Variety (May 1952)

28 TV-ntMS May 28 , 1953 Hollywood, May 27. 4 Local 47’s dander is up 47 ways *nd the Coast wing of American Federation ’ of Musicians wants to I haul down the red dag that has been waved at them by television producers. It has been a source of much annoyance to the union that video packagers have moved off the continent to record music tracks but nothing,could be done'about it where no member was involved. Last week Phil Fisher, vcepee of the local, got wind of a project by CBS to assemble in France a library 'of music for teevee and which reportedly involved Lud ’ Giuskin, the net’s music director in Hollywood. Maestro wajs called on the carpet and told point-blank , that if he engaged in such an “un- friendly act*’ he could he liable to expulsion from the union. If there was .such a project in his annual pilgrimage' to France this summer he has dismissed it and promised that his European trek would he pprely sabbatical. . ! 1 Aroused by the growing^ practice of recording iu'MexIco, France arid England,' Fisher urged the • board of local 47. to enter a strong protest to the federation So punitive action may be taken against offending .members of the*union. Expulsion ^ jfrom the union has been strongly recommended against any. member who “aids or abets*’ in the record- ing of foreign music tracks. Pre- vious infractions, when caught up with, resulted in stiff fines and tem- porary suspension. ..Fisher,and Local 47 are aware that another network “loaded up.” on foreign music track but were powerless to prevent it Saving on or t-of-country recordings is said to be half of the domestic s.cale for the same jobs, - . ’ AFM Coast local had indicated that the 5% tap on live musjc for telefilms might well be rescinded if the union is assured by TV pro- ducers that no more foreign music tracks would be used. Opening wedge in such a show of good faith may be elimination of the Welfare Fund bite on telefilmed commer- clals. This is expected to be 1 re- solved next Monday (2) when top- pers of 47 meet with the executive board pf AFM here prior to the un- ion’s annual convention in Santa Barbara one week later. xucr USED IN FEATURE FILM - Hollywood, May 27. j . Desilu Productions has begun'' shooting interlocking sequences of theatrical film based on “I Love Lucy,” arid in precedcrttal move?, which will' probably be watched closely by both TV and pix indus- try, plans to include negatives of two or three video shows already televiewed, hv the film. It* would be first, time negative shot for and seen on 1 TV would be seen thea- trically. Desilu spokesman says payoff to guilds where necessary for using • negative theatrically is planned. * Jess Oppenheimer is handling production reins of film, as he does on “Lucy,”'and Edward Sedgwick is directing the opening and clos- ing. sequences, middle shots and bridges, Cleveland—William P. Dix,. Jr., former assistant sales manager WCBS, has been named sales man- ager of WTAM;. according to Ham- ilton -Shea, WTAM-WNBK general manager.' Before joining WCBS,' Dix had been with the Katz Agency and with ABC. Sees U S. Market ‘Fabiola’ Stressed There’s no reason why the mass American market won’t accept a foreign*film dubbed in English, ac- cording to Harold Sugarman, for- merly an exec with the internation- al departments of Universal, Unit- ed Artists and Paramount. Eng- lish dubbing, he asserted in New York this week, made the Italian spectacle, “Fabiola,” a b.o. g suepess, •while the Lippert organization ’also did well with a dubbed version of “S. O. S. Submarine,” an Italian documentary; Dubbed pix have a double mar- ket in that they have both a thea- tre and TV potential. Sugarman pointed out. . Of course, Sugarman added, art house patronage, accustomed. to hearing Fernandel speak in his na- tive French or. Anna Magnani in Italian, would likely reject dub- bing. But the commercial theatre trade, which seldom sees a foreign picture, will readily accept dub- bing, as have French, Italian,. Span- ish and German audiences for more than 20 .years. Hollywood , prod- uct, he noted, inyariably is dubbed for distribution abroad. Another exponent of dubbing is Jean Goldwurm, foreign film dis- tributor and associated with George Schwartz in operating several, N.Y. art houses. In his * opinion It’s merely a question of educating the public to accept dubbed pictures. UNITED WORLD FILMS SETS’FIGHTING MAN’ Universal subsid, United World Films, gets under -way with its pro- , gram of film production for tele- vision at the U studio on June 2. First project will be a series of 26-minute pix .titled “lighting Man/’ with George Blaire , direct- ing, and with Mort Thompson and .Cliff Clark in the top roles, Mal- colm Stuart Boylan will supervise production. It’s stressed that the TV. opera- tion will he ..entirely apart from the company!s 'standard, pic production, and that ho U name players will be employed. However, U’s regular studio facilities will .be used. Four other series of programs will'be leased this, summer,, two of which will be supervised by Boy- lan and the other two by Richard Sanville. Lesser,P oe Distrib New ‘Saint’ Series * Hollywood, May-27, Leslie Charteris’ character. The Saint, will return to the screen under a new deal signed by the novelist and producer Julian Les- ser for a series of six films. Series will tee off- in London this summer with “Target for the Saint:” Lesser’s deal calls for t\yo..films annually for the next three.yeats. EKO produced eight “Sahn” p,rjt several years ago, with Ldufs Hay- ward, George Sanders .^n’d Torn Conway handling the title'role-at different times. Lesser will cast:ttm film shortly. y ; <; Films in Production as of Friday* May 23 m SAG Residual Gripe Threat to Vidpix As Strike Looms on Coast « Hollywood, May 27. Screen Actors Guild, has served notice that it will strike against the Alliance of Television Film Pro- ducers if its demands for residual rights for actors are not met in current negotiations for a new con- tract. Such a walkout could para- lyze vldfilm productions here. In conformity with the Taft- Hartley act, the SAG served the ATFP with a 60-day strike notice, which pav&s the way legally for a strike a month after the current pact expires June 24. It’s under- stood that the Guild and producers are in general agreement on mini- mums, but are far apart on the thorny subject of residuals. SAG is adamant for reissue coin, but the producers claim this is not eco- nomically feasible. Kaufinan, Axed by Snader, Joins Wilder in TV Firm Hollywood, May '27. Reuben Kauffman, ousted as prexy of Snader fifales, is joining with W. Lee Wilder in forming a new television production-distribu- tion company, and is Setting up sales offices in Chicago and N, Y. Kaufman early last week handed in his resignation as Snader proxy, but the board of directors refused to accept it, and terminated his working arrangement. Owner of 25To of stock, he’s still on the board, but Louis D. Snader said the board meeting will be called within two weeks to remove Kauf- man from the position. Kaufman’s new company plans 16-minute comedy series, “Gal- lagher’s Travels;” 15-minute fairy tales, “Adventures in- Storvlnnd ” and a series tagged “Musical Americana.” ARROW PRODUCTIONS . a XTTV Studios, Bollywood "Kama* of thi junhi'' 2e hail. hour junglo advtnturo telepix series bo- ffin shooting JMfcy ai, Producers: Horry- S. Rothschild, Leon Froittkess. Film Frojucer: Rudolph Flothow Director: Wolly Fox ATHENA PRODUCTIONS, INC. ' Californio Studios: Hollywood Three series of 13 chapter plays each "SON OP ROSIN HOOD" skedded to be- ffin Shootinff latter pert of June. Producer-director: Clifford San/orth Associate producer:' Al Westen Assistant director: -Nate Barraffer Writer: Howard .Laurence Field BREAKSTON-STAHL PRODS. General Service Studioi: .Hollywood "SAFARI' BILL" series of 26 half hour telepix to beffln, shootinff June IS; Loca- tion shots to be Aimed in British East Martha Hyer heads oast, parts to fill. Producer-director: Breakston-Stahl Associate producer: Irene Breakatoir Technical executive: John R, Carter WILLIAM F. BROIDY ,PRdDS. Sunset Studios, Hollywood , “The Phantom Pirate" series of half hour adventure teleplx now shootinff ex- teriors at Catalina Island. Robert Stack heads cast with parts to fill. Executive producer: William F. Broidy. Producer: Wesley Barry Associate producers: Bob Bailey, Hugh Klnff Director: Frank McDonald ATM" series June 1. Assistant Director: Joe Boyle Production Sup,: Raoul Paffel FRANK FERRIN PRODUCTIONS 632ft^un*et Blvd., Hollywood N Caftinff: Virginia Maxxuca "SMILIN' ID'S ©AN©" series now shoot- inff. Ed McConneU, Nino-Marcel head cast. Ptoducer-director: Frahk Ferrin Associate .producer: Ralph Ferrin Assistant director: Don Olsen Charles Farrell and Gale Storpl head ckst. Philip Morris sponsors. Producer: Hal Roach Director: Hal Yates FILMCRAFT PRODS. 8451 Melrose, Hollywood ORO.UcHO MARX starred in 30 half-hour audience participation film productions, to be made once a week 4or NBC. DeSoto- Plymouth sponsorinff. "THE ■ICKKkSONl" series of 3d. half hour comedy teleplx to beffln shootinff May 2*. Phil Rapp Is writer-director. Producer: John Guedel Film producer: I. Llndenbaum . Directors: Bob Dwan, Bernle Smith FLYING A PRODUCTIONS 6920 Sunset Blvd., .Hollywood . "ANNIE OAKLEY" hew series of 62 half-hour 1 videoaters befflns shootinff April 22, Gail Davis. Billy Gray head cast. Parts to All. Producer: Louis Gray . Director: Wallace Fox JACK CHERTOK PRODS. General Service Studios, Hollywood "LONE RANGER" half hour series Of 62 videoaters now shootinff. John Hart, Jay Silverheels set leads. Producer: Jack Chcrtok Associate Producer: Harry Poppe. COURNEYA PRODUCTIONS United Producers Studio Shootinff “Noah Beery, Jr. Adventure Series/' 26 l3*mlnute teleplx. Cast: Noah Beery, Jr., Ann Savllle. Jack Harris, Norma Fenton. Producer-director: Jerry Courneya Supervising film editor; Jimmy Moore BING CROSBY ENTERPRISES RKO-Pathe. Culver City Shooting "REBOUND" series of half hour adult dramas sponsored by Packard Motor Car Corp. Executive producer: Basil Grlllo Producer: Bernard Girard Director: B. Girard Half hour series of adult drama films i for "CROWN THEATRE" shooting. ] Producers: Richard Dorso. Bernard Girard, DESILU PRODS.,- INC. General Service Studios, Hollywood I LOVE LUCY" half-hour comedy sc- rlcs for CBS-TV, sponsored by Philip Morris. Shoots to June. Dts * Arnax; set leads with William Frawley, Vivian Vance in support. No parts to fill. Producer: Jess Oppenheimer Director: Marc Daniels Writers: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carrol] GROSS-KRASNE, INC. General Service Studios: Hollywood Now Shooting "Rl© TOWN" series of 26 half hour teleplx sponsored by Lever Brothers. Patrick McVey and Jane Nigh set leads. Producers: Jack J. Gross and Philip N. Krasne Director: E. A. Dupont. JOHN GUEDEl/PRODS, 600 Taft Bldg.. Hollywood Art Llnkletter starring in a series of 104 15-minute vidpix titled "LINKLETTER AND THE KIDS." Producer-director: Maxwell Shano' Associate producer: Irvin Atkins 1 ■ i HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION SERVICE Republic Studios. North Hollywood ^"COMMANDO CODY-SKY MARSHAL OF THE UNIVERSE" series of 39 half- hour scientiflctlon tclepix now shooting. Judd Holdren, Aline Towno head cast with William Schallert in support. Producer: Franklin Adreon Director: Fred Brannon REVUE PRODUCTIONS Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood t- Half-hour series - of adult draimx tel* pix now shooting for Xevue Prodff, : " Producer: Revue Production* • Director: Richard Irving, Norman Llpyd. HAL ROACH PRODUCTIONS Hal Roach Studios: Culver City • "AMOS 'N' ANDY", series of character comedy teleplx* now shooting. Sponsored by Blatx Beer for CBS-TV. • - • Cast: Tim Moore, Spencer Williams, Alvin Childress, Ernestine Wade, Johnny Lite, Horace Stewart. Supervisors:' Freeman Gosdeny 'Charles Correll, Sidney Van Xeuren 1 ' ' • Director: Charles Barton' Production executive: James Fonda Assistant director: Emmett Emerson . Series of full hour dramatic shows, each in four segments, with Fay Baintec, as continuing star of series, now shooting. Executive producer: Hal E. Roach Producer: Gayle -Gitterman ROY ROGERS^ PRODUCTIONS Goldwyn Studio. Hollywood ROY ROOERS resumes shooting oater teleplx June 4. Vidpix are half-hour *ach : , Roy Rogers, Dale Evans .topline, Pat Brady in support. General western pv*ts to fill. Sponsored by General F.oods for NBC-TV. Producer: Roy Rogers Associate producer: Jack Lacey Director: Bob Walker SCREEN GEMS 1302 N. GoWer, Hollywood SAMUEL MORSE" naif-hour drama shooting for DuPont's -"CAVALCADE OF AMERICA" series. ’ Producer-director: Jules Brickcn Assistant director: Eddie Seat* SCREEN TELEVIDEO PRODS. Eaelc Lion. Studio*. Hollywood "Sljy5„™ 1 EATM" "CAVALCADE OF AMERICA" scries of half hour drama teleplx shooting resumes end of May. Producer: Gil Ralston DONLEVY CORP. stu dros. North Hollywood DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT" half- hour adventure scries starring Brian Donlevy shooting two films a week, 32 to bo shot to June. Producer: Harold E. Knox. Director: Bill Karn JDOUGFAIR CORP. 666 N. Robertson Blvd.: Hollywood June 0 on "TERRY AND THE PIRATES" 26 half-hour adven- ture telepix. C Tv\,«,? h ni Ba . cr 'o Mar i B^ncbard, William p.-niw 5 !’.. Saunders, Jack Kxuacben. Producer: Dougfalr Corp. Director: Dick Irving. JERRY FAIRBANKS 6052 Sunset Blvd.. Hollywood Resume shooting "HOLLYWOOD' 1 TH8- HOUR GLASS PRODS. 6525 Sunset: Hollywood Shooting "MAN OF TOMORROW" series of 15-minute telepix. Producer: Wanda Tuchock Director: George deNormand LANCER .PRODUCTIONS ' tk«: Culver City "THOSE WERE THE DAYS" half hour telepix scries now shooting. Producers: Bernard Girard. Richard Dorso. "CORNY JOHNSON" series of half hour comedy pjx now shooting. Producer-director: Bernard Girard < EDWARD LEWIS PRCDS. Motion Picture Center. Hollywood Series of 52 vidpix. "THE AFFAIRS OF CHINA SMITH" roll In June. Dan Duryea starred. Produce!’: Edward Lewis Production manager: William Stevens PHILLIPS LORD PRODS. Produce/ &gJ 5 To r rd' la - °° W Director: Lew Landers ROLAND REED PRODS. Hal Roach Studios: Culver City -.ft 6l ? + 00t l?* "BEULAH" scries of 30- minute situation comedies. n,;K V Lo ^ C v..?, eRV * 1 ‘5.' Ernlc Whitman, f™- D avid Bruce, Jano Frazee, Stuffy Singer. Producer: Tom McKnight Director: Abby Berlin "MY LITTLE MARGIE" series of half hour comedy telcpix now shooting, SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS #„»?2lL5S ach st udlos, Culver City* , r £ ck BT SQUAD" series resume snooting half hour teleplx scries June 2. Producer: Hal Roach, Jr.; Carroll Case Director: Jim Tinling SNADER TELESCRIPTIONS 177 S. Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills Resume shooting telescrlptions featur- ing different artists each week June. Producer: Louis D. Snader ADRIAN WEISS 'PRODS. , .055 N. Fairfax; Hollywood . KENNEDY-CRIMINOLOG1ST" naif hour scries of second 13 adventure teleplx shooting to June 12. Ca ^ t: w?i nald Sydney Mason, Lewis G. Wilson set leads with general parts to do cast. Producer-director: Adrian Weiss Assistant director: Bob Farfan FRANK WISBAR PRODS. Studios: Hollywood hour ™ EATRE “ series of half * July 7 adult dlamas resume shooting in Producer-director: Frank Wisbar Associate producer: Sidney Smith WRATHER TELEVISON PRODS., INC. "BOss lf °L r ^nvi? tUdjio , s * Plywood , LADY" series of half hour r°^? S r lca comedies now shooting. Cast: Lynn Bari. Glenn Lahgan, Richard 'Nicholas Joy. ' ZIV TV ' *» > >. ■ CHhtdn St.» Hollvwdc/d' Four In UNEXPECTED" scries of half- hour tclepix shoot In May. Seven "CISCO KID" half-hour tclenix scheduled for May shooting. D beyMkrtff 1 Laudrcs * Eddi * Davis. So- Another entr^ into the televM«„ film ’distribution business^ was se t thta week, VtUn Producers sentatives^oi N. Y., headed by mg Lesser and Seymour Poe in eorporated Major TV Productions" &c. Maurie breshim has S named sales manager for the firm r W 1 U °Pe&te from Rocked feUer ..Center N w Y„ w^th Coast headquarters, to be established at the HKO-Pathe ^tudios in Culver ^Signed as head of the ylrieo,,distrib branch of KLAC-TV^LosVArigeles station, to; join the new.company, will also establish branch offices in Chicago and Atlanta. MTP gbes into business with four features, 'each of, which car- ried an original negative cost of ap- proximately $1,000,000. • These in- clude “Our Town,” “The Red House,” “That TJncertain Feeling” and .“Three’s, a Family.”. In addi- tion, the outfit -has nine Bobby Breen shorts for TV release, and 14 western features starring Rich- ard Arlen, Ricardo Cortez, Paul KteUy or George O’Brien. For films made ^Specially for TV, MTP has Itfs a {Sinall : World”- a. series of 26 half-hour .shows, filmed by Bur- ton Holmcstj. arid another series of 2$ “Thrilling iBiblq Dramas,” pro- duced . by* Cathedral Releasing Or- ganization. ' ‘ j /Fl0WrYrtrk ' •.:BterHng; .)I*yden' inked by Haf- ner-Halperin as star of the upcom- ing “Kerry Drake” vidfilm series. He’s to do 26'half-hour shows yearly.. . Max Gllforfi, special coun- sel' fo^ bftitibhal ' Society of TV Producers in • Hollywood, slated to discuss '“TV* Films-—^the New Con- gressional Racket” at the National TV Film Council luncheon today (Wed,), at the*- Hotel. Warwick... Jay Jostyn,' radio-TV’s “Mr. D.A.,” inked to play Abraliam Lincoln in “Let It Be Done,” first, in a series of "Hand and Seal” TV films being produced in N.Y. by Raush-Starr Productions .David R, Williams lias resigned as ‘ an account exec with United TV Programs... Ted Baldwin,. Inc.,, indie TV film distrib outfit, has signed to handle product of Film Vision Corp., Specialty TV Filjns and Explorers Pictures Corp. Hollywood Charles Winninger has lead in Bing Crosby Enterprises’ new vid- pix series, “Those Were the Days” . . . John Agar in “The Next to Crash,” “Fireside Theatre” telepic rolling *at Eagle-Lion studios . - • Mrs., Pat . McVey joins hubby in cast Of “Big'Yown” . . . Billy Gray f H, set for role in “Annie Oakley . . . Pilot of Judy Canova Show be- ing • sent to NBC-TV toppers in N. Y. . . . Six more “Rebound telepix roll beginning June y, BCE v.p. Basil Grlllo reports . - . Bob .Stack starrer, “The Phantom Pirate,” shooting at Catalina, Frank McDonald directing for Bill Broidy . . . Gale Storm signed to star with Charles Farrell in My Little Margie,” summer replace- ment for “I Love Lucy.” VidP^ series now rolling at Hal Roacn studios . .• . Don Sharpe gabbing with NBC execs in Gotham on Tv plans for Dougfair Corp.. . . . Deal for 13 “Double Play” vidpix, with Leo Durochcr. and Laraine Day, closed by KNBH, which optioned 13 more . . . Al Simon Productions shooting Joan Davis show at Gen- eral Service studios . . . Stephen Lord sold yarn, “Dial H-e-a-v-e*n, to TeeVee Co.'. . . “Thomas Jeffer- son,” for DuPont's “Cavalcade ol America” series, shot by Scieen Gems, • with Barbara Wooden, Brandon Rhodes* Raymond Green- leaf, Don Randolph and John Hamilton in cast . . - Ftita J°Ur»s has femme lead in BCEs Ti Good Turn” . . . Roland Reed Pi? ductions shooting five more R dC J Jones, Space Ranger” tele Pj. x lcrtn the Roach lot. with Warren Wilson scripting \ . . Michael Luciano s s, film editor on three mm* ,r,Ci2alg Kennedy^ ,Criminology • .Vidpix, gunned,by^ Adrian Weiss » .KT-TV studips, with. Donald ^ooas starring, - - , . - ^ 1 l ■ 1 * J . 1 t t i Salt Lake City—Eugene Jeles- nik, musical director of KUYL a KDYL-TV here, conducted pop concert Friday (23) at U. of Uta