New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00010
1963
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Set Tahitian Documentary
N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Jan. 8, IMS • 1}
Halfway between the United
State* and Australia lie* Tahiti,
island of legend and pleasure)
currently in the throes of an eco
nomic revolution. Tourism,
which the native* have accepted
a* a necessity without knowing
why, is the unique newcomer in
vestigated in “Tahiti - Pacific
Cocktail.’’
Ninth in the series of Intertel
documentaries, this television
special will be seen on various
dates in January in more than 20
countries. It is the first produc
tion of the Australian Broadcast
ing Commission in its partnership
with broadcasters in Canada,
Great Britain and the United
States.
A happy amalgam of Polynes
ian, Chinese and European, the
Tahitians comprehend little of
the realities that prompted
France to throw the island open
to the gaze ot the world. But the
emerging changes are varied and
apparent among them. Taxi driv
ers, for example, speak three
languages today of necessity —
English, Tahitian and French.
He’s Amused
The Tahitian is amused when
he sees a film unit setting up in
town, though it is more than like
ly that he was an extra in sever
al of. the big feature films made
there in recent years. He doesn't
know why Marlon Brando and
James Mason should be brought
at great expense to his small,
thirty - seven mile island, but he
has learned there is money in it
for him. The desire for money is
a recent phenomenon, and it is
symptomatic of what the 1960’s
are doing to Tahiti.
Three young citizens are the
focus of this documentary. The
story of Leone, an air hostess on
TAI Jet service, illustrates the
new Tahiti ambitions. The story
of Edgar Tua, a disiUusw-cd sev
enteen, reflects the negativism
creeping into island life; while
the story of Marie Louise, a fif
teen - year - old hotel maid, re
calls the traditional Tahiti of
beach-combing lack of ambition.
Along the route these three fol
low in their daily lives, we meet
government leaders who attack
or defend the French protector
ate system; island philosophers
and businessmen who both wel
come and fear the tourist trade;
OFF BROADWAY JorieRe-
mus, James Earl Jones and
Grayson Hall are three of the
macabre characters in Deric
Washburn’s- “The Love Nest,”
an outrageous comedy opening
Katherine Dunham
Revue At Apollo _
January 9 at the Writer!
Stage. 83 East Fourth Street
Previews began Sunday, Dee
ember 30th.
best drummer in the world.
Irwin C. Watson, the comic,
will act as commentator.
songs and dances for the Brazil
ian Suite and the Samba. Dorothy
Speights and Rose English will
enliven the Calypso and the songs
of the washerwomen, also the
wonderous Ladji and Ms drums—
Miss Dunham considers him the
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TAHIT1AN "BEAUTY — Marie
Louise, a 15 - year - old hotel
maid, details her resistance to
tourists and progress when ” Ta
hiti — Pacific Cocktail” is tele
cast as the newest documen
tary in the Intertel series to be
seen soon on WABC-TV in New
York and other stations of the
Westinghouse Broadcasting
Comapny.
Eartha Elated
Over Audience
With Pope John
By DAVE HEPBURN
Eartha Kitt, looking • radianj-
at the Plaza Hotel, was still
elated over her recent audience
with Pope John 23rd, in Rome.
Eartha who is ape» Catholic,
had the audiepee accompanied
by her husband’s mother, grand
mother, aunt and godmother, all
of whom are staunch Catholics.
The baby was also there for
the ride, making it a situation
at which four generations were
represented.
Last Thursday, Eartha, her
husband, Bill McDonald and the
baby, Kitt, 13 months, were
scrambling for time as they
tried to catch a plane for their
West Coast home. The a petite
“Thursday’s Child” had flown
in to do a smash performance
in the Bonds For Israel bene
fit show at Madison Square Gar-
1 den. Eartha brought the house
, down with her renditions of
Hebrew songs, last Monday.
Business Manager
I Her husband, a handsome man
who was once in real estate but
now is a business manager for
some of his clients (he’s a CPA)
enthusiastically talked about
Eartha’s Command Perform
ance on November 10 for the
Queen of England. Later, he
said, Eartha was equally im
pressive at the Press Ball for
visiting dignitaries in Germany.
“A rest is what Eartha needs
now, more than anything else,"
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“Jumbo” starring Doris Day,
Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante
and Martha Raye and the two-
part holiday stage show will be
gin a fifth week at Radio City
Music Hall on .Thursday, January
Opening with the traditional
pageant of “The Nativity,” being
presented for the 30th consecu
tive year, the stage show also
features the Rockettes, Ballet,
guest artists and Symphony Or
chestra in “Happy Holidays,” a
new revue.
Gets Debbie
Debbie Reynolds has been sign
ed to .star in “Mary, Mary,” the
Warner Bros, motion picture
version of Jean Kerr’s long-run
Broadway comedy hit, it is an
nounced by Jack L. Warner, pre
sident of the film company.
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week. Out every Thursday.
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With completion last week of
principal photography on Stan
ley Kramer’s “It’s A Mad, Mad,
Mad, Mad World,” the produc-j
er-director has moved in a phal
anx of film editors to hew 450,-
000 feet of exposed Ultra Pana-
vision celluloid down to an ap
proximate 21,500 feet for a final
print of four hours running time.
’’It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad
World,” which was before the J
color cameras seven months and *
ten days, will be released in *
Cinerama by United Artists late *
*
next year.
“It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad *
World” stars Spencer Tracy, *
Milton Berie, Sid Caesar, Buddy ★
Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey *
Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Sil- J
vhrs, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan *
Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy <
Provine and Jimmy Durante, J
and Eddie “Rochester” Ander- *
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wit*. shift* in executive functions tive ,ide the
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innounced last week by James C. Hagerty, "will now enable the ex-
lagerty, ABC Vice President in cutlves to pay more attention to
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ate communications between top w«the Planned
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c tinu®.ln ment. Noting that ABC News had
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nent but he will no longer deal
personally with details of day-to- «ud, U nec'<^aS to modify
on air nrA<m.m«
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vill assume responsibilities for ad-
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ninistrative function* and Robert
.ang, vice president for Opera- The unit a7atem- whkh •^rted
some months ago when permanent
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was inaugurated, will now be com-
S nWIMWl pletely adopted. Units will be per-
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manently staffed with a full com-
plement of personnel working un-
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The producer, who will also act
.nr ston 6rMn«ich vw«g«) Ch mm as editor of the program, will have
complete “before the program”
responsibility for content as well
as for the “look” of the program
under his jurisdiction and will be
held entirely responsible for the
program.
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JAMES HAGERTY
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JAMES BALDWIN
in Suadoy Eve., Jan. 6 at 8:30 • Admit.....
"THE NOVELIST AS PLAYWRIGHT
Introduced by Kay Boyle
HALLS FOR HIRE
By DAVE HEPBURN
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A Re-Cap Of The Year .
We are writing this pillar at the end of a year
which has been eventful, and exciting, to say the
least, in the theatrical Industry. Not all the things
we hoped for have happened for Negroes in show
business. But there has been more agitation in the |
field than ever before. This has had two good effects i
-it has awakened the producers and
executives to the knowledge that the
■ Negro performer is aware of his
ability and deserves the right to work.
also brought out some of the in-
equities of racial discrimination in
theater.
The year saw the active fight by
Chuck Gordone and his CENP group I
not only on the meeting floors of the
hepburn unions but also In picket lines around
legitimate theatres in which shows like “Subways
Are Fonfll&sping” had flagrantly refused to give jobs
to Negroes. As a result most of the unions-SAO,
ABTRA and Equity-have adopted anti-discrimina
tion clauses In their contracts. Some of this will be
ineffectual buUwe take the position, at this time,
that every little counts.
Lone Fight
The year also saw the single-handed fight by P.
Jay Sidney, a militant Negro actor, who is despised
but respected by the networks for his unflinching
attitude towards race bias. Sidney fought everybody,
including the State Commission on Human Rights
and made enemies, but his work brought direct
attention to the conscience of the industry.
Consequent on all this furor came the Powell
Committee hearings which further trained the spot
light of publicity on what has been going on ln the
Industry for years. While the producers took the
position that all bias, if any existed, was unin ten-1
Jonal, they were fooling nobody. The position of the
Negro and unfortunate terms in which he is treated
was evident even in the things they said.
A point of evidence was immediately shown in
the denial of the starring role of Diahann Carroll,
soon after she herself appeared at the hearings.
Follow Up
The idea is to follow up these hearings in Janu
ary, if Powell can find the time. But whether he
does or not, certain definite conclusions have been'
Norford as a liaison between producers and actors,!
with the new attitude of the unions, with the
definite stand taken by the networks in demanding)
that producers and suppliers of programs integrate
the Negro more firmly ln the pattern of American
living in their productions.
This year will bring many good changes — not
vital, perhaps, but changes none the less. Legitimate
theater will employ more Negroes, and more Negroes
will be producing their own works. Sammy Davis Jr.
and Damita Jo may end with their own starring
programs. ABC’s employment of Mel <$oode as a
newsman may bling about other such jobs. CBS’
employment of Jimmy Wall as a Stage manager
likewise and NBC has stated to us they are
determined to use more Negro actors. It looks like
Special Unit
Mr. Hagerty also announced the
creation of a special program unit
under executive producer Robert
Quinn, and the institution of a
small unit, directly under Mr. Ha
gerty’s control, known as “Unit
1964.”
The operation, supervised byMr,
Quinn, which will be responsible
for convention and election cover
age, will produce all special pro
grams such as space shots, instant
specials, science specials and or
bits.
THEY ALL AGREE
ON JACKIE FILM
It isn’t often that the Demo
crat* and Republication sin Con
gress can agree on anything,
but they did reach a rare show
of unanimity an the new mo
tion picture, “Jacqueline Ken
nedy’s Aslan Journey,” which
opened on Christmas Day at
the Astor, Trans-Lux 85th Street
and other major theatre* in the
Greater New York area as a
United Artist* “Premiere Show
case” attraction with “Tara*
Bulba.”
The film Mghltgbttag Mr*.
Kennedy’* visit to India and
Pakistan In the spring of 1962
was made for the United States
Information Agehey, which
generally restricts the showing
of its movies to foreign aud
ience* only.
However, after members ot
Congress, including members
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, attended an official
preview of the film, they urged
the US1A to make the movie
available to the American pub
lic. The agreement was bi
partisan.
established, and with the formation of SPACE, a
new militant group of actors, there is every indica
tion of more changes to come.
J
On the positive side we saw definite moves being I Sue, a cook b Manhattan, is
made by the SCHR with the appointment of George )p<*«id^nt of
annual “Entertainer Of The
Year” award. Presented to the
performer showing the greatest
achievement during the «year,
the coveted CUE laurel for 1962
went to Zero Mostel for his hil
arious doings in the hit Broad-
way musical, “A Funny Thing
Happened to Me On The Way
To The Forum.” Miss Carroll,
rave - winning star of another
hit musical, “No Strings,” won
the CUE award in 1961.
Village Gate
Goes Weekends
Fop 2 Months
The basket* were loaded with
all kinds of goodie* Including a
capon, sugar, potatoes, candy,.
nuts and rice. The tickets were (
given out through five churches. ,
The donation was arranged by
John Matthews, temporary pres-
dent of the AID. The models of1
the Ena Lindo agency helped ln
presenting the baskets, under di
rection of the Rev. Father Moon
ey of the Center.
The AID Is the liquor indus
try’s effort to do civic and so
cial work in the Harlem area,
being aware of the large sums!
of money spent by the consum
ers of this area, in the retail’
and wholesale liquor industry.
Art D’Lugoff’s Village Gate has
adopted a weekend - only policy
for the months of January and
<?
February.
Opening Friday at the club, kF
cated at Thompson and Bleekep
Streets in the Village, are the-
Horace Sliver Quintet, the Clark
Terry Quintet and comedian Lei'
Maxwell. •
Terry an4 his group leave aft,-
er two weeks. They’ll be replac-’
ed by vocalist Chris Connor and
#
the Ronnie Ball Trio.
!
White Label
DEWARS
The club resumes Its nightly,
policy on March 7 with Leon
x
Bibb. ...
More Theatre News
And TV News >
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Roy Haynes receives plaque
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