Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

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6 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, October 5, 19& Congress Looking at Pay Television by Wire From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Legislation relating to subscription television by wire is a topic on which the House Interstate Commerce Committee may hold hearings during the next Congress, according to committee chairman Oren Harris (D., Ark.). He told the Alabama Broadcasters Association that, in addition, "both the Senate and the House committees are firmly committed to hold hearings during the next session" on legislation to license and regulate networks. Harris also expressed his hope that the Federal Communications Commission "will use its new power to impose forfeitures" on stations that have violated its rules "only when absolutely necessary." He expects that broadcasters will not only obey the law and regulations, "but will follow diligently the industry codes of good practices worked out by the responsible members and organizations of the industry on a voluntary cooperative basis." Plans of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee are not clear at the moment. It is reported that chairman Warren Magnuson (D., Wash.), after hearing tv's Ralph Edwards make favorable comment on the potential of pay-tv, remarked: "He's going to be my first witness next year." Sen. Magnuson was not available for comment, and it is not known whether this statement was a direct reference to plans to hold pay-tv hearings or if he had in mind hearings on network regulation or programming. In the course of Edwards' remarks, he mentioned that pay-tv was a method whereby movie producers could quickly recoup production costs and make a "huge" profit. Tele Features Offering free Comedy Samples Adopting a tried and true merchandising practice of distributing free samples of a product, Tele Features President, Al Odeal, announced that his firm will send six comedies from its large "Comedy Carnival" package free to any station in any markets still open. This offer is for the month of October. Odeal said, "America loves comedy, and in order to prove it, we will send six assorted, slapstick, sound comedies from our library free to any station willing to pay the print costs. We feel that once the samples are shown, the public will clamor for more." The free package includes such names as Shirley Temple, Harry Langdon, Andy Clyde, Buster Keaton, Lloyd Hamilton, and Howard & Shelton. Tele Features will grant oneyear licenses for unlimited use to any station in a still available market upon receipt of the print costs involved. AROUND THE TV CIRCUIT PEOPLE with PINKY HERMAN. Hollywood, Oct. 4 DURING our stay here this past week events that took place merelv confirm our idea that in this Motion Picture-Television Capital of the world, the unusual is merely usual. Second generation actors and actresses, producers studio executives match and often outshine the achievement of their forebears; f'rinstance June (Gene) Lockhart, Jane (Henry) Fonda, Tony (Osgood) Perkins, Jr., Efram Zimbalist, Jr., The Crosby boys, Kathv (Bob) Crosby, Lon Chaney, Jr., Rick & Ozzie Nelson, Jr., William Wellman, Jr., and Edward J. Montagne, Jr. The latter, son of one of Hollywood's best and greatly admired producers at RKO and Universal, is now busy preparing a pilot at the Republic Studios for Bonnaker Productions, "The Drumbeater," which stars Pat Harrington, Jr. (see what we mean, just can't help running into the juniors) The teleseries, which Montagne will produce for this fall's CBSked, according to the grapeVINE and Hollywoodites, is funnier than the "CBSergeant Bilko" program, which is quite an assertion but with which we'll go along until we've seen for ourselves. However, what we've been leading up to is the fact that no sooner did we sit down at the desk opposite Sam Berns at the empeedaily offices then the phone rang and that fabulous flack, that garrulous gabber, stalwart of stop-the-presses, none other than Dave Epstein permitted us to have the info that he holds the unique distinction of having served both the Montagnes, senior and junior. . . . Exec Producer Richard Lewis has so arranged the sked of "Checkmate," to permit the stars of the new full-hour CBS-TVehicle Anthony George, Doug McClure and Sebastion Cabot, time to make one-day jet flights to New York for interviews. . . . ft ft ft FLASHBACK: Just before we left Cleveland for this land of sunshine, we had the good fortune to meet Leo Mintz, prexy of Record Rendezvous managed by Harvey Arnold, which annually sells more records and LP Albums than any other retail outlet in the entire state of Ohio. . . . We also drove out to the Mt. Sinai Hospital there to visit the recuperating from an ulcer (not us) Jack Cohen, president of the Ohio State Coin Machine Operators and local tv producer. . . . Bud Ford then drove us downtown to station WERE where we chatted with the genial but modest Bill Randle and it wasn't until later that afternoon that we learned from Phil McLean (who started his radio career with Bill in Detroit) that Bill was about to earn his PH D at Western Reserve University. . . . Your reporter has been on the run ever since we got here but last Sunday we finally had a chance to meet with our gracious hosts Rudy and Elinor Vallee. (we'd been leaving notes with the maid every day, Rudy getting home from Anaheim (where he's been appearing these past 3 weeks) at 3 ayem and sleeping till about 4 while we'd been leaving the Vallee Villa at 7 ayem and returning just to sleep.) But on Sunday, in his office overlooking the swimming pool, we listened to some of Rudy's night club routines (taped at the club) and we can honestly say that never have we heard so much laughter (ours included). We'll simply say that if you were to picture a combination Bob Hope— Bob Newhart (at their very best) you will have the true image of die new Rudy Vallee. And if you have read this far, Mr. Leonard Goldenson or Bill Paley, go a step further and think for a moment. Rudy's great talents as a performer as the discoverer of more talent than anyone else in America (Bob Hope, Edgar Bergen, Francis Langford, Victor Borge, etc.) and master showman, make him the logiartist to spot opposite Jack Paar. NAB Meeting Monday To Select President From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. The board of directors of the National Association of Broadcasters will meet in a special session here Monday to act on the nomination of a president of the association. Clair R. McCullough, chairman of the NAB policy committee and president and general manager of the Steinman Stations, Lancaster, Pa., sent telegrams to the members of the board notifying them of the meeting, which will begin at 11 A.M. The board is composed of 43 members. SMPTE Meets Here The New York section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers held its monthly meeting here last night at the World Affairs Center Auditorium in the Carnegie Endowment Center. The subject of discussion was "Improving the Performance of TV Films." Mel Keller, Warner Bros, sales rep resentataive in Portland for 30 years has been named Oregon branch man ager. □ Birk Binnard, former Stanley-War ner advertising-publicity director ir. Philadelphia, will oversee the construction of The Fox, a new indooi theatre for Levittown, N. J. A new drive-in for the same area, the Super 130, will be built by Melvin Fox and Claude Schlanger. □ John B. Kelly, Jr., brodier of for mer film actress Grace Kelly, now Princess of Monaco, will be chair man of Philadelphia's 1961 March of Dimes. □ Ronald Gillam will reopen Phila delphia's neighborhood Cayuga Thea tre on a week-end operation basis. Gillam was formerly associated with the StanleyWarner advertising dept. □ Sylvester J. Albano, owner opera tor of Albano's Drive-in at Ravena, N.Y. has been elected vice-president of the New York State Magistrates Ass'n. He is justice of the peace in Coxsackie and police justice in Ravena. □ Roy E. Pfeiffer, a 40-yearveteran of the motion picture industry, has transferred from Baton Rouge, La. to Jacksonville Beach, Fla. where he will manage the Beach Theatre. □ Jennings Easley has joined the MGM sales force and Don Weidick has reported to the Columbia office in Jacksonville. □ Anthony L. Haynes has announced his resignation from National Screen Services, Ltd. in London. No successor has been named for the managing director of the company. Macy, 'Spartacus9 Ads Macy's will take full page ads in four of New York's newspapers to salute "Spartacus," the Bryna production being released by Universal-International, which has its world premiere at the DeMille Theatre here tomorrow. The full-page ads, which hail the world premiere of "Spartacus" as a great event in New York and accord high praise to the picture, will break in the Times, the Daily News, World Telegram and Post today and tomorrow. musifex co 45 w. 45 st. n.y.c. music for tv series — spots ci-6-4061