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The slick sleuth is back In London, Clifford Parkes, associate producer for American International on “Cry of the Banshee” and “Murder in the Rue Morgue” is getting set to produce “Raffles” as a TV series out of London. The first “Raffles” (The Amateur Cracksman” started as a novel (in 1905) and became a Hollywood film in 1930, starring the late Ronald Colman. Ten years later, David Niven played the character for Sam Goldwyn. Parkes, however, is still looking for a star to play this suave English cricket player who turns thief and robs society houses on social weekends.*** Comment on the state of the industry Time was when even college kids who knew the right people could get a few days work as movie extras, just for the asking. Now, according to Norman Stevens, president of the Screen Extras Guild, the union reports a total membership of 2625 in L.A. 500 have dropped out within the year. Of the remaining membership, only a few are working in pictures, even for TV. What used to be considered a 12-months-a-year job for extras who hustled has now become a seven months a year market, and only for the lucky ones. Stevens candidly attacks the networks for stimulating the rerun trend and Hollywood itself for encouraging runaway production. He argues that TV advertisers are paying good money to get product-messages across to viewers. But the rerun cycle is alienating TV audiences — and hurting performers and technicians. In time, sponsors will wake up to the fact that they are paying very high costs-per-thousand-viewers to reach diminishing audiences. Ironically, Stevens announced plans to organize SEG chapters in Colorado, Arizona, Florida and New Mexico, where “runaway production” is having a field day. Anybody checked out production costs in Oklahoma lately? *** Letters Novak story great! Studio Magazine: Your magazine, with the Novak interview, was tops in my books. Note: Why, as I started the first fan club in the world and my many letters from the stars and the picture of Jane Novak she sent me years ago and my mail from William S. Hart, he mentioned her name. Really this was great. If sometime you can use a story on myself, as I started the first movie star Turn to Page 10 HONOR JONATHAN - Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters honored Jonathan Winters, right, for his outstanding contribution to television at a luncheon in Sportsmen’s Lodge. Congratulating Jonathan, a Toluca Lake resident, are from left Earl Ebi, president of PPB, Northridge’s Pat Buttram and Jay Stewart, paul bailey photo HONORED GUEST - Maestro Dimitri Tiomkin was honored at a candlelight dinner party by members of the International Folk Art Foundation for his production of motion picture “Tchaikovsky.” Congratulating Mr. Tiomkin are Elayne Blythe of North Hollywood, left, and Mrs. Theodore Bulczak, director of the International Folk Art Foundation, also of North Hollywood. and Galpins Goldm! BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION NATIONAL RETAILER OF THE YEAR 15SOS Roscoe Blvd. Sepulveda, Calif. 91343 (jllJSt oil San Diego Fwy.) Tel: 787-3800 5