Variety (May 23, 1951)

• REVIEWS esJiscmUy, May 23, 1SS1 NORKOW Am ro-iut sH cm With ' — l “ O rim AT ION BED' With G mf Wallart ». TM Rrwphy F *T« M MIm; ftat . 1 M RMK Rmhii CM Ai climax of a From the Production Centres i ooaaaooaooa »♦♦♦###»»»4 f,\ W*T YORK CITY . . . KaH l—K, formerly villi the UMl Trio joined the Goon* R- Neloen agency Schenectady .. Alvin ot 10 trade reporter, switches In vear future to press deportment of Crowyft. Collier, under Abe Brheehter. Frank knight. martins IS yearn villi Lonflnci* **>■». will Be feted at an after allow party By the mat a -mall an results of Operation Bed picture of the aoold Be fol fane a graph* ren that Janet Waldo. Bam Edwards and director Helen Mart Corliss Archer*' fuested at the Or sneer Wash . Cherry WMGM mua*e director Joel Merroo does a pnp In Columbus Mm Jun. * en-WOR and WQXR. signed as summer relief announcer at WINS CMS talks director Helen ftloonaat gabbed to Atlanta Rotary Club aa ** 1 Sunday »J7* Jane effort for no CBS’ -Meet Cortl and shamed t i .» last week pianaiag and 9mmn% wlth Jb „ r Can Boy secretary la ARC production mani|. r Hartley Samuels exits OS WFDR Chicago to attend AFL Mutual Broadcasts ant- It M rk of spec al M Mias: Mam «f», • pun. N. T. enents inaugurating Ms arm large sustaining This Is ao interesting program quarters. RMBC returned Ms ret- W V OR IF Ml. New Turk *Ho«e ii jfpass si least jw«i<e<i erao BIIIBtlly and wamem show to This FM Indie, vhich has a total from tS* oprnlaE XM *•«<>•> I tv* tmnltlM »I«V .l«o-ho.y M<(r * mU t )« . 2 o _ uai to* clear tattl n <*«M« Mwto ill 1 . Ftnt h,H- — tains point. M wool rate si at ore hour went to CAB as a sustsloer B Protested sira Is to cootrast the and mas dedicated to Arthur meatary problems of the past with those Church, statioo prosy, with last happeo to New York City lo the of today and theo offer a new- half-hour Being Broadcast locally 4rTmi ^reot of ao atomic attack It puint on the future Each week •, for oew sponsors McCall Service uiogiam too. has a theme First Stations and Forum Cafeterias •irer s theme was the prospect ef Follies** is first of the statieo * peace Theme wasn't stressed By several talent shews to Be staged am cootiooity Between the vart- in the oew StlO-seat TV Play nu« *< <mcnti ef the program house and lo lloe with special em unU being brought out at the end pteasts oa the week s proceedings In the interview with Ford Foun- dation director Paul Hoffman rest had aa bearing an M And as for the entrant being pra b 1 •* "**■ fff. Jff, "^TT T.. 1 * *"4 thockerivir- r*€* r»rr*l|- D*» S«M«. DuMaM .nnm.mvr, thoppin, «• ku, theie seemed littla of s tie last i»<i mimer Bei waundup as « nms It worked in the message a small Connecticut AM station Muriel Mandril, expecting a child ... .. ^ usdST Tma i »" needed to staff this summer resigning aa WMGM publicity writer Ed Gardner pm. progrsmstarted off T Tillman MiUie and Kur and lh# V|rtiul defense echelons dueer-star of "Duffys Tavern" got a deadpan mention, minus Btllinr. f\;^kl^rJ£?f£n the*"Croas Hsrrs Je^s Overall ~ that M s ludl- « Hem an legit actress Shirtey Booth, in the Talk of the Toss* of Gold* %i*eecP of William Jen-1 Now in its 13th season "Follies ^.ITs^h ran \t %rct4 ** •* ih * New Yorker mag Piece mentioned Miss Booth *-s a.ngT Mnso discussing s domes-; is firmly established as • favorite ( rn ^f eTfr^t 1 m sT rial om€ * marTW * Mw,rd f r * -,dner - • isioo-^ sod ra dio^actor and I tr monetary policy 'free silver; with Midland listeners While it * hi producer* Com m odo r e Productions teepee Hhirley Thomas is , m • rhlr ^ by recordings at con- femme daytime sirers Ossie and Harriet Netaaa • I ABC stansa was r enewed By H J. Heins Co . and returns Sept. 2t after hiatus .. Peter Deaald Bowing out of "Share the Wealth airraid'wardens qulaser, will hast three cruises on S S. Queen of Bermuda with Philcs Final third of the alrer was de- ***•• »" d < *»pSAy Benson scnpteri Dixon CoWBrate voted to a talk By WFDR newt *** wedding sonl today ‘Wc<1 i UvHI Thomas k u dos e d with aa* editor Jaa Michaels, who gave a, t*Rne coffee pat By British Travel Assn. summary a# the current civil de- Rickard fteff into "Armstrong Theatre** Saturday <*•* . WINS* fenm situation and underlined the Chartle Slsrh voted a "Best dressed man m radio** at Mea t Fashion h ,or volunteers Pageant in Atlantic CMy . Paul ,,r ” director, checked out far Benton A moves up into Benson s spot .. Chesehrough Co. will mark lOtk annual Ml SICAL MEN1’ "Dr Christian” swards with s supper party today • Wed • at the Saw* With George Leighton Plata Hotel. R2 000 prise goes to Fred McWhorter a Kansas City m- . N Mins Suo-thro-Sat , II M p.m. surance mao MBS research topper Dirk Pull elected N Y Hate musical Havoc- W 'iTE TOWFB BFSTAt BANTS veepee of Juoior Chamber of Commerce and maintenance of peace with a mgs Quia WROW. Albany Carlton Betd added to **Lorenm Jones 4 Cotleew Ward oew to **Y windup prayer By Clarence E Hew and old tunes with a strong Widder Brown - Ptckett | NATIONAL DEFENSE WEEK Ornish ms of advertisma nves%a *r« *r* oa ihu . IN HOLLYWOOD . . . Hsymes. KoBert Stack. Eddie eecker. aire*l under the sponsor- Hal Bock, who receotly left NBC after 17 years. )omed Foladare- Greer publicity out ft! as con s ultant lo supplement Bis other activities W illiam Howard Taft, ao a 11 ■ ■ , I"* «* wwwww m mm~n 1 tra > ^ filter wish wiur.l. of humor and Milltam McKinle' re<cnt!\ had s live sudlencc a^ait , wuind rffJTi* I . si a.-sawrt 5 S« rs.wr.-r 1 — 1 ■“ dav issues. Bnagtng ia s disked Mage was enough to pork j pwm pom m 0 *n excerpt of Pre si daoi Truman dis- with overflow getting s courting ao assuming respooMBih I performance after the first My. and Bernard Baruch talking As listener fare, show easily about military Insufficiency If 1 came up to its long-established there is parallel Betweq past and standards, with g good deal more present In these scattered items for Both listeners and viewers in they weren't pointed out plainly the lineup of imported players enough 'if at all* to the listeners Latter shone wh*le regulars deliv- The program continued Its hodge- ered la their reliable fashion podge character, after a relatively , "Failles continues ta Be ane af lengthy Hoffman talk an familiar, the Better get-togethers an toptes like the Korean situation down and Mutual's assistant rj \ Miemr am f I NATIONAL DiriNII lU point. But it with James Cagney. J. -vert he less I ram i Nsisk Jeff Chandler, was interesting never! a curiosity standpoint in giving the Bryan-Taft-McKinley excerpts i at least All the subject atatter , was timely, important and crucial Hawser; Dirk MulcaBy. asst If producer can pull the strands , Music f Carroll Dirk Eddie eveker aired under the sp y. ship of s chain restaurant psny. Georgs l-etghioq. second Les MiuBel heading for London to transcribe 39 half-hour drs- deeyay to spin the records and M dc *» 0 w» with Orwoo Welles Based on the "Harry Lime 4 character woilhv have • newv ] i# Minx Rat (lti. 19 99 p.m »piel the talks, features s Boone- in "Third Man 4 Virginia Cooke is writing the Erst eight scripts Shows \B< . frwm Hollywood i »•€. hearty Myle He gives the will Be sold open-ended Both in this country and Europe . Soon as ■ " ABC's salute to Armed Forres impression of alertness and inter- J«rk Benny gets official approval from Washington he’ll assemble s wn\a» THING TO now ABOt T ^ '*•’ combined s trio of drama- r * 1 although the ebullience some- troupe to entertain GI’s lo Korea this summer Irving Fein, his press nut i#rr* Xkii ,lc sketches with song and speeches l,r ^ 1 sounds a bit forced. agent, had a close call last week when he was rushed to the hospital for nit* jerry n*u < that added up to an entertaining Recently, nui “ J i _ half-hour the • D IX Phils r»» headlli vg him%elf aa "the Utile man m * , enal c aaney wn«» ke thin idea.** Jerry Kali ‘«*rved ax emcee held the show Io- ■ I M Mins,; Moo thrw Frt . 9.39 p.m. ’TIL j”... .i CHANTfCLEER CAFE WDAft. Phlla SSLCJ Rilling himself as "the little mao "T™. gets time for about one platter a night. He isn't overloaded with calls, either depending ao the ad lib stuff in the «afe There’s the Rock ef Billing himself as "the lltile ^ ... . with the thin idea." Jem .^1 _ local pre^sag entairs thlsgab and ihatke^ scrtpCs^telodiu/. j- for • Copy, underlining *her *■ *•" »^«>P ••• *** refused and cancelled ... NBt dlU Chanticleer > muumum The plaXu ,b * "wriU of hamburgers and cof- had Brrappy I-amber! put together "lawk ef O Leary" for sudiiiouing and oh one calls soieier never got Into the Mwt of the is generally so occupied with his in Mjer. Ha aixgs. Jeff Chsntllri in others chatter that he • Revolutionary War sketch J o'hers matter mat I ( arro| , Na|m|| |b t M ahouf J#h|1 Phillip Sousa and Robert Stark ■ soldier In Korea h of the miniatur* to life Dick Hayroes deliv ered the oew American Legion tune AH American Rainbow rlubs people with pitch^ etc’ But ’*?*"*. <*** KaU’s mam disk is guests whose ‘ r -‘’ *' ^ Jo,nl Lhk * t * oi only claim to fame Is the fact that [ r 0(1 br,r * they ve had Bve minutes on his tribute to the civilian soldiers of •how: An insurance salesman who Amnica Been trying unsuccessfully for ihs to sell Kati a policy. a '* "* * **' J**** ^ f Supplementing , plays the name role . Thompson agency moves out of Hollywood to the live plugs are catchy Iran- , the Wilshire district first ef the year, combining its aprreturn with the m ribrd "White*‘ jingles By a downtown office . Frank Samoels moves over to the William Moms femme rhythm-type singer Jem. {agency June IS. meanwhile Breaking la Bix acting successor IHrfc Maore CBS Is discussing a disk jock show with Lao and ABeer. to Be located lo the Puve Rldgr Jot Km Down More . Bob Garred s newsrast ia being spread to Denver, first time ABA* ventured that far afield with a Hollywood reporter Jack Moaosaa. Rev account exec ao Philip Moms, ia trying to get Phil Bapp's mind off his b o ss e s while he's preparing scripts for "The Btclervosv" which he also produces- • •Ik directs B app owns a stable of Bayburners nod Hollywood Park track extraordinary pride at the verve , just opened a long meet Dirk Bellamy, press Bead for Benton A Radio Followup eviraoruinarv priae at me vrrvr JU at opened a long meet IHrk Bellamv press head for Benton A -VJJ v tv" !‘‘ vf Bowles, passing a pair ef weeks here . Bobby Lee sod Jerry l^w- iJ? 5 * Thursday are writing originals for the summer Railroad Hour" They Beatblark with a maaaaffe for the youth of America, a popcorn ped- dler an the status ef the Alms Marty ap- ABCt Hollywood Staff Orchestra under the direction of Buu Adlant was effective r: red M Ikf lJ»» »n <1 look part vor MAME IT WE PLAT IT 1 Holtm»i» qu«n<Um pa and _ pa and fk her dulot HIU MW numTaw Onto* t«de|»P*r r^umn.rt B.llin«,tr, -ord aa.m J Hr. M«. u!ri. rrt I fc **y c *^ tw H0* qur.l.on. drama, hi which her dialog was limited to A nichttv feature ia the Katr WABY. Albany newsreel of the air "uneooArmed ah., authentic news." He did one eo- m 5‘ lh ^ t — Tka. 9lam • F* 4r 04 Shows which they are hopeful of Better am- id Iha dWLUatm MViZm. cess than their "Look Ms. I’m Done mg’* NBC veep John West told mty Sing that sparked the Fating- hacks he (West) "never wants lo return east"; loves California, vponsored 13 m mutes into perha£ has a house in the Valley Hr While here RC Vs Sacks huddled Dio a a its brightest segment to dale j *Bore and Mario Lanaa among other Victor artists. Flanked Bp EUln • Mrs i Berlin amt IV CHICAGO Bwdi Newbaoer shifts f the Chi NBC radio network sales staff la at Berlin, and the sen an ImmApI t> CT> ^!fd Miik lu, evidenced nd the songwriter, with the i showmanship which he here Broadcast Advertising Bureau prexy Bill Byaa p wtikn he here this week to address the Chicago Radio Management Club m w. , dudirn. r man. of ahon ,,MMr th * r ’ M ' b ‘ ’ MN| ‘ Jutu» Rmtir . , • \ lire show, perched along with three : appear to be teenagers Com in 2 commum t v sings with .29- on CBS in the 2 33 to 3 p m. CDT spot for Realemoo .. Mutual girl interview subjects 00 the bxck M Um ur a( the end of the N Y Io P J?J? e s Mn ? commentators Frank Edwards and Cecil Brown airing their shows fi of a Trenton Miwng-man Kali s , Yankee BallcasM, BUI Phillips and program ia novelty In the local Bob Campcharo announce tuoe* wax-works. Its tone is casual and an g read dedications for an ap- sometimes by a slight Mress he proximate two-hour stretch A works ia a blue note or two Is- j lw , H * ^ card ^ 4 ^ fl Inhibited and given to milking an | Hrtener is announced idea. Katx would bene At By a lit- tle less Henry Morgan and a Utile more pattern He probablv could achieve this effect By working in s couple more platters, which would give time for editing stock tJ -77 "V . commentators Frank Edwards and Cex "t ldVlexv \menca^ wh^h * rb ‘ Wu>d > City studios this week Urt>r 1 nmant. has shifted to Chi office he dwHBed as closest to my * Chi NBC news director BUI sages often lend to be sentimental, adolescent and personal, the sig- natures occasionally are of the gag variety Use of two voi ces is presumably to Break monotony. But the pal taking and make the spiel seem tern has disadvantages One is r " ,l ” more of the same. Pm- inclination to talk too long or kid loo much Another ia to let down Phillips, who originally ■ . k .aired a half-hour supper "Window m» arge the half-hour segment a« Shopping** feature of requested se- me ax 1 nf heco ne« available | lections, has a strong, dear pleas- Gaok. iag voice, marred By a mechanical gram has drawn attention and been a sight dick at the cafe from the start, and present plans are to Campcharo owns a booming v#c **h — WNLK Radio Nor- set of pipes; he would do well to walk, announces the appointment of the William G Ram beau Co av national representative* Station ling interest passin g lo three long- even. throwaway delivery Phillip* lakes time out for a well-delivered time of Washington. D C. Michael J Phone rails for 13-minute Commercials for local establish- Mrx Berlin admitted partial to "Always.** .. Dexter Co . home appiianrr* of Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample ad . ——, — Rag named chnAnMBfff Ration »i Assn of Radio News Directors committee on Freedom of Information ~il lo Radio and Television.. WGJI general manager Frank Sebreiber - ^ was my wedding present" (the Bospttalued for surgery J. T. Dslton Baa Been copyright of this particular toog Zenith’s North Jersey distrib setup was actually ceded By Berlin to his . Carroll Marls. Mutual s Chi chief, in N Y for roofereoces with web r^e f^the VMimo°dBig 1 ^ 1 .^! I * pper * Faulkner is new member nf WMAQ’s sales crew VZ the ( .ga!^ gid domi thl Wm " hmck * •« Schwimmer A Scott agetn T doseuD of the trademark rt< I *^ rr • weeks hospital nation Victor Barge copped the Chicago Mu* which may prove to Be the br*i Mf * 1 College s annual "Award of Achievement" for his work in intrr* trehmoue vet Above ell I. the I vWing youngsters in longhair music WHHM gabber George Watsoo technique yet Berlin- Above all. ia the MIHEPM in longhair music , . « * Billingsley relationsh.p ofT 00 * two-week Wisconsin Ashing junket .. Gloda Wilson joins a naturalness on the part WMAQ-W’NBQ ad-pro mot ion staff as a junior writer . Latest Pulve of the songsmith which was infer- five* WBBM eight of the top 19 local shows, with Jnliaa Bentley’s tiouf ia that the rest of the room j noontime news leading the list Dave Moore, ex-WBBM publicity along with the bonifare appeared chief now an account exec at KSTP. Minneapolis in town last w#ek relaxed than ever the cus- David W Jefferies meats are competently handled Cuneea of Bradford. Pa. and. on answering with WABY call lei V. Lent ini of Buffalo. N. 1 1 ters. are Included. did the natural thing right at the No 1 table, mm • he camera panned to pick up the Naval officers and the fashionable cu s to m ers they seemed to be de- porting themselves in a murk less self -conscious manner than is sosne- times evidenced in these nitery at giveaway*. 1 mospheres. where there is an ever- I lowisvillr — WHAS farm pro- Detroit— WJBK's Ed McKessxie, gram ^rertor^ranh Cooley and known as disk jockey Jack the Bell- hia assistant Don Dovis. received ^ a citation of "First Award ia Farm ,or ,he M>c ‘ nd rOJ vr< Programming Competition in the'?**r bas started a drive to raise United States and Canada." Award funds for a Mojnorial Day gilt lo was made by Use American Exhibt- hospitalised war veterans His foal lion of Fducational Radio Pro- this year ia $13000 Last year hi* camera may focus on that one or another . grams, at their 13th annual mg. - "Living Memorial to the Forgotten 1 Men** raised $12,000.