Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1946)

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He Ini Radio News Service 7/17/46 business, the newspaper business, a trade union or any other place you want to look. * * * * Mr. Farrington tells the story very much as it might be serialized in a 11 soapope ra " program if the radio’s moral code would permit lurid details. There is a4o°<i deal of authenticity in the scenes describing radio studios and personalities, but I am not sure that Mr. Farrington can claim an equal degree of authenticity when he strays afield. Doesn’t Enthuse Over Breneman’ s Picture "Ta.W. in^New York Times kl) List among the purely American curio sa the habit of women who arise at an absurdly early hour to attend a radio program con¬ ducted by Tom Breneman from his restaurant in Hollywood. Mr. Brene¬ man apparently is a card who rocks his audiences by genial joshing and modeling some of the ladies’ most ludicrous bonnets. So the producers of "Breakfast in Hollywood", which came to the Globe on Saturday, were not entirely unaware of the program's reported 12,000,000 listeners when they fashioned the film version of the air show. But this adaptation with variations is more melancholy than funny and no more substantial than its title or its radio counter¬ part. * * # * It is Mr. Walburn who delivers the film's most cogent and critical line when he remarks to Miss Burke, "Any woman who gets up at daybreak to see a radio show is nuts. " Mike Jacobs To Televise All Fights Hereafter ( Variety") Following the dull quality of the fight and the rumpus stirred up by Rep. O'Toole, Mike Jacobs remarked that the only beneficiary from the fight seemed to be television. Despite the potential cut into his gate receipts, Jacobs reportedly plans to have all his major fights televised from now on. * * * * Enterprising innkeeped in Brooklyn rented a tele set for the night for $75 and then proceeded to clean up by charging his patrons $1 for each short beer. Business reported terrific. Another tavern owner on Long Island rented a set for the night, installing an 8-foot concave mirror to magnify the images. Charging 50/ admission, he attracted more than 200 lookers, plus their beer thirsts. XXXXXXXXXXXX 14