Variety (September 1952)

40 UADIO-TELEVISION Wednesday, September 17, 1952 Television Oiatter New York Ted Lawrence and Marie Moser will preside over "Ben Tucker’s Starlet Revue,” Sid Robbins’ pro- duction which preems on WOR-TV today (Wed.) at 5:15-5:30 p.m. . . . Franklin Heller back at CBS-TV after his loan to the Ford Founda- tion . . . Donald Buka Into CBS- TV’s "Police Story” Friday (19) and also doing "The Chase'* (NBC) and "Grand Central Station” (CBS) on AM this week . . . Janet Kern, teleditor of Chi Herald-American, checked in at the Warwick for .her annual three-week o.o. of Gotham scene . . . Halsey Barrett upped to eastern sales manager for Con- solidated Television Sales . , . Scott Forbes, British actor, fea- tured with Joan Loriny on "Philco TV Playhouse” Sunday (21) . . . Buster Crabbe, who beams over WNBT and WOR-TV, opened a health and swim club in the Hotel Shelton yesterday (Tues.) . . . Bertha Kurtzman upped to opera- tions manager for WJZ-TV Wiliam L. Clark back at WPIX in new post as eastern sales man- ager . , . Frank Pulaski off to Coast to do the heavy in 20th-Fox’s "White Witch Doctor” ,. . Glamour mag has a ’^Television Career Dic- tionary” in October issue, includ- ing pieces on TV's femme brigade . . Dick Cox, of Young & Rubi- cam’s TV department, now with the Army in Europe, reports that malted milk is now popular amopg the Germans, who have developed "cognac malteds” . . . Add moppet notes: Lynn Loring, featured on "Search '‘or Tomorrow,’’ does a "Studio One” stint Monday (22); Cliff Sales doubles this week on "Mama” and "Life Can Be Beauti- ful.” Hollywood Arden Farms paid $1,750 for one-shot showing of Frank Merri- well telepic pilot produced by Tony London, telecast on KLAC- TV . . . Bonn Tatum and Phil Hoffman, KECA-TV toppers, to San Diego for NARTB sessions . . . Dr. Sparling’s RX Thirty angeling Wednesday edition of George Putnam’s news on KTTV . . . "Comedy Cameos” debuted on KTTV, Cameo Curtains bankroll- ing .. . ABC-TV newsman Hank Weaver nabbed role in 20th-Fox’s "Call Me Madam” . . . KTTV manager Dick Moore to Frisco on business . . . "Ricky and the Magie-i Trolley,” puppet strip on KECA-1 TV, shifted to later time slot ... Union Oil picks up tab on K'TLA telecasts of Pasadena Junior League pops concert, David Rose conducting , . . Sears Roebuck re- newed Dude Martin show on KTTV for 52 weeks . . . Fletcher Jones' renewed "Saturday Night Movie” on KTLA for 18 weeks . . . Nina Bara and Ken Manor of ABC-TV’s "Space Patrol” show personal at Westchester Fiesta, Sept. 27 . , . Frank DeVol and his orch bowed off KTTV, Sunklst Premiere Play- house off KTLA . . . Hank Weaver news and George Denny, both on KECA-TV, moved up to earlier time slots . . . Talent and adver- tising agency personnel included in new membership category of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences . . : K'TTV bought 26 "Heart of the City” telepix, series being second run-of "Big Town” . . . Bill Brundige color mikesider for KHJ-TV’s coverage of junior college grid games this fall, with Bill Symes handling play-by-play . . . Thriftimart & Roberts mar- kets renewed "Opinion Please” on KTTV for 13 weeks . . . Nic-L-Sil- -ver Battery inked 39-week pact for Hank Weaver’s KECA-TV news show . . .*Same sponsor is picking up tab on "Call the Coach,” weekly 15-minute show starring Jesse Hill and Red Sanders, UCLA and use football coaches, and a starter last week . . . Bruck’s Olds- mobile and Martin Oldsmobile picking up' tab on Wednesday Night Movies on KTTV for '13 weeks. eniority \jounts WWJ, world’s oldest radio station, celebrates its 32nd Anniversary Naturally, WWJ is proud.of its seniority status in the nation and its own market-^Detroit. The wealth of ' experience acquired through the years continually,serves as^ the guiding influence for WWJ’s pioneering and aggressive programming. This spirit has built for WWJ a loyal audience that responds enthusiastically to the sales * appeals of WWJ advertisers. t. Dorothy Gish at the microphone of the original Deforest transmitter used by WWJ in 1920 . (NATIONAL FIRSTS) flkST radio ttalioit/ August 20,1920 FIRST •/•cf/on returns, August 31, 1920 fUtST radio dancing party, Soptomhor 4,1920 nitST fight rosults, S&ptombor 6, 1920 FIRST vocal concort, Septombor 23,1920 FIRST World Serios scores, October 5, 1920 FIRST church chimes, December, 1921 FIRST symphony concert, February 10,1922 First radio orchestra. May 28, 1922 FIRST radio wedding, June 18,1922 (MICHIGAN FIRSTS) FIRST eyewitness football game, October 2S, 1924 (Mich.-Wisconsin) FIRST eyewitness baseball game, April 19, 192/ (DetroH-Cleveland) FIRST eyewitness boat races, August 2, 1924 0 (Gold Cup) HRST Michigan FM station. May 9, 1941 O THI WORLD’S FIRST RADIO STATION C>WHsd atid Operated by THE DETROIT NEWS AM - M KILOCYCLES - SMI WATTS FM-CHANNEL 2II-S7.1 MEfiACYClEt Owned and Operated by THE DETROIT NEWS Nathnal Repretenfativet: THE OEOROE f, HOLLINGBERY COMfANY c Chicago George Heinemaun, WNBQ pro- gram chief, elected prez. of the Chicago Television Council for up- coming season . . . Added to the WENR-TV sales staff are Charles Dwyer switching over from WENR- AM, and Jack Grosscup from the O. L. Taylor station rep firm . . . Luckey North, WBKB’s distaff gab- ber takes off next week on a leave of absence to plape to Tokyo where she will deliver an iron lung do- nated by Chi citizens. Trip is sponsored by CARE and National Conference of Christian and Jews . . . Friday segs of Jack Drees’ WENR-TV sports^ show tabbed by the Auto Painting Corp. . . . Stephan Fentriss launches moppet- angled news show on WGN-TW Monday (22) . . . Tommy Bartlett and Bob Cunningham, co-hosts on NBC-TV's ^ "Welcome Travelers,” working with four Teleprompters on the afternoon strip . . . Marty O’Shaughnessy’s and Bonnie Web- er’s twice - weekly "Backstage Di- ary” off WBKB to make room for a new kid’s show packaged by Ivan Hill and emceed by Frazier ’Thomas . . . Dan Curtis shifted from the New York NBC film sales crew to the Chi staff . . . Sandra Motors ordered seven weekly quarter hours on WBKB for an "All Star Hit Parade” built around the old^ Soundies . . . P. A. Stark Piano Co. has renewed its weekly ride on Herbie Mintz’s "But Not For- gotten” strip via WNBQ . . . Jack Brickhouse and Harry Creighton will gab a thrice-wqekly sports show on WGN-TV for the Hamm Brewing Co., starting Oct. 8 . . . Hal Smith, Chi NBC-TV promotion manager, heading up the .Get-Out- The-Vote drive among the web’s employees here . .'. Vera Ward bows this week with an afternoon patter show on WBKB, bankrolled by Linco. Bleach . . . Hamilton Watch and International Silver sharing alternate week sponsor- ship on WNB(^J’s "Jewelers Show- case” starting Oct. 8 on WNBQ. pan rrancisco Associated Oil preemed (16) il half-hour filmed telecasts c "Western Football” game of th week on KGO-TV . . . Joe Vei ducci devoting his KPIX "Spori Review” exclusively to football f( next 13 . . . Corinne Grimah shifting her "Toyland Party” froi KRON to KPIX, Sept. 29 . . “Wlnterland Wrestling” again^th highest rating locally produce TVer . . . "Standard Hour” set t beam its newly filmed TV serit on KGO-TV, beginning Oct. 1 . . Ad Schneider, NBC-TV specij events boss, due here to maste: mind the Stanford-Michigan Stal microwaver. Net will spend $2,0C remodeling Stanford stadium ro( for its TV equipment . . , Highl touted Straw Hat Players fiubbe it in their TV premiere on Sain and Sinners annual "Milk Fun Follies,”. KPIX (12). Writing fair; performance anemic . . . Evange-* line Baker celebrated 23d wedding anniversary . . . KGO-TV's Jack Gregory to wed Lois Hart of sta* tion’s traffic dept. . , . Dave Sacks upped to KGO-TV sales manager, relieving Vince Francis who’s served double duty since becom- ing station manager five months ago . . . Audrey Totter, In with her fiance, Dr. Leo Fred, did H radio-TV guestings to plug her "Assignment-Paris” at Orpheum . . . Carmen Cavallaro, pianoing at the Mark, planed to Hollywood two days running to rehearse (12) and perform (13) on "All Star Re- vue.” London "A Hundred Years Old,” com- edy by Serafin and Joaquin Alva- rez Quintero to be prodifced by Douglas Allen on Sunday (21'. Mary Hinton, J. H. Robert, David Ocley, Petra Davies, Kim Peacock and Frederick Piper head the cast .. . Michael Barry and Peter Coates to produce "The Infinite Shoe- black” by Norman MacOwan on Tuesday’(23), with Yvonne Mitchell, Andrew Berwick, Evelyn Roberts and Donald Morley . . . Sam Wana- ' maker, at present appearing in Clifford Odets’ "Winter Journey” at St. James’s Theatre, to fill a solo spot on Sunday (21), with a per- formance of the "New Yorker” story "Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” . . , Kenneth Carter will present "Hit Parade” on Monday (22) . . . Seventh in Vic Oliver’s series "This Is Sho\y Business” on Saturday week (27) will be pro- duced by Bill Ward . : . Guy Rolfe played the lead In Alan Bromly’s production of “Without the Prince” last night (Tues.). London Vidpix i«> ii'iiii Continued from page 33 Also scheduled for early produc- tion is the Sam Marx telepic based on one of A. J. Cronin’s storieji. The producer Is currently on the Continent and returns at the end of this month. The film is expected to start roiling sometime in Octo- ber. Danziger Bros.* ‘Crime Club’ A’ little publicized venture is the plan of the Danziger Bros, to make a series of 39 half-hour features with an Old Bailey background en- titled, "London Crime Club.” This project, is in final stages of prepar- ation and studio work is due to be- gin soon. Among other possibilities is" the possible production of a "Topper” series in London, with Alec Guin- ness Starred. Discussions were opened here earlier In the summer between Bernard L. Schubert and the star, with negotiations continu- ing. In addition to these programs, a number of pilot films have been made here during the past months, but the fate of future series arising remains subject to suitable distrL bution deals being made in the U.S. Although the saving on produc- tion costs is an attractive feature of telefilm making in London, and a conservative estimate is that it results in an economy of 15% to 20% , there is another feature that appeals to American producers. And that is the iKady Fund money. If the product made for American TV can also be sold for theatrical distribution in Britain, the produ- cer gets close to 50% of the gross. For modest productions that might be neatly sufficient to underwrite the cost. Although Hollywood liroducers appear interested in making their TV product in London, they are equally interested in selling to British distribs some telefilms made in America. Several series made in the past year or two are currently being offered at little more than * nominal prices. Philadelphia — Robert "Bob” Horn, WFIL and WFIL-TV disk jockey, has been upped to manager of recorded music for the Phila- delphia Inquirer stations.