Variety (July 1961)

MISCELLANY Metro Might Buy B’ ways Mrs. Brown’ But $1,000,000 Asking Price a Chiller Heilvuced. July 4. 1 “letra: bas ats sights on the |. . Breadeay oreseaeal, ‘“Unsinkable! C.B.’s Widow Left 750G Mol, Brosn put not for the Hollywood, July 4. msuar reasous necessarily, As it Mrs. Constance De Mille, tock. net oa buy would avoid potential Jegal «aclion against the eludio. Heres ‘shiv: SIGr s.id recentiv it planned .a pocture based on a chapter from ft.e late Gene Fowler's book, “Timherline ’—the chapter titled “Uncunkahle Mrs. Brown.” ‘The blowgit a pretest from the Willente Morrts office. repping the Unsinkable” creators. on grounds the piay’s success has established atom: the pebhie’s mind, and any ithe sinidlarity would be cause for a suit And te this the plaudits of Joe . Vovel Metro prexy, «ho saw the play recently and tnade his enthusiasm known to studio boss Sol Siegel And, though Vogel reporter diy was high on star Tammy Grimes, feeling here among pro duction execs splits between Doris lay or Judy Garland for the fiinie Mrs. Browns. Understood company “would fnap up the property pronto ex cept for one barri¢r—a $1, 600,000 | tag for the screet rights. Eren sheald Metro and Rereddeth Willson come to teres re “The Unsinkable ‘Vrs Molly Brown,” there. india SQU be aquoether property hasste. Lewis "Amateur Hour’i > Graham and Edwin. Qoustead have a 193% esupyreght on weir sterg “The Pow stniable Mrs. Jay," which tears a strong resemblance to. the “Molly Brown’ character. news |] This property is being han widow of pioneer producer C. B. De Mille, left an estate valued at $750,850, it was dis closed at. a first accounting | report made by her daugher, Mrs. Cecilia De Mille Harper, nan:ed as executrix. Estute of: Mrs. De. Mille, who died July 17,— 1960), includes_a 10°? interest in C. B. De Mille Productions. ! American Legion — Blows at Employment Of Identified Reds. Hollywood, July 4 Calitornia segment of the Amerj ican Legion passed resolution Sat: urday at annual state convention in , ‘Long Beach, charging six major ‘ | ciim companies and unspecified. in| 1dependents with “surreptitiously lemploying identified Communists.” Hit by charge in resolution are | Columbia, 20th-Fox, Metro, Parafmount, Allied Artists and Cniver| sal. Na indie companies were nameé however, a number of: individuals were, although the legion did not ess i ————: Word From Berlin Associated Press. later Teported from Berlin that Eric Jolinston stated that the policy Of not hiring kaown Communists remained in force by the U.S. film industry, though i TIMES, said: Pag onr.time. | polished. per for trier. bmi manship,” | Curbs jat San ‘Sebastian as ‘an invited en|. ‘|matians" will compete as the’ of: | Wednesday, July. 5, 1961 : ~ Samal § Surprise Fadage . Washington, July. A Gen. David. Sarnoff, Radio ‘Corp. of ‘Anierica: ‘board. chairman, "held high ¢-small gadget about the size of a:couple of packages of ‘| cigarettes placed side by side and. announced: “It will receive : ‘AM. -|pnd. FM radio, black and. white television. and color-television.’. ~-. "His audience. ‘a: National Press Club luncheon). looked on in’ “|. Buch. silent’ surprise that” you could have: heard Zenith. and Philco ' “gtock drop. ‘But the general. was speaking of the future, as he. did through-... | out the ‘speech. ‘The small gadget was.a phony, a mockup of what: RCA. engineers hope to be: able. to: ‘produce “in the:*70s.”\ Then, ~. Sarnoff told his Press. Club listeners,it will be “the reporter’ 8. best ’ friend.” Otherwise, Sainoff. said “we are on: the threshold" of. instaritane; ‘ous global tv, bouncing signals off: ‘Satellites. It’s “elose to. achieyement, * he said. . |. °° He‘said there is no néed for a reallocation ‘of presént. ‘commercial: , -’ ty channels because ofall the néw ‘space adventures. Satellites : use shigher-range. frequencies, . and there’s no other development requiring reallocation, he. said. a . He forecast that science will dev élop an. ‘automatic’ translation? “of. — languages ultimately to allow all men to understarid one’ aviother. a It dovetails with global. ty, and, Sarnoff’ added, “is “the: Saal of a humanity itself,” : : ‘Sarnoff drew a ‘capacity National Press Club audience. "MILTON ESTEROW loaf the. esteemed NEW. YORK San Sebastian Press List “Madrid, “July. a. Marlon “Brando’s “‘One -’ Eyed _ Jacks” will. open. the: film festival One-Liners Vet comedian-atithor -George . Jessel’s: concept of the saddest ‘dine, “Once. upon .atime’ (be-" “cause It. can never happen again)... -His Interpretation of the happiest’ line, “I woke. ‘up: ‘this morning.”: ok ‘Arnold 2 Tein, Pitt “At the: Copacdbana,“PAUL ANKA -Is drawing plenty of chsvt dtc Longhair or Bobhed, US. Cultu ural .there fs. ‘charm ng air r tt limental and: lawing songs. oMrd 0 ANKA could” give | lessons on. shuwAns h All st te Sum er Boo ‘The ‘United. States map” -this © summer ‘ig literally . ‘dotted with dance, lecture and other ‘highbrow : come-ons. The range is from: an | Arizona, to a National Harp. Master Class and opera workshop at 8. tomers: A: personable, ‘phenomenon |: : ‘and a Voice that easily handles: sen“By ROBERT: J. LANDRY. community ‘outbursts . of: "song, ANllIndian Pow-Wow. at--Flagstaft, | University of. Wisconsin. . try while -Walt. Disney's. “101 Dal symphonic. “pops. aon “Rather | ‘more |ficial American. selection. arresting are vespers: in .Wheeling,: The. July 8-17 event ‘will, bank |: dled by their Pyre Produce tiers, ee ee rs ee eee SATURDAY ADVENTISTS | OPPOSE BLUE LAWS| Local spokesman for Motion Pici Albuquerque, July 4." {ture Assn. said “no cominent was. A suggested revival cf Sunday avitilable just now, adding.“ thatLive laws should get the blue} prexy Erie Jolinston is in Berlin at: pencil, in the opinion of a preacher i film festival there> ‘peaking in) Albuquerque Jast |. Legion resolution, which is likevcek Kev. William A. Fagel Of | jy to echo at this summer's -naA me York, wha is featur ed on the ° tional convention of the ‘vets, Faith For Teday™ network ‘tv: charges film industry has abolished j. conceding its administration rested with each indir euet company, up any with working for any : recite company. rh speaking before a state tits own 1947 Waldorf declaration— écuctave of Seventh Day Adven-? 4 an agreement not. to employ Comots) wlio celebrate Sabbath ren munists. S~tuiday . said he opposes a re > vaab ot the puritanical Jaws which | . prokibit bi, including movies, on Like Pop & Mum . Gregory Deutsch, nine-.ear old. Py Sanday. Such a revival would develop: son of: violinist Emery Deutsch, of Bi} frend toward the anion of church | CBS radio fame, has composed 25. Qo state, meaning the eventual | songs to date and is, says. his dad. : i eakdown of religious liberty in; literally qualified to become the the se Speaker explained. youngest member of ASCAP of! “Rome laws are Abutrches tmterested in Sunday as a holiday, but they favor | name of Marjorie Goetschius, are sen—to -plav in. his forthcoming : the defunct. ‘Sun-Telegrapt. the Chrisiien religion over other.: members. rehpions and the Sunday -keeping; Meantime the boy, a student at: Ciaistians over these wha observe , the Professional Children's School : ite Sabbath on the seventh day.;and classmate of Jose Greco Jr.; Consequently the Jaws prohibit | the free exercise of religion.” » show, “The Red Eye Of Love.” = oe le ns — a ——— ee 1/8 ETY Subseription Order Form Enclosed find check for $........+.2« [ One Year Please send VARIETY for 1] Two Years (1 Three Years ™ To CROCS CHOOT ORAM CAE ex Oc ReS voces renseoesereeerens eoccne . Pleave Print Name) Street City @oenereesaeereceevenss ovneee Zone... State......:. Regular Subscription Rates One Yeor—$15.00 Two Yeors—$28.00 Three Years—$39.00 | Conada and Foreign—$1 Additional Per Year VARIETY Ime. 154 West 4éth Street New York 36, N. Y. FO ae A A Sh VR ie we ey + Pie © owen pmes Latin Ome ee I company, Poe eoBees es eeseesese SFO EeCECEDE HOH EOKTESOS eaoe “IE i] heavily on foreign attendance. at | [the popular Pamplona fete of San | Fermin. :from the scene of the ‘film: gather-: ing, opens..two days before : San: : Sebastian. and has annually drawn |. itens of thousands from: every point fon the Continent ‘to witness the 6 am. run of wild’ bulls throughout. Pamplona's: streets, the star-studd ed ‘bull fight . program ‘and: the | { round-the-clock: fretizy. which haye placed: Pamplona. high. on ‘tourists’ | :itineraries. ~ j Press invitations. to the. San Se: : bastian film . festival this year. have ‘Continued, on page 18): ‘ODD GERMAN (CASTING CALL CIRL PLAYING SELF; Frankfurt, July 4. In‘one of. the most ‘unusual casting announcements. ‘ever. made in this: often-jaded: industry, German }. producer Alfred H. Jacabs has 're-: ; film: “Die: Maedchen Wollen. Nicht : : Warten”: ; ‘The . . Girls © Will. : Wait). -Pamplonia, only 50: miles]. : lbere were always brilliant -aad ini cisive. of being a:-tough critic: +. 1 with ridicule and sly phrasés. His “Not | '-£, He had -applied for: the Peace | music” followers,” Film Critic, Resigns. | Society;: ‘a Mormon: ‘history.’ page-. ant at. Ogden, . Utah; a. ‘chamber’ musi¢: and ballet festival’ .Sequenc To Join Peace Corps. ring into ‘a jazz festival} at Taminent, - ‘Pittsburgh, July 4... pay and a seminar on.-Eskimo. Arnold. Zeitlin,” tv writer and: musie ‘in. Anchorage; Alaska, Ane film critic on the ‘Pittsburgh Postj. new 49th ‘state... Gazette, hag resigned from. the}: Long-established | «events ‘Me ; Paper, to. join: the Peace Corps.: ‘He | (Continued : ‘on. page 50) sats that te Pesce Cor "ee. | BBC CENSORS ON SPREE, BAN-4 SONGS FROM AIR and. that he. wanted “to be. a littl le London, July’ 4.:. -help in a very worthy cause.’ Zeitlin’s column and . reviews | oe the repttation BRC banned. ‘four titles: here, : Since he. three on an LP by ‘Max. Bygraves . and Win: Fanmning,. of the threeand a. rock: version’ of Grieg’s “In: man :staff: headed by Harcld -V. re Hall of the. Mountain’ King” -He had :Cohen, ‘were usually handed the|by Nero &. the: Gladiators. . The’: lesser. pictures: to review h-«used Bygrayes, numbers, written. ‘by: Les: his ‘keen .wit to. bury many: pix| lie’ Bricusse; are’ from’; Decca’s. , “Nursery Rhymes: for Grown Ups” ~.: ty column and ‘feature ‘storirs. also album. They are: “Georgie -Pore ~ bore this mark.. | gie,” which hints at. ‘homosexuality,. 2 ‘Zeitlin, 29, started with: the: AP) “Marilyn, Muffet” :and “Jack and. «. in New. York in1955, moyed to the | Jill,” . both: Tisquetwists on tie, primarily for | which organization’ both Deutsch ‘vealed that: he's hiring a, genuine. Philadelphia bureaw in: 1958. and. old themes. keeping ‘and his wife, under her writing former call. girl—Hanna > ‘Rasmus! then. came’ here: as tv editce. with |. He. Décea, was described. by BBE as; -: ' the ‘Gladiators’: disk, again on: 7 ‘was. brought into: the Post--aizette |""A. drastic variation of -a. classical : when ‘the S-T was sold. — itheme. which may ‘offend. classical. And; ‘earlier, | “At first, it seemed as it a. hitch! Corps work’.a month ago-éad-re-|BBC.nixed a Kokomo recording of | is appearing in-the off Br oad way might develop. Jacobs’ ex-wife, acceived. word ‘last Wednesd:¢ (28) |‘‘Asia Minor,” a rockin’ version of... (Continued (on. page 249 | tress. Adelin Wagner, called in: her |. ‘lawyer to demand that the film not} . ;, be made. Since. she is: half-owner | of his FCC firm and has about |'{ $31, 000 init, she asked that: the LH} baa -be dropped. Jacobs. apparently had the. last H ' answer, though. He countered that ml | the film will not be financed by. his |} “FCC, ‘but as an. Italian[jf Il rrench -and German: ‘production, | 7 1‘ Besides, he pointed-out, his former | || : wife Adelin played a role in a pre “dEvious -call ‘girl film, “Rosemarie |/|_ GmbH” . ‘Rosemarie Incorporated) |} -: which. -Prisma Film: is now . bring‘lh ing: out. .Miss Rasmussen also was i that film. Trick © of the Year : Chicago, ‘July 4.. . Michael Daves, writing on. Bible Belt: broadcasting in the. .current Christian Century ‘June 28),.. from his own.” firsthand experience in: mont-; :} toring the programs,. tells of: ‘the rampant pitchmanship by ‘Yeligioso .charlatangs, ~ One radio . evangelist,: tor: instance, offers to mail a book — | ‘revealing God's segregation), of the weapon that will destroy: ° America) “free of charge” to ‘everyone. who sends " “some: plan for. kind of contribution to keep. i us‘on. the air.” Another. tried to: peddle “4g of J esus Christ.” plus the’ name. .~ Renitine, autographed: picture sf ‘Grieg's -Piano. Concerto... Trade Mark. Registered . : Tk ‘FOUNDED: 1905 by sine SIL ERMAN) Published: weekty: by ‘VARIETY, Ine. a ; ‘Sy ¢ Silverman Eres dent 36; N ’ TUdeon. 2.2700" “154 West 46th St: " SN York. ' | Hollywood: oe $404 ‘Sunset Bowlerere. HOllywood. one. Washington 4.. ‘3309 ‘Nationa, ‘Press Building, ° ‘STerling ‘Soe Chleago ar . 400. No. M Shiga Aves DElaware 74084 . $.W.1 ae “St. James's. ite, "Pleeadlily,” irvee. Park: aeias: _ SUBSCRIPTION ‘Annus . 4155 Foreien, $16; Single: Copies, 3s Cents _ Volume 223°) = = a — | Number 6 wea | INDEX. wobec Me Bills lee ese eee cede on 52 Music * woe cbaelae ds age tt ' Casting ‘News seeees dew. v0: |. New Acts woe BZ : : Chatter eceee oes vee. cos a oe 62... ' Night: Club: Reviews seasbe 53° : _ Film Reviews wteten des +. 6 | ‘Obituaries Peetrerstentes 52 Inside Legit........... ..-d8 |" Pictures ° at | ‘Inside Music weasenriaa 47 |] Radio ool. yi. nee eee woes. 23: "Inside Radio-TV ....,...... 30° | Records: Reviews. ieee 44 TP Inside’ Vaudeville . wees “a 50 “t Telev ision . qa tates tape ce ry ; International © ee sree, n . : ¥5. oo TV. Film. 7 oee8, eee o Po) a4 : Legitimate . eileen, bt _] Television Reviews . ve: caer Literatl .. 0s eee eee ies OE “Vaudeville chat voice “49 | 2 DAILY VARIETY ee Published tn | elywood by. Daily Variety, aaa: are . Si§ ® year. $20 Foreige, West. Va:, by the. Civic. Oratorio: ...