Variety (October 1952)

PtSm&fr 38 ttADIO-TEIJBVISION New York Social note: Elaine Carrington's engraved card to all her friends inviting ( them to watch on their TV sets the show she scripted for Robert Montgomery's dramatic se- ries via NBC last week . . . Donald Richards starts a half-hour videS show via WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m. . . . Hubert J. Schinfly, Jr., resigning as director of TV research for 20th-Fox to be- come engineering veepee of Tele- promoter Coro. He’s been a mem- ber o r the Teleprompter board since the company’s inception . . . In honor of G^l Scout Sunday this w<v*k (26), Iteene Wicker de- voted her “Little Lady Party,” aired via DuMont, to the Girl Scouts ar^ their founder, Juliette Low . . . TV scripter Max Ehrlich has sold his second novel, “Soin the Glass Web” (Harper), to Uni- v r 'rsnl- T n1ern n tjon?l • • • Lotte Sta- v‘°Vv f^'Mcrd in tomorrow night’s (Ti-n'V" ) stanza of Ralnh Fe^lsmy’s “Man A" o? nst Crime” via CBS . . . Char’’''-, 3 r o*'*n. ABC-TV nroduc- t’oo e-cec. has so d a tome, “Today’s Television.” to Macmillan; he lec- tured to Long Island teachers con- ference for the web last week . . . Jay Barney on “Captain Video” through Friday (31) . Jean Mor- timer, ABC-TV assistant produc- tion manager, on^leave to serve as advance gal for 'Gov. Stevenson’s telecasts . . . Marion Parsonnet, vidpic producer, left Saturday (25) for 10-day look at lensing poten- tials in Cuba , . . Cort Steen, ABC director, has switched to CBS-TV for “City Hospitals” . . . Bob Dixon, whose “Double C Ranch” has been cancelled by Coke, is planning to package the show on his own as “Melody Canteen.” Bernard Grant doing a featured role in NBC-TV’s “3ig Story” Fri- day (31) . . . Procter & Gamble, via Compton agency, is distribut- ing 250,000 election tally sheets as a public service promotion for its “Fireside Theatre” . . . Piels beer joins Cavalier and General Tire in co - sponsoring WOR - TV’s “Broadway TV Theatre” . . . Script- ers George Foster and Mort Green to lecture a Columbia U. psychol- ogy class on humor, Vic Damone added to lineup on Judy Canova’s Nov. 2 NBC-TV stint . . . Dick Pack, WNBC-WNBT program chief, checked in Monday (27) after month in Europe . . . Bud Gammoud subbing as stage di- rector on WOR-TV’s “Broadway TV Theatre,” due to death of Gerald Savory's wife. John M. Rosenburg, formerly press rep for Western Electric, has joined American Telephone & Telegraph as press rep of the long lines department, which handles television’s interconnecting facili- ties. Rosenburg replaces Dick Holt, who has been transferred to Cincinnati as assistant to the gen- eral manager of the long lines cen- tral area . . . Ralph Goodman, one of Bob Hope’s scripters, has switched to the Jimmy Durante Writing staff . . . Donald H. Quinn, formerly with Benton & Bowles, has joined Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield as head of the radio-TV time buying section. Clarence (Dutch) Alexander has resigned his post as TV chief of Cuba’s Radio Cadena Azul to re- turn to the U. S. and will announce his future plans soon. He was for- merly business manager of the NBC network and later operations chief for DuMont . . . Fifteen-year- old Patti Oneill of the “Mr. Peep- ers” show has a role on NBC’s “Kraft Theatre” next Wednesday (5) . . . Army’s information section preeming the new Army vidfilm series, “The Big Picture,” Friday (3D. New cycle, which is to be made available to stations next month, is titled “A-Day in Korea” . . . Phil Hanna, featured singer on CBS’' “Bride and Groom,” doubling as emcee this week while regular emcee John Nelson vacations. Hollywood Macdonald Carey and Joan Caul- field inked for upcoming “The Hope Chest,” on “Hollywood Open- ig Night,” on NBC-TV, kine to be seen here Nov. 23 . t . Martin Hill, associate producer in John Gue- del’s office, returned from a junket to Frisco . . . Jeff Wade of Geof- frey Wade Ad agency in Chicago, here on biz . . . Children’s Hour, AL MORGAN SHOW with 2% million sales impressions a week!* SEE ON *V.. WLff Television WLW-T WLW-D WLW-C CINCINNATI DAYTON COLUMIUS Solrs Offices CiNCINNAT. 0AYION COlUMBUS Ch CAGO NE.V ''O’lK mOi.uvOOD y.-y.'-yfr "•*> Al’s back and still beating the keyboard In the fascinating windmill style that kept his network ratings riding high! And he’s back pulling an average of 229,533* viewers a day in WLW-Tele- vision’s rich 3-city market. Average weekly ratlng-rCincinnati 14 . 3 * Average weokly rating in all 3 cities 11 . 6 * 3 peak week-days, Tues., Wed., Tiiur. 15 . 4 * Nearest competition, Well established kids’ show 6 . 4 * Competition fades away when A1 moves into the spotlight. Apd there’s further proof of the A1 Morgan magnetism. Thousands tune in specifically to watch his show. Average sets in use preceding % hour show 17 . 3 %* Average sets In use during his show 25 %* let Al Morgan , sing a Song of ^ Sales for you! ARB (American Rmar<?i turtau) <> ■.W-' ' /<•> -• ,v pll II &*.vX semi-pro talent show, debuts on KTTV, with Jack Jacobs writing and “Staging, also narrator . . . Bill Steen, film editor, and Del Schra- der, continuity writer for “The Open Road” on KTTV, took over as emcees while regulars, Lynn Rogers and Bill Burrud, are in Ha- waii . . . Dee jay Alex Cooper teed off new show on KNBH for Brew 102, with Thomas V. Belcher di- recting . . . Miller High Life is sponsoring Elroy Hirsch sports show on KECA . . . Huntz Hall left for Gotham and a guest shot on Milton Berle’s TV show. Phil Har- ris is also set as a guester on the Berl'' stanza . . . Edward L. Koenig joined KECA-TV sales staff as an account exec, ankling Rexall Drug Co. where he had been account exec for company in L. A. office of BBD&O . . . Jack Benny spent the weekend in Cedars of Lebanon hos- pital for his annual checkup . . . Gledhill Dodge Co. picking up the tab on “The Ruggles” over KECA- TV . . . Vic Damone, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Cesar Romero signed as guest- ers on Judy Canova’s Colgate “Comedy Hour” stint on NBC-TV Nov. 2 . . . Barbara Baroness Mac- Lean to femcee new half-hour quiz show. “Second Chance,” produced and packaged by George Carillon, and due to bow locally about Dec. 1 . . . Kingman Moore, formerly TV director for NBC. joined Re- vue Productions as director . . . Homer Canfield, assistant TV pro- gram director in Hollywood for NBC. checks out at end of the month, and post won’t be filled, according to Tom McCray, program director for both AM and TV here for the web. Chicago ,Wi*h the time and a bankroller lined up, packager Jack Page is awaiting the final word from Chi Stadium chieftain Arthur Wirtz on rights to telecast the final period of the Sunday night Black Hawk hockey games, after the first of the year. Time has been cleared on WBKB with Household Finance set to pick up the tab . . . Allis Chal- mers has signed with NBC-TV again to sponsor a special one-shot beaming of the International Live Stock Exposition judging finals . . . WBKB program director Sterling (Red) Quinlan off to Hawaii for a two-week refresher with the Naval Reserve . . . Harvey Lumber Co. checking off WENR-TV’s “Dr. Fixum” homecraftsman show . . . WGN-TV has sold four Sunday Roller Derby games to Mages Stores for Sports, starting Nov. 2. .. . TV scripter John Foreman back at his typewriter after five months in Hines Veterans hospital . . . Glenview Country House has re- pacted WGN-TV’s Saturday after- noon Jack O’Dell’s and Dean Lind- quist’s “Papa Boh” series for another nine weeks . . . Dorsey Connors stays SRO on her nightly chatter session on WNBQ with Dean Milk and Sawyer Biscuit renewing their rides for another cycle . . . Luckey North, WBKB’s femtne gabber, back on duty after a sojourn in Japan . . . Fred- Butcher joined Chi NBC-TV aS broadcast coordinator. San Francisco KGO-TV, picked up Bishop Sheen’s program (26), first time in this area. Last season’s kinnies will be used until Admiral-spon- sored series begins . . . City of Hope telethon was fed here via KPIX with Del Courtney and Tom- my Harris giving local plugs on station breaks . . . Marjorie King returning to KGO-TV with her own “Art As You Like It” once-a-w’eek show . . . Glen and Dorothy Hurl- burt launched a new local musicale, “I Married A Man” on KGO-TV . , . Local TV Academizers held annual supper dance (25) at Vari- ety Club . . . George L. Karski signed with Sterling Television Co. to release 17 film shorts on Cali- fornia, and the West for worldwide Tristntnjtron, • except in seven west- ern States where films are prop- erty of Standard Oil. London Part of George Edwardes in new monthly series “The Passing Show, will be played by Tony Britton. Cast also includes Vanessa Lee, George Moon, Lois Green and Leo Franklyn. Michael Mills handles production .. . Joan Green- wood and Hugh Burden fill leading roles in Harold Clayton’s produc- tion of “Doll’s House” on Tuesday (4) . . . First of the new series of films, “Victory at Sea,” made by NBC was shown last Monday (27). V * I J ew c l uiz Mature starts in Chil- dren s TV on Sunday (2) and serial version of “Huckleberry Finn” on Tues. (4). Jeremy Spenser, Colin Campbell and Orlando Martin are in the cast and program is produced by Vivian Milroy . . . Writer E. Arnot Robertson, and painter Pearl Binder, recently returned from a visit to Russia, were guests in Tele Followups l Continued from page 34 volved around the selection of an International Lady, with Veronica Lake playing the protegee of a French promoter (Marcel Hillaire). Actually, she was an American, a tempestuous lass who had walked off with $930 from her onetime acrobatic partner, a professional Texan, played by Darren McGavin. Latte;', in order to get his coin back, threatened to expose the girl, and in a series of doublecrosses and triple crosses Miss Lake found herself dropped by the promoter but back in love with Tex. It was an amusing story, with some good comic segments, but without thematic point or real characters. This was one of those stock romances where the boy and girl are continually tossing insults at each other when they aren't throwing vases and chairs. It in- cluded a flashy knockdown set-to between McGavin and Miss Lake, ending with him giving her a seat- warming, a rather juvenile bit of cuteness. McGavin’s frequent deri- sive laughter and smirking were also objectionable. Portrayal of the French was narrow and term- ing them “Frogs,” in one instance, revealed a condescending attitude. Despite the script weaknesses, cast did a good job. Miss Lake was topflight as the vixen and McGavin pleased, for the most part, as Tex. Marcel Hillaire did well as the Gal- lic promoter, although his previous “Playhouse” roles, which had greater substance, were better. Dorothee Long, who played Tex’s other babe and who wound up as the beauty queen, was appealing as the sweet ingenue, although a little hesitant .with the accent. Others in the cast were Jack Creley, Jona- than Harris and John Silver as as- sorted Frenchmen—a stooge, a maitre d\ and a- Circus performer. . Production, up. to this airer’s usual standard, was handled by Fred Coe and Gordon Duff, with Delbert Maryi directing. Commer- cials for Goodyear tires were time- ly (get ready for winter) and ef- fective demonstrations. Bril . Fred Waring came up with a better-than-par show on* CBS-TV Sunday night (26) in his offering of a tasteful and well-rounded musical session. Highlights of the show were a number by Helyne Mc- Lain and a' sophisticated folk-song takeoff with pantomime harp- playing by concert comedienne Anna Russell. Miss McLain’s tricky vocal of a Latin number, with rhythm accompaniment, was a fast getaway for the show which slowed down somewhat for a long adaptation of the “Little Red Rid- ing Hood” nursery tale. Latter sequence had two good numbers. “Wishing Cloud” and “Beauty Is In the Heart,” by Frank Warren and Alex Miller, but the adaptation was torn between be- ing a straight juvenile treatment 01 * outright adult spoof. Bob Wright, however, had a good bit as the mother, . and Leonard Ivranendonk. as the woodsman, handled-their vocals excellently. In the juve part, Natalie Truncfy was adequate. Rest of the half-hour session featured Joe Marine’s solo on “Outside of Heaven” and Gordon Goodman’s vocal of “Long Ago And Far Awnv” with standard rich backing by Waring’s organization. Herm. “Leisure and Pleasure” yesterday (28) . . . “Maladie d’Amour” dance satire created for TV by Ronald Boyer and Jeanne Ravel, will be telecast on Friday week (7). N Leon- ard Salzedo wrote the music and Christian Simpson will produce . . . Avril Angers, Helen Clare, Will Kings, Harold ‘ Bcrcns, Dudley Rolph, Jack Wilson and Harry Engleman will star in “Radio Ruffles” produced by Philip Gars- ton Jones, on Wed. (5) . . . Grace Wyndliam Goldie reports on the result of the American presidential elections on Wed. (5). Minneapolis—WTCN disk jockey Sev Widman now broadcasting a ‘Where’s Your Husband?” radio panel show from the Minneapolis Flame nitery three afternoons a week. Women are called out of the audience and panel members guess from yes and no answers where the husbands work. There are prizes for the winners and also for the husbands if they’re present at their places of w’ork or business when Widman telephones them. There's also a $2,000 “mystery husband” prize contest, with clues being given out to help contestants iden- tify the person. ‘Wednesday, October 29, 1952