Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

Tuesday, July 19, 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY RADIO WLW Objects To Details of F.C.C. Probe (Continued from page 1) C Vance, RCA Manufacturing Co., VOl!' w'tn General Electric and West^jhouse, plans for the station were gradually evolved. The transmitter, lie said, involved a number of major problems. At the present time, Vance testified, while RCA has produced but the one super-power transmitter, it is confident that it could fill a similar order for any broadcaster interested, should the F. C. C. countenance general use of 500 kilowatts. The experimental work which the station has conducted was described by R. J. Rockwell, supervisor of broadcasting. Because of the magnitude of the company's operations, he said, it was necessary to undertake a great deal of development work, which has led to improvements of value to the whole broadcasting industry and the listening public. Patrick's objections to the commission engaging in a "fishing expedition" were voiced at the opening of the hearings, which will continue for several days. The issues to which he referred, he said, covered phases of the station's operations which it was felt should not be considered the basis for a decision, although the Crosley Company had no objection to their development merely as a means of giving the commission information. Seeks to Kill Issues A motion that these issues be stricken from the schedule of items to be investigated was denied by Chairman Case, but the commission granted that part of the motion asking for a definition of WLW's primary service area, describing it as that area within a radius of 200 miles from the station. The hearing is being conducted by a F. C. C. committee composed of Commissioners Norman S. Case, chairman ; T. A. M. Craven and George H. Payne. This is the same group that conducted the hearings ' last month on revision of broadcast rules and regulations. Bowes Leaves Hospital Major Edward Bowes yesterday left Doctors' Hospital, where he underwent an operation for the removal of the tip of the ring finger of his left hand. He plans to rest for a few davs at his Rumson, N. J., home. He said he will direct the Thursday Night "Amateur Hour" over CBS. Television to Be "Deadly" For Talent, Sheila States The effects of television broadcasting on Hollywood actors and actresses will be "deadly," according to Sheila Barrett, who is known for her impersonations. Miss Barrett returned yesterday on the Queen Mary from London where she filled engagements and was featured in BBC television programs. "Acting before the television camera is so vastly different from emoting before the film camera and microphone that it is simply frightening to think what will happen to some of the big stars when television really arrives," Miss Barrett said. "What I mean is that once you are before the camera and microphones, in television broadcasting, everything must be perfect the first time. There are no retakes. You have to follow through no matter what happens. You can't tell the director you didn't like a scene and have it reshot, and there aren't any hairdressers following you around to see that your hair is just so, or anything like that. You do it once, for better or worse. Television the "Ultimate" "Television is, of course, the ultimate thing in entertainment. Acting talent in England is beginning to realize the transformation it will cause, and it is positively frightening to think what changes it will bring about here among people now in radio, on the stage or in films." Miss Barrett appeared 10 times before the BBC television cameras during her London visit of six weeks. She returned because of commitments with Pathe for whom she is to make a series of six shorts for RKO release, in the Robert Benchley style and titled "Feminine Adventures." Jean Tennyson of the Chicago Opera Co. returned from several weeks of opera and concert work on the Continent and reported that an English film company may star her in "Louise." Peggy Wood arrived after closing' in "Operette," Noel Coward's play. She will be here about three weeks. Program Back on WKRC Cincinnati, July 18. — "Personalities on Parade," WKRC feature, will return to that station tomorrow at 6 P. M. and will be heard each Tuesday and Thursday thereafter. To Air Hughes Luncheon The National Press Club luncheon m honor of Howard Hughes on Thursdav in Washington will be broadcast from 2:30 to 3 P. M., E.D.S.T. over the NBC-Blue. Pinex Sets News Series The Pinex Co. will sponsor United Press news dispatches over WHN beginning Oct. 3 for 22 weeks, Mondays through Saturdavs from 7 :15 to 7 :30 P.M., E.D.S.T. The Russell M. Seeds Co. handles the account. To Wed with Song Cincinnati, July 18. — Lin Mason, WKRC singing announcer, will provide his own accompaniment when he is married to Lillian Marshall, at Xenia, O., Aug. 6. He has had several recordings made of his voice, singing his and his bride's favorite wedding numbers, and these will be played as the knot is tied. Food Industry Tops World Network List The food and beverage industries, followed by laundry soaps and cleansers, accounted for the greatest amount of business on the World Broadcasting System for the first six months of this year. The first mentioned accounted for 32,859 quarter-hours or 45 per cent of the total. Laundry, soaps and cleansers totaled 14,825 quarter-hours. Next came the automotive industry with 13,502 quarter-hours. The company had a total of 76 advertisers sponsoring programs over 400 stations. WHN Has New Program New among the impromptu programs is "Give Me a Sentence," broadcast over WHN between 9 and 9 :30 Friday evenings. Loring Smith, the director, picks eight contestants who devise sentences from words submitted by the audience. Hold Rites for DeRouville Albany, July 18. — Funeral services were held here today for George S. DeRouville, partner in an advertising agency bearing his name, who died on Saturday of a chronic ailment after a slight operation last week. A number of agency and radio executives attended the services, including Kolin Hager, Harold E. Smith, Duell Richardson, Snedden Weir, George R. Nelson, Winfield Leighton, John R. Thompson and others. Plan New WOR Program "Count Your Blessings" is the title of a new sustaining program which will start over WOR-Mutual this Friday at 12:15 P.M., E.D.S.T. Larynx Libations Cincinnati, July 18.— How the dehydrated larynx of the radio speaker in action may be prevented without drinking water, which, amplified through the microphone, might sound like most anything, was described by Dr. Thomas R. Thorburn, specialist, before the American Osteopathic Association in session here. "The solution is simple," he said. "Plain colorless lipstick keeps the lips from becoming dry. A little pressure on the salivary glands, made with the fingers pushed under the jawbone, three inches back from the point of the chin, induces a flow of saliva heavier than normal, keeping the throat moist. "There is no danger of drooling," he concluded, because, while a little stimulation increases the flow, stimulation to the extent of irritation causes almost a complete cessation of the salivary glands." ► Radio Personals i JR. POPPELE, chief engineer at WOR, will deliver a talk today * before a group at New York University. Willie Howard will appear on the "Town Hall Big Game Hunt" Wednesday over NBC . . . Fay Bainter will be a guest on the Kraft Music Hall on Thursday . . . Justice Learned Cohen, Sol M. Strook and Prof. Morris Cohen, friends of the late Justice Cardozo, will pay tribute to the Supreme Court Justice's memory tonight over WHN at 9 P. M. . Maurice Spitalny's KDKA orchestra has been booked into the Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, beginning Friday . . . Robert Hare, III, Consolidated Radio Artists salesman in Atlanta, is in town for home office conferences. + Judy Canova will make a guest appearance on Paul Whiteman's program over CBS tomorrow at 8:30 P. M„ E. D. S. T. . . . Jan Savitt, musical director at KYW, Philadelphia, has been booked for the Ocean Pier Ballroom at Wildwood, N. J., starting Aug. 19 . . . Martin A. Fritz of the Chicago office of J. Walter Thompson Co., was in Denver recently . . . Lee Tracy has been engaged for a guest spot on the "For Men Only" program for July 27. Networks Interview Corrigan on Flight "Well, it was a long way but I made it," said Douglas Corrigan as he emerged from his Curtiss Robin at Baldonnell Field outside of Dublin yesterday. CBS carried these words and the rest of an interview by an Irish announcer yesterday at 2:30 P. M., E.D.S.T. Corrigan went on to describe the flight, which he termed "dumb luck." Corrigan was heard replying to questions concerning what he had to eat, the flying conditions encountered en route, and a dozen other points relative to his flight. NBC carried a two-way conversation between Corrigan and his aunt, uncle and mother in Los Angeles at 3:30 P. M., E.S.T.D. The same network also carried Bureau of Air Commerce comment and statements from various people connected with Floyd Bennett Airport. WOR-Mutual carried a Transradio flash of the landing at 10:34 A. M., E.D.S.T., and WHN reported that it broadcast word at 11 :10 A. M. NBC Thanked by Pope NBC has received a special benediction from Pope Pius XI in recognition of its cooperation in relaying the Pontiff's message to the Eucharistic Congress held recently in Quebec, it was learned over the weekend in a letter received by the network from Filippo Soccorsi, director of the Vatican radio station. A.C.A. Members Here More than 150 members of the American Communications Association are in New York for the fourth annual convention of the organization at the Hotel Victoria. The sessions are expected to last until July 28.