[N.B.C trade releases]. (1961)

Record Details:

Title:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Date:
1961
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company]
Volume:
[N.B.C trade releases].
Leaf #:
000167
Language:
English
Subjects:
National Broadcasting Company -- Periodicals, Television programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Radio programs -- United States -- Periodicals","Press releases
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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JACK TRACY* ROOM 320 NT5C TRADE NEW£?~ October 24, 1961 HALF-HOUR PILOT OF 'KINGS OF BROADWAY, ’ PROGRAM ABOUT TWO-A-DAY VAUDEVILLE ERA, TO BE MADE FOR POSSIBLE NBC -TV BOOKING A pilot film for "Kings of Broadway, " a halfhour television program about a family on the two-a-day vaudeville circuit, will be produced for NBC-TV, for possible presentation during the 1962-63 season, it was announced today by Mort Werner, Vice President, Programs, for the network. Bob Banner Associates will produce the pilot film, which concerns the fortunes of a vaudevillian family called "King and Company." The Banner organization now produces "The Garry Moore Show" and "Candid Camera." "Kings of Broadway" recalls the colorful era of W. C. Fields, Frank Fay, Gallagher and Shean, the Four Cohans, Eddie Foy and his family, and other headline acts. Herbert Baker, son of the late vaudeville star. Belle Baker, conceived the idea for the new series. Drawing from a rich store of personal recollections. Baker will supervise the storylines. He is currently completing the script for Columbia Pictures' upcoming "Ten Little Fingers," in which Doris Day plays Belle Baker. PRESS DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, NEW YORK