Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

V iday, December 12, 1960 tie Kelly to Narrate plywood Documentary From THE DAILY Bureau OLLYWOOD, Dec. 11. Gene It y has been signed by David L. \jj Iper to host and narrate "HollyIid And The Movies," a two-hour fj umentary tv special covering the 1 /ear history of the, motion picture E istry. Wolper is producing and ij iCting the Wolper-Sterling proI tion in two one-hour parts, the ■ dealing with the silent era. f: art 2 will show Hollywood from » early days of talkies through the I sent. Kelly will conduct filmed I rviews with great movie names I yesteryear and act as narrator to I great film classics, most of them I screened since 1929. The docuI itary telefilm will be aired naI tally by a major network in Febru Motion Picture Daily Jelcuision Jo da y xtras' Pact ( Continued from page 1 ) 0 demonstrate or illustrate prods and services and also provides litional payments for re-use. A new ssification of extra player, to be )wn as "product extra player," is ablished, with a minimum rate of !5 a day retroactive to Nov. 16, 30, and' rising to $70.83 a day on iy 1, 1962. Original payment to an extra comitates him only for 13 weeks use commercial, unless he is paid an ditional 75 per cent for unlimited e when first employed. Otherwise, 1 use after 13 weeks, the extra will paid an additional 100 per cent of \ total original compensation. iOn and after July 1, 1962, all extra Vyers working on television com?rcials will come under the same in of additional percentage payjnts for re-use after 13 weeks as the oduct extra player. Rates for these jher extras will be identical with ose in the contract signed in Holwood between SEG, the Association ' Motion Picture Producers and the lliance of Television Film Pro FCC Proposes Change in Rules on transfers of TV Station Licenses From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON Dec. ll.-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a change in its rules which would require that a hearing be held on proposed transfers of broadcast licenses unless stations have been operated by the same owners for at least three years. Saying that frequent turnover of a large number of stations "is a matter of concern both to the Commission and Congress," FCC noted that sales after a short holding period "raise questions" as to whether the owners "are engaged in trafficking in broadcast interests and whether the resultant uncertainty on the part of station personnel and disruption in operating continuity causes programming deterioration incompatible with broadcasting in the public interest." The proposed rulemaking would exempt tv translators and pro forma assignments or transfers of control due to inadequacy of operating capital or death or disability of station principals. Commission records show that for the past three calendar years an average of 555 applications were filed for changes in ownership of well over that number of stations since many applications involved more than one facility. A 1958 study revealed that 83 per cent of such applications were for AM stations, 9 per cent for FM stations, and 8 per cent for tv stations. About 10 per cent covered more than one station. In 47 per cent of the cases the interest had been held for over three years, in 35 per cent it had been held between one and three years, in 11 per cent for 6 to 12 months, and in 7 per cent for less than six months. Of sellers holding stations less than three years, 53 per cent had acquired them by purchase and 47 per cent by grant of new construction permits. Commencement of the three-year period would be determined, according to circumstances, by date of construction permit, or assignment or transfer of control, or date of issuance of operating authority, or date applicable to authorization of last-acquired station in the case of transfer of control of a corporate licensee holding multiple facilities. The statutory maximum license period for broadcast stations is three years. Comments are invited by FCC by Jan. 16, 1961. In reaching its decision, the Commission will not be limited to consideration of the comments of record but will take into account all relevant information obtained in any manner from informed sources Spot TV Billings Show Rise of 4% Spot television gross time billings in the third quarter of 1960 were $125,012,000, the Television Bureau of Advertising has reported. The total represents an increase of four per cent over the like period of 1959 on the basis of similar estimating procedures (Source: TvB-Rorabaugh ) . Leading advertiser in the quarter was Procter & Gamble Co. with gross time billings of $14,428,600, followed by Lever Brothers Co. at $3,337,000. Advertisers appearing on the top 100 spot list for the first time were: Aerosol Corp. of America, Ball Brothers Co., Jack LaLanne Co., St. Regis Paper Co., W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co., Simon and Schuster, Inc., Sunkist Growers, Inc., Tetley Tea Co., Inc., and U.S. Time Corp. Night Billings Out in Front Prime night time billings accounted for $42,288,000 of the total, daytime $34,689,000, early evening $22,462,000 and late night $25,573,000. Announcement total billings were $91,989,000, programs $18,926,000 and ID's $14,097,000. Effective with the second quarter of 1960, billings estimates procedures were modified by N. C. Rorabaugh Co. with the general effect to reduce total estimated expenditures. EI , icers. not m Payments to Pension Fund J The New York extra players contact calls for a contribution by the (1[ew York producers of an amount pial to five per cent of all extra layers' earnings for pension, health id welfare plans, beginning Nov. kb3> 1960 The contract runs to June 30, 1964, ith reopening rights on television )mmercials in 1963. The Hollywood contract between le Screen Extras Guild, AMPP and FTRA provides that terms of the lew York extra players agreement wering rates and conditions for teleision commercials shall be automatic[ly incorporated in the Hollywood jreement. SAG represents extra players in the few York area. SEG represents them 'sewhere. FCC Invites Views on New Outlet-Owner Rule From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The Federal Communications Commission requests comments by Jan. 31, 1961, concerning a proposed change in its rules governing multiple ownership of AM, FM, and Television stations. The rule would exempt from FCC restrictions on multiple ownership certain holders of small amounts of stock in corporations which have an "interest" in a number of broadcasting facilities. FCC would revise its multiple ownership rules (sections 3.35, 3.240, and 3.636) by changing a note to these sections to provide that "a person who is not an officer or director of a corporation shall not be deemed to have an interest in or to be a stock holder of that corporation unless he: (1) Directly or indirectly owns one per cent or more of the outstanding voting stock thereof if the corporation has more than 50 holders of voting stock; or (2) Directly or indirectly owns five per cent or more of the outstanding voting stock if the corporation has 50 or fewer holders of voting stock; or (3) Owns any of the stock of the corporation whatsoever and in fact controls or has a substantial voice m the control or management of the corporation or its affairs." THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNION BREAKFAST for Catholic people of the Motion Picture Industry in the New York area will be held Sunday, January 22. Mass at nine o'clock at St. Patrick's Cathedral, with breakfast immediately following in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel WaldorfAstoria. For information and tickets, communicate with the member of the Sponsoring Committee in Your Office, or Miss Marguerite Bourdette, Room 1002, 1501 Broadway. Tel.: BRyant 9-8700. (Tickets $4.00 each)