywood. Oct, 29. 

Colomlna ndeaac 9t Harry Joe Brown 
prodncUao. Stan Saanr IWU. Barbara 
BriMou. Geacce 'XiaMqr" Baixew features 
Edcar Bawteaaa. WOllaai Itismw Gcorg* 
8: Stone. Sawyer. Gecawa Jiooes. Di- 
rected by dsariea I ismet Screenplay, 
Tom Beed; tased vB Satevteawt alary by 
BU Colter; ouateim tClMcanr}. Charlea 
VmUm, Jij editor, JeratM Tti—s At 
aw Vacne. HeUywoed. Oct. XT,-'-4S. Bulf 
nlng tisDe. ?t MIXB. 

Tem KBBataiek...... Saaair Tuftt 

Cherry . Ijacaa . . .'.v. w ... .....Bartarai' Sdtttoa '.' 

Windy taicaB'.....iCeofXe ''"GaMw" Itaye*.: 

John Bambeau . . .JBdcar UniihaiBBn 
larch Xeegazi — . . . WiUiaia : XUhop 
Pablo..... ...............Gcacse E. .Stwi* 

Hoy Keeiaa>....v...:;. :.'.J«c Sawyer 

Happy Xcesan. . H wrt m Jeaes 

StanX ,........9aMa ndcwaod 

XHsta Janea Harry Tyler 

Mrs. Jeates .. .VlmSida Biteao 

Oklahoma Seed Bawci 



nigU Vury 



' United Artists release of Peak Film 
; Gvor McLaren) production. Stars Made- 
I Icine Carroll; features Ian Hunter, Ml- 
.chael Itennie. Directed by Harold .Frehch. 
OrlKinal screenplay, Harold French and 
Le,^lev Storm; camera, Derek Williams: 
editor; A, S. Bates, Walter Klee; score. 
Dr. BemaTd Gran. Tradeshown N. Y.. 
Kov. 1, '48. Running time, 71 MINS, 
Magda . . ...Madeleine Carroll 

Anton Ian Hunter 

Rudolph. : . .. , ; . , .; .. .Micbael Rennie 
Louise.'... .Anne Marie Blanc 

tloger.,., ^.Mudud McKeag 

.ToBcpliv.. , . . ., ..-.'....... , ; ..'. .Arnold Marie 

Benno . . :.. . . . . i ... . . . WUU Pueter 

Fii ederick. ....... .Ibuc Hauiler 

Maria. . .. . ...... . .. ..... . .Margareto Hoff 

President: . ..... .Gerard Kcmplnslci 



The most e»ating Uaag about 
'"Hie Untamed Breed" is the title. 
It's a mildly active galloper that 
fails, to get underway. What lure, it 
unll have at boxoSioe will depend 
mnm a. familiar cast Cinecolor 
^imsa it an okay production dress, 
but otherwise, it's run-of-the-mill. 
. There's no division between 
good and evil in the plot, script 
depending upon menace for antl« 
social attitude adopted by Pecos 
country ranchers towards a south 
Texan who wants them to improve 
their herds with a Brahma bull 
strain. Sonny Tufts is a misfit as 
the Texan with ambition, never, 
making the role believable, Bal* 
ance of cast fits better, into ouN 
door characters but fails to giv* 
much of a lift to unfoldment. 

Defter guidance in aU. depart- 
ments might have made a good 
sliow out of the original story, but 
scripting, direction and playing is 
too formula to breed excitement. A 
modest thrill or two develops when 
the Brahma escapes and wreaks 
havoc on the ranches, and when 
Tufts has to catch and tame a wild 
] horse to bring in tha ruit^ bull, 
i A free-forrall between Tufts and 
I WiUiain Bishop, former romantia 
1 rival, should have been a high 
spot. Instead, it's a ridiculously 
stagey melee with only comio 
values. T^at and other pitfalls 
prove, too much for Charles La"'- 
mont's direction. 

George "Gabby' Hayes plays his 
standard ' western character ana 
does okay. Barbara Biitton looks 
good in color as the heroine. Ed- 
gar Buchanan, Bishop, Joe Sawyer, 
Gordon Jones and others try hard. ; 
Production by Harry Joe Brown 
furnishes acceptable western set- 
tings for the plot and Charles Law- - 
ton, Jr., does justice by the scenery 
with his color lensing. Bro0. 



U-I, Brecher in Deal 

I Hollwood, Nov- 2. 

U-I's deal with Irving Brecher 
calls for a maximum of seven 
features, beginning with "Lite of 
Riley,'' indicating possible series 
based on airshow. Bill Bendix 

' starrer probably will wind up. 
Monday (8), three days ahead of 
31-day schedule, at cosli somewhat 

I over $850,000. 



; This is an appealing film about 
displaced war children which wiU 
' generate nice response at the box- 
j oftice, I^XKluced on location in a 
Swiss mountain village, "High 
I Fury" is warm, simple and sincere. 
I Through excellent work by all eon- 
, cemed with this effort, the enter- 
Uainment values have been 
stretched far beyond its modest 
budget resources. 

This film has absorbed some of 
that realistic flavor found in 
superior continental productions. 
Against its authentic background, 
it unfolds a believable story with a 
cast that captures all the human 
nuances. Madeleine Carroll and 
Ian Hunter, the only two names 
known in the U. S.; play with in- 
telligence' and sen.sitivity, setting 
the tone for the rest of the cast. 
Expert direction, also neatly IntcT- 
grated' into the story a flock of un* 
professional liids and village char- 



The I*lunderers 

(COLOR-SONGS) 

Hollywood, Oct. 29. 

^ Bepnblic lelease of Joseph Kane pro- 
duction, directed by Kane. Stan Kot 
Cameroit, Hona Massey. Adl'lan Booth,' fea- 
tores Forrest Tucker. George Clevdand, 
Grant 'Withers, Taylor Holmes. Paul FU, 
Screenplay, Gerald Geraghty, GcraM 
Adams: based on am original by Jaaaeg 
Edward Grant: camera (^IMicOier), JacK 
Marta; music, Dale Butts: editor, .4rthur' 
Roberts. Previewed Oct. 3K *hU. Binutinf ; 
time. 87 MINS. 

John Brum ... Rod Cameroa 

Un Conner . . . .Uona Massey 

Julie McCab* Adrian Bootb 

Whit Lacey Forrest Tucker 

Sam Burden.. .....'....;. George' Glevelana 

Tap Lawrence , . , , , Grant Wttbera 

Eben Martin.. ....... i..,. Taylor Iloltneg. 

Calico Paul Fla 

i Bamaby Francis Ford 

' Sgt. Major Jaines Flavin 

( Cavalry Colonel;. ...... ....RiuseU RIeka 

I Old Dame v Maude lAmme 

I Pioneei Girl .Mary Ruth Wad* 

I Sentry .; ... ...... ; :Louls R, I'ausi 

I "The Plunderers" comes equipped 
I with all the standard outdoor ac- 
tion appurtenances to measure up 
for the general situations. From 
(Continued on page ID 



11 



Wednesday* November 1^4t 




27 YEAR RECORD! 

New all-time high at Loew's State, Broadway's De Luxe Show Shop, 
topping famed "Easter Parade," previous record-holder! 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

Simultaneous bookings nationwide for the biggest holiday clean-up ever! 

TRADE PRESS RIGHT! 

"Heavy money picture."— iW. P. Daily, "Smash hit, has everything,"— 
Boxoffice. "Everything a showman's heart could wish for."— 31. P. Herald, 
"Top grosser. Standout."— £jf^/^/Von "Smash business." Showmen's Trade 
.Review, "Socko boxoffice right down the Uae."— Variety. 

N. Y. PRESS DITTO! 

"Big wonderful picture."~5«». "A heaping dish."— T/w«. "Superb exam- 
ple of Hollywood production magnitude."— Hem/flT Tribune, "Dumas tale 
screened in rootih', tootin' style."— Journal-American. "Unadulterated en- 
tertainment for Broadway film shoppers."— N^m. "Will start the blood 
tAcing."— Mirror. "Lana Turner lavishes her earthy charms more than 
ever," — World-Telegram. 



t Bt. lUrtla't riitf«, TfufnIgM tjqmira 



INTHtlVATIOIirAL 



IS 



Indie Nstribs Stance on French 
Treaty Likely to Cause Mad Scramble 



New Franco-American f i 1 
agreement, which limits any single 
U. S. distributor's export to France 
to 11 pictures a year, will eventu- 
ally resolve itself into a mad 
scramble among the smaller com- 
panies, such as Republic jind Mon- 
ogram, to sew up French distrib 
rights for American major product. 
That's the opinion of indie film pro- 
ducers, who regard the agreement 
as only a method seized' on by the 
majors to beat them out . in cora- 
petition for the French market. 
Under the plan, the total U. S. 



British Prods.-Exhibs 
To Renew Rental Talks 



London, Kov. 2. | 
jekleading pro^^^^ have feeeh j 
nominated by the British Flim- 
Producers Assrii to participate in 
renewed talks on rentals with the 
Cittcmatoferaph Ekhlbitprs Assnv 
delegsition, ; heftdedi by ^Jl Arthuir 
Hank, his top aide jdhlti Davis, Sir; 
, Henry French, prez of the BFPA, 
export to France IS limited to 121 Siv Arthur Jarratt, represent- 
films yearly, which has been broken I ing Sir Alexander Korda, also in- 
down to 11 films for each of the 10 | Qiudes a number of indie film- 
distrib outfits and 11 for the com- ' makers. 

bined indie producers. Now that, Several preliminary meetings 



Straus' Zurich Preem 

V London, Nov. 2. 

Oscar Straus has left for Zurich, 
where he'll conduct the premiere 
of his new operetta, "Die Musik 
Kommt" ("Here Comes the Waltz'*) 
at the Opera House, Nov, 6. 

Straus was guest conductor with 
the London Symphony Orchestra 
at Empress Hall, here, Oct. 17, to 
draw a ■ capacity crowd of . 10,000, 
and score a rousing raccesi. - 



Hmgar^Fib 



Brazil's Ceilii^i on Fiim Rmtak 
Irks U. S. Distribs, Who Fear Spread 



' 't ActioD of the Brazilian gorem* 
A • r I •! w " v ment last week in clamping a ceil* 
AnSSie ExIUDS^ irying lO I'^S Amencan aim rentes may 



turn out to be the most disastroui 



Niv Rvilieli llt^ fliiAla ! re.st'riction yet placed on U. S. di9- 
IIU DlillMl IJ/o yUWWitributors abroad. That's the alarm- 



ed reaction of top industry official!, 
who point out that Brazil's arbi- 
trary ceiling for the first time im- 
poses a limit on the amount of 
money that American, pictures can 



Brisbane, Oct. 27. 
Queensland 'ei^hibitors will ap- 
peal shortly to have the 15% com- 
pulsory screening of British plx 
nixed. If they succeed, understand' J . 
ing is that exhibs throughout the learn at A :£oragn bfeSaBfEiw^ 
Aussie zone will ask for similar; as a result of opposition to th* 
- ■! ^ , i. i i i:; , new Brazil . arrangement.; higmb^ri 
Mi«onty of exhibs feel tha t of the ■ Motlon^^^^^^^ ^ 
BriUsh pix should npw be allowed j,^^- ^^^^^^ 

to stand on their own boxofTice nj,^ ^^^^ ^j^^ gy^ject coming 
Washington, Nov. 2. feet without benefit of quota. , „ ^ j„ ^ j^jp^.^ meet 
Nationalizaiion-of the Hungarian -^."^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ff i ^.f^.^ week^or^ next. 



thrsmalfer companies, which had i amon'g'Tlie commVtTee' Wmbrrs'ls ' ^ picture industry has been JIf pix actually contraSed'W. This I ^ p^*^*^^^^^ 
never released_more than five or ' anticipated to determine final, pol- virtually completed with the ere- . gives British pix easy sledding with Lj gyj^j^g^^g casting about for 
^'T^u V'"' I they get together with ation of three government cor-'th e 15% compulsory screening , j ^j^i^, '^^^^i^ ^ ^ U^y,^ 



need 11, they'll be making all sorts | the CEA 
'of deals with the majors for the 
balance of their quotas. Majors, 
of^ course, will snare a majority of 
the earnings .on such films, which 
mean$ they'll actually be releasing 
more than their «uota of 11. 

Indies, while deciding . to go 
along with the plan as the only way 
left open to them, continue to re- 
gard it as extremely unnecessary. 
Already-established boxoHice quota 
in France, which guarantees French 
pictures five out of each 13 weeks' 
playing time, was sufficient to pro- 
tect the French industry, they be- 
lieve. That: set up a 40% quota for 
the French, which is comparable 
to the British 45% quota. And if 
that was enough for the British, 
the indies aver, why the need for 
the French to, impose the numeric 
cal restrictions? 



Rank Referring Denham 
Strike of 1,700 Workers 
To Govt. Arbitration 



London/ Nov. 2. 



; order. 
British 



pix in 



, I may follow Brazil's lead. Past 

recent months i g^^^^g already proved that 



porations to handle production, , 

distribution and exhibition. ' i , _ - i. . . , , , ^.v....t, 

Maevar Filevarto Nv (Huncarian "u^"- sliPPinB badly here, y^^^ j^^^^ ^ mushrooming 

Magyar rugyario wv munganan ^ai^jy because of poor story ma- « j u j „„ „_„ -tv,-" 

Motion Picture Manufacturing Na- terial featuring heavy drama. ^^'^ ^''^ ^'^^ 

tional Enterprise) has been ere- i . ■ ■ ■ ; 

ated to produce. Magyar Film-' .-^ , , p /i 

forgalmi Nv (Hungarian Film gugleS llOtS iSOOr teUSOr 



Failing to .settle a strike of puzemi Nv has been developed to 
1,700 workers at his Denham ! operate build and use theatres, 
studio, J. Arthur Bank has referred | Revamp - of the industry has 
the dispute through the medium \ three goals, according to Nathan 



Trading) is set up for distribu- , .. » -y 

tl&me^f iT Mo°.U- Reception in Aussie Due 



To Profanity, But Biz Boff 

Sydney, Oct. 27. 
Action of the police in tempo- 



effect: And, bad as are the other 
restrictive measures now 'in fore* 
against U.S. films in foreign conn- 
tries, if other governments also de- 
cide . to put a; lid on .rentals, tha ■ 
American : industry wiU be 'in : ■ 
worse position abroad than ever, 
according to the film {Spokesmen. 

New deal was set with Brazil last 
week by Gerald Mayer, head of the 
Motion Picture Assn. of America'! 

Industry 



of the British Film Producers , D. Golden, of Dept. of Commerce, rarily closing a production of '"if5/itJ"'"^„ L"-/! 

Assn. to the Labor Mmlstry forll. To step up share of home-made | Sumner Locke-Elliott's army life ^h?L ^^^«^rt 

arbitration. Producer took this pix from the present 10% to play, "Rusty Bugles," for use of rL""„„^7r ** „„ ^.m4*+»V.L ^ 

h...i5% for features and 20-25% for Allegedly blasphemou. and ob- X't olLinKX bfame o^ 

documentaries in the next year. ■ scene words proved • wonderful ™m ^esb?te the^ffi 

2. To build about 800 new thea- b o. stimulant. Presented by Doris ^^^P^*^ 

tres, particularly in farm centers, I Fitton at her Independent theatre, ' Slncis the action wa« 



step When' an all-day meeting Jbe 
tween the Qenham management 
and the :anployes ended in a stale- 
mate. ' However, a move to extend 
the walkout to Rank's Pinewood 
Thusreverihough the French ilot vj?^ adjourned until tomorrow 



agreement was set up by the | 



French and IT. S. governments, the 
Indies believe it was Instigated by 
the major companies, i Indies are 
now trying to devise some plan 
that will give them what they con^ 
Eider a fairer break in France.. 



Italian Talent Agency 
Setup in Sharp Need Of 



strike was touched off when the 
management handed layoff notices 
to some 92 employes. Their fellow 
workers then quit In a move to 
force withdrawal of the . pink slips. 
Cordon of 100 pickets is scrutizing 
plant gates without disorder as 
both company and municipal police 
look on. Reports that the walkout 
is spreading to the studios of Sir 
Alexander Korda are unfounded 
and have been officially, denied. 
MeanVi'hile, the , Denham man' 



in the next few years. 3. To step North Sydney, the show is. now 
up weekly attendance from the doing boff business and deals are 

r^^rSL ^•^'^•^ way. to .have it done in out"^ m^^ ^awrbt;*' deS 



okayed by the State Dept., they 
believe Mayer was forced into it ai 
a last resort after his attempts t« 



1,500,000. 



COLOR PIX VIA NORMAL 
CAMERA, BRITISH CLAIM 



London, Oct. 26. ivruiauucs uit umj V../H1VX "»-'--■ ,,,,__,„_ 4<>(K, . In pffppt i>nn. 

revolutionary color film sys- retary Jim Baddeley after dele- , ^eaueltlv the u' S dfstribs now 
-revolutionary because a nor- j tion of the "offending" lines. Bad-j^^^""/' "i^J^ ."- J^'f^ w^^rt 
camera is used-is claimed by deley has the authorUy to nix any- ,'^^„y^„«^X^^ tl^an in anyS 
J. .Taylor, m_anagmg director , thmg his of fleers report as unfit „„.,„t^_ ^.v. -o ouota set 



other Aussie cities. . „Jhad been snafued. 

Oc?^ll'""Bug es'' ran ?nto'ce^so , BraziUan action seU a limit of 
t°oubL ' next Tveni'ng when police , ^% ^entaU tor any America^^^^^^^ 

S t^ SS^'r'esulSe'd ^^tr-^^^^^^ 0}^^^^^^^^^^ 
formances on okay by Chief Sec- sold at lower terms m order ti» 



A , I I* If • 1 weaiiwiiiie, . uie , x/cuuiiiu ultiii- 1 ana cnairman ot Haaiant r 
UVernaUlinS, nVPOing agement l? meeting privately prior i Ltd. Commercial tieups are 
>s i -n to resuming talks with the work- in the ofting. 



Rome, Oct. 19. 
Talent agency setup in Italy, as 



and chairman of Radiant Films, - for the public 

now i "Bugles" is set in 

ordnanbe calmp In northern Aiis 



country. Even with no quota set 
on A .ibcio °" the number of pictures that can 
an AUi.wfc imported, they are arbitrarily 
restricted as to the amount of . 



f^nX.T'^L^^J^l Taylor has been approached by tralia^during .the past war Play — ^ thel^^ product ""earn 



of Theatre & Kincraatograph Era- ; a number of film combines and 



well as in the rest of continental "'■V; ""^?^^^^ i.umue. oi mm comoines ano 

Fin-nnp nppd« ovprhaiilin" and ^ •'^ '• , • ?f t^°., ""^"^"^ ' satisfactory tests have already been 
l^urope, needs overndUima ana u,„ons involved in the strike, ad- comnleted Several second-feature 
much development.^ With forei^ Uised its members to return to 'fi^tre .lowTc^L^rod.:.^^^^^^^^ 



may be okay for the U, S. and within the country. 



London censors permitting. How- 
ever, its language is plenty strong. 



film production still on the 10-^^;]; posts"h.;mcdiai;iyrbui- iis thrsyTtem"7nd't?t ''and'T^^^^^^^ ^olnt'ed oi^%iat"wh^1he^' OlS , AuStrfa tO Swap Eight 
nesf avafirwe fo^agen^^^ both ' • • ^''^ P''^^^"' Vic Co. performed "Richard III" 



With 



. . I films are at present being exhibit 

» cu.,..n,^n — stoppage beginning , ed, all of which have been proc- here there was no objection to its 

talent and technical Situation so Friday (29), shooting on three | essed by the Radiantcolour Lab- pungent dialog, 
far has aemonstrated serious lack fi,n,s ^t Denham has been halted, oratories ui x^u , k 

of skilled agents who can supply pictures are "The Cardboard' 
actors, costumes, props, scenery, Cavaller," vith Margaret Lock-' 
etc. Big agencies here are non- ^.^q^ and Sid Field; "Adam and 
existent Evelyn," with Stewart Granger 

There are a few lone-wolf op- and Jean Smimons, and "Trottie i 



Pix for 32 German Ones 
In New Exchange Pact 



The 



Vienna, Oct. 19. 
Austro-German . film ex- 



'Bngles' OfTered Broadway 
! Sumner Locke-Elliott stated in 
RltCcA Pllfei>1l !h Pnlanil I New York Monday (1),"I am com- , , ■ . a * 

nitaaC 1 Ul9tll 111 1 UldllU I pietely innocent of writing an ob- j change agreement was signed Oct, 
Full-month ban on all imported ! scene or indecent play." Everyone 16 at Bad Reichenall, near tht 

■ . . .. . . . .. Austro-German border. It provides 

for Austria to send eight pix t» 
Bizonia, iti exchange for i32 Ger- 



erators with sidewalk offices, but ^ True," starring Jean Kent. Labor , films, Including those emanating knows, he said, that Australian 
they weren't prepared to cope i difficulty not only is costing Rank I from Hollywood, has been imposed soldiers used .words like "bastard" 

with an mflux of American and i $20,000 dMly. but is suppressing his j by the: Polish go^V^^ . - . 

English production companies. Nor | production at a time when he's ing to field reports received by the ' are in the play to conform with i man ones. Twelve other Austrian 
did they have the, know-how to redoubling his efforts to turn out | Motion Picture Export Assn. For- , the characters. Furthermore, he ' pix will be exported to Germany, 
deal with foreigners or get them a maximum amount of pix for the , eign pix have been ordered off the , says, three of the most successful • outside the agreement, 
what they wanted. The few agents British market | screen to clear the way for a "So- plays on Broadway. "Streetcar," , Some disappointment is felt that 

here who have worked with film ; viet Film Festival." The ban was "Respectful Prostitute" and "Mis- the exchange rate between Aus- 

coinpanies have an unsayot? local , njfv > |>| mma n imposed Oct. 7 but only disclosed i ter Roberts" contain phrases trian schillings and Deutsche marks 

reputation, and the flexible laws Ol^AlIl WlAl KCUl EH U. O. ' now. I worse than those of "Rusty ' was set at one to one, instead of 

governing agency contracts have lunAnT AIirOTIAU ' During the period, theatres in i Bugles," yet the New York police , two schillings for one mark, as had 

nA ImlvKl yULjIlUWlkey clUes and large provincial haven't interfered. . been anticipated. 

■ towns are playing 6nly Russian and ' Producer Doris Fitlnn's organi- Germany was represented by 
lzation, i:^cke-EUiott noted, is a Erich Pomm^^ 



permitted all kinds of shady deal- 



Cineguild in Final Split 



Madrid. Nov. 2. _ , . 
Ministry is likely to reopen the i"-^ 
question of importation of Amerir 
can pix product which has been 
temporarily suspended due to a 
feud, of two ministry officials. Un 
less import licenses are immediate 
ly restored the Spanish film indus- 



Current London Shows 



London, Oct. 26. 

Breakup of the original Cine 

guild team, begun when Anthony , try would collapse since theatre 
Havelock-Allan formed his own grosses depend considerably upon 
production outfit last year, has now American pix. 
been made complete by . the , : Domestic film production has also 
withdrawal of Ronald Neame, who been caught in the squeeze inas- 
haa sold his holdings back to the | much as local filmmaking is con- 
company and is to start his own tingent upon financing that's 
producing outfit. ! derived from the sale of import 

Unlike Havelock-Allan, whose permits Latter is equivalent to a 
break from Cineguild to start Con- , state subsidy. Country brought in 
stellation Films led to his depai- some 200 U. S. pictures in the year 
ture from the Rank group. Neame ending Aug. 31. 
intends that his new outfit, which . — _ — — . 



Ealing s Aussie Spread 

Sydney, Oct. 27. 
On a deal just consummated 



>vill be known tis Ronald Neame 
Productions, should continue un- 
' der the Rank banner. 

First production of the new 
company will be "Golden Sala- ^^ith" Greater uAion, Ealing moves 
mander," which will go on loca- rT to.„Ti,.,„„j „t„riir.c hirp tn pon- 
tion in North AMca bifore shoot- p^o' uctit' Brhish ?mit 

sminf""*" P^'^ew""* "^^wTspend $100,000 on new equip-, 

[ment. First i% a comedy due next , 

lyear with Chips Rafierty and Tomr i 



Norton V. Ritchey, Monogram's 
foreign chief, is now in Copen- '"^,^"""^5, 
iiagen. and due back in 17, S. mid 



Two to three pix are planned for 



(Figures show weeks of run) 
London, Oct. 26. 
"A La Carte," Savoy (20t. 
"Anna Lucasta," Majesty (i>3i. 
"Annie Get Gun," Col's m (74) 
"Bless the Bride," Adclphi (80i. 
"Bob's Your Uncle," Sav. (26). 
"Browniue," Phoenix (8<. 
"Cage Peacock," Strand f30). 
"Carrls.'sima,'V Palace (34). 
"Chiltren Hundreds," Vaude (62). 
"Don't Listen," St. Jas. i9>. 
"Eden End," Duchess (9). 
"Edward My Son." Lyric (75). 
"Four, Five, Six," York (4). 
"Glaconda Smile," Wynd. (21). 
"Happiest Days," Apollo (32). 
"Kid From Strat," Princes (5). 
"Littie Lambs," Ambass. (30). 
"Medea." Globe (5*. 
"Off Record," Piccadilly (701. 
"Oklahoma!" Drury Lane (79). 
"Perfect Woman," Playhouse (8i 
"Rain on Just," Aid. (9K 
"Saloon Bar," Garrick (5i. 
"Stariiffht Roof," Hipp. (52), 
"Travelers Joy," Crit, (22 1. 



group similar to that of the Pro- man ISB film branch, and Kurt 
, vincetown Playhouse. He hadn't , Oertel, of the German film produc- 
I considered "Bugles" for Broad- ' ers association. Robert Steyskal of 
j way, he said, feeling that the plot the Trade Ministry, and Frits 
was basically too Australian for Rrban, of the Actors Union, rejh 
An American audience. Now, how- resented Austria. 
i ever;. in the wake . of .newspaper 
publicity in Sydney he intends to 
place it on the market. Author; 
who has been in the U. S. for sev- 
eral Tnonths, is writing scripts for 
radio and recently sold another 
play, "Wicked Is the Vine," to the 
Kraft Television Theatre. 



November. 



1 1949. 



$2,400,000 Annual Gross 
For U. S. Fifans in Panama 

Washington. Nov. 2. 

^ American films are grossing 

. :■■ ■ ■ ■ 'about $2,400,000 annually in the 

I $70,000 Peak Italo Wage Republic of Panama, of which 
j Rome Oct 26 ; about $1,440,000 comes back to this 

1 Anna Magnani, star of both . cototty;Ji^^^^^ 
"Open City" and "Paisan," has reports mhatt D. OoJdeniChie^^ 
signed a one-picture deal . with t?e j»»o"?>i P^£^^^ 
Roberto Rossellini which will give ' S. .Dept. , of Commerce. Hflw- 
;her the biggest chunk of coin • ever ,jdUf to. the unfavora^^^^^^ 
■ ever paid an Italian performer for nomid sitMatmn in the^country^^ 
1 appearing in an Italian-language , theatres havp. recently suffered .^^ 
' film. Star is being paid $70,000 sharp decline biz.^compared with 
: (in lira I for the stint ^ ^ ' ; the early months of this year, 
j Italian pix generally do not exr Chief competitiba. for O^S,; fi^ 
J eeed $150,000 for their entire comes frcrni Mexicii and Aifgentth*, 
I budget. Rossellini is director but each of lyhich sUppUes about 10% 

_ . 'not producer of the lite which re- of the pictures shown, and Britain. 

"Toeether Again," Vic, Pal. (82i, volves around Monte Carlo as the 'which provides 595) of the total 
"Worms View," Whitehall 179). i scene of action. ' i product. 



14, PICTITBES 



Wcdnreilaj, Novemlier S, 1948 



Film Reviews 



Continued from w%t It ; 



The Plunilerors I Jungle Cji«>iiiless 

the opening chase, it's a mixture Hollywood, Oct. 29. 

of western formula on a large spale, i .J^>^'">Sr^3t''1^ot,S^ nle?l5' 'wamu.' 
filmecj in color. The boxoffice at- ; k&y.'^SmiS;. & By?d.' mcctedbj 

tention should be satisfactory. t Lewis D. Colttns. Scrcenpl.iy, Jos«ph Pa- 
»4ri 11 i-1 i ' 1 ..A! 'W, „ ' Banoi editor, Norman Cert; eamera. Cart 
While film kicks off with a ocrgcr. At Paramount, L. A., Oct. 28, '48. 

shoot-'ein-up chase, the story-tell- ; iiunning time, ss jii.NvS. 

ing takes a little longer to get un- 1 ~,^VrW - ..Wa 

der way and some minutes have . wanama ' Armida 

passed before action hits its best i Bob Simpson .... . naiph Byrd 

r>i„.rinrr <c annA in o v^i'n Oolonga. wltch doctor , . . 'SmoW Whitfieltl 
clip. Playing is gOOa m a yain| yvonne - Dolores Cattle 

that concerns an army oflicer Nugaia putiy Robies 

tough outlaw and nls gang to jus- pj^t Pi^d co),y 

tice. Villain doesn't follow the ac- ! Drummer Oncst Conlcy 

. cepted western pattern, being a ^ji''^U^:S^Kt'' "^j^ok^caHoi! 
rather likeable guy despite the way , ^ccompamst • ■i-'<-ic qanou 

he earns his living. i . jungig Goddess" got lo* in 

Rod Cameron shows up excel- a desert of dry performances and 
lently as the hero. Plot twist has , clammy direction. Screenplay is 
him murdering a sheriff in open- the same old white goddess among 
Ing sequences and it's some time j native tribesmen routine that has 
before audiences will get wise that j been run through innumerable 
it is only a setup for him to get times prior to this. There is no 
Into the gang. He pits his wits ' gold buried in this part of Africa, 
"gainst Forrest Tucker, who does , g ^^^^j. 

an able heavy Windup brings in George Reeves" and Ralph Byrd 
an Indian raid in virhich Tucker , jii^co^ej. j^at Wanda McKay's 
aids the lavv and escapes the rope ^^^^^^ offering a gigantic i-eward 
when shot down by the redskins. I foj. her— dead or alive. Femme 
Femme interest is .split between ] was last known to be aboard an 
Ilona Massey and Adrian Booth, a | airplane which crashed in the Afri- 
couple of dancehall babes. Miss ; can jungles six years earlier. They 
Massey enacts romantic partner j find her living among the natives 
opposite Cameron while Miss I as tribe's top executioner. She 
Booth is beloved by Tucker. Score i condemns Byrd to die for slaying a 
includes two public domain tunes, ' native. He finally gets his in a 
"Walking Down Broadway" and new tangle with the natives while 
''I'll Sing a Love Song," Miss Ma.s- i trying to break away for the 
sey does the vocalling of special plane. Reeves and Miss McKay 
lyrics by Jack Elliott and Aaron manage to escape. 

Gonzales. ^, ' Featured trio. Reeves, Miss Mc- 

George Cleveland, for a change ■ ' > 



Is a smart sheriff, while Grant 
Withers is his dumb counterpart 
as deputy. Taylor Holmes is the 
respected townsman who's really 



I Kay and Bryd; turn in dull per 
I tormances along with a ca.st of na- 
: lives who belong anywhere but 
in "Mungle Goddess." Production 
I values supplied by William Ste- 



backing the outlaws and Paul Fix ^ ar/ sorelv laokine in thP 
enacts good characterization «s ^™ arTsS^fa te^^^^^ 



Tucker's gun-slinging pal. Francis 
Ford and others add to the action 
bluster with which associate pro-" 
ducei'-director Joseph Kane has enr 
dowed this one. 

Lensing by Jack Marta is expert 
and is done in an improving Tru- 
color process. , Editing could have 
been smoother. , Brog, 



an average film. Lewis D; Collins' 
direction falls by the wayside along 
with Joseph Pagano's screenplay. 
Lensing by Carl : Berger adds noth- 
ing. Free. 



Lciitlier Gloves 

Hollywood, Got. "iO 
Columbia release o£ Richard (lumc- 
WjUiam Asher production, directed by 
Quihe and Asher. : Features Cameron 
Mitchell, Virginia Grey, .Tane :NiRh. Sam 
JLeveno, Henry O'Neill, ■ Bliikc Ed\viird.s. 
/Sdrecnplay, Brown Holmes: .from. Sateve- 
post story by, Ilichard English: camoni, 
Henry Freulich: editor, Viola Lawrence. 
At Vogue, Hollywood, Oct. 27, '48. Run- 
ning time, .75 l^IJNS. ■ 
Dave CoUms ,. . . .. . . . : .Cameron MiLi'heU 

.Tanet Gilbert . . ; Virginia (.Jrey 



Cathy. 

Bernie ■ . . . .: , 

Dudley 

v.Vince- Reedy . i . . i-, \ 
Huerta Fernandel! , 
Mrs. Hubbard . . . . . . 

Mr Hubbard 

.Diike ./ 

Beteree . ........ ., . . 

Ti'imblc . . . . . 



■.lan<! .NiHh 
...... .Sam f.cvene. 

.... Henry O'Neill 

;., . .Bfalco. Edwards;, 
,. ; . -. Bob ■ Castro 
. , . i . ; Sally Corner 
..Stanley Andrews. 
. ■. . . . Eddie Acuit¥ 

. : Ralph Volltic 
.Walter Soderling 



(fiiaHel 

. London, Oct. 27. 

General Film Di.stributor.s' release of 
I Arthur . Rank (Gainsborough-Sydnoy 
f: IJox) production. Stars .:Hermione Bad- 
1 delcy, Duk Boearde, Mervyn .lohns, Cecil 
i , Parker, Basil ' Radford,, Fraitcoise Rosay, 
.Susan Shaw, Linden Travcrs, Nauilton 
Wayne, Mai Zetterling; Directed by Ken 
Aunakin, Arthur Crabiree,: Harold French, 
Ralph Smart. Screenplays by R. C. Sher- 
riil: adapted Irom tour stories by W. 
.Somerset Maufjham; camera, Ray Elton, 
Bernard Lewis; , editor, .Jean Barker: 
music, John Greenwood. Al,Odeon, Lon- 
don, Oct. 2u, M8. RuniiinB time, l!iO MliiS. 

The Facts of Life 
Henry Garnet . ... Basil Radford 

Leslie. . v. . , , . . . , . . . Naunton Wayne 
Ralph. . . .... ... . ,J,an Fleming 

TUomas;'. : . ... . . .lack Raine 

iVfr.s. Garnet .... . . Angela Baddeley 

BrankSome . . . . ; ..Tames Robertson Justice 

Nicky,;...;.:.... ...... .lack WatlJng 

.John . . .. ; ; . Nicel Buchanan 

.Jeanne.;.......,,., Mai iCctterling 

The Alien Corn 
George Bland . . ; . : . , ... Dirk Boijarde 
Sir Frederick 'Bland v; Raymond LovoU 
l.adv Bland;;;...: 



book of verse purporting to de- 
scribe her romantic experiences. 

The intermediate two, while 
lacking the high level of the first 
and last, are certainly' more than 
potboilers. An undergraduate son 
of a member of the landed gentry 
who hopes to become a profes* 
siona} pianist, provides the melo- 
dramatic theme of '"The Alien 
Corn," while "The Kite" is an un- 
usual story of a .simple young man, 
very much under his motlier's 
domination, who put. his kite-flying 
before his wife and cheerfully 
goes to gaol when she wrecks his 
latest invention. 

Individuality of story and treat- 
ment by separate casts and direc-: 
tors does not detract from the en- 
tertainment value of the finished 
article. Contrasting: characters 
and plots add to the freshness and 
charm of the picture as a whole 
and, in effect, give the customers 
four complete pictures for their 
original stake. Direction and pro- 
duction throughout maintain- an 
extraordinarily high level, and the 
casting, even down to the smallest 
bit, IS uncannily accurate. Basil 
Radford and Naunton Wayne, al- 
ways a perfect team, have the 
backing of Jack Watling and Mai 
Zettcrling. Dirk Bogarde,. sup- 
ported by Raymond Lovell and 
Honor Blackman, take the honors 
for "The Alien Corn," in which 
Francoise Rosay excels in a small 
part. George Cole as the kite 
flier and Hermione Baddeley as his 
possessive mother carry the third 
subject, and Cecil Parker and 
Nora Swinburne are perfectly 
chosen as the Colonel and his wife. , 

Although off the beaten track, 
"Quartet" is a picture which de- 
serves widespread popularity,: and 
should go a long way to raise the 
standard of British product 
throughout America. myro. 



Sir Alexander Korda has purchas 
ed the British remake rigutt. (Sir 
Ralph Richardson will play the 

Cervi role.) ■ '. 

The story treats of « girl ap- 
proaching motherhood without ben- 
efit of clergy. She persliadeaA a 
chance acquaintance to pose as her 
husbaad so that a place in the 
household of lier strict parents can 
be insured. Deception, with its 
borderline situations always deli- 
cately handledj works out well until 
the father discovei's a photograph 
of the man's family. With the 
ensuing confession, tlie father re- 
:lents sufficiently to take care of 
his daughter. 

It's apparent that the yarn could 
not have been treated :as simply 
and as effectively if it were produc- 
ed in; Hollywood. Production code 
would demand that the girl be 
punished for her misdeed and con- I 
sequently entire tone and character 
of the film would have to be ! 
changed. : | 

Performances are of ton cut. I 
Adriana Benetti as the mother-to- j 
be provides an excellent account! 
of jierself, but the best rounded 
performance is by Cervi who helps 
bring out the basic injustice and 
pathos of, the entire situation. 
Portrayal indicates he could love 
the girl, but circumstances force 
him to return to his shrewish wife. 
Aldo Silvani as the stern parent, 
who is eventually touched by the^ 
kindness shown his daughter by .a 
totaji stranger, gives a gratifying 



resulted In a tpeedler pace. Non-< 
name cast handles its tasks ade* 
quately. Camera work of a trio oi 
lensmen capably catches the grim-i 
ness of th« scarred, mountain ter- 
rain. : 

Inasmuch as tha picture has a 
deeply religious background and 
was made with the cooperation of 
the Vatican, it's bound to have the 
backing of the church wherever 
screened, Exhibitors will also 
benefit by the public's general in- 
terest in the Cassino battle. For 
although the Fifth Army was sur^ 
that the heights of Monte Cassino 
were being used by the Germans 
for military purposes, the Ameri- 
cans were never able to prove it. 



UA Admits 

Cpntinned from viigc I 



cient money in England to support 
any extensive production sched- 
ule on its own. 

UA exec veepee Arthur W. Kel-, 
ly first broached tlie subject to 
the NFFC during his recent trip 
to England, throwing out feelers 
to get the British reaction. Fol- 
lowing his return to the U. S. two 
weeks ago, the pitch was Ijiken 
up by David H. Coplan, UA's man- 
aging director in England. Com- 
pany based its bid on UA's rec- 
ord in distributing British films, 



performanrerivhiie' deft hi,mor"is | ?i?i'l"li.il^''fn ilf^x^^ Th^'^ 
displayed by Giacinto Molteni as I British-mades in the U. S. than 
the girl's grandfather. "^^er companies combined 



Tlio Ploi to Kill 

(BRITISH) 

United Artists release of Selected Films 
production. Stars Derek Farr. Mart.i La- 
barr. Dircetotl : by ■ Wllliain Freshman. 
Previewed N. Y, Oct. 22, '48. Running 
time, -,l*3 .WIN.si., ■ :■!' • ■: , , 

Peinberton Grant; . . . . . ...... Derek Farr 

^^atahe Trubetzin ; ,• .. Marta Lnbarr 

i^aul Shcrek; , :.■...,... .Manning Whiley 



Giuseppe Anialo's direction con- 
tains a smooth pace and colorful 
embellishment of incident without 
marring the essential story line. 
Englis,li subtitles are okav 



British decision on the application: 
isn't expected for several weeks. 

Even if the NFFC okayed UA's 
bid, it's considered unlikely that 
! other American distribs would be 



There is only one "detracting ' eligible for loans from the $20,- 



f actor in the film. In editing for 
U.S. audiences one sequence has 
been eliminated in a jarring 
manner. The void is quite disturb- 
ing. ■ Jose. 



Irene, Browne 
;,,,.,. . Honor: Blackman 
. , ,; , . .„ . , George Thorpe 
.■..;,.;.., Mary Hinton 
Francoise Rosay 

The Kile 

; . , , , : , Bernard Lee 
, . Fred er ick Leister 
; . . , George M,erri tt 
. . , . , , , .George Cole 
David Cole 
licrniionc Badtleley. 
. ; . Mervyn ,T6hhs 
Susan : ,Sh«w 
Cvril, ChambcHairi 



■Daphne. 

Martin .-. . :■: . 

,lolin Coleman . . . . 
lianndck- . . : . : . . 
HailVvay Passenger; 
irenr.y ,Blarie, ; :: . ;,-. 
Gusliijig, Woman,:; , 



Noia Swinliuine 
i, H Roberts 

;Glan(le AlILstcr 
Will'rcd Myde-White 
■ ; , ISrnest, Tlieslger 
, . . , llcnry Edwards 

. . ; Linden' Traver.s 
. .. .'. ;, : Felix Aylmer 

,:.*., .,.;,.16hnKalcw 

, , •:,; Lynn Evan.s; 

. .Cyril , Haynioitd 
. . . . ; Clive Morton 

,. .M.-;r|(are,l Wtlhefs 



"Leather Gloves" makes lor I p^uia 
pleasant fare in the supporting l uncie John .. 
slot. It's a prizefight yarn ^\ ilh , """" 
twists, presented in a style to rate , 
casual interest. Production renre- ! Puson \isitor 

sents good expenditure of butleet ^iuyernor , 

coin in shaping picture as an okay |,'eX\i"Srbuiy . 
entry lor its market. Herbert (boy) /.. ; 

Performances are good, is the t'"^'"" Sunburv. 
direction, except for a iindway .^""'I"'''' 
lap.se. Plot has a philosoiihicai, Reporter , , . , , . . 
angle or two and the hero doesn't I The Colonel's LMy 

get ,the girl, Cameron Mitchell i.s ! E"'"";?' Peregrine: , < . cecit barker 
:^cellcnt;:as a lightheavy pug on.ii^t^"""^^^^^^^ ' ' 

the bum who changes, for the bet- i ciub Man 

neoule^iinf ^UT?^ smaUlown , ?^'V^„V"A^,V^„nd 
people with whom he comes m ' nuke ot iicvcici 
contact during one brief wcf!l{ " ' 

Duul production job bv Rit'liard 
Quine and William Asher is cai-- 
ried over to double-stinl on di- 
rection.: They : start the fi Uir^ f ol 1 i 
neatly and : bring ;it to a .strong 

conclusion,;. eijceept:, for Iho ; iTiiddle,' An; o r i g i 1 • By ^Sbmerset 
sag, do,, well, plot brings Mitchell: Mau.sjliaBi,; ■coupled wil.ir a .script bv 
. to a siiiall town. He talks his way G- SherriO', is a gitide to I 
, on a tight card,' falls fpria.gii'l and ;;Piece ; of; satisfying,- ^sophisticatBd' 
prepares to fake a loss to nick up pntertainment. in "Qu.-utcl" the 
some cash. He finds the en I rqcs satisfaction is iniiltiplipd four 
,i,or: iiis opponent and gives', tlig ,kid (iine^; and :each of the sub jects that 
2: Jickihg so he'll, get , out of the So to the\inakihg of , ttii.s picture 
ngnt . game. .Finale again has Mifcli- a'tftough iiidividuaiisfic in theme. 
eJl on the move to other p.i'^turos. cind treatment, have the M.iugham 
Aiding Mitchell's good woik arc "'i*- <''"fl .sharpness of characteriza- 
Virginia Grey, Jane Nigh, Sam '•'o." Ss the connecting link. In 
Levene, Heniy O'Neill, Blake Ed- Britain it is a prestige picture plus, 
wards and others. Okav scripting and is by lar the best to come from 
chore was turned in "bv Brown '^'''^ Svdncy Box outfit <-ince "Sev- 
Holmes, story twists and dialog '^"'-'^ Veil." It al.so merits the ap- 
probation of Amei'ienn, audiences ! 
who are alwajis reM#to: show their ' 
appreciation- of , G,la.s,s : '•entertaihi 
inerit. ' ' ,; , ' "„ ;,.' .■' '',-■ ■■;:'■; :;■■■;;-::■. 
, Of the four stories that ni-akd tip ' 
the film, the first and last are un-', 
dOubtedly the: mci.st iiitriguihgi ; 
"The- Facts of Life" is a superbly ' 
told piece of a 19-J'ear-61d who (lis- i 
regards his father's advice on hi.s ' 
first (rip to Monte Carlb and out-; 
Wits an obvious adventuress, arid i 
■"Jf he Colonel's Lady" is a delight- ! 
,ful:y;arn 6f ;a.!c61oricrs wife whb ' 



Aimed for .the U. S. exploitation 
market bv a British indie, "The 
Plot to Kill Roosevelt" spins a sen- 
sational yarn that'll oven tax the 
credulity of the : kids. Other 
facets of this production, from the 
thesping to the camera work, are 
equally hard to swallow in their 
crudity. Pic's sole asset lies in its 
title, which may earn it' a :spot as 
dual program filler. ' 

Fantastic plot is localed, for 
most part, in Teheran, meeting 
place of Roosevelt, Churchill and 
Stalin during the war years, where 
synthetic Ai'abs, Germans, Ameri- 
cans and Ru.ssian; are shown en- 
gaged in espionage and military 
activities. Through an inexplicable 
bit of detective work, a British cor- 
respondent learns of a conspiracy 
by, an international armaments 
ring to kill F.D.R. because his post- 
war peace plans would put them 
out of business. In clillhanger 
stylo, the plot is foiled just as the 
varmints ; are about to set off the 
dynamite planted under the Presi- 
dent's car 

The ca.st is of stock company 
calibre. Manning Whiley, as the 
villain, registers with the most 
competent performance, although 
his youth and his heavy role don't 
mix. Derek Farr, as the British 
journalist, and Marta Labarr, as a 
shadowy femme fatale, are barely 
adequate. Others in the cast bor- 
der on the amateurish. Herm. 



(ITALIAN) 

Supetfilin release of. Pastor 'Arluro 
t.eniiniti) production, directed by Ccnv 
imti. Screenplay, Gemmiti, VirRilio .Sabel, 
(.lovanni Paolucci; camera, Picro t'orla; 
lupi,_ Vittorio Delia Valle, An!(elo ,Tan- 
naielh, music, "VdrJano T.u>ldii EnRlish 
titles, Charles Clement. Previewed N, Y , 
,9,<?'- 27. '48. Runnins Unie, Mi\s. 

rhe Head Abbott Alberto C. LoUi 

Don Maitino fiUberto Se^ell 

Don Etisebio Ubaldo L.iv 

iVTaria ... . . . ... . .. . ... 

Alberto. . . 

Marco . ; . . , : . .. . 
Carmcla .... Vila Silent 

Capt. Ricliter. , . , , , . . Rodolplio Ncuhatis 
^"••onio ^ , , , Livio Bussa 

Father of .-Vnlonlo Giuseppe Porli 

Also i»; groui) of onsinal survivors of 
iMTonte: Cassino , ' 



000,000 fimd. Council to date has 
granted only about $8,OftQ,00p of 
the, fund to British pr0duceri^!>bui; 
is expected to reserve,, the baslance 
for other Britishers as ah attempjt,4' 
to help the native ; industry mSet 
the new 45% quota regulations." 

UAi meanwhile, has set no defi- 
nite plans for British prpduction, 
pending action by the NFFC on 
the loan application. Plans for ttie 
six films, which were tp have been 
produced in England by Mary 
Pickford and Lester Co\van havei " 
been temporarily shelved and a 
zor'a"pi.i'//a i decision lor other British pro'Juc- 
P'^','", .^"^i™ I lion would require approval of the 

Silveuo Bias, ^^^^.^^ 



(hi Ilalian; English Titles) 
"Monte Cassino" is a sombre, 



Kelly, Bagnall Huddle 
On ITA 

Hollywood, Nov. 32'.-:',-;' 
Arthur Kelly is here for huddles 
semi-documentary relating the ' iih George Bagnall on United 
various incidents that led up io the ' Artists' outlook in England. He's 
bombing of Monte Cassino \bbev also slated to meet producers this 
during a decisive phase ot (he I week before planing back to N. Y. 
Italian campaign of the past war Friday (5) 

It s a moving and touching film } "Red River" reporledlv opens 
houses''''""' "^""^ art'Nov.25inLondon's'^West End ^^^h 

Battie of C'lssinn WIS nno nf ii,„ Ijenefit premiere at Paramount 
most dra^Ltic 's iVglfes 0^^ . ^"ves to UA's Pavilion after 

Mark Clark's Fifth Array in its' '^''"^'^"^^^ 
drive to the north through the 
rugged Italian mountains; But 
another battle, almost equally a.s 
dramatic, was taking place within 
and nearby the walls of the I 400- 
year-old abbey. . ■ ' 

That fight was waged by tlie ab- moth's studio and homeoffice top- 
•bott, monks and brothers ot the ^P^*"^- which hasn't yet been .settled, 
abbey against the German troops , Apparent stress that 20th w ill now 
in the Cassino region who sought Place on reissues indicates it will 
to prevent the monastery staff endeavor to replace its indie B 
trom administering to the needs of product with the oldies, 
m*?^'.^"'.*;! /'-'"i' ^^'^ agf'd and in- Company's reis.sue department is 
l^ctVm's II yh/'.'"'" ''='P'cbs to operate under the general super- 

vicUms of the war about (hem vision of assistant sales chief Wil 



Plug Oldies 

Conthiucit: from : pace 4 



F«nr Sl«>{is ill Iho <'louils '< lor the action is presented in 



(ITALIAN) 

Distinguislieil Films release oi AIcSSan- 
di;o Biaselti (Cinos) proauctioh; ,:Stars 
,&jno Ceryi. Adriana flcnetti.' Directed by 
(.luscppo "Smato Sciccnplay, C Zjvat- 
tini,:p. ,TeHini and Amato; camera, Wac- 
law Vit=k; mu.sic, Aiessandrb :Cicosiririi; 

.Oct. 27,, M8. Ruiiiiins 



u"ror\he'ac?tion i! ^v^Ttlf^' ' U»'ir'c." Gd^ring." £;Uer:'loge(^;er 
ehiloTogk^ll^Xion Ttinffrom «"'"''' «^"=<=t ^'''l^ 



Previewed N: Y 
lime. 88 AIINS. 

Po'Olo Bjanciiii : , , 
Maria ::. ; . , . 
Mashaiiiii: : , , , 
.Antonio ■ ,M 
Gioia Biani'lii;,; 
Conrtucfor 



ls(:,lTurdy-!iUrdy- .Aliui Uniborlo, Si 



Cino Ceivl 
Adiiana BenCtti 
.Kiii'ico . Yi.irisio' 
: Carlo. ■Romano 
(iiuditta. HissonO 
Ijauro . G.'!Z-/olrt 



October,"]943,*whcn>"Bhliire7nst l'"'^'^*'"*^^ current season 

approached Ca.,.sino vil)d"e im I among 20th's cat.ilog. detcr- 

until the following March" 'That ""'"'"^ number released and rental 
month brought the demise of the i '<^i'ms. Company last year handled 
Abbey in a hail of Amei-ican ' of the oldies but the creation of 
"ooios- (he new department indicates it 

Ab written. produced and , "iH re]ca!;o more than that during 
directed by Arturo Genimid, the 1948-49 season, 
ivionte Cassino" servos as a monu- ' Hci.ssucs to date have liad a spo- 



2d Hurdy-gurdy .Man 
Failier ; .; , : ;■.,; : , 
,rirandrath(vr , :; . 
.Station ^i^.-istcr;, : j; 
'Passenger' : , .* . 
hWonian Pa^sGng*;r 
Another,- Passcnscr 



Lii'ipaiui 
Silvio BagiiJini 
Aldo Silvani 
,; Giacinto Molteni 
Armftjido IVIigliari 
Artijro Br.iROiSlia 
Pina Galllnl 
, . Orcstc Bilancia 




lifting it about level of ordinary 
prizefight plotting. Lensing is good, 
but editing lets footage run a bit 
too long for best double bill .spot- 
tf'g. Brog, 

MarsbaJJ Qaits 'Bonanza' 



Hollywood, Nov, 2. 
George Marshall, director of 
"Bonanza" at Columbia, anklcd (he 

s. byjvan bimon, produceiv who eau.ses much embarrassment to her 
took Qver the pilot's chore. ■ husband by the publication of a 



Four Steps in tlie Clouds" is 
one of the more charming Italian 
cinema imporls. It's' picture that 
will undoubtedly do well in the ,lrt 
and language houses and could 
conceivably entertain in otner 
situations a.s part of a double bill. 

The picture contains a liigh 
degree of clever cinematic exposi- 
tion made possible by director 
Giuseppe Amato's deft touches of 
humor and colorful treatment of 
incident. Top pcrformatices by 
Adriana Benetti, Gino Cervi, AUlb 
.Silvani and Giacinto Molteni pro- 
duce an entertaining and alto- 
gether satisfying result. 

Film has been playing to Con- 
tinent for gratifying returns and 



intricate characterizations of the Pi°'"LJ!"V"S pei'iod, 30% of 

abbott, a pair of youthful lovers theatres in. the motropoli- 

and a German medical ollicor ^- ^' were playing oldie.'s. 

Onus for the abbey's destruction ^^''^hin a few month.s, however, the 
in tlie Gerimins for interest in them had died down on 



is placed upon _ _ ^ 

their failure to withdraw irorii the 
vicinity of Monte Cas.sino. Even 
alter American planes distributed 



the part of customers, wlio at that 
time had started to shop for their 
film fare. As a result, several of 



ci,nnnK'n,T"n,/'''i monastery oc;'the most piwnising7eissrrerdred''a 
be bomhPd nf n'l.^^^^^^^ ^^ouU .quick death, leading several of the 

Thi.r'i^^'dTthc? i'li'i^Jflent tnXeL^"'^^"l-"\- '''' «^ 
film lay the blame flatly on the'M^''^l:* "P ^ department for 

German high command. '|."^ handhng of x-eissues. Metro 

Despite the fact that "Monte ! 'o™*^* such a tieup two years ago, 
Cas.sino" is evidently a straight- its special handling of rc- 
lorward account of the abbey's 'S5,ues with sales of the foreign pic- 
siege, its long running time tends '■"''6s it imported for domestic re- 
to wring the dramatic values dry lease. That department is now 
before the end of the footage, headed up by M-G shorts sales 
More Judicious edjting could have manager William B. Zoellner. 




fif G NEW 




WITH 



FAY BAINTER TWTuIiY s.r~«p>«*/'^«««««'«'«-'-^ 



.BRETAI6NEWINDU8T:e«o.»«HENRyi 



16 



PICTURES 



WeilaeMlay, November 3, 1948 



Cfips from Fihn Row 



NEW YORK 

Fred Schwartz, exeq veepee of 
he .Cehtury - qircuLt, is taking on 
le chores of amusement division 

■ liairman, Federation of Jewish 
■'hilanthropies' 1948 fund-raising 
.'rive. Schwartz has set a goal of 

400,000 for the year. Amusement 
<ing chipped in $285,000 during 
le '47 campaign which was headed 
y Si Fabian, New Yorlt circuit 

■ aerator. Fabian introduced 
bhwartz as new chairman at a 
mcheon-meet held last week at 
le Hotel Astor. Campaign starts 



new theatre there.. Minnesota 
Amus. recently applied for a re- 
newal of a license it had to build 
in Rose. 

Arlene Dahl back in her home 
town for personal appearances at 
State for opening of "Southern 
Yankee" in which she plays femme 
lead. 

Radio City had William Holden, 
William Demarest, Mary Hatcher 
and Robert Stack for- personal ap- 
pearances ftrst.two nilpiits of "Miss 
Tatlock's Millions." 

Although city council license 
committee voted 4 to 1 against 



nmediately arid Schwartz hopes to license to Mrs. B. M. Secrest, for- 
mounce fulfillment of . the goal at : mer exhibitor, for new theatre* 
Federation luncheon slated for flght will be carried to council 

floor on minority report favoring it 



)ed; 14. 

J.' M. Beatty named Eagle Lion 



Richfield, independent suburban 



change manager in Des Moines, i house, joining three other houses 



icceeding F. J. Lee; latter to 
anage EL's St. Louis branch. For 
e past two-and-one-half years,, 
^atty has held down managership 
• Monogram's Des Moines exr 
:ange,.'-' ■ 

Norma Seltzer hired by Uniyer- 
■L to fill the job of assistant to 
2nry A. Linet, U's ad manager. 



in getting 28^day availability in 
place of 42. 

Wi B. Frank oil, to Hollywood to 
start his forthcoming picture, "Dan 
Patch." He plans world preem in 
Twin Cities. 

Conrad Kriedberg, former Selz- 
nick manager here, and more re- 
cently with St. Louis branch, re 



mdling mediae She was formerly i. signed, and back in Minneapolis, 
ec secretary to the managing 



son" clause of ruling is the "out" 
by whieh kids can go to footbaU 
games, theatres, chuieh and school 
events, these being acceptalble rea- 
sons. 

Frank Plumlee stepped out as 
district manager pf Theatre' En' 
terprises, Inc. (the Griffitli circuit), 
to enter partnership with Tom 
Harris in a small circuit operating 
out of Farmington, M*. Kansas 
City office now is under Ed Kid- 
well, brought up from Kos^well, 
New Mexico, where he was City 
manager, 

BOSTON 

The corner stone of the new 
Nathan Yamins research laboratory 
of Beth Israel Hospital was laid 
October 30. Building was donated 
by the Fall River exhibitor in 
August, 194,4. " 

Louis Nizer, executive secretary 
of N. Y. Film Board of Trade will 
be chief speal^er at invitational 
dinner of theatre division of Com- 
bined Jewish Appeal of New Eng- 
land, here Wov, 4. 

Ralph Geffner, booker at E-L, 
named office manager at National 
Screen, replacing Frank Wolf, re- 
signed Norman Sacknoff, assistant 
cashier, moved up to replace Geff- 
ner. 

Clityton Eastman, former district 
manager at United Artists, joined 



Indies' Domestic Drive-ins 



Jmmaitti from page 4 i 



'iter of Esquire mag. Miss Seltzer 
kes over from Doris Glass, who 
signed to marry Leonard Koplin 
£ Philadelphia. 



PHILADELPHIA 

The Goldman and Fox followed 
ad of the Warner chain and up- 
:d top price 5c. to equal Warners^ 
se in firstruns from 94 to 99c 



Horace Heidt date at Audi- Selznick as special representative, 
torium, under Northwest Variety 



currently underway on Kelly drive- 
in on Frio City road. The other for 
which plans have been completed 
is in Highland Park area. 



New 1,000-Seater for El Paso . 

El Paso. 
New 1,000-seat Valley theatre 
opened here by Vest Texas Amus. 
Co., composed of Cesle C. Due.s, 
Henry Sorenson and Everett Col- 
lins, of Dallas; and Gene Hendon, 
who is manager. 



EL'S Krim 

Continned from pace < 



Amus. Co., Winona, Minn. 



club sponsorship, drew capacity 
house. . '.S'li.' '''i'-" 

f'Hy";; Chapman j Cotumbii*. branch; 
mknagi^r, taking rest cure in, hosr 

'pital; 

Pat Hallbran, local Univers«^ 
salesman, elected a veepee Of Col- 
osseum, national or^ahlzation of 
film, salesmen; 
Frank Eisenberg, of United Art- 
oldman office said the Warner , ifts. bought the Lake, Washburn, 
I Wis. 



Q1ICAGO 

William Ham celebrated 30th 
year as . bookeir : with ■ Paramount 
Oct. 22. 

Universal preparing for Chi 
"Hamlet" run, with Maurice Berg- 
misn, eastern ad-publicity director; 
Robert Ungerf eld, theatre coordin- 
ator; Richard Weaver, advance 
man; and Harold Butchin in town 



ove necessitated the increase, be- 1 "''s. _ . , ,.i,!.,-<»oc ' to arrange Nov. 24 opening. 

>use operating at the cheaper!,. North Central Allied changes , Delegation from Chi to Allied 
-"ce pS their lead de luxer , distributors here >re up t^ convention of theatre 

f a &vantage in competitive "^i^n^'ne out film with j Orleans. Nov. 29, 

m bidmng a collect on dehycry attached for i„c,udes Jack Kirsch, head of Al- 

wiiiiom T TimiP T|ni,,„-„i Something other than film actually - • 

William .1. Do\ le limversai gripped, such as a claimed overage 
,Iesman named president Mo- it-^j ^ jier picture or for un- 
m Picture Associates, at annual i features or shorts. It claims 
ection. Also named were John / = iiipoai . 

-. Ber#n (Par), vice president: | Pra«ice is illegal. 



aorge D. Hutclieon (WB^ treas-| 

-er, and Moses Leo Koppelman ol. LUUlk) 

'ational Film), secretary. | j^e Bowles, booker for Film 

National Screen Service closed ' classics, St. Louis, resigned to 
; Washington branch although ! return to theatre field. 
11 maintaimng an office there Yisxv^ Hynes, manager of Uni- 
d _ will hahdle . Washington and ■ ^ersal exchange, convalescing from 
.'.Itimore activities from the oifiee I gjja^,^ of fly 

■re. Joe Woodward,' who resigned as I president and general manager 

Taking theu wage case to the gj. manager for Eagle Lion, I Frank Newman for the same cu-- 

ibUc, Stanley Warner employees | hosted at barbecue by sales and , cuit. Thia is a newly created 



lied Theatres of 111., Lou H. Ham- 
son, Richard Salkin, Abe Auerbach, 
Art Sass, Robert Lubliner, Ben 
Banowitz, Mayer Stern, Sam Abra- 
hams and Sol Best. 



cuit and organization for the drive- 
ins, headed by Gordon McKinnon, 
a vet employee. Work on all eight 
will start immediately. Each drive- 
in will accommodate 500 cars and 
cost about $80,000. 

Minnesota Entertainment Enter- 
prises, comprising'.prominent Twin 
City independent exhibitors, in- 
cluding Field, now has a circuit of 
four drive-ins started In the Min- 
neapolis-St. Paul area, with more 
planned/ Two are in operation. 

Ted Mann and Charlie Ruben- 
stein, Field (in association with ; 
Eddie Ruben and Clem Jaunich), ! 
the W. R. Frank g,roup, Ruben j 
with Joe Floyd and a Ralph Green \ 

group are local indie exhibitors I . . . , 

launching drive-in circuits. Others P^na »«> Wea solid exploita- 
are a syndicate headed by Ted ' hook and those which are 
Karatz, local sound equipment jgrossers because of their fine stor^ 
manufacturer; Roy McMinn and ™^te"al, pim said. As to Idea 
Clarence Kaake, Duluth and Su-jfil'Ms. thats where we come in. 
perior exhibitors: and L. G. Roes- course, yow cm toly do a few 
ner and Al Smith of the Colonial y«arly with a really good idea." 

The banks are still ready to lend 
60% oh filitts' whtch aii^^^^r^^^ 
budgeted and cOnibine a prpmising 
cast ■ aftd; storyi Krlm ; said; ' ""rtie 
era ;of thie film prohjOter, however, 
is ended." he added. Such 
things as sai^- defer^ . 
big salaries, for > producer who ' 
adds nothing ^f yei^l: valiie to a- Alni ? 
are out so fai^ ss thier banks ar^ cbn- 
eerned:> ^ui (hci ^ank of America 
and other ebnc^rn^ are stUl solidly ; 
behind the picture indto^^^ i , 
Four-picture deal which EL had 
with Walter Wanger has been cut 
to three films, Krim said; Wanger ; 
•has completed two of these— "Reign " 
{of Terror" and "iMbsa"— and has 
One more to . disUyerj, :*'The ■ Blank: . 
Wall," starring Joan Bennett, 
"Tulsa" with a production nut . of ' 
$1 ,650,000 was the most expen- 
sive pic so far made for EL. 

Krim came east principally to 
close "a substantial deal" for the 
sale of EL's pix for distribution in 
mid-EurOpe. \ While • withholding 
details, he said the deal called for 
payment to the company of hard 



Two New Drivc'Ina Near Dallas 

Dallas. 

Charles W. Weisenburg plans 
construction of a new SOO-ear 
drive-in between here and Seago- 
ville. At present he Is rebuilding 
the Sylvia, Seagoville. which was 
recently .damaged., by: fire. New 
house will seat 600. Weisenburg, 
John Fagin, and Harold Wilson, 
operating as WFW Theatres Inc.. 
are building the Dunvista drive-in 
at Borgen 



. Drive-In For JacksonviU^^ 

Jacksonville. . 

New $250,000 drive-in with 1,700- 
auto capacity and- seating facilities 
for 1,000 customers, is being 
readied for opening here. Con- 
struction is being handled by 
Tropical Drive-In Theatres., It will 
be called the Normandie Outdoor 
Twin Theatre. . 



Pitt Building Union Halted 

Pittsburgh. . . 
AFL building trade unions were currency 
told in federal court here that they 
could not interfere with the con 



d a hbrse ana buggy (a slap at ffi^e staff. He joined Delft Thea- 
the company s reputedly anti- ; ^j.^ Marquette, Wis. 

:'.1®"[.!!'/J?? P"*""-'' parading mid- George Barlier, owner of film 

houses in four Illinois towns, con- 
fined to Villa Grove, 111., home be- 
cause of heart attaclv. 



.vvn streets. 



PITTSBURGH 

Harry E. Kafen purchased Sky 
' 'leatre from Paul Becker, It is the 

d Ohio, having been renovated 

-.d renamed last • year when 
. ^cker took it over. 

Frank X. Reller, formerly with 
,' ,oew's in St. Louis, joined UA 

'.les staff, succeeding Dave Brown, ^ 

"^signed. Reller will cover West ! JJ^ar'^j-gofJ iii 
. .rginia territory. • ■ 

Michael Halm, recently returned 

■om Europe,; reopened the Marsh 

1 South Wheeling, W. Va. House | 



post. 

' Clinton McFarland, for the last 
two years assistant to Jack Engcr- 
man, ad manager of Sterling Thfr- 
aires (Jolin Danz), placed in charge 
of advertising with the resignation 
St. Louis Variety Club will i of Engcrman. 
sponsor p.a. of Horace Heidt and Al O'Camp, formerly exploiteer 
his Cavalcade of Stars at the Henry 1 for RKO in northwest, back after 



SEATTLE 

William Thedford, former disr ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 

tricl manager for Evergreen The- j gtruction of El Rancho drive-in 
atrcs, Portland, is new arrival m ■ Bridgeville, Pa., as part of a sec- 
Seattle, becoming assistant ^ ^to j ondary boycott. Judge Robert M. 

Q.jj^^^ j^^^^^ .^j^^^j.^^ ^j^.^j^ 

woiild restrain Building Trades 
Council and associated unions from 
withholding their labor at an out- 
door house because electricians 
represented by United Mine Work- 



W. Kiel (municipal) auditorium 
Nov. 12. Net proceeds will be 
earmarked for tent's Heart Fund;. 

Maury Edgar resigned' from St. 
Louis Eagle Lion sales staff to 
devote time to his 300-acre farm 



four years in the service, on spe- 
cial exploitation for "Song Is 
Bom." 



DALLAS 



, , , , , , L. D. Brown purchased the Plaza 

d been operated under lease for at Brownwood, Tex., from Joy 
year by George Prostinak, noW|Houck of New Orleans. Brown al- 
1 . ready operates the Queen and Ritz 
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Oglictti. local ; there 

■libs who recently returned from j tnterstate Theatres remodeling 
,a-mqnth visit to Italy, where Wigwam and Pershing in El Paso 
^, ; ••L%*«l!!*w^.^'LH^"?J'rrh„r?l An addition to the Pershing will 
W ^ .SSn^h v™?,?J n.^iilHt",^,^i I boost seating capacity to 800. Wig- 
W w'^Vi J T?^^'^^" ' warn will be renamed the State. 

W 'ed in World War II. T.t«.rH u..** or„i ni.„iiov,th6r 



LOS ANGELES 

Paramount announced a number 
of changes in its western sales divi- 
sion; Ward Pennington upped from 
K. G: salesman to sales manager 
in San Francisco; Frank Westbrook 
moved from Denver to succeed 
Pennington in K. C. Paul AU- 
meyer, Denver booking manager, 
u^ped to sales manager; James R. 
Ricketts, assistant ; booking man- 
ager in Des Moines, moved to AUt 
meyer's old post in Denver. 

Fox West Coast renewed long- 
term leases on three film houses in 



With Milton Broudy, transferred sold theS loMl MoiiSn ex- ^^"'"/"}''- Glen theatre, Glendale 
-re from Philadelphia exchange, XLu.U. thf oar^T^cnrnVan^ ! ^2 



ivering the Main Line and some 
ty accounts for Eagle Lion, Dan 
'yers, newcomer to staff. Is as- 
igned to West Virginia area. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



change to the parent "company, ! Si'5"^"3„''y/^S^^ 
Monogram Pictures. Both plan to | ^fi^^n""*"^?: ""^ Sterland. L. A., 
retii-e but will continue operation | '""^ ^" yeais. 



of f our nabe houses here in which 
they have an interest with Gene 
Autry. 

All stock of United Theatre 
Service Corp., acquired by John C, 



"Time of Life" bought by Min- Greerj who has been general mana 
■2Sota Amus. Go. for. entire, circuit I ger for the last six months. He will 
id opens at local State and. .St [become president as weU as gen- 
'.lul Paramount soon. , I eral manager. John L. Francoiii is 



'Adult' Fare 

Continued from face- 



□ 



850G Costumer 

Continued, fiom page 3 la 

used the boom : ;once' in doing 
"T-Men." "We did something 
which John Ford , does a lot, had 
people walk towards the camera 



ers District 50 .were employed on | instead. It's more exciting when 
project , . i people come towards you and it 

. : ; ■ ' : . ■ {'eliminates tlie need for lighting big 



expanses." In "Reign," he said, 



New Te|as^Drive^-In I ceilings were used and the light- 

A new drive-in to be kAown as »"? was arranged from the floor, 
the Starlight is being built here by skirting the need for nggmg. 



R. S, Starling. He already oper- 
ates the Twilite drive-in here. 



New Drive-In Activity in Ky. 

St. Louis. 

Construction of drive-ins has 
accelerated during tlie past year 
with the Columbia Amus. Co., Inc., 
Paducah, Ky., now hi the field. Co- 
lumbia plans a 600-car operatinni 
hi Murray, Ky., where the com- 
pany now operates two theatres. 



"Louis B. Mayer (Metro's proi 
duction chief) was so impressed by 
'T-Men' that he had his .entire staff 
In at screenings of the film," Mann 
said. "He was Interested In learn- 
ing how the film could be made so 
cheaply and so well." 

In "Reign," according to Mann, 
one instance of the "imagination" 
used to save costs was the shoot- 
ing of the guillotine scene by 
placing the camera directly above 
the execution platform. "We elim- 



Opposish to the Columbia inter* .=i>....- 

K„ I?- ? 600-car drive-in . inated the necessity of shooting the 
IiTnear LK^k"^^. »rive- ! back of the platform and most of 

in, near Benton, Ky.; a 500-car one both sirifs. Bv «> dninp thP m«h 



being opened near Benton by Lake 
Edwards and Associates; a 25S-«ar 
drive-in opened by H. J. Shelby at 
Kevil, Ky. In IlUnois, Russell 
Baker is building a drive-in near 
Metropolis. 



both sides. By so doing, the mob 
scene was kept down to 90 people 
but gave the Impression of many 
more." 



influence the forthcomihg: Caha- 
dian situaiion. 

XT. »i. > .t -L , ' , X. . , - , , V ,, On the 20C& amusement tax. 

More than- 20 of terntory s mr I retiring head and; orgamzer, of the i^v]ji(;b^ ^ya^^ dropped by the fed- 

' '^i"':ff*.**^*i5"'""*»''''f "'"^ concern. ' ^^^^ government and immediately 

'.ade reservations , to, attend na- • ■ ■ — — ■ i ,<„i,„„„„„j u., fi.» «..«.riw»;.,t ^a.; 

onal Allied Stales' convention at' --n. ; reimposed by the piovincial gov- 



COLUMBUS 



cmmcnts to be earmarked for hos- 



. few Orleans Nov. 29^30 and Dec, 1. , ■ ^a. i > ,r • • 

New Cedar, first neighborhood Mrs. Lelia Steams, general man- ' P'tals relief, Morris Stem of Fa- 
louse to be built here in dozen ager of the Southern, downtown mous Players (Canadian) reported 
ears because of city council ban ' second-run , film house, has com- that every means had been used 
m new sfaowhouse construction, pleted a $30,000 facelift job by the MPTA to eliminate or al- 
ijpens shortly. on the theatre, once playing all Icviate the tax but such efforts 

Kenneth Eitrem resigned as legit productions li er e. Mrs. hadn't been successful. 
Paramount booker to become an , Steams finished the, revamping; Elected directors were Morris 
RKO saleiiman at Sioux Falls, S. D. which- was originally planned by Stein, Famous Players; George 



5M-Car Texas Drive-In 

Wichita Falls, Tex. 
New 5 00-car Falls drive-in 
opened here by John Blocker and 
J. S, Sands. 



Extended Dates 



ContinncA front page I 



■Third priveTin Near IWiiwankef : hv^tK .WeidEei^ pi)rodi)et.^;Q^ 

/i..^„t ■ i<- > . , W'.lwai'kee. . is that les$er, pictures are foftuhate 
iri^ M^l"*^ "Ic" fi drive- to last. Out a full week. 

Bert Zats promoted from bUling her husband who died- four years , Peters, Odeon (Ban£r'Theat"re°s": | this" we^k b^ X?cL^hea*t%s ^itu^^^ ^-Thi^^lirrt Tv^lm^hit 
..li^^c. fsti 4,<i»an/>v am i :»T.Lii. ., , » vitlJiv s,/^:,-.: i.ni,rfi\fff.wirr«».i„.,(. r^A.,- , tT ..;t«^,." situation^ ine old axiom that 



only three pietiireii went six week* 
or- longer, ' while In 1941 thesis 
were 11 tbeatries playing sis rounds 

Start Corpus Christi Drive-ln '^"^ \. . 

Corpus Christ! Tex 1 ™ holoover time in smaller 

Underwood & Ezell Orive-In ' those outside the first 50 

Theatre Corp., renewed permit for l^^y' spots, is comparatively more 
construction of $40,000 drive-in severe than hi larger keys. This 
here. Permit was originally grant- is understandable to distributors, 
ed more than a year ago, and work , being attributed to the fact that 
already has started on outdoor patrons are shopping for screen 

fare, with the result that smash 
hits drain more heavily on houses 



clerk to fill vacancy. ago. 

Bennie Berger, North Central j 
Allied president, praised film com-. | 
panics for showing more concilia' ( 

tory spirit and being more cooper- Curfew at 9 o'clock decreed for 



KANSAS CITY 



A. (Nat) Taylor, 20th I Management Corp. It will haO^ tTere i "no situ^^^^^^ 
Theatres: William Sum- 1.000-car capacity. Marcus is build- ■ f^A r.?ph™ r.., l„ (c .,iY^r.« 
and Sam Fine B F WKjwo^her drive-ins at Appleton ^'^^^ ^^^ ^ "^H^ 



i Nathaniel 
r Centuiy 

merville and Sam Fine, B & F 
Theatres. Independent theatre rep- 



v^eTn" dWnng wlfh i^d^^^^^^^^^ kidTof Ka^^as City: KrnV.:but it J^^^ 

exhibitors. won't affect their theatre-going, ac- ^a'"- I?5rb Allen, Roy Miller 

Paul Mans and associates filed a cording to Edward lU(/es, police Larr.v Ritza^,^Lou Rosefield, Floyd 

hourt action to mandamus town lieutenant ' ' " ' ' - .- x,. . . n,, . 

council of Rose, Twin City .suburb, bureau 

to grant them a license to build a under 



and Lacrosse, Wis. 



The catch this 
year is that there are fewer of 
these good pictures available. I 
have discovered that when these 



t Drive-Ins For San Anidnio 

. San Antonio, , . , 

rwo big drivc^ms are planned big . draw' pictures are available 




VFedncsday, Novemlter 3, 1948 



17 




appeal. Wynn takes honors m laug ^^^^^^^^^ 

laughs.*" . 
olmosV unbelievably fast pace to .^ohpenoent 

.v,Te 95 minutes of enter- 
ShooW do business everywhere. ^ 

tainnnent." urefire 



ally delighted. Told at a tunou y ^^^^^^ 

.,• UA tills. Wonderful cast. 
« Should keep coin roUmg mto UA ^^^^^ 

Rare comedy." 

whose sequences bring dov/n 

A W«*y' ^any ^''"^ • • • V'"" , ^ „o^^vWO00 REPORTER 

the house." 

view audience rollicked with con j^^,^, 

« WeUom. batch of slapstick should score nicely. A load 
of laughs." 




particolorW 

wonderlol for 
the type who 
goes for the :r 
* type who cannot 
type I 



harry M Popkm preser.f, 

LARAINE DAY • KIRK DOUGLAS 
KEENAN WYNN • HELEN WALKER 

m 

RUDYVALLtE ■ Florence Bates • Alan ^^owbrav 
Gale Robh'ns ■ Irene Ryan • Grady SuUon 

r:. Leo C. Popkir, • .... 

o.'-.-t-c)t, Charles Martin •aw,.. - . 




Released thru 



18 



PI€TljRES 



Wtduttdmjf Niovemlwr 1948 



Smalltown Exlnbs Balk Supniii^ 
Any Big City Public Relations Plan 



Chances of all-industry adoption 
of Paul MacNamara'» plan for a 
f2,000,000 film public relations 
program were dimmed last week 
wlien the Theatre Ownefs of- Attier* 
lea, most likely, exhib org to join 
the scheme, backed away following 
an executive committee meet in 
New York. The maneuver was acr 
complished in a cautiously worded 
statement which -made no specific 
■reference to : the p:r. institute pro- 
posed by David O. Selznick's ad- 
pub chief and favored by an influ- 
•ential Hollywood faction. 

TOA's statement declared that 
Gael Sullivan, exec director, would 
make a, further study of ■ various 
plans offered to the group, but that 

• It. was the consensus that the per- 
manent program should be .built 
around the local exhibitor, and 
made available to all exhite who 
. are- willing to cooperate. MacNa- 
. mara's plan, which won preliminary 

approval' at TOA's. Chicago conven- 
tion in September, would con- 
centrate on key cities and depend 
on penetration through urban cen- 
ters to the smaller spots. 

While not so stating, it's under- 
stood that. TOA: conducted a;i tinr 
official check with smalltown' ex- 
hibs who balked at the McNamara 
plan because of its big-city concen- 
tration. Tliey saw no reason to 
donate a percentage of their ad- 
vertising budget — one phase of the 
proposal-^when there would be lit- 
tle or no advertising in their lo- 
. caleSi' ; Small fry also ..shied away 
..because lio : local ' control of ■ the. 
campaign WAs provided. 

Exec committee agree to a 60- 
day experiraental basi.s for a na- 
tional conciliation plan ' proposed 
by prexy Arthur Lockwood. TO A 
will immediately embark on tlie 
setup ^'in the hope of making a 
sincere, firm effort to check the 
ever-mounting number of suits that 
are strangling the industry," ac- 
cording to St Pabian; exec eommit- 
tee chairman. 

TOA state and regional units 
will form conciliation committees 
of three men. Of these, one will 
ihe a TOA member; one a member 
of some other group, and the third 
unaffiliated with any organization; 
Three-man boards will screen ex- 
hib gripes and attempt to adjust 
them on a local level. If they fail, 
national unit will take the matter 
up witli homeoffice officials of the 
company involved. When unsuc- 
cessful on a nationallevelj arbitra- 
tion Is to be recommended on the 
dispute. 

'Meet wound up with naming of 
David Wallerstein. Ghi exhib, and 
Walter Reade, Jr., : New York and 
Jersey operator, as co-chairmen, 
with Mitchell Wolfson, Miami, of 
the television committee. M. A. 
.Lightman, Jr;, Memphis, . will . also 
•serve. Wolfson and Sullivan'' will 
J hold a series of nieetinss to study 
various proposals.: 

WUliam F. Ruffin, Sr., was named 
chairman, and Edvyiard Zorn and 
Reade as members of a' National 
Screen : Service committee. Trio 
will act for all exhibs with conttO':' 
versies or problems involving NSS. 

• Latter has indicated a desire to 
cooperate, 

Group decided in favor of a full 
board meet in Washington some 
time in January. .: Attending last 
week's huddle were Lockwood, 
Wolfson^ Sullivan, : Lightman, 'Fa- 
bian, Ted Gamble, board chairman; 
Leonard Goldenson, Paramount's 
theatre chief Robert Coyne, J. J. 
O'liCaty, Harry Lowenstein, Lewen 
Pizor and Herman M. Levy, 



Dr. Gallup 

Continued from pace S- 



have more money : and more op- 
portunity to go to pictures than 
the younger set," he added. "Han- 
dled right they could go twice 
often." 

. 'Uniformity of 'Advertising' ' 

One of the factors keeping those 
who are :riot fans from showing 
up at the boxoffice is ''uniformity 
of advertising,"- Dr. Gallup said; 
"Most-film advertising: is designed- 
to catch ; the: fan public," he: ex- 
plained. "You must do a special 
sort bf job to reach people over 30, 
Any picture that did big business 
was known to this group and well 
patronized by it;" He cited "Best 
Years," "The Jolson Story" and 
"Welcome Stranger" as examples. 
These pix, he : said, were as welt 
known by: the: older group as by 
the fans. 

Two things are habitually stud* 
ied by the pic Industry "every 
week in the year," according to 
Dr; Gallup. His outfit is continue 
ally checking, into how well the 
public knows of a particular film 
and how: many went to see it. .But 
an overall survey of the entire field 
"has never been done in the his-^ 
tory of . the business/ : ' We have 
mountains of information on who 
goes to pictures but none on why 
some do and 'Some don't". 

Three aspects of the problem 
were checked off by Dr: Gallup. 
"First; the industry must produce 
more pictures of interest not only 
to the fans but also , people over 
30. Second, the industry must do a 
better job in getting these, films 
I known to those who generally do 
I not go. On this score, advertising 
l is entirely too uniform. Third, the 
' industry must change the pattern 
I of thought of older people." :: 
I On th6 third count. Dr. Gallup 
, believes the 52,000,000 public rcla- 
I tions pi'ogram proposed by Paul 
1 MacNamara, ad-pub topper, for Da- 
i vid O. Selznick, is "extremely in- 
i talligent, sensible and reasonable.'' 
I "It is aimed to bring in the people 
' over 30," he added. "There is no 
[ doubt people in that group ' have 
' a lot of crazy ideas about pictures 
1 and Hollywood." ' : ;, 
I However, the industry must also 
I think of the other two aspects, he 
declared, if it wished to intelli- 
I gently tackle the problem. 



LOUISVILLE 

(Continued from page 9) 
65)— "Love of Mary" (U) and 
"End. of Biver" (U). Slow S4,800. 
Last week, "Larceny" (U) and 
"Assigned to Danger" (EL), $4,000. 

Rialto (FA) (3,400; 45-65)— 
"Apartment For Peggy" (20th) and 
"Night Wind" (20th). Looks pace- 
setter this week,' with nice $15,- 
000. Last week, "Sorry, Wrong 
Number" (Par) and "French 
Leave" (Mono), brisk $16,000. 

State (Loew's) (3,000; 45-65)— 
"Red River" (UA) and "Manhat- 
tan Angel" (Col). Fine $13,000. 
Last week, "Southern Yankee" 
(M-G) and "Secret Land" (M-G), 
solid $18,000. 

Strand (FA) (1,000; 45-65)— 
"Ruthless" (EL) and "Linda Be 
Good" (EL), Mild $4,000 Indi- 
cated. Last week, "Night Song" 
(RKO) and "Train to AlcaUaz' 
(Rep), $4,500. 



Picture Grosses 



'River' at Flood Level 
In Denver With 



$15,000 



Hughes Plans 

Conttmied from page 3 i 



Tevlin-Repub 

Ccntinucd from page 3 



coin before entering any negotia- 
tions witii Yates. They feel, how- 
ever, that Tevlin is a natural for 
the studio job if- they can swing a 
deal. 

Understood, the syndicate will- 
ing to go for the: proposition if it 
can be handled for $4,000,000. Of 
this, $2,900,000 would go to clean 
up loans outstanding to Rep from 
a group of banks. However, Yates 
has consistently denied any inten- 
tion of selling his interest at less 
than $3,000,000. 

Yates' holdings, it's said, repi'e- 
Jents some 10% of the entire com- 
mon stock issue. The Jules E. 
Brulatour estate holds another 
24%. Syndicate thinks it can work . 
out a deal with Brulatour Inter- + 
ests if it Can close with Yates. i 



- 

I is down about 20%. Nonetheless, 
j the circuit's net will be sizable 
:aiid when the figures are: aired. 
: should send price quotes up con^ 
1 siderably. Another important fac- 
I 4or is the probability that thfe 
; theatre company will liquidate 
i some of its brick-and-mortar hold- 
i ings for cash while taking back 
! longterm operating leases. 

RKO theatres have a net worth 
valuation on the company's books 
of $15,000,000 after deduction of 
mortgages and other obligations of 
j some $25,000,000. Book value, 
I however, is highly confervativc. 
1 Reported prices . of , $35,000,000- 
1 $40,000,000 offered to Hughes for 
rhis 24% interest are considered 
j entirely too high here for belief. 
I - ■ ;New:. Board ■ 
j At the reorganization meet held 
here, Floyd Odium, Harry Duming 
and L. Boyd Hatch, all represent- 
ing Atlas Corp., former control' 
■ ling, stockholder, resigned, N, Pester ■ 
Rathvon is expected to follow suit 
later. New board consists of f 
Hughes. Depinet, Noah Dietrich, J. i 
Miller Walker, George H, Shaw, 
L. Lawrence: Green and Frederick 
L, Khrman. New chairman will not 
be appointed until the stockholdei-s 
meeting, 

; Atlas still holds 300(000 RKO. 
stock warrants. Resigning direc- 
tors explained that, as directors, 
they were in favor of the reorgani • 
zation plan and the sale of war- 
rants, but as directors of Atlas thej 
could not approve, in the best in- 
terests of their company, the plan 
that they buy one .share of each of 
the theatre and production stock 
They wanted to give \\arran' 
holders the right to excnisc thcii- 
option on either theatre or pro 
ductioH' stock, on the basis that 
each warrant holder is entitled to 
buy one share of each stock, as he 
prefers. Planned reoi-ganization of 
MCO would require a tvco-thlrds 
vote 6f all stockhold«n. 



Denver, Nov. 2, : 
Turning them away every night 
even though single-billed in com- 
petition with duals in all other 
Denver firstrunsi"Red River" is 
soaring to sock session at Broad- 
way, and will hold. Indian sum' 
mer weather is keeping many peo- 
ple out of theatres. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aladdin (Fox) (1,400; 35-74)-- 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th» 
and ^'Michael O'Halloran" (Mono) 
(m.o.). Day-date with Rialto. Big 
$9,500. Last week, "Egg and 1" 
(U) and "Canyon Passage" (U), fair 
$3,000. 

Broadway (Ginehia) 11^500; 35- 
74)— "Red River" (UA). Smash 
$15,000, and holding. Last week,. 
"Man Godfrey" (U) and "When 
Tomorrow Comes" (U), $3,000. 

Denham (Cockrill) (1,750; 35-70) 
-^"Night Has Thousand Eyes" 
(Par) (2d wk) and "Triple Threat" 
(Col). Down to dim $8,500. Last 
week, mild ^ilO.OOO. 

Denver (Fox) (2,52.'i; 35-74)— 
"Time of Life" (UA) and "Thun-. 
derhoof" (Col), dav-date :with 
Esquire. ?vln(lf>rate SKi.OOO. Last] 
week, '■ Aoartment for Peggy'' 
(20th) and' "Michael O'Halloran" 
(Mono), big SI 8.000, 
[ ■ : Esoivtife ■'i.#(ix) .■,(742; 35-74)-^ 
' "Time of Life" (U.\) and "Thun- ' 
I derl^oof'^ (Col), also Denver. Dim i 
I .S2,000. Last week. "Apartment ' 
: Peggy" (20thl and "Michael O'Hal- ' 
, loran" (Mono\ fine $4,000. i 
I Orpheum (RKOl (2.600; 35-74)— 
j "Pirate" (M-G) and "Thunderhoof" I 
: (Col), Fairish S,t!15,000, Last 
'week, "Good Sam" (RKO) and 
1 "Jassy" (U) (2d wk), good $11,500. 
I Paramount (Fox) (2,200: 35-74) — 
, "Northwest Stampede" (EL) and 
■ "Spiritualist" (ED, day-date with 
Webber. Very mild $8,000. Last 
jweek, 'iRuthless" (EL) and "En- 
; chanted Valley" lEI,). $9,500. 
I " Rialto (Fox) (878; 35-74)— 
' "Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
and "Michael O'Hvilloran" (Mono) 
(m 0,). A'so Aladdin. Oke $3.- 
000,: Last week. "Black Arrow" 
(Col) and "Lulu Belle" (Col) 
, (m.o.t. S2,500. 

! Webber (Fox) (750; 35-74)— 
I "Northwest Stampede" (EL) and 
"Spiritualist" (EL), Also Para- 
mount, Good $3,000 or Over. Last 
week, '^Apartment for Peggy" 
(20th) and "Michael O'Halloran" 
(Mono), $3,000. 



SEATTLE 

(Continued from page 8) 
000 or less. Last week, "Cry of 
City" (20th), $5,600 in 6 days. 

Orpheum (H-E) (2,600; 50-84)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Sur- 
render Dear" (Col). Big $12,500. 
Last week, "Touch of Venus" (U) 
and "Sword Avenger" (EL), nice 
$10,300. 

Palomar (Sterling) (1,350; 40-$l) 
—"Out of Storm" (Rep), with Mills 
Bros, heading stageshow. Sock 
$13,000 or near. Last week, 40-65, 
"Jericho" (20th) and "Beyond 
Glory" (Par) (2d run), slow $4,200 
in 6 days. 

Paramount (H E) (3,039; 50-84)— 
'■Southern Yankee'' (M-G) and 
"Hunted" (Mono) (2d wk). Good 
$7,000. Last week, solid $12,600, 
but below hopes. 

Roosevelt (Sterling) (800; 50-84) 
—"2 Guys Texas" (WB) and "For- 
eign Affair" (Par) (Zd- runs). Oke 
$4,000. Last week, "Slave Ship" 
(20th) and "Frontier Marshal" 
(20th) (reissues), big $6,100. 



'Rope' Holds Omaha, lOG 

Omaha, Nov. 2. 
Hallowe'en, midnight shows with 
perfect weather upped grosses in 
every downtown house and many 
neighborhood s pots . Paramount 
with "Southern Yankee," backed by 
"City of Little Men," short about 
Boys Town near here lo6ks good. 
One of biggest grosses in weeks 
IS going to "Rope" at the Brandeis. 
Estimates for This Week 
Brandeis (RKO) '1.500; 16-65) — 
"Rope" (WB) and "Gentleman No- 
where" (Col). Great $10,000, Last 
week, "Loves of Carmenf (Col) and 
"Thunderhoof" (Col), fine $9,000. 

Paramount (Tristates) (2,800; , 
16-65)— "Southern Yankee" (M-G). ' 400 
Good $11,000. Last week, "Luck of ! Loew's 
Irish" (20th), $11,000, 

Orpheum (Tristates) (3,000; 16-65) 
—"Dream Girl" (Par) and "Gallant 
Legion" (Rep), - Fairly nice $12,- 
000 or close, La.st week, "Four 
Faces West" (l,A) and "Jiggs, Mag- 
gie in Society" 'Mono), ,"610,800. 

Omaha (Tristates) i2,100)— "Man- 
'Oater Kumaon" (U), Acceptable 
i!),800. Last week, "Pcabody and 
Tcrmaid" dJ) and "The Cobra 
'likes" I EL), $9,000. 
State I Goldberg) (865; 16-65) — 
San Francisco" (M-G) and "Night 
■it the Opera" (M-G) (reissues). 
Opened Sunday 131). Last week, 
"Luxury Liner" (M-G) and "Secret 
Land" (M-G) soek $6,500, 



'Belinda' Boffo $30,000, 
Leader in Hub; 'River' 
Swift 46G in 2 Spots 

Boston, Nov. 2. 
Despite pre-election excitement 
and election itself plus outdoors 
weather and generally offish trend, 
a couple of spots are getting good 
takes. . Biz is off at most other 
theatres. "Johnny- Belinda" at the 
Met is tops. "Red River" at State 
and Orpheum looks big. : 
Estimates for This Week 
Astor (Jaycox) (1,300; 90-$2.40)— 
"Hamlet" (U) (11th wk). Down to 
$9,000. Moves out to Beacon Hill 
Nov. 1 0, Last week, $9,200, 

Boston (RKO) (3,200; 40-80)— 
"Cry of City ' (20th) and "The 
Creeper" (20th). Fairly good $22,- 
000. Last week, "Drums" (UA) 
and "White Feather" (UA) (re.^ 
issues), $23,000. 

EsQuire (M-P) (1;000;: 9042.40)— 
"Macbeth" (Rep) (5th wk). Weak 
$3;000. Last week; about same, 

Exeter ( Indie) (1,300; 45-75)— i 
"Blanche Fury" (EL) and "Gay 
Intruder" (20th) (2d wk). Neat ' 
$6,000 after $8,000 first. 

Fenway (M-P) (1,373; 40-80)— 
"Night Has 1.000 Eyes" (Par) and 
"Smuggler's Cove" (Mono) (2d wk), ! 
Mild $4,000 after okay $7,000 first.- 
Memorial (RKO) (3,000; 40-80)^ 
"Race Street" (RKO) and "Variety 
Time" (RKO). Opened today (2). 
Last week, "One Touch Venu,s" (U) 
and "Bodyguard!; (UKOi, yanked 
after 6 days only $18,000. 

Metropolitan (M-P) (4,367; 40- 
80) — ".Tohnny Belinda" (WB). 
Strongest item in town with solid I 
$30,000. Last week, "Apartment ! 
ifor Peggy" (20th) and "Night] 
; Wind" (20th), $26,000. i 
Orpheum iLoew) (3,000; 40-80)— 
. "Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
I Angel" (Col )i Second week be- , 
I ginS; today (Tues,). Last week, | 
sock $31,000. ' 

Paramount (M-P) (1,700; 40-80 1 
—"Night lias 1,000 Eyes" (Par) 
and "Smugglers Gove" (Mono) {2d j 
wk). Mild $12,000, after okay $16,- : 
000 first. I 
State (Loew) (3,500; 40-80)— ' 
"Red River" (UA) and "Manhatta." I 
Angel" (Col). Second week begins ! 
today (Tues ). La.st week, big 
$16,000. 



Star Personals Boost 
'Tatlock's' OK $14,000, 
KX.; Teggy' Lush 17G 

Kansas City, Nov. 2. 
- New bills carry only moderate 
weight and grosses are in same 
groove. "Miss Tatlock's Slillions" 
at Paramount was kicked olf on an 
area : preem Wednesday: with one- : 
day of personals by Mary Hatcher, • 
William Holden, Robert Stack and 
Bill Demare.st. Best money prob- 
ably will be landed by " Apartment 
for Peggy" at the Tower-Uptown- 
Fairway trio and likely will stay ' 
over. "Walk Crooked Milef^ at 
Midland and "Raw DeaP': at Boxy ^ 
are both average. 

Estimate! for This Week 

Esquire (Fox Midwest) (820; 45<' 
65)— "Corvette K-225" (FC) and 
"Wings Over Honolulu" (FC) (re- 
issues). Average $3,000. Last week, 
"Slave Ship" (20th) and "High ^ 
Seas" (Col) (reissues), good $4,000. 

Kimo (Dickinson) (550; 35-45-65) 
— "Fanny" (Indie). So-so $1,500. 
Last week, "Maiius" (Indie), .$900 
in 5 days. 

Midland (Loew's) (3,500; 45-65)— 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) and 
"Rusty Leads Way" (Col). Mild 
$13,000. Last week, "Southern 
Yankee" (M-G) and "Secret Land" 
(M-G), nice $17,000, 

Orpheum (RKO) (1,900; 45-65)— 
"Rope" (WB) and "Variety Time" 
(RKO), held over 3 days, and "Four 
Feathers" (FC) and "Drums" (FC) 
(reissues). Light$9,000. Last week, ; 
"Rope" and "Variety Time ' (RKO), 
trim $14,000. 

Paramount (Par) (1,900; 45-65) — 
"Miss Tatlock's Millions" (Par). 
Had help of p.a.'s by William 
Holden, Mary Hatcher, Robeit 
Stack and Bill Demaresl opening 
day. Okay $14,000. Last week, 
"Sealed Verdict" (Par), steady 
$12,000. 

Roxy (Durwood) (900; 45-65) — 
"Raw Deal" (EL) and "Olympic 
Games 1948" (EL). Good $4,000. 
Last week, "Texas, Brooklyn" (UA) 
and "Shed No Tears" (EL), aver- 
age $3,000. 

Tower ■■ Uptown - Fairway (Fox : 
Midwest) (2,100, 2,043, 700; 45-65) 
—"Apartment for Peggy ' (20th). 
Solid $17,000. Last week, "Saxon 
Charm" (U), moved out after 8 
slow days at $9,500. 



'Julia' Best in Toronto, 
Fancy 14G, 'Affair' 16G 

Toronto, Nov. 2. 
Back at pop prices, "Best Years" 
is: continuing second-week turn- 
away business at almost every per- 
formance. "Julia Misbehaves" and 
"Innocent Affair" are both lilsh 
and best of newcomers. 

Estimates for This Week 
Imperial (FP) (3,373; 36-66)— 
"Velvet Touch" (RKO), Okay $15,- 
000, Last week.' "Sorry, Wrong 
Number" (Par) (3d wk), good $10,- 



(Lo'ew): (2,096; 3e.i66)-^ 
I ''Julia Misbehaves" (M-G). Fancy 
$14,000, Last week, "Paradine 
.Case" (SRO) (2d wk), big $12.,500, 
Odoon (Rank) (2,390; 35-$1.20)— 
"Best Years" iRKO) (2d wk). Ter- 
rific .S20,000 after last week's 
I smash $24,500. 

• Shea's- (FP) (2,386; 36-66)— 
"Loves of Carmen" (Col) (2d wk). 
Big $14,500 after last week's hefty 
,$16,400. 

I Tivoli (FP) (1,431; 36-66)— "Crv 
of City" i20th) (2d wk), Nice $5,000 
' after last week's hu,sky $6,200. 
: Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 30-66)— 
"Innocent Affair" 'UA), Fine $16,- 
000, Last week, "Larceny" (U), 
okay $11,600. 



'Blandings'Bigl6G,Mont'l 

. Montreal; Nov. 2, 
"C\ion City" and "Blandingg 
Dream House" shape as standout 
[among new pix' this week. "Ab- 
I bott-Costello Meet Frankenstein" 
also is big on second week. 
Estimates for This Week 
Loew's (C, T,) (2,855; 40-65)— 
I "Date With Judy" (M-G) i2d wk). 
, Big $17,000 after sockeroo $22,000 
, first week. 

, Capitol (C. T.) (2,412; 34-60)— 
"Black Bart" (U). Oke $15,000. 
Last weeks "Romance High Seas" 
(WB), slow $9,600. 

Palace (C. T.)- (2.625; 34-60)— 
"BiandinKs Dream House" iSRO). 
Fine $16,000. Last week, "Es- 
cape" (20th), fair $8,400. 

Princess (C. T.) (2,131; 34-60)— ' 
"Meet Frankenstein" (U) (2d wk). 
Strong $14,000 after smash $19,- 
000 first. 

Imperial (C, T.) (1,839; 26-45)— 
"Return Bad Men" (RKO) and 
"Gentlemen Nowhere" (Col), Good 
$6,500. Last week, "Mine Own 
Executioner" (20th) and "Triple 
Threat" (Col), $5,200. 

Orhpeum (C. T,) (1,040; 26-45) 
—"Canon City" (EL) and "Singin' . 
Spurs" (Col). Sock $6,000 or over. 
Last week, "Peabo4y.^md , Mer- 
maid" (U) and "Advfmture Sil- ; 
verado" (Col), routine $4,800. 

Par Drops Compulsory I 
Where Exhib Desires 

Minneapolis, Nov, 2. 
. Paramount: here has eliminated: 
compulsory percentage and is sell- 
ing flat in any situation vchere the 

I exhibitor has desired. 

I North Central Allied, which has 
been waging a bitter fight against ' 

.compulsory percentage and which, 
has been continuously attacking 

' Paramount for other reasbns, now 
has publicly congratulated the 
company. At the same time, it has 

I warned exhibitors to "be extremely 
careful in buying flat under this 
new policy" and not to permit it 
to be used as "a lever to raise your 

I film rentals." . 



Wednesday, Novembor 8, 1948 



PICTURES 19 



RKO's Consent Decree 



Continued from page S 



how in final form. It will be sub- 
mitted to the Federal court by the 
Goverriitient this- week lor ap- 
proval. 

The new RKO theatre company 
will take with it all theatre inter- 
ests now held by its predecessor 
company. Within one year,' how- 
ever, it must liquidate it,s holdings 
in all but 30 of the 241 theatres 
In which ic has a joint interest. with 
partners. II is permitted to retain 
■ the 80 wholly-owned houses; with 
minor exceptions; to which it. can 
add 30 theatres of its clioice from 
the partnership theatres. 

In effect, it allows the theatre 
company now in creation to have 
a maximum of 110 houses, or a 
few less. The 'decree specifically 
prohibits tlie two RKO companies 
to have common directors, officers, 
agents or employees. 

Howard Hughes, controlling 
Utockliolder- in the present RKO 
cetup with 24% of; the common 
itock, must within one year elect 
tO: sell his holding.? in either the 
producing or theatre company. 




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Deci'ee further provides that since 
no other stockholder owns 1% of 
the common stock, no sale require- 
ment will be directed against any 
of them. If Hughes does not dis- 
po,se of 1) is holdings in one or other 
companies within the year, he must 
deposit the stock with a trustee 
named by the court under a voting 
(rust agreement until lie makes the 
sale. 

Only 4 In N. Y. City 

Rather tncky provisions cover- 
ing sale of theatres is as follows: 
New company must terminate all 
existing ,ioin.t interests but may 
elect to end them in up to 30 thea- 
tres by acquiring the interest of the 
coownt-r. Kxcept for four theatres 
— the Alden, Jamaica; Midway, For- 
est Hills: and two chosen from the 
Castle Hill. Marble Hill and Pel- 
ham, Bronx^none of the 30 can 
be located ln New York Gity. 
. In the event that the new conir 
pany buys out Walter. Reade's half 
interest in the Trenton -New 
Brunswick (N. J.) circuit, it must 
dispose of its interest in one first- 
run house in Trenton. Company 
•will also dispose of its entire in- 
terest in two of : the theatres opet-' 
ated by it on first-run in Cincin- 
.nati'.- 

^There Is no restriction as to 
whom RKO can sell except that *t 
cannot be . a defendant in the ac*^ 
tion. Understood that even this 
restriction is directed only against 
theatre-downing ■ defendants and 
would not bar Universal, Columbia 
or United Artists from buying up: 
houses. 

RKO has represented that it will 
efl'ectuato a plan or reoryanization 



.separating theatres from produc- 
I tion-distribution within 90 days. 
First steps have already been 
taken by board approval, over the 
past weekend in Coast meetings. 

Production-distrib wing agrees 
to certain regulations in selling pix 
under the consent decree. It, howt 
ever, is not barred from dealing' 
with' the theatre company in regu- 
lar bookings of product. 

Other Curbs . 

Among sales restrictions are 
bans against pricerfixing; against 
creating R system of clearances 
with- othei.: distdbs; in enforcing 
excessive clearances; granting 
franchises; making master agree-: 
ments; block-booking. 

At any time after entry of a 
final decree against Universal and 
Columbia. RKO may elect to be 
relieved of the present decree in 
favor of that against the two com- 
panies. This provision, apparently, 
was inserted by RKO to avoid be-, 
ing sub.iect to tnore stringent pro^ 
visions than its competitors. . 

New RKO. companies are barred 
from obtaining other theatre inter- 
ests hereafter "unless the acquir- 
ing defendant shall show to the 
satisfaction of the court, and the 
court shall first find, that such ac- 
quisition , will nOt vunjJ.ttly restrain 
competition in tlie exhibitiob of 
feature, motion pictures." However; 
these eompanies may; elect to come 
under any provisions entered in a 
final decree against the four other 
theatre-owning defendants relating 
to the acquisition of tlieatres. 

The decree will not limit the 
right of RKO , during tiie one-year, 
period in the distribution of pix ito 
any theatre in which the' company' 
now holds a 95% interest; To en- 
force the decree. Government -is 
granted reasonable access to com-: 
pany books and records and to in- 
terrogate officers. 



Leibell's ASCAP Decree 



Continued from paee 8 ; 



RKO's Partner-Held Ikatres 

.Follouvwi!; is o complete list of the BKO partnership-held thea- 
tres m ivhich the company must UqiddatK its interests wtthin one 
year under the new consent decree. Company may, however, buy 
out its partners in a maximum of, 30 theatrei. List breaks down 
group into those held with three main partners; the botoice «cat- 
tered among other owtside interests. 




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RKO-PARAMOUNT 
' (Butlerfiald Circuit) :. 

Bay, Bay City. Mich 

Big Rapids, Bi^ Kapids, . . 

.Mich. 

Biioii^ B.'ittl* Creek, Mich. 
Caldwell, St. Jo-seph, Mich. 
Capitol, Flint, Mich. 
Capitol, .Jaclt-son, MJCh. 
Capitol. Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Capitol. Laiisiiiff. Mich. . 
Capitol, Owosso; Mich. 
Center, Bay City; Mich. 
Center. CadiUilc, Mich, y 
CiiiUei', Grand Rapids, Mlvn. 
Centev, Holland. Mich. 
Center, lonta. Mich. 
Center. I.urtington. Mich. 
Center, Owossoi Mich.. 
Center, Saginaw. Mich. 
Center.. WiUow Run. Mich. 
Colonial. Holland, Mich, 
Crosswell. Adriani. Mich. 
Dawn, Hillsdale. Mich.': 
Delia, Flint. Muh. 
Desiriond, Port Huron, Mich. 
EaKle. 'Pontlac, Mich; ■ 
Eastown, Cirand Rapidf. 
I'amilv, Adrian, Mich,. 
Familv, Monroe. Mich. 
Kaniily, Port Huron, Mich. ' 
Kour Star. Grand Rapids. 
Franklin . Sagma w. Mich . 
Fuller. KalamaiLoci, Mich. 
Garden, Flint. Mich. 
Gibson. Greenville. Mich. 
Gladinei, Lansing. Mi<h 
Gland. Grand llavcn, Mich. 
Hill, Hillsdale, Mich. . 
Holland. Holland, ivuch, 
Ionia, Ionia. Mich. \ 
Kent, Vrand ilapids, Mich. 
Lake. Benton Harbor, Mich. 
I.ansinK, Lansing, Mich. 
Llbertv, Bculoii Harbor, 
Mich. 

I.vrlc. Alpena, Mich. 
L\ric, Cadillac. Mich 
Lyric, T.udington, Mich, 
l.vric, Manistee, Mich 
Lyiio. Tiaveisa City. Mich. 
Maie.stif, Grand Rapids* 

*li<'' ■ 
Maiesi- .Tackson. Mich. 
Maiestic. Port Huron, Mich. 
Miiltzi . Alpena. Mich. , 
Martha Washington, Ypsi- 

lahtl, Mich., , ; 

Mecca. Saginaw. Mu;h.__ . _ 
Michigan, Ann Arbor. .Mich. 
Muhigan. Battle Cieek. 
Michigan, Jackson, Mich, 
jsiichigaii,'. Kalamaiioo. Mich, 
Michigan, Lansingi Mich. 
Michigan, Muskegon, Mich. 
Michigan. Saginaw. "Mich. 
Michigan, South Haven. 
Withigan. Tiaveise. .Mich 
Model. South Haven, Mich. 
Monroe; Monroe. Mich.; 
Northtowii. Lansing. Mich. 
Oakland, .Pontlac. Micli. . 
Orpheum. Ann Arbor, Jlich. 
Orpheum, Kalamazoo. Mich, 
Orpheum, Pontiac. Mich, 
our. Grand Kapids. Mich, 
Palace. Flint, AUHi. ,■ . ' \ 
Post, Battle Cieck, Mich. 
R.imsdell. Manistee, Mich. 
Keadyi Niles. Mich./ . 
Kcgcnt, Allegan, Mich. . _ 
Jlegcnt, BiiHle Creek. Mich. 
Regent, Bay City, Mich. 
P.ecenl. Flin*. Mich. 
ItcRcni, Jackson.-. Mich. ;. 
Regent, Muskegon. Micli. 
ljc\, .lacksort, Mich. 
RIalto, Pontnc, Micli. 
iliallo, fhiec Rivers, Mich 
Rivjeia, Niles, Mich, 
Riviera, Thice Riyeis. Mich. 
Robmhood, Giand Haven. 

Mich . , 

Rosy, •Wirit.;Mlfli.. . . ,, 

.Rayal, ,Graft.(t fM^is- rnVh 
Silv(>t\ ■ Ctrecnville.. Mit*.- 
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State, Ann Arbor. Mich. 
State. East Lansing. Mich. 
.State, Flint, Mich. 
State; Kalama7.oo. Mich, 
state. Muskegon, Mich. 
State, Pontiac, Mich. 
Strand, Battle Creek. Mich. 
Strand, Flint, Mich. 
Strand, Owosso, Mich, 
strand. Pontiac. Mich.' 
strand; Saginaw. Micb. 
strand; Sturgis, .Xlich. . 
Temple, Saginaw, Mich. 
Trabay. Traverse; ■ Mich. 
Uptown.. Kalama'zoo. Mich. 
Vogue. : Manistee, Mich. 
Wealthy. Grand Rapids. 
Westowii; Bay City. Micli. 
Whitney.. Ann Arbor. Mich. 
Wolveime. Saginaw. Mich. 
Wuevth, Ann Arbor. Mich... . 
Wuerth. Ypsilantij Mich. 

. RKO-SKOURAS 

Academy, N. Y. City. 
-ApollOi Jersey City. 
Astoria. Queens. N. V. 
Baysidci Bayside. N. T. 
Boulevard. Jackson Heights. 
N. ■* 

Broadway. Astoria. Queens, 

■N.,.yi'. 

Broadway.. Haverstraw, N.Y. 
Bronxville, Bronxviile, N.Y. 
Brook. Bouhd Brook. N. J. 
Cameo. Ossinmgj N. Yi 
Capitol. . Jersey City. 
Caiiitol, Portchester; ,N. Y. 
Corona. Corona. N. Y. . . . 
Crescent. Astoria. Queens, 
N. Y. 

Crotona. Bronx. N". ■ Y. ... 
Duinont. Dumont. N. J.. 
Embassy. Poitchestei, N Y. 
Englcwond,.Englewood, Kr:J. 
Forest Hills, -Forest Hills, 

N Y. 
Fulton, Jersey City. 
Glen, Glen Gove, N. Y. 
Granada, Corona, N. Y. 
Grand. Astoria, N. V". 
Hempstead. .N. Y. G. 
lnterb»ro. Bronx; N. V. , 
Jackson, - . Jackson Heights. ■ 

N. Y, 

.Tamaica, .Tamaica, N. Y. . 
Kow Gardens, Kew Gar- , 
- :■ dens. .N. - V. - j 

Liberty. Eliiabeth, N. J. 
Majestic^ Jersey City. 
Manhasset, Manhasset, N.Y. 
Midway, Forest Hills, N. Y. 
Monticello, Jersey City. 
Nemo, N. Y. C 
Ogdcn; Bronx, N. Y. , 
Palace, Bergenfield, N. J; 
Park Plaia. Bronx; N, V. 
Pascack, West wood, N. J. 
Pilgrim. Bronx, N. Y; ; 
Plaviiouse; Great Neck; . 

■N. Y; .. 

Plaza. Englewood. N. J; 
Regent, Kearny, N. J; ; ; 
Rex. East Ruthertord, N. J; 
Rialto. Jersey . City; 
Riverside. N. Y t. 
Riviera. N. Y. C 
Rivolii Hempstead, N, Y. 
Rivolt, Rutherfoi'd, N, J. 
Rockland, Nyack, N. Y;: 
Roosevelt,-' Flushing, N. V. 
ScafSdale, Scarsclalc, N; Y. 
Square, Bronx. N. Y 
.Squire, Great Neck; N. Y. 
.State, Jersey City, N, J. 
Steinway. Astoria, N. Y. 
Stoddard, N. Y. C. 
Strand, Jersey City. 
Teancclr. Teancck, N; J. 
Tivoli. Jersey Cit.v. , 
Tuxedo, Bronx, N. Y. 
Valentine, Bronx. N. V. . 
Victoria, Ossining, N. Y. . 
Victory; Bavside West, :N.Y\ 
Waid, Bi QUN. N. Y. 
Wcstwood; Westwood. N. J. 
77th Street. N. Y. CIt.v. 
RKO-READE 

Albany, New Brunswick, 
N. J. 1 1 J •, 



Broad. Trenton, N. .T. 
Brunswick; Trenton; N. J; . 
Capitol. Trenton. N. J. 
Hainiltonv Hamilton Town- 
ship, N. J. 
Lincoln, Trenton, N. J. - 
Palace, Trenton. N. J. 
Reade, Highland Park. N.J, 
Reade's Trent. Trenton;- 
-. N...J. , 

Bivpli; New Brunswick. N..r; 
Stale;; New Brunswick; N. J. 
Slate, Trcntiin, N. J. 

OTHER THEATRES 
Ace, Ozone Park, N. Y. 
Alba. Brooklyn; 
Alden, Jamaica; N. Y. 
Alhambra; Brooklyn. 
Ambassador, Brooklyn. 
Benson, Brooklyn. 
BeverLv; Brooklyn. 
Biitmore. Brooktvn; 
Broadway, Nyack, N; Y. 
Capitol; Brooklyn. 
Carroll, Brooklyn. 
Casino; Ozone Park,.N. V. 
Castle Hill; Bronx. N. Y. 
Centre, South Haven, Mich. 
Uaridge, Brooklyn. 
Clinton, BrookLvn. 
Colonial, BrookLvn. 
Colony, Brooklyn. 
Commodore. Brooklyn. 
Congress, Brooklyn: 
Cove, Glen Cove, N. Y 
Cross Bay. Ozone Park, N.Y. 
Culver, Brooklyn. 
Duftiejd, Brooklyn. 
Eastern Parkway, Brotiklyn, 
Elm,.. Brooklyn. 
Einbansy. Brooklyn. 
Folly,, Brooklyn.- 
Garden. Ozone Park, N. Y. 
Gem. .Brooklyn. ; 
Glenwood. Brooklyn. 
Grand. Chicago.;. 
Hackensack. llackensack, 

N. J. 
Halsey. Brooklyn. 
Highway. Biooklvn. 
Hillstreet. Los Angele*; 
Jerome, Ozone Park, N. Y; 
Keitli-AIbee, Huntington, 

W. Va 
Kinema, Brooklyn. 
Lalayette, Suilern, N. Y. 
Lefferts. N Y. C 
Lincoln,. Kearnv, N.: J. . 
Lynbrook, Lvnbrook, N. Y 
Majestic, Columbus, O. 
Marble Hill. Bjonx. N. Y. 
Marboro. Brooklyn. 
Marcy. Brooklyn.. 
Maspetti. Maspeth, N.: Y. ■ ■ 
Meserole,; Brooklyn; 
Oasis. Ridgewood. N. Y. ; . 
Orplienm, Huntington, 
■ Wv Va:: . 

Pantagcs, Hollywood. 
Parkhill; N. Y. G. 
Parthenon, Brooki.vn. . 
Peiham, Bronx. N Y. 
Rainbow. Brooklyn. 
Republic, Brooklyn. 
Rldgewood, Brooklyn; . 
Rivera, [Brooklyn.. : - 
RKO Proctor's; Newark; 
Roosevelt, Woodhaven; N.Y; 
Savoy. Brooklvn.' ' 
Senate, Brooklyn. ■ 
Stadium. Brooklyn.' N. Y. 
State, . Huntington, W, Va, 
Stone. Brooklyn. 
Strand. Niles, Mich. . : 
Strand. RockviUe Center; 
N, Y. 

Siinnyside. Woodsidc .N. Yi 
Supreme. Brooklyn; 
Surf; Brooklyn. . 
Times. Ctnc^natl.. 
Tipton. Iluntmiiton.. W. Va. 
Triborov Astoria , Queens, ; 
■.■N-;-V,. 

tltica, Bi-ooklvn. . ... 
Vallev Sticam. Valley 

Stream, N. V. 
Waldorf, Brooklyn;. 
Walker, Brooklyn; 
Wilson. -Bitooklyn.'.- 
431 d bticct, N, City. 



cite the following statement in 
Judge Leibell's earlier opinion; 
"If ASCAP had as such assignee 
(of the performance rights), .col- 
lected for each member a 'per 
piece' license fee for the perfonn- 
ing rights, and in effect acted only 
as a collecting agency, there would 
have been no violation of the- law; 
The blanket licenses ;were a viola^ 
tion of the anti-trusi law and were 
issued pursuant to an illegal com- 
bination Apart from the statute, 
the license agreements were, not 
inherently vicious and unlawful." 

The fact that Judge Leibell, in 
last week's defining . of what the 
decree should say, refused to di- 
vest ASCAP of the performing 
rights and return them to' indi- 
vidual members would aid the 
organization in a change to legal 
operations, it is said; 

.Ruling: (Interposes Barrier 
; However, one barrier is Inter- 
posed in tlie later ruling. Courl 
then said that the splitting of 
synchronization rights from picture 
performing rights of a musical 
composition is illegal, : This, ot 
course, was habitually done by sale 
of synch rights to the producer 
while ASCAt* was assigned per- 
forming rights; The ; injunction, 
court saidi; must require that both 



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rights be=^held in one ownership 
and sold as such. ^ 

If this provision stands on 
appeal, ASCAP would have to ac- 
quire synch rights from its mem- 
bers and deal solely with pro* 
diiters. It would then attempt to. 
exact a higher charge from t\\m 
fihnmakers with the understanding:" 
that the latter pass the charge on 
to exhibs in the form of boosted ' 
rentals. Or pubs and writers would 
have to sell both synch and per- 
formance rights in one packaga, 
whicii they cannot do under 
ASCAP's present setup. 

The ban against splitting effec- 
tively bars ASCAP from attempt- 
ing to collect on performing. right» 
On completed plx,' All films now 
in the can were granted inusio 
rights - in an illegal way if tiM 
court decision stands. ASCAP can 
only correct the mistake in futurs 
productions. 

On this score, it is understood 
that since the first Leibell decision^ 
produeei^s have been buying synch 
rights with .an /Option of lObtaininC' 
performing rights if so obligated. 
In these instances, the agreement 
is that the producers would pay a 
pre-determined p r i c;e if th« 
exigency arises. Undoubtedly^ 
ASCAP will now swing into that' 
operation while attempting to win 
an upset from the higher courts. : 



widely split up— -'INight Has Thou-^ 
sand Eyes" (Par), "Luck of Irish" 
(20th), "Southern Yankee" (M-G) 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) and 
"Luxury Liner" (M-G), finishing In 
that order. "Irish" and "Liner" 
were in tlie same class in SeiPtem-- 
•ber...; .. 

Newcomers showing promise as 
the month ended included ''Station- 
West" (RKO), "Sealed Verdict" 
(Par), "Tatlock's Millions" (Par), 
"Song Is Born" (RKO), "Three Mus- 
keteers" (M G) "Red Shoes" (EL) 
and "Hamlet" (U); Last-named has 
been doing capacity in three thea- 
tres where opening since the first 
of October.. Same holds true of 
initial weeks for "Shoes" in N. Y, 
and Washington, On basis of- first' 
dates, "Musketeers" and "Song" 
appear to: have the biggest grossing 
pos.sibilities; 

'Hills of Home" (M-G) shapes as 
a top-grossing Lassie picture on 
basis of initial playdates in Boston 
and Providence. .'Ilnnocent Affair" 
(UA); another new entry,- has done 
well in some locations, but is in- , 
clined to be spotty. "Race Street ' 
(RKO). after a. slow start, bas 
racked up some solid coin. 
. "Saxon Charm" (U), while sel- ! 
dom showing in the big money I 
'class, managed to garner consider- ! 
able revenue in October. ' "Canon | 
City" (EL), playing some additional I 
spots last month, hung up . a new j 
record in Providence. 

"Mourning Becomes Electra" I 
(RKO), out on pop run with: trim-] 
med version, showed some possi- 
bilities on N. y, test date where i 
sexy angle was stressed, "Four j 
Faces West" ( UA), where well sold, j 
did some surprisingly fine busi- 
ness. 

"Moonrise" (Rep), with some se- 
lected dates In October, gave a 
good . -account of Itself in some 
spots. It hung up a big week in 
St: Louis to pace the city, and did 
all right in Chicago and San Fran- 
cisco. "Macbeth" (Rep); another 
from Republic, did astonishingly: 
well on teeofC in Boston despite 
crix pannings. 

"Babe Ruth Storj'" (Mono) took 
in a sizeable chunk of coin in the. 
month after being third In Septem^ 
ber. "Isn't It Romantic?" (ParV 
shapes as the weakest from this 
major company in months, doing as 
badly around the country as it did 
at :N. Y. Paramount. : 




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Ra£o Workers' Pay Averaged $72 
Weekly in 1947; Bosses Got $162 



Washington, Nov. 2. ■♦■ 
The average radio station em- 1 
ployee made $72.20 a vjfeek during 
1947, according to a report issued 
last week by the FCC. The average 
salary of officers and assistants was 
$162.20. 

The figures -are based: on data 
covering the four major networks, 
three regional nets, and 1,260 sta- 
tions, or approximately 90% of 
all AM stations licensed as of Oc-] 
tober 11, 1947, the week in which; 
reports were submitted. ■• 

FCC's report; covering broadcast { 
employment, hours, and compensa- 1 
tion data, was the first since 1945 | 
and was presented in t-he form of 
aggregates, with no averages com- 

euted. The Gommlssion said that 
ad its "limited personnel been re- 
quired to perform the computa- 
tions involved. in obtaining; average, 
publication of the data would have 
been substantially delayed." [ 
The report showed that there I 
were 34,720 fulltime employees, in 
the' stations and networks in 1947 | 
and that the average work schedule | 
was 39 hours; Compensation paid I 
to employees during the week re- 1 
ported totaled $2,507,590. I 
On the basis of the weekly pay- 1 
roll in October, the industry paid ' 
out to its regular help during 1947 I 
more than $130,000,000. This does ; 
not include expenditures for talent i 
or agency fees. Nor does it include I 
salaries paid, to exclusively FM or ] 
television : station employees: i 



Radio Ed Intercedes 
To Break Up MnlHpie 
Grid Coverage on Big 7 

Kansas City, Nov. 2. 

Following the suggestions of Bob 
Hoyland, Kansas City Star radio 
editor, local stations are spreading 
out in theii' coverage of Big Seven 
football games. Week ago lineup 
found five staUons, WDAF. KMBC, 
KCKN, WREN and KCMO set to 
cover the Nebraska^Kansas game 
at Liiwrence. Hoyland decried the 
idea of ganging up in his Sunday 
column, and at the suggestion 
KCMO withdrew to cover the Mis- 
souri-Iowa State game. KCMO 
thereby garnered itself a flock of 
listeners, as plenty of the natives 
hereabouts want to follow the 
highly touted Missouri ■ tigers 
wherever they go. 

Following previous week's lead, 
KCMO again withdrew last Satur- 
day from the pack to cover Mis- 
souri-Kansas State, while KMBC, 
KCKN and WREN doubled up on 
Kansas-Oklahoma A. & M. In the 
struggle for listeners, the stations 
thus spread their audience pretty 
thin, with no one, until Hoyland's 
iiitercession, willing to br^ak the 
multiple coverage. 



Writers Lowest Paid 

The number of fulltime employees ! 
In the seven networks (four major, 
three regional) and 10 key stations 
In 1947 was 5,975. They received 
an average weekly salary of $92.34. 
General officers and assistants of 
the seven 'nets and 10 key outlets, 
numbering 101, were paid an aver- 
age of $370 per week. 

The average weekly pay of sta- 
tion employees outside the net- 
works or key stations was nearly 
(69 while the average for officers 
and assistants was $150. . 
: A breakdown of compensation by 

Jobs in seven networks and 716 | _.„,;j„^_ rk,.«t„„ „v,.,4™oi, ^» ♦hi 
Stations reveals that the average i ^SYJ^^^"" l^air™ 



CBC Time Curtain 
FaUs on Commies 

Toronto* Nov. 2. ; 
The Communist party in Canada 
I will no longer be given free radio 
I time allotments as enjoyed : by 
{ other political parties here on the 
I national networks of the Canadian 
Broadcasting Corp., according to 



KLZ SPORTS EDITOR 

GLEN MARTIN 

Martin edits KLZ'b Saturday night 
"Sports Kxti-a" and, in addition, is 
a top announcci, heard dally, assist- 
ing T^well Watts, KLZ'si Farm 
llepoi ter. ' ■ ■ .<■ 

KLZ, DENVER. 



program employee received $103 a 



CBC board of governors. One rea- 

week during 1947. "suff Vn^ounc^ i "J^at ^^^^^^^^ 
ers were paid an average of $68; ! representatives in Parliament, 

mp^^aT'4f^^f.*,tln^""4^'l^^^^^^^ Buck, national leader of 

men $oi(; staff musicians $96 stall iu-. n^^^A^ 
news personnel $77; staif actors , t^^^^C—^^^ Canada^ 

j CBC white Paper on political and 
I controversiai;; broadcasting, there 
i w^e laid'; down requirements to 
I bfe met by political part jjjes receiv 



$170, staff production men $96. 
■ ; In' the commercial departments 
supervisors averaged $144 per week 
and salesmen $98. Supervisors of 
promotion and publicity employees 
were paid an average of $108 and 
non-supervisory, p. and p. employ- 
ees $64. Id: ' the clerical departs 
ments, ; supervisors received a 
weekly average of $69 and other 
Clerical help $39. 

Of the various professional 



Election Stanzas' 
Ail-Out Race For 
One-Shot Hoopers 

AU'Out radio-television splurge 
by the major networks last night 
(Tues.) on election results was 
the most competitive one-shot in 
broadcasting history. It played to 
undoubtedly th^ biggest AM-TV 
audience of all time and put the 
webs to a clear-cut test of which 
could pull the most dialers. 

The next Hoopers will tell' the 
payoff. ; 

For tele, it was frankly an ex- 
perimental plunge in which the 
medium tried its hand at a hitherto 
unattempted . special events job* 
Out of the evening-long telecasts 
may well come definite patterns 
and formulas for such future occa- 
sions. ABC, for one, put itself to 
an additional test— of whether, 
such a job could be done simut 
taneously on AM and TV. 

Although the webs were .out less 
coin in overaU ■ cost than in prcr 
vious election nights,, having signed 
on bankrollers for the first time, 
they weren't completely off the 
hook- In addition to :the added 
heavy expense for TV (in all cases 
I except Mutual's), the one-shots 
were underpriced to a point where, 
the nets still found themselves out 
many- thousands of dollars^: . 



FCC Okays Thadkrey-Wamer Package 
Deal Bnt WiU Still Eye Odier Bids 



ing free national, network time. 
The terms of the White Paper 
were worked out after consultation 
with various political parties and 
have been approved by Parliament. 
. "The requirements apply impar- 
tially to all political parties. The 



classes employed, staff writers re- , '^?^or-Progressive party (Commu- 

ceived the lowest average salaries ' "'^.t' ""^uu^^^u 

■ -- = ' quirements, although it did for- 



—^$53 per week. 

. (At this point. Variety's math- 
ematical mugg broke down). 



I 



I merly (when Fred Rose, member 
i of Parliament, ; was convicted of 
[espionage In the Canadian spy 
l.trials). I see no possibility of the 
I Canadian Broadcasting Corp. even 
considering modifying the estab- 



Chris Cross to Weintraub 

In AfifeOCV S EXDaDSion* I ^'^^ed requirements at the request 
^ ^ ^ r" " ' ; of one such group as yours or raak- 

$5,000,000 Radio Billings Sty" °' 

Chriis Cross is checking out of, 

the United; Nations organization : aji i. i> iAAA A 

(he's lust returned from eight MUlUal S 4UU(] brOSS Hike 

months in Geneva as specialist on i Mutual Is wearing a things-are- 
the Freedom of Information Con- looking-up look. Web's billings 



for the third qliarter were $4,899,' 
282, a gain of nearly 9% over the 
same three-month period of 1947. 
Gross take for : the first nine 
months of this year is up $400,000 
over last year, an increase of 
slightly less than 5%. (MBS'ers 



ference) and moves into the Wil 
liam H. Weintraub agency this 
week as. publicity director. 
. Move is. part of a Weintraub ex- 
pansion program cued to its hiked 
: Activities, particularly in . radio, 

with its upwards ' Of $5,000,000 in „.„..„^ „.. 

billings. Agency currently has the hasten' to poinT out "that tiiese"fig" 
most impressive stable of gabbers ures don't include co-op revenue— 
In radio today. which is substantial at Mutual— 

Weintraub agency also is prep- and billings for political broad- 
ping the inauguration of a public casts). 

relations department. Prospects for the final quarter 

^ aren't bad, it's pointed out, with 

W COP-r M in Nov. 7 Bow new bankrolling either started 



RCA Takes Cue From 
Standard Oil; Tops' 
Plugs Get Light Touch 

When the RCA-Victor Sunday 
Show on NBC undergoes a drastic 
revamp in format Dec. 12, with the 
Boston. !'Pops" Orchestra moving 
in to share top billing with Robert 
Merrill, it will also mark a forward 
step in progressive thinking on 
treatment of commercials. 

In place of the two fuU-treatr 
ment plug segments currently- 
allotted the show, henceforth th^ 
commercials will be integrated 
into the script treatment tor a 
casual . reference linking the pro- 
gi-am artists and selections with 
HCA . record availabilities. 
: ' It'll maok the second time this 
scasoh that , the usual tripham- 
I mered commercial method has 
I been discarded, with Standard Oil 
I Co. ( N..r. ) also bypassing orthodox 
' pi Hgs in its sponsorship of. the N. Y. 
Philharmonic on CBS; ■ 



Boston, Nov. 2. 
WCOP-FM hits the air in the 
Hub on Nov. 7 in a fullpower, full>^ 
time; operation duplicating the 
Cowles station's AM programs. Sta- 
tion broadcast with 20,000 watts 
ERP on channel 294 from. 6 a.m. to 
1 a.m. weekdays, 7:30 a.m. to I a.m. 
-Sundays. 

WCOP estimates that there are 
about 50,000 FM radio sets in its 
65-mile area out of Lexington, 
Mass., 10 miles out of downtown f 



during October or signed to start 
this quarter by Kaiser-Frazer, 
Conti Products, Episcopal Churqh, 
R. B. Semler and Universal Car- 
loading. 



Hub. 



AMBEUSTEE TO FENTON - 

Russel Ambruster, formerly pro- 
gram director of WINS, New York, 
and previously with BBDO and 
NBC, has joined Fenton Produc- 

tionsv' ■ 

He'll direct package shows for 



' the firm. 



WERE Now Is 

Cleveland, Nov, 2. 
I Cleveland's newest station, 
WEKE;-FM, took a first in radio his- 
tory: it went on the air; Tuesday, 
' one day ahead of announced sched^ 
-ule.' .•■ ■ . 

i Station's personnel, in Bulkley 
Arcade, contains some topnotch tal- 
ent including Fred R; Ripley, 20- 
year-vet in radio,., manager; Chet 
Zohn, ex-WTAM program director, 
taking same post in new station; 
Murray Young,: from WHK, news 
commentator and director of 
special events; R. J. Rowley, cx- 
WJR news editor, news director; 
Bernard Strang; sales; Robert Files, 

I business manager, and Ken Sleds, 

I director of current issues depart- 

Iment. 



On Air for Fife Put Out 
In Albany 90 Mins. Before 

Albany, Nov. 2. 

Fire Chief Michael J. Fleming 
had some sour words yesterday 
(1) for Walter Winchell over the 
latter's ABC Sunday night broad- 
cast of an Albany three-alarm fire 
—an hour and a half after the fiie 
was out. ., . . .. ■ , ■ 

Chief Fleming (who was home 
in his living room when WW came 
on the air at 9 p.m.) said the con- 
fusion was bad enough during the 
blaze— local broadcasts asked off- 
duty firemen to stand by — but it 
was nothing to the pandemonium 
Which broke out when Winchell, 
via Albany's WXKW, announced 
the blaze was raging out of con- 
trol. The fire dept. was swamped 
with offers of volunteer service; 
people jammed the streets looking 
for the fire; N. Y. and Washington 
news services began calling Al- 
bany. 

Albany Times-Union came out 
with a five-column screamer: "3- 
Alarm Albany Fire Causes Radio 
Uproar," subheaded, "Even Win- 
chell Gets In Act" (The T-U car- 
ries WW's column.) The opposi- 
tion Knickerbocker News head- 
lined "Fire Hysteria" and attrib- 
uted it to a "commentator whose 
reputation for accuracy hasvoften 
been questioned."' 

Brand Names 
Poser for Webs 

Mutual and CBS haven't yet 
come up with policy statements, 
as ABC did last week, With refer- 
ence to the NAB Code's provision 
that mention of merchandise 
brand-names on giveaway ..shows 
"should be" included in commer- 
cial time allowances. 

But MBS prexy Edgar Kobak is 
toying with an idea for possibly 
keeping within the letter of the 
code without greatly encroaching 
on the sponsor's time for his 
own plugs. Whether the Idea is 
workable and acceptable to the 
parties concerned remains to be 
seen. It takes this form: 

Each product offered as. a gift 
or prize on a show would' be - de-r 
scribed as in the past, but . with, 
the manufacturer's or brand name 
omitted. At the close of the pro- 
gram, the announcer would state 
that the merchandise offered on 
the show "was supplied by West- 
ihghouse, Bendix, Philco," etc. The 
few seconds needed to read off 
these names would then be de-- 
ducted from the sponsor's com-: 
mercial time allowance. 

Main hitch to such a plan, it ap- 
pears, is that the manufacturers, 
who now get such generous free 
plugs for supplying giveaway loot, 
might not feel it- was an adequate 
payoff to merely get their names 
I mentioned in a: long string of 
I others at the signoff. 
I If this scheme doesn't work, 
I there's apparently only one other 
way the webs can conform to this 
code restriction-^and Kobak says 
Mutual, for its part, is going to live 
up to the codCj/'as we interpret its 
drafters it<tended it:" The alterna- 
tive is to just cut out brand-name 
mentions, which means jacking up 
program costs to buy the merchan- 
dise given away. 

ABC's new policy, based ori its 
own interpretation of the code, is 
that "any unduly descriptive mate- 
rial" concerning givewa'y items Will 
be counted , as commercial tlmei 
Presumably this doesn't hamper 
the present procedure's On "Stop 
the Music" and other ABC jack- 
potters. -• i 

NBC is aloof from the whole 
dilemma. The web's own code in 
this respect picks up the wording 
of the NAB code— except that the 
latters "should be" is replaced 
with a mandatory "is." 



Washington, Nov. 2. 

Package sales of radio stations 
are okay, FCC said last week in 
upholding the right of Dorothy S. 
Thackrey to sell her California 
AM and television properties to 
Warner Bros. In a lump for 
$1,045,000. Commission; . however, 
deferred approval of the transfer 
for another month to allow com- 
petitive bidders to file. 

Deal involves sale of television 
station KLAC-TV and AM station 
KLAC in Los Angeles and AM 
station K'YA in San FrancLsco, 
which Mrs. Thackrey agreed last 
May 19 to turn over to Warners, 
FCC permitting. Southern Cali- 
fornia Television Co. (owned by 
Edwin Pauley) has been fighting 
packaging of transaction in order 
to file competing bid for the L. A. 
video outlet. 

In a decision Friday (-29) reject- 
ing: the petition of Pauley's com- 
pany- to require PCG to have Mrs. 
Thaoki'ey offer the properties 
separately, the Commission said ■ 
it could find nothing in previously 
announced policies to rule out: 
lumping of broadcast facilities in 
a single deal. It declared that its 
objection to package sales applies 
only to co-mingUng of broadcast- 
ing and nonbroadcasting assets. ■ 

Southern California Television, 
which wanted to file a competitive 
bid for the then Thackrey tele- 
vision license (station is now in 
operation), contended^ that the 
Commission, when it approved the 
sate of Crosley radio and manur.': 
facturing properties to Aviation 
Corp. (AVCO) in 1945, laid down 
a policy against future transfers 
via pack.ige deals. 

The Commission denied this 
contention, saying that its lan- 
guage in the AVCO decision 
"specifically directs a delineation 
only between broadcast and non- 
broacast properties." At no place' 
in that decision, FCC said, did it 
suggest "that' broadcast properties 
were to .be separated from.: other 
properties even though on the 
circumstances of that case, in- 
volving as it did the transfer of 
an AM stationi several interna- 
tional stations, relay stations, and 
others," the same problem was be- 
fore the Commission. : 

The Commission said, however, 
that its action "does not in any 
way prevent it in passing upon 
the merits of the transfer applica- 
tions from securing full informa- 
tion as to the portion of the pur- 
chase price which is allocable to 
;each of the several stations in de- 
termining whether the transfers 
are in the public interest." 

FCC said that because of the 
uncertainty attending its decision 
in the case, potential competitore 
may not have bid for the facilities 
during the 60-day period usually 
required to file bids. It therefore 
extended the time for submitting 
bids until Nov. 29. 

Five members of the Commis- 
sion (Coy,. Hyde, Webster, Hen- 
nock, Jones) participated in the 
decision. Commissioner Jones dis- 
sented on the majority upholding 
q| the package sale. • 



San Francisco— Wally Hutchin- 
son has joined KGO's ABC ad- 
vertising and promotion and pub- 
licity staff as assistant Co" Maury 
Baker, manager of tin department. 



Hershfield Gets It! 

That "button, button, who's got 
the 8:55-9 spot on WOR-Mutual?" 
has finally been resolved. It's 
Harry Hershfield. 

Aiter Billy Rose exited the 
quickie segment recently. Mutual 
handed it to Hy Gardner, but 
WOR, N. Y., first talked a deal 
with Harry Wismer (with potential 
Chrysler bankrolling), then gave 
the spot to Huss Hodges, with 
Kaiser-Frazer picking up some 
spots on the period. 

Now the cross-the-board billing 
IS going to Hershfield, because Bill 
McCormick of WOR sales talked 
Shulton (Old Spice) men's toilet- 
ries into trying out radio for the 
first time. Outfit will pick up the 
tab on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thurs- 
day sequences, with Hershfield 
starting 4.he stint Nov. 15. He'll 
continue, at the same time, his 
new midnight round of niteries 
for the station. 

Shulton may expand the Hersh- 
field stanza to the full Mutual web 
if' the local test comes off impres- 
sively. Hershfield will do a com- 
plete anecdote each night, titled 
"Now I'll Tell One." 



Wedn«8ilar» Ifovenilier S, 1948 



RADIO tl 



MUTUAL'S STATE OF UPHEAVAL 



Top 15-Now and Year Ago 



{.Hovper Report, Nov, 1) 



1918 

Walter Winchell 23.1 

Radio Theatre 22.5 

Fibber & Molly 22.0 

Jack Benny 21.9 

Bob Hope 21.1 

My Friend Irma 18.2 

Duflfv's Tavern 17.6 

Godfrey's Talent Scouts 17.2 

Fred Allen 16.9 

Phil Harris 15.8 

Crime Photographer ... 15.6 

Bob Hawk 15.2 

Mr, District Attorney....' 14.8 

Charlie McCarthy 14.7 

People Are Funny..... 14.5 

Burns & Allen 14.5 



1917 

Bob Hop« 

Fred Allen 

Fibber & MoUy 

Charlie McCartliy 

Radio Theatre 

Walter Winchell 

Jack Benny 

Musie Hall . . . ; 

Atnos 'n' Andy 

Red Skelton 

Phil Harris , . . . . 

Hr.. -District , Attorney :.. 
Bums & Alien. ....... 

My Friend Irma 

■Truth or Consequences. 



23.2 
23.2 
22.9 
22.1 
22.0 
20.3 
20.0 
19.6 
19.6 
19.4 
18.0 
17.3 
15.9 
15;7 
15.2 



Theatre Gufld, Ford Slugfest Accents 
Rivalry in East for Top Pic Names 



Intense rivalry for top film per-* 
sonalities has broken out on New | 
York-originating network dramatic 
programs. Heretofore it's been a I 
■situation that^s applied mostly to 
shows emanating from the Coast, 
gucli as "Lux Radio Theatre" and 
the "Screen Guild Players." 

However, the maneuvering for 
top film names currently going on 
between "Ford Theatre," the high- 
budgeted Friday night CBS show, 
and the Sunday night ABC "The- 1 
aire Guild of the Air," has assumed ] 
proportions that even dwarf the 
bidding on the Coast. , \ I 

Tlie situation in the east came ; 
to a head last week when, after 
'•Theatre Guild" had reportedly 
niade unsuccessful attempts to pact 
Itlgrid Bergman, coincident with 
the Manhattan premiere of her 
' Joan of Arc" pic, "Ford Theatre" 
came tlirough and clinched the 
guest sliot. The star Will appear in 
a dramatization of "Camille" on 
Fridax-, Nov. 12, the day after 
"Joan's" preeni at the Victoria the- 
atre on Broadway. 

"Guild" reportedly did a fast 
bui-n. since, to all accounts, It was 
the first on the scene with the 
bidding, bift the assumption is that 
the Ford coin outmatched the 
Guild ofl'er. 

Tlie fact that "Ford Theatre" 
also succeeded in wrapping up Dor- 
i-othy McGuire, another star eyed 
for Guild presentation, didn't 
exactly help salve matters either. 



'Whatje Climb Up There?' 

St. Louis, Nov. 2. 
The question , of making annual 
Inspections, of high radio and tele- 
vision sending towers in this' butg 
has become a perplexing one for 
Building ComTnissioner A. H. 
Baum, who sees a solution by the 
introduction of an ordinance re- 
quiring radio stations to hii-e and 
pay competent engineers to make 
the inspections. 

In addition, the ordinance will 
require the radio stations to pay 
a $2 annual fee :f or. the -filing, of- 
the , engineers' reports. 

Baum said, "I wouldn't, send one 
of my men out to do it. And I 
wouldn't climb one of those towers 
myself. Yet, they can't be inspect- 
ed from the sidewalk." 





Daytime Radio 
On a Star Binge; 
Ameche's Matinee 



Giveaway, Inc. Jn 
Counter-Offensive 

Tlie giveaway producers (who 
don't lilce that word, to begin 
with) had themselves a hand-hold- 
ing session Monday (1) in New 
York and tried to dope out a con- 
certed counter-offensive to the 
"one-sided" attacks -on their jack- 
pottcrs. But 'a suggestibn tossed 
out by Bill Todman, who called 
the huddle, and seconded by Walt 
. Framer, that the group hire a pub- 
lic relations outfit to wage a pro- 
giveaway drive, came to naught. 
Nobody else seemed to think It 
necessary. 

There wasn't any doubt, how- 
ever, judging: from the turnout 
and the views voiced during the 
(Continued on page 31) 

WOV's Rome-Produced 
Show Gets a Sponsor 

Following less than two weeks 
on the heels of WOV's (N,Y.) an- 
nouncement of the formation of a 
production unit in Rome, the sta- 
tion has signed a sponsor for one 
ot the series of programs. S. A. 
Schonbrunn & Co. has contracted 
a IS-minufe cross-the-board 
siyip to run 52 weeks. Schonbrunn 
will advertise its Savarin Coffee 
and Medalia D'Oro Coffee. 

Sponsored show, airmailed on 
tape regularly from Italy to WOV, I 
if ? drama encompassing a 

■ * t"' "f<^ slory in Italy at the turn 
Door " ''^"*^"'^^' Closed , 



While such star-studded daytime 
productions as the Elgin Thanks- 
giving and Christmas shows are 
still reserved ior. special one^day 
occasions, nevertheless the trade 
has been cognizant in recent 
months of the changing com- 
plexion of network morning and 
afternoon formats, aimed toward 
aehievemen( of a nighttime aura. 

As opposed to the years when it 
was strictly tlie soap opera for- 
mula and other femme -slanted 
shows that wooed the listener, to- 
day more and more bigtime per- 
sonalities are being projected into 
the daytime radio picture. 

Latest lo ,ioin the daytune ranks 
is Don Ameclie, with his new five- 
afternoon-a-day \'ariety program 
■for Lucky Strike scheduled to tee 
olT on CBS next month Kay Kyser, 
long a Top 15 nighttime Hooper 
draw with his "Kollege of Musical 
Knowledge,'" 'Is now an afternoon 
attraction on ABC. Kate Smith is 
spreading her brace of "Speaks" 
and "Sings" shows over the noon- 
time Mutual kilocycles. Fred War- 
ing is dishing out his stylized 
choral-orchestral arrangements at 
10 in the morning on NBC as well 
as holding forth Thursday nights 
on the same web. And Arthur God- 
frey, strictly bigtime in the night- 
time on CBS, is as potent a draw 
at 10:30 in the morning cross-the- 
board. , , 
Following the Kay Kyser lead, 
Sammv Kaye is angling for spon- 
sorship of a "So You Want to Lead 
a Band" daytime show. 



TEi SPLITUP 

In one of the major network up- 
beavals of recent years, Robert D. 
Swczey, executive vice president 
and No. 2 man of the Mittual net- 
work : has. served notice tb prexy 
Ed Kobak that he's . going to re- 
sign. Furthermore, Linus Tra vers, 
the exec veepee of the major 
stockholding Yankee Network, who 
wag appointed a month ago as a 
sort of super v.p. over Mutual's 
sales and program departments, 
has also resigned the new appoint- 
ment, 

: \ In effect, it leaves Kobak, ai$ the 
web's No, 1 man, to run the net- 
work alone as sole operator in the 
overall .^administration. 

Travers doesn't want to move 
into Mutual because he feels his 
new appointment (which . in some 
circles created: confusion as to the 
exact status of the key execs) has 
contributed. . toward the Kobak- 
Swezey schism and feels- that his 
own resignation prior to taking up 
his. new duties might help to ce- 
ment relations, ' 

The split-up of Kobak and 
Swezey: will come as a shock to the; 
entire industry, for the close tie 
between the two execs (both in and 
out of the office): ■ was probably 
unmatched in radio , cireles. 

Not generally known, for ex- 
ample, was the fact:: that a year 
ago Swezey was invited to move 
over to NBC as one of the higher- 
echelon, if not into the exec veepee. 
spot subsequently assumed by 
Charles H. Denny, at leasts on a 
top level basis, and it's considered 
probable that only because of the 
close relationship with Kobak. did 
he resolve to continue to throw in 
his: lot with Mutual. 

Because of the pre-election pres- 
sure around the network, Kobak 
and Swezey haven't conferred in 
nearly a week, but Kobak, feeling 
that Swezey 'S-, gripe is unjustified; 
will make a bid tto his Noi .2 man 
to stay on. As Jfar as Kobak is 
concerned, Swezey has always been 
and remains the No. 2 man in the | 
operation and that if the: Travers i 
appointment suggested to some I 
that/it put Swezey in an untenable 
position, in reality it was not the 
case. Swezey; however, is adamant 
in the- position he takes, that the 
Travers role definitely usurps on 
his sales-program administrative, 
functions and that : it leaves- him 
with no alternative. 

As far as Kobak is concerned; 
there was need for another exec, 
the prexy's- own multiple chores, 
plus Swezey's pile-up of admin- 
istrative duties, made a new ap- ! 
pointment necessary — and if it 
isn't Travers it will be someone 
else. The fact that a key Yankee 
official, representing Mutual's prinr 
cipal stockholder, :: was brought in 
for the job is believed to have 
aggravated the situation. 

As of now, Swezey remains firm 
in his determination to quik Kobak 
hopes he can be persuaded to stay. 
As far as the Mutual directorate is 
concerned, Kobak's the president 
and if it's necessary for him to go 
it alone, Kobak says he's done it 
before and can do it again. : 



CBS Votes the % Party' Met; 
Rules Out 3G Coddailoy Soirees 



Th« People (1) Speak 

Des Moines, Nov. 2. 

When an ordinary citizen 
walks into a radio station and 
buys himself a piece of time 
as he Would buy a hunk of 
bologna at a meat market, it'i 
at least unusual. 

Alvin 1^. Meyer of Van 
Meter, Iowa, walked into WHO 
: here and said he wanted to buy : 
some: time to praise the Demo- 
cratic ticket. It was his idea, 
he had written a speech and 
wanted to pay. for the time. 
The reason he wanted- to make 
the speech, he : said, was that 
he had financial sinking spells 
in 1932 and had now recovered 
his financial health to the ex- 
tent of 600 acres of land, 500 
hogs, a cafe, a bulk oil plant 
and string of filling stations. 

Checking with Democratic 
state headquarters the station: 
found there was no objection 
to Mr, Meyer paying $85 for 
15 minutes for a 10:30 spot the 
night of Oct. 27. 



'Stagger Formula 
Seen as Solution 
To Xause Airers 

The problem of how best to "sell 
cause,s'' on radio has long been a 
tough one for broadcasters to 
solve. Up to now, they admit, it's 
been an ineffectual job, without 
leaving the, desired impact. 

The Salvation Army, which has 
a national campaign coming up,: 
has just blueprinted a plan which, , 
it's felt, might establish the cor- i 
rect pattern for "selling" its mes- 
sage via radio. 

The SA's Radio Committee has 
agreed to a plan whereby its radio 
plugs and cuffo spot programs 
would .be accomplished on a stag- 
ger system, with a barrage of per- 
haps 10 or 15 in place of the usual 
three or four to be concentrated 
over the first: week, thus heighten- 
ing the impact. In turn it would 
do a complete fade the second 
week, while another charitable- 
philanthropic organization takes 
over with a like barrage. Then 
the SA would be back the third 
week for another trip-hammered 
plug campaign, etc. 



• CBS' '.'party days," from all ac- 
counts, are over. Those cocktail- 
eries staged usually to mark th« 
premiere of an important new ra- 
dio program or as a gesture of 
welcome for a client new to th« 
network, are considered an unwar- 
ranted extravagance In these econ- 
ttmy-conscious days when the webs 
are grabbing every available dol- 
lar for siphoning into tolevision. 

Even the most modest of cock- 
tail parties usually runs about $3,- 
000, and it's been the practice of 
the network and the agency han- 
dling;' the show to split the tab. 
With the blessing of the high 
echelon at CBS, however, it looks 
like the party-minded agencies 
will have to solo it henceforth. 

Last week N. W. Ayer, agency 
on the "Electric . Theatre" CBS 
show, cooked up the idea of tossing 
Helen Hayes a shindig on Nov. 14, 
the night she makes her belated 
premiere on the program. CBS, 
however, said that, ■ coin-wise; it 
couldn't be a party to the party, 
with sales veepee Bill Gittinger's 
nix getting a hearty toprbrass en- 
dorsement. 

And the sentiment of the web 
press dept. boss, George Crandall, 
wa^ that, since such shindigs repre- 
sent as much a sales as a public 
relations pitch, why should it come 
out of the press dept. budget? Th«: 
upshot is that Ayer will go it alone. 

It's considered possible that the 
CBS "no party'' decision might 
have been partially inspired by the 
recent midnight fiesta in the swank 
Waldorf-Astoria Bert Room, N. Y., 
following the preem of the "Ford 
Theatre" program, at which time 
CBS really blew its top and budget : 
to welcome the Ford clan into the 
Columbia family. It's estimated 
the shindig set the network back 
at least $7,000. 

For years the agencies and webs 
have tried to outdo one another in 
the field of cocktaileries, despite 
the awareness in most quarters 
that, aside from flattering the 
client, they have a dubious: v$lu« 
at best. 



WCCO UPS MICKELSON 

. Minneapolis. Nov. 2, . 

Sig Mickelson has been named 
director of public affairs and pro- 
duction manager of WCCO. by 
Jylrrlc Jones, station manager. 

He had previously been director 
of news and special events, 



Morey Amsterdam Can't 
'Yakapuk' for Lombardo 
'Cause of CBS Exclusive 

Kalser-Frazer, which has just 
taken on sponsorship of Guy Lom- 
bardo as. a 'Sunday - night:: Mutual 
attraction, sought to negotiate a 
deal whereby a Morey Amsterdam 
weekly insert could be spotlighted. 

However, CBS reportedly nixed 
it on the basis that, as far as net- 
work* presentation is concerned, 
he's a "Columbia baby." 
he's a "Columbia baby." Neverthe- 
less Amsterdam did a one-.shot 
'Y'akapuk' on the Lombardo 
preem.. 

CBS, which currently features 
Amsterdam in a Tuesday night 
comedy show, also has tele aspira-. 
tions for the comic and did a 
closed-circuit audition last week 
of a "Life With Morey" XV pro- 



HELEN HAYES TO BOW 
ON CBS WITH miNA' 

( Although the new $9,000 weekly^ 
budgeted Electric Theatre has been 
on for several weeks, in the Sun- 
day night at 9 slot on CBS, the 
show "officially" premieres Nov. 
14, when Helen Hayes takes over 
as the permadent star. Show has 
been using guestars during Miss 
Hayes' absence in Londoii, where 
she starred in tho"Glass Menage- 
rie" legiter. She's due to arrive 
in this country on the S. S. Amer- 
ica on: Nov.- 11. .' 

Initial airer will be "Victoria 
Regina," one of her most solid 
Broadway legit smashes. She'll fol- 
low with Stephen Vincent Benet's 
"The Wobbin' Women," and "An- 
gel Street" as her third production. 

N. ; W. Ayer, agency on the Elec- 
tric Cos. account, will party Miss 
Hayes the night of the preem 
broadcast. 



ATLANTA'S 4-HOUK SPONSOE 

Atlanta, Nov. 2. 

WQXI, Atlanta indie, Sunday 
(31; premiered what is believed to 
be the longest commercial show 
ever sold on regular contract basis. 

Program, titled "Stars of the 
Milky Way," is sponsored by Irvin- 
dale Dairies, locally, owned', and oc- 
cupies four solid hours from 8 a.m. 
to 12 noon each Sunday. 



CBS Hangs Out 
SRO Day Sp 

■^or the first time In years, CBS 
next month will be completely sol4 
out on its daytime schedule. Deal 
has been set for Lucky Strike to 
move into the 4:30-5 p.m. cross- 
the-board segment with the new 
Don . Ameche variety show pack- 
aged by Bernard Schubert. Show 
is scheduled for a mid-December 
kickofif. 

Meanwhile, Procter Gamble 
has negotiated for the purchase of 
the 2:45-3 p.m. cross-the-board Slot 
which. Manhattan Soap is exiting 
this month when it drops the 
"Evelyn Winters" soap opera. P. 
& G. plans taking over the strip 
on Dec. 27, although the program 
and product haven't been decided 
upon as yet. 

. Lucky Strike decision to latch 
on to the Ameche show for a big- 
time day splurge with a "night- 
time format"- reportedly followed 
a two-way test in which Robert Q. 
Lewis was also considered serious- 
ly for sponsorship. 

Dorothy Dix's Day 

Strip for Sealtest 

Sealtest looks all set to invade 
the daytime program field, with a 
cross-the-board Dorothy Dix show 
packaged by John Gibbs. Network 
facilities are still undecided, al- 
though probably either ABC or 
Mutual will get the nod. 
. Novel sponsorship arrangement 
is being worked out for the pro- 
gram, with cut-ins by local Seal- 
test dealers, who will pick up the 
tab. 

New show will give Sealtest a 
two-way network ride, with the new 
Dorothy Lamour Thursday night 
NBG shov,f representing a $12,500 
weekly talent production, 



t2 



rnAUm REVIEWS 



SEWEY-WARREN BANDWAGON 

Witb Got. Thomas E. Dewey, Gov. 
Earl Warren, Robert Mont- 
CwmeiT, Irene Ounne^ Kay Mil- 
land, ZaSu Fitls. Tex McCraiy, 
Jinx fWenbuiy. Frank Morean* 
Victei- M«ttre, Abbott & Costell*. 
Jeanette . MacDonaM, James 
Melton, Harold Peary, Robert 
RipTey, Arthur Lake, Georffe 
Murphy, Fred Waring Orch. 

60 Mins.', Man. it), 9 p.m. 

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COM- 
MITTEE 

CBS and . NBC, from N.Y, and 
HoUnvood 

{B.B.p. & O.) 

Repeating a stunt first pulled in 
behalf of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 
1944, the Republican wing ot show 
business turned out en masse this, 
election eve for a spectacular two- 
network politico - theatrical pitch 
for Dewey and Warren. Four years 
ago, ironically, the Republicans 
yelled "discrimination" at the nets 
tot permitting electioneering in 
tbe- guise of entertainments but 
they knew a good thing when they 
heard one. 
Where arguments end, glamor 

, takes over is the obvious theory 
of this <ype of show. The razile- 
4azEle of dozens of film, legit and 
laiJio cfelebs pushing their favorite 
sons is persuasive, if not exactly 
logical propaganda. The Dewcy- 
Warren show,, with its frankly get- 
on - the - bandwagon theme, was 
glittering with star-dust and infec- 
tious with its enthusiasm. It hadj 

• enough of a format to jell the 
various items into an acceptable 
varifety pattern, but on election 
eve, format is definitely subordi- 
nate to spirit. 

The first 10-minutes of each 
Iialf^hour section in -which dozens 
«f show biz names from HoUywood, 
New York and various other cities 
were picked up to say they were 
on the RepubUcan bandwagon, was 
proiMbly most effective in sweep- 
ing dialers off their feet. The 
limger contributions were, less im- 
jnci^ve.' 

How many votes did those politi- 
cal savants, Abbott & Costello, win 
over by repeating that "'who's on 
first" routine? Jeanette Mac- 
Donald's rendition of Gov. Dewey's 
favorite song, "Beyond the Blue 
Horiwn," was slightly off-key but 
mu.sically. the program was saved 
by Fred Waring's orch and ch9nis. 
Several dramatic skits with Ray 
MiUand. Irene Dunne, Tex Mc- 
Crary, Jinx Falkenburg and ZaSu 
Pitts were okay for tlie occasion, 
despite apparent weaknesses. 

Emcee chores were handled com- 
petently by Robert Montgomery, 
from New York, and George Mur- 
phy, from Hollywood. Two of tne 
program's highspots, despite the 
array of professional talent, were 
delivered by a couple of amateurs, 
Dewey and' Warren, who made al- 
most non-partisan talks in behalf 
of unity tfoA democracy. Hem. 

ADVENTURES OF THE THIN 
MAN 

With Les Tremayne, Claudia Mor- 

j^an, others 
Praducer-directer: Blnau Brown 
S% mns.^, Tliars., 10 p.m. 
KAISER-FRAZER 
Mutual, from New York 
( Wcmtrflub ) 
Les Tremayne back in his off- 
and-on role as Nick Charles and 
Claudia Morgan is again Nora in 
this so-familiar series, which has 
been a good thing for producer Hi 
Brown lor a long time now. The 
program can't be said to improve 
With age, but must be credited, at 
least, with successfully wooing 
sponsors. On CBS last season for 
General Goods and on NBC during 
the past summer for Pabst beer. 
It has now turned up on Mutual 
With Kaiser-Frazer bankrolling. 

Where the stanza la.st summer, 
however, attempted a comedic 
turn (in deference to NBC's frown 
: on before U-.SO crime fare), "Thin 
Man" is now back in its Standard 
pattern, wherein characters and 
plot bear no relation to reality. 
Murderers and their victims again 
gravilalje toward N & N, as though 
they had no oUier place to go. 
Last week's (28) getaway, follow" 
ing the inevitable sex tease opener, 
found a big blonde staggering into 
the Charleses' apartment to; fall 
dead with a tenife in her back. The 
rest was only a slight variation 
CNora went sleuthing herself and 
Nick has taken to knocking women 
down) on tlie patly contrived 
•tory that has been unfolded for 
wears. Tbe cast does a stock iob. 
The musical bridges aren't too 
bad. 

K-F's commercials are straight, 
well-accented plugs for "the pride 
«{ WIUow Sun." Oom. 



SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE 
DONE 

With J. RayuiMd Walsh, CUef 
Magistrate Edcrar Bromberfer. 
Dr. Frederick Wertham, Howard 
WUtmsin, S«n. MMSNelll Miteli- 
ell, Josiah P. Marvel. Bert 
Knapp, annonneer ' . 
Producer-Director: Hal Schaffel 
30 Mins. Sun. 1:30 p.m. 
SACHS QUALITY STORES 
WMCA. N. Y. 
. (Wmi Worren jljjrcj;.) ■ 
Radio continues to show increas- 
ing signs of maturity with panel 
discussions on subjects that have 
been tabooed hitlierto. The air- 
waves of late have been opened up 
to forums on a variety of subjects 
including venereal diseases, Kin- 
sey report discussions, and . no w ra- 
dio has gone one step -further in 
the first discussion of the problem 
of homosexuaLs. 

WMCA's "Something Ought to 
be Done," fadimanned by Dr. J. 
Raymond Walsh, has taken a cou- 
rageous step in this direction. It's 
a departure that indicates evenr 
tually some action >Vill be taken;; 
It's now a foregone conclusion that, 
discussion is a forerunner of ac- 
tion. The prerequisite of doing 
something about this problem- has 
thus been started. 

Panel on this subject included 
N. Y.'s Chief Magistrate Edgar 
Bromberger, : Psychiatrist Freder-; 
ick Wertham, author Howard 
Whitman, State Senator MacNeill 
Mitchell and Josiah P. Marvel, 
chairman of the Qualcer Emer-; 
gency Committee which has made 
available psychiatry /at low or no 
fees to homosexuals that evidence ; 
a desire to become normaL j 
Problem was intelligently dis- | 
cussed by all panel members, i 
Judgie Bromberger-poiated out that 
the judiciary has; .already ' taken 
cognizance of the situation and, has 
started referring curable, first ofr 
fenders within : a prescribed age 
limit to the Quaker clinie. Various 
phases of tiie matter were dis- 
cussed with a high degree of free- 
dom. Actually, very little could be 
discussed on a 30-minute session, 
but this panel served a high pur- 
pose in getting the problem out in 
the open. 

More panels of this type and 
then it's up; to. medical, authorities 
and lei^lators' to carry on. 

■. Jose. ■ 




HARRY SALTER 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR 
Stop the Music — ABC 
It Pay* to 6* Ignorant — CBS 



TIBE LIVELY ARTS 
Witli Giibeit Seldcs; Dick Bradley 

annwnacer ' 
Prodoeer: Ted Cott 
Director: Henry MorgenthatBi III 
15 Mins., Son., 10 p.m. 
Sustaining; 
WNEW, N, Y. 

ThiS; is an interesting program 
and a good addition to" the N; Y. 
scene, despite its obvious faults. 
Gilbert Seldes, who - knows his 
stuff and has positive, provocative 
ideas on his subjects, takes a gan- 
der at "the lively arts," those that 
"entertain us without too: much 
strain on the intellect." In a fast 
quarler-hour he covers the enter- 
tainment scene, with informal 
pungent comments on theatre, 
books, films, as well as sports, 
women's clothes and love. 

Flaws in the program, in addi- 
tion to Seldes' occasional heavy- 
banded use of barbs and satire, in- 
clude his weak, small voice which 
he uses too fast. Otherwise, 
Seldes' informal, inside-stuff com- 
ments on the passing show and 
general scene make good radio 
copy. ■ ■ 

Sunday's (31) opener skimmed 
rapidly and entertainingly through 
criticism of stale .jokes and un- 
varied programs of radio come- 1 
dians; the Book of the Month | 
choice of T?iiomas Mann's "Dr. | 
Faustus," with its mystery of every , 
judge offering excuses for having ' 
selected it; the "50 coll(5ge foot- 1 
hall factories In the hu^ness for | 
money"; Elizabeth Hawes' new ' 
book, th* Petrillo recording back- 
down, etc. In his gab about sports, 
Seldes got off a good one when he 
said, "We may be a nation of good 
sports — but not about sport." In 
delivery, voice and comment Seldes 
is a little acidy and indistinct, but 
his material offsets the defects. 

Brow. 



CHILDREN OF DIVORCE 

With Ben Cooper, Jaa Minor, Joe 

Desantis, Jan Mortia^ Helen Holt, 

Joan ' Lazar; narrator, Norman 

Rose; masic, composed and con-. 

ducted by John Gatt 
Writer:. JeronieRwsS"'. 
Directon Miidkell GrayMn 
2S Mins.; Mon. (2S> »:3I p.m. 
Mntnal, frm New Vwrik 

Mutual took a big stride Monday 
<25) in improving the nation's do^ 
mestic relations— for in "Ghildren 
of Divorce" the net unwrapped a 
two-fisted, forthright attack upon 
our way of life that dissipates a 
child's emotional health. Semi- 
documentary was -p ar t cular ly 
heightened by the inclusion of two 
tape recorded interviews with 
children in the chambers of Judge 
Paul W. Alexander, presiding jus^ 
Uce of the Domestic Relations and 
Juvenile Court of Toledo. . 

One case history involved 12- 
year-old Bobby whose parents* di- 
vorce bpou^t him two homes. And 
Bobby was only one of 2,000,000 
other children who faced exactly' 
the same circumstances last year as 
a result of some 500,000-odd di- 
vorces. These broken homes might 
well be avoided, points out Mutual's 
dramatic plea, by eliminating the 
barriers caused by individual en- 
mity of mother and father. 

After listeners digested the con- 
fused existences in store for Bobby 
and teen-age Judy, who "wouldn't 
go with either one of her parents," 
narrator Norman Rose emphasiied 
that wrecked marriages ate now 
being treated as a community prob- 
lem. And for those interested in 
guidance in regard to marital and 
domestic problems it was noted 
that the Family Service Assn. of 
America had compiled a list of 
memher agencies. These would be 
available to anyone upon request. 

Under producer Elsie Dick's 
supervision, this sfiow represented 
an intelligent approach to the age- 
old divorce question that becomes 
more and more acute with the pass- 
ing years. Mitchell Grayson's di- 
rection, Jerome; Boss' script and 
John Cart's music all contributed 
to a fine overall impact brought 
about by performances of a good 
cast. Show was aired in New York 
by indie WNEW Thurs. (28) as a 
"public service" since Mutual's 
flagship, WOR, had other commit- 
ments. Gilb. 



From die fVodndim Cadres 



Buffalo— WKBW's Junior Jam- 
boree, a teen-ager quiz show pro- 
duced in cooperation with Bufl!alo 
Automobile Club and Western Wew 
,York Safety Coundl, is on for its 
aecond year ^vilh a new Junior 
wncee, Barbara Lewis, local high 
pchool ei^. 



REPORT FROM ISRAEL 
With NaUian Straws; announcer, 

Bert Knapp 
Writer: Stivns 

14 Mins.; Mon.vthrUrFri.j p.m. 
ISvstaininsr 
WMCA., N.'Y. 

Grim determination of the citi- 
zens of the new state of Israel to 
fight for their ideals was remark- 
ably outlined by WMCA prcz Na- 
than Straus in an on-tlie-scene 
broadcast shortwaved from Pales- 
tine Mon. (1). Stanza marked the 
heginning of a .series of cro.ss-lhe- 
board commentaries which will 
originate in that near East area. 

Chiefly confining his text to a 
description of a plane ride from 
Paris to a secret Isrseli airfield. 
Straus em}>hasi2ed the uneventful- 
ness of the flight mUl the "lights 
(Continued OB page 34) 



HARRY HERSHFIELD 
30 Mins., Mon.-Fri., IZ midnifht 
WOR, N. Y. 

Harry Hershfield's after dinner 
stories are generally B pleassnt 
capper to a banquet. His wealth 
of yams and warmth of delivery 
make for pleasant listening and 
he has the knack of tying up an 
audience In short order. 

Unfortunately Hershfield's abil- 
ity in this direction is difficult to 
project over the air. His warmth 
as a raconteur loses several de- 
grees when it reaches the loud- 
speakers. 

He's taken on a difficult assign- 
ment by migrating nightly to a 
difl'erent cafe or restaurant for a 
series of interviews wilBi celebri- 
ties, a brace of yams and a few 
disk spinnings. 

Primarily, the format puts him 
at the mercy of ttie type of floor- 
show the spot has and the type of 
customer it gets. With a session 
of this kind, he's at a disadvan- 
tage Inasmutdi as anyone who would 
want to grace a Her^field broad- 
cast would have to memorize his 
nightly scheduJe. A celeb, unless , 
couiered in advance, would con- .,.7 /^tti^ 4r<d\ 
ceivaWy find it easier just to go to \-int\jA\r\J 
the Copa where they're sure to find 
Jack Eigen. 

On show caught from the Latin 
Quarter, Hershfield got a few good 
moments in interviews with Ted 
Lewis, Benny Rubin and boniface 
Lou Walters. These talks had some 
good moments, but total effect Was 
dissipated by the generally ineffec- 
tual format. Jose, 



IN NEW YORK CITY ... 

■ WOR Tirexy Ted Streibert has been named a trustee of the Brooklyn ^ 
Institute of Arts and Science Lyle Van hatii on WOR news follow- 
ing an intestinal attack which stnick him wliile he ^vas on the air last 

week Kay Kyser and missus (Georgia CnnrolO due In from the Coast - 

next Tuesday (9) for a stay in the east through the Christmas holiday, 

during which he'll tape his ABC show in N.Y Fred Thrower, ABC'S 

sales veepee, honeymooning in. Nassau following a surprise wedding in 
Savannah last Saturday (30). Bride is Marion Kendall Hodge of Canada 
. . . Franidin Pulasici, narrator on "The United Nations Today," just fin- 
ished narrating two documentary films for the U. S. Air Force. 

Herb Shriner reviving his duffel-bag routine . (which he did for troops ' 
overseas during the war) in a floor show for new draftees tonight 

(Wed.) at the N. Y. Induction Center It's Joan (not John) Shea who 

copped roles this past week in "FBI In Peace and War" and "Electric 

fheatre." She'll be in former stanza again tomorrow (Thur.) night 

Geonria Gibbs cutting several disks for the Navy recruiting drive .... 
Marearet Draper became a Philly commuter this week, having the lead 
in the NBC serial, "The Brighter Day," and a part in the legiter "For - 
Heaven's Sake, Mother," which opened in the Quaker City ..Nan' 
Wynn signed as permanent chiriter on WOR's "Poole's Parlor." 

WINS got into the election-flight billings payoff at the last minute, 

with Skouras Theatres picking up the tab Harvey Bullock, formerly 

with VIP Service, has joined Radio HBI, public relations outfit for Tom, 
to handle out-of-town promotion for CBS' "Give and Take" .... Wendell 
Holmes of the "Respectful Prostitute" legiter cast has picked up a role 
in NBC's "Road of Life". . . Another Broadway thesp, James Monks, in 
■ 'Young Dr. Malone" . . . . Al Grobe,. WQXE's chief announcer, came 
away from the recent AFRA party with a $450 tele set Cnrt A, 
Heuser, comptroller and assistant treasurer of Bamberger Broadcasting 
(WOR), now also secretary of the corp. " f 

Sawid AJmassawa, director of Etadio Ihdonea^v ticketed to talk -on 

"Broadcasting in the Pacific" at the New School tonight (Wed.) 

Scripter Priscilla Kent honeymooning at Greenbriar in White. Sulphur 
Springs. Groom is Richard S. RotlisehUd, stockbroker. . . .ABC an- 
nouncer GeorceGann looking for a song and dance team named Ray & ' 
Lolita. He found a suitcase apparently twlongiBg to them last week on 

West 48th. street George Monagban, WOR eariyhird, extending his 

leave another month so he and^ his Powers Model yiitt, Nwak May. can 
take roles in a New Gainsborough picture, "Helter Skelter," now Iq 
production, in England. The Mona^ans also are elated to do one of ' 
the first TV fashion shows from Paris next week, V . 

WPIX's Danny Webh ("Comics on Parade") sent the Red Cross more 
than 200 names of proffered blood donors following a plea on his show 
for donors to help Ll'l Orphan Annie; who was recently dying. xSbm 

recovered, of course) World .Series aftermath: Mel Allen, who waa 

ailing during, the ^ames, was still at home last week. ; fed Wilhelm, in 
charge of production for Maxon (Gillette's agency), is in the hosp^I. 
Mailin Pew, Maxon publicist, and Pa«l Jon««, Mutual sports directoi^; 
bedded with the flu-^Larry Dom, new producer of "American: Forum.'r 
collecting kudos on his reformatting of the MBS stanza. 

"Manhattan MerryOo Round," Frank Hmnnwrt't Sunday night NBC 
musical, begins its 17th: year next Sabbath (7). Cast currently mcludes 
Thomas L. Thomasv Marian MeManns, Bob Hannon, Dick O'Connor, 
Dennis Ity an, Boys wd Girls of Manhattan chorus and Victor Ardea's 

orch Sidney Smith into the "David Harum" cast Grace Coppia 

and Ed Latimer added to "Front Page Farrell" Walter SeMen, of 

Blow agency, in hospital after an appendectomy Merrill E. Joels 

doing regular commercials on "Road of Lite" and "Light of the Worid'* 

. Dorothy Gabriel now casting director at Blow. . . . White Bock has 
bought three.'a-week schedules on George Bryan's CBS news and; Martin 

Block's WNEW "Make Believe Ballroom" Charles Dniry, recently 

back from Italy wliere he worked on Orson Welles' new film, signed a 
13-week contract with WGYN-FM for his new dramatic group, Man- 
hattan Radio Playhouse ABC gabber Kelvin Kceck back from his 

native's return to '.Hawaii.'. ^ .Alan Sands and Karl Sehliehter writing 
and producing a package of five e.t. shows for this year'ii: Christmas 
Seal radio campaign. Stanzas include four IS-minute comedy^variety- 
musical shows starring DoroUiy Lamour and Frank Morean, Dennis 
Day. Nelson Eddy and Dorothy Kirsten, and Launitz Melchlor, and a 
half-hour sequence with Bob Hope as emcee. . '. , Edward Rosen has 
joined Walter Koner Associates as account exec 

m HOLLYWOOD . . . 

Philip Morris Playhouse tees up Nov. S with Bnrt Lancaster tensing 
the dialers in "Silver Frame," an original by Bill Spier, who also directs: 

the series. Second guest call goes to Lvcilie Ball as "Angel Face" 

Bob Hussey is the next of the Young ;& Rubicam department heads to 
be shipped east for a study of television. As the agency's program 
developer in Hollywood, he will function in a dual capacity once the 
company's Coa.st clients come calling for TV ideas . .Pat O'Brien 
hopped an airliner for New Yoik where he'll team up with Montgomery ; 

Clift in Theatre Guild's "Criminal 0»de" Nov. 7 Walter Lorie found 

a new time for Erskine Johnson's "Hollywood Story" on Mutual and is 
now trying to clear another period for Sheilah Graham, for whom he 
has high hopes of enticing a sponsor. At least Sheilah gets what she 
always wanted, a coast-to-coaster. Althou^ he hatched the idea of 
a dramatic series with C B. DeMille, he's keeping iurnds off since the 
producer rejectjBd ttue pleas of Mutual's higher echelon to get himself 
'Scared away With AFRA. . . Gail SmhUi, Procter & Gamble's night 
time radio topper, was rolled back to Cincinnati within hours after he 
set foot on our soil. He just wanted to be around in case his firm's 
shows were struck by writers . . . Alumni of the Don Lee family were 
saluted by Hollywood Ad club and the turnout would make a prelty 
fair who's who of radio. Among the grade was Natoe Connor, who 
went from KHJ to Metropolitan Opera, ...Sheman L^udermiMi, who 
was a Marine combat artist daring the war, moved in at Paramounl's 
TV station as art director . . .Latlirop Mack, formerly in spot sales at 
NBC, new veepee and general manager of Davis-Qarrisan.JSimmonds 
agency .... niil Baker, radio's luo-d luck guy, had the topper spun on 
him last week when the Hooperators handed him a 5.3 rise just after he 
bowed off the Philip Morris time, . . .Bob Hawk reunloned with Harry 
Norwood when he got a preempt holiday .... Frank Mullen lunching 
with the NBC crowd "just for old times sike," Once the Washington 
biz is out ot tiie way he'll pass most of his time here, having recently 
Teased « home in BeVhills — DM Sharbwtt is one of Hie teading spirits 
b^ind the Century Theatre group, Which stages plays in « IMe theatre 

four nights a week. Getting ready f6r television, that is Many 

radioites, who officered in the last war, are taking an active part in the 
new reserve unit of Armed Forces Radio Service. Among them are 
Mari-ln Y«uii«:, Ted l^ierdMnan, Sandy Cianaiass, Austin Peterson, 
Karel Pearson, Mark Fialey and Vemon Caxstenscn. 



Everett Mitchell, emcee of NBC's "Nati<mal Farm & Home Hour." 
rounds out a quarter century in radio this week . . . "American Radio 
Warblers," only net show on which the cast is paid oft with birfseed, 

resumed here for Mutual Sunday (31) Howard IMtgens, chief en- 

gineai^ for NBC, bedded by the flu Chnok A«l«e faa<^ as emcee of 

"Hint Hunt" after sailfishiag in Florida With 2ack Masely, w*o draws 

the "Smllin' Jack" comic strip Mass. Florence Hnl^Md, Chi \vJd"\v 

who won $22,500 in prizes for Identifying Jack Bcmy as the Walking 

(Continued on page 34) 



AGENCIES BOW TO PACKAGERS 



Sy Siegels Got a Network 

Sy Siegel, director of New York City's municipal indie, WNYC, 
may have been rebuffed In his determined effort to get tlie FCC 
to let the station stay on overtime to broadcast last night's (Tues.) 
' election returns,' as it has done lor the past 24 years,. But, as a re- 
sult, he found himself with 14 outlets taking a feed on WNYC's 
vote coverage. i 

Oddly enough, one of the stations that didn't choose to join; in 
the wholesale move to take WNYC off the spot was WMCA, to 
which CBS prexy Frank Stanton reportedly made such a pitch. . 
Network topper's suggestion to the indie was motivated by a feel- 
ing that the FCC nix put CBS in a bad light because, while day- 
timer WNYC operates on the clear channel of GBS' WCCO, Minne- 
apolis, the web had no objection to the muuy station's overtime 
one-shot. 

Stations that jumped in to take election-results feeds starting at 
10 p.m., when WNYC had to sign off, were: WEVD, WINS, WNEW, 
WMGM -and WOV, all AM'ers, and the eight-station Rural FM 
Net#orl^; Which blankets most of upstate Ni Yv^' W of 
course, was kept on the air. 

Siegisl himself, as in thc.past, generalissimoed the ballot report- , 
ing, with some 300 persons engaged in helping round up the local 
returns. Eight remote pickup points were used, including the 
major parties' and candidates' headquarters: and Times SquMe. 

Geor^ A^ak Conrt Slaps Down 
FCC, Orders WGST to Fuii Pact 



ILL m OP 



PRODIICTIOII ^^^"^^^ (Thurs.); Picketing Delayed 



Atlanta, Nov. 2. * 

Federal Communications Com- 
mission overreached its authority 
when it ordered WGST, Mutual 
afmiate here, not to fulBU its con- 
tract with Southern ^Broadcasting 
Stations, Inc., according to deci- 
sion handed down last week by 
State Court of Appeals. 

Contract in question required 
WGST, owned and operated by 
Georgia Institute of Technology, a 
stale-owned school, to pay South- 
eni Broadcasting Stations, former 
lessees of WGST, 15% of the net 
billings through 1950. 

Appellate court ruled that FCC 
cannot annul a contract entered 
- into by a licensee radio station or 
Interefere with the private opera- 
tions of a station. Its ruling up- 
held a decision of Fulton Superior 
court in favor of Southern Broad- 
c'astmg Stations for $155,000. The 
judgment was against the Georgia 
Board of Regents, nominally the 
. operators of WGST. 

Regents bought lease of South- 
ern Broadcasting on WGST in 
1943. Part Of consideration was 
payment of aforesaid 15% vt net 
billings. WGST met these pay- 
ments through July, 1945, at which 
time FCC refused to renew sta- 
tion's license as long as 15% con- 
tract was in effect, contending that 
• such a contract jeopardized the 
station and was against; public in- 
terest. 

Regents, although not denying 
legality of contract^ claimed that 
they had been prohibited from car- 
rying it tut by order of FCC. 

It was then that lessee sued 
and got judgment for $144,968.83 
principal and $10,991.31 interest 
on past due payments. 



Anna Sosenko's Op 

• . Nov. 2. 

Anna . Sosenko is oka y • now after 
a throat operation. : 

Hildegarde's manager is resting 
at the Ambassador hotel here. 



EZ $1,0M 
- Sale Confirmed 



Hollywood. Nov. 2. 
It's more than idle gossip or: 
cocktail time scuttlebut. that . the ; 
ad: agencies are thinking seriously 
about getting out of show business 
and back to their old line of en- 
deavor-^buying time and space 
and taking their 15%; It's being 
talked in the big commission 
houses and many of : the toppers 
have actually held meetings to 
sound out sentiment of their com- 
petitors. 

. Reasons for the bowout are said 
to be twofold; poor shows jeopard- 
ize accounts and by shifting the 
responsibility to agents or pack- 
agers they can" get out from un- 
der, and the relief from production 
allows . staffers . more. ; freedom: of 
movement and affords the oppor- 
I tunity of getting in on -television 
I without putting the agency to add- 
ed expense of bringing inTY ex- 
perts.'- ..■ 

.Plan is said: to be so far along 
that, it wouldn't surprise insiders ; 
if : the :pereentage ' bf outside-pro- 
duced: shows exceeds the current 
70%- by next season. The change- 
over would be gradual but com-, 
plete. Latest Hooper pocket piece 
lists 231 commercial shows on the 
networks and of this numlier the 
agencies have little to do but act 
in a supervisory capacity and see 
' that the commercial copy is proper- 
ly handled.: Most of the high 
. budget programs are controlled by 
MCA or William Morris, and CBS 
I is riding herd on quite a few of 
j its own. ;Then there are: such pack- 
agers as Jimmy Saphier, Ken Do-; 
Ian, Bernie Shubert and Prank Fer-' 
' rin, who ; keep the agencies happy 
i. by holding their shows on even 
ikeel. ■ ■:: 



Break in RWG Stifte May Devekip 



FM: Fading Money 

Jersey City, N. J.. Nov. 2. 

WFMO, the FM station, here, 
suspended operations last Sat- 
urday, night at 11 o'clock after 
having been operating since Sep- 
tember, 1947. Station, which is re- 
puted to represent an initial in- 
vesbnent of $150,000, had difficulty 
iif, getting regular sponsors. Em- 
bassy : Newsreel Theatres a n d 
Brunswick Laundry here being the 
only regular buyers of air time. 
Francis C. Wood. Jr., head of Fidel- 
ity Media Broadcasting Corp., is a 
Newsreel Theatres veepee while 
owners of the Brunswick ;Laundry 
are stockholders in Fidelity. 

Newsreel Theatres operates the 
Embassy on Broadway, N. Y., and 
other newsreel houses: in. N. Y. and 
Newark. That corporation had no 
coin tied up in the venture, it was 
explained this week. Wood 'being 
interested strictly in: his -own be-; 
half. 



Denver, Nov, 2., 

Confirmation of the sale of KLZ, ' 
the CBS affiliate here, and its 
sister, station, KVOR, Colorado 1 
Springs, to a group of prominent i 
Denver business leaders, was made | 
here over the weekend by E. K. i 
Gaylord, Oklahoma: City publisher. 

The sale has yet to be approved 
by the FCC, where an application 
for transfer of ownership will be 
filed in the next few days. The 
purchase price is reported to be 
near $1^000,000. 

: Purchaser is /aaddin Radio and 

Television, Inc., headed by Denver i , . „ . . i 
civic leaders and motion picture i embarrassing entertainment, un 

executives, Harry E. Huffman^ ! 



Mpk KEYD Preems With 
A 'Non-Embarrassment' 
Policy on Shows, Com1s 

MinneapoliSj Nov. 2. 

KEYD, city's newest radio sta- 
tion, has begun broadcasting under 
a broad policy calling for "non- 



president; Frank H. Ricketson, Jr., 
I treasurer; Albert J. Gould, secre- 
tary, and Hugh B: Terry, present 
manager of KLZ, who becomes 
exec veepee and general manager 
of the corporation. . 

Other Aladdin stockholders are 
Ted Gamble, Portland, Oregon; 
Elroy McCaw, Centralia, Wasliing- 
ton, and .stock participation will be 



. Judge B. C. Gardner, who wrote i available to certain key employes 
the opinion for the Second Divi- 1 of the two radio stations and Den- 
sion of the Court of Appeals, said , ver tliealre companies, 
the Communications . Act of Con- 1 ; in confirming ; the purchase an- 
. gress was not intended to place | nouncements, Aladdin officials said 
niatters of a private nature before .no change was: contemplated either 



der command of Lee Whiting. 

Policy applies also to commer-. 
cials and was defined when reports 
circulated the station would ban 
film plugs on the ground they were 
too hot to handle. : 

That's not the case, said Whiting. 
Motion picture advertising will be 
accepted when it does not point 
up possible immoral aspects of a 
picture. Some film plugs, he said, 
exaggerate picture situations, and. 
he cited "Foreign Affair" commer- 
cials as example. , ^ 
Glass A stock in .station is owned .sludy 



FCC Unsnarls 
Dayton FM er 

Washington, Nov. 2. 
FCC last week unsnarled some 
of the red tape it had:, attached to 
the licen^ng of an FM station last 
March 18 to Skyland Broadcasting 
Corp., at Dayton, O. Upon petition 
of Skyland, the Commission 
dropped a previous ruling that-, a ; 
Skyland stockholder, must dispose 
of his stock in a station in the same 
area before the grant could take 
effect. 

Sl^land' got the : edge in. a Com- 
mission decision on the FM fre- 
quency over Radio Voice of Spring- 
field, Inc., licensee of WIZE, 
Springfield, G., after a competitive 
hearing. FCC, however, in okaying 
the application of Skyland, stipu- 
lated that the right to go ahead 
with the station would be condi- 
tioned on the sale, within 90 days, 
of stock held by Ronald Woodyard, 
Skyland stockholder, in WIZE. 

Woodyard is a substantial minori- 
ty stockholder and was once active 
in the operation of WIZE, con- 
trolled by Secretary of Commerce 
Charles Sawyer. 

Woodyard's testimony , in t:h e 
hearing for the FM outlet; was 
cited in the Gommi.s.sion's decision 
in giving the nod to Skyland over 
Sawyer's WIZE. In vacating the 
condition of the grant to Skyland, 
the Gommis.sion said that si nee 
Radio Voice of Springfield, was 
denied, the requirement that Wood- 
yard must soli hi.s stock in WIZE 
was no longer necessary. : 

At request of Skyland, the Com* 
mission extended, pending further 
the 90-day period It gave 



the FCC, which, under the Act 
has jurisdiction over radio stations 
as interstate -public utilities. 

The opinion also cited ruling.s, of 
other courts that the FCC has no 
authority: 

(1 J To regulate the business of 
a licensee. 

(2) No supervisory control over- 
programs. 

(3 No -power to control the busi- 
ness management or policy of a 
radio statiofl. 



by Family 
Class B- is 

Whiting and 60% to religious busir 
or policies oi ivi.^. j „essmen's group. Whiting said sta- 
Everett Shupe, Col- 1 ^.^^ commercial and not relig- 
continue as .^^^ general aspect. Sbthe 
1 err> win p(.eaching programs are spotted Ifi 
I early n.m: ^and^ Simiiay* mornings. 
1 '!Non - vembarrassrneht!' policy 
I will esctend also tb , disk: jockey 
I broadcasts. Jive arid jump are out, 
' and such tunes as : ''Ddin' Wl^^^^^ 
; Comes Naturally,'' cited: by; Whit^^^ 
: ing, also won't be played; - 



m personnel or policies of KLZ 
and KVOR. 
orado: Springs, -M'ill 
manager ot KVOR 
continue as KI.Z manager. 



Broadcasting Corp., ' Woodyard to dispose of his stock 
distributed 40% to in WIZE before a grant for a new 
AM station at Dayton to Skyland 
could take, effect. iCoffimisd^ 
Walker, Sterling and Jfines, the lat- 
ter a former Mockholder Jri Sky- 
land, did not participate; in the. de- 
cision, 



PHILCO'S $6,631,000 
9-MONTH EARNINGS 

Philco Corp, earnings in the first 
nine months this year amounted 
to $6,631,000. nearly $1,000,000 
greater than in corresponding pe- 
riod last vear when company earn- 
ings totalled ,$5,6.'?2,000, according 
I to announcement last week by Wil- 
|liam Balderston, company presi- 
dent. These earnings totals wore 



Continental FM Network 
Adds 1st Coast Outlet 

: i Washington,: Nov. 2. 
. Continental ;FM Network added 

its firsi, West Coast . affiliate Mon- after writing off inventory reserve 
day (1), when Everett Dillard, and roseai-ch reserve in botli in- 
pre.fy. announced completion of stances. Tins yiwi- (lie coipoialion 

■.a.ri-angojiVents- ■ With " .ICSB^, . San- -ket aside: $2,100,000 for mvcntory: ■ 
Ij'ranqiSco, to carry the net's pro- i reserve as compared with $1,500,- 

, grams.' : . - :.: , . ■:■: ; ,. : ■:' .l OOO- last.',year,.wliile $586,000 vyas;; 

Piog[-jms will be transcribed on appropriated for icsearch reseive , 
high-fidchty Rangcrtone tape si- against S.)96,000 a .year ago. ; 
multUneous with eastern broadcast After these writeoffs and pre- 
and air-expressed to West Coast, ferred dividends Hhilco ' snowea 
KSBR operates with 250,000 watts $4.23 earnings on common, as com- , 
ufl'ecLive radiated power, | pared with $3.90 last year. t 



Anything for a Gag 

Minneapolis, Nov. 2. 

KSTP's new headquarters, 
in midway district of St. Paul, 
imposes new tax problems. 

KSTP building, surmounted 
by television-FM tower, is ex- 
actly on intercity boundary, 
and arrangement had: to be 
worked out to split taxes be- 
tween Minneapolis:, and: St. 
Paul, 

Location, however, gives 
Stanley Hubbard, station pres- 
ident, opportunity to ask visi- 
tors in offices on Minneapolis 
side to "step over into St. Paul 
for a minute." 



New England School 
Tosses Into BBC's Lap 
Radio Student Exchange 



♦ The week-old Badio Writer* 
Guild strike against nearly 60 net- . 
work radio shows was still in ef- 
fect yesterday (Tues.), although 
there were signs that the scripters 
and the "unfair" ad . agencies 
against whom the action is directed 
might resume negotiations tomor- 
row (Thurs.). 

Meantime, : the writers, who had 
scheduled picketing to begin Mon- 
day (1) in New York, Chicago and. 
Hollywood, again postponed order- . 
ing out the lines, this : time .until : 
tomorrow, at the behest of J. 'R. • 
Mandelbaum , assistant regional di- 
rector of the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service. . 

Possibility of a break in the . 
deadlock developed over the week- 
end when Mandelbaum parried to 
RWG a proposal by the agencies 
and their adve^is^. clients, to re'* 
sume talks tomorrow, "uijder ceiv . 
tain conditions," which were not' J 
revealed. The guild strategists ac- 
cepted the proposal, but added - a 
condition of tlieir own, also undis- ' 
closed. .Mandelbaum immediately .: 
carried the writers' counter-pro- C 
posal back to the agency group. : 
But it was not expected, 'Owing to 
the election holiday yesterday, that 
the management reply would bo ' 
forthcoming until today (Wed.). 

In ,the interim, -the guild : "re- ■ 
straining order" — issued by its 
parent Authors League, of America 
— against members supplying ma- 
terial to any of tiie struck shows, 
continues in effect. If any of thar 
programs were suffering by the 
script blackade up to this point,'; 
the agencies were keeping it strict- i 
ly to themselves. 

There are mounting indications 
that the strike is having: a unifying: 
effect upon the scripters. Action 
has. also turned into a terrific 
rallying: force . in other writing : 
fields, according to reliable .sources,' ■ 
with an amazing Surge of support 
for RWG developing among drama- . 
tists, novelists and others in the 
ALA. 

At the same time, reports are- 
spreading that,' should the strike 
enter *the picketing, stagej a con- 
siderable - defection can be. ex-!-/^ 
pected among agency personnel as 
well as among freelance directors, 
actors, etc. Some agency personnel, . 
such as script editors, supervisors , 
and talent men, have joined RWQ' . 
.so they wUI . have an alibi for re-: . 
fusing to; work on struck shows. 
Individual members of: the Radio;. 
Directors, It's said, will in some ; 
instances simply fail to appear to 
direct their shows, and many non- 
contract actors will decline to ac- 
cept calls. 

High-level execs of major adr 
vertising clients flew in from many 
sections of . the - country for th#; 
weekend huddle of the agency-:: 
sponsor group. Mandelbaum said it 
was the first time in the history of : : 
labor negotiations in radio that the- ; 
sponsoring companies ■;faave as- 
sumed active roles in a contFoversy 
affecting their .programs. 

Guild reported that two shows, 
"Meet the Meeks" (NBC) and "The 
Listening Post" (ABC), bad been 
removed from the "unfair" list 
during the past week. 

RWG strike is directed again.<it < 
agencies ' and': Independent pro- : 
: ducers who ha^vc refused to- accept . 
agreements similar to those in ef- .: 
feet with^the four major networks^ 
Recenf talks between the Radio : 
and Television Directors Guild and; 
the ABC network regarding the: 
union's desire for. a contract cover- 
ing the web's television directors; 
associate directors and floor man?, 
agers in New .York have . al,s«i 
As a result^ . 
members of the N. Y. local voted; 
Monday night (1) full authorization 
to the RTDG council to "take sucli, 
deemed necessary, in- 



BridgeportrConn.i Nov. 2. | 
New England School of Radio 
f Broadcasting here has tossed a 
plan to the British Broadcasting reached a stalemate 
I Corp. which might . result: eventu- 
ally in An exchange of radio stu- 
dents between the two countries. 

Local institution has forwarded j action as _ „ . 

a suggestion, as a starter, to BBC eluding the calling of a strike 
that an exchange of program ideas, I Guild claims .100% membership 
scripts, logs and even personal let- i among ABC-TV's dlvectors, as.socl- 
tefs be established between the ' ate directors and floor managers, 
students here and those in Eng- ! According to guild spokesmen, 
land. Neil S. Robinson, super- j however, ABC takes the stand that 
visor of the school here, suggested the- directors and floor managers 
that exchange of students would {are supervisory employees, and 
build a better understanding of ! therefore refuses to negotiate. : 
radio as it's operated in tlie two I RTDG has one TV agreement 
I countries. ' thus far, with CBS. 



24 



TRUBVKSIOIV 



Wetlnetday, November 3, 194B 



ANYTHING GOES ON FOR 6 MONIVS, 
THEN VIEWERS START TO GET FUSSY 



By GEORGE ROSEN 4 

• The' average television viewer, 
once the novelty aspect wears off, 
becomes more selective in his taste. 
. During the initial weeks of his "in- 
doctrination" into video he watches 
practically anything. After about 
six months, if he doesn't lilce what 
he sees, it's a pretty safe bet he'll 
turn his set off altogether. 

Ohe'of the significant revelations 
in this cross-section poll of tele* 
vision set owners, completed on be- 
half of Variety by Pulse, Inc., ac- 
cents that, in contrast to the 72.85'o 
Wlio frankly acknowledge that they 
*'used to watch regai-dless of pro- 
gram," only 42 6Cfc of these same 
set owners now admit to "watching 
anyhow" after the novelty has 
worn off. 

This selectivity facet among set 
owners conditioned to television as 
« pei-manent fixture in their homes 
Is but one of many conclusions un- 
earthed as a result of a specially- 
inade Pulse survey for Vabiety. 
The various aspects of this study 
will be treated in a series of three 
articles of which this is the first. 
They ;show definite patterns of TV 
listening habits, and as such, it is 
hoped, will be of interest to show ! 
business. Three patterns should ' 
give a definite indication on even- 1 
tual film and theatregoing habits. < 

Adding 30,000 Monthly ' 

This Pulse sample is one of the ' 
most representative surveys yet 
: made, -embracing a total of 258 
home set owners in Greater New 



Present Loyalty to Tele 

If you can't find my tele- 
vision programs to your liking j : 
do you turn off the set or do 
you watch one of the pro- 
grams anyhow? 

No, % 

Turn off TV set if 
no program liked, 146 56.6 

Watch anjhow 110 42.6 

Don't know 2 ,8 

Total Respondents, . 258 100 



Past Loyalty to Tele 

7)1 ihe past did you use to 
view, regardless of what was 
on? 

No. '^'o 

Did not watch pro- 
grams not liked. . 66 25.6 

U.sed to watch re- 
gardless of pro- 
gram 188 72.8 

Don't know 4 1.6 

Total Respondents.. Z5& tOO 



97.6% Say 'Buy It' 

: Woitld . you advise ■ your- 
friends to buy a television set? 

No. '"o 
Would recommend . 252 97.6 

Would not 4 1.6 

Don't know 2 .8 

Total respondents 258 100.0 



. ' ir-r' ' ; „i ,1,1 ' ' , 111 l as t 

. York and covers 10 areas, including t 
the five boroughs, also Nassau and I 
Westchester Counties, and Hudson,:! 
Bergen and Essex Counties in New 
Jersey, The opinions' tabulated 
take in all economic and ; age | 
brackets. The survey further re- 
veals that of the 600,000 sets now 
ccattered throughout the television 
markets in the U. S., approximate- 
ly lialf, or something over 300,000, 
are in and around Greater . few 
York. Home installations are be- 
: Ing made at tlie rate of nearly 30,- 
000 monthly In the New York area 
alone, a figure in itself which has 
startling overtones, for at a clip of 
almost 1,000 home installations a 
day around N. Y., here's the definite 
thncher on T'^^'s bigtune expansion. 
To arrive at the most exacting 

' data ..po.ssible as to how television 
listening habits will ultimately 
shape up, the poll was spotlighted 
on those who have had their sets 
at least six months. The break- 
down on Greater New York home 
set ownei-ship is as lollows: 
Those having their sets one year 
; or more, 85o; nine months to one 
j'ear, 8%; six months to nine 
months,' 24%; three to six months, 
42^ri, and less than three months, 
1890. Thus, with 58Cc of TV home 
«et owners still within the "first 
nix months" bracket, televising for 
the maiority has yet to really 
emerge from its^novelly stage. 

; Loyalty Listcnins; 

Pulse excursions into TV trends 
elsewhere around the couiitry re- 
veal' that, 'cilthoUgli ,(he VARrExV 

■ sample wa.s-, held ivithih the Gi'eat-" 
er New York area, il rcllcci.s the 
same attitudes and opinions among 
viewers in Boston, J^hiladelphia, 

■Washington, Baltimore, Cliicago, 
etc, 

To be noted is that while 146 set 
owners, or 56.6'?o, of the 258 poll 
respondents admit they would not 
hesitate to now turn off their sets 
If not finding a program they like, 
42.6^0 say they continue to look, 
no matter what programs are on, 
This reveals a strong sense of loy-;, 
ally toward the new medium, fur? 
ther reflected in the fact that, 



when.; asked if they would advise 
their: friends to buy a television 
set; 97% of all respondents : an- 
swered "yes." 

Tied in with any viewer's exer- 
cise of selectivity, of course, ;is .the 
increase in programming over the = 
past year and the advance in quali- 
ty of entertainment. If, as the sur- 
vey bears out, 56% now turn off 
their TV sets because they "no 
like," it's also, because today they 
know that there will be another 
program in; a few minutes moi'e to 
their taste. ' Even six months ago 
they had little or no. choice but the 
novelty aspect lulled their discrim- 
ination. 

The fact that there still are 42''o 
who will ''watch anyhow" reveals 
the viewers' faith, in television 
based on the constantly changing 
and improved programming struc- 
ture, plus a desire to have tele vi- 
sion fill their entdrtainraent needs. 
They'i'e willing to stay with it' be- 
cause of the expectancy of better 
things to come. 

/Favorite Proerams 

Between April and August of 
this year there was an increase of 
28% in the total hours of TV pro- 
gramming on New York stations, 
and the types of programs: show-^ 



cased are mainly following the 
trend revealed by the viewers' 
likes and dislikes. For example, 
I7,5?o of those polled in this sur- 
vey expressed a preference for.fear 
ture films, and between last April 
and August there was an 18% in- 
crease in pictures presented on TV, 
Shnilarly, it would appear that the 
televiewer has been surfeited with 
news -programs and that the sta" 
tions have been arranging their 
program formats accordingly. On 
the question of favorite type of pro- 
gram, only 2.3% registered a pref 
ei'ence for news. On the air only 
a 2' b increase in' video time was 
allotted to news programming. The 
trend is also seen in the recent Up- 
.sui-ge in dramatic programming, 
particularly Sunday nights with the 
Philco Playhouse, Ford Theatre, 
.'Vctors' Studio shows. A total of 
19'.'(! of those polled listed drama 
and' plays as their favorite program 
type, topped; only by the viewer 
preference for the variety-comedy 
program. Th6 exact percentage on 
the vaudeo shows and; the favorite 
program question in general, will 
be discussed in another article 
based on this survey. 

■ Nix-on. -News 

If the interest in news programs 
:v 'ts an almost overwhelming nix, 

the poll suggests, the blame can 
probably be traced to the failure o£ 
television to achieve an attractive 
patterp and, formula: in news-com- 
mentary technique for the video 
mediuniv Despite the emphasis put 
on news programming by all New 
York tele stations, it is conceded 
within and outside the trade that 
not one stanza has as yet fully 
emerged whieh; is television's own 
hi patterns' and execution. On the 
other hand, give the viewer a well- 
produced dramatic program, and 
his appetite is whetted for more; 
The answer is found in the moimt- 
ing ratings for dramatic fare. If, 
too. the audience clamors for more 
variety programming, as ' will be 
indicated by the poll, it's because 
111 "Texaco Star Theatre" and 
"Toast of the Town" viewers like 
what is being presented and how 
it's presented. 

Length of the avei'age television 
sitting; number of viewers per ses- 
! sion, along with other trends in TV 
habits, will be discussed in the next 
; installment of this Pulse -survey, to 
' be published next week. :: 



Midwest TV Medico Clinic 

. Omahai Nov, 2, 
First important television test 
was made here: during the'recent 
Midwest Clinic attended by many 
doctors from the midwest and 
some from diittant points. 

It is also believed that this was 
the first televised medical clinic 
of its kind, WOW had two cam- 
eras at St. Joseph's hospital and 
screens were set up in the society's 
convention rooms. Engineers put 
receivers at advantageous points 
and reception was excellent. 



ELGIN-AMERICAN'S 
2-HR. TURKEY SPREAD 

The traditional two-hour, all-star 
spreads on radio at Thanksgiving 
and Christmas: are to have a coun- 
terpart in TV this year. Elgin- 
American, sponsor of the Groucho 
M8r.x Show on ABC,, will baukroll 
a two-hour Thanksgiving revue of 
top Music Corp. of America acts 
on the ABC-TV network. 

Live .show will be aired on the 
eastern network Nov. 25 and kine- 
scope recordings wilt be flown to 
Chicago for piping to the midwest 
hookup the following Monday, 
Nov. 29. 

Such stars as Georgia Gibbs and 
Phil Silvers are' being booked, by 
ABC producer Burke Crotty. Re- 
vue will originate, from the web's 
Ritz theatre, N. Y., and is being 
touted by the net as the biggest 
star array since W.JZ-TV's premiere 
reprise o».' old Palace vaude days. 

Show vvon.'t buck the competitive 
AM splurge.?, by Elgin Watches on 
NBC and by Wrigley on CBS, both 
of which are slotted in afternoon 
hours. 



Poor Richard Award For 
Inventor of TV Scanner 

Philadelphia, Nov. 2. 

Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin, in- 
ventor of the electronic scanner, 
will be the ne,xt recipient of the 
annual Poor Richard Gold Medal 
Award, v 

The presentation will be made 
.Ian. 17. 1949. with ceremonies held 
in tire Franklin Institute, a pro- 
gram designed to foster observance 
of Franklin's birthday. 

Zworykin, veepee and technical 
consultant at the RCA Labora- 
tories Division, Princeton, N: J,, is 
also the inventor of tlie icono- 
scope, which was replaced last May 
by another of his. inventions, the 
orthicon tube, both which are em- 
ployed in television camera.s. 




Results of 
Survey of TV Viewers 



Will the 3.26 hold up when Television hits its stride? 

If so, how mu.ch will it contribute toward changing family 
patterns and habits? 

What effect will television's 3.26 have on future f ilmgoing 
habits, on radio listening, and on conversational pieces? 

(Plus More Questions and Answers] 



Second InstoUment Next Week 



Can't Yet Gauge 
TVs Inroads On 
Show Biz-Katz 

Television today may be cutting . 
deeply into other forms of show 
biz, but any attempt to predict that 
the same situation will exist in the , 
future is extremely shortsighted. 
That warning was sounded last 
week by CBS research director 
Oscar Katz, who emphasized that 
TV is still "young, fluid, unpredict- 
able in many a.spects ot its 
growth," and that tele research 
must take this into account. 

Speaking at the seventh annual : 
luncheon of Pulse, Inc.. at the 
' Hotel Biltmore, N. Y„ Katz re- 
ferred to the interest now being 
placed in tele's effects on l aduj . 
listening, newspaper and magazine 
I'eading, film attendance, etc. "Let 
me assure you that I appreciate 
the importance of keeping abrea-st 
of developments in these areas," ! 
he said. ''I have no quarrel with 
such research as "long as it is in- 
terpreted as descriptive research. ■ 
That is, as long as it is used to 
indicate present status in a chang- ■ 
ing situation^ 

"But, I think that we are being 
shortsighted, even a bit panicky, 
if we . treat research of this : kind 
as predictive research, and if Ave 
let it occupy the center of re- 
search attention. : 

"We must remember that these 
genei'al . considerations linking 
i television to family life and to 
I other media are exactly the ones 
Hhat are most likely to be unstable' 
j and transitory. Television will take 
1 its place in the communications 
i family; It will affect, and it will be 
I affected by, its companion media, 
i But we must not contuse the at- 
I tention which the infant convmands 
I with his future adult role . in the 
I family." 

I Hpon.sors Should Experiment 
I Other pertinent points offered 
jby Katr. 

I 1, It wotild be unwise for a re- 
searcher- to urge advertisers to. 
I choo.se TV programs ba.sed on eur- 
: rent program - typ^ preferences. 
I Thus, in selecting a show format, 
I an advertiser "may need an ex* 
perimental attitude more than' he 
needs surveys." 

2. The three older N. Y. TV sta- 
tions (WABD, WCBS-TV and 
WNBTl are about equal with re- 
gard to picture quality. Pcrconlage; 
of viewers reporting good recep- 
tion for the three are 90, 87 and 
80, as compafed to 87, 52 and 40 
a year ago. 

3. Type of tele .: audience is 
changing as the medium expands, 

I with research lndicatin,g the audi.- 
I once "will undergo changes, not 
l Only in mere size, and not only m 
r socio-economic structure, but also 
I in.other,. more subtle ways." 
j 4. Unlike radio, which interests 
I more women proportionately than 
i.mcn, 91% of a: group of lamiliBS 
i interviewed reported men niost in- 
i terested in TV. "I don't know yet 
I to what extent this groalei- inler- 
1 est on the part of men is a tem- 
! porary phenomenon," Kuiz said. 
I "It may be that television still has ' 
rn gadget appeal. Or it may be due ; 
i to the 'specific programming now 
, available. Or it miglit turn out to 
I be a permanent situation. At any 
rate, this characteristic : ot the 
audience will, bear watcliing." 



WGN-TV Sheds ASCAP 

Chicago, Nov, 2. 

Uncertainties about .ASC.\P's 
pending: position on TV riglvl.s were 
resolved by the Chicago Tribune's 
WGN-TV lai3t week when its man- 
agement decided that onl.v HiMI 
and PD tunes would be u^-cd al'dr 
Nov. 1. Other telccasters hci'c give 
no indication of following suit. 

In making the brc-.ik Frank 
Schreiber, manager ot WGN and 
WGN-TV, said simplj, "Wc it go- 
ing to try to operate without 
ASCAP tunes." WGH-TSr .Miow.s 
mo.st likely to be hamporod bv llic 
policy include "Club Tflcvision" 
and an amateur hour. "Stars of 
Tomorrow." 

WGN-TV has an affiliation pact 
uith the DuMonl Netwoik. 



' Kl Paso— Frank .lunnell, Soiilh- 
wpst Network director ol St.ilion 
Relations, has.rc<,igne(l liis po>,L lo 
; become assistant • to the pi e/, of 
■Texas Technological College al 
I Lubbock. Robert Canavan, new.'-- 
editor of KROD, will a.ssunie most 
of the duties of Junneli. 



Wednesday, Weyember 8, 194g-. 



PSriett 



THLKVISIOlir 25 



NBCS PROGRAM BID VS. AGENCIES 



Prep Coast TV Workshop fw Fihn 
Indnstry Use on Profit ^lit Basb 



Hollywood, Nov. 2. ♦ 
■ Hollj'wood'S first large studio 
television workshop for the use 
of film industryites is being 
mapped at Motion Picture Center 
Studio bv managing director 
Charles L." Glett. Service studio's 
complete resources will be avail- 
able to some of the tele film- 
makers on a deferred profit par- 
ticipation basis. _ 

Blueprints are now being drawn 
UP whereby Stage. 7 will be trans- 
formed into tele film headquar- 
ters for the nine-stage lot. Regular 
film-makfirs Who want to try their 
hand at making tele pix will be 
invited to use facilities of the stu- 
dio, including administrative, ac? 
counting, timekeeping, purchasing, 
$et construction, electrical mamte- 
ndnce, scenic art^ transportation, 
projection, sound equipment and 
caiiieifasi Permanent personnel — ; 
production management, engineers, 
electricians, carpenters, painters 
and stagehands— will be available 
for tlie video film producers. 

Plans call for erecting a mez- 
zanine in the 45-foot-bigh stage to 
quarter production offices, includ- 
ing rooms for writers, cutting 
rooms and projection room. Lower 
floor will be divided into two or 
three sfeparate stages for shooting. 



DuMont's Day Payoff 

DuMont's daytime program-* 
ming over • WABD (N. YJ, 
which , was launched Monday 
. (1), is already operating at a 
profit. Sales chief Humboldt 
J. Greig reported yesterday 
(Tues.) that revenue exceeded 
the additional cost of opera- 
tion by 20% on the first day. 

Sterling Drug, in its first TV 
venture, has bought the half- 
hour Dennis James show, aired 
across-the-board in the 1 to 
1:30 p.m. slot. Other strips al- 
ready bought include the Stan 
Shaw half-hour, Ted Steele 
quarter-hour, Vincent Lopez 
and Ralph Dumke, and Andrea 
News, 



Reels to Fight 
Nix by Sports 



All-out fight' is now brewing be- 



SEEKS TO RULE 
mm. FIELD 

In a concerted effort to stave off 
the ad agencies' takeover of tele- 
vision programming, NBC has em-' 
barked on an, all-out tele packag- 
ing venture, bringing in three film 
and radio experts from Hollywood, 
to join in the fight. Various shows 
featuring Jane Pickens, Robert 
(Believe - It - Or - Not) Ripley, and 
Reilly Health Institute, N.Y., and 
others are already being whipped 
into shape for submission to ^pros^. 
pective bankrollers. 

While many of the costliest 
shows now sponsored on the NBCt 
TV web are agency packages, NBC 
officials are determmed that the I 
web won't be pushed any further 
out of the packaging door, Behind 
their thinking is the present situa- 
tion in radiOi- in which the agencies 
control practically all the top- 
bankroUed shows. CBS-TV, which 
has already attained considerable! 
success in radio packaging, has al- 
ready applied the same formula 
to tele and. NBC's new emphasis 
on show production indicates the 
' webs' emphasis on program con- 
, trol. 

! With the exception of the biggest 
agencies, in fact; most of the ad 



CBS Pays $mOOO for 2-Year TV 
Distiib Rights on 52 ^tish Pix 



TVi Top 10 

(Hooper Oct. Aeport) - 

Program 
Prorram Station rating 
Texaco Theatre ,. WNBT 63.2 
Toast of Town. WCBS-TV 53.0 

We, the People 

WCBS-TV 43.8 
Amateur Hour... WABD 35.6 
Bigelow Show .... WNBT 32.7 

• Small Fry WABD 26.5 

Kraft WNBT 23.7 

. Chevrolet on Broadway . 

WNBT 22.4 
Gulf Road Show WNBT 19.2 
Stop Me... WNBT 18.8 



. ' GBS, plans to buy Raytheon 
iVIahufaeturing's Boston television 
statiop eases only ■slightly, the hot 
cbiripetitive isituatiott: Still brewiftg 
for Hub TV outlets. Under plans 

4„ „ 4.^,^„'„.-„ „„,..^-AAi„ 1 " ^. i. , , i revealed in Wiashington this week 

tween television newsreels and I representatives tavor the networks' by Raytheoii, CBS would give up 

lux^^ o I promoters of sports and special | package plans, according to NBC- Ijts application for a Boston station 

Stage, in short, will be a vest- events over the latter's persistent ' V*if Norman B ackbum Few ^ the FCC okays the purcTiase. 



CBS'250GHub 
Buy Via Raytheon 



pocket edition of an entire major 
sttidio. While availing themselves 
of studio facilities, production 
crews won't interfere with the reg 
tilar " operation of the studio 
pix being made for theatres by 
Harry Popkin, Equity Pictures, 
Screen Plays and otheis headquar- 
tered there. 
Glett expects to have the setup 
(Continued on page 31) 



. , , -i i,u 1 i of the smaller agencies, Blackburn Anklin^ nf CR.S frnm thp li«it nf 

refusal to permit the reels toi^^i^. .^^^d to set uo the re- fp"pSts however still leles 



Canadian Tele 
Stalled Again 



said, can afford to set up the re 
cover the events. Film outfits, in-. quired special TV department tij 
eluding Telenews, Fox Movietone produce shows for their clients, 
on and the WPIX (N. Y.) syndicated > , Networks have built complete 
' reel, won the first round last week staffs for just such work, according 
when they finally obtained per-,to '^J^'^^^"™' and are thus m a 
mission to cover the speeches of "^^^^ better position 
President Truman and Gov. Dew- 1 
ey from Madison Sq. Garden, N. Yi j 
Situation marked the first time i 
that the. competing reels had" 
joined forces to fight for a coin- j 
mon cause, • 

At the seat of - the: trouble is the ', 
promoters* fear that assignment 
of telefilm coverage of events 
might eventually ruin their 
chances of selling rights for in- 
i stantaneous TV coverage. They 
j have no objection to coverage by 



much better position to build 
shows. Greater amount- of time 
and effort required to stage tele i 
shows than radio programs has 
also caused some ; of the bigger 
(Continued on page 34) 



seven bidding for tlie three re- 
maining channels. 
. Raytheon station, wiiich was 
granted under a construction per- 
: (Continued on page 31) 



iW)0O,0O(l TV SETS 
BY 1958: COSGROVE 

,V, Boston, Oct. 28. 
Raymond C. GosgrOve, fexecutive 
vice president Of the Avco Mahu- 
facturing Corp., ■ predicted . hei-e j 
this week that there would -be 
40,000,000 television gets in Ahierir | 
cdh homfes before 1958 Witli a total. ; 
regular audience of 100,000,000. ■■■ .• I 
"Televisioh : is. groiying jlibnfclu- j 
sively into an eleineht of prihuary i 
importance in our entire national 

vnadian Broadcasting Co. drew aiifve tefe. tv reels; On their side; I simultaneously on a video receiver, economy," Cosgrove stated at the 
blank in Ottawa last Friday (29) | aver that air such events are in the I Rodney Pantages is setting up 20tH Boston Conference on Distri- 
when board cliairman A. D. Dun- , public interest and a ban on their ' two eight-foot-v\ide TV screens at bution. Inside 10 years video 
ton asked for a delay "to make i coverage bv any means of public either end of the stage where would be in every home because 
as full a study as possible of this | information would constitute an video show is telecast each Tues- of lower prices, volume production 
most important question of tele- i infringement of freedom of the day night. Patrons will be able to and engineering, but it has already 
Vision." 1 press. . I view the program ; in action or on i profoundly influenced the eco- 

Four applications came from ex- r^y^ ^ggig overcame the objec- the vid screen. Cameras which pan I nomic habits of millions of Ameri- 



Montreal, Nov. 2. j theatrical reels, but consider the 
The long-awaited meeting with ^ggig processed especially for TV 



THEATRE AUDIENCE 
SEES SELF ON TELE 

Hollywood. Nov. 2. 
Pantages theatre audiences will 
have an opportunity to watch the 
KTLA television shou, ''So This Is 



♦ CBS television has bought full 
telefilm distribution rights for two 
years to a group of 52 British fea< 
tures imported to the U. S. by Hoi- . 
lywood talent agent Eddie Sher-' 
man and Harry Fox, agent and 
trustee for various music publish- 
ers in synchronization and me- 
chanical rights. CBS paid $100,000 
for the films, all turned out by 
indie British producers, against a 
percentage of the gross. 

Shermati and Fox reportedly i 
bought 100 British pictures in all 
for tele use in this country and 
abroad, sewing up exclusive TV., 
rights to them for five years. Fox's 
interest in tlie, venture is note- 
worthy, since he's now represent- 
ing American music publishers in 
negotiations, with tele broadcasters 
over music rights on tele film tran- 
scriptions. No such problem willV 
arise as far as the British-made ; 
films are concemedk • 
Most of the films bought by CBS v 
were produced by British Pathe , 
and Associated Film Producers. ' 
They . feature the earlier efforts of 
such British stars as James Mason, : 
Grade Fields, Ann Todd, etc. CBS 
plans to syndicate them, to - other ; 
stations throughout the country, 
but will: probably reserve th6m for 
use by its own stations and af- 
filiates in most cities. Web thus , 
joins NBC as a telefilm distributor. ; 
All rights revert to Sherman at the 
end of the two-year period. 

Agent, while in England, .also- 
grabbed up a number of single* 
reelers. These are supposedly 
ideal . for advertisers, since they : 
run only eight to 10 minutes. Sher- , 
man wrapped up the deal with the : 
British producers during several: 
trips to England this summer. 
Willie he's now dickering for other 
telefilm rights, he's continuing liis 
other activities. Tliis week, he 
took over booking for the Carman 
theatre, Philadelphia, from the ' 
Arthur Fisher agency. 



the board of governors of the Ca- ■ ag being in direct competition with | Hollywood," and \ie\y themselves 



Isting Canadian stations and all 



The 
tion of 



overcame 
Garden officials 



[ the audience for reaction occasion- ; can buyers. "By 1958," he said,"it 



51"* one expressed ^willingness^ to | eoTerage"o7The presidential | il,:?f.1^:!='l'ill,l?J^^H|?^„iiV^L'':^ I «ood 



WBKB Primed For 
'Operation Blad' 

Chicago, Nov. 2. 
John Balaban, secy-treasurer of 
the Balaban & Katz theatre chain 
here and director of its video ven- 
ture, WBKB, last week reported 
the station might reach the break- 
even point by Spring. There's . a 



— — — - „ I uuvciuKc uj. iiic i,it.3iuv;tii,n.i ..ci. I ,, - , , ,, • , , , ,, :. ... . , , .„ , , i Kuuu chancc, lie sald, that B&K 

go ahead immediately %\ith the didates' speeches, which had been they look on the tele-tube if tliey television ind^^^ be the first TV license 

building of television ' stations u„^pd on the Garden's reluctance '"r" their heads to glance at the such an extent that it becomes a 

With 'imited funds, CBC cannot ^ precedent. Reels are also I receiver. I key factor in world economy." 

at tlie moment compete with the priming their fight for coverage of 
private stations. Should the gov- j^^yy football games, now denied 



ernment go ahead with plans in them. According to reel of- 
the immediate future, it is esti- finals, the Navy, including its foot- 
niated that the Canadian listener j^gll team, is supported by tax- 
would have to pay $45 lor a tele- payers* money and Navy games 
vision license compared to the ^j^us represent events of public in- 
$2 50 di irge now in foite. I terest. Reels are also fighting for 

Several television sets are in coverage of state university foot- 
use in Toijonto, which has access ball games on the same premise. 

to the Buffalo outlets. Montreal.] . — . 

because of distance from available ] 

wS'Lf " ''"^ KTSL DOUBLES SPONSORS 

, During tlie. application meeting, 
the Canadian Marconi Co. and the 
Transportation Advertising Co. of 
Toronto, asked for permission . to 
put on FM station programs for 
use in streetcars and buses. 



IN SPAN OF 3 MONTHS 



I Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

I Don Lee's KTSL has Increa.sed 
its sponsors 103'^, bince Aug 1 of 
I this >ear and has had a dollar vol- 
I ume increase Of 27lVe during the 
I same period, 

KTSL now has three sponsored 



G 

start 



Ready Production of 26 

II „ • in I If 1 • I shows weekly: "Touchdown," spon- 
AmeriCan Tobacco YidpiX , sored by star outfitting Co ; Xele- 
Hollvwood Nov 2 'news," thrice weekly program 
^.ranl-Real."° Pactions" will ' sponsored ^^otorola and "PHnie 
^ rt shooting first of 26 television , R/bbing" f«f . V'^'^^ L K Ward 
films for American Tobacco in mid- ' P^cks up the al^. The Old Gold 
November. Production firm rolls Amateur Hou i, a DuMont kmc 
•em at Hal Roach studios. ^cope f oi\S'^\5^-taraice rTght^ 

in.-the :rmliie^:^!^!^t' ■ '. ":■ V ■ /: \' 
' Station now bdasts 10 different 
ispot sponsors duriiig the week's 
teieeastihg %hich ainounts to bet- 
ter than 20 spots videod per stanza. 
J oci lu iimiai.^ KTSL is Currently airing 20 
tlie entire 'serieT. "Cast will' differ hours per week as against 15 dur: 
tliroughout the 26 pix, ling the first part of August. 



Necklace." which production unit 
made as an audition reel, is cur- 
rently being lengthened to 30-min- 
utes. Tole-pic was made as a 15- 
minute shot for sponsor-viewing 
purposes as a sales talk. 
Aillmr . Shields is set to narrate 




holder in the country to shed the 
red ink. 

Balaban said that WBKB's air 
time is now more: than 75% spon- 
sored. Current weekly losses, he.: 
disclosed, are between $5,000 and :: 
$6,500, indicating that the addition 
of sponsored programs equal, to 
that amount would usher in. even- 
steven bookkeeping. Operating 
losses have decreased as much as 
$750 per -week in the la,st two 
tnonths, said Balaban, following: 
adoption of business methods used 
by the B&K chain. 

By the end of this year, he said, 
B&K's total 'outlay for tele 
since WBKB . was experimentally 
launched in 3941 will total $3,700,- 
000. ■ Current . improvements : in 
facilities and equipment, exclusive 
of a new transmitter, will cost 
more than $100,000. A Paramount 
tcletran.scription recorded to be 
(Continued on page 31) 



FRANK SILVERNADL 

Exectitiv* In Chargt: of Radio Tim* Buying 
BATTEN, BARTON, DURSTINE A 08B0RN, Ino. 

"II You don't read VAPJETY, You are not In radio or television." 



Vick Chemical Buys 

Wendy Barrie Show 

' "Picture This," tele show star- 
, ring Wendy Barrie and guest car- 
, toonists, will be sponsored by 
j Vick Chemical, at 8:20-8:30 p.m. 
I Wednesday.s, starling Nov 10, on 
WNBC-TV. Otto Soglow will be tiie 
first guest. Al Garry will write 
the show, with the cartoonists ex- 
ecuting picture-ideas submitted by ' 
listeners. 

Kay Roberts, of Fenton Produc- 
tions, sold the package. 



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TBKEVI^ION 



Wednesilay, November S, 1948 



Wolf sw-Meyer llieatres in Bid 
To Solve VTV J (Mianu) Coin Troubles 



Miami, Nov. 2. 

Special hearings by tlie FCC on 
financial structure of proposed 
WTVJy for which the commission 
had issued a permit to construct 
and then rescinded the order on a 
charge: of change in backers with- 
out being notified, took place here 
last week, when Bobert Venn, gen- 
cral manager and veepee of the 
operating company which had ap? 
: pliedi .filed an appeal against the 
aecition. 

With FGC vice chairman Paul 
Walker receiving testimony and 
commission attorney Walter Nel- 
son handling cross-questioning, the 
nearings revealed that: 
: Venn, general manager of the 

tputhent Badio and Television 
quipment Co., denied any change 
In the financial <8etup which had 
led to the FCC revocation of the 
permit. Venn said he was forced 
to seek new backing when E. N. 
Claughton <Claughton theatres- 
t'lorida) showed "disiiiterest" in 
the video company. In 1947, Venn 
(aid, Claughton > sought to with- 
draw and asked for return of $193," 
DOO in checks which Claughton had 
posted for a 32% interest in the 
station. He added that the checks 
were held for months^ at Claugh- 
ton's request. 

The Claughton checks were re* 
turned when the Wolfson-Meyer 
(Wometco) Theatre Enterprises, 
Inc., offered to purchase control 
of the video corporation, early in 
1948. Then, Venn stated, he filed 
•n amended application with the 
.FCC.'.- • 

Subsequently, Venn was em- 
; ployed by the Wolfson-Meyer in- 
terests to work with proposed sta- 
tion WMIE <AM), which Is now in 
operation and the most powerful 
independent station in the area. 
Venn is veepee and general man- 
ager. 

Mitchell Wolfson testified that 



his company had invested or com- 
mitted more than $300,000 in the 
television station. If permitted to 
take control, his company. Wolf- 
son added^ is prepared to undergo 
financial losses. 

Wolfson insisted that informa- 
tion on his company's plans was 
filed with the FCC soon after ne- 
gotiations were ended early this 
year. 

Further testimony brought out 
that Claughton had withdrawn his 
financial support of the proposed 
station after the original applica- 
tion for permit had been filed. De- 
cision to witiidraw came, when he 
: lost interest because of shrinkage 
in stock values in 1947. He re- 
vealed also, that he had notes in 
the amount of $1,250,000 with New 
York banks. 

, Appealing in behalf of distribu- 
tors of television sets in this area, 
Harold Friedman said that more 
than $1,000,000 invested in sets by 
distributors was threatened . by the 
cancellation of the permit. 

If FCC approves the transfer 
and restores the permit^ Venn will 
become general manager of WTV Ji 
with Clyde Lucas, former name 
band leader, in charge of produc- 
tion. 

Decision by the FCC is under 
advisement. 



Syracnse Sets Its Yideo 
Sights for Dec. Preem 

Syracuse, Kov. t. 

Television will (^me to Syracute 
In December if plans of the Mere- 
dith Syracuse Television Corp. 
come through. Main obstacle is 
getting equipment, here and in- 
stalled, officials say. 

The corporation last week 
bought the Cine>rSimplex Corp. 
building to house transmitters, 
studios and bushiest offices. The 
structure has 17,220 sq. ft. of floor 
space and already has over $40,000 
worth of electrical wiring and 
apparatus. 

New Syracuse company, sub- 
sidiary of the Meredith Co. of 
Iowa, publishers of Better Homes 
and Gardens magazine^ already 
has been assigned a call number 
and frequency channel. Now pend* 
hig before the FCC and CAA is a 
request to erect a SOO-foot sending 
tower, 



Hub Tele Bowls 'Em 

Boston, Nov. 2. 

Subs, always big for sports, gets 
a new TV offering this week with 
the first local videoing of bowling. 

Thursday evening show out of 
WBZ-TV to feature matches be^ 
tween top commercial teams, first 
one between: the . John Hancock 
Insurance team and: that of LeVer 
Bros. Westinghouse station is offer- 
ing five Individual trophies during 
the season. Telecasts are between 
10 and 11 p.m. 



■■ Andrea; Radio signed to sponsor 
"Camera Headlines" over WABD 
(DuMont, N. Y.). Show is one of 
the 10-minute news shows featured 
in the station's new daytime pro- 
gramming schedule. 

Polaroid Television Fitters inked 
to sponsor : half of all Thursday 
evenmg : wrestling matches cov- 
ered by DuMont from Park Arena. 
Gayton, Inc., is the agency. 
. Jays Potato GhipSi through Kauf- 
man '& Associates, will sponsor 15<- 
minute "Daffy Derby" weekly on 
WBKB, Chi, starting Nov. 10. Ernie 
Simon, disk jock, will emcee. 

National Plywoods, Inc., through 
MacDonald-Cook Co., banlcrolling 
15 - minute "Second : Guessers" 
weekly on WENR-TV, Chi, starting 
Nov. 7. 

Bulova Watch, through. Blow Co.; 
has renewed its 28 weekly time 
signals on WGN-TV, Chi. 

BVD Corp., through Grey Adv. 
Agency, has renewed its sked of 
tliree weekly weather reports for 
26 weeks on WGN-TV. Cri. 



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WTIC's 10,000 walti repreicntcd nationally by WMd k C«. 




New York 

"This Thing Called Love" for 
Philco on NBT next Sunday will 
star Ralph Bellamy, and will in- 
clude Peggy Conkltn, Ann Lee, 
Hope Miller, Marts Linden and 
Ernest Cossart . . . 

Producer leny Fairbanks back to 
the Coast over tiie weekend to roll 
three new series of films for NBC- 
TV, after two weeks of huddles 
with NBC execs in N, Y. , . . Num- 
ber of tele sets installed in Milwau- 
kee now totals 7,000. bistead of the 
6,000 originally reported by the 
NBC research bureau . ; . Indus- 
trial Television introing a new line 
of- home video sets at its Clifton, 
N. J., offices today (Wed.) . . . 
Robert L. Huehes, formerly with 
the ad and publicity departments 
of the N. Y. Daily News, named 
eastern regional business manager 
for Television Research Institute 
. . , Assn. of Documentary and 
Television Film Cameramen, wliich 
Robert Flaherty serves as honorary 
president, : launching a nationwide 
membership : drive to, further its 
labor union activities . . . Edmund 
Chester, CBS-TV director of sports, 
news and special events, vacation- 
ing in Florida , . . Video Associates 
joined forces with Sturgis-Grant 
Productions to turn out low-priced, 
animated telefilms . . . NBC-TV's 
"Bigclow Show," starring mental- 
ist : Dunninger and ventriloquist 
Paul Winchell, now being kinescop- 
ed for delayed airing in Buffalo, 
Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis 
and Detroit . . . Rouben Mamoulian 
Scheduled as guest speaker at the 
American Television. Society's 
monthly luncheon next Tuesday 
(9) at the Hotel Astor . . . Raymond 
W. Rodtrcrs, until now assistant 
chief engineer for WFIL-TV (Phila- 
delphia) named acting chief engin- 
eer of WDTV, DuMont's upcoming 
Pittsburgh tele outlet . . . Jolm 
W. Hundley, former acting director 
of CBS shortwave, shifting to CBS 
tele. 

Hollywood 

''Ford Theatre," television show 
being aired over CBS-TV, is getting 
telensing here by KTLA. Para- 
mount station will continue to tele- 
vise, the once monthly program 
until KTTV, GBS- Times station 
here gets under way . . • . Telecast 
of the Rose Parade, JaHi I over 
KLAG'TV will be sponsored by Los 
Angeles Federal Savings and Loan. 
Hoffman Radio Corp.: is picking up 
the tab for tele over KFI-TV and 
W. 3. Sloan over KTSL , . . "Tele- 
vision Examiner'' set as new show 
for KTSL. Program will be videod 
on alternate Saturdays starting (6) 
... Rudy Vallee shot a television 
film with the Red Caps at Larry 
Potter's Supper Club (1). Telefilm 
for Vallee Video firm traces Red 
Caps from days of handling bag- 
gage to present nltery act . . . Hal 
Roach^ Jr., has been appointed 
president of the Television Film 
Producers Association. Garl Dudley, 
has been set as v-p, Rudy Vallee as 
secretary, Roland Reed, treasurer 

j and Herb Strock* director of public 
relations . . . "It's a Living," At 

I Simmons tele-show lensed over 
KTSL lor the past four months has 
been dropped from the schedule: 
; . . jVIabel Todd's vid program 
"Mables Fables" will bow over 
KTLA Sunday, Nov. 14. Show is 
a 20-minute live dramatization of 
fairytales . . , Eugene Sharin, Am'^ 
fairytales . . . Eugen Sharini Am- 
bassador Films head, here dicker- 
ing for studio space for future vid- 
film production, Firm has complet- 
ed a series of 13 telctunepix with 
the Vienna Philharmonic Orch arid 
the Vienna Boys Choir for CBS- 
TV .. . Wallace Worsely has leit 
Metro after 15 years to join bis 
Amtelco. ; Productions with John 
Bowman. Teleflrm has just com- 
pleted 26-one minute commercials 
for I'aylor Automobile Co. Spots 
will be aired on KLAC-TV. 



Research reports that 72% of tele 
viewers here think that Dewey 
shows up better on video than 
Pres. Truman . . . Sun-Times tied 
up with WBKB for election returns 
while the Herald-American ■ serv- 
iced WENR-TV. WGN-TV got the 
tally from its parent org, the Chi- 
cago Tribuno, . . . Harold Isbell, 
vet of radio quizzers: and aud par- 
ticipationers, preemed "Spell with 
Isbell" on WGN-TV Tues. (26) . . . 
WNBQ may dispense with the usual 
opening night fanfare when it 
makes its formal bow early In Feb.^ 
debuting Instead with regular pro- 
grams . Jievf WBKB transmitter 
will be the tallest yet installed 
here, topping WENR-TV's stick 
sixty feet. 



Tele Projection From 
Theatre Balcony Best 
Of AH Systems Tested 

Theatres contemplating the in- 
stallation of full-screen television 
systems utilizing direct simul- 
taneous, projection will .probably 
find the best place to install the 
unit is directly in. front of the, 
balcony railing. That's the opinion 
of H. J. Schlafiy of the 20th-Fox 
tele engineering department, based 
on experiments conducted by the 
company to date. 

Pointing out that all theatre 
tele eqtiipment;. designed so far 
has specific limitations, Schlafiy 
said rear projection, which' would 
involve installation of the unit be- 
.liind the, screen, would be unwise 
since, too much of the all-precious 
light would be lost. Placing the 
projection units in the orchestra ■ 
or balcony, he said, would obstruct 
the view of too many seats. 20th 
has thus found : that the balcony 
railing installation is best because 
it requires removal of the least 
number of seats. 

For theatres without balconiesv 
Schlafiy declared, the: best system 
would be to install the unit" on a 
platform which could be raised and 
lowered into position from the 
ceiling by elevators. British have 
attempted permanent installations 
hung from the ceiling, but that 
idea isn't too good because it 
makes too difficult the sei-vicing 
of the units. 

With the system used to televise 
the Louis-Walcott fight from the 
Fox theatre, Philadelphia, last 
June, 20th found the best "throw" 
-^that is, distance from the projec- 
tor to the screen— is about 40 
feet, although : this could be 
stretched to 45 without too much 
loss. He pointed out that 20tli is 
continuing experiments with both 
instantaneous projection and the 
intermediate film method, .such as 
that used by Paramount. Answer 
to which system is better will de- 
pend on the technical quality of 
tile picture produced and CcpnomiC 
factors, he said. 



Chicago 



John Wehrheim, NBC assistant 
auditor,; has been upped to biz man- 
ager of the net's midwest tele de- 
partment . . . Sat. night' matches 
of the Chi Polo Assn. will be 
beamed via WENR-TV, starting, 
Nov. 13 . . . WNBQ made its first ' 
venture into live programming witli i 
local pickups of election returns 
Nov. 2. Station, operating on an 
experimental permit, began tele-' 
casts of "Philco Television Play- 
house" Sunday (31) via coax from 
Cleveland . . . RCA-Victor, sponsor,' 
of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," is I 
publishing a four -page mimeo-| 
graphed promotional sheet, the: 
Kuklapolitan Courier." Sheet will ' 
be used as a merchandising aid ... ' 
TV set sales totaled 2,927 between 

?u^^^}P^^^ P<=t' 8. according to' 

the Chi Electric Assn On the' 

basis of 600 calls, Jay & Graham 



Baito's Third Tele 
Station (WAAM) Preems 

Baltimore, Nov, 2. 

Town's third TV signal hit the 
air yesterday (Mon.) when WAAM 
started projection of "Small Frv" 
at 7 p.m. Affiliated with ABC, 
station has also taken on DuMont, 
previously scanned by WMAR-TV, ' 
Sunpapers station now handling 
CBS exclusively. WBAL-TV is lied 
in with NBC. 

New station has built a plant 
approximating a cost of .$1,000,000 
and is under the general manager- 
ship of Norman C. Kal, Washington 
ad agency exec. Frederick L. All- 
man, owner of AM operations in 
Ilarrisonburg, Va., and Winter 
ilaven, Fla„ is exec veepee and 
Amand Grant, formerly with 
WBAL-TV is commercial manager. 



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TELEVISION 



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Inside Television 



Those mobile units blow hot and cold on their football assignments. 
A weelt ago from Ebbets Field CBS gave Manhattan grid fans the best 
look they've had at a game via video. The past Sunday (31) this same 
unit was missing too many plays on the same field. 

One reason for these muffs was a camera director with a restless 
iinger. He was so busy switching cameras (from a wide angle to a 
Closeup shot) that he kept catching the eloseup camera without the ball. 
Hencei neitiier the cameraman, the director, nor the viewer knew 
where the ball was and the play was over before they found it. This 
confusion could have been averted if the director had merely held on 
to the wide-angle view which saw the ball snapped. 
, Directors can make chumps of their football cameramen with close- 
ups. Blocked kicks, fake kicks, trick handoffs and laterals are too often 
lost to the televiewer because the cameraman has missed thfe ball. This 
Is due to the closeup lens and its narrow field of view, and the closer 
the narrower. The man at the tripod can't be blamed! It's tough to 
follow the ball through those view finders on the cameras. That the 
wide-angle shot protects the cameraman and is easier for the viewer 
doesn't seem to impress the directors. They evidently sit in the truck 
outside on the street, watch their monitors, fret about "mobility of 
action" and start pushing buttons. Meanwhile the ball is in play and 
cameraman and viewer are liaving fits ti"ying to find it. Maybe the 
directors will get straightened out when sponsors start to holler. 

Burr Tillstrom, whose puppeteering on WBKB telecasts of "Fran, 
Kukla and OUie" is mainly responsible for ranking the show as best 
In Chi video, has been sounded out by two nets on the matter of a 
switchover. Tillstrom currently is signed to a 39-week contract by 
Balaban & Katz, theatre chain owners of WBKB. Rival offers include 
network status for the series, which has been sponsored the last two 
years by JRCA-Victor. 



TAPLINGER'S TV SEWIIP 
OF AC BEAUTY PAG£ANT 

Television rights -to the annual; 
Atlantic City Beauty Pageant have 
been sewed up by Sylvan Tap^ 
linger, representing a TV produc- 
tion syndicate backed by film exec 
Robert S.. Taplinger. Formei' will 
serve, as consulting producer for 
all pageant TV shows and has 
started to peddle rights to pros- 
pective sponsors and broadcasters. 

Package : of fered to clients in- 
elude. complete pickups of the 
beauty parade, ' the elimination 
preliminaries and other -features of. 
tlie pageant. According to Tap-> 
linger, the factors on which, the 
girls are judged offer national tie- 
ins for bankrollers' products. Spon- 
sor is also to get first-refusal 
rights on local judging in cities 
Where stations are in operation 
ind will have "Miss America" en- 
dorsement privileges for other ad 
farms.. Pageant, of ficals reserve 
. tlie right to approve the client. : 



TV Religious Seminar- 

Albany, Nov. 2. 

Top religious leaders of. the 
country have registered for- the 
first television, seminaf on religion, 
to be held starting Sunday (7) at 
WRGB, General Electric TV sta- 
tion in Schenectady; : 

Participants will investigate and 
demonstrate various ways tele 
might augment the work now be- 
ing done by religious field com- 
mittees In radio. WRGB program 
manager Al Zink is moderator for 
the four-day session, with studio 

morning and afternoon classes 

director Ted Beebe assisting.: Both 
morning;, and afternoon classes 
have been; scheduled. 



I Dallas--^ack : Television Enter- 
I prises has acquired exclusive world 
i television rights and all non-theat- 
] rical rights to the "This Is Texas" 
I series, group of one reelers pro- 
1 duced here by Nationwide Films, 
Inc.^ of Dallas. • : 



WRGB's Free-for-All 

Schenectady, Nov. 2. 
Expansion of network television 
programs on WRGB, General Elec- 
tric station with a record of the 
longest continuous operation .in the 
U, S., will include shows from 
ABC, CBS and DuMont webs, it 
was annoimced by G. Emerson 
Markham, GE manager of televiH 
sion and broadcasting here; 

His statement said that programs 
telecast by NBC (with which 
WRGB long: has had association) 
"may now be supplemented" by 
features from the other hookups. 



WBAL Checks Up on TV 
Daytime Viewers, Finds 
Plenty of 'Em Around 

Baltimore, Nov. 2. 

A sizable audience is definitely 
available to daytime television pro- 
gramming, according to a survey 
by WBAL-TV, local video outlet. 
Telephone check of Baltimore set- 
owners during the .second week of 
the station's: afternoon, program'^ 
ming revealed 52.4% of taverns 
and 15.4% of ^ Balto homes had- 
their sets tuned in between 12 
noon and 5 p.m. 

Various reasons were given by 
setowners who didn't :tune in to 
WBAL-T.V's afternoon shows; Some 
housewives gave the expected an- 
swerr*-too busy with household 
chores and children. : Others said 
they didn't know the shows were 
on-,! some wanted more children's 
and film shows, and others re- 
quested more domestic and cook- 
ing programs. "Hi-Jinks," a show 
aired during the lunch hour, from 
12:15 to 1 p.m., was being viewed 
by 17.8% of the homes called, 
while "Television Matinee,'' a late 
afternoon show which has . been 
on- the' air seven -months, iilured 
32.8% of setowners : consistently 
and 21.8% occasionally. 

Lowest rating was. 7.7% for a 
music and ' still picture program. 
Announcement at the beginning of 
this show declared that "you do 
not have to look at this program—- 
it is designed so that you can lis- 
ten to the music while doing your 
housework." 



NBC Now Offers Trosecutor at % 
Despite $10,000 Prod. Cost on Eadi 



WPK Badietyi %d 

N. Y. Daily News' WPIX has 
signed : to > cover 12 basketball 
games played by Seton Hall and 
St. Francis colleges, teeing oft with 
the St. Francis-Manhattan College 
game Dec. 10. Major home games 
of St. Francis are to be carried 
from the 14th Regiment Armory, 
Brooklyn, while the Seton Hall 
games will be televised from 
South Orange, N. J. 



NBC-TV has decided to lower its 
asking price to $5,000 on the "Pub- 
lic Prosecutor'' series, produced es-: 
pecially for tele by Jerry Pair- 
banks, despite the fact, the 26- 
shorts cost an average: of $10,000 
each to turn out. Apparent inabil^ 
ity of advertisers to pay the origi- 
nal $10,000 price forced the move, 
accor.ding to NBC features service 
chief Russ Johnston; and the web 
will now take a chance on getting 
its money back 'on repeat bookings 
to TV stations. 

In a further attempt to sell the 
shorts. NBG will make them avail- 



Already started on coverage of able as either 20 or 30-minute pack- 



N. Y. Rangers' hockey games from 
i Madison Square Garden, N, Y., 
I and boxing and wrestling from 
I Ridgewood Grove arena, WPIX' 
I basketball schedule thus rounds 
' out its fall and winter sports coV- 
] erage. 



i Linkletter's 75G Tour 
I Payoff for Charities 

I Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

! Part of a wide swing of network 

i shows to tour the nation in behalf 
of charitable organizations^ NBC's 
"People Are Funny" and CBS' 
"G. B. House Party" depart Nov. 12 
for another four weeks on the 
road witl. stopovers at Denver, 
Kansas City, Salt Lake City and" 
Seattle. In the five eastern cities 

I on the first half of their tours, the 
shows grossed a total of $75,000 
for: various hospitalSr: underprivi- 
leged children and American Can- 
cer Society. 

John . Guedel produces both 
showsi with Art Linkletter acting: 
as emcee. Coin is raised by selling 
admission, tickets to the regular, 
radio shows. Usually, SRO signs, 
are up weeks before show time. . 



ages, at; the buyer's discretion. 
Two-reelers were originally set to 
go in the 20-minUte form but the 
web has now included an op- 
tional audience participation for- 
mat, which would increase the run- 
ning time 10 minutes. In the longer 
version, the film would halt just 
before the climax and the audience : 
would be asked to guess the out- 
come. Then the 'rest of the" film 
would be run; -';;: 

Web will sell them at $5,000 
for first run only, thereby shelving 
the earlier plan of giving the ad-: 
vertiser an opportunity to repeat 
them twice: during the year at no 
additional cost. If the buyer de- 
sires, however, he'll be able to set 
repeat bookings on the series at a 
small percentage of the original 
cost," according to Johnston. 



IMPPRO^RTSB 
CBS VIDHLM SERIES 

Hollywood, Nov.' 2. 
IMPPRO has completed the first 
four television films; for CBS. and ' 
is now in the midst of Shooting the , 
sefeondi four in the I3-;^ek '^Cflsea 
of ; fiddle prake"^ series jvvitiicli 
features t>atricia Mo^risoii aha^p^^ 
Haggerty. Claire Carleton and 
' Cleveland — Tom Manning, ! Marya Marco have been set for 
WTAM veteran sportscaster, has roles m the four films, which start 
I been renewed by Richman Bros., I shooting simultaneously this week. 
' twice daily, for five minutes at j IMPPRO reportedly is paying 
6:25 and 10 minutes at ■ 11:05. the bit players used in the vld 



Agency is McCann-Erickson. 



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DENNIS JAMES CARNIVAL 
.With Deiinig. James, Victoria Rane, 
, Leonardo & Zola, Rlsko, OSiS' 
mar 

Director: Ralph Levy 
Writer: Jay Burton 
Music: Lew Wliite 
30 Mins.; Sun., 8:30 p.m. 
GENERAL ELECTRIC 
CBS-TV, from N. Y. 

(B.B.D,&0.) 

This "Dennis James Carnival," 
vliich preemed on the CBS-TV 
web Sunday (31) night, is nothing 
more than vaudeo dressed up with 
a new baelcground. Spotted di- 
rectly -in front of Ed Sullivan's 
hour -long "Toast of the Town" 
vaudeo presentation, it's extremely 
likely that satiated viewers might 
start juggling their channel-selec- 
tors. What Emerson Radio,' which 
sponsors "Toast," has to say about 
th's hasn't yet been determined. 

In itself, "Carnival" teed off 
none too well. . Little, attention was. 
given to imparting the requisite 
carney flavor, except to dress up 
James in a pitchman's costume. 
Tliat only served to make liim a 
poor, dupliqate of' the "Texaco Star 
-Theatre's" Sid Stone. Four acts 
spotliglited during the show were 
recruited from carnivals but, work- 
ing as they did on a regulation 
btage, they only furthered the 
vaudeo aspects. 

James, who's won TV renown 
as a sportscaster, showed a glib 
personality a n d demonstrated 
enough talent to be built into a 
.good tele show of any format. Too 
many of his gags, though, were off 
.tlie -eob.. He valso: followed Milton: 
3erle's lead, in injecting himself, 
into all the acts, and with fair 
success. Other performers, includ- 
ing knife-thrower Victoria Rane, 
Afro-Cuban dancers Leonardo and 
Zola,, magician. Dagmar: and plater 
spinner Risko were good in their 
Individual routines. None of them, 
though, projected as well as the 
vaude^and nitery acts usually slot- 
.ted on, other vaudeo shows, so that 
they suffered by comparison'. Ralph 
Levy's camera /direction took full 
^advantage of their stints. 

First of the General Electric 
commercials, which was evidently 
supposed to tie in with the show's 
carney format, was corny to the 
point of embarrassment. . Second 
one. wasn't too bad. Stal. 



ROAR OF THE RAILS 
With Miml Strongin, Rusty Slocuni 
• Writer; Robert Bogardus 
j Producer: Raymond E. Nelson 
15 Mins.; Tues., 7 p.m. 
' A. C. GILBERT CO. 
CBS-TV, from New York 
iaiarles W. Boyt) 
Running on parallel tracks 
alongside WJZ-TV's "Tales of the 
Red Caboose," this show is also 
trying to cash in on the universal 
appeal i which miniature railroads 
have for juves from six to 60. "Roar 
of the Rails," however, doesn't 
stoke up enough Steam to carry a 
payload. While the WJZ show 
at least aimed for range and variety 
by putting the train sequences on 
film, this show only had a single 
toy -locomotive running round and 
round a small circle of track for, 
15 minutes, That can get tiresome 
pretty quickly. Why doesn't the 
sponsor, which manufactures this 
equipment, set up an elaborate 
cnss-crossing network of tracks 
and trains to give some more eye 
appeal to their TV investment? 

Another " element in the show: 
which can be strengthened is the 
background narration of famous 
railroad yarns. On the preem (26), 
the good story of how Death Val- 
ley Scoltie made record-breaking 
trip from Los Angeles to Chicago 
on the Sante Fe in 1905 was relat- 
ed in lack-lustre fashion. .In 
building the narration, more cut- 
ins of . motion pictures or still 
photos could have been used as il- 
lustrations. Instead there was al- 
most complete reliance on the 
studio setup which went exactly no- 
where. Her?n. 



CHILD'S WORLD 

With Helen Patkhurst, children's 

■ panel 

Director: Bob Doyle 
Producer: Robert Saudek 
13 Mins.; Mon., 8 p.m. 
Sustaining ^ 
ABC-TV, from New York 

This is the widely discussed, con- 
siderably kudosed (and justly so) 
moppet discussion session which 
has had a half-hour weekly spot 
on ABC's radio lanes for th« past; 
year. Tliey've simply turned the 
cameras on it. It preemed on TV 
this week (1). 

Tlie stanza, gains something, na- 
turally, with the visual aspect 
; added, since it's possible to watch 
{the children's expressions as they 
{respond to Miss Helen Parkhurst's 
.pointed questioning. For the TV 
debut, it must be said that Miss 
.Parkhurst picked juves (9 to 12) 
I not only articulate but of interest- 
ing visage. 

It would seem, however, as 
i though so much more could be 
done than simply to have the 
1 group stand stilTly around a rail- 
ling as thoy take a topic apart (in- 
Itialer was "Lying"). There arc 
, canieia problems in • covering a 
I group of seven at close range; yet, 
isurely the kids could have relaxed 
: positioning (perhaps in a living 
I room setting). The setting of the 
getaway sequence was extremely 
I clinical. Why, too, couldn't some 
{visual gimmicks be worked in? 
I ABC . certainly deserves a bow 
for keeping this unique series on 
the ether, though, and the TV edi- 
tion has potentialities, with some 
imagination :inj,ected into the pro- 
duction. Doan, 



Buffalo— WBEN-TV, Buffalo, is 
now on the air seven nights weekly 
plus afternoon periods Wednesday, 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 
Dealer demands for more test pat- 
tern time together with World 
Series and football telecast has 
spurred local set .sales. 



Immediate 
openings 
for girl 
musicians on 
radio network 
show. 



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SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD 
; With Stu Wilson, guests 
! Director: Peter Ulrich 
' 43 Mins.; Tues., 8:30 p.m. 
, ADMIRAL RADIO CORP. 
I KTLA, Los Angeles 
I Combination vaudeville, . audi- 
ence participation , telecast from 
the stage of the Pantages theatre. 
Hollywood, underwent the usual 
opening night remote jitters but iS; 
In line as a, video viewer getter. 
Rccheck of stage lighting and 
bouncier scripting will bring the 
West Coast another 45 minutes . of 
TV entertainment. 
. Atkins and Gilbert Productions, 
responsible for the telensing from 
the Pantages house, could help the 
I program greatly with stronger eon- 
I centration on tighter pacing. Radio 
I holdover finds Stu Wilson goading 
i the audience into applauding; a 
i triek which doesn't register well on 
the tele-screen. Otherwise Wilson 
handles his emcee spot with deft? 
ness. 

Program format is a mixture of 
audience participation .and vaude- 
ville witii Admiral Radio commer- 
cials interspersed; Two theatre- 
goers were picked from the audi- 
ence early in the program, given 
their assignments and brought back 
at show's finale for a mild ''Truth 
or Consequences"; treatment be- 
fore being presented with prizes, 
Show also boasts a harmonica 
player, femme vocalist, jitterbug 
team and piano duet. Individual 
! chores were well handled. Dance 
. contestants were dropped into the 
I middle of the telecast with viewing 
I audience asked to pick the winners 
\ for th6 evening in what appears to 
[ be more of a survey gimmick than 
' entertainment getter. : ' 

Peter Ulrich's camera direction 
• suffered from slow camera opera- 
tors. Operators lost their subjects 
I many times throughout the 45- 
I minute shoti . Admiral commercials 
were stock lilm, narration type. 

■ Free: ; 



PANTRY PARTY 

With Lee Jordan, Bill Packhaw, 

■■ emcees :■ 

30 Mins., Than!!. 

Sustaining 

WSB-TV, Atlanta 

I WSB-TV has come up with a 
1 winner: in its every Thursday 
I "Pantry Party,'' staged in various 
I food emporiums throughout the 
I city with shoppers as participants 
in show. , ' : 

Lee Jordan- and Bill Packham 
are emcees and they go to the limit 
with gags that get the laughs. Kids 
are not overlooked with pie' eating 
contests and similar stunts. In: 
addition, women take part in vari- 
ous contests, such as making fancy 
hats / With vegetables and dicing 
onions for a prize. The prizes for 
winners are supplied by stores. 
. Spontaneity of unrehearsed pro- 
gram adds to Its- entertainment 
value. :: 

Another WSB-TV program that 
is meeting with popular favor is 
the "Meet the Boss" programs, pro- 
duced by Elmo Ellis in which out- 
standing civic, social, religious and 
educational leaders are presented 
i each Tuesday night. 
{ Last week's personality was Clif- 
i ford B. McManus, , president of 
Georgia Power Co. Informality is 
I keynote of program. Frank Gair 
: ther, commercial manager of sta- 
. tion, plays host on these programs. 



Irong Way liot 

It doesn't make sense that Win Elliot should be doing a straight 
radio broadcast of a hockey game while flanked by a couple of. 
cameras. But that's how he opened his season for WPIX last week 
Bs the Rangers launched their home schedule at the Garden. 

To verbally follow that puck from man to man on each and 
every pass throughout an entire game, is a prime example of a 
video narrator giving himself th« worst of it If ' Elliot presumes 
be can smother the cameras he's wrong, of course. That he shoid^ 
virtually ignore them is beyond understanding for he's no novice 
in the TV field. He did the Ranger games for CBS last winter. 

Elliot's version of a hockey telecast is particularly disappointing 
becau'se he talks well and, a former player himself, knows what he's 
talking about. He should be able to stay on top of the action with- 
out this incessant bombardment of words. To detail the play as 
Elliot is now doing means he must .talk with machine-gua 
rapidity. This has, will and can make him a pest to many. Through 
the camera the speed of the game is hard on the eye, Elliot is 
making it tough on the ear too. 

The visual difficulty stems from the mid-rink position of the 
cameras. The play is so fast up and down the ice that it makes 
for endless back and forth panning. This is Qiandatory under the 
present setup but there's - no law that says the cameras have to ba 
opposite the face-off circle. If viewers are to be held for a com- 
plete game it seems some effort to ease the visual strain should 
be made. One solution might be to move the cameras to both ends 
of the Garden, behind the goal Cages, and up a flight to balcony 
level. The resultant angle irould reduce panning to a minimum 
(becoming a matter of camera switching as the play approached 
either goal) and it could even turn out that the puck is easier to fol- 
low from the new location. If something isn^t done indications are 
that hockey can become the opticians' delight or viewers will watch 
awhile, rest awhile, and there may be few steady watchers over the 
full season. Plenty of complaints about television eye strain are 
heard without hockey^ Meanwhile, if the cameras were moved; 
Elliot could be leitt at mid-rink for his narration, although the 
closest cooperation between him and the tripod men would then 
become a "must." 

Elliot is a good pick for thi* spot. He knows and he's a glib guy^ 
Yet the way he is working , he- might as well be Bert Lee over at 
- WMGM, Both are doing these games for the same beer sponsor. 
What it amounts to is that Elliot is trying to outtalk the camera, 
tie can't, but he is outtalklng Bill Stern and Mel Allen (and in that 
Drder)-rruntil now always thought an improbable achievement. 



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ON ABC NETWORK 

CRAIG RICE, lop mystery writer, brings her most famous 
character before the microphone. John J: Malone, 
. crime-cracking young lawyer; is the central figure in a 
. series that's taut with suspense, fast-paced as a runaway 
racehorse.. From Hollywood, Frank Lovejoy plays the 
: title role in this exciting mystery -drama: that has aiready 
built a big, steady, following. Ask. your , ABC represen- 
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LIFE WITH HARRY 
With Harry Howard, others 
Director: Phil Booth 
1 15 Mins., Thurs., 7:45 p.m. 
I California Diamond Reproductions 
I KTLA^ Los Angeles - 
I . Breezy ISrminute- situation com- 
,edy rolled forlh from KTLA with 
I Harry Howard handhng tlie slap- 
i stick skit in fine fashion. Program 
I was well paced throughout. Howr 
I ard was perfectly at ease in the 
; initialer which was also his video: 
; debut. Skit was by no means hilari-: 
rous but good for light chuckles all 
1 the way. 

j Show was h i g h lighted by a 
I carefully planned and well woven 
1 commercial which was fitted com- 
pactly into script. Producers 
Carryl and Goodman brought the 
sponsor, California Diamond Re- 
productions, directly into • the paj^-- 
. off line of the skit which made it 
I completely harmless as a plug and 
I surefire as an attention getter. 
; Phil Bootii directed -the cameras 
for KTLA in faultless fashion, Lens 
was ; well trained and cameras 
worked in for fnll advantage on the 
single set show-,; . Free. 



Bob Burns, making his video^ 
debut on Admiral Radio's NBC- 
TV's "Welcome Aboard" variety 
show Sunday nightOO), was a vic- 
tim of poor production and even 
worse scripting, His attempts at 
humor dropped with: such a thud 
that even the studio audience 
(notoriously easy to p 1 e a s e ) 
j couldn't be moved into an audible 
I giggle. : - 'Burns' folksy ; pitch about 
I "I desperately need, to make good 
on television," although meant as 
a gag, was so grimly serious, it was 
I embarassing. There was no reason,. 
! moreover, why Burns, who devel-. 
oped quite a radio rep as a lower 
case Will Rogers, should have been 
garbedl- in Broadway mufti. This 
was a spot for his hillbilly costume, 
but even this couldn't have sal- 
vaged his act. 

: The supporting items registered 
much better, Shirley Ross, in a 
repeat appearance on this show, 
nicely -warbled a couple of tunes, 
neatly accompanying herself on 
the piano. The Deep River Boys 
also rendered a couple of tunes in 
okay fashion, although their bit 
was a carbon copy of the one they 
did on the "Toast of the Town" 
show a couple of weeks ago. In the 
opener, the Graham Sisters deliv- 
ered a fancy combo of dancing and 
fiddling; well-designed for the 
video frame. , 



gram host, in keeping with the 
tenor of the play, after his gag rou- 
tine last week in the "Angel in th« 
Wings" production. He and Bob 
Stanton followed through on th«: 
dignified theme with the two be- 
tween-acts Phtfco plugs. 

"Texaco Star Theatre^' marked 
up two. separate points of impact 
in its presentation on the NBC-TV 
web last Tuesday (26) night. For 
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I Hub Bank s Tele Show 

! Boston, Nov. 2. 

Fir.sl National Bank ot Boston, 
which dropped iis "Sunday After- 

;noon at 4:30'' show on WBZ this 
season when it found that a simi- 

i lar half hour of recorded music by 

. Arthur Fiedler and the Boston 
Pops orchestra was being aired lo- 
cally at a small fraction of its own 
cost for a live show, picked up the 
tab this week on a thre('-iii«IU a 
week video show over WBZ-TV. 

Show is a 10-minute weather 
prognostication , featuring Dr. 
James Austin, professor of meteo- 
rology at M.I.T.. with membcr.s of 

,the staff of live Boston and Wash- 

lington offices of the V. S. Weather 

I Bureau. 



"Philco Television Playhouse" 

went bigtime again Sunday (31) 
night with a fine dramatization Of 
Elmer Rice's Pulitzer prize-Winning 
"Street Scene." The actors, the 
excellent set and lighting and, 
most of all, Fred Coe's direction, 
all captured the grim tragedy of 
the leglter. Teleshows with the 
overall excellence of this one can 
compete on even terms with the 
best, of any other show biz medium. 
Cast, from top to bottom, was 
good. Betty Field did a standout 
job in the ingenue role, shading 

, neatly the characterization, Efrem 
Zimbalisti Jr., as th* introverted 

j student, was equally good. Erin 

I O'Brien-Moore, who played the in- 
genue part in the original Broad- 
way production, gave a good read- 
ing to the mother's role but also 
committed one of the few thesplng 
errors with a too-studied gesture 
In her death scene. Minute as the 
error was, it only pointed up anfew 
how legit actors must consider the 

; way the cameras magnify any bit of 
busmess out of all proportion to its 

; appearance on the stage. 

' The single set of the street in 
front of the tenement building al- 

i though apparently designed with 
the cameras in mind, was the best 
of any yet designed for this ser- 
ies, providing a fine three-dimen- 
sional background to the action. 
Coe's production equalled the qual- 
ity of his direction. Use of walk- 
on extras to lend authenticity to 
the street scene was especiallv 
good. 

Bert Lytell, who handles the pro- 
duction end for Actor.'*' Equity, was 
I back to his dignified role as pro- 



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Tele Followup 

; Gdntlttued: f rom pae« 30 ; 



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31 



one, the Appletons (3), an Apache 
team, gave viewei-s as much sex, 
via the two shapely femmes in the 

• act, as has been seen yet on video. 
Secondly, emcee Milton Berle in- 
freed a moppet who couldn't have 
been more than five but who ban- 
died quips with Betle with all the 
timing and aplomb of a seasoned 
show biz performer. Two acts gave 
Viewers ' something to talk about 
after the show. ■ ■ Otherwise, the 
stanza was only up to the usual 
Texaco level — and that's still plen- 
ty high, 

Berle got the show off to a . slow 
start with ,an uncalled-for , flag- 
■ waving routine, featuring, ;a tune 
titled "Stay Away fvom the USA." 
It might have helped set the stage 
for George M. Cohan, Jr., who 
closed the stanza, but it looked like 
80 much corn on the kinescope. 
Appletons promptly lifted the 

. show with a fast, actionful stint, 

; In which : a neat painted backdrop 
was as good to look at as the gals. 
Director Ed Cashman wisely t&- 
frained from any closeups of the 
abbreviated costumes. Sid Caesar, 

: doing a repeat on the show^ 
worked his film trailer act well 
and then, joined Berle in a bur- 
lesque blackout, good for plenty 
of laughs. Actress Hope. Milr 
ler, an attractive brunet, got her 
TV break-in on this one and neat- 
ly foiled for the two gagsters. 
She's hitherto done legit, pictures 
and radio. 

Three Maestros did their stand- 
ard routine with the fake musical 
Instruments. Act was slow until 
Berle stepped in to hypo the pace. 
Dick, and Dot Remy," latter a 
throwback to . Billy Hose's . famous 
-"beef trusti". impressed with a neat 

■■ acro-terp routine,: -marked mainly 
by the girl's ability to do acro- 
batics despite her weight. Moppet, 
named Vema A. Vema, took over 
next, and actually had Berle on 
the defensive.: Her song-and-dance 
routine were limited by the usual 
small range of any child, but the 
Avay she fed her gag lines to Berle,: 
without a single fluff, is still being 
talked about in the tiade. Cohan, 
In a road company of his late fa- 
ther, wound up the show with a 

. medley of songs penned and made 
famous by Cohan, Sr. 

Sid Stone's pitchman routine, in 
the middle commercial spot, was 
better than, it's been the last couple 
of weeks. It clocked in, though, at 
seven minutes — and thafs too long 
even for o plug as entertaining as; 
this one, 



original bid with the FCC. CBS 
would then pay to finish construc- 
tion and get the station on the air. 

CBS would operate the station 
as an owned'-and-operated Outlet, 
and would control it completely. 
Station would be bought outright 
from Baytheon and not on the 49% 
investment deal which the web re- 
cently made for KTTV, Hollywood. 

In its petition, which requested a 
six-month extension to complete 
construction of the outlet, Ray- 
theon advised the FCC it would 
file a transfer application within 
the next 10 days. Company gave 
as its reasons for selling the fact 
that it had already invested the 
$250,000 in construction and: has 
not been able to raise the necesr; 
sary additional capital to get the 
station into operation. Raytheon 
told the Commission, however, it 
would proceed promptly with plans 
to Gomplete:the project and operate 
it on an interim basis regardless 
of whether the FCC approves the 
.sale to CBS. 

If the FCC okays the sale, Ray- 
theon added in its petition, CBS is 
prepared to withdraw its pending 
application for a Boston outlet, 
which if now frozen. 



versus silent films was the $64 
question. He. plumped for sound 
at that time, he said, even though 
many of . his buijincss associates : 
were convinced that his judgment- 
was bad. 

Plans to radiate a microwave re- 
lay network from WBKB have 
been shelved, he said, adding that 
development of sales in the Chi- 
cago area was uppermost at this 

, time. The relay net was started 
two years ago by Capt. Bill Eddy, 

I who resigned last August as WBKB 
director. 



Giveaway, Inc. 



Continued from pace 21 j 



Prep Coast TV 

S Continued from page 25 i 



WBKB 



Continued from page 3S\ 



' installed by Xmas in (he Chicago 
I theatre, B&K flagship, will add an- 
I other $30,000 to the bill. 
I Balaban described .himself as 
sold on the • future of video, but 
' predicted it would, not absorb or 
i kill off the film industry. In sup- 
: port of his. prediction he harked 
' back to the days when sound 



ready in three or. four months, de- 
pending on reception of the plan 
by producers, directors, writers, 
actors and others interested in 
pooling their talents and making 
them available for tele.. In outlin- 
ing his plan^ Glett, former veepee 
and general manager for David O; 
Selznick in charge:- of production 
and studio operations,, "told- :Va.' 

RIETY: ■ ■ ;. :^'- 

"Television producers, as we 
know them today, and the tele* 
vision industry itself cannot at this 
time afford to pay for the services 
of those : in production administra- 
tion, planning and supervision who 
would make themselves available 
as part of this project, and for 
which there would be no charge 
to. the production unit.. Also< there 
/ are many top i people: in the in- 
i dustry with whom we have worked 
'through the years who have ad- 
' vised us that the workshop idea 
; appeals to them. They would not 
I be otherwise available.'' . 



90-minute powwow, that the give-, 
away boys are pretty much of a 
mind on one point. They think 
their . shows are being picked on- 
unfairly; they think a lot of mali- 
cious falsities . are thus spread 
about; and they wish something 
could be done about it. 

Todman said he called the meet- 
ing simply to say, ."Look, guys 
we're being pushed downhill," 
and ask if others agreed with liim 
that some , "positive appwach" 
ought /to be made to 'counteract 
the bad notices the giveaways are 
, catching. He noted that audience 
participation shows (as. the give- 
away producers prefer to tab 
them) are a "widely accepted form 
of radio entertainment" which 
•currently rates second only to 
I variety programs . in the Hooper 
' averages. 

I Maybe some of these quiz shows 
are guilty of bad taste, Todman 
' went on, but most of them are 
I "just good, clean - entertainment" 
i: which appeals to- people's sense 
' of : sportsmanship; . There's even 
"drama, intrigue, thrill and cnter- 
, tainment" in description of the 
I jackpots. 

I What bothered Todman, though, 
he said, was talk that the give? 
] away producers are "runninf. ini- 
' quitous dens" and that their shows 
j represent "a cancerous growth" 
j on the industry. People come 
up to him and express tears that 
the quiz shows may be yanked off 
i the air. It's possible to visualize, 



said the producer of. "Winner 
Take AH" (daytime, evening and 
TV) and "Time's A-wastin' ", that 
Uie day could come when people 
will be "slipping down to' their 
basements to listen to bootleg 
giveavk-ay shows." 

■"We've got a public relations 
job to do," Todman summed up. 
■'We owe :it to ourselves. Not: to 
knock other types of shows or: 
just to be on the defensive, but 
to see that our side of the story 
is told. Right now the attacks are 
pretty one-sided." 

Framer, producer of "Strike It 
: Rich," said he thought it was a 
job to : be done "on an industry 
level" and indicated the producers 
might , pitch in to retain PR .coun- 
sel or put a publicity agency on 
the job. Whole subject then got 
a general fcicking-around. 

But the upshot . seemed toi' be a - 
general feeling that the producers 
could get after their network and 
agency Hackeries to sec that the 
giveaways' brighter sides are ex- 
posed. At least there ■ was no 
^'surge toward reaching for pocket* 
books. Soap operas and whodunitii 
have survived bitter attacks, sev- 
eral noted, in'dicating they . felt 
giveaways would, too — if listeners 
kept on tuning them in. 



Boston— Annual fall conference 
of the N. E. Committee on Radio 
in Education set for Nov. 1 8 at 
WCOP, Bowles outlet in the Hub. 



"Toast of the Town" bill last. 
Sunday (31) offered a :nice, variety 
of grade A fare, with the Betty 
and Jane Kean sister comedy- 
dance-song act scoring well in the 
closing spot. The . girls' routine 
needs tightening; they could have 
axed Jane's song opener and intro 
patter with Ed Sullivan. They've 
a comedic format that is clicky, 
with song-dance talent to spare. 
Very fetching femmes, too. Bunny 
BWggs, sepia singeivtapper, also 
could stow his vocallng tacceptable 
as an extra draw) to concentrate on 
his strong toe-and-heel rhythmic 
talents. (He also could shear the 
long hair and dispense; with the 
zoot suit, which are inclined to: 
prejudice his audience.) There's 
plenty of art in. his feet. Jay 
Marshall's magician - ventriloquist 
act, using his fisi for a singing-fast 
cracking dummy's head, was sure- 
fire— the camera effectively playing 
closeup on the talking fist. Marshall 
knows how to make his patter pay 

. off, almost line for line; George 
Prentiss brought his Punch & Judy 
act from the Blue Angel; here 
again the cameras gave :viewers a 
closeup such as they'd never get 

: ln a theatre, enabling telelookers to 
catch even minute actions of the 
■puppets. P&J routine, unchanging 
.«s it, is, is perennially enjoyable. 
:Honey Bros., in the opening numr 
ber, bounced through their tap- 
acrobatic -comedy routine with a 
coordination that satisfied the cus- 
tomers. Camera work was Cbpe- 
cially notable during Bunny 
Briggs' tapping, when closeups of 
his feet were strikingly super- 
imposed on a medium shot ot him. 
This technique shouldn't be over- 
done, but is very efTcctivc as on 
occasional novollv. 



Raytheon 

SB Continued from page 25 ss 

niit to Waltham, neighboring city 
to Boston, is now under construcr 
tion. CBS, if the deal goes 
through, will pay approximately 
$250,000 for the physical assets of 
the station, as well as all out^^of- 
pocket money that Raytheon has 
SO far spent to prosecute its 




already the Cbampian 

and it's oniy mid'Seasen 



Exclusive broadcasts of the red hot games of the football 
Cardinals, regular Saturday airing of the Notre Dame 
grid gambols, and the upcoming broadcasts of Blackhawk 
hockey warfare make WCFL the acknowledged sports- 
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A Service. of' RvdiD-CorporQiion of. America 



YES SIR, between summer and fall of 1948, NBC 
Television has doubled its w'eight in advertisers 
—a bulging increase of - more than 100% in signed 
network sponsors. 

ITEM: many of the largest and most experienced 
advertisers in the nation— like Procter & Gamble, Philco 
and Colgate-Palmolive-Peel. They're spending more and 
more money {neic money in addition to radio funds.) 
on NBC Network Television shows. 

ITEM; lele\ision sponsors new to the medium — recruits 
from printed media like Bales Fabrics, Bigelow- 
Sanford Carpel? and Disney Hals. Disney, confident of 
blanketing 80% of ils market viixh tele-\isioh, now 



allocates the major pari of its advertising money there. 

ITEM: television film recordings to carr}' the message 
beyond the limits of the present NBC Eastern Television 
NetAvork — until the day when sight-and-sound wU be 
linked diieclly from coast to coast. 

ITEM: today, more net^vork sponsors than all other tele- 
vision networks combined — and NBC all but sold out 
in the eveniiiji hours. 

Yes sir, it sure has groA\n — grown in wealth of program 
material and versatility for viewers as it increases ill 
proved Falcs effecliNcness for advertisers. 19-18 is the 
year for America's No. 1 Television Network. 





New NBC Television Network Sponsors 

Admiral Corp. 
Bates Fabrics, Inc. 
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co., Inc. 
Chevrolet Dealers 
Cluett-Peabody 
Colgote-PalmoUrc-Pcet Co. 
Disney Hats 
International Silver Co. 
Julius Kayser & Co. 
PJiilco Corp. 
Procter & Gamble Co. 
Sherwiii Williams Co. 
E. R. Squibb & Sons 
Sunshine Biscuits, Inc. 
•Syhania Electric Pioduds, Inc. 
Unique Art Manufacluring Co. 
f iV/i; Chemical 
Wuko Tele-vae Lens 
Whitehall Pharmacul Co. 

Continuing NBC Television Network Sponsors 

American Tobacco Co. 
Fiieslone Tire & HubJicr Co. 
General Foods Coip. 
General Electric Co. 
Gillette Safety Razor Co. 
Gulf Oil Corp. 
Kraft Foods Co. 
Motorola, Inc. 

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. 
Swift & Co. 
The lC\as Co, 



34 



RADIO 



Weflnesday, November S,< 1948 



Radio Reviews 



Continued from : p^go ill 



out" order came a . half-hour from 
the field. Crew was of . mixed na- 
tionality, he said, and was proud of 
their pinpoint bombing of Arab 
positions done at one time by 
means of Piper Cubs. 



fancy later on. That goes for sport 
casts, boih AM and TV. 



WFlL's 'Woman of Year' 



■J ■■:::■.> ^:/:Philaddphia,::Noy. -^.V'! ; 

iihice IVeS; who- conducts "Eyei'y- 
woman's Hour'' oyer WFIL, TVl6n- 
day through , Friday, has been 
\ named "Business Woman of the 
I Year,'' by the Business and Profesr 

'sional Woman's Club of Philadel- 

Mark Goodson, radio producer jphia. 
who launched the ninent give- 1 Miss Ives received the award at 
aw!jy epidemic with "Stop the Mu- g banquet staged by the club m 



Best example of how Israel has sic" and other such type shows, j.onnection with National Business 
progressed was found In the words ; stiil- defends his program stable as . women's week The citation was 
of one of the plane Hostesses. As , being "good entertainment." Slap- ,^ . j gg ..j,, ,.ecog- 

quoted by Straus, she referred to ] ping down the giveaway critics on IPresenita lo ive» a 

the early days of the war "when , Andre Bardch-Bea Wain's show on 



we fought with our bare hands, but 
now we have planes," Tel Aviv's 
brisk night life, Straus said, is 
somewhat incongruous for It's hard 
to believe that such gay scenes are 
only a few miles from bitter fight- 
ing. 

Two minutes of news read from 
New York might well be elim- 
inated to make better use of the 
commentator's observations from 
Israel. For much of the press 
agency material is available . in 
the newspapers and the on-the- 
spot stuff has a human element not 
found in ,the dry news reports. 
Straus, incidentally, laid the 
groundwork for the series and Ar- 
thur Holzman,. former Mutual Pal- 
estine correspondent, will carry on 
within a few days. Gilb, . 



I Followup Comment \ 



Ellin (Mrs. Irving) Berlin manl- 



WMCA. N. Y., last week, Goodson 
denied that his shows are "buying" 
audiences and cited facts and fig- 
ures to prove his case. The Ameri- 
can people :are nierchandisethappy, 
he said, and second to winning 
themselves, they like to hear of 
other people taking the prizes awdy. 

Unveiling the' machinery behind 
"Stop the Music," Goodson said 
that "malicious" persons were 
spreading false rumors about the 
program lining up all winners in 
advance of the program. It ain't 
so, he said. As for the ribbing his 
show has been receiving from Fred 
Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, 
et al, the producer said it was a 
tribute to his program's pulling 
power. (Mebbe so, but for the 
first time last Sunday (30), Fred 
Allen ' moved ahead of "Stop the 
Music" in the Hooperatings.) 



presented 

nition of her nationally known 
work in the field of broadcasting, 
for her invaluable aid in relieving 
the distress of underprivileged 
children and for her cooperation 
with the clubwomen of Philadel- 
phia." 



Women B'casters To 
Hear Dorothy Lewis 



San Antonio Nov. 2. 



Stanton Had Idea 2 Years Ago 

Not generally known to the trade is the fact that almost a year 
ago, ABC, taking advantage of the NBC-CBS "no transcription" ' 
edict, sought to inaugurate a summer replacement schedule of tran- 
scribed repeat shows, similar to the plan which Columbia and NBC 
are now planning to put into operation. . 

ABC plan was to utilize NBC's array of top comics, making sep- 
arate deals with the agencies, clients and talent involved. But ABC 
never got as far as discussing it with NBC execs because of mul- 
tiple bugs that crept, into the scheme, and the project was aban- ■ 
doncd. 

It's known, too, that CBS prexy Frank Stanton, as early as two 
years ago, was playing around with the transcribed repeat idea as 
part of an overall program pattern which would eventually cancel 
out the network transcription ban. 



Radio's 'Big Time' 



Continued from page I 



knowledge of Columbia's action. 
Oddly enougli, NBC, wiliiout any 
was all set to spring its new policy 
last Thursday (28), but held off on 



Dorothy Lewis, coordinator of J its annpuncement pending definite 
Women's broadcast's for the I clearance from the talent unions 



United Nations; will attend, and 
address the third annual confer- 



for fear that snags might develop. 
In only minor details do the NBC 



Radio I 



Violet Short, of KTSA here, 13th 
District Chairman, include Lucille 
Shearwood, New York, .Editor of 



encc, 13th District, Assn. of Wo- and CBS plans differ, but they both 
men's Broadcasters, NAB, to be ' add up to the same sweeping sched- 
held here Nov. 6 and 7, | "le providing for a summer re- 

Other speakers announced by j Placement semester in which the 

- - - . - ' two networks' top personalities 

woiild rejprise, M^ia' ttahscrt^ 
their best shows. , Whereas the 
CBS plan would limit such play- 
backs to programs of the current 
season, NBC polity, ifs'undcrstood, 



"JSrosdwAy ' &nd Vine *' ^^^^^^ , , 
Harris' five-minute afternoon cross- W^^-'. "Baby Food Bulletin'' and 
the-board chitchat with film celebs I promoter of "National Baby 

over CBS, liopped up With Bette ! Week"^ Miss Pat Griffi^^^^ - ^ , 

. . , Davis on its Thurs. (28) broadcast. | tor of Women's Activities, NAB, ' would permit repeats of shows from 
fested her show business training | Actress proved a polished guest Washington; Seymour Andrews, ' previous seasons as well, 
and background twice with excel-,! and confided that she was making i T e 1 ev i s i o n program director, ! In other respects, to6, the CBS 
lent pitches on behalf of the Girl- her first extended visit to New WBAP - TV, Fort Worth, and formula goes beyond the proposed 
Scouts movement in which she is ■ Jf"^!^ 10. years- Appropriately ; Thomas D, Ri.shworlh, Director of, NBC pattern, permitting tran- 

prominent. As chairman of the Sfy V.^^fTLr^'J'^^l^. 'X^^^''^^^^ ""^^^ '''"^^ ^tZtt ^T^^^^^^ 
Scouts' public relations bureau, j comedy, "June Bnde," at the ' ""^ I ^^"^ season if an an peisonality 

Strand, N. Y., whose, preem was I 



the authoress-wife of America's 
No. 1 -songsmith was both tele- 
genic and artteulate on a dual "We, 
the People" radio-TV sjhot last 
week, as veil as with Tex & Jinx's 



NBC vs. Agencies 



Continued Irani page 2$ j 



duly noted 

Miss ^ Davis confined herself to 
some brief comments on F.dith 
Head's costumes and also referred 
vvct-i^ v tiL t.c v,.i,.i x^.v v,c ^..x..., t^o 'ier ' happy, normal exi-stence" , , 

Sunday noon show which proved ' which she leads at the studio bun- ^ agencies to hesitate before assign 
one of the best interviews the I galow when working on the lot, her ing their top-salaried radio execs 
McCrarys iiave ever done . . . Why ''Ofie at Laguna and still another to TV production. . 
do tootbaU announcers obliterate | domif||.e JnNw^ Save, with Vic McLeod and Sam Car- 

the announcements 



1 wants to split up his layoff period. 
! The Best of Jack Benny 



average of its flock of top-priced 
Thursday niglit comics and pro- 
grams, including Al Jolson, Burns 
& Allen, "Aldrlch Family." "Seal- 
test Variety Show," "Screen Guild . 
Players" and Fred Waring, all of 
whom thus far have been taking a. 
Hooper beating from CBS's low- 
cost opposition. NBC realizes. it 
may take another six to ■ eight 
weeks for the Thursday $100,000 
talent lineup to .liit its Hoopet 
stride, but also concedes 'that It . 
Jolson, B&A, etc., were spotlighted 
throughout the summer with.tran-«? 
scribed repeats, it v/ould not only 
give July-August-September listen- 
ing a_ strictly ; bigtime aura whiclt . 
would invite better, summer Hoop- 
ers, but would enable them- to 
bounce into the new season with 
heightened impact. 



Lou Frankel to RRN 



. ; \;\ -;.'Itbacav:> Nov. . 2. - 

Lou ■ Frankel has resigned as 
Lifting of the "no transcription" | commercial promotion man . lof 



, - Save „i^ty yi,, irjii,ijcu <iiiu oaiu ar- 

'orscores'heard \ ^9'" "^^^ ^^^'i^t i»<io and an occa- ' ter'Vlready working with ithe NBC- 

rather d.sUnctly over the V-!^-^y^'^fTfl:''t^T^i,}^^^^^^ TV programming Itaff Blackburn 

terns on tlic respective gridirons "^' "^"^ ni(,rfiiin.p a\ wm 



ban would, for example, pernlit 
, Lucky Strike to fill in the 13-week 
_ ; Jack Benny vacation with a tran- 
scribed cavalcade of thei top Benny, 
shows, instead of putting in a sut>-' 
stiiute show of a somewhat more 
dubious; nature.' 
The NBC plan would involve 17 



WHCU, the Cornell U station, to 
join Rural Radio Network, the-New 
York state web of FM outlets, as 
director of promotion and public 
relations, 

Frankel, joined WHCU in June. 
1946,' as continuity director aftef 
earning his sti-ipes as a trade paper 



by plugging a commercial? And I 
then they. turn around and repeat, 
the Sam^i info .when it suits their:, 



WANT 



SANTA CLAUS 



as a 



CHRISTMAS 
VISITOR? 



Enchant your child this 
Christmas season by 
making reservations 
now for a personal per- 
sonalized visit by Santa 
Claus in your own 
home. Santa also avail 
able for parties any- 
where. Visits Dec. 1st 
through Dec. 30th. 

Call 

SANTA'S HELPERS 

Inc. 

33 West 58th Street 
New York 19, N. Y. 
Telephone: PLaza 9-1218 



Jack Barry, Chairmaq 
Rdbert Strauss, Pi*e$. : 



; Circling the Kilocycles 



[ disclosed that Jonathan Caldwell, 
former cartoon and 



d-irif f< pvrtpi+ 52-weck schedulp, with 14 on the 
with Walt Disney Productions and Columbia roster N\ho in past years 
; the Harman-Ising studios would 



shows ot clients buying time on a i i.^^ip editor. During the last global 



i arrive in N- Y.;-.Soon v lo join the 
; department. He's to be assigned 
Greensboro, N. C. — Hearing was the preparation of a series of in- 
conducted here last Friday i29) on , terpretive ballet shows. Carter is 
application of GUbert^ M. ■ currently handling most of the 
" iters: 



the 



llulchibon for an FCC permit to adaptation of fuU-lcngth legiter 

nn fnl lori tYiln the "Philco Television Plav 

operate on unlimited time at 1,400 «„j ht^t i i * i 

kc. Hutchison since 1938 has beeni^'^"^f, produces Ad- 

with WBIG here as commercial I ""^f' ^ Welcome Aboard ' show, as NBC and CBS are bluenrint 

manager Judee J Fred .Tohnson i ^^'^ writing original material i P'"^"^^^*''", V oiueprini 
of M.ngton.^who conducted tSe i f"'" other legit programs on NBC- the plan strictly on an exper, 
hearing, will submit the testimony TV. Blackburn himself, has had 



have retained time segments dur- 
ing the sununtr for minor-budget- 
ed programs. 

Immediate reaction among agen- 
cies, clients and talent to the CBS 
pitch more or Irss supported the 
move,' with iiiicliliood tliab the'.NBC 
overtures, once they are officially 
announced, will similarly meet 
with approval. . It's understood that 



fracas he was m the ETC as a war 
correspondent. . ^ .- , 



Columbus, 0,r— Morton K. "Rus-, 
ty" I'arlicr, orchestra-leader, is re- 
luming to radio work as a member 
of the sales staff of WVKO, new • 
Columbia station expected to be- 
gin operations about mid-Novcm- 
beiii ■ ■ V- -■ " 



[to the FCC for-deci.sion. Hutchl 
sonwants a 250^watt station, which 
he would affiliate with the Mutual 
network. 



' New York— John V. B: Sullivan 
1 has been appointed an account 
] exec at WNEW, aGcording to an 
announcement by Ira Herbert, v.p. 
I in charge of Sales. Sullivan has 
I been Director of Promotion at 
i WNEW for the: past six years 
: Robert D. Gutlirie ' " 



considerable film production ex- 
perience and resigned ivis post as 
Coast : veepee of the J. Walter 
Thompson agency to join NBC. 

Show featuring Miss Pickens, ac- 
cording to Blackburn, is to be titled 
"18th Century Drawing Room" and 
will feature the singer doing songs 
against that background in a .15- 
minute once-weekly presentation. 
Ripley show, to be produced in con- 
junction with Doug Storer, Will 



^-^.^■^K^^. v.,,^^..„.w, formerly Pro-; , ,^ , . ^ „ . 

motion Manager of Elks magazine, demonstrate generally the cartoon 



mental basis, contingent on audi- 
ence acceptance, with the idea to 
be abandoned if it doesn't jell. 
Petrillo Says OK Already 
While NBC was hesitant last 
week to reveal its plan because of 
possibleMinion repercussions,' nota« 
bly from American Federation of 
Radio Artists and the Radio Writ- 
ers Guildi particularly in respect 
to second performance rights and 
fees, the American Federation of 
Musicians, it's understood, has al- 



ready given the nod. In contrast 
t^e NBC desh-e to make the 
at WNEW. ' include a dramatic skit, based on ■ transcribed schedule union-proof, 

' .such titles as "The Unhappiest Man ■ CBS is taking the position that the 

Pittsburgh-Harry Dangerfield, the World," which was staged for i agencies and talent involved can 
KDKA .salesman for the last five the audition show. It's to be a half- j straighten the matter out among 
: years, has resigned to go with ' ''O"!" P^^osram; Also in the works ! themselves. 

'Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Cleda is a five-minute across-the-board! The "transcribed repeat" formu- 
Clark and Jack Beattie have ' strip for local N. Y. audiences, has- 'a to achieve year-round lop radio 
[ landed a ne.w: commercial, "Don't l ed on Cue mag's coverage of res- is seen as the answer to a number 
Say Hello," for Port Pitt Bedding , taurants and niteries in the city. , of radio's needs. But primarily it's 

' Co. over WPIT. It's a telephone j i interpreted as radio's an.swer to 

^''^ jnomings week- 1 Des Moines— Charles M. Butler , the expanding television Inroads; a 
' approved transfer of has been appointed a sales rep of recognition of the fact that radio 

WJAS here and WIIJB in Greens- iJKRNT, under Paul M. Elliott, com- ' can no longer afford to permit even 



FAMOUS 





burg. Pa , from the late H J. Bren- 1 mercial manager. Elliott was for- 
jnen to executors of his estate, H. |merly local sales manager for the 
Kenneth Bremien, a son, and a; station. KRNT sales vacancy was 
daughter, Margaret H. Brennen. ! created by the recent transler of 
Elder Brennen, who founded both|Arden Swisher to WOL, Washing- 
' stations, died few weeks ago. i ton, D. C. 



! From the Production Centres 



Continued from page ZZ ; 



Man last March, stiU works in a department store here and lives in 
the same small apartment. Except lor a fur coat, tele set and a sewing 
machine she turned all her loot over to a lawyer for sale. Taxes will 
eat up about $8,000. . . RusscI Salter has applied to I''CC for a new 500- 
watt AM daytimer in LaGrangc, 111. . . General Electric and five of its 
local dealers' are bankrolling WIND'S "Morning Caravan" . . Quiz 
Kids Darice Riohman and Korhelle Licbline will be heard this season 
as piano i()loi-,K v ilh tlie Chi Symphony Orch's Young People's Con- 
certs "Norliiwoslorn Reviewing Stand" started its l,'5lh year Sunday 
(31) Richman Bios, began sponsoring Jim Ilurlbut's six-a-weck 
newscasts on WM,\Q Nov. 1 . Olga Ledenc back as NBC nurse after 
several months on leave of absence with the Red Cross "Sky Kim;' 
contest for kids ofTers 1,002 prizes . Paul Dainai, former radio ed, is 
among the nine named as director of WMOR, new FM'er set to tee off 
here, 



a seasonal slough-off if it wants to 
keep the heavy: bankroUers in line. 
To "protect radio," it's recognized,' 
the highest possible Hoopers and 
audience pull must be maintained 
at all times and at all co,sts. 
Beer Vlu^s That Reallr Pay Off 
It's also seen the answer to the, 
merchandising of specific products. I 
as, for example, in the case of ' 
Pabst, which plunks down $20,000 ' 
I weekly for the Eddie Cantor Show, 
: olily to have Cantor go olT for the 
summer when the emphasis on the 
Pabst plugging should hit its maxi- 
mum level. ' ' 
|; ;;Caht6r'himspTf, In :a A^amety. iri- ' 
terview a jcar ago. tipped off his 
desire, and that of his bankrollcr 
to circiSit the network through the 
suminer months if a proper formula 
could he achieved, pointing out that 
the audience is alvvays there if 
^'ood summer programming was on 
;\ tap,:'. ' V:' ^■■■::,' ■ • : ' i 
NBC sees in it, too, the answer 
I to the current low-rating batting 



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NOW 

Apponrliig: 

■■■■ "In :■ 

"THE 
BABE 
RUTH 
STORY" 



DiMerien: LQU IRWIN 



Wednesday, November 3, 1948 



Ei^sh Decca to Market Records 
Of CajHtol in Britam Via New fieup 



Hollywood. Nov. 2. ♦ 
Capitol Records, as expected, 
announced last Thursday (25) a 
}iew tieup with English Decca, 
l.td., via which the latter will tnar- 
Itet Capitol in Britain and Africa. 
Though Capitol does not make it 
clear, it's said that according to the 
lilrrangenient the exchange of earn- 
ings by the label's disks in Eng- 

iand will be no problem. They'll 
le transferred here, from earnings 
In this country by British Decca's 
London label, which are pressed in 
England and distributed only Jn 
the U. S. and Canada. 

Set ut> last summer by Sandor 
Forges, Cap's foreign division 
head, and artists : and repertoire 
boss Jim Conklingi the agreement 
With the British firm was okayed 
Oct. 25 by th§ British government. 
It starts immediately; Capitol is 
. already packaging pressings for 
(hipment. 
British Decca already has a 

fimilar arrangement with U. S. 
>eccat but that . pact calls for the 
former to handle only recordings 
Imprinted with the Brunswick la- 
bel, to which Decca. bought the 
rights (not world-wide, however) 
and a considerable number of mas'^ 
ters several years ago. Decca is 
now launching the Coral label, 
which: will ' be .circulated im. the 
(Continued oii page 42) 



New Co/s 1st Hit 



Decca Seeking 
Breakage Break, 
Asks Allowance 



:.: RCA-:Victor's . request of major 

Snd minor music publishers, that it 
e allowed to deduct 81^%: of qiiar:- 
terly royalty statements to cover 
"breakage," Is having the effect 
the pubs feared. Decca Records is 
In the picture on the same angle. 
iDecca denies that it has demanded 
the V same deal from music firms 
that have so far given it to Victor, 
but it fully, expects to achieve the 
■ame break in royalty, payments 
and already has obtained okays 
from some of the firms that had 
okayed Victor's plea. 

Apparently, Decca Is letting 
RCA take the lead, and any pubs 
that go along with Victor will go 
along with Decca. So far, Victor 
has not had too much success with 
Individual majors except Warner 
Bros., whose head, Herman Starr, 
■ Victor says, okayed the 8!^% idea 
.10 days ago. It has corraled the 
elgnatures of a group of lesser 
. firmst however, the outstanding 
total represetiting hillbilly and 
country music publishers. Many 
publishers who have not given- Vic- 
tor permission to make the de- 
ductions have told the company 
that they would go along if a ma- 
jority of rivals fell in line with 
Victor's request. Among those 
firms: are BregmanvVocco-Gonn, 
ivhich Victor stated last week had 
okayed the deal. BVC has not as 
yet. 



London, Nov. 2. 
One of the newer companies 
here. Athenaeum Music, is racking 
up its first big ■ hit in "Susy." 
Song is an Italian import with 
music by Ernest Nicol and English 
lyrics by Scott Monte. Tune is 
also number one in point of sales 
in several continental countries, 
including France, Sweden and 
Chechoslovakia. "Susy" Is slated 
to make its U. S. bow this month 
under the Mills imprint in a deal 
negotiated by company prez Jack 
Mills with the original Italian 
publisher, Edizlone Musica C6ra, 
of Milan. 

' He's timing publication with a 
Nov. 15 release of a Grade Fields 
recording on, the London label. 



OBCHBSTRA-llflTSIf: 



8S 



Gale Bros. Buy 
Out Billy Shaw 



Satchmo's Long String 

Louis Armstrong's six -piece 
combination is booked without a 
break into next April, which indi- 
cates ihore than anything else the 
success . Armstrong has encount- 
ered since breaking up his big 
band and going into a small one 
with Jack Teagarden, Barney Big- 
ard, et al. 

Armstrong' is currently on one-> 
nighters, college dates among 
them, and opens at the Blue Note, 
Chicago, Dec. 5 for four weeks. 
He moves into the Flamingo, Las 
Vegas, in February for two weeks. 



Judge Leibell Modifies ASCAP Stand, 
'Society Can t Sell Rights as Trust' 



Pluggers^ Scrap 
WithCouncOOn 
PactBrushoff 



ASCAP Will Appeal 

The American Society of Com- 
posers, ' Authors and Publishers 
likely will appeal N. Y. Federal 
Court Judge Vincent L. Leibell's 
revised decision in the ITOA fee 
case. However;' regular; monthly, 
board meeting of the organization;: 
last Thursday (28) decided to 
leave it up to ex-Secretary of War 
Robert P. Patterson, who was 
brought "in on the case after the 
original decision, and various 
ASCAP house and regular attor- 
•neys.--- 

I It has been rumored that they 
I will ask for a stay of Leibell's most 
recent decision, pending appeal. 



. . Moe and Tim Gale have bought 
out Billy Shaw s one-third interest 
in the Gale,. Inc., agency; Buyout 
resolves the differences between 

the brothers and Shaw, which had , meliirbasic"'7ontract to"replac7''a 
Up a bitter internal situation five-year deal Which expires Dec. 



Music Publishers Contact Em- 
ployees membership meeting last 
Thursday (25) evening created 
quite: a .scrap between individual 
members of the organization and 
its ruling council. Certain members 
of the outfit insisted upon being 
openly advised of the terms of the 
new contract being formulated by 
the council members for presentar 
tion to the Music Publishers Pro- 
tective Assn. Latter and the MPCE 
heads will sit down within the 
month to . execute a new . employ- 



set up a bitter 

during the past few weeks. Shaw 
intends establishing his - own agen- 
cy within several weeks after va- 
cationing; 

Details of the dispute/ that split 
the Gales end Shaw are undis- 
closed, but financial angles were 
involved. At one time within the 
past 10 days there was a possi- 
bility Shaw might take over the 
band and talent agency from the 
Gales, who quoted a figure . of $90,- 
OOO for their interests. Whether 
this quotation was. used as the 
basis for buying out Shaw's one- 
third neither tlie brothers nor 
Shaw will state. . . 

Papers in the split were signed 
Monday II) with Herman < Chub- 
by) Goldfarb, representing: Shaw, 
and, Andrew Weinberger, who 
repped the' Gales. 

Shaw joined^Gale several years 
ago, moving over from a one-night- 1 
er. division post with the William I 
Morris agency. He had run the 
Gale band department as well as 
working with vacts. 



Lombardo Snag 

.Guy. Lombardo M 
pirobleni .y/hen he began his; Kais- 
er-Frazer commetcial :Wo^ 
ago. on 248 Mutual network sta- 
lions. r. • 

; For- some tinie Lombardo's baaid- 
has • been : ;$pld ' ■ by . trahscriptioii 
through Zivv iponsrorM in various 
fiitieis by diif^tent manufacturer^ 
And 18 of thenj were Kacked by^^ 
iodiji distribiitors of rival aiitoiino- 
bile m^kes. Lombardo . aijd . ;Ziv 
ran into the unusual in tliat iifie: 
pia j Ority of the 1 9 rCif Used to can- 
cel 'the; transcription coritipact, pr^i 
jEerriag^ ' to- hold his (tadio: -draw ' i)i 
theii- own Idtalitlesrfor . the . fllher 
makes of cairs." ; Only " One . bad caji^ 
celled out up to last week-^-iand 
that was a Kaiser-Frazer dealer id 
asked before they were placed ber Cincinnati. He dropped buying the 



31. 

:' ' Though pressed by the inquisi- 
tive: members to discuss what will 
be asked of music, publishers 
through the MPPA meetings, the 
MPCE council refused, to divulge 
In detail 'the terms , to be asked. 
This riled: those who wanted to 
know, and a long heated verbal disr 
cussion followed. Council members 
explained that it did not think it 
cricket to discuss the terms to be 



- New York Federal Court Justice 
Vincent L. Leibell changed his 
mind about ripping loose one of 
the seams in the structure of th« 
American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers when he 
delivered a modified vdecision last 
week in the film-exhibition fee case 
pressed by the Independent Thea- 
tre Owners Assn. While, his revised 
stance benefited ASCAP in that ho 
opined it should not be forced to 
divest Itself of theatre perform- 
ance rights, he nipped both the 
Society, : plus writers and: publish- , 
ers who are non-ASCAP, by decid- 
ing that ASCAP could .not sell 
those rights So long as it continued 
being "an illegal combination and 
a monopoly." 

Whereas Leibell's original de- 
cision directed ASCAP to discon- 
tinue collecting, exhibition fees 
from theatres because, producers of 
pictures had already paid synehron* 
ization rightjs at the source, he had 
said that performance rights should 
be returned to the copyright own- 
er. This meant that either the pub- 
Usher of a song, or its writer or 
writers^ could sefiarately dispose 
of such rights— rand collect for 
them. The new decision makes 
it Impossible under the pres^ 
ent setup for the- collection of 
(Cdntiqued on page 42) 



Lawrence Welk Dps 
Palladium, LA., B.O. To 
Best Take in Years 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
' Lawrence Welk orchestra, which 
tonight (Tues.) commences its 
tfiird of a five-stanza stand at the 
Palladium ballroom, has given the 
terpalace quite a shot in the arm 
tioxoffice^Wise. Not since Woody 
Herman played «n engagement 
' back' in February-March has any 
orch gone into percentage, until 
Welk's advent. 

Booked in on $3;tf00 weekly 
guarantee against a: 50-50 split of 
iiU over $8,500 in door admissions. 
Welk bagged $3,400 on his first 
Week, and beyond a doubt bettered 
that take on his second. 

Trade circles here are wonder- 
ing if the first black-ledger biz 
iPalladium has had in quite a while 
Isn't occasioned by fact Welk crew 
is dispensing simple melodies, 
Prior to this booking Palladium 
housed a succession of jump bands. 
Yesterday (Mon.) on its day off 
from ballroom, Welk outfit made a 
short at Universal-International 
studio, using Clark Dennis, Mod- 
ernaires and Carolyn Grey as 
vocalists. 



SELLOUT {19,000 FOR 
H'WOOD JAZZ CONCERT 

Hollywood, Nov.:2» : 
Mammoth Dixieland jazz concert 
tossed at Pan-Pacific auditorium 
Friday (22) by KFWB disk jockeys 
Gene Norman and Frank Bull was 
a sellout. Gross at 8, 100-seat audi- 
torium was approximately $19,000, 
after taxes, at $3,60 top. Profit was 
not so lusty, however, since nut 
was very heavy. 
, It cost $3,000 to import Louis 
Armstrong combo and chirp Velma 
MiddletOn; $600 each for Eddie 
Condon and Wild Bill Davison. 
Nearly 50 local jazz figures, in- 
cluding Red NicholSi Lou McGar- 
rity, Eddie Miller, Nick Fatool, Kid 
Ory, Wingy Mannone, Matty Matr 
lock, Zutty Singleton, Pete Daily, 
Jess Stacyj Helnie Beau and Artie 
Shapiro got doble scale plus piece- 
meal cut on 50-50 split of profits 
wiUi promoters. 

AFM Blacklists Disk 

Label in 6G Debts 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

Disc Records, local odd-label^ 
has been slapped on American 
Federation of Musicians' blacklist 
by James C. Petrillo. Firm has 
been deemed unfair because it 
owes numerous musicians here a 
total of $6,000. 

Last December, Disc', along 
with other waxeries, was record- 
ing huge backlogs in face of disk 
ban starting Jan. 1. Company 
asked Local 47 here if it would 
okay giving notes to musicians for 
services, with understanding / these 
would be paid off early in 1948. 
Union agreed. 

Lately, musicians, accordmg to 
Phil Fisher, Local 47 recording rep, 
have complained thfy cannot col- 
lect on the notes. Union itself 
tried, then bucked the matter to 
Petrillo, who now has ordered label 
blacklisted. . 



fore the MPPA itself .since attend' 
ing union members undoubtedly 
would spread them about. Council 
told members that there was no 
question it was working in their 
behalf, not for the pubs^ and not to 
insist. That didn't entirely placate 
the inquisitive ones, but: the coun- 
cil Insisted upon refusLig to disr 
cuss the new contract. 

Most important of the new 
angles tO; be: sought by the contact- 
men is a pension plan under which 
indigent members of the MPCE 
will draw f u n d s. Argument 
between the council and members, 
incidentally, resulted in wires be- 
ing dispatched .to tradcpapers 
pointing : out "tonight's meeting 
(is) proof Music Publishers Con- 
tact union (is) dying slowly." It 
was signed .simply: "union mem- 
ber." 



transcriptions fromv Ziv, since 
Lombardo could be secured for the 
same product, through the live 
network show, without cost to him. 

Lombardo, incidentally, sold 
himself on the Kaiser deal. While 
playing the Statler hotel, Wash- 
ington, in August, he got chummy 
with Henry Kaiser himself, who 
had entered a speedboat in Poto- 
mac river events which Lombardo 
could not drive -in himself due to 
the Detroit crackup which put his 
own Gold' Gup: racer out of action 
for the year and which resulted 
in the maestro suffering a:. broken 
arm. ■■■■1 



Decca 55% Off 
lst9Mos.m'47 

Decca Records, net profit for the 
first nine months of this year is 
approximately 55% lower than the 
comparable period of 1947. Com- 
pany statement cited earnings of 
$550,877 for the first three quar- 
ters, after the setting aside of 

$337,634 against estimated taxes. ' are not high due to the long layoff. 
Earnings of the initial three- quar- he will have no tax problems. 



J.D. STARTS COLUMBUS 
HOTEL NAME POLICY 

Columbus, Nov. 2. 
Deschler-Wallich hotel here is 
going in for a name-band policy, as 
it Indicated' last spring when me« 
dium-name combos such as Ray 
Eberle, Ray Anthony, et al, did 
well. Hostelry has signed Jimmy 
Dorsey's orchestra for lour weeks 
beginning. Jan. 3, and will follow 
him with equally strong names. 

De.schler job will be Dorsey's 
first location of any length since 
he reorganized last month. Dorsey 
was out of action at his Coast home 
most of this year and expects to 
stay on the road almost exclusively 
until Jan. .1. Since his '48 earnings 



ters of '47 amounted to $1,116,483. 

Statement represents earnings of 
71c a share by 776,650 shares of 
capital :' stock outstanding, . as 
against the $1.44 per earned last 
year for the same period. 



Mercury Arranging 
Royalty Deals With 
Majestic Takeovers 

Mercury Records Is In the proc- 
ess of. arranging royalty deals on 
artists , whose masters it took over 
from Majestic . Records. Included 
in the huge pile of material it took 
title to are many sides done by 
artists who are no longer with 
Majestic; : and Mercury wants to 
market some of them, hence the 
royalty discussions, 

Among the initial albums Mercu- 
ry expects to release from the Ma- 
jestic material Is one by Percy 
Faith and a large orchestra. It 
was originally entitled "Exciting 
Music of Percy Faith," but that 
tag will be revised. 



Midwest Dancery 
Operators Map 
Natl Association 



Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

The Midwest Ballroom Opera- 
tors' Assn. is making a pitch to 
extend the organization to national 
scope. Larry Geer, terpalace 
operator In Fort Dodge, la., and 
policy-chartsman of the midwest 
group, has advised ballroom ops in 
Far West of his Intentions. A. rep 
of midwesterners will be sent hero 
to enlist support. 

Simultaneously, Geer's group 
will reach out to embrace ops in 
New England, mid-Atlantic states 
and the south. There has never 
been a national organization of' 
ballroom owners. The first target 
will be ASCAl». Demands will be 
made for general lowering of fees 
now charged by the Society for use 
of its catalog in the terpalaces. s 

It appears that the Western 
Ballroom Operators Assn., which 
sprang up here two years ago, will 
join Up with Geer en masse. Marty 
Landau, secretary of the western 
outfit, which has become almost 
moribund, has asked the 21 others 
who belonged to his organization 
to Join up with Geer, as he to 
doing. 



Macy's Ads Pump Out 
37,000 Varsity Disks 

Macy's, New York's largest de- 
partment store, drew unusually 
heavy reaction last week to half-, 
page ads run in one daily news- 
paper on EU Oberstein's new 39c 
•Varsit.v records. Inserted in 
Thursday morning's issues, the ads 
caused the store to dispose of over 
37,000 of the disks Friday and 
Saturday, exclusive, of mail orders. 
It put a truck in almost constant 
operation between Macy's and 
Varsity's Merlden, Conn., plant. 

Oberstein's : disks, which have, 
been unusually successful since 
launched during the summer, due 
to the low retail price, have risen 
steadily in sales totals. In August 
the company sold 438,000; in Sep- 
tember approximately 610,000, and 
close to 800,000 In October. Vir-. 
tually all sales are through chain 
stores, few through other chan- 
nels. 



Cuffo TC Yoicetracks 
Of Celebs as Publicity 

• Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

Bob . McLaughlin, disk- Jockey 
who has been contracted by Rexall 
Drug Co., to air nationally; got 
clearance from AFRA for the use . 
of transcribed voice tracks of', : 
celebs on his show. Ruling that a 
performer guesting on a disk pro- 
gram Is merely reaping publicity; 
not working, is precedental, 

McLaughlin's show is built on 
voice tracks, previously , recorded,: 
which introduce the platters about .: 
to be played, permitting disk jock to 
banter with personalties involved. 
AFRA ruling is that guests on radio 
programs get their regular pay for 
doing stint. Scale for a trasscrip- 
tion is $40 but in some cases the 
pay would run as high as $5,000, 
McLaughlin contacted AFRA ask- 
ing for a special meeting to review:' 
his case. Board of Radio .'Vrtlsts, 
after considering the problem, de-: 
elded that the stunt was publicity , 
for celebs and not subject to coin., 
payment such as a straight Inter-^ 
view . or guest appearance would be. 

Another point brought out at the 
board meet was that artists come to . 
McLaughlin and reuest to cut: 
voice trackSi He does not solicit 
them. Platter pu.sher did approach. 
AFRA when he first started th» 
i show over KLAC, locally, .and was 
giveh the go-ahead. McLbughlin 
] now has voice traqks In his library. 



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Weak Backlog Cues RCA Takmg 
Lead on Disking with AFM Peace 



In the event a settlement of the* 
reisording ban is okayed within a 
feW' weeks by the Department of- 
Justice, recording will resume at 
Varying speeds at different labels. 
In «ome cases a helter-skelter pace' 
will not be established because 
at this time the trade is busy with 
the annually huge Xmas business. 
Such activity, however, is confined 
to production and will not inter- 
fere with studio recording of new 
material In preparaMon for press- 
ing after Jan. 1. 

BCA- Victor, which is virtually 
shorn of all suitable pop material, 
most likely will take the lead in 
waxing. The condition of its cur- 
rent backlpg is what caused the 
anxiety of its executives to take 
the lead in negotiations to settle 
with the AFM. 

It's claimed by many execs of 
other companies that compara- 
tively little money will be lost by 
various manufacturers by the 
opening up of new recording. 
Backlogs created prior to last Jan, 
1 were pretty much depleted with 
all companies, and a big slice of 
what may still be on shelves is 
made up of standard material good 
for release. at any time. Of course, 
many tunes were made before the 
ban which never have and most 
likely never will be released, so 
bad were they adjudged on second 
hearings after the pre-ban hustle 
of cutting. These will represent a 
loss, but a comparatively small one 
considering the amount of money 
Invested in waxing prior . to last 
Jan. 1. 



Tops of the Tops 

Retail Disk SeUer 

"Buttons and- Bows" 

Retail Sheet IMusie SeUer 

"Tree In the Meadow" 

"Most Requested" Di«k 

"Maybe You'll Be There" 

Seller on Coin Machines 
"Tree In the Meadow^' 

British Best Seller 

"So Tired" 



BARRQN-OSFELD SET 
NEW BMI PUBLISHING CO. 

Blue Barron and Jack' Osfeld 
have completed arrangements with 
Broadcast Music, Inc., for estab- 
lishment of a new music firm to 
be titled Barron Music and op- 
erated by Osfeld. Agreement with 
BMI is not a performance deal, 
but a fuU-fledged financial affilia- 
tion, with coin being put up by 
both sides. 

; New 'arrangement will Incorpo- 
rate an old Barron deal with BMI 
for va firm which has been inac- 
tive and one titled Raymond Mu- 
sic, which Osfeld had set up under 
a BMI performance deal. 



As AFM Royalty Trustee 

Inside 'whisper is that Mrs. Anna 
Kosenberg,; former labor and in- 
dustrial adviser for Presidents Tru- 
man and Roosevelt, would become 
the trustee for the .American Fed- 
eration of Musicians royalty fund. 

Selection of a single trustee, 
either man or woman, is provided 
in the settlement worked out last 
week Jjetween James C. Petrillo 
and. the recording companies. Hope 
is to sidestep Taft-Hartley Act 
provision by putting the fund in; 
the hands of an outside trustee. 

However, before the deal is for- 
mally clindied, it will 'require; 
clearance. hei:e; from four Federal 
sources to give the platter^pressers 
and musicians assurance that it is 
okay to proceed full steam. These 
agencies are the Department of 
I Justice, Bureau of Internal Rev- 
[enue, National Labor Relatidtis 
{Bureau, and probably the joint 
j House-Senate Committee set up to 
, observe the T-H law in action and 
(recommend changes to remove the 
ibugs. 



ASCAP, Tele Interests in 1st Meeting, 
Confined to Discussion of Problems 



Disk Peace 

Continued from paee 1 



WB Pays Off on Tune 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Sally Benson has collected 
$6,500 from Warner Bros, follow- 
ing a suit over screen rights to a I 
song used in "One Sunday After- I 
noon. 

The tune, "Girls Were Made to j 
Take Care of Boys," was co- ! 
authored by Miss Benson and 
Ralph Blane. 



'Music of Distinction' 

John R. Andrew, formerly direc- 
tor . 6t sales promotion for Asso'^ 
ciated-Muzak, has been elected 
president of Music of Distinction, 
Inc. : Company plans a new type 
of wired music service especially 
programmed for each subscriber 
based on a library of wide-range 
London records augmented by 
other recordings. , 

It has 'just been installed in the 
new. Rough Rider Room of the 
Hotel Roosevelt and the Hotel Mc- 
Alpin, N. Y. 



^RH' Logging System 



Richard Himber** new detielopmcnt in logging broadcast perform- 
onces lists tunes in the survey, based on four major network schedules. 
They are compiled on the bosij o/ l point for siistaininff iTistrMmental; 
2 points for stistatntnsr vocal;- 3 /or cornmerciol iristrwmentol; 4 for ^ 
■ ^{ymmerdal vocal; respectitiely, in cocJt of the Z vmjor territories. New \ former, were not happy. : They, 
; YoTlc, Chicoflio ond Goa-st. For example, a Gommerciol Vocol in all 
three territories counts 12. 



would bei allowed to proceed by 
the AFM pending governmental 
action on the plan. Obviously, that 
could not be true since neither the, 
AFM nor the recording men will 
know until, they're advised whether 
their plan will be acceptable under 
the terms of the Taft-Hartley law, 
However, it's felt by the cQskers 
that the election and its possible 
effect on administration personnel 
would not have any bearing on the 
evaluation of: the plan in. Washing- 
ton. 

. While' some recorders lean 
toward looking upon the settle-^ 
ment of the 10-month old record- 
ing ban as a complete victory for 
the manufacturers, that's not sub- 
stantiated by facts. The AFM did 
give in to the recorders on the idea 
of the latter making full retro- 
active payments of royalty sums 
since Jan. 1, last, when the ban 
began. But the AFMi if the settle- 
ment is eventually effected along 
the lines laid down last week, wlU 
retain its royalty fund idea. That's 
a victory for the union. 
. Reaction to the surprising get^ 
together of the AFM and repre- 
sentatives of . RCA-Victor and Co- 
lumbia were varied; Music pub- 
lishers, artists,, musicians and 
others ; connected- with record sales 
were naturally jubilant. Capitol 
and Decca chiefs, particularly the 



Week of Oct. 22 to Oct. 28 

Total 

Song Publisher Pts. 

Buttons and Bows — f'Pale Face" — Famous > > 169 

Here I'll Stay— H-'Love Life"— Chappeli 159 

Vou Were Only Fooling— Sliapiro . . . . . ... ., . . . , i. ..... . . . . . 153 

Hair of Gold— Robert 152 

Cuanto Le Gusta— t"Date With Judy"— Southern 137 

Isn't It Romantic — 1"I.sn't It Romantic" — Famous 126 

On a Slow Boat to China — Melrose 105 

You Call Everybody Darlin— Mayfair , 103 

Everyday I Love You— t"Two Guys From Texas"— Harms 103 

A Tree in the Meadow-— Shapiro . 102 

Maybe You'll Be There — Triangle 102 

Ain't Doin Bad, Doin Nothin— Spitzer 94 

Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart-^Mills^ .... ,.,■..«• • • • • 89 

Bluebird of Happiness— T. B. Harms 85 

Lavender Blue— Santly-Joy 85 

The Money Song— Crawford , 83 

It's Magic — f'Roraance on High Seas" — Witmark 81 

This Is the Moment— f'Lady in Krmine"— Miller 79 

You Came a Long Way From St. Louis— Jewel ...,,.,.«...•••«.. 78 

Underneath the Arches — Robbins i . ..,««. t . • 77 

Love Somebody — Kramer-Whitney i '3 

When You Left Me— Porgie 72 

Rambling Rose — Laurel • 72 

§ay It Isn't So— Berlin » u . • • 72 

it^s a Most Unusual Day— f'Date With Judy"— Robbins ...,,»... 71 

My Darling, My Darhng— '^"Where's Cliarley"— Morris 65, 

Until— Dorsey Bros 65 

Galway Bay — Leeds • ^1 

Down Among the Sheltering Palms— Miller 56 

Night Has Thousand Eyes— VNight Has Thousand Eyes"— Par. . . 56 

■What Did I Do— f'When My Baby Smiles at Me"— Triangle 55 

For You— Witmark 5f 

1 Don't Care If It Rains— ("Two Guys From Texas"— Witmark . . , 54 

Twelfth Street Rag— Shapiro ■ 54 

Bouquet of Roses— Hill and Range 52 

Put Em in a Box— f'Romance on High Seas"— Remick. 

1 Still Get a Thrill— Words and Music 

why Does It Rain on Sunday — Duchess 

A Hundred and Sixty Acres — Leeds 

I d Love to Live in Loveland---BVC . 



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That Certain Party— Bourne 37 

in My Dreami^Wizell - ^' 

Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes — tweeds ' ^\ 

Cornbelt Symphony— Mellin J5 

You Started Something— BMI %\ 

Just for Now— Advanced , > ii 

Bella Bella Marie— Lefeds 



along with Mercury and M-G-M 
execs; were left out in the cold on 
the final negotiations and did not 
know-that settlement was near un- 
til late Tuesday or early Wednes- 
day (26-27), when they were in- 
vited to a meeting in New York to 
ratify the plan Victor and Colum- 
] bia execs had arranged with the 
I AFM. There were no Capitol men 
I held responsible enough to act for 
j the company in New York at the 
I time, and a meeting of Gap's board 
I in Hollywood Thursday f25) after- 
noon gave its consent to go along. 
I Joe McGonnell, RCA-Victor at- 
torney, and James W. Murray, 
who had warned other recording 
companies two weeks ago when ne- 
>gotiations witli the AFM . were 
broken off that he would continue 
' to try reaching agreement, appar- 
ently made the settlement. Frank 
' White, Columbia Records prcsi- 
! dent, was also in on the talks. They 
j u'oned : things out alone, presum- 
I ably doing so deliberately because 
i of; the anti-.settlement attitude pre- 
i viously displayed by Capitol and 
! Decca, and then called the others 
I in. Victor was so anxious to set- 
. tie, it would have given in to the 
i union's demand for retroactive 
! rcvalties; its share of this alone 
would have amounted to $300,000, 
it's said. David Sarnoff; . RCA 
' board chairman, was a participant 
; in the final discussion before all 
I disk companies were- given the 
,plan. 

j If the deal is approved by the 
D. of J. it will run for five years, 
'and involve payment of royalties 
' from Sept. 30. It calls for, accord- 
1 ing to statements, from the AFM, 
l a single tru.stee to administer , the. 
1 fund. This angle still has some 
I diskcr attorneys believing the Gov- 
jernment men will reject the plan, 
.It also calls for a blanket 1% roy- 
ally on all disks below $1 in retail 
price, and a sliding scale above. 



A! Donahue in Coast I 
Run With Savitt Orch' 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
Al Donahue's orchestra opens at ; 
the Avadon ballroom here Friday 
(6) for an indefinite run. Maestro 
has returned, here to put a band in 
shape, for the job, after taking over 
leadership of the Jan Savitt or- 
chestra on a northwestern tour \ 
which ended Saturday (30). Sa- 
vitt died while on this trip. . I 
' Donahue only recently returned 
to the Coast alter a long stay in I 
the east, the majority of the time 
at Roy Gill's Totem Pole, Auburn- 
dale, Mass. 



HOTE NEW YORKER 
RETURN TO ICERIES 

New Yorker hotel. New York, 
will return to its ice : shpw policy 
when Bay . McKiiiley's orchestra 
exits in December.' Though Mc- 
Kinley has been doing well enough 
in biZ; the hotel gets so many | 
queries about the blades revue that > 
it has decided to return to it. I 

lAcKinley has been averaging 
over 1,000 covers a week since his 
opening some weelcs ago. with one 
act (Andrea, Andree and Bonnie), 
and that, plus the reduction in op- 
erating costs allowed by the ab- 
sence of the ice show, apparently 
has made McKinley's run a profita- 
ble one. But the ice policy is so 
well established that the hostelry 
feels it -must cut back to it. 



Subcommittees representing th« 
American Society of Compo.ser3, 
Authors and publishers, and tele- 
vision interests, had their first 
meeting Monday (1) in New Yorlt. 
Initial confab between the two fac- 
tions accomplished nothing. It 

was confined to the discussion of 
mutual and - individual, problems, 
operations, clearance of music, etc. 
There will be others shortly, even- 
tually winding up in the establish- 
ment of a rate structure for the 
use of copyrighted music within 
the ASCAP repertoire, which now 
is available to tele broadcasters at 
a token $1 a year rate.. 

ASCAP, however, still has not 
corralled enough agreements from 
individual publisher members to 
represent tiiem in video music- 
rights sales. According to ASCAP 
bylaws, the Society requires okays 
from 80% of its members on such 
problems, and that percentage -has , 
not been reached. It is stated 
that signed agreements, extending 
ASCAP's tele representation rights 
two years beyond the current 
shortrterm contract ^ (expires Dec. 
31, next), are coming in faster than 
they did when the expiring, con- 
tracts were sent to members for 
signature. Society expects to.< 
achieve the 80% margin, within * - 
short time. 

Meanwhile, publishers who were 
asked several weeks ago -by Harry 
Fox, agent and trustee, to allow 
NBC free use of music for re- 
broadcast purposes^ have been go- 
ing along with the request. NBC 
will have the right to reproduce 
live video shows on film, for broad- 
cast on tele outlets in other: secr 
tions of the country, for free until 
Jan. 1 next. 



Lillette— Jefferson ^2 

Rendezvous With a Rose— Jay-Dee , . . , ^\ 

Ah But U Happens-rBoume . , . . ■ ; . < ..>.».. . 



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r Joe . Rcicfaman band lx>oked ior 
\MUral Room, Baker hotel, Dallas, 
i Opening Nov. 6. 



Songs with Largest Radio Audience 

The top 32 sonjjit of the week based on the copyrighted Audi- 
ence Coverage Index Surrey of Popular Music Broadcast Over 
Radio Networks. Published by Uie Office of Research, Inc., Dr. 
John G. Peatman, Director. : 

Survey Week of October 22-28, 1948' 
A Tree In the Meadow .......... . w\. ; . Shapiro-B . 

Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin' : : . . . ,.\ .......... , . .Spitzer 

Blue Bird of Happiness . i . . . . . . . . . . .T. B. Harms 

Buttons and Bows — ^f'Pale Face", .... ....i. Famous . . 

Confess , . Ox^ford 

Cuanto Le Gusta— f'Date With Judy" Southern 

Down Among the Sheltering Palms Miller 

Ev'ry Day I Love You Harms 

Galway Bay Leeds 

Hair Of Gold Robert 

Here I'll Stay— *"Love Life" Chappeli 

I Still Get a Thrill Words & M 

.I'd Love to Live in Loveland. . . ..BVC 

Isn't It Romantic — flsii't It Romantic" Famous 

It's a Most Unusual Day — t*'Date With Judy" Robbins 

It's Magic — f'Romarice On High Seas" Wit-mark 

Lavender Blue Santly-Joy 

Love Somebody . . ... ... ... . . . i . . . ; . . . Kramer-W 

Maybe You'll Be There . . ... . ... ... ..... . Triangle . 

My Darling, My .Darling-^*"Where's Charley''* .. . Morris ^ 

My Happiness Blasco , 

On a Slow Boat to China Melrose 

Rambling Rose Laurel 

Say It Isn't So Berlin 

Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart, ...... . .Mills 

Twelfth Street Rag Shapiro-B 

Underneath the Arches. , . . ... ... , . ...... . . . ». Robbins 

Until .- Dorsey Bros. 

When You Left Me '. Porgie 

You Call Everybody Darling Mayfair 

You Came a Long Way~fr0m St. Louis Jewel 

You Were Only Fooling X*. Shapiro-B 



The remaining 20 songs f)f the week, based.on the copyrighted 
Audience Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast 
Over Radio Networks, Published by the Office of Research, Inc., 
Dr. John G. Peatman, Director. 

A Hundred; and Sixty Acres . . ... . . . .. . . : . , . . Leeds 

Ah But It Happens , , Bourne 

Bella Bella Marie Let-ds 

Bouquet of Roses Hill & Range 

Brush Those Tears Prom Your Eyes , , .... Leeds 

By the Way— f'When My Baby Smiles at Me"....BVC 

Cool Water American 

For You , Witmark 

I Don't Care If It Rains All Night ■ Witmark 

In My Dreams Wizell 

Just for Now : Advanced 

Money Song Crawford 

Night Has Thousand Eyes— f'Night Has Eyes" .... .Paramount 

Put 'Em in a Box — f 'Romance on High Seas" Remick 

Rendezvous With a Rose Jay Dee 

Steppin' Out With My Baby Berlin 

Take It Away . . Peraora 

That Certain Party Bourne 

This Is the Moment Miller 

Walkin' With My Shadow Johnstone-M 

What Did I Do— f'When My Baby Smiles" Triangle 

Why Does It Have to Rain On Sunday Duchess 

You Started Something BMI 



*Jiegit Musical, t Fi Imtisical. 
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88 



Wednesday, November S, 1948 



Suggest Industry-Operated Sheet I 
With Musical Programs as Fulcrum 



Months of argimienl over Dr> 
^obn Peatman's song-perfoi-maiice ; 
measurement sheet, and the recpnt 
hullaballoo between Hollywood 
contactmen and their New York 
bosses over the establish menl ol 
an RH Log listening post, culmi- 
nated last week in the circulation 
of a suggestion for an industry- 
operated sheet. Writer of the pian, 
■presumably a contactman, dis- 
patched his detailed ideas to mu- 
sic publishers for consideration, 
but didn't identify himself. 

Gist ol the plan is to measure 
.song performances only on; shows 
■Which perform songs in . a manner 
wtiich helps the song, subsequently 
the publisher — a(id to include ma- 
jor disk jockey shows in the com- 
pilation. For e.-tample, it's pointed 
out that song, performances by 
Bing Grosby, Frank Sinatra. Perry 
Como, JDick Ilaymes, Jo Stafford, 
Andrews JSisters, Guy Lombardo, 
. etc;, are more advantageous to a 



Band Review 



rOMMY DORSET ORCII. (16) 
With Lucy Ann Polk, Denny Den- 1 
nis, Frank Adams, Quintet 
Hotel Pennsylvania, N. Y. | 
' About as polished ah .orchestra ; 
as there is, and a combo that rates , 
with the best Tommy Dorsey ever [ 
gathered under his trombone. And ; 
the band is not composed of the 
huge sections normally expected 
of T. I), since the war years 
brought those 25 to 30-man crews. 
Dorsey's Avartime bands were not 
nearly as unwieldy as contempo- 
rary units, but even so there's a 
big dillerence in the maneuvering 
of his current four trumpets, three 
trombones!, five sax, three rhythm, 
plus seven vocalists. Latter com- 
prises a quintet plus Lucy Ann 
Polk, Denny Dennis, English bari- 
tone Dorsey brought liere last 
Frank Adams, from 



Best British Sheet Sellers 

(Week ending Oct. 28 1 
London, Oct. 29. 
So Tired , . . ... . .Connelly 

Mv Happiness . Chappell 
You Can't Be True .Chappell 

Galway Bay Box & Cox 

When You're in Love Wood 

Buttons and Bows Victoria 

Dream of Olwen , . . .Wright 
Woody Woodpecker . Leeds 

Rambling Rose Dash 

October T\\ilighl . ,Dash 
All Dressed Up > Cinephonic 
La Vio en Rose Gay 

Second 12 

Ballerina Maurice 
Four Leaf Clover . F. D. & 11. 
Little White Lies . ,■ ■ Wriglit 
Call Everybody Darling-Morris . 
Beyond the Stars . . . Feldman' 
Underneath Arches. Connelly 

Ilearlbreaker Leeds 

When Organ Played Miller 
Say It Every Day . Kassner 
Anything I Dream . . . Reed 
Tears on Mv Pillow. Norris 
Dickey Bird Song . . F.D.&IL 



Jocks, Jukes and Disks 

I By Bernie Woods ' 



i A couple of indie labels have dur- 
ing the past few weeks exhibited a 
tcnilencv toward beating the ma- 
Ijors'at their own game bj releas- 
1 ing recordings of pop tunes pushed 
,by major publishers. That's usu- 
,aily the beginning of the end lor 
^ the indie who tries it, based on past 
! history. 

1 Up until now, the success of the 
I dozens of small labels in existence 
throughout the country has been 
' due only to the realization that 
I they cannot top the majors' name 
'artists performing "Hit Parade 
I melodies. That lorced the lesser 
1 companies to hunt for and bring 
I out obscure tunes by obscure art 



parent in his comedy routines— a 
voice witli pow er-range, and an un- 
derstanding ol melodic values. 11 is 
"Darling" side, backed by the Star- 
dusters, is the best version of the 
tune to date, and the spinning of 
It gives jocks added conversation 
re his rating as a laugh man. "Darl- 
ing" is done at easy ballad speed 
and is brightly underlined by Star- 
dusters and i rhythm' acconip, in- 
cluding a b.o. celeste break. 
I'Brenda -Lee',' gets a slightly corn 
treat meht from the comic's iiexibia 
pipes and is a strong job in itself . 
"Tlial Certain Party" shows Hajes 
in a bouncy vein and the tlipover 
puts liira in another light cntivelv. 
It's also strong, althougli "Darling" 



spring, and 

publisher's promotional efforts on , the mixed- fivesonie 
a given melody than plugs on high- ' Dorsey has been on the road 
er-rated Hooper shows such as „.i1l) the outfit for a year or so, 



Jack Benny, Fitch Bandwagon, 
Fibber McGee. Bob Hope, el al. 
And since they are more valuable 
-from a demonstration standpoint, 



off and on. lie feels it's the best 
band he's e\er had. Tliat is prob- 
able from a strict perfoi-mance 
standpoint, but it seems that 



rather tlian from the standpoint , the grouping with which Dorsey 



of the number of listeners that 
might hear a plug on the bigger- 
'pame broadcasts, they should be so 
rated. 

Letter also suggests that a. com- 
mittee of five men be appointed 
.-from . witliin the industry, to decide 
even, ^on ■'presumptive" ; evidence 
which performers are payolas, and 
eliminate their broadcasts from 
figuring in the final compilation. 
Answer here is that publishers pay- 
ing for plugs cannot under cur- 



started out, in 1938, and which 
launched him into the big money 
via '•Marie" and "Song ol India," 
worked with more spirit. Thai's 
an argument, however, vthat will 
onlv get you an argument. And 
such comparisons have nothing to 
do witli the excellence of the cur- 
rent combo. . 

Two things strike a listener im- 1 orchestra 
mediately about this band. Firstly 
it works- so coiT_ 
and generates such 
thes entire combination 



Buyers Resist 
Shaw s Plans 
To Resume 



the bigg - - , , 

riionth^ they have been turning out 
tunes that were started to\y«rd liiit- 
dom by indies. . . ^ ^ . 

But tlie latter cannot worjc m re- 
verse and hope to siirvlve. ^ The 
majors can steal fi'oni the;ininors, 
but the minors cannot buck their 
rivals with "Hit Pai-adti." nielodies, 
no niiattef how conl'iderifr they may 
be as a result of odd-tune hits, 
Vitacoustlc, Chicago ihdiei trieft it 
to somte exieht a year oi- more, ago 
i to rise out tlie indie class after it 
hit solidly with the Harraohieats' 
I recording of '!Peg O' My. Heart," It 
I poured a lol. of the profits of that 
Artie Shaw is running: into defi- 1 disk back into the business, buying 
, nite buyer resistance to his idea i artists and cutting masters before 
of organizing a band around clari- 1 the Jan. 1 disk ban, and wound up 
Inetist Bob Keene and sending it '"g^^^^^^^^^^^ 

on the road under the t. e. "Artie „.a'^r'*f\er clicking - with Francis 
i Shaw Presents . ."Its Shaw's | ^.^i,, "Near You' 
i idea that he will work with the i ."g^g y^yj, pj, 

on certain theatre and jpt' acquired a long list of artists 



Ll^^iteKWcott^:!^^^^^^^^^^^ the-best resuit, 

the b i g g e r manufacturers. For , ot the toui sioes. 



Savannah ChurchhlU "How 
Could I Know"-"It's Raining 
Down In Sunshine Lane" (Maiion. 
Miss Churchhill occasionally digs 
herself a hit tune and she may 
have another with the 'How Could 
I Know Side." It's a commercially 
g 0 o d melody with an excellent 
lyric, and slie does it well at bal- 
lad speed, wi th a spoken -line 
break ala the Ink Spots. .locks 
should like it. Backing is nothing 
to get excited about. 

Barclay Allen "Tea for Two"- 
"Siboney" (Capitol). Both sides ex- 
cellent for jock use, with "Tea" 
a standout. It grooves Allen's ex- 
cellent pianistics in tandem with 
sharp guitar pluckling, backed by 
bouncy rhythm. Worked al easy- 
beat, it's legit Frankie Carle but 



Lf,.nAu l'»g'i'v commercial. Reverse is a 
vH, J? " 1,;? I i-humba ride also studded by spark- 
. „ ;f " ,.TtL?;ilint{ guitar and rhythm. It comes 



rent economics underwrite both 1 jdly and provocatively. That stems 
payolas and a staff of contactmen, m a large measure from the great 
and have been letting the latter go. I arrangements provided by Sy Ol- 

I iver. and others, which give the 




Kassner to New York 
To Set Yank Deals 



I liold down the brass by immersing 
r«» Dn»:«L M..<.:»! section in hats, but if that's the 
for DritlSu InUSIC.case it should be something for 

T ™j /-»„t nc Dorsey to continue. 

London, Oct. 26. i _ , , , . 

A series of deals affecting the . Po^l? ''^ads, tJie vocal div;- 
exploitation and marketing in the i ''I""-, which makes the Penn s 

U. S. of British film music and ■ 1^ -^^^^ 
«n.n.. n,.iti.-v, ,„,„.i„. (W'aiting room (there were eight 

^IIZa^^,! it , ° u l°" singers, but Gordon Polk is out) 
tiated personally next month by , g],g turns out 
Edward Kassner, prexy ol Edward pop.;, along with Denni.s. And the 



that doesn't go with buyers who 
have beei. offered the band. , ' 
■ They insist that Shaw no longer 
band a slightly different sound | ''as much bo. appeal (unless it 
i than one is accustomed to hear ' has been enhanced by the Kathleen 
I out of a T. D. band. This sound i Winsorrdivorce publicity ) , even if 
I may stem from Dorsey's efl'orts to i he were to work with the band 



pared by major publishers pi 
the ban. Bullet is i^i business and 
has had no difficulty, but he hasn't 
had an outstanding hit U takes 
more than a hit or two to build a 



fulltime.. Though Tex Beheke did, 
very well with the, GJeim Miller 
name , immediately , aftei; being disf 
charged from service, it's pointed 
out that there were othter. ciriiUm- 
stances that helped, 'Firstly, Mil- 
ler's -b.o. reiputation, was still tre- 
mendousi (a$ indicated bJ' the coh- 
,, , . , . stanl sjles ot his recordings by 

Allf, . A^i!?i *J^„'RC' A -Victor), plus which there was 



lumbia). Columbia bought tlie "Re- 

ces§" master /(with bthersV f rO m a 

Coast inclie. ivhen it began making 

noise locally. It's an unusual tune 

, , ~ vi:_» t...^!-. nn \ v\n I with a good lyric, and . Grissoui 

01 &Ti^^uni^^^^^ eood jock stuff 

kid wle' mam i ems aTe neiiP f"^ ;;''t>?,^P"«hi"e 

t fiv I in the east lis embroidered with 

and; 
artists.- 

Unfortunately for the indies, the 
current mar k e t is difficult and 



nV-k nm- 1 r tu. es I 's »e sonnel ^^e east It's embroidered with 
.^^^d'' d-^'trittt'oTVlieVtS^^rr.} soUd .X l.ip- 



Johnny Laurenz "Red Roses 'for 
a Blue Lady''-"Somebody's Lyin' " 



against building artists with name I iMercury). Laurenz and Mcuuiy 
enough to buck the majors. An art- 1 may have something with the 
ist, even those on the big labels, "Roses" side. A commercial tune 
is as good as his or her last disk, i with a listenable lyric, it's per- 
That biings the indies' problems 1 lornied simply and at a bright 
back to tunes. And they cannot dance beat by Laurenz, with p.ir- 
bcat the maiors with top pops, .tial choral accompaniment and in- 
rheir forte is the, unusual. It's islrumontal background. .1 o r k s 

should give it a try. Backing iac« ; 



Kassner Music' Oo, Yale Music qriintet.'Thic'h joined'oors'eTwhen ^ ^^^"^ attached to the 

Corp., and Merrln Melodies. Kass- , he opened here, is constantly en- 
per is sailing for New York on iarging itr, repertoire. They work 
Nov. 5, accompanied by his part- ' neatly. Adams only began ban- 
ner, Sydney Bron, head of one of i dling Polk's novelties, etc, and is 
the biggest orchestration-disti ibul- ' t'l'll uncertain. He adds a diffei-| 
Ing firms in this counlr\, ' ffl (ouch. He 'looks so much like' 

;■. The. partners intend to establish i l''rank, Sinatra, T. DvS top alum- j ^...^ 

mis that Penn pati'ons do a ' over fioni Norman Fink He'll by the niteiy and radio comic im- Places"-"My Own True Lo\o 
dpilble- talye. , . W oody contact di.sk jocks as well as artists, derscore what always has been ap- 1 (Capitol). Miss Whiting may ; have 

,\v' ' 'i~:~~r- ---'. ' ' -s'^ .' h^' '^ cr' ',,> -'t-'--^— .~ .] a. followup to her "Tree In the 

Meadow" sales .skyrocket in the 



* regular channel in the U. S. for . 
their British material, and in this ' 
connection will be negotiating with , 
J. J. Robbins, Leed'< Music, and ' 
the Dave Dreyer Music Coip. 
Kassner, who is handling a large' 
slice ol the film music liom tlie 
Rank Organization, will also be ' 
having a special session with Jock 
Lawrence, Rank's No. 1 puhlici'.l. . 
in New York. One of the subjects 
on this meeting's agenda is ex- 
ploitation by Lou Levy. o£ Leeds 
Music, of the title song ol the film 
"Miranda," shortlj to be leleased 
In the Stales by Eagle Lion i 

Bron and Kassner may also be i 
planing to Hollywood during their 
five to six weeks' American slay 
for consultations with film com- 
pany executives regarding music I 
exploitation in Britain 

This will be Kassnor^s fii-,t Msit 
to the U. S. Ilis oi-ganuatioii li,js ] 
only shot into prominence in the 
past two and a halt yeais, since 
when it has exploited in America 
hits such as "How Lucky Voii 
Are," "Bow Bells." and ' Shoe 
maker's Serenade " The ouUil's 
latest. "Say It E\ery Dav " nou-i 
due for America plugging In i 
Leeds, was recorded and bioaclcdsi 
by Dinah Shore during her recent 
Palladium season. 



combo vi. Miller's untimely death --b^^.,^ ^^.t,,,. 

wh le in set vice. Shavy has none . pet^, Hayes-Starduslcrs i also sounds gopd. In shuffle 

ol those angles in his favor. , ..jyiy Darling,' My Darling"- 'Dainty iihythm, the piece sounds like "Vou 

iBrenda Lee"; "That Certain Party"- .Call Everybody Darlin" at th« 

Duchess Musir is not closing its - "Lile Gets Tee-jus" (Dceca). Peter slart and spreads out into a satis- 
Chicago office. Doc Berger. j Lind Hayes Is a dofinile hit poten- j fying side. * 
formerly at the N, Y. office, takes | lial on disks. These first four sides Margaret Whitinfr ' Faraway 



^fUETY 

t 

4-' 



6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 



10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines 

™ ,N .-.EADow <,2. (sh.p,r..B, { KS'LE".".". : ."ES 

BUTTONS AND BOWS (3) (Famous) Diilnh. iShore ColiiDibia; 

UNTH^ (3^ (Dorsey) , Tommy Dorsey Victor 

• .. ■,! Jon & SQUfha Steele . . ,'. .Damon 
, ■ . pi^£i pipexi):, i . . i . . . . ,. Cflpi.fol , 

.?..:■- ( Curdoti Jfiil^ins Dccca 

" ' ' 1 F.ddy Hoirard . . . Majestic 

, \ PoHs Dtiy Co !'('.■! bin 

Hai/ine.s ............. Decca 

nru STREKT RAG (ID (Shaplro-B) Pee Wee flujit Copiiol 

HAIR OF GOLD (11> -(Robert) .." ' /"^''' ^-nf-rfon Metroloue 

I HarmoincaiA ViHversal 

SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (1) (Mch-ose) Kay Ki/ser Coliiti.bia 

YOU CALL EVERYBODY DARLING (17) (Mayfalr) J^^' T"'"''' „• 

I Andreirls SiSiU'rs . . . 



1. 

■2,; 

3. UN'HL (3) (Dorsey) 

4. MY HAPPINESS (24) (Blasco) 

6. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (13) (Tilanitle) 



IT'S MAGIC (18) (Witmaik) 



. Decca 



Coming Up 



SAY SOMETHING SWEET (Mills) 



Don Cornell «Sihgles 

In Philfy Experiment 

Don Cornell, lead vocalist with 
Sammy Ka.ye's band, launches a 
temporary single singing act Fri- 
day (5) at Frank Palunibo's Giro's 
Club, Philadelphia, for one week, .■ 
Singer will eventual]? solo with' 
Kaj'e's assistance and backing, and 
Is doing the week at Giro's as an 
•xperiment. . ■ 

Kaye's band is laying off for 
three weeks as of Saturday (30;. 



il 



:,( /ufc . Spots „■...: . . . . Decca 

I Ajiiie S'Mfon; . . . . .Lotidoji ■ 

Cl'ANTO LA GUSTA (Soulhenu . U'Uraiidrt Aildrems Sis Decca 

IXawier Cuc;a( Columbia 

LIFE GETS TEE.IUS (Miller) ^ Corson Robtusoii M-G M 

YOU WERE OIVLY FOOLING (Shapiro-B) Blue Barron M G-M- 

FOR YOU (Witmark) . ' Gordon Jeii/diis," .".Deccci 

EVERY DAY I LOVE YOU (Harms) '^'^''^ l^nn^^es Decca 

• ■ • I Jo Staflord : Captfol 

RAMBLING ROSE (Laurel) ( Perry Como. Vicfor 

••• [Tony Pflsipr,,,,, Columbia 

IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW (Morris) . , ., i Orioles iVflftiral 

" lElla Fitigevald -Dccfa 

BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (T. B. Harins) Art Mooney M-G-M 

COOL WATER (American) i Vaughn- Mdnroe Vicfor 

• • " I Nellie Ltifc'/KV Capitol 

WHAT DID I DO (BVC) I ffelpii Forrcs'f flf G M 

tDi?m;i Shore , , . , .Cohiiiibm 

BELLA BELLA MARIE (Leeds) Andrcu-^ iiWcrs . . D^cca 

[Fifliurc* in pare)i<iicscs t7idica(e number oj weehs song has been in the Top 10.] 



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Places" side; A fine melody bal- 
lad, she does It. with understand- 
ing, assisted by the Crew Chieis 
and full orchestral backing, .locks 
will spin it aplenty. "True liOvc." 
fi'om the film of the same name. j« . 
promising, but it'll be a long pull 
before and it anything happens with 
it; it's a "smart" melody and lyric, 
done well by the singer. 

Louis Prima ''Anywhere In Texas ■ 
R F D "-"That Certain Party (Vic- 
tor) Prima's still trying with that 
"CiviIi',!ation" formula and the; 
"Texas" side may be what lie's 16ok-- 
ing tor. A neat novelty, performed 
in , a moderate bounce : groove-,: 
vocalled by Prima anil the band, 
it will get reaction from jocks On 
tlve reverse; the maestro takes a 
swipe at Benny Strong's big apple 
Cl'ower). It turns out well. Prima 
gives it a twist with his gravel- 
\oiced s1\le that figures to get il 
some sales attention. It bounces . 
easily, too, . 

Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird 
Told Mc"-"Brush Those Tears" 
(Decca 1. Two promising tune? 
snagged from indie labels, and the 
"Bird" side is the dilly of the two. 
Ifs a perfect tune for Mis.s 
Knight's, style and it unrolls as a 
very promising hit with jocks and 
jukes alike. Cut at a bright tempo, 
the novelty and Miss Knight Kct 
able aid from the Stardusters and • 
instrumental accomp. It's good. 
"Tears ' hits a mark, too, done in 
shuffle rhyihm, with the Stai- 
rusters to help, it works into a 
saleable side. 

Frankie Laine "Tara Talara 
Tala"-"You're All I Want for 
Xmas" (Mercury), Laine's style is 
solidly suitable to the Italian adai)^ 
tation sprung first a couple wccki 
ago by Johnny Desmond (M-G-iM . 
He makes ol it a side that .lock'* 
will u.se often, and it can easib 
tContiAucd on page 40) 



f^KMEfr 



39 



DISK JOCKEYS and JUfCE BOX OPERATORS 

THIS IS IT! 




Consecutive 

BIG HIT! 



And His ORCHESTRA 



M G M RECORDS 



40 



ORcmssTRA-^frsic 



WednescTay, NovemLer 3, 1948 



Bands at Hotel B.O.'s 



Eddy Duchin. . , . 
Bay McKinley*. , 
Guy. liombardo . 
Tommy Dorsey . 



Weekii 

Hold I'lajed 

. ..Waldorf (400; $2) 4 

. . New Yorker (400; $1-$J.50) . . . . 4 

..Roosevelt (400; $1.50-$2) 5 

..Pennsylvania (450; $1.50-$2)... 4 



Conn 
Week 

2,625 
1,100 
2,450 
2,000 



Ifotal 
CoTen 
On Data 

11,900 
4,100 

12,750 
9,023 



• A'eic Yorker, ice show; WaXdorj. Peter hind Hayes-Mary Healy. 

Chicago 

Victor Lombardo (Marine Hoom, Edgewater, 700; S1.20 cover). Dance- 
able orch makes it popular spot with neat 3,(500. 

Joel Merman (Mayfair Room, Blackstone, 350; $3.50 min.-$l cover). 
Joan Edwards doing pert job on two-week stay with big 3,000. 

Benny Strong (Boulevard Room, Stevens, 650; $3.50 min.-$l cover). 
Ice Show popular with visitors. Sbarp 3,000. 

OrifT WllUanu (Empire Room, Palmer House, 550; $3.50 min.-$l 
cover). CoQvensh play still heavy. Hearty 3,400. 



Geol Levy Partied 

London, Nov. 2. 
Anne Shelton, London Records 
Singer, tossed a party here last 
'week for George Levy, treasurer 
I of Leeds Musics here on a business 
visit. Party was to celebrate the 
success of Miss Shelton's record- 
ing of "Galway Bay." which Leeds 
publishes in the U. S. London 
had advised her that the disk was 
selling bigger than Grade Fields' 
"Now Is the Hour" hit of last 
year. 

Levy expects to be in London a 
couple more weeks discussing with 
Peter Maurice the reciprocal pub- 
lishing deal that firm holds with 
Leeds. 



Location Jobs, Not in Hotels 

. (Clitcaflo) 

Bel Courtney (Trianon; $1-$1.15 adm.). Second week holding up 
vitli husky 14,000, 

Cee Davidson (Chez Paree, 500; $3.50 min.). Davidson in Fri. (29) 
with Harvey Stone; Sophie Tucker and Marty Gould orch closed (28). 
Boff 5,500. 

Eddy Howard (Aragon; $1-$1.13 adm.). As always, local fave doing 
excellent $16,000. 

Al Trace (Blackhawk, 500; $2.50 min.). Corn pipers continue with 
amazing and smash biz, for giant 3,800. 



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^^ESf SONG CAVAUADE i 



UK 



BMI 7Sf-^S^ 

HIT TVmS FOR ISOr EMBER 
BOUQUET OF ROSES (Hiii t Rang.) 

Dick HaymM-Dsc. 24506 • Eddy Arnold-Vic. 20-280* 
R*x Turnarr-Vafsity tool 
CITY CALLED HEAVEN (Warren) 
Uiio Moa Garlitla-Bluabird 11271 : • Will BradUy-Col. 36197 
Shap Fialdt-Bluabird 1125S • Glen Gray-,^Dec. 69838 
Ut Brdwh-Okah 6367 • Borry Wood-Vic. 27589 

COOL WATER (Amancon) 

Vaughn Monroa-Vic. 20-2923 • Nallia Lutcher-rCa|k. ;15148 
Kala Smith— M6M 30059 • Danvar Darling— Deluxt 5014 
Sons of lha Pionaart-Dac; 46027, Vic. 20-2076, Vic. 20-1724 
Tax Ritlar-Dinning Sitlart— Cap, 48206 • Foy WiHing-rMaj. 6000 

CUANTO LE GUSTA (Pear) 

AndraWi Sitlara-Carman Miranda— Dac. 24479 
Eva Yeung^Vic. 20-3077 • Xaviar Gugat-Col. 38239 
. Jack Smith— Cap. 15280 

DON'T BE SO MEAN TO BABY (campb.ii) 

Paggy laa-Cap. 15159 • Doka Ellingten-Col. 38295 

HAIR OF GOLD, EYES OF BLUE (Maiiin) 

Jack Emarien—Matrolona 2018 • John lauranz— Mar. 5171 
Art Lund-MGAl 10258 • Gordon MacRaa-Cap; 15178 
Harmonicatt- Univartal 121: * Jim Smith— Var«ity.109 
Jack lathrop-Vic. 10-3109 • Bob Ebarly-Dac. 24491 

I WANT TO CRY (EKtisiori 

Chris CroM— Starling 4004 • Savonnah Churchill— Manor 1129 
Dinah Washington— Marcury 8082 * Phil Raad—Danca-Tona 216 
Juonita Riot-Snub Me>lay^$pin S49 > ' 

IN MY DREAMS (Wiiaii) 

Vaughn Monroa-^ Vic. 20-3133 

LONESOME (Rapubiic) 

Sammy Kaya-^Vic. 20-3025 . 

PLAY THE PLAYERA (Mark.) 

Xaviar Cugot-Vel. 38188 
Snooky Lanson—Marc. 5188 * Padro Vargai— Vic. 13-1045 
Enoch Light— M6M 10307 • Edmundo Ro>— london* 

RENDEZVOUS WITH A ROSE (Joy-o..) 

Buddy Clark-^Col. 38314 • Bob Eberly^Dec. 14491 
Pcppar Naaly— Bullat 1056 • Pi»d Pipert-'Cap. 15216 
Don Rodney-MGM 10171 • Dick Wong^D&D 45-1903 
Snooky tanton— Marc. 5188 • Fred Gray— Apollo 1131 
Bob Stav»art.^Ma-Ro 7469 • Westoniani-Sig. 1042 
Bobby Worth-Ca»tle 1258 • Waller Schaff-Spiro 3002 

I SUNDAY IN OLD SANTA FE (p.mora) 

Xavier Cugat— Col. 38327 • Jote Morcind-Vic. 26-9034 
, Andy Ruiiell— Cap. 15158 

I TUNE ON THE TIP OF MY HEART (Encor.) 

Sammy Kaye-Vic. 10-2746 

IWALKIN' WITH MY SHADOW (Johnstone-Montei) 

I Four Knights-Dec. 48014 • Jimmia Valentine Quortet-^Varsity 107 
I Jack , McLean-Wayne Gregg— Coast 8001 • Monica lewis— Sig. 15229 

WHEN YOU LEFT ME (Porgie) 

.. Larry Green-'Vic. 20-2049: • Russ Morgan— Dec. 24503 , 

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO RAIN ON SUNDAY 

, • • (Duchess) -• . , ■ 

_,Freddy Martin-Vic. 20-2557 ; • Snooky Lanson-Mer. 5081 
Milt Herth Trio-Dec. 14388: .• Beale St. Boys-MGM 10141 
Dennis Day— Vic. 20-2377 

WITH A TWIST OF THE WRIST (P«.mar) 

. ■ Kay Kysar-Col. 36075: • Tony Pastbr-^BI. II022 

YOU STARTED SOMETHING (bmd 

I Tony Paiior-Col. 38297 • Pegcjy Mann-Russ Case«.^Vic. 20-3080 
Jack Edwards-MGM 10214 
Korn Kobblar»-MGM* • Mildred Bailey-Mai.* 
YOU WALK BY (CovalierJ 

Eddy Duchin— Col. 35903 • Chariotee;rs-Col. 36017 
Waxn« Ki9g.7-Vic. 27206 • Jerry Wayne-Bobby Byrne-Dec, 3613 
YOU WERE ONLY FOOLIN' (Barron-Shapiro-Bernstein) 

. Blua Barron— MGM T0I85 • Ink Spots— Dec. 24507 ' 
Kay Starr— Cap 15226' • Eric Whitley-Grean'Sittar's^Col. 38323 

'Soon To Be Released 



LAURE MUSIC BUYS 
'DEED I DO' STANDARD 

Tommy Valando's new Laurel 
(Music last, week purchased the 
copyright of the standard '"Deed! 
Do" from Lincoln Music. Song, 
which stiU has eight: years to go on 
its original copyright, will take a 
place in Laurel's song promotion 
plans of the next couple months. 
There are recordings of: it by 
Peggy Lee, Lena Home, etc. 

Walter Hirsch and Fred Rose 
wrote the .tune, which Valando 
bought outriglrt for an undisclosed 
sum. He bought the copyright to 
"There' Must Be a Way," from 
Stevens, Music^ in a similar move 
months back. 



^^'^^^ (musical'Hislorical Reviete: 1800-1948) **** 

Coinpilcd for i^^RIETY 
By JULIUS MATTFELD 

(Copyright, Variety,' fnc. All Right) Raiarvad) 

lagefids and other boii< JbacJigravnd tnferniation. aHandanf fa lha compilation 
and praiantatian, appcartd In tfl* Oct. <, IMI, iai oa ; wfian f ft* Kan'My Song 
Cavolcoda atartad pubfharien nriallyi' ft It. auggaif ad that (has* insfanmentt b#: 
clipped ond Wad for Mur* refaranca. 

Attention is hereby called to the fact that Ihil malarial . U capyrigM and m«y not 
ba reproduced either wholly or in part. 



(Continued from last' Weak) 



1835 

See; Gentle Patience Smiles on 
Pain. Hymn; tune; Federal Street; 
w., Anne Steele, m., Henry Kem- 
ble Oliver (in; Mason, Lowell. The 

I Boston Academy's collection of 
church music, p. 275.) Boston: 

I Carter, Hendce & Co.. 1835. 



in 



Jocks, Jukes, Disks 



Continued from pa se 3» 



w 
111 




blossom into a hit via the plugging.: 
It's a sentimental piece that Laine 
wrings dry at ballad speed. l?lip- 
over is goodi too. A holiday idea 
hooked up to the love angle, it'll 
get many spins of its own. 

Gene Krupa "Tea For Two"- 
"How High the Moon" (Columbia).; 
Krupa boils "Tea" to a thin ,iazz 
concoction with an Anita O'Day 
vocal. It's suitable only for jazz 
programs. He puts the iump 
switcli, to "How High the Moon" 
also, but makes of it a much tastier 
and cleaner performance that will 
find \vider jock f avov than the coni- 
panion piece. It's purely instru^ 
mental: 

Edd.v Howard "Dainty Brenda 
Lce"-"Bolla Bella Marie" (Mer. 
curyi. The initial relea-se of How- 
ards sides taken over by Mercury 
from Majestic. Both sides arc 
good, tJie "Brenda Lee" face riding 
a highly ' commercial groove that 
adds lustre to the song. It'll figure 
in jock and juke plans. "Bella" 
side has been done better, but it's 
a commercial demonstration of a 
tune that shows promise. 

Frankie Carle "Roses In Rhy- 
thm" (Columbia Album C-174). 
Done : with only rhythm accom- 
paniment, similar to his "Girl 
Friend.s" and other eolumbia al- 
bums, Carle should hit the album 
bc'it.'^eUer lists witli tliis buncli of 
"Roses" ttmes. Thoy're excelleni 
hsloning. Tunes include "Mexicali 
Ko-,t'." "K o s e of Washington 
SfjLiaro.- "My Wild Irish Rose." 
"Root's of ]>icardy,"' "Only a Rose," 
"One Dozen Rcses." "Honeysuckle 
Rose" and "Rose Room." 

Dorothy Shay "Coming 'Round 
ili<> Mountain" (Columbia Album 
C'-lTl' Miss Shay will have a dif- 
ficult time lollowirig the successes 
ol her • previous allium.s with this 
grouping. There aien'l too many 
tiine<: that lend tliemKclvcs to her 
st.\lo. and this conipilation includes 
only : a;; iew- that ' spark' unusual 
vesjonsc. Tiic.s'ic ".lo.m of Arlian- 
s.-iM," ''The Old Apple Tree' and 
■'Since TVIpthcrwas a. Gili." . . 

Platter Pointers 

Paula Watson's Supreme disking 
ol "l.ilUc Bird Told ftte" may have 
been ihc inspu-auon lor Hvelyn 
Knisht's version of the tune. It's 
a standout with whicli Docca 
sliould do well . . . Aime Vincent's 
"Dream Kisses" side (Mercury) is 
a potential . . . Fred Lowery's 
whiblling whips up two fine sides 
for Columbia in ''Intermezzo" and 
"Red Sails In the Sun.set," the lat- 
ter i)aired with partner Dorothy 
Kae's vocaliing; they're unusual 
iteais wliich make good jock pro- 
gramming . . , Buddy Clark and the 
iMo(1ern.-«ires do "Gloria" and "Tlic 
Money Song" for Columbia with- 
out making either distinctive . . . 
Jazz jocks win find good fare 
.T. C. Heard's Apollo cuttirigs of 
"This Is It" and "Ollopa" . . . 
Art Kassel has been turning out 
some neat Mercury sides, his latest 
a solidly coinmercial "If I Could 
Be With You" that midwestcrn 
jocks will use _widely. 



' Colt invented the revolver, a 
•weapon that ever after figured in 
U. S. events. 

Pliincas T: Barnum made : his 
first appearance on the stage as 
assistant to the magician Sig. Vi-: 
valla. A few months later Barnuni 
leased tiie services of Joice Heth, 
whom he billed as "Washington's 
Nurse," for $1,000, and started his 
career as an impresario. 

A fire in New York City de- 
stroyed an estimated ,$20,000,000 
of property. Beginning in a store [ 
at Pearl and Merchant (Hanover) { 
Sts., it lasted two days, ravaged 17 [ 
blocks (52 acres) and destroyed 674 i 
buildings, including the Stock Ex- j 
change, Merchants'. Exchange,: Post ! 
Office and the South Dutch , 
Cliurch.': ■ ■ ■ f 

Fashionable belles liked broodi- 
es so much ; that they sometimes 
pinned as many as: half a dozen on; 
a single gown. 

James Gordon Bennett launched 
(ho New York Herald. His writ- 
ings, among other tilings, are 
largely responsible for society 
pages in U. S. newspapers. . 



pendent position of woman 
American . social relationships: 

Jq^d Pierpont Morgan was born. 

Martin Van Bui'en was inau- 
gurated president. 

Michigan: joined the Union. 
: In a collision on tlie Mississippi 
river the steamer "Monmouth'' 
went to her doom with 234 lives. 

The first iron sea vessels were 
built-in tlic U. .S. 

(Continued in next week's issue) 



1836 

. Corn Cobs Twist your Hair, w., 
anonymous, m.. tuno: Yankee 
Doodle. George Endicot, cop 1836. 

The Liffht of other Days (The 
Maid of Artois). w., Alfred Bunn. 
m., William Michael Balfe. Lott' 
don r,lP.36l. 

: Rory O'More. 'w.. Samuel Lover. 
im.,"arransed'' by Samuel Lover; 
also attributed to Robert Owenson. 
lea. 183,i-3().l (Written before 
Lover published his novel "'Rory 
O'More'! which: appeared in 1837 
in London and was. produced: in 
dramatic, form at the Adelphi The- 
atre in the Same year.) 



2 DECCA COS.. EMI 
ASK TRUST SUIT TRIAL 

Decca Records, British Decca 
and Electrical ' Musical Industries 
of Britain, defendants in an anti- 
trust action brought against them 
by the U. S. government, asked for 
a trial of the suit, according to an- 
swers .filed last week in N. Y. fed- 
eral court. 

Government charged the three 
firms with: being a cartel in that 
they allegedly split worldwide ter- 
ritories for exclusive distribution 
of recordings. : 



Torme Set for LQ, N.Y, 

Mel Torme will play aii old com- 
mitment at the Latin Quarter, 
N. Y., around the end of May of 
1949. Singer was originally slated: 
to play the date earlier this year, 
but LQ operator Lou Walters re- 
leased him to enable hini to take: 
on a radio assignment for Philip 
Morris. 

- Surrounding show hasn't been - 
set yet- 



By this time the erstwhile "Re- 
publican'; . parly had pretty well 
changed its name to "Democratic" 
(the current '^Republican" : party 
evolved from Federalists, through 
Whigs into its current .shape in 
the early I850's). 

The famed McGuffy Readcr.s 
were first issued. They reached 
their peak sales from the Civil 
War period to the end of the cen- 
tury; the la.st copyright on them 
was taken in 1900 by the Ameri- 
can Book Co. 

Texas was warring for inde- 
pendence from Mexico. In spring 
the Mexicans under Santa Anna 
attacked the Alamo (the "Ther^ 
I mopylac of America") and wiped 
I out tlie staunch dctcndcrs. "Re- 
I member the Alamo" became the 
rallyinR cry thereafter. 
I KUcn Tree, the English actress, 
and Charlotte Cushman. the U. S. 
Islai-. made their American debuts. 
, Aricausas was admitted to tlift 
I Union. ■ ' : ■ 

, Banking difficulties brouglit on 
1 a had depression. 

There were 53 imions in Pliil- 
adolpliia,. 52 in New York, 23 in 
[Baltimore, and 16 in Bo.ston. 

Square toed slippers for ladies 
appeared, and over-size .sleeves 
went out of style. 



SOMETH 
SWEET TO Y 
SWEETHEART 



10 STAFfORD and COROONMacRMCj^ioi 

LtMMHCinEIIEBnSSMIr. 

RNNt SHELTON and SAM BROW NE i .nj .n 



VIC OftMONE and PflTTI PKl ■ mc-^'" 



MILLS MUSIC. INC, 

1 6 1 9 B . c J I ,. I . 1 . . > , , H 



A DREAM OF A LULLABY 

TARRA 
TA-LARRA 
TA-LAR 

OXFORD MUSIC CORP. 

1619 Broadway N*w York 



1837 

j ITark, Brothers, Hark. w,. J. 11. 
Willis, m.. John Hill Hewm. Cin- 
cinnati: W. C. Peters, cop. 1837; 
Philadelphia Geo. W. Hewitt &■; 
Co., cop. 1837. 

On Winffs of Song— orioinal Ger- 
man title: Auf Fluc£:eln des Ges- 
anffcs (no. 2 in: Sechs Gesacnge, 
op. 34). Gorman words. Heinrich 
iloinc. 111., Felix Mendelssohn.: 
Leip/.ig: Breifkopf & Hartcl 1,18371 

Woodman! Sparc that Tree! w, 
George P. Morris, ni., Henry Rus- 
sell. Firth & Hall, Cop. 1837. 

, The depression continued, even- 
jUially leading to the doom of the' 
National Bank and the establiish- 
,ment of tlie sub-treasury system. 
, Ml, Holyoke college for women 
I was founded, attestin^^ the inde- 



TONY 



PASTOR 

YOU STARTED 
SOMETHING 

with 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY 



COLUMIIA RECORD 38297 



CHRISTMAS POLKA 

Vocal and Pant* Orch*«lralioi» 

Availabl* 
ORCHESTRATIONS 75 Cent* 
SUNSET MUSIC PUB. 
1674 Broadway, Now York 19, N.Y. 
COIumbiis 5-8612 



BROADCAST MUSIC INC. 

580 rifTH 4VENUE ■ • NEW YORK 19, N. Y 
NEWYORK . CHICAGO • HOLLYWOOD 



VedneB^ay, November 8^ 1948 



41 



Grid Yankees 
Showmanship 
Sold Via Music 

New Vork Yankees football team 
Is ti-ying something new in music 
at the Yankee Stadium, N. Y. Or- 

fanization has hired a 22-piece 
and composed of dance instru- 
mentation, as the forerunner of 
other ideas that eventually will 
bring name musical soloists and 
other styles of theatrical show- 
manship into the football and base- 
ball schedules. 

Yankees are spending $27,000 to 
install a huge bandstand at the Sta- 
dium and have already invested 
tame $5,700 in new p.a. equipment. 
I,atter is in operation to amplify 
the work of five trumpets^ three 
trombones, seven sax, six rhythm, 
under the directicm of Ted Bartell, 
former Navy and ■ newsreel con- 
ductor. This outfit gives Ihe 
Yankee football : customers swing 
inusic before, during and after ball 
games, whereas the average ball 

Sark goes in for strictly brass 
ands that perform marches, etc. 
• Bartell has worked out a routine; 
too, that isn't quite perfected, 
which amounts to providing back- 
' cround music for football. For 
Jdickoffs he supplies a roll ended in 
K bass drum thump when the kick- 
er's toe meets the ball. The i-oU is 
resumed after and varies according 
' to the flight of the ball, and ends 
only . when the receiving runner is 
downed. Band quits then, of course. 

Changes in the Yankees' ap- 
proach to music . and other show- 
manship angles are taking place 
under the direction of Ed Fiischerr 
. head of Stadium promotion, and 'ex- 
ploitation; 



DECCA SETTING NEW ; 
CORAL DISK DISTRIBS 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 
; Decca's wholly-owned 'subsid, Go- 
Val Records, which will start releas- 
ing pop platters Dec. 1, will sell its ■ 
product through indie distribs, not 
through Decca channels. Joe Perry, 
Coast rep of Decca, is establishing 
Coral distribs in Frisco, Seattle, 
Portland, and later will set up out- 
lets here, in Salt Lake City and 
Phoenix. 

Decca platters will continue to-, 
be handled by Decea-owned. out- . 
lets, hence wiU be actively com- , 
petitive to Coral sellers, who, as 
Indies, will be Avorking on sales , 
commissions. ' j 

Coral's catalog will be derived ; 
from old, unrcteased Decca stock, ' 

flus that $1,400,000 cache of '< 
, Irunswick masters which Decca i 
bought hi 1941 and has never un- 1 
veiled. . 



Jack Kapp West 

Decca president Jack Kapp 
leaves for Hollywood today (Wed.) 
for two weeks, returning In time 
for the Thanksgiving holidays. 

While west he will supervise both 
Peccaand his new Coral subsidiary 
business. 



Jericho Music Corp. chartered to 
conduct a business in musical pub- 
UcatiQns and records,a with offices 
to New York and wTth a capital 
•tock of 200 shares, no par value. 
_ Directors are Ervia and Ada 
• >rake, and Jimmy ShlrL 



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GORDON JENKINS (Decca) 
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MARGARET WHITING (Capitol) 
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RAY McKINLEY (Victor) 
"You Came a Lonr Way". . . . 




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KAY KYSER (Columbia) 
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DORIS DAY (Columbia) 
"It's Maffic" 




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J. STAFFORD-G. MacRAE (Cap) 
"Bluebird of Hapniness" 


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TOMMY DORSEY (Victor) 
"UntU" 




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10 10 


GORDON MacRAE (Capitol) 
"Hair of Gold" 










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D. MARTIN-J. LEWIS (Capitol) 
"That Certain Party" 


4 






















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16 


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CARSON ROBINSON (M-G-M) 
"Life Gets Teejus" 










5 












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16 


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PERRY COMO (Victor) 
''Rambling Rose" 


















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BLUE BARRON (M-G-M) 
4'Y«u Were Only Foolfaig". . . 






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VAUGHN MONROE mctpr) 
"Cool Water" .....I... 






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JO STAFFORD-G. MacRAE (Cap) 
"Say Something Sweet" 




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18 


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"You Call Everybody Darling 


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BENNY STRONG (Tower) 
"That Certain Party" 






















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ELLA FITZGERALD (Decca) 




























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FREDDY MARTIN (Victor) 
"On a Slow Boat to China". . 






















3 






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JO STAFFORD (CsCpitOl) 
"This is the Moment" 














4 














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KING COLE TRIO (Capitol) 
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FIVE TOP 


PROGRESSIVI JAZZ 


PREVIN PIAYS 


RHUMBA DE CUBA 


SONG HITS 


BRIGADOON 




Album No. 1 


THE PIANO 


Chuy Royct 


1917-43 


ALBUMS 


Itan Kenton 


Andro Provin 


Varitd Artiilt 


Orig. Cmt 


Capitol 


Victor 


Capitol 


Decca 


Victor 



ASCAP Award 

New Haven,' Nov, 2. 

Leonard L. Levy, associated 
with the law firm of Herman M. 
Levy, general counsel of the The- 
atre Owners of America, won the 
Nathan Burkan Memorial Prize for 
his paper, "Copyright and thft Mo- 
tion Picture." 

Award recently was announced 
by Yale Law School and American 
Society of Authors, Composers and 
Publishers. 



Lester Sachs Quits 

E. H. Moms for Encore 

Lester Sachs switched Monday 
(1) from the Edwin H. Morris 
music combine to Encore-Jewel Mu- 
sic as general professional man- 
ager; Both firms are owned by 
music printer Henry Levine. 

Sachs originally was brought 
into the Morris setup to run the 
Sinatra Songs firm. Since that out- 
fit was deactivated some time ago 
he liad been with the Morris staff. 



Teri Josefovits' Spot 

Teri Josefovits started an In- 
definite stand last week at Bob 
Force's new Town House, Green- 
wich, Conn. He previously wound 
up a stint at the Hotel Pennsyl- 
vania, N. Y. 

Composer Josefovits recently 
deff ed "Underneath the Southern 
Gross" with Stanley Adams han- 
dling the lyrics. Martin Music, is 
publishing. 



Blair s Carnival 
InClic!fStartAs 
Terp Operatian 

Nicky Blair's switchover of .his*^ 
New York Carnival from a. ni{<^ 
to a straight ballroom policy«' ua- 
der :: the Dance Carnival name, 
seemingly got off to a successful 
start Friday (21) night, with Louis 
Prima's orchestra and a five-piece 
rhumba band under Luis De Lano. 
Prima and the alternate crew 
played to 1,150 admissions opening ' 
night, at $1.50 a copy (plus flat 
25c. coat check), 1,300 Saturday, 
and about 600 Sunday, 

Whether that opening weekend 
indicates that New York, has room 
for a name band ballroom; in op- 
position to the long-established 
nearby Arcadia and Roseland, plus 
several dime-a-dance spots within 
a few blocks radius^ or that Prima 
fans alone made the opening look 
good, will be told only ; by time. 
Charlie Bamet follows Prima. 

Blair didn't spend a nickel In 
transforming bis huge nitery into: 
a ballroom. He simply removed tha 
tables and chairs, installed Prlma/ 
and waited for biz. No decorating 
was attempted, and the shabbiness 
of the spot, which wouldn't ordi- 
narily, show up under the subdued 
lights of a nitery policy, stand out 
under the comparatively brighter 
balh'oom lighting. Too,' Blair will 
be forced to make provision for 
more seats, if success is set. He 
has room for only a couple hun- 
dred people to sit down on ban- 
quettes: that line the far wall of 
the spot, and some 100 at dine-and- 
drink tables on a small upstairs 
balcony. The remainder stand-^r 
pass, out: through side doors to .a: 
bar. For pass-outs, incidentally, 
Blair is using the old violet-ray 
technique as identification. 

Blair also allowed the raised 
stage of the nitery to remain. Un- 
der the nitery policy this was the 
dance floor when the show wasn't 
on. It supplements dancing room 
provided by the main floor, cov« 
ered by rubber tile as a terping 
surface. It seems okay, but that 
raised stage means that there's lit- 
tle opportunity for patrons to go 
stand in front of the band, as many 
like to do. That would cramp the 
style of a .showman like Prima. 
Too, : when the spot may be only 
half-filled,, and only the terpsters 
who like to be conspicuous mount 
that raised Jloor, that 3G-foot void : 
between bandstand: and main floor 
won't look good. 

However; if the policy is success- 
ful; Blair can make the room over 
into a fine ballroom. With the 
elimination of that raised stage 
and the introduction of additional 
seating, plus a face-lifting job, the 
spot would be excellent. The main 
dance floor is sunken, and railed, 
and the terp area: would be plenty 
large. Wood. 



BUYS LONDON CATALOO 

Mogul Music, formed several 
months ago by former contactman 
Ivan Mogull, has bought the ^ cata- 
log of Unit Music Co, of London: ' 
Deal was closed with Unit piez 
Charlie Forsythe on the latter*! re>* 
cent visit to New York. 

Small catalog consists excltt- 
sively of pops, 



IRVING BERLIN'S 







IRVING BERLIN MUSIC CORPORATION 1650 Broadway, N«w Yorki 9, N. Y. 



42 OBCHBSTytA-mrSlC 



Wcdnesilay, November 3, 194A 



Upbeat 



New York 
Eddie Sautier rcturneil to ar* 
ranging for Benny Goodman's new 
band. . .Barclay' . Allen out of 
action a week at Syracuse Ijotcl, 
Syracuse, due to ptomaine , . . 
Vaughn Monroe added four male 
! vocaitsts to liis band at Strand tlie- 
atre, N; Y., and intends keeping 
tliem, making nine vocalists with 
the combo, exclusive of Ziggy 
Talent, from within the band . . > 
Arthur Johnson, vocalist and ice 
revue miC. at New Yorker hotel. 
Way form, dance band of his own 
. . . Frank Dailcy launches his new 
Cherbrook, Little Ferry, N. J., 
Fi-iday (5) night; it will not use 
name- bands or acts at any time.. 

Hollywood 

Tex Williams inked a new pact 
with Riverside Rancho to headline 
at the ballroom for six months, 
longest holdover date spot has ever 
given a performer , . . Freddy 
Martin band charter-planed in 
from N. Y. last night <1) and will 
' vacash until opening three-month 
stand at Cocoanut Grove; Nov. 9. 
For ^ engagement orch - .will, get 
$3,300 weekly, and British come- 
dienne Florence Desmond, on the 
bill with band first four weeks* 
will get $1,750 per frame ..; Ted: 
Weems band reoptioned by Aragon 
ballroom until Dec. 5. 



Chicago 

Faster Straker, publicist for disk 
jock Eddie Hubbard, bowing out of 
setup to write for radio . . . Gene 
Krupa^ Anita O'Day, Bobby Breen 
and Darwin Dane set for La Ra- 
-bida benefit - dance Nov.. 6 



RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS 



- Survexj of retail sheet misUs 
.soles, based on reports obtained , 
from leading stores in 12 cities, 
and sJiotoiiig co7npaTative salcj 
rating for this, and last week. 



; National 
.Ratinf 

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"Say Something Sweet" (Mills) 4 



New York 

'■ Aaron Copland .has composed a 
concerto for clarinet asd string 
orchestra, which Bennr Goodman 
will debut next May at a testimoni- 
al concert for Serge Koussevitsky 

. in N. Y. . . . Leeds Music has com- 
piled an unusual folio of lead 
sheets of Xmas songs for distribu- 
tion to artists . . . Chuck Foster 
band opens the Roosevelt . hotel 
New Orleans, Nov. 3 . . , Associated 
Booking signed the Blen-T«H«s 
and Stan Nelson Trio . . , Sonny 
Kippe replaces Hal Graham at Pel- 
ham Heath Inn Friday (5) . 
Exclusive label now distributing 
Discovery Records in N. Y. . . . Al 
JtlcKibbon to replace Nelson Boyd 
on bass viith Dizzy Gillespie band. 

• .Ben Sabla, formerly with Dave 
Dreyer, joined Hill and Range 

I Songs to take charge of the busi- 

iness dept. of the company's Coast 
office , . . Ed Adams new midwest 

'manager for Mills Music, replay- 

I ing Carroll Maxwell. 



Hollywood 



opens at Aragon Nov. 9, ditto for 



John Thoma, flaXW^Blackhkwk i Teddy Phillips at Trianon 
restaurant, takes over national ^"n?*^ .'^JIT.'"^ 



publicity for Al Trace . « . Benny 
Strong starts one-nighters Nov. 
16, ending with • Chase ; hotel 
opener^ St; Louis, Dec. 3 . . . 
Todd Rhodes, orch makes; first . Chi 
appearance at Pershing ballroom 
Nov. 28, under Al Benson's spon- 
sorship . . . Gloria Hart joins Carl 
Sand's orch at Oriental theatre as 
vocalist, Noy. 18 . . . Orrin Tucker 



weeks .at Hotel Bismarck Nov. 17 
. . / Lawrence Welk ends- one- 
nighters Dec. 7 at Schroeder; hotel, 
Milwaukee V . . Carmen Cavallaro 
plays Purdue U. Nov; 20 . . . Hotel 
Graemere pacted an exclusive with 



Brit. Decca-Capitol 



Continued from page 35 



ASGAP^ITOA 

Continued from |i:ii;c 35 



Fratuml In M-C-irs BIk Hit 

"DATE WITH JUDY" 

IT'S A MOST 
UHUSUALDAY 

Music hy,,. 
JIMMY McMUOM 

ROBBINS 



U. S. by independent distributors, ' any exhibition fee, unless va ;pub- 
and abroad by distributing points jllsh0i\and/6r wjter is nOt ,a ineijiS 
still to be set up or announced. |ber of the Society. : 
Associated" with new policy pre- ; This means that U. S. Decca's MusIq publishers are directly 

Renting one attraction and a band, Coral sides probably, will not be ' placing- the blame I'Or LeibelVS re- «t,^* 

Dolly Kay opening Nov. 5 with handled in English by British vision of opinion on the writers ' Massey west coast rep. 
Jack Ivett orch . . Henry Bussc Decca and may have been the The writers had applied to inter-' Jack Perrin. former Coast plug- 
off for one-mghtqrs, tlien closes at cause ot the latter's deal with vene in the case due to the fact ger for Paramount Pictures' subsid 

Lookout ' ~.T.«nl-„„ If,,., . 1 1. ... . I . . M 

Nov. : 7 , 



Andrea Setaro resigned from 
Paramount after 20 years as a 
scorer there . . , Vivienne Green 
has sold 19 masters to Mercury 
Records . . . Don Otis. KLAC disk 
jockey, and Jerry Lester have 
Karen Music as a BMI firm , . . • 
Tex Beneke's "Washington and'Le* 
Swing" and "Sweetheart of Sigma ■ 
Chi" are being pulled from "Proin 
Date" album and sent to the stalls 
I as a single . . Rudy Schrager set 
to score "The Green Promise," pro- 
duced by Glenn McCarthy for 
Samuel Goldwyn . . . Musicians' 
Local 47 has upped scale for grand 
; opera to $22.50 per sideman pev 
performance, with no free re- 
'hearsals. Same scale also prevails 
for ballet . ; Sues, Young Si 
Brown have- taken over Califor- 
nia state distributors of London 
label . . . Leon Rene Publications : 
has been accepted by ; ASCAP . . . . 
Harry Weinstein ^named cast coast- 
professional manager and Ii-vinj 



. House; Covington 



Pittsburgh 

Drummer Hud Davies has left 



Vogue Terrace in November . 



JOAN WHITNEYaM(/ALEX KRAMER 



Ky., Capitol, or at least a contributing it has never been clearly settled 
fijctor. . : . \who is tlie copyright o\vner-:r-the 

: Capitol's deal with British Decca t pub or Wl'it(Sr.: . Thcj- asked tliat 
is for pressings only and differs | ASGAP be alloWed to retain : the 
from the reoent arrangementmadc i rights— or that the Mrriters be given 
I Johnny Marino orch at Copa to by Cap with Telefunken, German them. This action caused the pub- 
li'^join,?.''* "^i''"-"'^'..'*!",'; *^rn*™"*'ieounlerpart of RCA-Victor. This lishers to apply for intervention, 
tat William Penn hotel s rerrace , deal, with two others made a few, through Chappell & Co. lu a re- 
■ • °f°"B-ii r«l^c fl.. l^ir^ • weeks ago with Mexico's Articulos ; quest that the publishers be named 

ihn.! hPPn held fo? fmir riro , ^°™<^''"cos and Panamericana de copyright owner. And it all so 
Mmac's Ltin:V«-ica„ unit intS ! ^iscs, calls lor an exchange of confused th^^ tie- 
'Johnny Brown's Club for two "lasters between Cap and the other , cided ASCAP should retain the ex- 
' weeks Tito Rodriguez rhiimba ' P""'^'^!"*'^' f'^i^i' words, British |hib rights, but latter couldn't ex- 
' band had option picked up at ' Decca will handle Capitol in Eng- ercise them. 
Carousel. They alternate with land, under Cap's own label name, 1 The case of the songvrilers 
house orch of Ralph DeStephano , but Capitol will not handle any handled by John Schulnian long 
.limmy Dprsey set for week at 1 English sides here. lattornev for the Songwriters Pro- 

Thero's no question but that tectivo'Assn., indicated to Leibell 
Capitol s arrangenient for circular] that industry chads would result if 
tion in England, advances its ' ASCAP were to be divested of the 
prestige in relation to its rival 1 exhib rights and a draWfl-out battle 
major companies RCA ^ Victor; Ibetween pubs and \V^^^^^ 
Columbia, Decca— both in this | them: He settled it sihiplv* but in: 
country and abroad. Cap's gross j a way that causes the complete, loss 
billings and earnings statements of the $1,500,000 or so ASCAP had 
have been eliinhing steadily since been collecting from film theatres | 
Its inception soine six years ago, I In deciding that ASGAP caniiot ; 
and the overseas deals, instead of f collect thie fees "so long as it re- ' 
placing the company fourth among [mains ^ illegal and a monopoly " j 
the U. S. diskers, easily could put jhowevieri LeibeU left tiie do^^^^ 
It past either Decca or Columbia, for ASC3A^» to resuiiie escMb collec- ' 
Another result of the deal un- tions. One way would be to seek ( 
doubtedly wil] involve the playing [a Government decree under which ! 
01, theatit- tune; in Eiigland 'oy .; Ihfe Society would eorae under ■ 
Capitol , artiste There are dozens jprice regulations established bv ^ 
of hit recordings put out by Capi- 1 Washington. This would afeo have ' 
I tol since its start which have never the effect of protecting it from I 
I been heard in England and they ; "future nionopoly" and- other ex- ' 
I could create a demand there for jpensive legaV kctions. ' Whether 
i the personalities involved. Cap ex- 1 this will be dofe is undetenTiined, ! 
•pects to work closely with E. , R. i but it has: been discussed often ' 
|(aed) Lewis. British Decca head, J among ASCnAP executives 

on sending its artists into England i ' ' " ' ' i ■ ' ' ■ ' 

as. sooii as- pcssible. 

Capitol,; ineidentaliyi , sighed I 
DicK Jones to,' handle the b'versee- 1 
ing of Telefunked material.; • He 



music firms; new local contact for 
Hill and Range Music, which aLso 
has employed Jack Schiffnian t» 
tout its pop catalog in N. Y. ; . 



m 




DOWN AMONG THE 
SHELTERING PALMS 



l/rie by Jamn Irecltmai* 
Mvtie b/ Ab« Ofmaii • 

Scoring A 
Great New Populdriiy 



THE GREATEST WESTEP^N 
SONG OF ALL TIME 

Bob Nolan's Immortal 

COOL WATER 

(25 Rctfords Available) 



AMERICAN MUSIC. INC. 

, Garet Bomerot Prof. Mgr. 
9109 Sunsrt BUd. 1576 BroHdvrn.T 
Hull) wood 40, Ouli . N*w roi't, N. K. 



musical director. 



On 



British Demand Big 

London, Nov. 2 
Dee. 1, the Decca ^Record 



FAR AWAY 
PLAGES 



LAUREL MUSIC CO. 1619 BROADWAY. NEW YORK 



' Co. Ltd. will offer the fii-st British t 
release of disks made by Capitol ! 
Records. Dealers throughout the 
country will this week i-eccive of- 
' ficial notification of the new issue, 
including data on Capitol stars. 
; Decca's acquisition of the Capi- ' 
tof catalog for British and Afri- 
;can distribution will certainly hit 
the casli registers 6ver here- Tliere 
is a tremendous hitherto unsatis- 
ficld demand for disks by Stan 
Kenton, Nellie Lutcher, Bobbv 
: Sherwood, Peggy Lee, Ella Mae 
Morse, Jo Slaftord, Andy Russell, 
Johnny Mercer, King Cole Trio, 
' and Margaret Whiting. 
! British dealers also have long- 
, standing orders for Capitol'* "His- 
' lory oi Jaza!,' .albums, , , ; 



^ ANDY KIRK ^ 



And Hit 

Clouds of Joy 
Featuring BEVERLY WHITE 

Now CONGO, Los Angeles 

Indcf. 

DECCA Recordings Exclusively 



ma'nSp. associated booking CORP, 

JOt GLASEK, rre.. 
/•tb I'l^tl, ,' New York 22 " 203 No. Wabash 

■'■•'ACO Chicago 
Bovci iy HilU • -Mejzunine Floor, Beverl'^' Wilshire Hotel 



VedneaJay, November 8, 1948 



P'Sriety 



VAUDEVILLE 



43 



U5. Acts Still Do Well in Atassie Thoui^ 
Dollar Block Is Windfall to British 



Australian monetary restrictions- 
may forco the TivoU circuit, top 
variety and legit chain in that 
country, to increase Its talent im- 
ports from England, according to 
David N. Martin, head of the chain, 
who stopped briefly In New York 
last week before planing over for 
the Command Performance at the 
Palladium, London. 

Martin stated that under present 
monetary controls, a U, act can 
only take $3,200 out of the coun- 
try, which makes it unlikely that 
they can getthe top cut of Ameri- 
can names. However, since Brit- 
ons can take out all their earnings 
in pounds, consequently. It's easier 
to get performers from the British 
Isles. 

However, Martin declares, Amer- 
ican acts do quite well on the 
Tivoli chain. Gil Lamb is current- 
ly at the Tivoli, Sydney. Circuit 
also made considerable profit with 
the recent appearances of Ben 
Blue and Chico Marx. He has asked 
the William Morris agency to line 
tip a :new series of names for. use 
on his circuit. . 

English comics are also good 



boxoffice in the Antipodes, Martin 
stated. 

; Martin hopes to persuade Amer- 
ican acts to invest surplus earn- 
ings- in Australian enterprise. He 
feels there's considerable chance 
of getting some performers to do 
so especially since a new govern- 
mental decree issued last week 
permits profits and dividends to be 
taken out of the country. 

Martin thinks an Australian trek 
to be a good deal for a performen 
Acts are signed lor an Initial stand 
of 10 weeks to be played in a 12- 
week limit with options. It's pos- 
sible for a good act to play there 
for more than a year. Only de- 
duction Is the normal Australian 
income tax which is deductible 
from the U, S. returns. 



SATIRA RESUMES DATES 
AT CINCn LATIN Q. 

Satira, dancer recently released 
from imprisonment in Havana, 
opens her return to the U. S. 
nitery scene Friday (5) on a two- 
week date at the Latin Quarter, 
Cincinnati. Thereafter she goes to 
the Silhouette Club, Chicago, for 
two weeks. 

Pancer is taking lessons in N. Y. 
currently from Le Marie, a terp 
teacher, in otder to brush up on 
routines. She's being handled by 
Joe Glaser's Associated Booking 
Corp. 



Rebel Faction Hes Up Any Action 
At Meet of Newly-Picked AGVA Board 



Benny Fields opens at the Hol- 
lenden hotel, Cleveland, Nov. 11. 



The first meeting of the newly- 
elected board of the Amei-ican 
Guild of Variety Artists has been 
prevented from taking any offical 
action because of an injunction 
obtained by remnants of the fac- 
tion led by Matt Shelyey, former 
AGVA national administrator,. A 
group of performers headed by 
Arthur Cowan, Shelvey's counsel, 
has obtained an injunction pre^ 
venting the AGVA national board 
from conducting any business. 

AGVA execs declare that the in- 



junction was so timed to prevent 
the union from calling off . the 
meeting. Writ was obtained Friday 
(29) evening in N. : Y. supreme 
court and served Saturday when 
most- of the board : member$. were: 
on their way: to the meet; 

AGVA attorneys Jonas T, Silver> 
stone and Mortimer S;? Rosenthal 
together with AGVA's special at- 
torney former Judge Samuel 
Rosenman made an: effort to vacate 
the injunction Monday (1), but to 

:.: Continued on page 52) : . 




JANE 

JOHNSON 



Americans 
' Foremost 
Uarimbist 

GEORGE: 

GUEST 

Now plnyliiK rT-ANXATION CI-VB, M«- 
llne. 'rRO(A»KHO, Henderson Kj., Oc- 
«<ib«f «0. MItOWN HOXEI/, Xoulsvllle, 

■ Xovemlter 8. 



Martin-Lewis 
Stand to Forfeit 
18G by Chi Walk 

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 
j stand to lose $18,000 if they fail to 
keep their four-week date .at . the 
Blackstone hotel, Chicago, starting 
Nov. 26. Representatives of the 
Kirkeby hotel chain have declared 
that it's a pay-or-play contract 
which works both ways, and they'll 
insist that the team honor the con- 
I tract. 

The comedians, it's reported, are 
asking to get out of the date for 
personal reasons. 

The Abner : J. Greshler olTice, 
which books the pair, stated that 
the team prefers to keep a film 
commitment with Hal Wallis before 
repeating in Chicago. 

Martin and Lewis are slated to 
get $4,500 weekly at the Blacks 
stone. 



**• j.ew Votlt 



Julie Wilson's Success 
Story-From $75 to $1,500 

Julie Wilson, a $75 weekly pro- 
duction singer at the Gopacabana?. 
N. Y.i last year, will ' return to 
Gotham shortly at $1,500 weekly. 
She's slated to double between the 
Capitol theatre, N. Y., and the 
Maisonette of the St. Regis hotel. 

Miss Wilson will be with Burt 
Lancaster, who is touring picture 
houses to plug his. picture, "Kiss 
the Blood Off My Hands," and will 
appear in three theatres: at $10,000 
weekly for the package.: He plays 
the Riverside, Milwaukee; Oriental, 
Chicago, and the Capitol with Miss 
Wilson, Skilch Henderson, Nick 
Cravath and the Debonair^ if lat- 
ter team gets back from its en- 
gagement at the Lidd, Paris, in 
time... , ■■, , ,. ,( 

Miss Wilson figures that with ] 
the Maisonette policy of one show ! 
nightly, she'll be able to douWe i 
I without difficulty; Baron Polan 
handles her. i 



HERBERT JACOBY and MAX GORDON 

Present 





THE MAN WHO PUT 
THE PUNCH 

in 

PUNCH and JUDY 

Currently 

BLUE ANGEL 

NEW YORK CITY 

Dir.: MARK J. LEDDY 
Leo Newmqn 



Thank You 



flFTH AVfNUl AT «l« StMET. NEW VORIC 2.,N.Y. 



October 25, 1948 



,ROM THE OFf >Cl or TMe MANAO« 

Mr. Charles Reader 
Musical Director 
Hotel Pierre 
New lork 21, N. Y. 

Dear Mr. Resderj 

It is idth sincere regret that '^^^^J^^^' 
to us* 

account to ua» 

V ♦ .^i.hM for your continued succeft vA 
With best wishes ror ywu* 
kindest personal regards, m reii»in 

Cordially 



HOTEL P] 



KR 



FRANK A. PAG 
UABAGER 




Again Thank You, Mr. Paget 
. . . for a most pleasant and 
memorable association these 
past two and one half years. 



44 



VAIJDEYtIXE 



Wednesday, November 3, 1948 



'Dr. Kronkheit' Stand-ins Personate 
Smith & Dale at Lambs Club Salute 



Br JOE COHEN 



"Anyone that can keep going 
for 50 years in this precarious call!- 
Ing, certainly desei-ves recogni- 
tion," declared Bert Lytell, Shep- 
herd of the Lambs club in paying 
tribute lo Joe Smith and Charlie 
Dale who were tendered a "Seidel 
Night" by the Lambs Saturday 
(30). 

The Lambs recognized Smith & 
Dale's Golden Jubilee with a 
sprightly and highly original va- 
riety, show "50 Years Together,'' 
highlighted by Buss Brown and 
Joe Browning doing tiie -famous 
"Dr. Kronkheit" sketch for bene- 
fit ot the comics. It's probably 
the firsl time that a theatrical 
^ teani^ saw / their ' 'entire' 
bodily and onioyed it Ma>lje it 
was the: first time that Smith & 
Dale saw the skit performed and 
probably iound it as funny as the 
millions who have .'.een it over 
se\'eral decades-. 

Smith & Dale started in show 
business as a team playing for 
coins tossed by the railbuds in 
various saloons below 14th street. 
Their first formal; engagement to- 
gether was at the Atlantic Garden 
In* 1902 and since then they've 
played virtually every niajor thea- 
tl'e in the country and several in 
England. 

But according to the .skits put 
Continued on page Sli I 



Libby Holman Grosses 
$1,400 in Two Nights 

. Washington, Nov, 2. 

Libby Kolmant now soloing the 
eastern seaboard, followed by a 
trailer4oad of .props, in a new role; 
as an artiste of "Earth Songs," bat- 
ted $.1,400 in a twornight stand at 
a neighborhood non-segregational 
little theatre here last week. 

A rather small arty patronage on 
her first night was followed by a 
near-!capacity turnout ihe second 
evening. - . ' 



MILUON DOLLAR, U., 
CALLS VAUDE RESPITE 

Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 
Million Dollar theatre goes back 
to straight pix policy Nov. 30 due 
to inability to get name acts. 
Vaudcfilm returns again Christmas^ 
week. 

Roy Milton oreh, Hadda Brooks 
and "Ivory Joe" (Hunter's orch, 
i originally lined up for early De- 
cember, have agreed to forego that 
date for one in February. 



T. DORSEY ORK PLAYING 
N.Y. STRAND IN JANUARY 

Tommy Dor^o's orchestra will 
play the Strand, N. Y., the next 
time it \\-orks a Broadway vaud- 
filmer^opening the last week in 
January .for at- 'least . four weeks 
and perhaps' more; Orch will go in 
with the film "Don Juan." ' 

Date is Dorsey's first at the 
Strand. He had been a Paramount 
standby, but in the past few years 
worked the Gapitol.. Switch' to the 
Strand this year isn't due to a bet- 
ter coin deal, but to timing and 
the film involved. T. D.; is at the 
Pennsylvania hotel, N. Y,, current- 
ly and will stay 10 weeks and four 
days, bowing out Xinas Day. 



Fisher Loses Another 
House to Sherman Agcy. 
In Springfield's Court 

The Arthur Fisher agency lost 
another house to Eduard Slionnan 
'agency this week Hookin'is of the 
i Court Squai-e theatre, Spi-iiigfieid, 
Mass,, have, been assigned to Sher- 
man starting later this montli..: 
House is a four-day stand, playing 
vaude, starting Thursdays. 
; Ross Frisco. Boston hooker, is 
actually the booker of llie iiou.se, 
but bookings were done by the 
[Fisher olfice on a percentage ar- 
jrangement.. Transfer of tlie the- 
latre's talent setting marks a new 
i alliance between' Frisco and Sher- 
j man, and termination of the ar- 
rangement with Fislier. 

Last week Fisher, office lost the 
Carman, Philadelphiai to Sherman, 
and a few weeks previous the Ai & 
Belle Dow office took the Valley 
Arena, Holj'oke, Mass., a\\ay from 
Fisher. j 



Coast AFM Chaises Mind on AGVA 
Cooperation; to^Aid in Charity Show 



TWills Bros, at Nortliwest 
Validates , on Percentage 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. 

The Mills Brothers are currently 
playing some theatres in Pacific 
Northwest which haven't housed 
stageshows in ■ years. . Tomorrow 
(Wed.) and Thursday quartet pl'ays 
Music Box, Tacoma, and on Fri, 
(5) one-nites at Olympia theatre, 
Olympia, Wash. For these dates 
the Brothers get 50% of gross. Act 
on Sun. (31) wound up a fuU-weefe 
stand at Palomar, Seattle, where 
turn got a flat $4,500 for the week. 

On Nov. 23 the Mills foursome 
open a montli's stand at Casbali 
nitery here, getting flat $3,500 per 
frame for the engagement. 



AMERICA'S TQP HEADLINE SINGING GROUP 



Currently • 
ClUB BAGATEllI 
NEW YORK 



All Mtt)or MetwoTki,' 
Tlientrei iind Club*; 
C. S- •nd Cunnda . 




RCA 
VICTOR 
FAVORITES 



BOYS 



PerKnniil nirerlinn— KD KlIlKRin 
soils I(KO ISulldinK, New York :0, N. V. 



Circle <l-93«8 



Jimmy Savo's Repeat 
At Persian Room, N.Y. 

: Jimmy Savo will make a return 
appearance at the Persian room of 
the Plaza hotel, N. Y., starting 
Nov; 18. , Comic played the room 
last season. . 

He'll be on the billwith Leni 
Lynn; former child film star, who'll 
make her class-room bow on this 
date. 



HAYMES LINED UP 
FOR VAUDE DATES 

Dick Haymes i^ slated to go out 
on a vaude tour starting Nov. 18 at 
the Palace theati-e, Clfeveland. He 
follows with Keith's, Dayton and 
the Albee, Cincinnati; .Other dates 
are being lined up. . 

Haymes is getting a guarantee 
and percentage. 



Hollywood, Nov. 2, 
Musicians' Local 47 has altered 
its attitude toward coopefatins 
with the American Guild of Variety 
Artists' plan to stage shows in 
downtown Paramount , for benefit 
of indigent vaude and' nitery per- 
formers. Two months ago, Fiorina 
Bale, coast chief of AGVA, made 
a deal with Par operator Mai^o 
Wolfl' whereby AGVA would put 
on vaude shows each Monday night 
at theatre and get a cut of gate 
for union's charity fund. When 
Miss Bale asked Local 47 for a 
break, tune union said it would 
demand scale for a full pit orch. 
That would have been so costiy, 
stunt was shelved. 

L,ast week Miss Bale made an- 
other pitch and John te Groen, 
Local 47 v-p, apparently perbonally 
made a plea before 47 board. Miss 
Bale was advised tiiat she need 
hire but two piano players, so the 
series of benefits will start when 
AGVA regional rep retmns from 
N. y. trip. 

AGVA's top-name acts will be 
asked to work on the Monday 
shows at Par at $25 per act and 
the pianists will be paid scale. Just 
what cut of gate union will get 
will be worked out when Miss Bale 
returns from a national conclave 
of AGVA in N.Y. 



.Toan Edwards into El Rancho, 

Las Vegas, Nov. 10. 



■ Paul Draper starts at Beverly 
Hills Country Club, Newport, Ky:. j 
tomorrow (Thurs.) for two weeks 
and will join Larry Ad ler at the 
Palmer House, Chicago, Dec. 5. 



VALDO and PRINCESS PAT 



THE MUSICAL MENTALISTS 

IN A PAST MOVINe SrtCTACULAI 
PRESENTATION OF MENTAL PEATS 

A "NATURAL" FOR TELEVISION 

Pert. Mgt.: MAX TISHMAN. 1474 Broadway. New York 



'?\H\Ci LEE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE AT BILTMORE BOWL' 



, 11 \ 





A, DAILY NEWS. 



"BIGGEST COMEDY SMASH HIT AND TOP 
GROSSER IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOWL!! 



— B'.ttb»»"" . ,.e top spot. 

s. and hoKe„ m >hc v^^e . 



.1* 



Managing Director: Biltmore Bcwl 



NOW 



l.,ee 



^^•„X today as ^«„Vkm^V 
e^'°^rand ViardJ;'-" prise. 
>„t\nes ^^Jl found ^" v 





deVivery welco>n« ':^{,e ^ 
Routines a found v 



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f unO h"" °n for 1^"''^ a^d 




1949 

Managemenii M.C.A. 



Walter Winchell says 
show business is in a 
SLUMP! 

"The slump in all entertainment fields continues . . . Income is down 
, . . People are spending their pay on rent and food . , . Bools; sales are 
off 280 p. c. (with publishers most worried about the competition now 
offered by television-set owners . . . Movie box-offices report "it is 
box-awfull" with biz off from 50 to 60 p. c. in some cities . . . Music 
biz is hardest hit; name bands have trouble meeting payrolls . . . Song 
hits that once sold half-a-miUion copies now sell about 40,000 copies 
of sheet music . . . Even Television has the blues. One station laid 
off 40 last week." DaUy Mirror, Oct. 25, 1948. 

BUT 

Nof for us^ 



''Queen of fhe Juke Soxes" 



"The Quarfefte You Rave About" 




DINAH 

WASHINGTON 

Mercury Recording Arfiste 




THE RAVENS 

National Recording Artists 



CURRENTLY ONE-NIGHTER$ with GEORGE HUDSON Orchestra 



Opening Novemlier 26tlt 

PARADISE THEATRE 

Detroit, Micltigan 



UNIVERSAL ATTRACTIONS 

347 Madison Avenue, New York City 
MU 9-4076 



46 



VAVDEVILLB 



WadaewUjr* JHovember S, 1948 



Night Club Reviews 



Chez Parce» Clil 

Chicago, Oct. 29. 
Harvey Stane^ Vagabonds (4), 
Grade Barrie, Perri/ Franks & 
Janyce, Chez Paree Line ( 10 ) , Cee 
Davidson's Orch (11); ?3.50 mini- 
mum. 



In establishing itself as • Chi 
landmark, the Chez Invariably has 

fut togetlier shows of solid content, 
ven; when the neon spells out the 
most expensive names on the after- 
dark circuit, which is often, there's 
no skimping on preliminary acts. 
This policy has brought con- 
sistently heavy patronage that de- 
fies postwar; sags, inflation and 
otlier economic pitfalls. 

Harvey Stone, a newcomer to the 
■Chez; haS' the, discursive chop- 
punch brand of comedy readily ac- 
cepted here. He warms up with a 
marital routine in which wifely 
foibles serve to get yocks. His re- 
cital of gambling misadventures 
drew steady and quickening re- 
turns. Brought bacic by an ample 
hand; he hits the laughrper-line 
jrate in patts of his Army standby. 

Combos are a departure from the 
Chez-norm, but the Vagabonds' ad- 
dition of comedy, ranging from 
broad byplay to pantoed innuendos, 
provides choice fare. ; Quartet of 
two guitars, bass and accordion are 



launched with a straight instrumen- 
tal and vocal of "Lazy River," 
building to a fast crescendo. Four- 
some goes Hawaiian in a so-called 
mating song, then segues via Pa- 
cific Islanders double-talk into a 
set of oldies satltising the Jolson 
and Ted Lewis styles. 

Perry Franks and Janyce are 
pert and wXnnii^ in tapB. garaished 
by aero touches for a good send- 
off. Graci« Barrie, sheathed in 
low-cleft blue, clicks with comic in- 
terpolations of "Sunday Kind of 
Love" and her account of • hillbilly 
bachelor girl. Songstress bows off 
to heavy plaudits, following her 
"Galitzeaner Rhumba." 

Dorothy Dorben line bookends; 
the show with a modiste tableau 
and a tum-of-the-century waltz 
number, both well stepped and cos- 
tumed. Midway turn has them pa- 
rading in elaborate garb symbolic 
I of major holidays. Best in content 
j "d execution is the modiste se- 
I quence, but it suffers as the closer 
for an overlong show. 

Cee Davidson's orch of four 
reeds, four brass and three rhythni 
backs with skill and turns out 
danceables, that fill the floor. 

Baxt, 



ttM door und a- $2 minimum It • 

table is occupied instead of the 
gallery in front of the bar. 

The Roost probably fills the need 
Of * considerable portion of hep- 
sters whom the conventional swing 
patterns can no longer satisfy. The 
demand for progressive jazz is 
growing, and tlie reasons could 
probably be discussed with greater 
profundity by the boys at Belle- 
vue. But the musical avant-garde 
now know that there's a definite 
need for be-bop. Even if Herman 
isn't strictly from that school, 
there's enough vigor in his efforts 
to pass muster even from the most 
wdent cultists. 

The Tadd Dameron relief crew 
of four pieces bops its way nicely. 
Dameron's piano work and the ef- 
forts of the tenor saxisl click with 
the audience. Jose. 



Wally boag 

Celebratinq Ont Ytar 
in VAL PARNELL'S 

"STARLIGHT ROOF' 

London HIppedrom* 

EVENING NEWS . . . "M*w comic 
fdlcnt-^ances with Urifly fleet- 

nesi.'' ■ ■ , 



AWI2niC\: 
Murk .1. Leddy 



XOXDON! 
Cliurlcs Tucker 



Tenrace Hooin. Vitt 

(HOTEL \VM. PENN) 

Pittsburgh, Oct. 26. 
Jimmy Savo, Billy Catizone Orch 
(8) with Lee Henry; $1 and $1.50 
eoiiwrt. 



COMEDY MATERIAL 

For AH Branehat ef ThMtricah 

PUN-MASTER 

"Th* ORIGINAL Shew-Bix Gag FiU" 

Not. 1 to 23 @ $1.00 aach 
3 DIFFERENT BOOKS OF PARODIES 
(TO in eacK book) $10 per baok . 

FREE : COrr OF "HCMOB BUSI- 
NESS.''^ The Shoir-Biz GnKiizlu« ^^ltll 
nttcli $3.00 ininlmttm order. 
Bend lOc for lists of other comedy 
inuterldl, HOiiffs. parodies, uilntitre] 
imttcr^. .|»I»ck-nuts. etc.. ' 

NO C.O.D.'S 

PAULA SMITH 

'■ X00 W. 54tb Street, Kevr York IS 



^rrampolinlngly Veurt' 



Paul and Paulette Trio 

Direction: LOUIS W. COHAN 

203 N. Waboih Av*. 

Chicago 1 



Boyal Iloost, IV. Y. 

Woody Herman Orch (1»), Tadd 
Dameron Orch <4); admissioji 90c,; 
$2 minimum at tahle$. 

The Royal Roost, firmly estab. 
lished as the be-bop center ; on 
Broadway, gets a change of pace 
with the booking of Woody Herr 
man's recently reorganized band. 
It's A wise move for both inasmuch 
as Herman is in a position to get 
as wide a showcasing among the 
youngsters that go for this type 
of music, and the spot gels the 
benefit of Herman's prestige and 
top juve potentialities. : 

Herman returns with a band 
that's on a par with some of the 
outfits - he batoned when he was 
I in the top category of jazzlsts. The 
orchestral texture derived from an 
instrumentation of eight brass and 
a quintet of reeds and the Usual 
number of rhythm players, is on 
par With the previous Herman omU 
fits.' His treatment of turtes is al- 
ways interesting whether he lets 
out all the stops or weaves a jivey 
pattern around a conventional pop; 

Herman's outpourings are more 
than sufficient for the demands of 
this comparatively small room. He 
fills the room in a niamier that'.s 
in the groove for the bop cultists, 
congregating here and at the same 
time takes into: account the more 
orthodox tastes. Mary Ann McCall 
and Chubby Jackson (considerably 
slimmer than when last around) 
perform in their accustomed styles 
for good effect. 

While Herman is not strictly In 
the be-bop category, he'll do more 
than well in this spot. 

The Royal Roost in itself is one 
of the latter day phenomena on 
the Stem. It was about ready to 
fold when operator Ralph Watkins 
staged a bop concert one Tuesday 
night. The returns were so gratify- 
ing that he's been on this policy 
since. There's a 90c. admission at 



tainen. Xt'« « comparf tivtly 

pl« matter to tnovk tti* poctaU* 
bandstand to another part of tha 
room so that they can work wlthj 
out distractions. 

Otherwise, it's an excellent hang- 
out for th* stayups with an enterr 
tainlng show provided by Daphne 
Hellnian, Marfan Manners and the 
Three Flames. All have previously 
appeared in the uptown boitea and 
have attained somewhat ef a repu- 
tation. 

Miss Hellman charms the cui- 

tomers vrtth her harp recitals, play- 
ing a variety of selections, includ- 
ing a Scarlatti aonata, variations 
on Liadow's "Music Box" and few 
boogie riffs and doei equally ai 
well with ber special material vo- 
cals. She's a pleasant item for this 
spot. 

Marian. Manners, a statuesque 
brunette, does some pleasing tunes 
that get audience attention. Most 
interesting number is an Indian 
lullaby, which has a touching and 
plaintive quality. She's off io nice 
returns. 

The Three Flames click with 
roiighhouse instnimentals and vo- 
cals. This sepia group with an in- 
strumentation of piano, bass and 
guitar, provide neat change of pace 
with comedy tunes. ^Numbers get 
plenty salvos. 

The Earl Hodges trio showbacks 
and provides dance interludes. 

Jose. 



Town's class hotel spot — in fact, 
the only one^has reopened after 
a six'montb shutdown and Is still 
persisting in getting a couvcrt 
while other niteries have long since 
discovered that Golden Triangle',s 
strictly minimum' territory. Tliat 
hurt the Terrace Room last year 
and is likely to react against it 
again. ' 

Teirace Room seems to be alter- 
ing its entertainment policy some- 
w,hat. however. In past, shows have 

usually consisted of tw or three „ , ,, ,, . ,. „ 

standard acts. For the reopening ^ Bagatelle an ultra-intnne room 
bill there's only one— ^nd likely; Just oyer the east side marker on 
' to be that for a while— and it's New York's 52d street, inaugurates 
.Timmy Savo, a show in himself. It's a new policy with this show. Room, 
the first time for the little fellow until now has depended almost en- 
in a cafe around here (his past i tirely on the blue ditties of Dor- 
appearances have been in theatres othy Ross to lure the customers, 

■ •- tossing in. only sp(H:adicauy a sec- 

Oftd act. New /show has two Other 
standard actsi, in the w.k. Deep j 
River Boys ^hd up-and-copiing 



null Bagalello, 9f. ¥. 

Dorothy Ro*s, Deep River Boys 
(5), Eddte Fisher, Kurt Maier; $3 
miiihinwi. ' : 



■Mtarlal, vMl* ftlll puf fa In tpota, 

demonstratM conslderabla polisltt 
Inf hai been dona. With the right 
si>otlightlng, he could easily taki 
a placa among the top ranking mala 
gingers. He opent hero with "Si» 
tin"^ On Top of the World," fob 
Iowa with "Night Hat a Xhou8an4 
Eyes" and a apedal routine fee» 
turing a mixture of songs, then 
close? witD "Iff Magic" and 
Darling" to well-earned applause. 



Triton, Rochester, 

ResuMiiiif Showfil 

The Triton hotri, feodiestelv 
N. Y.i resumes floor shows tomor* 
row (Thursi). with Ada Xiynn on 
the bilL Spot use> a single act 
with booldnss by Miles Ingalls out 
of New York. 

Little Jack Little is set to follow 
later this month. 



XIOTZ'S JIEW BERTH 
Jack Klotz, who recently re- 
signed from Joe Glaser's Asso- 
ciated Booking agency, lias Joined 
Ben Bart at Universal Attractions. 

Klotz will head the theatre and 
cafe dept. 



and even there not in 15 years, or 
more), and so he can go right 
through his long-established reper- 
toire without feeling that he's. cov- . . , . 
eriug old ground. Thai makes it i young singer Eddie Fisher. There 
easy for Savo since the numbers I should also be some appeal via 
have the advantage of loiig-tesled pianist Kurt Meier (New Acts), who 
success. His pantomime remains received a heavy press on his ar- 
inimitably tops, and he goes rival in the U.S. 'after spending 
through such standards as "Old several years in a Nazi concentra- 
Blaek Magic,'' "One Meat Ball" and tion cainp duringi the war. 




HELENE and HOWARD 

Club Dates and f«levision 
in New York 

Dir.: MATTT ROSEN 



River Stay Away From My Door' 
with a charm and. originality that 
have never been duplicated. Whati 
ever Savo does here Is out of the 
top drawer and he's on for at least 
half an hour and. judging from 
his getaway applause, it's -not 



Miss Ross is sparkling as ever ] 
with her songs. Some of her lines i 
border on ■ the ' censorable and ! 
would probably be offensive if i 
dished out 1^- anyone else. Dexteri- 1 
ty with which she eases them 
through, though, makes the tunes \ 



nearly enough. Little fellow is a I easy to take and her seemingly , 
'mop-up all me way. unlimited repertoire of special ma- 

Bill v Catizone, wlio had the band terial makes repeal visits to the ' 
1 here last year, Is back again with j Bagatelle worthwUile, Gal has also 



another crack crew for dansapa- 
' tion, and has most of the men he 
] had a season ago, l)ut a new vocal- 
ist ' .She's tall, atLi-aelive Lee 



developed to the nth degree her 
facility for insulting the paj'ees 
and making them like it. 
Deep River Boys impress as one 



she knows how to use for max! 
mum effectiveness, Cohen 



ROCHELLE and BEEBE 



Ju$t 
Concluded 



8 

Weeks 



PARAMOUNT 

NEW YORK 

Nov. 7th TV Gwejf Shot Id Sullivan Show — WCBS-TV 

Opening Nov. 1 1 RKO Dayton, Nov. 18 to 20 RKO ColMmbui 
Nov. 2S RKO Shubort, Cinn. 
Dir.t AL WILSON AftlNCY 

NARDAand her DOVES 



with 

MAJA on tho DRUMS 
THANK: 

DOROTHY PACKTMAN 

and LEO GRUND 
For 72 Wonderfuf Weeks 
Playing Fairs Wifh 

THE ROXYETTES 

for GEO. A. HAMiD 



Henry, with an okay set of pipes of the better colored quartets now 
' ' " ■ making the rounds. < Fifth man 

backs "tiiem ■ bh . piano. ) Theip' voices 
blertd neatly .and . all; four ; project 
pleasant, persdnalities'to leiid ■visu- 
al ifnpact to their work. One of 
the best features of their act Is 
the choice of material, a, mixture 
of spiritiials, pop and standard 
tunes and comedy songs. To dem- 
onstrate their versatility, the two 
songs they sold best the liight 
caught (27 ) were "Ell. Eli" and 
"My Yiddishe Momma." ■ r 

Fisher, though still in his teens, 
has already played some of the 



, Brevoort 8iip|ii'i* iiuli, 

I Daphne Hellman, 3 Flames. Ma- 
Irian Manners, Ear! Hodges Trio; 
no cover or minimum. 



. 

I The Brevoort hotel, discontinued 
as an inn several months ago, con- 
tinues to function on the ground 
floor as a restaurant and supper 
club. Ths landmark, which in the 



JACQUELINE 

HURLEY 

Aereboffcs In Teeftflicofor 

HELD OVER 5TH WEEK 

Biltmore Bowl 

LOS ANGELES 
Par. Mgr.— BERT COLLINS 
Dirw— JACK KALCHEIM 




EMCEE 

"THE ENTERTAINER'S 
HANDBOOK." ■■ PacklU 
With Parndiflt,. Band Nov, . 
altiev Monoloouei. Pat; 
tah ALL N EW I Sub. 
uription to 9 eonseoutivit' 
l»u«, $(.00^ Gat yoiirt 
NOW from D; A C, 
FRANKEL, Daik H, ISOS 
8. Homan Ave., CIiIcbbo 

23, III, 



past has been a rendezvou.? for jtop N. Y. clubs and opened here 



the literati, once was operated by 
Herbert Jacoby and Julius Monk. 
Both have since gone xiptown, with 
I Jacoby now co-owner of the Blue 
: Angel and Le Directoive, while 
! Monk is at Le Ruban Bleu, 
i Agent Jean Rose has now taken 
over with a policy of intime enter- 
tainment. Initial show indicates 
that it should be a potent business 
; getter in the lower Fifth avenue 
sector. 

1 However, some physical changes 
I are necessary to give the room 

more'' charm. Layout is such that 
I customers v coming into the club 

must > pass' in front of the enter- 




MAJA on Hie DRUMS 



Open/ng NOVEMBER 5th (Return Engogement) 

World Famous LEON & EDDIE'S CLUB 




after a summer on the borscht 
belt. Kid's voice has improved tre- 
mendously since his break-in at 
the Copacabana. N. Y., two years 
ago and his method of selling his 



MALINY 




WedneMlay« November 1948 



House Reviews 



Strand, N. Y. 

VtfUflUw Monrot Orch. (21), 
wWn, Moan Maida, Ziggy Talent, 
Dick Hamvien, Jay Lawrence, Eorl 
Hummel, Cece Blake, Johnny 
Mack, "June Bride" (WB), r«- 
-vicwed in Variety, Oct. 20, '48. 

Vaughn Monroe can and should 
Toe given credit for going to un- 
usual lengths to corral and present 
an entertaining stage show, instead 
of following the usual procedure 
of name bandleaders in feeling 
that their names and the music 
or vocals that may sell records, 
Is sufficient. Monroe puts on a 
show here that's, not as solid from 
end to end as his past perform- 
ances, but it's a whirlwind of con- 
slant action and overall is as en- 
tertaining a stage presentation as 
there is available. It never slops. 

As a matter of fact, so much 
occurs during this 50-odd minute 
performance that' it's akin to a 
musical. And Monroe himself, who 
sfter all is tlxe focal poiut of his 
organization's success, doesn't oc- 
cupy as much of the spotliglit as 
one might expect, or want. He's a 
jart of a good deal of the events, 
n a participating manner and 
whether the individual who came 
to glom Monroe himself is satis- 
fied or feels cheated is an unan- 
swerable question. 

Rather than inserting one or two 
production pieces^ the show is aU 
most all -production.' From the 
opening "vJust For Now" and "Be- 
gin the Beguine" (by Monroe him- 
self ) to the closing bit, which uses 
all the acts, in phosphorescent cos- 
tumes, the ideas are good. There's 
a timely football bit midway which 
.combines laughs via the appear- 
ance of the . brawny- leader in « 
football uniform, with vocals of 
various college tunes, all back- 
grounded by newsreel sliots of col- 
Tege gridiron games, thrown on a 
scrim. During it, Monroe goes off; 
and comeji back on in a stretcher, 
which leads into "Ramblin' Wreck 
From, Georgia Tech!', and. other 
fight-fight-fight airs. 

Monroe . is now using 10 vocat^ 
Ists — the four Moon Maids, fouf. 
boys, Gece Blake, and Ziggy Tal-i 
ent, and several men in the band 
at different times. Working, alone 
or with other acts, they .cover a 
wide variety of pops and stand- 
ards. Talent, on just pi'ior to the: 
finale, is the hit of the affair. In- 
cidentally, his"Maharajah of Maga- 
dor" and a thing titled ".JittDrs" 
working the mob ■ (plenty of hold: 
outs when caught) for the most 
.outstanding reaction, Cece Blake, 
nicely gowned, works up front on 
"Until" and "Buttons and Bows," 
displaying a good voice, but ordi? 
n^iry .phrasing. 

Johnny Mack, who has worked 
with Monroe on several trips 
around the theatre circuit, stands 
out of the>actsv He's smoothly in- 
serted near the close. Mack Is an 
excellent tapster, but here is tocu.s- 
Ing more attention on his Irlck 
cane routines, producing apparent- 
ly collapsible sticks from closed 
fists at various points in tlie first 
dance.. He then, uses his oft-seen 
routine involving a cane that fol- 
lows him, seemingly through thin 
air, since he hasn't a hand on it, 
through varied steps; It's an eye- 
catcher, and he draws big response. 

Dick Hammen is a harmonica 
tooter, and he also clicks nicely. 
He , works over "Chinatown" for 
his first bit, using various instru- 
ments, then goes into a Spilcc Jones, 
takeoff, with a dozen or more 
gadgets hung on a .stand. It's okay. 
Jdy Lawrence is Larry .Sloreh's 
brother, and doing- t^ie same sort 
of an act. Launching his vocal and 
Pliysical apings of .stars with one 
of Gary Grant, he goes through 
the usual string of Sydney Green- 
street, Gabriel Ileatter, Clark Ga- 
ble, Humphrey Bogart. etc. He 
gets quite a few. lauglis. out of 
them, due to good material, partic- 
ularly the bow-off bit on Rrez Truf 
man. but ties them together loose- 
ly. He- goes over very , solidly. . . 

Wood. 



tlie contrastingly fuUsized Mark 
Plant for snappy crossfire. Latter 
has considerable vocal equipment 
and uses it well, and Ganzoneri 
adds to the general laugh effort. 
Closing bit in which Jo Lombard!, 
tiouse orch director, is f ung in for 
funny support as w.lt. song- 
writer" ties matters up soundly. 
Biz fair. Eiirm. 



47 



Capitol, X. Y. 

Ted Straeter Orch (19) with 
KiUy Crawford, DtQfc & Gene Wes- 
so«, Betty Bruce, Jean Sablon; 
"One Touch of Venus". (M-G), re- 
viewed in Variety Aug. 25, '48. 

Courage, perhaps, is something 
I that may. be lacking: in slTow biz 
■ these days, but maybe the Capitol 
i is being courageous during its cur- 
1 rent show. That may account for 
! the Jean Sablon booking. That's 
] where the courage comes in. It's 
I the French chanteur's initial tliea- 
I tre date in America. 
I Sablon is not for theatres. 
I Granted, he has a special savoir 
j faire and hand-kissing charm for 
the gals at, say, the Wedgwood 
I Room of the Waldorf-Astoria — but 
' the Cap is no mecca for the chi-chi, 
I la-de-da set. At the Cap you grab 
' the first seat you can, but fast, and 
I don't try any stuff, bud, or a guy 
I with a leer will send you on your 
I rear! No, the Cap just ain't the 
I Waldorf, 

|. At around $7,000 weekly, this is 
j quite a gamble; Sablon, suavely 
attired in dinner jacket, has none 
of the pace required of theatre 
work. In cafes you work, maybe, 
up to an houri; . unlike theatres, 
where a Sablon must do a brisk 
15-20 minutes, then off. In theatres 
you've got to work fast to achieve; 
an intimacy with the audiencej and 
that's what Sablon fails to do. His 
explanations of his French chan- 
ties, made necessarily prolonged 
because of his hesitating English,: 
only add to the situation. This 
along with his attempts to do Eng- 
lish song.?, which, of course, are: 
concessions to mass appeal. 

Sablon's French or Gallic-fla- 
vored tunes, of course, are those 
mostly familiar to the American 
ear, like "Place Pigalle," "Mam- 
selle," "Le Fiacre" and "J'Atten- 
drai," with a further concession to 
mass appeal via his jitterbug num- 
ber. The latter is like a Broadway 
hackie on the Champs Elysees. 

Otherwise, there are Betty Bruce 
With her highly stylized and inter- 
esting taps; Dick' and Gene Wesson, 
doing assorted comedy; plus Ted 
Straeter pacing a neatly playing 
band. 

.. ■ Miss Bruce's costumes are . al- 
ways an integral part of her click, 
iind'thi% time she. likewise wears a , 
.stunner^hat enhances her overall j 
impression. And her taps never { 
fail to excite. 

The Wessons, back together 
after having split some time ?go< 
are mainly dependent, as always, 
on the antics of the smaller 
brother. The Other one is the foil, ; 
and a little too stiff jierhaps, while 
Dick Wesson is especially talented, 
Minicries, of course, are still- the 
basis of their act, but their ma- 
terial needs freshening. 

Straeter is : an .. . unassummg 
maestro who handles the show's in- 
troductions neatly without any fan- 
fare, and he backgrounds the show 
nicely. Straeter himself does 
a turn at the ivories, and clicks, 
while band vocalist Kitty Craw- 
ford handles herself pleasantly. 

Kalin. 



disc tunes. "Sabre Dance," "Far 
Away Places," and "Sorrento" are 
all well handled. "Come Out My 
Pretty Kitten," a slapstick novelty 
with one of the brothers handling 
the tune and the other clowning 
in skirts, gets all the laughs and 
attention it seeks. Tops in audi- 
ence appeal, however, is a jam- 
boree of spiritual tunes." 

Comedy slot is ably filled by 
Barney Grant's hillbilly routine. 
Comic's routine is the typical dead- 
pan, slow hillbilly twirl, but it's 
smartly done and has more Variety 
than most. Frankly corn, it gamers 
plenty appreciation. 

Miss Tyner wraps it up with a 
pair of piano medleys of different 
moods and tempo. One has varia- 
tions and unique interpretations 
of such sentimental hits as "Tea 
for Two," "Tree in the Meadow" 
and "Piano Portrait." Other is a 
masterful display of below-the- 
border moods based on "Bala" and 
"Brazil." Everything the gal does 
gets rave response from payees 
here. It's deserved, too. Loiee, ■ 



VARIETY BILLS 



WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3 



Kuiiicrali In coiilMCtlon wUli: bill* below indicate openliis dar of tlioiv 

. n'li«tlier full or fiillt week, . 
Leitrr In pnreutli«s«ii Indira les <-ii-(Miit: (1) Indepcnilvnt; <L) l.new; (.M) Mfltai ' 
(I') I>Hr«niuinit; (U) llKOi (S) Stiill; OV) Wurnerj (WH) Waiter KeHds 



Oi-c 



Palladium, London 

London," Oct. 22. 

Val. Parnell presentation of "Sky 
High." George & Alfred Black re- 
vue in. two acts (.15 scenes) ^ Book 
and music by Phil Park, Howell 
and Hammer. Directed by Alee 
Shanks, Joan Davis. Stars Chorlie 
Chester, John Boles, Henry Lyt- 
ton, Beatrice and Benedict;: The 
voris, The Colstons with Ken Mor- 
ris, Warren, Latona & Sparks, Fred 
Ferrari, hen Marten, Arthur 
Haynes, Edwina Carol, Jean Inglis, 
Daphne Kiemander, John Tiller 
Girls, Skating Ryles, Corps de Bal- 
let, Woolf Phillips and Skyrockets 
Orch. 



Lavishly staged and niftily cos- 
tumed, the new Palladium revue 
has all the qualities of success. 
Spectacular in its appeal, it is a 
satisfying eye-filling piece, graced 
with some . precision dance routines 

- : (Continued-on page 55): 



New Acts 



KURT MAIER 
Piano 

Club Basratelle, N. V. 

. . Kurt Maier is: the German pian- 
ist who attracted: considerable 
newspaper attention when he first 
arrived in the U. S. because- Of his 
background. A w:ki entertainer in 
Europe prior to the war, he was 
thrown into a concentration camp 
early in Hitler's regime and stayed 
there until the American Army lib- 
erated him: -This is his first sHbt 
at American show biz. 

.K fine pianist, he has wisely de- 
cided to sell himself on his ability 
alone. Club has put out no pub- 
licity on his background and he 
himself, although he emcees the- 
current Bagatelle show, makes no 
mention of it. Only trouble here 
Is that he works only as the Inter- 
lude pianist, which means he gets 
no chance at- the spotlight; He 
demonstrates, considerable versa- 
tility in what he . does, playing 
everything from Viennese waltzes 
to current American pop tunes, 
even throwing in some modified 
boogie. 

Guj? has yet to catch on to 
American show biz -techniques, 
since his personality doesn't pro- j 
ject too well: Right now. he's a good- j 
bet lor a similar job in any club. I 
If he works up a personality rou- 1 
tine, he should be; okay for solo i 
spots. Stal. [ 



NEW YORK CITY 
Capitol (L) 4 

Jean Sablon 
Ted Straeter 
Wesson Bros 
Betty Bruce 
Kanaiawa 3 
A/lusic Hall (I) 4 
Paul Haalcon ^ 
D Ktlieridge 
June Winters 
"Earl . Ijippy ; . 
Nonclialants 
Werner Lywen. 
Kiehard T KardoS 

Paramount (P) 2 . 
Jerry Wald Bd . 
Fronlcie Laine 
.Connie .Haines ' 
Dave Barry ■ 
Clavlc Bros 

Roxy (I) 3 
Peter .liind -Hayes. - ' 
Mary ■ Hcaly , 
Gaudsniitli Bros, 
.laclc Cole. 
Arnold Slioda 
JoanHyldoft 

Strand IW) I 
Vaughn ;Monroe Ore 
Jolinny Maeic ■ ■ 

BALTIIVIORE :; 
Hippodrome (I) I 
Dave ApoUon Co 
Danny Drayson . 
Tlte Jansleys ■■■ ■ 
Ed Tierney 

Stal* (I) 4-t ' 
Joe .' Arena -. 
Alan DraTce 
Fields & 'Pan» 
(one to mi). ■ 
7-10 

J & E Hayden 
.Nial Stanley 
.Noble 3 
(one to flin : 

CAIMDEN - : 
Towers (I) 5-7 
Tiie. Houg'htons-; 
Dale Sis 
Duke Art & Jr 
Alan llcno'. 
The Danvcoods 
CHICAGO - 
. Chleaso (P> I 
Ink Spots 
Peter J^orre ■ . ■ ■ 
Wally Brown- 
Bobby Whaling Co 

. Oriental (I) 4 
.Tane Powell 
Ray & Nardo . 
Barr Estes 
Hudenlco Bros 

V CLEVELAND 
Palac* (Ri 4 
Horace Ileldt Rev 
Don Rice 
Phillis L(1e 
Mclo'dares . . ■ 
Johnny Mungall 



Nadine Jansen . 

Pat: Ttacriault- 

Jack Green 

Jimmy Crosso 

Harold Parr 

Stanley ; Morse . 
COLUIMBUS 
Palace (R) MO 

Harmonicats 

.Roscmarie 

Iler/.ogs / 

Nip Nelson . . 

4' £vans ■ ■ . 

HARTFORD 
State (I) 5-7 

Alvino: Rey Ore. 

Amateur Winners : 
MIAIMl: 

Olympia (P) I 

iUclino & llollis 
Bob Sidney - 
.iolinny 'Downs : 
1 Mori'is : & / Ryan '. 
Plutocrats. 

PATER50N : : 
Majcitic (l)> 4-7 
Dewey Sis 
Roy Douelas . ' 
Boyd Heath : 
Brooliins & Van 
Tile Boelcf ords 
'-• «-io ■ 
Monette & Perry . 
Cousin Ida ;: 
Kay & Karol . . 
Alan- Reno : 
B Wells i 4 Fays 
READING 
Ralah (I) 4.4 
3 Kayos 

Wallace Puppets 
.C Fredericks Co 
Neal Stanley 
Pied Pipers ■ 
; ROCKFORD 
Palace (I) 4-7 
'^Stop. 'Look & ' ' 

• Listen Revue.''. 
Roger & Rae ' 
Dene' St Lynn 

3 Roclcets 

R Knight tc Euscolc 
(one to fill) 

WASHINGTON ; 
Capitol (L) 4 

Woodte * Bobby 
H Carroll tc Koss 
Marc . Bailero 
A Andrce & Bonnie 

Howard (I) S 
It Arm.9tronf; Show: 
Earl Hine."i Ore 
Lewis & White . 
The Zephyrs 

• . WATERBURY 

Pell (L) 3-4 
Tony Pastor Ore 
Vic Damone 
Leo De Lyon 
Cloony ..Sis - 



Cabaret Bills 



NEW YORK CITY 



BRITAIN 



rapiioK Wa!$h. 

Washington, Oct. 31. 
Euali/ii Tyncr, Grace DrysAale, 
Ames Bros. (4), Barney Grant, 
"Isn't It Romantic" (Par). 



Hi|ipoiIroin4>, 11a I <o. 

Baltimoi-e, Oct. 31. 
,'B«Wce & Hallow;, Mnrguri't Phel- 
011, Joey Adams wiOi Touy Canzon- 
fri & Mark Plant, Jo Lombardi and 
house orch (12); "The Untamed 
Breed" (Co!). 



. , ,Nice-playing layout is swiftly 
paced by Joey Atlains ;iiid builds 
to maximum laughs to closing .spot 
allotted to the comic with his prac- 
ticed foils, Tony : Canxonei'i and 
Mark Plant. 

Burke and Hallow, .boy .ind girl 
hoofcroos, open with snappy pre- 
cision tap and a b(>ll-i-inging chal- 
lenge for .sti-ong finislici-. Wake 
Ideal spot tor Mai-garcl Pliclan in 
the deuce with well dolivci-cd vo- 
cals including "Malaguona," and 
Buttons and Bow.<;." Looks well 
and delivers in groovcy .style, 

Adams gives with his usual for- 
'"at, gagging surely and utilizing 



It's a fine lineup at the Capitol ; 
this -session, with localite' Evalyn j 
Tyner thoroughly at homp on the , 
big stage as emcee and headlincr. ' 
Iii the ab.scnce of Sam .Jack .Kauf- ; 
man's house orch, the Tyner troupe i 
takes over and keeps the show roll- 
ing at even pace. 

Local pianiste has come a long 
wav. What was always consumm.nlo 
craftmanship and top-dra\scr skill 
on the ivories has also turned hep 
pi-eseiUation. Effectively staged on 
a supcrimpo-scd orch pit, with her 
sixpicee oi-ch, Mi.ss Tyncr gives de- 
finite class to the layout 

Teeing off with '■12th Street 
Rag,'' slie takes over einceeing and 
spotlights Grace Drysdalc in a 
novel puppet act. Latter handles 
her dummv tei-pers Irom a min- 
iature black stage. Illusions of 
reality is fine, and unusual toucli is 
given by a demonstration of how 
It's done There's some comedy 
gagging \uth one of the puppets- 
that falls fiat, but llie straight 
technique i.s' good and gets fine 
reception. 

Ames Bioa. of Decca record 
fame, prove to be show-slopijors 
with a .slick routine of their Lop 



FOUR STRIDERS 

Songs .'■■ - ' 

IS 'Mins. ■ ■■■ 

Blue Aiieel, \. Y. 

l?our .Striders are a well disci- 1 
plined vocal group with .colorful | 
arrangements strong enough to get ; 
hearty applause without benefit] 
of - instrumental accompaniment. ; 
The.se sepians have individually , 
good voices that enable each to ! 
take long .solo .stretches, while the • 
others provide rhythm and har- 
'inonies.' 

1'he group is .still to make it.s 
mark along showmanly lines. Out- 
fit lacks <in outstanding personality 1 
to provide ^ center of visual at- 
tention. Current stress is on vocal- ; 
izing which, while okay for record- < 
ings and radio work, is a handicap 
as l;ir as theatre and cafes are 
conc-prncd. 

Selections arc varied running 
from pops to novelty • and blue's j 
numbers. All of them 'have sryle 
renuni.scent of - the Mills Bro.s; 
especially with the big boy provid- 
ing a booming bass to give the 
outfit fi solid bottom. , :\ 

The Four .Sii iders recently re- 
corded a numbei* of sides for Capi- 
tol records. They're an ideal out- 
fit for disking under the mu.sic ban 
inasmuch as their a cappella work 
contains sufficient amount . of 
rhjlhm and harmony. Jose, . 



:bradford 
Alhambra (M) 1 

; Jackie . ; ' 
Dudley Dale Co 
Jenny Hayes ;. 
A .T' Powers . 
Binings & Diana 
D Gray Co 
Madrigal .'" 
S ' MacPherson . 

. BRIGHTAN 
Hippodrome (Ml: 1 
Nat Jackley 
4 Hurricanes : 
4 Pagolas 
Mai-lenne Lincoln . 
Jack Francois 
Robert Harris 
EDINBUR6H 
Empire (M) I 
Jack Anthony 
Bert Cecil 
Bay & Lvnn 
Richard Adams 
Delyse & Jeanctte: 
Bainbridge 3 & 

Irene ■ 
Max &. Gang . 
FINSBURV PARK 

Empire (Ml 1 
Joe Slein 
:Ford ife Sheen 
.Ronnie Stewart 
Fied Sloan 
Jackie.: Farr: : 
Archie Usher . ' 
Cyrus., 

GLASGOW 
. Empire. (M) 1 - 
Victoria Tl-P . 
Monte. Rey: 
M.-inlcy b Austin 
Mooncy & ICing 
IIcnd(!rson 'rwins 
Hyde & Marker* 
Flack *£ ijucns 
Tommy Fields 
Senor Wences 
Amur & Aiana 
HACKNEY 
Empire (S) 1 
Issy; Bonn 
Petersen Bros. 
Kcmble; Bros 
T & D Kendall 
Fnncanas : ,' . 
J.-ick iCcily Co 
li" Whitclcy Co 
Sainba' Cabaiicros : 
LEEDS 
Empira ;(M) : .1 
NonnaO' Kvans. ' 
F «, r King 
.Swan lyei'gh , 
liadi litre 4 Ray 
M & C Ciay 
Austm 4- Worth 
LEICESTER 
palace (S) ,1 
Geo Doonan . 
Rav'ol ' . : :, 
Jcnk.s Wjliiam.S'. 
Hortis & Maish 
Kinyot .Sis 
JacV: Ti-acv 

LIVERPOOL 
Empire ''M) 1 
'N: Mill.? & JSobb.S' . 
11; & A I'caj^toori ; 
2 KcHy» 
4- Bobrit-s 
,Simp.son's - 

HumancUc* 
Laio & Mu.sctte 
O.ssie 'Noble ' ■ 
IJcrtie Hare 

: LONDON 
Hippodrome iMi : 1 
.Vic, Oliver 
Pat i<irl<wood 
l-'l-ed :Knin<;y . 
Wally Bong 
Meliu'hrino': Ore 
-MarHyn , lliKhiow.cr 
Michael Bontine ': 
.Julie ■ A ndre ws; .• ^ 



Jean t'arson . , 
SantiKQ Ud 

Palladium (MM 
Gheerlul diarlio 

(Chester Go: ■ 
John Boles . 
Colstons: 
Zorls . 

Skating Ryles 
Beatrice &. 

Benedict . 
.Warren 

Latona A Sparke.^ 

Jean Inglis - 

France Clcry 
MANCHESTER 

Hippodrome (Si I 

Jimmy JewcU. 

Ben Warriss 

Anna Mac , • 

Downey -&: Day 

Transler & Huliey 

Peter Biair 

Benson Dulay 

Lcs Breatos , 

3 Fayes :■ 

NEWCASTLE 
. Empire (M) 1 

Lucerne Skaters 

Geo Formby . 

Gaston Palmer: . - 

K Komedy Kirks: 

.V Julian & l'et..s 

Hackford Ik Doyle 

Arthur Worsley 

Dassie Bros 

E & J Paul 

NOTTINGHAM 
Empire (M) 1 

3 Alphost. 

DonAld Ptrxs:: 

Bobbie Kilbber 

Dick Bentlcy 

C^uribas . . 

IjOW Parker - 

Tovarich Trp . . : 

R Roper & Maisie 
PORTSMOUTH 
Royal (M) I 

O'Kecte Sis & . / 
! ^ Richards ' 
j.Boy ' Amlro 
I Dick Henderson : 

Fred Loyelle .• 

fit <}niiiada< : 

:. Peter 

Gladys Hay 
I Harold ^ Berens 
I Michael' Moore ' : . 
I SHEFFIELD 

Empire (M) 1 
, Heiiiy Ii.ili Oic 
' Ted Ita-. 

S & M iLiriison 
iJlll .Manneis 
iMerliieth Old 
I Maple Leaf 4 

SHEPHERDS BUSH 
[ ' Empire' (S) 1 
I Frank Randle 
1 'Gus : Aubn-y 
.' Ben Warren Ti-p 
(:J:Iat swam t.'o 
' Rita Shearer . 

• A. .1' F'owcrs 

: .John. Hoden : ... • 

i Man(iala.y, ; .Singers 

1 SWANSEA 

I Empire (Ml .1 . 

.'iia. Petite I'oupce 

I I'clcr^ Sis 

'PaulBcrny 

i Wood &: liarmer 

• Reg Dlxoii .' ■ 

. W Kcppcl A: Bctly 
! 6iU : WaddingVora : , 
i DanceUc.s 

' WOLVEI? HAMPTON 
I Hippodrome (MJ ,: 1. 
i Ki-nie i.uLin>;a 
, 2 Tomson,s 

• :i ('ab.'illfros ■ 

J llettv IJriivne.:. : 
■ Tommy I,u<l<land 
j Lewis King . 
Gene Patton- • 



Bagatelle 

Dorothy Ross 
Deep River Boyi 
Kurt.. Maier.-'. ' 
Orcta Lind 

: Brevoort- 
Dahne Ilellman 
Marion - Manner! . 
3 Flames 

Blue Angel : 
John Lawrence 
.Striders 

George Premice 
Imofc'ene Coca 
Fletcher & Sheidy 
I Ellis Lai:kin . 3 
. Gafe Jamet 
Pat Harrington . 

Carnival . 
Louis Prima- Ore 
Cafe Society 
Jack GUford 
Dave Martin Ore 

Copacabana 
Joe E Lewis ; 
Austin Mack 
Diane Adrian 
Blackburn Twins 
Terry Stevens 
Sonny CaleUo " 
M Durso Oro 
Alvares Oi*c : , . 

China Doll 
Noro Morales Ore 
.lose Curbello Ore 
Florence Hin Low 
Joe WonB ■ . . 
Beatrice Fung Oye 
Liil* (7) 

Diamond Harsmhee 
Ilenny Youngman 
-Jack Gansert. 
Biily Banha 
Choral Sextet 
H Sandler Oro : 
Alvarei Mera . 
Juenger BaUet Line 

Ebony 
Pc<irl Primus 
Riminer Sis 
Cook & Brown 
Oliver Travers 
E.<iy Morales Ore 
B Harding Ore 
El Chlco 
Fernanda Crespo 
Maria T Acosta 
:Tno Casino . ■ 
Rita: & Rozino 
E Vizcaino Oro 

Embassy 
Vivienne Segal . 
I'upl -Campo Oro 
Sacasas Ore 

Harem 
Red Buttons 
Don Dennis 
linccr Twine 
Hiciodeera 
iMarcia LelghtOD 
'vioroccans 
Bod Alexander 
V Travere Or* 
.:De',.Lage':-.. '..'.- 
Wanger. Line ' 
Piroska 

D Hoberti Ore 
- HavanaiMadrld 

I^os ' Bocheros 
l>e Castra Sis 
Mildred Ray Line 
Ralph Pont Oro 
Machito Ore 
Hotel Belmo't-Plaia 
Eddie Stone Ore 
George De Witt 
Hotel: Blltntore 
Russ . Morgan Ore 
Harold Nagel Ore 

Hotel Bdlson 
Henry Jerome Ore 
{ No I Fifth Ave: 
I Nancy Andrewi 
I Goodman. & 
Kirkwood 
Ila/el Webster 
Downey & FonvlUe 

Penthouse Club 
Jayne Manners . 
(Clarke Morgan : , 
ITerh Schutz 
Hotel: Ambassador 
Fred Oliver Ore 
William Adiel! Ore' 
William Scottl 
Ennio Ore ' 

Hotel Attor 
Blue Barron Ore 
J -Three Suns 
r' Hotel New Yorker 
I Ray McKinley Ore 
! Hotel Pennsylvania 
1 'I'ommy Oorsey 
I Hotel Piccadilly 
( Dell Trio 



Hotel Plaia - 

Charles Trenet 
G & M Champion , 
Rosalind Courtrit:ht - 
Leo Keisman Ore 
Mark Monte Ore 
Payson Re Oro 
Nycola Matthey Or 

Hotel Pierre 
Roger Dann 
Hoctov & Byrd 
Chas Reader Ore 
Van Smith Ore. 

Hotel St Moriti : 
Alice Tvrell 
Dick Winslow 
L & E Roberta 
Mervyn Nelson : 
Fred Marks - 
Soft Winds 3 
Herman Schoon 

Hotel Sh IUgl» ; 
Nan Wynn 
Laszlo & Peplto 
M Shaw Ore 

Hotel Roescveif 
-Guy. Lombardo 
Hotel Savoy Plan 
Irving Conn Ore 

Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopei Or* 
Charlie Drew 

Hotel WarwkH 
Don Held 
Dorotliy Douglasi 
Dave Mann 
Jan: August Ore 

katin Quarter , 
Sophie Tucker 
Ted Shapiro 
Landrc Ar Verua 

Step Bros 

Tommy Trent 
June Graham. 
Richard Darcy ... 
Miriam Gwynne 
Eddie Michaels 
Dick Grayson 
Promlnaders 
Vlng Merlin Or* : - 
3 Harlow Ore - . 

Le DIrectoIr* 
Abe Burrows 
Frank York Ore 
Gringo Ore . 

Le Perroquet . < 
Hugh Shannon 
Martha Short ^ 
Marvin Raymer ' 

Le Ruban- Bleu 
Connie Sawyer 
.Thelma Carpenter 
Win : Jordan . 
Raymond Ohase • 
Julius Monk 
Norm.ann Parle S 
Leon ft Bddi*'« 
Eddie Davis 
Art Wancr Ore 
WalUs & Carroll 
Doris tc Robert 
Ralph -Youns - 
KarloB & 

Charmaine 
Shepard Line -. 

Old Roumanian '■•> 
Sadie Banke - 
.lohnny -Howard- -: 
.Sandra Klrtay 
BeUa: Smaro . , . - 
Joe LaPorte Or* 
D'Aquila Ore 
Savannah 
Howell & Bowser 
Ida James 
Hot Shots 
Tops & Wild* 
Nata & Rava 
Phyllis Branch 
Lou Dixon Ore 

Splvy'a 
Wade Donovan 
Roslynd Lowe - 
Spivy ,',' ' ',: 

vertallM* 
Edith PUf 
Bob Grant Or* 
Panchito Ore 

Village Barn 
Harry Ranch Ore 
Shorty Warren Ore 
Paulings 
Piute Pet* 
Vlllaqe VansUfM :: 
.Tay Marshall ' ' 
Dottie Reid 
Loumel ikiorgan S 
Biil.v Taylor 

Wsldorf-Astarl* - 
Eddie Duchin Ore 
Marijnret Pheian 
McCarthy & FarreU 
Miscba Borr Ore 



CHICAGO 



I - Blackhawh 

i Al Trace Orch 
' -Jackie Van 

Hotel BltmaFk 

Patricia Windsor 
, P & M Arnaud 
; Peggy Murdock 
, J: Eeatherstone Or .; 
I Heltlngt 

A I Morgan 
, Johnny. O'Leary , 
1 tiai-rietle Blake 
I .lane :Clftmi;ns . 

Andy Nelson O (4) 
< H Edgewater Beach 
, .Sinn Kramer 
! Oliia 

Will Osborne Ore 

D ni)d Dancers (12) 
' ' Chez Pare* 
i llarvey Stone 
. 'i'he Vagabonds 

Gi-acie Barrie 
: 1* Franks & Janyce 
.; Atlorabies (10) - 

(' Davidson O (11> 

J ICodriqucz . pfc : - 



Hotel Stevens' 

Benny .Strong Ore .. 
B & F Ballard , 
ilohn Flanagan' - ; 
.lean Arlen . . 
Marian Sneiman 
Skating Blvdeari: . 
Bog Turk 

Hebfield & Del iToro 
Doris Donavan 
Eiwood C^rl 

Palmar Houi* . 

Crirr WlUlan-.s Or* ■ 
I.Robert Lamouret 

M Abbbtt Dcra (10) 

Stan .I-'ishcr . 

D'Angelo & Vanya 
Blacksten* 

Joan Edwards : 

Joel Merman Ore 
I Vine Gardens' : 
! Mel Cole Ore 
( .locy Bishop 
1 Judie Manners . . 
I Pancho's Khumba B 
' Daniels ; & Daoice .. 



Lamb's Sydney Click 

Sydney, Oct. 2(1. 
Gil Lamb .scored a hit at the 
Tivoli here in Dave Martin's vaude 
.show;: He had previously been a. 
click in Melbourne: 
; Supporting -. Lamb arc Sugar 
Baba and the Rudas Twins. 



Spike Jones into Slapsie Maxie'i. 
Hollywood, Nov. 8, 



4S 



I.K«ITIjlIATB 



Wcdneidaf, Noirenilier 194S 



Executive Status Only Hitch As 
Union Merger Deal Nears Completion 



Plea for Selden Visit 

Washington, Nov. 2i 



With the administrative setup in*- ' 

Actors "Equity Assn. somewhat ' n. , iv . /i . n I 
cUrified, final details will probably ' *jtate UCPt UCIS DOUSlaS 

i be : worked out next week for the ~ ^ 

merger of the four principal east- \ 
er n talen I unions. Committee of : 
Equity, American Federation ; of ! 

Radio Artists, American -Guild of I state Dept. has received a re- 
Musical Artists and Chorus Equity quest from Ambassador Lewis 
Assn. has drawn up a tentative ; Douglas, in London, for clearance 
draft for the consolidation. If ap- for Samuel Selden, director of tlie 
proved at a final meeting, it will | Carolina Playmakers, to go to Eng- 
be submitted to , the goyerning | land to address various theatre 
boards of the various unions. If groups on the subject of folk drama 
' okayed therci it will be presented , and the American regional theatre, 
to the memberships for final ratiti- j Understood the bid. came through 
cation. _ jthe Arts Council of Great Britain. 

, Apparently the : only Femaining { Matter, has 'been- referred' to the 
hitch is over the execulive person- ' American National The.atre tt 
nel of the merged organization. ' Academy, in New- -York. ■ . ' 
It's generally agreed that George 



2 Negro Aidas 

Two Negro Aidas are appear- 
ing in New York this &I1 in 
Verdi's opera of that name, 
in different companies. 

The Salmaggi Opera Co; is 
presenting "Aida" at the 
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 
with Mu?iel Bahn in the title 
role, Nov. 13. Miss Rahn sang 
Carmen. in the Broadway pro- 
duction of "Carmen Jones" 
some seasons ago. The N.- Y. 
City Opera Co. staged its first 
"Aida" at City Center last 
Thursday (28). with Camilla 
Williams in the name part. 
Personnel of the two opera 
outfits are white in the main, 
although Muriel Smith has 
sung with Salmaggi, and Law- 
rence Winters is also singing 
in City Center's "Aida." 



Heller, present national executive^ 
secretary of AFRA, is to have , the 
top exec post in the enlarged union 
and that Henry Jaffe is to be chief 
counsel. However, the Kqttity con- 
tingent is reportedly contending 
that . both these posts should not 
go to radio union representatives. 

That WLuld in effect narrow the 
situation cfown to a choice tietween 
Heller and JalTe. Only : immediate 
alternatives to Ileller might be 
Hy Faine, executive-secretary of 
AGMA; Angus - Duncan; acting 
exe»-seC' of Equity; Ruth : Rich- 
mond, top executive in Chorus 

-Equity, or Frank Reel, assistant to 
Heller in AFRA. Rebecca Brown- 
slein, attorney for Equity and Cho- 
rus Equity, is the only apparent 
alternative to Jaffe. 

■ There are understood to . be: two 
suggested methods of solving the 



Selden's N. C. Stager 
Chapel Hill, N. C, Nov. Z. 

"Egypt Land," . an inspirational 
drama by Robert G. Armstrong, 
Jr., will be given its first produc- 
tion tonight and tomorrow night 
(2-3) by the Carolina Playmakersi 
drama group of the Univ. of North 
Carolina. 

:Samuel Selden staged it. 



1949 Strawhat Season Envisioned 
'Best Ever ; 99 Spots Already Set 



Nixon Blows Whistle 

For mde' Pan 



* From preliminary indicationa, 
the 1949 summer theatre seaton 

may be the biggest ever. So tar,;, 
managements of 99 spots haw.: 
revealed plans: for resuming next 
summer, while six otliers will be; 
active, buf at different location;, 
or ; the prospects, ; 63 .operate 
Equityrf ranchiscd . tlieatres and 36 , 
are noa-Equity. Approximateljr:; 
210 spots were active last sum-'/ 
mer. 



Pittsburgli, Nov, 2. 
Nixon theatre lias cancelled all 
legit advertising in and withdrawn 
openiilg-night critic' passes from 
Bulletin-Index, local class weekly \ 
newsmag, as a result of unfavor- j 
able review for recent Theatre ] of those reporting on the 1948 
Guild production, "Silver Whis- 1 season, 32 claimed that busin(>sa 
tie," in that publication. Notice j was better than the previous sea- 
was written by Anson Campbell, I son and 23 declared it was worse. 



U.S. Pbywrights Refuse 
To Sell Drama Rights 
To Scandmavia, Is Chum 



■. : Stocliftdlm,:?'Qciti 26..-;:.' 
Scandiijavia has ; seen few AiT>eri- ! 
can plays in, recent years because. 
U. S. playwrights or their agents j 

mTt^rVne"" proposed""tJ^' The \ l^^^^^ t 'niimf P.l" n^^J^r^^ ' 
Equity contingent, would require ' ^ore^^^^VSn^fT?/*^^^^^^^^ 
tliat the choice of execulive and ■ ™g«^jf ^e^^^^^^^ 
chief counsel be part of the pre- ^^"^^^^^ Scandmavian publisher of 



liminar.y agreement, to be decided 
by agreement of the governing 
boards of all the -UDions: The other, 
■ proposed by the AFRA spokesmeni 
would leave the selection of per- 
sonnel to the overall board of the i 



plays, Which sUjpplifeS scripts to- all 
■theatres-, here. ■':■._.■'■ ■; : , :.:',:.:' 

Interest in American piays is 
keen, he said, so that he can't iin- 
dorstand the reluctance to eriter 
the; Scandinavian ni irket, if it's a 
. . ,. Tr . - [ matter of high taxes on proceeds, 

merged organization If an agree- arrangements can be made 

ment on either method of selec-|^„ j.emit in part over a number of 
tion isnt reached at the merger ; ^^.^^.^ j„ ^^^^ tf,^ ^^^^^^ 

Every ;Scihdiijavian ^ piroducer. 



committee's final ; meeting, the 
-whole question may be tossed into 
the laps of the Equity council and 
the AFR.A national board. 

U nd e r t he ■ proposed merger plan 
as drafted by the committee, the 
Initial governing board of the over- 
all union: would number 44 repre- 
sentatives from the various mem- 



says Hammaren, has been after 
"Harvey," but the author's agent 
has turned a deaf ear to bids for 
three years. It's taken until re- 
cently to get the rights for "Okla- 
homa!" or "A Streetcar Named De- 
sire." The only author ' one can 
get results from apparently is Eu- 



ber groups. Equity and AFRA ; gg^g O'Neill and his N. V. agent 
would have la each, and. Chorus i j^jg^g^^j lyigj^gj, . 
Equity and AGMA would havej ^^.^^^ playwrights prefer to wait 
seven each. The non-paid presi- .^^i^i, Scandinavian preems until 
dent of the organization would be 1 af^pr the London openings, but 
selected Irom Equity. After the , hammaren thinks they're wrong, 
unified group's first convention, | p,ay t^at succeeds in England 
probably to be held next fall, rep- j pan prove a bust in Sweden— and 
resentation on the overall govern- . v,(,g versa. Fact that legit in 
Ing board would be accordmg to Sweden has government support is 
■ the humerical.;5trength of the memr ' — 



Equity Adjusts 
Its Exec Setup; 
Staff Pay Hikes 

Council of Actors Equity Assn. 
took steps during the last week 
to straighten out the unionfs mud- 
dled administrative setup: It voted 
Friday (29) to continue Angus Dun- 
can as temporary executive-secre- 
tary, but at a "substantial" in- 
crease in salary (reportedly about 
double his former pay), with the 
possibility that he may presently 
be given the assignment on a 
permanent basis. Meanwhile,. Re- 
becca Brownstein's status .as coun^ 
sei was clarified. : 

With the idea of bringing the. 
union's .personnel situation up. to 
date, initial steps have been taken 
to give liberal salary raises to vir- 
tually the entire : staff, most of 
whom have received no increases 
lor 10 years or more, although 
their' pay: even then was ; barely, 
adequate. Tentative : schedule ; of. 
wage, boosts has 1 been drawn up 
for consideration by the council 
in the next couple of weeks, pref- 
erably before Christmas. It's ex- 
pected that the raises will bt 
okayed readily by the council, al- !: 
though the union's payroll must be i 
kept: within a limited budget. i 

Duncan's status was the subject ; 
of a special council , meeting last j 
week, at whicli a committee headed .' 
by «^ymond Massey reported on i 
its five-month study of the execu- 1 
live situation. Understood that in-; 
the interim, Paul Dullzell, who re- ' 
tired last spring as exec-sec, had 



who recently instituted a page of 
critical comment in the mag: be^; 
fore that,; shows; were only brief-* 
ly listed. 

Action against Bulletin-Index 
was taken by Eddie Wappler, 
I Nixon manager. ■ House is operat- 
ed by Marcus Heiman and Tony 
I Conforti, who owned theatre un- 
ftil its recent sale to AlunUnum Co. 
ol, America. They now - are run-r 
I ning site: on lease until Alcoa tears 
I it down to make: way for big of- 
' fice building, which will probably 
be at the end of next season: 



;^ine (naiiagcmeinits state;} ihilt thi - 
1948 semester^ was,-., •.''■'.about.'"' .the; 
same" ^ 190, ' ')^fi>r 'variioiis spqU, 
194iJ', ;was : : the'.'- ^flrst' ■..■■suinnier//:.' it^. 
there was lib basis of comparisoii. 

Friinklin : Trask, who had eighi; 
theatr<eS 'l*?t Slimmer, Will add »:. 
taintb sfahd tp' his circuit for I849i' 
despite an estinMted ?!o% drop ii 
biisines^; fciir 1948; He ; hiisn't i-e- 
vealed whetne the ;ai}diUdnal spot 
wilt he, but; is :iigurihg eh itavins ■ 
liine ■ditferent : producUonS, each- 
of which win play a *eek ,at evenr 
iibuse :in. the circuit. All will l»e : 
guest-istar units, continuittg^ the 
policy bf last; summer. T^ 
erates a stock company iat Biattlie 
Hall, Canibridgei :,M^s&y ' dttitibjil 
the winter season. ,•■■.■'..,■••.,;' ' ■ 
. iJespit<j : better attendance last' : 
summer; increaseijl operatinic.' co^; 
reduced the net rettirh nh the 10^ ; 
week seasbn' at' the ifahiptpn : jpiajr* 
bouse. Bridgehampton, ;t , 
cording, to produce^!' :Gait Hillsda/' 
If Equity boosts: the : scale: any 
higher or adds further rdstrie- 
tions, thie tnati^gement says it .may 
have to close or revert to nott'r 
Equity status, "after three yean 
of struggle and a large personal 
investment in equipment." ■ ': '! : ■ 
■ Ray Hingiey and Robert . Vaster 
report a "mailed drop" in busi- 
ness at the Finger , Lakes drama 
festival, Ithaca. N. Y, last sum- 
, , , , . ^ I mer, for whicli they blame "Ui« 

_„ ... weekly paycheck of $350 for just i inflated cost of living " The slump 

raises will be routine talent is commonplace now- occurred despite 
adays. ■ 



Manager Points Up 
Shortage of Players 
In Yiddish Theatre 

New Haven, Nov. 2. 
In for a one-night stand of "The 
Cantor's Daughter" at the Shu- 
bert (26), Leon Schachter, di- 
rector of the troupe, had a few 
pertinent observations to unload 
concerning the law of supply and 
demand ..l it applies to -Jewish 
actors. 

According to Schachter, the 
ranks of this particular branch of 
the profession are becoming so 
thin that those now on tap can 
demand a stipend considerably out i 
of line with former . salaries. A ' 



ber unions. 
■; One minor point still unsettled 
Is Heller's status with AFRA if 
he becomes executive head of the 
merged organization. Heller report-^ 
edly would like to retain his execu- 
tive-secretary title with AFRA; at 



an aid to plays, too. O'Neill's "The 
Iceman Cometh" was a big success 
in Stockholm, Oslo and Copen- 
hagen. It hasn't been seen in Lon- 
don -yet.;'. ■ ■ 

Sweden has to go to other coun- 
tries looking for material, Ham- 
maren claims. French plays are 



GORELIK'S SURVEY OF 



least on a nominal basis, with Reel ! very popular, with Jean-Paul 
handling the day-to-day executive | gartre and Jean Anouilh the favor- 
duties of the radio union. How-|ites. Spanish authors, especially 
ever, it's considered doubtful if Garcia Lorca and Del Valle-Inclan, 
either AFRA or the Equity-Chorus ; are increasingly popular. 
Equity contingent would agree to' "Dtar HuUi" has been an enor- 
such a setup. i mous success, having been given 

I over 200 times at the New theatre, 

j Copenhagen.: It's also done very 
well :pn tour in 'Sweden, "jpah biE 
•ri..^'*i.»^ . .T . Loi-raine'-. was put :on badly in 

EUROPEAN THEATRES 'Coi'onhagen and flopped. Then it 
liUnviLi/iM lUMJixinuu ^^^^^^ Municipal the- 

Mordecai Gorelik, stage and film aire in Gothenburg and was a big 
designer, shoves ofl, on , a leisurely . success. The Municipal took it on 
Europeaji tour of all capitals on lour and did well with it. Oslo 
behalf of the Nittional Theatre ■ liked the- Municipal's .version and 
Conference, ,but 'under Rockefel- ' will soon have its own, at the Del 
ler Foundation grant, to explore Ny theatre. 

actual staging methods in postwar 

Europe. His now standard Samuel 
French, Inc. book, "New Theatres 
for Old." was the result of two 
Guggeneim Foundation gr a n t s 
pre-war, when he studied the 
techniques of the last 50 years. 
The book has gone into its fiftli 



Preserit :shertage of ■ players in 
this field, is due to two main fac? 
toi^s.; First; impprtatiori oJ Viailent 
froin abroad has virtually .dried 
up, that market having . been; . a 
heavy wai; ca.sualty: ; Secondly,! and 
younger ;generai;ipn :over here is 
not- training in the: Jewish braneh 
but is taking its fling in the Amer- 
ican idiom. This is' : partteularly' 
agreed to' r'SAquislJcomplSe^^^^ """".'f^^l talent, which pre- 

executive reins and henceforth ^P" *° '^s lo with the diversi- 
comfine himself solely to his duties , "^"l English-speaking field, 
as treasurer. Latter will require i Another headache that besets 
his presence at the Equity office , managerial end of Jewish trouping 
only a couple of hours a week to I ^'}'^ "f ^^'^ with 
sign checks | touring. Unlike Equity, which has 

It's expected that, with the clari- i "If "S^^n/^'^^r^^J^^ ^7 
fication of his anomalous Executive fl'*!'!*" ^"^ fn^Ff^f 
po.sition, Duncan will probably be ' '",^"^f "^."/"li^l* 
able to operate more effectively f^^" /ow" to tipping the redcaps 
and .that before long he will re- f"^ ^f' ^H^'^: all mounts up 
ceive the full title of executive- L^m^h^*?/^'?"* "''t,'^^ 

secreUry. However, it was stipu- ■ fl 1,000 for a show 
lated that his salary increa.se is to | *,9L?f " „ , „ . „ , 
remain in force even if he doesn't ovch ^^K-f^' starrmg Freidele 
ultmately get the full exec-sec 9^^*"?^' ^^tT^i^**"'''/ ^"^^ T^' 
title, but becomes assisUnt to '"^ Montreal, and a week in 



improved public; 
relations, better promotion, excel- 
lent notices and a high standard 
of production," it's stated. George 
R. Snell, operating the Green Ililla 
theatre. Reading, Pa., plans to in- 
crease the capacity' of the house 
lower admission (top last 
summer was $2.10, including tax) 
to combat a sag in business. He 
has an Equity setup, with a guest- 
star policy. 

. Albert: H. Rosen was so success- 
ful in his first season at the Mont- 
' (Continued on page 50) 



someone else who might be ; 



Boston. Company included Leon 
Schachter, Sam Joscphson, Max 



Broadway Singer Takes 
Longhair Role With The 
Nippon Philharmonic 

Tokyo, Oct. 25. 
First appearance by a foreign 
artist with the Nippon Philhaf^ 
monic Orchestra will be made Nov. 
2 by Frances Cassard, Broadway 
musical comedy singer. She'll 
create further precedent by doing 
such western music as selections • 



brought in. But the latter prospect ,.', ■'oscpnson. Max ; such western 

'is not being considered. |Bo?hyk, l-lorence Weiss, Sally Jo- [from Wagner and Verdi, and prob- 

,<=.nb<:n„ o„u.„^,»_ ^^,y ^^^^^ ^^^^ performance In 

Japariese of an aria from "{tiadame 



edition and has just been pub- 
lislied in England. 

It's expected this itinerary by 
Gorelik will be productive of a 
book and arlirles. 



Catholic House for Hub 

Boston, Nov, 2. 
.-\n official Boston Catholic The- 
iitre, aiming at eventual; profes^ 
sionalism, gets undo;r way in the 



. , , . ■ isephson; Sammy Schachter. Reizel 

..ft^n^ff.Z<'^^' J"""" f'«Vbeen'Bo.hyk. Comedy was wri te" by 
settled for Miss Brownstein to re- William f.iegel, with music byMau- 
main as the union counsel. The ,.ive Tr«rhtrn:^n <it^aV^I^^ 
only remaining stumbling block, Hy^an fSCI Oscar Green fs 
Paul Turner's continuation as nom- impresario of. thLs onP 
inal chief council, is to be elimi- obliou^^v a l^^aof ^ f 

and the American Guild of Musical «tfmat^ $27oo at SI 60*^^^ 
Artists becomes effective. |CSHmai ecl »z,4»U at »3.60 to p. 

As. for then, Turner will retire 

I completely, not only as chief coUn- 

1 sel of Equity and Chorus, but also 

i as chief attorney for the Associated 

,' Actors & Artistes of America, the 
parent union. Meanwhile, Miss 

, Brownstein has received' a salary 
increase and the Equity is to pro- 
vide an a.ssistant at $50- a week. 



Modeled after the N. Y. Black- 
friars, the oulfil. endor.sed by 
/Vrchbishop Richard J. Gushing, 
will present plays of Catholic in- 
terest) including some by non-Cath- 



Edward W. KiuseUa, husband of o"^'. authors. Set for jiroduction 



during the sea.son are 



The Hound 
'The: 



Z Little Theatres Map 

Season in Kaycee 

Kansa-s City. Nov. 2. 
Resident Tbeatre has brought in 
Stanley Ackerman to take over di- 
rection of its . season of four pro- 



pvessagent Helen Hoerle <"Mag-, „ „ 

dalena"! critically ill in a N. Y. o/ "^-aven, The Rivals, 
liospital . . . WNEW, N. Y., tonight ^ong of Bernadette, Joan of Lor- 
(Wed.) at 9-30, will devote a half- raine," "Career Angel" and The 
hour program to "Medea," with Cradle Song." Theatre will use the 
excerpts frtfm the play aired for.N- K. Mutual Hall and put on the 
the first time via Decca's recording sliows for two nights in succession. 



TREACHER MAY COSTAR 
WITH HORTON IN TORY' 

If Arthur Tteacher doesn't do a 
new musical by Otto Harbach and 
Peter DeKose, he may costar with 
Edward Everett Horton in a revi- 
val of "Springtime for Henry" on 
Broadway this season. Theron 
Bamberger and Guy Palmerton 
would co-produce the latter show, 
with Ilka Chase and Louise AUbrit- 
lon as ferame leads. Joshua Logan 
\\ould be sought as stager. , . ' 

"Henry" has been a boxoffice 
goldmine for ilorlon in summer 



Butterfly." Kazuo. Yamada will 
conduct. 

Appearance of Mi.ss Cassard, who ' 
sang in 'On the Town" and had 
I a leading part in"Song of Nor- 
I way" on Broadway^ ha.s; created 
such public demand^ that the con- 
cert is already sold out and a sec- 
ond is being scheduled. Emperor.: 
llirohito is expected to attend the 
first! concert, which will mark the 
anniversary of the opening of Ja- 
pan to^ western -culture. . 

Singer will give a concert Sun- 
day (31) at the Ernie Pyle theatre ■ 
here for U. S. occupation troops. 



"The Hasty Heart," "An Inspector 
Calls" and^ ^'Sound of Hunting." 

Two productions will feature guest slock and on the road for many 

stars.: . ■■,■■.■■•■■ ■■■ ■ ■ - • 

New group, Universit.v Commu 
nity Players, was .set up last week* in 1931. 



NTC TALEHT TEYOITTS 
Second annual NTC Tryout 
Studio wrill be :prescnted for three, 
weeks beginning Nov. 8 at the 
Kaufman Auditorium YM & YWHA 
and Hunter College playhouse, 
N.Y. 

Tryout Studio i.'i a showcase for 
young actor graduates of National 
Theatre Conference drama depart- 
ments, professional schools and 
community theatres, intended to 
help them make U)e transition to 



seasons. Benn W. Levy comedy ' the professional stage. Broadwav 
•"""^ Broadway j producers, directors, agcnUs. etc., 
aie invited to attend the sessions. 



UBCilTIMATR 



49 



Mary Hunter Awarded Full Damages 
As Proser-Kipness Lose 'Shoes Plea 



Mary Hunter's contract -breach >- 
award against the producers of ! 
*dligh Batten Shoes" was sus- 
tained Monday (1) by the N. Y. | 
State appellate division, and judg- ] 
ment was entered. Because the 



St. Paul Peeved Again 



St. 



Minneapoli.?, Nov. 2. 
Paul . hecomes a one-night 



opinion was unanimous, no further stand for the third time this sea- 



!S?fel.'!.^ie. Shuberts Now Own M Broadway I 

House With 442G Buy of Belasco 



Michael 

from London 10 days ago, has been 
in Baltimore since, at John Hop- 
kins hospital for a checkup on an 
old ailment that bothered him 
while, abroad. He's due back, in N. 



Town Hall Lecturers 



* The Shuberts, who already have 
1 15 Broadway houses, this week ac- 
quired the Bela^co, N. Y., and tqok 
lover immediate operation of the 
Mrs, house. Nominal purchaser; at s re- 



Cscar Hammerstein, 11, ^ 
Clarence Day, J o h n M a s o n ported pricrof $442,000^8' Bernard 



: appeals may be taken, so full dam- 
ages inusf now be paid> Estimated 
;||iat the imhiediate payment will 
amouiit to about $25,000, plus sub- 

' aequent payments according to a 



son while the attraction plays al- 
mostj. an entire' week hcire.: This 
time it's "The Desert Song," pen- 
ciled into St. Paul for a matinee 
and night Nov. 21 after playing 



laees. 

"Burlesque-' and "Show Boat" 
also were booked into St Paul for 
single days while running full 
weeks in Minneapolis. "Annie Get 
Your Gun" passed up St. Paul en- 
tirely and ran the full week here: 
It's all hurtful to St. Paul civic 
pride, as evidenced by the St. 
Paul newspapers' antagonistic . at'^ 
titude. 



percentage of the gross of the New h^re for five nights and two mat 
York, road and subsequent comr 
panics, and all subsidiary rights. 

In their appeal to the appellate 
division, the defendants asked that 
the amount of the payments be de- 
^tertnined by: weekly arbitration, 
but the court called the proposal 
: **lilainly an effort to avoid deter- 
mination" of : the original arbitra-: 
: tion award. The producers, Monte. 
pToser and Joseph Kipness, were 
given the oppoFtuuit)!. to make vol-^ 
iintary payment of the award, but 
steps to enforce the judgment were 
provided. 

The opinion sustained the origr 
inal arbitration award,, which stip- 
ulated that the terms of Miss 
Hunter's contract with the pror 
ducers be observed in toto. Con- 
tract calls for Miss Hunter, as di- 
rector, to receive % of 1% of the 
gross of the original production of 
the musical comedy, currently in 
Its 57th week on Broadway; of the 
xoad company, currently in its 25th 
week in Chicago, plus all other 
companies (an English edition is 
being readied by Jack Hyltonlt and 
. fiom all fOm, stocky, vaudeville, 
television and other subsidiary 
rights. 

After Miss Huntfer had worked 
some weeks on preparations for 
the "Shoes" production, George 
Abbott was signed as director to 
supersede her, but the first she 
learned of the move was when she 
read of it In the dailies. Efforts to 
settle the matter failed, so Miss 
Iluntcr brought arbitration pro^^ 
ceediugs, as stipulated in- the con- 
tract. Her attorney was William 
Fitelson, while Proser and Kip- 
ness were represented by Milton 
- Weir, lawyer for the Shuherts, who 
bave a substantial piece of the 
"Shoes" production. 



Science Monitor Nixes 
Ads for 'Road Rome^ 
' Due to Adnltery Angle 

Boston, Nov. 2. 
Chi'istian Science: Monitor has 
rejected ads 
Kome," with 

' Repertory Assn. is launching its 
first season Friday Might (5) at the 
Copley theatre. However, the 
daily has; indicated its critic will 

• review the show.. 
. ' Reason for. the paper's frown on 
the Robert E. Sherwood anti-war 
drama is its adultery angle. How- 
ever, the sheet's editors over- 
looked a somewhat analogous set- 
up involving Bobby Clark in the 

, current Michael Todd musical, "As 
the Girls Go," and even the situ- 
ation in "Bravo," the new Edna 
Pcrber-George S. Kaufman play, 
in which much of, the action in-r 
volves the marital intentions of a 
Hungarian playwright and his 
"consort." 

■• .''Rome'' is the first local show 
to'.run afoul of the Monitor morals 
, taboo this season. 



aOllOi Profit 
EainedbyAimie' 

"Annie Get Your Gun," Irving 
Berlin .musical comedy .-which. 
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Ham- 
merstein, 2d, are presenting at the 
Imperial^ N. Y., and on tour, has 
thus far earned a profit of $1,012,- 
000 on an initial outlay of $320,- 
000. Excluding the producers' 
50% share^ that means 20th-Fox , 
the sole, backer, has already real- 
ized a: profit of nearly : 160% on 
its investment. 

Show is currently: piling: up addi- 
tional profits at the rate hf about 
$10,000 a week on the two com- 
panies. Returns from this and 
other productions are distributed 
by the R-H office the first of every 
month. That's , an unusually 
prompt setup. ' 



Y; today (Wed.). 

Producer flew to London for the 
British opening of "Lute Song," 
but didn't go on to Paris to look 
for play properties, as originally 

scheduled. He also had no chance i " " , .t - i/ui icu j^nue oi ii>n*^;uuu, is jjernara 

to see any other shows in London Brown and other show biz figures Friedman, an accountant In the 
for possible Broadway production. 1 f*"*^ listed among, the 60 speakers • ghubert office. 

for the 55th season of mommg I Tr„ . » n , 

lectures at Town Hall, N. Y. Ham- ! Jt^;,'"^",^^ 

merstem will talk on "The Newest W^Jicb Harty ■ E. 

Trends in the Theatre"; Mrs. D^y g^^^^ is^ President an^ 
on "Life WUh Clarence Day," and |,*°*hoW^rs mc^^^^ 
Brown on regular legit coverage lS2*i;,?*?^JPT%K^^ 
under his Saturday Review 

Thine. " ""l""™" Singer. It was purchased In 1944 

Sefson «.ill open today (Wed.)»t $32S00O^^^^ 
with commentator H: V. Kalten- S^^S.^^^^^ 
born analyzing "Our Post-Election Around $60,000 has been spent 
World;" Series will present ABC ; Property in ^^^^to^ four 

prez Mark Woods On "The Pres- p'®^*'*, out of operating profits, so 
ent and Future Of Television", in the new 

Aaron Copland, discussing "The qeail represents capital profit. It's 
Americah Scene in Mufeic,'' and p^tiniated^^t^^ ;«t .least $200,000 
James A. Mlchener, whose "Tales I w^J^^of ^novation will have to .h^, 
of the South Pacific" will form new »>»ne^^^^ Prbpi^rty 



Next Few Weeks 
Wyi Determine 
Fate of 'Heiress' 



AMBITIOUS ACTORS 

: ■Holiy\(Wi(!^;^.'Novf 'Z^^ 
A' new three-ih-Oiie thieatKy em- 
bodying the ds^qla and; iiabdi'atory 
idea buttressed ' by . high-powered 
Broadway or Holl.vwo6d names, is 
in process of eStablishmeiit here. 
Setup to be called th? Actors The- 
atre;: will inciude the. group iteceiit- 
ly active at La; Joita, with GregoiTr 
Peck» Joseph . Gotten, and otheiTS, 
plus Elia Kazan, j<>hh Crarfield and 
others from New York. Talent will 
for "The Road to j appear in shows, while, working in 
which, the Boston film productions, there being no 
matinees; only even.ing presenta- 
.tions; ■ ■ . 

Three-in-one idea revpiyes about; 
(he fact that theatre Wjll be Used 
for three purposeSj ; as; a liegiter 
(when it will Have: 1,000; seats); as 
a filmhouse, wRea it'\wili be en- 
larged to capacity ( 1 i60Ci seats), and 
as a television center. Theatre is 
being ; designed by Williani Pemra : 



Chicago, Nov. 2; 
Next few weeks' grosses fori 
"The Heiress," at the Selwyn the- 
atre, here, should determine 
whether the Basil Rathbone-star- 
ring drama will continue on the 
road through the balance of the 
season or fold --here. Show has 
played to six consecutive losing 
weeks, but after rave reviews ap- 
peared in the local dailies last' 
Thursday (28) attendance perked 
sharply for the final three per- 
formances of tfie -: opening week 
here. 

It's understood here that Fred 
Finklehoffe, Jr., producer of the 
play, and Jed Haxris, who staged 
it and has a substantial share,- dis- 
agree on whether to spend more 
money, to promote the Chicago en- 
gagement, or to close immediately. 
Finklehoffe is repNorted favoring 
the latter move, with Harris thus 
far succeedtng in bis.deterTnination 
to put the tour into the black with 
a successful engagement here. 

Period drama opened last Mon- 
day night (25) but because of a 
conflict with the premiere of the: 
Theatre Guild's "The Silver Whis- 
tlCi" the critics didn't cover It un- 
til the second night. Then, on ac- 
count of the printers' strike here, 
the reviews didn't appear until 
Thursday^ Business thereupon took 
a shatp lump; bringing the week's 
gross to, $11,800. That's in the 
red,' but under th6 circumstances 
is considered promising; . 



the book for a forthcoming Broad 
way; musical,, .'talking on young 
American writers. " •' 



Ask Authors To 
Take 'Shoes' Cut 



Coast 'Lend Ear' Pard 



86G Claim Vs. Jap Govt. 
In May De Sousa Estate 

Chicago, Nov, 2. 

Contrary to; reports; at the time 
of her death last Aug. 8, May . De 
Sou.sa, light opera star of yester- 
year, didn't die penniless. Her will 
filed here in probate court Friday 
(29) disclosed she was moderately 
well.fixed, with a bank account and 
other assets. 

Estate includes a $36,000 claim 
tor property confiscated by the 
Japanese government;: The singer 
and her husband, Dr. William 
©"Kara, lived for many years in 
Sbangbal. where she was interned 
by the Japs, following his death in 
1941. 

A sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary C. De 
Sousa of Oak Park, 111., is named 
.Inheritrix. 



Prodoetians of Pittsburgh Play- 
house will go on tour this season, 
bookings in nearby towns and !»u- 
burban centers having been set for 
every show in the series. 



Trust Fond for Idle « 
Actors Is Depleted 

St. Louis, Nov. 2. 

A $49,000 trust fund for tempor- 
arily idle actors established by a 
St. Louisan more ; than 20 years 
ago came to an end last week when 
the last sum, $51.68; ■ was loaned 
to an actor who once played with 
David Wai^eld. The fund was es- 
tablished by the late Eugene W. 
Handlan, vice, president of a large 
manufacturing company here, who 
enjoyed a wide acquaintance among 
theatrical people. 

George W. Torrey, a trust officer 
of a local band that handled the 
funds, said that no recipient of 
Handlan's largess received more 
than $99, and the average was 
around. $50. He said that none of 
the "loans" was ever returned, al- 
though h* received many letters 
and cards of thanks. 



Accounting in Coast Sqit 

Hollywood, Nov. 2. . 
Suit for $16^400 damages and an 

I accounting of funds was filed here 
;by Franklin Gilbert, principal part- 
j ner in the local "Lend ? An Ear", 
I company; Action was brought as 
i several cast toppers headed east 
jfor a Boston break-in of the inti- 
[ mate revue prior, to a Broadway 
I bow around Christmas; 
I Gilbert's complaint named Paul 
P.; Schreibman and Alvin Baranov, 
owners of Las Palmas theatre 
where show is housed; Jack Pres- 
ent and Harry Zevin, employees of 
the theatre, and PresrZev Corp. 
Plaintiff alleges that original book-' 
I ing was made on the claim that; the 
[ house had always rented for $1,600 
I plus a 40% cut of the operating 



Chicago, Nov. 2. 
Authors of "High Button Shoes" 
have been asked to accept a cut in: 
royalties on the local production,; 
currently In its 25th week at the 
Great Northern here. Understood; 
the slice has been accepted by Jule 
Styne, : composer, and Sammy 
Cahn,' lyricist, but that Stephen 
Longstreet, author of the book, has. 
not yet answered. ^ Cuts would be" 
subject to Dramatists Guild ap- 
proval, 

• According to report, Joseph Kipr 
ness, co-producer (with Monte, 
Proser) of the; musical comedy, has 
indicated in New York that he does' 
not intend asking the cast to ac- 
cept a: reduction, explaining their 
salary from this show is the only 
income the actors have.: The aur 
thors, on the other hand, are re- | 
eciving sub.stantial royalties from 
the Broadway production and; will; 
shortly begin getting a slice of the 
forthcoming London edition. 

After about four months of vir- 
tually sellout business the Chicago 
production has been slipping at the. 
boxoflice in recent weeks and fell 
to about $28,000 last week, con- 
siderably below ; operating cost. 
According to word here,; Kipness 
I hopes; to continue at' a. reduced 
I budget here through the pre- 
Christmas lull, then to tour various 
I niidwest cities and work westward 
i to the Coast. 



is now assessed at $490,000. 

Considerable efforts were made 
to keep the details of the sale to 
the Shuberts secret. Webb & 
Knapp represented the purchaser, 
with Douglas L. Elliman tt Co., 
agent on the deal. Theatre, with 
seating capacity of 1,077, was built 
in 1906 and was orif^aUjr named 
the Stiiyvesant. 

Leonard Sang, manager of the 
house for the Belasco Theatre 
Corp., Intends entering production 
ranks in association with Gould, 
his former boss. Several years ago. 
Sang represented tho Shuberts in 
Chicago. 



Littler Preps U.S.-Cast 
Musical for Vaude Void 



London, Oct. 26. 
Emile Littler is preparing a mu- 



Cochran's 'Bride' 
Dae for B'way With 
* Original Brit. Cast 

**Bless the Bride," Sir Charlea 
B. Cochran's current London hit, 
will probably be brought to Broad- 
way early next season with the- 
original cast. Present plan Js to 
close the musical comedy next 
summer, when the present Capacity 
pace will have subsided, rehearse 
it there with the veteran British 
showman again directing, and then 
give it brief tuneup engagements 
in a couple of eastern cities be- 
fore the Broadway opening: ' The 
original male lead, Georges Giie- 
tary, will be back in the show. 

Pendmg final settlement of ali 
the details and signing of contracts^ 
Cochran isn't disclosing who will 
be associated with him in the Xew 
York presentation; Likewise, he 
isn't announcing the identity of 
the singer-actor he has elected to 
be the male lead in his next Lon- ■ 
don production, an as-yet untitled 
musical comedy with book by A. P. 
Herbert and music by Vivian El- 
Ms. With the show not slated to 
open in the West End until next 
June^ no. contract with the per- 
former will be signed for tome 
months. 



CaSin6 after Christmas, :.He aiiiis 
ati fillih^' f he . theiatre's gap made by 
closing i of ;^ t Bernard ;be^^^^ 
vaudeville season, with an inter* 
profit, and that the house had, in I national show on a lavish scale pro- 
I fact, been rente<l previously for I duccd by Robert Nesbitt. ; No cast 
[ $1,000 and a percentage. Com- [ lineup is as yet available, but Nes- 
plaint also a.skcd an accounting of bitt's trip to the U. S. should bring 



Cochran, ; his Wife and Blliit sail . 
, .Saturday (6) on the Queen Eliza- 

sical show to follow the Humpty [ beth after having been in New 
Dumpty" pantomime at the London ! York several weeks. 



back some of the names. . 



[coin from ticket agencies and brok- 
s"^- \ Nesbitt, due back from New 

[ "Ear' opened at ' Las Palmas ; York this week, will begin produc- 
I June 16 and has played to capacity 1 tion conference with Littler im- 
, since that time, with weekly | mediately on his return. 

I grosses at the $7,000 mark. It's | . 

J understood that the weekly profit i / . ■i.-r ■«» • » 

' has been around $1,200 and that ; 'Marcclla NCW MuSICai 
; the production cost of $29,000 is 1 vf.. • ll„pn««i Airi»« 

, within a few thousand dollars of i BUCnOS Aires 

. complete amortization. . Buenos Aires, Oct. 26, 

1 Zevin, recently named company I playwrights Sixto Pondal Rios 
; manager for the local production, | and Carlos A, Olivari have another 
i and Present ankled Las Palmas ' hit on their hands in "El Otro Yo 



Rot>t. Merrill'* Concert 

Schenectady, Nov. 2. 

Robert Merrill and RCA's "Mu- 
sic America Loves Best" network- 
show cast will concert in Fabian's 
Plaza Nov. 11. Top will be $3. 

Huss Case's orchestra will also 
appear. 

Kay Ponlton, of the Arts Coun- 
cil of Great Britain, in the U. S. 
for a two-month speaking tour . 



I yesterday <1) to concentrate on ■ 
I their Pres-Zev corporation, which ■ 
j will function as a production con- . 
tsultant and supervisor. Another i 
; theatre employee, Robert Finkel, { 
recently sued- Gilbert, seeking an 
interest in "Ear" hi return for \ 
services. j 
William, Katzell, partnered in the i 



de Marcela ("Marcella's. ■ Other 
Self"). 

Musical; Is currently grossing 
around $8,000 (U. S.) weekly at the 
Presidente Alvear in Buenos Aires. 
Show is sold out for weeks In ad- 
vance. 

"Marcella" brings together 



COSTUME BALL WIU 
BENEFIT ACTORS FUND 

The Actors' Fund benefit, annu- : 
ally presented as an all-star show, 
will be given this year in the form ; 
of a Costume. Ball, Fashion Show, 
and Supper at the Hotel Astor,. 
N. Y., Dec. 28, with a star program 
of entertainment;. Rare: old cos-, 
tumes worn by ; great .stars .of the 
past will be on display in the Fash- 
ion Parade. The entertainment part 
of the evening will take one 
"through the years" since the turn 
of the century. 

James E. Sauter will b« the di- 
rector general, with John Golden 
as chairman, and with John Shur 
bertt Warren Munsell and Keane 
Waters on . the committee^ 



eastern: production, is not connect- 
ed with the local company. 



'sSked 

X^aguna Beach, Cal., Nov. 2. 
Four children's plays and seven 
Experimental Workshop produc- 



i strong cast of film and radio fa- , 

I vaoritss; including tango; composer } tion[S ^ili au^eht the program of 
Marianito Mores, Juan Carlos ; full-length Broadway shows on the 
! Rockefeller Foundation has ap- ' Thorry, Delia Garces and Benita ; schedule for the nine-month win- 
proved a grant of $13,500 to the i Puertolas. Emeico studios are re- , tcr season at the Playhouse here. 
[Baylor University drama depart- ' ported dickering to screen the i Jack Harris, former Pasadena 
iment, Waco, Texas. ' show in 1949, with the present cast, ) Playhouse lead, will direct. 



80 



LBGITIMATE 



WednestTajr, NoTcmlier S, 1948 



WASHINGTON 

Bellevue: Surrey Playbarn: Milo Ryan (N). 

WEST VIRGINIA 
Charleston: Summer Players; C. G. Peters (E) (B). 



99 Slrawhals Resuming m l _ 

designated (El, those with a guest-star policy (G). resident Equity com- '"^L^Ksten? Charles Mm Lawrence at Theatre Show- 

panies (R) and non-Equity ^ | case, Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J. 



CALIFORNIA 
ta Jolla: Actors Co.; Mel Ferrer <E) (G). 

I^aeuna Beach: Laguna Players: Jus Addis, Hayden Rorke (E) (G). 
San Mateo: Hillbam theatre; Robert Brauns (N). 
Santa Barbara: Lobero theatre; Rogers Brackett, Walter Rathbun 

COLORADO 

Denver: Elitch'S Gardens; Arnold Gurtler (E) (R). • 

CONNECTICUT 
Canton: Show Shop; Stanley Cobleigh (E) (Ri. 
Guilford: Chapel playhouse; Lewis Harmon (E) (G). 
Ivoryton: Playhouse; Milton Stiefel (E) (G). 
Rocky Hill: Town & Country Players; Co-op (N). 
Souhtbury: Playhouse; Jack Quinn (E) (R). 
Staml^ord: Summer theatre; Franklin Trask (E) (G). 
Vnionville: Town Hall; Group 20 Players, Inc. (N). 
Weatport: Playhouse; John C. Wilson. Lawrence Langnw (fc) IG). 

ILLINOIS 

Deerfleld: Tenthouse; H. M. Rogers (E) (R). 
Marengo: Shady Lane players: Frank Bryan (E) (R). 

INDIANA 

Michiana Shores: Barnum theatre; Norman M. Bamum (N). 

MAINE. 

Belgrade Lakes: Playhouse; James Bender (E) (R). 
Boothbay: Playhouse; Sherwood Keith (N). 
Kennebunkport; Playhouse; Robert C. Currier (E) (Ri. 
Ogunquit: Playhouse; Maude (Mrs. Walter) Hartwig (E) (G). 
Skowhegan: Lakewood theatre; Melville Burke (E) (G) 
MARYLAND 

Braddock Heights: Mountain theatre; James Decker (E) <R). 
OUiey:' Olney theatre; Richard Skinner (Ei (G). 

MASSACHUSETTS 
Bff vster: Town Hall; Lewis W. Miller (N). 

Cambridge: Brattle Hall; Albert Marre, Thayer David, Robert 
Fletcher, Jerry Kilty, Mendy Weisgal (E) (G). 
Chatham: Monomoy; Mary B. Winslow (E) (R). 
Dennis: Cape playhouse; Richard Aldrich (E) (O). 
■Duxbury: ■Playhouse; Al Morit!! ;(E) (R). 
Eairhaven: Playhouse; Anthony Farrell (E) (G). 
Fitchburg: Lake Whalom playhouse; Guy Palmerton (E) (G). 
Gloucester: Bass Rocks theatre; Franklin Trask (E) (G). 
Holyoke: Valley players. Mountain Park casino; Jean Guild (E) (R). 
Martha's Vineyard: Rice playhouse; Franklin Trask (E) (G). 
Medford: Tufts College theatre; J. R, Woodruff (N). 
Nantucket: Straight Wharf theatre; R. V. Wilson, M. G. Fawcetl (N). 
Plymouth: Priscilla Beach theatre; Franklin Trask (E) (G). 
Provincetown: Playhouse; Virginia Thorns, Catharine Huntington (N). 
Stockbridge: Berkshire playhouse: William B. Miles (E) (G). 
Wareham: Summer theatre; Franklin Trask (E) (G). 
Wellesley: Summer theatre: Eldon Winkler (E) (G). 
Worcester: Drama festival; Guy Palmerton (E) (G). 

MICHIGAN 

Cleveland Heights: Cain park; Dina Rees Evans" (N). 
Detroit: Shubert-Lafayette theatre; Robert Fryer (E) (G). 
East Jordan: High School aud; Marilyn Lief, Bernice Loren (NX 

MISSOURI 

St. Louis: Municipal Opera, Forest Park, John Kennedy -(E) (G). 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 
Swanzcy: Potash Bowl; H. J. Adams (N). 
Winham; Playhouse; A. Everett Austin (N). 

NEW JERSEY I 
Bound Brook: Foothill playhouse: Charlotte and Stanley Klein (N). 
Jutland: Hunterdon Hills playhouse, Helen Thompson (E) (G), | 
Millburn: Papermill playhouse: Frank Carrington (E) (R), 
Montclair: Montclair theatre; Albert H. Rosen (E) (G). ' 
Ocean City: Playhouse; Associated Players, Inc. (E) (G). 
Princeton: McCarter theatre; Herb. Kenwith, H. J. Kennedy (E) (G). 

NEW MEXICO 
Santa Fe: JIl Teatro de Santa Fc: Ann Lee (E) (G). 

NHW YORK 

. Annandale-on-Hudson: Bard playhouse; Lew Danis (E) :(R1. 
Batavia: Horseshoe Lake theatre (Ni. 

Heliport: Bellport Summer theatre: Lesley Savage (E) (R). 
Bridgehampton: Hampton playhouse; Gail Hillson (E) (R). 
Bridgeport: Playhouse; Cliff Self (N). 
Clinton Hollow: Reginald Goode theatre (N). 
Cragsmoor: Cragsmoor theatre; Parker Mills (El (R). 
Derby: Lake Shore playhouse; Lewis T. Fisher (N). 
East Hampton: John Drew theatre; Francis L Curtis (E) (G). 
Fishkill: Cecilwood theatre; Van Wyck Players (E) (R). 
Forestburgh: Summer theatre; Modern Play Pi'oductions, Inc.: (N). • 
Garden City: Adelphi Summer theatre; John S. Thompson (N). 
Highlandt Highland Summer theatre; James Busby (N), 
Ithaca: Finger' Lakes drama festival; Ra> Hinkley, Robert Foster 
IE) (R). 

Kiamesha Lake: Monticello playhouse; Jules Gctlin, ,Tos. Mell (E) (R). 

Mahopac: Putnam County playhouse. Jill Miller (E) ill). 

Maiden Bridge: Playhouse; Walter Wood (N"). 

Oneida Castle: Oneida Castle pla.vers: Sawyer Falk (N). 

Pawling: Starlight theatre; Isobcl, Ro.se Jones (E) (R). 

Rockaway: Summer theatre; Max Miller (E) (R). 

Skaneateles: Summer theatre: Waller and Virginia Das is (E) (R), 

Woodstock:' Maverick theatre; Tom Roddj- (N). 

NORTH CAROLINA 
Manteo: Waterside theatre; Historical Assn. (N). 
Tuxedo: Lake Summit playhouse; Robroy Farquhar (E) (R). 

OHIO 

Granville: Denison Summer theatre;. Edward .Ai Wright (N). 

PENNSYLVANIA 
Bryn MaWr: College Summer theatre; Frederick Then (N). 
Eagles Mere: Playhouse; Alvina Krause (N) 
Irwin: White Barn; Clay Flagg, Carl Low (E) (R). 
Moylan: Hedgerow theatre; Jasper Deeler (N). 
New Hope: Bucks County playiiouse; Thoron Baitiberge): (E)-(G), 
Nuangola: Grove theatre; Royal Stout (E) (R). 
Reading: Green Hills theatre; George R. SnoU (E) (G). 
State College: Town & Nine Players; Omar K. Lerman (N). 

RHODE ISLAND 
Matunuck: Theatre-by-the-Sea; Thomas B. Eldershaw (E) (R), 
Newport; Casino theatre; Sara Stamm (E) (CV. 

TEXAS 

Dallas: Starlight operettas; Charles R. Meeker (E) (G). 

UTAH 

Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Gail Pkimmer (Ni (G). 

Vr.RAtONT 

Bennington: Drama festival: Harold Sliaw (Ei (R). 
Allddlebury; Green Mountain playhouse: Raymond Hodges (N). 
Putney: Putney School theatre; Beverley While iW. 
Weston: Playhouse; Harlan Grant iN). 

VIRGINIA 

Abingdon: Barter theatre; Robert PortovRcId (Ei fR). 
Bailey's Cross Roadsi Cross Roads theatre; Irma Gordon (N). • 



Co-op group from the Dramatic Workshop, N. Y., at Deal Conserva- 
tory theatre, Deal, N. J. . „ 
Louis A. Reiser at Hi-Way theatre, Ebensburg, Pa- , . _ _ 
Edward Gould at Greenwich theatre, East Greenwich, a. I. 
Edward Gould at Odeon theatre. West Warwick, R. I. 
Norman Ford at Red House theatre. East Barnet, Vt. 



1949 Strawhat Season 



Continued from paee 48 



clair (N J) theati-e tint he has Provincetown playhouse, on Cape 
obtained a United Booking Office Cod. The Group 20 Players, non 



franchise and is now operating on 
an all-year basis. The regional 
polio epidemic crimped business 
after a great start at the Lake 



Equity 'Outfit which played a six- 
week repertory season at Town 
Hall, Uniohville, Conn., will pre- 
sent a winter season of rep in 



Summit playhouse, Tuxedo, N. C, Hartfoxd and New Britain, and re- 
so the season ended about even turn to UnionviUe In 1949. 



with 1947. The spot is Equity 
franchised, with a resident com 
pany. v 

Equity Regulations Upped Nut 



Kleins Back to Foothills 

Aria Allen, who : cancelled plans 
for a season last summer at the 
County theatre, Suffem; N. Y., Is 



Royal Stout, producer at the I uncertain about a setup for 1949, 



Grove theatre, Nuangolav. Pa., as 
sorts Equity regulations boosted 
the operating nut about 80%, but 
business was about average. Jules 
Getlin and Joseph Mell, operating 
an Equity company at the Monti- 
cello playhouse, Kiamesha: Lake, 



Charlotte and Stanley Klein will 
return to the Foothills playhouse, 
Bound;: Brook, N. J., next summer 
and continue their policy of pro- 
viding a training ground for new 
playwrights and actors. They're 
particularly interested in trying 



N. Y., may switch to a guest-star | out promising scripts. 



policy for 1949, on the basis of a 
test week last summer with "John 
Loves Mary." 

Ann Lee, in her initial season: 
with El Teatro de Santa Te.(N.M.), 
the first professional company: in 
that area, had a highly successful 
schedule with such guest-stars as 



Richard Aldrich, reporting a 
skid of about 10% In business last 
summer, attributes it to the "re- 
turn to normal after the two post- 
war boom years.'' Guy Palmerton, 
who operates the; .Lake Whalom 
playhouse, at Fitchburg, Mass., 
and the Worcester (Mass.) drama 



Jeffrey : Lynn, Anne Revere and 1 festival, believes: the "summer 
Rhys Williams. She'll . cut the! stock boat has sailed" and that 
seale from $3.65-$1.20 -to a straight | henceforth strawhats will have to 
$3-$2 next summer, with season "work harder" for profitable husi- 
tickets at $25 for the schedule of I ness. He thinks the poorly-run 
nine shows. ■ According to James I spots alienate the public and in- 
Bender,; who operated the Play- 1 jure business for the : better 
house, Belgrad Lake, Me , that stands. 

state offers a "tremendous" field Typical of some of the younger 
for strawhats because of the groups outside the regular strawhat 
number of boys? and girls'' camps j area are Marilyn Lief and Bern- 
in the vicinity. Lewis W. Miller, I ice Loren, who operated: a non- 
who operated a non-^Equity spot , Equity professional company 
at Brewster, Mass., believe there's | called Center Stage '48 last sUm- 
great opportunity for such outfits i mer at East Jordan,, in the resort 

in almost any community, provid- r area of Michigan. They figure on i the managing directorship of New 
ed the shows are entertaining and , returning next summer with Con- 1 Stages, ot which he is a charter 
local public relations are good. I ter Stage '49. Having survived a I member. : . - . ^ 

Albert Marrc, Thayer David, | public controversy with the local — 

Robert Fletcher, Jerry Kilty and I banker, who wanted to censor 'fSip- TiOllffhail' Skcd 
Mendy Weisgal were successful ] "The Voice of the Turtle" because | * ^ r't 

with a schedule of classic revivals the play is "immoral," they plan ! • r 01* JVatlSBS Ldty . 

for the summer season at Brattle ' to expand their operation from Kansas City, Nov. 2. 

Philharmonic Orch and other; 



'Proslie'Mgr.Pay 
Goes in Escrow; 
O'Keefe Succeeds 

With the appointment of Win- 
ston O'Keefe as new managing di- 
rector. New Stages' Is proceeding 
this week with the reorganization 
of its administrative setup and 
production plans for the season. At 
the same time, attempts are con- 
tinuing to settle affairs with Nor- 
man Rose and David Heilwell, 
former co-managing directors and 
respective president and: executive 
vice-president. . 

Exact status of Rose and Heil- 
well is still undetermined. Pair 
issued a statement Monday (1)^ 
denying that their resignation! 
were related to financial matters, 
but resulted purely from differ- 
ences over executive authority. 
That was promptly contradicted by 
several New Stages board mem« 
bers, who cited various instances 
of alleged mismanagement by ' Ros* '. 
and Heilwell as among the speciflo 
causes of dissatisfaction on the 
part of the membershipi 

Money to cover Rose and Heil- 
weil's pay as managers of "The 
Respectful ' Pro.stitute"-"Hope Is 
the Thing" production, at the Cort, 
N. Y., is being deposited in escrow, 
while the validity of their con- 
tracts with the show is determined. 
Meanwhile, agreement Is being 
sought on terms for their resigna- 
tion from the boards of both New 
Stages and of the "Respectful" 
production, and of- their option to 
buy a substantial block of New 
Stages stock. 

New Stages board appointed 
committees Hhis week to ' handle 
play reading (with Florida Friebus 
chairman and Lilly Turner deputy; 
chairman) and finances (Barrio 
Stavis, chairman). It was empha- 
sized that actual management of 
New Stages would be delegated • 
wholly to O'Keefe, with the board 
merely "determining matters of or- 
ganizational policy. ^O'Keefe re- 
signed as director of the profes- - 
sional training .program of tho , 
American Theatre Wing to take 



Hall, Cambridge, Mass., and Bev- 1 four to six performances a week, 
erley White clicked with a sim- ' Also, if they can break even fi- 
ilar policy at the Putney (VI.) , nancially during 1949 (they lost 
School theatre. Virginia Tlionis ' .$600 last summer) they hope to 
also did satisfactory business with ] keep the troupe Intact and tour 
a season of serious dramas at the during the Winter of 1949-50, 



Legit Bits 



Leslie Litomy, in "Joy to the 
World" last season, added to cast 
of "Studio One" on CBS television 
Sunday (7) ... George Ross to 
handle p.a. chores on "Kiss' Me 



La.\vton Campbell's "The Bachelor 
Queen'' the week of Feb. 18 at the 
Artillery Lane playhouse, Si. Au- 
gustine. She'll also play the title 
part in an Equity Library Theatre 
production of "Tlie Second Mrs 



Kate." . .Rita Hassan, who owns j Tanqueray," Dec. 17-19 . . . Marga- 
the production and costumes of I ret i^ullavan, now living perma- 
the recent ' Alice in Wonderland"'! nently in Connecticut, is looking 
presentation, still plans to tour it for a Broadway play . \ . Ted 
some time. , | Nathan's "A Bed Called Murphy," 

Garson Kanin in Detroit this , which has been under "option sev- 
week to offer suggestions, on re- 1 eral times for Broadway produc- 
writes and direction of "Goodbye; ' tion, will be tested Nov. 11-13 by 



IMy Fancy," by his sister-in-law. 
Fay Kanin . . ,' Robert Calley upped 
from assistant to stage manager of 
"Love Life," at the 46th Street, 
N. Y., succeeding Ward Bishop, 
who quit to become production 
stage manager of "Kiss Me, Kale. 



the Dramateurs, at Atlantic City. 
. . . Margaret (Mrs. Brock) Pember- 
ton ill with a cold, with a nurse in 
attendance . . . James Thurber, who 
collaborated with Elliott Nugent on 
"The Male Animal," is making slow 
progress on "T h e Chadwick 



James Wicker is the new assistant ' Profile," said to deal with the New 
for "Love Life" . . . Gant Gaither, i Yorker mag . . . The Interplayers, 
who revived "On Approval" last ' who operated last season at the 



season on a $10,000 budget, is 
again defying the upward produc* 
tion-eost spiral by budgeting his 
forthcoming presentation of "The 
Shop at Sly Corner" for only $35,- 
000. The show win star Boris 
Karloff and be staged by Margaret 
Pemberton. ' 

Arthur Lewis, director-actor of 
the Yellow Spring (O.i Area Tliea 



Provincetown playhouse, N.Y., have 
acquired their own theatre in East 
15th street, N.Y. . . . Glenn Dale, 
of the east of "Love Life," at the 
46th street, N.Y., will henceforth 
be billed as Lenn Dale, as there's 
already another Glenn Dale in 
Actors Equity. 

National Theatre Conference will 
hold its annual meeting Nov. 25-28 



highbrow concert series fiet late 
starts here , but season prom- 
ises to be an Intensive one with at 
least four concert series operating 
during the winter. Earliest con- 
cert date is.the Ruth Seufert se- 
ries, which kicked off Oct. 15 with 
Robert Shaw chorale. Others In the 
series of seven include Lauriti - 
Melchior, Ginette Neveu, Vladi- ; 
mir Horowitz, Claudio Arrau, Bel 
Canto Trio, and San Carlo Opera 
Co. 

Philharmonic Orch premieres 
this week on a series of 10 formal 
concerts, plus "Pop" concerts and 
possibly others. Hans Schwieger ; 
replaces Et'rem Kurtz as conductor, 
coming in recently from Fort 
Wayne, Ind., : his former stationi 
Walter Frilschy, • dean of K.C. 
impresarios, begins - his six-event \ 
series this week with Leonard War- , 
ren. His list includes Albert -Spald- , 
ing, "Romeo and Juliet" opera* 
Luboshutz and Nemenoff, William 
Primrose and Dorothy Kirsten and 
Dame Myra Hess. Town Hall offers 
series of 'five musical plus five 
lecture events, and a series of 10 .' 
travelogs. Conservatory of Music; 
also offers an artist series, and- 
University of Kansas City stages 
both musical and stage evepts 
through season. 



tre, is taking a sabbatical this i in New York . . . Theatre Guild 



season to get business management 
experience with a New York pro- 
duction office and possibly appear 



heaving a cocktail party Tuesday 
(9 1 for Isabel Jeans, Cyril Ritchard, 
Catherine Willard and/ author John 



on the Broadway stage . . . Donald > Van Druten of the "Make Way for 
Buka is being sought, as .star of | Lucia" company .,. James .Gleason 
"The Hasty Heart," to be done bv may stage a revival of his old hit 
the Resident Theatre, Kansas Citv. , play, "Is Zat So?" in association 
next Februarj' . . . The Oakland ] with James Taber . . . Neil Fltz- 
(Cal.i Comm.unlty Theatre is tr> ing gerald has succeeded Francis 
to persuade the municipal authori- Conipton as the buller, Dwornits- 
ties to establish a public tlieatre chek, in "The Play's the Thing,' 



Longhair Shorts 



Lawrence Tibbett,. Jr., finishing 
his role in Par's "El Paso" film, to 
give his first song recital, on the 
Coast. . i .Polyna Stoska, Met so- 
prano, who had lead in "Street 
Scene." to be guest soloist on the 
Telephone Hour Monday (8). 
Dorothea Mauski, onetime Met> con- 
tralto, on sabbatical leave from 
Univ. of Indiana, where she's teach- 
ing, and writing her biog in N.Y. 



in the city park . . . Walter Abel 

guest-lectured Saturday at Union 
College, Schenectady, N.Y. 



at the Booth, N.Y Louise (Mrs. 

Watson) Barratt, wife of the scenic 
designer, improving after recent 



Edith Atwater will star in C. major operation . . . Mary AnidMir- 



son will play a lead in " Jenny 
Kissed IMe" . . . Sam Friedman and 
an undisclosed associate will pro- 
duce Arnold Manoff's "All You 
Need Is One Good Break," tried 
out last summer on the Coast. 



VcJ ncadayT Wovembcr S, 1948 ' 

Total Broadway Grosses 

The following are the comparative figures based on Vahiety'* 
boxoffice estimates^ for last week and the eorresponding week of 
last season: 

This Last 

■ ^ Season Season 

Number of shows current , 21 28 

Total weeks played so far by all shows 413 456 

Total gross for all current shows last week . . . $581 ,600 $628,500 
ToUl season's gross so far for all shows. . . $9,746,000 $9,572,800 
Number of new productions so far 20 20 



LEGITIMATB 



On Stoniy; Ballet Russe $73,000, 
Heiress' $11,800, mde' $14,000 



81 



Chicago, Nov, 2. 4 

Legit b.o. remains bright here. 
3aUet Busse de Monte Carlo is 
6R0 in its second week at the 
Opera House, whll« "Mr. Roberts" 
and ' ''Streetcar Named Desire " conv 
tiiiue as sellout. "Brigadoon" is 
also reaping the fall harvest. 

^'Silver Whistle," which opened 
at the Blackstone Mon. (25h was 
apanked by the erix, but "Heiress,^' 
bowing the same night, received 
accolades all . around. Healthy ad- 
vance is building for "Command 
Decision," which comes into the 
Studebaker Nov. 8: "Medea," set 
for the Blackstone NoV; 22, already 
has heavy mail orders. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Ballet Russe .de Monte Carlo, 
Civic Opera House (3,593; $3.71). 
Gigantic reception with $73,000. 

"Brigadoon." Shubert (4th week) 
(2,100; $4.94). Heavy conventioneer 
trade with huski^ $42,000. 

"Hitrh Button Shoes." Great 
Northern (24th week) (1.500; $6.18). 
Dipped last week to $28,000. 

"Heiress,'' Selwyndst week) 
1,000; $3:71). Rave notices helped 
after bad start; $11,800. 

"Mister Roberts" (8th week) (1,- 
134; $4.33). Capacity $28,700. 

"Streetcar Named Dedre." Har- 
ris (6th week) (1,000; $4.33). Plays 
to ' full houses continuously with 
lock $24,800. 

"SUver Whistte," Blackstone (1st 
week) (1.358; $3.80). First of Guild 
: subscription weeks ^ with : nice 
$14,000. 



TOR LOVr POOR 9G, 
WINDING UP IN Pin 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 2. 
Film names of Janet Blair and 
Francis Lederer couldn't overcome 
poor notices for "For Love or 
Money" last week , at Nixon and 
comedy wound up : with poorest 

fross of the season so far, around 
9,000. May have :l>een hurt, too, 
somewhat, by fact that show had 
been already seen here in a ^straw- 
hat version this summer at White 
Barn theatre. 

Playing at moderate prices, $2.50 
at nights and $2 for both mats, 
For Love or Money" never got 
started and limped all the way 
down the stretch. It was the wind^ 
up for the tour.; attraction which 
began as a subway circuit offering 
calling it a season here Saturday 
night (30). Nixon currently has 
"Born Yesterday" and then gets 
Maurice Evans in "Man and Super- 
roan." 



Webster-Bard Troupe 

Sad 3G in Montreal 

Montreal. Nov. 2. 
The attempt by Margaret Web- 
ster to bring a portable type of 
Shakespeare within the reach of 
the average theatregoer met with 
disaster at His Majesty's last week. 
With prices scaled from 85c to 
$2.80 top, this 1,507-seat house 
gave up about $3,000 for eight per- 
formances, 

Unfavorable reviews and too 
much ' Shakespeare in v recent 
months (Redgrave, Wolfit and 
Olivier) accounted for poor attend- 
ance which reached a new low 
when company played to no more 
than 50 payees at one matinee, 125 
to see an evening of "Hamlet." 

Blackstone 9iG, SL L 

St. Louis, Nov. 2. 
Blackstone and his magic, back 
after an absence of two years, 
hung up fair b.o. during the first 
of a two-week stand at the Ameri- 
can theatre. ■ 

With the house scaled to $2.54, 
10 performances during the first 
session ending Saturday (30) 
grossed an estimated $9,900.; 



'Borlesque' Folds^ Corio 
. Ups 'Rooms' in LA 

-Los Angeles, Nov. 2. 
, Jean Dalrymple's production ot 
"Burlesque" came to the end of the 
road here Saturday (30) after two 
. unprofitable . weeks at the Biltmore. ; 
Revival; starring Bert Lalu-,, was 
hitting the red too heavily and the 
tour was cancelled. Two-week take 
locally was a bad $25,000, some- 
where .iroimd 40% capacity. House 
rekindled last night (1) with the 
road company of "Happy Birth- 
day," starring Miriam Hopkins. 
Estimates for Last Week 

"Blackouts of 1948," El Capitan 
(832d wk) (1,142; $2.40). Back in 
the capacity $17,000 groove. 
, "Buriesane," Biltmore (2d wk) 
(1,636; $3.60) Up $1,000 but 
frame's $13,000 still below operat- 
ing costs. Folded. 

"Lend an Ear," Las Palmas (20th 
wk) (388; $3). Replacement cast 
hasn't hurt. Still capacity $7,000. 

"Separate Rooms," New Beaux 
Arts (24th wk) (560; $3) Ann 
Gorio's .takeover of lead helped 
and advance list lengthened. Her 
first week showed $2,500, an in- 
crease of some $500, but show 
closed in the red Sunday night 
after a run of nearly six 
Bftonths. 



Current Road Shows 

(Nov. 1-lS) 
"Allegro" — Shubert, PhlUy 
(8-13). 

"Annie Get Your Gun" — Cincy 
(1-4); Colonial, Akron (9-6); Pal- 
ace, Youngstown (8-10); Aud., 
Boch. (11-13). 

"Anne of the Thousand Days" — 
Forrest, Philly (1-13). 

"As the Girls Go"— Shubert, N. 
Haven (1-6). 

"BlaekouU ot 1948''— El Capitan, 
L. A. (1-13). 

"Born Yesterday" — Nixon, Pitt. 
(1-6); Hanna, Cleve. (8-13). 

"Bravo" — Wilbur, Bost.. (1-6). 
"Brigadoon" — Shubert, Chi, 
(1-13). 

1 "Carousel" — Cass, Det, (1-6); 
;Hartman, Col. (8-l5). 

"Command DeeisiOn^' — Empire, 
[Syracuse (1-2); /Erlanger; Buff. 
1(3-6); Studebaker, /Chl. (8-13). 
I "Desert Song" W Capitol, Ya- 
|kima d); Fox, Spokane (2-3); Wil- 
ima. Missoula (4); Marlowe, 
I Helena (5); Fox, Butte (6); Play- 
Ihse , Winnipeg (8-13). 
I "Escape Me Never^'— Playhse., 
Wil. (8-13>. 

"Finian's Rainbow"— ^ Shubert, 
Bost. (1-13). 

"For Heaven's Sake MotherV-rr 
Walnut, Philly (1-13). 

"Goodbye My Fancy" — Shubert- 
Lafayette, Det. (1-6); Town Hall, 
I Toledo (8-10); Erlanger, Buff. 
(11-13). 

"Happy Birthday" — Biltmore, 
L. A. (1-13). 

"Harvey"— Colonial, Bost. (1-13). 
"High Button Shoes"— Gt. North- 
ern. Chi. (1-13). 

"Japhet"— McQarter, Princeton 
(6); jRoyal Alex., Toronto (8-13). 

"Light Up the Sky" — Locu.st, 
Philly (1-13). 

"Man and Superman" — Ford's, 
Balto 11-6); Nixon, Pitt. (8-13). 

"Medea" — Met, Seattle a-6); 
Capital, Salt Lake (9); KRNT, Des 
Homes (11); Univ., Columbia (13). 

"Mr. Roberts" — Erlanger, ChJ. 
(1-13). 

"Oklahoma!" — Aud., Worcester 
(1-6); Majesty's, Montreal (8-13). 
I "Oklahoma!" — Tower, Atlanta 
1(1-6); Aud, Nashville (8-10); Aud., 
'Memphis (11-13). 

! "One Fine Day" — Geary, Frisco 

1(8-13). 

"Red Gloves" — Shubert, N, 
Haven (10-13). 

''Show Boat" Temple, Tacoma 
(3); Strand, Vancouver (4-6); Royal, 
Victoria (8-9); Met, Seattle (11-13). 
i "Silver Whistle'* — Blackstone, 
iChi. (1-13). . „ 

I "Streetcar Named Desire"— Har- 
! ris, Chi, (1-13). 

I "The Heiress" — Selwyn, Chi. 

(1-6). '^-V /'.V^V/ ^■■•■■.-^ '' 

"Winslow Boy" — Plymouth, 

'Bost. (1-6), , , . . , 



'Show Boat' Sock 46G 
In IHpls. and St. Paul 

Minneapolis, Nov, 2, 
Acclaimed by critics and custom- 
ers, 'Show Boat" did socko $40,000 
for SIX nights and two matinees at 
$4.20 top at the 1.859-seat Lyceum. 
It was one of the biggest takes ever 
chalked up by any attraction at 
this theatre, having been exceeded 
only by "Oklahoma!" on latter's 
first two visits. 

On a one-nighter at the same 
scale in the 2,200-seat St. Paul 
Auditorium attraction played to 
virtually full house, grossing sen- 
sational $6,000. There also was 
practically capacity at every per- 
formance here. Next offering will 
1 be "Desert Song" for five nights 
and two matinees starting Nov. 16, 

Paying first visit here in years. 
Nelson Eddy sang to 3,500 custom- 
ers at $3.60 top in the 4,500-seat 
Auditorium concert bowl. 

It was one of Al Sheehan's sea- 
sonal . offerings, and with takings 
adjusted to allow, for- season tick-r 
ets, gross figured around big $7,000. 

'Fmian' $3i000 
» $7i00, 
W 13G, Hob 

Boston, Nov. 2. 

"Bravo!", looked forward to here 
in the Hub, failed to live up to ex- 
pectations with all Hub crix but 
one being lukewarm to cold. Other 
houses, meanwhile, did fairly well 
considering; pre-election goings-on. 
with "Light Up the Sky" gathering 
momentum (in addition to a couple 
of new acts) and shaping up as a 
strong contender. 

Openers this week are "The 
Winslow Boy," in for two weeks 
at the Plymouth and "Road to 
Rome," debut of the Boston Reper- 
tory Assn. at the Copley theatre 
Friday (5). 

Estimates for Last Week 

"As the Giris Go," Opera House 
(3d wk) (3,000; $4.80). Got an es- 
timated $30,000 on final week and 
moved out Saturady (30), for New, 
Haven where new material will foe, 
added, mostly comedy routines. 

"Bravo!", Wilbur (1st wk) (1,200; 
$3.60). This one wasn't too well 
liked and is depending mostly on 
marquee and word of mouth for 
biz, which wasn't so hot at an es- 
timated $7,500. 

"Finian's Rainbow," Shubert (2d 
wk) (1,750; $4 80). Second week 
I was a near sell-out all perform- 
lances and resulting estimated $34,- 
I 000 is. profitable, Can hold on un- 
til it drops to about $27,000, and 
should be here through December, 

"Harvey," Colonial (6th wk) (1,- 
500; $3.60). Remained at the es- 
timated $18,000 level, which is 
okay considering . election, other 
attractionsi etc. 

"Light Up the Sky," Plymouth | 
(3d wk) (1,2()0- $3.60). Jumped to j 
an estimatt^d .S13,000 on final week, 
which is plenty encouraging. .■; 

'DANUBE' FLOWS OUT TO 
NG $16,000 IN FRISCO 

San Francisco, Nov. 2. 
"The Blue Danube," which 
opened at the Curran (18) (1,886; 
$3,60) and grossed only a fair $16,-! 
000 for Us first week, shuttered 
Saturday (23) although it was 
scheduled for three stanzas at that 
.house., ■■, 

The sole legit in town, "Raze the 
Roof," with Jerry Lester, at the, 
Tivoli (1,400; $2.88), picked up to 
a nice $15,000 for its sixth wfeek. 
' The Curran will remain dark 
until Nov. 7, when Paul Small 
brings Ed Wynn's "Laugh Carni- 
val" to town, with Phil Baker and 
I Allan Jones also headlined. 

The Geary, also dark, will open 
Nov, 8, when Charles Ruggles and 
Mary Boland preem "One Fine 
Day;" new comedy by Hugh White, 
produced by Gail Gifford and Nat 
Perrin. 



'Medea' .$12,600 in 4 

Shows at Port., Ore. 

Portland, Ore., Nov. 2. 

Judith Anderson in "Medea" 
drew a torrid $12,600 gross in three 
night and one matinee perform- 
ances. The 1,500-seat Mayfair was 
.scaled at $3.60. Play had biggest 
seat .sale this season. 

Opening night was delayed a 
half-hour as cast wa.s brought to 
the theatre by buses due to a train 
derailment. 



B'way Hit by Qection; mother' 
SRO $24,300 in First FuD Week, 
'Sbes' Top at $48,600, IHiniiie' Out 



The seasonal boxoffice climb 
was interrupted last week on 
Broadway, with most shows falling 
off from the previous week's peak. 
Week started well but began sag- 
ging with the midweek matinees 
and failed to recover even on the 
weekend. 

This week's attendance is being 
hit somewhat by the election but 
conditions are expected to improve' 
steadily until about Dec. 1, when 
the pre-Christmas slump will prob- 
ably begin to be felt. 

The only opening last week, 
"Minnie, and iMr: Williams," was 
panned and withdrawn Saturday 
(30) after five performances at the 
Morosco. This week's only open- 
ing is "Set My People Free," ar- 
riving tonight (Wed.) at the Hud- 
son. So far; there are seven other 
premieres listed for November.. 
.Estimates for Last Week 

Keys: C (Comedy), D (Drama), 
CD (.Comedy-Drama), R (Revue), 
M (Musical). O (Operetta). 

"Annie Get Your Gun," Imperial 
(129th wk) (M-1,472; $6.60), 
Dropped a bit to $39,700. 

"Born Yesterday," Lyceum (143d 
wk) (C-993; $4.80). Comedy smash, 
approaching the three-year mark, 
still pulling; topped $14,500; moves 
Sunday (7 ) to the ; Henry Miller to 
make room for the ■■■ incoming 
"Bravo." 

"Edward, My Son," Beck (5th 
wk) (D-1,214; $4.80), Another SRO 
week at $28,500; Meg Mundy goes 
In as co-star in two more weeks, 
succeeding Peggy Ashcrofty who 
returns to England. 

"Harvey." 48th St. (210th wk) 
(C-921; $4.20). Five-year-old show 
stiU getting laffs, currently with- 
Joe- E. Brown as the draw; off to 
$12,500 last week; producer Brock 
Pemberton sails Saturday (6) to sit 
in on preparations for the London 
production. 

"High Button Shoes." Broadway 
(5eth wk) (M-1,900; $6). Holdover 
musical comedy doing great busi- 
ness at the new location; topped 
$48,600, 

"Howdy, Mr. Ice," Center (19th 
wk) (R-2,964; $2.88). Skating spec- 
tacle habitually reverses the gen- 
eral trend and is now due to ease 
off steadily until the closing next 
spring; dipped to $42,000 last 
week. 

"Inside U.S.A.," Majestic (27th 
wk) '(R-1.659; $6). Another great 
week for this Arthur Schwartz re- 
vue; almost $48,000. 

"Life With Mother." Empire (2d 
wk) (CD-1,082; $4.80). There go 
Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse 
again for a great run; all the house 
will hold for the first full week; 
$24,300. 

"Love Life," 46th St. (4th wk) 
(M-1,319; $6). Divided press ap- 
parently isn't hurting, and word- 
of-mouth Is excellent; virtual ca- 
pacity again; $40,000. 

"Magdalena." Ziegfeld (6th wk) 
(0-l,628; ,$6.60). Hovering just 
above operating levels but the 
management is talking about con- 
tinuing indefinitely; $34,000 last 
.week.',' '■','■ 

"Make Mine Manhattan,'^ Broad- 
hurst (42d wk) (R-1,160; $6). In- 
timate revue is again getting good 
business and is set to stay here as 
long as possible; $26,000. 

"Minnie and Mr. William.s." 
Moro.sco (1st wk) (D-931, $4.80). 
Josephine Hull's first starring per- 
formance couldn't save this one; 
panned and withdrawn Saturday 
night (30) after -five performances; 
brutal ,$4,000; house gets "Good- 
bye, My Fancy" next, 

"Mister Roberts," Alvin (37th 
wk) (CD-1,357; $4.80), Not a sign 
of any letup in this invariable sell- 
out; $35,000 again. 

"My Romance," Shubert (2d wki 
fO-1,387; $6). With practically no 
window sale or agency call, this 
Shubert operetta gets little beyond 
Theatre Guild : subscribers! limp 
$19,000. 

"Private Lives," Plymouth (4th 
wk) (C-1,062; $4.80'. Tallulah 
Bankhead drawing sellout bu.si- 
ness; $27,500. 

"Respectful Prostitute" and 
"Hope Is the Thing." Cort (38th 
wk) (D-1,064; $4.20) New Stages 
double-bill eased off "a trifle to 
$12,600, StiU okay. 

"Set My People Free," Hudson 
(D*l,057; $4.80). Play by Dorothy 
Heyward, presented by the Thea- 
tre Guild, opens tonight (Wed.). 

"Small Wonder," Coronet (7th 
wk) (R-998; $6). New rcvuc 
earning steady operating profit; 
around $25,500. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Bar- 
rj'more (48th wk) (D-1,064; $4.80). 
Tennessee Williams prize-winner 
continues at standee pace; $27,500. 

"Sanuner an^i .Sitaoke," Music 



Box (4th wk) (D-1,012; $4.80). An- 
other sellout for the same author; 
midweek matinees have been a 
trifle off; $22,300 last week. 

"The Play's the Thing," Booth 
(24th wk) (CD-712; $4.80). SUU 
getting profitable biz; about $13.- 
500. , 

"Where's Charley?" St. James 
(3d wk) (M-1-,509; $6). Another of 
the new musicals that have ap- 
parently caught on despite divided 
reviews; approximately capacity at" 
$36,600. 

Teopk' $15 JO, 

'CoDmiand'14i/2G, 
lao'lOCPhiDy 

. Philadelphia, Nov. 2. 

PhUly draws an entirely new the- 
atrical deck this week, witta all 
four regular legit houses offering 
new shows, sjpread out over four 
different evenings. 

Locust has "Light Up the Sky," 
Walnut offers "For Heaven's Sake. 
Mother." Shubert gets "Allegro,'* 
and Forrest presents "Anne of the 
1000- Days." 

Ei^Umatei for Last Week 

"Set My People Free." Forrest 
(2d wk) (1,766; $3.90). Guild pro- 
duction didn't gain an inch in its 
second and final week; $15,300 re- 
ported. "Anne of the 1000 Days" 
preems Friday (5). 

"Man and Snperman," Walnut (2d 
wk) (1,340; $3.90). Led the town 
again in its second and final week 
but didn't gahi as much as expect- 
ed. Shaw revival got almost S19.- 
000. "For Heaven's Sake, Mother," 
comedy, preems tonight (2). 

"Born Yesterday,'* Locust (4th 
wk) (1.580; $3.90). Upped just a 
trifle in fourth and final session 
with $12,500 taken in. "Ugfat Up 
the Sky" openeC last night for two 
weeks' stay, then "Escape Me' 
Never" (15). 

"Command Dec.'.sion," Shubert 
(2d wk) (1,877; $3.25). War drama 
again - used reduced price idea - in 
connection with local First Night 
Club which undoubtedly helped, 
but even with that second week's 
gross dropped to $14,500. "Allegro" 
opens three and a half weeks' stay 
on Thursday (4). 

'OKLA.!' IN ADVANCE 
ATLANTA SRO, 45G 

Atlanta. Nov. 2. 

No. 1 road company of "Okla- 
homa!" opened SRO 'Monday (1) 
at Tower theatre. Every available 
seat for eight scheduled perform- 
ances at $4.20 top nights. $3.60 
matinees, were sold two weeks be- 
fore run started. Last week Man- 
ager Harvey Smith received green 
light to his request for Special 
matinee Friday (5). 

Thus, $45,000 gross was in 
Tower's till before a single foot- 
light beamed on "Oklahoma!" cast 
at curtain time. 

Smith recently completed ar- 
rangements with the Theatre 
Guild, to bring five more Guild 
shows to Tower this season in a 
subscription-series package deal. 
Each show: has been booked for a 
six-day, eight performance run. 
First to follow "Oklahoma!" will 
be "Carousel," starting Jan. 10, 
Others will be "Happy Birthday," 
starring Miriam Hopkins; "The 
Play's the Thing," with Louis Cal- 
hern; "Command Decision." star- 
ring Paul Kelly; and "Allegro." 

Also booked tentatively, depend- 
ing on routings and dates are 
"Annie Get Your Gun." "High 
Button Shoes," and "Desert Song." 
The latter is a Wt Coast Produc- 
tion. ' , 



CarroU-Tancy' Good 
f 16,600 m Toronto 

Toronto. Nov. 2. 

Consistently picking up all week, 
"Goodbye, My Fancy" did a good 
$16,600 at the Royal Alexandra 
here^ with 1,525-seater scaled at 
$3.60 top. 

With Madeleine Carroll, Conrad : 
Nagel and Sam Wanamaker, piece 
goes into Detroit, ^^t^ben New Yo^H,. 



52 



LKCIITII^fATE 



Wetlnes«lay, Noyrmber S, 1^148 



Legit Leaders Meeting in N. Y. 

To Discuss Aids for the Theatre 



Play on Broadway 



Equity's move in calling a mcot-+ 
ing of execs of whtons and guilds, I 
and oUier leadelS pvominenl in' 
the tlieati'e, to di'jcuss improve- 
mtnts in llie legit setup, lias met 
witli general indusu'y approval. 
Meeting, called b> Equity proz 
Clarence Derwent, is set for the 
Hotel Aslor. N. Y . ne\t Thursday 
afternoon (n> Idea is to discuss 
various separate plans tor aiding' 
the theatres, and possibly correlat- 
Insj thorn; form a perm<ment com- 
niitee to push a genei-al improve- 
ment plfm, «nd set up a theatre- 
wide conference to acquaint tlie 
general public with the theatre's 
pli'-'ht. 

Meeting is considered timely 
and important because, first, the 
Industry seems to be vorlting at 
cross-purposes with several plans 
now afoot to aid legit, and second, 

..because certain inteivindustry ac» 
tivity seems to be hurting the thea- 
tre as a whole. ^Equity has a plan 

. for< improvement in the theatre 
via its recent Nathan report. The 
League of N. Y. Theatres lias an- 
other plan for promotmg legit, via 
a nation-wide publicity campaign 
headed by a public relations outfit. 
And the American National Theaf 

■ tre & Academy has been pushing 
legit ; improvement via its own na- 
tional setup. Joint effort l>y the 
Industry, combining these various 
endeavors and any others, seems 
a logical move to otfset duplicating 
activities 

But whal strikes observers as 
more important is the need of a 
central, overall governing- body or 
committee to prevent one segment 
in the theatre from; injuring the 

. Industry as a whole through over- 
diligent attempt to protect its own 
members', prerogatives; Certain 
recent events are cited to indicate 
the need of a central authority. 

The League of N. Y. Theatres 
vants to hire a public relations 
outfit outside the industry to pro- 
mote its legit publicity plan, while 
the Assn. oi Tiieatrical Pi ess 
Agents & Managers is lighting tins 
idea because it feels a legit p a. is 
the best man for such a lob. Cer- 
tain actors and authors looked on 
the Experimental Theatre as an 
added opportunity to show their 

. wares, while on the other hand 
several unions thumbed it down 
for furnishing, uneconomic compe- 
tition. And only last week, an 
apparent excellent opportunity to 
promote legit generally via a 
March of Time short was niJced 
by Equity, on the grounds that 
union regulations couldn't' be 
waived for certain wage conces- 
sions. 

Trade feeling is that the overall 
• idea of hypoing legit is : being lost 
In petty squabbles over rules, pio- 
cedurcs and jurisdictional jeal- 
ousies, and that a central authority 
might resolve these disputes. 



Rebel Faction 

; Continued from page 43 



Shows in Rehearsal 

"Along fifth Avenue"— AiUiiir 
Lesser. 

"For Heaven's Sake, IVIother!"— ^ 
David Ka,\e. 

"Japhoi"— John Yoike 

"Kiss Me, Kate"— Arnold Saint- 
Subher & . Lemuel Ayers. 

"Make Way for Lucia"— Theatre 
Guild. 

"Red Gloves"r-r,Iean DalrympJe 
and Gabriel Pascal. 

"The Young and Fah"— Vinton 
Freedley. 



no avail. A hearing will be held 
this morning (Wed.) in the N. Y. 
supreme court. . ■ « . 

The dissident faction is continu- 
ing the action instituted by Shel- 
vey who bowed out of the suit last 
spring because of an attoitjey mix- 
up. Original petitions for, Slielvey's 
action contained 2,000 signatures, 
and continuation has been insti- 
tutedm their name. Group claims 
that ' the Associated Actors and 
Artistes of America had no riglit 
to conduct AGVA affairs and is 
seeking to invalidate any actions 
taken during ils:regimc. If suit is 
successfulv new elections will hjive 
to be held. 

Meanwhile, the national board is 
ihecting at the park Central hotel 
as a discussion group. Any motions 
and resolutions passed will be con- 
strued as a recommendation to the 
incoming board. First day's palaver 
Avith comedian Myron Cohen 
named chairman of the •meet, . disi- 
cussed the television jurisdiction, 
settlement of various problems in- 
cluding scales for the club dale 
field, improvement of .working con* 
ditions, and opening of new. ave-, 
nues of employment. 
Officers couldn't be installed bcT 
cause terms of the injunction for- 
bid the new execs from taking 
o\er. 

National board during its dis- 
cussions voted to exclude all paid 
unionworkers and members of the 
4A board. This was done because 
board felt that anything coming 
out of the meet 'Should come from 
performers alone. AG VA. counsel, 
however, were permitted in the 
deliberations in an advisory capac- 
ity. 

Meanwhile jockeying for the 
post of executive secretary is, cone 
tinuing. Main candidates, seem to 
be Bill Feinberg, former Local 802 
of tiie American Federation ot 
Musicians sccrelarj who is now a 
labor relations counsellor; Dewey 
Barto who has been working at 
the AGVA office on -a volunteer 
basis; Dave Fox, N. Y; branch ex^ 
ecutive secretary, and Jimmy 
L\Ons, elected as a board member 
who appears to be" the strongest 
candidate il delegates are ; dead- 
looked on the choice. 

There was one report around 
that Barto and Fox had come to a 
deal in which Barto, if elected 
would serve only one year, after 
which he would relinquish tlie 
post to Fox Barto roundly denied 
any such deal claiming that he 
couldn't consciouslv go into a deal 
ol this t.vpc lie claims that it is 
impossible to make any type of 
[deal inasmuch as the delegates 
; themselves are not set on a choice. 
' New Ydrk attorneys in the in- 
j iunction action are Halpern, Na- 
thanson and Scholer, who together 
' w ith attorney Morris L Ernst rep- 
resented Shelvey during the previa 
I ous action this year. They have 
1 filed the suit m the name of Fred- 
! die Dale, dismissed AGVA head in 
' Boston; Lou Morgan, William 
Cronin, QucCnie Dunedin, Lee 
Ryan, Russell Clark, Charles Golt- 
, 7,er, Bob Clark, Happy Mars, 
iFrankie Richardson and Joseph 
i Hough, •, ■ 



]»linnie an«l Mr. WilliauijS 

Joh:\ Uassner & David Diet? pioauutlon 
of comedv-draniH m three acts 
scenc>,> and prolog, bv Ridiard Hiitflics. 
Stjis .lo.sepllili<- Hull. Edcllc Dowling. fea- 
Uiies Eli7,iboth Ilos'., C'l.iicn'.e Derwcni. 
Stajjlscl bv Dowliii?; utaiiliK.; costttmcst, 
.Moiih G.is.,i)ei. At Moiosio, N, Y,, Ort. 
•XI, '48; $4 HO top (SB openins) 
llcv John William-i Eddie Dowlintf 

;Mhinie . - ; ; ^ , , Josephine . ■lIiiU 

Timotiiy y sgalrnolwen , ; , , Paul .Anderson 
Man .lones , I'Ce Wiiio\ 

Gladys , . . Eliyalielh Koss 

.Owain Watfliih. , . : . . , , CMarcni^e Derwent 
Si'ragg}' Evan , , . , , , vCwilym Williams 
Mi:.s, Jones Bakehouse , , , , . : Ciraee MiU.s 
Gas Jones , Ceonie,\ Luinb 

Mrs, Resurrection Jones Gwynctli Hughes 

There's nothing much for the 
theatre in "Minftie and Mr, Wil- 
liams," though it may make pleas- 
ant reading It's a one-joke play, 
with fliiniimim action but too much 
inconsequential palaverv Instead 
ot being moving or funny, it seems 
merely silly. 

Script is about 25 years old and 
was once done in London and a 
■number of years ago by an off- 
Broadway group in New York. 
Yarn is about a humble parish 
preacher and his wile who live in 
a remote Welsh village. An evil 
spirit, in the guise" of a young girl, 
visits them and gives the wife a 
new, real leg instead of her wooden 
one. But the replacement kicks 
up satanically and scandalizes the 
villagers. 

Chief interest in the show is that 
it gives Josephine Hull her first 
starring part, which she plays with 
characteristic imagination ,and 
finesse. Her performance, and 
Clarence Derwent's assured play- 
ing of the curious part of a fisher- 
man-guardian angel, are about the 
only assets of the production. The 
revisions have apparently hurt the 
script more than they've helped it, 
while Eddie' Dowling's direction 
and performance of the minister 
seem shallow. Eli'/.abeth Ross has 
an eflectively fiendish quality, but 
her scampering and posturing are 
distracting. The short narrative- 
prolog is extraneous, 

Mordi Gassner's setting and cos- 
tumes look plausible. Hobc. 

Closed Saturday (30) after five 
perjormances. ) 



Inside Stuff-Legit 

"Life With Mother's" 5S investors who chipped in for. $100,000, in- 
elude many show hi/, name'' Dorothy Stickney, who plays Mother, l« 
largest investor, with 510,000. Others include Howard Cullman, $3 000- 
Guthrie WcClintic, $,'),000; Bretaigne Windust. $2,000; Herman Beriil 
stein, $1,000; plaj agent Annie I,aurie Williams, $500; Carl Fisher, $.'j00' 
'Frank Sullivan, §1,000, p,a Harry Forwood, $4,000; Walter Fried' 
J $3,000; Anna Eiskine Crouse, $8,000; Katherine B. Day, $5,000; Beatrice 
iSerliu, $4,000; Donald Oenslager, $500; Lester Meyer, $1,000; Author* 
League Fund, $2,000; Dr. Irving Somaeh, $1,000; John C, Pinto, $.'i00. 
Co-author Russel Crouse also put in $1,000 each for his two infant; 
children. Lindsay Ann Crouse and Timothy Crouse. 

lnvestor.s in "Goodbye My Fancy" ^Madeleine Carroll), who chipped 
I in $65,000; also include such show biz names as James Merrill Herd, - 
! $2,600; Robert Rossen. $1,500; Meyer Davis, $3,250; Betty Zukor, $l,.'500, 
' as well as Robert Chris-tenberry, $5,200; Julius Fleischmann, $10,000; 
Ruth Baker Pratt, $1 000. 

"Mihnie and Mrs, Williams," which closed after a week's run, had i 
several show hh backers, including Josephine Hull, its feinme lead/' 
with $1,200; Ralph- Bellamy, $1,200; John Yorke, $1,200; Milton Wein- ' 
traub, $600; and co-producers David Dietz. ($2,40Q> and Daniel Melnich 
($1,200). • 

A title change might have saved Jean Dalrymplc's revival of "Bur- 
lesque," which closed its road tpur over the weekend in Los Angeles. 
Sudden decision to terminate the tour was based pn the L.A. stand. ; 
Which was in the red, Chief difficulty apparently was a popular belief 
by legitgoers that the show w^as, as the name, seemed to implyj a sti-ip. 
show. Ads during second frame stressed fact that It was concerned ; 
with backstage life, but to little avail. Despite i,ts poor take, "Bur- 
lesque"-had the best v ord-of -mouth of any show to bit L.A. In months, < 
and drew unanimously favorable reviews. 



Kaye Repeats Sock 



: Contlnned from pat* 1 ; 



benefit of the Variety Artists Fede- OTan-ell, Randolph Sutton, Billy 
ration benevolent fund, contained Danvers and G. H. Elliott, 
the pick of the artists that appeared Stewart MacPherson emceed th« 
in Britain during the year. Kaye | radio sequence with Derek Roy, 
was the only actor who came from | Radio Revellers and the Ted Heath 
America specificalb' lor the date i Band. Then came the ' Melachrino 



and hit the audience as no other 
performer did. He rose to the oc- 
casion to keep the . audience en- 
thralled for a half'-hour of superb 
artistry, switching from comedy 
song to sheer nonsense. Whatever 
he did was ;okay with the fans. 
Opening with a ballad, lie switched 
to sheer nonsense and crowded a 



Strings, followed by Julie An- 
drews, the 13-year old child so- 
prano from "Starlight Roof," th« 
Luton Girls Choir, Alexander 
Troupe, springboard act, Arthur 
Askey, and Buster Shaver, with 
Olive, George & Richard, 

Entire Crazy Gang, comprisin| 
Bud Flanagan, Nervo & Knox, and 



Dr. Kronkheit 



Continued from page. 44 ; 



HOLLYWOOD ' 
"Owe Fine Day" — Gail Gifford 
and Nat Perrin. 



SAMUEL FRENCH 

SINCE 1«;{(P 

Play, Brokers anil 
Aulfioi's' Repre3enlali\cs 

2,1 \Ves« 4Mh Stroel, ,>f»- link 
';«'!3 Sunset, Blvd., HvUj'uood W, Ciil. 



I Abbey for Iceland 

Dublin, Ocl 26 
Abbey Theatre directors are 
mulling an invitation from the' 
National Theatre of Iceland for a 
lour of Iceland next year. 

Larus bigurbiovnsson, here from 
P>c.\ka,|ik. has proposed a visit in 
.lune and Abbej ites ha\e alread> 
■-uggested three i3la.\s, all olclics' 
.T M, Svnge'.-i "Playbo.^ ol the 
Western World." W. B. Yeats- 
"CaitJin Ni Houlihan" and I-ennox^ 
Robinjson's "The Far-Off Hills." '/ 



W A N T E D 

REPUTABLE PRODUCER TO PRODUCE 

A camtdy, drqma, telling o iiary af a isut in travail. A: -greai Dtpiraiisn ' 
in jeopprdir. A .p«rtan.,gaing .through tK« fiery ordeal of ;tridl atirf error, 
to the blazing illuminolion, oi tclf-realijotlon. 

FpR STAGE OR SCREEN 

RECOMMENDED by MR. ELIA KAZAN and PROF. KENNETH ROWE 
(of the University of Mieliigan.) 

Vari«»y tot 31 SO. 1S4 W. 4itN S»r«et. New Yorit 19. N. Y. 



on, the (earn actually goes back 
fuither than 50 years ago In a 
sketch written tor the "Seidel 
Nighl" b> Chic Cohen. George 
•Washington aslce'i a faithful re- 
tainer to lelth Smitli & Dale play- 
ing at Loew's Bunker Hill. Charlie 
AUholT, in a prolog, bragged that 
he was 106 -yeai's old and recalled 
l.is first trip to the theatre at the 
!ige ot six when Smith & Dale 
headlined. 

The Lamls show was in the 
highest traditions of that organi/a- 
tion.. This group does not counten- 
ance second-hand material for 
its own use. Every skit and 
Hct .showed tremendous prepara- 
tion and earcftil rehearsal. 
Reunion of All the Avons 

One of the most heartwarming 
events v.'as a reunion of the 
.<(r,f|ight. nioii oE the Avon dom- 
edj Four Eddie MiUer, Ben Ed- 
v.aids, Lou La/erin and Alan 
Che.cter told of their turn in the 
spotlight and payofl in the dark 
in a parody, "We're tte Forgotten 
Men of the Avon Comedy Four," 
a tune b.\ l.ei Kramer "and Leo 
Kdwards FdJie and Harry Mil- 
ler revived their song and" dance 
act for Ihc occasion, and Bennv 
Fields accompanied by Al Uliii, 
contnbiited a parody. "Delancy 
St j eel is Famous For You," to the 
e\cnl Charlie Mosconi, appear- 
ing in' a toupe, drew some laugh,? 
when he lluew the "rug" into the 
\Mngs and lei go with a soil shoe 
numhci Larrv McDonald de- 
M'libcd ,) da\ at Yankee Stadium, 
vJien a celchiatinn of Smuh & 
Dale day duln'l come off. because 
Ihc team had to go on a $25 club 
dale 

The team Was presented a pair of 
silver seidels by the club and Joe 
Laurie Jr, dipped info his valu- 
able colleelion ol theatrical mcm- 
oi-dbilia mul contributed a 1914 
program of Ihe Fin,sbur\ Park 
Fmpire fLondon) show headlined 
b,^ Smith & Dale, 

Altliough the team has u,sed a 
vailely of Iheatrically formidable 
skjts, including "Hungarian Rhap- 
sodj," "The Real Esta'ors," and 
'S S Malaria," they're best 
known I'oi "Dr Kronkheit " It's 
probably the host low comedy act 
in the business. Those turning 
out for the event thought so Wal- 
tci Gi-ea/a chainiianned the e\ent 
and Mickey Alpcil cmcccd, 



Anti-Trust 

Continued f rom . page 8 



succession of his favorities into his | Naughton & Gold, next, finallv 
turn until joined by Britain's top giving way to Kaye, who was sup- 
comedy team, (Bud) Flanagan &; ported by the Skyrockets Orches- 

i(Chesney) Allen in a rendition of tra on the stage. This is the last 
"Underneath the Arches." He then | item on the bill prior to the final* 
led the entire company in "There's | in which the entire company take* 
No Business like Show Business." I part, With Henry Hall conducting' 

King George, Queen Kli7.»beth, the orchestra." 
Pi-incess Margaret and the Duke | 
of Edinburgh seated in a box, ap- 
plauded^ almost as. wildly as the 
rest of the audience. 

There were more applications for 
seats to this edition of thS' Com- 
mand Perfoiniance than in previ- ' 

lous years. More than 100,000 ap- 

I plied . for the 2,800 seats which sold 

jat a top price ot $84. Show netted 

I $56,000. Ticket speculators. It's re- 
ported, sold some tickets at the 

'unprecedented price of $400. 

I The show ran. three' hours dur- 
'ing which time other U. S acts 
.clicked before the capacity house, 
iBallroomers Jajne & Adam Di | 
I Gatano, comedy dancers The Col- ' 



miriistratioii as result of the elec- 
tions. ;';:■■■■;';.■;■;;;-.:■'' 

One important psychological fac- 
tor favors the Goy^'ji me#^^^ ; f im t'» 
the ' f rejjfeft^^^ 

the court to avoid another protract- 
ed trial. ;; Government proposal 
gives the court Sn Out, which it inay 
take wliile adding i condition that 
it can ejiamine the plan when siib- i 
milted. -r.' ■ : -'"s.' 

Developriiehls this week indicate 

istons. Busier Shaver and Olive, ; }|'"*J'^^/;V^"«T^^^^^^^^ 
! George & RIchaid the Nicliolas Ju""' ^^'•'^5 P'f ^^^^^ 
IBros, and the Bein..,d Bros, lat-i "J;"iM^'^^'K•^""°i^^^^^^ 
ter doing a sotk impei.sonatmn ol i y"'?'',,^°'r??fi, * 
I the Andrews Sisters and an op- ^'ll ''V,^ '^"'""8 *° V^^^^ 
leratic burlesque, made their impact ,'"1*;^ proposed finding* 

'on the house j which had the.se three companies 

i Top honors among Biilish artists ' L"." ^'V'*'"'' '''^■l^^ Proviso would 
werescoied b\ Ted Rav, comedian- ""'^ permitted cleaiance on 



Julie Andrews, 13-y ear-old soprano; 
' Arthur Ask<<y and Uie Cia/.y Gang. 

At the conclusion of the show, 
Sylvia Fine (Mrs. Kaye) was pre- 
Isented to the royal family. Queen 
Elizabeth said, "Tell your husband 
'how much we enjoyed seeing him 
I again." Pi-incess Margaret after- 
;vvard was present at a party given 
lor Kaye at the U. S. Embassy by 
I Ambassador and Mrs. Lewis Doug- 
las, 

I Many queued up before the the- 
,atre for many hours in a drizzle in 
an effort to get seats. Mob in- 



product when there was insulticicnt 
number of prints available to seiv- 
ice more than one first-run. D of 
J conceded its theorv was mis- 
taken. . ,/, , 

Understood, also, that Ass'l At- 
torney General Robert L Wright, 
who is handling the Governiiieiit 
trial, believes there Is nothing fur- 
ther to be done with respect to tli« 
Little Three. Wright remarked to 
one attorney that "we got wliat w« 
wanted against you." 



for COSTUMES 
DRAPERIES 

STAGE CURTAINS 

Moharam tuppliei every Fabric need 
for leading Broadwiiy itrodudions 
q.nd Hollywood ttiUdioe. ' 

thl; liflus* *f..8iirvic*.' ■ 




[eluded the Brill.h ve.'sion of the > THEATRICAL FABRICS 

I bpbb.vsoxers ; "hankie-hatters," sO- 

ciUed becrtiise ol theii custom ol 

wearing a kerchief In lieu of a 
I hat. 

I Opening the show weie The 
iMjrons. perch act- Two Cromuells, 

aerialLsts; Krisla & Knstal, dual 

Irapezists; Blackpool Tower Cii- 
iriisettcs, Latona &, Sp.irkes, Aus- 

1 1 alum conied> acrobats, followed 

by Chailie Chester & Gang, latter 

two appearing m the current Pal- 
ladium revue "Sk\ High " 
I Five dancing at Is made up the 

ne.xt ensemble- Jayne & Adam Di 

Gatano, Nicholas Bros., the Col- 
stons, 24 Tiller Girls and the Ballet 

(iirls from "Sky High," 

Before the oldtiiners come on to | 

do "Thanks tor the Memory," 

fomedian Ted R.-n and the Ber- ' 

naid Bios,, burlesque vocal im- ' 
'piesslonists, did their acts. The 

oldtimcKs are I'Ula Shields. Gerlic 
iGlliina, Nellie Wallace, Talbot' 



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89 



Literati 



FMIi» WfV*'» ChcckiMit 
Philip Wylie's resignation last 
wceic from the Authors League of 
Amecica was, in effect, promptly 
accepted by that organization. In 
■ brief reply to the novelist, Oscar 
Hammerstein, 2d, League presi- 
dent, contradicted Wylie's state- 
ments of the issues of the case and 
ouoted front the .League eonstitu- 
iiott to support his stand. His let- 
ter concluded that if the novelist 
fa not in sympathy with the fwnda- 



Fope, was such a kaleidoscope of 
ey&-opening styles, modelled by a 

galaxy of breath-taking, beauts, Boubleday t'crmeanwlSre? a7e 

preparing :pablicatiQn of General 



Des Moines Register-Tribune and 
N. Y. World - Telegram running 
serial publication and Look mag- 
azine giving it a four-installment 
digest. Prentice - Hall, publishers, 
are understood, however; to be 
slightly upset by the World-Tele- 
gram's sensation-tainted advertis- 
ing blurb for their serialization. 



that- little more was needed for a 
sock rating. The .staging supplied 
the continuity through a series of 
travelog backgrounds of Egypt, 
Paris, New York and New Orleans 
with the scripts pegged onto a 
television show. 

Opening in a rehearsal studio 
setting, show was then run off as 
if on a television screen with its 



Eisenhower's memoirs, "Crusade in 
Europe," for retea.se this month. 



inter- 



CBATTE& 

George Fi-azier on Coast 
j viewing names for Collier's. 

Gale Gordon's textbook on act- 
I ing will be published by W, P 
I Saundersi 



SCULLY'S SCRAPBOOK 

' ♦♦♦»♦♦♦#♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ By Frank ScuUy ♦ • ♦ M» * M i M « » »1 



mental purposes of the League, -'we 1 unrestriete^^^^ across Margaret Gruon and Oscar Saul 

must vegretfuUy submit your resig- , tlie iwrld Lenka Pe^ sold their serial, "Love No More," 

nation to the council;* There was a^d legit actress, roamed through - - 
no suggestion that Wylie might re- j t^e sliow m the guise of "Alice in 
consider his action. I Videoland," adding a bit of fan- 

T t.- i^tt-^^ ,.ac;nr..,finn .in/i , tasy. Mam narration was handled 



Be Praised, Ala., Nov. 1. 
Doctors have long grown resigned tQ the way nature gangs up on ; 
itself in a crisis now and then, and turns the healing: processes into . 
reverse, thereby liquidating its poor victim with what pathologists call 
a "complication of diseases." 

The picture business, even more panicky than nature, often goes after 
an attack of pneumonia at the box. oifice with a flame-thrower instead 
of an oxygen tent. 

Though publicity is the air the industry lives on, its producers often 
will start retrenching by cutting publicity and advertising budgets in 
half. The remaining half of the liired hands will then proceed td 
i choke themselves and their masters to death by instituting various' 
j retrrachments designed to alienate the press itself^ 
I For instance, it is almost the standard practice today for invitations 



lotte Munson, as the video show's 
fashion advisor, Herm. 



Wylie had protested against the 
League council's action in "order- 
ing" members to refrain from sell- 
ing or leasing their material ta ad- 
vertising agencies during the Ra- 
dio Writers Guild's current strike. 
The novelist was quoted as saying 
that "no American author - can 
properly be 'ordered' to take ac- 
tion or refrain from action by any 
minority group whatever, under ' 

our Federal Constitution. Such i j. z ^ ^ Down, the 
'orders' infringe upon individual, | ^.j,^ he is hunted by the German 



New Stolz Biog 

The life of composer-director: 
Robert Stola is a sequence of ups 
and downs. Tn "Three-Quarter 
Time Around the World," Guslav 
Holm; has written an excellent biog- 

, raphy. German language edition j for" RcadcPrDieest 
9f Ibis Publications (Linz-Vienna) i Audie Murphy Completed his 
I IS just out. Down the stretch, I book, "To Hell and Back," for faU 



tovOolliers. 

Charles Palmer in Hollywood 

rounding up interviews for Read- ' to press previews to stamp the invitations as "non'-translerabtte," and a 
er's Digest. | few public relations heads have said they will net admit anybody other 

Aldous Huxley due in from Lon- than the character named in the subpoena, 
don today (Wed) on the Nieuw Another quaint touch is a recent order that no contracted player, 
Amsteruam. , . official or technician, may talk to a member of the press unless there 

cieveuna Amovy s good piece, ^ pubUcity man from the studio present. This is more laughable in 



"Jack Benny's $400 Yaks," in Sat- 
evepost. next week. 

Harold Moatayne at work on an- 
other juvenile in the Ellery Queen, 
Jr., series of bookis, 

Ruth Brigham ankled her Holly- 
wood jolj with INS to write yams 



biian rights ii the" most profound s"ecret";ollce""stolz'l storrr^ds ' Hem-y Holt 

and important sense^ They are d i- ffkTaV'^Sa Chrisul'S^^^^^^^ I ftofo^ '^thr!iiCXe'''sentiifet 
rect violations, in my opmion, of j, eonsidprahTv in il«!i„ j • ^'ie„™"*auKee senrmei, 

the rights to free opinion •nd pri- [sending value is the fact that Stolz. wppk«! 

Vate conscience. a.s conductor, broueht to life manv Associated Press* Belle Shika 



Hammerstein's an-swer said in Leliar. Kahnan, Fall and Straus 1 rederamF Mark^'Barron'marrT^^^ 



part, "Evidently you have not read ^ operettas. This brings into the 
the constitution of the Authors , book many historical and fascinat- 
League, o£. whieh you have been , ing events in European theatrical 



life. 



Mans. 



lEite Nises 15 Novels 

Fifteen more novels have just 
been nixed by Eire's Censorship of 
Publications Board as "indecent or 



a member for so many years. The 
order or instruction . . . was issued 
by the Council in accordance with 
•peciiic authority given to the Coun- 
«il in Artitile IX of the constitu- 
tion to do just that. This section 
was made part of the constitution i obscene." 

Iftr vote of the memb&ship; the 1 They are: "The Golden Sleep," 
Council was elected by vote of the | by Vivian Connell; "The Double 
memhership. An act of a duly j Darkness," by Edward Fenton; 
elected governing board is not an ! "The Dancing Giant,", by Flora 
act of a minority, as you say. ' Sandstrom; "'f he Song of the Flea," 
"The Authors League was found- by Gerald Kersh; "Second 
cd so that authors could work to- , Growth," by Wallace Stegner; 

f ether for their common Cause .. . • "Blood Money," by Edward Hyams; 
ou joined this League, you have i "Dinner for None " by Maureen 
been a Council member of the I Sarsfieldr "Something Terrible. 



Friday i29) at Jean Dalrymple's 
home in N. Y. 

Peter O'Crotty has turned out his 
third novel this year» "Sergeants 
Nevec Die,", for publication by 
Simon & Shuster. 

Reported that Thornton Wilder 
is figuring on writing a play with 
the material in his historical book, 
"The Ides of March." 

To read George Trevor in the 
N. Y. Sun, when Yale is winning, 
is lilie picking up Ralph Henry 
Barbour all over again. 

Bob Weiss closed a deal with 
Famous Funnies Publications to 
print books featuring life stories 
of radio and jukebox stars. 
Franklin Coen's new novel; "Vin- 



u^vu " wwv...^ — - egar HiiK" rewritten from hi.s own 

Authors Guild you are one of our i Something Lovely," by William screen story, "Storm Warning," will 

most esteemed members, but it "i<w<i " h,r k.iv Rnvi«-< . ho n„wfirho.- - 
you feel that what we are banded 



together to do, we shoiild not do, 
li you would bar us from fulfilling 
the function for which we are es- 
tablished, we must regretfully sub- 
mit your resignation to the 
eouneil." ^ , , ^, 
By coincidence, the noveUsts 
brother, scripter-playwright Max 
Wylie, is a member of the coun- 



Sanson; "1939 
"Wild Week-End," 
trange; "Charade." 
timer; "Black Saga," by Peter 
Bourne; "Dual Ascent," by Mau- 
rice Delamain; "The Euffe Inherit- 
ance," by Gabriel Chevalier; "Play- 
ing With Fire," by Roger Vailland. 

Only English language versions 
of the tlu-ee last-named are ban- 
ned. The Censorship Appeal 



cil of the Radio Writers Guild ' Board has raised the ban on "Then 



Which called the .strike, and has 
be«i among the leaders in plan 
Bing and conducting it. 

More Comedian-Authors 

"Abe Burrows — His Book" is the I 
tentative title of a humorous auto- ' 
blog the comedian has contracted 
to do for Doubleday. 

Julie Oshins, who clicked m 
Irving Berlin's "This Is the Army," 
lis currently in Miami Beach work- 



and Now," by Somerset Maugham; 
"The Wild Yazoo," by John Myers 
Myers, and "Champion Road," by 
Frank Tilsey. The ban on the 
last two was only made last month. 



Galen Drake's Book 

Galen Drake's closeup on him 
self, "This is Galen Drake." with 



by Kay Boylw • be published by Rinebart 
' by Paul Les- Marie Torre, N. Y. World-Tele- 

by John Mor- ! gram drama reporter, weds Hal 
Friedman, television supervisor, at 
the Little Church Around ' ,the 
Corner, 'N.rY' Sat. (6). 

Joseph E:.- Daxi^esj Xfortti^qr Atn^ 
] bassador to Russia, legally advised 
! Gen. Eisenhower on his capital 
gains literary deal with Doubleday, 
A longtime friend, Dayies set up 
the entire package idea. 

Lucette Caron, quondamn 
Vakiztt muggess in Paris (fash- 
ions, etc.), in N.Y. for a ijidnth 
o.o.ing the American scfenew pl'ahs 
Xmas on the Cbasti ; She repS' 
Mademoiselle and :Oth€^i: mags in 
Paris, 



Hollywood than it would be in Moscow, but it shows this necrotic 
process I speak of in operation, 

I have warned all concerned that I personally will not talk in the 
presence of p^a.^s, not wanting- my sparkling repartee swiped and sub- - 
sequently slipped into the mouth of some star who wasn't even there. 
The Lateral Pass To Previews 
Take a look at other industries which are competing for the enter- 
tainment dollar. For years circuses have passed almost as many as 
paid. Football impresarios, too, thi'ow almost as many passes among 
the poor relations of the press as their players throw on the fields. 

In the company of Norman L. Sper, who has spent 2& years in and 
around pictm-es and 18 in and out of sports arenas (overlapping years, 
of cousel, I went to watch a Rams-Eagle football game recently at the 
L. A. Coliseum. Courtesy and largesse greeted us at every hand. The 
passes were, as impersonal as curbstones, the service as personal as a 
waiter's. ■ 

By elevator we were hoisted six stories in the air to the rim of the: 
stachum. Here we observed two additional floors — one for tlte working 
press, the other for guys like me who handle spot new$ for the Yale 
Quarterly. Each floor was glass-enclosed. The windows eonl4 be 
flipped up on warm days, closed for bad weather. 

Every press observer not only had a 50c souvenir program gratis, 
but between the halves "was served hamburgers, hotdogs, or bain-on- 
rye, cokes and other mild beverages. 

If his interest waned in the first half, he had it prodded by a play- 
by-play mimeographed summary, delivered by an alert press aide. 
Also within minutes of the end of the first half he received a detail 
of the statistics of the game. There were 2» of these in all. These, 
too, were rushed by mimeographed copy to each observer. 

There seemed to be no effort to slant opinion in favor of the home 
team. I thought how much better the picture business would he if its 
publicity departments ground out similar data instead of trying to deny 
the poor critic the small prestige he'd gain if permitted to pass on a 
pass to the doctor who happened ta be treating his ulcers. 

As further proof of how adult these sports publicists are over those 
bred in studio incubators, I observed that somebody named Earle 
Neale, who once played with, the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago 
White Sox in the 1919 world series (when everything was arranged, 
including the scores), had become known as a great football coach 
under the nickname of "Greasy" Neale. Dubbed in this derogatory 
manner, Neale nevertheless coached a Washington and JefEersoB col- 
lege team into a Rose Bowl victory, mentored Yale teams for seven 
years and now manages the Philadelphia Eagles. More, he invented a 
"naked reverse" play that has fooled more people than Lantour's 
"sarong .shift." 

Said Mr. Greasy to Mr. Goldwyn 

He seemingly has lo.st no dignity in his calling' by being referred 
to habitually as "Greasy." I can imagine what consternation would 
result on the Goldwyn lot if a press agent released a story: and re- 
fen-ed, par example, to Sam as "Old Baldy" or at 20th to Zanuck as 
the "kernel of the Nebraska buskers." 

Norman Sper further pointed out that coHege players kiss and tell 
on each other every week with no ill-toward repercussions. In fact 
hundreds mail him their opinion of every roan they played against the 
Saturday before. Out of these statistics, Sper compiles his AU-players, 



Eric Johnston's warnings, in a 

f^lJ^.Zc^LV'^&frslaX" Ifont' 1^tfeS.n^e?e1 

adapted for a special column and 
used in current issue Of the 



is due via Doubleday next spring. 
Same pub bringing out Kenneth 



choice for each position involves the opinion of at least 180 men who 
have seen the particular star and played against hi'm In one part of the 



Ing on a. humorous book of Army , rr^^y^T^^^^^ 1^^^, ^„ printed 

" Page,'' case histories Oil stories aid 



Roberts' "1 Wanted' to Write" and [ prigtids^of DeraocracTbuUetin -^^^ country or another during the season. Sper set this system up for 

(ing ^'Price of Survival.'' 1 I^iberty years 



der heading ' 



articles published in the Saturday 
Evening Post, with foreword by 
Frank Luther Mott and introduc- 
tion by Glenn Gundell. 

H. Allen Smith's Projects 

Growing out of liis just-cora- 
pleted 10,000 mile auto junket 
across the U. S., a humorous trav- 
elog to be titled "Log of the Fly- 
" (the name of his car) 



John Garfield 



life, and turning down 
Offers to complete it. 

Weekend's European l&pread 

Weekend, American magazine 
published in Europe, started con- 
tinent-wide distribution last week, 
concurrent with shift of the pub- 
lication's offices from Frankfurt, 
Germany, to Paris. 

Formerly published by Stars and 
Stripes, the 24-page magazine was 
turned over to its staff when the 

Army, faced with costs tripled by , _.- - . 

German currency conversion | Nelle, wound i;p their two-montn 
dropped its sponsorship. The new i toiu' with a stopover at Arthur', IN. x. 
owners, headed by editor Dick -| Godfrey's farm m Virginia. | 

JTones, former Minneapolis and Chi- First on the writer s agenda , , ., , „ 

caga newsman, have put out 12 however, is a volume of ha.seball -'Borce of Lvil, for Roberts Pro- 
fasues in Frankfurt and one in anecdotes. "Low and Inside, be- ductions, his own unit withm En- 
Paris smce taking over last July. ; ing prepared in collaboration with terprise Pictures. Metro will re 



Continued Iiom pace 

to divide his time between films 
and legit: because of his old love 
for the theatre, and. has taken an 
apartment in N. Y. He moved his 
wife and family liere a month ago. 
He's due on the Coast for radio 



Can you imagine what a howl would go up, if such statistics were kept 
on every star in Hollywood and, bereft of studio politics, the Academy ' 
Awards were decided on this pro.saic hard-boiled level? 
■i Just before, the war Sper was doing a feature called ''Football This 
Week," which was released in 1,200 theatres. It gave shots of the top 
teams which would be meeting on the following Saturday. It showed 
their strong and weak points and predicted who would win. Sper 
averaged .827 rights over wrongs in 11 years. 

Oh, My Aching Eardrums! 
Can you imagine further what a screafti would hit the soundtrack if 
picture critics should run shorts of "Pictures This Week" and pick the 
flops and hits on the same detached basis as football is handled? Yet 



ing Saucer . ^ 

^ilpn%rnlth'^ Smith\nd"his wife i broadcasts tomorrow (4) and the ' rarely has a football mogul or even a fan demanded tliat the Spers of 

' '- - ■ !i5th;-> after which he . returns to ■• ■- ■'-- '---^-'^ ^— ----- 



Garfield finished work on the film. 
Tucker's People," now refilled 



l^ffers hope to duplicate in 
Other western European counti-ies 
the success they've had in Ger- 
many where it's the best seller of 
•11 English language publications 
The new distribution covers all 
(Hmatries west of the Iron Curtain. 



■ I'imes Fashions Showmanship 

Although framed within a neat 
theatrical format, the apparel's 
.Btill the thing at the N. Y. Times 
Hall "Fashions of the Times" 
■how, four-time sellout last week 
at a $3.60 top, Staged by Broadway 
producer-director Nat Karson, this 
show had a thin plot to serve as 
a binding thread for the various 
fashion exhibits. 

^cleverly 

highlight the frocks in integrated 
.patterns. 

To have done anything more 
Would be to have brought perfume 
to a rose. This edition of the 
Times' annual fashion show, 
sparked by fashion editor Virginia 



Ira Smith <no relation), an ex- ,53,3 j.ig 
' newspaperman, for sprmg puouca- giietgh " from 
i tion. Latter Smith has oeen col- ^^^^ jqJj„ Huston filmed 

[lecting these ^'^mond tales ioi a Columbia will release. 

"lin^hL -,- novel hi mM H^' Jennifer .Tones plays opposite. His 
ifi-tP«t honk "l arks in the Pop- two Coast radio appearances are 
corn " "ull he Doubleday-pSb-lto plug the pix. He now has one 
I liuje'd Nov 18. I film commitment, m June, with 

1 ■ * ' 1 ' his own company, and hopes to I 

' TTnv «;«mmprsbv's Best Seller 1 do it in Europe if conditions per- 
' "E?senCv^r Was My Boss,"' by ' mit. His European trip will cover 
,the Generaf-s former personal , July and August, Garfield's main I 
secretary, Kay Summersby, is [ reason for the trip being his need . 
snowballing into a ncnfietion Isest of a rest. 

seller with a fourth printing of| Garfield brought east with him 
5 000-10 000 slated on top of the 1 g copy of the script of "Mr. Broad- 
mitial printings of 17,500 copies. ; ^^gy " the story of Vahiety and its 



the game be barred because they -have picked certain; t64ms to'Ibse.. 

Since 82% who are picked to lose do lose, they could oefrtainXy nrake 
out a case that this Svengali was attaclcing with a brcotd of : P|n^<!^o- . 
logical warfare and hence was not so much a swaini as a stirrer 
should be barred from every press box in the country. But I haye 
never heard such talk, save perhaps around Hollywood !,studios |ind 
in Shubert Alley. 

finished "Rough 1 Though "Football This Week" was a war casualty it is now recover- 
Bob Silvester's , ing with the penicillin of television. Sper starts tbia week on a l&iOOO- 
mile tour of 110 American colleges. He will photograph between 
75.000 to 100,000 feet of film for next year's television fans.' By show- 
ing various teams in action and. by the use of opticats, si&# motion, ; 
animation and stop motion, he will be able; to show evtiry fan fairly 
accurately what will happen on the following Saturday. Indeed, it is 
quite possible he will be able to pick the champs of the year; is early 
as September: Oncei in :Octobeir,' 1939*^ in fact, he foreitdld Jnf iLtbjieitjr.' 
that- the■USC T^ojans^and. the Tennessee Volunteers^ mlefet .at 

the Rose Bowl on Janv 1, 1940, and the Trojans would wihi , "They 4^id,i' 
too. 

Sper has the most complete set of, stati,stics on evei-y college player 
ever i saWi HLs players often pick an All- American a year or two be- 
fore the experts do. Every professional coach in the country Is for- 
ever asking for a peek at these long Kreen books, ,,Thto;S;pe!i;;l}^S be^ 
come the background for authority in footballi 



Karson however Although he hadn't read the book, , founder, Sime, which producer : In Hollywood such an Operator would be denied credentials, b^^:lh6 
Utilized the staging to Gen. Eisenhower indicated he had 1 jgj.,.„ wald wants Mm to do for , Johnston office, if not run out of town by the state highway patrol aS 
-t.- <„t.»^.,f»ri no objections to the publication of •v\rarners, playing the Sime role. 1 a subversive character trying to undermine the glamour of the picture 
his secretary's "revelaiion.s. JVIjss ' Qa^jjei^ interested in the assign- ' business, ^ V " 

Summer.sby, meanwhile, is going ■ ^^^^^ pending certain script I My own view is that such a critical approach ihight not only help 
on a cross-country lecture Assignment would mark Hollywood make better pictures but might pack the peasants into the- 

""^^S*" ^^^*J;f,. Jicn ^?Hnl a M^^ return to old haunts on the J atr,es as thgjip^n-hande^l.hospitality of gridiimpub^^^ 
m.?tnd Tewspape? play with thf IWamer lot. 1 currently packs 'm feto footbaU .tands. 



S4 



CHATTER 



Wetlnesflay, November 3, 1948 



Jules G. Stein's flu stalled the 
MCA board ehairman'g return t6 
Bevhills. 

Jules Ziegler agency added Abe 
I^ewborn, Martin Baum and Hal 
Davis to &taff. 

Gliarles Reader, Hotel Pierre 
maestro-booker, to the Coast on a 
business trip. 

Jenia Reissar, of David O. Selz" 



London 



out to do special exploitation ott 
•'Ice-Gycles" for month. i . 

Jinny Reed, KQV p.a. who went ' Korda's ''Bonale ^ihceH6hai;Uc' 
to Europe in August for five weekSj rQUh^ly panned Ijijf IpcitX pffiSs, 
has extended her stay until Christ- Winnie ahd Phyllis' JCeeit^ aftet 
mas. 40 years ser%'ice, have retired from 

Jenny Lou Law leaves for New B. Feldman & Co. , - , ^ 

York next week to begin rehears- 1 Lee Ephraim . taking over Lord 
ing Broadway version of "Lend an Montgomery's London home in 
Ear '' ; Westminster Gardens. 

wi,^.^e ISrSd'^oJsf oStd '■ ere^c^e"^ L^hlftt^ i^?t£e 

nicVrLo=-«rN"^^^^^^^^^ ^"^^A^"^ : ««%»ef »Sley will 
homeoflfice confabs. as a loaa rep. team with James Minter of Renown 

Laura Leeds, songstress.pianist ' ' , Jnrs ' P"'*"''?^' ^"^"^ produce 

at Hotel New Yorker's Terrace Jf^-Vln* «n^^ n v >1^7n 1 "'"Jl^ » , a 

Room, is daughter of organist nto Persian Room of N. Y. Plaza Broadcast of the pre-recorded 
Jesse Crawford ^ jMaxme Sullivan, series of six pro- 

Tim Parrnii PY-Hnnpv Pln7P Henry Boettcher, head of Tech, grams has been fixed by the BBC 
hotef Mifmi Beach taktna awav ^rama school, directing school's to debut Dec, 8. _ 
soml'ofthe™ o™l?''cli*ente"f toYis annual Shakespearean pr^^^^^^ "The Kid From Stratford" moves 

new Delano Hotel there. , "Midsumme r Nights D ream. 

Pam rBlumenthal,: :Cinecolor I 



. bjoard chairman, to Coast after ex- 
teiided N. Y. confabs with Gine- 

COlor and Film Classics execs. ' : , , -n y »« 

Barbara Factor, granddaughter I ■ uy Lies itees 

of the late Max Factor, Hollywood 1 "Desert Song" into Lyceum Nov. 

makeup magnate, engaged to wed 16-20; "Blue Danube" cancelled. 

William Hilton Feb. 20 in N. Y. i Fritz Reiner here as Minneapolis 
Herb Golden Variety, with Mrs. Symphony Orchestra guest conduc- 

GoldeUi back from'; European vaca^ ; »i, xt-i-™ * /->>nn.; ..i.^ 

tion which embraced London, Paris ' , ^^S*' ^&°''A?J^''V^t 

and Rome, flying all the way. '^^^ Sisters into Curly s night 

Benay Venuta coming east with : Beatrice Kav at Hotel Radisson 

her husband, ArmandDeutsch ex- Flame Boom with Jerry Glidden 
; ecutlve aide: to Dore Schary, Metro ^ 

production topper; All due east ..(jav Blades" floor .show at 
Nov. 15. 1 Loop-s 

B. , Bernard Kreisler, former; nitery, 
Universal exec, due in . today , Gro.ss & Dunn, Georgie Kayo 
(Wed.) on the Nieuw Amsterdam and Billy Bishop's orch into Club 
after a year in' Europe studying ' Carnival. 

film trends. | Northwest Variety club had big 

Hat prize gimmick Sunday nights i homecoming party night of Minne- 
at the Copa bar, trailerized by disk . sota-Indiana football game, 
.lock Jack Eigen, with giveaway of I Dick May, local singer, winner 
a portable radio and a ring hypo- 
ing Sabbath biz. 

' Jean-Pierre Aumont - returns 
from France Dec. 1 for rehearsals 
of Theatre Guild play, "The Em- 
peror of China,'- in - which he co-, 
stars with Lilli Palmer. 

Irene Hilda, French chanteuse 
currently in New York, heads for 
Paris Nov. 12. She opens at the 
Champs Elysees Dec. 15 in a revue 
with Pernandel, comedian^ 
. Henry and Phoebe Ephron, War- 
ner Bros, screenwriters, staying 
over in N. Y. for three-week re- 
search job on untitled film ta be 
. produced by Jerry Wald; 
.' Joseph.'Bemhard, Ginecolor and 
Film Classics proxy, planed to 
Hollywood yesterday (Tues.) in his 
regular transcontinental shuttle 



into the Winter Garden theatre 
mid-December, at termiiiaitibh of 
its lease at Princes. 

Ella Shields taken 111 and had 
to cancfel her Wood Green Eiiipire 
date, j ust prior to Cominaiid Per- 
formance appearance. ' : ' 

V^ra." Lynn has contracted foi"; a 
toiir of . Deitinark and Sweden, 
starting Noyi /ldi She's, returning 
io the ait: in a hew BBC series 
after Christmas. 
, Bubbles and Arthur Hornblow, 
with Eddie .ivlannix, at the Coni- 
niaiid : ' PerfocmaHce Monday (l), 
and then tO Paris by air, possibly 
Rome thereafter. 

George Isaacs, Minister of Labor. 
Tv,.^„>„ „i\KA^.,i<. f^'.Iv>^^ 'ont likely to announce findings of his 

Loops elaborate new Gay 90b committee of Inquiry into the 

BBC-Musicians' Union wages dis- 
pute third, week In November. 

Harry Alan Towers planes to 
New York this week, and will sub- 
sequently go on to the , Coast to 
finalize arrangements for hisiseries 
of recorded programs with -Hilde-; 

«tarH^^^'%d^n'^r/,Jr!m'TV.^ Ballet Co, Opened 

stardom' radio program, to New; ... , «.a<!nn at ihp T nnrlnn 

York with Adams for appearance *'Snt weeK stason at tne i^onaon 
on Arthur Godfrey "Talent ; Scout" 



Heidelberg. Team will stay for 
another three or four weeks. 

Aulbau Film Gesellschaft is now 
in production in Gottingen, Brit- 
ish one. Wolfgang Liebenier is 
directing the first production, 
"Love, 1947," featuring Hilda 
Krahl. 

IFA (International Film Alli- 
ande>, which handles free film 
lending activities in the three 
western zones of Germany, has 
moved its headquarters from Neu- 
stadt to Frankfurt. 

Walter G. Bundle replacing 
George Pipal as manager for Ger- 
many and head of United Press' 
Frankfurt bureau. Pipal will be, 
director of UP's conti:iental in- 
coming services, with Paris as hq. 

Presented for the first time in 
German, Andre Gide's "Saul" was 
a smash at the Haus der Judend. in 
Hamburg. Producer was Karl- 
hcinz Streibing. Bernhard Minetti 
played the leading role with Hans 
Dieter Zeidler as David. 

Musicians of the Berlin Phil- 
harmonic Orchestra refused play* 
ing for Russian or Red-sponsored 
concerts, at least until the : Berlin 
blockade is lifted. The orchestra 
performs on U. S. license and is 
permanently lofcated in Berlin's 
U. S. sector. 

Report Film AG, Munich film 
company, starts shooting its first 
production sliortly. Film will be 
about the Alp-North Sea Express, 
showing , life in each - town along 
the route from Munich to Bremer- 
haven. Shooting will begin in 
Bremen and Sremerhaven. 



Australia 



air show. 



, Dublin 

;'';.';'-''.;By.MajcweW '^wieeney ■;'>V- 
Doug: WilUs, BBC^ .q^ 
.oh vacation. 

Waterford' City planning first 
municipal theatre in Ireland. 

Lyric cinfcrhai, Litrierick, switch- 
ing to vaudebwihg to shortagie of 

films.''- ■■ 

Playwright BrinsleyvMacnamara 

inked as new Radio Eii?eahh drania 

•critic. . ■ 

• Louis EUiinaii; Irish , Odeon 

...^r.t r'^^f.t chief, planed to London for talks 

between east and west Coast oiricesi ^^.jljj 'jjgjjjj pjjggg 

Shuberts spending $150,000 to 



completely refurbish the Winter 
Garden for its conversion back to 
legit. Mike Todd's "As the Girls 
Go," starring Bobby Clarke reopens 
the house next week; 

Esther Tow, publicity director of 
American Society of Cinematog- 
rapliers, planes in from the Coast 
today (Wed.) to formulate plans 
fOT ' drawing more cinematography 
hobbyists to theatre boxoif ices. 
' . Ann . Revel took over operation 
of the travel agency business cre- 
ated by her hu.sband, Billy Revel 
(Moore &) who: died two weeks ago. 



Radio producer Larry Morrow 
staging one-acters for Abbey Ex- 
perimental Theatre. 
; Colin Loudan bowing out of Ills- 
ley-McCabe Productions to become 
producer for Belfast Alts Thea- 
tre. 



Casino Oct 19 with "Swan Lake," 
with Mona Inglesby as chief balle- 
rina, and Jack Spurgeon and Ei> 
nest Hewitt in support. 

Judy Campbell to costar with 
Douglass Montgomery in "This is 
Where We Came In," a new comedy 
by William Templeton. Opens a 
provincial tour Nov. 20 before 
reaching the West End. 

Universal's British chieftain Ben 
Henry planed to Paris for a last- 
day powwow with Joe Seidelman, 
U's foreign ' boss, before latter 
Queen Elizabethed back to N. Y. 
following a month's general Euro- 
pean survey. 

Sybil Thorndike and Lewis Cas-- 
son's next London appearance, fol- 
lowing successful partnership in 
"TJie Linden Tree," will be as 
brother and sister in Margery 
Sharp's "The Foolish Gentlewom- 
an," adapted from her novel, 



By Eric Gorrick 

"Present Laughter" continues to 
do sock biz at Princess, Melbournei 
lor Carroll-Puller. 

Dan Carroll, head of Birch, Car- 
roll & Coyle pic loop, recovering 
from a major operation. 

Ealing's "Eureka Stockade" will 
be released here early next year 
via British Empire: Films. 

BoB Hill, Western Electric's 
commercial manager; enroute to 
U. S. to huddle with homeoffice of- 
ficials. ■ 

I "No Orchids for Miss Blandish," 
I despite erix pans,, is doing solid 
I biz at State, Sydney, foi* Greater 

Union;/. - 
Eric Williams, Ealing's local 

head, back from his huddles in 

London with Sir Michael Balcon 

and Major Baker. 



Ted Loeff recovering from major 
surgery. 

Ned Brown joined Famous Ar- 
tists Corp. 

George Glass laid up with virus 
throat infection, 

Viveca Lindfors bedded with 
throat infection.. : 
: Danny Thomas laid up with ear 
and throat trouble. 

Ned Depinet in from N.Y. to con- 
fer with Howard Hughes. 

Jerry Wald laid up: with flu and 
postponing his trip to Europe, 

Leslie Charteris heading for the 
Bahamas on a six-month vacation. ': 

Bryan Foy back after huddles : 
with State Department in Wash; 
ington. 

Frank Borzage ' to Honolulu to 
compete in. the Hawaiian golf tour- , 
naroent. 

Van Johnson to Oklahoma City 
to start a week's tour of veterans' 
hospitals. 
■ Pinky Lee doing shows for 
paraplegics at Birmingham Gen- 
1 eral Hospital. 

I Bing Crosby drew $40,000 with 
, a two-day benefit show for a new 
I school at El Cajon. 

Eddie Cantor and Dinah- Shore 
I to San Franci.sco to put on three 
shows for service men. 

Jonathan Latimer to Washington : 
to : confer with Navy brass about 
"Wings of Navy" script. 

Estate of late Greg Toland, val- 
ued at $60,000, goes to his widow, 
Virginia Thorpe Toland. 

Shelley Winters guested at 
BrentHood Country Club at bene- 
fit for new state of Israel. 

Monroe Greenthal in town hud- 
dling with Samuel Goldwyn, Ed- 
ward Small and- Eagle Lion. 

Barbara Stanwyck's excellent 
[diction won a' gold plaque donated 
j by the Linguaphone Institute. 

Bessie Love won a judgment for 
I $38,249 in back alimony due from 
her • former husband, William B. 
Hawks. 

George Jessel leading a 20th- 
Fox troupe to San Francisco for. 
world preem of "When My Baby 
Smiles, at Me." 



Dallas 



Mexico City 



J6e Reithmah at Baker's Mural 
Room. 

XaVier Cugat orch at Brook Hol- 
low Club Nov. 10. 

„^„. Horace Ileidt talking to state 

She's associated with Leonard J. I fair olficials about doing the Audi- 

Bronner of British American I toriuni show next year. , - , ~r 

Tours. : Leo Diamond is due in at Pappy's I player, currently heading a French 

Emil Friedlander, of Dazian's, Showland on a now bill with Dolly j vaude show here, heading for N. Y. 
named chairman of the amuse- 1 BaiT, the Two Jades and Roland j Latin houses, 
ments industries division for the ( Drayor orch/ - I Bigtime bullfight sea.son Was 

$600,000 fund-raising campaign I Jack Pepper is at the Suljurban I made possible at the Cilv of Sports 
now under way in behalf of tho| Club as singer and m.c. Stuart | here, 65,000-seat bowl, by the help 



Arnie : Hartman, American ac- 
cordionist, topping the vaude show 
at the Lirico. 

: Local radio station XEQ (100,- 
000 watts) celebrated its 10th 
birthday Oct. 31. 

Local citizens have organized a 
committee , to combat the nudity 
craze current in local vaude-rcvue 
theatres. 
Emilia Guiu, Spanish, pic-stage 



Copenhagen 



By Victor Skaarup 

Danish cinema :- takings about 
15% less than last autumn. 

Atlantic Palace,: new cafe, has 
Marie Valente as headliner. . 

'•Tlie Iron Curtain" shown with- 
out any disturbances at Rialto. 

"Arsenic and Old Lace'.' film 
finally okayed by the censor and 
a big. hit at Alexandra. ,. 

Lulu Ziegler, famed chanteuse, 
reopened her cabaret It was closed 
during the German occupation. 

"Dear Ruth" still showing at the 
New Theatre. Biggest legit hit here 
in years, with over 200 perform- 
ances.': 

So many big concert names vis- 
iting Denmark this season that 
even the biggest names, like Fritz 
Busch and Todd Duncan, have 
trouble: filling tbe. concert halls. 



Buenos Aires 

German actor Alexander Duma 
here. 

20th - Fox's Eddie Cohen tour- 
ing Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Co- 
lombia. ;: 

Actress Pepita Serrador and hus- 
band-manager Fortunato Benza- 
quen to Madrid. 

Dr. Manlio Marino, of: Italian 
Lux-Mar films, back from attending 
Venice Film Festival. 

Music rublisher Wally Downey 
and Mrs. in B:A. .for International 
Composers Conference. ■ 

RKO's publicity chief, Teresita 
French; to Cordoba to line up 
bookings for 1949 release of "Joan 
of 'Are. 

J. ,T. Guthmann, of Cinema- 
tografica Inter-Americana,, and his 
foreign manager, = Dr» Juan Parret, 
back from European trip. 

Spanish actress Margarita Xirgu, 
back in Buenos Aires after more 
than a year in Cliile, is to open 
shortly at the Argentino theatre 
in Fernando Garcia Lorca's "Bodas 
de Sangre." 



Vienna 



non-spctarian N. Y. Guild for the | Russell Trio also is there foi' 
Jewish Blind. : • month's date. ; 

. V Allen Boretz in from the Coast 1 
to work on a hew musical, for i 
Martin Gosch-Eunice Healey pro- 1 
duction. Plans for his revamping } 
of George M. Cohan's old hit, "4,j , 
•Minutes From Broadway," for Mil- 1 
ton: Baron are out. George Oppcn- 1 
heim has thai job. 

Producer Walter Wanger and'- 



Chicago 



Daniel O'Shfea. head of : Sclznick 
Studios, in for sliflirt. visit. ■: 

Howard Newmah, in fi'om N.. Y, 
to flack "The Heiress" at Selwyn. 
AGVA saved former clown 
dirVctor^Victor "Flem'ing'"poofing Charles (Sura Sum) DeMclo from 
speaking, efl'orts in joint addresses paupers^gMve 
Friday (5) at the luncheon meet of | " 
the As.socialed Motion Picture Ad- , ..^ 

vertisers, Hotel Piccadilly. Wau-I "p"*-'^''; """ce ISov. 6 
ger's wife, Joan Bennett, listed to , IJ,"Sh Herbert surprised patrons 
be AMP-\'s guest of liorior Great Northern theatre when he i 

Anotiier youAg actor, Robert , 'IPP^C''?,'' ^1" ^of'^''' , 
White, 22, has been picked up by ; J^I'gfi BiMon Shoos Oct 2, nighl, ; 
Federal authorities, for' failing to ' 
register for the draft White, who [ 
appeared in "Skipper Next to God" i 
and "My Sister Eileen," openly re- i 
fused to register as a conscientious I 
objector. The other pacifist actor, 
Stewart ,Zane Peckoff, reeently de- 
cided to sign up after several days 
in jail. 



agreeing to take a wage cut. 

"Fiesta Brava" fM-G) being 
readied by Carlos Niebla to opeii 
Nov. 18 in. seven local cinemas 
simultaneously. Biggest preeni 
lever here. : 

I Rudolph Locwenthal ready to go 
Ion his next pic, "La Daiiia del 
i Velo" ("The Veiled Woman' ), star- 
ring Libertad Lamarque and Ar- 
1 mando Calvo: 



Washington 



Eva. Baltri, daticer,' to, Spain for 
adio and music celebs slated to ' Bamber-^' EnelVsL^^^^^ ^J't}, 
«?.V .L^e^^l^ ''^l^«^-ll'««^^Mm°'has"'^standard^ 

magic show in Latin Aiiierica. 



Miami Beach 

By Larry Solloway 



Germany 



The iCreUzchor, Prote-stant bov 
choir, is on ;a three,. Week fcshcert 
'^ur of vvfesterh Geriiianj'. :' 
^ ^ , , , , <.„ , The Wurttemberg state theatre 
Freddy Calo orch set lor Sherrj has been released bv the U S 



By Florence S. Lowe : 

i Rubinoff and his violin due in 
1 Nov. 5 for benefit concert. ' 
! : John- Hodiak ; in ■ town briefly as 
i part of his swing tour for USO. 
I Ron Rattdell in to beat the 
' drums for "Loves of Carmen," in 
I wliich he appears. 
1 Guinii "Big Boy'' Williams, whose 
: dad was once V. S. representative 
li'oiii Texas, here last week for a 
I family wedding. 

The Pat O'Briens will m.c. a 
charity show here Nov. 15 .spon? 
sored . by local chapter of L. A. 
' City of Hope" Sanatorium and 
National Medical Center. 

"Show Time "for Wallace," staged 
last week to boom the Progressive 
party, was the work of such Br.oad- 
M'a.\' names as E. Y. Ilarburg, Har- 
old Rome" and Jerome Robbins. 



Raoul Asian off to Moscow on 
invitation by state theatres. 

St. Poelten city tlieatre reopened 
under Hans Rnappl's management. 

Unitas Producing Co., film outr 
fit, ousts Anton Profes, composer 
and general manager of the com- 
i pany. 

I Josef Gielen. now: director of 
[Burg theatre, in town, returning 

from Argentina. / 

By consent of Allied Command, 
, closing hours for bars and cabarets 
I extended to , 4 a.m. 
I Vienna has seen two productions 
I of "Medea" lately, neither being 
I the Robinson .lefCers version. Play 
I produced by the Burg Theatre was 
:by Grillparzcr. Another "Medea," 
I produced this summer in GratZj 

Slyria], was written by Csokor. 



Portland, Ore. 



Frontenac liotel 

Gracie Barrie set 
Club opening Jan. 19 



for Clover 



Army and turned back to the state 
government. . 

Bonn theatre recently cele- 



By Ha! Cohen 

■; Jim Hughes celebrates 20th anni | 

as program director at WJAS next i comic, in town and, writing book, 
month, I Barry Gray . switched 90-minute 

Hank Senber in town beating the , midnight airer from Martinique 
drums for Maurice Evans' "Man i hotel to Hyde Park; formerly the 
and Superman." I Lord Taiieton. 

Samuel Meli set for lead in I Art Green, WMIE disk-jock, had 
Playhouse's next show, an original l Tex Beneko, here with his orch for 
play .called "Shoi^ty,.',' ! Miami U homecoming dance, as 

Mary' T*rancei5" AcKetman going guest ori' Shovv Oct. '29. ' 



Bucky Gray, who'll run the brated its 100th anniversary with 
Zodiac Room in new Delano hotel, a performance of Zuckmayer's 
in N. Y. on talent hunt. ; "The Devil's General." 

•Tuanita Juarez orch into Cadil- Film Aufbau begins shooting of 
lac hotel's Starlight Patio. la film version of "Faust," shortly, 
Julie Oshins, "This Is the Army" i with Gustav Gruendgens as Me- 
and "Make Mine Manhattan" phislo, and Wolfgang Liebeneiner 
1---'- Idirecting, 



New Haven 



MPEA lias completed arrange- 
ments for showing of "Gone With 
the Wind" in German theatres, ac- 
cording to a report in the Hessische 
Nachrichten. 

Shooting of "I Was a Male War 
Bride,'' starring Ann Sheridan and 
Gary Grant, well under way neai* 



By Harold M. Bone 

I Sherman manager Ed Lynch 
I nursing a bum arm. 

Dan ; Mulvey now handling all 
publicity at Arena indoor palace. 

Yale Dramatic Assn. doing "Win- 
terset" for Princeton game week- 
end. ■ • 
. : Lou, Moscow's ticker being bct^r 
ter and he's now back on duty at 
Shubert boxofflce. 

Local barrister Norton M. Le- 
vine is head of new foreign 
film distributors heire. Continental 
Films, Inc. 



I Junmy Grier orch at Jantzen 
Beach Ballroom. ■ 

Amato's Supper Glub in Astoria . 
destroyed by fire. 

■ Multnomah liotel's fashionable 
Rose Bowl opened for fall. 

Ben Mosher quits Top Attraction 
Agency for Joe Young agency. , 

Will Maston Trio and Jacki"! 
Souders headline the Shrine Show', 
of Shows. 

Clover Club now operated byS 
the Timbermen's Assn. Floor show'' 
policy remains. V 

Judith Anderson^s "Medea" com- J 
pany arrived 30 minutes late for v 
opening nighl due to train derail- > 
ment. . , :« 

Merle Mesher back in town as 
chief of the Hamrick Evergreen 
Theatre chain in this vicinity, re- 
placing William Thedford. Latter 
liriov^d'to Seattle in siune capacity.' 



Wedneeibjt Noveoiber 3, 1948 



Columbia 'Gem! 

s Contmuc* from pa(« 1 is 

Andy out, of their current 7:30 
slot, a mpv« simplified for CBS 
under ttie A & A 12)000,000 cap- 
ital-gains deal wWch gives Paley 
complete ownership of the A & A 
"property" and authority to switch 
■ tbeni wherever the web so desires. 

Edgar Bergen, currently heard 
Sunday night at 8 on NBC for 
Standard BrandSi which has heen 
anxious to unload him, has al- 
ready been sold to another spon'^ 
sori the transaction having been 
signed and sealed Monday (1), al- 
though the new bankroller is be- 
ing kept under wraps. 

Benny is agreeable to the 
switchover, it's been learned, but 



plus Instrumental work on guitar, 
accordion and violin. 

Standard robot-doll routines of 
the Dolinoifs and Raya sisters set 
comfortably with the stubholders. 
Their toyshop framing makes for 
« colorful canto for .the family 
type that are regulars here. 

Les Rhode house orch handles 
the backgroundings in capable 
Jtyle. Lary. 



Aga Khan 



Mr. and Airs. Stanley Yorke, 
daughterv Hollywood, Oct; '26, 
Father is a flhn editor at RKO. 

Mr. and Mrs, "Punch" Wylie, 
daughter, Syracuse, Oct. 16; 
Father is ssilgs inanager of WFBL 
in, that , city./- '. ■ 

^ Mr. and Mrs. Leon Alton- daugh- 
ter, Hollywood, Oct; 28. Father is 
avsiereeH,' actor.--;' ■,;','•,■■"■■,■:",,:,'■„■■',' 
_ Mr. and Mrs. Sid Pietzch, son, 
Dallas, recently. Father is news 
Leditor of WFAA in that city. 
Continued from page 1 ssssS Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Satter- 
from a number of countries where yhite^ daughter,. San Antonio, Oct 
there are restrictions on remit 



tances. It's reported that the tieup 
will include provision -for produc- 
tion of pix in Europe by the syndi- 
cate. Playing of these fUms In un- 
restricted mai-kets would permit 
EL to extract dollars from the deal, 



23, Father i6 announcer on KITE 
there. 

, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thiriot, 
daughter, Oct. 28, Portland, Ore. 
Father is- Paramount branch man- 
ager there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Art Linkletter, 

SI, 



only if the Phil Harris-Alice Faye b'^J^h „ ^^^^ Hollywood Oct 

show for Re.xall (since Harris is deal also calls for Father is^-adio pSer and em. 

integral part of the Benny , ^^^'JLJ^°'T^ZT'^^^ ^"P.^'"'' ' ^ee. Proaucer 



55 



OBITUARIES 



program) moves over with him. ' ^^^f ^ Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Goff, son 

Under terms of the checkerboard I ^ow 4w York and I ^anta Monica, Oct, 30. Mother i 

moves, all the comics would get the Beniamin Jfnm^v ^„ p„w n ' """^'^^^ ^"talie Draper; father i 
same time slots on Columbia as v^"J,t f^orney to Robert R, ■ screenwriter, 
they now have on NBC, which p?V"^' controlling stockholder of 
CBS could easily accomplish ' H^c ^tJI? a ^^^''l^"'^"u: 
. through the simple expedient o{ ''\lfhJJ'SA^^ ^^^u 
moving k&A and finding a new ninJ iT'^*" ^' i''^^''' 

time slot for the Wrigley 7 o'clock i °if^"'i^'"'^? .y^^"^ * 

^rnornm fr:„r,„ A>.f.r,» , rcciprocal distribution 



MARY NOLAN 

Mary Nolan, 42, known as Imo' 
gene Wilson when she was in the 
Ziegfield Follies 29 years ago, was 
found dead Oct, 31. at the home of 
her sister in Hollywood where she 
lived. Exact cause of death was 
not immediately revealed with an 
autopsy Vordered. Last spring Miss 
Nolan was taken to Cedars of Le<-: 
banon hospital on the. Coast suffer- 
ing from malnutrition, 

Ironically, she died soon after 
she had sold her life story to a 
picture company, a publisher and a 
national magazine. 

The late Mark Hellinger once 
said of her: "Only two people in 
American would bring every re- 
; porter in New York to the doclcs 
I to see them off. One is the Pres-. 
ident. The other is Iraogene 
(Bubbles) AVilson." 
She was gracing the Follies early 



attack. He had been teamed in 
an act with his father, known as 
Fargo and Richards, and later witli 
his wife* f Dolly,, who survives him; 

He retired from the stage 18 
years ago to teach music in the 
Fontana schools. 



Mrs. EMMA F. WHITEHILL 

Mrs. Emma Fischer Whitehill, 
85, former concert pianist, died 
Oct. 31 in New York. Mrs. White- 
hill studied music in Europe and 
was a Leipzig Conservatory grad- 
uate. She played concert halls in 
U. S, for 15 years. 

Daughter and a son survive.. 



THOMAS J. CARMODY 
Thomas J. Carmody, 84, vaude 
booker until his retirement in the 
early 30's, "died Oct. 28 in N. Y. 
after a brief Illness. 
Surviving are .his widow; 



program (Gene Autry). I ^^if'V.^'ti. "«>"'"""°n arrange- 

The multiple CBS OTapup of tL , « • « • 

comedians which, for years has i ,Tt!v currently in Pans 

Riven NBC the comedv edcp in — ^l^ere he underwent an opera- 
SL%Sramming7Nl'c's s^^^^^^^ ^•-j„«-'/3 him'^of ^900 ol,0 '1°X 

personal needs. Twice on birth- 

off^'l^r).Xe?not''invVv'^^^^^^^^^ frj! '"S''*!?" 
Ital-gains deals in the sense that " ^"^"^ ^ 
the blackface team was wooed 
over to Columbia. 

However, it does encompass 
television as part of. the overall 
programming plan. 



Rossellini 

Continued from page 2 



monds. 



House Reviews 

5 Continued from page 17 ^ 

l*aJladinin, I.^ndon 



Billy Rose 

Continued .front page 1 



him pn his own terms. He denied a 
recent report in the U, S, that he 
had tentatively agreed to a deal 
with Goldwyn that would give the 
latter script control. 

Major point of diiference with 
the Americans has been Rossellini's 
refusal to provide a completely 
blocked-out shooting script — to 
which he'd stick— before starting 
I production. That's not the tech- 
nique that brought him success, 
Rossellini declared, and he doesn't 
propose to change to it. Explain- 
ing his own method, he said: 

"I have a general idea of what 
I intend to do when I start shoot- 
ing. I take my plot writers and 
my dialog writers with me on the 



hv thP Tiller ri,.ic «„A A- 'them now. These artists are in de- 

oy tiie iiiier uirls, and has radio ma-nA thrnnrf - in i7,i<-n»a 
com M rhjtrlio rj,.»<r(<,.. v.," ' mana aoroaa, m . Jimope 



of confidence a management could 
want," he said. He thinks the Met 
is in a healthy situation . today. 
The Met, he said, has been creat- 
ing fir.st-rank American artists the 
past dozen -^ears, and has 2.5 of 

camera work we get the s f 6 r y 

comics Charlie Cheste'r "and""hiV 0""!^ ,''"''"?"• ' Jiurope and rather definitely laid out — al- 
gang- providing an abtmdince of A'«erw*- I though still always open to change. 

Eunfor aoundance of | -if destroy the Met," John- The dialog writers stay with me 

Credit for the biggest individual ' f^^J^' y^^i Soing to , right along, however, because I 

hit of the show undoubtedly goes P*^*^'^- ■ want what the characters say al- 

If-'- - " ' • • ■ ■ - Asked what the Met plans to do ; ways to come out of them natural- 

to carry out its promise last year l.ly. We Can only tell wliat they'd be 
of cutting out the shenanigans of j iikely to say. as the story and their 
eccetitric, patrons, on. opening night understaiidihg:' of their roles de- 
(as filled the newspapers last year), velops:' You cah't ":sit down, as tjiey 
Johnson said a special committee do in Hollywood, and figure out 
had been formed to handle the 1 mathematically - in advance- whr/ 



#eo. ill, Cofjan 



(187a-1942) 



JERRY VOGEL 



in 1920 when Ziegfield described 
her as "the most beautiful girl 
I ever glorified." She appeared 
for other producers, including 
Arthur Hammersteiu; Her ■ roles 
were seldom big. And her rise to. 
musical comedy leads- helped 
wreck her career. 

It was her acquaintance with the 
late Frank Tinney, blackface com- 
edian, that wound up her career 
and that of Tinney. Wliat might 
well have been one unpleasant in- 
cident extended into a bitter story 
that started when Miss Wilson (she 
changed her named to Mary Nolan 



to John Boles; making his first 
West End appearance after his two 
months' provincial stint. It didn't 
take long before he had the Pal- 
ladium audience clamoring for 
their favorites in the traditional 
giannerj and although he yielded 



scene. Within the first 10 davs of later) swore out a complaint charg- 
ing Tinney with assault, claiming 
|100,i()flO daihages; Tt^e grand jiiry 
refused to indict hiin ' and thfe. 
damage suit never got into court, 
according to- the records. The al- 
leged bct^ting, hovifeveri curtailed 
Tiiiney's : career ■ ind fr'adually, 
finished her stage aspirations. ■ 
She, W^nt to Germany , to v(rorJ{, 



daughter, son, three sisters and «^ 
brother. 



WM. HILARWS 

Wm. Hilarius, 43, chief radio 
engineer of South African Broad- 
casting Corp.,: was killed-, in K,L;M. 
plane crash at Prestwich, England, 
while on his ; way to Mexico- City 
to attend international conference 
on wavelengths. He .was one of pio- 
neer broadcasters;, in South Africa. 

Wife and two sons survive. . ; .• 



KARL HACKETT 

Karl Hackett, 55, film actor, died 
Oct. 24 in the Soldiers' Hospital, 
Sawtelle, Cal., where he had been 
a patient for nine months. 
. For years he played heavy roles; 
in western films. ; > • 



WM. PAGEL 
Wm. Pagel, 70, South African 
circus owner, died at Knysna» Cape 
Province, So. Africa, Oct. 13. Pagel 



fi^wn "^h.^ « Jhaw i'^^.r'^"''';- P'''"' ^° ^'"'^ edi- each character should say as the 

Z^Z^' 41, probably disappointed tors of the various newspapers to situation proHres<;es " 
many on the first night by bowing ask them to cut down on the sen piogies.,es. 



«ff without 
Rita 



giving them "Rio ! salional 



.-..iiimiHi anelfl of Mpt nnpnlnp ! Gregory Ratofl', Gregor Rabino- t 

'ntsht coveraee Asked what sm- i^"'-^'' Americans who've I 

nigni coverage. Asked what spe- ^een producing in Italy have great- | 

ly multiplied costs of pictUremalt. 




IN FOND RISMEMBRANCE 

JOE BURNS 

Nov. 3. 194& 
VERA AND MACK GOLDMAN 



inimitable, effortless way they 
made their "Midnight in Mavfair" 
act one of the high spots of the 
evening, and almost had the audi- , 
enee m the aisles. Warren, Latona t 
and Sparks, also booked for the 



M-G's Memo 

;Contlnoed from pAgc ;S 



^^'^•^'T^' l-if /p"anrusing'"ti.e'LSi's ^f'Lof^e 
n,of,'-eSLT"'"^ ' ^f'^^^'t^ Jl^ I Robertson and Mary Robertson. 
o^*«v^^*Pf?^nA^A^M<=h as 80,0(^0,- I She did well enough in some 12 
000 In-e i$139,000) ]ust getting , pictures to prompt Joseph Schenck 
j ready to shoot— and that's equal to to sign her to a HoUywood pact. 
, his budget for two films. she appeared in numerous U. S. 

Italian producers who do their films, including "Sorrell and 



Command show, and the Skating shifting industry circumstances is, work in studios have been much I Son, Foreign legion, West of 
Ryles performing Intricate routines to enter a decree which anticipates ; more affected by this increase than , Zanzibar and Desert Nights. 

' he has, he asserted, since he does I However, a series of squabbles 



on a small, circular table, merited 1 the possibility of such changes and 
the warm reception they received, accommodates itself to them. . . . 
^trederick Ferrari and France The suggested dismissal of the 

Government's prayer for divestj- 
ture relief . . . denies all responsi- 
bility for implementing an existing 



Clery duetted to perfection in a 
superbly conceived vineyard set- 

Aan'^y]^ it* 'h their jungle oiutv ior implementing an existing ivui years ago una ; snuuia nave 1 y — --^ 

i^:"^? ^l'^L^f^'Y''J}}L'''":i^^ decis^ion.Loew-smemofandumcitel;cost only 6,000,000 lire ($10,400), ■ «l«°^lges and accused 



most of his shooting on location. I with American; producers virtually 
He pointed out, however, that called a hall to her work in Amer- 
"Open City" cost 11,000,000 lire ; ican pictures. She then played at 
($19,000) when it was made almost 1 several nightclubs. She sued Ed- 
four years ago and "should have ■ ward Mannix in 1935 for $500,000 



nO' authority to support its sug- 
gestion that such relief may not 
be granted 'until the Government 
provides evidence showing the 
need therefor under present cou' 
ditions.' 

"There appear to be no anti- 
trust decisions dealing with such 
a contention, but Sherman Act de- 
crees divesting property or dis- 
solving a combination have cus- 
tomarily been entered without any 
findings whatsoever as to the re 



went through their routine with 
perfect grace, charm and agility. 

Ihe Charlie Chester gang rely, 
of course, on the characters they 
nave made popular on the air, 
and although not up to the top 
West End level, are sufficiently 
yvcly to keep the show moving. 
1 he entire show, in fact, can't miss 
lor Its limited eight weeks' sea- 
ton. Myro. 

Olymiika, Miami 

_ Miami, Oct. 30. 

DoroDiu Claire, Moro & Yacon- 
flii, Kandy Crane, Rosales Sisters, 
V}e Dolinoffs & Raya Sisters, Les 
Rhode House Orch; "Mr. Bland- 
ings Dream Hous6" [SRO). 

The blend of variety packaged 
nere this week is cut from a better 
i'"" of acts, with solid audience re- 
sults the net result. 

Dorothy Claire's personality and 
solid projection of her intelligent- 

uft t -^^ arrangements make her .,;.„„„„j „ 

fTpr a.^,,,?''/"^"™!;'^'^^ ' Weekly Issues is customarily re: 

I Cain;t Say leased on Wednesdays. 



if we hadn't' l uii into financiai and 1 i"8 . 



other difficulties," while the same 
picture would cost 40,000,000 ($69,-. 
500) to 50,000,000 lire ($87,000) to- 
day. (The lire now is legally 5^S 
to $1 and about 750 to $1 on the 
black market). 

Ros.seUlnl hopes, incidentally, 
that the financial difficulties which 
have impeded his filmmaking in 
the past wiU be at an end now as 
a result of the tieup he recently 
made with Ilya Lopert, foreign- 



was Mary Imogene Robertsom She 
was born in Louisvillei Ky, 



straints prevailing «t the time of ' language film distributor and exhib 



final adjudication." 



TV Compels 

Continued from page 1 



in New. York, and through loans 
which the goyernment - controlled; 
Bank of Italy is; making available 
to all producers. The Bank of Italy 



JOSEPH OPPENHEIMER 

Joseph Gppenhelmer, 82, former 
theatre owner, died in New York^ 
Oct. 25. In association with his 
brother, the; late Jacob Oppen- 
heimer, who died in 1934, he had 
owned: and operated the Lyric the- 
atre, N.Y., when the house was a 
Broadway legit stand in the late 
1920s. The brothers subsequently 
met with financial reverses and lost 
the theatre. . ; 

Prior to coming to New York in 
1927, he and his brother had oper- 
ated the American and Garden the- 



posal to move release date of the f^d conditions are just as tough as 
weekly Monday is.-iue to Saturday ihose imposed by banks makmg 
• • •'. _. ; f . . . film loans to indies in the U. S. 



advances are by no means subsi- , ^tres in St. Louis and later the 
dies, however They run up to 50% Q^yety and Standard theatres, bur 
or higher of the budget, but terms , lesque houses in that city. 



instead. This Issue Isvmade up by 
the five reels; on Thursday and held 
for Monday, Second; of the semi. 



No" is the sparker. Rest' of layout 

S; a?e '^Sherorth^^^^^^^^^ " '^ 



Survived by his widow. 



JACK MEIILER 

.Tack; Mehler, 41, former talent 
scout for Metro, died as result of a 



Video rivalry has become in- 



Ruffin Heads Tri-State TOA 

Memphis, Nov. .2. 
Tri-States Theatre Owners two- cerebral hemorrhage in New York 
day session here la.st week was Oct. 26. 

highlighted by talk by Robert j He left the film company three 



.started in circus business as a 
strong man act and went to South 
Africa, in 1905. He started a one- 
man circus; in Durban and from 
this he built up South Africa's 
largest and most famous circus. 



FRITZ TIDDEN 

Fritz Tidden, 63, Hollywood 
agent, died at Motion Picture 
Country . Home, Hollywood, Nov. 1 
following a heart attack. He had 
been sick for weeks, 
. Tidden came to HoUywood in; 
1922 as Erich Von Stroheim's press 
agent, and later did publicity for 
Clarence Brown and others in the 
film industry as well as for various 
publications. 



STANLEY E. JOHNSON 
Stanley E. Johnson, operatic- 
basso, died In Hollywood Oct. 26 
of throat cancer; He was in the 
Ziegfeld Follies of 1935-36 and 
appeared In stage presentations at 
N.y. Roxy and Radio City Music 
Hall. 

Survived by his wife. 



Wesley R. Jones, 40, former 
newscaster for KCBC, Des Moines, 
died Oct. 24 at Oakdale. Iowa. 

Survived by parents and a sister. 

Mother of Angus Winneke, stage 
designer for the Tivoli circuit, 
Australia, died Oct. 28 in Sydney. 

\Mother of Don Zelaya, concert 
pianist, died Oqt. 27 In New Or- 
leans. 



Wife, 58, of Hank Mann, film 
comedian, died Oct. 27 in Holly- 
wood. 



.'Vmericm " i^'rA'T^f.^^w" 1,"""".^ making the need for more timely Mochrie, domestic sales manager i years ago to take a fling at legit 
^meuccm aero acts that have newsreels a hot problem among of RKO, He .saw the fence exist- p/oducing and was reportedly in 



teL^'lUr'S work'^n^^^ the filnrcompanies. Last baseball , ing between exhibitors and ex- 
gasps aerial work. brmgs^^^.^j.j^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^^ ^^1^,^ ^^j^g change reps being broken down 

Emcee Randv '^ranp is --i -f- coverage of the classic badly dating The tough foreign situation was 
tient, self-elTacine intropr who Hoi's later new sreel i-ssues, i cited as a big industry problem, 

okay in his ow^n spof with a^^ Meeting With Morgan wiU be W. F. Ruffin, Jr., of Covington, 
mimicry and a fresh line of palter ' Peter Levathes, 20th-Fox; Edward . Tenn., was elected president of 
and special material, Moro and.McAvoy, Universal; Arthur Lachs, , Trl-States TOA, succeeding Orris 



the process of casting his first pro- 
duction when btricken. 

Sui-vived by mother, two sisters 
and three brothers. 



Father, 86, of Ben Boyar, legit 
producer, died Oct. 26. 



CHARLES W. FARGO 
Charles W. Fargo, 68, former 



ifaconelli are in the tradition of the 1 Metro; and Norman Moray, Warner , Collins, named chairman ol the ■ .vaudeville performer, died Oct. 26 oyiwusc, wi. ™ b bijuj 

Old s^ude das5i with theif C(om<tdi«s.'iBros. • ,,riboard. . " . , Un Fontana, Gal,, foUowing. a heart director with-WfBL In.thfat.'cityi; 



MARRIAGES 

Belle Shikaredes to Mark Bar- 
ron, New York, Oct. 29. Both are 
with the Associated Press. 

Evelyn Ward to Jack Cassidy, 
New York, Oct. 31. Bride is lan 
actress; he's legit actor appearing : 
in "Small Wonder." 

Helen Sullivan to Tom Decker, 
Syracuse, Oct. 23. He's . sports 




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BENNY'S $4000,000 NBC DEAL 



B^-Coin Bookings for Niteries, 
18 New Hotels Gear Miami Season 



By LAKEY SOLLOWAY 



Miami Beacli, Nov. 9. 
Greater Miami this yeai- is gird- 
ing itself for another smash sea- 
son, despite gloomy reports from 
other resort cities which floun- 
dered last summer. There will be 
over 2i000 additional rooms avail- 
able, via 18 new luxury hotels be- 
ing readied for the '48-49 season; 
more niteries than obtained since 
the war, and dozens of eateries; 



Lawyer Turns Magico 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. 
Dan Schmidts local barrister who 
lias parlayed :his hobby, hypnotism, 
into a profitable business^ is going 
to branch out right after the first 
of the year with a regular unit 
aimed at theatres and auditoriums. 

In last few years, Schmidt has i 
practically given up his law . prac- 






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country. 



will be running, all looking for the jigg gj^g exhibitions all over the 
anticipated flood of sun-seeliers, 
though most admit that the lush 
dough won't be as heavy as in re- 
cejit years. 

"bn the nitery side, the Beach- 
comber is bellweather of the group 
prepping for the Winter. Always 
a believer in names for draw and 
profits, Ned Schuyler, operator of 
the big spot, started boolung early, 
and is in be$t shape as regards his 
lineulp. Teeoff show on Dec. 23 
will feature Dean Martin and Jerry 
Lewis for minimum of three weeks 
with one-week option, depending 
on their pic commitments. Comedy 
team has been dickered for by 
most of the big spots here, but 
Beachcomber got them' when film 
producer Hal Wallis, to whom they change in the 
are under contract for pic, post- , the American 



U.S. Envoy Feels 
British Fix Quota 

wol Stick y ef 

By HERB GOLDEN 

London, Nov. 9. 
There's virtually no nope of a 



■poned filming until mid-January, j Britain, U. S. 

Supporting show will feature , Douglas told Variety 



situation faced by 
film industry in 
Ambassador Lewis 
last week. 



By GEORGE ROSEN 

The NBC vs. CBS "Capital 
Gains Battle" which finds the twO; 
networks locked in an unpreced- 
ented rivalry for top names and 
properties, moved to climactic 
and stunning crescendo this week 
when NBG ''bought" Jack Benny 
and his Amii$ement Enterprises 
operation for a, reported price of 
$4,000,000. 

Threatened with the loss of its 
sock sequence of Sunday night 
comedy shows. Including -Benny, 
Phil Harris- Alice Faye and the 
Edgar Bergen shows, which would 
have left only Fred Allen to fill 
the gap, NBC prexy Niles Tram- 
mell, with the reported blessing 
of RCA board chairman David 
SarnoflE, moved swiltly into the 
picture to- engineer radio's most 
fabulous deal to date. 

The action of Trammel! and his 
NBC board of sti-ategy came just 
as CBS board chairman William 
S. Paley was about to wrap up the 
most farflung programming coup 
in network radio whereby Colum- 
bia would have grabbed off NBC's 
Sunday night talent lineup to en- 
trench them in the same time seg- 
ments on CBS. 

Under terms of the new Bennyr 
NBC deal, which, according to 



Some Showmen See Frice CeOings 
Easing More Coin for Amusepnts 



'Miracle' Truman Song 

. Recording companies iSnct music 
publishers begain getting tunes 
based' on President Truman's un- 
expected reeleijtion the day after 
his victory was assured. Decca 
Records^ for example, got a home 
recording and lyric of a tune titled 
"The Miracle Man from Missouri" 
late Thutsday (4) afternoon. And 
it was mailed from a midwestem 
city. 

Several publishers drew almost 
as fast action. None of them is 
worthwhile, at least none ot those 
that came in so fast. ' 



Truman Election 
Cost AFM Million 
In Disk Settlement 



prances Langford, plus a June Tay- j The envoy said that the present ' one exec close to the picture "rep 
lor production. Show to follow will 4.5'?o quota and the currency re- [ resents twice the coirf" involved in 



■ pr 

C O in bine third-time returnees, 
Sophie Tucker, Harry Riohnian 
and Jackie Miles for minimum of 
four weeks. Windup four-week 
lineup will have Tony Martin and 
the Vagabonds in support. 

Copa City, currently building 
(in place of Copacabanai across . 

the street from Beachcomber, has i ful watch on the American film in- 
planned a late-December opening, I dustry's dealings with the British 
However, though Xavier Cugat is ' government since the 75% tax was 
being dickered for, with 
, garde and Kay. Thompson, 
bldded for, no set dates or names 
have been officially announced. 
Understood though, that owner 
Murray Wcinger is going after 
"draws at any price." 
^ La Boh erne, which will operate 
In place of the shuttered Colonial 
Inn, has Morton Downey to open 
. ' (Continued on page 63) 



strictions worked out in the AnglOT - Columbia's recent capital-gains ac- 
U. S. agreement of last March ' quisition of Amos 'n' Andy," NBC, 
could be expected to stand in- as a protective measure, has been 
definitely. i obliged to buy out the whole 

Douglas explained that despite ; (Continued on page 28) 
his preoccupation with the explos- 1 — .■• . — 

ive' situations in Berlin and Pales-' 
tine, he had been keeping a care- 



Hilde- 1 instituted in August, 1947. He de- 
others . clarcd he thought there was no 
(Continued on page 62) 

Roosevelt Inn, Theatre 
Part of FDR 'Shrine' 

Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nt»v.: Ji.-: 



Record Grid Gate 
Despite Telecasts 

Minneapolis, Nov. 9. 
As KSTP - TV rounded out its 
first television football season it 
proved to the University of Min- 
nesota that television • acts as a 
hypo at: the gate rather than a re- 
tarder. As KSTP-TV concluded its 



rrii T "-D Tin.,, *^nU\, nnAiWo tai Ut'l'. rtS JR-O X r- J. V tOIltlUUeU 

«ve 'lliaS I■F^l^lltLrSl ' ^^'---^ ^--' °^ ^ 
cent to the Hyde Park, N. Y., home 



reported an all-time record break- 
ing total of 314,484. 

All seats at $3. .50 grossed the 
university close to $1,000,000. 
KSTP-TV was given television 
rights for ,$1,000 per game. 



RFA I II I IB PIIIfQ TllNF of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to 

UJUn LlLLlii rLUUJ lUnli include a Roosevelt Inn and sum- 

OF NEARBY RIVAL SHOW ' Sl^„ "^o^^t 

In one of her sketches in "Insicle -^''^^^^^^^ ^ ^^w miles from I ■ 

u. S. A.," at tlie Majestic, N. Y., y^^^.^ upstatei-s have noticed that o •. i ' A 

Beatrice Lillie is now plugging the Roosevelt home has increas- , KaVe'rine OWltClieS UU 

"My Darling, My Datling," song ingly become a national ihrmc, I nno pi i -it n 1. 

hit from "Where's Charley?" the -^^^it ^^^^^^X "^.TZ'^ ShafcO Up BntlSh 

musical comedy hit at the SI, \„,rt;.- t!-,^. TTn-,;,affi .7fihi-.<:nn r.t-n- ' London, Nov. 9. 



Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and po- 
litical experts were not tlie only 
ones confounded by U. S. voters 
last week, when President Truman 
was returned the winner In the 
Presidential election despite the 
belief he didn't have much of a 
chance. American Federation of 
Musicians president James C. Pet- 
rillo and his executive board also 
were crossed up. They had made 
a tentative agreement with the re- 
cording companies for the ending 
of the disk ban on the theory that 
Dewey woul d be elected. And the 
result cost the AFM over $1,000,- 
000. 

It's firmly believed by tradesmen 
involved in the recording situation 
that Petrillo would never; have 
agreed to forego the collection of 
retroactive royalties from the sale 
of disks between Jan. 1 last and 
Sept. 30 had he had any inkling 
that Mr. Truman would be re- 
elected. These royalties, which the 
recording companies stopped pay- 
ing when the APM's disk ban was 
(Continued on page 62) 



Theatres and cafes feel that the 
re-election of Pres. Truman and « 
Democratic Congress may be the' 
first step' in the revival of the 
amusement industry. A workable 
program of price control, they feel, 
may be the factor that will permit 
the average wage earner to have 
enough left out of his wages to 
spend on entertainment. Lack 6t a , 
balance at the end of the week has - 
been the major cause of boxoffice- 
decline all over the country. 

Entertainment entrepreneurs, 
have long seen that prices of food 
and other b a s i c necessities have 
knocked the average budget off . 
base. Luxury industriest including 
theatres, were the first hit; With A 
general reduction of prices, war- 
time grosses may be revived.' 

Entertainment industry spokes- 
man also think that the Pvesident'si 
announced intention of restoring: 
the excess profits tax may have a 
general uplifting effect on theV 
amusement industry's gross take. 
Many feel that major industries 
would rather raise salaries than 
shell out the super-profits In the 
form of taxes. 

It's argued that both these con* 
ditions existed under wartime con- 
trols. As a result, most theatres 
and cafes played to standing room -. 
the majority of times, even if ai 
poor picture and a mediocre cafe 
bill were all that was offered. 

The film industry, particularly, 
stands to profit considerably from 
a revised price and tax program. 
While major Studios were disap- ■ 
pointed at Dewey's failure to get 
the nod from the voters because of ^ 
the adverse effects on the Govern- 
ment's anti-tmst suit, the average 
exhibitor feels that the customer$ 
that have been lost because Of the; 
economic situation will return to 
their former filmgolng habits. This.! 
included one or two nights out, in* 
stead of the present sporadic at- 
(Continued on page 22) 



Berle's Nov. 25 Video Bid 
Keynotes He's No. 1 on TV 



LinLE LIKELIHOOD FOR 
MET ON TV THIS YEAR 

There's very little chance that 
Metropolitan Opera Assn. performr. 
ances v/ill be televised, despite a 
lot of talk and activity on that 
subject. The Met's radio broad- 
ca.sts every Saturday during the 
N. Y. season have become one of : 
the organization's most widely ad-V 
vettised functions, and there's been 
increasing interest in seeing the 
I opera.s on tele. But tele isn't likely 



That Milton Berle has emerged I 
as probably television's No. 1 per- 
sonality was accented last week so long as the Met continues at its 
when Elgin-American tried to ' Broadway and 39th St, emporium. 

says general manager Edward 
Jehtison, 'because of t.he ■ technical 



James, directly across 44th street pje are already building a big road 
from her theatre. She sings several house 
bars of the Frank Locsser tune 
during the skit in which she paro- 
dies backstage maids. 

Comedienne saw "Charley" a 
coupTc of weeks ago and thereafter 
.substituted "Darling" for another 
luiu> she'd previously hummed 
duiing the "U. S. A." bit, 



The Roosevelt Inn would include 
a large private room for semi- 
official occasions when the late 
President's vifc and Elliott Roose- 
velt, who ha\e been more promi- 



Danny Kaye and Sjlvia Fine 
(Mrs. Kaycf) have created a prob- 
lem for the guardians of the Gil- 
bert and Sullivan tradition, 

A copy of Raye!s newly issued 
album of seven Gilbert and Sulli- 
van songs, recorded for Decca, was 



woo the comedian to emcee for a 
$3,000 guest shot. 

Elgin - American is currently 
prepping its Thanksgiving Day 
variety layout for ABC-TV show- 
. casing and was particularly anxious 
to grab oil Berle. 



problems involvedi 

There's no place in the theatre 
to rig up cameras and booths, and 
with seat space at a premium (the 
Met ivas 98% sold out last season) 
the Met can't afford to take any 



nent liereabouts, could entertain specially flown over last week for 
distinguished visitors '.o these the associates of the late Rupert 
Dutchess County environs. I (Continued on page 63) 



Comedian, however, chimed in ' seating space away. Lights and 
with a nix, principally because, as ^ heat are another concern — "thei 
far as video goes, Texaco has an | man who has to be protected," 
exclusive on his services. (Continued on page 63) 



>nSCBIXANY 



^Back to dK People' Pix Urged By 
Jerry Waid m Showmaidiip Pitdi 



By ABE]L GREEN 

"Let's do like Truman ... go 
back to the people for emotional 
Impact." 

That's the observation of Jerry 
Wald, Warner Bros, producer, east 
on business' and a playgoing binge. 
"Audiences haven't changed: the. 
business has changed. There's 
more talent concentrated on the 
Coast than -anywhere in the world 
but ve have lost tlie showman- 
ship touch; we don't know what 
to do \\ith that talent," he con- 
tinues. 

Wald, e.K-New York newspaper- 
man whose aptitude for translat- 
ing' the passing scene to the screen 
ranks with the Hollywood top- 
notchers, has plenty to say about 
showmanship — or rather the lack 
ot it. He liarks back to the lush 
period of the silents and the early 
talkers, and appraises where things 
jire lacking, "There's nothing to 

':^r^^xT.^A'\x '^''-''^ 

"as when we had Fairbanks with Writers Guild arrived m New York 
his swashbuckling, or Valentino over the weekend for conferences 
with his amour-amour department. I ^tj, representatives of the other 



Already? 

Circuit managers have al- 
ready noticed a steadying of 
their business post-Election. 
They don't know whetlier it's 
tlie general stabilization of 
business, following the Pres- 
idential race, but business 
seems to be on sounder foot- 
ing. 

Some of the more enthusi- 
: astie Democrats want. . to. 
kudos President Truman's in- 
fluence as the reason therefor. 



SWG Group East 
On Tele Rights 




This Week's Footbali 



•By MARTY GUCKMAN- 



34l8t Week! 
3i425 Performance! 

All-time tons run i"ecord in the 
legitimate theatre. 

KEN MURRAY'S 

"BLACKOUTS OF 1948" 
El Capltan Theatre, Hollywood, CaL 

And mi«' 111 world-fl iile release 

"BILL AND COO" 

Ken Murray's 
Academy Award Film 



There are no great romantic i 
teams like Garbo and Gilbert. Oc- 



affiliates in the Authors League of 



High Court Nixes 
Lawson Request 
On Jurisdiction 



(St»rt» Dinttat of WMGM, N. YJ 
COLLEGE 

■^ 'EAST' ' < 

*GAMES SELECTION ^P01^TS 
Anny-PennsylTanU Army 13 

Army being compared to wartime Davis-Blanchard 11, 
WiUiam te Mary-Boston College W&M 7 

The Eagles can't match W&M's speed. 
Brown-Harvard , Brown 6 

Brown gets better each Saturday. 
Colffate-Syracuse ^ Colrate 13 

Anything can'happen in this traditional rivalry, 
Navy-Columbia Navy « 7 

After Notre Dame, Michigan and Penn, the Lions will Seem 

like lambs to the Middies. 
Dartmouth-Cornell Dartmouth 6 

Dartmouth is a more veteran array. 
Pordham-Holy Cross rlloly Cross 19 

The Ram is getting better, but not quickly enough. 
Georgetown-Villanova Villanova , 13 

The Wildcats are one of the best independents in the country. 
Rutgrers-NYU Rutgers . 26 

Once upon a time Rutgers was a "breather" for the Violets. 

How times have changed! 
Temple-Penn State State ' 20 

Only Army is a match, for Petchel, Rogel and Co. 
Princeton-Yale Princeton IS 

Princeton is very good now, after a* slow start. 



casionally we recapture it and it's , America on the subject of tele- 
a smash, as vritness Bogart / and [ vision writing. Initial' meeting was 
Bacall in 'Casablanca' or maybe, i^eld Monday afternoon (8)* and 

'ju!;r\vi«rrEii^f^^^^^^ 

nearest combination to the gym- , era! Aays. 

nastic Doug and the leering Val- j Aim of the sessions is apparently Washington, Nov. 9. 

'".^.w"" 1 . « coordinate the ideas of the east John Howard Lawson, one of , 

ture? S Z^'^vS ^bilt'^r^ '^'^ branches of the League's the "unfriendly 10," must make his ' 
used to make. They were modem television committee, which have 1 appeal from his contempt of Con- 
problem or 'society' themes which been studying the subject more or ' gf^gg conviction to the U. S. Court 
were great excuse for fashion less independently for the last six | - Anneals here 
parades, smart folk and glamorous months. Coast contingent includes 1 " " . » , 

backgrounds. Any of those old Sheridan Gibney, SWG president; | The Supreme court yesterday 
Crawford and Shearer pictures, or^Dwight Taylor and attorney Mor-ri8) nixed Lawson's request that it 
themes like 'The Sin of Madelon'ris E, Cohn. Attending the Monday ; take immediate jurisdiction on the 
Claudet,' 'The Wohien,' 'Divorce,' meeting for tlie other affiliates j „^ ^^^^ j 1 . 

'Dancing Lady,' even thfe syn- were Rex Stout and Gilbert Ga- 1 , , ... ^, , 

thctic 'if of Elinor Glyn and Clara briel, for the Authors Guild; A. O. Portant constitutional questions. 
(Continued on page 61) j Goetz and Arthur Schwartz, for j The Hollywood screen writer's ap- 

tlie Dramatists Guild; and I^ee 1 peal in the Court of Appeals has 

S"'",^ ''«?u^'**^'^^"-,f^^'''.u°r been pending for months. He now 
Radio Writers Guild, with Luise V t « 1 i. i. ■ Li 

Sillcox and Evelyn Burkey, respec-i''** ^^""t 10 days to get in his 
tive executive-secretary and assist- i ftnal bri*^^^^ 

! ; While insisto 

tliiie to get these paiiers before the 
tribunal,. La^^'sbn's attorneys piilled 
a surpriise sbtne wtieks back by 
asking the Supreme Court to take 
over the case. This was the move 
which failed yesterday. 
Lawson's is the test case for the 



Sentence Leon Sirit^y 
In French Courts For 



ant, representing the League. 

FLOCK OF SHOWFOLK 
ON THE LAM BY AIR 



SOUTH 

Alabama-Georgia Tech Tech 

Rambling Wreck is out to get even for Tennessee upset. 
SMV-Arkansas SMU 

Mustangs heading for another southwestern crown. 
Georgia- Auburn Georglsi 

Johnny Ranch supposed to be the best passer in the south. 
Baylor-Tulane . . ... Tulane 

The Bears' undefeated bubble burst last week, 
Clemson-Wake Forest Wake Forest 

Deacons are getting better each week. 
George Washington-Duke Duke 

An easy one on the Blue Devils' difficult schedule. 
Florida-Kentucky Florida 

The Kentucky Wildcats have disappointed all season. 
Mississippi State-LSU (nitc) State 

Steve Van Buren's kid brother plays at LSU, but he's not in 

his big brother's class yet. 
Mississippi-Tennessee Tennessee 13 

General Neyland's gang racked up the upset of the south 

against Georgia Tech. 
No. Carolina-Maryland No. Carolina 

The Tarheels relaxed last Saturday but won't again. 
Rice-Texas A&M -Rice 

The Aggies don't have it. 
So. Carolina-Tulsa So. Carolina 

Tulsa has lost the formula. 
Texas-Texas Christian Texas 

Flip a coin to call this one. 
Virginia- West Virginia West Viixinia 

Another of those traditional meetings. 



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III _ 

Paris, Nov. 9. 

Circuit operator Leon Siritzky 

left for the V, S. six hours after a 
court sentenced him to a one-year 

jail term on a charge of collaborat- ^^^^g gj^^^ ^^1^1,5 ^ 

ing with the enemy. An appeal , pj^j^^^ j„ p^^. jj^^ York's 1 10 who refused to tell the House 
from the tribunal s decision pre- , i,;,Guardia airport this week. - In- , Un-American Activities Committee 
vented his immediate arrest. His , Bergman arrived from the whether they were members of the 
confinement was^ ordered alter | ^^.^^^^ Monday (8) for the special Communist party. In the event 
?f"^,^o^^.,'^^^.u°"i^'^^i" i^ ^>^^^ ^^' charity preem tonight (Wed.) of that the Court of Appeals upholds 
his 32 film theatres to the German of Arc" 1 Walter Wanger- Lawson's conviction, he can go to 

film trust through a dummy during ^j^^q, ^he Broadway Victoria the Supreme Court again and ask 
the occupation. theatre. Proceeds go to the United tor a review. 

Sinlzky received 20,000,000 iT„„„if-i. i?,,„,i . I • , 1 n ii j 

francs (then equivalent to $500.- " "l^'nk'aSk «nd his «,it> re L?l?l"'c"^*'"l' °o very day 
000) for thp hmisps anA manured . Sinatra and his wite le- that the Supreme Court was turn- 
uuu) tor tne nouses ana mana,,pci turned to the Coast Friday (5i after jng down Lawson J. Pamell 
to transfer the proceeds of the sale I ,, m v irao«finn m^iaI nh<>,.r.r. ' riu „ r •'• ^f""-" 

to America Claiming he acted I ^ vacation. Meile Obeion, Thomas, chairman of the Un-.\mer- 
lu /vmLiicd. <.idu uio lie «»<.itu 3^^^^ veturnmg Irom a huropean ican Activities Committee was be- 
under duress, the theatre op later , Hntii,.<,r»r>,i thu • j . ■ : , . "7 ^^'"' 
attempted to recover either the ' J^'' llo'^ywoo",.*"*' , mg indicted by a \\ashington grand 
auimpieu lu leuuvei. euuti iJie | ^^.g^^g ^. , begin work in Op- , uiy for navroll naddine Amnni? 
theatres or compensation from , pratinn Maiavo" »nH "t Morriori « il, t pduuiiife. Among 
Philione ^coulon who headsl^ .^„*^t 'he charges against him was Uiat 
cr^T-^?. ."^"t^*"! Communist." both at RKO. On 1 he drew vouchers for nersons aU\ 
SOGtC. the government chain. c-i,,,.,i„„ in\ j i„Aa nar-noii r-c ; 5 « ji *'"">-"«i» io» persons a 1- 
This agency was formed to operate l'^^"'^*^ pamell re- Icgedly working on the committee, 
luis ageiity v%ds I" opLidie , turned to the Coast after a two- ! when no work was ever done 
seized enemy exhibition pfoper- . „ tour of eastern v^t^-g... , " " "'^ ^^"^ 
ties. ... .... 



i>.^f w "n attorney 1 Metopera baritone Set Svanholm i Rniiniliiii nf WuinnA Kw 
Paul Weill filed countercharges planed to England Monday (8) forlKOUnClUp Ol H WOOCl FIX 
against Siritzlo; accusing him of dc- ^ series of eight performances wiUi 
liberately trading with the enemy the Royal Opera at Coventry Gar- 
thus blocking a possible sjirrender Ljens. He then goes to his native 
of former Sintzky properties. The ' Sweden to sing with the Stockholm 
court which passed sentence ui-,opera Company before rejoining 
eluded one Jewish judge in order ■ the Met in N Y 
to circumvent any anti-Semitic al-i ' 

legations." - ^ . .. . . . 

Since the war's end Siritzky has R.-it Ban on Bmi Hppht'<S ,r°\?^ represent 
been operating Siritzky Interna- ""fTT 

tlonal Pictures in New York with' Jojlme ChlldlSh — WlIcOX mand Film Performance in Lon- 
hls sons, Sam and Joseph. The, Ban on pictures written by Ben 'don, Nov. 29. Leaving here on Fri- 

bassador and Elysee theatres. N. Y. , i^ish'' by inrpencirnt produ- ^"!„^r'' ^ ^"^'"^^ ^^^^ """^ ^'''^ 

' cer Herbert Wilcox, who arrived ; Dewolte. 1 

*IIK MnvlnnA' T mn ixtv ^^""^ ^"^'^ ^"^^ v,eeiL Siich a, They will meet Joan Caulfleld in | 

Lul Ifiariene vOmpOSer , boycott, he said, couW only enia- New York and sail on the Maure 



hosps. 



Names Set to Sail For 
Command Performance 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. [ 
Norman Siegcl has rounded up a | 



MIDWEST 

Ohio State-Illinois lUinois 13 

The mini played Michigan to a standstill two weeks ago. 

Indiana-Michigan . Michigan 27 

Wolverine will try to Improve on ND's win over Hoosiers, 

Minnesota-Iowa Minnesota $ 

A rugged affair. 

Michigan State-Iowa State . Michigan State 35 

Iowa State is way out of its class. 
Kansas State-Kansas Kansas 13 

Kansas beginning to come back after Sauer left to coach Navy 
Marquette-Wiscomsin Wisconsin 19 

This is one Stuhldreher's student critics can't criticize, 
Colorado-Missouri Missouri 20 

The "show me" boys were .shown by Oklahoma last Saturday. 

Now they'll show the Buffaloes. 
Nebraska-Oklahoma Oklahoma 26 

The Sooners are winding up as Big 7 champions. 
Northwestem-Notre Dame . . . Notre Dame 13 

Northwestern will probably represent Big 9 in Rose Bowl. 

PAR WEST 

Washington State-California California 14 

Lynn Waldorf, after so many disappointing seasons at North- 
westem, now has two great years on the Coast. 

Oregon-UCLA (Fri. nite) Oregon 13 

The Uclans are dissension-ridden. 

Utah-Oregon State Oregon State W 

A walkover for State. 

Washlngton-USC USC 13 

The Trojans are the second best team on the Coast. 



14 
21 
14 

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Gets Denazification OK' 

Hanover, Nov. 1, 
; Nopman Schnltze, composer of 
"Lili Marlene," has the red light 
to get back to composing. A Ger^ 
man dena/ification court here ruled 
: Sehultze is a minor offender. He 
■ may: not run as a candidate in Gerr 
man elections and must', pay 3,000 
marks costs. , 
Press reports from England said I 
he had royalties running as high { 
as $550,000 awaiting him on Brit- 1 
ish performances of "Lili," but ( 
there was doubt he'd be able to 1 
collect I 



• Continued on page 20) 



Violinsky Says 

Solly Violinsky, songwriter- 
\audevillian who has "laid off 
under four presidents;" not 
counting Truman's second 
term, was at a legit w^hich had 
been roundly panned. He com- 
plained he was ''dying for a 
smoke" but the manager as- 
sured him it was all right, "go 
ahead, the fireman is a good 
feller." Viplinsky demurred, 
"I'm afraid; there's so much 
'paper' in the house." ■ . 



tania Nov. 16. Ronald Reagan will j 
'sail on the Brittanic Nov. 19. Cur- | 
rently in England and waiting to 
take part in the event are Robert ' 
Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor and Myi na 
Loy. 

Almost every British star of , 
note will also be participating in 
the stage show, . which is being 
produced by Jack Hulbert. The 
affair is being held in benefit for 

_ the Cinematograph Trade Benevo- 
lent Fund and the selected film is 
"Scott of the Antarctic," produced 
by J. Arthur Rank. 

I Top admission price is $105. 1 



PROFESSIONAL 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Los Angeles-NY Giants Rams 

The Giants must wait till next year. 
Boston-Philadelphia Eagles . Eagles 

The Eagles are the class of the Eastern Division. 
Green Bay-Chicago Bears Bfars 

Green Bay is having its worst season in years. 
Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Cardhials 

The Cardinals have the best group of running backs in the 
„ league in Trippi, Angsmann and Harder. 

Detroit-Washington Redskins Redskins 14 

Sammy Baugh and his Redskins are on the warpath. 

ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 

Chicago Rockets-Baltimore Colts ..Colts 21 

The Rockets are so bad the league may close the Chicago 
franchise. 

Brooklyn-New York ..Yankees 

The Yankees are getting back to last year's status. 
Los Angeles-Buffalo Bills 

With Glenn Dobbs ailing, the Dons are in a bad way. 
San Francisco-Cleveland Rrown,« 

The game of the season. 

SEASON'S RECORD 
Won, 234; Lost, 68; Tied, 8; Pet., .775. 

(Ties don't count! 



14 

21 
7 



f College g^mes are played Saturday unless otherwise stated; pros play 
Sunday unless otherwise stated- ' 

t Point margin represents selector's choice,, not the official gambling 
odds. 



WednMday, November 10, 1948 



nCTIJllBS 



FEW D. C. CHANGES FOR PK BIZ 



NUTS TO POLLS 

Showmen from coast to coast, and in all walks where influ- 
ences of polls and surveys were accented, have frankly voiced 
thanks to President Truman for at least one major contribution, 

By his election Mr. Truman has unroped them from Roper, 
galloped away from Gallup, and he may even roll Hooper, et-;^!., 
down the alley. In short, the vigorous expressions, voiced with 
sudden elation, have been along the lines, "Now we'll all go back 
to the fundamentals and the essence of American industry— ad- 
venture. Nuts to the polls." 

You hear it also in press and publishing, as well as film, radio 
and adman circles. It had gotten so that by means of polls, 
graphs, and surveys they almost rationalized themselves out of 
existence; certainly, at the very least, the excitement and ad- 
venture of daring to do the unconventional became: inhibited 
and hamstrung. 

Showmen, whose daring in formative years got them into the 
importance they now enjoy, no longer seem to dare to do the 
things of their earlier careers. The hazard and excitement, the 
adventure and the daring which propelled them into industrial, 
economic and artistic importance became unwittingly stylized-- 
almost regimented— by blind adherence to "public acceptance." 

We all know the answer, don't we? If you asked the public its 
ideas about making a picture about a drunk- ("Lost Weekend"), 
a priest ("Going My Way") or anti-Semitism ("Gentleman's 
Agreement"),, the answers would have been negative. You dare 
to do, and you get big boxoff ice and Academy awards. That goes 
for Sam Goldwyn'ji dare-to-do with an early postw.ar theme,- in- 
cluding such theoretical tabus as the handless veteran (Harold 
Kussell) In "Best Years Of Our Lives." And it applies right down 
the line to today's films about a deaf-mute ("Johnny Belinda"), 
a psychiatric expoi^tion ("Snake Pit"), and the like. The payoffs 
are obvious. 

Polls have told Hollywood they're strong for whodunits and 
mysteries — and the film cans are surfeited now with these. Same 
was true of muslcaLs but once they died out their comeback was 
a certainty. 

Certainly the Dewey debacle is no kudos for the press corps 
attached to Mr. Truman's campaign tours. Apparently you didn't 
have to be a trained reporter to have noticed something was 
happening — exceptbig that the boys maybe didn't bother to look. 

As for Mr. Truman, whether the 21,500,000 Republicans who 
voted for Dewey like it or not, he is our President until 1952. 
Whether any or all the "fears" about the President's policies on 
labor, etc. materialize, there is this one important beacon for 
' show business — if it means more leisure hours for labor, that 
must redound to benefit of show business. The boxoff ices always 
spurt when there ist more time for entertainment. And, mean- 
time, nuts to polls and back to some of that basic showmanship 
which. In former years, didn't require filing anything in triplicate 
If a showman wanted to go brush his teeth. Abel. 



'Variety PoD Now Finds They'll 
StOI Go on Underwriting Polls 



Despite the shaking of faith suf-+ 
fered by the poll-takers following | 
the Presidential election last week, 
most film industry users of public 
opinion research opined— in a poll 
taken by, Vahiety — ^that they'd go 
right on shelling out coin for the 
sei-vice: . 

Industry execs who scan the 
weekly statistics provided by Dr. 
George Gallup's Audience Re- 
searcli Institute .or by their own 
researchers declared confldeft 



Exhibs Get It Double 

Philadelphia, Nov. 9. 
Film exhibs hej-e, who.se amuse- 
ment tax returns are missing in the 
city tax office scandal, face strong 
prospects of having to malse good 
the funds. Local oflicialdom was 
shaken last spring wJien the sui- 
cide of a clerk in the amusement 
tax division of the Receiver of 
Taxes Office led to tlie discovery 



of an alleged embezzlenieiit of 
tially— that their faith in the polls i $300,000. 

wasn't shaken too badly because I • : 

they never had much belief, in 
them anyway. The ARI figures, 
they explained, serve some limited 
purposes and' there, is no reason to: 
think they won't go on doing so!' 

Such staunch old subscribers to 
ARI as Columbia, Samuel Goldwyn 
and David O. Selznick maintained j 
that the value of the figures lay in 
the individual user's interpretation ' 



Bl Small indie 
Get Ist Brit. Loan 



I'lt^J .P-?"" '^'^ ^--^Inouncod todi^ts^m^r= from 



London, Nov. 
governmept 



9. 
an- 



on as a fcrutch by producers who 
don't know their own mind, it was 
stated, but are valuable in getting 
comparative values of titles, ad 
(Continued on page 24) 

i- C. Stein Out of Hosp 

Jules C. Stein returned to his 
Beverly Hills home over the week- 
end after being away since June, 
West of the time in Europe. Upon 
nis return from abroad last month 
Stein contracted a bothersome in- 
fection which the medicos at Pres- 
byterian hospital, N. Y., finally lo- 
calized, but it caused the Music 
•Corp, of America chairman to re- 
wiain Confined for checkup more 
than a Week. It was diagnosed as 
a form of influenza. 

His wife, Doris, returned west 
^Vlth him. 



the $20;000,000 fund recently set ^ 
up to aid indie film producers. Sir 
Alexander Korda's British Lion 
distributing company received up- 
wards of $4,000,000, while Exclu- 
sive Films, small indie distribution 
outfit, got about .$100,000. 

American companies will not be 
eligible for loans from the 'fund 
unless all of their frozen funds are 
exhausted, it was stated by James 
Lawrie, managing director of the 
government's Film Finance Corp; 
Only one U. S. firm has evinced in- 
terest in such a loan. United 
Artists recently broached the sub- 
ject to Lawrie, but there was no 
formal application. 

Lawrie also stated that he had 
nixed tlie requests of a number of 
other British firms for advances. 
Tlie British Lion loan is based on 
i (Continued on page 18J 



ELECTION RESULTS Remaining 4 of the 'B« 5' Meeting 




F 




Washington, Nov. 9i 
Victory of Harry S. Truman at 
the polls last week will affect the 
film industry on several fronts, 
principally by meaning more of 
the same rather than the changes 
likely to come with a new Ad- 
ministration. 

Specificallyi here is what it will 
mean: 

1. No iidmission. tax reductions 
and probably no changes in either 
corporate; ; or personal income 
taxes. 

2. An end to any hope of the 
Big Four anti-trust defendants 
that if they stalled until next year, 
they might be able to work out a 
better settlement under another 
administration. 

3; No change in the handling of 
the ASCAP case regarding- its 
charge for musical soundtracks on 
films. (The Federal District Court 
actions barring ASCAP from coir 
lecting . from exhibitors / probably 
will go unchallenged by the Gov- 
ernment.) 

4. Gael Sullivan's job witli The- 
atre Owners of America appears 
solid and those who complained 
that he would not :go . so good with 
a. Republican Administration have 
no bag to punch' any more. 

5. House Labor subcommittee 
probes of the labor situation in 
Hollywood will probably be buried, 
although Rep. Carroll Keams (R., 
PaO, chairman of the subcommit- 

(Gontinued on page 24> - 



With Gov t on Breaking-Dp of Vast 
Theatre Chains; Trial Resumes M 



Chaplin Hunts a Femme 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Charles Chaplin is hunting an 
unknown femme to be distaff lead 
in his next .'picture, stilt . untitled, 
which will go into production next 
spring. 

Currently Chaplin is working on 
the script for the picture, in which 
he will star in addition to his other 
chores as producer and director. 



JOHNSmEXECS MEETS 
MAY SHIFT WEST LATER 

Top industry execs, at the series 
of sessions they're slated to hold 
in New York next Tuesday-Wed- 
nesday - Thursday (16-17-18), will 
determine on - the feasibility of 
holding another set of meetings 
with production chiefs on the 
Coast later in the month. If it is 
decided that the studio istanzas are 
necessary or desirable, it is re- 
ported that they will be held about 
Nov. 30. 

Among the items to be taken up 
in Hollywood is closer 



2({th Exploring 
NT Divorcement 



National Theatres preZ ' Charles 
P. Skouras is scheduled to arrive 
at the 20th-Fox homepffice today 
( Wed. ) to begin exploratory talks 
with 20th h.o. toppers on the pos- 
sibilities of divorcing the NT circuit 
from its 20th parent organization. 
Move follows the Government's ac- 
ceptance -Iast'< week of ' RKO plans 
to break down its organization 
into separate . productlon-distribu^ 
tion and theatre companies. 

NT exec John Bertero and treas- 
urer Harry Cox preceded Skouras, 
having planed in from the Coast: 
Monday ( 8 ) night. Sitting in on the 
confabs among the h.o. execs will be 
20th prez Spyros Skouras, veepee 
C. Michel, treasurer Donald 
(Continued on page 20) 



and liaison between the Motion 
Picture A.ssn. of America and its 
Coast affiliate, the Motion Picture 
Producers Assn. Eric Johnston is 
prexy of Iboth organizations, but 
the AMPP operates with Para- 
mount studio exec Yi Frank Fi-ee- 
man as. chairman. It is believed 
there will be a tiglitening of the 
- (Continued on page 62) . 



REVAMP 'ECSTASr 

IN PITCH TO PCA 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Revamped with new dialog, new 
scoring, and a bit of launderihg, the 
controversial Hedy Lamarr . filiUi 
"Ecstasy," is making a pitch for ^ 
Production Code seal, hbt>tng ;fpr 
release in general situations. Old 
teamwork I version of the picture has grossed 



more than $1,000,000 in about 2.'')0 
arty houses but has never gone 
intb widespread distribution. 

Approximately 2,000 feet of new 
film has . been lensed here by 
Gu&tav Machety, producer-writer- 
director, to eliminate sequences 
which have cau.sed censor trouble. 
The new version parallels the 
(Continued on page 24) 



National Boxoffice Survey 

Post-Election Biz Not Smash — 'Song,* 'River, 
'Belinda,' 'Road,' 'Verdict,' 'Blood' Pace Field 

Election Day and return to. nor- 
malcy thereafter is not giving biz 
at firstruns generally the hypo an- 
ticipated.: However^ in. some key 
cities covered by VAniETY, especial^ 
ly in the midwest Farm Belt area, 
a definite uptrend was noted over 
the weekend. Launching , of "Song 
Is Born" (RKOy in some 10 addi- 
tional keys is enabling the new 
Danny Kaye picture to make such 
a strong showing, it is edging into 
top position nationwide, closely io)- 
lowed by "Red River" (UA), Latter 
has been smash for several weeks 
after copping first place last ses- 
sion. ^ 

Tliird plac'e winner is ".Tohnny 
Belinda" (WB) which has been up 
with the " big-money pictures for 
weeks. "Road House" (20th), a new 
entry showing surprising strcn.5th. 
is taking fourth slot. Fifth spot 
goes to "Sealed Verdict" (Par) 
while "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) 
is sixth. "Hamlet" (IT), even (bouKh 
roadshowing and in many limited- 
capacity houses, is winding up 
seventli with ".Julia Misbehaves" 
(M-G) in eighth. 

Top runner-up films are "Race 
Street" (RKO), "Night Has 1,000 
Eyes" (Par), "Gallant Blade" (Col) 
and "Touch of Venus" (U) in that 
order. 

Again pacing the new entries is 
"June Bride" (WB), living up 



■ The Government and the four 
major theatre-owning companies — 
Paramount, .20th-Fox^ Metro and 
Warner Bros. — will' attempt ta 
agree at least partially on the dis- 
position of partnership theatres.: 
Federal statutory court will ad- 
journ the main antitrust action to- 
day (Wed.) until Nov. 29 to afford 
the parties time to get together. 
Three'week adjournment will also 
be used by- Paramount and 20th to 
gather ' stipulated testimony Of 
partners in place of their appear- 
ing personally at the trial. 

Request for the postponement 
came at the end of the second day 
of rcrhearings L before the court 
consisting of Judges Augustus N. 
Hand, Henry W. Goddard and Al- 
fred C. Coxe and was Immediately 
granted. Court reconvenes today 
(Wed.) only for a brief stretch to 
permit Warner Bros, to complete 
its defense. 

In the delayed period, the Gov- 
vcrnment and the companies will 
make efforts to -agree on who 
among the majors' partners are in 
the exhibition business or poten- 
tially so. The attempt to fix that 
fact is predicated on the U. S. Su- 
preme Court decision in the cas* 
which Held that all partnership ar- 
(Continued on page 6) 



We6'U.S.B.0.Take 
And 'Red Slioes^ Revises 
Upward Yields to Yanks 

On the strength of U. S. boxoffice 
returns from J, Arthur Rank's 
"Hamlet" and "The Red Shoes" 
plus prospects of additional strong 
product from the British film- 
maker, upward revision of the 
amount of money which will filter 
through to American companies via 
the Anglo-British film pact is now 
regarded as likely. Yank distribs 
stand to benefit because the inter- 
national deal credits the companies 
(Continued on page 18) 



to its pi'omise of last week. It still 
is. sturdy in N .Y. on second round, 
fancy in Toronto and big in L. A. 
"Snake Pit" (20th) hints great pos- 
sibilities on the basis ol its first 
week's showing in N. Y. w li e r e 
sma.sh, despite a general letdown 
on Broadway. 

"Gotta Stay Happy" (U) is head- 
ing lor a nice session on preem at 
N. Y. Music Hall. Despite i,'ood re- 
view.s, "Unfaithfully Yours" (20th) 
does not shape up too well on ini- 
tial date at N. Y. Roxy. "When 
Baby Smiles at Me" (20th) is 
rounding up a big session on San 
Francisco teeofl'. "Dear Secretai-y" 
(UA), another ■ newcomer, looks 
strong in Chi with stage layout. 

"Night Time in Nevada" (Rep) 
is handling fancy trade in Loui.s- 
! ville. "Gallant Blade" (Col) will do 
\ stoutly in only one out of five 
I spots currently. "Velvet Touch" 
I (RKO) looms smooth in Denver. 
' "Hills of Homo" (M-G) Will hit big 
I total in Toronto. 

"Red Shoes" (EL), still near ca- 
pacity in N. Yi, spurted to rousing 
total in fourth Washing round, 
heating third week's figure. "Ah- 
bott-Co.stelJo Meet Frankenstein" 
(U) hit a fine session in Montreal, 
and is okay in Louisville. 

(CoHijjIf'te BoxoSxce Rej/orts on 
Pages 11-12). ' 




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INDEX 

Bills 5.5 

Chattel- 62 

Film Reviews 15 

House Reviews ... . . ... . .56 

Inside Music . 46 

Inside Pictures 22 

Inside Radio 39 

Inside Television 31 

International 17 

Legitimate 57 

Literati 61 

Music 42 

New .Vets 56 

Night, Club Reviews Si) 

Obituaries 6;^ 

Orchestras 42 

Pictures 3 

Radio 25 

Radio Reviews 40 

Records 42 

Frank Scully 61 

Television , .23 

Television Reviews , ■ . 35 

Vaudeville , 52 

nWtX V.llflKTY 

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wXlfaHhl^r^r^^^SV^'^y "O^E'^T CARSON . produced and 
written for the screen by KARL TUNBERG . directed by H. C. POTTER 
A WILLIAM DOZIER presentation 




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PICTURES 



WediMSsdayf November 10, I94ft 



See Revised RKO Theatres' Net 
Ummpred by Enforced Updatim 



KKO's theatre profits which hit* 
$7,023,134 in 1947 will not tie iub- 
fitantially reduced by the enforced 
liquidation under a consent decree 
of the new company's holdings m 
241 partnership theatres. The new 
circuit will be well off, insiders say, 
and the advantageous deal closed 
by the RKO board with the govern- 
ment will put its stockholders in a 
sound spot for raking in future 
dividends. 

Of the $7,023,134 theatre-wing 
profit in '47, only $577,466 came 
from partnership theatres during 
tlie vear in the form of dividends. 
Even this sum is not completely 
washed up by the decree since the 
new company will have the right to 
buy a maximum of 30 houses from 
Its present co-venturers. ■ 

Playing up the relative unim- 
portance of the partner-houses in 
KKO's scheme of things is the fact 
that the company's joint interest 
with the Skouras circuit in 66 
houses of Metropolitan Playhouses 
never brought RKO a nickel in 
dividends. These Skouras-operated 
theatres have been liquidating a 
$6,000,000 bond issue and their 



Name Vaude as Pk 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Indie producer Paul Gordon is 
to do a Aim made up of vaude 
sketches and musical interludes by 
top name entertainers. List al- 
ready includes Judy Canova, Bert 
Lahr, Victor Moore, William Gax- 
ton, Joan Davis, Dinah Shore, JEd 
Wynn, Benny Goodman and Larry 
Adler. 

Gordon's last stint was in co- 
production with George Mo-skov on 
"Concert Magic," Yehudi Menuhin 
starrer now being roadshown. 



RKO IKvorconent 
Becomes Ofidsj 



jnti-Tnist I W Odium's Fffst Reject Rights 
—--"^^ ToMatchHnglies'RKeTlieafreBids 



Ending a. 10-year litigation; 
RKO's consent decrisie -agr*^ 
with the; pepartmeni;:: 
— ----- -- „„„i,, 1 was approved by the N. V. federal 

profits have .been slotted exclu- , ^^^t^t^j; ^^^^ at the onset of the 
sive y to that amorUzatjon. | resumption of hearings in the Gov- 

Biggcst chunk lf.«*.y^^ ernment's anti-trust action Monday 

l'°'^^T^^'^^'^t^^^irh^ \(«^■ The three-man court okayed 

Brims' the decree, requiring RKO to di- 
atres of the Trenton-JJew Bruns- ^ ^^^^^^ holdings, 

wick circuit in wWch Walter Reade presented by assistant 

has the other half interest. RKO ceneral Robert L Wright 

derived $150,000 in dividends from l^*^™^^^ Attorney Gordon 



.E. 

'Youhg'inan. 

YouiiSmah insisted that the court 
approve the settlement ih advance 
1 of hearihg; testiinony oh thf case 
in order .tb rsafeguiird 'K 
liabiUty iii any fiiture exhibitor 
tripi^aunttages suits, if test im^^^ 
WM allowe^i Y^^ 

icoiiis^ht :, d^r^e could be used- as 
prima f afeie 'sivldehce of RKQ's par- 
ticipation . In ^ monopolistic trMe 
practices by exhib lawyers. 

RKO prez Ned E, Depinet hailed 
the fcourt's apliroval of . th^ decree, 
which be said, "will have far-reach- 
ing and, I believe, very beneficial 
. effects on our future. In a short 

court would grant additional time | time," he said, "our theatre com- 
if the company demonstrates good pgny will commence operations as 
faith in efforts to close out the an Independent circuit. I believe 
holdings. Moreover, RKO itself ' 
considers that its right to buy back 
SO hduses.will prove valuable in afr 
fording it flexibility in negotiations. 
No notice of a stockholder meet 



the chain. Its other substantial div- 
vies were $107,000 from SKE Op- 
erating, Ltd., and $45,000 from Col- 
orado Orpheum Co./ 

Gross In '47 ' 

In all, the circuit grossed $45,- 
087,661 during '47. Since the com- 
pany ' preserves intact its first-run 
rabe chain in metropolitan New 
York, one of the two top circuits in 
the area, that gross should not de- 
cline sharply. 

The one-year period for liquida- 
tion of partnership holdings im- 
posed bythe decree is not expected 
to force their sale at a great sacri- 
fice. Industry attorneys believe the 



^SSat COBtlBUCd 

rangements except those In which 
the outside interest was an invest- 
ment one must be broken up by 
the sale of the majors' holdings. 

Plea for a postponement was 
made by Seymour North Whitney, 
Paramount's lawyer, who declared 
he had anticipated the need for 
calling 20 witnesses from ail over 
the country. If the court would 
grant .the adjournment and the 
Governloient would consent to in- 
troduction of stipulated testimony 
instead, the case could be com- 
pleted within one week of renewed 
hearings, he said. Whitney also^ 
first offered to meet with the Gov-- 
vernment to try to agree on what 
theatres must be sold or could be 
kept John F. Caskey, represent- 
ing 20th-Fox. joined in the request. 
He asked the time to eliminate the 
need for bringing in investor part- 
ners for their testimony. Other 
t majors then joined in the plea. 
Estops Any Shifts 
The postponement was granted 
on condition that the majors agree, 
not to expand their holdings or 
change their theatre situations 
during the three-week period. This 
was done on stipulation of the de^ 
fense. Special Ass't Attorney Gen: 
eral Robert L. Wright, Govern- 
ment's chief trial counsel, de- 
manded the agreement claiming 
indie exhibs were urgently press- 
ing for a theatre expansion freeze. 
. No mention was made of the 
possibility of renewed settlement 
talks during the period. However, 
it is considered a possible if not 
likely development. As for the 
Little Three — Columbia, United 
Artists and Universal— they raised 
no objection to the delay. Edward 
C. Raftery, UA attorney, declared 
"we're trying to find a way of not 
putting any evidence in." His com- 
pany would seek only the grant- 
ing of some new findings of fact. 

Entire yesterday (Tues.) after- 
noon was taken up with the testi- 
mony of W. Stewart MacDonald, 
Warners' ass't treasurer. He was 
led by WB's attorney, ex-Judge 
Joseph M. Proskauer, through a 
description of the first-run theatre 
situation in a large number of 
cities. John Paul Curtin, Repubr 
lie's ass't to the sales chief, testir 
Bed briefly on a breakdown of the 
company's bookings during 1943- 
44 season. ■ . 

' Indies' Improved Position 
Both Metro and Warner Bros. 



Thomson Back to SAG 



the consent decree is the only 
way RKO can be assured: of re- 
taining substantially all its so- 
called wholly-owned theatres," - , , 
Depinet said, "Fortunately RKO i tackled the problem , of demon 
- 11- --.i.«:_.w<:i~n «nn..nt.>.4 cfi-ofino thnf thp film Situation hat 



t tU«|i)f( Of Floyd 13, Qd^m, board 
'['i^airtttan <Ct|r^,;:'^^ 
call on Howopd Hughes' controlling 
Hollywood, Nov. 9. {stock interest in the ' proposed 
Kenneth ^'O'^'i;^™^. [ RKO theatre company has chilled 

a number of financial syndicates 
interested ; in acquiring the new 
circuit. Odium, it is now confirmed, . 
has been granted by Hughes the 
privilege of meeting any bid mad* 
for the lattei!'Sv24% isiock in^^^ 
in the ekhibitliift carda 
are regarded as stacked in his •■ 
favor to ultimately .take over the 
theatre company which will be set 
up under KKO's cbtiseitt dielsree in 
the anti-trust suit. 

"It takes the sting out of things 
to know that Odium has first crack 
at the circuit," one theatre man 
put it to VARiETif. Ordinarily, he 
said, his group would make a 
strong bid for piBhifot '*Thei !Wi^^^ 
it is set up, Odliim can sit back " 
and let the others fight it out — 
then take over himself," he added. 

While persistent rumors have 1. 
credited several syndicates, includ- 
ing one headed by Malcolm Kings- 
berg, RKO theatre veepee, and an- 
other of Robert O'Donnell, Para- 
mount theatre partner, with mak- 
ing offers tor the Hughes stock, it 
Is now. understooid that neither has { 
come forward with a tahgibie 
proposition. Moreover, rumored 
price of $38,000,000-$40,000,000 for 
the theatres is believed to be high- 
er than the circuit will ultimately 
bring. :'--'\:\. 

In this regard, book value of the 
chain is fixed at $38,000,000. 
Against this are mortgages and 
other indentures \^hich total $25,- 
000,000. Book evaluation repre- 
sents' highiy conservative account- 
ing practices, and it's said that the 
theatres are worth considerably 
more. But it is not believed that 
the difference between hook, and 
real value is great enough to hoist 
the sale figure to $40,000,000. 



founders and former executive see 
retary of the Screen Actors Guild, 
has rejoined that i^up as admin- 
istrator of the new television di- 
vision. 

In addition to Thomson, the 
current SAG executive staff con- 
sists of John Dales, Jr., executive 
secretary; Murray KinneU, agency 
division administrator; Pat Som- 
erset, assistant executive secretary, 
and E. T. B. Harris, public relations 
director. Since 1944, Thomson 
has been in the agency and pro- 
duction fields. 

'Utde 3' Fears 
M(Hre Exhib Sufts 

Fear that a consent decree could 
be used in evidence by exhibs 
bringing private anti-trust actions 
against major companies has effec- 
tively barred a settlement of the 
Government suit by United Artists, 
Universal and Columbia. Dept. of 
Justice has strongly hinted that it , 
is willing to sign a decree with the 
Little Three incorporating the sel- 
ling restrictions now validated by 
the Federal courts. Non-theatre 
owning companies, however, be- 
lieve a consent would be used as 
proof of anti-trust violations. 

Point was spotlighted when RKO 
this week' obtained an approval of 
its decree from the statutory court 
during hearings.. Gordon Young- 
man, RKO's general counsel, in- 
sisted that the court okay the plan 
without first taking evidence be- 
cause he feared it otherwise could; 
play a part in future treble-damage 
litigation. Court approval without 
testimony eliminated that possi- 
bility, Youngman said. 



will go out until the Federal statu- 1,35 g^J^ce Its organization operated strating that the film situation had 
tory court approves the consent de- I its theatres independently of its ] materialTiy changed to the advan 



production and distribution busi- 
Ned E. Depinet, president of ^ess. We have had a Picture Com 



RKO, in a statement this week de 
clared that the new indie circuit 
would be intact after the decree 
sheared it from the production 



pany and a Theatre Company, and 
from an administrative standpoint 
each has had its own manafionient 

. and staff. For that reason, the sGpa- . 

distribution branch. Depinet said: ration to be undertaken will be a 1946. 

"I believe the consent decree i.i relatively simple one." ' William F. Rodgers, Metro s 

the only way RKO can be assured 1 . — ; .sales chief, analyzed a town-by 



tage oi indies since the first hear- 
ings were held before the three- 
judge bench. In the second day of 
trial (Tues.l, M-G pounded away at 
the result of its competitive bid 
svstem which it inaugurated in 



: town breakdo\*n of bo9kings 



of retaining substantially aU its , . . . 

so-called wholly-owned theatres. ' KKO 111 Lhl btrCSSeS | .show that indies were now obtain- 

It al-so has the right under the de- , TUaafi-o 'n!ofv5l» Anivt .ing " greater slice of M-G's 
cree to acquire without further' lIie<lire-t»IMMU /vpdl l ^ ^^.g^.^^,^ product as a result of 

court approval certain additional 1 Chicago, Nov. 9. 1 bidding m man> situations. Called 

theatres in which RKO and other Appeal from Chicago federal , to the .stand by Metro's attorney 
exhibitors presently have an inter- district court Judge Michael Igoe's John W. Davis, Rodgers declared 
est. Our interest in the theatres ruling last July, in which he held i that Gompetitive bidding had ac- 

which we must sell is in most cases , that RKO theatres and distribution compllshed exactly what the court by the majors' attorneys during the 
that of a minority stockholder and , were one and the same, was made | intended. | initial day's hearings was the ne- 

those theatres are operated by today in the Chi circuit court of' Conceding that the Supreme cessity for full argument before a 



pany didn't even know through 
reading trade papers, Davis added. 

During the opening day's (Mon.) 
testimony, It became clear that par- 
tial divorcement was in . the cards 
for the major defendants. Against 
argument by Proskauer that the 
Supreme Court had left open the 
question of whether the majors : 
were guilty of monopoly. Judge j 
Hand declared that he understood ! 
the high court's opinion as sug- ■ 
gcsting"some liind of divorcement" j 
as a remedy. He spoke in even 
stronger terms against. Wright's 
propo.sal for "total divorcementi" 
to < He termed it an "extreme" meas- 
ure for forcing the Big Four to dis- 
gorge "the fruit of the evil tree." 
But the direction of Wright's argu- 
ment and evidence indicated that 
the Government would continue to 
press for complete divestiture. 



Main point hammered at 1 



others' 



Loew's Bowing Out Of 
Criterion, N.Y., Also Buff 



appeals by RKO counsel Miles _ Court had nix6d the system as 
j Seelev. j compulsory form of selling, Davis 

While admitting that both com- . declared that used voluntarily it 
1 panics are subsidiaries o£ the same voided the Government charge of i be necessary to examine each spe- 
: parent organization, Seeley argued , discrimination. Judge Hand tagged cific case where the Government 
I that the RKO Palace and Grand the evidence as "very good proof" : demands it 



final consent decree Is handed 
down. If partial divorcement is the j 
remedy, they argued, then it will r 



_ i m« I T» ■ i A 1 i theatres here are not leased, con- but whether it has any bearing -on 
rnfti With Par Sind lltherS trolled or operated by the RKO i the question "in view of the Su- 
1 wui fTnu « «i, «•«• wiuv.w, company. To all in-|preme Court decision is another 

Loew's is selling its 50% interest . tents, he said, RKO pictures and , thing." 
In the Criterion. Broadway show- 1 rkO distribs are two separate [ Rodgers said his company had sal and Columbia wanted relief 
case in which it partners with B. ' companies. ! also made a thorough national sur- from the trade practice injunctions 

S. Moss, John W. Davis, attorney j if the appeal is sustained, the 1 vey of clearances. Companj has imposed by the court. Louis Froh- 
for the company, informed the , Palace and Grand would be exempt ' straightened out unfair and ovei- .hch, for Columbia, accused Wright 
Jil, Y. federal court yesterday . from the two-week limitations and ^ long clearances, he added. Ques- of "caUouslv " paving the wav for 
(Tues.l. Company is also liquidat- ] other restrictions of the Jackson ' tioned by Wright on what deter- ' — - ' 
Ing its interest in the Lee theatre. Park decree. RKO distribs also mined whether a bid would be con" 
Richmond, and the Parkway, would be cleared of the charge of sidered, Rodgers denied the Gov- 

Brooklyn. ' being in contempt of the J. P. j ernnient inference that higher ' only take a few tdple"damag*e suits 
Thirteen Buffalo houses which decree. 1 rentals alone were the objective, to ruin each company," Frohlich 

Metro jointly operates with Para- , I in instances, he said, bidding ' said, adding that the final decree 



While the Big Four attorneys 
concentrated their fire on Wright's 
argument for total divestiture, at- 
torneys for United Arli.sls. Univer- 



a film industry "disaster" by his 
encouragement of the "immoral" 
exhibitor antitrust suit. "It will 



STUDIO PUBLICin ORG 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
George Brown was named chair- 



mount are being divided into two nn/v,i«T urtnc AMnD 
Independent parcels and split be- BROWN HLADS Afflrr 

tween the two companies, Davis 
said. Liquidation of the chain 
would have proceeded at once, he 
explained, but a third person (.Vin- 
cent McFaid) with minority in- 
terests has asked for a holdup until man of the Studio Publicity Di- 

March so that he can protect his , rectors of AMPP, succeeding John and its' present theatre setup. 



pension rights with Metro. : [ Joseph, who shifts over to the 

McFaul wants to remain as an chairmanship of the publicity di- 
employee of Metro rather than .sell 1 rectors' executive committee. 



rights were granted . because an j must be so worded as not to have 
exhib did not have sufficient prod- a prejudicial impact on the mass 
uct for his theatre. , of exhib-distrib litigations. 

Davis introduced affidavits of J. ] Wright spent most of his time in 
Robert Rubin, company veepee; I trying to introduce exhibits of the- 
Charles C. Moskowitz, veepee and atre ownership structure and al- 
treasurer; and Jo.seph Vogel, thea-|leged "cross-licensing eonspira- 
tre veepee, on the history of Metro ^ cies," The court admitted all the 

I exhibits over the objections of the 



Hundreds of changes'* in runs defendants, but upheld the latter 
have been put through, Rodgers in barring data on the earnings of 
told the court, Davis drew a laugh Republic, Universal and PRC for 



his fractional holdings, according] With Stanley Shuford heading ' when he refused to say whether 1944. The majors' attorneys de- i 

to Davis. Plan of dissolution is out- the eastern committee, both Holly- ' other companies had done likewise, clared they woiild accept such fig- 1 

lined and ready and will be sub- 1 wood and New York groups arc ^ "We don't confer with the others," ures if they had the right to cross- ' 

mitted to the court within the next 1 chairmaned by Paramount exec- attorney retorted in response to a examine the persons who Compiled 

three, 'months. I utives. I question by Judge Hand. His com- them, | 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Eddie Albert 
Barney Balaban . 
Richard Beekhard 
Ingrid Bergman 
Jack Cardiff 
Sue Carol ' ■ 
Morris E. Gohn 
Sam Cummins 
Joan Davis 

Arm and Deutsch . . ■ 
Billy DeWolfe 
Howard Dietz ' 
D. A. Doran 
Peter Fernandez ' 
>Vlctor Fleming 
Paul Fox 

l?etty Furness - 
Sheridan Gibney 
Billy Gilbert 
Harvey Green 
Gladys Hellinger. 
Sonja Henie 
CharlA Hoffman 
Russell Holman 
Jennifer Jones - 
Arthur KeUy 
Michael Kirby 
Berry Kroeger 
Alan Ladd 
Joshua Logan 
Virginia Mayo 
Gene Nelson 
Stephen Pallos 
Leo Robin . ^ 
Dore Schary 
Joshua Shelley 
Steve Slesinger 
Walter Slezak 
Dwight Taylor 
Lee Tracy 
Benay Venuta 
Irving Wallace 
Max Weinberg 
Edwin L Weisl 
Mae West 

N. Y. to L. A. 

Martin Gosch 
Ray Mi Hand 
Ben Thau 

Lawrence Weingarten 
Stanford Zucker 

Europe to N. Y. 

Fritz Busch 
Zino Francescatti 
Fredric March 
Liddie .Murphy 
Pola Negri 

N. Y. to Europe 

Montgomery Clift 
Sir Charles B. Cochran 
Gene Kelly 
Brock Pemberton 
J. Aldcn Talbot 



irednesday, NoveuiiNir 10, 1948 



nCTIJRES 



INDIES ASK SAY IN (TSEAS DEAI^ 



Danny Kaye . . . And*Hamlet' 

There's a lesson to show business and to world relations in 
such divergent Instances as Danny Kaye's grip on the British 
public . . . and th« resounding click In America of Sir Laurence 
olivler's fllmlzatlon (Via the J. Arthur Ranlt Organization) ol 
"Hamlet." 

That's the QED on almost anything and everything as regards 
creating a frontier on art. Show business brooks no drawn lines 
on talent. It has been so for centuries and whatever the friqtional 
nuances of hyper-accentuated Nationalistic restrictions, the pub- 
lic is the final arbiter. - Mr. Truman proved it last week; the 
American public Is proving it with their acceptance of what is 
theoretically a "class" picture, in Olivler's "Hamlet" (and that 
goes; too, for "Red Shoes"), and certainly both the public and' 
peerage In Britain have manifested It anew in the Instance of 
Ka-ye. 

Show business has witnessed all sorts of emotional eruptions, 
Some spontaneous (like Valentino), some synthetically Induced 
(viz., Sinatra), and both, incidentally, quite lasting, no matter 
their origins. But any of these instances is Invariably 100% 
Yankee Doodle Dandy-inspired and perpetuated. You can't con 
the British that way, and even until this summer, as reports 
continued to percolate about what a sensation Kaye was at the 
Palladium, it was difficult to accept wholly until this writer re- 
appraised it for himself. It remains a phenomenon of inexplica- 
ble motivation, excepting that Kaye's click was more humanly 
touching than merely his prowess as a great single entertainer. 
In a lesser measure, the same emotions were struck by two other 
American exports, both legit musicals, "Oklahoma!" first and 
later "Annie Get Your Gun," wherein Dolores Gray likewise cap- 
tured the Imagination of the British public. 

Kaye's career Is capped, of course, by the extraordinary coup- 
ling of this comical kid from Brooklyn with Winston Churchill as 
"heroes" of the traditional Guy Fawkes Day, an historical high- 
light in British annals dating back to 1605 when Fawkes tried to 
blow up the House of Lords. 

Incidentally, not the least bf it is Jack Warner's showmanship' 
in interrupting a shooting schedule — no small item in these con- 
servation days— to permit Kaye's 12,000-mile flight from Holly- 
wood to London and back (within a fortnight), just to appear at 
the annual fete on behalf of the Variety Artists Federation. But 
discarding th6 b.o. hypo and its accumulative values, Kaye, like 
Olivier, proves the show '■biz axiom — give 'em quality and they'll 
buy it no matter where It comes from. Abel. 



lATSE s Walsh Tlirowing Weight 
Into Repealing Taft-Hartley Act 



Richard F. Walsh, IntemationaU 
Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Em- 



ployees president, is throwing his JaCK ilOetZ DaCK at KeD 

weight behmd labor's post-election r 



drive to repeal the Taft-Hartley 
law. Declaring that the closed 
shop in the tlveatrical and film, in- 
dustries had promoted stability 
over the past 50 years, the lA chief 
tagged the T-H law as "an obnox- 
ious thing that should be stricken 
from the statutes." 

Walsh said, however, .that the 
currjnt labor law has thus far had 
little impact upon general show 
biz industrytlabor relations beyond 
being an ''an annoyance." The full 
eiteGt of the T-H clause banning 
the closed shop, if It's still in force, 
will be felt in August, 1949 when 
the general basic . agreement cover* 
ing studio workers expires. The 
major film 1 a b o r contractSi he 
pointed out, were written before 
passage of the T-H law. | 

Walsh's main gripe, however, ' 
was. against Governmental inter- 1 
ference in the operation of the | 
film industry. "When the farmers 1 
or the steel industry run into ' 
trouble they get a subsidy," he | 
said, "but when the theatrical in- 
dustry needs help, everybody tries 
to run It out of business." Refer- I 
ring to the Government suits 
against the majors, Wal&li said, 
(Continued on page 18> 



Jack Goetz, who . previously op- 
erated liis own organization, has 
been named special, consultant on 
laboratory and studio aclivities 
for.: Republic, according to an 
announcement made yesterday 
(Tues. ), by company prez Herbert 
J. Yates. He'll be active 'in both 
Republic and its affiliate, Consoli- 
dated Film- Industries. 

Long associated with Yales in 
CFI, Goetz had been plant man- 
ager of Erbograph, wiiitli the Re- 
public chief merged with two other 
laboratories to form CFI. Goetz 
stepped out on his own in 1930. 




'T 





Indie producers bluntly informed 
Eric Johnston Ust week they could 
not guarantee the cooperation he 
asked with the majors abroad un- 
less they were consulted before the 
Motion Picture Assn. of America 
made Industry-embracing deals 
with foreign nations. MPAA top- 
per retorted that since the Society 
of Independent Motion Picture 
Producers has been without a presi^ 
dent . or executive secretary sincc^ 
last January he didn't know to 
whom to turn to get an official ex- 
pression of indie opinion. 

Exchange of views came at a 
lengthy faeart-to.'heart session be- 
tween Johnston and indie execs at 
MPAA headquarters in New.- York 
last Thursday (4). Repping the 
producers were Grad Sears^ presi-. 
dent of United Artists! James A. 
Mulvey, president of Samuel Gold- 
wyn- Productions; Dan O'Shea, presi- 
dent of David O. Selznick's Van- 
guard 'Films;. Roy Disney* prexy 
of Walt Pisney Productions; Harry 
Kosiner, sales chief for Edward 
Small; and Robert J. Rubin, coun- 
sel for SIMPP. 

Meeting was on a completely 
friendly plane. Johnston called for 
cooperation specifically in three 
terrltories-^England, France and 
iContinued on page 22) 



Selznick'^ Mb Via UA Would 
Ease His $25,000 Weddy Overhead 



ATLANTA BANS 'ROPE'; 
SHOWN IN SUBURBS 

Atlanta, Nov. 9. 
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Rope" 
was yanked last week when Miss 
Christine Smith, Atlanta's film cen- 
sor, banned the Warner Bros, pic 



CIO H.O. Guilds 
Reverse Field On 
Taft-Hartley Law 

Facing a rout from tlie home- 
Office labor field, two; GIO white- 
collarite guilds are reversing their 
field in moves to file the non-Com- 
munist affidavits required under 
the Taft-Hartley law. For the last 
six months, all major companies, 
excepting Eagle Lion, have refused 
to bargain with both the Screen 
Publicists Guild and Scu'on Office 
& Professional Employees Guild 
because of their non-conformance 
stand. 

Initial step towards signing was 



Arnold to File New 
Suit in SWG Fight 
' To Ban 'Blacklist' 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 

Following dismissal of the suit 
brought against the majors in N.Y. 
federal court,. Thurman Arnold, at- 
torney for Screen Writers Guild, 
has advised the SWG exec board 
he win file an amended complaint 
to quash blacklisting of scripters 
by members of the Association of 
Motion Picture Producers. 

Statement: from Arnold in Wash- 
ington said: "Careers of plaintiffs 
and testimony before the Thomas 
committee must be removed from 
complaint^ but may be introduced 
at trial. Material, essential to our 
cause of action, at which the' de- 
fendant struck, is to be allowed to 
stand, Most important of all, mo- 
tion of defendants to strike is 
otherwise denied. That means their 
demands to have great sections of 
complaint stricken, . as set forth in 
their original motion, are not to be 
complied with. It was these thrusts 
at substantive matter which threat- 
ened the cause of action and these 
have been turned aside by the 
court." 



Judge Says 'Be Concise' . 

i In granting last week the dis- 
missal motion. New York federal 
judge Samuel H. Kaufman gave 
leave to the guild to file an 
amended complaint. He advised 
the plaintiffs to omit as evidence 
the lengthy enumeration of writ- 
ings and plays, telling them to con-, 
centrate on a more concise presen-; 
tation of their e'videnee. 

Suit was filed by the SWG June 
1 under the: Federal anti-trust 
ilaws. It followed the resolution 
I adopted in. N. Y. by the Motion 
I Picture Assn. of America against 
the hiring of any writers with a 
known Communist backgrotmd. 



SWG-AMG AGREE 
ON PRACTICES CODE 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
New "code of fair practice" 
formulated by exec boards of 
Screen Writers Guild and Artists 
Managers Guild limits agents to 
10% commission. - Also a.ssures 



for local showing, City Censor I taken over the weekend wlicn the writers proper submissions on their 



Board voted four to one against parent body, United Office & Pro 
film, which was slated to play at fessional Workers ot America, 



5'ox Theatre, Lucas & Jenkins de- 
luxe 4,400-seater. 

Local WB officials made no for- 
mal protest against banning, but 
booked "Rope" into Emory thea- 
u-e, 800-seat suburban Iiouse 
jocated in silk stocking neighbor- 



voted to sign up. At a membership 
meeting Monday (8), SOPF.G also 
voted to conform. SPG is expected 
to follow suit after its exec board 
meeting todaj (Wed.i. The unions 
switclied in order to' get on the 
ballot in several collective bargain- 



hood adjo^-iiTrK- UnivVng elections scheduled for home- 
campus. . [ (Continued on page Z\) 



stories, offers protection from 
agent-producers who might want 
, to tie up a yarn exclusively and 
gives assurance that an agency 
employe mutually agreed upon 
1 will handle scripter's property. 

Code is work of joint committee 
of two organizations. Most bene- 
fits accruing to writers are not in- 
I eluded in present standard con- 
j tracts. 



Sears Held East 

Grad Sears, United Artists prez, 
who was slated, to leave New York 
I for the Coast last week, has post- 
i poned ' his departure until next; 
week. He has been delayed by con- 
fabs in the east with David O. Selz- 
nick, who may have UA do part of 
his distribution, and with Walter 
Wanger, whose pix UA may also 
distribute. 

Ai'thur Wi Kelly, UA exec v. p., 
has returned to New York from 
the Coast. Board meeting may be 
held later this week or early next 
week in the event it is necessary 
for the directors to pass on the 
deals now pending. 

See David Loew 
Joining Sherman s 
hdie Operations 

David Loew, who has been part- 
nered with Charles Einfeld in the 
Enterprise unit for the past three 
years, is reported joining forces 
with Harry Sherman when the Ent 
organization disbands at the end 
of this year. Sherman owns the 
California Studios, which Eiit had 
leased from him to house its pro- 
duction activities. 

New setup, it is understood, will 
have Loew financing indie pro-; 
ducers who work on the Sherman 
lot. Sherman is turning it back 
, into a rental studio. Several other 
I rental studios, notably that of the 
Nasser Bros., have been endeavor- 
ing to get tenants by holding out 
the bait of financing. Loew, prior 
to establishing Ent, had at various 
times participated in adVairicihg 
coin to producers. 

Loew may also produce "Tqn- : 
nessee^s Partner" on the Sherman 
lot. The properly belonged to 
Sherman and was to have been 
produced by him for Ent. He is 
understood to have turned it over ' 
to the unit as part of the settle- 
ment by which he got the studio 
back. Sherman will, also return to 
producing westerns himself. 

DENEAU VICE KUSELL; 
KRAMER LESS ACTIVE 

Selznick Releasing Organization's 
board of directors, after meeting 
Monday (8), announced the resig- 
nation of Milton Kusell, general 
sales manager, from company. Sid- 
ney E. Deneau, Kusell's assi.stant, 
was named by the board to post of 
general manager of domestic dis- 
tribution effective yesterda y 
(Tues.). SRO's total sales force in 
U. S. and Canada will henceforth 
work under Denea'u, one of the 
youngest sales managers in the in- 
dustry. Kusell, in mutual parting 
of the ways with SRO, will remain 
with the company for several more 
weeks. 

Board of directors also set up a 
triumvirate to handle top manage- 
ment of the company's domestic 
affairs. Trio includes Paul MaCr 
Namara, vice-prexy over pub-ad- 
vertising; Leonard Case, treasurer;: 
and Deneau. 

Milton Kramer, board' chaii-man 
I and counsel of SRO, has been 
i gradually diminishing his ' active 
, participation in the affairs of the 
company. One of the reasons is 
his recent election . to the presi- 
dency of The Cuba Co., which owns 
. the only railroad and a number of 
-sugar mill.s in Cuba. Kramer had 
previously served as its counsel. 

In the absence of a top foreign 
exec, Kramer has be^n handling 
that department of SRO himself 
for the past year. Recently. Case 
and Betty Goldsmith, Kramer's 
aide, at SRO, have been directing 
foreign activities in the h.o. and; 
the men in the field have assumed 
J more autonomy. 



♦ Current distribution talks with 
United Artists by David O, Selz- 
nick are part of the general re-: 
trenchment ' plans on which tlie' 
producer embarked about four 
months ago. Selznick's policy is 
to sit out the present uncertainties 
on the domestic boxofflce front- 
and the difficulties of getting coin 
out of foreign markets. 
: Pr'oducer is not only continuing 
his plan of ducldng any new fea-* 
ture filming for the time being; 
but has also shelved' for a couple 
years his scheme for actively get-; 
ting into the television field. He 
had been planning to make shorts/ 
for video, but has come to the con-i 
elusion that it would be uneco- 
nomic until the' revenue potential 
builds. ' 

The UA deal is in a rather tentav 
five state. If it goes through, a 
skeleton force of Sielznick Releas- 
ing Organization execs will handle ; 
sales to important circuits and U-A 
will, peddle the product to the les', 
ser accounts. UA would also handle 
physical distribution of SRO prod- 
uce,: which is now done by a syn- 
dicate of film delivery agencies. • 

The tieup with UA would solve/ 
I one of Selznick's major problems, 
(Continued on page 20) ^ 



UD (Par) Counters 
That SIMPP Toppers 
Must Appear Personally 

Detroit, Nov. 9. 

Attorneys for United Detroit 
Theatres, Paramount - affiliated 
chain, and the Society of Indepen- 
dent Motion Picture Producers 
again clashed this week on the 
question of whether top indie pro- 
ducers must personally come to Dc- 
troit to be queried on SIMPP's $8;- 
750,000 anti-trust action against 
UDT and Cooperative Theatres of 
Michigan. 

New brief was filed by SIMPP 
lawyers against an application to 
examine Walt' Disney, David O. / 
Selznick, Samuel Goldvvyn and 
others, stating that these filmmak- 
ers were busy in Hollywood in ; 
daily supervision of production ac- 
tivities. These producers cannot 
spare the :■ time to make the trip ; 
to Detroit, brief argued. Moreover, 
it is claimed that the producers do 
not. personally know the facts al* 
leged in their complaint. 

Rockwell Gust, attorney for 
UDT, countered with a news clip : 
which showed that Selznick is in 
New York, not the Coast. In a let-- 
ter to the court, he declared that if 
Selznick could take time out . to 
visit Gotham, he could make it his 
business to be in Detroit; 

SIMPP action, filed several: 
months back, charges the two de- 
fendants with conspiring to keep 
down film rentals in the Detroit 
larea. 



I EINFELD CHECKS IN AT 
I 20TH AS PUB-AD V.P. 

I Hollywood, Nov. 9. 

i Charles Einfeld has cheeked into 
i 20th-Fox- and reportedly will ink a 
! contract: as' firm's '.new ad-pub top- 
\ per toward the end of this week. 
I He's currently looking at product 
1 with, it's understood, a view fo- 
rward determining campaigns for 
1 various pix. He'll headquarter 
in New York with frequent trips 
; here. 



Taplinm Joining Up 

Robert Taplinger is - reported 
joining 20th-Fox when Charles 
Einfeld takes over officially as v.p. 
in charge of advertising and pub- 
licity Jan. 1. Taplinger was pub- 
licity chief under Einfeld when the 
latter headed Warner Bros, pub-ad 
department and was pub-ad topper 
of Enterprise, in which Einfeld was 
partnered with David Loew. 

It is also understood that Bill 
Blowitz, Ent publicity head, may 
accompany Einfeld into the 20th 
organization. Exactly what posts 
Taplinger and Blowitz would fill 
is said not yet to have been def- 
initely determined. 



Wedneaday, November 10^ 1948 




COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR 



GENE LOCKHART • Griff Barnett • Randy Stuart 
Directed and Written for the Screen by 

GEORGE SEATON 

Produced by 

WILLIAM PERLBERG 

From a Story by Faith Baldwin 



Wcdnesdar* November 10, 194S 



PICTUUKS 



Aga Khan Cnnpames Cbse Deal 
Wih Ea^ Uon forMlhProd. 



Eagle LioBi this week closed -f 
Us deal with Gamma Films and 
Gestlon et Participation Trust de 
Vaduz outfits controlled by Moslem 
leader Aga Khan, for a joint pro- 
duction-distribution tieup. Five- 
vear pact starts with EL's 1947-48 
releases and covers Italy, France, 
Switzerland, Germany, Austria and 
Spain. 

Under the contract, Gamma 
agrees to. establish a full distribu- 
tion setup in these six countries 
within six months. Outfit will pay 
a minimum for franchise rights 
to EL product plus a percentage 
on revenues. To aid in the payment 
of hard currency, EL and Gamma 
will jointly produce in France and 
Austria at least one picture per 
year for each country. 

Final negotiations followed a 
preliminary survey of Europe by 
H. William Auten, EL foreign dept. 
rep. Alfredo Zappelli, managing 
director of Gamma, and his asso- 
ciates, Ben Barkay and Pierre Cha- 
vennes, fronted for the European 
company in New York huddles. 
Arthui' Krim, EL prejiy; Robert 
Benjamin, head of J. Arthur Hank's 
U, S. org; Sam L. Seiuelman, EL 
export manager; and William 6. 
MacMillen, BL veepec, handled 
the deal for the U. S. company. 



Nat'l Theatres Revives 
Auto Giv.eaway Stunts 

Hollywood, Nov. 9, 
Prewar custom of automobile, 
giveaways will be revived next 
month by National Theatres in a 
two-week splurge to hop up the 
circuit's national sales drive and to 
bolster the pre-Christmas trade, 
usually dull at the boxoffice. 

Gimmick is a temporary tieup 
between theatres and' auto deal- 
ers. NT executives, declare it does 
not mean a return of .giveaways as 
a; regular practice. 

Thirty cars will be handed out 
to lucky customers in the Fox 
West Coast Northern and Southern 
California divisions under supers 
vision: of George Bowser; Similar 
stunts were tried out in- the Den- 
ver, Milwaukee and Kansas terri- 
tories last year during the Chai'les 
P. Skouras Showmanship drive. 



Hospital Honors Blanks 

Des Moines, Nov. 9. 

A testimonial dinner honoring 
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blank was held 
at: Raymond Blank Memorial Hos- 
pital here Nov. 3, with staff mem- 
bers, members, of the hospital 
board, guild and. other officials 
presenting both an "honorary doc- 
tor of children''s deg^ee.'^ The 
children's hospital was presented 
to the city and state by Mr. and 
Mrs. Blank in 1944 as a memorial 
to their son, Raymond. 

Blank heads Tri-States Theatre 
Corp. and Central States Theatre 
Corp. here. 



Italians Aggressive Showmanshqi 
A Lesson to U. S. Exhibs-Seidelman 



Film Siiares Suffer 
Comparatively Less 
In Wall Street Slide 

■ Wall ■ Street,' completely fooled 
by its own so-called "seers as well 
as national survey experts, slapped 
down prices as soon as President 
Truman's reelection was certain 
Wednesday (3) as well as on Fri- 
day (5) and yesterday (Tues.). 
There was little strengthening of 
the market after these severe 
breaks/ i Fitm shares . also were 
: caught in the avalanche of selling 
hut shared comparatively much 
better than other industrial issues. 
Most severely hit of these did not 
show much more than $1.50 per 
share loss after the heavy selling. 

Crimp in picture stock values 
came after these shares had rallied 
in October after a long decline. 
Total value for all entertainment 
shares listed on the N.'V. Stock Ex- 
change increased $18,838,924 last 
month but it's estimated tliat the 
recent selling will have wiped out 
much of this gain. 

Odd angle of the stock market's 
action in the 10 days prior to the 
national election (now noted after 
all the pollsters proved 100% 
wrong) is that Wall Street stock 
averages did anything but point up 
a smasliing Dewey victory. Weak- 
ness in the market during the week 
ahead of Nov. 2 hinted strongly 
of a Democratic win, but most mar- 
ket experts blamed this on the for- 
eign situation and ignored the Tru- 
man victory signal. 



EL s Badbg, 
Studio Darkens 



Wanger Would 
Turn Over His 2 
ForEtoMiers 



Walter Wanger has been talking 
with several distribs in Nev« York 
during the past few weeks on the 
possibility of their taking over for 
release: two films, "Tulsa" and; 
"Reign of Terror," which he pro- 
duced for Eagle Lion; It is under- 
stood the- producer is hoping, to '< 
! have one of : the other companies [ 
ante up a sufficient sum to make it 
I profitable for EL to give up the pix. I 
Reasons for- Wanger's efforts to 



Samuelson Heads Philly 
Buying-Booking Combine 

Philadelphia, Nov. 9. 

Stockholders' meeting of the 
Allied Motion Picture Theatre 
Service, Inc. held here last week 
resulted in the election of Sidney 
E. Samuelson as head of the buy- 
ing and booking combine. Other 
officers: named: Elmer Hollander, 
veepee; Cecil Felt, treasurer; .Al- 
bert M. Cohen, secretary, and E. B. 
Gregory, financial secretary. Some 
nine directors were alsO; elected; 

Board approved expansion plans 
for the service. With 17 theatres 
now subscribers to Allied, several 
additional exhibitors have sub- 
mitted applications to enter the 
fold^ These applications were also 
discussed by the directors. 



Duals m Canada 
On the Downgrade 



;"'■■■:;"■■■;: Ottawa, Nov. 9. 
While doul)le f eaturtfsi are more 
„ ..TO recapture the films are beclouded , than holding their own in the U. S., 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. i m conflictmg explanations. Ac- ' , , iu 
Eagle Lion, with the biggest cording to the producer, he feels ' P""'^^ definitely on the 

backlog of unreleased films stacked that one Of the other distribs might ! downgrade in Canada. Figures re- 



up in its young history and with 
I no new scripts ready for produc- 
tion at this time, shutters its 
studios at the end of the week 
! until the middle of January. Only 
EL prez Arthur Krim and a few 
department heads will stay on the 
job, with . the rest of the: studio 
personnel, including some 150 key 
execs, taking a temporary layoff. . 

EL's backlog now comprises 15 
high - budgeters, including both 
studioiinade product and .1. Arthur 
Rank films, plus some 10 low-cost 
pix and six western.s-. With many 
of those scheduled for release duri 
ing the next six weeks, the studio 
shutter won't affect the homeof- j 
fice. since the sales and ad-pub- I 
licity departments will still have | 
to sell those. 



be able to get more coin put of the j leased by the government's annual 



u"? ! statistical survey of the film indus 

try here disclose that double bills 
cohstituted 53% ill filA per-: 
foripahces; Ih i947,;as..against 57% 
in 1946 and 59% the; previbus year.; 

Governiiient ■ S titi sties also 
showed the boxoffice take In Cana- 
dian theati-es for 1947 hit a record 
$78,684,000, up 5% from 1946. Of 
last year's gross, $15,819,000 went 
back to the government in amuse- 
ment takes. . Increased admission 
prices; apparently itad niHch ; to , do 
witjb i)te peiik gross, since attend- 
aitce dropped from 22'7;53S,600 to 
220,857,000 last year. 
A'verage admission price in 1947 



Proximity of the holiday season | percentage participation. It was 
also- figured in EL s decision to i ^^^^ ^jj^j "Tulsa" cost $1,650,000 
close down, according to company | gnd "Reign of Terror" $1,000,000, 
spokesmen. With Armistice Day, : jjoth over budget. 
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Neyi^ | Qj-ad Sears, United Artists prexy. 
Year's coming up, the shutdowns viewed "Terror" last week and is 
for each holiday would tie up pro- I giatgjj to see "Tulsa" this week, 
duction too much under EL's . jje expressed himself as Interested 
shooting methods, so it was de- I i„ t^^,^ ci^^ g favorable deal 
cided to shutter . for the entire i jjg vvorked out with EL. 

period. About Seven new scripts | 

are expected to be ready by the | 
lime the Studio reopens and 
cording to EL, it will be more 
economical to put most of those 
.seven into production at once in 
stead of 
time. 



him a bigger sum as his end of the 
profits. . 

Spokesman for EL declared that, 
in the first place, the company had 
lull rights to the pictures and had 
no intention;<of giving them up 
unless it got an excellent deal. Its- 
explanation of Wanger's desire to 
get them back is that the producer 
on previous pictures had gone over 
budget. As a result, the contracts 
for "Tulsa" and "Reign of Terror" 
contained ; a penalty clause by 
which Wanger's participation de- 
creased for each dollar the produc- 
tions topped the original estimate. 

Becau.se of this, the EL explana- 
tion goes, Wanger desires to have j was 28V&C (not including tax), as 
the pix disM-ibuted by another com- 1 against 26.3c the year before. Box- 
pany which would give him his full i office- take was a record $6.30 per 

capita, as against $6.15 in 1946. 



PAR ACCELERATES BUYS 
OF OWN COMMON STOCK 

Paramount shelled out a record 
SSt-jO OOO during the month of Octo- 
ber in buy-ups of its own stock on 
the open iiiarket to push its shrink- 
age-of-capital program into high 
gear. Acquisition of 40,500 shares 
of Par common during the 31-day 
stretch represented, by a good mar- 
gin, the biggest operation by the 
company since it renewed its policy; 
in ,luly of this year after a tem: 
porary halt, : 

Par has now deposited in its 
treasury a total of 706,333 shares, 
or more' than 10% of its entire 
authorized stock. At present mar- 
ket prices these Shares are worth 
some $15,500,000. In addition, it 
has forked out close to 200,000 
shares tor the acquisition of Lib- 
erty Films and Rainbow Produc- 
- tions. : 

Indicating the speedup in buy- 1'" 
ups is the fact that in September, 
company picked up 32,500 shares, j 
Tlii.s in itself was a- steep, boost ' 
over AuRust, when the total was' 
22,200 shares, In .Tuly, Par bought 
31,000. 

It's expected that Par will hop 
onto the current break in prices 
whu'h followed reelection of Presi- 
dent Truman. It affords the com- 
Pan.v an opportunity of acquiring 



Rocky Mt. Indies Salnte 
U's Tair-Minded' Tactics 



strong campaign waged by Al- \ Promotion comes after being with 
lied Rocky Mountain Independent j EL^for an eight-month^stretch. 

Theatres against certain Universal I 



CANT SEE ANY YANK 
PROFIT OUT OF FRANCE 

. After surveying the French scene 
oh his swing through the Continent 
which ended last vt^eekend, Joseph 
H. ;: Seldelmah, Uhiyersal's foreign 
dept. chief, is convinced that the; 
majors Vftll make no liiopey otit of 
their operations in Jlrartce ; under 
the; : pact made with ' that country 
in August. 

tapped for the previously unfilled I Y.,^trfnSi"fn"i i^^f^^f^ioi^lliC 
post of general- sales manager of ^»"'^'' ^ "f 121 pix 

Eagle Lion by the company^ dis- I ^^^'^'^cl" ^, ^"'1^^ 
tri button veepee William .1. Heine- ! Seidelman noted. No com- 

man. Schlaifcr immediately steps P3"y. he said hmiled to 11 films 
up one notch from his prior job i f » P™fit 

of being assistant to Ileineman. ! yf^/"' Volume of busines^^^ 

-. ■- ' the strict limitation will not permit 



^ Jack Schlaifer Steps Up 
As Eagle Lion Sales Mgr. 

■oliing only one film at a ! l. j. (Jack) Schlaifer has been 



Newly-named exec will supervise 
domestic sales under ;;Heineman 
who heads both U. S. and foreign 
distribution. Schlaifer came to EL 
from his post of sales director for 
Allied Artists-Monogram in which 
he served during the previous two 
years,- Prior to that he was cen- 
tral sales manager for aothrFox 
from 1943 to 1945. 



sales tactics in the Denver area 
produced results for its member- 
! exhibitors, according to .ARMIT's 
.current bulletin. Ina.snnich as U's 
1 reps were "fair and opon-minded" 
in appraising the variou.s situations, 
' ARMIT is now waving the olive 
.iiranch and "urges every indepen- 
! dtfit exhibitor in this territory to 
I get together with Universal" _^ . 

With U's western division sales 
I manager Charles Feldman and dis- 
' trict manager Foster Blake thresh- 
ling out individual problems in a 
ilong session at ARMlT's office, the 
1 theatre men's organization feels , . 

that a "great deal was accom- , named to 

■ plislied " Bulletin thank.s U s emis- 1 of hjs home company, 

■ san -s for thoir visit and also laud's 1 ad-pub chief to act in that capat;ity 
Uie company's sales chief William ' is Nate Spingold, veepee 



it since costs of distribution 
currently so liigh in France. 



are 



N.Y. Palace's Circasing 
Of 2 Oldies Spefls B.O. 



-4^ The American film J n d u s try. 
I might well tear a leaf from tha 
Italian book of tricks when it comes 
to ballying pictures and "getting 
back to showmanship." according 
to Joseph H. Seidelman, Universal's , 
veepec in charge of foreign;. Most.;; 
impressive discovery Seidelman 
made in his trip to Europe was the 
'intense and ingenious ways in V 
which the Italian exhibitor is suc- 
cessfully exploiting American ., 
films," U's biggie declared on re- 
turning overthe weekend. 

Business in Italy for American 
films- has been amazingly good,; 
Seidelman said, Italian theatres in 
the past year absorbed 725 Holly-- 
wood-made features, or double the 
number of -yank .films taken on an- 
nually by American theatres. In 
gross billings, revenues in lire to / 
American distribs are up some- 
20% in the Italian market. 

"Literally every empty space ia : 
Italian cities . is blanketed : with . 
handbills blurbing American films," 
he said. "While competition on 
A m e r i can films is particularly 
keen, there is. a terrific drive by ? 
Italian theatre operators to pro- 
mote attendance of patrons. In \ 
Italy, the film business has-re- 
turned to, showmanship. . 
; Where billboards - are not availr . -, 
able,; exhibs have turned to novel , 
and ett'ective ways of selling pic- 
tures, Seidelman said. "In Milan, . 
for instance, I saw an exhibitor 
using four bikes to carry a bill- 
board on wheels throughout the 
city.: Posters are carried by sand- 
wieh-men to tell the people there's 
a .<;how going on. Any and every- 
thing is being employed to get out 
the customers." 

In Genoa, according to: Seidel- 
man, there is such a demand for 
American product that theatres are 
stamp^eded: by milling. crowds. "One 
exhibitor practically collapsed be- 
cause of the crowds," he said. "Ho: 
was holding his head in his hands 
and when I spoke to him, he re- 
plied: '1 can't stand it anymore. 
There are simply too many people 
to handle.' " 

The hustling Italian theatremen - 
have turned to an old device usedV^ 
by the Japs in days past, Seidell 
man went on. Because theatres are 
too small for ' the crowds, some of 
the- audience stands ' behind the; 
screen to view the picture from th^ h 
reverse position. 

"Italy was the highlight of my 
trip, there can be no question about 
that," he said. "The exhibitors 
have built up from the groundi 
They have gone back to work and 
the result is apparent in good busi- 
ness. They don't- sit back and read 
the reviews to see -if the critics like 
a film." 

France,- on the other -hand»' 
seemed apathetic,: avers Seidelman. 
Concern over government develop- 
ments and insecurity over the fu- 
ture generally has taken its toll o'f 
the film business, he explained. 
Nonetheless, production of native 
product is going on in volume de- 
spite high costs and the uncertainty 
of profits. 

Seidelman is no longer con-, 
cerned over the possibility ot 
German-made films being exported; 
to the U. S. and elsewhere. He be-, , 
lieves the American military gov- 
ernment has tightened its super- 
vision over story properties and 
treatment. Consequently, he sees 
little present danger of German piii: 
being used as propaganda for a'; 
pan-Germanic movement. Previ- 
ously, he fought proposals to per- 
mit Teuton-made pix to be sent 
overseas. 



Youngstein on EL Board 

Max Youngstein, Eagle Lion's 1 i 
i-pub veepee, assumes a role rare i 
for a publicity topper in the film ; 



THAU RETURNING WEST, 
SCHARY EN ROUTE EAST 



A. Scully "for his consideration 
! which we feel prompted. the nieet^ 



> With chance of garnering ihore 
■ than $53,000 in its first two weeks, 
I reissue combo of ''Last Days of 
I P'ompeii" and ''She" not only has! 
I been attracting people to the Pal- 
, ace, N. 'V., in the last 10 days, 
but has become a live, topic in the 1 

ad-pub veepee, assumes a role rare I ^fl^f reSririS^S, 'Z \ 

business. Youngstein has been *00 ih first week ended j ^etro studio exec Benjamin 

the board of directors last Friday (5), over hopes, and Tf^gy ^^^o's been huddling at the 
Only other ; "easily a r.ew record under current j h^^g^jfi^^ ,a3t 10 days With 
policy at theatre. No show like it ■ ^-G prez Nicholas M. Schenck and 
at Palace has drawn the weekend ! other h o. officials, is slated to' re- 
crowds as these two reissues since turn to the Coast today (Wed.) or 
Smbad the bailor" played there 
firstrun two years ago, ' 
Vs^hile not haying the benefit of 



at Co 

lumbia. 

Youngstein and Spingold along 
with Howard Dietz of Metro and 
Mort Blumenstock of Warner Bro.s. 
" I are the four publicity heads of pix Election Day crowds, second week 

rw Poecac Pair i companies to hold down the title of "Pompeii 

%^n\ rasbcb i au ' of vice-president. Charles Einf eld, $21,000, plenty big enough to keep 

Chicago, Nov- 9. , when he inks at 20th^Fox, becomes the pair there a third session. Ani- 
Chi cen.sor board gave pink tick- ^j^g fif^j, mated lobby, with volcano in action 

ets to 20th-Fox's "Snake Pit and i __ — | attract passersby and compre- 

Universal's "Kiss the Blood Ott , jYlbany Tent to Honor Smakwitz i hensive circusing ot the two pic- 
My Hands" in ; session here last . Albany. I tures .has spelled thi.s big trade, 

week. Charles A. Smakwitz, recently '. ""^^^^ 



here last 

L . ' Charles A. Smakwitz, recently 
-<snakp Pit." opening at B&K's promoted to zone manager of War- , • — . . , . , 

rnirh'k theatre Nov. 11, is set for ner l°ieatres upstate, vvill bo hon- t>^o rei.s.sues has resulted in equal 

-- Ga*"'-'^ H^*^*"''^I;b,„„J" h,, ir,ri«t!. rinh .nt .wlinn^.- ly .sen.sational business 

stock at what hiay turn out to be eight weeks. Blood 
bargain prices. RKO Palace Dec. 1. 



Thau di.scussed with Schenck 
veepee-treasurer Charles C. Mosko- 
witz and veepee J. Rol)crt Rubin 
She" look?lo better ! next year',s production schedule. i 
M-G production exec Dbre 
Schary, meanwhile, arrives from 
the Coast Monday '15 ) to continue , 
the huddles. Schary will also hold 
confabs with eastern studio and 
story department representatives 
type of campaign on the.se [ in order to establisli a closer liaison 

between those offices and the stu- 
In 



Bi^nrt" hows at the "nreri hv Variety Club at a dinner .sensational business opening , dio. He's expected to remain 
Blood bows at °[«°Xnj;«[f^;>ntry a week in Chicago. New York about two weeks. 



10 



Wednesflay, November 10, 1948 



*f ILLtM UPl 




M.&M t>retento Alexandre Dumai' "THE THREE MUSKETEERS'* 
Stifring LANA TURNER, GENE K^LLY, JUNE ALLYSON, VAN 
HEFLIN;ANGELALANSBURY,FRANKMORGAN,VINCENTPRICB 
KEENAN WYNN, JOHN SUTTON, GIG YOUNG . Color by TECH- 
NICOLOR • Screen PUy by Robert Ardrcy • Directed by GEORGE 
SIDNEY • Produced bv PANDRO S. BERMAN • An M-G-M Picture 



fill *en up af 

TMANKSGIVINO.'" 

(The State, N. Y.' record-breaker, a 
•imultaneout Thanksgiving ien«alionl) 




'Fill 'efn up af 
CHRISTMAS/" 

f Next at Radio City Music Hall and 
America's perfect Xmas show!) 



M-G'M presents "HILLS OF HOME" . Starring EDMUND GWENN 
DONALD CRISP, TOM DRAKE, JANET LEIGH, and LASSIE • Ctolor 
by TECHNICOLOR • Original Screen Play by WiUUm Ludwig • Sug- 
gested byTbe Ian Maclaren Sketches "Doctor oC the Old School" • Directed 
by FRED M. WILCOX . Produced by ROBERT SISK • An M-G-M Picture 




M.G'M presenu "WORDS AND MUSIC" • Starring JUNE ALLYSON 
PERRY COMO, JUDY GARLAND. LENA HORNE, GENE KELLY 
MICKEY ROONEY, ANN SOTHERN with Tom Drake, Cyd Charlsse 
. Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, MarshaU Thompson, Mel Torme, Vera-Ellcn 
Color by TECHNICOLOR • Based on the Lives and Muiic of Richard 
Rodgers and Lorent Hart • Screen Play by Fred Finklehoffe • Story by 
Guy Bolton and Jean Holloway • Adaptation by Ben Feiner, Jr. * Musical 
Numbers Directed by Robert Alton . Directed by NORMAN TAUROO 
Produced by ARTHUR FREED . A Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture 

'RH 'em up all year 'round" 



'Till 'ew up' af 

NEW yCARS/" 

(Happy New Year at Radio City 
1 Music Hall and across tlie nation!) 




Vedncaday^ ,MovemIi«r 10^ 1948 



Rain lite On Kz; Ink ^pots, Lorre 
M 'Road House' to Fancy $55j 

'Slie'-ToinpeiiWowofWeek,$28, 



PICTURE GROSSES 



11 




Chicago, Nov. 9. 

Despite week of rain and fog, 
boxoffice take is holding up. nicely 
with five new bills and seven holdi 
overs. "She" and "Last Days of 
Pompeii" at Grand is surprise win- 
ner of week, with bearded reissues 
-breaking attendance mark. House 
average is $9,000 for reissues, but, 
this pair may hit huge $28,000. 

"Dear Secretary" with Bobby 
Breen topping stagesliow is strong: 
$50,000 at Oriental. "Road House" 
plus Ink Spots, Peter Lorre shapes 
big $55,000 at the Chicago. "Race 
Street" is fast $25,000 at Palace. 
•'Gallant Blade" looks sharp 
$16,000 at Roosevelt. 

"Johnny Belinda" leads hold- 
overs with excellent $26,000. in sec- 
ond week at State-Lake. "Song Is 
Born" at Woods, slill looks fancy 
$18,000 in third week. 

Estimates for This Week 

Appolo (B£K) (1.400; 50-98)— 
"Hangmen Also Die" (Indie) and 
"Blockade" (Indie) (reissues) (2d 
wk). Okay $9,500. - Last week, 
better than- expected at solid 
$11,000. 

Chicago (B&K) (3,900; 50-98)— 
"Rojid House" (20th) With Peter 
Lorre and Ink Spats onstage. Big 
$55,000. Last week,; ' '^Apartment 
for Peggy" (aothj With Mickey 
. Rooney p;a. f2d wk), great $47,000. 

Garrick (B&K) (900; 50-85)— 
"Untamed Breed" (Col) and "Rac- 
ing Luck" (Col) (2d wk)> Mod- 
erate $7,500. Last week, nice 
$9,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Last Days of Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"Slie" (RKO) (reissues). Terrific 
$28,000. Last week, "Secret Land" 
(M-G) and "Variety Time" 
average $10,000. 



Grosses 



Estimated Total Gross 
This Week . . . $702,500 

(Based on 18 theatres) 
Last Year . . $676,000 
' (Ba$ed on 22 Uxcaircs) 



preraS»|| 
h Cincy, $18j 

' ^ , ' i , ,.' , Cincinnati, Nov. 9. ,, ■." 

General take .of downtown 
houses ; : continues Velvety this 
round in face of stiff ot>position 
from annual 5 - day Firemen's 
Vaude Show in the indie Taft and 
the third yearly "Holiday on Ice" 
date in Music Hall." "Red River" 
is tops • curtently and nearing 
Keith's high mark for year. "A 
Song Is Bom" is rousing at the 
big Albee. 

Estiinates for This Week 
Albee (RKO) (3,100; 50-75)— 
"Song IS Bom" (RKO). Lilting 
$15,000. Last week; "Spii-ituaUst" 
(EL) plus Three Stooges, others, 
on stage, at 60-94e. scale, nice 
$2i,000. 

; Capitol : (RKO) (2.000; 50-75)— 
Julia ' Misbehaves'' (M-G) (2d wk). 
Satisfactory; $8,06a after rollicking 
$15,000 preem. ' . 

Grand (RKO) (1,400; 50-75)— 
•'Cry of City" (20th). Modest $8,000 
(RKO), in 9 days. Last week. "Love of 
Mary" (G), week $4,500 in 5 days. 

' Oriental (Essaness) (3,400; 50-98) ' ^^""'T''^",? ' 'I'^'^^V^S;''?' 
-"Dear Secretary" (UA) and Pee ' -^ed River" (UA). Smash $18,- 
Wee Hunt, Bobby Breen, Jon and , O?" ^"P t?^" a""* '^•"^e^ to the- 
Sandra Steele on stage. Strong | ^^^^ " '"^'^ this year. Holds. Last 



'EtiI^ Good $16,000 Jont'I 

Montreal, Nov. 9. 

Too many holdovers are slowing 
up boxoffice returns this week. 
Paramount's "Evil My Love" 
shapes okay. "Lady in Ermine" 
looks trim at Palace. 

Estimates for This Week 

Locw's (C.T.) (2,855; 40-65)— 
"Date with Judy" (M-G) (3d wk). 
Nice $14,000 after $15,500 in 
second. 

' Capitol (C.T.) (2,412; 34-60)— 
"Evil My Love" (Par), Okay $16,- 
000. Last week, "Black Bart" (U), 
$13,500, 

Palace (C.T.) (2,625; 34-60)— 
"Lady in Ermine" (20th). Trim 
$16,500: Last week, "Blandings 
Dream House" (SRO), $14,600. 

Princess (Q.T.) (2,131; 34-60)— 
"Meet Frankenstein" (U) (3d wk). 
Fine $11,000 following strong sec- 
ond week at $13,600. 

Imperial (C.T.) (1,839; 26-45)— 
"The Search" (M-G) and "Close- 
Up" (EL). Good $8,500. Last 
week, "Return of Bad Men" (RKO) 
and "Gentleman Nowhere" (Col), 
$6,200. 

Orpheum (C.T.) (1,040; 26-45)— 
"Canon City" (EL) and "Singing 
Spurs" (Col) (2d wk). Fast $5,500 
after sock $7,000 first week. 



N.Y. Spotty; 'Ve^l^ct-LaiH^Wald Plus 
Haines Tafl $90,000, Tit' Smash iiOG. 
Tours'-Hayes-Healy-Cole Fair 90G 

Broadway film business is only I —"Sealed Verdict" (Par) with 
fair this week despite six new bills, Frankie Laine, Connie Haines, 
strong entries being the exception Jerry Wald orch topping stagebill 
rather than the rule. Election Day, (2d wk). Initial holdover session 
Nov. 2, did not prove as big as ex- starts today (Wed.). First week of 8 
pected and a desultory tone set in I days registered big $90,000. la 
shortly thereafter. Rain last Thurs- ; ahead, "Night Has Thousand Eyes" 
day (4) put a crimp in newcomers i (Par) plus Vic Damone, Tony Pas- 
and extended runs alike. A return ' tor orch (3d wk-5Vi> days), $42,000. 

^oS 'rThe XeSce Tan; P^'" Avenue (U) (583; $1.20- 
wrupsurge last weS 'U) (7th wk). 



Failure of several new pictures 
to shape up as strongly as expected 
plus the offish general tone is 
prompting several deluxers to re- 1 stay1?"of tTourSe 
shuffle bookings while other spots | Ra^io City ittusic Hall (Rocke- 



Sixth round ended la.st (Tues.) 
night was better than $16,000, close 
to capacity, <ifter $17,200 for fifth 
session, Mded by extra matinee,^: 



'Soi%' Standout 
In Babo, $14, 



are just coasting . u n 1 11 colder 
weather arrives. 

Rivoli, Paramount and Mayfair 
shape strongest with their new 
lineups. "Snake Pit," at Riv, is 



fellers) (5,945; 80-$2.40) — "Gotta 
Stay Happy" (U). Krst week end- 
ing today (Wed.) is hitting only 
$125,000, disappointing since it's 
below recent: opening weeks. . Last 



heading for smash $60,000 or near, ' week, "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) 
high crix appraisal helping. | (4th wk), okay $120,000 albeit a bit 



out 



"Sealed Verdict" with Frankie i below hopes and rounding 
Laine, Connie Haines, Jerry Wald ' highly profitable run 
"'^} °2SJ?I^A '-^ bringing the Par J Republic (Brandt) ' (1,000; 35-90) 
a big $90,000 m first eight days, i —"Roosevelt Story" (UA) (2d run). 
^L^^^. stout trade ; Cashing in on revived interest in 

at $45,000 at Mayfair. But the i New Deal indicated by election last 
Roxy, with "Unfaithfully Yours" , week, this looks to land good $9,500 



$50,000. Last week, "Luck of 
Irish'! (20th) plus Jane Powell in 
person i3d wk), solid $36,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2,500; 50-98)— 
"Race Street" (RKO). Fast $25,000. 
Last week, "Station West" (RKO) 
(2d wk), $17,000. 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Gallant Blade" (Col). Sweet $16,- 
000. Last week "Cry of City" 
(20th) (2d wk), $12,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 50-98) 
—"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (2d wk). 
Solid $28,000. Last week, smash 
$33,000. 

Surf (Indie) (650; 85)— "Mikado" 
(U) (reissues) (4lh wk). Nice $2,500. 
Last week, $3,000. 
: United Artists (B&K) (1.700; 50- 
98)— "Sealed Verdict" (Para) (2d n AI - T ' D,.*>L* 
wk). Fair $10,000. Last week, , frOV. mA, tyCS Drigbt 



week, "Innocent Affair" (UA), par 
$7,500. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400; 50-75)— 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
(m o), 4 days; and "Slave Ship" 
(20th) , and "Rose Washington 
Square" (20th) (reissues). Mild 
$4,500. Last week, "Secret Land" 
(M-G) and "Variety Time" (RKO), 
sturdy $6,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2;600; 50-75)— 
"Station West" (RKO). Moderate 
$11:500. Last week, ".lohnny Be- 
linda" (WB), fine $14,500. 

Shubert (RKO) (2,100; 50-75)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (m.o.). 
Solid $6,000. Last week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th) (m.o.), okay 
$5,500. 



$12,500. 

Woods (Es.saness) (1,073; 98)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) (3d wk). 
Fancy $13,000. Last week, sweet 
$24,000. 

World (Indie) (587; 80)— "Beauty 
and Beast" (Indie) (4th wk). Fine 
$3,000. Last week, grand $3,500. 



13G; 'River' Hep 18G, 
'Belinda' $14,000 in 2d 



H.O;s Slow Buff. Albeit 
'Song' Smash at $20,000 



, Providence, Nov. 9. ■ 
Strong holdovers are , keeping 
business at an even, keel this week. 
State's "Red River.", and Majestic's 
1 "Johnny Belinda" , arc the big hold- 
; overs. "Night Has Thou.sand Eyes" 
, was solid on first Strand session. 
^ Estimates for This Week 

.Town is loadereth holdovers ,. Albee (RKO) (2 200; 44-65) - 
this week, arid it will cut into the I Christmas Eve ,UA) (rcissueJ and 
overall total. Best bet is "Song Is ' ^'^^ , f^^?.*: 

Born," smash at the Century, i $12,500. Last week, blation West 
"Nighl Has Thousand Eyes" looks 



Baltimore, Nov. 9. 
Business here is rather moderate 
with' "A Song Is Born" looking 
standout at the Town. "Road 
House" is doing well at the New. 
Rest of list shapes just fair. 
Estimates for This Week 
Century (Loew's-UA) (3,000; 20- 
60) — "Red River" (UA) (2d wk). 
Holding well at indicated $12,000 
after- a hangup $17,200 opener. 

Hippodrome (Happaport) (2,240; 
20-70)— "Gallant Blade" (Col) plus 
vaude headed by Dave ApoUon. 
Okay $15,000, Last week, "Un- 
tamed Breed'' . ^Col) plus vaude, 
mild $12,300. 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,460; 20- 
60)— "Kiss Blood off Hands" (U). 
Passable $9,000. Last week, second 
of "Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) 
way off at $5,600. 

Mayfair (Hicks) (980; 20-65)— 
"Belle Starr" (20th) (reissue). Mild 
$4,000. Last week, "Gung Ho" (FC) 
(reissue) held well at $4,900 in sec- 
ond round. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-60)— 
"Road House" (20th). Doing very 
well at $14,000. Last week, "Cry 
of City" (20th), thin $7,200. 

Stanley (WB) (3,280; 25-75)— 
"Sorry, Wrong Number" (Par) (2d 
wk). Maintaining . fairish pace at 
$8,000 after solid $18,400 opener. 

Town (Rappaporl) (1.500; 35-65) 
— "Song is Born" (RKO). Very nice 
$14,000. Last week. "Lost Horizon" 
(Col) (reissue), $6,800. 

Valencia (Loew'SrUA) (1,885; 20- 
60)— "Night at Opera" (M-G) (reis- 
sue). Surprisingly active $5^500. 
Last - week, "Innocent Affair" (UA) 
(m.o.), steady $4,700. 



plus Peter Lind Hayes, Mary 
Healy,- Jack Cole Dancers, new ice- 
show, .is ver^ disappointing with 
$90,000 or less. . Film drew some 
fine, reviews but is barely okay for 
opening week. 

"Gotta Stay Happy" looks only . (Mono) 
nice $125,000 in first Music HaU (Mono) 



week. Slow opening hurt, despite 
smart pickup over weekend. "Be- 
trayed" and "Shanghai Cobra," re- 
issue combo, looks very mild at 
bandbox Rial to. . 

June Bride,'' with Vaughn Mon- 



in first week. May hold. Last week, 
subsequent-run. 

Rial to (Mage) (594; 44-99) — 
"Crash Dive" (20th) and "Man 
Hunt" (20th) (reissues). Open today 
(Wed.). Last week, "Betrayed" 
and "Shanghai Cobra" 
(reissues), got only mild 



$9,000. 

Rivoli (UAT-Par) (2,092; 60-$1.50; 
—"Snake Pit" (20th). First frame 
ending today (Wed.) is soaring to 
smash $60,000. Helped by several 
nice reviews, picture is doing 



roe band onstage, is holding well especially well at late night shows, 
at $65,000 or close in second week Stays on indef. In ahead, "Gallant 



at Strand. "Three Musketeers" is 
off more than $23,000, coming in at 
$43,000 in third State week, but 
still fine profit. Capitol, Criterion, 
Globe and Astor all are off sharply 
from previous week. Same is true 
of Palace but it continues remark- 
ably well, all considered, at $21,000 
for its two oldies, "Last Days of 
Pompeii" and "She." 

"Joan of Arc" starts its regular 
run at the completely remodeled 
Victoria tomorrow (Thurs.) after 
a special benefit preem ' tonight 
( Wed. ) . House capacity has been 
upped to 1.100 and interior of the- 
atre virtually rebuilt since it was 
shuttered, in early summer. 
Estimtltes f«r This Week 

Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—"Song Is Born" (RKO) (4th wk). 
Third week ended last Monday (8) 
finished, at $27,000, good, after 
stout $33,000 in second. Continues 
indef. 

Bijou (City Inv) (589; $1.20)- 
$2.40)— "Red Shoes" (EL) 3d wk). 
Current session ending tomorrow i 
(Thurs.) looks to hold to capacity | 
$17,000, aided by extra matinee on j 
Armistice Day; last week, was ter- 1 
rific $17,500, helped by added show i 
Election Day. Continues. \ 

Capitol (Loew's) (4,820; 80-$1.50) | 
—"Touch of Venus" (U) with Jean 



Blade" (Col) (3d wk-9 days), 
$10,000. 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$1.80) — 
"Unfaithfully Yours" (20th) with 
Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, 
Jack Cole Dancers, new Iceshow. 
First stanza ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) looks barely okay at $90,- 
000, way below expectancy despite > 
nice crix appraisal. Likely stays 
only two weeks. In ahead, "Apart- 
ment For Peggy" (20th) plus Kay 
Thompson-Williams Bros., iceshow 
topping stagebill (3d wk), finished 
at $76,000, below hopes; "Baby 
Smiles At Me" (20th) in next. 

State (Loewts) (3,450; 80-$1.50)— 
"Three Musketeers" (M-G) (4th 
wk). Third session ended last 
(Tues.) night slipped along with 
rest of Street to $43,000 but still 
plenty strong business; second was 
smash $66,500. Continues indef. 

Strand (WB) "(2,756; 76-$1.50)— 
"June Bride" (WB) and Vaughn 
Monroe orch topping stageshow 
(2d wk). Continues in chips at 
$65,000, after very strong $72,000 
opener. Holds again. 

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,100; 95- 
$1.80) — "Joan of Arc" (RKO). 
Opens tonight (Wed.) with special 
benefit preem for United Hospital 
Fund. Regular run starts tomor- 
row (Thurs.), reopening theatre 



nice at Lakes. 

Estimates for This Week 
..Buffalo (Shea) (3,500; 40-70>— 
Red River ' (UA) (2d wk). Still 
sphd $12,000 after smash $18,500 
Opener, 

Great Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 40-70) 
— Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) and 
Night Wind" (20th). Nice $15,000. 
Last week, "Southern Yankee" (M- 
C.) and "Secret Land" (M-G), 
$14,500. « 

.Hipp (Shea) (2,100; 40-70)— 
Johnny Belinda" (WB) (2d wk) 

(m.o ). SUll fancy at $10,500. Last 

week, big $13,000. 

, Tcck (Shea) (1.400; 40-70)— 
'.Southern Yankee" (M-G) and 
Se«-et Land" (M-G) (m.o.). Trim 

1^500. Last week, "Apartment 

for Peggy" (20th) (m.o.), about 

same. 

J'^^^yettc fBasil) (3,000; 40-70)— 
,.Ki&s Blood Oft. Hands" (U> and 

isurrender Dear" (U) (2d wk). 
»ine $6,000 in 4 days. Last week, 
sock ?1 8,000. 

. Century (20th Cent.) (3,000; 40- 
'«)— "Song Is Born" ' (RKO). 
hmash $20,000 or near. Last 
Week Race Street" (RKO) (2d wk) 
$5 500 * ^^"""^ i5;days)( 



(RKO) and "Nanook of Nortli" 'In- 
die) (reissue), nice $14,000. 

Carlton (Fay) (1,400, 44-65) — 
"Peabodv and Mormaid'' (U) and 
"Lady Midnight" (U) (2d run). 
Good $5,000. Last ; week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20tii) and "Night 
Wind" (20th) (2d run), $5,500. 

Fay's (Fay) (1,400; 44-65)— "Sit- 
ting Pretty" (20th) (reissue) and 
vaude on stage. Good $7,000, Last 
week, "California" (Par) (reissue) 
and vaude on stage, nice $7,500. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 44-65 )— 
".Tohnny Belinda" (WB) and "Life 
With Father" (WB) (2d wk). Fine 
$14,000. First week was happy 
$17,000. 

Metropolitan (Snider) (3,100, 44- , 
6.5)— "Hold That Ghost" (Indie) and 
"Hired Wife" (Indie) (reissues), i 
Fair $9,000. Last week, "Cry of 
City" (20th) and "Smugglers Cove" i 
(Mono), solid $19,000. | 

State (Loewl (3.200; 44-65)— "Red 
River" (U.\) and "Manhattan 
Angel" (M-G) (2d wk). Hep 
$18,000 First week was strong 
$27,500. 

Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65) 
—"Night lias 1,000 Eyes" (Par) and 
"Racing LUck" 'Par) (2d wk). First 
week hit hefty $13,000. i 



'Rope' Fancy $23,500 In 
Denver Despite Snow 

; Denver,: Nov. 9. 
De.spite a snowstorm la.st Sunday 
(7), biz shapes big enough to jus- 
tiiy two holdovers. "Red River'' 
gets a third, at Broadway while 
"Isn't It Romantic'' is going to hold 
a second at Denham. Top coin goes 
to "Rope," doing nicely in two ■ of 
three spots where playing. 
Estimates for This Week 
Aladdin (Fox) (1,400; 3.'j-74)— 
"Sitting Pretty" (20th) and "Voice 
of Turtle" (WB). Fair $3,000. Last 
week, "Apartment for Peggy'; 
(20th) and "Michael O'Halloran" 
(Mono) (m.o.), $5,000; 

Broadway (Cinema) (1,500; 35-74) I 9»'^'»^!5 (Brandt) (900 
—"Red River" (UA) (2d wk). Finel— .^ne Plunderers (Repj i3d v/k). 
$10,500. Holds again. Last week, ! ^t'^ve'T' fine at $10,oOO, following 
big $15,000. I stout $15,500 opener. Stays a third. 

Denham (Gockrill) (1;7S0; 35-70) 



^ Jr «r«L ^fr=^fw ^^t"*- •"O'^e than torn moSths spent 

Sablon, Betty Bruce, led Straeter|in increasing seating capacity, com- 
plete facelifting. ' ; - ; : " 

'HILLS' LOFTY $15,000, 
TORONTO- Wf 

.. ■, -.-.v T<ii!0,«to,''N6V/9..' 
S mas h third week of "Best 
Years" : show.s no drop evident 'iii' 
capacity attendance, aiid is ; ciirrent, 
Jil|hl|ghf here^: Top newcbmerS are 
"Rope" and "Hills of Home," 
'•Mourhikg Becoines Electra/' iii 
for, first time at pop : prices, ]6bk9 
nice.. .-;■"•■;■■■.■.•■•■•■.■:•■:,.•■■ 



orch topping stageshow (2d wk). 
Down to very thin $37,000 for 
initial holdover stanza after only 
mild $48,000 opener, below hopes. 
Stays a third, with "Kissing Ban- 
dit" (M-G) due in next. 

Criterion (Loew's) (1,700, 70- 
$1.85)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) 
(2d wk). Second stanza ending to- 
morrow (Thurs.) not holding well; 
fairish $27,000 or less alter rugged 
$40,000 opener, best- here in many 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 90-$1.50) 
—"Hollow Triumph" (EL) (2d-final 
wk). Second round ending today 
( WedJ looks to sag to very thin 
$10,000 after modest $15,000 initial 
week. "Blood on Moon" (RKO) 
opens tomorrow (Thurs.). 

- - - 70-$1.20) 



—"Isn't It Romantic" (Par). Good 
$12,000 or near. Holds. Last week, 
"Night Has Thousand Eyes" (Par) 
(Continued on page 20) 



Estimates Are Net 

Film gross - estimates as rer 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities; arc net, i.e., 
without the 20% tax. Distribu- 
tors share on net take, when 
playing percentage, hence thi- 
estimated figures are net in- 
come. 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however, as indicated, 
.include the Ut S. amusement 
tax. 



. :;Estiinates , lor : ThiS 
Imperial (FP) (3,373; 36-66) 
"Rppei" (WB); >Big $16,000; tast 
week, "Velvet Touch" (RKO), okay 
$11,600. ' : ■:.■■ ■ 

Loew's (Loew) (2,096; 36-66>— 

^_ "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d wk). 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 60-$1.50) Good $11,000 after last week's $13,- 
"Road House" (20th). First week , 400. 

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 35-$ 1.20)-- 
"Best Years" (RKO) (3di wk). Turn- 
away biz at all pierformanees for 7 
$20,200 after : ditto V capacity vJist i 
week/;- ' :, ;' • 

Shea's (FP) (2,386; 36-66)— -"JUno 
Bride" :(WB). Fancy .$14,500. Last 
weejc, '^LoVes of ■ Carmen" (Col) (23 ■ 
Wv?$l,2i,300:V. 
TivoH (FP) (1,431; 36-66 — 



ending Friday (12) is soaring to big 
$45,000 or over. . Upped scale plus 
some, nice reviews .all helping. 
Holding, of course. In ahead, 
"Mourning Becomes Electra" 
(RKO) (3d wk), fair $16,000. 

Palace (RKO) (1,700, 40-95)'- 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) (2d wk). 
Holding up strongly at $21,000 or 



better in second round ending next "Mourning Becomes Electra' 
Friday (12). First week hit terrific (RKO), With special sexed-up ex- 
$32,400, over hopes and best here ! ploitation, started slowly but looka 
under present policy. Animated '; nice $8,000. Last week, "Cry of 
front and ciicusing Iwo oldies i City" (20th) (2d wk), ,$5,200. 
, bringing biggest crowds Since "Sin- ' Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 30-66)— 
bad the Sailor" (RKO) played here ' "Hills of Home" (M-G). Kid draw 
two years ago. Stays a third week. I hypoing to big $15,000. Last week, 
I Paramount (Par) (3,664; 55-$1.50) "Innocent Affair" (UA), $13,200, 



It 



PICTIJBE GROSSES 



Wetliiesday, November 10, 1948 



'Song' Solid $52,000, Best lA Bet; 
'Bride Hot 57G, 'Blade' Not So Sharp 



Indpls. Spoltr, 'River' 
Loud 16G, 'Belmda' 14G 



Indianapolis; Nov, 9. 
Biz is spotty at firstriins here 
tins week. "Red River" is strong 
at Loew's, and pacing the city. 



"Baby Snules on Frisco, Lusty $30,( 
'Belinda' Torrid $28,000, 'Starr's' lOG 



$27,000, 'BW Droops to 24G in 2d ; if 15 -^"W.; 



Los Angeles, Nov, 9. 
"June Bride" and "Song Is 
Born" kicked off strongly and are 

fiving a real hypo to local firstrun 
Usiiitss this \veek.: "Song" looks, 
standout wilh bis; $52,000 in two' — "Station West' iRKO)' and 
theatres while "Bride" Is sighting i ".Jungle Goddess" (SG) t2d wk). 
» sharp S.'57,00O in three houses, ; Slow $13,000. Last week, .$16,000, 



, Ruard" iRKO). Sturdy $26,000. 
La.si week, "Walk Crooked . Mile" 
' iCol) and 'Black Eagle" iCol) t2d 
, wk-6 days), $8,100. 

Parxmtount (F&M) (3.398; 60-$l) 



"Gallant Blade" will be okay $27,- 
00 in five spots.: 

Fourth frame of "Red River" 
•till is very steady $37,000 in five 
•mallseater.s. Other holdovers are 
inild in their final stanzas. "Kiss 
plood Otr Iland.s" is dropping to 
$34,000 in five location.s where held 
for a second session. 

Estimates for This Week 
Belmont (FWO (1,532; 60-$l)— 
"trallant Blade" <Col) and "Racing 
Luck" I Col). Near $3,000. Last 
week. "Untamed Breed" (Col) and 
"Leather Gloves" (Col) (8 days), 
f2.»00. 

Beverly Hills Music Hall (G&S- 
Prin-Cor) (834; 85-$l) — "Red 
River" lUA) dth wk). Steady $6,- 
flOO. 'Last wprk, $6,600. 

Carthay Circle (FWC) 
«0-,Sl) — "Paradine Case" fSRO) 
and "Million Dollar Weekend'' 
<EL) i2d wk). Under $3,000 in 5 
dav.s. La.st week, slim ,$5,000. 

Chinese iGrauman-WC) (2,048; 
eo-SD— "Paradirte Case" (SRO) and 
"Million Dollar Weekend" (EL) 
(2d wk-5 davs). Slim $4,000. Last 
week, slow «6.000. 

Culver iFWC) (1,145; 60-$l)— , 
"Gallant Blade" iCol) and "Racing 
Luck" (Col). Near $3,500. La.st , 
week. "Kiss Blood Off Sands" (tT) 
and "Sword .Avenger" 'KD, fair 
$4,300. 

Downtown iWB) (1,800; 60-$l)— , 
".Tunc Bride' IWB). Bright $19.-. 
000. Last week, ".lohnny Belinda" ' 
(WB) (3d wk). good $15,500. 

Downtown Music IlaU (Prin»Cor) 
(902; 8.5-'61i — "Red River" lUA' i 
(4th wki. Steady $15,000. Last 
week, .SI 5.400 

Es>pUan iFWC) (1,538; 60-$l)— 
"Lu.Mirv Liner" 'M-Gi and "Secret 
Laud ' lAi-Gi i3d wk-4 daysi. Down 
to S4. 000^ Last week/ medium ; 
: $7,600. ■ • 

El Key 'FWC) i861; 60-$li — i 
"GalL.nt BImIc" (Col) ami "Racing 
Luck" I Col ). Oke $3,500. Last ; 
week, • Untamed Breed" iGo!) and 
"Leailier Gloves' iCol) i8 davsi. 
$2,100. 

Esiiiiirc iRosener) (685; 85-Sl 201 
—"Quiet Weekend" ( Indie). Near 
$2,000. Last week, $1,800. 

Four Star iLfA-WC) (900; $1.20-i 
K2.40)— "Hpinlet" lU) l2d wk". Up; 
to sock $16,000, Last week, fine ' 
$14,400. 

Guild iFWCi (968; 60-$ll— "Ki.'is 
BJood ' lUi &nd "Sword Avenger" 
(ULi i2d vWi Below $3,000. La.st 
vet k. f:iir 5,3 900. " 
. , Hawaii iG&S - Prin - Cor) (l.lOfi; 

■ 8."5-Sl )— "Rtd: River''' i.UA) i4lh wkv 

■ Steady $?.50O. . Last ■ week, smooth 

$7rvoo. ■ 

Hollywood iWB> '2 7.)6, BO-SP— 
"June Bi'idt'' iWBi. Fancy 819.000. 
L.Msl v, otk. -ri'-linda ' iWBl i3d wK'. 
t.h.11 p .SI 2.400. 

Hollywood Music Hall. (Prin-Cor) 
(512; 851— • Hcd jUvcr' iU.\l i4th 
Sm.irl So 500. I,ast week, 
enappy S.'i.S'OO. 

Iri.s 't'WCi '828; 60-85) — "Kiss 
Blood" (Ui aiid "Sword Avenger" 
fELi i2d wki. Down lo $2,500. LaM 
week; okay S4.700, 
^_ Liilirel . (IRosener) (890; 85) 

■ ,*'Life,„Lo\'ts T.ecl)alkorskv"-'( fndiei 
(2;d \vk!i:. About $2,000. LasV week, 
ni' (' S2 ()()0 

Loew's Stale iLoew-WCi (2 404i- 
60-^1 I— ••|',.i-;iclinf Case" iSROi and 
: "ATiilioh Dollar Weekend"'- lEL) 
(2d \\k-5 day^) Only X'i.rm. La< 
veek. .slow S] 6,000. 

Los Angeles iD'lown-WCl (2.097 
60-s;] 1— -HLxiiry Linci'' iM-G) and 
'.Sccict Land' nU-G) liici nk-4 
dayM. Just .V6..500. Last week. 
$12,300. 

Loyohi iF\VC) (1.248; 60-$ 1) — 
P.-tradine Case' fSRO) and "Mil- 
lion Dollar Wepkond' lEL) i2d 
\vk-5dajs. Thin .$3,000. La.st week 
Jight .S5 500. 

.Vlilliou Dollar iD'lownl (2.0.93; 
IJO-831 — 'Hollow Triumph" (ELi 
f2d run I. willi ,limmy Liggin.s. Errol 
Gm'ner on stage. Scant $9,000. Last 
xvt'tk. "Thi.s l.s .\'ew York" 
<2d run) with ^lilton Larkin orcii, 
.Lo.inie .lohnson. on stage, .$9.80o: 
OrpJieum 'Dto-ivn-WGi i2 2]0- 
«0-.Sl)— -"Gallant Blade" (Col) and 
"Racing Luck" (Col). Nice .'613.000. 

■ Last week. "Untamed Breed" (Col) 
•nd "Leather Gloves" (Col) i8 
«!a.vs), $10,700, 

Pan Pacific (Prin-Cor) (940; 85- 
|1)— "Red River" (UA) i4(h wk). 
toat«3.000. Last week, .$3,100. 

Pantateii (Pan) (2.812;' 60-$l)-- 
•Song Is Boi'n" iRKO) and "Body- 



Paramount Hollywood IF&M) (!,'' 
451; 60-$l)— "Station West" (BKO) 
(2d wk). Fair $7,000. Last week, 
$10,500. : 

KKO Hillstreet (RKO) (2,890; 60- 
80)— "Song Is Born" (RKO) and 
"Bodyguard" (RKO). SBarp $26,- 
000. Last week^ 'Walk Crooked 
Mile" (Col) and "Black Eagle" (Col) 
(2d wk-6 days), okay $11,900. 

Bite I FWC) (1,370; 60-$l)-t"K:iSS 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avengifer'' 
(EL) (2d wk). Mild $4,500, Last 
week, okay $6,800. 

Studio City (FWC) (880; 6b-$l)-^ 
"Kiss Blood" fU) and "Sword 
Avenger" (EL) (2d wk). Light $3,t 
000; Last'week, $3,900. 

United Artists (U.\) (2,100; 60-$l) 
-4-"Kis."! Blood" (U) and "Sword 
Avenger" (EL) (2d wk). Good $11,- 
(1,518; 000. Last w eek, lieat $15,800. 

Uptown (FWC) (1,719; 60-$l)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) arid "Mil' 
lion Dollar' Weekend" (EL) (2d \Vk- 
5 days). Near $3,500. Last week, 
mild $6,000. 

VoRue (FWC) (885; 60-85)— "Gal- 
lant Blade" . (Col) and ^ "Racing 
Luck" (Gol). Okay $4,000. Last 
week, "Untamed Breed" (Col) and 
• Leather Gloves" (Col) (8 days), 

$2,600.::- 

Wilshire (FWC) (2,296; 60-$l)— 
"Luxury Liner'' (M-G), and "Secret 
Land" IM-G) (3d wK'-4 days). 
IModest $4,500; Last week, $7,300. 

Wiltern (WB> (2.300; 60-$l)— 
",)une Bride" (WB). Hetty $19,000. 
Last week, "Belinda'' (WB) (3d wk), 
nifty. $12,000. 



City" at Circle and "Lady 
mine" at Lyric are tepid. 

Estimates for This Week 
Circle (Gamble-Dolle) (2,800; 44- 
. 651— "Cry of City" (U) and "Smug- 
iglers Cove" (Mono). Mild $9,000, 
Last week. "Isn't It Romantic" 
iPai-) and "This Corner'^ (EL), $7,- 

^"liidiana (G-D) (3,300; 44-65) — 
"Johnnv Belinda" (WB) and "Here 
Comes Trouble" (UA). Sturdy $14,- 
000. Last week, "Good Sam" (RKO) 
and "Behind Locked Doors" (EL), 
fair $12,500. 

Keith's (G-D1 (1,300; 44-65)-- 
"Good Sam " (RKO) and "Behind 
Locked Doors" (ED (m.o.). Aver- 
age ,$4,500. Last week, "Rope" 
(WB) and "Winner Take All" 
(Mono), $4,000. 

Loew's (Loew's) (2,450; 44-6d>— 
"Red RiVer" (UA) and "Surrender 
Dear" (Col). Hefty $16,000. Last 
week. "Loves of Carmen" (Col) 
and "Triple Threat" (Col), slow 
$11,000. 

Lyric (G-D) (1.600; 44-65) — 
"Lailv in Ermine" (20th) and 
"Creeper" (20th). Tepid $6,000. 
Last week, "Evil My Love" (Par; 
and "Bodyguard" (RKO), sluggish 
$4,500. 

'River Swift 19G. 
St. Loo; 'Song' 8G 

St. Louis, Nov. 9. : 
"Red River" is" showing the 
greatest pulling power , of main- 
stem cinemas this week, being 
solid at Loew's. "Song Is Born 



Er-^ Key City Grosses 



Estimated Total Gros« 

This Week $2,910,000 

(Based on 23 cities, 219 

theatres, cliie/lj/ Jirst runs, in- 

clwiing N. Y.). 

Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year $3,160,000 

( Based on 22 cities, 227 

theatTes), 



'Song' Tuneful 
$16,000, K.C. Ace 

Kansas City', Nov. 9. 

With voting out of way, people 
are again going to shows. That's 
true locally as current product is 
better and so i.i biz. Qrpheum's 
"Song Is Born" . shapes solid, and 
is sure to hold. VJoImny Belinda'- 
at Paramount likewise is strong at 
$15,000 and likely stays over. Rain 
midweek cleared up for an Ideal 
fall week end. 

Estimates for This Week 

Esquire (Fox Midwest) i820; 45- 
65)— "Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
j (m.o.). Nifty $4,000J Last week, 
"Corvette 225" (FC) and "Wings 
Over Honolulu'; (FG) (reissues), 
average $3,000. 

{ Kimo (Dickinson) i550; 35-45-65) 
I— "Panic" (FR). Okay $1,800 or 
■ near. Last week, "Fanny" tindie), 
$1,400. 

Midland (Loew's) i3..500; 45-65) 55,35) 
I —"Gallant Blade" iCol) and "Man- 
Ihattan Angel" (Col); Mild $14,000. 
I Last week, "Walk Crooked Mile " 
" Rusty Leads Way" (GOl) 



shapes very big at the small Shu- i ., - , 

bert. "Night Has 1,000 EyesV looks 'hm $10,000 m 5 davs 



'Song' Beats Crix 
In Pitt, Fine 13G 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. 
. Holdovers are getting the heavi- 
e.st. play this week, with "Red 
River" : at Penn and "Johnny 
Belinda" at Warner . both holding 
up well. '-A Song Is Born" is do- 
ing okay at Fulton among newcom- 
ers despite mild notices. "Hamlet" 
has been coming lo life on roadshow 
run at the Ritz after a slow start. 
".Slation West" is doing much bet- 
ter, than average at Stanley on 
strength of gooti reviews and Dick 
Powell's growing b.o. stature. 
Estimates for This Week 

Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 44-76)— 
"Song Is Born " iRKO). First time 
a t)anny Kaye picture has run up 
asiainst such disappointing notices, 
but lus past, rep seems to be over- 
coming (liem lor nice $13,000. but 
nol up to Kaye'.s pa.st clicks. Last 
w eck. second, of "Crv of Citv'- 
1201I1I, Utile over $3,000 in 4 d.-iys 

Harris iHairi.s) i2.200; 44-761— 
'"Kiss Blood Off Hands" lU) l2d 
I Continued on page 20) 



well at 'Ambassador 

Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (F&M) (3.000; .50- 
75)— "Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) ; 
and "Angels in Exile" (Rep). Nice i 
$17,000. Last week, '■Moonrise" , 
iRep) and "Smart Girls Don't ; 
Talk" (WB), $14,000. 

Fox iF&M) (5,000; .50-75) — 
-'Roadhouse" (20th) and "Bungalow > 
13" ('20th). Good $18,000. La.st , 
week. "Return of Bad Men ' iRKO) 
add "Berlin Express" 'RKO), $15.- 

000.; ■ ■ 

Loew's (Loew) (3.172; .50-751 — 
'.'Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
Angel" KJol). Solid $19,000. LasI 
WTCk. "Peabod,v and Mermaid" (U) : 
and "Black Arrow" iCol), $15,000. ; 

Missouri iF&M) (3,500; 50-65)—! 
".Tohnny Belinda" iWB) and; 
".Apaitment lor Peggy" (20th)' 
lino) 1 2d wk). Trim $8,000 after 
$9,000 first session. 

St. Louis I F&M) (4,000; 60-75)— { 
"Wing and Prayer" •(20th) and" 
"Navy (::omes Through" (RKO)'; 
(reissues). Oke $5,000. La.st week,! 
"Drive by Night" iWB) and ".'Vn-; 
gels wilh Dirty Faces" (WB) (re-; 
Lssues). $5,500. . 

Shubert ifnd) (1..500; 40-60)—] 
"Song Is Born" (RKO). Big $8,000; 
or near. Last week, "Rope" (WB) ■ 
and"Lightnmg m Forest" (Rep) 
im.o.) (2d wki, $5,500. ' 



"Song Is Born" (RKO) and "The 
Prairie" (SGI. Paying oil nicely at 
solid $16,000 and holds. Last week, 
"Rope" (WB) and "Variety Time" 
(RKO) (2d wk) 3 days, and 
Feathers" iFC) and "Drums 
(rci.ssues), 4 days, spit week, only | 



$9,000. 

Paramount (Par( (1.900; 45-65)— 
'.lohnny Belinda" (WB). Strong 
$15,000 and holdover. Last week, 
"Miss Tallock's Millions" (Pan had 
opening day p.a.'s by William 
Holden, Robert Stack, Bill Deui- 
arest and others but small 'help 
at mild $13,000. 

Roxy iDurwood) (900; 45-6.5)— 
"Raw Deal" (EL) and "Olvmplc 
Games" lEL) i2d wk). Fair $2,800. 
Last week, fast ,$4,200. 

Tower- Uptown - Fairway (Fox 
Midwest) 1 2.1 00. 2.043. 700. 45-65) 
—"Road House;' [20th). Average 
$13,000 or better. Last week 
"Apartment lor Peggy " i20thi big 
.$21,000 in 9 days. 



San Francisco, Nov, 9. 
Helped by .strong bally, ''Baby 
Smiles At Me" shapes big at Fo.v,- 
and "Johnny Belinda" looks sock 
at Paramount this round. "Red 
River" is strong again in fourtli 
round at United Artists. "Belle 
Starr's Daughter" is .lust okay at 
Warfield while "Gallant Blade" 
will land only modest money at Or? 
plieiud. Otherwise, biz is not big 
with holdovers especially slow, 
i Estimates for This Week 
I Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844; iJO- 
' 95)— "Station West" (RKO) and 
I "Bodyguard" (RKO) 2d wk). Down 
I to thin $11,000. Last week, okay; 
'$17,500. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651; 60-95)— 
• When Baby Smiles At Me" (20th). 
Big $30,000. Last week,"Anjiels 
With. Dirty Fslces" (WB) and "They 
Drive By Night" (WB) (reissues), 
mild $14,500. 

Warfield (FWC) (2,656; 60-85)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Smugglers Co ve" (Mono). Oke 
$16,000. Last week, "Julia Mlsbc^ 
haves" (M-G) and "The Secret 
Land" (M-G) (2d wk), nice $14,500. 

Paramount (Par) (2,646; 60-85)-- 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB). Sock 
$28,000 or over. Last Aveek, "Miss 
TaUock's Millions" (Par) and <;ril- 
ner Sanctum" (FC) (2d wk-5 
day.s), $14,000. . ; 

St. Francis (Par) (1,400; 60-85)— 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) )2d 
wk). Fair $9,000. Last week, nice 
$12,500. 

Orphenm (Blumenfeld) (2,488; 
55-85)— "Gallant Blade" (Col) and 
"Rusty Leads Way" (Col). Modest 
$12,000 or less. Last week, . '-One 
Touch Venus" (U), and "Shed No; 
Te,irs" (EL), $12,500. . 
United Artists (S. COrvvirt) (1,207; 
"Red Biver" (UA) (4th wk). 
Strong $10,000. Last week, fine 
$13,000. , 

Stagedoor (Ackerman) (3.50; 60- 
85)— "The Search" (M-G) (3d wk). 
Good $2,500 In 5 days. Last week, 
$3,000. 

Ksquire (Blumenfeld) (955; .5,5- 
85)— "One Touch Venus" (U) and 
■'Shed No Tears" (EL) (m.o.). Okay 
$6,000. Last week, "Loves of Car- 
•"O)!,^' ! men" (Col) and "Black Eagle," 
^J'<-':(Col) (m.o). nice $7,000. 

United Nations (FWC) (1.149; 60- 



185)— "Sitdng Pretty" (20th) and 
I ''Golden Earrings" (Par) deissucs'. 
.Nice $2,500. Last week. "Cry of 
I City" (20th) and"Sons of Adven- 
I ture" ( Rep) (111:0,). same. 
; State (Par) (2,133; 60-85)— 
i "llYade Winds" (Indie) and ' Block- 
i ade " (Indie) (reissues). Good 
$6,000 Last week. "Rope" (WB) 
1. (ni.o.i, ditto, . 



L'ville Lively; 'Venus' 
Hot $16,000, 'Julia' 14G 



H.O. s Slough Hub; 'Saxon' Charms At 
$22,000,Texa8,B'klyn $19,000, 2 Spots 



Grid Crowds Up Philly; 
'Blood' Rich at $33,500, 
'Road House' Huge 35G 

Philadelphia, Nov. 9. 
Big crow ds in town . for Penii- 
Penn State game, peifectweatlter 
and general holiday mood gave the 
film houses their brightest week- 
end of new season. Most excile- 
iiicnl centered around the Fox, 
whore Road House" had tile Mar- 
ket St. Iront looking like New 
Year's Eve. Best there since 
"Gentleman's Agreement." 

Virtually as sock is the Karle's 
"Ki.s.s Blood Off Hands." which got 
off to a big start via personal ap- 
pearance of its star. Burt Lan- 
caster. Reissue combo, '/Angels 
With Dirtv Kaces" and "Drive by 
Night" also showed real strength 
at the Stanton. 



Boston. NoVi 9.. 

Tag end of extended-run bills 
all over currently sees biz sagging I 
at most spots. Only new bills,! 
".Saxon Chariii.'.' nice at- the .Bos-; 
Ion, and "Texas, Brooklyn, " at Par- 
amount and I''envvay. w hich shapes i 
average. Second week of "Johnny i 
Belinda ' .slill IS big at iVIel. ■< 
Estimates for This Week 

Astor l.)a^co\) (1 300; 90-$2.40)— 
."Hamlet" -(Ur (i2tli - final wk). i 
i\fo\c« out (his week to Beacon, 
Hill, re turbi shed second-rnn house.' 
Okay $8 000 Last week, about 
■.'same..- 

. Boston (RKO) (3,200; 40-801 — i 
"Sa.von Charm'' I Lit and ' Guns ot . 
Hale " (RKOi. Nice ,'i;22,0l)0 or near. 
LsH week. "Cry ol Cily" (20lhi 
arid "The Creeper" (20tli). $18,500. 

Exeter ( Indie) '1.300, 45- 75i— 
"Mikado" Ul and"iVran of Kvil" |U I 
(rcissup.s). Second time here, this ; 
bill looks good at $5,000. LasI , 
wek. "Blanche Fujy"' (1?L) and i 
"Gay Intruder" (20lh) (2d wk). $3,- 
.500. 

FenH-ay iM-P) (1,373; 40-80)— 
"jexa.*, Bjooklyn," (UA) jtnd 



"Moonri.se ' (Rep). So-.so $5 000. 
Last week, "Night lias 1.000 
Eves" (Par) and "Smugglei's Cove " 
(Monoi i2d wk). $3:200. ■ . 

.Memorial ( RKCi) (3,000; 40-80)— 
"Race Slrcel ' 'RKO> and "Varietv 
Time" (RKO) i2d wki. Holdover 
bcKms today (Tues.) aller tine $21,- 
000 first week. 

Afetropolitan (M-P) (4.367; 40-801 
—".lohnny Belinda'- iWB) and 
' Homicide for Three" i Indie) (2d 
wk). Big $23,000 after sock $35,400 
first. 

Orpheum (Loew) (3,000: 40-80)— 
"Red River" lUA) and "Manhal- 
(aii Ansel" (Coll (3d wki. Final 
week begins todav (Tues) alter 
neat $24,000 second 

Paramount (i\I-Pi '1.700; 40-80i 
— '"rexa.s, Brooklyn" (UAi and 
"iVIoonrise" 'Rep). Usual $14,000. 
Last week "Night Has l.OOO 
H\es" (Par) and "Smuggler's Cove" 
(Mono) (2d wki. $8,800, 

State iLoewl (3.500; 40-80) — 
"Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
Anpcl" iCol) 3d wk). final week 
begins io«lay ('Tues.) .'. after good 
$16,000 second. 



I Loui.sville. Nov, 9. 

! Business is perking a bi(, this 
; stanza, W illi brisk weekend trade 
helping. "One Touch of Venus" 
I at Rialto looks to ring the bell as 
i will Roy Rogers' opusi "Night Time 
in Nevada" at Strand. 

Estimates for 'I'his VVeek 
1 Brown (Koiirth Avenuei ( 1.200; 
30-401— "Apartment toi- Peggy" 
, i20th) and '"Night Wind" (20(h) 
I (m.o.). ,- Neat $.5.,5O0. Last week. 
"Sorry. Wrong Number" (Par) and 
"French Leave"' (iV'Iorio) (m o.i, $3.- 
000. 

: Kentuekv (SwitOW'V f 1.200; 30-401 
— -'.'A. & C. Meet Frankenstein" I $i")"()oo' o,i 
'}P Ermine" (20th) u Romantic" iPai) 

Strong $3,400. Last week "Lile, . ,. ctci 

, With Father" (WBi and "Return ol' '»'ta«i'« 'f>&^>' 
Bad Men " (RKOl, $3,500. 

I Mary Anderson (People's) (l.- 
OOO; 45-651— ".lohnny Belinda" 

, (WB) (2d wk). Satisfactory .$7,000. 

I Last week, swell $9,000 -in 8 davs. 

I National (.Standard) (2 400; "45- 

, 65)— "Te.vaS; Brooklyn" (UA) and 
"Vicious Circle" (UA). Medium 
$6,000. Last week. "Love of l\larv" 
iU) and"End of River" (U l. $4..56o. 1 
Rialto iF\) (3 400; 45-65)--! 
"Touch of Venus" (U) and "Code, 
Scotland 'Yard " (Repi. Fine $16 -! 
000, La.st week. ".\partment Peg- 
gy"' (20th) and "Night Wind" 

, (20th). $17,000. : . V 

State ( Loew '.s) f.1 ,000: 45-65)— 
".lulia , Misbehaves" (M-Gi and 
"Leather Glove.s" 'CoH. iHode&t 
$14,000 or over. Last week. "Red 
River" (UA) and "Hanhaltan An- 
gel" (Col) (10 days). $18,000. 
Strand iFA) (1,000; 4.5-651— 

, "Night Time . Nevada" (Rep) and 
"Angel in l!;,vile " (Rep). Fine $6,- 

(500. t^a.st week. "Ruthles.s" (EL) 

• and VLinda Be Good" (ED, $4,000. 



Estimates for This Week 
Aldine (WB) (1,303: 50-99)— 
Hollow Triiinvph" (Ef,). Mild 
near. La.st week, "J.sn't 
.$12,600, ■ 
(700; 50-941i-^ 
■Red River" (UA). Pa.st .$6,500. 
La.st week. "Rachel and Stranger" 
(RKO), sock $8,000 in 10 days. 

Boyd (WB) 1 2.360; .50-99)—- "Loves : 
of Carmen" (Col) i4th j\k). Oke 
$14,000 or over tor w indup session. 
Last week, fair $16,000, 

Earle (WB) (2,700; 50-99)— "Kiss 
Blood Ofl Hands" (Ul. Huge 
$33,500. Last week, "Walk Crooked 
Mile" (Col) (2d wk), down to" 
$16,000. 

Fox i20th) '2.2.50; 50-99)— 'Road 
I TTou.se" (20th), Town's leader at 
i lerrific $35,000. Last week. "Crv 
.of City" (20(h), (2d wk) $17,000, 
i Upldman (Goldman) il.200; 60- 
99)— "Julia Misbehaves " (M-G) (3d 
wk). Big $17,!500. Last week,, 
great $23,000. 

Karlton (Goldman) (1,000; 50-99) 
—"Sealtui . Verdict" (Par) i2d wki. 
Fine $10,000 after $14,000 opener, 
Keith's (Goldman) (1,300; 50-99). 
—"Apartment for Peggy" i20th). 
(Continued on page 20) 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948 



VICTORIA thba™. 

Broadway at 46tli St., Ne^ Yort, N-Y. 




OAN OF 




starring INGRID 





A VICTOR FLEMING production 

Produced Ly WALTER WANGER 
Directed ty VICTOR FLEMING 

i Color By TECHNICOIOR 

BaseJ on tke Sta^e FUy "JOAN of LORRAINE ' W MAXWELL ANDERSON 



A CAST OF THOUSANDS 

witli JOSE FERRER 
FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN • J. CARROL NAISH • WARD BOND 
SHEPPERD STRUDWICK • KURD HATFIELD • GENE LOCKHART 
JOHN EMERY • GEORGE COULOURIS -JOHN IRELAND and CECIL KELLAWAY 

Screenplay ty MAXWELL ANDERSON anJ ANDREW SOLT • Art Direction hy RICHARD DAY 
Director of Ptototfrapliy JOSEPH VALENTINE, A. S.C. 
PreienteJ ly SIERRA PICTURES, INC. • Releaiecl by RE0 RADIO PICTURES ^ 



W«drt«<Jiy» Novemlier 10, IMS 



When My Baby Smiles 
at Me 

(SONGS-COLOR) 

Hollywood, Nov. 5. 

.fnTtlon. Stan B«tty Gnble. Dan D»Ueyi 
««tuni JackOakle. June Havoc, Blchard 
AriSf^Jatief Gteason. Dliected by Walter 
rln* Screanplay. Lamar Trottl: adapU- 

"Buriewue," by George Manker Watteri. 
Arthur Hopkins; camai a CTechiiicolort, 
narrv Jackson: editor, Baibaia McLean, 
ioW, Mack Gordon. Joset Myipw, musl- 
ral direction, Alfred Newman Tlade- 
Sown No". 3. '^rRunninu time. US WTSS. 

Knnnv ^ Bettv Giablr 

Din D.iiley 

'i.i.;.;.. ....;.> .lack OaWe 

. . ■ .■.June. ; Havoc. 
- ,■ . , i . . ...... Richard Ai'len 

, ; . .V. ..: James' Gleason 

. . .:. . :. . i . . . . . Vanita Wade 

Specialty Pancer K«!nnv wnilama 

Sylvia Marco .Jean Wallace 

Woman in Box „ ^ , „ Bchrs 
Sam Harris. . . . . i . iHobert Bmmett Keane 
Midget Jerry Maren 

eomic .-.-i .. George "Bettlepusa" Lewis 
Valet'i' . . i.. . ; -Tom. Stevenson 

Process Soiver Sam Bernard 

Stage Man.igei . Maurltz Hugo 

Vendoi . Frank Scannell 

Painters . ... ^. Tim Grabami Dave Morns 



Skid 
Boso. 
GUHie 
Harvey 
Lefty - 
Bubbles 



WUM REVIEWS 



15 



has fashioned a sparkliiigly witty 
comedy of modern manners which 
Will set off a chain reaction of 
chuckles. With Cary Grant top- 

fing a superlative cast includmg 
ranchot Tone and a standout 
newcomer, Betsy Drake, this film 
will have a terrific payoff, 

Script and direction, both han- 
dled by Hartman, are finely bal- 
anced in a clever pace and sl>le 
cued for universal appeal. Al- 
though toned in smart- dialog and 
subtle touches within a broad com- 
edy situation, the pie nevertheless 
dodges the twin pitfalls of ultra- 
sophistication and corny slapstick. 
Starting oif m a breezy flippancy, 
it rolls smoothly along m the same 
key throughout. 

Miss Drake, a fresh personality 
with looks and talent who will gen- 
erate plenty of word-of -mouth; 
commendation, is the young gal set 
upon hooking- an- eligible bache- 
lor. Accidentally bumping into 
Grant m a drugstore, she maps an 
elaborate pincei (strategy after 
studiously gathering data on his 
habits and habitat: . When this 
fails in a series of tactical rever- 
sals, she switches to piquing Grant 
with jealousy, using Tone, the boss 
of 'the department store in which 
she works, as the foil. But Grant 
still refuses to bite, maintaining an; 
amused indifference that -occar- 
sionally boils into irritation at the 
gal's persistence. 

Her inventiveness, however,- 
finally surmounts Grant's intran- 
sigeance. But before she can haul 
up the marriage license, . Miss 
Drake is forced to sharpen the 
hook and pretty the bait. She en' 
lists the whole town in her cam- 
paign to pr^ure her man to the 
altar. At the windup, she plays 
the winning trick by hiring a radio 
actor to pose as her home town 
flame coming to take her home 



This 20tli-Fox version of the old 
George Manker Watters- Arthur 
Hopkins "Burlesque" is a happy 
journey down memoiy lane. Sta- 
ture IS added : through nostalgic 
quality gained in the aging. Packed 
with surefire old tunes, plus a cou- 
ple of new ones, and filled with 
time-tested gags and laugh lines, 
it answers all requirements of the 
entertainment seeker. Technicolor 
adds lustre and marquee values 
are strong » 
.. Producer George Jessel brings 
forth plenty of showmanship in 
tying up the entertainment. Show- 
wise, he has picked his cast with 
care» and his affection for the old 
flesh shows is apparent in the 
touches given '"When My Baby 
Smiles at Me." . Score is studded 
. with the memory treat of such 
songs :a6 the title number, "Don't 
Bring Lulu," "Bye, Bye, Black- 
bird," "Birth of the Blues" and 
snatches of scores of otliers. 

Betty Grable and Dan Dailey 
function skongly in the star spots, 
both trouping their roles and han- 
dling song and dance with a style 
that pleases. They fit easily into 
the hurley . atmosphere that per* 
meates the production and give a 
lift to the aging, but still fun, plot 
Dailey is . equally at hoine in. dra- 
matics, comedy and song-dance 
man routines Miss Grable is more 
tlian an eyeful ornament to the 
.story She's a vow when intei- 
preting a hurley queen at work, 
and shows up well in the story se- 
.-- quences. 

There's a lot of chorus curves 
and glamor to appeal to the males 
in the several production numbers. 
Costumes are visual treats, lend- 
ing color to the numbers. From.the 
title tunc opener, sung by Dailey, impact, 

thiough to new tunes by Mack' * — 

Got don and Josef Myrow, it's a Blood on the Moon 
musical feast wrapped around the! . iiollvwood, Nov 6 



Miniature Reviews 

"When My Baby Smiles at 

Me" (Songs-Color) (20th). 
Smooth musical with nostalgic 
tunes, Betty Grable, Dan 
Dailey. Bright -b.o;: prospects, 

"Every Girl Sliould Be Mar- 
ried" (RKO). Cary Grant, 
Franchot Tone in sock roman- 
tic comedy; suretire appeal. 

"Blood On the Moon" (RKO) 
Adult'Styled western drama 
away from usual action form- 
ula,, which wiU hurt its b.o. 
chances 

"Racing: Lnck"(Col). Draggy 
racetrack entry lacks plot in- 
terest 

"Indian Agent" (RKO) Okay 
Tim Holt : western ; lor the Sat- 
urday matinee trade 

"West of Sonora" (Col). 
Avei age Charles Stari ett 
("Durango Kid"; oatuner. 

"The Guinea Pig" (Paihe). 
Sensitive British schoolboy 
study. 

"No Room At the Inn" 

(Pathe). Grim British yarn 
about orphans in a Cockney 
boarding house.- Limiled draw, 
"Scorned Flesh" (Italian). 
Story about a sailor and his; 
tiagic love, okay for foreign 
houses. 



after a resounding crossfire of 
automatics and tommjfguns. 

With this role, Basehart estab- 
lishes himself as one of Holly- 
wood's most talented finds in rer 
cent years. As the killer, he per- 
forms with emotional range and 
suppleness, delineating his psycho 
portrayal of a vicious character 
with complete persuasiveness. He 
heavily overshadows the rest, of 
the cast, although Scott Brady, 
Roy Roberts and Jim Cardwell, as 
the detectives, deliver with ■■. high 
competence. Film is also marked 
by reabstic ' camera woik and a 
solid score. Herm. 



'■■V' Hollywood. Nov. 5. 

Columbia productiori and release. Fea- 
tures, .Gloria:. Henry,' .Stanley .. Clements,. 
:'I3avid ; Bruce, Paula Rayrabrid, ' Hurry, 
Cbeshire, : Dool^y WUsoh, Ja'^. . ibgram. 
Nelson Leighi BiU'Cartledge, SC'd Saylor. 
Qirected by WilUani IBerhe, ScreenpUiy, 
.J.osepb .Carole, Al Martin, 'Harv.ey Gates; 
editor, Henry Batista; cainera, Ira ;H.. M:or- 
gan. : At Vogue. L:' A.i.NoVv 2. "'18. RUu- 
iilng time, «."> .MISS. . '- : ' 
.Phyllis .iWarren,; . . , . . ..'.."...Gloria Heni'y. 

Boots : Warren . . .. ....... Stanlciy Clqinents 

Jeff Stuart . ..^'„ . . ..vDaVld Briiee 

tiatalie Gunther . , ; , , .Paula Bayniond 
RadcUse MalbBa..v.4><.i Harry .Cheshire 
Abe. . ..... . ... l>; , . ; w .Dpoleiy : WUsbn 

George. . . . v- . . ; . . .1 ... .iTaok:, Ingram 

{.Hendricks . . '. . iv .- i.v..Nels'on ^'Leigli 
Joe. . . . .. .v.- v.. .Bill Cartiedgc 

.Pete.;.;; . . ; ,,..Syd .'Saylor 

■• A series of horseraees ^lus a 
inild sprinidihg. of : the :huiidian 9ni-. 
mal -and a dash of plot do notcom- 
finally awakens, his. conscience and ' pnse entertainment. Inept formula 
he swings to the other side, finding was mixed for "Racing Luck" with 



catastrophic results. "Luck" rolls 
through :65-minutes at a meaty pace. 



range, heroitte who flrist battles add 
then loves BJitchuiii. Robert Pres- 

_ ton makes an oily villain, whose 

Grant relents, they clinch and with i false charms fool Mitchum as well 
perfect timing; a preacher an- : the daughter of his chief rancher 



new self -respect . and love .• before 
the finale. 

Mitchum is the cowpoke, a role - , , , 

he hendles with skill under Wise's I'aces, humans or plot footage 
realistic direction. Barbara Bel | T^hesps gather 'round foi the old 
Geddes registers strongly as the college try but to little avail. 

■ - - . - - . Gloria Henry, Stanley Clements 

and: David. "Bruce f611oW : director 
William Berke's waiid very closely, 
bvit ^le' ...Wi'agifc sticfc is . without 



series, generates a fair amount of 
ridin', shootin' and figbtin'. There's 
some feudin'r too, for the yam 
hinges on a long standing quar* 
rel between two grandfathers. An 
unpretentious oatuner, the film 
is average action fare for the duaU 
and Sat, mat. trade. 

Cast in his usual dual role^ Star- 
rett does yeoman work in {latch- 
ing up liard teelings between the 
tnatemai and paternal lorandr- 
fathers of moppet Anita Castle. 
Former, who's . suspected: of -I>eing 
an outlaw, makes off with the gU'l. 
This touches, off a posse hunt, an 
attempted lynching and a variety 
of gunplay. In his role of the 
Durango Kid, Starrett bags the 
true:- culprit paving the: way for 
the customary happj^ finale. 

Interspersed m the footage are 
several tunes contribbed by the 
foui' Sunshine Boys. Smiley 
Burnette also warbles a song and 
holds up the comedy end in so-^so 
fashion Stairett convinces as the 
champion ot law and order while 
Steve Darrell and George Chese- 
bro are okay as the rival grand- 
pops. 

Ray Nazarro's direction is stand- 
ard. Production values of Colbert 
Clark reflect the maximum out of 
the low budget. Lensinan Ira H. 
Morgan's photography is adequate 
while Jerome Thorns .edited the 
film do'wn to a concise 55 minutes. 

Gilb. 



The Guin«>a 

(BRITISH) 

London, Oct. 27. 



failint* ♦« ffomarMiB infiiraci- in ' Pathe release of Pilgrim P)0tHire»KHippO 
lailing to generate interest m p^i ciudice John Boultlngl prsdoctioh. 



nounces himself to work out the 
wedding details. . 

In a long part that keeps her 
within camera range for the full 
length of the fihn, Miss Drake's 
performance is a tour de force in 
the romantic comedy vein. She 
displays a remarkable range of ex- 
pressiveness, going from pathos to 
frothiness with -firm control, 
Grant, handling his lines with ap- 
propriate acidity, plays with skill 
and Wit- Tone, in a brief role, and 
Diana Lynn, as Miss Drake's side- 



opponent; and the settlers. Walter 
Brennan, settler who loses his son 
m the feuding, Phyllis Thaxter^ 
Tom Tully, Frank Faylen, Charles 
McGraw and others capably add to 
mood of the film: 



power. Ensuing lineup pitches all 
the way. 

Sam Katzman failed in his pro- 
ductional chores witli a poor 
screenplay by Joseph Carole; Al 
Martin and Harvey Gates and di- 
rector William Beike fails to give 1 ruch 

•- • -■ •- - -■ ' ' Bessie 

;Larna Beckett 



Piptin-p's nAPP has a falsp sense P"^ ? P*"^ worthy of interest 

ot^Zr%ieZti.»rA^^l^'"I^^ JlLei/glarces™''"'"'' '^^f^ 
eral tough moments of action ^ameia gU nces. Free. 

There is a deadly knock-down and ... . 

drag-out fist fight between Milch- , Indian AgonI 

um and Preston, a long chase- _ Hollywood, Nov 9 



stars Richard Attenborough; Sheila Sun. 
Directed by Roy Boulting. Scrc«ivl*y by 
Bernard IMUIes, Warren Chetham Starodet 
adapted from stage play by Wanren Chet.- 
ham Strode. Editor, Richard Beats musie<' 
John Wooldridgci camerai Gilbait Xaylor. 
Sheets Kelly. At Carlton, London. Run-, 
ning.tlme, ft MINS. . 
.lack Read. . . . . .Richard: Attenborough 

Lvnne Haitley . SbeOa Sim 

Mr. Read . . , ; . ... : Beraaid Mliea 

Mr. Hartley V . ..... . CecltXrauncer. 

Nigel' Lorraine ...... . . . . .Robert nemyng 

Mrs. Hartley...,, ... . ..EdHh :Sbarp« 

Mrs. Bead ; . . 1. - ■ . i . . , .i:. Joan Bkkson' 
Ronald Tracey i.Tlaa Bateson 

Gregory Clhr* Baxter 

BuckCon Basil Cuiurd 

.;..JoIm Forrest, 
Maureen Glynne 

Breaida Began. 

Sir James Cociield Hubert Iiomaa 

Miles Minor Antha«y Mtwley ' 



anross snow - rrivprpfl fnnilnlains' RKO release o{ Herman Schlom pio^ 
across snow coveieu luouilidins auction. Star.s Tim Holt: features N<>ah ! 



' Typically' British ^ in flavor, Wiaiv 
ren Chetham Strode's play of the ; 
rural schoolboy who is sent: to an 

wiaua x^yiui. «■= i"-™ x^.M.-- " , , i- i. *ir i. ^ , o,..,., «at.,„.-, i,.,..„ RXGluwve public school asan cx- 

kipk both contribute strong sup- 1 and the climax gun battle between Beery, Ji , Richard Martm. Nan i csiie. periment, has been brought to the 
KICK, iMiui cumiiuu e, r p^gsto^'s henchmeu and Mitchum, ' Harry woods Director, Lesley seUmde. tgcreen by the Boultina Bros, with 

^'^Matchmg the script's roguish ' Brennan and Miss Bel Geddes that ?S j"'S«„t;''». tlM, ' sincerity"^ and ca?e Not X an? 
air this nroduction is buffed down aie loaded with suspense wallop bi 00k jradeshown Nov 3, '48 Running means in the big picture class, it 

to kWpolUh although no lavish Tlftron Warth's production un- «4 .n>s. , ^^^^j^ ^.^^ ^^^^^ 

settingi are evident Topnotch dei; the_ executive supervision ^^^^ Yilato 



gay background score integrate all scenic locations against which to Eii™ Ha^S"wS^K '\^!''"^' 

Sspects ot this film for maximum film the story Nicholas Musuiaca's hiuhms Kich"? p^S^i^ Tiie 



HcTm 



camerawork gives the phy.sical 
values fine lensing Editing is good 
B?of/ 



^ ^..v...... , - iteiiiux r'-Niii--,^v."3j.* lioinc.^^^^^^^^^^ 

rameid woik expert editing and a Sid Rogell, has supplied topnotch ciuto Richard wai tin ! insular theme is likely to 

" ■ • — J — t.^ — +„ wii»„ '"" .success in the American mai'ket, . 

rhe guinea pig in the. tacperi- 
TOrJuo&^!',/r.vr,-;i'.!*;r.CTa^^ ment is . Jack Read>' :s6n -of a siib' 

Niohois . . . , .,:.'; . , Robert ^ray urban shopkeeper, whose admis- 
si'ionft- I' ^:V'VlV/.7.^y.■.■.■.^il^d%S16 sipn one of Britaln's exclusive 
W'ovoRa . 1. '.'.*. Iron Eyes Coti.v public schools brings him at oriCe 
,,, V. ■ , . "tr— into conflict wiili tradition. 

Indian Agent measures up as .The role of Read provides Rich- 

f-atures waiter ■■ . ^ . .. „ „ f^.°''^y^^\™ ^^f*"^ human 

teatures auction. Features Richard Basehart, Scott Wherever there S a demand for film ivu'l i) 'c -1 f,. ill. it/, *n Hjit 

Grable on vocals Other also B'L'nn.in I'Inn.s IhiUei, Frank Faylcn, g^^^ Directed bv Alt.-ed Wcrke. »Xnp« 

Wa^-l,!.; "Dr il,„ w„ -d^Ji, lom unu Clmlei. Ml G I aw Directed by ' screenpla> , John C Higgim,, Crane Wil g<»"OPerS iniS Will UU IDe Dili anu l,e looks CVeiV bit the SChoolboy. 

listendble is B\ the Wav Both ^„,,„i v\,sc suicnpu% IjUic Hayward, ^ a,aiog. Harrj Essex, or^ IS particularly good foi Fiibl class pel loimaiice is contrib- 

aie lepused \Mth solos and pro- adapuuon lUioW bi.umate. Luke s^^^^^^ J 1 Saturday matmee uted b Cecil ■l ie u^^^^ 

durfion niimhpi bafkmw fioni a nuvcl in feluiit tamera, ^.''JVil^^ < fditor. Alficd DeGaetano. mu>;>r, Leonid in„,„ ' "'Vp <-ccil Jiounccr as ine un- 

IJ?,!* . T J * > 1 1 MubULica pditoi, S.WUC1 E Beet'«> naab Tradeshown N Y N<u 4 '-iS , , , ,. , jt 1 WlUins but con Sited housemaster, 

Walter Lang s direction IS lively Tradeshown .\o\. S. '« Running "mc | Running time, w mins. 1 Plot deals With a crooked Inclian and Sheila .Sin a, his daughter. 



corn and hokum of the hurley gag 



and ai ( Be st ot the two ne« songs i, «'^o<,t',';'rBoiiu\ \u"chum! Birt^'a^^B^i 
are ' V.'hal Did I Do"'," with Miss Cefuic? ItoboU P.tslon features Waiter , 



He Walked by XigiK 

-Eagle -Lion release -of Brvan Fo.v pro- 



and' warm in handling the good. 86 -mjns. 
scnpt bv Lamar Trotti Screen- ( Jim Garrv 
pla\ follows closely the original 1 ^'^l ' . v.' '. 

plaj'; in telling of marital team of { Kris Barden . 
Skid and Bonny When success Carol Lufton ,., . 
goes to Skid's head. Bonny gets a JjS* Lutto." " 
divoice Skid takes to the bottle ' Miio sweet 
Bonny returns to straighten him , -'oe ^shotten^^^^ 
out and there's a reconciliation fori Fi-eii » rdcn , . . . . 

the finale. iTed tiscr... ...... 

•Tdck Oakie and June Havoc are ' ^"J, Tittcrton 
peilectly at home in the atmos- : Bart Daniels. 
phere of this one and provide a lot 



Davis Morgan 
.. Robert Mitchum , Marly Brennan 
Barbara Bel Gotldes , Police Sergeant Breen 

. . Robert Preston :Reeves : 

. Walter Brennan chuck Jones. ... . . ; . . . 

. ;. . .PtoUiS-Thaxtcr 



''"'''"'l^ou^Br'idv* ' ^8en*, m cahoots with an equally and Robert Flemylng as the tutor 
Rov iiohcrts crooked freighter, "rhcrscheme to , broWde the not too obtrii^vfe ro-. 
T^' r«SSS!i{ ' i'^®"^ food^ siipphe^ destined for iiiianflc itSterfeSt. Bernard Milte* 

nvms inax.ii cardA/eii , the reservation to the moie Kicra- ' and Joan Hickson, as the boy's par- 

Snk Fallen r.;.„ip T ,nn's"liil^iftion formula ^l*** market The red- • ents, and Edith Sharpe. as the 

Tom iuii\ Kagle Lionb production tormuia ^^y^^ unhappy but the scheme housemaster's wifi> turn m enpc- 
Charie. McG.a« foi .iction faie has clicked again .working NMthout a hitch until ■ tive Shes Mwo 

'^'"•i^m Tucf I" Walked by Night" Bryan Holt and his buddy, Richard Mar- sKetcftes^ Myro. 

George Cooper Foy has turned out another pack- tin, become suspicious and manage 
Richard- Powers age of dynamite that will rank to deal out some stern sixgun 
"ySn Si" With "T-Men" and "Canon City" , justice. 

Robert Bray as surprising wicket spinners This Holt is a good western hero, m 
pic is a high tension crime mellec I appearance and actions, and Mar 



IVo R«M»ni at the lu 

(BM'nSH) 

London. Oct- 26 
Pathe reiease^f British National (Ivan 
FoxwcU-I 



, »^ »,» i.u.ii uiiE diiu M>uviu«.- <i lui. r- . I - , - , ... . , . , , . - - .,.,..v«„Oui» H, Jackson) production. 

Of the Diihch that h^Ins sell the . , a .1, »* ~ supercharged with violence but tin makes an excellent teammate to stars Freda Jackson. Joy Shelton, Uer- 

show JiS?mv Gleason IS cood al ^'^^^ ^" . sP'-"nS "-"'^^ ^""^^"^ handle the lighter moments Skull- '=S?''^'rbJ?r''lt.'J.,,':i,*1Si5 f'.^' 

thrmanLgw^and R?chaid Arlen tightly - duuMi western diama Top credits, for this film, ual- duggery is capably projected m the ^^SJ^S^ X^^y^.i'o'l.Tr^J;^ Vit 

iincher who goes fm Miss Grable Theie's none of the formula ap- lop is shared equallj. b.v the sev- westein manner by Harry Wood.s as ,9»rt«w»^^^^ 

pleases Excellence of stars and p^oach to itb stors telling a switch, fial, scripters. director^ Alfred the^freighter and Richaid Powc.s ^:*',^.'. ''fiSS'J*'^?' ^"J'iXa'^^tn.nt 

feature players is reflected dow n t,,.,t Jopsn t add to it< 
the line by supporting pertormeis i^-i .-. ^ait-el 



Alfred "NewmMTmusI^^^^^ general maikel Howe\ei , Produced on a relativelj modest fonnula pattern a hit and Lcsle\ {}Vt"wPte?i'. : . ' 

tion is solid, as are the orchestial, name o£ Robert Mitchum prom- budge m this inflationaij era this Selandei s direction keeps thint;s Norma Bate. .. 
arranepmpnts anrt vnrii fliip<<tmn i_,t.«i V. n attpntinn pic lollb up all Of its resources foi , racing alont? at the pioper pace loi war^ OTiane .... 

arrangements and vocal dii action iggs some initial bo attention ^r^ti ate quality impact It accents an oater. Heiman Schlom s p.o- ?,7u„e' ""^ ' 

For the , connoisseur . of adult, the essential einemattc ingredients i duciion guidance fmrnishcs good Spiv stranger.;',..' 
v^esterji fiction there is appeal, but j of plot, pace and characterization ; sight values for biidget and lensing [Rg^^eV?: . 



. . - — -— - , ises some initial 

A sharp. eve-fiUing -lensing job has „ ronnoisseur 

been turned in by Harry Jackson *^<» connoisseur 
Dance direction, settings and 



the average fan isn't likel> to go within a workable fiamewoik ii> «Pf rt 

ine average Wil • ,7 shorn of fol-de-iol trimmings < Noah Beeij .Ti . plavs an Indian Ronnie 

for the understatement and giauu- ^ straightforward docu- chiet m this one and hasn't much CotmciUor green . 

ally developed plotting. i mental v-style saga of a psychotic to do Also with httle to do are nS?,? EdrtoT"??!"' 
Picture captuies the crisp style (,m biilliant killer vho is tiacked Nan Leslie and Claudia Drake 



. . . . Freda Jacltson 
Joy Slielton 
Hcrraione Baddeley 
, . . . Joan Dowllng . 

. Ann Stephens - 
.Harcourt Williams . 

Niall MacGinnis 
; . Sydney 'l afler 
Fiank Pettfn"cll 
. , , Betty ■ mackler. ■ 
Jdl i,ibbs 
. ■. . .Robin Netschor 
Wylie Watum 
James Hu^-ter 
. . . . Eliot Makeham 



direction,,, settings 

editing are commendable, 

Kvery Oirl Shmild Be 

,RKO icieaM'^'oLlr Hartman (Dore ^ used"bi ~l uke Slioil in writing his down " "through doge;ed 'detective since femme interest is kopT to a Reliance on legil material is al- 
Scharj) production, directed bj Haitman I western novels and ticket iHivers ^^oiij 'laken allegedly troni the muiunum, which should please the most becoming a chronic complaint 
Dt™ Ly™f B?tV D«kr Al^S'sim^^^ diiTeiont^appioac i hies of the Los Angeles polire de- kiddies. Brog. ,vith British prodnceis nowadavs 

Screenplay, Hartman and Stephen More I V ill find a load ot exciteirent, paiinient, film Opens With the — — — 1 "No Room at the Inn " was a very 

Jrtlr S™?."' f. deadly menace and high action brutal murder of a cop and foi- , 1* est of S«»nora , I successful West End stage play. 

Sikoft' T&;5JshS*wi'N "not* s^'J* Bun- 1 Performances are all above aver- ^ i^^vs through in detailing the crim- (SONGS) and the picture version bears obvi- 

ning Ume, »5 MlJiS; tu^ r^^^.t . .. .. - - - . . 

pr Madison Brown 
Roger San*ord. i . . . . 
■lulie Hudson . . . ; . , . 
. Anabcl Sinl.i : . , ..... 
Mr Spitzi-r 
Mary Nolan........ 

Sam, McNutt . , . . 

Gogarty . ..... .... 

Soda ricik 
VIollill^l 

PieiTe .:....:::.-,, . 
Sfijeslaay .- 



I age. fitting ably into the mood imal's career while the dracinet is Columbia release of Colbert ciark pra- ' ous tracM of its theatncal origin, 

Fran?hit''T,mc''^«"S»'t,''^ Robert VV.se's d.rect.o^^ diiction stais a^^^^^^^^ fc iuiie. bemg leslncled in settin!?s and 

Diana Lvnn The LiUic Ilawvaid sciipl^ tiom angles in this all-male operation to by uav N.^.ino 011,-111.1 sueenpLu 



Bctiv Diake Hal Old Shuinale s and Short s slou matters down 
Eutii"ethn'l?<So^\ adaptation of the latter;s^novcl, has 



Starting m high gear the film «?;i';V'Y Nov 2. -48 Kumm, 



Richard f,iincs none ol the Iheatiical flambo^ancc mcieasos in momenlum until the 

itarr\ Havdcn gi the commercial westeiH plot vet cumulative tension c\plodcs in a Sl'^i."""""' .,1^] 

'■'ileon^H'"?'™ geneiates its ov.n brand of mlei- povvciful ttime-doebn-t-pdy climax ||^1,?v^S**if 

ricil r.ssiei cstins tension .Sinking elTects are achieved mack Murphv 

Anna Q ^.u^on ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^,^|, ^ j^^^^ cOMpoke tbiougti counterpoint of the slav- ^^f/,,?,,,^"'"^ 



--. , c-i ,1 TI -IT 1 who iides into a .section ot lange er s ingenuitv 111 eluding the cops sandv cimton 

Is nV„^'\ m"' ^^'1',"''' countrrvvherc laiicheis and set- and the police eftic'encj in bung- Brook 

c c^tLt a e"at«atl'inXd s^^^^^^^^^^^ let" are batUing Bioke, -he h-res ing h.m to book lUgh-spot of tlie i=| ""^ 

c,cs mat aieaiwajs in good season to an old friend, who is film is the final sequence which The 

Hipl^^ ^ ?• ♦i^"' schemms with an Ind^^ agent to ' takes place In L A 's storm drain- 1 Gradually the young-iters are over- 
theme of the war between t e ^^"f " ^"f ^^^^^^^ piomotinR age tunnel system where the killer 'West of Sonora," another in whelmed bv the degi-adation and 
lui Ictil SLSrs' Dorilartman tl e eud^Hu c sness of his friend tries to make his getav^a>. but fails the Chailes Starretl (Durango Kid- (Continued on page 16) 



lacking in .; movem.eijt- .Nonethe- 
less, it ;isn't lacfeih^ in dramatic ■ 
values, but its fate jin AmeMca is- 
predetermined: by the overwhelm- 
ing use of Cockney English, which;, 
dominates thie 'entire script. 

Retaining a dose affinity to the 

Oeoigc oiiginal it s a storj' of evacuee and 

H*i Ttiiateuo orphaned cliildren who are boajd- 
. . .Bob Wiik*'! ed out With a drunken Woman, who ; 
\Snii Var? I 'Se^* ^"'^ «>» scraps While -.li* 
The Sunshine Bays | soaks gm at the local public house. 



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Germans Lapping Up U. S. Comedies; 
'Turtle,' len on Horse' Favorites 



Berlin, Oct, 26. ■ 
German audiences are doing a 
rave over American drama and 
demanding new ideas on the stage, 
according to Dr. Eugene Bahn, the- 
ati'e officer of Military Govern- 
ment's Education and Cultural Re- 
lations division. 

"The idea of the stage existing 
for its own sake — ^purely for enter- 
tainment or for the completely free 
expression of Ideas instead of a 
means of education — ^is a compara- 
tively novel one, especially to the 
Nazi-imbued youth," he says. "But 
it has caught hold. While some 
German critics are still loath to 

■ concede drama evocative of laugh- 
tei: is worthy of the sacrosanct 
boards, American satire and com- 
edy are nonetheless packing the 
houses." 

The theatre office. Dr. Bahn 
points out, isn't a propaganda 
agency. One of its main jobs is as 
a' publishing house for representa^, 
tive U. S,' plays which have been' 
cleared by: the civil division of the 
■Army, for production in Germany. 
It handles translations and neces- 
sary business arrangements, and 
makes copies for consideration 
available to directors who; ask for 
them. It uses no pressure and the 
phenomenal, demand for. American 
drama is therefore the moi-e 'strik- 
ing. 

To date 195 contracts have been 
negotiated in the U. S. Zone, 134 
in the; British, 40. in ihe Soviet and 
12 in the French. In all, 45 modern 
American dramas are available to 
German theatres, and most of them 
already have been performed. 

Mo.st amazing success to date 
has been "Voice of the - Turtle,'' 
which has been produced in 55 
cities in German ( includingji several 
-in the Soviet Zone) and has played 
precedent-breaking runs in all of 
tliem. Its popularity is the more 
remarkable in that an actor of : a 
defeated nationi in the hero's role, 
wears the uniform .of .the con^ 

■ queror. There is . also a .nice , point 
(of little significance to ' Americans 
but having a decided effect on Ger- 

' man audiences) in this soldier's 
. putting on an. apron and washing 
dishes, 

.•. Second in popularity has been 
"Three Men on a Horse" (in 42 
cities)^ Explanation seems to be 
tliat it brought to German audi- 
ences totally unfamiliar but appar- 
ently irresistible elements — fast- 
paced comedy, lively repartee and 
tlie ridiculous situation. 

^Thunder Rock' Scores 

"Thunder Rock" (in 41 cities), al- 
though not a success on Broadway, 
has been extraordinarily popular 
here, as it also was in England. Its 
philosophy, coupled with the reali- 
■: ties of threatening war, causes -it 
to speak with marked directness to 
German audiences, • according to 
Dr. Bahn. 

"Our Town" (25 cities) delighted 
both audiences and critics and set 
off controversies over whether this 
play was "typically American" or 
"universal." "The Skin of Our 
Teeth" (16 cities) got wide critical 
acclaim and "Time of Your Life" 
is having great success, both criti- 
cal and popular. "First Legion" 
(24 cities), "Biography" (24 citiesi 
and "On Borrowed Time," also 
were well received, as was "The 
Patriots." 

"Family Portrait," well liked in 
the U. S., flopped here. Germans 
called it "sacrilegious." The Berlin 
performance, however, given in the 
Soviet Sector, was well received. : 

"Ah Wilderness" also flopped 
here: Germans just can't see any 
drama in juveniles or adolescents. 
"Kiss. and Tell," which opened in 
Berlin, got a chill from the crilics 
but was a boxotfice success. "Of 
Mice and Men" was praised as a 
study of "social and metaphysical 
significance," "Ethan Fronie" 
flopped. Germans said it was "too 
heavy." Yet "Mourning Becomes 
Electra" clicked in 15 cities. 



Current London Shows 

(Figures show weelts of nm) 
London, Nov. 9. 
"A La Carte," Savoy (21). 
"Anna Lucasta," Majesty (54). 
"Annie Get Gun," Col's'm (75). 
"Bless the Bride," Adelphi (81). 
"Bob's Your Uncle." Sav. (27). 
"Browning:," Phoenix (9). 
"Cage Peacock," Strand (31). 
"Carrissima," Palace (35). 
"ChlUern Hundreds," Vaude ((53). 
"Don't Listen," St Jas. (10). 
"Eden End," Duchess (10). 
"Edward, My Son," Lyric ^76). 
"Four, Five, Six," York (5). 
"Giaconda Smile," Wynd. (22), 
"Happiest Days," Apollo (33). 
"Kid From Strat.," Princes (6). 
"Little Lambs," Ambass. (31). 
"Medea," Globe (6). 
"Off Record," Piccadilly (71). 
"Oklahoma!" Drury Lane (80). 
"Perfect Woman," Playhouse (9), 
"Rain on Just," Aid. (10). 
"Saloon Bar," Ganick (6). 
"Starlight Roof," Hipp. (53). 
"Together Again," Vic. Pal. (83). 
"Worms View," Whitehall (80). 



U.S.Di$tribs Await 
Reports from Rio 

Major . film companies are 
withholding their okay on the deal, 
closed by Gerald Mayer, interna- 
tional chief for the Motion Picture 
Assn. of America, with the Bra- 
zilian government until they re- 
ceive recommendations from their 
own local reps in Rio, Once re- 
ports are received, board of the 
Motion Picture Export: Assn.- will 
meet again to vote on the pact. 
Previous MPEA meet developed 
considerable opposition to the::set'; 
tlement proposal. 

Mayer, in a flying trip to Rio, 
worked out a modification of regu- 
lations passed by the Brazilian 
price control commisision which- 
limited rentals on American pix. 
Major company opponents claim 
the 42% ceiling; Applicable to , in- 
dividual exhibs and distribs, is un- 
workable and without precedent, 



ir$ Latin Sales Driye 

Universal is staging a Latin 
American sales convention which 
takes place in Buenos Aires, Nov, 
15-22. Al Daff, chief aide to Jfosenh 
H. Seidelman, U's foreign dept. 
head, will handle the gavel. Daff 
planes for BA within the -week. 

Confabs will be attended by all 
Latino and- West Indies exchange 
managers -of the company. Daif, 
it's said, will launch a new drive 
on British product of J. Arthur 
Bank synchronized with the wind- 
up of the huddles. 

Also leaving this week for the 
Argentine to attend the conclave is 
Robert Weait, treasurer of the 
Rank Organization. Taking along 
a British-made trailer of Rank 
films to be screened at the meet, 
he is planing south with DafE and 
Fortunat Barohat, U-I foreign pub- 
licity chief. 



Labor-Industry Shakeup Forecast 
Following Strike at Denham Studio 



SOVIET ASKS U.S. FIXERS 
FOR FARIS SCREENINGS 

Paris, Nov. 2. 
■ Soviet Embassy has requested 
I local reps of U. S, film companies 
' to screen product for selection 
following the recent picture agree- 
ment made by Eric Johnston, pres- 
ident of the Motion Picture Assn. 
of America, in Mo.scow. However, 
it's under.stood that the list of 100 
films which the Rus.sians are to 
draw from is still being prepared 
by homeoffice toppers. Hence it's 
, unlikely that there'll be any im- 
{ mediate screenings. 
I Johnston's pact calls for the So- 
' viels to pay flat sums in dollars 
' in New York lor American prod- 
uct. Pictures are to he purchased 
in blocks of 20. They're permitted 
to make deletions from prints 
from pix they choose but can in- 
I sert no- additional material. In 
I addition the Russians are to do 
their own subtitling and cutting. 



Leiarge's Pic Buy 

Andre Lelarge, head of Euro- 
pean Copyrights and Distribution, 
has acquired the U, S, release 
rights to the French film, "Guille- 
metle Babin." He's been in 
France for the past si.^ months 
looking over new product. 

Picture is a Guillaume Radot 
.production in association with the 
Union General Cinematographique. 
Prints are expected in New Yoi'k 
sometime next month. 



Gambling Casino Given 
Okay in Wiesbaden 

Wiesbaden, Oct 26. 
Authorization of a gjimbliiis ca- 
sino in Wiesbaden has been made 
.by the Military Government in 
llicsse. Recently similar authoriza- 
I tion for the casino al Bad Homburg 
was announced; 

City-controlled gambling houses 
in Wiesbaden date back to 1771.: 
In 1810, the Kurhaus was the scene 
of large-scale gambling. Through* 
out the years, during wars and 
revolutions, gambling has always 
'played aii important part in the his- 
tory of this area as a source of in- 
come in the vacation playground of 
(lie wealtliy. . 

The gambling hou.ses remained 
closed ior a time after tlie first 
world war. Then once again Wies- 
baden became famous as a gambling 
I centre, remaining as such, uhtll the 
'beginning of the Nazi regime, when 
I it was 'ended by "highest order." 



Elsa MaxwelFs 'Variety' 
Story on Venice Film 
Fest 'Started Somethin' 

Rome, Nov, 4, 
"L'affaire Maxwell," an Italian 
tempest stirred by Elsa Maxwell's 
Variety article. Sept, 15, in which 
she blasted operation of the Venice 
Film Festival, is gaining momen* 
turn in Italian cinema circles; In; 
addition to several editorials, the 
film critics, whose judgment were 
special targets for Miss Maxwell's 
barbs, are rising to nieet the "chal- 
lenge"- with sharp counter-attacks 
on the U. S. columnist, : 

Latest rebuttal has come from 
Giorgio Prosperi, in Italian trade 
magazine. Cinema, which has just 
reappeared after being suppressed 
as the official governmental organ 
under the fascist regime. Stating 
that Miss Maxwell's comments in 
Variety "deserve to be set 
straight" even though her name is; 
"not one that, impresses a film 
critic," Prosperi charges that her 
resentment ..towards the Venice 
Festival has its origin ■ in her 
friendship for Orson -Welles, who 
withdrew his "Macbeth" as a festi- 
val entry. 

"Miss Maxwell is a good friend 
Of Orson Welles; considers him her 
discovery, protects: and exalts him," 
Prosperi , writes. "As opposed to 
her few notions of , esthetics, 
Welles' illusory talent, his rebel- 
lious poses, his isecond . hand in- 
tellectualism represent the ulti- 
mate in her conception of . the 
stage and screen. AH of which 
failed to budge in the least the 
jury at Venice which . . .denied 
their vote of approval to Welles' 
mediocre and . pretentious *Mae-^ 
beth.'' Hence the ire of Miss Max- 
well and the undignified move of 
the director (Welles) who, . seeing 
that things were taking a turn for 
the worse, removed his picture 
from the competition." 
I (In Miss Maxwell's article in 
I Variety, Welles is .quoted as fol- 
l lows: "Why risk my picture, which 
i will never be shown in Italy, be- 
cause you cannot dub Shakespeare 
and 'Macbeth', is only intended for 
an English-speaking audience, I 
prefer 'Macbeth'- be judged by a 
; public that is intelligent." Miss 
1 Maxwell said, VI. do- not think: we 
I Americans should enter, into these 
; Festivals any more. They are run 
I badlyi the jury is prejudiced and 
also ignorant,'' having just been 
freed "from the mental prisons'" 
they were "completely incapable 
of sitting on juries to judge inter- 
national, pictures produced in free 
democracies.") 

Why then, Prosperi. asks, did the 
Venice jury award prizes to Lau- 
rence Olivier's production of "Ham- 
let"? Prosperi also denies that 
the Italian crix were in "mental 
'prisons" during the fasci.st era, 
1 Claiming that "not for nothing 
I were names of the best-known the- 
atre and film f.ritics of Italy on the 
files of the f/iscist police." 
j Ascribing to Miss Maxwell the 
idea that the reason why Italian 
critics disliked American films Was 
their opposition to the ^ Marshall 
Plan, Prosperi says, "Sec how the 
pen of someone not used to re- 
flection can twist things." fin her 
Variety article. Miss Maxwell 
made no reference to the Marshall! 
Flan, either directly or by implir 
catior. — Ed.] 



Argentine Radio Clamor 

Buenos Aires, Nov, 1, 
The Argentine networke are 

: doing a considerable amount 
of juggling with their time- 
sheetSj' trying to accommodate 
the large number of would-be ■ 
sponsors clamoring . to buy 
space to advertise the wares 
for which they can no longer 
obtain newspaper spaco. due- 
to cuts in paper imports 'and 

: a government decree fixing the ■ 
number of pages each sheet 
and magazine can print. 

With sponsors jostling one 
another on their doorstep* the 
webs have to contend with the 
government's continuous requi- 
sitioning of time for official 
broadcasts, especially in view 
of elections for Congressional 
representatives, due to take 
place next March, The opposi- 
tion parties, naturally, have 
never yet succeeded in wrest-" : 
ing time from the government- 
dominated webs, but the Pero^ 
nista party is . already cam' 
paigning on the air for free, 
both in individual party "pur- 
chases" of time, and through 
the official -speeches. 



Talk French- Jap 
Fihn-Prod. Deal 



Tokyo, Nov. 1, 
Deal between the French Dis- 
cina Co, and two Japanese studios 
for the production of French films 
in Nippon is under consideration 
here, 

Francois Chevalier, Tokyo repre- 
sentative of French, Cinema Ex- 
porters Assn., returned to. Japan 
this week from 'a. three-montli so- 
journ in Paris, where he discussed 
the ; deal with Discina's Andre 
Paulve. He; is now negotiating with 
the Toho and Shochiku - . studios 
here with a view toward establish- 
ing a Franco-" Japanese 'Studio to be 
financed by the French association. 

Chevalier also announced that 
Jean Cocteau, French poet-^novel- 
ist-playwright-film director, would 
come to Japan in December, along 
with an a.ssortment of. actors, ac: 



London, Nov. 9, 
The British production drive to 
fill 45% of the domestic screen's 
playing time under the new quota . 
was seriously snagged by a "wild-, 
cat" labor walkout at the Denham 
studio last week. Following set- 
tlement of the four-day strike 
which held up production on three 
features and cost the Rank Organ- 
ization upwards of $20,000 daily, a 
.complete shakeup of industry-labor 
relations loomed as a preventive 
measure against future unoffi- 
cial" stoppages. 

Immediate problem of the in- 
du.stry is to resolve the Denham 
dispute, which has ended on the 
basis of official union talks with 
management; To: ease...the atmos- 
phere. Rank has agreed, purely as 
a personal gesture, to extend the 
notices to the 92 workers who were 
regarded as surplus. 

Labor unrest has:'been a symptom 
of the production, side of the in- 
dustry during the past year; owing 
td^ the large number of studio 
vorkers who Jiave been unemployed 
over long periods, at a time when 
they feel that full employment 
should exist to. meet the increasing: 
product demands of the Quota-Act^ 
Shutdown.: of studios and large- 
scale sackings, which have been 
going on since the crisis a . year 
ago over the ad valorem duty, has 
led to a cynical attitude among all ; 
grades of workers, who now fear 
that unless they take the. law into 
their own hands and take unofficial: . 
and unconstitutional action in dex 
fense of their own Interests, the 
employment situation will become 
steadily worse: and will ultimate!^ 
effect wages and conditions of em* 
playment. 

Despite the unanimity among the 
Denham workers, their efforts to. 
extend the stoppage to Pinewood 
proved unsuccessful, but as a ges- 
ture the employees there agreed 
to contribute a minimum of two 
hours pay to. aid the strikers, after 
flatly turning down overtures to go . 



out in sympathy. 



Test U.S. Pix in Uruguay 
Befi[)ire Arg0i^^ 
Quota Nix Held Remote 

Montevideo, Nov. 1, 
; ; Uruguayah [^udieti^s^'Uve getting 
releases of . the latest Hollywood 
tresses, directors and cameramen, ! pix long before these will be seen 



and would produce a film using his 
own script. 



BRITISH, FRENCH TO 
OPEN QUOTA TALKS 

London, Nov, 9, . 

British industry is to open im- 
mediate talks with the French gov- 
ernment on the restrictions im- 
posed on the distribution of British 
pix. in "France, which allow only 20 
to be shown in a year against the 
121 allotted to the U, S. 

Following representations made 
by Harold Wilson, president of the 
Board of Trade, to the French gov- 
ernment, three: British producers, 
Air-Commodore F.M.F. West; Sir 
David Cunynghame and Major 
R. P. Baker, have been warned to 
hold themselves in ):eadines,« to go 
to Paris at a moment's notice. 



by audienibes in Argentina, just, 
across ' the Riyer pljite, and dis 
utprs 'are thus iiWe to test them out' 
on Sotith Aniericah: audiences ^be-? 
fore they tome; to trial before the 
more widely . ! soi>hlsticated Argeii- 
tine patrons. ' 

ParampUnti.: for. instance al- 
ready released "So Evil |Iy ; Love" 
in Montevideo, Avhere it has: been 
grossing big £it the Ambassador. As 
things stand at present, it is doubt- 
ful wiiether Argentine fans vvill see 
this; picture before 1949, jahd if the-. 
Argentine government d(^^^ actu»; . 
ally : establishi ■Stm^iap^^ 
it may not be 'i*ieleased'.b)e{ore^^^i^^ 
middle of the year. < : ' 

The return from the U, S. of Am- 
bassador Jamais Bruce; Without: any 
special financial deal being, reached 
between the U, S, State. Depart- 
ment and the Argentine govern-^ 
menti bas dash^ any: hopes distriW 
utbrg '. ^na^ ii^ye = ehtertained of • 
■wardiiig off 'the film quota blow,' 
ni\e y ArgeritiniB gpyeriimeiit: :iia8 
even cut down on private remit- 
tances abroadi so acute is tfe^^ 
,age of foreign exchange. All iuxuiy: 
, AT , 1 land' even essential imports are be- 
en- u T^'"' „ „• !■ , |ingcuttotheminimuih---andthertf 
boUUcr shows in Japan are play- ; doubt that picture imports 
ng an increasmg part in keepinf ^^in ^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^ 

itbe others. :■• '-y.::'-'^'' 



Gl Shows Keep Soldiers 
Entertained in Japan 



..I 



Tralee Basis for Pic 

Dublin, Nov, 9. 

"Rose of Tralee," song made 
famous by late John McCormack, 
will be basi.s for picture .skedded 
by Harold Young Productions, Inc., 
New York. 

Exteriors for film will be done 
in Ireland. 



army's occupationaires entertained 
With a staff of 33 professional ac- 
tresses, directors and technicians , «. a. , J> Ti i n i. 
as the nucleus, the program relies fldrS. HlarCIianO S UA TOSt 

i heavily on local soldier talent to ; : 
' round out casts and keep stage i 
1 shows playing throughout Japan i 
I wherever American troops are sta- t Umted 
I tioned. 

:l Ten companies are in action 
' most of the time. Shows produced 
since the program started early 
; this year include "The Drunkard," 
! "You Can't Take It With You," 
1 "Dear- Ruth," "Three Men on a 
I Horse," "Out of the Fry-ing Pan." 
"The Warrior's Husband'' and | 
Claudia." Currently on tour arc ; Georges 



Pia Marchand has been 
managing director of 
Artists' interests in Swit- 
, 7,erland. Former assistant to UA's 
previous manager Paul Rappaport, 
she's believed to be the only- wom- 
an holding down such a responsible 
. position for an American film com- 
I pany abroad. Rappaport resigned 
(rom UA recently to head up David 
'. O. Sclznick's distrib outfit in Swit- 
zerland. 



Neuffer, former UA; 

"George Washington Slept Here," , salesman in that country, has been 
"Petticoat Fever," "Kiss and Tell" ' named general salesmanager. He 
, and "The Warrior's Husband." , and Mrs. Marchand will operate 
; Now in rehearsal are "Angel . under the general supervision ot 
; street," "Arsenic and Old Lace," , Georges Rouvier, UA's general 
I "Over il" and "Bom Yesterday." ' manager in France. 



18 



nCTITHES 



Wednesday, November' 10, 1948 



looksUkeU,ELan(IOllierUi.Iiidies I'^Z^mt^ 



May Boiefit Most in Ramk s Circids 



London, Nov. 9. ■*■ 
J. Arthur Rank's continued re- 1 
luet:(nce::to book all-American dou- 
ble bills on his two major circuits ! 

may liave as its net result a boost- 1 jj^^ Picture Film Editors. Local 



Ing of Umversal. Eagle Lion and a j^^j y.. International Alliance 
number of American mdie pro- \ . Theatrical Stage Employees, at a 
ducers to the top ta acket when the meeing last week in- 

hrst year's $17,0W),0Q0 from thel^jy^g j^^^ B^g,, president; Marc 
Anglo-Amencan film pact is por- .^^^ ^ Robert Dworsky, secre- 
tioned out among Yank distribs. L ^ j hn Oxton, treasurer. 
Filmites here also see the prob- 1 " • 



Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Fdx*West Coaist*!! second venture 
into exhibition of commercially 
j spbrisi^red filtti? will b)B "Biggest 
Inch," 10-minute eineColoir short 
on the TexasrCalifprnia natural gas 
I pipeline which opens Thursday (11) 
New officers elected by the Mo- 1 in outlying theatres, and comes 

into firstruns around Thanksgiving. 



Bush New MPFE Prez 



ability that some of the big Amerr , a »» • w j xu j 
lean companies will find tliem- 1 Leonard Hein, Fred Ahrens and 
selves trailing U. EL and theiRob«t Klaeger. Charles Wnif» 
others in their share of the coin. , ^vas named busi ness rep. 

Rank i.s stUl refusing to book 
major product; except that' of IJ 
and EL, on the Odeon and British- 
Gaumont circuits after the first of 
the year. Situation is so acute that 
George Weltner, Paramount's lor- 
eiyn chief, who is here on a per- 
sonal clieckup of the tangle and 
other reps: of American companies, 
liave been confabbing with Rank 
toppers before taking the final 
plunge by selling away from the 
Rank circuits. 

If Weltner and the others de- 
cide that ; no agreement can be 



New members of the tru.stees are 



Wolfe 



Walker Not Dittoing 
Mitchnm; One Pic In 



reached with Rank, they will prob- coming up for the immediate pres 



Gircuit's usual Sates ot $10 per 
thousand admissions Will be paid 
by the Southern Califprnia Gas Co, 
Vvhich is sponsoring- WiU, be 
screened rin appro3dro*itiety lOO the* 
atres in area served . ifciy cpmt>any. 
Fifteen prints being used. 
. Several nibnths back, F-WC 'and; 
the': parehi chain. National The- 
atres, screened Liggett & Myers' 
"TobacGO Land" in. 450 houses to 
approxinialely 2,500,000 people, 
bhly one written protest, was re- 
ceivoii and liie ciggie firm reported 
sales, up. ' 
"Inch," blown up: to 35m from a 

n^I 1J«„« :«,«il6m 2S-minute subject, was then 

KeleaSe, none toning l processed in Clnecolor. it doesn't 
Rnhprt Walker actor who re- '^^tempt sell gas appliances or com- 
Kobeit vvaiKer. acioi wno re pa„y_ and doesn't even mention the 
ceived widespread press coverage produced by Juan Hutchin- 

when arre.sted recently in Holly- i son and Perry King, of Polaris Pic- 
wood on a drunk-and-disorderly } tures", it tells of the building of a 
charge, has only one picture cur- ■ $83.P00.000 project to assure ample 

, . , , „ ' gas supply to this area, 

rently in release and no more ° 



Film Reviews 



Cwitlnued from pace IS , 



ably give the greenligbt to a long- 
term policy of selling indie houses. 
However, all Yank filmites here 
agree that there is entirely ; too 
much product for the indies to ab- 
sorb completelyi The r.e.?cntly 
sharpened competition for play- 
dates in these indie houses has al- 
ready driven down the rentals 
which can be extracted from them. 

$400,000 Take 
' Aside from the . question of rent- 
:«lst it's generally agreed that the 
available houses free from the re- 
gime of Rank or of the Associated 
British circuit are not enough to 



: year'! 

the most advantageous position of 
any American company on the 
Rank circuits. Umversal wliich 



bound by the ban against booking 
American and British films on the 
same bill which Eric Johnston, 
prexy of the Motion Picture Assn. 
of America, laid down during his 
recent stopover in England. 
EL . and U expect increased re- 



ent. Film is Unlversal's "One 
Touch of Venus," for which Walker 
was loaned out to U by Metro. 

Situation, consequently, is unlike 
that of Robert Mitchum, who had 
several pictures completed when 
he was arrested on a narcotics 
charge, prompting RKO to rush 
and 



Ask Govt, to Take 

.,v ''^ London, Nov. 9. 
into release "Rachel and the Direct approach is to be made to 
Stranger" after preliminary tests .the Gov«rnnient : iiiit$fin ; tb« 
proved most audiences were sym- few days to take over all idle studio 
pathetic to Mitchum's plight. Re- ; space, following the announcement 
action to Walker hasn't been rer i from Warner Bros, that it is closing 
corded one way or the other,, ac- its Teddington outfit, which had 

^ _ cording to execs of the Capitol the- ' been dark since July. 

turn"in Wg"" filVrVeniier"Against i f'^e. N. Y., where "Venus" opened } unjons- fi^t request to Harold: 
that factor, it is pointed out that 1 1^'" ""i^' , Wilson, Board of Trade prexy, was 

a film package booked on either of i ? moderate ?»".""U "unng lis , ^^^^ ^.^^^ original closure an- 
Rank's circuits means a minimum 1 1"'"*^ stanza out mats auriDuiea ^^^^^^.^^^,1^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^ 
revenue of $400,000 for the dualer. I *9 generally uniavorame press re- j, ^nd was followed by the cre- 
With eight pix booked before the I ^I'^^Yf ■ ^f^J^^ „ " 1„ „„i" I ation of the Film Finance Corp. As 
ear's end. Eagle Lion now is in i talker feeling among the cus-\^^^^ j-j.^ j^^^ ^^^j^ ^^ ^ 

lomers. , ■ i quickly enough to save the studios 

Walker has heen on leave from | going out of business. Wilson will 

_._ Metro for almost a year for lea-j face renewed labor and parliar 

has a half-dozen bookings comes sons of illness, but remains under , ^entarj' pressure for a complete 
next with the remaining pix scat- contract to that company. His last | takeover of the Teddington stages; 
tered among other distribs, mostly ' M-G release was Song of Love, ; and to make them available at 
indies. Both U and EL are not ! which went out in the summer of economic rents. 

1947. . ; ; ■ I Advocacy of such a policy has 

i already been made by ispme ^ UhiPn 
I interests in the evidence given tb 
,1 the Government probe 6n stttdios. 
Which is to be pubUshed Within a, 
month as a l>arUanieatitry; #^ 
Paper,, : . ■, ■ • 

;Growing difficuities of British 
production, at a : time' ■ 'when : the 
greatest scope is needed to provide 
the product to satisfy the quota, Is 
leMing to a tighteil gbvernment 
grip on afifairs, ahd althdugh the 



H—m mt the 

dirt, until they are saved when 
the landUdy ts killed in a drunken 
twy. ... * 

Relieved only by glimpses of 
Cockney wit, which wouldn't ap- 
peal outside this island, it's in the 
main a grim piefce of entertain- 
ment, and sordid to a degree. 
Freda Jackson repeats her original 
stage success,' her performance as 
the brutal landlady being a fine 
characterization. Ann Stephens, 
as the kid going wrong, and Joan 
Dowling, Robin Netscher, Betty 
Blackler and Jill Gibbs, as the un- 
happy boarders, excel. Hermione 
Baddeley turns in a fine study in 
a small incidental role and Joy 
ShiiUoii makes the village school- 
teacher ,t convincing character. : 
■ ..- Myro. 

SewtufA Flesh 

(Statua Vitcnte) 
(ITALiAN) 

Foreign Screen release of Kino Film 
(IcUIo Sterbini) production. Stars Laura 
Solari, Foseo Giaclietti; tentures GamiUo 
Pilotto, Lauro Gazzolo. Dhia Clulstiani. 
Guido Cclano, QIkr Svlbelli, Checco Kos- 
sune. Directed by. CamUlo Mastroclnijue. 
Story- by Gioriiio Pasiina: cvnxera, ' Aldo 
Tonti! music. Aleiwindro Cidodiinli Eng- 
lish titles. Rosemarie loppolo. Max. De 
Alban; editor, Jan>e.i B. Cahoon. Fre,^ 
viewed In N. Nov<' 3; :'4S. Runnlns 
time, 105 MIMS. 



'Hamlet' B. 0. 

Continued from page 3 ; 



$17,000,000 is based on gross bill 
ings, their' share will be that much 
larger..,: , \- ■ 



turns in- the British market while with American revenues of British 
other companies are facing a de- , films in addition to $17,000,000 
apportionment of the I y^,^^^]^ the Yanks can draw annually 
from Britain. / . ■ :\ 

It is now believed that the pessi- 
mistic $1,000,000 figure set as the i industry is vsUll a' Ittng'w^ 
extent by which Yank distribs could j it,y threat^ «1 nifionaUzatiOn, the 
i benefit from British revenues in i teridehcj' to greater WhitehaU dom- 
1 the U. S. for the fust year is too f ination and control is becoming a 
I low. Most of the credit for the re- j di.sturlling factor. 
I vision is given to "Hamlet," which ! Although the Teddington closure 
'•Let them leave us alone .so that 'l^^becn doing sensationally at the .is precipitating the demand for 
we can continue the good job we \e f.^ °- houses where it is now play- more government intervention, 
done up to now." "Evei-ybody is i '"fr : , Warners has made continuous ef- 

trying; , to put a spoke in the I ■ As result of the film's strong re'^ forts to keep the studios Open; but 



lATSrs Walsh 

; Continued from page 7 s 



we cannot afford any longer to 
stand the cost of upkeep." 
When the Teddington plant was 



wheelSr"- he.saidi rapping both pro-, t u r n s, Universal, co-distributor 
ducers and some labor unions who' : with Eagle Lion of Rank product 
didn't understand the industry's iherei is experiencing a sharp up- 

probiems, . turn in its weekly rentals from I reopene at the start of the year 

: The lA topper's sole objection I British pix. Figure which had been I WB faced allegations that Ameri- 
to the non - Communist affidavit ; down to a low of $20,000 weekly I can companies ; were dominating 
provision of the T-H law was that has already climbed to the $50,000 I studio space in Britain; and conse- 
it is too narrow* "If they continue- marker although the pic "has been ;qucntly answered those charges by 
that clause,!' he said, "it should be S booked, so far in : few situations. I turning the stages over to indies, 
broadened to include every union ! With a s p e e d u p of bbokings "Now," says Arthur S. Abeles, Jr., 
member and every Congresssman. i planned for the- next two months, 1 WB managing director for Great 
I think that something should be i U's weekly returns on Anglo pix i Britain; "we have been answered 
done about Communism because I are expected to , climh to a new ' in turn by the failure of independ- 
: its loyalty is to a foreign power." 1 high, : ents to hire the space." 

♦ivfl^^w" T'fu *t" »«=''"!.n'^*'«- ! Us take is almost all giavv be- ^ Since .January only two pix have 
#n^. p^hI^? H^""' "^^^^^'Ti^i'se "Hamlet" is been Icnsed at Teddington, and 

«inL/™l\ Education which I at distrib rental which averages i"'"?' J""y. when the first batch of 



sackings took place, there has been 
no filming at all. 



^IfTh'l^^'»i^lnirft?^ 1?^^ ^O^i:. Moreover, ad expenses have 

lip the Democratic vote, said he , n„t oroven nrohibitive since U '. 

Meri tbor'f LCtl^'l-""" ' unde?ta°W„g ?0% ''of the'^^d nut 
eolith's The f^^^^ ^? t h « l?hn." .'"«»'n^t the exhib'a 30%, has not 

tional AFL convention at Cincia-:„^'^^^^^^'>^^\ ^ 
nati next week. "If it's continued. " Promising outlook for "The Red i 

Walsh said, "we'll do better next , Shoes, ' being roadshow by EL. also ■ „^ ^„ „a,..rrs 
time in the job of supporting our, sweetens the outlook of heightened ' °„j'r repayable over a perfod of 
friends and punishing our ene- revenues Fi m has been given a i ,^,^^,.3, years at 4% interest Ex- 
^ T'V ^""i^S^^^^oJ. ?L?ies l-SintTr- 



British LQaii$ 

Continued from pace 3 
a years program of 18 features 



I vi^here it has opened. 



The advances are made' by the 



. V-I Keeps 15 Scribes Busy 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. ' Rank has a number of big pic- ' FFC to (ii.stributors'ratheVthan di- 
Writing mill at Univei-sal-Intcr- tures which will hit the American rectly to producers as the distrib 
> national has 15 scribes at work on market within the next 12 months, is required to guarantee them. He 
13 stories indicating a burst of pro- Included are "Christopher Colum- , is also required to insure proper 
duction activity. bus," Fredric March starrer, and \ distribution of the films and other- 

New U-I production policy calls , "Scott of the Antai-ctic," film desig- ' wise act completely as the midtiic- 
for at least three pictures before nated for the British "Cpinmand i man between the government jmd 
the cameras at all Umes. .Performance." jtlie producer. 



(In Italian; EjiflUsh Titles) 

Obvious but interesting yam 
about a wolfish sailor and a simple 
factory maid has.several things to 
recommend it. Although film's ap- 
peal is limited largely to Italian- 
speaking trade. It will do okay in 
art houses catering to that trade. 

Drawbacks to more general in- 
trest are a " somewhat - hackneyed 
story, its -slow pace, some blurred 
or dark camera .work and careless 
subtitling. Dialog is obviously 
loosely translated and doesn't do 
the script justice. 

Yam has a sailor (Fosco Gia- 
chetti) on the. prowl, trying vainly to 
pick up a shy maid (Laura Solari), 
falling honestly in love with her 
and finding his affection recipro- 
cated after they formally meet. 
She's killed in an accident on their 
wedding day, and the sailor takes 
to drink. Friends drag him off to 
a dive where he meets a dame 
(also played by Miss Solari), who 
startles him by her striking facial 
similarity to his dead love. Al- 
though- he sets up housekeeping 
with her, he broods over ' his old 
love, and when taunted by the 
other, kills her. 

Story isn!t morbid, although the 
way it telegraphs its situations is 
a little trite. Picture has authentic 
mood and atmosphere for a good 
deal of appeal. Wharf and seacoast 
shots, and bistro interiors, lend 
much reality, and performances of 
cast are good. Miss Solari, doubling 
as the two lead femmes, is very at- 
tractive and strikingly contrasted 
in two r dissimilar roles, handling 
both with skill. Giachetti's per- 
formance opposite is also superior. 
Camera catches some neat shots; 
but . lighting is occasional ly dull. 

Bron. 

Long l8 Hie Road 

(GERMAN) 
I.opert (A.storia) Films release of Inter- 
national Film Oreamzatton (Abraham 
Weinsteln) production. Stars Israel 
Becker, Bettlna Moissi, Berta Litwiiia; 
features Jakob Fischer: Directed by Her- 
bert B: Fredersdorf, Marek Goldstein. 
Screenplay, Karl Gcorg Kulb aiid Israel 
Becker, based on original story by Becker: 
camera, Franz Koch: music, Lothar 
Bruhne. Previewed N; Y, Nov. S, '48. Run- 
ning time, 7fi MIN'S. 

David Jelin . Israel Becker 

Dora Berkowlls Bettlna Moissi 

Hanna Jelra Berta Litwina 

J'*?''-^?"!! Fischer 

Senior Doctor : . ...... . , ,otto Wernicke 

and Doctor . . p.ul DaWke 

Farmer Ale.vander Bardini 

Mr. Liebermann David Hai-t 

Partisan Mischa Nathan 

Chodetzkl H. L. Fischer 

(In Yiddish, German, Polij!;), Eiig- 
'lish; Enfllts/i Titles) 

First picture to be lensed in the 
American Occupation Zone of Ger- 
many, "Long Is the Road" Is an 
honest and poignant story of the 
displaced persons in Europe look- 
ing for a homeland. Cast, though 
mostly professional actors, are 
nearly all D.P.s themselves and 
much of the story is said to be 
woven out of their own experi- 
ences. Film is a sure bet for the 
art bourse circuit, tor which it's 
grooved in this country. 

Original story centers around a 
single Jewish family from Warsaw 
Its uprooting by the war and .sub-- 
scqucnt determination to find a 
new place to live. Number of 
newsreel clips bridging the early 
sequences gives the picture a docu- 
mentary form wliich sharply points 
up the theme. As such, the film 
represents honest propaganda for 
the European .lews' dearc for a 
homeland in Palestine— which • is 



emphasized currently by the battle 
' in Israel. All-around excellence of 
'the: casti story and direction, 
! though; makes the . picture able to : 
. stand on its own merits. 
. Screenplay^ penned : by Israel 
Becker and Karl Georg Kulb from 
an original by Becker, pulls no 
punches in getting across its point. 
Some of the concentration camp 
scenes are especially grim. Story 
has Beckert as the son, separated: 
by the Nazis from his mother .and 
father. He joins a Polish partisan : 
troop, while the father is killed : 
by the Germans as "unfit" and the 
mother is shifted from one labor: 
camp to another. With the war 
over, the; mother and son, after 
criss-crossing Europe in a search 
for each other, ai'e finally reunited- 
— but they still have no home.' In- 
terspersed with the main plot is a : 
postwar romance between the' son., 
and a displaced German girl. 

Becker does an admirable job . in 
his dual capacity as writer-actor,: 
.\lthough far in appearance from; 
the accepted Hollywood iuve type,y 
his fine thesping job will grow on 
the audience as the picture pro- 
gresses. Equally standout is Berta 
Litwina as the mother: A Polish 
star before the; war. Miss Litwina I 
gives a finely-shaded characters 
ization to the tragic role. Bettina ; 
Moissi,, daughter of the former . 
Max Reinhardt actor, Alexander 
Moissi, is appeallns as thq Ger- 
man girl. Jakob Fischer is fine as 
the father, and the rest of the cast, 
down to the smallest bit part, turn 
in good performances under the 
knowing direction of Herbert B; 
Fredersdorf and Marek Goldstein. 

Dialog is mostly In Yiddish, but 
there's also considerable Polish, ' 
German and some English. English 
titles are adequate to follow the . 
story. Production mountings are in 
keeping with the grim mood of the' 
picture, which Is also aided by the : 
low key lighting and Lothar 
Bruhne's score, which Includei 
several w.k. Yiddish folk tunes. 
Franz Koch's camera work, for the: 
most part, is good. Stal. \ 



8 MAJORS NAMED IN 
450G ST. LOO SUIT 

St. LouiSi Nov. 9. 

The Frisina Amus. Co.; its sub-' 
sidiary,' the Frisina-Mexico The- 
atres Co;, and eight distributors 
last week werO' named: defendants 
in a $450,000 anti-trust suit filed 
in the local U. S. district court bj^ 
Louis M. Sosna, Moberly, Mo., for- 
mer owner of the Sosna, Mexico, 
M.O., which he sold to the Frisina 
Amus. Co. in January, 1944; 
: The petition alleges that in 1940, 
in response to demands of mer- 
xhants- and civic biggies in Mexico^: 
Sosna mulled a plan to open a the- 
atre in that town which then had 
two theatres, one of which had 
been closed for 15 years. When 
the rumors of a new theatre open- 
ing bedame known, the petition 
states, the closed house was re- 
opened for two days a week. Sosna, 
in his petition, charges that he was 
promised by representatives of the 
distribs that he would receive 
first-run film in sufficient qUanti* 
ties to operate the house he sub- 
sequently opened. Later, the two 
other houses were sold to the 
Frisina interests and then his 
troubles with the distrtbs began. . 

In Januarjr, 1944, Sosna said he 
was forced to sell the Sosna to thf 
Frisina-Mexico Theatres Co., and 
compelled to abstain from: com- 
peting with them In Mexico for 10 
years. Because of this Sosna's peti- 
tion charges that he lost $150,000. 
He is seeking treble damages. 

Besides the Frisina organization, 
the other defendants are Loew's, 
Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing 
Corp.. RKO Radio Pictmes, 20th- 
Fox, Paramount Film Distributing 
Corp.. Columbia Pictures, Uni- 
versal Film Exchtinges and United 
Artists. 



Majors Settle With Nick George 

Detroit, Nov. 9.: 
Another anti-trust suit bit the 
dust this week when Nicholas 
George, local exhlb suing the eight 
majors for an Injunction and un- 
stated damages, settled his action. 
George received a small cash sum 
and an agreement that his All^n 
Park theatre will be given a better 
run. 

George had filed action in 1945 
in Michigan federal district court. 
He had charged that the Mel (Par- 
amount) was being favored oVer 
his theatre In violation of anti-trust 
laws. 



Wednc^uft November 10« ,1949 



19 



JOHNNYS 



TRANSAUANTIC PICtURf 



THE 



DECISKHU 
OF 



IINMfAnERIIM! 

WRRIIERS SIMSHnEIKMM OlMMXIf 48 



THIS WIU BE CONTINUED AS 



Warners 
put it on the une 

IN 1949 




THI NEW TIAK STARTS WHH 

ADVillTURES 




IN COLOR «V 



TECHNICOLOR 




20 



nCTUIIES 




(Col) poor $2,000. 
Orvkemn <RKO) (2.600; 35-74>^ ' 



Seattl<^ W Fffie 13G, 
'Julia' Terrif IIG, 2d 

Seattle. Nov. 9. 

Fleet week and football crowds 
are boosting bjz here this week. 
"Song Is Born" looks sock at the 
Liberty. "Good Sam" at Paramount 
and "Race Street" at Coliseum 
aUb shape fine> 

Estiiaates tmt This Week 

BI«e MMse tH-E> tSOO; 50^>— 
^'Anartinent P*ggy" 13M)th):. and . . . . . 

"Bte Pun**" tW») (4th wk). JNice /'Velvet Touch" (RKO) and "Prai- 
$3W0 in 6 days. Last week, okay , rie " (SG). Good $13,000. • 

$3[700. 

Caliseum (H-E) fl.877; 50-84)— 
"Race Street" (BKO) and "Olympic 
Games" (ED. Good $9,500 in 8 
days. Last week. '-Retum of Wild- 
fire'* (SO) and "Jungle Goddess 
(SG), slow $4JMI0 in 6 days. 

IKth ATC««e tH-E) (2,200; 50-84> 
—"Julia MisbebaTes" (M-G) and 
"Secret Land" (M-G) (2d wk). 
Great $11,000 after sock $14,000 
opener. Holdis again. 

Uberty (lnd> (1.650; 50-84)— 
"Song Is Bom" (RKO) and "Leath- 
er Glove!^ fColX Big campaigB' 
helping to land smash $14,000. Last 
week, "Night .Has 1.000 Eyetf' 
(Par) (2d wk), slow $3,300 in 4 days. 

Mnsic Box <H-E) (850; 50-84)— 
"Touch of Venus" (U) and "Sword 
of Avenger" (EL)f f3d wk). Excel- 
lent $4^. Last week, $4,200. 

Xnsle Bdl (H-E) «2;200; 50^84)— 
"Hc^low Tiiumpb" (EL) and 
"Mickey" (.EL). Ve»y dim $4,500. 
Last week, "Peabody and Mermaid" 
(U) and "Mrs. Crane" (EL), slow 
$5J00. 

Orphema (H-E» f2,600; 50-a(>— 
"Belinda". (WB) and "I Surrender" 
\Co\). (2d wk). Still big at $10,500 
or near. La.st week, $12,600 



PHILADELPHIA 

(Continued from page 12) 
Sock $6,500. Last week. "Sorry 
Wrong Number" tPar>. $4,000. 

Mastbaum tWB) (4,360; 50-99>-- 1 u » , 

"Johnny Belinda" fWB) fSth wk>.| That's reaching houses far _do»n 



L 



Selznick-UA 



StUl holding near initial pace at I the line, which" it isn't proQtable 
$20,000. Last week, «(Ck $22,500. \ for the limited SRO ^A^, 



fix (Cummins) (50O: 50-94)— "No | only an occasional single picture 
stealer Sin" (Indie) and "ChUdren | to peddle, to contact. Neil Agnew, 

on Trial" iJndie) Od wk). Solid | until recently SHO prexy, at- 

tiempted the experiment of reach- 



DENVER 

(Continued from page U) , ,^„,„„„^, ^...^ . 

(2d wk), and "Triple Threat tcol), creater Sin" (Indie) and "Chadren | to peddle, to contact. Neil Agnew, 

,„ . on Trial" iJndie) Od wF " 

Denver il-ox) (2,525 d5-74)— .Tntui Toet *jek $8 000 
"Rope" (WB) and "Big P«nch " . ^'Sey «WB) <2.9X 50-99)- 
(WB), day;date with Bsqmre^ Web- ..s„„,j,e^ Yankee" (M-G) (2d wk). 
ber. Big $18 pop or c ose week. ^^.^".^"Jie^. Last week, mod- 
"Time of Lite" (UA) and "Thunder- , . _-| f^w, 

hoof" (Col), $16,(000. ' StontoT^WB) (1,475; 50-99)- 

Es«uure (Fax) (742; 3>-74)— ^A„^i7Vith Dirtv Faces" (WB) 
"Rope" .WB) and "Big Punch" .^ng^s With W * 



; wk), $9,800. 



Grid Gane Tdts Ilpis4 
Yankee' Great $14,000, 
'Soig' Sockeroo (17,000 

Minneapolis.- Nov. 9. 
Weekend hnsiness-was boMeied 



Last 

weelt, "Pirates" (M-G) and "Secret 
Land" (M-G), fair $15,500. 

Parameunt (Fox) (2,200; 35-74)— 
"Cry of City" (20th> and "Dog 
Rusty" (Col). Thin $8,000. Last 
week. "Northwest Stampede" (ED 

and "Spiritualist ' (ED. $8,000. "—1.--;^ w Wh.li 

RialU fFoxJ (878; 35-74)— "Hairy i •ga™ here 1^ »fi"*„"*'^£™^ 
Ape" (FC) and "WoK Man" (FC) ' crowds attending Mmnesot^Pm- 
(reissues). Mm $2,50a Last week, j due game which set a new rttend- 
"Apartment PeSy" (20tb) and ance record of 66,593. Principally 
Michael O'Hallmn" (Mono) (m. , benefitting vere such majiM new- 

1 comers as "Apartment for Peggy.'* 
(Fox) (750; 35-74)— ' "Southern Yankee." "Sonit is Born" 
'Bope'* (WB) and "Big Punch" i and '^Coroner Creek." "SonT 
«WB), also Denver, Esquire. Tiiin ; shapes as standout of week. CoW 



o.), $3 XWO. 



Pie Mistry £«■ 

Key to Continuance 
Of Freedom Train 

Washington. Nov. 9. 
Freedom Train, largely backed 
and supported by the motion pic- 
ture industry, may get another 
year's lease on life. Big problem is 
one of financing and whether the 



ing these houses by mail, but it pjctme industry is willing to con- 
proved only nunorly successful. j y^yg carrying « share of the nut 

As a result, if UA enters into the | for the additional period, 
deal, it will not only handle the Freedom Train was due to wind 
post-key sales of future Selznickjup Sept. 20, but has received an 
product, but will attempt to pick | extension until mid-January. Now 
up the unsold _accounts of the ^ there is a plan under consideration 



regular run of "Duel in the Sun" 
and of "Mr. Blandings Builds His 
Dream House," "The Paradine 
Case" and the reissue of "Inter- 
mezio." The only film coming up 
is "Portrait of Jennie." which DOS 
promises for Christmas' release^ 
PA Can Stand It 
The deal with UA ia seen as 
mutually advantageous. Company 
has a full sales staff on the road 
with its own product and the ad- 
dition of the Sebnick films would 
be no burden; particularly ina»- 



to continue it for a year alter that. 
Instead of rolling it into all lUnds 
of towns for short visits, the 
scheme oivisUins long stays at key 
centers with e^ccundons from sur- 
rounding points to vlsU the train. 

Matter is expected to be de- 
cided early In January at a meet- 
ing of the officers of the Heritage: 
Foundation, the group supporting 
Freedom Ttain. Another possibil- 
ity is that Congress may take the 
train over from the Foundation 
and operate It. Heritage Founda- 
tion is understood to have spent 



much as UA is light rtfi releases, ■., nnn noA 

It is understood that the deal calls HP.^^^L "1 ^^""''j?™.''?."^ 1'"! 
for UA to get a percentage «t the 



entire income oC each new film. 
This, along* with the iMnin for 
iriiysica] distribution, wnold hclii 



$2,000. Last week, "Northwest Pas- weather is a stimulus to bii still ux'j nut of almost tmSM 



sage" (ED and 

about same 



"Spiritualist" (EL) 



HODT STARS BOOST 
'BODYGD' 35G, CLEVL 

Cleveland. Nov. 9. 
There's a slew of husky hold- 
overs which came through the elec- 
tion slump better than expected 
this week. "Hamlet" at Ohio and 



is not: iHg.. 
1 Estimates for This Week 
Century (Par) (1,600; 50-70) - 
"Tatlock'.S Mlllion.s" (Par) : tm.o,). , „ ^, , . 

Well-liked picture soaring to verv ' staff, thus reducing the $25,000 
nice $7,500. Last week, "Peabody , weekly overhead under which he 



a- ''week. 

At the same timev the deal would 
permit Selznick' to further trim his 



the ttain to itt present u.se as a 
faur^arproofv fiEeproof mu.seum on 
wheels. Banning costs include the 
railroad crew, publicity stalT, 
guards, etc. 



and Menaaid" (U) $4,800. 

G^pker (Par) ' (1.000; 40-50) — 
"Thunderhoof ' (Col) and "Triple 
Threat" (Col). House has practic- 
ally adopted dual policy. Light 
$3,000. Last week, "Secret Land''- 
IM-Gi and "Return Wildflie" (S-G), 
$2,500, 



WILCOX STILL PLUGS 

AN6L01S,^W^^ 

There;'''diQUld.\M';'n' .unutficattiion; at 
tfae.oBritidi''and\Aniei£^.;iil'ni':;'^ 
'dttstries.' ^tadependent'':':: produ'cei*/'' 
Herbert Wilcox declared upon . ar- 
as\hTdecUninFboxofftee"sri^rhe'^ New Yoi* from England 



is curmitly staggering with an inr 
sufiicient amount of product in i«- 
lease to keep bis men profitable 
engaged. Sebnick is consideratriy 

on the hook with SRC, inasmuch 



established the distribution or- 
ganization 2*-2 years ago has large- 



Saturday (6) on the Queen Elixa- 
betb. Such a step, he feels, can't 

hurt either side. To clarify the 
advantages of closer ooOperalion 



S«S?j;u^r7S*S ,ty«.Par)a,(,00;5^7(»-^^ 
Palomar .Sterling) (1,350; 50-84) , ^i^^^^J^^ ' lanT" ^ "K | ^-je^^ta. wouldjiandle^i^^^^^ five , ^.^^ ^ ^^^-^^^^ 

r7Z^^'/irish"?"fo;h)'''^2?\C)^ ^h^tTasnrSeriSliS ^^^^^^f^'f' J'^f-S "'7""^'- 

'Luck ol Irish (20th) lun). „_^„i, „„':._ ^ ,„ . , „„„ „„, ' • u i- jiu^oi • i - j- i ment called for top Bnlish st.ir.s to 

Okay $5,000. Last week "Out of ''"^''^'i ses^^^^^^^ Put fCorwin) i3pO; 5(^-70^ -- It is behoved that Selzmck s for- ! ,„ake films in America and vice 

Storm" iRep) plus Mills Bros., I ,,r''"" „t\:"',oVj.'^ vinn, Bloed and Sand" i20th) and eign staft will continue to handle, „„rsa 

others, on stage, fat S13,200 at ^^l^,^^.^^';^^ Zo^'^^X' "^^t ^^^\e^^ ^^''^J!^^'^^'' ^ 

.-G^o^onr^KI'o;^*l?d'="tf^on-^i« *2^;«ories,if.hedealisconsummated.;?ee,'^bTh^frhfchtfpr^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Ranit'' (BKO).''°'in?^$l^ (4.400; 50-70V i Should UA handle Sel.nick dis- ' and directed for RKO release in 



tribution, it would mark his return 1939 and 1940 respectively. 




braceable You" (WB^ (2d runs,). 55- /O1-- Damned Indie) (2d \vkK ■ 7 
Good $4,500. Last week, "Gu.vs J^*"" " to S2 800 following 'fine $4,- ■ Kaye's popularity holding this one 
Texas" (WB) and "Foreign Affair" I "'J'*'?-'^'- lolio. up. Comment divided but likely 

(Par) (2d runs), nice $4,100. ! ..O*"? 'Loew's) (1,200; 90-$2.40)— , will hit socko $17,000, up to par 

; Hamlet lU) (2d wk). Slnding for Kaye film takings. Last week, 

I along rapidly with $17,000 on heels ! "Walk Crooked Mile" (Col), $11,- 

'Belinda' Boffo $16,000, i ^J^'' ""'"'^"^ 

Palace (RKO) (3,300; 65-90) 



British Ban 

Continued from page t 



nate from small minds;; for a. man's 
political beliefs should have no 



Port; 'Julia' Big ll|G|:'Bo^'5euifld' .(RKO) plus Horace 



! Heidt's New Stars on Parade unit 



Portland, Ore , Nov. 9. | onstage. Great 



$35,000. Last 



RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 50-70)— ■ bearing upon his films. 
nnnT"f T»m> ^echt drew the wrsth of the 

X' fine S8 200' exhibitors' organization be- 



"Johnny Belinda," "Rope" , and | week. "Station West 
"Jiilia Misbehaves" are getting the l wk). mild $14,000. 
real coin at boxoffice currently. | state (Loew s) (3,450; 55-70^ — 
"Larceny" isn't doing anything in i "Re^ River" (UAi (2d wk). Still 
the u ay of biz. "Good Sam " and ; robust at $17,000 alter initial 
"Apartment lor Pegey" are still week's fast $23,000. 
tops among holdovers. I StilJman's (Loew's) (2,700; 55- 

Estimates for Thi*. Week , 70) — "Sealed Verdict" (Par). Okay 
Broadway (Parker) (1,832; 50-85) , JIO.OOO. Last week, "Southern 
—"Hope" (WBI and "Embraceable Yarikee (M-G) same. 
You" (WB). Sock $13,000. LastI H"PP (Warners) (3,700; ,55-70)— 
week, "Paradine Case" (SRO) and' Johnny Belinda" (WB) (2d vk). 
"Daredevils of Clouds" (Rep) (10 Still hotsy at $22,000 after smash 
davs), $10,700, - $28,000 opener, 

Mayfair ( Parker) 1 1 500; 50-851— 

"Larceny" lU; and "Blondies' Re- 1 PITTSBURGH 
ward" iColi, Thin !H3 000. Lh.st ' frn^Hr,,.-.^ loi 
week, "Doctor Takes Wife" (Col) | .. 'Continued from page 12) 



State (Par) : (2,300; 50-70) 
(RKO) (2d "Southern Yankee" (M-G). Arlene 
Dahl, localite whov plays feminine 
lead-, made p.a. opening day.' Skel- 
ton picture should hit great $14,- 
000. Last week, "Time of Life" 
lUA), !t;o,500. 

Uptown (Par) (1^000; 44-(Bft> 
"Bate With .1 udy" (M-G). Okay 
$4,000. Last week, 'T^ifd. (Blirs 
Texas" (WB), $3,500. 



War temporarily shelved his 
\ scheme but he now expects to work 
out a joint production pact on his 
current visit. Walter Wanger has 
been mentioned as in on a possible ' 
deal but ; the producer declined to ^ 
confirm the; report. 

Main purpose of Wilcnx's one- 
week junket is to negotiate a dis- 
tribution agreement with an Amer- 
ican company for three of his Im- 
perado pictures, including the lat- 
est Anna Neagle-Michael Wilding 



cause of a statement he allegedly 
made which commended terrorism 
in Palestine as well as the assas- ^ 

sination of; United Nations' medi- starrer, "Elixabeth of Ladymead." 
ator,. Count Folke Bernadotte. He ;Others • are "Courtneys of Curzon 
also has been active with the Street^' and "Spring in Park Lane." 



Irgun's activities In the U. S. 



Accompanying Wilcox is his wife. 
Also arriving with the couple was 
Sir Arthur Jarratt, managing direc- 
tor of British Lion, which releases 
the producer's films in ■ Britain. 



Cold Warms Omaha Biz; 



Yank Cast Clippers To 
Paris on 'Condon' Prod. 




$2J500. Last week, sock $4,400 



Oriental (H-E) 
VJohnny Belinda" 
Jiind- Locked Doors" (ED, day-date 
wth Paramount. Sock : $6;000 or 
near. La.-^t week. "Good Sam" 
(BKOi and "Shed No Tears" 'ED 
(6 days), wow .S5.900. 

Orpheum (H-E) (1,750; 50-85) 



(2 000- so^si)— ' ""^^''P sizzling $22,000 shapes nice, 

(WB)' and "Be- ''l^^^,,,,,,^ fgoQ. „„„ ■ Estimates for This Week 

"Hamlet'' im . Got 
but rave reviews are helping it; 
Close to $9,000, considerably .under 
capacity but iinpressife -,-Advan<;e 
sale just • fair. ' Lai^ ' Week, "Sotith 



ACT Feels Ditto /' ' • 
,; London, Nov. -9. 
Assn. of CJne-Teciiniciains has re- 
fused to Join in a resolution inade- 
by • the Cinematograph Exhibitors 
nv. > . . _^(As»ii. whic^ demands a boycott oi^« 

raUV Si^atinn JIC'*'^ written by Ben Hecht. The 

l£Mf OMUttil an ACT contends that the personal 
^,r• L Omaha, Nov. 9. ' views of writers, however obnox- ] Cast and execs of "Miss Con- 

.lu"-"^!.." S^i*" ^'u"* they may be regarded, should don," to be filmed in Paris this 

ex- winter, planed out of New York 
purely Saturday (6) for France. They in- 
cluded Mbntgornery : Cliit,. who is 
tentatively set id sta^:; ;;Bets^^ Blair, ; 
femhie lead (she \v;as kccbinpsuiied ; 
by. her hu5l)|iind, Gene Itell.'s! ); 
Miclier Berhfeiini , direfetbr;: Butfi 
Roberts, dialog dipMdt'. and iPeter 
Guisicfc, head of Cusidk Intirrt^- 



'Station West" 



HvifC-^'llowlv „ Paramount (Tristates) (2.800; 16- 
Hv,i> Slow ly 65)— "Apartment lor Peggy" (2bth) 



20tb Exploring 



Coiitimicd li'oin page 3 : 



Birsi2 000 fast week "So.^^^^ Henderson, general counsel Otto tional Films, which will produce 
Y-mkee'' (Vg? $11 00(> ^oegel and NT veepee Dan Micha- the pic in association with Com- 

Orp,.e„m (Tkstates) (3.000; 16- York h^'«>«"«t«-s i« New pagnie Continentale Cincmatique, 



^Good Sam", (HKO) and "Shed No , J^^^ee ,M-G> and ''Secre ..f^"'|';,YT.:.^l'.'7;Pr'f I'^it ' T>yenlieth homeoffice spokesmen ' . "Miss Condon" 



is an adaptation; 

same 



»n« «-i /_ ^ I . . and "Shpfl Kn Tp-ii-u" iFT 1 i.i«,..iVh», ^ "c'lucui iiuuieonice .spoKesmen ' jv*is>s i.-onaon ■ is an aciap 

7"^^- $2^n il fi lvl""-* ' $11 000 Las week •'Drc-.m GU^" e"»P''asized that ho definite plans from last year's novel of the 

$5,700 in 5 days Last week also ™ " days. ri. ' .■ .'-'V.^Jr ;rt<.K., urcara uiH fn,, riivm-^imct v,n,,„ nn.vi«, h,, jn;»* r. 

Cteiental. sock $10,400. ' Senatw (Hairis) (1.750; 44-76)— 

Paramount iH-E) (3.400; 50^85)—' 'U) jnd "Hairy Ape" 



(Par) and- "GSllant Lesion""' I Ren) tiivorcement have yet been name by Aline Bernstein, Cusick's 



"Jo'inny Belinda" (WB) and "Be-i'tD (reissues). Former oldie got 
hind Locked Doonc" (EL), also ^S^ne extra space becanse Lon 



. situation mothei'-'in-law. Vladimir Pozner is 

is 'RKO) (1 "inn- ifi fii?i D«-'ision on now in Paris working on the script. 

West" (RKO) and ''I Su7 ^^'"^^^'i''!; company will offer a Film is to be made mo.stly on loca- 



Brand(eis 

Oriental. Big S10,000 Last week, ■ Chaney, Jr, was here at' same tlm^ lendeTDea" (Col). 'nL $8^^^'""/°'„fl;;,^l"'*'"^ ^"^f ^^^^''^ company 

"Rose Washin^on Soiiare" TwLh) on stage in "Born Yesterday " Mav ■ t-^*' 'VVB) and Jl*!!*^*''^- « expected to be ."""tching the equivalent in francs 

and "SlawTsW' °^h> (reissue^^^ *ielped some, oke S3,50d. i l«™"™wn Nowhere' (Col.\ big ™»^e»tj>« confabs. .; of each dollar expended by Cusick 

good mML ueiMues), ^^^^ ^^^^ ..^^^^^^ Crooked Mile" i i F°"»er Secretary of State James , International in providing cast and 

PlayfeoiM (H-E> (1200; .50-85)-— 'Col) (m.o.), $3,000. | Onuha (Tristates) (2.100; 16-65) '' "yp**; '"eanwhile, is reported , other personnel. No release is set 

"Slave Ship" (20th) and "Hose of Stanley (WB) (3,800: 44-76)— ' —"Saxon Charm" (U) and "Lei's "^r,*"*"^, ^"f ■?Pecific pitch yet. 

" '• - ' ' ' ' ~~ Only fair 10"^ some ! Ac 

in-Eater of divoreemerit Despite; re- i Paris was ; Cusick's attorney, Wil-' 

openihg. of the ; ina joi-s' anti-tt-ust Ham Roach, of O'Brien, Driscoll, 
State (Goldberg) (St'S; 16--65)-^:i*"fi;, . Y.. Monday^ the^^^^ 

'San Francisco" (M-G) and "Night J''^^'"^ *" '''"*^*"*^^^*^^ consult With Robert 

at Opera" (M-G) (reissues). Look.K i jenoant .eorn^aijijis from negotlsit- Goelet, Jr., Dayid Peltiianl and John 



Mile" (Col) and "Gay Intruders" 1 dim $10,000 

Onth) (m.o.), okay $1,600 in 6 days. I Warner (WB) (2,000; 44-76)— 
United Artists (Parker) (895; I "Johnny Belinda" (WB) (m.o.) (2d 



•0-85)— "Julia Misbehaves"- (M-G) 
TtitiU $11,500. Lact week. "Saxon 
Charn>" (U), fair $4,700. 



wk). Amazing $9,000 for fourth 
week downtown after fiOfiWt last 
week* 



smash $6,500. Last week, "Luxury i lo*- ft Pfivat* side deal, even while 
Liner'* (M-G) and "Secret Land" 1 0» case is beinc heard by the trial 
(.M-Cr, $6,500. [court. 



Shepridge, clients of the law «rm, 
yAta are produciiM( "Havtore" in 
Italjr. 



IfeJneBday, Novcmbei? 10, 1948 



ITS A 




CHICAGO, Apollo...DETROiT, Fox... 
CALGMIY, 6raiHi'...WU|NIPEG, Garrick 



BOSTON, Panmount & Fenway ...TORONTO, Imperial 
...ATLANTIC CITV.Steel Pier... UTIC A, Olympic 





lOS ANGELES, Orpheum, Cl Rey, Belmont, Vogue 
&Culver...VANCOUVER,Voiue...$EATTLE, 
Orphettm...$POKANE, 
Orpheum 





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JOAN LESLIE -JAMES CRAIG ' JACK oakie .''NORTHWEST ST^^^^ 

■ CHILL WILLS'VICTOR KILIAN 2nc T'-v ;;.- '.AME LINhLULUK 



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PICT1JRB9 



Wednesday, Novemlier 10^.1948 



Dewey Toik' Furnish New Script 
For Comks; Fix, Press Caught Too 



It's "Blatk Tuesday" for the po- 
litical pundits, prognosticators and 
pollsters but it's a gift to gagsters. 
Gallup, Roper and Grossley will 
spawn more yocks than anything 
since the discovery of President 
Truman's piano or the giveaway 
•hows. 

Gallup, Crossley and Roper now 
fedmit that something went hay- 
wire with their figures although 
the' latter waited almost as long 
as Gov. Dewey: before conceding 
on the ABC network. It was 4 a.m. 
; On Wednesday morning when Elmo 
Roper capitulated and then it was 
an un!:onditional surrender. "I was 
so wrong" was the refrain o£ his 
column in the N. Y. Herald Trib- 
une next morning. But the poll- 
sters didn't Stay on the canvas very 
long, They were up Wednesday 
afternoon with the proposal to take 
another poll to find out why the 
first poll was wrong. As one ex- 
pert expertized: "The fact that all 
the major pollsters missed the elec- 
tion results suggests that some- 
thing was wrong." (N. Y. Times, 
Nov. 3). 

:. . The election upset threw War- 
ner Bros.' "June Bride" for a small 
loss. One of Robert Montgomery's 
lines, anticipating a Republican 
Victory, read from "McKinley to 
Dewey," which produced, yowls 
from the N. Y. Strand customers 
on Wednesday. By airmail special 
delivery, the studio rushed a re- 
serve replacement dip - changing 
the line to "McKinley to Truman," 
The topical Broadway legit show, 
VMake Mine Manhattan," also had 
to revise the lyrics of one num- 
ber, "It Was Better in the Good 
Old Days." The first version went, 
■'When Pola Negri was fashion and 
Truman was haberdashin'." The 
second -one came abreast of the 
times with "the Country proved 
what we suspected, a Republican 
Just can't get elected." 

All those wood barriers on the 
Times Square store windows elec- 
tion night were put up for nothing. 
The' crowds stayed at home and 
Times Square was as populated as 



Pitkin avenue.' Some gave tele- 
vision as the reason and others 
said it was the general public 
apathy. It couldn't have been the 
weather, becauser it didn't rain, 
and as Meyer Berger of the N. Y. 
Times, put it, it wasn't even 
"dewy." 

Americans may like the under- 
dog but they like' a winner better. 
When "The Truman Story," a 10- 
minute biog of the President, 
played the theatres before the elec- 
I tion^ audience reaction was slight, 
i The short was revived on Wednes- 
day at several Broadway newsreel 
I theatres and then Truman received 
i an ovation. ■.■ 

The Gacs 
1 Gags galore. Milton Berle's new 
; theme song for Truman^"used to 
be 'Missouri Waltz,' ^ .changed to 
1 'It's Magic!." Comedians -aplenty 
I had to rewrite beaucoup: Dewey 
I jokes: Joe E. Lewis openly cracked 
some: slightly .indigo nifties about 
I Gallup's polls. His opening crack at 
I his Copacabana, N. Y., premiere 
! was that he was "glad to see so 
I many fellow-Bepub . i . . er, Demo- 
crats here;" that he threw out 
, jokes about Margaret TrUman 
[ throwing away her orchestrations; 
kayoed a flock of Dewey gags, etc. 
' Herbert Wilcox, the British pro- 
! ducer-directori who arrived on the 
1 26*our delayed Queen Elizabeth 
I ( f ogbou nd in N; Y. harbor ) with 
t his wife, Anna Neagle, : and Sir 
Arthur Jarratt, managing director 
of the British Lion compaqy, re- 
ported that "he and Joe Seidelman: 
were : the: only two : Democrats, 
aboard. Latter, head of Universal's/ 
foreign operations, arrived with his 
wife. Wilcox stated cocky GOPers 
offered up to 60-1 on Dewey, as 
the Elizabeth was steaming toward 
the U. Sj Tuesday, evening, and 
because of the: odds many British- 
ers who didn't, know or. care enough 
about it, but couldn't resist that 
price, took wagers. • There were 
plenty of relatively small bets, ac- 
cordingly — excepting to the losers 
when a pound note meant over a 
$200 deficit 



New York Ikatm 



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' i><i<iriOp«iimA.M- CAPITOL' 



-— RADIO CITY MUSIC HAll - 

RQckflf«ller Center , : T 

JOAN FONTAINE • JAMES STEWARlT 

• "You Gotta Stay Happy" X 

II : EDDIE ALBERT t 

, , A WILLIAM DOZIER PRESENTATION J 
; A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAl: PICTURET 
, .SrECTACULAR STAGE PRE8ENTATI0M T 



ReX' : Linda Rudy Barbara. 
HARRISON DARN ELt. VALLEE LAWRENCE 

"Unfaithfully Yours" 

• . ■ • A 2Mli C»iit«ry-Fcx Picture : 

ON VARIETY: STAGE^PETER LIND HAYES 

MARY'HEALY - .JACK COLE aad Dancera 

: Oft .IM Stane^'TIEStA" ' . 
Starring ARNOLD SHOPA - iOAN HYLDOFT 



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OLIVIA de HAVILUND 



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LUMHMMk COLOR BY TECHNICOIOR 
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i Newspapers, Mags Went 
Out on That Limb, Also 

The way the pollsters went out 
on a limb in last week's presiden- 
tial election is as nothing compared 
to the comedy of errors staged by: 
the newspaper world in wrong- 
guessing President Truman's vic- 
tory. The bulls actually started 10 
days before the election, when Ijife 
magazine ran a picture of Gov. 
Dewey in California, with the cap^ 
tion: ''Our Next President Crossing, 
San Francisco Bay." - Current (8). 
issue of Life, on the newsstands 
Friday (5), curiously enough, has 
no pic of Truman or Dewey, but 
has a pic :on page ^\ captioned 
"China For Dewey," showing some 
Chinese urchins carrying Dewey 
'placards. . Life's Dewey ('.'Our 
i New President") cover was killed' 
I in ; the main, but for the advance- 
I mailed Coast edition. 
; La.st Wednesday (3), day after 
I election, the N. . Y. Mirror ran a 
1 Drew, Pearson column i prepared in 
! advance, of course), which listed 
I the names of the iDewey) people 
who would be occupying the White 
House; which column the Mirror 
didn't bother to yank.- Same day, 
Wednesday, Leonard Lyons' syndi- 
cated column (also prepared in ad^: 
vance, of course), had. the fij-st half 
devoted to anecdotes / about 
Dewey, evidently- in expectancy of 
his election. - . J 
President Truman had his furi: 
returning Ironi Missouri to Washr 
ington last week, when at various 
train stops he held up copies of the 
Chicago Tribune and Billboard for 
the crowds to see and howl at. The 
home edition of Wednesday's (3) 
Chi Trib had a banner line which 
read"Dewey Defeats Truman," and 
1 the: President several times in St; 
j Louis raised the newspaper and 
j turned about so that all sections of 
i the crowd could have a look. He 
did the same with the Nov. 6 issue 
t of Billboard, which showed a sing- 
ier holding ft bi£ placard . portrait of, 
Dewey, headed' "Our Next Presi- 
dent." 

Others who rushed into print too 
early were Joseph and Stewart Al- 
I sop, columnists for the N. Y. Her- 
ald Trib. On Wednesday (3), their 
column, prepared 'in advance, 
spoke of Dewey as the election winf 
ner. Jt included such phrases as 



Double-Talk 

Public's desire to answer 
questions of the poll-takers as 
it thinks they should be an- 
swered, rather than truthfully, 
was the downfall of the Gal- 
lups, the Ropers, et al., last 
week, in the opinion of Morris 
Kinzler, 20th-Fox account exec 
at the, Kay ton - Spiero ad 
agency.- 

After being told that ads 
for the Roxy, N. Y., were be- 
ing placed in the wrong news- 
papers, Kinzler hit the morn- 
ing line at the house with pen- 
cil and paper and did his own 
"What paper d'ya read?" ques- 
tionnaireing. Nine out of IQ 
answers were the Times or 
the Herald Tribune, accord- 
ing to the ad exec, while prac- 
tically everyone in the line 
had a Mirror, News or Journ- 
al-American peeking out of a 
pocket. 



"the outgoing Administration" and 
"events will not wait patiently: un- 
til Thomas E. Dewey officially re- 
places Harry S. Truman.'' On the 
Trib's front page that day,, early 
morning headlines already indicat- 
ed: that Truman would get in. 

The Wall Street Journal on Elec- 
tion Day (Nov. 2) headlined on 
front page one of its top stories, 
with the election of Tom Dewey 
freely admitted, as follows: "Dewey 
As President — Government To Re- 
main Big; Active, Expensive If GOP 
Wins Today." Story itself stat^ 
that "government will remain bi'g, 
active and expensive under Presi- 
dent Thomas E. Dewey." , 



TRUMAN NEWS CLIPS 
NOW A B.O. WINDFALL 

What looked like an unprof- 
itable but necessary chore for the 
five newsreel companies before the 
Presidential election is now turn- 
ing out to be a black-ink entry in 
major company ledgers. The nine- 
minute campaign film biog of 
President Harry S. Truman; made 
cuffo by the reels for the Demo- 
cratic Party, and included in one 
of the regular issues^ which a good 
number of exhibs sloughed off, is 
currently in big demand since the 
President became, the man-of-the- 
hour. ■ 

Moreover, the process, is re- 
versed,. Where plenty: of exhibs 
snipped thie biog from the reel and 
showed only the news clips which 
were included, in the Truman issue, 
now the Truman treatise is getting 
the bookings -without straight news 
footage. AH five reels have wired 
their : exchanges to ride the band- 
wagon by pushing the campaign 
picture. 

Twentieth-Fox is parlaying the 
strike. Company completed a one- 
reeler in 1946 on President Tru- 
man titled ''The Man From Mis- 
souri." At that time, no one would 
touch the pic. Twentieth has made: 
av.iilable all prints of the briefie 
still in exchanges and reports that 
every print on hand is being 
booked. ,.' 

Truman newsreel biog produc- 
tion co.st was split five ways among 
the companies alter Universal 
drew the -production assignment 
Out of. a hat. It was only made 
originally: because certain theatres 
had booked a nine-minute pic laud- 
ing Governor Thomas E. Dewey 
which March of Time "prepped for 
the Republican Party. Industry de- 
cided to play it lair by giving equal 
playdales to the two films. 



hadelM-Itees 

John Garfield cites how ihuch Bob Roberts, his producer, and he 
learned in independent picture-making by the comparativ'e costs of his 
"Body and Soul" and their jurt-completed "Force of Evil." The 
former was brought in at $1,850,000, and the latter Aim only cost 
$1,150,000, with no values lost. Roberts, who has been handling Gar- 
field's business for years, decided to take a crack at indie production , 
latching on to Enterprise for United Artists release with "Body." 
Their new one, also under the Ent banner, however Is a Metro release. 

Garfield is .one ot the younger- actor-producer groups who. express' 
themselves most vehemently about - restrictions by the Joe Breen (Eric 
Johnston) office because of their tabu on the original title of "The 
Numbers Racket," which is an ''affirmative story to expose how poor 
people are bilked by the numbers mob, The MPAA was adamant 
against the usage of "racket" in a flUn title. 



- Special press shows for British critics may end. Proposal mooted 
some months ago has now been revived: within the British Film Pro- ! 
diicers Assn., which has asked J. Arthur Rank and Sir Henry L. French; 
to form ft committee which will include publicists, and to investigate 
the matter. 

Dissatisfaction which has existed for some time has been heightened 
"by adverse reviews received recently by a number of British pix, not- 
ably Korda's $4,000^000 "Bonnie Prince Charlie," and producers blame 
the fact: that frequently the pictures are seen . cold, without an oppor- 
tunity of -gauging public reaction,- ' 



'Tain't so, says R. J. O'Donnell, veepee and genefal maCager of the 
Interstate Circuit, that he's set a deal with Harold Lloyd for the playing 
of a batch of the actor's old films,' Subject was merely a topic of casual 
conversation between both of them, recently. : 

In: denying the report, O'Donnell said: "I have made no : commit- 
ments to screen a number of Lloyd's old films at Interstate Theatres: in 
this area." It was said that the actor contemplated boosting the value 
of the oldies for television by bringing his name before the public again ', 
in the event the deal was consummated. . 



Under the signature of Harry Cohn, Columbia's president, company 
has ' sent out a letter to every, stockholder explaining, why Col recently 
passed its quarterly .dividend. -After rtf erring to loi^^ :currency dif:-: 
ficultics and domestic boxoffice decline, Cohn piomisM stockholders 
that "I will be among the first to urge a resumption of cash dividends 
when the condition of the company's .business warrants it," Letter also 
highlights Cohn's own '.'vital interest" in company's earnings in view 
of the. fact that he holds 150,000 shares of common. . : - : 



Hollywood producers; in two : cases at least,, -have -lost their - ehthu^' 
siasm for pictures about Palestine. "Night Watch," which was to have 
been produced and directed by Robert Buckner at Universal-Interna- 
tional, has . been shelved indefinitely. Billy Wilder., and Charles Brackett: 
have abandoned their film with a Palestine background. : When asked 
why, the answer was "no comment,". 



Mathematicians at Paramount and 2Ath-Fox .juggled three loanout 
deals to make a 50-,50 split, squaring a triangle. In exchange for Vic 
Mature's $75,000 worth of services in "Samson and Delilah,'* . Paramount' ■ 
sent Wanda Hendrix to the 20th-Fox picture, "The Prince of Foxes," 
for $25,000 and is: lending John Lund to the same lot for a forthcoming 
film for $50,000. 



Indies Ask Say 



Continued troiii page :T 



Roy Acuff Cuffed 

Nashville, Nov. 9. 

Roy Acuff, hillbilly radio 
singer, and Republican: candi- 
date for, Tennessee governor, 
was among .those swamped in 
the Democratic landslide.: He 
was trounced by Gordon 
Browning. Although the back- 
woods-balladeer never was 
given much of a chance, he 
outdrew Browning during their 
stumpir.fe tour: of the: state. 
Probably, it was because he 
toured with his hillbilly band 
troupe and dished out more 
entertainment from the hust- . 
Ings than political harangues. 

One of the reasons for the 
slump in Acuff's popularity 
Was laid to his infrequent ap- 
pearances on the radio dur- 
ing the last two years. An- 
other reason was his acquisi' 
tion of the Dunbar Cave resort 
for an estimated $145,000, 
which fact, coupled with his 
running on the : Republican 
.ticket, stamped him as a pluto: 
•crat. . . 



Brazil. Indies pointed out that re- 
cent agreements with the governr 
ments of France and Brazil were 
negotiated without consulting them 
and were completely unacceptable, 
and harmful to the producers. 
They went at length into the rea- 
sons. 

Johnstor declai'ed it was the 
first time that he had heard these, 
squawlcs registered and had not 
previously known -of - the inc'ie ob- 
I jections. He agreed :that most of 
I the producers' reasoning appeared 
! sound and promised that they 
i would be consulted in the future. 
! Indie reps; in turn, promised that 
I they and their principals would 
I get together as quickly as possible 
I and come to an agreement on a 
I man. to head SIMP.P. Producers 
have been stalling on this in in- 
decision as to whether to appoint 
a name personality, such as Donald 
Nelson, who headed the organiza- 
tion until the end of last year, or 
hire a working exec secretary com- 
pletely familiar with the business. 
. Sears Repudiates Johnston 

Sears gave a more-or-less direct 
nix to Johnston's request for co- 
operation in the, MPAA policy of 
not allowing its members' films to, 
be dualled in England with British- 
made product. UA prexy declared 
that his company was so complete- 
ly shut out of the British market' 
the only- time it could get major 



Some Showmen 



Continued from :p.aEe 1 5: 

tendance only when, a top film is 
shown., . : . 

A steadier flow of patronage will 
also mean that names will lose 
their present importance. This is 
! especially the case in cafes where, 
I under present conditions, there's 
I little business unless a top name 
;is advertised. 

As it is, most amusement enter- 
prises are geared to operate at high 
breaking points. A good weekend 
is insufficient to take most spots off; 
the nut. With present expenses 
they need a Saturday night almost 
every night. They hope to get it as 
soon as grocery and meat market 
prices level off. Many are optimis- 
tic enough to feel that the Truman 
program can do the trick. 



[ Circuit playdates was during pe- 
i riods of : strained relations between : 
! J. Arthur Rank and the MPAA. : 
UA has sold one picure to Rank 
on an. unrestricted basis since the 
MPAA : established its ban ' on 
mixed bills Oct. 1. This is tliit 
only indie film on which any kind 
of deal has been made since that 
time. SIMPP has adopted no of- 
ficial policy regarding the Anglo- 
] American pic twinning, with most- 
j of the producers :i taking a wait- 
j andrsee attitude... As a result, :Jobn'i 
I ston got noncommital replies .to 
his: request for cooperation in the. 
MPAA policy, pending action by : 
SIMPP. 

Nuts to Brazil and France 

Johnston got the worst scorch- 
ing, however, on his request for ■ 
cooperation in the deals reci'nlly 
worked out by the MPAA for the 
industry with the French and 
Brazilian governments. ' Regarding 
France, it was pointed out to him 
that the new agreement pr'rmil<< 
the remittance to the U. S. o£ an 
average of only $8,000 per picture. 
On an ordinary Technicolor sub- 
ject, such as a Disney film, print 
costs for France are $25,000, While,: 
on Walter Wanger's lengthy "Joan 
of Arc" they'll be $30,000 to $40,-: 
000. The indies are thus obviou-sly 
in an impossible squeeze, Johnston 
was informed. The majors, it was 
said, have enough- diversity , of 
j product to choose .only black-and- 
| \vhite subjects for French distribu- 
j tion and thus hold their print costs 
I to a minimum. 

I Regarding the Brazilian agree- 
i ment recently negotiated by MP A A 
I international division chief Gerald 
I Mayer, the indies were even more 
I vehement. This accepts a ceiling of 
1 4-2% on rental terms and limita- 
; tions on admissions in various cate- ' 
gories of theatres. It particularly 
; hurts Goldwyn, Mulvey .pointed 
l Out, because he has been selling 
, away from the major circuits in 
Brazil and has been playing nfinor 
houses. This has proved very profit- 
able. Now, however, the type 
houses he has been booked in are 
limited to a 20c. ceilings as against 
the maximum of 35c. in the top 
classification. Result is, Mulvey de- ■ 
clared, that Goldwyn is being dou- 
bly squeezed by the admission ceil- 
ing and the percentage limitation. 



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Like all Post writers, the author knows his subject 
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PICfURES 



ITedneBdaf, November 10, IWfl 



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NEW YORK 

Iflu Allerhand, Metro sales 
staffer for 22 years and most re 



Kay, 400-scater, St. FrancisviUe, 
111., following facelifting. 
Maury Edgar resigned from St 



Stan Kramer's Careful 
Pre-Production PtamuDg 
Seems to Charm Bankers 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Stanley Kramer, whose Screen 



Few D. C. Changes 



Continued from vaie S 



Staffer for 22 years ana mosi re- 1 ^ ^^^^^ jjagle Lion staff to become 
cently New Jersey salesman, iippe* gentleman-farmer, 
to N. J. branch manager; succeeds » 



Ben Abner, resigned to go With 
WB. 

Clarence Eiseman, Warner 
branch manager, promoted to 
metropolitan district manager; re- 
places Sam Lefkowitz, on tem- 
porary leave due to ill health. Ben 
Abner, Metro's New Jersey branch 
manager, becomes N. Y. branch 
manager Nov. 15. 

Republic sales toppers covering 
the east and midwest in a flurry of 
Junkets. James R. Grainger, exec 
veepee in charge of sales and dis- 
tribution, o,o.'ing Minneapolis 
branch and due back at h.o. Friday 
(12). His assistant, Edward L. Wal- 
ton, trekking through Chicago, Des 
Moines, Omaha, Kansas City and 
St. Louis and returns to Gotham 
Nov. 22. Division manager Walter 
L. Titus, who attends the W. Va. 
Theatre Owners two-day conven- 
tion in Cincinnati starting Friday 
(12), will also swing through some 
five eastern exchange areas. 



PHILADELPHIA 

Public hearings will be held In 
suburban Lower Merion Township 
on a proposed 10% amusement tax. 
The tax was approved at a recent 

township board meeting. , tut _i. 

Earle Sweigert resumed his ""til a fllnv actually starts lensing 
post as Paramount district man- 1 was broken down by Kramer and 
ager over Philadelphia-Washington I associate producer Robert Stillman 
area. The post has been vacant allow signing of all key tech- 
since Sweigert took over mid- . nigigng months in advance of 
Eastern division for Par three fji^jng the cast as long as six 

years ago. weeks before the starting date. 

The Fox celebrated its 25th anni 

Nov, 5 with a 200-pound cake in i 

the lobby, and cut pieces for pa- 1 



ehalrnian any ;niore, 
6. Situation much beclouded on 
Plays unit sent "Champion" before | the House Un-American Activities 
the cameras last Thursday (4), Committee Investigation of Holly- 
broke financing precedent for i-die | -o^^ Heds Jep^^ K.^Rankuj. 
production by getting the Bank ot | committee next year. No in- 
America and second-money lenders j dication of whether the adminis- 



tee was reelected. He will not be i States Exhibitors. Instead of hear 



allow unlimUed" pre-producUon ] t^ron^e^der^hV; wiir'be^abirto ff b'SiTr"'hh" s^un 

J ' k-ppn rommiftee from ridinK '^«"y me oaii lor nis gioup, 
outlay, usual bank and second- , Keep ^ijs^ ^omn^^^^^^^ _ - _ 



keep this committee from_ riding 
money custom of not releasing coin industry— with spurs. 



ing the exhibitors tell their com- 
plaints against the distributors, the 
committee will invite Abram F. 
Myers to testify before it either 
Nov; 15 or 16. On those two days 
this committee, plans to wrapup 
hearings of all .outstanding cases 
to get them out of the way. Myers, 



Talk here Is tliait Rep,; Wright Pat- 
man (D;. Tex.) jwH 
. . , ,. i L\ the committee continued under the 

7. Obviously no change in the , gigt Congress next year. In that 
way the State Department wiU igygnt, Patman would become its 
handle the overseas situation, Enc Uhairman. Should he succeed, the 
Johnston pulls pretty well wUi gmall exhibitors might get another 
much of the Department s top j chance to air their grief, 
brass; he might have been , strong- 
er, though, in a Republican ad 



ST. LOUIS 

Sam E. Pirtle, head of Pirtle Cir- 
cuit, Jerseyville, 111., in St. Louis 
eonfabbing on plans for new 600- 
seater in Jerseyville. 

Fox Midwest Amus. Corp., sold 
Park, Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Sal- 
vation Army for $14,000. Latter 
will use house as recreation center. 

Albert W. Butler, Hillsboro, 111., 
sold Clayton, 400-seater, Clay City, 
111., to Vern ElUott. 

Bud Moran, new St. Louis man- 
ager for Selznick Releasing, vice 
James McCann. 

Joe Goldfarb relighted his Up- 
town, 500-seater, Alton, III., after 
facelifting. 

Harold Holdstlaw converting his 
Frolic, Middleton, III, from 16m to 
85m theatre. 

Izzy Wienschiek, district man- 
ager for Publix Great States The- 
atres, Alton, 111., made a Noble of 
Mystic Shrine. . . , , . 

Max Krutsinger relighted his 



trons as long as it lasted. 

Will - Rogers Memorial ■ Drive in 
this area has collected $37,000. 
Charles ZagranS, RKO branch 
manager, was campaign treasurer. 

Petition by residents in' suburr 
ban Plymouth Township asking for 
a vote on Sunday films was turned 
down by tlie Montgomery county 
election board. 



As a result, "Champion" went ministration. , j 

before the cameras with tlie most | g. Sharp changes in the Taft- 
complete preparation . and full- 1 Hartley Act are indicated at this | 
scale rehearsal yet given an indie j tmie, although all feiAures ot the 
picture. Kramer figures the law will not go out the window, 




BOSTON 

E. M. Loew hosted a party at 
Latin Quarter honoring Louis 
Hiclunond,. recently resigned as his 
executive assistant. Alec Davis 
of the Park and Spencer and Leo 
Howard of the Star, North Brook- campaigns 
field, applied for raembersihip in . stars, 
Independent Exhibitors, of New 
England, local Allied unit. 

Jewish Appeal Drive dinner, of 
film division for New England, held 
at Hotel Kenmore, with Louis 
Nizer, of N. Y., chief speaker, and 
full quota from this district real- 
ized. 

The old Beacon, where first 
sound film was shown in New Eng- 
land but long subsequent run, 
turns up an expensively ; ref 
furbished house . when it' takes 
"HSmlet" off the Astor's hands to 
continue Hub run. 



lengthy pre-production work will 
mean an actual cash saving of 
about $60^000. ' . Pic is budgeted; at 
$750,000. Kirk Douglas and- Mari- 
lyn Maxwell are starred, with 
Mark Robson directing from script 
by Carl Foreman, 
United Artists will release. 



'Variety' Poll 

Continued from page I 



or combinations of 



Such things as the anti-Commy 
oath expected to remain. No in- 
dication of whether there will be 
any change affecting the royalties 
on phonograph records. 

No Tax Keductions 
The Democrats are already mak- 
ing clear that there will be no 
further tax reductions in 1949, 
since money is needed for EGA 
and rearmament. This means the 
20% admissions tax and the 20% 
bite on nitery checks will be with 
us for a while yet. Reps. Harold 
Knutson (R., Minn.), chairman of 
the tax law originating House 
Ways & Means Committe, and Rep. 
Bertrand Gearhart (R., Calif.), 
member of the committee, were 
beaten at the polls. Botli were in 
favor of cutting excises, including 
the admissions tax. 



CIO Guilds 

Continued from page 7 



ARI's listing of players in order 
of their popularity .with the public 
was said by most subscribers to be 
a conceit in which they never had 
any faith. Figures on penetration 
into the public - consciousness of 
the publicity and advertising on a 
film 'have been mostly used by 

pub^ad directors as a means of im- ■"-.-.'">"•» "w.^*^ v.. 

pressing their bosses with what i must continue to wrestle with the tional Labor Relations board. 



office employees in several major 
companies. 

Both imions, meanwhile,- are . 
pressing their film boyeott cam- ' 
paign with a national "Don't Go tq 
the Movies'* day planned for next 
Thursday (18). National support 
from other unions has been pledg- ' 
ed to this move. Last week, Allan 
Ha'yward, CIO vice-prexy, threw the 
full support of his organization; 
-behind the white collarite guilds 
in a letter to Harry Cohn, Colum- 
bia: president^ urging him to >nego- - 
tiate with SOPEG and SPG. 

Heavy blows against SOPEG are 
[ being delivered at the same time 
by Local H-63, lATSE, which is 
rapidly becoming entrenched in 
companies formerly dominated by 
SOPEG. H-63, which claims major- 
ites in Republic, Paramount, RKO. 



„ , . , 1 1 -1 1 and several- subsidiary outfits, is 

So far as the big anti-trust suit currently pressing for collecUve 
is concerned, the film majors I bargaining elections before the Na- 



good jobs they're doing— with ' same attorney General, Tom C. 
neither the pub-ad men nor their , Clark, and . the same motion pic 



bosses, reportedly^ of .the opinion 



MIAMI BEACH 

Brandt Theatres, now operating 



lure specialist in the anti-Trust 



Division, Robert Wright. Wright 
has; been handling, the case since it- 



that they meant much. 

-ARI likewise provides a testing , , , . 

service for stories which is sup^ started, in 1938, 
posed to tell a producer whether | In addition to: 

party control of 



the Flamingo on Miami Beach's [ a certain story line will be liked 
Lincoln Road, may add a new | or not. It is these surveys which 
house within the next , six months. \ have probably come in for more 
It would be the theatre now under I criticism than any other single as- 
construction m the north Beach i pg^i of the researching. Most pro- 
area by Ed Singer, hotel operator, Queers and writers figure there are 



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and offer competition in that sec- 
tion to Paramoun'ts Sheridan. 

Wometco chain took over indicr 
operated Normandy, located op- 
posite their Surf in upper north 
Beach sector. Deal is on per- 
centage basis. 



too many angles which enter into 
a film's b.o. value other than a 
mere one-sentence resume of the 
plot to make this kind of research 
of any use. 

Selznick Just Polls To 



the ihahge in 
the committee, 
what scrambles tlie situation so 
badly regarding the House Un- 
American Activities Gominittec, is 
the fact that the committee was to 
have a number of new faces. Ques- 
tion of whether they will be sane 
or wild-reyed boys. Rep, John Mc- 
Dowell (R., Pa 1, chairman of the 
subcommittee probing Hollywood, i 
was licked as wa.s Rep. Richard | 
B. Vail <R., Ill ), Rep Karl E, 
Mundt (R , N, D ) v as upped to 
the Senate by his voters. And, of 
course, J. Parnell Thomas, cur- 
rently chairman, has been indicted 
[see separate story] by a Grand 
Jury, in connection with charges 



A serious twist of ' possible vio- 
lence was also given to the N. Y. 
labor dispute with reports that 
'.'stench bomb neutralizers" had 
been delivered to several RKO 
theatres in : the metropolitan aveas 
which have been picketed by the 
CIO guilds. Both unions flady de- 
nied any intention of resorting to 
stink bomb tactics, declaring that 
methods were being used"to dis-- 
credit honest fighting unions. RKO 
theatre j;xecs, however, have made 
no charges against either SOPEG 
or SPG. 



Agree With Himself 

MINNEAPOLIS While many producers have used 

Ai-lene Dahl, home from Holly- the ARi figures publicly from time 
wood on visit; made personal ap- i to time to prove a point, most/of 

pearance, at State opening day of i them claim to be like Selznick, i ^j, ;,,„„„,,,, a: -r^^j ..i j _ i 

"Apartment lor Peggy." , who remarked recently; "I only I of '"egally diverting Fedei;al funds 

A. J. O'Keefe and Mannie Gott- ! use the polls to back up opin- i ^Yh'*^*} .ff'" ^ongr«- 

lieb. Universal assistant general ] ions 1 alread'' haVe, When my I ^lonat help 
sales and district managers, re- , views and the figures don't agree, 
spectively, oft to Milwaukee after | j throw out the figures," i 

"^'mmlet-'openf roadshow dale I A' Sindlinger, who was one of 




I here at Century early in January. 
I Richfield, still another independ- 
ent suburban house, starting 28- 
day availability policy in place of 
former 56 days. 

"Hy" Chapman. Columbia 
branch manager, discharged from 
hospital and completing rest cur$ 
at home, 
Joe Wolf back home 



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(he founders of ARI and served as 
Its exec head until a split with Gal" 
lup a couple years ago, has; recent- 
ly started a new outfit with the 
aim of getting around; the pitfalls 
of statisticsy but hasn't offered it 
to the film companies as yet. He 
I calls it "research in depth," In- 
stead of polling a large number of 



Committee had in 
tended (o hold a hearing on the 
Coast in January, '.rtiis plan may 
now be filed and forgotten, ; | 
Reelected to the Senate after an j 
absence; was, Matthew Neely (D.., | 
W. Va.) who hiis picture biz on its 
ear in his last tour of duty as a | 
senator. Neely fathered bills to ' 
terminate block booking and blind 
selling. While he never got to 
first base with them, he usually 
managed to stir up the; wolves and 
collect plenty publicity. Question 
is whether. Neely will again take. 



after j people, he queries just a few, but 
stretch at his Texas drive-in thea- 1 pUes them with questions for as 

tres, , ^ . , , , , , long as a couple hours. The inter- 1 aim at the studios and distributors, 
Theatre business helped here by | views are wire-recorded and pro- ' Among the members of the House 
high employment rate the total | vided to the client who can play ' reelected were Sol Bloom (D., 
havmghitwartimepeakof 235,000,, hem back and do his own inter- iN. Y,), oldtime showman; and 
agam^ according to figures ]ust | g^ing, Helen Gahagan Douglas, former 



LOS ANGELES 

' Pix theatre, renamed the AAA, 
reopened by Fanchon & Marco 
after shutdown for remodeling and 
reequlpment. Now on deluxe nabe 
policy. 



Metro is the only company which 
maintains its own research depart- 
ment. It employs Dr. Leo Handel, 
who, it was said this; week, would 
go on making his surveys for the I that 



company undaunted. 



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'Ecstasy' Pitch 

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original Chechoslovakian picture, 
rather than the one which was doc- 
tored up in France. This time 
Miss Lamarr wears a bathing suit. 
Revamped version, to be billed 
as ''Hedy Lamarr in 'My Ecsta.sy', '' 
cost $70,000 for refilming and runs 
about 65 minutes. 



about Eric. Johnston; as Secretary 
of Commerce in Dewey's when- 
and-if cabinet. Ditto John Foster 
Dulles, who was pencilled-in as 
Secretary of State. Filmites uti- 
lizing the Sullivan & Cromwell law 
firm, which Dulles heads, had more 
than a future weather-eye in such 
legal retainers than normal barris- 
ter relations. 

Rep. Waller Ploe.ser (R, Mo,), 
chairman of t)ie House Small Busi- 
ness Committee, was another vic- 
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Gov.-Elect Bowles' Radio Hypo 



Hartford, Nov. 9. 

As a result of the election of ex-huckster, ex-OPA head Chester 
Bowles to the govenior's seat, there Is a definite feeling among 
radio men and politicians statewide that radio electioneering is in 
for A Chang* of fare and pace. Successful campaign solely by ether 
Uy Bokles: has beaconed the path for a new type of radio politiking. 

Bowles, concentrated entire fire on radio campaigning utilizing 
all methods known to advertising agencies. He knew tlie defects 
of the ordinary political campaigner and avoided pitfalls encount- 
ered by them. He made his programs interesting and to the point, 
without sidestepping issues. He emphasized terrifically trained seal 
and soap selling methods of ad agencies. 

Bowles campaign was masterminded by himself and Douglas 
Bennet. Latter told Variety that radio methods of electioneering 
are in for a change. Said Bennet: "People don't want entertain- 
ment when subject matter is of a serious nature." He said that 
'listening should be made easier to "listen to." 



Trade Poser: Is Client ivn^Ad 
k Axing %ow After First 13 Wk? 





Look Wko's Back! 

John J. Anthony^ after several 
years' absence from the' airlanes, 
has been ticketed by WMGM, N. Y., 
for a comeback try via a full-hour 
weekly show on the Loew's indie, 
Mondays at 8 p.m., starting .Nov. 22 



General Foods, currently going+' 
into a Hoopier tailspin with its trio 
of new shows, has become cancel- 
lation-conscious, much to the dis- 
tress of CBS and ABC. All three 
are Young & Rubicam shows,- 

Bankroller bowed in the new sea- 
son with the Jane & Goodman Ace 
"Mr. Ace &; Jane" and the Jack 
Carson progr^lm as its Friday night 
60-minute (8 to 9) parlay, and the 
Meredith Willson show as part of 
ABC's sock Wednesday night line- 
up. However, GF feels that the 
"Ace" 5.1, the Carson 5.6 and Will- 
son's 5.3 don't add up to a proper 
per point payoff. 

Talk. is that the Ace show, de- 
spite the kudos It's won in the 
trade circles as mature comedy in 
the satiric idiom, is slaied for ax- 
ing after its 13-week cycle runs 
out and it's reported that Ace, 
in anticipation of such a move, 
has already booked reservations 
for Miami this winter. Fate of the 



Win With WINS 

" :Lew Fisher, who does a 
daily. 4 to 6.30 p.m; disk jockey 
'session for Strauss Stores on 
WINS, N. Y., gives a gentle 
nudge to his gabby fellow-plat- 
ter-spinners in billing his 
show. He tabs it: 

"The only record show in 
radio whicii features Tnusic.'* 



Weaver Rides Out 
Merry-Go-Round 
InY&R Melee 



SEEN IN PICTURE 

Informed quarters within the 
trade, : putting together the post- 
election pieces and tying, them in 
with the current unprecedented | 
jockeying among the networks for I 
dominance, see some interesting I 
developments shaping up, particu- 
larly as they apply to NBC. 

One aspect of it concerns the 
split in relations between : Mutual 
network president Ed kobafc and 

his exec veepee, Robert Swezey, program has already been sold 
who; it's reported, may be wooed to Norton Corp., makers of Sural, 
over to the NBC family as one of ; New "John J. Anthony Hour" will 
the higher echelon. A year ago, it's be substantially the same format 
been confirmed, NBC prexy Niles as his earlier stanzas. "Books on 
Tramraell made overtures to Trial," "now in the Monday at 8 
Swezey, but the latter turned I segment, will be moved to Tues- 
them down, preferring to string I days, 
along with "his longtime associate * ' 
and friend, Kobak. ^ ' ' 

Another facet of the inner-circle 
speculation concerns the: ultimate 
operational powers of NBC's exec 
veepee, Charles R. Denny, the for- 
mer chairman of the Federal. Com- 
munications Commission,, whose 
political ideologies, jibe with the 
continuance of the Triiman' Admin- 
istration. 

That Benny, with his pro-Demo- 
cratic sphere of influence in the 
:all-important Capitol Hill-White i 
House circles, will emerge as an ' 



Trade Ma^ermmds Effect, If Any, 
Of GaUup-Roper Election Fiasco On 
Hooper, Nielsen & Co. Radio Ratings 



Pat Weaver; who joined Young j 
Rubicam about a year ago as I 



Carson and Willson shows are still 
in doubt, although It's reported ., . , 

Carson has a firm 39-week contract vice-president in charge of radio 

and cannot be yanked. (and television, is reportedly . under 

- Attitude of the webs — and a : the same sort of top-executive 
large segment of the trade^ — is that i pressure as harried his , prede^ 
GF is perpetuating one of the oW- ' cessors. Situation is understood to 
est evils in radio in its demand i have reached a climax recently in 
for an immediate p^off without | Weaver submitting his resignation 
giving a show an opportunity to to Sigurd S. Larmon, agency board 
develop audiences. They point to I chairman and. • president. Latter, 
the list of top-bracketed Hooper , refused to accept it, however, and 
shows, from "Fibber . & . Molly" j Weaver is remaining, 
down, as evidence that the Hoopers I immediate subject of differences 
don't start rolling in during- the between Weaver and the executive 
initial 13-week cycle; that you have ^^^-^^ jo be the radio dc- 

to exercise patience in "nursing partnieut's handling of the Gener- 
- 'em". into the bigUme. Foods account. Matters came to 

' — ~~ ] a head at a recent plans board 

* , flT'Iif* ! meeting, with. Weaver expressing 

I AlllVini&C /SUlv .resentment at what he called the 

IjlUUclllCO ItlvU {carping criticisms of A. V. B. 

■ 1 (Tony ) Geohegan, v.p,::. and ^.mediai 

Idirector. 

After a bitter personal exchange 
j between the two men, Weayer re- 
I portedly toW off the meeting and: 
Unusual instance of a sponsor the general executive-flOor attitude 
buying an additional half-hour of I toward the radio department. - He 
network time on the same day for then went to his office, dictated 
a Virtual repeat of its program has j and signed his resianation, sent it 



Coke Wrjp Up 

Coca-Cola has bought the Edgar 
important link for NBC is re- ' Bergen comedy show, which Stand- 
garded as a foregone conclusion, [ard Brands, is relinquishing. Deal 
These informed circles are of the ] represents a $l,730,00a time-and- 
opinion that Denny will be the one } talent buy. 

to move into the presidency of the | The soft drink outfit, in recent 
parent Radio Corp. of America, a years one of the major network 
post into which RCA board chair- 1 clients on nighttime programming, 
man David Samoff lias been with an approximate $4,000,000 an- 
doubling since it became vacant a i nual outlay, currently bankrolls a 
few years back. , J brace of CBS half-hour shows 

In such an eventuality, it's re- i (Percy Faith-Jane Froman on Sun- 
garded as highly likely that Swezey 'days and Spike Jones-Dorothy Shay 
would take over the exec veepee on Fridays) plus the Morton Dow- 
role at NBC as No. 2 man to Tram- | ney NBC program. 
mcU-^the same position he's been 
holding under Kobak. at Mutual. 



"♦■ The Gallup-Roper election poll 
fiasco reverberated jarringly 
through the whole research field ; 
during the past week and: rocked ^' 
the radio rating status quo so bad-. ■ 
ly that the whole. audienceTmeas- : ' 
urement ipicture: got slightly out of ; 
focus. 

Although C. E. Hooper, A. C. 
Nielsen and listener pulse-takinc 
brethren jumped in with don't- 
point-the-finger-at-us, too state- j 
ments (i.e., they measure, what's 
actually : happening Of what has 
happened rather than what is go- . 
ing to happen), broadcasting cir- 
cles buzzed with speculation on th» \ 
possible effects of the election 
polls' misfortune. «i : i 

Whole matter wasn't helped aiiy, ' 
either, by the Election Night cov- ; 
erage -' ratings issued by ..Hooper. 
He gave NBC 15.8 for 8-11 p.m. 
in 36 cities; CBS 14.1; ABC 11.4, ; 
and Mutual /.O, with total sets-in- ; 
use placed at 54.7, Teleratings for 
N. Y., with 74.1 sets-in-use, were 
placed at 32.3 for WNBT (NBC), 
15.0 for WJZ-TV (ABC), 13.6 for 
WABD (DuMont); 8.2 Jfor WCBS- 
TV (CBS),, and 5.0 lor WPIX. • 
Trade observers who ranged over ' 
the: dial during the evening; found'; 
the figures as hard to believe as ; 
the election's outcome. ' 

: (Local ratings; to make matters ^ ' 
thoroughly confusing,; were far dif- 
ferent. In Chicago, Hooper rated 
WBBM (CBS) on top, WON (Mu- 
tual) second; WMAQ (NBC) third 
and WLS-WENR ( ABC ) , fourth. 
(In Philadelphia. Albert "Sin- 
(Continued on page 30) 



fines 750G 
"Repeat' Melody! 



Coca-Cola is said to be dropping 
the Faith-Froman musical program, 
heard in the 6:30-7 p.m. period, 
since, with Bergen continuing as 
a Sunday attraction, the client 
obviously doesn't want two Sunday 
shows competing with one another. 

Coca Cola is keeping Bergen 
entrcni!hed in the Sunday night at 
3 NBC slot, thus meaing the loss 
of a half-hour in billings for CBS 
with the exit of the Percy Faith 
program. 

Bergen, a $25,000 weekly pack- 
age, was sold via Music Corp. of 
America. 



cropped up in. tlie case of the i 
Longincs-Wittnauer Watch Co. 

LtW currently bankrolls the 
Mishel . Piastro Symphonette pro- 
gram in the 2-2:30 Sunday after- 
noon segment on CBS. Last week 
it negotiated a contract with the 
web for the 5-5:30 afternoon time, 
reptesenting an approximate ad- 
ditional $750,000 a year time-and- 
talent outlay. 

■ New show bows in Dec. 26. Only 
switch in format is that the latter 



m 

versions on 



(Gontinued on page 30) 

Weiss Yanks 'Song' 
From Theatre Studio 
To Comply With FCC 

■."-■V''''v,..: HolLvwood, Nov. 9. 
; In yanking "What's .■ The Name 
of That Soiig" h'bm Hiilstreet The- 
show will put more stress on semi- i ^a^"^ ^o Don Lee studio after 
classical and classic selection m two years, Lewis Allen Weiss, net 

prexy, Said the step; was. taken in 
compliance with FCC ' ruling that 
no show could / be airisd . from 
remotes where admission is 
.chatged,";':..-.;" ■;:.; ,■' ■■■:'■;,■.,■■;;:;■.■ ■: 
: Weiss .stated "in order to comply 
: with the regulations, interpreta- 
tions of FCC, it will be necessary 
; iov us to atscfetinue qfigihatioh of 
all programs containing any conr 
tests or awards of prizes from any 
',p o i n t at .which . admission is 
charged." ! . ' ■■, ';■,'-■:";/;■' ■; 

Mrs. Rita Williamson has been 
conducting program since the death 
of his band. Tomorrow's (10) airing 
is from Huss Auditorium, San 
Diego, after that from the studio. 
"Name" ha,s ;'been;;a;' Cloast: favpr^^^^ 
•1 for many years. ■■.;■,:,;;.; ■ ■.. ' V ■ 



contrast to the "pop: 
the 2 p.m. program. 
. One show will plug Longines, the 
other Wittnauer watches. 



Chesebrough's ABC Show 

Chesebrough Mfg. Co., in an 
evident expansion of radio bank- 
rolling — since its longstanding . "Dr. 
Christian" .series on CBS appar- 
ently is on solid footing— -ha.s 
bought a new dramatic mystery 
stanza for Saturday night airing 
on ABC. 

Program, titled "Little Herman," 
^ill preein Jan. 1 in the 9-9:30 
time segment. It's the first billing 
hy Chesebrough on ABC, Agency 
is MeCann-Erickson. 



Hollywood 
remain in 
show. 



Brill's 'New Faces' For 
Ameche's Tobacco Show 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Leighton Brill has been inked by 



Umon A^[le May 
Baik52-Wk.PlaB 

■ Whether or not NBC or CfiS"- 
will : be able to carry through on : 
their plans to keep the comics and 
top programs on the air on a 52- , 
week basis by means of transcribed 
repeats during the summer layoff 
stretch is still dependent on th« 
attitude, of the tateni-uiiii^^ 

Although CBS has already cir- 
cularized agencies and advertisers . 
with an invitation to "come on. in" 
under the easing of the transcrip- ■ 
tion ban, NBC is still holding off 
on definite action until it gets the 
go-ahead from the American Fed- 
eration of Radio Artists and th« 
Radio Writers Guild. The AmeH- 
can Federation ojE ;^usi£]iahs .is un- 
derstood to have given its okay in 
advance. 

Chief hurdle to overcome as far 
as the talent unions are concerned 
is the question of second perforin- 
ance rights. Since it's one of the 
basic issues involved in the current 
RWG dispute with the advertising 
agencies, the union's decision, of 
course, ■ will .: be predicated on the 
outcome of . the ' current , negotia- 
tions. ■,■ ;■:■■':' ;'i'''.'''}., ; 
As far as AFRA is concerned, 
1 O'Dwyer, to whom WNYC direc- j George Heller exec secretarjf, has 
tor Seymour Siegel appealed for notified NBC that the union wants 
! clarification of the situation, got > t" aPP^a/se the whole situation be- 
: City Councilman William M. Mc- makmg up its mind. A lot of 
j Carthy to introduce a bill amend- AFRA-ltes, it's conceded, won't 
ing the city Administrative Code. 
It would create a n^w Division of 
Radio Broadcasting, subject to the 
mayor's supervision, and headed 



Chevalier Emcees 
Paris Show For 
Taping to U. S. 

• Paris, Nov. 9. 
'Maurice Chevalier has been 
signed to emcee a series of -half- 
hour shows from the Rue de la 
Paix cafe in Paris. Program, which 
will be a combination of pro tal- 
ent and audience participation, will 
be taped in Paris and flown to 
U. S. for broadcast next day. Ray- 
mond R. Morgan closed the deal 
in Paris and upon his return to 
New York will negotiate with net- 
works and sponsors. . 

Making the trip to Paris with 
Morgan were Sam Pierce, former 
Coast radio head of Ruthraiiif & 

Ryan, and William N. Robson, on j works commissioner, Frederick H. 
leave from CBS production staif in I Zurmuhlen, discovered the setup 

One or the other will | was legally under his jurisdiction 

Paris to produce the ' and made a gesture to take over. 



Mayor O'Dwyer Moves 
To Clartfy Siegel's 
Status as WNYC Boss 

N. Y.'s Mayor William O'Dwyer 
moved this week to take the 
Municipal Broadcasting System 
(WNYC and WYNC-FM) off the 
"who's boss?" spot. Since the late 
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia's days, the 
city^owned indie has been under 
direct supervision of the mayor's 
office, but recently the new public 



Bernie Schubert to supply talent by a director of radio communica- 
for the new daytime American ' tions. That would be Siegel. 

Tobacco show, "Your Lucky | 

Strike," starting Dec 6 on CBS. ' ; rx i cm -ei. -n i- 

Schubert packed the five-a-week I JS O Owi Shltt FrOWlmg, 
"New Faces" layout which will use , McdicO Tclls HCrShfield 
20 people weekly with Don Ameche ' 



like the idea of the webs doing 
transcribed repeats during the 
summer months, since it will cut off ; 
live programming and knock off 
one of their principal sources of ' 
income. A bunch of the AFRA 
boys say they looked forward to 
the summer semester for work, 
and figure that, once the tran- 
scribed idea takes: hold, "the hon- 
eymoon's over." 



emceeing. 



Same Station 

F,lmo Roper originally sched- 
uled his post-election CBS 
topic as "The End of an Era." 

After the vote was in, the 
pollster rctabbed the sequence: 
"The Mandate of the People." 



I . Harry Hershfield, after less than 
; two weeks on WOR's (N. Y.) mid- 
j night air as a cross-the-board 
prowler of Gotham's nltery circuit, 
I has ankled the assignment. Doc- 
I tor's orders, says Hershfield. 
; Benny Rubin took over the spot 
i starting last Friday (5) night. 
Hershfield, however, keeps his 
8:55-9 p.m, storytelling segment oii 
the Mutual key. 



J. SOULARD JOHNSOII UPPED 

Chicago, Nov. 9. 
J. Sou lard Johnson, former as- 
sistant manager of KMOX, St. 
Louis, has been upped to western 
division chief of CBS Radio Sales- 
Television. He will headquarter in 
Chi. 

Johnson joined KMOX in 1937 a 
sales promotion chief. 



26 



BABIO 



yiftAwtAwfs NovemJier 10, 1948 



Directors Move In on Agencies, 
Packagers for Better Freelance 
Terms, Riding Crest of Demo Sweep 



On the heels of resumption by the* 
agencies and independent pack- 
age producers of negotiations witli 
the Tladio Writers Guild (see sepa- 
rate story), the Radio and Television 
Directors Guild (AFL> last week 
^opened a drive to sign the agencies 
«nd packagers to a basic minimum 
agreement covering freelance di- 
rectors in radio. 

It's regarded as significant that 
the RTDG move, designed to im- 
prove the working and pay condi- 
tions of the biggest segment of 
guild membership, came quickly in 
the wake of a Democratic victory 



BIGTIME SHOW BIZ 
BALLY FOR YD DRIVE 

Saturation Tadio campaign in 
the New York metropolitan area 
in an unprecedented effort to. fight 
venereal disease got under way 
this week with assists from a flock 
of radio and other showbiz figures. 

Fourteen quarter - hour shows 
have been transcribed for the four 
week drive, , featuring such person' 



alities as Raymond Massey, Margo, 

U'hicrpromises repearorthe'Taft- 1 "''^.A,?'^, 
Uai-tlcy Act. There's no question, , Albert. Stanzas, eight of them dra- 
observers note, but that the un- 1 matic and six documentaries, were 
expected outcome of the election scnpted under supervision of Erik 
tremendously enhanced the bar- 1 ?a» no«w by such writers as Sandra 



gaining positions of the writers as '*J»chael. Peter Lyon. Alan Lomax 
* " I Max Ehrlicb, . Ben Kagany James 

Ertheiii, Welbottii^^^^^ / Kelly and 
Djiria FolUott. 1! Prog^^^ ,were all 
directed 'fcy' Frank Papp, Spots 



well as the dii'ectors, 

It's also regarded as noteworthy 
that 25 top-ranking execs of lead- 
ing agencies and packaging outfits 
showed up Friday (5) at the Roose- 
velt hotel, N. Y., in answer to a 



have; been waxed by Drew Pear 
son and musical jingles by Tom 



call by RTDG to open talks. Among 1 blazer. The documentaries were 



those present were: 

Tom McDermott of N. W. Ayer^ 
James Sauter of Air Features; 
Allen Dingwall of Ted Bates; Wal- 
ter Craig of Benton & Bowles; 
Lucielle Webster of Blow; Leonard 
Bush of Compton; Frank Barton of 
Federal; -Douglas Coulter of Foote, 
Cone & Belding; David Stewart of | 
Kenyon & Eckhardt; B. R. Proctor 
of Lennen «: Mitchell; Leonard 
. Bass of Phillips L6rd; John Bates 
and William Vilas o'f Mathes; Ted 
Sisson of Pedlar & Ryan; Bill 
Tuttle Of Ruthrauff & Ryan; Carl 
Stanton of Show Productions; Edr 
ward Wilson and John Devine of 
J. Walter Thompson; Xed Huhn of 
Warwick & Legler; Tony Zaghl 
and David Miller of Young & 
Rubicam^ and Kenneth Godfrey, 
. i*pi"esenting: the American Assn. 
of Advertising Agencies. 

Agency - package reps indicatedj 
■In response to inquiry by Craig, 
wlio heads the 4A's radio commit- 
tee which- has been huddling with 
;RWG, that the same committee' or 
^ « similar small group would be em^ 
: powered to cany the ball for man- 
agentment in the RTDG talks. 
Ask 2-Week Study Period 
Guild tossed the agency - pack- 
ager group a proposed agreement 
covering (1) recognition (2) Guild 
shop (3) basic minimum fees (4) 
audition: practices and fees (5) va* 
' cations with pay, and (6) air cred- 
its. Guild toppers contended the 
proposals are not only reasonable, 
■ but are in every case conditions 
or terms which are ^at present in 
force in at least one instance. 

Agency - packager p-oup looked 
ever the proposed agreement, 
. (Continued on page 34) 



put together by George Hicks.. 

Virtually every station in the 
N. Y. area. Including all four net- 
work flagships, will participate in 
the campaign in response to an 
appeal by : Gen^ Dwight Eisen' 
hower, president oi Columbia U. 
Slogan of the drive is "Be Ex 
amined." 




KLZ** Titpnoteh N*wa Woman 

LUOLLE HASTINGS 

iriss Hastings is KLZ's women's 
npvvs editor and four-times winnev 
of first "place in tlw National Pre.ss 
Women'* contest for the best pre- 
pared radio newscast. 

KLZ, DENVER. 



From the Production Centres 



Santa's Helpers, Inc., 
Brings Yule Cheer To 
AFRA, Equity Jobless 

Jack Barry, emcee of "Juvenile 
Jury" and "Life Begins at 80," has 
teamed up with legit and radio i 
actor Bob Strauss to offer a Santa 
Claus service during the Christ- 
mas season tO: homeSi clubs, etc.^ 
with unemplayed . AFRA . and. 
Equity members portraying the be- 
whiskered gent. Present plans call 
for the hiring of about 25 Santas, 
who'll get scale pay. 

Barry-Strauss outfit,: named 
Santa's Helpers, Inc., has set up 
New York offices and Will break 
ads in the metropolitan area ;of- 
fering the services of Santas at $15^ 
per half-hour, . $50 for a full eve- 
ning's party. Service will be avail-; 
able throughout December. 

U project goes, Barry said it'll be 
expanded to other cities next year. 
Strauss introduced it on a limited 
basis last Christmas in Hollywood, 



Major Bankroliers 
Sitting In On 
RWG-Agcy. Talb 

Radio Writers 6uild-ad agencies 
negotiations have been resumed, 
with : the Big Boys with the bank- 
rolls getting into the act, indicat- 
ing the seriousness now : attached 
by management to the scripters' 
fight for minimum basic agree- 
ments. RWG strike was suspended 
last Thursday (5) and negotiations 
resumed that day after- both sides 
agreed to certain "conditions." 
. Second huddle was held Friday 
(6) and a third yesterday (Tues.). 
Among those represented on; the 
management side were four major 
advertisers — ; Procter & Gamble, 
Lever Bros.. General Foods and 
General Mills; and a trio of the 
major agencies-^. Walter Thomp- 
son, Compton, and Sullivan, Stauf- 
ter, Colwell &. Baylesi . 

RWG, meantime, has : conducted 
annual elections, which were at- 
tended by a stormy meeting of the 
Guild's eastern regional in N. Y. 
Monday niglit (8). Erik Barnouw 
was. re-elected national president. 

Storm arose over many mem^ 
bers' opposition: to. a proposal, sub- 
milted' by. the agencties and ac- 
; - (Continued on, page 41) ^ : 



Ward Ingrim Ad Chief 
Of Don Lee Network 



SYNDICATE LOOMING AS 
WINX,D.C., PURCHASER 

Washington, Nov. 9.. 

Howard Stark, director of the 
radio department of Smith-Davist 
: radio and newspaper brokers; was 
In town last week 'representing 
possible customers for WINX. 
WINX and WINX-FM belong to 
the Washington Post: which recent- 
ly acquired WTOP, 50,000-watt 
CBS station in Washington. Under 
the duopoly rule, the Post must 
damp its present affiliates before 
it can take dver WTOP. 

Stark's clients are said to con- 
sist .of a . syndicate made up of 
W a shin gto n and out-of-town 
people. Washington ' Post paid 
$500,000 for WINX. However, un- 
loading price will probably be in 
' the vicinity of .$250,000 for the 
little local waiter. 



ANGLE JOAN DAYIS FOR 
FRIDAY CBS GF SPOT 

Now that Joan Davis has switched 
I over to Music Corp. of America 
from the William Morris office, 
MCA is moving in via Young & 
Rubicam agency in a bid to wrap 
up a deal for her takeover of the 
Friday night CBS General Foods 
slot, if GF goes through with , Its 
cancellation of the "Mi". Ace & 



Hollywood, Nov. 9. 

Ward Ingrim is leaving the John 
1 Blair Co. Nov. 15 to join Don Lee 
network in Hollywood as director 
of advertising. Post newly : created 
by Lewis Allen Weiss, prez of ,i i 
coast chain, embraces selling, ad* Jane show, 
vertising and promotion. Ingrim i Miss* Davis ? has: , been . among 
was sales manager of KFRC when I those missing from the network 
the late Tom Breneman headed up hiin„„„ip- ^u.- .p-son T.ast vear 
the San Francisco station in 1936. 1 *;"ocjcies tms season. i,ast yeai 

Ingrim assumes the duties of she also lacked a national sponsor, 
Sydney Gaynor. . i being coroped on CBS. 



m mW YORK CITY ... 

Wilbur. S. Pratt, ex-chief of the American-controlled radio in Berlin, 
has returned to the States. His last position was official radio spokes- 
man for AMG.... Alice Retnhart, star of "Life Can Be Beautiful," 
prepping video series on "Mexicana," using native music and films she 
has made below the Rio Grande — Robert J. Landry has penned 
preface for published version of Bruce Stauderman's radio verse drama, 

"The .Tourney of the Magi" Adelaide Hawley, the Fashion Flashes" 

lady, ticketed for lectures at City College tonight (Wed.) and next 

week ABC staffers Earl Wild, pianist-conductor, and Chaunccy 

Kelley, conductor, sail next Tuesday (16) for a European tour, with 
dates scheduled in London, Paris and Rome. 

Ralph Staub, producer of Columbia "Screen Snapshots," doing a film 
briefie about disk jocks. , . .Nancy Lee Waring, formerly with the Allan 
Meltzer public relations Ann, has opened her own office NBC pro- 
gram veepee Ken Dyke, and his bride, off on a European honeymoon. 

Back in a month Adam Hats bought a series of daily spots on the 

Lanny & Ginrer Grey stanza (WMGM) "Teen-Age Music Scholar- 
ships," half-hour stanza showcasing young talent, gets a network audi- 
tion by Mutual tomorrow night (Thurs.), 8-8:30, from the Longacrc. 
Olin Downes will emcee, with Roger White producing and Sylvan Levin 

batoning a 39-piece orch Paul S. Wilson, with Adam J. Young, Jr.. 

Inc;, since its Inception, has been named veepee and general sales, man- 
ager of the station rep outfit. 

Helen Claire added to the cast of "Our Gal Sunday" Jeanette 

Dowling and John Gibson AVith "David Harum'' . ... Arthur Vinton to 

"Lorenzo Jones" Santos Ortega added by "Front Page Farrell". . . . 

Broadcast Measurement Bureau is revising its "Radio Families USA-^ 
1948'.' to conform with revised census estimates of state populations . , ■ . .. 
Louis Housman, of CBS promotion, copped top award with his cocker 
spaniels at .Queensboro Kennel club last week. 

Frederick Opper, ABC's London correspondent, married Monday 
(8) in N. Y. to Katherihe C. Blanchard, managing editor of Screen 
Guide. He flew back to England aftei-ward and she'll }0in him there 
in a inontli . . . Drew Pearson to get an honorary doctor of humanities 
degree from William JeAVell College, Libertyi Mo., tomorrow (Thursf)- 

WOR sold twice-a-week tab on the "Deems Taylor Concert" to 

Dolcin Tablets . . Herb Shriner has instituted a "hall of vaudeville 
fame" on his CBS cross-the-board stanza, featuring different oldtime 

performers each week Fatlma cigarets reported so pleased with 

its Basil Rathbone radio spots that Newell-Emmett Is building a Show 
around him for the client. . . .Friends heard from John Guedel, oh 
the Coast; that he and his wife have adopted their second child, a girl, 

from the Cradle in Evanston, 111 NBC to screen its "Behind Your 

Radio Dial" for 400 media execs, agency and advertiser toppers and 
top talent Nov. 22 at the Waldorf-Astoria 's Starlight Hoof . . ..WOR 
prexy Ted Streibert elected to the board of Ward Baking. . . .Red 
Benson has taken over as permanent emcee on Mutual's - "Take a 
Number." 

IN HOLLYWOOD . . . 

Les Weinrott parked here through the holidays to ride herd on, the 
two all-star Wrigley shows over CBS. He'll set 'em up, take a hand 
at writing,: producing and flip the cues on Thanksgiving and Christinas: 
day ... . Jack McCoy, who has been emceeing ''Sunrise Salute" on KNX 
for the past . 18 months, can now get that early ayem shuteye he has 
been missing. He upped and quit for the later time slots.... Dan 
Lundbercr, commentator, on KXLA, predicted a Truman win night be- 
fore election and has the script to prove: it. He also called tlie turns 
on the party liukets before convention time and has tlie scripts to 
prove that, too. If the Smithsonian Institute is interested in his< Nov. 
1 script we may be able to swing it for them. . . .And just to prove • 
that miracles can happen twice in one week. Newscaster Sam. Hayea 
holed out in one at Lakeside for which feat he won a case of Wheatie.<«. 
his long time sponsor.:. . . Rob Forward pulled out as assistant program ' 
director at Don Lee after nine years witli the network. . . .Sam Levine 
being shipped out by Mutual to set up "Golden Hope Ghesti" half hour : 
daytime strip which Ben Alexander emcees and gives away stuff like : 
mad. It fills the time niche left vacant by cancellation of "Heart's 
Desire." . . . , Walter Lurie has come and gone and evei-y Mutual house' 
job felt the effect of his. master touchy Among the fresh starters win-, 
ning his approval Is a situash comedy piece called ''Cinderella O'Toole" . 
written by Sol Sacks and to be directed by Myron Dutton; Mary Jan* 
Croft will be "Cindy" in the audition. . , Mutual may move "The Fal- 
con" to the cojrst tor fresh casting and more nibblesome sponsor bait 
. . : Jon Slott and Emil Frank teamed up to turn out a series of 52 
"Opera Miniatures" for Cardinal transcriptions. . . Bob Hope and Jaek 
Benny are going calling on each other, with Bob saying "and here is 
is" first- . . . Frank Cooper roimding wp performers for his modern min- 
strel show, which ABC would like for both radio and tele. Snag Werri* 
is writing the audition scrip. . .Burritt Wheeler moving over to KNX 
from KFI for one of (hose daytime participators. 



IN CHICAGO . . . 

Mike Henry bows out of WBBM's sales staff Dec. 1 to take over as 

prez of the Central Illinois Radio Corp "Ladies Be Scited" scats 

them in Birmingham week of Nov. 22 in connection with the southern 
city's Xmas festival ..."Nora Drake" renewed by Ton! on both NBC 
I and CBS . Jackpot on WGN's "Calling All Detectives" is at an all- 
|lime high of $1,020.. Frank PellrKrin, sales manager of Transit 
i Radio, talking on bus broadcasting at Wednesday's (10) meet of the 
I Chi Radio Management Club... Gloria Ann Breneman, 20-year-old 
daughter of the late Tom Breneman, replaces Patsy Lee as "Breakfa.vt 

j Club" songstress during week of Nov. 13 Studebaker has signed for 

Norm Barry's thrice weekly newscasts on WMAQ through Roche, Wil- 
I liams & Cleary Rita Ascot'* weekly commuting takes her to N.Y. 
for her role in "Ma Perkins," then back to Chi for weekends. 
I Bob Guilbert, NBC continuity acceptance ed, and Les Weinrott. 
producer of "Meet the Meeks," motoring to Coast on a combined 
biz-vacash trip.. . Mar«e Niess upped to as.st. promotion manager for 
NBC's midwest division Kudner Agency named last week to handle 



Unity Preems KFMV 



18.6% over 1946^ 

Also outstanding' in Commission 
data were figures showing that sta- 
tions without network affiliations 
increased their profits in 1947 by 



Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
KFMV, sponsored by Interna- 
tional Ladies Garment Workers 
TTnion, made its formal bow tonight 
(9) with the: first of two dedi- 
catory programs. Second, tonior- i 17% while the affiliates did 7.7''o 
row (Wed.) night, will feature a i less than the previous year, 
ron-duplicating array of top civic ; The FCC tabulations covereil 
leaders and show biz names. ■ four national and three regional 
' Station is first of three ILGWU | networks and 1,464 standard sta- 
(Unity Broadcasting) stations to be tions. Stations having time sales 
eoened formally. Chattanooga is of less than $25,000 were not re- 
Row airing on informal basis. | quired to report. 
N. Y. is expected to s^irt trans- 1 Commission said that the in- 
missions within 60 days. . crease in industry revenues was 



1947 Radio Profits in 6.1% Drop 
Despite Gain of 12.8% in Revenue 

Wa.shingtonj Nov. 9. • , mainly attributable to a gain of 
De.<!pite a gain of 12.8?& in rev- , 27% in tim? sales to local advevr 

enues, profits of standard radio j tisers. Non^network tune sales to , „ , 

stations and networks during 1947 , national and refiional advertisers i radio and tele media for Admitral Corp.,' with' Crutt 
were down 6.1% from the previous ; jumped lO'/o in 1947 while network I tmuing to place space.. ,Rex Manpin, ABC musical director, is 50 
year, FCC reported last week in ' time sales remtiincd virtually un- Nov. 25 Art Mercier, AVBBM announcer, off for Crowley, La.,' where 
the first of a series of tabulations changed from 1946. he will serve as one of the judges in the national duck-calling contest 

j on broadcast business. The drop i Networks and their 27 owned | ■ • ■ - "Hint Hunt" set for originations at the ArmoUr Gyinnasium dUriiig 
I in income resulted from an hi- and operated .stations .iccoiintcd , week of Nov 29 in connection with the International Livestock Ev- 
' crease in industry expenses of lor 28.7''o of total industry rev- , posiUon , Marion Sheppard starts her 14th year as a secretary at 



enues and 27Co of industry income 
(before Federal tax) in 1947, The 
nets and their 11 key .stations ac- 
counted for 25.48Co of total rev- 
enues and 22.63% of total 'income; 
Atliliated stations accounted tor 
57.32% of revenues and 67.13Cn o£ 
income while non-affiliated outlets 
got 13.97% of total revenues and 
5.6Uo of total income. 

The aggregate income of the 
networks and stations, before Fed- 
eral taxes, during 1947 was ap- 
proximately $72,000,000 Total 
(Continued on page 30) 



WBBM Nov. 14 
"It's Your Life." 



.Maraleita Dutton flacking Ben Park's new keries, 



GRIM S KAI-SHEK AWARD I m j • ,, j m 

Minneapolis, Nov. 9. *W0 iTdj* 

George Grim, WCCO newsca.ster "On Trial," the ABC ciinent 

m«.«7lv'";nr''"' "^^"'''•^'J, "ii"^"''^' i'-sues pro-aud-con series, will re- 
medal by government ot Gener- „ , ., _,, , , 

alii^simo Chiang Kai-Shek jn " etlier Nov. 22 as a dual 

China. ' .\M-TV program. 

.^ward was for 18 months o£ i 'felecast, on ABC's eastern hook- 
wartime sei\ ice in Chungking ».s ' up. will be aired at 8-8:30 p.m., 
radio adviser to Chinese govern- with the ra<Uo version hitting the 
ment. I wt'b at 10:30. 



WeAieiMblV Wovwalwaf 10, 1948 



BAM* 



27 



PARUYING COIN WITH KNOW-IIOW 



Comedy Writer-Director Status Quo 
On Coast Leaves N.Y. TV Shd ves Biffe 



With the top comedy shows in 
radio still emanating from the 
Coast (with no indication that the 
situation will change), and with 
Ifew York definitely established as 
the key' production center for 
i coiitedy-'yariety slanted television 
programs, the New York-berthed 
top radio directors and writers are 
becoming the salt of the TV earth. 

It would appear that, with the 
upped tele programming activity, 
the script«r$ and directors capable 
of translating their know-hqw into 
.'video are .conspicions by;. their ab- 
sence on the Gotham scene, 

About a year agOv the networks 
were drumming up the eventuality 
of simultaneous showcasing of top 
radio shows on television, which 
would have resulted in many Coast 
shows moving east. That would 
have solved the writeir-director 
problem in New York. " But the 
boys apparently guessed wrong on 
that one, for simultaneous AM-TV 
programming;; has played but a: 
small role in the TV picture, with 
little likelihood of a boom ex- 
pected. 

' With but isolated exceptions, as 
in the case of the Kudner agency's 
Ed Cashman moving east for the 
two-way Texaco Star Theatre AM- 
TV spread, the status quo prevails. 
With the top comedy show writers 
and directors remaining on the 
Coast. The tele gap. in New York 
on that type of creative talent has 
yet to be filled. 

Th6 heightened bidding in re- 
cent weeks for such personalities 
as Irving Mansfield and Nat Hiken, 
who are permanently berthed in 
New York, has accented the situa- 
tion. 



Election Sponsors 
Get a Free Ride 



One-shot bankrolling of Election 
Night on the major radio and tele- 
vision networks^the first time 
■ they've sold this public service—^ 
turned into the biggest sponsor 
free ride in broadcasting history. 

Nets had underpriced their Elec- 
tion Night packages, to begin with, 
evidently in the belief it was better 
to get partly oflf the hook than not 
at all, as in the past. They had 
counted, however, upon the vShow" 
, being well over liy midnight. 

As it turned out, of course, the 
show went on straight through the 
night and well into the following 
morning, with the sponsors, whose 
deals were effective lentil "signofi,'' 
getting hours more — in fact, virtu- 
ally triple — the amount of air time 
; they had counted upon: 

It's impossible to calculate the 
actual time-and-talent value ol llie 
Election Night .shows, which ran 
f rom 11 to 14 hours, but it is a cer- 
tainty that, all told, it ran into .sev- 
eral hundreds of thousands of dol- 
lars more than the actual tabs. 

Chevrolet, for example, paid 
NBC about $135,000, and expected 
to get about four hours, but in- 
stead got 12. (Pact agreed • the 
sponsorship would be effective, "as 
long as public interest was main- 
tained" and the auto outfit could 
have held the net to it until 11:15 
a.m., when Dewey conceded, but 
let web out of the obligation at 8 
a. m.). Chewy conservatively got 
triple its money's worth, consider- 
ing the high-salaried talent which 
Went with the deal and the un- 
doubtedly large audience which 
kept tuned straight through. 

(Hooper checked listening only 
t6 11 p.m., but Nielsen and prob- 
ably al.so Sindlinger — latter in 
Phiiadelphia only-— may come up 
with reports on extent of the all- 
night dialing.) 

Chevvy's commercials during the 
12-hout ride totaled up 10 30 min- 
utes 40 seconds. 

The story was similar on the 
other nets, with Nash Motors on 
CBS, and CBS-TV, I.ifc magazine 
nn NBCrTV, Kaiser-Fra.:er on ABC 
and ABC-TV. and Cuilis Publish- 
ing Co. on Mutual all collecting 
heavy bonuses from the upset. 



WNOE'sN(«rD Forum 

TIew Orleans, Nov. 9. 
WNOE is the first here to ap- 
point a public relations director in 
charge of Negro programs. Named 
to the post Wednesday (3) was O. 
C. W. Taylor, Negro school princi- 
.pal: . .. 

He will act as moderator of a 
program to he known as the Negro 
Forum, presented each Sunday 
morning. 

The station will also add shortly 
I a 15-minute news and sports broad- 
1 oast under the sponsorship of Gen- 
I eral Longshoremen Workers Union 
1419, Negro. \ 
Taylor is the first Negro in the 
I city to handle a radio program. 

Buyer's Market 
For Stations; 
Prices Diving 

i ' Washington, Nov. 9. 

It's a buyer's mai'ket in broad- 
cast stations and the price of the 
outlets has. dived substantially in 
the past year, industry people say; 
Where a station sold for five times 
earnings before taxes a year ago, 
today the price is down to tiiree 
times earnings before taxes in tlie 
average deal. 

Situation sharpens up a point 
made in the proposed Hoover Com- 
mission report that the Federal 
Communications Commission be 
obliged to iwarn newcomers . into 
the field that they are liable to find 
themselves in an I economic buzz- 
saw. ■ . . , . ; • 

Some industry people say that 
radio, like motion pictures, is cur- 
rently going through a shake-down 
and recession at a time when, in 
most American industry, profit is 
at an all-time high. 

It's, reported Irere that as many 
as 50% of the new stations which; 
have gone on. the air in the past 
year or so have been operating 
constantly m the red. Some are 
running out ot working capital and 
are expected to bC' in real trouble 
in coming months. 

Talk in Washington is that uP' 
wards of 100 AM Stations could be 
picked up immediately from own- 
ers if they could merely get out 
from under without suffering a loss. 
And as for KM stations, the feeling 
is that mosl.oC them can be had. 
Tliere is ahvay.s a buyer for a good; 
money-making station. Trouble is 
lliat opor,itors are hying to get rid 
of outlets which have never made: 
a dime and have, no particular 
pro.spects. 

Most o£ the new station owners, 
.say the industry biggie.Si dived into 
the broadcasting busines.s immed- 
iately after the war, in the belief 
that it was not only colorful busi- 
ness., but also offered fantastic 
profits. These people were fooled 
by 'the :wartime situation in which 
the lid was on and no new station.i 
could be built. At that time, the 
existing stations were offered more 
business than they could handle.; 
One reason was the paper shortage 
which diveried advci-lising from 
newspapers and magazines to 
broadcast stations. 






i FLING IN IV 



Washington, Nov. 9. 

-A plan to Interest banks and 
insurance companies in financing 
television stations for experienced 
radio station operators is being 
broached to the financial institu>» 
tions by Smith-Davis, newspaper 
and radio station brokers. Disclos- 
ure of this, came last week from: 
Howard E. Stark, director of the 
Smith-Davis radio department, ; who 
refused, howeverv to disclose - de* 
tails of the firm's proposal. 
. Situation in TV is such that, up 
to now, it has been a rich man's 
game. A roster of those with sta- 
tions reveals the license holders to 
be almost entirely concentrated 
among the ; networks, motion pic- 
ture companies, set manufacturers, 
newspapers, department stores, 
Texas oil millionaires and large 
corporations like AVCO. 

Because- the. tab is so heavy, re^ 
atively few AM station owners 
have come forward to bid for chan- 
nels, despite the fact,: according to 
Stark, that "the FCC wants people 
in : television who have grown up 
with the broadcasting industry." 

"Television," says Stark, ."is the 
only major business being financed 
today entirely out of personal 
wealth. The reasons are that the 
banks and insurance companies re. 
gard it as too speculative andi in 
some states like New York, insur- 
ance laws hamstring that type of 
investment. 

. "The" ba'nks . and insurance 'com- 
panies don't ■ know television and 
we are trying to explain it to them, 
We are pointing out to the financial 
institutions that they missed the 
boat on AM radio financing. Now 
tliat television is here they should 
climb on the bandwagon. It helps 
thjm to get more diversification 
in their lending: ■ 

"We, know also that no major 
business in the United States has 
ever expanded to its ultimate pos- 
sibility, without bank credit," ' 
Six Stations On Block? 

Talk in the industry is that the 
Thackrey TV station in California; 
which is sold to Warner Bros., sub- 
ject, to FCC approval, is not the 
only one to go on the market. At 
least five others^two already oper- 
ating and three in construction--^- 
need additional financing .so badly 
that, unless they get it, they may 
have to be put on the auction block; 

Industryites guess that, up to 
now, no television station has made 
money and possibly as many as 
only one or two are breaking even. 

Reason the AM broadcasters 
need help to get into video is that, 
during the war. when they were 
making big money. Uncle Sam was 
taking most of it back in the form 
of excess profits; Those were the 
peak years and the station owners 
couldn't build up- a backlog of cash 
to take advantage . of all the new 
developments. Today the good AM 
stations are competing " for- the 
advertiser's dollar with FM and 
video. 



FCC Seen 'Sitting Pretty; But D. C. 
Ponders im Guy Named Johnson 



Same Hymn, Different Prez; 

Chicago, Nov. 9. | 
"Club Time," the hymnal series i 
bankrolled by Club: Aluminum, i 
planned to salute Gov. Thomas E. 
Dewey on its Nov. 9 ABC broadcast 
by playing his favorite hymn^ 
"Faith of Our Fathers." Election 
returns caused an about face,'how- 
ever, and it was decided to play 
President Truman'rs favorite. 

ABC called on its Kansas 
affiUate, KCMO, to find out the 
C h i e f Executive's preference, 
KCMO couldn't reach him so they; 
tried his sister, Mary Truman, who 
said her brother's fave was "Faith 
of Our Fathers." 



Toronto Power 
Lack Causes 
3-Way Snarl 

CBS, Ward Wheelock and Proc- 
jter & Gamble, agencies on the 
Campbell Soup and Jack Smith 
shows, find themselves in an un- 
usual predicament as result of a 
power shortage in Toronto. Due to 
the powei? famine, Harry Sedg- 
wick's 50,000-watt CFRB is being 
shut off to Toronto listeners for 45 
minutes a day (7 to 7:45 p.m.), with 
the "blackout" ; going into effect 
Monday (8). 

Afl'ected by the power clamp are 
the brace of CBS shows. Jack 
Smith (P&G) and "Club 15" (Camp- 
bell), plus a Canadian-sponsored 
1 5-minute m usical for Imperial To- 
bacco. 

Toronto' listeners represent a 
third of CFRB's audience. In ex- 
change, for the loss of this segment, 
Sedgwick has agreed to a playback 
of the Smith, "Club 15" shows .the 
following afternoon. Thus, Sedg- 
wick paints out, the clients would 
be getting a: larger audience than 
usual, for in addition to the two- 
thirds (outside Toronto) nighttime ] 
audience, the afternoon pickup rep- 
resents half again as many listen^ 
'ers as the station gets at night. ' 
I Ward Wheelock, on the other 
I handy wants the station to play back 
I the : show for Toronto audiences 
[ later in th'e evening. The station's 
i .schedule ; doesn't permit for that. 
I And there the situation rests. 



Washington, Nov. 9. 
A Federal Communications Com- 
mission in sdlid with no chance of 
any legislation to Weaken lt> 
powers is being: forecast here as a 
result of President Truman's sur- 
prise victory at the polls last week. 
Any thoughts that big stations 
might have grown bigger at the ex- 
pense of the; small operators and- r 
the: Commission can be packed In 
the mothballs, say the local seen 
(not pollsters). 

Here is the way it looks in radio: 
1. There appears to be no ques- 
tion that FCC chairman Wayn* 
Coy will serve out his full terin 
and continue as a powerhouse on 
the Commission; On the: other 
hand, G.O.P. appointee Robert F. 
Jones, whom many guessed would 



Also Vs.. Sin 

Washington, Nov. 9. 

With the anticipated acces- 
sion of Sen. Edwin C. Johnson 
(D., Col.) as chairman of the 
Senate -Interstate Commerce 
Committee, the radio boys will 
have a lot to do with him in 
the next four years. 

And they're not too happy 
over the fact that, as one key 
broadcaster put it: "We're up 
against a guy who's opposed to 
Sunday advertising, liquor- 
beer commercials^and sex." , 



be Thomas E. Dewey's choice for 
chairman, will continue as a 
minority member of the commis- 
sion and its principal dissenter. 

2. The pre-election talk dealt 
with such things . as a .possibl« 
ripper law to .terminate the present 
FCC and substitute an entirely new 
one. There were also reports that 
the NAB would make a new try- at 
gettiiig laws to limit -the Commis- 
sion :.to technical policing of the : 
ether and routine issuance o£ 
(licenses and renewals. In Com- 
I mission circles it is felt that ther* 
I (Continued on page 28) 



HAYWARD'S PHIlIY POST 

; . Philadelphia, Nov. 9. 
Fred ; Hayward, former general 
manager of KWSC, in Pullman, 
Washington, has been named di- 
rector of advertising, promotion 
and public relations for the. Phila- 
delphia Inquirer stations, WFIL, 
WFIL-TV, WFIL-FM and WFIL 
Facsimile. 



Day timers to Huddle on Plea to Govt. 
Re Mex Easing Clear Channel Bars 



I WJAS, Pitt., Loses News 
Client After 15 Years 

Pittsburgh, Nov. '9. 
WJAS will lose half of one of, its 
best and oldest accounts after first 
of year vvhcn Kaufman's depart- 
ment store switches its 6:30 p.m. 
newscast with Beckley Smith to 
KQV. Program has been running 
now. six nichis weekly, on the lo- 

. cal GBS outlet for nearly 15. yeat.'S:^ 
Kaufmann's, however will keep 
Smith on WJAS in his noontime 

I slot. 



Washington, Nov; 9; , 
Moip than 100 owners of daytime 
stations have been called to a con- 
terencc here Nov. 22 to unite in 
urging the American Government 
to intercede with Mexico to let 
down the bars on nighttime use 
of six class 1-A clear channels on 
which the' neighbor country now 
holds priority. 

Support of the stations was 
enlisted by Howard B. Hayes, pres- 
ident ot the Daytime Petitioners 
Assn., part-owner of WPIX, Alex- 
andria, Va. The association is seek- 
ing to clear for fulltime use the 
frequencies 730, 800, 90U, 1050, 
1220 and 1570 kc Two of the.se. 
10,50 kc and 1220 kc, are used at 
night by WMGM, New York and 
WGAR, Cleveland, respectively, 
'jnder . special ' arrangement; The 
remainder are restricted to day- 
time use in the (J.S, and provide 



the signals which powerful Amer- 
ican-controlled transmitters send 
out from across the border to 
peddle medicines, merchandise and 
magazines. 

The association contends the 
agreement with Mexico which 
restricts the use of the frequencies 
is no longer valid and that the day- 
time stations should not be re- 
quired to wait until the matter is 
explored at future international 
conferences. 

Negotiations to break down the 
daytime restrictions on the fre- 
quencies, the association informed 
its members, have been delayed by 
problems arising under the North 
American Regional Broadcasting 
Agreement (NARBA). However, 
DPS .said, "we now feel that success 
may be achieved by renewing out 
efforts now both at FCC and the 
State Dept." 



Decision Due On 
Puerto Rico Grant 

Washington, Nov. 6. 
A de cision ; as to whether th« 
I House Select Committee to inves- 
Itigate the FCC will journey to 
I Puerto Rico soon to hold hearings 
Ion the Commission's licensing of » 
I commercial station to the island ; 
government w i 1 1 ^ probably be 
reached this week. Variety learned 
I today (9), 

I Although the Committee chair- 
jman. Rep. Forest A. Harness (B., 
I Ind. ) , was defeated for reelection< 
I he is understood to be seriously 
j considering taking a niajority of 
Ithc membership to the territory to 
rlook into the Commission's action., 
lit is expected the investigation 
j would last at least a week. 
I Recently, three staff investiga- 
I tors of the Committee visited the 
I i.slands on a preliminary probe of , 
the FCC grant of a lOkw station 
I on 940kc to WIPR, appropriations 
for "which were authorized by the 
insular government, ■ Private broad? 
I casters are opposing the station, 
; which is almost ready to begin op' 
I eration, on the ground of unfair 
] competition, ■ A report of the staff 
i'is now before Rep. Harness, 

Griffith's KEPO ye 
(48» for $345,000 

El Paso, Tex., Nov. 9. , \ 
Application has been made to; 
the FCC by H, C. Griffith, sole 
oWer of KEPO, . for sale of the 
outlet for a total consideration of 
; more than $345,000 to KEPO, Inc. 
Griffith would be prez of the new , 
1 group with 52.25% interest. 
I Other stockholders are his asso- 
I ciates in KWFT, • Wichita Fall*,,; 
i These include among others, Kert- 
■yon Brown, Agncs Doyle Rowley, 
I E. H. Rowley and Frank M. Dowed. ; 



28 



RAHIO 



Ve«ltt«aday, November 10, Hk4|l 



Estimated Weekly Network Program Costs: 1948-'49 

JSighttime and Daytime Overall Costs Include Production Exitenses, Actors, Musicians, 
Writers, Royalties, Freelance Directors, Transportation, Prizes, Etc., But ISot Commercial 
Announcers, Agency Directors, Agency Commission or Time Cliarges 

Agencies listed by vntiali cue Dancei -Fitzgerald-Sample, Foote, Cone Sc Belding, Dohetiy, Cliff 0)d k Shen field, Batten, Bat ton, 
Dvrstme &. Osboin, SuUuan Slaiiffei , Colicell L BayUs {."Pioduced wide) (,eneial dueUwn of Fiank & Anne Huiiniicit) 



NET- 
PROGRAM WORK 
Abbott & Costcllo ABC 
Aldrich Tamily .. IvBC 

Alka^Seltzer Time CBS 

f red Alleh NBC 

Mel Allen , IMBS 

: American Album . ^ ... NBC 
American Forum , MBS 

American Radio Warblers MBS 
Amos 'n' Andy CBS 

Archie Andrews NBC 

Jack Armstrong i ABC 

Aunt Jenny CBS 

Gene Autry CBS 

Backstaee Wife NBC 

Band of Amei-ica NBC 

Beiiind the Front Pare .... MBS 

Jack Benny NBC 

Jack Berch NBC 

JEdrar Bergen NBC 

Better Half MBS 

Beulah CBS 

Bir Sister CBS 

BiK Story NBC 

Blc 'I'own NBC 

Blondie NBC 

Break the Bank ABC 

Breakfast Club ABC 

Breakfast in Hollywood . ABC 

Bride tc Groom ABC 

Brighter Day NBC 

Burns & Allen :NBC 

Judy Canova NBC 

Eddie Cantor NBC 

Capt. Midnieitt MBS 

Carnegie Hall ABC 

Jack Carson .. CBS 

Nick Caitcr MBS 
Cavalcade- of America . . . . . NBC 

Carmen Cavallaro NBC 

Challenge of the Yukon ABC 

Champion Roll Call ABC 

Checkerboard Jamboree . : . MBS 
Christian Science Monitor;.: . ABC 
Club 13 CBS 
Club Time , . .ABC 

Conlrntrd Hour NBC 

Counteispv , ... ABC 

County I air , CBS 

Clime Photographer . . CBS 
Betty Crocktr AliC 
Biiig Ciosbv MiC 
Cuitaiii lime NBC 
Stella Dallas . NBC 

\ic Danione > .... NBC 
Pate With Judy ... , NUC 
Dennis Day " . . N BC 

Double or Nothing 
Jlorton Downey M5C 
Dr. CliiKitian CBS 
Di. 1. Q, ■ . , NBC 

Dr. I. Q,Jr , . M3C 

Nora Dralte C US 

ABC 

Alex Drcicr , NBC 

DhITv's Ta\tin . NBC 

Jimmy Duiante NBC 

IJpitnc 'theatre CBS 

FB.I. ni IVace & War CBS 

Faniih lIouL of Stars C BS 

Fat Man MiC 

Fa^e-Haiiis NBC 

Fe&tnal of Song CBS 

Fibber & iMolly . NBC 

Jimmy Tidier ABC 

Fiist Nishtci CBS 

Fishing &, Hunting Club IVIBS 

I Old Ihtade CBS 

Fiont I'ase 1 aiioll NBC 

.Dorothy I'lildhciin. .... . — ABC 

Aithni GacUi \BC 

Came of the Week . . ABC 

Gansbuslpis .. ABC 

Gillette I nlits . ABC 

Give &. 'lake . CIJS 

Aithui Gfldrre> C]3S 

Arthur GodI rev's Talent 

Si'oiiis C BS 

Grand Central. Station . CBS 

Grand OJe Opry NBC 

Grand Slam CBS 

Creat Gildci sleeve \BC 

Great Scenes fiom Great 

Piav«! MBS 

Greatest Story ABC 

Guiding IJght CBS 

Hallmark Playhouse CBS 

David Uarum CBS 

Bob Hank NBC 

Crabrlel Heatter MBS 



13 500 

13 500 
9 000 
4 -)00 

10 000 
4 300 

11.500 

4 230 

14 000 

3 500 
3 000 
2 500 

15 000 

2 230 
500 
bOO 

3 000 

5 000 
3 500 
3 500 
2 500 
2 300 

5 000 

6 500 
2 500 
5 000 
4,3t)0 

11 000 



10 000 
5 000 
2 500 
5 000 
2 500 
5,500 
5,000 



COST SPONSOR 

i8 000 Co op 

10 000 Geneial l-ooiis 

6 .500 Miles Labs 

25 000 Foul 

750 USAAF 

5,500 Ba.\ei -Phillips 

1 000 Uiuveisal Cai loading 
■ 750 . America n Bird Products , 
22,000 Lever Bios, 

1,250 Switl 

2,000 Geneial Mills 

2 750 Le\er Bios 

6,000 Wiigle\ 

2,500 L\ons-Phillips .... 

5,500 Cities Service 

1,500 Mutual Benefit 

25,000 Luckv Sliike 

3,500 Puulenlial 

25,000 Slandai d Bi an(K 

1000 VoKiple . . 

8,000 PtoLlci & Gamble 

2,500 Procter & Gamble 

7,500 Pall Mall . , . , 

5 500 Le\ei Bios 

9 500 Colgate 

4,000 Bristol Mvei s 

2,500 SwiJt 

General Mills 
Philco 

4,000 Co op 

3,800 Sterling l>rug 

2,000 Procter & Gamble ... 

16,000 General Foods 

11,500 Colgate . . 

20,000 Pabsl 

2,750 Wandci Co & Co-op 

. 6.500 American Oil . . . .-, . . . . . 

9 000 Geiici.ll roods 

2 000 Cudahv Packing 
15,000 Du Pont 

3 000 Le\\is-Ho«e 
1,750 Quaket Oals 

7,50 Champion Spaik Plug 

3 500 RaKlon 1^11 ina 

750 ChnstiJin Science Pub. .Soc 

15 000 Campbell 

1 000 CUil) Miiminiim 
8 500 Cai u.itjun 

3 000 UnuLibal Alalcli 

2 000 Boi (k n 

5.000 , 'ioni ShiimiMio ,-. . . i . . . , . 

J 000 Gcncial Mills 

28 500 PhiliQ 

2 300 M.MS 

2 230 Pliillipv 
6,300 Pel Millv 
5000 Lewis Howe 

10 500 Colpatc 
■? 000 C.impboU 

6 300 Coci Col. I 

4 lOO C liestbioii£;li 

3 300 Mjis 
2 000 Mais 
2 500 lom Sh<inipoo 



1,000 Skelly Oil 



Bi istol M\cis 
Cimcl 

rictii It Cos 

PiocUl S. Gamble 
; .Pi'UclcnCial , V, :'.;.]/. :;\.\ 
Noi\u(h Phai Hiatal 
RL\all 

Lonj^ine.s-W.ittnauer . . . . 
S C Johnson 

Cailci 
Camp ina 

Mail Pouch & Co op » 
] O] cl \lo(oi 
Anac'in . 

Bi othi 1 hood ol R li Iniii 
United Klett \\ orkois 
USA \r 

Pioctn «. Gamble 
Gillette 

Tpiti Sliani poo . .: ■„.; ■. . 
\.(ll Bis<uit 

GoldStal 

ChcsU 1 fii Id 



AGENCY 

; Young & liubicam ; . . 
^\ ade 

J. Walter Thompson . 
Gaidiier 

D F-S .: 
Rajmond Spector 
AVcston Bainttt 
Buthi.iuit & K^an 
; J. Walter 'Itioinpson . . 
Kno\Hpe\(s 
Kulhiautt & B^an 
Ruthrautt & Ryan 
D-F-S . . 

Bllinglon it 
Ruthiautf & Rjan 
BBDJ.O 

Benton &. Bowles 
: J. Waller Thompson . 
IIu >hon-Gartield : 
D-rs . . 

Compton ■. 

BBD&O 

SSC&B . .. 

Will Lsty 
DC«.S 

J, Walter .riioinpson^ ,■' 
Tatham-Laa d 
Hntchins .... ...... ..■ 

D-F S 
D-F-S 

Bunion t Bowles 
SJiovflian &, Marquette- 
Waiwick & Leglei ; 
Hill Blackett 
Kal/ 

\oung 1 Itubicam 
Giant 
BBD4.0 

Roche Wnis &, C'caiy 
Slici'lnan i.. Alaiquette 
McManiis John & 

Adams 
Gaidnei 

H, B. llumplirey . . . 
Wild W hillock 
Leo Burnet I 
i;t\Mn Wascy 
S'hwininci 1 Scott 
Kuivon & F,ckhaull 
I C&B 
DPS 
Ifulf bins 
Cinil 
D 1 S 
Gaulnti 

Uoche Wms & Cleaiy 
'Ud Bites 
Wnid Wbeclock 
D'\\(.i 

MtCann Kiitkson 
Gi ant 
Gi.inl 
l-'Ci^B 

Henii Huist & 

McDonald 

minf! & Rubiiaiii 
A\m Cst\ 
N W Ajei 
Blow 

Be ntoM & Bow los 

Gumbi nnti 

BBH&O 

Vittoi B( nnett 

N( cdb.im Louis & 

Bl 01 by 
SSC&B 

Wallace Tei i v-TIaiiley 
Walkn S. Downing 
Kcmoii rtkhaidl 
D r S 

-■Wiir.,.V()iv Zeiile;;! ;,: ; r.; 
Wdii'.icin Co 
Gai duel 

Benton & Bowles 

\la\oii 

FC&B 

MtCann l^iltkson 
Campbill-Mifhun 
Npwell Emmett 



Liplon 

Pillsbuiy 

Camel 

Continental B iking 
Kiatl 



. Aoung & Rubioanl 
McCanii Luckson 
Wm Fsl^ 
led Bitt-- 
Needh im Louis t 
Bioi b\ 



Ining Vlansiickl 
Mail in Itoiiell 
Al Tost £ I 
litne Beaslty 



Kieelance 
. b(l Birnbrvei' 
Lillian Sdiotn 



I'lan \an Hailt&\eklt And\ White 



PiolesLml Epusc, Chuuh IT B TTumphiey 



Goodvt'jir 
Pio('( 1 CJaiiible 
Puu Oil 
Babbitt 

Camel . . 

Cai l< 1 .... 
Seuitan 
No\/ema 
R. fi Seinlei 

tConlinued on page 30) 



Kiitiner; 
Compton 
r-c-B 

Du lUe lonc"; 
\\m r.stv 
SSC&B 

Ro\ S Dm '-tine 
Eiuin Wasey 



Bob No\ak 
Ra^'-bow fnc 
Goidon Hughes 
0(e Lnfckbach 
Maltha Atwell 
< ndell Ad. ins 
Max Ileattei 



VaiiOus 
Uenrv Denkcr 
.li'na Phillips 
. Variou.s 
IVggy Blake 

Gabiiel lleatlcr 



HEAD 

PRODUCER WRITER 

Chailes Vanda Forman-Conlan 
VjA Ducir Noiman Tokai 

Louis G Cowan ,. Noiinan Baiasth 
Howaid Reilly Fred Allen 

Statt , . . , Mel Allen 

Flank Hummeit .. Slalf 
Theodore Granik 

. Artbm- Baniett . .... . Weston Bai'nett 

Glenn iMukllcton . Kobcit Ross 
Ken AlacGiegor . Call Jaiiipel 
James .few ell ... .Tames Jewell 

Bob Steele ... .Vaiious 

Bill Buich Pat Buttiam 

*Fied Weihe Ruth Boiden 

James Haupt \gencv St.ijl 

Bob Steele Hector Chexigiiy 

Hilliaid Marks , ... Sam Peirin 

Herb Ledei Faith Fay 

£ail IZbi Zeno Klinkei 

. Jack Byrne . . . ; . . . , ; . : Jack B^'rnc 
Tom McKnight Hal Kantei 

.Ted Hu&ton . ..Tulian Funt 

.Bernard: Procktor. . -. i . Various 
.rtiry McGill .., ^Jerry McGill 
Glenhall Taylor . . . .John Greene 

.Ed V\oll Assoc. - .. Joseph Kane 
Clift Peteisen 

Call Picice Colvig-Pierce 

Marvin Beck lohn Rcddy 

Aithur Hanna OilnToviov 

Al Ka^e ,,. P.iul llenning 

.Toe Rines .Heniy Hoople . 

Alannnif; Ostioff .., living Elni.son 
Kiib\ Hawks .. Lou Sootield 
Robcil Swan . Gcoige MaMi.nid 

S.im I ullei . Jack Douglas 

lock jMacGiegoi .. \aiioiis 
Gcoige Kondolt ricelance 
Dick Poitei 

Fred Flowerday Fran Striker 

Haiiy Wismei 

Cli<i<; «. JV ill Brown Chas & Will Blown 

le^sle \laas Biwin D Caiiham 

"\Uiii i\ Bolen C ii i oil Caiioll 

Uem> Selingcv I I nne Ivus 
C ir Cottington 

Phillips H Loid Palmei 'Ihonipson 

Leonaul Caillon > , Bob Quigles 

John Diet7 Alon/o Dcen Cole 

Bill Doue'hten Jo L\ons 

Bill Mouow Bill Mouow 
llaii\ llolcombe 

Bithaid Lionaid Helen Walpole 

Rol ind iM.ilini Rol ind \l it ml 

III Icn Mack . . \ken 1 tslie 

Bill Hjiding .. 1 uink Galen 

Dnna Bouibon . Vettti Wald 

'Hil Lewis Slaiimier 

Doi othy McCann .. Vaiious 

Vaiious \aiioii-s 

.Vaiious \aiious 

Tom Loeb . . , Julian Funt 

Ale\ Dieiet 

TonV Slanfoid ... Vincent Bogpit 

Phil Cohan . . Stanley Da\is 
Tosepb Slauflci Robti t ( eiiede Ua 

Betl\ Mande\tille Tinke T^tllcUti 

Jack lohnslone Ken Buiton 

E J Rosenbeig . , Law i e nee Klce 
Paul Phillips Diek CheMllat 

Alan Caitoun llaiiison Cowiin 

Fiank Pitlnian Don Quiiin 

llailiekl \\eedin limms I idlei 

Joseph Ainley v w lous 

Vietoi Se\del Dniet \evell 

Ihuliti Mdikle ricelante 

Bl.iii W ailis-.! \ (1 loiis 

^' 'I' Doiollu ruldhtim 

■^I'lll \ithui Gaeth 

Ibomas \ t lot la 

Pliilips 11 Loid Stanlcj Nis« 

lliomas \tiolla 
Lie k Cai ne\ 

Will Rejland Aithui Godluj 



Benny's Deal 

ss CouUnucd from page 1 ^ 

Amusement Enterprise opera t ion ; . 
already incorporated by Benny as 
a capital gains setup. 

In eflect, it also puts NBC inV 
the business of film pioductiori 
(Amusement Enlcipiises has just; 
completed Us lust pieO, as well as 
a takeover of the other show bi? 
facets involved, including fai-, 
reaching plans for television. 
Tiammell is ufesenlly on the 
Coast wiapping up flnal details 
I Had Paloy succeeded m his Ben- 
I nv coup, it would have meant (he 
I Hains-Faye progiam also moving : 
I o\ei ("as Benny goes so goes Hai- 
' i-is ' IS the "must" bluepimt in 
this two-way setup, because of 
I their integral program relation- 
j ship ) Similarly, with Coca Cqla 
I grabbing off the Edgar Beigen 
I show, it w as a case ot waiting to 
I see where Benny went in oider to 
leestablish the same Sundav night 
piogram sequence 'Thus its con- 
sidered a foiegone conclusion tliat^ 
Coca Cola will step into the Sun- 
day niglit at 8 NBC slot when 
.Standaid Brands relinquishes Bei- 
gen 

That NBC was engineeiing its\ 
own 'Pioject X" to countei the 
Paley move was hinted last 'week 
tollowing the Varifiy levelation ' 
ot the CBS maneuvers. That it: 
was wrapped up successfully in - 
such swilt ordev and with so 
much coin involved will neverthe- 
less lilt (he trade with consider--: 
able impact 

It wasn't expected ot eouise ' 
that NBC would sit idly by and 
pel nut Mie iival nclwoifc to giab 
off one ol the most enviable bloc s 
m lacho history — a sequence which 
has played a large pait in NBC 
maintaining piogiainnnng leadei- 
I ship, tor NBC is sliU smaiting un- 
der the blow that lesulted in a 
paitial dismtegiation ot the webs 
'-oek Tuv-sday night lineup bj C BS 
bu\ing up the Amos n Andy 
piopoitv iSubseciuent Hoop* is, 
however, show that the back to- 
back slotting ot Fibber Mollv 
and Bob Hope on Tucsda\s is as 
potent a pailay today as evei ) 

I he intiicacics and lainideatiems 
ot (he 'ii4 0()0 000 puicluse ol Ben- : 
nv .ind Amusement Entei puses 
of couise aie still to be lullv 
c r\ stalli/ed Benn> loi one will 
eemlinuo in the 7 o'doek segment : 
which he has "owned toi the past . 
tew ve.as— the fust and last pei- 
sonalilv in ladio (o eaptuie cori- 
liol ol a time segment 



Johnson 

Coniiiuied (rom vHfie i' 



will be no impoilint ilianges in 
the authoiity ol the FCC 

i 'Ibele will be a eonsideiahle 
ell He to lai-e caliiies ol top gox - 
einmenl oflicials talk ineliides ii 
salaiv boost toi the ladio eommis- 
Mon tiom then piesent $10 000 
.inniially to $15 000 llieic is a 
good ehanee ot this 

4 Rep Foiest A ILiiness iR, 
Ind ( who was ehaiiman ot a spe- 
cial House Committee ln^c^ll!;al- 
nig FC'C was bealen loi ue'leetion 
Ills eomniillee appaitntiv was be- 
ins; yven the needle to show 1 CC 
a lougb time This av.is a slioit- 
Ined special e'ommittce and theie 
IS little likelihood of it being eon- 
tiniied ne\t \eai 

3 Howevei then lia'- been at 
least one iii\ eslig.uion ol ICt bv 
<veiv Congiess since the Com- 
mi^Mon began Heme ifpiccedent 
holds geiod tlieie will be another 
'-omewheic in the 81st Congitss 
duiipg eitfiPi l<)4<» 01 1<»30 

() Bi„' ladio gels ,i ^ctbaik with 
till aciossion ol Sen r.dwiii (' 
Johnson iD, Colo I (o (he ehaii- 
maiiship ot the Sertdte Intei stale 
and loteign Conimei<e Coinmittee 
homt memths ago Johnson inlio- 
diiccd legislation to bie.ik up the 
eltai cltaiinel stations and to b.iP 
supei-peiwei station'. lie (inallv 
sifiiecd to limit his bill to a 50 000- 
watl ccjlmg on powei and to elinii- 
n.itc the poitiem which would des- 
liov the oleais Nothing e\ei came 
ot the bill Neveltholess. it shows 
whsie Johnson stand*. 



Schenectady. — ' Radio Round- 
up ' teaeheis' guide to leeom- 
inendid piogi.ims loi eliilditii unel 
adults earned by se\en stations in 
S<henectad^. \lbanv and 'lio\ is 
being distubulcd heie bv Teel B 
Bennett, eooidmaloi ot ladio toi 
the Schenectady DepI ot Uduea- 
tion Listed ate moie than 1)0; 
lealuies bioadcast by WCA anil; 
WSN Y, $>(-henee lady W P'l R 
WOKO WABY and WXKW, Al- 
' banj , and WTRY, Troy. 



TEUCVISWir 



SHARP UPSU RGE IN SPONSORS 

Romid-Qeck Stride Here to Stay 
As Didlont Programmnig Makes Good 



jjow in its secbnd Week of op--f7- 
eration, DuAIonl's daytime prO'l 
gianuning lias apparently accom* 
plished wliat it set out to do. Num- I 

ber of advertisers buying time on i 
WABD's (K.Y.1 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. log ' 



Hoagy Eyes Video 



Hollywood. Nov. 9. 
Hoagy Carmichael . is working 
e.xceed even the optimistic hopes out video ideas with his agency, 
of the DuMont sales toppers, and I Famous Artists, 
the programming itself, while not j Carmichael is tossing around 




0 Tek in Canada for at Least 
OF 100% 10 49Si ^ ^ CBC Freezes All Bids 



Bearing out the predictions of 
television officials that their med- 
ium would continue to attract new 
advertisers as it e^ipands, a check 
of TV sponsors revealed there were 
495 as of Oct. 1, as against the 243 
who were using TV four months 



comparable in quality and scope to I both I've and film ideas with his earlier, on June 1. Number of tele 
roost nighttime TV shows, is ac-! current radio format in the fore 1 stations in that period jumped 
ceptable fare for the housewives, for TV scripting. 



shxitins and moppets who consti 
tute the largest part of the avail 
able dajtime audience. And that 
is all any DuMont spokesman ever 
claimed it would be. 

While DuMont itself vrtll con- 
tinue to consider its daytime inno- 
vation as an experiment for the 
first 13 weeks, it seems apparent 
that TOund-the-clQCk TV program- 
ming is hei-c to stay. Web is al- 
iready setting plans to offer it on a 
network basis to any station desir- 
ing a feed. Questions on how soon 
other tele broadcasters in 



Godfrey s 90-Min. 
Video Spread For 
Lipton s> Ch'lield 



With Arthui?: Godfrey; set. to .make 
N.Y. ihis television debut Dec; 6 via a 
take the plunge and how it will ' simultaneous pickup of bis AM 
effect daytime radio listening and "Talents Scouts" show on the CBS- 
sponsorship remain to be seen. TV web, he's also pacted with 
When the final word is in, though. , Chesterfield for an houi-long TV 
the credit will have to go to Du- variety show scheduled to tee off 
Mont for originating the stunt. jJan. 5 in tlie Wednesday night 9 
Those responsible for the day- to 10 slot on the same network 
time innovation, Including Com- Godfrey will emcee the show, which 
mander Mortimer E. Loewi, exec carries a $10,000 weekly produc- 
assislant to prez Dr. Allen B. Du- jtion nut. 
Mont; program chief James L, Cad- ' Newell - Emmet agency, 
digan, sales manager liumboldt J, handles the ciggie account, is cur- 
Greig. network chief Lawrence ' rently tiffing with Godfrey over 
Plullips and WABD station man- the show's format. Comedian would 
ager hon Hole, wisely confuied |like to carry over the casual, in- 
Uieir planning to the limitations of .formal personality he's built 

their programming facilities. As 'throughout his daytime radio I itself , such as Waico and Polaroid 
a result, llicir margin for error has 'shows. Chesterfield, on the other | tele filters. IMost of these have con- 
been considerably- reduced and hand, would rather build a more | centrated on spot campaigns, 
what comes over the viewing dignified show, similar to the theme j Breakdown of the tele adver- 



from 20 in 11 market areas in June 
to 38 in 21 market • areas by; Oc^ 
tober. :•■ . . ■ i'.: 

.Fact that radio billings this ySeai: 
are highest in that industry's; Wis-. J 
tory^ indicates, according, to TV ; 
ofiicials, that most of the mon^y 
pouring into tele represents n«iw 
ad budgets. Majority of clients i 
entering the newer medium, inr 
stead of; draining money fr<>rti 
their other budgets, have allociated 
new funds to. tele. In addition, sev 
eral of thtit- top-spending vidra adr 
vertisers are those who. used yfei-j-^ 
little radio advertising in th^ past, 
and those who had never employed 
radio to pitch their sales messages 
to the public. 

: Among the latter category arie 
the fashion and textile manuf ac- 
turars, who bypassed .radio because 
it lacked the necessity visUaj- .jpfc* 
quirements they needed. ;Aii^ ex^^ 
ample of these is Bates Fabric§, : ?i 
textile house which is now spend- 
which i ing approximately $200,000 yearly 
to bankroll a single half-hour tele 
network show,v Kj'le MacDonneU's 
"Girl About Town." Also new to 
teje are those .manufacturers pro- 
ducing articles' for the niediiun 



Fairy Tales 

Variety has a hunch its rep 
in New Haven is a cutie. Last 
week he sent in a yarn about 
Yale using a video set on' the - 
bench so that the head coach 
could get all angles of the 
game. Two weeks ago the 
same story appeared in the 
dailies about Harvard. . : 

Variety further thinks both 
yams are fairy tales because 
if the coaches had the same 
cameraman Variety did at 
either game the coaches still 
don't know what hapiKjned. 



Toronto. Nov. 9. 
Any television broadcasting in 
Canada has been stymied for at 
least two years, and then set own- 
ers will lilMly have to pay a $10 
annual fee, with that of such pub- 
lic outlets as bars, etc., paying a 
considerably higher tariff. 

Thcjse statements were incorpo- 
rated in the decision of the Cana- 
dian Broadcasting Corp. to defer 
all applications for television st;|- 
tions in this country and the indefi- 
nite postponement of any such in- 
dependent IV outlets until the 
federal-subsidized radio systeiA in 
Canada arranges for further tech- 
nical development and secures ear- 
marked funds from the fedeml 
government and from any consid- 
ered private stations, for tins pur- 



From the hearings on applica- 
tions for private television stations 
here, it is manifest that the CBC 
intends to freeze out any possible 
TV competition until this govern- 
ment body makes choice of chan- 
nels for its own television program: 
Witli CBC reserving two channels 
in the Toronto-Montreal area, this 
leaves two open for private sta- 
tions—if the CBC does not arbitra- 
rily decide that it wants these two 
additional outlets itself. Six appli- 
cants were turned down. 

Most important of these was Fa- 
mous;' Players Canadian, with 640 
theatres across Canada, and CFBB, 
(Continued on page 34) 



(Continued on page 38) 



incorporated in its current "Supper | tisers discloses, the percentage of 
Club" AM airers. What form the i advertisers bu.ving network shows 



Philly s Pre-Ballantine 
Fight Segment a 'Must' 
For WCAU-TV Sponsor 

, Philadelphia. Nov, 9. 
CBf, major entry into the \'<1'^« thus attempted to 'stymie any deal 
sports, picture is pa>ing dividend-s chcslerfiold Latter firm had 

h) U-, dfliliales \\CAlj-l\, Uu ^^^^^^ demands on (he fact it 



show will finally take remains to be 
determined. 

Inking of the pact wWh. Chester- 
field makes the ciggie firm the 
winnei- in a running Jigumenl with 
Lipton's Tea. wliicli bankrolls the 
"Talent Scouts" program Lipton's 
had demanded first refusal on God- 
frey's talents for video and had 



fiisi CBS affiliate, has accepted a 
reservation from Scott & Grauer, 
local Ballantine Beer and Ale dis- 
trib. for sponsorship of a 15-ininute 
segment inimedialely preceding 
an\- Ci^S sports event sponsored by 
Ballantine. • ■ 
Ballantine has already shown 



s))onsors a part of Godfrey's mom- 
ing show on CBS-AM. 

Scheduling of the forthcoming 
TV variety show on Wednesday 
night places it directly opposite , 
"Kiait Television Theatre" on the ' 
NBC-TV web, which has consistent- ■ 
ly maintained a place among the 



strong indications that it means to ( Hoopcns Parallel situation 



capture much of the TV boxing 
audience, and the station antici- 
pates little trouble in clearing the 
lime for Scott & Grauer. Local 
distrib grabbed at the pre-fi,i!iit 
quarter liour before the recent 
Jimmy Bivins-Ezard Charles fight, 
which CBS telecast from Washing- 
'•ton.'' ■ " ■■ ■ 



will thus ensue as on Sunday 
waM'- now. when the "Toast ol the 
Town" vaudeo show on CBS-TV 
biRks dirMly the "Philco Tele- 
usion Theatre" on NBC. 



British Circuit Maps 



NAB, PiX CODES GOOD 
ENOUGH FOR TELE: TBA 

Pointing up the common censor- 



varied only slightly from June to 
October. Number of network spon- 
sors in June was 14, representing 
Q'^c of the total of 234, whereas, 
those in October numbered 33, rep- 
resenting about 6' 2 Wr of the total 
of 495. Spot advertLsers showed- 
a jump of the number in-', 

creasing from 76, or 32':c, in June 
to 181, or 3G'/'2f'r, in Octolier. Local , 
retail merchanty. representing the 
preponderance ol sijonsors, showed 
a slight drop .Tunc total was 144.' 
or about 62^r of all TV advertisers, 
while the October figure was 281 
or about 56' j't . 
With all aucUenco surve.ss show- 
. ing tele cutting severely into radio 
listening and magazine and news- 
paper reading, the question of how 
long the new medium's competilioti 
' for the ad dollar will be able to 
hold their own is problematic This 
factor, of coil 'SC. i.s the basis toi 
j radio's . newli'-eniphasized protec- 
itiye .stance aga)h.st TV. ::,Tele 
] officials, though, believe their 
' medium will continue to attract 
new money, instead of draining off 



Admiral, Emerson 
Agency Switches 
To Cue Expansion 

Admiral Radio and Emerson 
Radio, two of the top-spending 
television bankroilers, are now eye- 
ing an expansion of tlieir TV bill- 
ings follo'wing a switch in ad agen- 
cies last week. 

Kudn6r agency copped Admiral's 
hefty $1,000,000 in annual billings 
from the Cruttendcn & Eget outfit 
in Chicago, while Blaine-Thonipson 
took over Emerson's TV account, 
representing about $275,000 yearly, 
from the Blow agency. Admiral 
reportedly effected the switch be- 
cause of dissatisfaction with its 
"Welcome Aboard" show, now 
aired Sunday nights over the NBC- 
TV web. Emerson, while satisfied 
with its "Toast of the Town" 
vaudeo show Sundays on CBS-TV, 
wants better conuncrcial -plugs 
than those Blow was able to turn 
out 

Admiral is now studying an hour- 
long revue, packaged for TV by 
producer. Max Liebman, legit and 

bor&cht circuit entrepreneur. Lieb- , park, Colo., the editors and pub- 
nian first brought Danny Kaye to ' lishers heard the Crosley Broad- 
Hioadway, bj importing the come- ' casting Corp. president and board 
cUan iioin the borschl bell Until , chairman foj-ceast that FM would 
a decision is made on l-icbman's encouiitei loufih sjedding. mainly 
.show, .\dmiral will retain "Wei- because it oftered little tunda- 
conie " a half-hour variety show. ' menUl improvement over AM, and 
Blaine-Thompson has already cautioned that (hey approach FM 



Shonse Called It On 
FM, So Editors Want 
His Seering on Video 

Cincinnati, Nov. S. - 
Because he pointed high on FM 
predictions two years ago, James 
D. Shouse will do an encore talk 
before the National Editorial 
Assn 's lall meeting. Nov. 21, in 
(he Edgewatcr Beach hotel, Chi- 
cago, Ins .subject being "What's 
Ahead in Television." 
At their 1946 pow\vow in Estes 



instituted a new series* Of inte- 
grated commercials for Emerson 
into "Toaiit," the hour-long vaudeo 
show featuring columnist Ed Sulli- 
van as emcee. With the program 
now aired on five CBS-TV outlets 
on the east coa.st network, the 
client plans to expand to other tele 
market areas, either through kine 



wa'i-ily. At the time Shouse'S; 
views created considerable con- 
troversy and drew columns of 
rebuttal from many FM propo- 
nents, including Major Edwin IL 
Armstiong, inventor of FM. 

This tune Shouse will be equally 
I candid about video, is the word 
' from those associated with him in 



Fullscale Theatre TV;*""fj,^i"' ««t«biished ad forms 



London, Nov. 9. 
Associated British Pictures Corp. 
is entering theatrical television 
with a video installation in every 



This belief is. of course, predicated 
on the assumption that the country 
will continue its- present era ol 
• prosperity. 



the operation 
broadcasting 



of all phases of 



ship problem's confronting most of ABC theatre as itb ultimate target. J TP Tripc TpIa Aoain 
" ' ' " Plans have been adopted for the ; AgdIII. 



eslablishnienl of tele stuclio.s and 
application has been made for of- 
ficial pcrmissiou in order to con- 
duct experimental tran.smi,s.sions in 
three of the company's London 

'-i 

V board meeting todai'" 



show business, the Television 
Bi oadcasters Assn. board last week 
reconiniended that the industry, at 
lea.st lor the time being, adopt pro- 
duction codes of the film and radio 
Industries to guide broadcasters 
Proposal was recommended to the 
TBA board by the organization's theatres, 
code committee after months of aBPC 
studying the situation. 

' Stressing the broadcasters' need chairman of the firm s policy com 
tor guidance in developing now mittee, which will decide whether 
production techniques, the board , direct projection or the interme- 
declared nonetheless that "because diate film process will be emplojed 
the cITects of these techniques for the video screenings Tele- 
both on television programming i \ision. said Warier after (he con- 
and on the television audience are clave, is going to provide a *ill'P i „,,;,,v„„j 
as yet largely unknown, it is not which theatres will be needing I- ^i^'j^'^^"'- 
■possible ;or even desirable to atr next year. ; 
tempt at this stage to formulate 



Seattle's KRSC Ready 

Seattle, Nov. 9. 
When KRSC-TV puts out its first 



standards of practice." TBA con 
sequcntly .sent copies to all mem- 
bers and stations of the film indus- 
try's production code and the 

NAB's "Standards of Practice," , ^, 

Until the industry has acquired television shows here Nov. in there 
further experience, TBA said, it will be appioximatclv l,0()0 receiv;; 
won't propose to have any quan- ing sets in the u\\ according to 1/ 
titative limitations set 'for spon- .ocal pet dihtnbuloi.s Figure is ex- 
sored shows, - peeled to reach 3,000 by Jan. J. 



With N%^^^ l^^ 

Genera l ■ Electric,' following /its 
ouster oi : the ^'iDehhi.s Jaines . Cir- 
nival" on the CBS-TV web after 
only 6ne perfornfiance;- w make 
ano.th,br Stab;it tisle bahkroliing^o 
i , J c- FIT -II?.,.**,. 1 1*'^ same web Sunday (14i night 
' .^l*'"'-.*,.'!. «";„v'",li?io!!^„^^^ a sho^v, a., yet untitled. 

Format; will comprise a- panel oi 
experts guessing th:i? ■ Iflehttti' ' o E 
persons .or pldces shown; to them 
and the ■■'vliewing audi 
taneously via film clips. ', 
"Carnival," which marked the 
on-andH)(V coinmerClal 
fade in tele's young history, was 
aired only on pet. 29. Following 
nt)tifie'atip,n; '•fi'oM';'.'Gj;.':,:ttillt:;!i!L.' was-'- 
still interested iri establisiiing. ^ 
franchise on the new medium, CBS 
pitched it the netv. ork-packagcd 
. "Winner Take All" as a TV produc- 
tion, but GE nixed tliat in favor of 
. the quizzer. "Winner," with a lal- 
■ Prit . nut of $1,600. is currently pay- 
ing off : with one of video's lop 
J ratings. •r'-'::-- :.•;'^ ' 



scope recordings or a direct feed 
from N. Y, when the east and mid- 
west networks are linked .Jan. 12. 
Mario Lewis, veepee of Blaine- 
Thompson, incidentally, is also co- 
producer of "Toast" with Sullivan. 

Agency, according to Lewis, is ' 
now working out Its own tele cx- j p^u Spitaliiy and his all-girl 
'pdn.sion. It recently placed a. series jorch, mLssing from the airlanes 
of spots on various TV stations for I since jast sea.son when General 
Popsicle and it now wrapping up j Electric cancelled out, were audi- 



COLGATE AUDITIONS 
SPITAINY TV SHOW 



a half-hour show for Messing 
Bakeries, which it hopes to launch 
on CBS-TV within the next several 
weeks. 



lioii^ed by the l4Hhen .& Mitchell 
agency tor Colgate last: Saturday 
night • : /6) at Radio City,' .Ni 
Di^g oiitfit is sHopfeiiii; ibr « lihow 
jfor 9-30 Monday nights on NJBC 

YOUNGMAN MX. ON {m^^^^^'^'^'^'^'^ 

Closed-circuit lost .set up by 

TURNDOWNS PACKAGE i^"^'" ^'^^ ^he 

lUlinUUnnO invnnui4 ^o<.t elaborate, fulKscale showcas- 
Heniy Youngman has packaged Ings yet staged for a prospective 
a new half-hour weekly tele show client. Films were employed in a 
called "Turndowns," with Danny number of sequences for novelty 
Shapiro as scripter and Herb Mos.s i effect. During a medley of college 
as producer. Pi-qgram will taxing on songs, shots of gridiron scenes were 
show biz personalities who, since > superimposed, during the orch's 
their original turndow^i, h a v e |plavinR Oi"Sabre Dance," Russian 
hit the bigtime, with Youngman as, ballet .scenes overlapped .shots of 
emcee, tieing .in for a reprise of the femrae mu.sickers. Spitalny ar- 
their original acts. ; ranged special orchestrations ' to 

Meanwhile Youngman may go in suit the li'yout. 
as a regular on the Kalser-Frazer-' The several agencies handling 
sponsored Guy Lombardo Satuiday portions of Colgate's billings aire 
night .show on Mutual He's cur- oxppcted to audition shov,'s for the 
rently set for an additional four- 1 bankrollei:,s before a choice Is 
weeks at the Diamond Horseshoe, wade. The Spitalny showcasing. 
N. Y.. nitcry, making total run of 'however, apparently stands a good 
;iZ weeks. ■ ' bet to get the nod. 



so 



iiA9ia 



Wednesday, November 10, 19411 



Estimated Weekly Network Program Costs: 1948-'49 



Continued from t^age 2S i 



NET- 

PEOGRAM WORK 

Gabriel Hcatter's Mail Bae. MBS 

Horace Heidt NBC 

Edwin C. Hill ABC 

CBS 
CBS 
NBC 
NBC 
NBC 
CBS 

MBS.: 

CBS 

•■•NB<3'' 



HEAD 



Hint Hunt 

Hit the Jackpot 

Hollywood Star Preview . , 
Hollywood Star Theatre.. 

Bob Hope 

Hour of Stars 

House of Mystery 

House Party 

Eddie Howard 

Inner Sanctum, . . . v - , * • 

Inside Sports ^ 

Johnson Family 

Lorenzo Jones 

Joyce- Jordan 

Junior Miss 



CBS 
MBS 
MBS 
NBC 
NBC 
CBS 



Just Plain Bill NBC 

Juvenile Jury , Miih 

II. V. Kaltenborn NBC 

Katie's Daughter NBC 

John B. Kennedy MBh 

Dorothy Kilgallen ABC 

Kraft Music HaU NBC 

, Kay Kyser ABC- 
Ladies Be Seated ABC 

Lassie ..." NBC 

Lora Lawton . ■ NBC 

Leave It to the Girls MBS 

.-Let's Pretend CBS 

Fulton Lewis MBb 

Life Can Be Beautiful .... NBC 

Life of Riley NBC 

Light of the World NBC 

Victor H. Lindlahr MBS 

Listening Post ABC 

Guy Lombardo MBS 

■ ■ . ' ABLi 

Lone Ranger ABC 

Lum V Abner CBh 

Lux Radio Theatre , CBtj 

Ed McConnell NBC 

Ma Perkins NBC 

Ted Malone ABC 

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round NBC 
Groucho Marx..;. ...... ABC; 

Perry Mason CBS 

Mediation Board MBS 

Meet the Meeks NBC 

Meet the Press MBS 
Metropolitan' Auditions of 

the Air ABC 

Tom Mix MBS 

Monday Morning Headlines ABC 
Vaughn Monroe . . . . . . CBS 

Philip Morris Playhouse . . . CBS 

Mr. Ace & Jane CBS 

Mr. Chameleon , CBS 

Mr. District Attorney NBC 

Mr. Keen CBS 

Mr. & Mrs. North CBS 

Mr. President ABC 

Edward R. Murrow . . CBS 

My Friend Irma CBS 

My True Story ABC 

Mystery Theatre CBS 

National Farm & Home . . . NBC 
One Man's Family NBC 

Original Amateur Hour ABC 

Our Gal Sunday CBS 

Out Miss Brooks CBS 

Owie & Harriet NBC 

Louella Parsons ABC 

Pause That Refreshes ....... CBS 

Drew Pearson . .... . .. i . * . . i . ABC 

People Are Funny ..... i ... . NBC 

Portia Faces Life NBC 

Queen for a Day MBS 

Quick as a Flash MBS 

Quiz Kids NBC 

Railroad Hour ABC 

RCA Victor NBC 

Right to Happiness NBC 

Road of Life NBC 

Roy Rogers MBS 

Romance of Helen Trent . . . CBS 

Rosemary CBS 

Screen Guild Players NBC 

Sealtest Show NBC 

Second Mrs. Burton CBS 

Shadow MBS 

Robert Shaw NBC 

Sherlock Holmes MBS 

Sheriff ABC 

Red Skelton NBC 

Sky King ABC 

Skyway to the Stars CBS 

Jack Smith CBS 

Kate Smith Sin«:s < MBS 

Kate Smith Speaks MBS 

Sam Spade CBS 

Spotlight Revue CBS 

Jo Stafford ABC 

Stars Over Hollywood: ...... CBS 

" Bill Stern NBC 

Stop the Music ABC 



COST 

2,000 
9,000 
500 

4,000 
3,000 
3,500 
4,500 
22,500 
8,500 
3,500 
5,200 
2,000 
5,500 
1,750 
1,500 
2,250 
2,200 
3,500 

2,250 
1,250 
8,000 
2,000 
750 
1,000 
16,000 
3,500 
2,500 

2,500 

2,500 

2,500 

2,500 

4,500 

2,500 
12,000 

2,500 
500 
500 

2,500 

2,000 

4,000 
10,500 
20,000 

3,500 

2,500 
2,500 
2,000 
5,000 
5,000 

2,000 
■ 2,500 ■ .' 
3 500 
1,000 

5,000 
3,000 

I, 500 
5,500 

' 5,000 : 
• ■6,.')00 
4,000 
10,000 
4,500 
. .. .7,000- ' 
. 2„^i00 
.3,000 
. '7;500 ■ 
. : 2,!50O . . 
; . 4,500 . 

3,500 :;: 

8,500 
. .5,500 
2,250 
6. ,500 

II, 000 
5,000 
7,000 
5,000 
7,500 
2,750 
4,000 

2,500 
4,000 

15,000 
7,500 
2,500 
2,500 
6,000 
2,500 
2,500 

11,500 

12,500 
2,7,50 
6,800 
2,100 

. .4;500 
6,000 

16,000 
3,000 

2,000 
7,500 
5.000 
7,500 
6,000 
8,000 
8,500 
3,000 
3,000 . 
12,000 



SPONSOR AGENCY PRODUCER WRITER 

Co-op . . . - Max Heatter Gabriel Heatter 

Philip Morris Biow Jerry Bowne Horace Heidt 

Nash-Kelvinalor Geyer, JJewell & . 

Ganger Ted Long Edwin C. HiU 

Armour FC&B Georgene O'Donnell .. George Menard 

DeSoto-Plymoulh BB0&O Bill Topman Marie Goodson 

American Home Products SSC&B Joe Thompson Various 

American Home Prods . SSC&B Nat Wolff Various 

Lever Bros Young & Rubicam . , , .Albert Capslaff Larry Marks 

Prudential Benton & Bowles Jack Johnstone Various 

General Foods Benton & Bowles Olga Druce Various 

General Electric Young & Rubicam . . . .John Guedel John Guedel 

Slieaffer Russel M. Seeds Various Various 

Emerson Drug BBD&O Hlman Brown Various 

Bayuk Cigars Nqal D. Ivey Staff Bill Brandt 

Co-op J. C. Lewis Jimmy Scribner 

Bayer-Energine D-F-S -'Ernest Ricca Ted-Mathilde Ferro 

Procter & Gamble D-F-S Arthur Hanna Margaret Sangster 

Lover Bros . , Needham, Louis & , 

Broi'by »Fran van Hartesveldt Soderberg-Garson 

Kolynos-Aerowax D-F-S 'i'Norman Sweetser . . . Jack Kelsey 

General' Foods . . ....... . ;Benton & Bowles . . Dan Ehrenreich.' 



Pure Oil Leo Burnett . . . 

Manhattan Soap Duane Joiics 

Doubleday Huber, Hoge 

Drackett ' . ... . . . : i . . . ,. .Young & Rubicam . 

Kraft . . ; . . .... . ... . . . , .J. Walter Thompson. 



.Wayne Howell H. V. Kaltenborn 

.F. & A. Hummert Elizabeth Todd 

.Staff John B. Kennedy 

.Cy Pitts Dorothy Kilgallen 

.Cal Kuhl Manny Manheim 



, Chuck Acree . . 



Pillsbury McCann-Enckson Jack Cleary M. Wark-Wald 

Toni Shampoo . . . , . . ... .FC&B . . ; i 

Quaker Oats C. J. La Roche . . 

Red Heart Henri, Hurst & 

McDonald 

Babbitt Duane Jones 

Kyron . . Arthur Meyerhoff 

Cream of Wheat BBD&O 

Co-op . . 

Procter:& Gamble. . . . . , ..Biow - 

Procter & Gamble Benton 

General Mills D-F-S 



Harry Stewart. . ; .. . . .Hobe Donovan 
*Fred: 'Weihe . . , ;,. .Elizabeth Todd 
Martha libijnttee, , ,i,;M Rountrecj 

. A: :. . . . . .Nlla Mack Nila Mack 

Fred Morrison ........ Fulton Lewis 

.-. .Don Becker\-;\ ■r,;/.;;.>':....&rl"'Bixby . 

Bowles' .v.i' .Irving Brccher Alan LipscOtt 

. , . . , . V .Basil Loughrane , . . . , . R. & A. Seymour 

Serutan .Roy S. Durstine Staff Victor H. Lindlahr 

Curtis. BBD&O Henry Klein Gerald Holland 

Kaiser-Frazer" ........ i . .Weintraub .......... .Ray Harvey ..... , 

First Natiomil StoreSi i . . .John C. Dowd. .... . ...Frederick Ziv. . . 

General Mills D-F-S . . Bill Livingstone Fran Striker 

General Motors FC&B . . Bill Gay Roswell Rogers 

Lever Bros, ........ . i . . .J. Walter Thompson; ..William Keighley; .... Sandy Barnett 

Brown Shoe Leo Burnett . . . Hobe Donovan Hobe Donovan 

Mantle Lamp ; . .... . ; . . .Wm. Hart Adler. . . . .Jack Lyman. ; . . . ; . . ; .Ed McConnell -. 

Procter & Gamble D-F-S . . Edwin Wolfe Orin Tovrov 

Procter & Gamble D-F-S . David Owen Orin Tovrov 

Westinghouse McCann-Eriekson Phil Doelker Ted Malone 

Lyons D-F-S , Frank Hummert Staff 



Elgin-American , ; . . . . , , .Weiss & Gellcr . . . . . 

Procter & Gamble Benton & Bowles .. 

Co-op 

Swift J. Walter Thompson 

Co-op 

Farnsworth . ..... . . i . . . . . Warwick . & Legler ; . . . 

Ralston-Purina Gardner 

Seeman Brothers Wm. II. Weintraub 

Camel Wm. Esty 

Philip Jlorris Blow 

General Foods . . ...... ; Young & Rubicam. . . . 

Bayer D-F-S ... 

Bristol-Myers 'DC&S 

Anaein-Kolynos D-F-S 

Colgate Sherman & Marquette 

Co-op 

Campbell Ward Wlicelock 

Lover Bros FC&B 

Libby - .1. Walter Thompson . 

Bayer-Phillips D-F-S 

AllK-Cl.almei-s Hei-t S. Gituiis 



/Bob Dwan. ...... ... . , Smlth-Frcedman» 

Tyler 

Leslie Harris Irving Vendig 

Staff Stalf 

.Les Weinrott Les Weinrott 

• • Martha Bountree , . . , . . 

.Tevis Huhn Brent Gunts 

Mary Afflick George Lother 

Staff , ABC Newsroom 

. .Wendell Adams - i .... . 

. .Bill Spier. .;......... .Various 

. .Goodman Ace. . . ; . . . ..Goodman Ace 

..^Richard Leonard ... .Marie Baumer 

. .Ed Byron. J Bob Shaw 

. .'i-Richard Leonard Lawrence Klee 

John Loveton, , . . . r.. ...John Loveton 

Dwight: Hauser. ; ;:. . .Jean HoUoway 

Edward R. Murrow 
Cy- Howard ......... . Parke Levy 

Charles Warbnrton... . . Margaret Sangster ; 

, ''Martha Atwell Various 



Herbert Lateau . . . . 



Carlton E. Morse .... Carlton E. Morse 

Lou Goldberg .' . .Bob Green 

*Arthur Hanna ; ... . . Jean Carroll . 

Larry Berns Al Lewis 

Ted Bliss Ozzie JS'elson 



Standard Brands . . . . . . . .J. Walter Thomiwon. 

Old Gold Lenncn & Mitchell X 

Anacin , •. D-F-S 

Coleale Ted Bates 

IntcrnationaL Silver, v. . . i^oung & Rttbieam. : , 

.leigens ., Robert W. Orr Richard Diggs Louella Parsons 

Coca-Cola D'Arcy Paul Louis Newt Stammer 

Lee Hats Weintraub Paul Scheffels Drew Pearson 

Raleigh Russel M. Seeds John Guedel .lohn Guedel 

General Foods Benton & Bowles Hoyt Allen Mona Kent 

Miles Labs Wade Jim Morgan Don Victor 

Philip Morris Cecil & Presbrey 

Hclbros Wm. H. Weintraub ,..B. Prockter Gene Wang 

Miles Lahs Wade John Llewellen Jeff Wade 

American R.R. Assoc ... Benton & Bowles Ken Burton Don Ettlinger 

Radio Corp. J. Walter Thompson. .George Voutsas .lack Wilson 

Procter & Gamble Compton Arthur Hanna .lohn M. Young 



Procter & Gamble . ; . . : . Compton 

Quaker Oats Sherman & M'quotte 

Kolynos-Aei'owax D-F-S . 

Kroeler & Gamble Benton & Bo\\ los . . 

Camel Wm. Esty 

■Sealtest 

General Foods Young & Rubicam 

Blue Coal & Co-op , . . Ruthrauil' & Ryan . 

Standard Brands, J Walter Tiiompson 

Trimount Clothes Wm II. Weintraub , 

P.'ici tic Coa.'-t Borax .... McCann-Entkson 

Procter & Gamble Benton & Bowies . . 

Derby Foods Ncedhani, Louis & 



Walter Gorman . . . . , iHoWard Teichirian 

Tom Hargis , .. . .Ray Wilson , 

*Ernest Ricca . . , i . . . . Martha Alexander 

Leslie Harris ........ Elaine Carrington 

Bill Lawrence . . . . . . . . Harry Kronman 

. .N. W, Ayer Glenhall Taylor Howard Harris 

■Baverly Smith ;.... . . Priseilla Kent 

.John Cole . .;. . . . . , .Peter Barry 

.Ezra Mcintosh . . . . i . . Phyllis Merrill 

Basil Loughrane . , . '.. Ho\vard' Merrill \ 
Dorothy McCann .: . . , Milton Liebferthiai 
Edna S. Borzage . . ... ; Edna S. Borzage 

.Roy Winsor . . . i . , , . ; , Roy Winsor 



.'Brorby.'.' ■: 

USA & USAF Gardner Tex McCrary . , Tex McCrary 

Pii^cter & G.imble D-F-S ..Bill Brennan Bob Smith 

Philip Morris Cecil & Presbrey Ted Collins Ted Collins 

Co-op Ted Collins ,. . .Ted Collins 

Wildroot BB.D. &0 Bill Spier ...GilDoud 

Coca-Cola D'Arcy . Joe Bigelow Henry Taylor 

Revere Camera Roche, Wms. & Clcary Charles Herbert Fred Haider 

Armour F.C. & B Robert Nye Freelance 

Colgate Sherman & M'quette. .Manrice Robinson Bill Stern 

Speidel Cecil & Presbrey Mark Goodson 

Smith Bros S.S.C. & B 

Old Gold Lennen & Mitcliel! , . . . 

Eversharp .... ^ . . . ; . . . ; .Biow, . , ; ... 



Reseairch 

B Continued from pacft ts ss 

dlinger's Radox, using a sample of 
75 sets, put CBS far out front 
all evening, with NBC and, Mutual 
close for second, and ABC trail- 
ing. On tele, ABC-TV was in the 
lead, except during the 8-9 period, 
when NBC's "Texaco Star Theatre" 
grabbed most of the play. 

(Sindlinger's meters, incidental- 
ly, showed that a sizeable audience 
hung on until 1;30 a.m., tlien, after 
a couple of hours, returned in 
number at 4 a.m., the "total fami- 
lies" figure rising from 13.2 at 
that time to-57.8 by 7:30 a.m.) 
\Vide Divergfenee of Views 
Speculation on possible repcrcus- : 
sions in the radio rating field 
ranged with an optimistic "it'll all 
blow over" view to dire predictions 
although many shuddered at the 
word—-of tough-sledding for the • 
Hooper-Nielsen-Pulse & Co. opera-, 
tions. It certainly meant, some re- 
sponsible observers believed,^ that 
the whole, business of radio re- ; 
search and the industry's reliance 
on it stood to get a new kicking- 
around. 

Researchers like NBC's .Hugh 
Beville, far from seeing the Gallup- 
Roper debacle as spelling the fin- 
ish of radio ratings, hoped never- 
theless that li would put an end. ' 
to "unreasonable.-, projections" of 
rating figures, as Beville put it. 
'■It's crazy to follow ratings slavish- 
ly," the NBC researcher comment- 
ed. "And some of the Uses: to 
which' they've been put probably 
have been detrimental, What is 
needed is correct analysis of re- \ 
search and closer : attention to its 
interpretation," He added that he'd 
noted no letup, in requests to NBC 
for: rating Information on - various . 
shows. 

Some network execs are. not so 
sure, however, despite Hooper's and 
Nielsen's we're-different stances 
(the latter's a nine-page state- 
ment), but that agencies and ad- ■ 
vertisers will come up with serious; 
questioning of the reliability of .': 
the samples employed it? arriving ■■ 
at radio ratings. 



Radio Profits 

ss Continued from page 26 

revenues were $363i714,387 and 
total expenses were $291,918,447. 

Average per station income, be- 
fore tax, as determined from a tab- 
ulation of 812 identical stations, 
totaled $67,426 In -1947, a decline 
of 6.3% from previous year. Net* 
work affiliates averaged $73,888 
profit While nonraffiliates averaged 
$31,913. FCC pointed out that be- 
cause of many new stations in 1947 
trends in income were determined ■ 
Oft- . basis of comparative yearly 
data of identical outlets. 

A breakdown of station income 
by classes showed that 50 kw clear 
channel outlets averaged .$367,511 
in 1947 income, a decline of 1.2'7c, 
while fulltime regional stations 
averaged $92,577, a drop of 6.5%. 
Local (250 watt) fulltime stations 
averaged $23,705 profit in 1947, a 
decrease of 11.1%. 

Commission data showed that in^ 
dustry revenues from talent totaled 
$19,599,478, an increase of approxi- 
mately 17% from 1946. Networks 
and their key stations realized 
.$8,203,382 from talent in 1947, a 
gain of 22% from previous year. 



(Continued oii page 34), 



Weaver 

Continued, from pi.tt 2S 



to Larmon and left the building. 
The agency head, who had not been 
present during the quarrel, immev 
diately phoned Weaver and firmly 
nixed the resignation. Then he in- 
vestigated the entire situation and, 
according to those in the agency, 
took steps to forestall a recurrence 
of the battle. 

Relations with the executive 
floor, particularly the plans board, 
has long been a touchy matter for 
the radio department and various 
of Weaver's predecessors have 
smarted at criticism from the 
agency's top brass. Some of the 
resentment has been especially 
bitter against Geohegan. Even 
Tom Harrington, whose regime as 
head of radio at Y & R was notably 
successful, occasionally received a 
workout at plans board sessions. 
That situation, in fact, was regard- 
ed as one of the principal factors 
in Harrington's resignation from 
Y & R to join the Ted Bates agency. 



Wcdnesclar, NoTember 10, 1948 



TELEVISION 



31 



Children's Viewing 

Do l/our childmi: tttotch the 
pfo^ams OS mtenseVy as ior- 

mer\y2 . 

No. % 
Watch less intensely . 49 
! About the same . . . .129 
Watch more inten- 
sely 20 

Total respondents 

answering , 198 
Respondents witli no 
■ : children who could ; 
not answer lor 
and who have set 
short time 60 



24 7 
65 2 

10.1 

100. 



5 VIEWERS WATCH 3 HOURS AS 
VIDEO'S AVERAGE HOME AUDIENCE 



New Low-Price 
Sets on Market 



New lines of 1949 television sets 
unveiled last week by Several ma- 
jor manufacturers revealed the 
first attempt to lower prices since 
the end of the war. Instead of cut- 



(The second m a series of 
three articles on telenmon viewinci ; 
habits. Based on a swryey cornptlcd 
and assembled by PuUe, Inc , ior 
Vahiety ) 



No. 


ft 


2 


8 


11 


43 


41 


15 9 


47 


18 2 


83 


32 2 


35 


13 (i 


21 


8 1 


5 


1 9 


7 


27 


6 


23 



Theatre Status 
OnTVPkbps 
Still in Doubt 

With the Broadway Paramount 
theatre paying for its theatre tele- 
vision coverage of both election 
returns and President Truman's 
return to Washington last week, 
the question of • theatre's rigM | 
to pick up events for which a, 
broadcaster has paid for tele rights 
remains in doubt. Both broadcast- 1 
ers and theatre owners have de-| 
.elded to hold their fire until a ! 
suitable situation arises that will 
force a test case in the courts. _ 
For its coverage of the election 
returns Nov. 2, Paramount worked 
out an arrangement with the N. Y. 
Daily News' WPIX to feed returns 

Smce%hre''arly%Snrretui?n"s Z^nJ^^iS^TLZTJZ ti^ularly stressed to obla.n the con- tamed vievvmg at t.o hours FoUv 
weie not too important, the theatre the end of the war. Instead of cut- ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ belMcen the new l^D^/f. admit they watch foi 
wasn't forced to break into its fea- \ ting the Sales price on current sets, • and the veteran viewers '^^ms at a stretch, this prob 

ture at any time during the night. ' however, most set producers are ^ . ably including the youngsters anc 

Instead, a schedule was arranged , turning out new models grooved J^;«3f3't'J°«^^^^ the late afternoon shows. Tor the 24 7^'„ say that the youngsters now 

so that' the theatre could present 1 to retail for less. Also ""^eiled ^^V^H.^^iU'^ 'l''^^'^ ^'^"^I'f f/'" .^/i*'^""'!'' 

an up-to the-minute summary three last week were DuMont's first jj freshman video viewer watch- number is 3 23 hours. This 65 2'-o replied that the children's 

times during the evening, at sched- metal cathode-ray viewing tubes. ' ^^^^^j;?"" ^ figure is important because most vie\Mng habits "are the same" as 

uled- breaks in the show , which most manufacturers look for fi?/X "onths he has hi! sef ■ P*""!""" questioned have when the video set 3rst cattle inttt 



By GEORGE ROSEN * 

This second chapter in a survey 
of TV home vieweis dedls with | 
(1) how 'long do they watch at 
one sitting; (2) how many in the 
average home audience, and (3 ) 
the intensity of childien's viewing, 

Instigated by Variety, vv'ith the 
field work and statistical summar- 
ies by Pulse, Inc., this survey is 
primarily based on-, a sample . of .238 
[television set owners, most of 
{whom have had their sets six to 
; nine months. This - has been par- 



Viewers Per Set 

How 'maiij/ persons usually 
t«atch with you'' 
Number of Viewers 

1 

2 

3 

4 , 

5 

6 

7 ' 

8 

9 

10 and over. . 
Total TV families 

interviewed 258 
Afcdiau number of persons per 

■ session^SiZ' 



came up with a figure of 5.2 as 
the iWediaii number of peirsohs per 
session. As 300,000 sets are now 
in use in the Greater Xew York 
area j it shows there are now l,- 
500.000 ■ home tele Viewers in the 
naetropplitau zone.: eouple- this with 
the intensity^ of . watching (3^0 : 
hours ) and; it■ ■iiiVies ■ a^p)fetty'; %ot^ 
idea _<if yTy^s.;i«i3gress., ■:':■.-.'}■:', I 
, The 5^2 p^rsdhs per set repre- 
sents :a figure larger than the aver- ' 
age faKiily generally (placed at 
between 3; and 4 j hence, tlie figure 
obviously includes visitors. • 
I' ■ \ln ■ thisi.5,2'; figure! 'there 'is. al$ii 
I another segment not to be ignored. 
It i.s the after-school and early 
I evening grngup of kids for tte . 
j rnojiijct-slanted shows, plus ■ west- 
ern films, etc. ; ■ y'- 
1 The survey further reveals that 
of those responding on the "in- 
ably including the youngsters and tensity of children's viewing," 



100 



uled- breaks in the show. , wnicn most manwaciureis iook loi g^st six months he has his pet. haH th»ir .,v tn « i, ^ 

Theatre used its intermediate 'eventually to end the current tube hPPins tn ffi narJipniar i 'O nine months, , the home. 

filnV method fo? the coverage. Au- , shortage.' ^'h"s cho^ce^ of pro4am^The ter- ^^'''If ^ ^L*^. Those watching more than they 

dience reaction was good but, ac- 1 Indicative of iho irAVf-r nrir e. are ' " ' hJh,: tJT.,,;,, ♦nw I of novelty worn oif tele view- did amount to 10 1%. The chil- 
coiding to Par theatre e\ecs, use rca's three 



indicative or the lo.cr prices are ritoiy^covei-ed by the ..rvey tal^es , ^^.^ ^^^^^^^^ 

of theatre tele election night didn't models One is puced at $325, one | including 



new 10-] 



ol the audience 'both as to number 
ot viewers and hours ot viewing. 
The decline in mteiest m certain 



, i-- : sT, V ' ■ • inu in iiie nome nas woven 1 

a ^'^a^ nnP i /'if 5"Hr '''t«''^°'v ''k^S' into the pattern of family life 
at hilo, one including all the New York bor- j «m' 

boost the boxoffice gross any. | at $349 50 and one at $395, with j oughs, ^Vestchester and some coun- 

In covering President Truman's , differences in cabinet construe- 1 ties in New Jersey. Those in The 3.26 median figure on view 
return to Washington from his In- tion accounting for the differences charge for Pulse find that these ing is also significant in terms of \l programs, what viewers would 
dependence. Mo., home Fiiday t5l, m prices Following the intioduc- ] summaries run much the same as long-range appraisal and in weigh- ^^^^^ to see^na^t^^s ^not^^ww avau- 
Par paid for a share in the broad- ition of the new models. RC.V plans those compiled in other "television ing television's impact when con- " " " 
""' ^ ' ■ trasted with the average amount of 

radio listening per family. The re- 
search boys have established uni 



casters' pool on the event Theatie igi-aduallj to discontinue production centers such as Philadelphia, 
thus look a line feed duectly oft 'on the table set now retailing at Washington, Chicago, etc 
the Washington to N Y. coaxial $375, until now the company's most | Of the 258 viewers responding 

popular receiver. 



able to them, and an appraisal of 
the likes and dLslikes in specific 
programming will be taken up in 
third and . concluding installment 



to the question, "How long do you versal figures to show that radio ' of t'"s survey next week 



cable, thereby eliminating the ne> 

cessitv of taking a pickup from I also hi ought out a new l usually watch your television set 1 lis'tening in the home adds up to 

one of the N. Y. stations coveung ig-inch table model equipped with at one sitting-*" the largest per- 'four hours a day. «~.voo tho 
the event. 



Tele Chatter 



f _ - - Of course, the 

' itV own "table standPto'^f^^ at.centage, 32 6~(or 84 persons T es- ' span of radio listening runs around . 
I $349 50 Set IS being offered for a timated thiee hours, with 28 3% 1 the clock, whereas television pro-| 
limited introductoiy period at ( or 73 persons ) putting their sus- 1 gramming at present stage is main- 
, $329 50 Philco also 'brought out a 1 ' concentrated over a few eve- , 

new TV combination featuring I 1 ning hours Yet in these few houis ' 



New York 

Sherling: Oliver, former 



pro- 1 



tele, AM, FIM and a phonograph 1 
equipped with both standard and ( 
long playing tone arms, to letail , 
at $873 Geneial Etectnc unveiled 1 



ducei-d.u>ctor for the N Y lowest-priced console to date. 

News WPIX, now pedriung to i,, u 5pi ,„ ,„tail at $359 95, 
agemios and netwoiks a 15-»"n"te , ^, l"-\"™„,f*t 19 ,,^{, L m,,^^^^^ 
dmno.l.c comedN series stain ing ' and its fiist l^^^ model, 
Virsuua feale and hei husband hsted at $389 .-jO 

Sam Wien, and titled "Wiens 

Nest" . . . Don MacLaushlin, detec- 
li\e on his own ladio senes set 
to guest on the Dunniiiser-Paul 
WinchcU ' Uigelow Show tomoi- 
row iTluirs ) night on NBC-TV . . . 
Owen Davis. Jr.. NBC-TV piognun 
exec scheduled to speak befoie 
\ales Uiama dt-paitmenl Saluida 
,,(13i 
uate 

=s'^^i;ctVdqu\erforMa-rine ho has lust completed wUh ^ 
Resoive O.ficers Assn dance at the Fiench goveinnient Al.nev tch as 
Hold \stoi tonighl (Wed 1 boon gi anted n(?IUs to make film, 

Cai lortniHt Otto. SokIow sol 



MINEVITCH'S FRENCH 
IKE RIGHTS FOR U.S. 

Bom ah MincMtch whose "Har- 
monica Rascals' are curienlly ap- 



, \''m"Yh';5"„'X\ Tid- Peanng at the Last Fiontier, Las 
) at New Haven. He s a g a - ^ , f^, pai, sever, 

the^weckend on a video deal wh.c^^ 



as' fii-st , ot all TV shows aired by. Radio 



Length of Viewing 

How long do you usually 
watch your televwon'set at 

one 0iing? ^' ■ X ' 

Estimate In hours - 
—1 , 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 and ovei 
Don't know, de pen ds 
Total TV families in- 

tciviewed 258 100 

' JMedian number of houi^-H. 
3.^^ hours 



No. 


% 


14 


5 5 


2', 


89 


7.j 


28 3 


84 


32 6 


40 


It ,"i 


13 


50 


U 


43 



I the video adherents almost match 
I those who listen as to time de 
voted to their respective mediums 
Important, too, is whether this 
average 3 26 hours of tele viewing 
will . continue as owners become 
more accustomed to their sets. L iie 
statistijs portend • nothing alonrf 
these lines for the future. The pat- 
tern is not yet definitely estab- 
lished Much depends on the pio- 
gram men. toi the fiee ride of; 
"novelty" can't go on forever for. 
television, 

Groups of 5 

Asked "How many persons watch j 
with you''" the 258 set ovinots 



Inside Television 



Roach Lot Now 
Coast TV Hdqrs. 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. • 
Home for. young television pro- 
du(eis is being cicatod at Hal 
Roach studios. Roach lot ha.s in-, 
duccd eight video production firms 
to headquarter there with a rental- 
olTri pioducers feel they can't tuin 
down. There are 10 v.id-pic mak- 
01s on the Jot inclading Fedciated 
1 i'lcvision Films topped bv Hal 
Roach Jr, and HaJ Roath Tele- 
vision headed bv Hal Roach Si 
■ Roach, studios are. charpmg the. 
pioducois a Hat lental loo ol .'?4(i0 
pel dav foi the use ot of! ice space 
and iaciUties Farilities include 
ste^e , ■ ; 11 ghfihg';: eqii i phi e;h t. : jJ'rpj ec- ' 
lion rooms, .recordiilg rooni.sV'sotiiid , 
cfitarinels,, cutting rooms and con-: , 
t.'ict with the heads ol departments. ■ 
Pioducpis quirlenng Iheie related 
that the service is complete along; 
with the studios facilities which 
are kept in top condition Depart- 



:Artliur KnoiM-. producer of the stage shows at the. Roxy theati^f , ,.NV 
guosi on the new Vicks sho\- Diflusion 1 lancaiso goveimnent m now handling both pioduction and direction on 'Texaco Slai Tho- 
'Pioiuic 1 his " which starts tO' agencx which contiols all video atre ' aired Tueadav nights on the NBC-TV web Knon had been 
night iWed > on the NBC-TV web and tadio llollollei the films for lighting and pioduction consultant on the seiies almost from its in- _ , 

with Wendj Bariic slai 1 ( d . sale in the U. S with the Fiench ception but took over actual diiection after NBC stall daectoi Eddie nient heads see that the caineras 
Stanton Miller Osgood, ioitnoilj getting a pei'<^entage Sobol left for the Coast to head up NBC-TV's pi ogramming thcie i:d and othoi available equipment are 

with RKO-Patihe's commeicial film Minevitch s plan is to lecord the Cashman is pioducci-diiectoi foi the Kudner agency, which handles kopf in top condition foi producers* 

the lexiico account on the show, with Kudner veepee Myron Kirk as use ^ 

overall supervisor.: ■■ ^::■, :: ^, 'f^v- ^ 



depaitment. named film piocuie- 
ment manager for CBb-TV 



films 



oil the iconoscope: . tube 

WABD (DuMontToffering diamond ,^>";,':JV"-!^'^;e'r'':'eok^s' bv' RDF 

rings totaling $1,800 in vaUie to m the PaSt le« weeks ov "ui 

Moueis vfl'o o^^^^^^ 2,T-uoid t.om the 450-linc s-t-'n^ii'd to 1 - 

ansvuns to 'I hke davtime tele- 000 linos whu 1 is consideiabb 

visum because" . . WJZ-TV i VBCl finer than prevails now in the U. b 



Producers now quartering.on the. 

lot aic Maishall Gtant-Roajm Pio- 

ABC s seating airangoinenl for its ejection night loundup of names ductions, IMPPRO Federated 

'i elcvision Film Production.s, Apex 
Films. Cascade Pictures of Cali- 
foi nia. MRS, Armor. ' Cinecraft, 



paid off in. extra dividends in having Elmer Davis .scaled next to and 

^ . speaking after Wmchell. in the: routine round of annouuceinehtSf The 

toveiing the 'Sloaii ot"Arc"' preem Terms ol the deal Minevitch closed contrast between Winehelt's staccato delivery and Davis' slow di\ 

iiom the Bioadway Victoria the- m Pans lecenth with Vladimu commentary was tonsistenth amusing Once when Winchell allei 

atie lobbv tonight" fWed ' Poichet, ditectoi geneial ot RDF, reading big citv bulletins tuined it over for ' woid irom outlying dis- 

Aithur Pine Associates now han- foi his tianstiibing ol shows tncts ' Davis tianslatod that into "news is stalling to eonle in lioin 

dluig publicity ioi Andrea Radio joi the puipose ot cieating good the head ol the crick' 
Robert W. Sariioft, until novv an ; ,v.i:|i and showing the cultural ad 



I'.oland Reed Pioductions and the 
lioach film. 



account exec m NBC's netwoik 
sales depaitment, named assistant 
to NBC-TV national piogiam chiel 
Norman Blackburn. He's to act as 
cooidmalor between the sales de- 
partment and TV piogram opeia- 
tions Indie tele packagei Lester 
Lewis lining up a new show star- 
ring Maiv Anderson, who'll plav 
the lead m the foithcoming Bioad- 
wav legilei Jenn> Kissed Ale. 
opposite Leo G. CalToll. 



vantages ot Fiance 



Hollywood 

Lott-.lohnson Commeicial Film 



Stravinsky, Jr., Starred 
In Longhair Teiepix 

Holhwood Nov 9 
HoimeS Films n( w tele film pio- 
ducing unit, will put Inst ol a 
seller, of longhaii piv bofoie the 
cameias at Hal Roaeh studios Nov 
22 liUod 'Gieat iMastcis of 
\Tusic initial thiee ot the 26 



NBC s electric seoroboard for the . election was a pip. Giving the 
individual vote lot the vaiioiis candicUtes it was smaitlv used in keep- 
ing the tolals 111 lound figuies making it casici loi the viewet lo keep 
tiack 



OAfliiE PROGRAfiiVOro 

: ■■■ ' ... ' .Chicago. Nov.. 9- ■ ' 

Tele set dealers hcio ate nettled 

The concentiation of the video viewer is so much on the picture about the lack of daytime video 
that he oltcn forgets (n doesn t taie about the audio portion ot the programs to provide sales demon-5 
piogiam It mav bo lusl as well foi the sound on manv musical shoe's suations Since baseball ended 
is fiequentlj ofV balance and sometimes 'way of! It mainlv has to do the onlv daytime pictures available 
with tiie siTiothering 01 a soloist s accompauiniufit. . SDjiieliiiies , il • are test patterns, except for foot- 
sounds as though th<'\ weie ptacticmg. ringing without any musical lull showings on Saiuida' Test 
backgiound at all ii.itteuis sa> tho d' alcis, don t iiii- 

pi ess potential cu^tomeis 

.AV'BKB formerly had. a lineup of 
fororiooh sustai.n:ers;:btii;: they . wore ' 
(li'oppfid: "this f jill 'a^;' aii ; econbm# ' 



„ „ . . :.All television packages' bi'ought to NBC!s : KNBH -on the Gofist will 

Pioductions has been foi mod bv quartcr-houi shorts will stai Souli- be pioduced dueetod and staged bj station's hands Concessum to 

Dave Lolt and Gajlord Johnson, mar Stiavinskv pianist and son ot this luling will be made for commeicial agencv packages but onlv il 

heads ol hott AdveitiSing Agencv composer Igoi Stravinskj Pic- Hie station is absoliilcK positive that the agencv man knows his tde- 

Film companv will be a stibsid ol tonal mscits will be accompanied vision 10b tompletciv Ultimatum sot down b> NBC execs means tlial 

tlie ad agencv_to scive clients with i,^ naiiation and Stravinsky 5 88- packagers with sustaining show accepted for tek-nsmg will m<')("l\ 

gather the material and ;:place It, at KNBH director.s feet for'intcrpfeta^ 



TV film . Eastern-Columbia de- £3^1, f5[„i 1., slated for a o»e- 

parlment stores^ ha\c^_ purchased ^^^^ shooting schedule 

will. deal vvith -tlve life of 

newlv built \i'd-studios within two 



eight spots wceklj on Krf-1\ 

KL^C-TV expects .to move into ^;,;'\\,^„^., with Tschai- 

js ko\\:sky : and .third.; #ith : th^ ^Pfigin. 



SDonsoiine a^one-mmule'^fi'lm'coni- of Vienese wall/es in the music'of showing of the I 

liieiciiil on KTSL twice woekh 101 Beethoven, Schubert Biahams and motion, that Union Oil games sponsoi ovei KFl has puichased addi- 



Slow motion iootball ovoi Kl l-l V on the Coast has hit the lafKpot 
with fans and lor station Station got such heavv icsponse Irom the 
A. Rams games which were filmed lor video, in slow 



52 weeks 



.Sentinel Piodnciions Strauss Eugene Louiie will pio- 



tional time: so that all games put on him can be telecast m , slow riio- 
staits shooting next .vvOiik on the duce and diiect Heimes officers tiOn Shoit speed showing picks up much of the smait football plus 
flist of its new tele senes titled aie l.ouric, Hans de Schulthess all the foul plav which the eje cannot catch at regulai speed and the 
(Continued on |>age 41) i<<nd Aaion Sapiio. 1 vid fans are eating it up 



M'waukee's 9,250 Sets 

Milwaukee. Nov 9 
Check of tclcviiion dealeis and 
; di>iii'ibutors . reveals; , that '/as, of . 
,\o\ 1 theie weie 9 230 televi- 
sion Sots installed in the Alilwau- 
k(-o area. . 

'this IS an inciCasc ot 2,2:i2 .seti 
sin(e Oct 1 with 8()T'f in homes 
and 13 9' c in public places. 



Vcdnftwlay, Novtwher 10, 1948 





21% more evening listeners-85% more morning listener. 



115% more viewers 



the next station— TV 




THE\ NATIONAL BROAD CASTI 



Vedng«lay» Wwembgr 10,. 1M« 



33 



the story is simple: 

when a single major event provides the 
programming of all broadcasters, 
it's NBC's coverage that draws and holds 
the most listeners — and viewers. 





than the next network— AM 



the reason is simple: 

NBC means Lhoroughness ■— thoroughness 
demonstrated in speed and accuracy of 
reporting the election ... in numbers and 
authority of commentators ... in ability 
to present the right political figures at the 
right times . . . in tenacity of service 
to the public through the continuous all 
night and all morning programming. 

the conclusion is simple: 

to advertisers, that thoroughness in special 
service means radio's and television's 
biggest audiences —just as the greatest 
programs week after week have always 
made NBC audiences the largest. 



I^G COMPANY 

A Service of Radio Corporalion of America 




For top shows of the week or top story 
of the year, NBC is thoroughly^ 
AM or TV —Americas No. 1 Network. 



S.OURCE:, . 

Radio— Hooper ,'}6-i;ily siirvry 9-11 pm average November 2; 
8J2 am average A'oveinljcr 3. 

Television— Hooper New York survey 9-11 pm average November 2. 



WeAutM^yf Novemher 10, 1949 



Estimated Weekly Network TV Program Costs 

Nighttime and Daytime Overall Costs Include Production Expenses, Actors, Musicians^ Writers, 

Royalties, Freelance Directors, Set Construction, Etc., But ISot Commercial Announcements, 

Agency Directors, Agency Commission or Time Charges. 

(Agencies Listed bp Inttiais aie Benton & Bov>les; Dmcei, Fitzgerald & Sample; Kenyon & Eekhaidt, J. Walter Thompson, 

and Young ti Rubicam ) 



PBOGEAM 

Amateur Hour 
Americana 



NET- 
WORE 

DuMont 
.. NBC 



Author Meets Critics 
Biselow Sliow 
Birtliday Party 



. NBC 
NBC 
Diaiont 



Camel Newsrcfcl NBC 
Chevrolet on Broadway NBC 
Disney Newsreel . . , NBC 
Doorway to Fame . .. , , . . . . DuMont 

Fashions on Parade . . . DuMont 
Ford Tele Theatre .. CBS 
Friday Fishts ... NBC 

Gen, Electric News NBC 

Cirl About Town NBC 

Greatest Fishts DuMont 

Growing Paynes DuMotit 

Gulf Road Show NBC 

*Howdy-Doody , ......... NBC 

I'd^Like to See . NBC 

Kraft TV Theatre NBC 

Mary Kay & Johnny .... JTBC 
Mary Margaret McBride NBC 



COST 

$3,500 
1,500 

2,500 
5 000 
850 

8 ■)00 

4,50q: 

2 000 
850 

2 300 
17,500 
2,500 
2,000 
3,000 

r.50 

1,000 
2,500 
750 
4 000 
4,000 

2,500 
»,500 



AGENCY 

Lennen & Mitchell 
S\\eeney & Jatxies. . 



Meet the Press 


NBC 


2,500 


Monday Fights 


NBC 


2,500 


Nature of Things 


NBC 


750 


Phiiro TV Playhbusc . 


NBC 


11,000 


Boar of Kails 


CBS 


750 


•"Small Fry Club ... 




750 


Sportsman's Quiz . ... 


CBS 


750 


Swift Show 


NBC 


4 500 


Swing Into Si>orts. . . .• 


DuMont 


850 


Tales of Red Caboose 


ABC 


; . 750 


Texaco Stai 'liicatre 


NBC 


8,000 


Toast ol 1 o^Mi 


. , . CBS 


5,000 


We, the People 


... CBS 


1 200 


V elconic Aboard 


NBC 


5 000 



SPONSOE 

Old Golds ,, .. 
Fiiestune 

Gtn Foods 1 

BiRelow-San ,.. . 
Co-Op 

Che\ lolet 
Disnev Hats 
Co-Op 

Pioctei & Gamble 
Fold 

Gillette . ... 

Gen Electric .... 

Bates Fabrics 

Tolcvue Lens 
Wanamakei Store . 
Gulf Oil 
Unique Toys 
Pi-octer & Gamble . 
Kraft 

Whitehall . ... 
Squibb 
Int'l Sil\ei 
Sylvania Elec. 
SheuMn Williams 
SHnshine Biscuit - 
G 'n Foods 
'Gillette.... V. : . . . . . : 

Motoiola .... Gourfain-Cobb 

Philco . < Hutcliins 

A. C. Gilbert Koyt 

Kolvnos 0F&S 

Gen Foods 

Edgewoith Wai & Legler 

Sunt . MtCann-Enck 
Co Op 

1 onel Coip . Roiss 

T^\aco . Kudnei 

Eineison . .. Blame-Thompson 



PRODUCER 

Remack Enterprises 
Mattin Stone 



WRITER 

Ilaiold Schaffel 
Jenv Coopersmith 











Lou Dalilman 






Geo Scheck 






, Movietone News . 




Camp -Ew aid . 


. Owen Ddvis, Jr 


. . Various 










Lou Dahlman 






Geo Scheck 




B B 


lole on Paiade 


Elinoi Lena 


K &. E 


rietchei Maikel 


Vaiious 


Maxon . . . ... . . . . 


. William Garden 






















(Diiect> 


.... AViVBD Staff 




Y. & R 










. . i Eddie Kean 






. . . Karlen 


JWT 




'. . . Stan Quinn 






Ed Rice 


D F &S. 


Show Prods. . . , 


Johnny Stearns 


New -Emmett 


Stella Karn 



B &. B 

.Maxon 



Gulf;. b::\. 
AciSi.iraI: 



*lo nnnute<- once woeklj ol half-hour across-byaid sUo« 
^'Hd!f-houi eacli once wecklj oi acioss-boaid show 



Kudnei 



Mai tha Rountiee 
Bill Garden 

Paul Nickell Di Roj Mai shall 

Fred Coe , , .Various 

Raj Nelson ........ Robert Bogaidus 

Bob Emery Emeij 

Chas Polachek 

Lee Cooley Eliz Evans 

Bob Loewi 

J E Hanson , . 

Aithui Knon 

Mailo Lewis 
I cl Sullivan 

Rod Eucksoa leonaid Safir 

\ ic McLeod McLeod 



Esiiiated Weekly Network Program Costs: 1948-'49 





NET- 






PROGUAM 


WORK 


COST 


SPONSOR 


Smke II RiHi 


CBS 


.3 7^0 


I uden s 


S ,i,K'i Club 


M)C 


IGOOO 


Cheslei field 




CBS 


7 500 


Auto Lite 


lake a Number . 


MBS 


2 lOO 


LSI obaceo 


Take It oi I^eaVe It 


NKt 


: O^OOO- 


Ta prsharp 


Henr.> J. Tavlur ..... 


A}3( 


500 


Geneial Motois 


Teentimers Club . . .. . 


. , MBS.,- 


1 500 


.. l een Timers . l ..\ 


Telephone Hour 


, NBC 


8.500 


Bell Telephone 


Texaco Star Theatre 


ABC 


•r.^oo 


Texas ConipaTi\ 


Theatie OuiJd 


\BC 


16 750 


L S Steel 


1 !ieatri> ot 1 i>d>iv 


CBS 


■ :4.500 - 


Armstiong Coik 


Tbin Mali 


MBS 


5 .500 


KcU-,( 1 I la/ei 


This Chaiisnvs' World 


ABC 


^!-2,00'0- 


F.i;u.e liaul' Trai ler - - , , 


This Is Voui IBI 


AJiC 


5 500 


Fquilable Lile 


This Is Your Lile . 




8.500 


Philip Moms 


l.;0well Thomas 


CBS 


4.000 


Pioctei i Gamble 


T'liee Star IXtia 


NBC 


6 000 


Sun Oil 


1«rtay'.s Children . . . . . ... 


NBC 


2 500 


Geneial Mill, 


Tomorrows lleadliiies . 


ABC 


■•?»() 'V 


,vAii'-\Vu'fc;f-:,'v; . 


True Detcotive Mvstciies 


MBS 


■ ■ '3,500-; 


- WilliaiiliiblX Candy 


T me 01 I a^se 




2 5(10 


Shotwell AUg 


1 1 uth or; Couseqiiciices . . 


M'( 


.'16,000. 


I'lotU'i & Gamble 


Tuenti Questions 


■MBS 


.i 100 


ISoiisoii 


\ oioe of I'lrestone. . .. 


NGC 


7,500 


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Tied ^^.irms 


NBC 


10 000 


S C .lolinson 



t ontinuqd . from pligc 3U i 



Wend^ Mai I en CBS 

We Loie and Learn NBC 

\Se, the People CBS 

We'come Iravelcrs : - ' ABC. 

What Makes Vou lick ABC 

What's iVIv Name' ABC 

When a Gnl Marries .... NBC 

Whiz Quiz ABC 

Meredith Willsoii ... ABC 

Walter Winche! I ... '^BC 

Woman in While , . NBC 

Youiigr Dr. Malone CBS 

Pepper Young's Family NBC 

Young Midder Brown \i3C 

Voiu Hit Parade . . NBC 

lour S»iig & Mint CBS 



3X>0Q.; American -Meat -;; . 

3 500 Geneial Llecliic 

2 000 Geneial I oods 

2 750 ManJiatlaji Soap 
9 500 Guh 0)1 

Vr : } ,500 -V Procter. : Gamble :, ; 

3 500 Pujctei L Gamble 
3.500 Gciiei il rlocliic 
2,500 Geneial 1 ood< 

2 500 Paul I BcKh Co 

7 000 Geneial Foods 

7 500 .Teigeils 

2 500 Geneial Millj, 

2.500 Pioctei & Gamble 

2 500 Pi octei & Gamble 

2 500 Piulhps Toothpaste 

16,000 Lutk.N Stiike 

7,500 Boideu Co 



AGENCY PRODUCER 

T M Malhes Wall Fiamei 

Newell-Emmelt - Bob Packliam 
New ell-Emniett , , . lon\ Leadei 
Kudner ... s Levine & B Montoe 

Bio« ., Lrl reldman 

Kudnei Bill lempleton 

Buchanan . Nal Stiom 

N W 'V^el VVdIldLc MagiU 

Kudnei ...Id Cashman 

BBD 4.0 Aimina Maisliall 

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Wtin(>.iub TU Blown 

Zimmci Kollci Iljuison Wood 

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, Kioil" 1om Bennett 

I CO Biiinott Tom Bennett 

" 1^ '3 8^ O loin Bennett 

BinloM & Bowles Tom McKnight 

Duane Jones Cliet Gierlach 

Young & Rubieain Rodney Erickson 

f^-^'nploil Lou Perkins ... 

Compton , Addison Smith . , 

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HEAD 
WRITER 

Ficd rieidei 
Vai lous 

Levine-Monro* 
I'dith Oliver 
11 .1 lay lor 
Nat Stion. 
Norman Rosten 
Nat II I ken 
Erik B.arnouw 
(■ leelance 
Dashiell Hammett 
Staff 

lei I J Devine 
Ralph Tdwaids 
Lowell Xlioinas 

Cai\l Coleman 
ABC Nensioom 
Muua\ Buinett 
Ai<enc\ Slaft 
Phil Davis 
Call Geigeuch 



Jaj' .lohnston 
Taj .Tohnsloii 
.la\ Johnston 
1 lank Pio\o 
1 illian Spiiinei 
Aubiej Williams 

Addison Smith 
John Gibbs 
Blaine Cajiington 
llaiold Kave 
Meiedith WiUson 
Waltei Wlnchell 
lleibeit Futran 
David Dnscoll 
Maine Carrington 
Elizabeth 'I'odd 
Paul Dudles 
Staflf 



Directors 

iss Continued from page 36 5s 

asked few questions and requested 
until Nov. 22 to study the terms. 

At least 200 freelance eue-throw'* 
ers aie affected by the pioposed 
agieement, according to the guild. 
Network shows also are affected, 
since the opening of talks with tha 
agencies activates'- a clause under 
' Commercial Program Fees" in tne 
RTDG pact with the webs, signed 
Dec SI, 1947 

This clause states- "The C6in.^ 
panv and the Guild agree to nego- 
tiate in good faith with the Guild 
lor the establishment of minimum 
commercial program fees and con- 
ditions at such time, but not befoia 
such time, as the Guild shall com- 
mence similar negotiations with 
other employers of diiectois pio- 
ducing a substantial piopoition of 
the network coinmercial programs 
oiiginating m New Yoik City" 

Guild has sent copies of the pro- 
posed agreement to all agencies 
and packagers known to emplo\ la- 
dio directors. 

Diiectois believe their pioblems 
in leaching an accord with the 
agencies and packageis are simpli- 
fied by comparison with the 
writerb, m that no complicated 
question of script rights is involved 
and there is expected to b6 les? 
disagreement over the definition of 
an employee in the case ot the di- 

lOCtOLS 

Basic minimum fees pioposed by 
?TDG range from $75 foi a onc- 
to-five-mmute program once wec»k- 
Iv and $200 for such a program fiv a 
times a week, to $500 for a 31-to- 
60-minute program once weekly 
and $1 500 for such a piogram fi\e 
times a week Base pay for cue- 
throwing on a 15-minute cross-the- 
board show or a half-hour weekly 
program would be $350 

For repeats, one-third would be 
added to these fees Fee foi audi- 
tions would be not less than 75''i 
of these sums 

Sustaining rates would be one- 
half of commercial rates 

Guild now has national contiacts 
with ABC, CBS and NBC and willi 
WOR N Y, covering staff ladio 
directors Pact is also In force vil'i 
CBS covering television directois 
in Now York An attempt last \\ei>k 
to open talks with ABC covcuiisj 
Its TV directois hasn't jet bcvn 
answeied by the web 



Canada Tele 

t.qntinuecl fiom imije .99 ■ " . 

Toionto 50 000-wdtter and laigost 
independent ladio stntum in tlus 
countis Both ot these subiiiilKd; 
(Oiupleted plans, plus details ol ini- ' 
lial $2,000,000 000 expendituus 
each, once the^ got the gieen li^'lil 
Other applicants were Jack 
Cooke opeiator of CKEY Toionlo. 
Al Lcaiv appealing ioi CIIIO, 
T6ron,to..;;and,:Claimirtgiio had: tiiiit- .; 
ed Kmi^dom linincial b.ic kind- 
er CI ciiul CK\C Monlieal 

With Famous Plaveis and C I IIB, 
loionto leceiving tlie gieatei at- 
tention flom the CBC on complet- 
ed detailed plans, CBC neveithe- ; 
less noted emphatic obieelions ■ 
liom .Joseph Sedgwick counsel for 
the Canaduin Assn ot Bioadc isteis, 
that Famous Plavers was a corpo- 
viation controlled by American iii- 
teiests (Paiamount) and that such 
a television license should not be 
gi anted to film inteiests at this 
time fJoscph Sedgwick is biother 
oi Hairy Sedgwick piesident of 
CFRB Toionto, and piesident of 
the C\B ) 

Odeon Thealies of Canada the 
Ailhui Rank Enteipuse with some 
170 houses acioss the Dominion, 
enieied the picluie when ieondul 
Biockington vice-piesident and 
legal counsel for Odeon — and also 
a membei of the CBC board Of 
goveinois heaiing the applications 
—took the stand that all (hoalies 
in Canada should have the iighl 
to choose and lebioadcasl TV shows 
on an equal basis and no exclusue 
lights be given to any one theatie 
Cham 



TV Invades the Planets 

Philadelphia, Nov 0 
Fust telecast from a plmelaii- 
|Uni will be made Thuisda\ Ml 
when Dr Rov Marshall invades 
the Fels Planetaiium, iii the 
Fianklln Institute, to explain the 
mvsteiv of the solai svslem over 
hi, NBC piogiam, 'The Natuie of 
Things " 

Di Mil shall will demonstiate 
the scientific marvels of the huge 
piojector that creates a inan-inade 
I sky. 



^«dneBdaf» November 10, 1948 



TfiLEVISIOX BEYIEWS 



3S 



I Tele FoUow-up Comment il 



Abe Burrows brought his unique 
l>rand of whimsical humor to tele- 
vision for the first time on Ad- 
miral's "Welcome Aboard" Show 
on the NBC-TV web Sunday (7) 
night. He held the spotlight for 
15 minutes of the half-hour stanza 
and did a neat job with his gravel- 
voiced singing and comedy. Tele 
is definitely as good a medium for 
Burrows as radio or niteries, in 
both of wliich he's already estab- 
lished a rep. 

Pied Pipers (4) also turned in an 
excellent job with a brace of tunes. 
Three men and a girl apparently 
routined their worlt to provide the 
requisite intimacy for tele and 
thereby projected well over the 
kinescope. Helene and Howard 



Vikings. Calgary Bros. (2) worked 
theiu standard slow-motion and 
drunk act. It was good but the 
show was still plodding. It picked 
up again with Berle doing tlie old 
vaude routine on the Western 
Union office. This skit, incidentally, 
demonstrated there's a definite 
place on vaudeo for such material 
It it s staged well, as this one was. 

Miss Nicscn then came on to 
wrap things up well. Teeoff num- 
ber, "Wha' Hoppen, Baby," 
seemed a little out of her style 
and she oversold it, but it was 
still the brightest spot on the 
show to that point. Then Berle 
.loined her for a couple of choruses 
of "You're the Top," which gave 
them both a chance to shine. IVIiss 



who opened the show, started i Niesen projected well 



slowly with a weak attempt at com- 
iedy but picked up fast when they 
went into their burlesqued jitter- 
bug terping. Producer-director Vie 
McLeod handled his cameras well 
for the most part but missed out 
. on the dance due when they broke 
to opposite ends of the stage in a 
closeup shot. 

■ Russ Morgan maintained his 
aiffiaible performance as emcee and 
his orch cut the show well. 



. on the 

screen and, like most such per- 
formers, proved she'd be a good 
bet for her own TV show. Sid 
Stone s pitchman commercial, com- 
ing slightly past the midway mark 
in the show, was. one of the slowest 
to date. Unless he has especially 
good mat.erial week after week 



STUDIO ONE 
("The Storm") 

With Margaret SuUavan, Dean 
Jagg:cr> Harry Bellaver, Alan 
MacAteer, 'Maurice Manson, 
Mary Wickes, John Forsythe, 
Leslie Litomy 

Director; Worthington C. Miner 

Adapter: Miner 

60 Mins.. Sun., 7:30 p.m. 

Sustainine 

CBS-TV, from New York 

Still another hour-long dramatic 
series has projected itself into the 
Sunday night television picture, 
with CBS raising the curtain on a 
TV version of its former "Studio 
One" radio series. For the initial 
effort, director Worthinglon C. 
Miner adapted McKnighl Malmar's 
suspenseful "The Storm," with 
Margaret Sullavan and Dean Jag^ 
ger as the co-stars. 

Unfortunately, "Studio One" got 
off to a start that left the viewer 
both confused and bewildered.- It 
may be that, in transferring the 
ex-Fletcher Markle radio series to 
video, the network was attempting 
to explore unorthodox avenues in, 
direction and in choice of proper- 
ties. In this respect, the- produc- 
tion of "The Storm" achieved a 
success of sortSi For Miner at least 
rates an A for effort in striving 



Stone's work becomes repetitious' added dimensional quality, 

■ tackling a play requiring a multi- 



Toast of the TowTi (CBS-TV) had 
a; fair-to-middling bill last Sunday 

..Philco Television Playhouse" gildi'n^^^tto-cTotnl ^ct'^tt 
made its first stab at farce comgdy ^ork, too has been bettrr Onpn 
s.„H«v.(7)-niBht with a televor. ing Ikit "about Dv G^lul A^: 

Spiiated^by Dave- Bui^hs of ''Make 



Sunday- (7) -night with a telever 
sion of EdWiii Burke's "Tliis Thing 
Called Love." Play was none too 
successful when it opened on 
Broadway in September, 1928, and 
it giiined nothing in its TV adapta- 
tion. Philco .probably deserves; 
some cj'edit for experimenting 
With" comedy :but it wilf have to do 
better than this. 

Cast, topped by Ralph Bellamy, 
was good and injected a racy pace 
into the script but the actors 
couldn't overcome the trite situa- 
tions and cliched dialog. Bellamy 
did as well as possible as the mil- 
lionaire seeking a IjaPPy married 
life after 115 years in Peru and was 
handed a nice assist by Ann Lee as 
his vis-a-vis. Peggy Conklin and 
Hiram Sherman teamed well as the 
screwball couple, Reed Brown, Jr., 
fluffed a couple of lines, but Maria 
Linden did okay as his f rau. Hope 
Miller, as the Spanish siren around 
whom most, of the action centered, 
made the most of a comparatively 
difficult assignment, handling both 
her accent and gesture? nicely. 
Ernest Cossart was in and out as 
the butler. 

Modern apartment set was 
neatly executed and producer-di^ 
rector Fred Coe hypoed the pace 
' by lensing the actors as they raced 
from room to room. Program host 
Bert LytcU and announcer Bob 
Stanton gave tlie Philco plugs their 
usual dignified treatment, bringing 
in orch leader Woody Herman for 
a between-acts guest shot on the 
commercials. Show ran only 50 
minutes, forcing Lytell -and Bel- 
lamy to round out the hour with 
chit-chat about the program. 



Mine Manhattan"), who goes off- 
stage and shoots himself, paid off 
okay but it was evident that this 



plicity of sets and broadening the 
scope of the production by- inter- 
spersing periodic film montages to 
telescope time and action and give 
it breadth. 

But in tackling this slick who- 
dunit whose chief dramatic, ele- 
ment is one of suspense. Miner 
(but -more ' notably the author) 
failed' to pull the pieces together, 
so that a viewer was tempted at 



Tele Does Its Top Job to Date 
In Marathon Election Coverage 



gag is nearing the end' of its run. ' the end to call CBS to ask "wha' 



The Dunhills, tap trio, showed 
excellent form in fast and intricate 
routines. The boys proved also 
that tappers can have a sophis- 
ticated look. The Florida Trio's 
knockabout act was overlong, point 



oppened?" The curtain fell in a 
complete state of confusion for the 
viewer. Granted that the author 
had intended a "read into it what- 
ever you want" type of format, the 
fact remains that the video ver- 



WAAM'a Marathoner 

Marathon jol), turned in by 
all television station^ irt elec- 
tion night coverage has natu- 
rally resulted in a myriad of 
boasts as to who set the long- 
est continuous programming 
record. Among the N. Y. 
broadcasters, puMont came 
out on top because of its day- 
time programming the preced- 
ing day (Tues.). Station took 
the air at 7 a.m. that morning 
and remained on until 4:34 the 
following aycm, thereby log- 
■ ging over hours continu- 
ously. 

Lengthiest programming ef- 
fort, though, \yas turned in by 
WAAM, new indie station in 
Baltimore. Although election 
day was only its second day of 
operation, the station teed off 
at 5:30 that afternoon and pro- 
grammed for 23 hours and five 
minutes without a break. 
Much of its election returns 
was fed by ABC^TV from 
N. Y., but WAAM also staged 
10 live shows during the mara- 
thon, as well as much special 
film. Feat was especially 
noteworthy because all the sta- 
tion's equipment was still in 
the breaking-in process. 



less and too similar, without being i sion of the story of a despondent 
superior, to an act that ha.s already ■ ■ • ■ 
played the vaudeo circuit a good 
deal. Dick Buckley clicked with a 
routine using actress Ann Jeffreys, 
sports stars Ken Strong and Bar- 
ney Ross, and Dave Burns as 
human Charlie McCartliys doing 
an Amos 'n' Andy scene, Roehelle 
& Bee Bee showed a fine hand for 
clowning in their ballroom hoke. 



gal who winds up marrying a guy 
with a, bundle of . secrets never 
succeeded in : capturing the nuances 
or create for the viewer the final 
sensation of panic 'that was in- 
tended. 

For this very rea.son. Dean Jag- 
ger, in the role of the secretive 
groom j never quite knew whether- 
to be a good or a bad guy and 



Monica Lewis, a pretty picture on 1 wound up in a sort of confusing 



anybody's tele screen, sold two 
numbers in her smooth style, with 
nice: backing from Ray Bloch's 
musickers. Right profile shot of 
her was- not too flattering, but she 
looked swell - from every other 
angle. Roily Rolls, Paris concert 
pianist who took up comedies at 
the; ivories, showed a deft touch 
for it. Closeups were intriguing 
as he fingered- a coupe of ditties 
on the world's tiniest concertino, 
June Taylor ciiorus line contrib- 
uted a bouncy can-can; 



nether region that didn't enhance 
the play. On the other hand, Mar-:, 
garet Sullavan gave a fine, sensi- 
tive portrayal as the luckless gal. 
' Considering the fact that 
I "Storm" added up to a "toughie," 
the camera crew made- as much 
pictorial sense out of the play as 
was possible. Rosev 



Maybe it was the pre-election ex- 
citement or maybe it was the 
dearth of any femme glamor but 
Milton Berle and the "Texaco Star 
. ' Theatre" seemed much slower than 
usual last Tuesday (2) night on the 
NBC-TV web. With only one or 
two spontaneously bright flashes, 
the show plodded at a pedestrian 
pace until Gertrude Niesen came 
on in the final act to sing, shake 
her hips a little too much and toss 
gags with Berle to put a good 
windup on the stanza. Even the 
women, though, must have tired of 
watching all the male acts parade 
across the lenses before Miss 
Niesen's appearance. 

Show's opening gag was good, 
AVith two men wearing Dewey and 
Truman masks carrying Berle 
across the stage. Peiro Bros. <2), 
fresh from Latin America, im- 
impressed with some neat juggling 
work. They added some nice novel- 
ty to the standard balancing rou- 
tines with their stick-juggling and 
hat-spinning, both carried off with- 
out a mishap. Berle tlicn Introed 



"Actor's Studio" (ABC-TV) was 
far from its best last Sunday (7) 
in its presentation of "Ropes;" by 
Wilbur Daniel Steele, despite Its 
capable principals. Kim Hunter, 
Tom Ewell and Warren Stevens 
were starred in a not overly plaus- 
ible piece about a ; lighthouse 
keeper, blinded by a fall and try- 
ing to keep it from his overseer. 



CHILD CARE 

With Dr. Henry; Kaessler, Maxine 

.Stuart'' ■ 
Director: Edward StashefC 
l.? Mins., Men., 5:30 p.m. 
SANITARY DIAPER SERVICE 
WPIX, N. Y. 

(Miller) 

Child care i.sn't a topic that will 
entice a universal audience. What 
televiewers are attracted to by this 
series utilizing ■ talks by- pedia- 
tricians is just what the sponsor, a 
diaper service, wants. Conse- 
quently, series is seen as serving 
the 



T V,., „„ iv...«.;„t:A« ilts purpo.se at least as far as 

Latter, coming by on mspectiqn, bankroller is concerned. 



discovers the fact and chases the 
keeper's pretty frau around the 
place trying to smooch her. But 
the ; keeper bangs his head again 
and gets bis sight back, so all's 
well. ; An improbable set^ didn't 
help matters. 



"Chevrolet on Broadway" neatly 
staged a lightweight comedy by 
True Boardman on NBC Monday 
night (8), and also introduced Erni 
Arneson, Danish actress imported 
specially for video work. Miss 
Arneson, however, was not given 
much of a chance to display her 
talents on this show. Her role of a 
medieval damsel coming to life in 
the 20th century was too brief and 
her costuming all : ,but completely 
hid -hc^: 'Main-;burden of the show 
was carried by Richard Waring, as 
a novelist with a fertile imagina- 
tion, and Gloria Holden, as the 



jealous wife. Camera work, which 

Louis Prima, trumpeter and orch , involved tricky dissolve shots, was 
leader, who soloed his w.k. arrange^ estpertly executed - and the setting 



ment, with gravel-voiced vocals, of 
"I Can't Give You Anything But 
Love." Prima's a good performer 
but he could have been presented 
to much better advantage had he 
•been backed with more production 
than the flat-toned draperies. Berle, 
of course, joined him on a trumpet 
for the second number, the two of 
them gagging up "Tiger Rag." 

The Cossack Quartet came out 
much too deadpan for TV closeups 
.but, happily, sang only one un- 
identified Russian number on their 
own. Berle pepped things consid 



was solid and spacious. 



21,200 D. C. Sets 

Washington, Nov. 9. 
Television sets in use in the cap- 
ital metropolitan area increased by 
3,000 last month, bringing the num- 
ber of receivers as of Nov. 1 to 
21,200, according to an estimate 
last week by the Washington Tele- 
vision Circulation Committee. 
Group was formed last Decern- 



On the initial show. Dr. Henry 
Kaessler. : discoursed in conversa- 
tional tones With Maxine Stuart, 
playing a nurse, on various phases 
on child upbringing. He talked 
mainly of the danger of failure to 
take into consideration an: infant's 
personal desires a.s against adher- 
ence to a strict schedule. It's truly 
informative for the maternal set, 
and the viewer gets a load of solid 
advice.-:- 

Show uses two sets, the medico's 
study and consultation room. Talks 
are in the study, and everytime a 
telephone rings, nurse stalks into 
the other set and ; starts pitching 
for the diaper service. This tactic 
gives the impression that the nurse 
is on the payroll of the diaper sei-v- 
ice and has to sneak in the plugs in 
a sub-rosa manner. But probably 
it's the only way it can be done in- 
asmuch as it probably wouldn't be 
ethicaj. for a medico to take a hand 
in pitching for a specific commer- 
cial service. 

Dr. Kaessler, naturally, isn't a 
tele performer. His nervousness 
was fairly apparent, especially 
when contrasted with the strong 
speaking tones of Miss Stewart, but 
his info is quite good. Jose. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — Harold J. 
"Smitty" Schmitz joined KFEQ 
here as farm service director re- 
cently. He bad been extension 
radio farm specialist at Purdue 
Univ., which he left to take the 
KFEQ assignment. While at Pur- 
due he conducted a survey among 



...„K, .P^PP^.^. '^"'V^ „ ber to provide reliable information ' Indiana farmers on "What farm 

ei ably by joining them in a second ^.^j^^ figures which would ' people want from radio," and re- 



song, working in an oversized cos 
tume in -a stint similar to the one 



be acceptable to the entire Indus- 1 suits of this study are guiding him 



he formerly did \yith the Ben Yost try. 



at KFEQ. 



ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE 

With Alex Dreicr, Robert McCor- 
mick, Edward Wallace,. Harold 
True; Frank Eschen, St. Louis; 
Ed Lebherz, Buffalo 

Director: William. Ray 

16 hrs., Tues., Wed. 

RCA 

WNBK-TV, from Cleveland 
(J. Walter Thompson) 
NBC's Cleveland tele-operations 
slipped into efl'ect Sunday ; nighty 
Oct. 30, with a Philco kinescope 
film. That was for the record. On 
Election night, however, WNBK 
soared to majestic splendor with a 
cracker jack, ding-dong presenta^ 
tion of returns to the NBC midwest 
division of six stations, including; 
Toledo, St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo 
and Detroit. : - , . 

True, topflight NBC personnel 
moved onto the local arena for ac- 
tive participation and consultation, 
but the efforts of the local staff 
blended so neatly into the overall 
picture that, literally speaking, 
that "picture" was one of the best 
yet seen in any major video opera- 
■tion.' . . ■ ■ ' 

WNBK has taken over one of the 
■major studios of its sister station, 
WTAM. Into studio "B" went de- 
tailed planning that made election 
night coverage one of the outstandr 
ing presentations Of the day. Tech- 
nically, the signal and picture was 
strong and clear. There was expert 
coordination between the commen- 
tators; and the - cameramen with 
the huge : boards, that showed the 
rcsultSj being sashayed beautifully 
I with the words of the commenta- 
I tor. Alex Dreier had a slight ten- 
I dency to stay ahead of the camera 
at the start of the evening, but a 
I few timely hints from Ted Mills, 
- who with expert touch- kept: the 
cameras shifting, ironed out its 
minor flaw. 

Robert McCormick, Ed Wallace,. 
other 0-0 station men did fine jobs,; 
with McCormick and Driver ban-: 
dling overall coverage, and Wallace 
blending in the Ohio scene; An: 
early morning interview with Gov.t 
elect Frank -Lausche lent stimulus 
to the program. ; 

The orderliness of the operations 
was reflected in the camera ease 
and: smoothness of the entire 16- 
hour stanza. There were both nice 
background color shots and noises 
blended, into a well-focused, over- 
all picture. 

William Ray, NBC's Chicago 
news chief, can take a well-earned 
bouquet for his job. Saunders 
I Thomas and Charles Ranallo han- 
' died production with finesse. Mil- 
ton Kitchen's cameramen; and engi- 
neers also performed nobly. 

Oniy rough spot in the election 
returns were dull RCA commer- 
cials. / Format was the same 
' throughout the evening in which 
three plugs were given each hour 
I between 8 and midnight, and two 
I hourly thereafter except on few op- 
. casions when interview and coh- 
, tinuity ruled out commercial. 
. Sponsor identification consisted of 
; slide cartoon or lettering put on a 
board as announcer read the copy. 
I Announcer, Joe Mulvehlll, handled 
' his blurbs well, but even the change 
in wording couldn't offset dullness 
in repetition of same format 
I throughout the evening. Mark. 



By BOB STAHL 

If there was any doubt of tele- 
vision's superiority over all other 
media as a straight news reporter^ < 
it must certainly have been dist 
polled by the excellent marathon 
coverage given the election returns 
last Tuesday (2) nighj and Wednes- 
day morning by the TV networks 
and indie stations. Working in- 
dividually for the first time on an 
event of such national scope and 
significance, the broadcasters out- 
did even the tremendous job they 
turned in covering the political 
conventions in Philadelphia last 
summer. Their on-the-spot report- 
ing naturally gave them an ad-.; 
vantage over newspapers, and TV's 
visual factors: gave the coverage 
considerably more impact than 
radio has ever enjoyed. 

Comparison of the- five major 
N. Y. stations' work election night 
would be difficult, since, all han- 
dled the job so well. WJZ-TV and 
the ABC web would draw' the nod 
for colorful presentation, mostly 
because of the TV appearance for 
the first time of such top-name 
commentators as Walter Winchell, 
Drew Pearson and Elmer Davis. 
For variety and m<4)ility of cov- 
erage, the N. Y. Daily News' WPIX 
probably turned in the best job. 

WCBS-TV (CBS) did an efficient 
workmanlike presentation, as did 
WABD (Du Mont). For the best 
all-around coverage, though, the 
vote would have to go to WNBT 
(NBC). While the others took 
breathers during the early aycm 
hours, NBC . and its entire staff re-» 
raained on the air , continuously 
from 9 p.m. Tuesday until after. 
Governor Dewey conceded the 
election just before noon the next 
day. The station's election return 
boards were easier to read; it pre- 
sented: studio interviews through"* 
out the night. with such political 
biggies as James. A. Farley : and 
candidates Norman Thomas and 
Henry Wallace, and generally 
handled the coverage in top show- 
manly production. 

Commentators Shine 

Winchell, Pearson and Davis, all 
of whom worked in the ABC news 
room until about 8 a.m. Wednes- 
day, proved they won't need much 
TV dressing if they ever decide on 
tele for a regular career. Win- 
chell, with his hat pushed back on 
his headi with eye glasses and in 
shirtsleeves, epitomized the aver- 
(Continued on page 38) 



I'D LIKE TO SEE 

With Ray Morgan, narrator 

Producer-writer: Bernard E. Karlen 

30 Mins.; Frl., 9 p.m. 

PROCTER & GAMBLE 

NBC-TV, from N. Y. 

(Compton) 

Compton ad agency execs were 
plugging film as the best method 
of television presentation as far 
back as two years ago, when most 
broadcasters favored live program- 
ming. It's only natural, conse- ; 
qucntly, that "I'd Like to See," first 
TV show bankrolled by Procter & 
Gamble, Compton's top-spending 
client, would comprise mostly film. 
Pre em show last Friday (5) still 
left the question of live vs. film up 
in the air. 

For what it attempted to do, the 
P & G program came oft okay. Pro- 
ducer Bernard E. Karlen has a 
workable format, presenting pix of 
past events that viewers ask to see 
for various reasons^ Amount ojf - 
stock footage on hand Is practically 
unlimited and the only problem, 
apparently, was to round it up into 
suitable form. With the exception 
of employing overlong .clips on sev« 
eral subjects, Karlen worked out : 
an interesting and often nostalgic 
show. Editing of the film was 
mostly well-handled and Ray Mor- 
gan's live narration to bridge the 
different subjects helped break the 
monotony an all-film show might 
have had. 

Show could have been paced 
much better. While the roundup of 
presidents from William McKinley 
to President Truman's reelection ; 
last week was almost .good enough- 
for theatrical distribution, the long 
time allotted to films of the famous 
Dtmpsey-Tunney "long-count" fight 
could lead some viewers to start ' 
trying other channels. Fight films 
were interesting but confining 
them to the referee's count alone 
would have done more to punch up: 
the show. 

Commercials, plugging Ivory 
Soap, Duz and Crisco, also on Aim. 
were good but how come NBC al*. 
lows a client to advertise three sep- 
arate products on a single half ^hour 
program? Popularity on this show, 
incidentally, can be easily gauged 
by the number of viewers mailing 
in requests for filmed events they'd 
like to see. < Stal. 




"iirEww'iSFUiiiir. 



ery funny f 



Luigi is now on the air making friends by 
\he millions. For Luigi is mass-audience 
programming, charged >vilh sales-provoking 
laughter. But it's more than superb 
character-and-situatiou comedy. It has 
the fresh impact of friendly satire. . . 
of a salty vein, of Americana . . . 
"Starring J. Carroll Naish, it is produced 
with the adroit skill of Cy Howard who built 
*'My Friend Irma" into its top-20 rating. 

AND "MHAVORITEHUSBiiND" IS FUNNY' 

For Lucille Ball is one of the great '"natural" 
comics in showbusiness, playing the lead 
in a rambunctious husband-and-wite 
comedy situation. Tailored for big audiences, 
it covers "the war between men and women!' 
It is llie work of Jess Ojipenheimer, one of 
the top craftsmen of radio comedy (and chief 
writer and director of the Fanny Brice show). 
J oriel y calls it "slick radio'.' So does the 
audience. And so will a sponsor. 

"Luigi" and "ITusband" are two CBS Package 
Programs, conceived and built in the same 
creative workshop that produced 21 other 
CBS Package Programs, now succe'^sfully 
servijig 18 diflcrenl sponsors today. 
In other words, they're top network programs. 
And having lliem on the air, fully (leidoped, 
should make many kinds of people happy, 
including two alert advertisers. 



*ro<i'.t lo-ronsi mi CHS. 9 :iO-10:()0 I'M EST, Tiifsihns 
**Loiist-lo-(ousl on (.lis. 7:00-7:30 I'M EST, Suiitiihiys 



mmi PROGRAMS 



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BABIO-TBLEVISION 



Wednesday, November 10, 194S 



DuMont's Round-Clock Sked 



.C(>ntinu<Md from pxtgc 29 i 



screen is okay. Anyone watching 
the entire 11 hours of shows might 
tire ot the clock-weather-tempera- 
turo signal, the same set used with 
only nimor variations tor each: 
show and the number of perform- 
ers who do nothing but sit at a' 
pttnio. and sing, That in itself, 
though, is no worse than the steady 
diet of disk jockeys and/ or soap 
operas fed daytime radio listeners 
— and moreover who will sit glued 
to a TV receiver for 11 hours a day 
five days a week? 

lio, The Poor Male 
As it now stacks up, DuMont's 
daytime programming oflers little 
concession to any male viewers 
^\ho might tune in. Schedule has 
been set up with the idea of hit-: 
ting the viewers who wUl be on 
hand at any specific time and the 
distaJffers, of course, get the nod. 
Nice, breezy informality is the key- 
note of the entire day, yfiih most 




If It' 



s a 



'F e a t u re 



Production" It's Especially 
Designed to Suit the Ad- 
vertiser's Needs. 

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performers adlibbing their slulT.- 
With few exceptions, the day's log 
is routined wisely, with interview 
shows breaking up the musical seg- 
ments. Public service spots also 
get their full share of emphasis, 
with the shots out the window of 
DuMont studio showing the weath- 
er and traffic at 53d street and 
Madison avenue being especially 
standout in this respect. 

Of the shows caught last Thurs- 
day 1 4) and Friday (.5), Pat Meikle's 
"Television Baby Sitter" and Stan 
Shaw's noontime musical interlude 
were best. Miss Meikle, with her 
"Wilmer, the Pigeon" routine and 
her knowing method of not talk- 
ing down to her moppet audience, 
is piobably the answer to a moth- 
er's prayer. She's already being 
touted as a new TV star and should 
go on from this to better things. 
Shaw's "Show came closest to being 
straight entertainment. Format 
was similar to that of his "Record 
Rendezvous" program on the N.Y. 
Daily News' WPIX, with an instru- 
mental tno plugging pop ti/hes and 
backing the guest artists Shaw can 
round up Bibi Osterwald guested 
on the show caught and did a neat 
job with a group of oldtinoe, nostal- 
gic tunes, , 

Most of ih& commercials 
throughout the day were integrated 
into the various programs' formats, 
As such, they were of value both to 
the advertiser and to the viewer. 
ProduQt demonstrations especially 
looked like; good, salesworthy 
plugs. Withal,- the daytime pro- 
gramming represents an inexpen- 
sive method for any TV broad- 
caster to build his revenue and, 
possibly, come close to the breakr 
even point for his now-losing op- 
eration Stol. 



well, DuMont, working In co- 
operation with Newsweek mag, did 
an efficient job after it came 
on with the election returns fol- 
lowing its regular evening pro- 
gramming, including boxing. Sta- 
tion sulTered, though, by turning 
over the bulk of the narration to 



New Television Biz 



■■V.-, ,„i uu,,^ ui ...V , Marine National Exchange B«nk 

the Newsweek stair, who may be ot Milwaukee signed for a 26-week 
good writers and political analysts series of half-'^pu^, s''OWs, Utled 
but who didn't show we)l as an- 'Salute to Industry." over WTMJ- 



TV„ Milwaukee Journal outlet. 
Marvin Lemkuhl is the agency. 



nouncers. 

NBC worked with Life piagt in 
a repeat of their convention cov- ^ 
erage and the two outfits together i for 
were tough to beat. Especially ! on "Child Care" over 



the "Knickerbocker Show" .last 
week in a direct deal with WBKB, 
Chi. Half-hour series is tagged for 
13 weeks. 

E. L. Cournand Co. (Walco Tele- 
Vue Lens) sponsoring five-minute 



Sanitary Diaper Scrvioe inked ' sports film Xveekly on WENR-TV, 
r 13 weeks ot 15-minute shows ''Chi, starting Nov. 10 Robert Kahn 



the N.Y and Associates is the agency. 



noteworthv were the interviews in 
"Room 22" and the electric score 
board, which flashed the popular 
vote periodically, in easy-to-rcad 
figures as Ben Grauer read them 
ofl Grauer did a standout job, 
with a fine assist- from Life's 
Oliver Jensen, maintaining his 
dramatic news presentation and 
poise throughout the long, gruell- 
ing hours. Also standout was John 
Cameron Swazey, whose excellent 



Daily News' WPIX. Account was Dads Root Beer, Chi, signed fo* 
placed by the Miller ad agency. two weekly one-minute film spots 
Lowell & Bradford, Beverly Hills , on WGN-TV, starting Nov. 3, 
ftirridrs, inked to bankroll "Wom- 
en's Page" on KTLA (Paramount 



Los Angeles) 

Teldisco, Inc., New Jersey Du- 
Mont Teleset distributor, picked jip 
six-and-a-quarter hours weekly of 
WABD's new across-the-board day- 
time programming, to spotlight 



narration and intelligent inter- various loca deale s. G e^^^^ 



viewing proved one of the 
spots of a well-done job. 



high 



Script 



, But Not Bias, 
Tossed Out, As Returns 



is the agency for the sale, believed 
to represent the largest single 
block of weekly time ever bought^ 
on a video station. , 
Five more advertisers have been i 
added to the swelling roster of 
WCAU-TV, Philly. Erlanscr Brew- ' 
ing Co., through E. L- 



througli Malcolm-Howard Adv. 

BrcitliMff Watch Corp..<signed for 
weekly film announcement for four 
weeks from Nov. 7 via WGN-TV, 
Chi. through Sterling Adv , N. V. 

Demert & Dougherty Co. (Heet) 
sponsoring five weekly film spots 
for seven weeks on WGN-TV 
through Ruthraulf & Ryah. 



WPGH's Varsity Formal 



Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. > 

'ro\yn ;S newest station , ^jPGH^' 

Brown . seems to have embarked on a pol- 

ag^ney" has takeT Wednesday and i icy of getting itself know n as the; 

(>it<A Gabbers Off Basel :?,ru1f^aS^ 



By DICK DOAN 

The four major radio networks 
were just as badly thrown off by 
the pre-election polls as every- 
body else, and it reflected seriously 
on their coverage of the election 
returns last week. For while the 
standard reporting job was 
turned in — and .it was a tiring^ 
long-drawn-out chore — the han- 
dling of the tallies belied the pre- 
conceived beliefs of most of the 



' Ipiek up a Friday night spot when launching of a couple of new pro- 
suitable time is available. Harry j grams featuring campus figures. 
Krause, Studebaker dealer, has ] First is "Varsity Show," which airs 

for half hour every Saturday and! 
uses talent from Pittsburgh col- 
leges and universities. Mary Con- 
icy, WPGH .program, directort 
makes the selections. / 

Friday afterhopus dlirin^ fall 
and winter, WPGH has; slotted : 
''Pathways to i*ragresS,'' ne^^ 
GUssioh : type {)i'()grjiiii- with ■ 1^ ' 
liam S; ;; Tacey, . aM^ 
of speedh at Univ. of Pittsburgh, 
as moderator, and four different 
Pitt students selected each week 
for the panel. 



contracted for a weekly announce- 
ment for one year, through the 
Samuel Taubman agency. B. S. 
Pinrus (Yankee Maid Products) has 
lined up an announcement per 
week for 26 weeks, through the 
Feigenbaum agency. Jackie Gordon 
(men's clothing* through J M 
Korn & Co., has set a four week 
announcement campaign. Doan 
Calhoun, Inc. (Chevrolet dealer) is 



newscasters and commentators as i sponsoring the 15-minute football 
to the outcome of the race. Kvarmup before each Brooklyn 

Dodger football game. Donn Ben- 



The accenting of Dewey totals ir^ .'^^^rireZnce i^ikeman," handle 
contrast tp Truman s, in some t;ases show, which \sas set by thi 



Tele's Top Job 



Continued from page 35 



age conception of a top; news com- 
mentator. Same went for Pearson 
with his regular radio predictions 
(which proved'false) and for Davis' 
workmanlike reports; As with all 
other stations WJ/,-TV cut peri- 
odically to the Republican and 
Democratic headquarters for spot 
interviews and color icovetage; 

WPIX took full advantage of the 
Daily News editorial room, with 
the preliminary swing around the 
city and copy desks highly interest- 
ing. Station had Rex Marshall on 
hand tor newsroom coverage, 
Lowell Limpus for analysis and 
Ben Gross for something. An- 
nouncer Guy Lebow and inter- 
viewer Jimmy Jemail worked In 
the Broadway Paramount theatre 
lobby and on Times Square, catch- 
ing much added color with man- 
I in-the-street \ interview.s. Jemail, 
I ineidentallv, antagonized some 
viewor.« with the rude way he 
handled his guests after he'd got- 
ten what ho wanted from them, 
.often pushing them brusquely 
] aside to bring on another inter- 
viewee 

WCBS-TV worked out of ils 
I studios in the Grand Central Bldg. 
I Announcer Doug Edwards and 
' pub relations coun.5ollor Lyman 
I Bryson did an outstanding job 
' throughout Itip night. Wide 
'camera sweeps around the va.st 
room consistently dramatized the 
surprising returns and the studio 
I interview.'! wore; handled extremely 



verged on open bias, with the GOP 
tally almost always being read off 
first (on alphabetical grounds, ; no 
doubt! and the emphasis being put i over WPT7. 
time; and time again ■ on Dewey | -your Way. 
f'leading", in .^uch-and-such num- 
ber.of states, whereas Truman was 
never out ot the real lead. Given 
benefit ol a doubt, the gabbers at 
least were guilty ot playing the re-^: 
turns according to what they felt 
the. final: story would be; rather 
than what the figures alone indi- 
cated. "Analysis" throughout 
I most of the night consisted in re- 
I assurances that the tide would 
I change as soon as the rural areas 
rreported. Despite consistency in 
the Demo lead from the outset, the 
returns were described hour after 
hour as "inconclusive.!' 

Not quite all of the newsmen got 
tarred by the polls, it must be ad- 
mitted.- The ringmasters, , such as 
Bob Trout on NBC and John Daly 
on , CBS, played the running story 
pretty straight. Of the commen- 
tators, the three least snafued by 



s 

the 

Joseph Lowenthal agency. , 
Esterbrook Pen Co., of Camden. 
N. J:, sponsoring a new- program 



Pliilly, called '/Write 
Show features hand- 
writing expert Dorothy Sara and 
each week the handwriting of 
prominent locals will be analyzed 
Pepsi-Cola, Chicago, sponsoring 
half-hour "Sparkling Time" weekly 
on WGN-TV, Chi, starting Nov 10, 
through Presba, Fellers & Presba 
Matusek Academy of Music spon* 
soring half-hour variety show 
weekly on WENR-TV, Chi, starting 
Nov. 29, through Salesvertising As- 
sociates. Series will have Chicago 
Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinct 
as emcee. 
Grajrieigh Sportswear signed for 




M-G-M— 
"On an Island wifli You' 

TIIK CAMKI. SHOW 
Kvci*y Firiliiy NIte, 9:!I0 I!:.S.T, 

Mgt.: LOU CLAYTON 



Pbillyjitt. Linked 

, Philadelphia^ Nov. 9. . 
The, Bell Telephphe Co. til Pehii- 
sylvania lias put ■ into operation a 
new coaxial; Cable; linking philr 
adelphia and Pittsburgh, constitut- 
Ihe final outcome appeared to be , ing the first link in television la- 
Gabnel Heatter, because he is most ' cilities connecting the eastern , 
expert of the . fence^straddlers; 



m sm 



QUIET 
PLEASE 



Sundays 5:00-^5:30 PM est 
ON ABC NETWORK 

This eerie chiller has won high praise from hoth critics ' 
and listeners for its casting, script and production. 
Written by Wyllis Cooper, creator of "Lights Out," it 
features Ernest Cliappel as director and star. QUIET 
PLEASE is taut and tense . It draws suspense out to the 
breaking point, then pays off with a twist that brings 
audiences back week after week. Ask your ABC rep- 
resentative for details or contact . 



Drew Pearson, who called the: 
shots as he got them, and Mutual's; 
Louis Bean, who touted Truman all 
along and went out on a - limb at 
.T am Wednesday i3) by "conced- 
ing" the President's election, Heat- 
ter at 9 15 p m. Tuesday intoned 
that "people are- voting as Ameri- 
cans and they generally do" 

Nelworkwise, the laurels seem to 
go more to ABC and Mutual than 
, to their two competitors. ABC, 
, doing mostly a simultaneous AM- 
I TV coverage job, kept the show 
] lively with fast ball tossing be- 
tween ,; Star players W.-iher Win- 
chell, Pearson, Elmer Davis, Walter 
i Kiernan. and company. Mutual 
j made its mark with a multiplicity 
! of around-the-country pickups. On 
I NBC, Trout did a standout job of 
reading off state-by-state totals in 
easy-to-digest fashion, but on the 
whole, both CBS and NBC de- 
voted time to this statc-by-state 
> rundown that might more intercst- 
j ingly have been given over to high- 
' lighting spot and overall devolop- 
I ments. 

j It Would be a gross injustice, 
however, not to hand a deep bow 
to the web.s as a whole for staying 
with the story until the tale was 
told. It; turned into a marathon 
public seivico effort which taxed 

i physical endurance. And, almost 
to a n\an. the crews stuck to their 
inikes until the job was done. 



'coast and the midwest. 

The cable was opened Thursday 



(4) with ceremonies In which 
Mayor Bernard Samuel, of Phil- 
adelphia. vand Ma\or David Law- 
rence, of Pittsburgh, held the ini- 
tial conversation. Both Mayors 
hailed ihe connecting link be- 
tween the cities and looked for- 
ward to the television connection 
Pittsburgh, as jet, has no TV sta- 
tion. 

Designed primarily for tele- 
phone service, the cable handles 
about 600 phone conversations, or 
two television programs' in each 
pair ot Its eight coaxial (ubrs. 



''Thfrc't tirtertoiiimmt .In tha 
'Tick?' format." —Variety. 

''WHAT MAKES 
YOU TICK?*' 

ABC Monday Thru Friday 1 1 :4S to 12:00 
for PROCTER and GAMBLE 

;- ■ .with 

JOHN K. M. McCAFFERY 

IVritten and Direclcd by 

ADDISON SMITH 



WANTED 

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TO COLLABORATE 

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!■ Albansr-j- Wiliiani G. Bamtaeau 
Co. has been appointed national 
rep for WPTE, Schine-controlled 

i station. At the same time, general 

1 manager Leonard Asch announced 
the selection of Joseph R. Fife as 
.sales manager, to succeed Hubert 

|Du Val. 




''Ito thinking we should'vc had eur Wh«atM tool" 



Wednesciay, NoveniW 10, 1948 



hade Stuff-Ra^o 

"Stories to Bemember," new series of dramats preaching tolerance, 
has been readied by the Institute for Democratic Education and is 
now available gratis to stations. Series consists of 13 quarter-hour 
adaptations of magazine stories by Irwin Shaw, MacKinlay Kantor 
Dojothy Canfieia Fisher and others. Each program has a star in it' 
those taking part Including Melvyn Douglas, Geraldine Fitzgerald' 
Balph Bellamy, Vera Zorina, Stefan Schnabel, Baymond Massev. Hugh 
Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Bambi Linn, Alan Baxter, Helen Claire 
Jay Jostyn and Betty Garde. ' 

Harold Franklin produced the series, with Earle McGill directing 
Scripters were Sigmund Miller, Milton Wayne, Jack Bentkover and 
Franklin, Despite the recording ban, the American Federation of 
Musicians gave special permission to use music in these program as 
Ms contribution to fighting prejudice and discrimination. 

About 50 stations around the country have been lined up within a 
fortnight to carry the series, while four N. Y. city stations have been 
pacted to carry them: WNEW, WNYC, WEVD and WHLI. 

Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons is being revived, and this 
time will utilize television as well as radio in its campaign. Organiza- 
tion, which was disbanded some months ago following! passage of a 
DP bill by, Congress, now will drive for changes in the act, especially 
elimination of its discriminatory clauses. 

Material ,for initial radio and TV stanzas was obtained by Ted 
Hudes, former radio director of the committee, now operating inde- 
pendently, last Saturday (30) when the first shipload of DP's admitted 
under the new act arrived in N.Y. Tape recordings were made of in- 
terviews with DP's and will be built into a half-hour documentary. 
AVMCA, N.Y., will air it first and platters will be distributed to stations 
throughout the country. 

Hudes engaged Telenews to film 1,500 feet of material, including 
interviews with such shipboard welcomers as Attorney General Tom 
Clark and Cardinal Spellman, to be built into a 15-ininute TV docu- 
mentary. This also will be made available to requesting stations. 

Dramatized stories of big American enterprises, under title "Let 
Freedom Bing," are being broadcast over ABC each Tuesd&y at 10:30 
p.m. by U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Program is only dramatic Show 
fed to any major network from Washington. 

"Freedom" is produced by Chamber with all-AFBA cast and a 16- 
piece orchestra. It is broadcast from: Hall of Flags auditorium which 
has been outfitted with sound effects comparable to those employed 
in New York and Hollywood. Albert Leltch is Chamber radio director. 

On calendar for next three weeks are dramatizations of founding of 
firm of Luclen LeLong; Sears, Boebuck & Co.; and Standard Oil Co. 
Last named program will present story of Esso's pioneering for oil in 
Cajun country of Louisiana. 



RADIO 



39 



0 Kaiser-Frazer, which now sponsors "Thin Man" on Mutual, is effect- 
ing a tie up with the American Automobile Assn. in connection with a 
"lost car" stunt being Introduced on the show in the next couple of 
weeks. Clues as to the Whereabouts of the lost car will be injected into 
the show, with the AAA member coming up with the solution, grab- 
bing olT a K-F car for his own. , 



Kansas City-^immy McConnell, 
longtime chief of the KMBC Art- 
ists Bureau, is back on the job 
after a seven-month siege with 
hospitals, and medicos. Last spring 
McConnell suffei-ed a coronai-y at- 
tack. 



Boston— WCOP, Hub's ABC out- 
let, won the net's award for out- 
standing audience promotion this 
week for the third consecutive 
time. It's the fifth year for the 
ABC awards, which are based «n a 
poll of account execs. 



FARNSWORTH SELLS 
WGL TO PUBUSHERS 

Fort Wayne, Nov. 9. 

News Publishing Co., publishers 
of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 
afternoon daily, has purchased 
WGL from the Famsworth Tele- 
vision and Badio Corp., subject to 
FCC approval. 

Station was started in 1928 and 
was originally owned by Fred C. 
Zeig and the Main Auto Supply 
Co. Westinghouse Electric and 
Manufacturing Co. purchased it 
early in 1936, and simultaneously 
purchased WOWO, Fort Wayne, 
from Zeig and Main Auto. WGL 
continued to be operated by West- 
inghouse until May 25, 1944, when 
it was acquired by Famsworth. 
WGL operates fuUtime, with 1,000 
watts power, at 1250 kilocycles. 
: ,Capt. Pierre Boucheron,: gener- 
al manager. of WGL since 1946, 
will continue to manage the sta- 
tion under the new ownership. 

Ms WCAE Going In For 
Flock of Live Shows In 
Switch On Old Fonnat 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. 

WCAE, which in the past has 
minimized local live shows, is go- 
ing in for a fiock of them this fall 
with return of Baron Elliott's band 
to the airwaves on a staff basis. In 
addition to a quarter-hour of mu- 
sic every evening by Elliott, one 
of his vocalists, Jimmy. Confer, will 
team up with Jeanie Baxter for 
two song periods weekly and 
Bobby Doyle resumes vocalizing in 
pair of quarter'hourers, he and the 
Confer-Baxter duo being backed 
by small combos from the Elliott 
outfit. All these shows will be on 
a sustaining basis. 

In addition, WCAE has sold to 
Mercury Dealers weekly 15 min- 
utes every Sunday afternoon fea- 
turing the Mr. ' and Mrs; team of 
Ernie Neff, staff announcer and 
organists and his wife, Carole 
Mansfield, band singer before her 
marriage. 



CIRCLING THE KILOCYCLES 



Boston --Bill Whalen, WCOP's 
"Night Watchman," into the Merry- 
Go-Round ba'r of the Copley Plaza 
for a disk jockey and celebrity in- 
terview show. On the air from 
11:20 p.m. to signoff as "Boston 
Merry Go Round," Whalen got a 
big sendoff with such visitors as 
Bobby Clark, Moss Hart, Joan 
Blondell, Evelyn Knight, etc., and 
makes it a point to» review the 
plays following opening night cur- 
tain. 



Pittsbureli — ^Florence S a n d o, 
women's commentator on WCAE, 
has been elected president of 
AFRA to fill the unexpired term 
of Carl Ide, Mi^o vacated the job 
when he resigned from KDKA an* 
nouncing staff. Chet Clark, former 
announcer on WCAE and more re- 
cently manager of WLQG in Logan, 
W. Va., has come back to town to 
join the sales staff of WWSW. 
Jerry Ripp, ex-WEDO staffer in 
McKeesport, has gone to Julius 
Dubin Advertising Agency in 
charge of publicity. 



Dcs Moines — Donald V. Kleff- 
man has, been named control room 
engineer-' for WHO. He" was for- 
merly, with WHBY, Appleton, Wis. 



San Anionia-:-Bob Bender, for- 
merly on the staff of KWBU, 
Corpus Chrlstl, has joined staff of 
KCOR as m.c. of a full-hour hill- 
billy progi'am to make its debut 
daily .over the outlet. Live and re- 
corded talent will be used. 



San Antonio — Monte Kleban, 
propram^produetlon manager, of 
WOAI has resigned his post to join 
the Steele Advertising Agency, 
Houston,.: as account lexec. Kleban 
has been with WOAI since 1940. 



Kansas City— W. K. Danford has 
joined KCMO to handle local and 
regional sales, according to E. Kv 
"Joe" Hartenbower, general man- 
ager.. The new sales manager for- 
mei-ly was with KMBC of Kansas 
City and WJIM Lansing, Mich. 



Savannah— Bob Mann, sales pro- 
motion manager of WDAR, has 
been appointed assistant manager 



of that station. He's former public 
relations director of WBYN, 
Brooklyn, and before that was pro- 
gram director of WWHL, New 
York. 



Amsterdam. N. Y. — Ed Touhey 
is a neAV announcer at WCSS in 
Amsterdam, N. Y. From Flint. 
Mich., he joined the staff Nov. 1. 



Ithaca — Paul Hadley has been 
upped from Director of Musical 
Programs to Production Super- 
visor at Rural Radio Network. 
Hadley has been' with the web 
since its inception six months ago.: 



San Antonio — Jerry Lee has 
been named program and produc- 
tion manager of WOAI, replacing 
Monte Kleban, who resigned' hiS' 
post effective Nov. 1 to join an 
advertising firm in Houston.' Since 
1946, Lee has held the dual posi- 
tion of assistant program director 
in. charge of FiM and. director of 
special evepts< 

Former announcer Perry Dickey 
(Dick Perry on the air) has as- 
sumed the duties of WOAI-FM di- 
rector and directdr of special 
events. 



: San Antonio— Latest addition to 
the news staff of KTSA here is 
Bob Krouse, who was formerb' 
with KLZ and KOA, Denver. He 
was also news editor of WENE, 
Endicott, N. Y. 



Edinburgh, ttx, — Louis Aiken, 
former managei* of KURX here, 
has resigned his post and will join 
the announcing staff of WINX, 
Washington. 



NEW ST. I. 6ABBEB 

St. Louis, Nov< 9.. 

Robert Burns, sports editor of 
the St. Louis Globe-Democratt the 
only a.m. rag in this burg, is the 
second to become a radio gabber. 

Last week Burns, sponsored by 
the Dowd Sporting Goods Co., be- 
gan a 15 min. sports program over 
KMOX each Saturday at 9:30 p.m. 
In addition to . discussing major 
football games Burns dissertates on 
other sports events. 



two days gone gone gone 

three days going 

going going 

THE DEEMS TAYLOR CONCEITT 

WHO ELSE wiiJL;snare thi» \'Vt)R^p^ 
A lialif hour of Deems Taylor, the lori 
inxisk, plus Interviews with tlie^^g^ 

from the be-bops to the bejeweled. Costs? They're WAY down near bass clef. 




"he^rd by the most people 

where the most people are 



WOR 



mutual 



40 RASIO REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 10, 1948 



THE HOLLYWOOD PICTURE matter-oMacUy, which wai all to 
With Myron McCormitk, narrator; ■ the good. To. th« trade-wise, some 
Frank Readick, Maurice Frank- '~ oi the stuff was too familiar and 
lin, Ray Johnson, Charles Web- 1 thmfore not exciting, but it must 
ater, Eric Dressier, Betty Caine, have intrigued the average list- 
Madeleine Lee, Paul Eastman. ' ener. On llie other hand, there was 
. Itoeer DeKoven, Alan Hewjltt, ' the feejing sometimes that the pro- 
Mercer McCIeod, Joseph Con- ' gram itself was too tradey. with 



way, John Grices, Pauline Dale; 
Don Baker, announcer 
Producer: Werner Michel 
Director: John Dietz 
Writer: Peter Lyon 
Music; Merle Kettdrick 
60 Mins.: Wed. (3>> 10 p.m. 
Sustainius 
CBS. from N.Y. 

CBS Documentary Unit, cover 



its discussion of problems of the 
majors vs. the indie producers, and 
naming a lot of names (like Ned 
Depinet and Leon Fromkes) unfa- 
miliar outside the industry. Merle 
. Kendrick's musical bridges were 
I appealing, sometimes exciting, but 
(too often they sounded incongru- 
I ous, and out of key with the scene 
immediately preceding- 



ing the Hollywood beat tor an hour Program told the story of Best 
last Wednesday (3) night, covered . Year's" creation, from the titiie 
a lot of ground and did it rather [Sam Goldwyn read a magazine 
well. It was an entertaining, in- 1 piece and got the idea of a fi^ 
formative program, with a lot of i about a home-commg vet, to the 
inside stuff. It told very simply ' finish of the film two years later, 
and in great detail the problems It detailed Goldwyn s search for a 
incident to the making of a film, good script, and Mackmlay Kan- 
By telling the story of the making ; tor's stoi-y m verse. It followed 
of the Samuel Goldwyn pic, "The i with Robert Sherwood s assign- 
Best Years of Our Lives," it man- i ment to write the film; Goldwyn;s 
aged to present a general picture decision to delay till Sherwood s 
of the industry as a whole. 1 play was produced on Broadway; 

But nowhere was it a major i goldwyn^s several t"nido«^^^^^^ 
analysis of the flkn industry, as Sherwood s script^ irnnSrtJSre Sf 
CBS claimed. It wasn't, a deep. ^f^"^^' '^^^ 

^';^^?J'j"illfr'^h.i?^? '^'hX' '"df^nceTas e f„ ''adVance^'oni 
a \i'i=^hTt ?S%?^e"b"e'^^-,:-Pt; st-y^ conl^rences; casting; 

rr^^rp?n^"n'SI^fr'aHnbV^ah^^ have intrigued 

stead of a cr^ca stddVir^as a ' the listeners were Goldwyn's i&hts 
flo«v suoertcial survey' H didn't ' the Breen office to okay cer- 
make'the most of Hs onnortuniUcs i '^in situations and . dialog, and 
I 'could' have ten T^^t^ro- I ?ft;^I^,„'^^^!^LTZ^\tT 
gram, instead of just another g%d ^ ^lre^S%''rotclrr'and%h|: 
" 5,* . , . . , 1 ! atres, and the difficulty of showing 

It was good because It let a lot.g fiin, etc. There was a lot of 
of hstpneis into behind-the-scenes . pertinent material, handled well 
stuff. It told Its story factuahy, | enough to make a good radio pro- | 
■ ' ' gram; Performances by a skilled 

group Of victor^ 'did^n^ hypo [ 
the program, rPe^fe Kyott'^^^ script- 
ing, ohthe matei^iail's^^^ Vfas 
grade- Aj and; p'rqdiictipn and direc- 
tion also supeWbr.'lt:^ a. smooth 
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RADIO 

WANTED— String bass man. 
Must rtad, have references. 
Write or wire Don McLean, 
KFYR. Bismarck, N. Dakota. 



MUSIC ON THE AIR 

With Splendora; Klne's Guards, 

Ray ' Hackett's Orch.; Deane 

Stewarti announcer 
Writer-Director: Pat McGuirk 
30 Mins., Sun., 2:30 p.m. 
KQW, San Francisco 

The formula of "Music On The 
Air," when lucky enough to be 
backed by competent talent, is 
earmarked; to click with radio en- 
thusers. The "Family Hour" (Pru- 
dential) technique which "Music 
On The Air" adroitly and to its 
credit simulates is a safe bet only, 
however, when the producing skill 
amalgams with, a sound choice of 
musical items and finds superior 
performers to relay ■ the compote 
to the diaMwisters. This, ''Music 
On The Air" achieves with con- 
siderable 'impact. Sum total is good 
listening, smoothly presented and 
asking for retakes.- 

Featured on the program is 
singer 'Splendora, whose full but 
unpublicised name is Splendora 
Merlitti, possessor of an effective 
voice that projects well over the 
mike. The vocal outpourings of the 
King's Guards, a quartet, are also 
effective radio biz and turn in a 
good masculine : balance to con- 
trast wil.n' Splendora's thrushing. 
Music by Ray Hackett. is workman- 
like backing. 

"Music On The Air" Is a pleas- 
ing hall hour and has the habit 
lornung essentials. Direction by 
Pat McGuirk IS of the upper cate- 
gory, and production by Ring- 
McGregor is adequate plus. Ted. 



PHILIP BlOimiS PLAYHOVSK 
("Silver Vi-anie") 

With ' Burt Lancaster, Betty Lou 
Gerson, Will Wrlcht. Sidney 
Miller, Wally Maher; John Hoi- 
. brook. Art Balllnser, announcers; 

Lud Gluskin, music 
Writer: William Spier 
Adaptation: Robert Richards 
Director-Producer: William Spier 
30 Mins.; Fri.. 10 p.m. (EST) 
PHILIP MORRIS 
CBS, from Hollywood 
(Bioiu) 

Philip Morris, has yanked its 
"Everybody Wins" giveaway quiz 
in favor, of a new dramatic series 
accenting mystery-adventure and 
starring various Hollywood and 
Broadway names. The switchover 
in format gives CBS a new 90- 
minute stretch of mood program* 
ming, with the new hour-long Fri- 
day night ''Ford Theatre" pveced- 
ing the PM period. 

Ciggie outfit insured itself of 
surehanded, punchy . treatment of 
its "Playhouse" offerings by lining 
up William- Spier< to: reprise his^ 
*'P l a y h o u s:e" producer-director 
chore. The initialer of the new 
series last Friday (5) had the Spier 
touch for hard-driving, slambang 
action, building suspensefully: to a 
whirlwind solution. 

Premiere story, penned by Spier; 
himself and adapted by scripter 
Robert L. Richards, starred film 
actor Burt Lancaster as a pamled 
convict savagely bent on revenge 
upon' the district attorney who had 
framed him. He. gets involved in a 
plot to frame the DA (he's led to 
believe) and almost gets -himself 
framed' again'.;. The-story unfolded 
convincingly for the most part and 
with engrossing impact up to its 
final scene, which ended the tale 
in a blaze of implausibility, gun* 
shots, and dizzying denouement. 
It's a typical weakness of many 
whodunits which Spier must be^ 
aware of by now. 

"Playhouse" : promises, howeveri 
to be a generally high quality ad- 
dition to the fallrwinter radio dra-. 
matic scene: Lancaster, aside from 
a couple of slight stumbles in script 
reading, turned in a convincing 
performance; support was okay. 
, Sponsor harped on "no . cigarette: 
hangover" and got a windup en- 
dorsement by Lancaster. " Doan, 



ELEANOR AND ANNA ROOSE- 
VELT 

IS Mins.. A)[Qn.-Wed.-Fri.» 1*:4$ 

a.m. (EST) 
Sustainlnc 

ABCk from various points 

Let it be said at the outset that' 
the widow of the late President 
Franklin D. Roosevelt ranks with 
the standout commentators on the 
air today. Plus the fact that she: 
displays more Courage and is more, 
positive than most of the others 

; put together. 

The surprising question, then, is 
why ABC chose to spotlight this! 
three-times^a^'WeeK, IK-minute; com-^ 
mentary by Mrs; Roosevelt and her 
daughter, Anna, in a strictly haus- 
frau-slanted morning segment, = 
rather than at night. True, as brig* 

I inally blueprinted, the format 
called for the two to discuss the 
lighter trends, as . well as major is- 
sues. 

Yet Monday's (8V initial broad* 
cast, with Mrs. Roosevelt's com- 
ments emanating from PariSi ^ was; 
of a predominantly serious< nature,' 
with the "lighter trends" incon- 
spicuous. It's to- her credit that 
Mrs. Roosevelt never attempted to 
slant her discussion to 'tfae "day- 
time femme." Her commentary 
could have stood on its own with 
any of the nighttime personalities... 

Her warmth and personality en- 
veloped her . very Significant re* 
markSi Her charm and distinct at* 
tr i b u t e s projected themselves 
forcefully; Here, too, was a display:: 
of remarkable courage,. . with . her: 
calling Gong. John ::Rankin the 
worst reactionary the country has 
ever known; her blast at the Dixie* 
crats, and calling for a- showdown 
with, the plea that now. is the time 
to make - a firm and irrevocable 
break with the so-called Solid 
South. 

Actually, there were only about 
five minutes of time; allotted to 
daughter Anna (and rightfully sol 
for her attempts~to establish a level 
that she conceived as that of a 
woman's world. :It' was rather 
awkward. Unlike the mother, the 
daughter was cagey; she read her 
lines carefully (too carefully, in 
fact) and in dear voice, but : it 
lacked color or distinction. Hose, 



YOV AND ... 

Witk Lyman BrysAn, Frank Stanton 
Fredneer: Robert .Allison 
15 mifls.; Mon.-thni-Fri., 9tl9 p.m. 

(EST) 
Sustalninv 

CBS. from New York 

CBS' public affairs programmers 
have come up with a new cross-the- 
board series designed: to take up 
various topics of general interest 
in a manner to relate them inti-> 
mately to the average listener. 
Subjects will be given a week each;' 
Fir.st chosen — indicating the im- 
portance attached by the web to 
its future role in U.S. life — is 
"Television." Series got under way 
Monday (8) with CBS prexy Frank 
StantoUi taking the stand to answer 
Lyman Bryson's preliminary : ques^ 
tions on the subject. 

It was not to be expected -that 
Stanton would make this the occa- '- 
sion to toss out any. great revela- 
tions of CBS' own TV planning. 
However, his generalities on the 
.subject were of such commonplace 
knowledge, at least in an area 
where tele -is already a going real-- 
ity, that the initial stanza came off 
quite disappointingly. 

If CBS really intends to use this 
eross-the*board sequence to ex- ' 
amine the great portents and po- 
tentialities of the TV medium, it 
had better get into more interest^ 
ing particulars than the getaway 
stanza : offered. Advance notices 
said the initialer would take up 
present and future price of sets, ^ 
how many people tele can Hope to ' 
reach, whether tele, will be confin- ' 
ed to large cities, how effective it 
will be as an ad medium, , etc. All 
highly interesting questions^ And 
not a one even touched upon. 

The idea is of CBS caliber, but 
not the performance. Doan, ^ 





Returned by Popular Demand 

AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW — CBS 

Thankt FRSEMAN GOSDEN and CHARLES CORItELL 

JUBALAIRES 



JACK STERLING 
Producer: Don Ball 
Director: Lyman Clardy : ' 
105 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Sat., 6 a.m. 
Participating ' 
WCBS, N.Y. 

/ Jack Sterling is John Sextont 
w.k. midwest emcee and announcer 
on CBS' WBBM, Chicago, who was 
pulled into N.Y. on Nov. 1 and 
handed: one of the choicest local 
plums. In radio, Arthur Godfrey's 
earlybird berth on CBS' Gotham 
flagship. (In AG's hands,, the final 
quarter-hour, .7:30-45, has^ been 
pacing the N.Y. daytime rating 
sweepstakes.) 

Sterling is in a tough spot, in 
which he's inevitably held up to ] 
comparison with a highly distinc- ' 
tive and winning personality. . He 
can't afford to be too unlike his 
predecessor, nor can he seem to 
be too strikingly similan To his 
credit, he seems to he coming as 
well between these two extremes 
as one could expect. His. manner 
ix easygoing and pleasant, perhaps 
his laugh is a little torced and 
nervous; he could guard against 
overdoing the e.t. voices from the 
control: room; perhaps, too, he 
could rely a little more on personal ] 
material, rather than oddities trom 
the news, as a means of building i 
himself up as an individual. r | 

Aside from the human -interest i 
Items, Steiling devotes hinibelf to 
time reminders, weather reports, 
news headlines and records. He isi 
at first blush, no special person- 
ality; still, he is competent and it's 
hard to say he won't develop 
special ways of wooing the, waking 
audience. He'd be foolish if he 
weren't in there trying. Doan. 



HITS AND MISSES 
With Harry Marble, others 
Director: Dongr MacNamee ' 
30 Mins.; Mon.-Fri., 5 p.m. 
Sustaining 
WCBS, New York 

Quiz show giveaways, currently 
under attack from many quarters, 
can be entertaining even if the 
jackpots fail to hit the herculean 
amounts of: the hour-long Santa- 
Claus layouts. It's not a question 
of how- much but how it's given 
away. A token amount of largesse 
need not ■ detract from any given 
stanza's entertainment qualities. ' 

However, "Hits and Misses" fails 
to come up to muster inasmuch as 
the show is. not a telicitous blend 
of interview and quiz program. As 
format now stands, it appears that 
emcee Harry Marble is given too 
few dollars to play with and conse- 
quently is seeking to pad the half- 
hour with long q. & a. sessions. 
. Giveaway modus operandi has 
three femmes answering questions 
concerning a disk that's just been 
played. Lady is given $15 if each 
of three queries is solved, contest- 
ant keeps the entire sum. For each 
question missed, person submitting 
the posers gets $5. The jackpot 
question is in four categories and 
increases by $10 daily. 

Program currently lacks pace 
and spontaneity which may be ac- 
quired in time. Jose. 



Steuben-vlIIe — Jos. M. Troesch, 
formerly chief engineer, has been 
promoted to: assistant manager of 
WSTV and WSTV-FM, Steuben- 
ville. 




P^~J>'. \ICDSUbct»dcasti.;oaOw>tc* 
^'5*?". . from. thc.French Quarter to 
the Gulf and. South ;toui^ana .listcner«. 

From daily assocution with timchonoreii 
Ntw OekdMt i«s7i(*/>«« VDSU hai 
developed a.high 4]Ualiiy.of integrity. . 
WDbU deroies fmgmm limt ngularl* 
and exclusively to the St. Loui, Cathedral, 
the International House, Moisant Inters 
national Airport. Tulane University, 
Union Sration.the Municipal Auditoriunv' 
Symphonies- and Operas; 

WDSU's dominate Hoo|i. 
eratmg proves thait .tloii. .- 
oring local 'ihstitutibh:*':; 
creates high .listeiMt 
loyalty. ■ 



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, THE li'AIRY GODMOTHER 
I With Dorothy Thompson ' 
30 Mins.: 9 a.m.. Sat. 
1 Sustaininer 
WBOW, Albany 
The Fairy Godmother for the 
I past year has been waving her 
magic wand Saturday mornings 
and bringing out tales of fantasy, 
poems and : musical greetings for 
her very youthful listeners**-from: 
four to nine. Albany girl spins 
I stories with a certain skill and 
I perception. Possessed of a soft, 
I gentle voice ^ into which, by a 
I little twist, she puts more sex ap- 
ipeal than most area femine broad- 
, casters — Mrs. Thompson yarns 
"Little Red Riding Hood," the 
"Good Little, Bad Little Pig" and 
other familiar kid tales. 

It's in a minor mood but is lis- 1 
tenable for her moppet audience 
— and sometimes an adult dialer | 
might yearn to escape from the 
Berlin ■ crisis .and the atom bomb 
into their dream world. 

Jaco. 



A Sponsor AVes a Retaoa VAy 
h Utah This is Your Best Buy! 



"We certainly appreciate your 
unusually fine work an<! 
recognife that the popularity . 
of this program is duo in 
great part to the splendid 
proinotion you people haTe_ been 
giving us." 



Excerpt from a letter from 
national advertiser. Copy : 
entire letter on request 



Nationql Representative 
John Blair & Co. 



WediUMday, November 10, 1948 



41 



RWG 



I gsjas COnUnued from vase M 
<:epted by RWG strategists, that 
the Ouild seek Labor Board cer- 
tification if a mutually satisfactory 
agreement is reached. . In fact, 
some of the writers questioned 
whether the basis on which the 
Guild re-entered negotiations was 
« wise one and emphatically felt 
the agencies and package produc- 
ers should have signed letters of 
adherence to the network agree- 
ment as some non-represented 
agencies and packagers did. 

While the Guild's negotiators 
Won continued unity of member* 
ship support in their latest move, 
It was evident that militant script- 
ers won't hold still for any terms 
less than those to Ivhich the four 
major networks agreed. 

Eastern , region elected Bob 
Cenedella, Jim Hart, Sylvia Ber- 
ger, Sheldon Stark and Daisy 
Amory to its council, naming as 
Alternates Harry Bailey, Bill Mor- 
wood, Lillian Schoen, Milton 
Kramer and Stuart Hawkins; . Wel- 
' bourne Kelly, regional veepee* has 
another year to go on his term of 
office. 

RWG-agency and sponsor talks 
will be resumed tomorrow (Thurs.). 

With the reopening of talks, the 
Authors League of America,, parent 
body of RWG, lifted its, restraining 
order under which Guild members 
were forbidden to furnish material 
to nearly 60 "unfair" network 
radio shows. Picketing also was 
again postponed: 

Guild toppers said the removal 
of the "unfair" ban applied only 
to programs represented by the 
committee of . advertisers and spon- 
sors, hut that this covered most of 
the affected shows. Programs falK 
ng to indicate their desire to be so 
represented by next Sunday <li) 
may be redesignated as ^ "unfair" 
and made subject to renewed strike 
actien. 

;An agency spokesman, while de- 
clining to discuss specific points 
:covered in the resumed: talks, de- 
scribed the huddles thus far as 
".simply exploring the possibility of 
reaching a contract." 

Neither ageneytsponsor reps nor 
Guild leaders were willing to ex- 
press any particular optimism.over 
the prospects of; an early agree- 
ment. 

In Hollywood, Sam Moore was 
elected Coast RWG regional vee- 
pee and Jack Robinson; Ruben 

. Shipp; Milton Merlin, and Pauline 
Hopkins were re-elected council 

' -members for two years. Irv Ash^ 
kenazy, Howard Blake, Selma Dia- 
mond, Larry Marks, Ray Singer 

..and Gene 'Stone additionally were 
named to the council. 



STRIKE NOTICE FILED 
BY WJAS ANNOUNCERS 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. 

Announcers at WJAS, the CBS 
outlet here, filed a 30-day strike 
notice with the Government last 
week, as required under terms of 
the Taft-Hartley law. Staff is made 
up of only five men, who voted to 
go out unless salary demands were 
met, and action was backed by a 
unanimous vote of the local AFRA 
board and membership. 

Although the basic pay scale at 
WJAS is on a par with that of 
other Pittsburgh staUons, an- 
nouncers there claim outside fees 
are practically non-existent while 
everywhere else commercial pro- 
grams include the spieler in the 
sales price of shows. Men at WJAS 
feel they're entitled to more as a 
result because they claim their 
regular salary is practically the 
full extent of their earnings. 

Extra cost to station of announc- 
ers' demands would amount to $60 
weekly hut management his noti- 
fied staff, and also told AFRA reps, 
that -It win not go above present 
scale. ■. 



Canada Finds Juicy 16th 
Century Morality Drama 
Too 'Ardiaic' to Program 

Ottawa, Nov. 9. 
At the current season's teeolT, 
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. set 
aside each: Wednesday night for 
airing music and ^ama tuned to 
the longhait set. For the Wednes- 
day (27) program, CBS announced 
as feature the recordings of the- 
Edinburg Music and Drama Fes^ 
tival including excerpts from the 
morality play, "The Three Estates," 
a juicy bit of 16th century drama 
that caused i^dsed • "eyebroAvs 
abroad. 

Then the disks arrived from the 
United Kingdom. CBC program 
people gave them a hearing and 
suddenly announced that the show 
would not go on. CBC said, "The 
very versatility of the Scottish cast 
and the speed of production made 
it highly unlikely that a radio au- 
dience would be able to follow the 
action of this 16th century play 
written and performed in the 
archaic language of its time. 



4 Webs Prep 'Voice of Democracy 
' Assist Durmg National Radio Week 



Washington, Nov. 9. 
Participation of all four net- 
works in celebration of National 
Radio Week, Nov. 14-20, was an- 
nounced by National Assn. of 
Broadcasters last week. 

CBS will devote portions of the 
Robert Q. Lewis show and the 
Arthur Godfrey program to NHW 
and the "Voice of Democ^acy*^ con- 
test for the best broadcast scripts 
by high school students. ABC will 
have the four national winners of 
the contest on its "Youth Asks the 
Government" program and will 
also carry spots and mentions of 
NRW on regular programs. 

Mutual will have two network 
programs during the Week, the 
first on Nov. 14 with Edgar Kobak, 
prexy, presenting the. junior 
Achievement Radio Award. Sec- 
ond program will : originate at 
Gettysburg, Pa., on the occasion of 
the Freedom Train's start on jts 
second annual tour. 
NBC will devote one edition of 



its documentary . program "Living 
—1948" to NRW to dramatize 
progress in electronic develop-: 
ments and will arrange spots with 
affiliates in addition to net spots. ' 

Offers of program assistance in 
the celebration have also been 
given NAB by Fred Waring, 
Arthur Godfrey, H. V. Kaltcnborn, 
Fibber McGee It Molly, PhUlip$ 
H. Lord and Ed Byron, producer 
of "Mr. District Attorney." " 

In cliarge of coordinating NRW 
and "Voice of Democracy" pro- 
I gramming for the networks are 
Charles Harrel, ABC eastern pro- 
I gram manager; Gerald Maulsby, 
CBS assistant to the director of 
public affairs, aided by William'' 
Fineshriber and Werner Jansen; 
Jack Paige, MBS director of spec- 
ial events; and Thomas McCray,' 
NBC national program manager. 

NAB said that more than 100,000 
high school students in. nearly 2,- 
000 communities may complete m ' 
the "Voice" contest. 



Tele Chatter 



Continued from paei; 31 
"Phil's General Store." Telepix 
are based on short stories by 
Charles Olson. Ray Sollars: is .Iianr 
dling the adaption and Earle Har- 
per executive- production; 

Bob Sienor has transferred from 
record library at KLAC to techni- 
cal side of station's TV operation 
. . . John Wheeldon has joined 
KFI-TV as scenic artist and Orrin 
C. Coleman has joined engineering 
staff of station . . . J. L. Middle- 
brooks, ABC's chief facilities en- 
gineer, arrives from New ■ York 
this week for confab with Phil 
GaldweU, western divisional man- 
ager of . technical operations for 
net's TV operations . . . Ralph 
Clements, Frank Ausman, Harold 
Piatt and Vem Alston vacate their 
radio engineering posts to take 
up KNBH tele posts. Ray Bateman, 
Joseph Dessert and Hugh White 
step into the radio spots. 



Chicago 

Arch Brolly, chief engineer of 
WBKB for the last eight years, 
leaves Nov. 15 to join Television 
Associates. No replacement will, be 
made for the time being . . . Capt. 
Bill Eddy, prez of Television Asso- 
ciates and ; tele director for the 
Meredith Publishing Co., received 
the Laurel Award of the Actors 
Club of Chi Saturday (6) for his 
achievements in video and elec- 
tronics . . . Walter H. Stellner, 
veepee of Motorola, urged tele 
producers to study the metiiods of 
Hollywood cameramen in his r?: 
cent talk to members of the Chi 
Television Council. 

FCC Chairman Wayne Coy dis 
cusses "The Potential of Tele 
vision" at a meet of the Chi Rotary 
Club Nov. 16 . . . Goldblatt depart 
raent stores launched an intensive 
tele sales promotion Monday (8) 
with Audrey Meadows, of "High 
Button Shoes," and singer Bobby 
Breen on hand for demonstration 
lensing 



. . .A First FOR Cleveland 



16,572 Television receivers have been installed in Cleve- 
land and the Northeastern Ohio Area served by WEWS, in 
its first 10 months of operation. No other metropolitan area, 
eerved by a single station, can point to such a record in so 
short a time! And this record-breaking figure of 16,572 rep- 
sents only actual installations . . . not all installations 
but only those reported. No figures were available from 
nine manufacturers whose sets have been sold in this area. 
. . . nor for the many make-it-yourself teleset "kits" now 
in use. Anyway you look at it it's a Television "First" for 
the great Cleveland area. 



16,572 

Television Sets 
In the WEWS Area, 



. . . and First IN Cleveland 



In an election-night telephone survey— not conducted by 
WEWS but by an independent research organization — a 
staittling total of 78.7% of all sets surveyed in greater , 
Cleveland were tuned in. And more remarkable still, 63.8% 
of all sets in use were focused on WEWS. . . . conclusive 
proof of the superior election coverage of the "First in 
Cleveland Station" which brought ABC Network's top-grade 
Election Staff with its brilliant national coverage, in addi- 
tion to the Ohio coverage of WEWS's experienced local 
News-Staff. Not since the recent World-Series Telecasts has 
WEWS reached such a peak audience. 



78.7^ 

of all TV Sets 
in use. 

63.8% 

of all Sets in 
use tuned to 
WEWS. 




WEWS 

TELEVISION Channel 

Cleveland's Scripps-Howard Station 



5 



ORdlBSVRii-llIITSIC 



WMliieMl«y» November 10, 1948 



Vmmi Di^ Attorneys Meet Today 
(Wei) with D. of J. on Settlement Plan 



Becording company executives t 
: do ndt/ anticipate an immediate 
answer from U,S. Attorney Gen- 
eral Tom Clark on the legality of 
the plan evolved with the Ameri- 
can Federation of Musicians for 
the settlement of the recording 
ban. That is, they do not expect 
an Okay or a rejection at a meeting 
Set for three o'clock this afternoon 
(Wednesdays in Washington, dur- 
ing which AFM attorney Milton 
Diamond and various recording 
company legalites will go over the 
plan with Clark. They probably 
will urge a fast-as-possible answer, 
however. , 

New deal is for five years and 
does not disturb the previous scales 
of pay for recording musician? — 
$41.25 for three hours. Royalty cuts 
to the AFM on each record sold are 
pegged at 1% . of the purchase price 
of disks retailing up to $1, l\<>c 
for $1.25 disks and the old sliding 
scale beyond. 

■ Identity of the one who will be 
trustee of the funds has not yet 
' been disclosed. But it will be a 
wellknown personality not con-' 
nected in any way with eitlier the 
recorders or the AFM. | 
After Clark's decision, the other a 
V two Government agencies neces- 



Best British Sheet Sellers 

(Week ending Ncv. 4.) 

London, Noy. 5. 

So Tired Connelly 

My Happiness Chappell 

Buttons and Bows — Victoria 
When You're in Love .Wood 
Vou Can't Be True .Chappell 

Galway Bay Box & Cox 

Dream of Olwen Wright 

Rambling Rose Dash 

Woody Woodpecker . . .Leeds 

La Vie en Rose Gay 

October Twilight Dash 

Anything I Dream Reid 

Second 12 

All Dressed Up.. Cinephonic 

Ballerina Maurice 

Beyond the Stars . . .Feldman 
Underneath Arches Connelly 
Call Everybody Darling.Morris 
Little White Lies . Wright 
Cuckoo Waltz Keith Prowse 
When Organ Played Miller 
Open Window . . Harmonic 
Live in Loveland . . . . . Sun 

Hair of Gold Ciiappell 

Loves Somebgjdy Morris 



OBERSTEIN'S VARSITY 
SUTED FOR JUKES 



sacy to clear on taxation and labor 
relations, will be approached. ' 

Record men and AFM attorfteys 
have been . in close conference 

almost constantly the PfSt few | Eli Oberstein's new Varsity label, 
days, cleaning up loose ends of the ■ 1^;^.,^ ^geri aimed almost ex- 
platj. They got together Thursday, I ciusively for chain store outlets 
Friday and Monday afternoons, ; ^.^^^^ inception, will be made 
and Monday (8) evening, and con- available to coinmachine operators 
ferred again yesterday CTuesday) | g^gn oberstein is establishing a 
afternoon. Plan, mcidentally, is string of dfstributor connections 

that will service - coinmacliine ops 
and no other types of markets. 
Nine liave- aJr^Sady: be^h' set .out of 
a probable total 6f 25. 

Varsity disks. Which seir for ?9c 
retail (plus tax), will be turned 
bVer to jiike disfribs at ft price of 
22j,i'c wholesale, and they will 
resell to operators. Oberstein had 
beeii selling to certain niachiiie 
operators, but the taSk of shipping 
disks in small lots direct from .MS. 
Merideni Cbrih., . factory ' wasn't 
profltable in' view ;6f the low price 
of his disks. 

, bbersteih is yetituring into a 
rieW idea, incidentally. Whereas his 
Varsity sides tarry pop tunes only, 
he wiil release a Roj'al. label disk- 
ing of two songs from the musical 
'Love Life'' i-^ ^ ^'Economies'' and 



Hunt to Play Week 
At Buffs Town Casino 

Pee Wee Hunt's seven-piece or- 
chestra, which hit the Japkpot With 
its "X2th Street Rag" recording for 
Capitol, comes east next month. It 
is set for the wfeek of Dec. 13 at 
Town casino, Buffalo, and week 
of Dec. 20 at Frankie Palumbo's 
Click, Philadelphia, with Cab Cal- 
loway's combo. Hunt Is now at the 
Oriental theatre, Chicago, and goes 
to the Deschler-WalUck hotel, 
Cincinnati for two weeks there- 
after. 

Hunt's "12th Street" disk sup- 
posedly was a gag arrangement 
made for Capitol Transcriptions, 
and so much of a demand was 
created for it through radio plug- 
ging that it was released by Capitol 
as a single disk. 



Disk Execs Don t 
Agree on Value 
Of New Melodies 



Recording company executives, 
who have had a considerable 
amount of new music submitted to 
them for consideration since the 
announcement last week of a prob- 
able end to the disk ban, aren't 
agreed on its melodic value. Some 
execs assert they have never : seen 
so much "trash." By that is meant 
melodies similar to some of the 
so-called "corn" tunes that have 
been successful during the lOi- 
month period of the ban. Others 



JockSf Jukes and Disks 

—————— By Bemie Woods - 



Jack Smith "Cuanto Le Gusta"- 
"Combeit Symphony" (Capitol). 
Capitol is late with both these 
sides, but the "Le Gusta" trip 
taken by Smith and the Clark Sis- 
ters won't have much trouble 
catching up to the majority of 
earlier rival versions. It's exceK 
lently ground out by the pairing, 
at double-time, and with good or- 
chestral background. Flipover is 
also nicely done by the same pair- 
ing, but the song has not proven 
the promise it showed weeks ago. 
Jocks will use mostly the "Le 
Gusta" side. 

Bing Crosby "Pretty Baby"- 
"Swingin' Down the Lane" (Dec- 
ca). Neither is up to Crosby stand- 
ards of performance, although 
jocks will find use for the "Baby" 
side in opposition to the Doris 
Day (Columbia) disking, which is 
superioi'v incidentally. . John Scott. 
Trotter's backing is dated (it may 
be that this side was made some 
time ago).' ReversCj a reissue of 
an Isham Jones-Gus Kahn piece, 
is ineffectively done. by the Groan- 
er. It, too,, seems like it was made 
some years ago. 

Perry Come "For You"-"By The 
Way" (Victor). Como's "For You" 
won't take the dust off Gordon 
Jenkins' Decca disk for long. He 
spins it into one of the warmest, 
completely relaxed vocals he has 
ever done. At slow ballad pace, 
it's loaded with appeal, and disk 
jocks will use it widely. Flipover 
carries a good version of a tune 
from "When My Baby Smiles At 
Me,*' soon to-bC'-released ZOtli^Fox 
It's a fine demonstration. 



being called the "Diamond Plan." 

Disk execs were a bit jittery 
following last week's reelection of 
President Truman. The unex- 
pected result of the balloting at 
first induced the thought among a 
few that AFM head James C. 
Petrillo might upset the deal he 
had already, made, predicated on 
the expectation of Dewey's election 
(see separate story). But, on second 
thought, they rested easier in the 
belief that Petrillo would stand by 
a deal he had already agreed to. 
'He always has kept his word in 
the past. 

There : were; whisperings Monday 
and Tuesday (8-9), incidentally, 
that the agreement involving the 
AFM's cancellation of retroactive 
royalty coin . would be amended. 
No confirmation could be gotten I "Progress " 
from any of the recording men. 
On the surface, such a deal seems 
unlikely. 



Petrillo on Truman and T-H 

Atlantic City, Nov. 9, 
Jubilant over the election - of 
President Truman, James C, Petril- 
lo, president of the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians, predicted 
here the end of the Taft-Hartley 
law which he declared, "abrogated 
the payment of royalties on record 
sales by manufacturers to the 
AFM." Petrillo told reporters that 
the musicians' union was now ne- 
gotiating with record companies 
and the resumption of recordings 
was certain. 

"Under the Taft-Hartley Act thev 
were trying to tell us what to do 
with our., own money by taking the 
recording and transcription fund 
out of the hands of musicians. "I 
don't expect President Truman to 
throw the Taft-Hartley law out next 
Monday," he beamed."Naturally 
It will take time." 

The leader of the country's ■ 
musicians said that 99% of the 
union members voted for Truman ! 
and the straight Democrat ticket. I 
Petrillo added that he attended the 
> Democratic convention when "most 
other labor leaders deserted the 
rank.s." 

"The Taft-Hartley Act hurl every 
musician in tills country including 
those in Atlantic City. When the 
fund is resumed it win be under 
the trusteeship which currently is 
to consist of representatives of the 
recording companies, the AFM and 
an outsider." 

^: ; Petrillo praised the Atlantic City i 
local. No. 661, as one of the finest i 
In the country. ' I 

. A group from the local union ' 
■'Serenaded him just before his de- 1 
parture for New York when they 
paraded into the Ambassador ho- 
tel, where he has been resting for 
two weeks. The union leader got 
oh his chair and led the musicians 
through sevci'.'l numbers, including 
the "Victor's March." 



Joe Carlton joined Oberstein's 
operation in N.Y. last week, and 
Oberstein himself is currently in 
the hospital for an operation, on a 
bothersome knee cartilage. • 



, musical 

feel that the new stuff on the; Eddy Howard "On a Slow Boat 
whole IS pretty good. i to China"-"rd Love To Live In 

It s the opinion of the recording Loveland"; "When The Red Red 
men who label much of the new Robin" "Just Because" (Mercury). 



material in- disparaging terms that 
many publishers are being unduly 
influenced by what has occurred 
during the past nine months. Some 
are allowing the pendulum of eval 



Mercury must get out Howard 
sides fast to take advantage of 
current tilings. His approach to 
"Slow Boat" is slower than the 
majority, lacking the color and- 



uation of such material to swing I bounce, but the song easily shines 
too far toward it, in the fear that . brightly enough to captiire its 



they may reject something that 
may become a hit. So many major 
and minor pubs flatly rejected "You 
Call Everybody Darlin' " when 
it was first shown them by Al 
Trace, only to see it become a hit, 
that they're wary of letting an- 
other slip through their fingers. . 

The difference in opinion be- 
tween the execS' over the Value of 
the new material, too,' could stem 
from one recording faction leaning 
too far forward in eagerness to get 
a clearer picture of values^ and the 
other leaning too far backward 
away from it in the fear that the 
trend toward such material may 
have been only a ban-brought pub- 
lic attitude that will wane when 
disking is resumed and the choice 
of tunes become wider. 



share of sales -and spins. Flipover 
is a good waltz version of a new 
tune that hasn't moved yet. Sec- 
oqil disk carries an excellent ar- 
rangement of the oldie "Red, Red 
Robin." It jumps smoothly, and 
Howard and a group - supply the 
vocal. Jocks will do well by it 
and the reverse, a novelty that has 
more or less run its course,, but 
could get additional attention. 

Bob Hopc-CIark Sisters "That's 
Not the knot"-"Buttons and Bows" 
(Capitol). Capitol has a- habit of 
coming up with hits from unex- 
pected quarters. It could have 
one in the "Knot" side by Hope 
and the Clark Sisters. A cute 
western novelty somewhat corned, 
the piece gets better with repeat 
spins. Hope's vocal is good con- 
sidering the guy's no singer, Clark 



.i^^lO Best Sflte on (k)in-Machines-iJ;^J^i!^^ 



j mdrgaret WhitingV. . . . V.CopitoI 
\Monica Lewis . ^ . .Decca: J 

BUTTONS AND BOWS (4) (Famous) Dinah Shore Columbia 

UNTIL (4) (Dorsey) .' Tommy Dorset/..... Victor 

SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (2) (Melrose) Kay Kyser Colwiibio 

f Gordon Jenkins. . . ....... .Decca 

■{Eddy Ho ward MojSsttc 



1. TREE IN MEADOW (13) (Shapiro-B) 

3. 
4. 

S. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (14) (Triangle) 



6. 

7. 
8. 
9. 



MY HAPPINESS (23) (Blaseo) ! I : Ca" 



IT'S MAGIC (19) 

12TH STREET R.-VG (12) (Shaplro-B) , Pee Wee Hunt 

HAIR OF GOLD (12) (Robert) 



10. CUANTA LE GUSTA (1) (Pecr-Int) 



Coming Up 



, , .Cohimbia 
....... Decca 

... ... .Capitol 

( JaeJc Emerson Metrot one 

) Hormonicats , , U?Muersal 

( JVTirando-Andrcws Sis. ... .Decca 
1 Xavier, Cugai. ........ Colwinbia 



Blue Barron M-G-M 



IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW (Morris) 
RAMBLING ROSE (Laurel) , 



YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING <Shapiro-B) 

SAY SOMETHING SWEET (Mills) 5^.^*'^ ^^J^^^,^ ..Dcc.ca 

, {Anne Sheiton Londoii: 

LIFE GETS TEEJUS (Miller) Carson Robinson M-G-M 

FOR YOU (Witmajk) Gordon Jeiikmi Decca 

S Orioles .-..Natural 

' '■■■'';■■': t-JIUa-PHt^gfeKctWiVv Decca'- 
! Perry Como. ;-^i',V-.'i:i-,V;V;- t?ic^OT^ 
' " " \Tony Pastor . '. Columbia 

WHAT DID I DO (BVC) , . . [ JjF'^f ^^^^^e^t A'^'^^'^: 

iDtnah Shore Cohoiibia 

BELLA BELLA MARIE (Leeds) Andreics Sisters Decca 

COOL WATER (American) i VauaitTi Mo?iroc I'icfor 

(Nelhc Lutcher , Copitol 

EVERY DAY I LOVE YOU (Harms) 1 ^''^'v??,?""?* -Decca ,] [ 

I Jo StaSord Capitol .. 

BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (T. B. Harms) Art Mooney M G M ' 

PRETTY BABY (Rcmick) Doris Day Columbia • • 

(Bourne) ^ Ectlyn Knight Decca !; 

^ IPaida Watson Supreme •■ 

t IFigures in parentheses indicate number oj weeks song has been in the Top 10.1 '. 

4 4 ♦♦«♦♦♦» ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦t»»»»»t*tt MH »»» MMMM »c 



LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME 



Sisters and light, bouncy back- 
grounding help to whip it Into a 
froth. "Flipover is likely to get 
better immediate attention since 
it's a gagged version of a hit, but 
it's not as well done as the less* 
known backsiding. 

Sammy K»ye <'Down Among the 
Sheltering Palms"-"Lavender 
Blue" (Victor). "Palms" is right 
up Kaye's musical alley, and his 
combination docs a b.o. job on 
the revival. Launching it at bal- 
lad speed, Kaye picks it up mid- 
way, then drops back to a ballad 
fadeout. Don Cornell; Kaydets 
and Choir handle the vocal nicely. 
Jocks : will spin it aplenty. Back- 
ing is also well done by the sama 
vocal grouping, at light rhythm 
speed. It's not as strong melodic- 
ally. 

Kay Starr "There Ain't No 
Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt 
of My Tears"-"Please Love Me" 
(Capitol); Another possible sleep- 
er; Miss Starr has been moving ■ 
along nicely on disks and she has 
here, in the first side (an oldie), a 
tune and performance that could 
click with enough push.' It^s un- 
usual and distinctively performed 
and could ■ do the singer : more 
good than anything she's recorded. 
Lightly rhythmed, the background 
•adds punch to the whole and jocks 
should pick it up. Reverse is nice- ' 
ly done,, but it gets nowhere, at 
ballad speed. 

: Freddy Martin "So Dear To My > 
Heart" -"It's Whatcha Do With 
Whatcha Got" (Victor). Martin's ; 
arrangement of this tune displays 
more than any other the excellence : 
of the melody, from a Walt Disney 
cartoon. A ballad, it's real "Hit 
Parade", material, and Martin's re- 
cording will be among the leaders 
when it hits. Stuart Wade' vocals 
it well. Companion face carries a 
rhythm tune from the same mm. 
However, it doesn't Catch an ear 
until the vocal comes up, well along - 
in the arrangement. "So Dear" Will 
hog the disk. 

. Lawrence Duchow "More Beer"- 
Joe Biviano "The Spider Hop" 
(Victor). Duchow's "Beer" tune, 
based on a familiar polka air, will 
go together with tavern jukes like 
beer and pretzels. . Johnny Olsen 
and a chorus assist Duchow's band, 
and the performance is rough-cut, - 
but effective. Flipover face hasn't - 
much to recommend it. 

Texas Jim Robinson "Life Gets 
Teejus"-"Bread and Gravy" (Vic- 
tor). Everybody's hopping on the 
M-G-M-Carson Robinson "Teejus'V 
bandwagon. Texas Jim does a good 
job of it, but he doesn't give the 
material as effective a reading as 
does the M-G-M Robinson (that 
same angle seems more than a co- ' 
incidence). Neither does Capitol's 
Tex Williams, who does it too fast. 
Flipover of the Victor version 
brings up an old tune that's nicely 
done and will be used by disk 
jocks in limited areas. Williams' 
backing, "Big Hat Polka." is okay. 

Deep River Boys "Recess in 
Heaven"-"It's Too Soon To Know" 
(Victor). Deep River gang works 
'Recess," a tune started on th« 
Coast by Dan Grissom (Columbia), 
into a b.o. potential, but does even 
better with the backing, another 
launched by an indie dlsker. Both:: 
work at slow ballad pace and ar« 
good jock material. 

Inkspots "Recess In Heaven"^ 
"Am I Asking Too Much" (Decca). 
Spots' version of "Recess" is not 
as good as any of the other ver- 
sions, but since theirs is the better 
name they'll probably get the play. 
Billy Kenny carries the vocal and 
doesn't do as' good a job as his 
falsetto can. Backing is just that. 

Platter Pointers 

Connie Haines' "My Man" and 
"Stormy Weather" (Signature) are 
both fine sides, backed by Ray 
Bloch's orchestra. . . . "Tara-Talara- 
Tala," the new Italian lullaby, 
hasn't yet drawn a poor perform- 
ance. Miudy Carson's Musicraft 
disking is strong. . . . Wingy Ma- i 
none works a new color into 
Johnny Mercer's "Tuscaloosa Bus," 
with the Pied Pipers. . . . Jocks 
should look into Alan Dale's Sig" 
nature recordings of "Goodnight 
Sweetheart" and "IMeet Me Tonight 
In Dreamland." . . . Jump addicts 
and jazz jocks will get a huge kick; 
out of Benny Goodman's "Varsity 
Drag" (Capitol). . . . Ditto Freddie 
Slack's "Be-B"op Boogie" (Capitol'. 

Recommended hillbilly, western, 
countr.v. race: Elton Britt. "Mv 
Mother's Picture"-" Anyone" (Vic- 
tor); Ernest Tubb, "Have You Ever ; 
Been Lonely" (Decca); Roy Rogers, 
"Kid With the Rip In His Pants"- 
"Dusty" (Victor); Roosevelt Sykcs, 
"Mamma, Mamma" (Victor); Tampa 
Red, "Grieving Blues" -"I'll Dig 
You Sooner or Later" (Victor). 



Wedncfldaj, November 10^ 1948 



OBCH^TRAS-MITSIC 



4S 



Name Maestros ffit by AFM Order 
On Traveffing Scdles for Theatres 



American Federation of Musi- 
cUtnis. hun^ a ' stunning blow last 
week on name band maestros, tlie 
efCect of whicli will vary with tlie 
b o; and earning power of Individ^ 
ual leaders. 

AFM ordered that as of Jan. 1 
travelling, theatrer scales will no 
Jeinger apply to bands working the 
' vaudfilm ' circuit. The price paid 
each musician Will be governed by 
either the local or travelling scale, 
whichever is higher in any given 
jurisdiction. 

This ruling, originally submitted 
last June to the AFM convention 
In Asbury Park, N. J.; was passed 
by the executive board last week 
.and word passed to all talent agen^ 
cies. It will have some effect on 
agency sales, but the majority of 
the impact will, be felt by name 
leaders themsdves since they have 
already been getting prices' that 
the theatres aren't likely to boost 
to make up the differences that 
will have to be paid musicians. 

New York theatre work will be 
heavily affected, for example. 
Travelling scale calls for $130 per 
man for 28 shows, $4.65 for each 
extra performance, or $162.55 for 
the usual 35 shows performed, in 
K. Y. houses. N. Y. Local 802 scale 
ior the same house calls for 
$186.30 for 35 shows, $24.16 for 
doubling (musician who plays sax 

■ and clannet, for example) over.t 
time pay (10 hours, 15 mins. is the 
limit of one day's work regardless 
of the number of - shows), plu* re- 
.'hearsal pay for a maximum of two 
hours at S2.75' each. 

In other words, a band playing 

■ N.. Y. and doing the. sort of busi- 
ness that demands extra shows will 
be ) forced to pay individual musi- 
cians as high as $222.88 per : man. 
Of course, many of the very top 
b.o. ' band names have musicians 
under contract at a fixed weekly 

." salary. A great many, however, 
o'pei-ate on a scale basis and these 
.«re the. ones who will be mostly 

' concerned with, the AFM's ruling: 



MPCE Prelim Huddle 



ith Music 



I Music Publishers Contact Em- 
I ployees union and the Music Pub- 
i Ushers Protective Assn. committees 
j named to negotiate a new contract, 
met yesterday (Tues.) afternoon 
for the first time. MPCE group pre- 
sented proposals of a new deal they 
are seeking to the MPPA men. The 
following two-hour discussion in- 
volved nothing but a preliminary 
evaluation of the contact men's 
ideas as incorporated in a 33-clause 
blueprint. 

Crux of the new deal sought by 
the MPCE is a pension plan fund, 
I which the contact men ask be 
I worked out with and by the pubs 
Iby next Julyv Pubs themselves 
I probably will hold a confab of 
I their own faction on this develop- 
j ment before - meeting : again with 
I the MPCE. They have expressed no 
! reaction to the idea as yet; 
I Other terms involved miniinum 
I scales, (now admittedly low at prer 
! war $35 weekly), etc. 



Where's the Beat? 

, One of the weirdest cracks 
:.ever . pulled by anyone con- 
nected with a wild jump band 
was expressed by a band man- 
ager. 

Discussing the dance band 
situation, whiles the band he 
handles did its best to blow 
the walls out of a spot, the 
manager' spoke of . peculiar re- 
:action to his band^s tempos by - 
kids' attending recent one- 
nighters. 

"You know," he said, "we 
play good dance beats, but I 
really don't think kids know: 
how to dance any more. They 
just can't get with us." 
. And he was serious. 



Cartel Sorprises by ^ash Net 
Of $mUi for 1st 9 Months 



Capitol Becords last week turned 
I out an earmngs statement for the : 
. first nine ' months of this year 
I which greatly surprised the record- 



Cap Prepped for Months 

Piir Rrif narpn Pari' I ing industry: Posting a net income 
rUI Bill. UCbUI law ggy^e of $1,211,100— against the 



Name Band Spot 
Eyed for L L 

Gene Seville, former member of 
tbe Sevilles, dance act, and now 
owner of the Casa Seville, Frank- 
lin .Square, L. I,, may. give the 
Long Island area its first name 
band dancery next spring. Seville 
is currenlty in the. process of ex- 
panding his 600-seat cafe to a. 
capacity of 1,800 and is aiming at 
buying top orchestras^ 

Seville is tripling' the capacity of 
his spot through the addition of a 
new wing. He is also Installing a 
movable stage and is' thinking of 
getting Guy Lorabardo to open it 
next spring. 

Long Island has never had a 
suburban name band nitery of the 
type operated by Frank Dailey, at 
Meadowbrook, Cedar GroVe, N. J., 
or the Glen Island Casino, New 
Roehelle, N.Y. In the past, one of 
the niai ii stumbling blocks was. that 
all of that part of L. I. is under 
the jurisdiction of N. Y. Local 802 
of thg American Federation of 
Musicians. That means that all 
remote ..broadcasts demand pay- 
.inent of a. $3 per man broadcast tax 
to 802. . . At one time, remote broad- 
casts were vital to a name band,- 
SO; much so that frequent weekly 
! shots were a must. And too many 
were too costly for the average lo^ 
cation. Since Meadowbrook and 
Glen Island were not within 802's 
Jurisidiction, they got all the play, 
find no, comparable spot was ever 
«stafailslhed in the L. I. area, long 
looked upon as a natural source of 
busine.ss for such a policy. Today, 
however, remote wires are not 
nearly as vital as recordings. 



AFM Hhiator 
In GAC-Morris 
RowonCampo 

American Federation of Musi- 
cians will settle a dispute between 
the . 'General Artists Corp. and ' Wil- 
liam 'Morris agencies over the 
booking of Pupi Campo's orchestra 
into its current stand at the Em- 
bassy Club, N. Y. Argument be- 
tween them is over the rights to 
commissions from the booking arid 
is a rare case. 

GAC booked Campo into the spot 
for two weeks, opening last Sept. 
.29. -During ■ the time he was 
booked On the job and the end of 
his first two weeks Campo signed 
a contract with Morris. Morris 
proceeded then to file an undated 
Contract with the AFM for Campo's 
stay at the club beyond the two 
weeks set by GAC, and presumably 
is collecting the commissions. GAC 
asserts that since it booked the 
first two^ weeks it is entitled to 
commissions from the entire run, 
no matter how long, on the theory 
that the extensions are part of the 
original contract, lW h i c h GAC 
wrote. . Campo didn't close and 
then reopen,- but is on --one- long 
run. 

Further, GAC claims that the 
original Intention was to -.write its 
Embassy pact for Campo for two 
weeks witli three two-week options, 
but that Gampo demurred, saying 
that the two-week period was 
enough It he was held over, that 
would be time enough to -file, a 
new contract. This was subse- 
quently done by Morris instead; 

Campo has been booked by Mor- 
ris into the new Saxony hotel, 
Miami Beach, opening Jan.' 7. He's 
said to be getting $3,500 weekly 
there. 



N.Y. JOCKS QUIT 
NATlOi^lFOR 
OWNUNH 



Disk jockeys in the New York 
area have withdrawn in a body froni 
the National Assn. of Disk Jockeys 
and have set up their own organi- 
zation callM the Metropolitan 
Assn. of Bdsk Jockeys. New out- 
fit, witti Paul Brenner, WAAT, 
Newark, as president, will be en- 
tirely a benevolent grouping. It 
will 'maintain offices at the Bel- 
mont-Plaza hotel. New York; 

One of the foremost projects, al- 
ready gotten under way by the 
MADJ, is the creation of a pool 
of pressings through which various 
veterans . and other hospitals in the 
N.; Y.. area - will be serviced with 
recordings. Disk jocks themselves 
and recording manufacturers will 
be asked to contribute to the pool; 
and a committee of jocks, headed 
by Bill Williams; has been named 
to pass upon .applications and 
otherwise decide which institutions 
are to be provided with -disks; 

In addition to Bfenner, officers 
of the new org are Fred Hob- 
bins (WOV), v.p.; Phil Taylor 
(WOR); treasurer; Eileen O'Con- 
nell (WMGM, recording secretary; 
Stanley Burns; social secretary. 
Various committees are headed by 
Bill Watson. Jack Lacey; Jack 
Lazare, .lohnny Cane and ilobbins. 
Group plans an Xmas party at the 
Belmont - Plaia for all recording 
artists and disk jockeys in N. Y. 
at the time. Tommy Dor.sey, in- 
cidentally, is a member of the new 
org due to his transcribed disk 
show. 

Withdrawal of the members of 
MADJ from the national organisia- 
tion is not due to any friction. . Its 
members simply feel that they can 
do more for themselves and 
others as a local outfit. 



Capitol Records has been prepar- 
ing for : months for consummation: 
of the agreement it made with Brit- 
ish Decca. When other companies 
were laying off pressing machine 
operators^' and even, closing plants, 
Capitol's- factory: hands were work- 



$550,877 cited by Decca for the 
same period^*.-Gapitol hopped into 
the third slot in company rating 
and unquestionably sold more pop 
disks than even RCA-Victor, the 
kingpin of the recording field. 
Only Victor's Red Seal classical 



ing overtime getting out fmished i and perhaps Columbia's Master- 
disks to be placed on the shelf in { works division may have compiled 
preparation for shipment overseas, { a better overall figure, in: conjunc- 



As a matter: of fact, so great was 
the, production demand on : Cap's 
facilities, what with its hit domes- 
tic disk«, and the manufacturing 
for overseas, that Cap went to Vic- 
tor for help. 

Victor's midwestern factory re- 
sponded, disks being made;, by the 
larger manufacturec for - Capitol. 
These recordings are now being 
packaged and shipped to England 
for distribution there and in Africa 
by the English Decca firm. 



RCA Stuns Pubs 
By Barrii^ All 
Staff Xmas 6fts 



tion with the pop divisions of each. : 
It was expected that Capitol 
would rturn out a large statement 
since the company has consistently 
led: with hits since the first of the 
;year. It began with Peggy Lee's 
|"Manana" in January, King Cole's 
"Nature Boy" immediately there- 
after, then latched onto Margaret 
Whiting's "Tree In the Meadow" 
and Pee Wee Hunt's "12th Street 
Rag" during early summer to run 
up a total gross sale of $13,117,000, 
by far its biggest year to date 
(same' period last year returned 
$253,151). Net income, after all 
charges, presumably including es- ; 
timated taxes, pyramided earning; ' 
of $2.66 a share for 432,680 hold- 
ers of pieces of the company's com- 
mon stock. First nine months of 
'47 the per-share earning was 45c. : 
Another considerable item pre- 
sumably added to the Capitol state- . 

ment is the coin that might have 

been paid to the American Federa- 
tion of Musicians had tbat royalty-' 
per-record-sold . arfangement re' 
mained in. existence. . In* Cap's case 
It probably amounted to approxi- 
mately $200,000. 
Capitol recently concluded a dis- 



RCA- Victor records has advised 
music publishers with whom it 
does ^business to refrain : this year ' 
from : distributing Xmas gifts 
among its. artists and repertoire | 

tT Yw ""^'^ *1"^^' [tribilworaVrVngTmentTith^Brit^^^^^^^ 
Jack Hallstrom, who heads Victors |Decca, Ltd., under which its press- 
committee of ei^t— which eyalu-,ings ^ai be sold in England and 
ates -and designates the music to , Africa. It made a master exchange 
be assigned Victor artists-is ^ggi ^jth Germany's Telefunken 
couched in terms which it hopes \ ^^^ ot^er contracts with Mexi- 
. . publishers. U ^^^ recording firms. This figures 

states that Victor looks upon mu-.t^ bolster the comparatively new 
SIC pubs as businessmen vital to firm's muture earnings whether or 
the company s welfare, and that ,„(,t ^^^j. agai„ ^ble to dupli- 
they need the pubs as much as the , gate the string of hits it has had 



Jerry Vogel's 25th Anni 

Thanksgiving this 25th of No- 
vember al.so marks the 25th anni- 
versary of Jerry Vogel's pet char- 
ity fund which provides: candy, 
Chocolates, etc. for ' unfortunates 
and underprivileged in mental, 
leper and other institutions. 

This has been the music publish- 
er's , favorite charity work for a 
quarler-of-a-century, aided largely 
by people in the music, radio and 
allied branches Of show business. 



: HOWARD MULLS ACTION 
: ON MAJESTIC TRANSFER 

! There is apt (o be court action 
[before Eddy Howard gives in to 
i being a Mercury label recording 
'artist. Mercury bought a fairly 
large stack of Howard's unreleased 
masters when it bought the Majes- 
tic Record assets a couple of weeks 
ago for $142,000, and included in: 
the deal were the contracts of art- 
ists tied to the Majestic lahel at 
the time, 

I Howard and his manager. Biggie 
Levine, do not agree, however, 
that their contract with Majestic 
was In force at the time of the sale 
I to Mercury, and assert they Intend 
to contest the transfer. It's their 
contention that .Majestic breached 
the terms of its contract with How- 
ard prior to the time when it got 
into financial difficulty, therefore 
the disposition of it to Mercury 
wasn't legally possible. 

There's" no : problem with other 
Majestic artists. ROse Murphy had 
already signed with RCA-Victor, 
Ray McKinley had gone to the 
.same company before the Jan. 1 
disk ban. and Foy Willing had 
transferred to Capitol. 



Brit. Insurgents 
Push New Union 



London, Nov. 9. 
A series of unofficial union meet- 
ings has been held by . musicians 
who are severely critical of the 
general attitude and methods^ of 
the Musician.? Union controlling 
body. Meetings are a part of a 
widespread movement to form a 
breakaway union. 

Union chiefs have been fully 
aware of the growth of this move- 
ment since the threatened national 
radio strike last August. If i the 
strike had been put into effect; this 
breakaway as.sociation of musicians 
was planning to : offer to accept 
broadcast dates in defiance of 
union action. The association has 
steadily gained in influence be- 
cause a number of top-line band- 
leaders are known to b.e completely 
in favor of it. 



pubs need Victor, 

Pubs are unusually jubilant: 
about Uie ediet. Most . major : re- 
cording companies have only a few. 

I men to whom the pubs feel they 

I should give. Xmas gifts for f av- . 

! ors received, but . Victor's staff is ' 

[ something, else. When Eli Gber- 

' stein left his post as head; of art-^ J 

I i.st'5: and repertoire, last winter, his | 

I place was taken by the above men- j 

j tioned committee. Pubs could go i 

I broke trying to please 'em all and I , , , '.. , „ . 

■ possibly get in dutch with some by ' ■ Unexpected reelection of Presi- 
domg only a partial job. i ^^^^ Truman also had its effect on 

Letter, written by Jack Hall- the American Society of Compos- 

stroni, pdints out: "In the past, it [fs. ^V'^'irS^"'' ^""f 

^ ^ ' ^.j^L.^ lation to the legal battle over th^^^ 

nuniuer \ xh iib iti O n fees . with the 



this year, and definitely places tbe 
company on a par with any other 
rival. 



lEIedion Delays 
ASCAP Action 



has been the practice of a 
of publishers to express; their- 
' Xmas greetings :to some of us in i 
material form. 1 do not question : 
the good will in which each of j 
j these gifts has been offered, but I i 
feel, nevertheless, that the spirit 

I which' inspired them could be more . j tt,_ Trp/->« „„„„ ,. k!.<u 

effectively conveyed without the . Y^'', '^tc L^^n^.J' «nn» ^a-^in ? 
Pift« Tn nthor r.,nrHc ,.,«„iH has consistcutly gouc agaiust 



Independent Theatre Owners 
Assn. Ex-Secretary of War Pat- 
terson, spearheading the Society's 
legal eagles, has not yet informed 
the Society's execs or its director 
: board as to what course he will 



gifts. In other words, we would 
very much prefer that the practice 
. . ; be discontinued entirely . . . 
we do not wish to appear ..stuffy or 
without grace ... we value your 
cordial wishes . . . set great store 
upon the business relationship . ,.. 
mutually built. Let us continue 
. ;. . on a busines.s-like .basis. 

It's understood Decca Records, 
hearing of the Victor move, is con- 
sidering doing the same thing. 



SYRACUSE KICKOFF FOR 
NEW GOODMAN BAND 



HARRY LINK'S FEIST 
CM. PACT RENEWED 

Harry Link's five-year contract 
with Loew's, Inc , as general man- 
ager of Feist, one of the Big Three 
publishing firms, has been re- 
newed. Link's original five-year 
deal expires the end of this year 
and it called for 60 ; days' notice 
if Loew's intended to exercise the 
option. 

It's understood the option period 
called for a higher financi-a! ar- 
rangement, but details are undis- 
closed. 



• : Benny Goodman's new orchestra 
. is set on its ^rst date. It opens 
j Nov. 30 at ('he Sylatu&e hotel, 
I S.vracuse, for five days. Thereafter 

I it will, play: a . few one-nighters. .„ „ , , 

' which are not yet signed, and then ; is a monopoly, or whether he will 
, into the Paramount theatre!, N.Y. seek a new Government decree in 



the organization; He; too, apparent- 
ly held off mapping plans until the 
balloting was determined. ■ 

There isn't much doubt among 
responsible : Society: personalities 
that N. Y. federal court Judge 
Leibell's decision of last week will 
be fought. It refrained from forc- 
ing ASCAP to divest itself Of thea- 
tre exhibition rights, but at the 
same time ruled the rights couldn't 
be sold SO long a.s the Society was 
"illegal and a monopoly:" The ques- 
tion is how it will 'be fought. And 
Patterson bas not yet decided that, 
or, If . he - has, has - not yet informed 
Society heads of his : intentions. 

The problem is whether Patter- 
son: will appeal Leibell's findings, 
which he and many others feel go 
beyond the merits of the case, 
especially in deciding that ASCAP 



Dec. 8 or 15; 

I Goodman, probably for the first 
time, is using a quintet of singers 
It will be made up of soloists and 
two musicians from within the 

- band. The new combo will add up 
to 22 people, 19 musicians and 
three singers. That's larger than 
any ' band Goodman has e v e r 
handled. 

His date at' the Syracuse hostelry 
is in the same room where Eddy 
Duchin earned $15,000 in five days 
six Weeks ago, on a guarantee and 
ja percentage basis. 



Wa.shington, reorganizing the So- 
cief;y along lines that would for- 
ever- put it beyond monopoly 
charges. 



Laveme Andrews Weds 

Hollywood, Nov. 9, 
LaveiT.e Andrews, of the An- 
drews Sisters trio, is to be married 
here Friday (12) to Lou Rogers, 
head of an indie recording com- 
pany. 

Wedding will take place at the 
home of Maxcne Andrews. 



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45 



Band Reviews 



PACrrA AND HER RHVMBA (6) on the piano and solovox. Other 

iHiy Room, WUtow Hatel, lane ■ 

Reach, Cal. 

After a long career in the east, 
Sacita has started her invasion of 
the Coast, dispensing the swivel- 
hip rhythm that makes her a cinch. 

Current date, actually a break- 
In, finds her backed by a five-piece 
combo of bass, piano, trumpet, 
drums and sax. She handles the 
vocals ' herself . easing them over 
for top results. 

Dacita features a pair of her own 
tunes, "Shua, Shua" O'The Wash- 
erwoman's liament") and "Solido, 

Joaquim." and keeps getting re- the piano, the outfit specializes in 
quests for them. In the Latin ', blues numbers plus an occasional 
Idiom, each has a simple, extremely 1 free-for-all. 

catchy melody. With a little plug- Practically all of the musikers 
ging they could easily become are cut in for solos, with bu.Yom 
rhumbeat standards like "Jack, pianist-songstress Miss Howard 
' Jack, Jack." acquitting herself in sock t^hion 

As set up now. band could easily both at the keyboard and ia the 



personnel are Joe Cricchlo, accor- 
dion; Charley Roeder, drumis and 
vibes; Ed Bruno, bass, while leader 
handles the sax. Cilb, 

ROY MILTON AND US SOLID 

SENDERS (6> 
With Camille Howard 
Apollo, N. Y. 

■ Roy Milton's small unit in mak-j 
ing its bow at the Apollo shapes 
up as a jive crew with an unlimr 
ited supply of energy. Compris- 
ing two reed, guitar, ba.ss drums 
•Milton) and Camille Howard at 



move into any of the plushy West 
Coast niteries which bid for the 
carriage trade. It's, an extremely 
danceable combo, and Dacita, a 
canny showman, gives the custom- 



warbling department. Self ac 
comps herself on the Ivories in 
chirping the bluesy "You Don't 
Love Me" for a fine salvo Also 
is equally effective with "I've No 



ers exactly what they want. Gal Place to Stay." 
has plenty on the ball, musically ] Coi&stantly maintaining a furious 
lukd personality-wise, and knows | tempo, Milton's outfit has a style 
how to keep terpatrons coming that may best be described as a 
back for more. sledgehammer technique. Milton 

She's a hot prospect for any of himself contribs some nifty skin- 
the Coast bistros, particularly the . beating as well as vocaling a 
Sunset Strip variety, where she ' brace of blues tunes in a rusty 
could easily become a long-run ' voice that enhances rather - than 
fave. Kap. I hampers the lyrics. 

As a novelty unit the band rates 



among the better combos: ^How- 
ever, this type of rhythm has .m 
appeal that's . primarily confined to 
Negro, vauders and cafcs; Boys 
were well received at the Apollo.' 

Ciib. 



Bn.L McCVNE OUINTET 
Broadway Cocktail t>ounge 
Hotel Astor. N. Y. 

- Long fronting a larger outfit. 
Bill McCune switched to a quintet 
about six months ago. when a book- 
ing problem called for a small unit. 
'His original combo stressed sweet- 
ness and Latin, rhythms,' and both 
these components are still well in 
the forefront of the present group. 

Moving into the Aster's Cocktail 
Lounge, where Lenny Herman was 
a perennial fixture, may be some- 
what of a handicap to McCune for 

a shoi t time. However, the room's j the Coast to nrepare for the per- 
steady patrons won't find it dilli- j manent shift, and moves his family 
cult to adjust themselves to the 1 ^jji, him on the final trip west. 

?.*ch;l,1.d^pttnr ""^ H'egins. now head of Co- 

McCune wisely points up group , lumbia's Coast branch, comes back 
vocals and novelties to satisfy those . «nto . the N.Y. scene as soon as 
who want to "see " the quintet as , Selvm takes over. Selvm. inci- 
wcll as hear it. Nice rhythmic ef- dentally, will continue as head of 
fects aie contributed by Ted Husted ' Columbia's kiddisk division. 



Selvin Preps for Shift 

Ben Selvin leaves New - York 
Nov. 23 to take over as head 
of Columbia Records Hollywood 
branch Dec. 1. He is :naw back in 
the east after .a two-week stay: on 



*RH' Logging System 

Richard Htmber's new det»lopment: in iiHKrin0. broodcosl perfoii^ 
ances lists twnes m the survev, based on f<mr major netie^ schedirin. 
They are contpiled on th* basis of 1 point for sustaining instrumentc); 
2 points for sustaining vocal; 3' for commercial instrumental; 4 for 
commercial vocal, respectively, in each of the d ?:iajor tetritories, Neto 
York, Chicogo and Coast. For example, a Gofhmerdal Vocol in all 
tliree territories counts 12. 

Week of October US to NavcMber 4 

ratal 

fimc PuhUsher Ma. 

You Were Only ij^ooling— Shapiro 196 

Buttons and Bows — Famous...'. , 194 

You C&W Everybody Darlin'— Mayfair 146 

Underneath the Arches — Bobbins .... , . . . . ; . , i . ; , . . . , . , , .■ 144 

It's Magic — ^"Romance On High Seas" — Witmark ; 137 

Hair" of Gold— Robert 122 

Until-^Dorsey Bros. 



French BevtoeUer* 

Paris, Nov. 1. 
Voulez /Vous Danser.- Grand 
d'Mere? 

I Do You Want to Dance, 
Grandmother?) 

C'est Si Bon, 

(It's So Good). 

Au Chili. 

Maria de Bahia. 

(Maria from Bahia). 

Sans Vous. 

i Without You). 

Samba Bresilienne. 

(Brazilian 5amba), 

Ma Douce Valee. 

(My Sweet Valley), 

Ma Cabane au Canada. 

(My Cabin in Canoda). 

La Vie en Rose. 
(You're Dangerous, Gheric). 

Let Petit Bal du Samedi 
Soir. 

( Satxirday Night's Little 
Ball). 

Le Relour des Cigagnes. 

(The Return of the Gypsies). 

Djimbo I'Elephant. 
(Jumbo the Elephant), 

Complet Gris. 

(Grey Suit). 

Ay Mama. 

Clopin-Clopant. 

(CloppiAg Along). 

Rumba des Cigales. 

iCacada's Rumba). 

Un Monsieur Attendant. 

(A Gentleman Awaits), 

La Marie. 

Les Trois Cloches. 

(The Three Bells). 

A-vcc Son Tralalala. 

(With Her Tralalala). 

C'est le Printemps. 

-fit Might As Well Be 
Spring). 

' Chacun Son BonheuT; 
(To Each His Own). 
Valser dans I'Ombre. 
(Candlelight Waltz). 
Loin des Sambas. - 
(Smith. America, Take it 

U Allumait les Reverberes. 

tOtd Lamplighter). 

Le Plus Belle Valse d'Amour 
(Italian). 

(The^ Most: Beautiiul Love 
Waltz). 

Civili^tion. 

Chanson du Bonheur. . 
,( Yoa Belono to My Heart ) . 
5 Mintes de Plus. 
(Fiec Minutes More), 

Moi Aussi. 

(T»»« Slur.s- Will Remember). 



Major Pubs Refusii^ to Accede To 
RCA Requests m Breakage 



Major music publishers are stub- 
Ijornly refusing to give in to RCA- 
Victor's requests that it be allowed 
to deduct 8Vi% from quarterly 
royalty statements to covet "break- 
age," etc. Affair has now reached 
the point where it is bubbling up 



REVEAL SUIT VS. FEIST 
FOR lOOG ON MUSICAL 

Alleged failure of Feist Music 
to devote proper time to exploit 
tunes which they wrote for the 
1945 Broadway musical, "The Day 
Before Spring," is the basis of a 
$100,000 suit filed against the pub'^ 
lislier In N. Y. supreme court by 
songwriters Alan Jay Lemer and 
Frederick Loewe. In claiming 
Feist breached and violated its fi- 
duciary duty, plaintiffs ask recis- 
sion of a 1945 contract plus an 
accounting of profits. 

Action came to light when Feist 
moved for an order requiring the 
plaintitfs to serve a. verified bill of 
particulars, 



Carle Follows T.D. 



At N. Y/s Peiin 

Frankie Carle definitely wilt 
follow Tommy Dorsey's orchestra^ 
at the N.Y. Pennsylvania hotel's 
redecorated Cafe Rouge. Carle will 
open Dec. 27 for six weeks.: No 
! band is set beyond him. 
I . Carle . was origiiially scheduled 
' for the slot he's taking at the Pewi, 
but for weeks there was indecision 
as (o whether he would ' actually 
flu it; he did not want to. spend 
more than four weeks at the hotel 
this trip. He wanted more time 
for road work, btit finally agreed 
to the longer run. 



into a cause celcbce of the mu.sie 
industry, with RCA continuing to 
round up smaller pubs In bunches 
and: the majors continuing to stand , 
pat against the idea. 

Victor*s executives had conver- 
sations with , several top firms last 
week and couldn't achieve even a 
promise to go along with the plan 
if and when the company gets : 
other majors to agree. One major ; 
firm, Shapiro-Bernstein, assertedly ■ 
told Victor that it might entertain 
an idea of a breakage deduction if : 
it wais applied only to pops and not"; 
to recordings of its standai?d: mate- 
rial, vvtiieh' are good almost any 
time, but that apparently wasn't 
suitable. 

Attitude being taken by the 
majors is the first time that there ; 
has been any tough stance taken 
by them, particularly in view of ; 
the fact that Herman Starr, head 
of Warner Bros, music group had' 
already given his consent to Vic- . 
tor's making the deductions. Usu- : 
ally, as WB goes so goes the rest 
of the industry. 

That has reached the point 
where anyone or any organization 
seeking a concession from the niu<- ' 
sic industry as a rule approaches 
WB first. Last year, when Victor 
upped its retail disk price to 75c 
I and was seeking a 1?4 royalty in- 
I stead of the legal 2c per side, it 
approached Starr first |ihd bis okay 
I helped break the back of subse- 
I quent resistance. Then the Song- 
' writers Prot«tctive Assn. took its 
new contract to Starr and got a 
signature before other pubs were 
signed. Victor took its 
breakage deal to Starr first,, and 
last week the Music Publishers' 
Contact Employees union had con-, 
fcrences with Stai^ bef ore . hud^: ' 
dling yesterday CTues.) with the- 
Music Publishers Protective Assn. - 
on a new basic contract for con- 
tact men. 



112 

Ah But It Happens — Bourne Ul 

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-Harms. 



Bluebird of Happiness-^T; B. Harms 

My Darling, My Darling — *"Where's Charley" 
On a: Slow Boat to China— .Melrose .... 
Everyday I Love You — •"T«o Guys from Texas" 
A Tree in the Meadow^^Sliapiro . . . . ..... 

Here I'll Stay— (-"Love Life"— ChappcU 84 

Maybe You'll Be Tliere— Triangle *4 

Cuanto Le Gusta— • "Date With Judj-"- Southern 81 

My Happiness — Blasco 77 

It's a Most Unusual D.ny— "Date With Judy"— Bobbins .. .- 72 

The Money Song— Crawford - '2 

This Is the Moment— -i "Lady in Ermine"— Miller 69 

Isn't It Romantic — ."^"Isn't It Romantic"— Famous 69 

Loye Somebody — Kramer-Whitney ' . ■ • f>.'5 

For You— Witmark > ■ • ■ ' ^ 

The Night Thousand Eyes— f'Night Thousand Eyes"— Paramount 60 

Twelfth Street Rag — Shapiro 

Down Among the .Sheltering Palms — Miller 56 

1 sun Get a Thrill— Words & Mumc 56 

Ain't Doin' Bad, Doin' Nothin — Spitzer . 5S 

What Did I Do— '"When My Baby Smiles At Me"— Triangle 54 

Why Does It Bam On Stinday-^Duchess §1 

When the Red Red Robin — Bourne - - 50 

Rambling Rose — Laurel > 50 

Ai; the Flying-\y— Morris . ™ 

In My Dreams — Murray, WiwU , *;* 

A Hundred & Sixty Acres — Leeds *3 

Take It Away — Pemora 

Say Something Svvcel To Your Sweetheart— Mills 41 

One Sunday Afternoon — "One Sunday Afternoon"— Bemick 



BBC EXEC URGES 
MORE BRITISH MUSIC 

Jim' Davidson. BBC's dance music 
dictator, is sending out a new di- 
rective to all bandleaders "advising 
them to feature a still higher pro- 
portion of current British pop 
songs in their programs." v f 

Publishers have been playing 1 
ball aU along tlie line in their no- 
plug agreement with the radio 
chiefs. They have made it plain 
to the. BBC governors that they ex^ 
j pect them to keep th,eir part of the 
I bargain to the full by giving the 
f maximum possible broadcasting 
time to current pop music, and par- 
ticularly new British material.. 
Davidson, agreeing that BBC ha.sn't 
in the pa.st months come up to the 
mark in this direction, has i>rom'' 
ised publishers policy changes that j 
will meet their demands. > 
Davidson revealed that approxi- 1 
mate proportion of British dance j 
band numbers broadcast is be-\ 
tween 12 and VlW/n. Programs i 
are predominantly American. i, 



14 Bistrilis Set By | 
Decca for Corali 

: Decca has so far set 14 distrib^ • 
liters for its new Coral label out 
j of a probable 65 domestic and forr 



I Songs with Largest Radio Audenee i: 

The- top 31 songs of the week based on the copttrighted Aitdt 
ence Coverage Index Survey of Pomdar Miwic Broadcast Oi;er 
Radio Netuorka. Published by the Office of Rtxtanh. Inc., Dr. 
John G. Peatman. Director^ 

Survey Week of OcUbcr 29-NoTeMkcr «. IMS 

A Tree In the Meadow Shapiro-B 

Ah But It Happens .' Bourne 

Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Xothin* Spitzer 

Blue Bird of Happiness T. B. Harms 

Buttons and Bows — f'Pale Face" . Famous 

Cuanto Le Gusta—fDate With Judy" Southern 

Down Among the Sheltering Palms Miller 

Ev'ry Day I Love You Harms 

Hair Of Gold Robert 

Here I'll Stay— ♦"Love Life" Chappell 

I Still Get a ThriU Words & M 

It's a Most Unusual Day— f'Date With Judy" Robbins ' 

It's Magic — f'Romance On- High Seas" Witmark 

Lavender Blue Santly-Joy 

Love Somebody , Kramer- W 

Maybe YouH Be There... .Triangle 

Money Song Crawford 

My Darling, My Darling — *"Where's Charley". Morris 

My Happiness Blasco 

Night Has Thousand Eyes— ("Night Has Eyes" Paramount 

On a Slow Boat to Chiqa Melrose 

One Sunday Afternoon Remick 

This Is the Moment t Miller 

Twelfth Street Rag Shapu-o-B 

Underneath the Arches Robbins 

Until , Dorsey Bnut; 

What Did I Do— t"When My Baby Smiles ' Triangle 

When the Red Robbin Comes Bobbin' Alimg Bourne 

Why Does It Have to Rain On Sunday Duchess 

You Call Everybody Darling Mayfair 

You Were Only Fooling Shapiro-B : ; 



When You Left Me — Porgie 39 

Lavender Blue — Santy-Joy '■ 

Lillette— Jefferson '■ 

Just For Now — Advanced • d<! 

Galway Bay— Leeds. .. » ^jj 

I Don't Care if it Rains ail Night— Witmark 30 

Beyond the Purple Hills— Goldmine *» 

You Came a Long Way From St. Louis— Jewel. j5» 

If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts— Feist .28 

Combelt ^mphony — Mellin ' 

I'd Love to Uve in Loveland— B.V.C - • *J 

Yoa Walk — Cavalier. v •• * • • *' 



eign outlets. Initial appointments 
I cover key cities from coast to 
< coast, Minnesota to Texas, and 

subsequent distribs will be set up 

in other keys as well as smaller 

cities and towns. 

' The 14, so far set include Auto 
Eciuipment. Denver; Rcmco, Inc. 
Chicago; C and C Distributors, 
Seattle; Kemper, Barrett, Inc., San 
Francisco; Music Suppliers of 
New England; Inc./ Boston; Millner 
Record Sales. St. Louis; C and C 
Distributors, Portland, Ore,; Win- 
throp Co.,- Philadelphia; Brilliant 

I Music, Detroit; Musical Sales, 
Memphis; Music Sales,. New Or- 
leans; South Coast Amus., Hous- 
ton; Forster Distributing, Minneap- 
olis; Millner Record Sales, Kansas 
City. 

Initial 14 pressings on the new 
label will be diipped later thi.s- 
month so as to be on the stands 
Dec 1. 



TJie remaining 21 songs of the week, hosed on the eopyrightet 
Audience Coverave Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast. 
Over Hadio Nettoorks. Published by the Office of Research, IntL, 
Dr. John G. Peatntan, Director. 

A Hundred and Sixty Acres Leeds 

At the Flying "W" Morris 

Cumana , Martin 

For You Witmark ; } 

Galway Bay . Leeds 

I Don't Care If It Rains All Night Witmark 

4 I'd Love to Live in Loveland.' , BVC 

t If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts Feist 

J In. My. Dreams , Wisiell 

♦ Isn't It Romantic — ("Isn't It Romantic" Famous 

t Just for Now. , Advanced 

X Lillette ; Jefl[er.Son 

l..ilUe Girl Leeds 

Rambling Rose .., Laurel 

Say It Isn't So , Berlin 

,Say Something, Sweet To Your Sweetheart Mills 

Take It Away , , Pemora 

Walkin' With My, Shadow Johnstone-M 

You Came a Long. Way from St. Louis , Jewel 

You Walk By..., Cavalier ; 

Yours , Maries 

t * Legit Musical, t Filnitutcal. 



46 



ORCHBSTRA-MrSIC 



Wednesday, November 10, 1948 



Bands at Hotel B.O.'s 



HitnO , , . Hoi«.i einyti 

Eddy Duchin Waldorf (400; $2i 5 

Ray McKinley* New Yorker (400; $1-S1.50). . . . 5 

Guy Lombardo Roosevelt (400; $1.50-$2) 6 

Tommy Dorsey ....Pennsylvania (450; $1.50-$2)... 5 



Vovtn I'otm 
^ Pafit ' Coven 
W«i>b On. Hat* 
2,42S 14,325 



1,100 
2,450 
2,000 



5,200 
15,200 
11,025 



• Nev) Yorker, ice show: Waldorj, Peter hind Uayes-Mary Healy. 

Chicago 

Victor Lombardo (Marine Room, EdgeWciter, 700; $1.20 cover). Week 
or dismal rainy weather nipped at tabs. Okay 3,000. ( 

Joel Merman (Mayfair Room, Blackstone, 350; $3.50 mm.-$l cover), i 
Joan Edwards out (4), Mata & Hari in Friday (5). Fine 3,000. | 

Benny Strong (Boulevard Room, Stevens, 650; $3.50 min.-$l cover). | 
Ice Show holding good crowds. Upped 3,100. . i 

Griff Williams (Empire Room, Palmer House, &50; $3.50 mm.-$l 
cover). Small conventions keeping room buzzing. Neat 3,200. 

Los Angeles 

Hilde^arde, Eddie Oliver (Ambassador, 900; $1.50-$2). 
in windup. 

Jan Garber (Biltmore, 900; $1-$1,50).. Sturdy 3,850. 



Tops of the Tops 

Retail Disli Seller 

"Buttons and Bows" 
Retail Slicct Music Seller 

"Buttons and Bows" 
"Most Requested" Disti 

"Buttons and Bows" 
Seliet on Colo Maehlnes 
"Tree In the MeadovO" 
Britislt Best Seller 
"So Tired" 



Strong 4,000 



Location Jobs, Not in Hotels 

(Chicago) 

Del Courtney (Trianon, $1-$1.15 adm.). Closing week held up, top 
ping last. Orrin Tucker opens tonight (9). Over 14,000. 

Cee Davidson (Chezi- Parfee, 500; $3.50 min.). Harvey Stone, Vaga- 
bonds and Oracle Barrie, fat 3,300. i 

Eddy Howard (Aragon, $1-$1.15 adm ). Closing week of local fave 
aocko. Teddy Phillips opens tonight (9). Sock 16,000. 

Al Trace (Blackhawk, 500; $2.50 min ). Still flying high. Giant 3,600. 

Los Angeles 

Lawrence Welk (Palladium B., Hollywood, 3rd wk.). He fty 11,000. 



BILLY SHAW REMAINS 
WITH GALE AGENCY 

Moa Gale and Billy Shaw with- 
drew the arrangement they hud 
agreed to last week' and which was 
all but signed, and Shaw will re- 
main with the Gale Agency. Dis- 
pute between Shaw and the Gales 
^Moe and Tim-r-was smoothed, 
over when the brothers flatly re- 
fused to allow Shaw to take with 
him into his own agency business 
the contracts of certain artists han- 
dled by the Gale org. This would 
have been in addition to a cash set- 
tlement for Shaw's one-third in- 
terest in the operation. ,. 

Shaw's contract with the Gales 
doesn't expire for another two 
years from next February. It was 
originally a flve-year agreement. 



Inside Orchestras-Music 

Hollywood songwriters have contributed approximately $9,000 to the 
fund begun by New York writers several weeks back, to finance the 
cost of intervening for the songwriters in the American Society of 
Composers, Authors and Publishers case vs^ Independent Theatre 
Owners of America. Various Coast songsmiths kicked in with indi- 
vidual sums of $200 to $500 apiece and their contribution^ are said to 
have swelled the overall fund total to approximately $15,000. AH of it 
goes to John Schulman, attorney for the writers and for the Song- 
writers Protective Assn., which has no official l^lace in the ASCAP-ITOA 
intervention. It's asserted by writers busy doing the collecting that 
only Schulraan's exluenses and salary during tiie case will be taken out 
of the fund, the remainder returned pro ratn to contributors. 

Columbia Records and Philco, which originally collaborated on the 
marketing of the former's Long-Playing Microgroove record, in the 
sense that Philco developed the 33>/6 rpm turntable and special tone 
arm which reproduce the disks, do not collaborate -in advertising. As 
a matter of fact they seem to avoid mentioning each other. Philco's 
Sunday evening tele shows (NBC) and Bing Crosby's transcriptions 
avoid pointing out that the Columbia LP disk is the only platter play- 
able: with its new machines. The tele show, when it shows a recording 
spinning on the turntable, uses a plain white label recording. Colum- 
bia, on the otheiHiand, doesn't mention Philco in its ads. That's ex- 
plained by the fact that other manufactui'crs are now making repro- 
ducers capable of handling the LP disk. 



Boston History Teacher 
Sells Pan* to Decca 

Boston, Nov. 9. 

Lee MorriSj Hub history teacher 
who scored as a tunesmlth with ''II 
I Only Had a Match,'' made a 
package deal with Decca for a 
coupling of two new tunes he 
brought out himself under the 
Richmond labef. 

Tunes are "Dear to Dream" and 
"Tish Tish MacTavish," both bari- 
toned by Bobby Wayne with an 
orch background. Plugged by Bob 
Clayton, WHDH joclc, disc began 
to catch on, and Decca deal fol- 
lowed. Figures to release them on 
-its new Coral label as a special. 
Supreme is publishing. 



I AFM's Revised Rules 

I American Federation of Musi- 
clans issued its revised book ot 
' rules last week, the new issue cov- 
I ering 100 pages less than the old. 
j Streamlined version . : covers 183 
I pages as against the: 292 of its 
predecessor. 

I Union reworded the entire book 
1 for the first time due to the fact 
[that many of the rules and regu- 
i lations were duplicated wholly or 
I in part by years of constantly add- 
ing amendments. It felt that the 
original book was ; confusing in 
many ways, and so .a committee 
was named to streamline the regu- 
lations. 



Disk jockeys in Pittsburgh and St. Louis have been running mystery 
contests'of their own accord on the new Peter Lind Hayes disks re- 
leased by Decca, and the company, getting wind of it, is following up 
by suggesting the idea to other diskers who haven't yet aired the Hayes 
disks. Idea of Bill Brant, KDKA jock, is based on the fact Hayes has 
never done a straight singing, job before: He asked listeners to identify 
the singer, explaining he was: an. outstanding comedian. Most, callers 
named Danny Kaye and out of hundreds only one. labeled :the singer as 
Hayes. 



S-B's Hat Trick 

Shapiro-Bernstein TJuUed the hat 
trick. last Saturday (6) evening by 
placing three songs on the Lucky 
Strike "Hit. Parade." Program, 
now a half -hour, uses only . seve,n 
songs in all. 

• S-B led the . program with "Tree 
In the Meadow" and followed Vfith 
"12th Street Rag" and "You Were 
Only Fooling," 



I Mike Vallon,, and his wife, Mary Miremberg, two-third.s of the N; Y. 
i law firm of Goldfarb, Miremberg & Vallon, aren't allowed to operatef 
: as attorneys in California, where they now live, because neither is a 
: member of the California bar. Personal managers as well as attorneys, 
i they operate as the former only out of Hollywood, while legal angles 
{ are handled back in N, Y. by Goldfarb. Situation has led to rumors 
: the three are split, but that's not the case. Vallon last week signed 
' Judy Canova, incidentally, to a management pact. 



Larry Barnet East 

•■„ Larry Barnet, Music Corp of 
America v.p., returned to New 
York late last week and will be 
east for three or four weeks. He 
has been at MCA's Beverly Hills 
of fice for a couple of months; 

On his trips back and forth, 
Barnet stops off at MCA offices in 
Dallas, Chicago, etc. 



Louis Prima's orchestra is maintaining a good b.o. pace at the newly 
launched Dance Carnival ballroomi New York-^but drawing most of it 
on weekends. It's claimed Prima played to between 3,500 and 3,800 
admissions the . past Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings (5-6-1), 
which amounts to :between 20% and 25% better than his opening week- 
end. Midweek .business, however;- is very light in ■ comparison, which 
is only following the trend of N. Y. niteries, hotels. 



Recent story from .Tapan of Burton Crane, how he waited 14 years , 
to put his show on (tor which Claude Lapham wrote the music), re- 
minds Lapham of his troubles wlth his" Japanese Concerto for Pianoi" 
RCA-Ylctor recorded and released it in 1936, only to cancel it in 1938, 
with no chance even now, he says, to release it again.- Lapham's 

1 "Niseire Romance," Jap-American operett.i. had its bow at the Inter- 

'national Studio tlieatie, Hollywood, Oct. 31. 



Do you fiick your own songs? 
Or are you listening to Gai/ufi, Roper, Hooper, Peatman and Himber? 



,//' 




BELLA BELLA MARIE 

uncorded b/-THE ANDREWS SISTERS (Decca) • JAN GARBER (Capitol) • EDDY HOWARD (Marcury) 
PAUL FENNELLY & REGGIE GOFF (MGM) • JACK SMITH (Capitol) • PHIL BRITO (Musicraft) • GRACIE FIELDS (London) 
LARRY GREEN (Victor) • JOHNNY DESMOND & The Dell Trio (Columbia) • JOHNNY FRANK with Orchestra (Varsity) 



6ALWAY BAY 



Rocordecf by -BING CROSBY (Decca) • ANNE SHELTON (London) • BILL JOHNSON (Columbia) 
THE SENTIMENTALISTS (Rex) • BOB LESTER (Rainbow) • BOBBY WORTH (Castle) • JANE PICKENi (RCA#yiC*o^^^^^^^ 

JOSEPH McNALLY & PHILLIP GREEN (MGM) 



BRUSH THOSE TEARS 
FROM YOUR EYES 

Recorded by-EVELYN KNIGHT with THE STARDUSTERS (Deeca) 
AL TRACE 4 ALAN FOSTER (Regent) • BUDDY CLARK (ColombioJ • R. DEAUVILLE (Mercury) 
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (Capitol) • BARRY GREEN (Rainbow) 



I 160 ACRES 

m. Recorded fcy-BING CROSBY & THE ANDREWS SISTERS (Decea) 
m FOY WILLING & THE RIDERS OP THE PURPLE SAGE (Decco) 
■M ART KASSEL (Mercury) • SONS OF THE PIONEERS (Victor) 



RKO building ■ NEW tORk 20 



AIGALUCO PROF MGR 



47 





REG an D s 

(A sttbsicliay/ of DECCA SECOms.iNe.) 




CORAL'S FIRST RELEASE IS PACKED WITH 



RECORD N0.| 


SELECTION 


1 DESCRIPTION 


1 ARTIST 


60M-CoralS«Hts 


CORAl 

60000 


1HE DARKTOWN STRUnERS' BALL 
DUSK IN UPPER SANDUSKY 


Fox trot Vocal chorw> by 
Jun»:R!chmond. 

Initrwmtntal fox trof f«a> 
Turing Ray McKinley at 
♦ho druim. 


'JiNIMV OORSEY. 
«rld hit Orchettrov 


CORAL 

60001 


PLEASE DON'T SAY * W 
BASIE'S BASEMENT 


Fox Irot. Vocal chorut by. 
ihtirufflontol fox ttot 


WOODY hhiman 

and hit Orchottro 


CORAl 
60001 


I'D LOVE TO LIVE IN lOVELAND 
(With A GM Uk* Y«u) 

MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL 


Fox trot. Vocal chorus by 
Ktnny Sorgont. 

Initrumontal fox tret. 


GUN GRAY 

and the Caio Lome 
Orchottro ■ 


CORAl 
60003 


DOO-DE-DOO ON AN OLD KAZOO 

AAUn Jtnj mNU fAIM IRttS' 


Vocal with Kazoo Band. 
Vocal with Initrumontal 
'accompontniont.' 


THE UUi JAYS 


CORAL 
60004 


SUSIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY 
VOTE FOR MR. BOOGIE 


Vocal with rhythm occom- ^ 
^nlmont. 


iUZZ CONNM 


CORAl 

60005 


CHOPSTICKS RNUMBA 
OH! HEAR MY HEART 


Rhumbo with initrumontal ; 
. ciccompanlmont. 
Corf Oolian qt tho piano. 

Solol^ : with initrumontal 

cKcompantmtnt. 

G*ri Oolian at tho piano. 


GCRI GALIAN 

and hit Caribbean 
Rhythm Beyt 


CORAL 
60006 


YOU*RI TOO SLOW! 
LET'S BE SURE 


Vocal with Initrumontal 
•ccompanimont. 


JULU O'NIILi 

«nd THE PROM 
QUARTEHE 
/Roh David diroctt 


CORAl 
60007 


IHADAHAT(WhmlCanitlii) 

SURE AN' IT'S THE LUCK OP YHE 
IRISH 


: Vocal with Imlrumontoi 
. Accompanimonta 


YHE JRSTEM 

(Rod Latham* 
Wamp Carlton* 
. Guy Bonbam) 


CORAl 
60008 


MY DEAR 

A BEAUTIFUL LADY IN BLUE 


Waltz. Vocal \«tioro* by. 
low Polfflor. 


JAN GARIER 

end hit Orchottro : 


CORAl 

60009 


IHE PENNY POLKA 
TOY PIANO MINUET 


Polka. Vocal chorui by 
Johnny Motinor, Jock 
Ryan and Enwmblo. 
Initrumontal fox trot. 


JOHNNY MESSNER 

c>nd hit Orcheitra 


CORAl 

6ooia 


HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN 
TONIGHT 

TIGER RA6 


fox trot with vocal trio. : 
Initrumontal fox tret. 


PREDDIE "SCHNICK« 
ELFRITZ" FISHER 

and hit Orchottro 


CORAl 
60611 


SHADOW WALTZ 
VAGABOND KINO WALH 


Walt*. Strict fompoi (108) 
Walla. jStrMtoMpo.OaO) 


rAN'PACIFIC 
TEMPO 1 
ORCHESTRA 

dirododbyHERBKERN 


64 M-CMintnr StriM 1 


CORAl, 
64000 


FROM THE INDIES TO THE ANDES 
IN HIS UNDIES ('Twos A V«ry, 
Very, Dqrlns Thing To Do) 

BRINGIN' HOME THE BACON 


Fox trot with vocal trio. 
Fox tret wTth vecol trie. 


HOOSIER 1 
HOT SHOTS 1 


CORAl 
64001 


KANGAROO BLUES 

I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU 


String baiid with tinging. 


aiF BRUNIR 1 

& Boyt with 1 
MOON MUUCAN | 


65II.S«|ii<it.rlM ,„„ 1 


CORAl 

65000 


SINCE THINGS GOT TOUGH AGAIN 
I'VE WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR YOU 


Votol with initrumontal 
: occompanlmont. , . 


ORVILLI 1 
BROOKS 1 



A ORMT NEW NAM! 
>N RECORDS 



CORAk 
65001 



GOD'S GONNA SEPARATE THE 
WHEAT FROM THE TARES 

KEEP ME EVERY DAY 



Goipol tinging 
with piano .- 

Goipol tinging 
with organ. 



MAHALIA 
JACKSON 



WITH OUTSTANUNG AKTIStS 

CO.AL """"^ **• «W 



CORAl RECORDS 



All records laied lS f auk tx^tf^* ^ mm 



48 ORCHBSTRAS-MIJSIC 



Wednesday, November 10,194^ 



P^^^m^ CAVALCADE 



(Musical-Historical Revietn 1800-1948) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

CompSed for p^^filETY 
By JULIUS MATTFELD 

(Copyright, Varteiyi Inc. All Right! Re»rv*dV 
(sgenc/s ond olhtr batie baekgnund information, alltndant to Ihe cempi'/oh'on. 
and pitMnlalion, appealed in the Oct. 6, 1948, issue when, the Variety- Song 
■ Cavaltade ttarted puUitaliott MrioHy. It Is suggesl€!i that thtte Inslallmentt be 
flipped and filed hr futme referente. 

Attention iiJiaraby calM to ;th* fact that this material it copyright and may not 
be. rtpfoditccd either wMly or in part,, 



~ (Continued from last Week) 



Annie 

(Scotch); 



1838 
Laurie. W; 

attributed 



I America" was recorded . the : fa- 
traditibnal i nious joke by John Van Bureh 
to WiUiam i (son of the president) anent Ainer- 
Douglas of Fingland, Kirkcud- I i<;an prudery: Van Buren said peo- 
bright, Scotland, about 1688. m., i Ple even put pantalettes on piano 
Lady John Scott (1810-1900), nee I legs. 

Alicia Ann Spottswood, wife of 1 One Jimmy OConnell was 
Lord John IMontague Douglas ; among the first to dance the clog, 
Scott. (Published anonymously in I or ^wooden shoe^dance. 
. Paterson and Roy's "Vocal .Mel- ' 



odies Of Scotland," 1838, v. 3.) 

A Life on the Ocean Wave. vr\, 
Epes Sargent, m., Henry Russell. 
Hewitt & Jacques, cop. 1838. 



Mrs. John Farrar's book on eti- 
quette warned young ladies against 
the horrors of jiggling their bod- 
ices, in polite company, which she 
claimed was ungraceful and rude. 

The museum vogue in entertain- 
ment was exemplified^by the Chir 
nese . ' Museum in Philadelphia 
Which was described thus: "This 
was a very large building on Ninth 
St. below Chestnut. It had an up- 
per an^ lower saloon, as well as 
■ a ' large lecture-room on Sansom 
St. A . museum of Chinese curi- : 
osities occupied one saloon, and 
the "other was devoted to balls, 
concerts, etc. It was here that was 
given the popular 'levy' concerts 
. . . The Virginia and other min- 
strels occasionally gave entertain- 
ment here, and in this building 
Kunkel's Nightingale Serenaders 
made their public debut." 

Samuel F. B. Morse demonstrat-r 
ed his telegraphy. 

The steamboat "Great Western'' 
crossed from England to New 
York City in 16 days. 

"Lady of Lyons," a current play, 
A/as put on the boards with an all- 
star cast: Edwin Forrest as Claude; 
Mrs. Richard.son as Pauline; and 
Charlotte Cushman as the Widow 
MelnottCi J. A. Neafie and E. L: 
Davenport, two great figures of 
the theatre, made their debuts. In 
Chicago the first recorded thea- 
trical performance was given by 
the Mackenzie & Jefferson com- 
pany. 

Fire destroyed 1,158 buildings in 
Charleston, S. C. 



The play "Jack Sheppard" made 
its New 'York : appearance at the 
Bowery Theatre. Two more well- 
known actors came before the pub- 
lic— E. Eddy (reciting "The In- 
dian's Lament" at a benefit), and 
Joseph Proctor (in "Nick of the 
Woods"). 

Col. Abner Doubleday (later a 
U. S. general) devised a game with 
bases and positions for players, 
thus founding baseball. His fixture 
of bases, and the ' distances be'^ 
tween them, has never been 
changed. 

Charles Goodyear got a patent 
for manufacturing vulcanized rub- 
ber.-- 



In 



1839 

Gapt. Marryat's "Diary 



1840 

Jim along, Josey. w., (and m.?); 
Edward Harper. Firth & Hall, 
cop. 1840. (Sung by Edward Har- 
per in his play. The Free Nigger 
of New York, about 1838). 

Kathleen Mavournecn. w., An- 
nie Crawford [nee Barryl. m., 
I'rederick William Nichols Crouch 
(in his: Echoes of the Lake). Lon- 
don [,18401 , 

Ole Tare Kiver. w.,m., . anon. 
Boston: Henry Prentiss [ea. 18401. 
(Popularized by the "Negro min- 
strel" Joel W; Sweeny, the reputed 
inventor of the banjo about 1830.) 

The Pesky Sarpent — also known 
as:- (1) Springfield mountain; and 
(3): On Springfield mountain, w., 
m., anonymous. Boston: Geo. P. 
Reed, cop. 1840. 

Rocked in the Cradle of the 
Deep, w., Mrs. Willard. m., Josepli 
Philip Knight. Boston: C. F. 
Chickering, cop. 1840; New York; 
C. E. Horn, cop. 1840. 

Tippecanoe' and Tyler. Song of 
the Whig Party in the United 
States during the 



RETAIi SHEET BEST SELLERS 









































fTAtewi r ■ ■ 

Survey of retail sheet music 
sales, bas^d on reports obtained 
from leading stores in 12 cities, 
' and showing comparative sales V 
ro(i?jg for this and last week. 




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ns Music Co. 


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well Music Co. 


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3 


1 


2 


1 


2 




113 


2 


1 


"Ti-ee in the Meadow" (Shapii-o-B) 


1 


2 


2 


2 


2 


I 


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6 




2 


1 


a 


103 


3 




"You Call Darling" (Mayfaii). . . 




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6 




5 




6 


9 


69 


4 


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"Hair of Gold" (Robert) 




3 


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7 


3 


6 


6 


9 


5 




3 


5 




66 






8 


"Maybe You'll Be There" (Triangle) 


4 


6 


6 


5 


7 


7 


5 






6 


8 


7 


49 


6 


'7 


"On Slow Boat to China" (Melrose) 




5 


8 


9 


10 




8 


3 


3 




3 


2 


48 


.1 


5 


"It's Magic" (Witmark) . . . . . . 




7 




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2 


10 


7 


7 


7 




40 


8 


9 


"Every Day I Love You" (Harms) 










3 






9 


8 


S .10 


6 


26 


9 


11 


"Underneath Arches" (Robbins) . 


6 


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10 


8 




5 




. . 10 






6 


23 


10 


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.. 10 


9 


9 




5 


9 






9 




9 




21 


11 


1.4 


"You Were Fooling" (Shapiio-B) . 




8 










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3 


18 


12 


10 




















8 






4 




17 


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12 


"Blue Bird of Happiness" (Harms) 


9 








8 






2 




9 






16 


14 




"12th Street Rag" (Shapirb-B) . 


















7 


.. 10 




10 


14 


15 




"That Certain Party" (Bourne) 




















6 






4 


12 



the Wabash" under the caption: 
1811). w., Alexander C. Ross, m., 
tune:. Little Pigs. 

The Two Grenadiers — original 
German title: Die beiden Greii- 
adierc (no, I in: Romanzen und 
Balladcn, op. 49). German words, 
Heinrich Heine, m., Robert Scliu- 
mann. Leipzig: Gusti Heinze 
[,1840J-. . 

Whar , Did You Cum From? 
i|[.,iTi., anon. Firth & Hall, cop; 
«fi40. (Popularized by Joel W. 
Sweeny-^.spe above "Ole Tare 
River"; and the textual source of 
various college songs.) 



campaign of General William Hen- 
ry Harrison (see "The Battle of 



The "Fabulous Forties" began. 

Fanny Bllslery the Continental 
dancer, came to- the U. S, with her 
own supply of napkins because 
she heard they weren't used here. 

A widespread slang phrase was 



(from the current theatrical hit 
"Carpenter of Rouen"). 

Showmanship got into politics 
when the conservative* ' Whig^^ 
shouted "Tippecanoe, and Tyler 
presidential j too" (Tj'ler was running for the 



New York, paying $12,000 for the 
setup. 

Horace Greelejr was the famed 
proprietor of tlie New York Daily 
'i'ribniie. ■■, ■ 

John Bidwell, the "prince of 
California pioneers," left Missouri 
for the Pacific coast with a band, 
of adventurous followers. 

Feminine fasliions n o jv pre- 
scribed high coipbs. 

(Continued In next week's issue) 



JOAN WHITNEYa«dALEX KRAMER 



I. 




vice - presidency), erected log 
cabins to typify their "grass-roots" 
candidate, Harrison; and served 
cider to tive populace, ■ 

There were now 2,775 miles of 
railway. 

Richard Henry Dana's "Two 
Years Before tlie Mast'' was pub- 
lished. 

Ijadies had special post-office 
windows and .even bowling alleys 
(to avoid ■ the tobacco-chewing 
male). 

A five-year depression (the 
i ele\ entli since 1790) got under 
way, and reached its height In 
1843. 



1841 

Tlic Carrier Dove, m., Daniol 

.Tohn.son. Additional words by the 
Rav. J. N. Mafni, J. F. Atwill, cop. 
1841. • • 

Molly Bawn (from: II Paddy 
Whack in Italia). w.,m,, Samuel 
Lover. ("II Paddy Whack in Italia" 
I was an English burlesque of Italian 
opera perfoitiied at the Lyceum 
theatre, London, 1841.) 
I My Mother's Bible, w., George 
' Pope iMorL-i.s. m., Henrj' Russell. 
■ I'lrth i:. Hall. Cop. 1841. 

.Niagara Falls, w.. m., Mr. Win- 
chcll, Boston; Henry PrentibS, cop. 
1841.- 



Batoneers Win Respite 
On Cal. Unemployment Tax 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Tlie California Employiiicnt Sta- 
bilization Cpjnmisslbri gave band- 
leaders s big break by declaring 
, , - 1 rf - 1, J- „ I that batoneers will not have to 

."^f TJ^'}}r.J^ll^lJ'^^.. commence paying retroactive un- 
employment tax of their men's sal- 
aries until July l, 1948. Previous 
ruling set the dale of July 1,1947. 

Last Marchi When the U. ^. Su- 
preme Gbiirt outlawed the Ameri- 
can Federation of Miisiciatis' Form* 
B cphtract, whit* James C. Petril- 
lo had hi|!h-hahdedly edlcted, fte 
tribuhal simultaneously ruled, that 
bahdleaders wei-e employers, not 
proprietors of theatres or hiteries 
wherein bands A*orked; and hence 
the leaders were responsible for 
the taxes, Cal. state then had to 
revise its setup. 

State paid off numerous claims 
from baUrooins. including rebaite 
of $23,000 to Maury Cohen, opera- 
tor of the Palladiuni, and ilnraedi- 
ately dunned all the bandleaders 
who had woi-ked Cal, since uncrii- , 
plqymen:;.ta3£:\Vas instiUited in 1943, 
for -those back taxes. 

M^iUT Paul; Musicians' Local 47 I 
board' menibei\ wetit 10 work for | 
Hie union, in behal t' oti bandleaders. 
He got the State three limes to up- 
date the period at whicli' the band- 
lleader Ayin be liable for the taxes. 
Last decision- was a Signal tritimph J 
for Paul, who waged the fight ] 
singlehandedly. ■ 



Par Gives Dolan Time Off 
For 2 Musicomedy Chores 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 

Paramount studio music chief 
Louis Lipstone has revised Robert; 
Emmett Dolan's songwriting pact 
to , give the tunesmith time off for 
two- Broadway shows. They are 
"Free and Easy," on which he'll 
collaborate with Johnny Mercer, 
with book by Slg Herzig and Mil- 
ton Lazarus, and Robert Nathan's 
musical version of Don Byrne's 
"Messer Marco Polo," on which 
Dolan will also eollab with Mercer. 

Dolan's old pact had four years 
to go. New one calls for four pix 
within the next two-and-half years, 
first of which is "Top o' the Morn- 
ing." First of the musicals, "Free." 
will open at the Coronet theatre 
Jan. 20 next year, with Leigliton 
Brill and Paul Schreibman produc- 
ing. Bankrollers Include Richmond 
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 
II. "Polo" is being aimed for 
Broadway opening in late Fall, 
1949. 



Remick's Chi Takeover 

Music publishing end of the 
Gamble-Hinged operation in Chi- 
cago has been bought by Remick 
Music, part of the Warner Bros, 
music group. Deal was completed 
last week, and the catalog, wliich 
has been a member of the Ameri- 
can Society of Composers, Authors 
and Publishers since the Socictv's 
inception, will be absorbed by 
Remick. 

Purchase does not involve G-H's 
music-jobbing operation or its 
other sidelights. 



Prima, RCA Named 

Iji Infrinjremenl Suit 

Louis Piiuia, Barbara Bell, En- 
terprise Music Corp. and RCA 
were named defendants in an in- 
fringcmciU suit brouglit jn N. Y. 
Federal court last week bv song- 
writer Nicola Paoilc. He" claims 
the quartet in Soptcmbeiv 1947, 
were responsible tor the transla- 



FAR AWAY 
PLACES 



LAUREL MUSIC CO. 1619 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 



George Ripley and his wife or- 
ganized "Brook Farm" near West 
Roxbury, Mass, -— a cooperative 
yen lure, again symbolizing the In- . 

tercst in Utopian schemes during ; tion ol his tune. ' O Kticcareddu" 
this «fa. It broke up six years ! <"^b' Litlle Donkey"i, into Eng- 
latcr. y- J.- ■■■ '-r- | lish and made a version ot the 

. William Henry Harrison was in- 1 number without his knowledge or 
augurated pj-esidenl, contracted | consent, 
pnouiiioriia during the rainy inau- l Panne 
gmal, died a month later, and was 1 ,,i^i„< 
succeeded by John Tyler. i-Piami 



. Fnntiired in M-G-M's Itis Hit 

"DATE WITH JUDY" 

IT'S A MOST 
UlSUALDAY 

Music hy.ee 
JIMMY MeUVGH 

. ROBBINS 



. according to the com- 
wrote "Sticcai(>ddu" in 



Ralph Waldo Emerson's fu^sl ! '"T-'" -^'.'l-^ - -^S^'i. and se- 

.eiics of o.s.says was published; exclusive riKlils by comply- 

likewise James Fcnimore Cooper'.^ witii ti, 
•'Dcer.-,layer," I charges thai 



- ■ ....n. ^ijg fopyriMlit law. He: 

Jl Prima and -Enterprise' 
Plays of the season were ^'^^^ combined and publicly per- 
"Aloney," "Jack Cade" (Uien called : formed by vocal and orchestra 
i "Aylmore"), "Surgeon of Paris." ' rendition and also joined with 
I and "London Assurance." ' | RCA to record the tune without 
I P. T. Barnum opened his mu- , his permission. An injunction, ac- 
I scum at Broadway and Ann St., ' counting and damages are sought, 



A DREAM OF A LULLAftY 

TARRA 
TA-LARRA 
TA-LAR 

OXFORD MUSIC CORP. 

1619 Broadway New Yorli 



WcdMnby, Novcnber 10, 194S 



49 



3 Numbers On THE HIT 

(3 out of 7) 

A TREE IN THE M 








YOU 




Our Present No. 1 Song 





No. 1 on Peatman Sheet 



and now 
Presenting Our Next No. 1 Song 








* * * 



SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN & Go. inc., 



Music 
Publishers 



1270 Sixth Ave. (Radio City), New York 20, N. Y. 



GEO. PINCUS Gert. Mgr. 



Vice Pres., DICK VOLHER 



CHfCAGO 
iRWIN BURKE 



MID-WEST 
LEONARD WILSON 



HOLLYWOOD 
SAMMY FRIEDMAN 



80 



ORCHKS'mA-MUSIC 



Wcdnefday, November 10, 194S 



Apes Moorebead Batdes 
Disk Jockeys' Anrings Of 
'Wrong Number' Album 

Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Agnes Moorehead is making an 
effort to stop disk jockeys from 
playing her Decca Becords album 
of "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the 
air. Wlnile the overwhelming per- 
centage of recording artists are al- 
ways angling to get the air platters 
played, Miss Moorehead wants to 
put a stop to the airing of the dra- 
matic recordings, feeling that it 
will eventually cost lier coin. 

Miss Moorehead has done live 
broadcasts of the Lucille Fletcher 
story on "Sflspense" over CBS, 
four times to date and is set to air; 
again on Nov. 18. Feeling is that 
platers, if aired constantly, will 
kill all future live performances^ 
Miss Moorehead has complained to 
Morty Pailitz, Decca west coast 
head, who revealed to her that 
nothing could be done about re- 
stricting the dramatic album from 
the air. 

No record, of course, is licensed 
for radio, but the case has never 
been won in court and it is com- 
mon practice for radio, juke boxes, 
wired music, etc., to use disks with- 
out reward to the artists. Accord- 
ing to the 1909 copyright law, 
nc-ver amended, no public per- 
formance of a phonograph record 
Is made for profit. 

Ten years ago Fred Waring in* 
Btitnted a suit in a Pennsylvania: 
court, charging that numerous 
Quaker State stations were injur- ' 
ing his live-radio entertainment 
status by spinning platters of his 
band. The batoneer lost his case, . 
although he did not fight it through 
for a final decision from the U. S. 
Supreme Court. 

Decision Reserved In 
BMI vs. Havana^Madrid 

Federal Judge Harold P. Burke 
last week reserved decision on 
arguments of opposing counsel in 
connection with an infringement 
suit brought in N. Y. Federal court 
against the Havana-Madrid, N. Y. 
nitery, by Broadcast Music, Inc., 
and several of its affiliated pub- 
lishers. 

BMI, Edward B. Marks Music 
and Pe^r International charged the 
niiery had used eight of their 
Latino tunes in August, 1946, with- 
out a proper license. . An injunc- 
tion and damages of $250 for each 
infringement was sought. 



THE GREATEST WESTERN 
SONG Of AU TIME 

Bob Nolan's Immortal 

COOL WATER 

(25 Records Available) 
AMERICAN MUSIC, INC. 

Oaret Romero, Pror. Mgr. 
»10» Siintiet Blvrt. lS7fl Krauilnny 
llDll.viMioil 4tt, Val. N«w York. N. i. 



RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS 



Survey of retail disk best 
sellers, based on reports ob- 
tained from leading stores in 
12 cities, and showing com- 
parative sales ratingt for this 
ond last week. 



National Week Ending 

NOV. 6 



This Last 
wk. wk. 



Artist, Label, Title 



DINAH SHORE (Columbia) 



1 


1 




1 


1 


1 


I 




1 


1 


4 


1 


1 




1 


107 


2 


2 




3 




•• 


2 


5 • 


5 






' 2 


•• 


•• 


5 


59 


3 


4 




6 


7 


6 


3 


•• 


7 


2 


1 


•• 


7 


•• 


7 


53 


4 


3 


"Maybe You'll Be T^here" 


4 


5 


9 


4 


2 




■> 


•• 


6 




•• 


2 


52 


5 


6 


j&Aic .ikXiauitH ijuoiuniDiii/ ^ 

"On a Slow Boat to China" 




3 






3 




3 


S 


•■ 


••' 


.9 


3 


49 


6 


7 


DORIS DAT (Columbia) 




6 


8 


S 


4 


8 


5 


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■< 








41 


7 


16 


l»J!<nn 1... ai'KiJiVU' xyirNvVf 
"That Certain Party" 


•• 




"■iy. 














2 


5 ; 




24 


8 


9 


"You Came a Long Way*' 


8 


2 




7 










8 


8 






22 


9 


»- 


lUiMlAtX l>UKS9i!iJL AVlClOn 

*'Unttl" 


9 


9 


5 




8 








9 


9 






19 


10 




!m%3. 9 1 Ar f UKIJ-ur. JMaClv AEi iCdp/ 

'Wue Bird of Happiness" ...... 


7 








8 


8 




••• 


5 








IS 


11 


14 


JU n 1 Ar r UltLI'-tir. JnaciiAl'i l\vdp.f 

"Say Something: Sweet"...,..... 






10 














4 


4 




15. 


12A 


11 


D. MARTIN-J. LfcWIa (CapitoU 
"That Certain Party" .-. 


5 






















4 


13 


12B 


10 


GORDON MacRAB (Capitol) 








« 










3 








13 


12C 


13 


VAUGHN MONROE (Victor) 






















2 




13 


13 


13 


BLUE BARRON (M-G-M) 

"You Were Only Fooling" , . . 




4 


















T 




11 


14A 




PRIMA SCAT.A (London) 
"Underneath the Arches". . 




8 


7 








8 












10 


14B 




C. MIRANDA-AND'S SIS (Decca) 
"Cuanta La Gusta" 






3 










9 










10 


14C 


15 


DINNING SISTERS (Capitol) 


























10 


15 




BENNY GOODMAN (Capitol) 












2 














9 


16A 




ANNE SHELTON (London) 
"The Night Has a 1000 Eyes". : 












3 














8 


16B 




ART LUND (M-G-M)' "■ 




















3 






8 


16C 


11 


CARSON ROBINSON (M-G-M) 
"Life Gets Teejus" . ... 






















3 




8 


17A 




JOHNNY EAGER (Grand) 
"Yon, You, You Are the One" 






4 




















7 


17B 




SONS OF THE PIONEERS (Decca) 


















4' 








7 


18 


18 


KING COLE TRIO (Capitol) 


























6 



FIVE TOP 
ALBUMS 



PREVIN PIAYS 
THE PIANO 
Andrfl Previn 

Victor 



SONG HITS 
1917-43 
Varied Artiito 

Decca 



3 

PROGRESSIVE JAZZ 
Album No. 2 

Stan Kanton 

Capitol 



Al JOISON 
Album No. 3 

Decca 



ciaMbake seven 

. Tommy Deraty 

Victor 



On the Upbeat 




(OlllyDilly) 
Santly-Joy, inc. 

1619 Broadway, New York 

IWIHK ,nt\, V,n\. Pr»r. MKr. 



New York 

Benny Goodman named chair- 
man of the band committee of the 
March of Dimes. ; , Count Basic 
into Frank Paldmbo's Click Club, 
Philadelphia, Dec. 13, for two 
weeks . . Illinois Jacquct set up 
music publishmg firm in N. Y. ■ 
called Gilbert Music Martin i 
Schnall named assistant manager i 
of Columbia's transcription depart- 1 
ment . Bay McKinley band into! 
Paramount theatre Jan. 5 Irving I 
Fields into Haleigh Room, Warwick I 
hotel, tonight (Wednesday). I 
Lesly Gray's Torch label cutting ofl 
"I ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues" • 
bought by Bullet . Marjorie Hy-' 
ams, vibraharpist formerly with 
Woody Herman, playing Broadwav i 
Hof brau . . . Alan McPaiee replaces 
Blue Barron at Tavem-on-Green > 
next week (17). , 



McGhee is now touring with 
Norman' Granz' .Tazz group . 
Henry Busse open.s at Bowery, De- 
troit, Nov. 22 for two weeks 
Chuck Foster staying at Roosevelt 
hotel, New Orleans, until Dec. 
14 Joe Sanders' first stand after 
reorganizing new band will he two 
weeks at Trocadero Club. Hender- 
son, Ky . , Lenny Herman closes a 
six-week stay at Glass Hat, Con- 
gress hotel, with invite to i-elurn 
to spot in April. 



AFM Nixei Victor 
(hi Reconb for O. 
Assn.; Names Were Seii 

American rederation of Musi* 
clans refused pennission to KCA- 
Victor to make a pair of' record- 
ings to benefit Xbm National Tuber- 
culosis Foundation. Permission 
was applied for late last week and 
refused by the AFM Monday (8). 
Recordings were to be made 
yesterday (Tuesday) by Vaughn 
Monroe, Perry Como, Tommy Dor- 
sey, Ray McKinley, Fran Warren 
and Sammy Kwe, They, with the 
exception of Miss Warren, a new- 
comer to the Victor label, repre- 
sent the pick of Victor artists and, 
fortunately, all happen to be work- 
ing or resting in New York at the 
moment. 

All artists and personalities 
working on the job and the techni- 
cal staff involved in the cutting of 
the disks, waived salaries or royal- 
ties to do the sides. And' Victor ex- 
pected to have' the recordings on 
the market within 10 days or so to 
lie able to take advantage of the 
Xmas Seat sales season, which is 
an annual funds-gathering period 
for the Foundation. 

AFM's refusal Is said to have 
been on the basis of RCA's inabil- 
ity to promise that distributors and 
dealers In disks woit,ld contribute 
their profits. This RCA couldn't 
and wouldn't promise. 

RapVs.BMIoDSIiarii^ 
Of Coin Dismissed in N.Y. 

A charge that Broadcast Music, 
Inc., collected money from hotels 
and various places of amusement 
other than radio without sharing ■ 
the revenue with certain of ils 
member publishers was dismissed 
last week in' N. Y. supreme court 
by Justice Samuel Hofstadtci-. 
Court held that the present com- 
plaint does not state a representa- 
tive cause of action. 

However, .fustice Ilofstadter 
granted Pen-y Alexander, Crest- 
wood Music, Shermack Music and 
Mello Music, who are suing on bo- 
half of themselves and others, 20 
days to serve an amendtid com- 
plaint. In tossing out the original 
protest the court ruled that "while 
the affidavits indicate that the 
plaintiffs' grievance seems to be, 
in part at least, unfair apportion- ' 
nient of the defendant 's revenues, 
the 1 complaint contains no ap- 
propriate substantiating allega- 
tions.". 



m SOMETHING 
SWEET TO YOUR 
SWEETHEART 



mtmnUmm 



Milts M If s i r 



Chicago 

Fred Waring slated for three- 
day appearance at Northwestern 
Universify, Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1 
. Robert E. Lederer, architect, 
huddled with Ernie Byfield in re- 
doing College Inn of Hotel Sher- 
man, which opened Fri. (5) Art 
Mooney goes into the Grand the- 
atre, Evansville, Ind., Nov. 10 for 
one week . Bernie Cummins set 
for Bismarck hotel's Walnut Room, 
Nov. 17 for 4 weeks. : Benny 
Stronx off on one-nighters Nov, 18, 
after close of long stay at Stevens 
hotel . . . Howard McGliee and his 
six-piece bebop combo pacted 
an exclusive with MCA last week. 



Hollywood 

Tex Williams' oatune troupe will 
one-night at Barstow (11) at $1,000 
guarantee against 809o of gross 
; Hal Howard^ booker in local 
MCA office, to Minnesota to tour 
1 with Horace Heidt, as agency rep 
I on expedition .. . . Andy Kirk band 
I m irom east to open four-frame 
stand at Club Congo downtown at 
I $2,500 per week Ina Bay Hut- 
! ton arrived, from N.Y. to re-form 
1 15-man orch here. After some up- 
I State one-niters, band will start 
I four-week date at Last Frontier 
I Las Vegas, Dec. 31, at $3,500 per 
I stanza Page Cavanaugh Trio 

set by General Artists lor string of 
I seven one-niters through Wiscon- 
, sin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio 
iD'Varga inked into Vivian Laird's 
for four weeks with four-stanza 
option. . Latin- Airs open Cinegrill 
this week tor four-week stay 
Desi Amaz will one-n|te at Casino 
Gardens Nov. 13; at Pacific Square, 
San Diego (20) . . . Leighton No- 
ble orch opens indefinite s{and at 



I Biltmore hotel, N.Y., Nov. 15 . 
Westlake College orch of Los Ah- 
i geles, headed by Jack Stearns, 
I doing a series of shows for vet hos- 
Ipitals in this area. The 32-piece 
I band is composed of vets studying 
^ under the GX Bill of Bights. 

! Pittsburgh 

1 Stan Bailey Trio, after long run 
at Hollywood Show Bar, into Club 
Cavalier . Horace Heidt band 

I plays one-nighter at Syria Mosque 
Thanksgiving Night .Ciro Rimac, 

I booked into Johnny Brown's Club 
for three weeks, will stav there in- 
definitely Tommy Turk has left 
Deuces Wild at Carnival Lounge" 
for three weeks to go on tour with 
Norman Granz' "Jazz at the Phil- 
harmonic" unit . Norma Kin^, ex- 
band singer, into Seventh Avenue 
Hotel Lounge for a run . Johnny 
Costa, pianist at Mercur's Music 
Bar, has a trio there how. Other 
members are Joe Negri on guitar 
and Cliff Hills on bass. They alter- 
nate with the Billy Vates foursome 
Wo5"^'S Webb, organist, and 
Weela Gallez, song stylist, into the 
Colonial . Pianist Eddie Heywood 
into the Carnival for a week ■ 
Baron Elliott's band hss returned 
to staff dutieij on Station WCAE 
after layoff of several months,..: 

?1H w •i.?'"^f'^^'*« rejoined her 
Jr and his orch 

at i-itth Avenue Cafe... Frank 
Vankovich outfit into Club Copa 
along with singer Peggy Lloyd. 

Johnny Costa, pianist-accordionist 
at Mercur's Music Bar.is studying at 

hul^^'f ^^^h S*^"""! »f Music for 
iiL"?®f^C®.'*<'Sree.. Barry Lane 

eS^age"me»t '""^^^^ 



TONY 



PASTOR 

"YOU STARTED 
SOMETHING" 

■/ . with ,■ 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY 



POLUMllA RECOltD 3a2f7 



PLEASE HELP US 

Qvr daddy, N«rman, h«- b«*n writing 
MRgt f»r 17. yean, cind w» think hii 
tons* g't fh* b*>t in th« world, but 
ht tayi h* don't know th* "fight pco- 
pl»" to thow hit tengt to. Wt tell 
him that wo or* th* "right ptople," 
but ho toy* for us to wait till w* flrow 
MP* : thbn wa'll undorttand. Won't 
•omoono ploato holp ui find thi 
"right poopU" to holp biir daddy? 

Ronni and Joan Temple 

1133 S. Laewn* Boalcvard 
Ui AaqelM «, Calif. 



THIS IS 

THE MOMENT 



(from "r/iot loily (n.'fnninoVi 
fWord«d:Bnd ttattifd by 

3 JAM UOWH io„don 

1 l*nr CLINTON 0.e» 

! TONY MMTIN v.cfor 

t CEOIIGI MXTON........,...„......A<,G.M 

C DINAH JHOkt ;.............C*l<<r>.J>.'ci I 

|; JO ITAFFORD Copilo/ I 



Mi'.liP VU .'C CCRP"R4T|0N 



Wednesday, Novemlier 10, 1948 



THE MUSICAL HEAT WAVE 

THAT 15 
SWEEPING THE WEST IS 

JUST 

A WARMER-UPPER FOR,.. 



Represented by 
THE PHIl BLOOM AGENCY 
8506 Sunset 
Hollywood 
CR 4-6064 



HOW: 



at FELIX YOUNGS, Holfyw.<Kl 
Recording for 

DISCOVERY RECORDS 

"Concerto for Trombone" , 
"Cornucopia" 
"125th St. Prophet" 
"Fontqsy for Voiee-Orch." 



7-Year Exclusive Composing-Publishing Contract 
With MILLS MUSIC CO. 

Special Material and Arrangements for Lena 
Home, Pearl Bailey ond the New Sensation 
Julie Wilson. 



52 



VAVIHBVIIXB 



Wediwsdaf, Nwvember 10, 1948 



Schine Circuit Preps for Vaude 
After Divorcement Nicb Holdings 



of Government's antl-" 
trust action on film circuits are be- 
ginning to be felt in the vaudeville 
boolcing offices; First major addi- 
tion to vaudeville because of the 
Dept. of Justice trust-busting activ- 
ities is now being made with the 
Schine circuit in upper New Yorlt 
state, which is considering spot- 
ting talent in several of its theatres 
for three and foui"-day stands. 

Al and Belle Dow agency, has 
been named boolcer for a series of 
Schine theatres. Towns and play- 
dates will be known later this 
week. It's reported that there will 
be at least three towns, Geneva, 
; Glens Falls and Amsterdam, which 
may play three or four days weekly. 

In a recent court decision, Schine 
circuit was forced to part with a 
number of theatres because owner- 
ship of all houses in the several 
cities created a monopolistic situ- 
ation; It's apparent now. that 
Sehine is forced to go after busi- 
ness and is instituting vaude shows 
to bolster revenues, 

It's regarded that Schine's e.v- 
cursion into vaudeville is experi- 
mental, and continuation will de- 
pend on outcome of the first few 
. weeks of operation,. 

The major theatre circuits will 
also watch the Schine move into 
live talent. Majors are now in- 
volved: in divorcement proceedings 
with the Dept. of Justice; If more 
competitive situations are created, 
it's, felt that vaudeville shows will 
be . utilized in order to fill larger 
houses or in situations where an 
exhibitor cannot get a sufficient 
flow of top films. 



3 !New Orleans Bistros 
Socked With Tax Liens 

New Orle&hs, Nov, 9, 
Tlie Collector of Internal 
Revenue Friday (5) placed tax liens 
against tliree niterjt operators here. 

The revenue department said a 
lien of $8,562 has been ordered 
against Louis Messina, operator of 
the Gypsy: Room, for admissions 
from March through May,, and for 
July, all of this year, A lien was 
also placed against Messina for 
previous admission taxes by the 
Government some time ago, 

A lien of $3,205 for additional 
social security and cabaret taxes 
was placed against August Schoen- 
ling,' owner of the Avenue Spot,' 
and for $3,191 against James W. 
Armstrong, operator of a Vieux 
Carre bistro, for income tax for 
.1946-47. 



The Hard Way 

Lucy Monroe will travel 
'4,000 miles within a couple of 
ddys to comig to Madison 
Square Garden next Monday 
(15) to sing the Nati'^nal An- 
them and "Hatikvnh" at the 
Nlglit of Stars benefit: 

Songstress, currently tour- 
ing the southwest military 
hospitals, will fly from El Paso 
to N. y. for the annual show 
for the Palestine cause, and 
then lly right back to Texas, 
It's at her insistence, since 
she has been. doing tlie honors 
every year and she didn't 
want to interrupt her personal, 
record: 



Benny Fields has switched from 
the Associated Booking Agency to 
General Artists Corp. 



FRED KEATING TRIES 
SUICIDE IN NEW YORK 

Fred Keating, former vaude 
headliner as a magician, was taken 
to Bellevue hospital, N. Y., after 
what police describe as an attempt- 
ed suicide, Monday (8): It's re- 
ported that .Keating was despond- 
ent because of paucity, of engage- 
nients: He',wiU recover; " ] 

Keating, shortly after entering 
his room at the Ashley hotel, I 
plioned down to the room clerk 
that he had slashed his wristsy He 
was treated at St, Clare's hospital 
and afterwards was sent to Belle- 
vue for psychiatric obseiTation. 

Keating made his showbusiness 
bovr as a magician, but had dropped 
legerdemain in favor of -talking 
comedy. 



Names Hypo Biz 
In Pitt Terpery 

Pittsburgh,. Nov. 9. 

Bill Green's, big dancery on the 
outskirts of town which has been 
almost strictly an on-the-hoof spot 
for 18 years, has caught the fever, 
too, and is going in for names on 
a big scale. Biz done in recent 
months by Three Suns and Ink 
Spots When booked in as extra at- 
tractions is believed to have made 
up Green's mind in that direction. 

Spot currently has Monica 
Lewis,.' in Addition to an orch for 
dancing, for anniversary show and 
between now and first of the year 
will bring in Charioteers, Jan 

August, Louis Armstrong and 

Merry Macs. Green plans to spot 
name bands occasionally as well. 
Charlie Spivak comes in next 
month. 



Barto Drafted as AGVA M Sec; 
Trial StSl to Be Set on Rebel Gains 



Govt. Shuts Chi Jazzer 

. Chicago, Nov. 9. 
Argyle Show Lounge, jazz spot 
on the / Chi scene for years, has 
been closed by the Government for 

non-payment of taxes. 
Auction lias been set for Nov. 16. 



Residential Ruling' 

Kayoes K. C. Nitery 

Kansas City, N6v. 9. 

There'll be no Sunnyside night 
club on K. C.'s south side, under 
a ruling handed down last week by 
tlie Missouri supreme court. 

The building, a former stable 
and riding academy, had been en- 
larged by Victor Brown, owner, at 
a cost of $35,000, with the intent 
to bring in top-name bands for a 



CHI CHINA DOLL CLOSES 
AS PARTNERS DISAGREE 



■f Acrobat Dewey Barto was draft- ■ 
ed as.; natioipal a^itiiinistf ative sect ' 
rjftarjr of tiie AnKrican (Juild of 
Variety Artists after Ni T. Sui 
premie , Court Justice 
eeri vacated, a temporary injunct^^^ 
obtained by a 'dissident AGA^'A f ac^ ■ 
iXon. which forbade . the uhioii' fV^nl • 
installing officers. 

Injunction, served two days pre- 
vious to the meeting slated t<) ■start 
last Monday lU. fdi'cie'd ilie 
tional board to act fts a .diiscussiojfi .; 
group without power to take any 
action. When ukase was rubbed 
dinner-dance spot. Instead tlie'Oil the record, group put into for- 
court ruled the property can be;mal motions that whicli it liad dis- 
used only for residence purposes, jcussed from Monday to Wednesday, 
^ • i Immediately following the selec- 

tion; of Barto,. Dave Fox, executive 
secretary of the N.Y. local, tend- 
ered his resignation, but accept- 
ance was tal)led. #eijdiri^s; en. at- 
tempt to persuade Fox to continue 
Chicago, Nov. 9. \'^^}}^^\ P'^st. . „ , 

China Doll, Loop dine - and- 1 Motion was made to give Barto 
dancery that opened in home of I $300 week y salary but Barto de- 
old Latin Quarter in September, »l»"<i«<' "l^t salary be reduced to 
shuttered Wednesday (3) for an i?200 weekly He had been serv- 
indefinite period reportedly be-l'^S m the N.\, office on a voUin 



cause of disagreement among the 
spot's partners, over policy, prices, 
etc.. ■ ■.. 

China Doll opened in September 
with a name band policy, Alvino 
Rey's orph starting the ball rolling. 
Key pulled out two days before 
closing date because of disagree- 
ments with management and pay- 
cliecks that bounced. Financial 
difficulties were settled and a local 
four-piece orch took over the 
following week, playing to few 
pati'ons. 



THE TIME: October 21st- November 4th 



THE PLACE: Mayfalr Room, Blackstone Hotel (Chicago) 

THE GIRL: JOAN EDWARDS 

THE RESULTS!! 



"Joan Edwards, making her debut in 
Chi's cafe circuit, unveiled a side new 
and fetching to many in this room 
. . . her keyboard skill and adroit in- 
time .styling added a nice touch of the 
unexpected to on otherwise reward- 
ing iieder session." 



BAXT. 
VARIETY, 



Oct, ?7. 1?48. 



"Gus^ Edwards' blonde niece, Joan 
Edwards, does a neat one-woman 
show at the Bfackstone's Mdyfoir 
Roenlii If your only acquaintance 
with the versatile- singer is via the 
Hit Parade, catch her act." 

NORINE FOLEY, 
Chicago. Daily Ntwi, 
October 2«, 1948. 



"The New Faces Revue currently In 
this chichi hostelry continues to hit 
the spot, with Joan Edwards hitting 
even harder than comic Abe Burrows 
who did a creditable job, both on the 
floor and at the box ofFice. id Ed- 
wards, now sporting a platinum 
thatch that's added plenty to her 
glam, Is, more vivacious and really 
punehet everything across." 

JOHNNY SIPPEL, 
Billboard, Nov. 6, 1948. 

"The songs of Joan Edwards, radio 
and musiear comedy, star^ are ear- 
delights for the distinguished crowds 
of supper-clubbers gathering nightly 
at the Blackstone hotel's swank May- 
''falr"Roem." 

CHARLIE DAWN, 
Chicago Herald Exomiirar, 
October 28, 1948. 



Thanks Everybody 



aa4ue 



P\ $.: Las Vegas, here I come . . . (November 10) 
(At The "El Rancho/' of course) 

Personal Management: MIKE VALLON, 
355 N. Conon Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 



Vivienne Segal Embassy 
Bow Postponed Again 

Vivienne Segal's N. Y. cafe bow 
at the Embassy has been postponed 
for a second time. Music comedy 
star, reported down witli the flu, 
was originally slated to bow last 
Wednesday (3 ) and new opening 
date had been set fO(r tonight 
(Wed.l. 

Embassy ops are hopeful that 
she'll open at the end of the 
month. Jaclc Garroll, singer, opens 
tonight instead. 



teer basis since former national 
administrator Matt Shclvey was 
ousted by the Associated Actors 
and Artistes of America. 

First formal order of lousiness 
was the full return of AGVA's au- 
tonomy by the 4A's, after which it 
passed resolutions asking, for re- 
peal of the. 20% amusement tax 
and tlie Taft-Hartley law. 

Committees were set up to 
liandle problems of televisiotti club 
dates and reduction in tlie num- 
ber of benefits. Board also elected 
a national executive committee 
comprising Jerry Baker, Margie 
Coates, Jimmy Lyons, Henry Dunn, 
(Continued on page 54) 



Atlanta Spots Active 

Atlanta, Nov. 9. 

Nii-Nu Castain and combo will 
open Thur,sday (11 1 at Henry 
Grady's Dogwood room. Begin- 
ning same date, that hostelry's 
Paradise room will ofTer Don 
Grimes band, Elizabeth Talbot- 
Martin, impressionist; Jaywalkers, 
comic singers, and 'ted and Flo 
Vallett, batoneers. 

Buddy Moreno and crew, with 
Perry Mitchell, Frank Hudec and 
Don Boyd, opened last week in 
Aiislcy hotel's Rainbow Roof. 



Wally boag 

6S0TH 

PERFORMANCE In 

VAL PARNELL'S 

''STARLIGHT ROOF" 

London Hippodrome 



AMJBKI(':\v 



I.ONHON: 
CliarlfB Tucker 



Trompoliningl/ Yours . 

PAUL & PAULETTE TRIO 



NEW 2-DAY VAUDE STAND 

The Sherman theatre, Stroud.s- 
burg, Pa., is instituting a vaude 
policy starting Nov, 28. House will 
play shows Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Al)e & Joe Feinberg agency is 
booking. 




AMERICA'S TOP HEADLINE SINGING GROUP 



Currently 

CLUB BAGATEUE 
NEW YORK 



All major _Netwnt-|i«; 
Tlientrcs and Gluhi, 
D. S. iind Cannda 




VICTOR 
FAVORITES 



BOYS 



i 



, ' . Personal Diroctlon^BD RitCKmi 
VPOS RKO Billlillnit, New York 80. N. Y. 



Clicia t-tSM 



VALDO and PRINCESS PAT 



THE MUSICAL MENTALISTS 

TELEVISION-THEATRES-HOTEL$ 
NIGHT CLUBS-BANQUETS-CLUB DATES 

Per. MqK; MAX TISHMAN. U74 Broadway, New York 



PERSONAL MANAGEMENT 
MICHAEL STEWART 

iU Wt«t 47th itnt 
N«w rarh, N. Y. 



0f2eiUHf J\faoieik^e^ l6Ut, 

Barney Josephson's CAFE SOCIETY 

ApfMifUn^ iu lite. Samuel QolAiMfii. Mo4dcal 

"A SONG IS BORN" 
COLUMBIA RECORDS 



54 



vavdeviuuee 



Wednesday, November IQ, X94A 



Keith's, Boston, to Resume VaudeviDe 
After AFM Agrees to lO-Wk. Minimam 




' - : Boston, fiov.- 9. ■♦• 
Hub's Local 9; AFM, has reached { 

an agreement with heads of RKO 

for the return of stage shows to 

Keith's Boston. 

Stage shows were discontinued 

last May and were expected to re- 



Roy Fox's CircQS Room 
Opens in Dec. in London 



Florenoe Desmond, slated to sail 
Ifor England, Dec. 17, will return 
I in time for a stand at the Black- 
stone hotel, Chicago, early next 

I Riiss Emery, formerly of the 



.London, Noy. ft 
Bandleader Roy Vox, who after 
, _ . , , ^ , returning to the U. S., for several 
sume In early September, but due'ygars has been striving for some 
to management's 'inability to line j time to make a comeback in 
up topflight shows for consecutive ; Britain, opens in December at Mur- 
weeks, latter wanted local to agree [ray's Glub in the heart of London's 



: to ''spot-book';" pit band 

' New agreement, which goes into 
effect Immediately, guarantees pit- 
musicians, at least 10 weeks' work 
and will probably extend beyond 
that if . satisfactory stage shows can 
be booked.' as RKO Boston is only 
house m town that has had a hver 
show policy for several years. :. 



land, Dec. 9. He's added a third 
girl to the act. .'■.■.•'■i. . 

Harry Richman, opens Ndv. 19 at 
the Carousel, Pittsburgh. Larry Ad- 
ler pre^tras at that spot Nov. 29. .. 
, . Beatrice Kraft inked for the 

j West End when spot resumes. The I Beverly Country Club, New Or-,^ 



Back to Civilian Use, 
Resuming Shows 

London, Nov. 9. ' 
Reorganization in the BBC varie- 
ty department will follow the resig- 
nation taking effect on Nov. 30 of 
Hire's airshow, set for" Samovar, .Mark White, producer of the radio 
Montreal, Nov. 22, along with Bay- ; "Jazz Club" and co-producer of 
mond Chase and Cathy Moore. I "Band Parade," the British hit 

Dave ApoUon into the Vogue { parade counterpart, 
room of the Hollenden hotel, Cleye; , On Dec. 1, White is joining 



Club is to be renamed Roy Fox's ! leans, Nov. 24 



Circus Room, 
■ The interior is now being con- 
verted into a replica of a circus. 



Princess of Satire 




JUST CLOSED 

KAI.KKill ROOM. 
WARWICK HCtTEIj, .V. Y. 

OPENING 

NOV. WTH, CAFK LOliK(i1<;. 
SAVOV I'LAKA, NEW ¥OKK CITY 

DOROTHY 
DOUGLASS 

Dorothy Douglass hina a. fine collec-. 
lion .■ of . special material that- ahould 
place her- in the upper ' strata of in- 
time cafe worlcera;- The material ts^ 
clever and' clean' and^wrltten " with' an, 
.itiin ■■ to pleasiti?-. .the.- carriajte .-trade, 
■si Pipers. ■ ■■ ' ■ '"■ ■ 

. .. . Hhe passes muster on looks atid 
gurh . . . / she impresses tta being;, a 
ffood bet for.ioffit as well.- Jose.' 
■(Oeti;"'io, 'vaTipiy.>; ' 

... Spcciiil ; Itliiteriiil by . .. 
SVI) SHWV 

ruhncit> : 

ART VKVNKMN 
l*t'r; 'Mfft.: MAKTIX UAUM 
Mirertlon: .im:S /llOlil.KK A<iKNCY 



SUGAR CHILE'-OASER 
PACT OK'D BY COURT 

" : Detroit, Nov. 9. 

Term contract putting Sugar 
Chile Robinson, moppet pianist, 
under the management of Joe 
G laser's Associated Booking Corp., 
of New York, was approved here 
last week by the probate court. 
Agreement goes into effect imme- 
diately. Glaser was here for the 
decision. ; 

Robinson, whose home 



Eleanor PoweU plays Borsalino's, 
Cleveland, for 10 days starting 
Nov. 19. 

Tommy Dix plays Clover dub, 
Miami, Nov. 17, following current 
run at the Embassy, Jacksonville. 

Vice Damonc signed for the 
Copacabana, N; Y.^ starting Dec. 2. 

Bobbie Baxter slated to open at 
Le Ruban Bleu, N. Y., Nov. 17. 



Pircker Rebels At 
^ AGVA Request For 
Cleve. Nitery Bond 



. ,,: Cleveland, Nov. 9. 

Herman Pirchnet* is first Cleve- 
is in I land nitery owner here to rebel 
DietroU, is an important b.o. name | against the latest American Guild 
in the middle-west and in.the east, i of Variety Artists demand for.-cash 



In the past two years the young- 
ster's gross earnings surpassed 
$275,000. 



Palumbo's Enters Name 
Stakes, Sets Thomas 

Palumbo's, Philadelphia; has en- 
tered the Quaker City talent 
. sweepstakes with the booking of 
' Danny Thomas for that spot Jan. 
14 

Thomas' booking into Palumbo's 
puts the spot in competition with 
the Latin Casino, Chateau Cnllon 
and the Celebrity room, all of 
which book name talent. 



bonds guaranteeing salaries of per 
formers at his Alpine Village. 

When Blackie London, local rep, 
informed him that he would have 
to post a $2,000 bond with AGVA, 
the impresario flatly refused. 
Bather than concede to what he 
termed a "preposterous demand," 
Pirchner threatened to yank all 
the acts from his theatrerrestau- 
rant Nov: 15 and install a policy 
of iguest"name" orchestras; 
■ Currently playmg in the spot's 
show are Howard and Wanda Bell, 
hand-balanccr.s; Profe.ssor Olgo. 
mental wizard; Ted Taft's line ol 
dancers and a haSf-dozen .local 
singers in stock light opera com- 
pan^■, backed by Frankie Strasek's 
band. • 

It's, a matter of principKi— -not 



the newly reopened Empress Hall, 
Earls Court, London, as production 
manager. His job there will be to 
organize, produce concerts and 
shows for this .10,000-seater, which 
is to be run on Madison Square 
Garden lines. The Hall was de- 
requisitioned only recently by the 
government, which used the prop-; 
erty for imUitary purposes; ' 



Barto Drafted 

i Continued from page SZ ; 



Will Aubrey, Lenny Paige, Harry 
Mendoza, Eddie ' Rio, Ralph Mor- 
gan, Georgie . Price, Rex Weber, 
Myron Cohen; Jack - Gwynne,. Al 
Tucker and .Cal Emmett. ' 

Board also voted for monthly 
membership meetings in' all 
branches to be held the first Wed- 
nesday of every month. First 
branch meetings . will be held Dec. 
1, at which time the various 
branches . :WiU ' elect executive 
boards. 

Action on Benefits 

Most surprising action by the 
group was taken on the question 
of benefits. Board voted to fur- 
ther study the free show situation 
and if at any time the union feels 
that the situation is getting out of 
hand, it has the power to - set up 
its own benefit control on all shows 
in; which AGVA performers are 
asked tO: appear gratis. ^ If latter 
action is taken at &ny time,. Thea- 
tre Authority, which currently po- 
lices free talent, displays, will auto* 
matically be junked. 

The executive committee con- 
tinued to meet after the national 
board ad.iourned Saturday. Rem- 
nants of the coitimittee will remain 
in -New York to further; discuss 
AGVA matters. 

However, the carrying out of the 
national board motions and reso- 



Kent ARA Prexy 
For 10th Term 

William^ Kent was elected presi- 
dent of the Artists Representatives 
Assn. for the 10th straight term; 
at a meeting ot the AltA board held 
yesterday (Tues.). Kent has headcid 
this agents organization Since Its 
inception in 1940. 

Elected vice presidents were Nat- 
Lef kowitz, William Morris Agency ' 
treasurer; Art Weems,- General 
Artists Corp. veepee; and Jack 
Russell, head of the Entertainment 
Managers Assn. of Chicago. John : 
Dugan, of Mu«lc Corp. of America 
was named secretary, and Nat Kal-^ 
cfaeim of the Morris office was 
selected treasurer. 

Board members are Kent, Jack 
Davies, Mark Leddy, Nat Lefko- 
witz, Phil Offin, Sol Tepper, Art ' 
Weems, Charlie Yates, Ben Ku- 
chuk, and Jack Ru.ssell. 
I Board members selected from 
] associate agent ranks are Milton 
Bergen of the Singer & Tishman 
I office, and Billy Shaw of the Moe 
I Gale agency; Jack. Katz- was .re--, 
tained as counsel for.another term. : 




HELENE and HOWARD 

club Dates and Television 
In New York 

Dir.: MAm HOSEN 



Robey, Franklin to Stage , money operator said m explainmg u,tions are contingent upon the 
\r Jt n _j. • XT' fU ^^^""^ again,st AGVA on the 'outcome of court proceedings by 
VaUde l^OncertS m rS W K 'ash bond issue. "My business I the AGVA dissidents. Justice Din- 
Ken .Robey, producer of the a-edit is A-1, my establishment is [een, in vacating the injunction, re- 
short-lived "Hilarities" and, in con- financially sound and its record in manded the case to trial, date of 
junction with Joe Franklin, a disk dealing with entertainers unblem- 



jockey, will stage a series ot vaude i 'shed. AUhough I am willing to 
' ■ • ' • ° ' post . $2,001) with an authorized 



concerts at the Mosque theatre 
' Newark, starting Nov. 20. A series 
: of eight shows is planned, 
i Opening lineup isn't definite yet; 



bank or any other legally respon- 



which Is still to be set. Should the 
court uphold the . plaintiffs, -it's re- 
garded ^that the national board ac- 
tions will be voided and new elec- 




Manny Opper 

that new comedian 

78th Week 

HoUywood. Shew. Lounge 

.. .'Chicaga' 
!»•«. Wjt.r IBV. tEVIN- 



Freeman's 6-Weeker 

Chufk Freeman has been signed 
for the Queens Terrace, Woodside, 
L. I., for six weeks, starting Nov. 
25.. Boots McKenna booked. 
. Comic is the son of Charles Free- 
man, talent booker for the Inter-^. 



sible party, I refuse to place that tions will have to be held 
amount in the hands of AGVA, | case is actually a continuation 
which IS too unaccountable in its of the proceedings instituted in the 
actions. I name of Shelveyj which was dis- 

Pirchner also tangled witn|missed with prejudice during the 



COMEDY MATERIAL 

^or AH Branchm of Thtalricali 

FUN-MASTER 

"Th* ORIGINAL Show-Biz Gag Fib" 

Not. I 10 22 @ $1 each 
3 DIFFERENT BOOKS OF PARODIES 
(10 in oocfi book) $10 per book 

FRKE COFX ' or "HUMOR BCSI- 
NKSS," The Sliow-Biz Cacoxlne with 
each #3,011 mtolmum order. 
Send lOe for llstt of - other: eomrdjr 
mnterlab •oonn, . parodiei, mlnHlrel- 
patter, -btack-onn, etc. 

NO e.o.D.'s 

PAULA SMITH 
tO« W. Stth Street, Mew York W 



AGVA's representative . here re- 
cently over transportation money 
which London claimed had not 
been paid to a Noel Sherman unit 
on its Alpine Village engagement 
last season. 
Impresario insisted he had given 



I state Circuit, Texas: He previously ! round-trip railroad expenses in 
; worked und(!r the name of Dink j cash to the troupe's booker in New 
' Freeman. i York, but had no receipt to prove 

I I it. To settle long-drawn-out con- 

I Ann Hathaway into Club Charles, | troversy Pirchner paid off again— 

With a check this time-^but said 



Baltimore, Nov. 23. 



LOEW 

BOOKING 
AGENCY 



he was getting fed up with AGVA's 
"sniping tactics.'' ■ 



summer. Shelvey and several other 
litigants were forbidden to take 
part in AGVA affairs under terms 
of an out-of-court settlement. How- 
ever, initial petition under which 
proceedings were started contained 
the signatures of about 2,000 
AGVA members,. Case is being 
continued -on behalf of the re- 
mainder. Arthur W. A. Cowan, 
Shelvey's Philadelphia attorney. Is 
behind the suit's 'continuation and 
has retained the N.Y. law firm , of 
Halpern, Nathanson & Scholer as 
his correspondent attorneys. ' 




«INERA( IXtCUTIVt OFFICES 

lOEW BUIIDINO ANNEX 

;IM W. 4«h St.N. V. C-MyanlM'IM 



ONT 



Saranac Lake 

By Happy Benway 

Saranac Lake, N. Y., Mov. 9. 
I Belated Ilollowe'en Party was 
I given at the Rogers by "We the 
I Patients" with the traditional cider i 
I and doughnuts buffet lOnch. Bill ! 
; "Decca" Lalis, Arthur Slattery, i 
1 Andy Grainger and Mary : Mason { 
! hosted the affair. | 
Victor Gamba suffered a setback 
that rushed him back into the Will 
Rogers 

Virginia Godwin here received 
her O.K. and left tor her West- 
port, Conn., homo. 

Mable Burns mastered a minor 
1 operation at the general hospital 
l and back at the Rogers. ! 
I Rube Bernstein. Arthur Proffitt 
j and Bill Lalis motored to the U. S. ! 
Veterans hospital, Sunmount, N. Y., ! 
to visit Albert Smith. i 
Dr. George E. Wilson, medical 
I superintendent of the Will Rogers, 
to Pittsburgh for a two weeks va- 
I ca.sh. 

i The best trick that "The Amaz- ' 
i ing Mr. Ballantine" ever did was ' 
, to pull his final good health papers 
out of his hat, He left for N. Y. C. ' 
I to resume .work at the Diamond 

• Horseshoe. ' 
I Edward (1ATSE1 Gaiser, into the . 

• general • hospital for the. Bronso- | 
scophy operation... - 

Write to those who are ill. 



THE COLSTONS 

currently at the 

PALLADIUM, LONDON 

wer* chosen to do the 

ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE 

Nov. 1st 



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Weilncsday, November 10, 194S. 



Night Club Reviews 



Copacabana, N. Y. 

Joe E. LexsAs (Austin Mack at 
■ptmo), Diane Adrian, Bladcburn 
Tioins, Terri Stevens, Sonny Caleh 
lo, Copa Girls <8), Michael Durso 
and Fernando AUivares bands; $3 
md $4 minimum. 

The king is back and, to corn a 
cliche, Joe £. Lewis proves almost 
conclusively— almost, . mind you — 
that the king cdn do no wrong. 
But he does. In -this respect; the 
kingpin cafe couvert-catcher has 
gotten Into too much the same 
groove. 

It'j$ the material. It's almost en- 
entirely |iow johnny-one-note — ^the 
double-entendre pattern. And this 
kingsize saloon star doesn't need it. 
The pixie personality that is Joe 
Everlovin' Lewis has gone - the 
way of a male Pora Maugham, 
POi'othy Ross, et al. Almost, but 
pot quite, And it's simple enough 
to mix 'em up, Lewis is too stand- 
•rdi too surefire; and basically too 
staple a bistro bombshell to have 
to rely 90% on smutty lyrics. 
. : In a measure, this may be more 
the fault of his management, the 
bistro bosses, the doting customers 

fnd even ^he - same doting press, 
'ew if any cafe personalities en- 
joy so direct a cordiale entente 
with press and public alike. By 
nature a gregarious guy, unsparing 
of his time and talents, Lewis is a 
kid who gets around at all sorts 
of places with all sorts of people. 
There are only « few like that in 
show business who, whether by 
4lesign. or accident, have a happy 
faculty of mixing so well that it 
Interprets : itself into potent box- 
office. Sophie Tucker, Morton 
Downey, Harry Richman in his hey- 
day as a saloon singer, fall also 
into that category. 

Result has been, to get back to 
Lewis, that he can recite Toots 
Shor's menu and they '11 guffaw. The 
way Lewis unfolded at the Copa 
to SRO you'd think they were giv« 
Ing away MoAte Proser with steaks 
T^it - was a potent tribute to his 
draw. But as his routines devel- 
oped there was awareness that 
much of his cute and clever wordr 
age of songs like ''Poor Little 
Feb.," "Play Gypsy" (". . . and 
tell .' .me, who. makes ■ your ■ eai"- 
rings?") and kindred solid mate- 
rial had , given way to too much 
of the same thing. Result was that 
When he did Interpose such jsolid 
idea songs as "Will There Be a 
Racetrack Up in Heaven ('Cause 
I'll Never Get Even on Earth')" 
and that parody on "Rosie's Little 
Nosey Needs Shortnin' . Bad," he 
Was just as boffo. ■ 

If he would intersperse, kindred 
type comedy material with sprim 
.klings and gags about Gallup's polls, 
'When Oysters Are. in - Bloom," 
(VSeptember Song" parody )i that 
saucy "Ballerina" parody, "I Can't 
Remember Last Niglit" and "It's 
Time We Had a Party of Our Own," 
Lewis, would be back . on solid 
ground all the way. But let not 
the latter segments overshadow, as 
occurred at the preera, The saloon 
throwaway gag about the customer 
is always tight (but not always 
right) cropped up with requests 
for more of the same, and this is 
where Lewis* judgment about mix- 
ing .'em up and pacing them well 
figures. And Joe E., by now, not 
only should but does know all the 
answers on audience values. The 
more vociferous the demands for 
the indigo the less articulate, usu- 
ally, is the reasoning. . Goes with- 
out saying, of course, that every- 
body has a complete awareness 
that people don't go to niteries to 
learn to spell. 

Otherwise, the rest of the show 
Is as topnotch as its star. Most 
«f the numbers are holdovers but 
slightly refurbished. So are the 
girls, some of them looking like 
"old satchels" in their early 20s, 
instcadnfHf the i'^^s^^ young things 
In theJiT teens during the Lena 
Home semester. Maybe it's that 
more severe opening costume ; to 
"Once Around the Moon," because 
they're perter and perkier in the 
Tyrolean sequence. ■ 

Diane Adrian is featured. She's 
* comedienne of promise who, how: 
ever, need spnghtUer material. 
Lewis discovered her in a musical 
bar joint in Las Vegas, segued her 
to New Orleans and now the Broad- 
way opportunity. Miss Adrian is a 
. tall, attractive songstress, who sets 
her premise with her opener, "Sing 
Me Not a Ballad," and highlights 
with a Chevalier impression (in 
French). Miss Adrian is said to 
have been formerly known as 
Diane del Rio. 

The personable Blackburn Twins 
' male) are good subfeatures with 
song-and-dance. They now include 
a new conceit with a femme dum- 
my but in the main they're a good- 
looking pair of boys, appealing to 
the femme customers and the type 
whom the men can't resent. Terri 
Stevens and Sonny Galello are the 
other two cast features, numbei- 



leading the ensembles in okay song- 
dance style. 

Lewis clicked from the gong 
With kidding-on-the-square refer- 
ences to the fact he had to rewrite 
all his Dewey jokes; cracks about 
Margaret tearing up her orches- 
trations, etc. His small-talk about 
horses, naturally, has now become 
as standard as Benny's toupee, 
Berle's "Spring in Brazil," etc. As 
,§1 saloon song salesman, he's No. 1 
on the cafe hit parade. Lewis is a 
cmch to ride the Copa to smash 
business past Jan, 10 when he 
breezes to Florida, Per usual, the 
Mike Durso and Fernando Alvares 
bands s do competent show and 
samba jobs. Abel, 



Latin Quarter, IV. Y. 

Low WoUers production staged 
by Natasha Kam^rova; stars Sophie 
Tusker; features June Graham & 
Richard D'Arcy, Edward Michaels, 
Landre & Vema, Tommy Trent, 4 
Step Bros., Gail Benrtett, Dorothy 
Reed, itftriam Gwynne, Winton 
Frankel, Ruth Webb, Dtcfc Grayson, 
Dawn Mclnerny; 15'Showgirls; Ted 
Shapiro at pianoi Art Waner and 
Buddy Harlowe bands; songs, Joc/c 
Yellen; costumes, -Kathryn Kuhn; 
$5 minimum. 



. Between Joe E/ Lewis at the 
Copa, Belle Baker at the Harem, 
and now Sophie Tucker at the 
Latin Quarter^ it's , old home week 
on Broadway, And there's no gain- 
saying the authority that comes 
with the showmanship born of ex- 
perience. It's manifest right down 
the line, and particularly in the case 
of Soph who has been away two 
seasons from Main Street, Proud 
of her ..Xondon and Paris con- 
quests, she dramatizes it effectively 
but, what's' more, she delivers on 
her own as of yore. 

- It's, the same old Soph, ; as for 
41 years,' but better -— and still 
going strong. Coming on after an 
already basically -strong show 
might have surfeited the cus- 
tomers, Miss Tucker is an or- 
chidaceous ' and T ermine : flash on 
entry— -and a .Man o' • War- at the 
finish; With the: same show-wis- 
dom she manifests' right through,' 
Soph leaves 'em hungry; But not 
without putting in a pitch for her 
records and autobiog (she an- 
nounced over $350,000 had been 
donated to her pet charities) which 
are sold at the door. 

Jack Yellen has given her some 
sock new material, much of it even 
more saucy than the Tucker tradi- 
tion. And some of it, perhaps, a 
little too much so. 

But from her opener, "I'm Glad 
I'm Living ('Cause I'm Living in 
the USA)," to her "Amalgamated 
Red Hot Mamas" for the finale, 
She's a dynamic single woman on 
that rostrum. Ditties, not for. tlie 
kiddies, like "I'm Living Alone and 
I Like It," "Never Let the Same 
Man Bite You Twice" (pulpit 
pitch), through "Inhibition Papa 
Don't You Frustrate Me (I've Just 
Been Sexu-Analyzed)," are smartly: 
broken up with a, yesteryear med- 
ley of surefire oldies like "Beauti- 
ful Doll," ■ "Alabammy Bound" 
(avec strut) and of course her 
trademaiked "Some of These 
Days." 

That Soph's an atomic boxoffice 
draw in almost any environ was 
manifested at the London Casino 
this summer and at Les Ambassa- 
deurs, Paris, as was true in Chi 
at the Cliez Paree and now here. 
She almost pars Lou Walters' 
irather exti'avagant program billing 
for "her majesty . . queen of the 
entertainment world.'- 

The rest of the show is lavish 
splash against an operatic back- 
ground, teeing off with a modern 
version of the Champagne Song 
from "La Traviata"; thence Cho- 
pin's Polonaise as a midriff musical 
highlight; and the finale Rhapsody 
in Color. The progression paces 
smoothly and pitches to solid 
heights as June Graham & Richard 
D'Arcy register with their ballet 
routines; Landre & Vema with 
their ballroomology, of which the 
major feature are those quite sen- 
sational shoulder whirls (look ma, 
no hands!) and heroic lifts. They 
do four dances, which is perhaps 
one too many in light of the show 
length but they click all the way. 

Tommy Trent with his puppets 
evidences vaudeo's appeal as cus- 
tomers seem to recognize them 
from TV— or do all Punch & Judy 
shows look alike to the public? 
Then there is Edward Michaels, a 
robust barytone who should either 
gauge his distance from the mike 
or dispense with it; he's an expert 
vocalist who leads his numbers 
solidly. 

But the real sock are the 4 Step 
Bros, with their legmania. It's the 
Harlem quartet's nitery debut, hav- 
ing done vauders mostly, but it's 
obvious they can play <and please) 
aiiywherc: That youngster with his 
kangarOo-hop style of breakaleg 
hoofing, and tlie finalist's intricate 



tiptop toe-tap terps put the 4 Steps | 
plenty of steps ahead of the field. < 
Mme. Natasha Kamerova has | 
done a fine , job of staging and I 
dance-routining. She's a vet from ' 
Paris and the old Clifford C. i 
Fischer French Casino (N, Y,) pro- ' 
ductions. Impresarios Walters and 
E. M. Loew have thrown away 
the rubberbands on a lavish set of 
trappings which makes the new 
Latin Quarter show one of the best 
of the new season's entries, sure- 
Are for anybody's $S minimum, 
Abel. 



Harcin, N. V. 

(FOLLOWUP) 

Schmaltz in iheaVy doses is be- 
ing doled out currently at the 
Harem, sparked by Belle Baker, 
the new headliner here; And, ap- 
parently, the kind of schmaltz that 
Miss Baker has been .selling the 
customers is still paying off; 

There is little difference in the 
style of Miss Baker over the years, 
and that includes her knack - for 
wringing your heart with her poig- 
nant lyricizing,. She attempts one 
risque comedy lyric, the sort of 
thing that she doesn't need an'd 
which never was her forte. Per- 
haps this is her concession to what 
she considers the modern "hep" 
idiom. But there need be. no con- 
cessions by an artist who can still 
sing the oldtime schmaltzy melo- 
dies the way Miss Baker : does; 
there need be no apologies for any 
of them. 

Miss Baker through the years 
has been closely associated with 
s u c h numbers as "10 Baby: 
Fingers," "Always" and the like, 
and she can still hold an audience, 
particularly with - the inevitable 
singing of her by-now classic 
"Eili Eili," It is probably the num- 
ber by which she is best identified, 
and she still whams it home. 

Billy Vine is the new comic on 
the show. He works hard and 
draws a considerable quota of 
laughs. Vine apparently has: had 
considerable patience in having 
studied the material of several 
name comics. In the carbons that 
he does of the name comedians, 
he utilizes the best material of 
these— with proper credit— but it 
doesn't dissipate the impression 
that it's an easy way for him to 
get sock material without paying 
for it. He does all of these well, 
but at the same time sharing the 
frailty of many enterprising young 
comics who lack good original ma- 
terial; 

This bill: otlierwise comprises 
such holdovers as Delage, the click; 
personable magico; the Moroceans> 
aero male . quartet who still sock 
over; Marcia Leighton, cute little 
ballerina, and Monsieur Piroska, 
dervish-type dancer. Kahn. 

rollojgc Inn, €hl 

(HOTEL SHERMAN) 

. Chicago, Nov. 5. 
Jim Ameche, George Tozzi, 
Honeydreamers (5), Kermit & 
Gloria, Skitch Henderson's Orch 
( 13 ) with Nancy . Reed and Andy 
Roberts; $2.50-$3.50 minimum: 



VARIETY BILLS 



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NEW YORK 
Capitol (L) 

•Tcan Sablon 
Ted Straeter 
Wesson Bros 
.Betty .Bruce ■ : 
KanjtzBWa .1 - 
Muilc Hall il> II 
Paul'Haakon 
D EtheridRe \ 
June , Winters: . ., 
Karl Llppy: ■ 
Nonchalants . 
Vferner I.ywcn 
Uiclvard T. Kardas 

Paramount (P) f 
Jerry Wald Bd. 
Frankie .Laine. . 
.Connie Haines- 
.Dave Barry ■ 
Clark Bros 

Roxy (I) 10 
Peter Lind Hayes 
Mary Ilesly 
Gaudsmith Bros 
Jack Cole 
'Arnold Slioda . . 
Joan Hyldoft 

Strand (W) 11 
Vaughn Monroe ~OlPc 
Jolinny Mack ' : 
BALTIMORE 

Hippedroms (I) 11 
Lloyd & Wims 
WaUy Ward CO . 
Ronnie : DeauviUe 
Cy Reeves 
4 Eltfins 

Stat* (I) 11-13 
Marlon Dawn ' 
AUan Reno 
Dobaa Duo 
14-17 

Wood & Hubbcl : 
Bobby BolUns- 
4 Avalons . 
(one to «U) - 

Royal (I) n 
U Armatrong llev . 
Earl Hines Ore 
Louis & White 
Zephyrs 
Janet Sayrc 

BUFFALO 

Buffalo (P> 11 
Horace Heidt Rev 
CAMDEN 

Tewara (I) 11r14 
J ft E Hayden 
L ft L Bernard 
Ade Duval Co 
Buddy Lewis : 
Noble 3 

HARTFORD . 

ttata (» 13-14 ; 
Mickey Rooney 
StaKK McMann 3 
Eileen Barton - 
The Jansleys 
3 Swifts V . : 
KINGSTON 
B'way (WR) 11-11 
Kay ft Kay 
G Sanborn' 3' 
Beruie OeorKa . 
Gamer ft Wilson 
3 Extremes 
MIAMI 

Olyinpla (P) 10 
Havdocks 
Lee Noble 
Ginny t,owrv 
Ken Maynard. 
Slate Bros 



CHICASO 

Chicago (P) 12 .: 
Ink Spots 
Peter Lorro 
Wally Brown 
Buddy Wtialing Co 

Oriental (I) II 

3 Barretts: 

J ft $ Steele 

WUke ft Dare 

Bobby Brecn 

Pee Wee Hunt Ore 
CLEVELAND 
Palace (R) II 

Harmonicats 

Alan Carney ■ ' 

Rosemarie 

Uerzogs 

4 Evans.'..'. ,, 

COLUMBUS 
Palace (R) TS-i; - 

C Cavallaro Ore 

Rlcardo St Norma 

Johnny Morgan 
DAYTON 
Keith's (R> II 

King Cole 3 

Steve Evans . 

Roehellc ft Bccbe 

Penny. Edwards 

Vanderbilt Boys 
PATERSON 
Ma|*ttlc(l> 11-14 

Renee &■ Jim 

Tony Francis 

Grazlano Bros 

GeoiKe Freems 

The Diocoits. 
1i-17 

Fayne ft Foster 

Derby Wilson 

Ade Duval Co 

Ncal Stanley 

The Bodos 
PHILADELPHIA 
Carman (1) 11 

M Bowes Amateurs 
READINO: . 
Ralah (I) 11-13 

Ray Eberle Ore 

Bobby Van 

Pedro ft Durand 

Kate Murtih 
. ROCKFORD 
Palace (I) 11-14 

'■Riot o" Fun" 

.rack Sher 

Alvino ft Blue 

Ted Grant 

Landona ft Midgets 

(one to fill) • 

SARATOGA IPCS 
Csnfrtss (WR) 13 
•nly 

Kay ft Kay 

Gieanon Sanborn 3 

Bernle George 

Garner ft Wilson 

3 Extremes 

UTIGA 

Stanley (W) 1S-17 

Johnny Long Ore 

luero Bros 

Jack E Leonard 
WASHINGTON 
Capitol (L) II 

Mage ft Karr 

Viola Lane 

Pat Hcnnine 

Dolinoff ft Rava Sis 
Y0UN6ST0.WN 
Palace (I) 11-14 

C- cavallaro Ore 

Bicarda ft Norma 

Johnny Morgan 



I SHEPHERDS BUSH 

[■■ ■■ Empire 4S) .« 

.1 Chester Morris 

I Reg Dixon 

I llelga Stone 
Sid Plummer. ■ 
Montrcals 
Havic ft Renee 
Stewart: ft Mathew 
SWANSEA 
Empire (M> I 
Terry Bartlett 
Colin Ross: 
Harry Secombe 
Timer Bros 
Reg Darnely 
WOLVERHAMPTON 
Hippodrome (M) S 
La Petite Poupee ' 



BRITAIN 



In reopening the College Inn 
after a four - month shutdown, 
hotelier Ernie Byfield uncorks sev- 
eral surprises, ..including the show 
itself. New ornamentation ranges 
from abstract sculptures to very 
concrete ."starlet" waitresses, deb- 
lilce and delectable in offrthe- 
shoulder gowns. There are two 
sets of vari ^colored revolving 
lights. The stage is backed by a 
new light screen and: the walla 
are tricked out in gray and char- 
treuse. Tariff is moderate withal. 

Show, written and produced by 
radio's Sherman Marks with special 
lyrics by Marvin David; is a de- 
cided departure from standard 
nitery presentations, ;It adds up 
to a variation on .an . all-Gershwin, 
concei-t, interweaving dialog, ferp^ 
and other: action in'a stage and 
radio synthesis.. Jim Ameche, 
brother of the film actor, narrates, 
the Gersliwin saga, standing at a 
lectern and reading from script. 
Narration is impressive but the 
role needs integration, with the 
I script memorized. 
I Sliow opens with song snatches 
! f rom the Gershwin library,.: then 
swings into evergreens, from "Of 
Thee I Sing," with Andy Roberts 
delivering the title tune and the 
Honeydreamers bouncing, a pair,, 
Songstress Nancy Reed and Slcitcli 
Henderson, cast as Gershwin at the 
piano, turn in a fine play of a 
toi'Pher, followed by George Tozzi 
chanting "Plenty of Nothin!" 

Kermit and Gloria, barefoot 
terpers of the Katherine Dunham 
school, score in a sizzling tum that 
departs tVom Gershwin in a drum- 
pounding frenzy. Other segments 
that register for top hands include 
"Suinmertime" and "Lady Be 
Good." . 

Tablevholders responded vigorous- 
ly throughout. Tozzi, Roberts and 
Miss Reed handle their solos in 
good style and the Honeydreamers 
click in preci.vion stuff, Baxt. : 



•IRMINGHAM 

HIppadromc (M) t 

Henry Hall Ore 
Ted Ray 
S ft M Harrison 
.nil Manners 
Meribelh Old 
Maple Leaf 4 
Dorecn Eastwood 
Albert Marland 
•RADFORD 
Alliambra (M> • 
Roper ft Maisle 
Reid ft Squires 
Anita 

Dick Benticv 
Bill Waddington 
Max ft Gang : 
Falcons 

Raymond Smith 
Bartictt ft Massey 
CARDIFF 
New 'S) « 
Ma.v Miller 
Woodward 
Dassie Bros 
Alfred Thripp 
Duncan tiriiy 
E ft J Paul 
Zelda Day 

CHISWICK : 

Empire (SI t 
G n Elliott 
Gertie (Utana ■ 
Nellie Wallace 
Eila Sliieids 
Randolph SwMon ■ 
Talbot O'FarreU 
Billy Danvers 
EDINBURGH 

Empire (M) :• 
Jack .Anthony . • 
Bert Cecil 
Ray ft' Lynn 
Richard Adams 
Delyse ft Jeanette 
Bainbridge 3 ft ■' 

'Irene 
Man'ey ft Au.stin 
FINSBURY PARK 

Empire <M) . I . 
Ilex & BefiHie . 
Frank Ma ilowB 
Dolaii'e 
■f .Smyth 
Lucille Benstead 
FYed Lovello . ' . 
Lai Founs 
..Joe: Loss Bd . 
GLASGOW 

Empire (M). I 
Lucerne Skaters 
Clcor^e Formby.. 
Harkford ft Oovte 
Tommy -lover Co ..i 
Stuart ft Gray 
Arthur Worsley ■ ■ 
Bob Parrish 
.Myrons 

Olscii ft Sea ision 
LEEDS , 

Empire <M) I . 
Frank Ramlle 
Gus Auhrfv : . .' 
Ben Warren Tl'P 
Hal Sw.'nn Co 
Rita She;u-er 
A J Powers 
John nod«*n . 
Mandalav Smerrt 
LEICESTER 

^Palace rs) • 
ID waketield' Co 



Cilia's Dogs 
Bobbie Kimber 
.Adele .'.' . . 
Hilda .Heath 
Alf Thomas 
J ft A Grant 
Sid .Howard : 
LIVERPOOL 
. Empire (Mi l , 

3 Shades 
Derek Roy . • 
Rona Ricarda 
Jack Duraiit 
Boy Andro 
George Robey 
Peggy Cnclirane 

J luster Shaver Co 
ack RadcIilVe 
.Reg RedcIifPe 

LONDON.:: 
Hippadrem* (M) • 
Vic Oliver 

pat Kirkwood 

Ficd Emney 
Waliy Boac 
tfelachvino Ore 
Itarilyn llighiower 
Michael Benlme 
Julie Amirews 
.lean Carson 
Santiiro Ud 

Palladium (M) I 
Cheerful Cluiriie 

(,'liester (;o 
.tolm Boles 
Colstons 
/oris.: 

SkaUng Ryles : 
Beatrice ft 
Benedict ' 
Warren 

Latona ft Sparkes 
Jean Inglis 
France Clcry 

MANCHESTER 
Hlppedreme; (Si I 
.5 Smith Bros: 
Wences 

Morrie ft Cowley 
V .Tulian ft Pets 
Waiiabias 
Van Dock .. 
El OranildaS ft 

. Peter 

Hope ft Ray 
NEWCASTLE 
Empire (M) I , 
Norman: Evans > 
P ft F King 
swan Leigh ■ 
Radciiftc ft Ray 
M ft C Cray 
Austin ft Worth 
. NOTTINGHAM 
Empire (M)' I 
N Mills ft Bobby 
I H ft A Pearson 
i 2 Kcllys 
! 4 Bobncs 
I Simpson's 

Hiimanettcs 
! Lain ft MuseKe 
I 0«.1ie Noble 
Bertie Hare 

PORTSMOUTH 
Royal (Mi i 
Nat Jackley 

4 Hurricanes 
4 Pagolas 

M&rienne Lincoln :. 
Jack Francois 
Rol>ert' iiari'iff 



Peters Sis • . , 

4' Morrellys 
Herschel Henlere 
4 Curibas ' 
Norman Wisdom ' 
Forbes ft Mutphy 
JiU ft . Jean . 
Condos 

WOOD GREEN 

Empire (t) • 

Billy Cotton Bd . 
Billy RusseU 
Bob Andrews : 
Dorothy Gray. Co 
LeS Vaiettos 
DeBeaf ft DuBray . 
Marshall ft Aoton 




NEW YORK CITY 



■agafell* 

DorotlML. Boss 
Deep Hiver Boy* 
Kui-t Maier 
Eddie Fisher 
Brevoort 
Dahne HeUman . 
Marion Manners ; 
3 . Flames 

Blue AnisI 
BUI Lawrence . 
.Striders 

George Premie* 
Imogene Coca 
Fletcher ft Shcldy 
Ellis Larkin: 3 
Cafe Jamet 
Pat Harrington 

■ Carnival . - 
Louis Prima Ora . 
' Cafe Society 
.lack GUford • 
Dave Martin Oro , 

Cepacabana 
•loe E Lewis . 
Austin Mack 
Diane Adrian 
Blackburn Twin* 
Terry Stevens ■ 
Sonny CalcUo' 
M Durso Ore 
Alvares Ore 

Clilna Don 
Noro Morales Ore 
Jose Curbello Oro 
Florence Hin : I10.W 
.roe Won* ' . 
Beatrice ITuiiit' Oy« 
Line (7) . . / 
Diamond HsrMine* 
Menny Youngman i 
.lack Gansert 
Billy Banks 
Clioral Sextet 
H SamUer Oro 
Alvarez Mera 
Juenger Ballet Line 

Ebony 
Pearl Primus 
Kimmer Sis 
Cook ft Brown 
Oliver Travers 
Esy Morales Ore 
B Harding Oro 

El Chico 
Fernanda Crespo 
Maria T Acosta 
Trio. Casino 
Rita ft Rozino 
E Vi/caino Oro ' : .: 

■mbatty 
Jack CarroU 
Sujata ft Oraica 
Pupi Campo Ore 
Sacasas ' .Ore 

: ' Harem 
Belle. Baker 
Billy Vine 
iviaccia Leighton . 
Moroccans" 
Ko<l Alexander 
V Travers Ore 
Ue Lage 
Wahgcr Line ' 
Pivoska 

D Roberts Oro 
Havana-MadrM 

Los Bocheros 
De Castro Sis 
Mildred Ray Line 
Ralph Font Ore 
Machito. Ore . 
Hotel ••Imo'f-PUm 
Betty Jane Watson 
Eddie Stone Ore 
George De Witt 

Hotel Blltmar* 
RU8S Morgan Ore 
Harold Nagel Oro 

Hetel Edison 
Henry Jerome Ore 
No 'I Flflh AVO 
Nancy Andrews 
Goodman ft 

Kirkwood -.. : 
iiii/.el Webster 
Downey ft Fonvillo 
Hotel Ambatiador 
(•'red Oliver Ore 
Wiiliam Adier Ore 
WiUiam Scotti 
Hotel: New Vorktr 
itay McKlnley Ore 
Hotel Penntymnia 
Tommy Dorsey . 
, Hotel PItcadllly 

Dell Trio 
I Hotel Plaia 
, Charles Trenet 
] G &■ M Champion 



Rosalind Courtrighl 
Leo Reisman Ore- 
Mark Monte Ore 
Payson Re Ore 
Nycola Matthey Of 

Hotel Plerra: 
Roger Dann 
Hoctor ft Byrd . 
Ch«s Readelr. OlM 
Van Smith Ore 

Hotel St Morita 
AUce TyreU 
Dick Wlnslow 
L ft B Roberts 
Mervyn Nelson 
Fred Marks 
Soft Winds 3 
Herman Schoon 

Hotel ttk RCflM 
Nan Wynn . ' : ■ 
Laszlo ft Fepito 
M Shaw Ore 
Hotel RotHvtir 
Guy Lombardo 
Hotel Savoy Pin* 
Irving Conn Ore 

Haiti TaH 
Vincent Lopez Ort 
Charlie Drew 

Hotel Warwick 
Don Held 
Dorothy Douglas* 
Dave Mknn 
Jan August Or* 

Latin fluartar . 
Sophie Tucker 
Ted Shapiro 
Landre: ft Verna 
Step Bros 
Tommy Trent ■■ 
June Graham :• 
Richard DarcK. 
Miriam Gwynn* : . 
RutHWebb 
Winton Frankel 
Eddie Michael* 
Dick Grayson 
Prominadera 
Ving Merlin Or* 
B Harlow Ore 

Le Dlrectoir* 
Abe Burrows 
Frank Vork Ore - 
Gringo Ore 

Le Pearequat . 
Hugh Shannon 
Martha Short 
Marvltt: Raymer • 
. Le -Ruban •l*W 
Connie Sawyer 
Thelma Carpenter . 
WiU .lordatl 
Raymond Chas* 
Julius Monk 
Norm.ann Paris I . 

Leon •> Cddl*'* 
Eddie Davis 
Art Waner Or* 
..Narda " 
Caii Conway : 
Richard Bain 
Graham. Sis: 
Allan ft Nobles 
Shepard Lin* 

Old Roumanian: 
Sadie Banks 
Johnny Howar4 
Sandra 'Kirlay 
BCUa Smaro 
.Toe LaPorte .Or* 
D'Aquila OrC: 
.Savannah 
Howell ft Bowscf 
Ida James 
Hot Shots 
Tops ft WUda 
Nata ft Rava 
Phyllis Branch 
Lou Dixon Or* 

Splvy's 
Wade Donovan 
Roslynd Low^o 
Spivy 

Versallie* 
Edith Piaf 
Bob Grant Ore. ' 
Panchito Oi'c . 

viliag* Barn 
Harry Ranch Ore ■■■■ 
Shorty Wan-en Or* 
Paullngs 
Piute Pete 
.Villafl* Vanswrd 
Jay MarshaU : 
Dottle Reid . 
Loumel Morsan • 
Billy Taylor 

Waldor^Alf*ria 
Eddie Duchiit Or* 
Margaret JPhelan . 
McCarthy ft. Farrell 
Mischa Borr Ore • . 



I Biackhawk 

I Al 'l-racc Orch . 
.' Jackie Van 
I Hotel ■limark . 
' Patricia Windsor 

1' & M; Arnaud 
I I'eKgy Murdock 

J Featherstone Or 
I Heiilnft 
I. Gus Van ' 

Ralph Lewis 
1 Jane CiemenS" 
■ Andy Nelson ;0 (4) 
: h Edaawatcr Scach 

Stan Kramer ' 

01 Ka 

■' Will Osborne Ore 
r I) iliid Dancers (13) 
I'- ■chei 'Pare*'. 
ilarvcy stone 
The Vagabonds 
Grade Barrie 
p Franks ft Janyce 
Adnrables (10) ; ' 
C Davidson O . (11). 
' J Rodriquez Ore 



CHICAGO 



Hetfl Stevens 

Benny Strong Or* ' ; 
B ft F Ballard 
John Flanagan 
Jean Arlen 
Marian Spclman; : 
SkaUng Bivdears 
Bog Turk 

Kebficid ft Del Tor*. . 
Doris Donavan . 'o . 
Elwood Carl:" ' 

V Palmer H*UM : 
Gi^ft Williams Or* 
Robert Lamoqret 
M Abbott Der* UAt 
Stan Fisher 
D'AngcM ft Vanya 

•lacksten* 
Mata ft llari 
Nancy Donovan 
Joel Merman Oreli. 

Vine Gardens 
Mel Cole Otf - 
Joey Bishop 
Jildle Manner* 
Pancno's Rhnmba B 
Dauiel«. *! : Danic#. .. 



S6 HOVSB REVIKWS 



WedncMlay, November 10, 19411 



Paramount, IV. Y« 

'■. fronfcie Loine, ' Connie JIainc«, 
tiave Barry, Clark Bros. (2), Jerri/ 
Wold Orch; "Scaled Verdict" 
{Par), reviewed in Vahiety Sept, 
8, '48. 



the second movement of the 
Mendelssohn Concerto. Number is 
smartly staged, with male and 
femme chorus massed in back- 
ground all "playing" dummy vio- 
lins' and humming vocal accompan- 
iment. Miss Winters then sings 
"Mr, Paganini" to telling eJEect. 

Then the turntable swings ab- 
ruptly to bring on the sprightly 



It seems that -virtually every 
house on the Stem has adopted the 

formula that prevailed at the nowi--. - „ A.,ki„« f.n 

vaudeless Loew's State with Rood Roekettes "n a smart, flashing tap 
results. With orchestras losing 1 routine to finish off the shpw. 

.their boxofiice potency, the book-i oran. 

ers have started using as many as 

four acts and a band per bill — , r'-^K^i W«al> 

not much different than the State t..apiloi, wasn. 

format. j Washington, Nov. 9. 

However, there's a slight differ- , Harrison, Carroll & Ross, Marc 
:; ence in the current Paramount i Ballero, Andre Andree itv Bonnie, 
show, which has a quartet oif turns Woody & Bobby; Sam Jack Kauf- 
on the bill. Bob Weitman and man Hotise Orch; "Larceny" CU). 
Harry Levine; continue to^ aim the ! ■ • • ■ 

talent at teenster tastes. As long ' j^,^ ^^^^^ ,t the 



as that viewpoint is retained, the ■ _ , , . ni-tnrB 

normally lagging matinee trade I (^apitol «^here a th^^^ 

will continue to hold up nicely. T'itrnif^^nrf lf„?^ 

PiMiiro is ainuxl in tabp rnrp of ' Harrison, Carroll and Koss cop 
•duU ev^nine^diencM I'^e lion's share of the mitt action 

•duit evening aumences ^.^j^ ^ ^^j^^jy ^^^^^ nj^^^sel which 

Primary appeal to the youth i f j^,^ mouth organs to some 
movement is contained in Frankie i comedy to a workout at the piano 
Laine, one of the latter-day swoon- 1 jap dancing, and even a little 
ers whose Mercury disks are a | jitterbug. It is an oddly balanced 
comfort to the stockholders of that | {ggm of a man, a girl and a dwarf, 
firm. His vigorous tune rendition? , gu „hom put In their licks, 
are productive of applause for the I the turn's shortie, turns out 
youngsters and similarly provide ; a ve'satile performer who 

the adults with a high degree of j„a^.ps ^ith the mouth organ. 
Interest. He does exceedingly well ; shacks at the baby grand, does a 
at this house. 'The juve trade would ; number of clever dance steps, and 
like to keep him on indefinitely i „ gg^ the laughs. At one point 
However, this trip Laine should | hashes into the orchestra 

have added a few new numbers to 1 1 ^j^g ^ girl, for good returns, 
his cataloe. While his familiar | Hj^„ison and Carroll both work 
tunes hit the applause jackpot he i ^t dancing and playing but 
Tmight have added to his stature . ^ ■ the act 
with a couple of more recent tunes, r „ n ^ ^i,.,. T,in'„ 

Nonetheless, Laine's appearance . Marc Ballero, the bill s comic 
here indicates that his novelty ! smgle, gallops through a wide 
hasn't warn off. He has what it . variety of imitations some very 
takes to pull 'em in. good "ome fairly good, and some 

Although two singers on the lay- , not good at all. Act starts with 
out might ordinarily prove repeti- some burlesquing ot radio pro- 
tious in this house, routining of! grams generally. From this he 
the show eliminates any conflict, switches to the commentators, 
Connie Haines, a pert item, has] such as Gabriel Heatter Kalten- 
happily de-accented her stylizing born. Clem McCarthy, etc -rhen 
and concentrates on musical values ' he veers to the song stylists, mii- 
only. Result is that she's a definite i tating among others Vaughn Mon- 
click. Sht has a neat mixture of iroe, Frankie Lane, Sinatra, Ted 
ballads and Thy thm numbers which Lewis, Al Jolson etc. Ballero 
makes its impact on the payees. scores best with his wrkout on 
Comedy is provided by Dave (the commentators and his kidding 
Barry, who wraps up the joint with i of radio shows. He does poorly as 
a personable line of chatter and an imitator of Jolson and Cantor, 
impressions, and the Clark Bros. ' Andre, Andtee and Bonnie are a 
click with their tap routines. I rather dressy novelty ol dancing 
: The 'Jerry Wald crew does a good | mannequins. The dancing is only 
job of showbacking and get a I fair but the two gals are very at- 
chance to do some numbers on I tractive and the idea of them being 
their own. Topping their efforts is i clothing dummies coming to ■ life 
Wald's clarinet work in "Clarinet i lifts the performance several 
High Jinx." Jose. [ notches above what it would de- 

• ■ 1 serve for the dancing. 

Music Hall* N. V. Curtain raisers are Woody and 

t' t -j jr r. IT I » 1 Bobby trick acro-skating team of 

"len who work fast and clean 
presentation with, Rtchord Tetiey , ^ finish very strong in a number 
Kardos, Earl hypvv. June Winters, ^ ^j^gtlr twirls the 

Dorothy Ktheridge, Paxil Haakon, i3 fastened only by a 

The Wonchalants. Werner LBioen,. ^ to his partner. Act is first 
Rocfcetfes, Corps de Ballet (^^'or-i 'gte Lowe 
ence Rogge, choreographers). Sing' 



Raxy, IV. Y. 

peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, 
Jack Cole Dancers 16), Arnold 
Shoda, Joan Hj/Ido/t, H. Leopold 
Spitalny Chonts, Roxyettes, Paul 
Ash Orch; "Unfaithfully Yours" 
(20th), retJicwed in Variety Sept, 
29, '48. 

-The Boxy, this trip, leans to com- 
paratively fresh talent whose work 
is still essentially new to 
vauders.' Mainstays of the bill are 
Peter Wnd Hayes, assisted by Mary 
Healy, "and the Jack Cole dancers, 
both of whom have picked up con-, 
sidcrable followings through their 
appearances in top N; Y. cafes. 
Hayes, since his return from the 
servicci has played -one vaude date 
and since then has been working 
the plush saloons. Nonetheless, he's 
still fresh enough to score on that 
angle. 

Hayes is one of the more gifted 
comics. His approach, demeanor 
and charm are .always, evident. His 
materiali similarly, hasn't worn out 
as yet. However, Hayes, being one 
of the more progressive funsters, 
has indicated that following his 
Roxy engagement, he'll retire for' 
six months and will write himself 
a new act, even before his present 
turn hasn't reached maximum cir- 
culation. At' this housei - even with 
the comparatively long' time al': 
lotted him, he doesn't' do his com- 
plete act, but what he does is well 
selected and tribre tlian meets the; 
demands of this house. He does the' 
trip around New York bistros, a 
! brace of songs with Miss Healy and 
a few other items that click. 

Colei wbp has made an impress 
as the finest dance act on the 
boards today, does only one num- 
ber to close the show: The zoot 
ballet, which is one of the strong-^ 
est in his catalog, . gets tremendous 
salvos and then the curtains close; 
The audience feels gypped. Under 
these circumstances, neither Cole 
nor the theatre gets the full bene- 
fit of his talent It might have 
been better if some of the . pror 
duction were eliminated to. provide 
more time for Cole. 
. The : time consumed in, the proi 
duction surrounding the skating 
sequence might have been better 
used if It were switched to the Cole 
group. It's nicely staged, how- 
ever, with the H. Leopold Spitalny 
chorus providing background tO: 
Arnold Shoda's classy blades work. 
Joan Hyldoft also clicks in a brief 
skate tum and the Ri>xy line pro- 
vides decorative atmosphere. 

■ Jose. 



A Salute to Two Children of Vaudeville 



By JOE UURIE, JR.' 



' A week ago Saturday atght;, (Oct. 30) I sat with my brother Lambs 
and' celebrated the Golden Anniversary of the partnership of Joe Smith 
and Charlie Dale. Fifty years together, working continuously in sho^r 
biz, makes these boys the last of the- vaudeville Mohicans! Only Fox ik- 
Ward and Mclntyre & Heath beat them in point of continuous part- 
nership, but they are dead and Smith & Dale are very much alive! 

They started in the late horse-and-middle-railway age at the Atlantic 
Garden on the Bowery and u^ed^t-as a springboard to fame. They 
have gone through . all the talent-mills', variety, vaudeville, musical 
comedy, legit, pictures, night clubs, radio and video! Tliey became th* 
darlings of Father Wow!, masters of the abdominal outburst, causing 
great laughing landslides throughout this country and England for 50 
years. With their hilarious humor they have caused a smile-a-minute. 
Fifty years of attending to the business of making fun — no boozing 
episodes, no divorces, no scandals, no. notoriety-— justrgot. there through 
sheer talent! What a record. ' Nice, eh? 

As we watched them on the tiny Lambs stage, years swept back the 
curtain as we strolled down Lang Syne Lane; . Here were two guys - 
that started when McKinley was president, when Clyde Fitch, George 
Ade, Augustus Thomas, Charles Hoyt, David Belasco were writing th* 
nation's shows; when Weber & Fields, Richard Mansfield,. Maurice 
Barrymore, John Drew, Lillian Russell William Collier, Andrew Made, 
James O'Netll were tops. When VThe Old Homestead," "Uncle Tom's 
Cabin" and the "Florodora" Sextet were doing their stuff. When the 
Gibson: Girl was the tops . in American art^ the Bowery - was really the 
Bowery. Those were the days of the' Klondike gold rush, Corbett- 
Fitzsimmons fight, H)ibson and the Merrimac, the Rough Riders, Ad- 
miral Dewey. Yellow Kid was the big, cartoon of the: day; you could : 
go to Europe for $50; and all the, candy stor^. had candy hearts with 
"I Love You Truly," written on them. > 

They've come through three wars. League of Nations, race riots, 
Klu Klux Klan, T. W. W., all kinds of strikes, birth of Equity, AFRA, 
AGVA, Screen Actors Guild, talking pictures, death of \audeville, ' 
birth of radio and television, bathing beauties, Hall-Mills murder, mah- 
jong, Coue, "Yes, We Have No Bananas," women's suibage, ladies 
smoking. Tea Pot Dome, Model T Fords, Aimee Semple McPherson, . 
Billy Sunday, Calvin Coolidge, crossword puzzles, Dempsey-Tunney 
fight, Lindbergh flight. Daddy Browning, marathon daikcers, prohibi- 
tion, gang murders, Florida boom; the crash, the recovery, presenta- 
tions. Worlds Fairs, band craze, Crosby, Sinatra swooners, the passing 
of burlesque, La Guardia, United Nations, "The Jolson Story" and tele- 
vision A heck of a journey to make and still be funny! 

And here they were^^on a little Lambs stage, looking as young as 
ever with just a sm^U commission, to Father Time. They wear tbfi cap 
and bells becomingly. And in this bubblegum age of the theatre, when 
anybody that can read can be a comedian, it was nice, to see Smith & 
Dale, not only the. past masters of comedy but the present masters of 
comedy bemg honored. Not honored for just being together 50 years-^ 
hell no, BroaHway and Bleecker street have been together over 7,5 — but 
honored for being an honor- to- the profession of fun-making and re- 
paying them' for giving us so many happy and pleasurable moments in 
the theatre. 

Smith & 'Dale are two-swell guys who leave you with a nice taste in . 
your heart! 



Chicago, Chi 

Chicago, Nov. 5. 
Peter Lorre, Ink Spots, Wall*/ 
Brovm, Bobby Whaling St Yvette, 
Jack FuUon's House Orch; "Road 
House" iWB). 



mg Ensemble (I^ay HoUey, di- 
rector); symphony orchestra 
directed by Alexander' Smallins; 
costumcsy dames Stewart Morcom; 
lighting, 'Eugene Bronn;. "You 



Oricnlal, Chi 

Chicago, Nov. 4. 
Bobbiy Breen, Jon & Sondro Steele; 



Gotta Stay Hoppj/" ( U-I ) , reutewcd Pce Wce Hunt's Band (6), Willcey 



in Variety Woi!,. 3; '48.- 



Current edition of the Music 
Hall's stage show is an attractive 
one, witli !jomething-in"it for every 



Sc Dttre, Barrets (2), Carl Sands 
House Orch (13); "My Dear Sec- 

retari^'::WA:h '^-. ■} ■■::/.■■'■: ■ 



Bill T»lays betfer than most, with 



body — concerted, musical comedy seatholders responsive throughout. 



sequences; ballet, tap dancing and 
Knockabout acrobatic comedy. , It 



The Barrets start it off via stand- 
ard taps,- registering well in three 



leans too heavily on the longhair .changes of rliythm. 
side^in a little too much of a good I . .Ton; and Sondra Steele, on their 
thing — with two concerto excerpts first Chi visit, offer some of the 



added to a long ballet sequence. 
But this -is a small drawback. One 



best ducting heard here. Femme; 
fetchingly packaged in brown' vel- 



of the concerto offerings replaces - vet, trills at a standing mike while 



the usual symphonic overture, and 
in its unusual presentation helps 
to make this a distinctive show. 

Novelty is the keynote from the 
starti as .curtains' open simply to 
only a piano 'onstage. Richard 
Tetlcy-Kardos gives a irasleriul 



her partner vocals at the keyboard; 
Couple puts lots of jump in "Be- 
guine," followed by^. pianistics that 
score, "Song, of India" being set to 
a boogie beat. Chanting of "Dry 
Bones" is pointed up by deft ges^ 
ture.s from the distaff side. They 



rendition of parts of Rachmanm- , off to salvos and return for fur 
~ -- - iher rewards drawn by their disk 

lave. ■ "My .HapijinesS." ; ■•■:■,':■., 
; , "VVilkey and Dare's; familiar acrp- 
ierp comedy opens with sight 
laughs, then segues to rough-holis- 
jng in which the femme applies 
flying nsiares Wd dt^ iiiusCuiar 
payoffs; T4am closes with back-to-' 
baclc cartwheels, well received. 

Bobby: Breen'S spiig session takes 
him through four standards and a 
brace of pop.s, each ' tagged by 
heavy plaudits. Tenor, still on the 
boyish side, persuasively echoes 
early film years with' "Rainbow on 
the ■ River" and "it's a Sin to Tell 
a Lie." His vocal carbon of Eddie 
Susie" rates prime rc- 



otl's Piano Concerto No. Z, with 
orchestra in the lowered pit , assis- 
ting under Alexander Smallens' 
baton. Concerto is a truncated 
version, of course, and yet it's a 
little too long as the arranger tries 
to get all the main themes in. 

•-Show then segues into a musical 
.comedy sequence reminiscent of 
"Oklahoma!" as a rustic-clad .sing- 
ing ensemble presents "A Rural 
Episode," with "It's a Most Un- 
usual Day" and "Buttons and 
Bows" musical numbers as stand- 
outs. Earl Lippy's' baritone is a 
little weak here, but June Winters 
scores with ' ''Buttons," Ball.'t that 
follows is grade-A stuff, with the Cantor's 
torp.s de ballet sparkling in a Woll- turns 
Ferrari intermezzo, and soloists 



I Brief bill lacks overall impact 
although good in its respective 
1 parts. Peter Lorre turns in a fine 
I characterization against tough 
' odds, dramatizing Poe's "Tell-Tale 
I Heart" at a bleak mike on a bare 
'■ stage. That he succeeds is a tribute 
to his talent. More on tlie mark 
, at this spot would be horror-humor 
of the kind used in standard im- 
pressions of, the heavylidded actor. 
Lorre sounds this note *with good 
results , in- his Intro, but drops it 
for the Poe piece. 

Wally Brown racks up- ample 
laughs with his Californian recital 
in throwaway style. Comic u.ses 
implication, and the unfinished line 
in making the most of a routine 
that refreshens the long familiar.' 
Song stint -has him describing 
twists and turns in his stage and 
screen career via lyrics to the 
tunes of pops and standards. 
1 , The whitersuited Ink Spots open 
' with straight harmonizing, then 
; switch to their trademark delivery 
' in which the falsetto contrasts with 
the drawling bass. Quartet, with 
guitar and viol, echoes its diskers 
I in harvesting plaudits. Off to 
! salvos, they riposte with their early 
; wax rave, "If I Didn't Care." 

Bobby Whaling's pedaling of a 
I lofty unicycle that threatens to 
' topp'e brings ample gasps and 
higgles. Cyclist picks up Yvette 
I from a ladder and pedals off to ap- 
plause. Baxt. 



Ofay dancing turn of Berk & Hal- 
low and sepia songstress Baby 
Hines are reviewed under New 

Acts.' 

Russell's crew gets , the sesh off 
to a so-so start with "1280 Jive." 
Comprising five reed, three rhythm 
and seven brass, - outfit comes back 
solidly on a neat arrangement of 
"Tico Tico" that spots maestro 
Russell with a solo on the ivories. 
Jim Wong troupe, quartet of Chi- 
nese acrobats, scores with the 
payees in hand-to-hand routines 
plus a variety of hmb contortions. 

Chocoiateers, a- zany knockabout 
male trio, dish up a pretty banal 
type of humor. Bit- of business 
where one impersonates a femme 
is particularly crude. However; the 
pseudo gal's pink panties and'fancy 
prattfalls off the stage, coupled 
with some fast repartee, results in- 
healthy laughs from the customers. 
Jntroed by bandleader Russell, 
Phil Colbert shows talent in war- 
bling, "Summertime", and "Septem- 
ber Song" for a -nice reception. 
His baritone pipes are: okay, but 
stance at the mike is rather 
■wooden." 

Making a repeat at this Harlem 
yauder, Joe Liggins' Honeydrip- 
pers is a small unit whose novel 
arrangements get- across for a solid 
response. With its leader handling 
the '88, group also consists of 
drum, trumpet, plus alto and tenor 
sax. One - of the reed men occa- 
sionally alternates on a baritone 
sax mounted on a stand. Improvisa- 
tion is the keynote ot the quintet. 
Boys handle some five numbers, 
including the standard, "Siboney." 
They click here. Gilb. 



for Danny Drayson and his ' old- 
time woodenshoe clogging, high* 
lighted by some gags and well- 
placed falls; Catches on with stub- 
holders and builds to a hegoff. 

Apollon, sans his - trademarking 
Filipinos, has surrounded him- 
self with a trio of lookers, Laverne 
Gustafson, at the ivories; Deanne 
Muenzer, harpist, and Patricia 
Welkes, handling vocals. Combo is. 
sharply pointed- by - leader's own 
mastery of the mandolin and flip • 
talk. Potpourri of : standard instru- 
mental and vocal arrangements are 
whacked out to good audience re- 
sponse. Welkes gal has a sultry 
pair of pipes, selling .smartly "Old 
Man River," "Was YoUr Mother 
Born in Ireland?" and a brace of 
pops, and a brief sesh of boogie ' 
woogie by pianist is another high* 
light. It;s all blended and expertly 
sold; by Apollon for a series of 
strong final curtains. 

Building word of mouth is the 
answer to consistently rising trade. 

Burm. 



New Acts 



Apoilo, ]%'. \. 

Joe Liggins' Honeydrippers In). 
Luis Russell Orch do) with Phil 
Colbert, Berk & Haliou!, Oioeo- 
lateers (3), Baby Hines, Jim Wong 
Troupe (4). "Roses .Are Red" 
(Rep). 



Hippwdrome, BaKo. 

Baltimore, Nov. 7. 

Jansleys (3), Ed Tierney. Danny] 
Drayson, Dave Apollon with ■ La- \ 
verne Gustafson, Deanne Muenzer • 
and Patricia Welkes, Jo Lombardi 
hou.se orch (12); "The Gallant 
Blade' (Col). • | 



BABY HINES 

Sontrs •■■ • 
4 Mins. 
ApQilo, N. Y. 

Baby Hines belies her name for 
there's nothing small about either 
her size or her voice. Buxom sepia 
gal has high pitched pipes which 
she uses with ample volume. War- 
bles, only two. numbers ilWC; "I've 
Got a Man," a torchy dRty; and 
"I'm the Laziest Gal In Town." 
Latter is a trifle risque. , 

Mi.ss Hines, unfortunately, lacks 
a definite style to make Jher stand 
out ; among similar chirpers: whose 
thrushing is much in the same vein. 
When she develops a more colorful 
technique her ..scope in niteries and: 
vaude will be ; consi<;ierably en- 
hanced. Gilb. 



Pee Wee Ilunf's combo of trom. 



Dorothy Etheridge and Paul tlarmet, trumpet and three rhythm 



docs a nice job of rescuing Dixie 
land from the realm of cuitists who 
like to regard the style as non- 
fommerciai. Trom-playing maestro 



Haakon giving bravura perform 
ances in a pas de deux to the 
waltz from Tchaikovsky's Serenade 

for Strings. ,„„,■:,,':■,,,,,,•!,,,.,. .... ■ , „, , ■ , ■ „ - . , . 

Sharp contrast comes n«l \uih gets the genuine delta flavor in his 
the Nonchalants giving their sure- vocals of "Basin Street" and 
fire knockabout acrobatic comedy "Somebody Else, Not Me." Group 
act. Then show veers back to long- ' racks up neat hands with its clos- 
hair as violinist Werner Lywcn is , ing attack on two rags, 12th Street 
soloist in a gifted performance of and Tiger. Baxt. 



It's a well balanced layout at 
the Apollo this week:, Joe Liggins' 
quintet and Luis Russell's band 
handle the musical chores in okay 
fashion, comedy is supplied by the 
Chocolateers and Jim V/ong troupe: 
contribs a' sock acrobatic novelty. 



*Ed Wynn's laugh Carnival' 
review in Flays Out of Town 



Snappy variety sold to the hill 
from curtain to curtain bv Dave 
Apollon, this layout builds from! 
a flash opening by the ' Jansleys, I 
standard risley trio, to a new and' 
unusual instrumental turn by the 
energetic Russian mandolin picker 
ior a clinching finale. Fronting Jo 
Lombardi's house orch brought on 
stage, Apollon jemcees briskly and 
participates for laughs in the other 
acts. 

Jansleys, now con-sisting of two 
I fommes as top mounters to strong 
footwork by practiced male, punch 
out a series of strong trick" mak- 
ing way for Ed Tierney to follow 
with swift club-swinging and sure- 
hre juggling. Makes a perfect spot 



BERK & HALLOW 
Dancinir 
5 Mins. 
Apollo, N. Y. 

Ofay boy and gal dance team 
shows promise. Pair has a nice 
change of pace in switching from 
standard tootwork to aero rou- 
tines. Duo also breaks apart for- 
individual stopping. 

Male is adept with his brogans 
while pert brunet partner is equally 
agile in contribbing some fancy 
twirls and handstands. Both rejoin 
for a fast finale. With better cos- 
tuming plus further season!n,<7 team 
should be okay for most niteries 
and vaude houses. Ctlb. 



WedncMlay, November 10, 1948 



EJBCVnAIATB 



57 



Anyway, That s Jean DaliTmples 
'4 Hawanans Story; Gabe vs. Jed? 



Although Jean Dalrymple Js a* 
60-50 partner with Crabriel Pascal 
in the production' of Jean-Paul 
Sartre's "Bed Gloves," she gets 
sole billing as producer. Similarly, 
ishe will not get producer credit 
on the picture version, if Pascal 
does it, as now planned, though 
•he'll have a half-interest in. that. 

Prqgi^am for "Red Gloves" dur- 
ing the out-of-tryout and in New 
: York will mention that the play, is 
being presented here "through ar- 
rangement with" the British pro- 
ducer. Reason Pascal isn't getting 
co-presenter billing is that he's a 
limited partner, so isn't legally 
permitted to have co-presenter bill- 
ing. Miss Dalrymple denies re- 
ported differences between Pascal 
Uid Jed Harris, who's Staging and 
has a piece of the show. 
. According ' to- present plans, a 
similar setup will be used for the 
production of the new G; B. Shaw 
playi the rights to which have been 
obtained by Miss Dalrymple and 
Pascal. Script has been mailed to 
New York by Pascal, but hasn't 
arrived, so Miss Dalrymple isn't 
absolutely certain she'll actually 
do the show. It's titled "The Buoy- 
ant Billions;" As she explains, she 
never really expected to get the 
play, but merely suggested it to 
the dramatist when she met him 
in England last summer. 
. Meanwhile^ with Sartre remain- 
ing in Paris, his agent-partner 
Louis Nagel, is coming to the U. S. 
for the Broadway opening of ''Red 
Gloves.'' During his stay here, the 
exact status of the film rights to 
the play may be clarified. Under 
the contract, Pascal and Miss Dal- 
rymple have an option for 60 days 
after the opening of the London 
production. They also interpret 
the deal as giving them an option 
on the revised U. S. edition for 60 
days after the New. York preem. 



Chi Civic Opera Sold 

Chicago, Nov, 9. 

Sale of the Chi Civic Opera 
building, /home of the Opera House; 
was announced . Friday (5) by 
James C. Thompson, prez of the 
Wacker Corp:, former owner of 
the . property. New owner is the 
Lumbermen's .Mutual Casualty Co. 
of Chicago, which bought the 
building for $10,739,000, taking 
over the mortgage of $7,520^000 1 
held by the Metropolitan Life In- { 
surance Co. of New York and pay- j 
ing for the equity in cash. . | 

Management of the building will 
remain the same; and the Opera 
House will continue :with its book- 
ings scheduled,, .according to 
Thompson. New York City Opera 
Co. is skedded for its first Chi ap- 
pearance I>ec. 1, for, \9 perform- 
ances. 



You're Sweet, Too 

; Office employees of the Dra- 
matists Guild were recently 
floored by a letter from Joseph 
Kipness,. co-producer of "High 
Button Shoes." It was a formal 
letter-of-agireement, addressed 
to the Guild and having the 
traditional "Gentlemen" greet- 
ing. However, it carried a 
hand-written postscript, "I 
think you're sweet." 

Turned out that the letter 
had followed a series of tele- 
phone ; conversations between 
Kipness ^ and Luise SUleox, an 
executive of the Guild, regard" 
ing an authorship contract. 
The producer had impulsively 
added the postscript in appre- 
ciation of the way the matter 
had been handled. 



Femme Star, $75,000 In 



Formula on Classifying Shows Holds 
Up League-AFM Pact; Wages Settled 



— ''■ — New agreement between the 

_ . O'li^ii I League of N. Y. theatres and Local 

Dramatists illlllO S 11 ^02, American Federation of Musi- 
••»"•• I cians, now hinges on a formula for 

Annual membership meeting of , classification of Broadway shows, 
the Dramatists Guild, held yester- Matter of wage scales has been 
day (Tues.) elected 11 members to settled, reportedly at a raise of 
the organization's council. Those, 71/^% oygj the prevailing rate, 
named weire Betty Comden, Russel | However, that doesn't become final 
Crouse (incumbent), Owen Davis 'u„tii the enOre new contract is 
(incumbent), Dorothy Fields, James { ^trorked out. 

Gpw, I^llia^.Hellman (inc"^^^^ \ Producers-theatre owners' organ- 
Richard I'^'n*- ™» Pf^^i'Ji: hopes that by setting up a 

mer Rice (incumbent) and Robert ^ classifying shows it 

E. Sherwood (incumbent) all . incidents as the 

serve until 1951, and Arthur K^^ ^ ^^^j^^^^ ^ 

(mcumbent) to serve until 1949 ..gummer and Smoke," at the Music 
Officers were not up for ele^^^^^^ \^ Y., as a musical play, there- 
thisyear. Moss Hart remains presi- , jn^^asing the number of musi- 
cians reciuired. The idea Wciuld/be { 



No Coin Sebv 
Yet OB liberty' 

i jQshua Logan is th* latest adS^^ 
tion to the Robert E. SherwbpdK 
Irving" BerUn team ; in "Miss ^Lib^ 
erty ,'' which the latter are wiling 
.and Wliic:^ ^^an . mSk. stage. . Th<> 
thre<E! lirill 'co-'pniduce :b!^^ theti^ has 
been lib financial setup - niade; 
there certainly is no 2Qth-Fdx. film 
financing deal; all that the writers 
are concerned yrith nOw is to get 
■t( good plajf' pii paperv ' They figure 
the flnancial details 'ai« the: least of 
it iEUi4 wiii (^<>in^ 1 
t..M. c...».„ .^.1 xT,Woi iro I Just as Kurt Weill's membership 

5S>ut"Sfe later'^ffle"' ' VX^.^^f^ Co. didn't pre- 

In any case, if the show looks 
promising after it arrives on 
: Broadway, Miss Dalrymple figures 
she and Pascal will take up their 
option before their rights expire. ; 

Experimental Theatre 
Resmnption Brightens; 
Invitational Plays Set 



Revive That's Ticket' 

: Plans for the revival of "That's 
the Ticket," which expired last 
month during its Philadelphia try- 
out, now hinge -on. book revisions, I 
a couple of new -songs-, getting a 
feoune star and $75,000 new back- 
ing. Joseph Kipness, producer in 
association with John Pransky and 
Al 'Beckman, . huddled last week 
with those involved, and will do 
so again thi.s week. 

Among: those mentioned as 
sought to star in the musical comr 
edy are Betty Hutton and Martha 
Raye. Meanwhile; Julius and Philip 
Epstein, are : rewriting the book, 
Harold Rome composing new music 
and Robert Gordon ; is now set to 
direct, succeeding Jerome Bobbins, 
who will confine: himself to staging; 
the dances. Apprwdmately $215,- 
000 ' was spoit on the original pnK- 
ductioii. - 



dent, George S. Kaufman vice- 
president, and Herbert Kubly sec- 
retary. Mills Ten Eyck is execu- 
tive-secretary . and Luise Sillcox 
secretary to the council. , 



With likelihood increasing for 
the resumption this season of the 
Experimental Theatre; plans for 
five plays in an Invitational Series 
under ET sponsorship have been 
announced. Productions will be 
uiider the aegis of the American 

National Theatre & Academy. Each I My Shoulders," about which he is 
will be budgeted at $500. Bill Ross highly enthused despite the tempo- 
is chairman of the production com- ! rary stalemate. He's waiting for 
inittee. ] Norman Krasna to complete the 

First Invitational Scries show , missing act or two. Berlin is also 
will be Leighton Rollins' tran.sla- \ keeping his 12 or 14 songs intact 



vent him from doing :the. score for 
"Love Life,'' there, is nothing to 
stop Sherwood from independently 
corproducing with Berlin and 
Logan. Anyway, it must wait until 
the latter is through with ''Tales 
of the South .Pacific," which he is 
staging and co- producing with 
Richard Bodgers, Oscar Hammer- 
stein, 2d, and Leland Hayward. The 
last B&H-Berlin^Logan joint ven- 
ture, of course, is "Annie Get Your 
Gun." 

"Miss Liberty" is an ; original 
idea for a book musical by Sher- 
wood-^his first play with music- 
built around the Statue of Liberty. 
This, takes precedence with Berlin 
over all Hollywood ' bids. It also 
displaces, temporarily, "Stars On 



WHEN MOPPETS MOP UP 
'HAMLET/ WHAfS LEFH 

Pikeville, Ky., Nov. 0. 
To the cast of the Barter Theatre 
production of ' "Hamlet," which 
opened a tour last week in the 
auditorium of the local high school, 
the balance of the season will 
probably seem just routine. When 
the curtain rose on the battlements 
of Elsinore, the actors found them- 
selves facing an audience of beady- 
eyed moppets of from six to 10 
years of age in the first four rows. 
. None of ihe urchins had ever 
.seen a live show; before, but they 
quickly got hep to the action .and 
by the time the final scene had 
arrived, were audibly urging the 
hero, "Kill him, kill him, kill him," 
in unison. Actors later said they 
found the experience - ''stimulat- 
ing." 



for that package, not utilizing any- 
thing for. "Miss Liberty.'"- 



Pompton, Mashpee Bring 
M9 Strawhat List to 101 



tion of "Hippolytus," by Euripides, 
for four performances starting 
with a matinee Nov. 20, at Len- 
ox Hill playhou-se, N. Y. John 
Beich will direct and llie cast will 
include Muriel Smith, Donald 
Buka, Horace Braham, Osceola 
Archer, Marion Winters, Steve 
Brody and Nancy Gordon. 

Meanwhile, , prospects are said 
to be brightening for resumption j Kowalj who have operated the 
of the regular ET series. Memr f Pompton Lakes Summer Theatre 
bers of the. ET board have held j here for the last three years, will 
several confabs with the Fact 1 continue the spot in 1949, Project 
Finding Committee representing ! will again be Equity-bonded, 
the craft unions, and agreement is I University Playhouse, strawhat 



Whitehead-Rea %M 
Cot 5G Down, Z% Gross 

Kobert Whitehead & Oliver Rea, 
who produced ''Medea" on ' Broad- 
way, received a fS,000 down payr 
ment« and are getting 3% of the 

gross from Hussell Lewis & How- 



Wholesale 'Girls 
Pre-B'way Switch 

New Haven, Nov. 9. 
Michael Todd's new musical, ..''As 
The Girls Go," hit town after its 
Boston break-in with enough 
changes from 'the original pattern 
for the new setup to have been 
staged by a chameleon, operating 
a jigsaw. Show has; bem altered 
radically, and daily shifts had; cer- 
tain ' segments performing in re- 
hearsal costumes because new out- 
fits would not be ready until 
preview shows' In advance of Sat- 
urady's (13) Winter Garden, N. Y., 
opening. • 



that by ha>dt)^;; a : knO!^n 'Srai'i^ 
for. such m^ 

a sha# wbuldi te -ab^ to 4^ .iii ' 
adyahce; What ti^e ihUSiciaii em^ 
ment re^uii^meiits '.^yoiil!^ l^e■ ' 

Spq'^esnien foi^ the League Were .. 
to have inet last week with repre- - 
sentatiyies ef the 'Assii. ;pf onieatrt- . 
cal Press Agents & ^Mahagers re- 
gaidiAg; tlie latter's' bid for a inlary ; 
boost,. ; ' ;' dbiif «b' -ijiras . ^ ^{tflijstpiEtiied . uh- . 
til tms'. weefc: htowever. ' ■ Purpose 
lit the^ llVKl|EUe;'''waS:'''''to.^;see;''''^f > 
matters ;<^tidd:l^^^ witfaout 
tirin|iiig ill: ai :' 

jM^awisly; idanne^^ 
' I>eagiK'& conti^tct with Qie; Treas- : 
urers * Ti«*Bt" Sellers' Unioh, Lo- 
cal 751, lATSE, doewi't cOine up 
for reconsideration untll .next Juiie. . 
It's a continuous deali subjecit to :- 
anniuai..adjustminit.; j 
'.'Permanent \}-.ifietfstiicy^sia^iw J. of' 
the union, is now .idsa^ 
business itianaiger; suCcieeding ' Mor- 
rie ; . 'i^antcin, ; who i^sigited to be- 
c6ni«^ treasut'tir' Qi^;iiivE; IffliHisa^ 
aire, 'Mi Wa ■"■ A. [peimiauiaii:^ bii, tasLti-' 
agw :M11.-' ' iw..v.eIiMtisd.'" 'iie^.;'' Jline.'. 
What apparently started out in ^a"»r O'Conner, treamirer of the 
the Hub as a book show split its I Hudson theatre, N. Y., is prnident 

of the organization and Charles 



binding along the way ; and now 
:^ai>es\ up with many ;pai$es-<i^ the 
original story in the discaitf As a 
iiiatter Of f act, the; show will prob- 
ably Mne up at th# . Gothain batrier 
as a typical tEals-ahd-gags teVue of 
highrcIasS burlesque caliber, ' with 
pleiity of emphasis op Bobby eiark. 

A, coniplete new production niun?. 
ber, "American Cannes," ' was in- 
serted at first performance , Uere. 
Ife-costUiiiiing Of this; liumbei^, as 
well f as;.; the ' Show's ifirst ensenible 
fiash;^ w'as lin the works as show 
left town; "Nobody's Heart But 
Mine" was- ahother ' vocal, added 
starter. In line. with at Todd sup^irT 
stitioh,: finale ; ha& been staged only 
visOally <s*t and costumes)^ with 
b(iin:iiesS omitted as of now, 'Todd 
cohsideirs i^ aft omen of ill luck 
to giye a iniisical endiiig' its final 
polish before its Broadway opeii^' 
iiig;:' ' ,v';-r' ^ 

V Local stand finished UP with ii 
second cast c.hange In the singihg 
ihgeiiiie rele. Originally play ed by 
BeVerly Janis, who left the show 
duridg the BpstOii j^iiu, part was 
temporarily combined with Kiathir 
ryh Lee's / premiere dahseuse role, 
. . . then taken over by. Martha Wright, 

ai-d Young for the road presenta- who sang the Boston tagend and 
tion. No, other rights are involved the complete local stand: A.s more 



Bowman, treasurer of the 46th. 
Street, N. Y., is vice-prez. Both of-- 
f ices are unpaid. 



and the deal stipulates that Judith 



?&ra ^E^'renL'anr^ad'eus ' Anderson, who starred in the Rob- 

inson Jeilers. work on.: Broadway, 
must appear oh. tour; 'jv;;'^';;;:' 

OtHer re^uifementis ; aire that tfee 
road Iruh; ixiust^^^b^^ 
cept for an inter r.uptiori of nb more 
than 14 days in ca.se of illness of 



and more book was abandoned, it 
became apparent that Miss 
Wright's stage personality was not 
for this; particular production, and 
Bettyi Jane Watson was signed on 
for the Broadway opening. A cast 
addition brought in Richard Dana 
doing a straight for Bobby Clark. 
Todd ..has had his headaches 



Government Support For 
L^ Set For i^enda 
At M. Alter Confabs 

Conference 'of theatrical groups 
.scheduled for the Astor hotel,- 
N. Y., tomorrow afternoon (Thurs.) 
will be merely a preliminary ses- 
sion ' to outline the general eco- 
nomic problem facing the legit 
stage, with the idea of holding a 
full-scale confab, on the subject 
next January, Although numerous 
organizations and individwds have ; 
asked to be present, attendance is 
being limited to representatives of ' 
various theatrical unions and such 
outfits as the League of N. Y. The- 
atres, American National Theatre 
& Academy, agents' association, - 
etc. ' Session has been called by . 
Actor Equity As.sn. 

There will apparently be no at- 
tempt made to '7seH" those present 
oh underwriting an exhaustive sur- 
vey of the theatre, as proposed in 
the Nathan report financed by ; 
Equity last spring. Such a study 
would cost over $300,000, Which the 
other legit organizations have 
shown little inclination; to share.; 
Instead, it'a. hoped that at tomor- 
row's meeting the overall theatre 
may be discussed, so that the vari- 



of the stagehands union for a re- 1 eration. Henry T. We nstein is d^^^^ jg^g ^^^^ open by Sept, 15 C"rrand, died m a local hospital), 

troactive salary increase for last ■ rector He, man k^^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^ j. obstacles to hurdle but he seems 

season. Total amount involved ^"""S- of nubliStv Thfs^s thi Incidentally, the reason White- 1 h"ve passed the peak of pre- 

believed to be a bit over $1,000 J ^"oj^^'jajge^^puW'^}^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ 3^^^ "''Sfi'r^.^:"-! 
Stagehands have already received pj^^g |Qj. jg4g , 

more money from ET last season | . . . 

than the actors did. 



reported to have been reached on at Mashpee, Mass., will return to any of the three leads. Layoff dur- , since tackling this musical. -There formiilate siibbps^ 

most pomts. Understood one of ' he Cape Cod spot next summer for , ju„e-August is permitted, but ' ^''ave been financial, as well as , ?^l..^''Zr hSoro^iTe conditions 
the matters settled is the^ demand | its^^hud season ^of^no^^^^^^^^^ tour is resumed in the fall , t^ch-cal f:r,^l ,T„V^.Vf These ^uggi^ror'wUd "bf dis" 

cussed in detail at the .big confer-; 
ehce in January, p«KSibly ; lasting, 
two or three days. 

y^t's!; exjpected that oiie of the'' 
p^dpoisais to . t!;.e advaiaeed tomorrdytr 
i'aS a siiWect .£oif 'i*bilisidei*atioij i»i,. 
advance of ; the Januapf coniabs , 
Will lie for Government sui»pprt^^^te 
the/ theatre, possibly through the 
creation of a departtheiit or o^ice 
of fine arts. Such an agency might 



Equity council considered the Jrjna BarOHOva III 
matter briefly yesterday (Tues.) 
and will probably okay the project 
shortly. Dramatists Guild is also 
pushing for an early resumption. 



their profits (from all productions 
of the play any wiiere, regardless 
Of whether . she .has, tlie leading 
I part) to liliss Anderson, 
¥-1 j« 1. L • ' Jeffers, who dedicated his adap- 
hidinburgn Upenmg tation to the actress, also gave her 
London Nov 2 1 complete authority to make ,the 
Baronova, U. ' S. actress- i P™'>"'=«°"__^*'''1: 



Biz here has been SRO. 



Equity Meet at Center 



Iiinji 

ballerina, opened yesterday (1 ) in 

Edinburgh in Noel Langley's ; j^^^^ Cowl-Davis GuCStS 



For the fir.sl time in many years, 
the next quarterly; membership 

meeting of Actors Equity A^n. will , Christmas opening In London, 
be held at City Center, N. Y. The | 



Farm of the Three Echoes," with . » /-t </-w > 

Griffith Jones and Mary Claire ; For UlllV. Of K.C C^Ueen 
also featured. Play is skedded for 



Mary Chase Sails 

Mary Chase, author of "Harvey," 
sailed Sunday (7) on the .Queen 

Mary to sit in on the preparations j^y^rthe Arte'coun^nVf = 
for the London production of the i Britain, through which the British 
comedy. "Harvey" tries out Dec. | government subsidizes the stage 
13 in Birmingham. Miss Chase in- ( and other arts. 



Kansas City, Nov. fr. 



tends going on to Parts without, 
waiting for the London premiere. 
She is accompanied by Janet 



It had first been planned to ex- 
clude, the press from tomorrow's 
session, but the decision was re- 



Miss Baronova, who toured Brandt & j —TlasTw^ek ^d^^^^^^ 



be admitted. 



^In thepast Equity membership U-S^ guest-stage the Univ. of Kan- j Brock Pemberton. original pro- 1 . 

meetings have always been held a ^^;f^"ier the comedy' this fall sas City Productio^^ ducer of "Harvey" and associated ' Martin Levine, and Oliver Unger 

but this dersons Eluabeth the Queen ,„ the .London presentation, also ; p,a„„ing ^ 

here Dec. 6-1 li v| sailed on the Elizabeths but Mrs. j way, in ' association witifi the 

" Show will opien the College's new j Pemberi;ohi >vho has beea illy re- ' Shuberts, of "F^ Steps ii^ tb* 
i community theatre^ / Imained beMnd* , , v^^^ ;■ ; ; i GloudSy" |ie*^ - , ■ ^ 



the Astor hotel, N. ; Y.> - „i,it i„ t j^A^^ 

time no reservations were available in the provinces and m London 
until mid-January. Rental for the She cainc- out of the Ballet Busse 
City Center is approximately the - to make her Broadway debut m 
- ■• ' - "Follow the trirls. 



same as for the Astor. 



88 



Wednesclay, November 10, 1948 



Balked Bookh^s Claimed as Wagner 
Is Sued for $100,000 in Damages 



Charles L. Wagner, vet opera- 
concert impresario, is : facing . an 
injunction, & $50,000 libel suit 
and another $50^000 damages suit 
from the New Manhattan Opera 
Co.,: on charges of slander and un- 
fair competition, N. Y. Supreme 
Couit Justice Aaron 3. Levy is- 
:«ued a .temporary injunction Oct; 
• 29 restraining ^Vagner from "in^ 
terfering" with NMOC activities, 
with the injunction hearing set for 
Nov. 16. 

NMOC, through Its treasurer 
«nd attorney, Norman W. Schur, 
claims that Wagner, and other 



lellow-members of the League of 
Gi'and Opera Producers,; were at- 
tempting to keep the new outfit 
from making tour bookings. On 
Oct. 29. NMOC filed suit for libel 
and damages against Wagner, 
claiming in its brief that he Vmali- 
ciously"; induced several local 
managers^including Parker Sarar 
uels, Lancaster, Pa.; Paul Spor, 
Cleveland; General Motors, De- 
troit; Defiance College, Defiance, 
O.; The Barbers Union, Buffalo— ^ 
to cancel NMOC appearances. 

NMOC also claims that Wagner, 
using stationery of the League, 
had "sUghtingry^- refemd to them 



as ''fly-tby-night," calling them an 
outfit of "aspiring operatic genii 
who don't deiiyer the goods." In 
his application for the injunction , 
Schur also charged that "the ticup 
between Wagner and the League 
is unfair competition." 
! Wagner, who has been touring 
, an opera troupe around ^ tlif \ coun- 
try for many years, denies all of 
I NMOC's charges, although Schur 
I claims he has.' photostatic ^copies 
of letters involved. NMOC was 
founded last year with Frank Foti, 
conductor, as president, . Willard 
Matthews, concert manager, Is the 
booking agent. 

Marf aret HartlKan to Chicago 
for six weeks to promote visit of.' 
N.Y. City Opera Co,, starting Dec. 
1 . : . . J; Alden Talbot to Paris on 
business for the Marquis dei 
Cuevas' Grand Ballet de Monte 
Carlo . 



Settle Pitt Mag Feud 

Pittsbiffgh, Nov. 9. 

Nixon theatre's mad-on at BuUe? 
tin-Index, local newsmag weekly, 
over editor Anson Campbell's re* 
view of Theatre Guild show, "The 
Silver Whistle," lasted only a week. 
After Edwin Mappler, manager of 
legit house, had yanked regular 
house ad and withdrawn critic 
passes from mag, B-I blasted back 
with full-page on freedom of press, 
and got backing from Post-Gazettte, 
too, with an editorial denouncing 
playhouse for its action,: 

In few days, however, Wappler 
had cooled off, and regretted ac 
tion, which he said was the result 
of "heat of moment," with Bulle 
tin-Index accepting the apology 
and agreeing to forget the matter, 











The Great Showplace For 
All lowo 






5 u .f ^*^■ 







'ft (t ^i 



53 PBIFORMAHCES MET $440,992 



Shows, Performances Net 

0KLAH0MAr>.8 ptrft $90,277.50 

LIFE WITH rATHER— 1 p«rf «.607.50 

TOMMY DORSEY—I ptrf 7,668.82 

XAVIER CUCAT—I parf 5,272,50 

VOICE OP THE TURTLE— 1 perf 7,336,50 

0I» IN CENTRAL PARK—I perf 11.225.50 

SPIKE JONES—I perf 9,491.00 

CARMEN JONES— 1 perf 9.068.00 

HOUR OF CHARM— 1 perf 9,926.00 

HAMLET— 1 perf, 6.431,00 

STATE OP THE UNION— I perf 9.366.00 

LAURITZ MELCHIOR— I perf 6.508.00 

FRED WARING— 2 perfs.,. 16,314,50 

BLOSSOM TIME— 1 perf 6.148.00 

SPIKE JONES— 1 perf 9.372,00 

BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET— i perf,. 9,549.50 

PAUL WHITEMAN— 1 perf 9,642.00 

STATE OP THE UNION— I perf 9,177.00 

THE RED MILL— 4 perft 22.788,50 

SPIKE JONES— I perf 9,581.50 

HARVEY— 2 perff 16.234,50 

JOSE ITURBI— t perf 9,790.50 

SHOW BOAT— 4 perfi 32,445.00 

I REMEMBER MAMA— 1 perf 5,624.00 

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN— 8 perfi 61,441.50 

OKLAHOMA!— 4 perfi 27.791.00 

HOAGY CARMICHAEL— I pert,,. 7.542.50 

HORACi HEIOT— I perf 8,372.50 



BE SURE 
PES MOINES 

IS ON 
YOUR 
1948-49 
ITINERARY 



i 




D.C Legit Picture 
May Be Improved 
DuetoElecti(^ 

Reelection of President Truman 
last week, with the Democratic 
recovery of conteol of the Senate 
and House is seen as a possible 
factor in a clarification of the pres- 
ent legit theatre situation in Wash- 
ington, Among Actors Equity lead- 
ers familiar with affairs in the capi- 
tal, it's believed that before long 
the Government may relax its 
terms for lease of the Belasco tlie> 
atre there. In such case, various 
legit interests would bid for the 
house. 

Chief hitch last spring to the 
leasing of . the Belasco was the 
Government's stipulation tliat it 
must have the right to repossess 
the theatre without reimbursing 
the lessee for money spent on reno- 
vations. According to Inside in- 
formation reaching Equity, that 
policy was adopted under pressure 
of Southern members of Congress, 
who wanted to prevent use of the 
theatre on a nonrraclal-discrimina- 
tion basis. It's now figured that 
in view of Truman's civil rights 
stand and his new influence with 
Congress, particularly after the Un- 
successful Dixiecrat revolt, the 
Government terms for lease of the 
Belasco may be modified. 

If so, the theatre will almost 
surely be snapped up, possibly bv 
the American National Theatre & 
Academy, despite the limited ca- 
pacity of the house and the money 
needed (estimated at around $200.- 
000 ) for renovations. Considering 
the size of the theatregoing audi- 
ence in Washington and the poten- 
tial gross involved; rental of the 
theatre would be a promising in- 
vestment, 

Marcus Heiman, who turned his 
National theatre there into a film 
house rather than accede to 
Equity's demand to drop his racial 
segregation policy, hasn't Indicated 
what stand the United Booking Of- 
fice, which he heads, might adopt 
toward the Belasco. But that's dis- 
counted as a serious factor in the 
situation. . • . . 



Production Bids Wanted 
On Saroyan's M Go' 
& Revised 'Jim Dandy' 

William Saroyan, who has taken 
up permanent residence in New 
York, is asking stiff terms for the 
production of his. new play, "Don't 
Go Away Mad." but is reportedly 
willing to modify his demands if « 
desirable management indicates 
serious interest. He's also rewrit- 
ten an old play, "Jim Dandy," and 
would like to arrange for its pres- 
entation in musical comedy form. 
Meanwhile, he's temporarily cov- 
ering Broadway openings for The- 
atre Arts mag. 

The author is enthused over 
"Don't Go Away Mad," the action 
of which occurs in the cancer ward 
of a hospital, and he disputes any 
idea that the locale might makCfit 
uncommercial. However, he's not 
sitting around until it is produced, 
but is working on other legit 
scripts and fiction. 



Markova, Dolin to Rejoin 
Ballet Russe on Coast 

Alicia Markova and Anton Dol- 
in, who appeared as guest artists 
this fall with the Ballet Russe dc 
Monte Carlo in its N. Y. and Chi- 
cago stands, signed contracts Mon- 
day (8) to join the touring troupe 
for Its San Francisco engagement, 
Nov. 29-Dec. 8 and Los Angeles 
run Dec. 10-18. 

Duo then is leaving for London 
to dance at the Earl's Court 
Stadium, Dec. 26 and 31. They'll 
be back in the U. S. in Jftttuary 
foi' concert dates. : 



Beaton Scripts One 

Cecil Beaton, whose previous 
theatrical activities liave been 
limited to designing scenery and 
costumes, has written a play, "The 
Gainsborough Girls." It's described 
as a raucous 18th-century period 
comedy. 

No production is set. 



WeAieaJay, November 10, 1948 

Total Broadway Grosses 

The following are the comparative figures based on Variety's 
boxoffice estimates, for last week and the corresponding week of 
last ijeason: 

This Last 
Season Season 

Nund>er of shows current 21 30 

Total weeks played so far by all shows 434 486 

Total gross for all current shows last week . . $556,400 $636,500 
Total season's gross so far for all shows. . . $10,302,400 $10,209,300 
Jiumber of new productions so far 21 24 



UEISIIIMAIV 



On B.O.StiilOby;'Rolierts' $28,000, 
'Shoes' 24G, 'StrMcar' 236 



Chicago, Nov. 9. -f 
Week of n.s.g. weather hasn't 
altered existing legit b.o. boom 
here, "Mister Roberts" and 
"Streetcar Named Desire" con- 
tinue at virtual sellouts, with mail 
orders giving January as first 
avatlables. "Heiress" is picking 
up momentum after slow starter, 
hypoed by crix raves and chunky 
ads in the daily sheets. "Silver 
Whistle" under Guild sponsorship 
is doing, neat biz, despite crix nix 
in its second week" of a three^week 
stay. 

-Estimates for Last Week 
"Brifadoon," Shubert (5tb wk) 
<2,100; $4.94). Moderate business 
with convention aiding; $34,000. 

"High Button Shoes." Great 
Tforthern (25th wk) (1,500; $6.18). 
Heavy matinee uid' convention ac 



Cnrrent Road Shows 



(Nov. 8-?.0) 
' — Shubert, 



P h i 1-1 y 



count for over $24,000; will close 
local engagement after Tliantegiv- 
ing. 

"Heiress," Selwyn (2nd wk) 
(1.000; $3.71). Crix kudos hiking 
take $4,000 over opening 
with stout $15,500. 



"Allerro' 

(8-'20); 

"Annie Get Your Gun"— Palace, 
Youngstown (8-10); Aud., Roth. 
(11-13); Erlanger, Buff. (15-20), 

"Anne of the Thousand Days"'^ 
Forrest, Philly (8-20). 

"Blackouts of 1948"— El Capitan, 
L. A. (8-20). 

"Born Yesterday" — Hanna, 
Cleve. (8-20). 

"Brigadoon" Shubert, C h i . 
(8-20). 

"Carousel" — Hartman, C ol ; 
(8-13); Victory, Dayton (15^17); 
Capitol, Wheeling (19r20). 
. "Command Decision" — Studer 
baker, Chi. (8-20). 

'■Desert Sonr"— Playhouse, Win- 
nipeg (8-13): La Crosse, La Crosse 
week, (15); Lyceum, Mpls. (16-20). 

Escape Me Never" -^Plyhse 



"Mister Roberts,'^ Erlanger (9th l Wil. (8-13); Locust, Philly (15'20). 



Fine week at 



wkl (1,334; $4.33). 
almost $28,000. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Kar- 
ris (7th wk) (1,000; $4.33). Near- 
capacity biz; $23,000. 

"Silver Whistle," Blackstone 
(2nd wk) (1,358; $3.80>. Second 
week under Theatre Guild sub- 
scription holding at $13,500. 



Rainbow" — Shubert, 



"Finian's 
SOst. (8-20), 

"For Heaven's Sake M«ther"i^ 
Walnut. Philly (8-13), 

"Goodbye iHy Fancy" — Town 
Hall, Toledo (8-10); Erlanger, Buff. 

(11-13).-: ■ ■ 

"Happy Birthday" 1^ Biltmore, 
L. A. (8-20). 
''Harvey?'7--Golonial,, Bo^t; (6^20). 
"ifiieii Bltttdn ShO(i»*»-S(C}t, Norths 
ern, Chi. (i8-20). ^ - '^^^'vv-h','- --.y., 
"Japhet^'-^Rbyal Alex., Torionto 
Toronto Nov 9 :(8-13); Wilbur, Best. (15-20). 
On first Toronti visit, Breden- ("Liffht Up the Sky" — Locust, 
Savoy .Gilbert & Sullivan troupe P^^.l^l^^ j8-13). ^^^^^ ^.^ ^^^ ^^^ 

"Man and Superman" ~^ Nixon, 
Pitt; (8-13); Boyal Alex., Toronto 
(15-20). ■^/■:v-^ 

"Medea"— Capital, Salt Lake 
(9); KRNT, Des Moines (ill)] Viiiv^; 
Columbia (13); American,' Stv E-oHiS 
(15-20), ■ . 

"Mr. Roberts'? — Erlanger, Chi. 
(8-2*)).. ■'■ 

"Oklahoma!" — Majiesty's, Mon- 
Itreal (8-lS); Court, Spgf Id. (14-17); 
Aud., Hartford (18-20). 
i "Oklahoma!" — Aud., Nashville 
I (8-10); Aud., Memphis (11-13); Col, 
i EvairtsviUe (15-17); Union, Blooiii- 
i tii.gton:dfi-20).- ' 

j "One Fine Day''— Geary, Frisco 
! (8^20) 

Los Angeles, Nov. 9. | ..n^j Gloves" — Shubert, N. 
Town's longruns contmued at , Haven (10-13); Ford's, Balto (15-20). 
their usual pace last week but the ; "ghow Boat" — Royal, Victoria 
sole visitor, "Happy Birthday, ' fg-O); Met, Seattle 111-20) 
failed to impress in its first frame 
at the Biltmore. Third week 
■of the scheduled three-frame stand 
already has been cancelled. No 
new entries are due for a couple 
of weeks. 

Estimates for Last Week 
"Blackouts of 1948," El Capitan 
(333rd wk) (1,142; $2.40). Same 
SRC $17,000. 

"Happy Birthday," Biltmore (ls( 
wk) (1,636; $3,60). Lewis and 
Young production, starring Miriam 
llopkins, only fair in first week 
with $17,000, brought in mostly 
from Theatre Guild subscription. 

"Lend An Ear," Las Palmas Revival 
(21st wk) (388: $3). Usual capacity ' one-night 



Does $1,200 (2) in Albany 
In Roi^h Bus- Jumping Wk. 

Albany, Nov. 9. 

The Margaret Webster Shaken 
speare Co. climaxed a week of en- 
gagements in college towns by pre- 
senting "Macbeth" and "Hamlet" 
to capacity audiences Friday (5) in 
the 950-seat ' Page Hall of State 
Teachers ' College: - G o m p a n y 
grossed a good $1,200 with an 
afternoon performance of "Mac- 
beth" and a night "Hamlet'' under 
auspices of the college's Dramatics 
and Art Council'. 

Additionally about a third of the 
matinee audience and half of night 
were admitted on student's asso- 
ciation tickets. Reported that the 
company took $300 as its afternoon 
share and $700 at night. Reaction 
to "Hamlet" was better than to 
"Macbeth." This -was the first pro' 
fessional show sponsored by the 
Dramatics Coluncil since : the. Abbey 
Players were here 10 years ago 
and it's believed to warrant others. 

■Strangely, the two Albany 
dailies didn't review either produc- 
tion. A rugged week of bus-jump- 
ing, with performances at St. 
Lawrence Univ. in Canton, dlark- 
son Tech in Potsdam, Skidmore 
College in Saratoga, Williams Col- 
lege in Williamstown and Benning- 
ton Wonven's College, in Benning- 
ton was climaxed by a Saturday- 
Sunday hop to Kalmazoo, Wis. 



G&S TROUPE $12,000 
Hi 1ST TORONTO VISIT i 



grossed a heavy $12,000 at the 
Ro.val Alexandra here, with 1,525- 
seater scaled at $3 top. Company 
will be back week of Dec. 6, fol- | 
lowing Buffalo and Montreal en- 1 
■gagementsi i 
Schedule here was six perform- i 
ances of "Mikado," one each of i 
"Pinafore"' and "Pirates of Pen- 1 
lance," latter two sold out a we^sk | 
in advance. ;"Mikado" did, virtual 
capacity. 

'Birtyay' Unhappy 17G; 
'Blackouts; 'Ear' SRO, LA. 



"mm 

mgro' im 

In \m, Plully 

^^^^^^ ,;■ ■ ■ 

Playwjigte are having' a tough, 
time getting the ' riei* Maxwell Aii- 
derson historical drama, "Aiiihe of. 
the 1000 Days," open here.' N^^^ 
show had its preem piifc back for 
the fourth time ;early yesterday 
(8) and tonight (9) sees it bow at 
the 'Forrest, Show Will have one 
performance under two weeks here 
and will probablj^ continue tryouts 
Elsewhere' iis Fw^fest ' now has a 
booking the week of the 22nd; 

There's a lot of mystery wrapped 
around "Escape Me Never,'' the 
Elisabeth Bergner statrer too. 
Originally skedded at the Locust 
Nov. 1, it wfas suddenly cancelled 
and then announced; as; .rie-l;odked 
at same house next Mbhday (15). 
However, although press copy went 
out, no ads appeared in last Sun- 
day's drama, sections and local 
management . sayi!"they don't know 
for. sure'' aS- to jivhether show' will 
stick to original date or postpoiie 
again. 

Estimates for Last Week 
"For Heaven's Sake, Mother," 
Walnut (1st wk) '1,340: $3.25). 
Crix all rapped this new comedy 
which preemed Tuesday and kept 
election crowds in scats until mid- 
night; $6,700 in seven peirform- 
ances wasn't too bad, considering. 

"Light Up the Sky," Locust (1st 
wk) (1.580; $3.90). Crix liked this 
Silver Whistle" - Blackstone, I Plenty although there was 
rhi i« Vass npt (1')-20) isome adver.se word-of-mouth on 
^•".ic. ■ 4^' L.W'__Har last act. Got a walloping fine $20,- 

■ on^*™"* , 000 in first of two weeks 

ns, Chi. . (8'-20). ■■ . „.„ ■ „ „, . ,. ,. 

"The Heiress" — Selwvn, Chi ■ "Allegro," Shubert (1st wk) fl.- 
(8-20) I $4.55). Opened Thursday and 

"Wihslow Boy"— WRVA, Rich- I won rave notices. First two weeks 



Election Wdlops B way Grosses; 
Teople $10,500 in S Performances, 
'Edward/ 'Mother/ 'De^/ SRO 



As usual, interest in the' election 
knocked Broadway theatre attend- 
ance into a spin; Business last 
week started below the previous 
stanza, fell sharply election night 
and recovered ■ slowly thereafter. 
Receipts were back to more or less 
normal by weekend, but the week's 
grosses were- severely hit, except 
for the shows with advance sell- 
outs. Midweek matinees were gen*- 
erally brutal. Brokers were hit a 
couple of nights, 'having to swal- 
low some tickets ■ rather than re- 
turn them to managements, 

This , week brings , two openings, 
"Bravo" tomorrow night (Thur.) at 
the Lyceum, and "As the Girls- Go" 
Saturday, (13) at the Winter Gar- 
den. Three preems are listed for 
next week, "For Heaven's Sake, 
Mother," "Goodbye, My Fancy" 
and "Light Up the Sky." There 
were no closings last week; but 
there may be at least one this 
week. 

Estimates: for Last Week 

Kevs. C (Gomedi/), D ' (Drama) , 
CD (Comedtz-Dromo), B (Reoue), 
M (Mttsical). O (Operetta). 

"Annie Get Your Gun," Imperial 
(130th wk) (M-1,472; $6.60). Felt 
the- general election night slump 
and suffered at the midweek mati- 
nee; week's total down to $36,000; 
due- .to bouncy back and : probably 
set for indefinite- stay. 

"As the Girls Go," Winter Gar- 
den (Mrl, 519; $6). Musical com- 
edy with book by ' William Roos, 
score by Jimmy. MeHugb and Har^ 
old Adamson, -pifesented by Miehael 
Todd, opens Saturday night (13). 

"Born Yesterday," Lyceum (144th 
Wk) (C-993; $4.80). Long-runner 
was also hit by the prevailing skid; 
off to $12,500; moved Sunday (7/ 
to the !940-seat Henry Miller. 

"Bravo," Lyceum (CD-993; $4.80). 
Comedy by Edna Ferber and 
George .Kaufman, presented by 
Max Gordon, opens tomorrow 
night (Thur.). 

"Edward, My Son," Beck 
wk) (D-1,214; $4.80). One of the 



sagged to $11,200, but gets a profit 
at that figure. 

"Set My People Free," Hudson 
(1st wk) (D-1,057: $4:80). Theatre 
Guild's first presentation and sec- 
ond' subscription offeriiig of the. 
season got a divided - press and 
pulled about $10;500 for the first 
five> performances; chances :seem 
doubtful. 

"Small Wonder," Coronet (8th 
wk) (R-998; $6). New revue sub- 
sided to $24,000, but should re- 
cover; has been earning an operat- : 
ingi,j>rofit. 

"Streetcar Named De8ire,'^ Barry- 
more (4gth wk) (D-1,064; $4.80). 
Longest-run sellout had enough ad- 
vance to do capacity all perform^ 
nnccs; $27,200 and' still not an un- 
sold ticket as it approaches ; the 
one-year mark; remarkable for a 
serious drama. 

"Summer and Smoke," Music 
Box (5th wk) (0-1,012; $4.80). New 
Tennessee Williams play had an 
offish midweek matinee, but-'eve- 
nings are always strong; contra- 
versy in the press; and- by wordK>f<> 
mouth is figured a help; about $21,- 
600, still plenty potent. 

"The PliiT's ihe Tirinc." Booth 
(25th wk) (CD-712; $4.80). Molnar 
revival dipped again to $12,000,: 
which is profitable. : 

"Where** Charley?" St. James 
(4th wk) (M-1,50S; $6). - Another 
show that's 'selling.out; $36;800. 



Iravof $(im 
'Boy'lSG.Ifab 

■ V ■ ■ '.'Bbstoia,- ' Nov, 9. ; ' 
Not an,'opener this week, first 
time since first of : September, but 
(6th 1 the five shows in towii are doing 
the i okay save for the debut offering of 
few shows with enough advance to [ the Boston Repertory Assn., which 
get standee trade election^ night got off to a good start -Friday : (5) 

I and looks like it will build. Its 



and midweek matinee; $28,300. 

"For Heaven's Sake, Mother*" 
Belasco (C-1,077; $4.80). Play by 
Julie Bems, presented by David 
Kay, opens Tuesday night (16). 

"Harvey." 48th St. (211th wk) 
(C-921; $4:20). Long-run leader 
was also knocked down by the gen-, 
eral basiness dive; fell to $12,000. 

'<High Button Shoes," Broad wa^ 
(57th wk) (M-1.900; $6). Smash 
I musical was off to a trifle over 
i $45,000, but . is expected to re- 
1 gain its former great pace at this 
; huge house; Eddie Foy. and others 
[from the Chicago company took, 
over the leads here for the next ■<■ 
few weeks, while Phil Silvers isj 
hospitalized. { 



first, "Road; to Roime," :was ; Well 
liked and coibpahy got a big send- 
off except , fronj the Christian 
S<;ience Monitor, which wouldn't ' 
accept its ads. ■:: ' ■ ; 

Estimates for Last Week"^ : '■ ■ 
"Bravo!" Wilbur (2d wk) (1,200: 
$3.€0). Second week got estimated 
$6,000, which isn't bad for at shew 
that got no help at all irem the 
crix. ■,.,■■■::..■•■:■:■., 

"Finian's Rainbow," Shubert (3d 
wk) ( 1,750; $4.80). Steady biz 
keeps this one just below estimated 
$33,000. 

"Harvey," Colonial (7th wk) (1,- 
500; $5 60). Jumped back close to 
an estimated $16,000, okay. 
"Road to Rome," Copley (1,200; 
"Howdy, Mr. Ice," Center (20th , $2.25). First offering of the Bos- 
\vk) (R-2,964; $2.88). This time the ton Repertory Assn. and company 
skate show joined the general i well-liked, but will need all the 



mond (15-20). 



'Show Boat' Strong 

• n 1*. till uecause oi c 
$31,000 in Split Wk. floor ca pacity 



on -ATS subscription but gross of 
$21,500 for initial four perform- 
ances made it look as if lowered 
subscription won't hurt : this one's 
gross top as it does some. That's 
because of Shubert's big lower- 



trend; down again to $38,000 and 
will probably continue to ebb as 
the season progresses, as usual. 

"Inside U.S.A.," Majestic (28th 
wk) (1,659; .$6). Felt the prevailing 
slu-mp; subsided to a trifle under 
$42,000. 

"Life With Mother.' 



help it can get to survive in. this 
star town. First three perform- 
ances, following opening Friday^ 
got an estimated $2,000. 

"The Winslow Boy," Plymouth 
(1st wk) (1,200; $3.60). Here under 
Theatre Guild-American Theatre 
Society auspices, tHis lOne was 
given a nice sendoff and got an 
estimated $15,000, which is, okay 
for no marquee attraction. 



$7,000. 



■Vancouver, Nov. 9 
of "Show Boat," in 
date in Tacoma 



a 

and 



'Man' $26,000, Balto 

Baltimore, Nov. 9. 
Maurice Evans in "Man and Su- 
perman" opened Ford's here last 
week after an extended period of 
darkness and mounted : a very ro- 
bust $26,000 for the week. 

House is again dark until Nov. 



, tliree-night engagement here, pull 
ed a combined grossiof $31,000 last 

! Show divides this week between 
! Victoria and Seattle. 



15 when Jean Dalrymple brings in Broadway uom< 

Charles Boyer in "Red Gloves," di- 1 ja^s at tlie Shubert (2-6), left town I ground on' Election Week. Biz 
reeled by. Jed Harris. ■ ' ......>... 



'Girls' 23G in 7, N.H. 

New Haven, Nov. 9. 
"As the Girls Go." doing a pre- 
brusliup stand of five 



'Born' lOG, Pitt 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 9. 
Apparently "Born Yesterday" got 
everything that was coming to it 
two seasons ago when it played 
Nixon for a fortnight. Last week 
it came back and got' excellent no- 
tices again, but reviews and couple 
of film personalities in the cast, 
Jean. Parker and Lon Chaney, 
couldn't overcome the general dis- 
interest and it wound up very 
poorly at around $10,000. : 
Comedy got a bad break coming 



Empire (3d 

wk) (CD-1,082; $4.80). One of the 
exceptions that rode a strong ad- 
vance to, sellout houses for all. per- 
formances; $24,100. I , . 

"Love Life," 46th St. (5th wk) n || <r« 7 nain 

(M-1,319; $6). This was one of the tarroil- raucv Z4m 

shows where theatre parties helped * 
resist the down-pull; $38,500. I 
"Magdalena," Ziegfeld (7th wk) 



'Carouser $32,700, Det 



'Roof $15,800, Frisco 

San Francisco, Nov. 9. 
Town's only legit last week, 
"Raze the Roof," with Jerry Lester, 

chalked up a nice $15,800 at the -— - „ , 

Tivoli (1,400; $2.88) for its seventh | fotj.^four-day^stand 

"Ed" Wynn's Laugh Carnival'' (Willie Hovvard musi>l, occurs Nov. 
and "One Fine Day" bo'Wed this i 24-27 Jenny, 
week. I Leo G. Carroll 



with a sizable hunk of coin in its 
wallet. Seven performances at 
.$4.20 top clocked an approximate 
$23,000, fair for this 1,600-seat 
liouse. ,: 

Tomorrow (Wed.) gets premiere 
of Charles Boyer in "Red Gloves" 



picked up sharply after midweek 
but not enough to make up for 
early slack. 



Kiss Me," with 
IS due Dec. 2-4v 



'Medea' Mild 15G, Seattle 

Seattle, Nov. 9. 

"Medea," starring Judith Ander- 
son, proved very disappointing at 
the 1,500-seater Metropolitan, land- 
ing a mild $15,000. 

House was scaled from $3.75. 



'0-l,628; $6.60). Also off a bit to 
I almost $35,000, below operating 
I costs; but the management indi- 
j cates the intention to continue in- 
( definitely. : 

I "Make Mine Manhattan," Broad- 
i hurst (43d wk) (R-l,160;.$6). Also 

felt the rough going; slid to $23r 

800; will probably have to move 

shortly for an incoming production. {Hammerstein musical, 

"Mister Roberts," Alvin (38th ' 
wk) (CD-I ,357; $4.80). The advance ; 
sale here was enough to get. 
standee; trade again; $35^000. 

"My Romance," Shubert (3d wk) ; 
(0-l,387; $6). Theatre Guild sub- ni I ■ il/i d I 

Subert'Se?e1?a7orto1ri7^^^ Blackstoue IIG, St. Loo 

500; may be taken off shortly to ' 

make way for "Anne of the Thou- ; 

.sand Days." : . 

"Private Lives," Plymouth (5th 

wk) (C-1,062; $4.80). Noel Coward 
'• revival was also hit, easing to $25,- ' 
1400, which is plenty profitable, i 
r "Respectfol Prostitute" and 
i "Hope Is the Thine," Cort (39th 
jwk) (D-1,064; $4.20). Double bill; 
■was affected by the downtrend; 



Detroit, Nov. 9. 
Theatre attendance was perky 
here last week, despite the distrac- 
tion of tho' election. Stimulus was 
figured to be the strong attractions, 
one being Madeleine Carroll as star 
of the pre^Broadway tryout, "Good'^ 
bye. My Fancy,'' the other the re- 
turn engagement of the Rodgers- 
'Carouselv' 

"Fancy" :; pulled an estimated 
$24,500 at the Shubert-tiafayette, 
and "Carousel" grossed a potent: 
$32,700 at the Cass. 



St. Louis, Nov. 9. 
Harry Blackstone and his magie 
extravaganza wound up its twor 
week .stand at the American Satur- 
day (6), eight performances gar- 
nering an estimated $11,000. B.o, 
for the two-week stand was $21,000, 
with the 1,700-seat house scaled to 
$2.54. 

"Medea," with Judith Anderson, 
i.f due next Monday (15). 



60 



IJ[GITI9fiiTB 



WctWsday, Novcinlwr 10, 1948 



Plays Out of Town 



isa Wynnes Laugh 
€aru1%'al 

San Francisco, Nov 7 

Paiil Small production of musjcal rcvuej 
Ctais jEd W\nn J'liil Bakei. Allan .lone-. 
Pat Boonev, Metty HeUly, SW Silvei s, Ditk 
and Sot Itemy, Mauon Harrln. Ji . th*" 
Hermanos Williams Trio, I,ola Kendiick 
Zell Russell *nd Jijan Spanglei Opened 
at CMlian tlicatie, San riancisio 
Nov 7. '48 

"Ed ^VJ.nn's Laugh Cainival" 
points out what is meant bv "the 

food old days at the Palace " 
usco laughed itself sillj and 
cjied into its nostalgia right up to 
the brim as "Carnival" peeled off 
iindei the comic wizardry ot Ed 
Wynn 

Wynn himself sparks the entne 
peiformance with wit and kno^v- 
how The Paul Small melanKC is 
definitely set for a heft\ lun the 
next three weeks Word-ot-niouth 
will spiead quickly that the Cui- 
ran has a bit, good news tiavels 
fast m Fusco, which remembeis its 
own "orpheum days" with a soft 

: glow. '■'■y' ■ ■■:y%-'- , 

Opening the "Laugh Cfirnivai" 
vit'i his traditional tomf<Joleries, 
outlandish costumes and all, Wynn 
quickly takes the audience ovei 
with his hokum and then bows in 
the Ilemanos Wilbams Trio, who 
score solidly with their rhythmic 
acrobatics and smart costuming. 
Second to take the spot is blond 
Bettv ReiHy, billed as "the lush 
Senorita," who has more than ade- 
quate singing appeal, plus a sur- 
plus supply of chic and vitality 

Phil Baker and Sid Silvers, do- 
ing the VaUde standard which 
sfeVved them two decades ago when 
Baker was billed as "a bad boy 
from a good family" and Silveis 
was one of the best singing stooges 
in the business, come up thud to 
panic the customers. The old corn, 
even though somewhat wom 
around the edges, still has enough 
to ronvulse the seat-warmers 

n'hroughout all of the foiegomg, 
and for the remainder of the show, 
Wvnn weaves m and: out among the 
acts; seasoning them, highlighting 
■ them, -giving tliem ; added tone and 
color Wynn's sentimental biinc;- 
ing-on of Pat Rooney Sr , evokes 
an ovation for the dancer, and his 
three items, including ' the daugli- 
tei of Rosie O'Gradj " shakes the 
J afters A joint comedy bit bj 
Wvnn and Rooney is a further bell- 
iin£(er As a strong closer to the 
first act. Wynn turns m his old re- 
liable "costume designer" routine 
witli the aid of three long-legged 
models. 

' The, second half of the ' Carnir 
val." is as good show biz as the fu st. 
Opener of stanza lias Wynn and 
his "inventions." which sock the 
customers plent% Then Allan 
Jones, well tailored and singing 
stronglv clicks wilh "This Is the 
Moment," ' Bcgume " "Whiffenpool 
Song" and "Donkey Seienadc" 
"Pagliacci" encore is a flash 
clo.ser that brought a big hand. 

Nostalgia, touches another high 
point when Phil Baker brings on 
Waiion Ilarus, Ji for vi'hoso 
mother. Baker; in the ■ "good old 
days;" purportedly wrote the song. 
' Did You Mean It," which the 
younger Miss Harris and Bakor. 
with accordion, , sing together m 
the exact manner of Marion Ilai i is 
Sr and Baker in the musical 
"Lady m Spain" 20 vears ago. 
Miss Ilaujs in teiufic blue gown 
and singing with sparkle m spite ot 
some opening-night nerves, showed 
much savvy and promise. 

TJie "roU-m-the-aisles" point ol 
the show comes when Wynn: m ihe 
costume of a physicpl culture in- 
structor, loins with Dick and Dot 
: Remy, acrobatic specialty, in a 
Wildly hilarious sequence of hoko 

It is Ed Wynn of "peifect tool ' 
fame who turns in this socko 
buflooneu and it's gieat vaiide 
to the hilt Bit by Wvnn with 
Jones \Mth Wynn at mobile piano 
Is a plea.sing closer, and Wynn. 
Willi 'Good Night" candle in hand 
and m darkened house, does a 
soit finale pleaser. 

Vaude scenic drops are colorful. 



I and fiebh looking Pacing and pro- 
duction are excellent Music is 
neatly handled bj Jerry Freeman 

' Ted 



tiaplicl 

Princeton, N. J,,, Nov. .6.; 

, .loHu .Yorke prdutllon of conied.v in 
tlii-ce acts, (one ' scene) by .Hon.Tld , iclfer 
, and ' Pauline . .Taincr.son. Stars . firnc:,! 
'J'l'ue.vi features Vicki Cummings. StaKed 
by Harry JSUerbe; setting and costumes, 
Wolfgang Kotli. At McCarter theatre 
Princeton,, ,1*?. Ji, iNov 
Cionstauce V.ve , .. . . : , 
Ilalland V>e 
Sophie MucDonald , . 
,.lapliet iMeadowtirook 
Nei^ta Madrigale.;. ... . 
Jainei IIowclls 



6. '48; $3.60 top. 
Oiace McTainalian 
. . .Judson Laire 
Sylvia I icld 
El not liuex 
1 . . Viclti CuinminKs 
,Morton L, , Stevens 



As theatrical fai'e "Japhel'f 
rates one long yawn, ttollywood 
chances aip equally slim What 
boxoifice this production enjoys 
win come primarilv from tlie iine 
acting ol Linest liuex and Vicki 
Cummmgs. whose performances 
were, enthusiastically received 
opening night.: 

But even Tiue\ and Miss Cum- 
mings cannot fully compensate for 
the shallow, slow-moving stoiy, 
overladen with boudoir innuendos 
that somehow fall short of creat-, 
ing that smait, sophisticated Noel 
Cowardish touch attempted. The 
I incongruous yarn concerns- a mid-, 
I die-aged male virgin from England, 
I one .laphet Meadowbrook. Japhet 
I takes; the advice: of his London 
1 psychologist and comes\ to this 
I countrv to sow a few wild oats. 
I First stop: Connecticut home ot a 
playwiight-pal wheie Japhet im- 
mediately becomes involved with 
' pal playwright's wife, her house- 
keeper-companion and a charming, 
beautiful voung trollop. Complica- 
tions Tarise when all three women, 
each with her own good reason, 
beat a path to his bedroom door. 

Despite , the . handicap of the 
sciipl, Tiuex turns in a warmiy, 
humane : and believable character- 
ization. His portrayal of the mil- 
quetoastish Japhet meets With 
ready audience sympathy. Miss 
Cummings scores heavily as the' 
gal few men care to resist. Grace 
McTarnahan makes a good Connie 
Vve. and Judson Laire registers as 
hei pla\wiight-husband Syhifi 
Field also impresses, : 

Staging was at times imagina- 
tive. : and also cumbersome, but 
tormer had the upper hand. Set 
and costumes were competently 
handled but lighting was still 
I m the experimental stage when 
I caught 



the stalie, and two grown sons 
whom mama has always been in- 
clined to baby in a frantic en- 
deavor to conceal her own advanc* 
ing year.s 

Hubby can always get an en- 
gagement because he has talent, 
but the wife, \\}\o is strictly a ham, 
novel gets a tumble, which is a 
source ol continual irritation to 
the stage - struck and attractive 
matron. Tins causes frequent 
marital fiiclion although the hus- 
band is portrayed as sincerely~in 
fact, passionately — in love with 
his vvjie. When the, boys go into 
tile army, Mama bums anew, and 
when they maiTy, she has a fit. 
Climax is reached ^^ hen she learns 
that she is to become a. grand^i 
mothct 

Best peiformance is by Molly 
Picon who doesn't arrive on the 
scene until Act II but easily 
dominates proceedings thereafter 
Nancy Carroll, as the stage-struck 
\Mfe IS less happy, although ex- 
tremely easy on the eyes. She was 
\eiv lagged in hei fiist-night per- 
tormance but seemedj to improve 
in her later scenes, especially those 
with Miss Picon 

An impoitant if entirely ex- 
traneous character, IS that of an 
aged and slightly balmy grand- 
lathei who imagines himself as 
Lmcoin tand other . historical per- 
sonages), St Clair Bayfield does 
a nice job by this role, which, of 
course, reminds one of the relative 
m "Aisenic and Old Lace" who 
tancied himselt to be Teddy Roose- 
velt, Some of the youngsters are 
appealing, particularly Peggy Ro- 
iiiano Margaiet Draper and 
Mai ion Russell, and Richy Shawn 
rates a hand as the son of the 
waidiobe mistress 

Harry Wagstaft Cribble who 
once directed another play about 
a screwy family (Noel Coward's 
' Hay Fever"), makes something of 
the second act scenes but it's a 
pretty hopeless job Wateis. 



Legit FoUowup 



Vnr Heaven's Sake, 

Philadelphia, Nov 2 

David Kar production of ' comedy m 
two acls Csix scenes) by Julie. ;Be:rns. 
Stars Nancy Carroll and Molly Picon. 
Sid„ed b\ Hair\ Wagstaff Gubble set 
tini! and liBhtinK, Leo K«rii> At Walnut 
St. I'Hcatre. Plvdadclphia, opening Nov. 2, 
'48. 



llenr.V: Wheeler. . 

Bob Lawrence 

Dick Lawrence .. 
Lucmda Lawrence 
Ldward Lawrence.. 
Lavinia , .■. . . . . . . 

.lack : Warren.,'. . . — 
Dcedee .Warren , . . . 
Susan Beresford , . 
Einilv . Hlnnd . . ; ■. . 

Milton Hubin . , 

.loe Ketieaghan. . . . 

■Chauffeur; ... , .,:..: 
Policeman ......... 

iVIrs. RUbIn ;;; . .... . 

bai-a Louise . . . , . . . 



St. Clair B.iyficid 
. ; . . , Alfred : liaiT 
. . . Charles Colby 
. . . ,Nancy Carroll 
. Herschel Benllcy 
'. Jacqueline Andro 
, .Stiano Bragsiotti 
, . . .Peggy Romano 
. .-. :Marian Ru.ssell 
. .L Jean Pugslev 
Richv Shawn 
. , '. . .led Plunnner 

;Tom Kemp 

. , Dennis Dentiate 
; . . . . , .Molly Pu'on 
. .Margaret Draper 



I NEED PLAYS 

nRXMV>. AMJ tOHjeiMl •> 
,l'or Picture ?taiuus 
New York iinil (;lilcaKO' 1*r04lii>.ti,ii)«- 
l»oine ftir.rond tours,; ivltlijt'^'iiv likier: 
HAR Y MEYER 
At JJIOJt'S KM'JCW M \int 
.117 MUllition Arrnne : 
Met JItli & 4Wli Ken lorl.- i;, N Y 
Mlrrui mil i-'tmi 



; Philadelphia which doesn't have 
; loo manv non-musical preems: had 
1 one at the Walnut St. theatre to- 
night (21 that had the firsl-nighl 
i audience gasping, but definitely 
i not with enthusiasm. Julie Berns' 
I conlod^^ wound its tortuous way lor 
] moi-e than three and a half hours. 
1 with the final curtain very close 
to midnight By that time a lot oi 
I the capaeit.Y house had breezed out 
1 to gel election returns and missed 
I some of the show's few, redeeming 
i' scC'nes.','., , ■ ■''■• 

I Act i of Mi.ss Berns' opus is al- 
; mosl a total loss from anv view- 
' point, and it's hard to see how even 
the most ngid kind of piuning 
and doctoung can bring any kind 
, ot 01 del out ot this theatrical 
chaos; "For Heaven's Sake. 
iVlothcr IS a muddled, contu.sed 
play With a fairly good — if famihar 
—idea as its basic theme, and a 
couple of interesting characters. 
It s the story of a zany Larchmont 
lanulv consisting of a father who 
IS a faiilj successful acloi, mothei 
circa 40 who was once a choius- 
girl and >vho wants to return to 



llapii^' Birlli«lay 

(NATIONAL COMPANY) 
(Biltmore, L.A.) 

Los Angeles, Nov 2 
Last jeai, coast producers Rus- 
sell Lewis and howard Young se- 
tuied the load rights to "I Re^ 
membei Mama," inked Charlotte 
Gieenwood ioi the stairing role in 
an inspiied bit of casting, and 
piompth lacked up a neat piofit. 
This ^eai they've giabbed oft the 
lights to 'Happ\ Biithdav" for a 
similat- tour with Miriam Hopkins 
stalled Ihe lesults wont be any- 
wheie neai the same 

Success ot "Biithday" on tour 
\Mll rest squaiely on the personal' 
di awing power of Miss Hopkins, 
.lust as Helen Hayes was the po- 
tent draw in the oiigmal The 
piece Itself, whihj diverting, is 
too flimsy to hold up as an attiac- 
tion particulaih at a time when 
Icu.stomers are shopping so care- 
|fullv 

Aliss Hopkins gi\es the role of 
1 the Newark sumster-librarian a I 
' broad ti eatment but fails to put 
I into it the underlying sympathy it 
I demands Best peiformances are ' 
ituined in b\ Margaret Irving and 
I Lnid \laikc\ both ol the original 
I New ypik company, and effective 
isuppoil is deliveied bv Philip i 
il'a.orsham as the bank cleik 
David Giav's direction lollows the 
i)atlein set b\ Joshua Logan on 
! Ujoadwav and the production 
I benefits tiom the ouginal set bv Jo 
iMiel/mei Kap. 



Play on Broadway 



!^el My l*t>o|»Ie Free 

Tlicatre Guild (AUyn Rice, associate 
produiiierj production, of drama in three 
acts (10 scenes) by Dorotliy ifeyw.wd. 
rcatui'cs 'luano Hernandez, .Canada Lee, 
Mildred ,Snilth, Blnine tovdner. Franic 
Wilson. Lclgii Whiplier. Directed by Mar- 
tin Kitt: settings, K!ili>h Alswangi cos- 
tumes; Krjnesl , Schraps; choral direction 
and arrangements.' ,)oshua .Lee. , .\t Hud- 
son. N. V:. Nov. 3, '-la; Sl.BO top open- 
.ing).' ' ,',.. '•: , ,,;■ 

George Wilson Canada Lee 

Ro',e . , Allidittd Joanne Smitii 



Denmaik Vesey 
Cal>t. Wilson,..:. 
PhvlUs , 
ICti/a Wilson . . 
Gullah Jack 
Tiadei Ileni I 
Morris Brown.:; . 
Fatrohnan. .. . . . .', 

I he Mauma . . , . 
Ponipe.v, . '. . . . ;,. . 

liiia 

Aneas. ... ...... . , 

Pharaoh 

Benbow. . .,..■; . ,;'. . 
Rachel 

Adam. . .... ... . , V. 

Cuppv; ., . . . . . . .,. 

Bcllcisle . , , 
Lot 

,1eniniv; . . . . ... , . 

Small 

Blanche. ; ..... .,.; 

Peter 'Povas. . , 
Jesse Blackwood 
Ned Bennett . 
KoUa Bennett 

Monday Gcll 

Pcrault Pnoleau 
Mingo Hartli.. . . 
Bluid Philip.. 
Frank Ferguson 



Juano Hcrnnnde't 
Blame Cordnci' 
.Marion Scanlon 
. . . Gail Ciladstone 
. . . .:;l:.eiKli Wliipper 
. . .'. Sotner Alberg 
. . l^ ranlf, Wilson 
'. .^I'vler Carpenter 
Bcitbi T Powell 
. .. ' Alon'/o Bosan 
. Editli .Atuka-Rcid 
. ;Williani Warliold 
. .Wmiani IMcDaniei 
Wan/a 1 King 
, . ,]>'redve Marshall 
Meiiitt Smith 
. . ,.1;heodorc limes 
, ; . Harry Bolden 
1 ouis Shaip 
; . . .C^eorge 'Dosher 
Musa Williams 
.: .Urvlee Leonardos 
. ...;Earl. Sydnor 
I .Thomas Anderson 
Eail Jones 
WJiham Mai shall 
C ha lies McRae 
. . John Boule 
. ,, , ;Eric ,, Burroughs 
.Uarold Des Verney 
Richard Silver 



EQUITY AGAIN TURNS 
DOWN MARCH OF TIME 

Council of Actors Equity Assn. 
declined again yesterday (Tues.) to 
permit -Its members to contribute ! 
their services for a March ot Time 
documentary film dealing with the 
preparation ot a typical Broadway 
production MOT appealed the 
union's .recent decision involving 
a project newsreel based on the 
Playwrights' production;; of Max- 
well Andei-son's- ' Anne of ; the 
Thousand Days " 

Equity leaders explained that in 
previously agreeing to allow pay- 
ment of the Screen Aotois Guild 
rate of $45 a da>, thej weie al- 
ready making a concession from 
the regular Equity scale of one 
week's, salary for each day's shoot- 
ing. 



Drummers .-.Samuel Brown, Moses Mianns 

The Theatre Guild's flist presen- 
tation of the season is an honest, 
dignified drama about an aboitive 
slave uprising in Charleston m 
1822. It starts promisingly enough, 
but never really catches fire and 
finally sputteis to a weak ending. 
It may have a inodeiate run, but is 
an unlikely bet to repay the cost 
ot the six-set production.' 

The play suffeis fioin the fact 
that. it : is based on history. For 
instead of going through with the 
Molence presaged bj the using 
events of the fiist and second acls. 
It must cling to the actual lecoi-d, 
which was that the slaves' plot was 
discovered at the last minute and 
the msuiiection suppiessed This 
not only deprives the drama Of its 
logical climax, but provides an un- 
satisfying iate loi tlie heio 

The action covers a 12-year pe- 
iiod fiom the fime Denmark Ve- 
sey, a selt-educated tormer African 
tribal prince, renounces personal 
security and marriage in slavery, 
to the. hitter deteat oi his planned 
revolt and Ins capture by the mili- 
tia Paiticulaily thiough tlie earh 
scenes, as Vesev has the; dream of 



mia.!' 44G in Atlanta; 
$42,600 in Worcester 

Atlanta, Nov. 9. 
Theatre Guild's original com- 
pany of "Oklahoma!'"' drew- a power* 
till $44,300 heie last week, with an 
extra performance Friday (8) 
matinee It was the biggest week's 
take in local niemoiy. 

$43,600 in Woicester 

Worcester, Mass.. Nov. 9- 
National company of "Okla- 
homa'," playing a full eight per- 
torniances here last week, giossed 
a sock $42,600, 



Gosch Seelis Allgood 
To Costar in 'Bridget* 

Martiii Gosch, wlio's leadving « 
Broadway production of "Budget," 
bj Herbert Cobey, goes to the 
Coast next week to sign Sara All- 
good as costar for the plav He 
hopes to get Ceraldine Fit/geiald 
tor the other star pait and, while 
in Hollywood, sign a diicctor for 
the show 

Presentation will be in associa- 
tion with Eunice HeaIc.^. 




Jed Harris, Staging Jean-Paul 
Sartre's "Red Oloves ," ordered 
Horiiicc MacMaiiDii to #o w a inus- 
taciie, : it'S; claimed, :tecause he's 
■'such a: jnan-abotiRbwH aM: ha^^ 
been seen in so many fe plictures" 
. Equity Library Theah e w^ll • 

Miuucrts, who lecentU acquned 



torpid words. 

Juano Hernandez Is fine m the 
dov\nhiU pait of the Negio who 
sees himself as a modern Moses 



His vlgoious peifoimame gives i f"?„ ^^"^ '^ "f-"?}'""^ 
diive to the plav and his arlinp il"^' ^ Y . \vhich thev opeiate . 



diiye to the play, and his acting 
combines diiectness, versatility and 
authouty Canada Lee has more 



the Bclasco, N Y last week piu- 
chased the plot ol gioiind on the 
northwest cojnei ot Seventh ave. 
and 58th st , adjoining the Cen- 



tiouble with the complex and rather {i!^ vVl^^t^l 

static narl nt th» clavo « hno.o i "'s Mite 



Longhair Shorts 



static part of the slave whose con 
flictmg; loyalties doom tlie rebel 
lion and destroy him. 

Mildi ed Smith is appealing as 
the taithful stave whom Vesey 
gives up to devote himself to the 
cause, while Fiank Wilson regis- 
teis as a Negio pieaihei, Leigh 
Whippei IS impiessive as a conjur 
doctor and Blame Cordner 



Margaret Suna\an is being sought 
to co-star with John Gai field in 
the new CliffQid Odets plaj, 'The 



W A N T E D 

REPUTABLE PRODUCER TO PRODUCE 

A comedy drama, tolling a story of a loui in travail. A great aspiration 
in jeopardy, A ptrion going through the fisry .ordeal pf trial and error/ 
to the blazing illumination of •elf-realization, 

FOR STAGE OR SCREEN 

RECOMMENDED by MR. ELIA KAZAN and PROF. KENNETH ROWE 
(of fka Uiilversity of Michigan). .: 
0. Ziich*rman, ;2M5 Valentine Ave.,' BronXi 'N.' Yt : 



Gene Aslilcv, tcnoi who was for- 
meily a tlieatie manager (Hams, 
N Y) and ownci (Butke, Bronx), 
back in N Y altei a concert toui 
ol occupation zones; and signed to 
do a seiies ol tele film shoits . . . 
Peter Diamond, asst directoi of 
Netheilands Opeia in N Y to line 
up talent loi the Holland Festival 
at Aiiistpidam and Schevenigen 
next veai (.June lo-July 15) . . , 
Dons Doiee, loimei Met soprano, 
who's been singing last two sea- 
sons at Covent Garden, London- 
due m N Y end ol month, and 
giving lecital at Town Hall Jan 23. 

Fritz Busch is due in on the 
Jutlandia I'liday C12) to conduct 
JS Y Metopeia opener, "Otello, ' 
Nov 29 ... Richard Korn con- 
ducting Geishwm's "Ameuean m 
Pai is" and Copland's "Appalachian 
Spung in Rome . , . Richard 
Monti featuied singer m "A Flag 
Is Boi n" tvv 0 seasons ago on Broad- 
wav, to be soloist with Interna- 
tional Symphony in Brooklyn to- 
mouow (11) ... Ann Ayars, 
foimei D' Kitdaie series starlet, 
doing five lead roles during cur- 
lenl N.Ti. City Opera Co, season. 



plausible as the kindlv but smug 
mastei Maitin Ritl s staging lacks 
variation and tails to oveicome the 
ineitia of the final scenes, although 
seveial of his gioup scenes are el- 
fective The choial backgiounds 
aiianged and directed bv Joshua 
Lee piovide helptul atmosphere, 
and Ralph Alswang's settings are 
simple but decoiative. Hobe. 

Shows in Rehearsal 

"AIon« Fifth Avenue"_Ai thur 
Lessei 

"Jenny Kissed Me"— Michael El- 
lis and .lames Russo, Alexander 
H Cohen Oaience M Shapiio 

"K\st Mc, Kate"— \inold Saint- 
Subbci iL Lemuel Ayeis 

"Lend an Eai"— William H Kaf- 
zell William Eythe, Fiankiin K, 
Gilbert 

"Make Way for Lucia"— Theatre 

■'.Guild;. . 

"Tlie Young and Fair"— Vinton 
Fi eedle.v 



Edward Morley, co-author and 
co-star of "Edwaid, My Son" at 
the Martin Beck, N Y is woiking 
on a new plav . Kdwaid Knill 
vyill be general manager and Ward 
Bisliop stage manager of "Kiss Me, 
Kate" Knill is alieady gm foit 
John C. Wilson's revival of "Pri- 
IS ^'^^^ Jk'^^^" • • • Helen Talbot, foi- 
mer film actress-wile ot a Gl stu- 



'Annie' 35G in SpHt 

I-, , Akion Nov 9 

CRoijd companj of "Annie Get 

M.;"nftft'"/ P""<^'* « total gloss ot 
$3^,000 last veek in split-week 
dates in ( mnnnati and here 

YoStolvn?^'"*' '"^ ^" 



dent at Notre Dame will stai m a 
production of "Guest in the House" 
at Turner Little Theatie, South 
Bend, Friday nlglit (12). 

Deal IS on for Walter Abel to dQ 
a guest-star engagement m "TJie 
Beaux. Strategem" with the Rollins 
College theatie .... The Albu- 
queique Little Theatie wants th« 
same actor to guest in its produc- 
tion ot 'The Win.slow Boy" next 
spiing .... Blanche Ynrka is be- 
ing sought to play the lead m the 
loppka (Kan) Civic Theatie pio- 
duction of "1 Remembei Mama" 
next Aplil .... Max Gordon has 
invited the staff of the Ameiican 
National Theatie & Academv to 
attend tonight's (Wed ) pieview 
pprfoimance of "Bia\o,' new Ddna 
lerber-George S Kaufman play 
whic'h preems tomouovv night at 
the Lyceum, NY 

VVinston O'Keefe, who oiganired 
and dnected the Ameuean Theatie 
Wing GI piogram, was noted a 
resolution of appi edition by the 
Wing board last week on leaving 
lor his New Stages managing post 
. . John Marriott, last on Bioad- 
wav in "Respectful Pi ostitute,' v.ai 
tested Fiiday (5) by 20th-Fox foi a 
lote in "Come to the Stable," due 
loi lensing next month , 

Leo Robin, composer of numei- 
ous film scores, ai rived in New 
York last week on the lookout foi 
a, legit musical comedv book for 
which he would like to wiite the 
score He's also seeing tlie Broad- 
way show*. 



Wcdneidsy, November 10, 194S 



UTKRATI 



61 




Suoyan's Drama Critiques 
Gilbert W. Gabriel, recently 
dropped as drama critic for the 
new Theatre Arts mag, has con- 
sulted his attorney regarding the 
status of his contract with Alexan- 
der Ince* the publisher. - Mean' 
while, William Saroyan is covering 
first-nights for the publication on a 
gratis basis as a friendship gesture 
to Inice* He'U handle the assign- 
pient only for tfre forthcoming 
issue. Stark Young, formerly critic 
; for New Republic, has been ap^ 
proached to take over permanently. 

Understood Gilbert's contract 
called for him to get $250 per 
article through the summer, but 
tipping to $500 with the start of the 
fall season on Broadway. Gilbert 
Is said to have suggested calling off 
the deal on a couple of occasions, 
but was persuaded to reconsider^ 
subsequently being: notified he was 
through. 

Charles MacArthur, editor of the 
mag, reportedly sought tO: iron out 
the situation between Gabriel and 
Ince. 

Screenland, Silver Screen Sold 
Ownership of Screenland and 
Silver Screen last week passed 
from Liberty Magazine, Inc. to J. 
Fred Henry, head of the Henry 
Publishing Co. Purchase of the 
two fan mags : was: revealed by 
Henry, who> at one, time was a Dell 
Publishing Co. veepee. Amount 
involved in the deal was undis- 
closed. 

First issues of Screenland and 
SS under Henry's aegis will be the 
February, 1949 numbers. Sale of 
the publications by Liberty re- 
portedly was due to a desire of the 
seller to concentrate its attention 
: exclusively upon Liberty mag itself . 

NNPA Convention Set For N.Y. 

■ National ; Newspaper Promotion 
Assn. will hold its 1949 convention 
at the Roosevelt Hotel, N.Y.,. April 
' 20r22 according to an announce- 
ment made last week by convention , 
chairman Irvin S. Taubkin, of the I 
N.Y. Times. 

Others on the convention com- 
mittee arc: George : Allen. N.Y. 
Herald Tribune;' Lawrence W. 
Merahn, N. Y. Sun: Sumner Collins, 
N.Y. Journal-American; Alex Gross, 
N.Y. Post Home News; Duncan 



picture will be released. Shane has 
rejected the original title as am- 
biguous for pictures and is cur- 
rently casting around for a new 
marquee, monicker: 



Philly's Book & Author Grubfest 

Philly Inquirer had a varied 
group of gue.stees at its Book , and 



Is something they saw last night, 
hence they'jre led up with it, be 
it musicals, whodunits or whatnot. 
Give them: something new and 
they'll respond. The main thing 
today is intent and' content. Picr 
tures must .have: individuality all 
their own, and they'll buy them 
all right. And when they do, 



SCULLY'S SCRAPBOOK ; 



♦ ♦♦♦♦♦t»tt»»»»« By Frank Scully 



Cracked Corn, Mo., Nov. 6. 

thPvVA voiir hP<:t iH- pvpi-v pii<!- ' ^" psychiatry it has long been known that "the night has a thou- 
tomer becomes a 'waZJ two- t?»ll'«' day but one." It's the "I" in a guy that drives him nut* 
sheet. You may suck them in with I l^\P«*'^f"y «t "'8^t. ■ 

phoney merchandising the first I "ct, the letter "I" is so loaded With trouble that even readers 
day but the public prefers to bfr- ' Scully's Psychiatric Word Book of Hollywood cannot be spared th» 
lieve -their friends, and not the 



„„i i„c brutal details. After alii "Idea"? comes under this: category and every 
Author luncheon held yesterday , , Th-»t'<! whv th'pv rpuptit nav- ' one knows that there would be no trouble in Hollywood if certain 
. Warwick Hotel, I .i. Prices 'B' OTodurt ' P^^Ple didn't get ideas. Out of ideas come "think pictures," and out 
Phila. Folk sinfier Burl Ives P"j^J;°^^7^.^"^y^[!;j^"iJ,'^ ^ The word "Ideal- 

' ism" pops up in this section also, aiid stU o^ 

the drivtag <poWef feehlhd .jpictures iike "Forever Amberger," "The 
.JEinpierqir:;Bchinllts?^ the'"Sim:'M'';T;; , 

; ■ 'ilti^'^wi^- unattainable ideajis; are said to be: .Jiehin^ addiction to niari-i 
iuana cigarets, blondes, bookies and otftblii^ts of tenipi!r.^^^^ T^ 
City pte-Labiir Day. 'They wanted] escape^hatches, though it may be argiied; wd in tact is ; atgvied by 
the horiiegoing vacationists to car- , aviatien executives who double in the picture biz; th^t they arei against^ ^ 
I'y back with them thC' message the practice of smoking, reefers, because! it's a ch^iper way of flying, 
they saw a 'diiEerent' picture at | But psychiatrists will tell, except for rages; that there are ho cheap 
the shore. i ways to fly, and rages often knock the old id around so badly a iiypo 

''Bamurn was wrOng; they're not 1 of paraldehyde has to be administered by a pretty nui:sc to bring; the . 
all .suckers. Let's try making „t, patient back to his old calm scenei^rchewing self. !Sb i^ 
to the public for a change. They'll '"''•ves, and if smoke gets in your rs, rientember that Hollywood 



Phila. Folk singer Burl Ives 
warbled his "Blue Tail Fly" among 
other of his ditties and also dis-- 
cussed his -latest tome, "The Way- 
faring Stranger.'' 
'. Also on hand were . Betty Mc- 
Donald ("Egg and I," "Plague'and 
1'*), Congressman : Sol Bloom who 
commented on- his "Autobiog- 
raphy"; , as :- well as authoress 
Countess , Palffy and Fiske Kim- 
ball, director of Philly's Museum 
-of Art. Arranged by the Inquirer's 
Promotion Dept., - luncheon drew 
some 400. 



CHATTER 

Edwin DueiT writing a book oh 
"Radio Acting" for Rinehart. . 

Earl Wilson: lecturing on "What 
Makes A Columnist Tick" at Rand 
School, N. Y., tomorrow (Thiirs.). . 

MrSi Ted "Thackrey, owner and 
editor of the N.Y. Post, off to 
Europe Sunday i7): on the Queen 
Elizabeth. 

Going Places mag, new amuse- 
ment guide; due -to. hit the stands 
in December according to its pub- 
lisher, Sidney H. Pelter. 

Doubleday & -Co. compiling a 
dictionary- of favorite quotations; 
and seeks contributions both old 
and :new from any source whatever. 

Langston Hughes, lyricist and 
poet, with Arna: Bontemps, edited 
an anthology on "The Poetry of 
the Negro" for Doubleday in Jan- 
uary. 

Maxson F, Judell, who is syn- 
dicating his own newspaper col- 
umn, "The Fun Shop," Is forming 
a company to handle cartoon strip 
tcatures. 

British noveli.st G. B. Stem ("The 
Matriarch.": etc.) writes friends in 
Pliiladelphia that she has booked 
passage to the U. S. Jan. 29 — for a 
lecture toui'. 



great: or it stinks. 

"To prove what word-of-mouth 
means, Ben K.ilmenson and Mort 
Blumenstock delib»'ately rushed 
'Johnny : Belinda' into Atlantic 



buy. Every time something new ^o full of smog, fog and grog even psychiatrists can't see their patients 
and different comes along they do "n adjoining couch on a clear day. The letter in today's lessen, 
That goes for "Lost Weekend,' , if by now you've forgotten, is "I." 



goes 

•Johnny Belinda,' 'Going My Way' 1 
or, even if you give 'em a new! 



in 'Sitting Pretty/ or as we ■ did 
in 'Key Lafgo.' 'Latgo' was a floo 
Broadway play' but' has been siueb 
a smash that Maxwell Anderson's 
agent thbiks ive ou^ta- piay hiip 
something extra. Actually the 
$25,000 we paid for the rights was 
a fancy figure considering the 
play's short life. ■ 

New Ideas 
"Talking about new ideas, how- 
ever, what happens? Look at the 
same old product announcements. 
So many are the sarie thing all 
over again under a new title.' They 
think they're dealing in insurance 
but actually most of them turn out 
tired road companies. 

"On the other hand, we also 
undersell ourselves When we have 
a good one; I've seen sonie Of the 
$6 legit musicals, and yet tliey 
squawk at $1.80 for 'Easter P'ar- 
adc'! It just doesn't make sense. 
True, maybe we can only give 'em 

'flat' actors, but Judy Garland, 

Crowell Co. publishing Henry Fred A.staire, Irving Berlin, even 
snker's "I'll Be Right Home, Ma' jf they telephoned their act over. 



Denker' 
next Feb. 



21. Author is a radio 



Miller, N.Y. Mirror; George Morris, 1 writer and the tome represents his 
N.Y. News; ; Hazen Morse. N.Y. first fiction work. 



'World-Telegram; John Ottinger, 
Jr., Bureau of Advertising; i and 
Ivan Veit, Times. 



.' Cerf Clicks Again, : 
Bennett Cerf has whipped up 
another nifty anthology of anec- 
dotes, etc., titled "Shake Well Be- 
fore Using" for Simon St Schuster 
.-publication ($2.95), as a sequel to 
''Try and Stop Me." Like the 
former best seller, Gerf's collec- 
tion of impressions and anecdotes 
— with accent on the humorou.s — 
Is an orderly, well-arranged work' 
according to groupings, such as 
Hollywood, theatre, newspapermen, 
literati (books, authors, publishers 



Robert W. Minton moved over 
from the N.Y. World-Telegram's 
feature staff to become the daily's 
new book critic; replacing Harry 
Hansen; upped to editorship of the 
World Almanac. 

The Shadow goes from digest 
back to regular magazine form,, as 
a quarterly, and the original au- 
thor, Walter Gibson, again con- 
tracted to write the series for 
Street & Smith. : 

Steve Slesinger, owner of the 
.strip: 



"Red Ryder" newspaper . . „ 

closed a deal to plug the forth- ; movie scripts. Executives have 
coming picture,"Ride. Ryder. ; been known to worry more about 
Ride," in the "Ryder" comic book j horses, breeding and/or betting, 

^ ^„ , with an estimated 7,500,000 reader- : „„^ ^ther side-bar activities, than 

radio, sports, W:iety and the Fikc! I ship. . I their main racket. Anyway; that's 

Carl Rose's eartoons again add to I "Joan of Arc" has been published cooling off becau.se there is evi 
the general favorable impression. I in book form by William Sloane 
"Shake Well," even more than ($2.95) utilizing the Maxwell An- 
when "Try And" was fir.st publish- derson-Andrew Solt text and the 
ed, se^ms well-timed to an escapist I Ingrid Bergman, et al„ stills frpm 



market, which mean? it's an added 
plus In its likelihood for mass 
acceptance. . Abel. 



Circulation's Music Hypo 
Novel gimmick that's aiding cir- 
culation as well as music is a na- 
tionwide tieup arranged recently 
by RGA-'Victor and the Hear.st 
Newspaper Syndicate, for weekly 
publication of simplified piano ar- 
rangements of important Victor 
records. 

. •■ Starting, last month, Hearst 
papers from California to N. Y. 

> (Journal-American included) have 
been running these simplified 
piano pieces, scored, by Mark 
White, radio and legit music . ar- 
ranger. Arrangements are those 
of popular recordings in the class- 
ical and semi-popular division,] 
chosen by the artists themselves as „ 
their "tavorite" composition.! 
Claimed they're boosting circula- 



the Walter Wanger-Victor Fleming 
(Sierra Pictures) film production. 

Frances Parkinson Kcyes not 
only trailerizes- the famed restau- 
rant in her new novel, "Dinner at 
Antoine's" iMcssner; $3) but also 
dedicates it to Roy Alciatore, heir 
of ASitoine and Jules Alciatore, 
head 'of the w.k. New Orleans 
eatery: In addition; the present 
owner is utilized as a real-life 
character in an otherwise fictitious 
work. 



'Back to People' 



Continued from >paee 2 



, ID: The impersonality of the psychic considered apart from its ego. 
kink or a wrinkle like Zanuck did , The pleasure-principle, so-cal)ed because it lacks all principle; blind 
in •RiHinir Prpttv" nr as we did desire springing from the unconscious/ The id is'lowest, then comes 

the ego, and above all the super-ego. 

IDIOCY: Id carried to the kindergarten of life. (1) People who ■ 
never rise atiove two years of age. (2) Exhibitors who run three noisy^ 
low-budget westerns and as a "special added attraction" book Tex 
Ritter in person. -,. 

lAMitTOLOGY; Science of remedies. Script surgeons who tell pro- 
ducers, "Plant a wienie -in the first reel and a chase in the sixth and 
you can turn this sickle into a quickie." ; , 

ICONOLATRY: Worship of images. More specilically, the worship ; 
of pictures. (1) Actors who invite yolii to their palatial Komes jto 
dinner and then make you sit through a seriei^ b| rainy prikts' (if ' silent : 
pictures featuring their doseups. (2) Producers who keep portraits 
around of ex-wives whose maiden names they can no longer remember.. 

.ICTUS: The emphasized note in music; (2) in pathology, a seizure; 
(3) in pictures, the star system. 

IDEA: An experience not directly due to sensory stimulation; a 
psychological process having a symbolic function. It it's a fixed idea 
and : you can't fasten it on to somebody else you have an unsold 
originiil. ; ■.: .y/,\-\-;!'::,, ■■■":.^'-»;.V'->;yi.,':''..;': 

IDEALISM: Views of the world that in .reality are Out of this world. ' 
Plato, Berkeley, Hegel, Kant and Zanuck' have all defined their ideas' 
of idealism. In Hollywood, an actor who stares beyond the camera at 
the far-off hills when a tempting offer which would compromise his 
ideals proves mighty tempting. If it is refused because it would 
throw him into another income tax bracket and cost him money, he 
is called "an actor who would not compromised his ideals." ; 

IDEE-FORCE: Fouillee's term for an idea j>ossessing dynamic prop- 
erties. (1) The DeMille idea that a combination of religion and nudity, 
in a Biblical setting can't miss; (2) Hitchcock's belief that if he walks . 
through one of his own pictures it's practically the same as the word 
"sterling" on silverware. 

IDEOLOGY: Operation Intellectual. An 18th century term of Con- 
di Uac exhumed by 20th centuryites like llMtartin iSies who thiiDdt ' Ciinr': 
dilluc was a foreign car with a red body. ' , ' :' 

, IDEOPHRENIA: Insanity with marked perversion of ideas. Direc- 
tors who think (I) horsewhipping is entertainment; (2) dagger fights 
under water, ditto; (3) deformity, per se, a vice. : ' 

IDIOG AMY:. Restriction of male potency to habitation with one 
woman. ;^'' -''■■'■ '^■''•■■^;^■:^,■ ■:'\ 

IDIOLIA: Invented language, characteristic of individuals of low 
mentality. Characters who come out of previews exclaiming, "Ter- 
rific!" "Nice picture; C.: B.!'V "A money-picture; but positively!" "Tops 
Garbo at her best." "Socko finish." . "Congrats in spats!" : 

IDOPATHIC: A disease inherent in the pdtient's constitution. Curious 
bystanders who have been shot in the back watching gangwars and 
spend the rest of their lives in bed tuning in on murder mysteries. : 

IDIOT-SAVANT: Feebleminded persons with special talent in one 
or more fields, like checker-playing, mathematics, necking, special 
effects, mood-music or making A-traiter.s for D-pictures. 

IDOL: A prejudice which hampers the truth. Bacon cites four Idnds 
of idols, fdola teatri, the worship of biology by biologists and of ham 
at the honest day's work we're all i by swine, is among them. From idol come idoUitru, the worship of 
gettingi from grips to stars. j statues, oscars or other inanimate objects by stars and fans, which, of 

Good Picture Breezes ^ course, is an abbreviation of fanatics. Motion pictures are therefore 
"And here's one more thing; it's*! the industrialization of idolatry, 
easy to make a good picture. The ! IMAGE-TIED: Imaginal content attached to a recent perception. ' 
lousy ones are the toughest, if you I Picture-goers who leave a preview of a .Tohn Wayne western and think - 
have a good script, and it all smells that Cadillac he is driving is a covered wagon. 

IMAGINARY QUANTITY: An agent's belief in the drawing power 
of a star in Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" because she once had so much 
suction in "PoUyanna" that she emptied a glass of root beer with 
three straws in one breath. A magnitude containing the factor V-1. 
If it contains another factor it was .supplied by Max. 
IMBECILE: In psychiatry, a step above an idiot. (2) People who 
1 •Flamingo Road' in seVeii" weeks | maintain a mental age between three and seven years through their 
I for $1 200,000 instead of the sch^-d- ' lives; (31 What producers call audiences who don't like the producer's 
' uled 10 weeks. This is a Crawford- I more idiotic productions. 

Greenstreet starrer, and that three j IMPORT: A foreign picture. (2) In psychology, the meaning or im- 
weeks' saving means $300,000- ' plication of a proposition. (3) In Hollywood, a contractual rider^ the: 
$400,000 differential to the studio. | answer to which should always be "not , without a marriage license. 
In "Don Juan" the art department | Sacha." 

divised eight .sets on turntablc.s I ■ INGE.ST BARRIER: Development of hbido away from one's own 



are better, with or without Tech- 
nicolor, than some of those tired 
Broadway shows which get $4,80 
and $6; But that comes under the 
head of sucking in a public on 
mediocrity with the same facility 
as .when it's a smash. 

"Now as for Hollywood, the 
.source of it all. They say every- 
body has his own business and 
the picture business. Trouble is 
that it's getting to be that the pic- 
ture business has its own racket 
and some other businesses as well. 
Writers. may - be Working on plays, 
book and pet ideas but not 



dence galore that it's a case of 
buckling-down; You'd be surprised 



right, everybody's hopped up; the 
star is enthused, right down the 
line, and it just breezes. Henry 
Koster did five full numbers in our 
new Danny Kayc picture in 10 
days. Mike Curtiz brought in 



Bow, the slinky .sophistication of ,.„^„ . 

Dietrich and Swanson— all tliese \vhich in multiples of four different ' family toward sexy characters of other tribes. (2) Bias that "Moum- 

. ,..u:^ — , v .._ -I- -iv-.i » '••> ing Becomes • Electra" . would play better as "Maureen Becomes 

Electrocuted." 



v.cre showmanship on celluloid, angles, gave iss the effect of 32 
We have no matinee idols, li<>nce , set^. Otherwise, we couldn't afford 

^.o.u.m u.^r IV , no matinee business. Give 'em a ^.he budget. : 

tion as well" as the sale of those | Garbo and Taylor in 'Camillc' and | "And that brings me to one more 
disks . you'll see what I mean. ■ thing — costs. The public doesn't 

i "Now we talk about untapped care if it cost $2 or $2,000,000, so 

'Dukes' I'ix-Book Tieup i business. There's really no ccilihg long as it's good. Even with huge I 



INDETERMINISM: Theory that one can act in relative independ- 
ence of given stimulii. Belief that people like Charles Cobum. Ethel 
Barrymore, Orson Welles and Clark Gable don't need scripts, sets or 
other actors to turn make-believe into a document. 

INFANTILISM: Persistence of childi.sh habits into adult life. (1) 



Example of a motion picture I on a good picture. 'Gone With .spectacles, where size and num - 1 Stars who blow their tops and walk off sets. (2) Censors who rcfu.se 
stimulating sales of the no\ el on ' the Wind' proves that. The bers might mean something for I to believe that the poor have double beds for reasons of space or 
which it is based is seen in the ; bromide of a $10,000,000 gross splash merchandising, the funda- 1 economy, and insist on twin beds even in documentaries laid in slums; 
case of "The Amboy Dukes," which maximum is as wrong as the idea, mental must be that it's a good ) (3) executives who draw doodlebugs at conferences. 
Maxwell Shane just completed not so long ago, that if you 1 show. That's What I mean by in- 1 INFLAMMATION: A morbid condition with hyperemia, pain, swell- 
■■ • rf... I » . . . .w... . .. .. '. , ' — ' - ■-- ' 1 they're biting into 

"The Outlaw," and' 



Maxwell Shane just completed „<>(; jong ago, that if you 1 show. That's What I mean by in- i INFLAMMATION: A morbid condition with hy 
producing and directing for Uni- ' gf^gjjefl .jx ooO,000 you hit a pret- , tent and content. The show's the | ing and disordered function Producers who fee 
versal. . ' ty good peak. Today you can't thing and the human chain reac-' costs like "Arch of Triumph," "Forever Amber," 



Anticipating an up.surge of in- 1 mai^e" 'em'for a million. ' tion is your best advertisement, 

terest iii. the novel sparked by the jy^^ ^ j^,^ j "Did you ever hear them talk 

forthcoming release of the picture, „„ j^^^^. ^, j,,,. boxoffice about how much it costs to produce 

Avon Pub, CO. has ran off a spe- "aggressiveness, anticipation ' a book? They're all the same $2.75 
cial printing of 100.000 coP«es of i*„d audience appeal. By aggres- or $3. That is, they look the same, 
•^ukcs" in a 25c edition In addi- ^7^„^^f rmean it's a mistake to But the contents send some into 
Xr^r'&,ti^3eT^h?c"h |r;^e public wh»t it wants. «ie hundred of t^^^^^^^^^ 
wlU beai- the title under which the What it wants, or thinks it wants, • others you cant give away. 



'WiLson" every time they order a hamburger. 

INSANITY; Mental derrangement; madness. Rarely used now for 
anybody less crazy than Hitler. Some forms of mental illness and 
psychoneurosis previously listed as insanity: were: Acquired, Affective, 
Cyclic, Communicated^ Congenita], Deuteropathic, Doubting, Egress- : 
ing, Epidemic, Erotic, Gouty, Homocidal, Hypochondriacal, Imitative, 
Melancholic, Menstrual, Moral, Rheumatic and Senile. Today there are 
hundreds psychotic forms, dozens peculiar to Hollywood nlotie. 



62 



CHATTBR 



WedttesiJay, Nov^ember 10, 1948 



Walter Slezak due in from Coast 
Nov. 15. 

Film producer Steve Pallos ar- 
rived from Europe yesterday 
(Tues.), 

If Michigan plays Notre Dame, 
John lloyal will run, not walk, to 
!that entrance. 

Imagine the Harvard Club the 
past weekend. Tuesday, election. 
Saturday H 7-P 47. 

Peggy (ex-Mrs. Meredith) Will- 
son in town on a holiday. Hemain- 
Ing east until past Xmas. 

Al Schacht to tour the southern 
service hospitals starting Dec. 2, 
his third postwar hospital jaunt. 

Gene Williams' ork has three 
lads hospitalized, result of band's 
station wagon's Connecticut crack- 
up last weekend, 

Skippy Homeier returaing to 
N.Y. Sunday (14) after a long stay i 
In Hollywood with plans for going 
into a legit play. i 

George Sax, owner of the newly- 
built Saxony hotel, Miami Beach, 
hitting talent offices on a band- 
buying expedition. 

Asked how long he'll be in New 
York, Universal president Nate , 
Blumberg said he's in for an "Irish i 
Rose," — a long run. 1 

Hortense Morton, San Francisco i 
Examiner drama critic, in N, Yt j 
for first time on two-week visit, 
gandering the shows. 

Frank (Variety) Scully was en- 
route to an eagerly awaited 
Gotham visit but is presently | 
kayoed by flu in Chi. 

Some people think those page] 
ads in the dailies on his book are i 
being paid for by Billy Rose. The 
silliest thought of the week. 
. ' Renee Carroll to continue check- 
ing hats at Sardi's restaurant after 
her marriage to ticket broker 
Uouis Schonceit next month. . 
• Oscar Hammeritein 2d chairman 
of theatre and arts committee of 
-Manhattan program for the arrival 
Of Freedom Train, due Xmas. 
: After years of feuding. Belle 
Baker and Sophie Tucker made up 
last week when Miss Baker Intro-: 
duced Soph at the former's Harem 
opening. 

Robert A. Boy ar, son. of Ben 
Boyar, general manager for legit 
producer Max Gordon, recently, 
formed N. Y. i insurance agency, 
Boyar & Oring. 

, Tonight (Wednesday, Nov. 10)., 
Peter Donald delivers Armistice 
Day eve address at American Le- 
gion Post, at Hotel Gramatan, 
Bronxville, N. Y. 

Michel Emer, French songsmith, 
in on business-pleasure. He wrote 
many songs for Edith Piat, Sylvie 
St. Clair (both now in the U. S.), 
Chevalier, et al. 

Rhiney Hiele, : who owns the 
Hiele theatre, Parkersburg, W. Va., 
in town to visit with his nephew. 
Joe Laurie, Jr., and generally take 
in the shows, etc. 

The 80-piece ' symph orchestra 
made up of engineers, stenos and 
brasshats of the Bell System is 
giving a full-scale concert in Car- 
, negie Hall, Nov. 12 
- Si Fabian honor guest at 12th 
annual dinner of McCosker-Hersh- 
- field Cardiac Foundation at tlie 
Waldorf Dec. 4 among those spon- 
soring the banquet. . 
' Harry' (and Alva) Green back 
after Coast visit. They stay here 
couple more weeks, then back to 
London, where the U. S. producer- 
comedian now makes his home. 

Kathleen O'Brien, who's staging 
the dances in the first Equity Li^ 
brary musical "Good News," is the 
wife of Everett Birch, of the law 
firm of O'Brien, DriscoU, Raftery 
& Lawler. 

Tony Mele and liis son. Al- 
phonse, co-operators of Le Ruban 
Bleu, double-featured an llth an- 
; niversary with a birthday parly 
for their conferencier, Julius With- 
ers Monk. ' 
. Milton Berle will rush from his 
: Texaco broadcast next Wednesday 
night (17) and do his stuff at the 
Picture Pioneers annual dinner 
which Columbia veepee Jack Gohn 
sparkplugs. 

Max Youngstein, Eagle Lion's 
ad-pub veepee, heads for the Coast 
Tuesday Q,^) for a combined busi- 
ness-vacation stay of from two to 
ifour weeks 'accompanied by. his 
V'lfe and child. 

The picture business i^ bad? 
: ''The Mikado" walks into a small 
neighborhood house, on : the out- 
skiits of White Plains, for a full 
week's booking — and holds over 
. another seven days; 

Has anyone mentioned the num- 
ber of .ribbons; entitled to be worn 
by B.M.I.'s Charlie Wall? A Man- 
lius boy. This is the military 
school, two of the Hearst and both 
sons of Mirror editor Jack Lait at- 
tended. 

Ticket agencies ballying seven- 
day roundtrip plane excursions to 
the Rose Bowl. Fare includes all 
' meals, h o t e 1 accommodations, 
sightseeing tours, etc, with a New 
■Year's party thrown: in. Tap from 
New York is $458 plus.ta.v. 

JWonte Proser, who co*produced 
"Hiefh Button Slices" but wound 



up with only IWo of the musical 
for himself (Joe Kipness is co-pro- 
ducer), has been approached by a 
national mag to write, a piece, 
"How to Produce a Hit .and Lose 
Money." 

Charles MacArthur, who guested 
with Ludwlg Bemelmans In Capri 
this summeri developing a. play in 
collaboration with the latter. Ben 
Hecht dittoing, but on his own. 
Incidentally, Helen Hayes (Mrs. 
MacArthur) returns from London 
and ''Glass Menagerie" this week.' 

Danny Kaye due back Nov. 15 
<nnd Jerry Wald,. producer of his 
first fllmusical for WB, goes back 
with him, as do Sylvia Fine (Mrs. 
Kaye), Connie (Mrs.) Wald, and 
Henry and, Phoebe Ephron with 
whom Wald has been working on 
the lattcr's upcoming Burbank 
assignment. 

'Charles Luckman head of 
Lever Bros., slated for a Legion 
of Honor from the French govern- 
ment for his food conservation 
work; similarly honofed by Italy 
last month. Luckman arrived on 
the Queen Elizabeth Saturday (7) 
and headed immediately for the 
Levers' Cambridge, Mass., hq. 



London 



DubHn 

By Maxwell Sweeney 
Disk jockey Ken Halpin sailed 

for Canada and U. S. 
Pat O'Malley planed in from 

Los Angeles for. vacation in County 

Kerry. 

Tenor William O'Toole to Lon- 
don to join BBC vocal team, the 
Four Ramblers. 

Robert Kerridge, : head of his 
own circuit in New Zealand, giv^ 
ing Ireland the 0.0. 

Dublin's new bus terminal is to 
have 225-seat; cinema showing 
newsreels and . shorts, : 

"Lady of Deceit" (RKO) got the 
thumbs down sign from Eire Film 
Censor Richard Hayes. 

Travelog producer Richard Hay- 
ward readying travel book on Ire- 
land forXJ.S, market, 

Maurice Gorhamj former head-of 
BBC television setup, planed to 
London after short visit. 

Deputy film censor Liam 
O'Laoghaire will, produce two 
plays for the National University 
here. 

Ennis Theatre Guild producer 
Patrick O'Connor back from U, S, 
where he gandered Pasadena Play- 
house : and Fordham U- . theatre 
work, ■ 

Phyllis Ryan to Belfast for BBC 
airing of Paul Vincent CaiToll's 
"Shadow and Substance." She will 
I play role she created in first Ab- 
I bey production. , 



Sidney Bernstein flew to Zurich 
for European preem of "Rope," 

Fred Karno, Jr., sustained broken 
thigh in fall at the Theatre Royal, 
Margate. 

Ruth Draper received warm re- 
ception when she bowed in for a 
short season at the Haymarket, 
Nov; 3. 

British vaudeville artists, are ap- 
pearing in a gala show at Palla- 
dium Nov. 21 to aid Greater Lon- 
don Fund for the Blind. 

Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" 
will be televised from Alexandra 
Palace with new technical effects, 
including use of double mirrors. 

"Medea" folds at the Globe Nov. 
20 and will be followed by "Re- 
turn of Prodigal," with John Giel- 
gud and Dame Sybil Thorndike as 
starrers. 

Robert Newton signed for star- 
ring role in the Nat Bronsten pro- 
ductionj"ObsessionS,'' to be di- 
rected at Pinewood by Edward 
Dmytryk. 

Joan Hopkins, whO; succeeded 
Wendy Hiller in "The First Gen- 
tleman," to. be' this year's Peter 
Pan, which' is. being presented' at 
the Scala by Daniel Mayer Co. ■ 

Alistir Sim heard, just before 
the preem of "The Anatomist," in 
which he stars, of his election as 
rector of St. Andrew's University, 
Edinburgh, .where he once lectured. 

"Breach of Marriage," first play 
to be shown here on artificial in- 
semination theme, passed by cen- 
sor after private showing. Written 
by Dan Sutherland; play has .been 
acquired for. West End production 
by Peter Saunders. . 



Lehrich here from W. Y. to contact 
the disk jockeys. 

Max West, Pirates' slugging 
pinch-hitter, signed for James 
Stewart picture, "Monty Stratton 
Story." 

Bandleader Jimmy Palmer at 
parents' home in nearby Canons- 
burg convalescing from stomach 
ailment, 

Sgt, Lew Heller, brother of 
Jackie Heller, buried here last 
week; was killed in France four 
years ago. 



Hblly^irood 



Minneapolis 



Genriany 



I Irene Selznick, producer ot 
' "Streetcar Named Desire," in town. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Balaban, of 
I B&K circuit, off for Havana vaca- 
I tion.- 

I Vic Hyde, slated for comedv lead 
in '.'Humpty Dunipty" at. Casino 
theatre, London. 

Ink Spots quartet, now at Chi- 
cago . theatrcj celebrate 15th anni 
in show biz this week. 
I Joe Louis invested $50,000 in 
I new Chicago School of Automotive 
] Trades, which he founded and 
heads. 

Edward Arnold slated as guest 
speaker at 20th anni of National 
Conference of Christians and JewS, 
Sherman hotel, Nov.' 18. 

Basil Rathbone, now appearing 
in "Heiress" at Selwyn. awarded a 
, "Red Feather Oscar" for liis work 
I in the Community Fund campaign. 



By Harvey D, Sanderson 

. Erich Fiedlerj stage and screen 
actor, has been appointed pro-^' 
visional artistic leader , of the Berr 
lin Komoedie. and the Theatre am 
Kurfuerstendam. 

The Community Film Co. in 
Freiburg is now shooting "Wohin 
die Zuege fahren" ("Where the 
Trains Are Going To.") Gunnar 
Moeller,' Heidemarie and 'Carl -Radr 
datz are starred. ' 

Kay McKay of; Los Angeles, fea- 
tured singer with European Com-- 
mand Special Services, leaving for 
tlie U. S. after a year and a half 
touring Europe in entertainment of 
occupation forces. 

Frederick Mellinger, American 
theatre control officer for Bremen; 
has not renewed; his contract with 
Military Government. He ; leaves 
OMG Deci 1 and plans to settle 
in Germany as a freelance actor 
and stage manager, as he did prior 
to 1939. 

Marie Sabouret and. .lacques 
Charron, from Comedie Francalse. 
and other stars as Germaine Der- 
hioz; Michel Alfa, Jean Marchat 
and Jacques Dumesmill are among 
French artists signed for starring 
I roles during the 1948-49 season of 
I the Bavarian State Theatre in 
I Munich. 



By Les Rees 

Ezio Pinza here for concert. 
Johnny "Scat" Davis into the 
Dome. 

Ervi Laszlo penciled in for con- 
cel-t Dec. 4. 

Northwest Variety club instal- 
ling television. 

Gay 90's nitery holding over 
"Three Gay Blades." 

University of Minnesota Theatre 
offering Strindberg's "The Dream 
Play." 

Joacquin Garay, Jack. Soo and 
Leroy Brothers open at Club Car- 
nival with Billy Bishop orchestra 
held over. 

Ted Lewis sent congratulatory 
telegram from N. Y. to Mayor H. 
H. Humphrey following letter's 
election to U. S. Senate, 



Portland, Ore. 

. '.Mills Brothers at Palaise Royal 
for a one nlgliter. 

Hudson and Sharae at Amato's 
Supper Club in first Northwest 
date. 

Washington state okayed liquor 
by the drink. Oregon .turned' it 
down, 

Ben Mosher ' moved . Into; Joe 
Young agency from Top Attraction 
office. 

Skinnay Ennis orch scheduled 
to do series of dates in this area 
this month. 

John Carroll and . Vince Rarnett 
here fi'om Hollywood for Shrine 
Show of Shows. 

Jimmie Grier band completed 
successful series of one nighters in 
northwest and heading East. 

Rose Bowl in Multnomah hotel 
open for the fall season, this classy 
nightspot featuring dinipg and 
dancing. „ 



Truman Election 



U. S. Envoy 

Continued from pase I 



point to .official imprecations to 
Harold Wilson, prexy of the Board 
of Trade, or other government of- 
ficials on behalf of the industry, 
because of "the other factors in. 
volved." 

I Ambassador's reference to "other 
I factors" Is known to mean efforts 
■by the government to build up a 
IBritish film industry. Douglas' 
feeling is thai the 45'=c. quota and 
the currency restrictions are only 
secondary means of cutting dowii 
.dollar exports by Britain. Primary 
! consideration, in his. opinion, ;is, to' 
I give encouragement and aid to ef- 
, forts of J. Arthur Rank to support 
British theatres with liome-pro- 
I duced: films and to obtain export 
I markets. 

I Douglas' opinion, expressed 
privately, is that the Briti.sli acted 
i"shoddily" in imposing the 455o 
quota immediately after the com- 
promise arrangement worked out 
by Eric Johnston and- Wilson last 
March. Envoy ia i • that passage 
of the quota law abrogated the: 
spirit of the March agreement. 



Washington, D.C. 

By Florence S. Lowe 

Carter Barron, ' Loew topper, 
back from Florida. . 

Marlene Dietrich due in Nov. 17 ' 
io sell Christmas gifts at French 
Embassy. 

, Gene Ford, producer at Loew's 
; Capitol, still on sick list, but on i 
' the mend. 

American Forum of the Air 
(Mutual) back on home territory 
this week after two .weeks in New 
York. 

Maurice Evans in from Balti- 
more last week as luncheon guest 
speaker before Women's National 
Press Club. 

Flurry of name bands due in for 
one-night stands mcludes Stan 
Kenton, Vaughn Monroe and 
Horace Heidt. 

Bess Davis Schreiner, town's 
veteran Theatre Guild rep, now 
teaching a course in theatre man- 
agement at George Washington U. 

Rudolph Berger, Metro exec, and 
Louis Blum, Canadian i-ep,for com- 
pany, in to hear their own Maurice 
Wolf talk to Washington Advertis- 
ing Club. 

John F. Hardesty resigned from ' 
■ WOL-Mutual to take over as direc- , 
' tor of special events, publicity and i 
I sales promotion at WOIC, town's' 
1 new TV station. ' 



S Continued ttoin i)!(£e 1 

applied, were the bone ;of conten- 
tion at previous settlement nego- 
tiations, and they caused a break- 
ing off of the original settlement 
^discussions. When Petrillo and 
Milton Diamond, AFM. attorney, 
"came to a tentative agreement 10 
days ago with industry executives, 
they did not insist that the royal- 
ties should be paid.. And it's felt 
that this stance was taken (1) due 
to a desire to clean up the ban be- 
fore election and (2) that Dewey 
would be: elected. * 

Ever since the AFM national con- 
vention in Asbui-y Park; N. J., last 
June, the AFM has been exhorting; 
its locals to get out friends and rel- 
atives to vote for Mr. Truman and 
the Democratic slate, on the theory 
that Republican reign would fur- 
ther hamstring labor. It was mainly 
the Republicans who put the Taft- 
Hartley law into being, of course, 
but the AFM still didn't believe in 
a Truman victory. It saw Dewey as 
the next prez and felt that if it 
could get an arrangemenlfthrough 
under which the royalty system 
might be retained, that was the 
best thing to do. The momentary 
stymie was the refusal of recording 
manufacturers to pay those retro- 
active royalties. So the AFM gave 
in on that point to "hurry the deal 
along. And Dewey's failure cost 
the union's coffers over $1,000,000. 



Leroy I'rinz irecovering from 
major surgery. 

Brian Donlevy laid up witli 
throat infection. 

James Curtis' new screen name 
is Anthony Curtis. 

Larry Adler east ; on a Jtour of 
veterans' hospitals. 

The Tom McKnlghts (Marjorie 
Davles) into their own house. 

Loretta Young entertaining hos- 
pitalized veterans at Sawtelle. 

Larry Parks back on the job at 
Columbia aftes three days out with 
flu. 

Warren William's estate, valued ' 
at $400,000, willed to his widow, 
Helen., 

Bob Hope is grand marshal of 
North Hollywood Armistice Day 
parade. 

Bobe Hope back to work at Para- 
mount after week out with torn leg 
muscle. 

Martha Vickers elected queen of 
the Pacific Coast Cat Fanciers' con- 
vention. 

Roy Rogers io Kansas; City as 
honor guest of Young Farmers of 
America. 

Ella Raines returned to work in 
"Impact" after; two weeks out with 
virus infection. 

John Litel celebrated his 18th 
year in films and his 250th role in 
"Montana Belle." 

; Jeanette MacDonald was named : 
chairman of Hollywood division of;. 
March of Dimes drive. 

Mary Hatcher and John: Lund: to . 
Detroit for Michigan preem of 
"Miss Tatlock's Millions." 

Ginger: Rogers flew a .flock of 
film names to her Oregon ranch 
for a trout fishing joust. ; 

James Gleason celebrated 62d 
anni ot his thesp career which be- 
gan at age of two months. 

.Richard Hagcman ; resumed his 
scoring chores after six weeks in 
the hospital with an eye injury, v 

Eduardo Genevara and Jose 
Valdez in from Manila to gander . 
Hollywood's production equipment. 

Laveme Andrews will wed Lou 
Rogers, exec of Mastertone Record- 
ing, Friday at the home of Maxine .. 
Andrews Levy. 

Alan Ladd and Billy DeWolfe 
will make a short for benefit of 
hospital to be established by North- 
west Variety Club in Minneapolis, 

Ron Randell, recently wed, re- 
turned from N, Y. for a film: chore 
while his bride, Elaine Waltzman, 
remains in the east for legit play. 
; Loren Ryder back at Paramount 
after: presiding over the 64th semi- 
annual convention of the Society 
of Motion Picture Engineers in 
Washington, D. C. 



Pittsburgh 

By Hal Cohen 

Amy Fong goes into Cat and 
Fiddle Club near Cincinnati. 

Gene Kelly and wife stopped 
here to see his parents on way to 
Europe. 

Monica Lewis flew to N. Y. over 
weekend to be pn Ed Sullivan's 
TV show. 

Harry Richman v, ill head Carou- 
sel's anni sliow next week follow- 
ing Francis Faye. 

Decca Records sent Jacqueline 



Johnston-Exeoa 

S Continued from tiagi. a: — ^ 

MPAA's autonomy over the Coast 
organization. 

Johnston was in New York yes- 
terday (Tuesday) and discussed 
with his staff and industryitos the 
agenda for next week's meetings. 
It was said they will be informal 
"in-family" talks at which the in- 
dustry will be viewed from stem- 
to-stern and there will be discus- 
sion of "Where we've been, where 
we arc and where we're going " 

Public relations, the foreign sit- 
uation, censorship, the various 
codes, and everything else con- 
ceivably associated .with the pres- 
ent and future of the industry will 
be discussed, according to MPAA 
execs. 



iia 

By Jerry Gajrhan 

Songstress Hilde Simmons 
bought the Nook, restaurant and 
late spot for show people. 

Paul Hildebrand, proprietor of 
the New Look Cafe, in University ,; 
Hospital for throat operation. 

Edith Winant, former ambas- 
sador's daughter, is social director 
of Manny Jenkins* Mayfair Room. 

Milton Berle and Lena Horne 
headline Community Chest work- 
er's rally Nov. 10 at Convention 
Hall. 

Sammy Kaye is looking for a 
comic to team with Don Cornell, 
the band vocalist, currently at 
Giro's, : , • ,.:..:.. '■.. 

Mary Fiagg Biddle, socialite 
broadcaster, has started a three- 
times-a-weck interview program 
from Warwick's cocktail lounge. 

Billy Parsons, dancer with "Al- 
legro" at Shubert, broke his arm 
in a fan Nov. 3 and h&d to be re- 
placed at opening by Hanson Mul- 
ler, of the original cast. 

Mac McGuire, cowboy radio star 
of "Harmony Hangers" and m,c. 
of WIP's quizzer, "Ti-y for Fun," 
got his program set up and then 
went to hospital with pneumonia, 

Stan Kenton was trapped in an 
elevator that went haywire on his 
way to a disk jock's show at WFIL. 
The lanky bandsman got out by 
wnggUng through a small opening. 
_ Latin Casino, currently featur- 
ing Lena Horne, booked Ritz 
Brothers, Mitzi Green and Harvey 
Stone to follow, Hildegarde's ^- 
gagement at club was set back to 
January, 



By Den Berry 

Circus Strassburger booked to 
open Doc. 18 in Carre theatre. 

U, S. pianist Irvin Schenkmah 
gave recital in Concertgebouw 
Nov,.'5..'' .■ ■ ; ■ ■ 

First Dutch Ice-Revue produced 
by Bob Peters and E, Frankly 
opened Nov. 3 in the Apollo Hall 
here, 

Belgian orch led by Gerd Zon- 
nenburg at Heck's eatery on the 
Rembrandplein (Amsterdam's 
Times Square). 



WcdMMibqr, Novcidber 10, 19M 




VICTOMA SCHOOtuS 

Victoria Schools, 25, cafe and 
legit singeir, was found dead Nov. 
6, in N. Y., under mysterious cir- 
cumstances. Miss Schools, after 
complaining of illneiss, had taken 
two pills, believed to have caused 
her death. 

MiSs Schools first attracted at- 
tention in the George Abbott pro- 
duction, "Best Foot Forward," in 
1941 and shortly afterward doubled 
into the Cotillion room of the 
Hotel Pierre, N. Y. She also ap- 
peared at the Persian room of the 
Plaza hotel, N. Y., and made a con- 
cert tour with the Sigmund Rom- 
berg orchestra. She was also solo- 
ist with the New York, Philhar- 
monic at Lewisohm Stadium, and 
sang with the Philadelphia Orches- 



Rubenstein Concert Co. with the 
help of her husband. 
Survived by husband and a son. 



JEROME CADY 

Jerome Cady, 40, screen writer, 
was found dead aboard his yacht 
near Avalon, Cal., Nov. 8. An over- 
dose of sleeping tablets was re- 
sponsiblet according to a prelimi^ 
nary investigation. Gady had been 
suffering with a heart ailment for 
some time. 

Cady had worked on many pic- 
tures including "Guadalcanal Di- 
ary," "Forever Amber," "Thunder 
in the Valley," "Call Northside 
777," and many of the early Charlie 



REMEMBERING- 



November 7, 1945 



LILLIAN 



Center Oct. 25. Surviving him are 
two sons and two daughters. 

George W. Weingert. Sr., 77, 
musician, died Nov. 3 in New Orv 
leans. He played violin at French 
Opera IJouse in his youth. 

Father, 58, of Robert Sully, 
screen actor, died in Pittsburgh, 
Oct. 28. 



Mother of H. E. McCrosky, Para- 
mount administration executive, 
died in Hollywoodi Nov. 8« 



trn; Louisville Opera Co.; and Pitts- 
burgh Civic Opera Co. 

Miss Schools started in show 
business at the age of IS when she 
was vocalist for the Rudy Vallee 
band. 

According to her mother, Mrs. 
Almira Schools, Miss Schools had 
been under a strain in recent 
months because of a fear .that she 
might be suffering from the pre- 
liminary stages of Infantile paraly- 
sis. Although this diagnosis proved 
incori'ect, she continued under a 
mental, straiji which was increased 
when she was struck by a; taxicab 



Ghan pictures. He was a former 
Los Angeles newspaperman. 

Survived by a widow and two 
sons. 



E. n. COOPER 

Edwin. H. Cooper, 67; lecturer 
and first World War hero who 
supervised a motion picture serial, 
was drowned Nov. 6 in Silver Lake 
near Harri'sville after falling from 
his motorboat. Cooper had been 
planning an adventure television 
show. 

As an officer with the signal 
corps, Cooper supervised the pro-: 



MARRIAGES 

Bobbie Barrett to Win Jolly, 
Chicago, Oct. 29. He's in WGN 
Public Relations. 

Mary Veronica, Hurley to Ver- 
non Francis Cook, Schehectady, 
N. Y. He's a disk jockey at WGY. 

Lois Halvorsen to Herbert Cun- 
niff, Chicago^ Nov. ,6. He's tele- 
vision production assistant of: 
WENR-TV. 

Gertrude M. Owens to : Michael 
O'Hehir, Dublin, Oct. 27. He's 
sports gabber for Radio Eireann. 

Marilyn McKay to Levis Green, 
Hollywood, Nov. 2. He's film agent 
for Music Corp. of America. 

Sue Metour to James Matthews, 
North Hollywood, Nov. 2. He's a 
CBS announcer, 

Adele Singer to Herbert Yates 
(no relation to the Republic Pic- 
tures' prez), Bronx, N. Y., Oct; 31. 
Bride is secretary to Myron Siegel, 
ad-pub chief of Century circuit. . ' 

Hatti Phillipi to Brian McDon- 
ald; Hollywood, last/ May, it was 
disclosed only last week. Bride is 
a featured skater with Vice Ca- 
pades;'^ groom is company man- 
ager. 

Dolores Barty to Allen Copeland, 
Nov. 5, at Santa Barbarar Cal. 
Groom: is member of the : Modern^ 
aires vocal group. 

Marie Torre to Harold Freed- 
man, Nov. 6, New York. Bride is 
drama editor of the N. Y. Wprld- 
Telegram; he's a producer wh 
ABC. 



about • 10 days ago. 
ruled out suicide. , 



Mrs. Schools 



EDGAR KENNEDY 

Edgar "Slow Burn" Kennedy, 58, 
died Nov. 9 at the Motion Picture 
Hospital, Hollywood, of throat can- 
rer after a three-month illness. The 
comic had been starred for the last 
18 years in series of RKO short's, 
final one being "Contest Crazy," 
the 106th he had made; 

Kennedy entered show business 
in 1911 after an. amateur boxing 
career when ' Mack Sennett inked 
him as one of the original Keys- 
tone Kops. He went into vaudeville 
and roadshows after sound came 
in, returning to Hollywood to build 
his.: reputation as a "slow burn" 
comic. He had appeared in 500 
films since 1911, including : some 
feature pictures. 

He died 36 hours before film 



duction of the serial, "Pershing's 
Crusaders," which had considerable 
distribution in the U.S. after the 
war eqded. 



ELIZABETH J. BALDWIN 

Elizabeth J. Baldwin, 77, veteran 
legit actress, died Nov. B in Fort 
I Wayne, Ind. She appeared with 
' E. H. Stoddard in "The Bonnie 
i Briar Bush;"; witlr Henrietta Cross- 
I man in "As You Like It," and with 
Janet Beecher in "The Education 
of Mr. Pipp." 

In Fort Wayne she was influert-. 
tial in having an outdoor Shakesr 
pearean series, presented, and . was 
a pioneer in outdoor: theatre work 
there. She retired two years ago. 



JAMES R. COOLEY 
James R. Cooley, 68, vet stage 
and ' screen actor, died Nov. 5 in 
Hollywood. He had been an actor 



IN MEMORY OF MY 


■ELOVED DAUGHTER 


MARIE 


SAXON 


Who DM Novi 


NUber 12. If 41 




PAULINE SAXON 



oldtimers were scheduled to give 
him a testimonial dinner at the 
California Country Club. 

Survived by his wife, Patricia 
AUwyn, former actress, a Son and 
daughter. 



MRS. Jl. A. PHYSIOC 

Mrs. Jessica Eskridge Thomas 
Physioc, 87, retired actress and 
wife of Joseph A. Physioc, scenic 
artist, died at her Long Island 
(N.Y.) home Nov. 7 after a long 
illness. As Virginia Thomas, she 
traveled with a road company 
through the South in 1883, being 
leading lady in such plays as "Fan- 
clion" and "Pearl of Savpy." Later 
with Physioc, then her fiance, she 
had her own musical company. 
. ■^ter their marriage, they went 
to N.Y., with Mrs. Physioc becom- 
ing leading soprano in the Brook- 
lyn Opera Co. After the birth of 
ner daughter, she retired from, the 
stage. Later she reorganized the 



for 25 years, being on N.Y. legit 
stage before going into pictures. 
Cooley played in many films with 
Mary Picktt,u'd but recently had 
done only minor roles. 



ALBERT BEJACH 

Albert Bejach, !78, former ihea- 
tre operator, died In Cincinnati. 
; Oct. 1. For many years he had op- 
, crated the Capitol theatre in that 
, city, which he sold when retiring 
some years ago. 

Survived by wife and two. daugh- 
ters. 



Charles Ray Gorrell, 61 , Toledo, 
O., musician for more than 36 
i yearSf died Oct. 29. For years hfr 
I was pianist with the orcheistra at 
I Keith's there and later at Para- 
mount. In recent years he played 
with a Hungarian orche.stra in lo- 
cal bight clubs. ' 



Father, 65, of National Screen 
Service trea.surer Joseph A. Wolfe 
died at the Jersey City Medical 



BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs*. Jim.my Leonard, 
son, Cincinnati, Oct. ..24. Father is 
program director of WSAI In that 
city. 

: Mr. and Mrsr Joe May, daughter^ 
Rockaway, L. I., Oct. 27; Father is 
vaude and nitery comedian; moth- 
er is the former Margie Green, 
dancer; ■ , .::■• . 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Haynes; 
daughter, Chicago, Oct. 27. Fath- 
er's a talent agent in Chi. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Dozier, 
daughter, Santa Monica, Nov. S. 
Mother is Joan Fontaine; father is 
a film producer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Pat Duggan, son, 
Hollywood, Nov. 5. Mother is 
Libbie Block, screen writer; father 
is veepee of Samuel Goldwyn Pro- 
ductions. 

Mr.' and Mrs. George Metcalf, 
son. New York, Nov. 5. Father is 
in the publicity dept. of Veterans 
Hospital Gamp Shows. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dinsmore, .son; 
Buffalo, Oct. 14. Father is WBEN 
announcer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Litmani son, 
Pittsburgh, Nov. 2. Father owns 
the Copa Club there. 

Mr. ■ and Mrs. Hershey Cohen; 
son, Pittsburgh, Oct. 25. Father's 
with Maurice Spitalny orch. j 

Mr. and Mrs. John : Mayer, I 
daughter, Pittsburgh. Oct. 29.; 
Father's Penn theatre artist. i 

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Cohan, son, i 
Detroit, Sept 27. Father's with I 
Pittsburgh and Detroit Civic Light 
Opera companies. I 

Mr; and Mrs. Ken Martin r son , 
Pittsburgh, Oct. 31. Fathers 
with Piccolo Pete orch. I 

Dr. and Mrs. I. J. Littman, son, , 
Pittsburgh, Nov. 3. Mother for- 
merly: :of singing: radio . triOj the 
Sophisticated Ladies. ' 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Leeds, son, 
Hollywood, Nov. 5. Father is busi- 1 
ness manager of KNX prograni de- i 
partment. . ■ ■,' ■ | 

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mulcahy, . son, 1 
Pasadena, Nov. 5. Father is writer- ; 
producer at KECA. I 

Mr, and Mrs. Harry K. McWil- ; 
liams,. daughter. White Plains,' 
N. Y., Nov. 6. Mother is opera ' 
star Rosa Di Giulio; father i.s. ex- , 
ploitation manager for Golumbia, 
Pictures. 

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Goodman, 
son, Flushing. N. Y., Nov. 7. 
Mother is art director for Hershen- 
Garfield ad agency; father is Co- 
lumbia Pictures' assistant short i 
subject sales manager. j 
: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lester, daugh- : 
ter, Nov. 5, New York. Mother: is 
Eileen : Darby, a photographer of 
Broadway legit shows; father heads 
the Graphic House photo firm. 



AdoAn' Miimi Takt War 

„^ ,,. , „" . . Miami Beach, Nov. 9. 

The Miami Beach and Miami niteries ar«° preparing for another 
talent war— one that may make the previous contest for performer 
acquisitions look like a prelim in a second-rate boxing bill. Bont» 
face optimism that Florida will have a record season is based on 
2,000 additional rooms in 18 new luxury hotels. 

Apparently talent wars are ingrained in the Miami Beach spots. 
For several years in a row they've sworn off their habit of out- 
bidding each other for top names— but comes the approach to 
the season, they forget their resolutions and resume outbidding 
each other. 

This year there will be a new operation to add to the competi- 
tion. The .Colonial Inn, Hallendale, Fla., which closed midseason 
last year, has been taken over by Harold Minsky, of the burlesque 
clan. He's reported readying a type of show that Will repeat the 
Minsky operations in New York theatres. 

There are reports that the gambling lid nwy be lifted in the 
Dade county spots, which embraces Miami and Miami Beach. It's 
reported that gaming will not be permitted early in the season, 
but if business lags, there will be sneak operations. 



Big-Coin Bookings 



Continued from page 1 



around Christmas for a two to 
three-week stay, with Joe E. Lewis 
and then Danny Thomas to follow. 
There'll be a line and a band, but 
no supporting acts. The casino, of 
course, will run. 

Froser Back in Florida 
. Clover Club, in downtown Miami, 
has been bidding for names also. 
Of those, featured last year, only 
Gracie Barrie has been set. Lou 
Walters returns to the Palm Island 
Latin Quarter: this year, after ' a 
season's at)sence, and with him big 
lavish shows. Abbott and Costello 
are set for a mid-winter date. The 
plush productions featured before 



some. But then again, they've been 
saying it since 1945. 

Havana interests are definitely 
going after Miami tourists' dollars 
via wide-open town, starting Christ- 
mas. Additions to gambling and 
sports scene will be Montmartre. 
San Souci and Tropicana, added 
to Nacional Casino and Jockey 
Club as key local spots. All will 
feature wide-open gambling. Poli- 
ticos there figure Miami damp- 
down will come In time for them 
to reap tourist coih via word-of- 
mouth and advertising. Even with 
this threat, greater ' Miami, hotel, 
restaurant and nitery operators 



will be on hand. Olsen and John- don't seem worried despite possl- 
son will open the LQ Dec. 23 for ! bility of reduction of hotel and 
three weeks with an entire show, j food costs in Cuba. 
Jimmy Vernon^ ex-La Martinique 



N. Y. bonifacj, will manage. 

Monte Proser returns to the 
scene after an absence of some 
years, to run the Rumba Casino on 
the site of the old Calsanova, in 
the hea^t of Miami Beach. He'll 
feature . top Latin : bands, plus a 
line. Plans to date do not include 
acts. 



SS ,CohUiiiiea from vace; V SSSbI 

D'Oyly Carte. The album— it's the 
only copy in this country at pres^ 
ent-*~was spedaUy ; requested! , by 
I the D'Oyly Carte executives who 
Kitty i Davis',' which ran as the had heard of the new recordings, 



Little Roumania last: year; is on 
the block, but, with several bid- 
ders, is due tO: be in competish 
again, with the Yiddish-show policy 
holding over; Club 22 has opened 
with a production-show, despite 
the small confines' of the stage. 
Other ' moderate-budget rooms in 
the running will be the Paddock 
Club, Bill Jordan's Bar of Music, 
Mother Kelly's (a moneymaker 
last year), Park Avenue Club (au' 



What particularly concerned 
them was the news that Miss Fine 
had done some re-writing and 
modernizing on the traditional 
comic opera lyrics, and that Kaye 
had altered the tempo. of some of 
the melodies. Although "lax'' copy* 
right agreements in the U. S. al- 
low fresh treatment of the songs, 
and the D'Oyly Carte can take no 
action against such modernization. 



otier doufih-reaoerr Al^ can act against the market: 

Cellteit? Club fformer^^^^^ of the disks in this country, 

mous DM;Uh*?S"r^^^ fhe f"il "1°?*? "J^^ that's what It in^ 
helm, and the successful Five ' 

O'clock Club, with Gene Baylos i Stanley Parker, for years a close 
installed. Spot, however, may be ' associate of the late Rupert D'Oyly 
sold by Sam Barken, with sub- Carte, and other executives of the 
sequent change in : policy. i organization held a special meet- 

Spots using entertainment in the , '"^ to listen to Kaye's records, 
low-budget class are Mardi Gras, I hearing The Judge's Song," 
Red Barn, Jungle Club, Havana- 1 P^^''^^'', commented: — ''It's very 
Madrid, Zissen's Bowery, Mad clever— but is it Gilbert and 

Room, Big Barn, Sky Club, and a ' oullivan? Mrs. Kaye's insertion 
group which features small shows , ?! ^"'^h words as "Bronx, sodium 
for the neighborhood trade. i h'carbonate. subway, penicillin" 



Low Budgeters 

Swank Brook Club is in doubt 
at the moment. Change in ownerr 
ship is current, and if spot does 
open it will adhere to the one or 



shook him, too. 



Only for 1'. S. 

■ • "Decca ■ e^ciecu^^^^ in New York 
anticipated that the Savoyards 
two top-names policy at big coin, ]. /=»'"Pl«t«ly agree with 
and with one show to allow the r.^t^^lt'^^^t'"^"*."^ t"}* ^ones *«t 
casino to operate. There'll be an- I ''iP""? designed for sale in 



other spot near 



the shuttered 't|>.«,y- S., not England. Kaye's 



Met on TV 

Continued from page ! 



Colonial Inn in Hallandale this ! ^^i^jl^ »n lyric and tempo 

year. Name will revolve around | traditional material are the 

the Chinese show policy to be fea- ^2',}^^ album's title', "Gil- 

tured, with Jerry Brooks operating; I * Sullivan and Danny Kaye. 
he recently sold interest in Slapsy 
Maxie's on the Coast. ■ : 

Hotel Patio will offer early-hour 
competish In 8-12 p.m. segment, 
with new hotels Delano, Sea- 
comber, Saxony i Shcrry-Frontenac; 
Sorrento and Delmunico setting up 
smart intimc Indoor-outdoor spots 
with rhumba units. 
Most hotels are planning to book 

rhumba bands, which may . be a, , 

blow to the large nitery operations ! «Wue is ready for for opera yet, 
since the Latins may be' Instru- ! saV'ng it's a question now of tech- 
mental in drawing off many poten- 1 nicians finding ways and means of 
tial customers. , doing it right. As for the Met, 

It all boils down to optimism by "We'll have to build a new audi- 
the cafe bonitaccs here. Where , torium, with technical improve- 
many had expected to pay less! nients included, to televise opera," 
money this year for talent, they're ! he says- 

again following the leader, and Johnson believes that tele, like 
paying more than ever before be- ' radio, will help rather than hurt 
cause of the shortage of top-draw ; opera. "Nothing can compete with 
names. ■ a live show," he says. Radio broad- 

At any rate, the Miami Beach I casts, he says, developed millions 
Hotel Owners Assn. f275 hotelsJ ! of listeners in the U. S., develop- 
reports reservations 20% ahead of ing them in quality as well as in 



says Johnson, "is the 8ubscril>er. 
He comes first." Un-telegenic sing- 
ers (femmes particularly) are an- 
other problem, Johnson admits. 
Johnson doesn't think tele tech- 



last year. Which figure, perhaps, 
is lending that optimistic tinge to 
the cafes' view. But the pessi- 
mistic, per,usual, say it might turn 



quantity. It has a tremendous ap- 
peal for his artists, too. "Tht; com- 
petitioi as to who should sing on 
the Saturday broadcasts is itn- 



into a scramble, with a foldo for ' mense," says Johnson, 



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VOL. 172 No. 11 



NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1948 



j^EICfi 25 CENTS 



LEGITERS' $60,000, 000 MOP-UP 

Godfrey's N.Y. Roxy Date at 25G and % 
; Presages New Trend in Vaude Dates 





' -With a Eoxy theatre, N. Y., date*' 
at $25,000 and percentages weekly, 
jjiow In the works for Arthur 
Godfrey, CBS* No. 1 personality, 
fact that new vaudeville headlihers 
must be obtained outside the 

i variety field is being pointed up in 
Sharper focus. ' 

Bookers have reached the con- 
fslusion that inasmuch as the pau- 
city of playing time in vaudeville 
jmakes it virtually impossible to 
"develop new personalities, fresh 
talent for theatres must be ob- 
tained from other fields. Thus 
radio and films now supply the, 
t)ulk of personalities to the vaude- 
yille field, and within two or three 
years many bookers expect video 
to provide b.o. lure. 

•Vaude.'s inability to provide new 
headliners is further pointed up 
by the fact that radio has supplied 
the highest salaried names in 
vaude. The Roxy theatre, a little 
more than a year ago, gave Jack 
Benny and his radio troupe the 
record breaking salary of ,$40,000 
atid percentages. Benny's first 
week resulted in a $44,000 take. 
Godfrey's salary is the second 
highest in the history of that 
house. Out of that sum, Godfrey 

; will pay off a number' of his talent, 
discoveries which he'll take into 
the theatre 



Sky High Tele 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 
Tele reception in a plane was 
successfully demonstrated here Sat. 
(13) by United Air Lines. 

Two standard model table sets 
brought in three stations with lit- 
tle distortion, while the plane cir- 
cled Milwaukee at 6,500 feet and 
Chi at 2,000 feet. 



Pro Grid 
Deny TV Culprit 
On Gate Receipts 

■Television wvill defiiiitely be^ on 
Hahd for the baseball and football 
seasons in 1949, despite reports 
that pro football team owners are 
priming to oust TV cameras from 
ball pai-ks as the factor most te-' 
sponsible for a slumping gate; ; 
Questioned on the reports, 
Deal for Godfrey date late Jan- spokesmen for the pro grid teams 
nary or February is expected to be | denied emphatically this week that 
completed in the next few- days. | tele is the culprit that's knocked a 
There are several items to -^be j hole in their receipts. They admit- 
ironed out such as auxiliary talent | ted frankly that none of the N. Y. 



KiS' BOFF B.O. 

By ARTHUR BRONSON 

The amazing business, as well as 
the informal rivaU-y, of the two 
legit writing-producing teams of 
today — Richard Rodgers & Oscar 
I Hammerstein II and H o w a r d 
I Lindsay & Russel Grouse— have 
I been pointed up again by the re- 
1 turn of the latter team to the 
Broadway scene, after a couple of 
seasons' absence, with "Life With 
Mother." 

■ Between their writing and pro- 
ducing activities, the two teams are 
responsible to date for* well over 
$60,000,000 in grosses in legit 
alone. The Rodgers-Hammerstein 
duo is credited with over $40,000,- 
000 of it; the Lindsay-Grouse team 
with over $20,000,000, 

What is more, this . is only a part 
story. The $60,000,000 figure is for 
boxoffice take in the U; S. only, 
and doesn't include grosses from 
their shows abroad. The figure 
doesn't include amounts brought in 
by film sale of their properties; It 
is also incomplete, in that various 
shows of the Rodgers-Hammerstein 
team are going strong currently 
in N. Y., on the road, and else- 
(Gontinued on page 60) 



on the bill and number of "talent 
discoveries" to be included in the 
package. Godfrey will pay for the 
acts he brings with him. 
, Godfrey, presently, earns around 
$500,000 annually as a result of his 
CBS activities, His Bojiy deal calls 
for two weeks and options. Package 
was originally offered to the Capi" 
tol theatre but deal fell through. 

The Godfrey talent discoveries 
are being packaged for presenta- 
tioh in other vaude theatres 
throughout the country, although 
such packages will not include 
Godfrey's : services. The radio con- 
ferencier now travels between New 
York and Washington in his own 
plane in order to keep up with his 
radio schedule and he'll be unable 
to take on any other traveling 
assignments. 



teams this year has been any good, 
adding that they're almost amazed 
at the number of patrons that do 
turn up at the games in view of 
the teams' poor showings. Spokes- 
men echoed the opinion of boxing 
promoters that the customers will 
come in droves as soon as the 
leagues can field better teams. 

Fact that baseball will continue 
to receive TV coverage was proved 
this week with the disclosure that 
Chesterfield, sponsors of the N. Y. 
Giants' -telecasts, has already de- 
cided to switch the Giant games 
in 1949 from WNBT (NBC), which 
(Contmued on page 38) . 



Video Evolving New Film Distrib 
Crop; NBC Sets Up Exchange Centers. 



Jolson Sings— In Spades 

Hollywood, Nov. 16., 
Columbia Pictures is making 
upwards of 30 different sound- 
tracks of ;A1 Jolson, all of wbicU 
obviously can't go into "Jolson 
Sings Aiain," sequel to "The Jol- 
son StoiT." < 

The overage: is insurance for 
possibly future sub.iects by or about 
the star, and so scored that they 
could be integrated, into such 
future filmusipals whlph might seek 
to recapture Jolsoniariav - 



Command Performance 
H'wood Stars Sail For 
England Just In Time 

With the longshoremen's strike 
efl'ectively tying up trans-Atlantic 
shipping in all east coast Ameri- 
can poi-ts, a Hollywood contingent 
bound for London to ■ attend the 
third Command Performance man- 
aged to sail from Halifax at mid- 
night (Tucs.) on the Mauretania. 
Group included Joan Gaulfleld 
and her mother, Virginia Mayo, 
(Continued on page 54) 



U. S. Preps Films 
For Russia But 
Mum On Titles 



Following long and arduous 
compromising of differences of 
opinion on stability of various films 
for exhibition in Russia, the pic- i ganization 



ture industry is forwarding its list 
of 100 films to the State Dept. in 
Washington this week for trans- 
mittal to Moscow. Soviet is to 
choose from the list a minimum of 
20 films under terms of the , agree- 
ment recently negotiated by Eric 
Johnston. \ 

Sincere oivergences of views as 
to what would make a good and 
what a bad impression on the Rus-: 
sians has . been so strong that the 
Motion Picture Export Assn., which 
is handling the deal, is making 
every effort to keep the basic 100 
(Continued on page til) 



♦ Television industry, already re- 
I sponsible for innovations that have 
affocted all of show business, is 
j now bringing to the fore an entire 
new crop of film distributors in a 
move that may have telling effect 
on both the TV and film industries. 

Apparently believing thaf mo- 
tion pictures will constitute an in- 
tegral part of tele programming 
for years to come, NBC-TV- this 
.week began to set. up its own ex-,, 
change centers ip five key cities tff 
handle fititi ^.dijsjtrjifoution. , Same 
procpdure .is, being mulled by 
CBS-Ty, which recently expanded 
greatly" its filrii department and 
has already bought 52 British pic- 
tures for syndication to its affiliate 
stations. N. Y. Daily News' WPIX, 
is now distributing a group of Sir . 
Alexander Korda oldies to various V 
TV stations throughout the coun- 
try; along with its Telepix News- 
reel..' 

Entry of the TV networks and . 
indie stations into film distribu- 
tion puts them into direct competi- 
tion with the few ma.ior film com- 
panies now handling telefilms. 
United Artists, for one, recently 
established a separate telefilm de- i 
partment inside its own sales or- 
and will offer the pix 



SHOW BIZ AGAIN TO 
SPEARHEAD USO DRIVE 



Show businesses being lined up 
to play a leading role again 

in the USO-Veterans Hospital I this area and Loew liaison man in 



Showmen on Truman's 
Inauguration Committee 

Wa.shington, Nov. 16. 
Two film industry people were 
picked today to head committees 
having charge of President Tru- 
man's inauguration Jan. 20. Melvin 
D. Hildreth. chairman of general 
committee in charge, named Carter 
Barron, Locw's regional director in 



Jan. 1 Seen Earliest Date for Disking 
In Settlement of Musicians Ban 



Camp Shows campaign in New 
York for $800,000. James E. Sauter, 
head of Air Features, Inc., has 
been named chairman of the enter- 
tainment industry committee which 
, will spearhead- the drive to secure 
sufficient funds to meet the en^ 
tertainment and recreation needs 
of American's new teen-age Army 
and the hospitalized vets of the 
last tv o wars. 
A sor'jaio campaign wiH be un- 
(Coniiftued oiv page 63) 



Washington, as chairman of com 
mittee on special events. Barron, 
a Georgia Dem, has been active in 
D.C. Democratic affairs for years. 

Melvyn Douglas was named 
chairman of the motion picture 
committee. His wife, Helen Gaha- 
gan Douglas,, former actress, was 
just re-elected to a third term in 
Congress from her L.A. district. 
Ben Strouse, operator of WWDC 
here, was picked as chairman of 
the committeo on store exhibits. 



Recording manufacturers and 
their attorneys vary somewhat as 
t^ when they will have an indica- 
tion of the attitude of Attorney 
General Tom Clerk in connection 
with the disk-ban settlement plan. 
AH are generally agreed, however, 
that it won't be for another 10 
days to two weekS; Which . means 
that very little is likely to happen 

' in the way of new recordings until 
close to the first of the year, mak- 
ing the ban a full 12-month situa- 

1 tion.;. . 

I Recording execs and their legal- 
, ites saw nothing ominous in the 
' absence of Clark when James C. 
Petrillo, American Federation of 
Mu.sicians head; Milton Diamond, 
'AFM attorney; Joe McConneli, 
] RCA- Victor attorney, and other? 
'showed up at Clark's office last 
Wednesday (17) in Washington and 
found him on his way to Florida. 
iThey felt that due to the election 



I and the resultant gathering of 
j President Truman's staff in Kt-y 
I West, Fla., the standup was one of 
I those things. 

I For days, however, the music 
; business and some disk men pre- 
( ferred to believe the affair was a 
' sluffoffl deliberately planned. Some 
also believed, too,; that Clark was 
avoiding the Issue and may with- 
hold an opinion on the settlement 
plan indefinitely due to the tact 
that it's not usually his place to 
i decide whether any sort of opera- 
tion is within the law before it is 
put into practice. It is his office's 
job to move after a mode of opera- 
tion is put iiito eff ecti and only if 
it Is in violation of a law. To de- 
liver ■ an opinion' on the so-called 
Diamond Plan would be setting a 
precedent. 

Disk men point out in answer 
that the trade language for what 
(Continued on page 53) 



i for sale to TV outlets as soon as it 
I has rounded up an adequate 
I library. Twentieth-Fox, while not 
1 yet in the distrib business for 
j video, is producing films especially 
I for that medium and is expected 
j to begin its own distribution sys- 
! tem within the near future. 
; As for the TV industry itself, it's 
' believed in some quarters that the 
web.s' move into the distribution 
picture may lay them wide open 
to an anti-trust case similar to that 
now embroiling the film industry. 
Both NBC and CBS have empha- 
sized they will sell the films only 
to their own affiliate stations. 
That means they will be control- 
ling production, distribution and : 
exhibition of these pix — and that's 
the basis of the Government's cur^ 
rent suit against the film industry. 
It's juist as possible, of course, that 
the Government may look upon 
telefilm distribution as more sim-' 
ilar to radio networking, in which 
(Continueci on page 53) 



KAYE IN MACK SENNEH 
BIOPIC MAPPED AT WB 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 

Danny Kaye, in a biopic of the 
career of Mack Sennett, is Jei-ry 
Wald's next idea for the comedian 
at Warner Bros. The title may be 
"Father Goose," which nomencla- 
ture Gene Fowler gave the pioneer 
slapsticker and which Sennett 
own.s. Thus, any WB deal would 
be 100% with Sennett, sans Fowler, 
since the pantomimic film produ- 
cer insisted on owning all supple- 
mentary rights. -Wald favors "Slap- 
stick" as the title. 

A legitimate actor would play 
Sennett; Kaye would be in the rola 
of one of his lesser comedians wb9 
(Continued on page 61) 



MlSCmLABTY 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



By Borrah Minevitch 



Pkty of Profits Stin Realized 
In European Amusement Marts 

By HERB GOLDEN 

Show biz grosses throughout 
Europe are great— at the moment. 
Film, theatre and nitery boxofiices 
are off only 15% to 20% from the 
tremendous postwar highs — and 
that still means plenty of profit in 
anybody's language. It's the future, 
however, that has most showmen 
depressed. They're fearful that thC: 
bloom IS all but oil their peach. . 

Survey just completed of Eng- 
land, France and Italy discloses 
that two sets of circumstances are 
plaguing entertainment industry 
toppers — and most others in Eu- 
rope, for that matter. First is a 
' .growing feeling of the inevitability . , , ■,, ■ ■ 

of war, with England and the Con- ' duction scripted by Philip Yor- 
tinent the battleground. Second is , dan ("Anna Lucasta ), featuring 
the high cost of living, which is i Marylin Marsh (Mrs. Yordan) and 
already taking its bite out of tli; B'nnie Barnes (Mrs. Frankovitch). 
boxofftce. 1 "Chloe" Mon.tgomery Clift ("Red 

Despite governmental decrees, ; River") positively here and so far 
Urioes are continuing to go skyward has positively not been- found 



Paris, Nov, 16. 

Warner Bros, gave Danny Kaye 
and his Daniel Boone haircut the 
George V cocktail onceover be- 
fore he left for Rome. The U.S. 
State Dept had plans for Kaye 
reminiscent of Lindbergh. 

Mike Frankovitch, now in Rome, 
so.s.'d Mendel Silberberg, his 
Hollywood attorney, to fly over 
and straighten out the money de- 
ficiencies around his planned pro- 




This Week's Football 



-By MARTY GUGSMAN- 



«t such a pace that the average 
worker has nothing left over for 
amusement by the time he feeds, 



around; 

Dolores Del Rio being cheese- 
caked with the UN Balkan States 



342nd Week! 
3,436' Performaneet 

All-time long run record in the 
IceitUiiate theatre. 

KEN MURRAY'S 

"BLACKOUTS OF 1948" 
El Caiiitan Theatre, Hollywood, Cal. 

And now In wOI•ld-■^^ ide release 

"BILL ATVD COO" 

Kfn Murray'* \ 
Academy Award Film 



clothes and houses his family. In i rgpg the Palais de Chaillot 



much, of Italy, working-class fami- 
"li'^s that could be counted on - for 
at least two to three trips, a month 
to the local cinema, it was pointed 
out by ' Elias Lapinere, RKO's 
Euroisean salesmanagcr, have been 
completely eliminated from the 
potential audience because they're 
having an Impossible time just 
<^ buying food. And throughout Eu- 
.rope,^ the whitecoUar workers, al- 
ways the lirst anywhere to feel the 
.economic squeeze/ are fast dwin* 
dling away as theatre patrons. 

So, while film, legit, nitery and 
•ther amusements : execs are well- 
pleased with business at the mo- 
ment, they know that the invisible 
force , of the h.c.l. is working 
against them. 

As for the tourist trade from 



Metro threw Gene Kelly and his' 
Betsy to the local journalistic 
wolves via another George V cock- 
tail party. Mrs. Kelly (Betsy Blair> 
will be starred in "Mrs. Condon" 
to be filmed here. 

20th's "Sitting Pretty" sensation- 
ing. the town by word-of-mouth t«j 
the longest queues since the Chap- 
lin heyday queues. 

Bill Robson (CBS producer) here 
with Ray Morgan ("Queen for a 
I Day"), having finished the sample 
i radio platter, "So This is Paris." 
Flies to Hollywood to wrestle with 
his new radio show, "Romance," 
which teed off without his christen^ 
ing. 

Steve Craiie (Lana Turner's ex- 
No 1) smashed his new Cadillac 



America, it's not even a drop in | s^itidy Ghamps-Elysees. 

\t F^nr™ Pnwt»in1„i'n/'''rn^ i The American Legion Post No. 1 

the . Jbiuropean entertainment ,■ , „„i,i 4.t,„ r>«,.,«« aoki^ 

dustry, except in a few specific ?L*^''m?c^vL nnt^^^^^^^^ 

spots in Paris, the Riviera and the polls even opened- 

pome. The idea that myriads of The Pans Lido show TV stunt 



Yank pleasure-seekers are pouring 



in London had the glamour of a' 



Into Europe is a myth. There were ] personal appearance, yet no one 
veil under 100,000 who visited ' saw any flesh. 



J. P. McAvoy, without spouse, 
returned here on official business. 

Doug DumbriUe, after finishing 
his Rome, picture stint, sailed 
to Hollywood via a 9,000 -ton 
freighter, with his Mrs. 

Eugene Frenke: will do even cart- 



(Continued on page 63) 

MARTHA RAYE, SMASH IN 
GLASGOW, PLANS U.S. TV 

Glasgow, Nov. 10. , , ^ ,. u ^i. .. j., 

Martha Raye, after a successful [ wheels to clinch the end money 

tour of British music-halls, made ^is planned Greta Garbo pic- 

biggest hit of her trip by packing ; (Rome filming), 

out the Empire,. No.. 1 vaudeyiUer I . ; : ' ■ ■' , — ^' ■ 

here. Theatre was booked 1o m A 

opacity. Many fans couldn't ob- AlrMedia "OWWOW UII 

tain sci'ts. ■ r* 1 e t* 

Miss Raye introduced her new hrPPfinill Of kynrP^^inU 

accompanist, Frank Still, formerly *'«UUIII Ul LiA|IIC9SIUU 

vith British cbjrper Anne SiieJ ton , C^f fnv H f Tkie Tv! /10^ 
He's returning to America with' uCl 101 l/.l/. lIUo JTII. V *•'/ 

her. Star said She, would do video I Washington^ Nov; 16. 
vork for a while in New York and 
on Coast. Later she'll make an- 



oMier picture. 



The second ' annual All^Media 
conference on freedom of expre,s- 



Feted at midnight party given '•ion begins Friday (19) in Wa.sh- 



ineton with reps of motion pic- 
tures, radio, magazines, news- 
papers, and book publishers at- 

I tending. On hand will be James 
M. -BtTrnes, Washington counsel, 
Society of Independent Motion 

■ Picture Producers; Kenneth Clark, 
director of information, Motion 

I Picture Assn.; Sig Mickelsonj pres- 
ident. National Assn. of :R;»dio 



..by newly-formed Scottish Critics 
Circle, Miss Raye plans return visit 
to Britain "within two years." 

Tugitive' Lauded After 
Big Vatican Showing 

Rome, Nov. 16. 
"The Fugitive" (RKO) was pre- 
viewed here at the Vatican before, 
a - distinguished audience of 460 
cardinals, priests, students and News Directors, and Sidney 
professors, "This isf ^claimed to be Schreibcr, general counsel. Motion 

! Picture Assn. of America. 
!' Conference will be held at head- 
■ National Assn;, of 

, First such confab 

Elias Lapinere, arranged the s!iow-,„.,s summer of 1947 at invi- 
Ing. The official Vatican news- 1 ,. r r ^- »tat. 
paper "L'Osservatore Romano," in , l'""'"" Just'" filler, NAB presi- 
reviewing the film, stated that [ dent. 

"high moral contribution of the | ' : 

lilm was something Hollywood j . i » rf. n-ii* 
«ould be proud of," and lauded i Lambs 1 op DUling 



the first time that a Hollywood mo 
tion picture has played before such 
a large audience in the Vatican. 

Mons. Montinci of the Vatican quarters of 
and RKO's French sales manager, \ Broadcastei's 



H wood Strong For 
Faraway Locales 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Upcoming Hollywood product 
continues pampering traditional 
American itchy feet by featuring 
faraway places. Some are lensed 
on actual location but in many 
cases the producers are able to 
provide that authentic look of for- 
eign soil right on backlot. Metro 
leads way with "Young Bess," 
"Secret Garden," "Edward My 
S o n," "Conspirator," "Forsyte 
Saga," and British-Iocaled; "Viva 
Zapata," Mexico; ''Quo Vadis,": 
Italy; "Storm Over Vienna," Aus- 
tria; "Greyfriars Bobby," Scotland. 

At Columbia "Rough Sketch," 
Cuba; "Song of India," plus series 
Italian operapix produced by 
Gregor Rabinovitch; United Art- 
ists has James Nassour's "Africa 
Screams," Sam Bischoff's "Outpost 
! in Morocco," Seymour Nebenzal's 
1 "Atlantis, the Lost Continent." 
j At Republic "Wake of Red 
1 Witch," is laid in "Dutch East In- 
I dies" and "Angel on Amazon" in 
i Brazil. Universal has "Rogues Regi- 
iment," Indo-China; "Mexican Ilay- 
I ride," Mexico. . Paramount has 
"Samson and Delilah," Egypt; "Top 
i 0' Morning," Ireland. 20th has "I 
I Married a Male War Bride," Ger- 
I many; "Prince of Foxes," Italy; 
plus Nat Holt's "Canadian- Pacific," 
made around Banff in the CanadT 
lan Rockies. Eagle Lion has "Mil- 
lion Dellar Weekend," Hawaii; 
"Reign ot Terror," Franco. Also 
Argosy's "Mr. Joseph Young" 
' Atrica; Warners' "Under Capri- 
; corn," Australia; film classics' 
i "Sofia," James Wong Howe's 
I "Rickshaw Boy," China; and Irv- 
\ ing Allcn-Franchot Tone's "Man on 
I Eiffel Tower," now len.sing in Paris ' 

WB AGAIN POSTPONES 
I EDDIE CANTOR BIOPIC 

I ':■ . Hollywood, Nov. 16. 

I The Eddie Cantor biopic at War- 
I ner Bros, has again been shelved 
pro tem. It's part of the general 
caution over expensive filmusical 
properties until conditions stabilize. 
I Harry Kur'nitz originally had it, 
I and latterly it was a Lou Edelman 
production assignment. Difficulty 
on the story line was a factor with 
both. Kurnit/, incidentally, alter 
-scripting the Danny Kaye and 
"Don .luan" screenplays, is the as- 
signed producer on "Mrs. Smith 
and the Octopus." 



(Spprti 0/rector ef WMOM, N. YJ 

COLLEGE 
£AST 

*GAMES SELECTION tPOINTS 
Yale-Harvard Yale U 

Levi Jackson makes the difference. 

St. Mary's-Boston College , , B. C. 7 

Galloping Gaels came a long way to take it on the chiUr 

Iowa-Boston U '. . . .Iowa - 14 

Big 9 always tough to beat. 

Syracuse-Columbia Columbia 20 

Kusserow and Rossides winding up their Columbia careers. 

Dartmouth-Princeton - Dartmouth 7 

Princeton has been getting stronger, but Big Green has too 
many guns. 

Fordham-Rutgers Rutgers 20 

Rutgers far superior. 
Georgetown-Geo. Washington G. W. 7 

Upset! 

Holy Cross-Temple . - Holy Cross 7 

Temple can lick only the soft touches. 
Penn State-Pittsburgh Penn State 13 

Penn State is bowl-bound. 
San Francisco-Villanova Yillanova 7 

Only Army was able to romp against Wildcats. 



SOUTH 

Alabama-La. State Alabama 

The Red Tide has finally caught fire. 

Tulsa- Arkansas Arkansas 

Razorbacks lose only to the best. 

BaylOr-SMtl SMU 

The Mustangs continue to grind tliem out. 

Duquesne-Clemson Clemson 

I : Clemson headed for an unbeaten season; V 

I Duke-North Carolina North Carolina 

I The Classic of the Carolinas. 

! IVIiami-FIorida . . ' Miami 

[ Strictly a guess! 

I Kentucky-Tennessee Tennessee - 

i ■ Vols' line too big and fast. 

I No. Carolina State-William & Mary W&M 

, William & Mary showed its stuff against BC last week 

Rice-Texas Christian TCU 

The Owls upset Arkansas, but TCU knows about it. 
MarylandrVanderbilt . . . . Vanderbilt 

The Commodores liave won their last four, and all by big 
scores. 



14 

20 



27 
14 



13 
13 



MIDWEST 

Illinois-Northwestern IlUnols 

Upset! 

Indiana-Purdue Purdue 

Both clubs disappointing this season. • 
Oklahoma-Kansas ... . . . . Oklahoma 

For the championship of the Big 7, 

Kansas State-Oklahoma A&M Aggies 

Kansas State has had a bad year. 
Michigan-Ohio State ; . , . . . . ; Michigan 

I ; Last game for the Wolverine. An undefeated year! 

{ Washington State-Michigan State . . . Michigan State 
i Tlie Spartans liave lost only to Notre Dame and Michigan. 

! Minnesota-Wisconsin .Minnesota 
I " Toughie for Gopher. 

Missouri-Nebraska Missouri 

This used to be a tough one, but not this season. 



13 
13 
14 

28 



20 



FAR WEST 

Stanford-California California 20 

Last stop for the Bears before the Rose Bowl. 
.Idaho-Washington . .Washington 7 

I Just because Howie Odell's the coach, • 

Oregon-Oregon State . Oregon 13 

1 Oregon, beaten only by Michigan, would go Into the Ro.se Bowl 

I if anything happened to Cal. 

' USC-UCLA Southern Cal 14 

Trojans are going to be big heJct year. 



PROFESSIONAL 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
NY Gi.mts-Grecn Bay Packers . Packers 

The Packers on their way back. 
Chicago Bears-Boston Yanks ..... i Bears 
[ Too much Luckman, Lujack and Layne, to say nothing of 

I McAfee. 

I Los Angeles-Chicago Cards Cards 

I The Cardinals still playing like champs. 

I Pittsburgh-Detroit ... . . Detroit 

I The Lions have been losing close ones to the best. 

Washington-Eagles . Eagles 

This IS for the championship of the Eastern Division. 



14 

21 

14 
7 
li 



the people associated 
making of the picture. 



with the 



The new U. S. stamp issue, ded- 
icated to Will Rogers, just released, 
marks the third member of The 
Lambs to be honored by the Gov- 
ernmenti Three cent stamp bears 
a picture of the late humorist with 
"I never met a 



Earl Carroirs Estate 

Set at $1,435,494 

; Hollywood, Nov. 16.: 

Earl Carroll's estate amounts to „ , 

$1,435,494, appraisal of estate filed » "°8ers quote. 
Jn probate court disclosed. man I didn't hke." 

Mrs. Jesse I. Schuyler, executrix, joh„ philip Sousa and Victor 
wlio filed, also asked court for per- „.,.u„,.f n^t-pr T tmht rinh 

mission to sue United Airlines, on "eibeit, two other Lambs Club 
one of whost planes Carroll lost members, were honored with stamp 
Ills life. (issues in 1940. 



Jerome Weidmau's 
"A'ot o Wasted Word"' 

It onotlicr intcrcitinq ftotur* in .»h« 

4Sd Anniversary Number 
of 

out toon 



ALL-AMERICA CONFERENCE 
Los Angeles Dons-Baltimore Colts Dons 1 

Glenn Dobbs back in shape. 
'49-ers-Brooklyn '49-ers 21 

Frisco looking ahead to the rematch with Cleveland next week. 
Cleveland Browns-New York . . . Browns 14 

Browns showed their class last week against the '49-ers. 



SEASON'S RECORD 
Won, ?70; Los^, 78; Tics, 9; Pet., .776. 

iTies don't count) 



* College games are played Saturday unless otherwise stated; pros play 

Sunday unless otherwise stated, 

f Point margin represents selector's choice, not the oflficial gambling 

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MORRIS SETS 1ST INT'L 
TV BOOKING IN LONDON 

London, Nov. 16. 
First international video book- 
ing was affected here last week 
when William Morris, .Jr., presi- 
dent of the William Morris agency 
booked the entire Lido, Paris 
floorshow over BBC, Nov. 9. Show 
emanated from the BBC studios in 



; the Alexandra Palace after the en- 
, tii-e company had been JloWn in 
' for the event. 

I Layout had American staging by 
I Donn Ardeuj and had Chaz Chase, 
] U, S., comic, and Ben Yost singer.s. 

Other performers included Les 
j Chailivels, for whom negotiations 

to appear in the U. S. are current; , 
1 Gillette and Richards, and Jo.sette 

Dayde. Performers flew back iffl- 
I mediately after the telecast to re- 
;sume at the Lido.' 



W«dneBflay,, Novemlier 17, 1948 



nicTiJiiiis s 



BRITISH FIX BALLOON BURSTS 



4 HiM Froiit Cracks Wide Open 
As M Nears Decree in D J. HnMes 



Twentieth'^Fox is on the, verge- 
of inking a consent decree with the 
Government which would bring to 
an end the 10-year anti-trust ac- 
tion, so f ar as it is concerned. Ac^ 
tion by 20tli : would completely 
iracture the erstwhile united front 
of the Big Five against the divorce- 
ment suit which suffered its first 
crack vvlien RKO reached a settle- 
ment several weeks back. Indus- 
try insiders predict an early com- 
promise by Paramount, Metro and 
Warner Bros,, last three compa- 
nies, if the 20th compromise goes 
through. 

Separate negotiations by the 
company reached a culmination in 
New York Friday (12) when 
former Secretary of State James 
A. Byrnes and ex-judge Samuel 
Rosenman met with Special Ass't 
Attorney General Robert L. Wright 
and other Dept. ' of ' Justice reps. , 
Charles P. Skouras, head of Na-: 
tional Theatres, had come east for 
the meeting along with John Ber- 
tero, NT legal counsel, and Harry 
Cox, treasurer. Trio returns to the 
Coast Friday (19). 

Reportedly* 20th will he able to 
retain a substantial number of its 
' wholly-owned - theatres under, the 
compromise. Partnership houses, 
in the maini and closed situations 
must be broken up. As the terms 
now stand, however, 20th will not 
follow the path of RKO in a com- 
plete separation of theatres from 
the production-distribution end of 
Its business. 

Understood that the Government 
Is asking for the insertion of one 
peculiar provision which it had 
.(Continued on page 18.1 



British Pitch to France 

London, Nov. 16. 
^ The -shoe is on 'the other 
foot. Now, instead of the U. S. 
producers sending delegations 
to Britain to revise the quota 
restrictions, British producers 
are going over to Paris to work 
out. a deal for film distribution 
in France. The British are at- 
tempting to up the quota min- 
imum of 20 filras a year prom- 
ised by the French authorities-. ' 

Three members of the Brit- 
ish. Film Producers .Assn.;. 
: counterpart of the Motion Pic- 
ture Assn. of America, are 
slated to hold early negotia- 
tions with the French govern- 
ment. 



Coast Red Probe 
May Not Be Held 

Washington, Nov. 16^ ; 

Announcement last Friday (12) 
by Rep. John S. Wood (D., Ga.) 
that he favors dropping the Holly- 
wood "red" probe indicated two 
things here: 

1. There will be no early hear- 
ings on the West Coast, and there 
may never he any during the next 
Congress. 

. 2. That Wood, who will become, 
chairman of the House Un-Amer- 
ican Activities Committee, is still 
friendly toward the picture in- 

./dustry.... ■ ■■ ■ ' ■ ■ 

It was recalled in Washington 
that in October, 1947, durmg the 
Un-American Activities hearmgs 
on Communism in Hollywood, 

.Wood stayed in the middle of , the 
road and also made clear that, he 
regarded the top figures in the 
industry as good, sound Americans. 
At one hearing he made a states 
ment lauding the Americanism of 
Louis B. Mayer, for example. 

As chairman of the committee, 
Wood will probably be able to 
pigeonhole , the . plans to continue 
the hearings ott the West Coast in 
January, and to keep them pigeon- 
holed. Even if there were a re- 
.bellion in his committee, which re- 
sulted in him being outvoted, it 
would be months before there 
would be any action. .• 



Almost $22m000 
Coin Tied Up In 11 
Backlogged Films 

Hollywood, Nov. Ifi. 
Total of $21,750,000 film coin 
tied up in 11 pix, finished for a- 
year or more, is being held up by 
various studios.' Delays are due to; 
added scenes, new titles and desire 
to : hold release until Dec. . 31, 
Academy Award deadline. 

Oldest is Warners' Ronald Rea- 
gan-Viveca Lindfors starrer. "Night; 
Unto Night," finished Jan. 13, 1947, 
I and; tradeshown Aug. 27 the same 
lyear. Studio then decided to hold 
it until Miss Lindfors could be 
, seen in other pix. 
i WB also is holding "Whiplash," 
completed June 2, 1947; "Decision 
of Christopher Blake," ended Oct. 
27, 1947. Howard Hughes wound 
up "Vendetta'' in April and Sey- 
mour Nebenzal canned "Atlantis" 
the same month: Other wound up 
between February and Septembex',; 
1947, include "Judge Steps Out,' 



NEEO FOR Ui 





The big British film bubble ap- 
pears to have all but burst. HollyW 
wood'is fears of a year ago that it 
would be forced into a worldwide 
duel with the British for screen 
dominance are rapidly fading. ; 

Neither as producers of films in 
the volume or quality sufficient to 
capture international markets, nor 
as salesmen of their product to the 
exhibitors of the worldr— their own 
country included — have the British 
"caught on," in the opinion of 
American film men. .» 

While Yank- execs are by no 
means ready to write off the Britr 
ish industry as a rival-— particular-, 
ly as long as the government cour^ 
tinues- intent on seeing ; it suceess- 
ful^they are taking a much more 
relaxed view of the situation; 
There's an "I-told-you-so" tinge to 
their attitude that is belied by the 
fears, prevalent in 1947 and early 
1948, of British impingement oh 
Yank screen dominance. 

There's a trace, too, in the 
American attitude, of pity, for 
there's clear realization that at 
I least part of the British industry's 
I lailure to come through; as eScr; 
pected is due to world conditions 
beyond its control. The American 
industry is too beset with these 
same difficulties not to be cog- 
nizant that they are proving even 
more deadly in their effect on a 
struggling rival than on the pow-i 
(Continued on page 21) 



y ustry Heads Smmnon Engineers, 
Economists In Search For Intensive 
Cost-Saving Steps At N. Y. Meets 



More Turkeys 

Chicago, Nov. 16; 
With Thanksgiving coming 
up next week, exhibitors will 
be ; presenting plenty . of tur- 
keys — but not on the screen. 
For theatremen reportedly 
are going all-out in a splurge, 
of free turkey and poultry 
nights on the eve of the holi- 
;day.: ■ 

Thanksgiving giveaways this 
year will likely more than , 
double last year's free birds. 
It's ■ emphasized that most of 
the fowl is promoted through 
reciprocal tieups With local 
meat markets. 



N.Y. Tiieatres Hit 
City's Bid For 2% 
Bite On All Leases 



New York City authorities have ; 
suddenly moved to damp a 2% i 
sales; tax on all film and legit the- j 
atre leases., in an . action which i 
threatens to cost films and stage | 
many millions of dollars yearly in [ 
I additional levies,; Combined com- j 
mittee of exhibitor and legit organ- 
izationswas formed yesterday j 
(Tues.) at a protest meeting of 
metropolitan N. Y. theatre opieras 
, tors; to- battle the new. application 
'"•^ of the eight-year-old tax law to 
' show business, 



RKO, Feb. 18; "Roughshody" RKO, [ condition wa.sn't strong enough to 
Aug. 18; "Whispering ; Smith." i withstand the rigors of the post 



SiPP Considered 
FCC'sCoyforPrez 

Wayne Coy, chairman of the 
Federal Communications Commis- 
sion, was interviewed in New York 
during' the past week as a prospect 
for the post of president of the 
Society of Independent Motion Pic- 
ture Producers. Committee decided 
after the ses.sion, on the basis of ^ 

what the FCC topper told, them !ers A.ssn.; Leo Brecher, chairman | 
about his health, that his physical 



Engineers and economists are be-> 
ing summoned by major company 
toppers to the current series of 
sessions being held in New York 
for the purpose of systematically 
applying new economies to every . 
branch of film, company operations. 
The three-days of meetings started 
yesterday (Tues.) with company 
presidents, other top executives, 
and Motion Picture Assn. of Amer^ 
ica officials in attendance. The 
cost-cutting devices, it was dis- 
closed following the. two sessions 
yesterday, will be applied uni- 
formly by all members of the 
MPAA so that the charge of undue 
slicing cannot be hurled at any 
one or group of companies. The 
action parallels that taken last year 
when the majors held similar meet- 
ings under the MPAA banner. 

Conferring biggies, chairmanned 
by MPAA prez Erie Johnston, are 
exhaustively examining every 
branch of film activity to see where 
the carving can bfe done. Addition- 
ally, possibilities of changes in op- 
eration, , either administrative or 
on the technical side, are getting' 
a complete canvassing. 

With this in mind, the confabbers 
have summoned several top studio 
technicians to amplify new tech- 
(Continued on i>age 20) 

Biz s Switch To 
Non-Flam Film 



After years Of ekperimeritation, 
a teehiiical revolutiori in the film 
industry cuts the tape this nionth 
when' every : major coinpany and 
.some minors swing into the use of 
Represented at the Hotel Astor j "'-'^'-ate, non-inflammable raw stock 
protest meeting were practically all j f"'", positive prints on one 
600 houses located in the metro- 1 feature apiece. An agreement with 
politanarea. William Brandt, part- 1 Eastman Kodak for total use of 
ner in the Brandt circuit, presided ' acetate for a trial feature ha$ been 
and named his brother Harry, head j generfjlly reached, Prints are now 



of the Independent Theatre Own- 



(Contifiued ort page 21) 



Paramount. June 16; "My Own 
True Love," Aug. 25; "Red Pony," 
Republic. Aug. 25; "Portrait of 
Jenny," Sclznick, Sept. 25. 



KUSELL REFUSES TO 
'RESIGN' AT SELZNICK 



Job for which Coy was inter- 
viewed is the one vacated by Don- 
ald M. Nelson last January. Nel- 
son resigned partially beca use ot 
health and was unable to be as ac- 
tive at all times as SIMPP mem- 



of the Metropolitan Theatre Own^ 
ers Assn. of N. Y.; Gael Sullivan, I 
exec director of Theatre Owners of i 
America, and James F. Reilly, exec 
secretary of the League ■ of New ' 
York Theatres, as members of the j 
committee. Group of four will con-' 
suit witli tax experts and then pre- 1 
pare a brief in opposition .to the ; 



bers desired, so the committee wiis i move, 
more than normally concerned | According to oxhibs attending 
(Continued on page 18) . ; i ' : (Continued On page IG) 




[ Announcement, by the Selznick 
I Releasing, . Organization,; followmg | 
a board meeting last week, that | 
i general salesmanager Milton Kusell 

I has "resigned" was apparently pre- d: Ci._„|.. Pfr\r I In 

I mature. Kusell has refused to "re- i '*»^ ^larw lO rerK up 



National Boxoffice Survey 



sign" or settle, his contract and is 
making an appearance daily at the 
SHO , homeoftice. ?.act runs until 
next. March. 

Board, in a cost-saving move in 
line with efl'orts to cut SRO ac- 
tivities to a bare, minimum, since 



'Road,' 'Bride,' 'JuUa,^ 
'Song,' 'Hamlet,' 'Belinda' the Big Six 

While biz appears on upbeat it , cago. ."Babj? Smiles At Me" (20th), 
is not shaping up as strongly as | which comes into N. Y. Roxy next 
hoped for in a majority of keys week, al.so is nice in two spots this 
covered by Variety. Current round ' stanza but mild on Frisco hold- 
sees the big pictures doing sock i over. "Dear Secretary" (UA) is fine 



WB MAINTAINS EARLIER 
PAYOFF ON BANK LOANS 

This year's flagging business not- 
withstanding, Warner Bros, is 
maintaining its policy of retiring 
current bank loans before matur- 
ity dates. Company this week p;i'e- 
payed an instalment of $1,591,000 
to bring down its total obligations 
in this bracket to $14,319,000. In- 
stalment was originally due Nov. 1, 
1949, 

At the same time, WB is paying 
dj^idends on common stock at its 
scaledridown rate of 25c per share. 
■Company's board at a special meet- 
ing last week declared the 25c 
diyyy payable Jan. 5 to stockhold- 
fers of record Dec. 3. 

Warner's quarterly dividend for 
the postwar period previous to the 
current year was 37^c. per share, 



' it has very little product, decided ] trade but lesser ones faring rather in Chi with stage layout, 
to replace Kusell with his. formet I badly. ■ i "No Minor Vices" (M^G) looks in. 

assistant, Sidney Deneau. Kusell i jvjew leader nationwide is "Road 1 minor key in L. A. "Belle Starr's 
was informed of the action follow- House" (20th), which finished in ' Daughter" (20th) is fairly good in 
ing the meeting, it being a.ssumed ; fourth place last week. It is closely ' same city. Another newcomer, 
by the board that he'd settle his . followed by "'June Bride" (WB), ' "Countess Monte Cri.sto" (U), looks 
contract. Better than $15,000 in 1 ^hich Was launched in some 13 mild L. A. entry, | 
salary is involved, I spots during week Third best is Reissue combo of "Last Davs i 

Kusell gave Sel/nick's emissary I "julia Misbehaves" (M-G) which Pompeii" (RKO) and "She" (RKO), [ 
a flat no. He said he'd be glad to ' vvas in eighth spot last session, i still big on third N, Y. frame, in [ 
leave, but wanted to be paid off , in fourth slot is "Song Is Born" okay in Bo.ston and hot in Chi. j 
in full. Lacking that, he declared, i (RkO). boxoffice champ last round "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) .shapes < 
he'd work out the contract. Marked strength bv "Hamlet" fUt fine in Pittsburgh and stout in } 

is enabling this British-niade to cop ' Frisco. "Let's Live a Little" (EL) i 
fifth position-while "Johnny Belin- is doing a .sWeet sfessiott; in (3hi;; : ' j 
da" is taking sijith .place money;' j ■; "Northwest StampeJde' • - (EL) is ] 
Ace runner- up picture.'! are j hitting a good stride in Providence; i 
"Sealed Verdict" ; (Par), "Red . "Station West" (pKO) looks sturdy j: 
(UA), "Blood on Moon" in Washington jahd fine in Boston, | 



Eddie Silverman Into 

Indie Pix Production 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Eddie Silverman. Chicago exhib River" 



partnered in Essaness theatre cir- 1 (RKO) and "Apartment for Peggy" Paradme Ca.se (SRO) is hitting 
cult makes his production bow in '(20th). "Moon" shapes rousing in nice clip in Montreal and Denver, 
a deal with Frank Seltzer. Firm N. Y. and is pacing San Francisco "Red Shoes" (EL), still big in N. 



will be known as Essaness pictures. 

First, "Blood Money," is budg- 
eted at $500,000 With locationing 
in California and Nevada. No Cast 



with a big week. 



Y. and Washington, tees off this 



Outstanding new pictures are;i .week in Boston, "Hills of Home" 
"Joan of Arc'? ;(RKO) ahdy^'Snake !;^^^G). due intc) N. Y, Music Hail 
Pit" (20th). Former world precmed ; next, is big in Toronto, 
or release yfet. Joe Newman Will [in N. Y. with terrific, week. "Pit'' 1 (Cor)i?3l«te Boxoffice Reports m 
] direct. 1 iooiLs smash both in N. Y. and Chi- , Pages 9-11). 



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Chatter 62 

Disk Jockey Reviews .. 42 

Film Reviews , . . 13 

House Reviews 53 

Inside Legit 56 

Inside Pictures 16 

Intel national , 13 

Legitimate , 55 

Literati 61 

Music 42 

New Acts . . , 53 

Night Cltib Review? 54 

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Orchestras 42 

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PICTUBRS 



Wcdneflda^f Novemlier 17« 1948 



Par,MMoveto'Save'5(lil'Bkptcy; 
And 'Hard^' Partnerships 

A critical battle will be waged — ' 

by Paramount and 20th-Fox to'^ f^, . cj-» tt » u^^^^ 

save some 500 theatres involved , Dane LlarK &ez We HOpeS 
in "bankruptcy" partnerships wJicn Warner BrOS. FirCS Hiwi 



Minneapolis, Nov. 16, 
Dane Clark, under suspension 



the Government anti-trust action 
gets off - to: renewed hearings Nov, 

29.- Both companies are now pre- , 

oaring an exhaustive list of affi- , from Warner Bros., stated here he's 
davits from partners in lieu of trying to get himself flred so that 
personal testimony to back the , he'll be free to make a deal with 
newly-raised defense contention i another studio. Clark, who flew 
that partnerships springing from , to Minneapolis from Hollywood on 
the majors' past financial difficul- his own hook to emcee a CARE 



ties should be exempt from, 
divorcement. 

At Stake so far as the gigantic 
Paramount holdings are concerned ' 
are that company's interests in the ; 
E. V. Richards' chain of 57 houses; 
MuUih & Pinanski's 86 theatres; 
A. H. Blank circuit of 78 theatres; 
and Hunter Perry chain of 13. ' 
Also on the griddle would be part i 
of the Wilby-Kinccy 101-theatre 
chain,: as well as a portion of the , 
-Lucas & Jenkins' 20. partnered 
houses. 

Situation for 20th is somewhat; 
more obscure so far as the number ■ 
Is concerned.'. However, company i. 
■ took on a; number of partnerships » 
when it went into a series of reor* i 
ganizations in : 1929v Similarly to 
Paramount, these partner.ships i 
were formed under financial | 
duress to help bankroll the com- 1 
pany- during the red-ink era. : j 
Supreme Court's Distinction i 

Par-20th stand represents a sud- , 
den shift, in strategy wlvich is ' 
hoped will pay off by saving the 
hundreds of theatres for the com- 
panies. U. S. Supreme Court, it's 
noted, distinguished between ' the 
ordinary merger of interests which 
led to joint theatre holdings and 
the hardship partnerships which 
came about ■ beeause: of . film com- 
(Continued on page 16). :: 



rally, has been suspended three j 
times in nine months by Warners, I 
the latest tiff occurring when he 
refused to make a picture called 
"Amboy Dukes'' on a loan-^out deal,: 
He stated that he balked taking the 
role after reading the film's script. 

Earlier suspensions were caused 
by similar trouble, Clark claimed. 
He said he's tired of having tlie 
studio putting him in inferior pic- 
tures, but that lack of income, dur- 
ing six of the past nine monthsi 
necessitates his : finding «raployr 
ment soon. He also asserted his' 
deal with Warner's is "pretty 
rough," hence his wish to break off 
relations. 



James J. Geller 

hot •Htli«rt4 « h«mw«Ht ih^rt 
ttery witk • Hellywaed «9«rton«, 

"The Knockout'' 
* * * 

OH Miitorial f««tiir« in th* upcomlnf 

43d Annivermry Number 
•f 



Par Openly Sells 
Away from N.O. 
Theatre Partner 



M-G Reclaims LA, 
Frisco Showcases 



As Offset to Republic Joining Up, 
Some Indies May Bolt Export Corp. 



Metro will, move into a showcase | 
policy on the Coa.st In its first far.j 
west operation Dec, . 1 when .the f 
Company takes back from the FoX' , 
West Coast circuit control over | 
Loew's State, Los Angeles, and the j 
Warfield, San Francisco. Metro has 
notified F-WC that month'to-month 
leases held on the two first-run 
deluxers are terminated as of the 
end of November. The action has 
1 been inspired by the ban on tlie- 
:atre tieups: between, majors im- 
t posed by the U. S., Supreme Court. 
I Heretofore, 'Metro has not been 
{operating any house further west 
.than Kansas City. Termination of 
the FrWC leases is believed to fore- 1 
shadow increased showcase opera- j 
itions by Metro as well as other ! 
jcompanies. In various settlement j 
! negotiations the Government has i 
privately conceded the legality of ' 



Betty Garrett Denied 

M-G OK for Concert 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Metro nixed permission JEor Betty 
Garrett to appear as vocalist at 
trio of concerts Dave Rose's 40- 
picce orch will present here. She'd 
agreed to terms oft'ered by KFWB 
diskjock Gene Norman, who is pro- 
moting ventures, but studio, to 
which she's under contract, nixed 
it. 

Norman still trying to get Andre 
Previn, pianist-arranger under con- 
tract to Metro, ..as cleffer. Looks 
possible since he, -unlike Miss Gar- 
rett, is under pact for services 
other than strictly: visual perform- 
ances. 

Ro.se crew will appear at Phil- 
harmonic Aud here Nov. 24; Long 
Beach Aud. 25 ; Aud, Pasadena ,: 27 . 



UA's Pub-Ad Letouts 
Prelude to Distribs 
New 



New Orleans, Nov. 16. 
I After holding out for a number i distribs owning first-run houses in 
l of months, Paramount is now ' large cities as a valid way of mer- 
! openly {cuding With E. V. Richards. ' ''''"'"'ising new' product. 
I . , , , ,. Both the State and Warfield are 

;its theatrt partner who runs the o^^ncd by Metro but operated by 
Richards-Saengor circuit. Par has | . (Continued on page Sa) 
' suddenly decided to sell its product i 



away fi'om Richards to competing UMJ' .jJ ji^ jp^^^^ 
houses even though it means a I ™'f«*''e jQ 
With Prods, . collateral kick4n-the-pants since 

Firing last Friday (12) of vir- ' - ^^^^^^ dividends 

from the CH'Cuit in . which it part- 



Policy 



tually the entire United Artists 
publicity-advertising •staff, except 
"department lieads, was the initial 
move, in a radical change of the 
distributing company's policy on 
pub-ad service ■ to producers. In- 
stead of: l;he pubrad work being 



British Distrib With 
Easing of Hecht Ban 



London, Nov. 16. 
Partial relaxation of the Ben 
I Hecht ban, imposed by British ex- 



ncrs..:';.;: . : • ' :■ I 

' pecisioti was rnade last week t 
when a number- of Paramount pix, 

prpyiously shelved until a deal , hi^s a month: ago. wiU allow iin- , 
could be worked out with Richards, hampered: distribution of RiCb'S: 

thrown in eratis with the distribu- ■ T,'^'''' 7 '"'^ "Miracle of the Bells" currently 
tnrown in gratis witn me aistri du- ; j sector as well as flickenes ol ,howine on the Rank rircnit anH 
tion fee paid the company by indie » „„mi,er of indie exhibs. At the at^^lV^ with whTch ^he Sr h ' 




employing freelance publicists and 
■dmen to work on his films. 

Tliirtcen employees were sacked , 
In the move and five clurks and ' 
secretaries, were transferred to 
other departments. Three perma- : 
nent field exploiteers were also let i 
out. All the h.o. staffers fired were ■ 
given double severance pay as pro- < 
vided lor under the company's 
Screen Publicists Guild contract 
which expired last September, - 
Some got as much as 26 weeks' 
salary. 

Axing -was described as :"an 
economy move in line with circum- 
stances facing the industry today." i 
It was said that it uliced about S2.-| 
000 a week from the $.'5,000 it had 
:been costing to operate ,the de- 
partment. . UA figured that the 
service being given was an intangi- 
ble that was not vital to attracting . 
new indies to its fold. 

Department under pub-ad chief | 
• Howard LeSieur now comprises! 
publicity chief AITamariti and two 
aides, Te.ss Michael and Charles 
Handel; ad manager Francis Wmi- : 
kus, field exploitation chief Mori 
Krushen,: promotion and tieup di- 
rector Leon Roth and art depart- 
ment topper Herb Jaediker. r 

Those let go were Caswell 
Adams, Lou Melamed. Phil Cowan, i 
Rosellen Callahan, Lew Barasch, 
Vera Gomez;, Barbara Sapinsly, 
.John Matson, Joel: . Rose. 



... ... Cinematograph Exhibitoi's Assn., 

now in New Orleans dickering with its meeting Wednesday <W to 
the Paramount partner. modify its attitude, and to limit the 

DisSpute between Reagan: as sales ban to forthcoming productions ' i 
chief and Richards is purely that i Modification was ;tgreed after- j 
of terms on fUms. Richard wants to General Secretary W. R. Fuller ! 
pay flat rentals on certain Para- had pointed, out that the employ- i 
mount product while Reagan is in- ment of Hecht occurred befdre he ' 
sisting on percentage. On other had expressed the view* Which ; 
pix, Richards is balking at the cut aroused such intense resentment, I 
on the grosses that Paramount is and the banning of the pix already I 
demanding. made wouldn't cause him any I 

Battles over rentals are nothing M orry. Ho had been paid outright i 
new to Richards who has strong lor his work and retained no in- > 
views on the subject. Both Metro ; terest in tlie money which the films 1 
and Universal have broken away :: earned for their owners, 
from the circuit and are selling ' Revised resolution agreed by 
other iheatres after they failed tO: exhibs last Wednesday read; "This 
come to terms with ; tlie theatre association strongly objects to any 
man. facilities being given for llie ex- 1 

' hibition of films with which Ben I 

Hecht is !H -future concerned, and:j 
that; members be informed in f u- ! 
ture of the titles of such films and 
advised not to show them." 



Export Corp. May 
Technically Solve 
Foreip Problem 

Necessity for the major com- 
panies to make common decisions 
on overseas matters without being 
charged with conspiracy under the 
domestic anti^trust laws may lead 
to the formation, after Jan. 1, of a 
new industry-wide corporation sim- 
ilar to the Motion Picture Export 
Assn. New outfit, like MPEA, will 
be organized under terms of the 
Webb-Pomerene act, which permits: 
U.S. firms to. combine for . overseas 
operations. 

Conspiracy danger has been 
avoided to* date by industry toppers 
via a technicality. They ordinarily 
meet as members of the Motion 
Picture Assn.. of America. However,^ 
when it - is necessary to come to 
common decision on foreign mat- 
ters—such as the embargo on ship- 
ments to Britain last year or 
approval of the Blum-Byrnes revi- 
sioui^they figurativelv turn their 
hats around and constitute them- 
selves a.t^ members of the Motion 
Picture Export Assn. 

This satisfies the provisions of: 
the law, but is a, considerable 
annoyance to MPEA execs, to 
whom it is both time-consuming 
and costly. They must, for techni- 
cal reasons, preside at the meetings 
and their attorney must take the 
minutes. Thus the MPEA is charged 
with legal fees and other expenses 
regarding: territories with which it 
is not: concerned. It is in order to 
get around this that MPAA counsel 
has recommended the compromise 
of setting up, an additional corpora- 
tion. - . ' 



In contrast to the strengthening 
of the industry's overseas front by 
the addition of Republic last week 
to membership in the Motion-Pic- 
ture Export Assn., a number of 
independent producers are cx^ 
pected to pull their product from 
MPEA when their contracts expire, : 
Qfters being made t* the indies for 
outright sale of their pix in some 
of the 13 territories serviced by 
MPEA is one of the things, luring 
them away. 

Republic becomes the MPEA's ' 
10th' member company and the 
second distrib to join the: overseas : 
sales co-op since it was chartered - 
early in 1946 by the eight majors.- . 
Monogram-Allied Artists joined up: 
in August, 1947. Rep was voted 
into the organization by the MPEA 
board last week after a lengthy: 
pitch by Eric Johnston, MPEA 
prexy; Irving Maas, v>p. and g.m^;'. 
and Francis Harmon, -v.p. 
■ Adherence of Hep to the Asso- ' 
elation is important, in eliminating ■■. 
another, source of : product which 
could ': be sold : independently 
against MPEA's pix in its territo- ' 
ries. It is already suffering con* 
siderably in some areas by the re- 
{ fusal of such important indies as 
I Samuel Goldwyn* David O. Selz- 
i nick and Walt Disney to: sell their : 
' films through it. 

I Other indies, particularly those 
I distributing through United Art- 
i Ists, who went along when the lat- . 
(Continued on page 16) 

Set Own Quiz Shows 
To Fight Air Competish, 
Indiana Exhibs Hear 

Indianapolis, Nov. 16. 
Proposal that exhibitors set .up 
their own quiz shows, replete with : 
prizes, to fight radio competition 
was made by Joseph F. Finneran;' 
of Columbus,. Ind..' at fall conven-i 
tion of Associated Theatre Owners 
of Indiana last we^k. Plan created : 
stir among Hoosier indies and won 
approval of convention, provided: 
minimum of 125 .theatres could be 
signed up for it. More than 100 
were said to be in: line before the 
convention closed. 

Finneran's idea is 1o <!(>lect con- 
testants :from draw of ticket .stubs.: 
and stage quiz show at central loca- 
tion in Indianapolis, transmitting-' 
program to theatres throughout 
state via telephone hookup. Au* 
dienccs also would listen in on 
draw for following program, for : 
which all who bought tickets would 
be eligible. Theatres would be as- 
sessed for giveaways. 



JENNIFER'S 'EARTH' 
VICE TOS' IN ENG. 

David :G. Selznick and Sir Alexri J 
ander Korda, who have a four- 
picture deal lor production in . Eng- | 
land, last week substituted "Gone j 
to Earth" for "Tess of the d'Urberr ' 
villes" as the second film on their ; 
schedule; "Tess" may be? done later 
or entirely dropped. - . 

Jennifer Jones, Selznick Con-- 1 
tract star, will head for London . 
to appear in "Earth'' immediately ! 
Alan following completion of her next, 



Jaediker, Simon Wolf, Harry Sus- , "Madame Bovary," at Metro 
kind and Stanley Namm. "Earth," from a novel by Mary 

Other companies in (he past Webb, will be produced in Tech- 
year or so have reduced staffs, but nicolor .under direction of Michael 
this is believed to be the greatest Powell and Emeric Pressburger. 
.'Wholesale firing yet. ; , In a deal which has no connec- 

At W'arner Bros., two more pub- tion -with the four-film: production 
Heists were sliced from the pay- 1 arrangement, Selznick bought 
roll in a renewed economy drive. : western ■ hemisphere distribution 
The flacks, Helen Gwynn and Hi ■ rights from Korda to "The Eye- 
Hollinger, received severance pay , witness," produced in England urt- 
undcr terms of the former pact ; der the label "Lost Illusion." Pic, 
with the Screen Publicistis Guild, directed by Carol Reed, stars Sir 
although Warners has refused to Ralph Richardson and Michele I 
negotiate a new SPG contract. Morgan. 1 



Aussie Exhibs Blase On 
Hecht-British Question 

Sydney, Nov. 2. 
Exhibs here won't nix Ben Hpcht 
pix because of his outbursts against 
the British on the Palestine i.i, 
tion. 

Only two Hecht pix are on the 
urban circuit, "Miracle of the 
Bells" (RKO) and "Ride the Pink 
Horse" fUD. Former flopped in 
the keys and little coinage is ex- 
pected from the urbans. "Horse" 
is finishing its circuits to so-so 
biz, Hechl's "Spectre of the Rose" 
I Rep); was a flop here. 



Europe to N. Y. 

Jacques Path 
Dr. Rcnato Gualino 
.Arthur Hornblow, Jr. 
Eddie Mannix :: 
Lorraine Miller ' 
William Morris, Jr. 
William Roach 
Carleton Smith 



N. Y. to L. A. 

Joan Bennett 
^Morris E. Cohen 
Sylvia Fine 
Sheridan Gibney 
Dorothy Hirsch 
Jennifer. Jones 
Danny Kaye ' 
Arthur W. Kelly ' ' 
Arthur Krim 
Ahe Lastfogel 
Edwin Lester 
Paul MacNamara 
James A. Mulvey 
Mary Pickford 
Pat O'Brien 
Dan O'Shea 
Leo Robin 
Robert J. Rubm 
Grad Sears 
David O. Selznick 
Dwight Taylor 
Jerry Wald 
Walter Wanger 
Herbert Yates 
Max E. Youngslein . 

N. Y. to Europe 

Sue Cai-ol 
Joan Caul fiel d 
Billy De Wolfe 
Anthony Haveloek-AUan 
Irene Hilda 

May Johnson , . . . 
Alan Ladd . , 

Virginia Mayo 
Anna Neagle 
Patricia Neal • 
Michael O'Shea 
Ronald Reagan 
Herbert Wilcox 
Al Wilde 



L. A. to N. Y. 

Larry Adler 
Mel Blanc 
A. Pam Blumenthal : 
Willet Brown 
Judy Canova 
Armand Deutsch 
William Dozier 
Maury Foldare 
Will Geer 
William Hebert 
Karl Herzog 
Ella Kazan 
Joe Kirkwood 
Dorothy Kirsten 
Edward Lachman 
Arthur Loew 
Sid Luft 
Margo 

Stephen McNally 
Rudy Monteglas : 
'ferry Moore 
Eduardo Noriega 
Morris S. Novik 
Tom Page 
Elizabeth Patterson 
Jane Powell 
Paul Raiboiu:n 
: Al Ramsen , • 

Charles M. Reagan 
Betty Rhodes 
Joe Rines 
Mike Rosenberg- 
Irving Salkow 
Dore Schary 
Stanley Shuford 
Morris Simpson 
Charles P. Skouras 
Sidney N. Strotz 
Harry S. Thomas 
George Tobias 
Marta Toren 
Niles Trammell 
Benay Venuta 
Glenn Wallichs 
Ben Washer 
Ralph Wheelwright 



AGA KHAN'S $6,000,000 TO E? 



WB's $151,500,000 Keys Biz s Profit 
Pattern; Gross Down 10%, Net 35% 



The pattern of profit returns dur-+- 
Ing fiscal 1948 for tfie major film " 
companies began talcing ib final 
shape this Week; when it was dis- 
closed that Warner Bros, will re- 
poit an estimated gross take of 
$151,500,000 for the year. Against 
thi s WB scored revenues before de- 
duction of expenses' of $164,643,060 
in '47. Company reached a peak 
both in grosses and net last year. 

Warners, which ends Its fiscal 
year on Aug. 31, is the second 
among the majors to do so, -Colum- 
bia heading up the list with a June 
30' wlndup. Gross for WB repre- 
sents a decline of 9% over the '46 
record. Its net is considerably off, 
however, since it slid almost 50% 
for tlve first nine months when it 
anioimted to 110,321,000 compared 
to $19,134,000 for the same period 
In 1947. > 

Indicating ' that this summer's 
business held up with the year ber 
fore is the fact that Warners' gross 
f Of tlje last quarter— ending Aug. 
31— is an estimated $39,000,000. 
This represents almost no differ- 
ence with tlie hot-weather stretch 
;*of '46 when the company showed 
, (Continued on page 18) ■ ; 



Wall St. No Longer 
Bearish on Split-Up 
Motion Picture Corps. 

After being inclined to be bear- 
ish on theatre divorcement for 
year.s,, Wall Street .has done a com- 
plete about-face in recent weeks 
and now. is looking favorably . on 
luch breaking: away of theatres. ' ; 

New financial approach to this 
splitup is predicated on previous 
experience which has shown the 
Street that breaking up into sev- 
eral corporations has made them 
blggei- than the original company 
setu p. Some experts, both in the 
trade and in financial circles even 
•nvision niuch tougher sledding 
for independent circuits and exr 
hibitoi-s with a separate theatre 



Briskin Named Assistant 
To Par's Henry Ginsburg 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Samuel Briskin,: who moved into 
Paramount with the absorption of 
Uberty .Films, has been appointed 
general assistant to Henry Gins- 
berg, . production chief; 

Among Briskin's duties is the 
supervision of forthcoming produc- 
tions by his old Liberty partners, 
Frank Capra, William Wyler and 
George Stevens. 



In D.C. Linked To 
Anti-Trust Ruling 

. Growing .conviction in the in- 
dustry that the Government anti-: 
trtist case yi'ill be ended one : way 
bfe another befoi^e the :end 
led to the fixing by Theatre Owri- 
■.■.ers 'of America of its next - full-' 
scale bo^i'd meeting ip Washihgtoh; 
Jan. 28-29. The DC setting was 
chosen mainly becaiise • it: makes 
likely the; acceptance, by. the Dept. 
of Justice of an invitation to ex- 
plain to gathered exhibs the effect 
of the anti-trust litigation on ex- 
hibition generally. 

As TOA board members how ] 
see it, results of the anti-trust suit, 
are going to be kind to exhibition, | 
which sl;ands to gain most out of 
a periiianeht; readjustment in the 
industry. . TOAers are cohvinced 
that ho iiiakeshift plan, such as . the 
cbhsettt decree of 19.40, wi^ 
through. With a radical realign- 
ment of the .ftim busShess, board 
:plaiis to <all on Special Ass't At- 
torney General Robert L. Wright 
and other Government legalites to 
clarify exhibition's future. 
- , , One other reason for the DC site 

setup not dependent on the pro- , tjip proximity of Wayne Coy, 





FOR PRODUCTION 

Eagle Lion will obtain new cred- 
its of approximately $6,000,000 
from Fathe Industries, its par- 
ent organization, for financing pro- 
duction in 1949. The new supply 
of coin is believed to come from 
the Aga Klian syndicate which 
closed with EL several weeks ago 
for joint production-distribution of 
company's films in six European 
countries. The fabulously wealthy 
Khan is spiritual leader of 60,000,- 
000 Moslems in India. 

None of the banks which have 
already e xt e n d e d considerable 
amounts to Pathe were involved in' 
the new ' financial ; arrangement. 
Pathe worked out the deal for 
fresh cash advanced to it in nego- 
tiations which Robei-t R. ' Young, 
Pathe's controlling stockholder; 
Arthur Krim, :EL prexy, and Rob- 
ert Benjamin, Young's attorneyj 
participated. 

. Under the three-cornered ar- 
rangement, EL is to devote the $6,r 
000,000 to bankroll indie produc- 
tion in which the company partici- 
pates, distributes and shares in the 
profits. The money, intended to 
grease filmmaking for indies short 
of cash, is to be used as .j,unior or 
second loans with banks supplying 
producers first money. 
With a deal now closed and to be 
(Continued on. page 16) 



Myers Recommending 
Special Trust Courts 
To House Committee 



UA May Pitch for Goldwyn, Disney 
Wanger Distrib If DOS Deal Jells 



Sleattle Judge Upholds 
Censor In 'Rope' Ban 

Seattle, Nov. 16. 

N. Y. Superior Court Judge 
Lawler upheld the Seattle Censor 
Board in banning "The Rope," 
holding that the picture "presents 
scene of revolting violence tending 
to corrupt- morals." 

Warners had asked restraining 
order against the board. 

Picture has also been barred in 
Tacoma and Spokane; 



Majors in Middle 
OfaO-AFLBattk 
For H.O. Control 



Washington: Nov. 16. 
.Creation of special antitrust 
courts will be recommended to the 
House Small Business Committee 

^*'L«\L,3^'''".?f^i^'r/''Lrr: BlTn/'orVhe aifidTvitT wuT"gTv; 



Long and litigous warfare be- 
tween the 'CIO and AFL for dom- 
ination of the 3,300 whitecollarites 
in the N.Y. homeoffices shaped up 
this week with the major com-, 
panics In the middle. The rival 
unions. Screen Office & Profes- 
sional Employees Guild, CIO, and 
Local H-63i AFL, are currently 
battling before the National Labor 
Relations Board for bargaining 
rights' . petitions at Paramount, 
RKO and DeLuxe labs; formerly 
under SOFEG's control. 

SOPEG's recent reversal of jts 
non-compliance stand toward the 
Taft-Hartley law, by agreeing to 
sign the non-Communist affidavits, 
and aimed at halting H-_63's walk- 
over victories in the homeoffices 



♦ Should the currently pending 
deal between United Artists and 
David O; Selznlck be consummated 
— and it Is far from in the b*g — 
company reportedly will make an 
effort to nail Samuel Goldwyo^ 
Walt Disney, Walter WHnger and 
a few other top producers to simi- 
lar agreements. Hope is to recon- 
stitute the company along the lines 
on which it was founded 30 years 
ago as a distributing organization 
for the product of a small and 
select group of independents. 

Selznick deal Is now under con- 
sideration by the UA board. Soni* 
of the members will give it their 
approval, they Informed Vamety/ 
only if H can be made the basis 
for attracting some of these other 
top producers into the setup and 
permanently realigning the com- 
pany on a solid foundation. They: 
see liitla value' in the deal and 
will vote against it if management 
cannot promise that it will be mors 
than an isolated effort at getting 
additional product. ' 

Meantime, Grad Sears, UA prez, 
and Arthur W. Kelly, exec v.p.; 
are slated to accompany Mary: 
Pickford to the Coast later 
this week to lay the SelzniclC 
proposition before Miss Pickford'a 
co-owner in UA, Charles Chaplin. 
This action follows discussion of 
(Continued on page 21) 



ducing-distrlbuting end or the 
parent corporation. : 

RKO is th^ first major company 
to step out with a separate theatre 
corporation and a separate distri- 
buting-producing coropration, with 
present common shareholders to 
I'eceivB: an equal number of theatre 
shares and stock in the distribution 
company, being spit on basis of 100 
each for every 100 shares now held. 

Paramount, which is expected to 
ask a consent pact and divorcement 
nuuli the same way as RKO did, 
a I .so wou I d divide up stock when 
; and if the arrangement is set. 



INDIES AGAIN TEL OFF 
JOHNSTON ON NO CO-OP 

A second session- between indie 
pi'Dducers and Eric Johnston, prexy 
■ of the Motion Picture Assn. of 
America, was held last week. This 
meeting, and the first one, the 
pievious week, grew out of John- 
ston's request for cooperation by 
the indies with the MPAA to give 
the industry a united front in world; 
markets. 

Johnston was infoz-n)ed at the 



(Continued on page 20) 

EINFELD SIGNING HIS 
20TH-FOX PACT THIS WK. 

Charles Einfeldi recently named 
v.p. in charge of publicity and ad- 
vertising for 20th-Fox, will remain 
east about 10 more days for cur- 
rent Consultations with company 
execs. During his stay in New 
York he is also expected to ink his 
20th contract, which has been 
agreed to in principle. It is a twor 
year deal calling lor $2,500 a week 
with options. . 

Eihfeld plans to divide his time 
between the Coast and New York, 
but mostly will be in the east. He 
will retain his house in California, 
however. 

He held a session with the h.o. 
publicity-advertising staff Monday 
(15) at which he assured Jhe mem- 
bers that he knew their records 
and was satisfied with them, so-^ 
at the. moment, anyhow— foresaw 
no changes. He denied reports 
that Robert Taplinger, who aided 
him at Warner Bros, and Enter- 
prise, would join him at 20th. 
In the meantime, it was officially 



initial conclave that the independ- | announced that Charles Schlaifer 
ents felt no obligation to cooper- 1 resigned as pub-ad chief at 
ale. since they were not consulted ', Schlaifer is expected to set 

beloi e pacts with foreign govern- 1 „p 'o,. jo,n an ad agency which 

nients were signed. They raised would handle the company's ac- , _ . 

a number of specific saiiawks on Lount He also has bids from two ASCAP has filed its notice of ap-.i The- crippling injunclion fast 



sel and board chairman of: the 
Allied States Exliibitors. Myers 
hopes to appear before the commit- 
tee the latter pari of this week 
when he would also testily about 
complaints of independent exhib- 
itors against operations of the film 
distrilnitors. : 

Creation of special courts to han- 
dle anti-trusl mailers would mean 
a speedup of motion picture anti- 
trust actions in the future, but 
would not afl'ect the cases now be- 
ing handled In the Federal courts. 

The House Small Business Com' 
mittee will be continued next year, 
according to an announcement over 
the weekend by Bep. Wright Pat- 
man (D., Tex.). . Patman would be- 
come chah-man next week, Among; 
those appearing before the com- 
mittee at hearings yesterday (15) 
and today vccre: Thurman Arnold 
and Wendell Berge, both former 
assKstanl attorneys general in 
charge of the anti-trust division; 
and Joseph Borkin, former anti- 
trust division economist. All were! 
active in the big picture: anti-trust 
cases. ; 



SOPEG equal footing with Local 
H-63 in utilizing the NLBB ma- 
chinery;.- which. . already has in^ 
stalled the latter , union at United 
Artists. SOPEG is' now throwing 
all possible legal blocks at the; 
NLRB hearings in ordei- to gain 
time for T-H law compliance be- 



Germans Have Field Day 



Via Warners' 'Rhapsody' 

Frankfurt. Nov. 10. 
Music and pei-sonality of George 
Gershwin has ; taken over FrSnkr 
furt this weejc, whiett.^'AhSpsody J^ . 
BW wB) ojpeiied at a Gelonaii 
theatre here; Practically .all :per? 
formances are SRO, with audiehca 
raving over Getshwin's; rhythms. 
Few weeks ago, Berlin cbnCertgoe^s 
went Wild the same; way .When * 
gsila Gershwin; eoniert was jite-. 
sented at ithe' 'ritisth^^ 

Gershwin music was tabu in. Nazi 

tore collective ba'iVining'eiections because of his "non- 



(Continued on page 18> 



Aryan" background, and very few,; 
people here knew Gershwin music; 
Forgetting the past quickly, Ger- 
I mans now go and see ''Rhapsody" 
' several times. 

While "discovering" Gershwin, 
I some people recalt Countess Wal- 
I deck's book, "Athene Palace," writ-. 



Johnston's Book Plugs 

. Eric Johnston's book, "We're All 
in It," sold 10,000 copies last week, 
its Initial stanza' in the stalls. That 

is considered an unusually high , - . , j ^ the author 

number for a serious non-fiction ' ^" ''^^^^ ™ ""^""^ 
volume. 

Motion Picture Assn. of America 



prexy did considerable personal 
plugging , on the tome. He was in 
New York several days during 
which he made several radio guest 
appearances set for him by the [ 
MPAA publicity staff. MPAAites ! 
also pitched in on the publicity for | 
the book on various .other fronts 
It is being published by Dutton. 



I quotes a high Nazi official as say- 
J ing: "Every one of us (top Nazis ) 
has a few Ger sh win records hidden 
in gur homes." 



LeibelFs Harsh Injunction Blocks 
ASCAP Again, Unless Appeal Is Won 

Aincrican Societ.v of Composers,. i torney for the suing' theatre men. 
Authors & Publishers as;ain took told Jud^e Hand. He also argued 
it on the chin yesterday (Tueg.) that ASCAP was not entitled to 
when V. S. Circuit Court Judge . the order because it had put for- 
Augustus N: Hand in chambers, re- 1 ward no real defenstt to "flaerrant 
fused to grant the Society an In- ! anti - trust violations." Adolpli 
terim stay of tite Federal court i Kaufman appeared with : Weisman 
injunction banning collection of in the argument, 
performing riglits from theatre?; 



MAJOR WAllNER ADDS STOCK 



which Johnston was given more ■ other pieliiie companies. 
; light; at the second meeting; . It 
Was attended only by reps of Gold- 

w'yn and Disney, who acquainted , ; , . . xr ..v. 

the MPAA topper with some of : Washington, Nov. 16 

their own problems which are typi- i Ma.jor Albert Warner, veepee 
cal of those facing all indies. 1 
Johnston agreed that greater 
consultation with indies was desi)'- 
able. and promised to work out a 
hicUiod. Those present, in addi- 
tion to the MPAA chief, were 
James A; Mulvey, prez, and Alfred 



' and treasurer of Warner Bros., 



has 



uvn:"a,!crS msneT'^z.^'and Mul^ samelime; he gifted 7,500 i«/or both producers and 
^.lh.,,n Levyrforeign%oVv for.sha.es lo an unidentified benefici- ^ exh,..s^if «|e^„^a>^/^^^^^^^^^^ 



edged u]) his holdings in the com- 
pany to a total of 444,200 shares of 
common in his own name and 21,- 
000 in trust. He is the largest single ">« n« "am 
stockholder in the company. j !„' 4;"""^*^" 

Warner boosted his holdings by ; Junction, 
buying an additional 15,500 shares. Chaos would result to the film 



peal to tlie Circuit court and will ened on the American Society of 
renetv its. plea for a stay when the 'Composers, Authors & Publishers 
full three-judge bench sits Nov. 29. by Judge Vincent T. Leibell in 
The interim stay would have iN.Y. federal court put an end to all 
kept the status quo until the 1 hopes by thf society of softening 
Nov. 29 date. It was urged on ' the effects of the original decision 
Judge Hand by former Secretary [by any other means short of out- 
of War Robert P. Patterson, rep- right reversal on appeal. Nixinff 

ping the Society; wlio maintained both ASCAP's proposed injunction _ ^ 

tliat no harm could result from and an application for a stay pend- \ gales chief ,' and"Gold\Vyn himself 
holdup on the in- ing an appeal, the court moved lo i ^eal Goldwyn nixed was stant 



GOLDWYN, FOX-WC 
KISS ¥ MAKE UP 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Samuel Goldwyn and Fox-West 
Coast have kissed; and. made up ■, 
after a whirlwind campaign during , 
the past five weeks of selling away 
from F-WG houses by the Goldwyn 
sales organization. Films involved 
are the new. Danny Kaye starrer, 
;''A Song Is iBorn," and the regular 
release ; of "Best Years of Our 
Lives." ... 

James A. Mulvey, Goldwyn 
! prexy, refused ■ to , accept what he 
I labeled ''formula" terms olfered 
by the Charles Skouras-controUed 
chain. As a result he sent sales,: 
chief Arthur Sachson and western 
salesmanager Beri Fish on a flying; 
trip through F-WG territory, ink- 
ing indie houses and circuits to 
deals for the two films. They came 
back with a fistful of contracts, 
having sold about one-half the sit*; 
nations Where F-WC had competi- ' 
lion. 

Charles P. Skouras, F-WC boss, 
agreed to buy the two films last ; 
week for all of his situations where . 
Ihey are still available. Compro- 
mise; was worked out at a session 
of Skouras, Robert Mochrie, HKO 



block any loophole Which would 
give ASCAP seat tax revenues on 
performing rights. 
ASCAP must now apply to the j sold awar''Red "Riw^^^^ 
. (Continued oil page 18> ' rcf-usal to accept these terms. 



stand- 
ard F-WC policy of 20-40% on a 
sliding scale and 50% over a split 
figure. United Artists also recently 



6 



Wt^nmlay, November 17, 1946 




Motion Picture of Irresistible Power. It Stands Alone 



Fascinating and 



np 



—H. Y. TIMES 



lerrific! Ranks 
Near the Iod in 



Year 



ARCHER WiNSTEN 

'i-T-N, y, POSTMOMi'NEWS 



HOWARD BARNES — N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE 



t Great Picture! 



HARRISONS REPORTS 





the 

Snake 
Pit 



also Starring 

MARK SIEVENS and LEO GENN 

with CELESTE HOLM • GLENN LANGAN 

DrntedbyANATOLE IITVAK 
Mud by ANATOLELITVAKind ROBERT BASSLER 

Screen Play bv Frank Partos and Millen Brand 




CimURY-FOX 



Sheer Inspiration 



V 



KATE CAMERON 
— N.,Y. DAILY NEWS 




EasilvFon 



EILEEN CREELMAN 
~N.y. SUN- 



Wedneadaft Novcmlier 17, 1948 



ncrroiiBS 



'WHA' HOPPENS?V STUDIOS ASK 



bnminent Exit of Senu-In^es 
Completes Fifan Production Cych 



With Hollywood's indie pro-f 
ducers all but a vanished tribe, the 
'semi-independents" now appew 
in danger. "Semi-indles" are pro- 
ducers who get together a package 
which is financed by a major 
studio. The lots which have been 
advancing coin for such deals are 
putting them under close scrutiny 
as doubtful profitmakers and the 
ne;ict year may see far fewer of 
them. . 

usual arrangement is for the 
studio to supply 100% of tlie 
financing, for which it rticeives 
50% of the profit. Such agree- 
ments have been entered into dur- 
ing the past couple years by almost 
all the majors, plus Eagle Lion 
' and Monogram- Allied Artists. 

Experience with the deals has 
sliown them to be more "profitable; 
on the whole, for the producer 
than, the studio. While lots of pic- 
tures produced under this setup 
have proved moneymakers for the 
lots which financed thehi, dilf icUlty 
is that the returns are not large 
enough to make up for the 
occasional loser. In other words,: it 
has been found that one miss may 
wipe off the profits of half-a-dozen 
winnersi Thus, studios are begin- 
(C5ontinued on page 18) 



Eddie Aaron Resigns 
Metro in Order to Be 
Tree' for Other Bids 

Post of Metro* assistant general 
sales manager Edwin W. Aaron; 
who resigned last week so as to be 
In a position to negotiate for sev- 
eral more lucrative offers, is ex- 
pected to remain unfilled for the 
time being under M-G sales veepee 
William F. Rodgers'- decentraliza- 
tion plan, 

Aaron, who had been with the 
company for more than 31 years, 
has been handling mostly the ma- 
jor circuit deals. Following through 
on his idea of vesting more au- 
thority in his division and branch 
managers it's expected that Rodg- 
ers will now rely on them more 
than ever to set the circuit negotia- 
tions, but reserving personally tlie 
final okay.. Contracts with the ma- 
jor circuits in"" the N. Y. metropoli- 
tan area are expected to be set 
by N. y. division manager John P. 
Byrne. 

Aaron declared that he was leav- 
ing Metro with ''good feelings" all 
around. He declined to elaborate 
on which other companies were 
bidding for his services, but it's 
believed they include two major |. 
distribs and a top circuit. Accord- j 
Ing to Aaron, it would have been | 
unfair to negotiate for the offers 
While under salai"y at Metro, so he 
resigned to become a ''free agent;" 
With ISdward M. Saunders, Metro's 
other assistant sales chief, now re- 
cuperating from major surgery and 
not expected back at his desk for a 
few ifiore weeks, Rodgers will be 
Witliout an assistant manager for 
probably a month. 

Aaron started in the film in- 
dustry in 1917 as cashier for Saun- 
ders, who then had his own distrib 
pulfit. Wlien that was absorbed by 
Metro in 1924 following the organ- 
iMiion of the present company. 
Aavon went along as accountant 
and has been with M-G ever since. 
He's held his assistant sales man- 
ager's post since 1945. 



MacArthur Seeks To 
Unfreeze Coin in Japan 

Washington, Nov. 16. 

General Douglas MacArthur is 
negotiating contracts with film 
companies, publishers and news 
services for the release o!t some of 
their frozen; coin in Japan and 
Korea, in accordance with the law 
passed last spring. 

Act provided for the State De- 
partment, nnder its international 
Information program, to- provide 
dollars for some frozen foreign 
funds. The militarj' is allowed to 
do the same thing in the occupied 
areas of the Far East. 



SAG Re-Elects 
Reagan Prexy 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Ronald Reagan was re-elected 
president of the Screen Actors 
Guild at the annual meeting at- 
tended by more than 1,000 thesps. 
There was no opposing candidate; 
Other officers elected were: Wal- 
ter Pidgeon, first veepee; William 
Holden, second veepee; Paul Har- 
vey, third veepee; Leon Ames, re- 
corduig secretary, and George 
Chandler, treasurer. 

New board of directors consists 
of Iiouise. Beavers, Chick Chand^ 
ler, Ray Collins; Rosemary De- 
Camp, Virginia Grey, Charles 
Kemper, Cliff Lyons, George Mac- 
ready, Robert Ryan, Regis Toomey 
and Tudor Williams, for three 
years; Richard Lane, for two years;. 
Warner Anderson, • Macdonald 
Carey and: Moroni' Olsen, for one 
year; Gertrude Astor . and Larry 
Steers, A-Junior directors -for 
three years. 

Meeting went on j'ecord as op- 
posing the unrestricted re-use of 
films made specially for television. 
Lee Bowman, member o£ the 
Guild's- television committee, de- 
clared that unless the use of tele- 
vision film is regulated by equit- 
able collective bargaining con- 
tracts it will reduce employment 
and "create for actor* a Franken- 
(Contlmied on page 18) 



SEG PLANS SUPREME CT. 
FIGHT ON JOBLESS PAY 

Hollywood, Nov, 16. 
Legal fight of 100 atmosphere 
players for unemployment insur- 
ance will be carried to the Su- 
preme Court, according to Richai'd 
H. Gordon, Screen Extras Guild 
prexy. , 

State . Unemployment Appeals 
Board ruled that the thesps were 
Ineligible to jobless pay because 
they refused to accept Calls for 
S9.45 a day in mob scenes. Extras 
declared they Were entitled to $22 
a day as special skilled players. 



'Joan' in Sock Teeoff 
At Victoria on B'way 

World preeming in the rebuilt 
and enlarged Victoria on Broad- 
way last Thursday (11), "Joan of 
Arc" will soar to a colossal $67,500 
on Initial week, way ahead of at^'^ 
thing ever done at this small- 
seaten Victoria previously had 720 
seats and capacity now is 1,060. 

The Ingrid Bergman - Victor 
Fleming- Walter Wanger opus drew 
high praise from the N, Y. dailies. 
This was a real help but the pic- 
ture started right out early Thurs- 
day morning with long lines, ap- 
parently the Intensive advance 
campaign that included two' giant 
and costly signs on Broadway pay- 
ing off, 

Victoria used a starting scale of 
95c for weekdays but jumped up 
past $1 for matinees and $180 at 
night. Top was raised to $2.40 
lor Saturday and Sunday, which 
meant the theatre got .?2 per head, 

With 21.2 hours running time, 
even the limited seating of 
house was . able to obtain fairly 
quick turnover. However, at each 
show break "Are" had sufficient 
number of people standing outside 
to rapidly fiir up almost as soon 
as the next show started. Man- 
agement figured it was getting six 
capacity shows first few days with 
absolute seven^show capacity on 
Saturday and Sunday. House is 
using grind policy of seven shows 
daily. 




EUPP 




OTHERS SHUTTER 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 

Uncertainty keynoted production 
activity at the major film studios 
this week. 

'While Eagle Lion closed down 
its lot until Jan, 15 and Warners 
announced it«'would shutter for a 
month starting Dec. 1, Metro de- 
cided to step up production to a 
near-capacity level. Twentieth-Fox 
has already embarked on hypoed 
film-making activity, but the other 
studios, apparently uncertain of 
the future, are proceeding with 
caution, lining up their top name 
stars to insure' each picture's po- 
tential boxof fice value. 

Reasons for' the varied produc- 
tion activity are several. WB de- 
cided to shut down because its 
backlog of completed and unre- 
leased films is now at a peak 23. 
EL shuttered .its lot. because scripts 
for none of the- seven upcoming 
pictures are ready for production: 
at this time; Metro ind 20th, both 
with fairly heavy backlogs, decided 
to step up production on the as- 
sumption that the market would 
be able to absorb more product 
next year. Officials of other com- 
panies, in the wake of the election, 
are apparently uncertain what th6 
boxoffice will be like next year 
and are unwilling to invest too 
heavily in high-budgeted films that 
might have trouble recouping theh- 
costs. 

Metro, with 16 pictures now com- 
pleted and four' more on the floor, 
has announced it slate of 21 more 
to roll within the next several 
months. Six of these are scheduled 
(Continued on page 20) 



Metro s $UtOOO Production 
CeOing on an Average^Schary 



SAG Readies Fight Vs. 
Thesp Discrimination 
In Foreign Tax Pacts 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Edward Arnold and Pat Somei'- 
set, representing the Screen Actors 
Guild, left for the American Fed- 
eration of Labor convention in 
Cincinnati to sponsor a resolution 
condemning discrimination against 
the acting profession in. foreign tax 
treaties. 

Under the new treaties, current- 
ly awaiting action by the U. S. 
Senate, public entertainers are 
barred from benefits of the pro^ 
posed tax agreements that would 
eliminate double taxation on in- 
come earned by a citizen of one 
country during a limited stay in 
another country. Clause would 
mean two-way taxes for "stage, mo- 
tion picture or radio artists, mu- 
sicians and athletes." 



Comedies, Whodunits 
Dominate Vi-l Sked 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. . 

Comedies and whodunits, two 
old reliable themes, will make up 
the bulk of production on the Uni- 
versal-International program for 
the coming year. 

Company wound up "The Life of 
Riley" last week and is now editing 
"The Amboy Dukes." Currently 
filming is "Calamity Jane and Sam 
Bass." Slated for ear.^y starts are 
"Ma and Pa Kettle," "Arctic Man-, 
hunt" and "And Baby Makes 
Three." 



Bogi 



eaus'SOOG 
ProA Ceiling 

Producer Benedict Bogeaus will 
stick to a $500,000 limit on budget- 
ing his future pictures for United 
Artists release. After some un- 
profitable experience at turning 
out product in higher cost cate- 
gories, Bogeaus has just completed 
his initialer in the 500G class with 
result he has been able immediate- 
ly to line up a b.r. for another. 

First one is "Girl From Manhat- 
tan," with Dorothy Lamour, George 
Montgomery and Charles Laugh- 
ton; It will go into i^elease short- 
ly. Second, for which he has just 
obtained bank and secondrmoney 
financing from the same sources, 
will be ''The Crooked Way," star- 
ring John Payne and Sonny Tufts, 

Bank in New York granted Bo- 
geaus a loan of 60% of the budget. 
This Is one of the few recent bank 
loans to indie producers, and is 
particularly unusual now In being 
such a large ratio of total cost It 
was granted, however, only on the 
basis of the $500,000 cost, the in- 
stitution feeling that anything 
higher than that for run-of-the- 
mill indie product would be un- 
profitable. 



BRITISH EXHIBS NIX 
PRODUCER TALKS 

London, Nov. 16. 
Cinematograph Exhibitors Assn. 
has rejected an invitation of the 
British Film Producers Assn. to 
participate in film rental talks Nov. 
30. Theatremen contend that their 
current dispute over rental terms 
Is confined solely ■ to > J. Arthur 
Rank's General Film Distributors 
and is not a blanket beef vvitli. all 
distj'ibs. 

Dennis Walls, CEA head, in a 
letter to Rank dated today (16 ) in- 
timates that he would cancel his 
engagements if settlement; of the 
dispute is likely and also points 
out that he won't object if Rank 
is accompanied by his producer col- 
leagues. 

CEA claims that negotiations be- 
tween the two organizations may 
drift for months. Furthermore, ex- 
hibitors would need a mandate be- 
fore a general trade policy is de- 
termined. 



Pete Wood Raps Rash 
Of Annual Sales Drives 

The perennial rash of sales 
drives, now at an" epidemic high 
among distribs, is being roundly 
ribbed by Pete Wood, secretary of 
the Theatre Owners Assn. of Ohio, 
Allied affiliate. In a bulletin dis- 
tributed to exhibs and other in-^ 
dustryites. Taking due note of the 
fact that Universal, Warner Bros., 
20th Fox, Republic, Eagle Lion, 
Columbia and National Screen 
Service- are simultaneously in the 
race. Allied official is calling for a 
Pete Wood nite, with the slogan, 
"The sweetest smelling drive of 

I 'em all." 

In a parody on the penchant of 

I distribs to honor company officials 

I from the president down to ex- 
change managers. Wood is asking 

I that he be similarly honored with 

! the argument it wlll"make Pete's 

I happy wife happier!" 

! "Realizing that 



I Metro will generally adhere to a 
$1,700,000 celling on future film 
production budgets, figuring that 
the ordinary domestic limit on a 
pic's earnings is now $3,000,000. 
Dore Schary, company's exec in- 
charge-of-production told ■Variety ; 
this week. "At tfie same time, 
where we- feel a film warrants it. 
we're ready to go over that ceiling,'* 
Schaiy said.' 

Schary, who arrived in New York 
Monday (15), for five days Of hud- 
dles with Nicholas M. Schenck and 
other h.o. execs, sees no production 
slowdown for his company. Metro 
will make 26-27 films- in the com- 
ing year, studio biggie said; which 
represents a small increase over 
the current 12 months. No overall 
budget has been fixed but the 
studio win keep it flexible to meet 
any , contingencies. 

Explaining the slow start on 
making of semi-documentaries, 
Schary said that the lot is working 
on a few scripts "biit had to throw 
out some others which did not turn 
out satisfactorily." 'IMurder at 
Harvard," being produced by Sam 
Marx, will be the starter on the 
semi-documentary program. , 
'Significant* Films 
On his proposed program of 
"significant" films Which he took 
over with him from RKO; Schary 
admitted the studio was encounter- 
ing difficulties in finding appro- 
priate scripts. "You don't often 
come across a story like 'Boy With 
Green Hair"' (RKO production 
made while Schary was production 
chief at that studio); Metroite de' 
(Continued on page 18) 

Maritime (Can.) Allied 
To Combat Unfavorable 
Pix Star Morals Cases 

St. John, N.B., Novi 16. 
First annual meeting of Marl- 
time A 1 lied Exhibitors Assni 
stressed the necessity of having 
the highest standards of moral con- 
duct by screen players. Unfavor- 
able publicity which has resulted 
from the arrests of film stars was 
deplored. « Meeting named a publio 
relations committee to combat ho»- 
tile statements by individuals and 
groups about films and pix the- 
atres. In opposing the charges, a 
report by English judges that they 
have found films have not been 
responsible for juvenile delin- 
quency, will be given publicity. 

Trend toward special tax on the- 
atre admissions was opposed. This 
was declared discriminatory against 
the public and theatre owners. The 
increase of bingo as theatre opposi-^ 
tion was given attention, with vari- 
ous officials requested that laws 
against the bingo be tightened up 
and enforced, particularly the 
safety phaje.r ■ 



U, 



TV's 'Threats' v*. Pix 

Television's varied "threats" 
to the motion picture indus- 
try, as seen by Wayne Coy, 
chairman of the Eederal Com' 
munications Commission, de- 
tailed in the TeleviiSion sec- 
tion. 



was necessary m order to revive 
the fast waning spirits of both dis- 
tributors and exhibitors," Wood ex- 
plains in his. bulletin, "the leading 
executives (none, receiving less 
than $3,000 a week), met in secret 
conference at Eric Johnston's of- 
fice while he was in Moscow trying 
to sell percentage pictures to Joe 
(Eric should live that long). 

''Many ideas were suggested, one 
being that distributors pay theatre 
owners for showing pictures; how- 
ever. It was finally concluded that 
most of benefit to the industry 
would be to forevermore dispense 
with all future Industry drives with 
one final overall campaign to be 
known as Pete Wood Night, to be 
celebrated by having film distribu- 
tors contribute one night's rental 
on any 'A' picture (if there be any 
such animal), selected by each of 
the distributing companies named 
above," 



S. Allied to Niin Morals 

New'Orleansf Nov. 16; ; 
Exhibitor action againist Holly* 
wood film stars whose miscbnduct 
results in publicity harmful to the 
entire industry will be proposed 
i at the National Allied Theatre 
something new ! Owners convention that opens here 



Nov. 29. 

Television, current status of the 
boxoffice, the anti-trust suit and 
ASCAP rulings are to be taken 
up at the meeting. 



NED DEPINET HEADS 
BROTHERHOOD WEEK 

Ned E. Depinet, RKO president, 
has become chairman, of picture 
committee for Brotherhood V^eek, 
1949, sponsored by the National 
Conference of Christians & Jews* 
at the request of general chairman 
Nelson A. Rockefeller. Week Will 
be observed Feb. 20-27. 

Gearing for the campaign, Depi- 
net has (tailed a luncheon meet 
Tuei^day (23) at the Waldorf-As- 
toria hotel, N. Y, Lobby displayn 
are planned, as well as newsreel 
participation, 



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PICHJRB CiROSSBS 



Anmstke Beosts Chi DesjHte H.O.'s; 
Tit' Sockeroo $25,000, 'Uve Little' 
Uvelyl4G,'Bess'-'Valley'Okay9G 



Chicago, Nov, 16, < 
Armistice Day helped an other*, 
wise dverage week here currently, 
with most housei^ offering hold- 
overs. Best of' newcomers looks to 
be "Snake Pit," i»i for eight weeks 
at Garrick under special exemption 
from the decree. It will hit smash 
$25,000. United Artists looks for 
boosted returns on "liet's Live a 
Little" at $14,000, while the Apol- 
lo ■ may i do better than average 
$»,000 with "Enchanted Valley" 
and "Adventures of Gallant Bess." 

Heftiest holdover is "Boad 
House," in second week at the Chi- 
cago, with Peter Lorre and the Ink 
Spots -onstage. "My Dear Secre- 
tary" holding high in its first hold- 
over stanza at the Oriental, with 
Bobby Breen and Jon and Sondra 
Steele in person. Reissue combo, 
"She" and "Last Days Pompeii," 
■continues lively at Grand, 

"Johnny Belinda," in its third o£ 
a four-week exemption from the 
'decree, is still big at State-Lake 
with $27,000. "Song Is Born" stiU 
is okay in fourth stanza- at the 
Woods. 

Estimates for This Week 

Apollo (B&K) (1,400; 50-98)— 
"Adventures of Gallant Bess" (EL) 
and "Enchanted Valley": (EL). 
Okay $9,000. Last week, "Hang- 
men Also Die" llndie) and "Block- 
ade" (Indie) (reissues) (2d wk), 
$6,000. 

Chicago rB&K) (3,900; 50-98)— 
"Road House" (20th) plus Peter 
Lorre and Ink Spots onstage (2d 
wio. Sock $54/000. V Last week, 
wow $62,000. 

Garrick (B&K) (900; 50-85)— 
"Snake Pit" (20th). Smash 
. $25,000. Last week, ','Untamed 
Bre<;d" (Col) and "Racing Luck" 
(Col) (2d wk), low $8,000. 

Grand lUKO) 1,500; 50-98)— 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKOl (reissues) (2d- wk). 
Hot $17,000. Last week, huge 
$2t{,000. 

Oriientar (Essariess) (3,400; 50-98) 
—■'Dear Secretary" (UA) and Pee 
Wee Hunt, Bobby Breen, Jon & 
Sondra Steele in person (2d wk). 
Fat $38,000. Last week, lu.sh $50,- 
OOO. 

Palace (RKO)' (2,500; 50-98)— 
"Race Street" (RKO) (2d wk) Mild 
$16,000. Last week, nice $21,000. 

Roosevelt. (B&K) (1.500; 50:98)— 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) <2d wk). Mod- 
erate $10,000. Last week. $12,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 50-98) 
— '.Johnny Belinda" (WB) (3d wk). 
Excellent $27,000. liBSt week, huge 
$29,000. 

Surf (Indie) (650; 85)— "Tawny 
Pipit" (U). Meek $3,400. Last 

• .week. "Mikado"' (U) (reissiue) (4th 
. wW, fine $3,500. 

United Artists (B&K) (1,700; 50- 

98)— '-Let's Live a Little" (EL). 

Sweet $14,000. Last week, "Sealed 

Verdict" (Par) (2d wk), solid $9,- 

500. 

Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) (4th wk). 
Good $18,000; Last week stout 
$19,000. 

World (Indie) (587; 80)— "Lost 
One" (Col). Gigantic $6,000. Last 
week, . "Beauty and Beast" (Indie) 
(4lh wk), $3,300. 



Broalway Grosses 

Estimated Total Grou 
This Week $711,000 

(Based on 17" theotrps) 
Last Year . . . $854,000 

(Based on 22 theatres) 



Me' Brisk 13G 
In Quiet Indpls. 

Indianapolis, Nov, 16. > 

Firstrun biz is only average 
here this stanza although "June 
Bride" is sharp at the Circle. 
"Song Is Born," at the Indiana, is 
only living up to mild notices. 
"Red River" is doing fair in second 
week at Loew's. 

Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Gamble - Dolle) (2,800- 
44-65)— "June Bride" (WB) and 
"Inner Sanctum" (FC). Strong 
$13,000. Last week, "Cry of City" 
(20th) and "Smuggler's Cove" 
(Mono), thin $9,000. 

Indiana (G-D) (3,300; 44-65)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) and "Ap- 
pointment with Murder" (WB). 
Fair $12,000 Last week, "Johnny 
Belinda ' (WB) and "Here Comes 
Trouble" (UA), sturdy $14,000. 

Keith's (G-D) (1,300; 44-65)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Here 
Comes Trouble" (UA) (m.o.). Aver- 
age $4,500. Last week, "Good 
Sam" (RKO) and "Behind Locked 
Doors'! (EL) (m.o ), about same, 

Loew's (Loew's) (2,450; 44-65) — 
"Red River" f UA) and "Surrender 
Dear" (Col) (2d wk). Oke $10,000: 
On fop of hefty $16,000 opener, 

Lyric (G-D) (1,600; 44-65)— 
"Four Faces West" (UA( and "Song 
Of Adventure" (Rep). Thin $5,000. 
Last week, :"Lady in Ermine" 
(20th) and"Creeper" (20th) $6,000.: 



W BEST BET IN 
SEATTLE. HEP $13,i 

Seattle, Nov. 16. 
Fleet week is a help to business 
this week, with the weather also 
boosting trade. "June Bride'' 
shapes as best newcomer. Plethora 
ol holdovers is clipping the overall 
total, but "Good Sam" at Para- 
mount and "Song Is Born" at Lib- 
eily look solid on their second 
weeks. 

Estimates for This Week 
Blue Mouse (Il-E) (800; 50-84)— 
"Race Street" (RKO) and "Olympic 
Games" (EL) (m.o.). All-time low 
at $2,000 or Ic-s.s after okay first 
iveek at Coliseum Last .week. 
'Apartment Peggy" (20th) and 
"Punch" (WB) (4th wk-6 days), 
good $2,900. 

Coliseum (H-E) (1,877; 50-84)— 
Dude Goes West" (Mono) and "16 
Fathoms Deep" (Mono). Trim $9,- 
000. Last week, "Race Stiect" 
(RKO) and "Olympic Games," (EL), 
good $9,800. 

Fifth Avenue (H-E) (2.349; 50-84) 
— -".lulia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
'Secret Land" (M-G) (3d wk). Mar- 
velous $10,000, near last week's 
huge $13,000. 

Liberty (Ind) (1,650; 50-84)— 
^i'ong Is Bom" (RKO) and "leather 
Cloves ' (Col) (2d wk). Swell $9,000 
, (Continued on page 16i 



'Road House' Great Guns 
In Pitt, $16,500; 'Julia' 
19G, 'Bride' Slow lOG 

Pittsburgh, .Nov. 16. 

Armistice Day holiday got prac- 
tically everything oil on the: right 
foot. Except in the case'ot ",lune 
Bride" at Stanley, everything's 
packing a good wallop this week.. 
Despite good notices, however, 
Bette Davis-Robert Montgomery 
comedy is taking it on the chin. 
'IRoad House" is going great guns 
at Harris and will stick. "Julia 
Misbehaves" probably will hold at. 
the Penn, too. Still amazing. by its 
staying powei-s is "Johnny Belinda" 
at Warner, now in . fifth week 
downtown. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 44-76)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Taking a sharp dip to okay $8,500; 
Last week, socko $13,000.1 , , 

Harris (Harris) , (2.200; 44-76)— 
"Road House" (20th). Plenty of 
zoom in this one and cracking 
through to terrific $16,500, and 
-Sticks easily. Last week, "Kiss 
Blood OiT Hands" (U) (2d wk), $5,- 
000 in 5 days. 

Penn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 44-76) 
— "Julia Misbehaves" 'M-O). 
Healthv $19,000. Last week, second 
of "Red River ' (UA), S13.nOO 

Ritz (Loew's) (800: 90-.$2,40) — 
"Hamlet" (U) (2d wk) Picking up 
.slowly on strength of continued 
press attention and good word-of- 
mouth, not to mention mounting 
list of school parties. Heading for 
big $10,000, Last week, $8„500. 

Senator llani.,) (I,7i50; 44-76)— 
"Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) (m.6.). 
Shitlod here alter 12 days'at Har- 
ris, fine .S4,000. Last week. "Wolf 
Man" lU) and "Hairy Ape" lU) (re- 
issues), $.2,000 in- 5 days. ■ ^ 

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 44 - 76) — 
"June Bride" IWB). Best notices a 
Bette Davis picture has had here 
in long time but apparently .she's 
still got to ovcn-coiue recent pix. 
Win be lucky to get $10,000. a bit 
depressing. Last week. "Station 
West" (RKO), $12 000 
• Warner (WB) (2,000, 44-76) — 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) im.o.) (5th 
Wk). Hardly any let-up, and still 
amazing everybody. Still near $9,- 
000, which at this sla^e of run is 
extra-special. Last week, $10,000. 



'Julia' Grabs mM 
Denver; Yaradhie' 21G 

Denver, Nov, 16. 

"Julia Misbehaves" is pacing 
city this week with smash, session 
at Orpheum. "Paradine Case" 
looks okay in three spots. Mild 
weather hurt biz over the weekend 
.—"Red River" still is rolling in. 
third Broadway stanza, 

Estimates for This Week 

Aladdin (Fox) (1,400; 35-74)— 
"Rope" (WB) and "Big Punch" 
(WB) (m.o.). Good $3,500. Last 
week, "Sittmg Pretty" (20th) and 
"Voice of Turtle" (WB), $3,000. 

Broadway (Cinema) (1,500; 35^- 
74)— "Red River" (UA) (3d wk). 
Fine $10,000, and holds again. Last 
-week, $10,500. 

Denham (CockrUl) (1,750; 35-70) 
—"Isn't It Romantic" (Par) (2d wk) 
and "Black Eagle'" (Col). Dim 
$6,500. Last week, good $12,500. 

Denver (Fox) (2,525; 35-74)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and "Gay 
Intruders" (20th), day-date with 
Esquire, Webber. Nice $16,000. 
Last week, "Rope" (WB) and "Big 
Punch" (WB), $17,500. 

Esquire (Fox) (742; 35-74)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and "Gay 
Intruders" (20th)i also Denver, 
Webber. Okay; $2,500 or over.: Last 
week, "Rope'.' and "Big Punch" 
(WB), $3,500. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 35-74)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"Close^Up" (EL). Smash $21,000. 
Holds. Last week, "Velvet Touch" 
(RKO) and "Prairie" (SG), good 
$13,000. 

Paramount (Fox) (2,200; 35-74)— 
"Raw Deal" (EL) and "In This 
Comer" (EL). Good $11,000 or 
over. Last .Week, "Cry of City" 
(20th) and "Dog Rusty" (Col), 
$8,000. 

Rialto (Fox) (878; 35-74)— "To 
Shores Tripoli" (20th) and "Fight- 
ing Lady" (20th) (reissues). Nice 
$3,500. Last week, "Hairy Ape" 
(FC) and "Wolf Man" (FC) (reis- 
sues), $2,500. 

Webber (Fox) (750; 35-74)— 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and ''Gay 
Intruders" (20th), also Denver, 
Esquire. Fair. $2,500. Last week, 
"Rope" (WB) imd "Big Punch" 
(WB), $2,000. 

'Song' Tvneful 
$16,000, L'ville 

.Louisville, Nov. 16. 
Business is healthy this^ week, 
with new product and holdovers 
alike turning in satisfactory figures. 
Best of week looks like "Song Is 
Boi-n" at Rialto. H.o.'s of "Johnny 
Belinda" at the Mary Ander.son 
and "Julia Misbehaves" at the State 
are okay. ■ 

"Holiday on Ice*-' no doubt is 
hurting downtown film houses dur- 
ing its seven-day stanza. 

Estimates for This Week 
Brown (Fourth Avenue) (1,200; 
45-65)— "Four Feathers" (FC) and^ 
"Drums" (FC) (reissues). Okay 
$4,000. La.st week, "Apartment lor 
Peggy" (20th) and "Night Wind" 
(20th) (m.o.) $5,500. 

Kentucky (Switow) (1,200; 30-40) 
—"Tap Roots" (U) and 'Two Guys 
From Texas" (WB). Lively $3,500.i 
Last week, "A, 8c C. Meet Frank- 
enstein" (U) and "Lady in Ermine" 
(20th), . about same. , 

Mary Anderson (People's) (1,000; 
45-65)— "Johnny Belinda" (WB) (3d 

I wk). Okay $6,000 after last week's 
nice $7,000. 

National (Standard) (2,400; 45- 
65)— "Girl From Manhattan" (UAV 
and "Blonde Ice" (FC). Fairish 
$5,000. Last week, "Texas, Brook- 
lyn" (UA) and "Vicious Circle" 
(UA), $6,000. 
Rialto (FA) (3,000; 45-65)— ' .Song 

' Is Born" (RKO) and "Body Guard" 

I (HKO). Pulling Danny Kaye fans 
in great la!>hion to land solid $16,- 

I 000. Last week, "Touch of Venus" 

I (U) and "Code Scotland Yard " 

1 (Rep), moderate $13,000. 

State (Loew's) (3,000; 4.5-65)— 
Julia Misbeh,aves" (M-G) and 
■'Leather Gloves" (Col (2d wk). 

' Word-of-mouth helping stay at 
sati.slactory $12^000.. Last week, 
brisk $14,000 

Strand (FA) (1,000; 4.5-65)— 

, "Luck of Irish" (20th) and 'The 
Creeper" (20th). Fair $5,500. Last 

, week, "Night Time Nevada" (Rep) 
and "Angel in Exile" (Rep), fine 

.$6,500. - . . 



'Joan' Terrif $67^00 Paces Uneven 
B way; 'Moon Mellow 34(i/Happy 
Climbs to Fine 126G on H.O. at Hall 



Estimates Are Net 

Film gross ; estimates as re- 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are net, i.e., 
without the 20% lax. Distribu- 
tors share on net take, when. 
playing percentage, hence the 
estimated figures are net ' in- 
come. 

The, parenthetic admis.sion 
prices, however, as indicated, 
include the U. S; amusement 
tax. 



Firstrun business continues spot- 
ty this week on Broadway with 
solid to smash . bills in contrast to 
modest or dull takings elsewhere^' 
Cool weather ;. helped .weekend 
trade, and most theatres did sur- 
prisingly strong trade Armistice 
Day (11) with an assist from the 
holiday scales. 

Standout is " Joan of Arc," which 
is soaring far ahead of ■ the best 
ever done by the Victoria. Initial: 
week ending today (Wed,) looks to 
hit $67,500, arid may beat the 
highest week ever done by nearby 
Astor. Played to lines right from 
start. Upped $2.40 tariff Saturday. 
Sunday also helped to this huge 
total in li060-seat house. Heavily 
sold and crix :generally lauded it. 

Only other newcomer is "Blood 
on Moon" at nearby Glohe, climb- 
ing to remarkably fancy $34,000. 
Reissue : combo of ''Crash Dive" 
and "Man Hunt" is landing fast 
$13,500 lor bandbox Rialto. 

Holding up in superb fashion is; 
"Snake Pit," with giant $57,000 
likely for second week at Rivoli. 
This is very close to opening ses- 
sion's smash $58,500. Mayf air also 
continues in the money at $32,000 
lor "Road House'' on second stanza. 

Paramount, too, is faring nicely 
in . second round with "Sealed 
Verdict" and Frankie Laine, 
Connie Haines, Jerry Wald band 
on stage. Looks' _ $70,000, and 
enough to hold lo'r third week. 
"Hamlef at Park Avenue and«"Red; 
Shoes" at . Bijou also remain sock, 
former getting over $17,000 via 
Armistice Day mat. ■ - 

At other houses, business ranges 
from passably good to very slow. 
Capitol is down to all-time low 
with this policy on third week of 
"Touch of Venus" plus Jean Sa- 
blon, Betty Bruce, Ted Straeter 
band, with very dim $25,000 in 
■sight. . 

."Gotta Stay Happy" is doing 
better on first holdover session 
than first week at Music Hall with 
$126,000, enough to, warrant a 
third frame. However, general 
sluggishness of Broadway is forc- 
ing the Hall to bring in "Hills of 
Home" next ■ in, order to open 
"Words and Music" and annual 
Xinas show a few weeks before, 
Dec. 25. 

Cap brings in "Kissing Bandit" 
with Jane Powell, Joey Adams, 
Tony Canzoneri, S h e p , Fields 
tomorrow (Thurs.). Strand opens 
"FiRhter Squadron" plus Frankie 
Carle band Friday (19) after three 
bright weeks with "June Bride" 
and Vaughn Monroe band. 

Roxy opens "Baby Smiles at Me" 
with Mickev Rooney topping stage- 
bill Tuesd,->y (23), a day ahead of 
usual Wednesday teeoff. This 
gives "Unfaithfully Yours" with 
Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Jack 
Cole Dancers four extra days past 
the second week. This show is 
sliding down to mild $65,000 in 
second frame ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) after disappointing $80,- 
000 opener. 

Estimates for This Week 
Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—"Song Is Born" (RKO) (5th wk). 
Fourth week ended, last Monday 
(13) held up well, with boost from 

I Armistice Day, going to . $25,000. 

I Third week was $27,000. Stays un- 

1 til about Thanksgiving. 

i Bijou (City Inv.) (589; $1.20- 

1 $2,40)— "Red Shoes" (EL) t4th wk). 

I Present' stanza ending tomorrow 

i (Thurs.) slipped a bit from previ- 

I Qus week; with one less show but 
still tm-rific at $16,000. Third week, 

; with help from extra mat Armis- 
tice Day, held to capacity 17,000. 

I Capitol (Loew's) (4,820; S0-$1.50) 
^"Touch of Venus" (U) plus Jean 
Sablon. Betty Bruce, Ted Straeter 
orcli heading stagebill (3d-final 
v\k). Down to very slim $25,000, 

■, lowest here in.years under present 
policy, after dim $33,000 for sec- 
ond, "Ki-.<.sing Bandit" (M-G) with 
Jane Powell, Joey Adams, Tony 
Can?ontri, Shep Fieluds orch opens 
tomorrow (Thurs.). 

' Criterion (Loew's) (1,700; 70- 
$1.85)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" 
(U) (3d wk). Third session ending 
tomot'ow (Thurs.) is falling off to 
$18,000 after fairly good $26,000 
for second. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 90-$1.50) 
—"Blood on. Moon" (RKO). For 
first week ending today (Wed.) 

' looks to reach rousing $34,000. 
Holds. Last week, second of "Hol- 
low Triumph" (EL) was slow 
$10,000. 

Gotham (Brandt) (900: 70-$L20) 
--"Plunderers" (Rcp) (3d-final wk). 
Still okay at $9,000 on blowoff 
after $11,000 for .second. House 
brings in reissues next. 

Mayfiir (Brandt) (1,736; 60- 
, $1.25)-^-"R<)ad House" (20th) (2d 



wk). Still solid at $32,000 in initial 
holdover round ending Friday (19) 
after very big $45,000 opener. 
Stays on. 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; iO-95)-~ 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) (3d wk>. 
Continues big $17,000 or better in 
third frame ending Friday (19) . 
after sock $23,500 for second. Not 
likely to stay a fourth. 

Paramount (Par) (3,664; 55-$1.5U) 
—"Sealed Verdict" (Par) and 
Frankie Laine, Connie Haines,' 
Jerry Wald orch heading stageshow 
(3d-final wk). First holdover ses- 
sion ended last (Tues.) night hold- 
ing up to very fine $70,000 after 
big $90,000 for first 8 days. Par's 
22d anni show due to open Nov. 24, 
with Stan Kenton orch. Nellie 
Lutcher, Red Buttons. Raul & Eva 
Reyes topping stagebill and "Miss 
Tatlock's Millions" (Par) on screen. 

Park Avenue (U) (583; $1.20- 
$2,40)— "Hamlet" (U) (8th wk). 
Seventh session ended last (Tues.) 
night went slightly over $17,000, 
with boost via Armistice Day mat; 
sixth week was $16,000. Continues 
indef. 

Radio City Music Hall (Rocke- 
fellers) (5,945: 80-$2.40)— "Gotta 
Stay Hap_py" (U) and stageshow (2d 
wk). Second session doing com- - 
paratively better than first. Looks 
to reach $126,000, fine after barely 
okay $122,000 first round. Stays a 
third. "Hills of Home" (M-G) like- 
ly opens Nov. 25, coming in next 
ahead of annual Christmas shovir 
that opens early in December. 

Rialto (Mage) (594; 44-99)— 
"Crash Dive" (20th) and ''Man 
Hunt" (20th) (reissues) (2d wk). 
Second stanza opens today (Wed;) 
after big $13,500 opener. 

Kivoli (UAT-Par) (2,092; 60- 
$1.25)— "Snake Pit" (20th) (2d wk). 
First holdover round ending to- 
day (Wed.) is holding firmly at 
smash $57,000 or near which is only 
a step behind initial week's wow 
$58,500. In for indefinite run. ' 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$1.80)— 
"Unfaitlifully Yours" (20th) with 
Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy; 
Jack Cole Dancers, new Iceshow r 
(2d wk). Second week ending to^ •. 
morrow (Thurs.) slid down to mild 
$65,000; first, helped by Armistice 
Day, only went to $80,000, way be- 
low expectancy. Stays only 4 days ■ 
longer with "Baby Smiles at Me" 
(20th), Mickey Rooney, Rosario & 
Antonio, Borrah Minevitch Rascals 
topping stageshow, opening Tues» 
day (23). 

State (Loew's) (3,450; 80-$1.50)— • 
"Three Musketeers" (M-G) (5th 
wk). Fourth stanza ended . last 
(Tues.) night further retreated to- 
$39,000 or near after strong $46.- 
000 in third, over hopes. Contin* 
■ues..''v. 

Strand WB) (2,756; 76-$1.50)— 
"June Bride" (WB) with Vaughn 
Monroe orch: heading stagebill (3d- 
final wk). Still okay at $56,000, 
after $65,000 in second. "Fighter 
Squadron" (WB) plus Frankie. 
Carle orch, Tim Herbert topping i 
stageshow opens Friday (19). 

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060: -95- 
$2.40)— "Joan of Arc" (RKO). First 
week ending today (Wed,) is soar- 
ing to terrific $67,500 or near, with ' 
house getting in seven shows daily. : 
Show runs 150 minutes, giving fast 
turnover.' Tilted :to $2.40 top Satur- 
.day-'Sunday. ■ Set lor a long run, 
naturally. Last week, house was 
shuttered while remodeling and in- 
creasing of seating capacity was 
being finished; . 



'Julia' Robust $16,000, 
yto; 'Bride' $17,00& 

Baltimore, Nov. 16. 

Trade here is rather spotty with 
best action recorded by "June 
Bride" at Stanley. Crix liked film. 
Above average response is. also 
being chalked up by ''Julia Mis- 
behaves" at Loew's Century. Rest, 
of list IS unexciting. 

Estimates for This Week 

Century (Loew's-UA) (3,000; 20* 
60)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G); 
Nice- $16,000. Last week, second 
of "Red River" (UA) (2d wk), nice 
$10,800. 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2,460* 
20-70) — "Northwest Stampede'' 
(EL) plus vaude. Fairish $14,000. 
Last week, "Gallant Blade" (Col) 
plus stage layout headed by Dave' 
ApoUon, $15,200. 

Keith's (Schanbcrger) (2,460; 20-; 
60) — "Isn't It Romantic" (Par). 
Mild $7,000. Last week, "Kiss 
Blood Off Hands" (Uj S8,800. 

Mayfair (Hicks) (980; 20-65)-- 
"Jungle Patrol" (20th), Average 
(Continued on page 16) 



T(!<lneBday, November 17, 1948 




RAOUL WALSH 



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JERRY WALD 1 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



'Song; Hub Standout, Lusty $23,000; 
'Station Solid 21G, 'Julia' Trim 366 



Boston, Nov. 16. 4 
"Song Is Born" is leading tlie 
way on tlie Hub film row with a 
sock gross looming. "Station West" 
at Memorial and "Julia Misbe- 
haves" at Orpheum and State are 
other sturdy newcomers. "Sealed 
Verdict" looks okay at Fenway 
and .Paramount. 

Bstimates for This Week 
Astor (Jaycox) (1.300; 40-80)— 
"Song is Bom" (RKO) and "In 
This Corner" (EL). Socko $23,000. 
Last week. "Hamlet" (U) (12th 
wk), okay $8,000. 

Boston (RKO) (3.200; 40-80) — 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) oke $17,- 
500. Last week, "Saxon Charm" 
(U) , and "Guns of Hate" (RKO) 
$19,500. 

tweeter (Indie) (1,300; 45-75)— 
"Mkado" (U) (reissue) and "Men 
of Evil" (U) (2d wk). Near $3,000 
after okay $5,000 first. 

Fenway (MP) (1.373; 40-flO)— 
"Sealed Verdict" (Par) and "Mil- 
' lion Drtllar Weekend" (EL). Aver- 
age $6,500. Last week. ; "Texas. 
Brooklyn" .(UA> and "Moonrise" 
(Rep), !?5.000. 

Memorial (RKO) (3.200: 40-80) 
—"Station West" (RKO) and "Ap- 1 
pointment Murder" (FC). Nire I 
$21,000. Last week. "Race Street" , 
(RKO) and "Variety Time" (RKO),! 
good $22,000. I 

Mc»ropoHf-»n (MP) (4,367- 40-80) 
— ".To'^n"v Bo'inda" (WB) and 
"Homifide fo- Three" (Indie) 
wk). Pair $i(iOOO after nice $23,- 
OOn fo'- second. 

O-nhoum (Loew) (3,000: 40-80) 
^".fulio Mishpbaves" (M-G) and 
"Bi<T CHv" (M-G). Trim S^a.OOO. 
Last n'O'Pk. "Red River" (UA) and 
"Maiih-Utan Angel" (Col) (2d wk), 
$17,000. 

Piramnunt (MP") (1,700; 40-80) 
— "Sealed Verdict" (Pav) nr\<i 
•'Million Dollar Weekend" (ELK 
Nice S14(ino. Last week. "Tox-js, 
B'-ooklyn." (UA) "Moonrise" (Bep) 
about same. 

State (Lopw) (3.500: 40-8(1^— 
".Tulia Misliob.'>ves" (WR) and "IVi? 
Citv" I M-G). Staunch $14,000 fof 
• this uHo'vn bouse. La=i( week, 
"Red River" (U.A.) and "M.-nhat- 
tan Angel" (Col), aiiild $11,500. 



Key City Grosses 



Estimated Total Gross 
This Week . . . . $2,939,000 

(Based on 23 cities, 221 
theatres, cHieftiy ;ir&t runs, in- 
cluding N. Y.). 
Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year $3,124,000 
(Based on 22 cities, 218 
theatres ) . 



FICTVBE GROSSES 



11 



Me' Sturdy 
Wm in Mpls. 

: Minneapolis, Nov. 16. 

Trio of strong newcomers, "June 
Bride,'' ".fohnny Belinda" and "Cry- 
of llie City," is serving a prop for 
sagging biz this round. PickTUp has 
been in evidence, too, since the 
.election. Best bet looks to be 
"Bride" at Orpheum. Top holdover 
is "Son? Is Born" at RKO-Pan. 
Estimates for This Week 

Century • (Par) (1,600; 50-70)— 
"Apartment for Pegg.v" (20(h> 
(ra.o ). Still very good at $G.- 
500. Last week, "Miss Tatiock's 
Millions" (Par) (2d wk), fine $7,000. 
. Gopher (Par) (1,000; 40-50)— 
"16 Fathom,s Deep" (Mono) and 
"Smugglor's Cove" iMonoK Li.^jht 
$3,000 or near. Last week. "Thun- 
derlioof" (Col) and "Triple Threat" 
(Coll, same. ' 

Lyric (Par) (1,000; 50-70t— 
"Fighting Seabees" • (Monoi and I 
"Flying Tigers" (Mono) . (reissues'. | 
Satisfactory $5,000. Last , week, ' 
"Time of Life" (UA) (2d wk), mild | 
$4,800. , I 

Fix (Corwin) (300; 50-70)— "Cor- 1 
oner Creek" (Col) (m.o.). Deliver- 
ing well at $2,000. Last week, 
"Blood and Sand" (20th) and 
"Wake Up Screaming" (20tli) (re- 
issues) (2d wk). fine S2,000 

Radio City (Par) (4.400; 50-70)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB). Respect- 
able $16,000. Last week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th), big $17,000. 

BKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; 50- 
70)— "June Bride" (WB). Raves for 
this one and fancy $14,000 or near. 
Last week, "Song Is Born" (RKO), 
big $16,000. 

RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 50-70)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) .(m.o.). Nice 
$8,000. Last week, "Coroner 
Creek" (Col), $8,000. 

State (Pat) (2,300; 5D-70)— "Cry 
Of City" (20th). Fairly good $11,- 
000 or over. Last week, "Southern 
Yankee" (M-G), $13,000. 

Uptown (Par) (1,000; 44-60)— 
"Sorry, Wrong Number" (Pan, One 
of first nabe showings. Good $4,- 
000. La.st week, "Date With Judy" 
(M-G), !54,2O0. 

World (Mann') (350; 50-85 1— 
Mickey" (EL). Well-liked picture 
but only a mild $2,000 looms. Last 
week, "Walk Crooked Mile" (Col) 
(2d wk), $1,900. 



'Song' Loud 30G, 
PhiUy; 'Bride' 28G 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 
BrlEk business, paced by several 
strong, newcomers and some potent 
holdovers, is adding up to a strong 
session currently. "Song Is Born' 
is a sturdy entry at the Stanley 
while "June Bride" shapes stout 
at the Boyd. "Kiss the Blood Off 
My Hands" continues to bold" its 
opening week's punch at the Earle. 

Estimates for This Week 

Aldine (WB) (1,303; 50-99) — 
"Innocent Afi'air" (UA). Hefty $13.- 
000. Last week, "Hollow Triumph" 
(EL), mild $10,000. 

Arcadia (700; 50-94) — "Red 
River" (UA) (2d wk). Fine $5,700 
after great $6,500 opener. 

Boyd (WB) (2.360; 50-99)— "June 
Bride" 'WB). Solid $28,000. Last 
week, "Loves of Carmen" (Col) 
(4th wk), oke $15,000. 

Earle (WB) (2,700; 50-99)— "Kiss 
Blood Off Hands" (U) (2d wk) Rich 
$24,600 after $33,500 opener. 

Fox (20tlil (2.250; 50-99)— "Road 
Hou.se" (2()th) (2d wk). Sensational 
.■527,000 alter boll .$38,000 mitial 
stanza. 

Goldman (Goldman) (1,200; 50- 
991— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (4th 
wk). Neat $14,500. Last week, 
$17,000. 

Karlton (Goldman) (1,000; 50-99) 
—"Secret Land" (M'G) and "San 
Francisco'' (M-G) (reissue). Strong 
$12,500 La.st week, "Sealed Ver- 
dict" (Par) (2d wk), $10,000. 

Keith's iGoldman) (1,300; 50-99) 
-"Forever Amber" (20th). Oke 
$7,000 or over; Last week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20l.h), $6,500. 

Mastbaum iWBi (4,360; 50-99)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (5th wk). 
Great $17,500. Last week, neat 
$20,000. 

Fix (Cummins) (500; 50-99) — ; 
"Walk Crooked Mile" (^CoD. Strong 
.$6,500. Last week, "No Greater 
Sin" (Indie ) and "Children on 
Trial" (Indie) (3d wk), $7,000. 

Stanley (WB) (2,9,50; 50-99) — 
"Song Is Born" (RKO). Town's 
leader at big $30;00O or near. Last 
week. "Southern Yankee" (M-G), 
$13,800. 

Stanton (WB) (1.475; 50-99) — 
"Angels With Dirty Faces" (WBl 
and "Drive by Night" (WB) (rc- 
issuesi (2d wki. Good $9,200 after 
big $12,500 opener. 



Heidt Helps 'Romantic' 
To Tall $27,000, Buff 

Buffalo, Nov. 16. 

Too many holdovers and move- 
overs here this' week. Topping the 
field is "Julia Misbehaves" with 
smash.< session at Lakes.: Heidt 
band is helping "Ish't It Romantic" 
to a lush Buffalo stanza. 

Estimates for This Week 

Buffalo (Shea) (3,500; 40-70)— 
"Isn't It Romantic" (Par) and 
Horace Heidt orclj. Lusty $27,- 
000. Las^week, "Red River" (UA) 
(2d wk), $12,000. 

. Great Lakes (Shea) (3,400; 40-70) 
— "J u 1 i a Misbehaves" (M.- G). 
Smash $20,000 or near. Last week, 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) and 
"Night Wind" (20th), $14,500. , 

Hipp (Shea) (2,100; 40-70) — 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (m.o.) (3d 
vrk). Fine $8,000. Last week, big 
$11,000. 

Teck (Shea) (1,400; 40-70)— "Red 
River" (UA) (m.o.). Nice $4,500 
close. Last weeki "Southern Yan- 
kee" (M-G) and "Secret Land" 
(M-G) (m.o.), $4,000. 

Lafayette (Basil) (3,000; 40-70)— 
"Untamed Breed" (Col) and "Gen- 
tleman Nowhere" (Col). Okay $13,- 
000. Last week, "Kiss Blood Off 
Hands': (U) and "Surrender Dear": 
(U) (4 days)i.down to $6,000. 

20th Century (20th Cent.) (3,000; 
40-70)— "Song is Born" (RKO) (2d 
wk. Slipping to modest $7,500. 
Last week, nice $19,000. 




'Road' Paves Way in LA. at 
'Velvet' Rough 23G, 'Daughter 34G, 
'Vices Minor 21^26, Xountess 21G 



'Carmen' Sultry $14,500, 
Port.; 'City' Quiet 6iG 

I'ortland, Ore, Nov. 16. 

"Loves of Carmen'' is coining the 
real coin at Paramount and Ori- 
ental this week. "Cry of City," the 
only other new picture downtown, 
is disappointing; "Johnny Belinda," 
"Rope" and "Julia Misbehaves" 
shape as ace holdovers. 

Estimates for This Week 

Broadway (Parker) (1,832; 50-85) 
—"Rope" iWBJ and "Embraceable 
You" (WB) (2d wk) (4 days). Big 
$7,000. Last week, sock $13,200. 

Oriental (II-E) (2,000; 50-85)— 
"Loves of Carmen" (Col) and "Gen- 
tleman Nowhere" (Col), day-date 
with Paramount. Big $4,500. Last 
week, "Johnny Belinda" (WB) and 
"Behind Locked Doors" (EL), sock 
$5,700. 

Orpheum (H-E) (1,750; 50-85)— 
"Cry of City" (20th) and "Anna 
Karenina" (20th). Disappointmg 
$6,!j00. Last week, "Good Sam" 
(RKO) and "Shed No Tears" (EL) 
(5 days) (2d wk). excellent $5,700. 

Paramount ilI-E) (3.400; 50-85)— 
"Loves ol Carmen" (Col) and "Gen- 
tleman From Nowhere" (Col), also 
Oriental. Big $10,000 or close. 
Last week. "Johnny Belinda" (WB) 
and "Behind Locked Doors" (EL), 
$9,800. 

United Artists (Parker) (895; 50- 
85)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d 
Wk). Sock $9,500. Last week, ter- 
rific $11,500. 



loon Fun 266, 
Frisco; "Bride' 24G 

San Francisco, Nov. 26. 
New: product is brightening' the 
biz picture here this, round, with 
"Blood on Moon" doing biggest 
week at Golden Gate. ".lune Bride" 
at Warfield also is fancy. "Hamlet," 
playing at $2.40 top at Stagedoor, 
shapes sock, , with advance sale: in--, 
dicating a longrun. ''Kiss Blood Off 
Hands" looks stout at Orpheum. 
Estimates for This Week 
Golden Gate (RKO^ (2.844; 60- 
95)— "Blood On MOon" (RKO) and 
"Joe Palooka^ — Winner Take All" 
(Mono). Big $26,000; Last Week; 
"Station West" (RKO) and "Body- 
guard" (RKO) (2d wk), colorless 
$11,000. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651;. 60-95) — 
"When Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) 
and "Jungle Patrol" (20th) (2d wk). 
Mild $12,500 in 6 days. Last week, 
big $30,000. 

Warfield (FWC) (2,656; 60-85)— 
"June Bride" (WB) and "Homicide 
For Three" (Rep). Fancy $24,000 
or close. Last week, "Belle Starr's 
Daughter" (20th) and "Smuggler's 
Cove" (Mono), okay $16,000. 

Paramount (Par) (2,646; 60-85)— 
".lohnnv Belinda" (WB) (2d wk). 
Fine $19,000. Last week, big 
$28,500. 

St. Francis (Par) (1,400; 60-85)— 
"Let's Live A Little" (EL). Modest 
$9,000, Last week, "Night Has 
1.000 Eyes" (Par) (2d wk), fair 
$9,000. 

; Orpheum (No. Coast> (2,448; 55- 
85)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) 
I and "Racing Luck" iCol). Stout 
I $18,000 or close. Last week, "Gal- 
' lant Blade" (Col) and "Rusty 
Leads Way" (Col). $12,000. 

United Artists (No. Coa.st) (1.207; 
55-85)— "Red River" (UA) (5th 
Wk). Still solid at $10,000. Last 
week, strong $10,000. 

Stagedoor rAckerman) ($1.20- 
I .$2 40)— "Hamlet" (U). Sock Sll.OOO 
or over; Last week, "The Search" 
(M-G) (3d wk), 5 days. $2,600. 
State (Par) (2,133; 60-85) — 
I "Count Monte Crislo" (EL) and 
"Son Of Monte Cristo" (EL) (reis- 
sues). Good $8:000. Xast- week,; 
"Trade Winds" (Indie) and "Block- 
ade" (Indie) (reissues), good $6,000. 



Armistice Cheers D.C.; 
'Bride' Sizzling $22,000, 
'Station' 16G, 'Baby' 18G 

Washington. Nov. 16. 
Armi-stice Day holiday hypoed 
trade all along mainstem here, with 
general average the best in weekSi 
"Road House," at Loew's Capitol, 
is bringing the first cheer in many 
weeks to this house. "June Bride" 
at Warner looks terrific. "Station 
West" is sturdy at Keith's. 
Estimates for This Week 
Capitol (Loew'si (1,263; 44-74)— 
"Road House" (20th) plus vaude. 
Good $26 000, best here in weeks, 
Last week, "Larceny" (U) plu.-! 
vaude, dim $17,000. 

Columbia (Loow'i,) (1.263: 44-74i 
I — "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d 
runK Nice $7i.500 for third down- 
' town week. La.st week. "Sahara'' 
1 (WBi and "Destroyer" 'M-Gi (re- 
i issues), $7,000. 

i Keitii's (RKO) (1.939; 44-74^ — 
(-"Station West" (HKO). Sturdy 
I ; , (Continued on page 161 



Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

VRoad House" is taking the play 
away from other new bills this 
session, sighting a sock $70,000 or 
better in five theatres. "Belle 
Starr's Daughter" looks fairly good 
$34,000 in four houses. "Velvet 
Touch" shapes very dull $23,000 in 
two spots but holds second frame 
to permit thanksgiving opening of 
"Tatloek's Millions.' 

"No' Minor 'Vices" is slim $21,- 
500 in three locations and stays 
only three days of second week. 
"Countess Monte Cristo" is barely 
getting by at $21,000 in five sites: 

Second frame of "June Bride" 
looks sturdy at $42,000 in three 
houses. "Song Is Born" is above 
average $32,000 for second week in 
two spots. 

Estimates for This Week 

Belmont (FWC) (1,532; 60-$l)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Appointment With Murder" (FC). 
Oke $4,000 or near. Last week, 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) and "Racing 
Luck" (Col) (8 days), $2,800. 

Beverly Hills Music Hall (G&S- 
Prin-Cor)- (834; 85-$l) — "Red 
River" (UA) (5th wk). Neat $5,000. 
Last week, $5,900. 

Carthay Circle (FWC) (1,518; 60- 
$1) — "Road House" (20th) and | 
"Money Madness" (FC). Good $7,- ; 
500; Last week, "Paradine Case" 
(SRO) and "Million Dollar Week- I 
end" (EL) (2d wk-5 da.vs). $2,900. i 

Chinese (Grauman-WC) (2,048; i 
60-$l)^"Road House"; (20th) and 
"Money Madness (FC). Sturdy $14.- I 
000, Last week, "Paradine Case" i 
(SRO) and "Million Dollar Week- 
end" (EL) (2d wk-5 days), $4,100. 

Culver (FWC) (1,145; 60-$l)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) 
and "Appointment With Murder" 
(FC). Okay $4,500. Last week. 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) and "Racing 
Luck" (Col) (8 days), $3,700. 

Downtown (WB) (1.800; 60t$1)— : 
"June Bride" (WB) (2d wk). Great 
$14,000. Last week, $18,100. 

Downtown Music Hall (Prin-Cor) 
(902; 85-$l) — "Red River" (UAI 
(5th Wk); Near $12,000. Last week, 
smart $13,900, below hopes. 

Effyptian (FWC) (l,i538; 60-$l)— 
"No Minor Vices" (M-G). Slim $6,- 
000. Last week, "Luxury Liner" 
(M-G) and "Secret Land" (M-G) 
(3d Wk-4 days), $3,900. 

El Rey (FWC) (8qi; 60-$l)— . 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Appointment With Murder" (FC). 
Fair $3,500. Last week, "Gallant 
Blade" (Col) and "Racing Luck" 
(Col) (8 days), $3,300. ■ 

Esquire (Rosener) (685; 85-$1.20) 
— "Mine Own Executioner" (Indie). 
Slow $2,000; Last week, "Quiet 
Weekend" (Indie) (6 days). $1,900. 

Four Star (UA-WC) (900; $1.20- 
$2.40) — "Hamlet" (U) (3d wk). 
Bright $16;000; Last week, strong 
$15,600. 

Guild (FWC) (968; 60-$!)—: 
''Countess Monte Cristo" (U.) and 
"Inner Sanctum Mystery" (FC). 
Scant $2,000. Last week, "Kiss 
Blood": (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL) (2d wk), $2,700. 

Hawaii (G&S-Prin-Cor) (1,106; 
85-$l)— "Red River" (UA) (.5th wk). 
Near $5,000. Last week, good $6,- 
400 but below hopes. 

Hollywood (WB) (2;756; 60-$l)— 
".June Bride" (WB) (2d Wk). Good 
$14 000 Last week, snappy $18,100. 

Hollywood Music Hall (Prin'^Gor) 
(512; 85)— 'Red River" (UA) (5lh 
Wk). Nice $3,000, Last week, $4,- 
100. 

Iris (FWC) (828; 60-85)— "Couiit- 
ess Monte Cristo" (U) and ''Inner 
Sanctum Mystery' 



$14,000. Last week, "Hollow Tri- 
umph" (EL) (2d run), with Jimmy 
Liggins. Errol Gamer on stage, 
dull $9,300. 

Orpheum (D'town-WC) (2,210; 
60-$l)— "Belle Starr's Daughter" 
(20th) and "Appointment With 
Murder" (FC). Lively $17,000. Last 
week, "Gallant Blade" (Col) and 
"Racing Luck" (Col) (8 days) oke, 
$12,100. 

Pantages (Pan) (2.812; 60-$l)— 
"Song Is Bom" (RKO) and "Body- 
guard" (RKO) (2d wk). Good $16,- 
000. Last week, stout $22,200. 

Paramount (F&M) (3,398; 60-$l) 
—"Velvet Touch" (RKO) and 
"Homicide for Three" (Rep). Thin 
$13,000. Last week, "Station West" 
(RKO) and "Jungle Godd6Ss" <SG) 
(2d wk), $11,900. 

Paramount - Hollywood: . (F&M) 
(1,451; eO-$l)— "Velvet Touch" 
(RKO), Fair $10,000, Last week. 
"Station West" (RKO) (2d wk), $7,- 
400. 

. UKO Hillstreet (RKO) (2,890; 
60-80)— "Song Is Bom" (RKO) and 
"Bodyguard" (RKO) (2d wk). Good 
$16,000. Last week, fast $22,90D 
although below expectations. 

Rltz (FWC) (1.370; 60-$l)— 
"Countess Monte Cristo" (U) and 
"Inner Sanctum Mystery" (FC). 
Slow $5,000. Last week, "Kiss 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" • 
(EL) (2d wk), mild $4,600. 

Studio City (FWC) (880; 60-$l)— 
"Countess Monte Cristo" (U) and 
"Inner Sanctum Mystery" (FG). 
Mild $3,500. Last week ."Kiss 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL) (2d wk);' $2,800. 

United Artists (UA) (2,100; 60-$l) 
—r-"Countess Monte Cristo" (U) and 
"Inner Sanctum Mystery" (FC). 
Slim $7,500. , Last week, "Kiss 
Blood" (U) and "Sword Avenger" 
(EL) (2d wk). good $10,800. 

Uptown (FWC) (1,719; 60-$l) — 
"Road House" (20th) and "Money 
Madness" (FC). Hot $10,000. Last 
week, "Paradine Case" (SRO) and 
"Million Dollar Weekend" (EL) 
(2d wk-5 days), $3,200 . 

Voffue (FWC) (885; 60-85) — 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) 
and "Appointment With Murder" 
(FC). Good-$5,000. Last week, 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) and "Racing 
Luck" (Col) (8 days), $4,100. 

Wilshire (FWC) (2,296; 60-$l)— 
"No Minor Vices" (M-G). Dull $6,- 
000. Last week, "Luxury Liner" 
(M-6) and "Secret Land" (M-G) (3d 
wk-4 days, $4,300. 

Wiltem (WB) (2,300; 60-$l)— 
"June Bride" (WB) (2d wk). Good 
$14,000. Last week, stout $17,400, 
but below hopes. 



000. Last week, "Kiss Blood" (U) 



'Bride' Rousing $22,000 
Tops St. Louis; ^Baby' 
Fat 19G, 'River' 16G,2d 

St. Lotiis, Nov. '16, : 
Rising temperature over weeketid; 
sent biz soaring at big flrstruhs 
here this session; "June Bride" Is 
leading the big , \coingetters ; .at 
Ambassador, with sm^sh stdh^ai. : 
"When Baby Smiles; At Me'^:is 
runnerup but not big at Fox. !'Bed; 
River" is still; sturdy ; in sepond ■ 
Loew's week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Ambassador (FfeM) (3,000; 50- 
75)-^''June Bride" (WB) and "Va- 
riety Time" (RKO). ,Big: $22,000. 
Last week, "Night Has t,000 Eyes"; 
(Par) and "Angels in Exile'MRep) 
$17,000.' ;.,.■- 

,T.^r. i,T-i.j »o I Fo" (F&M) (5,000; 50-75) — 
(J C) Mild $3 - I "When Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) 



and "Sword Avenger" (EL) (2d wk) 
S2,700. 

1 Laurel (Rosener) (890; 85) — 
■ "Room Upstairs" (Indie). Fair $3,- 
,000. Last , week,: "Life, Ijoves ( 
1 Tschaikovsky" (Indiej (2d wk-6 
Idays), $1,900. 

, Loew's State (Loew's-WC) (2,404; I 
I60-$1)— "Road House" (20th) andl 
("Money Madness" (FC). Socko 
$29,500. Last week, "Paradine 
.Case" (SRO) and "Million Dollar 
; Weekend" (EL) (2d wk-5 days), $9,- 
'000. 

Los Aneeles (D'town-WC) (2,097; 
60-$l)— "No Minor Vices" (M-G)< 
Dim $9,000. Last week, "Luxury 
Liner" (M-G) and "Secret Land" 
(M-G) (3d wk-4 days), $6,300. 
ILoyola (FWC) (1,248; 60-$l) 



I and "Jungle Patrol" (20th). Nice 



''Road House' 

Madness" (FC). Stout $9,000. Last I $6,000 
week, "Paradine Ca.se" (SHO) and i Prayer 



$19,000. Last week, "Road House" 
(20th) and "Bungalow 13" (20th), 
$17,500. 

Loew's (Loew) (3,172; 50-75) — 
"Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
Angel" (Col) (2d wk). Good $16,- 
000 after big $21,000 first session. 

Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 50-75)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th) (3d wk). 
Fine $8,000 following $14,000 sec- 
ond stanza. 

Orpheum (Loew) (2,000; 50-75) 
— "Mummy's Tomb" (SG) and 
"Mummy's Ghost" (SG) (reissues). 
Trim $9,000. Last week, "Saboteur" 
(SG) and "I Cover the War" (SG). 
$6,000. 

St. Louis (F&M) (4,500; 50-60)— 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) and 



(20th) and "Money ] "Angel in Exile'' (Rep) (m.o.). Nice 

Last week. "Wing and 
(20th) and "Navy Comes 



I "Million Dollar Weekend" (EL) (2d 
wk-5 days), $3,700. 

Million Dollar (D'town) (2,093; 

■ ,50-85) — "Loves Carmen" (Col) and 
"S.O,.S, Submarine" (SO (2d runs), 
with Mabel Scott, Horace : Hender-' 

, son orch, others, on stage. Okay 



Through" (RKO) (reissues) (2d 
wk), $5,000. 

Shubert (Ind) (1,500; 40-60) — 
"Rope" (WB) and "Lightnin" in 
Forest" (Rep) . (m.o.). (2d Wk). 
Great $8,500 after $12,000 first 
jitand. 



13 



Wcdngwlay, November 17» 1948 



The deadliest range war ever fo explode on the screen . . . 
storming from the pages of the Saturday Evening Post 
serial story that thrilled millions with its lusty adventure^ 
thunderous action and bullet-violent emotion ! 




ROBERT MITCHUM 
BARBARA BEL GEDDES 
ROBERT PRESTON 

with 

WALTER BRENNAN • PHYLLIS THAXTER 
FRANK FAYLEN • TOM TULLY 



Executive Producer SID ROGELL 
Produced by THERON WARTH • Directed by ROBERT V/ISE 

Str«»n Ploy by LIIUE HAYWARD 




Broadway Engagement at Brandt's Globe Theatre 



WMlnesdiay, Nov«nilier 17» 19*1 



The Kissing Bandit 

(MUSICAL-COLOR) 

Hollywood, Nov. 13. 
nielro' relMH of Jo* Pasternak pro- 

• duction. Stari Frank Sinatra, Kathryn 
nravion; featurei J. Carrol Nalsh, Mildred 
Natwlck. MlkhaU B»>umny, BUly Gilbert, 
Rnno^ Oiato: dance «peol*lty>. Ricardo 
Montilban; Ann Miller, Cyd Cbarlsse; 
Birected by iJialo Benedek. Original 
Screenplay, I«obel Lennart, John Biiard 

' Hardtnff; earner* (Tecbnlcolor), Robert 
surtees; editor. Adrienn*' Fazan: music 
Kaeio Herb Brown; lyrleg. Earl Brgnt, Ed- 
ward Heyman; dances> Stanlay IDonen. 
Tradeahown Nov, 10, '48, Running time, 

f«o »ims. X. , c> . 

Bicai'40' ' ■ • •.•••»■••'•••■■''■' Frank Sinatra 
Teres*. . ■ • • /...•> , ; Kathryn Grayson 
rhicO. ■ . ■ ■•• ; . ' J. Carrol Naish 

'isabena Mildred Natwlck 

' Dan Jose. . , . . . t i • . < • t . .Mikhail. Rasumny 

General Torro Billy Gilbert 

Blanca .....> Sono Osato 

Colonel Gomez «... Clinton Sundberg 

Count Belmont* Carleton G. Young 

Juanita Edna Skinner 

Mexican Guitarist . . . . . , Vlnconte:: Gomez 

"The Kissing Bandit" burlesques 
the antics of the dashing hero of 
costume epics with varied results. 
It's ft tunefilm in color With some 
recommended spots but overall 
grossing outloolc isn't particularly 
bright. Songs are good, the special- 
ty numbers outstanding and the 
story antic silly enough to rate 
some chuckles. 

Title role is the exact opposite 
of the usual derring-do ' hero and 
casting of Frank Sinatra to play it 
Sharpens the physical contrast. He's 
a milktoa.st from Boston ' who is 
forced to become • a legendary 
early-California bandit who always 
kisses his femme Victims. ' 

Sinatra plays the role broadly 
and well enough; His clumsiness on 
'horseback, his shyness at amour^ 
and tlie general incongruity of his 
gauntness and lack of heft gives 
to tlie hero character a natural 
for laughs but It doesn't always 
come off. There: are some: titters 
: and chuckles at the antics but no 
sock laughs. A little more direc- 
torial sublety In handling the story 
might have made the difference 

■ between spotty entertainment val- 
ues and. good, solid fun. 

■ Music for the eight songs was 
clefFed by Nacio Herb Brown, with 
lyrics by Earl Brent and Edward 
Heyman. Tunes are effectively 
spotlighted and there are two used 
for production numbers. All please 
tlie ear and aid the story. 

Sinatra's best is "Senorita," 
closely followed by "Siesta" and 
' If I Steal a Kiss." Kathryn Gray- 
pon shows up on "Love Is Where 
You Find It" (used in an earlier 
Metro release) and "Tomorrow 
Means Romance,^' She also works 
witli Sinatra on "What's Wrong 
With Me" and "Senorita." 

A production number^ highlight 
is Sono Osato ; vocaling "I Like 
You" and then segueing Into a 

: fiery whip dance that, excites, Also 
exciting is "Nacio Herb Brown's 
Dance of FUry," outstandingly per- 
formed by Ricardo Montalban, Ann 
Miller and Cyd Charisse as an 

, added specialty, i 

• Original script by Isobel Len- 
nart and Jolm Briard Harding 
brings Sinatra to early California 
from Boston to take over the inn 
Inherited from his father. The 
father was : the original Kissing 
Bandit and his followers believe 
the, son will step into the old man's 
shoes — in fact they force him to. 

Ma jor assists in helping to carry 
this one along come from J. Gar^ 
rol Naish aS: henchman: of Sinatra's, 
and Mikliail Rasumny, the coward* 
ly governor of California. Their 
characters a r e hoked up suffi- 
ciently and are in experienced 
enougli hands to please. Billy Gil- 
. bert is in for sneezes and Clinton 
Sundberg's Qomedy as the govern- 
or's aid is another assist. 

Laslo Bcnedek's direction of the 
Joe Paslnernak production strains 

■ too often to put over the story. 
Production flash given the picture 
is in the Pasternak Style. Lush 
outdoor scenery, colorful costumes 
and the settings are fittingly dis- 
played by Robert Surtees' Techni- 
color lensing. Brog. 

The Accused 

Hollywood, Nov. 13. 

' ., Paramount release of Hal B. W»Uis pro- 
dviction. Stars Lorctta Youngi Robert 
Cuinmings; features Wendell Corcyi Sam 
Jarte, Douglas Dick. Directed by Wil- 
liam Dieterle. Screenplay. Kettl Frings; 
based on novel by June TrueiiHeU; camera, 
Milton Kva.siicr; score, Victor Young; edi- 
tor. Warren Low. Tradeshown Nov. 12, 
'4« Running time, 101 MINS. 
VVilina Tuttlc Lore 



FILM IIKVIBWS 



13 



Miniature Reviews 

."The Kissingr Bandit" (Mu- 
sical-Color) (MGj. Good songs 
and specialties but mild b.o. 
prospects. 

"The Accused" (Par). Lo- 
retta Young, Robert Cum- 
mmgs. Wendell Corey in 
. socko niellor. .^y.-.. 

"Dynamite"" (Par). Good 
action entry dealing with 
powder men In construction 
work. 

"The Boy With Green Hair" 

(Songs-Color) (RKOt Poignant 
tolerance drama of kids. Good 
prestige draw. 

"Homicide for Three" (Rep). 
Pleasant supporting melo- 
drama with emphasis on light- 
ness. 

"Borrowed Trouble" (UA). 
Usual Hopalong Cassidy ad- 
venture with a dash of humor. 

"Mile. Desiree" (French). 
Sacha Guitry's fresh and dar- 
ing technique promises healthy 
art theatre returns. 

"The Mozart Story" (Music) 
(Austrian) (SG). New Vienna- 
made version of composer's 
life, good arty entry. 



.LoreWai YoUng 

.Hobert Cunvmings 
. . . . .WendeU Gorey 

,.■*.. . t : , iSaWtt' Jaife. 
. . ; . ; .Doiignis Pick 
, . Suzanne Dalbert 
.George- Si^aulding 
mis. xionner. . , .... , . . . . . , Sara Allgood 

Jack Hunter, ....... .....v.: Mickey Knox 

Dr. Vinson. „ ; Francis Fierlot 

Miss like i,.,, ... ;i. . . Ann Doran 

Waitress, . . .Carole Mathews 
H,<ny Biice Bill Mauch 



: Warren Ford.., 

Ijieut. Ted Dorgan... 

Dr. Romley 

Bill Perry 

Susan Duval 

Dean Rhodes 

Mrs. Conner 



"The Accused" exploits fear and 
emotional violence into a high 
grade melodrama for adult audi- 
ences. It is told with a grim in- 
tensity that will attract those who 
like tlieir fare of stern stuff. Well 
above par in all departments, pic- 
tuio has a good boxofCiCe potential 
tiiat will be aided by word-of-mouth 



and the excellent cast headed by 
Loretta Young. 

The- Ketti Frings screenplay is 
based on a novel by June Truesdell 
and is class scripting. Director Wil*. 
liam Dieterle, . with a solid story 
foundation and an ac» cast upon 
which to build, marches the melo- 
drama along with a touch that 
keeps punching Continually at audi- 
ence emotions. 

Miss Young's portrayal' of ; the 
distraught professor plays strong- 
ly for sympathy. It's an intelligent 
delineation^ gifting the role , with 
life. She gets under the skin hi 
bringing out the mental processes 
of an intelligent woman who knows 
she' has done wrong but, believes, 
that Iier trail is so covered that 
murder will never out. 

An unbalanced but attractive 
student is on the make for his prO'^ 
fessor. By guile he induces her tO: 
ride with liim to the beach. He at- 
tempts to attack her and she, in 
a moment of surrender to violence, 
bashes his head in witli a tire iron. 
The crime is concealed to make it 
look like he had died In a dive over 
the sea cliff. The stage setting for 
murder passes inspection by all 
but two, a smart homicide officer 
and the boy's guardian. 

Police work, in the laboratory,: 
by hunch and deduction bring the 
net closer to' the professor and, in 
a nerve^rending scene staged by 
the officer, she confesses. There's 
never a point made that seems out 
of place, even the: Jove that de- 
velops between the professor and 
the guardian, his attempts to spirit 
her away from harm before it is too 
late, and his- courtroom defense of 
her only crime— -fear-^ring true. 

Hal B. Wallis' ,sure production 
hand is stamped on the film. The 
casting of eacii i^le, the settings of 
campus, courtroom, police labora- 
tory, beach, restaurants and the 
pi'ofessor's small apartment; lend, 
sense of reality to the film. Ilobert 
Cuinmings is unusually excellent as 
the guardian, co-starring with Miss 
Young. Wendell Corey's matter-of-. 
fact 'police ofl'icer portrayal has a 
human quality that catches; on. 
Douglas Dick registers strongly as 
the unbalanced student Sam Jafife,, 
Suzanne Dalbert, Sara Allgood, 
Mickey Knox are among the others 
who back the line work ot the prin- 
cipals. 

Dieterle's exceptionally, potent 
I direction and the mood he sustains 
I IS backed by Victor Young's top- 
I notch music score, Glass photog- 
raphy by Milton Krasner, and 
equally good art direction, sets and 
other technical credits, make this 
one measure up above par. 

Brog. 

'DynttmUe 

Hollywood, Nov. 13. 
Paramount release :ot William II, Pine- 
WiUiam Thomas .pi'oduction, directed by 
Pine. Ftatures William Gargan, Vligima 
Welles, Richard Crane, Irving Bacon/ 
Mary Newton. OriKiiial screenplay, Milton 
Raison; camera, Ellis W. Carter; editorj 
Howard Smith. Tradeshown Nov. 9, '4«. 
Running time, m -HINS. 
Gunner Peterson ... : . . . . . William Gargan 

Marv. 1 . . . .... ..... .... . . .Virginia Welles 

.lohmiy Brown. . . . . . ..... . Richard Gran* 

Jake IrVing Bacon 

Nellie Brown Mary NewtOn 

Hard Hock Mason Frank Ferguson 

Hank Gibbons Douglass Dumbrllle 

The Pine-Thomas pattern for 
actionful accounts of dangerous 
occupations is well displayed in 
"Dynamite." Story is formula, 
I tailored to deal with powder men 
and measures up to all demands 
of the general supporting feature 
:market, . 

Principal aim of yam is to weave 
Some heroics around the men who 
earn their living blasting tunnels 
through mountains, helping to 
build bridges and sundry other out- 
door projects. Pace is good and 
lielps to breed a certain amount of 



excitement into the formula frame- 
work. 

Direction by William H. Pine 
keeps the film on the move and the 
players performing in acceptable 
manner. Plot concerns a dynamite 
contractor, his daughter, and two 
powder monkeys who are rivals for 
her favor. There are some good 
explosion scenes and" thrills, from 
the opening blast in which a man 
is killed, right down to-ihe finale 
rescue of a powder man trapped 
in a tunnel. 

William Gargan And , Richard 
Crane ,: are the . rivals for Virginia: 
Welles* afi'ections, witli Crane the 
winner. All acquit themselves in 
okay style. Richard Bacon is good 
as the contractor. Mary .Newton, 
Frank Ferguson and Douglass 
Dumbrllle answer all demands of 
their roles. 

Production never tries to intro- 
duce values not fitting to the story 
or locales, a fact that also aided in 
keeping the budget down. Lensing 
by Ellis W. Carter and editing by 
Howard Smith are good. Brog. 



Street of Shadows 

"Street of Shadows," Dis- 
tinguished Films' . , release; 
opening at the Ambassador, 
N. Y., Friday: (19), was review- 
ed from Paris April 21, 1937, 
under its original French title, 
"Mademoiselle Doqteiir.'' Pic, 
a wartime spy thriller was 
thought by Variety reviewer 
to have "a great deal more in- 
ternational appeal than most 
French pictures can claim, 
with crafty direction and good 
acting on the part of the prin- 
cipals over - shadowing the 
shortcomings and inaccuracies 
of the film." 



this a superior, and very moving 
film. 



spot as Hopalong Cassidy, is faced 
with a different type problem. A 
prissy schoolmarm objects to the 
opening of a saloon next door to 
her place of operations. Boyd i.'^ 
sympathetic, but until: tlie pcdagofi 
is kidnapped, he's unable to pre-- 
vent tlve mixture of the three R'e 
wth roulette and revelry.' Boyd 
consequently rescues the teacher 
from the baddies and is instru^ 
mental in affecting a change ol 
location for the saloon. 

The cast with Andy Clyde, Rand 
Brooks and Helen Chapman gives 
an okay account and George Arch- 
ambaud's direction keeps the fllni 
moving at a good clip. The sett 
iiave the familiar look, but camera 
work is adequate. Jose, 



Imagination and taste, in script- | cultry) production, stars Gultrs. Jean 



Mile, nesiree 

(FRENCH) 

Lopert Films release of C.C.K.C. (Sacha 



TiieBoy Wlih Green Hair 

(SONGS— COLOR) 
RKO release of Dore. Schary (Stephen 
Ames) production. Stars Pat O'Brien, 1 
Robert . Ryan, Barbara Hale. Dean Stock- I 
well: features Richard Lyon, Walter Cat- 
lett; Samuel :S. Hinds, Regis Toomey. Di- 
rected by Joseph LOsey. Screenplay, BeiiL 
Barzman, Alfred Lewis Levitt: story, Betsy 
Beaton: camera (Technicolor), George 
Barnes: editor, Frank Doyle; song, Eden 
Ahbez; music, Leigh Harline; musical di- 
rector, C. Bakaleintkoif. . Tradeshown 
N. Y., Nov, 12, '4B. Running time, 88 :»riN.S. 

Gramp Pat O'Brien 

Dr. Evan*. Robert Ryan 

Miss Brand. .. . . . . . . ; .. . . . .Barbara Hale 

Peter. ... . .... . . . .. . . ; .Dean Stockwell 

Michael...-. . . ...... ..... . . .Richard Lyon 

"The^King" Walter Catlett 

Dr. Knudson>....,;:..v.:Samuel S. Hinds 
Mr; Davis. . . . . Regis Xoomey. 

Mr. Piper Charles Mar*dith 

Barber.. ', i .. David Clarke 

Bed BUly Sheflield 

Danny. .:. .... .... . . .John Calkins 

Timmy , .............. i . . . . . Teddy Inf uhr 

Joey .. . . . . ......... . .... .Dwaviie Hickman 

Peggy. . : . . . . .. .Eilene Janssen 

Classmate, ......... .. i iv; .Curtis Jackson 

Mr^ Hammond. ... . .'i^ . , . . . i , ,Cl\arIes Amt 



RKO has turned out an ab.sorb- 
ing, .sensitive story of tolerance and< 
child understanding in "The Boy 
With Green Hair." Pic's intelli- 

tencCi artistry and taste will, draw 
ne critical comment to offset lack 
of marquee pull and weight of its. 
theme. Although pic-^-^a modest 
budgeter, despite the .Technicolor 
cost-— doesn't loom as a heavy 
grosser, it should make back its 
coin. Certainly it will redound to 
the industry's credit; RKO, and the 
film Industry, deserve a lot of kudos 
for making it. 

Film was made by Dore Schary 
for RKO before Howard Hughes, 
gained control of the studio, and 
in its small way. was one of the: 
things that caused Schary to step 
out of the RKO setup. Pix had 
been completed, but Hughes or- 
dered it re-edited and the toler- 
ance theme taken out, on Hughes' 
general theory that films should 
entertain only and eschew social 
significance. Studio found that pie 
couldn't be re-edited, although it's 
reported tO; bo toned down some- 
what. 

None of this^ intraj-mural: stuff is 
evident in the film's unreeling. In 
fact, the one questionable note in 
the film is a scene ot bald preach- 
raent-r^a dream scene in a wood be- 
tween the boy and a phantom group 
of war orphans — ^that could have 
been cut sharply. Otherwise, the 
film is a poignant, human-interest 
drama, and good enteitainment.ali 
the way through. 

What makes it so is the sensible": 
screen treatinent of a most unusual 
stor.v, and two outstanding perr 
forinances by Pat O'Bi'icn and 
i;Dean Stockwell. Ijatter gives a 
r beautifully restrained' pert ormancc 
I throughout as a sensitive, cruelly- 
I treated boy. O'Brien has one. of his 
j best roles in a ream ot films, giving 
i a flavorsome, rich portrayal of a 
I broken-down, onetime Irish magi- 
: cian and, vauder; now a, singing 
waiter, who furaishes a home and 
grandfatherly love to an orphaned 
waif. 

Story, is that of a war orphan, 
shifted around from one relative tO 
another, who finally finds haven 
and security with the waiter in a 
small town. Then, one morning, he-: 
wakes to find his hair has turned 
green — and the world turns topsy- 
turvy about him. Other, kids jeer 
at him; adults are perturbed; even: 
t)ie, kindly milkman turns against 
him when accused of bringing it 
about through his product. Public 
opinion forces the boy to have his 
full head of hair shaven off, so that 
the kid runs away, from home. : 

Through this parable about the 
unconscious cruelty of people to 
what is different, and the need of 
tolerance, runs another theme, that 
of anti-war preachment. When the 
boy meets children from war-or- 
phan posters In a dream scene in 
the woods, and returns to annoy 
I the townsfolk with the message 
' that war is very bad— his green 
' hair has thus acquired a meaning, 
, to prea(;h pacifism — the film hits a 
' well-intentioned but false note. 
, Otherwise, the social significance, 
' the tolerance and anti-war themes, 
J are served up palatably, to make 



ing and direction, show -up con 
stantly; in such scenes as the bitter 
one of the kid in the: barber chair 
being shaved, with townsfolk 
crowded around the window out- 
side; the terrible moment when he 
faces the school-kids after his hair 
has turned; the scene when his hair 
turns , and the kid amuses himself 
with it in front of the bathroom 
mirror; the teacher trying to ease 
the situation by . calling the: role of 
the various types of hair among her 
students; the soene between 
O'Brien and Walter Catlett . as 
"The King." 

Last-named is one of the best 
light moments, with O'Brien .de- 
lightfully rendering the song, 
"Tread on the Tall of, the Coat." 
Film is never, depressing or heavy, 
its clever treatment preventing 
that. Honest performances by Bar^ 
bara Hale, Robert Ryan, Samuel S. 
Hinds, Regis Toomey and others in 
supporting roles also help greatly. 
Direction, photography , background 
music, ali rate, bows, ■■ ■■■■ Bron^ 



Louis Barrault,.; Gaby Morlay, Genevieve 
Guitvy. Directed . and written by ' Gultry: 
canier.-), Jean Bachclet; music, Adolpne 
Borchard. Previewed, N. Y., Nov. 12, '♦8i 
(Riinnlng time, ll.V MIN!». ' : 

First Part 
Napoleon. ..i t . . . . . . . .Jean-Louis BaiTault 

Deaii'ee Genevieve Guitr^ 

Bemadott*. , . . , .Jacques Varennc 

Julie Yyette Lebon 

Second Port 

Napoleon . . .: . . . . . Sacha Guitry 

Desiree , Gaby MorUy 

Bcrnadott* . . . V . i ..... .:;.J*cques Varenne 

Julie CamUla Faumicr 

Josephine IilB*. ;nelamwre. 

Jerome Bonaparte. . ;:. k , . .Aim* Cladond . 



: Un French; English. Titles) 
In "Mile. Desk-ee" Sacha Gui- 
try . h^s authored, produced and 
directed a film which must cap- 
ture the, industry's as well as pat- 
rons' attention for Us witty flout-: 
ing of the conventions of . picture- 
making. Tossing the -rules to the 
cutting room floor, Gultry changes 
actors in midstream. He halts the 
action to introdiice and lavish 
praise on his scenery director, 
film editor and sound control mUn:, 
He takes time, out to. flash on cast :' 
credits at the film's midway point. 

The freshness of his approach, 
laced by typical Guitry irony anc 
humor, wins its point and dem- 
onstrates the amazing flexibility 
of the film medium. As a result. 
"Mile. Desiree" should cajole thi 
fanciers of foreign-^lingo pix . It, , 
view his eft'orts by a plurality. ■ 
Guitry surefootedly takes hi' 
audience into his ^confidence, ex- 
plaining the need for a secont': 
team because . his characters , aro : 
growing older. lie even brings or 
.Jean - Louis Barrault, depictlm 
NupoIe(m of youthful days, to gaii; 
his okay before personally assum- 
ing the role and portray the stout- 
er oldster of the Empire period. ■. 

Had he snowballed the charp> 
and invention which brightens th'' 
film's first half, "Mile. Desiree" 
would have been, standout stufl'. 
Unfortunately, even the story it- 
self, at first- an appealing portrayn' 
of bow a Marseillaise belie won 
and then lost the embryonic Napo- 
leon, ultimately tangles^ itself into 
a snarl of meaningless court in- 
trigue. When Guitry slackens thf> 
direetioria 1 reins to become Napo- 
leon, the difference is sharply ap- 
iparent.-.". 

Both vBarrault and Guitry dc- 



Homicide for Tiiree 

Hollywood, Nov; 11. 
Republic release ot Stephen Aucr pro, 
ductlon. '. Features Audrey Long, Warren > 
Douglas, Grant Withers. Directed by i 
George Blair.. Scr*enplayi Bradbury J 
Foote: based on novel by Patrick Qucntlni I 
added dialog, Albert DeMond; camera, | 
John MacBurnle: editor. Harry Keller. At 
the Paramount, L, A.^ Nov. Jl, '48. Run- 
ning . time, 00 MINS. ■ 
Iris Duluth. . . ... .... .Audrey Long 

Lieut, Peter Duluth ... . ^ .Warren Douglas 

,1oc Hatch. .;. ...... .. Grant Withers 

Eminaiiual Gntt. , . . . . , . , . Lloyd Corrigan 

Mrs.' Rose. ... . . . . . , . .Stephanie Bachelor 

Bill Daggett. . . . ^ ... .George Lynn 

Rita Brown.. . . . ;>..... . . : . Tala BireU 

Timothy , , . ... , : ... ... ■, . . . , . ; Benny Baker 

Capt. Webb, .... .^:. ; . Jose'ph Crelian 

Cab Driver,, . . . . ...Sid Toinack 

Doorman . '. . ■. . . . . . ■. .Dick . Elliott 

Circus Doorman. , . . . .Eddie Dunn I 

Desk: Clerk, . , . . „, John Ncwland I 
Midget. . . . i . . . ..... . . . .4". . .^ . BiUv Curtis ; 

Maid .... . . .......... . Patsy Moran 

"Homicide for Three" plays its 
melodramatics lightly and adds up 
to. acceptable supporting fare. Flip 
treatment minimizes chills and 
thrills and develops « fairly glib 
pace that makes it mUdly amusing. 

Antics revolve around efforts, of 
newlyweds to find a cozy spot for 
their honeymoon. Groom is a naval 
lieutenant on a 36-hour pass so 
things have to be rushed. Before 

finale is reached, there are only - „ 

two hours of the pass left; two t we^te Napoleon superbly. Bai> 
' ■ ' " '• - ■ ravilt makes him quixotic, sensitlv(; 

and eipressive'----cleaidy the coirv . 
ing manrOf-the-hour. ; Gtiitrjr .: en- 
dows him with:; the powers: and 
ironic .strejhgth of his maturer.' 
days of ascendancy. As oom- 



murders have been committed and 
a third nearly so, and the couple 
has had no privacy. 

Plot is no heavy affair, despite 
melodramatic title, but is played 
with a lightness that gets it by - 

under George Blair's direction. liMnentator. Guitry is no less. He 
gets underway when newlyweds ' has the just-right touch of world- 
are offered an apartment by a ! Uness and well-tempered humor, 
stranger, herself on her way to an ' In the first-half title role. Gene- 
elopement. Couple is plunged vieve Guitry is pert .and winsome, 
mto murder for revenge against ' Gaby Morlay. who later takes u)) 
three femmeS, all in show biz, who ■ the cudgels, is a bit too mousy 
had been responsible for a pre- ! to lend total conviction to the pari 
vious prison term for the killers, I of a femme fatale, Jacques 
Audrey. Long, as the bride, i Varenne has the distinction of be- 
ing the, only pi'incipal who plays 
'thrOiighput : without behefit «»f a : 
siibstitiife.: He captures .. a ; biril- 
Uaht' . aiid : headstrohg. Berhadofte, • 
Music of Adolphe. Borchard thcr' 
latter showing up we'll in brief spot matically parallels the Gallic hu- 
as a victim; Benny Baker and mor of the film.. Wit. 

.siinnnrt ■,.■:-— ^ — r. — ■ 

■ ■:: .'...Tii«y''»|«iKArt '■Sl:ory:■.^:■■"■: 
■■■■■ .;,:(AiiSTRiAN):.' 
■:"'V(Muslc)^\v- , 

; Screen Giilld: releasie of Patrician K •• 
iures. production. Stars Hans , H61t..x' T' • 
rectM .by, Cai-l Harti; Screenplay,- -Hie'- 



pleasos jpleasantly, and Warren 
Douglas is okay as the groom. 
Grant Withers and George Lynn- 
are the killers. Lloyd Corrigan 
Stephanie Bachelor, Tala Birell 



others give acceptable support 

Production values achieved for 
the budget dollar are excellent 
under; Stephen Auer's supervision. 
Lensing, editing, and other tech- 
nical credits are capable. Brog. 

Uorrowcd Trouble 

United Artists release of Lewis Rach- 
mil: production. Stars William: Boyd: fea- 
tures Andy Clyde. Rand Brooks. Directed 
by George Archainbaud. At New York 
'48, Running time, 

,,v..WUUam ibyd 
Andy Clyde 
.... .Rand Brooks 

. . . . . . Elaine Riley 

..... . John Kellogg 

. . .Helen Chapman 



theatre, N. Y., Nov. p. 
«l MI.VS. 
H.opalong Cassidy. 
Calitornia Carlson 
Lucky Jenkins.... 
Mrs, Garvin, i . , . . . 
Lee Garvin.. . , . , , . 
Teacher. 



ard BiUingen *ddltional dialog and cc^ 
quencen : produced by Abrasha Halmsc- 
«nd db-ected by Frank Wisbar In HoU- 



Hopalong Cassidy has a better 
than average adventure in "Bor- 
rowed Trouble." This long-run- 
ning series of westerns has pro^* 
vided some good action-pieces for 
th e double feature trade, However, 
elevation to the top rung of » bill 
for "Borrowed Trouble'' seems un-i 
likely even though the humorous 
situations make - this film: more 
palatable for general type audi- 
ences. „ 

Bill Boyd, in his accustomed 



wodd; mtuie;by Vienna Philharmonic o", 
chestra. At Utile Carnegie, N. Y . stari 
ing Nov. 13, '48, Running time, III JIIK'- 
Wolfgang : Amadeus Mozart . . Hans Ho" 
Gonstance, bis wife , , , Winnie Markr 
Louise. her sister . . .Irene von Meyendor" 
Ludwig von Beethoven ,., . . Rene Deltg«" ■ 
Joseph Haydn - . . . . ^ . . , Edward v VeMt- -. 

Antonio Salierl;..,. Wilton Grr 

iCatheiine . CavaUerl*. . . . . . .Carol Formr.-'' 

Ruffinl .....ii i , , 1 . Anthony B»" : 

Leopold -WiiUher Janssr - 

Mozart's Mother ..Rosa ,Albach-Het<- 

Mother Weber . .....,,>.,... .Anita Ror . : 

Sophie Weber , . . . , ; . , t . . The* W#i' 

Joseph II. , . , , . . . , , , ,-, , i . . Curd JuerKcr 

Strack Paul Hoerbtgr 

Duke of Mannheim John Siebc ■> 

Baron Gemmlngen Richard Eybni— 

Suessmeyer . . Eric : Nocowi^ - ' 

Delnert . . , . . ,Thea Danaggr- 

Albrechtabergcr . . . . ; . . .Fr«d Imtar" 
Hofer Carl Bluh'i, 



iSonss '-'1 Gerpyavt F.nglinh Dialog) 
This Vienna-made version of Mir* 
zart's life is one of the better ef- 
(Continued on page 18) 



14 



Vcdgfgday, Noverober 17, 1948 




starring 



DANE CLARK -GAIL RUSSELL 
ETHEL BARRYMORE 

WITH 

ALLYN JOSLYN • REX INGRAM • HENRY MORGAN 

AND DAVID STREET • SELENA ROYLE 
LLOYD BRIDGES • LILA LEEDS 

l«t»«i» riqy by ChorlM Haoi - ProduMd by CHARLES HAAS 

Based on )h« Novel "AAoonriie" by THEODORE STRAUSS 

Directed by FRANK BORZAGE 




A REPUBLIC PRESENTATION 



Averse French or Italian Film 
Nets Only 2IM0G in U.S. Market 



Exaggerated claims of a great* 
American market for foreign-lan- 
guage pictures, aside from British'- 
made, are punctured by independ* 
ent distributors of foreign films. 
Reports of big coin, grossed in the 
U, S. by foreign-mades invariably 
Stem from the one or two standouts 



New Grievances Aired 
Ofl Denkm Settlement 

:'London;;Noy^^^^ 

•■. - ■ J X- i- u 1 i ..Aj 1 Despite, settlement of a recent 
pictures,- dating back to Mayer- 1 . ., " , icv-cm 
fing" and "Baker's Wife," or the ^""^-day stoke of workers at J. 
postwar "Open City" and "Shoe- Arthur Rank's Denham studio, em- 
Shine" that confuse the profit set- ployees are now demanding that 
%1S of'thTrecent productions, negotiations be reopened regarding 
outside of Great Britain, come redundancy dismissals which the 
from France and Italy. The aver- P'^"* maragement handed some 92 
age French or Italian film, distribs ""^n. Besides passing a resolution 
estimate, figures to get only $20,- ' '° ^P'f ^ ^^'^^ 9^, confidence in the 
000-$40,000 net profit in the Amer- •*|"'^'o ^ adminislration, the help 
ican market, with more in the $20,- ' protested Rank s decision to 
000 -$25,000 category than the 'f"e the axing notices halfway 
higher figures. Landing in this | ^'''■""gh previous negotiations. 

Meanwhile, Assn. of Cine-Techni- 
cians general secretary George 
Elvin has charged iiidUstty employ* 
ers with using the tiferm "r6dun^ 
6y" ;as merely a smokescreen to fire 



Burstyn to Couple Up , 
Rossellini, French Pix 

Joe Burstyn, foreign film dis- 
tributor who recently acquired 
Robert Rossellini's ''The Miracle," 
is planning to couple the film witli 
a French import tagged "A Day 
in the Country," Pictures are 
merely being combined as a sal!?s 
unit due to their , short footage; 
"Miracle" runs only, 48 minutes, 

Burstyn, in association with Ar- 
thur Mayer, lias also picked up 
world distribution rights to "The 
Quiet One',", which deals with a 
psychiatric problem of a 12-yeari- 
old- boy. Originally produced on 
16ra, the picture :has been blown 
up to 35m. 



All British Fifan hdustry Cooperates 
With BBC in Testing Theatre Tele 



classification are "The Raven," 
"Happened at the Inn," and ''Por- 
trait of a Woman." These are re- 
garded as the fairly successful pic- 
tures in tliis market. 

But it is the product which fails workers for a variety of other rea- 
to hardly cover print costs that sons^among them their union- ac- 
realiy cuts into the average for all i tivities. On the other hand, man- 
siich French-Italian pictures, now 1 agement is said to define"redun- 
leading the U. S. market. There | dancy" generally as a condition 
are so many of these weaklings wliere no work exists for men to do. 
that even the fairly, big coin done 
by exceptional "screen hits fail to 
level oil the total. 
' This ihin^grossing class long has 
been the headache for foreign- 
language distributors, Many of 
these films seldom get back tlieir 
print costs (including cost of dup- 
ing negative, titles, duty, etc), 
which run between $2:500 and $3,- 
000. Those pictures go into some 
small-capacity arty theatre where 
the average picture, of this classi-; 



Brit. Film Classics 

',; London, Nov. 16. 
First steps towards the creation 

- - , , , of the much-heralded fourth cir- 

fication seldom stays longer than , ,. , 

two weeks. This means that the ! f "'^ ^^\^, *^ * * 
distrib's share will be $400-$500, | l»"eup of exhibiting, distributing, 
and his newspaper ad bill often i producing and processing interests, 
takes the bulk of that amount. This Parties involved in the deal, 
leaves outside-of-N. Y. keys Such ^hich is now being finalized, are 
as Chicago, Boston, Philadelpia ; sir Sidney Clift, who controls a 
and Los Angeles for the distri- \ circuit of upwards of 30 theatres; 
butor to try and obtain $1.500- Id. E. Griffiths, president of the 
$2,000 additional. If he is fortunate | Kinematograph Renters Society, 
he may reach the latter figure and F. W. Baker, chief of Butcher's 
which would let him break even. | Film Service. They are forming 
The real sock pictures, and there , a ^evv company to be known as 
.are few of these each year, figure classics of Great Britain, 

to net $200,000 and slightly better. Ltd., to handle the distribution on 
"Open City," the Italian - made, this side of the output of Film 
will better $200,000 as will the classics, and also to establish a 



U^. Fihns' 290G 
From Norway -bi 

'49. Up 45% on '48 

American film industry will get 
$290,000 out of Norway during 1949 
T^representing 45%, more than dur- 
ing ■ the current year-^if present 
negotiations are successful . - Motion 
Picture Assn. of America was so 
informed last week :by Frank 
McCarthy, its Continental rep, fol- 
lowing a meeting with government 
officials in Oslo. 

McCarthy stated he believed the 
arrangement would be okayed by 
the Norwegians if approved by the 
MPAA. It . calls: for payment of 
approximately 200,000 kroner ($40,- 
000),; repping 50% of the remain- 
ing debt from 1947; 250,000 kroner 
($50,000), representing agreed pay- 
ments on the 1948 debt, and 1,- 
000,000 kroner ($200,000) in current 
1949 remittances. 

In addition, 1,000;000 kroner 
would be blocked during 1949 for 
remittance in 25% ^installments 
during, the following four years. 



other Italo film, "Shoe - Shine." 
"Carnival in Flanders; ''Mayerr 
ling," and "Grand Illdsion" either 
have done $200,000 or near that 
figure in the American market. 
"Baker's Wife" did not quite hit 
that total while "Panic" probably 
won't go over $185,000 net; 



BOMBAY PUTS THROUGH 
ANTI-KISS FILM CODE 

Bombay. Nov. 10. 

Moving to bridle independent 
pix producers with a loose view on 
morality, the Government of Bom- 
bay has clamped on a tic;!it produc- 
tion code regulating the treatment 
of conti'oversial subjects. To be 
administered by the Bombay Board 
of Film Censors, the code covers 
categories of religion, morals, his- 
tory, law, crime and sex. 

The code bans ridicule of any: 
religious faith or any people,, ai 
well as "noble ideals such as .ius- 
lice, chastity, charity, etc " It also 
bans , "kissing or embracing by 
adults exhibiting passion." "Though 
common in western countries, kiss- 
ing and emhraeing by adulls in 
public is alien to our country,'' the 
code slates. In nearly all other [ 
respects, however, then Bombay; 
j code runs, along lines-similar ;to the 
U. S. production code. 



] Cinecolor l^b in London. 
I Consummation of the deal would 
■ make the company an important 
: force among the independents, and 
[ starting off with a nucleus of thea- 
tres, could no doubt expand the cir- 
cuit to provide a sure outlet for 
! their program. 

i Main obstacle at this stage is the 
jdifficulty in obtaining Board of 
f Trade sanction for building the 
' new Cinecolor lab, but without it 
I the company would be restricted in 
its distribution of color sub.iect,s, 
. owing to the limitation , on imports 
imposed when the ad valorem tax 
I was Withdrawn; Not more than 
rthree prints may be imported, 
which rules out color systems which 
: have no processing iacillties in this 
' country. 

' According to reports current 
I here, the new company will have 
a program of about 40 pics a year, 
and will be given exclusive rights 
to Films Classics output until 1950. 



GUT Adds 3 Houses 

■ Sydney, Nov. 2. 

Greater Union Theatres will take 
control of three more ■ cinemas 
here; two houses in the seaside 
resort of Manly and a new house at ! 
Port Kembla. Latter is a 1,400- 1 
seater. j 

GUT ■ presently control 33 city I 
houses, plus 60 urbans and 11 { 
country. GUT is also associated | 
with other;organizations in cinema i 
operation here, making t o t a 1 | 
around the 130 mark. J. Arthur, 
Rank is a 50-50 partner in the GUT 1 
setup. 1 



: Wins Budapest Prize I 

Tel Aviv. Nov. 1. 
In the "Budapest musical com- 
petition of the Bartok Festival, i 
Peler Wallfi.sch, of Israel, was first 
among the piano competitors. i 



Current London Shows 

.tPignrcs show !i-.'cl;,s- o.f rii)i ) ' 

London, .Nov. 16, : , 
"A La Carle." S;noy i22i. 
"Anatomist," West i3i 
"Anna Lueasta," Ma.iesty '55). 
"Annie Get Gun," Col's'm (76). 
"Bless the Bride," Adelphi (82i. 
"Bob's Your Uncle," SaV. (28). 
"Brownins," Phoenix OOi 
"Cage Peacock," Stiand i321. 
"Carrissima," Palace 136' 
"Chiltern Hundreds," Vaude (64> 
"Don't Listen," St Jas. ID. 
"Eden End," Duche.ss (.111 
"Edward My Son," Lyric (77). 
"Four, Five, Six," York (6i, 
"Gioconda Smile,". Wynd. (23V 
"Happiest Days." Apollo 134), 
"Home Tomorrow." Gamb. d i. 
"Kid From Strat.," Princes (7). 
"Little Lambs," Amba.ss. (32). 
"Medea," Globe (7). 
"Off Record," Piccadilly (72). - 
"Oklahoma!" Drury Lane' <81>. 
"Perfect Woman," Playhou.sc 1 10' 
"Rain on Just," Aid. dl), 
"Saloon Bar," Ganick (7i 
"Starlight Koof," Hipi), ■.'.4*., 
"Together Againi" Vic Pal, (84\ 
"Wild Duck." St Mart (1 ' 
"Worms View," Whitehall (81). 



Leon Siritzky's Side Of 
French Theatres Sold 
Under 'Duress' to Nazis 

Leon Siritzky, giving his side of 
the French court case in which he 
was convicted for "collaborating 
with : the enemy," charged : the 
French government this week with 
undue legal pressure on the Paris 
courts, "in order to confiscate my 
circuit, worth, a' billion francs" 
(about $3,000,000 at the present 
rate of exchange); , Recently arrived 
in the U. S. , after appealing his 
conviction, Siritzky complained 
that American press reports of the 
trial were "one-sided" in present- 
ing only the opinion of Philip 
Acoulon, head of French govern^, 
ment-owned theatre chain. 

In his version. Siritzky traces 
back the legal controversy to 1940 
when, as a circuit operator, he sold 
his 32 houses to a "Mr. Desraines" 
for 20.000,000 francs, Desraines, 
he alleges, was a demobilized cap^ 
tain in the French army and not. as 
the prosecution claimed; a "dum- 
my" for the German film trust dur- 
ina the occupation. 

The contract of .sale to Des- 
raines, Siritzky said, "included a 
clause stipulating that only a 
French, company could operate the 
circuit.': He declared that the sale 
was made under duress for a frac- 
tion of his circuit's value which 
he put at 1 .000.000,000 francs. 

The court's sentence, according 
to Siritzkv, "is a violation of 
France's liberation laws which rule 
that all sales made hy a ,lew after 
Oct. 27, 1940 (the date the Vichy 
anti-Semitic laws were, enforced) 
must be considered' made under 
duress I am Jewish' and 1 sold 
my circuit of theatres on Nov. 20, 
1940, three weeks after the enact- 
ment of the .Tewish laws " 

Pointing out that he was 'ac- 
quitted on the same charges by a 
French court last March, Siritzky 
states, "The government appealed 
and this time found .iudges to obey 
its order and. condemn me." He 
said if his condemnation is con- 
-firmed in the higher courts, it will 
end all his legal rights and give 
France's largest circuit to the gov- 
ernment for nothing. 

Siritzky fiatly denied that lie left 
Prance only six hours after' the 
court sentenced him to a one-year 
.iail sentence. "1 left Fi'ance on 
Nov, 5 on the S S America." he 
said, "three days after the court's 
decision. As can be expected,, my 
reservation was, made: three 
, months in advance*'' , 



U. S. Films Spark Arg. Biz 
With Long Run Prospects, 

Buenos Aires, Nov, .6, | 

Argentine film: biz is still holding i 
up with exceptional grosses and 
extended runs for some pix, de- 
spite other attractions opened up 
as a result of fine spring weather. 

"Sitting Pretty" (Fox), at the 
Ambassador, in its third week is 
holding up so Well to cause post- 
ponement of the preeni of "Tierra 
del Fuego" (Emelco). "Anna Ka- 
renina" (20th), didn't last two 
weeks at the Gran Rex and was re- 
placed by "All My Sons" (U). 

"The Adventures of Robin 
Hood" (WB) was, held over for a 
third week at the Normandie, and 
"Call Northside 777" (20th), which 
preemed Oct. 27, is still grossing 
fine at the Ocean. "Key Largo" 
(WB) was taken off at the Opera 
after two weeks with "The Unfin- 
ished Dance" (M-G) g«^g on in 
Us place. -The reissue of .'Gone 
With the Wind" at the Radar is 
still attracting in an unprecedent- 
ed manner and looks fair to grdss 
well for weeks to come.. 

The locally-made"Pelota de 
Trapo" ("Ragged Football" ) has 
been reissued at over a dozen nabe 
theatres, where it continues raking 
in exceptional grosses. 



Xharlie Not So 
Bonnie to Scots 



Glasgow, Nov., 9. 
"Bonnie Prince Charlie," Sir 
Alexander Korda's Technicolor 
film about Charles Edward Stuart,'; 
pretende'r to English throne, had a 
mixed reception at its world pre- 
miere here. Scottish critics praised 
and slammed it, while fir.st-night 
audience described picture as "very 
en,io.vabIe." Clan chiefs also lav- 
fished praise on makers. 
I Film' critic of the Glasgow Her- 
I aid described "Charlie as "a con- 
centration of insipid hokum. Even 
as a piece of fantasy it will not do." 
Robins Millar, of Scottish Daily 
Express, lukewarmly praised pic, 
but said, , "London Films hasn't 
played Hollywood , tricks w i t h 
'Charlie,' with the Highlands or 
with history . . . Here is truly a 
tribute to Scotland's past." 

Gordon Irving, film and stage 
critic of the Daily Record, wrote; 
''It is a picture that has its sheer 
i moments of ■ loveliness, yet. fails 
j woefully in other periods of sy n- 
I thetic artificiality: where, all too 
j obviou.sly, we know we're; watching 
! wooden sets at Shepperton and not 
I the 'real Mackay' of the Scottish 
i Highlands." 

! Following statement by Korda 
1 that London critics had "used 
; hatchets',; in their notices while 
! Scottish critics, who, he said, 
j "should know," had praised it. 
Daily :Expres.s columnist William 
I Hickey quoted two Scottish re- 
views. He singled out Herald's 
i reference to "insipid hokum" and 
Record's headline, "Wae's me for 
Bonnie Charlie.", 



: London, Nov. 16. 
Theatrical television in Britain 
has been brought ;£ stage nearer as 
a result of an "agreement in prin- 
ciple" by all three sections of the 
British ' industry, announced : at a 
meeting: with the British jjBroad- 
casting Corp. Thursday (11)," 

Spokesmen of the three main 
trade organizations, the Kinemato- 
graph Renters Society, the British 
Film Producers. Assn. and the Cine- 
matograph Exhibitors Assn., told 
the meeting they would be; pre- , 
pared to cooperate' in 'arranging 
''for an experimental period"',for 
television showing by the BBC of 
selected Alms, and for selected 
BBC television items to be screened ; 
in theatres. 

Terms of the agreement reached 
between the industry and the BBC 
means that the CEA;has relaxed its 
opposition to the use of films; on,- 
video programs, and is prepared ip 
cooperate in the general develop- 
ment of television. Exhib coopera- 
tion has come as something of a 
surprise to the trade, as tlieatre; 
owners have unwaveringly opposed 
the use of pictures on. TV, claiming 
it would spell doom to the box- 
office. . 

Industry agreement has come at 
the moment at which theatrical TV 
has become one of the trade's ma- 
jor topics. Announcement last 
week that, the ; Associated British 
Cinemas circuit is breaking into 
the television field, has-emphasized 
the sense, of; urgency in getting an,: 
agreed trade policy, and heightened 
the interest in the current negotia- 
tions between the industry and the 
government. 

For some time, J. Arthur Rank 
has been all set waiting for th« 
government greenlight, but tha 
news that ABC is tc go ahead with 
big' screen installations- in three of 
its, London theatres, as a prelude 
to wiring its entire circuit of 400 
theatres, has warned the trade that 
competition is going to be intense. 

With the only transmitting sta- 
tion being in London^all theatrical 
TV developments are limited for 
the time being to the. capital, but ' 
the construction of another in Bir- 
mingham, and a redistribution cen.*. 
ter to serve a large slice of tha 
north of England , may well lead to v 
important expansion plans. Mean- 
while, cxhibs are hoping to see for ' 
themselves, and are asking for a 
big screen preview,, in January. 



'PARAGON' LOOKS GOOD 
IN ITS SYDNEY DEBUT 

Sydney, Nov. 10. 

Whitehall Productions appears 
to have a click in Roland and 
Micli.TCl Pertwee's "The Paragon,'' 
which debuted this week at the 
Minerva. 

Kathleen Robinson, one of the 
directors of Whitehall. Richard 
Parry, another director, and Leslie 
Victor, an establish Character ac- 
tor in this zone, turn in very good 
performances. Balance of cast, 
mainly recruited from the radio 
field, -prove quite satisfactory, with 
special mention to Therese Des- 
mond for fine comedy relief. 

Play was splendidly directed by 
John Sykes, with sets . by Clcjii 
Kennedy. 



Austria Pix Industry 
In Worst Crisis Yet 

Vienna, Nov. 9. 
j Austria's postwar film industry 
l is currently feeling the pinch of 
I its worst crisis. Only two new pin 
j are being shot, "Beethoven ;'■ with 
Ewald Balser, and "Vagabonds," 
I with Paula Wessely, the film ver- 
I sion of her stage hit. The reason 
for the crisis is that the pix aren't 
anywhere nearly covering costs, 
, from 2,000,000 to 6,000,000 schil- 
lings per — $200,000 to ?600,000. 
) Domestic returns even of a b.o. ; 
hit yield only about 20'?^- of the 
nut. The rest has to come from 
' foreign markets, and only two re- 
cent pix have done well abroad. 
They are G, W. Pabst's "The 
j Trial " and "Angel With the 
I Trumpet," with We.ssely, from the 
bestseller by Ernst Lothar, for- 
ivmerly with U. S, Army Informa- 
' tion Services in Vienna. 

Investors are drying up, which 
■ includes both the government and 
banks. One ray of hope on the 
horizon is the recent deal with 
German Bizonia, to exchange one 
Austrian for four German pix, 
: which also called for the sale of 
i 12 others to Germany outside the 
deal. Hov/ever, the German funds 
are blocked and no one knows 
when they will reach Vienna, The 
Vienna daily, Neues Oesteireich, 
reported that 200 jjroducing units ' 
have turned out HO pix since th«' 
war,'';; ;■■/;:■ 



Habimah in the Red 

Tel Aviv, Nov. 1. 
After relurnine from U. S. tour 
to Israel, Habimah didn't open its 
new sea,son. 

I They're heavily in the red. 



'Turtle' NSG in Israel 

Tel Aviv, Nov. ). 
The only thing in the . Hebrew 
,vci'sion of John van Druten's com- 
edy, "Voice of the Turtle," that sur- 
.))assed the original was its Biblical 
■title. 

Unfortunately, the play itself was 
i very much inferior to the Ameri- 
,can production. The fault appar- 
lently was that it is strictly a local 
I American play. 



16 



PICTURES 



WcflneBday, Novemlier 17, 1948 



Picture Grosses 



Prov. Wails But W 
Wow 26G; 'Stampede' 
Fairly Good at $11,000 

r Providence, Nov. 16. 

It's the wailing wall here for 
most . stands this week with only 
Loew's Stale reporting a wow 
\vcek on "Julia Misbehaves." 
"Northwest Stampede" looks good 
at the Metropolitan.' 

Estimates for This Week 

Albec iRKO) (2,200; 44-65)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) and "Body- 
guard" iHKO). Fair $1-7,000. Last 
week, "Christmas Eve" (UA) (re- 
Issue) and "Montana Mike" (RKO), 
$12,300. 

Carlton iFay) (1.400; 44-65)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Life 
Willi Father" (WB) (3d downtown 
wk.i. Still strong at $7,000 in 
moveover from Majestic. Last 
week, VPeabody and Mermaid" 
(U) and "Ladv Midnight" (U) (2d 
l-un)i good SS.OOO. 

Fay's iFay) (1,400; 44-65)— 
"Three Daring Daughters" (M-G) 
(reissue) and vaude on stage. Fair 
$6,000. Last week, "Sitting Pretty" 
(20th) (reissue) and vaude on stage, 
okeh $7,000. 

Majestic iFay) (2,200; 44-65)— 
"June Bride" (WB) and '^Perilous 
Waters" (Mono). Slow $11,000. Last 
vocU, "Johnny Belinda" (WB) and 
"Life With Father" (WB) (2d wk.), 
nice 814,000. 

Metropolitan (Snider) (3,100; 44- 
65)— "Northwest Stampede" (EL) 
and "Olympic Games of 1948" 
lEL). Bi/; is picking up here, with 
good $11,000 or better likely. Last 
week, "Hold That Ghost" (Indie) 
and "Hired Wife" (Indie) (reissues), 
fair $9,000. 

State iLoew) (3,200; 44-65)— 
"Julid Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"The Soai-ch" (M-G). Wow $26,- 
000. La.st week, "Red River" 'UA) 
and "Manhattan Angel" (M-G) (2d 
wlc.), nice §18,000; 

Strand 'Silverman) (2,200; 44-65) 
—"Sealed Verdict" (Par) and 
"Leather Gloves" (Col). Mild $12.- 
500. Last week. "Night Has 1,000 
Kye.s" (Pari and "Racing Luck" 
(Par) i2d wkl, oke $9,000. 



H.O/s Slow Up Toronto; 
Tears^ Big $17,000, 4th 

Toronto, Nov. 16. , 
Six holdovers dominate biz here. 
, "Best Years" in fourtlt week, stiU 
I is turnaway. 'VRoad House" looks 
I only fair. 

I Estimates for Tliis Week 

Danfortlt (Odeon) (1,240; 36-60) 
-"Ruth Story" (Mono). Hefty $4,- 
500. Last week, "Dear Murderer" 

, (EL), $4,400. 

i Downtown (20th Cent) (1,063; 35- 
'65)— "Canon City" (EL) (2d wk). 
I Big $5,500 after last week's great 
$7,200. 

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 36-66)— 
"Rope" (WB) (2d wk). Okay $12,000 
after last week's big $14,800. 
I Locw's iLoew) (2,096; 36-66)— 
, "Julia MiSbeljayes" (M-G) (3d wk). 
Satisfactory $9,500 after last week's 
, nice $10,800. 

I Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 35-$1.20)— 
"Best Years" (RKO) I4th wk). StiU 
hefty at .SI 7,000 after last week's 
capacity $20,200. 

Shea's (FP) (2,386; 36-66)— "June 
•Bride" (WB) (2d wk). Fine $11,000 

' after last week's fancy $13,800. 

1 Tivoli (FP) (1,431; 36-66)— "Road 
House" (20th). Fair $5,000. Last 

I week, "Mourning Becomes Electra''. 
(RKO), $5,200. 

I Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 30-66)— 
"Hills of Home" (M-G) (2d wk). 
Big $12,000 alter' last week's strong 
$14,200. 

Victoria (FP) (1.260; 36-60)— 
"Black Eagle" (Coll. Satisfactory 
$5,000. Last week, "Blood and 
Sand" (20th) (reissues), okay $4,200. 



WASHINGTON 

(Continued from page 11) 
$16,000. liBst week, "Race Street" 
(RKO), slow $9,000. 

Little (Miller-Lopert) (287; $1.20- 
$2.40)— "Hamlet" (4th wk). Still 
strong at $5,000. Last week, $6,000, 

Metropolitan (WB) (1,163; 44-74) 
— "Hollow Triumph" (EL) and 
"Olympic Games" (EL). A bit dis- 
appointing $7.i>00. Last week, 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (2d run), 
slick $12,000 in 9 days. 

National (lleiman) (1,590; 85- 
$2.40)— "Red Shoes" lEL) (Sth wk). 
Juves • flocked to see this over 
scliool holidays, but discount 
clipped take down to $10,000. Last 
week, $11,000, also big. Holds 
again. 

Palace Locw'i.) (2,370; 44-74)— 
"When Baby Smiles At Me" (20th). 
Nice $i8,000f but not up to hopes 
considering holiday. La.st week, 
"Red River" (UA) (2d wk), fine 
$14,000. 



Inside Sbiff-Hctures 

Warner*, which transposed Maxwell Anderion't "K«y Largo" from % 
Broadway flop into « top-grossing film, hat turned down « rtequest f ronli 
Harold Freedman of the Brandt tt Brandt agency for mor* money tat 
the play. WB bought the opus for $25,000 after It htd closed Its short 

Broadway run two years ago. 

According to Warners, the purchase was a flat deal and any attempts 
by the agents to capitalize on the film's success is "ex post facto" rea» 
soning. Freedman reportedly based his request on the precedent set 
by David O. • Selznick, who paid an extra bonus to author Margaret 
Mitchell after "Gone With the Wind," which Selznick bought originally 
for $52,000, clicked on the screen. 

It was old home week when Capt. Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., reservist and 
wartime Signal .Corps photographic officer, recently returned to the 
service for a short training stint with the Army Pietorifs'; branch. For 
Lasky took part in production activity of the Signal Cor ~3 Photographic 
Center at the former Paramount, Astoria, N. Y., sli'dio. Structure 
originally was built, by his father for Famous Play e - -Lasky. Mean- 
while, Lasky; Jr., who's been a film, scribe for the 1 15 years, has 
had his second novel published. Dealing with emo'a .al experiences 
of Signal Corps officers upon returning from combat, book is tagged 
"Spindrift." 



Playhouse (LOpert) (432; $1.20- 
S2.40) — "Hamlet ' (U) (4Ui wk). Sir Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet,!' produced for J. Arthur Rank and 
Afternoons beginning to slipi but distributed : in the U. S. by .Universal; has continued to capture the 
still holding near strong $9,000 j Imagination of Yank journalists, thereby culling plenty of . action in 
after near-capacity $10,000 last cuffo publicity. Latest illustration of the fancy taken to the filmiza- 
weck. tion of .Shakespeare's tragedy is an editorial in the N. Y, Sunday Times 

Warner (WB) (2.154; 44-74) which urges widespread showings of the pic to Americals schoolroom 

population.; Times rarely comments editorially on a film; Another 



(WB) (2.154; 44-74) — 
"June Bride" (WB); Leads town 
with siz7ling $22,000. La.st week, 
"Sealed Verdict" (Par), below ex- 
pectancy with $14,000. 



recent instance was a fivc'^page treatise on Olivier by Life mag, whicli 
followed lengthy coverage of the film' itself in a previous issue. 



Mark: Hellinger's strained relations with the Warner Bros, studio 
were an open secret in Hollywood and generally, hence the latter-day 
show biz comment about renaming the Warner theatre on Broadway 
after the ,late columnist-producer. However, this is not WB's doingi. - 
since it sold the house to Anthony B. Farrell; Albany (N.Y.) manu- 
facturer who has been dabbling in legit production the past .year or 
so. and who is renaming it the Mark Hellinger. ' 



TOSE' FAST $16,000, 
CINCY; 'BRIDE' SAME 

Cincinnati, Nov. 16. 
Overall count for major stands 
remains above par for : third con- 
secutive loiind, with Armistice Day 
hypo and improved weekend trade 
noticeable.. Of the the 'three new 
bills currently, "June Bride" and 
"Road: House" are dead-heated for 
front money. . 

Estimates for This Week 
Albce (RKO) (3,100; 50-75)— 
"June Bride" (WB). Plump $16,000. 
Last week, "Song Is Born" (RKO), 
big $17,000. 

Capitol (.RKO) (2,000; 50-75)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) i3d wk) 
Swell $7 000 trailing $9,500 second 
■ :romp.: 

Grand iRKO) (1.400; !50-75)— 
"Hollov\ Triumph" (EL). Slow S5,- 
500. Labi week, "Cry of Cilv" 
(20lh). 9 da\'., quiet $7,500. 

Keith's iCily liiv.) (1,542; .')0-7.'"w 
—"Red River" (UA) ^?A wk). Roar- 
ing $12,500 after $19,000 preem lor 
theati-e's record of year. Holds 
■again. . 

L.vric (RKO) (1,400; 50-75) — 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (2d m.o.). 
Good .Ise.OOO. Last week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th) (m.o.), 4 
<la.vs, and "Slave Ship" (20th) and 
"Rose Washington Square" (20th) 
reissues), limp $4,500. 

Palace (HKOi (2,600; 50-75)— 
"Road Hou.se" (20th). Great $16.- 
OOO. Last week, "Station West" 
tRKO), $11,000. 

Shubert (RKO) (2.100; 50-75)— 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) dn.o.). 
Perky $7,000. La.st week, "Johnny 
Belinda" <WB) (m.o.), $6,500, 



Omaha Does Rave About 
'Belinda,' Stout $14,000 

Omaha, Nov. 16. 
"Johnny Belinda" witli rave no- 
tices and . great word - of - mouth 
looks • solid at the Paramount., 
"Raw Deal" at the Orpheum got 
under way a day late because of 
Fred Waring date Friday (12) but 
.shapes big at the Orpheum, "Walk 
Crooked Mile" started out well at 
Brandeis. 

Estimates fpr Thi$ Week 

Paramount (Tristates) (2,800; 16- 
65) _ '.rohnny Belinda" 'WB' 
Stout $14,000. Last week, "Apart- 
ment lor Peggy" i20th), big $12,- 
000. 

State (Goldberg) (865; 16-65)— 
"Moonrise" (Rep) and "Flirting 
with Fate" (Indie). Fair $4,000 or 
near. )Last week, "San Francisco" 
(M-G) and "Night at Opera" (iM-G) 
(reissues), smash $6,000.; 

Brandeis (RKO) (1,500; 16-65)— 
"Walk Crooked Mile'! (Col) and 
"Rusty Leads Way" (Col). Good 
S8,000. Last week, "Station West" 
I RKO) and "I Surrender Dear" 
(Col)), $8,500. 

Omaha (Tristates) '2,100; 16-65) 
-r^"Apartment for Peggy" :(20th) 
(in o.) and ''Checkered Coat" (20th) 
(1st run). Big $10,000. Last week, 
".Saxon Charm" (U) and "Let's 

: Live Again" ■(20th). $9,000. . 

, Orpheum (Tristates) (3 000; l(i- 
65)— "Raw Deal" (EL) and "Sofia" 
(FC) '6 days). Fancy $12,000. Last 
week. "Northwest Stampede" (EL) 
and "Shed No Tears" (EL), about 
same. 



Charles Einfeld reportedly dropped $400,000 personally in the Enter- 
prise unit, in which he was associated with David Loew. It is expected 
that the company will be liquidated. 

Loew is reported to liave almost $1,000,000 of his own money in the 
unit with very little likelihood of getting it out, since first in line is 
! Bank -of 'America. Latter is understood to have something over $8,- 
I 000,000 still to be liquidated. 



N.Y.C.Tax 



^ Continued from pat;e 3 

the meet, N. Y. revemiers from the 
oltice of Lazarus , (osephs, city coii- 
troHer, are now deinandiug to ex- 
amine all leases on theatres to as- 
sess a yearly tax on equipment. 
Refusal to turn over leases • lias 
been met by a citv move to fix an 
arbitrary proportion of yearly 
rentals as being paid for equip- 
ment. From this portion of the 
rental, the city seeks its 2% share, 
The Shuber(s are already bat- 
tling the tax, it w.a,s disclosed at 



'Julia' Behaves Well In 
K.C., Rugged at $16,000; 
lary' No Dice $12,000 

Kansas City, Nov. 16. 
Week is fairly well divided be- 

1 tween new bills and holdovers, 

1 with newcomers doing well. Lead- 

1 ing the town is ''Julia Misbehawes" 

i nifty at Midland. "For Love of' 

I Mary" i.s mild in the Tower^Up- 

itown-Fiurway combo. Weather 

I was lavorable over the weekend. 

I Estimates for This Week 

I Esiiuirc (Fox :Midwest) (820: 4.5- 
65)— "RoadhoiKse" (20tli) (m,o,). 
.Average $3,000, Last week. "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th) im.o,), 

, sa.me, ■ 

Kimo fDickinson) (.550; 35-45-65) 

— "Naked" Fiii-v" (Indie), iM.iy hit 
; S2,000 or bit les,s. Last week, 
I "Panic" ( Indie), $1,700. 
I Midland (Loew's) (3.500; 4.5-65)— 
' "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 

"The Search" (M-G). Solid at $16,- 
! 000 or near. Last week, "Gallant 
I Blade" (Col) and "Manhattan An^ 
I gel" (Col), mild 814,000, 

I-.. Orphciim (RKO) (1,900; 4!i-65)— , - , - „ 

"Song Is Born" iRKO) and "The Longacre theatre for broadcasting | in certain countries abroad. This is 
Prairie" (SG) (2d wk), Nice $10,- i Purposes. In reprisal, it was said, i frequently more prolitablc than the 
000, Last week; gi-eat $t6,000i: " — - , .. . .. . 



Rep-MPEA 

Continued from page 4 5;;$ 
ter joined the MPEA. are planning 
to follow the Goldwyn-Sel/nick- 
Disney lead. Contracts with the 
' organi/.ation expire at diflcrent 
times for different territories and 
it may be expected that many of 
the irt'dies will gradually pull out 
, by failing to renew pacts. 

Objections 
Indies object to going along with 
', the MPEA on a number of grounds. 
One thing is the fact that it pre- 



^. , yents them from making deals with 

.the meeting. They refused to make j the various agents who oO'er dol- 
available their lease on renting the lars in Ntw York for rights to Rims 



Paramount (Par) (1,900; 45-65)— 
"Johnny Belinda" iWB) (2d wk). 
Solid $11,000, liokls again. Last 
I week, strong S 15,000. 

Ko.xy (Durwood) (900; 45-65)- 



"Dude Goes West" (Mono) and [levy for the pa.st eight vears. Now, 
I "Smart Woman" (Mono). Topping, he declared, all theatre men are 
average at $3 ,500. La.st week, 1 faced with the . possibility of fork- 

r^^'^o.- P^K ,'0 , ' A""^ "PlV'iRn out penalties and back taxes 
Games' (EL) (2d v\k), good $2,800. 1 running to many millions of dol- 
Towcr - Uptown - Fairway (Fox lars. Contending that the City 
Midwest) (2,100, 2,043, 700; 45-65) council had never intended the law 
— "For L9ve . ot' Mary" (U) 
; favorable reviews' and biz 
mild $12,000, Last week, "Road 
house" '20th), nice $15,000. 



the city has apportioned 15% of ' divvies' received "from MPEA. 
the rental as on equipment and is I Secondlv the nrnfiiifP.-s i.irp in 
demanding 2% yearly from that , ,et-.rconVro?of't'he^^^^^^^^ 

' Bi- indl pointed out that the city ' [{jf u°Tver""to ' somecme'' e"lsc"'To 
had made no effort to collect the I .,efl. Ttodly,* they object ?i hav- 

ing their income from MPEA ter- 



Un- to apply to theatre leases, he said 



looks J "some genius in the tax department deals. 



ritories determined by the domes- 
lie gross of their distributing com- 
pany. That's the formula on which 
MPEA melons are sliced. Indies 
don't see what the distrib's US. 
income has to do with them, .so 
they prefer to make their own 



BALTIMORE 

(Continued from page 9) 
$3,500. Last week, "Belle Starr" 
(20th) (reissue), $3,900. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-60)— 
"Road House" (20th) (2d wk). 
Maintaining good pace at $8,000 
after solid $13,200 opener. 

Stanley (WB) (3,280; 2.5-75)— 
"June Bride" tWB). Fine $17,000. 
i.ast week, "Sorry, Wrong Nunir 
ber" (Par) f2d wk), neat $8,500. 

'I'own (Rappaport) (1,500; 35-65) 
—"Song Is Born" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Oke $8,000 after fine $13,700 
Qpcner. 



SEATTLE 

(Continued from page 9) 
after landing great $13,600 last 
week.' ■,. ■'■ ■ ,■■; 

Music Box ai-E) (850; 50-84)-^ 
"Belinda" (WB) and "I Surrender" 
(Col) (m.o.). Great $5,500. Last 
week, "Touch of Venus" (U) and 
"Sword of Avenger" (EL) (3d wk), 
oke $3,900. 

Music Hall (II-E) (2,200; 50-84) 
—"This Is N. Y." (UA) and "The 
Creeper" (20th). Very dim $5,000; 
Last week,. "Hollow Triumph'' (EL) 
and "Mickey" (EL), sad $3,500 in 5 
day.s, 

Orpheum (H-E) (2,600; 50-84)— 
"June Bride" (WB) and "Sofia". 
iFC). Great $13,000. Last week, 
"1 Surrender'' (Col) and "Belinda" 
(WB) (2d wk), $10,200. 

Paloniar (Sterling) (1.350; 40-65) 
—-"Rose Washington Square" (2Qth) 
and "Belle Starr" (20th) (2d runs). 
Fair $4,000 or le.ss. Last week, 
I "Blandings House" (SRO) and 
I "Luck of Irish" (20th) (2d runs), 
, $4,300, 

I Paramount (H-E) (3,039; 50-84)— 
' "Good Sam" (RKO) and "Arizona 
Ranger" (RKO) (2d wk). Good $9,- 
000, after landing $11,600 last 

Roosevelt (Sterling) (800; 50-84) 
—"Forever Amber" (20th) and 
"Thunder Hoof" (Col) (2d run). 
Modest $3,000. Last week, "Easter 
Parade" (M-G) and"Embraceable 
You" (VV9) (2d runs), $2,900. 



Taradine' Great $21,000, 
Mont'l; 'RacheF $14,000 

Montreal, Nov. 16, 
New entries are in ail houses this 
week but one: and will put new life 
into biz. "Paradinc Ca.se" and 
"Rachel and Stranger" looks best. 
"The Search" at the Imperial doing 
capacity, continues solid in .second 
week. '•■ ■:■.,■ ^ ■■,. . 

Estimates for This Weetc 
Loew's (C. T.) (2,855: 40-65) 
"Paradine Case" (SRO). Great 
.S2] 000. La.st week, "Date With 
Judy" (M-G) (3d wk), okay $12,000. 
I Capital (C. T.) (2.412: 34-60) — 
I "Velvet Touch" (RKO). Okay $12,- 
000. Last week, "-Evil My Love" 
! (Par), nice $14,.500. 

! Palace (C. T.) (2,625; 34-60) — 
! "Apartment lor Peggy" (20th), 
I Solid $16,000 or near. Last week, 
! "Lady in Ermine" (20th) $14,300. 
Princess (C. T.) (2.131; 34-60)— 
"Rachel and Stranger" (RKO).. 
Nice $14,000. Last week, "A & C 
Meet Frankenstein" (U) (3d wk), 
fair $9,000. 

Impprial (C. T.) (1.839: 26-45)— 
"The Search" (M-G) and "Close- 
Up" (Col) (2d wk). Good .$8,000 
following sock fir.st week at $10,000. 

Orpheum (C. T.) (1.040; 26-45)— 
"Jezebel" (WB) and "Robin Hood" 
(WB) (reissues), Pas.sable $6,000 or 
near. Last week, "Canon City" 
(EL) and "Singing Spurs" (Col) (2d 
wk), $5,809. , 



saw the opportunity of getting ad 
ditional revenues" from an indus- 
try already carrying a l«ll burden 
of .taxes.^ .: 



This makes it miieh tougher for 
I the MPEA, since; the foreign 1116- 
L-no^olles and ' organizations with ; 
„„„„ , , . ,. , , ^ [which it deals frequently use the 
'•'^ P*'"' ' available indie product as a club 



rtrollcr Jcsephs "and if necessary 
the Mayor" was vetoed in favor of 
I first researching the law and prep- 
iping for all contingencies via a 
body of tax experts. 

New application of the law would 
apply to all legit producers who 
customarily rent houses for the run 
of the show. It also covers the hun- 
dreds of N. Y. flickerics wliich are 
rented rather than owned. 



Par-20th 

Conlinned from 'page 4 



Aga Khan 

Continned iTvm ii.%ge s 



announced within tlie next 10 daysv 
EL Will open its shuttered studio 
the first week in January. It plans 
production of seven A's by the end 
of March. Company will continue 
its policy of farming out most of 
its films to such producers as 
Bryan Toy, Walter Wanger, Paul 
Henreid and others. 

In all, the company expects to 
have soine ia top films turned out 
I for it during the coming year. No 



■ pany insolvency. The ordinary 
merger was regarded by the court 
, as a way of buying out competition 
I by taking the competitor into part- 
i nersliip. ' 

I It will be urged on the statalory 
' court that the history of the hard- 
ship mergers was entirely diflerent 
»>nd had no relationship to monop- 
oly expansion. In those instances, 
the major originally owned the 
theatres 100% but sold an interest 
in them to outside exhibs as a way 
of raising coin. As part of the deal, 
in many cases, the partner was 
guaranteed the right of operation 
so that he could protect his invest- 
ment. 

An additional defense is being 
prepped by Par which will follow 
the same line of tactics used by \ 



I change m its production policy is 1 Metro during last week's pre- 
envisaged so far as the proportion adjourned hearings. Company will 
of pix made by EL compares with ' come forward with proof that it 
those produced by indies. By far, ' has been negotiating competitivelv 
the largest number will come from , to sell its product to Td^es This 



outside sources but with the con- 
tinued iiile that EL must share in 
the financing and profits. 

Krim returns to the Coast late 
this week. 



reformed" way of doing business 
will be pointed up as giving the 
indie a bigger portion of Para- 
mount product even, at times, at 
the expense of « pqi-tner. 



Vc<lne8d»y» November 17, 1948 



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TOP ALL WIDMARK 



INCLUDING THE 




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m HO NAME ! 



NEW YORK 
LOS ANGELES 
WASHINGTON 
ST. LOUIS 
PHILADELPtilA 
BALTIMORE 

CHICAGO 
OKLAHOMA CITY 



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SPYROS 
P. SKOURAS 

35th 
Anniversary 
Celebration 
.SEPT,26-DEC. 25 
Inclusive! 



) SHOWMEN CELEBRATE 




FOX WEEK, NOV. 21-21! 



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PI€T1JBES 



Wedndsda^, November 17, 194S 



Eastman May Join 
Consent Parade; 
Votes Neat Diwy 



ASCAP 

' Continued from pice I 



i Circuit Court of Apt)eals fdi* a stay 
vvith the butcoine ill doubt, Bavrefl 
fi*bm. collecting liceitse fees- ttbtiti. 
|,theatres, It must 4so pay Witliin 
•10 days all sUijiis reiCeived by it 
from the: exhib-plaintiffs during tlie 
- ii(r,ci,;n«tnn ic period following March 15, '48. On 

TT -cf r«,^?.~.-cSlhat date, ASCAP stipulated that 

First break m the Government s ,( ^ received frora the plaintiffs 

^T^n^f T'."in"iLfn. S;.^™.t,''F^'^ *>« held iU eSCPOW 

S kidak is einected to e ' ■''"^ ^''^ Pl^'n"^''' ^» t"™' <1™PP^<* 
?akc>„ S a pre-trial hearing [n Los , ;:PP»«««on for a temporary in- 

Angeles Monday (22), at ^vhich 



While the present injunction is 
limited to collection of theatre 
*u A^tr^A^^t-^ ,.«-^,.,i..f . Ices, some industry attorneys be 

" lieve the, very existence of the or- 



time it's reported that Eastman 
will seek torbreak away as one oi 



« separate consent decree. 

Suit was brought by the Dept. 
of .lustice agamst the 'two firms 
.several years' ago on charges thai 
Teclmi controls a monopoly on 
the making of color films. East- 
man was brought into the case as 
manufacturer of all Techni raw 
stocft.: Suit has lain dormant,; how- 



ganization ' is threatened > by the 
suit. On this scOre, it's noted, the 
society has - been labelled an 
"illegal combination." As such, it is 
argued tliat the group is in-an in- 
defensible position if radio net' 
works, ' restaurants, or any other 
fee-paying individual or concern 



vcr, with the L. A. hearings „e>£t ! challenges it in the courts. 



week marking the first' real prog- 
ress towards settlement. 



A group such as ASQi^P its pre- 
ferred by the hetworKsi antf: 'pth#js 

because it affords an easy channel 

■ '■'-^i . i-, . 1 for clearing ; performance rights. 

Stock-Cash Divvys However, any one disgruntled in- 

Rochester, Nov. 16. dividual could put the society in 
Holding the line on cash divi- , jeopardy by legal action. The 
dends due to requirements for ] individuals can upset the system 
capital expansion, Eastman Ko- 1 for an entire industry, it is now 
dak's board of directors today de- j argued. 

clared a stock dividend on the i Spotlighting the drastic form 
outstanding 12,380,065 shares at [that the injunction has taken is 
the rate of one share for each 20 i one provision which bars ASCAP 
held, payable Jan. 22 to stock- , f^m hereafter obtaining any mo- 
holders of record Dec. 24 Board , tion picture performing rights on 
also declared a cash dividend ot I music from its own members. 
50c. a share on the common stock i Hence, while the court has refused 
for the quarter and the regular | jo o^der divorcement of these 
<;n'^'^^"*l °" P^^ei^ed stock frights now in ASCAP's hands it has 
of ,$1.50 per share. ■ (stopped ; future assignments by 

Cash dividends on common stock I ,|)(;„^l,eris ■ 
total $1.60 this year equaUing the i other Injunctions 

melon sliced in 1947. In addition, Additionally, ASCAP is forth- 
the board awarded a record-brealc- enjoined from enforcing per- 

l.'JI ^^^^L^^''}^^^^, nt^" formance rights against exhibs 



TEXAS VARIETY CLUBS 
FETE O'DONNEL, DEC. 4 

Dallas, JNfov. 16. 

Texas exhibitors and other show 
biz toppers from coast to coast will 
help R. J, O'Dbnnell celebrate 
nearly a- quarter of a ■ century in 
show business. 

The national chief barker pf 
Variety Clubs International will be 
guest, of honor at a testimonial ban- 
quet , given ' by the Texas Variety 
Clubs Dec. 4, Among those who 
have already accepted invitations 
to attend - are - Bob -Hope and Ex^ 
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New 
Jersey. 

O'Donnell is a native of Chi- 
cago, where he started his show 
business career as a theatre usher. 
He later spent some years in New 
York in various theatrical capaci- 
ties. But since lie came to Texas 
25 years ago, he has become the 



Film Reviews 



Contlnueil irom- pace 13 j 



The Mozart Slory Soldier," the flhn is considerably 
forts. Its dialog Is in English, the than the stage version, Cel- 

American production firm haVing .™«d'"m h 

dubbed complete translation of ^ap ured the salty^^^^^^^ 
original German speech for release I Pol'^ii port Gdynia where a 
in the U. S. Unfortunately, though, i Swedish captain is at his wit's end 
"Mozart Story" appears to have a 
limited American market. Film also 
is too leisurely in pace. 

Dialog suffered in the transla- 
tion; it is well spoken by uncred- 
ited American voices, verbiage ber 
ing often stilted and too ■ often not 



tryittg to decide whether 6t ridt 
to sail fpr Spain, Avith a muiiitiona 

iSandwichefl lit the s to r y are ; 
ieveral murders whlclj take place ' 
hear the sordid \iraterfront< ■ ; : ' 
..16 ..i.e.. a.iiicv.. Thesping is well done by a long • 

in keeping witli the plot develop- topped by .idolf Jahr, whose 
ment. The additional footage in- Portrait of the .captain is very 



tended to explain more fully why 
Mozart's genius was so little appre- 
ciated in his lifetime not only runs 
too long but looks like the padding 
that it is, 



portrait of the .captain is very 
realistic. George Fant turns in a 
striking portrayal as a -sailor.' Also 
excellent is Danish actress Ilona 
Wieselmann as the German rtfu- 



gee. Incidentally, this marks het 
HanV Holt brings surprising , debut in a Swedish film,' 
rnVt^'^rdP^TPxin Tn^rVp^riin^ : vigcv to the Mozart character,!, Hampe Faustman's direction 
filur/on thp TPxr/thltrP^ ~ Wnnie Mftx-kus suffices as | »tf . thmgs movmg at a .switt 

figure on the Texas theatre scene. , ^jg ^ife, Irene von Moverdorff is I P«c? i"? t'»is Rune Waldecrantz 
V V Pi-.„p'mr=.ii,« nj„«.r '^^^y ^s the gal who ditches Mo- pr<"'ncUon. Screenplay of Herbert 
N. 1. PLiiie to Dallas Dinner . ^gj-t for an operatic career. He- 
Variety Club members in New 1 mainder of cast is passable. 



York - area and elsewhere in the 
east expect to charter a DC-6. air^ 
liner to take them to the testi- 
monial' dinner for Bob O'Donnell 
of Interstate Theatres to be held 
in Dallas Dec. 4, Arrangements for 
the plane arc being made through 



$13,000,000 for 51,500 employees 
in all of the company's operations. 
Last year, $11,600,000 was divided 
amopg 49,300 employees. 



Metro's Ceiling 



Continned from page 7 



distribs or producers so long as it 
continues "as an illegal combina- 
tion." Both ASCAP and Its mem- 
bers are i-estrained -from- . demand- 
ing or agreeing with producers as 
a condition for granting synchro- 
nization rights that the right to ex- 
hibit the film be limited to theatres 
having an ASCAP license. ■ 



Big 4 Cracks 

Continued from pace 3- 



, The musical excerpts fi-dhi 
"Magic Flute," ''Abduction from 
Seraglid.'' :'The Re(iuiem,'' "'Mar-" 
riage of Figaro," and "Don Gio- 
vanni" providis some brighter mo' 
ments,, AU this is bacjtgroundied by 
_ the Vienna Philharmonic Orches- 
Chick Lewis in cooperation with i tra, and aided by the Vienna State 
the Dallas Banquet Committee. I Opera. All of the singing is in Ger- 
The DC-6 will leave N. Y. the i'ri- ' and, oddly enough, does not 
day preceding the dinner and re- ' seem incongruous with ' the cast 
turns Sunday, Dec. 5. , spouting English dialog. 

This version of Mozart's life em- , , - . 

DhaSizes the h.innipi' na««9ir<><! hfc PinelU; camera. Friti.Wodltzka. At Apol- 
f oiriv wsEi, .passages, his lo, viehna. Running time. IBO SUNS. ^ 

I early death . being Overshadowed 
i her* by the politico feud and his 
yen for his early swfeetheart. Story 
has Blozart forced to turn out 



Grevenius is a fine bit of script- 
ing. Winq, 



Imminent Exit 

Contikiued (Foiii page 7 ; 



Little Melody from 
Vienna 

("Kleine Melodie aus Wien") 
(AUSTRIAN) 

Vienna, Oct. 26. 

.Fi'ltt Erban release o( Excelsior Fibn 
production.' Stara Paul HocrbiKcr, Maria 
Andcrgasti features Annie Rosar, Fritx 
Imhoff, Fritz Lehmann. TheodoF - Danes* 
geri Herta Dolezel. Directed by E, w; ' 
Erao Sereenplay, Emo and Fran/ Tasiilc,' 
from story by Fritz Koaelka and Lillian' 
Belmont: music, Robert Stolz: lyrics. Aldo 



ning to wonder whether it's worth 
the chance. . 

The "semi-independent'' deal 
has characterized Phase II of the 
great surge to : indie production 
that resulted from the capital gains 
urge at the close of the war. Phase 
I was the advent on a large scale 
of the f ully-rindependent producer, 
who provided all of bis own coin 
and kepi all tlie profits, paying out 
only a fee for distribution of his 
picture. The hazards of a declin- 
ing domestic boxoffice and disap- 
pearing overseas market soon 



■ "Little Melody Frohi VijBnna is 

, a richly entertaining picture which 

"Clemency of Titus," a fiifl opera ' rises well above the quality of re- 



in 18 days, this effort leading to 
his early demise. Wear. 

Malacarne 

("For the Love of Mariastella") 
(ITALIAN) 

_ Veauvio mm release of Sicilian Films 
Organization production. Feature* Mariel- 

nirJ'^^ii' iPHl", 7^"=i', Amedco Naz/ari. 
Directed by Natale Dl Cristiha. .Screen- 
play. Ovtdio Imara; atory. Zucca Mercantl; 
camera, Giuseppe La Torre. Previewed 
N. X„ Oct a, '48. Runuirig time, 



cent Austrian product. Aided by 
the fine score of Robert Stolzj the 
film should register at the b o. in 
the local market and is a likely 
prospect for U. S. art house audi- , 
ences. 

Script displays a strong sense of 
humor and clear conception of 
dramatic housing: problems In un- 
folding a touching tale' of a war 
widow who lost her home: Hous* 
ing office assigns her to two rooms 



MarUrteila .. .. Marieiia Lotti t in the house of a professor. An^ 
oteUo Toai noyed because he must share his 



Rais* t?o ■ An«<l«" Naz«ri 



„. „ «ais I'letro Giovanni Grn7«"« I ^^'^ unpleasant 

made the sources of financing du- ^in th* Hunchbacit Umberto SpaK toward the new occupant until he 



bious for this type setup and the ; Ho?o"hno 
indie started to become, in the past Don Popo 
year, a rare bird. ' 

Second Phase 

It was tlien that the second 
phase started. Many top name 
players, directors and producers 
were unable to provide their own 
financing, but were likewise un- 



clared., "Only one or two of these 
crop up each year," I 
Nonetheless, he said, the Com- [ 
pany has no intention of abandon-; 
ing the project. Explaining why! 

Metro had dropped Louis deRoche- I , ,„^ :'jj,.„„„..;. _ ^„„„,, . 

mont's producUon of "Lost Bound- | 

aries," which depicts how a Negro ' .«> ^"Tc'^i^^L^ nn .r!^« i Jnt 
crosses the color line 'i-^'"^' c»iH i Piwision is a ban on cross-licens- 

the film finally . was 
$l,300i000 and that 
too high for the 

"While we have not fixed a ceiling I .. . ■ m,. n. . u .ji r , , . ,. . - - „ - ,. „ , -- ■ „„v„i,.., 

on the cost of those specialized majors. The other half | had by digging up their own coin, a native fisherman— one against a 
films we realize thev have only a ' w**"^'' 8° '"^'^ exhibs in towns i but it did give them a chance at a ' nionster, and the other a futile, 

limited market and must be kept, compete with affil- capital gains claim when the tax ^o'^a"?/'?. Ody.ssey — the picture's 



falls in love >vith her. 

Maria Andergast wins sympathy - 
as the pretty widow while Paul 
Hoerbiger stands out as the prof. 
Balance of the cast is adequate. 
Stolz's title nuinber Is a lilting 
, , , tune, as are his "Violet Blue" and 

(In Italian; English Titles) | "Three Brownles."- 
While the Sicilian-made film I Fritz Woditzke capably handled 
Malacarne," undoubtedly is tech- , the lensing. Production values are 
' " ■ -'aiulnrd. MmSs. 



Margherita Nicosia 
... Carletto 

Canncn Rosctta Roiniino 

.The Poor Woman; j , : : . Piera Paci 

Th." T^X'S"'"" Ciov.nVl Baia.-d 

ami fi. J'u'!?,^' c ■ ■ • • •„ t-'irino 
and the Utile Simonelio, 




same autonomy they might have i t'own to stress the twin battles of 



WB's Profit 

Continued from page i 



down," ■ 

Metro is planning no radical^ 
change in. the genre of pix which !!\, , , ,„„ . , , . .,, 
it will make next year, Schary nght and 102 in partnership with 
added. Asked whether the com- •'"'""'^ interests. Negotiations 



iates. 

NT, wholly-owned subsid of ; a 

owns some 334 houses out- r 75% or 80? 



up with a gross of $39,565,000 for 
the same three months. 

According to the present finan- 



collectOr catwe around; That means ^^PlPJtational possibilities would 

25% tax: instead of p0s.sibly a ?,! greatly enhanced. However, Jn 

% or 80% nick. • ; "^W- it; will find i^^^^^^ , . 
The studios originally liked f'^''?"?^'^ to find piaffing time even i^^^'"^^^''-fty^¥'^f^^^^^^^ 
these deals because they thus w .^,^6; houses mth gatroh-- f?''^ the rest of the mdustry;f,Thf 
■ ^ '"-'e. , : gross of all seven majors is ex- 
Technicolor musicals he answered- : own initiative without the knowl- I available. Also, some- lot, ...r-h aJ:^'^ a small Sicilian Pected to show up with a 10% drop 
"Certainly, they're ' still making 1 ^^ge of the other majors. Para ,. . , . ^ ^ , ^, . ^« ......... „..«u.-,u « sea monster- 
money " mount previously attempted a this kind of setup— or at least one has driven the tuna awav 

Production topper saw "Bov With separate settlement but was unable ; m which they could put up part of , Tosi lurns in the bcsl pVrform- 

Green Hair" on the Coast beforer to coi-ne to an agreement with the ' the hnancmg— because they insist- ance. Thesping of other players is I 



pany will continue making" costiV ' ''•'s said, were conducted on 20ttfs I access to names not " otherwise 

:ii.-..i *t.- I available. Also, some' lots, such 



ctraining east. Despite reports , Government, 
that the pic would be revised under ■ 
Ifoward Hughes" s u p e r vi s i o n, ; 
Schary declared: "They haven't I 
changed a single thing in the film." 
For this reason, he said, he per- i 
initted; his name to be used as pro- 
ducer.. ■ 



Theatres' Streneth 



ClO-AFL Battle 

i Continued from page 5 



0 



SAG-Reagah 

Continued from page T 



i are ordered. The next meigt before 
I the NLRB is set for Monday (22). 
I SOPEG and the Screen Public- 
lists Guild; meanwhile, are hitting 
1 back at the companies' riefusal to 
(renew their contracts With con-. 
I tinuation:' of picket : lines before; 
recorded | Broadway theatres. A national 
' "Don't Go to ■ the Movies Day" 
is slated to come off tomorrow 
(Thur.s.). The most recent film tar- 



stein monster just as 
music has done for musicians. 

Treasurer's report, read by Paul 
Harvey in the absence of George 
CJiandler, showed a net surplus of , gt-tted by the unions is 20th-Fox's 
!S585,952, but declared the Guild "The Snake Pit" at the Rivoli, 
will meet heavy expenses in or- where the unions have been con- 
ganizing the television field. i centrating. Union circulars distrib- 

Reagan in a formal report, rie- ' vied to passersby read; "Don't Go 



ed on having a piece of the film, generally mediocre. Direction is i Remarkably strong showing by 
Ihey eon!,idored it unprofitable to often faulty. Camerawork gets in Warners in the gross revenue 
take on a straight indie for a dis- |pme nice seascapes on occasion. ' column is again telling the story of 
tribution fee. Now Col is one of *^"ni is bound to experience diflfi- 1 theatre strength during Ihe year 
the lots which is giving most , C"'ty with both goxernmental as posed against continued weakness 
thought to ending this type of ar- '^^f",^"' Clement , i n the production-distribution 

rangement. , I JJouenias English titles are ade- ' ■■ - ..■f - 

Result will probably be a grad- ' ^"''te. 



ual return over the next few years 
to the old-fashioned; plan of Con- 
tract producers accounting for 
virtually all of the Hollywood 
output. 



f roiiiinaniie llaniii 

(Strange Harbor) 
(SWEDISH) 

Stockliolm, Oct. 27. 

;S_andrcyv-Bauman-Film release of nunc 



branch of the industry, fiscal pun- 
dits believe. Affiliated theatre 
chains are reporting a boxoffice 
dip which ranges between 10%and 
i 20% while profits have declined 
some 25%. Distrib losses, on the 
other hand, swing between 60% 



SIMPP Considered 

Continued from page 3 r— 



|fuTes's1.1l'M;&^^ Theatre biz has gotten its lift, 

' ^SSiu S?^'?, Wo'ms'iom, Carl Strom. Di- ' according to one affiliate circuit 
' at^r'^^Ssf'STSi, ^^rT& f«ster changeoff of 



seph K,ieiigrcni camera, caiie Ediundi h'ju- i Programs duWrtg the cUrrent year; 
remarks on his physical fef- '^^^^A-^rZr^'^f^ 



Ux bill before Congress which know because we are in it," 
■ Would disallow deduction of w<ird- i . , .Lot:a" 

robes purchased by actors for film, aimed io reveal SOPEG's alleged 



liani Levy* Coi-oign sales head for 



Masthuggct 
Gutlcn 



«. x^„.„w V'^^. Coy consisted of Grad sew.ra „. Ake'^md^J grosses which^^W^^^ 

vealed the Guild was opposing a m. 'The Snake Pit' is terrible. We >9«'-s/rez Secld^l^^io ' ■.•V.V.. Go\Vr.UiK ^'iPPin^ 

because we are in it" JJJsney. pie/, ot Walt Disney Pro- fnst onwnecr c.m .sn-o m . have been maintainpri hv c^nrfino 

.arii-63 u« ^"th tactics ^"^ill^rrofr^' ''V'"f^^ ^Vlfi^ ^.liTE ^heshZil^^ 

i io reveal SOPEG's alleged t^':!r?'„?.!'^^.:!.>J^_?'-°''V*-'^'?"-^;.Wil- c;hrjsu^„^, , ■';:^'u.,»;5?i; Practice, hoWn^^^^^ 

■^dX^ '^^^^ ^"^^ With the resultant dive . 
.. ,iGeors: Skarstcdt 'U net profits of the sales depart- 
that would discriminate against ac- take over jurisdiction of the home- i ^5dd'lv'^PnnNffl,"n,'p m'^i^.^M^l," ' -' , ^"^'"^"^ ments. The faster releasing sched- 
tors. office field since the whitecollarites j cov's nam" Ttn iifp'^i?MPp" ' With an «rm..-.m«,„,n„« , "l^s caused -by the slide in ex- 
Reagan said SAG is ready to join were oi-ganized about seven 
AVith producers in "sound program ago. One of the chief levers 

of advertising and public relations'' current drive is. the power c. mt; iiu-i m-ii me ni- wonin - - «- f> ;>"i- u • « * - - 

designed to get customers into the- parent union, International Alli- continue lor the next four vp- '"'"'^ '®n<^-'' itself naturally pusiness. While Hollywood is turn- 

atres, adding that, if necessary, the ance of Theatrical Stage Em- ' with a "right euv" chairman for exploitation and looms as a '"S out films cheaper than last 

Guild Will "build a bonfire under ployees. which already controls .since stepping into r bm^^^ s»rofire gro,s,ser in .Sweden, Over- fear, the^ n^^^ 

the producers lo get them moving" (he niajor sectors of organized film (here's little question but that Co; Base 1 h'e lo°en"h kV balancTne IhP^lfrnT'?^ °* 1' 

' ' " »ff -i^h the radio industrj^ , grei^^%LV'^''L';;k';,or'''swS SS'MLKoXST 



work. Guild is also opposing tax ,' clo.se tieup with the Communi.st ; tj. ■ , „ . 

provision in foreign tax treaties party, is making its biggest bid to I g^"^^.' counsel l?om the Coast ' ToivS""'"'^ 

..Oildly enough, the projection of | 




20 



PICTURES 



Wednestlay, November 17, 1948 



Clips from Film Row 



NEW YORK 

; : In a reshuffle of the sales setup, 
Paramount has promoted a number 
of staffers from the ranks. Edward 
Maloney advances from sales man- 
ager in Boston to branch head in 
Albany. He replaces Ed Ruff, re- 
signed. In Buffalo, salesman Mau- 
rice Simon takes over from Man* 
nie A. Brown, resigned. Jack 
Brown, New Haven salesman, be- 
comes. Boston sales manager. 
Others npped are John Kane to 
salesman; Wendell Clement to 
booking manager; John McMahon 
to salesman, and Anthony Has^mer 
to booker. 



Fadial, sold to J. A. Guest, who 



! with Jim Alexander. Latter has 

sold out his interest to Moore and 

will retire. 
Kenneth iBud) Hahn, who has 

been doing relief managing for 
I Harris circuit, goes to circuit's 

main office. 



'Wha' Hoppens?', Studios Ask 



continued from paie 7 i 



TOLEDO 

Conrad Keining. formerly as- 
sistant manager . at Palace and 
. Falls, Akron, : new manager at Lib- 
erty in that city, g, 

The Rit«, new 6ll-seater, likely 
will be completed March 1; House 
Is being built for ^Maryland Thea- 
tres Corp., Washington, D. C, at 
estimated cost of $160,000. 

For third time in eight years, 
Cambridge, O., voters turned down 
a proposal to permit filmf on Sun- 
day. 

DALLAS 

L. N. Crim, owner of Community 
Theatres group in Ft. Worth, an- 
nounced purchase of the Liberty 
there. . House was owned and oper- 
ated by the estates of W. G; Under^ 
wood. Leon Lewis and Aron Kahn, 
and the- only survivor of the origi- 
nal owners, Dave Bernbaum. 

Martex theatre at Marlin, oper- 
! ated: primarily for. Negro patron- 
age by Sam Palasota, purchased by 
Fred Bielamowriez, of : Bremond. 
He operated the Texan at Bremond 
which was dfestroyed . by fire re- 
cently. 

Crystal and Uptown theatres, 
operated at Hubbard by Johnny 



owns the oppo^tion Texas. . . Erie territory, resigned 

Bob Warner now sole owner of , Charlie Truran, Jr., formerly 
Port at Port Aransas following „,ith Warner circuit in Parkers- 
purchase of half interest held in , burg va., resigned to go with 
the house from his partner, Forrest National Screen Service as sales- 
Uunlap. ... man; replaces Ed Levin, who quit.: 

• A zoning ordinance amended by ; » , , ita i_ 

Coi-pus Christi city council so that , Jack Meadow, UA salesman, 
permits for construction of drive- transferred from West Virginia 
ins might be issued. There are area to Main Line territory, 
about six applications pending. i Pawl Reith, RKO office manager, 
Henry H. Martin, Universal's to Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., 
Oklahoma City exchange managcri : for operationi 



,to start by Christmas. Like the 
Al Glaubinger, RKO^salesman in ! ottier production-minded studios. 



promoted to branch chief here. His 
vacated post in Oklahoma being 
filled by Charles W. Hudgens, sales- 
matt in that exchange. 



ST. LOUIS 

Most ot St- Lbtiis county; drive- 
ins planningi'to. shutter this week.; 
A I RANV I Higher cost of film product 

* ! caused Basil O. Clark, owner of 

;Carl Dickerson; manager of iFreeburg, Freeburg, 111;, .to hike 
Strand in Ogdensburg, N. Y., j his admission . for first time since 
named manager of Schine's Capitol house was lighted, • ■ 

j!,*i?™"r**;?'*?^'^T?°* H. M. Gilly, 11 years manager 
Rialto, Little Palls; Liberty, Her- of pox Midwest houses in We-st 
kimer and Ilion. He succeeds Glen | pi anktort. 111., upped to city man- 
Lazaar, transferred to Amsterdam ; gger for same circuit in Mt. Ver- 
as city manager. Ray S. Nelson ^on. 111.; succeeds Homer Marvel, 
moves into Dickerson^- old spot ' ^^.^y gjcit leave. 

^'^Xs^ot^'Sre nnened in Svra Frank' L. Plumiee, recently re- 
cuse bv Albert GUbert onetfme "^ned as district manager for The- 
nroorietor of the HmI^I' i atre Enterprises, Inc., in Kansas 

proprietor ot tne Hiviera. i ^.^ purchased stock in a 10- 



James Morgan resigned as man- 
ager of Warners Delaware to enter 
automobile : accessory , business in 
Hudson Falls. He had been with 
WB five years. 

Edward Ruff bowed out Nov. 13 



theatre -syndicate in Missouri head' 
ed by Tom Edwards; succeeds 
Harold Harris, who goes to The- 
atre Enterprises. 
Fred Wehrenberg hosted mem 




as Albany manager for Paramount hers of Better Films Council of 
after two years in that spot and Greater St. Louis at annual cinema 
26 years with the company. Ruff ■ t*a. 

will spend some time in Chicago i Fv J. Lee succeded Joe Wood- 
and Florida before returning to ward as St: Louis branch manager 
the picture biz. :. . ifor Eagle Lion; Woodward joined 

iDelf Theatres, Inc., Milwaukee. 

nUI A 14 A i H. C. Wells, general manager of 

\jmi\nt\ Sparta Theatres. Inc., Sparta, 111., 

Omaha's first woman manager, • purchased a lot - and expects to 
Mrs. Corinne Gallup, former so- ! erect a new house there to replace.' 
cialite here, named to have charge ! the Grand, 420-seater. 
of Dundee in swank neighborhood. 
Hoodlumism reached a new high 



in theatres here recently, when a 
13-year-old girl nearly lost an eye 
in 40th Street theatre, nabe house. 
Kids were having a battle with 
paper fasteners, one of metallic 
pieces striking girl in the eye. Re- 
sult of incident is that police 
started to round up young hood- 
rlums. . Parents have been warned 
to keep, their kids under control. ' 



KANSAS CITY 

. .Tayhawfc theatre, Kansas- side 
nabe. reopened last week-after be- 
ing closed for facelift. 

Durwood circuit inaugurated its 
new house organ. Circuit Chatter, 
Doug BuiTill, publicity chief, is 



M-G is bearing down on its own 
star stable and will also use out- 
side top names, such as Errol 
Flynn, James Stewart, Jennifer 
Jones, Louis Jourdan and James 
Mason. 

Paramount has four pix rolling, 
which should be surefire. These in- 
clude "Top of the Morning," star- 
ring Ring Crosby; "My Favorite 
Redhead," starring Bob Hope; 
Cecil B. DeMille's "Samson and 
Delilah," and Hal Wallis' "Bitter 
Victory." At 20th, seven big films 
are now lensing, with three more 
scheduled to start soon, 

"Jolson Sings Again," plus a 
string of solidly-cast action pic- 
tures, cues the trend at Columbia. 
Universal-International, which re- 
opened recently after being shut- 
tered for six weelis, now has roll- 
ing "Ma and Pa Kettle," sequel 
to "Egg and I;" Barbara Stanwyck 
in "GambUng Lady;" Yvonne De- 
Carlo and Howard Duff in "Calami- 
ty Jane and Sam Bass;" Donald 
O'Connor in "Baby Makes Three," 
as well as a string of action films. 
Republic's Economies 

Republic, in common with the 
economy trend practiced by most 
of the majors, also has been get- 
ting its house in order. Company 
prez Herbert J. Yates, operating 
out of the, New York home office 
for several months, has been 
scrutinizing expenses and a few 
people have been let out in scat- 
tered departments. 

While Republic's 1948-49 pro- 
gram comprises 34 features plus 
some 16 outdoor action dratnas 
and westerns, a slight numerical 
boost over the previous year's pro- 
duction, an attempt reportedly will 
be made to keep filmmaking costs 
within a figure no greater than, dis- 
bursements of the preceding fiscal 
year. Budgets on deluxe product, 
it's under.stood, will also be shaved. 
Yaties leaves for the Coast today 
(Wed.). 

United Arti.sls. which had noth- 
ing in production during this per- 



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INDIANAPOLIS 

Jules Goldman, formerly office 
manager for Warners, new city 
salesman, with Ned Tilman made 
office manager and Irvin Levin- 
son, first booker.' ' 

James Parsons, for years Ross- 
Federal manager, resigned to join 
Screen Guild sales staff. 

Harold G. • Reckley giving 
Chateau, Grecncastle, a faGelii't. 

Mr. and Mrs. Marc Wolf (he's in- 
ternational dough guy of Variety 

Clubs) adopted 14-year-old. girl, With hira will be Loren P. Ryder. 
I Phyllis Jean. Paramount's sound, and television 

I Wm. Rosenthal, Indianapolis, expert, who trekked from the Coast 
leaseiil American Theatre Building; for that purpose. - 



editor, , , iod last year, now has five starters 

Fox Midwest circuit last week ' ^ more before the 

celebrated its eighteenth anni m j ^^^^^^l ^^^^^^^ problems- are 

solved before the end Of Decem- 



all houses. 



I ber. The five are W. R. Frank's 
I "Dan Patch;" Benedict Bogeaus' 
"The Crooked Way;" Harry Pop- 
, kin's "From Tunis to Algeria;" 
I Philip Krasne's "The Bold Ban- 
I dido" and George Pal's "Tom 
I Thumb." Two possible starters are 
'another Cisco Kid picture by 
I Krasne and a production , by James 
] Nasser. 

I Shooting on the Eagle Lion lot 
is . at a standstill, with - -dismissal 



Continued from pane S 

nical developments; -which can be 
tied to the- economy- measures^ Earl 
I. Sponable, president of the i 
Society of Motion Picture Engi-| 
neers and chief technical expert | 
for 20th-Fox, is slated to appear. 

bclore the presidents today iWed.). , ^^^j^^^ j^.^^^^ ^^holesale and only 

a skeleton staff of 20 workers re- 
maining on the job ; until produc- 
tion is resumed Jan. 15/ Seven pic- 



I Terre Haute, for 20 years. Thea 
I tre now operated by Fourth Ave 
j nue Amus* Co. 




PITTSBURGH 

With opening of new Hollywood, 
South Hills, WB transferred Harry 
Koch from Warner there as man- 
ager, with Al Singer moving from 
Plaza to Warner. 

I Kenneth A. Grimes, manager of 
I Warner, Eric, recalled to Army 
with his lormer rank of lieutenant 



Television As An Offset i 

Both these experts will lecture j 
on those technical improvements | 

i which can be applied at the studios [ 
as coin-saving measures. They are 
also expected to be questioned | 

'closely on television aspects, since ! 
greater activity by the film com- 1 
panics in tliis field may mean more | 

: income to meet dipping grosses: 



tures are in preparation but non6 
is ready for production at this 
time. 

Producers, directors - and players 
under contract are taking a 60-day 
layoff by letting their contracts 
ride until the middle of January. 
They are Bryan Foy, Aubrey 
Schenck, Eugene Rodney and Wil- 
liam Moss, producers; Anthony 
Mann and Steve Sekely, directors 



Yesterdays .rues.) morning meet I., „d June Lockhart, Lois Butler, 



was featured by analyses given by 
Dr.- Isad.or Lubin, nead of Con 



money on book's treatment, and 
budget setup was getting out of 
line. 

Hargrove will now concentrate 
on writing magazine pieces, work- 
ing out of his New City, N. Y., 
home. 



TOA's Board 

Contlnned from, pace S 



chairman of the Federal.Coinmuni- 
cations : Commission. Understood 
that the full TOA board will be 
asked to make- a final longrange 
decision on how far the theatre 
group will go in promoting large- 
screen television among : its menii^- 
bers. Coy is already studying a 
proposal of Gael Sullivan, TOA 
exec director, for the gi'anting of 
special channels to the group- or a 
subsidiary corporation. 

Mitchell Wolfson, Florida circuit 
operator' who heads the . tele com- 
mittee, wiU make a full-scale re- 
port at the board. meet, Wolfson is 
currently studying the develop- 
ment of trailers' to be used spe- 
cially for -telecasts. ' It is his idea 
that TOA can promote their pro^ 
duction and then turn them over 
locally to exhlbs. : Tele trailers, so 
far, have been spotty since they. re- 
quire a special technique, TOA of- 
iicial said. 

TOA's public relations program 
and the campaign to battle jack- 
rabbit 16m operators will also be 
mulled at the meet; Sullivan is 
expected to have a report on his 
current drive to . cut costs of sh i p- 
ping prints from- exchanges to the- 
atres. - Some 75 officers and di- 
rectors have indicated an intention 
of attending the confab. 




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colonel. Robert^ C. Boji^man, from fidential Reports,, Inc.. and a lead- 
..t /~>.i /-..i.. s-i- -ri ... .i ing; authority on economic trends. 

Robert ehaii!i)^rs, head of MPAA's 
research bureau, .-^tsb ■.spoke On t|ie 
subject. Dr. Lubin analyzed the 
spending power ot the U. S. pub- 
lic with the aid of charts to sligpw 
that inflation had driven much of 



Latonia; Oil City into Erie spot 

Cecelia Guehl, E><g,c Lion office 
manager, working With her head 
and chin in plaster cast as result 
of jaw infection. 

WB. appointed Milford Parker 
manager of new Strand, Erie. 
Shea Theatres: added another to 



Richard Basehart and Scott Brady, 
players. 

Music and editing departments! 
will continue scoring and cutting j 
on pictures that have finished i 
shooting. Films are Waller Wang^ 
er's "Tulsa" and "Reign of Terror," 
and "The Big Cat" and "Red Stal- 
lion ot the Rockies.'' 
Sam Israel cai'ries -on as public- 




,tr. 

l£ 0*1 the Oetau. 

wit I. CmV ' 



^= its circuit in this territory, taking 't 'Ulo toon and clothing and away Uy direcl(-i* but his staff -is cut 



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' H.V. OHi«:VliiMih i-5339: 



lease on Park. Youngstov.h. O. " '^''"f" entertainment. He was bear- 

i D. F. iDintyi Moore resigned as 'sh on the luturc. 

WB district sales manager in Bos- ISoth speakers tackled the for- 

, ton-New England territory and is eign film situation to demonstrate 

.coming back here as a partner of the dwindling returns overseas. 

Sam Kineberg's in the theatre sup- The lectures were llie opening 

I ply house Fineberg now operates phases of a rcapprai.sal of the 
' ■ ' 'majors' future earnings. It was in- 



12 HOURS FLYING TIME ONE STOP 



down to one assistant, Frank Fer- 
ret t. 

Pictures postponed until Janu- 
Wilh a backlog of 23 pictures, 
the highest In the company's his- 
tory, Warners is shutting down 
production -Dec. 1 for a month or 
more. 

Guilds and unions have been ad- 
vised that the studio intends to lay 



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I First-day meet was held at 20th- last week and five more will go 
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1 board room, tomorrow's at Para- ! 

; mount. There is a possibility that 
!the meetings will run into Fri- 
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i ; During • . : the morning lectures. 



WB Shelves Hargrovfe 
Marion Hargrove is back in N. Y. 
after four months on the Coast, 
working on script of his novel, i 



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.tended along with company presi- Warners. Scripting wasn't' quite 
'dents. In the afternoon, presidents finished, but company has decided 
I alone continued to meet. All top to shelve it, in line with its general 
, execs are being kept on call for ■ economy moves of l.ite. Claimed 
J later sessions. | they'd already spent too much 




NowSpecialixin« 
^ in Refreshment. 
Service for : 

roRivE-iN theatres; 



tr«dneckl97» November 17, 1948 



nCTIJIIBS 



21 



Brit. Pix Balloon Bursts 



Cantlnned from page 3 



erful worldwicle U. S. organiza- 
tions, 

On the production end, despite 
the vast resources of J, Arthur 
Bank and the aid of the govern- 
ment in presenting him with 
quotas and restrictions on U. S. 
distributors, .Britain is suffering 
one setback after another. In both 
quantity and quality, production is 
laltering. 

On the distribution side, the 
^British product. ' appears destined 
to give the American industry a 
lot- less of a run lor its money, 
-i'even in the home market., than: 
anyone anticipated during the 
black period of the 75% tax and 
the early days of the ensuing 45% 
quota. 

As for foreign sales by the Brit- 
ish, the American industry- is al- 
lowing itself a bit of a self-satis- 
'fied smirk. Rank, Sir Alexander 
Korda and the other chiefs of the: 
British industry have so far been 
completely unable ^ to set up or- 
ganizations vifhjch even start to 
compete with the smoothrrunning 
overseas -distribution machines of 
' the American, majors. British films 
haven't even made a dent in Yank 
i'fltarket^^ on the . .Continent and 
• otber parts: of the - world, . the 
Americans claim, 

V The confusion and startling lack 
of success 6f the British industry 
in setting itself up as bigtime com- 
petition to Hollywood was evident 
in London last week. In the House 
of Commons^ among the industry 
unions and in the tradespapers, 
the discouragement and disillusion- 
ment in Britain's inability to come 
through as expected was' clearly 
visible. 

In Gommons, Tom O'Brien, 
Member of Parliament and ex- 
plosive general secretary of the 
T^ational Association of Theatrical 
& Kine Employees, warned last 
week that if British film produc- 
tion fails to meet the needs of the 
country's theatres under the 45%: 
quota> Britain^ will find itself com-" 
pelled to call ' on American pro? 
ducers to take over management 
of the British Industry. That was 
a tough pill for Board of Trade 
■ prexy, Harold Wilson, and . he 
promised that he would call all 
sections Of the industry together 
shortly to discuss. the situation. 

Wilson then neatly reversed the 
squawks: against the low volume of 
production, the labor layoffs and 
the studio closures. He said it 
was all the Americans' fault. Tliey 
failed to produce in England in 
the quantity expected following 



the Anglo-U. S. agreement of last 
March. 

In the meantime, the Film In- 
dustry Employees Council, made 
; up of six leading unions, flatly told 
the government that the 45% 
'quota act had failed to stimulate 
I production. It asked Wilson to 
1 discuss with it six remedies to 
, solve "the failure of the British 
t film industry to utilize all its pro- 
I duction facilities and maintain full 
employment." 

The ''remedies" included (1) up- 
ping the quota still further (2) 
requisitioning by the government 
of idle studio space, (3) requisition- 
ing of machinery whereby such 
studio space can be fully utilized, 
(4) hastening the Parliamentary 
enquiry into distribution and ex- 
hibition, (5) operating the govern- 
ments film Finance Corp. to assist 
indie producers, investigating the 
possibility of part of the entertain- 
ment: tax . being made -available as 
direct aid to production, and (61; 
investigating the policy of Ameri-^ 
can owners and controllers of 
studio space. v : . 



SELZNJCK, MAC NAMARA 
BACK EAST NEXT WEEK 

David O. Selznick and Paul Mac- 
Namara, his public relations chieiV 
who left New York for the Coast 
last Friday (I^), are expected back 
east next week. They went west for 
previews of "Portrait of Jennie," 
which Selznick hopes to send into 
release around Christmas. 

Selznick and MacNamara had 
been in iNew York for several 
weeks on the deal the producer is 
negotiating tor distribution through 
United Artists. Selznick exec Dan- 
iel T. O'Shea, who was also east 
for the negotiations, remained in 
New York. 

Accompanying DOS to the Coast 
was Jennifer Jones; who is under 
contract to him. She had been mak- 
ing. a personal tour of veterans' 
hospitals. 



Switch to Non-Flam FHm 



Continued from page 3 




^ JOANo'MC ...... ^ 

INGRID BERGMAN 



.H«*Aii.i>ft COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR 

VwlCTORM I CAtr OF TNOUSANPS 



UA May Pitch 

S Continued from page 5 as 

I the proposition at an all-day ses- 
I sion of the board in New York last 
I Friday (12), which was. attended 
i by Miss Pickford; 

No vote was taken at that time, 
pending further study of the com- 
plex deal by the board members 
and this week's consultations with 
Chaplin. Sears and Kelly are ex- 
pected back, a the end of the week 
and a final decision may be had at 
a board meeting next Monday; (22):^ 
or Tuesday (23). 

Lower Distrib Costs . 

Lure which boardi members se^ 
as attracting :Goldwyn, Disney and 
other producers is lower distribu'; 
tion costs than they are now paying 
via a combination of a regular fee 
to their, distributors plus the ex- 
pense of a sales setup of their own. 
They would come in under a pat- 
tern similar to that now being ner 
gotiated with Selznick. 

That means that the producer 
would keep a small, sales organic 
zation. of his own to Initiate deals 
with any ; important circuits or 
houses that he desired,, while tJA'S 
sales, force would handle all the 
lesser situations which it Is too 
expensive for an individual produ- 
cer's sales organization to reach. 
UA, as in the case of Selznickt 
would also process all the con- 
tracts, : do. the ' booking, make col" 
lections and do ;the physical han-: 
dling of prints. Whatever staff the 
individual producer desired to keep 
— which would include a h.o. sales- 
manager and a few assistants 
throughout the country — would use 
UA office facilities. Producer 
would completely maintain his 
identity thi'oughout the whole 





— — RAdIO CITY MUSIC HAll — 
'40AN FONTAINI • JAMES STEWART^ 

'■ "You Gotta Stay Happy" 

. KDDII ALBERT 

, A WILLIAM OOZIER PRESENTATION ^ 
A UNtVERSAL-INTERNATIDNAL PICTURE^ 
^SPCCTACU.LAR STAGE; PRESENTATION 



R«« Llndi Rudy Birburn 
HARRISON DARNELL. VALLEE LAWRENCE 

"Unfaithfully Yours" 

A 20th Century-Fex pleture 
ON VARIETV STAGE— PETER LINO HAYES 
MARY HEALY . JACK COLE •nd ;D«llt«r> 

On IM 8tllg«— "FIESTA". 
Stirrlno ARNOLD 8H0DA - JOAN HYLDOFT 

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SOth St. 



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OLIVIA de HAYILLAMD 



the Snake ^ Pit 



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BulofF in Yiddish Pic 

Jewish Films Distributors picked 
up North American release rights 
to. a Yiddish-dialog picture, "The 
Rabbi's Legend." Featuring the 
Yiddish Art Players in a story of 
life in old Russia, the film stars 
Joseph BuloiT. 

Part of '"Legend" was shot In 
Russia while the remaining se- 
quences were made .by Buloff and 
supporting players in the U.S. 
Charles Clement is readying Eng^ 
lish titles, and a Broadway preem 
is earmarked for sometime in De- 
cember. 



the spearhead to the switch to 
safety film. All of its prints foi* 
in preparation for a number of the 
majors. 

Metro will probably serve as 
"Act ol Violence" are in acetate 
and ready to go. Pie is to he rcr 
leased Monday (22). 

Warner. Bros, has chosen "De-. 
cision of Christopher Blake" as its 
trial horse for the acetate film, 
Feature will , be released within 
several months. Paramount report- 
edly has tapped the Hal Wallis pro- 
duction, "Bitter Victoi-y," as its 
test film. Other; ma.1ors and Re- 
public are committed to the use 
of acetate in prints for at; least 
one feature, before the year: is ,up 
but have yet to make their selec-! 
tion. 

Agreement reached between KK 
and the companies calls for the 
output of acetate raw stock to be 
25% of all film company print re- 
quirements during the coming year. 
Distribs on their part agree to con- ; 
sume the EK output. Manufact- 
urer has committed itself to ex- 
pand the raw stock production to 
50% in the second year; 75% in 
the third; and to meet the entire, 
Hollywood requirements for its 
entire production of features by 
the fourth year. 

At the start, cost of acetate will 
I be slightly: higher than of current 



(inflammable nitrate. Majors have 
1 been told by EK officials tliat with 
} the increased output of acetate the 
I price will come down to the ecluivn- 

lent of nitrate. Current cost is a 
' shade under Vic per-foot more than 
I flammable material. Where the 
1 conventional print costs about $190« 

acetate amounts to approximately 

$230 per print. 

Greenlight was given after both : 
201h-Fox and Metro tested the im- 
proved safety film perfected by 
EK in several shorts. M-G"s trial 
run was on a q.t. basis so far as ; 
exhibs were concerned. None of 
the theatres booking the shorts wae 
told of the changeover. 

Prints used by Metro, said, 
stood up under; volume booking, ; 
indicating a long improvement 
over earlier developments of safe^ 
ty film. Companyy moreover, re-^ 
ported it had received no com- 
plaints from exhibs. 

Ultimately, swing to acetate 
means the end of bulky shipmenti 
in cans since plastics are prefer- 
red. Technicians predict dropping ' 
of requirements for flrepraofeiS 
booths and of municipal regul»> 
tions for firemen and other elab- 
orate fire-prevention precautions. 
Moreover, exchanges can be run in - 
ordinary office buildings. 



"iOO" System momOed on Jeep 
on location for 
**Green Grau of Wyominf^ 



process. 



Flexible Deal 



Selznick arrangement leaves en- 
tirely flexible the matter oi how 
niitny sales the producer desires to 
"initiate." It makes no diiTerence 
to UA, since its fee is based on 
,the lolal gross of the film, not on 
the number: of deals its : Staffers ; 
close. ' 

If the Selznick deal can be made 
the basis for something biggeri UA; 
board members will grab it eager- 
ly, because they are discouraged 
with many of the producers of 
dubious consistency with whom 
they are now forced to deal in 
order to maintain a product flow. 
1'hey feel that the normal output 
of five or six top producers would 
be suificient to keep the company 
healthv and at the; same time .al- 
low it to olTcr advantageous dls^ 
tribution terms. 

A setup such as' envisaged would 
difler only from the original con- 
ception of UA in that the pro . 
ducers would not be owners. How- 
ever, even the possibility cf theiv 
eventually obtaining stock in UA is 
seen as a possibility by some board 
members, although it is not known: 
how Chaplin and Miss Pickford 
feel about this. 

To clarify the numerous trade 
stones concerning tlie deal witli 
V \ Selznick issued a lengthy state- 
ment Monday C151. He outlined 
the general characteristics of the 
arrangement contemplated and con- 
cluded- "i would not wish to hazard 
I din giioss as to the likelihood of its 
I being finalized." 




GREEN GRASS OP WYOMING 
a 20th Contwry to* IVoducHeii 

- ■ ■: ■ ■ ■ . «■.■ 

PredueecT by Robert lauier 

Olraetoil by . . , . . , Loull Kin| 

. Sound Engineer . .' . . ■•moMl f reerick* 
Sound by WetMAi UecMe 



How Western Electric's 



system handlecl a tough locotioi joli 



Location shots for "Green Grass of Wyom- 
ing" in the Cedar Breaks National Monu- 
ment were recorded with ease by this jeep- 
mounted Western Electric "300" System. 

The jeep sped over rugged mountain 
roads at elevations up to 11,000 feet, made 
its way into seemingly inaccessible spots, 
WAS always on hand when the going was 



the toughest. Yet the "300** equipment 
operated dependably throughout the^entire 
nine .weeks it was on location. 

Successful performances under difficult 
conditions are earning a fine reputation 
for the "300" . . . a worthy companion for 
the Western Electric "200" Newsreel and 
Deluxe "400" Studio Systems. 



E/ectriai! ft^searcb P/XHlucts O^msim 
Western Ekctrk Company 



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Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



Network Execs, on Spot im Spot Biz 
Overtures, Face FCC Hearing Nov. 29 



Washington, Nov. 16. ■♦• 

Upper echelon network execu- /,|«ni» irikmmDIIT 
tives were put on the spot last ; GLORIA VANDEKBlLl, 

■week when the National Assn of 1 ' 
Badio Station Representatives, con- 1 
tinuing its battle with the nets in i 
the field of national spot business, { 
petitioned the FCC to subpoena 
i.ewis MacConnach, of NBC, and j 
Joseph McDonald, of ABC, to ap- 1 
pear at an FCC hearing sdbeduled 

lor Nov. 29. i spokesman described as a bid to 

The subpoenas requested by strengthen the station's daytime 
NARSR would require MacCon- j lineup. 

nach> NBC secretary, and McDortr Others auditioned included Zero 
■ aid/, veepee-general ' attomijy'- and f Mostel as . the center of an houi' 



MOSTEL IN WOR LINEUP 

Gloria Vanderbilt was among an 
even dozen performers auditioned 
by WOR, N. Y., last week as tlie 
MBS flagship opened the throttle 
in what a' program department 




secretary of ABC, to appear before 
the Commission with papers speci- 
fied by the rep association , in its 
petition that Vwill tend to prove 
the efforts of the network to in- 
duce affiliated stations to surren-, 
der station time in return for ob- 
taining a network commercial pro- 
gram." 

The hearing, now set for Nov. 
fi9, is the result of efforts by the 
association, formed recently by the 
station reps, to get the Commis- 
sion to check the advance of the 
. networks in the field of national 



spot advertising by representing I 
affiliated stations through the ; 
webs' spot sales divisions. i 
■The papers referred to by | 
NARSR include a -telegram sent by 
Sidney N. Strotz, NBC, then NBC 
West Coast head, to Pacific affili- 
ated stations regarding the Rich-. 
field Oil Co. prograh), a letter by 
ABC prexy Mark Woods to affili*. 
ates offering the iacilities of the 
AEG : spot sales division to T^' 
afi'iliates, and several teletype mes- 
sages sent by the ABC commercial 
traffic department to affiliated sta- 
tions relating to the : PJiilco-Bing 
Si-osby program, station breaks be- 
tween the Swift and Philco por- 
tions of the "Breakfast Club" show 
and another message regarding the 
new Kay Kyser program. . 

^ In their petition the reps told 
the Commission that these papers 
will tend to "demonstrate and il- 
lustrate the competition between 
network and national spot busi- 
ness" and the activities of the net^ 
works "in persuading affiliates to 
substitute network business for 
national spot business in station 
time." 

The rep association is headed up 
by Paul H. Raymer, chairman, H. 
Preston Peters, vice chairman, 
Lewis H. Avery; treasurer, and 
Joseph Weed, secretary. J. Y. 
Flanagan is director. 

The petition Was: filed by ; Wil- 
liam G. Fitts, Jr., of the. New York 
law firm of Fly, Fitts & Shuebruk. 



stanza dubbed the "Zero Hour' 
another, hour show built around 
.Tack Barry, and Walter Preston 
in the "Show Shop," light classical 
music. 

Mrs. Vanderbilt's offering wa$ 
characterized as - ff:' woman's ■ prof; 
gram; accenting fashion and .beau- 
ty advice. ■ 

•In line with its plans for re-. 
I vitalizing its daytime schedule, 
I WOR expects to use the house 
I band more extensively, and in 
I general to offer more variety than 
heretofore. , 



KLZ Farm Reporter 

LOWELL WATTS 

AViitts travels more than 38,000 
mile.s a year by .plane, train anil car 
to report slgrniftcant fafm news foi 
the 47,000 farm families in the Kocky 
Mountain region. . 

KLZ, DENVER. 



OCDP Outlines Radio-Television s 
Major Role in Civilian Defense 



UPPING OF CRAIG 

rilPQ R j& R RFV AMP ispt''^ad~ education of the public 
l/UCJ D a U UliTnmi ^ major role in pn 



ih Washington, Nov. 16. 

' Radio broadcasting stations, "ac- 
1 knowledged generally to be a 
most effective means for wide- 



ABC's Don't Make 
A Move' on 1 



Washington, Nov. 16. 
FCC was asked yesterday (Mon.) 
by the ABC network to hold up ac- 
tion on station applications for the 
frequency : 1030 kc until final de- 
cisions are reached on the clear 
channel, proceedings' and the pro? 
ceedings on ' the KOB, Albuquer- 
que, applications. 

The network said that 1030 kc 
is a class 1-B channel and that the 
50 kw WBZ, Boston, is the only 
station operating on the channel" 
fulltime. KOB is. assigned as a 
class II station on 1030 kc with 10 
kw, but is presently operating on 
770 kc with 50 kw day and 25 kw 
night under special authorization. 
KWBU, Corpus Christi, Tex., also 
has permission to operate daytime 
only on 1030 kc with 50 kw power. 

ABC said its owned-and-operat- 
ed WJZ, New York, the dominant 
station; on the 'dear channel'' 770 
kc. Is .entitled to protection from 
co-channel interference from any 
station in Canada, Mexico and 
Cuba under international agree- 
ment. -Meanwhile, KGB has been 
operating fulltime on 770 kc under 



nLr^ ^cSL^tgXio"n"e special__authorization_,^ 1941. 



adopted by the Commission; 



'Winslow Boy' Winding 
Up U; S. Legit Touring 
On 'Theatre Guild' Show 

"The.Winslow. Boy," the legit hit 
Which has been touring this season, ' 
winds up its U. S. engagement this | 
feunday (21), but not as a stage ' 
prosentation. Show is being taken i 
over by U. S. Steel for its "The- j 
aire Guild of the Air!' A13C series, | 
at a reported price of .$1S.000 lor i 
the one-niglit kilocycle stand. 
"Winslow Boy" gives Us 899th per- , 
iformance in Richmond, Friday I 
• night (19) and its 900th on the 
: Guild air. show, with the cast sail- 
Jng the foUowi;;^ day for England. , 
Oddly enough, the show is pre- : 
vented from playing a Saturday 
night engagement in Richmond be- ■ 
cause it's housed at the WRVA 
(radio station) theatre. Station's 
•top: air show originates from the . 
theatre that night and because of I 
sponsorship commitments can't be 
cancelled out. 

Theatre Guild airer, incidentally, 
Is also showcasing the Lunts in 
January, with a radio version of 
"O. Mistress Mine," their Broadway 
success ' a . couple seasons back, 
liunts will go on the air shortly 



ABC has previously asked that this 
authorization be terminated and 
that KOB be required to operate 
on the frequency 1030 kc, to which 
it has ; been assigned. - However, 
KOB has an application pending 
for use of 770 kc fulltime with 50 
kw power. 



ABC's Boston Symph Deal 
Bid to Recapture Music 
Appreciation Series Pull 

The Boston Symphony Orches- 
tra, strictly an ABC network 
"baby" for some years, switches 
over to NBC starting Monday^ 
Nov. 22, for a once-weekly half- 
hour midday program (1-1:30)^ 
-That gives the web two of the' top 
musical aggregations in the world, 
the other being its own NBC Sym- 
phony, for which the network cur- 
rently plunks down $900,000 a year 
in its bid for : top public service 
prestige honors. 

In addition, NBC also has - the 
Boston Pops Orchestra under Ar-. 
thur Fiedler, the latter going into 
the new' RCA-sponsored Sunday 
afternoon NBC show. 

Unusual aspect of the new Bos- 
ton Symph series, with Serge 
Koussevitzky conduction- in his 
final year as the Hub. maestro, . is 
that it will be a spontaneous 
weekly pickup of rehearsals, in an 
attempt of the web to recapture 
the; flavor and educational values 
of the old Walter Damrosch Music 
Appreciation series. 

Series will be extended into 
next summer's Berkshire Festival, 
when NBC will expand to - a two- 
way radio-television showcasing. 

WNBC, the New York flagship, 
will rebroadcast the rehear.sal 
series at 11:30 at night instead of 
the midday time. 

Rehearsal airing idea was orig- 
inally hatched by Jack WrighU 
freelance : agency man connected 
with the Hub branch ot B:B D. &0., 
and originally figured as an FM 
package with a view to bolstering 
the programs on FM. Details 
couldn't be ironed out, however, 
though Koussevitzky and the ort 
chestra were entliusiastie from the 
start and tests were made. 



Boosting of Walter Craig, Ben- 
ton & Bowles vice-prexy in charge 
of radio and television, to: a policy 
level exec has resulted in a wide 
j-eshuffle of the agency's ranks 
this week. Leslie Harris, director 
of "Portia Faces Life," "Glamor 
Manor" and other B&B shows, 
steps into Craig's spot as agenry 
radio director with the latter still 
retaining an active hand in the 
video operations. 

Tom McDermott, producer-di- 
rector, has been upped to produc- 
tion supervisor while Hoyt Allen, 
will: take over Harris' directorial 
chores on several agency airers. 
Oliver Barbour will be the new di- 
rector of "When a Girl ■ Marries" 
and Charles Fisher will throw 
the cues on ''Rosemary," Don Wal- 
lace and George Jannson will take 
over "Juvenile Jury" and "Gang- 
busters," in ; addition to - handling 
cut^n; announcing ; -jobs.. ^ Robert 
Buckley continues - as . ibusiness 
manager. 



FM: Billion Dollar 
lBaby,FMAaaims 

i Washington, Nov. 16. 

i FM broadcasting is> now a bil- 
i lion dollar industry,. FM :Assn. said 
I last week in an enthusiastic state- 
, ment comparing its "astounding 
growth" to President Truman's 
surprise victory at the polls, ^ 
"The same thing happened to 
President Truman that has hap- 
pened to FM,'' the Association said. 
"In the past two years FM has 
become strongly entrenched in the 
hearts of the people. Many top 
personalities in radio failed to see 
FM's future. They overlooked thie 
facts. The political pollsters in the 
recent Presidential campaign like- 
wise became aware that the facts 
did not support the theories." 

Disclosing results of a progress 
survey, FMA said that by the end 
of the current year FM should ex-^ 
ceed the billion dollar mark as an 
industry. At the end of the third 
quarter of 1948, the Association 
estimated, FM represented a total 
investment of $960,250)000 — as 
(Continued on page 38) 



St. Louis Browns Execs to Limit Ralo 
And TV Broadcasts of Road Games 



St. Louis, Nov. 16. 
Execs of the St. Louis Browns 
tossed a ; bombshell into radio 
broadcasting of baseball games last 
week when it was announced they 
would seek a limitation on broad- 



spect to any baseball club, the ter- 
ritory included within the circum- 
ference ot a circle having its radius 
of 50 miles, with its center at the 
baseball park of such baseball cliib. 

Adoption ot the latter point will 
cripple the activities of Ruthrauff 



, casts of all road games during the |& Ryan for its Griesedieck Bros 
lorthcoming season of two-club ' Brewery Co , which has had ari 
cities. Also unconfirmed reports exclusive with the Cardinals for 
in local circles predict that the air- , the past several seasons and last 
mg of- the Cardinals games will be , season increased its b b network to 
bankrolled by two instead of one 1 54 stations in seven midwestern 
''P°"*<"^- , states. When the Cardinals were 

The request of the Browns, to be , in the thick of the pennant fight 
. taken up at a joint: meeting of the 'last fall Griesedieck sent annouh- 
{ major league clubs in Detroit, will j cers Harry Caray and Ghai^les 
ask for the restrictions of broad- ! Street on the last road trip with 
■ casting games in two-club cities to ' the club; Other road games Were 
. home games only of each club, un- i via ticker, service. 



less the other club consents to 
broadcasting of road games. An* 
other point to be raised will be ' 



The Browns co-.sponsored the 
broadcasting of its games with the 
Falstaff Brewing Co. over one lo- 



before starting their tryout tour i that "no major league <;lub shall \ cal station and didn't send either 



with the new "Speak to Me of consent to or authorize a broadcast 



Love" play adapted from 
.French .by S. N. Behrman. 



Swift's "Ethel & Albert" Buy 
ABC has sold its "Ethel & Al- 
bert" co-op to Swift & Co, in 16 . 
markets, for Swift cleanser. 1 
Show is heard 4:30-4:45 orojss- j 
the-boaird. 



the i of telecast (including rebroadcast 
of network broadcasts), of any of 
its games to be made from a sta- 
tion outside of its 'home territory' 
and within the 'home territory' of 



Jerome Dean or France Laux, who 
divided the play-by-play stint with 
the club, on road trips. 

Dean and Johnny O'Harai sports 
gabber at KWK, are .said to be 
lined up for a sponsor ol the Card- 



Stang Gets WOR Bid For 
Disk-Jockey Co-op Show 

Arnold Stang has been proposi- 
tioned by WOR, New York, for a 
local participating disk-jockey 
show. It would be a five-weekly 
I half-hour, either live or trahscrib- 
I ed, at. his option, David Kogan is 
^(.tentatively set as. writer. ' Audition 
I record was cut Sunday (14) 

Deal for Stang to star in a "Fat 
I Man" situation comedy series on 
! CBS has fSUen through because of 
the comic's refusal to be tied to a 
I five-year contract Aaron Rubin. 
I who's writing and producing the 
. show on a freelance basis for the 
] network. Is now dickering with 
Bert Wheeler to play the title part 

WNEW on Culture Binge 

Benny Goodman has been pacted 
by WNKW, the Bulova-owned N Y., 
indie, for a 2,5-minute Sunday 
night disk jockey show (9:35-10',. 
with major accent on the classical 
and semi-classical melodies.- ■: 
That gives WNEW a 90-minute 
Sunday night "cultural" fiavoi' 
.somewhat suggestive of the New 
York Times' WQXR programming 
roster. WNEW nbw slots the seriii- 
classic "Music You Want" in the 
9-9:30 p.m. Sunday segment, to be 
followed by Goodman, who starts 
Nov, 28, with Gilbert Seldes' longi 
hair chatter at 10. Station is also 
negotiating for Sunday show from 
N. Y. Museum of Modern . Art. 



any baseball clubi major or minor, i inal games in opposition to Griese.^ 
without the consent of such other ' dieck and Caray and Street. The 
baseball club. ■ ; : j Browns have made no announcer 

, "The words 'home territory' !. ment on their broadca.st program 
shall mean and Include with re- i during the 1949 season. 



COAST NET FIACKS VOTE 

I Hollywood, Nov, '16.- 

I . CBS and ABC pre.ss information 
; and promotion departments will 
,hold elections today (16) to decide 
; whether or not they want the 
, Screen Publicists Guild to conlinue 
I to represent them after contracts 
I expire Dec. 1. 



major role in pro- 
tectlng the home front in the ■ 
event of war, the Office of Civil 
Defense Planning reported last 
week in submitting a plan for a 
peacetime system of. civilian de- 
fense. 

'Ifelcvision stations, too, the re- 
port said, "provide an excellent 
means' for educating the public ^ 
and conveying pertinent informa- 
tion through the simultaneous 
presentation of video as well as 
audio messages. Television has 
flexibility, permits prompt revision 
of information as an emergency 
situation changes, maintains ac- 
curacy of information by the 
simultaneous presentation to all: 
users without deterioration which 
may occur when data are passed 
down through several hands." 
; In both , atomic and bacterio- 
logical warfa're, -radio »and televi- . 
sion would be called into action, 
under the OCDP plan. The media 
would be used particularly for 
training defense workers through 
demonstrations via film such as in 
the use of gas masks. Video, the 
report points out, "proved a great 
aid to civilian defense authorities 
in, cities whei^ stations - were ;opr 
erated and in many instances per- 
sonnel were trained through telcr' ; 
vision broadcasts." 
; Looking into the future, the re-.: 
port declares: "Television is ex- 
panding- across the nation: It may, 
therefore, reasonably be expected 
that a great many people will be 
reached through this medium." 

Radio-TV Role in Atom Role 

In the event of: atomic attack, 
according to the report; radio and 
television would play a major role. 
Since most station transmittei's 
are some distance from population 
centers, it was asserted, they 
could, operate through emergency 
quarters' at the transmitter site. 
The document declares that fatal- 
ities caused by an atomic bomb 
are confined to within 2,500 yards 
of the point of detonation. 

In. an atomic war, radio and tele- 
vision would encourage the -pubi 
Itc "to steel Itself against the 
tremendous shock of surveying 
the damage, the loss of life, and 
the casualties which will inevit-- 
ably ensue. During this period of 
shock, it is almost certain that' 
the public will come close,st to 
mass hysteria." 

Through proper ' programming 
and dissemination of reliable in- 
formation, the "report cont inues, ■ 
broadcasting stations "may per- 
form a service unavailable by any 
other moans." They could be em- 
ployed, among other things, to: 

(1) Instruct those who iuive 
taken shelter on radiological dan- 
gers they face when all-clear is 
sounded, 

(2) Aid in mobilizing various re- 
lief and safety services Ironi ad- 
.lacent unaffected communiliesr 

<3) Assist through spots and 
programs "in reestablishing as 
nnicli as possible the even tenor 
of community life." 

(4) Pa.ss on instructions on use 
of water and other utilities on 
other locations after the attack, 

'5) Warn vehicular traffic 
through ■ their radio receivers 
against approaching dangerous 
areas 

(6) Give general reassurance to 
the public. 

The Defense plan contemplates 
!'the designation of key radio 
-broadcasting station or stations 
through the nation, which will 
serve as master stations for opera- 
tional guidance of all other radio 
broadcasting stations within the 
area. . Separate instructions will 
apply to the more than 30 inter- 
national shortwave broadcasting 
stations." 

The : plan recommends the use 
of facsimile as well as sound 
and visual broadcasting. 



FOSTER, BEEB TO MCA 

Chicago, Nov.- 16. 
MCA last week signed Chuck 
Foster and Don Reed bands. Con- 
tract with Reed is effective .I.in. 1 
1 while the Foster pact begins next 
, May. 

, Foster has been under the Gen- 
i eral Artists banner,' Reed with 
I Frederick Bros. 



Wedneisday, November 17^ 194ft 



2S 



BENNY NOW ON CBS 1-YARD LINE 



What Price Capital Gains? 

Just how far NBC and CBS intend to go, or will b» permitted 
to go, in their current "Capital Gains" warfare for program 
supremacy Is something that has the whole radio industry con- 
jecturing. The network chieftains have long deplored the fact 
that program costs have been getting out of hand; that only 
when normal price structures are restored can radio get down 
to the business of translating the medium Into show business. 

Yet these selfsame execs are in the process of ladling out 
unprecedented coin for personalities; a chunk of coin, in the 
case of Jack Benny, perhaps undreamed of in any sphere of 
show business. Obviously, the primary consideration isn't in 
protecting a hold on Benny as a strictly radio property — but 
in looking to his Inevitable segue into television in the era of 
coast-to-coast TV programming, when radio, it's recognized, will 
be but a secondary oifshoot of video. 

As such, Benny's possession of that 7 o'clock Sunday night 
Slot on NBC (nobody before or since Benny has "owned" his 
own time in radio) assumes a somewhat dubious value in the 
upcoming era of multi-million tele set ownership. 

But when an NBC can dangle a $4,000,000 offer for a Benny 
"exclusive," and CBS can fork over $2,000,000 to Amos 'n' Andy, 
the acts are deplored as the prelude to inviting /iky-high prices 
for all the top talent availabilities for television. It's deplored 
because, i» effect, it's creating a "here we go again" cycle in TV 
of stratospheric costs, with its accompanying guest shot fees 
Of $8,000 and $7,000 and $25,000-$30,000 package nuts. That's 
what radio has been trying to get away from for the past 
several seasons. 

Just how far-reaching the "Capital Gains" sweepstakes will 
become depends on any possible Treasury Dept. repercussions. 
The current flngerpointing by Sen. Styles Bridges, the New 
Hampshire Republican, may be the opening wedge to a whole- 
sale Congressional probe into the reported blessing given the 
A&A-Paley maneuver and the^ still-stalemated NBC-CBS rivalry 
for possession of Benny and his Amusement Enterprises opera- 
tion. The latter, in itself, is a capital gains-withln-a-capital 
gains setup. A lot of top radio (and potential top TV) talent 
has meanwhile preferred to Ignore it. Edgar Bergen, from all 
accounts wanted no part of it when CBS proffered it, Instead 
taking a strict cash-and-carry offer from Coca-Cola. Fibber & 
Molly have responded to a reported CBS "capital gains" invita- 
tion with a "thank you, we're doing very well on Tuesday 
nights— NBC." Bob Hope, already Incorporated into his film 
operations, claims "immunity" and stays put. CBS, goes the 
word; is still tracking down the possibility of weaning over 
Fred Allen via capital gains. 

And so it goes. The Jockeying is still on. 



NAB % Baloney 
Educational Clinic 
Vs. Radio Institute 



Washington, Nov. 16; 

With the setting up last week-: 
end of an educational clinic on 
programming which will tee oil: 
fteict spring, a leading group in 
the NAB is already ringing the 
death-kneU . for the flock of col- 
legiate -radio institutes currently 
on the scene. The driving forces 
behind the NAB clinic are looking 
forward, at least, to organizing an 
educational and information cen-; 
ier that will cut down to size the 
collegiate institutes where. It is 
said, "the industry gets - banged 
over the head in the main audi- 
torium and receives its awards in 
■ « back room.'' 

Subcommittee of the NAB pro- 
gram exec board appointed to run 
the conference consists of. cliair- 
man Ted Cott, of WNEW, N. Y.; 
Jolm S. Hayes, of WINX, Washing- 
ton; and B. R. Vadeboncoeur, of 
WSYB, Syracuse. According to 
(Continued on page 40) 



LORD IN PITCH TO GF 
WITH 'GANGBUSTERS' 

With Procter & Gamble dropping 
sponsorsliip of Its Saturday night 
ABC "Gangbusters" show, Phillips 
Lord, owner of the package, is 
pitching it up to General Poods, via 
Young & Rubicam, which is in the 
market for a show. 

If GF .buys It, it's a question 
whether It . would continue as a 
Saturday night attraction on ABC« 
or move Into the Friday night CBS 
period which GF . Is overhauling^ 
There's a half-hour In billings at 
stake, in either case, for both net- 
works. 



NBC LOSES BALL 
ON CRUCIAL PLAY 

The CBS vs. NBC "now-we« 
cot- him r now - we • don't'liave 
him" jockeyine f or JaekBenny 
reached the stage as of press' 
time yesterday (Tues.) where 
Benny was practically Colum- 
bia's "baby." 

According to one high CBS 
exec, "It may probably be 
,1ust « matter of hours before 
the deal is all wrapped up." 



CBS WHITE COLLARITES 
SIGN NEW CONTRACT 

CBS has renewed : its contract 
With the Radio Guild of the United 
Office and Professional Workers ol 
America (UOPWA-CIO) covering 
650 white collar workers. The new 
pact provides increases which will 
bring the average weekly salary In 
that bracket to $57. Renewal is 
effective Dec. 1, 1948, through Deo. 
1, 1949. - ' ' * 

Gains over the existing contract 
Include an average rise of $4 week- 
ly, automatic overtime after five 
days of each week, Increases of up 
to $5 in minimurr. hiring scales, an 
improved promotion system and 
salary adjustmcDt plan, and clari- 
fication of the status of temporary 
employes. 



GF Welcome Mat 
Out for Fanny 

Looks like General Foods might 
Wind up right where it . startcd-*- 
w ith Fanny Brice. GF dropped 
the comedienne from her Friday 
night CBS program last year in: a 
reshuffle designed to cut down 
costs, the bankroller making it 
clear (hat it wasn't intei'esled in 
$15,000 a week shows. 

Since then, however, GF has 
been liaving its network program 
troubles, registering iinhappiness 
over the "Mr. Ace & Jane" re- 
placement for Miss Brice. It isn't 
too happy over the new Jack Car- 
son show rating (which went in as 
replacement for last season's 
Danny Tliomas program >, but Car- 
son's set with a firm 39-M'eek deal. 

GF has until Nov. 24 to decide on 
a new show and it's reported that 
Miss Brice is being looked upon at 
Voung & Rubicam, agency on tlie 
account, with considerable favor. 
Meanwhile, CBS is trying to pitch 
up a couple of its own^house^buUt 
packages, "My Favorite Husband" 
and the Cy Howard "M:r. Luigl" 
property. 

If Miss Brice lands her ex-CBS 
spot, the show will probably be at 
a few thousand dollars less thah it 
was formerly, 



The NBC-Jack. Benny -Music 
Corp. of America "capital gains" 
transaction blew up in midair over 
the weekend under circumstances 
that are being kept under strict 
wraps : by!, everyone concerned. At 
the moment the three-way sock 
Sunday night comedy lineup of 
Benny, Phil Hanis-Alice Faye and 
Edgar Bergen dangles in a state of 
confusion which has again raised 
CBS', hopes of capturing the par- 
lay. Columbia, in fact; capitalizing 
on the NBC setback, was back lii 
the picture pitching like mad yes- 
terday (Tues.). 

In contrast to the feeling of ela- 
tion tlvat pervaded NBC just a 
week agOj when the network prexy, 
Niles Trammell, hopped out to the 
Coast to put: the final stamp on a 
deal w*ich, to all intents^ firmly 
entrenched Benny as a. permanent 
NBC attraction, Trammell returned 
empty-handed to New York over 
the weekend, a sorely disappointed 
man. NBC had made no bones over 
the fact that "Benny stays with 
us," a gesture: tantamount to the 
Phil Harris-Alice Faye show and; 
Bergen, Under his proposed switch- 
ovei- to. Coca Cojaj also standing 
pat as Trammell headliners. 

By the same token CBS, which 
had ali-eady gotten its "capital 
gains" feet wet at a cost of $2,000,- 
000 by wooing Amos 'n* Andy over 
from NBC, considered itself out of 
the Benny -picture on the basis 
that, "we can't play around with 
that (Benny) kind of money." 
Amount -kicked around in the NBC 
talks was $4,000,000, whereby the, 
network would acquire all the 
stock in Benny's Amusement Ent- 
erprises operation. 

Just -what went wrong, at a time 
when NBC seemed: to have the 
deal clinched, appears to be any- 
body's guess — and there was plenty 
of guessing and conjecturing going 
on around NBC and CBS head- 
quarters. What is certain is that 
neither Trammell, Benny nor MCA 
could come to terms agreeable to 
everybody. That the stalemate 
comes as a blow ; to NBC is evi- 
denced by the fact that<Trammell 
lieaded west to wrap up the deal 
■after the RCA board of vdlrectors 
met in emergency session to wish 
him luck. 

MeanwhilCi wprd from the Coast 
is: that CBS is anything but out 
of tlie picture, w'ith MCA prez Lew 
I Wasserman pitching Benny up to 
Columbia. That was the status 
two weeks ago, a threat which re^ 
suited in Trammel! and the KCA 
hierarchy ntoving in fast in an at- 
tempt to stymie any such deal. 
Sen. Bridges' Challenge 

The fyct that last Friday (12» 
also brought developments from 
Washington, wtth Sen. Styles 
Bridges (Rep., N. H.), chairman of 
: (Continued on page 40). 



FCC Finding Complaint Justified 
After Probe, Orders Hearing Into 
Chaiges Ridiards Slanted News 



Max WyEe t« Esty 

Max Wylie, formerly of Young & 
Bublcam, where he served as a 
radio exec on the General Foods 
account, has joined the William 
Esty agency, under veepee Tom 
Luckenbill. 

. Wylie will be integrated into the 
overall creative radio setup at the 
agency, which has as its major 
radio account the multiple Camel 
cigaret programming; 

Since leaving Y & R about a 
year ago, Wylie has been writing 
mag pieces, radio scripts and . work- 
ing on a play. 



AFRA *Same Fee 
Rule May Stpie 
Sunnner Disking 

'.As far as the American Federa- 
tion of Radio Artists is concerned, 
there won't be any bargain rates 
for talent involved'if NBC and CBS 
ride along with their top stars and 
shows on a 52-week basis. That's 
been made emphatic by George 
Heller, exec secretary of AFHA, 
who says the talent union will 
"fight this thing right down the 
line" Unless the performers get the 
same fee on transcribed repeats as 
they got on the original live show. 

Plan of CBS and NBC is to keep 
interest in radio alive by persuad- 
ing advertisers and agencies to 
keep the top shows on the air on a 
year-i-ound basis, thus hypoing 
July-August ratings, by reprising 
outstanding shows via transcrip- 
tion. 

The fact that CBS initiated the 
plan and put it directly up to the 
. (Continued on page 38) 



Swezey Status On 
Today's Agenda 

Considerable ti-ade interest fo- 
cuses on today's (Wed.) meeting 
of the board of directors of Mutual 
network, in New York, for out of 
it will probably: come a clarifica- 
tion of the entire issue which has 
resulted In exec veepee Robert 
Swezey turning in his resignation 
to prexy Ed. Kobak. 

Whether the resignation sticks 
after :today's huddling is con- 
jectural. When MBS decided to 
bring in Linus Travers to head up 
sales and programs, Swezey saw it 
as usurping his duties. Ti'avers 
then refused to move: down from 
the Yankee Network. - Kobak says 
the web will still need a No. 3 
man. 

If Swezey is. firm in his^ resolve 
to quit, Kobak will also have to 
find a No. 2 man as well. r 



NBC Seeks a Phantom Blueprint 

NBC programming execs were doing some fast masterminding 
over the past weekend when negotiations collapsed in the Jack 
Benny "capital gains'' deal and evidence presented itself of CBS 
in there pitching for a takeover of the Benny-Phil Harris-Alice 
Faye-Edgar Bergen Sunday night comedy parlay. 
' Primarily NBC, in viewing the worst on the basis of CBS cap- 
turing the three-show spread, concerned itself with what type of 
Sunday night program sequence to establish if it had to fight the 
sock comedy lineup, Some execs leaned toward a solid sequencing 
of dramatic shows of the adventure-whodunit variety, such as 
"Mr, District Attorney," etc., figuring it wouldn't add up to "fight 
comedy with comedy." The only trouble with that thinking, NBC 
agreed; was the question of violating the network's own code, which: 
forbids spotting of mystery shows before 9:30 p.m. And then again, 
it was argued, "where do we slot Fred Allen?" 

NBC is still vague on a possible blueprint. The best solution, 
it realizes, is to make the Benby-NBC deal stick, whatever the cost. 



Washington, Nov. 16. 

After months of investigation by 
its legal staff, FCC yesterday 
(Mon.) ordered a hearing into 
charges that employees of the 
G. A. Richards station in Los An- 
geles, KMPC, were required to 
slant news to reflect the private 
views of their employer. 

The Commission said its investi- 
gation tends to substantiate a com- 
plaint submitted by the Radio 
News Club of L. A. and "raises 
substantial questions with respect 
to the qualifications" of G; A. Rich- 
ards, controlling stockholder of 
KMPC, WJR, Detroit, and WGAR, 
Cleveland. 

The Radio News Club complaiint, 
FCC said, also alleged that on at 
least one occasion Richards caused 
the dismissal of a member of the 
news staff of KMPC "because of 
his failure and refusal to present 
specified items of news and news 
comment in a manner prescribed 
by . . . and designed to reflect the 
opinions and views of said G. Ai 
Richards." 

Webster To Hold Hearingr 

The Commission designated 
Commissioner E. M. Webster to 
hold the hearing, at a time and 
place to be determined, on the f01'> 
lowing Issues: 

1. Whether G.- A. Richards has at 
any time while he was an oiticer 
and principal stockholder of the 
licensee's stations, WGAR, Cleve- 
land; KMPC, Los Angeles, and 
WJR, Detroit, Issued instructions 
or directives "to officers or em- 
ployees of said licensees: 

(A) To present news broadcasti 
in a manner designed to give a bi^ 
ased or a one»sided. presentation of 
the news; 

(B) To broadcast false news con- 
cerning particular Issues or per- 
sons; 

(C) To broadcast editorials of 
daily newspapers as news Items 
without identiflcation of such, edi- 
torials as such; 

(D) To discriminate in favor of 
the interests of any political party, 
parties, or candidates as against 
the interests of other political par- 
ties or candidates; 

(E) To discriminate in any man- 
ner in the programming of stations 
KMPC, WJR and WGAR, in favor 
of the private, political, social and 
economic views and interests of G. 
A. Richards, 

2. To what extent, if any, officers 
or employees refused to carry out 
instructions or directives, if any, 
of the nature specified in Issue No. : 
1, and what disciplinary action, if - 
any, was taken or caused to be 
taken by G. A. Richards against 
any officers or employees who may: 
have refused to carry out such in- 
structions and directives. 

3. To what extent, if any, the 
(Continued on page 40) 



NAB WARNS DISKERS 
miVER~OR aSE' 

Washington, Nov. 16. 
. Moving to crack down on tran- 
scription companies that don't 
deliver on their contracts, the 
NAB exec committee passed a 
reisolution last week to set up a 
check list of legitimate outfits. 
Under the NAB proposal, the com- 
panies would be required to pre- 
sent notarized statements attesting 
to< the physical existence of their 
plattered packages. 

Stations are frequently stung 
now by companies which. -promise.' ■ 
to deliver a Q2-week commercial- ■, •■ 
series but fade out after 13 or 26 . 
platters. 



GF'S 'aUIZ' BUY 
Post Cereals Division of General 
Foods has bought "Professor Quiz" 
in a half-hour recorded format to 
be carried in 25 west central and 
southeastern radio markets start- 
ing in JanuaiTi for Grape .Nuts < 
Flakes. 

Young & Rubicam bandies th« 
account. 



24 



KABIO 



Wedneflday, November 17, 19441 



NAB Board Meets to Tackle Problem 
Of Enf orcb^ a 'Czarless Code' 



Washington, Nov. 16. + 
"The NAB hoard settled down tp 
three days of sessions today (Tues- 
day) with every indication that no 
effort would be made to put teeth 
in the industry code. Instead, it 
is expected, observance will be put 
on a voluntary basis in the . hope 
that this substitute for an indus- 
try "Czar" will work. \ ' 

What appears to be shaping , up 
In association circles is a long tern) 

■ campaign of education; In addi- 
tion, one member of. the NAB 
board would probably be appointed 
to interpret the standards for m- 
formation ■ of station owners all 
over the U.S. Such a man would 
travel about ther country, address^ 
ing various: groups of ; broadcasters 
snd explaining what was expected 
of them. 

. ;Hope of the industry people is 
that the networks will set a good, 
example; particularly regarding 
commercials, and that the inde-; 
pendent stations will take their 
cues from the webs. 

1,806 Producers 
' » Creation of a Czar at this time 
has been ruled out because of 
the difficulty of signing up and 
then formally policing nearly 2,000 
stations. As one radio spokesman 
said, "the difference between us 
and the motion picture industry is 
that : they can have a Czar and 
make the system work because 
there are only a handful of pro- 
ducers. We have over .1,800 pro-, 
ducers — in other words over 1,800 

: stations:-" 

Code violations ai-e expected to 
come most often from the mar- 
ginal stations — generally the post- 
war newcomers; Many of these are 
not making money even . now. If 
■' business should fall oft some, in 
the next year or two, there Is fear 
that economic pressure will force 

■ them into cutthroat rate slashing.. 
This could be cleared Hp only by; 
some of these stations going out of 

^ business and ; the number remain- 
ing adjusting themselves, to the 
available business. 

. NAB budget for the. next year is 
figured to windup at about' the 
same figure as the $825,000 allo- 
cated for 1948 operation. 

Also under discussion at the 
meeting is the question of creat- 
ing a new standard contract with 
the national advertisers which 
, would prescribe that all contracts 
must include the NAB code. This 
would tend to keep the: stations in 
line on standards of practice ex- 
cept on strictly local business. 



Arnold's Lifetime Slot 

San Bernardino, Nov. 16. 
. ;Edward Arnold's loyalty to 
his "home-town" outlet here,: 
KITO, paid off last week when 
the station handed the actor a 
"certificate : entitling him to 
one half-hour of the best avail- 
able radio time each week as 
long as h* shaU live." KITO 
manager George E. Lindman 
■ and program director Charles 
Foil made the award. - ; 

Inasmuch as Arnold had 
dedicated KITO's initial broad- 
cast in Nov., 1947,. and agreed 
to participate in. this month's 
joint celebration of a power 
boost and first anni, Lindman 
felt he should have a piece of 
the station. Arnold reportedly 
will use his weekly halfThour; 
to various humanitarian causes . 
he's been cbampiooing; 



From Ae Production Cadres 



ILGWO's KFMY (With 
'SOPnly'Com'l Format) 
Gets Real HVood Sendoff 



Beauty Pageant TV Nixed 
As Likely to Hurt Gate; 
Radio to Be Curtailed 

Atlantic City. Nov. 16. 
: There will be little if any tele-, 
vision; and radio broadcasts will 
be cut to a minimum,, when the 
annual Miss America beauty 
pageant :is held next September in 
the auditorium: here. 

This is the word passed on by 
Mrs. Leonore Slaughter Frapart, 
pageant director, after she was 
asked if it was true that the tele- 
vision rights to the beauty show 
had already been sold. 

"Not . only have the television 
rights not been sold; or otherwise 
disposed of;: but: under: present 
plans radio .. broadcasting will be 
drastically curtailed next year," 
she declared. Mrs Frapart said 
radio broadcasts were blamed by 
directors of the pageant for the 
cut in- estimated attendance la.st 
year. She ha.stened to add that 
if radio broadcasting of pageant 
cut receipts, television would only 
reduce them more. 



ABC Molls a Two-Hour 
Mon. Nite Variety Show 

jJiBG Is considering a two-hour 
Monday night variety show to run 
from 9 to 11 p.m., the first hour 
of which would be oppo.site CBS' , y^y JVEIF YORK CITY , *' . 

'"'iwH ThmwPr'ABrf sales vee- ' Gea" OrH". editor of Gotham Life, began weekly show, "As the Stars 
„J said the deal u Lt yet set, Come Out." on WGYN-FM Sunday (14). ."Good Neighbor" story of 
hmvVver ai^d deUils remairto be Norman Brokenshire aired on WNBC last spring resulted in sculptor 
Zkpr^ut It and wheTu^ Curran donating a new bust to a Lake Ronkoilkoma, N. Y.. 

rwouW riLasriepulariy we^^ replacing one of its school superintendent previously del 

fi^tnrp stroved by fire, Bust will be unveiled tonight (Wed.) .. John A. 

teaiure. Mullen, recently director of radio copy with Doherty, Clifford & Shen- 

field. has moved to SSC&B agency a$ sUpeitvti^i; tiii(i|:i cpord^ 
radio and television copy:. ; . . Alice It«iM>kH theckiajg ott "liifie ;GaM: B^ 
BeautlfurV:aftervl() 'years tO: do. a legit .shp)^^ , '.^ MtFaddeii, niah» ■ 
ager of WNBCv selected veepee of New York State Asscwiiat^; Press 
Broadcasters Assn. at; Albany meet. ; :. .Teank StiMoit^ C^ 
[ came up the research way as one of the. best in the businessi is a.. 
I member of the committee named by the Social Science Research Coun- 
Hollywood, Nov. 16. ' cil to find out what went wrong in that election poll fiasco. 
KFMV International Ladies' Robert Q. Lcivis up against that perennial headache again — finding 
Garment Workers Union FM sta- a new time slot for him, Longines has bought-his current Sunday aft- 
tion, opened the doors to its new- j emoon 5 to 5i30 CBS time. Robert Q. may now go cross-the-board 
ly constructed studios with a 90- i again. Lewis, incidentally, has just checked out of William Morris 
minute sho* encasing Congression- , after four years . New York Star next on the list to flash a television 
al Representatives, Helen Gahagan i section Roger Carlin, of MCA tele dept., down with a heart at- 
Douglas and Chet Holifield, union 1 tack Here's the administrative setup for the "Stamp Out VD" radio 
officials and entertainers and Los ( campaign in N; Y.: Morris Novik, supervisor and coordinator; Henrietta 
Angeles high office representatives. ': K; Harrison and Mike Jablons, directors; Nat Rudich, handling tele* 
Melvin Douglas emceed the pro- ; vision . John Coburn Turner, manager of ABC's script and program 
gram picking up a "cold" script promotion department, .will be a member of a panel of the National 
from which there blew a hearty Society for Crippled Children at the national convention in Chicago, 
draft. Miiyor Fletcher Bowron de- Nov. 15-17. Turner, a paraplegic who has been partially paralysed 
livered a short address along with ' since 1936 following an automobile accident, will discuss "Everyday 
other city officials, execs of the I Problems For the Handicapped" . ^ . . Sardi's making big hit with cast on 
Garment Workers Union, William | ABC's "Theatre U.S.A.," serving sandwiches and coffee during rehear- 
Gieen AFL topper, and additional ! sals at the 48th Street playhouse . . . .Charles Powers, producer of ABC's- 
union officials. Rep; Helen Gahagan ^ new experimental program, "Our Job Is : Manhattan," almost launched 
Douglas informed the audience thimself instead of the program; when he was thrown off. a-pier while 
that she would send back to the ; recording. Undaunted, Charlie kept the machine going and has every 
station periodic reports from Wash- -I word of "Pier Etiquette" for the record. . , .Richard Sanders added :to 
ington On the status of- current is- I cast of "Our Gal Sunday" . . . Clyde North to "David Harum" . . . . John 
sues and labor problems of interest I Stanley. Maurice TarpHn and Marion Allen to "Front Page Farrell", 
to the comnJUnity. ■■ . | Rosemary Rice doing new "Aunt Jenny" sequence ... .Kay McMahon, 

Ehtei'talhmeht interspersed with i audition director at Ruthrauff :& Ryan, taking an extended vacation : 

the address of officials was sup- ''^t Bowman has resigned from Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample radio 

plied by Kenny Baker Martha Til- f^^P*- ■ • Some sort of record chalked up by Roger Pryor and George 
ton Harry Babbitt Edgar Bergen, Wolf at .Foote, Cone & Belding in whijiping up Rheingold Beer TV 
George Turner Clioir, Jim Backus , ''^'"s "ver weekend (in wake of beer strike), and having them vidoed 
and Men of Note Don Roinandi I Monday !night, ; J. Walter Thompson : radio dept (N. Y; and L. A.) 
orchestra handling the backing 1 doing lots of chest thumping over those multiple mag features on JWT 



chore. .Baker suffered acutely 
I from bad band backing; . With 
obviously no rehearsal: time - put 
(Continued on page:40) ■: :: 



Chi Radio Comes Up 



Writers, Agencies Down 
To 'Bread & Butter' Talk 
In Atmosphere of Calm 

: .Further exploratory talks ' be- 
tween the Radio Writers Guild and 
top ad agencies towards drawing 
up a scripters' minimum basic 
agreement were resumed in New 
York yesterday (Tues.). Although 
non-committal over prospects for 
an: agreement, RWG execs declared 
the negotiating sessions were be- 
.ing held in an amicable atmos- 
phere; Final inking of a pact;: how- 
ever, is regarded as still being re- 
: mote. ■ 

Specific points discusited at the 
• RWG-sponsor meetings are being 
kept under wraps until a definite 
B^age. in the negotiations are 
reached. It's understood, howeven 
that the preliminary sparring is 
over with both sides getting dov.ti 
to the "bread-and-butter" terms of 
the proposed pact. : . 



Reagan Heads Up HVood 
Office of McC-Erickson 

. Lloyd . O. Coulter, veepee in 
charge :of radio and .television for 
McCann-Erickson, has upped J. 
INe.il Reagan as manager of the 
agency's Hollywood office. He'll 
also continue as. radio production 
head of the Coast setup. 

Reagan jomed the agency four 
years ago, succeeding to the posi- 
tion left vacant by : the death of 
August J. Bruhn. 



airers since the wraps were taken off the ■ne>V-season, . ; ; Anbe Seymour ■ 
will do a guest shot on Bill Lazar's "Sunday Salmaguhdi'' show pit 
! WMCA Sunday (21). : . :Sidney Reznick reheyred as writer on the Mil- 
id red Morey-Wrigley Gum show heard in Cihada over ;the CBC: 
] Frank Muckenhaupt, WOR night production supervisor, father of a ; 
i boy born = Nov. 13 , . . . Evelyn Pierce/ -Who forjiiierly headed i d^y^hie - 
I radio- department of Compton agenej', :put in over^ii charge oiE Ba.rba:ra:;v 
I Welles daytimer.on WOR. ; . , ABO will sit Uiht;#to Anna and Elesifipr t 
' iH'iL <r' i f» > Ci ' ' ! Rocsc'cW for awhile to allow the mother-and-daughter commentary 
I Wltn front rafie utOry ■ senes to buHd up a soUd rating before making a selling pitch. Feeling 
I ^ . „ is that despite the undoubted pull of the Roosevelt label, Anna and 

' tn V,' J ii, c. t^ti '^"y,- ^'r- ' Eleanor remam something of an unknown quantity in commercial radio 
'Behind the Front Page, barik- Guesses on reason Bing Crosby's transcribed show for Vacuum 
I rolled by Mutual Benefit of Omaha, I poods went to WCBS (it starts Nov. 22) despite vigorous pitches from 
1 switches Its origination point trom wOR and elsewhere include this one: Jock Whitney, a top exec of 
New York to Chicago, starting , Vacuum Foods, is a brother-in-law of BUI Paley. CBS board chairman. 
Nov. 28. Gabriel Ileatter continues j WHDH, Boston; KDKA, Pittsburgh, and WCAU, Philadelphia, also 
as luminary of the Sunday night ' y^/wi carry the show. 

MBS airer, with his seg piped in , Nathan Straus, WMCA president, planed in Monday (15) from Paris 

where he set up nightly broadcasts of "iRepdrt From Ijirael.'^^^ 



IIS HOLLYWOOD 



Mesa Station, in Mess 
Of Coin Trouble, Folds 

Mesa, Ariz., Nov. 16. 
KARV here will sign off the air 
permanently Thursday night. (18) 
fit 11, a victim ■ of what the man-. 
: flgemcnt: described as "unsettled 
economic conditions and the multi- 
plicity of radio stations in the 
Phoenix area." 

Decision to take the 250-watt in- 
die off the air was made la,st week 
at a special meeting-.of the station's 
five stockholders, who had sunk 
$75,000 in the enterprise in less 
than two years. Station went on 
the air Jan. 6, 1947. 
: John McPhee, general manager 
of KOnV, has offered to sell equip- 
ment to competitor Mesa station 
KTYL, and understood that deal is 
bow in the making. 



equal, so it's felt the shoW might 
as well be based in the midwest; 

To rolcrstarved Ghl actors the 
shift brings a bit of over-due 
manna. New network commercials 



spring. 



CARLOS A. FKANKO 

• " ■ ' Manager and Radio Time Buyer 

YOUNG & RUBICAM, Inc. 
"Of course I read VARIETY, . , , Who Doesn't'/'* 



from Florida. 

Switch simplifies agency chores, 
since the account is indigenous to 
Ruthrauff & Ryan's Chi office. Line | jcss Oppenheimer, long one of the better comedy writers in Holly- 
charges to Florida, whether from wood, joined up with CBS to create new shows for packaging bv the 
Chi or New York, figure^out about r network. He'll keep punching away at scripts for "My Favorite'Hus- 
t - „ ^ t- band" ., ..Don Thornburgh and Don Searle back at their respective 

desks at CBS and ABC after long sessions ^t the hpme office:: . . . Aift l, 
Linkletter's GE House Party passed Its ii()OOth l>roadcast, then hits the , 
road:' again to' swell- the coffers of local Charities ; : . . One of thei town's ; 
wits came up with an idea; for ABC in retaliation for Fred Allen's 
trom here so far this year have , insurance against mis.sing any of the "Stop the Music" loot. He would 
been less than few. Last New York j have "Music" insure listeners against missing any good jokes on Allen's 
import to cm was 'Terry and the j show by mailing them on request Bud Dant is back batoning the 
Pirates, which faded put last , music on the Dennis Day show, replacing George Duning. Change 

was made when it was agreed there would be no conflict with Judi? 
Canovai :for whom he also fronts the niusicRers . . . , AS an exSlbitatioita 
stunt for "What Every .Young Bride Should Know,'* llavid Qv Se^ 
is offering its stars. Shirley Temple and Johii . Agar; for a: radio' series 
under the picture's title ... Morris Novik; \yhp staged Giiro 
ers and. AFL shows for Prez Truman, ill toWn for Unveiling of tinion's 
KM station and to personally thank Ronald Reagan, Melvyii Douglas. . 
Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly and Gregory Peck for their support of 
the president . , Ownership Of KWKW in Pasadena passed from So. 
Cal.: Broadcasting Co. to Teamsters Union . ; . . Walter turie's new com- 
edy entry for Mutual in the audition .swfeepstakes is '"The Milieris of 
Holloway Drive,'' costarring Sidney MilMr iahd Peggy Riyan. It's a isit- 
uation piece written by Phil Shukin and directed by Helen Mack'... . 
Jean Hersholt started his 12th year for Chesebrbugh, and *'^ed Ryder" 
gallops into his 1,000th broadcast for iLiigiligendOi^. bakeries . > . . Bill 
'Chompspn, who spends most of his free time to combat juvenile de- 
linquency, is now an honorary sheriff of Alameda cpunty and Los Angeles 
and honorary major of El CerritP, CaL ■ He can dp about anything 
except flx a traffic ticket . ... Johtt -Roche (Williams 
town for takeoff of Revere camera's new Jo Staff ord show. 

/;V CHICAGO , . . 

Jack Baker, who used to tenor on ''Breakfast Club." now irilling via 
KCMO- - .Bob Adams bowing out of WINDts annouricirig staff to re- 
turn home to Boston. . .Quaker Oats signed for Nielsen's radio index 

. . Audition platter of a new variety show, Storing Ransoni Sherman; ^ 
now m: New York for a yea or nay: from ABC*s projgram chiefs . ... ; 
Larry Wolters, radio ed of the Ghl Ttibi ihto St FrSncis hospitsil lor a 
checkup . .Mike Iluber resigning as mairiager pf WGIL, Galesbu^^^^ 
111. , ... Fourth annual Best Teacher contest launched via "Quiz Kids'v. 
Sun. (14). with , a $2,500 casli scholarship as first prize ... NBC flack, 
John Keys and wife have adopted a! three-month-old boy fijom the 
l^vanston (111.) Cradle ... Sports announcer Bob Finnegan stilled for 
five days by a strep throat. . v .NB(3 : screening "Behind Your Radio 
Dtal ' for 400 ad men and ns.sorted guests: at Sheriiton hotel luncheon 
Wed, ( 17). Net IS readying 8m prints for sho\^ings • by schools, churches 
and clubs, . . .Martin Maloney, of N6rth*esi;erfe tl.'s faculty, scripted 
the drama heard on this week's "First Nighter" . ... Carroll MartSr niidi 
west biz manager lor Mutual, recovered his new car last week, fol-' 
lowing Its theft over tiie weekend Emcee Don McNeill arid other 
Breakfast Clubbers ,?tage a :per,sonar appearance at Kaycee, Nov.. 27, 
with; proceeds going tp the Children's; MerCy hospital; . . .^d Kobak* 
(Continued on page 40) 




Wedncfldar, November 17, 1948 



BADIO 



ffWOOD STARS FACE THE EAST 



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Rank 


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1 


2 


5 


3 




4 




5 




6 




7 


2 


8 




9 


4 


10 




11 




12 




13 


9 


14 


3 


- 15 




16 




17 


IX 


18 




19 


12 


20 


22 



Nielsen s Top 20 

Current 

Protrram Rating 

Lux Radio Theatre 27.1 

Bob Hope 24.0 

Fibber & Molly 23.8 

Duffy's Tavern ....22.6 

Phil Harris .21.3 

: Jack Benny . . ..... . , . .19.9 

Godfrey's Talent Scouts ,..19.6 

My Friend Irma 18.9 

■ Suspense .... . ...... . ... .18.3 

Date With Judy 18.1- 

' Jergens Journal . . . \ . . , , , . .17.8 
Bums and Allen . . ...... . .17.6 

Grime Photographer . . , .17.4. 

Mr. Keen :...17.4 

Charlie McCartjiy , 17.2 

Aldrich Family ; 16.8 

Mystery Theatre 167 

Fred Allen 16 6 

FBI in Peace and War 1H6 

Mr.' and Mis. North ... 1().4 



Pointi 
Change 

+ 1.5 
+ 4.0 



—1.8 

—1.5 

+2.5 

—0.6 
—3.3 

—0.4 

—0.8 
-H.6 



Sen. Johnson Sees Better Results In 
Next Congress in War Vs. Webs, Clears 



Web Co-ops Still Harass 
, Transcription Packagers 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 
Ghl packagers- o£ quality' tran- 
scribed shows are getting groggy 



By AL WILUAMS 

Denver, Nov. 16. 

Colorado's Sen. Ed Johnson, 
lotigtime standard bearer against 
the super-power and clear channel 
interests, will take up the cudgels 
again in the next Congross, and 
this tune expects to get the mat- 
ter settled. ! in the face of battering competition 

In an interview ,n Denver the , percentage deals 

Senator expressed view that . aliil ales have drastically nar- 
the seelcers alter clear cha^^^^^^ 

were the well-established o d^^^^^^ ^ {-4,^3^ 

who had made money cons s^^^^^^^^ co-ops and Mutual 20. 

As chairman of the Senate In- 1 "f ^ «J">ws with potential sale- 
terslate Commerce Committee in | ^''""y- ^ 



thfe upcoming session, Johnson will I 
sit in the driver's seat. In pre- ' 
viou-s hearings the Rocky Mountain 
solon fought' against losing odds, 
pnd lost his support when Senators 
Brooks of Illinpis and Capehart 
of Indiana raided the committee 
in the interest of clear channel 
operators/in their states. ' 

Johnson's views are generally Se&ltle Nov. 16. 

applauded by Rocky Mountain and; . ' , . . ' . a^St-^r, 

Soulhwostcrn broadcasters, both Coming of television to Seattle 
areas where there has been a moro- maj mark a turning point in the 
thanTaverage increase in new; con- • attitude of Seattle's two daily pa- 



Seattle Dailies 
Getting Religion 



struction since the war, with the 
newcomers hard put to make ends 



pers to radio as well as television. 
The Post-Intelligencer, local Hearst 



meet in the face ot network and { sheet, is now printing a daily ra 
regional spot competition. Radio | (jjo i(,g fo,. kRSC, which will 
operators in Colorado were cii'cu- 1 ,.n,„ci, this town's first television 



FEEL NEED OF TV 
IN THEIR FUTURE 

This season finds an unprece- 
dented, number of film personali- 
ties in the L. A.-to-N. Y. safari do- 
ing, radio-television guest shots in 
the east. The heightened activity 
stems from the increasing number, 
of topflight radio-dramatic shows 
emanating from New York ("Ford 
Theatre," "Theatre Guild of the 
Air," "Cavalcade of America," etc.), 
with the former two, in particular, 
dangling .tempting coin, -in some 
cases reaching as high as $6,000, 
for a one-shot. / 's 

The rivalry between "Ford Thea-* 
tre" and the Theatre Guild airer. 
for top stars and properties has 
assumed unparalleled -dimensions 
for Gothani'originating programs, 
but oddly enough, the constant 
coming and coming of name pix. 
personalities has eased the situa- 
tion, for there appears to be 
enough.to go around. Nevertheless- 
in the case, of "must" personalities^ 
the overlapping is accentuated. 

While Ford, for example, suc- 
ceeded: in snaring Ingrid Bergman 
for last :week's"Camille" Friday 
night CBS show, the. star is com- 
mitted to do a Guild show iri the 
spring. Similarly with Dorothy 
McGuire, who has already been 
spotlighted oil the, Ford show,, and 
is down for a Guilcl" production 
later in the season. ' .. 

Primarily, however, itjs tele 
vision that is luring so many of the 
film names east. They .: know that 
eventually there must be a TV in 
their future and are anxious to 
know how they'U fit into.the new 
medium. And as long as Coast tele 
hasn't developed to the extent 
where they can display their dis- 
tinctive waresi more and more are 
hopping east for'' a one-shot bout 
with video. . ■ ' 

. Here, for example, is only a par- 
tial list of the Coastites who either 
have, already showed up for the 
two-way radio-tele spread in the 
east, or are down for guest shots 
this season: Ingrid Bergman, Doro- 
thy .McGuire, Marlene Dietrich, 
Van Heflin, Van Johnson, Claude 
I Rains, Paul Muni, Edward G. 
j Robinson. Walter Pidgeon, Burt 
I Lancaster, KEthaiine Hepburn, Pat 
; G'Brien, Dean Jagger, :iMargaret 
Sullavan, Irene Dunn, Burgess 
Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Wal- 
ler Huston, Rex HarrisoUi George 
! Jessel, Joan ■ . Fontaine, Charles 
I Laughton and Celeste Holm. 



Lifting of CBS Ban on Disked Shows 
Comes Suddenly; NBC Sole Holdout 



How to Crash Radio 

Pat O'Brien, in N. Y. last 
week for the "Theatre Guild 
of the Air" show, was riding 
down in an elevator at the 

Sherry-Netherland' hotel when ' 
the elevator op, Dick Howard, 
grabbed his opportunity and 
began reciting a couple of dra- 
matic bits. Impressed with th« 
off-the-cuff reading, O'Brien 
arranged a date for Howard 
with Homer Fickett, director 
of the TG show. 

Fickett tried him out in a bit 
part and he was hired on the 
spot. Since then, Howard has 
auditioned for two other shows 
and O'Brien reportedly is al- 
ready plugging him as a film 
and television comer; Just in ^ 
case he doesn't click, , though, 
Howard hasn't given up his 
elevator job. 



lated by Montana broadcaster Ed 
Craney during the primaries, be^ 
ing urged at that time to get bo- 
hind Johnson's push lor reelection 
in the' interests of the indie opera- 
tors as a -whole. Johnson's position 
in the primary was complicated by 
a revolt led by Denver , publicist 
• • (Continued on page 40) 



Mpls. Star-Tfib Assigns 
Veepee Hawks to Radio, TV 

Minneapolis, Nov. 16. 
Minneapolis Star and Tribune 
revealed in its employee publica- 
tion that Stanley Hawks, vice presi^ 
dent has been assigned to devote 
full time to broadcasting, television 
and other special projects, includ- 
ing investigation of facsimile. , 

He previously supervised news- 
papers'; circulation department. 
John Cowles, president, pointed' 
put llie matter of a permit for con- 
.struction ot a television station by 
NoUhwobt Broadcasting Corp is 
nou ponding before the FCC. 
Stock Is entirely owned by the 
newspapers. 
He said Commission had placed 



station Nov. 25. The P. I. will 
also run a log on station's video 
shows when they begin. 

KRSC-TV has received kind 
treatment and much space in both 
the P. I. and the" Times, a fact 
worthy Of notice due to past ig^ 
noring of radio by both papers. 
Last week KRSC-TV televised a 
fashion and variety show from 
the tea-room of Frederick & Nel- 
son, local department store, to 14 
receivers spaced throughout the 
store's six floors, and the. P. I- 
covered the .show both in its news 
columns and on the society page. 



940 STATIONS IN U.S. 
NOW SERVICED BY AP 



Albany, Nov. 16. 
|. Gunnar Wigg, general manager 
iof WHEG, GannifttTContrdUed, sta- 
tion in ftO'Clifcsteri I was ' elected 
president:, bit the; New; Yoi'k. State 
Associated Press Broadcastei'.s 
A&5M;,' at ah organization meeting 
' here last ' week. ■Similar meetings 
have been or will l)c held in other 
'states. ■ . , j "'Xi- 

AP, which entered the dissemin- 
a condition on the permit 'which ation of news to radio outlets at a 
must be cleared before construe- later date than UP and INS, now 
tion cnh begin, ruling that Minne- ha.s 940 membership-cooperative 
sota T>-ibune Co., which operated stations. Several hundred ad- 
old Minneapolis Tribune news- ' ditional arc said to bo serviced on 
papers, eitlicr dispose of slock in- a commercial contract basi.s— the 
teres! in i\linne,apolis Star and Tri- jpian used e.xcUi,sively when AP bc- 
bune or ils 50% stock interest in '«an to take on broadcasting ac- 
Minne.sola Broadcasting Corp., counts. Tlieie are 60 New York 
which operates '^^TCN. state stations receiving AP news. 

Meanuhilc WTCN plans to begin i 18 of them m New York City, 
television broadcasting within a Forty of the 42 upstate links are 
matter of weeks. tjpembers. 



Kaycee Stations to Aid 
In Fuel Crisis Times 
With Emergency Info 

Kan-sas City, Nov. 16. 

In view ot the possible shortage 
of ?as for fuel in this area. Gas 
Service Co. (Cities Service) has set 
up a ' warning system to work 
through Kansas City radio stations. 
Company has prepared a; kit of 
six live announcements for emer- 
gency orders, and has placed the 
kit with each station — KCKN, 
KMBC, WflB, KCMO and W0AF. 

Emergency kit provides for three 
situations, when gas pressure starts 
falling, when it is necessary to turn 
off gas appliances and when gas 
supply fails completely. Com- 
panion announcements to be used 
when emergency is past also are 
in the kit, all prepared by the ad- 
vertising department of Gas Serv^ 
ice> Co. direct. 



Pauley Protests 
Thackrey Package 

Washington, Nov. 16; ' 
Southern California Television 
Co., owned by Ed Pauley, yester- 
day (15) asked the FCC to recon- 
sider its approval of package sales 
of radio stations and require 
Dorothy- S, Thackrey to sell her 
television . station in Los Angeles 
(KtAC-TV) separately. Mrs. 
Thackrey has applied to the Com- 
mission for permission to sell to 
Warner Bros, her two standard 
broadcast stations in California 
(KYA, San Francisco and KLAC 
in L. A. ) as well as the video out- 
let. 

In a petition filed by Haley, Mc- 
Kenna & Wilson, Washington coun- 
sel, Southern California challenged 
the Commission order of last Oct. 
28 interpreting the AVCO decision 
to limit only package sales of co- 
mingled broadcast and non-broad- 
cast properties. That ruling. South- 
ern Gal. contended, "is contrary to 
the whole spirit and purpose of the 
AVCO decision, a decision de- 
signed to bring 'transfer cases into 
harmony with the theory of com- 
petition which underlies the com^, 
munications act' and into harmony 
with the procedure, governing ap- 
plications for new facilities;" 

Southern Cal. asked that the 
Commission allow oral arguments 
on Its petition of last Aug. 10 ask- 
ing that the three Thackrey sta- 
tions be of fered separately and that 
Mrs. Thackrey be required, to state 
a separate price for each of the 
facilities so that competitive bids 
may be offered for the stations 
singly or collectively. In the mean- 
time, the. Commission was asked to 
extend the period within which 
competitive bids may be filed to a 
date. 30 -days subsequent to final 
action on Southern. Cal.'s petition. 



CBS has taken the final, drastic 
step in lifting its ban on tran- 
scribed shows. 

The move, while jnot unexpected 
in some quarters, ■ nevertheless : 
came more suddenly than was 
anticipated. It now leaves NBC' 
alone to capitulate completely to 
the "new era" in which, it's recog- 
nized,., new concetft's on networking 
of radio shows are fast being 
established in the wake of tele- 
vision's upsurge. 

The show 1o "break the ice" at 
CBS is "What Makes You Tick," ■ 
the Addison Smith package now : 
heard on ABC, which Procter &■ 
Gamble, sponsor of the program, 
has decided to move over to Colum- 
bia under the final erasure of the; 
network ban on transcribed pro- ■ 
grams. "Tick" is a tape recorded 
program. It goes into the, 2:45-3 p.m. 
tross-f he-board segment starting 
Dec. 27 for P & G. but with CBS 
picking is up as a sustainer. start- ' 
ing this week until it goes com- 
mercial. That's the time relin- 
quished by Manhattan Soap, which 
is dropping sponsorship of "Evelyn 
Winters." "Tick" is a $3,000 
package. While on CBS as a sus-. 
tainer it will also Continue on ABC, 
with Columbia doing the playback 
ot the ABC program. 

It's known that CBS for some 
time had been trying gradually to 
ease itself out of the transcription 
ban. Its okay last summer for 
transcribing of Coast repeats was ' 
the first step in this direction, and 
in a drastic revamp of policy the 
network only two weeks ago noti- 
fied agencies and clients that they 
would be permitted to keep their 
t()p stars . and properties on tha 
CBS airlanes on a full-year sched- 
ule by doing transcribed repeats of 
the season's top shows instead of v 
using summer replacement shoiiv* 

St. Loo Buses, Streetcars 
Fitted for Broadcasts;, 
Toronto Bid Is Nixed 

St. Louis, Nov. 16. 
More than 1,300 buses and elec- , 
trie street cars owned by the St. . 
Louis Public Setvice Co,, are being 
equipped with radio transmitters 
to furnish payees with music and: 
newscasts broadcast by KXOK-FM; : 
owned and operated by the St 
Louis Star-Times. The station will 
purchase , and maintain the equips., 
ment. 

Background mu.sie, including/ 
pop tunes and light classical select v 
tions will provide the principal por-. 
tion of the programs, which also 
! offer two minutes of news every . 
I half hour and announcements of 
I 20 seconds duration at intervals of 
j, from five to 10 minutes. The broad- . 
i casting will be between 6:30 a.m. . 
I and 10 p.m; and be on a .self-sus- 
, taining basis, financed by the com- 
mercial annou'nce'ments. 



Texas AWB Picks Short 

San Antonio, Nov. 16. 

Violet Short, of KTSA here, was 
reelected chairman of the 13lh di.s- 
tiict, Assn. of Women Bioadca.st- 
ers, National Assn. of Broadcasters, 
at the third annual conleronce held 
here of Texas radio women. . 

A resolution was pa-ssed to co- 
operate in a state-wide public opin^r 
ion survey, through women's pro- 
grams, on what the public under- 
stands about the United Nations. 
This program was suggested by 
Dorothy Lewis, -coordina'ior of 
women's broadcasts tor the United 
Nations, 



WOW's Farmers Junket 
Will Include Germany 

Omaba, Nov. 16. 

The WOW farmer's ' trip to Eu- 
rope, already receiving world- 
wide recognition, has just re- 
ceived permission to enter Ger- 
many. Mel Hansen, WOW farm 
service director and the 26 midwest 
farmers now hold a military per- 
mit to go through Germany on 
their itinerary of tarm inspection 
and study. The army will coop- 
erate and there will be a broad- 
cast I rom Frankfurt. Official guide 
will be. Stanley Andrews, head of 
the; food and agricultural division 
of the Ajfterican military govern- 
mont. Group leaves Nov. 16 and 
will tour 30 days. 

Experts regard the WOW move 
as some new ground-breaking in 
the establishment of better inter- 
national relations. 



Still Hope in Toronto 

Toronto, Nov. 16 
Toronto streetcar and bus riders 
won't bo compelled : to listen to 
radio programs to and from work 
or shopping, according to decision 
of Canadiiin Broadcasting Corp., 
which has refused such '.^ license; 
to a group calling itself the Trans- 

(Continued on page 38) 



WJW's Sitter Service : 

Cleveland. Nov. 16. ' 
WJW; makes a new bid for popu* 
I lar favor by establishing a baby- 
; sitter service for . mothers seeking 
a bit of shopping, time on Saturday 
mornings from 9 aiiTi, to noon. 

Effective last .Saturday (13), 
mother could leave children, aged 
4 to 9, m stations's new playroom- 
studio under supervLsion of regis- 
; tered nurse and girl scouts trained 
. in- Child cat-e. WJW can take car* 
' of 50 young ones. Studio is equip- 
l ped with teeter-totters, slides, milk, 
j graham crackers, toys, etc. 
\ At the same time, a "Baby Sit- 
■ tcrs Hour" wilt be conducted with 
I Bruce MacDonald and Walter Kay> 



WMTncftJay, Novcinlter 17, 1948 



Reprint of Editorial In 

riiat Issue of 
Variety. Dec- W05 



Speaking of 
Tradition! 



VABIETIt goveining the 

to announce the policy b 

^"^P"'" . « +n read it. It will be 
We want you t»J««J^ ^^son than 

^-^^^^t^\^ir^tS^ on original 

*'^*V* , theatSl newspaper. 

line* for a theatr ca ^^t^aordi- 

Thc first, f«"^°^ n ?e%AI»lSESS. ;. 
nary feature of it T'"^^" :_ted of in- 
mltever there « to ^^^^^^^^^^ ^llL 

.;nKS^-^e the, 

watchwords. . ^^^^ 

The news part of the P P^^ 

^-SneTaS^^S- 

NOT DEVIATE. 

The reviews ;vin only told. 

S^SKiriSAd in fairness 

p«; a nvedium; a complet '^^^ 
I paper . ^J^^td Tthe theatrical 
with or inte«„7* (th the thorough 
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WAR ON TV IMSCRIPnON BAN 



Sunday Night's Cream-Packed Act 

, General Poods' pacting of the Theatre Guild television 
dramatic series for the 8 to 9 Sunday night segment on NBC- 
TV, preceding the "Phllco Television Theatre," throws Into 
sharp focus the current- "embarrassment of riches" that's tlirow- 
ing Sunday night video dialers into, a tailspin. 

The overlapping of many of tele's top-budgeted "cream 
shows," all showcased within a space of two hours on the same 
night, has created a wave of criticism both within and outside 
the trade. 

Particularly deplored is the fact that virtually all of the 
dramatic presentations are concentrated on Sunday night, 
which will now boast, in addition to Philco and Theatre Guild, 
the Actors Studio show, the once ^monthly Ford Theatre (sched- 
uled soon for a weekly showcasing) and CBS' "Studio One." 

Such topheavy dramatic programming not only makes for 
confusion in terms of the video viewer, but adds up to poor 
program sequencing. It's stricjly a case where, for six nights 
a week, the cameras are virtually bereft of dramatic shows 
(except for isolated cases of Kraft's Wednesday night NBT 
show), while on Sunday it's a deluge. 

It would appear that the networks are duplicating the same 
error that prevailed in AM radio; by permitting the client and 
agency to dictate time segments, regardless of how they fit 
into overall programming structure. 



Tele's Varied Threats to Pix hidustry 
Cited hy Coy; 1000 Stations in 7 Yrs. 






Chicago. Nov. 16 
, FCC Ghairman Wayne Coy pre- 
dicted today (16) that the Com 
mission will soon be able to add 
channels in the ultra high band | 
for use by television stations. i 
Speaking before the Chicago 1 
Rotary Club in a celebration mark- 1 
ins "Television Day" in the Windy i 
City as a feature of National: Radio 
Week, Coy estimated that in anothr 
er two years there will be .400 ^ , ,, , 
video stations operating and that , oanKi'O'iea 
there will be 1.000 stations on the ^ Station's fare exclusive of film, 
Bir in "seven or eisht vears " He breaks down into musical variety, 
air in seven or eignt years, uei^^c-,. ^^^^^^^ gO^c; juve shows, 

1 20%;. forUm; and: discussion, 159^ 
j dratriai tO%,. Wd aiid jpMticipation, 



>!WENR-TV0nlyl6%Coin'I 

J I Chicago, Nov. 16. 

ABC's WENR-TV here has a lean 
16% of its time sponsored after al- 
most two months of operation. Sta- 
tion adds five-and-a-half hours to 
its sked this week, raising its total 
weekly sked to 22 hours. Only 
three-and^a-halt hours are currently 



said . the Commiission is now hold- 
r Ing'conferences with industry lead- 
ers to determine if equipment can i 
be developed to operate in : the i 
Upper high ■ frequencies. "I pre- ; 
diet," lie added, "that we are going 
to be able to ad those higher chan- i 
nets soon." I 
■. ."Several -manufacturers.'' he i 
said, "have assured us that when 
■additional: channels are added, i 
they •will be able to produce adap- i 
tors at reasonable prices that will [ 
. enable the present sets to tune in I 
the new stations." He said that he j 
Is now using an adaptor to tune in 
a liii^h band experimental station ! 
in : Washington and, in addition, is; 
"using « new set , . . which is. in 
eCTect, a universal television; re- . 
ceiver," 

Films' 'Readjustment' 



TV Stations Still 
On Horns of Deep 
Freeze Dilennna 



: Washington, Nov. 16. 
A problem of deep, concern tp 
I approximately ; i0.0 ieleyiisipni sts^ 
I tlori pernTittees i--- that , of going 
, , , ,, . , , aliead with construction during the 

He toid the gathering that he current freeze on video applica- 
looked forward to a great period Hons— was placed squarely in the 
of readjustment in the motion pie- i lap of tlve FCC last week, 
ture indu-stry. He .said that tele- 1 Tiuough Us Washington coun- 
vision becomes a competitor to the Leonard 11. Marks, of the iirm 
film exhibitor in more ways than q^^^^ ^ Marks, WSAX, Inc., per- 
; (Continued on page 38) .: | mittee for a new video station at 

■ I Huntington, W. Va„ asked the 

Ptiil/./^'.:, (tl nnn nnn i Commission whether it would 

Jf nilCO S !|»1,UUU,UUU ! grant extension of time so per- 

mittees in proceeding with con- 



Television industry and the 
Dramatists Guild have joined 
forces to launch a fuUscaie attack 
against the major film companies' 
ban on kinescope recordings of any 
TV legiter that has ever been made 
into a film. Tlie TV-Guild group 
hopes to have its plans formulated 
for the campaign within the next 
10 days and is prepared, if the film 
companies... won't give in;: to seek 
a test case , on the problem in the 
Courts: ■ 

Question is one that has plagued; 
video broadcasters, agencies and 
sponsors since: the first TV film 
transcription system was inaugu- 
rated. Film companies consider 
the transcriptions merely another 
type of motion picture and thus 
have claimed that any transcription 
oi a legiter to." which they own film 
rights represents a copyriglit vio-. 
lation. Broadcasters, on the other 
hand, have claimed : persistently 
that the transcriptions are "Acr 
layed broadcasts" and thus no 
copyrigflt violation is involved. : 
■ - Long-smoldering problem - . was' 
brought to a "head recently in the 
wake of the numerous TV dramatic 
shows that have- taken the. air. 
] With a coast-to-coast cable hookup 
I still at least three years , away, 
I kinescope recordings represent the 
I only ;way : open to sponsors to air 
their- shows on non-interconnected 
I stations. Already hard-pressed for 
I suitable scripts and believing that 
I the public would- go more for plays 
t that have been made, into films 
I because of the pictures' usual 
wide publicity, broadcasters and 
bankrollers are determined not to 
lose the large number ■ of story 
properties falling into that cate- 
i gory. 

1 Dramatists Guild enters the pic- 
I ture, of course, through the 
interest of playwrights in the prob- 
lem. Many of the top scripters in 
the country would ;like to enter 
video through such shows : as the 
"Philco Television Playhouse" and 
the upcoming Theatre Guild series. 
It's this same group of playwrights; 
however, who have been most sucr 
cessful in selling their plays to 
film producers. They have comv 
plained to the Guild that the ban 
has hurt their chances . to- sell to 
tele. 

With the number of TV dramatic 
j shows increasing, competition for 
suitiible plays has made them 
I tough to get. Royalty rights to the 
I Philco show now average .$500 per 
! script and those for the more cxr 
pensive "Ford Television Theatre" 
run much higher. Many play- 
wrights, however, have, decided to 
wait until the medium expand? 
more, when, they're certain their 
. (Continued on page 38) 



TV Sandusky Plant 

Sandusky, Nov. 16. 

The Philco Corp. has awarded 
contracts for construction of ; a 
$1,000,000 factory in Sandusky to 
house a television division. Philco 
already operates a radio manufac- 
turing plant here, and the tele- 
vision unit will be an addition to 
this plant. 

The television unit will add 
120,000 square feet to the present r 
building; In addition; Philco will ' 
build a 100x350-foot warehouse 



struction in order to determine 
whether they might be required to 
operate in the ultra high band at 
(Continued on page 38) 



KTTV's Dry Run Telecast 
Of Little Rose Bowl Game 



Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
KTTV, Times-Mirror-CBS tele- 

_ ^ „„„ „„ ! station, will run the Little Rose 

Firm will need 700 additional em- ! Bowl football game on a closed cir- 
ployees when the new plant is cuit. Grid till is being telecast by 



completed. 



Don Meier's Chi Exit 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 



Don Lee's KTSL 

KTTV asked and; received per- 
itiisslon to !,'dry riin'' tlie football 
game being played on Dec; llv as a 
preparatory step to. the ; telensing 
Don Meier, "sa^^ manager of of the Rose Bowl game Jan 1 ^ 
WBKB since August, 1947, re- i wh'di it has acquiicd exclusive 
signed Fri. (10) with no announce- \ >">ghls. 

menl of future plans. Mel Wolen, Camorainon and directors made 
former sales chief of WCFL, re- ' the pilch as football will be com- 
places. Four .salesmen will be add- pletely new to them. Camera cov- 
ed to the staff, which so far has erage on the same field the big 
been- a two-man operation. [Rose Bo\\l game is played, it is 

WBKB also has brought in John- i figured, will also help. Station has 
ny Graff, formerly of Donahue- been running off other type pro- 
Coe, N. Y., to fill the new post of grams on closed circuit for some 
program director. ' tmie now. 



i Coke to Transfer 
j Downey to Video 

I : Coca-Cola is preparing to get 
into video; First show i.s expected 
to start sometime around the New 
Year with Morton Downey heading 
the first layout. Plans for coke's 
television plans for Downey haven't 
been completed as yet. However, 
it is known that Downey will vacate 
his three-times weekly show on 
NBC and the same show will be 
transferred to video. 

Other details are still to be 
worked out. Whether Downey will 
do several shows weekly or one: lay- 
out is still to be determined. 



Philco Stance on GF-Theatre GuOd 
Pacting Poses Problem for NBC 



General Foods has bought the 
'rheatre Guild tel^visibiiHdramatic 
.show. : It's scheduled to- go in to^ti^ 
8 to , 9 : Sunday; night- tim$^^ 
NBiC-TV wib, iittimediately, . pr^c^- 
ihg the "Philcflf Television The- 
atre;" No starting date has been 
.set as yet. It gives the Theatre 
Guild a double Sunday night 
spread, with U. i:Sv Steel sponsor- 
ing its AM dramatic presentation i 
on ABC in the 9:30^10:30 pim. slot, 
was "Me and Molly," produced last NBC, however, finds itself in the 
season. He recently completed middle of an awkward situation, 
production work on Gypsy Rose | Philco is far from happy over the 
Lee's new show at La Martinique, i fact that the Guild is going into 



Paul Feigay to CBS Tele 

Paul Feigay, erstwhile legit pro- 
ducer,, has joined the CBS-TV pro- 
gram staff as a producer-director, 
J. Paul Nickell, former staffer on 
WPTZ (Philco, Philadelphia), also 
signed on with the web this week 
as a director. 

Feigay's last Broadway legiter 



N. Y. nitery. 



CBS Brings Out 
Own Kine Setup 
To FoDow ABC 



Pointing up the growing use of 
kinescope recordings in the tele- 
vision industry, CBS-TV brought 
out a new transcriber of its own 
Monday (15), less than a week 
after ABC-TV had unveiled its new 
transcription method. ABC's am- 
bitious claims that its system far 
surpasses those now in use, coupled 
with a hotbed of counter-claims 
from other broadcasters and tran- 



' the preceding hour with another 
dramatic stanza. Originally Philco 
had put its foot down on such a 
deal, threatening to yanlt its top- 
budgeted 60-minute show oif the 
NBC tele web. However, the situ-: 
ation may resolve itself through a 
Theatre Guild-Philco cooperative ; 
program setup • whereby both will 
strive for either; extremity in typea- 
of shows. Thus if Philco goes on ; 
with a heavy - drama one week. 
Theatre: Guild promises to book a ' 
comedy that week, etc. 

Thus far Philco hasn't given a 
definite answer. 



'Recording' Bugs 

New "video recording" .sys- 
tem unveiled last week by 
ABC-TV, despite claims of su- 
periority by web execs, still 
has several bugs to iron out. 
Film transcribed of election 
night coverage was good: when 
projected' over a standard 16m 
projector, siiowing no fringing 
and good focus and clarity of 
the picture and sound. 
: On the transcription of a re- 
cent "Club 7" show, which 
was transmitted over ■ the air 
and received on a Standard 
projeetion4ype video set, re- 

: suits were not so good. Pic- 
ture washed out in several 
spots on long shots and also 
lost depth of focus in all but 
closeups. Picture also jumped 
a little on the screen, indicatr 

: ing that the ABC engineers 
might not yet have licked the 
problem of dropping six of 
tele's 30 frames a second to 
match film's standard 24 

■frames. ■; 



RCA Jamboree' 
Hits the Bigtime 

Chicago, Nov. 16. 
:. First Chi tele show to hit the 
bigtime will be "Junior Jamboree/' 
with RCA-Victor bankrolling, li 
co-ax allocations clear this week, : 
WBKB, owned by the Balaban St 
Katz -theatre chain here, will feed :: 
"Jamboree" to NBC's midwest net" 
starting Nov. 20, and expand to ;; 
the eastern net Jan. 12. 

"Jamboree," billed locally ai ' 
"Kukla. Fran and: OUie," has Burr 
Tillstrom- manipulating puppets 
and Fran ■ Allison ( Aunt Fanny of 
''Breakfast Glub'") playing a straight ; 
role. Both are under contract to 
B&K for 39 weeks ending in June. , 
Deal with B&K for networking the : 
half-hour, five-a-week series was 
made by Jim Toney, of RCA-Victor ; 
distribs, with Hal Rorke, radio and 
TV director of J. Walter Thomp- 
son, as consultant. 
"Jamboree", bowed on WBKB 
Sept., 1947, with RCA-Victor spOn- 
! .soring. RCA was slow in picking 
I up options this fall and Motorola 
I almost snagged the show, NBC^ 
and. ABC meanwhile, tried to pact:: 
Tillstrom but his loyalties tO' RCA," 
for whom he has puppeteered since. 
1939, prevented any other' deals.' 
WNBQ, NBC's Chi station now in 
lis experimental stage, is set for. 
lull operation Jan. 8. „ 

RCA-Victor distribs" in Detroit ^ 
sponsor a local TV series aLso- 
billed as ''Junior Jamboree." To 



scribers, is believed largely respon- 
sible for the haste "with- which :GBS. ^ 
disclosed its unit. ' 

New ABC method is: believed the ■ 
only one now operating which s avoid conflict, it's likely that the 
utilizes the single system (simul' I Chi show, will air nationally as 
lancous recording of sight and ■ "Kukla, Fraft and Ollic," 

1 sound ) on 16m film. According to ' • 

: ABC engineering veepee Frank i 
! Marx, the: single system provides.; 
' pictures and sound of clarity and \ 
I fidelity which "far surpass methods 
mow in use." CBS, on the other ; 
I hand, records its sight and sound j 
I on separate cameras, with the two | 

'of them re-recorded onto a single ... 

1 16m strip. And, according to CBS \ kinescope recording equipment m 
I engineering veepee William Lodge. • 'ts new studios at a cost of $127,- 
the double system provides lor '^"O. Two complete units have been 

purchasedj one of which goes into 
CBiS' New York outlet.. 



KnV'S FIVE HOURS 
OF KINESCOPED SHOWS 



KTTV, 



:Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Times-Mirror-CBS tele- 



(Continued on page 38) 



Ad Lib Soap Opera 



i KLAC-TV Guards Lines 

' Hollywood, Nov 16. 

KLAC-TV Is planning on hiring 
a detective agency to watch its 

' television transmis.sion lines. 

Station has been plagued ; by 
juvenile cut-ups since it started 
telecasting, having had its cable 
leading from the remote truck to 
the pan, from which signal is sent 
to transmitter, cut twice. One foot- 
ball game found the station, off the 

' air - for 10 minutes. Some vandal 

I had turned the pan. 



KTTV expects to receive a fuU 
five hours of kinescoped shows 
, weekly, starting in its first stanza 

' On WOR Tulo' Atflillllsi ' operation, Jan. 1. Outlet here 
VU WTUn ICIC ngCUUa'wm transcribe its western presen- 
, WOR, N. Y., is mulling plans for . tations for eastern outlets also, 
an off-the-cuff video soap opera/ Present plans of KTTV are to 
such as it experimented with sev- ; .shove : off with 15 hours of tele- 
era 1 years ago in a radio -format tensing per week on a : five day 
. over WRGB in Schnectady. schedule. Tentative layout calls 

i Show would be an audience par- : for blackout on Monday and Tues- 
ticipation program, in which the day with following five days in op- 
studio audience would throw .story eration, 

. ideas to members of the cast. The Station has constructed a float- 
tele actors would be given a few i ing studio in its newly acquired 
minutes to think about it, and then site in the Bekins storage building. 
: emote extemporaneously along the { Plan was necessitated due to buildf 
;. lines of the suggested plot or situa- ingsr location, which borders on a 
, tion. WOR's tele station Is expec- 1 freight yard, and heavy traffic 
! ted to go on the air in the spring, throughout storage plant. 



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TELBTISION RRVIEWS 



WetWeilay, November 17, 1948 



Video's UHe' Tripvhs id Test 
With 'Ford Theatre' Radio Version 



I BAFFV DERBY 
With Erni« SimAn, Sheldon Keller; 
I Don Fairchild, pianist 
' Producer: Monroe Mendelsohn 
Director: Lorraine Larson 
Writers: Sid Mandel and Sheldon 
Keller 

15 Mins., Wed.. I -30 pm. 
JAYS POTATO CHIPS 
WBKB, Chicd«ro 

Kautmati Si Associates) 



I Tele Follow-up Comment :: 

Just as last year, maestvo Ar- star, gave lum capable assistance, 
tuio Tobcanmi continues as piob- along with the other players in the 
dbly the most videogenic pcison- small cast 

ality to come before the cameias | Despite this series ot legileis 
All tlie magnetism of the maestto I running only half-an-hour, Dunn 



Tele had it all over radio last* - 

week, when the unusual ">PP^' iJ?^ J^^'f, J?^^ ^ipji?^ ^ Fmree AllliougH me ppcnei was is capiuieo in me siuun-u x ' | «a-> lu iiuK>a>i. wusiuctduie 

tiimly of comparing both ^edi- With uoueja^^^ teiy in spots, Ernie Simon's enei- camera treatment Last Saturday's poignancy as the haid-bitten tiiKk- 

«ms offeicd itself The challenge oharlM Mac\ithu'r Dale Car- gedc clowning stamps him ab a 1 13) telecast ot the NBC Symphony mg magnate deteimined that his 

L »ho ^irintf of Ihe drama „i^^. ^ - (.inch toi video MustaUied comic, 'oidicstia was unquestionably 'IV's fiist child, expected momentaulv, 

came in he -lir ng ot f^^^^^^ n,?ector Ralnh Lew classified as Chi's most unquiet i top musical event ot the season would be a son. That the child 

"CamiUe" on the 1-oid Theatie IJ"*^**;- "iV^L ^ Ste»e Alex- disk lockey proves once moie that and vhile the breathless quality of would be. a girt was obvious and 

radio piogiam I'liday (12) on CBS °,Jfer ' ox-stageis with kilocjtle tiaining 1 that first performance m 1947 was thus the play had no suspense ele- 

(.^iPviQinf of the smie ?ii ivi{n« • «5iirt 8-30 n ni. i are apt to legistci vvell on tele lacking, nevertheless theie was ment, but Dunn and Hayworth 

and the televising oi tne s mc -i" Mins„ Surt^^^^ Past peiloimances to his advantage I evidenced an impiovement and ei came this lack with their fine 

firama on Philco s aelevision 1 u\- pSc from N Y ' include two seasons ot bitilesque , advance in techniques in tians- thesping Pioduction, undei the 

house Sunday (14) on NBC And ' fBBDOi t" seven_yeais ot vaiide planting the famed ensemble onto supervision ot NBC TV s Owen 

though the caids weie statked in Theie s a glimmtn of an infei- ""^eiv stints, ^thc telescreen Davis, Ji , was well-desipned and 

1 f,,, tv,» ,ari,r, nroPiam estin" \ ideo idea conlnjnt d in Ihis In "Daffy Derby" Ins stockpile This was particulailv true in the Gaiiv Simpson handled his cam- 

ndvame loi me laaio juutid.. "^^^ ,(,3 hijlHinH against 1 of standaid loutines is exploited, pcj feet synchionization of Citmeia ei a diiection neatly. 

"With Tngiid Bergman pla>ing the |,gayy ^jiidf; The Kvcs Have II," \ia paiodies ot topical events and peiloimance notably in the — 

lead, the visual progiam won hands General Electiic s iepla<ement toi Piesidcntial eltt I ion supplied the openini; Biahms Double Conceito when Milton Berle's clickine 

down over the auial the Dennis . lames Carnival ' casii- peg loi the pieem UO), with ^^ith the individual a|:cent_ on ^^y^ ^^^.n ^j^^ Te\aco Star 

" ' " Theatre. . And last Tuesday 1 9) 

rtight BierliR \VJis in top-.forin. ; A.s.4; 
result, thfe; .hauivliaig vkiideo; show' 



As » matter of fait Miss Beig- altv is a ouiz show using nevvsicol Simon bioadlv s-atiri/mg the win- cellist Fiank MiUei and concert: 
mm w o Plavcd Marguento in clips as the basis toi the biainteas- nei and dcteated candidates In a mastei Mischa MischakolT he vlo 
man. wiio iji.ivuu v ^ v.„,,a <./>r.ii»n> « <\n n1i>r>linn hel lostis he hnitl nnr "nsr inini himse t 



Ihe bv now ilissic \lcxandci Du- cis posed to a studio boaid ol e\- sequence on election bet loscis he imist, and Toscanini himsClt 
■ . • ... ---ts: For; video the e 

eniOHS device lor tiveu n--.- , ,j .-.^^ v..i.,^.M ^ ,. 

naiiovv limits ol the oidinaiv stu- appealing as boppisU ^ '"V^*' 1 1 athei than a moie concenti.Acd j Khgrr has come lUi w^^^^^^^ 



«i .s di ami Ol thw ailed love in the peits For video the clips aie an 10 lied musical piedUeclions 01 nov\evei (he constant shifting „„ the NBC-TV web was one of, 
P^,u.s oT the 188^^^^^^ Ingenious device im oveuoimng the lellovv disk iiKk_ Dave ^Gau i.„„e,as fiom scene to scene the best that evec producer Aithur 



Swensoi, dio qui/zei But a show needs lowav loiced to listen to thiee i,,^ „,aesUo the soloists The comedian set the p.u c w it h his 

Aimand, wore a «''''aPPO)n|™ moie than a single device to uin houis ot Vaughn Monioe Hans or the ouhestia as a vv hole had a pu-lim monolog and kept things 
Their pel tmmances weie "-it and ^^^^^ pioduction Schnabel buily wiestlei t<«me o, d.st.acting quality about i( pai-|,olUng without a letup Ihiough 

wninspiied in supeificial louhngs at the close for a cauvod ol the ticulailv when one is pi imai ilv ' i),e final act 

The o^ly 'bad note in the. entire 



Jilts' .; 

pioceedings weie a couple ot blue 
lencsiie- ^^^^^ (j^^, g^^jp ^j^^ g^j^ Wheeler 



and : 



b.oad and lobust a poitiaval ot ;;7ramXunsli^iUone"*''S .(!- ^V'^' ^'^'^ ^^'^^^ f.-^^ Vj.r^n^^Te.'^'ll^eTvha ' '''^^^ 

a liail sickly woman. This was a sponsibilitv toi this lalls on the which some ladioites appioach tele posing Toseatini ovei the whole,, pointed up by Ali^s Malm., s 

pity, since the pioduction Itself hac production end, which failed to Sheklon <f .^^X^ shn'me ^ifni^'i cZhirVs fhouXtluTon levealmg gown (vvluch Berle h.m- 

Bpiiit, With excellent backgiound pi^ase anv stimulat.nc questions somelunes got los n f , V;'\'"'^'i*„^^,;„V n^^^^^^^ H^^lt desciibtjd as "the one vou 

music and di.ection iccicatmg the oi execute them piopnlv Repel with " he It v Uoo nweh ot ^^^^^^^^^ '•''""''^ o" ^vas piobablv 

magical Pans ol 60 veais a-^o edly, the new si eel clips wcie out and easj intei pi elation ot the It was too mu ch ot a good thing gjosscd over In most ol the 

SUilltuI use ol 'La Ti<.viata" nui ot svnehionuation with the (|ii(s- s^'J!,P* ,„ >„ musi/e „ _ ,, , vieweis Sometimes iiowevei such 

»ic helped heighten the efleet , tions oi weie too buel loi absoip- ^ .C«nVC ° '^"^>ni men m1 a la ' . *?*","l"'n '*''^< u^®/ ^'""S"' '''"'o' >f P'^*" 

n ( \uc f„n , nf ihe sent.- '^on Gallico Was )usUfial)lv iikrd schnoi to ^ng a coi nieie t a ja ,,,, racked civstal ball with delei- milted to get by unchecked Bei le. 

But the full v . lues of the sen ^^^^^ ^ . g_^^^^ ^^^^^^^ „ j.mmy dui. He ..nd mined cflcctiveness m a set-to with Knou and everyone connectec^ 

mcnta love stoiv came thioiU^ leteued to as Ihe Snow "asnt an ^V"-'\,,^,^''^^^ skeptical lepwteis on the with the show should keep in mind 

peilectlj in the Philco video vei- g^^^, ,^ ^^ ^j^^ ,t gave ^^'<' '^^^''^ '''^'''^■:^^f^J^'^^^ ' Meet the Pi ess" show on the NBC- that such stuft mav be okav on a 

*ion, excellent performances and ^^^^^^^ di aw back ot the show ecptanci f i'V'^f,*'^. ''^^.^ TV web Sunday (14) night I>oll- vaude oi niteiv stage but this shov« 

outstanding direction making a Douglas ISdwaids' cmteemg .^if.i^l appaiently leah/ing bed be goes into the liv ing loom— and it s 

fclilic almost eomy diama come , ^^j,^ ,,ad no command o\ ( i the "'''"'''.St ,Vi ?>f'ih» h.s L^^^^ di awing heavv fiie thioughout the the kind ol stulT that leads to ne<;d- 

Mvidlv to hie again Theie weie pmceetUngs displaying hisitantv clow n to pai is ot me o ag c«u hall-houi, seemed to hive had his less eonsoiship 

no laisc notes the play was kept .md embaiiassment wheie a bufiht answ( is well pfepaitd lie ad- OUieiwise the show was exccl- 

hontstly in its pel od, and the gag might have salvaged one ol the CI UB POLK.V _ milted leadily the liemendous ei- ip,„ Beiiv Bios lai stalled 

romantu t.ile of love and icnun- moduetion' bloopeis At one point With Red Lew, Klivthm Kinffs, loi ot his pie-election suives but things oil willi llicii sens it'ional 

ti tion lang line Pioduction wa> the show degeneiated anto i do'?- Dolores Doimnick, John Leech emphasised under constant ques- ituping with then spills and list 

nailed bv some bad lighting in the fmht between the (onl*slints and Piodiicer Robert E. Stone Uoning bv the piessmen that that up., hciting up the kinescope 

studio which caused occasional Edwaids ovei whethci the tiiKoe 15 Mins Tues., 7 p m. should not and would not mai k Ihe bciIc ol com se. joined them'" loi a 

bill- led scenes on the seieen could give the answeis vtlhoul id- Sust.-ininR end ol public opinion polls hoked up encoie thawing laughs 

R>H it WIS an excellent ence to his index ( aids in illv WRGB Scheiip<tadv Although some ot Di Gallup s but aKo .ippi ecialion toi his v(i- 

^nil \V?s^ rhoiee of 1^^^^ the show I id no axis ai ound w hR li Vaiiitv Piogiam piesenled m a ,„,„eis didn t do iinuh loi his s.itililv with his own damtsKp 

( .1, r^>^!f ?nH Tnh!r\ h^^^^^^ ^''^ icvolve It nivllncal club has moments ot en- ^ause (such as his adiniSMon that He then intioed the beauteous 

Judith Lvelvn Jonn v or is didn t make any difleiente w belli- teitamment but seldom uses lai only 60 000 people weie polled loi Miss Malma who flulled a (ouple 

in veiy sensitive, moving 101 m- ei the aiisweis weie iit;h1 oi wiong above aveiage level Kmcee Ked the election piedictions) he scoied ot times on her special numbei but 

«n((s wiUi Miss " v'-l^"'' P"'- lleie vC^s an obvious spot toi give- Ltvj levtaled on Ihe show viewed, a telling blow wilh liis disclosuie toUowed with a vei> neat lob on 



that It was his J66lh telecast that his suivevs aic paid toi bv a ealvpso tune Wheelei alUi a 
Rhvthm Kings aie a small gioup ncwspapeis thioughout the coun- veiv funnv bit ot business with 
ot musicians who plav best the tiv and thus lepiesent no vested Bei le biought back the singei lor 



li.v.il especially nolewoithv lor aw avs to be legitimately used 

Its depth and feeling The fust He nii 

lov-e - scene between the two vvas — — — 

pailiculaily allecmg, to set the Columbus — Columbus Dispatch polka tvpe ol tunes two ol them mteicsls He emphasi/od" mean- the little skit that eliciltd the blue 

wood ot the play Music b lek- \\in(,h has a heense to optiate a doiible as smgeis while, that he himselt didn t think lines Despite the oll-coloi tone, 

]grounding wa'^ veiy good Cameia tclev ision station hcie iWBNT-tVi Miss Doniinick is an acrobatic a poll on such matteis as a national d was equallv Euiinv wiUi the 

"ivofk undei diiection oJ Tied Coe began a seiies ol aitules in ils daneei specializing in bends election was a good idea He Beile-VVIieelei team haid to beat 

vas a standout evidences showing Sundav edition n4i to c \plain Ut n- Lecths conli ibiition as a chef stiessed lepeatedlv that his oigani- loi tomedv 

const uilh to the keen obscivei — cial piogies-. in Ihe video (i( Id \ didn I mean loo much Cameia zation would not do a Liteiaiv Di- ATciiv Macs piovided a fine 

in the quick shot ot Uai ,uciite in quesUcm and ansvvei section is woik on piogram was lalhci good gesi loldo pointing out his maigin pace-changei w ith a bi .ice ot tunc s 

the taiiiage which added pace to used on the end ot the item Jaco ot eiior was iai less peicentage- Then bouncy loutining with 

iitoiv. in the quick dissolve liom i , i i n i ^vise than that ill-tated inag plentv ot action caught neativ by 

the final love scene mlo that ol As a 'IV show ' Piess ' continues <be lenses was glooved loi TV. 

; a« one of the most interesting in- •''or a clos(>i-; Berle brought biw:k 



Aimand caiijing the dead Mai 
guerite to her couch; in the crow d j 
scents It was all supenoi stulf | 
Conimeicials too showed oi gi- 1 
na'ilv and taste, but like most 
fommercials, were too^ long. 

Bi on 



THE F\SHION STORY 

With "VLiivlm Dav 
/■Writer: Rosemary Roth 

Director: Howard Cordcry 

So Min.s.; . 'l'hUrs., 8 p.m; 
JPartieipatinie .-r 

ABC-TV. tiom New Tioik. 

■ ■ . 'This sljovv.: i.s smai't' exploitation ■ 
: l ilt v'icleo .as a :sellihg nioftiura.. Al- 

■■ thciViEh. ..a.S: entertainiiicnt; it . 'still.: 
nctds ^haipening oi pate it inch- 
calf's at least one waj ol inicgial- 
jng the bankiolkis pioducl iiilo 
' the. .script . I'pi' ■ ina.xiniiun merchan- 

■ drsing impatl and inininuim dialer 
/'iiTitalion.: Ifsi.ng the variciitis lic'.vv; 

■ - fk)lhi-nfi styles and beauty ..tiadgets 

©Iteied b\ the hve p.ii tiCipating 
spoiisois iliis show succeeded in 
vliipping lo4ttlici 111 inleiesling 
liisii;ion;clispl;iy withiiv Jl Sciml-sdail 
C)|>!. ra loni:iil. : ..'l:.^ ■ 

On the Vov 4 pieeiii, iVIaislin 
P;.>- -was-, iiil i'oclticed : as a .: ycJiiUff. 

- iiiiiclei starl-niK a cai'Gcr "in I lie riisli- 
I6i\ VvOrldi Foi'eground oi' Itie' sliovv". 

; .\Vas.' her ■i^lvvetil.urt\s:.:c)n . a' ticvy .job' 

.', Svlticb' fiufniKliecl;; the cipt'riin|; .for. 

. es)Vibitlng ■ rlie a'p-pisirt'l ■ 'riiCNvd ra- 
in. itic sectoi ol this hall-hour need- 
elri . slix'h.athcniiig : and tile; ..Hhes' 
.'Syertf - finghliy. '; Oliclied;^ 'Mlw D-iy. 
,li()\v,(;vc'r. regis tci'ccl as . T per.* enable 

■ j-Oung. ;K'ii'eS.s vvi'lh nr. .first I'ate 
U.ii bling talc nl bcic c 

Teelinica'll.v;,, 'tli.e , cyniera .- vvo.i'k. 
Ill olightcvl the Idshions .is best ..is 
it could althougli se\ei(lv limited 
b.v Ihe lack ot coloi The com- 
nieniaiv tned to dtseiibe the coloi 
combinations veiballv but tins is 
imsaii.stat'lorv. ai; oest. A possibltr 
•solulion to this limitation would 
b«' to di,spl»y fasluom. with diirct 
*)Tij(vt in the cut and not in the 
color. -i^f ' 



Tele s Weekend Sports Accent 

■With a lull weekend ol sports ranging tiom boxing and vvresthng 
to football, bas'ketball and bockev NY telecasteis demonstrated 
that the fitst two aie the only ones they have down pat so fai as 
camera coverage is concerned. Various remote directors still fivrted 
too much with closeup shots to cover adequately the tootball fields 
and NBC-'l V s pro basketball preem Saturday (13) night was ha m- 
pcied bv" poor lighting m the arena coiners. As lor hockev. its 
appaiently anvbociv s guess as to how to compensate tor the small ■ 
puck, the ultra^fast action on.-a long rink and the average small- 
.sized viewing screen 

\\ PIX picked up the \iinv-Penn giid thiiller SaUiiday fiom 
Wprz (Philadelphia! WPIV eamei amen made good use of their 
Zoomai lens and d d a^ aood a lob as anv on the game foi VY 
vieveis howevel iiuicli ol the ccmtest was luined bv WP1\ an- 
nodncei lack McC iilliv s plav-b\ plav BesicU s not lollowine Ins 

■ 'rociniiorvyMcCai'tliK was gui'lty ' ot . sonie of ;iho : (npst iiiarie: cliches ! ' 
ol the seasoi lint tuck ol sneiUmg in a Camel eommeieiil at 
eveiv possible chance loo must undoubtedh hav e tin m d hundi eds 
ol Camel smoktis agun I the ciggie outfit WMj'l wuh the 
Pi inc etcm-'Vale liacas and \VCBS-l\ on the Nav \ -Columbia game 
were bei ter than usual but ■ st ill lo.st loo luanv ki'cking and pa.ssing 
plavs because Ihcv used a closeup when it should have been a 
medium oi lonsshol NBC announcei Bob Stanton and CBS Mel 
Allen were good: ■ ■ ■ 

. CBS inovect;out ol its Ivbhets. Field cmporimii Sunday 1 14) alter- , 
noon to double up.willi DuMoiil s W .MiU in covering.Hie \ankees- 
Dodgeis pio game lioin 'i.mkee St cluiiii Despite its camei.s be- 
ing on the 20 instead ot the uunl 4()\jid line the CBS Icnseis 
" did irS ..feoocr.a' .job. .as Du^'lciiit.,.; :15ol li again, though. u.st>^' too' tviitriy:. 

■ ■cr<iKeii|is. Same ..vyiis' tiute .6;f /W.-IiZ-'rV/yOn.' 1)^ .-Ratiis'' 
ViireSind \ CBS nnoimcci Hob I d 'e w is >lill kUIh k d ton much inonv ol the SI M.iivs lloi.e plaining to iippei-ciuM listcniis 



tervievv-type program.s on the air moppet V.eina Raymond, the. 

iWucli ot the inlciest lies in the sc \ en-v eai-old who did such a 

tvpe ot celeb that piodueei Maithi "'"v lo*' of exchanging quips 

RounUee latches onto each week w ith him sevei al weeks ago on the 

toi the guest spot Attciseveial Repeal peitoimanee w.ls 

months on -the air though Miss Piobablv as good as hei ouginal 

Rountiee still has to lead hei com- possibly because ^he did In r 

meuial intios, and it might be bet- "second stmt so soon allei the fiist, 

tor tot hei to tuiii the lob ovei to 'acked the punch ot hei IV 

a moie expeiienced piofessional Pieem Pitc bman Sid Stone s mid- 

.innouneei Dnecloi Alan Newman die commeic lal in keeping w lib the 

useo NBC-TVs newlv developed 'est of the show was bettfi than 

split-screen vMlh good efiott on The ds been foi weeks Mian Roth s 

shovv orch did Its usual fine job of baek^ 

' ■: • .mg. .the .acts;.'.'.'' 

lelevisinn got lis fiisl taste ol 

the oldtime- minstrel show -on Ed Sullivan's, ':Toast of the 

Cap n , Billy's Missmippi. Music Town ' is now; sliovying bigtiine 

Hall liidav (I'ii night on Hit pacing The vaudeo loi in it bv 

CBS-TV web St iged at the Old now is hitting a high quotient ot 

Kniek niteiv N Y the show c nteit.nnnn nt vtdiie M.iv be il s 

caught some ol the na\oi ol the because the Maik Ledd5-fjeon 

bhc klacc olios but v\ is loo slow- NewiT'an bookin'js aicoi cling to 

paced to have much punch Mu linie-lested vaude st.ind.iids 

sj( ll,dl IS betlei when it sticks to achieve a ihvthm so mccssaiv lor 

the meller.s it s been' doing until any well paced vauclco display, 

now, , :. Whatever the reason, it -s bec.om- 

Bret- Morrison, the :=Sliadow ' oi ing. hiahlv, entertaining . lodder 

radio tanic - made an okav inter- even when top names aren t on 

loculoi woiking well with lolinnx tap 

Silvei and Tonv 1 cv\is as Ihe two Sund.iv s (14) collection how- 
end men I'velvn Wnd uid R.i\ evci .igain pointed up a highly 
Ainctt did a neat leip louUne .md debatable facet ol the show s make- 
Miss Waid impiessed with a Negio Up, Toast' may be going into a 
lullabv backed bv the close hai- snag that mav entail a lot of ex- 



'wliy. (•iiii't he .syy '''football" once in. a 
tfi but ;:biiM<)nt's.Bill\Slafor did.his tisual, 



:t(i . SpOi'lsw.i'it t'i'.s' Wdi'tiaKe,' 
'■'.vvliilei .in.stcsad 0.1' ■.'pigskin'' 

. v^HirkiiKiii'likc' job.!- ' j : v ;^-. ;' ■' ^\ ' '■-,■'■ ' ^: , " ■ ' ::.'.!; ; ■''. '' 

In. covering the N.,V.-BridgepGrt pro biisltctball game Sat iirdav , 
nulit N'BC diuctoi Bill Oaiden wisclv concciitialcd on t\ o nic 
;:d.i.i(iii 'shdt.s. c)ne for''.('ai'l1-.h,;il'f of;!hcv e'cn ilcj fht-roby caught all, 
■ the ..action :.of .the sweopint; .e.'iivie ^vitlK>ut . saci:ifioiha. tcio , n 
. C'hJser yieyvsi All; foil r coi'ii(>l's (if :thc .Ariivoi^v' arcina.'.lhouijh;' vyei'e^^ 
lo.sl in da.i'k sh;id.o^'.:!i, NB(" sliotdd pro'iMde som.c'.'S0i-.t of: lialit' there , 
.Jf it's ■.inipcssiblc for the video ensineor to/brin'g up the, bi'ightnes.s:, 
. WPIX COs'cred the two Kanj-'er Jlocl^^y ,te■lme,s Sj|turc|ay night anci ; 
SiHUlav nighl and did its standard lob on each. While its coverage 
was as good a. s anv vet given hockev. some better method of camera 
woik on that g.nnc must still be devised II the lenseis stick to 
longshots because ol llic action and the small viewing scieen, 
then the puck is lost in Ihe melee Rut il a closei shot is used 
then loo much ot the action' is lo.st. G-ranted il s a tough, problem, 
its still one that will have to be licktd in some waj. 



shoei's ciuarlet. ': : ;(,'lara ;Ged]['one .this fyyOut ;had -.a vskit 
and Lyle Clark dulivt do loo well rmeat Markham - &- C o.. tvpe. of 
with then PvUlus Rastus num- which the National \ssn lot the 
bei iiuiueing it too much Bibi \dv<lneement oi Coloud People 
Oslcnald as usual socked acioss has always piotested as 'Uncle 
Iwoiiumbcis Claike V1oii,'.in tiio lomism ' and a lathei biting 
. hackecl the show vvc;Jl.,. .' '^ ; '. c:aricalii|'ev Of : a- -sw-C'c^ vyin- ; 

; ' " J ■ • ■ > — ■-■ .■ nei:, of. :lia'l ran - origin. ■ ■ 

' Clicvioitt lele - I hcatie," allci 01 coinsc M.iikh.im h.is been 
a weak stanza Nov 8 tame back using this tvpe ol m.dciMl loi 
sliong Mondav (151 night on the manv seasons .it Ifailems Apollo 
\BC-']V web with a fine one-actci Ibcatii and appitientU without 
.starring lilm actor .lames Dunn barmtul : results to the managt- 
l.awience Du Pont plav titled 'No mtnl w hile Pi ank I'ont.nne s c hai- 
Shoes," scivfd as an pscellcnl aclei iz.ilion is ot the type that has 
vehicle foi Dunn to make his video ''een displaved in v.aideis toi 
debut and Ibe actoi took lull ad- '"""^ Wliptlii>i living uiom 

\anUt' ol the lolc Vimon llaj- audiences will take to thee <»kits 
vvoith, alieady an esUblished TV ^Continued on page 40) 



Wednetiday, November 17, 1948 



TV Sponsors On 
A Holiday Binge 

' An increasing number of spon- 
sors are latching onto tiie giant 
television variety shows on holi- 
day afternoons. Sponsors lining 
up shows on Thanksgiving now in- 
clude Elgin-American, which will 
have a two-hour show that day on 
ABC. NBC will carry a variety lay- 
out from Cleveland origination 
point for its midwest video net- 
work with RCA sponsoring. Bulova, 
which . had attempted to get a 
vaudeo show for Thanksgiving, will 
do one on Christmas day over CBS. 

Trend toward these holiday 
king-sized displays continues to 
grow despite the huge costs in- 
volved. For example, Elgin-Amer- 
ican's talent bill will approximate 
$25,00Q. George Jessel, who'll em- 
cee the affair, will get $5,000 for 
the afternoon's wox'k. Milton Berle, 
originally oifered the slot, turned 
down the assignment. Other talent 
for that show includes Paul White- 
man's band, Jerry Colonna, Phil 
Silvers, the Hartmans, Golden Gate 
Quartet, Ethel Smith, Phil Regan, 
Marge and Gower Champion, 
Peter Lind Hayes, Paul Diaper, 
Connee Boswell, Charles Trenet, 
Morey Amsterdam and Andre 
Baruch. Two writers/ Joft Stem 
and Will Glickman, have bi^en 
signed. 

An odd facet in booking the 
show came late last week when 
Music Corp. of America, which is 
signing the talent, was forced to 
buy layout's most expensive act, 
Jessel, from the William Morris 
agency, which also furnished the 
two writers. Jessel will do the show 
on his way east while attending 
various premieres of the film he 
produced for 20th-Fox "When My 
Baby Smiles at Me." 



CBS Hopes WGN-TV Tie 
Only an Interim Setup; 
StillPitchingforChiO&O 

. Chicago, Nov. 16. 

CBS will continue Its application 
for an owned'and-operated tele- 
vision outlet in Chicago, despite 
it.s inking tlie Clii Tribune's WGN- 
TV last week as a primary af- 
filiate liere. In view of the ECC's 
current freeze on processing TV 
applications, it may take several 
years for the web to get an okav 
on its permit, so the Tribune outlet 
W 1 serve as CBS' Chi affiliate for 
at least that long. 

CBS-TV commercial shows will 
be carriec' on WGN-TV via tele 
recordings until east and midwest 
linking by co-ax early next year. 
WGN-TV will feed both commercial 
and sustaining programs, with 
CBStTV making use of the station's 
studios and production facilities. 
New studios for WGN-TV are being 
readied for use this winter, 

WGN-'J'V is the most affiliated 
station in Chi. Its DuMont pact, 
signed last August, is still in force. 
The Chi Trib TV'er also plans an 
exchange of programming with 
WPIX, the Daily News video ven- 
ture in New York. Programs from 
Muluai's future TV net also are 
ill the cards, since the Trib's stand- 
ard station, WGN, is a pillar of 
MBS, • 

Ed Kobak, ^Mutual pre-/, told V.\- 
RiETY he had approved WGN-TV 
affiliation with CBS-TV and, in 
fact, encouraged such arrange- 
ments by MBS affiliates. Asked 
when Mutual's TV net will emerge 
from the blueprint stage, he said, 
'There's no hurry. We're still 
building our AM network." 

NAB To Hire TV Expert 

Washington, Nov. 16, 
A resolution to add a television 
expert; to the program department 
of the National Assn. of Broad- 
casters was adopted Friday (12) at 
the conclusion of a two-day meet- 
ing of tlie NAB program executive 
committee. 

The specialist would devote full 
time to handling video program 
matters. 



NIX DIRECT CHURCH 
PICKUP ON VIDEO 

Schenectady, Nov. 16. 
Joint Religious Radio Commit- 
tee last week put a definite nix 
I on any direct television pickups 
from regular church 'services. Ad- 
I mitting the nix was "surprising," 
I committee chairman D. Everett 
, C, Parker declared that direct 
'pickups or "moving the church 
I to the studio" would only dup- 
|licate the church's function. Some 
! other method must be devised of 
. "utilizing television to its fullest 
extent in promoting religion," Jie 
said. ' 

Committee, representing five dif-.' 
ferent faiths, met at General Elec- 
tric's WRGB here last week in a 
forum session designed to work 
out. a more suitable technique; 
But, according to Dr. Parker, "it 
will take time and plenty of study 
to come up with the- Answer:'' ■ ' 

Texaco s 86.7 
AMime High 

Milton Berle and his "Texaco 
Star Theatre" vaudeo show came 
up with an all-time Hooper record 
of, 86'.7 for the session aired Tues- 
day (8) night on the NBC-TV web. 
To chalk ,up the unprecedented 
rating, which /has never ; been 
equalled by any AM or TV ; show 
since Hooper started rating, the 
program drew down a sensational; 
94,7% . share-of^audience listing. 

That means that almost 100% of 
all setowners reporting using their 
sets during the time the Hooper co- 
incidental phone calls : were made 
were eyeing ■ the Texaco . show. 
Other five stations in the N. Y. 
metropolitan area had to share the 
remaining 5,39o of the audience, 
Confronted with such figures, no 
competing broadcaster has yet ven- 
tured.'to buck the Texaco show with 
any sponsored program. Only other 
live sliow during that Tuesday 
night 8 to 9 slot, in fact, is Du- 
Mont's "Operation Success," a pub- 
lic service sustainer devoted to get- 
ting jobs for disabled war. vets, v 



TEUSVISION 



29 



46% OF TV VIEWERS PREFER VAUDEO; 
SNUB NEWS, KID, QUIZ, MUSICAL SHOWS 



By GEORGE ROSEN 

.: A- majority of television ; home 

viewers in the New York area pre- 
Ifer vaudeo to any other type of 

program. Of 258 video set owners 
i questioned 46.2%, or ; 119, made 
I this choice in a survey conducted 

throughout the metropolitan N. Y. 

district, by Pulse, Inc., for Variety, 



Third and final in a series on 
j tclcrisiort viewing habits. ■ Based. 
I on a survey compiled and; M- 
! sembled by Pulse, Inc., for Variety. 



The territory covered includes 
Westchester and several New Jer- 
sey counties. 

This scanning of video viewing 
habits was purposely aimed at 
owners having possessed their sets 
six to nine, months in order, to 
catch the "likes" and "dislikes" 
after the .initial enthusiasm of the 
novelty period. It has been found 
that the figures compiled closely 
parallel those of surveys taken in 
other television centers about the 
country, although the Manhattan 
section, is far ahead in general pro- 
gramming over the other districts. 

Next to the vaudeo-comedy type 
of show comes sports, with 22.9%, 
or 59 owners, giving the athletes' 



Roy's Video Package 

John Roy, former managing 
director of the Rainbow Roof, 
skytop nitery in Radio City. N, Y„ 
.; Wliicli closed several years ago, is 
making a comeback in showbu&i- 
nes.s with his packaging of a video 
package. "Rainbow Roof Varie- 
ties " Show will have a vaudeo 
format. 



Newark's WATV Hopes To 
Be in Black by Christmas; 
Lowest Rate Card in Area 

WATV, B r e m e r Broadcasting 
outlet in Newark, hopes to be op- 
erating in the black by Christmas, 
according to .station prez Irving 
Rosenhaus. Installation of WATV's 
new RCA six batwing transmitting 
antenna is scheduled to start Mon- 
day (221' and, while this is expected 
to increase the station's coverage, 
no rate hike is anticipated. Thus, 
W.AiTV will be able to blanket most 
of the large Newark market area, 
as well: as part of New York, while 
holding out as a lure to sponsors 
the lowest rate card in the area. 

Antenna was originally supposed 
to have been started last Monday 
115) but was postponed a week due 
to-HCA's inability to deliver it on 
time. Following the dillicully, 
WATV, which operates on channel 
13, lias had to date in beaming its 
signal across the Hudson riVer to 
N, Y , nc.4 uill not charge the sta- 
tion for the antenna, which cbsts 
about .S27,500. . Rosenhaus denied 
previous i-epoi'ts- .that the antenna 
would be moved to a new location, 
dcclaring tlie t r a n sm.itt e r site 
Would remain at its original West 
Orange, N. J„ spot. 

Despite the diiTicu^ies of many 
Setowners in the N. Y. area in pick- 
ing up the WATV signal until now, 
the station has consistently placed 
high on periodic Hooper reports 
with its feature film presentations. 
As a result of the Hooper showing, 
WATV has had about 10 sponsors 
on the air for the last several 
months. Station has no plans for 
a full daytime programming sched- 
ule such as that recently inaugu- 
rated by WABD (DuMont, N. Y.i, 
according to Rosenhaus, It ;will 
continue to open daily at 3; p.m. 
until there's enough demand from 
sponsors to take the air earlier, he 
said. 



TBA CLINIC TO HEAR COY 

FCC chairman Wayne Coy has 
been set as guest speaker at the 
luncheon session of the Television 
Broadcasters As,sn.'s one-day clinic, 
scheduled for the Hotel Waldorf- 
Asitoria, N. Y., Dec, 8, 

Mutual veepee E, P. H. James is 
chairman ol the aifair, 



Favorite Type of Program 

What is your favorite type 
of program? 

No. ^-i 

Variety, vaudeville, 

comedy 119 46,2 

Sports 59 22,9 

Drama and plays . , 49 19,0 

Feature films, movies 45 17,5 

Musical programs.. 11 4.3 

Kid shows 8 "3.1 

Quiz shows 7 2,7 

Science ? and educa^ 

tion 7 2.7 

News 6 2.3 

Special entertainment ... 

events — 

:. Circus, rodeo . . 4 1.6 

Food and cookingv . 2 .8 

No favorite type,.. 10 3,9 

Total responses 327 127.0" 
Total respondents 258 
'^Totals over 100% because of: 
multiple answers. 

top preference. Third on the list 
is drama or plays of any kind, with 
a batting average of 19?(). Fourth 
on the list is feature films and 
movies at 17i5%. 

' Significant, of coursev are the 
major strides being made in tele- 
vision programming these days in 
the first four popular categories. 
This has been reflected in the suc- 
cession of variety formatted shows 
in recent months houing to the 
"Texaco" (NBO and "Toast" 
(CBS) pattern; also in the bidding 
for the rights to top sports events; 
in the flock of dramatic presenta- 
tions (Philco Playhouse, Ford The^ 
atre. Studio One, Actor's Studio, 
Kraft Theatre, Chevrolet drama 
series, etc, i and in the current 
jockeying by networks among film 
package producers in negotiations 
to improve the standards oi film 
product for television;- 

One surprise in the survey re-' 
sponse to the "favorite t\ pe of pro- 
gram" query is that only i.y'i ex- 
press a preference for mu.sical 
shows despite improved production 
and presentation in this class. 
Similarly, there is a marked low 
preference (3.1%1 for juvenile 
shows and for quiz programs, latter 
getting no better than a 2,7''c ad- 
herence. That only 2.'3''c vote for 
news programs would indicate that 
television ha:, yet to develop a 
suitable technique of its own for 
the presentation of this news; 
What They Want 

Although feature films rank 
fourth in viewer interest. Of the 
258 persons queried, a total of 
22,9%; When asked "What would 
you like to see on television that 
is not now available','", put "nc'\\, 
better and good films" at the top 
of list. That's the highest percent- 
age among all the categories listed 
by the viewers, but what they mean 
are th^ first run films in the ace 
til 6 d tires 

A total of 19''"c .say they want the 
topflight radio comedian.s, even 
mentioning them by name. Next 
high (15.90ii i.s a desire for the 
latest Broadway productions and 



Programs Requested 

What would you like to see 
on teleuision that is not now 
ouailable? 

No. % 

New, better and 

good movies . . . , 59 22",7 

Topflight radio come- 
dian and variety 

performances , • . - 49 19.0 

Latest B'way, good 

and new plays . . 41 15.9 

More and better 
comedy, variety- 
vaudeville . . , . 22 8,5 

More homemaking, 10 ■ 3.9 

Afternoon and day- 
time programs ... 7 2.7 

Educational pro- 
grams 7 2,7 

Fashions 6 2,3 

Quiz programs 6 2.3 

Classical, symphonic ■ . 

music 6 2.3 

Important fights 4 1.6 

Opera 4 r 1,6 

Water ballet and 

aqua sports 4 1,6 

Old time movies , . - 3 1.2 

Forums and discus't 

sions . . , . . . . ... . 3 .■ 1.2 

Latest news 3 1.2 

Magicians 2 .8 

More popular music 2 : .8 

My.steries 2 .8 

Technicolor pro- 
grams 2 .8 

Hunting and fishing. 2 .8 

Miscellaneous . . , 5- i' 1.9 

None. and don't know 55 . 21.4 

Total response , , . 304 118.0<' 
Total respondents 258 
'^Totals over 100?^ because of 

multiple answers. \ 



new plays. The fact that only 
8,5% see a need for "more and bet 
ter . variety-vaudeville shows" in- 
dicates, thaf video is satisfying the 
average viewer in this directiom 

Only 2.7% express a desire for 
afternoon and daytime program?, 
with an equally low (2.3 1 percent- 
age putting in a bid for fashion 
shows. This brings up. anew the 
whole question as to where televi- 
sion Will eventually fit into the 
daytime picture,' Tlius far, on the 
basis of all answers the preferences; 
are strictly for nighttime program- 
ming with an all-family appeal. It 
is also important to bear in mind 

I that the 258 respondents of this 
survey represent all economic and 

i age levels with an equal division as 

■ to men and women. . 

Loyalty Viewinp 
I That color television is evidently 
i regarded as something for the fu- 

■ lure, with the average viewer not 
even giving it a second thought at 



present, is evidenced by the fact 
that only two persons .njention a de- 
sire for^it. 

Not to be overlooked, however, 
is the "loyalty" angle of viewers. 
When asked "Are there . any pro^ 
grams you don't like now as much 
as you did formerly?", 76.6% Say 
they "do not like any programs 
less." On the other hand, 15.6% 
admit to having cooled off on some 
programs while 7.8% say they 
aren't sure. 

An appraisal of all answers : to 
this Pulse-VARiETY survey would in- 
dicate that most set owners like' 
television and are loyal viewers. It 
also shows that the program men 
in video are improving, the program 
standards. But the job they ; have- 
on their bands is evidenced in the 
figures revealing that the viewer 
becomes more and more discrim- 
inating as he watches from night to 
night. 



TV Writers Guild 
Gets Leipe Oby 

Formation of a Television Writ- 
ers Guild as an affiliate of the Au- 
thors League of America will prob- 
ably take place shortly. That deci- 
sion is understood to have been 
reached last week by the League 
council, on the recommejidation of 
its television committee. Represen- 
tatives of the Screen Writers Guild 
also attended the session, besides 
having several conferences with 
the tele committee during their 
stay east. 

Actual formation of the new 
guild may await settlement of the 
current Radio Writers Guild nego- 
tiations for a contract with the ad 
agencies and sponsors. Meanwhile, 
the video field is being handled 
by the League's tele committee; 
consisting of representatives of the 
RWG, SWG and the other affiliates, 
the Authors Guild and Dramatists 
Guild. 

Members of the SWG delegation, 
including president Sheridan 
Gibey, Dwight Taylor and attorney 
Morris E. Cohen, return to the 
Coast las' Thursday (11). Next 
meeting of the League council Is 
slated for mid-December^ 



Decline in Interest 

, Exten of decline in interest 
in some TV programs: 

I Are there any programs you 
don't like iiou) as much as you 
did a year ago (or formerly 
No. '.'< 

Like some programs 

les.s now . 40 15,6 

'. Do not like any 

programs less 198 76,6 

^ Don't know , , .20 7,8 

Total respondents 258 100. 

Prorirons ii^ied less. :/ • ■ r 

.. ■; .Are Wiere ottjy prbc/rams .J/ott:: 

■ ■ . don't like now as -much as you 
did a year ago ior formerly >'! 

No. % 

' Western -movies 4 1,6 

Movies which excite 

children 2 ,8 

Old movies 3 12 

Boxing 3 1,2 

Amateur hour , . . 2 .8 

IIov/dy-Doody 4 1,6 

Birthday Party 1 .4 

Wrestling 2 .8 

Toa.st of the Town .5 1,9 

Travelogues 1 .4 

Champagne & Or- 
chids . . 2 .8 
Face the Music ... 2 .8 

Charade Quiz 3 1,2 

Film shorts , . ' 1 .4 

Texaco Star Theatre o 19 

-We, the People ... .'i 1.2 

Movies I .4 

Jack London 1 .4 

jBobby Breen 1 .4 

! All programs 2 ,8 

Total respondent^ 
HkhiK programs 
less 40 15.6 

'' Based on sample 238< 



Philly's 2,000 Taprooms 
With Tele Sets Facing 
W/o Amus. Tax Nick 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16, , 
: With the State amusemei'it tax\ 
now a certainty, taprooms with: 
television sets faced the. prospect, 
of a new mace by the city, 
I Philadelphia solons, ever on . the 
I lookout for fresh revenue, became 
! tele-coiiscious last week after the 
I State Supreme Coui t ruled in favor 
of the television amusement tax. 

Abraham Wernick, assistant city 
solicitor, admitted he had read the 
opinion and was studying it to 
determine il the city can slap its 
own 10% amu.sement levy on the; 
television-showing taprooms. 
. The city impost is levied on alt 
entertainment, legit, films, night 
clubs, concerts and sports. Since 
more than 2,000 of the town's'' 
2,800 hundred licensed taprooms 
rnow have tele sets, 10% of the 
! receipts : would represent a sizable 
chunk of coin. ; , 



PEARL'S MUENCHAUSEN 
AS A TELE PACKAGE 

Jack Pearl is preparing to re- 
vive his Baron Muenchau.sen char- 
acter on television, He's lined up 
1 Billy K, Wells, who wrote Pearl's 
' shows more than a decade ago 
when he lieaded On*' of the top- 
Iloopercd shows on the sfiectrum. 
Cliff Hall, Pearl's straight mart 
for many yearsi is also set for this 
I display. ■ 

Program will be called the "Ad- 
venturers Club." Al Grossman, 
who is packaging the show, i.s ne- 
gotiating lor Howard Cordrey t«./ 
direct. . ■ 



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Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



Established favorites . , . exciting newcomers ... all of 
them for sale, all of them either proved or potential be^- 
sellers. Take a good look^ — and see' which one will do 
the best selling job for your product. For complete 
details, get in touch with ABC's Program Department, 
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KAY KYSER'S 

college of fun 
and knowledge 

Monday through Friday, 1) AM, mi. The Old Pro- 
fessor himself, in a wonderful new morning show. 
It's fast, foohsh, funnv. Ihe second quarter- 
hour is sponsored by PiUsbliry; the first quarter* 
hour IS still open. 

Eleanor & Anna 

ROOSEVELT 

Monday, Wcdnaidoy, Friday, 10:45 AM, oth The 

Roosevclts, mother and daughter, cover a wide 
r,mge of subjetti of mtereit to \iomcn every- 
where . at a time when the most housewives 
are at home. Made-to-order for a client wiio 
w.mts to reach the feminine market. 



SECOND 
HONEYMOON 



Monday through Friday, 4:00 PM, oti. Bert Parks 
\o{ Stop Iht Music And Break i/ie Bank S-Ame) 
emcees this hvclv audience-participation show. 
Featured is the "Heart of Gold" letter contest 
to give women a chance to win prizes. . . and 
R sponsor r chance win more listeners. 



THE AMAZING 
MR. MALONE 

taturdayi. Craig Rice, America's top mystery ■ 
author, writes this exciting^ fast-moving show., 
about her most famous character. Ratings this 
year havt averaged above a lo! . 



QUIET PLEASE 



Sundays. 1 his. ■eerie chiller has won high praiso 
from both critics and listeners QUIE'I PLfASf: 
u taut and tense. It draws suspense out to the 
breaking point, then p.iys off with a twist that 
brings audiences back week after week. 



CHILD'S 
WORLD 



Thursday, 10:00 FM, osl.What goes on in n child'* 

mind IS revelled by children themselves on this 
outspoken program. Helen Parkhurst, noted edu- 
cator, leads the informal discussions. Unusual, 
fascinating! 



FAMOUS 
JURY TRIALS 

Solurdays. More than eight years of iininter- 
riipted broadcasting have rolled »f a nivc solid 
rating, Ideal for an advertiser who, at thi very 
start, WMts a ready-made, loyal audience. 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



IVMBVISION 



81 




I^ew York j 

Film-legit actor John Conte set' 
for lead in CBS-TV's second 
"Studio One" presentation, to, be 
aired Nov. 28. Show is Charles 
Mealand's "L^t Me Do the Talk- 
ing" . . . Writer - flack Margaret 
Weiss and Joan Murphy Lloyd, 
Radio Mirror's tele editor, teamed 
in new TV package agency under 
the the label of Weiss & Lloyd 
Productions:. . . Milton Stern, one- 
time stage manager for Shuberts 
and Olscn & Johnson, back from 
Italy With a series of .films lensed 
especially for TV . . James N, 
Furncs$ left WCBS-TV (CBS) staff 
to join WSB-TV, Atlanta, as pro- 
ducer . Pianist-composer Walter 
Hendl guesting on the Gloria 
Swanson show tomorrow (Thurs.) 
night on the N. ; Y. Daily News' 
J/fPlX Video Associates prez 
Pltilip Brodsky oil on a three-week 
tour of California and midwest tele 
stations ... "Chevrolet on Broad- 
way," half-hour legit series aired 
Monday nights on NBC-TV, I 
changed title to "Chevrolet Tele- 
Theatre" Lawrence Haas, for- 
mer, news editor of CBS' short- 
wave division, named CBS-TV 
news coordinator . Larry Marks 
signed Its writer on Cluett & Pea- 
body's show starring Phil Silvers* 
slated ■ to preem on NBC^TV next 
Wednesday (24).,. N. Y. Herald 
Tribune sports editor Bob Cooke 
guesting on the Dunninger-Paul 
Winchell "Bigelow Show" on the 
NBC-TV web tomorrow (Thurs.) 
night. . .National Biscuit Co, inked 
to bankroll ii pickup of the West^ 
minster dog show in February over 
CBS-TV from Madison Square 
Garden. McCann - Erickson 
agency's Lee Cooley set the deal 
.. CBS-TV's kid show, "Scrap- 
book," will get an off-the-air per- 
formance at the Boys' and Girls' 
Book Fair, Saturday (20) in the Mu- 
seum of Natural History audi- 
torium Connee Boswell drawing 
$1,500 for a one-shot on Elgin- 
American's two-hour Thanksgiving 
Day show on ABC-TV. 



which is still operating on an ex- 
perimental basis . .WTMJ-TV, Mil- 
waukee, did Its longest remote to 
date Sun. (14), televising the Pack- 
ers-Bears grid game from Wrigley 
Field here Fran Allison, of 
WBKB's "Kukla, Fran and OUie," 
bedded by an appendectomy . . . 
E. J. Dustin, audio-video facilities 
engineer of NBC, New York, here 
to supervise installation of equip- 
ment at WNBQ. . Jim Lahey leav- 
ing as assistant chief engineer of 
WBKB to join Television Associ- 
ates. Arch Brolly, tormer chief en- 
gineer of WBKB, joined TA two 
weeks ago . Jennifer Holt, seen on 
Broadway in "Life with Father" and 
"Two tor the Show," will' play the 
role of Aunt Molly in the "Uncle I 
Mistletoe" series on WENR-TV. . . 
Disk jock Ernie Simon launched I 
a five - a - week comedy series 
on WBKB Mon. (15), with four par- ' 
tieipating sponsors signed . Engi- ' 
neers John Casagrande; Bob Ber- 
resford, Ray Burtschcr and Louis 
Craig added to NBC's midwest tele 
staff .Television News Service, 
Inc., begins :Operations here Dec. 
15 under the direction of L. T. 
Kreutzig, editor of News Map of 
the Week. Five-minute programs 
on 16 m. film will be priced at $25 
and $35. 



Chicago 



FCC Chairman Wayne Coy's 
Tuesday (16) Rotary Club address 
on "The Potential of -Television" 
was beamed by NBC's WNUQ, 




If It's a "Feature 
Production" It's Especially 
Designed to Suit the Ad- 
vertiser's Needs. 

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Hollywood 

Lou Forbes has been inked by 
Larry Finley Televiislon Produc- 
tions. Forbes will start shooting 
vidfilm on Dec. 1 . Betsy Mills and 
Paul ''Buaas" Owen will do a weekly 
20-minute show over KFI-TV. . -. 
Projectionist Yale Bassin saved 
IMPPRQ three weeks work and an 
estimated $10,000 by dousing a film 
fire, which flared up in the projec- 
tor, with his hands . KFI-TV will 
cari-y the Elgin-American two-hour 
Thanksgiving television show being 
presented over ABC-TV. Program 
will be kihesGoped for presentation 
here Dec. 3 . . KTLA will put auc- 
tioneering, on television. Louis S;, 
Hart, auctioneer, has purchased 30 
minutes once every four weeks for 
the telensing which has been tabbed 
"Auction Tonight" . . IMPPRO v.p. 
Harlan Thompson to • New York 
with first five telepix made by firm 
lor CBS. Herb Slrock, tele-firm 
topper, plans to head east this 
week for discussions with network; 
on. a following 13- week video series 
. Don Lee's KTSL has sold the 
Santa Claus Lane Parade which is 
held on Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving eve), 
I to Maurice Holman & Co. Holraan, 
I a clothes manufaeturing concern, 
. picked up the tab for $500 as spon- 
i sors , KFI-TV will telecast a va- 
I nety show once monthly from the 
I Beverly Wilshire hotel. Program 
I will be aired from 2;30 till 4 Sun- 
days KLAC-TV has riioved its 
telecasting schedule to Thursday 
I tlirougli Monday from Wednesday 
j tliroiiRli Sunday to accommodate 
' boxing matches on Mondays. 



Cameras in Audience 
Heighten Theatre Effect 
Of KTSL's 'Music Hair 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Carl Winckler, program head of 
KTSL, has had eight seats removed 
from Don Lee's television studio 
and will, place two video cameras in 
the middle of the audience for the 
televising of the "Don Lee Music 
Hall." 

Two sections of four seats each 
have been taken out of the middle 
of the auditorium so that program 
can be telecast giving the viewer 
the effect of being in a theatre. 
Winckler. feels that new twist will 
aid thesps. in performing and. also 
give the studio audience an even 
break. 

When the cameras are situated 
on the stage, Winckler . said, the 
performers are continually strain- 
ing to get past the lens and play 
to the audience . thus giving the 
home viewer the feeling that show 
is being played to someone behind 
them. Audience, meanwhile, can't 
see much of the proceedings due' to 
cameramen and ..equipment being 
set up on stage. Winckler hopes 
camera situation will make it easier 
to pick up studio reaction thus tak- 
ing show off teevee tube and plant- 
ing it right in the living room. 



WJZ-TV, RTDG Agree to Mediate 
On Union Status of Full Directors 



Albany — ^WPTR is sending mem- 
bers of its staff to entertain at vet- 
erans: hospitals: and institutions. 



WJZ-TV and Radio and Tele- 
vision Directors, Guild v narrowly 
av.erted: a head-on collision over 
contract negotiations this week 
with both sides agreeing to go be- 
fore the New York State Mediation 
Board for peaceful settlement of 
the dispute. Hearings will open to- 
day (Wed.) befoi-e mediator Mabel 
Leslie in N. Y. 

Brewing for the last three weeks, 
the station - guild scrap stemmed 
from WJZ-TV's management re- 
fusal to recognize the RTDG as 
proper collective bargaining agent 
for full-fledged directors. In the 
company's opinion, the directors 
are supervisory; personnejl ineligi- 
ble for union representation under 
the Taft-Hartley law. Subordinate 
personnel such as assistant direc- 
tors and floor managers were con- 
ceded to be under the RTDG's Jur- 
isdiction. 

After repeated tries to talk it 
over with the ABC net's key video 
outlet, RTDG's exec secretary 
Nickie Burnett let loose with • a 
thinly - veiled walkout ultimatum 
last week. A wire, to . Richard 
Moore. ABC-TV attorney, read: 
"Unless you call us by noon Mon- 
day (15) for the purpose of setting 
up a meeting to negotiate a col- 



lective bargaining agreement for 
the directorsj associate directors 
and floor managers, 100% of whom 
are members? of. the: :Radio. and . 
Television Directors Guild, we 
shall determine without any 
further consultation: with you what 
our next action will be." Bui-nett 
also pointed out that ABC had al- 
ready recognized the RTDG as bar- 
gaining agent for directors in the 
WJZ-AM division. 

Meanwhile, RTDG's negotiations 
with the reps of the ad agencies 
and packagers for basic minimum 
agreement are scheduled to resume 
next week. Following RTDG's dis- 
closure of its proposed contract at 
the initial Nov. 5 meeting, the 
agency-packager group asked sev- 
eral weeks to determine its own 
counter propositions. : 

At a full membership meeting 
Moflday night (15), 100 directors 
agreed to assess themselves $10 
apiece for a defense fund and gave, 
votes of confidence in the RDTG 
executive council and negotiating 
committee in their handling or the 
ABC-TV dispute. 



. Atlanta^Eddie Pentecost, for- 
mer manager of Delman theatre, 
Tulsa, has signed on as promotion 
manager of WCON, ABC outlet 
owned by Atlanta Constitution. 



New Haven's WHNC-TV Set 
To Go Shortly After Year 
Of Assorted Headaches 

New. Haven, Nov. 16. 
After battling for months in an 
eflort to get on the air locally 
: (present programming is Du Mont- 
fed), it looks like the necessary 
equipment finally will be lined up 
I for regular operation of WHNC-TV 
I within the next few weeks.;; 
I Since- originally tackling the 
video problem moi'e than a year 
ago, station has run into an in- 
I credible number of obstacles in' 
j getting it.s pattern on view. Pnn- 
1 cipal headaehe involved; material.: 
\vi(h lack ol an RCA relay being 
the mam stymie since January, 

To date, investment represents 
a figiii-e close to $.500,000 and for 
; some time (he station operated at 
i an average weekly loss of $1,500. 
Outlook IS brighter now and sta- 
, tion diteeioi' Jahies. Milite .s,tat(;& 
' he ba.s; a numbei' of ideas set t6 go 

■ as. sooh,:a.s..lpCai; prbgrtUtiS; can be 
added. ;Tliese wi 11 be strictly, studio 
stuff lor some time, with the future 
ol remotes being just that— re- 
mote,- : ■ - ) 

..WNllC. wliioli include.s Aftt anfl 
Fiil- .as Avdl vas T.V. 'Is. headed 'liy 

■ PcUi'lck ,1,; GoddeV,.. president. : and, 
Aldt^ ii)e Poin)nici5,;'S!?e^ 



11 



Here's a tele grooven 

...says P^RMT 



"Midwestern Hayride" is only one of 
the many "groovers" on the WLW-T schedule. 
There are others of all types— musical, variety, 
quiz, juvenile, dramatic, sports, audience— 
participations, news, women's, etc.— 
with the seasoned stars of The Nation's 
Station "filling the want for that showmanship 

need in video". 

So if you're looking for an ideal televisibn 
vehicle to get your advertising across to the 
intense, fast-growing television audience 
in Greater Cincinnati ... you'll find WLW-T 
ready wkh -programs high in entertainment 

but low in cost. 



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TELEVISION REVIEWS 

Wediiesdiiy^ Septenober 89/1948 

WEST£BN' HAYBIDE 

Witli Bill Thau, »!.«.; truraer Braf., 
Girla ot Oolden West, Trail 
Blaxcrs, Krnie Xee, Jady Ferkini, 

. KciiWy Roberta, Brown'a Ferry 
Tour; Hkl WaaHmti, annouiicer 

Produrer: Jamea B, Hill 

30 Mini.; Sat. 8 p.ni. 

BAVARIAN BRKWIN& CO. 

WLW-T, Cinelautl 

(Ralph H. Jones Co.) 

Here's a tele groover. A rleht smart 
giddapt for tlie folks out yonder, it 
also liaa appeal f6r city dweller.'), rus- 
tic atmo.'sphere and fare being a taste 
of something different tor tlieni. 

Facing a camera is duck .wrap for 
Crosley entertainers. They are sea- 
soned In audience as w«ll as mike tech- 
nique, having worked : in jam-packed 
AM .studios and appeared in theatres, . 
auditoriums, :schoois and what ha\'e 
you, including state and county fairs. 
Costumed in denim,' gingham and trap- 
pings of the plains, the boys and gals 

. nil the want for that showmanship 
need in video.' . > 

All hands get in there and pitch for 
thoir separate and collective chores, 
and with tlie definite impression that 
they are having as much enjoyment 
out of it as the most pleased viewers, 
Tiieift IS no drag from start to flnj.sh. 

Bill Thall, as a rub^ smoothie, 
sprinkles some corn during his own 
brief fling at conversatiat\ and on each 
mti'o, setting the show's pace. 
Scssion iS the closing halt of *a full- 

. hour television show, that: fallows ail', 
hour program by: moat of th? same 

.' .entertainers on Croiiley's AM station ' 
VfTSW. both originating in WLW-T's 
300-sfat acp studio. To start wltii, it's 
a frpp two-hour .show. Prospects are 
for /irtiitciing ,<it popularity... to the exs. 

. tent of moving to a do.wntown ,audl- 

■ torlum, such, as was done several years 
ago to accommodate audiences for'WX/W. 
Saturday night hillbilly showSi 

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i'onnwl.\ jJioRrtim director of 
wrO.S .'VslieMllc, N C, witli 
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|be FIRST Credit taming College Come 
broadcast by a Standard Commercial Station 




Radio has tried but at 
best has enjoyed only 
modest success in edu^ 
ijcational broadcasts. To meet this challenge 
the University of Louisville and WHAS 
jundertook a radical innovation in broad- 
icasting — "College by Radio." 

j The idea was logical, but the pre-course 
j[n-eparation represented mouths and months 
bf hard work. Starting in 1947, actual class- 
iioom sessions were painstakingly recorded 
tiiid re-recorded until at last the idea shaped 
linfo a workable format . . . eight months 
later "College by Radio" went on the air. 



I. ' No one at WHAS had any illusions about 
ithese broadcasts rating high in a Hooper 
lireport. But at WHAS we take "Service" ser- 
Jiously. With "College by Radio" another 
service has been given our listeners, and v^'e 
hope, a pioneering step taken toward making 
radio more effective and useful to its audience. 



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RAMO REVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



I THEATRE IJ.S.A, 



GEORGE O'HANLON SHOW 



WAKE UP, ST. LOUIS 
With Bruce Barrintrton, ruests 



head; Viiiioii Frieedley; iVarircu 



Charles 



Producer - Director: 

Herbert 
25 JVIins.; Thurs. 8:30 p.m. (EST) 
BEVEKE CAMERA 
ABC, from Hollywood 

(Rocfic, Williams & Cleary^ 

Straight musical show with 
slight coloring, the new Jo Staf- 
foid broadcast for Revere Camera 
is a good 25-miniite compilation of 
pops and standards — but that's a 
lot of time to hang around the 



Sweeney, announcer 
Writer: Howard Teichmann 
' Director: John Housman 
Music: Nathan Kroll orch 
30 Mins.; Thurs., 7:30 p.m. (EST) 
U. S. ARMY AIR FORCE 
ABC, from New York 

(Gardner! ■ _ 
This is the long-heralded variety 
presentation put on by the Ameri- 
ean National Theatre and Academy 
(ANTA), with the U. S. Army and 



ton, Louis Hector, Stefan Schna-' | Orch ^ „ . 
bel, Anthony Kemble Cooper, Director: Don Bernard 
Richard Newton; Joe Ripley, anv Writer: James O'Hanlon 
nouncer; Vladimir Selinsliy. mu- 
sical director 



neck of Miss Stafford and the com- ^j,. Force Recruiting Service pick- 



Producer: Joseph Stauffer 
Director: Lester O'Keefe 
Writer: Robert Cenedella 
30 Mins.; Sun. 9 p.m. 
ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT 
COS. 

CBS, from New York 

(Aycr) 

The new Helen Hayes series, to 
which the agency has given the I 



30 Mins., Tues,, 8 p.m 
Sttstainins 

Mutual, from Hollywood 

Newest situation comedy on 
Mutual frequently sounds a famil- 
iar note — probably because it's 
reminiscent of characters and situ- 
ations heard on some of its top- 
flight coiltemporaries. Each char- 
acter and situation passing in 
review brings to mind a facet of 
another show. 
Apart from its imitative aspects 



paratively light assistance she gets '(^S ^"^P ^^he^SlM^^^^^^ tab.^of 3p„n3or-identification t i 1 1 e. "The the O'Hanlon show is loaded with 



from the name value oi Glark 
Dennis and the Slarlighters. With- 
out some sort of a formula to niake 
it stick better in the consciousness 
of listeners, the straight music idea 
risks the possibility of bucking the 
Hooper on bridge games. 

This is Miss Stafford's first im- 
portant broadcast of. her own. A 
success on Chesterfield, she does 

only one broadcast a week for that looking forward to" 



ANTA treasury. . ^.tectric Hour," premierea mipres- the'^'e^iactmente arl 

As it came off on the premiere sively Sunday night (14i with an ^^^i enacimenih aie 

broadcast last Thursday | adaptation of the star's most sue- Series features a not too bright 

added up to a shck, stai -studded vehicle Laurence husband, a patient wife, a chiselinsi! 

laj out that might best be character- cestui stage venieie i aurence , j overbearing 

ized as a miniature radio version ] Housman s Victoria Regina. It ^^^^^ ^^.^^ keeps his help in line 



of the star-spangled ANTA "live" j ^vas a wise choice of material toi , ^^jn, bombast and platitudes. Such 
Broadway benelit of several m^^^^^ ^^^^ adaptation' " • 

back: Maintaining that pace -on a ■ ^ ■■■■ : 
weekb basis is something worth 



outfit now and secured the right 
this year to do another, | 
There was a slight attempt on 
this first show to inject an idiia. ' 
It consisted of the extraction of : 
oddities fiom the news, related , 
musically in the form ol jingles, 
1 or limerick,s. Idea was good, but ; 
■too brief to make much of an ira- 
pact; There must be many more 
screwball news items that would 



For the opening show, for ex- 
ample; there were, reading from 
left to right, Alfred Drake, who 
makes a ghb, unobtrusive emcee; 
Mary Martin, Alec Templeton. Wil.^ 
lie Howard, Tallulah Bankhead. 
Donald Cook and producer: Vinton 
Freedley, the latter to bestow 
ANTA'.s blessing on the whole pro- 
ceedings. It was all wrapped to- 
gether with a : professional know- 



fit the thought. Later in the hroadr | how under the directorial helm of 
:cast a college aura took form with > John Housman, 
the performance of various .school [: Standard was a grand bit : of- 
melodies. It, too, was weak. [vocal-keyboard buffoonei-y in which 

Miss Stafford's \vork alone and ' Mary Martin and Alec Templeton 
vith Slarlighters, smoothlv and ' pa^layed their talents for a Puccim 
solidly backed by Paul Weston's ! version of "Annie Get Your Gun." 
orchestra, was big-league stuff. ' It wjis a reprise of some of the 
She started out with ' Just One of j Templetonia that ha? graced the 
Those Things" and progressed i summertime kilocycles, with Miss 
through "My Darling" (which she ; Martin contributing a stunning as- 
did on Capitol ' Records with < sist. No less effective was her 
Gordon MacRae), "Honey." "Begin ' "Buttons and Bows" as the show's 
the Beguine," an excellent job, I opening turn. ^ „ ■ 

among others. Clark Dennis picked ■ Miss Bankhead and Cook were in 
on "Bliiebird of Happiness" as his I for a quickie from their current 
contribution. Unfortunately, didn't i "Private Lives" legiter, a bit 



handl« it welli' it's a lot of song 
for a tenor of his stature. Wood. 




M-G-M— 
"On an Island with You" 

THE C'.\MKI, SHOW 
Kvrry Firilay Mtr. 9:;<0 K.S,T, 

Mgt.: LOU CLAYTON 



production and; above 
Hayes' performance, combined to 
provide superb listening Only the 
unctuous commercial copy marred 
the broadcast. 

Having just returned from Lon- 
don, where, she scored • a personal 
triumph in the Tennessee Williams 
play, "The Glass Menagerie," Miss 
Hayes gave a virtuoso portrayal of 
the German girl who was queen: of 
England for over 60 years and 
whose name and : personality be- 
came synonymous with an era and 
a code of morals. Starting as a 
tremulous and eager, but basically 
determined young lady of 18,:she 
suggested the developing maturity 
and/: imperiousness of Victoria 
through middle age and into taer 
final years. 

It was a memorable performance 
which caught not merely the sur- 
face changes in the character, like 
the aging-voice, but also the undern 
lying : qualities that remained; the 
same, such as her . sentimentality 
and stubbornness. And despite 
minor faults, such as the exagge- 
rated breath-catching at Albert's 
declaration ot love and the kiss in 
the shaving scene, it created the 



i a lineup is bound to run headlong 
all Miss ' i"'^"' inevitable comparison with 
' other programs of this type that 



marred only by the impression left 
by Cook' that it might have been 

Milton Berle playing' it straight. , . . - ., , „:. , , . 

Willie Howard did his now stand- I impression ot a full-rounded char- 
ard but still sock French lesson i act"' instead of merclj a one- 
routine. All this plus some orig- 1 dimensional projection, 
inal scoring by Nathan Kroll and i Tonio Selvvart was exceptionally 



abound-on the spectrum 

However an assortment of solid 
laughs make it suitable sponsor 
bait. ScJfewy types of situations, 
that unfold make it a worthwhile 
show. 

George O'Hanlon does a good 
job in the title role Lurene Tuttle 
is okay as the wife, and Cliff Young 
makes a fine friend, Alan Reed 
booms his way toward a good 
amount of abdominal glee 



Jose. 



Sustaininr 
KXOK, St. Louis 

Weekly powwows on civic prob- 
lems was particularly effective in 
its 100th broadcast as it dealt with 
the operation of taverns insofar as 
juves are concerned. Station 
rounded up Walker Pierce, legal 
representative: . of the Missouri 
Brewers Assn. and two local bar- 
risters for a discussion on what ' 
steps can and should be taken to 
cut down juve delinquency by 
forcinig owners to obey the laws, 
both city and state. 

Pierce pointed out that th«:: 
timidity of persons to make com- : 
plaints against ' Violators because 
their identity might become known 
was one of the most vexing ob- 
stacles the makers of suds in the ' 
state have encountered. He said 
the association not only welcomes 
legitimate complaints, but conducts 
its own investigations, and when 
the facts warrant eall on the state 
and' city authorities either to re- 
voke tavern licenses or penalize : 
tlie owners. 

Various angles of the laws cov- 
i ering the serving of intoxicants to 
I iuves were aired by the trio, with 
I Harrington chipping in with som« 
pertinent observations. A different 
topic is selected each week unless 
the one under discussion runs too 
long to. be finished in one session. 

Sahu. 



COURT OF MUSIC 
With Jack Downey 
30 Mins.» Sit., noon 
WONS, Hartford 

Mikeman Jack Downey holds a 
half hour court session each 
Saturday noon on; products of re- 
cording company. On successive 
weeks different company's prod- 
ucts are judged. Aiding and abet- 
ting Downey. is a board or jury of so- 
called experts. All are from with- 
in allied show trade. On session 
caughti products of Capitol Rec- 
ords were exhumed. 
Jury usually consists of a record 



HOUSEHOLD CHATS 

With Helen Holden 

30 Mins.; Mon. to Fri., 9,15 a.m. ' 

WIBX, Utica 

Name and 'format of program 
are old ' in radio; but conductor 
handles the assignment compe- 
tently on this: CBS outlet. She 
offers household and fashion hints, . 
film and other news slanted for 
women, and I bits of philosophy, 
sandwiched between live ana 
transcribed advertising. More- 
music and addition of intei'view$ . 
would give added variety to the 



salesman, local band leader, and ■ P^of"'". which now tends to be 
visiting luminary at the neighbor- r''"^^- 

ing State theatre (vaude house). Featured broadcaster displays a 



some Howard Teichmann scripting 
that was easy to take. 

Warren Sweeney, does the re- 
cruitment "commercials.'' :ilose, 



MIND OVER MICROPHONE 
With Dr. E. W. Ziebarth, Halsey 

Hall, Bob De Haven: 
30 Min., 9:30-10 p.m. SUn. 
WCCO, Minneapolis 



Downey plays hand • picked disks 
and asks for comment. Cross-fire 
patter at end of each recording 



rather pleasing voice and a :quiet, 
well mannered approach. She isn't 
brassy. She does several plugs. 



fine as Albert and there were ex- 
cellent bits by the unbilled actors 
who played ' the other German 
cousin, the queen's mother (as dis- 
tinct from the queen-mother) -and |^ 
the baffled minister who . had to 
"counsel" the .young ruler on her 
choice of a husband. 

Robert Cenedella's adaptation of 
the original play was superlative. 



makes for an interesting program including one for a cleaning 



but is often not specific enougli in 
criticism. Edc 



|Followup Comment 

** * ** * ** ♦ » t « * » ♦ » ♦ ' ' 



firm and another for a women'i 
shop. The transcribed commer- 
cials are on the insistent side. 

Jaco. 

,:':, . II",," 



FREDDIE LIGHTNER 




NOW 

in 

"THE 
BABE 
RUTH 
STORY" 



Pireeriok: LOU IRWIN 



NBC's provocative ; "Living-- 
1948": Sunday afternoon documen- | 

show of the "Information Please" ' ''.'^cemuatea, tJie toniinuiij ana jg^t television last week (14). I 
Miow "1 i"e ii.io.i..diio.. 1 .ej.st .significance of the various scenes ' op,.intpfi hv Rhti TT-rz-im nnd titled 
type which appears to be catching ',,2,.p sk,iif„iiv tpni nnri nnthino i ™ . . "''^-i"' i^"-"^" , 

I on in a matter of weeks Emcee is i- , ^ -f/^ j ^. J ^ Television: Many Happy Re- 
I Dr E Z^eM WCCO nlwl fs«nt>al was omitted, lo be sure turns?" it was a forthright presen- 
analvst and ediicator a veteranln ^«nf,.°f ^'^^ a'i^ ""l tation ot video's status quo. per- 

boKlds ■ f'^"^*'^ -i""^^^^^ all too familiar as "inside! 

" being shifted to a totally different ot,rfi" in thnsp williin the ti-ade ■ 

Panel of "experts" includes Hal- ; context, but in Reneial the cliarao- , f*u7i„ \erms of a> l.stc ersl ip a 
sey Hall, sportscaster and sports ters as well as the narrative were , fi"elv-coSled clpsi le pre^^^^^^^^ 
ri*n'.,.""i?"t,^l.""„r.";„f,'^^ °« i £«"Wully retained. The back- I [rn^n wh'drall' facets werr?aid ' 



m.c. and entertainer, as well as aigrounfl music and production also ' "t,.„i2ht on the'line 
couplp ol guest e-xperts, one always were thoroughly professional. | it was in honest 
an educator i . : \ . wd» u.i nu.ics. 



„ , ,, , , . The eommercial copy, however, 

Experts thus far have gone in ' practically epitomized the abuses 
for more discussion than do those of this kind o£ sponsoied radio 



appraisal, for 
along with the positive factors of 
"Tele's eventual erhergence as a fac- 

, , , , -- -— - - i term the whole socio-economic* 

on most shows of the type, and. The three announcements all com- ' political sphere of tomorrow, the 

■minus angles were also pro.iect- 
ed. - The ' "protect radi£i" v stance 
currently occupying the attention 
of the broadcasters bent on con- 
vincing the world that :there will 



ha< e kepi it lively and entertain . bined misleading generalities and 
ing ZicUarth as expert m speech questionable insinuations Since 
as anv one in these parts, keeps the] the sponsor is a group of public 
show mo\ing when it tends to utilities, the copy didn't attempt 
slacken with adroit questions. j any direct "sell," but plugged lor 



Hall and De Haven are both ex- ' the idea of private rather than pub- 1 always be a place for AM radio 
pert ad-libbers with liberal:supplies ;lic ownership, of electric power. i got in its innings, with a well-docu- 
of off-the-cuff wit. Murf. I Uobe. mented pro and con looksee into 

video v-S. film theatre attendance 
and sports gates pt th^ future; Ben 
Grauei* hahdled the major part of 
the nari'atibh and, as usual, turned 
in a fine job , , ,■ , ':...';"" :'■:"-'... - ■ 



RESULTS 



Alert advertisers : know WOV.'s 
Market Information on each of 5 
.Audiences 
to known 

reacti. an; unknown mass audience, ' Get the 
facts from WOV toe|<iy, - You,: too, con take 
the guess out of buyliiig. 



means keying your advertising 
indiyiduals - rather than frying to 



, Wake Up New York 
1280 Club 
Band Parade 
Prairie Stars . 

Italian language markiet 
2,100,000 individuak 
(larger than: Pittsburgh). ' 



Originators of 




mrar 



NfW YORK 



The "Lanny Ross Show" is de- 
veloping into a pleasant quarter- 
hour muiiical interlude, filling the ' 
Mutual web slot between Gabriel 
Ueattcr and Guy T.ombardo, and 

; sshoiild go a long wav towards i 

' blazing the comeback trail lor 

I Ross. General effect is nostalgic 1 
with selection of sentimental faves 
' i making it. a natural foi- oldstersi; 

, It should : liiake : iplerity . ' friends.! 
among younKor li.stonors who like | 
Uipir music sweet and unhurried. 

Schmaltzy qualit.\ of show is con- . 
slstent, v\ilh stcad\ slow pace, 
making it all easy to- lake and re- 
laxing Saturday night fare. With 

I the. absence of commercials, there's 
no hoopla to break the mood An- 
nouncer ,Iohn SI l.eser handles Ins 
cliore in a minor key. and show's 
star emcee.s mu(,h of It himself in 
an iilfvi'inal manner (hat qives the 
whole thing a homov touch. 

Sylvan Levin and a 30-piece 
orch do .liahclsohiely by Ross, 'iiah- 
dling ;tlie, l)ack.!?rOund chore .\Vith' 
; :ljeltcr than visual; skill and efFect. ■ 
It's not a sonsiilional show, but it's 
obviouslj not meant to be It al) 

' adds Up lo tuneful and easy li'sten- ' 

1 ing. 



Starting— 

NOVEMBER 29, 1948 

The 

Biggest 
News in 
Daytime 
Radio 

FASHION FLASHES 

■ ■ . Starring 

ADELAIDE HAWLEY 

TRANSCRIBED 5 MINUTES 
ACROSS-THE-BOARD 



• Fashion netos and commeni, 
ansioers to listeners' queries, 
interiiews with name celebri- 
ties— hy Adelaide Haxoley, 
Aviei tea's No. 1 Style Authori- 
ty . . Initial guests, include 
Elizabeth Haioes, Hairy Con- 
over, Candy Jones, Eugenia 
Sheppard, George Ilurrell. 

AHodio Paekag* by 
MURPHY-LILLIS. INC. 

59 PARK AVENUE 
NEW YORK 16. N. Y. 
Produced by MORTIMER FRANKEL 

SYNDICATED TO RADIO STATIONS IN 
U; S. AN3 CANADA. 
AUDITION DISCS AVAILABLE. 



Vedwegday, NovemlKtr 17, X948 



RADIO REVIEWS 



3S 



•THIS IS YOUR LIFE 

With Bafph Edwards, guests; John 

Holbrook, announcer 
Producer: Al Paschall 
Director: Axel Gruenberg 
Writers: Edawrds, Gruenb^rc 
30 Mlns., Tue., 8 p.m. 
PHILIP MORRIS 
NBC, from Hollywood 
(Bioto) 

. Ralph Edwards has his work cut 
out for him, making ^ sock pro- 
gram out of '!Tbis Is Your Life." 
Certainly it Is an unusual' program, 
with plenty,^9f homespun appeal 
for the average listener, and full 
of dramatic surprises. It is the 

■ need of making the impact of these 
surprises felt, handicapped by the 
necessarily amateurish talent in- 
volved, that will be Edwards' big- 
gest problem. 

Program has a highly original 
idea, that of bringing an average 
citizen to the mike, quizzing him 
on his life story, and recreating it 
for him by bringing in old friends, 
forgotten child playmates and any 
other unusual data Edwards can 
dig up. 

In the opening program last 
Tuesday (9), Edwards interviewed 
Paul E. Jackson, a young war vet 
who runs a gun .and tool sliop in 
California. As* Jackson , answered 
Edwards' queries on his life; Ed^ 
wards brought into the studio 
Jackson's wife, parents, the min- 
ister who married him, his buddy 
in the war, his high school coach, 
kid playmsites he hadn't seen in 
16 years — all very much to his sur- 
prise. Edwards even produced, all 
the way from Pennsylvania, the 
medic who helped Jackson to 
safety in Germany. It was. only 
about midway in the program that 
the audience learned casually from 
Edwards that Jackson was confined 
to a wheelchair, paralyzed from tlie 
waist down. So was his partner in 
the tool shop, also a war vet. 
i' Edwards picked a. wonderful 
subject for his first show, Unfold- 
ing a dramatic history bit by bit, 
heightening interest of the au- 

: ' dienee . constantly. : Program was 
unrehearsed, and like most such, 
was a, little flat and uninspired in 
its early stages. Vet involved was 
shy and : reticent, speaking in 
brief takes and not talking up 

, forcefully. His shock at seeing his 
life parade in front -of him via his 
old friends and relatives wasn't 
communicated sharply or definitely 
to the. listeners. This show would 
go much better on tele, with au- 
.^ijsnces watching expressions of 
shock, surprise, '.pleasure at the 
meetings of various people in- 
volved. 

Another thing that might, affect 
future shows is the fact that anyr 
- one invited henceforth would know 
what was up, to eliminate all sur- 
prise when figures from his past 
were Introduced. 

Edwards handled the show well, 
especially in tlie early parts when 
it sagged badly. He should find the 
formula to overcome the show's 
bugs, and when he does, it ought 
to be a natural. It won't: be easy, 
though. Bron. 



V. D., INC. 
With New York City Health Com- 

-miasioner Dr.. Harry Mustard, 
Judcre Anna' M; Ktoss, Dr,: Evan 

. W. Thomas, Maj. Gen, Irvingr J. 

, Phillipson 

Writer; Henrictte K. Harrison 

Producer: Phil Tonkin 

IS Mins.; Sat. (6), 9:15 p.m. 

Sustaining 

WOR, N. y. 

Factual, crisp and to the. point 
was WOR's "V. D., Inc.," a 15- 
minute documentary aired over 
the station on No v. 6 as part 
of New York City's "Stamp Out 
V. D. Campaign" which began 
on Nov. 8. Public service pro- 
■ gram had the city's Health Com- 
mis.sioner Mustard, Judge Anna 
M. Kross, M.i.i. Gen. Irving J. 
Phillipson, chairman of the Amer- 
ican Sociiil Hygiene Assn;, and Dr. 
Evan W. Thomas of Bellevue Hos- 
pital delivering brief statements 
on the subject, 

- Comments of the gue.st speakers 
boiled down to an assertion that 
some 250,000 unknown cases of 
V. D, exist in the city and finding 
tliese cases calls for the coopera- 
tion of the public. Free blood 
tests are available at the Dept. of 
Health and the maladies, accord- 
ing to Dr. Thomas, are "no more 
obnoxious than any other dis- 
eases." 

Particularly striking were tape 
recordings of interviews with V. D. 
patients at Bellevue. Those af- 
flicted expressed great satisfaction 
and relief that their illness had 
been cured or arrested by penicil- 
lin treatment. These capsule cases 
obviously were intended to show 
the general public the advantage 
of Immediate medical attention 
and there's no need of worrying 
about whether the "familj' might 
know" for records are kept strict- 
ly private. 

WOR's special feature service 
rates a bow for the airer.Gilb. 



ROLUNG ALONG 
With Ernie Neflt, Carole Mansfield 
15 Min.; Sun., 1:45 p.m. 
FORD-MERCURY DEALERS 
WCAE. Pittsburgh 

Quarter-hour musicale featuring 
Ernie Nell, staff announcer-organ- 
ist and nitery entertainer, and his 
wife, Carole Mansfield, a band 
singer before their marriage, is a 
pleasant and easy-to-take Sunday 
afternoon interlude. Neff does a 
niQ,e job on the solovox and also 
weaves in the commercials easily 
as sort of a chatty tete-a-tete with 
his frau, 'and she gets a chance to 
do two numbers and sells them 
smartly. 

Gal is a virtual newcomer to 
radio, and a sock bet. Did a bang- 
up job on the debut program, tak^ 
ing to the mike like a veteran and 
revealing a plush, sex-drenched 
voice that fairly eats up the air- 
waves. If program can stand it, 
wouldn't be a bad idea to increase 
her allotment. 

They're the first husband-and- 
wife team on local radio, although 
this is by no means a husband-and- 
wife format, even if the lovey- 
dovey domestic stuff does creep in 
once m a while. They're under a 
straight 52-week contract with 
Pittsburgh Ford-Mercury Dealers. 

■■•■■„■■ Cohen. 



HOW'S YOUR MEMORY 
With Bill Van Steenbergh 
Sustaining 
15 Mins.; .Man. to Ftl.t 11:30 a.m. I 
WPTR. Albany 

Mild quiz show originated in 
lobby of Ten EycK hotel, where, 
WPTR has its studios. From a ' 
"memory box" contestants take' 
"strings" which test their memo-] 
ries either through questions asked ( 
of a statement they have read or 
of an object they have observed. A 
preliminary query, a series on the 
subject at hand, and an interroga- 
tion on a musical number sug- 
gested by the statement or object 
follow. 

Compared with the run of quiz 
features on the air today, this one 
is very unpretentious. There 
should' be a more impressive inter- 
view feature from the lobby of a 
large hotel, or there might be bet- 
ter screening of those lined up — 
perhaps the hour of the broadcast 
is against the latter. Few of those 
hoard had particularly interesting 
story to tell of occupation or activ- 
ity. Van Steenbergh, who also airs 
"To the Ladies" over the station, 
displays a nicely modulated voice 
a pleasant manner and an engaging 
mike personality. Joco. . 



.MATINEE WITH BOB & RAY 
With Bob Elliott and Ray Gouldins 
30 mins., Mon.-thru-Sat. 1 p.m. 
Co-op 

WHDH, Boston 

This daily half-hour of satire 
and nonsense has developed into a 
package that garners a large lis- , 
tening audience. Scriptless and , 
unrehearsed, show features two 
zany stalf anouncers. Bob Elliott 
and Ray Goulding, whose sense of 
the ridiculous is refreshing, and 
who operate on the theory that 
anything can happen on a Bob and 
Ray show. It usually does. 

Following no particular format, 
show usually opens with some 
topical subject getting a good 
kicking around-, or an interview 
with some - ludicrous imaginary 
character. Spotted somewhere on 
show such characters appear as 
"Mary Margaret McGoon," culi- 
nary expert to end ■ all experts, 
and "Linda Lovely and David." 
Resulting farcical ^kits rank with 
the sharpest off-the-cuff humor on 
the air. 

: With background music supplied 
by Ken Wilson and Bill Green at 
the organ and piano and all char- 
acters played by^ Bob and Ray, 
package adds up to top Comedy 
fare, and a welcome relief from 
most daytime shows. Elie. 



JACKIE ROBINSON' ' 

With Bert Knapp 

Writftr: Robert Kamps 

15 Mins., Mon.-Sat., 7:15 p.m. 

GUILD WINE 

WMCA, New York 

{Honig'Cooper) : '■ 

Jackie" Robinson, the Brooklyn 
Dodgers' second baseman, and first .; 
Negro ever to hit the: major 
leagues, has inaugurated a six-time 
weekly 15 minute series over ; 
WMCA which will make pal<ttable - 
fare to sports-listeners. Robinson 
carries off his: stint competently in 
a question and answer period with 
announcer Bert Knapp. - . 

Robinson is a new hand in this 
field. His reading of the strip does 
not yet have a spontaneous quality, ^ 
but, his work indicates that he'll 
catch on to radio techniques, 

Having been a four-letter man at 
UCLA, he has definite ideas on 
sports developments that are 
worthy of attention. He : ingrati- 
ates himself with his desire to aid 
the youth movement when his 
baseball days are over. : and , at- 
tempts to have a kind' word for 
everyone connected with sports. 

Guild Wines gets in its plugs in : 
a fairly unohtrusiye manner on the 
Monday ■ and ' Friday - broadcasts^: 
:■.•■■■■, Jose. 



The Idea 

that became a Christmas tradition 






We don't mean hanging up 

m\s\\eioe...(dthouah that can 
b^averyrewardm^Mea). 



Vtn don't moan a holly wreath 

.,.( altlimgh it vmddn't he Ghrkt^ 
maswiihmitmie). 



Wo don't ovon moon sending 
Ghiistmas cards . , . (aUhough 
t/iat's a good way to M friends 
know you wish tlwm well). 



We DO mean THIS: 

If j'ou're wondering what's the best way 
to say "MeiTy Christmas!" to your busi- 
ness associates, customers, potential cus- 
tomers, and friends named Bill and Ed 
and Jim . . . 

... say it with a bottle or so of Four Roses! 

So vmny people give Four Roses for 
Christmas nowadays that it's become sort 
of a holiday custom-and well it might be. 
For y^aiould search high and low with- 
out finding a gift that's half so welcome 
^nd sure to plea,se-and one that offers 
such a simple solution of your gift prob- 
lems! 

Four Roses-so softly mellow and dis- 
tinctive in flavor- is a gift that not only 
reflects your thoughttulncss biit is also a 
compliment to the good taste of the man 
who gets it. 

Your favorite retailer will be glad to 
make special arraugemcnls for gift pur- 
chases. 

FINE BLENDED WHISKEY -90.5 proof. 40% 
straight whi,skies; (tO^o grain ncutr.al spirits, 
Frankfort Distillers Coiiwralioii, New York. 




Fm tite Middy seamn-^m a spedaii attractive gijl mrlm 



FOURROSES 

GIVE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET-AMERICA'S FAVORITE GIFT WHISKEY 



No voice is heard now. The music is still. 
The studio audience has gone home. 
But the work of the broadcast has just begun. 
All through the week li. between broadcasts. :i 
people are buying the things everjrwhere 
this program has asked them to buy. 
Week after week^ 



From the beginning the country's shrewdest 

advertisers have chosen network radio 

to maintain this weekly contact with their customers. 

And in all radio, no voice speaks today with 

more eloquent authority or economy than 

that of CBS- first choice among all networks 

of America's largest advertisers. 




THK 

COLUMBIA 

BROADCASTING 

SYSTEM 



38 



BAMO 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



CIRCLING THE KILOCYCLES 



Albany— -Beth Lee has been ap- i join WGAB production department. 



STATE RADIO BUREAU'S 
$477,600 CUFFO ASSIST 



pomted director d women's pro- 
grams at WPTR, Albany, as suc- 
cessor to Nancy Adams, who re- \ 
signed. Miss Lee was on the stall 
oi: WINN in Louisville. 



[ He's being replaced . tewporairily. 
; by Ken Daly, . >Vh6 ,. wilt ^doi K 
I publicity ; until fli'st of yeif; when 
';I•^^:ank ,Orr takies over following his 
graduation from Univ.: of. West Vir-i 

i ginia. Latter worked at station 

Odessa, Tex.— Koyce A. Collier , year during summer vacation. _ 

ha* been named assistant and com- Hfs . a.PPOJn'ment mdicates that , tion to the people on their state, 
mercial manager of KECK here. Virginia Belle Reed will sever her i ^ These are figures re- ■ 

He was formerly . with KXOX, ] connections with KQV upon return ,^3,^^, ^ jyj^ieg nearer, director 
Sweetwater and KIOX, Bay City. , irom turope in late December ^ ^ Bureau, on the . 

Shirley Sporcic has been named She^s b^een__ on ^a^lejive_ oj ^^,^^.^31 j^^^^^ through' 



• Albany,' Nov. . | 
Ninety-two radio stations in New 
York StJte contributed 421 hours 
and 24 minutes, including 394' 
hours of time contributed by com- 
mercial outlets and valued at ' 
$477,600, during the first six ^ 
months of 1948, to bring mforma' 



Coy on Tele vs. Pix 



Continued from page 27 



KtOX Bav City, j fi'om Europe in . late; Decemlier, ! 
has been '^hamed ' She's been . on 'a leave of absence; 
to' the"' po"sl ot 'program director of , from post as head of publicity and 
KECK. She was formerly with promotion, 

KNET, Palestine and KLIF and: 

KIXL, Dallas. 1 Pitt$burg:h— Couple of newscast- 



Lufkin, Tex.i^Ray Gordon 
been appointed program director i renewals 



here lor KTRE replacing Ed 
Henry. Royce Christenson has 
been 'named KTRE promotion 
director, the post formerly held 
by. Gordon. 



ers at KDKA.got their, Xmas pres- 
has , ents early in the form of 52-week 
from their respective- 



sponsors. C. F; Mueller Co. has. 
picked up Jack Swift straight 
through '49 for his 10-minute noon- 
time spots Tuesdays, Thursdays 
and Saturdays, and : Studebaker 
Corp. has . dittoed Paul Long, who 
goes on at 6:05 Monday, Wednes- 



that unit. 

Eighty commercial AM stations, 
six independently operated com- ■ 
mercial FAI outlets and six non- 1 
commercial AM and FM stations ' 
were .serviced by the. State Radiol 
Bureau during ,the period- in ques- ] 
tion. 



! Fort Worth-^Clarence McDoa . „ . , . ■ 

aid has joined the commercial staff t'ay and *^"day evenings 
of KWBG here as a salesman 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Martin R. 
Karig, owner of WWSC, Glens 
Falls, N. Y., will serve as manager 
of WNDR, Syracuse, under a man- 
agement agreement made with the 
S.vracuse Broadcasting Corp., own- 
er of the Syracuse station. Agree- 
ment taking e ff ect immediately 
also V provides that Arthur L. 
Cooper, until Nov. 5 sales manager 
of WVOS in Liberty, will serve as 
sales manager of WNDR. 



Calgary, Alta.wPat Freemanj 
production manager of GFAC, 
Calgary, has been appointed direc- 
tor of sales and station service for 
the Canadian Assn, of. Broad- 
casters, and will take charge of 
the Toronto oiTiee of the CAB in 
January. 



Dallas) — Dallas youth will in- 
augurate their own; forum which 
Will be heard each Tuesday over 
WFAA with a di.scussion of views 



FM 

Continued from pase 22 

compared to a $10,000,000 two 
years previously. 

Todaj, said FMA, 663 commer- 
cial and 25 noncommercial FM 
stations are operating in 41-7 cities 
in 42 states and the District Of 
Columbia.'; An additional 334 com^ 
mercial and 20 noncommercial sta- 
tions have been autliorized and 91 
applications are pending. .; . 

At the close of the third quarter 
of the yearj FMA declared; 



one. Surveys, Coy said, "show that 
when families acquire television 
sets their attendance at theatres 
dwindles seriously. Theatres may 
meet this challenge by improving 
their programming, and it is alto- 
gether possible that (hoy may use 
the very art of television to bring 
to their theatres outstanding pub- 
lic events simultaneously with tele- 
vision. Until there is a saturation 
of television' receivers in tliis coun- 
try there will certainly be a large 
audience for, such events in thea- 
tres. 

"But television is another threat 
to the motion picture theatre. Tele- 
vision becomes a competitor for 
the production of the motion pic- 
ture, producer: Television' broad? 
casters will bid against the exhib- 
ito'r for the feature films, for the 
specialty films, and other short 
subjects by film. Television op- 
erators face an almost superhuman 
task in progra mining their stations 
12 to 'IB hours a day. Film wiU of 
necessity be- one of their essential 
requirements, Either they will 



Kine Setup 

Continued from p.-ig;e 27 : 



PittsburghTT-* Warren Dana ' is 



of youth on matters of current in-i"» V""- 
tei4t. Series will be known as i »»er factories of the Radio Manufac 



leaving promotion post at KQV to } "Youth Forum" and will feature turers Assn. had produced a total 
students from the various schools I of 2,409,522 FM sets and an estima 




as participants. 



Grid Mentors 



— Continued from page 1 
has covered them for the last sev- 
eral years, over to N; Y; Daily;: 
News' WPIX Because of NBC-TV's 
heavy nightime commercial sched- 
ule, NewoU-Emmett agency, which 
handles the Chesterfield, account, 
was forced to turn over the night 
I games last year to WPIX. Agency 
I is dissatisfied with that arrange- 
ment so decided to give the latter 
station the .complete, .schedule for 
1949. 

Possibility still exists that the 
major; team owners . will vote 
against video at the , forthcoming 
winter meetings. While practically 
every major league team set new 
attendance records last year, some 
owners believe TV cut into the 
minor league ; gates. In the N. Y. 
area. for example, both the Newark 
and .lerscv City, minor league clubs 
fell, off this year .and it's the belief 
;oi;', sortie team owners .'that "the lo- 
calilrs who usuailv patronized 
them 



ted additional 175,000 FM sets 
were incorporated in postwar video 
receivers. Another 300,000 FM 
units were . estimated , to h a v e 
I been turned, out by ;facto"ries not 
I members of RMA, This would 
I mean a total of 2,880,000 sets as 
of Sept. 30, 1948, said FMA. 

FMA ^ald that straight FM sets 
' at less than $30 are already on the 
J market and that soon we will have 
i FM sets lor automobiles. 
, "The sooner the radio industry 
as a whole begins dealing in facts 
concernmg FM, rather than theory 
' and opinion," said FMA, "the 
I sooner the 'experts' will ; realize 
j that they're wrong if they feel; the 
people of the; United States don't 
want's FM. They certainly do." 



AFRA Fee 



Continued from page 23 

agencies and ,-bankroUersi without 
first consulting AFRA or the other 
unions involved (notably American 
Federation , of Musicians and Radio 
Writers Guild, where question of 
second peilorraance rights is in- 
volved) doesn't rest too well with 

had a 



"maximum quality" by permitting 
individual processing of the, picture 
and sound iiegaliveSi : and also 
makes it possibla vto -edit , more, 
easily imperfections in the driginal 
live performancei . 

Of the other film transcription 
methods now in use, NBCrTV uses 
a 16m double system, similar to 
that of CBS. Paramount utilizes a 
single system lor its - 35m tran- 
scriptions, which makes possible 
the speed necessary for use in the- 
atre-tele, Par is- now working , on 
a single 16m system to accompany 
the double system it uses tor the 
narrow-gauge film: According to 
Par exec George Shupert, the 
choice between the two is only "a 
matter of convenience. '' , ; , 

Both webs plan to use the sys- 
tems to feed transcriptions of their 
live shows to their , nonTintercou- 
nectcd affiliates, pending comple- 
tion of the cable link from coast 
to coast. ABC is now building a 
second unit tor installation in its 
Hollywood AM studios and will use 
It to film AM shows for telecasting 
on its east coast web. CBS this 
week began to ; transcribe seven 
hours; of live Shows for its affili- 
ates,- including next Sunday (2H 
night's presentation of the "Ford 
Television Theatre." Web also 
plans to inst,ill a unit in its Holly- 
wood 'i?V studios, and thus will 
have an interchange of live shows 
from both coasts tor the entire net- 
wo'rk.," 



I get the film from the present pro- 
I ducers in competition with the ex- 
' hibitors, or the producers will 
I make film tailor-made f oi;, televise " 
! ion or new producers will make 
I them or the television broadcast- 
ers will make them. 

,"What we are witnessing is a 
great spectacular eruption in the! 
communications world — competi- 
tion between various forms of 
pommunicatioh. . . . American in- 
dustries certain to be affected by 
television may fall before this new ; 
communications medium or, like the : 
phonograph record did in partner-;. 1 
ship with,,radio, ,;may rise phoenix- 
like in' 'partnership with, this tiew • 
industry. 

Coy said that television "is' 
about the only business I know of 
in which the enterprisers go -about ! 
bragging about the amount of 
money they are losing." It is not i: 
unusual to find stations losing from ! 
$10,000 to $25,000 a month and;; 
most larger stations lose more, he 
said. "One large concern," he , 
added, "makes quite a point of the 
fact that it has already; sunk $40,- 
000,000 in television." 

But these "trail-blazers," he as- 
serted; "are not philanthropists.'' 
They are "convinced that the po- 
tentialities of television far over- 
shadow : every other medium of 
communication." And wliile it is ■ 
costly to build and operate a tele- 
vision station "advertisers will find 
it the most powerf uli most effective 
a^id ;the, most profitable medium 
for mass merchandising ; yet de^ 
vised." 




, You'd think John Milton had us m mmd 
when he wrote"such sweet compulsion ; 
doth in (nusic .lie." For in their constant 

, programming of the music people love 
IS the sweet compulsion that keeps more 
than half a million New York families 

- pretty constantly tuned to WQXR and 

r WQXR-f M No other station, reaches 
them so compcllinglv. And because they 
are families that love good things as 
they love good music apd can afforit 

, ;them advtrtiscrs , find, them a- most 
inviting segment of this biggest and 
richest of all markets. Can; we help you 
to something sweet in the ;waTr of more 
tales compulsion? 



stayed home to watch the 
neighboring major league teams in ' AFRA. The union feels it 
N. Y on their video sets. | right to be consulted first 

Move is also; underway to have r ' It was because of the possibility 
tele bajjned ; at least from the 'of talent union repercussions that 
maior leaguers' night games, ac-.NBC has thus far held off on any 



I cording to Giants'' proxy Horace 
Slonoham, TV ci't the average at- 
tendance at night contests last- sea- 
son about 10,000 per game, ' 



definite action 

NBC hopes that it can get 
AFRA's blessing on the deal by 
upping scales on summer sustainer 
fill-in shows and using live talent 
wherever possible, but as far as the 
union is concerned; everybody in- 
volved in the twor'network tran- 
scription ride will have to come 
across with the: same ,{ee as a live 
show..' 

Since clients are primarily in- 
terested in saving coin during the 
summer doldrums in radio, 'the 



Dramatist Guild 

ss Continued from page Xi a 

1 pla.'is will bring more money. Ma- 
I jority of music publishers, too, 
I have nixed tele for the time-being, 

, whith has virtuall> ruled out the lehanecs onnany banl^^^^^^ 
. possibility of any musicals for the , in with the "52 weeks of top stars" 
|, various series. ; are now considered slim 

I' illustrative of .;. the.: film coin- 
panics' ban 1? the fact that Philco 
I was lorced to bypass recordings of 
"Dinner at Eight" and "Rebecca," 
first two plays in the series. Metro 
owns film rights to "Dinner" and 
David O. Selznick has "Rebecca' 
.sewed up and both refused to per- 1 



St. Loo Browns 

Continued: from pitee Z\t 

portation Advertising Co. of Tor- 
onto. 




AND -WQXR FM 
RADIO STATIONS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 



mit the transcriptions. Philco since Proposed to broadcast 

then has steered clear of any such Programs which it hoped to sell to 
argumentative scripts but would ] the Toronto Transportation Com- 



TV Freeze 

SB Continued from page 27:55: 

the expiration of the current freeze 
on applications, ; 

Requesting a declaratory ruiing 
on the problem, WS A Z told the 
Commission that it the extension 
of construction. time was denied, it 
would like to pi'oceed with further 
construction with the assurance 
that any revision of the Commis- 
sion's rules and standards would 
require no substantial , change in 
the station's basic engineering fa- 
cilities and construction permit. 

The station asserted that it 
would like to provide a television 
service to the Huntington com- 
munity at the earliest date How- 
ever, it told FCC that it is fearful 
in proceeding with construction 
lest the Commission revise the tele- 
vision allocations and thereby ren- 
der its facilities "entirely useless." 



like to get them for the future. To 



date, only two more shows are de 
finitely jet. "An Inspector Calls,' >,„.„„ 
stauing Walttr Abel, is scheduled I 
for Sunday (2i), with Oscar Karl- 
wcis and Bert Lvtell set to star in 
"1 lake It Here" the following 
week. Neither of the two plays has 
e\'er been filmed. 



I mission, city-owned utility, alter 



installing sets in all trolleys and 



Dallas— Ralph Maddox, former 
production manager ot WFAA, has 
been: given, tlie post of program I 
director. 



Davidson • Dunton, CBC chair- 
man, stated the CBC board was not 
deciding for or against radio in 
streetcars or buses but rather the 
qualifications of the applicant for 
the broadcasting license. It was; 
the Dunton decision that "the CBC 
board is not convinced that the ap- 
plicant company can operate an 
FM station in Toronto giving a 
I good FM broadcasting service." 



WFAA's Talent Hunt 

Dallas, Nov 16. 
WF.A.A will make an extensive 
search throughout the southwest 
lor new radio talent; it's announced 
by: Martin Campbell, general man- 
ager. 

Campbell said tliat the station 
completed .plans, for a WFAA 
Radio Talent Award for 1949, lor 
which, vocalists and instrumental- 
ists may compete. Any radio tal- 
ent not regularly employed by a 
radio station may enter. Prizes 
include a grand award oE .^.S.'iO, two 
secondary awards of $100 each, 
plus additional radio appearances 
as professional talent and an op- 
portunity to Join: the regular 
WFAA talent staff. 



Prince Albert, SaSk.-rr^Kenneth 
F. Davey, announcer and pro- 
ducer at KCBl, Prince Albert, has 
.loined CBC in Montreal to work 
with the : United ,Kingdom and 
Commonwealth; section of the in- ; 
ternational service. 



MINUTC 
INTERVIEW^ 



r ^ 

Miss Hazel Graham, Claremont 
A v e., N. ';Y. C. 
■'I'm one-half of 
the Graham Sis- , 
ters. M a y b e 
you've seen us : 
entertain at the 
Carnival, Rivie- 
ra, or Versailles 
— we dance with : 
violins. Right 
now. we're con- 
c e n t r a t i n g 
on t e 1 e v i - 
sion. The Gra- 
ham Sisters save 
together, too-^over since five yeans 
ago, when my father brought; us in 
and opened our account.'' 

Miss. Betty Jenkins, W. 53rd St. 

(Dance Di- 
re c to r I : "In 
shovy biisiness,, 
no matter how 
good or how 
popular you are, 
you don't work 
all the lime. And 
that's where sav- 
ings com e i n 
handy — when 
'you're 'at liber- 
ty'. Right now, 
I'm working -r- 
and saving. I got 
my start with Billy Rose. I was hl.s 
Ass'l Dance Director for 3 years. 
And you know his big reputation in ; 
sliow business." 

Banking by Mdll MakM Tht Franklin 
A« Handy as the Naarest 
Mail Box, In Town — Or Our 

Men and women; "in show busi- 
ness" find our Banking by Mail 
Service extra convenient. We pro- 
vide special deposit and withdrawal ; 
forms and envelopes to: simplify 
the procedure'^and' you can even 
I open an accottnt by mail if you 
wish. (See coupon below.) 




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Wednesday* Noveuber-IT, 1948 




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The Miracle of America 



Into the nation's homes every Monday niglit, the Du Pont 
Cavalcade of America brings dramatic, heart-warming 
stories of America's greatness. This is entertainment that 
brings home the miracle of material achieve;meat and 



spiritual growlh . * . and an understanding of the enter- 
prise, courage and hard work that make the. miracle. ' 

Now in its fourteenth year, Cavalcade of America con- 
tinues to create an understanding and faith in America. 



On a special Thanksgiving program Monday night Nov. 22 

Cavalcade of America 

again presents 
the distinguished Warner Brothers star 

GEORGE TOBIAS 



m 



"Us Pilgrims" 

An original radio play by Frank Gabrielson 



A year ago on Ctivakude, Mr. Tobias created the role of a certain Mr. Baaraczek, an- 
immigrant night-school student who tells his story of the first Thanksgiving. This 
performance immediately found a place in the hearts of many listeners, who have 
told us it is something of a classic. We're repealing it tliis }ear because we feel the 
same ^\a.J . . . and because of letters, like the rollo\ving one, received just this month: 
"Your Cavalcade of America cairied as the ThanLsgiiing number last year a ivonderful 
story of a new cilizeii's version of our fust Thanksgiving. Could I have that script and 
permission to use it for our rural church's irgular family Thanksgiving dinner? . . . / 
wish)oa imild repeat 'Us Pilgrims' thi'iyear.'' 

You will gel a new appreciation of America Irom this warm, simple story. It is 
sure to add a lillle something extra to your family's enjoyment of Thanksgiving. 



nicion* „».rtain'"*"** V/e to®* ' 




dmTnfnfS 



*tt.U.S.MT.OK 

SETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING 
mijjjjjpjjj^ . . . IHKOUGH CHEMISTRY 

Cavalcade of America 

NBC network MONDAY evenings 



40 



BANO 



WediMHHiay, November 17, 1948 



Tele Follow-Up 



Continued from page it i 



in the same manner is something I 
that' will have to be ascertainea| 
from the-mail response. | 

Whether racism will detract ; 
from "Toast's" value still isn't de- : 
torminedi but Ray Morgan's heavy 
commercials will probably have an i 
immediate effect. One particular 
plug o£ interminable duration had 
all the earmarks of the sponsor 
and agency testing the mail-pull of 
this show. A price reduction on 
writeins for a particular Emerson 
model Was- pitched with- a humor- 
less determination as though the 
very life of the show depended on 
the result of the mail response. It 
may be the wrong type of propa- 
ganda for this show inasmuch as 
video audiences- have; already 
switched to the sight, and sound 
mediumv ■ and may not think of 
retrogressing. , 

While dance acts predominated 
on the layout, each turn had some- 
' thing different to offer. The suc- 
cession of terpers, starting with 
the line's okay offering, Clark 
Bros.' entertaining taps, the cute 
dance gimmicks of the Martin 
Bros, puppet act, and Klsa and 
Waldo's comedy: ballet, provided 
little conflict, each turn having dif- 
ferent attributes that were ap- 
preciated by . the audience. Elsa 
■ and . Waldo, particularly, provided I 
a: hilarious . comedic note thati 
ciould hold its own on any type of | 
spotting. Paula Bane ' gave a nice I 
account of herself with rendition! 
of "Buttons and Bows" and [ 
"Donkey Serenade" and Ernesto i 
Lecuona provided a classic note| 
with the : ivorying of his own i 
■ 'Malaguena," as a trailer for his 
upcoming Gamegie Hall concert. 
Fontaine's impressions proved en- 
tertaining when lampooning cel- 
ebs. He was introed as.the "toast" 
of Boston. 



some fetching performances by 
Margaret Phillips and ■ Jocelyn 
Brando (the former of "Summer 
and Smoke," the latter of "Mr. 
Roberts" Broadway legiters), and 
Will Hare and John E. Straube. 

As a play it was no great shakes, 
representing a minor variation of 
Sidney Howard's "The Silver Cord" 
theme, in this instance a sister 
dominating her brother, but it held 
interest throughout and was ably 
directed by Ralph Warren and Fred 
Pressburger. 



that the result is an avoidance of 
fiormal income tax payments on 
personal Income derived from per- 
sonal services rendered. (Capital 
gains rate is flat 25%, while in- 
come tax rates graduate to about 
75%). 

"It is my further understanding 
that. In addition to the 'sales' which 
have already been accomplished, 
others are being planned at the 
present time. 

"I am told that officials of the 
Bureau of Internal Revenue have 
made official ruling regarding 
the legality of these transactions ! j^y WASHINGTOIS . . . 
and: ! should like to be informed. I 
regarding that ruling and the basis 
for it 



From the Production Centres 



ji Continued, from p»Ke t4 i 



Mutual prez, in for huddles with Ade Hult, midwest Veepee, and Frank' 

Schrelber, manager of WGN and WGN-TV "Hi Club," new teenager 

series, bowed via WAAF Sat. (13) Everett Holies, .WBBM news head, 

at work on a critique of the "antiquated" Electoral College system of 
installing U. S. presidents. Tome, titled "What's Your Vote Worth?,'^ 

is set for completion before the. next presidential race WMAQ 

launching a three-month car card campaign, plugging 14 local shows> 
and 27 NBC airers. 



Actors' Studloi whose . TV dra- 
malio efforts are a Sunday night 
feature on ABC, seems to be .find- 
ing itselfi lafter a few fumbling 
tries as a sort of experimental 
video showcase. An original half^ 
hour play called "Esther," by Ker- 
mit Love and Robert Moore, was 
put on last Sunday (14), bringing 



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Admiral's "Welcome Aboard" 
show an the NBC-TV web Sunday 
(14) night unearthed a new pair of 
television comedians in the persons 
of McCarthy and Farrell, the team 
which opened last week at the 
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria's Wedgwood 
Room, N^ Y. "Boys socked acro.ss 
their very funny satire on radio 
disk jockeys, with the closeup 
lenses adding to their impact in 
the trick of mugged synchronizing 
to. the records of the Andrews Sis- 
ters and Spike . Jones; Same trick 
ha.s been used by several comer 
dians in the past but seldom with 
such telling effect as McCarthy and 
FarrcU impart. Their hep presenta- 
tion demonstrated their wealth of 
show biz experience. \ 

Dewey Sisters (2) opened the 
show with some okay acro-terping. 
Buck and Bubbles . followed with 
their standard vaude routine, 
which projected well over the ikes. 
NBC-TV .staffer Vic McLeod, who 
triples as writer-producer-director, 
is still having trouble keeping the 
show within range of his camera. 
Russ Morgan's' orch, as usual, cut 
the show welt but Morgan: should 
practice his lines more^he fluffed 
often Sunday night. Kudner ad 
agency, which took over the Ad- 
miral account last week from Crut- 
tenden & Eger, retained the tat- 
ter's filmed commercials for this 
program and they're still highly 
palatable. 



1 It is apparent that this 'sale of 
i a business' procedure by high sal- 
j aried personsvwhose income is de- 
' rived from what is ordinarily 
I considered to be personal services 



Kay Morean, WWDC; sportscaster, now handles a play by play ac- 
count of all home basketball games of the Washington Capitols. ; . . Jody 
Miller, "Miss Washington of .1948/' adds her own four times a week 

show to her regular WWDC disk jockey stint WASH-FM, town's 

sole FM station without an AM. affiliate, was taken ^back in the midst 
of its exclusive broadcasting of the iPenn State-U. of P. football game 
when an irate femrae listener called to protest "just another one of 



is resulting in a loss of revenue to | those tricks that you AM station people are using to get the public to 



the government ■ and if continued 
the total loss would be sizable. 
Therefore I should appreciate it 
very much if you would make 
available to me at your earlie.st 
convenience a copy of the Bureau 
"of Internal Revenue, ruling which 
I have been told has been made 
and to inform me regarding the 
basis for that ruling." 



ILGWU 

Continued .irom.paee 24 i 



in, Romandi crew could not keep 
cadence with Baker. 

Martha Tilton and Harry Babbitt 
each warbled two numbers effec- 
tively. Miss Tilton ran through 
"Maybe You'll Be There" and "Way 
Down Yonder in New : Orleans" 
with the orch easing in behind her 
allowing Miss : Tilton to set the 
pace. Babbitt sang "I Remember 
Mama" and "Two Front Teeth." 
.Iim Backus bullied his way through 
five minutes of gags which were 
most assuredly dredged from 
empty barrels, 



buy FM sets"! ..... . James S. McMurray leaves his post of production 

manager of WBAL-TV, Baltimore, to take over as program manager ol" 
WOlC, D.C.j Video outlet for the Bamberger Broadcasting Service, Inci- 
. . Fred L. Karpin, syndicated contract bridge columnist who does a 
weekly video program on the subject over WTTGTDumont, is being 
challenged by the rival Culbertson outfit for his booklet, "The Point- 
Count System of Bidding Contract Bridge". : . . Johnny .Bradford^ son: 
of Warner's; Col. Nathan Levinson^ whose TV show on WNBW (NBC) 
is clicking' here, starts work on. his Victor recording contract this week 
; ; Bill Herson, WRC-NBC emcee, is ailing . ; .. . Sam Newman, engineer 
for video station WNBW-NBG, states that, his logs show a total of '2, 020 
hours and 25 minutes of TV programs since June 27, 1947 . . Ruth 
Crane's "Modern Woman'' back at work over WMAL-ABC, on both - 
AM and TV . Webs reported debating whether it will be a pool 
^iTangement or an individual pick up job for the Presidential in- 
auguration .... Life magazine lensers in town preparing a spread on 

NBC's TV setup. 



Richards 

Continued. trom page ZS 



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5; Gontinued from paic 23 

the Senate Appropriations Com- 
mitteet challenging capital gains 
deals for radio talent, may also 
have been a factor . in the blowup 
of the Benny negotiations. In fact, 
the Bridges fingerpointing, it's re- 
ported, may also throw: a wrench' 
in the • Bergen-Coca Cola deal 
which involves a tax . situation, 
though not classified strictly as a 
capital gains maneuver. Revealing 
IS the fact that the Bergen deal as 
yet has not been signed. 

In- the opinion of Bridges, the 
Amos 'n' Andy-Jack Benny "busi- 
ness sale" technique adds up to a 
dodge to escape income taxe.s (al- 
though the Senator did not men- 
tion either A & A or Benny by 
name.) Bridges demanded that the 
Bureau of Internal Revenue inform! 
him ol the ruling under which such 
airangements were regarded as 
legal. 

; In view of Bridges' open attack, 
it's not expected that either CBS 
or NBC may go easy on any out- 
and-out capital gains deals without 
definite assurances from the Inter- 
nal Revenue boys that such man- 
euvering is okay. 

Bridges wrote in part to Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue 
SchoenemSn: 

"Reports have appeared recentl.v 
i regardmg the sale of their services 
I on a sale of a business basis by 
j topfliglit radio and screen perform- 
l ers. It IS my understanding tliat 
{ those: sales are being negotiated 
I under Hie capital gains provisions 
ol our Inlerrial Ttevenue l.jiw.s and 



facilities of said 'Staf ions,, b? any 
of them, have been used to carry 
out said, instriictioiis Oi' directives. 
I 4. To determine, in the light of 
any facts adduced under the fore- 
going issues, whether further pro- 
y. 111 ' '-eedings ' under, the cphimunifca- 
Glorge* "Turner I ••'""s act of 1934, as amended, par- 
choir' handled" two melodies of i V,':,"/?-!''?, ^°''' ^1^!^^ 
I "Carousel" tunes agreeably backed 1 312(AMhereof are warranted with 

• by only a piaho. Men of Note Were l ^^'^'-'SU? J^li'* i'^i?^lv°„'**" 
not of the best blends. 1 ^"'"^ J^^P^' WJR and WGAR or 

Those connected with the station '< ""^ 
I were very emphatic in relating that | Mullen Defends Stations 
I the public would now be serviced i Commenting on the Commission 
1 with unbiased . news. Station will jorder, Frank E. Mullen, prexy of 
i be only 50% commercial with the ] the Richards stations, said the 
j remaining time going to public ; three outlets have good public 
I service, education and religious ■ service records and "are now pre- 
programming. ■ j eminent in their several communi- 
, Second half of the inaugural (ies as leaders in good broadcast- 
I broadcast was presented Wednes- 1 ing. 

j day (IG) night. Edward Arnold | "So .far as the issues are con- 
1 and Lois Maxwell emceed. Clarke ' cerned," he continued, ■ '^nothing 



Dennis, Diane Richards, Lesly has been done by either G. A. 
Grey, Bobby, True Trio and Harry , Richards, the principal stockhold- 
Flannery appeared. 



'No Baloney' 

Continued from page 23 



■ep; or- ahy -other person tiorih^ 

.With -KMPC; Wj 

tifying ; the charges made against 
theni by a local Radio News club 
: of Hollywood. ' We are confident 
that it the heainng, whichi the 
Commission has ordered to be 
' Colt, the committee's objective is ' held, the.se charges will be shown 
' to run a "no-baloney" three-day to be without foundation." 
I session at which station owners 
' and ■ managers: at the executive 
'level can learn something con- 
: Crete about the industry's operas 
' tion ; Registrations will be strictly 
I limited to eliminate the peripheral 
groups. Purdue University, at 

; Laiayette, Ind., has invited the party : state chairmanship to run 
NAB to use its facilities for the against Johnson, but the machine 
pilot conference but: no. decision' held fast at the ; seams, and the 
has as yet been made. : secessionists lost the race. ; 

Under present plans, the confer^ : The Senator's position doesn't 
I ence will l)e a showcase for the ' come from any antagonism against 
I latest techniques from a program- 1 network operations as a whole, he 
.uning and technical view. . I5uring explained, but from a feeling that 
I the first day, various program i networks which hope to further ex- 



lems. Attempts must be made to 
include Mexico, Cuba, and Canada 
in any longrange solution to the' 
problem- in order that- border ares 
audiences can be protected from 
high-power - operations outside the 
U. S. 

Johnson feels that the station 
owners and tlie network operators 
are doing a- top job in the field of 
programming, and doesn't contem- 
plate any moves in the direction of 
giving the FCC greater powers of 
content supervision. He is a con- 
sistent radio listener, and a family 
show fan. 



Cleveland -7 WJW celebrated 
fifth year in {own- with a cocktail 
party. 



"Intri9uing. Evoked a vast amount 
of merriment." - —^Billboard; 

"WHAT MAKES 
YOU TICK?" 

ABC Monday Thru. Friday I1:4S to 12:00 
for PROCTER and GAMBLE 

..■•with. ■. 

JOHN K. M. McCAFFERY 

WriUmn and Directed by > . 

ADDISON SMITH 



Sen. Johnsoii 



Continued from page ZS 
Gene Cervi. Cervi resigned the 



NORVELL 

20TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER 
OF CARNEGIE HALL 




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: 'tli(it aiilii'itlH to ' w'Oiiieii. >>iMm»4or«d ' loeiilly by 
l>«'\t«t' t o. 

Address- .iiMiiiirleH' to;: : . 
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'Services, such as music and e.t: li- 
I braries, news agencies, script .ser- 
vices, foreign broadcast availabil- 
ities, etc., will bo exhibited. Tlie 
second day will be devoted to such 
tethniques as wire and tape lef- 
ordings and other technical mal- 
I ters. On the last day, the coni- 
' munity needs of radio will bo 



tend their normal coverage with' a 
skeleton structure o£ clear channel 
and high, powered stations will 
take advantage of listeners in ' 
rural area.s .who depend as much. I 
on local independent service as ; 
lliey do on network feature cover- i 
age. I 
lie hopes to set in motion a grass ' 



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8% IHSCOli'N'T for, fi«S4li wllfi nrdnr. 
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KIER PHOTO SERVICE 
DEPT. V Cleveland 18. Ohio 



aired with discussion of tlie NAB ^oots analysis ot clear channel op- 
code. Trade paper facilities for eralions in the entire half of the 
st.Uions and sponsors will also be heniLsphere as a foundation for 



displayed 

No competitive selling will be 
permitled at the clinic by an> ol 
(he participating companies, al- 
though straight descriptive talks 
of services offered will be okay^. 
The tee-off clinic vi'ill also elim- 
inate the u.se of parallel meetings ' 
which are fashionable at the col- 
legiate institute.-,. Long-term blue- 
prints for the NAB's clinic al.so i 
call for lour sessions a year to be I 
held in the main regional areas. , 



consideration of domestic prob- 



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has been appointed director of 
service training for the radio ' 
division of the Magnavox Co. ilei 
was • formerly manager ot the! 
publications and training section i 
of Farnsworth TelevLsion and' 
ftadio Corp. 1 



Threv-quarlen of a century ol 
. know-how in tho •xcluBlve 
manulactuFe ol line make-up 
for the profession hax- made 
STEIN'S BisJerred by mote 
theoirical, movie: — and now^ 
television people everywhere. 



STEIN'S new up-lo-the-mihuie 
illustraled bogklel that telle at 
a glance exactly wl»at inake- 
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with thousands added every week 
in the fast-growing television center 
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THE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN STATIONS 



AM 



43 



ORCHBSntA-MITSIC 



Wednrnday, NoveinlMtr 17, 1948 



Allegro's Wail to U.S. Over CoL's 
LP Disb and RCA Victor's Plans 



Paul Puner, president of Allegro^ ■ 
- Records, has lifted thit heads of in- 
dependent recording manufactui'^ 
ers in a cry to the U. S. Secretary 
of Commerce against the ultimate 
effect on indies' companies of Co- 
, lumbia Record long-playing mi- 
crogroove disks. Gist of Puner's 
complaint is that Columbia's suc- 
cess with the LP platters is and 
will induce rival ma jor manufac- 
turers to develop their own ver- 
sions, of the same, to the ultimate 
detriment of the small diskers, and 
that Secretary Charles Sawyer take 
a hand now in reaching "some 
agreement ... on standardization 
and clearing house for new de- 
velopments." 

At first taking a crack at Colum- 
bia by pointing out that the com- 
pany's LP disks are no more than 



Benedict for N. Y.-er 

. New ■ Yorker hotel, New York, 
will bi'ing a midwestern orchestra 
into its Terrace Boom when it re- 
siunes with ice shows. Gardner 
Benedict, pianist - singer - maestro, 
who has worked long runs at the 
Beverly Hills C. C, and the Nelher- 
land'Plaza hotel, Cincinnati, opens 
Dec. 2 'for seven weeks, with opr 
tions. It's his first date in N. Y. 

Ray McKinley is current at the 
New Yorker, staying until Gardner 
moves in. 



Standard Demands NLRB 
Decide Inunediately On 
Charges Against Petrillo 



a refinement of a mechanical sys- 1 
tern well known for years, Puner 

complains that Columbia's large •Hnii«,.„„«j iwh., i« 

scale promotion and exploitation of 1 , , """''"'7'';. 

its LP line has led the record-buy- 1 Standard Transcriptions' attor- 
Ing public into believing that a i ney, Lewis Teegarden, has wired 
"new and -revolutionary achieve- , the five-man top board of National 

Sia'^nd^'co^umbTaTlone •''' i ^^"^^^ Board in Washing- 

lumbia and coiumwa aione. | ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ prompt decision 



Asserting that RCA-Victor is 
rumored to be developing an LP 
version of its . own, requiring a 
third reproduction method, (apart 
-from : conventional 78 rpm ■■■ and 



on charges Standard filed last May 
13 against James G. Petrillo's wax 
ban. 

This "step has created a bit of 



CRC's 33^^), Puner complains that ; schism Within those circles which 



"dealers all over the counti-y who 
have relied on the business they 
do in classical records will find 
themselves virtually without a 
business, and small independent 
manufacturers .. ; . will be forced 
but of the classical field -until one 



financially backed the NLRB 
charges hurled at the ban. 

As originally pointed out. the 
National. Assn. of Broadcasters put 
$46,000 from Its "technological re- 
search" fund at disposal of Stand- 
ard and Lang-Worth, which filed 



Best British Sheet Seflers 

.VNee}i mAxns Nov. 11) 
London, Nov. S. 
So Tired .... . . . . . . .Connelly 

My Happiness ChappcU 

Buttons and Bows. . . . Victoria 
When You're In Lov« . .Wood 
You Can't Be True . . Chappell 

Gal-way Bay Box & Cox 

Dream of Olwen Wright 

Rambling Rose Dash 

Woody Woodpecker . * Leeds 

La Vie en Rose Gay 

October Twilight Dash 

Anything I Dream . . . Reid 

Second 12 

All Dressed Up. . .Ciaephonio , 
Ballerina- . . .:, . .... i .Maurice 

Beyond tlie Stars Feldman 

Underneath Arches , . Connelly 
Call Everybody Darllng.Morris 

Little White Lies Wright 

Cuckoo Waltz . . . Keith Prowse 
When Organ Played . . Miller 
. Open Window . . . . .Harmonic 

Live in Loveland Sun 

Hah- of Gold. . . ... . .Chappell 

Loves Somebody Morris 



or the other of the titans manage ; charges here and In N. Y. that the 



either to destroy the enemy 
force it to capitulate." 



or 



Disk Jockey Review 



WAX ON TRACKS 
With Marty Ross 

90 Mins.; Mon. to Sat., 11:30 p.m.r 

1 a.m. 
Sustaining 
WPTR, Albany 

Disk show, which has a little 
more production format than most 
shows of this type, is driven 
smoothly by 20-year-old Marty 
Ross. He talks bands, records and 
leaders with considerable authori- 
ty; A recent interview with Duke 
Ellington is a case in point. It was 
solidly handled; . although the two 
trifii 



ban is really a work-stoppage. I.e.; 
a strike, hence, under Taft-Hartley 
Act must be negotiated and records 
ing resumed. 

When Standard sent its crisp 
wire to NLRB, NAB attorney Sid- 
ney Kaye quickly asked the waxer 
to withdraw it. Lang-Worth's attor- 
ney ditto'd; Standard flatly refused. 

Feather's 'Inside Be Bop' 

J, J. Robbins & Sons, Inc., last 
week Inked pacts with critic and 
disk Jockey Leonard Feather for 
publication of "Inside Be Bop,^' 
dealing with the new jazz medium. 
Book expected early In 1949. 

Written in three sections; ''In- 
side Be Bop" gives the origin of 
Bop, plus a technical analysis of 



Diskers on Alert 
For Govt Nod To 
Start Recording 

Most recordihg icoinpanles aiid 
artists were on the alert late last 
week and ready to dqi spine "spot re- 
cording of new ShoW: aijd jpicture 
material in the event Attorney Gen- 
eral Tom Clark's off ibe^ave an it^^ 
expected nod to the settlement 
plan filed last week; fey tHe record' 
et-s arid the Ahiericail Federation 
of Musicians. In reality, most of 
the disk exees ASrere iS'Sfare that an 
opinion would not b^ forthcoming 
immediately, but they did not want 
to be caught short. 

Mbaiitinie, httweyer, the plaiis 
and the tunes that have been 
readied are being kept in abeyance 
and at least three of the companies 
—RCA-Victor, C diumbia and 
M-G-M — are strictly adhering to 
decisions not to cut anything of 
any kind until there's some reac- 
lion from Government officials. 
Victor and M-G-AI, of course, had 
not waxed anything with musical 
accompaniment since the ban be- 
gan last Jan. 1 and it meant 
nothing to them to refrain a bit 
longerv: But all other companies 
had at one time or' another re- 
corded with varying backgrounds, 
including music, here and abroad. 
Some of these are understood to be 

- jjK-iy, , nis lasi name was iioi, i - • ——"j — v.. .v.^...,...vv. , observing an unspoken rule that 

given, presumably because they ! W"" ^^f^f through publica- no recording be done that miglit 
assumed dialers would know it was tion ot such Dizzy GiHef,5Me laves upset the applecart, but no one is 
Dizzy Gillespie. as Cop Bop Sh Bam," etc. I certain that it is being strictly kept 

A train call opens the 90-minute ~ ' — • 

block, listeners being invited to 
"get aboard.'/ There are three 
"cars," with an orchestra or vocal- 
ist in each "rehearsing en route 
to a new job. Dedications (which 
parade a lot of names), chatter, 
commentary, a mystery tune, tele- 1 t 
phone calls (Saturdays), and cu- 1 * 
pid's corner are among the other [ 
features. Striving for a diiferentl 
twist, Ross has been trying to find I 
a telepathist among the listeners, 
using a number device for this. 
Younger listeners in particular 
should like him. Jaco. 



Jocks, Jukes and Disks 

I By Bernie Woods . 



became a . trifle too .inside-stuff tT/'„r, "rr 5.„T m „^ 
with their discussion of be-hops "'f„„?"!*L?i ^^ ^\ 5'*° tI'^T " 
and its originator-identified as | complete reference ndex Robbms 
"Dizzy." His last name was not » "^^ previou.sly been idenlified 



Capitol Record artists practice 
a rare attitude toward one an- 
other that, very likely, has a great 
deal to do with the hefty nine- 
months coin statement turned out 
by the company last week. They 
stick together like a big Irish fam- 
ily, pushing major and minor 
names alike up to the mikes of 
each otlier'g commercial and sus- 
tahiing broadcasts. Rival label 
names' seem to have as much 
chance landing on a top Cap art- 
ist's air time as an unbeliever in 
a desert cult. 

High execs of the company deny 
that it is the firm's policy to urge 
such a thought on ^ their artists. 
It's pointed oUt that the majority 
of the company's artists live and 
work in or near Hollywood, and 
constant company, functions, cock- 
tail parties, etc., throw everybody 
together so much that tliey're con- 
stantly aware of each other. • 

True or not, Capitol gets a 
tremendously important plug lift 
out of Jo Stafford's use of Clark 
Dennis, the • Starlighters, Paul 
Weston's orchestra on the singer's 
new Revere Camera commercial; 
Peggy Lee's use of Dave Barbour 
(her husband and a Cap artist 
himself); Jack Smith's switch to 
backgrounds under Frank De Vol's 
baton the minute he switched or- 
igination to Hollywood. You can 
go all the way back the line to 
when Capitol was a pup and' find 
Capitol artists boosting Capitol 
artists^to Johnny Mercer's Pep- 
sodent Music Hall of several years 
ago, which ppotlighted Jo Stafford, 
Pied Pipers; Ella Mae Morse and 
Paul Weston's orchestra, all label 
names; The thought extends even 
to guest shots. It seems the only 
time a non-Cap names gets into 
a Cap star's lineup is only where 
there's a particular reason for it, 

Naturally, these cross-plugs are 
possible only when tlie Cap name 
is top-dog of a show. Margaret 
Wliiting, for example, is a fea- 
tured name on the Campbell Soup 
broadcast, but that's a Bob Crosby 
holding. 

There's value in the idea for the 
sponsors— -the people who pay tlie 
freight for such didoes— too. Cap- 
itol, more than any other firm, 
has a habit of combining artists 
on di.sks. Over the past few years, 
most of Cap's best names have 
worked with all of the lighter 
ones at one time or another. They 
are therefore accustomed to each 



^ ♦ . ♦ »»*« »>♦>> >«»4 

BUTTONS AND BOWS (5) (Famous) , Dbmh 

TREE IN MEADOW (14) (Shajiird-B) 



ROOM SERVICE 
With Dick Keplinger 
7:43: a.m. 60 mins. 
Participatin"' 
KXA, Seattle 
■ ThLs new show of Dick Kep- 
linger, veteran Seattle announcer ! 
and .special events man, is as local; 
as the neighborhood milkman and j 
seems to fili a spot heretofore lack- 1 ■ • 
ing in' Seattle radio. Keplinger i ; ; 
features chit-chat, guests, time sig- 1 X 
nals and weatlie: 



1. 

2. 



3. 

.4. 



reports more [ 
than music, but the disks used arc 
good leaven to the chatter. Tunes 
used are slanted toward familj- 
listening. 

Show is broadcast from guest 
liOusfe . at Keplinger's home, and 
everyday feature is the dropping! 
' in of guests, for whom there is al^ ' 
.ways coffee on the burner, and the 
neighborhood milkman is a daily 
visitor. The format isn't one that 
could be used by just anybody, but 
Keplinger handles it easily and in 
a showmanlike manner, It's also a 
welcome antidote to those excrur 
• ciatingly brif ht and happy early- 
morning shows, because here the 
: breakfast-time listener can find 
out whether to take a raincoat with 
Jilm or not; can get the tempera- 
ture and listen to chatter that f re- 
quently puDs a good laugh, plus 
music that could soothe an early 
morning gripe. Reed. 



AO N Sellers on (i)MacIjines^^^ 

Short! ...;,.,. .Colombia 
i Margaret. Wliitinfll., , ; . ; . Capitol 
" iJVJ^o'iica Letuis . . ; ... ... . ; iDecca 

SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (3) (Melrose) Kay Kyser...: CohmMd 

UNTIL (5) (Dorsey) Tommy Dorsey Victor 

CUANTA LE GUSTA (2) (l>eer-Int) ' Mira7ido-A?idreics Sis ... Decca 

•■ ( Xai'icr Cugat Coliiiribici 

MY HAPPINESS (26) (Blasco) ^ ^ Sondra Steele.... Damon 

""**"• I Pied Pipers Capltpl 

MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (15) (Triangle) .( Go;'doii Jenkins Decca 

[Eddy Howard Majestic 

12TH STREET R.VG (13) (Slwpiro-B), Pcc Woe Hunt Capiiol 

IT'S MAGIC (20) (Witma-rk) i Doii.? Day Cohimhict , 

(Did; Hayiiips Decca J 

HAIR OF GOLD (13) (Robert) \ Jack Erwrson Mrtrotone 

" I _ \Harmonicats Universal 

Coming Up 

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LIFE GETS TEEJUS (Alillcr) 
SAY SOMETHING SWEET (Mills) 



M^GrM 

, . . . .■XJeGcict 

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.f Helen Forrest *. vl.''. , , '^-i.M-GM 
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■[Evelyn- Kiitalif,,-,'..;".;, i.;-.:;' .Jieccd 

l;Paxda Wotsoii Supreme 

Andreics Sisters ........ Decca 

(Morris) f ^fioles;.' .,, ,',.' ,,. ;; , Naiufal 

■ ' ■ ■ '■•■^ . . ■ (J^l!a FilrcieraUl. Decca 

' • • • •> » •.••» .• . : Cordon JetvTciJis, . ;;, (. ;V. .Decca 
(Laurel) I Pp'"'"!/ Coiiio .' Victor 

, BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (T. B. Harms) ll^.:!. A7Moot;^\^^^V;.■ '^^^^^^ 

X PRETTY BABY (Remick. Dons Day ".Coh^bia 

MY DARLING, MY DARLING (Morris* , S Stafford-MacRae Capitol 

IDoy-CIarfc -...Columbia 

MONEY SONG tCrawford) \ Andrews Sisters Decca 

•• •• I Martin-Lewis Capitol 

IFigures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song has been in the Top 10 ] 



WHAT DID I DO (BVC) 

LITTLE BIRD TOLD ML (Bourne) 
BELLA BELLA MARIE' (Leeds) . . , . 
IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW 

FOR YOU (Witmark) 

RAMBLING ROSE 



♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦i M t Mm ** i 



other's styles and ability and that 
makes for a better performance 
when they do hook up on radio 
-or television. 

The company's execs may not 
be levelling when they assert that 
there's no pushing of lineups-^ 
that it's all strictly among the 
artists. It's too pat tind too ob.- 
vlously beneficial a procedure. 
But there's no denying the value 
to . the label and the individual 
artists. Not only is there trem- 
endous opportunity to give the 
minor names.: foundation for ' A, 
longrrange buildup,^ there's : the 
value of plugging current releases 
by all. And the company's talent 
lineup is to be commended for 
it's one for all and all for one 
practices. If they aU haven't gobs 
of Capitol stock, it's only because- 
they're only Cap-happy. 

Kay Kyser "Say It Isn't So"- 
"Ever Since Eve" (Columbia). 
Kyser's riding high with "Slow 
Boat To China," which is as. .fine' 
a performance' as was his "Woody , 
Woodpecker." . "Sa.y" can continue; 
his skein of hit disks. It's a smartly 
tailored and played arrangement 
of 'a standard being revived by 
Irving Berlin. . Ridden in a light; 
relaxed beat, the disk creates a . 
musical mood followed nicely by. 
the Campus Kids' vocal. Flipover 
is an unusual lyrical story told by 
Kyser and the Campus group which 
could catch on. 

Cass Franklin "Mislrlou" - 
''Syerdtse" ( Apollo); Jocks on the 
prowl for the unusual should wrap 
-an ear around Cass Franklin's 
rare vocal interpretation of "Misirr 
lou" in Greek, backed by excellent 
Latin rhythms set up by Oscar 
Waltzer's orchestra. It captures an 
intriguing Far Eastern flavor. 
Backmg is a Russian item in tanga 
tempo and though it's nice enough 
it doesn't; achieve the same mood 
as the first, 

.lack Smith "Hannah In- Savan- 
nah"-"Senorita" (Capitol). Smith 
gives the "Savannah" novelty a 
colorful and' accurate performance, 
assisted by the Clark Sisters and 
Earl Sheldon's orchestra. It's good, 
will get plays by jocks, but the 
material Isn't outstanding enough 
for wide acceptance; It's rojled 
smoothly and lightly at medium 
tempo Flipover, from "The Kissing 
Bandit," sounds good under Smith's 
treatment and excellent back- - 
grounding by the Sheldon band 
and the Glarks, and it flgures to 
garner a goodly munber of jock 
usage. . 

Buddy Clark "Brush Those 
Tcars"-"One Sunday . Afternoon'* 
(Columbia). "Brush" side, with the 
Modernaires, Is good, But It's not 
the song. Tune first drew attention 
because of its corn values. Clark 
and the vocal group use it as a 
springboard into a rhythmic, light 
jive vocal that sits well but is. 
likely to rush right by potential 
buyers of the song. Reverse brings 
up a fair version of a picture tupe. 
Clark and the Modernaires give it 
a twist that at least isn't far off the 
original lyrical idea. ^ But there are 
much better versions. 

Jane Pickens "One Sunday Af-r 
ternoon"-"Galway Bay" (Victor). 
Miss Pickens' first recording for 
Victor carries a smooth waltz ren- . 
dition of "Sunday" that captures 
everything the song has to offer, 
Background of ukes and voices, of 
course, won't help sell it, but the 
vocal .Is there. Reverse ■ is some- 
thing else again. Miss Pickens 
doesn't gel with the fine Irish 
melody a I all. But that may not 
he all her fault. Song demands the 
.sort o[ color that can't be drawn 
from such weak backing. 

Jack Fina "Sicsla"-"Canadian 
Capers" (M-G-M i Fina's disking' of " 
"Sie.<ila," also fro m "Kissing 
Bandit," achieves a neat mood. In 
Latin tempo, the arrangement is 
full and colorful and ■ brings in just 
enough of the leader's piano. 
Charles Martin handles the vocal 
well. It's a good jock piece. Back- 
ing hits a breakneck pace with the 
standard piano exercise. It's okay. 
but unexciting. 

Dinah Sh(Ke "Far Away Places"- 
'Say It Every Day" (Columbia). 
Granted that cutting some tunes 
under the disk ban was difficult, 
that's no excuse for this disk. Miss 
Shore worked with a piano duo, 
apparently in Paris, and the weak 
backing helps produce weak vocal;^ 
of good songs — and the Whole does 
neither Miss Shore nor the tunes 
a bit of good. They might better 
have been left on the shelf. 

Ambrose Orch. -Anne Shelton 
'Tenement Symphony" (London). 

(Continued on page 46) 



;W«idiieedayt November 17, 1948 



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4S 



Diskers Will Have to Behave, or Else, 
AFM Warns on Torgiven Royalties 



There is a catch to the apparent-f 
•Idetracking by the American 

■Federation of Musicians to its de- 
mands that recording companies 
nav in full the royalty coin that 
might have accrued to the union 
Ijetwecn Jan, 1, when the disk b&n 
began, and Sept. 30 last. Whereas 
both the recording companies and 
the AFM have cited the latter's 
willingness to forgive the retro- 
active sums from each company, 
as a means of breaking up the 
impasse over that issue, the agree- 
ment actually arrived at between 
the two factions -is not quite so 
Biirtple. The coin is not fully for- 
given. . • 
Actually, the union agreed to 

■ waive its demands as a means of 
arriving at the settlement plans 
that are now in Washington for 
official perusal. But the union 
hasn't fully forgotten. It is hold- 
ing its demand for the retroactive 
royalties above the heads of record- 
ing manufacturers to keep them 
In line in the light of future gov- 

- ernmental moves regarding the 
Taft-Hartley Law. 

In other words, so long as in- 
dividual recorders behave them- 
selves and pay to the AFM the 
royalty monies from Sept; 30 on, 
the union will forget about the 
retroactive money. The minute one 
decides to step out of line, tries to 
abrogate the five-year deal, or 
otherwise kicks over the traces, 
the AFM will demand the full 
retroactive money to Jan* 1 last* or, 
else. 



Exchange Due 
On French^U. S. 
Royalty Coin 

Exchange of accrued perform- 
ance royalties pyramided here by 
the American Society of Com- 
posers, Authors and Publishers for 
the French performance rights 
society (SACEM), and coin piled 
up by France for ASCAP, may be 
efEected around the end of this 
month or early in December^ U. S. 
Alien Property Custodian, whicli 
holds some $463,000 in French 
money filed with it by ASCAP 
for transfer., assertedly has - com^ 
pleted the work necessary to the 
switch. Sum due ASCAP from 
the use of its music in Prance ;is 
undisclosed, but it's said to be 
considerable. 

ASCAP has sought to expedite 
the exchange of the coin for ;eight i m ,r' „ lUI „^L__i. A 
weeks or more, as a means of aid- I tlOtning IVlerCliani ASKS 

250G Damages, Charges 



Page Cavanaugh In 
Dispute With Cafe Op 

Minneapolis. Nov, 16. 

Charging that George Van Allen, 
owner of the Dame cafe, slapped 
him iiiiA used abusive language 
during a dispute which arose after 
he arrived late at the nitery, Page 
Cavanaugh lodged a complaint 
with Stan Ballard, business agent 
of local musician's union. 'Page 
Cavanaugh just, concluded ;repeat 
engagement at Dome. 

Cavanaugh told Ballard that de- 
lay in reaching nitery was due to 
sudden illness of wife of one of 
trio's members. Van Allen charg-^ 
ed that Cavanaugh had been tardy 
frequenUy and that, after latter 
was. taken to task^ the act "laid 
down on job." 
■:DMiying that . Cavanaugh was 
struck. Van Allen says . act will 
never play spot again. 

Cavanaugh informed Ballard he 
wasn't interested in any action 
being taken by the union, : and Van 
Allen said, he wouldn't .file formal 
complaint against performers. < . 



Joe Browning 

givei Q 

Stage Doorman's 
Dream of Heaven'* 

ill lh« upeominq 

43d Anniversary dumber 
of 



Racks Off Only 
I Since '47 




Annual president's report to the 
Music Publishers Protective Assn. 
members yesterday : (Tuesday) in 
New York pointed up an unusual 
circumstance surrounding the 
music dispensed by 30,000 racks 
spotted all; over the country. While 
the general sale of music is cur- 
rently 40% to 50% below the fig- 
ures of the pa.st year to 18 months, 
net sales of the racks dropped only 
4>/4% since October, 1947. 
These racks are operated by the 



ASCAP Appeals 
ITOA Case; Loses 
Interim Stay Bid 

American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publishers' drew an- 
other rebuff yesterday (Tuesday) 
•in its case vs. the Independent 
Theatres Owners ; of America, 
when an application for a two- 
week interim stay of Judge Vin- 
cent Li. .Leibell's decision was de- 
nied in chambers by Circuit Judge 
Augustus N. Hand (See Pictures 
section). ASCAP had asked for 
the stay pending the convening of 
U. S. Circuit Court term, Nov. 29, 
to which the Society has made an 
appeal from the Judge Leibell de- 
cision. The appeal was filed Mon- 
day (15). That the Society's legal- 
Ites, headed by ex-Secretary of 
War Robert W. Patterson, would 
move against the decision was a 
foregone ; conclusion. Its ramifica- 
tions place the Society in a bad 
spot. 

It is not the granlinfi of relief to 
the theatremen that bodes ill for 
ASCAP. It is the wordage of 
Leibell's 



Morris Office Giving Up Bands?; 
Talk Dept. as Indie Operation 



AFM Tells Morris, GAC 
To Untangle Cajmpo Tiff 

American Federation of Musi- 
cians has advised General Artists 
Corp. and the William Morris 
agency to straighten out their ar- 
gument over commissions from 
Pupi Canipo's Embassy Qub, New 
York, booking. In the event the 
agencies themselves fail to iron out 
thft difficulties, the AFM will take ^ 
a hand. Union as a rule doesn't ; 
like to become involved in disputes, 
between agents. 

Friction between the two is due 
to GAC's claim that it booked 
Campo into the Embassy for two 
weeks. During the initial run he 
signed a contract with the Morris 
agency. Subsequently, Campo's run 
was extended at the spot and Mor- 
ris began collecting commissions 
for it beyond the first two weeks, 
GAC says it is entitled to all the 
commissions from- the booking, no 



■♦• William Morris agency's band di- 
vision is boiling at the moment 
and in- all probability some moves 
affecting its future will be made 
shortly. Morris head Abe Lastfo- 
gel and the band men themselves 
are: so far vague as to their intenr . 
tions, but the events that have oc- ' 
curred so far stirred rumors late 
last week and over , the weekend to , 
the effect that the agency was giv- 
ing up its band operation,' ;whichi ' 
since its inauguration some years: 
ago, has been a second cousin to its ' 
radio, films, and -• nitery depart- 



While :Morris Vmeh haVp beeii ■ 
vague ■abbuit ;the . band dePSrtTO^h^^^ • 
fujture, thi?re hfe been .M 
cussion among; .theni' over a plan 
under which Cress Courtney and 
Phil Brown, who riin it, woUld take, 
over ';?nd ' operate indepen^ehtly. 
This idea was broached Orice. : be- 
fore, when WillaFd'Alejcari^ 
preparing ' to leave the/ agendy ,td 
set up his 'ovvij outfit, a 
near fulfillment. 

Lastfogel began the entire affair ■ 
by remarking recently on the Coast . 
matter how long the date runs and , that in his opinion the band busl- 
virhat agency Campo is signed with, ness was a decadent sideline to 

agency operation and would never 
iigaih attain;. th6 promihehc^ . it ; d|«l 
before thie war* . , 

■ , All other agenelesjsjusic Corp. ot 
AnieriCa; Gefleral Aftiltsi;; Associ-' 
ated . BookiAg, et al, are 'ivi^are ojf 
what's going bh witjiin /Morris and ; 
are watching the situiition carefully 
as to its pbssibie; effect on iheiii 
because of the aVj|ilabllity of cer- 
tain: ban^.M0rriS:bbokk, etc. : : ' ;•. 
>■ Whilie:: the, f iiimprs ■ hay 
going oh, Mtirris \ has .beeiti negotir ' 
jatihg :'tb ^present ^artisits. ; Shep ; 
Fields' contract With G^n^ral ; Art- 
ists expires pec. 18 and he has just 
about completed arrangentents .to 
move over to the Mcirris banner as 
of that date. . . 



Leeds Maps 2d 
British Pub. Co. 



London, Nov. 16. 
Leeds IMiisic is planning to open 
a second music publishing hduse 
here as of next January, when Lou 
Levyi its head, makes , a second 
trip to England. New firm will pub- 
lish only standard ;;and classical 
material held by the Leeds outfit 
in New York, including the Rus- 
sian materiat in its Am-Rus cata- 
and will leave the marketing 



opinions, which cite the 1 i 

ineseracKS are operaieaoy me Society ^ ^ , . 

International News Dealers and i ,y i^^j ^^^^^^ ^he organiza- PoP i^^ ^e^^*- 

'"PfHfr^,.''^ ^^""^°*''A^ol,f!ir':^' "on will be forced to turn its guris. established in London via an ar- 

with Walter Douglas MPPA-Chair- It jets a dangerous time-bomb ^fngement with Peter Maurice 

man, cooperating with MDS on the j against the entire structure of the ' ^'''^ P^*^*- °^ ^ reciprocal 



music ; selected .: for sale on, the 
racks. All told, the period from 
Oct. 1, '47, to Oct: 1, '48, turned up 
a net sale of 4,961,600 copies of 
music, compared with the 5^195,200 
copies dispcn.sed during the year 
from October, 1946, to October, 
1947. Those figures are net, after 
the deduction of returns. 

Asade from the rack sale report, 
the MPPA" annual accounting to 
members of its activities during 
the year was a routine reading. 

Lester Santl.v, of Santly-Joy, Is 
MPPA president. 



Society; leaves it wide open 
similar suits such as that instigated 
by the theatre; operators, and 
posing '; a ; ; foreboding; effect on 
ASCAP's operations in other fields. 
Particularly television, which in 
many ways; is expected tO' be so 
much akin, in years to come, to 
theatre exhibition. 

ASCAP execs assert that Patter- 
.son. who has been entrusted with 
the sole decision as to ASCAP's 
future course; has not yet evalu- 
ated the entire situation and has 
not decided what will or should, be , — .-r- 
done beyond the appeal . There has music, 
been almost constant whisperings 



to I agreement via which Leeds oper- 
l ates a Maurice firm in N; Y. 



Groundwork for the new opera- 
tion was laid by George Levy, 
treasurer of Leeds here and broth- 
er of Lou Levy, who just returned 
from three weeks here and on the 
Continent. And the opening of the 
operation is predicated on the; con- 
stantly increasing interest in Eng- 
land, Ireland, France' and other 
Continental countries • in U, S. 
music of all styles. Leeds' N. Y,. 



of an intention to seek a better, _ , .... 

Government decree (ASCAP al- Kairnsinlfe WiniPrnff 
ready operates under such . an' MlllCtUJI 
<i o n I> T»* 1 i" I agreement with Washington) which 
Joe & I aUl lllStOrtlOn ' would remove the Society from the 
... I sting of such legal firing as; the 

Not only ha.s his reputation as a ^.^^^^ vhere's a .reluc- 



Ing the French organization and 
Its . members, and also because it 
Is said the exchange will be made 
on the basis of the pre-devalua- 
tion rate of the French franc. If r 

this is worked out as expected, the I . . . n.^^ y.^.^^. « 

difference between the old and | clothing merchant ; been harmed, j j^jj^g among Society men to place 



new rates of "exchange would ap- 1 but his good name likewise has ^^^^ organization under complete 
proximate $100,000. ;lhppn ihiured. Paul Kofsky is ! ... 

- Before allowing the shift, the 
Alien Property Custodian had to 
certify the deal; this involved the 
searching out of any claims 
against the French sociely from 
U. S. sources, plus the securing 
of evidence from the French or- 
ganization that none of. the coin 
accruing to it from ASCAP would 
• go to ' anyone accused of col- 
laborating with the Nazis. 



Transcribers In 

ifo\«s^^^ft^ 

Free-Music Snag 

;Trahsci'iptibn ■ cpinpanies ; flbw 
planhing new musical : shows : to be. 
niade when the disk ban is,; lifted, 
are btening thenaselves out trying 
to set up musical formulas that 
Won't conflict . with and be obviated 
by ; the trfemehdous amount of free 
music available to broadcasters v,ia 
Arms hold a considerable amount ! pop music disks and disk ; jockeys.' 
of standard pop and orchestra Even since the disk ban went into 

effect last Jan. l.the impact of the 
disk jock arid his freely available 
repertoire ;has made a vastly heay- 
ietv impression . bn ; prograiriming 
schedules; And' in prdeMo bt able 
I to retain accpitnt^; tMnscribers 
: must go beyond the limit, of the 

For Music on Video i " Some transcription firms have 



Set New Publishing Co. 



Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Jerry Fairbanks and Nat Wine- 



broiight in T^r Y, Sti 
against Apollo . Records, ApoUo 
Record Manufacturiifg Co., Murray 
and Eddie Barton ind Apollo prez 
Herman Siegel. Specifically, 
kofsky says> he's highly annoyed 
with the Barton Bros., who al- 
legedly corrupted his tune, "Joe 
arid Paul," with obscene and sug- 
gestive matter on a platter rfir 
leased by .A, polio. '■, ; . - 

Claiming he wrote the lyrics to 
"Joe and Paul," Kofsky is seeking 
the .2,')0G balm inasmuch as that's 
what he says he shelled out to the 

^.t)ue to the mixup caused by the ' "etworks J«^|^nt's' 
disk ban and the general confusion Jons to adveitise his business 
over release dates, there hasn't through ^^3^, "/.-atg^*"^^ 

the complaint, when along canie 



been injured, Paul ..Kpfsky iv 

charging in a $250,000 damage suit ' ^^^^ ^e done, however, if 1 coff have set up a new mu.sic pub 

ASGAP, which serves a definite 
and needed purpose not only to 
composers and publishers, but also 
to the '; users of their ; material,' is 
to continue in existence, i 1' 



MELLIN SUING INDIE 
FOR JUMPING RELEASE 



been many objections to the actiors 
. Of recording companies in jumping 
the gun on the marketing of 
recordings. Last week, however, 
attorneys for the Metrotone label. 
" N.Y. indie, were served with 
papers by Bobby Mellin's Robert 
Music, which cited an intention to 
prosecute Metrotone "to the full 
. extent of; the law" for releasing 
recordings of "Don't Hang Around" 
and "Park Your Pistols At the Box- 
office" prior to Jan, 1, the claimed 
release date. 

Metrotone asserts its license, 
issued by Mellin, does not provide 
tor a release date and that it felt 
tree to market the disputed record- 
ings any time it wished. They were 
issued about 10 days ago in N. Y. 



the Barton Bros, in 1946 and 
propositioned him for permission 



FRED ROBBINS TAKES 
FLYER INTO NITERY 

Fred Robbins. WOV, New York, 
disk jockey; who last year par- 
ticipated with. Ernie Anderson in 
the promotion of jazz and pop 
band concerts at Carnegie Hall 
and Town Hall, N, Y.. takes a 
flyer into the nitery field next 
month. He'll- have an interest in 
the switchover of the Ebony Club 
from a straight nitery policy to a 
bop-music idea; Spot opens Dec 



plans; other aren't yet certain of 
the path they will take. Much of 
the material that has and is Stijl; 
being cut in foreign countries 
by representatives of U. S. tran- 
scribers, ' as a means of beating 
the ban, will take on different 
meaning than that which originally 
I caused it to be made. It' will pre- 
Fairbanks Music Publishing Co., , sent new flavor and new color to 
will be headed by Winecoff , for- ; the transcribed-subscriber which 
mer Coast rep of Southern Music I cannot be obtained through the 
and music exec at Paramount slu- . disk jockey and his wide U. S. pop 



lishing firm in order to duck re- 
strictions set up by James C. Pe- 
trillo, ASCAP and BMI on use of 
tunes in television. Firm, Jerry 



fo'iTse the 'theme on a record for ] 1 under the title Freddie Robbins' 
charitable purposes. Me ac- 1 Clique Club. 

oufesced Actually, the clique is to be 

However Kofskv charges, the I opened by Irving Alexander and 
Bartons instead 'of performing ' Sammy Kaye, former^ owners of 
"J & p" strictly as agreed,; al-;i the Three 



sources. 

One: or two of the transcription' 
companieii,. notably ;Ziv, have been 
polling subscribers on the types of 
music and methods of presentation 
that will be more desirable and 
more valuable to them when the 
ban is lifted and fresh pop record- 



tered the words and turned it Over , nccted 



Deuces ; and onee cori: 
with .')2d street's Famous 
to Apollo, in his action he also ; Door And the idea of switching 
Hiiims fraud copvright infringe- 1 to a bop policy is to gather some 
menT destruction of copyright and ; of the coin and glory being reaped 
Ubel On the other hand, Apollo by the Roya Roost, a few blocks: 
answered the suit ^^ith the allega- ' down Broadway, ' " - 



tion that Kofsky is not a real party 
to the action and filed a cross 
claim against the Bartons, charg- 
ing them with breach 01 warranty. 



v.'hich IS nO' 
known as N. Y.'s Metropolitan 
"Bopera" Hotjse. Sarah Vaughan 
is so far set to work the spdl; 
others are still to be booked. 



dios. 

Tune firm will be a subsidiary 
of Jerry Fairbanks, Inci Decision 
to form it was prompted by lack 
of properties now available for TV 
and fact that few tunes are li- 
censed for more than 30 days, 

Fairbanks explained. The 30-day.. . . , „ ., ui 
limit plays havoc with live shows \ '"8S become available 
kinescoped in N. Y. and ■ telensed, 
here, because film has to be. shown 
before the end of that period and 
then destroyed, according to the 
Petrillo. ruling. 

Tunes will be ' acquired from 
songsmiths developed by Winecoff 
and not affiliated with any of the 
performing Tights ■ societies. ; Vet 
music man sees in TV the best 
means yet evolved to plug songs 



tOCAL 802, PUBS SET 
$10 RAISE, 2-YR. PACT 

;-;Ne;w. ■■' Y^ork.; :■fcocal;^.:.862, .'bl-;, th* 
American /Fedieratlbn Of iMaslcians 
signed a new. t^ivo-y?ar contract la 
Week; with miisic publisherSj cover- 
ing pianists, copyists,; arrarigers 
and proofreaders. Deal calls for 
Inasmuch as more control can be j a flat $10 a week raise for men 
exercised on telefilms in which a jon weekly salary and no increases 
publisher has an interest thau' any iij: piecework scales. Pact is retro^! 
other medium. ; active to Oct. 1 last and runs until 

Fairbanks and Winecoff expect ; October, 1950, 
to have the new firm in full oper- j Elliot Shapiro, of Shapiro-Bern- 
atioh shortly after the first of the j stein, again Chairmanned the music; 
'.j/Bifuc. . 1 publishers' negotiating, committer. 



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ORCHESTRA-lHrVSIC 



Woody Hennan's Band Blows Head' 
Tones When Court Grabs library 



Caphol Add PA's 



Woody Herman's orchestra had-f' 
its library impounded by the New 
York City sheriff last week as a 

result of a second suit filed agamst Hollywood, Nov 16 

him by his foimer attorney-man- Capitol Records has hired Jack 
agers, Goldfarb, Mirenburg, and i Dailcy, lor last four years with Co- 
Vallon. Library was taken from jumbia Pictures' htiidio drum-beat- 
tlie leader at the Royal Roost, N.Y., 
where he is workingj and returned: 
■ few days later pending a court 



ruling on an application to vacate 
the write of; attachment. N. y. 
supreme Court Justice Benedict D. 
Dineen yesterday (Tuesday) re- 
served decision on the motion. 
Herman, in the interim, has 
worked without the book of - ar- 
rangements, his band, like many 
others, 'being capable of doing so. 

In attempting to vacate the at- 
,taehment writ, as it applied to the 
library, Herman's lawyers pointed 
out that under the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians' Form B con- 
tract, the buyer of the band is the 
employer, hence the money he pays 
for it does not belong to the leader 
himselfr but mostly to bis musi- 
cians. Form* B, however, is . no 
longer in existence. But, N. Y. state 
StllL agrees with its concepts in so 

• far as the payment of unemploy- 
ment and social security taxes are 
'concerned. It demands the spot 

• owner pay them; On t h e other 
; hand, Herman is said to be paying 

the taxes himself while at the 
Roost. 

In relation to the impoimded' 
library angle of the writ. Herman's 
attorneys contended that the ar^r 
rangements were the "tools of his 
trade." This was answered to the 
effect that the law states a man is 
entitled to retain such tools up to 
the value of $400 and the library 
of 200 tunes is worth approximate- 
ly $15,000. 

- Argument between Herman and 
his former handlers stems from 
last year, when Herman cancelled 
a pact with them that had four and j 
a . half years to go. At the same 
time, he left General Artists Corp; 
to ?o with a new booking agency 
called Continental Artists. He has 
' Since . returned lo' .GAO and: Con- 
tlnental is . dissolved. Attorneys 
had filed an action against him in 
N.Y; supreme court. 

About a week afo they filed a 
second action, asking for commis- 
sions dive on tlie abrogated pact 
from the time the first suit was 
filed, until now. And the writ of 
attachment was applied for at the 
i«mt time, asking not only to 
Impound the band's library pend- 
ing the posting of a bond, but also 
on the band's salary at the Roost. 
Two weeks of Herman's coin was 
grabbed, but .the court subsequent: 
ly released one-half of it. Band is 
getting $3,500 weekly. 



4S 



Prof. Clinton 

Lariy Clinton makes unusual 
use of the time spent travelling by 
bus between one-nighters. He's 
been conducting an acranging 
class for musicians within his 
band. 

Eight of the men now with his 
outfit are graduates of the Phila- 
delphia Schlllinger music school, 
and Clinton, who has for years had 
a reputation as one of the music 
industry's finest arrangers, is fill- 
ing out their book leamin' via his 



New AM Pay Rule on Touring Bands 
Makes Leaders Wary of Local Gunmick 



Fraskie Carle III 

East:.Liverp0ol, :O., Nov. 16. . ';■ 
Frankie Carle, had to cancel two 
engagements in Pennsylvania when 



- Bandleaders and booking agents 
are somewhat apprehensive about 
the American Federation • of Musi< 
clans ruling of last week, to the 
effect that, effective Jan. 1, salaries 
of name bands and musicians play- 



ing corps, as Coast publicity direc „„ uus. 



experience. Guys work with him i he suffered ptomaine here Wedncs- ing theatres will be governed bv 
on the bus they use to travel be-i.,„ nm either nationM ir.v^iin^n^ 



Addition of Dailey brings Cap's 
local crew of tub-thumpers to 
three. 



Courtney Jockeys 

For Window Dressing 



Alan Courtney launched what 
is probably New York's first show- 
window disk jock show Monday 
(15). He's doing a 90-minute 
broadcast daily except Sundays 
from Garrison's Restaurant, occu- 
PyinR a 12:30 to 2 p.m. spot on 
WLIB, and caUing it "Guesting 
from Garrison's " 



RESERVE VERDICT ON 
PUBS VS. DIAMOND 

N. Y. Supreme .Court Justice 
Bernard D. Dineen last week re- 
served decision on a motion for 
summary judgment made by Harry 
Fox and 12 publishers against 
Diamond Records. As trustee for 
various pubs. Fox and the other 
plaintiffs sought an accounting on 
the charge that Diamond had fail- 
■ed to pay royalties on around 40 
songs. 

Diamond already has a $40,000 



day night (10). | either national traveling or local 

Leader was stricken after his or- "whichever is higher." They 

ehestra arrived from ^exingto. j ^^S'?, - 

Ky., and played for a local VFW j the traveling band scale established 
dance. Members of his outfit pre- by the national AFM office, as a 



ceded him to New York. 



Majestic Fed Tax Rap 
Claim For $449,345 



Couitnev works in fh« . I Ju<l8™ent standing against it which , profits and unemployment taxes Playing an alien terri 

lai-^rSw using Kuests sf,rh^« ^^'^ Government to for 1946 to 1948. C 

Tomm V X^^pv Tjf l{f« t f . <lelinquent excise taxes. Head 

and^ Ah*. RnrrL. t ^1"*'"''"^ recording company is Irvin 

dhfk sninnin^ %n«t °. '"if ^i^u"?^**.^ ' *s involved in a 

disk spinning. Spot is a half-block legal battle with pianist Jan Au- 
gust. . 



from Radio City. 



Songwriters Allowed I 
To Intervene in Suit j 
On Disking Royalties! 

Songwriters Larry Barbro and| 
Marty Napoleon last week were | 
granted the right by N. V. Federal , 
Court Judge Samuel H. Kaufman' 
to intervene in a suit brought by 1 
Thomas Jordan against Jimmie 
Franklin and Harry Fo,\:. Action 1 
involves royalty money received , 
by Fox as agent and trustee on I 
earnings of the tune. "They All' 
Recorded to Beat the Ban." 
Intei'venors claim that prior to 
^Nov, 1947, they, alon« with, 
Franklin, wrote "Beat the Ban," , 
and in Jan., 1948, handed Frank-; 
lin the publication rights Barbro i 
and Napoleon also alleKe llial Fox 
jssue a license to Damon Record- 1 
mg Studios to wax the number for! 
Franklin's Royal Mu.sic Publish- 1 
ing Co., but an accounting of the ' 
profits has not been made on thi.s ' 
deal. I 

. Suit seeks an injunction en- 
joining Fox from paying Royal and 
al.so a.sks that Franklin be com- 
pelled to account to the inter- 1 
venors. Action further alleges that , 
■ .JW : purported agreements . be^ ] 
tween Jordan and his publisher- 1 
partner Franklin were made with-] 
out the intervenors' consent. In , 
"IS own suit Jordan wants half the 
profits from the song's recording! 
royalties. Last July he was 
granted a temporary restraining ' 
order by Federal Judge Sylvester 
«yan halting Fox from disposing 
Oi the royalty coin. 













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sellers, based on reports ob 
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12 cities, and shoioing com- 
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KAY KYSER (Columbia) 

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PEE WEE HUNT (Capitol) 
"12th Street Rae" ... 


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54 


4 4 


GORDON JENKINS (Decca) 
"Maybe You'll Be There"., 


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TOMMY DORSEY (Victor) 
"Until" 


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MARGARET WHITING fCap) 
"'free in the; Meadow'' ... 


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10 


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ANNE SHELTON (London) . 
"Nisht Has 1000 Eyes" 












2 














9 


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LARRY GREEN (Victor) 
"Bella Bella Marie" 














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9 


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"iWy Darlinif, My Barlinc" 






















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BENNY GOODMAN (CiipitoO 
"Slow Boat to China" 












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ART LUND (M-G-M) 
"Slow Boat to China" 


























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■ "Y6u Were Only Foolins" 




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PRIMO SCALA (London) 
"Underneath the Arches" 




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7 


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JOHNNY EAGER (Grand) 
"Yon, You, You Are the One" . 


























7 


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"Underneath the Arches" 








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means of keeping traveling bands 
out of thei? territory h6t>ing to in* 
crease the \yotk ©ppbjritunities foir • 
local musicians, 'i': 
Though it isn't likely ili.it AFM 
I6cs(fe win be -able =tb: induce a d^^^^ 
jluxe vaudfilmer to bypass n&nies 
Chicago, Nov. 16. i ^^^°r of local combos by raising 
Federal tax claim for $449,345 scales, since the locals in most 
was filed here last week against i couldn't produce the same 

Majestic Radio and Television ' p-"- value, agents and maestros see 
Corp., and its subsids. Classic Rec- ' 'o"ls trying it. Too, increased 
ords and Majestic Records. Claim fp^'es for even travelling musicians 
1.5 for income, withholding, excess i boosts a local's take, since each 
~ ■ name banti playing an alien terri- 

. /tory: pays the local involved a tax 

Claim was filed in connection .."i 'ts salary. , . 
with the reorg of the corporation, ' When it issued the new scale di- 
foUowlng the sale by court action Tective over, a week ago, the. AFM 
of Majestic Records and Classic | did not inform individual locals ot 
~ ' . . - . . • jits move, preferring to let them 

jlearn of it through the next issue 
iot thte ijyFM's International Must^ 
jcian, ^ It; notified M agencies, ; 
}hbw«ver, but did hot suMly- tljein 
; writh ; ' the ;,. vaWous., local ::'s^^ 
! thrQUghout the cotintry. Agents 
, have had to contact each iiidiyidual 
local to dfetei-mine ■ where mUsi' 
;cians' prices will be effected. So 
i far, only New York, Cleveland and ^ 
ilfartford have been found to have 
J local scales that are higher than 
[traveling band scales. New Ydri^'ljs . 
Lbcal 802; incidentalijf, ihtroducea 
the measure to the AFM. ■ ■ 



Records assets in October. 



F. MARTIN (Victor) 

15 E . . "Slow Boa t to China;; 

PATTI PAGF-V. DAMONE (Mer) 
15P "Say Something Sweet". 



FIVE TOP 
ALBUMS 



CHRISTMAS ALBUM 
Ring Croiby 

Decca . 



;■ ■ <5-,V;''"./ 

PROGRESSIVE JAZZ 
Album No. 2 
Slan Ktnlen 

C'lpitol 



I 



JAZZ AT 
■•HIIHARMONIC 

Album No. 8 

Mercury 



PREVIN flAYS 
THE PIANO 
Andro Provin 

Victor 



SONO HITS 
l»J7-43 
Varitd ArNttt 

Decca . 



Duke Ellington Boffo 
At Carnegie Hall In 
6tli Annual Concert 

Duke Ellington rocked Carnegie 
Hall, N Y., with one of his old- 
fashioned jump recitals Saturday 
night (13). Returning for his ■ 
sixth annual one-niter in this staid ; 
concert liall, the jazz maestro broke , 
away from a stuffy tradition estab- 
lished during his previous engage'- : 
ments in Carnegie Hall. This year 
the Ellington crew beat a retreat 
I from its recent pseudo-classical 
Imelanges into the domain of solid 
1 jazz, where ' it has few, if any, 
equals. As a result, the near-capaci- 
ty house, at a $3.60 top. responded 
with far more spirit than was evi- 
dent formerly and paid $5,400 into 
the till. 

Teeing off with a series of pow- 
erful numbers such as "Three Cent 
Stomp" and "Suddenly It Jumped," 
Ellington's orch displayed its trade- 
mark characteristic ot executing 
intricate arrangements in a clean, 
I sharp, freewheeling and yet firmly 
controlled style. Backed by his 
superlative crew of . sidemen, El- 
lington fa.shioned driving jazz patr - 
terns without the eccentricities of 
be-bop or the cliches of straight ■ 
pop bands. 

Three 'new pieces were show-- 
cased among a flock of standards. 
"The Tattoed Bride," by Ellington, 
and "Manhattan Murals," by Billy 
Strayhorn and Ellington, arc 
straight instrumenlals with tricky 
elaborations. "Lush Life," a sophis- 
ticated torch number by Strayhorn, 
bowed in with a sock vocal by Kay 
DjiVis: Miss Davis also delivered 
an olf,stage soprano accompaniment 
to "Creole Love Call" with plenty 
of dramatic appeal. Albert Hibbler,! 
the band's blind crooner, also, 
scored heavily late in the program 
with "Don't Be Mean To Me" and 
"Love Come Back To Me." 

High points of the , concert were " 
furnished, however, by the instru- 
mentalists whe were spotlighted in 
a scries of solos. Johnny Hodges, 
on the alto sax, was flawless in 
I'Brown Betty," while Ben Webster, . 
in a tenor sax solo on ''How High 
the Moon," rated the night's hefti- 
est applause. Ray Nance and Al 
Killian, on trumpet; Harry Carney, 
baritone sax: Lawrence Brown, 
trombone; Al Sears, tenor sax, and 
Wendell Marshall, strfng bass, were 
among the other standout solo per- 
formers. Herm, 



46 



ORCHESniA-MIJSIC 



Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



i Songs widi Lai^est Radio Aufience : 



_ Die top 31 songs o/ the week based on the copyrighted Audi- 
• ' ence Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast Over 
* Radio Networla. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. 
John G. Peatman, Director. 

$ttmy Week of Novembef 5-11, 1948. 

/V Tree in the Meadow Shapiro-B 

Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin" Spitzer 

Blue Bird of Happiness T- B- Harm* 

Bouquet of Roses Hill & Range 

Buttons and Bows— i"Pale Face" Famous 

Cornbelt Symphony ,. Mellin 

Cuanto Le Gusta— 1"Date With Judy" Soutliein ; 

Ev'ry Day I Love You Harms 

Galway Bay Leeds 

Hair Of Gold . , .....Robert 

I Don't Care If It Rains All Night Witmark 

If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts Feist 

Isn't It Romantic— 1 "Isn't It Romanlic" Famous 

It's a Most Unusual Day— i "Date With Judy" Bobbins 

It's Magic— 1 "Romance On High Seas" Witmark , 

Just for Now .*.•■• Advanced : 

Lavender Blue Santly-Joy 

Lillette Jefler.«ion , 

Love Somebody Kramer- W 

Maybe You'll Be There , Triangle 

Money Song Crawford 

My Darling, My Darling— > "Where's Charley" Morris 

On a Slow Boat- to China Melrose 

Rambling Rose Laurel 

^ Say It Isn't So Berlin 

■ • Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart Mills 

; ; Twelfth Street Rag Shapiro-B 

' Walkin' With My Shadow Johnstone-M 

You Call Everybodv Darling Mayfair 

You Were Only Fooling Shapiro-B 



booking of special 
such as the Horace Heldt "Radio 
Winners" units {which do not work 
with Heidt himself, but as "Major 
Bowes" am groups), some one- 
nighters, etc. He Jiad been with 
the Gale Agency. 

Glaser three weeks-ago took oii 
George Walker, ex-Music Corp: of 
America agent. Before that, Gla^' 
! spr absorbed Continental Artists 
i and installed its head. Milt 
I Deutsch, in Hollywood as the ABC 
+ , rep there. 



Bundy Joins Glaser 



^RHT Logging System 



fiichard Himber's new development tn lofffling broadcast perform, 
anccs lists tunes in the survey, based on four major network scliedwl«s. 



Bob Bundy joins Joe Glaser's 
Associated Booking Corp. in New 
York Nov. 29, the second person- 

thi mln'th^^Bundv v^frhand^le the They are compiled on the basis of 1 point for sustaining instrumental; 
bookinB of special ABC projects, 2 points for sustoinino wcol; 3 /or commercial instrumental; 4 for 
DooKing 01 spi-LMi Auv^ 1 1 ji. commercial vocal, respectively, in each of the 3 major territories. New 

Yorki' Chicano and Coast. For iexttmpli, a Coihi^jereirtt iP^qcttt^ 
three territories counts 12. ; ■ . '.-r. 



W«ek of Nov. S-11. 



Total 
Pts. 



j I RH Logging 
New Ratings 



.. iSottr'"'' :s ^ ■~PubUshe^^ ■ .-■ 

Buttons & Bows — 1 "Paleface" — ^Famous 268 

Say It Isn't So— Berlin 217 

The Money Song— Crawford 195 

If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts— Feist 170 

On a Slow Boat To China— Melrose . . . > 165 

Hair of Gold— Robert . . 149 

You Were Only Fooling— Shapiro , 144 

Maybe You'll Be There— Triangle 126 

My Darling, My Darling — ^"Where's Charley"- Morris 117 

Cuanfo Le Guiita — i "Date With Judy" — Southern 114 

Everyday I Love You — VTwo Guys From Texas" — Harms 110 

A Tree In the Meadpw — Shapiro 96 

Just For Now — Advanced ., 95 



You Call Everybody Darlin — Mayfair , . , . 

Lavender Blue — Santly-Joy 

Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart- 
Here I'll Stay— *"Love Life"— Chappell , 

Underneath the Arches — Bobbins 

Galway Bay — Leeds 

Isn't It Romantic-^f 'lsn't It Romantio"- 



90 

90 

-Mills 8ii 0 

71, 

67 

66 

-Famous , 64 



-Miller 



M 



TJie remaining 22 sovgs of the week, based on the copyvightei 
Audience Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast 
Over Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., 
Dr. John G. Peatman, Director. 

Again Bobbins 

Ah But It Happens , Bourne 

Confess Oxford 

Down Among the Sheltering Palms Miller 

Far Away Places Laurel 

For You Witmark 

Here I'll Stay— ^'"Love Life" Chappell 

I Still Get a Thrill Words & 

I'd Love to Live in Loveland BVC 

It's Whatcha Do Witli Whatcha Got Santly-Joy 

Night Has Thousand Eyes— 1 "Night Has Eyes" Paramount 

One Sunday Afternoon Remick 

Rendezvous With a Rose Jay Dee 

Ta-ra Ta-la-ra Ta-la Oxford 

This Is the Moment Miller 

Underneath the Arches Robbins 

Until Dorsey Bi'os. 

What Did I Do— ■l"When My Baby Smiles" Triangle 

When You Left Me. . . . Porgic 

With a Twist of the Wrist Palmar 

You Came a Long Way from St. Louis , Jewel 

You Walk By Cavalier 



RH Logging Sheet begins this 
■' i week adding listener ratings oti 
[various commercial shows to the| 
I amount of points compiled by a j 

; plug hitting all three major out- , -^^^^ A,„o„g j^e Sheltering Palms- 
| letST-^New. York, Chicago and Los I ppj. Yq _ . 

I Angeles. Ratings assigned to in-, j^,jgi,i ^ Thousand Eyes— i "Night Thousand Eyes"— Paramount 
dividual broadcasts are from an un- micttg Jefferson 

i disclosed source, but they're said , bouquet of Roses— Hili ' & Range ' ' ' " 

to be averages struck trom the ifs Magic— r"Romance On High Seas"— Witmark 

levels posted by the different sys- to Live In Loveland— BVC , 

It's a Most Unusual Day-^T"Date With Judy"— Rohbins . ; . . . . . . . 

One Sunday. Afternoon-^1"One Sunday Af lern6on'';---Iiemick . . . . . 

Cornbelt Symphony— Mellih ... .;. . . . , ' , , . . . . . ; 1 ... 

I Still Get a Thrill— Words & Music v: . ; ;\ ...... . .... .V 

Bluebird of Happiness — T.:B. , Harms .;. i . . ; .v. ...r; v; i .» .. k.: 



terns of coverage evalution— Hob' 
per. Nielsen, Pulse. 
. For: example, as it stands now, a 
vocal performance on a major cbUt- 
mercial hitting all three key out- 
lets rates 12 points under RH's 
I system. To this will be added, if 
^. I the performance is on Jack Benny's 
show, another 23 points. RH has 
supplied musie publishers with tlie 
rating's ot individual shows — froirt 
"Fibber McGee" at 23. Bob Hope at 
22 -through 44 major commercials 
down to a rating of two as a guide 
to follow. It makes no provision, 
of course, for highly rated sustain- 
ing. showF, but these are in: the mi- 
nority. 



. liegit Mwsical. t FiI'miistcal.: 
■♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ************* * ******************* * ** * * 



: Campbell's Catalog; 

London, Nov, 9. ' 
: Jimmy Campbellj who recently 
made a comeback in- the music 
publishing business as general 
manager of the Noel Gay Music 
Co., has lined up a sizable catalog. 



from th» 
20th Ctntury-Fox Pieluf 

"ROAD HOUSE" 

Th» Ballad Smash 
Of The Fall Stason 



ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION 



i ROYALTY WRANGLING 

Hollywood. Nov. 16. 
Edwin H. (Buddy) -Morris. music 
■ ; I publishing, ftrrtt is' holding;:Bp^ f^^^^^ 
Pments of writei* royalties on "The 
I Dum Dpi . Sptig,''; cleil'ed bjr JUlian 
I Kay and published by Sinatra 
I Songs, Inic. Morris holds an in- 
I teresl :ahd exerts a controlling 
I hand over Sinatra Songs. 
V; Shortly after "Dum Dot" was re- 
Sl. Louis, Nov J6 I leased, two sonRwnteia, Lou ller- 
Missouri stale supremo scher and Clarke Johnson, assei lcd 
last w cek invalidated a | tune contained eight consecutive, 
city ordinance which | note-for-note bars out of "I Put a 
Penny in the Guvn ■Slot,'' published 
by L. Wolfe Gilbert in 1939; 
Hcrscher pressed a claim that 
' Dum Dot" also liad some lyrical 
content out of "Guiii Slot" and 
melodically :was the ;same. s^ 
a- key dharige.; Kay then signed a 



60 : 
60 
58 
57 

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56 
53 ; 
52 
■52.' 
52 
•51 '■ 
.•50 

Walking With My Shadpw-»-Johnstone-M 48 : 

Love Somebody — Kramer-W 47 

Again — i"Boad House" — Robbins 46 

What Did I Do— f'When My Baby Smiles at Me"— Triangle 4a 

Ah But It Happens — Bourne 43. 

Rambling Rose — Laurel ,• 42; ■ 

Twelfth Street Rag— Shapiro 40 

t Don't Care If It Rains An Night — "Two Guys Texas"— Witmark 37 
1 You Came a Long Way From St. ; Louis^Jewel . 36 

I Rendezvous With a Rose — Jay-Dee 36 

I Ain't Doin Bad, Doin Nothin — Spitzer 36 

j Tara-Talara-Tala— Oxford 35 

You Walk By— Cavalier 33 

I Far Away Places — Laurel 30 

I You Started Something— BMI 30 

Until— Dorsey Bros. 29 

When You Left Me— Porgie 27 

In My Dreams — Wizell 27 



Jocks, Jukes, Disks 



Continued from page 42 



I Mo. Court Invalidates 
! Tax On Jukeboxes 



The 
I court 

j Trenton/ Mo 

I would have imposed a tax on .luke- 
! boxes The liigh tribunal ruled 
I that the measure was mlendc'd 
I solely, to produce revenue and. was 
I not a proper exercise oi the mun- 
icipality's police power. The Up 
|vas lor $30 per box annually. 

The court held that a munituial 
tax of the kind passed was not 
specifically authorized by the slate 
law. ; William Moots, owner ol five 
mechanical music^makers in the 
town, brought the te -si .suit: He; 
was upheld in the circuit court ot 
I CUundy county, and the city ap- 
I pealed to the high tribunal. 



Another unusual item, that should 
appeal to jocks who try for well- 
balanced programming. Miss Shel- 
ton and Ambrose's combo combine 
on a sort of semi-concertized "Man- 
hattan Towers" idea and, while it's 1 
not cut as sharply as other London i 
things in the same vein, it's distinct | 
live and worth attention.; It's two- 1 
sided. 

Georgia; Crsickcrs "That's the] 
Way It's Gonna Be''-"Broken ; 
Doll" (Victor) The "Gonna" side 
may never rise off the: hillbilly- ; 
country jock lurnlableSi but that I 
doesn't diminish the excellence of 
the Crackers' performance, vocally 



Waring's I71/2G, MpU. 

Minneapolis, Nov. 16. 

Playing a single Sunday night 
concert performance under his 
own auspices, Fred Waring grossed 
a smash $17,500 at $3.60 top. 

Using the entire 9,000-seat Audi- 
torium, he ■ drew 8,500 .eustomers. 



SOMETH 
SWEET TO Y 
SWEETHEART 



oaoer allofatlna In Uerorhp'r I »"<^ musically. A fine job. Reverse 
?9 ' r- «f .tw ,..,,,M?ti„cr i,\f^„^^ I equally well done; a Mills Bros. 
m2',c of what royalties he got | ^ approach to a good tune, 

. Piatt** .Pointers :^^y^^ 



from his song However, now 
llerscher insists he and JohJi.son 
gel one-third each. 

Meanwhile, Morris has not given 
Ka.v what royalties Sinatra Songs 
derived from sheet sales nor the 
three recordings accorded "Dum 



"Little Jack Frost Get Lost," by 
Frankie Carle (Columbia), seems a 
worthwhile wintry melody . . . 
'Indian Maiden," a new tune by 
Sheb Wooley, has good possibilities; 



! Dot," Frank Sinatra on Columbia, | his own disking of it for M-G-M is 







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Tommy Dorsey's son, "Skipper." 
now 18-years-old, is a star foot- 
baller at Hotchkiss School. Con- 
necticut.' Youngster Intends going 
to Dartmouth after prep schooling,; 
for engineering and grid. 



Korn Kobblers on MGM and Cap 
tain Stubby on Majestic. 

No lawsuit has eventuated.' At- 
torril'y Lee Eastman, representing 
Morris' companies, has ■ told the 
three cleSfers merely to settle 
their' snarl amicably. 




' Petrillo's Special OK 



spoiled somewhat by too much 
background . . : Tony Pastor's"It's 
Like Taking Candy From a Baby'^ 
(Columbia) again shows the ex- 
cellence of Rosemary Clooney'S 
vocalizing ;. . .- Dana label's four 
Xmas sides by Frank Gallasher do 
a; varied job, including "You're All 
1 Want For Xmas," "Kris Kringle" 
and "Merry Xmas" and "Happy 
New Year" in polka tempo . . . 
I "Gielito Lindo" in handily treated 



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Hollywood, Nov. 16. ; 
James C. Petnllo has given spe^ 
cial permission . to the March of 
Dimes Committee to have Spade 
Cooley record "Piggy Bank Polka."! 
Tune, cleft'ed by Del Porter, Carl 
Hoebble and ..Cooley, has been 
I made official song for the March 
I of Dimes. Petrillo has also given 
I his blessings for the making of a 
' television film, using the song, by 
Cooley. . 

Dimes Committee will have 3.000 
copies of the platter pressed to 
send to stations throughout the 
country: as . a booster' for the col- 
lection of dimes. Cooley crew will 
make the TV film at RKO studios 
today (16), Short is being seAt to 
video, stations; throughout the coun- 
try. . 



, Columbia reissued two excellent 
sides by Claude Thornhill — "Polka 
Dots and Moonbeams" and "I Knew 
You When" . . . Sonny Dunham's 
"You Gave Me The Runaround" 1 
(Embassy) is worth disk jock atten- 
tion; a good melody' nicely per- 
formed in a light jump vein. 
■ Recommended hillbilly, western,: 
country land . race: Jesse Ashloch, i 
"I'll Never Be Sorry If You're 
Satisfied"-"Knuckle Head" (Co- 
lumbia^; Eddy Arnold!, "Then I 
Turned and Walked Slowly Away" 
(Victor); Foy Willing, "Rose of Old i 
Pawnee" (coupled to "Brush Those 
Tears") (Capitol); Al Dexter, "Is 
That the Way To Treat a Friend" 
(Columbia); Johnny; Stone, "I'm So 
Lonesome I Could Cry" (Apollo); 
Sister Rosetta Tliarpe "NAbody's. 
Fault But Mine" <Decca), and "Sit 
Down"; Bud Hobbs, "Oklahoma 
Sweetheart ' (M-G'-M), ' / 



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Got Lucky In The Rain 



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Nobody's Heart But Mine 

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There's No Getting Away From You_ 

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As The Girls Go 




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Groovy 



Rock, Rock, Rock! 



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^-^^^^ (Musical Hhtorictd Revieu : 1800 1948) M 



Compiled for p^^IETY 
By JULIUS M VTITIXD 

(Copyrighr, Vori'e'ty, Inc. All Rights Rewfved) . 

legends and ether basic baclrgrovnd informof/on, atfendonr fe fhe cempilad'on 
and presentprioii, appeared in the .Oct. .6, I94S, issue when . the Variety. Spng 
Covalcode started publication serially. II is svggesfcd rhat these instaHmenls be 
ciipped ond fiied for future, reference. ' - . 

Attention is hereby called to the foct that this <naterl<it is xopyright and may .not 
be reproduced either wholly or. in port. 

(Continued from Lost Week) 

1842 

The Blind Boy. w., ? m., William 
Richardson Dempster. Boston: Oli- 
ver Ditson, cop. 1842. 

Come, O, Come with Me, the 
Moon is Beaming', w., B. S. Barclay 
m.. "Italian aii." Philadelphia: A 
Fiof, cop 1842. 

Widow Machree. w.,m., Samuel 
Lover. London: Duff and Hodgson 
lea. 1,8421; New York: William 
Hall & Son [ca. 18501. 



Charles Dickens visited the 
United Stales, but his impressions 
of this country were generally un- 
favorable. 

John 0. Fremont and Kit Carson 
made expeditions to California. 

ilenny Wadsworth Longfellow's 
"Ballads and Other Poems" (in- 
eluding "The Skeleton in Armor." 
"Wreck ol the Hesperus," "Vil- 
la,?e Blacksmith," "To a Child," 
"Tlie Bridge," and "Excelsior") ap- 
peared. 

In Rhode Island the landowners 
elected Samuel W. King governor, 
whereupon the suffragists (city 
party) tried to seize the arsenal 
at Providence and make Thomas 
\V. Dorr governor; King declared 
■martial law and clapped Dorr in- 
to prison. He was convicted of 
treason and, in 1844, sentenced to 
life imprisonment. Three years 
later, however, he was released. 

New feminine vogues included 
mantillas, black varnished leather; 
shoes; lace mitts,: small' parasols 
and large muffs. 



1843 

. Cape Ann. w.. m.. anonymous. 
Pirth & Hall, cop. 1843. (Sung by 
J. J. Hutchinson of the Hutchinson 
Family.) • ■ 

Columbia the Gem of the Ocean. 
\v.. m., Thomas a' Becket. (Writ^ 
ten in 1843, for a theatrical bene- 
fit, at tlie request of David T. 
Shaw, to whom the . words have 
been incorrectly attributed.) 

Excelsior, Part song for SATB 
with piano, w., Henry Wadsworth 
Longfellow, m., Hutchinson Fami- 
ly. Firth & Hall, cop. 1843. 

Go Call the Doctor (or, Anti- 



I Calomel), \v.;m.i Judson Hutchin- ] 
;son. William Hall & Son lea. ' 
; 18431. (Sung by the Hutchinson i 
; Family. 1 ■ i 

I The Grave of Bonaparte. ; w., 
Henry S. Washburn, ra., Lyman 
■ Heath. . Boston: Oliver Ditson ' [ca. 
* 18431. 

^ ' The Heart Bow'd Down (The Bo- 
hemian Girl), w., Alfred Bunn. in., ' 
William Michael Balfe. (First per- j 
I formed in London, November 27, , 
I 1843; in New York, November 25, , 
i 1844 ) I 
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls i 
i (The Bohemian Girl), w., Alfred [ 
Bunn. m„ William Michael Balfe. 1 
(First -performed in London, No- 
vember 27, 1843; in New York, 
November 23, 1844.) 

The Lame at of the Irish Emi- 
grant, w., Mrs. Price Blackwood." 
111., WiUiam Richardson Dempster. 
Boston: Geo. P. Reed, cop. 1843. 

The Long Ago — betfer knoioiios:- 
Lon.?, Long Ago^ w.,' m., Thomas- 
Hayncs Bayly, London [,1843?1, 

My Old Aunt Sally, w., m., Dan- 
iel Decatur Emmett [the name is 
given on the title page as: Old 
Dan D. Emmitl. Boston: C. H. 
Keith, cop. 1843. 

Old Dan Tucker; w., m., Daniel- 
DBcatur Emmett (?). Millet's Mu- 
sic Saloon, cop. 1843. 

The Old Granite State, w., Jesse 
Hutchinson, m., revivalist tune: 
Old Church Yard. (Firth & Hall, 
cop. 1843 by John Hutchinson, 
(Sung by the Hutchinson Family in 
1843 in New York at a temperance 
meeting at the Broadway Temple.) 

Stop Dat Knocking at My Door. 
w..m., A. F. Winnemore. Boston: 
George P. Reed [cop. 1843 ?1 

Then You'll Remember Me (The 
Bohemian Girl), w.; Alfred Bunn^ 
m., William Michael Balfe. (First 
perfoi'ined in London, November 
I 27, 1843; in New York, November 
I 25, 1844). 

I Wedding March (in. incideittal )■ 
I music to: A Midsummer Night'S; 
: Dream, op. GD. Orch eomposition. 
m., Felix Mendelssohn. Leipzig: 
I Breitkopf & Hartel, n.d. (First per- 
I formed in Potsdam, October 14, 
I 1843 ) 



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and showing comparatiue sale* 
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"Love Somebody'' (Kramer).. 



Washington was sent the first clas- 
sic message: "What hath God 
wrought?" 

■ Dr. Horace Wells of Hartford, 
Conn., used laughing gas as an 
anesthetic to extract one of his own 
teeth. 

The U. S. S. PrLncetort, first 
screw steam war vessel ever built, 
fired one of its guns on a pleasure 
trip down the Potomac River. The 
gun burstj in.iuring many, includ- 
ing Thomas W. Gilmas, Secretary 
of the Navy. 



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81,31 siirii.)'!, n<iii.rnoo(i rn. sytai 



I On the death of Pierre Lorillard. 
1 wealthy snuff and cigar manufac-; 
I turer and pioneer ol the current 
I Old Gold cigarette interests, news-, 
papers coined the word "million- 
j aire." The first telegraph in. the 
I U. S.- — Washington to Baltimore— 
I was; installed. , 

I The Virginia Minstrels, the first 
I regularly organized band of Negro 
I minstrels, gave their initial pub- 
[ lie perlormance at the Chatham. 
[ Theatre, N, Y. The company was' 
I composed of Dan Emmett, Frank 
j Brower, Billy Whitlock and Dick 
I Pelhara. 

I . The U: S. Na val Academy 
I opened at Annapolis, Md. 
I Edgar Allan Poe got a $100 prize 
for his story, "The Gold Bug" — 
; largely, according to stories repu- 
i tedly given out by the judges, be- 
cause of Poe's neat handwriting. 
-Poe's ''Black Cut" meanwhile ap- 
I peared in the Saturday: Evening 
■ Post. 



]84l> 

Scenes that are Brightest (Mari- 
tana). w.; Alfred Bunn. m., Vin- 
cent Wallace (First performed in 
London. November 15, 1845; in 
New York, -May 4, 1848.) 

Yes! Let Me Like a Soldier Fall 
(Maritana). w.. Edward Fit2!ball. 
m;, -Vincent Wallace, (First per- 
formed in London, November 15, 
1843; in Ne* York, May 4,1848.) 



TONY 




"YOU STARTED 
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with 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY 
COLUMMA RECORD 38297 



1844 

V The Blue Juanita; Word.s and 
melody bj Mrs. M. D. Sullivan; 
arr. bj E. L, White. Boston: Oliver 
Ditson, cop. 1844, 

, Cod Bless our Native Land Hymn 
w.. Rev. Charles Timothy Brooks, 
adapted about 1833, fro m the 
German of Siegfried August Mahl- 
mann (1771-1826), written about 
181. i; revised by John Sullivan 

' Dvvighl, 1844 — usually ascribed to 

I the latter, m., tune: America. 
Sprins Sons (no. 6 in: $echs Lie- 
der ohne Worte, Boole 5, op; 63); 
Piano solo ra , Felix Mendelssohn. 
Bonh: N. Simrock [,1844J. 

IMoses Yale Beach, owner of the 
New York Sun, published his 
"Wealth and Biography of Wealthy 
Citi/.cns of the City ol New York." 
i He listed about 850 pGr,sons worth 
: $100,000 or. more, among them 
. John Jacob Astor ($44,000,000), 
' Stephen Van Rensselaer ($10,000,- 
000), William B. Astor ($S,000,000), 
Peter Stuyvcsant ($4,000,000), and 
Cornelius Vanderbilt ($1,200,000). 

Over Samuel F. B. Morse's tele- 
graph line between Baltimore and 



Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" 
appeared and immediately created 
an impression both here and in 
Europe. , 

Tlie U. S. Naval Academy in 
Annapolis was opened. 

The polka was the most fashion- 
able dance. 

Ten pins superseded billiards as 
a common pastime. . 

Congress scheduled national 
election, day for the first Tuesday 
after the first Monday in Novem- 
ber. . ■ 

Texas and Florida joined the 
Union. 

James Knox Polk was inaugura- 
ted president; ■ 

Dorothy Lynde Dix, who spent 
her lifem the relief of paupers, 
criminals a n d insane, published 
"Prisons and Prison Discipline." 

The iron, age was -beginning to 
hit full stride. 



, 1846 

The Low-Back'd Car. w . Sam- 

i uel Lover: m.. adapted troni ; the 

; iii.sh tune: The Jolly Ploughman, 
printed in Jidward Bunting's "The 
ancient music of Ireland" (Dublin: 
Hodge.s- and Smith, 1840^, p. 20. 

; William Hall & Son, cop 1846. 

■ (Published earlier in London.) 

! Well-atDay. Duet for soprano and 
alto with piano w.. ? ni.. George 
Linley, London ChappcU 1,18461. 



Tlie Christy Minstrels appeared 
in New York at Palme's Opera 
House.' ■ - ■ 

A Hoe cylinder rotary press was. 
installed by the Philadelplita Ledg- 
er, another milestone in the hey- 
day of the penny press. 

Ladies parasols now could be 
folded up. 



1847 

Footsteps of Angels, w., Henry 
Wadsworth Longfellow. : m., Wil- 
liam Richardson Dempster. Boston: 
Oliver Ditson & Co. 11847? I 

The Rainy Day. w., Henry Wads- 
worth Longfellow, ni , William 
Richardson Dempster. Boston: Oli- 
ver Ditson & Go;, cop. 1847. 

Row Thy Boat Lightly, w.. Miss 
H. F. Woodman, in., Isaac Baker 
Woodbury. Boston; Oliver Ditson 
& Co., cop. 1847. 



The U. S. adopted ...postage 
stamps with adhesive backs;. 

Two hundred forty persons were 
lost when thc' immigrant ship 
"Phoenix" burned on Lake Michi- 
gan, 

Germans and Irish were immi-: 
grating in vast numbers. 

The American Association -for 
the Advancement ot Science was 
founded, ' 

The Mormons, under Brigham 
Young began to build Salt Lake 
City in Utah. 



Jack Kapp's Spiels 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
■ ■ Jack Kapp,. Decca Records' prei, 
is finding his current, lecture tour 
of colleges; sundry, institutions and 
Rotary Clubs as "lots of fun." Ad- 
dressing the Southern California 
•Rotary Club here last Friday (12), 
he spoke on the topic, "I've Heard 
America : Sing.'' The Decca chief 
is scheduled to deliver two talks 
on the same subjects, today (Wed.)', 
to the audio-visual classes at the 
University of California at L. A. 

He bases most of his material on 
the effect recordings have upon 
the American way of life. 



1848 

Ben Bolt; or. Oh! Don't You 
Bcmcinber. w.v Thomas Dunn Eng- 
lish, m., Nelson Kneass. Louisville, 
Ky.; W. C, Peters, cop. 1848. 

The Cottage of My Motlier, w., 
Jesse Hutchinson m., Judson 
Hutchinson. Boston; Oliver Ditson, 
cop. 1848. 

Oh! Susanna, w'.. ni:. Stephen 
Collins Fo.ster. Louisville. Ky.; 
W. C. Peters & Co., cop, 1848. 

Old Uncle Ned. w., m., Stephen 
Collins Foster. W, E. Millet, cop. 
1848. 

'Twas Off thc Blue Canaries; or, 
.My Last Cigar, w., ni., James M. 
Hubbard. New Haven. Conn.; 
William Skinner, cop, iHiS by Jas, 
M. Hubbard. 



Fentnred in M-G-M'« Hit 

"DATE WITH JUDY" 

IT'S A MOST 
UNUSUAL DAY 

Music by . , , 
JIMMY MeUVGH 

ROBBINS 



In Uoboken. N. J., the first real 
game ol baseball was played be- 
tween- the Knickerbocker Club of 
New York and a picked team then 
calling itsoif the New York Club. 

Jingli.sh iournali-sts and visitors 
deplored the U. S. male Iiabit of 
chewing tobacco. 

War was declared on Mexico 
oyer boundary disputes (settled in 
1848 when the Rio Grande was 
designated as boundary). 

Elias. Howe pate^ited improve- 
ments on the sewing: machine. ; 

Iowa joined Ui6 Union. 



Samuel M Kier, a PiUsburgh 
i druggist, sold petroleum as "a 
' wonderful medical virtue ' behind 
' an advertising campaign using im- 
I itation bank notes as bait. At this 
, time poddlcj-s generally hawked 
, petroleum at "Seneca oil," with 
I reputed medicinal qualities. ' , 
I Women began clamoring for 
more Aghts, including the right to i 
vote, and held a convention at! 
Seneca Falls^ N. Y. 
Wisconsin joined the Union. 
In John Sutter's mill race a saw- 
mill laborer discovered gold, and 
the rush to Califoi-nia Was on. 

Fashion prescribed sleeveir wide I 
at the bottom. 

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Bands at Hotel B.O/s 

Eddy Ducfain W«ldot( (400; $2) Vt t,^ ?eil3 

fuor McKiAlcyX' V«w Yorker (400: 11-ll.SO).... I 900 6,100 

Ouy Lomtwrdo . . . . KooMvelt (400; 91.90^) T |,77( 17,975 

Tommy Dorsey . . . . PcnnsylvuiiB (450; $l.B0-$2).., • 1,000 11,025 

• New Yorker, ict thow; Waldorf, Peter Llnd Haytt-Mary Healv. 

Chicago 

Skitch Henderson (College Inn, Sherman, 000; $2.50-$3.50 min.). 
•'Salute to Gershwin" revue causing interest; snappy 3,800 first wk. 

Victor Lombardo (Marine Room, Edgewater, 700; S1.20 cover). 
Weather biting Into take, plus no Noi-thwestem grid game. Moderate 
2,900. 

Joe Merman (Mayfair Room. Blackstbne, 3S0; $3.50 min.-$l coy«r). 
Mata & Hari, Nancy Donovan, Merman, doing fine 3,000. 
. Benny Strone (Boulevard Room, Stevens, 650; $3.50 rain.-fl cover). 
Ice show still lures out-of-towners. Neat 3,000. 

. GMff Williams ^Empire Boom, Palmer House, 650- $3.50 min.-Sl 
cover). C'onvensh ci^wd likes it here. Buzzing 3,100. 



Top* of the TofM 

Ke tall DUk Seller 

" *9uttont and Bows" 
BeUn Sheet Maria SeUet 

"Buttons and Bows" 
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"Buttons and Bows". 
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Los Angeles 

Hildeearde, Eddie Oliver (Ambassador, 900; $l:5Qr$2). Good 3,'500. 
Jan Garber iBiltmore, 900; $1-$1.50). Nice 3,100. 



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(Chicago) 

Cee Davidson (Chez Paree, 500; $3.50 min.). Harvey Stone, Gracie 
Barrie, Vagabonds, band; nice 3,200. 

Teddy Phillips (Aragon; $1-$1.15 adm.). Slight dip, but still fine 
15,500. 

AI Trace (Blackhawk, 500; $2.50 min.). Big as ever in closing week; 

high 3,500. 

Orrin Tucker (Trianon; $1-$1.15 adm.), Doing well in first week; 
14,000. 



Syd Kornheiser to Coast 
For Morris TakeoTer 

Sydney Kornheiser, assistant to 
; Edwin H. * Buddy) Morris has gone 
! to Hollj'Vi^ood to begin the job on 
I which he rejoined Morris several 
months ago — to head up the com- 
bine's relations with top song- 
writers. Kornheiser ." will remain ] 
on the Coast a minimum of three , 
or four months this trip and even^ 
tually expects to headquarter there. 
He has been in the east since re- 
joining Morris because of Frank 
Loesser's show, "Where's Charley," 
the score of which Morris is pul>r . 
lishing via a contract ^th Loesser. 

Buddy Morels, head of the or-: 
ganization, who will spend much 
more time in the east now that he 
has taken over operattoB- -of his 
firms, returned west last week. He 
had been in Ne^v York more than ; 
a week. 



Los Angeles 

Lawrence Welk (Palladium B,, Hollywood; Sd wk.). Very strong 
16,000. 



Fred Ablert. American Society 
of Composers, Authors: and Pub- 
lishers, president, and Paul Cun- 
ningham, exec committee chair- 
man, now on Coast for semirannual 
meeting with Hollywood members 
Nov. 22. 



New York 

Ray MeKlQleT's orchestra trans- 
fers to Fraak Bailey's Meadow- 
brook, Cedar Grove, N. J., Dec. 10, 
from its current New Yorker hotel 
spot... Dean Hodsoa' signed with 
General Artists... J. J. Bobbins 
will publish a Leonard Feather, 
book titled "Inside BeBop" . . 
Lester Younr band into Royal 
Roost, N. Y., Nov. 23 . . Joe 
Glaser's Associated Booking signed 
Do^Ray-Mf trio as result of the 
group's Commodore label hit, 
"Wrapped in . a Dream," breaking 
in N. Y. and Chi. . Butch Stone, 
Dare Barrr (Yiddish comic) and 
Blue Lu Barker, added to Capitol 
Records talent list . ^Bea . Wain- 
Andre Baruch. WMCA, X. Y,. disk 
jocks, and DeCastro Sisters, at 
Havana-Madrid, now being man- 
aged by Jack Philbin. 

Pittsburgh 

Ersklne Hawkins?, band plays one- 
nighter at Savoy baUroom Thanks- 
giving night (25) . . Phil Cavcx- 
:sa,. who goes back.into Vogue Ter- 
race, on Dec. 20, has a new vocalist; 
Linda Zaiden, . replacing three 
Beasle Sisters, who have disband- 
ed . . Tommy Reed orcb into 
BiU Green's for a limited- engage- 
meni. . . Bandleader Jinuny. (Di- 
Painu) Palmer convalescing at his 
parent's home in nearby Canons- 
burg from a stomach ailment ^ . . 
Bamon Torres ordi.' has had option 
picked up «t the Laetus Club in 
New Kensington . . . Bemie An^ 
derson allrgirl orch tagged for in- 
definite period to play weekend 
dance sessions at Don Mets's Ca- 
sino . . : . Howdy Banm temporari^ 
,ly gave up band to siiigle at piano 



.at Club 636 .. . Team of Char> 
. lottc Moser on accordion and Fredl 

Castle on electric guitar joined 
, Molly Papile, solovox soloist, at 
I downtown Horseshoe Bar . . . 
; Walter Gable orch renewed again 
,.at Ankara until first of year . . . 
,Pa£e Cavanauth Trio came hi « 
I day ahead of their Vogue Terraq* 
; opening 'to play for big Variety 
: Club banquet. They'll be followed 

Monday (22) at Vogue by Jinuoy 
, Dorsey band . . . Charlie Tentnm 
! outfit cracked records at Savoy 
. ballroom and was immediately 
' booked for a one-night return In 
• two months. 



I HoUjrwood 

j Lawrence Welk band inked for 
' $2,000 net to play National Guard 
Show Dec. 4 at Minneapolis. Chore 
] includes dishing dansapatlon : as 
' well as playing CBS' show emceed 
] by Ray Heatherton . . . Pare Cav- 
! anaueb Trio inked for vaude week 
I at Hippodrome, Balto, Nov. 25, at 
,v$1.250 for stanza. Connie Haines 
toplines bill, at $1^500 . . . Eddy 
Howard opens threerweek stay at 
the Chase hotel, St.* Louis, Friday 
, <19>. 



Chicago 



' Benay Venuta in town \isiting 
! disk jockeys to plug new Mercury 
j: album . . . Charioteers and Nick 
: Esposito bob-set opens at Bag 
Doll. Friday (19) . . . "Salute to 
.Gershwin," musical drama pre- 
'. sented at Hotel Sherman's College 
j Inn, staged at Hines Hospital for 
-vets, Wednesday (10) . . . Charlie 
i Ventura and Billy' Eckstine doing 
' big at Blue Note . 



Music Notes 



Clark Dennis' Capitol biscuit of 
"Tenderly" and "I'm So Lonesome 
I Could Cry" gets national release 
Nov. 29 . . . Benay Venuta huddling 
with Merc«)-y Records execs in 
Chicago on a foUowup package .of 
Gay '90s songs to "Record Gazette" 
album ... Eddy Howard's Yule 
waxings lor Mercury consists of 
"White Christmas," "Dearest San- 
ta." "I'll Be Home for Christmas" 
ai\d "The Christmas Song" . . ; 
Johnnie Johnston in fortnite stand 
at Radisison hotel, Mpls., Nov. 25 
at $1,250 for stanza. Connie Haines 
toplines bill at $1,500 . . . Darrell 
Colker set to cleff background mu- 
sic for first of Red Ryder series, 
"Bide, Ryder. Ride" . . . Lutz Bros. 
Music has purchased Ben Pollack's 
Crossroads Music 40-tune catalog. 
Pollack has left Black and White 
Records and is setting up shop on 
his own with Jewell l^bel . . . Wal- 
ter Scharf set to write score lor 
Maxwell Shane's "The Amboy 
Dukes" at U-I. 

Bernie Pollack, Mills Music con- 
tactman, turned out a biog on his 
late songwriter brother, Lew Pol- 
lack. Latter, who died in 1946, 
wrote such tunes as "Charmaine," 
"Diane" and "Two Cigarets in the 
Dark" . • Phil Lang orchestrat- 
ing the score of "He and She." a 
new Vernon Duke - Ogden Nash 
musical, which Ken Englund may 
bring to Broadway in late Decem- 
ber . . Slim Gaillard's waxing of 
"Down by the Station" due for re- 
lease Dec. 3 on the M-G-M label. 
Disk is done in form of a "round," 
similar to "Row, Row, Row Your 
Boat" . Hal Singer, former 

tenor sax With Duke EUinBton/ 
leading a combo made up. of side- 
men previously with Arnett GobV 
. . . Stasny Music revived the 1926 
oldiCi "Am I Wasting -My Time on 
.You,'' originally published by 
■ Bibo,: Bloedon & Lang. 

Portia Nelson-Margaret Martinez 
tune, "The Gilded Lily," has bccrt 
purchased by Republic for "Mon- 
tana Belle." . Walter Scharf set 
to compose .score for "Gambling 
Lady," and Frank Skinner for ".Ma 
and Pa Kettle," both at U-I 
Andre Previn a.s&igned to sfore 
"Big Jack" at Metro . Bronislau 
Kaper, having wound up- scoring 
stint on "Act of Violence," is scor- 
ing "The Great Sinner" at Metro 
. . . Georgie .Stoll a.ssigned as jnu- 
sic director on Metro's "Good Old 
Summertime." . . . Frank DeVoI 
winding up scoring of "The Way 
the Twig is Bent" for Jack Smith's 
picture bow in Columbia's "Make 
Believe Ballroom.'' . . ."Recess in 
Heaven" being waxed by Ink. Spots 
for Decca and Deep River Boys for 
RCA-Victor. Columbia will release 
a Dan Grisson etching purchased 
from Jewell Records. "Dainty 
Brenda Lee" goes out by Jack 
Lathrope on the RCA-Vlctor label 
and by Eddy Howard on Mercury 
as one of the platters taken over 
from Majestic. Both tunes are pub- 
lished by Lutz Bros. Music firm 





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Philly Agents Merge On Campap 
To Combat Unethical Practices 



Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 
Continuing its iSght against un- 
ethical booking practices, the En- 
tertainment Managers Assn. of | 
Pennsylvania will launch a public ; 
relations program in January, givr j 
ing the public the inside on the 
mechanics of booking entertain- 
ment and orchestras. 

.pamphlet containing the in^ 
formation' will- be.: ready for gen- 
eral distribution by the first of 
the year. The Assn's. purpose is 
to wipe out the unethical book- 
ing practices now being used. The 
EMA and the Variety Bookers 
Assn., which rpcently announced 
. a merger, will, have a joint ihoard 
of directors in operation. 
:■; According to Joel Charles, sec- i 
retwy-treasurer of the EM.A, the., 
amalgamation agreement has al- 
ready been prepared and the aetu- 1 
al sigmng is merely a formality. | 
At the annual election held lasll 
week, the EMA named the follow- 1 
Ing officers; Jame$ V. Loughran, 
president; Eddie • Suez, veepee; 
Eddie Mack, second vice presi- 
dent, and Charles, sec-treas. 
. Elected to two year terms on 
the board of directors were Wil-^ 
liam Honney and Harry J. Hitter, i 
Named : to one . year terms were 
Eddie Mack, Eddie, Suez, Harry 
Dobbs and Fred Sieglee. 



Andy Russell Plans 

'Personality' Act. 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. | 
Andy Russell won't stick to ^ 
straight songs when he starts from , 
here next month on a nitery andi 
theatre route, opening at El 
Hancho, Las Vegas, Dec. 8. Singer 
has busied Jack Brooks, Universal- 
International writer, in construct- 
ing an act for himself and his wife, 
also a singer. 

It's understood the act will call 
for dance bits, gags, etc., as w«ll 
as vocals. 



FILM COMMITMENT NIXES 
A&C'S NITERY DATES 

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello 
called oft a pair of profitable nitery 
dates last week after Universal-In- 
ternational notified the. comics that 
they'll be needed for; their next 
film. 

A&C called off their January 
date at the Latin Quarter, N. Y;, 
and a February date at the Latin 
Quarter Miami Beach. . They w^re 
to have gotten $12,500 weekly. 



Bojangles' Tip 

Bill Hobinson. currently 
very ill, wired Bob Weitman, 
who had charge of "Night of 
"Stars" Monday (15), that he . 
would be imable to attend. It : 
was the first "Stars" shoW he 
ever missed. 

In mentioning this, Robin^f 
son telegraphed "Sorry that 1' 
can't be there; toroorrowJs 
Number is 341." (Robinson al- ; 
ways gagged about the win- 
ning number in Ijis ' act), - : ■'. .v , 

MARTIN-LEWIS TIFF 
WITH MIAMI COPA 

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, 
who last week settled a disputed 
I Chicago date at the Blackstone ho- 
'tel. Chi., by postponing the Nov. 
' 26 date to October of next year, 
I are heading for another tiff, 
i Bookers Beckman 8e Pransky say 
. they're preparing action declaring 
I a verbal agreement made in the 
j presence of witnesses for the team 
to play Copa City, Miami Beach, 
has been violated. Team was subse- 
quently booked for the competing 
Beachcomber. It's claimed that 
team's manager, Abner J. Greshler, 
and Murray Weinger, Copa op, 
agreed to a $6,500 piice while team- 
played the Copacabana,N.Y. 

Rosario & Antonio inked for the 
Roxy theaUe, N. Y., Nov. 23 on 
show with Mickey Rooney and; 
Borrah Minevitch. 



Ice Capades Tops $1,000,000 Gross 
On First Four Dates of Schedule 



Liquor-Law Change 
Ups Seattle for Talent 

Seattle, Nov. 16. 
Perhaps a forerunner of future 
bookings for bands and acts there, 
due to change in liquor laws, is 
Hal Pruden band's stand at the 
Olympic hotel, beginning today 
(16) for a four-week period. Tliis 
marks first time an outside band 
has come into Seattle for a stay 
for some years, but it is seen as 
only the first of such bookings, 
with dates expected to snowball 
beginning next Alarcli when, first, 
bars serving liquor by the drink 
will open. 

In addition to tlie Olympic, other 
local hotels and restaurants plan 
cocktail loun.gcs or bars, probably 
with live entertainment. 
■ In past years Seattle was a good 
town for bands and acts, and comr 
ing change in drink laws is exr 
pected to boost night life Into 
activity comparable to former 



- "Ice Capades" has chalked up a 
gross of $1,000,000 in its first four 
dates this, season. 

Business started off clicko at the 
Pittsburgh Gardens which pro- 
duced a $260,000 gross as against 
$253,000 last year. Increase was 
regarded remarkable inasmuch as 
the show absorbed the 10% local 
amusement tax. It plays a repeat 
date there next month, made pos- 
sible by the fact that the Cincin- 
nati Arena which was slated tor . 
that time will not, be ready and 
rather then reshuffle the schedule 
or lay off, slack will be taken by 
Pitt repeat. 

The Cleveland date following, 
gave "Ice Capades" one ot the 
highest takes in the history of the 
show with a gate of $445,000 in 18 
days. Philadelphia contributed 
$175,000 for 12 days and Bullalo 
chipped in with $123,000. 



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' Satii'a. dancer who got off with 
a one.-year sentence on a Cuban 
murder rap, has been booked into 
the Teatroi : LaS 'Americas/; 
York theatrev f6r:;her fits^^ 
4atei She .piays the:::spot; .the week • 
of Dec. 10 oh a $3,500 giiai'ante* 
plii.s 40% over S9,000 gross. 

. „ Dancer is now at the .Latin 

the south with the exception of the j Quarter, . Cincinnati, . and then 
Florida spots. Cafe has so far , opens at the Silhouette, . Chicago. 
lined up Mischa Auer, to start | 
Nov. 19; Peter Lorre, Nov. 26; | 
Sally Rand, Dec. 3, and the Three : 
Stooges, Dec. 31. Wally Wanger j 
will supply the line. I 
It's figured this spot, will have i 
little, difficulty getting names since i 
it will be used to break jumps for ; 
acts on their way to and from 
Florida. 



Saranac Lake 

By Happy Benway 
Saranac, N. Y., Nov. 16. i 

The passing of Mark Carson..', 
local nite-spot owner; . came a§, a 
sad blow to the colony. His kind 
deeds to showfolk healthrseekers 
here will be missed by many. . 

William (Deccal Lalis gambled 
for two years and mastered four 
serious operations. lie's been 
handed his medical okay that 
allows him to resume uork. He s 
left for his home in N. Y. 

Rube Bernstein: to N. Y; on an 
emergency business tiip. Bob Pas- 
quale in from Philadelphia for a 
week of hunting and a chat with 
Helen (Republic Pix) Grupp, 

Joe DeNlcolo, musician, checked 
out of the lodge, with a medical 
O. K. 

Jeffreys Chance and fi-au. for- 
mer owners of the Chance.', nitorv. 
a top entertainment spot of yester- 
year, back in the colony after a 
two-^week stay in Montreal. 

Sam Lelko. ot the Philadelphia 
RKO olfico, checked in lor obser- 
I vation. result of ,'i relapse. Ht-'s 
resting O. K. while going through 
the 0.0. period. 

■Andrew Grainger, former Shea, 
manager, all agog over beating the 
rap m 15 month.';. 

Lew Dean; comedian, verv lU at 
the Boston city hospital. 

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AGYA AFM BATHE IN MIDWEST 



Gypola Fmally Preemsat LaMartiiiiqiie 
After Stormy Session With Cafe's Op 



Gypsy Rose Lee and La Mar-f 
tinique bonif ace Monte Gardner 
contributed to one of the most 
fiery nitery openings in N, Y. cafe 
history last week. Miss Lee finally 
opened Sunday <14) after peace 
was effected by a battery of medi? 
ators including Dewey Barto, na- 
tional administrative secretary of 
the American Guild of Variety 
Artists; William Fitelson, Miss 

■ Lee's attorney; Frank Keesing, 

• fipot's attorneyj AGVA ';attorneys 
' Jonas T. Silverstone and Mortimer 

S. Rosenthalj and representatives 
of Music Corp. of America. Com- 
promise, reached Friday night, 
called for payment of two weeks 
salary to Miss Lee, who in- return, 
would waive three days salary. 

■ Miss Lee, several weeks ago, 
signed a pactjvith the cafe which 
called for an Oct.-. 20 opening at. 
$2,500 weekly. Spot was given 
the privilege of a fiverday leeway, 

• thus her pact started Oct. 25. In- 
asmuch as the club wasn't ready; 
at that time. Miss Lee claimed she 
was on salary after that date. She 
got one week's pay andi last 
Wednesday Dave Fox, AGVA rep, 
showed up at the club in the midst 
of rehearsals to get her another 
week's salary. Gardner refused, 
and according to Miss Lee, Fox 

■Continued on page 52) 

Prov. Fays' 32d Anni 

■ Providence, Nov. Ifl. 

Fays theatre here will mark its 
82d anniversary as a vauder week 
of Nov. 19, Edward M. Fay, oper- 
ator, will be honored . by various 
civic : and business organizations 
during the anniversary week. 

Abe and Joe Feinbcrg have 
booked the house for many years. 



Hildegarde Returns To 
Persian Rm. March 17 

Hildegarde returns to the Per- 
sian room of the Plaza hotel, N. Y., 
March 17. She'll be there until 
June 22 after which room may go 
into a summer policy of using 
smaller acts, or it may close' for 
the season. 

Chantoosey, so far, has been: 
booked for the Thunderbird, Las 
Vegas, starting Dec. 28. Other 
dates are being lined up until her 
Persian room opening. 




U. S., Britisb Nitery Acts 
Being Sought as Hypo To 
Aussie Clubs Situation 

: . -Sydney, Nov. 10. 

libp! night clubs like Prince'si 
Romano's and the Celebrity are 
ready to bid for sock U.S, and 
British talent to up biz, which has 
slipped since the war. 

Freddie Bartholomew flies in 
within the next few weeks on a five 
weeks' tour with option of more 
playing time if prior contracts per- 
mit. Also reported booked for 
Aussie nitery dating is Slapsie 
Maxie Rosenbloom. 

Overseas talent should also- find 
lush radio dates after winding up 
nitery playing because - Aussie is 
starved for neW: overseas talent. 
Understood that there may shortly 
be a lifting, of the maximum coin- 
age takeaway by talent: of 1,000 £, 
after contract completion. . 



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Kansas City, Nov. 16. 
Jurisdictional dispute between 
the American Federation of Musi- 
cians: and the American Guild of 
Variety Artists has flared into the 
open here with entertainment buy- 
ers and John Q. Public in the 
middle. 

. Moot point of. the dispute is 
when is a musician a musician and 
when is he a variety artist. Vin-. 
cent Lee, AGVA rep, contends that 
he is a variety artist when he 
steps off the bandstand or out of 
a "backing up" role to do a 
specialty. He is taking the stand 
tliat all such performers who sing,; 
whistle, dance, m.c, or toot come 
under: the jurisdiction of AGVA, 
and must work their engagements 
on AGVA contracts. 
■ The musicians union . is equally 
insistent on the point that ; a 
musician is a musician if his basic 
livelihood is music, and requires 
all such to work on AFM contracts 
and AFM contracts only. This is in 
line with a ruling set down by 
James G. Petrillo on the national 
level and will be strictly adhered 
to until the ruling is changed, ac- 
Continued on page 52) 



London Palladium Sets Danny Kaye, 
Eleanor Powefl for the Spring 



Illness Forces Belle Baker 
To Cancel Harem, N. Y. 

Belle Baker, originally slated to 
holdover in the Harems N. Y., 
show, has been forced out : because 
of aggravation of an old leg injury. 
Mary Small-was booked in to sub- 
stitute starting with new show 
opening tonight (Wed.). 

Myron Cohen U tiie new top- 
liner. ' " 



Sfcitch Henderson Orch into the 
Capitol, N. Y., Dec. 23. 



HELD OVER 

SOUTH AMERICA'S DANCING SENSATION 




GIRO RIMAC 

AND HIS 

LATIN-AMERICAN BAND AND SHOW 



with 



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Sophie Tucker s 
BoifSlGlstWke 
At Latin Quarter 

. Sophie Tucker's first week at the 
Latin Quarter, N/ y.,> grossed $51^ 
000-T-$5,000 more than her open- 
ing. stanza of last year, and equalled 
that of the first week's business 
when Milton Berle headlined. All 
figures are exclusive of the ■ 20% 
amusement tax. 

Soph's business at the Latin 
Quarter is in direct contrast with 
the slow coin pulled by her after 
the opening night at the Ghez 
Paree, Chicago. Difference is par- 
tially accounted for by the tact 
that bonif ace Lou Walters forbade 
Miss Tucker from selling her book, 
"Some Of These Days" for the 
benefit of charity. It's reported that 
many patrons in the Chi Spot were 
resentful of Sopli's clip immedi- 
ately after the show when she 
would plant herself at the door and 
buttonhole customers for the price 
of the book and/or donations for 
favored charities. ■.. 

Miss Tucker sold her books last 
year at the Latin Quarter appar- 
ently: without harmful results. But 
this year, based on the reports of 
her Chi engagement, Walters 
asked her not to repeat as a sales- 
:girl.; . ■ ■■ ,: 



Fox Is Urged to Stay 
As AGVA Director By 
Nat'I Board Members 

National board members of. the 
American Guild of Variety Artists 
are attempting to persuade AGVA 
eastern regional director Dave Fox 
to stay with the organization. Fox, 
two weekS ' ago, told the. union he. 
was resigning effective Dec. 4. Fox 
wanted a contract with the union, 
but board members declare that 
there's no provision for pacts, with 
paid employees. . 

Fox, who has been with the union 
since 1940, will take a short vaca- 
tion starting Monday <22) and wUl 
clean up his desk at Its conclusion. 

Several members of the board 
have already had talks 'with Fox, 
but no decision has been reached. 
His resignation, so far, has not 
been accepted by the national 
board, most of whom are still hope- 
ful that a deal can be made with 
him. 



Billy De Wolfe set for Chicago 
theatre, Chicago, Dec. 24 for two 
weeks. ,v- 



The Palladium, London, will 
continue to buy top U. S. names 
next season, though it now has the 
London variety field to itself. 
House has signed Danny kaye for 
an April date and Eleanor Powell 
for March. Harry Foster, head of 
Foster's Agency, London, last week 
returned to New York from a . 
Coast trip, where he negotiated for ' 
a series of filmsters to play the 
Palladium. 

The Palladium's chiei competi-, 
tioni the Casino, London,, dropped ' . 
its variety policy last October and 
will house legit musicals when the : 
holiday pantomime season is over, 

According to Foster, as there 
aren't suiflcient British headlineri . 
to feed the house during the en- ' • 
tire yearj talent lists must be sup*. ; 
plemented by headliners .from 
America. The Palladium has had 
a prosperous season which was due 
mainly to U.S. imports. Stars such 
as Kaye; Andrews Sisters,' Dinah >. 
Shore, Betty Button and others . 
contributed to sellout houses. 

Efforts will most likely be made 
to get some of the top beadliners 
to play more time in the provinces. 
Most U.S. stars played the London 
house only. 

Lenny in Own Setup 

Jack Lenny, formerly with Harry , 
Romm agency, has opened his own 
Office. Lenny is handling th<^ list 
of acts he took over with him when ' - 
he joined Romm some months ago^ \ 

Romm has become head of the 
theatre department at Music Corp. 
of America. 



Ted Lewis Slated 

For Miami Copa City 

Ted Lewis has been; signed for 
the Copa City, Miami Beach, for 
three weeks starting Feb. 21. 
. Nitery Stand Will be preceded by 
a theatre tour starting at the Al^ 
bee, Cincinnati, Dec. 23; RKO, 
Dayton, Jan. 6, and the Oriental, 
Chicago, Jan. 13, for three weeks. 



Joe Laurie, Jr. 

Sentimentally dwells en vaHdevil- 
lions' escapades In the good old 
days when. they all travelled. in- 

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on editorial feature In . 

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Wedneidayt Novembef 17, 1948 



George Hamid Ghres Up Million Dollar 
Pier; Gtes Need of 



Atlantic City, Nov. 16. f 
George A. Hamid and his son, ; 
George, Jr., have, through a volun- 
tary agreement, terminated the 
lease between the Hamid Million 
Dollar Pier Corp., controlled by 
them, and the owners of the Mil- 
lion Dollar pier, Clarence P, and 
Filbert P, Crossan, brothers. 

As originally signed when Hamid 
came here to try his hand as a pier 
operator^ the lease was reported to 
be for 14 .years at $1,000,000. 
Hamid operated the pier as an 
amusement center since that time 
but last year endeavored to bolster 
things by bringing in an "Interna- 
tional Exposition." For the past 
eight years he has operated Steel 
Pier here. Amusements on the 
Million Dollar pier have been 
steadily curtailed as profits have 
dropped. 

Hamid' Explains 

Failure of Associated Realties 
(Crossan Bros.) to go along with 
him on a 50-50 basis to modernize 
the Million Dollar Pier resulted in 
his withdrawal from the spot, 
Hamid declared in New York 
Thursday (111. He had rented the 
premises for 12 years and the bal- 
ance of the 15-year lease was set- 
tled by "mutual agreement." 

. A ■ steady ' deterioration of the 
Million Dollar;. H a m i d saidj 
brought about a need for imme« 
diate repairs. It was pointless to 



AGVA-AFM 

Continued from page SI i 



cording to Frank Lott, president of 
Local 24 here. 

The dispute came to head last 
week in a case involving Vera 
Claire McNary, marimbist and per- 
cussionist With the Kansas City 
Philharmonic Orchestra, who some- 
times plays private club dates. 



try to operate the property under 
the circumstances, the showman 
averred, and added that he had 

oiTered to spend $50,000 on a face- . . 

lift If Associated would match it, I Since June of 1947 Miss McNary 
but they declined, ! had carried an AGVA card and had 

Meanwhile, Hamid stated that in I worked a number of dates on 
the future he ll concentrate his el- , AGVA contracts. Since the PetriUo 
forts upon the Steel Pier. With the edict in August, however, she has 
Music Hall and Casino theatres as declined to work on AGVA con- 



well as a ballroom and other facil- 
ities on that pier, he revealed that 
two new boilers are being installed 
to heat the premises in a bid to 
capture business during the cold 
months'r-something that was never 
done before. Whole place is being 
refurbished from "stem to stern." 



tracts; and has . stuck to this 'APM 
riilihg. When she came Up loi: a 
date Oct. 29, Lee insisted on an 
AGVA conti-act thmtgh the ho()k- 
er, Who instead found a Substitute 
for Miss McNaiT- ■ 

In a conference between. Lee and 
Lott, the AGVA rep took the posi- 
tion that any such performers must 
work oh an AGVA contract. The 
musiclart's union has taken the 
viewpoint that it is hot up to Lee 
to determine on what contracts 
AFM members shall work. In re- 
Hollywood Nov. 16. Iprisal to Lee's move of requiring 
Billie Holiday is due to ink a | AGVA contracts whether or no, 
pair of contracts for Coast appear- Local 24 has issued an edict pro- 
hibiting any of its members from 
playing for AGVA a,cts 



6ILUE HOLIDAY WILL DO 
2 CONCERTS, CAFE DATE 




JANE 

JOHNSON 



ances. 

She will chirp at a brace of Gene 
Norman' - promoted concerts at 
Shrine Auditorium here Dec. 14 
and in Long Beach a night earlier 
at flat guarantee of $2,000 plus 50% 
of each gate. 
Other deal is for four weeks at 



Up to the weekend that's how it 
stood. , Members of both unions 
reported for jobs as usual, but re- 
fused to appear on performances 
together.; AFM members of bands 
and orchestras are going through 



Two FemmeVande Teams 
Aiding On Soldier Shows 

Bad Nauheim, Nov. 9. 
• Two civilian actress production 
teams are in Augsburg and Salz- 
burg instructing Special Services 
club personnel and entertainment 
officers in the production of soldier 
shows, Special Services announced. 

Courtenay Wright, comedienne 
and singer, and Beveriy Gaillard, 
pianist, are in Augsburg working 
on a varieti? revue which pre- 
miered Nov. 6. 

Second team of Jeanne Edwards, 
singer and dancer^ and Ruth Beard, 
pianist, staged the "SalzburR Fol- 
lies" wiiich opened for an eight- 
day run Nov. 9. 



FRENCH TROUPE IN MEX 
FOR CANTINFLAS REVUE 

Mexico City, Nov. 9. 

Troupe of 38, mostly Paris 
showgirls, planed in (5) for "Bon- 
jour Mexico," French vaude revue 
"Which is -to open, probably at the 
Teatro Iris,< around Nov. 30. 

Cantinflas (Mario Moreno); who 
imported the talent; will head ithe 
show, which he's also staging. 



Billy Berg's, starting Dec. 15 at : their regular chores as long as it is 
weeklv guarantee of $3,250 against ' 
various percentage slices, Including 
cut of door admlshes and cut of 
gross biz. 



Foremost 
Marimbist 

GEORGE 



GUEST 



a matter of furnishing music for 
dancing or similw purposes. When 
It comes to furnishing music for 
performers, the musicians lay down 
their instruments and walk off the 
stand. AGVA acts go through their 
paces sans accompaniment, and 
when they are through the AFM 
band comes back on the job. 
Nips Club BookiiiA's 
Situation is stifling bookings at 
private affairs as well aS at clubs. 
The Kansas City Fireman's Ball 
last week, for example, had a six 
act variety bill cut to three acts 
when it was learned that three of 
the acts were musical and could 
not entertain without accompani- 
ment. Earl Coleman's Orch, which 
played for* the dancing, left the 
stage during the vaude acts, then 
returned to finish out playing for 
dancing the balance of the evening. 

Most of the downtown hotels and 
nite spots were not affected, as 
most have only bands and few have 
AGVA acts. With club operators 
in rural Jackson County, who de- 
pend on acts to attract trade, it is 
a different matter. Several have 
complained to both unions that 




Manny Opper 

that new comedian 

78th Week 

Hollywood Show Loungt 

Chlciiflo 
Pert. MdI.: IHV LEVIN 



%\gU of Stars' Benefit 
Nets HOG for UJA 

Annual "Night of Stars" benefit 
at Madison Square Garden, N. Y., 
Mondav (15i for the United Jewish 
Appeal, netted $110,000 for the or- 
ganization. Figure Includes reve- 
nue from the souvenir program. 
Proceeds for the evening, exclu- 
sive of Federal tax, was $125,000. 

Bob Weitman, managing direc- 
tor of the Paramount theatre, 
N. Y., was -chairman of committee 
in charge of the event: 

Those who- appeared- included 
Eddie Albert. More> Amsterdam. 
Dave Barry, Milton Berle, Joe E. 
Brown, Betty Bruce, Abe Burrows, 
Red Buttons, Jean Carroll, Clark 
Bros , Myron Cohen, Ann Dvorak, 
Jinx Falkenburg, Geraldine Fitzr 
gerald. Four Step Bros., Jane.Fio- 
man, Connie Haines, Harry Hersh- 
fteld, Willie Howard, Danny Kaye, 
Frankie Laine, Jack Larue, Bert 
Lytell, Mary McCarty, Tex Mc- 

Crary, Jose Mellis, Robert Merrill, , ^, , , . ., , 

Merrv Macs, Lucy Monroe, Vaughn ' ) ork, was reached by telephone. 
Monroe orch, Paul Muni, Jane ' He said, "1 heir action is very ar- 
Pickens. ZaSu Pitts, Jane Powell. , b'trary and ver.y hurtful to the 
Verna Ravmond, Rockettes, Mickey [:hib operator, \vho is an innocent 

iRoonev, Roxyettes, Jean" Sablon, ' h.vs.tander in all tins. We have 
Herb Shriner, Walter Slezak. Sara shown every desire to sil down and 

. Stei n, Ed Sullivan, George Tobias, t-alk it over." 

Jevrv Wald orch, Cantor Leibelc 

] VValdiTian. Paul Winchcll, George 
Wright and Hcnny Youngman. : . 



Gelman to Mexico 

Paris, Nov. 16. 

Jacques Gelniait, Mexico City 
producer, wound- up .his business 
in Paris and flew back to New 
York, Nov. 13. Business consisted 
of lining up a cast of 49 people.for 
musical comedy ■which wll be pro- 
duced in Mexico City, Nov; 20. The 
cast was flown down to Mexico, 
from Paris with $850,000 worth of 
costumes made here. 

Plans are to present the revue 
in Mexico City for. three months 
then take it up to Broa'dway. The 
show was wiutten by Roberto Vin- 
centi. i Besides Gelman, Mario 
Marano and S. Riachl are also pro- 
ducing. Initial investment of the 
show will come . to $150^000. , AU 
the Paris business was supervised 
by Raoul Levy. 



Bond Dispute 
doses Slapsie s 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 
Spike Jones troupe stalked out 
of Slapsy Maxie's between first 
and second shows Saturday night 
(13) after money row and muslin 
ckins Local 47 and American Guild 
of Variety Artists slapped spot on 
"unfair" list. Spot had been cai> 
rying $2,500 cash bond with AGVA. 
Jones creW was booked in at $10,<> 
500 weekly so AGVA demanded 
operators; Charley and Cy Devore 
ante up the difference: A check 
for $8,000 was tendered union 
which claimed It: was returhed by 
bank stamped "insufflcient funds." 
The check was made out Nov. 3 
before Jones opened Monday (8) 
but no effort made to cash it until 
Friday. 

Series of parleys followed on 
which Jones, his manager Ralph': 
Wondei*s. MCA booker Eame$ 
Bishop, AGVA rep Irving Mazzel 
sat In with the Devores. When 
cash was not forthcoming after 
first show Saturday, John Tegroeni 
veepee of AFM Local 47 wasi 
paged. He ordered Jones out. Tony 
Martinez' relief crew, playing 
Slapsy's at scale, was on stage at 
time. Tegroen summoned him to 
phone, immediately that combo 
also departed, 

With the spot sUU closed, AGVA 
has blacklisted Maxie's for $42,000, 
amount Jones unit would have 
received for full four week engage- 
ment contracted for. 



Gypola 

Continued from page SI sB 

told her she had been -fired. She 
packed up her costumes: and left 
the club. 

Miss Lee got a thorough going 
over by Morey Amsterdam, who 
substituted at the opening show; 
and Milton Berle, who went on at 
the midnight show Thursday. 
Gardner threatened to sue for 
$150,000, declaring that Miss Lee 
was unsure: of herself for N. Y. 




HELENE and HOWARD 

Club Dates and Television 
in New York 

Dir.: MATTY ROSEN 



audiences and had muffed her lines 
they: are in the middle, and have i during rehearsals. 



appealed for a settlementi 

Dave- Fox, assistant to the admin- 
istrative director of AGVA in New 



De IVlarlos pacled for the Copa- 
cabana, N, Y.. Dec. 2. 




Omaha, Des Moines Hit 

Warfare between the American 
Guild of Variety Artists and the 
American Fedei'ation of Musicians 
Iia<< spread to four midwest cities. 
AFjM has pulled musicians out of ] 
catos in Omaha, Kansas City, | 
Wichita, and Des Moines. 

It's not known yet whether the 
niicl West: fracas wnll spread: tb. na- 
tionwide proportions, or whether 
the AFM : is using Hiis area as a 
testing ground tor control of all 
musical ac.ts, AGVA at one time 
I had an V -agreement with AFM 
I whereby band. vocalists who do not 
I play an, instrument and musical 
acts that worked In floorshows 
would belong to AGVA, Some 
month.) ago, James C. Petrilloi 
AFM head, notified various AFM 
locals that members of musicians 
union may not join any other 
union. Ukase was a result of the 
recent Ina Ray Hut ton engagement 
at the Latin Quarter, N. Y,, when 
I AGVA demanded she join because 
1 most of her work consisted of sing- 
1 ing as part of the floorshow, 
1 Hurry Wilchor, attorney for- the 
i Kansas City Tavern Owners Assn., 
I has declared that acts in his area 
will work without music wherever 
necifssary, and spots which need 
orchestras for dancing will substi- 
tute juke boxes. Situation prevails j 
in other towns as well. The Pied 
Pipers, current at the Venetian 
Room, Des Moines, are working: 
sans musical backing. 



The spot wasn't ready either in- 
asmuch as there was mike trouble, 
the lights blew and the evening 
was enlivened by a pair of femmes 
at the - bar who threw glassware at 
each other. 

Gardner, however, reconsidered 
and sent word that he was ready 
to discuss the entire matter. The 
ensuing conferences brought peace. 
Meanwhile Miss Lee signed a new 
pact. Gardner's name was taken 
off the contract, and the corporate i 
name of Chanson, Inc., was substir | 
tuted. It was agreed that the cosr i 
tumes belonged to Miss Lee and I 
the- inusic used in her act was her i 
personal property. i 



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WedneMlay, November 17, 1948 



House Reviews 



raittiol, Wnsli. 

Washington, Nov. 16, 
Mage & Karr, VtoJo Layne, Pat 
Hennwg, Dolinoff & Roya Sxstert,, 
",Road Hoxtse" i20t(i). 

Capitol layout is best in weeks 
solid tliioughout with pace and m- 
teiest sustained Departing tiom 
ktandai'd toimal, show has Invo teip 
acts, and two acts with difleient 
versions ot imitations. Each oller- 
ing is so slitk with a stjle ol its 
own, that entue ettect is letiesh- 
Ing and cheer arousing. 

Pat Ilcnning, headlining, walks 
oft with t,how - slopping honois 
Comic hold.s the payees in his pahn 
fiom his entianee thioughoiit his 
bows- which he makes part ot .the 
act His hcnse of timing and show- 
manship IS peitect Comedy is 
definitely geared tor the lamily 
trade and manages to be cdhsist- 
entlv lib tickling without the all 
too liequent device ot talking down 
to 01 embaiiasbing the guy, who 
pa\s> to be amused Following Viola 
Layne, who does, smgmg takeoffs, 
Itenning s /any ' sound" impics- 
sions arc all the more eftective 
without detiatting fiom the fine 
job done b\ Miss Lajne Hates 
kudos — .md gels plenty — loi a sock 
tomic act which leaches a fitting 
clima\ in his side splitting, and 
timdj election paiade routine 

Miss L.i\ne batkgiounds hci imi- 
talions AmIIi a psycho - analj sis 
ditly lo (lie tune ot "Sometimes 
I'm Ilapp> '. Ihiough which s.he 
■weaves he i convincing impics- 
sions ot sudi show bi/ celebs as 
Cainien iMuanda, Uabj "snooks 
Bonnie H.ikei, Ethel Alt i man 
Giacie l-'ields et al On the whole, 
gal gets her illusions sans pi ops 
though she does don hcadgeai toi 
Carmen Miranda and does a. shilt 
ot cosluiiic 101 her Hildegaide 
satiic Pla\s It foi laughs at the 
same fiiiio maintaining impicssion 
slies atlei l"he moppet Shiiley 
Temple the Hose "Chi Chi' Mui- 
plij and the llildcgaidc loutines 
garner best returns, though she; 
gels a vunnini? acijompaniment of 
appiccjation throughout the act 

Dolinoir and the tlirce Raya Sis- 
Icis make thtii terp illusion lou- 
tinc seem Uesh and appealm^ 
Slai?mg and costuming make a pro- 
duction iiumhei ot this novolt\ 
wludi gets illusion ot magic bv 
having Dolmod blacked out 
agamst a \elvel back drop as he 
whnls and Iwiils the sisters Ap- 



' preciation is high, and well de- 
served. 

Mage & Kair tee of the show 
I with a lefieshmg piecision terp 
lound that latcs attention Couple's 
team woik and timing aie tops and 
I t h e 1 r presentation novel is en- 
thusiastic Plenty mitt action, 
especially foi the windup, a chal- 
lenge dance Loive. 



5S 



Apollo., X. Y. 

Biicldi; Ric/i Ouh (16) wttli 
Betlv Bbqh Bmy Brot (2), 
Bioolmi Sc Fail, Raquel, JelUiroU 
& Ztizu Tops & Wtlda; "Crimson 
Key" mth) 



Topped by Buddv Rich's band 
and the Bcuy Bios the Apollo's 
cuiient lajout has sulheient entei- 
lainmenl v.nlucs lo satisty the cus- 
tomers. Rich, himself, contribs gen- 
eiously with a smash solo stmt on 
the diums and even uncoiks a few 
teip steps to the suipiise of the 
payees 

Off to a standaid start with 
"Four Biotheis" band paves the 
way fo) Us vocalist Betty Bhs^h 
who chirps a tair " How High the 
Moon' and improves with 'My 
Blue Heaven. ' Gal garners nice 
ipsponse Oich also clicks with a 
unique arrangement of ' Carioca." 

Tops &. WUda bov and gal jittei- 
bug team ate an agile pan How 
ever, thev ve reprised their Lindy 
hopping here so frequently that 
their turn is no longei a novelty 
.Tellyioll & Zu/u seive up some 
corny comedv patter and songs tor 
a nice reception, theu- materiiil. 
while -rather banal, gets good re- 
sults here. 

In a dideient vein aie the com 
edy routines of, Brookins & Van. 
Boys open with some ta.st repartee 
which segues into double talk for 
hottv laughs. One partner credit' 
ably massages the ivories on a blues 
number then, accomps his mate in 
a bit of stepping Both scoied 
hea\)ly 

Best skinbeating seen at the 
Apollo in a long lime is tattled oil 
by Rich in a .sock sesh on three 
kettlcduiuis Rcallv goes lo town 
on ' Sad Mouining of the Dunns, a 
Sv Oliver arrangement. 

Ill closing niche the Benv Bios 
scoie soluih Ma then niHv lool- 
woik Well gloomed pei usual in 
tails thev'i-e a polished turn that 
has lew equals OH lo a boll lecep 
tion Baqucl Jemme jugglei is le 
■ viewed under New Acts. Gitb. . 



Able to cover the entire country. J 
Web has owned-and-operated sta- ' 
tions m all five cities. 

Johnston will also contact sta- 
tion operatois with samples of the 
films the weh now has ready for 
lelease, most of which weie espe- 
cially pioduced lor TV by .lerry 
Fan banks Johnston hopes to as- 
eeitain what the station ops want 
Ui the way ot film and will then I 
to to induce Fairbanks oi other I 
Hollywood pl-oducois to turn them [ 
out He's caiiMng samples of 
eight diffeient film seues, includ- ' 
ing one representing a group ol ' 
33 Hopalong Cassidy westerns i 
which NBC lecently acquued 

NBC has alieadj. established its 
price scale foi the telefilms based 
on the population in each TV i 
market area: Johnston, however, i 
will also talk pi ices to the bioad- 
casteis and will take back to the 
homeoffice an\ suggestions thej 
might have He's due back in 
N Y, Dec 7 



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CBS Buy of DOS Oldies 
{ An Indie Distrib Deal 

I DaviJ O, SelKni^>k shaiply domed 

this week that he had sold a gioup 
I of lour old; features to CBS teleri 
1 vision, declaring that ' it hasn't ^ 
1 been our policy to make, sates ot i 
j that nature." Four Selznick pic- ' 

tuies that CBS lecently acquued 
I lor video transmissions, according • 
I to DOS spokesmen , had 1 ong ago '< 

passed out ot control ot tiie. Sela- 
I nick oi'ganization. - ■ ■ j 

1 Subsequent check with CBS le- 
I vealed the pictures are being di.s- 1 

tiibuted b\ Telecast Vilms Inc an 
I indie telehlm distribution ■ outfit i 
] which acquired them troni .lohn H. ' 

( 'Jock' I Wlntnej Latlei obtained , 
I the negatives part ot his share [ 
'ol the old Sel/nick International oi 
I gani/afion when that outfit was dis 

sohcd stveial jeais ago Foui pix 
I are "Made lor Each Other.'' which i 

CBS TV tian'=mitled Sunday (141 
Nothing Sacied ' Liille Loul 
i Fauntlerov and Dancing Pirate. ' . 
i According to the Selznick spokes- , 
; men. none ot the DO.S enterprises j 

has sold pix to video "either in the ' 

■past or present lor a single per- : 

ioimancc Thev added, hov\evei, 

that Sel/nick can't guarantee he 
I wont deal with TV bioadeasteis 

in the future "in view ot the lela 
tionship between the fi*i and tele 

VLSion industries." ■ 



New Acts 



Juaslmg 
5 Mills 
Apollo. N Y. 

Billed only as Raquel fins ofav 
gal has a neat rto\eltv tu)n m hei 
de\teious pedal luggling ol an 
flong.ilcd cvlindei Uses a sew 
approach in peeling oft a-.jacKet 
on hei iiitio to display an okay 
ph\siciue clad in black lights 

Reclining on her back atop , a 
plaltorm. Kaquel rotates a l>;iirel 
in \aiitd vpins with In i loel dt s 
dittieull piecision uoiU which 
garners lieavv returns at thi.s Uai- 
lem \aitdeiv While her act basical- 
Iv is hne pantomime, it would he 
impiovcd if hhe added some pallci 

Glib 



haimonua without much showman- 
ship But til it \oid IS to be e\- 
picted ot ((>uis( consideiing he's 
a compaiatne no\uc His playing 
ol the mouth 01 can is oka\ as he 
foos lhiou„'h such now stand nd 
numbcis as Alalaguena and 
Sabie Dance ' , , . 

Foi the modcsllv budgeted the- 
aties and cafe ht II get b^ 

Kahn 



Disk Ban 



C\m. CONM \Y 
Sonj.«>-M C. 
6 Alins. 

Leon & Eddie's. N. Y. 

Ob\iousl\ lacking e\pciience 
Call Conwav is one ol those i iw 
vouiig.stei's who soinctiini's- comes 
along to score in sturdier comivany. 
RUhl now ill he snows is a p'c.ns- 
antscnoiigh h;iritone on pops, wvtlir 
out much selling power. ■ -^s an 
Uitroduccr ol acts he al.so needs 
e\p(HMi(e time He's a n (c- 
lonking vouth. ■ 

The tamilv-dme thealres and 
the low-hudopted niteiie< should 
be his stamping giounds foi some 
time \et Knlni 



GR\H\U SISIi:ilS (2) 
■Sonsrs, Danoins, Instnimental 
8'. Mms. ■ 

Leon &. l-driie s, \. \ 

The Giaham Sistos cdtamlv 
show tnougli Misatihtv opening 
with sonf,s then going into mo- 
lining and fin.ills lontubuting 
some toe woik Tlicv go ovei hci e 
though olMlouslv this IS not the 
kind of snot whoic one can be too 
( iptUHis about IlKj, talent None of 
Ihem r\aCtl\ has the saws ot an 
Fddic DaMS who owns tins loint 
: 'For f;(ni.i(vrtime/lheatres .and. the 
lesser cnt't's:'\ . , Kahin. : 



s\iw\ WD ni R Dovrs 

Danunc, No\r!tv 
10 Mms 

on A.. Ttldu 's V Y 

Narda imd her doves us. a. novcltv 
;ad ■ m 'W-liicli "the dark-liaircd., 
, exotic NtTHUi 'does ah iivterprctaliv'^ 
dance, ,w:ilh '.scvo.r.>) d'H'c.s iM't'Olicd 
on hci .in ilojn\ SI ( s assisted h\ 
the hoMS( line all in Neai Faslcin 
attire,' phis ■ Mn jii. who poiind.s a 
drani ijnfl' '^glencMlly: ' assists..;. as 
ki( pel ol the do\( s 

Act n( eds bellei pace But "ood 
enough loi less* i \aud< a'ul nitti 
■'■" '•■"■■'^ "Kn in) ;■„■■■ 



..Daneine." 
6 Mills 

Kcoii & ItUUi 's V 1 

\Utn and Nohlis aie a ho\ giil 
hnofinB p.iii "lio do standaid taps 
'.Tbev.'re , plcji-sani-rnoking:; ■ .she: , a 
blonde who should kain to pi o ltd 
hl'i p(i-oiialitv 11101 ( \lso she 
iihniiUr:co';tiii''e' lierself bettcrv; . . 

Right now- th'oy:rc sl,iMct,l.y for the 
mortcriildv :i)i'lc«'d niterifes wHero 
the\ (an ivo'iiiPfnl And wheie 
(an (hev ( \o<>i imeiit hdld dim at 
Leon & nddu s' Kal i 



thev are attempting to achieve in 
.Washington is incorrect. '1 hey are 
not seeking an opinion Thi\ want 
lo know what would be the ClaiJc 
ollices attitude tow aid the plan 
in I elation to the Tatt-IIaitlov 
law, they dont ask a cleai-ciit 
legal decision as to its compliance 
01 c^aslon ol the T-H tei ms 

'ihcie WIS dl-,0 some discuss on 
among'tradesmen to the ellect lliat 
now that President rruman will 
stay m ot fice. and he has promised 
; to help repeal the 'I'll Act. would 
Peliillo tail to <;o IhiouKh wilh 
seeking Claik s altitude Woulifc he 
picler to wait until the T-H Ad 
IS erased? In answer to that, it s 
pointed out Petiillo is lust as 
an\i<nis — and he gave his woid 
01 couise It and when ClaiKs 
office docs deliver some word af 
iQ it.s ; thottghts on . Hie' ban. iilue-; 
i.pri n t.' it vvi j 1 slil I ha v'c ;:1q- go; to I he 
Nilioiil Li'boi Relations BOaid 
iiiul a second group ot governmcn- 
; tal men lor opinions. 'I'his makes 
soirc li (IcsnKn bclicse it will be 
*imi(h lorigei th.in the 10 days lO 
■ two weeks anticipated by :othcj'.« 
betou the log chais 



NEW YORK CITY 
'- Capitol .<L) li 
.lane Powell. 
S. & barry . . 
.loey . Adiinis 
\luk ei.int 
i uny 'C>uu/.uneri 
SliFp liHd Oic 
Music Hall (I) 
I'ltul Uuulcun. • . 
I) i;Lh«ij<l;e 
-Tune ;■ Winters.' ■. '' .'' 
tori liippy . 
iNOiU'llaianis ,' 
Werner I.y\ven. 
Rich all I Kudos 
Paramount (P) I* 
Icnv W.iil Bd 
l"i*anicie Lame . 
(;onnte Haines ; 
I) \o Hal IV 
CUilv Bios 

Roxy .1) 17 
Peter laml ■flBJ'BS 
Mary. Healy; . 
CiauUsmitli Bros 
Unk Cole 
Arnold Slioda 
Joiin Hyldolt 

Slruncl (W) I? 
riatikte Cille Oic 
■rim Herbert 
Ciscije- Sc I' r.tn; o'S 
S'/(inyi 

. BALTIMORE 
Hippodromo . ID 16 

Sammy . Kaye. Ore 
Pansy' the..' Ho,r.7e 

Sf.ife (11 la.JO 
V &..1 Miller . . ." 
Ken Bl.nk 
Hank McOuue-, 
J\e.v:: & Karol ' 

21-24 
\ & (. Ilndotk 
'Kay;.MarBb,all. , V 
.Tack Marliu 
'the Bo.dos . 
CAMDEN 
Towers (I) 1» 2J 
Tile Vr'lcntines .' 
■Kddie .'I'lerne.v. 
niaclc Dundee 
llohby llolhns . 
4 Av.'ilon.s . 
THICAGO 
, CHieaqc (P) '17 
Rb.=!e' AT.^rie 
I3(.rt AVheeler.. Co .. 
Pitclinien ' , 
Hen.Tid, &' Hudy , 

Oriental tl) It 
.T?(>rl; Fjriiieaster. . 
M.-k Cravat . 
.'ulio 'Witson . . 
Boh Hall 

R<*1 'Oi'anm.jin Co. 

Cal-I Pincts Ore ■ 
CI KVEI: AND 
P.'.l'ce (Rl 18 ■ 

TlicI- ''Tl.i vnve'? , 
1';. plvn h ni'.'lifc' 
ri iiifji * Idle 

r'-fl IVIai^on .' ' ' . 

niiv "> 1 'ov 
■ rotuMBus 

P.ll-'re fR» 22 24 
'Mn • < olt T 

QUi....* Kv-'MIS' 

TTfV('.bei>l* ^I'. Penbc 
Prnt*>*. Krhv'rds 
V:!i.'i«vWlf P,rtys, ■ 
HARTFORD 
Slate (I) 19 21 
'..Stan Kenlon Ore 
Cary ' : ATo'rttni * - .' 

HOl.YOKE 
Valley Arena (1) 21 

'; only 
.Tnhnnv l.ojijr Ore 
I.eorire. '.NK'till.s Co. 
I- avne I' ester , 
Ite.v W'obcr 
.More & . Vaeonelli 
(two til I 111 

KINGSTON : 
B'Way (WR) l»-20 
'.htunita A.V Skaimg 

('h.inip.<.' ' ,' . ' 
.iiouys, ' .;. 
!;iiddv fchseir 
Pobhte Carr Co. ,. 
r.ielino &. Mollis 

LONG BRANCH 
ParaOisuht (WRI It 
' .only 



Ju»nita & Skatini! 

■Ciiamps- .; 
Hollys 

nuddy..Kb.sen.. 
nobbie' .Cans Co : 
iMclino '& llollls 
MIAMI 
Olympra (P) 17 
I A Ai iS.u'le 
Vvoniie. Moray ' 
A Jenkins Co ." 
Buddy Lewis < 
Mathis 2 
" OMAHA 
Orpheum (P) 17. ' 
: Art iVloouey. bd .. . 
t tiuy. Kibbee . . 
I Ban & L tea 
SelLsationalisls 
PATERSON 
Maiestic (11 It 11. 
P.iiLUn(>s> IJot^ 
\j L: licrnuril . 
Ijlci 'Ihoin & 
. UobevLs . 
PiuWy W.dKci- 
rhc ^ansleys ' ; 
22 24 

Ma5 Bowes Winners 
PERTH AMBOY 
Mafestic (WR) .17' 
.only ' 
.Juanila &s Skalinit. 

champs 
llullvs 

lluddy. fcbsen, . ' 
Bobbie tiaiT Co 
Melino & llollis 
PHILADELPHIA . 
Carman (I) II 
Connie Stevens . 
Ualt Sis ' 
.Dataiv' Dravson. 
'I'ollv. .lenkins; (^o ' , 
PLAINFIELD' 



5 . Sindii Hros ' 
Lew I'arkcr 
SHEPHERDS BUSH 
Empil* (S) IS 

Monte Iley 

Suzette 'rarl'l' 
Bllh Hussell 
Godtri'y U Kcrb.v 
Veronica Murtell .' 
Das.ste Bros . 
Les .Valettos . 
Arthifi* , Oowler 
VICTORIA . 
Palace (M) IS 
Nci'vo &: Knox: ■ . 
1 iKi 1 I 111 ijjan 
NmOlhton , A, Gold ' 
lladio llevellers . '. 
V/OLVERHAMPTON 



Hippodrome '(M) -.W. 
UelUavonpm - 
D & J O Ciormnn -f , 
VValtei U y\ahl 
BUI Han 3 
Ber.vl Setoii . 

Monarchs .' 
Brian Kent 
I iieicii Dannora . 
WOOD GREEN 
Empire (S> IS 
Derek lloy ' ' , 
lUma. Uicardo >' 
Jon'Pertwee. 
Sam Cqiita 
n Silver & M Pay 
O Philippi j. IMaitu 
A K<i> & Gloiia 
E 4. J Paul 



Cabaret Bills 



NEW YORK CITY 



IS 



I Oxford (WR. 
, only 

I .liianila & Skating; ; 
I ■ Champs ' 
I IliilUb 

i Buddy ElVsen. 
I Bobbie Can Co 
j ivielino '& lloUis ^. '. 
I READING 
I Raiah (I) 1(20 

^cllle 1 utthei 
; G Thornhllt Ore 
) LoU' Nelson ' .' 

ROCKFORD 
1 Palace (U 19-21 
I ^'Merrv . Makers''- 
I A &- 11 Balabanow 
1 r.<! I'atil- 
[ 'I'ho .lert ries 

1 1 i..cO Se lis 
i (o.ne to lill) 
I SARATOGA 
I Congress (WR) 21 

■. only.. ■ 
1 .luanita & Skating 
\ C'lianips 

llullvs 
; UiKliiv Eb.s<'n 
'.Bobble C;ari'. Co , 
I jvieli'ni) ,* iliitlls ;. 
TOLEDO 
Pivoll (1) 1121 
1 Kinu .Cole .1 : 
1 K i\ Anlhoiiv Ore 

R & M C lne\ tic 
I Georme Kave 

WASHINGTON 
Capital IL) II 
' Burke '& Hollow . 

.Susiih JMillei' 

Paul Rec^an 

V Clitvella .81 ■■ 
' .'■■-". Farrar ' ■ 

Howard (I). II 
' I.riuis Prima Ore . 

llolincs ^ Icin 

D^nfinile leniison 
. MONTREAL 
Gaiety (II 21 : 

Ciung il'ai 
1 - Johnny Woods 
i. fjwne Cl.nre,' 
i Doll llenrv .1 : 
'i Barrovv A Rotfers 
I 1 1 1 ke\ 

' Anthony - At Kogerv 
'. lawi' i\T.bri'Osv' 
' Jean Sablon ' 



BRITAIN 



M-G Reclaims 

. ( tit 1 nil (I flf lit |l 1 4 



niCK B\i\ 

•tiirmoiiiea 
5 Minv. 

I-eon A Gildir's N. Y 

liiei- hain is , pie, sant looking 
^ounBS(er vho plays a stiaight 



Video Evolving 

ConlimKMl from, |>:if;e 1 

c.i^r no kj^<il piotttdings would 

-nCI iii> Johnston thiol o) 

tht wtbv Mm li uiits division 
)olin>ton J( tt <»\oi ilu we* Kind on 
A n.rlionw Kit' umi ilwil will X.\Vv 
him to 2f>nti(s in 24 Mwjoi 
luntMion on his ilinnaiv will \w lo 
sti op llu filni (N<h;m;ii cenkis in 
Holhwood ClorUnd ChuaKoand 
Washinjrton Uith « hnnilai ex 
thdiiiJc in iN \ , NHC hopes to be 



the 201.li-K()\' su bsid tin ii (^irr^ovcr 
of . a j onftt ci'iii'/lX'jiKe . which .ex'pirC'd 
two A'i'fiVs : iiio : At t li at :J iin.tf , . j)G iid- ■ 
eiiey ol' the: :.a^iti4rus(, ;,h(/fiiings 
prenvtit('(l;, a:'V(yiK'W'nI hi the . lea^iO' 
.roc;.H'/i^r,;;iH>rect ■;I)t'l^if>d.v s';*;.-. V-':^'^:"'^' 
\\\.' tpiuu ol the StHle ma\ lead 
to.,'t ix's)i;ti1liii.n 

, IjA. , " ■ IftfU'se ., h;iS^ been vlJliiyipf(' 
2fll h:f( :pi:oduel . while^ ■JVfeli:0 slvas' 
i:bec:ii .bookiRS ■dny-and-d^*'- tn. an-; 
otiiev ■ .e.oiiibinalioii of tVU.ir . iii'.^il-^ 
■ "r- if ;A;i:0 jjrooyes its tii^^t-i'Uri;; 
.■[■eleJU'e^v jhto 'ibc ;^^t.a^^ «how,:: 
t is( jiohrv svMtch b\ 20th to oMiei 
hou t V w i" naun .tllv hiDow 

\Jtlio has betn lUaiinf^ the de( k 
ot oth'^i loinl holdings imludinji 
its »u1j do pool with Paiainount 
and lis (tpfinUon ot the Cnteiion 
Bloa(|^^a^ dehixfi on a ^sublease 
\iom B S Moss, 



BIRMINGHAM .1 
Hippodrome (M) .15 

Ltil ^ Ifdbftle 
laus Valeruos ■ 

Vifloj' vliiUan J'ets 
Il^'de A: Marker ■ 
■.loAi'C .(ioltlHii; 

A'niiir ^: JSUii^H' '■ 
CARDIFF. 
New ■ (S) 15 ..• 

TefiSk- (VShtia , 

llob ■ i'.:i'r.i,s|i • 

Mon'n'jii ; ('■':il(!,V 

f;\ r»i lii.'t ■ Vti (ila<>y!<t . 

A .1. r*o;vv<;i"s' . 
.Oliikijlits . ,:. 

O ( \H\ < o 

CHISWICK 
. Empire (S) 15 
.'f^hvlli.i DiSe.V , 

1' r:!nli; \Iarl((we.> ■ 

Oin'O/i Si A(rt(fiiy ■ 
KonvdI.j! . . 

■ GLASGOW 
E.mpirc (Ml 15 ' 

Mwhnnv *i>(i('UW(Kl(l ' 
■■'r{>v::,U:irli, Tvp 
ilea- yV- ym'y ■■ ■ . 
.Ut(i<' rtif'liMtond ■ 
A'foi'jHi K%- H\6( ■:. 

■ lifnu'i ■ V\d'.'''>v' <"()'■ 

HACKNEY 
. Emmri". iSt 15 
Tiillv '('(,>ttf)n' .t*>I ■. 
■Diilic.'. n'k , ('ollif s 
.■:.f;ijrk' li.Uloon ■ ■4. 
■".I'.VilV ('llT-X'-- 

\(K>ni: PI < ;ii'roll 

■ D/MIVOI'!^: ' ■ V'} : 

LESDS 
Empire (MJ 15 

:\nHii ':■ .■' .:' ' 

■Yot'iit.'iti >VH![l<)>'n ■■, 

. 'i':tl tpt'haH A , .r*'Vi'> 
.I'.ilt'tf r;.' Sh.'''. !pi' ,('<> ;■ 
.l.'iclf ■ i>iJr;i tit . 

teicesTiR 

Priljc* ^S) IS 

Tpj R-.v R' li Rodtn 
Fj'»nkte I,rnwftj.".a 
i A<h'.iev)n« *: Lrsli* 



TVToi tian it Rovle 
IrviMf; A; (iii-dwoud 

LONDON 
Hippodromo (M) 15 

Mitunce ■ ( hev.ilusr ■ 
PHHfidium (M> 15 
Chcerlul ( harlic 

(.hesler (;o 
■toltii Holes . , 
(juJsl.ons 
I'/Cons-' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 
SI i\itii* HxltsB 

W';'j'"i'!!!», ■'. 
Luton;! : A SpHikes ■ 
Jciii) In^'ti.s 
lilTJlH-i': (;li'i-v " ■ 
; MANCHESTER 
Hippodrome (S) 15 
Imsi bonii 
reUT««>i Hro,9 

1 itL l> 1 nut jll 

r- rrunriuni.s ■. ' ■ 

r Whiti'tfv. Co .; 

.Siiinlj;''-.<';ihfill<*ro.'? : ■ 
. NEV/CASTLE 
Emptre tM) 15 ■ 

Noi'iiif-n. "Kvs'ins 

..ri,'("ti('Ii.»''(- n»v 
\1 * C ( I V 
A|l^lirt' it Worih^ ■ 
HOTTINOHAM 
Empire (M) 15 
:f-'rV.!il'. >iiv:^ifi'ftlp'. '';.'^ ;v 
'■Cn.i. ; AliUrt v-. ■■ 
rtoii . W:!.r>;f ir;. tr|) : 
rii.l 'KU'Jiii]' fV ' ' 

.A ;I . IViM t'V^.: ■ ■■.•■■'■'.■ 
...ffilin ' .Bo(lt.'n: ,.' 

' PORTSMOUTH 
RftVat fMJ 15 . 

. Vtf I'f (<\:i:^ ■■ 
•■nicHil>if IV. ,A,.f;i('V ',<■■■■ 

. .^f'h'd.lV' tV Jt'i'As; ':■ 
tV.(OlV; ('BV.'tlij.'li, ■' 

; '\r<ii'i'i^' .f Co.wlf.v ■ 
lire DiMvn- ■ 

SHEFFtELD 
' Empirr (M) if 

iCristH KrlMel. 

W KVpprI A R*ttv 
R lirtpri & ^f-^»«;lc 



J DoroUvv Kojjs ■ 
1 Dfiep . liivsv Boy« ^ 
! KlU t Maicr 

Ftidie Fisliei 
I Brtvoort . 

I Da hne Hellman 
t i^U^i'Kiti .iManncr* 
( 3 i' lames 
1 blue Ansel 
! Bill Liiwi'onee 
[-Stilcl.ers 
! Oeorge Pventiss 
I hnoj^cne (jooa ' 
I I letcliti & Slieidy 
i liilis l^arkin a- 
i Cafe. Socitty " 
I TkK Gilfoid 

Pearl Primus 

Uavo <AJ;(n.in Ore 
Copac-u^tna ' 

Joe E Lewis 

Au,';tin Alack 

l>j.ane Adnnn 

Bliickbui'n Twinji 

Terry Stevens 

Stmii-V Calfiilo ; 
] M l.)urso ()r<! 
r Alvitres' Ore - '. 
j, China Doll . 
I N oro r^iora Ics Ore 
I .lose Ciii'bcno- Ore 
lnorenec llin Low 
[ tlqe. "WoJiK ■ ■ .■ 
.1 boiunce J'ung Oy«' 
■t.'Lijie m 
\ Delmonico 

Gitt 1 Kellei 
1 Dijimond Horseshet 
; llcnay Voun^fmun .■ 
i .hick Cahscrt 
::,l!iUy B.ihka , 
i Ghbri)! Sextet " 
rtl Siiivnicr. Ore 
; Alvaim Mera 
I .Uicnjicr .BalJct Line 
I El Chko 

■ f* ernartda ■ Cre.spo 
^ iVIiU'ja '1 Acosta 

I Ti'to. ('asiriji* ■ 
ftita Tl»v.irio 
h V i/.faino Oi'C 
EmbJ»sf.y 

1 Jju-fc Carroll 

■ Siriata He Urnka 

' l^vi'pi (.'Juiiiio Or.C:' 

■ Saoitsas ■■ ih-a : 

Hftrem 
JVIyi'on Cohtya 

■ Mary Small 

* JViarria Li'i^'hlon 
. .Uoj-oc'cans ' 
; liod Alexander 
i V 1 ravers; Ore 
Dp L.t.t 
W':in::;<n' Line . 
i F^iiu.ska 
-1> UoherLs Ore. 
j Hivana-Madrld 
I Los Boc'heros 
t Do Castro Sj9 ; 
[Mildred Ray Li n* 
I ItalpH Font Ore 
! .ua(:hito Ore 
; Hotel Bclmo't-PUxa 
I Dorothy Blaine 
i l;:ld)e Slonc Ore 
( eoij,e De Witt 
Hbttl Biltmort 
] Leiffhton Noble O 
I.Harold NiiKel Orcf 
! Hofct . Edisen 
Henr.v .rerome Ore 
No 1 Fifth Av« 
; Nancy Andre\vB 
i Cioodman ~ 
j Kirkwond 
II i Wf l)ster 

■ I Dfjwnt'V- I'onville 
1. Holer . .Ambassador 
\ V vi>(\ Oliver Ore 

WtliUm Adlci Ort 
i W iLiam Strotti 
I Hofel Mew Yorker 
i I "V Mf '•'inlev Ok 
Hotel .Pennsylvania' 
I l ommy'- Doi'.sey 
Hotcf Piccadilly 
Dell .Trio 

Hotei flaia * 

L<'ni Lvnn 
I ( (1 I < mm Oic 
vf;i.»*lt .Affmit Ore 
P.nAon fie Oit 
\ (olT M itlhev Ol 

Hof'*l Pierro 
I{o."pr Dann 
llocloi-; Afl. Bvrd 
(■h:)^! .It#>.;i((ct' Ore 
It Snrrtn Oi'c 
Hotel sr Moriti 
AlH i r\ifll 
Dh'k WmNlow 



I L & E fCobeits 
Mervyn Nelson 
Fied Maik& 
Son Winds 3 
Herman Schoon 

Hotel St. R«9ls : 
Nan Wynn ■■ 
Las2;lo v& Pepito 
M Shaw Ore 
' Hotel Roosovvit 
Ouy Lombardo: 
Hotel . Savjoy Plaza 
:PoiTothy Douelas 
Irving: u'onn tuc • 

Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopez Or« ^ 
Charlie Drew 

Hotel WarwUk 

Don Held'. 
Dave Mann ■ 
Irving . Fieids 6rc v 

La Martinique 
G\ps> Rose Lee 
ht^HNon Ac- i\lann ' 
Libby Dean 
t.HUMhm)!(: Boy 
: Collier 
Sciior (;arIos 
Mi.^ V Hi id Ojc 
Jack Lopez Ore- 
■ tatm Quamr 
Sophie J iit'ker 
Ted Shapiro 
Landrc & Verna 
Step Bros . 
lonim.v 1 rent 
June Cri'ahanf 
Jlichard' Oarev 
Miriam tiwynnt . ■ 
nuth Webb 
VVinton I^ri.nkel 
Lddie Michaels 
Dick Grayson 
PromJnaderji 
Vina Mcsrliii Ore 
B Harlow Ore 

Le Directoire 
Abe Burrows 
.Fi'ank York Ore 
C-irinqo Ore 

L« Pcrroquet ,.' 
IJUKn Sh;itin(Hi 
Martha Short. 
. Afarvin llaymer ; 

.to Rus»an Bi«u . 
CoJime Sawyer 
Auclaine [fall. - 
Will loi dan 
Itaymond Ohaso- 
.litiius Monk 
Norniann . Pans 3 : 

Leon A Eddlt'i 
Eddie Davis 
All Warter Ore 
Narda 

fyarl Conway 

Rich 11(1 Bun 

Graham Sis 

AHan & Noblea 

Shep."r4t Line 
I Old Roumanian 

SaiOe Bankfi 
I Johnny Howard 
I. Sandra Kfrljiy ■ ■ 
I Bella Smaro / ■ ^ 
1 Joe La!'orio Ort 
I D Ac(ui1-'i Ore 

Penthouse 
>. Franklin As Mooro > 
I Savannah 
I ITowetl Si. Bowser 
r Ida -hiiiirs 
t Hot SIiotR 
i Tutm & Wnda 

Nata Ac Ruva 
! PhyUiK Kranoh 
' Lou Di\on Ore 
Spivys . 
; Warle Donovan . 

Koslynd Lowe. 
; S/Jivy' 

! Versaillfts 

i Edith i*m 

Bob r i<int Oie 
1 Panohilo Ore 
i Villaee Barn 

llarrv It 'iicli Or^»- 
: Shorty Warren .Or« 
) Pauluifffl 
f .Piute t-'ete , 
!. VillAtttt Vinguard 

lav Afar<;h ill 

Dottie tl<>i() 
' Lotimcl Aiorgan 9 ' 

■ BJllv Tavlor 

[ Waldoff-Asloria 
' Fddic Duf hin Oic 
■rMarrart-t' Plieliin, 
M(C ulhv Ai l<aii<.U 

■ Mis<*ha Borr Ore. ■ 



CHICAGO 



BlacknawK 

Al I l iK't* Di'oh 
•iiwkw . V an 
: H hctq«.Wfi;er Beach 
Stfii) Kt'Anicr. 

Will Osboi'ile Ore 
..l> Iini! :D.'>i1<'<M-s'' U2J 
Luti P.'T.ee ■.. 
llai vcv Sione 
I he V ;i<4aliuncl».? . 
Oi.at je Barrit 
P I'ranks Ae Janyre 

C DdMd«>un O ai) 
.1 Hodirjqiie/ On* 
Sharmiin Hotel 
S Hfndei'.oii Oic 
iloni'v DreamerB 
OU\L ir Mlllei 
•Jjin Ameche 
hermit A: Gloria : 
(reortfc rozzi 
Jl**ed 
Andv ItDbertR 
H«t«l St«vtn> 



Benny Slrorip Ore- 
B Ai. F, Billiard ... * 
John. Mana^tan ■ 
Jeab, ; Arim : , ■. ■ : . 
Silariah Spcinian. ■ : 
■^K ilin^ Blvtje<ii s 
bow I urk . 
IJCbfU'ld A: Del Toro 
l)(H'i«: Doniivan 
K;lwood Carl 
Palmer House 

friin WillLim^ Oic 
Uuberl Lamoui'et.. 
^f \bbott DtUs tlO) 
.SUn. Mslicr 
.l>'Aiiselo A: Vanya 
Blackston* 

M.VfUK . 

Joel: Merman Orch 
Vino Gardtns 

Mel (olr Ojc ' 
Joey Bishop - . 
Vinec- Carson 
.Pftur*lio'« Khi'intoa B 



54 



NIGHT CLUB REVIEWS 



VeilneaJay, November 17, 1948 



Wcdtiwood Room, N. Y. ' sounded better. With half-»-dozen 
moTFi WAi.nnRF-ASTOUT \) 1 new sJdemen and some new show- 

ml Mischa a oTT orcn s., ^.z coiiierc. ,,fg„jj„g j,ax, three trum-^ ^ 

FHriv ni.nhin imlds nvpr it thp ' trombones, four fiddles jack Lope^Orch 'aV)7iMt/i'LupU^ 

Lddy Duc,hin liolds ovtr at the ^ass and drums, pro-,*, weekdays; $4 week- 



ly Mariinlque, N. Y. to Jackie Miles "I'm a RoUta' " 
Gysp!/ Rose Lee re«ue with Line ^''^^J 'rF'^^'ll. ^f,; »^S''«„t?n^l*v?f 
(10) , Dick Collier, Irv Benson & ^PP^^^i, ^^?„iit"f,Llc* 

Jack Mann, LibbV Dean, Senor a switch makes tor plenty yocks^ 
Carlosi produced and directed by . " « when he essays the blue stuff 
Paul Feigav; MorUi Reid Orch (5). 'a major factor in his stmt) that 



Waldorf's Wedgwood Room, now as vides melody that's easy to listen i^i^!' 
much the maestro s home-base as is ^^^^ ^ Apo,. jammed at!*™"" 

the Roosevelt for the Lombardos g,, ^jj^g, vocalist Merve 



Reopening of La Martinique is 



he disappoints. 

Thrush Frances Deva turns in 
a scries pf pops and oldies that arc 
nicely arranged. Some of the 
routining could be brightened via 



and as the Waldorf used to be for QrifSin iV a fine baritone with an, 

Pr"^?*- ,?".^?.®?Ti!?,f.: „ Lh'"* ' easy air who looks like a comer, a ratlier inauspicious one. ' From ^.,^^^,^1^^ Vocally, she handles the 



more balanced lilending of 



Ha.ves (Mary Hcaly) are a pair of Martin Men aid on some of the 
zany comedians. Gene McCarthy & ^nra\<i Kav ■ 

Tommy Farrell. Latter is actress , ______ ^' 

Glonda Farrell's very promising 
actor-son, and McCarthy is ex-Gene , 
Bernard. The Bernard Bros inflii- ' 
ence, via their phonograph record ' 
imitations, is evident, albeit in a 
well adulterated degree. 



I»^»ai*«*o<?k''Ti;oMrl* :Si/F; : . 

(.MARK HOPKINS HOTFX) .: 

" ' : San Francisco, Nov. 9. 
:Hildegafde:,w^ Salvixtore GiM: 
' Eddie Oliver Orch (lOh couer 
Carrying their own sound effects- $1.50 lueek nisrhts, $2. Saturdays. 

man, which insures accurate syn- 1 

chronizations, the personable young Hildegarde's third annual pil 



men, with an undeniable authority grimage to Frisco has achieved the 
in the intimacy of a cafe floori status of a major social event, with 
open as a pair of altnight disk the natives planning vveeks in ad- 
jocks^ It's a good device, the salire . vance for her premiere; Opening 
including a marathon of obtrusive .night had most of the town's upper- 
commercials "before we play- your bracket social and military 'bigwigs 
request." It's a sound enough pat- on haiid,> including General and 

tern, with; appropriate, accompany- Mrs. Mark Clark, with many turned 1 wasn't ready. And, at that, there's 



two standpoints. The business oper 
$tion and the talent. Both falter 
miserably. 



range department nicely; and de- 
parts to okay mitting. 
Teeoffers Al and Connie Fanton 



The debut under the new man- are familiars hereabouts with their 



agement of Monte Gardner, who 
has taken over from Dario &. Jim- 
my Vemon, took place Thursday 
(11) under rather bizarre circum- 
stances. Gypsy Rose Lee, the head- 
liner, scrammed just before the 
opening in a salary tangle with the 
management ; (details in Vaudeville 
department ) . Name guests filled in 
until she finally opened Sunday 
night after the- situation was 
straightened out. And Miss Lee 



ing patter, which Max Shulman away because of lack ot space in 
authored for them. Incid(>ntally, thp 4.'50 scat Peacock Court, 
the idea of a saloon act credit-bill- Niftily gowned in white satin, 
ing their author is in itself a nov- Hildegarde provides her typical 
elty but, in this instance, coupled package of song and patter starting 
with the upcoming young writer's ofl' with "Good Evening Friends" 
byline ("Barefoot Boy With and carrying on for some 70 min- 
Cheek," etc.) it also redounds to utes with items such as "But 
the benefit of the turn. Beautiful." "Money," "Cumana," a 

It's from the disk requests that piano interlude, "Hold It," "Gay 
McCarthy & Farrell segue into the 1 Nineties" a piano medley; and 
takeoffs, whamming 'em with "Tim- : '-Littlj Cafe," aV interspersed with 
tayshun" ( Capitol's hillbilly ver- , traditional Hildegarde patter, to 
sion of "Temptation;" Red Ingle-Jo score solidly. Encore numbers in- 
Stafford), and from that they in- 1 eluded "Oh, My Darling," "Thank 
elude a devastating takeoff on the I You for The Flowers," "Four Leaf 
Andrews Sisters' "Massachussetts," 1 Clover" (in French) and her piano 
long . a . standard with the original novelty, "Three Blind Mice" for 
Bernards' routine. ! additional salvos. 



hardly anything in the material 
that one could describe as. enter- 
tainment even if the performance 
was smooth. : 

At $2,500 weekly for herself Miss 
Lee hard'y has an act. She's do- 
ing - some material from Mike 
Todd's class $4.40 burlesque of 
some years ago, "Star and Garter," 
in which she starred, and' the 
show's format is in that metier. 
But it all fails to come off. The 
pace is leisurely, the lyrics un- 
clever, and the, whole thing smacks 
of something that has been just 
thrown together. 

Miss Lee does a modified strip; 



acro-tappings. Fresh looking young 
pair reap good returns with their 
solo work and ducting. . . 

Peter Herman and his unit back 
acts in competent manner while 
Rafael and his rhumbaists keep 
the dance filled with their Latino 
beat. Lary. 



Mayfair Room, €hl 

(BLACKSTONE HOTEL) 

Chicago, Nov. 10. 
Moto & Hori, Nancy Dovovan, Joe 
Merman Orch; $3.50 Tniitinium, $1 
cover. 



This room continues to clinch 
its status i>s a class spot, dispensing 
muted elegance and relaxed enter- 
tainment; Present bill, in- for three 
weeks,- is the first in many to have 
two acts. Single draw is the custom, 
with top names offered. 

Nancy Donovanj who played the 
Chicago theatre when last here, 
steps readily from house stage to 
nitery floor. Titian-haired song' 
stress makes; an effective entry: 



Ciro's, Hollywood 

Hollywood, Nov. 13. 
Morton Downey, Phil Ohman's 
, Orch (9). Chuy Heyes Rhmiband; 
cover $1.50 -weekdays, $2 Satuv 
■ days. 

[, ■.; ■ '■;''•.'"' '''; ^ ■ :"[ • J - '■'■']:'■:'' '' 

j Back on the Coast for his first 
nitery date here in a decade, Mor- 

I ton Downey is offering a swiftly. 

I paced show that is lop entertain* 
ment. Ably backed by the guitaring 
of Carmen Mastren and by pianist- 
arranger Jimmy Rule, as well- as by 
the- - Phil , Ohman - orch, . Do.wney 
socks over a. 4S-minute stint' that 
leaves his audience clamoring for 
more. 

It's a routine that bridges the , 
years, ranging from "Peg O' My ■ 
Heart" to "I Get Jealous" from 
"Hij^h . Button ■ Shoes." Tenor has ■ 
fashioned - each medley into .a sort . 
of song-sequence,; with . one tune 
following another logically elimi- : 
nating the need for introductions, ; 
There's only one chorus on each. 

Ir the 45 minutes, Downey de- 
livers 30 tunes; and each is effec- 
tive. On some, like '^Christopher 
Robin" and a few Irish ditties, 
another chorus could be added ' 
without overdoing the stint. ; ; 

It's a class showmanship effort ;' 
all the way and -one that earns 
hefty returns. ■ 

Downey's opening, by the way, 
was the third big bow of the week, 
others being Spike Jones at Slapsy - 
Maxie's and Florence Desmond and 
Freddy Martin at the Cocoanut 
Grove. Next week Kay Thompson; 
and the Williams Bros, open the 
new Mayfair room , of the Beverly 
Wilshire -hotel to. give- the town 
four top-notch nitery attractions at r 
one time-^a record hereabouts. 

,Kap: 



In contrast to the broad hoke of Her current four week engage- ^5,5^.^ Miss Lee JSuffed her lines ! classic. 



the male comedy team, the opener, me"l. will equal her two previous [several times), plus the Ed Wynn 



trilling a torch in the darkened 
a la her burlesque days; there is I room. With lights up, she-bounces 
the usual parade of linegirls (in ja pop and pace changes via a semi- 



Margai-et Phelan, beauteous so- , bcHrmsers which chalked up the 
prano, who doesn't have to spot- hc;;t supper club takes m local his- 
light her concert platform back- tory. Salvatore Gioe provides adept 
ground to impress her vocal lal- aecomp for t-tie chantoosey. Eddie 
«nts. rings up a strong personal , Oliver orch keps floor crowded for 
score with a French excerpt, customer dansapation, Ted. 

"Thrill Is Gone." "Lover," "Mala-' ■ 

guena" (in Spanish). "Lindy Lou" f 'iianli<»l<»er. Balto 
(which plausibly introduces the I nVi.r,v;,!..<rM^,, in 

concert hark-back) and a quite I „ ,. %f ?I: , 
saucy (certainly for the Waldorf) , Populaires 4 Galh Sisters <3), 
"I've Never Been Kissed " For the ^'■°'''' 

thoroughly- ingenue personality I i , j. v. ^ 

that i.s Miss Phelan's, the contrast , r"™erly town's top nitery fea- 

aloue is socko; in addition to which , '"rtv^Z'.l^fn'T^ ^^'LTb 

it's one of the cleverest wordage i ''^s been revamped in^^^ 

^^'"^^^c?i!?ula) L^"fu^rrndtg^\evoi?- 
■\s for the rest, maestro Duchin, ' '"gs^"ff„ Additional seat^^^^^ 

Willi his surefire temoos, which can ' ^'^^,'1, l^L^^ll „1 „nT 

ept rhvthmipallv "dirtv" vvithniit aani-e floor takes up one end Of 
J'.^^l , the room. In between acts a large 
screeii which folds ■into the ' C'eil- 



draping bit. At the conclusion she 
spemed relieved it was all. over. 

Of course, there was no question- 
ing her extreme nervou.sness at her 
opening, and there can be no doubt 
that the hullabaloo raised by. her, 
tangle with boniface Gardner had 
its emotional effect. But the cus- 
tomers still review a performance 
on stage, not off it. , 
Miss Lee has ; such supporting 



For "Danny Boy" she eschews 
the mike and, with backing re- 
duced to piano, sounds wistful note 
for heavy plaudits. She reprises 
the Gaelic with a novelty, then 
clicks : with "1 Concentrate On 
You." "September Song" without 
the mike is to her advantage, along 
with the fine closer on "Molly 
Malone." 

Mata and Hari are deft in ballet 
figures but their satire is some 



El Morocco, Mont'l . 

Montreal, Nov. 10. 
Arthur Lee Simpkiiis, Larry Dan- 
iels, Wally Wari.7cr line (6)^ Wally 
iVewinan orcli. Hal White trioi mini- 
mum $2. . 



performers as Irv Benson aiid Jack what restricted for those who miss 



obliterating the melodies, is a sock ; 
dinsapation draw. Duchin's tech 



nique'-of mouthing the lyrics of , l^.^^^^fj^J^s'''''''^ 
Whatever he plays, so as to give '^"^pe Jig'^la^y'o'f Tas the Popu 



Mann, comedy pair; Dick Collier, 
a fat man whose act comprises an 
unusual laugh; Libby Dean,; - who 
sings the "My Bunny" number 
from "Garter," plus Senor Carlos, 
who fashions assorted animals from 
balloons 



tcrp kidding short of pratfalls. Pair 
glides expertly in an Indian fakir 
routine for so-so results, followed 
by a pas de deux parody that's 
mostly pas ; de deux. Best is their 
impression of a symphony orch, 
I with piano; violin and- other mstru 



no.-,<,/^n or,^ i\T.,v., „ ^^r.;A^A i mcuts excellently pantocd. This 
Benson and Mann are a decided- _ ^ tht>m niT tn brisk rp- 
ly unfunny pair with their corny, ^° 
obvious talk and vocaliiing. It's , u , , -^^ „ 

as if thev stepped right off the Izzy ' Joe Merman keyboards skillfully 
Hirst buiiey wheel. .Mi.ss Dean is I for Miss Donovan, but he s miscast 



impact to the proper 'nterpreta- , ,„ "^^^"'"2 „^f^^^^^ sfnainP inTt?iT sweet-looking but fails "to register I a* a" emcee, however, slight the 
tions,. continues a trademarked ^lV'„,^"'',"f, with the "Bunny" ' role. Baxt. 



wahiiah. p^^^^^^ tt^'^N^Vt 'm , ■ montalists utilizing accordion, bass 

Rnl-r h^h-»» ^h«nH ^.^^^^^^^^ <ind V/Oods tO giVC OUt With 

V rfho r=Hn ifH ?!^u, /.tc' I four-way vocal and instrumental 
lively on the Latin and u alt/ sets. I ,f gj^j^^ dancing as well; 

■'^ ■ ■• I the Gaili Si.'^ters, singing trio in 



Coiillion Room, ]\. Y. 

(HOTEL PIEKKE) 

Roger Dann, Hoctor ^Si Byrd, 



.f'o«'nanuf (iiro%'<>. 1^. A. 

(AMBASSADOR HOTKL) 

: Los Angeles. Nov. 10. 

Florerico! Hesmon d, Frpdciy Ma r 
tin orch (18 1 ; rouer, $1.50 ux-eU 
days, $2 Saturdays. 



Buriny 

lyric that mSde Marjorie Knapp 
a standout in the orlginail "Qarter."' 
Carlos sorfietinies [ ge ts ;d littie tob- 
suggestive in ; his talk and in the 
nicelv mixed arrangements from i manner in which he contrives his . - „ j j c -.r 

loiTh (0 swing, and as a highlight, I balloon obiects, though he works . '-"■f'"- '^f' 
the .)o"es Bros, sepian jivesters quickly and the act has its share orclis.; ana H 7)iiiMi7mm, 710 
v,ho lut hard on vibra harp, piano! of amusement. , cover. 

and percussion plus hectic rhythm Paul Feigay produced and di- i . „ TT , . ^ 

reeled the show. He'd better do ^"'^ the next-to-last show for 
another take. - ' ! maestro-emcee: Charles ;fieader at 



vocals to rtiaximum response, They 
give put solidly on "A Hundred 

Years From Now." "All of Me," 

r>,.^^„„ - 1 "If 1 Love- .You,""Danny Boy" 

£d campaign Rave ^^^m. 



The return of Arthur Lee Simp- 
kins to this flashy room was in- 
evitable. After a sensational stand 
last spring at the Morocco, affable 
entertainer; is back singing . to 
packed house. 

Teeoff goes to Larry Daniels, a 
glib raconteur with; a lot of doubt" . 
ful humor. His impression of : 'a-, 
group of f einmes figuring a res- 
taurant meal ticket and the char- 
acter who : outfumbles everyone 
when picking up the entertain^ 
ment tab gathers plaudits, but his 
fashion routine is slow and ob-^ 
vious. Topper is when he puts on 
black greasepaint, white, gloves 
and a bow tie to do a surefire JoW 
son take. 

The next 40 minutes belongs to 
Simpkins, who gives out with- 12 
offerings that range from "Tree 
in'the Meadow" to a sockeroo "Ell 
Eli." Simpkins is at home in any 
type of song and with much pol- 
ish and showmanship, pleases 
everyone. 

Wally Newman band contribs 
some okay music for dancing and 
takes a special nod for handling 
Simpkins' trick arrangements. The 
lavishly: ■ .costumed 'VVanger gills 
dress up the revue neatly. Newt. 



top billing to Frcddj Martin, re 
turniing to his favorite haunt after 
some five months; on the. road, but 
Britain's' Florence Desmond ef- 
fectively stole the opening-night 



: ■ ■ : fjlass:' Hat. Y., 

;(HOTi!L;':BELMONt^^^ .' V, 

Ramana hang, Betty -Jane Wat- 
Sjhow Her click was instantaneous sou, George De Witt, Eddie Stone's 
and tremendous. It's been a long , Orch. $3 7)iiiii7im)i!. 

time since a newcomer to the . 

Coxst scored as strongly. : Modestly budgeted little iShow 



Morty Reid orch plays the show this spot. He bows out for broader 
neatly, wlfile a derripre-wiggler 1 horizons, following which his pred- 
named Lupita is the .lack Lopez : p„„,„„,, stanipv Molha roinrns 
rhumba band s main attraction as "^^^°'' ^'/"f?' Melba returns 
she shakes her maracas, too. Shel^*^° *® entertainment director of 
can sure stop traffic. ■ - , | the hotel and as conferencier-band- 
: La Martinique has been redec- 1 leader. Reader has whipped up a 
orated from its former more at- (good little show in Roger Dann 
tractive decor, Which emphasized ] (nee Dannes, a simplification of 
white with the palm-tree effects. 1 his French surname ) and the return 



t-oxst scored as strongly. : Modestly budgeted little iShow Now iCs a rather aloomv dark al- mf n^nnv "wn, tm- pToHr n,^^^^ 

v.diw. viorani pcisonamy miss uieies noin.ng neic tnai exceeds black And the service — oh, onlv last March bul trond return 
Desmond smashed over a 4,')-min- in value the talent costs. I brother' Knb,, ' Boou reiuin 



ule stint tliat had firstnighters George De Witt is the bill's 
begging for: more:' First part of : eomic, a youngster: who keeps 
her- routine consists of impressions 1 punching : whatever the response, 
of stage; and .screen names guest- i He's plea.sant-looking, with barely 
ing at a Tallulah Bankhead party, I a new piece ;ot material, but he 
.and each bit is sock.: Ca 
steering clear of the stereotyped 
impressions based on excer 
from film or legit vehicl 

wJiich her subjects have appeared, ' courage with some of the stuff he's 
shcsuses her own material to poini ' doing, his material mainly includ 



Kahn.. 

5 OTIoclt null, Miami 

Miami Beach, Nov. 10. 



pot 

. reh.. but Bond retii 

ers they, sire.f 

The French singer naturally falls 
into the Trenet-Sablon league but 
doesn't suffer any comparisons. 
I He's .. personable, ingratiating, has 




good returns. 



, _ An eager worker, 

Fairish show current here, with I his willingness to please as a per- 

up her facile facial and vocal] ing mimicries ot show biz person- 'the ingredients below standard set 1 former pays off to ingratiatingly 
sketches. Each is extremely elfcc- alii ies by previous bookings by op Sam-llpW '^^^^^^ without becoming 

five; some arc devastatingly ac- ' Betty Jane Watson, one of tlieiT<o,i.„„ r>K.,!,,..„ *i, . i- ■ , , jSticKy. 

curate although, of cour.-e, s'l^htly numoi-ous Laurlos in -'Oklahoma!," 1 r,. '^"'"' •'"'-'eipated | Hoctor & Byrd likewise are un- 

exaggerated. Locals particularly 1. is doing musicomedy e.xccrpts, with I Legion , bi/ (which- came) negated ; sparing but don't overdo their wel- 
relish such charactcn/:ations as tlie cmpliasis on the "Oklahoma!" 1 any additional expenditure for tal- 1 come. His taps and her ballet 
Bette Davis. Claudotte Colbert, tunes. Miss Watson has a power- gnt I specialties combine for surefire re- 

Marlene Dietricli and Katliorine iul voice but frequently presses. ,'t- 1 01 u • 1 turns. Team are ex-"Call Me Mis- 

Hepburn. Her Hildegarde seems .\nd if ,s!ie intends to go further L, ."p*^^-^ bhaughnessy is new to ter." and have the savvy for sen 



a trifle long, probably because she -he would do best to routine her- town, but a good deal ot his eral clickeroo, from vaude to 
follows the chanteuse into tin', self belter with newer material, 1 '"aterial is not The big 'Erin-go- 1 vaudeo. 

since she can't hope to get any Bragh' lad reminds of an oversized I thp Cotillion Room inriHpnnliv 
.cores further with just standards. And, Mickey Rooney, and throughout rates a^ orie b"^^^ 

-'^ "he should try- to -stop acting so' his stint shows comcdic talents town with no couvert-— somethine 
ute and coy;^ since it doesn't fit i that, turned in the right directipn ' which' some hotels in the sairie 



spot. 

Qf her other material she scor 

best with a takeoff on the audi- shi 

: tion' antics of -: three gal . singers;.' cui i.,c aaiin- 

topper being tlie blues warbler her personality. and smoothed out, could take him 1 league have been trying to eet 
who picks "Stout Hearted Men" H?mona Lang is a young hoofer places. Unfortunately, his laugh I awav with, bul shouldn't---and for 
to use in trying for a, "New Moon" who's standard for the course, concepts are based too much on j the "$3-$4 ' minimum there is ex- 
role. She begged off after answer- She'.* the opener. She should for-, worn and blue material that gotlcellent value Both bands are sure- 
Ing an audience request for an get that unbecoming while gown, [laughs from the Legionaires but I fire for dansapation the environ- 
energetic impression of Betty Hut- Otherwise there's Eddie Stone's^ will get him nowhere if he is aim- ■ ment is ultra, the service ditto the 
ton's recent London Palladium ha.id for the show and the straight ing for the smarter clubs and vau- ; two acts pleasantlv divertine- 



stibt. hoofing, and Casteilanos for the derie.s-. Rest illustration of his laugh ' withal 

The Martin music has never Latin rhythms. Kahn. ' potency is the Gene Autry takeoff , 



pleasantly diverting; 
well-rounded reVuette. 

Abel. 



Stars Sail 

s Continued from page 1 ■ — 

Michael O'Shea. Billy de Wolfe 
and Patricia Neal along with Nor- 
man Siegel, Paramount publicity 
exec, who's in charge of the stars. 

Originally, planning to leave via 
New York, the troupe was routed 
through Chicago by rail into Can- 
ada to Halifax when; the: dockers' 
walkout diverted the Maurctania 
to the Nova Scotia poit. Ronald 
Reagan and Jane Wyman, also 
headed for the CP, are scheduled 
to sail from Halifax Saturday (20) 
on the Britannic. That ship's de- 
parture, incidentally, will be the 
last vessel permitted to shove off 
by Canadian longshoremen. 

Others en route to Britain on 
the Mauretania are British film 
producer Herbert Wilcox who is 
accompanied by his wife, Anna 
Neaglc, as well as Anthony Ilave- 
lock-Allan, who heads Constella- 
tion Films. He formerly was as- 
sociated with Ronald Neame m 
Cineguild Productions, a di.ssolved 
Rank affiliate. Sir Arthur Jarratt, 
managing director of British Lion, 
who came over with the Wilcoxes 
also sailed back last night. 

Meanwhile, cancellation of the 
Queen Elizabeth's sailing from 
Southampton tomorrow (Wed ) has 
forced several film executives as 
well as actress Martha Rave to 
seek other, means of transporta- 
tion. Eddie Mannix, Metro ex- 
ecutive producer, was to have been 
aboard along with Norton V. 
Ritchey. prez of Monogram Inter- 
national Corp. 



UTednesday, November 17, 1948 



UBGITIMATB 5S 



SEEK GOVERNMENT AID FOR LEGIT 



'Summers Union Snari Snags Pact 
Between AM And Legit Managers 



Agreement between the League" 
of N, Y. Theatres and Local 802, 
American Federation of Musicians, 
on' terras .for - a , new contraqt is 
being' held up by the union's dis- 
pute with the' management of 
"Summer a n d . Smoke,'-' , at the 
Music Box, N« y. Complicating fac- 
tor in the situation is that the 802 
election takes place Dec. 2, and 
the union heads would like 'to have 
the theatre contract matter settled 
before then. 

The League «nd the union have 
agreed on a IVWo Increase in the 
scale' for musicians In the New 
. York legit houses, but settlement 
of tlie entire ' contract hinges on 
working out a formula for classi- 
fication of shows. Understood it's 
been tentatively agreed that shows 
with less than 25 minutes of music 
are to be classified as non^muslcal, 
\VhiIe those with 23 minutes or 
more are to be rated as musicals. 

Under the existing regulations, 
. musicals not only require the em-- 
ployment of more men than non- 
musicals, but -.call for a higfier 
scale. ■■ . 

In the case of "Summer and 
Smoke," Ave men are already em- 
ployed at the rate of $83 a week 
apiece. 'Thls is the upped scale un- 
der the new agreement between 
the League and the union. Also, 
although the higher rate has not 
been adopted by other shows, it 
has been made retroactive by the 
"Smoke" management to the open- 
ing date of the production. How- 
ever, the union recently ruled that 
the play should be classed as a 
musical and is demanding-the hir- 
ing of two additional men. More- 
over, as a musical, tlie show would 
al.so have to pay a $118 rate. Alto- 
gether, that would involve an- in- 
crease of $463 a week. 

Pending settlement of the dis- 
putet the $463 margin, is being held 
in esicrow and the management is 
appealing the matter to the AFM 
' international board. Meanwhile, it 
Is also insisting that the proposed 
2S-minute yardstick for classifica- 
tion of shows also be made retro- 
active. That would exempt 
"Smoke" from the musical classifi- 
cation, as there's- only 24 minutes 
of music in the play. The proposed 
increase in; scale is . already being 
made retroactive, but the League 
has reportedly agreed to make the 
25-minute ruling non-retroactive. 



1st 10% Return 
On 'Summer 



Margo Jones, producer of '-Sum- 
mer and Smoke," at the Music 
Box, N. Y., sent out checks Mon- 
day (15) to backers forr the first 
10?o return on their $90,000 invest- 
ment; Tennessee Williams drama 
has been grossing more than $20,- 
000 a week .since its opening Octi 
6, getting just over $21,600 last 
week. It breaks even at about 
$15,000. 

Producer is due late this week 
by plane from Dallas, where she 
recently opened her 30-'week stock 
sea.son at the Gulf Oil playhouse. 
She'll remain in New York over 
next weekend, then return to l>al- 
.las. Her general manager, Man- 
ning Gurian, was in New: York last 
week, but planed back Monday 
(15). During Miss Jones' absence, 
rehearsals of the next show in Dal- 
las will be directed by the stage 
manager, Jonathon Seymour. 

Next production by v the stock 
company will be Shirland Quin's 
'"Here's to Us,'' opening Nov. 29 
and playing the usual three weeks. 
Opening bill, still current, is 
Moliere's "Learned Ladies." 



N. Y. Managers Eye 

Coast-Produced Play 

Hollywood, Nov. 16. 

"Now Is the Winter," John 
O'Day's comedy about Alaska, 
which the Actors Lab premiered 
here Friday night (12), may be pro- 
duced on . Broadway next spring; 
Several New York managements 
are interested in it, Avith Walter 
Fried possibly associated in the 
presentation: 

Irving Salkow went east last 
week to represent . the author in 
negotiations. 

70G Budget For 
'Ear' on B'way 

Pre.sentation of ' Lend an Ear" 
on Broadway will involve a budget 
of $70,000, subject to 25% overcall, 
compared to $30,000 (no overcall) 
it cost to do the show originally on 
the Coast. Intimate revue, now in 
rehearsal for a tuneup engagement 
starting Dec, 2 in Boston, will have 
the eight original leads, with re- 
placements currently playing in 
the Hollywood edition. Show "is 
due Christmas week at : the Na- 
tional, N. Y. 

Backers of the Broadway pro- 
duction, will not be repaid any. of 
their investment until after the 
cost of the Coast edition has - been 
paid off in full. So far, none of 
the original $30,000 has been re- 
paid,, as the gross, at the 388-Seat 
Las Palmas theatre is limited' to 
$7,000 a week and the show has 
had a few light weeks. After botlv 
Coast and New York investments 
are repaid, all backers will be paid 
off on a pro-rata basis of the total 
$100,000 investment. 

Charles Gay nor, author - com- 
poser of the show, will get 7% of 
the gross of the Broadway ver.sion, 
in addition to : his 5% from the 
original production. Hal Gerson, 
director, gets Vi of 1% of the gross 
from both editions, as does Raoul 
Pene du Bois, who designed the 
sets and co.stumes. In addition, du 
Bois is entitled to a lump sum of 
$1,500 when the investment is re- 
paid. 

Gower Champion, as : choreo-. 
grapher, gets Wo Of the New York 
gross andj effective Nov. 1, a sim- 
ilar cut from the Hollywood pres- 
entation. William Eythe, covpro-. 
duccr and star, gets Vi of 1% of 
;the gross on Broadway, besides his 
Slice of the producer's share of tiie 
profits. 

Unus«l wrinkle of the financial 
setup- of the show- is that co-pro- 
ducers William H. Kalzell effective 
last Sept. 1 and Franklin Gilbert 
get $100 a week salary until the 
investment is repaid, but only their 
share of the profits thereafter. 
Standard practice is for the pro- 
ducers to draw salaries only after 
the investment is paid off. 

Backers of the Coast production 
are Gilbert ($13,500), Mrs. Aaron 
Goldberg ($10,000), Mrs. Albert S. 
Rogell ($2,500), Harry P. Franklin 
($1,500), Jack Warner, Jr. ($1,000) 
and Mrs. Charles Saylor, Joseph 
Anner and Sadie Pi-eyer ($500 
each). 




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One of the principal topics to be. 
discussed vat the., general theatre 
conference to be held in New York 
by Equity in January will prob- 
ably be the possibility of obtaining^ 
Government support for legit. Va- 
rious projects will be suggested, 
including a proposal for the crea- 
tion 'of a department of fine arts,' 
with a cabinet officer,, as well as 
for a straight subsidy or some form 
of tax concession. ; 

That was indicated at the pre- 
liminary meeting held last Thurs- 
day ( 11 ) under Equity sponsorship 
for consideration of plans for the 
general confab in January. Vari- 
ous organizations and interests 
were 'represented at the advance 
session, including the League of: 
N. Y. Theatres, Dramatists Guild, 
several different unions, producers, 
etc. In general, the discussion was - 
confined to general plans, but sev 
eral specific and controversial 
matters were raised. 

Gilbert Miller, suggesting that 
the January conference should 
study the possibility of reopening 
the National theatre, Washington^ 
to legit, implied that the present 
situation in the capital was caused': 
by Equity. He was politely, 
though firmly, rebuked by Clarence 
Derwent, Equity president and 
chairman of the meeting. 

Solly Pernick, representing the 
stagehands' union," and Milton 
Weintraub, of the managers' and 
pressagents' union, spoke in appar- 
ent doubt as to how much a gen- 
eral conference might accomplish. 
Richard .\ldrich expressed the- 
hope that such a confab would get: 
down to real issues, and Milton 
Stiefel argued that the basic topic 
for the gathering should be the 
possibility of fostering new play? 
Wrights,, on whom the theatre pri- 
marily depends. 

Morton Baumi of the City Cen- 
ter, N. Y„ was subsequently named 
by Derwent. to chairman the steer- 
ing committee which will handle 
plans for the January conference, 
'to be held in: rooms donated by the 
Metropolitan Museum, It was 
stated that expenses for the gather- 
ing, probably lasting two or three 
days, would be underwritten . by 
contribution from various theatri- 
cal organizations. 

MOREHOUSE TO REVIEW 
SOUTH AFRICA'S B'WAY 

Ward Morehouse, N. Y. Sun 
drama critic and columnist who 
has never found enough theatre to 
satisfy him, flies Dec. 10 to South. 
Africa for a 10-day look at show 
business in Capetown and Johan- 
nesburg. In so doing, he'll top hi.s 
rival traveler among the critics, 
Richard Watts, Jr., of the N. Y, 
Post, who has repeatedly visited 
China, Ireland, England and the 
Continent. 

' Trip to South Africa will leave 
Australia-New Zealand as the only 

Hands Morehouse has never visited. 

I He's made 12 visits to England, the 
last having been to see the Christ- 
mas entertainments a year ago. 

, While on the South African trip 

(he'll catch the Johannesburg com- 

I pany of "Oklahoma!". 



Lunts' Sharing Deal With Wflsoi 
Coward Nips Theatre. GuOd Net 



Chi. 'Roberts' Host 



-rr.t Fact that the Lxiitits, instead ; oi: 
I Helen Hayes, will star in the new ; 
, S. N. Bchrman play, ''Speak to Me 

To Other Troupes ?,* ^i" cost the Theatre 

vii . „ AT ■ I Guild a substantial share of any 

Chicago, Nov. lb. profits from the produetion. Reason 
Company of "Mister Roberts," at is that under their arrangement 
e Erlanger here, will give an , with John -C. Wilson and Noel 



the 

after-theatre party Thanksgiving 
night (25) for tlie casts of the other 
current local shows. It will start 
with a special performance by 
"Roberts" actors of parody, scenes 
from the other plays. Then the af- 
fair will move next door to a . cafe 
for grub and drinks; 



Coward, the former gets a 25% 
slice, (which he splits with the lat^ 
tei") of any show in which the Lunts 
appear. 

The Lunts also get a 25% piece 
of any shows in which they play,: 
but in this instance that may be 
offset by; the probability that Miss 



Those invited include casts of ' Hayes would have insisted on being 



Brigadoon. 
sion," "High 
"Streetcar Named Desire," 
Heiress" and "Medea." 



"The 



'Shoes Appeals 
Hunter Award 



Command Deci- j in on a share of the profits; The 
Button - Sljoes,' ■ Guild, like any other managementy '. 

is prepared to give the Liints and 
pther top liames a slice of shQV^s in 
which they ; istar;' However,; tlie, fir^^ 
is -imderstbod to have tried to ', <iis- '-. 
suade Lunt from insisting- on- In-- 
cJudhig iVVilspn arid CoWard on \ 
their usual terms. 

: ■ '"Speak to Me of Love," which " 
Behrmah 'adapted from . Marcel 
Achard's original, will be presented 
next spring on the road and be 
_ , , , , , ' brought to Broadway in the foUow- 

Breach-of-contract award won !j„g j^,,, ^he billing wjU probably 
by Mary Hunter against Monte i give the Guild and Wilson co- 
Proser & Joseph Kipness, - pro- producer credit, 
ducers of "High Button Shoes," 
has been appealed on technical 
grounds. Although the appellate 
division reciently sustained the 
award in a unanimous opinioni 'it; 
technically modified the judg- 
ment, thereby giving the defeua- 
ants the right of appeal. Case now 
goes to the court, of appeals in 
Albany, : highest tribunal in th e 
state for final decision. ; . 

Normally, cases decided ; by 
unanimous opinion in the appellate 
division may -not be carried to a 
higher : Gourtv However, - if the 
award is modified, even techni- 
cally; an appeal may be taken. In 
the case of Miss Hunter's claim 
against the "Shoes" producers, the: 
appellate opinion merely elimi- 
nated the stipulation that a referee 
be appointed to determine the 
weekly award to the plaintiff. 
Even though the defendants had 



'Shoes' for Omaha 

Omaha, Nov. 16. 

"High Button Shoes" booked 
into the Omaha Feb. 7. 8, 9. 

"Show Boat" set toi Jan. 30, 
Feb. 1. 2. 



COWARD ILLNESS SETS ! 
PARIS PREMIERE BACKf 

Paris, Nov. 16. j 
Noel Coward had to cancel the; 
opening of his French version of ! 
"Present Laughter" because of an}' 
attack of laryngitis. i 
The show, skedded to open un-^ 
der the title "Joyeux Chagrins" at, 
the Theatre Edward VII, \vas post- , 
; poned a \vcck since Coward is 
playing one of the leads, 

An addi*on to the Theatre '48 
! (Dallas) production staff is Charley - 
' Braswell as an assistant to Margo ' 
' Jones, managing director. ' 



Charlotte Greenwood 

wrtfM that 

'*A'o Mere Pooch Was 

Winkle'' 
* * * 

• bit of whimsy in 

43d Anniversary Number 
Dat L«tc TMf Ytm 



Todd s Hot Toddy 
In 'As Girls Go' 

With a line at the boxoflice ail' 
day : Monday (15) and. a v sellout 
hpuse that iiight, "As the GiHs Oo^^^^^ 
appears a likely smash at the Win-- 
ter Garden, N. Y. NeW Michiel 
Tpcld musical can gross abotit; $55,- 
600 in the 1,519-seat house at the ; 
tilted Scale ($6 week nights; and ' 
$7,20 Saturdays), with the Pperat- 
ing hut figured to be just under 

$32;ooo.' ;^,V':'.V::' ■ 

Under his four--%allsi theatre^ d^^ 
with the Sliuberts, tiiat means Todd 
can miake a profit oif around $20,000 
a/week, ' subject to Bobby Clark's 

specifically asked such a move in . Sf"'«!^ 
appealing for the reversal of tlie l.^'^^'^ion cost in 
arbitration panel's award, granting ,?/J,?"^"'"00j^^^^^^ ^^hich 
it constituted a modification of the « """^f ^twd to have ob- 

iuflempnt sn th*. anneal i<! np,.. , *rom, a smgle source. 

mitteT It's exoecterthat ti e ?fse ^ " aPProaches sellout 

wi llrotabfy 'be'*dcc\'dcV bVtl e '^^t^?- 'i' thrn*"" 
court of aoDpak hv about n*n 1 ' Shoes, at the Broadway, as New 
court 01 appeals D> aoout iJ4sc„i. , York's biggest grosser. Currently in 
If the arbitration award is sus- ijts ,>j9th week, "Shoes" has recently 
tained. Miss Hunter will get ^i. ot been bettering $48,000 a week la 
1% of the gross from the Broadway I the 1,900-seat house, to which it 
and road edition's of Shoes, as moved from the smaller Shubcrt. 
well a.s from the forthcoming Loii- ,.,.,,,1 .week's take for the Monte 
don edition and trom stock fihii, , proser-.Joseph Kipness musical 
vaudeville, television, etc. This is i ^^as a trifle over $49,200.' 
according to the terms of her origi- Saturday night's (13) premiere 
nal contract to direct the pioduv- ;of "As the Girls Go" drew a rcc \ d 
tion. Actually, Proser & Kxpness , gro.ss of about $12,700 at the $12 
have not fought the case but it i ,op highest in years. Besides the 
h.is been pushed by the Shuberts, ^ ^^^^^ regular first-night press 
vvho own a substantial .share m the I seats. Todd personally bought 

.about 80 extra tickets for various 

{critics, columnists, etc., not on the 
iriM/*CI rV lirnACn DV ' r-'eague of N. Y. Theatres list. Be- 
AIIiUoLEI VYUUCU DI cause of the delayed opening, all 
ril M e*i\C AM irrilT m l V locations for this week's per- 

FILM COS. ON NEW PLAYli"™"""-^ ^^re/o^. so those on 

I the sccond-nlght list can not be 
Sidney Kingsley is being propo- ' accommodated until next Monday 
sitioned by Warner Bro.s., 20th-Fox night (22), 

and other film companies i-egard- 

ing a pre-production deal for Hie 
screen- rights to his new play, work- 
ing-titled- "Detective Story.", How- 1 
ever, he won^t decide on any deal | 

or on a production setup until he; p,.„,i,,,.ti„n „f >'rhii\ tha 

^ i'^^^Scaifomed^iLh 



i KIPNESS ABANDONS 
THAT'S THE TICKET' 



I closed last month during its Phil- 



Although Warners is reported Ldelphia tryout, will probably be 
anxious to work out a deal that I abandoned permanently by Joseph 
would include the Broadway pro- 1 Kipness, who produced it origin- 
duction, the author is disinclined .pHy in association with John Pran- 
to give any film company a sayjsky and Al Beckman. Idea is that 
in the legit presentation. He'll raising the ncces.sary $100,000-odd 
probably direct the play iumself. new financing and the difficulty of 
There s a part in it for his wife, | getting a fcmme star wouldn't be 
Madge Evans, but She generally ■ worth the effort and ri.sk involved, 
prefers not to appear in his Shows, as recently as last week it had 



so that's undecided at the moment. 
. Play is a drama localed in a de 
tective headquarters, and Kingsley 



been intended to revive the show, 
with Julius and Philip Ep.stein re- 
vising the book and Harold Romt 



obtained much of the material at supplying several new songs. Pro-' 
a police station near his Park ave- \ duction already represents « losa 
inue residence. .of more than $200,000. 



S6 



LKGITIMATBI 



Wednesday, Novemlier 17, 1948 



Umited Partners of Hieatre Gii3d 
Shows Snb ject to lyimited Overdis 



Limited partners in Theatre* 
Guild productions are now subject 
to unlimited overcalls. As far as 
knbwiv, no other management has 
ever ottered such a setup to inves- 
tors. Most managements limit over- 
calls to 20%, although 25% isn't 
unusual, and in the case of the 
Playvifrights' Co. 'production of 
"Anne of the Thousand Days" the 
extra amount subject to call is 

With theatrical production and 
operating costs at an all-time hign 
and investor resistance reportedly 
increasingi the unprecedented 
ovcrcall terms of the Guild indicate 
how its prestige has grown on the 
strength of such smashes as "Okla- 
homa!" and "Carousel," despite 
the normal percentage of flops. 
Contrary-wise,, some new manage- 
ments have to limit overcalls to 
10%, Or even agree to no overcalls . 
at all, In order to attract investor 
money. In many cases, manage? 
inents have to give away sizable 
shares of the production to maior 
backers. • 

■ One favorable aspect of the tivo 
current Guild productions, ■ "Set 
My People Free" and "The Silver 
Whistle," is their comparatively 
(considering present trends) rea- 
sonable production costs; The mul- 
tiple-scene "Set My People Free." 
at the Hudson, N. Y., is estimated 
t;o have cost only $55,000 to put on, 
•despite ..losing weeks during its 
out-of-town ti-yout. Show is figured 
to break even at about $14,000, 
with the gross tlvus far a bit below 
ths!t. 

"Whistle," currently at the Cass, 
■Detroit, but due next Wednesday 
(24) at the Biltmore, N. Y., was 



DETROIT CIVIC SEASON 
TO OPEN WITH 'NORWAY* 

Detroit, Nov. 16. 
Detroit Civic Light Opera Co. 
will open its regular 10-week sea- 
son Dec. 25 at the Masonic Tem- 
ple here with "Song of Norway," 
starring Dorren Wilson, John 
Tyres and Helena Bliss. 

Subsequent bills include "Red 
Mill with Dorothy Stone ; and 
Charles Collins; "Rosalinda," with 
Wilbur Evans and Susanna Foster; 
"The Firefly," with Allan Jones; 
"Great Waltz," with Kenny Baker; 
"New Moon," with Victor Jory, 
and "Carmen Jones," with most of 
the leads from the original New 
York production. Also listed, but 
with no stars yet signed, are 
"Bloomer Girl;" '(Vagabond King" 
and ''Connecticut Yankee." 
.'Barrie : O'Daniels is . managing 
director of the operation. 



Jeritza in "Tosca" 

Maria Jeritza, onctim > Met op- 
era star, will sing lead role in 
"Tosca" at the Mosque, Newark, 
Dec. 7, with two Met singers, 
Raoul Jobin and Alexander Sved, 
in support. Performance will have 
unusual top of $8.40. 

Singer, widow of pic producer 
Winfield Sheehan but recently le- 
married. made a comeback two 
seasons ago with a recital at Car- 
negie Hall, N. Y., and was soloist 
last season with the N. Y. Phil- 
harmonic. She's due for a series 
of recitals in N. Y. this season un- 
der Felix G. Gerstmaii manage- 
ment, and has bids for opera ap- 
pearances abtoad. 



Re: Mishandled Curtains 

Complaints are being voiced again by playgoers because of mis- 
handling of curtains and house, lights at Broadway theatres,: A| 
both Arst-nights and subsequent performances, house lights are 
frequently doused and curtains raised before the audience is seated. 

It's claimed that difficulty can be eliminated by coordination be- 
tween the house manager and stage manager, whereby the house 
lights are dimmed and held that way until everyone is seated, 
whereupon the house is darkened and the curtain upped. Same 
procedure is followed after each intermission. 



Inside Stntf-Legit 



Shuberts Buy 
4 Theatre Sites 



Sites of four top Brpad\*^'ay the- 
atres, the Shubert, Broadhjirst, 
Booth and Plymoutli, have been 
purchased by the Shuberts from 
the William Waldorf Astbr estate. 
Reported pricie was between $3,- 
500,000 and $4,00O,O00. Deal was 
Set Oct: 29, ' but became known 
only last week, after first being 
budgeted at only $35,000 and may denied by Lee Shubert and R, Bay- 
actually cost as little as $25,000- ' i^j. Knox, vicepresident of the City 
$30,000 to bring into Broadway. ' Bank Farmers Trust Co., which 
Its operating nut is also unusually represented the Astor estate, 
low. I All four housesi plus the adjoin- 

Despite the no-limit ovcrcall jng Majestic, Royale and Golden, 
an5:le on Guild productions. iCs ; have been operated by the Shu- 
figured- unlikely that there'd he bens for several years. -However, 
any overcall on most of the firiti's tlie lease for the four was due to 
shows. That's because of the expue in 1952 and there had been 
Guild's subscription setup, which i rumors that the property would 
enables it to keep tryouts on the | be sold to film interests or the 
road more or , less indefinitely, ! theatres replaced by offide build- 
playing to reasonably good grosses, ings. Purchase deal covers not 

i only Shubert. Alley but also the- 
adjoining area-way in the rear of 
the, Astqr hotel. . . 
, :■ According to announcement by 
the Shuberts, these tvvo passages 
Ili'iL n* *l 1 !• ,• ' will be combined into: a wider Shu- 
Wltn Inail Applications ^crt AHey, and a row of shops will 
>,, ■ . be built facing the Shubert and 

Glasgow, Nov. 10. B^oth theatres. 

So many thousands of theatre- 1 . 

goers flooded King's theatre box- 



'Annie's' Glasgow Booking 
Floods Boxoff ice Under 



?m-^''AnL<f'cit°''Youf'S Troupe May Take 

Ballet Theatre Dates 



vouchef.s that booking had to be 
suspended to give staff a: breather. 

Sai'kloads of mail poured in by 
every post. One day vans delivered 
seven mailbags filled with requests 
and remittances. Each bag coti- 



Wilh Ballet Theatre's return to 
the dance scene still hazy, there's 
increasing interest in the Ballet 
Alicia Alonso, newly-formed com- 



tained 2,000 to 3,000 letters. Per- pany now doing a Caribbean tour, 
formanccs lor Christmas and New , with talk that this groUp may come 
Year's nights sold out on day book- to the^. S, to take Over some of 
ing began By today (10) more than ' BiUlet/ Theatre's bookings. It's 
: 80,000 vouchers have been sent out rumored, too that impresario Sol 
to customers. - ' I-riirok might book the group. 

Show with Barbara Shotter as ' Group consists largely of Ballet 
Annie Oakley, opens a nine-week Theatre dancersi with Alicia Alon- 
run Dee. 7. It has been registering so, Barbara Fallis and Igor You- 
strongly in Manchester, but Glas- .sl^evitch as the leads. When Ballet 
gow and Edinburgh stints ^1 0 o k 'Theatre ■ officially : cancelled the 



likely to .set new records. 



Sullivan, Poss For 

Atlanta *New Moon' 

Atlanta, Nov. 16. 



first half of its current season, the 
group, consisting of about 30 
dancers, organized themselves to' 
put on a series of ballets in Cuba 
( Mlss Alonso'ii home) , with her 
brother, Fernanda Alonso, as Com- 
pany manager. Tour was built up 



Submit Draft 
On Merger Of 
Eastern Unions 

Formal draft of the pvopQued 
consolidation of eastern actor 
unions is being submitted this week 
to the governing boards of the 
groups involved. It will probably 
be studied for several weeks be- 
fore a decision is reached on its 
approval or ■ rejection. If accepted 
by the various boards, it will next 
be presented to the memberships 
for ratification; Unions involved in 
the merger are Equity, Chorus 
Equity, American Federation of Ra r :! 
dio Artists and American Guild of I 
Musical Artists, all affiliates of the | 
Associated Actors & Artistes of 
America. 

Unification plan M'as submitted 
yesterday (Tues.) to the Equity 
council and the AGMA board. Tlie 
AFRA national bQard::wi11 x-eceive 
it officially , at its. regular meeting 
next Tuesday (23), an^ the Chorus 
Equity executive' committee some 
time this week. All members of 
the various boards are receiving 
printed copies and will be asked 
to familiarize themselves with the 
contents for subsequent discussion 
and vote. Screen Actors Guild, also 
a 4A's affiliatCy is not joining in 
the merger, but has approved it 
for the others. The American Guild 
of Variety, Artists has^ not indicated 
its attitude on tlie subject. 

As adopted by- the merger com- 
mittee, the plan calls for a strong 
central union rather than a .com- 
paratively loose organization; Al- 
though retaining nominal autono* 
my for the member groups, it 
Would give the parent governing 
body wide- authority in policy mat- 
ters In the various jurisdictional 
fields involved. The name "Equity'' 
is to be retained in the organiza-: 
tion's title, and the legit union and 
AFRA are to be equally represent- 
ed on ;the; parent board. 

The question of selection of ex- 
ecutives, staff and attorneys, which 
threatened to be a stumbling block 
to adoption of a merger plan, has 
been settled. It's now agreed that 
the governing board will have full 
authority to name all personnel; 
including counsel. It's conceded 
that George Heller will be the 
choice for executive-secretary, with 
Henry Jafle figured the likely 
choice as attorney. President of the 
consolidated organization, probably 
chosen from the Equity: rank.s, will 
be unpaid. 



Eddie Fay, Jr., playing the lead in "High Button Shoes," at the Broad- 
way, N. Y., while Phil Silvers is hospitalized for a throat operation, 
has brought new life to the musical. Apparent explanation is that he 
plays the part much differently, . inserting numerous pieces of slap-' 
stick business and generally keeping the cast on edge. At several 
points he pulls pranks on the other actorsi occasionally stopping: the 
show by breaking them up. 

Also in from the Chicago company of the show are Marty Barrett, 
playing Joey Faye's part^ and Ellen Hanley; substituting for Lois Lee. 
Meanwhile; Faye has stepped up from the second comedy lead in the. 
New York troupe: to succeed Foy in the top comedy spot: in Chicago. ' 
Miss Lee has switched to Miss Hanley's part in Chicago, and Barrett's 
part in the same company is being played temporarily by' Joe Morrison; 
who moved up frbm a spot in the singing group. 



More show biz names than usual cluster the list: of angels for "Anne 
of- the:- Thousand Days," starring Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman. List 
includes Leland Hayward, $4,000; Howard S. Cullman, $5,000; Linda 
Berlin, c/o Irving Berlin, $5,000; Morrie Schrier, $5,000; Richard 
Rodgers, $5;000; Herman Bernstein, $4,000; Forrest C. Haring, $4,000; 
Marguerite W: Cullman, $2,500; Prances W. Cullman, $2,500; Meyer 
Davis, $2,000; Robert Montgomeryj $2,000; Arthur Hornblow, Jr., $2,000; 
Arthur Schwartz, $1,000; Alfred de Liagre, Jr., $1,000; Frances Held, 
$1,000; Judith Abbott, $1,000;' Nedda Harrigan, $1,000; David Wayne, 
$1,000; Robert Keith, $1,000; Leo Freednian. $1,000; Myrt Blum, $1,000; 
Jane Seymour Fonda & Peter Henry Fonda, $1,000; Kermit Bloom- 
garden, $1,000; Joseph F. Cullman, $1,000; Edgar M. Cullman, $1,000. 



After eight straight weeks and one of the best getaways in years, 
Nixon ; thfeatre, Pittsburgh, has absolutely notlnng in siglit but two 
attractions between now and first of the year. House is currently dark 
for first time since season opened on Labor Day, and an indication of 
its: booking woes is fact that Blackstone, the magician, c'omes in Thanks- 
giving week. As Jong as oldest graybeard can remember, that holiday 
stanza has been a must for a .big musical, and none of them ever failed: 
to do big. Theatre : Guild bad originally planned a fortnight for. 
''Allegro," but has cut that down to one week, Dec. 13, under- subscripi- 
tion auspices.: After that/ nothing's in sight, not even for the . usually 
terrific Xmas and New Year's sessions. 



Legit Bits 



Brian Sullivan, Metropolitan to six weeks in Cuba, Guatemala, 
Opera tenor, and Ila/cl Poss have Haiti, Venezuela, Jamaica and the 
leads -in "The New Moon,'' Aaanta, ■ Dominican Republic; ' v: ■ ': ■: ■: 
Civic Opvia presentation sclied- If Ballet Theatre doesn't reor- 
ulcd^ for lour performances Nov. gani-/.o and fill its Chicago and 
22. 23, 24. >fe\v York commitments, there's 

Slmw will be given at Roxy thea- talk of this new group coming to 
tro, Lucas & Jenkins downtown the U. S. after its Caribbean tour, 
film house, which has, been scaled . and talte over. Especially since 
from $2 to $3.60 for the occasion. , there's only one major company 

. now touring the U; S., Ballet Russe 
■ :■ . ide MOnte , Carlo, lliiipoicj who haSn't: 



Schwartz's 2d 



Maurice Schwartz's second 



four plays which he has scheduled 
for this sea.')On, "Hershel the Jos- 
ter," has gone into rehearsal for 
opening at tlie Yiddish Art the- 
atre, N. v., during the week of 
Dec. 6. 

Play i.s a comedy folk tale by 
Moshe Livshit?., set to music by 



a ballet company: m a couple 
of of seasons, is believed anxious to 



comevback into the field and man^ 
age one. 



Chicago c a s t of . "Streetcar 
Named Desire" kept busy, witli 
; SidOnie 'Espero teaching French tiy 
• the rest of the cast with daily 
i less()ns and! tJta Hagen,: teaching: a 
- , _ , . , J r. , . r i'lasB; in drama at : the: Goodman 
Joseph Rumshin.sky, and Schwartz gphoo, Katherine DeMHle, former 
Will play the title role. pjt actress and wife of Anthony 

Schwartz's "The Voice of Is- o nn, male lead in ' Streetc.' ." 
rael" will play three more weeks, has brought their three children to 
fending a six-week tun. 'Chicago. 



'Harvey' Tour Next j 
Season Depends On I 
Star's Availability 

Road company of "Harvey," , 
.starring Frank Fay, will probably 
close its current engagement at the \ 
Colonial, Boston, in mid-Deccm- ' 
her and, after a week's intermcdi- 1 
ate booking, play the Christmas i 
and New Year weeks at Ford's, ; 
Baltimore. Comedy is then slated 
to tour westward, closing on tlie ' 
Coast next springs 

Whether tlie .show w'ill lour again 
next sea.son will probabty depend , 
on the availability of a top name ' 
as star. Fay is not expected to be ' 
willing to go On the road again, 
although it's figured that the com- , 
edy could probably play a full sea-"' 
son of split-weeks and one-night- ' 
ers. 

Joe E. Brown, currently starring 
in the original production at the i 
48lh Street, N. Y,, has a run-of- ; 
therplay contract. 



Louis Calhcrn had $200 bet on 
President Truman, at 20-1 . . . 
Plroducer . Alexander 11. Cohen had 

a $100-to-$300 bet with general 
manager Eddie KnlU and, as he 
had the coin to spare at the time, 
paid off early-in October, so Knill 
had to get together $400 the day 
after election. . It was the -same 
week he lost in the regular man- 
agers-agents poker ses.sion . . -. 
Robert Lewis will lecture on stage 
directing this fall at the Yale 
drama school . . . George Abbott 
hopes to start rehearsals in about 
two weeks of the new Anita Loos- 
Frances Marion comedy, "Mother 
Was::a ' Lady," to star ZaSu Pitts 
. . Mary Hunter will direct Thorn- 
ton Wildcr's adaptation Of Jeah- 
Paul Sartre's "The Victors" as the 
first New Stages production of the 
season . .:, Jose Perrer,: currently 
starring in the Theatre Guild pres- 
entation of "The Silver Whistle," 
will appear in repertory in "Rich- 
ard III" and "Peer Gynt" for the 
same management next summer at 
the Country Playhouse, Westport 
Conn. 

Torrey Steams has beefii propo- 
sitioned on a collaboration setup 
for an English treatment of his 
six-character, single-set thriller 
"Guilty?" but is holding off for the 
moment to see about a Broadway 
production . : . Robert Wcenolseh 
and Stephen Gross have foiined a 
legit production firm and are look- 
ins for scripts . . . "Sprigs of Ever- 
green," musical drama with book 
and score by Philine Duncan and 
Leonard Gro.ssman, and lyrics by 
Sidney Fuller, will be auditioned 
tomorrow night (Thur.l for poten- 
tial backers Session will be at the 
apartmont-offico of Bertha Klau.s- 
ner. agent for the authors . . . Meg 
iVIundy has withdrawn iis replace- 
ment for Peffsry Ashcroft in "Ed- 
ward, My Son," starting next Mon- 
day night (22), and Adriannc Allen 
i« now set for the a.ssignmcnt. 

American Theatre Wing GI 
school starts llth session Dec 8 
with registration up to Doc 2 
Robert Z?Iler. formerly conductor 
ot Markova-Dolin dance troupe, 
now' musical director of "Magda- 
lona" (Zicgfeld. N.Y.), replacing 
Artliur Kay, who returned to Los 
Angeles , . . Ted Goldsmith, in N.Y. 
trom Boston for a weekend from 
his "Finian's Rainbow" p .i rhorns 
tore ligament in a leg Monday 

.'11,5 ).,■■;■:,.;; '"^ 

Muriel ("Carmen Jones") Smith 
IS doubling in concert-legit this 
fall, singing the lead in the opera, 
"Carmen," with, the Salmaggi Co. 
In Brooklyn, and appearing in the 



i Experimental ;Theatre's Invita- 
I tional Series of ."Hippolytus" Nov* 
;| 20 . . Georgie Price's 10-year-old 

son, Peter, into "Magdalena" cast 
I . . . Jimmy Kirkwood, son of Lila 

Lec and James Kirkweod, now in 

"Small Wonder." 

Max Goberman has Withdrawn 
as c o n d ue t o r- - of "Where'* 
Charley'?" to go on Caribbean tour 
with the Ballet Alicia Alonso,: 
Edward Simons taking over in tlie 
St. James (N. Y.) pit . . . Larry 
Evers, dancer in Chi company of 
"High Button Shoes," had one-day 
exhibition of his paintings in Clil'. 
recently . . . dancer Mart Piatt 
quit Columbia Pictures and due 
in N. Y. soon looking lor a 
Brpfldway musical job . . . Gower 
Champion, who did dances for 
':Sma]l Wonder" (and is appearing 
m Persian Room, N. Y., with wife: 
Marge), will stage dances for N. Y. 
presentation of "Lend An Ear"... 
Mary March joined Karl Bern- 
stein's office as associate p.a, . . . 

Sam Spewack is now assisting on 
I revisions of "Kiss Me, Kate," musl- 
ical comedy for which his wife, 
Bella Spewack, supplied the book 
and Cole Porter lias composed the 
score ... "A Day in the Country," 
mu.sical comedy with book by John 
Whedon and Sam Moore; scdre h^ 
Robert Emmett Dolan afad lyrics 
by Johnny Mercer, is being sub- 
mitted to Broadway managements.: 



LOS ANGELES 
Nana Bryant bought a piece ot 

the Billings Stock Co. in Omaha 

and plans to appear with the 
I troupe next month if film commit- 
; mehts permit , Blanche Gladstone 
I first cast member inked for world 
I preem of Zoe Akins' "Castle in the 

Sand" at :Pa,sadena Playhouse Nov. 

21. Robert Milton directs. 



CHICAGO 
. Herman Bernstein, general man- 
ager ol "Mister Roberts." in town 
looking over Chi. company opera- 
tions, as was Max Allcntuck, gen- 
eral manager of "Command Deci- 
sion' . , . Lawrence Langner, one 
of tlie Theatre Guild's exec direc- 
tors, m Chicago from Gotham to 
view "Silver Whistle" run . .Irene. 
Selziiick, producer of "Streetcar 
Named Desire," plans a Thanks- 
.piving dinner for members of the 
, Chi company and their families at 
1 the Sherman hotel. Nov. 25. 
j Marlys Oakland leaves Chi com- 
ipany of "High Button Shoes" to re- 
turn to New York Francis Robin- 
son in Chi, .flacking for "Medea," 
opening Nov. 23 for four weeks. 



W«|ne»d«y, Wovcmber 17, 194« 

Total Broadway Grosses 

The following are the comparative figures based on Variety's 
boxoffice estimates, for last weelc and the corresponding week of 
l«9t season: 

, > , This Last 

. . ' Season Season 

Number of shows current 22 28 

Total weeks played so far by all shows 457 514 

Total gross for all current shows last week. . $609,200 $652,500 
Total season's gross so far for all shows. :. . $10,911,600 $10,861,800 
Number of new productions so.far . . , i 23 24 



UBGIimfATB 



S7 



Chi Continues Bri^; 'l^oes 28G 
In 27th Week/Brig' Nice 366 



Chicago, "Nov. 16. -f 
Xegit'b.o. continues brisk here, 
with several companies digging in 
■for the winter. "Mr. Roberts" 
and "Streetcar Named Desire" look 
set well Into next year. "Briga- 
doon'' goes into its sixth week with 
plenty of bloom on its b.o. heather 
"Command Decision,!' which 
opened at the Studebaker. last Nov. 
8, expects heavy play during its 
limited engagemenli helped by 
crix bouquets. "Heiress"' continues 
to gain speed at the Selwyn and 
may settle for a long stay. Mail 
orders are strong for "Medea," 
(tipening next Mon. (22) for a four- 
week stand. "Silver Whistle" 
pulled out of the Blackstone Sat. 
(13) after three weeks of Guild 
sponsorship. 

Estimate for Last Week 
"Brigadoon," Shubert (6th week) 
(2,100; $4.94). Getting good mat- 
inee an convention biz. Nice $36,^ 
000. 

. 'Command Decision," Stude- 
baker (1st week) (1,237; $4.33). 
■ Started quietly, but was sparked 
by fine reviews; got a promising 
$16,000 for the first week. 

"Hish Button Shoes," G r e a t 
Northern (26th week) (1,500; $6.18). 
Getting consistent crowds with 
sweet $28,000 and will- probably 
ptay until, Christmas, when It goes 
to Detroit for a three-week stay. 

"Heiress," Selwyn (3rd week) 
(1,000; $3.71). Steadily gaining over 
: opening week; fine $17,300 and 
. seems set for a run ; goes on Guild 
subscription when it leaves here. 

"Mister Roberts," Erlanger ( 10th 
week) (1,334; $4.33). Full-house as 
usual with capacity $28,700. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Har- 
ris (8th week) (1,000; $4.33). Con- 
tinues to pack 'em in with keen 
^4,000. 

"Silver Whistle." Blackstone (3rd 
week) (1,358; $3.80). Closed Sat. 
(13) under . .Guild sponsorship's 
three-week stay; okay $15,300. 

WERMAN' ONLY 16G 
IN WEEK AT Pm 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 16. 
"Man and Superman," with Mau- 
rice Evans, didn't come up to ex- 

fiectations at Nixon last weeki get- 
ing only around $16,000 at $3 top, 
not including 30% tax, which 
brought orch seats to $3.90. 
And this despite fact that show 
. got sock notices in all three dailies 
and had no competition from a 
. coming attraction, since house is 
currently dark. 



BOYQ(-'GLOVES' SETS 
N.H. RECORD AT 21G 

New Haven, Nov. 18. 

American preem: of ''Bed Gloves," 
with Charles Boyer, brought a box- 
office record to the Shubert last 
week on a four-day. stand at the 
Shubert (10-13). Healthy advance 
built into sellout biz for a total of 
approximately $21(000 on five per- 
formances at $4.20 top. 

House goes for pix this week, 
then brings in the tryout of "Along 
Fifth Avenue" for Nov. 24-27. ' 

Another preem, "Jenny Kissed 
Me," is due Dec. 2-4. "Finian's 
Rainbow" plays the week of Dec. 
13-18. Prieem of "Smile of the 
World" Is pencilled for Dec. 30. 

"Ice Follies'.' plays the Arena 
Nov. 29-Dcc. 4. 



'Biitliday' Folds After 
Disappointing in L A. 

Los Angeles, Nov. 16. 

"Happy Birthday" folded Satur- 
day night (13), the second succes- 
sive road attraction to disband here 
following disappointing stands : at 
the Biltmore.' ."Birthday," Lewis & 
Young road production starring 
Miriam Hopkins, -had played only 
four one-night stands before bow- 
ing at. the Biltmore Nov. 1. Two- 
week take was a disappointing $36,- 
500, majority of which came from 
Theatre Guild subscription. Sched- 
uled third week V here and subscr 
quent road tour were abandoned. 

Biltmore is due to relight .again 
Monday (22) with "One Fine Day." 
. Estimates' for Last Week : 

"Blackouts of 1948," El Capitan 
(334th wk) (1,142; $2.40). $17,000 
again. 

"Happy Birthday," Biltmore (2d 
wk) (1,636; $3.60). Second frame's 
$19,500 still below hopes. Folded. 

"Lend An Ear," Las Palmas, 
(22d wk) (388; $3). Maintaining $7,- 
000 pace. 



B'way Spurts; 3 Openings litis Wk.; 
'Shoes' Leads Pack at $49,200, 
Teople' 10^26, 'Bravo' 9G in 4 Times 



'Carousel' Whammo 

$42,400 In Columbus 

Columbus, O., Nov. 16. 

Theatre Guild production of 
"Carousel" pulled a whopping $42,- 
490 at the Hartman here last week: 

Show Is splitting this week be- 
tween Dayton and Wheeling. 

Shows in Rehearsal 

"Along Fifth Avenue"— Arthur 

■ Lesser. •. ■ ■ , 

"Jenny Kissed Me"— Michael El- 
lis and James Busso, Alexander 
B. C^hen, Clarence M. Shapiro. 

"Kiss Me, Kate"— Arnold Saint- 
Subber tt Liemuel Ayers. 

"Lend an Ear"— William R. Kat- 
zell, William Eythe, Franklin K. 
Gilbert. 

"Make Way for Lucia"— Theatre 
Guild. 

"The Young and Fair"— Vinton 
Freedley. 



'AHegro' Smash 
$41,6l)0bPliiUy; 
'Sky' $25,600 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 
Legit, biz continues, to look good 
here in Philly with the Theatre 
Guild's "Allegro" leading the pack 
by a substantial margin. The big 
Rodgers-Hammerstein musical at 
the Shubert ha.s now finished its' 
subscription stint and is playing, its 
laiit two weeks on a straight box- 
office basis with every indication 
of last week's sellout being, repeat- 
ed. I 
Based^ on some rave second- 
thought comments on Sunday and 
a lot of very favorable word-of- 
mouth, "Anne of the 1,000 Days" 
seems likely to step into the sec- 
ond place running of the city's le^ 
gits, last week held by '.'Light Up 
the Sky,''. ; which left Saturday 
night; 

This week's only opening was 
"Escape Me Never," the Elisabeth 
Bergner starrer, which bowed in 
at the Locust last night (15) after 
a couple of postponements. 

Next week's lone newcomer will 
be the Guild's "Make Way for 
Lucia." coming into the Walnut for 
two weeks. 
. Estimates for Last Week 
"Allegro," Shubert (2d week) (1,-. 
877; $4.55). In first full Week 
Guild musical production of Rodg- 
ers-Hammerstein show saw abso- 
lute capacity reached with $41,600.' 
Figure would have been higher 
without subscription and may do 
I iust that this week- when it's on its 
own. . ■ 

"For Heaven's Sake Mother,'' 
Walnut (2d week) (1,340; $3.25). 
This comedy tryout never got 



Theatre attendance on Broadway 
rebounded sharply last week from 
the previous week's election: slump. 
The upturn started Monday night 
(8) and continued all week, with 
especially strong* business, from 
Thursday night (11) on.' As usual 
midweek matinees were the prin- 
cipal offish performances. .: 

Three openings are on this 
week's card. ,. They ; are: "For 
Heaven's Sake, Mother," "Good- 
bye, My Fancy" and "Light Up the 
Sky." Next week brings "The 
Young and Fair" and "The Silver 
Whistle." ' 
Estimates ' for Last Week 
Keys: C (Comedy), D {Drama), 
GD: (Comedv^Draitia)t R iRevue), 
M: iMusical), Q iOperetta) . 

Annie Get Your Gun," Imperial 



Guild production being helped by 
a couple -of favorable notices, but 
chances appear slim; $10,500 for 
first full week. 

"Small Wonder," Coronet (9th 
wk) <R-998; $6). Intimate rftvue 
getting nice attendance, though not . 
capacity; last week's $24,300 af- 
forded operating profit. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Bar-: 
rymore (50th wk) (D-1,064; $4.80). 
Another unfailing sellout; $27,500: 
again. ' 

^'Summer and Smoke," Music 
Box (6th wkV (D-1,012; $4.80). New 
Tennessee Williams drama prob- 
ably profiting by the continued 
controversy among those who've 
{ seen it; matinees . conlihue offish; 
$21,600 last week. 
! "The Play's the Thing," Booth 
(26th wk) (CD-712; $4.80). Molnar 



(131st wk) (M-1,472; $6.60). Irving revival leaped back nicely tp about 
Berlin tuner hopped back-into the I $15 qoo, which is profitable, but 
top brackets with better than $39,- 1 s^ow may have to vacate the house 
000* , I in another month or so, with Mari- 

"As the Girls Go," Winter Gar- 1 anne Stewart reportedly set to sue? 



Current Road Shows 

(Nov. 15-27), 
"Allef ro" — Shubert, P h i 1 J y 

(15-27). 

"Along Fifth Avenue"— Shubert, 
N. H. (24-27). 

"Annie Get Your Gun" — ■ 
Erlanger, Buff. (15-20); Shubert- 
Lafayette, Det. (22-27). 

"Anne of the Thousand Days"— 
Forrest, Philly (15-27). 

"Blackouts of 1948"— El Capitan, 
L. A. (15-27). 

"Born Yesterday'' -— Hanna, 
Cleve. (115-20); Cass Det. (22-27). 

"Brigadoon" — Shubert, Chi. 
(15-27). 

"Carousel"' — Victory, Dayton 
(15-17); Capitol, Wheeling a9-20); 
Aud., Louisville (22-27). 

"Command Decision" — Stude- 
baker. Chi. (15-27). 

"Desert Song" — La Crosse, La 
Crosse (15); Lyceum, Mpls. (16-20); 
Aud., St. Paul (21); KRNT, Des 
Moines (23); Omaha, Omaha (24); 
Music Hall, K.C. (25-27). 

"Finian's Rainbow" -^ Shubert, 
Best. (15-27). •. 

"Happy Birthday" — Biltmore, 
L. A. (15-20). 

"Harvey" — Colonial, Bost. 
(15-27). 

"High Button Shoes"— Gt. North- 
ern, Chi. (15t27). 

"Japhet"— Wilbur, Bost. (15-27). 
"Make Way tor Lncia"— Plyhse, 

Wil, (18-20); Walnut, Philly {22r27 ). ^ ^ 

"Man and Superman" — Royal j started here after lengthy preem 
Alex., Toronto (15-20); Ilanna, j,ad notices; $6,200 in last 

Cleve. (22-.^"). . ■ . j week. House currently dark; 

"Medea" — American, St, _Louls I ..M^ke Way for Lucia" next Mon- 



'Japhet' $6,700, Toronto 

Toronto, Nov. 16. 
With only fair notices, "Japhet," 
with Ernest Truex and Vicki Cum- 
mings, brodicd to $6,700 at the 
Royal Alexandra, with 1,525-seater 
scaled at $3 tops. 



St Louis I 
(15-20); Blackstone, Chi. (22-27). 

"Mr. Roberts" — Erlanger, Chi , 
(15-27). 

"Oklahoma!" (No. 1 Co.— Court. 
Spgfld. (15-17); Aud., Hartford' 
(18-20); Avon, Utica (22-27). 

"Oklahoma!" (No. 2 Co. — Col., 
Evansville (15-17); Union, Bloom- 
ihgton (18-20); American, St. Louis 
'(22-27), ■ ''■- ' 

"One Fine Day"— Geary, Frisco 
(15-20); Biltmore, L.A. (22-27). 

"Red Gloves" — Ford's, Balto 1 
(15-20); Plymouth, Bost. (22-27). 

"Show Boat" — Met. Seattle 
(15-20); Curran. Frisco (22-27). 

"Silver Whistle" — Cass, Det. 
(15-20). , . „ 

"Streetcar Named Desire"- Har- 
ris, Chi. (15-27J. 

"The Heir^" — Selw>'n, Chi. 
(15-27). 



day 

"Light Up the Sky." Locust 
(2d week) (1,580; $3.90). New 
Moss Hart comedy climbed stead- 
ily from start and last week re- 
ported $25,600, which meant near 
capacity last half of the week. A 
good fixing :iob was done on last 
act. Elisabeth Bergner opened 
Monday (15) in"Escape Me Never.'' 
"Anne of the 1,000 Days," For- 
rest (1st week) (1,766; $4.55) 
Opened Tuesday. Preem was me- 
chanically a little ragged. One ad- 
verse notice. Biz started to climb 
with favorable word-of -mouth and 
favorable follow-up comment; $18,- 
000 ,Jn seven performances; and 
i expected to gain. Stays' next week. 



'Annie' Nifty 37G In 

Split Week Stands 

Rochester, Nov; 16, ; 
"Annie Get Your Gun," playing 



den (M-1,519; $6). New Michael 
Todd musical preemed Saturday 
night (13), and got strong b.o. no- 
tices; started potently this week. 

"Born Yesterday," MjiUer (145th 
wk) (C-940; $4.80). Garson Kanin 
comedy moved hete - from the 
Lyceum and 'jumped to over $16,- 
000. 

"Bravo," Lyceum (1st week) 
(CD-993; $4.80). Edna Ferber- 
George S. : Kaufman play lighted 
Thursday night (11) to a poor 
press; got $9,000 for 'first four per- 
formances; - better Indication . this 
■week. .... 

"Edward, My Son," Beck (7th 
wk) (D-1,214; $4.80). London im- 
port pulling standees at all per- 
formances; $28,500 again. 

"For Heaven's Sake, Mother," 
Belasco (C-1,077; $4,80). Play by 
Julie Berns, presented by David 
Kay, opened last night (Tues.). 

"Goodbye, My Fancy," Morosco 
(CD-931; $4.80). Play by Fay 
Kanin, starring Madeleine Carroll, 
presented : by Michael Kanin, in 
association with Richard 
& Richard Myers, opens 
(Wed.). 

"Harvey," 48th St. (212th wk) 
(C-921; $4.20). Mary Chase come- 
dy recovered a bit with the trend; 
$12,500. 

"High Button Shoes,'^ Broadway 
(58lh wkl (M-1,900; $6). Holdover 
musical bounced . back to virtual 
capacity, topping $49,200. and lead- 
ing the pack, again. 

"Howdy, Mr. Ice," Center (21st 
wk) (R-2,964; $2.88). Skating re- 
vue joined the general surge; 
$44,000. 

i "Inside U.S.A.," Majestic (29th 
wk) (1.659; $6). Arthur Schwartz 

I Pevue was another holdover that 

I jumped back to almost capacity, 

I just under $48,000. 

I "Life With Mother," Empire 
(4th wk) iCD-1,082; $4.80). Town's 
newest consistent sellout had an- 

! other Week of standee; : trade; 
$24,500 

"Light Up the Sky," Royale (CD- 
1,035; $4.80). Play by Moss Hart, 
presented by Joseph Hyman & Ber- 
nard Hart, opens tomorrow night 
iThur.). 

"Love Life," 46th St. (6th wk) 
(M-1,319; $6). New Alan Jay Ler- 
ner-Kurt Weill musical profiting 
from theatre parties; $38,800. 

"Magdalena," Ziegfeld (8th wk) 
(0-l,628; $6.60). Trade held about 
even for this Coast import at $35,- 
000, but the nut has been lo^vered 
and show is now stated to. b* op- 
erating in the black, 

"Make Mine Manhattan,'^ Broad- 
hurst (44th wk) (R-1,160; $6). In- 
timate musiical zoomed to ^29,800 
and may stay here indefinitely; stop 
limit is $25,000. 

"Mister Roberts," Alvin 39th 
wk) (CD-1,357; $4,80). Always 
Standee trade at this salty show; 
$35,000 again 



feed Faye Emerson for the tour. 

"Where's Charley?" St. James 
(5th wk) (M-1,509; $6). Ray Bolger 
is the draw in -this musical version 
of the- old . comedy, "Charley's 
Aunt,":, with last vi^k's gross: 
bettering capacity at $37,500j- : . 

rmian 

'Winslow' mSil 
Boston Betfir 

Boston, Nov. 16. 
No opener last week for second 
week in a row, very unusual along 
the Hub's rialto this season, but 
"Japhet" comes ' into the Wilbur 
this week, to be followed by "Red 
Gloves" Nov. 22 at the Plymouth, 
Aldrich i "Allegro" on Nov. 29 at the Opera 
tonight House, and "Lend an Ear" at the 
Wilbur Dec. 2: Save for "Finian's 
Rainbow" at the Shubert, current 
legit ; attractions aren't too solid, , 
"Road to Rome" at the Copley, first 
Boston Repertory Assn. offeritig is : 
pretty disappointing so far, v 

Estimates for Last Week ; > 
"Finian's Rainbow," Shubert (4th 
Wk) (1,750; $4.80). Reinained at' li 
near-SRO level: at : estimated $32,- 
900, very big. 

"Harvey," Colonial (8th. wik) fli,- . 
500; $3.60). Has eased off latelyi : 
but rose last week to $17,500. 

"The Road to Rome," Copley 
(first full week) (1,000; $2,25). 
They're prepared for a hard break- 
in period at this new repertory 
ouliit; and the estimated $3;500 oh 
the week is not too bright. Second 
week is current, 

"The Winslow Boy>" Plymouth 
(2d wk) (1,200; $3.60). Second week 
of this Theatre Guild«American. 
Theatre Society offering spurted 
to $19,500, good. 



Eyes Phoenix Stock | 

Ann Lee, Broadway actress who ] _ ^ 

operated an Equity stock company j ^eat sports wing of Music Hall at 
last summer at Santa Fe, left 1 $3 top. 

ye.sterday (Tues.) to help organize | Only legit fare here so far '"'s 
a similar outfit this winter in , sca,son was "Annie Get Your Gun, 
Phoenix. It will open about . Jan, | which did disappointing biz in 
1 for .a 12-weck sca,sojii; 



Blackstone lOG, Cincy 

Cincinnati, .Nov, 16.; 
sec^oM'shrorfhTs^S^ia ''Plit .eek between the Palace' 

bo'friO p1?f1frLn\"es t^ndheTe-^S Tl^t 0^^^ 
clu*diS^Sunday'^^1?) "^,3^^^ eight perfor- 

I seat Cox at $2.45 lop. Matinees mances last week. 
I Armistice Day, Saturday and Sun- j Musical plays the , ShubertrLaf a;* 
iday drew heavy juve support. j yelte, Detroit, this week. 

I "Holiday on Ice." in for its third , , 

[annual visit under Oola Khan <ql^,„ p^„.> 94/- C-_«l- 
I Grotto auspices, magneted a re- , ^ onOW Boat Seattle 1 

j ported whopper $,55,000 in 10 per- ] Seattle, Nov, 16. , 

iformances on nine-day engage- ; j^g^j^.^, ..gu^j.^, ^^^i.> grossed ' 
ment, ending Nov. 9,_ in the 4,UUU- ^ profitable $24,000 last week be- i 



i four-day stay at the 2,500-seat Taft. 



tween the Royal, Victoria, and the 
Metropolitan here. 

Musical remains here this week 
and goes to San Francisco Monday 
122). 



My Romance," Shubert (4th wk) | week, 
(0-1.387; $6), Shubert operetta 
got $23,800, which affords a small! 
operating, profit; show has re- 
portedly been ' underquoted, cor- 
rect figures having been $22,200, 
I $21,800 and $24,000 for the first 
I three weeks; end of Theatre Guild 
! subscription should indicate its 
I real chances; must vacate the thea- 
I tre after next week to make room 
i for "Anne of the: Thousand Days." 
and may go to the Adelphi, possi- 
bly at reduced scale. 
I "Private : Lives," Plymouth (6th 
wk) iC-1,062; $4.80). Back to itan- 
1 dee pace for this Tallulah Bank- 
head-starrur at $27,000. 
"Respectful Prostitute'' and 



WYNN'S XARNIVAL' 
BIG $22,000 IN FRISCO 

San Francisco/, Nov. 16. 
. ''Ed Wynn's Laugh Carnival," with 
Phil Baker and- Allan Jones chalk- 
ed up a big $22,000 for its §nt 
stanza at the Curran (1,776; $3.60), 
where it opened to rave notices (7>. 

Charles Ruggles and Mary Bo' 
land : preemed "One Fine Day'* at 
the Geary (1,550; $3,60) Monday 
(8), and showed a thin $8,000 for its 
first week. Show did not fare too 
well at the hands of the reviewers. 

"Raze The Roof," with Jerry 
Lester, held to a fine $15,800 at the 
Tivoli (1,400; $2.88) for its eighth 



'OldaJ' Smasb m600, 
Advance SeDoiit, Monti 

Montreal, Nov. 16. 
Doing their second appearance 
in as many years, the No. 1 
company of "Oklahoma!" did a 
smash $33,600 for. eight perform- 
ances at His Majesty's last week. 

With prices at a $3.94 top, 1,579- 
seater was almost sold out. a week 
before the company dame to town. 



'Okia' 



$48,700, Nashville 
"Hope Is the Thing," Cort (40th Memphis, Nov. 16. 

wk) (D-1,064; $4.20). Rose with In eight performances in Nash- 
the trend; approximately $12,790. ' ville here last week, the No. 2 com- 
"Sct My People Free," Hudson pany of "Oklahoma" grossed « 
(2d wk) (D-1,057; $4.80). Theatre I smasheroo $48,700. 



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Wedincadayt NdvcinW ' 17^; 



Plays Out of Town 



A»n«s;irtt't Thousand 

V\:::^:-,::,,;:;:v,-,Ilaiysv '•.i,-;/:' 

; V Philadelphia, Nov. 9. 

•. ;eia!i>wMitbts Co.-tplintl ■ Haywiard pi'Ov 

fietlon <rt drama by Maxwell Anflei'son- 
ars Hex Harrison and Joyce Bedman: 
atures Percy Warani. Viola Keata, •lohii 
Uliams, Charles Francis. . Directed by 
, Bretaigne Windust; settings a»jd llghtins. 

Jo : MteUlner: costumes by Motley; music 
. by Xehnian Engel. At Forrest theatre, 
Philadelphiai Nov,, &.'«!) $4.55 sc»le, 
Anne Boleyn . . . . , i> ,Joyc« /Kedman, 

Mary ]?oieyft . . ■; . . . . . v. liOnlse Piatt 

TKoinils Boieyn . ; . . iCharles Francis 
■ CaMlnal , Wolsey • . ^ . • . .Jiercy Waram : 
- . Servant , , . . . ; , ; : ,1 . .-. . .Ludlow Maury 
. Smeatiiii , . : John Metlvale 
;, Noi-rls. ; . Allan jStevensoij 

Hetirj-i , . . , . i . ,Vv . , ...... Rex Harrison 

Nortoilt: .5. i'v...:.'. John William* 
Percy . i ■ . . .. . .Robert DuKe 

EliMheth Boleyn ; ;■ , i ; . . - • • '. ■. Vibla Keate 
Serving Woman... . . . . .v. Kathleen Bolton 

Ciiurlcr . , . . . . . Walter Matthaii 

Attejidaots , - . . , .i ..viFredjjvjresCptton : 
Servant..; ; .Ce<;n .Glovelly 

' Janfe : .' Seymour . :. : . ... Monica .tang 

f nomas. More. :-, . K.usseiL^alge 
homas qromwell.- . . .Weti4011;.Kv .PhliUps 
= Bishop Fisher .Vi . . . ; ; .,.:;■.^;H&CTy ;lrviw 
Prior Houghton., .i,..; - . Cecil Clovclly 
. Ittadge Shelton , . : . . . . Margaret .Garland 
'Siiliffv . . i ; ; . . . 1 , . . . . Fred Ayres Cottoii 

tWliS J. .. .. . . . .. . • •..-„ Harold; MCGce 
lei*.. . s . Terence Anderson 
: sk9»r»!~'Ri«hara )£ieonej: Frank Mycrsi 
.. . -Donald ■■Cottrad.'.-".';'. -r--,,..'.^..' . ,:' ■ 

MuJleians: Harold McGee, Malcolin, 
. ;'^eUsi .Cbaries Ellis. \ . , . , ., ' 

Peerii Jack Blake, Walter Matthau. 
.Malcolm WeUs. CecU Clovelly, Charles 

Production difficulties, almost 
%Wit«iy tfethahlcal, rew in 
three pdstponemehts for this new 
Maxwell Anderson drama which, 
when it finally preemed at the 
Forrest, had a mixed reception. 
This is the fourth time Anderson 
has delved back into history lot 
subject matter and the third time 
he has chosen an English ruler as a 
leading character. Of its prede- 
cessors, "Mary of Scotland" and 
"Elizabeth the Queen" were solid 
hits — in some degree due to high- 
ranking stars — while "Valley 
Forge" was artistically acclaimed 
but a boxoffice failure. ^ 

"Anne of the Thousand Days" 
doesn't have a Helen Hayes or a 
Lynn Fontanne for marquee pur- 
poses, but in Rex Harrison, who 
has a large and clamorous film fol- 
lowing, it has a potent drawing 
card. As for Anderson's writing, 
It is every bit up to the standard 
.of "Mary'.' and "Elizabeth," for the 
niost part, and . where it occasion- 
ally falters there's no reason to 
assume that the author or his asso- 
ciates of the Playwrights Co. won't 
' have the. flaws ironed out during 
its three weeks here, 
i "Annei' is strongest in its central 
theme, which is the lusty and 
passionate romance of Henry VHI 
i>f England and his second wife — 
Anne Boleyn — ^whose marriage to 

: him wheii the Church had not 

'■ recognized his divorce of Catherine 
of Aragon resulted in the historical 
break between Church and State 
in England and Henry's ruthless 
seizure of Church monies and 
properties. While Anderson is 
writing of bluff and predatory King 
Hal and willful, capricious Anne, 
whose neck finally paid the penalty 

; of her royal love on Tower Oreen, 
he is at his best, and as two-thirds 
of the play deals with this romance, 

■■[ the playwright's task is, for the 
post part, happily accomplished. 
He isn't so fortunate in the scenes 
Introducing other historical chair 
: acters of the play; in fact, he gives 
the impression of not being too 
much interested in Cardinal Wol- 
sey, the scheming Cromwell, Nor- 
; ; folk. Thomas More, Jane Seymour 
(the only other Heni-y Sweetie 
Whom the viewer meets), and the 
rest, and they remain, to a degree, 
shadowy figures, only bccasionally 
Illuminated by single speeches or 
striking lines. 

That's not true of the Heriry- 
Anne affatr, which Is traced from 
Its inception in 1526, when the pas- 
sion was all on the King's side and 
not retui-ned even a bit by tempes- 
tuous, riot-too-virtuous Anne, who 
had her own special boyfriend in 
the : person of the young Scotch 
nobleman, Percy. As years went by, 
the King not only won over recal- 
citrant Anne, but caused her love 
iox him to mount to a pinnacle of 
; blazing, unrestrained desire. As 
, she says in a later scene in tlie playv 
there was only one time— a day, 
perhaps — when their two loves 
really matched. After hers was 
kiriaied, his quickly cooled, and 
when she failed to present him with 
0 male heir (he h,->d little time for 
their daughter, Elizabeth), the 
roj'al brushoff was inevitable. An- 
derson emphasizes quite strongly 
that Henry was willing to have 
Anne live somewhere in exile, after 
a divorce, but she, because of Eliza- 
beth, refused, and so signed her 
death warrant. 

The title stems from the fact 
that it was actually 1,000 days be- 
tween the marriage of Henry and 
Anne and her execution in 1536. 
. Aiine's jKri al In n istar-rChambei' sesr 
sion in the Tower in the last of 
three acts Is a drariiatie highlight , 
of a play that has many. , 
The weakness of "Anne" as seen 
lU^t^iiy iiL its physi-4 



cal presentation. The several de- 
lays of the opening were caused 
by the tossing of a turntable and 
10 sets into the alley, and the hur- 
ried substitution by Jo Mielziner of 
a new physical setup. Admittedly 
a tough jbb, the result wasn't sat- 
isfactorj'. The use of a single unit 
of scenery (apparently a castle 
dooinvay) throughout and having it 
serve ' as background for cells, 
places, hunting pavilions, bed- 
rooms, etc., with only the lighting 
and pieces of stage property to de- 
note changes, didh't produce the 
proper amount of illusion for most 
of the audience. 

"Anne" certainly should not try 
New York in its present physical 
': condition; the producers ; will have 
to decide between another elab- 
orate setup or the starkest kind of 
• simplicity — possibly a modified use 
of drapes. Now it's hopelessly 
muddled. 

Harrison's performance as Henry 
is one of the best delineations of 
that monarch yet seen on stage or 
screen. Although the lusty lover is 
emphasized, Harrison is also prop- 
erly regal and capricious, cruel 
and human, and his reading of An- 
derson's sonorous lines is excitingly 
alive. Joyce Redman is a lovely and 
appealing Anne, who with a little 
more experience and some further 
directorial efforts, should match 
her co-star. The supporting cast is 
uneven, with possibly Wendell 
Phillips best as Cromwell and John 
Merivale notable in one scene as 
Anne's tortured confidant, and 
John Williams able as Norfolk. 
Motley has costumed all these his- 
torfcal personages magnificently. , 

Radical alteration in the physical 
setup, cast changes, some trimming 
and tightening of the script and fur- 
ther arduous direction are indicated 
as necessary. "Anne's" too good a 
piece: of property to be thrust On 
Broadway without all such changes. 
■■'.}■■■•■■■.':■■'/: Waters. 

H«d Gloves 

V New Haven, Nov. 10. 

^^Jean Dalrymple presentation of Jed 
Harris production of drama in three acts, 
prolog and epilog, by .lean-Paul Sartre, 
American adaptation by -Daniel Taradash. 
Stars Charles Ba.veri features John DaU. 
Joan Tetzel. Settings. Stewart Chaney; 
costumes, Emeline Roche. American pre- 
sentation by arrangement with Gabriel 
Pascal., Opened at Shiibert. New Haven, 
Nov. 10, ■48; $4.20 top 
Reich; ^ 



Johanna . . i ■. . . 
Loutee. . 
Munster.;,;i,. 
Hugo, . 
Jessica. , 
Marochek. . 
ISirtj., 

Hoederer . . . :. . 
■The Prince . . , 
Karsky. . . . . , . 



. ..Martin King.sley 
.... .Anna Karen 
. • . Guy Thomajan 
.Horace McMahon 

; John Dall 

. . , : . . . Joan Tetzel 
i . . . . . . Jesse White 

. . . .Edward Blnns 

. v.. Charles Boyer 
. .Francis Compioh 
• .Hoyal Beal 



_ There's some sturdy applause 
here for topflight performances in 
tlie Aiherican version of this Jean- 
Paul Sartre opus, but as far as the 
play .itself is concerned, for "Red 
Gloves" the audience dons its mit- 
tens. This is due primarily to a 
lack of clarity which prompts play- 
gper comment along the lines of 
What are they trying to prove?" 
That the play is provocative goes 
without question but it is never 
fully apparent to the cash custom- 
ers whether the script is pro-Com- 
munist, anti-Communist, or maybe 
just a probing into the minds of 
two principal characters. 

The one factor that does seem 
to be established is the premise 
that, When it comes to political 
chicanery, the mbndrclilsts, the 
democrats, and the communists all 
are sisters under the skin. There 
will be a certain amount of box- 
office activity stemming from 
curiosity as to just What Sartre's 
existentialist , philosophy is all 
about; also, a certain number of 
ducats will find circulation from a 
class standpoint. But the ultimate 
degi'efi : of success attained Will be i 
determined largely on the basis of 
performances, with Charles Boj'- 
er's personal following being an 
asset. In any event, indications 
are that general acceptance will 
fall considerably short of the play's 
London and Paris reception. ; 

Whether or not the. , American 
version, with which Daniel Tara- 
dash is credited bill which is said 
to contain numerous Jed Harris 
and Boyer revisions, differs sub- 
stantially from ■ the foi-eign ver- 
sions is not apparent, of course, to 
one unfamiliar with the latten This 
factor; however, is of no conse- 
quence, as it is the present ver- 
sion for whieli the playgoer lays it 
on the line. 

Highlighted in the script is a 
comparison between the intellec- 
tual, or idealistic, party member 
who claims love of his fellowmen 
because of what he hopes they will 
become, as contrasted with the 
proletarian viewpoint which bases 
its love of fellowmen on what they 
actually are. Depicting the former I 
category is John Dall, youthful son ' 
of Wealth who has broken with his 
father because he feels tjiat his 
family i-epresents all that lie ab- 
hors ih, \ia ta an relationship. 
Masie^toiptan'^itiie p^l^> liw3i/bK who 



has come up the hard way and who 
wages his campaign because of 
humane, rather than idealistic, 
reasons. 

Dall, as party member Hugo, has 
volunteered to i do away with 
Boyer, as party leader Hoederer, 
because he feels the latter is be- 
traying the party by entering into 
a coalition with representatives of 
royalty and social democracy. 
Hugo's wife, Jessica, appalled at 
this unsuspected mission of her 
husband, warns Hoederer, who 
talks Hugo out of the action by 
playing on his intellectual quali- 
ties. Subsequently, the youth does 
kill the leader, but only because he 
misinterprets a M?oi«promising 
scene between his wife and 
Hoederer. In the end, Hugo is 
completely disillusioned on all 
counts and he goes willingly to the 
death his former comrades have 
■ prepared ' for him. ;.V;', ■ 

The feminine contingent that at- 
tends this play anticipating a 
typical Boyer cinema performance, 
with emphasis on romantic chai-m, 
is doomed to disappointment. The 
character just isn't like that. Play- 
goers, however, will encounter a 
stellar performance by a dramatic 
actor of the first water— a fact 
which was familiar to European 
audiences long before Hollywood 
manipulated his talents in a maln- 
ner to suit its own purposes. The 
sustained excellence of his work 
over the full length of a play is 
particularly noteworthy when it is 
considered that he has been conr 
fined for quite some years to the 
film technic of brief takes and re- 
takes. He creates considerable 
sympathy for the communist char- 
acter he portrays, and when the 
opportunity presents itself briefly, 
he projects the personal charm 
with wliich his picture career has 
been prominently identified. : 

Dall's interpretation of the 
floundering youth is top-drawer. 
His vocal volume needs stepping 
up in several sequences but aside 
from that, he does exceptionally 
well and rates the hand he I'e- 
ceives. Joan Tetzel, playing the 
less important role of Hugo's wife, 
is sincere in her reading of the 
part. She has a somewhat dif- 
ficult assignment in a scene involv- 
ing a sudden declaration of love 
for the red leader. That the scene 
lacks authenticitj^, and consequent- 
ly evokes audience titters, is due 
largely to the fact that there has 
been absolutely no groundwork 
laid for the development. '- 

Balance of cast is made tip of 
small parts, all well done, with 
quality support being given by 
Horace McMahon, as a parto mem- 
ber; Francis Compton, Royalist 
representative; Royal Beal, Social 
Democrat leader; Anna Karen, 
femme communist faction leader; 
Jesse . White, Edward Binns and 
Guy Thomajan, all red henchmen. 

Staging by Harris has empha- 
sized the script's drartisitic '^tatient. 
His attention to individual char- 
acterizations is commendable. Best 
of three appropriate settings Is an 
interior showing the commie 
leader's quarters. Bone. 

Ten 

■ . ■ Los Angeles, Nov. 10. 
Jack ifleller production of drania in 
three acts <four scenes) by Frank Mandcl 
and Morgan Wallace. Directed by Lucius 
M. Cook. At Geller theatre, Los Angeles, 
opening Not. 9, ^48: S1.20 ton.^ , , . 

Boris Andreyev ... . ... .Peter Simuuk 

Forrest Williams C'Stretch'") . . BiU Riley 
Nathan Miller ("Gripes") i William Warring 

Gwilym Lewellyn . . Robert von Fliss 

Cornelia Francis Adanis ("Connie") ,. • 

Doris Meredith 
Marcel Michel ("IMickey") . . .Loretta Hang 
Ernest Gilbert ("Ernie"), ; Gordon Russell 
Bertha RiSselberg, .... i . < ; .Gerry BUddhii 
Hans Schmidt.. i . i,. , . ; .Edward J. Hcrtzog 
Tadeo VuKUiiia. < . , .. >. ,.. f.:.. .pat Morano 

J oliii Playiord. David .Ow- 

Prof essdr Borach . . , , i . ; . Andrew Mllligan 
Radio Voice.. . .... .. ... , ...Arthur Hecht 



If 10 people of various national- 
ities. thrown together on an - un- 
charted Indian Ocean island, can 
work out their problems, why can't 
the nations which they represent? 
That in effect is the question posed 
by the new P'rank Mandel-Morgaii 
Wallace script. Unfortunately, the 
analogy doesn't hold up since the 
individuals aren't necessarily- rep- 
resentative, and since it is virtu- 
ally impossible to reduce such 
things as sovereignty to an indi- 
vidual level. v 
, But despite thiis — and despite the 
fact that the idea isn't new — ^there 
is much to recommend "Ten." It 
moves along at a steady pace, main- 
taining interest; throughout, and is 
generally credible. Curtain restates 
the philosophy that despite threat 
of atomic warfare and other seem- 
ingly insurmountable obstacles; 
man continues to struggle toward 
the better life he visualizes for his 
descendants if not necessarily for 
himself. ' ■ .. ■ 

With some tightening it stands a 
fair chance on Broadway. Film 
possibilities are much belter. ■ 

The 10 are stranded during the 
war as a restilt of plane crashes. 
They're forced to live together for 
almost a year, during which time 
the conflict ends — and so does the 
friendship bond existing between 
: , (Continued < on page 60) > «. * 



Plays OH 




Ah the Girls Cio 

Michael Todd ■ production of musical 
comedy in two acta (21 scenes), ttarrlnS 
Bobby Giark; features Irene Rich, BIU 
Callahan, Kathryn Lee. Betty Jane Wat- 
son. llobart Cavanaugh, Betty Lou Barto. 
Dick Dana. Music, Jimmy McHugh; lyrlci; 
Harold Adamson;: book, .William Rdoai 
Staged *h<!.. designed . by: HQ«!ai;<l Bayi 
vocal arraUsemenu .Hugh ' Martin: dances, 
Hermes Pali! edsturoes,: Oleg : Casidni:: 
orchdstva, Max Meth; brcKestrattonS, Ted 
Royal. Opened at Winter Garden, N. Y., 
Nov. 13. '48: S8 top (tl2 opening night). 
Waldo Welilngton. . ; . . . . ; . Bobby Clark 
Lucille Thompson Wellington Irene Rich 
Kenny WeUtagton . i . . . . ... BIU GaUahan 

Mickey Wellington Betty Lou Barto 

Tommy Wellington, . Donny Harris 
Guard. ..... . . .'■ . . . .John Sheehan 

Kathy Robinson. 9etty - <la»e . Wajtson 
Barber .J . . .. ,■ . , . . .: . . >. . .Hobart Cavanaugh 

White House Victor. . . . . . John Bropliy 

Miss Swenaon . . . .Cavada Humphrey 

Butler . V . . Curt staff ord 
Daughters of the Boston Tea Party . . Clair* 
, ' . GrenvUle, Claire Louise Evans, Lois 
Bolton, Marjorle Leach ;■; , , . 
Floyd Robinson . v Douglas . LMhf r 

Diane . r. r : . .. .. Mildred Hughes 

Photographer. . .... . , ..Kenneth SpauMlng 

Ross Miller.. ..... v.. .. . . ; . Jack Rusiell 

Daphne Dorothea Pinto 

Photographer.... . .. . . . ; . ..WlUlam Reedy 

Blinky Joe Dick Dana 

Darlene . ; ■ ■ ■ . . ■ ■ ■ , Rosemary WllUamson 
Secret Service Women. .Gregg Sherwood, 
Truly Barbara 
Children . . . . . Marlene Cameron, PauUne 

Ilahn, Norma Marlowe. Joanthan Mar- 
lowe, Clifford Sales, Eugene Stelner 
Secretary..,. .u; ... .Ruth Thomas 

President of Potomac , " j 
CoUeg*.. , .!.. .... ;.t...DoJ«las- I.uther. 

Premiere Danseus^. ...... . . 4 .Kathtyii. L(ie 

Dancing Ehaamblat Jeanette AquilUna, 
Carnvina Canslno. Arliue Castle. Babs 
Claire. Jessie . ElUott. Yvette FairhlU. 
Christina ■ Frerlchs. Patty . Ann Jackson. 
Margaret Jeanne Klein. Frances Krell, Pat 
Marlowe. Ua McAvoy, Tonl Parker, Joyce 
Reedy. Diane Sinclair, Norma Thornton. 
James Brock, Charles Chartier. Peter 
Conlow. James Elsegobd, WUUam Reedy, 
Bobby Roberts, Joseph Schenck, Eugehe: 
Schwab. Kenneth Spaulding, Larry Vlllani. 

Slnglna ■niemble; Barbara DaviSi liydIa 
Fredericks. .Betty George, . Pearl . Hacker, 
Abbe MarshaU, Ellen McCowan. Judy Sin- 
clair. .To SuUlvah, Bob Burkhai'at. Dean 
Campbell. John Gray. Douglas, Liither.' 
George Morris. Jack Russell, John Shee- 
ban, Curt Stafford. 

■ Show OlrlJ: Truly Barbara. Pat Gaston, 
Mildred Hugbes, Mickey Miller, Dorothea 
Pinto, Gregg Sherwood, Ruth Thomas. 
Itosemary Williamson, 

The new season has been given 
a big lift by Broadway's first "girl 
show" in some years with the re-^ 
turn to the Main Stem of Mike 
Todd with a tasteful, tuneful mu- 
sical called "As the Girls Go." 
With Bobby Clark as the star, and 
a cast of supporting people headed 
by Irene Rich, "(Sirls" is a beauti- 
ful show of beautiful people. It 
can't miss. 

Thjs is not a girl show in the 
sense that one might commonly 
interpret the term. It Is a girl 
show only in that here is a musical 
abounding with girls, and they are, 
collectively, the sockiest beauts 
seen in a Broadway musical in 
years. ■ ■' ' • ■ 

"Girls" has a sprightly score by 
Jimmy McHiigh and Harold Adam- 
son, Including at least three hit 
possibilities. It has been excel- 
lently staged and designed by 
Howard Bay. Hermes Pan has done 
the choreography, and while none 
of the dances is particularly inspir- 
ing, It is aljl standard and surefire. 
Plus whidi Oleg Cassini has, to a 
considerable extent, designed some 
stunning costumes. ; 

The book leaves much to be de- 
sired, but "Girls" has such an 
abundance of everything else that 
the story void Is very incidental. 
The yarn deals with a woman who 
has become the first femme presi- 
dent of the United States, 
and her consort. The leads 
are played by Miss Rich and Clark. 
There i$ an opening scene that is 
ingenious for its imagination, iri 
which the First Lady, at her in- 
augural, tells the voters that they 
were "sweet" to elect her. It's 
done yia "NBC television news- 
reel»" flashed on a big screen, and 
it $ the means" by whi6h the show 
starts off with a big laugh. ■■ 
• Thereafter the book falters, but 
whenever it seems as if it's ready 
to shake loose, along comes a 
McHugh-Adamson tune, a Clark 
caper, or the lookers, to right the 
craft again. , . '■ 
Bobby Clark has never been bet- 
ter. Miss Rich, as the handsome 
leninie prez, makes possible the 
thought that perhaps .with presi- 
dential.- elections ibeing what they 
are, anything could happen in the 
next one. 

There are such enlcrprisiiig sup- 
porting people as Bill Callahan, a 
handsome youngster whose danc- 
mg has style arid fines.se, though 
the same cannot be said for his 
singing voice: Betty Jane Watson, 
who teams with Callahan for the 
romantic, vocal interludes, reveal- 
ing a robust soprano that carries 
to the far reaches of the Winter 
Garden ; Kathryn Lee, : the pre- 
iniere dahseuse, who is a delight 
to watch; and Betty Lou Barto and 
Hobart Cavanaugh among the more 
prominently featured performers. 

xhe opening musical number. 
As the GUIs Go," sets the mu- 
sical pace for the entire show, 
starting it off wltha :bang as Clark 
cavorts With the Todd beauts. It's 
a., catchy . tune. /'You Say the-^ 
Nicest Things, Baby," with Calla- 
han and Miss Watson, plus the 
ensemble, is the standout along 



with the first-act finale, "Holiday in 
the Country." ' 

"Girls" may not be one of Todd's 
best musicals, but it has the Todd 
showmanship and flair for enter- 
taining. These have been enough 
for Todd in the past, but "Qirls" 
has much more than just that. 
Which gives it that much more in- 
surance. : / ■;^>vV.,. :;^--: .v, 'KahW-^ 

Bravo! 

Max ' Gordon production of comedy- 
drama in three acts, by Edna Ferber and 
George S. Kaufman. Stars Oscar Homolka: 
{09itures IIU Darvas. Staged by Georg* 
S; Kaufman: setting. L^o: Ken: qostumes; ' 
:Rose„Bag4anoS>': At Lyceum...^.; Y.i Nov, 
IX. 'JH: at $« 80 toe (*S tfpeninK): 
'Vllna Prflger. i ..;>;;.. . Janet Fok 
Rudy;. ..i , Oliver GIi« 
Miirtln Link ..v .v i . . .. .v,,, .; Edgar 'StehU 
Zoltan Lazko ; , . . ;. . . . , . . .Oscar Homolka 

Rosa Rucker LUl Darvaa 

Lew Gilbert...... .i . . . .... .Morton Havel 

Jimmy FlUit Arthur Havel 

Kurt Heger. . .... .;, ; ; . . . .Kevin McCarthy 

Stephanie v . ; . . . . .Zolya Talma 

Anna Zinsser..^..,... .:. . Elena Karam 

Lisa . Kemper.% ....... .Christiane . Grautoll 

Jeffrey C^AdiiU..>'V'.«. . • •■- . Frank Conroy 
Soiihle' Mar^llk; ...... . . .... .Fritit Scheit. 

Wallace . . ...... . .King Calder 

Bl^ck . ' • • .. '• . ..i ,;.,,.-.<»e(ir4l*. , '.'.Cottbn '. 
Jane: velvet . . v j ;... . . »..'...;. . , ^.etn Carson 



For such accomplished craftsmen 
as Edna Ferber and George S. 
Kaufman. "Bravo!" is a curiously 
lacklustre work. It is a transpar- 
ently manufactured treatment of a 
hackneyed subject, with only occa- 
sional moments of incidental com- 
edy to brighten the slow and obvl- 
oiis story-telling. Under former 
economic conditions in the theatre 
such a show might have a moderate 
run, but as things are at present, 
the odds seem doubtful. 
. "Bravo!" is about the efforts of a 
group of refugees from central Eu- 
rope to adjust themselves to the 
strange and difficult conditions of 
New York. The principal charac- 
ters are a famous Hungarian play- 
wright and the celebrated actress 
with whom he's lived for years. 
Their companions include a for- 
mer eminent judge, an ex-prince, 
a psychotic Polish ballerina, a one- 
time grand duchess and a young 
actress who had been a concentra- 
tion camp inmate. Other characters 
Include a flamboyant Broadway 
producer, a rich and smug refugee, 
a predatbry Hollywood actress and 
two callous immigration officers, r 

The action is rather deliberate 
and follows the expected course, 
except for a few comedy interludes 
that have little relation to the plot 
but at least supply badly needed 
laughs. The ending seems desper- 
ately contrived and is visible from 
practically the horizon. Even so, 
there's an effective • scene in the 
second act, which gives the actors, 
something vigorous to do arid con- 
tains the only lines the authors ap- 
pear to have felt very strongly. 

Although Kaufman's authorship 
may be at fault, his staging reveals 
his customary resourcefulness and 
finesse. Oscar Homolka gives a 
strong and plausible, though some- 
what ponderous, performance as 
the playwright-idol of prewar Buda- 
pest, and Lill Darvas is superlative 
as his courageous consort. 

Edgar Stehli, Janet Fox, Frank 
Conroy, Fritzl Scheff and King Cal- 
der handle principal supporting 
parts competently, arid Jean Car- ■ 
son mops up the juicy bit part of 
the sexy number from Hollywood. 
The others arc less satisfying. The 
living room setting by Leo Kerz is 
a triumph of shabby elegance. 

Kobe. 




Alec Tcmpleton, last year with 
James Davidson, switched to Co- 
lumbia Artists Mgt. this fall . . 
Michael Strange starts oft' her 
"Great Words With Great Music" 
Jan. 6 on Town Hall, N.Y., series 
. Harold Brown, who toured in 
'Blossom Time," new tenor mem-, 
her of the Revelers . . , Trinl 
Romero and pianist Valentin Pav- 
lovsky joined Marina Svetlova 
dance troupe . . . Jarmila Novotna 
marking 10th year with Met Opera 
Assn. this season . . Alfred Katz, 
who's been Alicia Markova-Anton 
Dolin press rep, also to be their 
personal manager henceforth . . . 
Ania Dorfniiinn to give only N.Y. 
recital at Town Hall Dec. 6. . - 
, Edward Johnson wrote foreword 
to "The Opera Quiz Book" (A. A. 
Wyn), due out Nov. 29 . . . Marie 
.Powers back from Europe and 
singing with the N. Y. City Opera 



' eist U. of Pa. Show y 
Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 
"Alaska Right Away," this year's 
Mask and Wig show and the 61st an- 
nual musical offering put on by the 
University of Pennsylvania club, 
opens Friday night (19th) in Irvine 
auditorium, 0 n t h e iinlversity 
campus. 

, It wilt plw^ ihitdiiiflli Satu^ 
Novi 27v ■ 



Wednetday, Novembet 17, 1948 



LBCITIMATE 



S9 



Playwrights' Co. In for Busy Season; 
Several Scripts Still on the Shelf 



From present indications, the+' 
current season may be the busiest 
In the 10-year history of the Play- 
wrights' Co. Organization is al- 
ready presenting Maxwell Ander- 
son's "Anne of the Thousand Days" 
and is about to go into production 
of the new Garson Kanin play, 
"The Smile of the World," 

Also on the slate, subject to 
ability to cast it suitably, is Elmer 
Bice's rewritten "Not for Children." 
Other possibilities for the season 
«re the musical, "Miss Liberty,:' for 
which Robert E. Sherwood is writ- 
ing the book and Irving Berlin will 
do the score, and Anderson's con- 
templated dramatization of "Cry, 
the Beloved Country," the Alanj 
Paton best-seller. 

Meanwhile, several other com- 
pleted or partly completed scripts 
by Playwrights' Co. members are 
on thfe organization's shelf. In each 
case, the script has been tTirned 
do\Vn by the other members and 
might conceivably be resurrected, 
although undoubtedly not this sea- 
son. Under the company's setup, 
any member may insist on the pro- 
duction of any of his plays (pro- 
vided the cost doesn't exceed a cer- 
tain limit), but no member has ever 
made such a demand. In every in^ 
Stance Of turndown, if the play was 
subsequently done by another man- 
agement, it failed. 

Early in 1945, for example, the 
ether members voted against pro- 
ducing "Dunnigan's Daughter," by 
S. N. Behrman, who was at that 
time a member. The author ac- 
cepted the decision, but the play 
was subsequently presented by the 
Theatre Guild, with Dennis King 
and June Havoc in the leads. It 
flopped. 

Similar situation occurred the 
following season with Anderson's 
"Truckline Cafe." In this case, 
Etia . Kazan and Harold Clurman 
were the unsuccessful producers. 

In 1939, Anderson and Kurt 
Weill, who had previously co- 
authored "Knickerbocker Holiday," 

: collaborated on a musical called 
"Ulysses A f r i can u s.'' It was 
dropped on the advice of the other 
members, but Anderson and Weill 
still have an itch for the idea, and 
may. revise the script if they can 
figure the right treatment. 

, About 1942, Rice wrote"My 
Country is the World," based on 
the life of Tom Paine, but at the 

. snggestibn -of his partners the 
author dropped it after attempting 
revisions. 

Sherwood had an untitled script 
Jn 1945, but stopped work on it of 
his own volition (though with com- 
pany concurrence) before it was 

• completed. Like "Ulysses Afri-- 
canus," this may someday be. re- 
vived for further consideration.: 



Running The Gamut 

Dorothy Kirsten flew into N. Y. 
from the Coast yesterday (Tues.) 
to commence rehearsals for the 
Met Opera season, after two weeks 
of playing "straight" to the three 
leading comics -in radio. She re- 
cently finished a. season with the 
San Francisco- Opera Co; 

Soprano appeared on the Al Jol- 
son. show Nov. 4; recorded ^with 
Bing Crosby last Wednesday (10) 
for the Nov. 24 broadcast, and ap- 
peared on the Jack Benny show 
Sunday (14). She sang on ABC's 
"Railroad Hour" Monday (15), then 
came east. 



Lytell s Impact 
On Lambs Club 



Bert Lytell; since he has been the 
new shepherd: of ; the,' Lambs, has 
sparked it into unprecedented 
spirit and prosperity. Many obvi- 
ous physical improvements around 
the club on West 44th street, N. V., 
evidence the marked steps forward. 
For one. thing, the club- has a wait- 
ing list for the first time in years; 
it's in the black; the hotel rooms 
have all been redone (a $350 dona- 
tion honors the donor with a name- 
plate, otherwise a group of several 
contribute to have each room re- 
decorated). 

Then new Edwin Burke theatre, 
for the first time^ has permanent 
chairs, instead of being used as a 
cardroom, which is now elsewhere. 
The Dec.:6 winter gambol will hon- 
or the late playwright whose 
$25,000 bequest to the club made 
possible the beautified permanent 
theatre. Lytell, incidentally dis- 
covered that the : original fine 
paneling of the Lambs' auditorium 
was still well preserved despite a 
black paint job which had been 
over it sohiehow for years past. 
Arthur Knorr, the Roxy theatre 
producer, engineered some fancy 
comfortable theatre seats an an in- 
side price. 

Happy Fellon and Walter Greaza 
Will be co-collies of the Dec. i6 Gam- 
bol to honor Burke, 



"1?»"s.SSr^1rrip lice Show Grosses Go Tlieir Own Way; 



. Lauritz Melchior, now doing: a 
series of recitals in the east; Will 
finish his tour Nov. 30 in Hunting- 
ton, W. Va., preparatory to the Met 
Opera Assn, season. Melchior, 
however, will sing with the Met 
from Nov. 30 to Dec. 22 only. He's 
due on the Coast Dec. 22 for an 
'Elgin Hour" broadcast^ returning 
to N. Y. to prep a Soutli African 
trip. 

Singer leaves Jan. 8 for a 
month's hunting in South Africa 
He'll also give concerts there, re 



Pattern Reverse of Other B way Plays 



On the strength of its boxoffice 
record thus far, indications are 
that "Howdy, Mr. Ice," at the Genr 
ter theatre, N. Y;, will probably be 
continued for another season. In 
general, the Sonja Henie-Arthur 
M. Wirtz skating shows at the 
Rockefeller Center house are 
played for two seasons, unless they 
appear to lack sufficient audience 



turning to the U. S. end of April, pull, in which case a new show is 
Then he'll go to the Coast to begin i produced in the spring, 
another film. His last pic was Ice shows at the Center follow 
Metro s "Luxury Liner." ' an almost unvarying pattern in 



weekly grosses. In general, their 
pattern is the reverse of that for 
other Broadway shows. For in^ 
stance,, grosses for "Howdy; Mr, 
Ice" are currently in a steady Ae-,x 
cline after the usual . summer, boom 
and Labor Day peak, while most 
legit productions are in a general 
seasonal upswing after :the annual - 
summer low. 

With the exception of holidays, 
when "Howdy, Mr. Ice"- and the 
Broadway shows all habitually. 
(Continued on page 60) 



BRITISH COIN FREEZE 
STALLS PHILLY ORCH 

Philadelphia, Nov. 16. 
■ • The. . Philadelphia Orchestra's 
first' trip abroad is set except for 
one detail— ^the British Laws .regu- 
lating the export of currency. Harl 
McDonald, the orchestra's man- 
ager, revealed that the problems of 
International exchange were hold-^ 
Ing up the agreement between the 
symphony: and a group of British 
impresarios. 

. ; Announcement -was made: from 
London that the Bhilly Orch would ] ing a 
appear there in May, but McDon- 
ald said the plans were far from 
complete. "All agreements must be 
made through the Bank of England 
and, according to the latest word i 
' have received, from our Embassy in 
London; there are many hurdles 
to jump because of the British 
laws on exporting currency. 
"There have been so many, con- 
flicting opinions from so many 
lawyers that nothing has been 
signed as yet. For this reason we 
have made no announcement and 
the 

Of the tour," McDonald said, 

Harold Fielding, London con- 
cert manager, announced the pro- 
posed tour, The Philadelphians 
were to give 15 concerts and up- 
wards in the British Isl6s and Eire, 
with Eugene Ormandy conducting 
at the end of the local season. 



Legit's Odds Are Wrong, 
Sez Scripter Ardrey In 
Sticking to Pix, Novels 

Hollywood, Nov. . 16, 
Robert Ardvey, who in recent 
seasons has. written a number of 
Ifegit plays between film scripting j 
assignments, is not interested in j 
\\riting anyUimg else for the' 
I stage, at least under present con- ' 
I ditions m the theatre, llavmg re- 
' cently completed three screen ^ 
i stints for MetrOj he intends duck- 1 
I ing more picture deals for a while ] 
and concent r;Umg solely on a I 
novel he's had in preparation fori 
more than a year. j 
"If and when I get at writing 
plays , again," Ardrey said, it will 
be because I've found some ap- 
proach other than the usual rou- 
tine of writing a new play, ,flnd- 
producer and turning the | 
script into the Broadway null, j 
There are just too many hazards i 
in that. 

"I eniov risks. But any gambler j 
who knows his business will Steer 
dear of any proposition where the 
odds are wrong. That's the trouble ,| 
with the stage now. All the haz- [ 
ards — production costs, theatre | 
sliortage, operating costs and, j 
above all, the smash-or-flop angle. 1 
"I don't believe the critics are j 
responsible for the smash-or-flop 
situation. It seems, rather, to be 



musicians have not been told i p., ft of (lie gene(-al : Broadwa.y at 



AGMA Xmas PaCty 

American Guild ot Mi;?.' .-.I Art- 
ists to hold its second annual bene- 
fit, or Artists Christmas Parly, at 
Met Opera House, N. Y., Dec. 26, 



litude that everything is either 
'great' or 'it smells.' The critics 
do no more than reflect this over- 
simplification and the present eco- 
nomic condition of the theatre 
gives it ellect." 

Ardicy's last three screen as- 
signments, all for Metro, were 
"Secret Garden,'' now shooting; 
"Three jVIu.sketcers," currently in 
release, and "Madame Bovary, 
which goes into production next 
week. 



THE OFFICERS OF 



NIGHT 




STARS 



express their profound appreciation to the fol- 
lowing distinguished artists who participated in 
the 15th Annual priesentation on Monday eve- 
ning, November 15th at Madison Square Garden, 
on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater 
New York. 



Don Albert and Orch. 


Tex McCrary 


Eddie Albert 


Jose Meles 


Morey Amsterdam 


Robert Merrill 


Dave Barry 


Merry Macs 


Milton Berle 


Lucy Monroe 


Joe E. Brown 


Vaughn Monroe and Orch. 


Betty Bruce 


Paul Muni 


Abe Bur.rows 


Rabbi Abraham Neustein 


Red Buttons 


Jane Pickens 


Jean Carroll 


Zazu Pitts 


Clark Bros. 


Jane Powell 


Myron Cohort 


Verna Raymond 


Ann Dvorak 


^Rockettes 


Jinx Falkenberg 


Mickey Rooney 


Geraldine Fitzgerald 


Roxyettes 


Four Step Bros. 


Jean Sablon 


Jane Froman 


Herb Shriner 


Sid Gary 


Walter Slezak 


Connie Haines 


Sam Sterner and Concert Choir 


Harry Hershfield ' 


Ed Sullivan 


Willie Howard 


George Tobias 


Danny Kaye 


Jerry Wald and Orch. 


Frankie Laine 


Cantor Leibele Waldman 


Jack La Rue 


Paul Winchell 


Bert Lytell 


George Wright 


Mary McCarty 


Henny Youngman 



We also acknowledge with gratitude the services of the mem-' 
bers of the Producing Committee, the American Legioiir the 
Labor Unions and all cooperating Organizations. 



NATHAN STRAUS 
' Chairman 



ROBERT M. WEITMAN 
' Chairman, Producing CemmitiM 



60 



LBGrnilfATB 



Wrflnesflay, November 17, 1948 



Plays Alnroad 



lltkiiio la Tom«ri*«W ', pans are all commendably han- 
XtOIlM* »« ^^'^rj'^ Sled, and Michael MaooNvan's di- 
London Mask TS^a". pVoZoLn ' „t ' rection leaves nothing to be 

dr>ni.i in two acts by J. B. Priestley Dj- desired. ClfD). 
letted Ijy Michael Macowan At Cam- _____ 
biiclEt! theatre, London, Nov. 4, '41). ■ 

La<l> Foitrose Irene Worth 

Sir E(iw.ird Fortrost . . . LcSiUe_HjnK'( 



Tli4> 



: Nils . Dayton 
■ Ann ■ WestiVeld > . 

Sir GeorKc Surrey. 

l*ula Riherac 
"Dr. Mdnik j.. . . . 
: -Prfll'es.'sor Chu . . . . . 

Rp<ra Olacca 

Xernia 

Vezabar.. ... i. ...... 

Kara in 

' Felipe . . . .'>■. . ; 



. . . Gordon Tannei i 
. i ;. Helen Backlin I 
. . .DouRlas .leflerlen t 
. . . , Alan Wheatlev 



i^f »nnialnti LoMk 
lliff(>>roiii 

Dublin, Oct. 26. 

Hilton Ed«rards and Mleheal Macl,i,im- 



general- niijriager. of the company 

i Anthony Terraeiano, present 

, geiieral; nianageis wis riiined 

v;— 7 i:";r-v ,-.~",t:.--' s.,;-.;.;.;. t!„,. ..f retarv pro tein. and Louis Forte 

Cet'il Trouncer i moir-Dublm Gate Theatre production ul V i 

John^ Ruihiiick 1 drama iii three acts (two scenes! by Mac- was tonlirniecl MS acting trt'asilior. 
.loy Parker 1 ijaininoir. Stars MacLiainmoir and Sheila I 

" ards. Setttncs by 



Geoffrey Dunn ] JSurrell Staged bj EdW! 
. . : . . Bin Astar Carl Bonn: Opened at Gaietyt. Dublin, 



John Nilsson i 
Edgar Whitburn i 



A problem play loosely con- 
structed, "Home is Tomorrow" con- 
tains diverse characters who wan- 
der on and oft' stage leaving sue 



0<t. 25. '48. 
Battv Wallace 
Martin CVrealish; 
Baii'bre . . . . 
Tom Grealish 



. . . , . . . Jolui Battles 
: . ,1, . , .Dennis Brennan 
. ,. , Sheila Burrell 
. Mlcheal - MacUammoir 



There are farms in the .west of 
Ireland, away in mountains wliere 



expounding the auttioi s tneones , h„j:„„ m,,. opffino „f Miclieal 
V r M^lelTn^v^^^^^^^^^ 

J B. Piiestley tans v.i'i ste j ^.^.^.^tg gm-h an atmos- 

this w-Iierever it is staged but ,t 8 start - hearing 

gives the impression It could all be I news that Tom Grealish is 

told better in booK lo™- ; I bringing a bride he married in Broadwav oflerings steadily taper 

Story IS set on a Caribbean is- ■ London to the hills — one feels ^jj 
land administered by a covey of ; y,at happiness can come out of 
Nations oilicials drawn , honiecominB; Having set the 



Another Pdiosi Heads 
Phila.-La Scala Opera 

Philadelphia, Nov, 16. 
A. Victor Pelosi has been chosen 
president pro tern of the Philadel- 1 
phia-La Scala Opera Co. : He's , 
brotlier of the late Francesco , some of the allied nations. Chance 
Pelosi, founder and for many years 1 arrival of an expedition with the 
Keneial manaxer of the company. : news of the world s situation, which 

appalls the castaways, forces the 
climactic : deeisioh whethei*. to' stay 
on the island oi' return to "civiliaaii 
tibn;**'' „:-/'■:■■-' ■ y-C- ■-•'^■r 

C«ist of Geller WbiKsfhplp students 
does a genei'iily credible job under 
liUcius M. Cppk's directibri al- 
tliough there ars ho especial stahd- 
buts.. StiJderits als& .constructed the 
single set, which is ^Scelleht;. : 



Plays Out-of-Town 



Cohtlnued from p»(t it\ 



Ice Grosses 

Continued from pate S9 : 



draw big attendance, the contrast- 
ing patterns follow through the 
winter and into spring. As. the ice 
show gross consistently decreases, 
other legit receipts climb. Then, 
with the start of a new season -for 
the skating spec, business spurts 
on- the upgrade to the summer 
highs, while takings for the, strictly 



United Nations ofticials flrawn , homecoming; __ _ „ 

from different countries who plan ! mood MaCLiammoir lets the nat 
to educate the inhubitants for a urai comedy of the country-follt 
future world - wide Utopia. Un- amuse for a while, then tightens 
tapped sources of a valuable min-.| the strings' again. . ::. ' 
«ral cause big business Interests ' Tom Grealish, in his bucolic in- 
to clash with the pacific alms of nocence (or ignorance), has .mar- 

• the ruling community, culminating j ried : a prostitute. Her arrival at 
In the return from banishment of the home of Tom's father, Martin 

* native agitator. Primed vt^ith. out- Grealish, and a duet in the kitchen 
glde funds, he plans to seize con- 1 between herself and the father, 
trol, liquidating key officials and ! brings the tragedy to its peak. 

■ shooting the English comraai\d;mt. I M has had a good 

who dies maintaining faith in his deal of whimsy in his earlier plays* 
niissibh, in wliich nobody else be- ibut this tragedy improves his status 
lieves. las a dramatist. It is melodramatic 

Leslie Banks is his easy, natural at times, but for the most part is 
self as this colonizing type of lH»e ^'^al tragedy liglit^^^^^ 
Hriii«liPr spfvptlv vparninc for the tlie natural comedy of rural litc. 
fiPPn hVdePS oPhis^ o^^^^^ Edwards- direction is sure, 

f e'ne Wort? s gracuJ^s a«d"bJutfe ^vHh fi"^«'^>"PtVcl^'^f^"he 
as his most unworthy spouse, fe- ifi'^^r-Jndp^f ^Xe^^^^^ 
plcting to a nicety the caged - in thiee ^iincipa^^^ 

frustration emanating from a bor^ 1^^^^ BuVrell-ai^^ sound Ma? 
ing marriage which finds Uneasy Burreii— aie souna. ii-iac, 

compensation in a series of amours.. I 



Alan Wheatley's French characteri- 
zation of a disillusioned cynic; 
John Ruddock's philosophizing 
Chinaman; Cecil Trouncer's chol- 
: eric Czech physician all lend - coloi< 
and variety to the varying person- 
alities. Joy Parker, as the little 



I.e Bonlionr dea 

(••Bad People's Happiness") 

Zurich, Oct. 23. 
. Drama in -fonr acts by . Jacques Deval. 
translated into German by Maria Kein 
ohd Werner Kaufman. Staged by Johan. 



native girl who's been Anglicized | J?„%\,j;S2.s''ltwii;''D'oide"*'^^^^^^^^^ 
and educated, exudes grace and j schwaizkopt'. At Kuechun theatre,, Ba.5ie, 

H^^^V .'''"l^HoitnP^^nrnviHP^'''« I jTo^a'SS'ullV"!": ""I"'- Maria Fein \ the Henie-Wirtz management de- 
Amencan colleague provides a I Govrion Floyd. ^. .Heini Woester.' » 
crisp, smooth contrast^both .. lov- i Valentm .v.:-:, ."Weirner Kau^matu^ 



Henie-\Virt7 management figures 
that the reason for the reverse pat- 
tern for skating sliows. is not only 
the psychological appeal of ice 
presentations during hot weather, 
but also that they are primarily 
kid attractions, which tend to get 
better attendance during the no* 
school months and at holiday pe- 
riods, such as Easter -and Christ- 
mas-New Year vacations, ■ : . 
LUtle Advance Sale 
Partly because of the large ca- 
pacity (2,964 seats) of the Center, 
which ainiost always make it pos- 
sible to get seats, there's never 
much advance sale for ice. shows. 
Another factor in the lack of ad- 
vance is that a substantial portion 
of the, skating spectacle, .trade 
comes from out-of-towners; ■ Fact 
that there's generally a small ad- 
vance eauses attendance to vary 
drastically according to immediate 
conditions, such as bad: weath«\ ■ 

The ice show (most patrons don't 
appear to know the actual title of 
whatever show may be current) is 
a regular tourist attraction, com- 
parable to the, Statue oi Liberty, 
Empire State building, etc. And, 
as such, it's distinct from the rest 
of Radio' City. Because of this 
out-of-town audience for the show, 



Xow Is f li«> WIn<r>r 

Hollywood, Nov. 13. 

' "'Actors' ' Lab production , ol' drama in 
two acts iseven scenes) by ,Tohn ' O'Dea.: 
Directed by Bert Conway; settings. , Les 
MarzoU. Opened at Actors' l;ab Work- 
shop Theatre, Hollywood. Nov. 12, '48! 
■$2.40 top. 

Shorty Billy Smith 

Processor: . : . ; . . :■. .... .Peter Broeco 

Utilities Philip Pine 

Oakl*. . . . i. . . . ... . . . . .James Anderson 

Te-v. . . . . . . . . . ... ,lohn Conipton, 

Sid . :.. L i . . Jerry Pans 

Sars* . . . . . . : . . . . ..... . . Ian MacDonald 

Lieut. Willis Bub W llofTman 

Lieut. Brett Walter Coy 

Private Murphy. . ,. Curt Gonway 

Col. Balow . , Mervm Williams 

. . .Marllee Phelps 
, , ,lulli|S Makofl: 
. .; Mark WUliams 
. . .lames Parker 
.George Buchanan 
JlUius Makoff 
George: Biichanati, 



ing men who don't want. them. | gj'-" ,,3,- •;.'.'^"#ritY&s 
• Geoffrey Dunn turns in a neat I Fannv M.is!i6iibrs,. .... .... Lola Muethel 

performance as a powerful money ; sophie Voise 3osy iioisten 

lord twisting loyalities and lives to IZ"!^^, . . : .' : ! : V... Fo*h? Reu"tab 
achieve his own ends. Supporting j Anais souniler, — ,.i..:;.oiea cioor 

French author Jacques Deval de- 
cided to have the world' preem of 
his: new pl.ay, *'l-ie ' Bonheur : des 



votes an unusual share of its pro- 
motional eftort to national adver^ 
tising and publicity. : 



BARBARA 
PERRY 

EXTENDS THANKS TO 

VAL PARNELL 

FOR WONDERFUL YEAR IN 

"STARLIGHT ROOF" 

LONDON HIPPODROME 



"Best woman dancer ever seen 
here:'': ■. :■■■■■■■. ■ 

Worth Wales News 

"Girl who puts drama Into 
her dancing, humour Into her 
sketches, and charm into every- 
thing she does." 

Weekly Sporting Review 

"The show is stolen by Barbara 
Perry's dance to 'Pedio the 
Fisherman'." 

Theatre Newsletter 

"One of the highlights of the 
show is delightful dancer Bar- 
bara Perry." 

Evening: News 



$60,000,000 B. 0. 



Continued from pnge 1 



. . , , . , where, to swell the fantastic total 
Mediants," set for Switzerland in j constantly. 
German translation rather than for \ n..^,,,.^ *„k„v , 

Paris in the original French ver- | J^^^i^j^'jf -(^™"s<' t<^«"i wrote 



sion. At any rate,, it is a very: poor 
piece of playwriting, not only corny 
and tasteless, but also boring and 
uncpnvincing. 

It IS the story of a "high-class" 
prostitute in Paris, end of the 19th 
century. Being tired of her old 
lover, a rich and influential but 
r a t h e r blockheaded government 



and 'estate of 
the Union," and produced "Arsenic 
and Old Lace" and "Hasty Heart,'' 
They also wrote the books for 
"Hooray lor What." "Red, Hot arid 
Blue,.' "Anything Goes", and "Strip 
for Action," which/ aren't being in- 
eluded because the last-named was 
a flop, while on the other three 



ate aiurpny.. . ... . 

Balow.. . . ; 

Pat CoUms 

Second Medic , . . . ....... 

Colonel Bates . . . ...... 

Captain Taylor. . ...... . 

Lieut: Johnson .',:: .'. . 
Second Poken Plajter.'., 
Soldier 



There's a temporary letdown in 
the first , part of the four-scene 
second act, but except for that th* ■ 
yocks come easily. First act espe-i 
cially is an almost continuous howl. 

However, the prospects are bet- 
ter for films than for Broadway 
in its present form. Rewriting cer- 
tain sections ■would give it a better ■ 
legit chance, and the efl'ort seems 
definitely wortliwhile altliough the 
large cast arid four different sets 
mean a: lieavy production outlay^ 

Under Bert Conway's slick direc- 
tion, cast does an excellent job. 
Standouts are Peter Brocco as a 
drafted professor; Curt Gonway as 
a former actor; Ian MacBonald as 
the sarge; and Philip Pine, Jerry 
Paris, James Anderson and Billy 
Smith as GI's. Director Conway, 
Incidentally, clocked: up an addi- 
tional laugli with a swell piece of : 
final curtain staging. Kap. - 



The funnier side of Army life 
is limned in this tale of barracks 
life in an Army camp in the Aleu- 
tians. For the most part, the sketch, 
is a hilarious one. 

Autlior John O'Dea lias shunned 
a formal plot. preferrinK to sustain 
interest through a series of inci- 
dents In which the same characters 
figure. Actually, the script is a 
collection of one-acters . which 
O'Dea penned over, a long period. 

He is at his best when painting his 
'characters, bringing them to life 
with deft, sure strokes. He gives 
them good dialog in keeping with 
the characterizations, and lilts a 
high rate of lauglis-per-minute. 



distributed ultimately) for $300,000 
and 25?'o of profits after distribu- 
tion costs were, recovered. 

"The Hasty Heart." between its 
N. Y. run and subsequent: tour, 
grossed about $1,000,000. 

The Rodgei'.s ^ Hammerstein ac- 
count stems from the time of their 
collaboration, and don't include 
any shows they worked on sepa- 
rately before; Rodgers wrote many 
hits with Lorenz Hart but never 
hit fabulous flgures till his tieup 



Shorty 

Pittsburgh. Nov. 12. 
Pittsburgh : Pla.vhous* production at 
comedy, : in tlu-ee acts :(one ' scene) ' by ' 
Margaret and Joseph '\r«blonskl: SlageA 
by Pi-edericlc Burleigh at Playhouse, 
Pitt.sburgh.', 

John KalLsh .:...,.:.;..:.... Samuel Meli 

Andy Krivda: . ..... ..,:.:.. . . Vic Mangan 

Steve Woods:... . ..... :. Joseph Korvick; Jr. 

Sophie. . . , . . . ... . . i , . . : , j;Peg Harlg 

Helen. : . : ■ . : . ... ....... . , , : .;. :Pearl Hipps 

Rosie: . ^ . , Jacnuehne McKint 
Mary, , , ., . , , . , :...:. ,-. ... .Frances Parry. 

Pittsburgli Playhouse'« luokiAvlth 
original scripts, continues to be bad. 
This is the tliird or fourth new play 
Director Fred Burleigh has tested 
at local community theatre, and 
paydirt still eludes him. "Sliorty" 
may be a slight improvement over: 
the others. 

Written by husband-and-wife 
team bf Margaret and: Joseph \Ya- 
blonski (latter is an official of the 
United Mine Workers Union), it 
deals with three lovelorn ba<*hclors 
living together in shack of a coal- 
mining town. Autliors. being resi- 
dents of such a: community, have 
caught the tang of the coal miners' 
patter and the comic rhythms in it. 
Unfortunately that isn't enough. 

As 9 play, "Shorty" is merely a 
loose and rambling: collection of 
character sketches, whose romances : 
and humor grow painfully thin 
alter three acts. 

There are many laughs in 
"Shorty." and they're honestly 
earned, but when the brief sketches: 
of laughter stop, so does the plav. 

People in "Shorty" rarely if ever 
come to . life.. Playhouse perform- 
ance is pretty undistinguished ex- 
cept in two instances — Vic Mangan 
as the timid guy and Peg Harig 
as the trollop, both turning in fine 



with Hammerstein. . Duo wrote | performances. -Chances of "Shorty" 



Allegro," "Carousel" and ,"Okla 
homa!" (which the Theatre Guild 
produced), and produced the other 



'executive, she finds a new affection i they shared credit for the writing 
I in an Knglish doctor who,_ at the I with the composers. Grosses on the 



R&H's U. S. Crosses. 

"Annie Get Gun". $ 8,073,842 

"Show Boat"- 1,358,472 

"I Remember Mama" 1,224,539 
"Happy Birthday", 1,733.321 
"John Loves Mary" 1,444,643 

"Allegro" 1,615,000 

"Carousel" 6.770,000 

^'Oklahoma!" . . . . : 18,200,000 



getting a professional pi-oductiun 
are practically nil. Cohen. 



end, turns out to be a killer and 
.leweliy thiel. But this isn't all. 
Her butler is also one of her ex- 
iovers, and she has only hired him 
to prevent him from spreading talk 
of her indiscretions, 'fhe spectacur 
lar finale oi this horror story is 
'that the doctor strangles the lady 
Ion a nocturnal rendezvous. : 1 
; The cast practically consi.sts of | 
I one stellar role and nine support- 
! ing ones:- German actress, has for I' 
herself a "one-man" show. She is ; 
: also responsible for tiie German i 
I adaptation, She overplays and is | ■ 
I miscast; ::Best supporting perform- | Goes, 



three musicals, would account foi 
another $2,477,000 ("Anything 



L&C's U. S. Grosses 

"Life with Father" $10,000,000 
"Arsenic & Old Lace" 6,000.000 
"State, of Union'! . . 3,700,000 
"The Hasty Heart" 1,000,000 



$20,700,000 



$1, 3152,000; "Hoorav 
ance comes from Rita Wottawa, 1 What," $550,000; "Red, Hot & 
former; musical comedy singer, i Blue." $575,000i; 
The rest of the players are either , "iTather" grossed about $5,000,- 
just fair or bad. Mezo. \ OOO in its seven years in N. Y., and 

I another $5,000,000 on the road. It 

Nick. Kusso optioned :"Moumou," played a year in London, as well 
French play by Jean :de Latraz for [as in others foreign cities, for addi- 
an American premiere in Holly- . tional revenue. It was leased to 
wood and possible Broadway Warner Bros, for seven years (one 
production next year ... Ben Boyar pic; no remakesi for $500,000 down 
optioned "Miracle .loncs," new and 50-50 split after distribution 
play by Riau James, lor; Broadway I costs; 

production this season, with James i < i ^,„-..„, eo nnn noA • it xr 
o rio tlu- st,'.King I Arsenic S?,000,000 m N. Y 

■ I "Arsenic and Old Lace ' in its 



$40,419,817 



ORIGINAL DOLLY SISTERS' COSTUMES 
COLLECTORS COSTUMERS PLAYERS 

Th*i« eoftumei, many of them duplicated for a sister act, part of the 
. original wardrobe of Jenny Dolly or* to bt lold on the site of the old 
Boitpn ;Stor«. Itemt Ineludo dresitt, wrapi, ovening gowni, riding 
habltf, wigs, eil'Ramciits, : f ons and:- numorous other Items of valuo. and 
interest to eolloeters, eosfumers or play«r). Ploose write FRANK:KOHN, : 
State and Modiian •lilg.,: CMeago, or phono STat* 2''3000. 



shows. The gross on "Show Boat'! 
is figured only from the time tiie 
Rodgers-Hammerstein firm took 
over management of. the revival. | 
"Annie" lias grossed $5,579,034 1 
to date in N. Y, (where it's in its | 
129th week), and $2,494,808 more 
on the road. It's still touring the 
U. S.; is in its 74th week in Lon- 
don, and has played over a year iij 
Australia, with the latter t\yo 
gross figures not inckided in above 
for I totals. Metro bought it for 
$650,000. 

"Happy Birthday" ; and VShow 
Boat" are both currently touring , 65 46th St 
the U. S , to add daily to: their 
given totals, ; So; of course, are 
"Carousel" and "Oklahoma!", While 
"Allegro'' opens I its road tour in 
Philadelphia tomorrow (Thurs.). 
"Allegro" grossed $1,615,000 dur- 
ing its N. Y. run. 

: ''Carousel" grossed $4,250,000 in 
its 110 weeks in N. Y.. and has thus 
far racked up $2,520,000 more on 
the Toad. ... 

"Oklahoma"' grossed about $7 



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1 1,444: performances iiv N. Y. grossed 

lover $2,000,000, while four com- , 110,000 in its 268 weoksTnN.'Y'., 
panics on ihe road took in over ' while the one or two companies 
I $f,00O,t)0O more. Show had an ex- 1 constantly on tour, totaling 280 
tended run in London, and else-] weeks of performance, account 
where. Pix rights were sold to, for $11,200,000 more. 
Warners tor SliiO.OOO and 15''r of I Return to the producers-writers 



SAMUEL FRENCH 

SINCE 18S0 

Play, Brokers "and 
Aulliors' Representatives 

S.l West 45tli Slreel, Ki-n- lork 
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gross alter recoverj of negative 
charges. 

"State of the Union'' gros.sed 
over $1,200,000 in N. y.. while 
three road companies added an- 
other gross ot $2,500,000. Pic was 
sold to Liberty Productions (Metro 



from their various participations 
can't be arrived at. But an idea of 
return can be gauged from: the gain 
shown on "Life With Father." In 
Its seven year um a profit of 
6^000% was earned on an: invest- 
taient of $^,000. 



HAHRY MEYER 

AI"W1011'S llKl'BKS1<,N i' vr\ VK 

NOW READING NEW PLAYS FOR 
NEW YORK AND ROAD 
PRODUCTIONS 

itijf 1>.1iii11h()1i .VvontiA 
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61 




Dion Bouclcault Bioe 

Russell B, Smith is writing a biog 
on Dion Boucicault and his son;- 
Aa\avS, aided by material left by 
his father, Edgar Smith, the libret- 
ist-author. Elder Boucicault's last 
wife, Louise Thorndike, is alive, 
fnd was at the unveiling, of. a bust 
to him not long ago in Hoboken. 
Smith has come upon a little book 
on the dramatist-actor, by the late 
theatrical press agent, Tovvnsend 
Walsh, that had only a private 
(salei A copy is in the theatre sec- 
tion of the N. Y. Public Library. 

Boucicault, it appears from 
Smith's research, was the first 
dramatic author to insist upon get- 
ting royalties from a play instead 
of a lum'p sum (usually small) for 
an outright buy. Writer would like 



ers kept qucueing up before the 
ciMemas even . while the^ bombers 
were , droning overhead. Chiefly 
responsible for this public display 
of confidence were' the girl thea- 
tre employees who, after taking 
over, due to the man shortage; 
filled their posts so well that not 
a single ease of panic oqcurred dur- ; 
ing the war. One of the more ] 
grisly virtues of this book is that 
it will be a valuable source for 
a handbook of emergency thea- 1 
tro operations if, and when, an' 
other war breaks out. Herm. 



Theatre Wing Has 'Fun' 

"Recreation Is Funj'' handbook 
bin hbspitai :■■ ehtertaihment .tech- 
hiqvies; and iiidt^rial ,deyelot»ed by 

_ . the American: Theatre Wing, will 

to ,gel info and gossip sent to hmi be published Dec. 20. Handbook, 



Bennett A. Cerf 

who shouM linoMr nbowf t>io>« rfiingt 
01 a book publiffter 

complaint that historical nevola 
ovtr 1,000 pagtt leafi ihoiild b* 
dioclarod out of bound* in a 
kidding - on* tho • iquaro 
. exposition titUd ^ 

"How Long Can They 
Be?'* 

■ ■ ■*■ • *■.. ■ *. ; ' 
a humorous feature In the upcoming 
43tl Anniversary iNumber 
«f 



SCULLY'S SCRAPBOOK ii 

U ************** By Frank Scully ******* ♦ ■ ♦ 



care of San Diego Union, 
Dfego, Cal." 



San 



based on Wing's five year experi- 
ence in creating hospital programs, 
contains discussion , of programs, 
type of patients, principles of 



Bottth Critically 111 

Ernest Booth, bandit and writer, recreation "and entertainment, and 



is critically ill in the hospital of 
San Quentin prison. Booth was a 
great pal of Jim Tully, who, it's 
rumored, aided him in writing two 
of his best pieces, "Ladies of the 
Mob" and "We Hob a Bank," the 
last of which became part of an 
autobiog Booth, wrote 
"Stealing Through Life." 



game material, with 107 completed 
games, irandbook will be avail- 
able at Wing's N.Y. office for $1. 



■CHAT'TER 
Yolahda Dulche. in ;HoUywt»6d 
1 to coVer the film beat for iEstO:, 
called Mexico City dally. : 

„ I Hambla fiauer. freelance scripter, 

Several of Booth's yarns were sold piece to Collier's on cosme- 
itiade Into fihns, with Sylvia Sidney I tieian Helena Rubin-stein. 
etarring in his "Ladies of the Big | Ed Nixon, N. Y. World-Telegram 
House," and he did technical work ; sports scribe, a patient in the Pres- 
on one called "Men of San Quen- I byterian Medical Center, N. Y. 
tin." There was a two-part yarn James F. Kelly resigned as pub- 



Ghastly,. 111., Nov. 11. 
Released 12 hours, ago from the pest house of the Gvanston general 
hospital and now convalescing from a combination of What Hollywood 
calls "Virus. Sex" pneumonia and screaming sciatiqa, I am about ta 
release the news of a great discovery. 

Just how to break it has me puzzled. 1 can see Warners and Zanuek 
in a race to the Johnston office to be first in the field with a title regis- 
tration. Dr. Morris B'ishbein, too, may feel that since it happened in 
the Chicago area, it's either his or Pctrillo's. Petrillo's claims would 
be based almost wholly on the fact that my head is ringing and bang- 
ing like the "Bells of St. Mary's." 

What I've discovered is a new disease which I call "Stratospheric 
Malaria." At present it's pi-etty exclusive, but the trade winds should 
fake care of that. As every discovery brings its own diseases, mine is 
sort of a by-product of the A-Bomb. The radio-'active diseases, of 
course, are well known; but this., is in the run of'.quaint secondary in- 



John Huston in the: N. Y. Star next 
Sunday (21) as its lead item and 
has sold two features to Pageant; 
Articles include one , on ;agent 
Charles K. Feldman and another 
dealing with Chief Anderson of 
Beverly Hills. 



on him some time ago in Gang 
Busters. There was a profile on 
him by John Wilstach in a Hillman 
mag; and Official Detective ran his 
last exploits in novelet form. 

Foul Weather Ahead, Mates 

Good red meat, garnished with 
seaweed and a liberal sprinkling of 
salt spray, for those who go down 
to the sea in ships, and for those 
who just like to read about 'em,'is 
dished out in the swell compila- 
tion . of nautical yarns edited by 
Gordon C. Aymer iBarnes, $5). "A 
Treasury of Sea Stories" is a rug 



the Seydell Quartei-ly, published j 
in Brussels, printed, his "Interlude ! L ;ti^„„ 
for the Inevitable." Same mag will "C"ons- 

print another short piece of his, 1 You see, when the bomb hit Japan, it released malarial germs: and 
titled "Aftermath," in its next ' threw them skyward. Then the 'Japanese and curtents Wafted them ■ 
issue. I over to 'America. They couldn't descend on I^s Angeles, being bldqkied 

Freelance writer Ezra Good- 1 off by a curtain of smog, fog and grog, 
man's yarns for Coronet on Metro's : So they kept floating east, and then over Los Alamos love came 
25th anniversary, Malibu, Sidney , i„to their lives. A mass of malarial microbes tossed skyward by; J. Rob- 
Skolsky, etc. Also has_ a. piece on | ert Oppenheimer's fissionists out of the moister depths of New Mexico, . 

met those hitch-hiking put of the South Pacific, ahd since misery :loveS : 
company, those keeping. eonilKUty 'gipt^ 

But even lovers can't live on loVe iort^y^fc. Fo^^ for the aerial 

malariahs, laaa invenieil alr-cbndltimliig; for ciphisti^lilations. ; An4 so "is- 
the planes breezed irohi' cbas.tr^o-jiSoiasit the High-fi^lhg maiarians gp^ 
sucked in on a deal and, of course; found me-r-Public Guinea p 
.7— rand. 'let' me have-;it.:/''-^ \. ■j^y;' \ '\ 

•I. was talking to' Peter Lorrc at the tiiitve. He was heading fpr Chi- 
cago to terrify the theatre of the same name into coiighing up plenty 
of dough: for. him to stand on the stage between I jpicturei. Suddenly 
.!■ -felt- a- chili; ■■ ■-■■.vV ^' '^^^''■'^■^iV■■■-■^.■'■•-:■^'' 

"Did you feel something?" I asked. ; '■^'V-'l-x.V. r^:.-'''.; ,C .^i;!'. 
: "Yes," he- said; "a kind of clutching at niy throat." ^ " 

We smiled: and laugh'jpd.: TJittt ■Hollywood,; 1 thought;- Can't get away 
from creepers even when you're 20,000 feet about the foggy streets, 
eiii wdi.«7 t and^^ "I guess it's my old sinus trouble," he said. "It got so whenever I 

naye as sir itarry i^duuer. , ^j^^ ^^^^.^^ 'London fog' in the script, I threw it away and reached 
London, Nov. 16. ' for a nasal spray." 
3anny Kayey his wife, Sylvia | Well, a few days later I read where lie had lost his voiqe, but . by 
Fine, and > William Morris, Jr., i then I was quaking and shaking: and racing between, (orvfs it ahio^ 
huddled here on tying up the Sir j chills, sweats and fevers. All I remember is that the .|)laH(! ilandfid : 
Harry Lauder biopic for Holly- j gently in a Chicago fog and: I was ^oing to : call -up Ashton SteVj^hs 
wood. Morris visited the Scotch [ from Evanston, where I was to dine with: Howard Hurwith (ICeia-. Ijow-': 
comedian at his home near Glas- ard, pro). I recall he was telling me he was a hoofer in biiiri6i^<iuc ' 
gow earlier this summer,: setting J and his mother asked him to give . it up. He . was showing me : her 
first since he ! the preliminaries._ Idea would be j picture 



Kaye-Sennett 

sj. Continued from .page- 1 jas 

comes to stardom under the pro- 
ducer's aegis. 



licity manager of Ji B. Lippincott 
Co., Philadelphia; successor not yet 
named. 

Baldwin Sullivan succeeded 
Fred Beineling us bureau head of 
International News Photos in 
Hollywood. 

Jean. Hersholt getting a layout 
in Look mag covering his, activities 
as head of the Academy and the 
Motion Picture Relief Fund. 

Simon & Schuster will publish 
Edward Streeter's novel, "Father 

of the Bride," his first since he , . . , x j i tu„ 
wrote "Dear Mabel" 30 years ago. for Kaye to play Lauder, a la the 
Nathan W. Goldstein, exec assist- 1 Larry Parks-Jolson .technique, but 



eed collection of reprints, old and ant in the N. Y. Times' business ' for Lauder also to appear briefly 



new, done by some of the best in 
terpreters of the Seven Seas -and- 
what: goes on in them and on them. 



office, upped to circulation man 
ager, ■succeeding William B 
Schleigh; resigned. i 
Barry Storm has sold a story I 
about the famous "Lost Dutchman's ■ 
Mine," to Columbia Pictures, and i 
is working for the company out of I 
Phoenix as a technical adviser. | 
Fa wcett Publications is putting 
out a second edition of , the Gabby 



I and possibly use his actual vocal 
soundtrack. 



Ban Irish Fix Critic's Book 

"Tarry Flynn." a new novel by 
Patrick :Kavanagh, film : critic of 
The Standard, leading Irish Cath- 
olic weekly, is among 17 banned in 

Eire on grounds of being indecent ...^ v^„„,., 

or obscene at latest meeting of Eire , jj ^omic Book, amounting to 

^fh^f-e'^nn "fi'^' lict -n.-P "ThrPP I 1,000,000 copics, to augmeut the 
Others on the hst -aie Thiee , printed for the first ediUon. 

«^Ji^l,.^^^ l^ml;^ S.^n?"Si i e.fef ^r^NerYTk 
^J^'^^^^::^^^ ! dKct-VliiraSi^Hcri, has 



U.S. Preps 

Continued from pae« t 



"Did you feel that?" I asked. He looked puzzled. "That quaking!" 
"Listen, brother, you're in Chicago.T We have winds, but no quakes.'* 
I looked around as he talked. Well,, obeying mama sure paid off, 
, I thought. The guy has more Lloyd's insurance than Tyrone Power, 
. He owns the Robert Richter in Miami, the Chelsea in L. A. He has 
I a ranch that would be a state anywhere but Texas, where it is. And all 
i because he quit burlesque for biz. 

I This time he must have seen me shake because he suggested a slug 
of whiskey. He had something called Kinsey Gold. 1 demuri'ed, ask- 
ing if he: didn't have something milder. : • 
"Okay," he said. "Try this. 'Kinsey Port." 

That : did it. In a matter of minutes I was down with OTnis X, or 
Virus Sex as they spell it in less prudish Hollywood circles. The' 

By 



list secret until Soviet :: of5fiCials 

signify their choices. It is feared ^ . . , 

that publication of the titles would I grounSwoi^k having been laid, in, moved the aerial malarial mob 
lead to all 140,000,000 Americans j dawn they; left me for dead, but Howard Hurwith had no insurance 
suddenly becoming experts on the : oh me, and besides, he loves: me like a btotheri He called Dr, .Pftul 
Soviet, with such squabbles rag- ;' Maghiison; medical director of :the Veteirans; AdmittiStratl^^^^ 
ing from coast-to-coa.st. that the nuson suggested speedy hospitalization. ■ ■ .: i ' A . ' 
After- '"i":;:^^^^^ Russians would never see any So with no more credentials than when I was bom, I was wrapped 
math," by Hans Habe; "The Hand P^ff^ViiP pifilarlP nhK H^^^ , American pictures. in blankets and. raced to the first hospital along the road. It turned 
„» by Vian C. Smith; , jor uie rmiautip«iu nie"vvay | ^^^^ g^^eral policy of selection out to be a chophouse that gets Northwestern's football players who 
Sorrows," by Clare I Constance Seabrook writing a f followed by the Motion Picture ' didn't quite die for old alma mammy the week before. They trqUpyecl 
book of memoirs, self illustralod, . Assn of America and MPEA execs ' me as high as they could go and dumped me in the dead end corridpi- 
with a lot about her late husband, ! who niade Up the list in consulta- of the pest house. There they plied :rae with 3,000,000 units of pehir 
William Seabrook. She recently i tion wilTi State Dept. and other ; cillin and chocolate mouldly milks. • 
had an exhibit of her paintings in; i Q-Qvernment olTioials was, of ' Construction characters were working below me on a new building. 
PoUghkeepsie. N. Yi ' cour.se to pick that product which ■ Soon the steam siiovel operators and the pneumatic drillers were yell- 
- Soon as the election: synthetic : vvouid ' present the U. S. and de- ; ing, "will you give that patient a: mickey? His quaking Js/S^^^^ 
stom. has suhsided Eddie Eckels, I j^g^j..jj.y i„ gg„^^^ - - ' 

light--^and still be acceptable to 
Soviet information officials. Im- 



of the Wind 
"Instruct My 
Jayres; "Odysseus," by Rom Lan 
dau;: "The Rage of the Vulture,' 
by Alan Moorehead; "Tru.sted Like 
the Fox," bv Raymond Marshall; 
"There's a Horse in My Tree," by 
Noel Langley and Hazel Pynegar; 
"Growing Up," by Olivia Manning; 
"The Unforgiven," by Howard 



Bill James and Milton Luban are | 
the Week, i 
originally 



^^•^M^'^'P?,'^°' *'"^J^n?^^"^Afi bringing out Tops of t 

^tr.eiir^y''ii::^nJ^l^^'^^^^^ of course, there dc- 

ond''TheSky isRed,"byGuiseppe,=» f,°^^^^^^ va.st diflerences m inier- 

Berto. I Temple LJmver.sitv's president, pretation of «hat makes the \ank 

■ „. Dr Robert L. .foiinson, took brand of democracy look good. 

A Tribute to Show Biz time out from m.maging the Devve.v- one of the picture'^ on which 

One of the under-ball.\ hoocd in- Warien campaign in Philadeli^hia, there was much thrashins, it has 
stances of British grit during the ; to write the ."-lory of his time at , (,3^^ learned,, was "Boomerang, ' 
Second World War, the uninterr:; Temple • in - his autobiography, 1 20th-Fox's semi-documentary of a ; 
rupted operation of the cinema ; "Seven Short Years." well-liked Connecticut citizen be- 

Ohio .lournalism Hall of Fame ; ing shot down on :a street corner : 
will add the names ol the late i ^ith : no possible ra^ 
Charles S. Knight, former pub-: i:able. Police lntere.st in solving the , 
Usher of the Akron: :Beacon Jourp g^gg gt a^j, cost, leads to ah itiner- 
nal ihis son is imw-pubUs being picked, up and j 

hfs.lh- j 

and. at the la.st - minute 



houses through five years of blitz 
and privation, has come to light in 
Guy Morgan's "Red Roses Every 
Night," a London Quality Press 
Publication. Slim volume of 125 



"v— ■ • r-r. - J . ■ , / I nai mis son is now v"mi«i'c" <>"m i „„f workpr heine 'DicKecl up 

pages, delayed in printing due to , , ^ q q Mclntyrc, at their ^"iLrTvfe dis rict attornev h 
paper restrictions in Eng and is an 1 1 ^^^^^^ i„ Columbus, | it '" becomes coin inced of his 
unmelodramatic chronicle of the = evei, necomei con\mctu ui nis 

daily heroism displayed by British , -""il,- ?- ! j.^^^q,. ^^.^^ jjfe mag nocence and at the la.st mir 
exhibition workers, from the girl ^^.d to '^Lnk an Tssue with Dewey ■ turns around and becomes the ad- 
projectionists and usherettes up J,"".- u rip„iLl V^^^^^ 



I ,= „ , , . I on the cover ' is denied in the cur 

to the theatre tnanagers, who main- , ^ jg^^g „f Time. Evidently not- 1 
tained an extraordinary record of < . g ^ ^^^^ record. Time dismisses ' 
skill, calm and good sense under j ^ ^.g^g3ip.g^,u„nisfs t 

i Life was ca 



out of our new foundations!'' 

Nights I would lie under a neon light, which marked the dead end, 
and think how much calmer things were in "The Snake Pit." I was 
warned that anything touching the floor was doomed for the in- 
cinerator. :.'■ ■■• 
"My pur.se, too?" 

"Positively. We don't allow the dirty stuff in or put." 
AH this was explained : by white masked characters who treated us ■ 
as untouchables. All they thought they had on hand was a Variety 
mugg who had written "Fun in Bed" and was still trying to find some. 

Little did they know that beneath, that trembling dickie hospitals 
still use for a nightshirt, lay the first case on record of Stratospheric 
Malaria,.-. ..■■■■,:.;.,'■■■.■:,■,:. 

When they find that out. it will be too late to call me back for re- 
takes, caresses, backrubs and autographs. I'll be on my: way to N, Y. 
or L. A. But I can't .stop them from put^ng up a plaque reading: 
In Uiis cell of the Evavston- 
Hospital Isolation Wing was 
treated and cured the first 
case of Stratospheric Malario. , • 

' The pativnt u-'as Frank Scully, 
VARIETY' Jiiuffo cidii. laude. , 



fire. 



Diplomatic Angles 

First problem in selection of the MPEA v.p. and- general manager, films to their liking in the list, a 



lumnist's report" that 1 j-j^^. .:jg:^bether it is advi.sable- to was the highly favorable commerit supplemental one will be prepared. 
Fnr ^..ncc cppfinnal «irvpv of " ^"USht Willi the « ''o^g ' ghow "abroad the fact that an in- in Czecho.slovakia on "Mr, ,Smith Soviet is to pay approximately 
British cinemfs du^^^^^ ^■'"""""'•^.^ „ ■ nocent man standing on a street Goes to Washington." which Maa.s S50 000 per film in blocks of 20. 
Morean rombpd th^^^ records of The Columbia Umy. Press ,iabie to be shot down in admitted "virtually slipped by us' with the price going up for anj- 
Xut 30 Hndon theativt-s a^^^ of spring list will include the follow- ^^^g^.i^.^ that's obviouMy bad, as in early efforts to get films into the thing less than a block unit, 
them in the Granada chain which , ing ^how biz t'"«s;„„n^''');H'"P5 are certain aspects of the police , country. "Mr. Smith" presents a List is also being forwarded tliis 
was strategically located to feel I for Elizabethans, °^ but highly unflattering ' week for transmission to Yugo- 
the' full imp.act of the German air Mary Crapo nyae\ ii * t^-V] I however, the fairness of the judi- view of Congress. Jimmy Stewart slavia. It was somewhat less com- 
bombardmcnt. (Granada chain is m ^'naKef.P^a'"^; th^ nIw Vc^r\c^ System in a democracy is well- is elected to Congress as a tool of plicated to prepare, since it con- 
co-owned by Sidney L. Bernstein, ' ing. and /Vnnais 01 i^^^^ portrayed and the question be- the political bosses, but turn.s • - ■'• • - - - 
wartime member of the Briti.sh , stage, voi. av, uj- utv e • • j^^j^^g^ whether this transcends the around and exposes the corruption 
Ministry of Information and cur- | Odeii. publishing is : unfavorable angles. of fellow-Congressman. 

HitXer'^' TransStlntic^ Pic- as unpredictable a/ any other whether "Boomerang" was final- It shows some very bad aspects 
inrpc? liansdtlantic ^ . ^^.^^ h^^^^^ j^^.p^.^j^^.^ thg ap included in the MPEA h.st of the American political system, 

"RpH Rnsp" was thp orioritv air- i pearance of Niven Busch's recent , ,j „j ^e learned. MPEA . although it ends happily. The 

raid slenal ci^^^n to thcX^ 'sJ'^^J ' officials indicated, however, that ; Czech-s. acdording to Maa.s, were 

agers vhenf™ ''^P^^^* •"^h^I^qT" which their own leaning was affimaliv.e ■ surprised and delighted that the films are being sold on percentage 

tected IV despite thffa^^^^^^ ^^'^''\on the basis of experience since , filtn couW even be made and had . and MPEA will be permitted to 

■warning signals .sounded almost , wrote several years .iko. ^^^^ ^^^^j. j^.^^ Curtain nothing but praise for U. S. de- keep a rep in Belgrade to check on 

every night after the blitzkrieg Metro homeoffice publitjily stai- { ^.^^i^^^^^ .mocraey as a result. perforinante. Films arc to be pur- 

opened, it didn't materially a^ 1 f?*" ^'^^^P'^^^fii^t^! J^^^^ Point made by Irving Maas, I If the Russians can't find 20 chased in blocks of 25. 

lect theatre attendance. Custom- ' eign publication this month when 1 loini maue » * _ ^ 



sists of a combination of the Bus- ' 
sum li.st, plus films which have al- 
refidy been screened and tested in 
other Balkan countries serviced by 
the .MPEA. 

Yugoslav deal differs consider- 
ably from the Russian in that the 



62 



CBJkTWEn 



Wednei^lay, November 17, 1948 



Bernard Burke, vet vaude agent, 
got his Equity franolilse last weelc. 

Filmite Chrlstbfar Myling in 
from the Coast to try stage -work. 

AI Wilde, Gale agency publicist, 
to Paris for three weeks Friday 
(19) on business. 

Phil Berg (& AUenberg) in this 
weekend for powwows with Robert 
Lantz, his N. Y. rep. 

-Jeanne : Sager, Leon & Eddie's 
p>a., recovering, .from '. Theumatic 
fever at Doctors hospital. 

Judy Canova and sister, Annie, 
welcome-party cocktailer at Toot's 
Shor's tomorrow (Thurs.).'- 

Irene Hilda clippered to Paris 
and a new Fernandel revue at the 
Theatres de Champs-EIysees. 

Gene Williams band Dixie - 
bound for one-nlgfaters and for 
Nov. 19-20 date at Washington St 
Lee Univ. 

Peter Donald, discussing Gypsy 
Rose' Lee fracas, wondered if it 
was reviewed by N. Y. papers' sec- 
ond G-string critics. 



presented "Three Men On a 

Horse." 

McFadden Deauvlllt hotel will 
house a stock repertory group this 
winter. 

Barbara Long and Sunny Kay 
head up new show at Motlier 
Kelley's. 

Olsen and Johnson tee off sea- 
son for Latin Quarter around 
Christmas. 

Walter Winchell in town, at 
Honey Plaza,- and making the 
nitery rounds.' 

Jim Carroll named Herbert 
Marks agency as house booker for 
new Delano hoteK - 

Frances Langford will join Dean 
Martin and Jerry Lewis in Beach- 
comber's preem show, Dec, 23, 



Chicago 



Bob Goddard joins GAG to do 

■publicity,:'- ;■>:' 

. : Lois June Nettleton, current Miss 
Ghicagdi, V tp ^Gpthain for ,: Warher 
Bifos.-. tests; ■ 1' ■ 

Paul and Paiilette Trio posing for 

„ gymnastic text book to be used at 

Eddie Albert working Gotham's | midwest universities, 
radio nets to promote Universal's I Janis and Charles Rule* teenage 
"You Gotta Stay Happy" currently Chi troupers, added to cast of 
at Radio City Music Hall. "High Button Shoes." 

Sally Gerena, formerly with Len Roth, son of vaude team 
J. Walter Thompson, joined For- Roth & Slater, designed new Deai 



eign Screen Corp. as assistant to 
firm prez H. Alban-Mestanza. 

Metro producer Arthur Horn- 
blow, Jr., was to board the Queen 
Elizabeth Wednesday (24) from 
England for New York, en route 



born Room at: Park-Dearborn hotel. 

Dennis Morgan,- Dinah Shore, 
and Tex Benecke orch skedded for 
Harvest Moon benefit for Sun- 
Times, Nov. 20. 
Harvey Stone, currently at Chez 



London 



to the Coast; the N. Y. dockers ' Paree, will make guest appearance 



strike may upset the schedule 

Universal players Marta Toren 
and . Stephen: McNally off on a 
seven city tour to help bally 
"Rogue's Regiment" in which they 
are featured. 

Screen Plays, Inc., hired Myer i fund. 
Pi -Beck office, as Its eastern pub i 
head outfit. Company's initial pic j 
is the Henry Morgan starrer, "Sol 
This Is New York." I 

Page Morton; four months at Bill 
Bertolotti's, in Village, gets one 
month's leave starting Jan. 5 to go 
uptown and appear with Abbott & 
Costello at Lou Walters' Latin 
Quarter. 

Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith 
saluting the Anti - Defamation 
-League at, a special evening^ pro- 
gram Tuesday (23) set for the Ho 



at Community Fund drive meeting 
Nov. 18 Sherman hotel. 

American Guild of Variety Art- 
ists will hold AU-Star benefit at 
Stadium Nov. 27, coin going to lo- 
cal hospital and AGVA welfare 



Australia 

By Eric Gorrick 

"Life With Father" (WB> in its 
13th- week in Sydney for Hoyts. 

;Mort Allen is here to make a 
deal with -his pie, ''Mom and Dad, 

Peter Dawson's Savoy, 
bourne, reopens Nov.- 19 
structural alterations. 

Booking very solid for the: Syd- 
ney . run of the Williamson-Tait 
grand , opera troupe at Tri voliv 



H. B.. Hays, Bond Street music 
publisher, left around $405,000. 

Paul Holt, former Daily Express 
film critic, appointed story adviser 
at Plnewood Studios. 

Gordon Sandison, secretary for 
British Actors Equity, hospitalized 
due to kidney trouble; 

John Paddy Carstairs is now di- 
recting his 21st pic, "Fools Rush 
In," which Is being made at Pine- 
wood. 

''Treasure Island'' being revived 
at the Fortune, Dec. 22 with Robert 
Atkins in the role of Long John 
Silver. 

Metro's latest British production, 
"Conspirators," starring Robert 
Taylor, has now started at Elstree 
Studios. 

Eric Maschwitz planed to-' New 
York Tuesday (16) to negotiate film 
rights for his current musical suc- 
cess, "Carissima." 

, John Mills forsaking films to ap- 
pear in another play by his wife, 
Mary Hayley Bell, to be presented 
by H. M. Tennent. 

Nellie Wallace, vet comedienne, 
taken seriously ill, following ap- 
pearance at Royal Command Perr 
formance at Palladium. 
:> Touring company of "Annie Get 
Your Gun" played nine instead of 
skedded four weeks at Manchester, 
netting around $160,000. 
Basil Cameron leaves for Ger- 

i many in December to conduct the 
Berlin , Pliilharmonic Orchestra, 
first Britisher to do so since the 
■war., ■ 

Jack Buchanan is to star in a 
new production: of "Don't Listen, 
Ladies," which opens in Boston 
end of year;: before going to- New 
York. 

A new farce-comedy, "Gog and 
Magog," by James Bridie, being 
tried out at the Arts Theati'e Club 
Dec. 1, with Alec Clunes in the 
leading role. 

Robert Newton and Naunton 
Wayne signed for important roles 
"Obsession," which Edward 



tel Aster. Mayor William O'Dwyer 1 Nov. 20, „ .. , ^, 

will be on hand. | Hershell Stuart, National 'Thea: 

Abe Lastfogel finds both coa.sts 
so near nowadays, being only 8-10 



Dmytryk is directing for Nat Brdn 
slen at Plnewood. ; ', : - 

"Dr. Faustus" withdrawn from 
Mel- 1 Old Vic jrepertory at the New the- 
after atre, having failed to attract as 
much patronage as "Twelfth Night" 
and ''The Way of the World." ''The 
Cherry Orchard" opens there Nov; 
25, starring Edith Evans. 



and Bill Henry. Sara Lee Harris 
producer. 

Jeri'y Lewis and Dean Martin 
over additional week at the Fla- 
mingo with business good. Peter 
Lawford, on vacation, guest-starred 
with the comics. Danny Thomas 
due Nov. 18 followed by the 
Charioteers. Bitz Bros, set for 
Cliristmas. 

Charles (Andy) Correll of Amos 
'n', vacationing at Flamingo. Also 
Howard Hughes at Last Fi'on- 
tier; honeymooners Corlnne Calvet, 
French actress (Paramount), -and 
John Bromfield after nuptials in 
Boulder City, Nev.; Bory Calhoun 
and John Payne for vacation and: 
fishing. 

Glasgow 

: By Gordon Irvlngr 

Douglas Byng set qs principal 
comedian here in panto, - "Goody 
Two Shoos." 

Lupino Lane to present "Me and 
My Girl," with son Lauri, at Em- 
pire in Edinburgh. 

Radio and screen actor Michael: 
Howard in "Cat and the Canary," 
at King's, Edinburgh. 

Eight-week season planned: for 
"Craekerjack," Christmas show 
featuring Scots comic Jack Rad- 
cliffe. 

Dublin- Gate Theatre: launched 
month's season here Nov. 9 with 
Michael MacLiammoir's "Moun- 
tains Look Different." 

James Bridie's Scottish play, 
''The Forrigan / Reel," with music 
by Cedric Thorpe iDavie, ,to be 
Chinstmas attraction at Citizen^s 
Theatre. 

World preem of new comedy, 
"Twice and Forever," by U. S. 
script-writer Harold Goldman, re- 
ceived mixed reception from crix 
at opening - In Edinburgh. Greta 
Gynt starred. 



flying hours apart, he'll do more 
of that, instead of making pro- 
,tracted visits east and west. Flew 
in and out within^a week and re- 
turns again pre-Xmas. 

Al Trahan back in circulation 
after protracted illness, and opens 
at the Normandie Roof, Montrealv 
New Year's Eve. Back in g o o d 
health, the comedian says he ''can 
even tear phone books." 

Jerry Wald entrained last night 
(Tues.) to resume production 
supervision of "Task Force" (Gary 
Cooper) at WB, loaded down 
with mss. from ex-newspaper pals, 
each -of whom"had something of 
interest" for Hollywood: 

Al Schacht's new Clubhouse 
Room now in operation. Sports 
Writers dinner, presidented by 
Bill : Stern, inaugurated the spot; 
baseball decor, by brother Lew 



' tres' rep stricken recently with a 
severe heart attack, showing slight 
improvement. 

Shell Oil Co. and the Aussie 
Dept. of Information will combine 
forces to make a couple of com- 
mercial shorts early next year. - : 
: Eric Williams, Ealing's local rep, 
is readying Pagewood studio,, Syd- 



Dublin 

,: . By Maxwell Sweeney 

Warbler Rita Lynch to London 
for diskings: 

; Metro sales supervisor Jock 
Hutchinson planed in from London. 

Pat O'Connor readying produce 
tion of- William Saroyan's "Jim 



Tommy Trinder and Chips Raf- 
ferty. Ralph Smart will direct. , 



Pittsburgh 



Frances Faye stayed oyer in town 
an extra day to do the Variety Club 
Schachl prevails, witli iijurals by banquet show. 
Vie Guiness, once of N. Y. Sunday ! Singing Reagle Sisters disband 



Mirror: 

Dore Schary; on- invitation of 
Columbia University's prez Dwlght 
X>. Eisenhower, participating to- 
morrow (Thurs.) in a panel discus- 
sion on "Communications and 
Human Relations" staged by the 
Columbia Institute of Human Re- 
lations; ,, 

Jimmy McHugh, Jr., just made 
the preem of his, dad's show, "As 
the Girls Go," at the Winter Gar- 
den on Saturday night, by motor- 
ing down from Halifax when the 
Mauretania was detoured there 
because of the N. Y.; dock strike. 
McHugh, Sr., wrote the score. 

Anyway, Helen Hayes and her 
husband, Charles MacArthur, 
made the news shots trundling off 
her luggage from, the: S.S. America 
because of the dockers' strike. Son 
Jamie and tlie playwright both met 
the actress who played London all 
summer in "Glass Menagerie." 

Malcolm Kingsberg, RKO's the- 
atre chief, named , chairman of the 
special gifts committee, Federation 
of Jewish Philanthropies. Serving 
with him on the committee are 
such film biggies as Leonard H. 
Goldenson, Joseph Vogel, Murray 
• Silverstone; George Skouras, Sam | 
Rinzler, Nate Spingold and Sol 
Strausberg. • 



ney, for an early start next year |-]jj,ndy 

on "Peppertrees," comedy, with ; cinema 1,000 - seater being built 

in Limeribk for John and Joseph 
■Sullivan. -.,1':- ■ :■'.:;-,■■■:'■'■■■'■', 
V Hayttiarket, liew Dublin theatre, 
skedded to open in January with 
:Strirtdberg's "Miss Julie.'' 
,! Edwards MacLianimOir Gate 
Theatre Co. planed to Glasgow, 
Scptland f or four-week season. 
: Betsy Blair a n d (Grene, /Kelly 
planed in ; to ^hannoh 'frpitt N;, Y.; 
for a: :day's. ishooting ■bn "Trahs- 
Atlantic Flight'*: ■: f or :;; Aiiieriean 
Overseas Airways, ■theh flejiv 'on to 
London. :'■■,:'''■ ;',:■' ■;':- 

I ., The Catholic Church's placing of 
Jean-Paul Sartre's : works on the 
"Index Expurgatorius" bahned 
listr— has put his "Crime Passioher:' 
off ;:the_ :1949 production schedule 
for ■ Gaiety theatre here. 



By Hal Cohen 

Harry Richman headlining sec- 
ond anni show at : Jackie Heller's 
Carousel. , : , , , 

Decca Records has sent Jacque- 
line Lehrich here to do disk jockey 
contracts. 



Washington, D.C. 

By Florence S. Lowe 

Kate Smith due in to hypo drive 
for Army nurses. 

Larry Adler in to play for Wal- 
ter Reed Army hospital patients. 

Jennifer Jones here to spread 
cheer at Walter Reed Army hospi-; 
tal. 

Alvin Josephy, the Metro 
scripter, in town to do research on 
"Red Clay." 

Robert Young, railroad-film ty- 
coon, in for .the pow-wow of top 
industry leaders, took time out for 
his filth look at "Red Shoes." 
, Jock Lawrence, J. Arthur Rank's 
U; Si rep, decorated last week by 
British government for: his war 
time service with the Rangers. 
, "My Father's House,'' film ver-* 
sion of Meyer Levin's novel pro* 
duced in Israel in English, 
screened here for .benefit of Jew- 
ish National Fund. 



ing because Colleen Reagle is go- 
ing to have a baby. . 

Comedienne Albie Gaye now, 
starring in revue at Hotel Inter- 
nacional in Panama. 

Carlo Pugliese has taken over 
Club -Cavalier on Sawmill Run, and 
rechristened it Carlo's; 

Town's slightly confused because I Ruth Brady, advertising and 
Gali Gali is at Terrace Room and i publicity director El Rancho Vegas; 
Guili Guili at , the Copa. ill with the flu. 



Las Vegas 



Argentina 

,- Cinemactress Alicia Barrie here, 
on vacation from U.S. 

Chaplin's rep in Argentina, Tim; 
Durant, back from U.S;, 

Jose Maria Rodriguez-, of Cosmos 
Film, to Rome, Paris, and Madrid. 

Pedro Jorbat, head of Peruvian 
Exhibitors' Assn. visiting Buenos 
Aires. 



Hollywood 

Eve Arden bedded with flu. 

Lizabeth Scott laid up with flu. 

Joan . Leslie's mother hospital- 
ized with anemia, 

Charles Kemper to San Diego 
for a polio benefit. • 

Hilo Hattie booked for run at 
Baker hotel, Dallas. 

Albert Band drew his final Ametv 
lean citizenship papers. 

Clara Inter legalized he'r pro- 
fessional name, Hilo Hattie. ; 

Shelley Winter to Sun Valley for 
two weeks of winter sports. 

Alan Gundelfinger returned from 
a survey of London for Cinecolor. ' 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to 
Kansas City to open a midwest 
tour. 

RKO Studio Club will toss its 
annual Christmas party for chil- 
dren Dec. 19. 

Maury Tannen became head of 
story department for : Jules - Gold- 
stone agency. 

. Max Wilkinson returned to his 
story editing on Goldwyn lot after 
a week's illness. 

Burt Lanciister broke in his acro- 
batic act for two days in Ken Mur- 
ray's "Blackouts." 

Betty Hutton on a one-week tour 
of veterans' hospitals in , Denver,', 
Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. 

Nick Castle working out dance 
routines for Andy and Delia Rus- 
sell for use on their forthcoming 
tour. 

Sam Marx in from Washington, 
where he huddled with the U. S, 
Immigration Service about "The 
Undesirables." 

Robert Planck pinch hitting as 
chief eaniei'aman on "Neptune's, 
Daughter':' for Charles Kosher, in- 
jured in a motor crash. 



Paris 



of 

in- 
run 



Yul Brynner, of "Lute Song," to 
the states for a film. 

Dolores Del Rio ai'rived in town 
and staying at Plaza Athenee. 

Nicholas Bros, in : at Club 
Champs Elysee for four- weeks. 

Linda Stevens recording 
"Nature Boy" a bestseller 
France. 

Peter Cusick on a hit and 
visit, huddling with director -Michel 
Bernheim. 

Kermit ; Goell, songwriter, in ; 
from London to write music for 
French pix. 

Donald Ginsberg in from London 
to confer on first : Anglo-Frenth 
film venture. 

, Paris producers trying to contact 
Montgomery Clift for a France- 
American pix. 

Lou Bcrman, in charge of Marcel; 
Cerdan, in town for 20th Century 
Sporting Club. 

Borrah Minevitch back in Paris 
after quick flight to Hollywood 
and New Y^ork. 

Danny Kay'e off to Rome and 
then back to the states to finisli 
chores at Warners. 

Gene Kelly and wife (Betsy 
Blair) to Rome for a weekend be- 
fore starting work in Paris. 

Lawyer Bill Roach, after four 
days in Paris of huddles with U. A.; 
to Rome before hopping back. 

Georges Guetary, 18 months in 
''Bless the Bride" in London, off to 
Canada on personal - appearance 
tour. 

Harry Bluestone, Standard Rec- 
ord exec, left here after waxing - 
disks for new Standard-Seeburg 
combo: ■ 

George Kamen, of Walt Disney, 



Argentine Colon soprano Delia | off to London, while Morris Lan 



Fred Burleigh has picked "She 
Loves Me Not" for his Xmas and 
New Year's show at Playhouse: 

Emerick Simboli, set for lead in 
Pittsburgh Savoyards' first produc- 
tion of season, ''The Sorcerer:" 



Rigal to Rome tor opera engage 
ments. , , ■ 

Tenor Luis , Sagi Vela packing 
for tour of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, 
Cuba and U.S. 

Imperio Argentina, currently in 
Spain, will return shortly tO: settle 
permanently in Buenos Aires, 
Argentina Sono Film's manager, 



Mexico City 



Phil Harris in town for bass and 
trout, fishing on Lake Mead and 
Colorado River. . 

Jacob Kozloff, of the Thunder- , ,.on^.e„tio„ Rey Soria Films in 
bird, to N. Y seeking more top i sp,.jin Sono distributes for Soria. 
shows Homo Vincent there at pres- j^..^ carlos Thorry has throat 
enl with Hildegarde booked for the trouble and withdrew from legit 
noiiaays. ■ _,J appearances at Presidente Alvear 

I Frances Langford booked at El theatre and radio stints for Col- 
' Rancho Nov. 24 following current ga^p. 



caster ol March of Time , in from : 
same town. , 

Film Francais, French film pulp, 
honored Joe Schenck with a spe- 
cial edition, to celebrate his 40 
years in the industry. 

Helga: Storme at Prince of Wales 
working on script ideas while wait- 
ing for husband Stanley Krantz to 



Miami Beach 



By Larry SoUoway 
Bill Jordan preemed his Bar of 
Music for 12th annual run. 

Harold Minksy bought the Co- 
lonial Inn for burlesque shows. 

Dorothy Claire, just closed at 
Olympia, currently at Clover Club 



By Douglas L. Grahame 

Maria Elena Marques, pic star, I show starring Joan Edwards, Jim 
recovering from an operation. 'Marshall and Mexican magician 

Cantinflas ordered, by his doctor i A. J. Cantu. ; ; ■ 
to abstain from burlesque bullfight- i Grady Johnson, formerly on pub- 
ing; weak heart. I licity staff Argosy Pictures in llol- 

Yolanda Vargas Dulehe, Mexican I ly wood, now member of Steve 
Oscared scripter, to Hollywood for i Hannagan's Las Vegas staff as 
more experience. "area editor." 

Salvador Elizondo, chief : of l Borrah Minevitch's Harmonica 
Clara-Films Mundiales, to Europe Rascals held over extra fortnight 
for three months. i at Last Frontier. Sylvia Froos, sup- 

, Vicente Miranda, impresario oM iiorting- act for initial two weeks, 
El Patio, dickering with Ilona Mas- 1 replaced by Sibyl Bowan, come 



Armando , Bo and Jerry Gomez 
back from making U.S. shots for 
"Last Fight." Bo has inked cine- 
mactor Barry Norton for- film 
chores in Argentina. 



scy to play his spot. 
Sanborns, famed 



dienne 

local restau- 1 Charles Bulotti, Mutual net 

rant that's the rendezvous for Mex- ! work's program director in Holly . . 

ico toppers, running again after a | wood^ and Ray Buffum, wriler of week holdover 
four-day strike, ..." 



Juan Racini,^ to attend end-year ! finish cameraman chores 

o. T,.,... ' Next Allen-Tone production after 
finishing ''Wan bh Eiilel Tpwer" 
here, will be filmed in Morocco 
with Foreign Legion theme. 

: Rita Cave writing from London 
to Paris friends that she . is New 
Yorking on Queen IVIary for the 
B'way debut pf Moira Lister: 

The George Weltners and the 
JPhn B. Nathans due; in from Ma-: 
drid oii the. last leg of a : trip in- 
cluding Switzerland and Italy. , 
: ; George Thomas hired by Films 
International of Ariierica to give , a 
Paris plug to "Symtihonie; Pas- 
torale" during its Ni Y, riiri at Le 
Paris. '■ ■ ■:„,::.■■,■: ■. ■ ' ; 

Lee Gillette, Capital Record's 
Man-About-Europe, off to London 
to see if he can get visa for Czeclio- 
Slovakia. He's searching for public 
domain folk songs and talent. : 
Priscilla Kastn er arid her daugh- 



Montreal 

Roily Bolls inked for: Normandie 
Roof Jan. 14. 

May Johnson, big booker in Can- 
ada, off to England and Europe on 
talent hunt. : 

Arthur Lee Simpkins breaking 
all records at Morocco with two- 



Chinese Ming Toys; imported 
from San. Francisco, ended. El Patio 
nitery date, but continuing at Tea- 
tro Tivoli, vaude-revue house. 

Cinemas told by city amusement 
department that they'll be shut- 
tered and fined if they persist in 



University of Box theatre i dispbeying ordinance on standees. 



I the "Gregory Hood" detective show | Singer Warde Donovan, starring 
in to prepare special broadcast i in the Samovar show, leaves for 
featuring Las Vegas. i Hollywood and film contract after 

Bird Cage Playhouse, with first present date, 
professional stock company in I Victoria Theatre Co., an asso- 
Nevada's history, off to good start ciate of Consolidated and Famous 
with "John : Loves Mai-y," "Yeai's | Players, leased the Classic, Quebec 

Ago" and, currently, "Voice of the \ City, for first run French dubbed I iV writing twVbook^ "pii his'experi" 
Turtle," starring Nancy Coleman 1 pictures. [ ences. ■ 



I ter, Pamela Wilde (Marquise de 
1 Coninck) prepping a; script fojr 
their skedded "Mother and Daugh- 
ter" radio talk for Ray Morgan. 

Tom and Liz Van Dyke back In 
Paris after covering war in Pales- 
tine for NBC and shooting news-c- 
reels for WPIX video. Van Dyke ; 



Wednesday, Nov«iiiIi«r 17, 19441 



63 



OBITUARIES 



FEED NIBLO, SR. , played in "Rain" and "A Gentle 

iPred Mblo, Sr., 74, pioneer film ! man From Indiana, 
director and one of the founders 



Kent's wife, Itnown profession- 
ally ■ as: Dorothy Dixon, died two 
years ago. He : is survived by a 
sister. He had made his homie at 
Port Washington, N, Y., for many 
years. 



of the Society of Motion Picture 
Arts and Sciences, died Nov. H in 
New Orleans after a siege of pneu- 
monia. Death interrupted a Carib- 
bean cruise with his wife, the for- 
mer Enid Bennett, who was a 
screen star before their marriage 

SO yeal% ago. . ^ j. ^ ^ , . 

Niblo achieved his greatest jf^""^ ?SVw oX'ns Nov % ' 
prominence in Hollywood where he ' Orleans, Nov, 13. 



nier," "Mme. Sans-Gene" and 
other operas, died Nov, 12 In 
Milan, Italy. 

Among his other works were 
"Regina Diaz," "Siberia," "Mar- 
cella," "Mese Mariano," "Giove 
a Pompei," "Glauco" and "II Re." 



ROABK BRADFORD 

Roark Bradford, 52, newspaper- 



Sirected some of the industry's 
most profitable pictures, but his 
career began in vaudeville. He first 
attracted notice as a monologist 
and performed so well that he was 
stimmoned for two Royal Command 
Performances in. London. 

While in vaude he had been ac- 
tive in the affairs of the White 
Rats, first of the variety talent 



Bradford was the author of 
"or Man Adam and His Chillun," 
from which the Broadway stage 
play and film, "Green Pastures," 
was adapted. He was best known 
for his dialect stories which were 
printed by several national maga- 
zines. In 1927 he received the 
O. Henry Memorial award. 

In addition to "Or Man Adam 
an' His Chillun" the Bradford writ 



DAVID SIDMAN 

David Sidman, formerly of RKO 
and Randforce circuits, died in 
North : Adams, Mass.v this month. 
He more recently was with the 
E, M. Locw circuit. 



Europe's Amusement Marts 



Continued from pace z i 



Day Williams, 75, vet Chicago 
musician, died in Evanston, 111., 
Nov. 9. He had also instructed 
violin and cello at Northwestern 
University for 35 years. Surviving 
are wife, daughter . and son. . 



unions, limboed in 1914 after los- ings include "This Side of Jordan," 

■ • ----- - ' "Or King David and the Philistine 

Boys," ; "How Pome .Ghristmas,'' 
"Johli Henry," "Mngdom Coining," 
VLet the Band Play Dixiei""The 
Thiree-Headed Angel," aiid the fan- 
tasy with music, "John Henry" 
(th? music by Jacques Wolfe), 
which was produced in the :44th 
Street l?heatrev NeW York/' in J iah- 
uaryi 1940. ^■ 



ing strike against the powerful 
vaude trust (United Booking Of- 
fice) and replaced by National 
Vaudeville Artists, so-called com- 
pany union. 

As a boy in. York, Neb., he de- 
veloped a liking for travel, and this 
urge led him into pictures in 1907, 
when he toured the . world making 
snapshots for a travelogue. Three 
years later he retired from the 
lecture platform to ;become man- 
ager of George, M.- Cohan. Subse- 



JOSEPHINE JACQBY 

Josephine Ja^coby, 73i foimer 
- . . - J xi. , ^ x opera singer and member of the 
quently he marrtea Cdhan s sister, ; Metropolitan Opera Co. at the turn 
Josephine, then a member of the of the century, died in New York, 
Pour Cohans. After her death in i Nov 13 



J916 a feud developed- . between 
Cohan and Niblo that was never 
settled. 

As a, Broadway star, under, the 
guidance of Cohan &; Harris, Niblo 
.appeared in "The Fortune Hunter" 
and "Hit the Trail HoUiday." With 
«n American troupe he toured Aus- 



IN MEMORY OF 

LEiyi WARD 

NOVEMBER 24. 1942 



Mary E« (Miiyme) Forestell, em- 
ployee of Harris Amus. Co., Pitts- 
burgh, for more than 30 years, 
died Nov. 8 in the Pittsburgh hos- 
pital after an illness of several 
months. 



Mother of Steve Conley, general 
manager of Westinghouse Radio 
Stations and of Ray Conley, KQV, 
Pittsburgh, salesman, died at her 
home in Pittsburgh on Nov. 6. 



Edwin Sands Timmons, 79, com- 
poser-arranger, died Nov. 8 in Chi-, 
cago. 



tralia for three years, but the call 
of the films led him to Hollywood 
In 1918; when he became a direc- 
tor for Thomas H: Ince. 

Outstanding among his direc- 
torial works were "The Three 



Miss Jacoby was born and edu- 
cated in New York and received , 
her voice training under the. late i 
Oscar Sanger, never having studied 
abroad before : her debut at the 
Metropolitan in 1904. 

During her operatic career she 
appeared with many of the top- 
fiight names of that period, in- 
cluding Enrico Caruso, Gtraldine 
Farrar, Scotti and Plancon, and 
sang under Gatti-Casazza's man- 
ageracnt. Among her best-remem- 
bered roles were Amneris - in 
"Aida," Suzuki in "Madaraa But- 
terfly," Delilah in "Samson and 
Delilah," the witch in "Hansel and 
Gretel" and Sicbel in "Faust." 



MARRIAGES 

Nora Kaye to Isaac Stern, New 
Yorkj Nov. 10. Bride is ballerina; 
he's concert violinist. 

Clair Trevor to Milton Bren, 
Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 14. Bride is 
an actress, he's a film producer. 

Jacqueline White to . Bruce An- 
derson, Hollywood; Nov. 12. She's 
a screen actress. 

Helen Bonstelle to Robert Fitz- 
simmons, New York; Nov. 13. Both 
are legit player.s; 



JACK NELSON 
Jack Nelsdn, 63, pioneer show- 
man, died in North Bay, Ontario, 
Canada, Nov. 10. He was manager 
of the Capitol there. 

Nelson started about 40 years 
ago as advance man for the Sig- 



Musketeers," and "The Mark of Setteli circus, traveling through the 
Zorro," with Douglas Fairbanks, , u s. and Canada for several sea- 

I sons. He was then ahead of . Andrew 



Sr., "Blood and Sand" with Ru- 
dolph Valentino; "Ben-Hur," "The 
Temptress," "Camille,'' "The Mys- 
terious Lady," "Two Lovers," "Re- 
demption," and "Way Out West.' 
Alter leaving Metro in. 1930 he di' 



Downey ■ MeFee's "Uncle . Tom's 
Cabin" troupe for three seasons 
until becoming Ontario representa- 
tive for Pathe "and later Regal 
Films. He became manager of 



reeled "Diamond Cut Diamond,"l Capitol, North Bay, in 1929 
"Blame the Woman'' and numerous i Survived by wife, son and daugh 
others, retiring 10 years ago loiter.- - 
live on his ranch and devote his 
time to civic and cultural alfairs. 

As one of liie founders of the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and Sciences lie- played an impor 



BIRTHS 

■ Mr. and Mi-s. Charles: J. IIoU 
leran, son, Pittsburgh, Nov, 9. 
Mother: is daughter of Phil De- 
Ivernois, chief sound engineer for 
WB. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bellman, 
daughter, Pittsburgh, Nov. 1. 
Father's a film: salesman with 
Screen Guild. 

: Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Urquhart, 
son, Pittsburgh,' Nov. 10. Fath- 
er's television director of Borth- 
vvell agency. 

Mr, and Mrs. Paul Frandsen. son, 
Hollywood, Nov, 11. Mother is for- 
mer Sally Wadsworth, of radio; 
father is a broadcaster. 

Mr, and Mrs. Nicholas Ray, son, 
Hollywood, Nov. 12. Mother is 
Gloria Grahame o£. films; father is 
an RKO director. 

Mr. and Mrs; Tom Harmon, 
daughter, Hollywood, Nov. 9. 
Mother is Elyse Knox ot films; 
father is a football announcer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Myer Axler, pon, 
Toronto,. Novi 9, Father: is partner 
in Twentieth Century Theatres in 
Ontario, Canada. 
Mr, and Mrs. Robert A; White, 



GEORGK S. FULLER 

George S; Fullfer, 47, prombtei" 
in Boston; of jazz ebncerts in recent; 

. , years, died therc::Nov. 7 of a frac^ , 

tant part in the development of lured skull received in fall In his daughter, Honolulu Nov. 1. Mother 
that organization. He served two home. formerly was in Mutual's script de- 

years as president of the Masquers He took up his musical promo- , partment; father is freelance radio 
Club and was a member of the lions only five or six jears ago un- writer. 

Dramatists' Guild and the Authors' dcr the name of Spencer-Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Budd Granoft, son. 
League of Ameriea. ■ Enterprises^ but was the first to i New York, Nov. 7. Mother is :Vocal- 

Surviving. in addition to his popularize formal .iaisf. concerts in , ist Kitty KalJen; father is a pub- 
wife, are two sons, Fred. Jr., • Boston's Symphony Hall. He was licist. 

and two president of the G, Fuller and 
Sons LunTber CO. in Brighton, ahd 
: also head of Certified Homes. 



screenwright, and Peter, 
daughters. 



England, France .and Italy during 
the season jus^t past, and tourist 
agency exocs'^ are hoping for 
perhaps 150,000 to 175,000 next 
year. High cost and lack of trans- 
portation facilities is holding down 
travel. 

ResortsV Mild Year 

Nevertheless, a large number of 
those wlio did go to Europe at: one: 
time or another were at such 
pleasure spots as the Riviera. They 
provided a hypo, of course; but the 
resorts ..experienced only a mild 
year businesswise. That's because 
tourism in all these- spots has been 
built for decades on British holi- 
day-seeker.s.: They used to go to 
France and Italy in tremendous 
numbers. Now, with restrictions 
severe on taking money out of the 
counbry, the :English visitors are 
few and far between. 

As Jean-Paul Astric, manager of 
the ultra-swank Sporting Club at 
Monte Carlo, points out; the Ri- 
viera's summer season extends 
from March to September and it 
likewise has a winter season of ; a 
month or so. Britishers used to 
come down through all. that period, 
and many : wealthy . ones . .stayed 
three or four- months. .The Ameri- 
cans; on . the other hand, come only 
in August in: any number and. no 
matter how many pour in,: accord- 
ing to Astric, they can't compensate, 
in a month for the sevenTmonth 
season to which the- resorts are 
geared. 

Monte -Carlo's Play' 
Monte Carlo, incidentally, is still 
getting; a hea'vy: play from 
French diversion-seekers- — ^the Prin^ 
cipality of Monaco being actually 
an annex of France-r-but the really 
big money is no more.' ; Things 
are not so tough, however^ that the 
syndicate, of Parisian ■ businessmen; 
who own the casino; the Sporting 
Club and everything else that's 
worth owning in Monaco, aren't 
keeping the reigning prince of this 
nine-square-mile independent state 
|in the elegant style to which 
I they've accustomed him. The resi- 
I dents, too, continue to remain free 
I of all taxes as a result of the tidy 
income from the tables. , ■ 

'This is probably one of the few 
spots in all the world, outside of 
the U. S. itself, that isn't suffering 
l a dollar shortage. As a result, As- 
, trie is on the prowl for sophlsti- 
!cated American bands and acts for 
1 his club. Incidentally, one of his fa- 
1 vorite gimmicks is to offer a week's 
I all-expenses^paid stay in Monte Carr 
jlo merely for the' privilege of intro- 
' ducing a Yank film star at his Fri- 
I day night gala. He recently made 
such an arrangement with Betty 
Hutton, who'll also take away a 
iistfull of francs, however, since 
! she's agreed to do a brief turn fol- 
lowing her bow. . 

One of the tricks picked up by 
' Americans, incidentally, in, shop- 
ping along the Riviera, Capri, 
j Monte Carlo and other resorts that 
I were formerly patronized largely 
! by the British, Is to identify them- 
selves as Englishmen : rather than 
' Yanks. : Price.s go soaring when 
-shopkeepers.' smell an Apierican, 
■while they come down for' 'the 
■ Britishers, whom the merchants 
know have little coin to spend. 



here, while the natives who get 
paid off in pounds, francs or lire 
have a mighty tough pull. 

The food situation in Europe has 
considerably improved in recent 
months. Basically, however, the 
same routine holds good — whether 
you are in England, France or Italy 
— as it does everywhere else in the 
world: If you've got money, you 
can have whatever you want. 

In any case, Americans thinking 
of touring Britain or the Continent 
, need have no fear of going hungry. 
[There is plenty of first-rate food 
for them, and the French chefs 
I have never lost their touch. The 
j Italians likewise make much' of 
I their cooking, although New York- 
jOrs will often find the standard 
j di.shes in Rome,: Naples or Milan 
not as appetizingly done as they 
have become accustomed to in 
their fave wine-and-spaghetti joints 
in Manhattan. As for Britain, the 
expensive restaurants seem not to 
lack food so much as knowledge of 
how to prepare it. 

The eigarets and ehocolate hars: 
that used to be so much a part of 
the- American visitors' stock-in- 
trade have lost their trading value. 
They're still appreciated as gifts, but 
they don't pass as currency. France 
and Italy have all but broken the 
black , market in Camels, Chester- 
fields, etc, by making them available 
In the tobacco shops. They run about 
60c; a pack, which doesn't, how- 
ever, seem to stop a large number 
of people from smoking them. 
They're completely unavailable in 
England, but the average Briton 
has become so accustomed to : the 
variety of Egyptitjh and Turkish , 
blends that are on sale that he gets 
along very nicely without the Vir- 
ginia blends of the American 
brands. Government taxes push 
the cost of any cigs up to about 75c 
a pack, but, again, it doesn't seem 
to hold the smoking down any. ' 



USO Drive 



S. MILLER KENT 

S. Miller Kent, 86, who 



CHARLES VAN NAME RITTER 

Charles Van Name Ritter, 75, 



known in early legit stage era as a former operetta singer, died Nov 
leading juvenile, died at Bruns- u in Brooklyn. After singing 
Wick hospital, ■■ — " 



, Amilyville, N, Y., leads in the original production «i , „. . , , 
Nov. 12. Kent madfc his initial , "The Red Robe" and several other , 
stage appearance with Neil Burgess ; Broadway shows; he went into con- ' 
in "Vim." A. M. Palmer was at- i cert and for the last quarter cpn- 
tracted ' ' 



Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tinnea, 
son, Nov. 5. St. Louis, Mo. Father's 
assistant station director, KWK, 
St. Louis. ■ ■ ■ 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jones, son, 
Nov. 2, Chicago. Mother's radio 
actress; father is exec sec of Ameri- 
'it ' can Federation of Radio Artists, 

Of.'! nui- ■:.;■.•.■•■■,■ 



by his personality and j tury was' organist at the Garden 
gave him a leading role in "Jim , city fL. I.) cathedral 



the Penman." Later he appeared 
under the Charles. Frohman man- 
agement in the English pfoduction 
of "Hearts Are' Trumps'' . and also 



DaughJter, . film - radio 
Thelraa Ritter, and two 
children survive. 



actress 
grand-: 



J. C. LINDER 

J. C. Linder, .Tr 



JR. 



in support of Johnstone Bennett In 
"Jane." ::■■ 

When the late George C. Tyler "and general manager of 

made his revival of '"The Three ' kmLB, Monroe, La., died Satur- 
Musketeers," Kent had one of , night (13) of a heart attack 
the important roles in a cast that ■ ^yj,ile visiting in Dallas, 
included James O'Neill, Wilton , '"^"a. pioneer in radio with his 

Lackaye and Edmund Collier, i father, Linder established the first father is musical director at 
i^ater he went to London to appear ■ radio station in northeast Louisi- 20th-Fox 

''S.^yj:}^?^. Barrett's i)roduction of ana in 1929. j ^r. and Mrs. Harry Bruckman, 



Mr/ and Mrs, Douglas Kehfiedy, 
twin daughters, ■Hollywood, N<iv. 
13. Father is a screen actor; : : 

Mr, ;and Mrs. Al Albinger, 
daughter, Columbus, 0., Nov. 9. 
Father , is 'progranl director, of 
WOOL in that city. : . ; 
- Mr. and Mrs. Frank LaTourelte, 
daughter, Hollywood, Nov. 4. Fathr- 
38; vice-presi- er is news and special events di- 
rector for ABC in HoUy wood. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Newman, 
daughter, . Hollyw?oOd, • Nov. 1 2. 
Mother is the former Beverly. Car- 
rolh cousin: and heir cjf Earl Cari- 



"llamlet.?' 

Back in the U. S., Kent appeared 
with Nat C. Goodwin in "A Gold 



I' 



AL MILLER 



! son, New York) Nov. g.':. :F.ather is 

, , , Al Miller, 64, circus clown . for ^;a/^«~t ho"„«o«« repi-esenta- 

Mme" and "An American Citizen," more than 40 years, died in Pitts- "^^ i:-ui»pc, 
successes of that era. Then he ' burgh; Nov. 6 after a long illness, 
toured in Vaudeville and obtained | In recent years, with his wife, an 
Raffles": for roadsho wing, touring elephant trainer, they had been 
the country for two .seasons in that with the Dailey Bros, show do- 
Play, Later he obtained rights to ing an act as Carmen and Miller. 

Clyde Pitch's play, "The Cowboy , „^ 

and the Lady" which he toured: UMBERTO GIORDANO 
for several seasons. ! Umberto Giordano. 81, Italian 

In more rd^cent years, Kent composer, who wrote "Andrea Che- 



Vocalist Dea Carrol: television- 
debuted on: Barry Wood's ^'Places, 
Please" show, via CBS, last Fri- 
day (12), ■ 

Mr, and Mrs. Peter Levathes, 
daughter, New York, Nov. 13. Fa- 
ther is 20th-Fox shorts sales man- 
ager and television director; 
mother is freelance fashion writer. 



French Prices OK For 
Yanks; NSG in Italy 

I Even with the extra markup for 
l U. S.htourists,. prices in France, for 
hotels, food, amusements and the 
perfume, gloves and other gadgets 
the: average American feels is a 
must, are comparatively reason- 
: able. At the currently favorable 
I exchange rate for dollars offered 
by everyone from the hotel - clerk 
to: the small boys who tag at your 
sleeve on the street, prices are con- 
siderably below what they are in 
New .York.:: 

I That's not: true: in EnE;land or: 
Italy. In Britain there is little to be 
t had ( although the situation is clear- 
ly easing ) , prices are out of this 
' world and there's mighty little ma- 
j nipulation possible on the exchange 
irate. In Italy, on the other hand,: 
■ there's practically no one who's not 
I willing to do a little bargaining for 
la buck, but even at the favorable 
.exchange offered, prices of meals 
-and merchandise : arc pegged so 
^ high in lire that they come out 
i pretty much the same as in the 
States. 

I Labor in the.se countries is the 
cheapest commodity , of all. Wage 
, rates continually surprise Yank 
I visitors. They make it clear why 
{ Americans with dollars to exchange 
have an easy time getting along 



SiSSS Continued from pate 1 bs 

dertaken in New York, inasmuch 
as this city's welfare agencies are 
not part of the Community Chest 
campaigns throughout the country. 
Nationwide, the local CC cam-, 
paigns will allocate funds to the 
revived USO and VHCS, which is 
seeking $6,650,000. 

Sauter will head a team made 
up of all segments of show biz in 
New York. Subcommittee heads 
have already been selected. They 
include Elil Friedlander, head of 
Dazian's, who will head a general 
fund-raising committee; John Shu- 
bert, legit; Ed Kobak, radio; 
' George J. Schaefer, films; Arthur 
Judson and Manie Sachs, musie 
division; Lawrence Phillips, tele- 
vision; George Heller, unions and 
guilds; Lou. Walters, niteries; and 
Dan Topping and Joe Louis, sports. 
Plans for the N. Y. campaign will 
I be mapped at a luncheon to be 
I held Nov. 30 at Toots Shor's. 
I Walter Hoving, chairman of 
I the USO board, and Abe Lastfogel, 
VHCS president, are honorary co- 
1 chairmen. 

I Largest peacetime response to 
, appeal for name personalities to 
I tour Army, Navy and Veterans Ad- 
I ministration hospitals has been ol> 
jtained by the VHCS and the Holly- 
I wood Coordinating Committee. 
I Currently 35 filmsters are mak- 
1 ing swings around the Purple Heart 
I circuit or have completed tours. 
! Included are Eddie Cantor, Linda 
I Darnell, Dinah Shore, Charles Star- 
Jrett, Peter Lbrre, Van Johnson, 
! Danny Thomas, Marie McDonald,: 
j Virginia O'Brien, Jennifer . Jones^ 
Betty -Hutton, Eddie Bracken, 
I James Craig, Dane Clark, John 
: Hodiak, Vanesisa Brown, Betty Ann 
,Lynn, Ruth Warrick, Wayne Mor- 
; ris, Willi am DemarestrMary 
Hatcher, William Holden, Akim 
;Tamiroff, Leonid Kinsky, Alan: 
i Young, George O'Brien, Gloria 
1 Henry, Nina Foch, Charles Ruggles, 
;Edgar Buchanan, Lon: McAllister, 
i Colleen Townsend, and Michael 
i O'Shea. 

I The "Take Hollywood to the Hos- 
I pitals" campaign supplements the 
I VHCS shows which regularly play 
;the hospital circuit. Aside .from- 
;the. personality tours, VHCS cur- 
rently has 10 units covering 112 in- 
stallations. 

i Abe Lastfogel,- William Morris 
i Agency general managei% and; 
.George Murphy, head of the HCC, 
j sparkplugged the drive which re- 
! suited In the highest number of 
i peacetime personality tourst • - 



64 P^SSfEFf Wednesday, November 17, 1948 



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Propose Matinee Opom^s To Get 
Away From First Nhe Yoo-Hooers 



In an attempt to get legit open-4 
ings back from the yoo-hoo first- 
night crowd, a move is under way 
-to premiere Broadway shows at 
matinees instead of at evening per- 
formances. Idea ia that if the 
there-to-be-seen bunch can be 
avoided, plays will get a more nat- 
ural reception and have a fairer 
chance. ■ . ■ 

Garson Kanin,"a top dramatist- 
director, is reported to have pro- 
posed the idea, which Bi-ooks At- 
kinson, N. Y. Times critic, has en- 
dorsed. Next step may be to sub- 
mit the suggestion to the other 
critics. If they go along, the 
League of N. Y. Theatres and 
various individual managements 
would be approached to cooperate, 
In case: such a development tran- 
spires the present sort of first- 
night, in which the professionals, 
cafe society, mob and various habit- 
ual premiere hounds take over the- 
(Continued on page 2) 

Future of Baseball Video 
Hinges on Minor-Major 
Meet in Minneapolis 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

No baseball rights will be signed 
away to television here before the 
Minor-Major League meeting in 
Minneapolis in December. -Video 
is slated to get top priority airing 
at the meet, when baseball czars 
will strive to ^find a way to save 
minor league clubs from the claws 
of the medium. 

Neither the Hollywood Stars nor 
the Los Angeles Angels will toss 
over their TV rights to any station 
here before the effects of the me- 
dium on smaller leagues is fully 
discussed at the conclave. Repre- 
sentatives of every league in the 
(Continued on page 55) 



5G-a-Day Bid to Bing 

London, Nov. 23. 

Highest offer ever made for 
an American performer to play 
London was made to Bing Crosby. 
Maurice Winnick, London band- 
leader and producer, has cabled 
Crosby offering him 10,000 pounds 
(arourtd $40,000) for eight days at 
tlve Empress Hall, London. 

According to the offer, Crosby 
would do only one show daily for 
eight days, for a stipend of $5,000 
daily. 



HOUGHTON SEES LEGIT 
THEATRE ON DEATHBED 

Hartford, Nov. 23. 

The Amei-ican theatre is nearer 
the mortuary stage than ever, Nor- 
ris Houghton, director of Theatre, 
lai., New, York told a group here 
last week. Speaking in the Ran- 
dall School lecture series, "On- 
stage, USA," the director said that 
immediate "future of the theatre 
in this country depends on decen- 
tralization." 

Houghton^ corroborated his con' 
tention that the theatre is on its 
deathbed with following figures' 

Fifty years ago there were 5,000 
theatres in this country. In 1941, 
there were 192. In the 1927-28 
season, 302 productions hit Broad- 
Way. Twenty years later, or last 
season, 90 got on the boards. 

Houghton called for an Ameri- 
can theatre "that is American, not 
just New York." He felt that there 
is an audience for legit nation- 
wide. 



Rank's 4 Features 
ToPlugUNCredo 

: Tlie United Nations' film section 
is going to cooperate with J. Arthur 
Rank, Britain's ace producer) in the 
production . of four features during 
the coming year. The quartet of 
pix will be fictional in form but 
of a semi-documentary nature to 
further the UN's pitch for greater 
cooperative efforts between the 
member nations of the organiza- 
tion. Features : will carry • UN 
sponsorship while distributed by 
Rank through ordinary theatrical 
outlets; 

At Ranlc's request, UN is mak- 
ing available its film library includ- 
ing all stock shots and its extensive 
written material covering the. ac- 
tivities of all cooperative, interna- 
tional services rendered between 
countries. 

From time-to-time, similar UN 
facilities have been offered to 
Hollywood producers with but one 
string. Any pic made, if , UN 
sponsorship is desired, must carrj 
a message favorable to the creation 
of international institutions oi 
services. So far, no Hollywood 
producer has picked up the offei 
which Rai)k is now going to exploit. 



TV-Made 'Gorgeous Geo.' 
Vs. Camera in N. Y. 

In the first known instance 
where a sports figure developed 
by television emerges as a top 
boxoffice attraction, "Gorgeous 
George." Coast wrestler, takes on 
Prirao Camera, possibly at Madi- 
son Sq. Garden, N. Y., in the next 
few weeks. It's expected that CBS 
TV, in view of its .Garden tiein 
would get the video nod, marking 
the first time that the "Gorge- 
ous" character has "played" before 
the cameras in the east. 

No definite date has been set, 
but it's slated to come off before 
the end of this year. It would be 
the first wrestling matph in tlie 
Garden in over a decade. 





PIX COS. IN VIDEO 

Deal Is currently being negoti- 
ated for 20th-Fox to. buy Ameri- 
can Broadcasting Co. either in 
whole or in • part. The revelation 
follows in the wake of reports that 
Ed Noble,' chairman of the board 
of ABC and principal: stockholder 
in the network, is anxious to sell 
out, but whether 20th-Fox would 
acquire a majority of the stock is 
s'till problematical. 

Chief aim of 20th, of courier is! 
to move in on ABC's expanding: 
television empire. If the stock deal 
materializes, it would give 20th 
the dominant position among all 
film companies with a TV in their 
future. 

ABC has rgreeted the reports 
With a "no comment" retorty al- 
though high 20th execs admit that 
negotiations have been in progress. 

Noble acquired ABC network a 
few years back for a reported 
$9,000,000 and today the network,: 
with its auxiliary television opera- 
tion and its five: owned-and^oper- 
ated stations, has an approximate 
$21,000,000 valuation placed On it. 
Three of the Or&-o TV stations are 
already in : operation (New York, 
Chicago, Detroit), with the Los 
Angeles and San Francisco stations 
scheduled for premieres about the 
first of the year. 

Principally to obtain coin for 
floating its TV operation, ABC last 
May 17 sold to the public 500,000 
shares held in its treasury. These 
were offered at $9, out of which 
ABC received $8 after flotation 
charges. That increased the out 
standing stock to 1,689,017 shares 
and reduced Noble's holdings from 
75% to 53.4%. He owns 901,667. 
shares, while his family has 26,000 
shares and the Edward John Noble 
Foundation, of which he is trustee; 
holds 38,000. 

Ail other officer!! and directors 
together own 135,550 shares. They 
. (Continued: on page 55) ' 



Todds B^e 15G Winter Garden 
Show for TV; Sunday s Video Snarl 



Boy Who Made Good 

Boston, Nov. 23. 
, The James E. Downey Medalv 
awarded each year by the trustees 
of the Boston High School of Com- 
merce Alumni Educational - Fund, 
Inc., to an outstanding alumnus, 
was handed out at the annual re- 
union last night (22) to John F; 
Sullivan, class of '11; 

He's known in the trade as Fred 
Allen, 



$5l)0.(l(IORadio-TV 



Turkey Thurs.? 

The flock of two^hour radio-tele- 
vision Thankisgiving - Christmas 
shows, representing a time-and- 
talent investment in excess of 
$500,000, finds the assorted spon- 
sors plenty worried as to the ul- 
timate payoff, and wondering 
whether they- all won't wind up 
as turkeys. Seldom before has so 
much sponsor-identification con- 
fusion popped up on major bank- 
rdlled shows: calculated to leave 
the average viewer in a state of 
bewilderment.:: 

Elgin for the past six years has 
been bankrolling the brace of holi- 
day shows on CBS. This year it 
moves to NBC and It is plunking 
down approximately $100,000. for: 
talent alone,, because. Wrigley:: is 
taking over Elgin's former time on 
Columbia and is even spending 
more coin than Elgin in a bid to 
grab off ■ the lion's share of the 
audience. Just how habit-forming 
that Eigin-CBS association has be- 
come, however, has everybody 
concerned in a tailspin. 

Then;: to add to the confusion, 
Elgin-American, the compact out- 
fit which sponsors. Groucho Marx 
on radio (ABC), is taking over the 
ABC-TV web for two hours on 
Thanksgiving night for a; major 
budgeted production. Right now 
a lot of people are asking: "Why 
does Elgin move its radio show 
from CBS to NBC and then btiy 
ABC for television?" ABC recog- 
nizes that it's got a job on its 
hands, hammering home: the fact 
that "it'.s a couple of other guys.": 



UNUSUAL SHEET SALES 
ON CHRISTMAS TUNES 

Experienced musicmen arc rather 
amazed at the unusual sheet sales 
strength being shown by Xmas 
songs so early prior to the holiday, 
plus which they say they have 
never seen so many individual yule- 
tide tunes within the first 12 top 
songs. This week's Music Dealers 
Service list (MDS supplies a larger 
percentage of outlets than any 
other: jobber in the country) lists 
"Here Comes Santa Claus" No. 4; 
"White Xmas,," No. 5; "Santa Claims 
Is Coming to Town," No. 10, and 
"Winter Wonderland" No, 12. 

"Here Comes Santa Claus" posi- 
tion as No. 4, incidentallyj is the 
first time in years that ' White 
Xmas" ha"- been topped by a rival 
tune at any period during holiday 
sales. Interest in the tune stems 
from Gene Autry's Columbia re- 
cording, which sold, it's claimed, 
1,000,000 copies last season and is 
already beyond 500,000 Uiis year> 



Mike Todd, Orf&dy hailed is 
"Comeback Man 0£ the Year" in 
show business, has negotiated a 
deal with Niles TrammelL NBC 
proxy, for television's top musical 
package todate. 

The Todd-NBC deal, accentuates 
ane w the "embarrassment . of 
riches" situation on Sunday night 
television which has become so 
confusing and: scrambling to spon- 
sors and viewers alike that Philco 
has already decided to cancel out 
its widely - kvtdosed "Television 
Playhouse." 

Todd's video proaucilon, carrying 
a $15,000 weekly nut exclusive of 
network time, in effect, will be a 
glorification of the refurbished 
Winter Garden theatre on Broad- 
way. That's the house which Todd 
recently acquired from the Shu- 
berts for his own, and which only 
the past week racked up a "world's 
record legit gross" of $53,800 for 
the first full week of his smash 
(Continued on page 55) 



Ballet Commissioned 

By Pepsi-Cola Co. 

The Pepsi-Cola Co. has commis- 
sioned a ballet which the Ballet 
Russe de Monte Carlo will prcr 
miere in its N. Y. season at the 
City Center in February. Ruthanna: 
Boris will do: the choreography. 
This is first time the soft drink 
outfit is venturing into ballot spon- 
sorship, although it has promoted 
painting awards and has sponsored 
(Continued on page S5) 



Hart and Billy Roses 
Kiss 'n' Make Up After 
Feudin' on light Up' 

Life commissioned Billy Rose to 
"review" Moss Hart's "Light Up 
the Sky," which preemed last week 
on Broadway, and concerning 
which Rose squawked to the play- 
wright. The complaints focu.sed 
more around Audrey Christie's 
"cheap" takeoff on Eleanor Holm 
(Mrs. Rose) than the showman's 
personal objections to the way Sam 
L e v e n e supposedly personated 
him. To all this Hart rebuttaled 
that alL the characters were proto- 
types or eomposites. Broadwayites 
agreed that the swish version of 
Glenn Anders' interpretation might 
be viewed more objectionably 
than anything else. 

The preem at the Royale was un- 
usual in that it was akin to one 
big party of insiders, all hep to 
a wide-open "private" joke, and 
for that reason it became a bit dif. 
ficult to divorce the play's basic 
values from the inside stuff. 

Part of the inside stuff was a 
(Continued on page 55) 

NO EIRE ANTI-SEMITISM, 
SO MEEMENT* FLOPS 

Dublin, Nov. 16. 

After a run of only three weeks 
20th-Fox's "Gentleman's Agree- 
ment" was withdrawn from the 
Metropole, No. 1 house of the Irish 
Odeon circuit. Pic had lukewarm 
reception from critics, and despite 
ballyhoo it never picked up cus- 
tomers' coin. 

Feeling here is that pic lacked 
interest for Ireland where there is 
virtually no anti-Semitism, and 
problem merely puzzles average 
filmgoer. 



AtlSiCELLAinr 



WftbcBday, NoTemW 24, 1948 



Palm Springs Plenty Loaded, But 
It's With Rooms Tbt Go Begpg 



' By ARTHUR UNGAR 

Palm Springs, Nov. 23. 

Palm Springs is overloaded with 
rooms. Town has mushroomed^ so 
vastly in past three years that its 
hotel space, for this time of the- 
year, Is far in excess of its patron^ 
age. New places have sprung up 
all Over Palm Canton drive and 
Indian avenue, with the rates, be- 
cause of building costs, way out. of: 
line to the point where the mer- 
chants in town are complaining it 
is retarding business in the village. 

Trade now (which had been ex- 
pected to:- compare to. that: of last 
-year' and the year before),, is down 
to a pre-war I'evel of around 1938; 
AVith many of the new resorts built 
having biz of such meagre proper^ 
tions that the ■ operators are iaking: 
it hard. Weekend trade is fairly 

food, coming naturally from the 
los Angeles area; filling, the places 
Friday night, but by four Sunday 
afternoon establishments: that were 
filled to capacity for a few days 
have an average of six in help to 
one guest. Weather has been un- 
u.sually good, with the operators in 
many instances fearing they can't 
take the heavy gafE until eastern 
bookings, which start early in Jan- 
uary, begin to arrive. The other 
and more established spots get the 
bulk of the weekend and short' 
stay guesting; A rarity in years 
gone by> the ''vacancy" sign, is now 
well displayed by big and small 
. places. A' sawbuck provides a room 
with shower, which prior to the 
nar was rated at $3 to $4 a night. 
It's hurting, even with the L.A. 
desert-lovers. 

The restaurants which had SRO 
. space for the past .seven to eight 
years now have plenty of room and 
(Continued on page 53) 



King's Illness Won't Snag 
Command Performance 

London, Nov. 23. 
The King'* illness won't aifect 
the Command Performance next 
Monday (29), : sponsors : were^ 0- 
vised by Buckingfaaitii Palace today 
(23). 

The Queen will attend as ar- 
ranged, with Princess Margaret 
and possibly the Duke of Edin- 
burgh. 



y - > — 



JAN. APPEALS HEARING 
ON LAWSON, TRUMBO 

Washington, Nov. 23. 
: Appeals of John Howard Lawson 
. and .Dalton Trumbo from their 
convictions for contempt of Con- 
gress will probably be argued in 
January before the U. S. Court of 
Appeals here, unless defense coun- 
:sel obtain a postponement. 
: The two were convicted,- follow- 
ing their refusal to tell the House 
trn-American Activities Committee 
whether they v/ere members of the 
Communist Party. Trumbo was- 
: convicted also for refusing to say 
whether he belonged to the Screen 
Writers Guild; They are the only 
two of the "10 unfriendly wit- 
nesses" whose cases have gone to 
tnal thus far. The refusals took 
place during the October, 1947. 
Hollywood Red hearings in Wash- 
• ■Ington.- : - 

iAppeals briefs of Lawson : and 
Trumbo were filed with the court 
last week after a long delay. Law- 
son had . tried an end run around' 
tlie . Court of Appeals with a re- 
fiuest, some . weeks agOj for the 
U. S, Supreme Court to intervene 
and take immediate; jurisdiction. 
•He was nixed on this by the Nine 
Old Men. ' 



Dearth of Advancement 
Chances Hinders^British 
Technicians, Sez Dmytryk 

London, Nov. 23. 
Inadequate incentives and lack 
of promotion prospects make the 
British studio technician less ef- 
ficient than his opposite number 
in Hollywood, one of Hollywood's 
"10 ..unfriendly witnesses," accord- 
ing .to 'Edward Dmytryk, who. di- 
rected a British pic in 1949, vand is 
now working on : "Obsession^' at 
Pinewood. : 

In Hollywood, says 'Dmytryk, a 
university graduate will cheerfully 
take a position as assistant- props/ 
knowing full well that if he dis- 
plays initiative there's nothing to: 
preveht' him .from, progressing, 
through all technical departments 
and eventually becoming a director 
or producer. * " 

That is unlikely in Britain, as- 
■serts Dmytryk. Anyone starting in 
the props department would probr: 
ably stay there, and. consequently 
the wrong type of person is being 
attracted to the Industry. A Lon- 
don university, graduate wouldn't 
consider such humble beginnings, 
and consequently although he may 
have talent, . might be lost to the 
industry. 

Salary, incentives; although highr 
er than those paid in other Indus-: 
tries, . were part of a deliberate 
policy- of attracting the best crafts- 
men to the Hollywood studio. 
Dmytryk contends, that if Similar 
incentives were introduced in Brit- 
ish studios, technical level of pro- 
duction; would soon show an im- 
provement. 

Dmytryk, who quit Hollywood 
after the House Un-American Ac- 
tivilies Committee investigation 
la.st year, himself started as a mes- 
senger, and worked - his way 
through the studio to become a 
pj-oiiunoiit director. 




343rd Week! 
3,446 PerformancM -: 

AU-time long run record In ;the 
legUimate tlieatre, 

KEN MURRAY'S 

"BLACKOUTS OF 1848" 
El Capitan Th«atr«i Hollywood,; Cat. 

Ana now In world-wide release 
"BILL AND COO" 
K«n Murray's 
-: Academy Aw«rd Film 



Such Is Fani« 

Kay Thompson filled a three- 
minute spot years ago in the film, 
"Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," at 
the head of a; vocal choir 
with which she worked with. Pic- 
ture is currently going the: rounds 
of small N.Y. nabe theatres. 

One uptown spot is billing "Kay 
Thompson and the Williams Bros, 
in—," The Williams quartet isn't 
In the footage. 



Matinee Opening 



Continued from page 1 



•theatre from the regular play- 
(oing public, Would presumably 
disappear. 

But whether most of the critics 
and other managements would go 
along and, if so, whether Broadway: 
might lose a valuable means of ex- 
ploitation, remains to be seen. It's 
figured Kanin may try the experi- 
ment with his new play, "The 
Smile Of the World," which he'll 
put into rehearsal in; a few weeks 
US a Playwrights' Co. presentation. 
As far as known at the /moment, 
;iio one else is considering the 
matinee preem idea. 



Paris Rnnaround 

By Borrah Minevitch 

Paris, Nov. 23,. 

May .Johnson, formerly MCA, 
now May Johnson Company Inc, 
really made a strong pitch to 
Cynda Glenn to play her Canadian 
night club chain. 

K a t hr y n "Dunham's troupe's 
scenery and baggage still in the 
hands of the - dock strikeirs at 
Dunkerque. 

. The "Tour Eifel" Company Bur- 
gess Meredith, Charles Laughton 
and Franchot Tone have to finish 
shooting by Dec. 4 or else. 

Allen (Flanagan &) crossed 
Danny ; Kaye's introduction (Com- 
mand Performance night) enough 
to delay Kaye getting into high 
gear tor five minutes. ; . 

William Morris, Jr. got an extra 
night of night life: in Paree when 
his NY plane got delayed for day- 
light. 

Till- entire English colony turned 
French for Noel Coward's: in-per- 
.son performance (in Francais) of 
"Present. Laughter.": : 

The big. boats' sailing delays 
causing, confusion in hotels,; bag- 
gage dispositions and rendezvous, 
let alone the airline stampede. 

Switch: No studio space or cut- 
ting rooms now available. 

Mort Garbus (Cary Grant attor- 
ney) to Hollywood,: Mrs. Garbus to 
London. 

Bomance Rendezvous at Mid- 
night: All fiddle joints fill up 
sardine-like immediately- after mid-- 
night. 



Anywhere You Look, 
There's Bound To Be 
A Busy Kanin Around 

With their new show, "Goodbye, 
My Fancy," Installed at the 
Morosco, N, Y., as an apparent hit, 
Michael and Pay (Mrs,) Kanin in- 
tend Aturning to their Coast home 
in about 10 days or two weeks. 
Active management: of the produc- 
tion will be left with the .'Mdrich 
& Myers office, with which; Kanin 
is associated in the presentation, 

Kanin's next assignment is a pic- 
ture to be made late next spring 
by Kanin Productions for Unlver-' 
sal release. It will be produced 
by Kanin, directed by his brother, 
Garson -Kanin, from an original 
screenplay by the latter and his 
wife, Ruth Gordon^ That will be 
the same setup as made; "A Double 
Life" la.st year. 

Now that he's - had his first try 
at -Broadway production, Kanin 
wants to do. another legit sliow^ 
next season, but has no script in 
mind at the moment, He and his 
wife collaborated on a play a 
couple of seasons ago, but later 
shelved it, and they'll get it off 
the shelf , with the idea of a possi- 
ble rewrite. Othenvise,;.Mrs. Kanin 
has no immediate Avriting plans. 
"Fancy" is her first solo scripting 
attempt. She's also done one act- 
ing stint, having played a bit in 
"A Double Life," 

Meanwhile, Garson . Kanin Is 
readying his "Smile of the World " 
which, he'll direct as a Playwrighft' 
Co, presentation, with Miss Gordon 
in a leading role. Rehearsals start 
about mid-December. : 



This Week's Football 



■By MARTY GUCKMAN- 



(Sporfi Oirecrer of WM6M, N. YJ 

. COLLEGE 
THANKSGIVING DAY 
*GAMES SELECTION tPOINTS 
Comell-Pennsylvanla Penn 

Jeff Fleischmann, Cornell's fine fallback' is out; his absence 

makes the difference. 
Colgate-Brown , . . . v Browi 

Brown has one of its best. Colgate is in and out. 
Kansai-MisMuri Missouri 

Oklahoma battered Kansas last week. 
So. Carj>llna-Wake Forest Wake Forest 

The Deacons have played a tougher st^edule. 
Teiat A&M-Tex«8 Texaa 

Forget the record book! Aggiei can redeem selves Thursday, 

PROFESSIONAL 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Chicago Cardinals-Detroit Cardinals 2 

The Cardinals roll on to their climactic meeting with the 
Bears for the Western title. 



ALL-AMERICA CONFERENCE 



Cleveland Browns-Los Angeles Browns 14 

The Browns have 3 games in 8 days.: But they're the class of 
the League. 

Buffalo Bills-Chleago Rockets Buffalo 21 

Bills are battling for the eastern crown while the Hockets 
battle to stay in the Conference. 



Bill Morris Sez Lauder 
Cautious on His Biopic 

William Morris, Jr., head of the 
agency bearing his name,; who 
planed in Monday (22) from Eu- 
rope, reported that Sir Harry 
Lauder, the Scotch comic, said that 
he'll "wait another 50 years before 
approving a film : on his career." 
The 78-year old performer, now 
retired, said that by that time, he 
win have had a more eventful life: 
Lauder; according to Morris, plans 
to come to the U, S. in the spring. 

Morris after arriving in the U.S. 
planed out to his home at Saranac 
Lake, N. Y., for a visit with his 
mother, Mrs. William (Emma) 
Morris, Sr., who celebrated her 
75th birthday, Monday i22). 



Schrelber Daughter in Coma 
Hollywood. Nov, 23. 
Lew Schreiber.'s . 12 - year - old 
daughter Susan is in a coma at 
Cedars of Lebanon hospital, fol- 
lowing a fall from: a horse. 
He's the 20th-Fox exec 



Thyra Samter Wiiislow 

give* her lament m 

Those Guests ( Strictly 
Sur-le-cuff) Who De- 
cend on Innocent 
ISew Yorkers 

.In the upcoming 

43d Anniversary ISuniber 
of 

^fSIETY 



SATURDAY. NOV: 27 
EAST 

Holy Cross-Boston College Boston College 

The -Eagles one of the best in the east. 

Army-Navy Army 

' Army is undefeated. Navy yet: to win. : 
NYU-Fordham Foi-dham 

Both clubs vastly improved. 



13 
20 
7 



SOUTH 

Florida- Alabama Alabama 20 

Alabama is the problem team of the south. 
/Vuburn-CIemson Clemson 26 

Two to go for a perfect Clemson season. ^ ^^^ ; .; ■ I 
ATkansas-Williatn' &. Mary - . . . ..v . ; , .:, . .,: Arkansas 

Clyde Scott of the. Razorbacks makes the difference. 

Baylor-Rice . .- . Baylor 7 

" A tossup!' ■•.;;;,•;•:;.■.■■■■■•.;.•■. ,...-■:....■•■•;•, 

Georgia-Georgia Tech . . . . . Georgia IS 

The big one of the Southeastern Conference. 
Kentucky-Miami (Fri. nite) ....,:.: , .Kentucky ; 

The Wildcats may let down. 
Tulane-LSU Tulane 13 

The Green Wave is looking to play host in the Sugar Bowl. 
Maryland<-West VirKinia , . : . . Maryland 14 

Only the best have beaten Marj-land. 
Mississippi-Mississippi State . Mississippi 1 

This one is always a battle royal. 

No. Carolina- Virginia No. Carolina 20 

; :; A :win for the Tarheels means an unbeaten record and a bowl 

bid. 

Villanova-No. Carolina State Villanova 13 

• The Wildcats travel far to take on the tough ones. 

SMU-Texas Christian SMU 1 

The; Mustangs and Doak Walker among the country's best, . 
Tennessee-Vanderbilt . , , . . . ; Tennessee . .-. I- 

General Neyland's Volunteers still getting better. 



MIDWEST 

Detroit-Tulsa Detroit 

Detroit still one of the country's, top independents. 
Washlngton-Notre Dame . .Notre Dame 

. Name your own score! 
Oklahoma-Oklahoma A&M Oklahoma 

The Sooners the class of the Big Seven. 



14 

30 
20 



FAR WEST 

Michigan State-Santa Clara . , , , ^Michigan State 

The Spartans; have lost only to Michigan and -Notre Dame: 
Nehraska-Oreeon State . . ; Oregon State 

The Cornhuskers don't have it this year. 
Penn State-Washington State Penn State 

It's a long, dull trip for the Nittany Lion after its upset by 

Pittsburgh. 



14 

1 

14 



PROFESSIONAL 
NATIONAL LEAGUE 
Boston Viinks-NY Giants Giants 21 

Steve Owen is going to give us a preview of wht(t to look for 

in the Giants next season. 
Washington-Chicago Bears .Bears . ; 10 

The Bears have more of everj thing. 
Green Bay Packers-Los Angeles .Bams : 14 

The Packers a demoi'alized squad. 
Pittsburgh-Philadelphia Eagles 14 

The Eagles easily best in the eastern division. 

ALL-AMERICA CONFERENCE 
Baltimore-Brooklyn .... Baltimore 7 

The Colts, with Y. A. Tittle, are still fighting for the eastern 

crown. The Dodgers building for next year. 
CIcveland-San. Francisco Forty-niners ■ t 

Three games in eight days are too much for the Browns, 
Buffalo-New York Yankees 7 

The Yankees under Strader are making a great comeback. 

SEASON S RECORD 
Won, S02; Lost, 85; Ties, 10: Pet., .780. 
(Ties don't count) 



* College games are played Saturday unless otherwise stated; pros play 

Sunday unless otherwise stated, 
t Point margin represents selector's choice, not the official gambling 

odds. 



Berlin West on Choice 
Of M-G and Par Musicals 

Irving Berlin heads for Holly- 
wood Sunday (28) for a 10-day stay 
in which he will wrap up one of 
two picture deals pending with 
Metro and Paramount. This would 
follow the legit musical he's, col- 



laborating on with Robert E. Sher- 
wood. It's titled "Miss Liberty." 

Metro bid is a vehicle for Fred 
Astaire-Glnger Rogers; Pars is 
"AVhite Christmas'- for Bing Crosby 
and Astaire. Latter pic idea is a 
sequel to the five-year-old "Holi- 
day Inn," in which the song, 
"White Christmas," was first in- 
troduced. 



Wcdneaday, November 24, 1948 



nCTIJIIKS 



7 MAJ0RS"48 NET: $60,000,000 



Majors Nix Exhib Assn. s Ropiest 
That Films Be Kept Off Television 



Major company presidents have 
cold-shouldered a request by the 
Theatre. Owners of America that 
the big film companies ban the 
playing of features over television. 
That decision was made in the 
course of last week's series, of 
, liieets on industry problems chairr 
manned by Eric Johnston^ presi? 
dent of the Motion Picture Assn. 
of America. 

Reportedly, the pitch for a ban 
on television was made by Gael 
Sullivan, TOA executive secretary^ 
m the course ot « presentation of 
exhib problems;. The argumetat 
Against an industry commitment 
Was that concerted action in the 
form of a video taboo would lay 
the companies open to anti-trust 
reprisals either , by the Dept. of 
Justice or private litigants. , 

While the anti-trust hurdle was 
raised, it is believed that the comr 
panies: were loath to commit them- 
selves on a program which might 
prove to be an uncomfortable 
claiivp on potential revenues in the, 
future. , Hence, the blanket ban 
was refused. It is thought that 
some less sweeping prohibition, 
(Continued on page 20) 



ZANUCK ALREADY HAS 
EYE ON '50 PROD. SKED 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Twentieth-Fox has advanced so 
far on its production schedule for 
next year that production veepee 
Darr>«l F, Zanuck has already 
started : preliminary work on the 
1950 lineup. 

With some 20 films already com- 
pleted and in the can, 20th is seven 
months ahead of schedule at, this 
time. All pictures slated for re^ 
lease through next July are fin- 
ished. First prints on all those to 
be- released through: February have 
already been forwarded to the 
homeoilice for prez Spyros P. 
Skouras, and other h.Ot officiali to 
onceover. . 



Schary Reviews Okay 
Impact of 'Crossfire' 

, On the basis of tests made in 
four key cities, "Crossfire" defi- 
nitely had an effect upon the 
public in reducing prejudice: and 
misconceptions; ■ Dore Schaty, ■ the 
film's producer, revealed; in NeW' 
York last week at a panel discus- 
sion held at Columbia University 
on "Communications and Human 
Relations." Before relea.sing the 
picture, he said, a group of people 
were polled in Middletown, Boston, 
Dallas and Denver. 

■Upon returning later, Schary dis- 
closed, the examiners discovered a 
marked improvement in the atti- 
tude of those quizzed. Now veepee 
in charge of production for Metro, 
hs cited these findings in response 
to an audience query as to whether 
. sUch pictures as "Crossfire',' really 
achieved any- progi-ess with -the 
publie and, if so, had film com- 
panies actually attempted: to measr 
ure the improvement? 
On the other hand Schary 
: (Continued on page 18) ' 



JesseFs Shuttle 

George Jessel is on a timetable 
schedule this week, running the 

famut from playing a "benefit" at 
. S. 69, in mid-Manhattan, where 
his daughter, O-year-old Jerilynn, 
attends, to taking her to the White 
House Friday (26), to meet Presi- 
dent Truman. Jessel was one of 
the few Hollywood rooters for the 
President. 

In between, the 20th-Fox pro- 
ducer emcees Elgin-American's TV 
show Thanksgiving; guests on Fred 
Allen's program next Sunday; and 
he did a couple of personals at the 
Roxy to give impetus to "When My 
Baby Smiles At Me," which he pro- 
duced and which opened there yes- 
terday (Tues.). At the same time 
Jessel has the Fred Fisher biopic. 
Oh, You Beautiful Doll," in pro- 
ouction at 20th. 



riCTURK PUBLICIST 

Maurice Bergman 

«lv*( • «alf-p«p talk In 

"Yott'i-e iVo* as Young 
as You're Gonna Be" 



• faatura In upeemlny 



43d Annivergary Number 



TV Trailers 
OnMParPix 



Paramount, still' certain . of its 
belief that television dan eventu- 
ally benefit the film b'oxoif ice, is 
planning to produce special trailers 
for TV transmission on all future 
product. According to Par veepee 
Paul Raibourn, the only factor now 
holding up the process is the 
American Federation of Musicians' 
ban on the use of soundtrack music 
on films f fir TV. 

Par plans to produce the trailers 
on its own lot while the picture is 
being Icnsed. They would be of 10 
or 12-minute duration, with space 
at both ends for the local theatre 
advertising copy. ; Trailers could 
then be slotted on any tele station 
as a regular show, with either Par 
or the local exhib buying , the air 
time/ Raibourn emphasized that 
they must be shot especially for 
video, taking into account the aver- 
age receiving set's small screen. 

While other film, companies 
haven't yet announced similar 
plans, it's believed they'll follow 
Par's lead as the one , sure method 
of using tele to their advantage and 
so compensate for any inroads the 
newer medium might make. Par 
has already permitted clips from its 
features to be Used on certain 
shows and 20th-Fox tried a radio- 
type saturation campaign with its 
trailers on various tele stations for 
the N. Y. preem oi "Iron Curtain" 
last year. 



Exhibs Spurn Newsreels 
As Payees Complain They 
Saw It Earlier On Tele 

In what is probably the first 
overt example of television's in- 
roads on -the film business; major 
distributors are finding it extreme- 
ly difficult to renew their news- 
reel, contracts for the coming year 
with exhibitors in tele market 
areas. 

Many exhibs for the first time 
in years have decided not io. buy 
the reels at all. Others, citing 
tele's consistent scooping of the 
theatrical reels, are demanding 
lower terms than last year. Exhibs 
base their demands strictly on the 
fact that the reels, because of TV, 
have lost whatever value > they 
might have had. Fact that Fox 
Movietone now services most tele 
areas with a special video reel and 
other major reels are reportedly 
ready to ink a similar TV deal has 
nothing to do with the situation, 
the exhibs claim. 

Theatre operators point out that 
the newsreels have never appealed 
to more than a limited segment of 
the audience. With the exception 
of the key city deluxe houses, most 
theatres have found that the reels 
provide only a breather for the 
audience to go out for a smoke or 
to buy some candy. Even those 
who formerly sat through the reels 
now complain, however, that they 
saw the same events one or two 
nights earlier on tele. Hence, ac- 
(Continued on page 18) 




|UUU| 



GROSS SO FAII 

Net profits of the seven major 
companies for fiscal 1948 crossed 
the $40,000,000 marker last week 
when Paramount and 20th-Fox both 
turned in third-quarter returns. 
All majors, except United Artists, 
have now showed up with; total 
earnings of $43,941,732 indicating 
a $60,000,000 net for the entire 
year.. Included in the estimate is a 
nine-month loss of $1,709,807 by 
Universal. In: the equivaleii 
period of 1947, the companies 
turned out a take of $77,446,954. 

From Securities & Exchange 
Commission .reports and other 
sources, Variety estimates the 
gross to date at $663,000,000. 
Against this, revenues before ex- 
penses came to $110,000,000 for 
the same stretch in 1947. 

One notable factor,, is the stu'rdy 
profits this year by Par and 20th, 
which have not declined as sharply 
as those of other companies. Par 
reported $20,015,000 for nine 
months, against $25,512,000 in '47; 
while 20th came through with 
$9,119,613, compared to $10,608,- 
098. Significantly, the duo operate 
the two largest theatre circuits in 
the U.S. 

Breakdown of 20th's report, how 
ever, shows other factors as im- 
portant in the company's strong 
standing. Scored as rents from 
tenants and other income is $10,- 
348,300, sum which exceeds last 
year's: figure by $2,000,000, This 
increase, company spokesman said, 
cime from foreign remittances 
which, were earned in prior years 
but only received during the 
current stanza; Important in this 
(Continued on page 20) 



Par, Along With 20th, Reported 
Interested in Settling; Balaban 
Said to Favor Retaining Theatres 



Hornblow to Review 
Italo Prod. Problems 

Paris, Nov. 23. 

Metro producqr Arthur Horn-' 
blow, Jr., currently m Europe to 
prepare"Quo Vadis,'- will leave 
for the U.S. after a short stay, in 
London to huddle with Louis B. 
Mayer and Nicholas M. Schenck on 
Rome conditions before deciding to 
shoot the film there. , If Metro execs 
okay the project, they will have to 
send ' a ' lot of equipment to Rome 
and get permission to unfreeze, 
some of their lire from the Italian 
government. 

While in London, Hornblow will 
meet Eddie M'annix; Metro produc- 
tion exec,: who : was planning to 
leave for the U.S. on the. Queen 
Elizabeth this week before, the 
sailing was cancelled due to the 
U.S. dock strike. 



Leo McCarey 

can't Mt 

Why Intra-Trade Spokea- 
men Give tfie FUm Bi» (and 
Themselifea) a Hot Foot 
* * * 

an redlterial .featHr* In the 
upcoming " 

43d Anniversary Number 
of 

P^niETY . 



RKO Bank Loan 
Snarls Split-up 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

The $10,000,000 production loan 
which RKO obtained from a group 
of banks last yeat , is posing as a 
possible obstruction to the conj- 
pany's plan of severing its theatre 
arm from the production-distribu^ 
tion end of the business. RKO has 
yet to obtain the okay of the banks 
to the split into two companies, 
it is reported here. It is: believed 
that the approval is a necessary 
preliminary to the reorganization. 

As the loan now stands, it Is an 
obligaition' on which the parent 
company is responsible, with both 
its theatre and studio, profits 
pledged to meet the Indebtedness. 
The complex question now being 
faced is how to allocate the loan 
between the two companiesrto-ber 
- (Continued on page 45) 



20th's 5- Year Spread 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

One condition asked by 20th is 
a five-year period in which: to sell 
those theatres divorced by a con- 
sent decree. Heretofore, the Gov- 
ernment has been seeking to limit 
liquidation transactions to a maxi- 
mum of two years. ; 

Twentieth wants the long stretch 
to insure it from taking a loss b^ 
forced sales. 



National Boxoffice Survey 

Pre-Thanksgiving Biz Dull— 'JuHa,' 'Baby,' 'Belinda,' 
'Hamlet,' 'Road,' 'Bride,' 'Song' Top Seven 



With many theatres marking 
time until i Thanksgiving : before 
bringing in new product, biz is far 
from strong this week in numerous 
key cities covered by Variety. 
First blasts of winter in middlewcst 
and rain elsewhere also were 
blamed by exhibitors for genei'ally 
offish tone. Even the topmost pic- 
tures will not show $200,000 apiece 
for the session for first time in 
monthSb 

"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) in 
climbing into first place in the b.o. 
derby by a wide margin,, after being 
third nationally or lower for three 
weeks in succession. Second money 
goes to "Baby Smiles At Me" 
(20th), which: is doing better than 
in previous weeks. Third slot is 
being captured by "Johnny Be- 
linda", (WBi. Fourth position goes 
to "Hamlet" (U), an improvement 
over last session. 

^'Road House" (20th) is winding 
up fifth with "June Bride" (WB) 
hot far behind in sixtiv spot. "Song 
Is Born" (RK.O), continuing to stay 
up in the money, is landing seventh 
place and "Sealed Verdict" (Par), 
eighth. 

"Tatlock's Millions" (Par), "Red 
River" (UAi and "Kiss Blood Off 



' Sudden postponement of hear- 
ings in the Government anti-trust 
action to Dec. 26 has set oif a train 
of .new reports of settlement nego- 
tiations by: major companies. Para- 
mount, it is stated, has again en- 
tered the compromise arena , with , 
two alternative plans to present 
to the Governmetit. Twentieth-Fox 
is continuing to ' press ,for peace 
but with no agreemetit reached, as 
yet. 

Innumerable strings tied to any 
consent decree by Special Ass't. 
Attorney General Robert L. 
Wright, however, ai"e cramping the 
majors in their quest for a peace, 
formula. Wright is demanding 
rigid regulations governing the way 
in which major distribution and 
theatre operations can be carried 
on: under a: decree; His 'demands 
have raised a doubt among many 
fiUn execs whether the companies : 
could operate profitably under his 
conditions. 

Wright for instance, is insisting 
that a, decree permitting retention 
of showcase theatres include the 
Government's pet proposal— an ab- , 
solute ban on cross-licensing. In 
(Continued on page 45) 

20TH'S RUSH PIC JOB 
ON PRESIDENT TRUMAN 

Twentieth-Fox has shoved through 
a rush job on President Harry 
Truman's reelection at the request 
of the film section of the U. S. 
State Department's Office of In- 
formation & Education Exchange. , 
The one-reeler, put together to give , 
the. President's biographical back- 
ground and explain his victory at : 
the polls, is intended: for wide- 
spread circulation in all parts of - 
the world. 

Russ^l Muth is: producer under ; 
the supervision of Edward Reek, 
production : chief for Fox Movie- 
toncws. Company has also taken 
on the chores of turning out a ; 
short on the Economic Cooperation 
Administration (Marshall plan). 



Hands" (U) are leading runnerrup 
films. ■ ,:•■,■■ 

"Rogue's Regiment". (U) and 
"Kissing Bandit" (M-G) shape as 
outstanding new pictures on basis 
of first dates this stanza. "Three 
Musketeers" <M-G) is measuririg 
xxp'ta promise of its current; smash 
run at N.Y. State by pacing L.A. 
■with a great week. "Snake Pit" 
(20th) continues terrific on its Chi- 
cago and N.Y. initial , playdates, 
"Fighter Squadron" (WB) is leader 
in Phllly but disappointing in N.Y. 

"Joan of Arc" (RKO) still is 
holding; near opening -week's colos- 
sal figure on first holdover : frame 
at N.Y. Victoria. "Blood On Moon" 
(RKOl also shapes promLsing 
among new entries, with' fine San 
Francisco week plus: solid second 
N.Y. round. "Return of October" 
(Col), passable in Indianapolis, is 
doing nicely in Louisville. 

"Red Shoes" (EL), still torrid in 
N.Y. and Washington, shapes sock | 
on Boston preem week. j 

"The Plunderers" (Rep) looms ! 
okay in St. Louis. "This Is N.Y." 
(UA) is sluggish in Louisville. "No 
Minor Vices" (M-G) looks mild in 
Cincy and Washington. 

(Complete Boxoffice Reports 
on Pages 8-9) 




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INDEX 

Bills 45 

Chatter 54 

Concert 48 

Film Reviews 6 

House Reviews ... . . i i . ; : 46 

Inside Legit 48 

Inside Music . . . , .,. . i . . 40 

Inside Pictures 14 

Inside Radio 30 

Inside Television 28 

International .... .... . . . . 12: 

Legitimate . , . . . . . . i . . . 47 

Literati 53 

Music . 34 

New Acts '. . . , 45 

Night Club Reviews . . . . 44 

Obituaries 55 

Orchestras - 34 

Pictures 3 

Radio 21 

Radio Reviews .,i 24 

Records . 34 

Frank Scully 53 

Television 25 

Television Reviews 28 

Vaudeville .41 

iMTiTFS'.utiis'rv 

(PubllslK-d In WoJlywood by 
Mally Variety. T.td.) 
Its a Year— |i!0 rorelsn 



PICTI7RKS 



Wetlnesday, November 24, 1948 



'Bad Boy' Stars, Hollywood's Poor 
Public Relations Prompt hdustry 
Leaders to Urge Aggressive Action 



Calls from exhtbs throughout ihe't^' 
country for, the natrting of a film 
czar to outlaw "liad boy" stars, 
whose run-ins with the cops al- 
legedly do permanent injury to the 
Industry, highlighted during the 
past week a continued double- 
edged public relations assault on 
Hollywood 

While the theatre men, disturbed 
that the morals aspect would lead 
to increased local tensorship, were 
pummeling the fflm capital from 
virithin, the press and radio wei-e 
doing a. job on the outside by con-^ 
tinuing to advertise "Hollywood's 
greatest depression," Repeated al- 
lusions to the film; industry's cur- 
rent economic miseries were, in 
the viewpoint of most showmen, 
doing immeasurable Jtiarm to the 
boxoffice b.V' publicly " promoting 
the idea that theatre , business was 
bad. 

, In the meantime, major company 
toppers, gathered under the banner 
of the Motion Picture Assn. of 
America in New York ilast week. 
. gave a half rday^-^ut of their three- 
day looksee at the industry-^to the 
public relations situation. Although 
recognized as one of the major 
problems facing the business, It. 
frankly got only a once-over light- 
ly in the crush of other matters on 
the agenda. ■ ' . 

The plan of Selzniok press chief 
Paul MacNamara for expenditure 
by the industry of $2,000,000 an- 
nually for public relations wasn't 
touched upon by the assembled 
brasshats, nor was any other new, 
(Continued on page IG) 



Optical Plug 

A boxoffice plug from an un- 
expected direction has come 
from the American Optometric 
Assn., which now says, "going 
to the movies may be good for 
vour \ ision." 

According to Dr. Elmer M. 
Soles, director of AOA's de- 
partment of public informa- 
tions,, "Looking at motion pic- 
" tures under proper conditions 
gives valuable training to the 
eyes and muscles and neCTes, 
used in seeing. : In fact; visits . 
to' the movies are recommend- 
ed as an : aid to : eorrection of 
some visual problems." 



'This Is N.Y/ to Arty Spot 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 

United Artists has booked "This 
Is New York" into the arty Surf 
theatre h6re and will plug it as a 
"sophisticated" comedy. Surf has 
been using foreign films most ot 
the time. , , 

Title of ' City Slicker." tested on 
a special run at Rockford, 111., last 
month, has been dropped by the 
home olVice, with UA taking a 
chance in future on original tag, 
"This Is New York." 



N. J. Allied's Ban 
OnSexed-UpAds 

To head off censorship now 
threatening in; the stiate, Ntw te- 
sey Alliied has under coflsideratioii 
the idoptibn of a self-regiilatery 
code for tudvertising and exploita- 
tion, VThe' code,; if ad^ptedrWoiiW^ 
apply to all . mehibers of . the Jersey 
theiitte ^roiip. It ^-buid'^aHfy ^Im 
it the righf to diMpUn^^^ 
violating its precepts. 

No action : wUlV be' taken^ 
code Until the Nationai Allied .cbii- 
ventidh in New Orleans next week 
runs its three-day . course* j^^ 
Allied is ;hplding hack; to : s 
whether the cbnVeritiotj ; ; W 
some s'elf-regulatoty code appli-; 

Major company toppers in New j -•'^^.^k^^J-^^^ 
York will trek to the Coast next | then take up the proposal for full- 



Ufe s King-Size Bl(ali)iirb 

With public relations foremost among the piroblems currently 
disturbing film execs, consternation was evident among ipdustryites 
this week on, Life mag's lengthy story, in text and pictures, on the 
King Brothers, The trio of Monogram quickie producers was 
depicted as actually living the caricature of Hollywood that has 
been built up by the film colony's most Insidious needlers. 

Yarn opens with a highly unflattering full-page picture of the 
Kings, Morry. Frank and Hymie, "as they pore over a script for a 
new movie." Most prominent item on the desk in front of them 
is a kosher salami, at which they're munching. Another photo has 
them on the lot shooting craps, while a eloseup of the base of theij; 
office desk is shown to illustrate the "scars made by dice in the 
crap games with which the bovs supplement their income." 

Life writer Robert Lewin states that the Kings hfc/e been raking 
in profits of 10090 or 200r'o on thefr pictures. This followed then- 
change of name from Kozinsky and the foldo of the pinball and 
Jukebox biz on which they paid $400^000 Income tax in 1938, yarn 
"states They are said to have got into films via a lawyer they met 
at a racetrack. Language attributed to them by Lewin ^"You know, 
short skirts, down to here, and big bosoms sticking out") is com- 
mensurate with the shady background' he ascribes to them. 

Problem for the industry with such yams, as always, is what can 
be done about them. Answer generally is: "Nothing." 



Top Level Talks 
Switch to Coast 



month to join studio chiefs there 
in a series ot confabs on the "state 
of the industry," such as were, held 



4 PRO-PIX SHORTS FOR 
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Recognizing the current need for 
•tepped-up industry public . relav 
tlons, meeting of company sales 
heads jesterday iTues.) at the Mo- 
tion Picture Assn. of America re- 
sulted in an order for immediate 
release of four MPAA-made shorts 
covering the industry. Committee 
of three shorts subject sales top- 



in the east last week. It was de 
cided. following the three-day ses- 
sion in New York, to hold the Coast 
huddles Dec. 15-16-17. 

They wiU difler from the eastern 
meetings in that reps of the talent 
guilds, craft unions, technical so" i 
cieties, etc, will be invited to sit I 
in on: various; of the sessions; Aim, i 
as it was in New York, is fact-find- j 
ing, an effort to learn . where the j 
industi-y stands and where it can be i 
expected to go. ' 

Also, as in New York, emphasis ] 
will be on learning by what major | 
changes in operational procedures 
or forms large-scale economies can 
be effected. Likewise, what new 
sources of , revenue, such as, video, 
can be tapped. In the latter con- 
nection, there was much question- 1 



scale debate, 

The state has no laws of censor-!^ 
ship at present. However, contro-' 
versial bookings of: "Mom and 
I Dad," sex educational, pic ,di5trib'' 
uted by -Hygienic Film's, in New- 
ark have started tJie kettle boiling.- 
Director of Public Safety is no\V 
pitching for passage of a law. Jer-' 
sey Allied is also disturbed by: 
bookings of another film under the 
slogan: "Once banned! Now it can 
be seen."-., 

Self-regulatory code which would 
bar all salacious or suggestive copy 
is believed the best way to; head off 
the censorship. It would he used as, 
an argument with legislators to 
prove the. sincerity ; of ;-exhibs' efr 
forts to curtail harmful ■ ballying 
of pix. ■ :, 



Schaef er's $308,(1,000 Suit Vs. Technl 
Eastman May Balk Consent Action 



Bing's Voice in Jolie Pic 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Bing Crosby's voice will be 
;heard in early se<iuence of 
"Jolson Sings Again" (Col.), 
Jolie, as portrayed by Larry 
Parks, vill be shown listening 
to Crosby singing the Arthur 
Johnston-Sam Coslow 1934 hit, 
"Learn to Croon", over radio. 

"What kind of singing is 
this boo-boo-boo stuff?," asks 
Jolson, who's in retirement. " 
"I can do better than that." 

Understood Crosby okayed 
use of platter. 



■■■.:.-■: . .Trenton's .:,Cenjsor; Tiff'- 

Trenton. Nov. 23. 

«x u...:,: »uu.i» .uuj^LL lup- | - ~- y- ' Film jicnsorship battlc is taking 

pers was formed and asked to I by the assembled toppers at r shape liere as result ot the playing 
cbhi^ ih with the actual plan Fri' I P^''^™"*-'"'- ^^^^ com- ! of the controversial film, "Mom 

day i26» when the general commit- P*"^ Dad," at the Broad theatre, 

tee meets again. | velopment of television as applied I Newark. New Jersey. Allied is lined 

to the film industry. . •) 



Trio consists of Harry Michael- 
ton, RKO : Norman Moray , Warner 
Bros.; and Pete Levathes, 20th-Fox. 
froposal, that one company handle 
■II shorts was turned down. It is 
expected that each major will re- 
lease one film. ' 

; No decision has been made 
Whether to charge rentals. Prob- 
ably some amount will be fixed to 
pay off the costs. 



iContinued on page 12) 



3 Metroiles Don't Like 
SEFs Paris Pix Shot 

Publication of a photograph 
ahowing a scene at the Monseig- 
.:neur, Paris nightclub, in the Sat- 
urday Evening Post of Nov. 20. has 
aroused three Metro executives be- 



7 Recent Financial Moves Accent 
Film Biz's Basically Sound Economy 

If the basic soundness of the majors' fiscal position among current 
business uncertainties needed further verification, evidence was forth- 
coming this week and last : whea most of the big film companies made 
further progress in setting their financial: houses in-order. The drive 
to simplify capital structure, ^retire; outstanding bank loans, and cancel 
special stock issues, is rolling at a fast clip. Industry, insiders believe 
this to be more significant on a readiness to weather any storms than 
the up-again-down-again dividends handed out. 

Conservative operations have also gotten the glad-eye from Wall 
Streeters who have been ; warning film companies against crippling 
loans. Belief that the industry will not be caught in a reprise of the 



City Investing's 
Picket Punch 



Broadway theatres, whose box- 
offices the N.Y. whiteeoUarites are; 
picketing, made their first move 
this week to put a legal ban on 
demonstrations . by the Screen 
Office & Professional Employees 
Guild and Screen Publicists Guild. 
City Investing Co., operators of 
the . Astor -and Victoria^ have 
thrown the: initial punch via in-* 
junction, proceedings again-.;t the 
two guilds in N, Y^ supreme court. 

i. Maurice Maurer, City Investing 
theatre exeCi admitted that the 
pickets had ' nipped the b.o. of 
"Joan of Arc" at the Victoria by 
I $5,000 last week. In legal argument 
over the injunction before Judge 



Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
An effort was made by George J. 
Schaefer this week to throw a 
monkey wrench into the well-oiled 
plans of the Government and East- 
man Kodak to enter into a consent 
decree for freeing EK's alleged 
monopolistic control over color 
film. Schaefer, as board chairman 
of Keller-Dorian Corp;, which: 
,owns-; a tint; process licensed to 
Eastman, filed a $300,000,000 dam- 
age; action against thfe film- manu- 
facturer and Technicolor. At the 
same time, he registered squawks 
with the Federal court here and 
the Attorney-General's olfice in 
Washington asking-that signing of 
the decree be delayed. 

In light of indications by Judge 
William C, Mathes here and re- 
marks by Attorney General Tom 
Clark in the capital, it appeared 
there would be no deferment of 
the pact. It was expected to be 
signed today. It does not. apply to 
Technicolor, which vyas a co- 
defendant in the anti-tru.st suit 
brought by the , Justice Dept. in 
1947. Techni objected to some of 
the terms. 

Schaefer asserted that the K-D 
process was tied up with the Govr 
ernment suit against lEK and 
(Continued on, page 45) 



j Morris Eder, which opened Friday 
I (IS), company legalites claimed 



30, 1948,;'*® non-Communist affidavits la.<!t 



the picketing was causing ''irre- 
parable damage." Judge Eder de^ 
nied. a., motio^^^ for temporairy 
in jtjnctiqn; over \last weekend and 
ordered further hesirings this w0ek, 
. : End ; of ' the^.^^^^h^ labor 
dispute, meanwhile,- came into 
sight this week as . the National 
Labor Relations Board began to 
prepare Sfor early collective bar- 

, _ _ . _ . ^ gaining elections at RKO, 20thrFox, 

r.iii<,P It ehr,«<. 11,^ ti-„.«„ i?TZ I IS'^g foldup has been strengthened among the fiscal pundits. !^ the Paramount and Deluxe labs. Both 
Sed In the club while t l e^ an P'^^*'"* butreSsmg of the fUiaacial pillais ^ | SOPEG and its AFL rival. Local 

tion rin thp niftin-o ,.r,r,n,.,-r,<. u 1 Number of straws-in-the-wind, which point to a broad movement by 'H-63, were nearing agreement at 
« French un^derfi^^^^^ I ""^ (-'ompanies, were turned up this week by Variety. These are: , NLRB hearings on date and 

least one of the company "officials I ^- Columbia has whittled its $9,000,000 production loan to $8,100,000 ' methods of balloting. SOPEG be' 
Is talking this week with his attor- ' payment of a 8900,000 instalment to the First National Bank of 

ney regarding the- photograph. ; 

David Lewis, general - manager 
,ior Metro in Europe; Se.vmour 
Mayer, coordinator for the com- 
pan.\ in the British Empire; and 
David Blum. Loew's International 
publicity director and , in charge of 
censorship abi-oad. are shown in 
the Post photograph, although not 
■ to, identified in the accompanying 
caption. They claim that they 
never knew the photograph had 
been ; taken and that; they never 
gave their consent for its use. All 
three are shown in the middle of 
the photo, with Blum facing the 
camera, and could be easily iden- 
tified as Bolo by the average 
reader. 

Photo ran with the stoi-y by 
Stewart AKsop titled, "The Euro- 
peans You Never Read About." 



_ i came eligible for , participation in 

Boston," Bank of America',' NaHonarTnisr& Savings Amh^^^ ! elections through its signing of 

hattan Go. col has a $15,000,000 credit available as Nov. 
but Is retiring rather than expanding the loan, 



, week. 



2. Same company's cumulative preferred .«;tock is now down to a low I conformance ^'^^''^^'^^^ °^ 
of 70,965 shares outstanding after a two-year gradual, retirement pro- ' 



Texas Co. Maps 35in 

Houston, Nov. 23. 
Williams, Tripp & Wright Mo- 
tion Picture Producing Co. plans a 
group of 35m westerns right in the 
heart of Texas. The firm, organized 
four months ago, has been working 
on 8 series of 16ra films. 



gram which has seen the company: pay out $336,200 ovei' the period to i 
pick up 3,835 shares. During October, Col bought another 200 shares i 
tor $11,263 

3. Paramount's current loan obligations are down to a figure of 
$5,520,000 from its original total of $11,000,000 out Of available credits 
of $25,000,000. Another pre-payment of $500,000 to the First National 
, Bank of Chicago. Manufacturers Trust Co. and Bankers Trust Co. has 
I shaved the outstanding. Par expects to,; completely liquidate the loan 
I within the. year,,' ' 

I 4. Par Js also; engaged, in an all-out campaign to shrink its common 
I stock outstanding total by a ;steady accumulation of these shares on 
I the open; market: During October company:;pi9ked up 40,500 shares 
at an estimated $840,000 cost to bring its treasury holdings to 706,333 
shares. 

5. Twentieth-Fox is slicing further into total outstanding of cumula-' 
live convertible preferred and prior preferred stock with ultimate re- 
tirement of both brackets as the goal. In the past month, ZOtlr bought 
2,100 shares of convertible, and 1,500 shares of prior preferred. Both 
blocks were retired. 

6. Universal is slowly closing out its cumulative preferred, its 
purchases in the past 30 days totaling 80 shares. Company has now 
bought 1,510 shares of this limited issue. 

7. Witmer Bros, this month pre-paid another instalment of $1,591,000 
on a loan which now conies to $14,319,000. It originally owed the 
banks «ome $23,000,000^ but has been steadily anticipating instalment 
due dates. 



stand on the Taft- 
Hartley law, SPG once again asked 
the majors to write new pacts to 
cover the 400 homeoffice fiacks. 
who have been working without a 
contract since Sept. 1, 



Europe to N. Y. 

Patricia Englund 
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. 
Arturo Michelangeli 
Lorraine Miller 
George> Monaghan 
Martha Raye 
William Roach- 
Vronsky & Balbin 

N. Y. to Europe 

Anthony Havelock-AUan " 
Harry Foster 
Lew Grady 
Harry Green 
David .D. Home 
Fifi Hylton 
Oscar Karlweis 
Bill Little 
Ernest Martin 
Henry Sher<;k 



L. A. to N. Y. 

MacDonald Carey 
Marcel Cerdan 
Jerry Colonna 
Yvohne DeCarlo 
Jack Dempsey 
Dan Fields ■ 
Fred F. Finklehoffe " 
Errol Flynn , ' - 

John Garfield 
Richard Hart 
Edward Everett Horton 
Arthur Kelly 
Dorothy Kirsten 
Berry Kroeger 
James A. Mulvey 
Ona Munson 
Donald Nelson ^ ■ 
Walter Pidgeon 
Ella Raines 
Stanley Ridges 
Stella Roman 
Jacqueline Ross ■ 
James Saphier 
, A. W,; Schwalbcrg 
Lizabeth Scott 
Irwin Shaw • •; 

Sylvia Sidney 
Walter Slezak 
Anna Sten 
Harry H. Thomas 
Max Weinberg 
Lewis Allen Weiss 

N. Y. to L. A. 

Irving Berlin 
A. Pam Blumenthal 
Joan Davis 
Paul Douglas 
William Dozier 
Charles Einfeld 
Jinx Falkenburg 
Ira Gershwin ; ' , 

Abner J. Greshler 
George Jessel 
Eric Johnstdn 
Edwin Lester 
Louis Mandel 
Joseph Mankiewicz 
Tex McCrary 
■ Jimmy McHugh, Sr; ,: 
Norman Reader 
Leo Robin 
Ben SelVin 
Sol C. Siegel 



^ctlncBjay, JVovemhcr 24, 1948 



picmrRES 



BIGGER BITE INTO BACEOG IN '49 



Surprise! Surprise! 

In line with Eric 'Johnston's cnick a couple of years ago that 
the. film industry "knows leSs about itself than any other major 
business in America" is the recurrent myth that motion pictures 
are the nation's "fourth largest industry". This self-delusion was 
most recently heard at the dinn'^r of the Motion Picture Pio- 
neers last week in slightly modified form when the assembled execs 
were ,told films comprise the "fifth lai gest industry". 

Actually, figures available from the U. S. Treasury and Commerce 
departments indicate that motion pictures rank around 60th among 
nujor industries. The numerical classification is vague at best 
and may be made on at least two bases. (1> Investment in plant 
and facilities and (2) combined gross income ol all the corpora- 
tion'! in the field. By either standard, films are far Irom fourth — 
or even fillh. 

According to latest available Treasury Dept.. figures on combined 
gross corporate income, the most generally-accepted mea$ure for 
numerical classification, all types of film firms together, Including 
production, distribution and exhibition.: took in $1,570,000,000 in 
1944. During the same: year, the ; petroleum industry did $9,t-, 
500,000,000; public utilities, $22,000,000,000; beverages, $3,800,- 
000,000; meat products, $7,500,000,000; mining and quarrying, $4,- 
000,000,; grain mill products, $2,500,000, dairying, $2,500,000,000; 
tobacco, $J,135,000»000; cotton manufacturing, $2,800,000,000; tex- 
tile manufacturing (except cotton), $5,000,000,000; tires, $2,- 
800.000,000; industrial chemicals, $4,000,000,000; telephones, $2,- 
000,000,000, etc., etc., etc. 



Myers, Ernst, Berge Call on Congress 
To Legislate Big 5 Out of Business 



Washington, Nov. 23. 
Congress was called upon last 
week to set up anti-trust, courts 
and to legislate away the Big Five 
tlieatre interests as the only cer- 
tain way of doing the Job. The mo- 
tion picture production-exhibition 
monopoly, as pointed out by the 
Supreme Court, was laid before 
the House Small Business Commit- 
tee as a kind of horrible exaniplt 
of why more anti-trust action was 
needed. 

Abram F. .Meyers, board chair- 
man and ; general counsel of the 
Allied Slates Kxhibitors, called for 
the anti-trust courts as the only 
way to get speedy action in raot 
nopoly cases. ■ 

Need for divorcement laws was 
recompiended by Morris L. Ernst, 
New: York attorney.- who repre- 
•ents a number of film independ- 
ents. Wendell Berge, former U. S 

' Assistant Attorney General in 
charge of the Anti-Trust Division. 

: called for annual appropriations ot 
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000 for fuller 
enforcement of the Sherman Act. 
&erge recommended divestiture of 

. eorporations- which become strong 
enough to crowd out competition. 

Discussing the need for special 
Anti-Trust Courts, similar to the 
specialized Tax Courts and Cus- 
toms -Courts, Myers declared that 
th« big motion picture case, which 
has been dragging along since:1938 
(Continued on page 20) 



SUPREME CT. NIXES 
JOAN LESLIE A 2D TIME 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

For tha second time, the Su- 
prenis Court yesterday (22) turned 
down ,loan Leslie's plea that it 
hear an appeal from the Galitornia 
verdict in her contract row with 
Warner Bros. This shuts the door 
to her for another appeal. 

The High Court some Mecks 
back nixed a prior request that it 
take juri.sdiction. Under its rules, 
only two tries are allowed. The 
Cahfornia Supreme Coui't had 
ruled thai Miss Leslie could not 
Vacate her contract with Warnerb 
On the grounds that she had been 
a minor when she made it. 



iMarlin Field 

hat OH amuiing Hollywood pice*, 

"A Quick Dear 

,*-■■ ■*■*■■.'■.■ 

In 

P^niETY^S 

43d Anniversary Number 
Duo End of 1948 ' 



R. R. Young In 
State Dept. Duel 
Over French Deal 



Kobert H Young, who has battled 
the biggest of the railroad giants; 
is about to take-on the State De- 
partment OH behalf of his Eagle 
Lion pictures. Young is under- 
stood to be up In arms over the 
bruslioH given EL in the French 
filnr deal. This marks one more 
explosion by indies against the 
picture allotments which the US. 
Embassj in Paris worked out with 
the French, with the Motion Pic- 
ture Assn. of America's Gerald 
Majer acting as adviser. 

O h I o' s Governor ^ elect Frank 
Lausche, Young's attorney in that 
state.'has been in both Washington 
and New York since election, seek- 
ing to upset the quotas in the new 
pact which supplanted the Blum- 
Bjrnes accord. In Washington he 
(Continued on page 12) 







Limping pace of production dur- 
ing 1948, highlighted by shuttering 
of Warner Bros, and Eagle Lion 
lots currently, makes 19491 certain 
to see even a large number of 
reissues and a deeper bite into 
studio backlogs than this year. This 
will be true particularly it grosses 
slide farther, increasing the speed 
\\'ith, which product is played o It. 

Fortunately, inventories of com- 
pleted films are adequate at most 
studios to meet ihcreased demands. 
Pictures -are believed: to:, be of a. 
better grade, too, than those which 
were pulled out of the backlogs in 
1948. 

During tlie e:irly part of this 
year, distnbs were busy taking oil' 
the shelt much of the product the.\ 
had previously sloughed in favoi 
of films with more b.o.' appeal. 
During 1945-46-47. when grosses 
were at a peak, tendency: of most 
companies was to send the best 
films into distribution and pi-ocra.'s- 
tinate on release of the lesser prod- 
uct. Result was that some outfits 
found tliemsclves with a flock ot 
weakies 'that they finally were 
forced into amortizing and writing 
off. This has been pretty well 
accomplished now, so exhibs won't; 
have these delayed dogs to worry 
about. 

Virtually all studios now have 
backlogs down to or below what 
they consider "a comfortable" min- 
imum. That's from 12 to 18 pix at 
the bettor-heeled studios. lIowe\er, 
unless there is more of a produc- 
tion spurt tlian now appears in 
prcspect, inventories will be sink- 
ing considerably below these fig^ 
ures. 

Reason for allowing this to 
happen at some studios as to 
defreeze the casli tied up in in- 
ventory and make it available for 
further production. At others it 
results from fear that the b.o.; may 
be worse next year and costs will 
probably be lower. It is therefore 
considered wise to amortize higherv 
budgeted films- in the 'best -possible 
market. 

Slower Pace 

Sluggish production situation is 
exemplified by the current week's 
chart. Only 35 films are before 
the cameras, as against 43 on the 
Same date a year ago, 43 during 
the same week in 1946, 41 in 1945 
and 48 in 1944. 

Even more of a story is told by 
study of activity at individual lots. 
Aside from EL, which is closed, 
(Continued on page 18) 



Agnew-Casanave In 

Distribution Tieup 

pishibution outfit to handle 
reissues and foreign pix is report- 
«oly being set up by Neil Agne\^ 
and Charles Casaaave. Plan is 
Jinderstood to call for expansion of 
<-asanave's present activity in 
Mates-rigliting reissues. Agnew, 
With connections in France, would 
reportedly provide some Imports. 
' Is former prez of Selz- 

U'CK Releasing Organization and 
sales chiel of Paramount. Casanave 
ofganized and for a time headed 
'^aUonal Screen Service. He is a 
dominant owner of the Fred Aslaire 
flance sLudios. 



WB-TRANSATLANTIC 
SLATED FOR RENEWAL 

Wai ner Bros ' releasing deal 
with Transatlantic Pictures, the 
AHrod Jli,tchcock-Sidney L. Bern- 
stein production outfit, • is slated 
for renewal early in 1949 when 
Bernstein will come to the U. S. 
from England. Second of the two 
Trausallanlie pix to be delivered 
(o Warners tmdcr thfl old deal, 
"Under Capntorn," is currently 
nearing completion in England. 

An added factor in renewing 
the distribution deal : is Hitch-: 
cock's personal pact with Warners 
in which he's cominitled to direct 
one picture a year for tlie Burbank 
studio. Hitchcock's next produc- 
tion, after winding "Capricorn, 
will be "1 Confess," to start next 
spring. 



See Schlaifer Getting 
20th-Fox Nat'l Ad Acct. 

Charles Schlaifer. who exits Feb. 
1 as 20th-Fox publicity-advertising 
chiefi has been, assured control of. 
the 20th national advertising ac- 
count by prexy Spyros Skouras. 
Schlaifer, it is understood, wilt 
have the choice ot .setting up his 
own agency or making a deal to 
.loin Ray ton-Spiero, which now has 
the account Schlaifer refused to 
elucidate this week on his Inten- 
tions. 

It is believed that in either case, 
Morris Kinzler, 20th account exec 
for Kayton-Spiero. will be associ- 
ated with Schlaifer. The iwo have 
long been close personal fuends, 
as well as business associates. 

Charles Einteld, who succeeds 
Schlaifer at Fox and a.ssumes the 
title of v.p., will return to the 
Coast from New York Friday i26) 
after two weeks of "confabs with h o. 
execs and stafTers. He's due back 
earl.v in January to officially take 
up liis headquarters in the east. 

While in New York, Einfeld 
signed his two-year pact with 20th, 
calling for $2,500 a week 



Selznick, Still Hunting for Sales 
Tieup, Talks Reissue Deal With E 



Nate Gross 

raeallt 

A KIPORTER'S MEMORIES 

From Capon* to Imull ^o . 
"Caliban « AritI" 
which billing th« CM Horald- 
Amtrleon'i : Crack . Nnwtmon . 
Coined 
* * * 

on inl«reitinq •ditorlal fnafnrt in 
tipeoniinfl 

43d Anniversary. Number 



UA'sPix Dearth 
Most Serious In 
Company History 

Although product shortages at. 
United Artists have become such 
avhabit that: the condition Is con- 
sidered almost normal, manage-, 
ment and dn-ectors are more than 
usually disturbed by the present 
situation. Dearth ojf strong films 
on the future slate is probably 
the most serious in the conipany's 
30-year liistory. 

Sliortage isn't so severe in mere 
number, but in the t.vpe of fea- 
tures on the agenda. Most of them 
are 'admittedly programmers of 
limited grossing capacity. Thej-e 
are no b.o. socks, such as "Red 
River,'' now in release, to elim- 
inate the red„ink th* company is 
currently using in its bookkeep- 
ing. 

By diligent trimming, UA has 



David O. Selznick is iii negotia- 
tion with Eagle Lion on a deal 
which would give EL exclusive re- 
issue rights to a group ot eight 
Selznick oldies. Talks are seen in , 
the trade as a possible prelude ttt. ' 
further negotiations for a deal simi- 
lar to that which was being dick-r; 
ered between. Selznick and United 
.-Vrtists and which fell through last 
week. 

With only a limited amount ot.' 
product coming up, Selznick con-; 
tinges to feel that maintenance of 
a complete sales setup of his own 
is uneconomic. He would like ■ t» 
join with another company to elimi-,: 
.nate duplication of facilities and;; 
yet maintain completely the iden- ■; 
lification of his Selznick Releasing 
Organization. 

UA^ owners Charles Chaplin, and; 
Mary'Pickford refused to go for 
.such : a setup and Selznick is now 
turning to other, distribs in th«i 
hope they would be hiore amen- 
able, Joseph Bemhard, chief of ' 
Film Classics, has been pushing for 
such an arrangement with SRO,^ 
and possibility . is. seen of a deal 
being made if SeUnick and EL 
can't get together.; 

Reissues, involved in present ne- 
gotiations are "Rebecca," '^Inter- 
mezzo," "Since You Went Awav," 
"I'll Be Seeing You," "Spellbound." 
"Garden pf Allah," "Tom Sawyei-" 
(Continued on page 55) 



Oscar Derby to Be Run 
In Its Natural Habitat, 
Back to the Studios 

Hollywood, Nov. 23, 
Next year's Oscar Derby will b« : 
run in its natural habitat for tha 
first time. The scene will be « 
double sound Stage at a major 
studio, the particular lot to be de- 
cided by drawing lots. . For sev- 
eral years there has been a move- 
ment to bring the Academy 
Awards function into, the studios. 



cut operating co.-,ts from the peak I George Jessel will emcee. The 
of over $110,000 weeklv to be- I 20th-Fox sound stages may be used, 
ween $80,000 and $85,000 now. At times the Derby has bden run 



That still means li must have 
weekly billings of about $300,000 
to break even and the product is 
not in sight to provide that kind ] 
of gross. It was to hypo income i 
and cut expenses UA prexy Grad i 
Sears entered into the negotiations i 
with David O. Nelznick which col- 
lapsed fast week. 

, UA has five features completed 
and awaiting release, plus two 
Ci.^co "Kid westerns. It has. In ad- 
dition, six films editing and three 
in production. That would theo- 
retically give it enough product to 
last for about seven months at the 
distrib's normal release rate : of 
one every two weeks. Difficulty is. 
however, that most of the pix on 
the schedule aren't strong enough 
to give the company sufficient in 
come on «■ 
ba.sis 



in hotel dining rooms, with food, ; 
at times In Grauman's Chinese the- ' 
atre and more lately in the Shrin*. 
auditorium, a huge building with : 
enough seating space to permit thf 
public to pay part of the expenses; 

The next Oscar Derby, to h« 
held March 24, will be strictly 
private as far as paying customers 
are concerned. It will be con- 
fined to Academy members, work- 
er.s.. in the motion picture, industry 
(Continued on page 12) 



Monotonous. 

How tough the indie produc- 
tion situation is was made clear 
this week by Alex Ardrey, v.p. 
in Charge ot film loans for the 
Bankers Trust Co., N. Y. 
Cracked Ardrey: 

"We haven't even had any 
loan applications recently to 
turn down." 



Yorke Coplan aftd Gewge Break- i 
, , ston, who made Wrubu," hay* set 
fortnightly , release i ^ ^^.^^^ Toho-Schochiku to com- 
, , . ^ „ , ' pletoly finance full-length feature. 

Of the pix completed, Benedict j ..^jje j.<,x's Tale," about a Yank 
Bogeaus; "Girl from Manhattan" ; newspaperman. Cast will be mostly 
(Continued on page 14) } English-speaking natives. 

' In return for 100% financing, 

KCf I Tf) linNnD Q roniUf Coplan-Breakston are to give Japa- 
ni/W l\f nunUIV J rnuni .nese a duplicate negative which 
AMIICriUirMT TXTnilCTDV they'll dub in Japanese for dislrl- 
AlllUdMltiril lilllUdinI buuon there. Producers retain 

Three show hh personalities will ) 
be honored by the amusement divi- ', 
sion of the. National Conference' of; 
Christians and Jews at a Bill: of 
Rights Day luncheon .slated for the ; 
Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y, Dec. 22 
Names will not be di.sclosed until \ 
the parties chosen have indicated 
their > acceptance. Decision was 
made yesterday (Tues. ) at a lunch-, 
eon presided over by J. Robert ! 
Rubin, Metro veepee, who Is chair- i 
man of the amusements section. 

Ned E. Depinet, RKO pre/., 
Spyros Skouras, head of 20th-t'ox; 
Will H- Hays, consultant to the 
Motion Pidture Assn. of America; 
and Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, presi- 
dent of the Conference, spoke at 
yesterday's affair. Depinet is chair- 
man of National Brotherhood 
Week. Serving as vice-chairmen 
under him are Barney Balaban,- Si 
Fabian, Oscar Hammerstein 2d, Ed 
Kobak and Skouras. 



world distribution rights. Before 
going to Japan, they're slated to go 
to Belgian -Congo next month to 
make another adventure pic, 
"Okapi." It's expected to take six 
months, with Jap deal starting ina- 
mediately thereafter. 



Benny Back in Pix 
For Hope's 'Redhead' 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Tor the first time in three years 
Jack Benny " will appear on ths 
screen in a special sequence in the 
'Bob Hope starrer, "My Favorite 
Redhead," formerly known as 
, "Kasy Does It." 

Reason for Benny's return to the 
.screen is that one of his forniep 
laUio writprs, Ed Beloin, ib produc- 
int; the picture. Benny last ap- 
pCi'iTcd at Paramount in "Love Thy 
I Neighbor." 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



Tliat Wonderful Urge 

20th rox release of Fred Kohlmar pro 
«uctl«n SUis Tyrone, Power. Gene 
Tlerney. features Reginald Gardner Ai 
teen Whelan Diiected by Robert Smclau 
Screenplay. Jay Dratler. itory, William R 
Lipman. Frederick Stephinl. cnniera. 
Charles G Clarke, editor, Louis LoefEler. 
music, Cyril Mockiidge, musical dlrecttoti, 
Lionel Newman Tradeshown, JJ. ^ , 
Nov 22. "48 Bunnlng time. 8!! MIN"* 
Thon,,^ Jefferson Tyler Tyrone^Power 

Andre ' Reginald Gardiner 

Scssiea. . . . ' 
Aunt Cornelia Parlay 
The Judge 

'Dully ... .• •.• 

Attorney Kctchell 
Mr- wmtson 



^ttorney Kice 



, <ilce of the Peace..... ... _ 

partment House Keeper Hope Emerson 
indlay Frwjlt f'^'K"''"'; 

[r BIssell . „ Charles Arnt 

arret Francis Pierlot 



Arleen ^Whelan 
Luoile Watson 
Gene liockhart 
, . Lloyd Gough 
Portei Hall 
Richard Gaines 
Taylor Holmes, 
ChiU Wills 



With escapist comedies once 
•gain in their heyday of boxoffice 
favor, "That Wonderful Urge" can 
be marked down as a surefire 

laugh-winner and coin^snarer, It's „^ 

one of the best in the current cvcle ; ggy" able to break bounds, Using 
of fluffy confections Geared for , a„ ingenious trick with black cats 

Jjaiety, the film deftly spins its | ti,at is good for chuckles. 
iRhtweight yam into a zanv and | cast is very able in portraying 
volatile romance forjnaximum ini-, ^jje assorted young men who live 



it a masculine humor that lightens 
the tension at the proper moments. 

It opens with a light touch pro- 
jected by a conniving sergeant, and 
then swings Into a gripping, excit- 
ing sequence of battle-crippled 
flgliter planes returning to base. 
That spacing of lishtness and ten- 
sion has been used throughout by 
Rdoul Walsh's direction to keep 
the balance on entertainment tor 
general audiences Pilot horseplay, 
aground and aloft; the quietnesi. 
with which they go about the 
deadly game of wai , big brass, red 
tape, and the methodicalness ot 
bigtime destruction are aU graph- 
ically depicted. 

It's an all-male picture, except 
for two brief scenes showing a 
sergeant, who uses the alias of 
"Kinsey," at work and in trouble 
Femmes aren't missed, though. 
The gal back home and the one m 
London are constantly talked about 
by post-bound soldiers. Only "Kin 



pact. Teaming of Tyrone Power 
and Gene Tiemey will provide the 
necessary marquee lift. • 

Mounted in a slick production, 
the screenplay is another varia- 
tion of the poor -little -rich -girl 
theme against a newspaper back- 
ground But Jay Dratler has dress- 
ed up this script with enough new 
twists and smart dialog to give an 
old chestnut the flavor o£ a brand- 
new souffle Robert Sinclair's di- 
rection has wrapped up this dish 
with a bouncing pace that never 
falters under the story's lack of 
weight. 

Switching from his heavy roman- 
tic and adventure roles. Power 
makes the most of his comedv 
chancps as a cynical reporter as- 
signed to assassinate the character 
of a pro"»rv chain heiress Posing 
as a lover to get the Inside storv 
for his scrips, he becomes tanpled 
In his own line and bait when the 
.gal. Miss Tiemey, snaps back and 
turns him into a national laughing- 
stock 

This is also one of Miss Tiernev's 
most successful performances Cos- 
tumed to highlight her natural 
charms and rigged with peppo'v 
lines she polishes off her role with 
considerable grace. Wreaking a 
woman's revenge on her tormentor 
she gives a newsbeat to rival news 



and die bravely. Edmond O'Brien 
squadron leader, stands out, and 
there are strong assists from Rob- 
ert Stack and John Rodney as fly- 
ing mates. Principal light moments 
fall to the capable hands of Tom 
D'Andrea as the amorous sergeant. 
His comedy is backed by a perfect 
"sad sack" touch from William 
McLean as a lowly private, 

Henry Hull, James Holden, 
Walter Reed and Shepperd Strud- 
Wick give life to their assignments. 
Jack Larson has only a short role 
but it realizes, perfectly on the 
eagerrbeaver new pilot, scared .be- 
fore his first combat, but proud 
and sick after bis first kill. 

Walsh's knowhow m handling an 
action feature and Miller's ability 
in putting together a melodramatic 
yarn are strong.^ .foundation for 
giving "Fighter Squadron" stout 
b.o. prosj^ects. Air battle scenes, 
the dogfights, straflngs, explosions 
are brilliantly lensed in Techni- 
color, With Sid Hickox and Wilfred 
M. Cline sharing the top credit. 
Max Steiner's music scor^ is ex 
cellent, and editing by Christian 
Nyby sharpens the action. Brosf. 



Miniature Reviews 

"That Wonderful Ur«e" 

(20th). Neat romantic comedy, 
starring Tyrone Power and 
Gene Tierney, strong b o 

"Fiehter Squadron" (Color) 
(WB)i Red-blooded action fea^ 
tiire of air aces and the Euro- 
pean invasion. , Stvong com- 
mercial film-fare. 

"Yellow Sky" (ZOthl Top- 
flight western drama with 
Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, 
Richard Wldmark. 

"Th* Man from Colorado" 
(Color) (Col). Well-mounted 
action yarn, exploitation; 
valilies hinge on spec and 
Glenn Ford. ■ 

"Bungalow 13" (20th). Tom 
Conway, Richard Cromwell in 
whodunit stftotly as mild gup- 
. port on lower part of twinners, 

"Unknown Island" (Color) 
(FC). Exploitation feature of 
modem-day adventurers and 
prehistoric animals.: 

"Harpoon" (SG) Alaskan 
drama that will hold up . m 
lower rungs though it fails to 
fulfill Its possibihties. 

"Grand Canyon Trail" 
(Music-Color) (Rep), Roy 
Rogers riding to good returns 
in action situations. 

"The Small Voice" (BL), 
Neat B r i 1 1 s h ^psychological 
thriller, 

"It's Hard To Be Good" 
(GFD) Mild British comedy 
with war-theme. 



Yellow Sky 

Hollywood, Nov. 19 
r 20th-Fox release of Lamar Trotti j 
ductlon. Stars Gregory . Peck, Anne E 
ter, Richard Widmark; features Robert 



playing that help to give the pic- 
ture dramatic substance; : 

Peck shines as the outlaw leader 
and matching dramatic, stride for 
stride with him is Miss Baxter as 
the ghost town girl.. .■ The '«mo-: 
tional dash that sets -up when 
these two strong characters meet 
has a smoldering s. a. wallop. Wid- 
mark steps out in another of his 
coldblooded killer delineations as 
Peck's dou,blecrossing partner in 
crime 

James .Barton gives quality to 
his performance as the. grand- 
father Robert Arthur, John Rus- 
sell, Henry Morgan, . . Charles 
Kemper : and Robert Adler make, 
their roles as outlaws important 
parts 

Manner of handling the solid 
music scor;6 by Alfred Newman is 
an example Of the intelligent use 
of the film's varied; talents. Music 



the same manner Jhe formerly used 
his six-shooter. He's ultimately 
rubbed out as> the result of his mis« 
deeds. 

It's a difficult acting assignment 
for Ford, and he sometimes comes 
out second best to the script. The 
moments when his malaise grips 
him are overplayed. Wi Holden 
plays Ford's adjutant throughout 
the war, taking on the job as Ford's 
marshal in order to set his friend 
straight, Holden sticks to him even 
when he knows that he ordered 
wiping out of a rebel band after it 
hoisted a white flag, and he tries to 
enforce Ford's martinet-like legal 
decisior>£> when he knows it will 
lead to warfare. Ultimately, he 
deserts the post of marshal to jom 
a band of former Army personnel 
who have been forced to become 
outlaws by Ford's decision taking 
away their gold-mming lands. 

The rest of the cast do good jobs 
Ellen Drew does well as the; girl 
loved by Ford and Holden, marry- 
ing Ford only to desert him when 
she can no longer stand his trig- 
ger-happy mind, Ray Collins, as 
an understanding medico, Edgar 
Buchanan, Jerome Courtland, 
James Millican, Jim Bannon and 
William "Bill" Phillips, playing 
vets-turned-outlaws', provide some 
color to their roles. 

The production is a well-turned 
affair, with Technicolor enhancing 
the film's values Outdoor shots 
are particularly good,, and sets and. 
costumes are okay. 

Henry Levin had to overcome 
some difficult problems inasmuch 
as he had to blend mental medir 
cine with gunplay, and frequently 
had to subordinate one for the 
other Under those circumstances 
it was virtually impossible to sus- 
tain a mood. 

George Duning has fashioned 
an articulate score,: and • William' 
Snyder's camera work is of top- 
drawer categorv. Jose,:, 



lJnkn«wn Island 

(COLOR) 

Hollywood, Nov 15 

Film Classics release of Albert J. Cnhcn 
production FeWures Virginia Oiiv 
Philip Reed, Richard Denning. Barton 
MacLane. Richard Wessel. Daniel VVhli? 
Philip Naiir. Directed by Jack BeinhlSS' 
Screenplay, Robert T. Shannon. jiVk 
Harvey; original story. Shannon: camevi 
(Cinccolor). Fred Jackinan, Jr ; eilitnr 
Hairy Gerstad, special elTects llowaid a' 
Anderson, Ellis Burman. Previewed, i^nv 
XS, "48, Running time. 78 MI^S 

Carole Lane Virginia Q,., 

Ted Osborne Philip Heed 

John FairbankSv., Richard Dcnnini 
Captain TarnowsM .... Barton MatLanS 

Sanderson Rlchtird Wessel 

Edwards Daniel Whili 

Golab Philip NaS* 



paptrmen by faking a claim of , Arthur. John RusseU, Hcmy Morgan, l A'"" ? "■*"""^* ^"'•"i 

to Power Fired from liis' lames Baiton, Charles Kemper Directed' starts the dramatic scenes on! and 



marriage 

job for selling out to the enemy, 
Power works all the angles to exr- 
tricate himself from her gag but:, 
can't Drove that he's still a bache- 
lor At the finale, of course, there's 
a legitimate clinch with Power 
lyme m bed reading the Kinsey 
report 

Solid support to the principals 
Is delivered by Reginald Gardner, 
as a penniless count on the make 
for a fortune, and Gene Lockhart. 
as a sentimental ;iudge who wants 
to reconcile the couple. Arleen 
.: Whelan and Lucile Watson, in 
briefer roles, also do nicely among-] Colorado 
a' competent cast^ of secondary 
players 

Excellent camera work and a 
pointed musical score round off an 
ace production. . . Herm. 



by William A. Wellman. Screenplay. La- 
mar Trotti; based on story by W. R.- Bur- 
nett; camera, Joe .JKacDonald; editor,. Har- 
mon Jones. ' Tradeshown Nov. }8i i '48. 
Running time; AB WHS. 



Stretch. 
Mike 
Dude 

Bull nun.... 
LetiRthy: . . . ., 
Half Pint . 
.Grandpa.-, ^v. 
Walrus., i 
Jed 

Lieutenant. ; . 
Bartender. . . . 

Drunk . .... . . 

Rancher... . . . 

Indian . .... .. . 

Banker .'. . . 
Bank Teller. 



Figliit'r Squadron 

(COLOR) 

Hollywood, Nov 17. 

Warners release of Seton i. Miller pro-, 
^urtion.. :Stars ISdmond .O'Brien. Robert 
fit.nek. John: Rodney;- features . lorn 
P'Andrea, ■ Henry- Hull. .James Holden. 
Writer Reed, Shepperd Strurtwick. Arthur 
Space. 



Gregory Peck 
. . . .'.Anne Baxter 

.Richard Widmark 
. . . .Robert Arthur 

. . . . John Russell 

. . . .Henry Morgan 

::; .-.James; .Barton 
. .Charles Kemper 
. . J . . Robert Adler 
Harrv Carter 
. . . . . . Victor. Kilian 

Paul Hurst 
. . . .Hank Worden 

.. .Jay Silverheels 
... William Gould 
...Norman .Lenvitt.i 
...Chief .\owlachie I 



then fades out It's a device that 
measurably: increases : mood and 
tension, (A previous 20th western. 
' Fury at FUrnace Creek," used 
.same trick, letting dramatics play 
alone to heighten effect.) 

The standout photography was 
contributed by Joe MacDonald and 
the special effects by Fred Sersen 
are another top credit. Editing is 
tight, holding film to a swift 99 
minutes. Brog. 



Bungalow 13 

20th-Pox release of Belsam production. 
Features Tom Qonway, Margaret Hamil- 
ton, Richard Cromwell. Directed by Ed- 
ward L. Cahn. i Original, screenplay, 
Richard G .Hublori Sam Baerwlti; camera, 
Jackson Rose; editoiv Lou Sackin. At New 
York, N. Y., week of Nov; 19, :'48.: Run- 
ning time, "0 -,M1>S. 



Christopher Adams- 
Mrs. Appleby . 
Patrick Macy . . 
Lt. Wilson. /. . . 

Alice Ashley 

Gus Barton. . 
-.lose Fernando'. 
Mrs, Barton . . . 
Pedro Gomez. .'. 
Willie........... 

Hibiscus.. .'.: 

Mr. Eden... ..... . 



"Unknown Island'' is. an ejc- 
ploitation adventurie filiii with seli« 
ing points to overcoinei its faiilt? 
Lensing of prehistoric Sniiiials iii 
color and the ballyhoo that can 
be used to sell such a feature hbld 
promise, of fair bOxoffice in spe- 
cialized engagements, : 
. Where film falls :dowiii is in; the^^^^^ 
stilted direction and the incredibre- 
dialog used to' tell the esseritially - 
okay thriller. Special effects ere* 
ated : and ^photographed by . How- 
ard > A. Anderson and - Elliis ; Bur- 
man are imaginative. The mon- 
sters are frightening creations and 
should give enjoyable gooi^ebumpr! 
to the audience that alWajfs seeiris^ 
to buy this type of show. ; ^ 

Jack Berahard's directioh moves 
the players slowly through a story 
about an assorted group of 'char- 
acters who go td a Pacific island 
to photograph, and maybe capture,; 
the creatures that lived millions of 
years ago. Had Bernard sharpened 
his directorial pace aiid had .script- 
ers Robert T. Shannon and Jacfe , 
Harvey used dialog instiedd of 
cliches, this one would nVyfe (;ome 
off a great deal strbnger, : ■ 

Virginia Grey is the lone femmt 
on the dangerous voyage and 
makes a pretty eyeful in Cine- 
color. Part makes, no other .de- 
mands. Philip Ree4 is Her fiance, 
more interested iji ; his piietures 
than , his gal. As a ::consequiBnce, 
he loses her to Richard Denning, 
who had already been through oii« 
terrible - experience with : the. ,pri« 
historic monsters. Barton Mac' 
Lane appears as a tough, lustful 
Ship captain who can't coritrol his 
yens for booze or Women, even in 
the face of violent death; 
„d c.om^eii I „,!!!fi"P out a full com* 

j,ime<; ii.iUn ' plement of gore and violence in 
Mauorie Hosheiie a to-the-death clash between a 
Edd"e Acu« ' monsterous redhaired ape and a 
dinosaur, and there are other 
scenes where the assorted hunians 
fight off the creatures with bui* 
lets and grenades. All of which 
are . good ballyhoo stuff ; to help 
sell the picture. 
Albert J. Cohen's production 



.Tom Conway 
. Marf^aret .Hamilton 
.Richard - Cromwell 



.'...Eddie Aciift 
. Jody Gilbert 
: . , ; Juan Varro 
. Lylc Latell 
Mildred Coles 
.John Davidson 



Tom Conway, who has done 
Bulldog Drummond and Falcon 

sleuth loles on the screen, btriyes ' superviVion has""kept a*''watchfui 
hard to make something of this eye on the dollar, achieving good 
detective uhodunit, but its no , effects for coin spent He should 
dice This meller of a private ej e , have been as careful in watching 
and missing jade stone only man- over the direction and script Fred 



ages to mystify its audience with- | Jackman, Jr , did 



The Man from Colorado 

(COLOR) 



A ;smart combination: of talents 
makes 'fYellow Sky" all that could 
be asked of an outdoor- action 



Columbia release .of -Jules Schermer.'Pro-. 

-- - - ^iiflj,^. 

Collins; 



, duction Stars Glenn Ford, Willi, 



Holden; features Ellen Drew, Ray 
Edgar . Buchanan, ..Jerome .Courtland, 



out proving entertaining or half 
as gripping as most sleuth thrill- 
ers Result is that it will be only 
mild material on lower half of 
twin bills. 

'Bungalow 13" is loaded with 



lensing. 



a good job of 

Brog,:- 



Harpoon 

Hollywood, Nov 20 
Screen Guild Release of Diiiirhes pro- 
duction. Features ,rohn BromlicUl, AlYc« 



.•i«f:w,,. "..i^r, n. n- ^i^'^ j,ji.ti. I l'OUis> Jamcs Cardwell, Patricia Gamsoii 

Victims Who are knited to death, | .jack George 



lames Millican, Jim Bannon, WllUam Phil- , 

hps: Directed by Henry- Leyin; origm,il | plenty of ■ ;shooting and & • cduple l hey 

drama It's topgrade film fare | g^'I'nd^^JjrBei^'vadrw'Tat^ua^'wn i of rough-'n'-tumble fights , Yet it " " 
with star values to help push ticket 1 liam Snyder; editor, Charles Neiiioni 1 IS . dull, rambling (with many 



. . Edgar I'llnton. Frank Hat- 
lloUis Bane. .::Birected by^ Ewin: 



Jack Larson, Willi: 



Mi-l 

by Rapul 

WaLsh.. - Screenplay, Seton I, Miller: added 
dialog. Martin Rackm; . camera c-rec-hni- 
color). Sid Hickox, Wilfred M. Clmi: 
, editor. ' Christian . :.Nyby£ . .music: 
. Kleiner. Tradeshown.' in Hollywood. Nov 
Ifi, '48: Running time* 94 WINS. 
. Ma.ior Ed Hardin . .'...:..' Edmond O Hi-ien 
Capt. Stu: Hamilton. . ; . '.-. iRobert Slack i 
..Col. Bill Brickley ^. . . : . ; , . John Rodney 

. Sergeant- Dolan. .: ..: :'. . .Tom .D'Andrea 

Brig. Gen. Mike McCrcady . . . ;Henrv Hull 

Tennessee. : - .....James Holden 

Capt Duke Chappell Waltet -Reed 

Brig. Gen.' M.: Gilbert .;, Shepperd .Strudwick 
M.nor Sanford Arthur Space 

Bhorty , Jack Larson 

Wilbur . . WiUum McLcin 

.Jacobs. . . . .' .'..; ... '. . . .'.'Mickey McCardle 



sales. Boxoffice looks 
Marquee lineup of Gregorv Peck, 
Anne Baxter and Robert Widmark, 
combined ; with a punchy story, 
should give this one a healthy ride 
through all situations. 

Emphasis is on terse, tough ac- 
1 tion and the job of bringing' the 
1 exceptionally good plot to the 
1 screen has been approached intel- 
I ligentlv. Picture has a load <&" 
I dramatic power of the kind seldom 



.Scott. Screenplay by Guard Smith and 
Scott, camera, Frederick Gatelj. editor, 
Robert O. Crandall. Previewed Nov. -19. 



^'^'I,^ 'Nor,WSgtTM^^ [scenes supposed to depict outdoor ; ;48^^Runn^^^^^^^^ 8, .nivs 



present in this type film and it's 
done in believable fashion by all 
concerned. 



Col. Owen Devereaux 

Captain Del Stewart .. , 

Caroline : Emmett .:. 

Big Ed -Carter.. ... 

Doc Merriam ..'.... . 

Johnny. Howard . . .'. . 

.Sgt. Jenpha Howard. 

Nagel. . .:;. . . .-. .- . ; .- 

York . . 

Easy .Jarrett,-. . . . . . 

Dickson. ... .-. . . . ... 

Morris. ..... . . ... . 

Mutton McGuire.-i 
.{. Jack . Rawson .:..'.:.. . 
I GharUe Trumbull:. : . 
) Rofier MacDonald. . . . 

Powers 
I Parrv 



Glenn- Ford 
William lloldcn , 



scenes at night) and managing to K.tiy c.-inon 



Wm 



become so involved as to charac 
Ellen Drew | ters suspected in the string of kill- 
?ar "Buchanan mgs that few people Will Care who 

nic Courtland IS guilty or why 

Jim B mnSS ! ™^ Richard G Hubler-Sam 
• Bill" Phillips ' Baerwitz original smacks of any 
... Denver j-yic I number of recent detective yarns. 
MikSrcomad I But the better poitions of such 



.;-..'. David C^larke 
...Ian .MacDonald 
.. Clarence Chase 
Stanley Andrews 
: ; . Myron Healey - 
. . . Graig Reynolds 
Dfivid Yoik 



An exciting red-blooded action 
: feature has been woven around the 
. grim realities of modern warfare 
fn"Fighter Squadron," highly com- 
mercial feature with enough doc- 
mpentatton and actual Air Force 
footage - to stamp it with, potent 

: •uthenticity that should sell . a lot 
of tickets 

Picture's time of action is the 
tense days of 1943-44, when the 
tJ S Air Force was paving the way 
for D-Day It centers its story on 
one English-based squadron: of 

; liahter planes and pilots. The flim 
thrives on deadly air ; action, and 
the AF combat footage that makes 

: up a substantial: part of the picture 
Is a tingling reminder of World 
Wfir II 

Combat footage has been inter- 
laeed into the high melodramatics 
Of the story fiction to add a realis- 
tic flavor to the adventures of in- 
trepid air aces, but the picture is 
not all gnmness. Seton I. Miller, 
Vfho wrote and produced, has given 



Setting for the story is the west 

of 1867 and the outdooi" locations I -Hru-.p v.i1iip<! nf "The 

have been magnificently lensed as a nr,^ if,.!!^ /^^li /f. i, ^ 

tPiiinp hafVHrnn fnr ihi Hrnt^of,,. i^I>»n ^'om Colorado" have been 



telling backdrop for the dramatics; I 
Lamar Trotti put together an ace 
screenplay from a story by W. R; 
Burnett, gave it dialog that rings 
true, and then proceeded with 
showmanly production guidance to 
make "Sky" a winner 

The direction by William vA. 
Wellman is vigorous, potently em- 
phasizing every element of sus- 
pense and action, and displaying 
the cast to the utmost advantage 
There's never a faltering scene as 



dissipated to -some extent by the 
introduction of psvchiatnc motives 
thete's enough coloi and excite- 
ment to insuie healthy returns for 
this post-Civil War western Names 
of Glenn Fold and William Holden 
Will aid Ihe boxoffice However, 
exhibitors will have to exploit the 
gunplay and spectacle items in 
Older to entice better than usual 
boxolflce. 
It's been generally .pre.sumed 



yarns are not retained with enough 
force to mean much Edward L 
Cahn's direction also 
partly to blame, being unoriginal 
and routine tor the most part.; : 

Tom -Conway is the private; eye, 
who, per usual, helps the police 
uniavcl the mystery and put the 
finger on the guilty person He 
IS not altogether convincing but 
that posi-ibly is partly because of 
the stoiy and awkward story de- 
velopment Richard Cromwell 



Red DorSett; . . 
I Christine ;McFee 

■ RevtMcFee;...!;:' 
: Kirk Shatad . . ;:-; . 
; Red DOrsetl: 
-Kodiak. . . . , 

1 Patsy; ... . . . 

: Swede . . . . . , 

I Sally :. ; ,;.,. 
i Fu/zy:;... . . . .:, 

L. Lockerliy . . , 
- Prisbncir . . .:. . 
J Whaler...,, 
1 Whaler;. .. . 

appear.s Whaler.; ... 



John Brdmfielil 
...;.:; ..Alycc. Lpuis 
James: - Cardwell 
Patricia Gamson 
.. ; : .. ,..: . Jack:Georg« 

; ; . . i , , . Edgar Hmton 

Sr Fiank Hapney 

Hollis Biine 

Ruth Cistle 

i k. .........-.: . .Grant Me.ill! 

;.,.;.;,,:'..-... SaUy Davli 
«■. ■ . i , .-:.-! ; .iamcs IM.-irtln 
. .:. . ..... , WlUard Jillson 

Gary Cmett 
, . . I.ce Elson 

Alc\ ShJrp 
1 . .-. . .. Lee Roberts 



Lensod entirely in Alaska "Har- 
poon" mixes .'Some . intiJtresting: lo- 
cation shots with a plausible plot. 
Though film will fare well enoush 
in lower case situations, it lacks 
construction continuity and offers 
itself more as a series of sketches 
than a continuous story Loose 
editing and unwieldly production 



sequence after sequence IS unfold- ' '■'^'''^ high-atuon films were im 
ed at a swift pace Plot outline i to psychiatiic encroachment 
traces a group of outlaws who rob " s a held that has a prc-sold audi- 
a bank, flee across a desert and.'^nce which likes its ridmg and 
seek refuge in a ghost mining I ^Hooting in an unadulterated man- 
town. There they find a girl and I T.'^e Ma" from Colorado" 
her grandfather, leain tho\ have ^^"'1 8^1 that patronage, but 

gold and seek to steal it Plot has , there's little likehhood ot getting 
a happy, believable ending, with 
three of the outlaws reforming and 
the others dead because of their 
greed 



additional cuStoiViers that Jiiiglit be 
enticed by; the > iritellectiialinig ; (if 
the'.film, ■., ':'y ;;,:■,''■-.•-■,•../;;' ..v .'/i: ■.-,;;;.; 
. Story has:' Glenn Ford : as a Civil 
'There's many an earthy touch in i War colonel who during the war 



the script and an understanding of 
the hungers of men; some for gold; 
some for wqmen, and some for 
lov« and understanding. It is 
these touches and the manner in 
which they are approached 
through scripting, direction and 



years has developed a triggcr- 
fingcr and kills foi the love of it 
With -his •mustering out of the 
Union Army, Ford is appointed a 
Federal judge in Colorado, where 
he hopes to settle down to nor- 
malcy. Instead he uses the law in 



-back from a -war stint in the Coast are responsible 
Guard, is miscast as a crook being Stoiy gatheis its stiength fiom 
wasted on this lesser role Alaijorie I the hatred of Edgar Hinton for 
Hosheiie is the only comely girl Frank llagney Hagnev had sliang 
with much to do in the production, haied Hinton and beaten him biu 
and she's bumped oif early , tally for a number of years belore 

Margaret Hamilton, as an old- Hinton finally escaped Never for- 
maidish detective story writer, ' getting his hatred, Hmton man leo 
supplies some comedy moments , and brought up a son for (lie sole 
but' the part . hardly deserves as 
much footage as allotted to it 



purpose Of : reaping retribution 
_ upon ; Hagney. Both Hinton and 

Support IS mild, with James Flavin Hagney die but each of their sons 
very bombastic and uniealislic as carry on the giievances of the past 

I John Bromfield and James Card- 
work;; well as the sons inject In the pic 



a police lieutenant 
Jackson Rose's camera 



and Lou Sackin's editing aie about , what spark Is achieved Pair pour 



on par with the mild standard of 
the whole production Wear. 



METRO'S REaULAE STi/jc 
Regular quarterly dividend of 
37V6c per share on common stock 
has been declared by Metro's 
board 

Divvy will be made Dec 31 to 
st6ckholders of record Dec. 10. 



their hatred upon each ot-ier lor a 
full 65-minute through a seiies ol 
fights, words and foul play Brom- 
field enlists the forces of righteous- 
ness against Cardwell's envoys ol'|^ 
evil anrf emerges the victor, ilaini' 
ing all tne gold and Alvce Louis 

Ewing Scott's direction is tautj 
making the most of top sequences.j 
and Frederick Gately's lensing of 
(Continued on page 14) ! 



FicrruRES 



NEW OPnONS-OEY ON STORIES 



M-G Has Own Cmcfliatioii Plan, So 
Wont Join Smith (M);TOAs Ideas 



Twentieth-Fox sales chief Andy-f 
W. smith, Jr., may have to carry " 
his exliibltor conciliation plan 
alone for a- while, despite his hope 
thai all major distributors elect to 
tie in on it. Other>distrlbs, with 
the ex<icption of Metro, have adopt- 
, ed a "wait and see" attitude, desir- 
ing to size up both the need for 
such a plan and its success in 
the field. As for Metro, according 
to sales veepee William F; Bodgers, 
his company has for years main- 
tained its own conciliation gei-vice 
and has no need for joinini; Smiths 
-. Smith's plan, which he, devised 
: to conjunction with' North Central 
i Ailied chief Bennie Berger, has al- 
ready been adopted by, seven exhib 
groups, in addition to NCA, and- is 
now being mulled by two other in- 
die organizations. Basic idea of 
the plan, which would have all ex- 
hib grievances with any distrib 
settled at a local level, is to keep 
' such gricivances out of the courts 
and out of public print. There is 
a pressing need now for some such 
method of conciliation, according 
to Smith, and out of it can come, 
unity for the entire industry. 

Smith, who has traveled to vari- 
ous exchange centers during the 
last several months -to- outline the 
plan personally to exhib groups, 
Would like to see a conciliation 
board set up in each exchange area. 
"We want exhibitors to be able to 
take : not only their grievances 
against 20th to the board, but any 
grievances they might have against 
any company," he said. He de- 
clared, furthermore the boards can 
(CoQli^U^d on page 18^ 



MandePs Billing Looks 
Like Sweet Idea for RKO 

Private name-calling contest car-' 
ried on by RK!0 theatre biggies 
among themselves to find a label 
foi- a new corporate subsid handling 
candy sales in some of EKO's Coast 
theatres has ended with Harry 
Mandel, publicity head, as win- 
ner. Handel came up with the win- 
ning tag: Hollywood Sweet 'N' 
Treats, Inc. RKO lias now incor- 
porated the subsid With a $50 jOOO 
cash capitalization. 

New name is liked so much that 
the project may snowball into 
something bigger. RKO toppers are 
now considering packaging candy 
under the Sweets 'N' Treats title 
'for sale: both at theatre counters 
and elsewhere.' 



2 Oldies No Cot On 
Chi's 2-Week Limit, 
Judge Igoe Opines 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
U. S. district court of appeals 
here .today (Tues.) upheld Judge 
Michael Igoe's ruling that the RKO 
palace and Grand are part of the 
same corporation as RKO Pictures, 
hence subject to all restrictions 
imposed by ths J'acfcson Park 
decree. 

Same two theatres last week 
figured in the controversy of just 
how old must a picture be to evade 
limitations of the JP decree. Ques- 
tion had arisen over the booking 
of "She" and "The Last Days of 
Pompeii" into a third week at; the 
RKO Grand. Theatre is house- 
limited to two-week showing of 
films by decree^ unles$ exempted 
by the court. 

RKO claims it made thii'd-week 
deal because oldies are so ancient 
that they would not fall under 
the edict, and therefore they 
would not fall under first-run 
Showings. Tom McConnell, JP at- 
: torney, says age of pix has nothing 
to do with it; law limits the run 
to 14 days. He pointed out RKO 
Grand has. run reissues before 
■^yit^lout exemption. 

Lake Aides Kosiner As 
Sales Rep on Small's Pix 

, Sam Lake resigned last week as 
sales rep of the Selznick Releasing 
Organization in the Nevy York ter- 
ritory to become assistant to Harry 
Kosiner, sales chief for Edward 
Small. Lake had been with SRO 
about six months; - He was with 
Paramount for 18 years prior to 
that. 

In his new post, which he took 
over on Monday (22), hp'll act as 
general aide to Kosiner in liaison 
y-ith Eagle Lion, Columbia, 20th- 
*ox and United Artists, all of 
vvhich are handling Small product. 
Aim is to unsaddle from Kosiner 
some of the detail to permit him to 
perform broader duties. 

In another move to broaden his 
sales organization. Small this 
week n,amed a new rep in the Brit- 
Jsh Isles. It is Anglo-Amalgamated 
*ilm Productions, Ltd., headed by 
Wat Cohn and Stuart Levy, Pro- 
ducer will continue to be repre- 
sented in Rome by Charles Moses. 



Schary Plans Bs; 
Also Unloading 
Story Inventory 

Metro, which has concentrated 
(timost entirely; on top-budgeted 
pictures for the last couple of 
years, plans to hit the sjnaller- 
budgeted brackets also next sea- 
son,, Metro production exec Dore 
Schary revealed in New York last 
week. Such films, Schary spid, are 
necessary for experimentation and 
for grooming young actors, pror 
ducers, and directors. While no ; 
plans are in the works to revive 
the "Dr. Kildare" and "Andy 
Hardy" series, Schary announced 
that Metro would turn out at least 
five or six modest-cost pix in ad- 
dition to the 22 top-bracketed 
films already announced: 

Speaking at a press Interview, 
the MrG studio exec also disclosed 
that Metro is now reexamining its 
tremendous backlog of story prop- 
erties "in the modern light," in ah 
effoi-t to make use of as many of 
them as possible. Some of the 
story inventory, wliich represents 
over $7,000,000 on the company's 
books, may, be: available for sale to 
other studios> *but Metrq has no 
plans to put them on the auction 
block for sale to the highest bidr 
(Contmued on page 20) 



Electric-Savings Socks 
Toronto Theatre Skeds 

Toronto, Nov. 23. 

Electric power conservation plan, 
put into: iorce last week by city fa- 
thers, with one-'hour cutoffs or more 
at 9 a.m.. 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., is creat- 
ing havoc among playing schedules 
of theatres in the area. Only houses 
not affected, as far as program 
interruptions are concerned, are 
the. bigger downtown first runs. 
These have their own auxiliary 
power generators. 

Nabes are not opening until 
after 8 p.m. However, tlie big chains 
are rushing In generators to their 
nabes and - expect ,: installations 
within two weeks but at a heavy 
overall cost. Power deficit, caused 
by water shortage plus lack of 
governmental foresight, will last 
until late spring. 

Matinee curtain at Royal Alex- 
andra (legit) is now going up at 1 
p;m. to get audience out before 
tlie 4 p.m; deadline, and radio sta- 
tions are also snafu, with sustalners 
being tossed out for playbacks of 
important commercial programs to 
make up for pi'cvious "Blackouts." 
Other sponsors are taking rebates 
on the "dead hours." Stations are 
also signing off at midnight instead 
of 12 a.m. 

In case nabes, which hitherto 
opened at 2 p.m., Dick, Main, pres- 
ident of Motion Picture Theatres 
Assn., points out that a 15% drop 
in patronage puts a nabe In the 
red and may necessitate many 
nabes shuttering until power 
shortage ends next spring, 



mm STEP IN 

E 





E 



Hollywood's current grab for 
straws in its quest for story mate- 
rial has resulted in a whole new 
technique of buying screen yarns. 
The development is a natural. It 
is a policy of only taking options — 
rather than making outright pur- 
chases-^f material out of which 
the lots hope to get a suitable 
screenplay. 

The development results from 
the dearth of filmable books, plays 
and short stories now: available, 
plus the present pressure for 
economy. Studios, in the past sev- 
eral months, have begun optioning 
yarns with the thinnest thread of 
an idea with the aim of having 
their own writers: develop them. 
If a story can't be licked, the op- 
tion's dropped and there's rela-' 
tively little coin lost. 

Prior to the present urge for 
moneyrsaving, every lot acquired a 
flock of stories every year that 
landed on the shelf because they 
couldn't be hammered into accepts 
able screenplays; Studios are now 
cluttered with years of accumula- 
tion, of such material. It's pretty 
much a thing of the past, however. 

Now, anything for which a par- 
ticular producer, writer or director 
has a yen is optioned until it is 
certain it is usable. This technique 
was not used widely in the past 
because (1) pressure was not, so 
great for economy- in story buying, 
and (2) competition among studios 
fop material made authors and 
agents loathe to give options. They 
saw no use in granting extended 
options when they could make out- 
right sales^which they can't do to- 
day. 

A most important factor in the 
whole development, however, is 
that studios are being forced to 
try to get stories out of material 
with which , they wouldn't have 
even bothered a few years ago. 
Then there always seemed to be a 
(Continued on page 18) 

Liberals Win SWG 
Election; Name Seaton 
Prez,HartnianlstY.P. 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
George Seaton is president of 
the Screen Writers Guild for the 
next year. Other officers elected 
at the annual meeting were Don 
Hartman, first veepee; Oliver H. P. 
Garrett; second veepee; Wells Root, 
third veepee; Karl Tunberg, secre- 
tary, and Valentine Davies, treas- 
urer; 

Writers also voted to double 
their donation to the Motion Pic- 
ture Relief Fund from V^%. \ 

Election of officers and members 
of the executive board of the 
Screen Writers Guild last week 
constituted a major victory for the 
liberal forces in the organization; 
as against the extreme right and 
left factions. That was a change 
from last year, when the right- 
wing All Guild Committee joined 
the moderates in -defeating the left- 
wing group. 

Since last year's election, the 
moderates, who call themselves the 
Independents, have split with the 
riglrt-wing, first in supporting the 
Thurman Arnold lawsuit against 
the studios and tlien. in :pulling out 
of the All-Guild Committee. Both 
the right and left-wing factions op^ 
posed the Arnold suit bitterly, 
though for contrasting reasons. 

In this year's election, the In- 
dependents put, up their own: slate 
of candidates for: officers and 
board: The dwindling left-wing 
also put up a ticket, and the All- 
Guild Committee entered candi- 
dates for the board but didn't op- 
pose the Indie nominations for 
officers. The general division of 
votes . was approximately 350 for 
the Indies, 175 for the left-wing 
and 100 for the right wing. 

The Indies elected all their of-;, 
ficer candidates and secured 14 of 
the 15 seats on the board. One: of 
the Indie nominees, Milton Krims, 
had to withdraw on doctor's orders. 
Arthur Kober, -who received many 
Indie votes, won the 15th seat< . 



Interior lideriors' Help Stdios 
, Cut Costs by Eliminatii^ Locationing 



Now Dr. Gallup Goes In 
For Videocasting Pix 

Reassurances that, television: will 
not be th^ bugaboo for 'film thea- 
tres that many picture execs fear 
was given industryites last week: by 
Dr. George Gallup. After apologiz- 
ing for making any predictions at 
all following the Presidential elec- 
tion debacle for the pollsters, Gal- 
lup said he was led to his optimism 
regarding: video's effect on films by 
a double feature survey made sev- 
eral years ago. 

At' that time, the Audience Re- 
search: Institute topper declared, it 
was discovered that many people 
preferred duals merely because 
they kept , them: out of their homes 
longer. This great urge to get away 
from the houie,- Gallup, asserted, 
would mean that nti matter how, at- 
tractive T V ' programs were, a large 
segment of the public would still 
want to go to theatres, . v 

F-WCMing^ k 
Relinquishing Two 
InLA.,Sf.toM-G 

Charles P: Skouras, head of Na- 
tional Theatres, is reportedly balk- 
ing at a Metro request that NT's 
subsid, FoxrWest Coast circuit, 
surrender Its operation of Loew's 
State, Los: Angeles, and Warfield, 
San Francisco, so that M-'G can 
embark on a showcase policy on 
the Coast. Skouras, it's said/ has 
refused to give up the two houses 
which , F-WCi runs on month-to- 
month lease from Metro. If peace 
maneuvers fail, the tiff may find 
itself in the courts in the form of: 
a dispossess action.. 

The M-G communique to F-WC 
officials was ^recently dispatched 
after the former planked for an 
immediate dissolution of the lease 
tieup which is in the shadow of 
the: Government anti-trust action. 
Metro, as owner of the two. houses, 
originally gave, the Coast circuit a 
longterm ; lease which -expired two. 
years ago and was not renewed. 

Just what argument is being 
raised by Skouras, et al., for main- 
tained FtWC operation has not 
been disclosed. However, the cir- 
cuit fought Pai'apiount last year 
when it was asked to suri-ender the 
Paramount, State and other thea- 
tres in L. A. 4nd elsewhere which 
Par had leased to F-WC. In that 
instance, Skouras opposed the 
move in a long letter to Par's thea- 
tre toppers. Only a consultation 
on the presidential level avoided 
a court fracas then. 



SIMPP Toppers Ordered 
To Appear In UDT Suit 

Detroit, Nov. 23. 

Walt Disney, Samuel Goldwyn, 
David O, Selznick, Benedict 
Bogeaus, Walter Wanger, Hunt 
Stromherg, Edward Small, William 
and James Cagney must all come 
personally to Detroit and be 
quizzed under a decision of Federal 
Judge Arthur A. Koscinski. Court 
granted an application for exami- 
nations before trial made by 
United Detroit Theatres, Para- 
mount' .affiliate, and Cooperative 
Theatres of Michigan in the $8,- 
750,000 treble - damage monopoly 
suit brought by the in^ie film- 
makers and the Society of Inde- 
pendent Motion Picture Producers. 

Indie producers may show up at 
any time which suits their own 
convenience. Their case, however, 
cannot proceed any further until 
all of them have subjected them- 
selves to exams In this city. 

Suit, filed some months back, 
charges UDT and Cooperative with 
a conspiracy to bottle up the local 
booking situation and deflate rent- 
als to indies through alleged coer- 
cion. 



> By WHITNEY WILLrAMS 

Toronto, Nov. 23. 
Studios, in new wave of econ- 
omy, are cutting location jaunt ex- 
penditures whenever possible by 
erecting exterior sets on studio 
stages. In this way, off-the-lot ex- 
penses are eliminated, directors 
have no weather problems and 
budgets generally are reduced. ' 

Best case, in point is Paramolint ' 
in filming of "Whispering Smith," 
which paved way for others to fol- 
low. For this Alan Ladd westeni, 
company shot entire film at studio, 
and this included horse and chase 
scenes as well as other outdoor 
action. It was Estimated that a 
couple of hundred thousand dol^ 
lars, at least, was saved by this 
practice, with possibility final cost 
might have exceeded this figure in 
actual savings. 

Twentieth-Fox, while presently 
concentrating on foreign locations, 
also is demonstrating value of stu- 
dio "exteriors" by going in heavily 
for this type of activity. For 
"Chicken Every Sunday," techni- 
:'Cians saved studio cost Of taking 
troupe to Arizona by putting up 
a desert home, surrounded by sand, 
cactus and other physical features 
of the west, on qne of studio stages. 
For "Roadhouse,": cabin in the for- 
est was constructed under a cover- 
ed set next to one of stages; for: 
sequence showing a chase through 
the woods. 

Company also filmed much of 
"Down to the Sea in Ships" at 
studio. These sequences included 
a sailing vessel cracking up against 
an iceberg in Arctic waters. For 
this, in studio tank under a huge 
covering, hulk of a ship was con- 
structed, as were several .-Icebergs 
made of frame work, canvas, and 
snow, later manufactured in stu- 
dio's ice plant. On screen, effect 
will be as realistic as the actual 
thing. 

• London Gomes to , H'wood 
Much of "The Fan" also was 
lensed by 20th-Fox on one of the , 
stages. -This included technicians 
(Continued on page 14) . 



'Bonanza' for Arizona 
After Voters Discard 
Old Compensation Law 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Film troupes are resuming looa* 
tion shooting in Arizona after shy- 
ing away from that state for a year 
because of: the limited workmen's : 
compensation law, which was re- 
pealed in the recent election, Un- 
der the old law, Arizona set a limit 
OU' the amount for which the state 
would be liable in the event any 
player was injured while on loca- 
tion within its boundaries. In case 
high-salaried actors were hurt, the 
film companies would have been' 
liable for plenty of damages. 

First to invade Arizona since the 
repeal is Columbia's "Bonanza'' 
troupe. Gene Autry wriU make a 
picture : there' when : he completes 
his current:pr,oduction,:"Rim, o£ the 
Cany6h„^' and-, Republic and 20th' 
Fox are scouting location spots 
there. 



Baltimore Theatre 

In 600G Trust Suit 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

Windsor Tlieatre Co., of Balt- 
imore, asked $600,000 in treble 
damages last week in a suit filed 
in U. S. district court against the^ 
Walbrook Amus. Co., Hilton 
Theatre Co., and Thomas D, Gold- 
berg, president of both. Goldberg 
operates the Hilton and Walbrook 
theatres of Baltimore:. 

Suit, filed by Harold L. Schila 
and John F. Clagett, claims the 
defendant ' companies ope rat e d 
their theatres for eight years in a 
manner to hurt the business of the 
Windsor theatre, a competing in.^ 
die, and - that the : , defendants had ' 
the cooperation of various major 
distrlbutoi's. Case is an outgrowth 
of an injunction and damage ac- 
tion filed in this district court here 
early this year against six dis* 
tributorf. 



P1CT1TRB CROSSES 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



Husketeers' Mighty $72,000, LA Ace; 
'Regiment' Marches to Fast $46,0i, 
'House' Holds Road in 2d, Trim 37G 



hos Angeles, Nov. 23. 
"Three Musketeers" is swagger- 
ing to a smash $72,000 in three the- 
atres and getting top play as first- 
runs currently and registering 
slightly better returns than last 
week. Only other newcomer, 
"Rogue's Regiment," is marching 
»long to a solid $46,000 in Ave 
houses. 

'SRoad House" IS pacing the nold- 
©vers with an okay $37,000 on sec- 
• ond session in five spots. "June- 
Bride" was pulled after four days 
to land $21,500 in three locations 
in third frame. "Song Is Born" 
looks to hit $19,000 in six days in 
third round, two houses. "Belle 
Starr" shapes mild session in 6-day 
: second stanza, four spots. ; 
estimates for This Week 

Belmont (FWC) (1,532; 60-$l)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Appointment with Murder" (FC) 
<2d wk-6 days). Fair $1,500. Last 
week, oke $3,500. 

Beverly Hills Music Hall (G&S- 
Prin-Cor) (834; 85-$l) — "Red 
River" (UA) (6th wk). Oke $3,500 
or over. ;Last week, neat $4*800. 

Carthay Circle (FWC) (1,518; 60- 
$1) — "Road House" (20th) and 
''Money Madness" (FC) (2d wk-8 
€l£.:s). Okay $4,000. Last week, 
good $7,600. 

Chinese (Grauman-WC) (2,048; 
60-$l)— "Road House" (20th) and 
"Money Madness" (FC) (2d wk-8 
days). Good $7,500 or near. Last 
week, good $13,700. 

Culver (FWO (1,145; 60-$l)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Appointmient Murder" (FC) (2d 
wk-6 days). About $2,000. Last 
week, oke $4,200. 

Downtown (WB) (1,757; 60-$l)— 
"June Bride'* (WB) (3d wk). Slow 
$7,000 in 4 days. Last week, $10,- 
100. 

Downtown Music Hall (Frin-Cor) 
(902; 85-$l) — "Red River" (UA) 
(6th wk). Good $10,000. Last week. 
Sturdy $11,900. 

Egyptian (FWC) (1,538; 60-$!)— 
"Three Musketeers" (M-G). Sock 
$18,000. Last week, "No Minor 
Vic.-s" (M-G) (10 days), $7,400. 

El Key (FWC) (861; 60-$!)— 
: "Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
-"Appointment with Murder" (FC) 
(2d wk-6 days)t Mild $1,500. Last 
week, fair $3,200. 

Esquire (Rosener) (685; 85-$1.20) 
—"Mine Own Executioner" (Indie) 
(2d wk). About $1,800. Last week, 
$2,000. 

Four Star (UA-WC) (900; $1.20- 
$2.40) — "Hamlet" ^U) (4th wk). 
Fine $15,500. Last week, big $17,- , , , 
OOO and ahead of first two frames, i 

Guild (FWC) (968; 60-$l)— is 
"Rogue's Regiment" (U) and 
"Bungalow 13" (20th). Swell $6,- 
BOO or near. Last week, "Countess 
Monte Cristo" (U) and "Inner 
Sanctum Mystery ' (FC) $2,000. 
■ Hawaii (G&S-Prin-Cor) (1,106; 
«5-$l)— "Red River" (UA) (6th wk). 
Nice $4,000. Last week, $5,000. 

Hollywood iWBl l2,756; 60-$l)— 
"June Bride" (WB) (3d wk). Nice 
$7.1500 in 4 days. Last week, good 
$11,500. 

Hollywood Music Hall (Prin- 
Cor) (512: 85)— "Red River" (UA) 
(6th wk). About $2,500. Last 
week. $2,900. 

Iris (FWC) (828; 60-85— "Rogue's 
Regiment" (U) and "Bungalow 13" 
• (20th). Very good $6,000. Last 
week, "Countess Monte Cristo 
(U) and "Inner Sanctum Mystery" 
(FC), $3,000. ' 

Laurel (Rosener) (890; 85)— 
"Room Upstairs'' (Indie) (2d wk). 
Good $2,000. Last weeki $2,900. . 

Loew's State (Loew.s-WC) (2,404; 
«0-$l)— "Road House" (20th) and 
"Money Madness" (FC) (2d wk-8 
days). Good $16,000. Last week, 
liocko $30,300. 

Los Anceles (D'town-WC) (2,097; 
60-$l)— "Three Musketeers" (M-G): 
Smash $35,000 Last week, "No 
Minor Vices" (M-G) (10 days), 
$11,200' 

Loyola (FWC) (1,248; 60-$l)— 
VRbad House" (20th) and "Money 
Madness" (FC) (2d wk-8 days). 
Okay $5,500 or close. Last week, 
good $8,900. 

Million Dollar (D'towh) (2,093: 
eO-85) — "Out of Storm" (Hep) and 
"Smuggler's Cove" (Mono) (2d 

■ runs), with Joe Lutcher orch, 
Others, on stage. Average $9,000. 
Last week, "Loves Carmen" (Col) 
and "S. O. S. Submarine" (SG) (2d 
runs), with Mabel Scott, Horace 

. Henderson orch, others, on stage, 
oke $13,200. 

Orphcum (D'town-WC) (2,210; 
eo-$l)— "Belle Start's Daughter" 
(20th) and "Appointment with 
Murder" (FC) (2d wk-6 days). So 
so $7,000. Last week, lively 
$16,700. 

Pantages (Paij) (2,812; 60-$l)-^ 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) and "Body* 



guard" (RKO) (3d wk). Down to 
$9,500 in 6 days. Last week, okay 
$14,900. 

Paramount (F&M) (3.398; 60-$l) 
—"Velvet Touch" (RKO) and 
"Homicide for Three" (Rep) (2d 
wk). Weak $9,500. Last week, 
thin $13,000. 

Paramount Hollywood (F&M) 
(1,451; 60-$l) — "Velvet Touch" 
(RKO) (2d wk) and 'Homicide for 
Three" (Rpp). Mild $8,000, Last 
week, $9,700. 

RKO Hillstreet (RKO) (2,890; 
60-80)— "Song Is Born" (RKO) and 
"Bodyguard" (RKO) (3d wk). Oke 
$9,500 in 6 days. Last w,eek, good; 
$16,200. 

Ritz (FWC) (1,370; 60-$l)— 
'^Rogue's Regiment" (U) and "Bun- 



Kaye Tilts 'Bodyguard' 
To Hefty $18,000, Baho 

Baltimore, Nov. 23. 
Uneventful trade in most spots 
this week with "Baby Smiles at 
iMe" at New and "Miss Tatiock's 
(Millions" at Keith's doing nicely. 
Sammy Kaye band is boosting 
"Bodyguard" to fine week at Hipp. 
I Estimates for This Week 
1 Century (Loew's-UA) (3,000; 20- 
60)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d 
jwk). Okay $11,000 after swell 
I starter at $16,400. 

Hippodrome (Rappaport) (2,240! 
20-70)— ''Bodyguard" (RKO) plus 
Sammy Kaye orch. Leaning heavily 
on stage layout for fine $18,000. 
Last week, "Northwest Stampede" 
(EL) and vaude, mild $13,600. 

Keith's (Schanberger) (2,460; 20- 
60)— "Tatiock's Millions" (Par). 
Sturdy $12,000. Last week, "Isn't 
It Romantic" (Par), thin $6,800. 

Mayfair (Hicks) (980; 20-65)— 
"The Plunderers" (Rep). ^- Modest 
$3,000. Last week, "Jungle Patrol" 
(20th), $3,400. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-60)-- 
"When Baby Smiles" (20th). Solid 



'Red Shoes' Wows Hub fith $12,000; 
'Bahy Happy 24G, 'Jufia' VR, U 



Key City Grosses 



Estimated Total Groilrt 
This Week $?,677,000 

(Based on 23 cities, 21^ 
theatres, chiefly Jirst runs, in- 
cluding N.Y.). 
Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year $2,877,000 

(Based on 21 cities, 211 
theatres). 



galow 13" (20th). Great $9,500 or j $i4_ooo. Last week, "Road House 
near. Last week; "Countess Monte j (20th) (2d wk), $6,600 



Cristo" (U) and "Inner Sanctum 
Mystei-y" (FC), dull $4,800. 

Studio City (FWC) (880; 60-$!)— 
"Rogue's Regiment" (U) : and 
"Bungalow 13" (20th). Fine $6,000 
or over. Last week, "Counte.ss 
Monte Cristo" (U) and^ "Inner 
Sanctum Mystery" (FC), $3,600. 

VnUed Artists (UA) (2.100; 60- 
$l)_"Rogue's Regiment" (U) and 
"Bungalow 13" (20th). Sock $19,000. 
Last week, "Countess Monte 
Cristo" (U) and "Inner Sanctum 
Mystery" (FC), $7,700. 

Uptown (FWC) (1,719; 60-$l)— 
"Road House" (20th) and "Money 
Madness" (FC) (2d wk-8 days). 
Oke $4,500. Last week, nifty 
$9 700 

■ Voeue (FWC) (885; 60-85)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Appointment Murder" (FC) (2d 
wk-6 days). Mild $2,500 or less. 
Last week, nice $4,700. 

Wilshire (FWC) (2,296; 60-$l)— 
"Three Musketeers" (M-G). Robust 
$19,000. Last week, "No , Minor 
Vices" (M-G) (10 days), minor 
$6,900. 

Wiltem (WB) (2,300; 60-$l)-^ 
"June Bride" (WB) (ad wk). Sobd 
$7,500 in 4- dayis. Last week, 
$11,000. 

'Hamlet' Capcity 
$15,500, Toronto 

Toronto, iJov. 23. 
Top grosser this week is "Apart- 
ment for Peggy," smash at Impe- 
rial. "Hamlet," at new ; Hyland, 
in first week. On 
mild side is ''No Minor Vices" at 
Uptown. 

Estimates for This Week . 
Hyland (Odeon) (1,354; $1-$1.50> 
— "Hamlet" (U>. Latest Arthur 
Rank unit in Canada opened Mon^ I 
day (22), with eight-weeks advance ! 
sale indicating capacity $15,500 in 
first week. 

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 36-66)— 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th). Ter-, 
rific $19,500. Last week, "Rope'5/ 
(WB) (2d wk), big $11,200. 

Loew's (Loew) (2,096; 36-66)-r 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (4th wk); 
Still holding up at nifty $8,000 or 
near after last week's $9,300. 

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 35-$l 20)— 
"Best- Years" (RKO) (5th wk). Big 
$17:500 after last week's $18,200. 

Shea (FP) (2.386; 36-66)— "June 
Bride" (WB) (3d wk). Good $9,000 
after last week's $11,200. 

Tivoli (FP) (1.431; 36-66)— "Road 
House" (20th) <2d wk). Fair $3,500 
after last week's okay $4,000. 

Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 30-66)-- 
"No Minor Vices" (M-G) and "Se- 
cret Land" (M-G). Okay $11,000 or 
near. Last week, . ■'Hills of Home" 
(M-G) (2d wk), sturdy $10,200. 



Stanley (WB) (3,280: 25-75)— 
"June Bride" (WB) (JW wk). Hold- 
ing well at $12,000 after hangup 
$17,700 opener; 

Town (Rappaport) (1,500; 35-65) 
—"Station West" (RKO). Fine 
$12,000. Last week, "Song Is 
Born" (RKO) (2d wk), good $7,200. 



D.C. Diyes on Weather, 
'Mary' Very M $6,000, 
Wck's' Hefty $18,000 

Washingtpn, Novi 23. 
- Biz is way off in current session, 
with balmy weather driving the 
populace outdoors: "Miss Tatiock's 
Millions" is surprisingly sturdy at 
the Warner, despite mixed notices. 
"For the Love of Mary," at RKO 
Keith's,, is proving biggest flop in 
town, despite change of title for 
local run to "Washington Girl.!' 
Both roadshows,"Hamlet'! at Little 
and Playhouse, and "Red Shoes" 
at . National, are - steady and con- 
tinue. 

Estimates for This Week : 
Capitol (Loew's) (1,263; 44-74)— 
"No Minor Vices" (M-G) plus 
Vaude. Sluggish $18,000. Last 
week, "Road House" (20th) plus 
vaude, fine $26,000. 

Columbia (Loew's) (1,263; 44-74) 
"Red River" (UA) (2d run). Above 
average $8,000. Last week, "Julia 
Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d run), okay 
$6,500. 

Keith's (RKO) (1,939; 44-74) — ' 
"For Love of Mary" (U). Renamed 
"Washingtori GirF' for local tub 
thumping but still a dud at $6,000. 
lowest in years- at this' spot. La.st 
week, "Station West" (RKO), below, 
hopes but plenty good enough 
$12,000. 

Little (Miller-Lopert) (287; $1.20- 
$2.40)— "Hamlet" .(U) (5th wk). 
."lipping a little, but still nice at 
$4,500. Last week, $5,000. 

Metropolitan (WB) (1,163; 44^74) 
—"Loves of Carmen" (Col) (2d 
run). Good $7,500. Last: week, 
"Hollow Triumph" (ED and 
''Olympic Games" (EL), $6,500. 

National (Heiman) (1,590; 85- 
$2:40)— "Red Shoes" (EL) (6th wk). ] 
Steady $10,000 for second succes- 
sive week. Deadline extended from 
Nov. 29 to Dec; 5, and maybe longr 
er. Second extension for this in 
four-wall deal. 

Palace (Loew's) (2,370; 44-74)— 
"Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) (2d 
wk). Very dim $8,000, and almost 
a record low for a holdover. Last 
week, mild $16,000. 

Playhouse (Lopert) (432; $1.20t 
$2.40)— "Hamlet" (U) (5th wk). 
Matinees slipping, but holding at 
sturdy $8,500. Indefinite stay. Last 
week, $9,500. 

Warner (WB) (2,154; 44-74) — 
"Tatiock's Millions" (Par). Town's 
champ, with hefty $18,000. Last 
week, "June Bride" (WB), below 
expectations, but fine $19;000: -' : 



'House' Stur^ 
$25,000, Frisco 

San Francisco, Nov. 23. 
Football competition and perfect 
weekend weather : are proving no 
help to theatre biz: here this stanza. 
In addition, the city is overloaded 
with holdovers. "Road House" is 
in for a fine session at the Fox but 
not smash. "Kiss Blood Off Hands" 
is doing good trade :on~ Orpheum 
holdover while "Blood on Moon" 
continues ■ nicely In second round 
at Golden Gate. Elsewhere trade 
is mainly disappointing, , ; 
Estimates for This Week 
Golden Gate (RKO) (2,844: 60-95) 
—"Blood on Moon" (RKO) and 
"Palooka In Winner Take All" 
(Mono) (2d wk). Fme $16,000. Last 
week, big $26,000. Biz helped by 
Dr, I. Q. airing of radio show on 
Monday nights. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651; 60-95)— "Road 
House" (20th) and "The Creeper" 
(20th). Fine $25,000. Last week, 
"Baby Smiles At Me", (20th) and 
"Jungle Patrol" (20th) (2d wk), 8 
days, fair $12,500. ' 

Warfield (FWC) (2,656; 60^5)-^ 
"June Bride" (WB) and "Homicide 
For Three" (Rep) (2d wk). Okay 
$13,000. Last week, fast $23,500. 

Paramount (Par) (2,646; 60-85)^ 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (3d wk). 
Still fine $14,000. Last Week, solid 
$18,500.- 

St. Francis (Par) (1,400; 60-85)— 
"Let's Live Little" (EL) (2d wk). 
Disappointing $7,500. Last week, 
$9,000. 

Orpheum (No. Coast) (2,448: 55i 
"Kiss Blood Off Hand" (U) ancl 



85)- 



' Boston, Nov. 23. 

Last Week's solid biz around 
towA means a flock of holdovers at 
most houses this week. "When My 
Baby, Smiles at Me" at Memorial ' 
is. solid. "Red Shoes" looks sock 
on roadshow at Majestic, "Hamlet" 
still is okay, on m.o. at Beacon Hill, : 
Estimates for. This Week 

Astor (Jaycox) (1,300; 40-80)— 
"Song is Born" (RKO) and "In 
This Corner" (EL) (2d wk). Nice 
$18,000 after solid .$21,500 first 

Beacon Hill (William-s) (800; 
$2.40)— "Hamlet" (U) (m.o) (2d 
week). Doing an okay $7,000 at this 
moverover house, newly renovated, 
after about $7,500 opener. It's :i4th 
downtowji week on pic; Big letters- 
to-editors controversy on film 
hypoing biz. 

Boston (RKO) (3,200; 40-80)-. 
"Jjast Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) (2d wk). 
Fine $17,500 after surprising 
$23,000 first week. 

Fenway (MP) (1,373; 40-85)— 
Sealed Verdict" (Par) and "Mil- 
lion Dollar Weekend" (EL) (2d wk). 
Average $5,500 after $6,500 for 
first. 

Majestic (Shubei-t) (1,500; $2.40) , 
—"Red Shoes" (EL). Roadshow 
film opened very big with $3,200 
opening night turned over to local: 
Red Feather drive. Spcko $12,000 
looms on first week. Last week, not 
firstrun pix operation .> 

.Memorial (RKO) (3,200; 40-80)-. 
"When My Baby Smiles At Me"- 
(20th) and "Bungalow 13" (20th). 
Solid $24,000i and holds a second, 
Laist week, "Station West" (RKO) 
and "Appointment Murdef'.' (EL), 
okay $20,000. 

MetropoUtan (MP) (4.367); 40- 
80)— "Johnny Belinda" (WB) and 
'^Homicide for Three" (Indie) (4th 
wk). Neat $18;000. ' Last week, 
$23,000. 

Orpheum (Loew) (3,000; 40-80)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"Big City" (M-G). Solid $19,000 
second week after hefty $26,000 on 
first. . ■ : ■ . . - 

Paramount (MP) (1^00; 40-80)— 
"Sealed Verdict" (Par) and. "Mil- 
lion Dollar Wekend" (EL). (2d wk), 
Okay $12,500 after neat $15,000. 
for first. 

State (Loew) (3,500; 40-80)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) and 
"Big City" (M-G). Okay $13,000 
after stout $18,000 for first. 



"Racing Luck" (Col) (2d wk). Good 
$12,000 or close. Last week, strong 
$18,000. 

United Artists (No. Coast) (1,207; 
55-85)— "Red River" (UA) (6th wk). 
Strong $9,000: Last Week, $10,000; 

Stagedoor (Ackerman) 350; $1.20- 
$2.40) — "Hamlet" (V) (2d wk).: 
Stout $11,000. Last week, sock, 
$11,200. 

Esquire (No, Coast) (955; 55-85) 
—"Harpoon" (SG) and "SOS Sub- 
marine" (SG). Uefty $7,000. Last 
week,, "Gallant Blade" (Col) and 
'Rusty Leads the Way" (Col) (m.o.) 
5 days, $4,000, 

UnitM Nations (FWC) (1,149; 60- 
85)— "Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) 
(mo.) (2d wk).'Just $2,000 in 4 
days. Last week, oke $2,500. 
I State (Par) (2,133; 60-85)— "Run- 
away Daughter" (FC) and "Duke 
of West Point" (FC) (reissues). 
Good $7,000 or over. Last week, 
"Count Monte Cristo" (EL) and 
"Son Monte Cristo" (EL) (reissues), 
nice $8,000. 



L'viHe Limping Albeit 
'October' Fine $15,000 

Louisville; Nov. 23. 
Biz is on slow side this week. 
Product is okay, but results are 
not up to expectations in most 
situations. "Return of October" 
at Loew's State was- hypoed at 
tee-off by p, a. of Terry Moore, and 
locals like the racing theme. Nice 
week looms. "Tatiock's Millions" 
at Rialto is barely satisfactory! 
Estimates for This Week 
Brown (Fourth Avenue) (1.200; 
45-65)— "Song Is Born" (RKO) and 
"Bodyguard" (RKO) (m.o.). Mild 
$3,500. Last week, "Four Feath- 
ers" (FC) and "Drums" (FC) (re- 
issues), solid $6,000. 

Kentucky (Switow) O.200; 30-40) 
— "Forever Amber" (20th) and 
(Continued on page 16) 



Rep's 15-Pic Backlog 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Republic is in its strongest posi-* 
tion; product-wise, - in its 13-year 
history as it winds up two pix to- 
night (23). 

This gives it record backlog to 
IS pix, more than half in topbudget 
classification. 



'Fuller' Smash $16,000, 
Mont'l; 'Stampede' 13G 

Montreal, Nov. 23. 
Several strong newcomers are 
tilting biz here this week. The 



Estimates Are Net 

Film gross estimates as re* 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are net, l.e , 
without the 20% tax; Distribu* 
tors share on net take, when 
playing percentage, hence the : 
estimated figures are net in- 
come. 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however, as Indicated, 
include the U.. S. amusement 
tax,. 



'Squadron' Leads 
Phaiy at $26 J) 

;^: : : ^ ; v Philadelphia, Nov. 23: 
• JJarkittg time, : until arrival : of ■ 
Thanksgiving holiday rush of newV 
films; business is listless herei', 
Trade was largely confined to the , 
weekend and: long list of h6ld6,Veri 
is shpwiiig tip great df awing pow^^^ 
Only neWtiomer of nierit looks to ,i 
be "Fighter Squadron,"' just :jf rim 
at Mastbaum. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aldihe (WB) (1,303; 50-99)— "In- 
nocent Affair" (UA) (2d -wk). Mild. ' 
$9,000 aite^ okay $13,000 opener. 

Ai-cadia tS&S) (7(10; ' 5b*94)r:*-;: 
"Velvet Touch" (RK(i): :Mir $4,-; 
500. Last week, "Red River" (UA), 
we ,$5,700:^01: sedohd session; 

Boyd (WB) (2,3605 50-99)--"June 
Bride" (WB) (2d wk). Slipped to 
$17,000 after great $28,o6o start. 

Earle (WB) (2,700; .50-99)--"Kiss 
Blood Off Hands" (U) (3d wk). • 
Solid $15,000, Last week, $24,600, . 
Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99 )r-"HOad ; 

. House", (20th) (3d wk). Hefty $16,-? 

Princess, sparking "Fuller Brush 000 in 5 days. Last week, boflf $27,- 
Man" with mot-ning giveaways of 
Fuller brushes and hand lotion, is 
standout with smash session. 
"Northwest Stampede" looks nice 
at Capitol, 

Estimates for This Week 
Loew's (C. T.) (2,855; 40-65)— 
"Paradine Case" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Still solid at $15,000 after sock $20.- 
500 in first, 

Capitol (C. T.) (2,412; 34-60)— 
"Northwest Stampede" (EL) Nice 
$13,000. La.st week, •"Velvet Touch" 
(RKO), $9,300. 

Palace (C. T.) (2,625; 34-60)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G). Big 
$19,000. Last week, "Apartment 
for Peggy" (20th) okay $12;700. 

Princess (C. T.) (2,131; 34-60)— 
"Fuller, Brush Man" (Col). Smash 
$16,000. Last week, "Rachel and 
Stranger" (RKO), steady $12,000. 

Imperial (C. T.) (1.839; 26-45)— 
"The Search" (M-G) (3d wk). Con- 
tinues sturdy $7,000 after $7,200 
for second. : 

Orpheum (C. T.) (1,040; 26-45)— 
"Jezebel" (WB)'and "Robin Hood". 
(WB) (rei,ssues) (2d wk). Still 
sturdy $5,000 after solid $6,800 
opener. 



000. 

Goldman (Goldnnan)' (1.200; 50' 
99)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-Gi i5th 
wk). Okay $11,000. Last week, 
solid $14,500. 

Karlton (Goldman) (1,000; 50-99) 
—"Secret Land" (M-G) and "San 
Francisco" (M-G) (reissue). Mild 
$7,500 after big $12,500 opener, 

Keith's (Goldman) (1,300; 50-99) 
—"Cry of City" (20th). Only $3,- 
500. Last week, "Forever Amber' ; 
(20th), great $7,000. 

Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 50-991— 
"Fighter Squadron" (WB). Town's 
leader at trim $26,500. Last week, 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (6th wk), 
sock $16,200. 

Pix (Cummins) (500; 50-94 1— 
"Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par), lair 
$5,500. Last week, "Walk Crooked 
Mile" (Col), $6,500. 

Stanley (WB) {2,950; 50-991 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) (2d wlO. 
Hefty $19,000. Last week, $28,5u0. 

Stanton (WB) (1,475; 50-99'-- 
"Sofia" (SG) and "Argyle Scci-ot 
(SG). Mild $10,000. La.st wffk, 
"Angels With Dirty Faces" (VVl}), 
and "Drive by .Night" (WB) (2d Vik*, 
fine $9,200. 



Wednesday^ Novei^ber 24, 1948 



Rain, Cold Fail to Dent Chi Mnch; 
Lancaster Tilts My Huge M, 
'Carmen'-Wheder-Rose Marie 55G 



Chicago, Nov. 23. 

In spite of heavy rains and dip- 
ping temperatures;- Chi film inde 
continues active -with vaude houses 
battling it out this weeic for top 
grosseft. Oriental is out ahead, p.a. 
of Burt Lancaster boosting "When 
My Baby Smiles at Me" to smash 
$65,000. A close second at the big- 
ger Chicago is "Loves of Carmen" 
plus Bert Wheeler and Rose Marie 
onstage. Should do fancy $55,000. 

"Snake Pit" at Garrick is head- 
ing for another terriiic week with 
$23,000 fdr second. Elsewhere biz 
Is light. "Saxon Charm" at Palate 
appears mild $18,000. "Night Has 
Thousand Eyes," ^t Roosevelt, looks 
okay $16,000. Reissue combo, "Last 
Days of Pompeii" and "She" in 
third Grand week, is solid $13,000. 
"Johnny Belinda," also a third 
weeker at State-lAke, looks trim 
$22,000. 

Advance for roadshowing of 
.' -Hamlet" at Apollo, starting Nov; 
24, is heavy. 

Estimates for This Week 

Apollo (B&K) (1,400; 50-98)— 
"Housekeeper's Daughter" (UA) 
and "Young and Willing" (UA) (re- 
issues). Weakish $5^000. Last week, 
"Adventures Gallant Bess" (EL) 
and "Enchanted VaUey" (EL), 
$6,000. 

Chicago (B&K) ($.900; SO-98)^ 
"Loves «f Carmen" (Col) with Bert 
Wheeler and Rose Marie topping 
stage show; Lofty $55,000. Last 
week, "Roadhouse" (20th) with Ink 
Spots and . Peter Lorre in' person 
(2d wk), sturdy $50,000. 

Garrick (B&K) (900; 50-98)— 
"Snake Pit" .(20th) (2d wk). An- 
other tremendous week at smash 
$23,000. Last week, great $25,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) (3d wk). 
Sharp $13,000 likely. Last week, 
big $16,000. , , 

Oriental (Essaness) (3,400; 50-98) 
— :'Baby Smiles at Me" (20th) with 
Burt Lancaster p.a. Sensational 
$65,000 looms. Last week, "Dear 
Secretary" (UA) and Pea Wee 
Hunt, Bobby Breen, Jon' and Son- 
dra Steele (2d wk), $36,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2,500; 80-98)— 
"Saxon Charm" (U). Mild $18,000. 
Last week, "Race Street" (RKO) 
.(2d wk), oke $13,000. 

Koosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 50-98)— 
"Night Has Thousand Eyes" (Par). 
Fairly okay $16,000. Last week, 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) (2d wk), $9,- 
600. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 50-98) 
—"Johnny Belinda" (WB) (4th wk). 
Holding exceptionally well with 
$22,000 probable after big $27,000 
on third. 

Surf (indie) (650; 85)— "Twany 
Pipit" (U) (2d wk). Mlldish $2,500. 
Last Week, $3,500. 

United Artists (B&K) (1.700; 50- 
98)— "Let's Live Little" (EL) (2d 
wk). Dropping off to light $10,000, 
Last week, $13,000. 

Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98)— 
•Song Is Born" (RKO) (5th wk). 
Good $14,000. Last week, nice 
$16,000. 

World (indie) (587; 80)— "Lost 
One" (Col) (2d wk). One of best 
grossers here this year. Socko $6,- 
500. Last week, wow $7,200. 

Near-Bliz Bops Mpls.; 
Titfair Slight $11,000, 
'Blood' Very Slow 9G 

Minneapolis, Nov. 23. 
..winter's fir.st frontal assault 
tftat brought a near-blizzard over 
the weekend trade is clipping the 
Doxofrite here. Exodus of fans to 
Minnesota-Wisconsin football game 
at Madison, Wis., was another ad- 
verse influence. "Pitfall" and "Kiss 
Blood Oir Hands" shape as top 
newcomers, both mild. 

Estimates for This Week 
, Century (Par) (1,600; 50-70)— 
Johnny Belinda" (WB) (m.o.) 
Solid $8,000. Last week, "Apart- 
ment for Peggy" (20th) (2d wk), 
neat $6,500. 

.Gopher (Par) (1,000; 40-50)— 
.trontier Badmen" (Indie) and 

diamond Frontier" (Indie) (rei.s- 
'Wo'Jerate $3,000. Last week, 

lb fathoms" (Mono) and "Smug- 
glers Cave" (Mono), same. 

.J^""'" 'Par) (1,000; 50-70)— "Cry 
M City" (20th) (m.o.). Light $4,000. 
J-ast week. "Fightujg Seabees" 

Mono) and "Fiying Tigers" (Mono) 
(reissues). $5,000. 

, Pix (Corwin) (300; 50-70) — 
Private Life Henry VIII" (EC) 
•reissue). Very good $2,000. Last 
(Cotiliriued on page 16) 



Broadway Grosses 



Estimated Total Gross 
This Week $603,500 

(Based on 17 theotres) 
Last Year $659,000 

(Based on 23 theatres ) 



'Blood' NSG12G, 
Indpls.; 'Eyes' lOG 

Indianapolis, Nov. 23. 

First run spots here are feeling 
the terriffic draw of Sonja Henie's 
Hollywood Ice Revue at Coliseum 
this week. Top grosses are modest. 
Current leaders are "Kiss Blood Off 
My Hands" at Indiana and "Return 
of October," which had starlet 
Terry Moore in person at Loew's 
opening day, But neither are big. 
Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Gamble-Dolle) (2,800; 44- 
65)— "Night Has 1,000 Eyes" (Par) 
and "Disaster" (Par). Fair $10,000. 
Last week. "June Bride" (WB) and 
"Innelr Sanctum" (FC), $12,000. 

Indiana (G-D) (3,300; 44-65r— 
"Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) "Es- 
cape" (20th). Moderate $12,000. 
Last week, "Song Is Born" (RKO) 
and ''Appointment With Murder" 
(WB), ditto. 

Keith's (G-D) (1,300; 44-65) — 
"June Bride" (WB) and "Inner 
Sanctum" (Fe)! (miO).' Average $4,- 
500. Last week, "Johnny Belinda" 
(WB) and "Here Comes Trouble" 
(UA) (m.o.), $5,000. 

Loew's (Loew's) (2,450; 44-65)— 
"Return of October" (Col) and 
"Leather Gloves" (Col). Passable 
$11,000. Last week, "Red River" 
(UA) and "Surrender Dear" (Col) 
(2d wk), nice $9,000. 

Lyric (G-D) (2,800; 44-65) — 
"Hunted'.' (Mono), and "Dude Goes 
West" (Mono). Tepid $5,000. Last 
week, "Four Faces West" (UA) and 
"Song of Adventure" (Rep), about 
same. 



PIC TLIIE GltOSSKS 



TatlockV Rich $16,000 1 
Brightens Dull Denyer 

Denver, Nov. 23. 

Despite a generally offish tone 
here this stanza, "Miss Tatlock's 
Millions" shapes great at Denham, 
and will hold. It is the week's out- 
standing picture. "Johnny Belinda" 
is good at Denver but only fair at 
Esquire. "Pitfall" looks slow at 
Paramount and very dim at Web-^ 
her. ^ 
Estimates for This Week 

Aiaddbi (Fox) (1,400; 35-74)-' 
"Paradine Case" (SRO) and "Gay 
Intruders" (20th) (m.o.). Thin $2,- 
500. Last week, "Rope" (WB) and 
"Big Punch" (WB) (m.o.), $3,500. 

Broadway (Cinema) (1,500; 35-74) 
—"Red River" (UA) i4th wk). Good 
$8,000. Last week, fine $10,500. 

Denham (Cockrill) (1,750; 35-70): 
— "Tatlock's Millions" (Par). Great 
$16,000. Holds. Last week, "Isn't 
it Bomantic'' (Par) (2d wk) and 
"Black Eagle" (Col), dim $6,500. 

Denver (Fox) (2,525; 35-74)— 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Win- 
ner Takes AH" (Mono), day-date 
with Esquire. Good $15,000. Last 
week, "Paradine Case'' (SRO) and 
"Gay Intruders" (20th), $16,000. 

Esquire (Fox) (742; 35-74)-^ 
"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and "Wlur 
ner Takes All" (Mono), also Den- 
ver. MTld $2,500. Last week, "Para- 
i dine Case" (S«0) and "Gay In- 
; truders" (20th), $3,000. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 35-74)— 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) - and 
"Close Up" (EL) (2d wk). Down to 
modest $10,000. Last week, smash 
$21,000. 

Paramount (Fox) (2,200; 35-74)— 
"Pitfall" (UA) and "Meet Me at 
Dawn" (20th), also Webber. Slow 
,$7,000. Last week, "Raw Deal" 
, (ELJ and "In This Corner" (EL), 
good $11,000. 

Rialto (Fox) (878; 35-74)— "Raw 
Deal" (EL) and "This Comer" 
(EL) (m.o.). Dim $1 ,000. La.st week, 
"Shores Tripoli" (20th) and "Fight- 
ing Lady" (20th) (reissues); good 
$3,500. 

Webber (Fox) (750; 35-74)— 'Pit- 
fall" (UA) and "Meet Me at Dawn" 
(20tb), : also Paramount. Very dim 
$1,500. Last week, "Paradine Case'-' 
(SRO) and "Gay Intruders" , (Mono), 
fair $2,500. 



BRISK $12,000, 
SEATTLI^ mOOD' IIG 

Seattle, Nov. 23. 
Biz Is spotty this stanza. "Baby 
Smiles At Me" shapes stout despite 
this and "Kiss Blood Off Hands" 
is big. "Tatlock's Millions" looks 
great. 

Estimates for This Week ^ 

Blue Mouse (H-E) (800; 80-84)-^ 
"Good Sam" (RKO) and "Arizona 
Ranger" (RKO) (m.o.). Solid $5,- 
000. Last week, "Race Street" 
(RKO) and "Olympic Games" (EL) 
(2d wk), new low at $1,900. 

Coliseum (H-E) (1,877; 50-84)— 
"Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) and 
"Miraculous Journey" (FC). Big 
$11,000 or near. Last week, "Dude 
Goes West" (Mono) and "16 Fath- 
oms Deep'' (Mono), okay $8,800/ 

Fifth Avenue (H-E) (2,349; 50-84) 
—"When My Baby Smiles" (20th) 
and "Escape" (20th). Stout $12,- 
000. Last week, "Julia Misbe- 
haves" (M-G) and "Secret Land" 
(M-G) Od wk), big $9,700. 

Liberty Und) (1,650; 50-84) — 
"Tatlock's Millions" (Par) and 
"Disaster" (Par). Great $12,000. 
Last week, "Song is Born" (RKO) 
and "Leather Gloves" (Col) •(2d 
wk), $8,100. 

Music Box (H-E) (850; 50-84)— 
"Belinda" (WB) and "I Surrender" 
(Col) (4th wk). Good $3,500 after 
wow $5,700 last week. 

Music Hall (H-E) (2,200; 50-84) 
—"Velvet Touch" (RKO) and 
Golden Eye" (Mono). Very dim 
$4,000. Last week. "This Is N. Y." 
(UA) and "Creeper" (20th) also 
limp at $5,200. 

Orpheum (H-E) (2,600; BO-84)— 
"June Bride" (WB) and "Sofia" 
(FC) (2d wk). Okay $7,500. Last 
week, great $13,300. 

Palomar (SterUng) (1,350; 40-65) 
-"Duel in Sun" (SRO) and "Wrong 
(Continued on page 16) 



"Bandit'-Stagediow Smack B way 
Loud $79,000; 'Squackon'-Carle Flies 
GOG, 'Joan' Sock 55G on U Week 



'Plunderers Oke 
$17,000 in St. Loo 

St. Louis, Nov. 23. 

Holdovers are predominant at 
the mainstem houses this week ,but 
biz is ■ slightly ',on upgrade after 
all-day rain Sunday: (21). -"Julia 
Misbehaves" is the standout new- 
comer with a big session at Loew's.' 
"Sealed Verdict" also looks nice at 
the Ambassador. "The Plunderers" 
shapes okay at the Fox. 

Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (F&M) (3,000; 50-75) 
—"Sealed Verdict" (Par) and "Isn't 
It Romantic" (Par). Fine $18,000. 
Last week, "June Bride" (WB) and 
and "Variety Time" (RKO), big 
$22,000. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 50-75)— "The 
Plunderers" (Rep) and "Angel on 
Amazon" (Rep). Trim $17,000. Last 
week, "Baby Smiles at Me" (20th) 
and "Jungle Patrol" (20th), $21,000. 

Loew's (Loew) (3,172; 50-75) — 
"Julia Misbheaves" (M-G). Big 
$22,000. Last week, "Red River" 
(UA) and "Manhattan Angel" (Col) 
(2d wk), $14,000. 
Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 50-75)— 



Broadway firstruns are marking 
time for the most part this week, 
with film deluxers expecting some- 
thing of an upturn Thanksgiving 
Day- (tomorrow). Mild weather 
after Friday's heavy 'rain' did not 
help business although last Sunday 
(21) turned out surprisingly good. 
Friday downpours, just as night 
shows got under way, washed out 
much trade. Arrival of Thanksgiv- 
ing .week means the launching of 
numerous new bills, and this 
should help relieve desultory hold- 
over situation. 

' Pacing the newcomers unveiled 
during the last Seven days is 
"Kissing Bandit'' at the Capitol, 
backed by Jane Powell, Joey 
Adams, Tony Canzoneri, Mark 
Plant, Shop Fields band. First 
stanza looks sturdy $79,,000, with 
second Week starting tomorrow. 
"Fighter Squadron" with Frankie 
Carle orch and Tim Herbert head- 
ing stage bill shapes very good 
$60,000 at Strand albeit not up to 
hopes since first session ending 
tomorrow ' includes Thanksgiving 
Day trade, r 

"Baby Smiles At Me" plus 
Mickey Rooney topping stageshow 
teed off very strong yesterday 
(Tues.) at . Roxy. Ambassador, with 
"Street of Shadows," a French 
flrstrun for a change, is doing 
nicely at $8,500. 

Biggest holdover, of coursCi : is 
"Joan of Arc," with smash $55,000 
for: second, ^tanxa at Victoria; 
"Blood on MoonV is holding up 
smartly at $24,000 in Globe second 
frame. 

"Snake Pit" still is going great 
guns with $49,000 for third RivoU 
week. This is not far from initial 
round's pace even though trade 
elsewhere is uneven. 

Paramount is bringing in "Tat- 
lock's Millions" plus Stan Kenton 
orch, Nellie Lutcner, Red Buttons, 
Raul & Eva Reyes for its 22d anni- 
show today (Wed.). 

Music Hall launches "Hills of 
Home" with new stagesho w tomor- 
row after three weeks of "Gotta 
Stay Happy," Final week ending 
today slipped (• around $102,000. 
only fair. 

"Last Days of Pompeii'^ and 
"She," reissue combo, still is sur- 
prisingly strong at $16,000 for 
fourth week at Palace. These 
oldies stay a few extra days past 
the fourth frame to bring "Canon 
City" and "Raw Deal" in on Dec. 1. 
Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (Siritzky) (1,200; 55- 
$1)— "Street of Shadows" (Indie). 
One of initial flrstrun French pic- 
tures to' play here in some time 
is getting nice $8,500 in first week 
ending today (Thurs.). Last week, 
"Tragic Hunt" (Indie) (4th wk), 
$4,000. 

Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—"Song Is Bom" (RKO) (6th wk). 
Fifth week ended last Monday (22) 
night was down to $18,000, after 



Johnny Belinda" (WB) and [ nice $25,000 for fourth. Stays un 



"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
(m.o.) (4th wk). Fancy $8,000 after 
$11,500 for third stanza. ; 

Orpheum (Loew) (2,000; 50-75)— 
"Red River" (UA) and "Manhattan 
Angel" (Col) (m.o.). Nice $6,500. 
Last week, "Mummy's Tomb" (SG) 
and "Mummy's Ghost" (SG) $5,000. 

St. Louis ,(F&M) (4,000; 50-60)— 
"Bele Starr's Daughter" (20th) and 
"Smuggler's Cove" (Mono). Oke 
$6,500. Last week, "Night Has 
1,000 Eyes" (Par) and "Angels in 
Exile" (Rep) (m.o.) (2d wk), $6,000. 

Shubert (Ind) (1,500; 40-60) — 
"Song Is Born" (RKO) (3d wk). 
Lively $5,500 following $7,500 for 
second session, 



til Christmas, with "Enchantment' 
(RKO) in next. 

Bijou (City Inv.) (589; $1.20- 
$2.40)— "Red Shoes" (EL) (5th wk). 
Current session ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) looks smash $17,000, with 
benefit of extra show Thanksgiving 
Day; fourth was $16,100. Stays on 
indef. 

Capitol (Loew's) (4,820; 80-$1.50) 
-"Kissing Bandit" (M-G) plus 
Jane Powell, Adams-Canzonerl- 
Plant and Shep Fields heading 
stageslfow. , First week ending to- 
day (Wed.) climbing to sturdy $79,- 
000 or near. Stays. In ahead, 
"Touch of Venus" (U) plus Jean 
Sablon, others, onstage (3d wk). 



Cinqr Continues Br^ht; Tadock's' 
Smooth $15,500, 'Blood' Okay $13, 

Cincinnati, Nov, 23. 

Biz is continuing on the rosy 
side. "Miss Tatlock's Millions" 
has the edge with a big week. 
"Kiss Blood Off My Hands" also 
is okay. Two other new bills, 
"Sealed Verdict" and "No Minor 
Vices" are moderate. 

Estimates for This Week 

Albee (RKO) (3,100; 50-75)— 
"Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U). Okay 
$13,000. Last week, "June Bride" 
(WB), $14,000. 

Capitol (RKO) (2.0()0; 50-75)— 
"No Minor Vices" (M-G). Modest 
$7,500. Last week, ''Julia Misber' 
haves" (M-G) (3d wk). good $7,000. ; $5,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1.400; 50-75)— (RKO) 



"Sealed Verdict'' (Par). Average 
$8,000. Last week, "Hollow Tri- 
umph" (EL), mild $6,000. 

Keith's (City Inv.) (1,542; 50-75) 
—"Red River" (UA) (3d wk). Po- 
tent $9,000 after roaring .$14,000 

}'3St' WCG'k ■■'■■■■■■-' 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400,; 50-75)— 
"Road House" (20th) (m.o.). Styl- 
ish $6,500. Last week, "Johnny 
Belinda" (WB) (m.o.), okay $6,500. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 50-75)— 
"Tatlock's Millions" (Par). Big 
$15,500. Last week, "Road House" 
(20th), holsy $16,000. 

Shubert (RKO) (2,100; 50-75)— 
"June Bride" (WB). Moderate 
Last week, ''Song Is Bom" 
m.o.;, $6,500. : 



very dim $24,000, all-time low un- 
der present policy. 

Criterion (Loew's) (1,700; 70- 
$1.85)— "Southern Yankee" (M-G). 
Opens today (Wed.). Final 5 days 
of fourth week for "Kiss Blood Off 
Hands" (U) dipped to mild $9,000 
or close after $17,000 for third 
round. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 90-$1.50) 
—"Blood on Moon" (RKO) (2d wk). 
Initial holdover frame ending to- 
day (Wed.) shapes as very good 
$22,000 after fancy $28,000 for first 
Looks to stay at least four weeks. 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 60-$1.25) 
—"Road House" (20th) (3d wk); 
Off to fairly nice $26,000 In third 
round ending Friday (26) after 
solid $32,000 for second. 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 40-95) — 
"Last Days Pompeii" (RKO) and 
"She" (RKO) (reissues) (4th wk). 
Fourth session ending Friday (26) 
looks to hold near $15,000, with 
help from Thanksgiving Day. after 
$17,500 for third' week. House 
brings in "Canbn City" (EL) and 
"Raw Deal" (EL) (2d runs) on 
Dec. 1. 

Paramount (Par) (3,664; 55-1.50) 
—"Miss Tatlock's Millions" (Par) 
plus Stan Kenton orch, Nellie 
Lutcher, Bed Buttons. Paul & Eva 
Reyes onstage. This Par theatre 
22d anni show opens today (Wed.). 
Last week, "Sealed Verdict" (Par) 
with Frankie Laine, Connie Haines. 
Jerry Wald orch topping stagebili 
(3d wk), fell back to okay $58,000 
with boost from couple of sneak 
previews; second week was very 
fine $70,000. 

Radio City Muale ftall (Rocke- 
fellers) (5,945; 8Q-$2.40) — "Gotta 
Stay Happy" (U) (3d-final wk). 
Final round Is dipping down to 
around fair $102,000; second was 
$122,000 a bit below hopes, but 
comparatively Iwtter than opening 
week. "HiRs of Home" (M-G) and 
new stageshow open tomorrow 
(Thurs.). 

Rialto (Mage) (594; -44-99)- "All 
Baba" (U) ; (reissue). Opens today 
(Wed.). Second week of "Crash 
Dive" (20th) and "Man Hunt" 
(20th) (reissues) slipped to $9,000 
after fancy $13,000 opener. : 

Park Avenue (U) (583; $1.20- 

t 2.40)— "Hamlet" (U) (9th wk). 
lighth stanza ended last (Tuesr) 
night very big $16,000 after $17,- 
200c capacity, for seventh week.' 
Stays on Indef. 

RIvoU lUAT-Par) (2.002; 60-$1.25) 
—"Snake Pit" (20th) (3d wk). Third 
stanza^ ending today (Wed.) looks 
to hold up in great style at $49,000 
or a bit better, after smash $57,- 
000 for a second. Holds, natch! 
House: now averaging about $7,000 
daily after holding near $8,00(1 
daily first two weeks. 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$1.80) — 
"Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) plus 
Mickey Rooney, Rosarlo & An- 
tonio. Borrah Minevitch. iceshow 
heading stagebili: Opened yester- 
day (Tues.), a day ahead of usual 
Wednesday opening, with strong 
trade. In ahead, "Unfaithfully 
Yours" (20th), Peter Lind Hayes, 
Mary Healy, Jack Cole Dancers 
topping stagebili (3d wk-4 days) 
was oply $32,000 after mild $65,- 
000 in second session. 

State (Loew's) (3,450; 80-$1.50)) 
—"Three Musketeers" (M-G) (6th 
wk). Fifth round ended last (Tues.) 
night fell back to $28,000 or under, 
but still fine for this stage of run; 
fourth was $36,000. Continues. 

Strand (WB) (2,756; 76-$1.50)— 
"Fighter Squadron" (WB) with 
Frankie Carle orch, Tim Herbert 
heading stageshow. First week end- 
ing tomorrow (Thurs.) looks just 
good at $60,000 albeit disappoint- 
ing considering Thanksgiving Day 
being included. Holds. Last week, 
third of "June Bride" (WB) and 
Vaughn Monroe orchi sturdy $54,- 
000. 

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060; 95- 
$2.40)rr;"Joan of Arc" (RKO) (2d 
wk). Initial holdover week ending 
today (Wed.) continues very sock 
at $55,000 but off from first week's 
gait. First round hit colossal $60,- 
000 but below hopes. First week's 
total is about the same as best ever 
at nearby Astor. Picketing partly 
blamed for inroads this session 
but generally offish tone of Broad- 
way probably hurt most. . 



Team Grant, Arthur 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Canr Grant and Jean Arthur wilt 
co-staS: in "A Woman of Distinc- 
tion," for Paramount. 

Picture will be made when 
Grant returns from Germany, 
where he's appearing in scenes for 
20th-Fox, "I Was a Male War 

Bride.?' 



10 . P^SSSEff W^cdneaday, November 24, 1948 



WiHlnesday, November 24^ 1^48 



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TAIWETT'S' lOSPON OFFICnB 
St. Miirtlii'i riiio. TraWwr Sqiniiw 



Yanks. Grudgingly Agree On Testmg 
Brazil Plan But Still Thinks It's Nuts 



Brazilian settlement pushed^ 
tluough by Gerald Mayer, head of 
tlie international division of the 
Motion Picture Assn. of America, 
has now been accepted by the ma- 
jors on a trial basis. Considerable 
opposition to the compromise en- 
gineered by Mayer in a flying trip 
to Rio has died down following an 
understanding that the pact carries 
a clause permitting reopening of 
the film treaty after four months. 
Companies have therefore begun 
to service their offices in Brazil 
with film agaim 

Maver's compromise with the 
Brazilian Price Control Conimis- 
Bion fixes a 42% ceiling on average 
rental which any one cxhib can pay 
to a Yank distrib. It bans deduc- 
tions from rentals of any expen-ses 
which are not specifically covered 
In the licensing agreements. 
MPAAer won the deal after the 
commission fixed a flat 40^0 limit 
on percentage pix of all distribs 

Foreign dept. chiefs have agreed 
to give the deal a fling, although 
there is conviction among some 
that it is unworkable. If the trial 
run fails to prove satisfactory, ma- 
jors will press for a better com- 
promise with the commission or, 
test its ruling in the Brazilian 
covirts. 

British $20,000,000 Pix 
Finance Bill Headed For 
Commons Debate Dec. 1 

Full dress ParliamejUary debate 
on the National Film Finance Corp. 
will take place in the House of 
CommonVDec. 1, when the second 
reading of the measure will be 
moved by Harold Wilson, president 
of the Board of Trade. 

Publication of the bill on Thurs- 
day (18) followed the formal first, 
reading in the House of Commons 
the previous day when the legis- 
lation was introduced by Wilson 



Netherlands Indies Pix 
Houses Make Comeback 

Washington, Nov, 23. 
Netherlands Indies, which had 
about 350 picture theatres before 
the war, most of which were 
wiped out, has now built back to 
200. Since the first of this year, 
56 more theatres have been 
opened. Country is sorely in need 
of projection equipment and parts. 
Importation Of this is controlled 
by the Dept. of Economic Affairs. 

Due to shortage of foreign ex- 
change, a quota .system has been 
set up which limits the U. S. tO: 
55% of exchange made available 
for that type of importationsi Of 
the 55%, 10% must be used for 
replacement parts. Philips, the 
Dutch manufacturer, will be lim- 
ited to 25%. In 1948, the U. S. 
has managed to get 42 sound pro- 
jectors in. 

MPAA Hits Back 
At Brit. Attacb 

London, Nov. 23. 
Unprovoked attacks on the part 
played by American interests in 
British production; which cuK 
minated in Harold Wilson's reply 
to the Parliamentary debate on the 
present crisis in the British in» 
has brought a spirited re^ 



1,500,000 Brpdttctioii, 
Reached on Austro Disks 

V' .•Vienha,-Nt)V...16.,; : 
The Austrian disk Industry has 
reached an annual output of 1,500,- 
000, with ample raw materials 
available for the five . producing 
firms. Matei'ials are all domestic, 
save sbellaCi which is imported. 

Oiie drawback for domestic rec- 
ord sales is the shortage of phono- 
graphs and their high prices. 

M-G Adds Cash 
To Brit Plans 

London, Nov. 23. ; 
■'■,a! British production program | 
which will involve a cash outlay in 

excess of tlielr antictpated 
frozen coin is. planned by Metro at 
its Elstree Studios, ^ ,. '., ■ . * ■ ; 

First production in the new pro- 
gram, "Edward, My Son," with 
Spencer Tracy starring, is com- 
plete and scheduled for presenta- 
tion soon. Studio floor is now held 
by the Robert Taylor-Elizabeth 
T ay 1 or. starrer, "Conspirator," 
which Victor SavllieNs directing. ; 

^!&eh of these to 
the top budget -class, and will bie 
followed by. "Quo Vadis," skedded 
to cost around $1,200,000, and on 
which preparatory work is now 
proceeding in Rome. 

With world distribution assured 
througlj the M-G organization, the 
company is bringing over topflight 
stai's and directors for each produc- 
. ., , tion, and British feature players 
dustry, has brought a spirited re- piay alongside Hollywood ar- 
sponse from the Motion Picture ^g^^ this way, British players. 



DriveVs.WestemDanee,Lit.,Legit 
Set by Hungarian Red Government 



Numerous Pix Indies 

Operating in Japan 

Policy of the Military Govern- 
ment in Japan in breaking up 
cartels and monopolies has pro- 
vided the impetus for many small 
independents to step into' nlnj,- 
niakiqg, accordtag to documtntary 
producer Ed- SlmmeL who recently, 
returned from a four-month stay 
in Nippon. He pointed out in New 
York last week that the Toho, 
Sochiku and-Daei organizations, 
the biggest pre-war producing 
companies are well in the process 
of dissolution. 

As a result, Simrael said, there 
are numerous indies operating in 
the Tokyo area as well as at Kyoto 
where there are also studio facil- 
ities. Although the Japanese in- 
dustry turned out annually about 
550 pictures before the war, cur- 
rent production is nowhere near 
that figure due to the woeful 
'Shortage of 'equipment and ravV; 
stock. 

Mexl%i Industry 
Seen Far FriHn Out 



Assn. of America. 

Both the originator of the House 
of Commons debate, Raymond 
Blaekburn, M.P., and Wilson com- 
plained, that the present difficul- 
ties in the i'ndustry were due in 
part to the fact that American pro- 
duction in Britain had fallen short 
of the number of films expected. 

The facts are, says the MPAA, 
that American interests own three 



under the title of "Cinematograph Bi-nigh studios. The 20th-Fox 
Film Production (Special Loans) | studio at Wembley was requisi- 
tioned during the war and dam- 
aged, arid subsequent efforts to ob- 



Bill.' . 

Adhering in the main to the out- 
line given by Wilson when the Fi- 
nance Corp. was first announced in 
July, the bill, provides for floating 
$20,000,000, which is the maximum 
amount which can be outstanding 
to the Treasury at any time. Gen- 
erally speaking, loims will be re- 
stricted to distributors who must 
use money advanced to them for 
financing production, but a loop-* 
hole is provided for direct aid to 
to Board of 



at present almost unknown in the 
states, will be introduced to Amerr 
ican audiences, thus enhancing the 
appeal o£ future productions in 
which they may appear. 

BRITISH INDIES PITCH 
FOR THAT GOVT. COIN 

London, Nov. 23. 
Independent British producers 
have begun dickering for coin 



tain a permit for repairs haven't through, the Film Finance Corp. 
met with success. Notwithstanding, with allocations to-be made either 
the company has rented another directly or through their dis- 



studio, and is now engaged on a 
major- production program. 

When, the Metro studios ,at 
Elstree were released after being 
requistioned during the war, the 
company spent millions rebuilding 
and refitting them, and the outfit is 
now working to capacity. 

The Warner Bros. Teddington 
studio, destroyed during the war, 



tributing companies. Renown Pro- 
ductions, makers of "No Orchids 
for Miss Blandish,:' are asking for 
$1,000,000 toifinance a new film 
program. ' 

Blakeleys Productions, Manches- 
ter outfit turing out pix with 
provincial appeal, have applied for 
$400,000, and Butchers Film Serv- 
ice is also seeking government aid. 



Mexico City, Nov. 16. 
Mexican pic trade, badly bent by 
the edonomic depression, is far 
from banki'uptcy and can. -become 
a real prop of Mexican economy. 
So says Andres Serra Rojas, ex- 
labor minister, in taking over as 
chief of the film trade's own bank, 
the Banco Nacional Cinematog- 
rafico. 

Pic trade has junked, a lot of 
fancy stuff, he said, and is now 
really getting down to serious 
work. He branded as "alarmist" 
rumors about wholesale shuttering 
of the Mexican pic trade. Banker 
also said his bank will function 
strictly on a business basis and 
cease backing highly speculative 
productions. Strictly business pol- 
icy, he saidi will-be a big factor in 
the salvation of the Mexican film 
trade. 

Bank aided thev biz with loans, 
credits and discounts totaling $3,- 
763,637.15 this year up to Oct. 31, 



Budapest, Nov. 2. 
The Hungarian Communist Work- 
er's Party will soon begin Its drive 
against "western - influenced" 
music, legit and literature, similar 
to its stand against western fllm.s. 
. This, as in the case of films, will 
be a tough batile. Dance music 
lovers are still fond, of the jazz 
of Glenr Miller, Stan Kenton, 
buke Ellington, etc. Never before 
have so many American records - 
been sold in Budapest. In those few 
niteries which stUl manage to ex- 
ist, bands play 80% American mu- 
sical hits, while the rest are Hun- 
garian jaM numbers, which — ac- 
cording to the Communist line — 
are just as rotten, liberal, ."formal- ■ 
lstic."j < 

Hungarians \Vho like to dance— 
and they are many — like jazz even 
more than their own "czardas" 
(Hungarian popular dance) , not 
speaking of so-called "Soviet jazz" 
or Soviet popular music, which 
one may hear only by accident, 
or if there are some Russian guests 
at the respective spot. 
- As for radio, listeners prefer . 
shortwave and AFN programs to 
Budapest Radio/ which is just an- 
other tool for Communist and anti- 
American propaganda. 

In legit, the government hasn't 
had much success either. "Bour- 
geois culture" still dominates it* 
Soviet plays, shown only in state 
theatres, haven't drawn. French 
comedies and operettas have done 
good business, while American 
plays have had record.; attendance, 
such as Saroyan's "Time of Your 
Life," van Druten's "The 'Voice of 
the Turtle." Gow's and D'Usseau's 
"Deep Are the Roots" and Lillian 
Hellman's "The Little Foxes." 



producers, subject 
Tr.ide okay. 

Only condition laid down in re- 
gard to repayment of loans is that 

cash advanced must be refunded in i t.,^i„. . « »•< „_ ti* ..iii^jb. 1 '■^ ..-..j 

five vears and that security mav be 'J"**'^®' ^^^^^ ^u^°"*f ■ these and other outstanding appli- 

jive yeais, ana iiidi sttui u.y iiui.y oe , ^ months, during which p-f ion<: • 

=L^^„ "lir, ^^'^^!l!^rJtime mcy were hired only twice, ' 



was subsequently rebuilt and Tj^g government corporation is ex- 
placed at the disposal of British i peg^e^ j^ajje early decisions on 



Oscar Derby 

Continued from page S- 



commercial principles. Loans are 
. restricted to "certain borrowers 
who cannot otherwise obtain ade- 
quate financial faeilities on reason- 
able terms from an; appropriate 
■ source." 

Finance Corp. can be dissolved 
after the end of five years if the 
Treasury is satisfied there is. no 
sufficient reason for its qontinu- 
ance b.y resolution of the House of 
Commons. 

The , interim finance company, 
which has already made a $4,000,- 
000 loan to British Lion, will be i 
di5.solved when the new corpora- 
tion is establislied, and its assets, 
and liabilities will be taken over. 



the company was compelled to 
close them to put an end to con- 
tinued serious loss. WB, however, 
is producing in association with 
Associated British Picture Corp; at 
Elstree. I 
Difficulties of the British Indus-* | 
try, concludes the MPAA rejoiner. i 



can't be attributed to the American 



I R. R. Young I 

Continued from page i ssssJ 

made his complaint direct to State 
Department officials. Thus the 
already ; accused by 
of working hahd-in^ 



I the indies 



and wTirking newspaper people. 

Results of the Derby will be 
broadcast on a sustaining basis by 
ABC for an hour, and possibly 90. 
minutes, compared with the two 
hours of airing last year. Follow- 
ing the official awards will be a 
dance and buffet. , The new format 
was adopted after a lot of debate 
by the board of directors of the 
Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and Sciences and its-prexy, Jean 



Arg. Pix Industry Hit 
By Black Market Due 
To Raw Stock Shortage 

Buenos Aires, Nov. 16. 
Scarcity of raw stock caused by 
the curtailment of imports of all . 
but essentials in Argentina, as a 
result of the adverse dollar ex- 
change situation, is already cre- 
ating a black market. 

The uncertainty as to what sup- . 
plies of raw stock will be available 
is holding up announcement of 
production plans for 1949 by the. 
major studios, and Argentina Sono / 
Film, the best organized of tlie lo- . 
cal studios, is reported to be the 
only one currently working out a 
schedule for the future. 

Apart from the raw stock short- 
age, film . producers have been; hit 
by the calling in of credits granted 
by the Industrial Bank of the Na- 
tion. . The Peron cabinet- is re- 
trenching and has ceased work on 
a considerable number of public 
works throughout the country. This 
not only affects producers who 
were counting on the government 
loans of 70% of production costs 



" Details of the 21st Derby will be P™mised them under the govern- 
handled by a committee headed by I r^ll^JPl"!"!^"?, P.°3!!=J' ."^Ll^ 



Israeli's Official Ballet 

Jerusalem, Nov. 7. 
Israeli now has its official dance 
group in the government-recog- 
nized Jewish National Ballet. 

Group is the original Rina , scene. 
Kikova Ballet, which provided 
. most of Jerusalem's entertainment 
during the months of the Jeru- 
salem siege. 



industry or to American companies ; glove ^^jt^ the majors overseas, 
owning studios in England. The i ^ow faces attack from a potent, 
cause must be sought elsewhere. I new source. Lausche is the most 

I popular Democratic vote-getter in 
: Ohio. He swept the state over- 
whelmingly on Nov. 2 last, c.irrying 
President Truman to victory there 
by a small margin. Hence if 
Lausche starts public charges that 
the State Department has been 
favoring the big boys of Hollywood 
at the expense of the small produc- 
ers, the result might be a real ex- 
plosion in the Department. 
■ The much-criticized deal final- 
ized by the American Embassy with 
the French provides for the ira- 



Aliled's Ban 

Contimied Iroin pig^ 'f \ 

up against the threatened introdue-^ 
tion . of a bill by Newark Public 
Safety Director Keenan after the 
court axed an injunction which he 
sought against the film. Keenan 
I is a political. power on the Jersey 



New German Theatre 

Frankfurt, Nov. 8. 

The biggest film house in south- 
•rn Germany is schcd uled for com- 
pletion by next March. , 

To occupy the site of the former 
Film Palast, blotted out by Allied 
bombs, the new house, now under 
construction, is completely Ameri- 
; can in design 
the policy. 



Produced by ' Hygienic Produc- 
tions, "Mom and Dad" is a study 

of sex education, with the stress , Po»'tation of 121:U.S. pix annually 
on VD. The Broad is racking up , O*' l^ese only 11 are allocated to 
heavy b.o.; women and men see ' independents. The remaining 110 
the film at separate performances, i are divided equaajramong 10 com- 
Picture has played a number of ' Pan.'cs--the Big ..Five, , m 
other houses in Jersey Cities 1 United Artists, .vColU«ab^v;;M^^ 
without protest from civic author- , Sr?™ »"« Republie.V E^^^ 
ities : ; I this was signed) .the Indies pro-.; 

Keenan heretofore exercised ' ^''»ed angrily to Secretary of State 
control of what Newark theatres , C. Marshall, , 

would play by the power of sug- 1 As a result of these protests, 
, gestioh. Broad theatre refused his i David O. Selznick got a special 
■Vaudfilm will be I fequest to pull the film. Court quota of three pictures out of the 
I tlien ruled tliat Jersey has no cell- , 11 for independents, and W^alt 
sorship law and, consequently, ' Disney got another three from the 



Vienna Symphony Orchestra j^^eenan has no power to 'halt "a same place. Thus, there now re- 
in the future will -'"bsidized by , ^ jj ^^^^ declared his in- main only five pictures a year to 
the Austrian federal .eo.Yoinment » * . . ^ legislature to be divided among all other produc- 
.nd the Vienna municipality ^0;"*- ' ^"g^/J'f for film cen-^ ers, including EL. Hence, Young's 

ote" f , . ; , , , j burn 



ly. Hitherto only Vienna has 
underwriting the orchestra. 



I sorship. 



Don Hartman. Other members are 
George Jessel, Harry Tugend, 
Charles Brackett, Norman Panama, 
Melvln Frank, Bill Lawrence and 
Johnny Green. 

Costume . . designers incidentally , 
has been approved by the Acad- 
emy board after a plea by Edith 
Head. Oscars will be given for'the 
best costume design in black and 
white, and the best in color film. 
It's to be the first costuiners' 
Award. 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts 
and Sciences, incidentally, has ac- 
cepted 30 new members, nine of 
whom belong to the; music branch. 

Musickers are Joseph F. Burke, 
R, Dale Butts, Raymond B. Evans, 
Earle Hagen, Jay Livingstone, Don 
Raye, Nathan G. Scott, Axel Stor- 
dahl and Paul Francis Webster. 
Other new members are Leonard 
Bremen and' James Todd, actors; 
Ernst Matray, director; William 
Nassour, Frank E. Taylor and Les- 
ter Sharpe, executives; Tholen E. 
Gladden, Samuel E. Bcetley, 
Robert Swink and Edward W. Wil- 
liams /film editors; Howard Welsch, 
producer; Edwin ; E. Olsen and. 
John Abbott, short subjects; 
Robert Ardrey and Theodore 
Reeves, writers; Mai Boyd, Dee 
Englebach, Lawrence T. Glickman, 
Louis Greenspan, Mitchell Gertz 
and Mrs. Conrad Veidt, members- 
al-large. 



the retrenchments have affected 
rural districts more than any 
others, producers expect soon to 
begin feeling it at the boxoffice 
and are already walking warily. 



Two Stolz Operettas Set 
To Premiere Same Week 

Vienna, Nov. 16. 

Robert Stolz today (16) closed 
a deal with the State Opera of 
Nuremberg for production of his 
latest operetta, "A Festival in Casa- 
blanca." It will be preemed during 
the fir.st week of March. 

Stolz accepted the Nuremberg 
offer, first, because it will give 
producers an opportunity to attend 
another of his world preeins, 
'Springtime in Vienna," set by the 
State Operetta Theatre of Munich 
far the same week. (Munich is 
only two hours ride by oar from 
Nuremberg). 

Second, as in Munich, the Nur- 
emberg theatre has been entirely 
rebuilt by U. S. enterprise and 
thus these two stages are tops to- 
day in Germany. In fact, they 
might well be considered the most 
representative legit in Central 
Europe, 

Both operettas will be produced 
shortly after in Hamburg, Augs-, 
burg And Berlin. 



•VABIETT'S' I.ONOOX OFFICB 



INTERNATIOHTAt. 



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Parisian Gaiety Whirls on Despite 
Rising Prices and Political Stress 



By CYNDA GLENN 

Paris, Nov. 19. 
Now that the elections are over 
(French and American) a certain 
calm seems to have settled over 
Parisi they are just about getting 
over the shock of Pres. Truman 



bringing in one of the top baiids^ 
Aime Barelli. He's a favorite with 
the French jitterljugs and blows a 
hot ti-umpet that reminds one of 
Harry James; but for Carrere's, 
which is "intlme," he has picked a 
new combination and plays a 
muted solo that stops the show. 



Winning. Like everyone else, the l Good looking, with a pleasant sing' 
Parisians were quite sure Gov. " 
Thomas A. Dewey was "in" and 
vou could have placed a bet any- 
where. It's with a sigh of relief 
that they heard the- retm-ns, as 
most were afraid what a change in 
government at home might bring. 
Some of the war talk has quieted 
down, and with their own govern- 
ment so unsettled there seems to 
be only two kinds of Frenchmen— 
pro-American or pro-Russian. Men- 



ing voice, he is just what this room i 
needed. At the Club des Champs | 
Elysees Bernard Hilda still holds 
forth and Jane Morgan,^ just back | 
from Ametlca (and very happy to i 
be back); has become a real Faris^ i 
ian favorite. | 
Uenri Salvador has really come 
up since last year and is starring in 
a show at the Alhambra with Yves 
Montand and doubling at the Club. 
The Nicholas Bros, are back from 



Norman B. Rydge 

(Board Chairman, Grtaftr. Union 
TItoatroti Auttralia)- 
givci the Down binder thew bli 
peripeeliy* ea 

"Closer Liaison on 
Hollywood Production 
DistributioU'Exhibition" 

* * * , 
: an adiisrial feature in the 

43d Anniversary Number 
of 

Out Soon 



tion their own leaders and politics i London and will follow Salvador 
and they just shrug their shoulders Everyone, French and American 
and say "oo la la" and hope for the I alike, are anxious to see Katherine 
best They know they are in the , Dunham and her troupe, due from 
middle and that the Russian bear ! England. She has received a great 
is everywhere; in fact, too close not , deal of advance publicity and states ' 
to be just a little on his side. 1 that Jean-Paul Sartre, Picasso, and 
Outside Pershing Hall in the Rue Srs to meef hfre'' Laff«oeI 
i;^rLSrheLaart^^^^^^^^ ! fn7iThe\"^ri'o!ies Serl^fn 
Se'^we^e i'nSrd a'u elecHon ' ^^^bruary and it is rumored she will 
day and night, and if one didn't , ^S^m. take over a night club, 
really know what was going on you i : Bal des Oiseiiux: 

would have thought all blazes on Nov. 24 the Bal des Oiseaux, 



broke loose; the loudspeakers were 



unquestionably the finest function 



going full blast and the place was pa^js i„ J^J^y y^^^^g ^jH 

jammed with French and Ameri- 
cans until 4 a.m., listening to the 
returiis. It could be compared to a 
sotithern clambake^ rodeo, or an 
American Legion: convention any- 
where. , 

Prices Upped 15% 
Those who say things are cheap 
by looking through a dollar sign 
should get around a little more. 



be given in the "pink marble pal 
ace'' which was built by Bonl de 
CastcUane when he married Anna 
Gould at the beginning of this cenr 
tury. It is the finest private man- 
sion in Paris, a replica of the Grand 
Trianon in VersaUles. Anna Gouldj 
who is now the Duchess of Talley- 
rand, is currently living in America 
and has not. been back in France 



since the prices have upped again , since the war. K was occupied for 
15''o on most everything that • the first time in ntanjL^ars during 



makes life worthwhile. The French 
man finds it pretty tough even to 
see his motion picture once a 
: week. , I am not speaking of those 



the war by German Gen. von Stup- 
nagel. It is a palace practically un 
usable for private parties because 
it requires so much catering. It 



few that pack the four or five big j will be opened for the single night 



Arg. Majors Mull 
Joint Distrib 



Buenos Aires, Npv. 16. 

Major studios here are in,ulling 
plans to combine forces and set up 
distribution offices to take care of 
joint interests in the coming year; 
not only in the Argentine hinter-- 
land but throughout the American 
continent. Efforts in this direction 
are being fostered by the Secre- 
tariat of Industry and Commerce, 
which, controls all imports and ex- 
ports. ■■ . 

Two local companies are ready^ 
ing preems of pix which have taken 
nearly all year to make, and their 
release is being surrounded by 
much ballyhoo, . Interamericana . is ' 
responsible for one of these pix, 
"Juan Globo," which stars come- 
dian Luis Sandrini, Emclco, on the 
-other hand, is describing its new 
picture; "Tierra del Fuego," as the; 
most important release of the year. 

Veteran actor Enrique Muino 
has taken over the reins at A. A, A. 
(Artistas Argentines Associados); 
which was on the point of breaking 
up altogether. MuinO' and Angel 
Magana, together with director 
Lucas Demare and former manager 



British Indicis Still Question Govt. 
Goodwill After State-Studio Nix 



Vaucorbeil to Haiti On 
French Gaumont Filming: 

Max de Vaucorbeil, French' di- 
rector on a visit to the U. S.. left 
for Haiti last week to prepare pro- 
duction there on a picturization of 
Victor Hugo's novel, "Bug Jargal," 
for French Gaumonti Film, which 
will roll early next year, will be 
shot for most part on location iu 
Haiti, with only a couple of se- 
quences to ' be. done in French stu- 
dios. 

On his current Haiti trip,' de 
Vaucorbeil is accompanied by a 
single cameraman for preliminary 
location shootingv Casting of the 
pic will be handled after the. direc- 
tor's return to' Paris in three or 
four weeks. 



Brit. Musicians Union 
Protests Berlin Orch 
Visit at $20 Scale 

London, Nov. 16. 
Hardie Ratcliife, general secre- 
tary of the'.Musicians' Union, has 
called for the' "non-cooperation of 
i all British musicians" in his fight 
againiit the Berlin Philharmonic 
Orchestra's "gesture of concili- 
ation" tour of Britain. The tour 
is organized by Christian Action, 
an association formed to promote 
international understanding. Chair-, 
man is Rev. J. L, Collins, dean of 
Oriel College, Oxford. 

"Our union," -Ratcliffe wrote 
Collins, "is naturally anxious to 
insure, firstly, that there will not 
be undue interference with the 
employment . opportunities of mu- 
sicians resident in Britain, and, 
secondly, that any foreign orches- 
tras that do visit Britain shall not 
undertake work that would bo re- 



London, Nov. 23. ■ 
Independent producers, left high , 
and dry by the flat rejection by 
Harold Wilson, Board of Trad* 
prexy, of the modest proposals to - 
make studio space available at. eco- 
nomic rents, are now considering'' , 
what steps they must take to keep 
themselves in business. In any 
event, Wilson's words remove some 
of the fears of "nationalization" of 
the Industry that have been heard r 
here. 

HOT president's categorical 
statement • in the House of Coin- 
mons Thursday (181 that it wouldn't 
be "expedient at the present time" 
for the government to build or 
acquire a state-owned or state- ■ 
managed studio, has left many of 
the indies wondering whether the 
government Is sincerely , concerned 
at the future of the British motion 
picture Industry, . 

Analysis ot the report of the 
committee of Inquiry set up by the 
government last July under th« 
chairmanship , of Sir George Gater 
emphasizes the cautious outlook 
being adopted in official quarters. 
Recommendations of the panel 
were modest enough, but apparent- 
ly even these proposals are not to . 
be implemented by the govern- 
ment. 

AH the recommendations of th« 
panel centeVed on a proposal to ' 
form a cooperative production or- 
ganization, whose primary function 
would be the planning and execu- 
tion of an effective program, ,thua „ 
insuring continuous production ' 
which would, be "vital- to the suc- 
cess of the proposed studio and to 
the fixing of rents on an economic 
basis." 

Remaining proposals are all "if s." < 
If the government is satisfied' that '- . 
the producers have set up an ef-- ■ 
fective cooperative. If the govern- 
ment decides to provide studio 
space, and if it should decide to 
own the studios, the studios should 
be managed by a company ana- . 
logous to the Fihii Finance Corp. 
I But the concluding paragraph of 



niahts clubs everv nieht (and usu"- ' for the benefit of tlie French Red Antonio Garcia Smith, have se- lused by our own members, or per- ""J^ jrn„J; „fJlj^h» 
« lf «U-of%fJ.r"take" con^^^^ Cross. It requires 15 tons of coal cured an option to buy out Alberto form on terms that would uot ''li/T^^Z^'^l 



ally half of that "take" consists of Cross. It requires 
foreign money). A thousand fr;mcs , to beat it for tins one grand soiree, 
still means a great deal to .some- i U will be entirely lighted by can- 
bodv who only makes 10,000 a dies flown especially from the U..S. 
month and has a family; that Is , At a given moment in the festivi 
the ordinary worldng man's, salary, 
over here, while to Americans 1,000 
francs is just $3. In the theatres, a 
good actor who, at home, would be 
getting from $300 to $500 a week 
(and 1 mean with a name) fights to 
keep his salary up to $7 or $8 a day 



i leading stars' of the various music 
1 hails, will descend ; the grand, 
i staircase, iavishly attired, featUr- 
' ing; brigivtly; hued bird featherSj In 
i keeping with the name of the Bal 
Once a«ain.not speaking of the few i des Oiseaux, which means Ball of 
like Maurice Chevalier or Edith- 1 1'le Birds. An auOientic night club 
Piaf, who work on percentage and ' will be set up in the library, next 
sink or swim depending on their to l''e swimming pool, and will be 
draw. As long as the prices stay | entirely decorated with live birds 
the way they are and "the salaries 1 of al' <les"'ptions. Maurice Carrerc 
stay the way tliey are thiere will be I '^as been placed in charge of the 
riots and trouble. The people could 1 m8''t '^^^ entire event will 
be verv happy if they could lust presided over by Princess G 



ties the Opera Ballet, artists from } dough to make this deal work out. 
the Comcdie Francaise, and the 



Lautaret and Pablo Cavallo (who \ approved by this union, 
head the country's most Important i "We were not consulted by the 
exhibitors' circuit). It's now up to I Ministry of Labor and Naiion;il 

the actor associates to find the Service before permission was h'nna/ «tiirii"o^narfJ'S^ 



ahat If producers fail to achieve 
an efficient organization, ''it would 
be hazardous lor the government to 
embark upon the provision of addi- 



have tlie simple things for them- 
selves and their families; and 
tliough most are afraid of De 

Gaulle and a dictatorship it looks, , , .,, , ,^ . 
(from tlie results of the last elec- 1 ^ub will attend. If things continue 
tionsi as though he might now have i ''^e they did on Armistice Day 
a chance. Tlie French are unpie- »''0""d the Arc de Tnomphe, so- 



de Pollgnac. Society and all others 
w ho can aft'ord the 5,000 francs 
(.flo) entrance fee and an extra 
10,000 to get into the 100-seat night 



DAFF PRESIDES AT U-I 
CONFABS IN ARGENTINA 

Buenos Aires, Nov. 18. 
Early this week .Universal Pic- 
tures ieed olT its Latin American 
convention in Buenos Aires, with 
Al Qaff, company chalnnan, - pre- 
siding. Here especially for the 
powwow are Foi tunat Baronat and 
Americo Aboaf,- New York execs 
of Universal-International. Also at- 
tending is Robert Hi Weait, J. Ar- 
thur^ Rank's rep in Ijatin America, 
with Universal managers and direc- 
tors from all other Latin-American 
countries. This marks the first 
time a convention of these propor- 
tions has been held in Argentina 



given for the Berlin Orchestra to 
perform here. We now undcr.stand 
from the Ministry that members- of ; 



Reasons for the Crisis 
Five reasons are given by- the 
inquiry committee for the present' 



dictable. and on Armistice Day the i ^iety will probably drive up in bul- | Qafl' submitted U-I's program for 



Communists used the usual parade [ let-proof cars 
to stage a riot where sevei'al peo- ' 
pie got hurt and two. Red members 
of Parliament werC; arrested. 

Regardless of the headlines, 
.American celebrities stlH make 
Paris a must. The big hotels are 
now well heated, and you don't 



COOPER PROMISES MORE 
BBC BLASTS IN BOOK 



London. Nov. 16. 
, . Wing Commander G e o f f r e y 

hear so much screaming about the Cooper. M. P., who blew the lid off 



1949, hlghligiiting its unusual scope 
and strcs.sing the quality of the 
next year's crop of pix. Rank's 
rep Weait, outlined : his company's 
schedule of British productions. ■ 

Powwow winds up its sessions 
Saturday (27 1. 



cold over at the George V. The bars ] gong plugging and forced the offi- , 
are jammed and the Prince of | cial inquiry into graft allegations 



Current London Shows 



Wales has become just, as popular : at British Broadcasting Corp,; is 
as the George V, if not more so. ] going to dish out another dose of 
At around seven o'clock, if you \ shock treatment, 
haven't reserved a table, It's im- , He has written a personal report 
possible to get in. Perhaps the fact > under the title of "Caesar's MiS- 
that every night Franchot Tone | tress." in which he tells the inside 
holds forth at the roundtable with | story of his indictment against the 
« mob of French and American , BBC. including facts of the in- 
celebrities has something to do j quirv conducted by Sir Valentine 
with it. Tone and. Burgess Mere- j Holmes, K.C. 
dith trying to finish ofif ' "Eiffel | Says Cooper: "My book contains 
Tower"; guess they realize by now ] a lot of unpublished information 
that over here time doesn't mean I on BBC activities with much of it 
very mucli and the weather hasn't ' supported by affidavits and sworn 
helped with the outdoor shots. > statements. Naturally it involves 
Danny Kaye passed through with many famous people | 
his -wife. Gene Kelly oil to Rome "i am also recommending a] 
but will be back to spend Christ- series of proposals for the com- 
mas here. i piete reorganization of the admin- ] 
The night clubs are off to a istration of the BBC which I thinli 
good midseason start and the UN is long overdue, and 1 campaign in , 
being here has helped a great deal. Parliament tor Cabinet action in > 
It would be wonderful If Son\e this direction." , . 
more American ac(9 would come The report will be issued m De- , 
over but if.^-always the same old cember and a Parliamentary cam-' 
stov\ —they just can't pay ofl:' with paign by an influential group ot ■ 
those beautiful greenbacks. Be- M.P.'s led by Cooper Is being ' 
cause of the scarcity in talent Mau- timed to coincide with its publica- , 
lice Carrere made a wise move by tion. I 



^I'L?'"'^*'^^*'"'* ""eceive only £n| position in Britisli studios 
($20) per week. Can you sayi Abolition of the distribs' quota 
whether tiiis orchestra is member has reduced the flow of American 
of any union of musicians in the j capital. American producers, hav- 
German zone m which they reside , longer any obligation to ac- 

and whether the arrangement un- quire British films for distribution, 
der which they are visiting tins i j,ave ceased to acquire them, 
country has been approved by such ■ Losses incurred through extrava- 
a union- .1 gance of production on the part of 



"It would obviously be impossi- 
ble for any British orahestra to un- 
dertake a tour on terms . similar ■ to 



certain producers have discouraged 
financial backers. ' . . . 
Other producers have made snc- 



those upon which members of the cessful eflforls to reduce the tlm« 
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra will spent on the floor and so have in- 
work. And it is therefore clear that creased accommodation available, 
the German-musicians are accept-, Two large stages in the Associ- 
ing conditions poorer than those i ated British Picture Corp. studio 
that would have to be observed in i have been recommissioned. 
the employment of our members. ] Unsettlement of the Industry re- 
"Owing to the attitude of the j suiting from the American bo.vcott 
Ministry , of Labor and National has made producers and their 
Service towards our union— an at- financial backers unwilling to un- 
titude that we think would not be ' dertake new ventures -in produc- 
tolerated by any other union^we I tion. 

were not aware until we received] Failure on the part of the gov- 
unoflflcial reports that the mu- ernment to implement the report 
sicians would receive only £ 5 per | will inevitably be the main subject 
week, We understand that the or- ' /ii<,/...ooir.r> o* wiu-nn'o 'wicie" 
chestra has come to Britain as a 



'gesture of reconciliation/ It is a 
gesture that British musicians are 
not likely to appreciate." 



{Figures - sliow weeks of run) 

London, Nov, 23^ : 
"A La Carte," Savo.\ (23). 
"Anatomist," West (4' 
"Annie Get Gun," Col's'm f77). 
"Bless the Bride," Adelpbi (83i. 
"Bob's Your Uncle," Sav. (29). 
"Brownins," Phoenix (11 1. . 
"Cage peacock," Strand (33). 
"Garissima," Palace '37), , 

"Chlltern Hundreds," Vaude (65i. ' Finland next, according to survey 



ITALY IS BEST MARKET 
FOR MEXICAN PIX NOW 

Mexico City, Nov. 16. 
Italy is the best current Euro- 
pean market for Mexican -pix; with 
Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and 



of . discussion at Wilson's "crisis" 
meeting Monday (29i when the 
National Joint Advisory Council 
will convene to consider what steps 
should be taken to avert disaster 
in the industry. Union interests 
will, demand immediate action, and 
try to compel Wilson to take a 
strong line to insure that sufficient 
product is available- to protect the 
45% quota. 



"bon't Listen," St Jas. (12i. 
"Edward My Son," Lyric (78). 
"four, Five, Si.v," York (71. 
"Gioeonda Smile," W.vnd. (24). 
"Happiest Days," Apollo '35 1. 
"Home Tomorrow," Camb. (2i. 
"Kid From Slrat." Princes «8i. 
"Little Lambs," Ambass. (33 1. 
"Off Record," Piccadilly (73 1. 
"Oklalioma!" Drury Lane (82) 
"Perfect Woman," Playhoube (11). 
"Rain on Just," Aid. (12i. 
"Saloon Bar," Garrlck (8). 
"Slings & Arrows,'; Comedy (1). 
"Solitary Lover,". Wint. (li. 



made by Jaime: A. MenasCe, mana- 
ger - of Suevia-Ultramar Films, 
newest Mexican produccr-distribu-^ 
^ tori Report is a big surpri.se here 
as the trade figured that Spain was 
the best l>el in Europe for its 
I products. , 
I But European biz for Mexican 
, pix is snarled by the freezing of 
[ funds in practically all Old World 
(Countries, the report warned. It 
revealed that MeJcican pic pro- 



"Toffether Aerain," Vic Pal. (85). j ducers have now $1,000,000 lU. Si 
"Wild Dunk," St, Mart, (2i. I frozen In Chili and $.500,000 (U.S.i 

"Worms View," Whitehall (82). 1 in the Argentine. 



Pinewood Studio Shakeup 
Cues Increased Pix Prod. 

London, Nov. 23. 

Threefold incrca.se in production' 
at Pinewood studios is foreshad^ 
owed as a result of a shakeup an- , 
nounced by the Rank Organization. 
Title of the coordinating company. 
Independent Producers, Ltd , i» 
being changed to Pinewood Films, 
and its activities won't be restrict- 
ed as hitherto in servicing the in- 
dividual production unit,-,, bul will 
itself engage in production. 

Board of directors has been 
slashed from nine to three, with 
J. Arthur Rank and George Archi- 
bald continuing as chairman and 
managing director, and John Davi»; 
replacing the seven producer mem- 
bers who Served on the old board. 



14 



PICTVBES 



WedncMlay, November 24, 1948 



Film Reviews 



Continued : from pttt* C ; 



Harpoon { It'o Hard To Be Good 

fers interesting sea shots along (BRITISH) 
« ith <!nmp eood landscape angles. ' London, Nov. 11. 

\\lin somt 8""" ','""1^'-"*^^ Paul f.FD lelease of J Arthur Rank-Two 
Screenplay developed Oy l aui f.,,,^, 5.4^ 5 Crawford, Jimmy 

fJii-.m-ri and Scott encased mucn ! Uanicy. ouected by Jctti-ey DrU. Scre«n- 
I r,«t^tia1 thpn film real- Plav by DeH. caineia. Laurie Friedman, 

stronger potential tnen eUltoi. Helga Cran.tonj music. Anthony 



Ued. 



! Hopkins. At Odeon. London. - Nov lOj 
I llunning time, »» MIN,S. 



'48. 



Grand Cauyoa Trail 

(SONGS-COLOK) 



H--t^a»r?^iy«|i= 



feiam Witnef ttiS^^ Gerald Gcr 



«(litor 

Scott, songs - 
Tiadcshown V V. Nov 18 
time, (>" MINV 
Jlov Rotors 
C-iiol Martin 
Cookie Bunfincher 
Bill Regan 
Dave Williams 



'48. Running 



Fumes. 
M.11V 

Williams..... . , ... . 

Sergeant Todd . , 
Budibent ........ 

KdwartI .Beckett.' 
Alloc Beckett 
Gllen Beikett 
.Daphne.; . ..... 

Parkinson . . . . 



Jimmy Banley 
.... . Anno Crawford 
. . .Raymond Huntley 
i [ . :.. .Geoffrey Keen. 
Elwyn Brook Jones 
i . . . David Home 
, V, , Joyce Carey 
. ;i>; . . . Muriel Akcd 
Lana Mori is 
. Edward Higby 



BattU of Solferlno where he wit- 
nesses the Blaughter of FOW't and 
wounded soldleri^ After oaring for 
the wounded, Dunant gets his idea 
for an International Bed Cross 
which will be respected by all com- 
batants. His efforts at first ai-e 
stymied by the militai7 commands 
of all p Afers, but after lobbying 
and politicking his Red Cross is 
finally recognized as an. interna-: 
tional symbol of peace to all men. 

Best scenes in the pic are the 
realistic battles between the Prus- 
sians and the French. The focus- 
ing on the men wounded in these 
conflicts and hand to hand fighting 
makes; exciting cinema, and Chris- 
tian Matras can be credited with 
great camerawork. 

Barrault's performance in this, 
picture is the finest turned in by 
a French star this year Bernard 
Blier, as Dunant's iriend, also 
rates a nod tor a great supporting 
role 

Jacque's deft, direction, and sets 
by. Robert Gys, contribute to effec* 
tiveness ot the pic, -The film was 



Es.s^ritial ly British in its appeal, 
"lt'.s Hard to bg Good," although 
Roy Rogers i possessing a theme with tremen- 
" ' ' Dcvlno I dous possibilities,; is. treated in a 
Robert Livingston i light, Irtvoloiis.l inahnerj;' almost 
„,,, vMiiiaii.-. B'"""'; I bordering on farce. It's a subject 

J IVMcolm Vandeipool C^artes Coleman , , sllOUld get bv With native . , , , ^ „„„ u u i 

^KeT TciloTi audiences, but be of little interest budgeted at $600,000, which makes 
shenff - 'T',5mi"''roais > 1° American exhibs. ' " «^ ^^ranc* « costliest endeav- 

*iS""'1« li ,mc * Aiders of Purple &age Central character in the plot is a 
Foy Williams & Riders oi rurp , ^^^^^ ex-Aimy officer who comes 

„ . _ „nnfi past of the semce with lofty ideals 

Roy Rogers, topping » .md a Victoria Cross Believing 
In a well-turned «»l<>;„P'i^"f that the cure for all the ailments 

lonslitiites pre-sold boxomce ^ loi ^^^^^^^ goodwill, he finds 



ors. 



Bitch. 



loiiMiLiiico -y- J- and all °^ woiia is goodwilJ, Jie hnds 

tlie Saturday *™arns spe thaf eveiy time he puts his theoiy 

situations vvhere action yarns speu,^^ ^^v^^^^ 

hoalthv i-eturns Grand Canv^^^^ 

Ti ail'' rides along at a live^^^^^ Developed along more obvious 

songs alternating with occasiona^ i ^ ^^^^^^ at- , Go%Va" r1,VRe''^'sciVeVi'ay 

dashes of humor, hard riainj, a uu ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 

plenty bur.ts from the siK-sho^^^^^^^ iLTbut pSsTo'poke VT'^^^n ^aX^. 



- ]p»/.De!S8a':;>^kaldri»r:\:'V;. 
r'\(6n''Tiiose-Siioulders>'' 
■ ^-:(SWE;i>ISHy':-^ := 

Stockholm, Nov. 1.- 
^fordisk Tohefilm ' release Of Lennart 
Landheaim production. Stars UUlI^aline, 

.utaiiii.y Ly.^y.^^.~. -r- - „ 1). I disastrous- .-. I HoIgcr Lowenadlcr, Anita Biork; features 

Tiail" rules along at a lively BJii , npvplnnprt alnntr mnro nhtnniic Arbin, Kewe Hielm, Agnota Prytz, 

..itornatine With occasional I ueyeiopea aiong more obvious ingnd Bonnen. cui stiom Directed bn 

ailcluaiiuB ".v.. . J. -— J I sl.^nstick Imps ninl: m.qlr»>R nn ,^t- rrjnetn Vnnf Hrt'coiVniay bv Kavl-Fredtik 

Svend Edvin. Salje: 
}erg; - music,'. Erland 

• J ftmhpl- ' laiacu, uui picicia lu puivu sun KoUi At Astoiij, Stoikholm, Run- 

The film is handsomely emin.! gg^tig j,^. idealist. It's not nmg time tiw mi.\.<» 
lished with good sets depictinS a ^ pioduction which makes consid- Sv.d I oiSTng 
ghost town for added Proauttum ^^.^^^^ demands on the cast Jimmy ' Bugit lSo 
values It's one of the better sti^ ^^^jgy p^^^^ Crawford make ' lovchr 
soen in this, t\pe of western, andean attractive lomantic team, with EdiT 
provides a reason for """^or anu ^^^^ support from Raymond Hunt- cim Taip 
action not too frequently seen m Geoffrey Keen Myro. 
the cowpoke capers. ^ 

mining proposition Inasmuch as 
?he iunds for which the stock was 
bought is borrowed from the bank, 

the venture P™7„^'^^^^ "ahig.cn, iiany Ahi,„."N.i, iiuiiberg -dV 

ine or else Rogers eveniuauv l^ ,eilecl by Ingm.ir Bcrgm.in Screenplav 

ta^trumental in locating a mother «-;--,^b.,ed^o„_ st„. 

. \0' fx. .1 ' Koch, At Cosmovama and Ka- 

T^obert Livingston provides the I P;j>J''- Gothenbuig Running time. 100 

bulk ot the villainy as the mining | „„,t 
who seeks to swind'e I Go-!ta 



(Harbor City) 
(SWEDISH) 
Stockholm, Oct. 27. 

Svensk FilinindUstri production and re 
lea-vc.; Stars Christine Jonsson. Bengt Ek- 
hind, features Berta HaM, Euk Hell, Mnni 
Nelson, Birgitta Valbcrg. Hans Straat, Nils 



Elis 
Soma 

Andrcassou .: 
Botvid 
Aron ...... V . 

Bor3e , . . 
Tarp , . . : 
Mans El ik 



Holger . Lowenadler 
...... Anita Blork 

. .. ... -Marta Arbin 

i. . . .i Kcwe -Hielm 

. . Agneta Prytz 
... .Ingrid Borthen 

. i .. Carl Strom 
.'. Ragnvi . ' Lindbladh 
. . . . , . .Oscar ■ L.iung 

. . . . , . Cavl DiHirell 

Eiik Hell 

Bnr.ie Mellwig 

. ..Tohn- Norrman 
. . Artur Cederborgh 



engineer. — , 
Rogers out of his holdings and 
• Jiine Frazee provides the slini lo- , 
mantic interest as secrctarv to a ^ 
linanciei who seeks to savp hei 
emplover's silver holdings Maioi- 
Uv of the humorous touches are bv 
Andv Devinp as Rogers' buddy ^.^r 
usual Foy Willing's Riders of the 
Purple Sage provide song and iid- 
in« inleiludcs 

The Tnicolor camera woik is 



Bcrit-.s mother: ... 
Hent a father . : . 
CicrLriul ■ 
I\[i.ss Velander.. 
\'ehuKler ... 
Cicilnul's talhcr. 
.Skahingcn 

Mis Krona 



. This ■ is an outstanding . jdi'^ama. 
To point up the advantJiges of 
rural life, the picture traces the 
career of a farm youth who returhs 
by oi'iVxens- 1 to the Gountrvside after giving the 
ischcr; music, B.v- 1 big City a whirl. It's the type of 
.varn that will prove a solid grosser 
for Scandinavian exhibitors,: ahfl 
chances are also good in the world 
market, especially in the U. S. and 
Britain.-.. ■ 



Novel • treatment"; handed th^ 
time - honored "boy - nieetsV girl" 
theme in "Hamnslatf' lifts it. out 

^ 01 the otherwise ordinary bracket, 

oK.nv although prints have a gaudy Putuie has gieat bo prospects in 



Nine Christine iTonsson 
Bengt Eklund 
Beita Hall 
........ , . . Erik Hell ; 

Biigiua'v'aibfig ' In this adaptation from Svend 
Hans stia.it Edvin Salje's novel, Ulf Palme re- 
HarPy AhTrn , rebuild the farm to which 

. . Nils Hallbcrg I his tathei, Holger Lowonadler, has 
Siv Ruud J become indiffeient When he's on 
the brink of succe.s.s war inter- 
venes. Later, with his soldiering 
over, he finds things are : in a rut 
again.. ■ . .'. 



tind uneven quality at times 



Jo'te 



■ Scandinavia and should do well 
abroad. 



Able cast is aided considerably 
by Gosta Folke's outstanding direc- 
tion. Palme, in particular, racks 



TlK^ !>iiUall T«lce ; 

(BRITISH) 

: London, Nov. 11. 

Biilisli lion iclease of Consk II i1 ion 



Sailor Bengt Eklund meets Nine ' "L,n«J^'"''"f^ peitormance Low 
Chustine .lonsson at a Gothenburg enadler as the fathei, contiibutes 



dance hall, and falls for her 
Lovers have several inisVinder- 
sfands However, the situations ad- 
lust themselves and the tadcout 
finds them fiiinly reunited 
Gompetent direction ot Ingmar 



s<VcenS^^^^^^ as well as his crisp 

jv.).an ouic, f- om novel by itobot screenplay put plenty of entei tain- 
5V.mie?;iei\a";iLnS. S& '>l"es into the footage Han- 

At Mi/i, Tonrton, Vio^. 10. "48 Ruiimii',' filing hcr lir&i important role. Miss 

n.,h«,n 1 regi-'ters auspiciously. Ek- 

^'iaX, i~'l"nd )'5 dashingly realistic as her. 
,. . Harold Kpci I'vis-a-vis while supporting cast 
David (ti.cene .nica.sures up. W'mq. 



time «> M1\S. 

Etpfinor. . . . i. ■ .' 

Jim I ay 

Bokc. . . . . 
.Jim - . .-. .:• . . • 

Ft inkie . . 

Potter.-. . 

.Tenny. . . . . . ... ; . 

. Kt'n . .... . ... . 

. Police Supt;. ... V 

Inspector . 

Maiti.infl . . ■ 
'. Dr. VenheU. ... . 

..Tnc Wallis: . ;^ : 

Colleitoi 



an equally . fine .iob in handling an 
unsympathetic role Miss Biork, 
who provides the romantic imer- 
est, also lates acclaim Karl- 
Fredrik B.iorn's screenplay, cam-; 
erawoik oi Goran Strindberg and 
Erland von Koch's music all com- 
bine to make "Pa Dessa Skuldror" 
one of the better Swedish films. 

; Winq. . 



.Michael Biilloiir 
. .:Joan Young 
. Angela Foiilds 
; . 'Glyn .ncarmiiii 
iNorman Clr-vKhie 
Edwaril ■ Ev yis 
Bill Sh'lic 
. .Michael Mivv^ion 
. . Edward P Imci' 
; Lyn E\::iii.s 



The Man in Mr-n 

(D'Honime a Hommes) 
(FRENCH) 

Ticniiations D'Art Cineinatographiciues 
ielcii.se ot P: Albert and U.i.C. (GcnveVc) 



Foreign Film Reviews 

iVnhkely for Anglia-V: S: Market) 



"Der Engel mit Her Potaune'' ("The 
Angel: with the Trumpet") (AUSTRIAN), 
ymdobona. Eilm Co. release of Ncuc 
Wiener Film production. Stars Paiila 



Anthony Havclock - Allan's fit st 
Independent production since his , 
breakaway from Cineguild is a fv";, ,>?:„^!|„, 
neatly contrived thriller, stion-j in !'™V„?r 
su<)pense lalues Obviously m de nsi Ki^tner 
on a modest budget, its lack oi Mil , 
names to .put . on the marouee is j cehcral Dufour: 
cleaiiv a handicap in sellini; the J a jieic pe Dunant 
pic 10 American showmen, but il 
shfiiild m;ike a worthwhile riualer 

'f.iken from the novel bv Rohf^it 
Wi'tciby the story depicts the 
emotional conflicts experienced by 



I'uuluction Stjrs Jean Louis B.iriault ' J^'^*^*''' » .""Jw'S , , Blf^'bticu 
BtuLiid BUei, Helen Perdueie Dncctcd '"'on* Thimig, Atlila Hoeihiscr, Paul 
o\ Uliislian laquc Original scittnplay Hoeibigci, Hans Holt, Alim Seullei Di 
h^ Chaile-. Spaak and Chii<itnn Liimc I " h> Kill H,-irtl Screenplay, Haiti 
t .mtra. Chiistian Malias At HcimiLiEe ' i., '■'an/ Tassie troin stoiv by Ernst 



Napolean... Jll 
(.ocher Picinontais 
Doctcur Basting. . 



At- Hermitage. 
Running time. 112 .MINW. 

ilean Louis Barrault 
. . . J Bernard Bilcr 
. .llclcne Perdriere 
. . . . 'Louis •Sei^jner' 

I . . .:. . - - Ab(!l:Jac4uin 
.- . . .... Dennis D'Ines, 

. . . . Bertlxe:- Bovy 

. . . Afaurice Escande 
.... .lean Dobuodurt 

. . -Fernand- Raitzeila 
.- .. . ..Groenevcld 



Lothar:- camera. Gucnther Anders: music- 
WiUy .SclimidtrGentncr. At Apollo, Vi- 
enna, nuiining time; 13R .VIXK. 



hside Stutf-Pichires 

The practice of lome fllm •xploitatlon department* to highlight « 
quote taken out of context from a pix reviewer*! notice wai tho target 
for a sharp Jab by Archer Winsten, N. Y. Post erltlo, in hit column la$t 
week (18). Whll* the tactic is commonly used, he singled out the 
newspaper ad Campaign on "Joan of Arc" as a cast in point. Comparing 
the advertising blurbs to the actual comments made by the leading 
New York reviewers, he noted that in each case there was a distortion 
of the reviewer's whole opinion. 

Incidentally rapping one anonymous N. Y. film critic, Winsten wrote, 
"The reviewers of the metropolitan press are honest, with one excep- 
tion, and they are permitted to give their full- reactions, with one other 
exception. They try hard to balance the good against the bad in the 
film they review; But they do become the tools of a shell game when' 
only one aspect of their opinions is utilized in an enormous and com- 
pelling advertisement." He didn't identify the "one exception" critic; 

Alton Cook, . N. Y. -World-Telegram film critic, also charged in a 
piece last week that his comments on "Joan-' had been misleadingly 
quoted, And several mfinths ago the N. Y. Times' Bosley Crowther' 
singled out several of his own notices from. which admen juggled ex*' 
cerpts to create impressions other than he had intended. 



■. Gael Sullivan; exec director of the Theatre Owners of America, has 
brought out a graphic, coloied brochure of the TOA public relations 
program which he is circulating among exhibs and fllm exes as an . 
appeal for support. The book concisely answers and illustrates such 
questions on the program as how it started, when it's needed, where it 
reaches and who makes it click. 

.Brochure points, up that 2,722 exliibs are actively working on. the 
campaign and ' that itv.has reached - newspapers; with a 35,00(^,000 cir* 
culation. Listed are seven TOA goals. These are to maintain the 
exhib as spokesman in his community; reduce discriminatory taxes; : ^ 
organize against adverse lcgislation{' build public confidence in screen - 
quality; highlight industiT achievements; guard against unfair competi- 
tion; and increase movie-going. h.ibits. Boxoffice slump, bad press and 
radio, television competition and the decline in foreign markets are. 
amplified as the reason why the ^industry must face the crisis and , 
challenge. 



Indicating a sharp recovery from war damages, there are now 252 
theatres open in Berlin's tour zones iicGording to Dr. R.; Goldschmidt, 
sales manager in Germany for the Motion Picture Export Assn. Seat- 
ing .capacity of the houses totals 103;342. These figures are in contrast 
to an estimate ol only :80 theatres m operation recently made by Hannen 
Swaffer in a Variety piece on the Berlin show biz situation. - 

Dr. Goldschmidt also corrects a statement in- the Swaffer article that 
"The Hucksters" (M-G) and "Easter Parade" (M-G) are m general 
release throughout the German capital. He - avers thesfe . films are shown 
only by the Army's Special Service tor occupation troops and prints 
have not been screened for the German public as a whole. Under the 
new currency realignment, the MPEA exec also points out that'a cigaret 
comes to about 2V4c, not 25c per smoke. 

Long standing policy , of the Army and Air Force Motion Picture 
Service to restrict attendance of civilians at its picture theatres has 
been relaxed with consent of representatives of the film industry. In 
an announcement made last week: by Special Services' chief Ma j. Gen. 
Russell B. Reynolds, It was pointed out that the move was made to 
make military duty more .ittractive to the serviceman. Under the new 
admission plan for patrons, additional civilian guest attendance will 
be regulated by issuance ot. permits. : Thi$ step is being made in order 
to prevent competition with theatres operated by civilian exhibitors. 



In line with a new policy of sending out biographical featu-tre ?>tories 
on noted Americans, the State Pept. is releasing a yarn On Walt Disney 
which is slated lor di.stnbution in . some 106 countries. Previously, 
material had been sent out on Gea. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thomas £. 
Dewey and .lohn D. RocketcHer, ,Ir: State, mcidentallv, also has been 
handling a series of health films which Disney originally made several 
years ago for Nelson Rockefeller's Committee to Coordinate Inter- 
American Affairs. 



UA's Serious Pix Deartli 



Dull tale of political intrigue in 
connection with, the former dual 
monaichv in Auslna Film lacks 
sentiment and direction is onlv 
mildly eftoctive Seveial newsieel 
shps, ciica 1918 may make it 
woithwhilc lo si( through the 135 
minutes lunning time Picture has 
Maas, 



France can be proud of this one 
emotional tomiicts experiencoa ov . ft,r,,n i„ Me„„ i.i.-iutc. ■ u.umii^^ 

thi-po escaoed p.isoneis who kccp,,,on t,,^ ,,^1^, , no chance in the U S 

a playwught and his wife prisonei should dc well at the foreign film 

In their own home while tiyinp to bo. since it's one ot Fiance's best 

elude the oops Apait from the (.fl^orts P Albeit, who pioduccd 

opening shots, there s little .nction 'Grand HluMon," has, sunounded 

but there s a pood quota of -^us- |i,int,elt with some of the best 

tnlent m France , and the results 

.ire pommehdable. Though thd 



"Dl» Vindafna. Bar" (''Where the Wind 
Blb\«s") .(SWEOISH-NORWEGIAN). svca 
Mm afeK-ase of \Alte Ohbcrg production. 
Stars- Cicorpe Font, ,Ev.i Strom: features 
Elof AHi'le, AUred Mauwadi Brita Holm- 
berg. Har.ild llBidfe Stcen. ' Screenplay, 
Rune Ijjnrtstrom; biifjiert.. ori .lacob Bull's 
novel. ".lorund fiined*'i.,- .caiTi^ta^ -Sien 

. ,. . . - . , Dahlgren. .-Vt (loyal. .Stockholm- - Running 

motion pictuie IS a liibutc to Henii I time. «(. MiNs nu.iii.iig 

Dunant loundcr of (he Intcin.v 

tion.'l Red Cioss it is also a I Fine lensing ot Noiwegian 
tvibule to the acting ability ol ■ mountaiiLs and hays makes this in- 
.Jcaii-Louis Ban'auU, tere.slmc Irom a , scenic point of 

Plot ot the pic, is thin and only view. Ilowcvor.; aside from Us pic- 
skijitul duection, acting and cam- torial asset "Dit Vindama Bar" 

hasn't , much to ofler: Story re- 
volves; aroUrid a blacksmith'.s trav- 
els thrpugh the hills. Filiii maiy 
got by in Scandinavia With its 
mixed NQVwe.gian and Swedish 
chances are dubious 
VV'iliq. 



p( nsp developed from the m.iin 
si'uation. ■ - ■ 

Because there is so little action 
' the pic has to rely on the actor.'? 'or 
Its effect .I.imes Donald, as the 
pi.Tvwripht! ■ Farold Keel, as the 
bi" shot and David Giceno and 
jV'"hael Balfour as his two con- 
ft dw-atfiS. turn in meaty, con \inc- 

in" studiefS. Valerie Hobson IS veiv oiawork keep the interest high 
efypt'tfve as the wife who bfcomos Djicctor Chri.sv'an .Tatiuo uses 
reunited with her husband but fl ishback tethniriue with Dunant 
while lesser roles are well cast, the Ivirn.selt telling his story. Coming 
. Wel-sh accent of many of the .subr ; back trom Algeria to protest to 
sidiarv characters may P'"" to Isapoieon III about conditions in ci't hut 
be a deterrent in the U, S Myro. Afiica, Dunant i& caught in tlic abroad. 



• • ■ ' ' Cant.nuied fl- 

and Amusement Enterprises' . (.Jack 
Benny) "The Luck Stiff" are being 
counted on most strongly by UA 
Both films star Dorothy Lamour 
Otherwise, in the can are Seymour 
Nebenzal's "Siren ot Atlantis" 
(Maria .Montcz, Jean-Pierre Au- 
mont and Dennis O'Keefe) and 
two toreign^mades. Latter are 
"High Fuiy" (foimcily "White 
Horse Inn"), bought by Buddy 
Rogers and ''Ralph Cohn tor U. S. 
distribution, and , "Just William's 
Luck," a low-budgeter made in 
Britain by A. R. Shipiiian and 
David Coplan, UA's British man^ 
ager. -- , 

Of those editing, UA execs are 
pinning their hopes on the Mary 
Picktord-Lester Cowan Mail Bios ' 
starrer, "Love Happy." Others are 
Sam Bischoft's "Outpost m Moroc- 
co" (Geoige Raft), Kdu.iid Small's 
"Indian Scout" (George Mont- 
gomeiy), James Na&sei's "Co\er 
Up" AWilIiam Bendix, Dennis I 
O'Keefe), Hunt Stiombeig's "Too' 
Late for Tears" (Lizabeth Scott, j 
Don DeFoie) and Il.iriy Popkin's 
"Impact" (Buan Donlcvj-, Ella , 
Raines). 

In production aie Stanlev 
Kramei'i "Champion" (Kuk Doug- 
las, Maiiijn Maxwell), Kdwaid 1 
Nassour's "Afiica .Sdcams" (Ab- i 
bolt Si Costello) and W R Fiank's 
"Dan Patch" (Dennis O'Keelc, , 
Gail Russell). | 

Scars IS now on the Coast en- 
deavonng to impiove the piodiut 
situation uilh seveial new deals, 
as well as by naUing down the 
negotiations bv which llowaid 
Hughes is to put up second-moncj 
financing for thiee UA pi\. Talks 
on the latter matter have been ] 
stalling along for months, lalgelv | 
due to the inaccessibility ol 
Ilughc, to any UA rep but Sears 
himself. 

Although UA's stiingenl situa- 
tion cuirently can be atlubuted 
partially to disagreement!, between 



om pat'e S • 
the owners and other intramural 
ditficulties, it IS. primarily a mat-' 
ter of industry economics. With 
present high costs and limited 
boxoffice prospects, it just isn't 
profitable for most indie producers 
to opcrate-7-and UA IS entirely de- 
pendent qp indies. Result is it 
th.it the distrib has no adequate 
source of a regular supply of its 
litebiood, ' which is product. 



interior 'Exteriors' 



Continued from page 7 
putting up a full London 



city 



block, with both streets and houses, 
and carriages operating as though 
they really were rolling through an - 
exterior set. 

Metro IS another maior winch is 
favoring interior "exteriors." "The 
Seciet Garden," which will be al- 
most, entirely composed of exterior 
action, will be shot exclusively on 
a studio stage. Workers have ar- 
ranged a laige garden under studio 
loot 

Actually there is no reason why 
Studios shouldn't follow this prac- 
tice of inside shooting M.iny lo- 
cation setting can be duplicated at 
relatively small cost at studio, and 
this piecludes all chance of shoot- 
ing being stymied by adverse 
weather conditions. 

Weather has always played a vi- 
tal role m outdoor shooting, and by 
th)s procedure director doesn't 
have to. worry about w'hether or not 
sun IS out. Light nowadajs are so 
powerful, and resemble sunlight so 
essentially, that same effects aie 
achieved Costly location ex- 
penses, the housing and feeding 
ot large troupe, also is avoided, 
this also inclufling transportation, 
which- alw.iys has been sizable. In 
future, studios are expetsted to 
lean to this interior "outside" 
shooting with greater effectiveness, 
thus I educing costs further. 



Vedneadgy, November 24, 1948 



If 




•What shall I' 
book for the 



holidays?" 




IF YOU RAN RADIO 
CITY MUSIC HALLI 

You'd be mighty careful what pictures you selected 
for your precious Thanksgiving, Christmas and New 
Years tiine, the richest prizes of the year! 

You'd look over all the available product and get 
the best entertainments on the market. 

That's what the Music Hall did! 

They booked M-G-M's "HILLS OF HOME" for 
a Technicolor Thanksgiving to be followed by 
M-G-M's Technicolor*^ WORDS AND MUSIC* for 
Christmas and New Years. 

Here's more proof that the Music Hall picks them, 
wisely. The national theatre gross of its recent 
attraction "JULIA MISBEHAVES" has now topped 
Technicolor "DATE WITH JUDY" another M-G-M 
Music Hall record-breaker! 

From Coast-to-Coast they're saying; "M-G^Merry ChristmasJ 
M-G-Moneyful New Year!" 



FICTIJRES 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



Picture Grosses 



'Hamlet' Paces Prov. At 
Terrif $25,000; 'Triumph' 

$11, 



.'"Sofia" (FC) i8 clays), day-date j 
' with Orpheuni. Ternfic 86,500. ' 
Last week, "Loves of Carmen" 
I Col) and "CSentleman Nowhere" 
iCoD, big $4,500. j 
1 Orplieum (H-E) il -JSO; 50-85)— 
1 "Babv Smiles At Me" i20th) and 
1 "Sofia" iFC). Also Oriental. Wham 
I $10,500. Last week, "Cry of City" 
(20th) and "Anna Karenina" 



Films' Public Relations 



Continued from pnge 4 , 



i ' (Gdntlnued from page 8) 

nK^llOflfl 'Breed' 13G ZTe '^^'^ ''''''''V-^^T'^sVm^^^^ 

;|>1 1,U0U, WeeQ lOU same. ^^^^^^^^ , "Triple linear Olcay^^OO; 

Providence, Nov 23 • 45-65)-" Johnny Belinda" (WB) Last week, Loves Nowhere- 
First run spots are generally fol- ,411, ^^k). still rated town's best <Col) and Gentleman Nowheie 
lowing , the pre-holiday trend by 1 ^^.^^ holding strong at 

falling off with only "Hamlet able $5,500 after last week's healthy 
to give any impetus to gro.sses j $(j_ooO. 

generally. The 1,400-seater Carlton ! National (Standard) (2,400; 45- 
Is doing a terrific week with "Ham- , 65)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U) 
let." "Hollow Triumph" shapes okay | and "Sons of Adventure" (Rep) 



at Met. 

Estimates for This Week 
Aibee (RKO) (2,200; 44-65) — 
"Song Is Born" (UKO) and "Body- 
guard" (RKO) (2d wk). Goad $12,- 
000. Last week, nice $17,000. 
Carlton (Fay) (1,400; $1.80-$2.40) 



Barely okay at $7,000 or less. Last 
, week, "Saxon Charm" (U) and 
"Money Madness" (FC), $5,000. 
I Rialto (FA) (3,000; 45-65)— "Tat- 
t lock's Millions" (Par) and "Bun^ 
■ galow 13" (20th), Modest $12,000. 
' Last week, "Song Is Born" (RKO) 
and "Body Guard" (RKO), fine 



^'Hamlet" (U). Slated for two-week : $16,000: 

ri'n with two performances daily. ; state (Loew's) (3,000; 45-65)— 
Wow $25,000. Last week, "Johnny ' "Return of October" (Col) and 
Belinda" (WB) and "Life With ' "Blondie's Secret" (Col) with p.a. 
Father" (WB) (3d downtown wk), I of Terry Moore helping. Nice $15,- 
strong $7,000. 1 000. Last week,"J,ulia Misbehaves" 

Fav's (Fav) (1 400- 44-65) — 1 'M-G) and "Leather Gloves" 
"Smart Girls Don't Talk" (WB) and j 'Col) (2d wk), neat $11,000 for 6 
big vaude layout to help house cele- . days. „ „„„ oc> 

brate its 32d consecutive vaude ] ..Strand (FA) (1,000; 45-65)- 
season. Jamming them in for solid .This Is New York" (UA) and 
La.st weik, "Three Daring ' "Silent Conflict" UA) Slow $4,- 
(M nl (i^rissnpy and ! 000- Last week, "Luck of Jnsh'' 
(M-G) (reissue) anaj^goth) and -The Creeper'' (20tH), 
I medium $5,500. 



(Col), big $9,700. 

United Artists (Parker) (895; SO- 
BS)— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) 
(3rd wk). Holding at $8,500. Last 
week, sock $9,500. 



$8,000.' 
Daughters'- 
Vaiide, $6,000. 



Slajestic (Fay) (2,200; 44-65) — | 
"Larceny" (U) and "Homicide for 1 ^ _ _ __. , 

S^''ie:-"S^''\VT^a^n^^K^^^ Not Strong With 

"Perilous Waters" (Mono), $lli000v 
Metropolitan (Snider) (3,100; 44- 
65) — "Hollow Triumph" (EL) and 
"Enchanted Valley" (EL). Okay 
$11,000. Last week, "Noi-thwe.st , 
Stampede" (EL) and "Olympic | 
Games of 1948" (EL), same. 

State (Loew) (3,200; 44-65) — 
"Julia Misbehaves" (M;-G) and 
"The Search" (M-G) (2d wk). Sturdy 
$19,500. Last week, sma.sh $26,000. ' 
• Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65)', 
—"Untamed Breed" (Coi) and "Dis 



'Station' Standout 13G; 
'Triumph'-'Spiritualist' 4G 

Kansas City, Nov. 23. 
Milder week; looks - likely here 
preceding the Thanksgiving holi- 
day, most houses saving their best 
films for the coming week. Of the 
two new bills, "Belle Starr's 
Daughter" at TowerrUptown-Fair- 
way combo and "Station West''\ at 
Orpheum, only the latter looks 



live Little' ilG Paces 
New Pix in Drab Pitt 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23. 

Not much action here this week, 
although "Julia Misbehaves" at 
Penn and "Road House" at Harris 
are holding up fairly well in sec- 
ond-stanzas. "Hamlet'' keeps on 
building at Ritz. ■ Neither of two 
new entries/ "Love . of Mary" at 
Fulton nor "Let's Live a Little" at 
StAnley, are doing much. 

Estimates f«r Tills Week 

Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 44-76) — 
"Love of Mary" (U). Lucky to get 
much more than $4,000,. very dim. 
Last . week, second of ■ *'Song • Is 
Bom" (RKO), nice $7,500, and 
could have held again. , 

Harris (Harris) (2,200; 44-76) — - 
"Road House" (20th) (2d wk). Solid 
$10,000 in 6 days. Last week, 
spanking $15,500. 

Pcnn (Loew's-UA) (3,300; 44-76) 
— "Julia Misbehaves" (M-G) (2d 



compared with anything except the 
two postwar peak years, it is ex- 
cellent. The difficulty is in high 
costs, which have resulted in slash- 
e.S: in profits. It is that to which 
the industry is adjusting, rather , 
than poor theatre attendance. 



broad, industrywide scheme dis- 
cussed. The company toppers did 
view recently - completed, four 
cooperatively-made shorts, aiming 
to show Hollywood in its best light. 
These were okayed and another 
approved. MPAA was al.so handed 
a mandate to continue its best ef- 
forts at gilding the Hollywood lily. 

Meanwhile, the industry was 
girding itself in preparation for the 
whole problem of stars who. get 
themselves and Hollywood in 
troubliB on moral charges, to break 
luridly into the open at the Na- 
tional Allied States Exhibitors columnist constantly chatter- 

6**"- o^«''SX''"*'S"rJ" ^Anflfi^c ■ ing about it," William Brandt, New 
Nov. 29-30 and Dec. All ed is , .^.^ operator, -declared 



; Spotlighting Boxoffice 

Slip Irritates Brandt 

"Ple;jty of other nusinesses are . 
suffering a lot more than ours, 
but I don't hear every coinmenta- 
I tor on the air and sec every news- 



determined to have a whack at get 
ting the "bad boys" whipped. 

A <Czar' a la Baseball 

Two major proposals are ex- 
pected to be forthcoming for de- 
bate. One, by Edward Lachman, 
prexy of New Jersey Allied, will 
call for the establishment of a 
-'czar," similar to the setup in or- 1 
ganized baseball, who will have the i, 
power to kick out of the industry 1 
an offending player. (See separate [ 
story.) Allied feels that the "czar" 1 
function is as not adequately served i 
hy Johnston he is: employed by the | 
major; companies, Lachman's idea | 
.would be for the headman to be j 
hired by aU segments of the in- ■ 
dustry. } 

Another scheme to be aired is 
that of Allied-member J. P. Fin- 1 



neran. ; He proposes inclusion in 
wk): Despite luke'^arin reviews, 1 the production code of a clause that 
they're going hejTi?,. for G?eer Gar- 1 would bar players from the indus- 
son in this cortiedy. Sturdy $16,- try for repeated infraction of rules 
000 on top of sock $21,500 last ! of good conduct. For minor of 
week 



Kltz (LoeWs) (800 
■ Hamlet" (U) {3d wk). Building a 
bit frt)m week to week; and this 
one should be best yet, about $10,- 
000. Getting a big week-day matir 
nee play from students, which help 
i plenty. Last week, $9,500. 
Senator (Harris). (2.200 ; 44-76) 



week, "Sealed Verdict" (Par) and i 
"Leather Gloves" (Col), oke $12,- 
000. 



aster" .Par). Good $13,000. Last , Hl^^.^^JjHollow Triumph^ R^oxy ■ '^jSilver Queen''.(UA) and "Men of 

its best week in months. First ! J^^^s" , (U) (reissUesX^ 
winter storm hit Friday and was ! OOQ. Last Week, "Kiss Blood Off 
no help to the trade over \veek end. 
Estimates, for This Week 
Es<luire.(Fbx Midwest) (820; 45-65:) 
^''Son of Pracula" (U) and "Ghost 
of Frairkehstein" (U) (r^isistieS); 
Average $3v000.: Last week; ■•'Road- 
house" (20th) (m.b.), solid $4,30{r. 
Kimo (Dickinson) (550; 35-45-65) 
Jenny 



I fenses, they would be; suspended or 
90c-.$2.40)— I fined. 

Both Lachman's and Finneran's 
schemes are subject to further 
study by attorneys. There ,: are 
thought to be legal dangers in- 
volved in either kicking a ' player 
out of the industry 6ir boycotting 
his fihns. However, thier^ ; is. the 
precedent of the baseball cisar, 
which has been i upheld by 
.courts^- ■ . 



[yesterday (Tuesday) in a burn at- 
I t)ie great amount of publicity given 
1 recently tc allegedly faltering film 
' grosses. 

\ Two different Monday (22) night 
; radio- spielers, one of whom claimed 
, that TV had knocked off New York 
I film audiences by 40%, were- the 
immediate cause of Brandt's upped 
I blood pressure, Theatre op claimed 
1 that b.o.s were off nothing like the 
I amount most of the writers and : 
I gabbers indicated and that there 
, are a flock of good pix around, all 
i of them doing solid biz, despite the 
false ideas being spread, 
i Brandt squawked that the con- 
stant harping on poor picture gross-' 
I es by the commentators was liighly 
Injurious to business, giving peo- 
ple the ii.ea that there is nothing 
worth seeing. As for video's effect^., 
he declared that the: top radio 
shows give films as tough competi-' 
tion as possible and people still 
are going to theatres. It's their 
gregariousness, he declared. . . ' 



WESTERN PA. PLAGUED 
BY 16M JACKRABBITS 



BUZ HITS OMAHA BUT , 
'BABY' SWEET $11,500 



Omaha, Nov. 23. 
"When Baby Smiles at Me" 



at-". 



Pittsburgh, Nov, 23. 
Problem : of lem competitibh, 
a recurrent headache to exhibs^- 
\\^^ I is cropping up in western Pennsyl- 
' vania in its most virulent form. 
Fly-by-night operators who operate 
mobile narrow-gauge equipment 
are moving into, vacant lots witht;- 
their trucks for one and two-night ; 
performances, .at chicken-feed ad- 
mission scales. 
These operators erect canvass; 



the Paramount and second week of 
"Johnny Belinda" on: moveover to j 
Omaha are news here this week: | 
All theatres had to face a blizzard j 
that virtually .stopped traffic. I 
Estimates for This Week 



Paramount (Tristates) (2,800; 16- ' ?18,000 



651— "Baby Smiles at Me" (20lh). 
Big $11,500. Last week, "Johnnj- 
Belinda" (WB), .$12,000. 

Orpheum (Trislates) (3.000; 20- 
80 —"Isn't It Romantic" iPar) with 
Avt Moone;y band onstage. F;ur , 
.$15,000. Last week, "Raw Deal" !: 
■,(ET.(>, good ¥10,fi00\at 16-65e sc.ale, ; ; 

Omaha 'Tristatcs) (2.100; 16-05) 
-r-.'-Jbhnni' Belinda"- ( WBl : .(m.o.).:i 
Sli'i'prisingly Stin'dy $10,OQO: . Last i 
\\'C(>k, ''Apartffient f or. Peggy':' i ?;»:,! 
(m^o.) . and. ' "'-'Checker^^^^^ Coat" 
: (2nth), .okay: $9,200^ ; . .,, 

Brandels (RKO) (L'SOO; 16-65)— 
"June Bride" (WB> and "Triple 
threat"., tCbl); Nice '$:8,50() : . 't.ast., 
w<M-k, ;"Wa:lk : Crooked- Mile" ' iCol) 
and "Ru'Sty: Leads Way" (Col ), $7,- 
80f! 

State (Goldberg) (865: 16-651— 
"Hollow- Triumph" (EL) and 
"Olvmpid Games" (EL). Good 
$4,liOO. Last week, '-Moonnsc" 
(Rep) and "Flirting With "Fate" 
(Indie), ligM $3,600. 



Hands" (U) (m.o,), $3i500. 

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 44-76) - 1 Beating which the film bapital'ls 

«nnnn^'n^ t^^^;^- /J'''* taking as a result of the great hum. 

$11,000 or close. Last week, i. 
"June Bride" (WB), a disappoint- ' ^nrttS,s»"K,, 
mCnt at $11 500 talk^nd pressure by industry top- 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 44-76) — I P"^j^5['g^«:«=|!iWl^^^^^^^ 

Lamour" (Indie). Okay ■ better by comparison than at Stan- : Thursday (18 , fiontpaged n many | ^ ^ gawkevs from 

ast week, "Naked Fury" I ley Trim $8,000. Last week, "John- PfPers throughout the country. The g,.abbing free shows. Foldingchairs 
' ny Belinda" (WB) (3d wk), strong I New York World-Telegram head- '''""""'^ 
$7-500 for fifth downtbwn week. I lined it; ''Movie Depressibh Gipt» 

- , ■ -• ' ■'- •-• ■ • : ting Colossal." -'■.■■:,-■'-■■.■.".-,. .■ 

Buff. Off Sharply But i Yarn statediv*^#ly«^bd'r^ 
-tm • 1 » <HT' 1 ■> tnr^ f Piession has taken another down-^ 
'Tnumph - Mickey lOG | ward slide," and went on to point 
Buffalo, Nov. 23. , out that "the movie busine.ss is 
Whole town is off this , week, i getting poorer every nionth. ■ . ; ; 



S2,000. Last 
(Indie). $1,900. 

IMidland (Loew's) (3,500: 45-65> 
—"Julia Misbehaves" (M-Gi and 
"The Search" (M-G) (2 wk). Satis- 
factory $10,000. Last week, strong 



- 



Orpheum (RKO) (1.900; 45-651 
"Stiition West'^ (RKO) and "Smart 
Girls Don't Talk" (WBL Nice 
$13,000 if holds pace throuRh week, , 
Last week, "Song Is Born" (RKO)'snape 
and "The Prairie" (SG) i2d wk), iii""'*' 
bis $9,000, 

Paramount (Par) (1,900; 45-651— 
"Johnnv Belinda" (WBl (3d wlO, 
Kiinov $8,000, Last week, nifty 

.$1.1,000. r - 

Koxv (Durwoodi (900; 45-051— 
"Hollow Triumph'' (ED and"Spir- 
iliiali^t" lEL). One of strongest 
bills here recently^ .rousing $4,000, 
Last week, "Dude Goes Wo,st'' 
(Mono) and "Smart Woman" 
(Mono), $3,500, over average. 

Towcr-Uptown-Fairway I Fox Mid- 
west) (2,100; 2,043; 700; 4i5-65)— 
"Belle Starr's Daughter" (20thi. 
.lu.«l average $13,000. Last week, 
"For Lo.ve; of Mary" (U) 
$7,000 in 5 days.' 



"Hollow Triumph" :and: "Mickey" ; More than 1,800 labbversTr-carpen-, 
good at . Century. • ''.June ters, painters,: clerical workers and 
IS okay, at the Buffalo, i stageharids T:- lost their jobs last 
Otherwise, it is: mostly slim pick- i w;eek- Eagle Lib^ 

^» * « , , up, except for a skeleton crew, and - -^.^^^ : '^^^^ «w ■ 

I V .EstiiM.atejs for This Week - i Warner Bros,, bne of the blefiest . . . . , 
, ButTalo (Sheal (3,500; 40-70)— ' studios fired I 000 workers " i C.onBeb'ticUt night;'^^'b^^^ 

i".)itno Bride" 'WB), Okay .'613 000 ■ ' 'r.jd. loadhouses in this sector are swing- 

lor near. Last week, "Isn't It Ho-; ivioie uaa fress ing: over to .I6m pix shows in 

.manlic" (Par) and Horace Hcidt's Actress Anne .Shirley, who write,': increasing riurnbers/ Using old but 
St.Ti-s on Parade, s-olid .$24 500 a daily column Cor the New York i niajor corilpany - produced filmsi 

GrcatLakes(Shea) 13,400; 40-70) 'Star, stated two days earlier:- the hiteries are supplying cilffo 
Tk) nnw^in tV?'nnn '*5;P JJ? ! « film.entertaihment as part of to^^^ 

M^ sl, S20 000 * ' Last week, ■ major depression is on in Holly- 1 regular shows and without addi- 

HiL fsheni" (2inn- 40 701 'Trv ^ood, much worse than any the tipnal charge.^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ;. . : 
of CiW' (S) and%M '^'"'^ heretofore experienced.; Siib-run thefttres.in the ttartfofd 

°20tl,).' Sturdy at $14 000. Last T u h filmmakers arc ! area are complainihg - that :lt^^^^^ 
.week, "Johnny Belinda" (WB) fP®""?'""^ « business in which tii« .'^^^ -shwp^. '.-vv'" 
weak im.o,), big $8,500. .I?^^f sP«nt half their lives, : V r-- ■: ■ . 

' Teck (Shea) (1,400; 40-70)— "I'll ' ^"^ low-salaried worker Is Ink, . i i t i» : ! 
iBe Seeing You" (UA) and "Inter- 1 desperate straits, haunting the i llnif pri l^hor FreSSUre 
_ mezzo" (UA) (reissues). Mild $3,- j now-growing queues at the uncm- «ivowmiv 

Baby Smiles on Port., ,^^^^5^^''' ™ • "'rr*"' T'Tl - "'"""l 

J > (m o I. 5>4.5UU. I The continued firings, with the 

■o;"K'^of'K''TuTSkd'i'^°o^ 
Secret".; (EL): ■ Dim 



's 

are set up plus a 16m screen and 
the. jackrabbit theatre man is, 
ready to go. - 

Besides the: inundation of vacant 
lots, narrow-gauge operators are • 
taking over miners' halls,: fire- 
men's halls, churches and clubs for 
the most extensive I6m ptayings 
seen in western Pennsylvania for 
many ^ears. 



1 2d 



MINNEAPOLIS 

(Continued from page 9) 

week,". "Coroner Creek" (Col) 
vk)',~ $1,700. 

Radio City (Par) (4,400; 50-70)— 
"Liick of Irish" (20lh), Mild 
$12 000, Last week, "Johnny Bc- 
liiir'a" (WB), good $17,000. 
. RKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; ."jO- 
70)— "Kiss Blood Off Hands" (U). 
Very .slow at $9,000. Last week, 
"June Bride" (WB), $13,000, 

KKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; .50-70)— 
"June Bride" (WB) (m,o.). Fine 
$8,000, Last week, "Song Is Born ' 
(RKO) (2d wk), fancy $8,000, 

State (Par) (2,300; 50-70)— "Pit- 
fall' (UA). Fairish $10,000, Last 
week, "Cry of City" (20th), $11,000, 
Cpfown (Par) (1,000; 44-60)— 
"Pfiradine Case" (SRO). iVabe 
»liOWing. 'Virile $4,500. Last week, 
"Sorry, Wrong Number" (Pai), 
good $4,500. 

World (Mann) (350; 50-85)— 
"Apartment for Peggy" (20th) 
fin o,). Third Loop stand. Fine 
$3,000. Last week, "Mickey" (£Li, 
$1,800. 



Wow $17,000 in 2 Spots 



;^For Lpve_qf Mar.v" (U) and "Open | that is haunting Hollywood and is 



Loom$ Vs. Monogram 



Heavy 



Hollywood, Nov. 23, 

, . .„ „ „„u Possibility of united labor pres- 

Portland, Ore., Nov. 23. i week" "Untamed''Br^^^^^^^ in ' press and r.idio sure on Monogram arose when 

f rains and storms are not IVGentleman Nowlicr^^^ (Col) iSn - ! throughout the country, is undoubt- 1 Hollywood AFL film council 



I40-70J - 



keeping, the bbxoffiees down this '500. 
stanza. "When My Baby Smiles At 20th Century 
Me" at Orpheum and Oriental and 
"Blandings Dream House" at 
, Broadway , are new films drawing 
real coin^ "Night Has Thousand 
Eyes" is very nail^ at Paramount. 
I Estimates for This Week 

Broadway (Parker) (1,832: 50-85) 
— "Blandings Dream House" (SRO) 
and "Sons of Adventure" (Rep): 
Sock $14,000. Last week, "Rope" 
iWB) and "Embraceable You" 
(WB) (2d wk) (4 days), big $6,700. 

Mayfair (Parker) (1,500; 50-85) 
— "Rope" (WB) and "Embraceable 
You" (WB) (mo,). Fine $4,!i00, 
*l.ast Week, "Hairy Ape" (FC) and 
"Wolf Man" (FC) (reissues) (4 
days), okay $2,500. 

Music Box (H-E) (1,000; 50-85) 
—"Johnny Belinda" (WB) and 
"Lulu Belle" (Par) (2d wk) (m,oi. 
Excellent $4,500. Last week. $5,000 
Oriental (II-E) (2,000; 50-85)— 
"Baby Smiles At Me" (20th) and , okay $3,400. 



edly damaging the boxoffice, bb- 1 voted: to demand, that Monogram 
(20th Cent ) (3 000' "servers feel. People are great for immediately put into action an ar- 
Hollow Triumph ' (ELi | bandwagons, it is pointed out. i bitration award on job classifica- 



and "Mickey" (EL). Good $10,000. 
La.st week, "Song Is Born" (RKOi 
1 2d wk), nice $8,000. 



SEATTLE 

'Continued from page 9) 
Numlier" (Par) (2d run). Fair $4,- 
500. Last week,:"Rose Washington 
Square" i20th) and "Belle Starr" 
(20th) (2d runs), $3,800. 

Paramount (II-E) (3,000; S0-S41— ■ 
"Gallant Blade" (Col) and "Un- 
tamed Breed" (Col). Good $9,000. I 
Last week, "Good Sam" (RKO) and ■ 
"Arizona Ranger" (RKO) (2d wk). 
big $8,800. I 
Roosevelt (Sterling) (800; 50-84) , 
—"Blood and Sand" (20th) and "I ' 
Wake Up Screaming" (20th) (re- 1 
issues). Big $4,000. Last week, i 
"Forever Amber" (20th) and! 
"Thunder Hoof" (Col) (2d runs) 



When they feel that the industry tion of office employees.. Award 
is doing great, they all want to be | was recently made by arbitration 
aboard. When they hear nothing P"nel in favor of office employees 
but depression talk, they get the i international union, 
idea that no one else is going toi Demand Is slated to be accom- 
films, so why should they. Any- , Panied by declaration that support 
way, they figure, there must be a guilds and unions will 



be sought to help enforce award. 

■;--;,lDetr0k:,'$ticktip'. ,.:;■■■: 

Detroit, Nov. .23- :- 
An armed bandit held up the 
Dpwhtovi'h theatre, and: escji^ed 
in a Dublic relations nnl ' "'"'^ estimated $100 . Without 
icy do to chang^e'the P~lTi- ; f„T^^^^^^ 

dio reaction without rehiring thou-|J,ight ihuisday (18) 

which WOtild «p- ! The cashier, Mrs. Rose Cardie, 
„. 41, told police she handed over 

The idea that it Is seen neces- available currency and loose 
sary to promote is that the b.o. change when the bandit pointed a 



reason and it's Undoubtedly that 
"pictures are no good.!' 

It is that whole chain of think- 
ing that must be corrected, shon- 
men feel. Inasmuch as the firings 
are basically the result of economic 
problems, of course; the question 
is what can 
do to 
reacti 
sands of workers- 
pear Impossible. 



Bituation now is not bad. In fact, gun at her. 



DEC . 6tH 



ALIANY 

: Wormr Scrnnint Hotm . . 
7fll.rMrlSt. « 12:30 r.M. 
AnAMTA 

nth Ctntaiyftx SoMKhil ItMd 

m WaltM ». • tMm 

tOSTON 

RKO Scrnnlnf Rf om . 

122 Arliniton St. • 2:30 MH 

•urrAio 

f aroimuM Stnintni Rtrnt 
W Franklin St. • 2:00 r.M. 



CHARLOni 

20th (*ptur|r-F»x S(rMnia| Rom 

301 S. (hvKh St. • 10.00 A M. 

CHICAGO 

Wornw ScnMlni Room 

l307So.Wab«hAvo. • l:}Or.lL 

CINCINNATI 

RKO Scmnbii Room 

rota(oaRM|.i.«th • 1.00 MH 

CUVIUND 

Utomor Snoontiii Room 

2300 roynoAvo. • 2:00 r «L 



DALLAS 

tOlh (tntury-Fox S«Mnin| Room 
1103 Wood St. • 2:00 r.M. 

piNvm 

faromoonl Siroonlni Room : 

2100 SioHt St. • 2:00 r.M. 

DM MOINII 

20lh (ontwiT'fox Stioonlni Room : 

1300 Hl|k St. • 12:4S r.M. 

DITROIT 

film Ixchongo tuildlnf 

2310 Con Avo. • 2^00 f.NL 



INDIANAPOLIS 

Ihilvonol Stnonlni Room 

f17No.llliiiottSt. • 1:00 r.M 

KANSAS CITY 

20lh (Mtwir^fox Scroonini Room 

1720 Wyoodotto St. • 1:30 r.Mi 

LOS ANOIUS 

WofflOf Scnoaini Room 

202S t Vormoiit Avo. • 2:00 f.M. 

MIMMIIS 

20th (ont»r|r-fox Scroonlni Room 
ISI Vomo Avo. • 10:00 A.M. 



MILWAUKEI 

Wotnet Theatro Scrooning Room^ 
212 W. WiKonsIn AO. • 2:00 P.M, 
MINNEAPOLIS * 
Wormr Strooning Room 
1000 Currio Avo; • 2:00 P.M. 
NEW HAVEN 
Wormr Tliooiro Projiction Room 
70 Colleio St. • 2:00 P.M. 
NEW ORLEANS 
20lh (ontury-Pox Strooning Room 
200 S. tiborty St. • 1:30 P.M. 
NEW YORK 
NomoOfflw 

321 tt. 44th St. 0 2:30 P.M. 

OKLAHOMA 

30th Cont«ry>Fox Scroonlni Room 

10 North Uo St. • 1:30 P.M. 

OMAHA 

20th (ont»ry-Fox Stroonini loom 
1502 DovonporlSI. • 1:00 PJI. ' 
PHILADILPHIA 
Woriwr Siroonim Room 
230 No, 13th St. . 2,30 Pit. 



PITTSBURGH 

20th:CoRlurypFox Strooning Room 
l71S8lvd.orAllios • 1:30 P.M. 
PORTLAND 

Jowotlox Scrocninf Room ' 
1947 N.W. Koornoy St. • 2:00 P.M. 
SALT LAKE 

20th Contuiy-Fox Sctoofling Room 
216 toil ht Sooth • 2:00 P.M. 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Poromoiml Snoonfni Room 
20S Cotdon Goto Avo. • 1:30 P.M. 
SEAmi 

Jowol lox ScrooRini Room 
2311 Socond Avo. • 10:30 A.M. 
ST. iOUlS 
S'roRW ScrNnlni Room 
3143 0livoSt. • 1.00 P.M. 
WASHINGTON 
Womor Ihofltro Ruilding 
I3lh t E Sti. N.W. ' 10:30 A.M. 



DENNIS MORGAN MALSNE DeFORE PATGE "ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON" 




Dtrooltd by • Pr«du<o4 by I 

RAOUL WALSH JERRY WALO} 




ScrMn Playby ROBEI^T L. ItlCHARDS From th« Play by JAMES HAQAN • Musical Numbar* QrMfad and Stagad by LaROY PRINZ • Musitt.Arranyadan'd Adaptad by RAY MEINDORP 



18 



PICTURES 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



NW Indies Now Crashing Drive-In 
Field; Big Profit Protection Angles 



Options Only 

CoiiUpued from pace 1 



' Minneapolis. ' far. As the drive-ins grow in num- 
Belaled scramble of tiiis ierri- 1 bur tliey're fearful of the compe- 
tory's independent exliibitors to | tition. Most regular tlicatres have ] 
enter the drivetin field is attributed 
to a desire to protect their own 
regular theatre investments from 
outside drive-in competition and 
also, to a sudden realization' of the 
large profit possibilities. Example 
of real coin available is the 535,000 
net chalked up by Bloomington 
dnve-in in a suburb here since last 
Spring. It is owned and operated 
by Minnesota Entertainment En- 
terprises, group of Twin City indie 
exhibs organized to control the 



sufficiency «f best-.sellefs, Brpad" 
way piay.s • And oUrer ' published 
material to supplement lot-devised 
originals. ^ 

. Supply and p^^^ 

heavy investments m air-condition- ; Now, two things have hfppened 
ing and their summer trade always ; to that formerly plentiful supply, 
has been profitable. i S'irst, writers just aren't turning 

But some . drive-in competition j it out in such quantity as before 
already is causing plenty of head- 1 and, second, as a result of econ- 
aches. Most glaring example of omy, categol'ies of yarns the studios 
this new competition is near Aber- 1 will buy have been narrowed. For 



deen, S. D., where the Rocket, a 
16m drive-in is charging no ad- 
mission. Announcing the "no ad- 
mission charge," Paul Slassel, man- 
agfet, says the theatre will depend 
entirely upon the goodwill and 



Minneapolis-St. Paul drive-in .situ- ! generosity of the patrons to defray 
ation i expenses by freewill ollonngs. 



Because of these profits, a con-i, . ,i,p„t,.p pircuit) itself 

siderablc part coming from edibles ,' .tf" 



and beverages sold at drive-ins. the ^Z^i^^ 

tjon at tliis tim^ 6f hiiildihg any 



territory's independents are going 
in for drive-in construction on a 
wholesale scale. These operations 
are starting even outside of 2,000'- 
population towns. Many drive-in 
circuits are being organized by in- 
dependents here and in this terri- 
tory. All this expansion is going 
on despite a short drive-in seasoik 
up. .here; . . 

Some local indies are even step- 
ping out into other territory, Ted 
Mann and Donald, Guttman, with a 
circuit of seven houses in the Twin 
Cities area, are expanding to Los 
Angeles where they will build 
three drivc-ins. First to be started 
Is a $2.^0,000 drive-in at San Pedro 
near Los Angeles. Another is 



instance, the whole: fiteld of .cos- 
turne drariiais has jie^tt nixed by 
most -lots; Lik^AVijSei Jout, Although 
erieepiflig ba<;k, are: War stories. Also 
^limihated i^ : anytl?in that msakes 
for expensive production. 
:' ( As a result, studios are taking 
the options on whatever is pub- 
lished that looks like it has the 
germ of a film and in which some- 
one on the lot is particularly in- 
terested. The options tisitally ruii 
about -10% of the agreed-on pur- 
of Oiese projects, some of its part- , chase price. Top is generally $5,000 
ners are starting wholesale con- against a $50,000 purchase price 



expenses . 
While ■ Minnesota Amus. Co. 



struction. 

L. J. Ludwig, . Minnesota Amus. 
Co. former assistant manager and 
now its partner in operation of 
three conventional theatres : : at 
Jamestown, N. D. plans lio build a 
450-car drive-in there. Louis "Roes- 
ner, a Minnesota Amus. Co. part- 
ner at Winona, Minn.y also will 
build a drive-in there in associa- 
tion with Al Smitii. 



Los Angeles. 
Pacific Drive-In Theati^es, Inc., 
planned for southwest section of association with Paul Click 
L. A. Deal for a third site is being ' ^^^rted work on a new auto-thcatre 



closed 

Mann, al.so a member of Minne- 
sota Entertainment ; Enterprises, 
plans to build a number of other 
drive-ins on his own and in associ- 
ation with Charles Rubenstein, in- 
dependent circuit owner.: 

There's speculation in the indus- 
try here as to what effect the mush 



Liability of the option technique 
is that it sometimes cost' more in 
salaries of writers trying to de- 
velop a screen story out of the 
material than it might have cost 
to buy a well-plotted- novel in pre- 
vious days. However, therets gen- 
eral approval of the- new scheme, 
particularly as it allows for more 
creative Vork by writers on the 
lot. 

Metro and 20th"Pox have led in 
the new development. M-G had a 
prime example in Bernard Dc 
Veto's "Across the Wide Missouri," 
which won a Pulitzer prize last 
year. This is a non-fiction book 
with some interesting tales, but 



PHILLY, ATLANTA, CINCY 
VARIEH CLUBS ELECT 

Philadelphia, Nov. 23 
Edward Emanuel, up-.State indie 
exhiliitor, named Chief Barker of 
Tent 13. Variety Club. Harold 
Cohen and Meyer Adelman were 
elected .assistant barkers. Final 
plans were drawn for the new 80- 
acrc summer canip for crippled 
children which the Tent will put 
into, operation this summer. 

Moritz Heads Cincy Tent 

Cincinnati. Nov. 23. 
Allan S. Moritz, branch man- 
ager for Columbia Pictures, will be 
chief barker of Cincy Tent No. 3, 
Variety Clubs of America, for 1949. 
He filled the post several years ago 
and succeeds Irving Sochin, a two- 
termer. Other officers elected last 
week by the directors arc Art Man- 
faeimer- and Jack'. Frisch, assistant 
chief barkers; Manny Trautenberg, 
dough guy, and Saul Greenberg, 
pi-operty master. 



for Christmas. 



New Drive-In For;. Toledo . V 
Toledo. 

Parkside Theatre, Inc., is build- 
ing 650-c.ir drive-in m Ea.st Toledo, 
to be operated by .lames Dempscy, 
who also owns the Telegraph 



room growth of drive-ins will have I ^,,i,,e.jn_ „f Toledo 

on distributron, film rentals, film 
exchange revenue and spring and 
summer . biz of regular theatres. 
Exhibitors say their business hasn't 
been hurt too much' by nearby 
competition of new drive-ins thus 



at Reseda, San Fernando Valley. ^^^^^ „„.„„ 

"°"^^,,J..l'i?„^ completed in time cerrainry""nothTng^rn"The'"ordinar^^^ 

sense for the sci'cen. An option 
Was taken and the booH was liand- 
ed to Talbot Jennin 
to use : it as- the : biasis f^r • a screeli- 
play,: Metrp, execs ■ were so eiithjisi- 
astic Over ■ Jennings' Script, they 
have lifted'tlie dptioii bn the book. 

Fox is about to release its: initial 
picture niade from a yarn optipned 
in this way. It is :''A 'L***^^'^ to 
Three Wives," froili a stpry by 
Jphn Klempner originally labeled 
'*A Letter to Five Wives.'' Sainu^ 
Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt 
felt sttte they could lick; it and it 



Smakwltz Honored in Albany : 

Albany, Nov. 23. 

Largest crowd ever to attend an 
industry gathering here was on 
hand for testimonial dinner which 
the local Variety Club gave for 
Charles A. Smakwitz, recently 
promoted to upstate zone manager 
of Warner Theatres. Si Fabian, 
president of Fabian Theatres and 
toastmaster, called Smakwitz's ad- 
vance from usher to director of 26 
houses a- Horatio Alger story. : 

Harry Kaimine, Louis W. 
Schine, Hugh Owen, Supreme 
Court Justice Isadore Bookstein 
and Murray Weiss, district super- 
visor'of Variety Glubs, were among 
the filmites lauding Smakwitz. 



Conciliation 

~s Continued (lom page -Tt^ 

be utilized by all exhibitors, 
whether affiliated .with Allied or 
the Theatre Owners of America.- 
(TOA, meanwhile,: has a concilia- 
tion plan of its own now under 
consideration.) 

Smith-Berger plan, as it's now 
constituted, coverS^any , and all 
types of grievances" that might be. 
lodged by an exhibitor against a 
distrib. Only restriction is on the : 
setting of film rental deals. Under 
the plan, the local board, conipris-r 
I inS disinterested representatives of 
both exhib and distrib groups, 
screens each . complaint and then 
takes it to the distributor's local 
office "for final settlement. Smith 
emphasized that conciliation costs 
an exhibitor nothing. In addition, 
he said, an exhibitor going into 
conciliation loses none of Ins legal . 
rights. Thus, if he isn't satisfied 
with the board's recommendations, 
he still maintains his recourse to ; 
I the courts. Smith said he's pre- 
pared to visit any cxchanfje center 
that Invited him to explain the : 
plan, adding, "I want to be of 
whatever assistance I can in get- 
' ting the plan into operation." 

As for Metro, according to Rod g^- 
ers. his company has always piain- i 
tained an open door policy -at all 
I exchange centerSi where exhibitors 
can take ulp grievances witiv M-G's: 
I branch managers, either in person 
or through their organizations. 




Exhibs Spurn 

Continued from i>ace 3 



Coleman Heads Atlanta Tent - 
Atlanta, Nov. 23. 

Fred C. Coleman elected Chief 
Barker of Variety Club Tent here 
last week. Guy C. Brown and; 
Emery Austin were named assist- 
ant Chief Barkers. Elected to the 
directorate for coming year were 
William K. Jenkins, , John Gunning- 
ham, Boyd Fry, R. J. Langer, R. J. 
Ingram and Nat Williams. 




Have YOU tried 
a SKYBERTH on 
American'* 
famous DC-6 
"MERCURY" flight 
to LOS ANGELES? 



cording to exhibs the reels have ^^as repeStedly optioned while they 
lost virtually all their value and it t,.ied. when Hoffenstein died la.st 
would be better to dispense with ^.p.,!. vera Caspaiy was put on it. 
them in favor of .some other single- Now, witl Linda Darnell, Jeanne 
j « = • ,1 Crain and Paul Douglas in it, 20th 

Producers of the five major i-eels ig eyeing it enthusiastically 



Scliary 

Continued from page I 



Mankiewicz's Casting 

Lengthy string of JtalorA meriean ; 
type actors : were Interviewed .in 
New York Monday (22) by .lo.seph : 
Manklewicz for "East Side Story,", 
which he will direct? for 20llv-rox.: 
Manklewicz was accompanied east 
by Sol C. Siegel, producer of the 
film. They will also select loca- 
tions for New York shooliiifi. 

Pair are planning to rciuin to 
the Coast Friday (2C) and will 
start lensing Dec. 20. They'll be;, 
back east early in February to do 
' the location work. Film, from a 
1 novel, "East Side, West Side," by 
I Jerome Weidman, will star: Edward 
: G. Robinson, Susan -Hay ward and - 
Richard Conte. 



reportedly already have recognized 
the situation and arc mulling the 
possibility of gradually switching 
over from straight news coverage 
to more of a magazine-type format, 
with feature stories, To .date, such 
plans are still in the talking stage. 
As for the majors producing reels 
for tele broadcasts, most- exiiibs 
have no complaint against that. 



Similarly, 20th now has under 
option "The Doctor ■ Wears Three 
Faces," by Mary Bard, because pni- 
ducer Fred Kohlmar feels certain 
he can lick it; "Unseen. Harbor," 
by Frank J. Laskier, because of 
producer Milton Krims' feeling 
that - he . can : getsomcthingoutof 
it, and "The Fire," by George 



., , , , I Stewart,, which hasrho plot at all. , 

They recognize that broadcasters .'As Bert Bloch, 20th's eastern 
I will have to, shop somewhere for I gtbry ed, pointed out, using sorne- 
I their newsrecls and . thus agree ; ^ne else's idea as the jumping pff 
; w-ith 20th spokesmen that it's prob- , place for a new script is no recent 
Vhf n* HAvtmtytr »-ioo« or your iravii agMi I ably better tor a. iilm company to I idea. It's what Shakespeare did 

produce them than :some outside "(ja^l^t 'i 



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Nassours Sked 3 Pix Bacldog Bite 

, Hollywood. Nov. 23. Ilii;:;^ continued from paige S 

, 'Three indie features will be ; .^^^ ^^B, ^^h!ch is readying to 
I "^^'l'' ^''^ UnUed Artists release shutter with one winding up on the 
next year by William and Edward I j^j and another on location, Uni- 
.! has one in production 



RE-ISSUES 

Do you feature films which 
might be re-issued and 
which iilce to test run. 

Box 279. Variety 
1 54 Weit 46th Street 
New York 19. M. Y. 



Abbott-Costello : picture, 
■ Screams. 

I List includes another Abbott- I gy, 



j Costello : comedy, a circus story 
I starring Clyde Beatty and a mys- 
tery yarn still to be selected. 



Atrica i RKO, Monogram and Republic two 
each, Columbia three; Paramount 
e, Metro six and 20th^Fox seven. 




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The Par,; Itfetro and 20th activity 
reflects efforts to cash in on the 
faster playoff which, is anticipated 
next year. Dore Schary, Metro 
production chief, explained his 
xiwn company's plaris last week by 
stating that it intended to make 
more lpwei>t;o.st pix than befpre,' 
since it could; get them into release 
faster aiid thus ampriize them; inore 
quickly as- a reisuit of ariticipated 
.speedup of playoff. : ' ;' 

: Jack L. Wnrnci'. WB production 
topper, in a len^(;hy press release' 
ever the weekend, stabbed : at 
rumors wliich had cropped up, a.s' 
a 'result of the layoffs of more than 
i;pOQ of the 'lot's workers, "The 

studio is not closing," he declared; 

) "Preparations will go forward afjd 
Hammond, Ind., Nixes 'Rope' I pictures will start when scripts are 
Chicago, Nov 23, ' fully completed. Warner Bros. M'i'U 
Close on the heels ot the ban- make pictures when they are ready 
ning of ''Rope" in Chicago is the to be made. They will lie ready 
nixing of the film for showings in when scripts are absolutely com' 
Hammond, Ind, , pleted and properly ca.st ... I can- 

I Film was scheduled to open Fri- not emphasize too strongly that thi.i 
z I day (19) at the Parthenon theatr?, period of preparation is not a 
: I but Mayor Vernon Ander.son shutdown, but a time of appraisal, 
blocked permit after di,>icussing it analysis and planning for the 
with church members. j future. " 



Ricca Plea Denied 

' Chicago, Nov; 23. 
U. S. Federal Judge Michael 
Igoe today (Tues.) denied the peti- 
tion of the U. S. attorney here for 
1 the removal of Paul Ricca, a de^ 
I fendant in the CJeorgo Brown e- 
I Willie Bioll extortion case, to the: 
'Federal parole boaid. 

As a result, both sides plan to 
appeal Judge Igoe's decision, which 
may prolong the new hearings in 
the case for another 12 -to 18 
months. 



pointed out that " 'Crossfire' wasn't 
designed to eliminate anti-Semi^ 
tism, but was more of a form of 1 
insulation," He implied that it I 
was aimed at those who are waver- 
ing on the iborderline andwere i 
more or less indiitcrent. , Thus the [ 
picture is ' in sliarp contrast to ^ 
"Gentleman's Agreement" which j 
made an outright bid to smother | 
bias and racial hatred. . > 

Ses.sion was notwithout levity • 
for, in reply to a question, "Isn't 
it truo that the title of a picture 
has ;a psychological effect upon 
people?,''- Schary said, "Frankly at 
times we're -not interested so much 
in the psychological effect but the 
emotional effect it brings about to 
impel one to buy a ticket." 
Whether it's boxoifice is the main 
factor, he added. 

Earlier, in addres.sing a mixed 
group at Columbia U's Milbank 
Chapel, Schary declared that all 
forms of communication faced 
their biggest problem when at- 
tempting to reach audiences with 
the truth. In tracing four stum- 
bling blocks to verity, he stressed 
the "concealment of ignorance by 
ostentation of seeing wisdom." As 
examples he decried the actions 
of editors, publishers as well as 
film and legit producers ."who 
think they know exactly what the 
public wants." 

The.se attitudes, Schary con- 
tended, are all wrong and that's 
borne out by the fact that the pub- 
lic fails to patronize certain books, 
lilms and plays for the obvious rea- 
son that : the individual en- 
trepreneurs lake their audiences 
for granted. He particularly 
charged that we- must hot assume 
that our .ludience i.s a static quan- 
tity for it IS ever-changing. 

Panel was part of a two-day In- 
stitute of Human Relations pre^ 
sented by the National Conference 
of Christians and Jews in- coopera*. 
Hon with Columbia 'University. 
Chairman and moderator was Dr. 
Lyman Bryson of the Columbia 
Broadcasting System. Other 
speakers included playwright 
Robert f;. .Shervpood, Robert A. 
Schmid, of Mutual Broadcasting, 
Lee Bristol of the Advertising 
Council of America, and Neil Mac- 
Neil, of the N. Y. Times editorial 
board. 




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PICTURES 



Wednesdajr, November 24, 1948 



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Clips from Fib Row 



NEW YORK 

Larry Ayres, former 20th-Fox 



, Mdnbgram, JblnSd feagle Lion he^^^ 
as Missouri salesman. 

„ . , Directors of MPTOA o£ St. 

salesman in the PliUadelphia and ; Louis, Eastern Missouri and South- 
Buffalo exchanges, nanned assistant ; grn Illinois launched plans for 
to William C. Gehring in recently- , formation of a trade disputes con- 
formed reissue department. Gehr- ■ ciliation system for St. Louis trade 
Ing is ZOth's assistant general sales , area, 
manager. ■,■ , . ■ .j 



Edward Rifhter, chief booJtcr of 
Metro's N. Y. exchange, upped to 
N. J. salesman, replacing Lou Al- 

lerhand, promoted to Jersey mana- . ^ . t at. 

ger. Harold Margolis takes over as , opening set for January first 
Shief boolcer. ' " 

William J. Heineman, 



E. 
here 



BOSTON 

M. Loew'S Victory theatre 
closed for remodeling. He- 



After 12 weelts at the Asfor, 
Eagle I "Hamlet" moved over to the newly 



Uon>sTstritutio"n'= veepee: = Hill, on a two-a- 

for Seattle over the weeltend to be I P^'^y 



on hand for an exhib 
which kicks off EL's sales drive m 
honor of his assistant L, J . ! Japkl 
Schlaifer. Heineman will be ac- 
companied by Milton E. Cohen, 
eastern divisional sales chief. EL 
topper then treks to Portland and 
San Francisco for exchange hud- 
dles before ; working his way east: 
Ben Kalmenson set two-day 
Warner homeoffice conclave for 
district managers: Dec- 1-2. ■ 
merchandising of 



luncheon i Opening night of "Red Shoes" 
luncneon ^^^^^^ ^^^^ Boston Junior 



League, benefitting the Community: 
Drive. Picture goes into the 
Majestic, usually h legit house on 
a two-a-day roadshow basisi 

Harold W. Hall, former manager; 
I of the Orpheum and Uptown thea- 
! tres, ' Gardner, .named = manager of 
. Uptown here,-, .replacing WendaU. 
Prouty, resigned. 
™j„ I Ray Canavan, former district 
" ' manager of E. M. Loew's theatres. 



discuss merchandising of new i promoted to general division man 
product. ' ager of theatre operations, new 

Universal put through a number , post. Will work directly under 
Of personnel changes in its sales i Max Finn, circuit's general man- 
Staff. Milton Schneiderman, former- 1 ager. 



ly aide to Fred Meyers, eastern divi- 
eion chief, transferred from home- 
office to the Washington branch as 
salesman. Peter C. Quiter, former 
Pitt office- manager, upped to 
salesman in that sector. Also 
named as salesman is head booker 
George Byrd of Oklahoma City 
exchange. W. E. Maddox, Lin Har- 
rington and Paul Webster tapped 
as salesmen in Oklahoma City 



A permit for a new thpatre to be 
built in Newport, Vermont, by the 
Graphic circuit approved by state, 
and contracts have been awarded. 

Madison Pictures Corp. has new 
quarters on Stuart street, with Lew 
Breyer as manager. . 



Dave Kimmel resigned from 

Dallas and Des Moines territories ] rko sales stsff to enter steel busi- 



Delayed Again 

By a peculiar qdirk, Govern- 
ment opposition to an appli- 
cation by the major? for a two- 
week postponement of new 
hearings" in the anti-trust case 
resulted in a longer delay than 
that asked. Attorneys for the 
companies appeared in cham- 
bers before W.Y. federal circuit 
Judge Augustus N. Hand and 
first won a postponement to 
Dec. 13 from the original Nov. 
29 date. 

Special Ass't Attorney Gen- 
eral Robert L. Wright there- 
after appeared before the 
court and argued against the 
Dec. 13 date. He convinced 
Judge Hand who, however, in- 
stead of setting back hearings 
to the original Nov. 29 teeofl 
shoved them still further away 
to Dec. 20. 



Myers, Ernst 

Continued Irom pate S < 



respectively. 



ST. LOUIS 

Construction is nearing comple- 
tion on new 600-seater in Gray- 
ville, 111., replacing Premier, de- 
stroyed by fire last April. 

J. E. DeSilva. manager of Fox 
Midwest's two hou.ses in Marion, 
111., transferred to West Frankfort, 
111., to succeed H. M. "Gilly" Bur- 



ness. 

Mike Godshaw, United Artists 
country salesman, resigns with no 
replacement scheduled. 

Metro adds Tom Wood and Con- 
rad Cook to the contract depart- 
ment. 

Dorothy Segall« with contract de- 
partment of Universal for the 20 
years, transferred: td Coast. 

Dick Graft upped from booker 
to country salesman at Universal. 
John Sokley, Warner office man- 



nett: latter replaces Homer Marvel - ^ ^ , 

as f'ity manager in Mt. Vernon. 111. ! ager here, promoted to salesman in 
'"he New Uniony Uniontown, Ky., j this area. ^ Arthur: Weinberger, 
lig'ited I Ni Y. office manager, replaces 



Darrell Pressnell, assistant man- 
ager of Fox Midwest's .'Lmcoln, 
Springfield, 111., upped to manager 
of circuit's Grand, Centralia, iU, 

Sol Hankins, a Monogram sales- DETROIT 
man in this territory, upped to pj^j^^j. ^^^^^^^ celebrating its 
manager in Omaha. , , 20th birthdav 

Mike J, Comer, J^omer^ branch ; ^"^"^^.^fi^n „f « $300,000 drive- 



Sokley. Cal Leeder* Warner Pathe 
News homeoffice booker, gets 
Weinberg's old spot. 



manager 




INGRID BERGMAN 



COLOR BV TECHNICOLOR 
CAST or rHoiisANDS , 




LUNO-HENDRIX 




in has been started by Adolph and 
Irving Goldberg, and Charles 
Komer, of Community theatres, 
which will be able to accommodate 
1,100 cars. 

United Film. Laboratories have 
been reopened by Lovell H. Barker, 
fo)-mer theatre operator. It was 
closed during the war. 

A warrant charging Prank Perry,, 
manager of; : the •United Artists 
i Theatre, with violating the child 
I labor laws was signed by Record- 
I er's Court Judge John J. Maher; 
I State Dept. of Labor and Indus- 
try said Perry had employed eight 
boys and girls under 18 as aides 
and candy salesmen. They alleg- 
edly were; allowed to work after 
midnight although the law requires 



and still is not settled, has tied Vip 
much time for the Federal judges. 
He said; 

"I urge as the first reason for the 
creation of special antirtrust courts 
the need for tribunals wbich can 
perform their full duty in such 
extraordinary proceedings without 
neglecting any other duties'. . . 

"The appeals in the Paramount, 
Schine, and Griffith cases were all 
heard by the Supreme Court at the 
last term. All three were decided 
in favor of the Government. The 
Supreme Court recognized the ob- 
vious similarity between the three 
cases and, in returning them to 
their respectitre District Courts for 
the working Out of final judgments, 
indicated that there should be 
equality of treatment as between 
the three circuits involved. 

"We may applaud the' Supreme 
Court for this gesture, but gesture 
it is, because the three cases were 
sent back to three separate courts 
and nothing in the judicial tradi- 
tion leads me to think that they 
will confer with one another in 
order to give effect to the Supreme 
Court's dictum . . . 

"I believe that judges experi- 
enced in this highly specialized 
branch of the law would eliminate 
OP greatly reduce the evil of the 
consent decree in Government 
ca.ses. I believe that in many big 
cases,;like the Paramount case, the 
government has accepted consent 
decrees— which always represent a 
compromise— because Government 
counsel was appalled by the- pros- 
pect of trying the cases under the 
pressure put ; - on them by the 
judges and under the rules and 
procedure which prevail: in the 
courts of general jurisdiction." 

Ernst, who went a step further, 
told the House committee: "It 
seems to me Congress might as well 
come along and - isay 'What is.; the 
use of leaving to. a judicial body 
this question of divorce and di- 
vestiture?! You know what Is going 
to happen ultimately, unless you 
people legislate. One of these five 
giants is going to sell its 500 or 
1,000 key theatres to an uncle or 
a cousin, or just divide* up the 
stock, as RKO is doing. ; And you 
haven't broken it up. You haven't 
helped the little fellow with a thea- 
tre in your home town. -And you 



Comparative Table 

The wffljors' 1948 pro/its listed here. Grosses, lor the most porf, 
are cs(i»naied from reports filed with the Securiiiet Exchange Coir\r ; ■ 
tnission and other sources. ..^y:. 
Co. '48 Net '47 Net Period '48 Gross , '47 Gross Period 

1. Par;. $20,01.'),000 $25,512,000 9Mo. $86,000,000 $95,000,000 9 Mo. 

2. WB.. 10,321,000 19,134,000 9 Mo. .]51,41S,000 164,643,000 12 Mo. 

3. 20th, 9,119,613 10,608,098 9 Mo. 121.432,769 130,767,639 OMo. 

4. Metro 4,729,063 10,904,821 OMo. 133,000,000 135,000,000 9 Mo. 

5. RKO. 1,901,863 5,107,347 6 Mo. 84,000,000 89,000,000 6 Mo. 

6. Col,. !)65,000 3,706,541 12 Mo. Undisclosed 48,832,201 12 Mo. 

7. U , ,, 1,709,807* 2,470,167 12 Mo. 41,000,000 47,000,0Q0 12 Mo. 
* Loss. 



M-G'S17F0RNEXT6M0S. 
INCLUDES 2 REISSUES 

Tilting its releases for. the next 
six months, Metro has grooved 17 
features, including' two reissues.for 
the period starting Dec. 1. Against 
this, M-G released 13 new films and 
three oldies during the compara- 
tive 26' weeks which ended June 1. 



Majors Mix 

ConUnued from page 3 



suijj as oiie .Vj'hich wbuld bar the 
pilaying of new pix on video, migjfi;t 
receive major company bless^ 
,) Other proposals made .' by , :TOA! 
on censorship, :taxation, cbhc'iiii 

ation plans and public relations 
Eight of the films will be in were handed the: grcenlight. Plea 
Technicolor, With four films now for greater supervision of 16m 
slated for December, Metro's 1948 j playingS: to cut down on competi- 



release total liits 29 (including 
four reissues ) against a total of 30 
(with two reissues) in 1947. If the 
present rate for next year holds up 
it will be the top 12 months for 
volume of releases in . h - number of 
years.' . 

The Christmas month will see 
"Hills of Home," "Words and 
Music," both in tint, plus reissues 
"San Francisco'' and "A. Night at 
the Opera'; on the screens. For 
January, M-G plans "3 Godfathers," 
John Ford opus; "Force of Evil," 
Enterprise production; Joe Paster- 
nak's "The Kissing Bandit,'V and 
the British-made . "Piccadilly Inci- 
dent," produced by , Herbert Wil- 
■cox.. 

Act of Violence" and "The Sun 
Comes Up" is set for February. 
Pandro Sv Berman's "The Bribe" 
and Arthur Freed's Techni "Take 
Me Out to the Ball Game" is slot- 
ted for March. "Little Women," 
The Great Sinner" and "The 
Barkleys of Broadway" make the 
trio in April. 

"The Stratton Story," another 
baseball subject, and "The Secret 
Garden," tinter produced by Clar- 
ence Brown, will meet the 
schedule. 



Schary Plans 

Continued trom page 1 



tion- with conventional-. theatres 
was slotted to Sidney Schrelber, '. 
general counsel: ^ for the MPAAi 
Schreiber is to work out closer sur- ■ 
veillance of 16m bookings : by the. 
majors. 

Public Relations Shorts 
Besides Issuing four public .re- 
lations shorts made by the MPAA; 
itself,' the majors are swinging be- 
hind a proposal of Sullivan for tlie 
production of shorts to . cover - sUch 
subjects as /censorship and takes. 
It Is reported that. Paramount and 
20th-'rox will each make one : short ' 
for TOA distribution. < ■ - f 

Sullivan has already won TOvit ■ 
board approval on the; filmmaking 
project. These would ' include 
highly : personalized messages ; to 
the public to Which, the exhib play-:; 
ing : the short- could fix his 6\vn; 
signature; ; Sullivafl's idea: is- to 
give the exhib a ciioice of seVieraV 
dozen messages, already on cellli-s 
loid, so that the theatre man :ca!i 
select the wording most appealing 
to his own patrons. - 
] Idea which the -film companies 
rwill now support is to get the local 
exhibsi interested because - the 
May I credit line goes to him rather than ' 
j-some biggie in the industry. Past 
beefs of exhibs have been that the 
local theatre plays the film but the^ 
top-bracket industry ites grab ;Oii -. 
the credit. ■■.v' .- ...■■■--■ff^v-'.- 



students of tliat age to quit work 

by 10 and non-students by 11. know what that means? The screen 

Bluma Schreiber, daughter of diet ol the nation is determined 
Alex Schreiber engaged to Walter ] people. 

"What I think we have to get is 



Muller, local attorney. 
Alex Schreiber's Grand 



River 



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"HILLS OF HOME" 

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the judgment of the little fellow 
who owns the theatre. He must 
ultimately be given some capacity 
or power to; select his pictures, and 
j not be told, .'You have got to take 
(his picture or you are out of our 
circle.' ■■ ; 

i "I happen to represent the inde- 
I pendents in many of these situa- 
tions. I represent the Selznicks 
l and the Goldwyns and the Disneys 
land the independents in the movie 
1 fight. I represented many interests 
] against the Associated Press and I 
I was in the radio situation where 



dcr, Schary said. He added that 
at least half of . all the, films slated 
for production next year are orig- 
inals.; , 

Studio chief expressed the opin- j gain is coin which 20th, along with 
ion that star values are still one of i other major.s, obtained under new ; 



$60,000,000 Net 

SB Continued from page 3 s±: 



Drive-In to open early in »tlie 
Spring. 

■ Paul Broder bringing' back stage- 
shows to the Times Square, after 
15-year lapse. 

: Fred ; Walton has vaude every 
Monday and Tuesday at the Loop. 

Henry Kaufman who replaced 
Ronal -Douglas at the Bell studying 
to be doctor of optometry. 

Harry Balk, with Korraan .Circuit 
for 12 years, ; has taken over the 
Chick with Joe Gutterman from 
the Circuit. Balk will be super- 
visor, Saul Saxon will be; manager. 

Shad D. Hakim, who sold the ^ 
Colony recently, plans to open the | SarnofI and Paley and other net- 
old .Fairview Gardens, as a roller works lost their fight.' 
rink next fall. . : ; 



SAN FRANCISCO 

North , Coast Theatres, . which 
recently acquired the Frisco hold- 
ings of the Blumenf elds, plans 
faceliftings on United Artists, Or- 
pheum and Esquire. 



V; Poitzmaii's Stock v'. 

Washington, Nov. 23. 
, Ciiaries D; Ptubman, veepee ahd 
general counsel Of Hnlvet^^^^^^ 
gifted 2.000 warrants for the pur- 
Ward Pennington appointed new ', chase of U"s common stock to an 
Paramount excl^ange sales man- undisclosed beneficiary, 
ager; former salesman in K. C. „ • • - • -r> > , , 

Cast of 20th-Fox' "Hard Bar-. Remammg m Prutmans' hands 



the most important factors at the 
boxoflice. A good picture with no 
stars can never do as well as a 
mediocre picture laden with top 
talent. Lack of star names is one 
of: the factors slowing down re- 
turns on "Search," the Swiss-made 
film which Metro is now releasing, 
Schary said. , 

While Metro films, like those of 
most studios, show a definite trend 
toward shorter running times, 
Schary said, his company has set 
up no arbitrary lifnits, preferring 
instead to lot producers take as 
much time as necessary to tell the 
story. He expliuned Metro's em- 
phasis on Technicolor (at least half 
Of next year's product is to be 
tinted) with the obvious answer 
that the audience likes them in 
color, especially the musicals. 
Thus, Metro is going ahead fail 
speed with Techni, even though 
the process adds 1,^-22% to a film's 
negative costs, exclusive of prints. 

Schary declared he has no plans 
currently to produce anything per- 
sonally but said he. will .stick as 



pacts with France and Sweden. 

Lapping Overhead ■: 
Heavy lopping of operating ex- 
penses also helped ; 20th as it 
undoubtedly did Paramount. Film 
distribution, theatre operations and 
administration expenses amounted 
to $66,110,184, a considerable sav- 
ings over the $71,442,960 which the 
concern laid out in the 39 weeks 
of 1947. 

Net per-share earnings for 20tii 
hit $3.12 compared to $3 65 la.-^t 
year. Gross is;$121,432,769 against 
$130,767,635. Provision for Fedcriil 
taxes totalled $6,600,000, while the 
Government: collected $8,100,000 
in '47. , 

In the Weakdown, third quarter 
net amounted to $2,224,954 lor Uu 
period ended Sept. 25. Against 
this, second quarter was $3,967,817 
while la.«t year's third stanza was 
$2,206,320. Incidentally, in each 
of the past two quarters, company 
has; shown gains over last year. 

Par's . third quarter earnings 
came to $6,445,000 compared with 
"■" 105,000 in the preceding year. 



closely as possible to several pic-^ 

tures coming up. He denied i Included is $1,417,000 from" partly 
emphatically reports of further [ owned theatres and ,$600,000 of 
changes in the Metro studio exec j non-recurring income. Stock earn- 



personnel* with the exception of 
James K. McGuinness. Latter is 
now dickering with Howard 
Hughes to join the RKO lot. 



EL Refuses to Delay 
Pic in RKO Title Snarl 



gain" here for a month of northern 
California shooting. Cast includes 
Richard Conte, Jack Oakici Valen- 
tina Scortese and Lee J. Cobb. 



are warrants entitling him to the 
purchase of 21,250 shares. He 
also holds 6,100 shares of common 
outright. 



Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Eagle Lion has refused ; to hold 
up ."He : \YalIiod By - Night," indi- , „„„ ^ 

»^u"^ ^y^^ J"^^ ^^^'^ ^° ! "^elon being cut Dec. 23 for stotk- 
They Live By Night" anywhere ' holders of record Dec. 1 On its 
trom SIX months to a year. RKO prior preferred stock, $112' 



ings for the nine. :'months were : 
equivalent . to $2.93-: 'per - Share 
against $3.63 for the first nine 
months of 1947. Quarter ended 
Oct. 4. 

Regular Dividends 

Both Par and 20th coupled divi- 
dend announcements, with their 
reports. Par declared a refiular 
quarterly divvy of 50c on common, 
payable Dec. 24 to stockholders of 
record Dec. 3. Twentieth's dividend 
on common was also 50c with the 



tinipers feel title similarity is too 
great to give it an even chance 
at b.o. 

Complicating matters more is 
Warners' reissuing of "They Drive 
By Night." 



P<'V 

share will be divided Dec. ifi 
among stockholders of record Dec. 
1. Quarterly divvy of 37' ic per 
share is announced for convertible 
preferred, payable Dec. 23 to stock- 
holders of record Dec. 1. 



Wednesday, NoTember 24, 1949 



NBC'S WESTERN DEFENSES DOWN 



. D.C. Current Floors Caintal Gains 

Washington, Nov. 28. 
' Bureau of Internal Revenue's okay of the Amos 'n' Andy deal 
with CBS may be the last of its kind which the revcnuers will 
approve. 

Inside talk here is that so far as Jack Benny's sale of property 
Involving his radio program Is concerned, he "is likely to find he 
will not be allowed to take a capital gains tax cut but will have to 
pay the much larger personal income tax on his arrangement- 
Revenue Dept.'8 approval of the Amos 'n' Andy thing has had both 
public and private repercussions. Not only have people like Sen, 
Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire, chairman of the Senate Appro- 
priations Committee, demanded an explanation. Within the secrecy 
of the Treasury Dept. itself, there is understood to have been quite 
a ruckus over the approval given Freeman Gosden and Charles 
• Correll to sell themselves and their show to CBS. 

Internal Bevenue virtually never reverses an approval once given. 
Hence it must stand by the Amos 'n' Andy deal, and at the same 
. time,- must make clear that it has not opened the Way for Benny 
and other top radio acts to do, the same thing. 

Looking around for a way out of its dilemma, some revenue 
people are reported to be explaining tliat there is considerable 
difference between the Amos 'n' Andy, deal and one which Would 
involve almost any other radio personality. Explanation goes some- 
thing like this: 

Capital gains implies the selling of a propei-ty, not personal 
services. Hence something must be sold aside from the individual, 
it was all right for CBS to "buy" the Amos 'n' Andy show, because 
the act and not the actors are the important thing. If either or 
both should quit, the act could go on just as at present, with other 
«ctors filling in the parts. It is that kind of a show. It is a prop- 
erty separate from Gosden and Correll. 

- However, a Benny show without Benny would be nothing.. In 
- such cases and in virtually all other instances of top radio person- 
alities, the individual and the show are not divisible. There it 
would be sale of personal services. Hence, such proposed deals 
will not get Internal Revenue approval. 



Bill to Put PoD Supervbion Under FCC 
To Be Introduced by Pa. Congressman 



Philadelphia, Nov. 23. 

Democratic Congressman - elect 
Earl Chudoif is preparing a legis- 
lative bombshell for pollsters and 
radio surveyltes when he makes 
his debut in the Lower House in 
January. 

Speaking on the Univ. of Penn- 
sylvania Forum, a weekly discus- 
sion program over WCAUrTV, 

funday (21), the newlyjelected 
hiladelplUli Democrat announced 
he will introduce legislation to 
Regulate . the operation of polls, 
preferably putting them under the 
supervision of the FCC. 

While ChudofT didn't go into 
details on the television show, ra- 
dio officials were left speculating 
about the bill, which might easily 
go through under the new Con- 
gi-essional setup. Chudoil stated 
specifically he favored eliminating 
poll-taking by telephone, a detail 
which might throw the radio sur- 
vey field wide open. ' 

There has been a lot of talk 
since the election over whether or 
not the polls should be continued, 
Ghudoff said, but he thought they 
should be; "The American people 
en,1oy looking at these polls and 
got a terrific kick out of the out- 
come, inasmuch as the polls were 
wrong. 

"1 do say, however, the polls 
have : a psychological effect upon 
the people, and I think that effect 
Is what we lawyers call a public 
interest. 

"Utilities have an effect upon 
public interest, the milk industry 
has an effect upon public inter- 
est, and in order to have a poll 
utility they should be licensed by 
an agency." 

The Congressman-elect then an- 
nounced that he would introduce 
a bill at the coming session of 
Congress to provide for the licens- 
ing of pollster's, 



GF CEREAL DIV. LATCHES 
ON TO '6ANGBUSTERS' 

Cereal division of General Foods,: 
as an additional budgetary item, 
has decided to latch on ;to spon* 
sorship of the Phillips Lord "Gang- 
busters," currently heard Saturday 
nights on ABC under Procter & 
Gamble auspices. P & G is drop- 
ping the show. 

However, instead of being re^ 
entrenched in the ABC time, the 
show will move over to GBS and 
go into the Saturday night at 9 
segment. Currently occupying the 
latter time slot is the "Winner 
Take All'' giveaway sustainer, 
which would be moved to a new 
time' period. 



Legal Headache 
Looms If Allen 
Joins CBS Parade 



*We, the People' Scriplers 
Get a Wo Wage Hike 

Scripters on the "We, the Peo- 
ple" radio-television series have 
gotten ti 22% salary raise, retro- 
active to Oct. 1, in a new contract 
between the Radio Writers Guild 
and Young & Rublcam, agency for 
the sponsor, Gulf Oil. 

Agreement was negotiated by 
James P. O'Neill, writer on the 
program, and James Stabile, local 
executive-secretary of the RWG, 
repr6.senting the scripters, and Da- 
vid G. Miller, attorney, Harry End- 
ers and Walter Sullivan, for the 
agency. 



The question of whether Fred 
Allen ■ is in a position, to move his 
Sunday night show from NBC to 
CBS should the ^wholesale com- 
edy switchover materialize, leaving 
Allen alone holding down the NBC 
Sunday fort, has become a moot 
point; for speculation In the trade. 

CBS-bluapnnt reads: Jack Benny 
at 7, Phil Harris-Alice 'Faye at 7:30, 
Edgar Bergen at 8, Amos 'n' Andy 
at 8:30. That means Allen would 
be bucking the A & A opposition, 
a situation 411en obviously doesn't 
relish. CBS would like to cap the 
whole coup by maneuvering an 
Allen switchover to the 9 o'clock 
Sunday segment. 

Howevei-, Allen's present spon- 
sorship by Ford dealers is under 
a lend-lease : arrangement 'from 
Standard Brands, under which the 
NBC time is also lend-leased. SB 
from all indications is still In a 
position to recapture the time and 
show when and if It decides to 
move Into the bigtime radio 'picture 
again. 

In view of the multiple legal 
ramifications that would be in- 
volved, it's, considered highly likely 
that Allen, despite the renewed 
CBS overtures, would settle by 
staying put. Otherwise, it's figured, 
it would add up to » double lend- 
lease. 



STRfllZ SHIPPED 





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Sudden departure for the Coast 
last week of Sidney N. Strotz with 
bag and baggage for an "indefinite 
period" 1$ believed to be cued to a 
sudden realization on the part of 
the NBC that its "western front" 
has not been as impregnable as the. 
web had imagined. 

Some months back Strotz was 
brought in to New York to head up 
the network!s television operation. 
Prior to that he was No; 1 man on 
the Coast for NBC. Through all 
those years it. was .Strotz who was 
right on top of the whole program 
picture, his dose, friendly rela- 
tionship with the Bennys, Bergens, 
etc., being no small factor in, the 
network's undisputed role, in its 
top talent , monopoly. ~: 

Oddly enough, it wasn't until the. 
NBC Coast operation was left 
Strotz-less that things began -tO'^ 
pop, with Amos 'n'. 'Andy exiting 
for the CBS capital gains deal and 
NBC subsequently threatened with 
loss of its prize Sunday parlay. 

Strotz, turning over ; the tele 
operation pro tern, to Carleton 
Smith, left ' for the Coast within 
several days, after' he and proxy 
Niles Trammell returned . empty- 
handed after failing to- sign up 
Benny. NBC, in acknowledging 
Strotz' departure for an indefinite 
stay, "with full power of attorney 
to act on all matters," says it's 
part of a new attempt to .reopen 
negotiations, if possible. . 

But most quarters see^ much 
broader implications; a bid by 
NBC, through Strotz returning to 
his old bailiwick, to salvage every- 
thing possible and prevent further 
deflections. Strotz, they realize, 
is the one who can do it if iinybody 
can. 



Coulter, Dolan 
In F-C-B Exit 

Douglas Coulter is exiting as 
New York radio bead for Foote, 
Cone & Beldingi Agency's inac- 
tivity in radio in the N. Y. office 
(most of the billings have been 
coming out of the Chicago office 
since F-C-B parted company with 
the $10,000,000 American Tobacco 
account last year) resulted In the 
economy move, Tom McDonald, 
who was Coulter's assistant, moves 
up to the spot. : 

Departure of Emerson Foote, 
prez of F-C-B, for London on Sat- 
urday (19) is cued to a personnel 
overhaul in the agency's London 
office. Pat Dolan, who headed up 
the London office as a veepee (he 
was formerly in the Chi office) has 
exited, along with Bob Strother, 
who was head of the agency's lucra- 
tive Swiss Watch account under 
Harry Berk, v.p. of F-C-B Inter- 
national Division. Dolan and 
Strother say they resigned because 
of differences of opinion with Berk. 
Brian MacCabe, who. was. exec di- 
rector of the London office, takes 
over Dolan's spot as manager. 

Before going to F-C-B, Coulter 
was head of CBS programming, the 
post now held by Hubbell Robin- 
son, whom. Coulter succeeded at 
F-C-B. 

Dolan operated out of the Inter- 
national Division of F-C-B, which 
currently has billings of $6,000,000, 
representing English and European 
accounts. 



KSTP on Economy Spree 

Minneapolis, Nov. 23. 

KSTP has begun reduction of its 
force as saving due to new midcity: 
location. 

Three technicians have been laid 
off and further reductions are 
pl{(nned as result of consolidation 
of facilities. 

Station previously had separate 
studios in Minneapolis and St. 
Paul loop district, but moved to 
headquarters on boundary between 
the two cities, with PM-TV trans- 
mitter at same location. 

It's first case in which such con- 
solidation has been effected here. 



Riggio s Anti-Capital Gains Stand 
New Quirk in Jack Benny Odyssey 



The Works 

In view of his behind-the- 
scenes financial masterminding 
of the capital gains maneuvers 
among Tadio's top talent, sol-, 
idly entrenching his Music 
Corp. of America as .a poten- 
tial kingpin in television, 
they're now referring to Jules 
C. Stein as Chairman of the 
Board of Show Business. 



P&GCoolTo 
NBC s Sunday 
Night Overtures 

Most frequently-bandied ques- 
tion around the trade the past 
week has been: "Wha 'oppens to 
the Sunday night time Qn> N^C?" 
The network chief tains, in a s Wltcli 
from the years when they were 
riding the SRO crest seven nights 
a week, frankly confess they don't 
know what the answer Is, and at 
the moment they're completely 
stymied. Their fervent hope Is that 
the CBS deal, still up in the air, 
doesn't materialize. That would 
automatically solve everything. 

NBC, it's understood, sought to 
negotiate a deal wJiereby Procter 
& Gamble would take over the en- 
tire 7 to 8:30 Sunday period for a 
moveover of "Life of , Riley," 
"Truth or' Consequences" and the 
Red Skelton ' show. 'However, the 
various agencies involved report- 
edly greeted it with a categorical 
nix, not wanting any : part of the 
Benny-Harris-Faye-Bergen compe- 
tition from CBS, and preferi'ing to 
stay put. 

. Some of the network execs still 
cling to the belief that a strong 
sequence of adventure-crime stuffy 
particularly of 'the "Mr. District 
Attorney" variety, would be the 
real answer to fighting the CBS 
comedy lineup, should the paley 
coup come about. 

The NBC ban on crime shows be-> 
fore 9:30 p.m. automatically rules 
out such a decision. As one net- 
work exec put it: ''There's one 
edict that's really coming , home to 
roost. We made our policy; Now 
we got to sleep with it." ; 

Textron Prexy Bares 
Helen Hayes Stock Deal 
To Clinch Radio Series 

Boston, Nov. 23. 

Royal S. Little, Textron Inc. 
president, told a Senate subcom- 
mittee here that he had sold Helen 
Hayes ,10,000 shares of Textron 
stock at ,$5 a share less than his 
own purchase at -the same, time 
for the Rhode Island Charities 
Trust. Little said he had quoted 
the lower figure to the actress: "in. 
the interests of getting the services 
of Miss Hayes op a radio show." 
(Miss Hayes did the Textron series 
several seasons back.) 

The industrialist said , the :: deal 
was handled through Alfred Mac- 
Arthur, Miss Hayes' brother-in- 
law, acting as agent. He testified 
before a subcommittee headed by 
Sen. Charles W. Tobey, New Hamp-: 
shire Republican, which is probing' 
operations of the Rhode Island 
Charities and affiliated trusts. 



FM: Forget Mine 

Austin, Nov. 23. 

Texas Broadcasting Corp., own- 
ers and operators of 'KTBC, has 
asked the FCC to delete the Ucense 
of KTBC FM. 

According to the request, KTBC 
is receiving interference from an 
outlet in Cuba and as a result may 
have to : mo ve; from its p'resebt site. 
In view of this the outlet does not 
desire to enter FM. 



The CBS -Jack Benny -Musilft 
Corp. of America "capital (fains" 
maneuvering hit a new snag over 
the weekend, this one, from all ac« 
counts, emanating from the Ameri- 
can Tobacco Co. 

Just when CBS board chaii)nan 
William S. Paley had successfully 
hurdled all the Benny and MCA 
obstacles and it looked like the 
network had the Benny-Phil Har- 
ris-Edgar Bergen parlay in its lap 
with the blessings of everyone (ex- 
cept NBC) concerned, Vincent Rig- 
gio, prez of American Tobacco, 
moved into the picture. 

'Riggio called a meeting of his 
board last Friday (19) in N. Y., 
and, along with, execs of hia 
agency, BBD&O, kicked the Benny- 
CBS situation around in a full-day 
of huddling. (Benny's agency lam- 
pooning on his last Sunday's (21) 
broadcast, aimed specifically at. 
BBD&O, was recognized within the 
trade as some kidding-on-the- 
square.) 

Benny's contract with American 



A Bergen JNever Forgets 

For the past 10 years, it ap- - 
pears, Edgar Bergen has been 
trying to persuade NBC to give 
hiip a special studio spotlight 
for his Sunday night .broad- 
casts from the Coast. It could 
be had, he pointed out, for 
about $15. 

In the midst of NBC proxy 
Niles Trammell's turbulent ses- ' 
Sions on the Coast last week in 
' a bid to retain Jack Benny, 
Phil Harris-Alice Faye and 
Bergen, the latter showed little 
or no concern over the $2,000,>- 
000 deal involving his future 
in radio. 

: "Look, Niles," was Bergen's 
paramount pitch, "how about 
that spotlight?" 



Tobacco still has five years to run 
after this season, so that Riggio 
obviously is an important factor in 
whatever decision the comedian 
makes on switching over to Paley. 
'& : Co. . While everyone concerned 
at last Friday's meeting is pledged 
to a hush-hush policy, it's reported 
that Riggio looks askance at his 
star radio salesman playing around 
with capital gains propositions, 
particularly in view of recent D. C. 
repercussions and Sen. Stylet 
Bridges' threat to investigate e.g. 
maneuvers as a "tax dodge." 

Those who knovir Riggio inti- 
mately say that, five-year contract 
or no, if Benny persists in making 
such a deal it could conceivably 
wind up with Riggio cancelling out 
the show without batting an eye. 
That, would put the onus on Colum- 
bia— as his new boss— to find a 
sponsor for him. 

Around CBS everybody is sitting 
tight The rumor mill has been 
in operation at a 24-hour-a-day 
clip, some saying Benny in return 
for his signature gets a chunk ot 
CBS stock (which web execs deny), 
and others maintaining that MCA 
is in it "neck deep" sharing with 
CBS a fat piece of Benny and hie 
Amusement Enterprises operation. 

NBC is also sitting tight, wait- 
ing and hoping — • that nothing 
happens. 



Quite a Difference 

. Unquestionably a strong factor 
in NBC vs. CBS comedy raiding 
situation is - the makeup of the 
rival network organizations as cor- 
porate setups. 

On the one hand, the trade is 
quick to point out, William S. 
Paley, the Columbia board chair- 
man, as the majority stockholder, 
need only answer to himself In 
making decisions. 

In contrast, NBC prexy Nile* 
Trammell, regardless of his own 
feelings and close relationship with 
the web's top array of talent over 
the years, is still at the whim of 
the RCA board of directors. NBC 
is only a subsid. David SarnoS A 
Co. still run the works. 



22 



W«<lneBd«y, NovemW 24, 1948 



Directors Guild Heads for Big Scrap 
With Agendes, Indies as talis Resume 



The Radio and Television Di-> 
rectors Guild heads for a bi& blow- 
off with the major ad agencies and 
indie package producers as nego- 
tiations resume today (Wed.) in 
New York for a basic minimum 
agreement to cover freelance di- 
rectors. in radio. After three weeks 
Of midling over the RTDG's pro- 
posed contract, the agency-pack- 
ager reps are coming i^^^^^ "obtuseness'-' in holding up an 
meet with a friendly, but hrm ana HPfUinr 



'What, Me Obtuser 

Washington, Nov, 23.' 
General Broadcasting Corp., 
pressing its claim as a competitive 
bidder for the purchase of the 
Bulova station WOV New York, 
charged la,st week that Victory 
Broadcasting Corp, is resorting to 



»at 

It ; is understood also that 
the basic objection to doing busi- 
ness with the Guild was that it 
covered so-called supervisory per- 
sonnel. It was pointed out tliat 
each sponsors as Ford and other 
Industrial firms had waged bitter 
and costly struggles against the or- 
ganization of supervisory personnel 
In their plant* and are: in no mood 
to switch tactics in dealing with 
the RDTG. 



FCC decision on who gels the out- 
let. ' . 

In a petition filed by its Wash- 
ington counsel, Henry G. Fi.scher, 
General contended that Victory 
has shifted its position in its argu- 
ments against General's competi- 
tive bid for WOV, thus ,dela.ving 
action by the Commission.' The 
transfer of the station has been 
pending since last February. 
"Aside from the unwarranted in- 
terference with Commission busi- 
ness entailed by this later shift " 




Hopes that the agency-packagers said General, Victory's "new posi- 
would soften in their attitude to-[tion is suspect at once, : because 
ward dealing with the cue-throwers ; the display of a high degree of ob- 
as a result of the Democratic Party . tuseness in the ntatter ... Is 
sweep in the Presidential and Con- ; presently in its self-interest." 
gressioiial elections have not borne | General contends that the terms 
fruit. Under the Taft-HarUey law,;^^ competitive bid for the sta- 

' tidn is : iilore: siatisfaCtoiy to th^ 
Conimi^sioH thah the original bid 
of Victory's. 



which is sfiU in force, .the money 
boys don't have to. write j«cts with 
von-certified :unionSi such as the: 
JBTDG, and they are standing on 
their legal rights. 

An effort to head off the antici- 
pated fireworks was made yester- 
day (Tues.) by the agencies, who 
/began looking for an- indirect set- 
tlement with the directors that 
will, at the same time, be okayed 
by the, sponsors.. 

Aside from the Taft-Hartley an- 
cles, the agency-packager negotiat- 
ing committee looks upon the 
Guild's proposed contract as '^ex- 
treme." The Guild's 



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Bailcasts at 35G 



cover (1) recognition, (2) Guild 
shop, (3) basic minimum fees, (4) 
audition practices and fees, (5) 
vacation3 with pay, and (6) air 
credits. Against Guild exec claims 
that such demands are justifiable, 
the ad agencies regard themias vir- 
tually revolutionary. 



Russ Hodges has been: given the 
nod by Chesterfield for the lucra- 
tive WMCA, N, Y., berth as succes- 
proposals ' sor to Frankie Frisch: in calling 



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lis mW YORK CITY ... 

Effective with Dec. 4 broadcast, SU«<sn Wilsaii. tet iRSrown's ex« 
chiilper replaces Beryl Davis on iMckji Strilee "Hii Pawde'? show . . . , 
Arthur I. Barry, Jr., for ia years iisifOiduited :Wlth Breie 
been elected veepee of the station rep 'outfi:t. . ; ,Chiipfc'te 
agency radio exec, tb Coast for several weekiS t<> set spot biz carhr 
paign there for Ohrbach's, which is opming; I., At st6*« . , ; . Floclc o| 
radio vets at shindig tossed last night {"TuesA at Sh^i^ 
Carlin, Mutual program veepee, marking his 25th year in radios , : . 
Gny Sorel added tb cast of "David Haruiin" , . : . Aftliur^K^ 
stage Wife" . . . Anthony Bandall to ''Lorenzo jones'Si . .l|e1lmH;^ 
dock ttt'"Ju8t Plain-Bill" ; Mary Best:t<»::'*F5wimt.:P8ge:F^^ 

Bod Ertckson Is producer of the ''Wei, the People" siiow^^^o^ 
AM and TV, with Jaiiies Sheldon director and a wjriting staff ihclttding 
James F. O'Neill, Aubrey WllUams and Lienmard Safiir . ; , Lal^' Jtonicr, . 
reporter-writer for "We, the People,": has rtturned froin a trip to: 
Kurojpe, during which he gathered a riuinbet of flimed'iaiidrrpcorded . 
spots fbr use on both the radio and irtdep editions of the; ishDW; di)8 
Is aii Intervifew with Garry Davis, former Anny iBy« 
U S. citizenship some months ago to become a "iitizen of the wQiid" 
and work for peace. Davis, a, former taUSical iiomcdy actor, is a'vSoh ,o| .: 
'bandleader-producer : Meyer -Davis.:-, ■■' 

Gerald Maulsby; assistant CBS director Of jjpublic affsirs, recoVerihg 
from an appendectomy at the French, hosiiitalw. ; . Bicha 
head of Hubbell Associates, off on a crOSis-CbuiBitiy basihe^ 
trip ; .:. Xllfany Thiiyen With J; : WaB*eir irhompiSttn for 11 drears, h49 
resided to joih creative! Staff of SuIMvaii, Stauffer; Golwell Baylea 
... Comni. Tom A; Brooks named veepee of Heatst Radio, liic., suc- 
ceeding the late E. M. Stoer , . . Pat Weaver, Young & Rubicam teepee, 
named head of the Radio & Television conimlttee iif tlie American 
Heart Assii. 1949 canipaign ... Juvenile Jury*' and WUIiam Shirer i e-. 
hewed on Mutual. Genertil Foods has signed "Jury" for a third seiisoni, 
also picking up additional MBS statloiis, eflectiye tifith Jan 2 renewal 
. , T J w J date . Parker FenneBy, the "Titus Moody" of Fred Allen's show, in 
Maunce Wrnnick. London band- , ^ gy^j « Paramount short starring Jane Pickens 
leader and radio producer, finally — ' _^ ^' , x,.„„5j„„,i„, !„.,..„..„.,-:„„ 



Wimick Renews 
MBS"Questions' 
For BBC Usage 



'em on the New York Giants games 
He'll also Rouble into the WPIX 
telecast of the games for Chester- 
field^ : doing six . innings . for the 
WMCA radio fans and three for 
the televiewers. 

Hodges is reportedly down for 
$35,000 a year and has been signed- 
to a five-year contract. Under- 



Open Season On 
ABC Veepees 

Two ABC vice presidents re- 



stood he. may take on Marty Glick- 1 



mah for his ■ tthnpuncer sidekick. 

Choice berth became vacant 
when Frisch exited to join ,, the 
Giants coaching staff under Leo 
Durocher.: • . .. ; '~\: ■:{:.:,-■: 

: HodigeS. hits Vthe^ coin : elaSs, 
continuing to do the blow-by-blow 
for Ballantine on the Tournament 
signed last week and a third was ["^ Champions. He also has his Du- 



Mont network, Hodges Scoreb'bard 
show. 



rerouted from New York to the 
Coast. Charles Barry, vice presi- 
dent in charge of radio and tele, 
programming, is slated to: leave for 
the Coast, possibly before Christ- 
mas, to -replace Don Searle as 
veepee in charge of the ABC 
Western division. 

Barry's successor as ABC's top 

Srogram exec in New York will be 
. Donald Wilson, the net's Coast 
(director of programs and produc- 
tion. 

Charles E. Rynd's resignation as 
: vice : president and assistant secre- 
tary becomes effective Dec 1. He's , . . 

leaving to become prez and general I """"t" postponed walkout 



MPLS. STATIONS STRIKE 
HINGES ON PAY TALKS 

Minneapolis, Nov. 23. 

Freeman Hurd, international rep 
of technicians union; returned 
here to seek settlement of wage 
dispute with five stations. 

Technicians, alfiliated with AFL 
International Brotherhood of Elec- 
trical Workers, voted a strike last 



NBC'S Bob Trout, Who has covered every- SiMidenUal mftUgji ration 
Since FDR's first in 1933, will be at the ifiilie itgain- on. janj 20: wH6h: 
Presi Truman takes the oath in Washitij^n* . i vWOS complains it has 
sold so many SOrsecond spots between jprog^aiw it hasn't aiiy:t 
maining to plug its own shows. Pro^m dCipfc lMaijcis ?i*-e tinkering 
with the idea of linking occasional house plugs witfe call letters In sta- 
tion breaks .... Wallachs, New York men's stote cBaih; wiU spoiisor . a ' 
local repeat of Drew Pearson's ABC show on WJfSZ. alone, at 11 p.m.j 
starting Sunday (28). Pearson U heard on the liet foi? L^^ 
p.m. . . : . For the fifth successive yeat^WOB : wlH solicit funds 'to bits' 
toys and clothing for children in the free; wairds of New York jcity: 
hospitals'. .Last year WOft listeners, respipnded;:; With 25,000 presehts; ; 

Starting tonight (24) Benny Rubin's midnight WOR air series to be 
heard from AI Schacht's steakhouse on E. 52nd.: 

Mutual has set the annual Catholic dne-timer', '!The J:Oyf ul -Holir,'' ^ 
a full hour on Sunday, Dec. 17, 8i30 p;i)a, ;Prdgii:aM, for ^ 
donates time, will feature an all-star HdUi;wd6d ci«t.\.-; ;yifi^ 
asid« 9:45:^10:30 Friday night for airlrig of tM;**cdrd ';i Csip J^feS^ It , 
Now';' reprise of- historic events by thfe; top icoifline^ 

IN HOLLYWOOD . . . 

Luckies' Hit' Parade revetted' to the jtO 'tpiji 'tunei''vc^ 
closed that it was more :acceptable thaini the: top s^v^ with is flotk df . .: 
extras tossed in . . .Kenny Detmar (Seti. Claghorn) sighied as:;c^^^ 
character and narrator of Impossible Pictures' "Beyond Civilization to 
Maurice Winnick." The latter, who I Texas;". : . .KECA bought Art Baker's Note Book and moves it. from 
also: heads his orchestra at Giro's i KFI, where it has been airing for 10 years with participating sponsors 
London, couldn't come to New I Dr. Karl Wecker, Hollywood Bowl manager, Joined KGFJ as cla.ss- 
York to arrange for the renewali ical musical consultant. Station's turntables spin almost constantly ... . 

Bill Holmes checked off.KECA writer-producer staff to freelance, giv-> 
ing up his ; berth . to . Jack Wormser , . . . Larry Beriis .wrapped : tip '!Be 
Funny for:"Money," an audience participation; -show for GBSv,.;lt's;'Ben 
Brady's idea and he emcees . . . . Chet iMlttciidAtf^f bne (^f the 'ii>\vjaers.;oi., 
"Breakfast in Hollywood," moved up a' gen^raftoi imd recorded a shpvir' 
with grandmas; Cliff Arquette is the emcee ..; . .jte Doane i back in 
I town after three months in New York. ... .: SUj^ley ; MitcheU^ 
I of the top APRANS, resuming her career here jfter takihg the vows 



came to terms: with Mutual Broad 
casting System for an extension: of 
his rights to the "20 Questions" 
show, which in turn he has: been; 
presenting: over the British : Broad- 
casting system. The BBC wanted 
to buy the show directly from MBS, 
eliminating Winnick, who already 
has another show, "Ignorance Is 
Bliss" (the British transmutation 
Of "It Pays to Be Ignorant") on the 
BBC. 

: : The : ' state-owned' radio • system- 
isn't commercial, but Winnick gets 
8 regular plug i cvery time "Ig-. 
norance" or "Questions" is broad- 
castj and in turn has capitalized 
the BBC buildup by booking these 
acts In the British varieties. The 
popularity of both programs over 
BBC has created an extraordinary 
amount of : ^continuous . publicity' 



for Winnick, and a local London 



I gag has it that even the time signals 
over BBC are now "by courtesy of 



rights, but through close ; friend- 
ship with Wall streeter J. Arthur 
Warner, the latter closed for . the 
renewal .. rights, : paying Mutual 
around $4,000. Incidentally, be- 
cause of the dollar-exchange situa- 
tion, Warner personally 'advanced 
the funds to MBS. 



Mrs. Winnick at the moment is in 
New York, house-guesting with the 
Warners in Greenwich. Conn. Her 
maestro-husband may fly over 
around the holidays for a few days. 



WOV ITALIAN SERIES 



manager of Audio and Video Prod 
ucts Corp., of which he is a ma- 
jority stockholder. Firm controls 
eastern rights to the Ampex Mag- 
netic Tape Recorder, used in the 
Bing Crosby show. Identity of 
Jlynd's successor at ABC is not yet 
Jknown. 

Frank Samuels, ABC Coast sales 
manager, will head operations un- 
til Barry arrives in Hollywood. 
Latter has been ABC's program- 
:ming veepee since July, 1947. A 
former Presidential announcer 
with NBC, he joined the Blue net- 
work when that forerunner of ABC 
was- formed in . 1942. • 

Don Searle has denied that re- 
cent illnesses prompted him to re- 
sign his key post with ABC on the 
. Coast, which he has held since Oct., 
1944. He will devote full time to 
"private interests," Including "one 
ttr two" AM stations^-he -plans to 
buy. He also owns pieces of sev- 
«ral oil companies, ■ 



Norman Upped at WFIL 

Philadelphia, Nov. 2.3. 
John D. Norman has been named 
production supervisor of WFIL, 
Norman joined the WFIL staff 
/ earlier this year, coming here from 
KTRH, Houston. He has been in 
charge of the station's "Hayloft 
Jloedown," the ABC net program 
Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. 



when talks with operators in- 
dicated negotiation might work. 

Strike notice has been filed with 
state labor board, however, Sta- 
tions affected are WTCN, WMIN, 
WDGY-, WLOL and KSTP. Others 
locally, have separate contracts. 

Principal " issue is wages, the 
union demanding 20% reseated 
from original request for, 30%. 
Companies have Offered $5 a week, 
amounting to 12?'4c. per . hour.: 

Pap. ranges now from $50 start- 
ing rate at WMIN to $90 top at 
KSTP. tations are in triple brack- 
et, WMIN at bottom, WTCN, 
WDGY and WLOL in middle and 
KSTP at top; Union also asks 
uniform pay for all five. 



back east - . . . John XT.. Reber around to sample shOws for J. Walt.er 
Thompson clients and Incidentally to have words wltji Edgar Bergfen : 
on his future plans. . ; , Hall. March pulled .oiit Of:!. NeWsweiek Looks i 
Ahead because of conflicUng commitments: .'i^u| Fi«i6s ,fe 
Don Gilman, former NBC coast head, became a grandfather last \veek 
when the Page: Gilmans became three. Papa has long becn.a fixture 
on "One Man's Family", .v.Cy Howard says his desert: tan is "through, 
the courtesy of Park Levy.'' He whipped up the; scripts of "'My Firiend 
Irma" while Howard worshipped the Sun God . . . .Jesin Meredith took 
t\\i VM rn a ainn ori>r ^^'^ duties as Coast publicity director of Benton & Bowles, re- 
UN lULCKANtk k>bl * ^'evlng PWl Bottfeld, who returned to New York. . . Raymond Morgan 
' has another audience show in the works, "You Be the Judge." He has 
been eminently successful at: this type of show, having . practically • 
pioneered it with the late Tom Breneman . . . Thpiripson's press head 
Joe Lcighton enlarged his family with adoptiOtl of a girl i , : Footei 
Cone :& Belding : folded -its publicity depirthient .: ; .: .:BliI Spier 
rowly missed the knife after an appendix fl;areup: He's okay now. . 
Arch Oboler, fresh from his trip, through darkest Africa for, Frederick 
:9!iv, showed up/at the Derby with tie and .yfesti: .tt Wasn-t W Idn^^ 
that he was dubbed "genius in sweat shirt." . . . Wlieh jajfie WymM 
her first painting to "Corny" Jackson for $4;75, ]A6A'isi Gh»^ 
moved in fast on the check to deduct the firni's commifeibh! i;.:;)SJiBt:fd's.V 



John Reed King, Bernie 
Set For WOR Shows 

John Reed King and Al Bemie 
have been signed by WORj N Y., 
for once-a-week half-^hour shows. 

King will m.c; a Saturday audi- 
ence participation : stanza called 
"Three's a Crowd." Bernie will 
star in "Let's Play Games," night- 



WOV, N. Y., and the Institute for 
Democratic Education have com- 
bined on a series of tolerance pro- 
grams in Italian, with first pro- 
gram to tee off tomorrow (Thurs.) 
at 6.05 p.m. Marking first time 
such a series of foreign language^ 
programs: has been: aired in the 
U. S., tlie series (all of 15 minutes) 
will run 13 weeks. Then the Insti-r 

tute will offer transcriptions of It , FM"s"tatVon no"w carryVnrthe"jota' j7 Aiithiny^ 
gratis to 5/ U. t.. stations that | ship by a nostrum Jim and Marian Jordan three a pheasant party 
carry foreign language programs f^r a group of friends, the birds being bagged by them in South Dakota, 

Series, Titled "II Prossimo Tuo" : 
("The Man Next Door"), will take I JTV miC AflO 
up problems of prejudice and dis- 1 ^"^^'^^^ • • • 

Bill Myers exiting as sales service manager of WGN : .Fund of 
$1,072 in memory of the late MaryaM Wiley, timehuyer of J. Walter 
Thompson, will be turned over to the Off^he-Street Oub for outfitting 
a girls' dormitory . i . .Johnny Norton,, ABC veepee,/ becbtnes. a resident 
of Wilmette : Dec. 1 . - . "I'll Remember Indiana,^': »: )^ poesy by 
WBBM newswriter Tom Koch, hits the stands this week: J^^^ 
Bradley: rounded .'out his 25th year Ih radio Thurs! (18) , . . . iSallfish 
almost eight feet long, landed by -'Hint ilunt" emcete Chnek/Acrett on 
his recent Florida trip, is on display in the Wrigley restaurant window 
. NBC's sound department now under the Wing of Bill Kephart^ 
chief announcer, following Tommy Horan's shift to TV service mgr. . . . 
Student pilot was killed last week when his plane rammed into WMBI's 
transmitter during a rainstorm Wade Adv., Benton & Bowles, Camp- 
bell Soup it nd Miles Laboratories signed for Nielsen's radio index scrVr? 
Series was jointly produced by I ■ Ji^s*'" Miller, NAB prez, in Sun. (28) to make the principal ad- 
Arnold Hartley, WOV program di- 1 ^ress at the National Assn. of Radio Farm Directors meet . . Paul 
rector, and Harold Franklin, Insti- ' Beenan, Sewall Gardner, Elliott Dctchon, and James Fitzmorris now 



crimination as they affect Italians 
in the U. S. Initial airer will have 
a panel consisting of Joseph Cal- 
deron, of the National Conference 
Of Christians and Jews; Albertb, 
Cupellli Italian . consul' . In New 
Haven, and Dr. ; Charles Fama, 
N. Y. physician, discussing preju- 
dice. Dramatic portion, titled "Tur- 
key and Spaghetti," will empha- 
size "respect for differences." 
Other programs will dramatize 
group stereotypes, discrimination 
in Jobs and education, etc. 



time show owned by Jane" Martin, tute program director. Alfredo , heading up Dancer-Fitzgerald-.Sample's Chi office .. .Al Weisman's 



Which was sponsored several sea- 
sons back by Vicks. 

Both shows will debut as sus- 
tainers. No starting dates have 
been set as yet 



Segre scripted. Renzo Sacerdoti of 
WOV: will direct: programs,: which 
use Italian radio and legit actors. 
Paul Romeo orchestra supplies the 
music. 



Red Feather Kid" calling on all radio and TV stations last week to 

award Red Feather Oscars for aid in the Community Fund Drive 

Ben Park, producer of "It's Your Life," bedded by flu Beulah 
Kamey, WENB home economist, named radio chairman of the Illinois 
(Continued on page ^2) 



£3 



BMB ON INDUSTRY HOT SEAT 



Hooper s Top 15 and the Opposition 



{Nov. 



Walter Winchell.. ..... 17.0 

LuK Radio ThMtr* JL5.9 



Fibber & Molly. . 12.8 
Jack Benby.v. tl.9 

Bob Hop« t , ItO.O 

Godfrey's Talent Scoutt . 18.5- 

My Friend Irma : .... . . . 17.1 

Phil Harris-AUca Faya.. 16.« 

Duffy's Tavern......... 16.0 

Mr. District Attorney. . . 16.4 

Stop the Musio IS.B 



People Are Funny 15.7 

Grime Photographer . ; . . 15.4 



Mr. Keen 15.2 

Horace Heidt . ; . . . ..... 14.B 

Bib Town 14.9 



IB Report) 

Total 

Network 

Sponsored Network Comv 
Competition petition 

Electric Theatre 6.5 19.0 

Man. Merry-Oo-Round. 9.4 

dabriel Heatter 5.9 11.1 

' Johns^Manville New*. . 2.3 ' 

Telephone Hour 6.8 

Dr. I. Q 6.0 

E. D. Canham— News . . 2.4 11.5 
Johns-Manville News . . 2.3 

Gene Autry 6.9 14.5 

: Sherlock Holmes. . .^ . . 4.9 

. Town Meeting ....... . 4.6 17.0 

We, the People....... 8.1 

Gabriel Heatter 6.8 

Railroad Hour 5.1 19.3 

Voice of Firestone . ... 9:7 

Arthur Gaeth 2.1 9.9 

Fish & Hunt Caub.... 1.4 
Contented Program... 5.8 

Carnegie Hall 2.8 18.1 

Amos 'n'' Andy. . .... 12.1 

Behind the Front Page . 3.2 

Milton Berle 8.7 19.1 

Your Song & Mine 4.5 

Gabriel Heatter 6.7 

Groucho Marx 9.5 19.8 

Harvest of Stars 6.7 

Johns-Manville News. . 2.3 

Sam Spade 9.5 24.3 

Charlie McCarthy 14.2 

Fred Allew 14.8- 

None 9.5 

Revere All-Star Revue . 2.3 16.5 
Johns-Manville News ; . 2;3 

Sealtest Show 115 

Better Half 3.1 19.8 

Burns & Allen 14.1 

Jimmie Fidler: ...... . 4.9 12.1 

Hit the Jackpot 10.1 14.9 



Lowefl Sun AM Pullout Seen as Trend 
To Vamp Radio Due to Television 



Washmgton, Not. 23. 
' Beginning of 'what- may well .be 
'a trend toward withdrawing plans 
to enter the standard radio, fleld: 
because of the rapid developments 
In television, is appearing in peti- 
tions being filed with the FCC. The 
Idea that AM radio can pay the 
freight for video until the latter is 
on its own seems to, be going out 
the window. 

Last weekt for •example, from 
among the batch of briefs sub- 
mitted to FCC was one from the 
Lowell Sun Publishing Co., Ix>well, 
Mass., which had an application 
pending for a 5kw fuUtime station, 
in. addition to one it has for a tele- 
vision outlet. liowell Sun's brief 
asked the Commission to /dismiss 
its AM application becavse- it lias 
decided "to devotf its entire re- 
sources: to the : developmetft ; of 
television," 

Lowell Sun went into consider- 
able detail in giving reasons for 
its action. It told the Commission: 

1. Development of television 
"has proceeded with .far greater 
rapidity than hadr.been generally 
expected." 

: 2. It believes that video "will be 
the major medium of broadcasting 
(Continued on page 32) 



Par.Sindliiigerbi 
JRadox Wedding? 

^Possibility that Paramount Pic- 
tures may buy into the Radox 
rating device of Sindlinger & Co. 
vWas seen this week In the dis- 
closure that Par veepee Paul Rai- 
bourn has been elected to : the 
Sindlinger board. Raibourn i.s 
known to be highly enthusia.stic 
about utilizing Radox for the com- 
pany's television operations and 
It's believed likely that his joining 
the company's directorate presages 
an active financial Participation by 
Par. 

Al Sindlinger, prez of the Radox 
ftnoj also disclosed this week that 
(Continued on page 32> 



Variation on a Them* 

Prospective sponsors have 
come up with a new standoff 
for importunate radio time 
salesmen; to add to the well- 
worn, "Wait till after the first 
of the Year," "Wait till after 
Labor Day," and "Wait till 
after Easter." Now' it's "Wait 
till after Congress. Meets." 

Their argument is that the 
imforeseen election results 
have changed the overall 
economic picture so drastically 
that they (national advertisers) 
want to get an idea, of th« . 
kind of legislation that's com- 
ing before they , peel the rub* 
berjMind off' the roll. 



Tele WOl Supplant 
Not Supplement 
Radio, Sez Shouse 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
James D. Shouse, prez of Cros- 
ley Broadcasting Corp; , told editors* 
and publishers at the Nationai 
Kditonal Assn. meet here Sunday; 
f21) that television is likely to re- 
place radio. Theory that tele will; 
supplement ; rather than; , supplant 
-standard broadcasting was con^ 
demned by the Crosley topper as 
'designed to soothe the furrowed 
brow" of ad men, radioites and 
publishers. 

"As a broadcaster," said ShousCi 
, "I think that with the exception 
Of widely scattered and remote 
rural areas television stands a 
; good chance not of supplementing 
broadcasting as we know it today, 
, but of replacing it, 1 think that the 
j structure of sound b^roadcasting to- 
I day will, before very many years 
' have passed, undergo severe eco- 
1 nomic dislocations lllat may cause 
I it to deteriorate in quality of sery- 
I ice; at the very time .when only. 
I (Continued on page 32) 



PRESSURE PUT ON FCC Net Sales Hearing May Tom hto 



EROM ALL SIDES 



Broadcast Measurement Bureau 
is on tho hot seat. The pressure's 
front the outSde and from within. 
Informed trade opinion ia that 
isomething's ' got to give, perhaps 
within days. 

It's considered likely that a 
recent series of developments, 
climaxed by an NAB board meet-: 
ing last week ' at which BMB was 
carpeted; and an emergency BMB 
board meeting in New . York ; on 
Monday (22) will lead to the res- 
ignation of either Hugh Feltisv 
BMB's president, or John Chur- 
chill, research director. In some 
quarters there is even talk of the 
possible dissolution of BMB; but' 
execs of the industry setup say 
t'ain't so. 

Although BMB brass have tried 
to maintain a "secnrity silence" on 
the whole blowoff, it's .no secret 
that there have been : mutterings 
from the industry for some time 
on certain aspects of the bureau's 
operation; In most cases the beefs 
have come at an individual station 
level. But some of the objections- 
have been more basic-r-ao much, so 
that BMB's future may be at stake. 

BMB's entire structure was sur* 
veyed in a hectic conclave Monday 
(22) at the Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y., 
which began at 10 a.m. and ended 
at 6 p;m.-^ne of the longest in 
the Bureau's history. ; 

Although the BMB board meet- 
ing was called soon after an NAB 
board session in Washington 
weighed the Bureau's operations, 
BMB spokesmen denied that any 
"acrimonious" feeling existed be- 
tween the two groups. 

'We Welcome It' 

"BMB is tickled pmk," secretary 
Phil Frank said after the board 
meeting, "to have station problems 
brought to itS: attention by : the 
NAB or anyone else. We're not 
mad at the NAB; we're not mad at 
anybody," he declared. 

He added, however, that the 
BMB . board was glad that two of 
^(Continued on page 82) 



Thurs. on CBS 



'Ain't No Fluke 



On top of its "Sunday Disaster," 
NBC has been gandering the new- 
est Hoopers and finds that the 
initial beating administered to its 
top-budgeted Thursday night line- 
up of stars by CBS' low-cost se- 
quence, of adventure - whodunit 
shows,: is anything but a one-shot 
"fluke." 

Newest round of ratings finds 
NBC with a problem on its hands 
to restore "Aldrich Family," Burns 
4c Allen, Al Jolson's "Kraft Music 
Hall," "Sealtest Variety Show" 
and Fred . Waring to: their onetime 
eminence. For. once again all of 
them are outranked by Columbia's 
"FBI in Peace and War," "Mr. 
Keen," "Suspense," "Crime Pho- 
tographer" and "First Nighter." 

Only NBC show to pull ahead of 
Its CBS rival in the . Thursday 
sweepstakes is the Camels-spon- 
sored "Screen Guild Players," 
which, now out-hoopers ''Hallmark 
Playhouse" by three points. 



Paul Gerard Smith 

advocates 

For Laughing Out 
Loud 

■ - ■ . .*.■.' » ■ 

an vdltorial featora 
I* Hi* ■peoiniiif 

43d Anniversary Number 
•f 



Parade as Result of CBS 'Subpoena 



Hy Gardner 

ramlalKet aa • Slag Siof 
. ^soaar't arroaga frothada la 

'Due-Bill <m a Holdup* 



la..'lli*'Bp«oailag. :". 
43d Aimivert0ry Number 



Kobak Confidence 
Vote Seen Upshot 
Of Mutual Crisis 



Mutual board's acceptance; last 
week of the resignation of Robert 
Swezey as exec veepee and general 
manager effective Dec. 1 is viewed 
in some trade circles . as a con- 
fidence vote for Edgar Kobak, MBS 
president. 

A network statement issued 
after the board meeting last week 
said, tliat no successor to Swezey 
will ' be. - named, . Hia axecutiva 
chores will be taken over, by others 
in Mutual's top echelon. Mean- 
while Kobak is ; on the pi-owI for 
an exec to . head up program and 
sates. 

Linus Travers, who was offered 
the key job under Kobak which 
Swezey felt would usurp on his 
duties will remain in- Boston as 
executive veepee of the Yankee 
Network. 

Swezey himself was non-commit- 
tal on his: plans for the future 
after leaving Mutual. He has al- 
ready had several offers and was in 
Washington yesterday (Tues.), rfr- 
portedly in connection' with one of 
the offers. 

While S wezey 'f bowout domi- 
nated: the agenda at last week's 
board meeting, the Mutual direc- 
tors also discussed plans for ex- 
panding program activities to add 
more bigname shows to the net- 
work log, particularly In day- 
timers. Following MBS directors 
attended: Lewis Allen Weiss, Don 
Lee, chairman; Theodore G. Strel- 
bert,. WOR, New York, vice chair- 
man; E. M. Antrim and Chester 
Campbell, WGN, Chicago; J. E. 
Campeau, CKLW, Detroit-Windsor; 
H. K. Carpenter and Sterling Gra- 
ham, WHK, Cleveland; Benedict 
Gimbel, Jr , WIP, Philadelphia; 
Thomas O'Nell and LiUus Travers,; 
Yankee Network, Boston;. J. R. 
Poppele, WOR. New York, and 
Edgar Kobak, Mutual, New York. 



Frost WarDihgs Freeze 
Out Ch'field 'Supper CIuV 
As KFI Refuses to Yield 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Chesterfield Supper Club aired 
for the last time over KFI Friday 
(19J. KFI related that Sjupper Club 
wanted station to cut the frost 
warnings which cuts into about 
three minutes of the show nightly. 
KFI refused to clip the public 
service and aisserted that a change 
in. the time of the warnings would 
not be of sufficient value to the 
growers. 

Station execs said they offered 
the Supper Club free spots and 
also offered to run the entire pro- 
gram over at another time, but that 
Cliesterfield would not agree. 



Washington, Nov. 23. 

Next Monday's (29) Federal Com- 
munications Commission hearings . 
on network sales to affiliates of 
national spot time may turn into 
a parade of radio station reps; as 
a result of a CBS request yesterday 
(22) that the FCC subpoena 27 
leading firms in the business to 
produce data for, the proceeding. : 
Granting of the request would 
mean the heanngs would go ; on 
all week. 

The network asked that specified : 
officers of the reps produce all 
contracts and agreements entered : 
into with broadcast stations sine* 
Jan. 1, '47, for the sale of national 
spot and other commercial time. 
Previously, at the request of Na- 
tional Assn. of Radio Station Rep- 
resentatives, FCC issued subpoenas 
to Lewis . MacConnach, secretary oi 
NBC, and Joseph McDonald, 
veepee-general attorney and secre- 
tary of ABC, to appear with certain 
documents at the hearings. 

While the FCC wouldn't say 
whether it would comply with th* 
CBS petition, prior to considera- 
tion by Commission members, a 
spokesman' declared that, ordina* 
rilyi where a . case for relevancy ta 
the issues is shown, such requests -: 
are granted; although CBS haa 
asked for "a lot of subpoenas:" 

In support of its petition, CBS 
cited the FCC notice of hearing 
(Continued on page 32) 



RWG, Agencies 
Lick Major Issue 

A settlement on the mmimuni 
basic agreement dispute between 
the Radio Writers Guild and tha 
ad agencies Is definitely in tha 
wori(8. Negotiations between th« 
two parties, which resumed thres 
weeks ago after a short strike hy 
RWG, is likely .to continue several : 
weeks more, but both sides arc 
ticking the mqjor obstacles In th« 
way of a pact. 

One of the toughest hurdles was 
tha original RWG demand con* 
coming the disposition of script 
property rights which tha guild 
wanted to revert back to writers 
after a specific time for resale to 
films, video and book publishers. 
According to one agency exec, a 
formula, still undisclosed, has 
been reached which promises to bs 
satisfactory to both parties. It's un- 
derstood that the formula will pro* - 
vide for a percentage split be- : 
tween scripter and sponsor on r*- 
sales.''. • ■ 

Talks between the guild and 
agencies will resume next Monday : 
(29) with both sides agreeing tA 
knock off over the Thanksgiving 
holiday. , 



SB RetreochmeDt Hits 
$4,000,000 Mark With 
Its Ed Bergen Bowont 

Exiting of Standard Brands from 
sponsorship of Edgar Bergen (Coca' 
Cola is taking him over) adds up, 
in all to a total radio retrench- : 
ment for SB of nearly $4,000,000 
a year. It leaves NBC's "Ona 
Man's Family," plus some spot^ 
business, as the food company's 
only radio Identification. 

Last year Standard Brands be- ' 
gan its budgetary tightening up 
by lend-leasing Fred Allen and his 
8:30 Sunday night NBC slot to tha 
Ford dealers for several years. 
'Whether or not SB will recapture 
Allen and the time, however, will 
probably depend on the , "test" tha 
I company will make during tha 
, next year on sales impact in tha 
i face of a radio de-emphasis. 

Moving of Bergen strips J. Wal- 
ter Thompson agency of $1,000,000 
in : talent - production billings. 
Agency retained the Allen billings 
(also $1,000,000) when it stepped 
quickly into the picture, to nego- 
tiate the Ford, dealers sponsorship. :' 



.S4 



ttADIO BEVIEWS 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



YOURS FOR A SONG 

With Janfi Froihan, Robert Weede, 

Alfredo Antonini & orch; Ber> 

nard Dudley, announcer 
Director: Carlo DlAngelo 
Writer: Nora Sterling 
£5 Mins.; Fri.i 9:30 p. m. 
CONTI 

MBS, from N. Y. 

(Bermiughaiii, Castleman & Pierce) 
Tliis show brings Conti back to 
tile Mutual web for the eighth 
Btraight year, with a ieisui'ely, re- 
laxed musical program designed 
for easy listening. Comprising 
Classical and pop songs, done each 
week' by a difTei'ent male and 
fomme guestar, the format resem- 
bles closely the type of show usual- 
ly heard Sunday afternoons. But 
there's nothing to prevent such a 
Bhow from being just- as listenable 
©11 a .Friday night, and this one 
sn'ould attract its share of the au- 
dience. 

TeeofE U9) had Jane Froman and 



THIS IS BING CROSBY > JOHN J. ANTHONY HOUR 

With guests; Ken Cacpenter, an- 1 With John Connelly, «nno«gietT 

nounccr i Producer: Norman Jay 

Producer-director: Bill Morrow I 60 Mins.; 8 p.m., Mondays 
15 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Fri,, 9:45 a.m. NORLAN CORP. 
VACUUM FOODS WMGM, New York 

WCBS, N. Y. A Shaw Associates) 

(.Doherty, Clifford) i ,John J. Anthony is back on the 

In a friendly gesture from Phil- airlanes, again doling out solace to 
CO, which sponsors his network i marital misfits and other problem- 
show, Bing Crosby is putting in laden clients via the "John J. An- 
a friendly plug for Minute Maid | thony Hour" in the 8 to 9 p.m. 
frozen orange juice, via this new I slot Mondays on WMGM, N. Y. 
recorded airer. Fact that Crosby Norlon Corp., makers of Sural, me- 
was recently elected a director of j dicinal product, is sponsoring. 
Vacuum Foods Corp. which makes I j f^,^.„,at and treatment there 
Minute Maid, helps to explain the ; jj^g ^hmge from that employed 

I by AntKonjr over th? years; on 
WMCA, N. Y., in his previous 



parlay 

Program is a lazy, inyiting one, 
with Bing acting as sort of emcee — 
disk jock for a quarter hour of 
light banter and music. Opening 
program Monday (22) had Crosby 
singing a new song and playing one 



"Good Will Hour." On teeoff stanza 
Monday night (22) there were the 
usual number of clients, who, seek- 
ing aid and counsel on their divers 
problems, were brought to the mike 



of his old disks, and--to show his ; ^-j--^^^^^^ 
generosity as well as good show- ' 



Robert Weede in the dual guest ■ manship — splaying an Ella Fllz- 

fpots, with Miss *"roman particu- gerald recording too. Crosby also 
aiiy shining in a group of top did his own commercials, valiantly 
tunes. Her excellent diction I plugging frozen orange juice, and 
phrasing and shading were best , doing a better job of it than au- 
demonstrated in a very neat rendi- nouncer Ken Carpenter. Met so 



tion of "Bill,"- making the tune 
conte to life as it seldom has "be- 
fore in one-dimensional radio. She 
proved she can also handle the 
novelties with a bouncy job on 
"Button and Bows" and sold "Isn't 
It Romantic" with the requisite 
amount of feeling. Concert bari- 
tone Weede projected; a powerful 
but well-modulated set of pipes 
, V'ith the "Largo al Factotum" from 
"Barber of Seville" and "Old Man 
Elver." But why must all bari- 
tones do those two? All that was 
missing for a perfect cliched night 
was "Shortnin' Bread." 

Alfredo Antonini, leading a 34- 
piooe orch, backed the two singers 
Avell. The orch's rendition of 
"Cuanto La Gusta," while good, 
lacked punch.. Conti commercials, 
though brief and to the point, were 
too numerous. They were han- 
elled competently by announcer 
Bernard Dudley, who dittoed on 
the straight announcing. Sial. 

GERMAN AMERICAN LITERA- 
TURE HOUR 
With Peter M. Lindt, Prof. Pisca- 

lor, guest 
SO Mins.; Sat,, 3 p.m. 
Participating 
\VKVD, New York 

Vienna-born Peter Lindt has 
been airing this literate, entertain- 
ing and radio-wise German lan- 



prano Doroth.V - Kirsten wandered 
into the program to exchange a 
couple of words with Bing, but 
didn't sing anything, making the 
whole bit a little silly. Otherwise, 
this is a pleasant ayemer. 

Bron. 



THE WAY IT LOOKS TO ME 
With Toney Terry Hatfield; Bob 

Keller, announcer 
Producer-director: Gregory Ccn- 

tola 

15 Mins.; Sun., 3:30 p.m. 
STRAUSS STORES 



tions counsellor. . Problems ran the 
gamut of a vefs family seeking 
shelter to an irate wife who didn't 
think the authorities were strain- 
ing too hard to extradite a recal- 
citrant spouse who hadi deserted 
her and their children. The in-be- 
tweeners also had their problems. 

. Anthony with his accustomed 
acute 'Showmanship and : under- 
standing, counselled them in his 
usual manner and presumably sent 
them home happy. Getting their 
troubles off their chests may have 
provided some solace* but most 
took their problems home with 
them. In a few instances clients 
were requested to remain imtil 
after the broadcast for further 
screening of their woes in private. 

However, such programs do have 
-llieir public service values, .proven 
by the- sizeable listening audience 



WMCA, N. Y. A .u u ^ u •„ - 

AHrt in (hp huleina ranks of news ' Anthony had built up on his pre- 
^l*i".VJ.ti'"iS^1,n.1"!!h° „ vious similar stint. It's quite likely 

lie caij ; do ,at> again with this new 



commentators and would-be world 
trend ainalysts Toney Terry Hat- 
field, said to be a member of the 
Kentucky Hatfields. In the second 
installment of her WMCA airer, 
"The Way It Looks to Me" Sunday 
(21), she displayed a charming 
naviete on some topics and offered 
practical, although obvious advice 
on others. 

With her text written primarily 
for femme dialers. Miss Hatfield 
specifically took a poke at the re- 
ported action of some Americans 
in sending socks and layettes, etc., 
to Britain's new infant Prince., She 
deplored this as "lavishing gifts 



setup, 

John Connelly handled announc- 
ing chores adeptly, also handling 
commercials for the medicinal 
product for arthritis. Edba. 



::Followup Comment i 



"Rebecca;" Daphne DuMaurier's 
novel which has already been pic- 
turized. legitized; televised and 
dramatized pn the airlanes numer- 



guage program for three years if act that the clothing undoubtedly 



upon those who don t need them, i ous times, w as given another work- 
in taking this largesse too liter- ■ out by the Screen Guild Theatre' 
ally, she completely overlooks the , from Hollywood Thursday (18) 



over WEVD, New York indie which 
broadcasts regularly in six tongues 
in addition to English, Lindt 
could teach many of our own 
newscasters and commentators a 
thing or two about enunciation, 
diction, and all-around mike pres- 
eru'e. 



is distributed to Britain's needy 

Turning to the abu,ses -of auto 
dealers exposed by the recent find- 
ings of a Congressional committee. 



Rigged, with a superlative cast in- 
cluding Loretta Young, John Lund 
and Agnes Moorehead, this show 
had all the necessary ingredients 
for a solid, stanza— except enough 



111 his weekly piece he discusses ■•noting the high cost of turkeys, she 
books, music, the news, and usually glso touched on the Ruhr's iron 
Interviews a prominent. German- a„ji steel and queried why can't 
bom personality. Last week's this vital production be placed un- 
guest was Prof. Erwin Piscator | ^^j. yig^^ international control 
director ot the Drama Wprkshop_ at rather than hand it back to the 

German industrialists? , 
' Although presented • by : Straiu,ss 
Stores, ah auto accessory, retail 
efei n, • program.' pushes thfev Bed 
biobd^ i^rogriam/ : Str^auss' 



Miss Hatfield regretted the $500 . time. Compressing this story into 
tips and urged the buying public | 30 minutes, although expertly 
not to go along with these vicious 1 handled, robbed it of dramatic 
practices. Aside from ^casually | development and power. Consid- 

" ered by : Itself,; it was too. sketchy 



tlie New School for Social Re- 
•earch. ■ 

In addition, he strives to inter- 
pret America to his German speak- 
ing listeners, many of whom are ' Cross' 
comparatively recent arrivals 



With practically everyone familiar 
with the story via the film; it did 
serve,, however, as. a 'Shorthand 
synopsis for a vivid drama in 
which the dialer's imagination had 
to fill in the details. 



NOW I'LL TBLL ONE 
With Harnr Hershfield 

S Mins.; Mori, thru Frl., 8:SS p.m. 
SH1ILT0N, INC. 
WOR, New York 

(Wesley Associates) 
. Harry Hershfleld, erstwhile car- 
toonist and now a weekly column- 
ist for the N. Y. Daily Mirror and 
expert gagster on Mutual's "Can 
You Top This," is displaying hi« 
raconteur talents on this across- 
the-board airer. Five minutes, in- 
cluding two plugs "for the bank- 
roller, isn't enough time, however, 
for Hershfield to project the warm 
and expansive side of his person- . 
ality. As a result, he's punching 
too hard with slightly strained 
yams and gags that don't do jus- 
tice to his.t9\.ejnts. 

On tlie session reviewed (18), his 
story, taken from Earl Wilson, of 
British advance preparations for 
Princess Elizabeth's new-born child 
went thus: "If it was boy, they 
would fire 45 guns; if it was noth- 
ing at all, they would fire Philip." 
The other Hershfield yarns were 
simiUlr, although tailored down, by 
necessity, tqc such" minuteness that 
they lacked Havor. Herm. 



BREAKFAST AT THE BRASS 
RAIL 

With Carlton Fredericks; Dick 

DeFreitai;, announrer 
Producer: Nat Bernard 
Director: Bob Estes 
30 Mins.; Mon.-Sat.. 0 a.m. 
BRASS RAIL RESTAURANTS 
WMGM, New York 

This is a tough one to nutshell. 
It appears to be .« blend of medi- 
cine show. Yoga lecturt and calis- 
thenics class, with asides on nutri- 
tion; Played for laughs, it eould 
be a genuine howler, but played, 
straight it's not. 

Carlton Fredericks, introed . as 
"an internationaUy known nutri- 
tion authority," comeS on after a 
buildup reminiscent of Doc Rock- 
well's— only they aren't kidding. 
Fredericks, sounding a little jit- 
tery, in turn bowed on Dr- Alma 
Kelly, an authority on relaxing 
scientifically, after first tmloading 
a few almanac gags. 

"Double a small bla.nkct and lie 
down on your back,'' fir. Kelly iidr 
vised listeners. " . . Pretend 
that your pelvis is a dust-pan." 
After "getting her audience on their 
backs, Dr. Kelly flipped it to Fred- 
ericks, who unloaded some almanac 
humor. The show sounded its first 
professional note- when announcer 
Dick DeFreitas came in briefly, 
even though he had nothing in- 
spiring to say. . 

Fredericks; perhaps unconsciousr. 
ly, showed Overtones of Clifton 
Webb's supercilious Mr. Belve- 
dere, pic cnaracterization. If he 
could bring liinihelf to jettison the 
show's study. p.seudo-scicntiiic gib- 
berish and accent the Webb resem- 
blance the stanza could be hilai^ 
ious. As it stands it's almost a 
parody, but more corny than amus- 
ing because it's done so preten- 
tiously. 

Fredericks asks questions on 
cooking and food preparation of 
lady volunteers in the Brass Rail, 
Broadway eatery, audience. Com- 
mercials for the. restaurant and for. 
Merkel's Thrift llam, were interpo- 
lated in the show caught Saturday 
(20). Plugs are distributed among 
various food products 'used by the 
restaurant, a different brand name 
being touted each day. 

COFFEE r.*LL 

With Jim Walton, Bob Lawson, 

Herbie Koch 
Producers: William Aldrich, Wil- 
liam Loder 
Director: Pete Disney 
30 Mins., Men., Wed., Fri.. 9:30 a.m. 
KAUFMAN-STRAUS Co., 
WIIAS. Louisville 

At long la.st, W1I.\S has suc- 
ceeded in breaking the ice with .a 
local department store sponsoring 
a' half-hour breakfast type show, 
three times weekly, and Victor , TELLE-KID QUIZ 
Sholis' production staff has come | with Bruce Eliot, Dan MeCullouifh 
up with a breeiy, fast-paced femme ; Producers-Writers-Directorsi Eliot, 
session wliicli is catching on with j McCuIIough 
listeners. Tickets for the "kaffee- ; 15 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Fri., 5 p.m. 
klateh" are gobbled up two weeks i Sustaining, 



THE STRANGE ADVENTURES 
OF CUDDLES AND TUCKIE 

Writer-Producer: Mrs. Winthrop 
Williams 

15 Mins.; Xttes.Tthru-Fri., S:30 p.m. 

Sustaining 

WDAF, Kansas City 

Doings of Cuddles and Tuckie, 
average American young boy and 
girl (sister and brother*, have a 
considerable following: lo e al ly . 
Each pre-holiday- season the young- 
sters appear in this transcription 
format as a project of the Junior 
League. The series also - gives 
WDAF a chance to carry some holi- 
day time in the public intere.sl, 

This year, Mrs. Winthrop Wil- 
liams, originator -of the series, is 
doing it up better t>ian ever with 
two series of adventures. ; Current 
series, which opened Nov. 3, is a 
new story, and runs Cuddles and 
Tuckie through 13 absorbing ad- 
•ventures up till Thanksgiving time. 
After that the traditional series 
which . tells, the. Christmas story, as 
Cuddles and Tuckie live it, will : 
run up 'to the week before Christ- 
mas. This second "series has been 
run in previous years, and is com- 
ing to be an annual dial event for 
local juves. 

The cuiTent series is well done, 
the whole works being turned out 
locally. Story interest is somewhat 
higher, as the two youngsters take 
a trip to England and also have a 
trick gadget which makes clocks, 
bells, the wind and other objects 
talk. They have some fun with 
their parents, and it turns out to 
be pretty homey listening for the 
kids. Oiti". 



CBS listeners got a "sneak pre- 
view" of Jack Benny iis a Colum 

bia personality last Thursday (18) , enuig to network shows.. 



in advance, and.the ladies have all 
the fun right in their home depart- 
ment store which they have hereto- 
fore been able to get only by list- 



""SrS^ind? de^^;Td''a good ' ^^slrvti" heTding";,fd is'in' w el"- ■ "'Sht, when the comedian ,guested j At show caught, members of the 
chunk of his script to the Thanks- 1 comf contrast to the company's ■ f*." I?a»mark Playhouse'; in _ a 1 Shawnee Woman's. Club were the 

voluble plugs . on its other bank- 1 f?oiif,„,l ■ 



giving holiday, explaining its origin , ^,XbJ%'luP'' - i*^*^^^^ item 'called "My Financial I invited guests All the game and 

and its significance in American j ,.o]]p(j sjio^vg 



lite. He afso reviewed the recent ' i.f';fi7,irt.:i;he wTaof lm*^Vemm^ks 1 1'"'' "^'^'^^ '^''^^^^ 
JJ.obel Awards, did a briel. book.re- I L\ a ''arni Dixie accen^^^^ Bu" dial- , .^^^'1 ^as nothing short 



Spotting of Benny for : contest; giriiiuiclta were trotted out 



view, and a five-minute interview 
vith his guest. 

Show is sailed liberally with 
•hurt participating commercials, 
•which he reads himself. 



by emcee .Inn Walton, who had a 
swell time with a cooperative sel- 
ection of conteistants. Session is 
aired from the coffee-shop of the 
store, with the zany doings taking 



ers could conceivably be held more 1 °f » ^^'fl for the saga 

firmly if her comments strayed ] /"^ ^V'tli a horror for banks 
more from the obvious and were'S''^ ^!^'nii«'y P^.^erned to the 
tinged with greater logic and imag- i Sunday at 7 Benny radio fantasy" 
ination ' Gilb ' *° make for a thoroughly re- 

' ■ ' freshing interlude. True, a lot of <-'ash aw.-»rds and tickets are made 

■ ; it was unadulterated corn, almost I *'or the best stunts .sent in by list- 

BEHIND THE POLITteAL SCENE shamefully so, but in' the hands ' ^n<^'s «"d ""^t-'tl <"» W'e show. 

of Benny it was a delightfai tour 
aeiorci^,. : .■:.■■:■.■ -V.-.''.-.:; 



WOR, N. Y. 

A quiz strictly for juveniles it 
"Telle-Kid Quiz,'* a new WOR, 

Ni Y. cross-the-boardcr which 
prcemed Monday [22). As cooked 
up by Bruce Eliot: and Dan Mc-! 
Cullough, the show limits its ques- 
tions to kids under IB. these 
moppets are called by phone: flnd 
the right answer is worth $5 in 
U. S. Savings Stamps. 

Recipients of the calls are culled 
each day by a guest "Junior Post- 
master" from a file of names sub- 



place on a raised platform. Prizes : mitted by youthful dialers. l,aller 
are distributed on each stunt, and 



. "The Winslow Boy," presented 
.lohn Givney, WTRY's nevys Sunday night i2]) on "Theatre 
editor 'longtime newspaperman, Guild of the Air," via ABC-WJZ 
former welfare commissioner and . for U. S. Steel, was a disappoint- 
ex-secretary to the mayor of Troy) ment to anyone who had seen the 
is inching closer to a political com- stage version. Several factors 
mentary on, state and local affairs -seemed to be involved. For one 
than has been essayed by any other ] thing, only minor revisions were 



, Commercials are handled briefly 
and to the point by Bob Lawson, 
and provide a short breathing 
space tor tlie ladies 10 relax from 
their strenuous lauglv antics. ; 

Hold. 



CHARIOT WHKELS 

'♦Vith 25-voice NeRro Choir; Bill With John Givney \ 

McCane, announcer j 15 Mins., Sat., 6:45 p.m 

Producer-director: Lawrence Mann | Sustaining' 
15 ."Vlins.; Sun., 8:15 a.m. WTBY, Troy 

Siistainiiiff ' 
CBS, from Altanta 

oong a fixture on Columbia af^ 
filiate WAGA, Atlanta, ,a mi.xed 
Negro choir tagged "Chariot 
Wheels" bowed on the CBS net 
Sunday (21). Led by Lawrence 

Wann, the choral group is a pol- ..o..mjv« ..j , --^^ ..j....^. ^..vw.uiw ncic ^- Mon -Fri 6 SO n m 

Ished unit whose hvmns and spir- i broadcaster via a Capital district made m the adaptation to inove the 1 ^^.^My,^ >"••" 
Ituals repre.sents ideal program- 1 outlet. Surprisingly, no station , action outside the silting room lo- "-'"""'""s 
min? at this early Sabbath hour 1 hereabouts has regularly presented cale of the Terence Ratigan orig- 

From their repertoire of some ! » program of the type. 
600 works, the singers deftly han- 1 On program caught, Givney of- 
^Icd- such . varied icompcsitions as 1 fered a provocative comment on 
"When the Saints Go Marchin' In" , Gov. Dewey's future and the prob- 
and a gospel .song, "Amen," among ■ lems faced, then segued into a re- 
others. "Chariot Wheels" leaves ; port on Republican fortunes in 
little (o be desired in the field of | Dutchess County. Then came a 



REY RODF.L 
With the Playboys (3) 

Producer-mrettor: Scott Buckely Isels, giir certificates," etc. asxon" 



are also asked to add on bits of 
descriptive info about the friend 
whom they've selected dope 
about birthdays, hobbies, etc 

Who wrote " "J'was the Night 
Before Christmas?" piovcd a stum- 
bling block for everv moppet 
quizzed on the initial stanza. Each 
lime the question wa.s muH'ed 
added another $5 to (he kilty and 
the fadeout found the lackpot at 
.1525. Despite the kids' railure to 
name Clement Moore as the au- 
thor they 'were handed erector 



solation prizes. 



^. ■ . [ Show seettis to liiiVe: M^^^^ 

WNBC, New York • .qualities to generate inlere.st 

inal. Thus, some of the most dy- f o<leI, for many seasons a among the age bracket al which 

nainic lor at least lively) portions ''''"S*^" ^- V. hotels, pro- it's aimed. And emcees McCuUough 

of the story, such as the court- ^'''•'s " "Ote of intimacy in this , and Eliot handle their chores well 
room trial, remained merely in ^i''^ .^^'"^"i"^ show. He'd be more ! pnongh, although at times they're 
narration. Another 



•piritual airs. 



Gilo. . highly interesting, and little re- 



unfortiinale e1'*''-''^'\'e f slotted later inasmuch ] inclined to ape the tethnitnuM 
aspect of (he kTlow'le edition was P]'^ general pilch of radio at 
the cast, all the important mem- ' l'^-'^ 'o'" ""diences. 
bers of which were from the legit, 'I's own. Rodel is a smooth 

' ' " - chanteur displaying much of the 



of 



iported, explanation of the reason ''•™VP*'- » i;csu]\. there „„.„.,„„,„,,,, , .. , , , 

Pn/1 m- n I- m I behind the O'Connell organi/a- ■ """'""^ dLstoriimis of f'baracter ^^^^^^^^ 
SPG Wins Radio Flacks icon's. i«aneuvering with (he-«nl,::?.,"\e„j>< ^^P • m«st effective ^J^'-oP^^f^^ J'.j'is^ b^^^^^^ 



Uncle Don too .stronglv. It's a 
I stanza that could undci standably 
be. backed by milk companies, 
cereal makers and the like. 

Gilb. : 



Tlollvwood. Nov. 23. 
ABC and CBS publicity depart- 



' nuances and moving scenes of the 
play w ore lost. 



■Ai'heWsiati .lifSjior - 

■ Quarter - hour .represented, the 
, , . . . , , . clearest, sharpest : commentary of 

mcnts have voted unanimously o ^jjg kind lieard on a regular pro- 
retain the Screen Publicists Guild , gi-am in this area. Sometimes 

as a collective bargaining agent. . Givney sounds a little diy. but he „.,„ „^,v,, 

ABC contract with SPG expires; gives the impression of objective- and later on the stall of the .Seidell 
on Dec. 1.5. A new pact is expecte_d nos,s. . His reading of portions of agency in New York, has been 



Schenectady — Robert W 
O'Brien, formerly with WHAS, 
Louisville and WCKY, Cincinnati 



Pitt. Symph's FM Pickup 

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23. 
Sunday afternoon concerts of 



by .lean , Sa blon , ~ CHarles , Ti-enet ^ 
etc. Jie doe.s a brace of l«'rencli and 
■English , tunes 'in ' the ' acceptable: 

boudoir manner. ',;,.ii./^'v,',..'''-.:'. _ . , _ 

He's a ■Smpoili; 'sijii Oi/cliestra 
good plii*a.<5ihfe . ■•and:' dictibnv a;nd.f£°'v rewiaindfer .. of sea.<ori ;%ill be 
good Vdcitl timbre. Oi^cliestral l broatlca basis to 

backiiig hy the ' Playiioy.s i3) is i-fi" ^M'" netwtirk -ccivei-ing^ ■thrte 
. , , J . , rnic» . ... -. . • , - - ■ ' .sufficiently fullbodied, but lacks states. 

to be negotiated this week. CBh the particular atript was a bit named acting .supervi.sor of public- 1 the lush contrapuntal einbroidcrv I Programs will oiigin.ile here 
binder comes up lor renewal on .stiff an,d uneven. This could be ity and promotion at General Eloc- . that generally iilds a chanleur of over WKJF town's onlv exclusive 
Dec. 31. • 'corroded. Jiico. trie's WGY; WRGB and WGPM. ' this type. Josc. (FM sMion. ' 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



TELBVlSIOnr 



23 



FS MISSING LINK NETIIES NETS 



TV a Tool of the Rich? 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

A warning that television, whicli may wipe out sound radio, is 
. likely to land in the lap of millionaires, came last week from Morris 
J.. Ernst. The New York attorney laid the matter before the House 
Small Business Committee, as one for serious consideration. 

"Let's take a look at television," he said, during his rambling 
dissertation as a witness. "It may wipe out everything else in the 
field of radio and otherwise, There may be 1,000 television stations 
In America ultimately. 

^.Tou know how much it costs? You must have a million dollars. 
And it is that medium that is going to control ultimately what I 
think may be the transmission by ether of the spot news and 
opinion of America. 

"I don't believe that it is going to take the place of Alms, in the 
sense ol feature pictures. But \\\\o is going to own those 1.000 
pipelines? How many people and how much diversity can there 
be — when we are speaking of people in Ainericfa who have millions 
of dollars? 

"Take a look at the people who are in there. They are not evil. 
But they are the people with a million dollars; that is aU." 

DuMont in Nighttime Program 
Reshuffle in Bid for New Sponsors 



FEUD, FUSS FOR 




[ 



WPIX, in Red, Seeks Coin; Offers 
Buy-In at 750G, May SeU Outright 



Det. Watches 3 Hours 



DuMont television, with daytime + 
programming now paying off ftnan- 

cially on WABD, its key N. Y. ^^^^^.^ ^3, 

flagship station, is planning a mass gm-veys in Detroit Indicate that 
reshuffle of its nighttime shows in average "television families" spend 
an allout effort to attract more! about three hours a day watching 
viewers and thus more sponsors. I Pi"°frams. , , . , i 

. .1 This adds up to about two-thjid'! 
Much of the tariff for experiment- ti^^ ^^^^ telecasts actually 



ijig with new nighttime packages 
Is to cbme from ayem revenue. 

At the same time, WABD extend- 
ed it.s daytime programming an- 
other 1.") minutes daily. Ted Steele, 
who now does a one-man job on 
12:15 to 12 -45 p.m. segment cross- 
the-board. will repeat daily from 
5 to 5 15 with his pianolog and 
singing. Steele, an AM disk 
jockey on WMCA, N. Y. indie, is 
also lining up a nighttime vaudeo 
show for DuMont, in which several 
sponsors have reportedly shown in- 
terest 

he'll ha\c almost as many hours 



are on the air 
station here. 



from the average 



'What Panic?' Sez 
Hooper Re Tele 



Attempts to allocate time among 
the various television networks on 
the east to midwest coaxial cable 
link broke down in a mess of argu- 
ments in N. Y. last week, with vir- 
tually all the broadcasters adamant 
in th6lr demands for the same 
cream time segments. 

As a result, the American Tele- 
phone & Telegraph Co., which 
owns and operates the cable, took 
the ball away from the. webs en- 
tirely.- Phone company asked each 
broadcaster to submit his request 
in writing and will try to resolve 
the situation on its own. Link, 
which runs from Philadelphia 
through Pittsburgh to Cleveland, 
is expected to be completed by 
.Tan. 12. 

Hot competition for the cable, 
which for the first time will permit 
inidwestern viewers to see simul- 
taneously those shows originating 
in N. Y. and other east coast cities, 
points: up again the f act that broadr 
casters, will be forced for some 
time to come to depend on film 
transcription"? of their shows for 
networking purposes. Cable, when 
it's through to the midwest, will 
stiU have only one link running in 
each direction and the phone com- 
pany has made no commitment as^ 
to when more facilities will be 
opened up. NBC, ABC, CBS, Du- 
Mont and the N. Y. Daily News' 
WPIX are all bidding for the cable, 
and several other networks, in- 
cluding Mutual, must be taken 
care of when they come on the air. 

NBC's 80 Commitments 

Biggest light at the allocations 
meeting, occuiTcd between NBC i 
and ABC. Former web; which has 
by, far; the most network commer- 
cial shows, already has commit- ! 



Af tei*; leS^,; \than':';^?5!.:iri0nl;Ss ;l'6f ; 
<)per at! ng its , Video ^ station jji f hie 
'deep, . jedi^;the.''' Ne^^ 
■News.''is;'ti6'w' ; o.pen^^ 
substatftial Ijtiydn by "outsid^' -qtoini 
Paramount Pictures has already 
been approached to take ah undis- 
closed interest tor, $750,000 in the 
for high-band reception and a I video outlet but turned it down, 
plug-in provides for a • Phonevi- 1 



Zenith Shows Round Screen 

Chicago, Nov. 23, 
Zenith's new line of tele re- 
ceivers, unveiled here Friday (19), 
has a circular screen and a single 
automatic tuner among its innova- 
tions. The tuner can be converted 



sion adapter. 

Most marked departure in ap- 
pearance is the round screen, pow- 
ered -by 1,000 to 1,500 more volts 
than usual. Sets, produced in nine 
models, will be undraped at dealers 
in the Chi area Mon. (29i. 



Boston, Nov. .23. 
I ItUi be a long time before video 

.dethrones AM broadcasting. C. E. ments on "over 80% of all pro- 1 
li that deal goes thiougii, , hooper told the Radio Executives grams now sponsored on the east' 
, „,.„„.f r^.r.., I p,^^ Boston this week. Only coast web to be led the midwest., 



Mary Margaret 
A TV Casualty 

Mary Margaret McBride becomes 
one of the first top personality 
televi.sion casualties, when NBC- 
TV cancels out her Tuesday night 
video program atter the Dec. 14 
program. Miss McBride is heard 
in the segment following the Mil- 
ton Berle "Texaco Star Theatre." 

Entrenched for years on WNBC, 
the New York flagship station, as 
one ot the most solid, audience- 
pulling personalities in daytime ra- 
dio in tlie N. Y. metropolitan -area, 
Miss McBride, on the other hand, 
the web concedes,: has failed to 
properly integrate her distinctive 
qualities into the . sight-and-soitnd 
medium. A continuation of the/ TV 
show,: it's felt.' might possibly re-' 
bound into radio, where Miss Mc- 
Bride has a multiple-sponsored bill- 
ings record that nets her in excess 
of $100,000 a year. 



on Uie au as CBb' Armur uoci- ol the potential audience ABC, leading the opposition, dc 

f''"-'.^ now has video as contrasted with j clared it made no diflcrence 

Disclosure that WABD was readv g8'~f who've never seen it but, ac- whether a .show is commercial or 
to revamp its nighttime log was coi ding to Hooper, video's burgeon- ' sustaining or what its rating has 
tnade this week by DuMont pro- mg has made so much noise a lot been in the east. According to , 

gramming chief James L. Caddi-,o( people have mistintcrpretrd it " * ■ - ^" ' ^ --- 

gan He announced that DuMont as a panic. 

He didn't say how long it would 
be before video was Va fait, acedtnpll 
j in the other 98%\ of Ainericafl 
: homes, but clearly feels AM and 
! FM will be doing business at tH6 M 
stand for a good long time. He de 



is on the prowl for new talent 
either amateur or pro, and is ex- 
panding its auditions. Casting chief 
Elizabeth Mears will onceover all 
new talent applying for a tryoul. 
Step Was taken, according to Cad 



digan. because the addition of 55 | voted most of his talk to describing 
hours weekly of daytime program- ' how Hooperating works and made 
niing to DuMont's schedule has led ^ it plenty clear he doesn't figuie the 
to a much more rapid consumption upset of the Gallups and Ropers 
of talent than was originally con- includes him in the same company 
sidere-i. at all. 

Hooper claims herdeals in facts, 
not opinions or futures. Audience 
queried him : hard on various ■ 
aspects of the rating system, with 
plenty ot emphasis on the size of 
his: samplings; He defended the 
relatively 'small riuriibei-s of sam- 



that web, all should have a chance 
to share equally the time on the 
cable. 

NBC askedi among other times, 
for the Sunday night 8 to 10 seg- 
ments (Philco and Theatre Guild 
(Continued on page 45) 



Tele Set Output 
At m a Day 



Shubert Beef Cues Hunt 
For New Time Slot On 

Phil Silvers TV Show, pies in this area by claiininf; that turers Assn re\ealed last week in 



Washington, Nov. 23. 
Television sets ■ are now being 
produced at the rate of more than 
5,000 a day, the Radio Manufac 



The Pliil Silvers video show bow- 1 
Ing tonight (Wed.) at 8:30 p.m ' 
on NBC is being forced to .seek, 
anotlior linic slot. The Shubert the- 1 
atrical ilitevests, 'which p\viv a 21 ^r ;' 
slice of ■ liie :le|;iter, ■ '^High ]3uttari : 
Shoes:." in: which - .Silvers is ' star- ' 
ring, lijs ob,iccted to holding the 
curiam liinc every Wednesday 
night. A.s a result, Lee Shubert , 
is pprmitling th'fe show to bow to- 1 
night, but will not consent to any 
more delays in the legiter's start- 
ing time. 

S1iulKM-l claims that Joseph Kip- 
riessN coJ:pi:bdi,icer;6f the ■slibw: with, 
Monle Proper, had no right to give 
■Iris: eonseiT.t without, tbii^ 

Some quarters believe that if no 
new time is available, a compro 
mise inaj be reached whereby the 
video show sponsors ipay pay Shu- 
bo it an agreed upon sum to com- 
pensate him for possible loss of 
business because of delayed cur- 
: tdin'. tinie^ : ■ 1 .■" ■'. ''' '■■:-:'; ' , ' ' ' ' 
' ' However, Ybuhg:" ■&',: :ilubic;:am.: ' 
agciu'N lor Cluctt, Poabody & Co . 
&>ilvois' spon'^ois, are shopping 
ai'oim., lor new time. Agency is 
reported to be unhappy about the, 
whole ailair, inasmuch as it's 



beyond a certain point each call 
phanges the outlook by such a 
small fraction it doesn't count 

Execs were all set to go to the 
mat with him in various related 
matters but Hooper put it oil to a 
future conference alreadv skcddcd 
lor the purpose ot taking up local 
problems. 

Ziv's Newsreel OWies 
Gets WCBS-TV Sponsor 

First television show sold in the 
ca^t bv the recently-formed Fi'cd- 
oi-ic W Ziv tele outfit is "yester- 
day's Newsreel," a 15-iiiinuto onco- 
weeWv, sliOftr'.wMch'^ ofi' Dee. ,12. 
on WC i3S-TV (CB.S, N. Y ) In the 
10 -tiS" 10:15 p.m. slol. : Sponsor is. 
Sc'iilonb«:%' Cigars, .vvilh the con- 
tra' t running a lull year 

Shou will compuse clips from 
old newsrccls, with Sally Anderson 
ninarfltihg ''tlie .lafilVioiis;.; of . those 
jinie.s and aiiiiouncer,-? Roccr Owen 
cind 'a'oiii Hale handling, jlescription . 
«tv llie 'rest - ^of. .the:., Sliow. ::.Tohn 
SinnVp^ezrof-thfe Ziv tele,. ihteiTsts^ 
nie.mwhile, us tiying to sell the 
show to local sponsors in Philadel- 
• Detroit 



reporting a record output in Octo 
ber of 95,216 Hints. 

Although Oclo'oor production was 
based on only four work weeks 
as compared to five in the previous 
month it still showed a gain of 
a pprpximateiy . 7.000 . :se ts and : . the 
weekly rate wa.s 'ia'o greater than 
in September, 

On the basis of the production 
during the last week of October 
when output passed 28,000 sets, 
BMA members are now producing 
at the rate of nearly 1,500,000 sets 
a year. Since IIMA figures ac- 
Gbunt fof' about SC-'o bt the. induST 
try, Optober's. .tunibut. by alt fiac-. 
torlfis 'well.-exeeodcd 100,000 ^sets- 
and the last week of the month 
topped 30,000 sets, 

RMA also reported that since the 
close of the war up to Oct. 1, its 
member factoiies have shipped a 
total of 609,892 video receivers to 
various points: in the country. The 
tarj^est nlimher .have .gone to New 
York-^i7t;78S,:\vit,h another 6-l,339.: 
to nearbj Nov\ark, N. J. Next larg- 
est shipments to an area went to 
Philadelphia with 63,495, followed 
by Chicago with 46,926; Los 
Angeles with 46,190; District of 
Columbia with 20,214, Boston with 



Paris Lido Revue 
Sock in London TV 
Gala for the King 

Paris, Nov. 16. 

The "Confetti" show at the Paris 
Lido was flown bag and baggage to 
the BB(J studios in London for a 
gala event in TV. It was a per- 
fectly executed affair. It will mean 
extra biz for the Champs Elysees 
nightclub through the coverage by 
the French and English news- 
reels, plus mag and newspaper 
publicity. 

The .set was practicallj an exact 
reproduction of the Lido. Five 
cameras were in constant play dur- 
ing the hour and a half ^-unning 
time. 

The showgirls, forced to wear 
bras due to the censorship laws in 
England, rode the Same huge floats 
used in the Lido show every even- 
ing. ,'\ .tpecial plane earned these 
floats and other props. ■ .. ,... :■';? 



WPIX was also reportedly offered 
to a N Y. indie AM station for . 
outright sale but again there was 
no deal. 

Failure of the rich and powerful , 
Daily News to push WPIX over 
the commercial hump highlights a } 
national phenomenon in the infant 
video industry. Out of 43 operating >: 
stations there's not a single one , 
reporting a profit. Although this 
was expected in the early stagers,; 
all of the 43 stations have been 
I surprised by the extent of the shel- 
I lacking that they have taken, and : 
I will take in the next period. 
I Video, unlike radio when it was 
I in rompers, is shaping up as a no- 
man's land for the smaller entre- 
preneur. The drain ot video opera- 
tions on the exchequer is making 
it an arena where only the mam- 
moth, corporations:, can stick it out: 
with any ambitious programming.! 
AU others are playing it close to 
the vest. 

NBC's Investment 
NBC, for example, is being 
clipped on the chin for $3,500,000 : 
this year and expects to go down 
tor another $5,000,000 in 1949 in : 
sustaining its video network. Du-, 
Mont, likewise, was hit for overc 
$1,000,000 lEst year, while other; 
video network and station oper- 
ators are bearing proportionate ' 
losses. Those operators with suf- , 
ficient financial resources are able 
to hang on until video begins its i 
promised payoff. Those with less - 
coin or stamina arc beginning to. 
pull .out,; . . : . 

Raytheon Corp. in Boston, after ' 
sinking $230,000 into partially con- 
structing d video station, has sold:; 
its interest to CBS, which will com- 
plete the building and operate the : 
outlet. The deal has been finalized ,: 
pending okay from the Federal' 
Communications Commission. The 
Los Angeles Times Station, KTTV, 
has sold a 49' i interest also to 
CBS, giving the latter the right to 
control programming. The KMTR ^ 
Radio Corp., controlled by the: 
N. Y. Post-Thackrey interests, put ■ 
its TV construction permit: for 
KLAC-TV on the block in a pack- 
age Containing a couple of AM sta- 
tions which Warner Bros, has pur- 
chased, pending. FCC approval. 

But despite the financial road- 
blocks, most of the holders of video 
cp.'s are rushing their plans to get ■ 
into operation. And only recently,- 
Wayne Coy, chriit-mun ot the FCC,.; 
predicted that 1 000 video stations .- 
would coine.iiilu existence during 



'GOLDBERG^; MOREY 
AS CBS-TV PACKAGE 



' Spon.sored : by the British Govr 

I ernment a,-) a birthday gilt for the [ the next seven \cars. 

King. It cost an estimated 5,000,000 j 
. trancs (about $15,O0OJ to bring 

the show over. The cast includea 
' Chaz Chase, The Dcbonairs, Gilette 

and Richard. The Chariivcls, Jos- 
i ctte-Dayde and-the- Ben Yost Quar- 

' Both "The Goldbergs" and radio 
' The 16 Bluebolle gills were comic Morey Amsterdam will be 
forced to .spend Iheir .second night featured in tlieir o>> n weekly shows 
in London sleeping on hotel room on the CBS-TV v.eb in the near fu- 
floor since tlieie were no accommo- mro. Web auduion.'d an Amster- 
dations made for the unexpected dam pack,i«e last week and plans 
, .second dav in London. This, too, to audition a '1 V adaptation of 
received a play in the London the Goldberg family tomorrow 



papers, especially since the girls 
are almost all English, brought by 
Miis Bluebelle to France, 



2 Detroit Air Siiows 
Readied for Television 



thoughf that 'the 8:30 time slot is Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town 
the most effective for that.ishow. | vaudeo program. 



ohia Baltimore and Detroit, in 

N Y it will be seen directlj after 17 403, Baltimore with 15,770; De 

' - tioit with 13.340; Cleveland with 

11,584, and St. Louis with 10,131. 



(T;hlir'fcU-.'''Siio--Ws'..-,-a:'re-'^ 
tr!!ft>Scit'ib«!(3 .,, bft; © -for " presehta-.i 
tion -to ■■i)'6tentl<il':'.han kroner.?. • 
'. Am sterd'a m: ; Kho\v ' wi U co'lWPrise ■ a ■ 
combinatio.n ' si t u cit.i oii. : . e:0 hi -e d y 
vaudob fbi'ftiat, A ti.isterd'ani; i.s pack- .- 
agih-g.' the ,.pro,£{raii) I luniself - but 
CBS-TV V;ill control its. rights. 
^, Gertrude Beig is to produce the 
Detroit, Nov. 23. "Goidberg.s" sIi(m\, which will be 
Tv\o of Detroit's top radio shows ba.sed on the old radio format and 
are being converted to television, the "Molly" and Me" iegiter. in 
They are the "Early Morning which Miss Berg starred la.st sea- 
P'rolic," with Joe Gentile and son on Broadwas Amsterdam, in- 
Kalph Binge, and "Jack tiie Be!!- cidentall'., lias appean'd from time 
boy,'' disk .lockey show to lime on the "Stop Me If You've 

Both programs are heard over Heaid This" show on the NBC-TV 
IWJBK, I web. 



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NEW YORK 19 
154 W«st 46th St. 

CHICAGO 1 
360 No. Michigan Ave. 



HOLLYWOOD 28 
6311 Yucca Si. 

LONDON WC 2 
8 St. Martin's Place 
Trafolgar Sq. 



Wednesday^ Pfovember 24, 194S 



27 



Replacement Need Accents Tele s 
Perpetual Headache-Tube Shortage 

Television industry, already con--*' ■ 

fronted with an acute shortage of [ , , ., , „ , 
cathode-ray tubes, will find the ) JOSeiOVltS TV Package 

f°K'lt*?Km"^^^^^^^^^ On Tunesmiths at Work 

to start worrying about producing i Songwriter Teri Josefovitz is 

enough tubes not only to make new I preparing a video package, "Meet 
sets but also to replace the burnt- vn,„. c„„„ •* .. u 1 - 
out ones in sets that have been . Songwriters," which is cur- 
sold until now. Manufacturers ' *'®"''y being considered by CBS. 
look for 25% of all tube produc- - Idea of the show is to get recog- 
tlon during the next couple of nized tunesmiths to present their 
years to be diverted to replace- ' own songs and tell of the intrica 



ments. 



cies of the publishing business. 



Estimated life of the average Josef ovits hopes to give amateurs 
tube is from two to three years, ac- i an inside on ' he workings of the 
cording to U. S. Television prez \ music industry. 
Hamilton Hoge. With more than I Format will simulate a film 
700,000 sets now in circulation i studio in which a short is made. 

throughout the country, he de- > 

dared, the "big sleeper" in set 'pro- 
duction now is the servicemen's 
Stockpile of replacements^ Military 
requirements, too, may be super' 
• Imposed, which would cut Into the 
available tube supply even more. 
Despite that, Hoge predicted the 
:lndustry would be able to turn out 
between 1,200,000 and 1,600.000 



KTSL Adds Kidshows 
To Boost Schedule 
By 7 Hours Weekly 

V ' Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

new sets in 1949 and over 2,500.000 beS^bAwe^Pn^ fi anH ?7'h^^,?« 
in 1950. as compared to this year's | SfTlevlsi^on Tows' w^^^^^^^^ 
total production of some 700.000 , ^s schedule seven hour, "e, 
units : 



: Tube bottleneck has been 
(Continued on page 33; 



ped its schedule seven! hbuirs : per 
: week. Starting Sunday (2iJ Garl- 
! ton Winckler, progtam director, 
■ I began inserting ' kidrsh0W§ ihtb 
I early evening slots to strSdE*^ air 
l-time. •■■ . :'■•■;. 

I KTSL has been signing on at 
CTiCr TAD TI7^17DC ' '=30 and cutting out at 11 on Mon- 
OlArf rUIV IV UlOlday and Friday, 10 on Tuesday, 

Wednesday; Thursday and Satur- 



NBC SHUFFLES COAST 



Toledo's 4,500 Sets 

Toledo. Nov. 23. 
Number of television sets in 
Toledo totaled 4,500 as of Nov. 10, 
according to n survey conducted by 
the city's radio distributors. Of 
these, 150 are in bars and restau- 
rants, with the balance installed in 
■ homes.'. ■ , , > 

WSPD-TV, owned and operated 
by. Fort Industries, is the only sta- 
tion operating here. 

Video Rate War 
Shaping on Coast 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. : 
Television rate war is slowly 
gathering momentum on the Coast 
witli four Hollywood stations beam- 
ing pictures nightly to 57,000 video 
receivers. Two outlets have already 
slashed their rate cards, thus grab- 
bing sponsors out from under the 
hooks of a third. Stations are slow- 
ly stretching their schedules in an 
effort to surpass one another but 
sponsors aren't yet to be found to' 
fill the additional time. 

Insiders are certain that with the 
advent of . ithe network stations 
KNBH, KECA-TV, and KTTV there 
will be a full scale rate card throat- 
cutting battle. NBC's KNBH will 
start beaming during the latter 
part of January, KTTV, CBS- 
I Times-Mirror station, goes on .Ian. 
jl, and KECA-TV opens its doors 
I sometime later. 



Push TV Scripters Gu3d as Screen 
Writers Balk on Tele Jurisdiction 



Chi Daily News-WENR-TV 
Space & Time Exchange 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 

Chicago Daily News tiein witli 
ABC's WENR-TV is up for ap- 
proval by John Knight, publisher, 
and Bob Kintner, ABC exec vee- 
pee. Deal calls for an exchange of 
air time: for' black-and-white; with 
no cash involved. 

Under the proposed pact the 
Daily News would get a 15-minute 
strip to showcase its wares while 
WENH-TV would receive equivar 
lent ad space. Station, also would 
have first chance at the Daily News 
relays and other events. 
' Daily News , tele application 
through WIND is in the FCC 
freezer. 



Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

NBC personnel was reshuffled 
last week to staff the television de- 
partment of KNBH and effect'other 
promotions. Moving over to TV 
are Don Thompson as: operations 
supervisor,"Jack Lyman, studio di- 
rector and Robin Black, assistant 
field director. 

Added to the AM production 
•taff were William Verdier, Raj- 
iinond Dietrich and Warren Lewis, 
the latter as director. 



Ask FCC to Throw Out 
CBS' Boston Tele Bid 

Washington. Nov. '23. 

The FCC was asked last week 
to throw out CBS' application for 
a television station in Boston lie- 
cause the network has pendniR an 
apiilieation to acquire the viclt'o 
construction permit assigned to 
Raytheon Mfg. Co 

In a petition filed by Boston 
Metropolitan Television Co.. . a 
competing applicant for a video 
outlet, it was asserted that under 
FCC rulings no applicant can liave 
simultaneou.sly pending two. appli- 
cations for the same type of facili- 
ties in the same area. ^ *r 
. Applicants for video in Boston 
include two film interests: New 
England Theatres, owned by Para- 
mount, and 20th-Fox New England. 



I day and 9;15 on Sunday.- New 
' hours call for a daily 6:30 .signon. 
i Winckler is inserting his juve 
1. programs between signon and 7:30. 
I Jimmy Scribner has been set as a 
five day half-hour show and -Baron 
j Keyes "Clickety-Clack Revue," a 
I puppet program has also been ink-. 
' ed. Others are being lined up to 

• fill in the . remaining four hours. 
' KTSL has also added an hour and 

a half, 3 to 4-30, to its test pattern 
I schedule. 

! Scnbner's show is titled "Sleepy 
! Joe" and will be an "Uncle Remus" 
' type telecast. Scnbnpr will go be- 

• fore the tele cameras in . blackface 
and lull costume. Program tees 
oft on a Tuesday, Wednesday and 
Tluusday schedule starting today 
i23i. Beginning the week of Dec. 
6, toleshow will go Monday through 
Fiiday. 



CBS Signs for Telecast Of 
Robiiison-Belloise Bout 

CBS-TV, continuing its fight 
promotion activity with the Tour- 
nament ot Champions, ha.s signed 
to air the Ray Robinson-Steve Bel- 
loise fight Dec. 9 from the Jersey 
City (N. J;) Armory. Ballantine will 
sponsor, through the J. Walter' 

• Thompson agency. Russ Hodges is 

• to do the blow-by-blow. ■ 

Fight is the second T: of C. pro- 
motion to be carried by CBS-TV. 
Web recently aired the Tippj Lar- 
km-Charlie Fusari fracas Irom the 
same city. Robinson-Belloise bout 
will be aired in N. Y., Philadel- 
phia, Washington and Boston. 



Spitalny in Lead 

Colgate decision on an N.BC tele 
show is e.vpected by the end ot this 
■■■week." ;■■■■ 

Phil Spitalny and his all-giri 
orchestra are understood to be lead- 
ing the pack, although other shows 
have been auditioned for Colgate 
by Lennen & Mitchell and oilier 
agencies. 



PERSONNEL CHANGE DUE 
ON 'FACE THE MUSIC 

'•Face the Music." CBS-TV's 15- 
niinute musical strip, IS due for a 
I change in personnel. Web program- 
ming chiefs have auditioned sever- 
: al male and female vocalists dur- 
ing the la.st several weeks in an 
attempt to find replacements for 
: both Johnny Desmond and Sandra ■ 
' Deel. who have co-starred in the 
I show since early last summer. 
: Switch in talent is to be made, 
according to CBS execs, in order 
to inject "more sparkle" into the 
show. Attempts to line up a spon- 
sor to date resulted only in a few 
I nibbles and. according to a CBS- 
' TV exec, "we can't keep the same 
show going indefinitely without a 
spon.sor." 

ATS Sets Film Forum 

American Television Society's 
first film forum of the new season 
IS to be held next Wednesday (1) 
at the Museum of Modern Art, 
N Y Emerson Yorke, ATS secre- 
tar.v and fihn committee' chairman, 
1 is m charge, 

I Panel discussions will: be held in 
' network operations, advertising, 
' film production and distribution, 
camera lenses and their uses, large 
screen operation and technical 
problems relating to films for 
video. 



AGVA to Sue KTLA, 
KLAC-TV for Telensing 
Acts Without an Okay 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Florine Bale, coast chief of 
American Guild of Variety Arti-sts, 
and Sam Shayon, its local attorney, 
have been advised by. National 
headquarters ol the Guild to file 
a civil lawsuit against two telesta- 
tions, KTLA and KLAC-TV be- 
cause broadcasters have iailed to 
clear up two chji<;('s made by 
AGV.-V that membci.s oi outfit 
were telensed without their pei- 
mission. • ■ 

Last Labor Day, KTL.\ picked 
up a show of outdoor acts in the 
Coliseum The 20-odd acts were 
booked in at $3,000 to entertain 
AFL unions staging their annual 
jamboree in the saucer. AGVA 
ordered KTLA to pay acts double 
what they got for show, or a total 
of $6,000. Station since has been 
balking. 

K L.AC-TV picked up a eharity 
swimming show, on which a couple 
ot pro-divers, AGVA members, 
were working for $7.5 each; Union 
demanded double rate lor these, 
too, because station had not re- 
ceived acts' permission for telecast; 
KLAC-TV has ignored the Guild 
thus far. 



Theatre Wing's TV Course. 
Expands to Meet Demand; 
New Management Course 

Pointing up the growing interest' 
of radio actors, writers, directors, 
etc.,, in television,- the American 
Theatre Wing's TV course which 
tees off Dee. 8 will admit for the 
first, time non-veteran , members of 
the various AM guilds. Many mem- 
bers of both the Radio Writers 
Guild and Radio Directors Guild 
have already enrolled for' the work- 
shop course. Wing is also, offering 
for the first time this year a course 
in tele station management and op- 
eration. , V 

Wing's entire professional train- 
ing program is now under the direc- 
tion of Charles Vance, who re^ 
placed Winston O'Keefe. Latter 
resigned recently to become man- 
aging director of New Stages, Inc., 
Vance, a former dialog director at 
Warners, has also been an instruc- 
tor in the Northwestern and Stan- 
ford drama departments and or- 
ganized the Manila Symphony orch 
while serving in the Philippines 
during the war. 

Carl Beier, former writer-produ- 
eer-di rector for CBS-TV, tele de- 
partment, is replacing Byron Mc- 
Kinney , , who 's' now a director at 
WABD (DuMont, N. Y.). Wing's 
tele workshop course will continue 
to produce its own shows, using the 
facilities of William Still's experi- 
mental station, W2XJT, at Jamaica, 
L: I. Studio has been expanded and: 
furnished with tconsiderable new 
equipment. As in former years, aiL 
trainees, will work in all phases of 
production, .taking their turn , at 
camera work,^ set designing; acting, 
writing, etc. It's" planned to pro- 
duce two original shows weekly, 
which will be aired on a closed- 
circuit transmission. 



Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Screen Writers Guild and its af- 
filiates . in the Authors League of 
America are split on the subject of 
television jurisdiction, particularly 
as pertaining to video films. So 
far, no satisfactory solution has 
been found and the parent organ- 
ization is reported planning to go 
ahead with- the formation Of a new 
Television Writers Guild, to have 
jurisdiction over all TV scripting, 
including that via picts. 

Delegation from SWG was recent- 
ly east for powwows with Leagu* 
oft'icials. The film reps are 'under- 
stood to have pointed out that with 
approaching negotiations for a new 
contract with the producers, SWG 
must be able to bargain for tele in 
this area or -the companies will be 
able to play one League affiliate 
against another. 

League heads in New York are 
reported to have conceded , the jus- 
tice of that stand and to have of •• 
fered SWG temporary video juriS'^ 
diction here with the proviso that, 
the SWG commit itself now to re- 
lease the jurisdiction later to the 
Television Writers' Guild; But the 
SWG doesn^t believe it can bargain : 
efl:ectively if the producers know 
that it's jurisdiction is temporary, 
so it's unwilling to commit itself 
at present. 

On the other hand: League offi- 
cials' claim, they can't organize ■ a 
TWG without a guarantee that it 
will have all phases of tele juris- 
diction. But SWG leaders aren't 
sure they'll ever be able to, re- 
linquish jurisdiction over TV-film : 
without risking the future exist- 
ence of the prganization. For if, 
video ultimately supplants theatre ' 
exhibition as a means of . film disr 
iribution the whole field would be- 
long to TWG. 

As the SWG heads see it; the pro- 
fession would still be screenwrit- 
ing, regardless of the means of dis- 
tribution of the product; So what . 
they would like to evolve is formu-^ 
)a jfor differentiating TV-films that- 
are shown in theatres for an ad- 
mission price and ones that are 
shown m homes for free. The lor- 
mer would presumably be under 
SWG juilsdiction and tlxe latter 
w ouid be in the - domain of the 
TWG. 




Judy Gershwin on TV 

Songstress Judy Gershwin, niece 
of the late George Gershwin. maU-.s 
lier television debut Frida.\ 
night on NllC-TV's "Musical Minia- 
tures" show "She'll hold doun the 
femme vocalist spot on the pro- 
gram lor the next several ^\eek.s. 

Mai'y Ryan, regular on-"Miiiia' 
,tures." will skip the show tonight 
(Wed.). 



G-AIL STEVENS DIVORCED ; 

Detroit. Nov 23 
The wanderlust thai sent E.4-, 
Capt Harry J. Mur[)hy to the U S, 
Mcirines when he was 17 and to the 
\\o\a\ A\r Force when he was 19, 
le'^'ultod in his being divnroerl 
here by Mrs Patricia Virginia 
Alurphy, 23. a television actress,; 
professionally known as Gail Stey;- 
ens. 

She told Circuit Judge Vincent, 
M. Brennan t-hat her war hero 
wandered away again and did not 
'h-eturn. 



New York 

Paul Gallico named permanent 
moderator on General Klecti-ie's 
Sunday night newsreel quiz show 
on CBS-TV, which has been retitled 
"Stop, Look and Listen", .-Arthur 
V. Jones in from the Coast witli 
his "Marriage Clinic" discussion 
tele package, which MCA is ped- 
dling. . . Maurice McMurra.v, lor-: 
mer sales chief for KMBC-TV 
(Kansas City), heading up the C. K. 
Hooper organization's sub.S'cnbor 
relations on tele reports "Sex 
Education in Schools" rset as topic 
for the "Voice of the People ' show 
tonight (Wed. I on the N. Y. Daily 
-News' WPIX Carl I-Viedfandcr, 
former prexy ot Aeronta Aircraft 
Corp.. named salesmanager tor 
Telespots, Inc .NBC newsrcel, 
sponsored by Oldsmobiie dealers, 
Upped ironv 10 to I.') nimutes once 
\veekl.v and is to be fed to the mid- 
west web when the co-ax link goes 
through Wl'IX scheduled to an 
Mflcv'.s. annual ; Thanksgiving . Day 
purycle t o m o I I 0 w 'Tliui s ' 
WPIX's "Comics on Parade ' \\eek- 
days now starts at .'5 p ni , with 
"Pixie Playtime" follo-.vjns i'l 
minutes later P .1 Kenncdv & 
Sons. N. Y Catholic book pub- 
lisher, first pub to use TV spots to 
• plug an individual book. Minute 
spots are to be aired nightly lor 
three weeks over WFIL-TV i Phil- 
adelphia ^ , Shakespeare's "Julius 
, Caesar," in modern dress, set for 



[CBS-TV's "Studio One" series tn 
I January by producer Worthingrton : 
I C. Miner , . ,. Comedienne Imosrene \ 
: Coca replacing Jerry >Berg:en as i 
I star of ABC-TV's "Buzzy Wu-zzy" ' 
I show. It's an M-J Productions | 
[package. - ] 

George M. Burbacli, manager. «f { 
KSD-TV fSt. Louis), added to the 
speakers' slate for the Television 
Broadcasters' Assn.'s one-day clinic 
Dec. 8 a't the Hotel Waldorf-As- 
toria . • , Gale and Harry Ingram . 
lininK up tele package: ba.scd on ; 
"Kncjclopedia of Beauty and! 
Charm," penned by Alma Archer, 
N. Y. Daily News' beauty editor. 



LEONARD EXITS WSAI 
FOR CROSLEY TELE 

Cincinnati, Nov. 23; ; 

James Leonard Is resigning Dec. 
1 as program director and disk 
jockey of WSAI to rejoin the Cros- 
ley Broadcasting Corp; as manager 
of its television station in Colum- 
bus, which is expected to be , 
readied for operation within sev- 
eral months. 

Leonard joined the Crosley fold 
in 1936 and filled sundry assign- 
ments on both WLW and WSAI 
until several years ago when the 
latter station was sold to Marshall 
Field and he transferred with it 
m an exec capacity. In the mean- 
time he has continued to have, a 
hand in some programs originated , 
on WLW for sections of NBC web- 
bing, one of them being the Circle 
A'rrow series. , , 
: A grad of the University of 
Florida, where he teamed in radio 
work with Red Barber, Leonard 
trailed Barber as a Crosley, staffer. 
Barber exited from the Crosley 
ranks in early '39 to start ball- 
casting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 



Hollywood 

Larry Finley formulating plans 
for 13-week video scries titled 
"Sunday Afternoon Up at the 
Foy's' KTSL is presenting the 
Don Lee Television Workshop" as 
a. once weekly; half-hour show. .Sta-, 
lion will telecast a dillerenl pack- 
age every week and seek viewer 
reaction as a .sounding board for 
planting well received material on 
i-esrulai .schedule. KTSL is looking 
ovei'' TV packages as Well as build- 
ing Its own NBC's KNBH will 
begin regular test pattern trans- 
ini.s'sion tomonovv (2.'5h Station, 
which, will operate on C'h. 4. is 
skedded to transmit from 10 to 4 
on Wednesday, . Thursday and Fri- 
(Continued on page 32i 



Bakery Buys CBS-TV 
'Messing Party Game' 

New half-hour audience partici- 
pation show, in which the partici- 
pants will play party games belore 
the cameras, was bought this week 
bv Messing Bakeries through the 
Blaine Thomp.son ad agency. Show 
is stated to preeni on WCBS-TV 
(CBS, N. Y.) Dec, 6 in the 8 to 8:30 
p.ni: -slot, which will put it imme- 
diatclv ahead of the simultaneous 
TV pickup of CBS' "Arthur God- 
frey's Talent Scout.'-" radio show. 

Tilled the "Messing Party 
Game," the new program will be 
aiied from the stage of the Maxine 
Klliolt theatre, N. Y, Bill Sluter 
will serve as emcee, with Minna- 
besH Lewis assisting. Included 
among ■ the - stunts will be such 
events as peanut - racing, potato- 
sack racins, pie-eating, etc.. VY'ith 
pri'/^es to be awarded the winning 
contestants. . 



28 



TELEVISION REVIEWS 



Wmlnesday, November 24, . 1948 



ABC's Try at Delayed AM B'cast 
Of TV Show NSG for Both Media 



ABC web's first experiment with|' — ■ 
« telecast and subsequent radio re- 1 reservations CoUyer did a good 
broadcast of the audio portion of the ^the stanza's short- 

show made out none too well Mon- ■ comings probably stemmed from 
day (22) night. Show selected for 1 basically mistaken concepts of en- 
the test, "On Trial," was a wise tertainment, rather than from his 
choice, since the simulated court- performance. The grass-skirted, 
room format required little visual j hobby - horsing housewives who 
•id in the AM rebroadcast. Fpr that , took part in the gaiety, and the 
same reason, though, it was not a non-participating studio audiences 
good TV show, emerging as one of , seemed to be havirig a wonderful 
those programs in which the tele ; time The entertainment va ue for 
vipwpi- poiild rlosp hi^ eves anrt eet the home viewer is debatable, 
viewei couia ciose nis eyts ana gei ^^^^ Bab-O commercials were 



Just as much info. 

But; because the show was done 
on tele first, it also lacked punch 
In its AM version. For one thing 



spliced into the stunts themselves, 
and were a little overpunched but 
not too discordant. Camera work 
was good on the whole, only now 



the transcription of the audio end ' and then getting , lost among the 
of the TV program was technically ' grocery shelves, 
poor. Sound faded in and out at 
. several points during the opening 
minutes and the background 
noises, such as chairS: being moved 
around, while easily understand- 
able on TV where the audience 
could see what was going on; 
caused only undue interference on 
AM. In addition, there was an un- 
explained time lag on . the radio 



ON TRIAL 

iVith Judge Ferdinand Pecora, 

Lloyd Paul Stryker, William 

B. Herlands, Charles P. 

Grimes, William G. H. Finch; 
:. Bob Sabin> announcer 
TV director: Jean Heaton 
SO Mins.; Men., 8 p.m. (TV), 

10:30 p.m. (AM) 
Sustaininer 
ABC, from N. Y. 

Bhow while certain bits of action, 
easily discernible on TV, were be- 
ing carried out. Thus, the tele au- 
dience could watch a . character :i j ; u' ■ j „ ^ „„*„rf„»„™A«f 
ipnvp his phair nn +hf> spt and walk «how from an entertainment 

leave his chair on the set ana waiK |>t3„^poi„t npnetheless uccom- 

plishps its purpbiO. Freeii) pro 



LAMP UNTO MY FEET 
With Riverside Church educators, 
choir 

Producers: Ruth Ashton, Elinor 
■ ■ Inman ■ . 

Director: Frank SchafFner 
30 Mins.; Sun., 5 p.m. 
Su^tainine 
CBS-TV, from N. Y. 

"Lamp Onto My Feet" Is a new 
type of video religious program, 
designed to promote understand- 
ing of various faiths among view- 
ers by showing qhlldren's religious 
activities. As such, it should be 
to the liking of tie Joint Heligious 
Radio Committee, which decided 
last week in a series of huddles on 
TV programming that straight 



Blunder 

Pumping propaganda with a 
hidden purpose into kinder- 
garten aged children is not go- 
ing to win friends and influ- 
ence parents in favor of Bob 
Smith and his "Howdy Doody" 
show. This is iJBC's current 
pet matinee half-h«ur via , 
video. 

The incident took place last 
Thursday (18) when the entire 
second half of the program 
was devoted to ridiculing quiz 
shows and, believe it if you 
can, telling the tots to listen 
to Fred Allen. It is possible 
that Smith thought he was 
merely doing a fellow station 
performer a favor. But if so 
he ad libbed himself into a 
bad blunder. 

Bringing children into a net- 
work's commercial quarrels is 
. asking for the kind of trouble 
that's never hard to find. Be- 
sides, it's to be doubted if the 
inference that he needs three- 
year old listeners will please 
Mr. Allen. 

p.S. — ^The episode was not 
repeated the next day. 



i Tele Follow-up Comment 



ADVENTURES OF UNCLE 

MISTLETOE 
With Jiennifer HoU, Johnny Coons, 

Skeets Minton, Sam Singer 
Writer: Raymond Chan 
Director: Grees Garrison 
15 Mins.; Mon., Tues., Wed., FrI., 

6:45 p.m. 
MARSHALL FIELD CO. 
WENR-TV, Chicago 

(Footc, Co7iP & Bclding) 
"Uncle Mistletoe" of this series 
is the puppet likeness of the Pick- 
Wickiim gent developed two years 



t^t « » * * > ♦ 

"Phllco Television Playhouse", 
scored with another click in its 
presentation of J. B. Priestley's 
"An Inspector Calls" on NBC-TV 
Sunday night (21). In trimming 
this mora,lity play down to 60 min- 
utes, less time-out for Philco's pro- 
longed plugs, director Fred Coe 
lost notliing of the original's flavor 
and gained considerably in pacing. 
In all its "phases of performances, 
settings and camera-work, this pro- 
duction was a polished and deep- 
toned piece of video entertainment. 

First rate cast was headed by 
Walter Abel, as the other-worldly 
police inspector, and George Cou- 
louris, as the tight-fisted, narrow- 
minded bourgeois who denied that 
he was his brother's keeper. They 
carried the drama with good sup- 
port from Margery Maude, as the 
mother, Jean Maclntyre's perform- 
ance as the young girl was slightly 
too shrill in a shrill role. Two 
spacious settings also contributed; 
to solidity of this show. 
Definite drawback to this ses. 



4-f 

which used lumilnous lights on TV 
for the first time, With the male 
member dressed in black and thus 
invisible and the girls in white, 
they were able to perform some 
balancing feats that looked like a 
floating ballet on the screen. 

Equally good was Pat C. Flick, 
as a stage^box heckler, who shot 
quips back and forth with Sulli-> 
van. from his scat in a stageside 
box. Sullivan displayed a neat 
penchant for comedy timing in the 
routine and the fact that Flick 
came on unannounced lent credul- 
ity to the affair until Sullivan 
identified him. Rest of the bill, 
too, was good. Blackburn Twins, 
videogenic guys now at the Copa- 
cabana, N. Y., with their precision 
tapstering and fake mirror routine, 
were grooved for tele. Comic Pat 
Henning shone with his zany im- 
personations, his standard barrage 
of intimate asides to the audience 
being a natural for the medium. 

Songstress Betty Jane Walson, 
currently featured in Mike Todd's 
"As the Girls Go" on Broadway, 



commercials which became almost 
a play within a play. Bert Lytell 
and Bob Stanton would be twice 
as effective if the plugs were 
halved. 



pickups 0-f services, either from a ; «f stories*! 
church or studio, wouldn't do the , r" „jip" « ™akes a verv ner- 
t^^l-^ri ±'I^L?!^l\Z Zouli i so^aMe'fon°whne U%f^^ 



winged a la Mr. O'Malley, spins 



up to take his place on the witness 
stand, but the AM .audience could 
do nothing but sit through the sec- 
onds of silence. ' 

- Show was carried on the ABC- 
TV east coast web at 8 to 8:30 p.m. 



of religious presentation 

have to be found. I yarns "about Wonder Land, a' bi- 

Lamp," while certainly not a , ^arre place that sounds suspiciously 
' ^ like a toy department. Wonder 

Land is inhabited by Mieliael 
O'Hare, Tony the Pony, etc, and 



gram Sunday (21) presented chil- 
dren of the Riverside Church, 
N. Y., studying Bible stories under 
the supervision of the church's 
adult educators. Inclusion of a 



and rebroadcast over ABC-AM at , couple of Chinese moppets in the 
10:30 to 11 p.m. No mention was [class got across nicely the churches 
made on either broadcsist of the t point that it's open to members of 
duplication procedure. In all, the all faiths Several of the scenes, 
shows represented a meritorious iiicidentally, particularly m the 
but unsuccessful attempt on the Bible class, resembled Jack Barry s 
part of ABC to trim costs. Expert- 1 Juvenile Jury, 
ment reemphasized the fact that | Productionwiss, too, the show 
radio and TV are two separate and i was good. Use of a film clip intro, 
distinguished media and that any ' depicting the exterior of the 



attempts to duplicate shows on 
either must necessarily make con- 
cessions to the impact of both. 

Show itself, with w.k. New York 
attorneys arguing about the aclvis- 



church and other scenes, served to 
point up the religious motif. The 
church's choir hymned the neces- 
sary background music. Frank 
Schaifner, director of CBS-TV 



Mother Goose familiars Obligingly 
sketched by Florence the Pen. 

Preem (1,'5), geared narrowly to 
pre-grade school viewers, had 
Santa Claus in need of a helper, 
who turned out to b"e Uncle Mistle- 
toe. Telewise youngsters accus- 
tomed to horse operas^ cartoon 
films and Texas style rassUn' prob- 
ably found it tame stuff, but from 
the standpoint of parents and child 
psychologists it was highly accep- 
table. Commercials bordered on 
public service, with the visual sell 
reduced to mere bookend stills of 
the clock on Marshall Field's Loop 
store. 

Johnny Coons made adroit shifts 
in voicing the puppet and cartoon 
characters. S<im Singer wields 



sion, however, were the drawn-out ! socked across a couple of tunes 

from the show. With her voice 
And beantectas appeAraftceu o^ tt^e 
scrieei(, 'sh:fe slidttlC grab the atten- 
tion of major; -film talent scouts, 
iibuis Arinstroiig and . his otch; all 
riainft.mtisicians in tlieiir own right,: 
did a bl'ace of songs in their usual, 
finei fashion but thby .would have 
pleased more with sbihethiiig like t 
Satehmo's disk; sihasfc ''Can't. iCrive 
You Anything But Love," instead 
of pluiggihg "Song Is Borrii" .Dan- 
ny Kaye starrer In .. whicli , Atmr ' 
strong appearis, \<*lth the ticOd title 
.song... . ..'^-'j ■'■ 

Emerson cbriim^tcials still leiEt 
much to be aesir,ed but onC' of 
tliera, in which orch leader Rai> 
Bloch gagged at'Ound with an- 
nouncer Ray ;MOrg!in, was pleas-? 
antly diverting; June Taylbr Itirte 
(6) did a capable job ih , backing 
Miss Watsoii, but who sleeted those ■ 
raincoat costumes? 



ability of using wire-tapping in had a tough job to pace the show 



news and educational programs, | Florence the Pen in sure style 



crime detection before N. Y. Su 
preme Court Judge Ferdinand 
Pecora, was more . down the line,s 
of straight radio, although the TV 
Bight factor did punch up the tele 
program. Use of actual attorneys 
and a judge lent the necessary au- 
thenticity and the series should 
-emerge :lnto a good public service 
feature, if confined to one or the 
other medium. Sial. 



but, with the exception . of over- 
doing, his slow pans across . the 
Bible class, mado out well. 

Stol. 



Skeets Minton lacks scope to dis- 
play range of puppetry skill, since 
his sole figure. Uncle Mistletoe, is 
limited to gestures of tale telling. 

Baxt. 



Inside Television 



"Ford Theatre's" presentation of 
"Joy to the World" on CBS-TV 
Sunday (21) was a slickly .executed 
comedy 'for the first 60. minutes of 
this one-hour show. Network com- 
mercial commitments, however, 
abruptly cut the play off the air a 
few minutes before the third act 
curtain, leaving the viewers some- 
what dangling in the unfinished 
business and spoiling an otherwise 
clever production. Rigid '.adherence 
to time schedules, a Sign of video's 
commercial coming-of-age, makes a 
cardinal error out of this failure 
to bring a show home on the nose. 

Framed within two well-con- 
structed office settings connected 
by. a door, the Allan Scott Broad., 
way play of last year was smoothly 
adapted to the needs of the TV 
screen. The action was firmly cen- 
tralized and the camera work was 
superlative in the handling of one 
ingenious montage eft;ect and its 
shuttling between the long and 
closeup shots. Matching the tech- 
nical cfEiciency, the ca,st merged 
into a fluid performance which; 
maintained a sharp edge in this 
mild satire on Hollywood. 

It took this video sliow to lift 
Eddie Albert out of his Hollywood 
type-casting as a yokel and give 
him a shot at a half-cypical, half- 
idealistic portrayal of a lilm pro'^. 
ducer. Albert was solid in a char- 
acterization that omitted his usual 
mannerisms. Janet Blair also 
played with finesse, as the romantic 
lead. Among the supporting play- 
ers, Myron McCormick, as the 
press agent, and Philip Loeb, as 
the repentant celluloid mogul, 
registered strongly. 



THIS IS THE MISSUS 

With Bud Collyer, emcee; audience 

participation 
Director: Ralph Levy 
SO Mins.; Wed., 1:30 p.m. 
B. T. BABBITT, INC. 
WCBS-TV, New York 

(Duane Jones) 

This replacement of the "Missus 
Goes A-Shopping" video show has 
all of the obvious faults and vir- 



N Y. Daily News' WPIX has been forced to run in those abundant 
Camel cigaret plugs on its college football games this year because the 
William Esty agency, which handles the ciggie account, is adamant 
against any other product being shown on the screen. ; 

Five of the eight games picked up this season by WPIX were taken 
on a feed from WPTZ (Philadelphia). Games are sponsored over the 
latter station by Atlantic Refining, so that: the field clock used in Philly 
bears a Hi-Arc plug. Thus, every time the cameras swing over to the 
clock, the Hi-Arc sign is naturally shown. But the Esty agency, being 
against this^.tias ruled WPIX must cover the clock with a Camel plug. 
Clock is'-shown mostly only at the crucial closing minutes of .each half , 
which has put WPIX doubly on the spot. 



"Toast of the Town" look a 
definite upswing Sunday (21) night 
on the CBS-TV web with a talent- 
laden bill and some pleasant sur- 
prises Injected by emcee Ed Sul- 
livan. One of the surpi-ise clicks, 
was the Dclanoff & Rayes Sisters, 



DON LEE , TELEVISION WORK- 
SHOP 

With Mary Noble and Francis 
King, Vera Lee and Simon 
Semenoif, Bill Bryan 
Producer: Flanagan and Burt Pro- 
ductions 
Director: Carlton Winckler 
20 Mins., Thurs., 8:30 p.m. 
Sustaining 

KTSL-Don Lee, L. A. 

Well paced show moved into 
KTSL as the initialer in "Don Lee 
Television Workshop" produced by 
Al Flanagan and Frank Bui t. Cam- 
era director Carl Winckler mastered 
some fine lens manipulation which 
kept the cast top bracketed 
throughout. KTSL is making the 
'Workshop" a weekly feature and 



tues of similar radio olTerings The ' Television set manufacturers appear, to be among the: best speculative 
addition of sight comedy is a mix- stock buys for 1949, according to a memo is.-iued to Customers by Paine, 
ture of good and bad bits that can- Webber, Jackson & Curtis, N. Y. brokers. Ruling out TV broadcasting 
celout. B. T. Babbitt, Inc. j is spon- I stocks because of the "prospect for continued losses through next year/' 
soring every fourth show in the ' the firm declared 1949 should be a "brilliant profits year" for manu- 
series, starting with the kickotf- last : facturers because the "benefits of mass production should result in 
Wednesday (17). ■ | television affording a better profit margin than radio" and "a competi- 

With Bud ("Superman") Collyer tive battle for survival is not likely to develop until the latter part of 
as m.c. in the guise of a grocery 1949 or early 1950." 

store manager, "Missus" whips ' Following a breakdown of activities of the various manufacturers, 
" • "ift h* th* ^^'a' Jt^^^'^^ brokerage firm advised its customers to attempt to capitalize on 

might be the better word. The ac- , future through a package commitment rather than through special- 

wi^''f„S"«-? becomes over-breath- , j representation. Suggested buys were Magnavox, Motorola and usinc'ir'aTa nrovTnB'^r™';r„'H7n,.''=^ 
itSdio LXnce nTtlfo^^^^^^ «s « $64 package available at 3.9 times this year's ' "'i:^,^,:if„^«„?^,?Ji"„8J™^^^^^ 
Iv housewfves flune themselves estimated earnings and yielding about 6.6%; Admiral, Magnavox and 
Into a series of dpvmsh ^harnrlps I Motorola, a $44 package also available at 3.9 times estimated 1948 
and kid-gamesUh af eagern^^ 6.5%. and Admiral, Magnavox and RCA, de- 
that was startling and often almost scribed as a $40 package available at 4.5 times probable earnings with 
embarrassing to the viewer. » return of about 4.8%. Balanced package deals^ according to the 
Collyer is copipletely at home in brokers, "will lessen the risk of later intra-industry changes without 
the pilot's seat and 'handled his reducing immediate appreciation possibilities." 
emcee chores adroitly and with 1 

much poise. Like so many other Acute shortage of space, both for studios anrt offices, is still plaguing 
ni.c.'s of -determinedly madcap the N. Y. television broadcasters. Latest to feel the pinch is CBS-TV, 
ladies shows he often talked loo tj-.g pj-ocess of compleUng its new studios in the Grand Central 



, Few video shows hang so com- 
pletely on the ability of one artist . 
as "Texaco Star Theatre" is draped , 
around : Milton Berle's quips and i 
antics. He dominates the hour so 
completely that every utterance is 
spotlighted. Which makes his con- 
stant repeating of "all kidding 
aside" that much more irritating. ; 
And he used it too often last Tues-. 
day (16). 

I Otherwise, this broadcast was 
I good; It was not quite up to re- 
cent shows because Berle himself < 
didn't tie it together as well as he: 
has ribboned past performances, 
but there were a fair enough mmi- , 
ber of solid laughs. Most of them ' 
sprang from: the finale piece be-." 
tween Berle and Red Buttons,. 
which wound up a blaze of howls. 
It was. based on a loan shark's of- 
fice, with Buttons cast as an ap- 
plicant and Berle the: boss. It was; 
downright slapstick and : excellentr^ . 
ly topical video. 

Berle worked a few laughs out ■ 
'of Russell Swan's guester, which 
consisted' of his Chinese guillotine i 
act, with Berle's neck involved. ' 
Perhaps more might have beefi 
wrung from it, but the trick doesn't, 
lend itself too well. Crackerjacks, . 
a four-ply terp ; and aero team, 
opened the broadcast in whirlwind 
fashion. . Arnaut : Bros., who. 
worked with Ed Sullivan's "Toast 
of the Town" show a few weeks 
ago, wisely did parts of their stage:: 
act that they hadn't included in 
I the shot with Sullivan, and they 
I worked up fine reaction, too. 
1 Berle doen't work with pitchman 
! Sid Stone so often anymore (per- 
I haps because Berle was stealing 
I his thunder). Buttons did that this 
week and didn't get in Stone's way 
at all while the commercial-bender 
eked out a few giggles. : Buttons' ; 
; own act, done during the initial 
half-hour, was fair. 

Ella Logan's overdone vocals 
closed the hour. She worked on 
"Sunny Side of the Street" anil 
"Little Bit of Heaven" and a brief 
bit with Berle as a bagpiper; 
Smartly costumed and rather 
plainly coiffured, the singer wasn't 
impressive. She's a vocal stylist 



assortment of live production ideas and makes the mistake of using 



much and too fast, however. Also Terminal VmilHincr 

his Interviewing could have been ^e"">"ai ouiiaing. 
improved. Too often ' 
his ice - breaking 
though per;Forming 

gotten over with as quickly as po.s- , . , , , . - ^ j ^ • j: n 

Bible paying ho attention what- 1 personnel, meanwhile, is now quartered at six different office loca- 
ever'to the replies. But with those 1 tions around mid-Manhattan. 



brought in by local packagers. Sta 
tion will also present Us own works 
on telecasts. 

Song team. Noble and King, 
made themselves telefelt with "If 
This Isn't Love," "Rain Drops 
Don't Care" and "A Most Unusual 
Day." Pair dueled through the 
three tunes with ease and camera 
assurance. Mary Noble televises 
well and reveals a strong video per- 
sonality. Director Winckler brought 
Vera Lee and Simon SemenolT, 



standard melodies to project hei'T 
self, and they always wind up over- 
done. Material tunes, of which she 
has a good stock, would have been 
better in this instance. 




terp ' routine with 
pantomine all of which proved very 
effective. Free. 



Eddie Condon's "Floor Show " 
continues as probably the one pro^ 
gram that gives the N. Y. Daily 
News TV outlet. WPIX, a distinc- 
tive flavor all its own. Last week 
Condon featured Johnny Mercer, 
Thelma Carpenter and . Pearl 
Primus, as well the assorted ja'/z 
virtuosi making up the Condon 
ensemble. It all added up to a 
zingy video stanza, That closeup 
of Sidney Bechet in action was one 
of the .Camera treats of the week. 



VedttCBany, November 24, 1948 



Show 




If you're looking for a show that's "adult . . . mature 
.. . in the best traditions of the American theatre'" 
..V then Actor's StudiO is tailor-made for you. 

ACtORS. STUDIO combines the talents of some of the theatre's most 
illustnous figvires: ics'ua J .tnd) and Hume Cronvn (pictured abo\e), 
vMarc Connelly, Chervl Crawford, Ilia Kazan, to n.ime only a few. 
Each week a brrlhant cast presents a top-notch plaj bv such well- 
known authors as- J enncssce Williams and James fhurber. \o wonder 
critics (ind audiences are raving! 




Or^ if you're ofter something "slick and professional,"^ 
Hollywood Screen Test is another "sure winner in 
the video programming sweepstakes'" that "video 
fans are raving about."* 

HOILYWOOD SCREEN TEST, is a' television natural if there ever was onel 
It's fascinating entertainment. 'I'iilented young artists from r.idio, the 
thcitre" .ind night clubs get their big chance at Hollywood. Handsome 
Ncil Hamilton is emcee; each week a big-name guest star plays opposite 
the young hopefuls. (Did you see LI I' E's recent cover story?) 





TKen, afloin; what about "one of the better v (in ct\ 
dfFerings G^^^^ television'"? It's the Gay Nineties 
Revuev;./' worth a halt hour's \'iewing any time."* 



CAY NINETIES REVUE takes auditiucs bjck to the good old d.us — and 
how thev love it' Popular Joe ("I Wohdet Who's Kissing Her Now ') 
Howard is starred, with wonderful Lulft Bates, Ray Bloch and his 
i6-picce orJicstra, and other great acts. The show's /m/ Hooper was 
a 1J.9 (37 5 ihaie ot .tudience ) What an opportunity for a s.ponsor' 




Or perhaps you're looking for "a good show'"^ like 
Critic-at-Large, something that is "animated, con- 
troversial, witty and entertaining"* ... something 
that "will find its audience and amuse them.'" 

CRITIC-AT-IARGE presents popular critic John Mason Brown and famous 
guests in informal living-rooin discussions of books, radio, the theatre 
and other subjects pertaining to the arts. Guests (like playwright \farc 
tonnelly, above, with Mr. Brown) arc well-known, weJl-informcd and 
witty. Already the show has butk a , large-and loyal, following. , 



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Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



Indie Station Network' on Ad Council 
Programs Looms Among Unaffiliates 

Washington, Nov. 23. + 

.. Widespread support among unaf- ; CCATTI I? TV nr AI CDC 
filiated outlets for the creation of OfiAllLL IV UCALClVd 

l1ghted^in?lturns"Tthe NA^^^ BUY PROMOTION TIME 

vey of the indies' attitude toward o i.i xt oo 

the Advertising Council plan for i , , , Seattle, Nov. ^i. 

providing them witli public service Nineteen television receiver dis- 
spots and programs. Out of 439 tnbutors m this area have banded 
inquiries mailed to NAB indie together as an a.ssociation for a 
members owning PM and AM out- iomt promotion plan to promote 
lets, 328 replies were received with j the use of television commercially 
327. stations agreeing to use the 'and the sale of sets. Tlie distribu- 
Council's material and to furnish ! tors will practice what tljey preach, 
regular reports on their public j f'so and are buying an hour a day 
seFvice activities. I ^ r the first weelc of KRSC-TV s 

Ted Cott, WNEW, N. Y., program ] operation, beginning Thursday (25). 
director and chairman of the NAB's , .Advance sales for KRSCs tele- 
Indie station committee, ascribed ' vision operation have been big. ac- 
the high and favorable response to ] cording to manager Robert Priebe. 
his committee's drive over the «ho told Variety that more than 
past couple of months. The Ad- pP"" ot tlie planned commercial 
vertising Council's plan for the un- ' t'me has a ready been sold. Fred- 
affiliated stations was formulated e"«k & Nelson, Seattle departm 
under the NAB committee's press- bought the INS Televl- 

ure to get tlie Indies \reated on ■ Newsreel Ave times a week f or 

equal footing with the networlts [ weelcs^ , 

with regard to service programs, i 

formerly, the indies were regarded r„_-__* „ 1\»Jl r^^hl^^ 
as a trolley-line for gratis plugs ' MpeDSIVe 11631 tOOKlDg 

while the nets received the big P D r 1 P 

name shows from such outfits as f ^Ot OearS-tarOS UaiHe 

the Community Chest and the Can- . . ,r 

cer Society. I Chicago, Nov. 23. 

The NAB committee is currently i Deal cooking for the Dec. 12 
4rawing up arrangements for pub- i grid game between the Bears and 
lication of a directory of indie sta- ] Cardinals may prove to be the most 
tions in a further step to link them ' expensive pigskin telecast here to 
closer together. The directory will "^atc. Both Pabst and Sunbeam 
list the address, program facilities , aff, mentioned as potential bank- 
and key personnel to be contacted rollers, each putting up $5,000. 
for exchange of material and in-, WGN-TV already is pacted as 
formation. It's understood that fu- 1 video outlet, but dual coverage 
ture plans call for setting up of an may develop Cards and Bears 
organization of indies for coopera- ' have held off from tele all season 
five buying of music, e.t. programs settmg prices as high as $10,000 
and other supplies P^'" ^ame. Teams' backers believe 

Some operators are optimistical- that bad weather plus video is 

poison at the gate. 



JOHNNY CARPENTER'S 
I OATER VIDPIC SERIES 

I ' Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Bell-International has just fin- 
1 ished the first of a series of telepix 
featuring Johnny Carpenter. Film, 
"Rim Rock Rider" features Car- 
penter and his Blind Rhythm Rid- 
'ers and sports Zon. Murray and 
'Andy Andrews in the heavy roles. 

Pic was rolled on 35m and sliot . 
in two days. Jack Gilson produced 
anJ Bob Tansey directed. Carpen- ; 
ter's "Blind Rhythm Riders" are 
I sightless students who have been 
] taught to ride horseback by Car- 
penter. ' 

Laurentians to Get N. Y. 
Plugging Via WARD Film 

Montreal, Nov. 23. 
Headed by chief photographei- 
Allan Sinilcr, a television unit 
from WABD in New Yotk Satur- 
day (20i invaded Quebec to televise 
the Laurentians for general re- 
lease in the New York-Bostonr 
Washington and Richmond areas 
Nov. 29. 

Sponsored by Colonial Air Lines, 
which has the exclusive Montreal<-. 
Ne^v York air franchise, with the 
purpose of convincing Americans 
that Montreal and the Laurentian 
skiiing country are only a short 
hop from such points as New York, 
■the material sliot will be used on a 
13-minute spot over WABD. 



hside Stuff-Radio 

Mort Lewis, Coast radio writer, relays the latest switch about th« 
guy wlio fell into the Volga and climbed out with his pockets full of 
sturgeon. 

Lewis says he made four separate appointments- with a radio pro> 
ducer about writing for his show, and got stood up each time. After 
the fourth brushoflf Lewis was seething, in view of the fact that tht 
producer himself had suggested the meetings. But Instead of follow^ 
ing his natural impulse to do bodily harm to the producer if and when 
they met again, he decided to v'rite a story about It — the hero being 
a Hollywood agent addicted to the brushoff, who is fingered as an 
intended murder victim. Lewis sold the story, titled ■"Brushoff," to 
"Hollywood Star Theatre." It was aired Saturday night (20). 

Femme fashion expert Adelaide Hawley becomes a five-medium per- 
sonality when her transcri))ed show debuts in several large eastern 
markets Monday (29). 

Miss Hawley is already spreading her distaif gospel via tele ("Tele- 
vision Fashions on Parade," WABDi New York), newsreels (MGM Newt 
of the Day), a newspaper column (Sunday N' Y. Herald Trib. soon to 
be syndicated) and live fashion tAiows for -iminufacturers, retailei-s and 
women's clubs. 

Disk show, "Fashion Flashes," is set tentatively In New York, Chi- 
cago, Boston, Philadelphia; Washington, Detroit,. Cleveland, St. Louis; 
Pittsburgh, Buft'alo and Cincinnati. 

With the opening of ' the "Stories to Remember" series on WHLI 
and WMCA this week, the Institute for Democratic Education will b« 
represented on seven N. Y. stations simultaneously for the first time. 
WHLI starts Its "Stories" series Friday (26) at 2.45 p.m.; WMCA Satur- 
day (27) a^ 9.45 p.m. Others carrying "Stories" are WNEW, Tuesdav* . 
at 9.13 p.m,;'WNYC, Thursdays at 6.30 p.m., and WEVD, Sundays at 
10.30 p.in. 

Carrying an earlier series, "The American Dreath," are WNYC, 
Thursdays at 2 p.m., and WYNG, Thursdays, fdur times a day directly 
in the schools. 



Muni's Chewy Shot 

Paul Muni makes his second 
I television appearance Monday : (29) 
I night on the "Clievrolet Tele- 
; Theatre" show on the NBC-TV web 
I in a TV adaptation of "The Val- 1 
iant," in which he once starred , in 



Some teenage gabber will have his fling in the disk jockey sweep- 
stakes on WOV, N. Y., next summer, Program will be the outcome of 
a contest currently being run by indie to determine the smooUiest 
spieler in the M. Y. high schools. The winner will receive an eiglit- 
week contract for his own show during the 1949 vacation season.' 

Three finalists, currently being weeded out. Will be heard on tht 
Fred Bobbins' "1280 Club" with the winner to be selected by dialer 
writein votes. 



a film for Warners. One-acter. 



ABT's 'Album' Cost 20G; 
'Music Wheel' 2d Film 



ly calculating on the eventual for 
Illation of commercial networks of 
indies in various areas which offer 
similar types of program service. 
Such tieups. It's said,' could ap< 

proach national advertisers with a penny Edwards and Keith Andes, 
unique program service combining ,joth Hollywood featured plavers. 
the advantages of independent and h^ve been signed as leads in "The 
network operation. One of the ob- , Wheel," second film to be 

stacles to this plan, however, is the j-jjo^ especiallv for tele b\ ABT 
reshuffling it would necessitate in Productions. Inc Film goes bofore 
the station representative lineup; 



i penned by Holworthy Hall ..and 
f Robert Middlemass, has become a 
classic in tyro legit, although 
I never performed on Broadway in 
' its original form. 

' .Appearing in the cast with. Aluni 
, will be Whitford Kane and Augusta 
Dabney. latter from the Broadway 
cast of the recent "Dear Ruth/' 
hOuen Davis, Jr., produces, witli 
• Gary Simpson directing. Muni's 
first tele job was m "Counsellor 
at Law' on the "Philco Television 
Playhouse." 



Los Angeles Daily News, 24-hour tabloid, has broken away from a 
publishers agreement and will restore radio news and a column by 
Walter Taliaferro, ending a 10-year ban. Move is believed prompted 
to meet the competition of the L.: A; Mirror, afternoon tab, which runs; 
a daily page of radio news, comment $nd art. John Crosby's syndi- 
cated column will be dropped. L. A.'s other three sheets. Examiner. 
Times and Herald-Express, have not. yet indicated, whether they; would 
iunk the agreement. 



Detroit — Kathleen Lardie, head 
Of the Detroit schools' station. 



the cameras during the week of 
IDiec. 6 :at the. Fox 
dins,; N.;'Y,V. Vv ;...' ''^"-V:.'''. ',/'■,} 

ufT-vTij i„j r\ « First ABT venture, "Album of 

WDIR, sailed aboard the Queen c„noe" ua, mmnlptprl spvpi-al 
Elizabeth for the third session of | ,„^^^^„ f,;„ n^tTl 

the general conference of UNESCO '^"H^?^"' i.^^"'^^ Donovan 
in Beirut. Lebanon. She is the only and Michael O Duffy co-starred. 

woman educator in the panel of 25. Three-reeler was originally budget- 
which includes film producer and ed at $1.5,000, but cost a reported 
director Frank Capra ' $20,000 before it was brought in. 



j Motorola Ups Robt. Galvin 
i Chicago, Nov, 23. 

' Robert Galvin, 26-year-old -son 

of Motorola prexy Paul Galvin. last 
I week upped to exec veepee of the 

radio and tele firm. ! 

Po,st has been open since the I 
I death of Motorola co-founder Jo- 



.seph Galvin in 1944. 



Another First In Television 



HARRY SOSNIK 

Composing and Conducting Complete 
Original Musical Scores 



for 



PHILCO TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE 

"Music backgrounding was very good" — Sron, Variety. 

''Rebecca" ''Street Scene" "Camille 



TELE CUT RATE NIXES | 
SIMON'S WBKB DEAL 

Chicago, Nov 23 
Ernie Simon's chance to be the 
most telcMsed perfoi-mer in Chi 
video via a new hall-hour strip on 
WBKB went glimmering last week i 
when the ; series was nixed by i 
WJJD. which has liiiiv under con- 
tract for AM chores. Art Harre. ! 
WJJD manager, previously had ; 
okayed Simon for the tele series, ' 
which was set fdr participating ; 
sponsorship: ■ . . : | 

Deal soured when WBKB sales-" 
men called on Simon's' AM spon- 1 
sors,' peddling spots on his video- 
show at half of what it cost on 
WJJD, Avery-Knodel, station rep 
of WJJD, also was appraised of the 
bargain rates. Under pressure from'I 
resultant beefs, Harre v ordered ! 
Simon to vacate the video strip: but ■ 
fast. 

Blunder ranks next to that of | 
last summer when an eager WBKB 
salesman signed Leaf Gum to 
bankroll an old Gene Autry serial. 
Sale was called off when Autry, 
whose AM series bears the Wrigley ; 
label, threatened to bring suit. | 



GE, In Change Of Heart, To 
Stay as 'House' Sponsor 

It now looks like General Elec- 
tric has had a change of heart. 
GE- was all set to; drop its spoii- 
aoi-ihip of the CBS cross-lhe-board 
" House Party" show, heard in lha 
3 30 4 p,m segment, at the end 
of the current cycle. 

However, the Columbia sales 
boys have gotten the word that 
GE plans to stick with it, Tliat 
would -keep the CBS daytime SRO 
intact. 



DUMONT VOTES DIVIDEND 

DuMont - board, meeting at its 
Passaic, N, J., offices Friday (19). 
voted a 25c per share dividend for 
1948 on all Class A and B common 
stock, payable Dec. 22 to stockhold* 
ers; of record Dec. 1, Board also 
voted the regular quarterly divvy 
of 25c on regular cumulative pre- 
ferred stock, payable Jan. 1 to rec* 
ord of Dec. 15.: . 



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Ohio Co. Offered to Sell 
AM Permit for 383G 
Soon After Issue, Is Claim 

Washington, Nov. 23. 
^ iA Charge that Northwestern Ohio 
Broadcasting Corp, offered to sell 
its AM and FM facilities in Lima 
{or $385,000 within three weeks 
after its AM permit was granted, 
was made by Skyway Broadcasting 
Corp. of Columbus, unsuccessful 
applicant for the AM facility, in a 
petition filed with the FCC Friday 
(19) by Marcus Cohn, counsel. 

The petition declared that had 
FCC known of Northwestern's in- 
tention to sell its construction per- 
mit as soon as its AM application 
was granted, the Commission would 
have favored Skyway for the li- 
cense. It therefore asked that its 
application be rein.statcd and that 
the Commission issue an order to 
show . cause why Northwestern's 
permit shouldn't be revoked on the 
grounds of "fraud and deception." 

Northwestern's FM station start- 
ed operation last summer. Sky- 
: way had previously charged that 
construction of the AM station was 
proceeding before the Commission 
issued a final decision granting the 
permit. 

Mex General Shoots Up 
'Noisy' Radio Station 

Mexico City, Nov. 23. 

Gen. Bulmaro Guzman, of the 
Mexican army, is out on bail await- 
ing trial on a charge of malicious 
mischief preferred by Alfredo 
Tcjeda, operator of a small local 
radio stationi XEML. Tejeda ac- 
cuses the general, who lives next 
door to the station, of bursting in 
during a program, yelling that too 
much noise was being made,- and 
gun in hand, starting to wreck 
things until overpowered by the 
two performers then at the mike 
and the staff of six. 

Gen. ' truzman said repeated , re- 
quests ifnt less noise had been ig- 
nored and he couldn't stand it any 
longer. 



WOR(N,Y.),KHJ(l.A.) 
Set Reciprocal Deals 

Reciprocal coverage deal on 
local news has been worked out by 
WOR, N. Y., and KHJ, Los Angeles. 
The stations have agreed to supply 
each other with human interest 
news in their areas, and to ex- 
change transcriptions. 

WOR execs say they hope to set 
similar deals with other stations 
across the country, regardless of 
net affiliations. 



K.C. MGR. SPORTS FILUN 
ON ANOTHER STATION 

Kansas City, Nov. 23. 

Sportscasting here has one of 
radio's most unusual : twists with I 
commercial manager of one station ' 
serving as play-by-play announcer 
for another station. Mahlon Ald- 
ridge, commercial manager of 
KFRU, Columbia, Mo., is doing the 
talking on Missouri games over 
KCMO, Kansas City. Both stations 
are ABC outlets. 

An experienced sportsman in 
St. Louis, Aldridge ftiwe or less 
gave up the sports mike when he 
took over the KFRU post some 
time ago. He was called back, 
however; by an old: friend,'' E. K. 
( "Joe" ). :Hartenboweri manager of 
KCMO,' who had to find a sports- 
caster in a hurry when Walt Loch- 
man, former sports editor, recently 
left the station. Aldridge stepped 
in and is finishing out the season 
for KCMO. 

Tony Williams, who has been 
handling sports and news for 
KCMO, takes over as sports editor 
at the station. 



'NAME/ 'MAYOR' SHOWS 
, HEADED MUTUAL WAY 

Mutual may soon snare two new 
half-hour shows, one of them now 
on ABC and the other carried by 
that network last summer. Decision 
is expected soon on "What's My 
Name?", Saturday night giveaway 
starring Arlene Francis, and "May- 
or of the Townj" Lionel Barrymore 
stanza dropped in . June: by Nox- 
■zema.-..; 

MBS hopes to pick up "Name" 
around the first of the year, when 
General Electric's Lamp Division 
will drop it^ However, it's indi- 
cated that Mutual won't touch the 
show unless the format is changed 
to eliminate telephone tieins. MBS 
prexy Ed Kobak blasted phone 
giveaways in a recent statement. 
One of the suggested revisions to 
get around the phone taboo in- 
volves the use of post cards. 

It's understood: that Mutual, 
hopes to sell the show to Servel, 
Inc., if the format problem can be 
whipped. It isn't known who MBS 
has in mind as a prospective spon- 
sor for -"Mayor of the Town" if 
that show is picked up. 



NAB Votes Plan to Encourage Use 
Of Practices Code Among Members 



Multiple Ownership 
Hearing Set for Jan. 17 

Washington, Nov. 23. . 

FCC last week scheduled oral 
arguments for Jan. 17 on its pro- 
posed rules to limit multiple own- 
ership of radio and television sta- 
tions. ■ ■ . , , 

Debate is expected on the FCC 
plan to limit' an ownert to Ave tele- 
vision, six FM and seven standard 
outlets. 



Glickman's Knick Reprise 

-For the third straight year Marty 
Glickman, sports . director of 
WMGM, N. Y., is broadcasting the 
N. Y. Knickerbockers professional 
basketball games from. Madison 
Square Garden. Glickman is also 
handling the college games from 
the Garden for the fourth straight 
season, with Connie Desmond again 
his sidekick. Nedick's and Old 
Gold' are sharing the sponsorship. 

Glickman and Desmond are also 
doing about a third of the Knickerr 
bockers' road games> with the pair 
down for : approximately 100; 'Col- 
lege broadcasts, Including those 
from the Garden; the 69U| Regi- 
ment Armory and 10 Ivy League 
games. 



Buff alo^Roger M. Baker, com- 
mercial manager of WKBW, cele- 
brated his 20th year in radio on 
Nov. 20. On Nov. 20. 1928, 
Baker started his career as a staff 
announcer. 



Washington, Nov. 23, 
A plan to encourage adherence 
to the NAB code for broadcasters 
was agreed to at the quarterly 
meeting here -last week of the 
board of director^-of the National 
Assn. of Broadcasters. At the same 
time the board received a petition 
from one of its members to amend 
the NAB bylaws to deny the board 
authority to promulgate Standards 
of Practice. 

Following presentation of the 
petition by Edward F. Breen, man- 
ager of KVFD, Ft. Dodge, the 
board . voted unanimously to au- 
thorize a committee to draft a 
statement explaining the purpose 
of the proposed bylaw, this state- 
ment'vtp be acted upon at the 
boardls next meeting in February. 
The statement and the proposed 
bylaw would be circulated among 
the membership for referendum 
vote. 

The plan to encourage use of the 
code provides for the appointment 
of a .seven-member committee repr 
resenting AM, FM, television sta- 
tions and networks. Its functions 
include education . and information, 
interpretation, keeping the code: 
abreast of changing condtions in 
the industry, and expanding the 
code to meet "the rapidly develop- 
ing conditions of television." The 
board emphasized that the propo- 
sals don't envision any "infring- 
ment upon the discretionary 
powers oi : the licensee under the: 
law." 

The board also decided to step 
up activity in NAB'S FM depart- 
ment. It was agreed that Arthur 
C. Stringer, director of FM and 
Special ServiceSj will be relieved 
of supplemental duties "for an in- 
terim period" to forward develop- 
: ment of FM . broadcasting, : . The 
interim period will continue until 
the association has acted on' a pro- 
posed plan of . "functional organi- 
zation" to take into account de- 
velopments in television, . FM and 
facsimile. A five-member com- 
mittee wiU be 'Sikpointed by NAB 



president Justin Miller to prepare 
such a plan. 

In other actions, the board: 

Agreed to appoint "unaffiliated 
stations chairmen" in each of the 
17 NAB districts and to set aside 
one day at: the association's annual 
convention to activities of unaffUi- - 
ated stations. 

Decided to proceed with produc- 
tion of sales material for an All- 
Radio Presentationi a promotional 
effort being undertaken by all seg- 
ments of the industry. 

Accepted into membership 74 
radio stations which had applied 
since the last meeting in May. 



KATE SMITH TELEFAXES 
A 3-MINUTE TELEGRAM 

Washington, Nov. 23. 

Kate Smith last week inaugu- 
rated the first hotel installation in 
the U. S. of Western Union Tele- 
fax, which transmits a telegram in- 
a few minutes, by depositing the 
message in the slot of a facsimile 
machine and pressing a button. 

At ceremonies In the Wardman 
Park Hotel Thursday (18), Miss 
Smithdispatchedamessagetothe. 
Pentagon to Surgeon Gen. Ray- 
mond W. Bliss of the Army in sup- 
port of nurse recruitment. Within 
three minutes, an acknowledge- 
ment was received from General 
Bliss, Present at. the occasion were 
four membersvot the FCC: Rose! 
H. Hyde, fidward M. Webster, Rob- 
ert F, Jones and Miss Frieda B. 
Hennock. 



HENKY IN AS WWZI FREZ 

Michael Henry, who was man- 
ager of WTMV, Bast St. Louis, and 
who, since 1947 has been a mem- 
ber of the sales staff of WBBM, 
Chicago, joins WWXL; Peoria, a* 
president and senetal manager on 
Dec. 1. 

WWXL, owned l^ the Central 
Illinois Radio Corp, Is an indie 
'Station on a fulltlme basis. 



...over 
five million 

people 
listen to 
one station 



every 



weel 



Whon can you reach these five million? 

At any time, 20 hours of every day. KNX «ells long before 
sun-up... and is still selling at Midnight. Every minute on 
KNX is prime selling time. Here's proof... 



Ai *:1S In th« mernlnf t For twelve years more 
. .advertisers have spent more dollars on ¥iNX't Sunrise SfJutei in . 
combination with Housewives' Protective League, than on any 
.ether participation program west of Chicago. More dollars because 
Simrise SaluH makes more sales. 

At mirfnivhtt For more than six years Tom Uanlon'% 
M<rry-<>o-J?oun</ has been selling cart for the Kelley Kar . : 
Company of Los Angeles. Kelley says: "W« sincerely believe that - 
. 'M?rrjrtCo-Aoun</ it one of the best possible advertising mediums 
. ' Kelley eould buy During just 6 months, 362 dealt were : 
traceable directly to the program. For direct tales it is the best 
program K«lley ha?." 

: Every minute, every davj is selling time on KNX. That's why . . . 

Year after year, local advertisers spend more dollars with 
KNX than uiith my other Southern Califomia station. 




KNX 

Los Angeks • 50,000 Wati 



32 



RADIO 



Weflnesday, November 24, 1948 



FCC Net Sales Hearing 



Continued from pace 23 j 



DIRECTORS ASK 50f, ! 
WAGE HIKE ON COAST 



o£ last July 26 which listed one of Wilson, exec v.p., Willism G. Bam 



the issues as being "to determine 
the natiu'e scope and effect of 
present agreements for the repre- 
henlation of broadcast licensees for 
the sale oi national spot advertis- 
ing " 

The networlc said the purposes 
of the hearing couldn't be fulfilled 



) Hollywood, Nov, 23. 

I Preliminary di.scussions were 
started last week by Charles 
I Vanda, coast head of Radio and 
Television Directors Guild, with 



From the Production Centres 



Continued from pace 32 . 



beau Co.; Paul H. Ray^ner, pves 

Paul H. Raymer Co.f John D. All! ^ 

son. v.p., Taylor - Howe -Snowden CBS 'fo7"g new "conlracr effective 
Radio Sales, Joseph Weed, partner, flj.j,^ ygg,. Agreement was 

Weed and Co.; Adam J. Young, Jr., ^ reached on most changes but Uon- 
pres , Adam J. Young, Jr., Inc.; , gijj Thornburgh, Columbia's 
Robert D. C. Meeker, gen. mgr., veepee, indicated the battle 

Rober Meeker Associates, Ine ; ] ij^g ^^uld be drawn on the pro- 



viUiout examination, of the agree- 1 John Livingston, v.p , Homer Grif- | po^ed wage hikes, 
ments between reps and station, i fith Co , Wythe Walker, owner, the ' Coast scale for Guilders is lower 



Nor = could its own operations in 
the spot field be properly con- 
sidered, it added, '.'except in .the 
context of industry-wide practices 
latid' agreements and relationships 
between licensees and non-network 
tepresentatives." 

Question Of Control 

CBS said it expects tliat the 
requested documents will show; 

1, That non-network reps "ex- 
ercise far greater control over 
licensees than does the radio sales 
division of CBS over affiliates 



Walker Co., Lewis H Avery, pres , , tj,an ^e^y York level and Van 
Avery - Knodel, Inc ; Harry A. hopeful of effecting a national 
Friedenberg. mgr., Fnedenberg balance. Guild wage demands 
Agency, Inc.; Donald A, Donahue, | average off around 50% rise. 
Lorrenzen & Thompson; Stephen 
P. Mahoney, gen. mgr., Burke, 
Kuypers & Mahoney, Inc ; Wil- 
liam K. Dorman, mgr., John W. ; 
, Perry Associates, Max W Everett, ! 
mgr , J P. McKinney & Sons; John I 
I Blair, pres., John Blair & Co. I 



Lowell Sun 

Continued troni' page 8} { 



Avhich it represents." | 
2j That non-network agreements i 
•'.embody harsh and one-sided us members, Dick Shafto and Hugh 



BMB 



continued from page 23 



terms which are to the advantage 
of such - non-network representa- 
tives and to the detriment of the 
licensees, and which otherwise 
curtail free action- by broadcast 
licensees and .curtail, theip inde- 
pendence.'-' 

.3. That non-network reps ''do 
not contract to provide the same 
extensive and beneficial services 
as - are provided for in contracts 
entered into by CBS." 

The CBS petition, filed by 
Samuel I. Rosenman, counsel, 
called for subpoenas for the fol- 
loAVing officers of New York sta- 
tion- repsi 

: J. P. Timlin, v.p.; tlie Branham 
Co ; C. Stanley Bailey, V.p., Burn- 
Smith Co., ' Inc.; . Joseph Bloom, 



Terry, had attended the earlier 
NAB meeting as members of the 
NAB boardj .and were able to report 
to the BMB on happenings there. 

The BMB board Is a tripartite 
group comprised ' of seven reps 
each' from the NAB, the Assn. of 
American Advertising Agencies, 
and the Assn. of National Ad- 
vertisers. It meets three times a 
year* at irregular intervals, • the | 



in the future with AM broadcast^ 
mg in a secondary role." • 

3. Surveys of radio-television 
homes indicate that video is the 
"overwhelming favorite" in. these 
homes. 

4. Programming of a television 
station "will not be' materially 
facilitated" by the operation df an 
Am station. 

5. Steady growth in video' set 
output, increasing number of ad- 
vertisers using the medium, 
stronger: sales message of - tele- 
vision and resulting "more correcti 
sponsor identification" support the 
belief that video will be the major 
medium. 



1 , 

j Assn, of Women Broadcasters . , . Lee Hon shifting from WBBM's 
I engineering staff to manager of prograpi operations. . . ."Cinderella" 
' Contest on "Let's Have Fun" has pulled an estimated 13,000 entries 
I NBC simulcast the Chi Sun-Times "Harvest Moon Festival" on 
'WMAQ. WMAQ-FM, and its tele station, WHBQ Sat. (20) ., WGN's 
! fax equipment has been loaned to the U. ot Illinois School of Jour- 
I nalism for research and experimental use. 

'lis wAsmmTON.,: 

Bill Herson, WRC-NBC emcee, set for his 13th annual Doll House 
campaign to collect toys and dolls for welfare groups, with same format 
of daily broadcasts as in past years . . , WASH-FM, town's newest FM 
station, preems a new live hour "Sunday Music Festival" program next 
week, with Sun Radio, local outfit, and Capehart, picking up the tab. 
Gordon Manchester, radio director of the Lewis Edwin Ryan agency,'- 
is handling commercial end of deal. . .^Milton Q. .Ford conducting a 
contest, over WWDC for a name for the new British iprince. . . :Hugh 
Belville, NBC director of research, reelected to board of BMB by NAB -: 
Board, and G. Richard Shafto WIS, Columbia, S.C„ elected to BMB 

board, succeeding Robert Mason, of WMRN, Marion, O NAB Board 

has 'agreed to send a rep to discuss with associate members in the 
transcription library field specific plans regarding service to such mem- 
bers.-. . . Jerry Strong, -WINX emcee, is another holiday season Santa 
Claus doing, broadcasts from area childrens' homes and hospitals in a-, 
drive for toys for underprivileged moppets. . . . WTOP-CBS has issued 
invitations to drop in and listen to recordings of the web series, "You 
and Television" . . Eddie' Gallaher, WTOP entertainer, skedded to re- 
ceive an award from the. Washington Music Guild for his high score in' 
pieking hit' tunes on his- '-Gallaher Moondial Record of .the Week." 
Frank Boucher, chief barker of local Variety Tent, will make the 
award Harvey -L. Glascock, ex of ^i^AM, Arlington, Va>, has been 
appointed to the sales staff of WINXv 

- ■»' •^' ' ^■.::'.;.■ ' •.;'^.^ ; ' '•■-/.'-::- ' ir-.v.': ' .. ' •'::--°.-;;. -': 



dates being shifted to suit circum- 1 6- Engineering studi^es in pro- 
stances ' cess may result m additional video 
Agenda at Monday's BMB board ^^^^n^^ls thus accelerating even 
meeting fell into four main cate- ! ^^i-'her the development of this 



Tele Chatter 

Continued from page '27 i 



gones: l:-i^The whole question of 
the handling of non-subscriber data 
is being' thrown open for reconsid- 
eration. (This is regarded as the 
most important subject under dls- 



pres Forjoe & Co; Russel Wood- , Hussion. Basic problem is Securing 
yard, exec, vp., Free & Peters, | evaluating information on sta- 
^'^^^ Headley pres.. , ^lons which do not subscribe to 
Headiey-Reed Co.; F. Edward 
Spencer, Jr., v.p., George P; Hoi-, 
lingbery Co.; Eugene Katz, exec, 
v.p., the Katz Agency^ Inc.; Joseph 
H: McGillvra, pres., Joseph Hersliey 
McGillvra, Inc.; Malcolm G. O'Mara, 
v.p.; McGechara & O'Mara, Inc;; 
Edward Petry, pres., Edward Petry 
&, Co.i Inc.; Hines Hatchetti mgr.. 
John E, Pearson Co.; P. J. Bogner, 
mgr.. Sears & Ayer, Inc.; Wm. M 



great n;^v*^ indUsti"y 

T. - Gonftenttatipri 6h video, meaiis 
an additional ..$200,iQpO, previously 
aUbtted f^£ AM", beebines'avSilabie 
ttf - ''buttress ;the ; ptojpbsed televir 
sion station." 

I : There was another petition, from 
I Moraine Broadcasters, to - dismiss 
BMB service, and integrating this I application for a 1,000 watt 
data with figures on subscriber daytime station in Dayton, O. Since 
stations, t 2. — BMB's experimental I '* ^^^^ application, Moraine told 
research projects. (This relates to I FCC, "conditions have so changed 
the continuing study by BAIB of as to foreclose any reasonable 



prospect of successful operation of 
the proposed facility." 




M-G-M— 
"On on Island with You" 

'I HI C VMKI. .SIIOU 

Every FinliiV fiUf, 11:30 K.S.T. 

Mgt.: I0\i CLAYTON 



Sindlinger 

-Continued from page 23 i 



v a r I o u s measurement ; devices, 
mechanical and non-mechanical.) 
I 3.— The overaU matter of BMB sub- 
I scriptions. 4. — Discu.ssion ot thn 
ballot form to be used in BMB's 
i forthcoming Study No. 2. 
I Referring to the question of 
I reopening consideration of han- 
dling non-subscriber data, a BMB i the company, has negotiated a pool:- 
■ spokesman said the bureau's ulti- 1 ing of patent license agreetments 
mate goal is "to make tlie most | with International Business Ma- 
data on the most stations available i chines. : By tlie addition of "certain 
to tlie most; people." But. It will i IBM machines to the Instantaneous 
have to be determined, he added, rating device of Radox, it will be 
Whether or not BMB is not. going possible, according to Sindlinger, 



day of each week; ...ABC will have- 
its KGO-TV San Francisco, televi- 
ision tower completed by the end of 
' this month. Construction on trans- 
mitter, was begun on Nov. 4, Tlie, 
proposed 508-foot tower is located 
between Mt. Sutro and Twin Peaks 
m the center of -Frisco . / . Baron 
Keyes and his Clickety-Clack Re-^ 
vue, puppet sliow, set for KTSL 
telensing. . . "Fred Beck's Kitchen," 
bows on KTTV, Jan. 6. Beck will 
emcee the program which includes 
interviews, music, comedy and 
filmed mserts showing ' various 

phases of f o o d production 

"Apartment 4-A," situation comedy 
packaged by Martha Shaw and 
Anne 1)iamond, bows on KTSL, as 
a regular Saturday feature. Tele^ 
show will feature Mis.ses Shaw, 
Diamond and Julie Kingrdon. How- 
ard Culver will handle narration. 
Mabel Albcrtson directs the show. 
Elbert Walker will manage camera- 
direction. . vIMPPRO winds the last 
four of its 13 film series for CBS-. 
TV this week. Gail Bobbins, Jeff 
Corey, Carl Esmond and Jorja Curl- 
right have been set in . supporting 
roles. 



' conference game of the season to be 
I televised in Chi . . rKeu Jorgensen 
and Gene Breese added - to. NBC's 
TV engineering staflT ,.Tele set 
count in -Chi and suburbs: now- past ' 
the 40,000 mark . , Film of the 
Brach factory explosion, lensed by 
j a WGN-TV newsreel staffer, is be- 
] ing used by the Chi Fire Depart- 
Iment to instruct student firefight- 
. ers . "Set 'Em Up," a kegler 
i series, bowed on WENR-TV Wed. 
!(17) . Craig Claiborne, ABC's TV 
flack, bedded by a foot banged up 
in a revolving door. 



Si. Louis— KXOK teed off the 
1948 Boy Scout fund drive last 
week by broadcasting a program^ 
to more than 600 persons who at-' 
tended 40 breakfast meetings in 
12 Counties in Central and Eastern 
Mis.souri. 



too far. in this direction, and put- 
ting too fine a point on some of its 
findings. 



WTIC Scraps House Band 



to give any client a local rating on 
his; radio or: TV show within: 30 
^seconds after the show is off the 
air. : System involves a device at- 
tached to radio and tele receivers, 
which transmits automatically on a 
teletype printer, to the homeoffice 
exactly what program tlie set is 



RADIO ASSISTANT 
Avalldblo 

personable young Ittdy available .for In- 
teresMng . r-idio -find 'or . television opiioftunity 
ill .fi. y. 'Three yeai-i. part-time small - sta- 
tion experience writing, direetino, acting and 
liriHluction--(draina. news,. Interviews,, .features,- 
ete.)- durfng.- college. Qn^ year dramatic teach- 
ing-- tn. Hollywood, -. 

BOX 745 VAHIETr 
m West 46tli St , Nett York II 



Hartford, Nov. 23. 
Thirteen-piece studio band of 
I WTIC lias been given its "finis" tuned into, 
notice by station. Claimed as part i Sindlinger has also completed 
'of an economy move. Band has , intensive surveys of the sample 
' been a stStion function since some- homes in which Radox has been in- 
time in the early '30s. stalled in the Philadelphia area in 
Although contract with musi- which he's now operating An- 
cians has to middle of January, ' ^wers have been gained to such 
1949, bandsmen are being lot go ' questions as the number ol listen- 
this week. They're being paid off id's usually grouped around a set, 
, to end of contract date, with sev- the income bracket, type of car 



Chicago 



ei'al getting bonuses, 
is Rudy Martin. 



Band, leader 



UTAH PEOPLE SPEND 

'1,693,986.00 

AT RETAIL 




Retailers in Utah took in $516,666,000 
last year — an average of $1,693,986 a 
day for the 305 business days. 

Are you getting your share' Smart 
advertisers tell their story to Utah people 
over KDYL — Utah's popular station — 
and over television on KDYL-W6XIS, 
Here's double opportunit}' 
for you! 




owned by the family, what , their 
favorite breakfast iood is. etc. 
Coupling that info with tJio ratings, 
Sindlinger. will be able to tiirnish 
any client with a complete analyti- 
cjl breakdown of his show's audi- 
ence within less than ;24 - hours. 
-■Vlbert Politz, indie researcher, has 
been -pac led to d,Q the polling for 
the company. j - 



Beulah Zachary, WBKB produ-^ 
cer since, ;1944, leaves Nov. 29 to 
join J. Walter Thompson, as. pro- 
ducer of "Kukla, Fran and/Ollie'' 
. . . Bob McKee, asst. sales chief of 
ABC's midwest division, adds liai- 
son of AM . and TV sales to his 
chores . . . Zenith preemed its new 
tele receivers at a press party Fri. 
(191. . . WBKB's engineering staff 
reorganized into three divisions, 
with Bill Kusack m charge of 
transmitters. Dick Shapiro heading 

I maintenance, and Chuck Buzzard 

I as chief of operations ... Sid Strotz, 
NBC veepee in charge of tele, in 
for quick huddle last week. . .Jim 
Brown farewells WBBM's sales 
staff Nov. 26 to join WBKB as ac- 
count exec WGN-TV has wrap- 
ped up an exclusive on the Lion- 

i Cardinal grid battle in Detrpit Nov. 

1 25. It's the first National League 



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Shouse 

S5J- Continued from page 23 Ess 

inipio\emenl of service could save ■ 
It This crisis! can be reached ver,v 
quickly..'-' .- 

SliQVi^ie discounted llje novelly, 
I lactor in tele and descnljed it as ' 
I "a.i art arriving in adult and not 
i infant proportions." Tlie big inar- 
' ket for receivers, he said. Is in 
average-income homes "Within 
five years," he continued; "it as 
entirely possible - that, -television < 
nil! have become art integral part . 
of the lives of 20 or 30.000,000 , 
laniilies;" ■ ■ • - -j 

At the outset of his talk Shouse . 
reminded his hearers, that at t heir 
Jistes Park meet- two years ago he 
had predicted FM would liave no 
appreciable Impact on broadcast- , 
ing in : small and medium-sized i 
cities, , j 




'You shouldn't have worried about us. We got aldn^ fin* 
while you were gone." 



W^n«sday» Novemlier 24, 194B 



CIRCLING THE KILOCYCLES 



Bridgeport — Harry Prazee, net- 
work production vet, joins WICC 
as production chief under Dickens 
J, Wright, who recently replaced 
Jdseph T. Lopez as general inan- 
Dger of the Yankee 600-kilocycler. 
Frazee's arrival means that Flor- 
ence Ballou Robinson, longtime as- 
sistant to the g.m. at WICC, will 
devote her full time to adminis- 
trative duties. 

San Antonio — John W. Scott, 
KABC news editor-analyst and 
commentator, has been granted a 
month leave of absence • during 
which time he plans to make an 
ipxtended tour, of Europe;. He plans 
to visit German and other troubled 
spots . in Europe and bring back 
with him views of the common peo- 
ple of their attitude toward: the 
present and the future, 

San Antonio-^A special program 
' was aired on WOAt saluting Good 
■Neighbor Week proclaimed by 
Gov. Beauford Je.ster.; Transcript 
tions of the broadcast were made 
by WOAI and sent to WFAA, Dal- 
las; KPRC, Houston; KROD, EI 
Paso; KGNC, Amarillo, and KRGV, 
weslaco, where they will also be 
given air time. Hugh A. L. Halff, 
of WOAIj and Dorance Roderick, 
of KROD, are members of the 
. Good Neighbor- Commission. 



Huntington, W. Va.-^Playing be^ 
fore the largest studio audience in 
the history of; its Kentucky, West 
Virginia^ and Ohio tri-state, ar.ea, 
WSAZ of Huntington, gave a grand 
climax to its silver anniversary 
celebration; Special jubilee broad- 
cast was aired before the largest 
crowd in the 36-year log of Hunt- 
ington's City Auditorium. An idea 
of the buildup prior to the broad- 
cast and of the pulling power of 
the station Is indicated by the fact 
that every person phoned during 
the giveaway segment of the pro- 
gram was already tuned to the sta- 
tion. 



Atlanta^Gashing in on feuding, 
fighting and fussing that has been 
going on between Savannah's radio 
stations and newspapers, Atlanta 
Constitution has inaugurated a 
"Coastal Edition," which features 
full-page of radio programs each 




If It's a "Feature 
Production" It's Especially 
Designed to Suit the Ad- 
vertiser's Needs.^ . 

PRODUCERS OF 

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SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT 
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Sunday, listing each station's pro- 
gram for week. 



Boston— Heloise Parker Brocg, 
"Mother Parker" of WEEI, re- 
ceived "Life Line of America" 
trophy last week at the 40th an- 
nual meeting of the Grocery Manu- 
facturers of Araerict^ for "the best 
job of interpreting • food sit- 
uation to American women." Sta* 
tion also received a trophy for air- 
ing the show, a series called "First 
Comes Food." 



Cleveland — Joseph A. Beres, 18 
years in the business, has been 
named WSRS station manager. 



Wichita— Clark A. Luther has 
announced that Ms one-third in- 
terest in KAKB here has been sold 
to Donald W. Reynolds, Fort Smith, 
Ark. Sale was completed Nov. 15. 
Luther was vice president and gen- 
eral manager of KAKE, and has 
been in radio hereabouts for about 
10 years. 

Pittsburgh— Ed Patrick, former 
manager of WESA in ■ Cliatlerol, 
has been named to. the same job at 
WEDO in McKeesport. With War- 
ren Dana leaving KQV to join 
WCAE program department, Ed- 
gar Lewin, Jr. , has been switched 
to sales promotion at latter station, 
Paul Long has a new sponsor for 
his KDKA noontime news show 
on Sunday, Prole Bros., Inc.- Con- 
tract is for 52 weeks. Studebaker 
has renewed Long's 10-minute 
newscasts Monday, Wednesday and 
Friday evenings for ariother year. 
Lawrence Berrill : has joined an-, 
nouncing staff at WCAE. He was 
formerly with WTAG in Worcester, 
Mass> 



WONS PACTS KENNEH 
IN EFFICIENCY MOVE 

Hartford, Nov. 23. | 
With the appointment of Robert 
L. Kennett, vet radio man, as sta- 
tion manager, WONS is undergoing, 
cuts in personnel.. To date six per- 
sons have been let go in an attempt 
to operate station, more efficiently. 

Kennett replaces Robert Manby. 
Latter will operate out of Hartford 
in interests of Yankee : Network. 
Will split time between activities 
for station and Transit Radio, a 
function of the Yankee net. Transit 
is a captive audience tieup deal 
with Dus lines. Through Transit, 
buses and trolleys are equipped 
with FM receivers and operating 
only on frequency, of station in- 
volved in the deal. Format of mu- 
sic and news is broadcast through 
FMer and is must listening to 
patrons of bus lines, hence term 
'^eaptive." 

For past ftve years Kennett has 
been connected with program de- 
partment and radio sales division 
6f CBS in New York. 



TV's Headache 



Continued from - page 27 

moved from the, glass plants, which 
manufacture the tube-faces, to the 
lube fabricating plants, which turn 
out the finished product. Accord- 
ing to Hoge, only eight such plants 
are now In operation. Building ot 
a new plant takes from six to eight 
months, he said, and another year 
to get the operation on a mass pro- 
duction basis. But, he pointed out, 
Sylvania Electric is now building, a 
new plant in Oliio, RCA recently 
opened its Lancaster (Pa.) factory 
and DuMont, Zetka and the other 
manufacturers are expanding. 

New glass-metal tubes, which 
were unveiled two . weeks ago by 
DuMont and which RCA is lepoit- 
edly ready to throw on the mar-, 
ket, should make their first mark 
during early 3949. Even then, Hoge 
.said, they won't amount to more 
than 109o of the total. He noted 
that the majority of set producers 
want to see them tested before in- 
stalling them In their sets. Con- 
stant danger exists, he .said, of the 
lubes leaking at the point where 
the glass is .sealed to the metal. 

Hoge said most oC tlie gla,5s-metal 
manufaclurer.s were talking in 
terms of 16-inch and 171 2-inch 
tubes, With an overall trend to- 
wards bigger direct-view screens 
already noticeable, he predicted a 
hot fight between Die glass-metal 
manufacturers and producers of 
aU-gla,ss tubes. Owens-Illinois, in 
the latter category, lia.s already an- 
nounced production of a 16-jnth 
all-glass tube. 



AFRA Signs KIMO 

Kansas City, Nov. 23. 
Negotiations which had been un^ 
der way between American Fed- 
eration of Radio Artists and KIMO, 
Independence, Mo., for fortnight 
were settled last week when sta- 
tion signed a contract. Five mem- 
bers of the staff are covered, con- 
tract calling for 40-hour week, 
eight-hour day and some other 
regulations, according to Charles 
Bebb, president of the AFRA 
local. ■ 

Wage stipulations were not in- 
cluded in the contract, but the 
agreement opens for wage nego- 
tiations in three months." 

Dramatic 'Hear If Album 
Points Up Vividly Radio's 
Aid to Current History 

Radio's value to current history 
has been pointed up with telling 
effect through Columbia : Records' 
release of the five 12-inch disk al- 
bum, "I Can Hear It Now." A 
dramatic presentation of historical 
highlights from 1932 to the pres- 
ent is contained in - these re- 
corded excerpts from history- 
making broadcasts. They: include 
bits from . speeches by Franklin 
D. Roosevelt, President Truman, 
Dewey, : Willkici Churchill, Cham- 
berlain, . Hitler, Eisenhower, Mus- 
.solini, Stalin, DeGauUe, Duke of 
Windsor, Will Rogers and others. 
They're tied together in competent 
manner by Edward Ri "Mwrrow, 
head of the CBS news department^ 
who is instrumental; in. maintaining 
a fluid pace. 

Album brings into sharper focus 
the highly dramatic times from the 
depression to the war. For exam- 
ple, the various speeches of the late 
President Roosevelt help recall his 
good humor and forthrightness. 
The Hitler speech perfectly de- 
picts a demoniacal, shrieking per^ 
sonality, and Eisenhower's deliv- 
ery of the communique telling , of 
the D-Day landing shows the note 
of confidence in the Allied armed 
might. 

Important sidelights are not neg- 
lected... : I\)r example, Herb Mor- 
rison's account of the landing of 
the Zeppelin Hindenburg at Lake- 
hurst starts out as though he were 
describing a routine mooring, but 
with the blast he lets go with a 
flood .of words which soon bring 
him on the brink of hysteria. 
Arthur Godfrey's account of Roose.'t: 
velt's funeral cortege . passing 
through Pennsylvania ave., . : Wash- 
ington,, keynotes the feeling of the 
Aaneriean people. The break in his 
voice is quite evident. 

"I Can Hear It Now" indicates 
some shrewd editing. It's fairly dif- 
ficult to boil down more than 15 
years into 45 minutes. Yet Mur- 
row . and the staff have picked up 
most of the major highlights. 
There must have been many hours 
of broadcasts left on the cutting 
room floor which could conceivably 
make -another album of equal im- 
portance; For example, tliere's no 
mention of the Spanish 'Civil War, 
which served as the laboratory for 
World War II. Something had to | 
be left out. ' 

"I Can Hear It Now" is a volumc 
that indicates the Important job 
the ' radio industry- has done in 
keeping the public 'Informed with 
utmost speed. It's an Important 
document of these troubled times 
and should have a place in every 
history classroom as well as the 
home. Jose. 



Lone S. Station Carries On in Berlm 
Vs. Russian Spread, German Apathy 



Frankfort, Nov. 13. 

While the war of nerves with 
Russia is reaching a new climax; 
the U, S. is quietly losing an en- 
tire network In Germany. At the 
present moment laws are pending 
before each of the legislatures in 
the American; Zone to "incorpo- 
rate" the radio stations of Frank- 
furt, Stuttgart, Munich and Brer 
men. The first two have lOOkw 
transmitters, among the ' most 
powerful in Europe. When the 
.pending legislation is passed and 
approved by Military Government, 
the U. S. will have left only the 
Berlin station RIAS to carry on its 
public relations job in Germany. 

It has Jiecome obvious since 19'45 
that the Germans are unwilling or 
unable to wage effective political 
warfare on the side of the U. S. 

With the network lost to the, 
American information program, 
RIAS (Radio in the American Sec- 
tor of Berlin) will, take on added 
importance. More tlian any other 
single outlet,: RIAS has kept- up the 
morale of the . people of Berlin, 
educating them politically and pro- 
ducing some Qf tlie best-balanced 
programs in Europe. 

With the curtailed newspaper 
circulation inside Berlin and with 
confiscations of papers in the 
Soviet Sector and East Zone, RIAS 
is today practically the only source 
of non-Communist "hews for the 
18^000,000 Germans in the east and 
the only important source for Ber- 
lin. As . rumors spread by. the- 
Soviets reach RIAS, they are' on 



the air at once with denials and 
corrections. 

RIAS coverage of the city hall 
riots, an on-the-spot reportage 
done by two 20-year old boys, was 
on a par with the best of Ameri- 
can special events coverage. When 
coal shortages forced western 
authorities to ration electricity, 
RIAS took to the streets with » 
fleet of hastily-assembled sound 
trucks, blaring out the latest news 
and commentaries at the main :in'^ 
tersections of Berlin. With all of 
Berlin able to listen to the radio 
only four hours a day, RIAS shifted 
its programming, rebroadcastlng 
key shows for each electiicity-plan 
group. ' 



Louisville's 6th Preems 

Louisville, Nov; 23. 

WLOU, town's newest AM sta- 
tion, aired its first program Thurs- 
day (18), marking the event with a: 
truck parade downtown, a group of 
femmes carrying portable radio 
receivers tuned to the station, and 
blurbs from an airplane p.a. sys- 
Item. Slogan of the station is 
"Louisville Listens to Xou." Sta- 
tion operates on 1,000 watts, 1,350. 
on the dial, daytime only; Prograni 
structure consists mostly of rec- 
ords. ■ ■,: ■ 

Officers of the new outlet, sixth 
in the city, are Mrs. Jolm E. -Mes«,; 
servy, president and general man- 
ager; Josepti M, Hannan, asst. gen- 
mgr.,' -and Fred Darwin, program' 
and sales manager.' 




from music 
abd movies... 
to pucks 
and pigskins 



Disk .lockey Back in Good 
Administrative Grace 

Des Moines, Nov. 23. ■ 
Myrott J. Bennett, popular disk 
jockey of KSO, Des Moines, has 
been reinstated as Des Moines 
Safety Commissioner and the ous- 
ter action against him dismissed. 
District .ludge Thompson held the 
state I'ailed to prove by any compe- 
tent evidence that Bennett, either 
byword or deed, ever assented to: 
(he granting of any favors to Des 
Moines tavern operators as 
charged. 

Kii'.st Assistant County Attorney 
BkUvard S. Thayer, who prosecuted 
the ouster action against Bennett, 
has said he will appeal Judge 
Thompson's decision to the su- 
preme court. , Uennett has resumed 
his t'it.V office and also continues 
his plattej' and chatter progi'am on 
KSO. 



Tk«r.'« n»T«r . Jul! mointnl foit WWJ-TV» D.I*olr 
«ii^ciic«. BympliLony mnA popular niu.ic, cliiUr.n'. mnA 

wom«n'. projrami, full Uii||tli moTitt, RcJ Wmi hocV*f • 
^mti, Unir*tM]r o£ 'Mic)ijfj«n footbaH f<ni«, wrnllinf :. 

natcliM, pri'itc fijIiU, *IImU1 n*wi tTcnU . . . tlirou^li 
A tkm NBC MiJweit 
TclcTliioti Network, anJ toon tbroujk llia NBC Nation.! 
Katworlr. Erary Jay i* a iu.y Jay for WWJ-TV'» itaff, anJ 

' an cnioyalila on* for Datroitara wlio arc Icaeping talaTifioa 
•laiinfaciutar^ liopDing to catck up witL tli* JcnanJ/. ' 

▼WJ-TV, firtt tclaTi.ion (tatioa in MicLiilaii, i( 
aa E£TABLISMED aJTcttifing jnaJiuB. praJucinf 

gratifying zc.ulta (or it. many ajTettiacr. in • ' 
marlctt tkat i. currantly on* o( <lt* Hifli-Spot 
. 'citi*. of tha natiott . ^ ; witk a Laclilo^ oC or^trf- 
lor n«w car. ikat (orclalla « proapcrou. futura, ;. 
a. w.ll. IT S VORTH LQOKINO INTO I 



AfSOCIAn AM^rM 
STATION WWJ 




Seattle — Milo Ryan is now- han- 1 
clling publicity for KIRO, local 
CBS outlet. Ryan also teaches h i 
clas.s in the radio school at the I 
Univ. of Washington here, • ' J 



flMT IN MICHiaAN . . , Own*d and OiMriittd l>/ THE DETROIT NEWS 



84 



OIICIUISTRAS.MIJSIC 



WedbuadUij, Novemlier 24, 1948 



Mfrs. Would Accept Verbal Oby 
From dark to Start Recwdmg 



ASCAP Meet Deferred 

» American Society of Composers, 
Authors and Publisher^' regular 
monthly board meeting, usually 
held on the third Thursday of every 
month, has been postponed to Mon- 
day or Tuesday of next week. 



Recording manufacturers, it's-t- 

claimed, would accept a verbal nod 

f I'om Attorney General Tom Clatk 

as the officitil impetus that would 

>et them back at the task of making 

new disks. Up until yesterday 
, (Tuesday), however, no word had 

been received from Washington on 

the validity of the settlement blue- 
print left with the Department of 

Justice two week? ago. by American 

Federation of Musicians .chiefs and 

attorneys for both factions. 
That the plan filed with Clark 

for perusal in relation to the Taft- 
Hartley law would be put into 

eCf^Gt on such coruparatively slight 
, permission, as a hand wave, , has 

been told tQ top recording artists. 

Apparently, both the companies 

and the AFM would be . wiHing to 

accept Clark's judgment and take ciise opening date has not beert 
their chances on being tripped up , agreed upon, but the ballroom 
later in the event someone else | wants the clarinetist to follow Dick 
powerful enough in Government ' Jurgens' engagement, which winds 



Goodman Won't Go 
West Unless MCA Gets 
Hhn Solid Bookings 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
The Palladium ballroom has 
given the nod on a commitment. to: 
house the new band Benny Good- 
man 'is now forming in N.Y. Pre- 



circles feels' an urge to argue the 
point. But that's not expected in 
the event Clark decides' to give an 
answer. 

Incidentally, it's felt that it's not 
niu ndatory upon the. AFM and 'the 
di.sk manufacturers to . go to the 
National Labor Relations Board or 
any other government agency for 
. further checks upon the plan's 
validity; Possible action in this 
regard will be guided completely 
by Clark's reaction. If hit opines 
that additional sanction should be 
sought on this or that point in the 
.plan, then the outlined course will 
bf followed. 

:Neither the recorders nor the 
AFM and. their combined attorneys 
actually know what to expect from 
CJark, who returned to Washington 
from his visit with President Tru- 
man in Florida late last week. They 
feel only that their attorneys do 
or should know what they are do- 
: inc. And it the consensus of opinion 
was strong enough among them to 
lead to a filing of the plan with 
Clark, that's sufficient enough 
evidence that they feel the plan 
is within the T-H law: Nothing 
more can be done or said until 
Clark's reaction. I 

Incidentally, the trustee who will ' 
supervise the disbursement of I 
royalty funds resulting from rer 
newed recording . under the new 
plan has not been selected. Names 
have been submitted, but none 
has been decided upon, or will be 
until the Washington end of the 
situation is clear. 



in mid-March. Goodman, however 
has told his agent, Music Corp. of 
America, that he. won't come west 
unless agency lines up a solid skein 
of dates. To be able to do so, to 
BG's satisfaction, the Palladium 
stand may be shunted: back < to 
April 
palace 



Best British Sheet Sellen 

(Weefc endtn0 Nov. U) 
London, Nov. 12. 

So Tir«d Connelly 

Buttons and Bows. , . .Victoria 

My Happiness Chappell 

When You'rt in Lov« .Wood 
You Can't Be True .. Chappell 
Galway Bay ..... .Box & Cox 

Dream of Olwen .Wright 

Rambling RoSe Dash 

La Vic eh Rose Gay 

Woody Woodpecker . . Leeds 
Anything 1 Dream . Reid 
All Dressed Up . . Cinephonio 

Second 12 

Underneath Arches. Connelly 

October Twilight Dash 

Beyond the Stars ...Feldman 

Ballerina Maurice 

Call Everybody Darling.Morris 
Little White Lies ..Wright 
When Organ Played Miller 
Cuckoo Waltz . . . Keith Prowsa 
Open Window ... . . Harmonic ■ 

Betty Blue Feldman 

Live in Loveland Sun 

Hair of Gold Chappell 



Jocks, 



By Beniis Woodg 



This Xmas season seems to have Man" (London).; Novelties an(f 



Steeles in Middle 
Of Midwest Dispute 
Between AFM, AGVA 



'A ; ■ Chicago, Nov. 23. ; 
Dispute between Ani^lricaih Guild 
of Variety. Artists; and American 
That's oke with the ter- , Federation of Musicians over new 
which then will ink in a | AFM ruling on dual membership 



crew to span the gab between Jur- i and contracts I>uts some artiste 



gens' exit and Goodman's advent. 

This will be the first Goodman 
band appearance on Coast in more 
than two years. The vet leader's 
new outfit will be the: largest he's 
ever fronted'.i-22 people. Three 
will be vocalists, the rest instrur 



musicians on the spot. Number one 
battlefront seems to be the terri- 
tory around Kansas City, with 
Frank Lott, bead of Kaycee AFM 
local, having ordered bands out of 
nine K. C. spots, while Victor Lee, 
AGVA branch head, ruled AGVA 



mentalists. The aggregation will members in his territory, regard- 
debut with a five-day date at Syra- 
cdse hotel on Nov. 30, then do a 
stint at' N.Y.'s Paramount theatre. 



opening either Dec. 3 or Dec. 15, 
depending on how long the preced- 
ing bill holds. 



brought forth an unprecedented 
siring of holiday songs on disks 
from the shelves of ban-stymied 
manufacturers. With very few pop 
times left in the pre-ban backlog, 
the majority of companies have 
been more or less forced to mai> 
ket versions of practically every 
standard Yuletid« melody ever 
written, and a flock of new ones. 
All are done straight, which means 
that aside from the outstanding 
year-in-and^yeai'-out sellers, : such 
a.«i Irving Berlin's ''White Christ- 
mas," the scramble for sales by 
the majority of the others . is and 
will contin,Me to be a rat race. 
And they aU sound alike. 

That left a hole in the line big 
enough to drive a truck through. 
And along comes ■ Spike Jones. 
Perhaps the most consistent of the 
zany novelty, left-side of the turn- 
table . hitters,. Jones' opportunity 
to score soundly with his "All I 
Want For Xmas (Is My Two Front 
Teeth)" extends the pattern of the 
past year into the holiday ma- 
terial. I's a unique situation that 
bears out two important points (1) 
disk jockeys m innumerable num- 
bers so 'flood the air with conven- 
tional pop pFogramming that? very 
few things ' succeed with a public 
that has melody crammed down 
its throat every time it twists a 
dial, unless the item is unusually 
solid melodically or lyrically, or a 
distinctive novelty; , (2) there's tooj 
much of the same thinking among 
the majority of artists and manu- 
facturers. An individual therefore 
stands out. 

Spike Jones "All I Want For 
Xmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"- 
"Happy New Year." Wherever 
Spike Jones gets his zany ideas for 
disks it didn't fail him on the 
Xmas side. He's, got another big 



Musical Saw Not a Legit 

T„„j_ „_j f^ff g «y ship in both unions while Sondra, 

Instrument, OK for Wax who smgs, holds 



Detroit, Nov. 23 |only. 



an AGVA card 
Band skedded to back en- 



Maestro Don Pablo, who plays tertainers was. ' yanked : out of 
at the Palm Beach Cafe here, has Studio Club, leaving the Steeles 
decided to beat the Petrillo ban by i as only entertainment and the- sub- 
recording a group of numbers on , ject of the AGVA-AFM feud, 
the musical saw, which he played { Art Holiday; : operator of the 



AMBROSE SET TO FRONT 
BRITISH BAND AGAIN 

London. Nov. 16. 

Ambrose, who 15 months back 
bowed out of the dance music in- 
dustry, saying "operating a big 
nanie orchestra wasn't worth the 
money m Britain any more, is to 
front a band again. An outstanding 
offer from the Nightingale Club 
in London's West End made him 
change his mind. 

One of Britain's big band names, 
Ambrose will open Dee. 15 with a 
new 18 piece orchestra he is now' 
fornimg at the Nightingale in 
Berkeli!y Square. Contract Amr 
bi'ose siEsned with .Eustace Hoey, 
proprietor, iS: in the prewar big 
colli range. ' 



Team White Wes' 
With Filmer for Tour 

Philadelphia, Nov. 23. 
The Jolly. Joyce Agency has 
teamed Raymond Button, western 
filniili', with a hillbilly band, Dan 
:While and his Wyoming Sere- 
nadt-rs, for an eight-week tour of 
aiicii'nriums and vaude theatres. 
Tom began Monday (22) in St. Jo- 
seph, Mo.i and heads south and 
-east.'' i 



m&ny years ago^ 

The saw is not considered a mu- 
sical instrument by the union. 

Years ago in a Detroit theatre 
that situation created quite a prob- 
lem. The artist admitted he waS' 
not a member of the Musicians 
Union, and could not qualify be- 
cause he was unable to read' mu'^ 
sic. The problem was. solved by 
letting him join the Carpenters 
Union. 



less of membership in both unions, 
must work under AGVA contracts, 

Caught in the middle are Jon | hit (Victor has it out only a short 
and Sondra Steele, recording art- time and, It^s already promising 
ists, who opened at the Studio ^ig sales) comparable to his re- 
Club, Wichita. Friday (19), after cent Cocktails for Two" and "My 
a-two week stand at Oriental thea- ^l^/lt""^ rockets. George Rock 

tro Phi Tnn cStAPip hnlrt<! mpmhor- ^"^ ^"^al in a hlgh-pitched 

tre, Chi. Jon bteele holds member- i^j^^j^ ^^j^^ ^^^^ ^ 

bellylaU)^ from start' to " flitisH. 
FllpQ Vet brings iip a inbri^ or. lesis 
straiight-tforward holiday greeting 
from :Jones and his men. 

' , Jithtt Lanreiiz "Mountaineer and 
the Jabberwock''-''Morning Gloiy 
Rdad'^ (Mercuir). Laiilrehz and 
Mereur^^, haye what niay turn- out 
to be a strong .novelty in the *'Jab- 
bierwock" side. It's different, good 
musically, and Well done by iSur- 
enz and a chbriiS; Jocks ought to 
lopk. into :iit: for a .change . of :ipae6^^^ 
"Road'- has some gobd pbi^ti^ biit 
on the wholi the time doesn't 
carry exceptibhal attraction. Laur- 
enz does it well *ith fair rnusical 
ba^ekgroiind. , Wa li-om th* film, 
"Reaching for the Stars." 
Jay Wilbur Orch "Teddy Bears' 



Studio Club, pulled band out, to 
avoid threat of Lott. who claimed 
spot would be placed on unfair list. 
Meanwhile, the Steeles performed, 
with no tussle flaring up over the 
weekend. 



Quits Merc for Cosmetics ' Field : 
Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Jackie Smith, Mercury Record 

disk .jockey promotion head, re- 

signed to re-enter cosmetic field. Picnic"- "Sweetmeat JOe, the Candy 



10 Best Seflers on G)m-llkdiiiies^!!::!iil!^ 



1. 
t, 

3. 

4. 

5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 

10, 



BUTTONS AND BOWS (5) (Famous) Dinah Shore Colvmbin ',\ 

SLOW- BOAT TO CHINA (4) (Melrose) , Kay Kyser Columbia •■ 

TREE IN MEADOW (15) (Shaplro-B) I ilJ'""?''''''? ^^^^ ■' 

( Monica Lewis Decca ' ■ 

LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (1) (Bourne) J |"^/i"\„^'^*3'** W i \ 

\PauUi Watson SupreTne " 

CUANTA LE GUSTA (3) (Pecr-Int) j Mironda-Andrett, Si». , , Decca '•} 

\Xavier Cugat Columbia 

UNTIL (6) (Donspy) . , ', Tommy Dorscy Victor • ■ 

MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (16) (Triangle) \ Gordon J erikins °««^';<' '• 

!, Eddy Howard Mojesttc ' ■ 

12TH STREET RAG (14) (Shapiro-B) Pee Wee Hunt Capitol ' '■ 

MY HAPPINESS (27) (Blasco) . I i?",*" Sondra Steele . . Damon 

( Pled P',pers Captfol ■ • 

HAIR OF GOLD (14) (Robert) -! Z,"^'*^ Ejjierson Metrotone 

■■■'"''■■'■■( Hamonicats . . Uniiiersal 



Coming Up 



MY DARLING, MY DARiiNG (Morris) { Siafford-MacRae Capitol • • 

X Day-Clark Columbia K 

YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Shapiro-B) Blue Barron M-G-M 

SAY SOMETHING SWEET (Mills) '. . . . H'* 5:pot.5 Decca 

[Avne Shelton London 

LIFE GETS TEEJUS (Miller) Carson Robinson M-G-M 

i WHAT DID I DO (BVC) ( Helen Forrest M-G-M 

\i ' I Dinah Shore Columbio 

I ^ BELLA BELLA MARIE (Leeds) Andrews Sisters Decco 



Willi musical-bar business at its t .MONEY SONG (Crawford) \ Andrews Sistets Decca ^ 

lowest ebb in years, a lot of the X " \ Martin-Lewis Capitol ■■ 

hillbilly units are available, and i 4 PRETTY BABY (Romick) Dons Day Columbio 

agents are seeking another outlet \ t ^^^^ ^^^^^.^^ , Orioles . Natural 

: [ Ella Fitzgerald Decca 

FOR YOU (WItmark) Gordon Jenkins:. . . . , . , . Decca 

GALWAY BAY (Leeds) . . . . Crosby . Decca 

■;■ , ( Anne Shelton, . .. ,; .: .London 

RAMBLING ROSE (Laurel) .■ . . . . 'i Perrj/ Como.. .... , . ..Victor 

(Tony Pastor Columbia 

BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (T. B. Harms) , .... . i . Art Mooney M-G-M 

(Figures in parentheses indicate number oj weeks song has been in the Top 10.) ' 
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be.side the summer fair and park i't ^'"^ 
circuits. Two other western- pic i 
players are already on the rounds, | 
Smiley Burnette and Elton Britt, 



Robert Selvin^ son of Columbi. 
Records' director of pop recordings, 
B»n Selvin, to wed Helen Todd 
Woife.ster, next May. He's a col 
lege student. 



Xmas material seem to occupy th« 
releases of all companies this week; 
"Teddy Bear" side ii a novelty 
that has a good chance to go ovet 
big. Sounding like it might hav* 
originated in a cartoon, the tunc 
is good and it tells a cute story, - 
Wilbur's combo plays it well and 
it may find good jock reception in 
this country. Vocalist isn't billed, 
incidentally. Backing is another 
novelty with a pull of its own, but 
it's not quite comparable to ita 
companion. 

Johnnie Johnston "It's Whatcha 
Do With Whatcha G«t"-"Wheil. 
You and I were 17" (M-G«I). 
"Whatcha" tune^from the film "S9 
Dear to My Heart," is good; it's 
getting fine records and it. has 
every chance of clicking solidly. 
Johnston's disking is a good one, 
based on an excellent dance beat. 
It's the sort of material that h« 
handles well. Jocks will And good 
use for the side and figure to get 
some mileage out of the reverse, aqi 
oldie, silkily sung by Johnston and ~ 
the Crew Chiefs. Sonny Burke 
backs both sides colorfully, 

Jo Stattord "Ave Maria"-"Smilin' 
Through" (Capitol). One side mora 
or less restricted to the Yuletide 
season, and the reverse a standard ' 
that isn't likely to go through a 
revival period; this disk neverthe- 
less is one of the best vocal pair-, 
ings by Miss Staftord in a long 
time, from a strictly performance : 
standpoint. She brings something 
to the "Maria" side that isn't ordi- 
narily heard in her voice — ^warmth, 
depth, and unusual sincerity. Flip- 
over is even better. They're both 
simply but smartly supported by 
Paul Weston's : orchestra. Jocks 
will use 'em widely. 

Charlie Ventura Orch "I'm For- 
ever Blowing Bubbles"-"Babyt 
Baby All the Time" (National). A 
pair of bop sides with a commer- 
cial tinge, and jocks ought to look 
into them, the "Bubbles" side 
particularly. It totes vocals by 
Jackie Cain and Roy Krai keyed ta 
Ventura's saxing, and it has the 
sort of unique flavor that made Ella 
Fitzgerald's similar Decca didoes 
b.o. "Baby" side rings in Buddy 
Stewart's vocalling. It's not as ac- 
ceptable as the reverse, but it's 
okay. 

Grade Fields "Susy"-"Let Us Be 
Sweethearts Over Again" (London). ■ 
"Susy" was successful in Italy. 
It's an attractive melody that has 
a good chance of hitting here. 
Grade Fields : does a typically 
Fieldsian job on . the material, 
aided by the Wardour Singers and 
Bob Famon's orchestra, in waits 
tempo, which is a strike on it ia 
this country. Backing is another 
waltz ride that has nostalgic quail- . 
ties! but fair b.o. pull. 

Duke Ellington "Sultry Sere- 
nade"-VDo Nothing Till You Hear 
From Me" (Columbia). Jocks will 
find good use for both sides, 
particularly the first, a bit of subtle 
jazz that bounces solidly from 
start to finish. It's marked by 
excellent Johnny Hodges alto and 
a trombone solo. It's jazz in good 
taste, a coupling in which Elling- 
ton excels. Flipover is a reissue of 
an old Ellington melody fitted with 
lyrics by Bob Russell: Al Kibbler 
vocals the familiar piece. . 

Sportsmen "Siesta'? -."Goodnight 
Ladies" (Capitol). "Siesta," from 
"The Kissing Bandit" (M-G). is a 
good tune getting excellent disk 
performances. Sportsmen' give it a 
provocative, twist that should make . 
jocks spin it often. It's distinctive. 
And it's fitted with colorful Latin 
accompaniment. 'Ladies" is also 
dilTerent, .spinning at a mad pace 
and in a style that could make it 
a big jock piece. 

Platter Pointers 

Paul Weston and Capitol are 
building up a fine library of stand- 
ard material with the maestro- 
arranger's smartly scored and 
played versions of such things as 
"Deep Purple" and "I Only Have 
Eyes for You" . . . Decca reissued 
Bin/f Crosby-Connee Boswell's ex- 
cellent duets on "Yes Indeed" and 
"Tea for Two," valuable additions 
to a jock's library , . . Ravens put 
out a unique jump ver.sion of 
"White Christmas" (National), 
backed by "Silent Night." Same 
label is still putting out Billy 
Eckstine sides in opposition to his 
M-G-M diskings; "Say It Isn't So" 
and "Without a Song," both well 
done, match the M-G-M release of 
Eckstine and "Blue Moon"-"FoolS 
Rush In" . . . Watch Rex Allen's 
Mercury disking of "Who Shot That 
Hole in My Sombrero." It has 
po.ssibilities . . . Columbia released 
initial sides by Marion Morgan, 
(Continued on page 38) 



Wcdnesdaj, November 24, 1948 



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Victor s 45 RPM LP WiD Offer 
Maritet 3d Separate Type of Disk 



RCA-Victor won't debut its own 
version of Columbia Records' long- 
playing dislcs until next spring, 
and when It does the disks will 
Bpin 43 rpm's, as against the 
conventional 78 and CR's LP speed 
ot33.^. The result will be a classi- 
cal and pop recording market that 
wiU consist of three separate types 
of disks, none playable on the 

' Other's machine or with the same 

: pickups. The resultant confusion 
ja what Paul Puner, Allegro Rec- 
ords, president, was getting at 

. with his complaint last week to the 

' i^. S, Secretary of Commerce. 

Some record men believe that 
Victor's ^'guarded" conversation 
kbout a 45-speed disk is a smoke 
Bcreen for the company's actual 

. dievelopment, that the whole thing 
la designed to confuse the issue so 
that, the effect of Columbia's LP 

. disks on the market is minimized. 
Victot' has secured a letter firom 
the American Federation of Mii- 
•iclaifs granting that the same rates 
•Plflied : to CR^s Microgroove ' plat- 
ters in the union's royalty fund 
•cheme would also apply to tape 
xecording, . This amounts to: W'i% 
of the tetail price jpec aoag used 
on the disks. 

It was pointed out -at the time 
CR brought out its 33V6 rpm disks 
last June, ^ that the method used 
was not exactly new. Neither is 
Victor's, at least in so far as the 
turntable speed is concerned. Some 

. 10 years ago, when Muzak was in- 
tending to go into the pap disk 
fleld in addition to its transcrip- 
tion budness, it collaborated with 
Philco on the production of a 45 
rpm record-player. Some experi- 
mental machines were made and 
Ifuzak executives still have them, 
but the idea never: reached the 
marketable stage. ; ^ , 

Ironically enough, it was Philco 
which collaborated with CR in the 
inroduction of turntables to handle 
the ' Microgroove disks. Af- 
ter Columbia brought out its baby, 
other makes of reproducers,, fol-^ 
lowed, some with changers. Now 
(Continued on page 40) 



Cap's 3d Qtr. Pob 
Coin Jumps 159% 

Hollywood. Nov. 23. 
. Capitol Records issued its third- 
quarter, loyalty statements to 
music publishers last week, and the 
overall total of coin disbursed is 
aaid to have been approximately 
159% higher than the same period 
last year. It placed Capitol second 
only to RCA-Victor in publisher 
earnings. That applies only to pop 
and kiddie material (of which Cap 

' has a strong, line) and cannot be 
accurately measured against the 
overall : royalty: earnings accruing 
to publishers : from, for example, 
Columbia's pop, kiddie and Master- 
works divisions. Increase in the 
third quarter over the same period 

, last year amounted to 75%. 
, ' Capitol's huge statement was ex- 
pected: in view of the nine-month 
earnings it reported two weeks ago. 
This cited a net <rf $1,211,100 for 
thi iinitial three quarters of '48, as 
•gainst a net of $253,151 for the 
■ame period last year. Shapiro- 
Bernstein, incidentally, easily top-: 
ped all publishers in Capitol earn^ 
nigs. The company drew a sub-: 
stantial check on the basis of its 
"Tree in the Meadow," by Mar- 
garet Whiting, which led best- 
•eller lists for weeks, vying with 
I»ee Wee Hunt's "12th Street Rag," 
also owned by S-B. Both disks are 
aaid to have sold over 1,000,000 
copies. And S-B also owns the tune 
occupying the reverse side of 
Hunt's disk, doubling the com- 
pany's income from that recording. 



Plugger Johnny Green 
Gets Pite-Ref's Permit 

Johnny Green, music contact 
man; has secured ^ referee's 
license from the N. "t. State Box- 
ing Commission, aqd will combine 
work in the ring with his music- 
plugging. 

Green was a pro fighter: of note 
years ago, having taken part in 
bouts against Tony Qanzoneri, Kid 
Chocolate, et al, in Madison Square 
Garden. 



Pension Fond 
Key Snag to Pact 
OfPttkMPCE 

Music publishers apparently are 
not going to give in easily to the 
request by the Music Publishers 
Contact Employees union that the 
new employment contract between 
them make provision for a pension 
fund. From the conversation of 
individual publishers who occupy: 
a spot Oil the MPPA negotiating 
committee, this angle of the prof- 
fered new deal, now that they have 
had two weeks to think it over, will 
be the main bone of contention in 
discussjions of a new contract All 
others of the 33 clauses in the 
proffered agreement will be: com- 
paratively minor. 

It's the idea of the MPCK that 
its own men, and the publishers 
contribute equally to a fund: that 
will take care of needy, contactmen. 
This rldea undoubtedly was born 
during the past springy when slid- 
ing, music and record sales' induced 
pubs to cut operating expenses. 
As a result, an unprecedented 
number of contactmen were out of 
work, and the drain on MPCE re- 
lief and benefit funds was for a 
time so heavy that the union's 
leaders, headed by president Bob 
Miller, began, frantically to cast 
about for ways to 'supplement the 
total. It turned out that the dis- 
tress calls could be handled with- 
out assistance, but the circum- 
stance apparently left its mark. : 

Incidentally, the current con- 
tract, which expires Dec. 31, will 
be automatically extended to when^ 
ever a new deal is signed; So far, 
there's been only one brief Wneet- 
ing between; the two factions. An- 
other will occur sometime next 
week, date not yet set. 



Wben Is a Date Not 
A Date Ask J. Dorsey 

Louisville, Nov. 23. 

One-nighter by Jimmy Dorsey's 
band ^lit a snag Thursday (18) 
when it ai-rived at Jelfeirson Coun- 
ty Armory to play a concert-dance. 
Dorsey's manager, Gilbert Koei-n- 
er, claimed to have a contract for 
the date, while Irving ■■ Wayne, 
Armory manager, insisted there 
was no contract. Meanwhile, some 
100 patrons were' Waiting at the 
arena's locked gate. 
I . Joe Stone,* American Federation 
I of Musicians local No. 11 prez, was 
called in on the dispute, and is 
said to have stated that the Ar-: 
moiy.,:raay , be placed on the: local's 
unfair list unless Wayne fulfills 
payment of the Dorsey contract. 

While : there was ■ no actual con- 
tract signed for the date, according 
to both Koerner and Wayne, it Was; 
claimed by . Koerner , that a tele- 
gram from Wayne confirmmg the 
date; was sufficient. Wayne re- 
butted that -no telegram of con- 
firmation was, sent, and no, deposit 
was" made for the Dorsey services. 
Deposit, he averred, would have 
been $625, half of the proposed 
contract. 

Dorsey and his band arrived in 
Louisville Thursday (18) after a 
one^^night stand in Evansvllle. They 
left Friday (19) for a Cincinnati 
date. 



Capital-Gains Tax-Saving Gets 
Increasing Glad-Eye from Disk Names 



Frances Langford Asks 
$5,100 in Merc Suit 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 

Singer Frances Langford filed 
Wit in Chi federal court against 
Meycury Record: Corp. for; $5,1Q0, 
which she alleges is due her un- 
der a contract dated June 29. 1946. 
Complaint charges royalty deal of 
B% of records retail price plus 
gurantec of $7,500 yearly was 
violated. 

Suit claims further that original 
contract covered a one-year peri- 
od and was ex( ended in 1947 for 
an additional six months. 



RADIO EIREANN OKAYS 
IRISH DANCE BANDS 

Dublin. Nov. 16. 

Radio Eireann, which razzed 
IrL^ dance bands and wouldn't 
give them air time, is changing 
tune: after listeners' squawks about 
lack of modern dance music. They 
have not aired any of the Irish 
name bands, but formed their own 
Strict Tempo Sextet and ate fol- 
lowing on with , a Brazilian Beat: 
combo made up from well-known 
performers. 

Setup, an eight-man outfit tab- 
bed Latin-American Rhythm Band, 
will get 30-minute-a»'Week time slot 
for initial stanza. Production as- 
sistant Joan D'Alton will handle 
program. 

Unusual Quiet On 
Local 802 Vote Front 

Fight for the favor of voters in 
the election of officers at New 
York Local 802 of the American 
Federation of Musicians has been 
unusally quiet, despite the fact that 
the balloting occurs next week (2). 
In past years, the week or two 
preceding voting days have been 
much more hectic than the current 
period, which sees the incumbent, 
n^Ver-defeated Blue regime hned 
up against : the combined ; Unity- 
Coalition parties. 

So far, electioneering has been; 
confined to the issuing of pam- 
phlets by both sides accusing rivals 
of this and that, with tfie Unity- 
Coalition group heaping dirty- 
linen accu.sations much higher than 
the Blues have attempted to do. 



ASCAP Coasters 
Blast NIM For 
'Higb-Handedness' 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Severest reprimand the ■ Coast 
ASCAP brigade handed the nation- 
al board of directors in years was 
voted at the annual Coast meeting 
on Johnny Green's motion 'to: ''cen- 
sure" the hoard for refusing, to 
create a paid post of Coast liaison 
man for L. Wolfe Gilbert. Vote 
came after ASCAP prexy Fred 
Ahlert and Paul Cunningham, 
I chairman of the exec committee, 
concluded their official reports of 
I the organization's activitiess They'll 
carry the censure back to Gotham, 
r Before the motion: was pas.sed, 
i member after member stood up to 
I lambaste what was generally 
I termed the "high-handed proce- 
I dure with scant consideration: for 
I the feelings and wishes" of its 
Hollywood members. 

Ahlert's report dealt with 
ASCAP's reaction to the Judge 
Vincent L. Leibell rulings,: and did 
his best to sound comforting. He 
said ASCAP will, of course, appeal. 
It's slated to go to court Monday 
next to ask a stay of execution in 
the New York Independent Theatre 
Owners Assn. of N. Y., case. Ahlert 
claimed Judge Leibell's ruling was 
out of his jurisdiction since, the 
(,Continved::On: page 40) 



Waring's 20G Sellout 
In Kansas City Concert 

Kansas City, Nov. 23. 

Concert, by Fred Waring's Penjj,- 
sylvanians in the huge Municipal 
auditorium arena Sunday (21) gar- 
nered the heaviest coin ever racked 
up by any musical group in a single 
performance here. Net, exclusive 
of taxes, topped $2(),000. It was a 
sellout. 

Scale was $3 top. 



Morris Band Div. 
Ta Remain, But 
Curtailment Seen 

William Morris agency is not 
going to giveup its band division; 
it is stated by the organization's 
executives. It is explained, how- 
ever, that due to the rumors that 
have circulated during the past 10 
days concerning the department, 
the workings of it will be "cur- 
tailed." There is not detailed ex- 
planation for that expression at the 
moment. It is not definitely known 
exactly what will be done until 
William Morris, Jr., returns next 
week from a trip to Saranac. 

Ever since a week ago Friday 
(12) there have been consistent; 
whisperings over the Morris band; 
division. It was said that Morris 
was willing- to drop the depart- 
ment, and that its personnel-^ 
Cress Courtney, Phil Brown, et.al, 
would take.,; over and operate inde^ 
pendently. Later General Artists 
Corp. was asserted to be in the 
throes of making a deal to take 
over, the department. Both ar^ 
flatly denied, the GAC angle in 
particular debunked by Morris 
exec : Nat Lefkowitz. 

Whisperings about the Morris 
band, department and: the subse- 
quent notation of the situation irt 
last week's Variety began a period 
of considerable discomfort to the 
division's personnel. Bandleaders 
i under contract to the agency nat- 
lurally sought to determine wtiere 
I they stood; A band not connected 
I with Morris was aKso effected. 
IShep Fields, whose GAC contract 
{expires Dec. 18, was discussing a 
[contract with Morris and the past 
I week's talk has put him in a posl- 
I tion oMndecision. His band is now 
'at the Capitol theatre, N. Y. 



BMI French-Can. 
Society Planned 

Montreal, Nov. 23. 
: Plans have been formulated for 
the organization of a performing: 
rights society that would handle 
only French language tunes, wide- 
ly used in Canada and particularly 
in this immediate area. New or- 
ganization would be affiliated with 
Broadcast' Music, U. S. radio- 
owned performing rights group,; 
which has had a hand in the devel- 
opment of plans completed so far. 
Robert Burton, BMI v.p., was here 
last week making preliminary ar- 
rangements and several local peo- 
ple have been engaged to lay the 
groundwork. It's to be called So- 
ciete Franco-American Des Au- 
teurs. Compositeurs Et, £diteurs 
De Musique. 

Organization would operate 
similary to BMI and the American 
Society of Composers; Authors: and 
Publishers, whose Canadian aifili- 
ate is GAPAC, but on a more 
limited scale. However, it is pos- 
1 .sible that it will eventually have 
i foreign tiesi in France, B( 'gium, 
l etCi; An office will be cstablisned in: 
i Paris' as well as. one in this city. 
' That's a natural procedure, since 
I the French capital Is the center 
I of export of melodies , for the 
I French - Canadian , market. But 
! move than likely its function will 
Lbe widened, > 



WINGY MANONE'S RACY 
JAZZ AUTOBIOGRAPHY 

Wingy Manone ,the ol' Capri 
kid from way down south in New 
Orleans, tells his saga in "Trumpftt 
on the Wing" (Doubleday; $2.95), 
skillfully aided and abetted (on the 
Remington) by Paul Vandervoort 
II. It comes out a racy autobiog 
of the Jazz age— and we don't mean 
F. Scott Fitzgerald's. 

It's a human-interest tale, a suc- 
cess story of its kind, since it takes 
Wingy from Basin Street to the 
heights on 52d St. and Hollywood 
& Vine. It's a frank, free 'n' easy 
exposition of life among the jazz 
beaus and babes, told with verve, 
gusto and convincing pace. It 
smacksof authority, and the photor 
graphic interpolations, plus Bing 
Crosby's foreword; are , the con- 
vincers. Ahel. 



Jack Emerson Sues 
Metrotone on Royalties 

Jack Emerson, whose Metrotone 
recording of "Hair of Gold" is 
credited with : having started the 
tune to success, filed suit: last week 
against the label in N.; Yi supreme 
court over unpaid royalties. Em- 
erson claims he hasn't had a state-^; 
ment accounting for sales of 
"Hair" and "Combelt Symphony,'! 
which also was a good seller lot 
him, for Over six months. . 

Suit' asks for an accounting ot 
the company's debt to him on the 
basis of a contract calling for a Ic- 
u-side royalty. Metrotone was 
served with papers in the action 

I last week and has 20 days to 

I answer. 



Top recording artists are eyeing 
the capital-gains deals being av 
ranged for high-earning artists in 
other fields, and it's entirely pos- 
sible that within the next few 
months there will be more and 
more similar setups in the disk 
business. A handful of contracts 
betw^n top artists and the com- 
panies they are now with have ex- 
pired during the disk ban, or are 
to expire during the next few 
months, and all: are claimed to be 
evaluating application of the legal 
income-saving idea to their own 
cases. Among them js one of the 
most outstanding record pames. 

in some cases ihe thoughts being 
mulled involve remaining with, the 
same labels the artists are' now tied 
to; in others, plans call for moving 
away. One of them is no secret- 
Guy Lombardo's willingness ,to 
move away from the Decca label 
after years of association. Lorn- ' 
bardo vbas for weeks been ,discus« 
sing and peering into the possibil- 
ity of moving into the weakened 
Mustcraft label scene with his band 
and, if he does, one of the; main 
reasons would be that capital gains 
angle.' Lombardo is also looking 
for something in which he and his 
brothers will have an investment 
and interest for the future. Despite 
the fact that bis band has been a, 
major earner for 20 years, he fig- 
ures that can't go on indefinitely. 

Lombardo, however, is only one 
of the group looking at the capital 
gains idea for Immediate relief 
or , for long-range investment. A 
contract expiring next April with ' 
one of the major companies in-: 
volves the same thinking, as does 
another due in February,' . 

Horace Heidt is another who has 
had such a plan in mind for some 
time. His idea would be to make- 
disks at his own expense and lease 
them to manufacturers. Whether 
this idea would be acceptable to a 
major company is not at issue, but,: 
it's said; such a plan ;couId be: 
worked out by an artist now tied 
with a company, under which he 
would continue with that: outfit. 
The time and expense ■ put into ■ 
making the disks .seemingly would 
be the "investment" basis to make 
it all legal. 



L(»nbardo, T. D. 
Set Hotel Harks 

Two top bands currently in New 
York have set new gross records 
in the hotel rooms they are play- 
ing. Guy Lombardo cracked his 
own mark at the Roosevelt Grill 
and Tommy Dorsey set new marks 
at the Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge. 

Lombardo's week ending Satur- 
day, Nov. 13, earned him a total 
salary in excess of $5,100, the high- 
est amount, he has ever taken out . 
of the Roosevelt on a 25% of the 
gross basis. He played to 2,775 
covers that six-day period, and hit 
subsequent week, ending last Sat- 
urday (20), wasn't too far oH that 
pace. 

Dorsey set new highs in, gross 
and in cover grosses at the Penn 
for the week ending Saturday (20). 
Of course; the cover tap at the spot 
has been boosted for Dorsey's run,, 
to $1.50 and $2. He has been do- 
ing exceptionally heavy dinner 
business, too. 

Eddy Dnchin is another doing 
business that was not expected of 
him at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. 
He had been out of circulation for 
so long that the hotel did not an- 
ticipate the sort of reaction he has 
been getting. 



Dutch Disk Plant to Press 
HMV, Parlophone, Odeon 

Amsterdam, Nov, 16. 
.. New platter factory at Heem- 
stede is all set to start operating 
Dec. 1. 

Plant will repress from' Colum- 
i bia, HMV, Parlophone and Odeon 
i m.'itrixes sent from England and 
I will market disks in Holland and 
I the Dutch colonies. Deal wa,s also 
made with Blue Star (French)) 
I label and a Swiss company. 



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James Wow 146G 
For 9-Week Tour 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Harry James': orchestra breezed 
back to town over weekend from a 
nine-week tour that in many re- 
cpects was reminiscent of the 
trumpeter's wartime-peak bisc. 
Working almost daily on a sweep 
from Salt Lake City down through 
'Texas and up the . Atlantic sea- 
board into the Carolinas, thence 
' back to the coast, the James ag* 

fregation pocketed approximatoly 
146,000. 

■ ■ On. the trek, band paused for a 
Ifi^day .. stand at the Texas State 
Fair, Dallas, which opened Oct. 8. 
Booked in at guarantee and a per- 
centage, the orch exited with 
about $35,000. Arthur Michaud 
and Jimmy Durante co-produced 
the Fair show j./ with the Schnoz 
ttefsonally heading .the show 
backed by James; 
'. Prior to the Dallas . location, 
James played 18 one-niters 

. through Utah, Colorado, and the 

. southwest. Band, booked in on 
guarantees of $2,000 or $2,500, de- 
pending on the town, went into a 
,60% privilege on each stop, gross- , 
Ing for itself $48,000 on the 18 
dates. The high-point was . a gig 
staged for promoter Jerry Jones in 
Salt Lake; James grabbed off ts 
60% that amounted to $4,700; 
Following the Fair, the band 

. blazed into deep south territory 
that James never before had ex- 
plored as a name leader. In- es- 

: saying - 21 one-niters, booked at 

' never less than $2,000 against 60%, 
the orch failed to go into percent- 

: .age on only four dates. The total 
KWag for this series of gigs was 
$63,000, 

A high was a flat guarantee of 
$4,500 to play the autumn ball at 
the Citadel, Charleston, S. C. The 
military college wouldn't give per- 
centage terms on this date, so 
. James manager : Frank . ; Monte 
tipped the guarantee. The school 
affair grossed $12,400/ as tap was 
$5 a head. 
In .the south the two peak takes 



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7 


3 


3 


3 


3 


3 


10 


10 


3 


■ 


7 


7 


69 


4 


4 


"Hair of Gold" (Roberts) 


8 


4 


6 


6 




5 






5 


6 


2 


5 


56 


5 


10 


'*My Darling, My Darling" (Morris) 


3 


7 


5 








3 


4 






9 


3 


43 


6 


6 


"Maybe You'll Be There" (Triangle) 




5 


4 




6 


10 






4 


,9 






35 


7 


7 


"rou Were Fooling" (Shapiro-B) . 


9 


6 






5 




5 


3 


8 








30 


8 


8 


"My Happiness'^ (Blasco) . . 


6 


9 


7 


'i 




; '4: 






7 


8 






29 


9 


5 


"You Call Darling" (Mayfair) 




8 


9 






7 








3 


5 




23 


10 


17 


'•White Cbristmas" (Berlin) 


••■5' 












6 


V -5 










17 


H 


11 


'^Xlndemeath Arches" (Bobbins) . . 




10 




9 




8 






9 


10' 


8 




16 


12 ' 


13 
























3 




12 


13A 


9 


"It's Magic" (Witmark) 








8 




9 








5 






11 


13B 


12 


"12th Street Bag" (Shapiro-B) . . . 




















7 




4 


11 


- 14 


11 


"Every Day I Love You" (Harms) . 
















6 


6 








10 


15 




Cuanto .Le Gusta" (Peer-Inter) . . : 








5 


8 
















9 



were $3,800 for a stop in Raleigh, I ]UI]|»|>1na|l'7 RAvpalc 
N. C, and $3,900 in Birmingham, "WOUiniUi ItCTCaia 

Ala. As promoting a dance Is an 
automatic dud promotion on a Sun- 
day in Memphis, Jamesj on the 
way back to Hollywood, played the 
first jazz concert of his batoneer 

career, in the cotton-market town, . songwriters' Guild' is' readying a 
on Nov. 14. Band, in on percent 



Details of New Pact 
With British Pubs 

Acting in collaboration with the 
Composers' Guild, the British 



age, raked in $3,300. 

Tonight (Tues.) James opens a 
four-week stand at th? Palladium 
here. It is understood he's booked 
in at guarantee of $5,500 per .frame 
against a split of all door admish 
gross over $13,500 weekly. 



'RH' Logging System 

Richord Himber's netc debelopment tn logging broadcast perform- 
ances lists tunes in the survey.'based on four major network schedulrs. 
They are compiled on the basts of 1 point for sustaining, instrumental; 
2 points for swstOiTiing vocal; 3 for commercial instrumental; 4 for 
commercial vocal, respectively, in each of the 3 i7ioior territories. New 
• Yor/c, Chicago and Coast. For example, a Comviercial Vocal in all 
three territories counts 12. Added to these totals is the listener ratings 
of commercial shows, which account for the large point tallies below. 
Week of Nov. 12th to 18th 

Total I 

Song Publisher Pfs. ! 

Buttons and Bows— f'Palelace"— Famous 321 j 

Here I'll Stay— *"Love Life"— Chappell 238 

on a Slowboat to China— Melrose 199 

You Were Only Fooling— Shapiro 185 I 

A Tree in the Meadow — Shapiro » . ■ • 116 i 

Until — ^Dorsey Bros. . - 115 

For You-^Witmark '. . . ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■ .•.•■••■»>•. . 

My Darling, Mv Darling— *"Where's Charley"— Morris 106 

Everyday I Love You — i'Two Guy.s From Texas"— Harms 99 

You Call Everybody Darhn— Mayfair, 96 

Cuanto Le Gusta— "'Date With Judy"— Southern ^6 

Hair of Gold— Robert 96 

Down Among the Shfeltering Palms— Miller 

Bouquet of Rosefs— Hill and Ranse 

One Sunday AJifernoon— "'One Sunday Afternoon"— Remick .. 

The Money Song— Crawford 

Bella Bella Marie— Leeds • • • • ...... 

Say It Isn't So— Berlin 

You Started Something— BMI 

Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart— Mills • • • 

Night Has'Thousand Eyes— i"Night Has Thouband Eyes'— Par. . 

It's Magic— 1- "Romance on High Seas"— Witmark 

Maybe You'll Be There— Triangle 

I Love You So Much It Hurts— Melody Lane 

If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts— Feibt 

Galway Bay — Leeds 

I'd Love to Live in Loveland— BVC 

"Lady in Ermine"— Miller 58 



This Is the Moment- 



BVC. 



By the Way— f'When My Baby Smiles At Me" 

In My Dreams — Wizell ; 

White Christmas— Berlin 

LoV6 Somebody— Krainer-W . . • • ■ • 

You Came a Long Way From St Louis— Jewel- . 

Beyond the Purple Hills— Goldmine 

Bluebird of Happiness— T. B. Harms ■ 

Again— f"Road House"— Robbins ^° 

Lavender Blue— Santly-Joy . . . • • Ji 

I Still Get a Thrill— Words and Music 

Tara-Talara-Tala— Oxford • *° 

Isn't It Romantic— r"Isn't It Romantic'— Famous 4,^ 

Far Away Places— Laurel, ; 
Rambling Rose — Laurel 
Just for Now— Advanced . . 

That Certain Party— Bourne . , , ^ „ „ i.u— An 

It's a Most Unusual Day— i "Date With Judy"--Robbms 40 

Ain't Doin Bad, Doin Nothin— Spitzer . 

So in Love— f'Kiss Me, Kate"— T. B. Harms ^' 

At the Flying-W— Morris . . , ^' 

Cornbelt Symphony— Mell in > ^' 

You Walk By— Cavalier 



final draft of a minimum basic con- 
tract lor submission to publishers 
sometime in January. The new 
pact, BSG veepee Eric' Maschwitz 
declared in New York last week, 
is expected to correct a number of 
trade abuses. : 

Organized in July, 1947, the BSG 
now comprises about 80% of the 
profession with 170 ^ members, 
Maschwitz saidi and after the firit 
of the year it's hoped that the re- 
maining tunesmiths outside the 
fold will join the rolls: President 
of the group is Sir Alan P^ Her- 
1 bert. Among other customs whibh 
I are expected to be tossed out under 
I the proposed agreement is the 
I habit of some 'pubs, in failing to 
I market or exploit a tunc within a 
I reasonable length of time. ^ 
1 In the forthcoming negotiations 
! with the publishers, the BSG will 
1 bar long tieups of its members' 
compositions by providing that if 
a song is not published within six 
months, the tune reverts to the 
writer. The pubs, it's said, often 
placed numbers m cold storage not 
because they lacked merit, but 
.<:ought to deprive competitors ot 
^^•^ I their use. Obviously the writer 
is then deprived of any earnings. 

Althougli the BSG is a compar- 
atively youthful union, it aided In 
eliminating the "payola racket'' on 
no the British Broadcasting Corp. and 
" also worked ' with the Composers 
Guild in bringing about a Wider 
BBC programming of British music 
of every kind, according to MaichV 
witz. "The BBG," . he said, "is 
our only shopwindow for the Brit- 
ish writer's opportunity m record- 
ings.- films and : legit are ; de- 
clclediy' limited." '', ,^: 

Records really don't help, Masch- 
witz feels; since mo.st of ; the 
vvaxmgs are primed , primarily for 
the American market. And purely 
British material is often passed 
over by the disk firms in an effort 
to find something of wider appeal. 
He pointed out that there are Com- 
paratively few British filmusicals, 
and Cited the success of "Annie 
Get Your Gun" as well as "Okla- 
homa!" in Britain ;as an indicattoh 
of the trend toward American 
music. 

Maschwitz, who arrived in New 
York via Pan American Airways 
last week, is in town primarily to 
Workout a possible deal for a 
Broadway production of his Cur- 
rent London musical, "Carissimft." 
Pr(;sented by Lee Ephraim at the 
Palace, the show is now in its 36th 
week. While in the Ui S. he may 
sciueeze m a U'i|?, to Hollywood to 
explore a possible sale of "Caris- 
sima" to films. Accompanied; by 
his wife, he plans to plane back to 
England Dec. 14. 



Tops of the Tops 

Retail Disk Seller 
"Buttons and Bows" 
Retail Sheet Music Seller 
"Buttons and Bows'' 
"Most Requested" Disk 

"Buttons and Bows'^ 
Seller on Coin Machine! 
"Buttons and Bows" 
British Best Seller 
"So Tired" * 



Disk Ban Melted 
Dealer Problems 

I Disk company sales executives . 
I have gotten some satisfaction out 
' of the Urmonth recording ban. 
I They assert that the distribution 
I and- retail end of the- industry is in . 
I a much 'healthier state because of 
!' it than it has been " in |or some ■ 
I time. This is so, namely, because 

the slowing up of releases , and: 
I the general reduction in business 
I have caused (1) the elimination - of . ' 
I hundreds of dealers drawn into 
{ the field by the wartime salesboom, 
I who were never looked upon fcind- 
, ly by the major companies because 
' they handled dozens of different 
I indie labels; (2) static mventories 
I to be cleared away and; (3) pre- 
I sented an opportunity to revive 
I catalog material that was in- con- 
I slant demand during, boom times, 
I but which : was not produced be- 
j cause materials and production 

were too tight. 

t Of the three reasons/ the first 
; is the - most important to the ma- 
{ jor companies. -In a good deal of 
I the .pre.rsiump .. correspondence be^ 
I tween : execs of these outfits and 
I distrib contacts, there was always 
I some I reference to dealers who 
! pledged allegiance to no individual 
company, or any group of -them, 
but handled all lines. Majors did 
not like it, since displays of dozens.: 
of labels often confused: buying Is^V 
sues, and they constantly- urged; 
distribs to get tough with "fly-by- ' 
night'.' dealers. 

In the third category, majors 
such as RCA- Victor, Columbia and 
Decca have done nicely with re- 
issues (even Capitol released many 
former hits). Victor, particularly, 
got the chance during the sales. 
slowdown and the ban to put out ' 
old sides by - Glenn: Miller, Artie 
Shaw, et al. These had been in .: 
big demand, . 



92 
89 
87 
83 : 
82 
75 
74 
69 
68 
67 
62 
61 
60 
59 



Songs with Largest Radio Audience i 

The top 31 songs of the week based on the copyrighted Audi' 
ence Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast Over 
Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, fnc, Dr. 
John G. Peatman, Director. ' ■■ 

Survey Week of November 12-18, 1948 

A Tree In the Meadow .• Shapiro-B 

Bella Bella Marie ... ; ; . . . ..... ■ . . . . Leeds 

Beyond the Purple Hills . . .. . . . ... ... ; . :Goldmine 

Bouquet of Roses . ; i . ^ . . .4 ... . .Hill & Ranget 

Buttons and Bows— T"Pale Face" . ....■.,.:....:;..., . Famous 

Cuanto Le Gusta — . "Date With Judy" Southern 

Down Among the Sheltering Palms .......... .i.. .Miller 

Ev'ry Day I Love You. ........ . , . .... Harms 

Far Away Places , , Laurel 

For You Witmark 

Galway Bay- . . .... ,......;.....,..,;.,.......;.. .Leeds ■ 

Hair Ot Gold Robert 

Here I'll Stay— *"Love Life" Chappell 

I Got Lucky In the Rain Fox 

I Love You So Much It Hurts . . . ;, ; . . . . . . i:; . . . . . , Melody Lane' 

If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts Feist 

Just for Now. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . ... . . . . ; .;. Advanced . . 

Lavender Blue .... ... : . . ... . .... . . . . . .... . . Santly-Joy 

Maybe You'll Be There .... , ...... ........... Triangle 

My Darling, My Darling-^*"Where's Charley" . Morris 
On a Slow Boat to China : ... ; , . . ........ '. x ...... Melrose ■ 

One Sunday Afternoon , . . . . ... .. . . . Remick 

Rambling Rose . Laurel 

Say It Isn't So Berlin 

■Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart Mills 

Twelfth Street Rag Shapiro-B 

Until Dorsey Bros.; 

You Call Everybody Darling ; ....... . . . . . Mayfair 

You Came a Long Way from St. Louis . . . . . . . ... , . Jewel , 

You Started Something . . BMI 

t You Were Only Fooling ....... v . . . /; ....... . . . . i ; . Shapiro-B 



57 
56 
53 
52 t 
50 , 
50 



45 
44 
43 
42 



.Robbins 

Spitzer 

T. B. Harms 
. BVC 

Mellm 

Words & M 



: The retnaining 20 songs of the week, based on the copyrighted 
Audience Coverage Index Survey of PopuUtf i Music Broadcast 
Over Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., 
Dr. John G. Peatman, Oirictor. ■ 

Again .' 

Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin' 

Blue Bird of Happiness , . .. .,.:. :;:. ;; 
By the Way— '"When My Baby Smiles at .Me". 

Cornbelt Symphony . ' 

I Still Get a Thrill 

I'd Love to Live in Loveland . ....v BVC » 

In My Dreams Wizell 

Isn't It Romantic — f'lsn't It Romantic" Famous 

It's a Most Unusual Day— t"Date With Judy" Robbins 

It's Magic — t"Romance On High' Seas'* Witmark 

Love Somebody V . .... . ... . . . . . . . Kramer-W 

Money Song Crawford 

Night Has Thousand Eyes— t"Night Has Eyes" . . . . . Paramount 
Play the Playera .., . i . ............... ... Marks 

Ta-ra Ta-la-ra Ta-la , Oxford 

That Certain Party : , Bourne 

This Is the Moment Miller 

When You're Smiling. Mills 

You Walk By • Cavalier 



*Jie0tt Musical, t Filmusicol. 



OlKCHKSTIKA.nfllJSIC 



WedneMlay^ November 24, 194ft 



Music Execs Curious 
About That Songwriter 
Attorney Slush Fund 

Music industrj' people are won- 
dering td what purpose the top 
songwriters may put the fund tliat 
has been collected fjoni various 
members of the Songwriters Pro- 
tective Assn. They cannot believe 
that the coin, estimated to have 
reached between $30,000 and $40,' 
.000, was rounded up solel,v to pay 

: attorney John: Schulman for inter- 
vening in the Independent Theatre 
Owners Assn. of N. Y. case against 
the American Society ; of Com- 
posers, 'Authors and Publishers. 
Vet; the letter which went out to 
the writers, on SPA president Sig- 
mund Romberg's private station- 
ery, and above Iiisr signature) clear- 
ly staled, that 'that's all the money 
was to be used for, that any over- 
subscription would be returned to 
the donors pro rata. 

What has industry men curious 
is the amount of the fund, in rela- 

■ tion to the possible cost of inter* 
vening in the ITOA-ASCAP case. 

. That's a comparatively brief job. 
Soiigwriters were asked , to kicK .in 
on the basis of their ASCAP 

• ratings^$300 : from "AA" writers, 
down the line. .In New York alone: 
a total of clOBe to $15,000 was piled 
up, $10,000 of Which assertedly 
went to. Schulman immediately. 
But the Coast contingent of SPA 
men . increased . that by as : raueh. 
and more. It's emphasiiied that 
the SPA, for which Schulman also 
acts as attorney, had nothing to 
do With the collection, tliat it was 
a dovelopment of SPA members as 
Individuals; 

Schulman wasn't paid by the 
SPA to the extent he might have 
been for all the work he has done 
for' the organization over recent 
years, particularly during the long 

-negotiations, over the new ;SPAr 
Music Publishers Protective Assn. 
contract. But the letter requesting 
contributions clearly stated the 
coin was. for the ITOA-ASCAP case, 
only. For awhile, music execs felt 
that the SPA might be building up 
a Warcjiest for some reason* but 
they cabnot think of one. The new 
SPA-MPPA deal is for 10 years 
and was signed 'less , than six 
months ago. 



gTHERE'S 

BARBER 
m THE 
gHARBOROF 
^PALERMO 



a TERRIFIC NOVELTYI 



SANTLY-JOr 
lilf Broadway 
N«w York 1». N. Y. 

EDDIE JOV: Gen. Prof, Mir. 



SAY SOMETH 
SWEET TO YOUR 
SWEETHEART 



I Th . nru. Start Coilllw JsHfifl«|^ 

I'llt'l i:i'|i''«''""™iB^BBBM 



MILLS MUSIC. 

1 6 I 9 8ro J J« J. • 1, , 



RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS 



Survey oj retail disk best 
sellers, based on reports ob 
taiiied from leading stores in 
12 cities a7wt showing com- 
parative sales rating for this 
and last week. 



National . 
Katinr 

This Last 
wk. 



Week Ending 
NOV. 20 



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be ■ ' • ,. 



Artist, Label, Title 



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FIVE TOP 
ALBUMS 



CHRISTMAS ALBUM 
Bing Crosby 

Denn 



lONG HITS 

IV17-43 
.Varitd Artists 

Decca 



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a 


1 


DINAH SIIORK (Columbia) 
"Buttons and Bows" 


1 


1 


1 


2 


1 


1 




1 


1 


1 


1 


1 


109 


2 


2 


KAY KYSEK (Columbia) 

"Slow Boat to Cliina" 


2 


2 


3 




2 


2 












2 


!i3 


3 


4 


GORDON JENKINS (Decca) 
"Maybe You'll Be There" . . 


5 


7 


4 


3 . 






10 


3 


10 


3 




3 


91 


4 


3 


PEE WEE HUNT (Capitol) 
"I'ith Street Ras" 


.8 




6 




9 


5 








■■:-4;. 




■4.- 


44 


5 


8 


J. STAFFORD-G. MacRAE (Cap) 
"My Darling, My Darline" 


3 


3 


8 








4 






< 


« 


•6 


41 


6 


7 


C. MiiBANDA-ANDBEMtS (Decca) 
"Cuanto I-e Gusta" 


■::'T ' 


5 








S 






2 


8 


8 




30 




6 


ftlARGABET WHITING (Capitol) 








c 




3 




2 








8 


29 


8 




J. STAFFORD-G. MacRAC (Cap) 
"Say Somethingr Sweet" 




6 










3 




5 




4 




26 


9 


9 


RAY IvicKINLEY (Victor) 
"You Came a Long Way" ; 








9 




1^ 




7 




7 






17 


lOA 


8 


J. STAFFORD-G. MacRAE (Cap) 






5 


« 












5 






19 


lOB 


5 


TOMMY DORSEY (Victor) 


10 












9 




4 




10 




19 


11 


14 


BENNY GOODMAN (Capitol) 














2 


« 










14 


12 


7 


BENN^ STRONG (Tower) 










6 
















13 


13 


10 


D. MAR-riN-J. LEWIS (Capitol) 
"That Certain Party" 


6 
























U 


14A 




LARRY CLINTON (Decca) 
"Slow Boat to China" 








1 


















10 


14B 


9 


DORIS DAY (Columbia) 








10 




4 






9 








10 


14C 


12 


DINNING SISTERS (Capitol) 
"Buttons and Bows" 














1 












10 


15A 




■ PAtfLA WATSON (Supreme) 
"A Little Bird Told Me" 






2 




















9 


15B 


10 


EVELYN KNIGHT (Decca) 

"A Little Bird Told Me" 


4 










9 














9 


15C 


16 


FREDDIE MARTIN (Victor) 




















2 






9 


15D 


14 
























2 




9 


16A 


13 


LARRY GREEN (Victor) 










3 
















8 


16B 


15 


BLUE BARRON (M-G-M) 

''You Werei Only Fooling" . . :. 


9 








5 












• * ' . 




8 


16C 




SAMMY KAYE (Victors 

"Down Among Sheltering Palms^' . 














7 








7 




8 


160 




ART .MOONEY (M-G-M) 
"Bluebird of Happiness" .... 






















3 




8 



3 

JAZZ AT 
PHIIHARMONIC 

Album No. • 

Mercury :. 



rRiVIN PLAYS 

THI PIANO 
.: Andr* Prcvin 

, ■: Victor 



SONO AND 
DANCI MAN 
0*n* Kelly 

M-G-M 



Band Reviews 

FRANKIE MASTERS ORCH (13) 
With Phyllis Myles, Jack Eaton, 

Bob Parker; 
Palace Hotel, San Francisco 

'The four-brass, five-sax and 
three-rhythm of Frankie Masleis' 
troupe provide a smooth flow ot 
sweet modern melodies in the ram- 
bling Palace Court. And they're 
attractmg satisfactory if not ■ sen- 
sational business. 

Accenting the entertainment 
\alue, rather than straight music 
alone. Masters, with the help of his 
five Swing Masters, who pour out 
a heaping measure of firstrate 
harmonizing, vocal soloists, Phyllis 
Myles. Jack Eaton and Bob Parker, 
plus his own bandstand songfesl- 
ing, put on a considerable "show" 
between the dance sets. It adds 
up to a value-received feeling on 
the part ol the check-payers. 

While Masters places his em- 
phasis on sweet music, he gets his 



licks in for the Latin items as well, 
and also clicks with bandstand nov- 
elties as ojfered by his songsters. 
Miss Myles is pleasant ornament on 
I bandstand and her handling of 
j hillbilly lyrics is firstrate. 
I Capacity of Palace Court is 350 
I as set up currently. Cover $1 
I nightly; $1.50 Saturdays. Masters 
' engagement is six weeks. Ted. 



Jocks, Jukes, Disks 

SSS» Continued froni pag« 34 '. ■ ■ ■ 



I GENE WILLIAMS ORCH (11) 
I Click, Philadelphia 

' With the accent on youth, both 
; as a selling point to the collegiate 
set and as eye appeal ;for tele- 
vision. Gene Williams' now band 
makes a heavy play for the younger 
dancing set. The 22 -year -old 
leader. e.K-Claude Thornhill croon- 
er, and his manager Barbara Belle 
rate credit lor promoting a new 
orcli during the height of the 
^slimip,.,- .:■,;>■ 

Rumor here is that Frank Pa- 
lumbo, PhiUy chain nitery entre-: 
(Continued on page 40) 



Harry Jamea chirp, using the trite 
'Embraceabla Yoo" and "Is It 
True" . . . Art Kassel turning out 
good b.o. disks for Mercury; latest, 
"If I Could Be With Vou" . . . 
Primo Scala's "Show Me the Way 
to Go Home" and "Wheezey Anna" 
follow the banjo groove that looked 
hot during the summer . . . Steve 
Gibson's "You Made Me Love 
You" (Mercury) is another "differ- 
ent" disk for jocks. 

Hecommended country, hillbilly, 
race' Washboard Sam (Victor), 
"Dollar Is Your Best Friend"; 
Denver Darling (M-G-M). "Roses 
to Tell You I'm Sorry"; Hank 
Thompson, (Capitol), "Second Hand 
Gal"; Johnny Yadnal (Victor), 
"Love Never Dies"; Rome John- 
son (M-G-M), "Faded Love and 
Winter Roses." 



Full liitpact of N.Y. 
Dock Strike Averted ' 
By Lolidon Records 

London Becords has been caught 
in the N. Y. dock strike, tliougli 
company, which markets pressings 
made in England by U. S. Decca, 
for U. S. and Canadian consump- 
tion, says it has not been too both- 
ered by the strike due to certain 
circumstances. It has a shipment 
aboard the S. S. Washington in 
N. Y. which cannot be unloaded, 
and had one aboard the Maure- 
tania, which was detoured to Hali- 
fax and unloaded there before 
dockworkers there refused to work 
on ships originally aimed lor N. Y. 

London explains that even if it 
could not get disks into Canada ' 
or the U. S. it would be okay. It* 
December release consisted mostly 
ot Xmas material, whicli has becii 
o\er here since October. Ifs admit- 
ted^ however, that pressings of soma 
of. the pop, songs in the same re- 
lease are aboard the Washington. 

If things got too tough, London 
explains, it could always get disks 
through London' Gramaphone of 
Canada, wltich imports disks itself 
from England. 



HENDERSON CANT DO 
^ MOS. IN CHICAGO 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 

Skitch Henderson's orch,: back- 
bone of new "Salute to Gershwin" 
presentation at College Inn of 
Hotel Shennan,;dropped a dealFrii- 
day (19) which might have ex* 
tended its run to seven months. 
Room reopened after a surrealistic 
facelifting, with , Henderson par- 
ticipating in a 40-minute montage : 
ot Gershwin's most popular num- 
berSi wlrile. life stoiy: of cohvposer 
unfolds via musical drama; modern ' 
ballel, and special choral and 
orch interpretations. 

Orch was - originally signed for 
six weeks, but biz has been .so 
good, that a new three-month con- 
tract w'lth two two-month options, 
including gradual Increases, was 
otfercd. Arrangement would have: 
torced the maestro to cancell three 
college prom dates during week of 
Dec. 16. , Batoneer's three-week 
stands at the Capitol theatre, N. Y., 
which was to liave started Dec. 23, 
was also to be junkedi But the 
Cap wouldn't let him out. 



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Wednesday, November 24f 194B 



OltCnESTRA§.llflTSIC 



39 



Ip^sff sma cavalcade! 

* **** (Musicat-Uistarical Review: 1800-1948)'******* ^ 
Couiipiled fur l^^IE'jTY 
By JL'LIUS MATTPELD 

(Copyright, Variety, Inc. All Right! Reterved) : 



New York 



son. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 
cop, 1852. 

Mas.sa's in De Cold Ground, w,. 
m„ Stephen Collins Foster. Firth, 
Pond & Co., cop. 1852. 

The Rock Beside the ^^av w , V , 

m., Charles Crozat Converse. Phil- I RCA-Victor signed Ike Carpen- 
adelphia:: Lee & Walker, cop. 18.52. j ter's six-piece band . . . Fred Rob- 
The Youner Folks at Home, w., i bins denies he has an interest in 
Frank Spencer., m.. Miss Ilattie I the New Clique Club, New York; 
Livingston (composed for Wood's states he's only on a salary basis 
Minstrels). T, S. Berry & Co., cop. ; • • • Louis Armstrong's all-star 
1852. ■ ' . I group, now at the Apollo theatrg, 

Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle did two tele shows, the Ed Sulli- 
Tom's Cabin" was published. Sales v"" "Toast of the Town" program 



On the Upbeat 



Ugeiids ond other bosic bacltBiOvnd . informction, (iftendont to the compifofion 
tirid presentotion,^ qppeored in tha Qtt. 6, 1946, issue when, (he ;: Varfety Sbng 

Covaleode itotfed puWieafion ,«rra«y. It is tugge^ted that thest, ins»pUmtnt, bo eventually 'mounted"u^^^^^^ liun- ' Sunday"T20r*antr Eddie Condon's 
clipped and filed, for fufuro refarcnco. ' dreds of "thousands "tt,,,. , m 

AHenliati i» hereby tolled to the fact that thi* material it copyright and may not , FlotOW^SI» obera "Martha" was 
'b» reproduced' either wholly or In port. , performed" in the U. S. 

Daniel Webster and Henry - Clay ,. 
two. 'igreat , Airiericaijv ^tattomeiEi, 

1850 l'^''^- . 

The Bridge. -.w.; Hciiry Wads- 
Worth Longfellow., ' ni.. Miss 4l; 
• Lind.-ay IMrs. J 



(Continued from loit Week) 



1849 

Nelly Was » Lady, w., m., Ste- 

Shen Collins Foster. Firth, Pond 
E Co., cop. 1849, 



r\«itr i! fPSfucl. Of George Frederick Root!. 



London; Robert Cocks & ,^?,,^"n 

Walter Wunt invented the safety Co [185-?]; Boston; Oliver Ditson '^!}i;i'"ii'i''Lntuck"y Ho'mef" 
P"l- ..... rV.°- II °" 'i „ Night. w.. m.. Steohen Cc 



WPIX broadcast last night- iTuesJ' 
. . . Harry Link is riot general 
manager of Feist ; he's gcrieral pro- 
fessional manager. Abe Olmari' is 
general manager of. all Bi^ Three 
firms Billy Usher retlirriirig, to 
business-, as single: after 'two ■ ye^t^ 
absence ; . . Doc Berger; ; Leeds 
disk jockey contact riian, , swings 
"V', „ " , i through the south on long trip be- 
ginning next wecki : . ■ .■■ 



Oood 

w., m., Stephen Collins 
Firth, Pond & Co.; cop. 



So many prospectors rushed to [De Campiown Races.] Gwine to 

California (1,200 sailed from the , Run All Night, w., m., Stephen Col- foii 

East in three months), and so many lins Foster. Baltimore; F, D. Ben- Q{a Dor Trav w m Stpnhr>n 

perished en route, that wiseacres teen. cop. 1850. Collh^s Foster Firth' Pond X ro 

told departing hopefuls to take cop 1853 

tombstoneyvith the^^^^^ jay Gould, later the fabulously Commodore Vanderbilt, Hudson 

New York City cieated a sewei nch financier, \\rote a classic River shipping magnate and later 

4epartment and paved Broadway theme in Beechwood Seminary en- "aUroad king, bum 

Wth granite blocks titled: "Honesty is the Best Pol- "North Star" which cost him 

Zachary Taylor was inaugurated ,cy " $1500 a day to operate. 

president. . Jenny Lmd, the Swedish Night- Franklin Pierce became presi- 

Joseph Jefferson, the great mgale, appeared in Castle Garden, dent 

AT'fi^^S^K f^'Tlte*. r^iff,*™?! ^^"^ "^'''■''' 'f'- Parnum'S] The horse Conqueror, a gelding, 

adult debut. Meantune-, California management. Her first concert ' ran 100 miles in 8 hrs., 55 mins 
embraced the entertainment bust- grossed $17,864.05 and the second 53 sec, winning a $3,000 to $1,000 
ness at once with the $80 OOf) Eag e $14,203.03. She gave SIO.OOO to wager that the stretch (iouldn't be 
Theatre in Sacramento, while charity, and when the Widow and traversed in 9 hours (Union 
Stephen C. Massett gave a series Orphans' Fund of the Fire Depart- Course, Long lsland)f 
of songs and recitations in San ment got $3,000. the firemen gave I Henry Engelhard Steinway and 
Francisco, using the only- piano m Jenny Lind a gold box and a rose- Jonas (ihickering were working on 
that section of the country. wood book-case containing Audu- pianos with strings stretched atop 

Luther Burbank, the horticul- bon's "Birds and Quadrupeds of metal frames (a great invention 
turist, was born. America." which gave world-wide impetus to 

Vstor Place riots ui New \ork| whist and f;uo wore popular piano building). 
City agamst Macreadj. an hnt^ish gamW ; The Crystal Palace opened ... 

actor, resulted in the death of 34 i California was admitted to the New York w.th a world's fair. (The 

Union. building was. destroyed by fire 

Millard Fillmore was inaugu^ three inonths later.) So, also, Fran- 
rated president on Zachary- Tayi^teoni's Hippodronie. which, seated 
lor's death. . 4,000. The latter offejried .chariot 

. Harper's magazine was estab-vraces, ctowiis, o races ahd 

lished.; stag hunts, and had a price scale 

Nathaniel Hawthorne published ranging from 25c. to $1 per per- 



Hollywood 

DukcEIUncton booked for three 
weeks, starting Feb. 1 at Holly- 
wood Empire Room, the present 



Tom Brenoman's, which will shift 
to new cognomen when Woody 
Herman opens month stand Dec 7 

Marianne Dunhc has given 
her exit notice to Ted Wccms, with 
whose orch she's been chirping. 
Thrush is quitting the biz, to marry. 
Weems' band, incidentally, in draw- 
ing 2,360 adnlishes last Friday, 
gave Aragon ballroom: its brightest 
Friday biz in .many months . . . . 
Dcsi Arnaz doing a one-niter at 
Xrianon ballroom on Saturday i27) 

Dave Cavanaufih orch play- 
ing Pasadena Civic Dec. 10 and 11 

Alvino Rcy band will start 
coasting after Dec. 9 stand at Frank 
Dailey's Meadowbrook N. J., road- 
house. Band will break up while 
leader lounges at home hero till 
after first ot year, then re-form lor 
another tour. 

Chicago 

Joseph Cole, . concert baritonei 
replaces George Tozzi in the "Sa- 
lute to Gershwin" at CoHeqe Inn 
(Continued on page 40) 




Wfc" .*.wr«r 




people'. The outbreak was in rfr 
taliatiort for the treatment of Ed- 
win Forrest, American actor, in 
London in 1845, 

Ladies now puffed their hair 
. over a cushion atop, the head. 



FeiitnriMr III M-U-.H'ii KIk Hit 

"DATE WITH JUDY" 

IT'S A MOST 
UKUSUAL DAY 

Music by, , . 
JIMMY MeHUGH 



ROUINS 



"The Scarlet Letter." iformance 

Men wore, cutaway coats: for : • "Uncle Tom's Cabin,'' the play, 
morning and- evening - occasions, ran a year at the Chatham Thea- i 
The coats had ample pockets in the tre, N. Y. "Camille" was on the 
tails. ; boards with Jean Davenport in the t 

"The New York Fireman" was a lead. • . . 

stage success. | The world of feminine fashions 

Fugitive slave laws ; and Henry i avidly ■ copied Empress Eugenie 
Clay's other "compromise" resolu- 1 styles (Eugenie that year became 



tions were passed by Congress: 



TONY 



PASTOR 

"YOU STARTED 
SOMETHING*' 

with 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY 



COLUMIIA RECORD 31297 



1851 

Home Again, w , m., M. S. Pike; 
arr. by J. P. Ordway. A. & J. P. 
Ordway. cop. 1851. ; 

w., m. 



Louis Napoleon's wife and em-; 
press'. ■, . 

Know Nothing secret political 
movera ent^which opposed the 
Roman Gatholics^began in New 
York. 

Commodore Matthew C. Perry, 



Nancy Till, w., m., anonymous ^ u. S. N„ met the Lord of Toda on 
(sometimes erroneously ascribed Kurihama Beach and gave him 
to Stephen Collins foster). Firth, president Fillmore's letter to the 



Pond & Co.. cop. 1851 

Oh Boys Carry Me 'Longi W.. m. 
Stephen Collins Foster. Firth 
Pond & Co., cop. 1851. 

Old Folks at Home. w.. m., Ste- 
phen Collins Foster. Firth 
& Co., cop. 1851. 

I Poor Old Slave. Negro song, m., 
' arranged by E. M; F. Boston; G. P. 
; Reed & Co., cop. 1851. 

Wait For the Wagon, w.. '? m.. 
I George P. Knauff: Baltimore; F. D. 
I Benteen, cop. 1851. 



Emperor, which the following year 
resulted in a treaty of peace arid 
amity that gave American ships 
(whaling and China trade) access 
of .Japanese ports and opened eom- 
Poiid mercial relations between the U. S. 
and Japan. . . . ' 



THE GREATEST WESTERN 
SONG OF ALL TIME 

Bob Nolan's Immortal 

COOL WATER 

(25 Records Availobic) 



AMERICAN MUSIC. INC. 

-Ooret Koiuero, I'rof. .UKr. 
>10»:8un«et Blvd. ISTS Hroadivojr 
llollnvooa 46, col. N«w York, N. X. 



Hard Times Com* Again No 
Morei w., m., Stephen Collins Fos- 
ter. Firth, Pond & Co., cop. 1854. 
Jeannie with the Light Brown 

Mrs. Amelia Jenks Bloomer be- Hair, w., m., Stephen Collins Fos- 
gan agitating for a dress reaching ter Firth, Pond & Co., cop. 1854 
to the knees, with trousers beneath The Monastery Bells — original 
(this garment, a pubhc joke in Frencli (itlc- Les Cloches Du Mon- 
1851, came into vogue with the bi- astere. Piano solo, m., Loui.s Al- 
cycle craze of the 'QO'si. fred Lefobure-Wely, op 54 No 1. 

The schooner "America" beat all Berlin- Schle.singer 1.1854]; New 
competitors from the Rojal Yacht York: F Schuberth & Co [,1854]; 
Squadron around the Isle of AVight, Munich: .Jos, Aibl 1,1855]. <Pub- 
thus giving the U. S. the first vie- hshed earlier in Paris.) 
tory in what was to evolve into the Poet and Peasant Overturc-- 
America's Cup races iwhich Eng- onfmal German litle: Dicbter und 
land has never won). Bauer. Orch. composition m.. 

Lola Montez. the danseusc (who Franz von Suppe. Munich: Jos 
reputedlv caused King , Ludwig I Aibl f'1854] 
of Bavaria the loss of his crown I - 



[ 



made her American debut, at the 
Broadway Theatre. N. Y. 

Herman Melville published 
'■'Moby Dick" and Nathaniel Haw- 
thorne "The House of Seven 
Gables." 

The New York Central Railroad 
made its first run — from New. York 
City to Albany. 

Fire destroyed 2.500 buildings 



There's Music in the Air. Hymn 
for SATB with piano accompani- 
ment, w., Frances Jane Crosby 
(Mrs. Alexander Van Al.styne). 
m.. George Frederick Root. Wm. 
Hall & Son [.18541. 

What Is Home Without a 
Mother? w., m., Alice Hawthorne 
fpseud: of Septimus Winnerl. Phil- 
adelphia: Lee & Walker, cop. 1854. 

Willie, We Have Missed You. 
w.. m., Stephen Collins Foster 



(OXFORD MUSIC CORP. I 
Itl* Iroodwoy Now York! 



Gauen'') 



)■ ' " . — i g lin San Francisco. - -i- o' - r.^^ ' >i ■ -lor'i 

: William W. Newcorab invented Firth, Pond & Co., cop. 1854 
i and danced "The Essence of Old < Movement, "Vaterland in Zeiinen 
Virginia" with the. Fellow's Min- 
strels, and also delivered a 
"Burlesque Lecture on Woman's 
Rights,"'.. : 

Sewing machine patents Were 
granted to J. M. Singer and A. B. 
■'Wilson.', : T' 



1852 

Do They Miss Me at Home? w., 
m.. S. M. Grannis. Boston: Oliver 
I Ditson & Co., cop. 1852 

Ever of Thee, w., George Lin- ^^^^.^^ „j ^^^^ Nebraska and 



Walter Hunt, having invented 
the safety pin, now invented the 
paper collar. 

The Whig party, along with sev- 
eral minor groups, was fused' into 
the Republican party. 

The hoop skirt. -a creation sup-r 
ported by steel wires and tape, 
was-'the latest; feminine wardrobe 
addition, 
The U. S. moved steadily West 



ley. m., Foley Hall. 
Turner [,1852]. 
I Lily Dale, w., m. 



London: J. A. 
H. S. Thoinp- ' 



Kansas: territories^ 
(Continued next week'* issue) 



40 



aB€llES11IA.MIJ$IC 



Wedneadnjr, Npvember 24, 1948 



Inside Orchestras-Music 

George Simon Music Co. has already received $80,000 in wax royal- 
ties this year (half of which must be given to writers) though firm 
hasn't had a really sock song hit. It's not done with mirrors either; 
Just the backs of top tune platters. The underside of Margaret Whit- 
ing's "Tree In the Meadow" is "I'm Sorry, But I'm Glad"; King Cole's 
"Nature Boy" is bracketed with "Lost April"; Dinah Shore's "Buttons 
and Bows" is mated to "Daddy-O"; Tex Benelce's "St. Louis Blues 
March" is paired with "Cherokee Canyon"; Ray McKinley's "Airesay" 
is backed by "Cincinnati," Simon has each of those undcrsUmg tunes, 
which are reaping in the same publisher-writer royalties on sales as 
«re the hits to which they are mated 




Bands at Hotel B.O/s 



Frankie Laine has been ofltered $7,500 through General Amus. Co. 
to essay eight concerts in Honolulu audltoiium, once nightly, starting 
Feb. 17. Acceptance is contingent on just what sort of a background 
gi'oup singer can muster to backstop him. The olTer includes free, 
transportation for himself, but Laine positively refuses to work at any 
time sans his pianist-arranger Carl Fi,schor, and wants to handpick a 
rhythm section. Laine reportedly is also holding out for free roundtrip 
transportation for at least four men before taking the Island oU'er. 
Proposition is that singer will stand salaries of his crew if the Honolulu 
promoter will underwrite the plane ride for'the.sidemen. 



Beryl Davis has split with her manager. Willard Alexander Chirp, 
who recently married KFWB disk jock Peter Potter, wants to stay 
anchored on the Coast, while Alexander flatly told her she'd have to 
take: tours to keep moving, now that she will not be renewed on Lucky i 
Strike "Hit Parade," and there is doubt as to her option being picked up , 
by RCA-Victor. Miss Davis has been getting $1,230 weekly warbling ; 
opposite Frank Sinatra on"Hit Paiade.'' In not i-enewing her option, I 
which would have called for tilt to $1,500, American . Tobacco will 
economize, for Eileen Wilson, who replaces the British singer starting j 
Dec. 4, will be getting a reported $450 weekly. i 



Louis Prima expects to run his star filly, Pennymaker. in the Santa 
Anita Derby and other important stakes at the Santa : Anita race meet 
after the first of the year; MaestrOj who has been an. owner . ol a 
racing stable for* more than two years, put the Pennymaker filly out 
of action • temporarily last spring after she developed buck . shinSi but i 
expects to run her at the Fair Ground^ New- Orleans, then ship her to j 
the Coast. Freddy Martin is perhaps the only other name band maestro , 
currently dabbling , in horse racing. , | 



London 

Danger of overwork has com- 
pelled Peter Yorke to relinquish 
batoning his orchestra at the Savoy 
theatre for the "Cage Me a Pea- 
cock" show. Yorke will continue 
to be the show's musical director, 
but musician-arranger Bob Busby 
will conduct in his place. 

Ted Heath's son, Bobby,', is to 
join the Eddie Palmer group which 
IS to play opposite the Ray Elling- 
ton Quartet at Fischer's Kcstau- 
rant, Bond street. . 

Hollywood 

Goddard Liebcrsoii. cilief'of Cor 
lumbiii Kecords' Masterworks di- 
vision, in from N.Y. ■ for week 
checkup of coast operations. Capi- 
tol set deal through Metro for 
houses showing ''Words and Music" 
to play Margaret Whiting's "Rodg- 
ers and Hart" album over p.a. sys- 
tems at intermissions, m addition 
to disk jockey tieups Robert 
Bildcr, former N.Y. lawyer turned 
composer, , inked to; do five songs 
tor Vinson Productions' "Encliant- 
ed Dream" , . . Charles Gaynor, 
author-composer of "licnd an Ear," 
cleffing two special musical num- 
bers which Andy Russell will use 
on his p.a. tour . . . Fran.kie Laine 
goes into El Rancho. Las Vegas, 
for two weeks, starting Feb. 2 at 
flat $4,500 per stanza . . . Rhonda 
Fleming: and Bob Hope recording 
"A Thousand Violins" and "Lucky. 
Us" lor Paramount's ' Kasy Does' 
It" 



.Biimr ■ .'Ilotrl; '"."Pliiyed' 

! Eddy Duchin Waldorf (400; $2) 7 

Ray McKinley* ... New Yorker (400; $1-$1.50). . . . 7 

Guy Lombardo Roosevelt (400; $1.50-$2) 8 

Tommy Dorsey Pennsylvania (450; $1.50-$2)... 7 



Caven 
IPait 

Week 
2,600 
1,025 
2,700 
1,725 



. lottl 
_Cove« 
On Data 

19,525 
7,125 
20,475 
12,750 



iVew Yorker, ice show; WaXdorj, Peter Lind Hayes-Mary Healy, 



Chicago 

Bernie Cummins (Walnut Room, Bismarck; 300, $2.50 min., $1 cover). 
Weather nipped at first week. Fairish 1,500. 

Skitch Henderson (College Inn, Sherman; 500, $2.S0-$3.50 min.). 
j "Salute to Gershwin" revue keeping room buzzing. Good 3,200. 
I Del Courtney (Marine Room, Edgewater; 700, $1.20 cover). Victor 
I Lombardo closed Thursday (18). Fine 3,400. 

I Frankie Masters (Boulevard Room, Stevens; 650, $3.50 min., $1 
' cover). Frankie Masters' plus new ice revue, sock 3,800. 

' Joel Merman (Mayfair Room, Blackstone; 350, $3.50 min., $1 cover). 
• New fliow with Myrus lured nice crowd. Neat 2,000. > 
I Griff Williams (Empire Room. Palmer House; 550, $3.50 min., $1 

cover). Small conventions holding next to final we'ek to moderate 

2,800. 



Columbia Records apparently has given up all intention of ever re- 
opening its huge King's MiUs, Cincinnati, pressing plants Company 
has disposed of much of the equipment installed there, or moved it to 
other production., points, and did likewise : with materials. Jn additioUi 
CRC recently disposed of real estate it held in the area, consisting of 
private homes constructed for employees of the factory. King's Mill 
wis the largest in the Columbia' string of production points. 



Gene Norman, KFWB disk jockey, has made a deal with Modern 
Records to issue 15 albums of wax recorded during various jazz con- 
certs he has promoted hereabouts jn 1947, Norman will get a cut of 
the sales gross' and, in turn, pay the performers the flat recording scale 
which prevailed.a year ago; Musicians' Local 47 will not permit Norman 
to release on disks recordings of concerts, held since the ban became 
effective last Jan. 1. • 



Henry Spitzer got 1;000 Columbia disks of one of his debut songs as 
a music publisher, "Little Jack Frost Get Lost," pressed back-to*back 
with the same tune. These are for disk jocks to forfend "playing the 
wrong side". Tune is by Albert Stillman and Seger Ellis, and Frankie 
Carle did the Col disking. 



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Victor-LP 

Continued from page 3S 



that Victor is figuring on * 45 rpm 
disk, radio and record equipment 
makers are figuring on adding the 
third speed to their products. 
Capehart, for example, is said to 
be planning a machine : cap^hle-' of 
reproducing at all three-^78, • : 45' 
and 33>/6. 

Victor, incidentally, is keeping 
its intentions strictly under cover. 
But the majority of its distributors 
and dealers are well aware of the, 
development, and rival recording 
company executives are cognizant 
of the company's plans even to the 
time it will be introduced, 

Victor's following in the foot- 
.steps of CR with its own long-play- 
ing disks (which won't actually 
spin as long as Columbia's in view 
of the slower turntable speed; is 
not quite understandable. Victor 
I assertedly was given an oppor- 
I tunity to join Columbia In the mar- 
I keting of the ' 33'/6 sides, as were 
j other companies, The offer was 
I rejected, probably in the belief 
i that the public would not accept 
i a recording which required a 
changeover in equipment. 



On the Upbeat 

li Continued from, page 39 ^ 



Los Angeles 

Freddy Martin-Florence Desmond (Ambassador; 900; $1.50-$2). Fair 
3,000. 

Jan Garber (Biltmore, 900; $1-$1.50). Good 3,200, 
Ka.v Thompson, Williams Bros;, Hal Sandack' (Beverly Wilshire, 40fff 
$1 cover, plus $4 minimum); Capacity 2,000 first four days. ■ . 

Location Jobs, Not in Hotels 

(CJiicoffo) 
500; $3.50 min.) 



Harvey Stone, Gracie 



$2.30 min.).- Opened Wed. (17). 



■ Gee Davidson (Chez Paree, 

Barrie, Vagabonds light 3,000. 

Sherman Hayes (Blackhawk, 500; 
. First week trim 2,500. : 
' Teddy Phillips (Aragon. $1-$1.15 adm.). Dipped to mild 12,300. 

. -Orrin Tucker (Trianon, $1-$1.I5 adm.). Holding well in second week; 

smart 12,000. 



of Hotel Sherman, Tozzi goes to 
Gotham for role in "Rape of Lu- 
cretia" ; . John Lewis, tormer 
orch leader, now heading BMI Cin- 
cinnati office . . . Flo.vd Hunt, 
combo leader and composer . of 
"Fool That I Am," signed a p.m. 
pact Willi Don llaymcs . . Irv,t>i 
Barg, Robbins Music rep; also tak- 
ing over Miller Publishing Co.'s 
Chi operation. . . Claudia Mor- 
gan, singer, joins Freddie Slack's 
orch for theatre dates , "Fliuri," 
new tune written by Mrs. Nancy 
Cavanaugh Jacobson, wife of Chez 
Paree owner, introduced on ABG 
. . Mercury Records presents 
"Jazz at Philharmonic" at Chi 
Opera House Nov. 26. 

Kansas City 

Harl Smith orch - back in- the 
home town for a stand in the Drum 
Room of the President hotel . 
Hal Mclnytre orch followed Bob 
Astor into the Pla-Mor Ballroom 
. . . Steve Kisley crew holding 
down the bandstand at El< Casbah 
of the Bellerive hotel . . Wayne 
Gregg orch down from Chi for a 
few weeks in the Terrace Grill of 
the Muehlebach hotel. Carlecn 
.Kayler has the vocal assignment' 
with the Gregg aggregation . . . 



Los Angeles ' 

Lawrence Welk (Palladium B., Hollywood, 4th wk.). Strong 12,000, 



ASCAP'Coast 

Continued from page 35 , 



manager, is "a rank failure," Cun- 
ningham said. He said the organi- 
zation "sorely needs a general man^ 
ager of tl.e stature of Jim Farley 



suit was a civil one, Ahlert told or Eric Johnston" to lop the group. 



Pittsburgh 




Leo Angelo orch. which .played 
Vogue Terrace with Page Gava- 
naugh Trio, goes back into that 
spot again Dec. 13 . . . David Carey 
on the vibes has joined Deuces 
Wild at Carnival Lounge until 
trombonist Tommy Twk winds up 
"Jazz at the Philharmonic" tour , . . 
Nick Summa, pianist formerly with 
Copa band, and Jimmy Emmert, 
ex-Hal Mclntyre trombonist, have 
gone with Baron Elliott outfit . . . 
Wilbur Hildenbrand is new piano 
and celeste man with Billy Catizone 
orch at Terrace Room . . . Bob 
Ruppert Trio and organist Johnny 
Mitchell had options up at Holly- 
wood Show Bar . . . Hi : Edwards' 
band playing for. weekend dances 
at:. Erectord Society,; private. '. club. 



Band Reviews 

i Continued from page iS i 



■ E ■ 



Exclusive Management 

ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION 

JOE GLASER. Pres. 
New York Chicago i Beverly Hills 

745 5th Ave. Pi. "-4600 203 No. Wabash | ,Mcr:. F!, Bev, Hills Hoi, 



preneur,:has a piece; of the: outfit. 
At any rate the band's long run 
here and its attendant air dates 
(10 to. 20 coa.st-to-coasters a weeki 
have . given the new orch a full- 
dress launching. 

Although he lays down the beat 
for the idance-minded . Click Audi- 
ence, Williams has followed closely 
the Thornhill style. The llubie 
Wheeler arrangements set a dis- 
tinctive melodic pattei'n even 
though they permit hewing to the 
conventional dance time. 
. Williams, who carries the vocal 
burdens by himself, sings ballads 
in a relaxed manner that goes over 
with the sex Kinsey lias yet to re- 
port upon. Jimmy Lyons' pianistics 
are a distinct asset, and AlecFila, 
a local favorite and a fwmer 
batoneer, paces the .brass section. 
Personnel numbers 11, witli two 
trumpets, two trombones, four sax, 
piano, bass and drums. (Jagh. 



members many theatres are now 
putting the taxes into escrow pend- 
ing final court ruling ; on the per- 
tormance rights so the Society will 
this year be deprived of abouti 
$400,000, although he insisted i 
ASCAP will finally win and coin ' 
will flow into its cofl'ers. Since i 
.quarterly ; payment, royalties are I 
about- six months behind coUee-' 
tions, the dent hasn't shown up 
yet. (For first three quarters this 
year, ASCAP paid more than a 
$6,000,000 melon cutting, about 
equivalent to the same period last 
year. ) 

Ahlett disclosed ASCAP will set 
up a television rate structure early 
next year to be retroactive to Jan. 
1, 1949. Present telerights are $1 
yearly, a mere gesture. Under the 
bylaws 80% of the members must 
agree to the Society becoming an 
agent for handling of tunes on 
video. Some 78% already ac- 
quiesced. 

Vet songwriter Robert MacGim- 
sey left members gasping by stat- 
ing flatly that ASCAP's salvation 
only is if the film companies divest 
themselves of their pubbery sub- 
sidiaries. Gilbert won an admission 
from Ahlert that ASCAP toppers 
are quietly planning a change in 
the classification structure now | 
governing writers. Ahlert agreed j 
to Gilbert's demand that the board 
notify all members at least 60 days 
before any attempt is made to 
change the classification system, 
and that 'members receive copies 
of proposed changes; This plan 
has been in the works for some 
time, incidentally. It was devel- 
oped by George W. Meyer, who 
originally developed the current 
method of distribution to pub- 
lishers. 

Cunningham, departing from 
script, said he believes ASCAP is 
making a "grav« mistake" by func- 
tioning without a general manager 
since John G. Paine died two years 
ago. The four-man "consulting 
committee'; which took over. In- 
stead of a $40,000 yearly general 



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Miami Beach Talent War Claims Finst 
Victim; Latin Quarter Drops Shows 



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Miami Beach , Nov. 23. 4* 
The Latin Quarter, Miami Beach, 
has withdrawn from the Florida 
talent sweepstakes. E. M. Loew, 
fpot's owner, and Lou Walters, co- 
owner with Loew in the Latin 
Quarter, N. Y„ who was booking 
the Florida spot, settled on a 
ctraisht eatery with music policy 
following decision not to attempt 
to compete with the Miami Beach 
bonifaces who have adopted a 
"budget be hanged" attitude in the 
purchase of top performers. 

Loew and Walters decided to 
drop shows after Abbott and Cos- 
- telle were forced to cancel their 
February date at spot because of a 
new film commitment at Universal- 
International. In shopping around 
for a replacement, they found that 
the cream of the names have been 
iiphoned off by the competition; 
and what was available was offered 
•t prices which they thought to be 
out of line. Rather than take a 
certain financial loss, they decided 
to abandon shows. 

■ Duo had Olsen & Johnson set to 
open the Latin Quarter, late Dp- 
cember. If the comedy team are 
not sold elsewhere for that period. 
It's likely that Loew and Walter.s 
will use them in their N. Y. cafe. 
Same applies; to the Candyce-King 
dancers, who. -were booked for : a 
■13-week term in Florida. 

Waiters, since Abbott & Costel- 
lo's cancellation, is also faced with 
the necessity of finding a headliner 
for the N. Y. spot following current 
run of Sophie Tucker. Rudy Val- 
lee was being negotiated for, but 
deal is now in abeyance, inasmuch 
.as Walters and Loew may have to 
play Olsen & Johnson in that spot 
instead. 



Indie Agents Will Now 
Book German Acts For 
GI's in Occupied Areas 

Bad Nauheim, Nov. 16. 

Special Services German Show 
Circuit did a fadeout Nov. 1, with 
> independent agents taking over the 
stint of booking German acts for 
soldier clubs throughout the occu- 
pied area. 

Under the new deal, military 
posts may contact Individual acts 
direct or through agents on the 
approved and recommended Office 
of Militaiy Government, U. S. In- 
fotmation Control Division, list. 
Move was in line with the overall 
policy of returning business to Ger- 
mans. 

Technical supervision over post 
operation in hiring of German tal- 
ent will be exercised by the Enter- 
tainment Branch of Special Serv- 
Ices. The elimination of the Ger- 
man talent circuit leaves the Allied 
Civilian Shows circuit supplying 
outside talent— British, French, 
Italian, Dutch, Belgian and Danish 
r-to clubs in m zones. 



Three Cafe Men Held In 
St. Loo Niteiy Murder 

St. Louis, Nov. 23. 
Three employees of the Kitty 
Kat Club last week were indicted 
by a local grand jury in connec- 
tion with the fatal shooting of 
Donald Tierney, 19, a customer, 
last September in a row in th^ 
club. Frank Hickey, a bartender, 
was indicted on a first-degree mur- 
der charge; Paul Martorell, co- 
ownert and Lee Deering, bouncer, 
are charged with being accessories. 

Tierney was shot when he went 
to the aid of a companion who had 
been attacked by several unidenti- 
fied persons. The row is alleged to 
have started when remarks were 
made to a girl companion of 
Tiemey's friend. 

Vivienne Segal Buys 
Out of Embassy Pact 
ToPreematLeDirectoire 

Vivienne Segal suddenly switched 
her cafe debut from the Embassy 
to Le Directoire, N. Y., last night 
i23), but had to buy her way out of 
the Embassy pact by payment of 
$1,000. 

Sequence of events had Miss 
Segal set to open at the Embassy,- 
Nov. S, at $100 plus i-S of the re- 
ceipts over $12,900. Shortly before 
the opening, Miss Segal was taken 
ill and opening was postponed for 
10 days. Meanwhile, she wanted 
a more certain guarantee and con- 
tract was revised with a $500 sal- 
ary and breaking point of $14,500. 
However, songstress subsequently 
wanted a complete out from the 
Embassy contract, and when Le 
Directoire offer was made at $1,000 
weekly, settlement was arranged by 
her attorneySj Silverstone & Ro- 
senthal, for $1,000 in order to re- 
imburse the club for $um spent In 
publicity and advertising. 

In the process of switching, 
clubs, Miss Segal also switched 
agents. . Jack Lear & Milton Ben- 
der, originally In on the deal, were 
succeeded- by Gloria Safier, who 
handled Le Directoire booking. 



Danny Thomas Lines Up 
Cafe Dates at $7,500 

Danny Thomas will: do ; a series 
of cafe dates before going Into La- 
Boheme, Miami ; Beach, in Febru- 
ary. 

Comic has signed for the Chase 
hotel, St. Louis, Jan. 7; Latin 
Quarter, Boston, Jan. 16, and the 
Town Casino, Buffalo, Jan. 24. 



William Orustein 

o .prcrrtKitil pufafhisi arid fifm . 
. . raarchondiser 
rtvltwi the 

"Growth of the Roof • 
less Theatre — 730 
Drive-Ins Today Do 
BigB.O." 

•II •dileriol f«ar«r« in 

43d Antuvei'aaryf JVumber 
Dm* Saen ' 



hk Spots FffSt 

Negro Act to Play 
Top Florida S^t 

Miami, Nov. 23. 

First colored act to play for 
white audience in deep south will 
be the Ink Spots, definitely booked 
for Dec. 23 opening at the big 
Monte Carlo Club here. 

Operator Tony Lopez is break- 
ing precedent rather than the law. 
There never has been any official 
ukase against colored performers 
in city or state. Lopez is the 
Clover Club bandleader who is in- 
vesting his savings in the custom, 
breaking policy. 

Supporting acts will be ofay, 
with Jerry and Jane Brandow 
skedded and a novelty turn being 
dickered, for. Set to follow the 
Ink Spots who are in on one Week 
with option, is Bill Robinson. Re- 
modernized hotel in colored sec- 
tion,' completely air-conditionedi 
will provide quarters for the act. 

Deal has been okayed by top 
police officials in Miami and all 
the way down the line from state 
toppers in Tallahassee. It's ex- 
pected that in addition to Ku Klux 
Klan opposition. Ministry will op- 
pose on basis of possible results 
from such action! 

Ink Spots fee for stint is $4,500 
weekly. Signed contract is now 
in local American Guild of Variety 
Artists .office according to- Jerry 
Hirsch, regional director. Lopez, 
besides operating will head up 
bands. Controversy about innova-: 
tion on nitery scene here is ex- 
pected to lead to sellout crowd. 

Hamilton Vice Sully 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

Fred Hamilton has joined the 
Coast: office of Music Corp. of: 
America cafe and theatre dept. re^ 
placing Joe -Sully, who shifted to 
New York. 

Sully was ipoved to the N. Y. 
office to strengthen the cafe dept. 
following promotion of Johnny 
Greenhut,: who: moved from the 
cafe division to television dept. 



AGVA, AFM Midwest JnrisdictioiialM 
Awaiting Barto. Petrillo PaHey 



A. 0. Hotels, Nit^ries 
Retrench on Talent Costs 

Atlantic City, Nov. 23. 

About the only added attraction 
here for Thanksgiving day will be 
the weather, which has been be- 
yond most expectations this fall, 
to the delight of the Visitors and 
conventioners. 

Night clubs seem to have given 
up the ghost entirely. Not a Single 
club is carrying an ad in the local 
papers as of the past weekend. 
This doesn't mean they are all 
closed, simply that : they - aren't 
spending money, for advertising, or 
shows. As a matter of fact those 
remaining' open are coasting along 
sans shows depending upon biz. 

Boardwalk spots have cut talent 
budgets to the bone with a few 
rhumba bands, trios and organ 
music all that is left. The excep- 
tion is. the Mayflower which has 
Pedro Albam and runs Rhumba 
contests, and the Traymore with 
Cal Gilford. 



Rosen Sues Lou Irwin 
In Commission Row 
Over Hayes' Bookings 

Matty Rosen, N. Y. agent, has 
filed suit against Coast percenter 
Lou Irwin in the N. Y., supreme 
court claiming breach of contract 
regarding eastern bookings of Pe- 
ter Lind Hayes. Rosen claims that 
in June,; 1946, Irwin entered into 
an agreement with him In which 
he (Rosen) was to be Hayes' east- 
ern representative .: and would re- 
ceive 5% «f all sums earned by 
Hayes on these dates. 

It's claimed that Hayes :has had 
approximately $200,000 worth of 
work in the east since that time 
and commissions : would have 
amounted to $10,000. Rosen claims 
that a balance of $8,700 is still 
outstandin;' and is suing , for that 
amount. 

Irwin, . through his attorneys, 
Goldfarb, Villon & Mirenberg, en- 
tered a general denial^ claiming 
that (;he contract : for : Rosen was 
for specific dates on which $1,300 
has idready been paid. Irwin also 
claima that the pact was for one 
year only and no commissions Were 
due after expiration : of initial con- 
tract. 



■+ Settlement of the tiff between 
the American Guild of Variety 
Artists and the American Federa- 
tion 01 Musicians may have to wait 
for parleys between Dewey Barto, 
AGVA's national administrativ«v 
secretaiy, and James C. Petrillo^ 
AFM head. Barto has been seek- 
ing a talk with Petrillo, but hasn't 
yet been able to contact the AFM 
president. 

Cafe musicians are still out in 
Kansas City, Des Moines, Wichita 
and Omaha, while nitery perform-; 
ers are working those spots. Dis- 
pute between both unions flared up 
over the status of a Kansas City 
marimba player who takes occa-; 
sional cafe dates. AGVA rep in 
Kansas City, Vincent Lee, insisted 
that -Vera Claire McNary work un- 
der an AGVA contract, while AFM 
heads following Petrillo's ' edict of 
last June, insisted that her work 
came under AFM jurisdiction. In 
the ensuing dispute, AFM pulled 
out all cafe musicians. AGVA 
members continued to work. . 

There had been at one time a 
working agreement between AGVA 
and the AFM whereby any side-' 
men who sing or dance would join 
AGVA, just as singers who play an 
instrument belong to the AFM. 
However; PetWUo issued a ukase 
forbidding AFM hiembers from 
■joining any other union in the en- 
tertainment field. 

If and when Barto talks to Pe-: 
trillo, it's expected .that the status 
of harmonica players Will ^Iso be 
settled, Until this year, harmonica 
players belonged to AGVA: exclur- 
sively, but, during the current rec- 
ord ban , Petrillo ordered them into : 
the AFM fold in order to prevent, 
them from making disks. '! 



Hartmans, Shay To 

Play WedgM(ood Room 

Wedgwood Room of the Waldorf- 



Hollywood Nitery Folds 
Owing Cole, Calloway; 
GAC Eyes AGVA Bond 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
. American Federation of Musi- 
cians has been notified by General 
Artists Corp. that the Long Beach 
nitery. Club Modeme, Wltich sud" 
denly shuttered, owes a total of 
$3,522 to two GAC attracllions. 
King Cole Trio and Cab Calloway 
combo, which recently played two 
weeks each at spot, 

It is understood' that. Modeme, 
upon closing had a cash bond of 
approximately $1,500 posted at 
AGVA office here. Both Carlos 
Castel,' manager, of 'Cole, and : the 
GAC execs here are attempting to 
swing tills coin in their direction. 

The bond was filed with AGVA 
months ago to cover acts which- 



Astoria hotel, N. Y., has lined up played spot. At the time of the 



the Hartmans to go in Dec. 16, and Joldo no' AGVA performers were 

on the bill, and no coin is; owed 
any AGVA tUtn foir P?»st dates at; 

,th"e club.'-' ',:■.■.'•■■:,■'. '■-..:;.■■:'' ^ ;''"■: 



Dorothy Shay for Jan. 13 

Another act is to De islffned for 
each bilL 



The GREATEST Act In Europe Is N 0 T Available 

CHARLIVELS 



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Wednesday, ^Vovember 24, 1949 



NHery Ops May Petition AGVAto Relax 
Matinee Ban; Say They Need Extra Biz 



Nitery owners are looking to'*'-^ — ' ' 

matinee gimmicks to increase rev- - i • n* I I 

enues to tlie break-even point. It s BorCO LOIIgnair lllCk 111 

now felt tliat wltli current operat- p . . 

ing costs, most cafes are unable to 
pay off witli the eight to ten Iiours 
of nighttime operation- Conse- 
quently, they must look to increase 
the number of hours in which they 
can operate. 
Many N. Y. hJteries have solved 



N.Y, Debut; Grossesfl^O 

Emile Boreo, \yho first appeared 
tjCfore American audieiices in the 
"Chauve Souris," gave his first 
longhai,r type concert St tlie ff. Y, 
Times Hall Saturday (20) before a 
thrproblm \\4tFmatinerrhumba capacity crowd, grossing $1,250. 
sessions. Cafes sudh as the Em- , Smger, as a result of his appear- 
bassv, Havana-Madrid, China Doll , anc^s, has obtamed several con- 
and a few others get SRO business ! cert ofCers, and may desert cafes 



Debonairs' Paris Click 
Delays Capitol Date 

Tlie Debonairs will continue at 
tlic Club Lido. Paris,' until May, 
thus cancelling out their Capitol 
theatre, N, Y. commitment, which 
was to liave started Dec. 23. Walter 
Long, Jr., lias been signed to re- 
place them at the tlieatre. 

Debonairs are also slated to play 
the Palladium, London, and a 
Cannes nitery al the conclusion of 
their Lido date. Capitol date Will 
be played at a later time. 



on weekend matinees 

Latest v^Tinkle that has started 
in cafes outside of New York, is 
the bboking of large matinee par- 
tics. The Latin Casino, Philadel- 
phia, for example, was able to in^ 
f Crease- iits profit on the Lena 
Home engagement by setting up 
two affairs for local organizations, 
both of which were held on Sun- 
days, when the cafe is usually 
closed. 

Tlie Latin Quarter, Boston, sim- 
ilarly : booked a daytime shindig 
when Ted Lewris was at the spot; ,: 
, However,, it's seen that the mat- 
inee party angle eannot last until 
the American Guild of Variety 
Artists changes current regula- 
tions forbidding matiftee sessions. 
Mickey Redstone has been called 
up by the union to explain the I stunt. 
matinee show, and it's unlikely that 
he'll be able to continue them. ■ 

It's believed, that individual 
nitery operators will continue : to 
attempt deals for matinee sessions. 



temporarily to. take advantage of 
them. 

Boreo performed, for about two 
hours, reprising the "Chauve 
Soyris" numbers as well as tunes 
written especially for the concert, 



Bobby Breen 'Forced' 
Landing Sc6ut<}d As 
Stunt for Publicity 

Chicago, Nov. 23. 
Investigation has been started to 
determine if Bobby Breen, who 
was found late last night at Glid- 
den, Wis., after searchers had 
combed area 36 hours for his miss? 
ing plane,; was pulling a publicity 



P4, singer and former ehild film 
star were reported missing Sunday 
iiighti arid air authorities sent doz- 
ens of planes scouting wilderness 

Pitches are expected to increase f^^'J^^^J^^^'^t Anin^ilVf^^'^f ^" 
if business declines. It will be ar- 5?8agement at tl^e Or^^^^^^^^ 
gued that many clubs will be F'^l^/So . 'ind was going to Hay- 
forced to close unless new ave- S^ard, Wis. on deer hunting trip, 
nues of revenue are found. AGVA 1^°}^"^ found him in hotel Glidden, 

where he claims to have been 
Iforced down due to bad weather. 
However, he didn't report to police 



may reconsider its stand if it's the 
onljt way to pennit some cafes to 
remain open. 



New Aud for Canton, O. 

Canton, O., Nov. 23. 
Canton officials have given green 
light to architects for detailed 
drawings for the city's new $925,- 
000 arena-type auditorium, con- 
tracts for wliich will be let next 
April. " 

The nfew auditorium, in the 
northern section, will replace the 
old auditorium building in down- 
town Canton which twice has been 
offered for sale, and will be re- 
advertised. Only one bid, of $226 



or air officials while absence was 
being headlined throughout mid- 
west and radiocast. 



NITERY DATES 
Andy Russell, Is a Jan. 30 starter 
at the Latin Quarter, Boston. 

Merry Macs slated for the Ca- 
sino, Pittsburgh, Deo. 17. 

Evelyn Kniffhl goes into Keith's, 
Dayton, Nov. 25. 

Myron Cohen is booked for the 
Latin Quarter. Bostonj Feb. 13. 

Harry fiichman signed for the 
Chase hotel; St. Louis. Dec. 25. 
Helen Forrest into the Copaca- 



lOO, was received. Proceeds from I bana, Pittsburgh. Dec. 20. 
sale of the old auditorium will be | Sonny Skylar pacted for the Em- 
applied on the new structure. I bassy, Philadelphia, Dec. 3. 



Early Shuttering Of 
Montreal Cafes Seen 
Hurting Holiday Biz 

Montreal, Nov. 23. 

With local boites propping for a 
heavy Christmas and New Year's 
trade,- Premier Maurice Duplessis 
cooled things off on Saturday (20) 
with the announcement that all 
rtight clubs, grillsv and cafes must 
shut down tight at 11 p.m. on 
Christmas Eve and 2 a.m. sharp on 
New Year's Day. ^ 

According to DuplessiSi this de- 
cision was reached after, a request 
had been made by Msgr. J. A. 
Valois diocesan director of Cath- 
olic Action, and by Eugene Simard, 
K.C. and Mrs. W. Ma.ior, co-chair- 
man of the same outfit. 

At the : press conference, the 
Premier emphasized that, "when 
I say close the doors at 11 p.m. on 
Christmas Eve. I don't imply that 
the owners will close their doors 
and continue to do business inside. 
Sale of liquor must stop at 11 p m 
So must drinking." 

Duplessis added that he was de- 
termined to enforce the. law or 
el.se . . . The "or else" will mean 
still' fines and possible cancellation 
of liquor permits which as, eve'ry 
local nitery owner knows are ex- 
pensive and hard to get. 

Added to the holiday edict is 
the-, current confusion amongst 
clu6 owners of the Sunday show 
and dancing rule. According to the 
law there are to be no shows or 
dancing on Sunday. Most clubs 
have ignored this and regularly 
pay a nominal fine which has be-, 
come sort of a monthly contribu- 
tion. Recently 15 clubs were hit 
and one, The Latin Quarter, con- 
tested the case and lost. With Mon- 
treal doing a heavy tourist and 
convention business throughout the 
year, club owners say, it is impos- 
sible to please everyone and would 
welcome a hard, fast rule for their 
Sunday trade. 



AMERICA'S FUNNYMAN! 




IJost Concluded 3 Weeks, PARAMOUNT, New YoriTH 
and Signed to Return in 1949 * 

I My Sincere Thanks to BOB WEITMAN, HARRY LEVINE • 
I . and BOB SHAPIRO for a wonderful engagement I 

★ ★ ★ 

Currently Appearing 

La Martinique, New York 



"Dave Barry tears 
the joint opart." 
VARIETY 



CAPITOL RECORDS 



"Dave Barry kills 
them." 

BILLBOARD 
Management 

MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA 



FWC Opens Circuit to Spike Jones 
At $3,500; to Play at $3.60 Top 



Miami Copa City Angling 
Berle for Preem Show 

Miami Beach, Nov. 23. 
.Deal is being set for Milton 
Berle to open at the Copa City, 
Miami Beachj starting Dec. 23 for. 
two or three days depending upon 
whether the cafe will be ready. If 
.set he would plane to Miami from 
New York after his Wednesday 
niglit video show and fly back Sun^ 
day' in time for rehearsals for his 
Tuesday night Vaudeo show for 
Texaco. 

Beckman & Pransky; booking tlie 
Copa, are dickering for a liigh- 
powered name to fill in the rest 
of the week following Berle's exit. 

Following show will have Xavier 
Gugat band, Johnny Johnstone and 
Jan Murray) starting Dec. 3 1 . : 



Nat Moss Convicted 
For Failure to Turn 
In Federal Taxes 

Cafe operators are now doubly 
wary of dipping into the tax funds 
to meet current operating ex- 
penses. Bonifaces have another 
object lesson in last week!s con- 
viction of Nat Moss, former op- 
erator of the 400 Club, N. Y. by a 
N. Y. Federal Court jury. Mo.ss was 
charged with failure to pay $43,- 
000 in the 20% amusement taxes 
collected in his cafe, and attempt- 
ing to evade payment of another 
$19,000 in social security, witli- 
holding and unemployment ; com- 
pensation taxes; He'll be sentenced 
by Federal Judge Samuel Kauf- 
man, Dec. 3, facing a possible 30- 
year term and a $100,000 fine. As^ 
sistant U. S. Attorney Fidward E. 
Rigney prosecuted. Rigney per- 
mitted Moss' release after bail had 
been increased from $1,000 to 
$2,500. 

It was charged that Moss col- 
lected the imposts from customers 
at the 400, but failed to turn them 
in: He declared in court that 
he had intended turning over the 
tax-collections to tlie Government, 
but was forced to dip into the 
funds in order to meet .current op- 
erating expenses. ■ 

This is the second recent con- 
viction on Broadway for this rea- 
son. Jack Green, who operated 
La Conga, which subsequently be- 
came the Riocabanu, and the 
Ebony Club, was convicted for -the 
same reason.' He was given a -sus- 
pended sentence when he promised 
to make restitution. : . 

Attorneys say 'that it's a crim- 
inal offense to delay payment of 
the cabaret tax. Government can 
prosecute even if true tax returns 
are filed, but money is jiot sent 
along with the statement. 

Moss is tlje brother of Joe Moss, 
and both were associated in the 
operation of the old Holly wood and 
other N,Y. cafes. Latter is cur- 
rently with the 400 Club, Washing- 
ton. : 



-*~^ Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 

For the first time in its historv, 
Fox West Coast is throwing its 
houses open to a barnstorming, 
band. Attraction is Spike Jones' 
"Musical Depreciation Hevue;". 
which starts a series of one-uight^ 
ers at FrWC, showcases next week 
at a $3,500 guarantee against 60% 
of the gross. 

Jones kicks off the series with a 
date at the . Pox, San Francisco. ' 
Nov. 30. Unit then comes back, 
here to permit playing the Coca* 
Cola airshow, and then takes to the 
road again, heading north for a 
Dec. 1 date at the Orpheum in Oak- 
land. Other dates already set are 
the Fox, Pomona (4), Arlington, 
Santa Barbara (5), Fox, Bakersfieid 
(6), Wilson, Fresno (7), and Calir 
fornia Fox, San Bernardino (8). 

Deal calls for a one-show niglitly 
policy at a $3.60 top. Houses will 
end pie screening at 6 p. m., aiid 
close .-until ready for the evening 
performance. F-WC toppers risf. 
portedly have a two-fold interest: 
in the deal; first, the extra take 
possible through the booking; ahd,| 
second, the fact that theatre grosses 
probably would dive if Jones 
I played the Various towns as an 
auditorium .attraction, bucking the ' 
regular film house fare. 
I It's believed that the Jones-Fox 
West Coast deal may be the iovi*: 
runner of other MCA-booked date.si; 
It's pointed out that both Jack. 
Benny and Kdgar Bergen could be 
packaged for one-nighters in show- 
case houses on a similar basiis. 
Eacli would: be available only in the 
Califoiiiia-Nevada locale, thus per-: 
ifiitting return to Hollywood for 
broadcasting purposes each : week:; 



Basil in Chi Post 

Louis Basil, former house band- 
leader at Loew's State, N. Y., has 
been . signed to. perform similai- 
chores at the Chicago theatre,; 
Chicago, starting Dec. 3. 

Basil, before heading the music 
at the State, was house bandleader 
at the Carman, Philadelpliia. 



JACK PARKER 




"THE JACK 
OP CLUBS" 

Loew's Capitol 
Wash., D. C. 

Available 

Dec. 2 

Monaginiant: 
TOM PI1ZPATRICK 



Troftipeh'nfng/y Youn 

PAUL & PAULETTE TRIO 



NINE-ACT BILL MULLED 
FORNrSLEDIRECTOIRE 

The swanky N. Y. Le Direetoire 
may change Its policy to a nine- 
act format, pending results of the 
current show with: Vivienne Segal, 
Muriel Smith, Mata & llari and 
the Roulettes. It's the first lime 
cafe has used this many acts, and 
if policy Is successtul, operators 
Max Gordon and Herbert- Jacoby 
may put In nine acts and play 
three of them every hour, with 
interinissions in between. 

Operators are also jcported as 
contemplating changing name to 
Variety Club, with an admission 
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Wednesday, November 24, 1!>4S 



Night Club Reviews 



Persian Room^ IV. Y. 

(HOTEL PLAZA) 

Leni . Lynn, Jiiumy Savo, Leo 

feismah Orch., Mark Monte Orcfi,; 
1.50-$2 cower after 9:30. 

Time and circumstances ^ can 
never dim the pantomimic tal-: 
•nt of Jimmy Savo, who's doing a 
repeat date at the Persian Room. 
He remains^ one of the best; whether 
he's going through his panto stuff or 
other standard pieces of vocal busi- 
ness that, whatever the audience, 
are always surefire. - . 

There'? little new that Savo is 
doing here, and there's no need for 
him to do anything new. It's a 
tribute to an artist when they'll 
call out the old pieces of ma- 
terisil with \vhich the performer 
has been associated through the 
years, and it's a particular kudo 
to Savo, after all his years in the 
entertainment marts. 

Savo is doing panto in his open- 
ing, to establish himself strongly, 
then he goes into his vocal stuff, 
whieh includes such familiars as 
"Black Magic," the lament of a 
Itriplease dancer's husband, his fa- 
mous "Road to Mandalay," -''One 
Meatball," "River Stay Away from 
•My Door," and the like. , 
■ The only other act is Leni Lynn, 
recently returned from England, 
where she's been for six years. 
She's reviewed under New Acts. 

Leo Reisman's orch plays its 
usual tiptop show, and also for the 
customer dancing, with Mark Mon- 
te's Continentals doing the Inter- 
ludes effectively. Kohn. 



l^layfalr Room, Chi 

(BLACKSTONE HOTEL) 

Chicago, Nov. 19. 
Myrus, Delora Bueno, Joe Mer- 
man Orch; $3;50 minimum,^ $1 
cover. 

Myrus, mentalist, keeps them 
baffled via mentalistics In "scien- 
tific" rather than swami guise. 
Spectacled performer admits fal- 
libility in lassoing slippery brain 




cells, then hits lOQth in replies to 
queries on cards he's distributed 
and collected. Laboratory precision 
and underplay of abracadabra 
bring excellent returns. 

Smiling mentalist calls for sub' 
jects by initials, following through 
with casual. mention.,of full names 
plus clincher 'details that soften 
up skeptics. . Good sampling , of 
patrons,' both as to location and 
human interest, was evident 
throughout; 'Usual .queries on ro- 
mance, infant futures and the like 
were handled Skillfully to extract 
yock values. 

Delora Bueno fares well, consid- 
ering; it's a trilingual stint heavy 
on the French and Portuguese. 
Comely Brazilian songstress sup- 
plies her own deft 88'ing with oc- 
ca.sional orch backing. Vocals have 
drive and feeling but the fact that 
four out of six numbers are un- 
familiar imports cuts down returns. 
Pair of folk songs in Portuguese 
would be helped by prelim transla- 
tion and background stuff. oThe 
two recognizables, 'Poppa Don't 
Preach" and "Cuantp Le Gusta," 
got good treatment ^and best re-' 
turns. ■ - • ' ' 

Joe Merman orch winds up in 
its fif til week here, with Dick La- 
Sal le's crew moving in Nov. 26. 

Baxt, 



Mayfair Room 

(BEVERLY-WILSHIRE HOTEL) 
Beverly Hills, Nov. 18. 
Kay Thmnpson It Williams Bros. 
(4), Hal .Sandoclc's Orch (12), Ben 
Rubiiiui's Orch' (12); $1 cover, $4 
minimum. 



JOHNSON 



America' B 
Foremost 
Marimbisl 



GEORGE 

GUEST 

Htldover BROWN HOTEL 3nl Week 

Thtnks <• Ray Lytt and Clintor tarok 



Kay Thompson and the Williams 
Bros, came back to the Coast to 
open this newest room in the 
Kirkeby hotel chain to teeoff her 
long-range deal with the hostelry 
circuit. Opener found the top film 
colony names in attendance. 

Room has undergone some 
changes since last it operated un^ 
der the Florentine Room tag, but 
it's still shaped like an old pic 
house : with th& stage . at ' the r east 
end of the rectangle. For those sit- 
ting along the west wall, loud 
speakers are provided — but the ef- 
fect isn't the same: Despite the 
fact that it seats only 400 -people, 
room doesn't have the feeling of 
iiilrniacy which an act of this kind 
needs. , 

Thompson-Williams troupe has 
added a couple of new routines 
since last stint' here some 13 
months ago, bu| the chief crowd- 
ploasers were ^the more familiar 
numljers, especially "Suzette." 

For the type of crowd the May-; 
fair Room aims at (the $1 cover 
plus $4 minimum routine is a new; 
twist incidentally and one which 
puts the room a little more out 
of reach of the average entertain- 
ment-seeker) , the Thompson-WiU 
liams turn is a good attraction. The- 
sophislieated crowd goes all: out 
for the act, which is tailor-made for^ 
Hie champagne circuit clubs. . 

First nighters kept 'em on the 
floor for 51 minutes before acced- 
ing to a begoflf. Seven numbers are 
offered during that period, each a 
masterpiece of precision delivery 
and timing. Each number is like 
the windup to a ; filmusical-^and 
each shows careful and patient re- 
hearsal. 

Show .backing is provided by Hal 
Sandack's': orch,- 'Which- alternates 
on dance chores with Ben Rubinvi's 
crew. Kap. 



Cafe Society, ZV. Y. 

Golden Gate Quartet, Jack Gil- 
ford, Pearl Primus with Helen Tins- 
ley, Theodore Bennett; Dave 
Martin Orch; $3.50 minimum. 

For the lOth anniversary of this 
Greenwich Village spoti boniface 
Barney Josephson is offering one 
of the season's top entertainment 
layouts along nitery row, including 
the chi-chi uptown clubs. In a: 
smart and costly bit of showman- 
ship, Josephson tagged three stand- 
out acts, all of which got their start 
under Cafe Society auspices. Sing- 
ly, any one of this trio would be 
enough to carry on average nitery 
bill. But parlayed, they .Combine 
for triple sock Impact, 

Pearl Primus and company open 
on a fortissimo note with their 
impression of jungle dancing and 
rhythms. Wild, colorful, stirring, 
Miss Primus has translated her con- 
cert stage art into a powerful 
routine for more - intimate con- 
sumption. In authentic native 
style, she rocks, stomps and swivels 
through graceful arni-and-body pat- 
terns against a background of tom- 
toms and wierd, but effective vocal 
music. Topping off this act, vocal 
accomjianist Helen Tinsley delivers 
an exciting jungle solo, with: Theor 
dore Bennett, on the tom-toms. 

In this neatly varied bill, the 
comedy sector is held - down by 
Jack Gilford, who has had a fling 
in legit' musicals and a couple of . 
films before • returning to his 
launching place. Gilford is. a per- 
-sonable lad with good material and 
a wide range of mimic talent. An 
occasional defect in delivery, how- 
ever, separates him from the top- 
notcher class. But when Gilford 
is clicking, he ranks 'with the best. 
On the preem show (17) his im- 
pressions of a sleepy subway rider, 
a sea-chanty vocalizer' and a symph 
orchestra leader were solid ^ laugh- 
winners. Some of his gags, how- 
ever, , are weak and could be 
dropped for better results. 

The Golden Gate Quartet closes 
with a series of rhythmic spiritu- 
als for which they have been ac- 
claimed since their debut nine 
years ago. Superlatively executed 
with deep feeling, their repertory 
includes "Swing Low, Sweet Charir 
ot," "Wado in the Water," "Joshua 
Fit the Battle of Jericho," "The 
Dry Bones" and several other 
familiar numbers. For a fillipr the 
quartet, on the preem; also deliv- 
ered , one of Louis Armstrong's 
W:k. vocals, "Me and Brother Bill." 
After more tlian a half-dozen num- 
bers, they had to beg off. 

Dave Martin's orch backs the 
show.v in good style and supplies 
specially strong support to Gilford. 
Cliff Jackson alternates on the 
piano with. Martin's orch for cus- 
tomer hooting. Hcrwi. 



Walnut Room. Clii 

(BISMARCK HOTEL) 

Chicago. Nov. 17. 
. Beniie Cwwnins Orcli (10), with 
Patricia Crawley, Germain & 
Roger, Rey Blanco; minimums 
$2.50, $1 cover. 




What may be farewell bill, for 
the Walnut Room, since hotel's en- 
tertainment will be presented' in 
new Swiss Chalet set for early De- 
cember opening, retains same for- 
mat and family appeal that has 
trademarked z'oom's show policy. 

Bernie Cummins orch tees off 
with lively rendition of "12th Street 
Rag," .with Thad Wilkenson doing 
neat tricks on the skinsi Germain 
& Roger, French imports, take spot- 
light in ballet varieties, with 
blonde gal cleverly combining bal- 
let routines and ballroom steps.^ 
Pair dances smoothly through Gou- 
nod's "Adagio" for hefty accolades. 
Slow, music-box motif, backed by 
Cummins' well-timed "Holiday for 
Strings," plus fast turns and splits 
in mid-air during "Brazil" and 
"Clarinet Polka" brings dancers 
back for two encores. Their effort- 
less version of the waltz and ma^ 
zurka likewise win applause. 

Rey Blanco, Chi radio singer, 
makes his first night club appear- 
ance. Singer opens with boisterous 
vocaling of "Oye Negra" with orch 
backing somewhat loud. In "Negra 
Con&entida" and encores. "Rancho 
Grande" and "Guadalajara", he 
does his own accompaniment in an 
intimate and relaxed manner for 
Kood results "Babalii." with Cum- 
mins and Blanco, closes show, 
Greg. 

PciiilioiiM' Cliili. !V. Y. 

; Cast. PrWihlin: Momcn.' Kfoorf ; 
■Qftphnel:Iiellmatt,; Oscar Mahet'i no 
mniviuvi, 'no - cdivr. , ; : . .' ' ; . 



the "personality" vein. That is, 
they try to inject a little comedy 
talk and fol-de-rol.' but most of 
it doesn't come off because their 
talk is stilted and the "comedy" It 
lacking. 

: Franklin also does a solo, "Misir- 
lou," which he recorded for Apollo. 

Mrs. Hellman is an-aceomplished 
harpist, but she could dispense 
with some of her "blue" material, 
and it's particularly unbecoming In 
view of her current circumstances. 
Mrs. Hellman,, it should be noted, 
is quite obviously : enceinte, and 
that factor alone may be worth 
some more comment as to whether 
it's in good taste for one in a 
glamorous profession to be seen 
working in that obvious a condi- 
tion. 

Oscar Walzer tinkles the Ivories 
during the lull periods, and he 
also accomps the Franklin-Moore 
pair. Kalm. 



narem. N. Y. 

(FOLLOWUP) 

Myron Cohen with his dialectics 
and Mary Small with her Vic Mizzy 
song "festival" are the new head- 
liners at the Harem. The rest of 
the show is practically all holdover. 

Cohen has been here before, and 
the former silk salesman-turned^ 
story-teller really narrates a fabu- 
lous Jewish-dialectic yarn. And 
there's hardly anything in his man- 
ner that could be offensive from 
any standpoint. He's clean and en- 
tertaining — but. 

Maybe It's a small "but"— but it's 
there nevertheless. Cohen has a 
certain unctuousness in his straight 
commentary, and a manner of over^ 
talking the straight qommentaries 
that could best.be eliminated. Oth- 
erwise, he's siireflre with, stories 
that are told excellently. 

As for Miss Small, she apparent- 
ly thinks that Vic Mizzy is the great- 
est songwriter In the business. She 
does practically- an all-Mizzy bill 
and, let's face it, how much of it 
can there be? This is no attempt 
to discredit Mizzy as a composer, 
because the buy has written many 
a fine tune. Nor can there be any 
doubt that Miss Small knows her 
way around and can sink a pop 
with the best of them. It's just 
nice to know that she and Mizzy 
seem to agree on practically every- 
thing. Miss Small, one might add, 
is also Mrs. Mizzy. 

The only other added act is 
Tables Davis, novelty hoofer, who 
lifts chairs .and tables with his 
teeth while hoofing. The guy is 
probably playing straight for a 
dentist but he sure wows the mob. 
Colored- novelty has been at Billy 
Rose's Diamond Horseshoe foi' sea- 
sons. 

Korn Kobblers a re additions to 
the show starting tomorrow (25). 

Kahn. 



GUYS WITHOUT DOLLS 
FLOCK TO SCE GYPSY 

Gypsy Itose Lee's pre-opening 
difficulties with the management 
of La Martinique, N. Y. — with the 
attendant publicity — has at least 
served the function of letting the 
male trade know that the strip- 
feuse is at- this cafe. Result has 
been a predominance of masculine 
trade, which generally congregates 
after the dinner hour. 

General pattern, so far, has been 
« fairly slow dining business, but 
by the time the show starts, house 
is well patronized. Late shows have 
been playing to good business, with 
many males coming without femme 
companions. • i. 

Spot adds comedian^ Dave Barry 
to the display starting tonight 
(Wed.) in a move to strengthen the 
layout. 

Miss Lee's difficulties 'started 
when show's opening was delayed 
because of manager Monte Gard- 
ner's inability to get the liquor 
license in time. Miss Lee de- 
manded the $2,500 weekly salary 
during her idleness, and claimed 
to have been fired when Gardner 
didn't pay her .for a second week. 
Spot opened without her Nov. 11, 
but peace was effected by Nov. 14, 
when she finally opened. 

Strippers Under Wraps 
Since Raid on Ha Ha Clab 

The 52d street, N. Y., niteries are 
being more careful in the strip- 
teuse depts., following last week's 
raid on the Ha Ha Club, In which 
Winnie Garrett was arrested on a 
charge of indecent exposure^ Miss 
Garrett was subsequently dis- 
charged In the Mid-Manhattan 
court following a promise to be 
"more conservative." 

Publicity following the raid has 
been instrumental in hypoing busi- 
ness along "sti-ip row." But peelers 
have been told to leave more to 
the imagination. 



Saranac Lake 



By Happy Benway 
Saranac, N. Y., Nov. 23. ^ 
Bill Carpenter, foriper program 
manager ot WNBZ here, ended va- 
cation at Ills Lake Clear camp and 
left to resume work in Schencc- 1 
tady. 

Marj' LoU Weaver flashing her I 
first good clinic -reports. 1 

Jeanette C. Powers, in from ' 
Palisades, N. J., to visit her son, 
George (Powers Elephants) Powers, '■ 
who has been upped for all meals [ 
and mild -exercise.: !, 

Lee Klimlck,. who beat the rap i 
here, enjoying home life in N. Y. C. l 
"We, the Patients'" wired con- 
gratulations to Anne Rowci staffer 
of the Reel theatre, Pearisbury, 
Va., and Frank (RKO) Scheedel 
who were recently married. Both 
cured here. 

Shel-wood Kains, musical direc- 
tor of the Deerwood Adirondack 
Music Center, opened a Singing 
school Studio in the colony. 
..JilSf"** Stain back, former 
WNBZ announcer and now a sopho- 
more at Ithaca college, has been 
cast for the leading role in the 
play "One Car Wedding." 

Dr. Agrippa Robert, former N. 
V. A.-Will Rogers hou.se medico 
and now a specialist at Trudeau 
sanatorium, is handing out cigars— 
it's M boy, 

Helen Pelecliowicz has been 
upped for two daily meals with 
mild exercise. 

Write to those who are ill. 




HELENE and HOWARD 

CurrMitly 

CAPITOL, WASH., D. C. 

Then Back to N*w 'York 
for Club Datoi 
Dir.: MATTY ROSEN 



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Biz being what it is around' town 
these days, it's hardly conceivable 
that the Penthouse CUib can hope 
to draw v,i\h Monica Moore and 
Cass Franklin, singing pair, and 
harpist Daphne IIellni,m. Under its 
new management the Penthouse 
hasn't yet built that much of a 
following on its own. 

Miss Moore and Kranklin are 
an attractive-looking pair, he a 
baritone and she a .soprano. Tliey 
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 

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NEW YORK CITY 
Ckpltol <L) 25 

Jgne Powell 
S if- Ji" Barry . 
Joey Aitams 
Mark Plant 
Tony Cniwoneri 
£lic? nclds Ore 

MU-ic Hall n) 
Hal Le Soy 
Norman Thomson 
Rabana Hasbui$^h' 
Teron Trp 
Adrian & Charly' 
Itockettes 
Corps de Ballet ' 
fiJce Club 
■: Syir Ore 

Ranmount (P) 24 
; 8tan Kenton BrI 

Nellie Lutchef 
: HecJ Buttons ■ 
11 & E Reyes ; 
Roxy (I) 39 

Mickey Kooney ; , , 

Koiiiirlo & Antonio 
Minevitch's Rascals 
Joan Hyldoft 

Arnold Shoda 
Strand (W) it - 

Frankie Carle Ore 

Tim Herbert ■ 

Giselle & Francoit 

Szonyi 

BALTIMORE 

Hlppodromt (l) ' 2S 

Bobby Van 

Leon DeLyon 

Connie Haines 

P Cavanaueh 3. 
Royal (I) 7t 

touis Prima Ore 

Holmes & Jean 

Dynamite Jefferson 
Stat* (I) 15-37 

James Evans J3o . 

The Forrests 

Lee Tully 
. Adams, Morris & 
Calvert : 

Gouny Sparks 
(3 to fill) 

CAMDEN 
Towers (I) 2511 

Hillman Bros , 
Roberta Welch 
- Pedro & Durand 
Ncal Stanley 
The DiacofEs 
CHICAGO 
Chicago. (P) 24. 

§ose Marie 
crt Wheeler Co 
■: Pitchmen 
Benald & Rudy 
Oriental (I) 25 
Burt Xancastec . 
Nick Cravath 
■ Jfflie Wilson 
Bob Hall 
.Sol Grauman Co 
Carl Sands Ore 
CINCINNATI 
Albee (R) 15 
KlnK Cole 3 
Rochelle & Beebe 
Steve Evans 
Penny Edwards 
Edwards Bros 
DAYTON 
Keith's (R) IS : 
. Dick Haymes 
Evelyn Knimht : 
Church & Hale 

gil Maison 
ick Buckley 
HARTFORD 
Stat* (I) 25-18 

fainmy Kaye Ore 
ansy the Horse 
HOLYOKE 
Vallty Arena (1) 21 

only 
The Tanos 



Tcrrt La Frai>coni 
Barrow & Roeers 
Cavichio ' 
3 Nonchalants 
KINGSTON 
B'way (WB) 16-17 
B «c M Carroll 
Peter Chan 
Oonznles Sis . 
3 Rays ' 
Ross &' La Pierre 
. .LONG BRANCH 
Paramount (WR) 23 

' ,: only , 
B & M Carroll 

I Goii/.ales Sis ■ 
1 3 Hays . 
{los!> & La Pierre 
' MIAMI . 
Olynipia . (P) 14 
8' Lltxdsay (iirls < 
Corky Robins I - ' 
Warner & Cole 
Stan Irwin - 
Harmonica^s 
E & E Reddy 
MIDDLETON 
'Middlesex. <l>; 30 
. only;.,.-.. . ■ . ■ 

"Tannos 
Joe Allen 

3 Fontaines.. 
PATERSON 

MalCttlc. <l) 2S-2I 
Berk & Hallow 
Cortex & Paul 
Hanky the Mul* 
Danny Shaw 

4 Avalons 
M-1 

Richards- Adair 
.Dancers ' ■ ■ ■ 
Peter Chan 
Bobby Sargent 
wne to fill) ' ■ 
PHILADELPHIA 
Carman (I). -25 
Duke Art & Junior 
Gloria Villar 
Ooley Worth 
Philharmonic 3. 

READING , 
Ralah (I) 25-17 ; 

Larry Clinton Ore 
Ronnie DeauvillC', 
Polly Jenkins • i 
3 Swifts 

ROCKFORB 
Palace (I) ;2«-lt 
"Thanksgiving 

Follies" 
3 Black Bros ; 
2 Maxmes 
Dick Gale ; : 
Peyton & Raye 
2 Jumping Jacks 

SARATOGA , 
Congress (I! 2» only 
B i M Carroll 
Peter Chan 
Gonzales Sis 
:t Hays 

Rn.ss & La Pcivre 
SPRINGFIELD 
Court Sq (IV 2518 
Maj Bowes Winner* 
WASHINGTON 
/Capitol <L) IS 
Jack Parker 
H^lene 4t Howard 
Gene. ; Sheldon ' . 
Lester Cole '.Co 
MONTREAL ' 
Gaiety (I) ia 
V & G Haydock 
Gmny Lowroy 
Jack Murray 
Apus & EstraVlitii 
Kanazawas 3 ■ , 
Elsa Greenwell 
EiTill Boi'co 



Schaller Bros 
Downey & Daye 
Anna Mac 
" cter Blair 
Trantor & Hulley 
Henry D Adams 
SUNDERLAND 

Empire (M) 11 

MacPherson ■ 
Duncan's ;;Collies 
Ainadori 3 
Jackie Hunter 
Flack & Lucas 
Dolaire ; -■ 
Freddie Sale ; 
David Poole 
Amar & Alana ; 
SWANSEA 
Empire (M> 1] 
Sophisticates ;. 
Joe . Black . 
Annell & Brask 
Dick Henderson 
KrisU & Kristei 



BRITAIN 

;. BIRMINGHAM 
HippjdrSine (M) 22 



'Arthur Worslcy 
Tovarich Trp 
Peter Cavangh 
Geo Robey 
• Bustftr Shaver Co 
F^auk Marloew .. 
S Roper -& Mai-!!*; ■ 
M & H Nesbitt 
Anita 

Royal (M> 22 
Sno White & 7 

Dwarfs 
piga Fleming 
Victor Standing ; 
CARDIFF . 
New (S) 12 
D Wakefield Co 
Jay Smythe 
Cilia's Dogs 
Donald B Stuart 
Johnson Clark 
Stewart.' A; Mathcw 
Hooper Sis 
R Leighton Co 
'EDINBURGH 
Empire (Ml 22 
Jack Anthony 
Bert Cecil 
Ray & Lynn 
Richard Adams 
W Dciyse & 
' Jeannettc" . ;. 
Bainbridge 3 & 

Irene 
: Swiss Stars 
PINSBURY V PARK 
Empire (M) 12 
, Harry Lester Co 
Bijou : A Freda 
Konyot & Miirion 
Chris Sands 

GLASGOW 
Empir* (M) 12 
HcUzapoppln 
D & J O'Gorman 
Walter D Wahl 
Bill Hall 3 
Bevvl Seton 
3 Monarchs ' 
Brian Kent 
Helen : Darmora. 
LEEDS 
Empire (M) 11 
Cynthia & (?ladvs 
Taylor . & Harris 
■: 4 Kenways. 
■ Reg Varncy 
. June Richmond 
.Moran & Elof 
Ralph Slater 
LBICESTER 
Palace (S) 11 
E & D Waters 
Wences' ; 
Dassie Bros 
El Grnndas & 

Peter 
2 Playboys.- ; 
Ronnie -Leslie 
MacDonaia t 
Graham 

LIVERPOOL 
Empire (M) 22 
. Dancettea - 



Wheelev & W ilson 
Newman Twins ; 
Caivn & Mundy 
AfrifiLic ■ 
Veronica , Marlell 
Ciiariie Kunz 
Max Bacon 
Riehardo Co 

LONDON 
Hippodrome (M) 32 
Maurice Chevalier 
Palladium- (M) 21 
Cheerful Ciiarlie 

Chester Co 
John Boles 
Col.sitons 
/oris . 
Skatins Ryles 
Beatrice &. 

Benedict 
Warren . . 
Latoiia *: Spavkes 
Joan . IniJlis 
Fiance Clcry 

MANCHESTER 
Hippodrome (S) 21 
Frank Handle 
Gus Aubrey 
Ben Warren Trp 
Hal Swain Co 
Klta Shearer 
A J Powers . 
John Bodcn 
*Mandalay Singers 
; NEWCASTLE 
Empire (M) il 
N- Mills & . Bo*'''y 
B * A Pearson 

2 Kellys 
4 Bobncs 
©■isie Noble 
Collins & Elizabeth 

NOTTINGHAM 
.Empire (M) 12 
Hcrtrv Hall Ore 
Ted Ray \ 
Jill Manners ' 
L & B Lowe 
Meribeth Old 
Bernard Albrow : 
Maple Leaf 4 

PORTSMOUTH 
' Royal (M) 11 
Durosa 4 
Terry O'Neill 
•Voting China Tip 
Bill Kerr , . . . 
W Keppcl & Betly 
Philippe it Marta 
Los ValentoB 
Michael Miles 

SHEFFIELD = : 

Empire 'Ml H . 
J «i J Coiidos 
Vai Set/. 

Morns & Cowley - 
V Julian Pets 
Norman Wisdom 

3 Peter"! Sis 
Skalinir B.iroda!. , 
SHEPHERDS BUSH 

Empire (S) « 
j,Tnirh\V'- ■Tcwol 
Ben W.wnsj 1, ,i 
Benson Dora? Co 



Peter Raynor , 

5 Smith Bros . ' 

Herschel Henler* 

Allen '& Lee . 

WOLVERHAMPTON 

Hippodrome (M) 11 

Vic Oliver Co 

Alpha 3 

Les Rayner & 
Betty 

Fred Lovelle 

2 Eddies 

Hilda Heath 

Lionel King 

June Manton . 
WOOD' GREEN 
Empire (S) 22 ; 

Hutch 

Su'ictte Tarri ;. 
Godfrey Sc Kerby 
Arthur Dowler 
Derivers 

Trixic & Anton " 
BartJett & Maesey 



Nancy Heed 
Andy Roberts 
Hotel Steven* 

Frankle Masters O 
Phyllis Myles 
Tommy Traynor 
Neil Hose 
Jean Arlen 
Meryl Baxter 
Skating Blvdeaig 
Bog Turk 
Bill Keefe 
Jeannie Sook 
Charles & Lucille 
Jerry Rehfield 
Manuel Del Tore 
Elwood Carl 



Cabaret BiDs 



NEW YOBX CITY 



Bagatelle 

Dorothy Ross . > 
Deep River Boy*^^ 
Kurt'. Maler . ■:.-' 
Eddie Fisher 

Brevoert i ; . 
Marion; Manner* . ' ; 
3 Flames . ■ 

Blue Angel 
Bill Lawrence : 
Stridors 
George Prentiss 
Imogene Coca 
Fletcher . & Sheidy 
EiUs LirMn 3 
. Cffe jame* 
Pat Harrington " 

Carnival 
Charlie. Barnet Ore 

Cafe Soelety 
Golden Gate 4 
Jack Gilford . 
Pearl Primus 
Dave Martin Ore 

Copacaban* 
Joe. E Lewis 
Austin Mack 
Diane Adrian 
Blackburn Twins 
Terry Stevens 
Sonny Calello 
M: Durso Ore 
Alvarcs Ore 

China Doll 
Noro. Morales Ore . 
Joso Curbello Ore 
Florence Hin Low 
Joe Wong 
Beatrice Fung Oye 
Line (7) 

DelmonKe 
Greta Keller; - 
Diamond Horseshoe 
Henny Youngman 
Jack Gansert. . 
Billy Banks 
Choral Sextet 
H Sandler Ore 
Alvarez Mora . . 
Juenger Ballet Line 

SI Chico 
Fernanda Crespo 
Maria T Acosta 
Trio Casino 
Rita & Rozino 
E Vizcaino' Oro 

..Embassy 
Adrienne . 
Sujata & Oraka 
Sacasas ■ Ore . 

. Harem ' 
Mvron Cohen 
Mary Small 
Korn Kobblere : 
Marcia Leighton 
Moroccans 
Rod Alexander:. 
V Travel's Oro : 
Dc Lage 
WaiiKer Line 
Piroska 

D Roberts Ore ^ 

Havana-Madrid 
Los Bocheros . ; - . 
De Castro Sis 
Mildred Ray Line 
Ralph Font Ore 
Machito Ore 
Hotel Belmo't-Plua, 
Donald Novis 
Mack & Desmond 
Bernie George 
Eddie Stone Oro 
George Do Witt 
Hotel Blltmore 
Leighton Noble O 
Harold Nagcl Ore 
. Hotel Edison ' 
Henry Jerome Ore 
No 1 Fifth Av* 
Nancy Andrew* 
Goodman & 
Kirkwoo.d 
Hazel Webster 
Downey & Fonvllle 
Hotel Ambassador: 
Fred Oliver Ore . 
William Adler Ore 
William Scotti ■ 
Hotel New Yorker 
Ray McKinley Ore 
Hotel Pennsylvania 
Tommy Dorsey 
Hotel Piccadilly 
Dell Trio 

Hotel Plan 
Jimmy Savo 
Leni Lynn .; : 
I..eo Ueisman. Or«f, 
Mark Monte -Ore 
Payson Re Ore 
Njcola Matthey Or 

Hotel Pierr* 
Roger Dann . 
Hector & Byrd 
Chas Reader; Ore 
van Smith Ore , 



Hotel St -MDrltl 

Alice ■ Tyrell ' . ■ 
Dick - Winslow 
L' &' .B Roberta ; : 
Mervyn Nelson 
F»-ed ' Marks 
Soft Winds 3 
Herman Schoon.. ' 
; Hotel . St. Regis 
Nan Wynn 
Laszlo & Pepito 
M Shaw ore 
Hotel Roosevelt 
Guy .Lomb^rdo 
Hotel . Savoy Pl*z* 
Dorothy Douglas 
Irving Conn. Ore: . 

Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopez . Ore 
Charlie: 'Drew ■ 

Hotel Warwick 
Don Rcid. 
Dave Mann : . 
Irving Fields Ore 
La Martinique 
Gypsy Rose Lee 
Dave . Barry 
Libby . Dean . 
Laughing:; Boy 

Collier 
Seller Carlos 
Mcrty Reid Ore 
Jack; Lopez Ore 
Latin Quarter; 
Sophie Tucker 
Ted Shapiro 
Landre & Verna 
Step Bros ' 
Tommy Trent 
June Graham 
Richard Darcy 
Miriam Gwynne : 
Ruth Webb 
Wmton Frankel 
Eddie Michaels' 
Dick Grayson 
Prominaders 
Ving Merlin Oro 
B Hallow Too 

Lc Dlreeiolre 
Vivienne Segal ,; 
Muriel Smith 
Mata & Hari . 
Roulettes 
Frank York Ore . 
Gimgo Ore 

Le Perroquet 
Hugh Shannon 
Marvin Raymer 

Le Ruban Bleu 
Connie Sawyer 
Adelaide Hall 
Will Jordan 
Raymond Chase, 
Julius Monk 
NOrm.ann Paris 3 
Leon A Eddie's 
Etldio Davis 
Art Waner Ore 
Narda ... 
Carl Conway 
Richard Bain. 
Grahani Sis 
Allan & Nobles 
Shepard Line, 

Old Roumanian 
Sadie Banks 
Johnny Howard 
Sandra Kirlay 
Bella Smaro 
Joe LaPortc Ore 
D'Aquila Ore 

Penthouse : 
Franklin & Moore 

Savannah . 
Martha Short . 
Hot Shots 
Tops & Wild* 
Nata ,& Rava 
Phyllis Branch 
Lou Dixon Ore 

',' Spivy'* , 
Wade Donovan , ,: 
Rosiynd Lowe , 
Spivy .. 

' Veriallle* , 
Edith Piaf 
Bob Grant Ore . 
Panchito Ore 

Village Barn 
Capt. Stubby; Ore 
Shorty Warren Ore 
Harold Barry 
Piute Pete 
Village ■' Vanguard 
Delores Martins, 
Will Jordan 
Cyril Haines 3 

Waidorf-Astorl* 
Eddie Duchin Or 
Margaret : Phelan 
McCarthy & Farrell 
Mischa Borr Oro 



BURT LANCASTER 

With Nick Carvat, Julie Wilson, 

Charlene Harris 
Songs, Comed]!:, Acrobatic 
20 Mins. 

Oriental, Chicago 

Burt Lancaster has a fast , mov- 
ing act, which while still rough, has 
all the basic elements of a winner. 
He capitalizes on his ruggedness 
with several ' hoked-up gangster 
bits which sbould be cut for more 
effective aud response. Star works' 
easily and banters: back afl-libs 
from the bob by-sox holdover 
crowds. 

In a ^ Rom eo-Juliet balcony scene 
with well-stacked Julie Wilson he 
displays a new facet, comedy. In 
the same vein, film star scores, in 
his interview with the prexy of his 
fan club, played sharply, with 
Brooklyn overtones by CHiarlene 
Harris. Miss Wilson socks over 
with "Just One of Those Things" 
while stage is set with aero bars. 
Film star might do duet with trim 
songstress as ' he reveals a good 
voice in horseplay on "Nature 
Boy." "Combination a la -Doris Dayi- 
Buddy Clark wou/d be a natural. 

Nick Carvat, former partner of 
Lancaster in circuses, swings 
across the ba'-s a few times and 
finally opens up with some fancy 
body twists for hefty response. 
Aero is; fine pantomimist. Lancas^ 
ter comes on, then to do some 
twists. His closer is a little; weak 
and should either be dropped or 
strengthened. , Zahe. 



Pclmcr HouM 

Grift William* Oro 
Robert Lamouret 
M Abbott Dcrs (10) ; 
Stan Fisher 
D'Angelo' & Vaqys 

Bi*cK»ton* 
Myrus .'.;.■;■ 
Joel Merman Orcb 

Vine Garden* 
Mel Cole Oro 
Joey Bishop ; 
Vince Carson 
Andrew Twin* ; 
Fancho's Rhumba B 



New Acts 



Schaefer*s $300,000,000 Suit 



Continued.: from ptga 4 j 



Techni inasmuch as the charges 
against them were principally that, 
in favor of their own method of 
overlaying three separate strips of 
film, they bottled up the monopak 
system, which yields three colors 
from -a single' negative exposed in 
an ordinary motion picture camera. 
K-D is a single-strip process. 

Eastman and the D.. of J. agreed 
on three major stipulations in the 
consent decree. First is that East- 
man must make available free of 
royalty 13 patents, with 14 othei's 
to be made available . on a non- 
discriminatory basis. Second, East- 
man must furnish the technical 
know-how to all licensees. Third, 
Eastman must sell to anyone who 
wants to buy its: film the amount 
required by such a purchaser. 

Whiie.the freeing of the patents 
could potentially work a revolution 
in the- color field by taking the 
major part of it out of the hands 
of EK and Techni, it is expected^ 
to have, little immediate efi'ect 
here. According to Alan Gundel- 
finger, v.p. and technical chief of 
Cinecolor, Technics closest com- 
petitor, only Techni is equipped to 
develop monopak originals and a ' 
minimum of $100,000 would be 
necessary to equip any other lab 
to do the job. 

The decree, according to Assist- 
ant Attorney General Herbert 
Bergson, "should be helpful in re- 
storing competition in this busi* 
ness, over 90% of which has been 
controlled by Technicolor, aided 
by its agreements with Eastman." 



Eastman company with quoting ex- 
orbitant prices for manufacture 
and processing, although these 
costs for the K-D product are but 
fractionally higher than those for 
ordinary blacHrand-white film; de- 
livery by the Eastman company o£ 
deliberately defective KeUep-Dort" 
an film; and withholding the show- 
ing of test motion pictures, utilizing 
Keller-Dorian film. 



Par Settlement 



□ 



LENI LYNN 
Songs 
IZ Mins. 

Hotel Plaza, N. Y. 

Lent Lynn is 



a cute-looking, 



petite redhead just returned from 
England, where she played for the 
past six years. She has an operetta- 
type soprano that's rather ; thin, 
but has nice phrasing and projects 
nicely, too. 

Miss Lynn indicates experience, 
and she's a; likely musicomedy bet. 
Does such tunes as "Who Cares," a 
rhumba beat and "Dancing in the 
Dark," all to good: audience re- 
sponse. Kahn, 



TV's Missing Link 



Continued from page 25 



CHICA0O 

BlackTiawt!' ::Mariannc Fldele 
Sherman Hayes Oro | Betty Gray - 

Del Welcome "'■'f,'','?',^^'"""'"':,.,, 
Bob Karl D Hild Dancers (12) 

Nancy Bell i , '^*<"^-''" 

Hotel Bismark 'Harvey stone 
Rey Blanco The VaK.-ibonds 

Germaine & Roger Grade Barrie 
Bcinie Cummins O.P Franks & Janyce 

Helslngs . . Acloralnes, (1.0). : • 
.To'inny BcHs Ic Davidson O (U) 

Ralpli r-ewis I J Rodrieiuoi. Ore 

M O'ShauKhnessy 



Mad Caps 
Andy Nelson O (*) 
H Etloev/ater Beach 
Del Courtney Ore 
vaiv-ulfano .■ ■ 
■ Peggy Taylor 3 



Sherman Hotel . ; 

S Henderson Ore 
Honev .Dreamers . 
Olivette Miller . 
Jim Ameche 
Kermit & Gloria 
George ToXii 



shows),- Tuesday night 8 to 9 (for 
Texaco) and the 7:45 to 8 p,m. 
slot across-the-board (Camel News- 
reel Theatre). In addition, the 
web has full network commitments 
with such sponsors as Admiral, 
Chevrolet, Firestone, Cluett-Pea- 
body-, Kraft, Oldsmobile, Swift, 
Bigelow-Sanford : and American 
Tobacco. ABC, for its part, de- 
manded the Sunday night 8:30 
to 9:30 slot, which would have 
cut directly across NBC's two 
dramatic shows. : ABC also de- 
manded the Tuesday night 8:30 to 
9:30 slot for its "Town Meeting of 
the Air" show and pitched for the 
7:45 to 8 strip; declaring it could 
get a sponsor -for. its own news-^ 
reel if the cable were available. 
CBS, DuMont and WPIX were 
more moderate in their demands 
and were willing to compromise, 
with WPIX, although an indie, de- 
siring the cable to feed shows to; 
WGN-TV <Chicago), linked to the 
News through the Hearst-McCor- 
mack-Patterson newspaper inter- 
•.ests.;' ... 

Commercial commitments should 
gel preference, according to NBC 
officials at the meet, since it would 
give midwestem affiliates a chance 
to latch on to some much-needed 
revenue. In addition,' the shows 
with top Hooperatings would help 
build audiences in the midwest and 
so promote the entire TV industry. 
lOn this point, though, NBC would 
have to concede to CBS in the 
Sunday night 9 to 10 slot, where 
"Toast of the Town" has con- 
sistently otttHoopered NBC's 
Philco show.) 

Last week's meeting was to set 
allocations for the first quarter of 
1949 only on the east, to midwest 
link. Eastbound . negotiations are 
to be held some time latere but it's 
expected they'll break down in the 



Schaefer Acquired 25% 
K-D Piece After RKO Exit 

Schaefer disclosed in New York 
Monday (22) that he had acquired 
a 25% interest in K-D in 1942, fol- 
lowing his resignation as president 
of RKO. He said he made a con- 
siderable investment at that time. 
His partners are Henry A. Colgate 
and S. Bayard Colgate; of the Col- 
gate-Palmolive-Peet Co., and Her- 
man N. A. Place, former vIp. of the 
Chase National- Bank and now 
prexy of General Precision Equip 
mcnt Co., manufacturers of theatre 
and lab equipment.: 

The K-D process is a lenticulated 
method of producing color. That 
means that what looks like regular 
black-and-white film is used, rather 
than color stoek. The color is ob- 
tained by 'a prismatic system via 
fine lines etched in the film. Its 
advantages over Technicolor are 
that only one film strip-rr-instead of 
Techni's three— is used, the film 
is shot with a regular camera and 
it can be processed in a studio's 
own lab. ; To show it, a ;small filter 
is screwed into the regular lens of 



the projector. Schaefer. estimated 
that it; would cost 8c or 9.c a foot 
against around 28c for the Techni 
stock.. ■ 

Thomas J. Hargrave, Eastman 
topper, claimed that the company 
had not put out the: K-D tihn be- 
cause it found other tint methods 
enabled it. to handle its commercial 
requirements ''more' easily and 
economically." He maintained that 
the K-D process had been given a 
"fair trial" and that the multi^ 
million dollar suit was : "without 
justification and the claim for dam- 
ages is absurd." Techni topper Her- 
bert T. Kalmus echoed' Hargrave. 
Damages 
Suit names as defendants East-, 
man,' Tectinicolor, Inc., and the 
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp, 
Four causes of action are stated,: 
each asking recovery of $50,000,000 
in damages. On first of the causes 
K-D asks triple damages, as pro- 
vided by the anti-trust laws. 

In instituting the actions, K-D's 
attorneys,- Fltelson, Mayers & Lon- 
don, secured an order Signed by 
Federal Judge Murray Hulbert 
granting them the right to serve 
the defendants and take ' deposi- 
tions; which includes books and 
records of the corporations.; 
; The charges of "unlawful monop 
oly and conspiracy," as enumerated 
in the complaint,' include :the:: uH' 
dertaking of Eastman not to process 
any ' monopack film; the virtual 
elimination of all but Technicolor's 
"three-strip" process by agreement 
between the Eastman and the Tech- 
nicolor companies; withholding the 
manufacture and release of Keller 
Dorian lenticulated Aim; long and 
deliberate delays by tlie Eastman 
company in the manufacture of 



Continued tram page 3 

short, Wright has said: "If you 
want to keep first-run houses, you 
must agree to play only your own 
films and those of non-theatre 
owning distributors in these thea- 
tres." 

As a further cross-licensing limi- 
tation; the : Government would bar 
a defendant signing a decree from - 
selling its films to affiliate thea- 
tres of other defendants; Twen- 
tieth, on its part, has countered 
with a compromise proposal for a 
half -ban on cross-licensing. Half 
of the films released by the com- 
pany would be sold to first^run 
indies in all situations. ' It is be- 
lieved that Wright has repected the 
compromise. 

This Government demand is in 
addition to the divestiture of large 
blodks of theatres. Furthermore, ' 
it is demanding a freeze on; all 
theatre expansion; strict regulation 
of selling practices; breakup of 
pools and othep conditions. 

Nonetheless, a formula is still ' 
being sought. Special board meet 
was called by Barney Balaban, 
Par's prez, Friday (19), reportedly 
to consider the new settlement 
blueprints. While no word was 
forthcoming from the closed doors 
of the meet, it is understood that 
Par: Is now weighing two or more 
alternative plans in - an effort to-' 
close out the suit. ' •: ' ■ ■. • 

One new Par. plan, it is believedi ' 
would closely follow the RKO pat- 
tern by separating the theatre 
wing, fairly intact, from the pro- 
ductionrdistribution end: of the 
business. According to these re- 
ports, Balaban would move over to; 
assume presidency of the new ' 
theatre company. . Par's president 
formerly headed the Balaban & 
Katz chain in Chicago. 

Alternatively, U is said, company ; 
has proffered a plan to the Gov- : 
ernment which would eliminate al- 
most all partnership theatres and a 
number of nabes. Under this sec- 
ond scheme, the parent organiza,' :>■ 
tion would retain Us hold on' the 
balance o£ theatres after the de-,^ 
cree lopped off those sold down ' 
the river. 

C. P. Skoutas' Stand 
Reportedly, so far as 20th is con<- 
cemed, the chances of a deal with 
the Government have been rocked 
by the. opposition of Charles P. 
SkouraSi head of National Theatres. 
Other toppers of the company, it's ' 
said, were prepared to go a long:-: 
way towards divorcement for *^ 
consent decree. Skouras, who rftf 
turned to the Coast over the week- 
end after a series of homeoffice 
huddles, has been fighting against . 
large-scale concessions to. the Gov-^ 
ernment. 



RKO Loan 

Continued from page 



□ 



How soon the ! Keller-Dorian film ordered by film 



same impas.se • , 

phone company will make known producers, at the same time making 
its solution to the situation hasn't Technicolor film readily available, 
been determined. ' The complaint also charges the 



formed while preserving all assets: 
of the duo as security for payment. 

As a production loan, normal 
procedure would be for the- studio 
end to assume the obligation.: Howr . 
ever, the coin was advanced more , 
on the earning capacity of the the- 
atres than that of the studio. It 
both' companies assume the debt, 
then some hard-^and-fast way must 
be worked out whereby neither 
pays more than Its share; : 

Situation is complicated by the 
fact that the stockholders of the 
two companies will be diverse and 
their Interests separate. Stock of 
both units will be bought and sold 
by the public freely so that the 
uniformity of holdings, including 
that of Howard Hughes, will shift 
rapidly; Hughes must unload: one 
or the other within the year. -» 

It Is believed that the bank loan 
problem is one of the major fac- 
tors behind the delay in calling a 
stockholders* meet to approve the 
plan. When that is solved, a meet- 
ing will be called without further 
delay. 



46 



HOUSE REVIEWS 



W«dneMl«j, November 24, 1948 



New Ice Follies' Colorfu} Display; 
Henie's '49 Show Another Dazzler 



"Lost Chord." She rocks, "Mam« 
Sayi No," to open, and sticks to 
her potent version of "Butcher 
Boy" for closer. 
The Pitchmen prove close com 



€»pltol, N. Y. 

Jan« Powell, Joey Adams, Tony 
Cantoneri & Mark PlAnt, Pupi 
Campo, Susan & Fred Barry, Shep 



peUtion to Fields brch (16) with Toni Arderi: 

antics, with hiiitations of musical i ""'e Kissiiis Bandii," revimed in 
instruments and bands and their ; Vauiety, JVot<. li, 48. 

handling of wacky contrivances, ' 

Renald «r Rudy, youthful tum- 1 xhe new Capitol show is one of 
biers, get big hand for their nius-,the punchiest this house hai had 



With the 13th annual edition of* • ' 

Shipstads & Johnson "Ice Follies , i , 

*>f ifl4fl '' thp last nf thp nlrt pimrd I sonicly. on: the strength of expen- , _ _ , ^ ,. ,= , . , ...^ — 

has dlsaDDcared The vets of this s've production values and novel- Icle control, slow motion, balancing i„ some time. It's a bill punctuated 
iho^^^ ES Chancer? BrucI , • boxoffice insurance in ,th^ way ' aca Rudy '^""^^g "^c^^ ^^ith reliable applause winners, has 

Mapes, Oscar Johnson and Jloyiof "a^es is rapidly becoming a 'eadei, does a hne job on »» '•olo. 

' matter of necessity. The various ^uut. 
touring; ■ showS' .onv--'-the toad:^wi^H.■.■^■■' '■■■j^.v ■;:-oi- ■ m-'-'i^'- 
eventually need the hypo of names. }; . ; ApOIlp* i^* ■ • '■ '.--^ 
It would he wise procedure; to an-;| - jEdtl '-Father'' (13 ) , 

ticipate that necessity now:. J osst \ |joitis Anhstrong Band , ( 7') with 

Jcick Teagarden, Barney Bigard 



Sliipstad are no longer on: the rink 
They're sorely missed inasmuch as ' 
they provided the punch of the; 
show in previous editions. | 
All of them were of the calibre ; 
that could stampede a house of the ' 
size of tire : Madison Square Gar- 1 
don, N. Y., where layout opened j 
Tuesday :(16). The replacements, | 

while capable skaters who draw | tii,'o acts and 19 scciics, starring 
upper-bracket hands^ are still to | Sorija Henie; features Freddie 
attain the showmanly attributes ! Tmikler, Michael Kirby, Gretle & 



name value in Jane Powell, and a 
liberal amount of comedy plus 
good orchestral and dance values. 

Of major interest on the display 
is Jane Powell's second appear- 
ance here. This Metro starlet, since 



Strand, IS, Y. 

Frankit CarU Orah (18), with 
Marjorit Hughet, Bob Lotkeni 
Giselle St Francois Szcmyi, Tim ti^r- 
bert; "Fighter Squadron'' (wB), 
revieti^ed in ettrrent iss tte or 
Variety, 



Strand is showing a good, roK< 
tinely constructed show hsaded by 
Frankje Carle's orchestra In con- 
junction with "Fighter Squadron" 
film. Carle's solidly commercial 
combo and his slick pianoing are 
nicely supported by two. outside 
acts, both of which work well and 
round out an entertaining stage ln< 
terlude. 



Ilnllvn-Anfl I<<«> no%'ii4> '^^^ ^"^ Catlett, Arvell Shaiv, 
ll011.r%«000 1(C HO«U« \ygi,na Middletou. Earl Mines; 3 

Jt"^,*,^"?""''-^' i^°y: ■ Aces, Lewis & White, 2 Zephyrs; 
Arthur M, Wtrtz production vi ..^{et^,^, the Wliisdcr" (CoU. 



— - I Carle's grouping of six brass, five 

'lier last visit, has picked up the g^^^ four rhythm, plus himself is 



that would put the "Follies" into | Robert Vksila, Jack 
the hit class. j Jerry Mapcs; Micl 

The .sole set of blades artists ;-^fl'»es Trcloar. Jea 
that stop the show are comedians 1 ^^^eifeu Bros. At C 
Fnck & Frack. Their ail-too- j napohs, Nov. 17, 1948. 
brief turn gives; an indication what t 



necessary showmanship, poise and 
stage presence to put her: in the: 
hit class. Two encores and a beg- 
ofl' speech are necessary to , giet her 
oh'. Miss PowfeU,. of ■ coursiBs VihAs 

Happy combination of Earl i ''"^f f °" VTAl°''f .-^T^^ 

Father" "^Hines band with Louis I fjf ' P ' T n.^S^"ft"? I spotligh 



the mainstay of course. It's a 
smoothly working crew that plays 
well together, grooving almost 
everything in a fluid dance beat,' 
and it has an advantage in being 
able to put two fine vocalists into 
Beginning with a 



j wliam the payiB^s fof:M^^ retvirhs, 
With five« brass, thte^' rhythm and 

could happen if there were more ! Sonja Henie has another dazzling Ifive reed, Hines' aggregation kicks 
p°rforml?s of this cfubrlirriSi display in her 1949 "Hollywood Ice off with "Fme and Dandy.". Lead- 



Other hlms and does standard,? such , throughout the show, the combina- 
as "Donkey Serenade to bring > tion covers a- wide variety of pops, 
about solid reaction. Aside from standards and production numbers 



her top songalog, liberal doses of 
charm and well-worded Introes 



and is highly satisfying with them 
all. Two production pieces are 
built around a parody of "It's the 
Talk of the Town," with Carle him- 



throughout the proceedings. Frick ' R^vue. which opened premiere 1 er is then cut m for a sock piano ^^^^^ her one of the more solid 
and Frack's antics are models of; run o 18 .Pe/formances at Coli- 1 ^olo Love Belongs to,^^ ^^^^ .^j^^^.^ ^.^^^^ 

tinimg, skating ability and excel- [ seum here before audiende of ^O'" T^frpe Aces^' a ofav arrobatic ' Joey Adams, w-ith Mark Plant self " fogging the vocal across 
lent, routine conception. It's the 200 Nov. 17. Show "iJ^rely runs , Tl>ree A^^^^^ ^ Canzoneri score handily i abetted by choral contributions 

only act whose applause continued I true o foi™ in first act, but Opens , teanv contrb some ne^^^^^ J comedies. Adams is one,f"o," the band, and a bit based on 



|"uplef ■ with R^ tiPjn this edition than ™«.;:;";,b'le to"display" morrVrol | tioiial c6nverts to hi, cause with 

Hall like production values make | « ^^"y 3^^^^ intermission I ««ency here inasmuch as Oiey are each successive showing. He s 



*"tZ.TSrZ^^^^^ collec llln'i^^t't^^^^^^ 'A^'^^^'^t^'t^ro^'il^^^^^ the more solid . theatre come- , .-Alabamy Bound." during which 

i.owevei, tne sKaie-siar coiiec- , before. More new talent also 



^how The d^LtevTndicates a^^^^^^ "ChopiSiana" number in which ' ^nh?mpered by the low ceilings of 

don of budSVc^^^^^ *8' P'"« ^''^ 

V th the luT costuS and Kirls, emerge wearing gowns 

nf-nlivp sPts inr? nr^^^ Fm- tl I covered with small mirrors which -r, - ■ 
pensive sets ana props, ifoi ex- *u,,_.,, ii„Vits liirp onmunnVo!: intn yellow S' 
ample the replica of the Fountains "S"'^? "''^ snowiiaKes into,^..,^ _ 



Shipstads & Johnson produc- 
tion with Frick & Frack, Hugh 
Hendrickson, Betty Schalow, 
Harris & Phiyltis Legg, Joftn 
Mulvey, Ole EricJzsen, Rasmus- 
sen & Cameron, Monico Moron, 
Mae Ross & Bill Stinc, 
Sc!ir077i.m Tioiiis, S c o t v ol d 
Tieins, Virginia Morrison, Les 
Hamilton, Carlos Romero, Jr., 
Monica Moran, Hazel Franklin; 
Narena & Norris line; Walter 
Rudolph Orch with Paul Gan- 
non; choregraphy, Franc e s 
Cl-au d et: costumes designed 
by Helen Rose; music, Larry 
Morey. Opened at Madison 
Square Garden, N. Y., Sept. 16. 
- .'48; $6 top. 



most bistros. 

A comic duo, the Two Zephyrs 
are two gents clad in green and 
its respectively. Open 



all parts of arena. But it's sur- ; with a bit of exaggerated busmess 
passed by gorgeous coloring of i "smg a pair of loaded dice. How- 
costumes and props for tropical I ewi- the lads register better in a 
Lotus Land" roVne. accented by fi^L ^el^-^":, ^ f^nf ^^^^^^ 



of Versailles used in the opening 
act , sets the show oil nicely, : ' The 
"Candyland" fantasy is fitting con- 
,<:es,sidn to the juvenile payees, and 
the Chinese and Mardi Gras num- 
bers are lavishly presented. But in 
all, . these ■ numbers the punch' of 
topnotch skating flashes is needed 
to give these sequences the desired 
lift, ■ ' 



black lights, in which Miss Henie 
makes entrance on flower-laden 
swan, boat that moves under own 
power/ Projectors throw waves into 
darkened ice to heighten spectacu- 
lar effect. 

Show also stacks up belter than 
average on entertainment side. 
Miss Henie gets along well with 
steady partner Michael Kirby, and 



reVeaTnV" Teh" t^d -P--"^ 
pleasers as her rhumba and hula. 
Freddy Trenkler pulls hearty 



laughs as usual, with bouncing ball 



^rtl;keTb»s Vnt^ of'* c^m" 1 ^o^P^ «^ 
petition this trip from newcomers, ' Final 25 minutes of the show 
McKellen Bros,, who score with L,hich runs a shade over an hour 
■^^^lu^^^^}^" '."^Alu'' is held down more tlian capably by 

ti^pi «,L ct^^^^^^ first- Armstrong and his colleagues. In 

timers who register strong Impres- his familiar gravel-voiced delivery, 
sions are Jean Sturgeon and Armstrong warbles "Shadrach" ac- 



comped by Jack Teagarden, trom 
bone; Earl Hines, : piano; Barney 
Bigard, clarinet: Big Sid Gatlett, 
drums, and Arvell Shaw, bass. He 
follows by trumpeting and vocal 



^&«ll"",es...*nVlHding "Slow Boat to 



Mickey ■; Michaels in stilt-skatibg 
routine and,;\vith Jiirnes: Treloar. ;in 
''playtime" liovelfy; and Jack Raf- 
flder and Bruce Mapes In a slick 
precision number. The Uksilas, 
There are several skaters that' among the returnees, get a nice 
conld be star material with some ' ''and for their clowning as Popeye 
redesigning of routines. Among] and Ohve Oyl. 
them are Hugh Hendrickson and i Catherine Littlefield had large 
Ectiy Schalow, both of whom are ensemble in unusually good work- 
superior performers who have a;'"8 order for opening. The kids 
gracciul stride and broad sweep of ' ^^ere holding their lines well and 
motion; the Schramm Twins are e-'fccutjng difficult maneuvers with 
excel lent precision skaters who do p"ap. Outstanding production num- 
a number in shackles; Phyllis and "^ers just a cut below those men- 
H.inis Legg whose stilt-stint al-'tmned are "Salute to Counte.ss of 
ways pleases; Narena and Norris ' Monte Carlo," in honor of Miss 
vvho approach top brackets witii l^eme's latest film; "Jungle Rhum- 

their adagio work; Legg's barrel- ! with more effective use of ' by buxom Velma Middleton, 
jumping work plus his leap ' '''ack lights; tastily costumed "Evo- 1 bluesy "Rockin' Tonight" proves i 
tJiioiigh a revolving barbed wire] lotion of Waltz" and grand finale, I an okay nuftiber prior to the show's ' 
device; Hazel Franklin's 

l)ic- ' l^risco Jenny Comes to Town," windup. Gi!b. I 

turesque turns; the comedy work ! This looks to be: show's .biggest 
" • year here. Seats equivalent to ca- 

pacity for 15 of 18 nights were 
reported sold In advance of open- 
ing. Total attendance should ex- 
ceed 200,000*- in<jludi4g many visit- 
ors coming by special trains and 
bii.se.s from Cincinnati; Dayton. 



culminate in a three-man pyramid. 1 dians whose brash charm and ■ the band makes like a locomotive. 
Freauentlv booked in niteries eager-to-please attitude bring addi-lThis item could be improved; it's 

- - " - - 1„ i_ I,). done under full lights aijd While 

there's good illusioir (one sax man 
puffs a pipe tlirough a mega^ 
phone ) , bettei- lighting,.ideas could 
improve it. ■ /;,■>■/:■:,• ■■■';■.:• ■ ■ 

: Carle's finale demonstrates the 
reason for his success. He covers 
a full 10 minutes or more with a 
frosting of vari-tempo tunes of all 
stylesA-jyith only irhythm backing; 
ahd his fingering- of the keyboard- 
completely holds his audience for 
the full time. He. nicely segues. Into 
a boogie-woogie beat; Which the 
f ull,,band: picks.' ftp ' to blast biit .tha , 
finale. It's a fine finish. ■ 
Marjorie Hughes. Carle's daugh- 
ter, and Bob Locken handle the vo- 
cals, Locke n' is on first and the 
guy does a job that indicates a sun- 
ny future. Opehirtg with "Slow 
Boat to China." and following with 
"Empty Saddles," he demonstrates 
a rare understanding of a lyric, 
good phrasing and control, Miss 
Hughes improved tremendously 
during her layoff from band work, 
both vocally and personalitj'-wise. 
Nicely costumed, she pitches past 
disk hits' such as "Oh What It 
Seemed to Be." "Rumors, Are Fly- 
ing." "Beg Your Pardon." "I Don't 
Want to Meet Any More People" 
and the perennial "Chick With th» 
Band," a cute novelty that goes 



where they simulate a fight. Off to 
a good reception. Hines' crew is 
spotted for anotlier stint that «ives 
tenor saxman Buddy Johnson some 
solo toots on "I'll Be Seeing You," 
backed by the reed section. It's a 
click with the customers. 

Comedy team ot Lewis & While 
shows a fair amount of talent. But 
their ability could: be considerably 
enhanced with fresher material. 



repeats at this Harlem vaudery. Be- 
sides exchanging rapidfire gags, 
boys also do some brief terping 
and have a fine finale in the 



smart enough to change stories 
but retain the essential framework 
of his act. Thus with Canzoneri 
and Plant to provide hefty assists, 
maximum entertainment values are 
displayed. This year they've added 
a bit previously : performed at the 
Latin Quarter, N. Y. The old song- 
writer bit has been refurbished 
with bandleader Pupi Campo, dou- 
bling from the Embassy, as the 
foil. Piece is similarly loaded 
with laughs to provide a rewarding 
session for the customers. 
,' Completing the act lineup, Susan 
and Fred Barry, show skill in the 
execution of turns and overhead 
lifts. Barry, with his new partner, 
still needs to pick up some of the 
finesse that he previously executed, 
but his applause^winning finishes 
still set them solidly. New girl is 
a fine dancer and Barry hasn't lost 
liis skill, but they've still to put 
the finishing touches on the com- 
bination. They're off to a good 
start and it's a matter of additional 
playing time before they show top 
fornv. The small stage, space handi- 
caps their overhead lifts consider- 
ably. 

Shop Fields is a theatre-wise 

maestro- with a shrewd knack of , „ ^ 

picking tunes that win favor, and over solidly 



whose deportment helps to get him 
across. Aside from excellent show- 
backing. Fields does entertaining 
and musiclanly jobs on a brace of 



spiritual "When the Saints Go 
Marchin' In" to garner heavy mit- 
ting. 

Teagarden also gets his innings 
via a trombone solo of "St. James 
Infirmary Blues." Throwing in a 
laconic vocal of the chorus, he 
scores solidly. Jam sesh featuring 
Bigard, Shaw and Teagarden also 
gets across nicely. Others who 
shine in individual stints are Hines 
and Catlett, Final fillip is supplied 

Her 



oi' Bill Rasmussen ,and Bill 
C-jmeron, and Virgijila Morrison 
anrl L.-s Hamilton, give a lift to the 
production, : 

Featured newcomer, this year is 
Jlarilyn Ruth Take, Canadian fig- 
II' f-'.kating champ who partici- 



Olympka, Miami 

Miami. Nov. 20. 
Allen JcnJcms with Frank Sully 
& June Bentley; Les Mathis, Jack 



China" with vocalist Tonl Arden 
giving a good account of herself, 
"Hora Stacato" and "Fiddle Fad- 
die," He uses a few reminders of 
his "rippling rhythm" days for 
good effect. 

Capitol layout is a satisfactory 
show in; all ,departments. Jose. 

Orlonlal. Thi 

Chicago, Nov, 18. 
Biirf Lancaster with Nick Cravat, 
Jtilie Wilson, Charlene Harris: 
Saul Grauman (4). Bob Hall, Carl 
Sands Orch: 
Smiles At Me' 



Management, has caught one of 
, . , , , . . the hottest pic properties and wise- 
& Marilyn Nagle, Buddi/ Lpots, | u billed it with a top film. Combi 



p.tf'^d in this year's Olympic games, i Louisville and other towns in bor- 
!\:i.ss Take shows promise, but still ''er stales Corb, 
iiyods . to'attain . the .professional! 
polish to put her in the top biack- 



Yvonne Moray, Les Rhode House 
Orch; "Embraceable You" (WB). 



CIS 

Another added starter are llic 
Lo Dues f2i who take the place 
of the Roy Shipstad sequence, 
viiich is on the printed program, 
bin not on display. They have an 
act built along the lines of the 
JicKellens. wJio were with the 
'"Follies" in previous years, hut arc 
still to leach the perfection of 
their predecessors. 

OMier participants who shine are 
l^Ia-j Ross and Bill Sline, Bill 
Cameron and Carlos Romero, Jr.. 
Scolvold Twins. Ole Ericsen and 
Joiin Muivev, latter doing a Pansy 
the JIor.se stint in a lion skin, and 
Monica Moran. 

The choreosiraphy is ge.ierallx 
Eond and the ' more lenRthj 



Cliieago, Chi 

Chicago, Nov, 23 

■ Bi'f; Wheeler wilU George Jason, 
Hose :~!arie. The Pitchmen !3 ). R«- 
vald & Rudy, Jack Fultoa: Orc'n; 
"Loves of Carmen" (.Col). 



While there is a load of talent 
here, most effective results are lost 



Fairly satisfying show on tap 
this week, with the ingredients 
punching for the maximum and 
averaging mixed results. 

Hollywood filmites are in the 
lopline spot and got by with some 
hoary material, the approach and 
delivery negating in many in- 
stances the famihnr touclv to the 
gags and patter of Alien Jenkins 
With -Fi-ank Sully aiding, oruvey. 
Attractive June Bentley provides 



Giselle & Francois Szonyi is a 
French dance team heralded as 
playing its first date in the U; S. 
Actually they've b e e n , at Le 
Directoire, N. Y. nitery. A sister 
and brother pairing, they show 
excellent possibilities foL. smart 
nitery and theatre work here. 

Working in costumes that put two 
strikes on them immediately, they 
easily ; wrap up a sympathetic 
audience (Carle's intro cites the 
foreign angle i with two routines 
chock full of .. grace arid unique 
holds. One overhead spin, for ex- 
ample, finds the brother holding 
sister aloft by one hand gripped 
to her thigh. . It's an excellent act 
that needs only dressing. 
Tim Herbert pitches the laughs. 
When ivii/ "'Babj/ 1 Young and refreshing looking, the 
(20th). I comic uses good material to good 

effect. Starting out with extra 
lyrics to "Manana," which put his 
audience into a warm mood, he hits , 
'em with silly and effective gags 
and bits, an eccentric dance, a 
laughable talce off on an English- 
man and a host of other items that 
force him to beg off. A good act 



nation should result in heavy pay- 
off. Only thing which would hurt 
top take is the bobbysox holdovers. 

Burt Lancaster has a 20-minute i that would be even better in inti 
act. which in main, moves rapidly | >»ate nitery surroundings. 



Reviewed .under | 



Wood. 



for- neat returns. 
New Acts, 

Only two other acts on the bill, 
due to length ot featured act, Saul 
Grauman opens with his throe ' 
shapely gals,- who trip up and down j 
his nuisical staircase, ringing out ' 
pop Uincs and "1812 Overture,"!. r-, . 
Troupe reUirns to encore with ''^an Guild of Variety Arti.st.s being 
"BelK of St, Marv" lor bouoff, vacated by Dave Fox, are beginning 
Bob Hall, comic rhymester, gets '".^'^''.P Currently leading the 
gulLu's with his pairing of odes , f'.*'*'' Jimmy Lyons. AGVA na- 



Lyons Makes Bid For 
AGVA Job Vacated by Fox 

Candidates for tlie post of east- 
ern regional director of the Amer- 



jAlain trouble is having Bert Wlu-el- f>'<^ ^F.^^lJ'"*' ^°")? 
cr as nr.c. and giving his act piece- to add to the overall effect 

meal sandwiched between otlipi- Lmcee Buddy Lewis iiandles the — „ , . , , , , ^ 

tiu-ris Comic doesnT ream^ 'nt'" 'l^ores competently and in ' about current events and personal!- board member, who last 

'rollino-and seems lo be workin" ui) "^^''^ ^pot sets up a fast-worked se-[lies. .Audience cliuckles as he de-'^e®'' circularized the members of 
■ ° - - - - ' !""'M."r-i''-H'"i i^-i — scribes thiMr antics; especially juve-'tlre board declaring'^ 

hilcs in ihc first rows. .; , Fox tendered his resignation to , 

■ ' Car! Sand house orch does a fine take effect Dec. 4. but it' hasn't 



to hearty laughs and then has lo ^''^s o^ impreshes tiial hit the stand- 
drop his routine to build up the »''<^ V^te lor a lioallliy bouoif. Ihe 
next act. .usual film and stawe sUrs are pre 



Wheelor has George Jason as 

.Straightman this; trip. . Lahk.v .f oil; 



sec'iicnces might have been punc- ^K^^il^l a-ssistant manager, who 
tuMed w!(h additional spark. tjp.s off Wlieeler s quips, get,-, heany 

Cm rent "Follies" edition points guffaws.. Duo run through some 
i!» liic need of tlie ice-show in- real oldies---so old that present-day 
du-itry to build names. There are aiuiiencps think tiiey re new and 

many talented performers who them a big hand. ■ Nagle, handle the terp department ^' f. 

labor in comparative anonymity Rose Marie socks over with her smartly, with their toe-tapestries " ' 
vho could develop into customer | comedy singing, her main stock in [ balanced into a zingy blend. Les 
enticers. Although rink^shows trade still being her acid etching { Rhode and house orch set tlie back- 
have bee^ getting along hand- Of Jimmj' Durante looking for the ] groundings smoo^ily. tioir]/. 



dominant in his routine. 

Tiny Yvonne Moray clicks in her i 
song stanza. ' | 

Les Mathis earns solid reception I 
with his unicycling and juggling ' 
Stunts are cleverly handled for ; 
maximum results. i 
Tee offers, Jack & Marilyn 



job in pacing the show. Zabe. 



IIDDIE HEADIN' HOME 

Paris, Nov. 8. ' 
Liddie Murphy, U. S. singer 
who's been touring tlie Orient fpr ! 
years, sailed for the U, S. j 



I been acted on yel by the board. 
Fox asked for a contract on his 
'services, put board declared that 
1 there's no such provision in the 
AGVA constitution. 



FLOOESHOWS FOB NW SPOTS 

: ' Seattle, Nov. 23. : ; 

., , American Italian club, Seattle, 

Last engagement was at the Ho- , and Palomar club, Vancouver, are 



tel Park. Iran, where she played adding floor shows, 
for 52 weeks. j Jeifity Ross agency, hookuig. 



Wcdueeday, November 24, 1948 



Why Stage Revivals? 

With playwright Russel Crouse subbing for John Mason Brown 
as moderator on "Critic at Large" on the ABC-TV web Thursday 
(18) night, a group of top-name legit celebs were on hand to argue 
the current debatable question of "Why Stage Revivals?" Adlib 
huddle broke down into press agent Dick Maney holding the fort 
alone in his stand against revivals against Crouse, designer Jo 
Mielziner and actor Dennis King. None of them, though, came up 
with a potent argument on either side. 

Maney based his stance on the assertion that, with the exception 
of Shakespeare and a few other classics, no play is worth reviving 
ttevivals. he said, represent a "tribute to yesterday," whereas the 
theatre should be more concerned with today and tomon-ow. Any 
season showing a great many revivals, he added, is also a season ii» 
which creative effort is at its lowest ebb. Crouse, Mielziner and 
King based their side of the argument on Mielziner's statement 
that revivals have a definite place in contemporary theatre but use 
of the word, "revival," to identify them, immediately calls forth 
prejudice. He asked for another term for their designation. 

While Crouse and liis three participants evidently knew what 
they were talking about, the show laeked sparkle and verve from 
an entertainment standpoint. None of the four, including King, 
projected well and a roving mike that too often strayed away from 
the speakers made it difficult , at times to hear them. Sealing 
arrangement was also bad. Crouse most of the time talked with his 
back directly to the cameras and, anytime a running debate opened 
up between any two of the gue.sts, they were usually too widely sep- 
arated for both to be drawn withhi camera rango. Stat, 



Additional $35^000 Cost for 'Anne' 
Via Scrapping of Heavier Prod. 



With the new multiple settings 
(Slated to be r^ady next week for 
the Baltimore engagement, "Anne 
of the Thousand Days" Is being 
■whipped into final shape by the 
Playwrights' Co. and Leland Hay- 
ward for its scheduled opening 
Dec. 7 at the Shubert, N. Y. Al- 
though "actual figures aren't avail- 
able, the production mixup, with 
its attendant postponements, added 
time out of town, ticket refunds, 
etc., will probably cost well over 
$35,000. 

Management has already called 
on the backers for the 33Vfi% 
■ Additional financing allowed in the 
limited partnership agreement. 
That, on top of the $100,000 set 
Jn the original , budget, means the 
production will cost $133,300, plus 
whatever extra coin Hayward, as 
■ole general partner, must put up 
to bring the show to Broadway. 

Besides the production's other 
tioubles, the original director, Bre- 
taigne Windust, came down with 
virus pneumonia during the Phila- 
delphia tryout and became so ex- 
hausted he had to bow out, with 
H. C. Potter brought from Holly- 
wood to take over the staging. 
-. According to those who saw 
"Anne" in Philly, the heavy origi- 
nal production, involving 10 sets 
and a revolving stage for the 24 
scenes, dwarfed the play. Since 
many of the scenes are very brief 
they would frequently be finished 
before the audience had become 
accustomed to the handsome set- 
tings and begun to pay attention 
to the actors and lines. So the 
elaborate production was tossed 
out and- a . completely ' new one 
built. The replacement is de- 
Kcribed as a single, impressionistic 
setting, with lighting creating the 
effect of different locales. 
, - There have been a number of 
. more or less similar cases of elab- 
orate productions having to be 
Junked for other shows in recent 
years; Jn one such instance, the 
Rowland Stebbins revival of "Cae- 
sar and Cleopatra," in which Tal- 
.'lulah Bankhcad starred, Jo Miel- 
-kiner was the designer involved. 



Eyes London 'Charley' 

Ernest Martin, co-producer of 
current " Broadway hit, "Where's 
Charley?", plahes to London: to- 
day (Wed.) to see about an Eng- 
lish production of the musical 
comedy and. to look, over possible 
material for dramatization for a 
Broadway show. 
He's due back in about a week. 



Author Scores 
Gribble for Flop 

Julie Berns, author of "For Heavr 
en's Sake, Mother," which opened 
and closed last week at the Belasco, 
N;:Y., accuses Harry Wagstaff Grib- 
ble' of "walking out", after he had 
"completely ruined the. play/' She 
claims that he changed her original 
script beyond recognition and then 
failed to direct it properly. Gribr 
ble quit as stager during the Phila- 
delphia tryout, announcing that he 
was unable to agree with the au- 
thoress on revisions; 

According to Miss Berns, Gribble 
was to get 25% of the royalties 
as co-author, with the proviso that 
she be listed as sole author. He 
also got $2,.')00 as director, but she 
took over as stager when he quit, 
although she admittedly isn't quali- 
fied as a director. "Heaven's Sake" 
folded Saturday night (20) .after 
seven performances, for a, loss of 
about /$30,000. David Kay was pro- 
ducer, with Jules Leventhal as 
silent partner. 

Originally a radio writer, Miss 
Berns subsequently authored two 
musicals for the Yidd,ish stage. 
"Sake" was her first Broadway pro- 
duction. 



LEGITIMATB 



4T 



Crawford-Freedley To 
Produce 2d *ANTA Album' 

Second' edition of the "ANTA 
Album,'' composed of memorable 
scenes and bits from former 
Broadway hits, will be presented 
by the American National Theatre 
& Academy either Jan. 16 or 23. 
Cheryl Crawford and Vinton Freed- 
ley will be co-producers, succeed- 
ing Oscar Serlin, who put the origi- 
nal edition together, last year. Rob- 
ert Schnitzer may - be production 
,:,managcr.'i • ; ; 

Possible resumption of tlie Ex- 1 toast rep^ , 

perimental Tlieatre tliis season will i , ~ , 

be considered at a meeting of the , Kji|-|urp|c hArm;)!! HflrVPV 
ET board this afternoon ( Wed.>. i UeiHWH IWIVCy 

So far the project has been ap- 1 Oscar Karlweis planes to Europe 
proved by the Dramatists Guild ■ next week to .star in a. German- 
and given tentati\e okay by Equity, i language version of "Harvey." 
but definite plans have been .stalled ! It'll be done first in Vienna, then 
pending settlement of objections Switzerland. 

from the Pact FindinI Commit- 1 Actor will gue.st Sunday night 
tee, representing the craft unions. ' (28) in the Phiico television pi'cs- 
Howevcr. an Invitational Series un- entation of "1 Like It Hcu'," in 
der ET -iponsorship was started which he appeared on Broadway 
last week, ' •' ' (several .seasons ago. 



PREP TREE AND EASY' 
MUSICAL OF SHOW BIZ 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 
Return of Johnny Mercer from 
the east next week is expected to 
signalize start of casting for "Free 
and Easy," musical which Leighton 
Brill and Paul P. Schreibman will 
produce at the Coronet here prior 
to Broadway. Mercer, and Robert 
Emmett Dolan are supplying the 
words and music to go with the 
Sig Herzig-Milton Lazarus book. 

"Free and Easy" will have a 
showbiz background, locales includ- 
ing a Broadway drama school, Wal- 
grocn's drug.store and vai-ious New 
England slrawhatters. Opening is 
tentatively Set for Jan, 20. Under- 
stood backers -include Rodgers & 
Hammerslein, for whom Brill is 



Ezra Stone 
harks back to a tim* whan 
fofflbon was In bloom and 
'Tho Road' was In fulkst 
flowtr In 

'Tfettt's illy Cue" 

' « * * ' 

« hitmerou* fialur* In th» , 

43d Anniversary JSumber 
of 



Webster Bard Co. 
Socb; Set for 84 
Cities Thru April 

The Margaret Webster Shake-, 
speare Co., now in its ninth week 
of touring with productions of 
"Hamlet" and "Macbeth," has been 
doing terrific business in every 
booking but one to date. Troupe, 
needing only $4,500 a week to 
br'eak even, has been averaging 
$9,000 a week as its share of the 
take. 

Troupe has bookings in 84 cities,: 
through April. Only eight are 
commercial bookings, with every- 
thing else guaranteed, including 54 
college and 22 women's club dates. 
Of the eight commercial dateSi five 
have been played. Four of these 
were successful, with only the 
Montreal stay a flop. Two per- 
formances in HarUord grossed 
$5,300; one performance in Albany, 
$3,500. One week stay in Toronto 
grossed $14,000, and another week 
in Buffalo grossed $14,500, but 
these were guaranteed datiSi of 
$6,600 flat, each local managers 
getting the rest, and clearing abouti 
$2,000 each above expenses. 

Critical reception everywhere 
has been good, with exception of 
Montreal, where mixed reception 
affected boxoffice adversely. .Ad- 
vance, sale' in many colleges was 
so good that extra performances 
were asked for, and in some cases 
arranged. Connecticut College, in 
New London, sold out' its sched- 
uled performance six weeks ahead, 
and asked troupe to stay over for 
another day, and . sold ' that out, 
too. 

Troupe will .. play m i d w e s t 
through m id-December, then lay 
off for the Christmas holidays, go- 
ing out again in January,' through 
April. 



Frank Fay Sounds Off (Again) In 
Boston; Sweeping 'Connnie' Calling 



Moscow Art Visit Nixed 

Efforts made by Carleton Smith,: 
director of the National Arts Foun- 
dation, with the Soviet Government 
to bring about an American tour ; of 
the Moscow Art Theatre under 
NAF sponsorship have fallen 
through.' Although negotiating 
with' Russian authorities since last 
June, Smith received a final nix 
last week when he was informed 
by the Soviet that its government 
would permit , an "interchange of 
objects of art, but not persons." 

Turndown recalls a remark once 
made by the: onetime Soviet Amer- 
ican Ambassador, Andrei Gromyko, 
to Smith that his countrymen didn't 
want their artists to be "exploited 
by capitalist nianagers." 



LONDON GETS TWO IN 
'SLINGS; 'SOLITARY' 

: London; Nov, 23. . 

A slickly-presented, sophisticated 
revue, "Slings and Aitows,": bowed 
at the Comedy Wednesday (17). 
Piece is largely made up of satiri- 
cal sketches which are directed 
mainly against theatrical personali- 
ties. Cast is topped by .Hermione 
Gingold and -Walter Crlsham. Of- 
fering is . below Mie ; standard of 
"Sweet and Low." a, similar revue 
i n which both principals appeared 
here five years ago. Appeal of 
"Slings" seems limited to. audi- 
ences hep to tlie theatrical world. 

In the week's other opening, 
"The Solitary Lover" preemed at 
the Winter Garden Tuesday (16). 
An historically interesting first 
play by novelist Winston Glewes, 
drama: deals: with the love life of 
18th century English satirist Jona- 
than Swift, With Donald \%plfit 
starred, the drama is generally 
well acted and was enthusiastically 
received, It's in for four weeks. 



N. Y. 'Shoes' In 
$97,700 Profit 

Original production of "High 
Button Shoes," at the Broadway, 
N. Y., has earned a profit of a 
trifle over $97,700 as of Nov. 1, on 
an investment of around . $200,000^ 
and is. cuFreii|tIy netting about $10,- 
000 a week more. Road company; 
currently winding up a long run in 
Chicago, has earned back all but 
about $22,000 of Its original $150,- 
000 cost, 

Effective Nov. 1, profit paid to 
backers of the original production 
totaled $50,000, with $47,700 still 
to be distributed. Liabilities in- 
cluded over $12,600 in esci-ow for 
payment of Mary Hunter's breach- 
of-contract award. Assets Included 
over $35,000 in cash and nearly 
$21,000 in bonds. 

Backers of the road company had 
received $100,000 of their original 
investment, and there was- more 
than $28,000 available capital listr 
ed. Liabilities of the road troupe 
included $7,200 in reserve for Miss; 
Hunter; and assets Included $15,500 
in cash and almost $21,000 in 
bonds. ' 

For the last two weeks of . its 
stay at the Shubert, N. Y., the 
original production grossed over 
$37,000 and $37,500, respectively, 
of which the company share was' 
about $26,600 and $26,900, and the 
profit was. about $4,900 and $3,200, 
Lower net for the second week 
was due to the cost of moving the 
show to the Broadway. .. . I 

Gross for the first two weeks ' 
at the^ latter house was over $48,- j 
000 a week, with the company share i 
being $38,700 and $35,200, respec- [ 
lively. Net for the first week was 
$4,900 and for the second week 
$10,800, the difference again being 
due to moving costs. I 

During the four weeks in Octo- ( 
her, the gross for the Chicago en- 
gagement varied between $34,400 
and $27,300, with the company 
share ranging between $24,800 and 
$19,500. Highest net for any of the] 
four weeks was $3.800, : and the i 
final week involved a net loss of i 
$500. . 1 



Boston, Nov. 23. 
Frank Fay rode his favorite 
hobby horse before a Knights of 
Columbus meeting Sunday night 
(21) with sweeping charges of 
Communism running rampant in 
Hollywood and on Broadway, Us- 
ing "red" paint by the gallon, h» 
smeared a couple of dozen top film 
legit stars, producers and direc- 
tors with brush strokes that had 
more zeal than finesse. 
:. Among Fay's . widely sweeping ' 
charges was a statement that "at 
least 80% of all Communists who 
come into this country come here 
through theatrical channels." Dur- 
ing his speech, one of similar at- 
tacks on theatrical H^ures mad« 
during the run here of "Harvey," 
Fay asked his 300 listeners to name 
any Broadway or Hollywood per-. 
sonality so that he could tab them 
politically. 

In retail fashion, he then pinned 
the Commie label on a procession 
of luminaries that read like Cen- 
ti'al Casting. He also dished out 
wholesale accusations ' against the . 
full casts of several Broadway 
shows. The only two stars lucky 
enough to get through his personal 
screening untainted were Bing 
Crosby and Bob Hope, whom,. Fay 
(Continued on page 48) 

'Prostie'- Hope' Tour 
To Be Decided Soon; 
Still Making Profit 

Whether the "Respectful Pros- 
stitute"— "Hope Is the Thing" 
dual-bill will tour or close after 
the Broadway run will be decided 
in the next couple of weeks by 
iNew Stages, the producing organlr 
zation. Show is still making a 
small profit, but may have to 
vacate the Cort,-,' N, Y., shortly to 
make room for incoming new pro- 
ductions. One of the factors ,to 
be considered is the possible cen- 
sorship angle in various cities 
where ' the twin-bill would play; 

Next New Stages offeringf 
Thornton Wilder's adaptation of 
Jean-Pattl Sartre's "The Victors," 
goes into ; rehearsal . tomorrow 
iThur.) under the direction of 
Mary Hunter, who staged' 
CProstie," It will be presented at ■• 
the New; Stages theatre, in Green- 
wich Village, N. Y. 

The organization has worked out 
an agreement . With Norman Rose 
arid David Hellweil, former co- 
managing directors and board: 
members, :iirhereby they've re- 
signed all positions with New 
Stages,: including membership in 
the boards of the parent group and 
the Respectful Co,, and have re- 
linquished their .'option to pur- : 
chase stock; Pair retain their orig* ' 
inal limited share of stock and get 
a cash settlement: for their con- 
tractual claims. 

With Winston O'Keefe as new 
managing director of the organl- : 
zation, Lily Turner becomes ad- 
ministrative assistant and Alic*' . 
Katz executive secretary. Ale*- 
ander E. Racolin ; has been re* 
tained as counsel and the firm of 
Algase & . Guise as accountants. 



Cochran's Hopkins Deal; 
'Bride' Plans for B'way 

London, Nov. 17. 
A Broadway production of the 
current musical hit, "Bless the 
Bride," looks fairly certain next 
September according to (he show's 
producer. Sir Charles B. Cochran. 
American, versi on would- be done 
with the original London cast. 
However, the showman qualifies his 
announcement by stating the U, S. 
appearances o( the play depends 
upon the lenfjth of the piece's lo- 
cal rim. At pj-e.sent "Bride" is 
drawing standees at every perform- 
ance, 

Cochran notes that while in New 
York last month he huddled with 
Arthur Hopkins and intimates this 
may lead to a renewal o£ an old 
assofiation. Both jointly presented 
•'Anna Cbriytic" and "l^aris Bound" 
over a score of years ago. 



NOSTALGIC MUSICAL 
ABOUT EX-ZIGGY STAR 

Hollywood, Nov. 23, 
Victor Xoung,. Zoel . Parenteau 
and Paul Gerard Smitii.have col- 
laborated on an intimate -musical 
comedy. "Brownstone Front," and 
are dickering with Irving Fisher, 
former Zicgfeld ■'Follies" juvenile, 
to play the leading role of an ex- 
I Ziegfeld star. Show requires a 
ca,st of only eight principals and 
1 16 boys and girls, Hermes Pan, 
I who staged the dances for Michael 
I Todd's new musical, "As the Girls 
Go," is being sought for the same 
assignment. 

Broadway production is planned 
(or this season. 



Morley Interested In 
Play on Maupassant 

; Robert Morley, star of "Gdward, 
, My Son," at the Martin Beck thea- 
, tre, N. Y., is Interested In 'a new 
I play titled "Maupassant," based on 
' the life of the French writer, 
i The author, Ralph T, Kettering, 
I Chicago dramatist and former the- 
' aire manager, is reported al.so 
^ n orking on another script, "Not 
' by Might," about a suicide -who 
gets another chabce at life. 



'Counter' Still Clicking 

In Anzac Territory 

Sydney, Nov. 9 
"Under the Counter," Bniish 
revue with Cicely Courtneidge, will 
do a stand in Perth. "Counter" 
has completed a fine run in New 
Zealand. 

Revue, which was a success in 
London, flopped in New "Ifurk, but 
has been going great here. 



Sandusky Explosion 

Sandusky, O., Nov. 23, 
: An accumulation of dust in the 
• storage room of the old Biemiller • 
, Opera House last week caused an 
, explosion which blew out a sec- 
tion of the outer brick wall, The 
explosion followed a blaze, which 
, broke out in the storage room. : 
; House is leased by J6hn A. -Him-? 
meleim, who operates it as the San* 
du.sky theatre, showing films Sat- 
urday and Sunday. The blaze was 
finally brought under control by a 
turnout of all the city's available 
(iiTmeii. 



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LKGITIMATR—CO^rCBRT 



Wednesday, NovemlMir 24, 1948 



Member Groups Would Have Wide 
Autonomy in Merger of Eastern 
Talent Unions; Study Draft This Wk. 



Proposed setup for merger of the 
eastern actor unions :ot the Asso- 
ciated Actors & Artistes of Amer- 
ica' calls for the overaU governing 
board to have ,wide policy- powers, 
but the member groups to retain 
considerable . autonomy in their 
own fields. Draft of the suggested 
organization is being studied this 
week by the. boards of the affiliate 
groups. Outfits^ slated to join the 
' ' consolidation are Equity, American 
Federation of Radio Artists, Chorus 
Equity and American Guild of 
Musical Artists. 

Although the name of the 
merged organization has not been 
selected (as previously reported, 
however, the word "Equity" will 
: be included) it will temporarily be 
called tlie "Assbciation." This 
parent -organization, which: is to 
. remain an affiliate of the 4A's, will 
have authority in all policy matters 
relating to actors and singers in 
general. Specifically, it will have 
jurisdiction over television' (in co- 
-operation . with Screen Actors 
Guild), will handle . the central 
treasury, dues, budgets and the, 
organization of new territories. 
Eventual total merger, including 
SAG and the American Guild of 
Variety Artists, is the goal. 

The Association's main office 
will be in New Yorlc. There will be 
a single membership card and a 
- common dues structure. Perform- 
ers working in television but not 
members of Equity, AFRA, Chorus 
Equity or AGMA, will be admitted 
directly into, the Association. Mem- 
bership cards will indicate the 
field or fields of employment in 
which artists are employed and 
are entitled to vote. 

. Local Meetings- ' ^' ' 
There will be local meetings and 
conventions of the affiliate groups 
to deal with matters relating solely 
to their own fields. Under the local 
autonomy setup, members of the 

. various affiliates would not be per- 
mitted to vote on; matters outside 
their own field (thus. Equity mem- 
bers could not vote on radio ques- 
tions, or the reverse) and each 
affiliate could retain its own condi- 
tions of voting (aa Equity now 
limits voting to senior members, 
for instance). Also the various 
affiliates could retain present em- 
ployment' restrictions In their dwtt 
fields (Equity's alien rules, for 
example). 

Each, affiliate would become a 
division- of the Association with a 

^ degree of autonomy in its own field 
in New York and Los Angeles, and 
each would elect its own govern^ 
ing board. However, branches in 
other cities would, be merged into 
Association locals outside the 
junsdiclion of the various divi- 
bions Thus, the Equity and AFRA 
offices and staffs in Chicago, De- 
Continued on:page52) 

Col. Artists Mgt. In 

Several Switches 

Columbia Artists Mgt. is under- 
going various executive and bureau 
swllclifrs, following its recent di- 
rectorial changes which elevated 
Ward French" to chairman of the 
board and Frederick Schang to 
president. 

The Woltsohn Musical Bureau, 
one of Columbia's six divisions, 
has been de-activated. Walter 
Preston, who headed the bureau 
in addition to other duties, has 
left Columbia and will concentrate 
on such ventures as his "Show 
Shop" program on WOR, N. Y., 
and his clioral group work, Gb- 
lumbia is dickering with several 
people to head up a new radio de- 
'partment. 

Golumbia has also disassociated 
itself trom its lecture bureau, sell- 
ing It to Arthur Jiidson, head of 
the Judson, O'Neill & Judd di- 
vision of Columbia. It will still 
, be known as the Columbia Lecture 
Bureau, with Arthur Judson as its 
head and Edna J. Giesen as its 
director. 

.Tudson, who retired this fall as 
Columbia prez after 18 years, left 
Wednesday (17) for the Coast, and 
will visit symphony , orchestras en 
route, to watch some of the con- 
ductors under his management ia 
action. This is his first such trip ' 
In many years. He'll be back in , 
N. Y. Dec, 15. 



Koussevitzky'g Symph 
Guesting Unprecedented 

Boston, Nov. 23. I 
For the first time in his long | 
career, Serge Koussevitzky will be | 
offered to various symphony orches- ( 
tras as a guest conductor next sea- 1 
son. Maestro; who is. finishing his 
2,'5th year as conductor of tlie Bos- 
ton Symphony Orchestra this -sea- 
son and then retiring, has never 
appeared with any other U. S. band 
except for a brief stint with the 
N. Y. Philharmonic as a tribute to 
its 100th bu-thday six years ago. 

Judson. O'Neill & Judd, Inc., 
division Of Columbia Artists. Mgt., 
will handle Koussevitzky for guest 
dates. Maestro will conduct the I 
Berkshire Festival' this summer, 
when he also celebrates his 75th 
birthday,. - ' Charles Munch takes 
over, the Boston Symph reins next, 
fall. 



Rouben Mamoulian 

rcmlnltCM . obeur lh« time , 

When ^Oklahoma* tuaa 
first cradled in Pigeons 
—— and People 

ill tK« upcoming 

43d Anniversary Number 
of 

Out Soon 



hade Stuff-Legit 



"Tiger Lily" dance, by V«lerie Bettis, one of tlie hit numbers of "Iq. 
side U.S.A.," has been restaged since the revue has been moved to 
the Majestic, N.Y., from the Century, Apparently because of the larger 
house; the number didn't seem to be quite as elTective at the Majestie, 
so producer-corhposer Arthur Schwartz asked choreographer Helen 
Tamiris to move the whole dance several feet downstage. Since It's 
been nearer the audience, it has again been as effective as, it -Wan iti 
the smaller Century. 

Since the election, Schwartz has also had several lines added to on* 
of the show's sketches, to capitalize on a reference to the Gallup poll. 
New material, inserted the night after election, has been getting big 
laughs even since. Various other new lines and pieces of business an 
being added to the show from time to time, with the idea of keeping 
it topical and fresh. 



Philly City Council 
Nixes Symph Orch's 
Request for lOOG Aid 

Philadelphia, Nov. 23. 
The Philadelphia O r chest r a 
lAssn., now campaigning for $150,t 
[000 to wipe out its deficit, came 
ibefore City Council ;With a request 
jfor: $100,000 assistance eilther 
'through , direct appropriation , or 
otherwise. ■ ? 

Council in turning down the re- 
quest pointed out that an appro- 
priation is illegal, as is a waiver of 
the city's 10%: amusement tax, 
About the only help the city solons 
could , offer the- financially harried 
orch is the free use of Convention 
Hall, 15,000-8eat auditorium. 

The Orchestra currently plays at 
the 100-yearTold Academy of Music^ 
traditional home of longhair music 
in this town. Orville _C. Bullitt, 
president of the orch board, said 
they would consider Convention 
Hall, although he felt that the big 
auditorium would not , permit "the 
proper rendition of the works of 
the great masters;'' - 

The Philly Orch, which threat-; 
ened to suspend operations this 
year, {o bring the Musicians Union 
ito terms, has been making an inten- 
sive drive for funds and city aid 
in the face ,of continued and pos- 
sibly greater deficits. The orch is a 
long way from insolvency, however, 
as it has $2,000,000 endowment to. 
fall back upon, yhich has so far re-* 
mained untouched. 

Several of the Councilmen 
thought the symphony should play 
Convention Hall, to make its music 
I available to larger audiences now 
I cut oft by - the $4 top for tickets. 
(Musicians . here considered the 
j orch's move from the acoustically 
I perfect Academy of Music to the 
I sound stage of Convention Hall vir-: 
tually impossible. 



Philly Concerts 
Wring tlie Towel 

■ Philadelphia, Nov. 23. 

Concert impresarios', heret are 
crying the blues, with disappoint- 
ing houses and cancellations mark- 
ing the local scene as the result of 
steadily falling attendances. 

Despite a sellout at Carnegie 
Hall, Duke : Ellington's orchestra 
drew little better than a third of a: 
house; in the 3,000-seat Broadwood 
hotel ballroom Tuesday (16). The 
Lyric Opera Assn. of New York, 
with a stellar production of "La 
Boheme," drew about half a house 
the following night at the Academy 
of Music. 

Tipoflt to the state of concert 
business was the Lauritz Melchior 
recital at the Academy Thursday. 
Usually they have to put so many 
seats on stage for Melchior there 
is hardly room enough for the 
tenor. The Great Dane drew three- 
quartei^ of a house Thursday night. 

Nelson Eddy Racks Up 
Terrif Concert Grosses 

; Nelson Eddy racked up some ter- 
rific grosses on a full concert tour 
just concluded. Tour started Oct. 
6 in San Diego, covered the north- 
west: mainly, but reached east to 
Illinois, and ended in Hollywood 
last Tuesday (16). 

His highlight grosses included 
Springfield, • IlL, where ■ singer 
grossed around $6,900, his share 
being over $4,300: Eddy worked 
usually on , 60/40 deals, occasion- 
ally lowering his rate In small com- 
munities: In Denver he grossed 
nearly $5,300, his share being 
around $3;600. Spokane gross was 
$5,100, With his take $3,600. His 
take, in Pueblo was $2,500; in 
Minneapolis, $3,200, and in Salt 
Lake City, $3,000. 

Eddy is back in Hollywood dis-= 
cussing a film deal. He plans to go 
out on another recital tour in the 
spring, if the film deal doesn't pre- 
vent. Judson, O'Neill & Judd di- 
vision of Columbia Artists Mgt. is 
handling him. 



' In a prospectus to potential backers, Morris Green offers limited- 
partnership shares in his forthcoming production of "It Still Happens," 

' comedy by Lewis Nemerson. Show is budgeted at $60,000, and a 1% 

I interest will cost $1,200. Outline doesn't mention a possible overcall, 
but makes the usual stipulation that backers are'to be repaid their full' 
investment before the producer shares in the profits. 
Items listed in the budget include $6,000 for scenery, $1;500 for props 

' and furniture, $2,500 for gowns and costumes, $1,000 for electrical 
equipment, $1,500 fee to the designer, $3,500 for rehearsal salaries, 

r $2,400 for the production staff, $lvQOO office expense, $1,000 for advanc* 
royalty to the author, $3,000 fee to the director and $1,000 miscella-< 
neous. Bonds and ; theatre: guarantees are estimated at $21;400. and 
cash on hand, is set: at $10,700. It's figured the show could operate at 
about $11,500, including theatre rental. 



Chicago pressagents have a get-together session here called tlie 
Fancy Meeting You Here Club, which meets Monday nights after making 
the rounds of the local dailies. They gather at tlie Subway Inn, a few 
doors from: the Journal of Commerce office^ and bring -food for a bu iTet - 
supper. 

Members who' have moved on to other cities with touring shows fre- 
quently maintain contact by long-distance phone. Couple of agents 
^ave their associates the lumps last , week, however,. by ':phonlng greet-^ 
ings from Detroit, collect. 



Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d, working on their 
musical version of "Tales of the South Pacific," from the James Miche- 
ner book,, have., neportedly thrown out a major part, of the adaptation 
thus -far and are now 4oing- the show from a -new slant. ,4 Change Is ex- > 
pected to delay completion several weeks, but won't interfere- with the 
production in any way. 

Musical is to star Ezio Pinza and Mary Martin;.- will be staged by , 
Joshua Logan and produced by Rodgers &: Hammerstein, -In assoc^tion 
with Logan and Leland Hayward. 



Decision to move "My Romance" out of the Shubert theatre, N.Y., 
to make way for "Anne of the Thousand Days," Is understood to have 
been made by Lee Shubert without consulting his partner-brother, 
J. J. Shubert. Since "My Romance" was a pet project of J. J.'s, he was 
reportedly miffed at the decision. Show is slated to go to the Adelphl, 
N.Y., at the end of next week; possibly at a reduced scale. 



I Original pi;oduction of "Lend an Ear," at Las Palmas , theatre, Holly- 
wood, has earned back all but $7,000 of the original $30,000 investment 
as of Nov. 1, It i had been reported that the show hadn't made and 

payoff to the inv'estors. 



Fay Sounds Off (Again) 



; Continued from page IT 



said, were '-100% Americans." The 
others varied in color from deep 
pink to red. 

"It's around here, lots of it, in 
this business of show business," 
Fay said referring to Communism. 
"I'm telling you Oie truth without: 
fear of contradiction or attack 
through the courts," 



Greer-'Rose Marie' 
Tee Off Cleve. Tuners 

Cleveland, Nov. 23. 
I . Second annual threerweek sea- 

.son o£ musical shows backed by 
i the Cleveland 500 Co. was kicked 

otr Monday (22i by revival of "Rose 
'Marie," with Frances Greer, Met 

Opera Ijric sopranO, guest-slarred 

in Ullo role. 

I Produced in the 9,.'5O0-capacity 
(Civic auditorium with two revolv- 
ing stages and gardenrhke settings, 
i operetta has Buster West; Nina 
Olivette, George Brjtton, Uarle 
'McVeigh, Joseph Macauley and 
John Gorman guest-acting in otlier 
I major roles. Supporting cast was 
drawn from ranks of local singers 
and dancers but is completely 
-Kquitized. 

Isaac Van Grove, who directed 
"Rose Mane," al.so will stage : two ; 
other tune-shows for the repertory 
company sponsored by Theatron, 
Inc. Gertrude Niesen, Doreen 
Wilson and A. E. Gould-Porter are 
already, here rehearsing leads in 
"Anything Goes'" for one week run 
startling next Monday, 



Hazel Scott Calls Off 
Date Due to. Segregation 

New Orleans, Nov; 23. 

Hazel Scott, due to give a piano 
recital at the University of Texas 
in Austin last week, called off the 
concert that day because of the 
college's segregation policy: Con- 
cert had been booked by Columbia 
Artists Mgt. for the college's stu- 
dent series (an all-white audience, 
naturally). College, however, also 
had a public sale of tickets, with 
Negroes among the purchasers. 
When .Miss Scott heard that these 
would be segregated in the bal- 
cony, she protested. 

Similar situation occurred last 
month in Savannah, when a sched- 
uled appearance of Paul Robeson 
(also booked by Columbia) was 
called off because of segregation 
of Negroes and whites in the City 
Auditorium. 

Miss Scott came on to New Or- 
leans, where she gave a concert 
Thursday (18) to benefit a Negro 
hospital, before an all-Negro au- 
dience. New Orleans recital was a 
late booking, arranged because 
Miss Scott sailed from here Fri- 
day (19) for a series of five eon- 
certs in Jamaica. She's- due back 
in N. Y, for her first Carnegie Hall 
recital Jan. 2. 



Delay Dallas Light Opera 

Dallas, Nov. 23. 
The Dallas Civic Light Opera has 
been po.stponcd indefinitely. 

Robert Feyti, its founder, has re- 
turned to New York because of ill- 
ness of his mother. 



Recalls Reprimand 

Of Fay 3 Years Ago 

Although Frank Fay's newe.st 
Red accusations against various 
show business names are precisely 
the same sort of thing for which 
he was olTicially reprimanded by 
Equity about three years ago, 
there's some doubt whether the 
Equity council will take immediate 
action against him, 

In the previous Instance, Fay 
accused various Equity members 
of Communist affiliation or sym- 
pathies, following their appearance 
at a rally in Madison Square, 
N. Y. Those named subsequently 
brought charges before the council, 
which held hearings and issued the 
censure. Fay then appealed the 
matter to: the general membership, 
but was turned down. A short time 
later, on the protest of the junior 
membership, he was dropped from 
the cQuncil!s, . junior membership 
committee. 

In the: present circumstances, 
council action against Fay would 
involve bringing him and possibly 
others , from Boston, where he is 
blarring In the road company of 
"Harvey." Also, his suspension 
might cause the closing of the 
"Harvey" tour, thereby throwing 
out ot work a number of actors 
who are in no way involved. Just 
as it was in the former case, the 
Equity council would be reluctant 
to pentlize other players for Fay's 
actions, 

However, it's pointed out that if 
any members bring charges against 
Fav the 'council must take up the 
question. But because "Harvey" 
is on tour and presumably beyond 
commuting distance to New York, 
the formal hearings might be post- 
poned until the end of the season. 

Meanwhile, several council mem- 
bers pointed out that those named 



in Fay's latest Red-labellngs might 
bring libel or slander suits against 
him, under last year's ruling by: 
the New York court of appeals that 
a charge of Communism or its 
equivalent is actionable in the 
courts. 

Ironically, one effect of Fay's 
newest outburst may be to keep 
him on the council, several of 
who.se members were considering 
quietly dropping him. The idea 
had been that his long absence, 
from New- York; which is- prevent-r 
ing him- from attending meetings 
all this season, might be the 
grounds. Such a move was not 
taken during the comic's battle 
with the council: three years ago, 
principally because it was feared 
he might seize the opportunity- to;, 
claim persecution. - • 

But it is felt tliat his presence 
on the council is embarrassing to 
tlie union and the membership, 
and that he should now be quietljr : 
dropped. In view of this newest : 
situation, that plan may be aban- 
doned lest it tend to make a martyr 
of him. However; if charges were 
to he brought by a: member on the 
basis of the star's newest accusa- 
tions, the council- might vote his 
expulsion. 



Shows in Rehearsal 

:; "Jenny Kissed Me"^MiChael El- • 
lis and James Russo, Alexander: 
1 H. Cohen, Clarence M. Shapiro. 
I "Kiss Me, Kate"— Arnold Saint- 
Subber & Lemuel Ayers. 

"Lend An Ear^— William R. Kat- 
zell, William Eythe, Franklin K. 
Gilbert. 

"O, Mistress Mine" (road) — 
Bromlcy-Rlch-Goodinan. 

Jules J. Levcnthal's production 
of "Favorite Stranger," by Eleanore - 
Sellers . . . "All in Favor," 57th 
annual production of the Princeton 
Triangle Club, has gone into re- ■; 
hearsal for an ll-city tour during; 
the Christmas holidays . . . Alan 
Jay Lerner and Kurt Weill, co-au- 
thors of "Love Life," are already 
scuffling with a new musical .show 
idea, which Cheryl Crawford will 
probably produce next season , with 
Marion Bell (Mrs. Lerner) in the 
lead. 



VcJiMfcitday, November 24, 1948 

Total Broadway Grosses 

The following are the comparative figures based on Vahiety's 
)>oxoffice estimates) for last weelt and the corresponding week of 
last season: 

This Last 
Season Season 

Number of shows current . . , , . , 2& 28 

Total weeks played so far by all shows. . 483 542 
Total gross for all current shows last week. . $660,900 $631,000 
Total season's gross so far for all shows . . ,$11,572,500 $11,492,800 
Number of new productions so far 26 25 



419 



Chi Legit Doesn't Feel General Slide; 
'Heiress Up, 18G, ledea 40G Advance 



Ruggles-Boland 16G For 
2 Weeks in S J. Windup; 
Wynn-Baker-Jones 28G 

l^an Francisco, Nov. 23. 
"One Fine Day," with Charlie 
Buggies and Mary Boland, which 
preemed at the Geary (8) (1,550; 
$3.60), shuttered Saturday (20) 

after two weeks, showing a bare i last "week f or" mosrshows, grosses 




B way Droops, But 'Girls' 
Tops List/Sky' $14,200 in 4 Times, 
Taney SRO, lagdalena' FoUing 



Business on Broadway skidded 



Chicago, Nov. 23, -f 
Lull that's been fdt in niteries 
and other entertainment fields here 
.continues, to. make an exception of . 
legit, 

"Heiress" is gaining strength in 
Its fourth week and seems des- 
tined to join the CHi string of long- 
runners. "Command Decision/' in 
Its second of three-week Guild sub- 
•cription, is also gaining via word- 
of-moutb raves. - 

"Brigadoon" remains brisk while 
"Streetcar Named . Desire" is eon- 
Eistently full house. "Mister Rob- 
erts," in its llthi week, lipped ca- 
pacity biz by $700 by, price boosts 
In two' sections. 

."High. Button Shoes" ambles out 
.€»f. the Great' Northern after 
Thanksgiving, with about 30 solid 
weeks to its . credit; "Medea" 
opened Monday (22) : to .. capacity 
•nd a mail'-order: bacldog of more 
than $40,000. "Man and Superman" 
l>-set for Dec. 26 opening. "Finian's 
Sainbow" arrives in early spring. 
Estimates- for Last Week 

"Brieadoon,^' Shubert (7th week) 
(2,100; $4.94) 25 small conventions 
helped boost take to hefty $29,500. 

"Command ~ Decision,"-: - ■ Stude- 
baker (2nd week) (1,237; $4.33). 
Second week of Guild subscriptions, 
helped to $16,000. 

"Hieh Button Shoes," Great 
Northern (27th week) a,500; $6.18). 
-6et to close ' after Thanksgiving. 
Still holding with okay $27,800. 

"Heiress," Selwyn ( 4th week) 
(1,000; $3.71). Continues to garner 
rave notices and looks as if Chi 
'Stay will be extended; higher 
$18,000. 

"Medea," Blackstone (1,358; 
$4.40). Opened Monday (22) with 
sellout for first week: 
.mail-order flood of .season. 

"Mister Roberts," JErlanger (11th 
week) (1,334; $4.33). Boosted prices 

trices up capacity : : slightly, to 
28,800. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Har- 
ris (9th week) (1,000; $4.33). Con- 
tinues to pull nice attendance; 
$21,000. 



?£R€HAN€E' HITS 720G 
IN ^.IffiONTH BRIT. TOUR 

Glasgow, "Nov. 16. 

When Ivor Novcllo leaves his 
"Perchance to Dream':' musical in. 
February, for a rest in Jamaica, 
show will have chalked up $720;000 
gross in its nine months' tour: 
"Perchance/' . . ending \ six-weeks' 
capacity . biz here, this -week, moves 
over to Edinburgh for the Xmas 
season. Star-cortiposer's "Dancing 
Years" has taken average of 
$14,000 weekly in the past nine 
years. Still road-touring next fall,: 
when another r^Tovello musical is 
ready for production, will be 
"Dancing Years" and: "Perchance 
to Dream." Revival tours are 
slated for his "Careless Rapture" 
and "Crest of the Wave." 

Novello says he aims to write a 
new stniight ' play' for . Zena - Dare; 
when h6 finds time. 



$16,000 for the two stanzas. 

"Ed Wynn's Laugh Carnival," 
with Phil Baker and Allan Jones 
plus Ed Wynn, moved from the 
Curran (1,776; $3.60) Sunday (21) 
after a; strong two weeks at that 
house, leaving it savaiiable for 
"Show Boat," which opened there 
Monday (2) with a $4.20 top. 
"Laugh Cai-nival" hit a tremendous 
$28,000 for its secQnd week. 

"Raze The Roof," with Jerry 
Lester, at the Tivoli (1,400;- $2.88). 
chalked up a thin, $11,500 for its 
ninth week. 



mir TROUPES WHAM 
J86,700 IN SPLIT WKS. 

Hartford, Nov. 23. 
No. .1 company of "Oklahoma!" 
wound up a potent .split week here 
last Saturday night, piling up a 
total take of just a shade under 
f44,t)00 for eight performances at 
the Court, Springfield, Mass., and 
the local Auditorium, 



$42,700 in Indiana 

Bloommgton, Ind,, Nov. 23. ; 
Second company of "Gklalioma!" 
drew a thumping gross of $42,700 
last week in tour performances 
each in Evansville and at the Union 
here;: ■ 



'Winslow Boy' Mild 
$8,000 in U.S. Windup 

Richmond, Nov. 23. 
Winding up its U. S. tour, the 
theatre Guild-John C. Wilson pres- 

fntalion of Terence Ratigan's "The 
Hnslow Boy" did a mild $8,000 in 
fix performances last week at the 
WRVA theatre here. 

Local press gave the show maxi- 
mum exploitation. 

'Superman' 16G, Toronto 

Toronto, Nov. 23. 

"Man and Superman," with 
Maurice Evans, did a disappointing 
$16,100 at the Royal Alexandra 
(1,525 seats) at $3.60 top, last week. 

Royal horse show reputedly hurt. 

Texas U. Seeks Scripts 
Austin, Texas, Nov. 23. 
' Texas Univ. thea're is again 

feeking new scripts for presenta- 
lon in the campus playhouse here 
neiit April 6-9. Plays must be non- , 
musical, one-setters, preferably , 
with modern sub.iect matter. Be- 
sides revalues, the author will be 
given travel and living expenses 
here during rehearsals. , 

Feb. 1 is the deadline for script 
submissions. 



'Ame Inl 
1st Week. Philly; 
'Allegro' mSOO 

Philadelphia', Nov. 23. 
Strong legit biz is indicated: in 

Philly's four regular playhouses 

Highest I this week: although two of the at- 
tractions hardly belong to the: type 
preferred:' by . holiday and football' 
game celebrants: ; 

'Make Way for Lucia," Theatre 
Guild production of a new comedy 
by John van Druten, opened at the 
Walnut last night,: and it's still too 
early to estimate how much of the 
extra trade it will catch/ Show is 
in for two weeks on subscrfptioh; 

"Anne of the 1,000 Daj^s," ' on 
which plenty of doctoring: has been 
done, IS playing its final week at 
the Forrest and sliould up its laist 
week's figure. 

Next Monday the, new musical, 
"Along .Fifth Avenue," comes in 
to the Forrest after a brief tuheup 
in New Haven. It is lifted for two 
weeks. "Kiss Me Kate" will have 
its world preem at the Shubert 0n 
Thursday (2), where.: it's set for 
three and a half weeks, 'rhere's a 
terrific mail-order sale for this onei 
Estimates for Last Week . . 
"Anne of the 1,000 Days," For- 
rest "(2nd week) ( 1.766 ;: $4..5.5) Max- 
well Andereon historical drama got 
$17,700 in 1st full week. 

"Escape Me Never," Locust (.1st 
week) (1,580; $3.25) GriX i raved 
over star but nixed .the ":, play; 
$7,600. :.■■...: 

"AlIeero,V Shlibert (3rd week) 
(1.877; $4.55). In 2nd full statizk 
and without subscription, this 
musical again ..sailed to a, robU.st 
$39,500. In final Week, with '"Kiss 
Me Kate" in next Thursday for 
ti-yout run of tiiree and a :half 



in some instances dropping more 
than $8,000 from the previous 
week's excellent figures. However, 
three 'new presentations hopped 
off to virtually solid capacity at- 
tendance, and most regular sell- 
outs maintained that pace. Week- 
end attendance was notably light 
and brokers reported fewer calls 
for even the top draws. 

Several managers attributed the 
boxoffice slackening to pre- 
Thanksgiving week, while others 
suggested the start of Christmas 
shopping as the cause. Whatever 
the reason, the records indicate 
the same situation occurred dur- 
ing the pre-Thanksgiving ( week 
last year. And bearing out the 
Christmas shopping idea, it's notr 
able that mid-Manhattan stores 
and streets are becoming abnor- 
mally crowded; 

; On that basis, the ■ expectation 
is that theatre attendance may 
taper: off steadily the next five: 
weeks, rebound to the season's 
peak during the Christmas*New 
Year week and then level off for 
the regular, winter, boom. Howr 
ever, that jloesn't attempt to take 
into account such 'unpredictable 
factors as continued inflation, pos- 
sible price ' controls, stock market 
shifts, etc. 

Three shows .premiered: last 
week. Two more; "The Young and 
Fair" and "The Silver Whistle," 
are on this week's -card. "Red. 
Gloves" is the: only entry listed 
for: next week. 

'Estimates for Last Week 
Keys: C (Comedy), P (Drama), 
CD ( Comedj/'-Drama) , R (Revue), 
M (Musical), O (Operetta). 

"Annie Get Your Gun," Im- 
perial (132d wk) (M-1,472; $6.60). 
Slumped with the trend; a b o u t 
$34,000. 

"As the Girli Go," Winter Gar-: 
den (1st wk) (M-1,519; $7.20). 
Michael Todd's new musical got 
away to almost capacity business. 



4; loss will prob- 
$400,000 on the 



'Japhet' Mild 9G 
DesiHtelbibGrix; 
'Finian' OK $25,000 

Boston, Nov. 23. 
"Japhet" was only entry last 
week, coming into the Wilbur and 
catching notices to the effect that 
while it wasn't much of a play- it 
had Ernest r Truex and a lot of 
laughs. Result was it had a pretty 
good week,, a lot better than the 
notices would liave indicated. First 
Night Club also « big help. Others 
shaded off during the week but 
"Road to Rome" had: a few good 
performances, and while . by no 
means in the black the Repertory 
group is hanging on. This we.ek it 
opens "Heartbreak House": tonight 
(23) and witli Mady Christiana in 

the lead it ought to do better. garnering over $53,800 for the 
Sensational advance here for., first full week, thereby heading 
"Red Gloves," which opened last i the list 

night at the Plymouth. Should , "Bom Yesterday," Miller (146th 
have .SRO throughout its fortnight | wk) (C-940; $4.80). Felt the gen- 
pre-B'way run. Ahead are Al- eral sag; off to $15,400. still plenty 
legro," returning to the Opera good 



House Nov. 29, "Lend an Ear" at 
the Wilbur Dec. 1 and "Jenny 
Kissed Me" at the Plymouth Dec. 6. 
Estimates for This Week 
Wnian's Rainbow/' Shubert 
(5th week) (1,750; $4.80). This hit 
the skids to $25,000. 

"Harvey," Colonial (9th week) 
(1,500; $3.60). Only three weeks 
left on this engagement,- the level 
having : dropped off to estimated 
$16,000,: but still above the stop 
clause.-' ■. • i -,■ : 

"Japhet," Wilbur (1st week) 
" The crix" hopped on 



"Bravo," Lyceum (2d wk) (CD- 
993; $4.80). New comedy-drama 
drew almost $15,000 for first full 
week; which is said -to be! in the 
black. 

'^Edward, My Son," Beck (8th 
wk) (D-1,214; $4.80). It will ap- 
parently take more than a mild 
.slump to affect this steady sellout; 
above capacity again at $28,700, 
best week yet; Adrianne Allen suc- 
ceeds Peggy Ashcroft as femme 
lead tonight (Wed.). 

"For Heaven's Sake, Mother," , 
Belasco (1st wk) (C-1,077; $4.80). 



(1,200; $3 60). The crlx hoppett on i show opened Tuesday n.\ght (16), 
this one but more amiably than | vvas panned and taken off Satur- 
I usual, and show found a ready j day night (20); got a lean $8,000 
audience as the only outright farce j for seven performances; "The 
of the season. . Club seats also I Madwoman of Chaillot" slated to 
helped out to give this one a mild j open here Dec. 27. 
$9,000. I "Goodbye, My Fancy," Moroscfli 

"Road to Rome," Copley (2d (1st wk) (CD-931; $4.80). Made- 
week) : (1,200; $2.25). Had some leine Carroll r starrer premiered 



quits as of Dec. 
ably approach 
venture.: ■■■ 
. "Make - Mine Manhattan.^' Broad- 
hurst (45Ui wk) (R-1,160; $6). Hold- 
over show shared the general 
downbeat; islid to $25,200, \^hich 
is just over the stop limit. 

"Mister Roberts," Alvin (40th 
wk) (pD-1,357; $4.80). Nothing 
bothers this invariable sellout; 
making greatest b.o. record of any 
straight show in legit history at - 
$35,000 every week. 

"My Romance," - Shubert (5th 
wk) (0-l,387; $6). Rowland Leigh- 
Sigmund: Romberg, musical felt ' 
the general decline; eased to $22,- 
500; one more week at this house 
and then moves to the Adelphi . to. 
make way for the incoming '-Anne 
of the Thousand Days." 

"Private Lives," Plymouth (7th 
■wk) (C-1,062; $4.80). Noel Coward 
revival settled back a trifle to 
$26,3a0, still juicy pto&t at that 
rate. 

"Respectful Prostitute" and 
"Hope Is the Thing," Cort (41st 
wk) (0-1,064; $4.20). Twin-bill 
skidded again to $11,000, which is 
a trifle better than an even break. 

^'Set . my People Free," Hudson 
(3d wk) (D-1,057; $4.80). Theatre 
Guild presentation has failed -to 
make the grade; $12,700 last week; 
closing Saturday night (27); "Jen^ 
ny Kissed Me" due here Dec. 23. 

"Silver Whistle," Biltmore tCD- 
920; $4.80). Play by Robert Mc- 
Enroe, presented by the Theatre 
Guild, opens tonight (Wed.).' 

"Small Wonder," Coronet (10th 
wk) (R-998; $6). Intimate revue is 
getting a steady operating profit 
and seems likely to make money - 
for the investors; $22,800. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Bar- 
rymore (51St wk) (D-1,064; $4.80). 
Another regular : SRO draw; got 
$27,300; reaches the one-year 
mark this week with never an un* 
sold ticket, phenomenal for a seri- 
ous drama. 

^ ^'Summer and Smoke," Music 
Box (7th wk) (0-1,012; $4.80). The 
Tennessee Williams play has been 
slipping at matinees, but is- still 
an . evening draw; just above 
$20,100. 

"The Play's the Thins," Booth 
(27th wk) (CD-712; $4.80). Revival 
has been operating at a profit, but 
closes Dec. 18 and, after a layoff - 
week, starts touring • Dec. 27; over 
$13,000 last week; English import, 
"Don't Listen, Ladies,'' is next 
tenant for the house. ;t 

"Where's Charley?" St. James 
(6th wk) (M-1,509; $6). Another 
demonstration that shows can sell 
out despite mixed notices; about ; 
$37,200. 

"Young: and Fair," Fulton (D- 
966; $4.80). Play by N. Richard 
Nash, presented by Vinton Freed- 
Icy in association with Richard W. 

opened Monday . night 



XMAS SHOPPING CUTS 
LA. LONGRUNS' BIZ 

Los Angeles, Nov. 23. 
Only the houses with long-run 
attractions were open last week 1 
and both felt the first pinch of the i 
Christmas . shopping season^ It i 
wasn't bad enough to bring out the I 
red ink in either case, but it was 
noticeable. 

Two newcomers on this week's 
slate are "One Fine Day," which 
rekindled the Biltmore last night 
(22) with a negligible advance, and 
"Bagels and Bows," Yiddish vari- 
ety show which opens at the Coro- 
net tomorrow i24). 

Estimates for Last Week 



pretty bad nights and matinees, but 
did well enough on the good ones 
to touch an estimated $3,000. This 
figure is possibly high, but it isn't 
enough to be too encouraging. 

lEDEA' STRONG 25G 
IN WEEK AT ST. LOO 

St. Louis, Nov. 23. 
' After one dark week, the Ameri- 
can theatre relighted Monday (15) 
for a week of "Medea," with Judith 
Anderson. Eight performances 



Wednesday night (17) to generally 
favorable notices and immediately 
hit sellout pace; $16,000 for five 
performances indicates smash sue-: 
cess. 

"Harvey," 48th St. '213th wk) 
(.C-921; $4.20), Longest-run entry 
slackened with the trend; $9,500. 

"Hish Button Siioes," Broadway 
(59th wk) (M-1,900; $6). Longrun 
I musical slipped a bit to $47,200, 
which is still great business. 
1 "Howdy, Mr. Ice," Center f22d 
!wk) iR-2.964; $2.88). Spectacle 
! was also hit by the prevailing con- 
I ditions; down to $36,000. , 

"Inside U.S.A.," Majestic (30th 
wk) 'R-1,659; $6). Holdover revue 



' ' earnings hereafter are gravy. 

"Life Witli Mother," Empire 
i (5th wk) (CD-1,082; $4.80). An- 



endmg Saturday (20), with the ■ dropped back again to about $43,- 
1,700-seat house scaled to $3.81, 1 000; management repaid the orig- 
grossed approximately $25,000, | mal Inves^tment^ last week, so all 
strong. The critics were lavish 
with their plaudits for the cast and 

^'"rli,i„t,«.„.,i " ,„T^!ni, thfoi, ' other steady sellout; about $24,000. 

(Dklahoma', which played three . jj ^^^^ g,^„ Royale (1st 

weeks here to sock biz last season, ^j^, (cd-1,035; $4.80). N6w Moss 
returned for two-week session piay premiered Thursday 

starting last night .(Monday). ,,3) e^pg^ent ,,0. notices 

land went to capacitj* : imrnediately ; 
I $14,200 for first four perfonin- 
ances; regular week'.'? capacity is 



PARKER-CHANEY-'BORN' 
NIFTY 17G IN CLEVE. 

Cleveland, Nov. 23. 

Turnout for double session of 
"Born Yesterday" indicated that 
Cleveland's Hanna has liecome a 
potent two-week legit stand. Com- 
edy with Jean -Parker and Lon 
Chaney raked in' a nice $17,000 
for its second week. 

Maurice Evans in "Man and 
Superman" got excellent advance . 
sal^ for current date at Hanna. 



Scaled to $4.45, and a heavy ad- 
vance Is reported. 



'Show Boat' Nifty 

{32,000 in Seattle 

Seattle, Nov. 23. 

Biz bounced back in a big way 
after a couple of not-so-forte re- 
cent engagements at- the Metro-* 
politan, "Show Boat" doing near- 
capacity. 

Scaled from $4.25, house did es- 
timated $32,000. 



'Desert Song' 22G, Mpls. 



. Minneapolis, Nov. 23. 
Playing its: second local (Btigage' 
nlent in three seasons,, the -revived 
"IJeisirt ;S6ng'' grps^^^ 

I $2.'i,8>l0 and the operating co.st is i nees in the 1 869-seat Lyceum at 
$18,000; show looks like a smash. " a--*— nn. 



lucia' $6,800 in Debut 

Wilmington,: Nov, 23. i fM-i,319; $0). Orje of the new sea- 
"Make Way for Lucia," Theatre:! son's rnusicals that's doing, almost 
Guild production of John van DrU'^- jcapacity business despite mixed 
iini^°V"'?t^°^r"iaA's"'-K'\~r'',n\i-in ! ten's new play, got a fair $6,800 in notices; over $.38,000 
rt^^^h^wk) fflil' $2^0) C i oSr performanfes at the limited- 1 "Magdalena," Zicgfeld (9th wk) 
(335th wk) (1,14^, I ea cfiy Playhouse here last Thurs-ifO-1.628;, $6.60), Heitor Villa- 

day-Sattirday (18*20), • ' Lobds inuisical: tumbled to :$25;- 

11 was the premiere for the show. ; 000^: and mahagertieht c a 1 1 e d 



mildly to $16,600. 

"Lend An Ear," Las Palmas (23d 
wk) i388; $3). Slipped to $6,300. 1 



it 



$3.60 (op. Audiences were en- 
tiiusiastic and reviews good. House 
has.n't any more bookings defi- 
nitely set— the first time within 
memory that such a situation has 
arisen so early. 

New York Theatre Guild-Ameri- 
can Theatre Society are obligated 
for three more attractions for their 
subscription season , here. 



80 



IJEGITmfATB 



Wednesday, Nbvemlter 24, 1948 



Plays on Broadway 



f«oodb.re. My Fancy | 

Michael Kanin production (in as$acia- : 
ilon ■ with Rtchacd Aldrlcli & Richard I 
Myerii) o£ comedy-drama in three acts i 
<{aur scenes) by \'&y Kanlni Stars Made- i 
leiMe Carroll: features Conrad Nagcl> Shir- ! 
lev Booth; Sam Wanamaker. Staged W \ 
AV'anamakcri 'scttinK and lighting, Donald 
Oenslageri costumes. Emellne Roche. .At 
Morosco, N. Y.. Nov. 17, '■«); $4.80 top 
«»7.20 qjienhig). „ , , , 

Ginny MerrUl .- Bethel Leslie • 

Amelia - , Sall>- Hester • 

Clarlsse ■. . .Gerrianne Raphael. 

Mai'y Nell ..... v . . . -, Mary Malone I 
Miss Shackletord . . . Eda Helnemanii i 
Janitors . . . Andrew George, John WareJ 

Telephone Man Tom Donovan 

Susan I 

Grace Woods Shirley Booth ; 

Aeatha Reed Madeleine Carroll | 

Ellen Griawold. ... . , . .Lulu Mae : Hubbard ! 

Pi of. Birdeshaw Lillian Foster , 

Carol Betty Lou Holland 

Jb . . ; : . ! . . . i ....,>.., ; .Lenore Garland li 
Dr. Pitt. , i . , . - .i. . . .'. V.'. .George Mitchell , 

James Merrill Conrad N.iKcl | 

Pro£. Dingley : Ralph Bunker i 

Matt Cole Sam Wanamaker ; 

Claude Griswold Joseph Boland j 

Madeleine Carroll, an estab- 1 
llshed actress in the London tiiea- ' 
tre before becoming a Hollywood:} 
name, makes a triumphant Amori- • 
can, stage debut as a star of Fay ' 
Kanin's new play, "Goodbye, My, 
Fancy." A noted looker of the ; 
screen, she proves to be a talented | 
player and a captivating stage per- 1 
sonality as well. Chiefly because] 
of her vibrant, poignant and radi- l 
ant performance, "Fancy" is a 
cinch for many months of potent 
business. There may also be film 
material in the show. 

For a first play, "Fancy" is im- 
pressive. It reveals not only vitality 
and viewpoint but also wit, in- 
geniousness and vwiting skill- Al- 
together, the comedy-drama de- 
monstrates that the author is a 
worthy member of the gifted 
Kanin clan, I 
"Paney" is about a celebrated j 
coneresswoman who returns to her , 
New England alma mater over a; 
.commencement weekend to receive ! 
an honorary degree. She was ex- 
pelled from the college 20-odd , 
: J>er.rs before for staying out all i 
night. : Her companion in. that ad- 1 
venture, a young professor, is, now 
the college president, and he has 
remained her romantic ideal. How- 
ever, she presently realizes that 
he's no longer a fighting, liberal 
educator, but has become merely a 
political appeaser of the trustees. 

Although this is unevenly dram- 
atized, with certain rather cryptic 
' and arbitrary elements; it is stead- 
ily absorbing and frequently mov- 1 
ing. And it is expertly produced 
and played. Supporting the star's 
modest and irresistible perform- 
ance, Conrad Nagel is properly 
stuffy but also . attractive .US the 
college prez. 

Shirley Booth, handicapped by 
unbecoming clothes, gives another 
of her deft comedy portrayals as 
the congi-esswoman's sardonic j'et 
devoted secretary; Sam Wana- 
maker, also featured, underplays 
effectively in a quiet mop-up role, 
Ijesides getting credit for the ex- 
pressive staging. 

Bethel Leslie is likable and 
touching in a nice- ingenue role, 
. and other helpful supporting peiv 
f ormances are contributed by 
JVIary Malone, Eda Heinemann, 
Lulu Mae Hubbard, Lillian Foster, 
George Mitchell, Ralph Bunker 
and Joseph Boland. 

Donald Oenslager's single dormi- 
.tory setting suggests mouldy col- 
legiate pretension and,- with the 
exception noted, Emeline Roche's 
costumes seem authentic. Miss 
Carroll's gowns, by Hattie Carne- 
gie, are in exquisitely simple taste. 
In almost all respects, "Fancy"' is 
a thoroughly interesting ■ and en- 
joyable show, but the evening be-i 
longs to Miss Carroll. Hobe. 

Lighi Up the Sky 

Joseph M. Hyman and Barnard Hart 
nroduction of comedy in three acts by 
DIoss Hart. P'catures Sam Eeveno, Vir- 
Sinia Field, Glenn Anders, Philip Ober, 
Audrey Christie, Phyllis.Povah, Bi>iT.v Nel- 
son, Bartlett Robinson. Staged' by Moss 
Hart; setting, Frederic Fox; costumes, 
KiMctle. At Royale, N. Y., Nov. 18, "iO; 

■: $4.»o top ($7.20 opening). , . , 
Mis.s Lowell . .Jane Middleton 

■ Carleton Fltigerald. . . ; , .Glenn Anders 
Francos Black ... ..Andrev Christie 

Owen Turner .... . ; . . . . . . . . Philip Ober 

Stella Livingston:, i .PhvlUs Poviih 

Peter Sloan < ........ Barry Nelson 

Sidney Black ;;..>,.,;. .Sam Levene 

Svcn : . . . Si Oakland 

Irene Livingston. Virginia Field 

Tyler Rayburn Bartlett Robinson 

Slu iner. , , . , . . John D. Seymour 

William H; Gallcghcr . .Donald McClelland 
PlauK'lutlies Man . . ..... Ronald Alexander 



Cniiton hotel in Boston the open- 
ing night of a pre-Broadway try- 
out^ «nd the characters are a col- 
lection of i-ampaging egomaniacs. 
Tlic first act takes place about 
dusk, the second act shortly after 
midnight and the third act in tlie 
early morning hours, Just after 
the reviews are out. 

Before the premiere, everything 
is hearts and flowers as the star,; 
director, producer, author and 
their relatives, friends and as- 
sorted appendages wish .each other 
luck, pledge undying devotibn and 
otiierwise express the customary 
backstage amenities. But immedi- 
ately after the show, they turn on 
eacli other like unfed wildcats, un- 
til the disillusioned young author 
walks out on them and Iiis play. 
However, the notices turn out to be 
favorable, whereupon they all. fall 
on eacli other's necks, persuade 
the author to return and are set 
to get down to the work of whip- 
pinj? a promising play, into a hit. 

The gag-fiUed first act, in which 
the. diaracters are introduced in 
all their exotic vanity, is possibly 
tlie funniest, but it fails to estab- 
lish any situation or arouse the 
audience's concern. The noisy sec- 
ond act, in which the harried prin- 
cipals scream and claw each other 
practically to shreds, finally gets 
the story into motion, besides con- 
taining one nicely written scene 
between the yoifng' author and a 
battle - scarred, wise playwright 
there to attend the premiere. It is 
in the third act, however, , that 
Hart, at last calls out the Marines 
and saves his play by some 
genuinely strong writing. Tlie last 
few moments of this act are what 
make "Sky" a hit. 

Hart's staging pulls out all the 
stops, and the performance em- 
phasizes speed and clamor. The 
key scenes are played to the hilt, 
and the laugh lines are whacked 
hard. Of the individual players. 
Sam Levene is convincing and 
adds considerable drive as the 
dynamic producer who collects 
paintings and is addicted to pic- 
turesque but repetitoiis metaphors. 
Audrey Christie is expertly met- 
allic as his skating star-wife, who 
collects jewelry and furs. 

Glenn Anders imdcrscores the 
part of the hand-on-hip director 
with a weakness for weeping, and 
Virginia Field is properly unin- 
hibited- as the temperamental ac- 
tress, though she doesn't suggest 
the aura of a famous star. Barry 
Nelson registere as the voung 
playwright who learns about thea- 
tre egos the painful way, and 
Philip Gber combines poise with 
a cat-that-ate-the-canary manner 
as the visiting Dramatists Guild 
member. Phyllis Povah and Bart- 
lett Bobinson are competent in 
supporting: parts, and .Jane Mid- 
dleton is a visual addition. 

The hoter room setting of Fred- 
eric Fox has the right look of 
toney pretension, and the cos- 
tumes and furs add an authentic 
note. Hobe. 



poignant scenes involving racial 
tolerance or social, snobbery. 
There's a good deal of e.vcitement 
in It, but a little too much shouting 
and hysterics. Altogether, though 
the actresses make the play rather 
attractive at times, it's not enough 
for a safe score. 

Frances Starr, returning to the 
stage for the first time in a half 
dozen years, since "Claudia," gives 
a full, mature Impersonation of a 
harassed, compromising i school 
matron. Mercedes MeCambridge 
makes a shining character of a 
young schoolteacher. Patricia Klrk- 
landj as her hot-blooded younger 
sister and school pupil; Lois Wheel- 
er, as a; somewhat furtive student 
hiding her Jewish blood; Doe Ave- 
don, as a ' vicious, domineering se- 
nior, and Julie Harris, as the klep- 
tomaniac, head the fine cast. Miss 
Harris gives the play its most ex- 
citing moment with a bi-iUiant per- 
formance when she breaks down 
and admits she's a thief; : 

Harold Glurman has done an ex- 
cellent job of direction, while Vin- 
ton Freedley mounted the produc- 
tion handsomely. Paul Morrison's 
double set is striking and original. 

Broil. 



Moss Hart's new play, "Light 
Up the Sky,'.* is a loud, fast and 
funny comedy about show busi- 
nes.s. It's sophisticated and senti' 
: mental, malicious and affectlonatei- 
The fact that its. principal char- 
acters ate apparently based on 
vell-known theatrical figures has 
aroused advance speculation and 
v;ill undoubtedly hypo the show's 
obvious popular draw. For "Light 
Up the Sky" Is certainly a liit and 
probably picture material. 

Play's title is from an obscure 
quotation, "Mad, sire? Ah, yes^ 
mad indeed, but observe how they 
do light up the sky." The locale 
of the piece is the sitting room of 
uie f eutiue star's suite in the Kitz- 



Tii4> Young and Fair 

Vinton Freedley production (in nssocia- 
,t;on with Richard W. Krakeur) drarha in 
three acts by N. Richard Nash; Dlrcotad 
by Harold Glurmanj set, Paul Morrison; 
costumes, Eleanor Goldsmith. Opened at 
Fulton, N. Y.. Nov.' 22, '48; $4.80 top. 

Emmy Foster Frieda Altman 

I'rances Morrilt.. . Mercedes MeCambridge; 

Pat'y Morritt Patricia Kirkland 

Sara Cantry . : . ; . . ; . , . . , . ; . , Frances Stari" 

Laura Cantiy , . , .Betty Morrissey 

Lee H.irion Lois Wheeler 

Selnu Keeney Lenka Petcriion 

N'>"cv (iear Julie Harris 

llil Cheaver Frances Freeman 

Drucjlla Eldridge . . , . , ... . . Doe Avcdoii 
Mary Louise . ; . ........ Patricia Bouchard 

^.vjvia Peggy O'Connor 

S'>','5- Ann Sorg 

J 'e'en Vicki Carlson 

f'lo'" Rita Gam 

Ami Murphy 

M.illiilda Elaine Bradford 

Boots AlcGregoi Sally Moilet 

Oeorgetta Mary Lou Plielan 

P>««l''>e Lee TruhiU 

Ca>'<*l Bctte Stanley 

S6ine fine talent, is expended on 
an unconvincing drama of youth in 
'•The Young and Fair." Excellent 
performances by a generally good 
(and all-femme) cast, plus sttlart 
direction and a fine production, 
come near to persuading one; But 
conirived situations and trite struc- 
ture prove this merely a pedestrian 
play whose chances are limited. 

Playwright packs a lot of themes 
into his story of life in a swank 
preparatory school for girls. Ele- 
ments of intrigue, snobbery, thiev- 
ery, tolerance and religion are- all 
mixed in, and pull the play, in too 
many directions. Essentially it's 
the story of a matron who tries to 
hold on to her school in the face 
of hostile trustees and unruly and 
neurotic pui)ils, and who fails in 
the great moments When moral 
principles are at stake. 

The play has the feel.j)f authen 
ticity. It's never cheap; although 
it's often theatrical. Scenes such 
as the one where some stolen items 
are planted in a girl's bedroom, to 
get her. expelled, come right out 
of the old ten-twent'-and-lhirt' and 
mar the several significant or 



For Heaven's Sake, 
Mother 

David Kay production of comedy in two 
acts (five scenes) by Julie Berns. Stars 
Nancy CarroU, Molly Picon. Staged by 
author; setting and lighting; Leo Karz. At 
Belasco, N. Y., Nov. 16, '48: at I4.8<> top 
(S6 opening). 

Henry Wheeler ........ St . Clair Bayfield 

Bob Lawrence. . . . Alfred Garr 

Dick Lawrence . . . . ........ .Charles Colby 

Luclnda Lawrence . . . . ..... : Nancy Carroll 

Edward Lawrence. . . . . .Herschel Bentley 

Lavinia . ...... . . ..... .. .Jacqueline Andre 

Jack Warren. .. ... . . . . , . Stlano Braggiottl 

Deedee Warren. ... .;..;. ; Peggy Romano 

Susan Beresford. . . ; . . . . . Marian Russell 

Emily Bland . ; . . : ........... Jean Pugsley 

Milton ■ Rubin. ...... . . . . . . . > Richy Shawn. 

Joe Keneaghan. . ........ . .Ted Pluramer 

M». Rubin. . ; .. . . . . . . .... . . Molly Picon 

Sara Louise. . . . ... . . . :Margaret Draper 

There's no point in wasting news- 
pi-int on such a witless little indis- 
cretion as "For'' Heaven's Sake, 
Mother." It's merely a very bad 
play which should charitably be 
quickly forgotten. 

The authoress, radio writer 
Julie Berns, has concocted a trivial 
yarn about a silly ex-chorine moth- 
er, her matinee idol-husband, sev- 
eral children and a caricature Jew- 
ish jnomma friend. The latter is 
only vaguely related to the plot, 
but as played by Molly Picon, be* 
comes the bright spot in a dreary 
evening. 

Miss Picon, indeed, demonstrates 
how to create comedy with ; no 
help from the script. She gives 
a bustling, gleaming performance 
of slapstick and hokum. It is amus- 
ing and occasionally even affecting, 
but since the role is merely inci- 
dental, the effort is futile. 

Nancy Carroll, co-starred, fails 
to make anything of the ludicrous 
part of the would-be actress, ha v-. 
ing some of the more embarrassing 
lines. Various other players are 
similarly victimized by the 'author, 
but Margaret Draper, in practical- 
ly the only straight part in the 
show, is a refreshing ingenue pros- 
pect. 

The authoress has staged the 
production, succeeding Harry Wag- 
staff Gribble, who'll thereby sui-vive 
to direct another play. The com- 
bination living room-dining room 
setting by Leo Kerz is not like 
anything inhabitable. 

(Closed Saturday (20) after sev- 
en performances). Hobe. 

French Orch for A. C. 

Atlantic City, Nov. 23. 

Efforts to promote out-of-seaSon 
longhair concerts in this resort 
have usually left the backers Wish- 
ing they were anyplace else when 
the cash was counted. Despite tliis 
glooiny outlook, the touring French 
Orchestre National will be here 
this Sunday night (28) under au- 
spices of the Atlantic City Forum, 
a local group. 

The Forum has rented the 1,500- 
seat Boardwalk Warner theatre and 
is offering pasteboards at $3,70 tops. 
The Warner, for the first time in 
years, has been closed as a picture 
house and is being offered to all 
comers on a rental basis. ' " . 

Into the Warner the following 
Saturday night (Dec. 4) will come 
the Cosmopolitan Opera Co. of 
Pliiladelphia. presenting Sigmunti 
Romberg's "The Desert Song." 

MUSICAL 'CHARM SCHOOI' 

Hollywood, Nov. 23, 
Musical version of the Alice 
Duer Miller-Bobert Milton play; 
''The Charm School," will be tried 
out Saturday (27) at Ben Bard 
Playhouse. 

. John Fontaine, formerly under 
contract to David O. Selznick, 
makes his stage bow in tlie musical; 
which Raymond Gross is directing; 
Tunes are by Everett Covin. Try- 
out is slated for two nights only 
with future activity dependent 
up<tn audience reaction. 



Plays Out of Town 



Make Way For Lncla 

Wilmington, Del., Nov. 18. 
Theatre GuUd' production of comedy in 
three acts (seven scenes) by John van 
Druten; based on' novels of E. F. Benson. 
Directed by van Druten. Scenery and 
costumes, Luclnda Ballard. At Playhouse, 
Wilmington. Nov. 18, 19, 20, '48; $3.60 top. 

Miss Mapp. . . . £. . . . .Catherine WiUard 

Grosvenor Cherry Hardy 

Georgle PlUson v..- Cyril KitclMrd 

Mrs. Emmellne Lucat .Inbel , Jeanf 

Irene Coles. . ; . . . ; . . . .Emma Treekman 

Mr. Wyse.^. ..; ...;.... .. ..Ivan ; Simpson 

Mrs. Wyse. .... .. .- Essex Dane 

Rev; Kenneth Bartlett Guy SpauU 
Mrs. Bartlett. . ........... . . .Doreen Lang 

Godiva Plaiatow . . : . ... ; . . . .Viola Roach* 

Major Benjamin Flint. ..Philip Tonge 
SlEnor Cortese; ,<;......... vKurt Kasmor 

The Theatre Guild has a charm- 
ing drawing room setting and 
some stunning costumes in "Make 
Way for Lucia." Now all it needs 
is a play, "Lucia" is disappointing 
gcncrally>: : As it stands, John van 
Druten has penned a boring play 
about not particularly attractive 
people. There are only flashes 
here ai^d there of the. van Druten. 
"touch" in adapting the E. If. Ben- 
son "Lucia" novels. 

The comedy boils down to a bat- 
tle between two aggressive women 
for the social leadership of a small 
English town. Nothing much>hap- 
pens.. Lucia is the newcomer who 
yens to replace a- Miss Mapp as 
head girl in society. Pretending 
friendliness for each other they 
keep . up a running feud through 
three acts and much talk. Chuck- 
les are' few and fdr between, and 
even the various victories of the 
rivals fail to arouse much audi*, 
ence response. There is a happy 
ending, with each of the girls grab- 
bing off a husband.. The last scene 
is the best but comes too late to 
make any impression. ' 

The events transpire in 1912^ 
and evidently the leisurely . pace 
of that era influenced van Druten 
in his directing. It's slow moving, 
which is no help to a play con- 
sisting mainly of speeches. 
/ As usual the Guild has assem- 
bled a topnotch cast. In the title 
role. Isabel Jeans, from England, 
carries off individual honors as an 
unpredictable widow who asks no 
quarter and gives none in her 
"cold/ war" for social supremacy. 
As her opponent, Catherine Wil- 
lard is excellent, and their scenes 
together are the best things in the 
play. 

Cyril Ritchard is an accom- 
plished comedian, British style; 
and it isn't his fault that the char- 
acter he plays is more Irritating 
than funny. After portraying a 
foppish dandy for two and a half 
acts he suddenly emerges as the 
hero who wins Lucia's hand de- 
spite the fact there has been no 
previous love scene. Philip Tonge 
enacts a stuffy major who in some 
unexplained manner becomes the 
rival's boyfriend. Ivan Simpson 
and Viola Roache, both depend- 
able performers, try to bolster 
the proceedings but it's an uphill 
battle. Cherry Hardy is good as 
a pert maid. Kurt Kasznor, Do- 
reen liang, Guy Spaull, Essex 
Dane and Emma Treekman round 
out the cast in supporting roles. 

Lucinda Ballard designed the 
scenery and costumes, ringing the 
bell on both counts. The clothes 
especially are a knockout in design 
and gay colors. ,Klep. 

George Worthing, 
Ameriean 

Los Angeles, Nov. 17. 
Wcstwood Village Players production of 
cpniody.draina in three acts, prolog and 
epUog by, Jules Eckert Goodittan; Stars 
Henry riull Directed by Howard Banks; 
setting by Larry Johns. Opened at Wcst- 
S2''4.,^U'i«e Playhouse, L. A., Nov. IS. 
48; $l.SO top; 

i?^*""" Jovce Whlttier 

JJajJ WoHhing Lytton Robmson 

George Worthing . ... ..... . Henry Hull 

Mj'* ^"''h'ns Barry McCormick 

Snm^w^ Howard Banks 

Sally Worthing . . ■ Rpttv R-ivt*.,. 

Geraldine Worthing...... MaHe McLaglen 

Hiif.";.^'"^ Worthing Peggy Stewar 

Si"*'T Worthing j„hn Gelcrt 

-.iu- - Cheerio Meredith 

S?"? ^^'".'i','"* Daphne Nelson 

ri^m wnl*; "* .Howard Dunham 

riu." i™'"" Van Alen James 

n?^ Whf.w" ^"oy Johnson 

Di. WhUley Gordon Miller 

"""d Elaine Mmer 

Thirty years ago next March, 
Henry Hull stepped on stage at .the 
Broadhurst m "The Man Who 
Came Back," by Jules Eckert Good- 
man and J. F. Wilson. Hull hopes 
he. can celebrate the anniversary 
by returning to the Broadhurst 
with this new Goodman script. If 
he does, it probably won't be for a 
long stay. 

Goodman's newest script is a 
verbose character sketch of an 
American businessman successful, 
sentimental and conservative. 
Three acts serve to explain his 
effect on his family, notably upon 
his grandson, who is introduced in 
the prolog. The main part of the 
script flashes back through the 
years from the prolog, and the 
epilog finds the grandson, encour- 
aged by the reminiscences involv- 
ing his grandfather, deciding what 
his future will be. * 

The title role is taUor-made for 



Hull. He dominates the three acts, 
during which he ages a total of 20 
years. The best lines and business 
are his. Each curtain finds him 
alone on stage. It's an acting exer- 
cise and Hull makes the most of 
it, turning in a distlnKuished poit> 
trayal of the grandfatfier. 

Unfortunately, the rest of the 
script doesn't measure up. At times 
pompous, at times windy, it de- 
votes a considerable time to pro- 
pounding the philosophy of con- 
servatism as opposed to "Wild eyed 
ideas." The theme is weakened, 
however, by tlie fact that many 
things which were radical in 1919' 
are commonplace now. 

What's: wrong with the script 
could be coniected' with consider- 
able work. In today's entertain- 
ment market, however, it's.'doubtful 
that the effort would be- worth- 
while: Current conditions also 
make it a doubtful film prospect. 

Howard Bank's direction Is good, 
as is his work as the son. ]VIost of 
the other cast members, however, 
fail to measure up;' Single set by 
Larry: Johns, is. excellent.: . Kap. . 

It Mnsi Be Tonight 

Los Angeles, Nov. 12. 
Jewel Box Production of drama in threa 
acts (five scenes) by Al York. Directed 
by Bob Du Roy; settings by Thomas F. 
Philpott, Opened Nov. ,11. .'48. at Jewel 
Box theatre. L.: A.: $1.80 top. 
Don Stuart. . ..... ..... r... . Max Mellinger 

Jane Stewart, ..... . ; . . ; Dell Gourtleigh 

Walter ............. .George Eldredge, Jr. 

Les WUey Michael Kraska 

Jerry , ...... . . .Tommy Lynn 

Linda Weston. .Lorelle Winston 
Paula Treadon . ; ;Marion Vantin* 
Carla Morton. .............. ....Laura Hunt 

Chris Blackton;.. .. ...Drew HaniUey :. 

Eve Stuart.. Arnolda Brown 

Dr.. Steven Craig William DalzeU 

MoUy..,...^ Rusty O'Keitlt 

Filita studios might find a spot 
for this one as a programmer, but ' 
it has little to offer legit. 

A whodunit, it gets off to a con- 
fusing start with a first act that has 
too many angles in it, and builds 
slowly to moderate appeal. Audi- 
ence is left yith little feeling one 
way or the oflier about either the 
victim; the murderer, or the people .: 
with whom they associate. ■ : • 

Thin plot follows the activities 
of a gal who's two-timing her 
elderly husband and drops dead of 
delayed-action poison, in her bov 
friend's apartment. With the help 
of a doctor, he rounds up the sus- 
pects in the apartment and pro- ' 
ceeds to solve the case in the ap- 
proved fashion. Ending is a bit too 
tricky, bringing in a motive based 
on facts not previously disclosed. 

Bob Du Roy has done a good job 
with the staging and given th«; 
play a fine overall production. Cast 
passes muster, with only Max Mel- 
linger, as the long-suffering hus- 
band, earning mention. 

Pair of sets by Thomas P. Phil- 
pott are fine. Rap. 

Leontovich Reprises 
'Bed' as L.A. Opener 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

"And So to Bed," James B. Fagan 
play In which Eugenie Leontovich 
scored her first U. S. success, will 
be the opening play when the ac- 
tress and designer, Rita Glover, 
open their new intimate theatre, 
The Stage, here late next month. 

Stage will seat 150 people and 
will feature such innovations as 
movable stages, a disappearing 
proscenium and audience view of 
the electrician and sound engineer. 
It will be open six nights weekly, 
with concerts planned for Monday; 
the "dark" night. 

•Desert Song' 3d Show 
To Fold This Yr. for L&Y 

Hollywood, Nov. 23. 

"Desert Song," Lewis & Young 
production now one-nighting 
around Omaha, reaches the end of 
the road in Kansas City this Sat- 
urday (27), after eight weeks on 
tour. Troupe will disband after 
the two-night stand in Kaycee. 

This is the third Lewis & Young 
production to fold this season. 
First was "Time for Elizabeth" 
(originally titled "April Fool"), 
which collapsed after a few days 
on Broadway. Second was the 
road production of "Happv 
Birthday," which died here after 
two unsatisfactory weeks at the 
Biltmore. 

Last season Lewis & Young 
toured "I Remember Mama,' with 
Charlotte Greenwood starred, 
winding up some $78,000 ahead. 

Interstate Sponsors 'Carmen' 
Dallas, Nov. 23. 
The Interstate Theatres Circuit 
will sponsor the local engagement 
of the North Texas State College 
•Carmen" to be staged at the 
State Fair auditorium on Dec. 7. 
Ticket sales will be handled by 
Interstate at its Melba theatre. 



Wednesday, November 24, 1948 



LBGITlUfjATE 



SI 



No Stager for City Center Legit; 
NIC Ballet Troupe May Fill In 



With "The Medium" and "Thet 
Telephone" booked for return en- 
gagement at the . City , Center, 
N. Y., for four'Mweeks "starting 
Sec. 7, with original Broadway 
cast. Center still has ' siX" weeks 
open, this winter for bookings. 
Plan Is still to stage legit with its 
-own company;, similar to the N. vY. 
City Theatre Co. presentations 
last season under Jose Ferrer. 
' Nothing definite has been done in 
this : direction, however, ■ with the 
Center still hunting for a suitable 
stage figure to set it up. Ferrer 
Is tied up this fall in the Theatre 
Guild's "The Silver Whistle," 
which openS: tonight (Wed.) at the 
Biltmore, N. Y. 

If legit plans are stymied, Cen- 

■ ter may . flu In one or two of the 
:i>pen weeks with the N. Y. City I 
Ballet Co., which finished a fall 
•eason at the house last night 
(Tues.). Troupe, which started 
giving public performances for the 
first time for four days last spring, 
has been dancing on Monday and 

: Tuesday evenings this fall, with 
the N. Y. City Opera Co. taking 
over balance of each week. With 
Monday and Tuesday recognized 

■■ as worst b.o. . nights of the week 
at the Center, officials feel the 
new troupe hasn't had a fair test, 
and are mulling a stralgh't run of 
one or two weeks. 

Troupe this fall has been pre- 
sented under joint auspices of the 
Center and Ballet Society, with 
Ballet Society: sustaining whatever 
losses were Incurred. It^s esti- 
mated the group lost as much as 
$2,000 a performance. Winter's 
booking would be under City Cen- 
ter auspices. 
If deal goes through, move 

■ would be significant . In ' bringing 
ballet into the City Center's 

, scheme of its own companies, such 
> as opera, symphony and legit. It 
would also mark the first time bal- 
let was sponsored by a semi-munic- 
ipal group, coming that much 
closer to the setup of municipal 
or Federal sponsorship of the arts. 



Boston Rep Switches 

■ .': J|ostpn,, .,N|oy, :,23,' ■:; ' 
Effective tonight (Tues. ) with the 
presentation of ShaVv's "Heart- 
break House," the' Boston Reperr 
tory Assn. switches : to weekly 
changes, of. bill instead of cotttin- 
uing presentations two weeks at 
Hayward Also May Be In Copley theatre. Jleason is that 
r\ Tt !• dL • -1 oi ' business fell below the operating 
Un JtterUn-dtierWOOd Show i level for second week of the open- 
Philadelphia, Nov. 23. ing production, Sherwood's "The 
Deal is reportedly in work for Road to Rome." 
Leland Hayward to be associated In future^ plays will be extended 
with Joshua Logan, Robert E. 1 a second' week only if the initial 
Sherwood and Irving Berlin in the ' week's gross indicates the extra de- 



Permanent Equity Exec Sec Still Up 
In the Air; Committee Studies Issue 



presentation of "Miss Liberty," 
new musical being written by 
Sherward, with songs by Berlin. 
Logan will stage. 
: Hayward and ; Logan, ^already 
partnered In the forthcoming pro- 



mand. Company 's ' third presenta' 
tion, opening next Tuesday night 
(30), will be "George and Marr 
garet;" : by Gerald Savory, co- 
Managing, direptor of the outfit. 
Ned: Armstrong, ' pressagent for. 



duction of Tales of the South the group, has resigned effective 
Pacific," in association with Rich- , Dec, 4. He'll return to New -York. 

ard Rodgers and Oscar Hammer- 1 ■ 

stein, 2d, recently formed a pro- 
.ducing . corporation and are under-t 
stood planning to take each other 
in on any projects either -may do 
henceforth. 

They've' ■ been associated for 
many months in "Mister Roberts," 
of which Hayward is the nominal 
producer and Logan the director 
and co-author. Their new partner- 
ship is believed : to involve plans 
for legit production and ultimately 
television. 



Current Road Shows 

(Nov. 22-Dec. 4). 

"Allegro"— Shubert, Philly (22- 
•27); Opera Hse., Boston (29-4). 

"Along Fifth Avenue" — Shubert, 
N. H. (24-27); Forrest, Philly 
(29-4). 

"Annie Get Your Gun"— Shu- 
bert-Lafayette, Det. (22-4). 

*'Aiine of the Thousand Days"-^ 
Forrest, Philly (22-27); Ford's, 
Balto (29-4). 

"Blackouts of 1948"— El Capi- 
tan, L. A. (22-4). 

"Born Yesterday"-^Cass, Det. 
(22-27); Hartman, Col. (29-4). 

"Brigadoon" — Shubert, Chi. 
(22-4). 

"Carousel" — Aud,, Louisville 
(22-27); And., Memphis (29-1); 
Aud., Little Rock (2-4). 

"Command Decision" -^ Stu de- 
baker, Chi. (22-4). 



Sartre Suit Won t 
Hang Up 'Gloves 

■ Jean-Paul Sartre's suit in Paris 
against Louis Nagel, involving the 
U. S. rights to his "Red Gloves," is 
not expected to affect the play's 
scheduled Broadway opening Dec. 
4. Production is currently trying 
out in Boston, having previously 
played New Haven and Baltimore. 
According to Jean Dalrymple, the 
producer, she knows nothing of the 
suit and intends going ahead with 
the scheduled presentation. 

Reports from Paris this week 
were that Sartre has claimed that 
"Red Gloves" is not. an authorized 
adaptation of his original play, 
"Les Mains Sales," and that he 
had asked: the court to name a' 
trustee to handle his American af- 
fairs, replacing Nagel. It was stated 
that 
that 
friends 

during the tryout that "Gloves' 
has been turned Into an anti-Com- 
munist melodrama. 



Artist Paul Meltsner 

To Produce Autobiog 

Paul. Meltsner, wellknown por- 
trait painter, has . announced plans 
to produce his own play with 
music, "Canvas Mirror," . based on 
his autobiography of the same title. 
He composed the .three songs to be 
included" in the show and will de- 
sign the settings. 

Meltsner claims, to . have -more 
than enough availably' financing, 
but before going ahead 'with the 
production must replace 39 oil por- 
traits recently destroyed in a fire 



Appointment of a permanent ex- 
ecutive-secretary of Equity is still 
up in the air Committee; undef'; 
chairmanship, of Raymond Massey, 
which has been studying the ques-; 
tion for: several months, has re- . 
cently been discharged and a new 
committee appointed, consisting of: 
JanQ Seymour, Sidney Blackmet \ 
and Aline MacMahon, chairman. ':k 
Massey committee was dropped ': 
by the Equity council when it was 
unable: to agree on a recommenda- ^ 
tion. After several meetings the: 
group, voted to recommend the sei- 
lection of someone from the out<. 
side, and a report .to that effect - 
was to be written. However, sev-; 
era! members of the group subse- 



Margaret Sullavan's 
Taub'Sherek Play K.O.S 
Garfield Co-Starrer 

Margaret SuUavan and Leo Genn 
have been signed for leads, in 
"People Like Us," the Frank 
Vosper melodrama: which; William 
Li Taub : will put into rehearsal 
Jan. . 3, in association with Henry 
Sherek. This is the play based on 
an English court case which was 
first done in a privatedub in Lon- 
don and later done in the West 
End by Sherek, finally being taken 
off by the Lord Chancellor. 

Fact that: Miss Sullavan is to ap- 
pear in the Vosper show : means 
she won't he available for the new 
Clifford Odets play, "The Big 
Knife," for which she was sought 
to corstar with John Garfield. 

Shereki who's associated with 
Gilbert Miller in the presentation 
of "Edward, My Son," at the Mar- 
tin Beck, N; Y., planes to London 
over the weekend for a checkup of 
the original "Edward" , production 
and to attend to various business 
matters, is due back in New York 
before Christmas and will sU ' in 
on rehearsals of "People.'' 



and which would be used in the i 

show. He's now seeking a director j quentiy "decided "to "recommend 
anti a temme star. Angus Duncan, acting exec-secre- 

Meanwhile the artist reveals tary, but that move was protested 
he's negotiating for a Paris pro- i others of the committee, 
duction of the play and is also ij,^i,en no recommendation was 
readying a television series m I ^^de, the council voted to hold 
which his drawings will be used. ; gnyfj, guesUon open and ap- 
He s also planning two more I pointed the MacMahon committee 

to make a study and submit a Tec- 



legit plays to follow "Mirror. 
They are"Fig Leaves in Clover," 
a musical satire, and " A. Figure in 
Space," :: a drama.. . He has: written 
and will produce both; 



Legit Bits 



4 Announce 
'49 Strawhats 



Four more managements an- 
nounced plans last week for sum- 
mer theatre operation next season; 
making a total of 105 strawhats 



omniendation. Meanwhile, Duncan . 
was given a "substantial" salary 
raise. However, the announcement 
of this action was -garbled in states 
ments to the press, so-the council 
subsequently drafted its own state- 
ment and released that. 

Another issue that has recently 
aroused controver.sy in the union 
Is the matter of a protest to the 
New York City housing authorities 
on recent rulings permitting hotel 
rent increases. The council voted', 
such a protest, but it was not is- 
sued and a member of . the Equity . 
staff Jater interviewed the munici- 
pal official involved. A report fa- 



thus far listed for 1949. Four of '. vorable to the city authorities was 
the five additional outfits will prob- 1 then submitted to the council, 
ably be Equity-bonded. which withdrew its previously 

"a^^J^^ V „ , i; rr u voted . protest. Last week, almost 

dir^ecrt^he "ciWc °th7arrf,'Gr:nS , ^^i^L^tl^f,^ 
w,r,irf. ivTi^j, rf„..ir,<, tho ,„info. I ^rcd 111 thc Equity monthly bul- 
letin, the City housing authorities 
rescinded the hotel rent ' boost, 
after : Mayor O'Dwyer ordeied. »n 
investigation of the agency,: 



Rapids, Mich., during the winter 
will again have the Richmond 
summer theatre next season, in as- 
sociation with Frederick -LewiSi 
Jr. It will- be an Equity*company. 

Richard Stevers will operate the 
Lakeside Summer theatre, Lake 
Hopatcong, N. J., in 1949, also un- 
der Equity bond. . Meanwhile, he'll 



XAROUSELM26300 IN 
OHIO, WEST YA. SPLIT 

Wheeling, W. Va., Nov.* 23. 



. run an Equity stock company this 

n-iiiKiNaKci 11 was siaicu Margfl! Jones, whO planed in and .winter In Miami Beach, 
the Frpnch author assprted «>"t of New York over the weekend | xhe Oldtown theatre, Smithtown 

he has been ^formed bv|t° » checkup of her "Summer , Branch, L. I., will be lighted again j "Carousel" pulled a combined esti- 

is who harseen the play ^"1= ^^v^N V^'rSfthat she's ' "^''t ^^^^^^ T'' T fTu/ nertormalce's a? the Victory 

r. +v,„ * f <'ni„,,<.«" Music Box, N. Y., reveals that sne s ^^j. ^g^^g management as Dayton and^ three at 

1948..'.. ■:: i here ' ' ' '^. l-i- -'"^^'^ ' .' ' 

George Reeves, who managed ghow is playing Louisville this 
the Newport Beach (Cal.) P'ay- ' week, 
house last summer, pians to return ' :' .■ ,'■:'■■ '-■';■: 
next year; still on a non-Equity 
basis. He's currently acting in 
films. 

Harold E. Lawrence and Charles 
Miller, who last summer operated 
the non-Equity stock company at 
Frank Dailey's Meadowlirook; 
Cedar Grove, N. J., are figuring on 



stiU : seeking a new play, prefer 
ably, a jnystery comedy, as the 
final presentation of her stock 
Miss Dalrymple said in Boston I iseasofl at Theatre '47 in Dallas 
I yesterday (Tues.) that Sartre mast I Richard Aldrlch will fly Dec. 
I have been misinformed about the : 21 to London to spend the holidays 
I adaptation, as it is not a distortion with his wife, Gertrude Lawrence. 
! of his original; She explained that | His partner, Richard Myers, -sails 
I her contract for the U. S. rights • Dec. 9 for a month-six weeks of 
give her clear authorization to | show-catching and "vacation in 
have the play adapted and that al- , Pa™ • • J«»l>« C Wilson office 
though the French playwright- , tearing its toupe this week try- 
novelist had never asked to see the ; '"g to get the "Wm.= ow Boy com- 

tr <? vpisinn <!hP hnv rpnpaterilv Pa^V booked back to England m 
u. t>. veision sne nas repeateaiy , ^ , ,. „ ^ ^ . ^. -t-ti,- 



Theatre Guild production of 



Inside U.S.A/ Recovers ^ 
$235,000 Investment 



"Inside U S. A.," the Arthur 
Schwartz revile at the Majestic, 
N. Y., regained the balance of its 
LTng"a"7t;kwha^'in\9497butai "^fr' J^^^^^^^^ 



1 1 week, its 29th week on Broadway; 



+^ t« face of the New York dock strike another spot and this time as an : • , , ^ aaa 
nvited him to come to this coun-, „g^„3„ Bernstein, general Equity outfit. Meanwhile, they're Show grossed almost $44,000 for 
Ll?.JnL v=.or;,„.^r„^ tilt t ' manager for Leland Hayward, back booking school dates in northern ' the week, bringing >ts total take to 
understood Nagel was to have ar- , gf^g^ ,,,^^^'5 illness. 1 ^ew Jersey this winter for a pro- f^ate to more than *1.^00,000. It 
»«. mnvpc , P A Richard Maney " — .1 c-ji nnn 



rived from France to see Gloves ' |" pa" Richard Maney on Bill 
"Desert Song" — KRNT, Des 1 during the preliminary engage-.. j^^^^ york" 

Jkloines (23); Omaha, Omaha (24); , raent in New Haven, but that he'd ■ (^vcgg) p„ Monday "(22) Peggy 

never arrived and she hasn't heard .p,^^Jjpg, Theatre 
Royal from him recently. !,p a., bedded last week with strep 



Shubert, 
Boston 



I "Gloves" will come into New I 



Music Hall, K.C. (25-27) 
"Escape Me Never'-' 
Alex., Toronto (29-4). 

"Finian's Rainbow'^ 
Bosl. (22-4). 

"Harvey" — Colonial, 
(22-4). 

"High Button Shoes" — Gt. 

Northern, Chi. (22-4). 

"Oh* Mr. Meadowbrook" 
("Japhet")— Wilbur, Bost. (22-27) 
: "Jenny .Kissed MeV 
N. Haven (2-4). 

"Kiss Me mw- 
ly (2-4). 

"Lend An Eat"— Wilbur, Bost. 
(2-4). 

"Make Way for Lucia"— Walnut, 
Philly (22-4). 
*'Man and Superman" — Hanna, 

. Cleve. (22-27); Cass! Det. (29-4). . . ... , , . , , 

"Medea" -1 Blackstone, chi. 1 drawing Wghly favorable press and 



, , , » I Equity Library Theatre presents 

York with an advance sale of more I ghaw'S "Arms and the Man" next 
than $150,000. the producer be- 1 Saturday and Sundav (27-28) at 

lieves. She has sold about 22 the- Lighthouse for the Blind, N. Y 

atre parlies at $3,900 each and an Gilbert Miller goes to the Coast 
additional $75,000 or 80 has been early in January to help stock sea- 
received in mail orders. son for the San Francisco Theatre 

Assn .' . . Edwin Lester, producer 
of "Magdalena," at the Ziegfeld,. 
N. Y„ left Monday (22) for the 
Coast, so as to be home for 
I Thanksgiving; He'll probably re^ 
■ ttiin in ■ January or February . . . .• 
,,, ... „„ . i The American National Theatre & 
Baltimore, Nov. 23. I Academy board has voted not to 
Charles Boyer mopped up in maintain an actors' registry, at 
"Red Gloves," directed by Jed , ig^gj present, as it v;ould 

Harris under Jean Dalrymple aus- j require additions to the office staff 
pices at Ford's here last week, I g^^^ j^^^e space . . . George Abbott 



Shubert. BOYER-'GLOVES' FINE 
$27,200 IN BALTIMORE 



-Shubert, Phil 



■jected "non-Equity touring troupe. ! tweaks even at around $31,900. 
jcvivu; " ' H . J. Business has improved Since th 

production was moved frOiW ;.th« 
C3eritury, N. Y., and has! recently, 
been bettering it/?; first f e w . weekss' 
It's figured -S cliicli . to: WiB through 
balance of . the seasQii, . " 



'WHISTLE' SNAPPY 
$23,700 IN DETROIT 



Detroit, Nov. 23. 1 
"Silver Whistle," Theatre Guild' 
production of Robert McEnroe's 
comedy, drew a snappy $23,700 
here last week for the best gross 
of its extended road tryout. 
Show played a single week at the 



Salina (Kans.) Editor 
Woos Legit Bookings 

■■ ■■ Salina, Kans.,. Nov. 23. 
Bid for legit . Show bookings 
here is being made, to Broadway 



Irish in Glasgow Irked 
By Gate Co/s 'Mountains' 



Roberts"— Erlanger. Chi. 



Mine"— Playhse., 



fine $27,200. 

Nothing in currently, , with 
"Anne of the Thousand Days," 
starring Rex Harrison and Joyce 
Redman, set for Nov. 28. 



(22-4) 

"Mr. 
'■(22-;4).v 

"O Mistress 
Wilm. (3-4). 

"OkIah*ttiii!'* (No. I Co.)--^AvOn, [ 
Vtica (22-27); Keiths, Gr. Rapids jj^jj^ ChattcrtOIl HclpS 

"Oklahoma!" (No. 2 Co.) — 
American, St. Louis (22-4). 

"One Fine Day"— -Biltmore, L A. 
(22-4). 

"Red Gloves" — ^Plymouth, Bost. 
(22-4). 

"Show Boat"— Curran, Frisco 
(22-4). 

"Streetcar Named Desire"— Har- 
ris, Chi. (22-4). 

"The Heiress" '^ Selwyn, Chi. 
(22-4). 



^.rw^^. ^T^I^-'^JaISL^^ Iri-^h P'ay. "'fhe Mountains Look 

Frails' Mar i„,''and"''e>^ecU to, ^ has brought, letters of 

put it into rehearsal shortly, with protest froni many Iri.shmen in 
Zasu Pitts starred. Glasgow, who claim it reflects 

John Taintor Foote's "Hellcat," ! their countrymen m bad light, 
story of an actress, has been op- 1 MacLiammoir and Hilton Ed 



Cass then proceeded to New York. ; managements by Roy F. Bailey, 

editor and general manager of the 

Salina Jpurnal . S jj^cific ihyite has 
beien seHt to Brock Pernberton to 
:sehd a eomt»ahy of "Harvey'' here. 

According to Bailey, there's 
grovvihg local intereisl lii legii, and 
touring shows shouldi do goM^^b^^ 
ijess. He. says the ;Joti)CttaI, will- go 
all Out to :exploit , rdad engagf^ 
ments here, even if / it ' means « 
financial loss for the paper. , ; ; 



Micheal 



Glasgow, Now 
MacLiammoir's 



16. 

latest 



Schwartz's Dec. 11 Preem 

Maurice Schwartz opens his sec- 



tioned bv Sol Baron for production wards, with Dublin Gate Theatre, ond production of the season, "Her- 



on Broadway after the first o? the 
K.C. Group to Sellout year. 
Kansas City, Nov. 23 ' ■ 



Ruth Chatterton as guest star 
helped the Resident theatre to 
sellout for its week of "The Little 
Foxes;'' opening the current sea- 
son. Show opened Nov. 22 and got 
solid notices. 

Show also was the first for Stan- 
ley Ackerman, Resident's new di- 
rector. 



. 'New Look? 

Toronto, Nov. 23. 
For concert appearance at 
staid Massey Hall here, Laurltz 
Melehior was billed as: 
Direct from Hollywood 
Star of 
"LUXURY LINER" 



are playing a successful month's shel, the Jester," Saturday, Dec. 11, 
season at Glasgow Citizens Thea- , at the Tfiddish Art theatre, N. Y. 



tre here. 



I Opening will be preceded by lly t 
j preview performances- 
1 Comedy by Moshe Livshitz, is a 
1 musical folk tale built around th« 
for legendary character of Jewish folk- 



Jaray as Rudolf 

Hans Jaray has sailed . « , i 

London, where he'll play the title lore, Hershel Ostiopoler. Schwartl 
part in Richard Duschinsky'.s new. will play the title role. Joseph 
play, "Rudolf," based on the May- ' Rumshinsky has written the music, 
crlinR tragedy. He's been living in -"Voice of Israel," Schwartxs 
New York for some months. 'opener, closes Dec. 5. 



S2 



LKGITIMATB 



Wedneflday, Noveml»pr 24, 1918 



Plays Abroad 



Itnov«n( llillioiis 

(Zu Viel Geld) 

ZuiKh. Nov 13 
SchaiispielhauK prtrsentaiion ol comedy 
bv Jlei'iuirri Sluiw. Cienutin triinsluiuul by 
Siwstiied Tiebitsoh. Diifoiecl l)y Bcrtholcl 
Viertel. Sets bA' 1 eo <H(o. v At bchauspiel- 
hauN. Zurjuli^ Nov. , 
F<itliei llciiiun Wla^li 

Sw Will Uuadihe, 

She , Muia Becker 

tiM\a Wallei Kifhter 

...Sir. I'lerxUnanrt Hoi^per . WiUvied. SeyJerth 
.Chhie!ie rrittbt ... -.■ AVolt .r.euet'kcudoi'ff 
Bill BlIa^ant Eiwin Kalsci 

Second Bora .fcrwm I'arkcv 

'Second Born^fF. Wife ::' tlt»alieth Neumann 
Thn-d' ..Born'.H, yv \ie .. .. . Angelina Arnrtts 
Servant ... Helen Vjta 

riff\ Uliich Hit/ic 

\Vtdower . . ■. ..... Sie.i! fried. ■ Schuerenberg 



il.Mus and dltiattne >;otLin!»s, (oiii- 
1 bjne tlidim and gaicl\ , and while 
I Mfis Gingold and W.iltei Ciislium 
donunjie the sho« there is 
enough talent in tlie cast to msiiic 
.variety. Laiirol Grey's rendering 
I ot "Boticelli Angel," Gwen Chei- 
rell in "Taken ab lied" and Chrisl- 
ophei' Hewctt and Jean Sininions 
are among the individual hits, 
while the stars themsclve.s ex- 
cel m ."Blanchisseuse Hcuvese" 
and "Butteifly in the Ram" 

It's bettei than a\eiage entei- 
tainment. although not reaching 
the same high level ot. its prede- 
cessors and as explained earlier, 



of Robert Sherwood's "\be Lin- 1 
coin in Illinois" at the Theatie St I 
Ideoiges undei the title ot "Si Je 
Vis' ('It 1 Li\e"> Claxel is le- 
sponsible loi a sen,sitive adapta-| 
tion ol the text originally tian- 
slated bv Jean, de Rigault, and ; 
rfermanticr, iii addition to diiecl-i 
ing the piece, plays Lintoln to ■ 
whom he bejirs a remarkable phys- i 
u al resemblance, w itli fine ass-ur- ' 
ante 

Pans version is a lare treat.' 
Pcihapb due to CUvel's adapta- ! 
tion the lines take on a sort of 
poetic quality wlueh gives tliom a 
significance that wasn't*, so pror' 
nounced in the original Knglisl) 
text And in the semi - stylized; 
semi-iealistic atmosphere ot the^ 
picsent production, the total effect 



Member Groups' Autonomy 



Contlntied from pace 48 , 



Bernard Shaw's new comedv,' 
"Buoyant Billions" had its woild 
preeni here under German title I 
"Zu Viel Geld" ("Too Much I 
Money"). : The German adaptation 
by Shaw's lifelong liiend and tians- 



restricted m Us general appeal to ! is to evoke the turmoil ot Lincoln's 
the public. 



jj/yro 'spiiit lather than -Jus chaiacter aS, 
a man. which, one remeinber.s most 
about Raymond MassBy'S tnt.erprek 
tatton. As a whole the •^rodiifelion 
Iia.s a drftam-like qtialiti" ^vljieh^ 
seems to give il more substance 
■4^ I than a straight realistic pertorin- 

, iloan Sanderson l ance. .■ .. 

MnKcn/ie| iiei mantiei's beautifully re- 
iiuijh L^timei sUainoti perlormance is seconded 



Denv.s Blukelock 
. . GerSld Welch 
.. Juslln Pai'lane 



A Lady HilNlald 

London. Nov. 10. 

) ' Envoy' Pvocltlction,' Ltd., lire.seiitatioiV of 
I , • . o- r ' J Vii T 1 I oomedy .)n :t\v.« ai'Ls by Jveimwli Ilorne, 

lator Siegfried liebitsth tomes i Dnected i« 4,ntiion\ luwtiev \t i:in i 
through in excellent style and i J^w. i ondon, JSov s "» 
doesn't interfere witli the plav s ) i"m,jfeT 
character, which isn't as typically | Esthei 
British as many othei Shaw woiks r \ "s'tuV'' 

Wliat Shaw calls "a: comedy of oeoriie . . ; i . 

no manners" merely reveals the ' ^ouns woonn 

author's opinion on several prob- i ,5 ^ gaj mock-tragic com- 

lems. suth as politics sotulism Ldv of a muidei hunt for a non- 
and tommunism the atomic bomb I existent torpse well constructed 
love and maiiiage and lustue ^blv handled to provide gen- played bv Sil- 

s ons^ sou ehmr wm'^and erally sat.sfj ing entoitamment Lo- , Uiess who ma 

fT^rof^Telcllks " ,t;t^^^^ productions of 

without anj action ' Buoyant Bil- 1 nothing in tians- ^ Cotteau s L Aigle a Deux Tetes 
lions" doesn't appear quite up to ^'^twH slors rPhV a r-nnntr^ rot I Scenery lighting and costumes are 
the high standard ot Shaw's f 01- nlTni reTa^d nn^t pilu^ the scenes be- 

niei successes quiet U'oiite in- mg highlighted bv a stage-withm- 

^ vade their pnvac, digging iip , -stage effett thai greatly intensi- 



by an able cast m which the StC' 
phen Douglas of Yves Brainville, 
the Ninian Edwards ot .Jacques 
Butin and the Ann Rutledge of 
■Veronique Desthamps are espe- 
cially noteworlh> iVlar\ Todd is 
Silvia Montort. young 
[tde a 'hit in both the 



Principal tharacters include a "rd aaiden luinti ne ioi to I r.r i ' 

young idealist who talis himself """^ gaiclcn hunting loi tlio fies the attion 



a "world's relormer." who starts 



'previous tenant 



believed to have 
out on a tup aiound the woild on ^VI" J^ZMlf...^l 
LT in^^iis^f^i'i^ t^.".:c^^'rLltl^^" meek^"ro'«el "n«^^^ "who 



Frcci 



counters in Panama where she 
lives in a logcabin. And her fa- 
ther. Bill Biiovant. successful Eng- 
lish businessman worlli bUlions. 
who has a weakness lor Chinese 
religion. 

The \oimg idealist tails m love f.„,„,,„„ tt,,„,, 1 atimors nolu-p 
with the gill 111 Panama So docs J'„,„f„ "f n,^ 

she with 



mothered by the . elder 
given shelter overnight.' 

Mary Mackenzie and Avice Laii- 
done are attractive as the teni- 
peramentallv opposite sisters and 
Denvs Blakeloek gives a sound, re- 
strained rendition ol tlie amiable 



College Show 



Alat^ka lltglii Anay 

PluladcJphia, Nov 19. 

■ Mask and AViK tlJ. ol Pennsylvania) pro* 
diuHion ul ivlsi annual nniHical- Book by 
Willtam S. 3 larve-V. lU; inusu* b.v llennmtf ; 
Ludlow, John C. Ilacjcne.v; Daniel .(*. I'oie.v, 
Jr., "Robert i\V,- Tvoup.' .ir./ and. .. Edward 
Hick^ 1m KS b\ Folo\ H.aknex mrt Dai 
ell II. Smiljv; siienervs desi^'netl by llusb 



him but she flees back "^^^ "^P'^^" -^Jlfl? ! P ^'>"'---.'h^ ."-^ ^^.>U. . 

o. n^.,.,., J i^rt ..g^ director:. -Heiviaiimi y. 

fSvil) (lii'ected b,v. Walter 

tvunes l},v Helen ...St.evenSion 

liglitinS' by ftocldj' ! ll<>ffeVs; entire 



in FliKinP nnt hplno ,.,,1 „,I„.(iiri SUlCnCSS Ol a ^Okel aim of the law ' Kcen.m t.s 

« Z<=' ^„ 1, n, A. w and .loan Sandeison tuins in a gem ' K"!"-'' ei'^c 

sue wants to many nim oi not , ,i,,,„ „4 , ,„,ir,<>, 'ounson <o-.i 

He follows hei to h<^r fathei-'s ot a taiicatuie ot a coc kne\ maid , west lii,litm 

iJn,, J J^rin^^^ On Its Stoiy meuts and all ' piodnUum umlei peisonal d„ea,on ot 

house proposes to liei m fiont ot |,.,,„j artinp show wananU ,Rodd^ Hoiieis Piesented «i Irvine Audi 

the whole laiml\ altei shoil ton- ' ! ^„ T^wJl^^^^ ""'P^'s" Nov 19, '40, 

sidcration, she sa^i. %es and the I ti:^"5*l»;'?n^^„*;?,, ^"ckm 



'rhai^s'*"' a piolonsed run 



fatliet gives lus blessings 
all to tire storv. 

The Schauspielhaus plavers. un- 
der the diieclion of Bertliold 
Viertel. 'Vionnese producer who 
hasr]ust returned to Europe from 
exile m the U. S.: do their best, 
but the roles don't offer vei'v 
great opportunities. Outstanding I Mrs owsie 
periormancc-s come from Will ! ■'onathan smit 



Quadflieg. youiiE; Get-man actor ] ri|l""^J,. 



TiK> Solitary l.,ovi>i* 

, London.. Nov. 17; 

•Advance Players Assn. .i)re,selitalion of. 
.drama jn.. three, acts by. -VVinsion Clewes. 
Directed l*y Donald .'Wolftt.-: At Winter 
Crarden.'I-ondon. Nov....l6i '4!l. ,■, . 

Mrs. . Brent .. ...... .... Beatrice llowe 

I Stella^. . . ............... ^ . Rosalind Iden 

Irene .Vanbriigh 
Donald VV6Hit 



For the second year, becau.se of 
diihculty m ■ securing bookings, m 
j anv ot the four regular midcity 
i legit houses, the Mask and Wig 
Club IS ofleiing its annual musical 
.show in the U. of P.'s own theatre,, 
Irvine Auditorium, located on the 
campus. Opening night, with down- 
pour combining with location of 



I J ir. ,-)iiei'idait 



Patricia '.fessei'l house to hold down attendance be- 



.lobn . W.vn.vai'd 
\nlon% Ciitlen 
Hrvan Johnson 



who just finislied a sonesot "Ham 
let" pertormantes liei'e; Maria I ^^'^'""^ 

Becker, lust returned f rom Eng- ' „„ , • — ' , , . , 

land and Vienna and 1 iwm Kal- ^'"'5 a dololul stoi\ built on the 
sei 'leo Oltos sets aie fine cs- | ^'I'^^a'^^'-'i ot Dean Swift 18th Con- 



ppciall.\ Buoyanl's Cliinese service 
loom Meso. 

SHngn and Arrovis 

: • London. Nov. 18. 

ro\u%"'X ^l^^si^u'.Vlii^Ta b"y' If fn"* ''^'^^}^ make'^^od 

Heiinione ; Ginsoid, Charles ilicitih.in lor this Short tern). Its possibilities 
Musn^ and lyncs by .lari'y .lacpb.son. beyond that span ai'c dubious. 
Michael Br.van, (George Wood. Arthur I cv,o„o i,. o»a 1« llnWlir, >, h„>.i> 
Macrae, Leslie .lulian Jones. S;indv Wil- I ocene IS set in iniWin W'lleie 

son, Peter Alver.s, .\ndrcw t:ra\vi:ord; I Swift IS dean 0I the cathedral, and 
Clarry Ashton. himon Phipps, Cieoftrey i harassed in his 
Beimiioni \oi man Danrietl Vji..inia , ^'u * \. tt t 

Wmtei, Gietiiien i'i..nkbn Jock stiadiex plans bj tw o \ounf? w oiiien lie has 
t a I-.V1 Brahms, Cliff Ciordon,' stanleyiBiacic, : a penchant tor iiiiinature icinales, 

''^st''ars"^,r'^;„':?!>\'i'T,'Aei cii,han, i"'^"'" he tuto, s etigrossing the.. 
Cast includes Wa.iits Eatoii- Muiiica M.-ii- i sdole.scent minds. Ihcii he seems 
ion thjiioUe Bidim-ad Pamela Kail suiprised that he l.as also aloused 
F.'ilaT, ''V\?,?stoph-'e;"'iiVu7ti ''"B.'neid '■'^eu passionate dc\ot.on To him 
.Kijbes. Joim iiciver. tjwen ciicrieii. Rob- 1 all normal relationship between 
fit Bisiiop ciei. hpn 1 1 aiii iin Dii ectcci the sexes IS Tppuguant but he mai- 
bvii.cmnn, M (onieds loodon ^o^ ' , yo^n^pf „j jh, g„ on 

condition it is kept seed and ti.ev 



low former figuies, lound the 
Wiggeis putting on one ot their 
much belter-llian-average produc-- 
tions 

The dancing and vocal' departs 
ments, as usual ptedominant over 
that ot the . book, although the 
libietto, fashioned bv William S* 



tury satirist. First -play by novelist 
WiWston Glewesv it supplies good 
material 'lor the .flamboyant, di- 
dactic stvle of Donald Wolfit who Harvej^ frpin a scenaiMO b-V Robert 
obviously relishes his : opportuni- .G- Currie, who autljored last year's 
ties. Show is only in lor four w'et*s. show, and Roddy Rogers, \vho per- 
sonally. supervised tlji!? one i.s ^^i^^ 
bvighter tnan inahyi^ M. ahd/yv. 
prodnctioiis. In othervWordS. while 
the Imriior may be (and is) gen- 

ei'alljf undituted (-lorh, U's tiie^ 

zealous .. re|bwn [ of corn, that w;jns chuckles iind guf^ 

fawSi :'..': ■.■„' ,■. ' "y . J: -J. '■}..''' 

Stpiy, which lias phases of polit- 
ieat timeliness, conc'erns two y.S. 
senators, , Foghorn, from tlie deep 
sciutli, anci ■ Tariff,..' from, . (he north,, 
wlio: are shipped- to ;. Alaslcai Ijy ■ the' 
bigshpts of tlyeif- i'espective -fCQek'i 
tail ahfl Pachj^terni) part 
to the coiiipletibi) 'of .4 ^iimous 
iCan-Can) h.ghwav.- Up Ihere lhey 

Combination of Ileimione Gin- T^'^'P' "lei. own sepauite eslab- , 8tt involved with a small-toAvn 
.jld and Waltei C. .sham is i safe '''^'i^t'il'- Diamatic fiiewoiks ' niavoi , fan banks ,loe a bartender, 
md.tation of a MKkl^-plosented 'tome f.cmi tlie other thaniiei when Blubbei Bob, a couple ol young 
sopJiisticated leMie On that scoid^^*^ lea. ns the tuilh tollcjwtd bv oveis and a dancehall gal Lady 
alone 'Slin"s and \iiows doesn't ' lapid detline and death ot the Lou All ol whuli gets \e.v com- 
disappoint but its m iiti we.aUness "'Gg. egated bude All thia is evenly, i plicated but gnes thancqs foi 
is th.it .tian\ ol lis best siliiicjl '''"ft'iely portiayed \vitli Ros- plenty of topical allusions 
sketches have a nauow ihealucal almd Idon and Pati icia .lessel scol- [ No fewer lhali six wiiters are 
appeal which while vastK amus- "^^ equalh as the lo\el\ th\Naitpd ciedited with songs and lyiics 
iiig to a knowing first-night audi- "la'dens ,' \laska" has Ihiee oi ioui song 

ente. ma\ pic»e to have little Veteian stai liene \ anbuigh 
meaning to visilois Jiom the sticks "}^^'-"' ^''^ 'V"'-'- , ^ toloiless 
Biting satJie. alwa\s wa(^ and tli-ipeione and suppoiling io cs all 
occasionalh VICIOUS descends mei- m good th,i. a( te. Clem, 
ciies.siy upon almost every known 
theatucal peibonalil\, with Sii 
Alexander Korda coming in for 



go 



11101 e than his fan shaie tollowing 
his attack on the cntirs Ot the .^0 
sketches that comj)i.-.e the show 
the two standout items aie salii- 
i?ed versions Of current West Knd 
■ eho.ffs. 

Away from show business, some 
oi the sketches, viitli their c/ever 



Veteian star Irene \anbrugli hits and a couple that reallv should 

bp hea rd 1 ro in . .''A laska ' Moon .'.'' 
'■i'hi a JiSdy," ''1 Gpiild. Do Wpn.'^ 
[Jpi'flil Things ■fo^^.■.'Yol^/:^,-''iIe^d^ 
.aincl , "Dusty ;' :!>)-ea*n,s*' ate •lively 
caiiclidales. 

^ With Wultt'v Keenan again turfl- 
9 . . : . ing in a .coi'lciiig diM'.ctpi'jal Job. tllie 



Si .!«' Mh 

(IF I Livm 

Palis No\ 



Associeif prodxic'tiotV of Urajna by' .Ijtpbi!,r)L: 
Sherwood C'Abti' .Lihcolri in I,llih(>is"ii 
rjiauslated bv Jean de Ki^ault: adapted bv 
:iUaUJ'k'e C'lavel,; sliiKt'd b.v;,niayinond . Ilei'- 
niantle.i'. Sfel s by |.anfb>i't;. costiimert- by 
Mucel Iscoiliti \1 DuMtie St (.Loif,*.^ 
R-ay rii o ti^l .HiornVji rtl ie 
Veronique Deschamps 



HARRY MEYER 

ACTHOR'S ltrrBI.«IBNT»THlK 

NOW READING NEW PLAYS FOR 
NEW YORK AND ROAD 
PRODUCTIONS 

. fM7- ^ruillMOiri ' A'Veniift . 
Hrt. **ih & 4Stli \»w Yuik 17, > Y 

Ml imv liiii 4-iw»» 



Ipo •'luiciii-, lechiiicivD^ et Aiiisies c hoi US dancp loutincs aie tasl, 

kirious and olten novel. There are 
aliio a huiilber- of Specialties. . . in- 
cloding . a ..couple of solos, b.v Rob,^. 
ei't ; Wil.son .that click solidly. :'In 
the : cast: :.dirMcte(t by Benjamin 
liifker, tliere are two able comics, 

p1(''m'*i\!yi''ouv 
iac<ni(-s Blitiii William Murphy ancf Kdward Wei'r 
timeri . as the .senatoi'S. ., ' Ang^^ 
I3,ei,iips; t.s standout 111 tlie:' feriiuife: 
role of the "Lady Known Ssi l>piji" 
and Brian Bfickiee iiiakes a -per- 
sonable heroine, ' Jbspjjii Xhofii^- 
.son. male. lead, has a fine baritone 
Mauiice Cla\el and Raymond , which he uses to advantage A 
i iJermantier have succeedecl in put-.i notable feature is the seenei'v de- 
ling on a fine, moving peiloimance i signed bj Hugh Millei. U'aft'is. 



.\be l-incoln. 
Ann Rutledge .. . 
.Ben. MjitliinK . . • 
.lutlije. Cireen ... 
Niuiaiv- Edwa.i'tii* . 
.losliua ; Speeii ■ 
■^nnt^ Clieen 
liillv tTeriitlOn.. 
Maiv aodd 
.Steplieti Douglas 
'rod Lincoln . 
flobert Lincoln . 



. . I'aiii . I'asciuier 
, Cenevieve Brav 
... , . Jorls Maiiine 
Silvia Monfoit 
, . "\ vea Brainville 
. -Arthui- Delambre 
. .Pierre Arty 



troit, etc, for instance. Would be 
combined as locals ot the Associa- 
tion Locals wpuld be foimed in 
any locality having 25 or more 
members m all fields 

Assn. N^t'l Board 

The Association national board 
would tonsist ot 15 lepiesentatives 
each tiom Equitv and AFRA, and 
five each fioni Chouis Equity and 
AGMA. There would also be repre- 
sentation on a local or regional 
basis Television peiformer repre- 
sentation would have to be worked 
out later. 

Poweis of the Association na- 
tional board: would include the 
following 

1.. Approval of division and local 
budgets, via a budget , committee, 

2. Supervision ot Association 
locals 

3. Approval of all contracts: with 
emplovers 

4. Coordination and codification 
of regulations governing agents. ' 

9 Oigani/ation and administia- 
tion of television 

6 Administration of th« central 
treasury 

7. Authority to determine policy 
and action relevant to- Government 
legulations 

8. Policy mattei's pertaining to 
divisions and locals. 

■ 9. Review of divLsion and local 
disciplinarj matteis 

10. Relations with the 4A's, the 
American Federation of I,abor and 
other unions. 

11 AppiOval of executives of 
divisions and locals, sublect to 
certain conditions. 

12. Contract negotiations and 
strikes, e.xcept that unfair Hstings 
and compliance with codes within 
separate fields will be a divisional 
mattci. In this connection, the 
Association: board must approve a 
stiike (although its veto mav be 
overruled bv two-thirds vote of the 
division), but cannot call one. 

13, Liaison . rbelwcen . divisions 
and the Association and: the locals. 

Officers of the Association aie 
to include a piesident (piobablv to 
be chosen fiom Equltv the first 
time), four vitepiesidcnts repre- 
senting each of the divisions a le- 
cordmg secretary and a treasurer. 
These are to be elected bv the A.st 
sociation board from among its 
own members Not more than two 
oflicers may be selected fiom any 
division. 

'I lie Association is to have an an- 
nual convention: with proportional 
representation from the divisions 
and locals (one delegate for each 
50 members, but no local to have 
less tlian one delegate) The As- 
sociation: national board may not 
take any action contiarv to a two- 
thirds vole ol the Association con- 
vention..' . 

. '^Ihe As.sociation national board 
is to appoint its national executives 
and counsel iGeorge Heller, now. 
exec-secretarv of AFRA. is figured 
the .almost certain choice as top 
executive, with Ileniy .lalTe, at- 
torney for the 4A's, APRA and 
AGMA, the probable selection Jo.- 
counsel), but the latter po.st niaV 
not go to an execiltive of anv di- 
vision. The chief divisional execu- 
tives are to be einploved bv then 
own divisions, subject to \elo bv 
two-thii'ds vote ot the Association 
national boa id. 

All division eJcecutives will be 
under the duection of the Asso- 
ciation's thief executne and may 
be used intercliangeablvm various 
divisions, subject to consent ot 
then divisions Each division niaV 
appoint its own cpunsel Local 
execs Will be locallj appointed or 
elected, subject to veto by two- 
thirds yole of the Association 
board. 

Pioposed dues schedule would 
be on a .graduated scale based oil 
the annual Inioine of the individ- 
ual niembti as follows. 

Income Dues 

U p t o $2 000 $24 

$2 000- $^ 000 36 

^SOOO-tlOOOO 48 

$10 000-$20 000 60 

$20 000-$50 000 72 

Over $50 000 . 100 

It's undei stood that th« ChoiuS 
Fq.iitv division will lelax its dues 
St. ucture to allow suspension of 
dues duiing unemployment pe^ 
ilods shoilening the piesent one. 
veai limit The pidsent setup ol: 
local assessments will be deter ■: 
mined b) the Association national 
boaid Initiation fee will be $100 
foi Ecjuitv and AFRA, and $,!S0 for 
Chorus Equit\ and AGMA. ensem- 
ble niembeis, with the remaining 
!!>50 payable it, the member enters 
an additional field ot employmenl. 



Local initiation fees in newly or- 
ganized areas are to be determined , 
by the Association national boaid. ! 
Tlieie will be working permits fpr.' 
short engagements m the chorus 
and ensemble fields. 

Association's central treasuiy is 
to be established by donations of 
I $150,000 each from Equitv and 
I AFRA, $50,000 from Chorus Equitv 
land $S,O0O fioni AGM\ An\ ad'- 
I ditional donations will be accord- 
ing to the same ratio. SAG will 
also contribute; an : undetermined 
amount to cover the organization 
and 'admini.stration of television. . 
Eflective with, the merger,: all dues 
and initiation fees become payable 
to the Association, with divisional - 
budgets to be apportioned accord-? 
ing to collections. Each division : 
will keep its present treasuiv. 
I Discipline will originate in tfi« 
I divisions or locals, subject to ap« 
I peal: by the -Association " board, 
i There will be joint o.fl:ices in all 
I cities. Divisions are to lastain their ; ; 
present relief and pension fund 
setups, except that employee pen- 
sions will be paid by the divisions 
(although the pensions to Paul , 
Dull/ell and Paul N Turner will bt 
paid by the Association) 

Existing tontracts will be kept 
jm the names of the . divisions, but 
I new contracts and renewals will be 
in the name of the Association. 
I There Will be one national publi- 
[ cation: with possible division and 
; local house organs it the cost is 
I not excessive. . The 4A's constitu- 
tion is to be amended to allow 12 
delegates from the Association 
(three from each division), oi tli» 
Association will elect , three dele- ' 
gates and nine alternates to ttie 
4A's board. 



Off-Broadway 



Sherman .Reorganized 

Sherman. Texas. 
The Sherman little theatre reor- 
ganizcid, with Miiike Wavne, named 
director. Wavne came here re- 
centh tiom Columbus, O, to join 
KRRV. He has appearcci in a ninn*- . 
ber ol operettas, ,: 



Tucson's liegli Group 

I Tucson, INoVi 23. .■ 

I IjCgitimate theatie comes back 
to Tucson for the first tunc m sev- 
eral years when Rogei s Bi atkett 
and Walter Rathbun open a winter 
stock company heie In January at 
I the Temple of Music and Art. 
1 Hollywood and Broadway- names 
1 will be brought m lor guest star 
I stints with the resident ccmipany 
j as olten as possible 
I . Brackett and: Batlibun operated 
{ a strawhatter at the Lobero, Santa 
I Barbara. Cal.. la.st summer^ They 
I plan to keep the Lobero open each 
I summer, operating^heie during the 
w inter montlls, 



' Belyeii. Installed 

' Atlanta, Nov 23 

I D. Fiank L Bcljeu picsidcnt 
of Atlanta Theatie (Juild, Satur- 
da\ (20) was installed as piesidcnt 
' of Southcasteui Community Thea- 
Ities Confeiente in session held at 
I Jack.sonville. 

I . Representatives at conference 
intUidetl dctegatfs fjom 122 tittle 
Itheatres m eight, southeaslein 
[states. Dr. Belveu IS al.so icp- 
iipsentative on the Ameiiean Na- 
tional Tlicalie and Academy. 



■ .■ Plans Toledo Semi-Pro Group 

I Toledo Nov 23 

I Maurice IMoiris foimei actoi. Is 
planning a somi-piotessional group 
I to piesent legit plass both in To- 
ledo and neighboiing towns He is 
cuiientlj holding auditions 

CASTS THEATRE *48'S 20 

I Dallas \o\ 23 

I Margo Jones, managing director : 
' of Theatre '48, has announced the 
tast ot the second production to be 
'staged here at the Gulf Oil Ihc- 
latie Mary Finney will play the 
leading lole ol Kit in Shiiland 
I Quin s "Here's to Us " opening 
I Nov 29 for three weeks following 
the current run of "Learned 
I Ladies " 

Otheis in cast include Haiold 
Webster, Edwin Whitner, John 
Hudson, Frances Wallet Clinton 
Andeison and Jatk Warden 



I Tiescott Ripley has joined me att- 
|ing workshop of Theatie. Inc . 

The Old Viq has cancelled its pio- 
, lected U. S toui, vvhitli Theatie, 

Inc.,, was4o ha've. sponsored in Jan- 
luai>. 



Wcdne«day, November 24, 1948 




UTIIRATI 



53 



Author-Banker | pop music, published in 1938 and 

Metro's recent pureliase for currently being brouglit up to date. 
tlOO,000 of the novel, "Husband of Amidst the welter of aneedolage 
71 — n..Ma " hir ii'/i sirt.o(«>»- hrniinhi about the great uanies iu AiiieriCit's 

musiqal histbry, : .ijicluding from 
SteRlien Foster, Victor Herbert, 
Harry Von , Tilzer, ^ George M: 
Gohan, 'Irving • • . Berlin/ George 
Gershwin, -Cole Pbrt^r, / et jil;' 
Spaeth ; takes a ■ p6Mdat ipoke ' at 
James C: Petrillp, American' Fed- 
eratiiop vbf Musicians' prexyi as 
"music's greatest, eneiri J'.'" . Olhei'- 
Wisei the book is pom pletel y non- 
coiitroversiai, except for. Spaeth's 
gpflid^natured digs at the current 
offbeat, offkey renditions of the 
oldies. He wonders if such in- 
terpretations can extract all the 
nostalgia contained in classic pop- 
ular ,humbers. .Thesp, ; howiaveirr 
are only incidental ■ eoirimejjts 
woven intp a vast ihdosf of songs, 
of who wrote them and how they 
went over. ' ■ Herm. 



the Bride," by Ed Streeter, brought 
to light an amusing angle on how 
Simon & Schuster snared the au- 
thor for its publishing list. Street- 
er is v.p. of the Filth Avenue 
rTruat 'Co,, N. Y., and while S&S 
' was negotiating with him for the 
novel, it, opened a rather large ac- 
count at tne bank. An exec of the 
publishing house, asked last week 
if the account were part of the deal 
by which it obtained the novel, re- 
plied: "No, but it certainly did 
help." 

Streeter was author of "Dere 
Bill" and "'Dere Mabel," . best-sell- 
ers of World War I. 



Esquire's Film Activities 
John M. Abraham, who last 
week was named veepee of.Ksquirc,. 
inc., was at one time assistant to 
: Paramount prez • Barney Balaban 
and also served for some 15 years 
as financial controller of the Bala- 
ban & Kat^ circuit. He joined Es- 
quire four years ago, and subse- 
quently became general manager 
of the firm's film division. Coronet 
Instructional Films. ; Coronet mag^ 
Incidentallyi is said to be the larg- 
est producer of educational films 
in the world. 

With a complete production or- 
ganization, it releases pix of that 
type at the rate of one every tour 
days. 



Cerf and Simon. Reminisce 

. Bennett. Cerf. ;. as an author 
("Shake Well Before Using"), m- 
: Btead of as a publisher, journeyed 
with Richard Simon 'f& Schuster) 
i to Chicago last week for a Mar- 
Shall Field autographing deal on 
behalf of Gerf's new .loke book anr 
thology, which S&S publishes. It 
was. climaxed with a party in 
the Pump Boom, hosted by Ernest 
' Byfield. 

iThis reminded bolh that 25 year.s 



CHATTER 

Norman Rockwell in Hollywood 
hunting film names for his Sateve- 
post covers. 

. Beach' Congcri the war corre* 
spondent, in Miami for tlie N. Y. 
Herald Tri'b, 

Rinehart will publish Crane Wil- 
bur's .next. novel, "Footsteps on the 
Stairsi" going to press next month. 

Gen. Hap : Arnold turned over, 
mss: of: his"Global Mission'' to 
Harpers. It's due for publication 
in 1949. 

Over 1,000 magazines will con- 
tinue during 1949 to: donate space 
promoting the sale of U. S. Sav- 
ings Bonds, 

Jack Bell, Miami Herald corre- 
spondent^'olumnisti just had book 
on war experiences, published, 
"Line of Fire." 

, Teresa Buxton named editor of 
Going Places, new entertainment 
weekly, due : to hit the stands in 
late December. 

Nate Aleskovsky. night managing 
ed of N; Y. Star in Miami Beach 



Theodore Pratt 

writing on the 25e Literati Buiincit, 
ebtervet there's 

"Nothing Two 'Bit 
About This Business" 



cm entertaining feature in the 

4$4 Anniversary Camber 
of 

UBIETY 

Dtie $0on 



.Clii News Dumps Gallup : 
Chicago Daily News has dropped 
the Gallup poll service as did all 
other John S, Knightrowned 
papers. News ran editorial to ex- 
plain why service was dropped. 

"The poll takers,'' said the News, 
"ihay explain to their own satisfac- 
tion by pointing out that-their mar- 
gin of error was not great. But 
when a man breaks into a dance 
after being pronounced dead, the 
doctor can reasonably expect to 
lose a few patients." Other Chi 
papers carry no special survey 
seiwice, with the ■ Sun-Times and 
Tribune doing their own election 
polling. Tribune also showed 
Dewey winning, while the Times 
thought Truman might have out- 
side chance. 



Tsu'^cceed'^to SimoL" job » - ShsU^"1B"rtW l^um'^^^ 
& Liveright. when the latter joined | ^"ReUv Betr Henrs nov^JuaDers' 
"^^C^'^J^t^^'"^^^ fpeciaUsroff r^fS- 
SfomS"ouse!?nTBlLTM^"dern I ^^^^^^^^^^ f^'Pufh/l^oHd r W-',?" 
Library bec^a.ne a key.^tone in RII's | ^^^^^;^ife7winchen arrWed "^^aHv 
publ.shmg success. j^^alte^ Wmchell^^ arrived ^eail,. 

Beach's. Honey Plazai with trip 
back north diip at end of Decern^ 
ber. 

.Carlos Piambntev arranger' : for 
Norp Morales orch, pehiied a book 
Oil "Arranging Latin Antertcari Mur 
sic," publislied this montll by King 
Brand . Publications. ; 

Bernard G. .Davis,: pi*ez of Ziff- 
tlavis Publishing Co., eurrently in 
Israel p.P.ing book and, magass^e 
publishing conditions with a yfeW 
to possibly setting up. Pperatiptis 
'there;;: 

Mack Sennett is spotlighted in a 
new ■siXrpart, series by Adela Rbgr 
ei-s St< Johns, beginning Nov. ,21 in 
American: Weekly, the mag' dlsr 
tfibiited with 20 Sunday news- 
papers. 

Annual membership meeting 
and etection of the Authors Guild 
will be held Dee. .7 fit the Beek- 
man Tower. N. Y: Organization is 



Wector and Stanley T. Williams | 
as associates. i 
G.- Edmund Fisher, labor analyst i 
and, expert for Pittsburgh, Post- 
Gazette, has resigned from Paul 
Block daily after five years to be- 
come editor of Advance, semi- 
weekly, publication of Amalgamat- 
ed Clothing Workers. He'll take 
up his new post Dec. 6i In addi- 
tion, Fisher will be in charge of all 
ACW publications and will serve as 
gtiost- writer , for speeches of union 
execs. 

Richard Lindsay Gresham has 
turned his new novel over to Rine- 
hart. Untitled as yet the setting 
is a ' hospital, in a- latge city,' the 
story and characters being written 
on two separate levels, one of the 
staff the second of the patients. 
Writer was very ill, himself i : at 
time "Nightmare Alley" was pub- 
lished, and year or more afterward, 
now in good health in his home 
and estate at Pleasant Plains, N. Y.: 

Hugh Gibson, via Doubleday, 
hosted a literati cocktailery at his 
Carlton House apartment yester- 
day (Tues.) for Gerald Kersh, Brit- 
ish author; who just brought over 
with him some 80,000 words of his 
next book, ''Sour Milk." Holiday 
mag will do a spread on it for its 
upcoming Manhattan issue, utiliz- 
ing the Kersh party as a good ex^ 
ample of "the literary cocktail 
partv." 

Hollywood Citizen-News ,-has 
come out with a big "5c" price tag 
on its front page in the current 
newspaper war, Street sales had 
been falling off because customers 
apparently "had gained the impres- 
sion that all Los Angeles dailies 
except the new Mirror had gone 
up to seven cents. Meanwhile, the 
Herald^Exnress and Daily News 
are reported considering a return 
to the nickel movement. Custom- 
ers don't like the seven-cent tariff. 



H. Allen Smith On a Lark 



H. Allen Smith is a feller like | ^^"""^"^ 
this.: When he becomes the. city 
Slicker turned bucolic, now that he 



Is strictly the RFD kid. even 



I of America, 

I . "I Remember Hollywood," posl- 
I humous autobiog of D. W; Giiffilh.. 

though the proximi^; of ^I^un" ' 
Tfisrn M V (n ih.. Timtc Shnr lii>lt Kentucky newspaperman. Kuril & 
fe'^exaX ^dSe"'hU„''he|Ma- agent the book 

goes the whole hog. Or. rather »n''/",^™ ysii^s^^^^ column- 
the whole "Larks in the Popconi,'' I. 

ot his newest book wherein he dis- , „ „.vpral wfeks before rcturninc 
fror.he ''^Id S? soXr"n«?liro? ^ ai4und'ctirtmas.''HTleates"t"/r 
nn„^^^o!,.u^'' ""^ the Continent Dec. 1. 

c™u£ K^'i^rt ti,« ,„„r n,-,t h« i« ' Holiday readying a Manhattan 
.,.,v^i*^,^o^,^"l.^^.fn l/hn .^^^ «nd Life has a story on Chi 

makes even bucolic hibci nation, ■ .^ j ^ complimentary) 
commutation and the back-to-na- , Life also workmg oxi 

ture movement sound loaded Mim ,5;,,^ Carlson and Ula 

you, If you re mad enough to fall]„agen accenting that road com- 

Westchesteritis it 11 serve you right. I 

But for $2.50 a copy, by courtesy \ ^^^ff Kelly-Kramer, Inc., new 
of us evei-lovin publi.sheis, ^licity firm, mcludes Howanl 
Doubleday & Co.. it s all quite pain- |cramer, former ad-pub manager of 

the Cunard White Star Line.s; Jim 



less. And while you're getting 
your backrto^the-soil indoctrination 
under the typewriter wiles of Mon- 
sieur Smith, it's all very palatable 
and quite enjoyable reading. 

Abel. 



keliy, ex-Lippincott p a.; Cihai'les 
Lee; former literary editor Boston 
Herald, iindiPhilly RecOra, as con- 
sultaiit; and, Carl Dellmuthi , 
, Capt. Frederick B. Way, i|r.. re* 
Searcher and . writer .op: life on the 
Spaeth's Pop Music Tome 1 Ohio, Allegheny and ' Mis.sis.sippi 
Sigmund Spaeth's "A History of 1 Rivers, was awarded the S3,000 
Popular Music in America" (Ran- 1 Ohioana Fellow.ship at the annual 
dom House, $5) will be the stand- 1 meeting of the Ohioana Library 
ard reference work in the field for | Assn., at Columbus. T!ie prii-e 
a long time to come. Tracing the money is to be used for further 
origins of Tin Pan Alley back to ■ publishable research on Ohio, 
colonial times, this 700-page vol-' "Literary Hi.story of- the United 
ume is a massive compendium of ' States." in three volumes, will be 
pop songs that have been pub- published Monday (29) by Macmil- 
lished in the past 175 years to- , Ian. In preparation since 1940. it 
gether with helpful data about the is edited by Robert E Spiller, 
composers. Among other sources, Willard Thorp, Thomas H. Johnson 
Spaeth utilized Variety's original and Henry Seldel Canby. wun 
Musical-Historical Cavalcade of Howard Mumford Jones, Dixon 



Palm Springs | 

Ij^^ Continued from r"""* ' ' ""* 
give plenty of service and, attention 
to those who patronize them. 
Only Weekends Heavy 

Tennis ClUb, which is the swank 
of swank places, just gets a good 
Saturday night trade, but not bulg- 
ing, with the weekday trade not 
being anything to keep the cash 
register clicking to the point of 
getting beyond the daily overhead. 
Racquet Club, which has strictly 
film and .show biz patronage, docs 
the standout weekend biz. With 32 
rooms for guests there are turn- 
awavs each week, the Friday and 
Saturdav bar and food biz more 
than takes care of the slow beat 
trade of rest: ot the week. 

There are hopes lor capacity biz 
over the Thanksgiving and Yulo 
holidays, but in the interim the 
operators of this resort will have 
to do lots of penny-pinching, to 
hold down the use of "red " Ink in 
liberal proportions. 

One thing worrying the folks 
down there this year is whether oi; 
not the Casino.s. The Cove and 139 
Club at Cathedral City will get to 
operate. They feel that if these es- 
tablishments of chance aren't op- 
erating it may cost a lot of ;eastern 
reservations It has happened on 
the: past; There has been a little 
sneaking in Palm Springs during 
the season, but Charles Farrell put 
a .stop to that, as the biz folks and 
residents Of the village are content 
to allow this biz to exi.st in Cathe- 
dral City but want it banned in 
in Palm Springs. 

However, the boys who operate 
the spots are a bit worried due to 
feud between Gov. Earl Warren's 
Crime Commission and Attorney 
Gen. Fred Howser which is cur- 
rently waxing hot. La.st year the 
spots were nipped as result of thi.^; 
feuding in the last month of the 
.season, which caused somewhat of 
an exodus of the easterners who 
i wanted a little of that night ex- 
citement. 

Palm Sjirings is not much of a 
nightclub town or cabaret spot 
There are few places such as: Chi 
Chi, recently taken back by its ol4 



SCULLY'S SCRAPBOOK ; 

-»♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦ . ♦♦ By Frank Scully ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^I 

■ Nutmeg, Conn,, Nov, 20. 
Dr. Sigmund Freud had a daughter. Her name was Anna. In time 
she became a psychoanalyst, too. She has specialized on "Agressiveness 
in children," and being a child of her father believes that when this 
aggrcs.siveness is combined with the sex-urge you have a nicely I'ounded 
personality, 

Suppose this aggression is hostile to the easy-going ways of the rest 
of us, Well, a little parental counter-aggression can stop that, says 
Dr. Anna. 

But if it doesn't? Dr. Alice Marie La Jorta, a Brussels sprout in the 
field of psychiatry, has an answer for that. Simply stop the children 
from going to exciting movies. These, -according to Dr. Alice, breed 
aggression in children. 

But when did Dr. Alice; or anybody else for that matter, last see an 
exciting movie? 

Contrary to the interests of ■ these mental healers, this department 
is concentrating on adults in Hollywood. As the world races tow ard 
catastrophe, it isn't going to do much good to rid future generations 
of complexes when the best we can hope for is that the improvements 
will arrive too late to do any good. 

Ours therefore is an emergeneyrcall to the subconscious. If a: phrase ■ 
here and there of Scully's Psychiatric Word Book can £et through to 
the id, : it may avert war. , What's more, it may, develop producers who 
can make pictures about peace and make them as exciting, as those: 
now made about .war. 

If Dr. La Porta objects to movies causing this sort of aggressiveness 
in children, let her go back to her Brussels sprouts, because even 
though she's "a specialist in mental health she's all fouled up in- a - 
persecution-rcomplex, whichi tops even the guilt-comnlex which asychiat* 
rists say we have because of having dropped the A-bombs on Japan. 

Hollywood has more reason to worry about the operations of Jost's 
law than aggressive children or A-bombs. Read all about how it is 
supposed to. operate and disobey that impulse. You'll find it under the 
letter J: 

J 

Ji N. D.; Abrev.: for "just noticeable difference:" Producers .previ- 
ously classed as "crazy as a bedbug," now considered "just plain nuts.'T ' 

JACKET, STRAIT: A canvas sack to strap in maniacs during periods 
of violence. Quaintly called"camisoles" at Camaiillo state hospital. 

JACKSON'S -LAW: Principle that when mental functions are im- 
paired the first to disappear are the last to appear in the individual's ; : 
development, i.e. writers who go nuts first observe • they can't spell, 
producers can't add straight, players can't: speak English. ■ 

JACKTITATION: Jerking, irregular convulsive - movements; Slug- 
■happy Hollywood stars playing slotmachines at Las Vegas under- the 
illusion that they are working postage : machine to get an, -airmail : . 
stamp to write their agents for more dough, 

JAMES-LANE THEORY: Belief that in emotional experience, the 
stimulus ; first arouses a motor -response. Femme stars who show no . 
life in cioseups unless prodded by the male lead. Starlets who go 
through life deadpan until shoved into a , new Cadillac and told, "It's: 
yours," 

JAMESTOWN WEED: Forerunner of marijuana, it was more com- 
monly called Jimson weed. The leaves and seeds are narcotic and too ' 
much of them produce a' stramonium poisoning. Used by fiddlers to 
step up the tempo of the Virginia reel in colonial days. . 

JAVA MAN: An extinct type of primate which resembled man, or 
homo: f reudiens.: (2) Any radio comedian who sells Chase & Sanborn, ; 
Folger or other coffee. , 

JEALOUSY: An emotional envy directed , toward another individual, ! 
usually of the same sex. A sort of hydraulic jack used in studios when- 
ever a script bogs down. 

JEHOVAH-COMPLEX: Megalomanic fantasy that the character and 
God are one. (1) Nearly any independent producer back in 1946. '2) 
Loose characters who finally, at 00, attain natural parenthood and 
view their offspring for the fii"st time. 

JERK FINGER: A ps.vchoneurotic disease, in which flexation is ac- 
companied by a jerk. Common to hitch-hikers. , 

:JENDRASSIK: Act of pulling on joined hands, 'USed to aid doctors 
checking on the patella^reflex. If the fingers Won't separate, the char- ■ 
acter is destined to become an agent and eventually be sued for with- 
holding the dough of his clients. 

JOCASTA-COMPLEX: Term to indicate the role played by the 
mother in the Oedipus-complex. Jocasta having been the mother and : 
wife of the Greek jerk who killed his father and married his mother. 
This little known fact about a les,ser known person is what makes his- 
tory, psychiatry and psychoanalysis , so. uninteresting. 

JOIE DE VIVRE: French term for life Without hangoversi Pal Joie 
can sit through three Gai-y Cooper pictures and say he .still feels like 
a million dollars. ; . 

JOKING RELATIONSHIP: Privilege among primitive relatives to 
deride and defame one another in public, regardless of age; , Sex or :: 
rank. Usurped in more civilized societies by the critics' circle; : 

JOST'S LAW: Principle- that .when two associations are of the same: 
strength but unequal age, repetition increases the strength of the older 
more , than the younger — an illusion that accounts for so many young, • 
I widows in circles where middleaged producers marry blonde cuties. 
I JOULE: A standard for measuring work, equal to 10,000.000 ergs. 
[ Thus when Mike Curtiz calls actresses like Rosalind Russell, Irene 
I Dunae and Joan- Crawford "joules" because they come to work on 
i time and :are not. clock-watchers when it coines to quitting, time, he's 
really heaping praises on them in ten million units. 
U' JOY; An emotional attitude characterized by pleasant feelings due 
' to events just experienced; • When coupled with "ride" it usually ends 
in another, emotional experience called "grief." In pictures "joy" is 
f portray ed by a young barefoot thing standing on tiptoe, with hands , 
! pressing her: sides, looking with shining eyes , toward the rising sun. 
i "Grief" is portrayed by the same young thing, slumped over a rock, 
her long and lovely hair covering her face and the setting sun about 
to leave all this quite charitably to a complete fade and change of , 
scene. 

JUKES: Fictitious name given a degenerate New York family in ; 
1877 by Dugdaie; who .sounds as if he could have stood a change of , 
name himself. Byvl915 the Juices had grown to 2,820 persons* half of ; 
them imbeciles. One of them seems to have invented a jukebox and 
by 1948 had made a fortune di.sturbing the eating habits of 140,000,000 
.people., . ■ 

JUNG: C. G., the Swiss psychiatrist who split with Freud, insisting 
it was race not sex that set the pleasure-principle free in the id and' 
thus ran the ego and the super-ego ragged. Made half the world so 
touch-conscious even dogs wouldn't sleep on anything less than settees. 

JUVENILE PARESIS: Paralysis occasionally .seen in children due to^ 
a hereditary social disease; not to; be . confused with ,mike-fright, stage-:: 
fright or set freeze. These can happen to even adults, and frequently,^ 
do. 



management, which have a few 
acts, with customers dropping in 
for half-hour or so, and then blow- 
ing to another. This part of show 
biz here has, however in the past 
put very little dent intp the wallets 
of the local spenders. Stables, 
which had short career, last year 
under management of Charlie Morr 



rison; and then reverted to the 
operation , of its original owner, 

■ Trav Rogers, was opened last week 
by Jim mie Davis; former governor . 
of Louislanai as , eatery and west- 

I em-style dancing establishment, 
and no doubt will get considerable 
of the name-seeker trade during 

itiit season. 



S4 



CHATTER 



Vedneeday, Novemlier 24, 1948 



The Henry Shereki back to 
London thif week; ditto Fifl 
Hylton. 

London maestro-producer Maur-. 
Ice Winnick's cable address is 
•'Showbiz." 

Ira Gershwin returning to the 
Coast. He came east because of his 
mother's illness. 



Frank Scully's virus attack in 
Chi, en route to LA to NY, forced 
him to return to the Coast's balm- 
ier weather. 

Ella Raines, who just wound up 
role in Harry Popkln'* "Impact" 
(UA), arrived Monday (22) en 
route to England. 

Mr. and Mrs. J. David Stern (he's 
former Philly Record publisher) 
celebrated 40th wedding annl In 
N. Y. Monday (22). 

What to do for basically limited 
American dollars is not the least Of 
the problems for British visitors 
held over here because of the dock 
strike. 

Leo Robin, Johnny Mercer and 
Harry Warren among Coast song- 
smiths in town on show-seeing 
whirl, also with ^n eye to a legit 
musical. . ■ ■ '■ ,■ 
• Patrece Snyder, radio publicity 
and advertising manager of Eagle 
Lion, engaged to Dr. Robert L. 
Sherman; wedding planned for 
next spring, 
Cafe mimic Patricia Bright 

(Mrs. Steve Blumberg, Brooks Cos- ^ . _ _ _ „ , 

tume exec) convalescing from an I assistant curator of the Museum of 



three rings, a broach and ft gold 
compact taken. 

George Jessel says he attained a 
lifetime ambition — sharing the 
same dressing room with Al Jolson 
— ^when both did that at the L. A. 
Philharmonic for the Friars Frolic. 
Back in 1911 Jessel dreamed that 
would be an actor's paradise, to 
"dress with the great Jolson." 

Leonard L. Levinson's Impos- 
sible Pictures, Inc. : inked Kenny 
Delmar to portray Senator Clag- 
horn in the company's forthcoming 
Trucolor short, "Beyond Civiliza- 
tion to Texas." He has the lead 
role and will also act as narrator. 
Sound track made in N. Y.; afi 
work on Coast. 

Fifl (Mrs. Jack) Hylton, the 
Henry Shereks and the Harry 
Greens stalled here by the dock 
strike .which halted the Queen 
Elizabeth's sailing from Southamp- 
ton. They were to have taken it 
today (Wed.) for home. Ditto the 
Bill Littles; he's owner of the Al- 
bany Club, London. 

Julia Marlowe Sothern sold two 
parcels of her "property, comprising' 
about nine acres, at Westhampton 
Beach, L. I., to Emerson • Raynor. 
Property has been in the E, H. 
Sothern family for years and ex- 
tends from the Atlantic Ocean to 
Moriches Bay, with frontage of 690 
feet on both the ocean and bay. 

Ira Wit (Variety) elected chair- 
man of the Motion Picture Chapter 
of the American Veterans Commit- 
tee last week in N. Y. Other new 
officers include Irwin Nussbaum, 
Ralph Bennett and Arthur Knight 



London 



appendectomy at Beth Israel hos- 
pital, N. Y. 

French director-producer Max de 
Vaucorbeil to .Haiti with a French 
diplomatic^film mission; returning 
to N. Y., en route to Paris, In a 
•Eouple- of weeks. 

Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Davis this 
spring will give up their Philadel- 
phia home (meeting place -for : ler 
giters, longhairs and- literati) after 
27 years, and take a N. Y. apart- 
ment. 

Norman Reader, publicity direc- 
tor for the French National Tour- 
ist Office, off to the Coast lor the 
Trade & Travel Exhibit which 
opens at the Hotel Biltmore, L. A., 
Dec. 3. 

Lorraine Miller arrives by air 
today (Wed.) from Rome, where 
she's been working in "Rapture," 
English-language pic 'financed by 
Robert Goelet, Sr, She heads for 
the Coast next week. 



Modern Art film division, vice- 
chairmen; Irving Feiring, treas- 
urer; George Fiedler, secretary; 
Cecil Citron, sergeant-at-arms. 

Patricia Englund, teen - age 
daughter of Ken Englund, saw 
"This Thing Called Love'' in Den- 
mark (Danish titles), "The Doctor 
Takes a Wife" in Birmingham (Eng- 
land), and "Walter Mitty" In Lon- 
don, while fche was in "Oklai:-jmv)I'.' 
in London. Former two were 
deemed too spicy when she was a 
child. Her father, now east ready- 
ing his own legit musical, scripted 
all three. Actress clippered in last 
week with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., 
from London. 



on 



By Florence S. LoWc • 
Barter Tiieatre currently road 
showing ' 'Papa ' ii All" iji this area .: 
Marlene Dietrichs's charity stint 
^ Ralph Bangh'art, RKO's Boston I at French Embassy last- week ' big* 
exploiteer, and Al Margolin, of the i gest of season 



Denmark has signed an exchange 
agreement with Britain for docu- 
mentary films. 

Jennifer Jones due in February 
to do "Gone to Earth" for Sir 
Alexander Korda. . , 

Sid Field making his legit debut 
in "Harv^," due to open at the 
Prince Of Wales Jan. 4. 

Edward Carrick, art director at 
Pinewood, author of "Art and De- 
sign in the British Flm." 

Chorus girls, through British 
Actors Equity Assn., are demand- 
ing a minimum wage of $32 weekly. 

Ronald Reagan and Patricia 
Neale signed as leads in "Hasty 
Heart," to be directed at Elstree 
by Vincent Sherman for Warner 
Bros, release. 

Val Parnell presenting "High 
Button Shoes" with an Anglo- 
American cast at the London Hipr 
podrome Dec. 22. Show will run 
twice-nightly after premiere. 

Vivien Leigh and Laurence 
Olivier, back from their extended 
overseas tour, plan to return to the 
London stage in the French ver- 
sion by Jean Arnouilh of Sophocles' 
"Antigone," in January, 

Dave Sugarman has taken over 
post of Warner Bros.' London 
branch manager, following his re- 
cent appointment by WB managi<(g 
director Arthur S. Abeles. Sugar- 
man was formerly with Eros Films. 

J. B. Priestley's latest play, 
"Home Is TiUnorrow," folds at the 
Cambridge, Dec. 4, after only a 
four weeks' run. "Cage Me a Pea- 
cock" moves in, transferring from 
the Strand, where "The Wizard of 
Oz" is set for the Christmas attrac- 
tion.. 



Charlie" simultaneously in Glas- 
gow and Edinburgh Regal houses. 
Stars David Niven and Margaret 
Leighton. 

Kay-Scottish Films, Ltd., owners 
of sole film lab processing plant in 
Scotland, winding up because 
Board of Trade won't grant build- 
ing license. 

Glasgow film actor Gordon- Jack' 
son returns to Australia soon, to 
join Chips Raflerty and Tommy 
Trlnder in film on British immi- 
grants in' Australia« . ' 

Donald Wolflt, presenting new 
plays as contrast, to his usual 
Shakespeare, at .Theati-e Royal, 
said he hopes to mix new works 
and classics in future repertoires. 



Germany 

By Harvey D. Sanderson . 
British Little Theater Co. pre- 
sented "Yes and No," a comedy by 
Kenneth Home, at the Jerboa the- 
ater, Berlin, three nights starting 
Nov. 15. 

A new all-girl show called "The ^^^^ 

Heartbreakers," is being premiered ; ggijeduied "aYternoon^'concert "be- 



By Les Rees 

James Melton here for concert. 
Tito Gttlzar into Lyceum Dec. 5 
for Sunday afternoon concert. 

Beatrice Kay jumped from 
Flame Room here to Montreal. 

Lyceum,, legit roadshow house, 
offering first Swedish color film; 
"Bells of Old City." 

Club Carnival has J o a q u in 
Garay, Johnny Soo, LeRoy Bros, 
and Billy Bishop band. 

Phil Spitalny's "Hour Of Charm" 
orch into St. Paul Auditorium for 
one-night concert Nov. 25; . 

Buddy Lewis guest star with 
Dorothy Lewis Ice Show at Hotel 
Nicollet Minhesota Terrace. 

Johnnie Johnston, Evelyn Knight 
and Abe Burrows underlined for 
Hotel Radisson Flame Room. 

Eric Abbott, Canadian ice com- 
edy star, to top winter ice show at 
St. Paul Auditorium Dec. 4t5, 

Mickey Carlisle finished 22 
months at Curly's, longest ever 
chalked up by a dancer at any local 
nitery. 

Johnnie Johnston, one-time local 
club and radio singer, into Hotel 
Radisson Flamme Room at $1,500 
a week with Joe Vera orch. : ^ 

Symphony Orchestra Nationale 
of France members refused to give 



Hollywood 



Astor theatre there, in town Mon- 
day (22) to see Sam Goldwyn's 
"Enchantment" and lay out plans 
for Christmas Day preemj 

Paul Graetz, producer of "Le 
Diable Au Corps" ("Devil in the 
Flesh") is due in from the Coast 
Dec. 2 and will return to France 
after the opening of his film at 
the Paris theatre, N. Y., in January. 

.^ Mrs. Isabelle P. Couyas, exec 
. secretary to Paramount treasurer 

■ Fred Mohrhardt, has ended her 27- 
year stint with the company to 
open The Carousel, a restaurant, 
in La Jolla, Calif., with her hus- 
band. 

■ May Johnson, ex^MCA,' now 
agenting on her own in Montreal 



Pat O'Brien, in with his wife for 
a City of Hope benefit p.^., took 
time out to visit the vets at Walter 
Reed Army Hospital. 

Town gets first peek at Norman 
Krasna's. '-John Loves Mary" when 
George Washington U Players play 
it : at Lisner Auditorium Dec. 3*4. 

Scott Kirkpatrick, ex-National 
Theatre flack, and currently tub- 
thumping for National Symphony, 
lectured at George Washington U 
last week. 

■ Local ; Variety Tent awarded a 
Certificate, of Achievement' by 
Navy in recognition of cooperation 
and .services rendered Medical 
Dept. of Navy, during war. 
. Maurice EvanSi' in Baltimore re- 
cently with .'Man and Superman,' 



by Special Services in Stuttgart 
this month. The chorus of the new 
show formerly played the zone in 
"Panama Ballet." 

Two documentary films on the 
Berlin airlift, "City of Freedom' 
and "100 Days of Blockade," re- 
leased by Military Government, are 
currently being shown German 
audiences in Berlin and western 
Germany. 

Rudy Starita's All Girl Orchestra 
is playing the Munich area during 
November with appearances slated 
at Oberpfaifenhofen, Erding, Freis- 
ing and Munich, where they will 
play the Haus der Kunst. Orlando 
Club and Seehaus EM club. 



and N.Y., flew to London and Paris took time out to make a recording 



this past weekend for a fortnight 
on talent questing. She'll house- 

fuest with the Lee Ephraims in 
ondon.'.v: ■ :• .■ 

Sophie Tucker bet $150 for her 
Playground fund against a suit of 
clothes with Lou Walters that her I 
business wouldn't be good at the I 
Latin Quarter in view of conditions. I 
. Walters is happy to pay off; biz has 
- been socko.'' 

Chi hotelier Ernie Byfield, him- 
self a new groom, preparing for 
the weddings of his daughter Gene 
and . ex-rstepdaughter Rita; in be- 
tween preeming a new policy at the 
College Inn, opening new seafood 
emporium, etc. 

■ Jack Eigen, who does a ".mystery 
dramatic critic" after the legit 
: openings on his ■ WINS disk jock 
show from the Copacabana, denied 
over the air that ticket broker 
George Solitaire is he, as Bob Syt 
ve.ster had it in the News. 

Ed Seay taking over press for 
the Hotel Plaza. Dorothy Went- 
worth (Dickie) King and Adele 
Brown-; who exit, specialize in char* 
Ity balls; also handling the Coq 
Rouge and other accounts. Seay 
longtime p.a. for. the Rainbow 
Room. 

The Danny Ka'yes (Sylvia Fine) 
still can't get oyer the fact that last 
Sunday they were Cook's tour- 
ing the Vatican, in Rome, and the^ 
next noon they were having stur- 
geon-on-rye in Lindy's with Abe 
Lastfogel, their manager, and Bob 
Weitman. 

Allyn MfcLerle (Mrs. Adolph 
Green, the songsmith, who coUabs 
with Betty Comden) robbed at their 
£ast S7th street apartment. She's 
featured fii "Where's Charley?" 
Several pieces of heirloom jewelry. 



for Library of Congress to tee off 
lattei-'s series of mtormal voice 
disks of top-drawer theatre per- 
sonalities. ' ' ' 



Pittsburgh 

By Hal Cohen 

George Jafle and Bobby Bran- 
nigan south for some Florida sun. 

Lenny Litman booked Helen 
Forrest into the Copa lor Xmas 
Week. 

George Eby, of Harris Amus. Co., 
new Chief Barker of Variety Club 
for 1949. 

Smiley Burnette, with Lulu Belle 
and Scotty, playing theatre dates 
in this territoiT. 

Maxine Sullivan comes bacK to 
Mercur's Nov. 29 for a week; Rose 
Murphy follows in. 

Jean Carroll headlining at 
Carousel, to be followed by Larry 
Adler and Beatrice Kay. 

Margaret and Joseph Yablonski 
have been busy rewriting "Shorty" 
ever since it opened at Playhouse. 



Vienna 

By Emil Maass 

Austrian Radio system installed 
new "Ondes Martenot" ; instrument. 

Castle Leopoldskron in Salzburg 
adapted as intei-national students 
home. 

i Oscar Karlweis inked for ap- 
I pearances in "Insel" and "Renais- 
' sance Theatre." 

1 Edith Lorand, N. V. violinist, 
! here, and will start her European 

tour in December. 
I Heinz Lazek, twice heavyweight 
I champ of Europe,: inked, as .Joseph 

Cotton's double in "The Third 

Man." 

, G. W. Pabst completed ''Mysteri- 
ous Dephths," Union film, with 
Use Werner and Paul Hubsclimid 
in leads.; 

Salzburg Festspielhaus opened 
film studio again for winter sea- 
son. First pic to be produced there 
is "Vagabonds." 



cause they said they were too weary 
after sleeping In hotel chairs night 
before and traveling here .by bus, 
but . night concert was play ed as per 
schedule. 



Mexico City 



■ Americo Rosenberg the new Par 
manager. He succeds Alonso Sordo, 
who's joined WB here. 

Pic star Stella Inda has organized 
a dramatic ' troupe and Is seeking a 
theatre here for shows. 

Nancy D' Armas, Venezuelan 
dancer, can't perform here; ' hlgb 
altitude affects her heart. 

Actress Ines Edmonson has re- 
sumed in Mexican pix after work- 
ing in films in her native Argentine. 

Victor Sturdivant here readying 
the 1949 presentation of "Holiday 
on Ice." Snow, will probably open 
late in April. 

Government has assured Jack 
Cummings full facilities for mak- 
ing his pic, "The Life of Emiliano 
Zapata," here. 

June Cobb, editor: of Modern 
Mexico mag, inked by Chi Tribune 
to profile famous Mexicans. She's 
starling with Agustin Lara, song- 
writer. 



Miami Beach 



. By Larry SoUoway 
Dean Murphy set for Olympia 
Xnias date. 

- Vie . Damone in ' town recuping 
from a tonsil operation. 

Frank Parker being dickered for 
by Mother Kelly's for season date, 
along with Julie Oshins. 

Stan Irwin follows Mickey 
Shaughnessy into the comedy spot 
at Five O'clock Club next week. 

Final lineup for Ned Schuyler's 
Beachcomber .preem on Dec. 23 
includes Dean Martin and Jerry 
Lewis, Frances Langford, the 
Vagabonds and Frank Linale orch.: 



ow 

By Gordon Irvine 

Ralph Slater hypnotic act at 
Glasgow Empire. 

June Richmond,: U. Si Negro, 
singer, made a hit at the Empire. 
. Martha Raye given big reception 
when she said farewell to audience 
at Glasgow Empire. 

First Scottish pantomine of sea- 
son, "Simple Simon," kicked off 
Nov. 15 at Queen's theatre. 

Scott Lyon, Variety Artistes' 
Federation official in Scotland, 
health-holidaying in Canada. 

Christmas ticket applications 
avalanched Glasgow . King's box* 
office for "Annie Get Your Gun." 

Don Ross's "Thanks for the 
Memory" show of old-timers 
booked to return to the Empire in 
April. 

Anne Scott, Edinburgh soprano, 
to play two weeks in Canada, open- 
ing, at Mount Royal, Montreal, 
Nov. 26. 

New Scots variety radio series, 
starring tenor Robert Wilson and 
Janet Brown, teed off six-weeks' 
radio stint. i 

Ella Boswell. 85*year-old woman 
playwright, has : comedy, "'Home- 
spun . and: Tinsel;" tO' be produced 
at Perth theatre Nov. 29. 

World preem of ' Bonnie Prince 



Herbert J. Yates returned from 
N.Y. huddles. 

Jennifer Jones recovering from 
appendectomy. 

Kent Smith on siesta for two 
weeks in Mexico. 

Stuart Holmes celebrated 35th 
anni as film actor. 

Nils Asther celebrating 20lh anni 
as Hollywood thesp. 

Virginia Grey soaking up heat at 
Desert Hot Springs. 

Joseph Hazen in town for hud- 
dles with Hal Wallis. 

Allen Wilson up after long illness 
but not yet ready for work. 

Friars Club tossing a pre-Thanks* 
giving party -for 250 orphans. 

Mrs. Bryan Foy in Good Samari- 
tan hospital for major surgery. 

Wallace Beery hospitalized for 
10 days to relieve heart strain. 

Walter Wanger in from N. Y. to 
launch December opening of "Joan 
of Arc." 

Edmund Gwenn to Dallas as- 
Santa Claus for a department store 
benefit. 

Bob Hope presented with Kilroy 
Award by soldiers of , European 
Command. 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans wUl; 
lead Uie western riders in Santa 
Claus Lane parade. 

Lou Koltz to El Cerrito for a 
week at Kona Club, substituting for 
Frances Langford who is ill. 

Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin 
joined the Ballet Russe troupe, for 
Los Angeles and : San. Fran(£isco 
only. 

Melvyn Douglas and Helen: Ga- 
hagan Douglas received the "Good 
Citizenship" award from B'nai 
B'rith. 

Jane Wyman won the annual 
award of International Hearing 
Institute for her work in "Johnny- 
Belinda." 

Benny Holzman, of William Mor- 
ris, is in Cedars of Lebanon for 
observation, and . possible major 
operation. His condition is "fairly 
good." 



Paris 

Sono Osato in Paris. . 

Arthur Hornblow blew in and 
out of town. 

Columbia's Joseph McConville 
overnight al George V. 

J, P. MacEvoy up from Rome on 
business for Reader's Digest. 

Garry Davis, son of orchestra 
leader, now living at Hotel United 
States. 

Twentieth's Mtirray Silverstone 
to 'London after meeting with Eu- 
ropean sales execs. 

William Morris in town confer^ 
ring with Felix Marouani on show 
biz situation in Paris. 

Gillette and Richards, now at 
Lido, will go into Casino De Paris 
for new. show to open Dec. 20. 

Bill Robeson and Sam Pearce, 
web producers, back from Berlin 
where they taped airlift operation. 

Deanna Bartlett to London, after 
closing deal for "Mme. Hortensia" 
music rights, which she bought 
from Louiguy, composer of "Vie 
En Rose." 



Zurich 

By George Mezoefi 

Carl Zuckmayer lectured at 
Ziu'ich Univ. on his experiences in 
the U. S. 

French comedian Fernandel an- 
nounced for a solo performance at 
Kongresshaus. ' 

Ballets de Paris, headed by Ro- 
land Petit, French ballet troupef 
announced for two performances, 

French singer Tino Rossi gave a 
concert here, accompanied by the i 
Swiss jazz band of Hazy Oster-' 
walder. 

French musical star Josephine 
Baker signed for three day per- 
formance at Corso theatre. Nicho- 
las Bros, signed to follow Miss 
Baker. 

Swiss composer Paul Burkhard, 
author of musical comedies "Tic- 
Tac," "Hopsa" and others, en- 
trusted by the late Franz Lehar 
with administration and manage- 
ment of Lehai's unfinished works 
and fragments. 



Joe Bonds' Sky-Vu has Marion 
Lavelle and Diana Barry. 

Rolf Passer mental act begins a 
montli's engagements here with 
opening at Brook Hollow Show. 

Warren Watson, American Na- 
tional Theater and Academy re- 
gional and tributary director, in 
Dallas for Theatre '48 opening. 

Pappy's Showland new bill in- 
cludes the Albins, Andy and Delo- 
res. Toby Lane, Eileen O'Dare, 
Uncle Willie and Roland Drayer 
band. 



Dublin 

By Maxwell Sweeney 

Jimmy G'Dea readying new com- 
edy air show for BBC. 

Robert Beatty due for preem of 
his film. "Another Shore." 

Vic Oliver back to London after 
special show for Jewish National 
Fund. 

Harry Winton here from London, 
to direct revival of "Blossom 
Time." 

Marie Mulvcy bows out of Radio 
Eireann repertory to join Abbey 
Players. 

Edmond Appia back from Switz- 
erland to conduct Radio Eireann 
symphony orch. 

Drummer Joe Bonnie has bowed 
out of Capitol theatres orch and 
formed own dance combo. 

Douglas Stewart here from Perth 
(Scotland) Repertory Co. to nego- 
tiate Belfast and Dublin seasons; 

Robert C. McKew celebrating 
25th year with Universal and Gen- 
eral Film Distributors. He's Irish 
branch supervisor. 



Ottawa 

Blue Barron band in for onc- 
night stand at Auditorium. 

Milt Ross and Lynn .Randells 
featured at Gatineau Club. 

Nelson theatre, recently leased 
by 20th Century Theatres, becomes 
firstrun after two years^ as nab* 
indie. 

Hon. Robert H. Winters, new 38- 
year-old member of the Canadian 
Cabinet, takes over National Film 
Board chairmanship from Hon. Dr. 
J. J. McCann. 

Filmhouses arranging hours to 
suit power cut-offs. Nabes in par- 
ticular are slashing matinees ex- 
cept 'on Saturdays and holidays, 
Opening at 6:30 instead of early 
afternoon. 



Wcdncflday, Nnvember 24,' 1948 



Hart-Rosea 

ConUnued from pa|;c 1 .sa 
bury-the-hatchet dinner the Harts 
(Kitty Carlisle) had with the Roses 
last week. In line with the play- 
wright's thinking, to disprove the 
allegations that the gown Miss 
Christie wore out-of-town, was 
cheap or tawdry, Miss Carlisle had 
planned to wear It to the Stork 
Club, where the love-feast took 
place, but couldn't have It done 
over in time. (Originally Rose 
suggested the four go together to 
the opening but Hart compromised 
on the pre-preem dinner.) None- 
the-less, the couturier department 
was reedited to meet with the 
Bbses' approval, and some of the 
dialog was toned down. Hart, for 
his part, after an exchange of 
vitriolic phone calls and other 
communiques from Rose, when the 
show first opened In Boston, 
finally sent Miss Holm $50 worth 
of American beauty roses with a 
note to the : effect that the only 
thing he regretted was that she 
found anything to offend her in 
the play, because it wasn't so Im 
tended. 

After Rose had enlisted Charles 
Freedman as go-between, and also 
talked about "my lawyer, Arthur 
Garfield Hays," he phoned Hart, 
and from that point the ameliora- 
tion set in. Hart's diligent rewrit- 
ing of an entire third act, during 
the show's Philadelphia engage- 
ment, had little to do with any 
moderation of the Rose-Holm as- 
pects-^it: was primarily to punch 
up the play generally. On its Bosr 
ton break-in it didn't . look, too 
sanguine. 

. Mike . Todd's Salvage Job 



from the economic viewpoint of 
helping to lighten the weekly 
operating costs of Ms company, 
strongly advocated the deal In disr 
cussions with Chaplin, Miss Pick- 
ford and the board, although he 
admitted It had flaws. The UA 
owners, ,however. In malting their 
decision on the Coast last week, 
indicated they'd welcome Selznick 
'as atiother producer, but would not 
enter into any deal which would 
subordinate the United Artists 
identification to that of Selznick 
Releasing Organization. 

Sebtoick'i S PU 

Peeling, as expressed by one 
\. exec, .WAS thatv^ 
pictures coming up 



llr. aiid Mrs.: Paul": Visser, sort, 
Chicago, SToVi 15^ Esther's NBC 
assistant director. , ■ „.;v, 

Mr. ahd Mrs; ' Bernard .'Mack; 
daughter, C hie a g o , Nov, 16. 
Father's head of Filniack Traileris 
production dept. 

Mr. and Mfs, NoritiaB, Ri^kih, 
son, Hollywood, Nov. 13^ Father 
is a pressagent. ;,v'';. 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lortig; son, 
Pittsburgh, Nov. 14., Fattier: Is : a 
KDiCA: ■ newscaster! mother is 
Elaine Kinder, of same station's 
singing Kinder Sisteris. 
.irtr. and iirSi William Weimer, 
TTA «... »ho> t.ri+vi nniw twn SO". Pittsburgh, Nov. 11. Mother's 

'''"'cZnHp ("PorSit of ^he former Jeanie Bushey, dancer. 




The same thing applied to Mike 
Todd's "As the Girls Go", which 
looked like a flop in Boston, was 
voted a "great audience show" in 
New Haven, Just before its Broad- 
way debut, and which came to the: 
Winter Garden with: Todd scratch- 
ing for the payroll right up to its 
Saturday opening. . : He was on the 
Verge of selling a 20% slice for 
$30,000 to a Wall Streeter. Mean- 
time, the producer set out on an 
unusual goodwill campaign with 
the New York critics and press. 
He frankly called- it "copping a 
plea.''- He knew he couldn't in* 
fluence any reviews, and had the 
wisdom to recognize he risked an- 
tagonizing, unless done on an open 
basis. 

: : This was achieved simply by in- 
formal;, personal , luncheons with 
key newspapermen who got the 
Idea that if they: expected to see 
an "Of Thee I Sing" libretto, just 
because Irene Rich plays a lady 
President of the U. S., they'd- 
never find It. But if they looked 
on the show for its "audience en- 
tertainment values"; that if they 
saw Bobby Clark recapturing the: 
Winter Garden,; long in a pix 
policy/ for legit; and thought of 
the Al Jolson tradition ''on one 
knee, and to blazes with the book," 
they might find themselves pleas- 
antly surprised. On the premise 
of gags and gals,, they were. It's 
now conceded by Broadway in-: 
siders that "the. notices could; just 
as easily have gone the other way." 



Jennie" and the British-made 
"Eyewitness"), Selznick didn't have 
enough to offer UA to compensate 
for the demands he made. "What 
UA needs principally is product," 
the «xec -explained, "and if Selz- 
nick had as much product as we: 
need, he'd be in such good shape 
himself he wouldn't need us." 

LSck of pictures by both UA and 
SRO Is, in a nutshell, why both 
considered the deal. Neither has 
sufficient to profitably maintain its 
sales organization. Selznick would 
have to release: enough product to: 
give -SRO an annual gross rental 
return of .abo<it $10,000,000 to 
profitably maintain the sales or-> 
ganization at the homeoffice and 
its 26 branches in the U. S. and 
Canada. 

It was on this $10,000,000 basis 
that SRO. was set up and would 
have given Selznick distribution 
for his films at a very reasonable 
^percentage. With ngk.< prospecjt at 
the moment of making sufficient 
films to give SRO that much gross; 
Selznick is now turning to the 
lesser distribs in an effort to dupli- 
cate the deal with UA which fell 
through. 

; 'He feels that on his standards 
and budgetary setup, :; he cannot 
profitably make films In the presr 
ent market. He wants, therefore, 
to sit by- (he also tooib a protracted 
time-out after "Gone With the, 
Wind'-') until: the economic' situa^^ 
tion clarifies; When it does, he still 
wants to have SRO In expandable 
form so he can have his own dis- 
tribution. . 

Deal which Selznick is seeking 
would permit him to maintain a: 
skeleton sales force to "initiate" 
the tog circuit deals which provide 
the greater part of any film's in- 
come. Rest Of the selling, plus 
physical distribution, booking, col- 
lections, etc., would be handled by 
the associated company^ / 



Mr. and Mrs. Sid Goldstein, son, 
Hollywood, Nov. 16. Father is West 
Coast chief of George Simon 
Music Co. 

Mr. and Mrs. Doug: Setterburg, 
son, Seattle, Nov. 15. Father is a 
producer at KOMO in that city. 

: Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bain, son, 
Nov. 15, Lynwood, Gal. Father is 
a harmonica player currently at 
Leon & Eddie's, N. Y.; mother is 
former Thelma Blair, of the Blair 
Sisters. 

Mr. and Mrs! Floyd Huit, daugh- 
ter, Nov. 1, Lynwood, Gal, Mother 
is the former June Blair, of the 
Blair Sisters. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Josephy, son, 
Hollywood, Nov. 14. Mother is 
Barbara. Reed, screen actress. . 

.Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Hoge, 
daughter, N. Y., Nov. 16. Father is 
prez of U. S. Television and Zetka 
Television Tubes, Inc. ; ;: . 



JOHN F, GRIMES 

John F. Grimes, 46/ president 
and owner of WNBZ, Saranac 
Lakev^died. after a heart attack, at 
his home there, Nov. 17. A former 
New Jersey newspaperman, 
Grim.es had been a resident of 
Saranac for 20 years. He was cor- 
respondent for the New York 
Times and the Syracuse Post- 
Standard for many years before 
entering radio. . 
' He was associated with WNBZji 
an ABC affiliate, for six years, and 
was president and treasurer of the 
operating company, : the. Upstate 
Broadcasting Corporation^ 
Wife and two children survive, 



at Metropolitan Theatre and Capi- 
tol Theatre in Boston before iom'^ 
ing WNAC in 1931. Survived by 
his wife, four daughters and two 
sons. 



MARRIAGES 



EDWARD T. CLAFFEY 

Edward T. Claffey, 61, manager 
of the Academy theatre in Mead- 
ville. Pa., died there Oct. 30. A 
veteran Western , Pennsylvania 
showman, he went : to MeadvlUe in 
1922 to pilot the.. Park theatre, 
switching to the Academy six years 
later. Prior to that he had operated 
theatres in Sharon and Greenville, 
and was once connected with the 
Butterfield circuit in . Detroit. 

He leaves hl,s wife and two 
daughters. 



GEORGE SCIIEIBB 

George Scheibe, 68, motion pic- 
ture engineer, died Nov.- 17 in 
Hollywood ai a result of a heart 
attack which caused him to drive 
his car into a power pole. 

Scheibe was inventor of a film 
filter used in special effects pho- 
tography. 



MITCHELL HARRIS 

Mitchell Harris, : 65, character 
actor who had been in cast : of 
"Harvey" at 48th Street theatre, 
New York, died in N. Y., Nov. 16. 
Born in N. Y., he was the. son 



GEORGE R. MOORE 

George R. Moore, 77, retired 
theatre owner of :Hyannis; Mass., 
died there Nov. 17. 

He was one of the founders and 
builders of the Hyannis Theatre 
and former president of the Ghat- 
ham Theatres, Inc. He is survived 
by two sons. 



RALPH EDDY 

Ralph Eddy, 32, radio announcer, 
was killed in an,'aut6 collision in 
Chicago, Nov. 22^ He had been an 
announcer at WGN, Chicago, where, 
he started in 1941. ^ 

Survived by wife and two ijhil- 
dren. 



Josie Thorp to Jules Pfeiffer, i of the late William Harris; Shakes- 
Chicago; Nov; 16. Bride is a radio : Pearean actor and nephew of Mag- 
actress; he's a legit producer. 

Vera Steadman to Joseph Milton 
Flynn, Hollywood, Nov. 14. Bride 
is a former film actress. 

Margaret Weiss to Robert Ferrie, 
San- Antonio, Nov. 20. He's a news- 
caster -and: announcer on KITE 
there.'--.' ■ , ■ 

Patricia Weldon to Mark Stan- 
ley, Acapulco, Mexico,. Nov. 21. 
Bride is a screen actress; 



Todd's TV Show 



Continued : from pace 1 



20th Eyes ABC 



SS' ConUnued from pagt 1 aa 

include prexy Mark Woods, exec 
v.p. Robert Kintner, and veepees 
Charles C. Barry, Edwin R. Bor- 



Bobby Clark musical, "As the Girls 
Go." 

New NBG^TV package Will be a 
60'minute Sunday night showcase 
emanating from the Winter Garden, 
with a concert-revue format. As 
such it'll be a revival via video of 
the erstwhile "Sunday Night at the 
Winter Garden" celebrity-aadience 
shows, one of the unique,:: dis- 
tinctive attractions : of a halcyon 
Broadway era; 

A sponsor has reportedly already 
been set for the show, although 
the bankroller identity is being 
kept under wraps. Show is: sched- 
uled for a Jan. 16 premiere, colncid 



IN MEMQRIAM 

Charles and Ann Stern 

MARK 



gie Mitchell, legit star of another 
generation. He had appeared In 
many Broadway productions: after 
his debut with Edward Sothem 
and Julia Marlowe repertoire com- 
pany. 



DOROTHY BYNTON 

Dorothy Bynton, 45, former dan- 
cer and more recently producer of 
chorus lines, died in I,i0S Angeles, 
Nov. 19. For a time she had been a 
talent agent in Chicago. 

Survived by husband. 



ARMAND F. ORTES 

Armand Francis Ortes, 68, actor 
of silent film era, died in San 
Francisco, Nov. 20. Prior to em- 
barking upon a film career he had 
appeared in legit prpduclions. 

Survived by a sister, niece and 
nephew. 



: . ' JOsepK"';!. . tijwch,::''Jr>,>':'4'l,-'' chief'.: 
projectibnist at Parairiouht studio, 
died Nov. 15 it the Navy Hospital, 
Long Beach, Cal. as an aftermath 
of mness incurred as av;lieiiti6naffit. 
».»»,.mT ^ »^w^ in the Navy during World War IL 

MARTIN E. KLARE He joined Paramount in 1935 and 

Martin E.: Klare, 76, who used i worked on that lot continuously 
to operate theatres in Pittsburgh a i except for his hitch in the Navy. 

number of years ago, died in Santa » 

Fe, N, M., on Nov. 2 after a long ' wdii.n. i? i>«j.... m *„ 

illness. K ate's last hou.se in the thfr nf.^ Ja ntei n„m' 
Pitt area was in Sharpsburg and ooser-Smducer died in N^^^ York" 
he.and his family moved .to Beaver , Kfrnf^^T™ A«„'.'i,ln*'.^S 



Falls, Pa. , following his., with- 
drawal from exhibition, later going 
to New Mexico for his health. 

Surviving are his wife, two sons, 
and a daughter. 



MARSH BABBITT 

William K. Larison, 51, hypnotist 
known professionally as Marsh 
Babbitt, was killed Sunday (21) 



Nov. 17. Another son. Dr. Mor- 
timer W. Rodgers, a sister and 
four brothers also survive him. 



Edna Gallagher, 39, a , ihember 
of the wardrobe staff at Universal- 
International for 17 years, died 
Nov, 164n Santa Monica, Cal., fol- 
lowing a stroke. 



roff, (s 1 nee resigned) Robert H. i ing with the Jan, 12. emergence of j when lie fell asleep at the wheel of 
Hinckley. John 11. Norton, Jr., I television into the geographic big- ' - 



Selznick Hunting 



Continued from page S i 



and "Prisoner, of Zenda." EL would 
get a straight percentage fee, along 
ilie same lines as the deal by which 
U handled : a half-dozen Edward 
Small oldies in double-bill pack- 
ages last year. 

Selznick Is thought more likely 
to get an overall deal with EL 
than with UA because, aside from 
the normal hurdles such negotia- 
tions would have to .surmount, 
there were strong emotional fac- 
tors involved, growing out of the 
bitterness surrounding Selznick's 
withdrawal as a partner in UA 
about 2'/^ years ago and the re^ 
sultanl lawsuit. 

No negligible factor in failure of 
the negotiations was pique by the 
UA owners over the fact that Grad 
Sears, company's prexy, had car- 
ried on the talks with Selznick at 
some length and hadn't notified 
them. Miss Pickford made a hur- 
ried fiying visit--'"complete with 
fighter escort," as one UA exec put 
it--.-when she learned of the nego 



Charles E. Rynd, Don Searle and with toe^o^^^^^^^^^^ the coax- 
Fred M. Thrower, Jr i j^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^ 

Rumors Monday f22) on Wall , winter Garden" will be slotted is 
street of the impending deal— first determined, with the 10- 

reports liad the film company asljj ^our tentatively set aside. 
Warner Bros, and then as Metro— , Definite time segment will depend 
made the ABC shares the most ac- 1 jg^g t^e "Phllco Tele- 

tive on the board and sent the yj^jon Theatre," which is now 
price upwards. Latter phenome- , ggj^g^uiej cancellation by the 
non was based on reports that the igpo^^or because Of an embarrassing 
film company was to pay $12 a ] overlapping of Sunday night pro- 
share. This could not be connrmed. | grams in television. 

Since the issue at $0, In May, the , p^ilco, occuping the » to 10 p.m. 
stock fell almost consistently un- 1 j,our with its "Playhouse," has 
ill It hit a low of $6.25 early this served notice that it is cancelling 
month. It crept up a bit since dramatic show and cutting 
then, until Monday, when it op- ^^^.^ ^ half-hour with a com- 
.ened at 0, shot to 91-4 and then fell pi^te change in format, 
off to 9!^i at the close, after much " : , , , , . u„ 

profit-taking. Monday's trading 1 . S"»ation for the past two weeks 
was 22,900 shares, as against 14,- found NBC in the middle of an 
800 shares for the whole month of awkward dilemma, stems from the 
October. 



his car in Coney Island, N. Y 

Babbitt got national . publicity 
last year when he "unhexed" a 
Negro youth alleged to be dying of 
starvation as a result of the curse 
of a ''witch doctor" in the South. 
Babbitt was credited with saving 
the lad through hypnosis. , 



Baseball Video 



Continued from 



JOSEPH F. LANCASTER 



Pepsi's Ballet 

Continued from put* 1 



aire owner, died recently, 
opened the Grandy picture house 
in Detroit in 1006, and owned and 
managed other theatres -until his 
retirement two yean a^o. He was 
stricken while driving his car. 

Surviving are his wife, four 
daughters, two sisten ' and a 
brother. 



'ideo 

page t I 



country will :l},e present at the Min- 
neapolis gathering. - 

LOcal situation fln^s baseball t<el? 
ecasts cutting ;into the Santa Rarr- N, 
bara :;£ames| C League; by videbing 
triple A ■■cluhs. here as .station*' 

T u in T n-.i.._i* ti,., boom Into the .town. Bob Cobb, : 

Joseph- F. Lancaster, Detrort the- g^^^^, ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 



thing will have to be done to save 
teams such as Santa Barbara, 
thougb he Is . not sure of the a p- : 
proach just yet. The : entire protH 
lem, he said, will be taken up. at 
the Minneapolis meeting, 



Bill Veeck: 'Love That Radio!' 

Cleveland, Nov. 23. 
Bill Veeck, whose Cleveland 



SALVATOHE SCIARREI'T'l ; 

bom^rper^tic^^ino^^dicd m \^^^ 8» Wijime ft i me 

fact that Theatre Guild, having ["^^ ^^^^^""^^^^"^'q' 

sold: its hour-long .:;video dramatic ,:yi,g'j„gj^j. Jjj 1928, he had * sung * adio Uithe iftext W 
.showcase to General .Foods, put in :; tenor folts with' the Metopera,: (tibn that can aste6;him^ 
an order for the 8 to 9 NBC-TV | gogton Opera Co., Chicago Opera lidaSt jOl all feaMS.^^^^;^^;^;;: ^V^^ ; 
time, ; immediately; p r e c e d i n g ; Co. and : San Carlo and Salmaggi | : Last ye^ti'^^-SW'fimdi^. 'AjsjE 
Philco. Phllco protested the se- companies. !.«diift .■ • .-wlti X ■ ii»t#orr'^ 'ot-< 'AlA-ni 

quencing of two dramatic shows Survived by. wife,, a so" and two i pm.g j ; g^g^jp^g carrying to most of 

, , ., back-to-back, feeling that Theatre; daughters. j Northern Ohio. WJW, however, 

such events as outdoor folk danc-|Quiid ghow could, by virtue of Its 'couldn't carry complete coveragt 



ing in N Y. and Brooklyn. learlier slotting, take the edge off 

This will be the Ballet Russe's its own presentation, 
second ballet of the season ^Pon- 1 « ^^^^^^^^ 

sored by a commercial business ^ pj,,jj,,, j^^. example, would do a 
enterprise. This fall, in its season comedy on the week that Theatre 
at the N. Y. Met, the Ballet Russe Guild did a serious work, and vice 
preemed "Quelqi'ies Fleurs." » bal- ,ver.sa. , „, .. ,. . 

let commissioned by the Houbigant But the final Phllco edict was: 
perfume outfit, which Miss Boris Either the Theatre Guimjime gets 



tiations two weeks ago. Last week 1 also choreographed. Production I a nix or we go off. NBC appar- 
the talks were transferred to the cost the Houbigant people a re- 1 ently refused to cancel out Theatre 



CoasSt to bring Chaplin Into them, 
also, 

■■Sears; who looked-: upon : the lim- 



ited merger arrangement strictly . N. Y. or on the road 



poi-tcd $12,000. Ballet Russe had Guild, and Philco chimed In with 
to promise Houbigant 30 perform- its own cancellation. Cancellation 
ances of the ballet this season, in is reportedly scheduled for the 

'next week or so. 



JOSEPH E. STONE gn games on AM outlet becaus* 

Joseph E. (Doc) Stone, 68, for- of previous network commitment, 

mer film producer, died Nov. 17 in -^vith the Indians the hottest ball 

Hollywood following a heart at- dui, o„ the American League'! 

tack. race last year, failure of complete 

He had spent 25 years in the aM Cleveland outlet, no fault of 

motion picture industry and at one wJW, nettled many listeners. 
*deTtrte' ^ri'ttmfe"ai' Veeck also would like assuranc. 

Universal °^ blanket AM-coverage 150 mile* 

around Cleveland. 

FRANCIS J. CRONIN i As for TV, Veeck is noncoramltal, 

Francis J. Cronin, 54, for the HVi,„couW again be interested, 

past 17 years staff organist at WEWS-TV handled games after 

WNAC, died in Boston Nov. 15. season started and ball club of- 

He was for many years ocgani.sl fioi.ils call its treatment "okav." 



Vedneaday, Wovemlwr 24, 1948 



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