Variety (October 1963)

( -. Bpired -by a resolution sent to ‘the “the “new :building:: conventional’ “both chamber. -groups: play © Ger|. "Published: Weeniy. vat. a Wen ‘eth Street,. New. York 3, N. Yui ob: by Variety, Inc. “Annual subscription, $13. Single eoplen, 3 oents. _ Second Class Postage at New York, N. ‘Y.. . 01 COPYRIGHT 1965 SRY VARIETY, INC. ALL RIGHTS | RESERVED: _ Vol, 232 No. 6. — — — — — = ; ¥, 0¢ 1968S PAGES sp Salaries hduling Hes) Al e ¢ Too High, Uta Hagen Asserts Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", w discussion Sunday night (29) about the economics of the theatre. Mind the deep end, the actress stated, nevertheless, that. theatre. people performers, herself included—get ‘paid too much. House -.Un= American. . Activities ‘Committee by the. Fire -& Police ‘Research Assn...of Los. Arigéles, suggesting. folk. music ‘is. a: “brain‘washing” device of the Communist Party: in an attempt. to.“ensnare”,) music: lovers with a message ment) (Continued « on ontinued on page. 2 21). “| factors: contributing to what she | believes is the high cost of theatre| going in-New York. In her opinion, ‘Washington, Oct: 1. ‘ — ————an 1 ips HE — —+ Ute. ang who doesnt. mines How much of-a hoot.do the Com-.| 9 ‘any: oo arey 7h. maj words as the enrag e in the ‘Tounists. give for a hootenanny? . CHINAS Fly. By. GEORGE ROSEN we! iN With wit: and ‘sarcasm, Sen. Ken-| Te ar; While it’s still: “too early: to fore-| Te néth: B. Keating (R.-N.Y.) rose in } = A”) : cast who'll. do. what to.whom in. the} ‘GRANDSLAM TIA ‘SERIES. the’ Senate to defend: folk miusic.| © “Wros tt 6 “Oct. t '1*63-'64. rating -battle, one basic, ‘The ‘World’ Series: has ut 4 “He. gave the haw-haw .to “com: stow, fundamental and. final conclusion | e. Wor i a th i plaints. that; some::of the. Spries | ’ Soviet-Chinese.-split is soon go-'| can be drawn from thus far released. ‘brighter. complexion on the to “fave Commie. beat: _[ ing: to be reflected even on .the.| preliminary New: York . and © 30reddy ‘ruddy faces of show. biz in. | ‘| screen.. According to. an. _article. . _|-New: York. ‘The two-game start of. The Keating . ‘speech: was ‘th 2 market Nielsens. In. the new~sea-|. Y. published’ in~ the ‘Chinese news-|son, the NBC and-CBS dedication | the series between the N.Y. Yanpaper “Guanmin Zibac,”: the Chi-| to more: public service through the kees and the: Los ‘Angeles. Dodgers | j.nese’ will soon shoot its first anti-| expanded . Huntley-Brinkley and |. which ‘begins today (Wed.) has al-. | Soviet. Russia film, Title is “The “Walter: “Cronkite ‘early evening. ready loaded the. midtown hotels. Proletarian.” ' Story portrays: ‘Bol-|Monday-through Friday néws-strips| Nitery’ reservations have also ‘beer: sheviki as “guys who always hated | while: Leonard’ Goldenson’s owned: booming. ” China” and “tried. to Stamp ‘down Stations and affiliates ““‘counter-| The. major. benefictary’. {1s the (Continued on page 8) | “(Continued on. ‘page. 86) | . _(Continued on page 84) { legit. It’s.alsoMiss Hagen’s belief producers who attempt to make a — (Continued: on ‘ontinued on page 2 21) 378 New Theatres | i (Federal Bureat Bureau ~ For Films Coming| BLL DOLL AND COMPATT | Seizes National Exhibitors. aligned. with the na : PRP ECA 1° a FRO AS® ao CA GQ AL » AMAQIMEA _ tHlonwide .T-he ater. . Owners. . ‘of: we | America, largest theatreowner |" Stoci ofsodeuyotote ocvauy soda ow Br aks of AGVA trade" association, said this: week | | \O2 ee feos He Soe nce + that 378 OF won the ai theatres a Aue ove ees cow t were placed’*on. the drawing} eee PP am es TSS Sree .The Bureau. of Labor Managehoards within the past two, and | es nant Reports as. attached! the ‘Officially counted, bringing the. to| Tecore's .0 . erican ure tal to about 500. . These include in: some instances “the. ftwin-type theatre, in which |. | .two exhibition. outlets are ‘housed | in ‘theone. building. This. ‘kind. ‘of | operation was: started in Louis-| : ville, Ky.,and is saidto have aj . psychological ° ‘advantage. A. few | customers ina small theatre ‘don’t | | render the barn effect .which: is| felt in a.very.large house. .. -. fj. | Drive-ins are losing ground inj Lids diy SL ‘i v oJ ws) CEES Ls _-| have. been served on branch man agers in-10 cities which came in for frequent mention in the recent McClellan -Committee hearings. York local, Chicago, Los. Angeles, ‘Las Vegas (atter is under the L.A.. ‘| jurisdiction), Baltimore, _ ‘Miami Beach, Cleveland, Boston and San Francisco. Seizure came: after Tepresenta houses’: number’ two. to one over the -ozoners.:.One tabulation ‘has | eee _.the-cost of ‘the latter-day. construc, ee tion -at “$297, 000, 000. " | ee HAS MUSIC CHARMS TO | Ee _ SOOTHE AFRICAN LANDS? | Eg US. Dept. of. State -is ‘stepping |: ! ap. its. touring. commitments -in}. 3 . Africa, the continent of .new and | often’ unfriendly. republics... Cham-| $i ber music. is being exported for the | | first time this autumn, * *: 1. ‘Dorian. Quintet. opens “Oct: 24 ‘at | Leopoldville in the Congo. -Other |'bookings include Cameroon, Sierra |" ‘Leone, Morocco, Mauritania. and] . Liberia. Clarement String. Quartet “will separately hit Sudan, Somalia, | “Uganda, Kenya, ‘Tanganyika. and Following their Atriea. dates a -4ing over books of the national m™ | AGVA offices for several months. (Continued on phge 87) |US. NEGRO LEAD IN & wie ns A Negro actor. is playing a lead jinca Japanese film for the first time ‘in’ “Kuroit. Taiyo” (Black (Sun), currently before the cameras: | at . Nikkatsu. Studios. : 41 Chico Roland; a civilian working {for the U.S. ‘Forces here, has taken ‘ja leave of absence to appear in jthe suspense-actioner, which tells _| o£ a compassionate friendship between Negro G.I. and. a jazz-loving Japanese youth. Roland, who speaks. serviceable Japanese, has appeared -in lesser roles in a num| ber of other films and tv shows.. many, Austria, Netherlands,.Den-|-©.” re ee ee ee eee se as oe oo ee Rollins, How tomes pooter Sonny mark, Britain, Ireland. and possibly | Se ee Pomeh Bocuse Plecese cae: a L. ale ke ah. mh {combo, is éxpeeted to write the Teeland before returning. . ‘OF the : | ss score, an Broadway. production of . nO’ s. ‘equally outspoken in a television ful that she might -be stepping off —those belonging to crafts and She cited that as. one of the. there must be subsidization of |that audience tastes are far ahead ‘fof community leadership and. the salable. product. Hers were ‘the. A Stin agless ingless Death v “ : most: dramatic comments to emerge we i ae aes im Ge) pe ia ran, APP ATE? 7) eR Pi Oo A ‘. 0 in. a: half-hour program of “Com- +|Variety ‘Artists nationally. -Writs:: _ | They include the national offices | {in New York as: well as the New. tives of the BLMR had been por-. JAPANESE. FEATURE 1 .