Variety (September 1954)

>*» Wednesday,. September 15, 1954 LITERATI upon his experiences in putting “Gaihe” together. Simon & Schuster sold the Brit- ish rights to "The Journal of Ed- win Carp,” by Richard Haydn* to Hamish .Hamilton Ltd. Magazine Actress In 3-D Nude? Halifax, Eng., Sept. 14. Matty Fox Petitions * . .. Continued from page 1 SjffiiM 1 *ia m * D e™S g a 0 rouSa 0n tt>e pSased^by ^' * > ® e,> «ie_ conyerter end the decoder I of 500,000 decoders installed in the Nelson Doubleday Inc, has been necessary for Subscriber-Vision N. Y. metropolitan area within 18 rmed. as a consolidation of the operation, will be marketed by rfionths of the FCC okay. It’s un- akistbn Co, Inc. and Nelson Skiatron TV at an approximate derstood that, certain extensions Dubleday Inc., to conduct a pub- cost of $15 per unit. Fox’s outfit may be granted in view of the UHF ■ " L ^ - j „,;ii 114 rtavs of slehtsee- w«»uwu«or. ihv., w uuai ui per uiuu. l ujt s uuuii ,in«y uc enameu in view ui uie uni ^hp<F^^]\liss^D^ns ^filni iS& foUowing the ^sum route by lishing, magazine subscription and has been talking with both Westr aspect of the Fox application. Id a?toss ihip, plane, ttain and motor as mail order business m Garden pity, ? rn Union and-the International The Pox licensing agreement. He said it Was necessary to use occasion warrants. While at home . w B go Prettv—But ® u !* ness M ? c . hine °rg with a view which gives Skiatron Electronics & spectacles, supplied with the book, she is Writing a film script and You -n Know More ” memoirs bf 1? the servicing end of the opera- TV 5% of the gross income from to iook at the pictures in it. This Joseph is polishing another of his rJS.. Landis,^ere' pub- H on < A n imPW-tant^manufacturer Subscriber-Vision operations—that made them stand out. ^ _ , many travel books. lished last week in London by W. said to stand ready to produce figures to about 50% of the net— -Are the pictures nude? he was ——“ . . A H. Alien, who also, handles Noel the converter-decoders. also provided for the Fox group to asked. “Practically nude, he .re- Latin Kudos To J. S. Knight . Coward and Gertrude Lawrence The Skiatron TV petition, a 35- spend $300,000 on the processing plied. A solicitor, J, Bastian, point- John S. Knight, president and biogs there, page document, not only presented of the FCC application and the ing to the book, .told tpe magis- editor of the Akron. (O.L Beacon- Center magazine, connected With the case for toil-tv, but also sub- hearings. So far, Fox has laid out r°,. um'u^ « „ rA n . • j ..r.r,.? inaBatinc, wivu uic Laoc 4 .ui wu-tv, uut aisv iiuu- iicauiiBs, ou xcu, uua iidd idiu uut trates*. /These P fiim v J T ° urnal an< * publisher of Knight N. Y. City Center and} edited by milted a number of detailed sur- approximately $160,000 on the pre- known British film star scantily Newspapers.Inc. (Miami Herald, Robert Hatch; begins, its! second V eys to show the public’s willing- liminaries. clad cannot, be ^regarded as any- (Chicago Daily News, and Detroit season with! its current (September/. tn nav for tmn^rinr tv pritpr- «ik oaaaa aaa t . thmtf aTcp hnt*fthspenp.* Trap. Pi*pccV ■’ wiii hp t.Hp first ■ til ■ -i.'.T tt~.... ness to .pay ipr superior tv enter ■ $15,-20,000,000 Investment tainment in the home, Further- A # more, it outlined the results of j N Y has-been Estimated at ao- several public demonstrations of proximatelv $15 000 000 1 to S20 - Subsm_U.er.Vfs .j in N, y. Scrambled Technique of the decoders and advances to against a local shopkeeper. The ship, announced Dr. Alberto Gainza urday Review as* feature editor, has Subscnber-Visioii in N, Y, magistrates \viU give a decision in paz, who published the Buenos resigned to join High Fidelity mag. ‘Scrambled’Technique a month. Aires paper, before its seizureby Gelatt. incidentally* is winding ud ‘Life With Groucho* KniSht? G !?. at > incidentally, is winding up Subscriber - Vision system in- promoters and others wlio’il have Si e oAfiSn 0 Si e fi hoSIJ^n ‘'rpPrtanftinn^■■'■■Si*?volves a “scrambled” image; and to provide the shows at the start. ^ ■ *. ' T;' , . * . ■ v.^v ^ in v ~Z nUCUlUAIlK"CD lllC lULUlltD O , A . ;; • •— ». ,• ^ mi . .. • «vi»«iivu5vo w yxii ,, uut WC1H, AUtU There are disrespectful comments The presentation will be rnade head-writer, '.film producer Buddy steady the picture- There are two . th^ limitations .of tbe Current sys- t_ mai« />U a' Li ivt mai . a nmn nc a* .1 i fl ^ i lU _ . 1 J.mm am /v£- Ah a' . .. ; .. . 1 _ ' _ . r- —- Af Lam -4- a1 1 . Iff . pitpf avm a r 7 a m i f IV' r* - firm has done previously with other SEP biogs such as Bing Crosby and . N. Y. News’ Slick Bally Bob Hope. N.Y. Daily News’ 20th annual ■ ■ ■■■■» Harvest Moon ball at Madison Avon’s Sellout To Dtell-PL Square Garden, sponsored by the Avon Publications sold to Dell tab’s, welfare assbeiation (William Publishing and Pqpular Library H. Fitzinger Jr.,'prez) again was Inc. all of its rights in the three- SRO, and again Ed Sullivan paced *< «• « p . « . jp.il.I * I 1' J- 1_ important pictures.” UHF situation, the FCC is expect-, a common denominator „for the ed to call hearings on subscrip- greatest mass of people.” tion-tv within the next three -Television,” the-Commission months. Considerable opposition was told, “has yet to evolve a sys- to thmr form, of broadcasting is ex- f eill for the distribution of enter- pCcted by the toll-tv interests from tainment competitive with the old- the .regular tv networks and, very e r systems of distribution presently lik#»1v also from film industrv in- « , r PUDiisinng ana rqpuiar uorary n. r uzinger ar./prezi again was ^ continued from page r v: me regular rv neiworKs ana, very er systems of distribution Dresentlv Inc. all of its rights in tlie three- SRO, and again Ed Sullivan paced y—. likely also from film industry in- [ n Way Dell-Popular-Avon racks. Deal a tiptop, pro show m between the €orp„ which planned to install a terests. There’s been no indication officb^ to^ SnDkmPrt? J S also includes Avon’s rights in the sundry contestants, system manufactured by Spencer- wha f position will be taken by n » SUp " two-way Popular and Avon racks . Milton Berlq, Eddie Fisher, Min- Kennedy Labs of Cambridge, Mass. skiatron-TV’s competitors who’ll those now in operation.' embracing floor, wall and counter dy Carson, Eartha Kitt, the Clark Reason , for the election was an necessarily be a part of any hear- Were pay-^s-you-see approved,/ racks which previously were dis- Bros,* Augie & Margo, latter , an Iowa law which provides that any “the. viewer would be Offered pro- tributed through the American unusual .surprise click considering franchise granted by a city couii- ' g^ras. and services which free tv N e ws Co. , .their' relative .unknown, rating m. c ii.hiust be submitted'to .a PbPWlar dofes not now and probably cannot Under terms of. the transaction such fasKdbmpany, participated, referendum. Hassle started when make available,” the petition Avon agreed that no additional Noro. Morales and Ray Bloch or- Diibuaue Citv Council ab- whether it 11 give its blessings to .g ta t e( j “But subscrintion lu will Avon or Eton books are to be chestras officiated for show and subseription-tv per se without go- B ^ r SU i a S f v lp °" or signs are to be displayed bed, not to disappoint, and when vonege, to recommena wmen or ctandarri for toll-tv broadcastine P 1 esent are anogetner inaccessible in any of the racks. Price which Fisher blew his lyrics (twice) ad the competing. systems^ was best. f^fhateveL though different syl f? them / «jvent on that, to mii- Bell and Popular paid for the buy- libbing “I must be in. love,” the Town reported Aug. 2 that the , ana J™ e ^e n ^au&ortaed £%at£ U ° ns ’ top Broadwa y and other out was undisclosed. timehonored voice-from-the-gallery city’s best interests would be tem s may be autnomea in vauous evetits are out of the question for „ —_— was heard, “So marry the girl, served by adoption of the Jerrold economic as well as geographical v K.O.ing Crime Comic Books ^ and sing!” system. City Council promptly re- reasons, and that subscription tv Hundreds of comic books were . ■ . jected the report, and that set off JSSLc a11 ^ se * s could bring this type of attraction put out of circulation at “Operation . Cooks New Tour a hassle that led to the election'. equipped with decoders.- to the home* Costs to the sub- Book Swap” at the Sfark County Gene jCook has ankled Life ef- Milton J. Shapp, president, of N- Y. Paradox scriber would be reasonable, it was Fair at Canton, O., in a project fecfive Oct. 1 to go mto_Jerrold, set up shop in Dubuque Curious aspect of the Fox pe- said. sponsored b y , the , P ub ^ lc i lbra F.y V a P^Y ^ J arid Started three weeks of cam- tition is the situation in. N. Y. The document cited a Skiatron and the mayors advisory, commit- an 11-year hitch with the mag, na i^ n .- nf? pndpfi with vpctpr- w ftB nft tthp trancmittAi- ie mien a oKiation tee. Children were offered the which included sucli^ diversified pa ^ p1 "^ ^ hat ' Shabn said" SrSiL t ®hL Wn. survey .inVolvmg. i,000 question- chance to exchange 10 or more chores as L.A. and Chi bureau ^ y , s u . el ® ct m n - ,. a . pp t sald Smg ] e J ^ HF ,. r 9+lr^ nel mJ? 33 , been naires. It Showed that 93.6% of the crime and horror comics for a chief and in recent years as tv- , agI,an J® d viewers would be willing to pay hard-bound volume of better read- music-nitery-dance-radio editor. chine to win, but he ieceived stiong question that Subscriber-Vision f or events in the home ordinarily ing material. More than 950 reward Cook, who joined Life after leav- support .from tim local newspaper, would be launched in N. Y. H .the unavailable on tv. The largest per- : books were given out, with heavy ing the Chicago Sun as picture ed, the Telegraph-Herald, and from ICC approves toll-tv along the tentage, 83.1%, indicated theV’d demand for “Swiss Family Robin- just completed an assignment fqr several, appliance dealers. He also lines suggested by Fox, this would pay to see a hit Broadwav show on -son” and VAlice in Wonderlaiid.” Vogue shooting “On Your Toes” in set up a demonstration unit for mean that Skiatron TV would have their t.v «srrppn- in/iiAaiAH The more than 12,000 comic books rehearsal. Cook’s one-manner of public viewing. Actually, the elec- to operate from a “fringe” UHF thev’d nav to cap ^fpafnr^ aiv turned in were: torn in/two by Boy photos opens at the N.Y. Camera tion was a preliminary to a final transmitter with enough power to an / ^ 7 % i„fi.A a +A/i s * Scouts. Children had a selection Club next Wednesday (22). referendum. Yesterday’s balloters penetrate the N. Y. metropolitan pdapationAi mterest 1 of some 200 books in the exchange ^,77^.™ bad to vote ‘either “yes” “no,” area. New UHF transmitters with courses. •P lan / t T .. ^ Since the pending question was the 1,000,000 watt power, Will be sssu'f ... 1 . =S5== .l . " a- The committees work against Julia TanSchaikcovering Edi - f ra nchise ofthelocal group. Since brought out by General Electric in if ■ m m .ilifi**" 1 c .?ir lcs v » art ? d Festival for Dutch news- Jerrold pBl i e a » majority of “no" the faU; On the other hand, it’s VftWICft FflSf Pa i!?Jhard Hiihler aliened bv Sat v °tes, the local group is eliminated in the realm of possibility that one their SwssfandsOT’comics deemed: ev™ttto wS^’a yam abou?Jack Undesirable by a Cincinnati comic Palance. cAAnr,H°iw«At ‘jffL- ’? V would he(p it immeasureably, both ;book evaluation group. Most of the Wanda Hale, N; Y, Daily NewjS ^if-t 6 / 10e if ctl0I1 V* h ^r date to j;®. -U 1 { IF ' in prestige and pubwise. Next year .dealers signed pledge cards agree- film critic, to Paris Saturday (11) gf which is to be set soon by Mayor Skiatron and Zenith have been there will theoretically be only one ing to abide by the committee’s on the Liberte... Scheuller. using WOR for test purposes in bi fest W ith Cannes oh tan and 'rules cohcerningjhe comics. John Farrow’s hook, “The Story Dubuque, of course, has no tele- the past* Venice not anowpd tn P v? 4 —— of Thomas More,” will be published vision service. A closed-circuit sys- observers In N. Y. yesterday prizes? It can^^ take Place 2 but SX Beamish’s New Spot Oct. 22 by Sheed & Ward. tem would bring m five different wer « nuzzled bv the suggested Y n li ™ place ^. Ddt 4 no Royd Beamish leaves a top p.r. Lester Lee, is writing a book on stations whose programming in- three-year limitation to UHF in f CC ffi d A n ?.« ta 1 Job with Canadian National Rail- motion picture music, for Decern- eludes shows from all the networks, the Fox Detition It was suggested of tbe hTternation 3 ! Assn, of i^s this month to become assist- her publication by the Hayward . l Prpduc«rs. Then the year after »Ut to the president (Floyd Chal- Press, " ~ ^ FfJFe X emc ^ wlU be the jrizegiver and /ttiers) of Maclean-Hunter Ltd., Tom; Fleming, actor with Gate- ~ ^ a| ^L e .. f’* Cannes the silent partner. Both can j/Toronto. Firm publishes Financial way Theatre; Edinburgh, published GOdSI GlIIIKIC Post (Canadian equivalent of Wall volume of poems, “So That Was -- —«= ■ --- wisn. xiuwcvci, uuui aie sLiu ngnt- St. Journal), where Beamish Spring!” , ■■sssssss 'Continued, from ".page * '■ ■ ' interests also would petition the ing this and next year will tell the forked a while; Maclean's maga- Evelyn Curro s fifth annual .. FCC to get in on the act. Queried s to, r y. “B” fests are being held line. (450,000), Chatelaine, Mayfair, “Americana Calendar,” featuring er it’s UA’s official policy to re- on that point, Fox would merely down to only local prizes but visit- wadian Homes and Gardens and famous old circus wagons, has lease pi regardless. of ‘whether say that the UHF situation l’e- ing scribes usually get ub' a prize ;« trade mags, , some of them cir- been issued by Viking. thqy were made in other countries, quired obvious attention, and that these tnn will frv in h a Ann- ihilated in the U. S. . James Galtori promoted to - “if the answer is yes, we’ll launch toll-tv was the answer he was sug- trolled bv IAP ' i ..Beamish, onetime Toronto Globe holler oj Pines Publications, which a program against them,” Aller gesting to rescue that^ broadcasting TT c fnAlr k- in 'S as 'i ?' ’he joined m 1953. He; was formerly , saW ; He further plans inviting segment from economic disaster: ; So,/-though the U. S. took .it-.in [fe P ' R ’ 0 ‘ Jn Naples ‘ tut ^ ■*%££?* of ^ ortez - Enl<?e acl bank feps to appear before 1 the The VHF statiqns didn’t .need toll- K S I"-.* Council, “since they are active in tv. so badlv: he said. ‘ 1cist of probably be, in the running a 0 ain ^ Reprint rights to Ben Hecht s . , next year with top product, and Buzzing’ the Dick Josephs* autobiography, “A Child of the ^ ? where h thav’1? be them - a - r ,? d f | r .^ ^ ; this year’s bad publicity may wise D^L le 5 travel- editor -.Century-’^ Aller^erfS to’make an Fox’s Vidpix Setup up the intramural ball playing and " Si another ^consideration ^ is background .dodges, a£f put the Sr« n rJ e 5 JSSUfiS there « theoretically be only one » f r test purposes in big ftsst, with Cannes on tap and l v Venice not allowed to give any vvw veuice wm oe me pnzegiver ana wedge, and that—-should pay-as- Cannes the silent partner. Both can you - s e e prove ^successful - T it take place every year if they so .wouldn’t be long before .the VHF wish. However, both are still fight- interests also would petition the ing this and next year will tell the ‘Buzzing;* the Dick Josephs* ,,,^****■“‘6 v»»c auaci»iij> am muiugtoi/t'o'i n riooi - a ., nn ivWare fhAv'ii hA ~ ; inis year s oaa puDiiuny may wise .Esquire travel editor Century” i .(Simon & Schuster), have daal „t 0 Aiier ^A^ to make ah Fox’s Vidpix Setup up the intramural ball playing and ma ^5 Morgan, been .spld to the; New American shot. .. suil another consideration is background dodges, and put the. 0 cionf 1 ^ b ® , h®|' 0 'y n ^ Da y ton - G lbral y* ..., ... a ^ v uforfucHon i<? ’’ He also wants that Fox heads up Motion Pictures fest on as closely a merit level as f V/' Sept. 5, in a garden ceremony, Kurt Singer, who’s written sev- away production is, He also wants Television Business of svndi- Possible However there is no eain- nearby airport seemed to have eral tomes on espionage in the to learn if pix or vidpix are be- C f ■|nnrS«iniTV reiv- S nl ^ ! S S ci l fn up an air armada especially past, turned out ‘‘The Laughton ing filmed abroad on “pretext” of sayingth f^ a l e ^ C ^ n ff el rf w aS ^ |n honor of the event. Miss Mor- Story,” biog- on actor . Charles legitimate basis, but are actually since these are the^stations open meeting ground for film peo- s naren ts* home. ‘ on the Lan eh ton. which Winston is Dub- Aniv evading an agreement not to that, have no network affiliation pie from, all over the world, be a i »vv^#v*yi| j VUI^VVV^ tllb . Ml AUV. UUVUMJ1. y I1UVU V*. }9 observe this was -in honor of Edinburgh Evening . Dispatch with De r Vip groom. review of “Three Coins in the u'P} e Josephs’ are honeymooning Fountain.” open meeting ground for film peo- ple from all over the world, be a fine showcase for ‘foreign distribs and, in general, be a good review- ing stand of the general level of world film production. Venice Fest riinf C i h n W the ba ve much to say regarding the agreed to start operating Sub- will reinstitute its Selection Corn- Coins m the purchase 0 f telefilms by sponsors. scriber-Vision in N. Y. and 10 other mittee next year to^nvite outstand- ^. - i • ir.i' ..h/u i iha i nd niv nnf Atifprpn ann ^Pfttlv trV