Variety (November 1963)

os “had. only about. 350. films. to ‘offer. <3 ..+Imaimly.“from the United States, “25 who took the lead with ‘21: pictures . of its own. films’ (only. two: dated ue :. England, .-11-" from: : France, « Wedacody, ‘Nevember. 6. 1963 1s To : et “(TAM Ratings; Week Ending Oet. 13 D. . Homes oo ‘Viewing | . (0600's) Coronation 1 Street ‘(Mon)--GRANADA Ue ve se eee se ow 8492", ve Coronation. Street. (Wed)—GRANADA wegeeceiceewsees 8363 © ~Bunday. Palladium—ATV -@,0-0 6 ee 8 ‘e oe . oe ‘ewese oe Nees TIES gore Take Your. Pick—AR .. “ev eeee sees os esees eee ° oe ore 97205: Dickie Henderson: Show—AR ease i te cv ecccveseteecscveue COTE | No Hiding Place—AR_. ° ove Saeecocecserceese 1076 _Emergency—Ward 10 ‘Pri. jay. codec seceadccgresce 1076. . Armehair.:Theatre—ABC ..:.. 5... tes te baeevcceee sates we oe +1076 Double Your Moriey—AR |. ...2) 0002... . vs rentrestes coresce 6819 . Emergency—Ward. ‘10. (Tes. JArv. i vescaaectec cess 6562 . ~The Avengers—ABC ~. 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Film“ -Censorship. -Board, ‘which. decides the age . group that comfy. evening in me "si West ‘can~. view ‘them in the. -theatres— |: -.Germans.. refer. to as t e spper. ‘best: category being over. six years Cinema. a ‘of ‘age;‘then 12: .16; and over. 18,} #2 Oddly enough,. almost: as -many ‘But ‘of. course, no ‘one forces the. “films are playing today | on:-the | Youngsters’ -not-.to laok when ‘a|. os ‘| film “for. over: 18 only”: “Crops: “up German . ‘television screens, ; “on on television. ma Networks :One--and Two, as are] Only .30..of thé 87 films in the| available in: ‘the West : German, study: started. at .9. ‘p. m. ‘or later; a cinemas. ° -And. of: couse the theater. own ers are hopping mad: about the tax: free,.: no-age-liinits, tno-cost-fortickets: ‘competition. | Study, on the first six months of 1963 | in. Germany indicated that. _. the ‘country’s. 8,000,000. television | get. owners could take their ‘choice ‘of 87 films, with. nearly 200 run-. ning for. them | -throughout‘the!| year. » And the country’s: 6,331 / @inemas during the: whole’ year |: By ‘HAZEL GUILD: e, . Frankfurt; Nov. 5.0 | Folks -who ‘want: to. go ‘to a’ “full-| length. ‘film: tonight just. “have ‘to: pull-up.a chair, ‘turn on™ the: tele: “vision, and “settle: down for. a. level,” : ‘The First Network. came up with 49. films in. the:.initial. six: months, “while the Second Net showed 38—|to “assume that * “playing | in . the -Slipper -Cinemas. . Next came ‘West. Germany. with 16, ' . Of the films: that played. on teleback.to earlier. than 1945); 13 from. seven “from Italy, with -the rest|.of Spread: singly — among. other: coun-| ' tries. “Average age :of. the films showing. ‘upon. television—nine and: a half years:. i But of: ‘the 87 ‘films’ played’ ‘on | adventure: pics. and. television in. just six months, Jess'| standing.” 14. than half—only 40—had° been} played. previously in ‘the German § cinemas. = Twenty cof ‘the : west, and” war r Pies. ‘tirst-runs;"| . ” Attanta,. Nov. BL nsent and University of Georgia’s oO | nual Georgia Radio-Telévision In| 200 Stations : cin Americal . sul Highland Av. 7 ‘Hollywood 28; Cal.. _ 469-0084 = the institute." : Proposed: * grassroots”: PHOTO BLOWUPS_ size in beautiful ‘colers Send. fer price list... ee business art. . ot ; Any : ce ies. ae / ~ suis 5 PORTRAIT. co.. _ Shelbyvitloy Angiana , stitute will be held. {| { G&B declared: "YOUNG LADY WANTED | . ‘listelligen?, ‘for pert time selicite| ‘f tion for: LIFE INSURANCE agent. Le $2.00 per bear, 3 or 4 day week, ““F2 .te S&S P.M. MIDTOWN AREA. } | CALL VIRGINIA 8-2259, New w York, | ‘aS: 30 te. 7:30 P.M. casters. and the ‘Government. “We hear .from the: industry. and. will are presentéd: by. ‘broadcasters, ~ oat] FOOts.” oe ney DOW oi a ee ON OE STE TOL Eee — “jaa TV 10 UNVEL | Arnot. |)” 3706 Fim PRosect | ” -T vision net, thus scotching. repea Wg eeard. ‘| Salerno --Lostensibly pref PTV | discovered ‘that its: large and of ficulties. | adaptations. _. posure on ©: RAI-TV, _.| dogged by bad luck You th the start. Several cast. members fell: ill in}. . Sicily; including: Salerno, thus ~/ [| holding .Up:.. .production °' several weeks. On: ‘completion, director | Vaceari died tragically in: an auto] p¢ : | accident ‘near: ‘Rome, “while he: was}Ca heatres Meaning that: the ‘young. ‘people | had a chance to’ ‘view them regard|" ‘less. ofthe ‘age -category. insisted | °°" upon for ‘showing the’same films| § in’ cinemas.. One wiid western, | :}. \““Phe Marshal. from. Santa. Fe, " = categorized. for: the “over 16 audi-|° F ence’. in. theafres played .in thé |” afternoon’ for the television. kid|. 9°: ‘watchers... This .. was the. Pic OE} BL which: the: ‘Protestant Film Guild|: # had. warned,: -“This ‘is’ a very bad; | 8. -cheap --wild-west film’ of a ‘low i oe AS ‘couple: of. ‘other pics, sched: ~, | uled for the ‘over. 16” group only,|# started ‘at 8 p.m. —wher it’s logical |. “some: of: the |. younger one were: watching. “The | Ambassador’s ..Wife;’: “Hyenas of} 3 the Underworld” ‘and. “Evening of |. —* ‘a Thief” were all in that category. vision, five chad received the Filmt. and | Classification Board’s -designation|.. “especially” outstanding,” .and| § -another elght were classed as “outoR ‘Twenty. were problem. films, 7 ‘mainly. concerning ‘love, .marriage | :[ and: the family;-17. comedies; 15}. ‘eriminal: a films; --11. were. music, “operetta, |" -eireus pics; eight. were for children} ‘and young people; and just: one|" §-each fell into the eategory of. wild aE a | Geoitgia“Association. ‘of Broad: Henry Grady. School..of Journal-|' § ‘ism, cosponsors of. the. 19th an-/ | stitute, have. issued an invitation |: [° {tothe ‘seven-man.-FCC to. partici| f pate in a “Day. Long’ Debate” at] f | ‘talkfest |’ with FCC would. be held “Jan: 22,| |i the inning: Georgia's Cen| '. ter for Con g Education. on} [ © {the campus in Athens, where: in| Please set: our return, date || in a letter :to-FCC. ‘Chairman E: af | William : Henry and’ hils colleagues: |. “We believe discussion and. de} bate are certain ways to solve: many | fF | problems. existing between broad-. a | régulate reasonably. when: the facts | Rome , Nov. Bb. Msstro. Don ‘Gesualdo,” “Gesualdo” ‘was hot early: this: ‘year. in Sicily. aby director’ Giacome Enrico. : Maria cla | in. fide: Tole. and Lydia. “VAlfonsi among many featured _ :) players. Though made for RAL-TV, | it: was shot on. motion picture film, erred because RAIier vem alo . | sleepy. gags,. they covered the | valuable: library of dramatic. tapes; first of the’ ort | ‘bridge’ University, -..dif-: ‘professor. Fred -Hoyle who’ spoke mnjon “mathematics .of violence.” | Unanimous tabloid verdict .was, in. involved: ‘Film, ° slated. “for: serialized ‘ex stil cutting pic. An: assistant. -was | called in to finish. job, ‘but :various. postponements in. RAI-TV plans: for. ““Gesualdo” began. to attract local press attention. Local pundits | felt that. the net was. trying. to bury the project: after. spending a3 on it, and the. Yesultant fracas made. local. inter| reported $370,000 ‘mittent “headlines for: “several weeks. rently. being readied. pic will be. ‘telecast: in January . | Hee Joe. Little | ttrat ‘major film project. sponsored vies | by. RAI-TV, has been slated for]: January unveiling by: Italy’s ‘tele-| '-|Fumors: that expensive effort: had dependent: Television ‘Authority |. | been: scrapped. been: {Blauded _ the .“noble’’. experiment | | Master of St.: John's: ~ Oficial RAI statement now puts end to. -eonjecture.. Company ‘statement says dubbing: of item was completed recently, and ‘that. -French-dubbed . version is cur-| Release. speaks of French. “eoproduction"” of “Gesualdo,” and adds news that but what this never beem dons “Lendon, Nov. 5. 5. “Angife-TV's. “Dawn University” |. ted | which. was taken over ‘by the In-| and beamed. to whole commer Menday-to-Friday last week, can claim to ‘have scored. the biggest critical. success of any of the di-[ ‘verse experiments in. adult education ‘on. ‘the: tv. networks here. _ . While the tabloid. press played the “early ayem slot for some: Pendent ty companies. and. e pubbroadcast | sort ot kena to qrerk regular ‘Dawn University.’. a” Meantime, ABC-TV, major indie largely responsible for establishing the commercial web's Sunday morning etv. broadcasts, has been selling. airtime between the programs. Says the company: “Specialized advertisers have been ng a keen interest in the low-cost cominercial time available.” Among: those who have . booked time are Linguaphone, Metropoli-. ‘tan College, Purnell Press Group, Brenell Tape Recorders, Ultra Electronics, Civil Service Commission and New Statesman magazine.: 1A series of seven, 30-second spots | cost. less than $1,000 Prerte Rice TV San Juan, Nov. 5: ‘Puerto Rico will get. its first all‘English television station in Janvary, Clem Littauer, exec v.p. of Antilles Broadcasting Corp. jout some | lectures’ from Camdelivered by}; effect, “sounds great, but we didn’t understand a. thing after the first sum.” The. more. serious journals ap Which is designed for frst year undergraduates. dine U_ cooperation, the London. Times and the. Daily Tele| graph allowed that the initial run. ‘was “off to a good start.” The. ‘Guardian -reported ‘the ‘two-prong |. experiment: of running closed cir‘cuit tv between two universities | the. on-the-network. lectures. as “obviously . practicable.” tveals, The corporation, which The Rey..J. 3. Boys Smith, Vice|operates the Spanish-language Chancellor of Cambridge U and|radio station, Radio San’ Juan College, re| (WRSD, was awarded 2 construc‘ported that he. was: “quite certain | tion permit by the FCC for the that: we shall. see ‘and -hear ‘more | operation ‘of 200,000 watt channel of this use of tv for... , university | 18, San Juan. Littauer said the extension work.” : | approval marked “the culmination < After the initial “Dawn: Univerof two years work by my associate si ” tryout; Peter. Lasless, chair-|and myself in battling for....a man of the Cambridge Committee, | television station that would broadt told reporters: ““The internal use | cast exclusively in the English of tv. in the U.S. is Suite ae a : | Fark Sheraton Hotel | S7the and 7th. Avenue, | ao York, | Ne Ye : D Dear Soe? 3 first showe:. ft acres here. “BIG STATE FAIRS, + g00n as you cane J}. ‘believe the commission wants tof. | Particularly. t those: fiom: the” ‘Brass. b : .*Crazy Guggenhein" Happiest: People din. the. Worlds eg vo May. we express. to you, .our deepest. yratitude for . ‘the outstanding business FRANK FONTAINE did at our *. Park, last. Sunday... | "Crazy Guggenreim™. ‘broke. the 27. year perk attendance ‘records: even at increased admission prices. That lovable character known as < im a “Pwenty: seven thovtsand. psople. ‘jammed. every road, in ovr. mall County. trying. to get:into the park, and at one time, we stopped selling tickets for fifty minutes, ‘as we couldn't get another car in the park for the Ttte ard to believe when we have 80 The phenomena of it all, is that three Ohio, Indiana and. Yichigan were all in competition to us with ‘the biggest Manes in show busin= ; prenk'e performance. oft three ‘Shows: will. never be forgotten and: he. still has everyone *Shook. up.® audience’ tke. an‘Atomic. Bomb." He hits the | for next summer just as Kindest: wishes to Frank Fontaine, and yourself for making us the