Variety (April 1964)

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casting Paramount. Theatres this. week were receiving notice of the anni meet May 19 at corporate h.q.-| : in Manhattan, and with, it. notice |. of the special meeting on same. date wherein. the company hopes to repeal the cumulative. voting : by Jaw. This last is considered. key effort. by present management to thwart financial. community maneuvers to land a man or two on the: AB-PT. -koard. | _ ‘Special meeting is vealed | “for | 10 a.m., and the: regular powwow | gets. the ‘gavelled start: an hour: | Jater—-barring timetable upset. Prexy statement discloses. that amount of outstanding common fa tabulating . ‘center at WBAP, the CBS'PV—Paramount TV Production _RADIO-TELEVISION Is An nual Meet May 19, | Special Conf ab on. Cumulative Vole . Stockholders in American. Broad: + >= NBC's C Coverage Pha Fort Worth, April 14... ‘Campaign series. The vote-gather-abulating system, 4 which. has” ‘proved. so: effective in 7 -otherprimaries, will ‘be. cused in. the: Texas. primary. “NBC News: will staff. each of + Texas” 5 254. counties ‘With. reporters. a who will telephone the returns .to |" For Texas. Peary | NBC News. will cover the Texas] | _| primary Saturday,: May 2; with] [| special programming, part of “The |: and _ the. Candidate”. of ~ JACK. BARRY © YoNoW“producing five -pilots ‘tor. stock of the ABC parent at close {NBC affiliated television station jn. ‘Development * ‘program. Gf biz. April 6 was 4,586,205. shares. After special | meet disposes. one: way or other the cumulative. voting issue, regular meeting ~ “will | vote on extending Price. Water| house = as sidents, one of which’ would -put a $200,000 ceiling on. ABPT. execs; the other ‘intended to. eliminate. extra compensation.’ “and © ‘fees to company directors. Mar.agement Of course opposes both. : ; AB-PT. Remuneration As disclosed in the company’s statement of .the May 19 annual.} meet, top-paid exec’ with the. company is prexy: Leonard Goldenson whose “aggregate” recompense Jast year was. $125;000.: «dudes mionies the corporation's key employees incentive compen|. . sation plan.) Simon Siegel; exec |: V.P., Was paid $78,000. Ev Erlick, | . received | $52,500: James Riddell, ‘viceprez. of an veep-general counsel, the ABC. division, $67, 500; | David B. ‘Wallerstein, AB-PT. di rector and head of. the Balaban &) Katz theatres. subsid in Chicago, $60,200. (inclusive of $100 weekly . -expense fee). These were” only talaries listed. | Under the incentive: plan, Goldenson pulled down. an. additional. $35,000 in fiscal '63, and Siegel | rated $29,500. . Directors. and. offi| cers as a. group collected total ‘of | ‘$73,500. Amounts available under plan | pivot on 1 corporate: profits. profits, oe independent ' auditors, 6: and two: proposals from noisy ‘dis. (This.. eX |: 7 duces | Fort. Worth. | The: . tabulation; center. will. con| sist of. 25 operators. receiving. ‘ealls from: Texas. ‘counties as-soon as the results are available, as. well‘as. 30° | adding: machine ° ‘operators, -mes-. sengers and -supervisors. .: WBAP‘TV’s “Blue Room’ has ‘been set up for ‘this expansive. and’ detailed | operation. | Frank McGee, broadcasting from:! | will be. ‘produced by: Chet Hagan: | Phe coverage .will include bulletins and: “flashcdster” r Teports. Leonard to Profs, , ‘Help Improve | Television. producer .. alma mater, Syracuse U., asked ‘the academic world for an assist in im: Proving tv. via their theatrical, facilities.to com| pile the “mass. of material waiting | | ‘to be identified; correlated and or-'}. ganized ‘into .a body of knowledge. may. be: evolved.: The: study of this | of the theatre arts’ departments in* our. leading. universities.” “Leonard, ‘whose. company "pro-.| Dick+| the | ‘Danny: ‘Thomas, “l'Van Dyke and Andy:Griffith shows, RCA’s Record. quarter in the eompany’s 45-year: history with profits up for.the 12th “straight quarter during the. first}. three months of this year.. _ Profits after. taxes. rose 250% "0 to} $21,000,000 compared with $17,300,-. 000 in the first three months of 1963, ‘the best. previous first quar-.. ter in company history. Sales of products and services were up 6°° to a new high of $461,-. 400,000 compared with ‘the. previ ous record of $436.000,000 for the. first -quarter of 1963. . RCA chairman Gen. David: Sar|. noff and prexy Dr. Elmer E. Eng strom said that among. contribu-|— tions to the first-quarter sales rec-. ords were tv receiver dollar sales; up 18°; a doubling of RCA color: ‘tv picture tube sales and the. best: first quarter yet for NBC: with | profits up 25° over the. -comparable 1963: Perton. | . SIGN 14 SCRIPTERS. FOR METRO’S. ‘SOL0"| Hollywood, April 14. MGM-TV producer Sam Rolfe hds signed. 14 scripters. for his. ls same ‘thinking figured” "Thad a lot. of questions for study by qualified: Students. of the’ theatre: | . “Why has: tv developed such a . preponderance of: male stars. when { $71-Mil. Quarter RCA reports the best first. most. ‘sponsors would prefer. to} ing; with their -message?”’. . ‘comparable: to the structure of the | short story. or: the. one. act Play?” | ever quality; ‘have’ less acceptance | than inferior shows: with continu-Ing:: character?” ~: ” And, “I‘would greatly: ‘appreciate a study in depth. ¢ ofthe. controversial laugh. track, an NO TINT. FOR 20TH’ | “BOTTOM OF THE SEA’ “Voyage to ‘the: Bottom | of the. Sea, * from. the :20th-Fox ‘lot, wilk |. be: black-and-white: on ABC-TV. 7:30-8:30° p.m: slot, thus washing |. out: original. plan to film the series. |. -consideration of story. values, and | plans: for the teleseries. have | added ‘another. $20,000 cost’ Solo” series on NB€-TV next seaE the -eXpense. . | As ‘of ‘now, “only. Coca Cola, nas | ‘gon, and has also set George. Lehr’ as his assistant.. Lehr was assistant * to. producer Gene Roddenberry..on the studio’s. “The Lieutenant” se-. ries this season, last season was | . assistant. on ‘Fhe Eleventh. Hour,’ i a -ulso at Metro. Scripters set by Rolfe are “Brank end Tem Waldman, Arthur: Aley, | John Booch, Meyer Dolinsky, Alvin j Sapinsley,. Archie Tagland, Robert; Towne,: Gustave Field, Alan Cail-lou; Harold Jack Bloom, Dick Nel|. son, Clyde Ware and Doug Morrow. Hour-long ‘series, tion June 1. which. stars. Robert Vaughn, goes into ProducNBC's ; made, a | commitment to. the’ series. ~ Liston Clay K 0. ‘ARB. | packed. a ‘punch for ABC ‘via Sat;. curday’s* (11)" “Wide. . World... of | Sports,” gaining ‘the ‘hands-down | decision for. ‘the. 5-6 p.m. period | in the overnight. Arbitron: : ~The» bout . pic helped. “Wide. World”. to a 12.8 .average: rating | | for the hour,.. while -the:.Masters | Golf-match on CBS. nailed a:6.9.and“Sports, Special” pulled, 3. 0.. ‘WBAP's studio, will. be: anchorman | ‘tof ‘the. television coverage,. which ‘Leonard called on. “universities from. which «valid. ‘generalizations } ‘material is the. clear responsibility J reach women,: who-do the. market"| “Is. there an_emerging form for. 7 the half haur. or hour. teleplays | “Why. do’ anthologies, of: what-" next season: in the “Monday . night | incolor:: 20th’s. theatrical .release-| {some years: back, ‘from whence the: ‘skein derives,”-was. a: tint: jobin. ‘in.. “early 4: | per: seg, and ‘about $600,000 over : jie ‘season.’ Simply. not -enaugh | color. sets cross-country ’ to _warrant . The Liston-Clay . ‘title fight. film : aa ‘London, Aprit14: Gerry Le Grove, -Scottish-TV's | program’. topper; -is scheduled’ to 19 on.‘ a. week-long. trip, . ‘prime ‘Series”’. to. a: ‘British. Tegional. sta sold. to the BBC network. may take a.‘chance: and. buy. “the skein . if, in . his opinion, © ‘property. is hot ‘enough... two: -cans:of STV film—one a: print. ‘the. station post-. graduate medicine. series, the second. of. its ments, “The. Fighting. Scot-: ” Brit. Prod. Harry Fine ‘London, April 14... ' Producer. ‘Harry Fine,:. respori= sible inthe past. 18. moriths for:-33. -vidfilms including the: “Man of ‘the. “World’*: ‘and “Sentimental -Agent”’. skéins, is. readying . another: tele-. “The Further. Adven| tures of. Ton : Jones.” Show: will |: | be made by Fine’s ‘Fantale Films production unit at either Shepper--Honolulw facilities, Wayne ‘Killmer film ‘series, ton. or Pinewood: this: summer. : -Budget for 13 * one-hour’ ‘seg S ‘ments: has: reportedly. been -set.-at: almost $1,000,000 and. writers ‘such | -as /Tudor™ ‘Gates, John Hopkins, Jack. ‘Whittington, ‘Jesse : ‘Laskie’ Jr. and: Peter Lanida are being imen-. ‘tioned in.connection with the show: Tan. ‘Stuart, ‘Black, associated with. editor. ; "WARREN. EXITS DESILU i . Hollywood; April: 14: producer” Charles Marquis Warfen -has. exited ‘Desilu Studios, | ‘where he. developed. a. vidproject |” ‘which. he had: created: “Ae -60-min. oater. “ABC's $6-Mil f for Politics” Further indication of. ABC’s ‘challenge: -" work . news .. sweeps is. : qweb’s « “coin ‘commitment: for’ », this year's: political. fireworks. | . It’s between. .$5,000,000. ‘and: ; ., promotion. ' . Or: SO. _Jump from. the”. 1960. 7 budget. [ ‘the: current: budget is‘still,con: _Siderably. : “ynder CBS. _and. “NBC outlays, but stresses that * in terms of: basic on-air“ per-. |: formance, “You don’t: “have -to >of ¥ Jot. ‘where “Peyton” shoots. = --mateh doliar: for’ dollar.”. oe plane: out. for New. York on April object. of which will be to-0,0. the'|i new. U.S. shows, Exec: points: out. {that requirements. of: :Sceottish-TV |-| from the. point of. view of: program |¢ ‘| acquistions is often: different from. .| the rest of: the U-K.. For:instance, +|STV was. the -only British . station: “"h ‘to: run the “¥ank-: “golf champion: , ‘ships series, ~~. be: On a. ‘previous: trip, ‘Le. Grove . = ; ., ‘found ‘that American. ‘distributors | “| were loath: to’ sell: the “really. big}. ‘Sheldon Leonard last week,. speaking. ‘at his‘| Switch to ; tion; .unless -that.’ station. ‘bought the. full U.K: ‘tights: He ‘claims he |. ‘Showed. ‘interest. in ‘both: “The De| fenders” and. “Dr,” Kildare” ‘way. back: in 1961 ‘but could not. effect: a. buy..Both shows were subsequently -{ end. of June. This. ear, : he..sa S,. his. stati on |. Rd y : talks is ‘a ‘new Hall -game. show, : ‘full: U:K.rights’ to: ae major’ Uz. Ss. . the: Accompanying. Le Grove will be Maps ‘Tom: Jones’ Series | new owners. many ITC: vice is ‘set as. ‘story: _Warren: series for ™ “Desilu: was. oo, of “The. Green. Horns,’ *.. For tv, ‘color. processing | “would . “| World” | $6,000,000, with: ‘upward of an-..” other $350, 000° allocated ‘for -.| _That’s.a: four-fold: | a she’ll‘be: concerned: with As . ‘the. First Meeting \ | Walaa Jackson’s 786 Sait Ys. TV Enterprises ‘Mahalia’ ‘Jackson and anDlinots based firm—Songs For Praise Inc. of which : the: Columbia’. Records i | artist is president, filed a: breach. |) of contract suit. inSuperior Court, JU:A., Friday (10) against Television. Enterprises ‘Corp. and prexy. ‘old Goldman. ~~ ‘Har Miss: ‘Jackson, “repped by... Jaw. = ‘firm. of: Ely, Kadison | &. ‘Quinn, _| charges. the defendants’ breach of ‘a distribution deal-‘on. the. Mahalia } [Jackson -Television Show .(80. five-. | minute amounting to.. $78,348. \Le Grove, Scot v Topper, | ‘Te 0.0. US. Properties & ~ Show Off 2 of His Own} segs) ‘caused « ‘damages ‘Suit. further ‘alleges that Goldman, also a.:: shareholder © ‘in’ the: plaintiff -corp:, breached ‘his. fiduci-. ary. duties to ‘Songs. For Praise by virtue .-of::the manner «in which |. he’ operated the: defendant. firm, Television Enterprises. Complaint: also. charges. Goldman | |'and the defendant corporation have _garnered .additional monies from distribution .of the. “Mahalia Jack-. ‘son. Show; whieh. have.-not. ‘been: paid to the plaintiffs. Latter: seek a. new: accounting. oF Tmpressions May “Producer ‘Monty Hall is “under= ‘stood’ to. be holding confabs..with ‘ABC-TV exploring. the ‘possibility | of. switching ° from NBC-TV. to: ABC= | ‘TV: _Daytimer ““YFI". has ‘enjoyed -& two-and-a-half year ride on NBC-. “Your .: First’. Impressions” TV andis:up for renewal at the. Also. involved in’ the ABC-TV | “Three. of a: Kind.” ABC-TV ac quired... “Price ‘Is Right” -and | “Missing: Links” ‘from. 1 NBC-TV. in’ ‘the Past. a 4 HAWAIIAN STATIONS: -documentaries’ on ‘Scotland’s: Tesh: a SOLD TO US. GROUP ~ Honolulu, April. 14. Owiers ‘of . Honolulu -: -Star -*'| Bulletin have agreed to‘sell KGMB-. TV and KGMB radio, Honolulu,, and ‘KHBC-TV ‘and KHBC radio, | Hilo; to the ‘Heftel interests of . Utah, Arizona: Glasmann-Hatch and Idaho: ‘Sale of . the ‘CBS. affiliates ‘is. for “an: undisclosed price: and. subject,. -of course,. to. FCC approval. Cecil Heftel, of Phoenix, said the. ; an-to retain Joseph |. Pl Herold ‘as. general manager of the as. station ‘manager of. -KGMB_ ‘Tadio,’.and Harold Marques as KHBC station supervisor. . Idaho: ‘':-KGMB-TV_ was: . operation in © * 1952... im Ph ABC-TV Consultant |” |TIMELIFE BCAST CORP’S SWITCHEROO _Irna’ Phillips, the. radio-tv: script er. who’ 3 been known. ‘as “queen : ‘of: the. ‘soapers,’” ‘has: signed. on | > . with: ABC-TV~ as. ‘consultant. for } . . ‘nighttime: dramatic programs. This’ ‘| “is ‘possibly a precedential: ‘post, for. ‘one. thing, and for another | ‘gives | ". . | Miss: Phillips association ‘with: all| ‘in~-the . _three-net= “the ”~ “As. The. World: Turns”. for CBS : -daytime; ‘and: will author. “Another three: webs: ‘She: currently Scripts, bowing On NBC. “next month. .. che ~ Among the next-season. programs: “| two-a-week’ “Peyton. Place”. series, .An‘ABC: exec atknowledges . which -ABC isfrankly touting as. | primetime’ s . “first: serial. drama.” Miss’ Phillips: has’ ‘long. been. Chi : cago-based and: presumably, will do: the’ commiting. bit to the 20th-Fox —— : ram Di Directs Feat On te, B Mainland ‘group owns radio and/. |: or. tv. outlets.in Salt Lake City and ‘Ogden, ‘ Utah, and: Twin. Falls and. ‘Boise, ‘Hawaii’s: first: television ‘station, beginning © i. KGMB Radio fates back to 1930. et for May in Nv a Chicago, “April 14, at new industry organization, the : | National. Assn, of Televis fon. ‘gram: Executives, which. ‘alrea has signed. up 50 member stationg oe has its first meet May 11-12 at thé {New York. Hilton.. Stan Cohen, -di¢ © rector. of program planning and . . ‘promotion | for ..WDSU-TV, ° New ceo Orleans, is chairing the Jnterim <” _ ‘board ‘until: Permanent . members. are. elected. _Agendafor the. ‘tnitial conclave Ly “ness?” inwhich: Bennett: Korn of Metromedia and. Mike Shapiro. of. WFAA-TV;. Dallas, ° will . take © part, and one on. “The: Network’s Relationship’. to Local . Programming” whose panel’ will consist. of:.ABC’s: Julie Barnathan, -CBS’s: Mike’ ‘Dann. and NBC’s. Grant. Tinker. mo . includes a’ session titled “TV Stas~”: tion: Programming: | ‘Art ‘or. Busi« ~ : Lew. Klein, of: WFIE-TV;’ Philee * _ delphia,. and Roy: Smith, Of WLAC ‘TV, Nashville, Tenn., will. ‘Speak. on .-: ““Suecessful Formats. for. Handling ~ 2! Politicians..and Political -Issues”s ~ and. the topic, “How Does a. Station Seek. Out Community. Needs?”. will be discussed . by | Wes Harris . Of : WNEC-TV,. New York, and ‘Tom .*group, “Where: ‘Do.You | ‘Find. ‘Talent?”:. -. has been assigned: .to Bob :Guy of *™ Jones. of: the’ Triangle : | the. Storer : stations «and. ‘Chuck | Hinds of. WBBM-TV; “Chicago... FCC commissioner. Robert © rE “ Lee. and. Washington ‘attorney Ted | Pierson. will address themselves: to _| the. subject. ‘of. “Government’s -In- ‘| fluence on Programming”: and: Sid: speak: on... Trends. Features & Series. wo ABC Spt Hot “Present... and Future | Cohen. of Film Service Corp:.and.. ..-. | Joe Kotler of. ‘Warner Bros. will”: ” in Film . Programming: 7 _ Sales Pacing Fact that’. ‘NBC ‘and. ‘CBS ‘have ‘been the: ‘sports: page ‘headliners of. late (with NCAA, ‘AFL, NFL and... | kindred tazzle-dazzle): has ‘tended ©. ‘| toobscure. ABC’s: very-much-with Lit status in‘the ‘sports. rivalry. “In: range of ‘Programming, ‘including: . bluechip. events, .ABC is actually a image: : Sales: execs. at the web‘. ‘| chip ‘in ‘the ‘additional point: ‘that: |- formidable: ‘contender for honors, . ABC’s sports sked. this semester is acs almost SRO: Backtracking’ to ‘the. Winter . oh Olympics’ package (with full spon ‘sorship billings: of ‘$5,400, 000), but .. excluding the every-Saturday “Wide: | World of Sports” spex,: the net ‘will. be'-spacing nearly a score of. ath letic. events this. year. Apart. from: the. windup -season of: : lege allstar-NFL champs tilt. ney, Buick “Open, . 18 AFL. games, ‘the ‘net: has’ lined... jup a‘clutch of bowl and: “classic®: -. .~ gtid contests, including: the ‘Gator, Bluebonnet, ‘North-South, Liberty, 2” Coaches’ ‘All-American, and the coleT Golf.offerings ‘jriclude: the ‘Arnie . Palmer-Gary Player. challenge tour-.. “Thunderbird | Open, and: the: American: Golf Clas sic.. tap per. -the: U.S: ‘trials ‘in. July | for the summer Tokyo games. ‘And 4 also . ‘upcoming. ‘is the “Yank-Soviet _ . | track” meet, oe Sales. nabobs at: the. web: are also opr Trah-rah-over the 90% ‘sellout status‘ of. the: weekly “Wide. World” series. a ‘Washington, ‘April 14.: > A Time-Life Broadcast corporate More Olympics. coveragé is on: os ‘switcheroo -was okayed “by . FCC's . Broadcast Bureau. ‘The exchange, sans coin, puts the. | | Time-Life stations under ‘a. new. -Michigan‘subsidiary.: of. the. parent Time-Life corporation. “The old... | Minnesota corporation: and. the new Michigan’ entity. have. the same. . ‘monicker —“Time-Life * Broadcast ‘Ine.. Under | ‘the. switch “WICN-AM: TV, Minneapolis, ‘which was :pre |-viously wholly. ewned by the parent . corporation, “comes wynder . the ‘domain of the new: Michigan | or-** ‘ganization. : “Falling into..the. same ‘corporate. parentage are -WOOD -AM-FM-TV, Grand. ‘Rapids, Mich. apeli WEBM-AM-FM-TV, . Indian. h ape 1S. . ; .