Variety (May 1949)

Tele Chatter French Shorts Packaged RlRrDifkeriiifffor N Y Center leafre For Video hy Telepak . „ ^ ^ II Hollywood, May 3. | “ " Tolcpak has purchased 26 1 York birthday party from staff ... Euth French shorts for television. Pix, w Mni!r imt>8d to feature “S'* r originally made for geiier^ releasee, television, still desperate their program hours continually. .„®ron™ S?Jl. 5SS.A SSa.S”S; SlcL“„™'V.p'.k! ?»«. »P.~. Si.il,T“or"J’ SSZv, oirSZ s;“ r' 'a'a%A„S'nLMT'»is ir r j,.n S.na, cnrreptly mitlng tor >« *g6< In.ortlnl .U new dialog and aoond' iMil™' ,“1>'?!!“1 “ mK.TSll h.Jnol raSaJeaed yiety layout. -uvemure^^^^^ featuring puppets. Telepak is Alan Sands currently writing for Ind WNBQ presenting‘ciienll a^d inserting all new dialog and sound the Hank Ladd Arrow show. Also agencTs wit^ cSete prom^^^^ effects, writing comedy bits for the Lambs tional kits on tele shows staged by fiambols ..■■ Stephen Price into those stations. Kits are creations Houston—A television session . -xi Of nrOlYlotlOn Hirpptnrc Anin. «i.:ii w.„. n/r 01 -1 CS. TeiepaK xv/x - V-.*- . . rnnllpd hv the other oiitHls difllne and sniitirt I mg garage next door and hopes to oeing muuea oy me omer ouu is negotiate a longterm lease for one progressed ______ i or both of them. i P*st the talking stage. , . . .1 Disclosure of the pending NBC ! by the Rockefeller interests, which own the entire group of buildings ^rpTo^ctior^th se;;ral prek- ^~heM he^e MaT'k =8 i Iges' since resigning from_ CBS, ’»« of WBKB and Hal Sm.t* of the convention of the Advertising j r"Y.'^ rvZ" ages since resigning from LBS, ana «ai »m,T« or uie convention of the Advertising j Radio City, and has Where he was a radio director. ^ ;j on WGN TV’?®Club *9 staged j been used for some time as the lavnn L. Bernard, formerly TV TV at the Rice hotel. Session will be ! Poses undeiii^^ ^ playing-ground for the Sonja account | writer Bob Becker made guest shot Th®oma®s manager ^of WOIC-TV, four major video webs. With the I Henie-Arthur M. Wirtz ice revues has joined the ^Princeton Film ^ wuit. i v, ^ extending the number of 1 (Continued on page 36) tre HeTl direct the expanded video ; . activities at the centre. . . Paul v. ®. ' Perez, ex-Muzak Corp., has been tipped by Cinemart to TV sales di- rector. Bob Henry has joined cast of “Charade Quiz” on WABD. . . Thesper Allan Stevenson, now in. Broadway’s “Anne of the Thou- sand Days,” travels to Philadelphia Tuesdays for a new stanza, “Make It Yourself”. . . W A B D ’ s “Okey Dokey Ranch” negotiating move to a new network this summer. Stan- za will stage a jamboree at the Children’s World exposition at Grand' Central Palace May 21.. . “Winner Take AH” going in for a new celeb policy, with Boris Kar- loff teeing off on May 7. . . Marie Mahar, Conover TV model,; Is also a registered nurse. Hollywood KTTV has pocketed $3,250 for sponsorship of 13 Vienna Philhar- monic Orchestra films. Programs are being sponsored by Citizens National Bank . . . Associated Tele- vision Productions of America has been formed by Walter R. Gaynor, Hubbard Hunt, W. B. Gessinger, ©. O. Lifters and Arthur C. Pisher. Firm has a capital stock of $1,000,- OOO; none subscribed as yet . . . Lo- cal disk jockey Dick Whittinghili has turned to television and is giv- ing himself away as a baby sitter. Whittinghili bows over KFI-TV with “Your Baby Sitter.” Program is produced by Bob Anderson. It features a giveaway gag with Whit- tinghill baby-sitting for the winner for one evening . . . KTSL has laid out $1,250 for five feature pictures which the station will start beam- ing in May. Films, made in 1935. are “Made for Each Other,” “Dancing Pirates,” “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” “Nothing Sacred” and “Becky Sharp.” Pix were leased from Toby Anguish . . . Lou Weiss and Co. is making a series of 10- ininute animal shorts for tele- vision. Series is being slanted toward the kiddie trade with still pix of animals di.solving into ac- tual footage showing habits and habitation of the different farm beasts. Chicago Dave Garroway show screened from WNBQ involves so many acts that the production staff is almost crowded out of studio . . . ABC-TV veepee John Norton hosted local press Tuesday (3) at preview of Crusade in Europe” . . . WBKB news editor Ulmer Turner build- ing a radio lab on his new farm near Northbrook, 111. . . . WGN-TV screening "Scattergood Baines” film weekly . . . WNBQ producer Norman Felton surpri.sed with Streamlined Opera Rep Of Five Classics Being Packaged by Oliver Sherling Oliver i.s offering net- work execs a package production consisting of an operatic repertory company equipped with operas streamlined for half-hour presenta- tions. The company consists of a cast of 11, who have on hand five operas already condensed by Rene Maison, former Met Opera singer 1 and director. The operas will be ! done in costumes with special set-! tings. Cast has been chosen not only for singing ability, but also for < el e genic qualifications. The; operas, which include “Faust,” | ‘Cavalleria Rusticana.” “Romeo snd .Tuliet,” "Rigoletto” and "Don j Giovanni,” were directed by Mai.sdn and Oliver and will be con- ducted by Lee Shaynen,. who made' ; his eonduclional debut with the ' N. Y. City Opera Co. la.st week, : The cast includes Norman Farrow.! Donald Johnston, Richard Torigi. ■ John Gallo, 'W'illiam Upshaw. Marian Hughes, Eleanor Knatt. 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