Variety (Jan 1949)

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40 RiUraO-TEUEVISION Vedncflday, January 26, 1949 Television Reviews Continued from page 36 ; the radio show is sitting Jt out for « hen to drop an omelet on his bald pate. Idea was mainly to show how : the contraption works, which, was a novel touch. Participants on the show were given cash awards, probably out of pocket by Edwards, as tele is not yet paying 25 bucks for a three- minute spot. Not out this way, any- way, Edwards is as telegenic as any male we've seen and his adroit- - ness at keeping the characters mov- ing and the tempo lively makes him a solid bet for the home screens. Program was kinescoped so Proc- ter & Gamble, can decide on the pew medium's potential as a soap gram, which had been televised for some time with Earle Pudney (WGY production director) at the piano and Carol JHorton as as- sistant vocalist. "Kiddin"' does not encompass anything remarkable in television, but it pleasantly entertains. Pud- ney strokes the ivories and warbles pops, on the latter of which Miss on Its preem (22), since the sound failed to come over in its true form. The musicians must appar- ently be grouped together, or else additional mikes must be provided, in which case the audio engineer would have to blend the music, Ralph Levy's camera manipula- tion j for the most part, was good, with his cuts cued to the music Robbins handled his Tele Chatter Continued from page 35 dpera will perform. . Station will debut with the !'Mifca4o" which has been Cut Intd thfee sectibris';. KTTV tlews afta sports series fea- piTirfip I turing Walter Carl and Al Wolf chores" okay'but'messed urone-wiU be sponsored by L. A. Times lioi by failfng to identity by name wh.ch owns 1% of utle singer'Dplores Hawkins. >With his background knowledge of music personal acquaintance with the musicians and stage poise gained Horton joins. Miss Horton showed | through emceeing those numerous evidences of charm, but did not al' ■ . . tt.h ways appear poised. \ Pudney telecasts most engag- ingly in full-face, where a winning smile comes into play. Pickups of hands in action also come through Well. Greater originality and flu^ seller. Simultaneous sound and idity would improve program. jazz concerts at Cafnegie Hall, N. Y., he should make out well. Music, of course, was standout. - - Fridav {2K\ Charlie Ventura combo socked i P,'jws on JS.11V, /',naay (M) -. KTSL, Don Lee outlet, will beam the Admiral "Broadway Revue" in this area... Mai Boyd, in asso- ciation with Courtney Productions, has packaged an audience partici- pation show ''Guys Versus Gals" .. ..."Bid for Bargains,^' packaged by Phillips and Jacobs Productions, sight broadcast would pose no prob lem as the camera can follow him .. around as easy as a cable mike. Production of John Gaunt and camera work were both of high order and the picture at all times clear and sharp. On the air less Single production note was a pa- per moon, for that selection, , Jaco. TAKE A DARE .'..•.-^ :;■ With Johh Cinrad, Wigh Downs,; , Beryl Mullin . than a week, viewers were; hailing rproducer: John Conrad the NBC images as the best in Director: Don Meier town and the production far above 30 Mins.; Wed., 7.30 p.m. was has passed for that on the Sustaining other channels. As for Edwards WNBQ, Chicairo and T or C they add a new comedy ^ low-budgeted audience note to TV and maybe this one participation show. Contestants across their now-famous disking of NBC has purchased The Three "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." Mesqui eers ' sagebrush serial pro- plus a couple of other bop tunes. I duced in 1936 by Republic. The British pianist George Shearing shone with a group of selections and Miss Hawkins, vocalist with the Gene Krupa band, displayed an interesting voice on her tunes. That takeoff bit with Guy Lom- bardo, with Lombardo disguised as a bopster, was especially good. Stol. 15-minute clifthanger plays KNBH on a four-a'-week basis. .'.Betsy Mills, vocalist and harpist inked for series on KTLA.; Chicago its British Show Biz shot will open the way for a regu- lar weekly turn. Helm. KIDDIN' ON THE KEYS With Earle Pudney, Carol Horton Director: Arnold Wilkes 15 Mins.; Tues., 7:30 p. m. SAVE-THE-BABY WRGB-TV, Schenectady , (George R. Nelson) COugh-scroup manufacturer re- cently assumed sponsorship of pro- Continued from page 34 : are invited to take a dare—any thing from ripping up a shirt measures 70. by 30 feet and neither is sufficiently high, to en* wife squirting her husband with J able sets to be flown. Yet,- notwith' seltzer, tossing a bean bag, push- i standing these / technical limita' ups with contestants' faces resting; tions; 'excellent effect in move- In cream pies, to holding a block j j,,ent and change of Scene is ob- of ice for half an hour.. Prizes— tained by the use of as many as ties, shirts, tables, chairs, lamps— f^^^ rpv cameras on a single pro- SIEIN'S are. awarded! dare-takers. If this is supposed to be video's answer to"Truth Or Consequen- ces," it has missed. Show is a series of walk-ons and"walk-offs with lit- tle continuity. Dares and on the childish side and prizes are tele* graphed, removing any suspense. It looks like a filler whipped up on short notice. Without better shows. duction. An outstanding example was the recent production of the Elmer Rice play, "Counsellor at Law," which was put on : at the bedded with cold WBKB reports, orders for multiscope from six stations Vernon BrookS, WGN-TV's opera- tions director, attended CBS video clinic in Ni V. last week... WBKB's John Mitchell is new gen- eral manager Delores Marshall, winner of Sun-Times Harvest Moon festival, warbling over ABC- TV out of WENR-TV. Jack Fas- Ginati trio supports. . .Film come- dian Charlie Chaplin returns in silent two-reelers over WBKB's "Movie Money", series, \yith Buss Davis as commentator.' TV quizzer debuts Feb. 5 weeklyLarry Clark on new sport program over WTMJ-TV.. Cathy Morgan to WBKB continuity ., Ruthrauff & Ryan's TV director Fran Harris Irv Kupcinet, Berlitz School Beiiind New Foreign Language SOi-Minute Program _ I'eleviewers soon will be able to learn foreign languages merely by sitting in front of their viewing screens. . ■. Indie packagers Robert Odell and Paul Killian, operating under a franchise from Charles Berlitz have readied a half-hour show de.^ signed to introduce the Berlitz method of language instruction to tele. Because the system depends almost entirely on mimicry for teaching, it's believed to be a na- tural for tele; Plans call for Ber- ■ litz instructors, plus occasional ' guests, to spotlight a different lan- guage each night of the weelc, so that interested viewers can haVe a- range of foreign tongues from which to choose. Show carries the modest budget of only $1,500, making it one of the least expensive TV programs to be I offered for sale in some time. ■ kf^IATRICAL — TEUViSiON AT 11A 01N a 'D R U 0 ST O It t S AND DEAIIRS IVERYWHERE |Tlir**-quatt«H oi a c«ntuty ol, I know-how itt'. th* •xcluiiv* manu- jloctur* of fin«|&od[«-up for th* pio- Unioa hat mai^ STEIN'S pMimed ' by mor* tliccrtHcMd, movi* —and' now t*r«ylfioit.|>tepI« avarywliei*.. Your CQmplete persoiiai make-up analysis! M you have a profession- al make-up prob- lem, write for free I personalized advice. Just send I a description of your coloring. Also, write: tor Stein's iree new Illustrated booklet of make-up hints and suggestions.. , lion John Conrad, as m,c„ is too forced in his joviality. Production- wise, not enough camera changes were used. ' ADVENTURES IN JAZZ With Charlie Ventura Orch, George. Shearing, Dolores Hawkins; Fred Robbins, emcee Producer: Robert L. Bach Director:. Ralph Levy 30 Mins.; Sat., 8 p.ni. Sustaining CBS-TV, from N. Y. Sun - Times columnist, resumes "Kup's Showup" over WBKB after three-week so.iourn in Miami and Washington . . A r t h u r Bronwell, Northwestern university scientist, claiming color video eight years because of technical jams..;' WGN-TV sales manager George peak Sunday night viewing time with a repeat brQadia^t/schedU^^^^^ a few days latei-.: Althipugh^^r^^ more than 2V2 hours, this play, produced by Eric -Fawcett, was planning and continuity, Arthur transmitted with only two short in- claim I Godfrey needn't fear this competi- tervals to denote the passing of, ^■'Vf,' . .<,4 c„ij ii,„i .fatsr^ „_„:4 Harvey gliested-at Chi It s in this field that BBC pro- Club ducers have shown the greatest; imagination, and ■ recent produc- tions like "The Trial of Madeleine 1 Smith" and Oscar Wilde's "The' Importance of Being Earnest" have ranked with the best in this type of entertainment. , ■ ■■;.V"\, where the vid.eP shows tend to fall down at the present time is in the use of ■ motion pictures, having to rely, owing to the industry Crosley's Srfe^ PiWovr .'■■'ChicagPi> Jah*:25.; ,■ Crosley Broadcasting Corp. held its semi-annual sales meeting here last week under 'direction of g.m. Bob DunvlUe and Harry Mason _ , Smith, v.p. in charge of sales, embargo, on oldies, which are fre- Thirty people attended from New "Adventures in Jazz" is the CBS j quently outmoded in theme and ( York, Cincy, Hollywood and Chi. addition to the growing list of pop presentation and only too often the Like everywhere eLse in radio, instrumental shows on television, j quality of the prints leaves much there was an attorney present— I!j;iii',^I?<*,?°?'''iP*' ^^^^ I to be desired, Fred Ball from Washington WOy, N. y. mdie, as emcee, this with few exceptions the vaude- one's chief emphasis is on bop 1 ^5,,^ ^^^^^^^ Wasn't made a play at Phiico ss Continued from page 31 ^ plus the considerably higher tal- ent .fees paid such- name actors as^ Jose Ferrer, who starred in the "Cyrano" production. Phiico , is reportedly seriously disturbed over the'fact that the show hasn't yet managed to crack the top 10 Hooper list, while the much less costly "Toast of the Town." slotted directly opposite on the rival CBS webr has held down either the No. 2 or No. 3 spot since its inception. STEIN'S MAKE-l^P llmt, NtwVMkU, N.V, IS on music, thereby differing slightly | v, „ „amp<i and pxppnt for the from the Eddie Condon show on "'^ "^"jes, ana except lor ine NBC-TV and the one on the N. Y. cases of up and commg talent. Daily News' WPIX, which features \ marked by their mediocrity, the Max Kaminsky combo. Fans Exceptions like The Charlie can thus take their pick of the, Chester Show," which was aired brand, of music they want. for the first time recently, empha- Producer Robert L. Bach has size the necessity for star attrac- given "Adventures" good visual' tions in this branch ol video enter- mountings to make it acceptable tainment. ' TV fare, including a well-designed Snnrts Prohlpm set and interesting grouping of the 1 _,. s>PO"s rroDiem musicians. That latter factor, | There is, of course, always a though, militated against the show ready-made audience for sport events, but here again the BBC is Personnel assignments an- nounced were:' Stuart Lewis from Cincinnati r to Chi sales office, re- placing Andy Neidenthal who moves to WLW to handle program sales; Neal Smith moved from TV sales,to sales service department; Warren Morton, of Branham rep outfit, moves to N. Y. sales office, succeeding Stu MacHarrie, re- signed. ^ M-G-M— 'On Qn Island with You' THE CAMKI. SirOtV Krery I'rlduy Nit«, 9:30 K.S.T. Mgt.: LOU CLAYTON confronted with an embargo and SOUOEA'S BANKRUPTCY CLAIM Chicago, Jan. 25. Sonora Radio and Television HOUSE FOR SALE Colonial liome, overlookliiic HndRon Klvrr; 1% nereiit aroiiards and fluwitr Kurdena; six ln>drapnM, three biitliH iind Invalory. I,aric« llvlnir ronm 8.1 l>y IS; DlnliiK room nnd terracr; I.arKr littehen, an modern. Front and liui'k Htalra. Hwo ear Karase, and room, for liurfiei* and- fiirm nnimaln. SprInK watvr and artisian wen.. Only fotlr mInuteH .frnm Harmon and Ofllslnlnir -R.K. Station. Selling Pric* $60,000 InHpertlon Invited. Owner movlni^ West. Write or phone. owner, for. 'other Information. < MRS. W. iSHERMAN BURNS ECHO LANE OSSINING-ON-HUDSON. N, Y. WDEL WILMINGTON DEIA. WGAL cannot- get telecasting rights for 1 Corp. has filed voluntary bank- I the major- boxing or football ruptey petition ip Federal court, i I events, and subsequently has to : offering two-year schedule for pay-1 ! rely on the second-grade contests. 1 ing creditors. i LANCASTiK PENNAi WKBO HARRISBURG PENNA. WORK YORK PENNA. WRAW READING PENNA. WEST EASTON PENNA. STEINMAN mS STATIONS Clair R. McCollough, Monoging Dirtctot KtprtunttJ by ROBERT MEEKER ASSOCIATES San Francisco New VorI<- ■ : ■ ' Lot Angeles But, in any event, open-air broad I casts at this time, of the year are I always a chance matter and a re- cent instance when, the : weather ! was too bad to allow a football I game to be screened brought home the need for a good standby pro- i gram. On this occasion the BBC j turned to its film library andspro- ] duced a couple of documentaries. [ one of Which alone ran for more I than an hour and was guaranteed I to darken almost every video re- ceiver in London. ■ I In BBC circles at the present I time the emphasis is on expansion.- A Birmingham transmitting sta- I tion, which will bring video within I the reach of the Midlands, is I skedded for completion in the lat- : ter part of this year and plans are I under way for a network of sta- j tions covering the whole Of the United Kingdom. This, however, I will be a long term policy but be- I fore it materializes the entertain- j ment industry 'will have assessed ' its influence and doubtless attuned its policy to fit in with this new development. Attorney William - Collen said i firm assets were temporarily frozen. ' FOR TELEVISION Youns man, n-GI, 22, CollcBp edu- cation, would like position. asatuttiiK Television producer. Box V 11, Variety 154 W. 46th St., New York 19, N. Y. Pittsburg, Kans. — Thad Sand-i storm -last week became commer- cial manager for the Stauffer Pub- lications radio station here. 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