Variety (March 1951)

RADIO VIDEO MUSK STAVE TELEVISION P OSTS DANGER SIGNS Fligfat From Reds of Famed Budapest FCC SURVEYING ABC Going Into TV Fih Production Stars brio 1)5. Zone Real Whodunit By josef ISIABU II Salsburg. March I. The unheralded arrival In Ball- burg last week of Kata!ln Karady. one of Hungary's moat popular mu Ural it an. reads like a film script tugg led ever the barbed wire On Coast; lolly’ Parsons to Tee Off Margaret Truman Can Take Em or Leave Em jg- out te the tele- ad at at iotas te “iBdl their step.** The real Smuggled over the barbed wire and trad for her guest appearances an and land-mined Austro-Hungarian her- rftdko an d TV b reportedly signed gab der. Miss Karady was accompanied ***** and delivered hut purport wtd OR her flMA M M MpM edly under reetrtettoe dHM thet t t Oliver l-antes. Hungary i top glv# ^ the right ►ner-knew* before r seipe H rept aey of the , . ■ „ per -uo .4 • ^ - dating of At gaining m o me ntum on a eat— wide scale. restrictive clauses that The Federal Communications te re)ec< or or- Commission Is reported sharpening I shews thet ere its claws for what many believe te be the Arst concerted move-m on four of the network's video In some TV managerial Bing Croaby Both Bed from what commercial entries put In a bid for prod wet loo circles anxiety and ap- they described as Intolerable con- miss Truman's services, but It s un- prehension have taken bold, the dltions. * leaving family and all gerslood that tbua for she's turned boys have been told to their possessions behind down sll of them. She plana to easy before it's too late" Mias Karady reported te U. S con l\n* herself to about half a The blast leveled at TV lest Counter-Intelligence authorities at damn AM (mostly on the Sunday by headquarters of U. S Forces In -R* Show") and TV Austria still clad In the torn farm for balance of the womans clothing *- take It WJZ, Cole Porter Talk Disk Jockey Stint WJZ. ABCs New York key ala tlen. Is negotiating with Cole Pur ter for s rroas the hoard disk Jockey stansa. Show would have the com poser spin recor ds of his own tunes as well as ether platters Bay Dias Is handling the deal for WJZ Auditioning of a disk show for Frankie and Nan Grey Lain* has held sp because of Mrs i illness. Audition will be shortly on the Const when I to his End no. Cal.. ABC-TV Is set in go into v Id pic prod n et loo at Its big studios in Hollywood (the former Vltagraph lot* this summer., pioneering In production of tele Alms by a net- work Web's move may have a great effect on the ci n e m a capital If ABC can turn out quality TV nit at the low prices M Is aiming for. Just how soon he web can get Ms v Id pic shooting under way de- pends on the unloir situation Like all nets. M has labor agreements with AM and TV unions and there some Ae ds which could result In disputes ABC hopes to blaar a face were badly scratched by barbed wire. But American DP In- terrogators. accus t om e d to magyar beauties of the Gabor Massey type. I . ■ - i ’ - r» >< the best looker yet to come their I way She was held for some days In protective cndo-lv But one of rofesalonal fugitive smugglers brought the show ha pair. Mi** K «r a * 1 \ Gearng House £* Plan Pitched Vs. AM-TV ‘Blacklist lahod the co m ic s to clean up their material before “the nits suicide la anly mm I of s growing throughout the country | TV's current m i s d eme an o rs From Washington come reports that, while Archbishop Cushings publicised blast has protected the issue Into the limelight, actually the FCC has been storing up hun- dreds of un publicised squawks f Pic Increasingly. Look to Tele For New Personalities writing to the Govern direct told some of the background I TIus Is a turn of of her flight to the West 1 Industry wide group looking into <Continued on pc To appraise the reputation of the question of blacklisting’' la — ■ - — Mias Karady. professionally and po- radio and television has come up litically. in Western terms would with a tentative plan for a ‘clear he to compare her ta. say Mary mg house Plan was evolved by Martin and Edith CaveII. The latter the sub-committee of the Industry because, during World War II. she committee which was formed last gained recognition as a real hero year at the request of the American • Continued on page §3 Federation of Radio Artists follow- ___ lag the Jean Muir incident Plan calls for persons who feel it ta Flagstad Quit Met Opera Kirstea Flagstad, controversial who returned to the Met this season after s * ^ ml IW Mg'* to Ale slstsmsnts of expla. a- Opera House mm season a s ms a Ussa Is Wase Tawnrliu Par ikQm ,nd cUnAcslion refuting 10-year absence, probably won t nave 10 wear I UXeOOS ror charges of subversion" With their return nest year planning to quit a & a snn a i n »11 w V b M k k nef TDIn W1 slciB A11 - a ff<sa nasma a o Ar .ii 1H Louts Jouvet ANTA Run Montreal. March 0 Id t ben AmrrK.fi tour ot Loui. Jouvet for tS . „„ SI* h , u . «W"JP«BF •* Moliere • ^ the individual In question wttK l Fcolc dr* Femmf' opening t«>- revealing the agency making morrow * Wed I at Hi. Majesty V ^ "" * Montreal and ending March 29 at f anonvm >•" ANTA PUyhouM N Y -whrrr - - M opens March 1* has involved J l> 1 , th ^ *f5 nc> . elaborate and complicated plans ^m^l^tha^fu ^TTk^wn that on the part of (he American Na- ^J*!***** . ronMdrrrd ttonal Theatre A Academy. Ms • * {i "~ ,nf T™***™ sponsor Fact that the tnp of- l>r * ro f 1 J f r r *' AciM sanction and AaaiJial sup-1 P**"* * ml « hl * morr dlf port from the French government ftni,t for hlm lo ** ***** *° fk gives it diplomatic as well as the- 1 lt lMRfaly. the Mfgw N nw. the atneal omitroirr employer must make the Anal de- Because it is s French-speaking cl4 *°« °® who mork * tor #nd comnanv 1 allv thr comuanv * statements will give him a manager’ stage manager and others *®® rc * of , gMlS ! working directly with the produr- 1 thr bjk* t»on must he able to speak the lan- Thl ' f [J* an * guage fluently, hut wardrobe at- jj* m agency and sponsor reps tendauls. backstage department the sub«■■■miml ttgg. T he nsat Wp r.radv ,i,tr itnnrni. n etc muxl b ^ mschinery to b* pa sed understand the French version of on I st least the basic technical stage snd T\ A. If lingo Thoroughness with svhlca *: ft wiB be submitted details are being earned out is In- *® ,he fu ll ’ f ’ h,c iicated by the fact that not only cludss at *“ ° s ho company and houas managers, ANA. ABC. loi. nm*. a* •», *** , (Continued on page 63* * iCantmusd on pogo Ml go to the American leading Wagnerian soprano, finds opera work too strenuous and wants ta confine her sinking to (Continued on page 1J> All About Little Eon? Montevideo. March A A'though "All About Eve" won the New York Clitics* award as best pic of I960 r6 Is leading contender for a Hol- rXh-Foa did not enter M in the judging at the Internation- al Film Featiwl here was disclosed this ' It was feared by State Dept officials that the story of a young Aim actress who b ruth- less In her ambition and will- ing to step on the necks of her benefactors la order to pH ahead in the theatre might be construed as paralleling the career of Eva Prrou. wife of t he pre -ident of A rgentina La. ter U.i just acroas the River Plate from Uruguay M me Peron is a f< Major film eyeing television as s rphan. are turning ta personalities created by the (yew medium as possible box- office attractions Paramount's "Molly " based on CBS- TV s "Goldbergs" program b leading off the parade. The latest video name look- ing Aim ward b Robert Q Lewis He a star of CBS-TV's Show Goes On" program Ted Ash- ley. Lewb* personal manager, left for the Coast over the week- end to huddle on a film deal for the comedian during ha summer hiatus this year Sid Caesar and Imogeue Coca, principals of NBC TV's "Your Show of Shows." are also up for s major film this sum- mer which would be produced by Msx Liebmaa. producer of their video show Milton Mound, attor- ney reppmg both Caesar snd Lieb- man returned last week from sev- eral Coast film confe r ences While Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were signed for pictures on the basis of their nitery success. Paramount nonetheless attribute* ta their video work much of the top grossn being chalked up by their current release. "At War with the Army" Pars "Molly" fared poorly in several test en- gagements under the title of Goldbergs." but Par attnbut* d that to the possibility that audi- ences balked at paying to see a film featuring the same Uuag they could see for free oo their home video So Par changed the title ta "Molly'* but b still publicising the tie-in with the TV show rhile. have ported originally spotted oo TV Notable a Charlton Heston currently under contract to Hal Wallin. trail that will permit \\ to shoot celluloid In their own stu- dios without arousing inter-union bottles. Web will also tackle the problem of a "realistic" pay scab far Ms TV pis. baaed an the more limMed financial return for tele shows com- pared with theatrical features. Puini will he raised that the higher pay for theatre pis worker* results from frequent layoffs lion lags, while video will Preliminary db- indicate that the screen may p.ay hall wMa the net- works. If steady work b guaranteed. Web reports favorable reaction from CoastMes wanting Hollywood to make gams n. New York as a icic centre onach. ABC-TV vp. who with Coast TV topper Dick Moore b handling I he project, said (hat network v id pic production will affect economic. by uti'uing the great pool of talent and technicians available oo the (oast and by savings on overhead Coot.nurd on page C3> several by talent Int’l Harvester Insulted At Threshiig Maclaine Comparison to Kenton Band Dr trod. March A Ed McKenne. WJRK's record- sonntoe “Jack the Bellboy," a the Instigator of a fullsca'e bat- tle between Sun Kentons hand and the lotemat'oaal Harvester Co Controversy becan accidental- ly when the Bellboy. a>ked his frank opinion of Kenton t muve. remarked: "It wundv like a thresh- iti'* machine " The following day's mail brought s protesting letter from Interna- tional Harvester, makers of farm vcach ncry The Ici er -sores* d stror* resentment to " uc.i deroga- tory remark* ta r card to our famed machine* We d-mand a public apology'" Then came huourva* m . 'tiers with opinions split evenly So. tbo Bellboy got a recordin' of s thr ch- in* machine in operaMo'. He spina tl>al platter each day. follov ed by Kenton's recording of "House of Strings " ’ rilcr of the best letter com- paring the two sou n ds will he