Variety (November 1954)

42 KAPIO-TKLBVISION M&RIEff Wednesday November 10, 1954 New York Cheerful Note of Week: Surgery performed last week on Mike Bos- cia, of CBS Radio press, while re- vealing a shoulder tumor, showed no malignant tissue. He's already on road to recovery . Dummies on the new Curtis Publishing TV Week (in competition with TV Guide) already making the.rounds. First issue due about Jan. 5. In the wake. Of last Week’s elec- tions, Roger Price suggests that both political parties hire Hazel Bishop to develop a. ripri-srnear candidate . . Jack Grossberg, ex- scenic coordinator for “Hit. Par rade” and Milton Berle show, pact- ed by Guy Lombardo as production mgr. on the orchester’s , telepix shows via : Music Corp. of America . WCBS-TV’s Margaret Arlen to Washington, D.C;> to attend, special White House reception, during which President Eisenhower will present the Harmon aviation awards. Harry Marble her sub on “Morning Memo.” for one day. Doeskin cancels its segment of Robert Q. Lewis CBS-TV show mid-December but reorders as of JanT 7 for 26 weeks . Gillette will underwrite Blue & Gray (north vs. south) grid game in Montgomery, Ala., on Xmas Day, via NBC-TV, but Cotton Bowl game still on un- sold list. . . ’ Casting Dept.: Geraldine Brooks into last night's. (Tites.) U.S. Steel tv' hour On ABC; Alfred Hopson, NBC-TV “Justice” toi wow (Thurs.); Doreen Lang, same web’s “TV Playhouse” Sunday (14); Frank Lealiy,. ex-Notre Dame coach, dramatic teledebiit on “Cav- alcade of America” last night (Tues.) on ABC; Merrill E. Joels, doubleheader (Nov. 8 and 15) in “Hunchback of. Notre Dame” on NBC’s “Robert Montgomery Pre- sents.” Joan Sinclaire, tv pro- ducer, on lecture platform with ‘‘Inside Television, U.S.A.” “You Should hear some of the questions Script Writer Wanted for Hitrb Shrliter typt material .... . Must Hava connections with Now Yprk booking agonfs. Box #116, Variety, 154 W. 46 St., Now York. they , pull on me at the close,” she writes... Leon I. Mirell named a$st. director of CBS-TV biz affairs in H’wood, and in N.Y. an appoint- ment is Lawrence B. Gumbiner, as acting of traffic i.. Hoover cahcels CBS-TV’s Gary Moore (in which it has alternating Monday stock in the 10:15 a,m. segment) after Nov: 29, but will enjoy Deg. 13, and 27 plugs on a “no charge, no pay" basis. A. E. Staley Mfg. Co, (Sta-Flo Liquid Starch and Swectose Syrup) picks up the quar- ter-hour starting Jan. 10, via Ruth- rauff & Ryan. Producer John A. Aaron and co- director Charles (Chuck) Hill of CBS-TV’s “Person to Person,” to the Coast to set up Ed Murrow’s remote visit with Janet Leigh & \ Tony Curtis, slated on the show Friday (12). Aaron, incidentally; will be guest speaker at luncheon meet of N.J. Medical Society in Paterson next Monday' (.15 > on sub- ject, “Does Television Have a Con- science?” .,., Scripter-actor James Costigan returning aboard , the Liberte Noy. 18 after eight-month tour of Europe : seeing scores.. Of plays. In Paris he obtained rights to a brace for translation as legit- ers with several qthers eyed for liul-houf tv productions. Chicago Lawrence Woolf has ankled the Leo Burnett agency to take over as Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample su- pervisor on CBS-TV.'S “Welcome Travelers.”. Judith Waller, Chi NBC’s public affairs and education director, will serve as a program consultant to WTTW, the city’s educational outlet which expects to hit the air next spring. .Ernie Lukas, ex-WGN-TV d i r e c t o r, signed on as a Kling Film director ...Bill Hohmann switched from Hal Smith’s NBC ietwork promo- tion department to the web’s new THT sales force . With . Bergan Evans knocked out with a virus, Ernie Simon was drafted as mod- erator of DuMont’s “DoWn You Go” last week. .First Federal Sav- ings & Loan repacted the Liberace vidpix series via WGN-TV . .Norm Barry subbing for vacationing Bob Murphy on WNBQ’s daily “Bob & i Kay” show... Bill Hamilton pro- ducing and hosting new Thursday night amateur talent showcase on WBKB sponsored by Polk Bros, .. Atlas Film Corp, has shot a 15- minute public service, film'for the Disabled American Veterans built around the Conrad Hilton’s ice re- vue.. “Hit Parade” singer Polly Bergen in to appear at the .Am- bassador East Pump Room’s annual fashion show . Kenny Bowers and Hots Michaels pinch h itting foi’ ail- ing Dick (Two Ton) Baker and Art Hern on WBKB’s noontime; “Happy Pirates.” Dallas—Larry Rasco has been named director of news and spe- cial events for KRLD, AM-TV here succeeding J. Hogan. Rasco has been a member of the radio and tv staff for the past three years. Harvey’s Hospital Plan ABC Radio sold its second 15- minute Sunday night news segment featuring Paul Harvey, this one to Bankers Life & Casualty Co. of Chicago, which will bankroll the newscasts at 10 p. m. on the Sab- bath. Harvey’s other Chi origina- tion on Sundays is at 6:15 for Bel- tone. In addition, he’s got a quar- ter-hour crpss-the-bpard afternoon /strip; Bankers deal, for its White Cross Hospital Plan, was set via the Grant, Sclnvenk & Baker agency of Chicago. Ziv Makes Whoopee Continued from page 1 breweries, with two in the mid- west and one on the Coast. Mid- western deals were with Die wry’s Ltd., which is picking up 10 major markets. Including Chicago, De- troit, Indianapolis, Toledo, Daven- port, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ft. Wayne, Saginaw and Elkhart- South Bend. Second midwest deal is with Blatz Brewing; for eight Wisconsin markets including Mil- waukee. Coast deal, for San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Spokane, was set with San Francisco Brewing CO. (Bur- germeister Beer). Meanwhile, Ziv’s : 76-man sales staff is holding concurrent meetings in New York, Cincinnati arid Los Angeles for briefings on the sales campaign for the show. Sales v.p!,M. J. Rif- kin said that the campaign will be the most intensive ever launched for a Ziv show. Extent of the gamble is indi-, cated in tlie fact that other distribs ' are cutting the costs of their shows as low as possible, and in the face of a wide-open competitive battle, are also cutting their prices to sta- tions and sponsors. Furthermore, there's no apparent return slated from residuals, since Ziv’s con-, tract with Cantor calls for produc- tion'of a new group of 39 half- hours every year for the seven ! years of the pact. Sinn, however, reported “such enthusiastic recep- tion from prospective sponsors that we believe the show will go into the black in record-breaking time, regardless of its high budget and high price.” Show employs two formats, one of which is a musical revue, the other a situa- tion comedy. Brian Aherrie guestars in the first film in the series, Don De Fore and Pat Crow- ley in the second. TV Comics Continued from page 1 more preference for film rather than doing his programs live. Such major entries as Danny Thomas and Ray Bolger have long since deserted the live camp for the Coast-made celluloid route, not to mention the whole roster of situa- tion comedy personalities (Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, Joan Davis, Eve Arden, Ozzie & Harriet, Stu Erwin, etc,). The move comes in the wake of a growing conviction that, with film techniques so far advanced, a comic can show up to just as good advantage on film anjJ that if there’s anything, wrong with his show, the basic fault seldom stems from the filming per se, but rather from the show’s, content. The cel- luloid eheimpions find it easier work—and far more pleasant, usu- ally bringing , in a show in three days instead of the six or seven required on a live basis. No small factor, too, is the lure >f Coast living, which is a “history repeating itself” situation that found all the comedians back in radio’s heyday deserting the New York climes for Hollywood. Continued from page 29 Pallan. said Kaye was violatin|j their, agreement in order to make a better showing than the others and that they were going to ban the Applewhite and Corev ' plat- ters from their regular dee jay sessions. Kaye pointed out, however, that lie hadn’t solicited either Apple- white or Miss Corey, He had been with them the', week before in New ‘York when they appeared in the show arranged by Kaye for his show, train. “Week-End With the Stars” here, nd insisted that fsi SUPER POWER WGALTV LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 316,000 WATTS r AN IA \TTsj Covers a vast, prosperous territory—a rich target for your advertising dollar Stdinman Stati Clair McCollough, President Last week’s official announcement' of the sale of the CBS, Inc., ° interest in Y^CCO and WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, to the Star and Tribune Co. there, brought into reprise the outlet’s proving ground for many a staffer. The WQCO alumni who’ve been springboarded out of there include Earl Gammons, top brasser of the yveb in Washington, D.C.; Merle Jones, v.p. over tv station relations; Wendell Campbell, radio station, administration v.p;* Gene Wilkey, g,m. of St. Loofe. KMOX; Sig Mickelson, news and public affairs veepee (and-Ralph Backlund, news-pubaffairs production head); Tom Dawson, tv sales mgfr.; Carl Ward, g.m. of WCBS-N.Y.; Tony Moe, mgr. of Detroit office of tv spot sales;. Doug McNamee, radio producer, and a number of others spread around the country in important CBS berths. i . ■ .♦ Jean Carson, British comedienne, has altered her name to Jearinie Carson for her tv and other appearances in the XL S. . This is to avoid conflict'with the Jean Carson who’s in the “Anniversary Waltz” legitei’ as the “dumb blonde.” The Lofidob. mupicomedy performer arrived in N, Y. last -week aboard the Queen Mary to start rehearsals for a pair of NBC specolas under the Max Liebman banner, the first of them on Saturday, Nov, 20. { She’s here with husband-manager William Lowe, CBS Radio’s public affairs sector dame through last Friday (5) with a “sleeper” called “A Queen Comes Calling,” based op impress, sions of the N; V. phase of. Queen Mother Elizabeth’s U. S. visit. Re- porters Don Kellerman and Jack Kuney followed the royal party about during the first days, interviewing salespeople and elevator op- erators in shops • and department stores where she shopped; care- takers at the Met Museum of Art; waiters at Canadian Club luncheon and ushers at “Pajama Game. Airing also included excerpts from her talk at Columbia U.’s bicentennial convocation and at Columbia Charter Day dinner. <* ■ CBS-TV’s “Lassie” show of Nov. 14 will; find the canine W'helping a . litter, of TO pups, with sponsoring Campbell Soups going; all-out (“name-the-pup” contest and bther gimmicks with big prizes.) to capitalize on the accouchement. Lassie is currently taking, lessons in mothering since he’s a male. WestinghoUse Broadcasting Co. putting out Program Cues, a news- letter for its radio-tv stations. It’s masterminded by Richard Pack, WBC’s national program manager, and Vol 1 No. 2 funs six pages en- compassing tips, service items, tidbits and breezy one-liners. Seventh annual communion breakfast of Radio-TV-Ad Industries is set for Nov, 28 in grand ballroom of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. Y., to follow 9 o’clock mass at St, Patrick’s Cathedral. NBC’s Jack Costello .will toastmaster and WCBS’ Jack Sterling will emcee. Moderator is the Rev! Timothy J. Flynn, radio-tv director of N. Y. Archdiocese. Unit is known as CARTA (Catholic Apostolate—Radio, Television and Advertising), with membership, of 2;000. when he mentioned his forthcom- ing tv show coining up, Miss Corey fold him she’d like to appear, on it because it would give her a chance to see her folks, Pittsburgh be- ing her home town, and Apple- white figured he could tie .in a disk promotion job, which lie had long before planned, here at the same time. So Kaye told them to come ahead, he'd be delighted. Kaye said he hadn’t gone out specifically and made a pitch for the two singers, and Michael and Pallan were somewhat mollified. They wanted to be assured, how- ever, that from now on, no talent except that in Pitt actively work- ing at the time would be used by any of them when their rotation comes up. on the show.. Assured that would be the case, peace once more settled over Deejay Row and the contemplated boycotts were cancelled. Bricker =5 Continued from page 29 of the state, was his “life-long friend.” Whether the Democrats will al- low Bricker to push McCbnnau- ghey’s nomination^ through with- out full consideration will doubt- less await party startegy meetings. A protest against McConnaughey’s appointment was recently submit- ted to the White House- by the Utility Users League of. Illinois which charged the FGC topper’s law firm represented Ohio Bell companies in efforts to obtain high- er rates. The FCC has jurisdiction over interstate telephone rates. Opposition may also be made to McConnaughey because the FCC now has four Republicans, two Democrats arid one Independent. The Democrats; may attempt Id ob- tain a distribution more favorable to .its party, although the party .In power, is allowed four of its .mem- bers on the Commission. . Aside from any direct actions by the Senate Committee and the House Interstate Commerce Corri- rhittee,, where Rep. J. Percy Priest (D-Tenn.) will replace Rep. Charles A. Wolverton TR-N. J.) as chair- man, the .change in; controV may; affect. FCC decisi ns on competi- tive tv applications. The agency has been reversing unusually large percentage of examiners’ rec- ommendations. The Republican members of the agency may also be inclined to waiver on the Edward Lamb case which already has put the Commis- sion in a bad public light because, of the character of witnesses it has presented to support its Coriimie charges. Columbus—-Williairi H. Spericer, v.p. and director 6f the South Bend Corp., has been named manager of WCOL, Air Trails Netork station here, effective Jan. lv Air Trails is owned by former secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. New York/Calif. Young agent, presently 'operating own office, desires N.Y.-CaKf. association, with established Talent/TV agency; or motion picture producer whose past : record should match his. future vision. 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