Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Motion Picture Daily Friday, August 19, Television Today Skelton Shows His Red-Eo-Tape Units From. THE DAILY Bureau, HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 18. At a cost of $1,000,000, completion of Red Skelton's new Red-Eo-Tape mobile television units was demonstrated by Skelton today at a large press conference held at the Skelton Studios, where the units were put on display for the first time. Skelton stated best description of the Red-Eo-Tape mobile television units was "a complete and large-scale television studio on wheels, one which employs color and black and white tape and film." Can Travel Anywhere Conceived by Skelton and engineered by Robert Cobler, Skelton Studios chief engineer, and Rupert Goodspeed, studio director of technical operations, the million-dollar units comprise probably the most modern and complete mobile TV units ever assembled. These will not only serve Skelton Studios, but can travel virtually anywhere for the purpose of location shooting. Jesse Sabin Dies at 53 Jesse Sabin, 53, cameraman for NBC News for the past 12 years, died yesterday at his home in Brooklyn following a protracted illness. A veteran in his field, Sabin had traveled with President Eisenhower on his recent South American good-will tour. A native New Yorker, Sabin had been a cameraman and foreign editor for "News of the Day," from 1926 through 1942, when he entered military service, and from 1945 to 1947. He joined NBC News as assignment editor and photographer in 1948. Sabin is survived by his wife, Charlotte, and daughter Margery, 14. Karp Joins ABC-TV Marshall H. Karp has joined the ABC Television Network as an assistant daytime sales manager in a further expansion of the network's daytime sales department, it was announced by Edward Bleier, vice-president in charge of daytime TV network sales. Karp's appointment follows that of Peter Reinheimer, who was named an assistant daytime sales manager July 28. RCA Elects Watts Election of W. Walter Watts as chairman of the board and president of the RCA Sales Corporation— posts he assumes in addition to his responsibilities as RCA group executive vicepresident— was announced here following a meeting of the sales corporation's board of directors. 'New York Ledger1 Set as NBC Entry "The New York Ledger"— an hourlong series of "suspenseful stories about believable people caught in the drama and excitement of contemporary big city life"— will be produced by the NBC Television Network for presentation in prime evening time during the 1961-62 season. David Levy, vice-president, programs and talent, NBC Television Network, announced the new project. Created within the NBC Program Development Department by Ross Donaldson, director of creative services for NBC, "The New York Ledger" will give an authentic but fictional treatment to the ever-changing stories and situations of cosmopolitan New York City as reflected on the pages of a mythical New York daily newspaper, The Ledger. Will Have Guests The series will have two permanent stars— in the roles of a veteran columnist dedicated to chronicling the warm, human side of the city and its inhabitants and of a young, able general assignment reporter with the entire city on his feature beat. Each episode will have a major guest star, portraying a resident or transient in New York caught in a poignant or suspenseful situation. Abbot, Schneider Leave For Coast on 'Special' Producer Mike Abbot and director Dick Schneider leave here today for the West Coast to begin shooting on "The Eleanor Roosevelt Special" for Talent Associates. The one hour "special," slated for NBC-TV Oct. 7, is a new version of last years' successful show and will again include many of the entertainment world's top talents. Two Weeks for Shooting Shooting is expected to take two weeks and will include segments shot in Chicago and Washington, D. C, as well as Hollywood. B-V Group to Coast For Promotion Meet A delegation of Buena Vista home office executives and department heads will leave here for the Coast over the weekend to discuss promotion plans for the company's three Christmas to Easter releases with Roy Disney and E. Cardon Walker. 'Stars' Capital Bow to Aid Army Distaff Foundation From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. ^.-Columbia Pictures' "I Aim at the Stars" will have its U.S. premiere at Loew's Palace Theatre here on Sept. 28. The film-biography of rocket expert Wernher von Braun will be premiered as a benefit for the Army Distaff Foundation, a charity for widows of Army officers. President and Mrs. Eisenhower have high honorary posts with the foundation. Fox Managers ( Continued from page 1 ) of the Dallas office to fly to Hollywood for the weekend sessions which begin tomorrow. In another new arrangement, Hal Marshall, the company's regional advertising-publicity manager in the Philadelphia-Washington, D. C, district, will also attend the meetings. He is the first ad-pub manager to be invited to contribute his views at these executive planning meets. Spyros Skouras Chairman Twentieth-Fox president Spyros P. Skouras will chair the discussions, attended by interim production head Robert Goldstein, International Corp. president Murray Silverstone, 20thFox vice-president Joseph Moskowitz, treasurer Donald Henderson, vicepresident, Charles Einfeld, general sales manager C. Glenn Norris, assistant general sales manager Martin Moskowitz, and exploitation director Rodney Bush. ABC Vending ( Continued from page 1 ) for the first 26 weeks of 1960 amounted to $30,810,161, as compared with $29,748,608, an increase of $1,061,553 over the comparable period for 1959. While weather conditions in many sections of the country adversely affected sales of food and beverages during the first half of 1960 Sherman said, "ABC Vending had successfully negotiated a number of promising new contracts in industrial plans which it is expected will show favorable results during the second six months of the year." Included in net income after taxes for the 26 weeks ended June 26 are expenses involved in funding the employees pension and executive retirement plans applicable to the period. There were no corresponding expenses in 1959. Stockholders had approved the plans at the annual meeting held on April 27 this year. Burkett in Alpha Post <JW Has Big Day HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 18.-James S. (Sam) Burkett has been appointed general manager of Alpha Distributing Corp., it is announced by Gordon K. Greenfield, president of America Corp., Alpha's parent company. "The Time Machine" broke the house record for opening day of a continuous run picture at the Warner Theatre here when it did $7,275 on Wednesday, according to M-G-M. Pay Bill Votd (Continued from page 1) ate conference committee. ObserJ think that there is a good chance 1 this group will not make rrl changes in the coverage approvecjp the Senate, but will reduce the st tory minimum wage to $1.15 or $1 hourly. Prior to final passage, the Se»; overwhelmingly (88 to 8) approv* proposal to exempt more wor from the bill— employees of hotels, taurants, most car dealers, and 1 implement dealers. It also agreet accept the doing of $1 million in 1 ness as a test of being in "inter; commerce" for the law's purpr This had been strongly opposed conservatives and will doubtless p; to be a sticky point in the confen committee. Kennedy Aggreable Democratic presidential nom Kennedy had indicated in floor de that he was willing to accept the ditional exemptions, though he v against them. Earlier, by a narrow vote of 51 48, the Senate rejected a proposa Senator Monroney (D., Okla. ) to complish virtually the same reduc in coverage while retaining the ti tional "interstate commerce" test also rejected an amendment by S tor Prouty (R., Vt. ) which wi have narrowed coverage and def "interstate commerce" in a mai less susceptible to variation individual circumstances. V ■ WOMPI to Aid (Continued from page 1) be housed in a $40,000 structun expected to cost around $1,000. equipment, color schemes, etc., be personally selected by the WO' group. The Dallas Services for Blind ( dren was founded 11 years ago, Alfred N. Sack, Dallas exhibitor, his wife, who operated the schoc their home the first year. The staff and volunteer wor counsel with families of blind yoi sters, teach mobility to cope blindness, produce text books for by visually handicapped chili while cooperating with other ager serving blind children. At present organization is working with 156 c involving blind children in the D area. The new building will pro offices for the Services' director classrooms for the children. .1 11 WOMPI Chairman TORONTO, Aug. 18. Flor Long, who is associated with Get Sound and Theatre Equipment, ) here, has been appointed chairma the seventh annual convention Women of the Motion Picture In| try, which will be held at the E|8 York Hotel here Sept. 9 to 11. | Mrs. Mabel Guinan, WOMPI p| dent, in naming Miss Long, pop to her long service to the local cp ter of the organization as presicl director and a charter member.