American television directory (1946)

lectured at the Randall School in Hart¬ ford. Several previous summers were spent as technical director of The Hampton Players, Southampton, N. Y. He is author of “A Stage Manager’s Manual” and co-author of “Scenery for the Theatre.” Mr. Cole holds an A.B. degree from Dartmouth and an M.F.A. from Yale. He is the delegate for the Yale Department of Drama to the Tele¬ vision Broadcasters Association; a charter member of the American Tele¬ vision Society and a veteran member of the Board of Directors. Last year he also served as chairman of the ATS Library Committee. Director 1945-46 THEODORE HUSTON is a radio and television director of Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc., the advertising agency responsible for the veteran television program, “Wednesdays at Nine is Lever Brothers’ Time” and such radio programs as “Big Sister” and “Philo Vance.” Mr. Huston was formerly a CBS radio director and also has served two years as a television director-writer at WRGB, Schenectady. He was featured in a G-E industrial motion picture showing how television works. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and served as an announcer and pro¬ ducer for a number of small radio sta¬ tions in New England before entering the field of television. Mr. Huston is a charter member of ATS. Director 1945-46 JOHN FLORY is a writer, director and producer of motion pictures. He heads the documentary and educational film producing firm of Grant, Flory & Wil¬ liams which has produced movies for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Cleveland Trust Company, Good Housekeeping and others. Mr. Flory spent five years with Paramount pro¬ ducing radio transcriptions, film motion picture prevues and short subjects. He served as production manager of the documentary film, “The City.” While at Yale, where he studied under the late Professor George Pierce Baker, he served as editor and motion picture critic of “The Yale Daily News.” He has studied also at the LaVilla School, Lausanne, Switzerland. In recent months, out of his considerable research into film’s role in television, he has con¬ tributed many articles to “Television,” “Televiser,” “Education Digest,” “Edu¬ cational Screen,” “International Pro¬ jectionist” and other magazines. Mo¬ tion pictures are a family affair in the Flory household as Mrs. Flory, the former Elizabeth Harding, is executive secretary of the Educational Film Li¬ brary Association. President 1944-45 Director 1944-46 DAN D. HALPIN was president of ATS for the 1944-45 term. He is a television receiver sales specialist for the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corpora¬ tion of America. He joined RCA Victor in 1940 as manager of television re¬ ceiver sales in New York and also directed the merchandising of RCA per¬ sonal radios. He served as coordinator for the world premiere of RCA Theatre Television at the New Yorker Theatre, May 1941. Later, as manager of RCA Industrial Music Service, he contrib¬ uted materially to the growing use of music in industry. During 1945, he acted as chairman of the Music in Industry Committee of the Music War Council. Before joining RCA Victor, Mr. Halpin was a director, vice-presi¬ dent and general sales manager of the Dictograph Products Company. He man¬ aged Knute Rockne’s National Champ¬ ionship Football Team of 1930; is a charter member of the Sales Executives Club of New York, and a member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. Mr. Halpin is one of the two recipients of the American Television Society’s service award, presented to him in 1945. Photo of Mr. Halpin is © by Bachrach; Photos of Miss Peirce and Mr. Taylor by Larry Colwell. Director 1945-46 Chairman, Program Committee 1945-46 HERBERT E. TAYLOR, Jr. has been direc¬ tor of transmitter equipment sales for Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc., for the past two years. In the DuMont organization, he has also served as assistant priority supervisor; manager of the War Service Department; and assistant director of Cyclograph sales. His favorite subject of conversation is the economics of television and he has acquired extensive experience in the use of all types of television equipment. He recently completed a 25,000-mile transmitting equipment marketing study. Prior to his DuMont affiliation, Mr. Taylor piled up experience as a salesman, bank clerk, professional sing¬ er and writer of dramatic sketches. Director 1945-46 EVELYN BARNES PEIRCE is supervisor in charge of daytime radio at Compton Advertising, Inc. and a staff director of Theatre Production Service, both of New York. She received her B.A. at Wellesley College and her theatre train¬ ing in the Maria Ouspenskaya Studio of Acting. Miss Peirce has handled virtually all phases of theatrical work and radio programming; has directed and acted with well-known summer stock companies; has served theThea¬ tre Guild in casting and directorial capacities; was casting director of all Federal Theatre productions in New York; headed the drama, dance and music departments of the National Youth Administration; stage-managed “Seventh Trumpet,” “Richard III” and 72