Variety (October 03, 1951)

of hi* new \BC tele iprtad . Pure «>il through Lm Burnett 5000 watts - 1350 kc Oci«W S, 1*51 Television Chatter New York Hary HnrtllM ol AIT TV* ••Super Circus.” rnlertni the mer- f harulioinl Held via tuyi. children’* ««-«r and food product* uhuh Ihr'l endorse . . . Standard Brand* and Ideal Novelty A Toy Carp hair *tgn*d at portlclpeting spon- sor* in W AHD'i * Maftr Marred »n iho« lUrrini Pal Methle Mr An shoe* to hour football 1 , . Trifart, X Fishel. rootume leoelr) manufae turers. parted ror the tueoday Bight rditwm of WNEfl TeiM frary Jioi Falkenbwrg »h#o * Neo York Oose-t p ’ | “Who Said TkMT- Mri• on IT Hit 111 . . . WGN-TY aired a umulcaot Mond.v '!> from dmai Srtrttcb • private eh*)*-' mg off a month long Hefty W node campaign . . - “Hawkin* Fallo.** WCTYi daily serial A noli bed ita first birthday Tester r. da* Tueo i with web eseea boa tin g Jja bora doeuvre spread for riM and crew . CM Philco halers bank rolling Sunday night feature film u N’BQ /. WBKl 3 Research ‘Gifts’ For His 50th Amu Hollywood Iddie %lbeH and Marge The Cherry'*. are ro- ■ Bddif Princeton. Oct, S. deque*! by Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff RCA board rhatrman. that h»» engineer* develop a low-coat, electronic air conditioner for tho home within the nest live years. Is Aim Friday night* ter deal rimming la»t weed '!•< .. . Her- Grey , original teleplay bv nw fWI. wHR Mm | 1 wnsfc jjnr ltopline The Hetue Green Btprt al*o on the l^wla shed 1- *** X. Ilerton. formerly TV pro* Fair hank* Production* bought priv beet <1»M't ton manager of the Agency, switched to Cleyer. den ell A Ganger a» a video priaducer Martin Brandt featured milt K.ee Jri »v an leaner IWedding Cake ** for it* Moth. wood Theatre” video film aerie* K Milt has begun telecast* „„ ... HQ . . WBKB beaming an early morning le«t pattern In color in preporatiun ol it* Picking up the CM tinted f.withall teteca*«v Saturday . , Mar*hall Fivld* 'ticking w.th WEHH-TV’* Vncle ■—»* ....... ■— ——--* - .. Mi'tletoe on a tri-weekly had* Thom G nil Production* teiepurolling f iraton . . . Marie F.ng- . l « half- Tb«ir*d*v at Motion Picture Cen- . %Ujn a Brady into *Hswkin« Falls 4 , believed to keynetoJRt A » long-rO- Jane M*aU and I le*d Bridge* tL£ Si ported move into Ilf haft applt- ■ ■■■' ■■■■ : ■ ' ' -"*• 1 anre Reid Manufacturer haa lev- el al time* in the pact been reported >ready to launch production of re- fngerator* ctove* and other *o called *htt« goody hut BarnofT* request i« the Ar*t public mention Minnr.polU Oc. I •>' **••«•* *» *”* Four non .<rik.ni Uh.I. at the *KA.gnw * r «<* I.M night 'Tim S h.ll hour »M» Channrl oprruniI ■ vM. lnt.fMlion.1 Brotherhood 0« i pint foil mawbatsb ip meet of the I thi* »eek featured the l ionet t.lectriral Worker* have been 1 bat XCAusIl begin marketing Council slated Hampton cre w. Bar* Naden Ipm , HMarl | r retrained by the di* home air conditioner* on Jan I ' it H i court from jpebetmg red*© ... darnpff pitched the problem ^tn and TV station KSTP or “perform hi* re*eareh engineer* on the COURT BALKS 4 LOCALS IN KSTP PICKETING 1 -ac, and Mend* Mint on the from the Opdl local mien red***] H« m of I hi Mont » »CpMnikpililaU' iBg nam* t»*od* once weekly on healre’ 4 National TV Film Council slated I Hampton crew . , Sara JUdeiv for flct 31 Mill Kramer radio- Hal K. Dawson and Rodnev Bell 1\ writer haa hi* Ar*t boob « featured in upromln* Front Page humorous kerne MMeM*tlrdMlmH ! PMeet i^ ndpw Tetema pro- Frank terra akeddiOg i being published in early December by Pagton-Slade. t War lea Irving. pr«Mlu.ci due for «.i t hs Iw'an h for Tomorrow ? * l**apet\ e*tabli*hed TV ProdiM-ttoo A*yortatew to package other Show* fta v ideo . . . C arl King ha* signed ducey sene* of 13 half-hour vidpi* lav ged '•'THe CHihuahua Kid - to h*- *!i«rt on local nun at Big Bend Te* and in < hthuahua. Memcu 'Salted Mine*’* and ’ Koiuacket* arr first two m “Cowboy 1 Ci-Man 1*1 rug anv unlawful act* of violence ifmiirt it " The court* order which doesn’t mention Radio Technician* l iuon 12lb. whose KSTP member* went on atribe in April. lM®. gBjd now claim they’re locked out hTbmwIle tibe.>ki£!^m : ticlnSW **4#^ Wgf ldiOgMN aia.nsi 1BKW ’gjrmpeihy for CBS’‘ Live Like a Millionatre ** of Telrmount Pic ture* l.ealey »infce rii; ,< .:'. ■CTaedaae Todman oTfice hns wrapped w pilot film tb <>»%*•» siet ena. Bay mood Burr injunction. KSTf attorney* picture recorder u*lng me* pensive Fur * Family Handyman, nhu h J##<| J*b«i Alvin cast ! m-ent- rock throwing epi*od*« rather than Aim Three Itema Bmg Crosby which occurred during demon*!ra ^ u g were ihe •present*’ 4 be . Paul Fierre D o na before the station The court ho p,., , u rerr ^ e from the engineer* The P*dre» mder rule* that only atrlk.ng w%t , yparf hPn(Y when ht cti9 . \ idpir now KSTP employee* can picket, and brM , r% hu Wh anni ln r#d|o '»:*«**' °* t the 1 ^^, int.miida o 0 #naa*ed in diff-icultie* faring RCA researcher* *^ h ETLSST » *" «•">*"« “K »•"> «•» •"•'•T, lor ^ ST —k 11 . Hrirrminr it ih» Plodudum of th« thw.it.m* But. petmanent or dumi**ed odmF^an^ooceive. can ultimately ,| i lift request for the electronic light amplifier was taken to tndl- cale that RCA think* cwnidctable development can still he made in theatre TV. since such an ampliAcr ■ would make po»«ible the projection I of TV picture* in full brightness on anv si/e m reen. in the home or t he- 1 ration of his 4.Vth anni In radio via * special commemorative ceremony held here Inal Thursday <l? k At that time. RCA » research lab* here i were dedicated a* the David SarB- ofT Research Center” and a brcm*e plaque to that effect wa» unveiled. . In addition to the new air-condi- tioner SarnoR also asked hit en- gineer* to develop an electronic || Ugh! amplifier for TV and a video 1 Kew lew F | diiected Fred He and lay Jaekaen narrated WON * Robert F. Blake appointed i hi icily chairman for American Vmeylttmt Borictv Bob Mbepard gdded a* announcer on four show* ■Rpare CaMM,* 4 **PhMM Pbaa r* «• and VA »—yr 4 -, m w,w • ■rnptcu Fnierprise telepk . inked tor role irt Treasurer Kit C a rolling ABC* a TV * 'Super Circus.’ 4 whnh marked it* third anni R u n tot.'* “The* Stand Accused tin wre*IUng on DuMont , "r:;; sr p .^ M zuS&'Zi Gw * w*» - Tv runl) prom am manager *"V .'V2?‘J5* 4 **• IMmiuiri .1 \Bt-TV. 'OM GoM. .. J«Mn Jaefc Hr ok house of W(’*\-TV. ha* purchased a weekly f hicago and Bum Modce* of f«Ma% weather N V '» WPlX. won the Aid award* h an de d out by Sporting News for the top TV baaeball commentators; kr*ley Addy and Bftrbard Purdy on DuMont 4 * “Kllery Queen tomorrow night fThur* », with Lee Bowman starred . . . Margaret Switavan and Bwnald Reagan latest to *sgn for esciusive TV appear ames on CBN “SichliU Playhouse of Stars . . Frieda Fiabbein. N Y literary agent and play lx»»ker. ha* added a TV depart- ment. to be beaded by Orrto Barry-E*rgb Kine Or ■■MWlIBi ’Investigator’ Vreppef on Jatk Mtfry Dan Enright Produc • tmn* will cut a kinescope audition _ .... . ■ - - — - ^ -i ’-Vi.l 1 n um. WNBQ searting Ott 12 ■»«« « ^ ^ —w . ,, 1.1 i nvrt . «"j *»**"•.» "w ; Brtrbhenar WUN TV sport* de* •* rl > n ** t, 0100111 ®* lov ^ atre Sarnoft likened such an in- scriber, ha* been handed the tigaior. atania which wa* on Vrn | low tQ the ih velopmen! of the Sporting New* award for hi* base Mutual a couple d* year* back- loudspeaker for radio, naming It in ball gabbing , Dorsey (mam B-F. bought the right* to the advance the ’’MagnatuC meaning who workv a nightly femme angled outright from Frank Brook big looker t. The presently •how on WMBQ. M ehaping up a w tui had been with the Better Bus- known optical systems cannot ac- daviime rookmg show on the umr Bureau for 30 year*. In- complUh It.’’ he said * Be ran of ‘ ‘ W ry?^ f .. n °*. n eluded in deal were Brock * tie* course, enlarge picture* optically. i?u kiSkoif M I 000 cases of racket* end but in the proce**, light I* lost and WM trwtW*««J»riy t WtnckMil.lly, **rrv h*d th, been the announcer on Brock t MBS airer. picture* become dimmer in stead of brighter. What ia needed la a true amplifier of light Itaetf ’ C onsiderable Interest wa* also aroused in SarnofTs prediction of what the tape recording for TV pic- ture* would do. He envisioned such an instrument for TV to be used much as tape la used now to record music and speech, enabling video pictures to be reproduced in the home, theatre or elsewhere I This invention, too. he named in ad vanre. calling it the “Videograph ’ Such a system he said, would elim- inate the unnecessary hazard* and waste, as well aa unsatisfactory quality, currently found In klne- •cope recording*, in which the TV ( pictures are recorded on Aim. As for the electronic air-condi- tioner. Sarnoff named it the “Elec-1 tronair ** It could operate with tube*, he said, or through the ac- tion of electrons in solids, but should have no moving port* In addition, he said. It should be small, noiseless and inexpensive and should At into any size room. WALTER WINCHELL Memo* of • *IH Fridoy "Your porogroph on Or- ton toon pocked Blue An- C l**. they opplouded (or jr hours . . . he clicked like you soid.“,;'' EARL WILSON N. Y. ROST -Tho hottest new comic oround . . . w HT GARDNER N. Y. HERALD TRIBUNE He looked straight from Horvard yard, whiffle haircut and oil.. • refresh- ing sense of humour • . . the audience wormed up to him immediately.'* DOROTHY KILGALLEN N.Y. JOURNAL AMERICAN "Orson Boon (love that name) is the new comedy find at the Blue Angel. His click there hot the movie moguls studying his screen test." LEE MORTIMER DAILY MIRROR "Orson Bean, a cleon-cut young man with on ex- ceedingly dry delivery and o Fine sense of the lu- dicrous. is on engoging comedian who should thrive." VARIETY I *\ .. Gets o good response from the house , . . Has versatility ond on insou- ciance i thot win friends ond influence bookers." N. Y. DAILY MIRROR Philip Stravvbarq review of Palace Theatre engagemant "Orson toon brings heorty loughs. ; His mimicry of Englishmen is superb." NEW YORRER Whittaker "The masterly Orson Boon may turn out to be the most comicol newcomer of the yeor.' ATLANTA CRACKERS NIX VIDEO; CLAIR GATE DIP Atlanta. Oct 2. Ba-cbail fa,me* pl*yed by Allan te Cracker* at home during 1152 •ea*on will not be televised. Earl Mann, president of Atlanta entry- in Southern Baseball Assn . ha* announced All of lttA games were televised over W ACS A TV. sponsored bv phil- co Cracker management, feeling th.it TV was tutting gate receipts down was on veep* of stopping telecast* of game* then, but de tided to Anivh out their contract. In *ea*on just ended, tt was de- cided to telecast only Ladies Night*’ game*. Tuesday* and Friday*. At- | tendance recap at otM of to tow found crowd* on these nights tut in half, with ticket isle* off 100.000 , fur entire Reason. Crackers iaitked ,. l #«th. ii Corroeffy Ploying > Rofero fagof 00100 # BLUE ANGEL Just C tw ilM o A B Week* VILLAGE VANGUARD li WoMn PHRjp MORRIS PLAYHOUSE