Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

*day, August 15, 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY RADIO Radio Personals < uOX NOVIS will fly to Amarillo, J" Tex., next week to sing at the ■ ning of the Will Rogers Memorial hway. . . . Jane Froman will give roncert in Chicago Aug. 26. . . . icie Allen and George Burns will in New York Sept. 27 to open the Ldhit of Gracie's surrealistic pici* which will be hung in a leading fiery here. . . . Press Agent Tom ;daie got the Chicago News to de;e three entire pages to Benny odman's concert in that city. . . . iiimy Grierely, formerly vocalist for ul Whiteman, has been signed to g with George 01sen"s crew. . . . i Desfor, NBC photographer, flew Eastport, Me., to make pictures of L mes Roosevelt. . . . Gene Thomas of OR left on vacation Saturday. . . . iank Broucher, WOR sales head, 11 start his vacation Aug. 22. . . . Irving Fine, of Paramount's west ast publicity office, now in New i )rk. will be interviewed on Sam . ivlor's WHN program tonight. . . . 'ull Length Feature Televised by B.B.C. l' London, Aug. 14.— The B.B.C. tolly experimentally televised the full lgth feature film, "The Student of "ague." The running time on the r was 90 minutes. It is likely that her full-length films will be telesed bv B.B.C. in the future. The first full-length motion picture er televised in this country was ~he Return of the Scarlet Pimper1." which was telecast by NBC rly this summer. Don Winslow" Gets 'Singing Lady" Time ! "Don Winslow of the Navy," dram' ic serial, will succeed Irene Wicker's 'Singing Lady" program over the BC-Blue network beginning Aug. 5, for the Kellogg Co. It will be ;ard henceforth Mondays through ridays from 5:30 to 5:45 P. M. It ill also continue in its 7 to 7:15 P. E. spot on a limited NBC-Red network, consisting of WMAQ, WLW, VDAF, WOW and WTAM, also jnder Kellogg Co. sponsorship. Orders Evans Testimony N. Y. Supreme Court Justice Kenieth O'Brien has ordered Archie R. I vans, a president of Franklin Facers Corp., to appear for examination fefore trial upon the request of Hal 3n Radio Mfg. Corp., plaintiff in a bit against Franklin Factors, for an ccounting. I The plaintiff is suing under an alJged factoring agreement whereby it ad received advances exceeding 250,000 and had allegedly assigned ccounts for the collection of which be plaintiff now seeks an accounting. Pick Contest Winners The winners of the "Boy Meets jirl" contest conducted by WNEW n collaboration with Warners, prolucers of "Boy Meets Girl," will be hosen tonight at the studio. St, Louis Radio Pay Poor, States Casey St. Louis, Aug, 14. — Most of the radio actors in St. Louis earn their living at something else, clerking for railroads, selling insurance, practicing law, etc., according to Arthur Casey, productions head of KMOX and erstwhile stock impresario, in testimony given before Trial Examiner J. J. Fitzpatrick of the NLRB in the hearing of the petition of the American Federation of Radio Actors to be certified as the proper bargaining agency for radio actors, singers and announcers. The radio stations involved, KSD, KMOX, KWK and WEW, are insisting that the announcers be organized in a separate unit because they are regarded as staff employes and are in a supervisory capacity over actors and singers. Also, the station managements declare, there are few staff singers and actors employed, most of them being free lance performers. Mr. Casey testified that there are fewer qualified actors in St. Louis than in any other city of comparable size in the United States, amplifying the statement by declaring there are 10 times as many professional actors in Cleveland as in St. Louis. France Laux, chief announcer for KMOX and a member of A.F.R.A., testified he preferred a separate unit for announcers, declaring he did not think free lance entertainers should have an equal voice with announcers on questions of wages, hours and other working conditions. WMCA to Broadcast Hines Racket Trial With microphones barred from the courtroom where James J. Hines, Tammany leader, is to stand trial for alleged participation in the "Dutch" Schultz numbers racker, WMCA has set up equipment in a building nearby the courtroom, and beginning today will broadcast details of the trial. Due to the uncertainty of time on the trial, definite broadcasting periods have not been allotted. Tentative arrangements, however, provide for dailybroadcasts beginning 15 minutes before court opens at about 10 A. M., again at the noon recess between 1 and 2 P. M., and a final broadcast at the adjournment of each day's session about 5 P. M. Harry Hershfield, the newspaper man and cartoonist, and Frankie Basch, will handle the assignment. WMCA's coverage of the Hines trial is reminiscent of the way in which KNEW covered the trial of Bruno Hauptman in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Foster May Loses Out Omaha, Aug. 14. — Foster May, WOW news announcer, failed in his "front porch" campaign to obtain the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Omaha district. Mr. May did most of his campaigning from his home via paid time over WAAW, Omaha. WHN to Air "Marie" WHN will broadcast from the lobby of the Astor Theatre tomorrow night at the opening of "Marie Antoinette." Nils T. Granlund will be the master of ceremonies. AFRA Pact On Announcers Is Signed by NBC The American Federation of Radio Artists on Friday completed a contract with NBC covering conditions of employment of sustaining NBC announcers in New York. The contract is for two years, and will run concurrently with the contract A. F. R. A. secured for network sustaining actors and singers some weeks ago. The contract will grant a 10 per cent increase in wage for the announcers, although in many individual instances the increases will range as high as 17 per cent. The salary scale for the sustaining announcers has been set at from $250 to $396 per month for seniors, and from $110 to $175 per month for juniors. The pact sets a limitation upon the number of juniors, at a ratio of 1 to 4. At the moment there are 32 sustaining announcers at NBC's New York studios, 26 seniors and six juniors. The salary increases are retroactive to July 1. The pact grants NBC the right to hire and fire without consulting A. F. R. A. However, the network will give four weeks' severance notice to announcers it wishes to discharge. Another benefit to the announce^ is that NBC no longer will be permitted to offer staff announcers on commercial programs free of charge to sponsors. A. F. R. A. will continue to work with the agencies for a pact covering artists appearing on sponsored programs. Communications Men Meeting in Chicago Chicago, Aug. 14. — The American Communications Association, C.I.O. union for CBS engineers, and Associated Broadcast Technician leaders, met at the Hotel Sherman yesterday prior to an election tomorrow by all CBS engineers, following which the National Labor Relations Board will choose the bargaining agent. The Associated Broadcast Technicians is currently in power as an independent group, and is striving to hold the advantage. Among those present at the meeting were Louis Goyette, Fred Lange, Robert Brockway and Edward Knight. WJZ-WEAF to Start New Morning Service NBC's metropolitan outlets, WJZ and WEAF, will begin their broadcasting day at 6:30 A. M., one hour earlier than heretofore, WJZ effective today and WEAF one week later, Aug. 22. The purpose of the extension is to supply early-rising listeners with weather forecasts, frequent announcements of the correct time, news bulletins and information on road conditions. Information on the program is to be interspersed with recorded musical selections. The broadcasting of transscribed music is allowed over the local NBC stations until 9 A. M., although barred over the networks. Pact Signing Halts G.N. Control Talks (Continued from pane 1) Hammons, president of Educational, signed for his company and Loyd Wright and Edward L. Alperson, cotrustees of Grand National, for theirs. The two Grand National principals left for the coast immediately following the close of the deal and today will call a meeting of Grand National creditors to be held in Los Angeles this week for formal ratification of the agreement. If the agreement receives final approval at the meeting this week, it will be presented to the U. S. District Court in Los Angeles immediately thereafter. With the anticipated approval of the court, the new company's 1938-'39 production plans may be completed early in September. Mr. Hammons will head the new company with Mr. Alperson in charge of distribution. "Sing You Sinners" Shown at Saratoga Saratoga Springs, Aug. 14. — "Sing You Sinners," co-starring Bing Crosby and Fred MacMurray, was given a premiere here in this region of horse racing enthusiasts at the Community Theatre last night. Representatives of New York dailies and trade papers and a group of prominent persons here for the racing season were among the guests. Barney Balaban, Paramount president, and Robert M. Gillham, director of advertising and publicity, headed a group of company officials who came up from New York for the occasion. Local 306 to Start New Picket Drive (Continued from page 1) Oceania, Avalon, Kingsway, Mayfair, Midwood, Vogue, Bliss and Merrick. By Wednesday the union says it will have pickets at nine more theatres. Musicians' Local 802 and Local 4 of the stagehands in Brooklyn will augment Local 306 pickets. The Century Circuit is the last major group to refuse to deal with Local 306. It employs members of the Empire State Union. An official of Empire State some time stated that it would seek a charter from the C.I.O. Other theatres not employing Local 306 operators will be picketed later, the union states. Show "Drums" Tonight Exhibitors, circuit buyers, film executives and others will attend a showing of Alexander Korda's "Drums" at the Hollywood tonight. Sirdar Kumar J. J. Singh, president of the India Chamber of Commerce ; N. R. Checker, chairman of the India League and other Indian officials will attend. To Reopen at Bridgeport Bridgeport, Aug. 14. — Warners will reopen the Cameo Aug. 17 with "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse." The house has been rebuilt except for walls and foundation. I