Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

ri Y: December 9, I960 Motion Picture Daily :r| Astaire to Repeat AROUND Hi TV Show on Feb. 20 Special to THE DAILY iTROIT, Dec. 8.-Acclaimed by L as the best of his three TV lals, the Fred Astaire show of t September, "Astaire Time," I be shown again on NBC-TV in x . Richard E. Forbes, director of % irate advertising, Chrysler Cor., ion, announced today that heft » of the reception from press „ public alike, the show will be • ited. It will be telecast in color , NBC-TV on Monday, February 0 rom 8:30 to 9:30 P.M., E.S.T. [ itaire is the star and executive 1 ucer of the hour-long show. Fea| I performers are Barrie Chase, { at Basie and his Band, Joe WilI s, the Hermes Pan Dancers, and I id Rose and his Orchestra. .D!H! TV CIRCUIT Jelevhion Joday Nat'l Sales Unit For RKO General with PINKY HERMAN. elemeter ( Continued from page 1 ) d by Telemeter. There will be no lie participation in the test, he experimental toll-tv station will rate on Channel 5 between 1:30 [. and 8:00 A.M., when KTLA, licensee of the channel for "free" ris not on the air. tTLA is run by Paramount Televii Productions, also a division of amount Pictures. Che test proposes installing in Tester's laboratory an experimental ^'-power transmitter which will d mostly scrambled signals that be picked up in intelligible form y by Telemeter's receivers, n the past, FCC has granted ex•imental toll-tv authorizations. In 5 case, it waived a portion of its I »es to permit Telemeter to dispense i h a normal 30-day waiting period i f'or to making the grant, i ) " 1 inatra Signs with UA i $15,000,000 Deal 'Arthur B. Krim, president of UnitT Artists, and Frank Sinatra have ntly announced the signing of a een million-dollar multiple motion ;ture deal. Sinatra's Essex Produces, which will produce the films • distribution by U. A., will move mediately into offices at Desilu >wer Studios in Hollywood. Work s already begun on several screeniys, titles of which will be released ortly. ees Transatlantic TV 'ossible Within Year From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Translantic television could be a reality ithin a year, according to Dr. Hard A. Rosen, of Hughes Aviation orp. This could be accomplished, ; said, by sending up a small satel:e, about the size of a hatbox, to a sight of 22,000 miles above the quator. The cost of such a satellite, i stated, would be $15 million or NANETTE FABRAY will co-star opposite Wendell Corey in a new family situation-NBComedy teleseries, the initial episode, Yes Yes Nanette," set to preem, Friday, Jan. 6 (8:30-9 1 P.M. ) Wes fanghouse Playhouse," is the title of the initial script by Nanette s real-Me husband Ranald MaeDougall, who will supervise scripts to be written bv various writers. . . . Jack Benny's music-TVanety special on NBC, Tburs Feb 9, "Remember How Great?" will feature Andy Williams, McGulre Siste., Juliet Prowse, Connie Francis and Hermes Pan Dancers . . Roz Starr, whose amazing store of knowledge of Broadway and Hollywood lore, makes her a walking "show biz encyclopaedia, wffi spendAe Yuletide in Hollywood where she will open a branch office . . . Jackie Gleason will return to tv soon after ^"^^^^ be CBSeen as the host of a new quizzer, "You re In The Picture^ turing a panel of name guests and co-sponsored by L & M Cigaret and the Plymouth Division of Chrysler Motors Don t look now but that SJSS^Wrf gent known as Santa , Claus^ ' brewing do^ your neck The first two of our annual crop of Christmas Cards has ust Teen brought in from Mrs. Frances (Miss Frances of Ding Don g Schoo ) H?rw£h aid Billy Hayes, the cleffer (with Jay Johnson) of the standard ballad, "Blue Christmas." (same to you, you, you ANEr you ) . ^ west everyone has a side-line. Bob Hope owns the Ck (okav okay-one of the stockholders) Bing Crosbv ditto, he Pirate , Sinatra and Peter Lawford, a Bistro and now we .learn hat .one of our favorites of radio Phil (Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost persons) Clarke has purchased the Dawn Motel located at 10018 South Western Ave LosAngele" (But don't get him wrong, Mr. Skolosky, he stms lo o thesp ) . • Diane Cilento, Australian born actress, seen on Bioadway n "Tiger At The Gates" and "Heartbreak House," has been signed to play Ccky Sharpe," in the Tversion of Wm. "Vanity Fair." The two-hour presentation (in 2 parts) will be CBSlotted at 7:30-8:30 P.M. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 12 and 13. . . . A new NBContract with Four Star Television will give this inet exclusive rights to "The Dick Powell Show," a series of one-hour adventure Xms'for the 1961-62 season. Dick will host the entire senes Ijtwffl star in one-third of the segs. . . . Aside to Patt Barnes (WISN) Milwau kee When the 21 Postal workers appeared last week on your station To ,Z the annual "Mail Early" drive, we guess your the'Morey Davidson-Sammy Eatkins fine waxing (Morsam Label) It s One Day Closer To Xmas." . . . Tammy Grimes, star of the Broadway click "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," has been signed to appear mj upcoming Ed CBSullivan stanzas, the first one ^taking place i ^unday Tan 1 • • Appears that the ABC-TVehicle, "The Islanders, will sink rom ight some'time about next April to be replaced with a TVersion sLes)gof MGM's "The Asphalt Jungle." . . Tunestej delphia) rates ASCAPlaudits for his well-written article titled The cut L P actice" which appeared in the July issue of Songwriters Review. Pert and purty Jolene Brand, (recent contestant for "Miss Rheingold crown) has been named to succeed Peggy ^^"S ber of Erie Kovacs' "Take A Good Look series TVia ABC. . . Marvin L. Lowe, former mid-west film exec and recently associated with N T A has been named account exec for Seven Arts Prod., stationed in Chicago. Sales of Young Augie Rios' new platter "Feliz Nav^ade^ ^ Merry Christmas To All) MGMaking that waxery happy indeed^ 50,000 disk in last 2 weeks. . . . Talented Robert Vaughn, nominated last year for a best supporting role "Oscar" for his effort in "The Young PMadelphians," will be seen Jan. 3 opposite Pippa Scott in the ABC-TVer, "Stagecoach West." George Hoover of the ABC Press Dept. couldnt disguise the pride with which he told us this item and when we .mentioned our discernment of his feelings, admitted that he and Robert were classmates when they attended Los Angeles City College. . .. . The NBColorcast of "Project 20," Wed., Dec. 21, (8:30-9 PM ) The Coming of Christ" will carry NO commercials. Sponsor is United States Steel Hathaway Watson, vice-president in charge of broadcasting of RKO General, has announced the creation and establishment of a central sales organization of national sales managers with headquarters in New York. This sales staff will work with national representatives to provide closer liaison with RKO General stations, and will further the development of national sales by direct relationships with agencies and advertisers. Watson announced the appointment of Robert J. McNamara as director of sales plans. McNamara, who will function as director and coordinator of the newly established sales force, will make his office at the RKO headquarters in New York and will report directly to Watson. Regional Sales Heads Named In addition to the appointment of McNamara, Watson confirmed the appointment of sales managers who would be associated with RKO General stations throughout the country. Each would represent the individual radio and television stations and be responsible for national sales, reporting directly to the manager of his station. The list of appointed national sales managers includes: Paul Martin KHJ Los Angeles (Eastern); Richard Jacobson, KHJ-TV Los Angeles; Proctor Jones, WNAC Boston, & Yankee Network; James Gates, WNAC-TV Boston; Sidney Allen, CKLW, CKLW-TV Detroit (Eastern); Herbert Clarke KFRC San Francisco; Gordon Lawhead, WHBQ, WHBQ-TV Memphis; Perry Ury, WGMS Washington. Wilke in New Post Robert Wilke has been named director of corporate sales relations for RKO General. He will assume responsibility for overall corporate relations between RKO and the agencies and advertisers who use the several RKO stations. Okla. City Censors ( Continued from page 1 ) from the Warner Theatre here by die chief of police. The film had run for two days-Sept. 14 and 15 when citizens complained to the police department. Following a private screening for the city review board the police chief advised Paul Townsend, manager of the Warner, that he must discontinue the booking or police would confiscate the film as evidence. In its suit Union Film points out the picture has played in 23 cities in the U.S. and was cleared by Federal Customs as well as Maryland and New York censor boards. The distributor charges the police action is an "unconstitutional restraint upon communications, for it sets up an individual censorship of motion pictures Violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution is also charged.