Variety (October 31, 1951)

FILMS VOL. 184 N*. 8 ilv 4M IH VmI <M mw(. W** TjfJ )• S y ± bf Y •**♦♦* l«r AiummI (IMrrilMiM •»• Stn«l# r*M>i. M ••d ctMB MUf» fHr» P>M UM. •» Um Ml OMf« «t Ml* V«k. S V . m4h Um «rl mt i ifT* ;•••• . .l c«m»WT. mi, tv vaiutt i«k all hiiivio NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31. PRICE 25 CENTS DT THEATRE FOR B'WAY Where CBS Fears to Tread NBCTOTESTNEW Televit * **—» - ° r . row : ro ! l> h ^ out liquor inadvertently spar ro larCA inerM. for wRAcR mIh upbeat of a rhythm it negotiating tt d £** * platter which had already h fiom x hp federal Cwaaiwyday ui that territory I« an Geared to Bh; J Revivalist Push Washington. Oct » ♦—<—— — Paramount Picture* may . lump lg.__L;J B * . DU— trio the breach created by the PlOrOlU DUl d I lUj^ C olumbia Broadcasting System* Atlanta Oct 30 i ».s^n»u>n of^lw t^Mt* t^ Thf u 33 ^ QRl# tn Al rli!!r r«if rnm two M *•** from POUOA l« aae. buy or borrow jT®f" M ' out liquor inadvertently sparked a tales upbeat of a rhythm A blue* negotiattng and l*t • j^j}j*na P 1 which had already had to Ke derai t oirnnunjcati ns diy ln that terrtlnty, In an effort «£t3E tts jsjJSmm £» 'u-.SnA iui wth,n « •"* *•>* hate from it* station KTLA ift Aladdin R»<-urd« dicker\ which Tot »“«0 «UM. r*pom r,n,»»d ! JSmTSP. £ 3U iTSS Uom d “‘"K« *■ «>•« a half interest Its colorcast inf “ f# ’ , • -, v ;~: Ll . would undoubtedly be on a much' - . ^ more limited scale than CBS had! |J _ I* * planned. I\Ul£IOUS I ODS Paramount * decision to push for- a*rd with color followed the con- ^ _ — clave called in Washington last f 1 • J L i A Thursday 25 * by Charles E Wil- Iff ^TPU 10 D ? •on Defense Mobilisation Admin IV ■p | 5 istrator It* aim. according to tele- ; ^ ■ gram* of invitation from Manly Q • |* a [V I Finw-bmin. Defense Production KPVIV/IIIM ■ IlM Administrator, was ‘to discuss the Imvllf UlIM 1 W dfkmbilit> of lUhDrnd him further I development"and prodiiuon of ReUgiw pop music which broke color television equipment.** ***• bestseller lists Last year Kequest from Wilson the week ,r< * continuing as a strong before had led to CM awtirnfling (actor, has built a solid anchor in < olorcasting. Outcome of tip “Youth For Christ 4 * movement meeting indicated Columbia prexv »*» upsurging revivalist group with rrank Stanton may have been toi • iwmbership reported to be over hasty in his action Also that Wil- * million Music industry has noted son may have modified his views »**•< religion© music has caught on , -asrs.'’S- ■«.*. •Continued on page Id* . belt 4 disk artists. Stuart Hamblen. .•.•••: •.> on Columbia Records and Beverly ■ . ni* n j n Shea, for RCA Victor, are linked Irate Uni Header Pits to - Youth For <*** *- During the #loA . . . k past year. Hamblen has come up S K 0 (fir Ad tn IlMAUnre two i!ul religinso numbers “It Is No Secret and ‘ These C- N V ^ P mrinw Things Shall Pass. 4 * both of which IsA n.l. VIHK Mi WHCW be cleffed Working as an itinerant Toledo. Oct. It preacher in the middle and far Though several readers have in west, Hamblen has been drawing the past written letters to the edi- rapacity crowds in local auditort- tur of the Toledo Blade regarding u tbs where he sells copies of his their opinion of the reviews ul tunes Julian Seaman, music critic, none Shea, on the other hand is the u*tU last week ever purchaaed ad< tContinued on page I ft* terming apace for this purpose - - ~ - - -— 2 18-B0NTH SELLOU i FOR Mvriimai department SIM (or i LONDON SOUTH PACIFIC* r * >-cnluroa 25 -inch deep ad. In if advance* demand Is in accu uhirh his ‘ Reply to Julian Sea- rate indication, the London edition man was printod-, JUnehart took of "South Pacific is going to be fcsue with SoMBMi over the review * tougher 'ticket than the Broad ® f the Toledo Symphony Orches way production ever was. Accord tra ronpert in which violinist Car ing to a letter received Monday men lVrcn<n« n was aoloist Mias ihn h« Mm Acklrv a member JIM $10,000,000 TV Payroll in Year "" ■* . ' " i " " ■ >; w Holl y w o od, tKt. 9 d NBC's television impresarios are / JlTy SmwM | In what is t»rubaM> the greatest going into the wudvMlle bu inAs ‘tzM/ C^Vpt man* rure of ila kind in history. open mg a ■ twnqt-da^jf' • house - on. Sarnia Oamal.' the BgVp tisn thousands of Hellywoodll rs are Broadway this fall However. the new because rapidly rocwver in g from pernor urns thev re not mil in . oinuete with the ******** * ,,h hheppsid wt Hiom*c anemia as a result ol a they!* not out to compote with the iting a prnaperuus Tcsan is being «ieadv d*»^e of li<leviLnnuni r Palace or other vaude adjuncts of mUbUImI far nMerv .lands in the JST* 2 . *** of u »eviiamin«. over KtiSi***. Kni In us- th« to**. frtr n * 1 ^'> in ine the |»aat year The cure has bene vhow buMbeys bul to *** £• **** iD S by agent Miles Ingalls She » itted the patienis to the tune of a tre as a testing ground for tele- «*hing $ IJWQ weekly ^ ™ .?"?:£■£' vision personalities and material , ' l -;lt° '“hi IMM and has hien . , ■ . . ... Ingalls is attempting to get her : so rtTective that the ailment s chief A low-scale admission ft-e will » stand In Houston, where her bo) - it mpt—m tirps aralf unemptsnr* be applied to the house in order lo f rien 4 resides men! and Its byproduct, panics eapose the material to all economic j have largely disappeared brackets and segments of potential u .. , , , .. . TV viewers The network s com* • |h II >AA Members of the wioua guilds hou-, in readying lh,.r TV m, l/UI IlClalld Llfb " up ‘ u !*' .,rul but hMir.ll> . 1 . deMgnrd ftim prndurl.on «. lh, M an -NBC Tryout The.lr, ' lot n I ft | ! !^,Vi .. Jr “ f th* potentially promising tnWnt A* Il 77 I AmllAP [ ’! * 'ruuipmrnl aupplirrt who Haw akirtrd th, (ring,!. o( Al Jd/./ vtBMPPg-'.l*'. ,.JS& r ' ' 4 W Wi *•** ***** th, higttm, amt whow ,l.wh in ■ v' : ■ •“**«* m oo th, oe« bonanu trade haan t as yet lelled All such performers falling into this cate- gory will, wherever possible; , he ... _ placed under rontraii b> NBC, ■ i„ .r; > rather than let them fall into other Chicago. Oct 30 . ^ ^ handa once they v# clicked ( hicago )a« operaihmv have , Xode Ot UlMCS UMt ^Jpe Bigelow who hat Nfl Mirllrf ove r the p s u lo i n c . , n *, Xrtw OtaLiSr iPSKSJwgS SJytf h*r;nd..|».UI.Iy t- Dd. StStlOl t Bln Of . (Continued on )'*** ! ^i . cm tise Chicago mtery scene. Ff [ ' jflolpfS MmI IvnfJ " ' ”" v. forts of bo«.>liers, musicians *nd ^ —■n/h ew a rwi ' • 1 imnts have paid off in in , Detroit, Oct 30 Vftlkc T/v A let creased Saloon operations in lyrics of Sweet Violets** lafl^ JIUDS IOC ill creased employment for toilers 4,m1 “I Llet Ideas have been ■ .. and a surefire education program b*o»rd from broadcast by stations • t ^ r # "'mm' rs:'- for * yearling )au audience WWJ end WWJ TV. it was an- Attmen M/>l ess*Lir On the latter score the tutelage ""unoed by Marry Bannister gen- 1 ^ /\llairL ITlCvyfiriV . °( novice night clubbers toward f * ral manager of the statton- PM V Dixie and offbeat )an variations is WWJ TV intrrmpled the playing u ,_ xjgyC arthy'gL ..Ir.m.iy lau* unavoidable considering the fact of "Sweet Violets'* during * tele- M M:g* awy *S* l iZ™***- . there s UiUe else to Hum Addl raat Thursday night < 2 .V uf the y 4 y. Vr;-‘ V if*" tionally pub* ^hich last year found Wayne King Show WWJ TV also 222 ? J bT.^a buainwg rtuggiall with either acts. mufBed the audio on the ’Hu •£S*JZ*?m!FL STUuTTSS com ^ xn ™ ** PiM ’ product hni of I f.et r»inolainiiiv view^n^ll asM-rtTn* rtrum * nUl <roups were tilked into Ideas” Saturday night ' 27 *. In ^^tsir^t booking jan groups more often both cases a placard was used to IwlnSr ,h * fl **' • *“'<* "** ult **<* *• «be audience that "This ln< ident occurr^ne as it P did onlv kre R l, »< saloons Lighted portion of the program is omitted (ivr«ii«^!.w u a.i.on d «»fTiIi Wi “*‘ 4 n,ore whatever success in the interest of good taste ” L*W vtdio code ^admited b v f the W * Federation of j Bannister said the ban hoi been SSTionii SltUv^TV HnJa Musician*, ha* chalked up With it s imposed in accordance with the JSSm .JTc»n,.d,r«l «p 2 t„.l> #v *^ ,or 5 WWT- unfortunate to the trade ^ TT . ’Continued on page « 3 v ) TV in 1547 U attempting to get her f «p effective that the ailment s chief a stand In Houston, where her boy- sym ptoms — largMcslr unempfpy* friend resides. ; 1 ment and Its by produst, panic — j have largely disappeared jm 9 m || )AA | Members of the varoni* guilds Chi Recalls 20s ■ »W television film production on the - m JW : • t oast Owners of independent Ac Un I AmnAC rental studtoa, e qulj m s e w t tuppfWVp /lS JdZZ LlHIIDUo * ,Mi rrn,,,, arms *u»» bs\e ■ ■■ ; caKbed m ,pn the new bonanaa g|# • • Indications are that the average Pt NltPriPC llol<>, * ,ood ® w «ber will And l »51 . Cl ImlClBMl 'Continued on page 51! r Ch*ea*L Ort JO , lam operations have tOdC 01 UllCS IMS >weli«*d ove r th* p ast >>»r to a n . Cl .. » n (Continued on page 16 * Irate Ohio Reader Pays $180 lor Ad to Dcasmce Del. Station's Ban Of ^Violets,* ‘Ideas’ Lyrics CBS Stubs Toe In Detroit Ort 30 The lyric* of “Sweet Violets** d "1 Ot Idea* 4 * have been 8 be a on the other hand, is the i oniinued on ppgp lfM 18-MONTH SELL0U1 FOR LONDON SOUTH PACIFIC 4 miles hart Is f< and worked 4 Mirror Ip N Y Miaa <291 by Mary' Ackley, s member igee. of the bo* off tee staff of the Majes- l. 33 tic. N Y. from s friend in Eng Uae- land, pp a moil ord e r for mats rmer in the sUlls t orchestra I at Drury ■too. Laws, where the Rodgers Hammer op the World aad strip musical opens tomorrow night f. (Thwr l. tickets won t be available National Assn of Radio-TV Broad- 1 ( casters, was considered especially unfortunate to the trade. That the top CBS brass was alao ] shocked by I affaire McCarty was evidenced by reports that ease pro- ducer Mario Lewis, answer lag a phone call that caw to Immediate -1 ly after the show wound, was heard !• to say. “Yes. Mr. Paley.** Miss McCarty has expressed her deepest apologies to CBS, claiming it was i all a mistake and that It won't hap-; pen again. 1 'I Jss Walcstt’s Vasfor Detroit. Oct. 30 . Heavyweight champ Joe Walcott WiU do his Aral vaude date stpee winning the crown with an appear- ance at the Downtown Theatre De- troit. Nov. 4 . In conjunction with * ff ^ t * * * *** 4 * “ ' * *, M.y-.'.'dBdKBL'iil .-.Lid • i . . . 1 ** 4 : mm ypp Muror in N. t. I (Thor I. Uckets wont be available Rinehart brought his criticism of for It mimtbA. Araagan ta Um Hi.dr office. wboPt For the original adilion of the 11 auggeoted that It would be, show, currently In it* third year Printed hi the Letters to the Bdl- at the Majestic. Mias Ackley ro- tor 4 * column without charge. H R! vools that the advance sale is now will give throe OOP day. Bookie Glaser's Asmx i rs that b> Joe I Cerp Jot I Uofff It52 was told at $ 4,300 i day ^ ..m '-jpritrA ■'*. >• A JL--W •V. » *.t?L • •*' 3 pT—**' Ti > UVIKIT HILLS C«Mtry CM. CrrhflM, If IN**- 1-23) Nav. H . NIm H, M. - 24 Say©* O. - as. umm. m. "1 V ChMf. M. LAST MONTHS. U» »*W I Not. N-Sn. Ill