Variety (May 9, 1951)

ms BIG PLUNG E WTO FILMS - ~ ■ ■ - » ' ■ ■■ ■ Las Vegas Stresses Entertanment NETWORK EXECS Lanza Proves Hottest Looghar Draw Lore (But Hut’s the Chance Yon Take) Lm VtfM May • Las Vffia hoUl and nitery | m art mattng a concerted pitch U attract convention trade on the hatha oI their huge entertainment setups They’re trying to get the huge conlaba by accenting the (act . * .an get value for dollar in aI that city lief i or minimum* merely «junta to g glaaa of beer or a Kach M \n< *» . N.i llaru. t I.. Vet’o Vaud? Comeback dg * . „ . NBC underlined Minneapolis. May I At the age of 06. the lure of the footlights again has William Freeman, ‘ far he [It PIC STIIOS The filma-for-TV trend hit an With $177,720 Gross in 22 Coocerts By ARTHUR ftftOMHON pieted a of the a local life- Of Hotel. the lure of the gambling Aa Abe Schiller public head fog the flamingo a Vega* put* »t F*rry- body’s going to force anybody ta play. We’ve trying to bring in rial tors on the strength of Las Vegas rep aa the greatest entertain mo a: my," A major pitch toward getting the >•-*>» ion trade i» the concentr* Uoo of hotel reps going to the Va- riety Clubs p owwow in Philly starting tomorrow (Wed.). Croup comprises Schiller. Wilbur Clark Desert Inn operator; Be I don Net th live, inquiring If La Pine line up some engagements for him in this territory. J 7uge"dnJfTuam sf old ■Mar to I __ JZ U ontroM-oul < animal H»rt» Lunr n ,nto * Film Used Ito mountiM D»- g, Rochrmont h.i timed h»ir told Young «■ »d rmurd- tureT*mnat inevaabTy * j ,or Cardinal.- the con- tng tenor did a c r oss country tour play a fut “", || UprnM# „ who was affirmatively and nega- , ^ ®“? U lively "identified'' aa having a real- »«* KCA vmp to M mto SmekM du- m ^olyv It *m mrultod In rlM^ «to» I. toad tar Holly»«od c ,, w ,,, lt) „ tni published by SI within two wki ta look o*or two T Sfhu»i»r Th * >utbor • nd | inevitably role la ahapingft troversial novel by Henry Merton sf __ dealing with a prelate , »-half was affirmatively and Ooflstein, chief !•> vaudeville was In Ha hey dry. A&C’s Five-Year NBC Deal; Set Up Own TV Fdm Corp. at them to At the same time Ike Levy, one of the largest shareholders in CBS her of that network’s 1 to in order his entire time to the it of film sharing interest In the A Imitation, which fta for Si- have a 1177.700 (without taaesi. with Lanaa s take reaching $00649. or an average ef M SN a date aa hia Action at both nets recalls that David dieted that film specifically for TV will into much wider usage, la turn CBS board chairman William S. Paiey aa far back as two years ago on the occasion of bit first trip to Hollywood, crystal-balled la an exclusive Vaairnr interview Pulitaer ! that TV eventually ‘ will wm Wsckefl Mapping All-Over Ri Talek Awards It was one of the • ell as successful son Eddy's heyday a for aa evening bit over M 000 la Milwaukee it was 00 790. in in New for a recital of $17 900 a take was rut by fl due to local ( TV ‘Dsag Wsrk sf Deni Is Hones Yu "Sex Difoes,' Catholic Bishop Asserts NBC this Costello In a five-year deal for radio and television, with major accent on TV. Ramifications of deal are wide with a potential $15 000 000 investment in the comics which, in addition to A h Ca annual fee Includes total TV Ca t lake’ Bads-Maroe Miami. May 6 i g year ago Hot no the heels of the annual tour was . jlitier * If IfVi ijpfl WkncfsoU the SdJi. ' * • ila Boi »■ Boy at Phil harm on ic , or the anmi-NBC Symphony tonr of play Walter i with a plan that will encompass all facets of (C an 10i New O’Casey Play Shocks m u fwuu to »*.« wto. ito| Cal Writer Bitter Irish Fisabc May ft May 6 Catholic Bishop Francis J. Haas charged that lotdvtaton. while a will do a of the drift by bootlegging display every other week for a «to. .oultom tod otocenllr- tortod ol *4 week, Tto, U .lw, *J?t!2 the accusative - at. r ! i * * Hint.* ****»" of \' v ] .J U . m •i) work of the Into He tonal in the C at holic .ftuiai diocesan * He Listed no specific pro ■ but to s their TV films, etc Under terms of the port. . mud show starting free which _ doing the September They'll do a filmed i f rom dance by bootlegging display every other week for a according to radio pickups did in the If Pbifcta Kappa If M^be called In an edi do four to eight live Michigan that year. During the t through of their B> »r.i- *: does the television Industry enter ’ -n.e la bring t*>th grr*' evil Fdu, Rato. Me J« Not Eueibal of hla own video show Turn day nights on CBS. asserted that a band on TV can h.ld an only if the show has full mountings And It will be dedicated to Damoo Runyon with not only a fund fbr the prises run- ning into five figures, but ta addi- tion S hoy |Au»ha to the winners the Annual Damoo Runyon and Wine hell himself will In full the first year’s Idea Is to make these awards for In journalistic coiumaing. C ontinued on page 10* split la half a doaen week, but wttk this They all considered M The play which h. d Its here by the new Houston Play- "anti-religious' and "fa- Clean ll U* Or Bk Edict It as a "C relegated to the background tiiough the leader and solo pei Queb U Hsu* Girl' SyLSTSi J.. . The Catholic Washington May 6 New list of critical _ rnt enlightenment to the public We lalute It for lu r*!» Evcrvnw* New list of critical occupations *' vi. of th* mii Sunday '•> by Sec of Labor , ' tl t! Miunre J Totoui. completely Ik- * . . y . note, joto la radio TV and tto —gTgg* i product*, o t mo.it* pact urea Thin “Oa tto «lth immorallt) In pia&n language. ’ the editp rial continued, "the telecaster is an a a a _ _ a is in line with the wmtmi Bat of essential bMIb we do not also gave the media the go- to pay for ^ allties may be given s buildup In the old factor M to build a ■thfl recalled Many the Brattle nerlod dU> currently at P^WsU urged their parishio . -w •-» fr»- tto tto^UQ to HuTto transit local gendarmes „ rlk# „ . torkdrop O Cams ctoaa 4 ■ r/T * 4 n ’■ r ir ediM ftbr Mriko as a hochdrop. O’Ci clean it up. or else eaici suer The » ..toMd.flto.dM*Ua| « ry— *» rt V T aa Ma to ro. Tto aa page Ml an lot a place wherd he Not aU i-mi are not will t ogamst you and 4 on page 10) are expected to protest the off just as they protested the one received earlier in the essential ac- tivities listing Both media got more recocnitioe formerly Principal purpose ef the lists is to guide local draft hoards In mak- ing exceptions from Selective Serv- ice Under the n~w yardstick, no position in radio televtasoe or mo- tion pictures will from the draft 'Openings' Washington. May $ Otto A. Harbach ASCAP to talk tea N a ti o nal | I thinks it Chib It be specially for TV • No question about it.* said There will be written for the land there will be plays and songs Initiated sapolioed religious angle crops up because t p _ u _ r .. the hero to a Protestant while hto to.hf rkPrfnrmjncTi although iherv »areetheart to a Catholic »«» \ifme managerial d^bf regard Before the play opened t he pro- Ing the Sunday nighi performance ^UcathoUc Thu problem resolved Itself neatly *[“*J^**** hen Jerry Kilty, cast aa Trap Jwmd a>^ afte r ^he play • inritn^l an ankle last Fn , clergy equipment was recaiien •praitod iMiw.toin thr teduuttM Produrm to- anna Albus and William Z Rocan said no reason was given by the group for recalling the equipment There were a few vacant seots at the opening performance April day and was replaced by Peter Temple, who la turn slashed bis ankle while chopping wood Sunday afternoon, forcing cancellation of t* pm performance ^ M Their criticism, the Hubs Eng ! tish Speaking Union was a trifle 1 the house has been tiled to subtle They ity. the Nancy Walker a wire reading "We ing the run of the play from t ■ a *- i ■ ■ m ■ l