New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00958

16 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat., Nov. 9, 196; I Atlanta Killed The Show In The Wings Do You win« O' the National Academy ot Television Arte and 35EE5EjE“555553y kih’-, title of the play by Arnold Sciences, Monday last week, was a shot heard around Pfri for ,hr CBS »*r4*’ "E*st all the TV offices. Brought together by George Norford, consultant to the State Commission for Human Debut. At Met t. to ... - . Superb performances were glv- BfC#UM „ featured Negroes. Rights, the group of panelists, among whom we were * ■R "f 1 . .. »_rk nt T{ Lack OI lime ■pparTn; . „ „ . ly Tibera’ Atlanta said "Kilt en by a fine case Richard Tuck- ihana Sands and James Earl honored to be included, discussed the cr. Robert Merril. Paul Schof Jon- - >» »UrriM roles, w«d; subjeCt of We Negro and television. Her, Rita Go?r. Gabor Carrtli. ? Har,?ra „ , Robrrt Nagy and especially Rai ,he production!” Kenneth Bag- Because Of lack of time the Subject general manager of WAGA- was nof discussed in denth in the wav na Kabaivanska. Occasionally, alSCUSSea in aepui in me way Atlanta-, c«s outlet ex- 8S lliu Gorr had trouble reaching rv and holding her high (ones Sing- plaining the statiOn s reasons for really needs to be. What we touched ing lesser roles were Justino Dtar no( ghowing the episode, said that was just the surface Of a tough and ^a^Tnot an easvl^ *»anwemeot felt that the almost tosoluble problem . how to fot®. opera to stage and at times the to good race relations in Atlanta.” grate the Negro fully in TV Without acting left much to be deserved.; lt Is with tongue In cheek that antagonizing the segregationist and but 3 stunning impset. Crcoit for ippryi *Ki»pknut* that belongs to the conductor. \egro predominance in the pro- The line-up of panelists included George Fowler, ' Chairman of SCHR, Jackie Robinson,* Whitney Young Gerrge Solti, whose guidance and duetion. disciplined control made this an By n0 manner of means could of the Urban League and yours truly, with Donald £ Oonaway. of AFTRA, Ed Friendly, VP of NBC, Harold Zhe«a """T we suWest that they used !he scaring the hell out of the sponsors. Don Carlo is not an «asy*program ‘would be detrimental' 4 HEPBURN _ ““ gs,r. r. . of this - - !turbi Philharmonic Hall. Jose Iturbi; Pr°Rram: Last Wednesday evening at} Two other works completed Falla's “Nights -< 'n the Cardens of Spain” and in Blur- appeared .n the dual role of .u j pianist and conductor. Whether it was th? y uth f th The American Symphony Or orchestra or the exuberance ot chestra was reduced in site for the music is difficult to pin paint, the opening number, Moxart's but the orchestra seemed to syn- "Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Ma- copate some of the passages m JOT". ‘What wsuited was a fine the Rhapsody a little more than -blending of strings and winds, is generally heard, clsion. and Mr. Iturbi’a playing flitting Mr. Iturbi conducted and in and out of the total musical played the entire program with- ” sound with a finely balanced pre- out a score. He has not lost any of the bounce and vigor or me- The Liszt “Concerto No. I in ticulousness in playing that have E flat” is always a show-stopper endeared him to audiences for and Mr. Rurbi's playing cap- years. He played several encores tured all the grandeur and poetic and at the end the orchestra ap- majesty of the music. If any- plauded him. It was one of those thing he seemed to have imbued rewarding musical programs that the music with a new vitality.'is not often heard. Curtis Dolby, Tenor The many friends of Curtis with the Metropolitan Opera on Dolby, tenor, and * member of <>**er » “ * sufpe™.?n:.r"v L ' ' , . in the production of Aida. He the newly-formed Wings Over wU, ap?faing in the MW pro. .... _ Jordan Choir” wl be happy to^uctiOQ throughout the current .Jearn that he m«.ue his debut season. “Mary, Mary” starring Deb­ bie Reynolds begins a third week at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday. The screen comedy, based on the long - run Broad­ way play, is accompanied, by “All Around the Town.” a spectacle staged by Marc Platt. The Ballet Company with sol­ oists Sandra Balesti and Eugene Slavin appear in a highlight of the new stage show, a satiric dance work choreographed by Marc Platt to a score by Ray Viola, a member of the theatre’s staff. Other scenes feature the Rock- ettes, ventriloquist Jimmy Nel­ son. the Willa Moultrie gospel singers, and accordionist ponald Hnlme and 9-year - old saxo­ phonist Attila Galamb in a musi­ cal novelty. The Symphony Orch­ estra opens the show with an overture based on music by Hen­ ry Mancini. There’s something for YOU on every page of this issue of The Amsterdam News. Check and see —every week. Out every Thurs­ day. SOLOIST — Joseph Cole, Chi­ cago tenor, will open the Fall Lecture Series of the Quest Club at Columbia University Teacher's College, Horace Mann Auditorium, 120th St. and Broadway cn Friday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. Dr. Phillip H. Phen­ ix will be the lecturer. considered inflammatory. Nor Graham. VP of CBS, Harold Hoffman of SAG, Ernest was the story unique. Kinoy of the Writers Guild, Bennet Korn, President of the WNEW combine, Richard Pinkham, senior VP Competent Acting Competent acting by Diana of Ted Bates and Humphrey Sullivan of Lever Bros.,’ Sands. Jones. Max Granville and for t^e in<Justry. others made the sfry entertain- / ing and gave it a bit more depth In our opinion many of the panelists dealt too than the author indicated, for broadly with civil rights, as such, in a discussion like lf1™SS"in‘mXroU this what is needed in this question is clear cut ex- pert knowledge and thinking to come up with any it indicated, however, that ai- valuable suggestions. The reason is simple: The ques- though a Negro coup'^ is fighting tjon of Negro’s integration into TV is not just a lect. x unemployment and poverty their pure civil rights matter. It hinges on image, big sanity was preserved became business in billions of dollars, creative experience and conditions in a business which is very young they could blame wndit- and running scared at a terrific pace. No one forum this Dvw? Despite good photography.. .1 is evergoing to come to grips with a problem as im liked the scene of Jones fighting mense as |hig. \ye need several forums where the I the rat that had bitten his son. . candidly revealing slum condit-nice words and the general palaver are laid aside •ons. i fail to see why Atlanta and plain, honest talk and thinking ensues, got frightened or why Sen. Jav- That’s why, while we disagreed with Dick Pinkham should read it ihto the Congress- who explained why he doesn’t use Negroes on TV, we ioaal Record because of its have the greatest respect for his knowledge and his forthright honesty. Mr. Pinkham handles millions of “courage/ told our story stronger and better dollars* worth of advertising for hlS firm. HlS first label, the second largest reco However, it did have the “cour-.job is to protect his clients’ (the sponsors) products ■------------- ton “ton Pn”to'!™ “‘<’”;antl ™ matt«r how much civil rights you preach (.11 1. y IV .. . ---------------------- him, he will not hire Negroes on his shows if he feels _ Tp*-J 9^99 that hiring them will hurt his clients’ sales records. vJptUl -EjIIU b Both Ed Friendly and Hal Graham made valiant ef- PlftV * X<XJ CLnw ifllXeU OIIOW forts to defend the position of their networks (NBC and Dwr 11 «> a rtf trhtl CBS), Bm Branch a talented young Negro pro- THE ORCHIDS —The newest group of teenage girls entered into the field of blues and rhythm is called the Orchids. The five teenage Bronx girls are. left to right; Diane Lewis, Yvonne Daniely, Debra Ra­ mos, Judy Faucett and Bar- bara Lewis. The girls are, for mer members of a Bronx Church choir and recorded on the Columbia Label. company | company in the world. The to a record and became capti- lEWS five teen- sounds’ of the youngsters will be'vated,” Downs continued. 1 musical released shortly by the record! “The record ctmpany flew Steve Vcnet from Hollywood to Members of the group are Di- handle the girls’ pcording ses- ane Lewis, Yvonne Daniely, Bar- sion and it turndt out to be bara Lewis, all 17, Judy Faucett, 1 successful. The gifs live within 18. and 13-year-old Debra Ramos, blocks of each othcrin the Bronx. The girls were members of a In fact, four live o Washington Bronx church-choir before they i Avenue and one, Tvonne, lives entered the blues and rhythm'on Boston Road. , ' field. Judy, a student of Roose- “The girls, all fcited about velt High School, invited the oth- their budding erfreef at the pre- er girls to sing with her In a sent time, will unpubtedly sit variety show at the high school, down Mie day and dfide on their Rp'lllv TlrAW AAv/wX j l-viv'vv duccr caUed il “integration by memo”, from the steiia Halt, who ' audience. The audience itself was full of stars, includ-brought we wniiam Hairst the Three weeks after the inter- ing Ossie Davis and Barbara Britton, and very articu- J”?at’^a" £ J!* nationally - celebrated “Open late, but unfortunately there was not enough time for the Greenwich News Theatre. 1 ^d,v ^nts made lts dT.but.2!J 11,6 many questions they were anxious to ask. v’"4 3rh pl’ns t3 . with Sidney Walters, the dire WPIX-ll the program attracted the largest audience in its five-' What stands out clearly IS that the Negro in TV or 5jr Hairston’s next ph year history, with the Sunday is not a major consideration of the networks or the "Swan Song Of The Uth Dawr ad agencies, or even for that matter of the craft unions, j tThls, p**T whi^h is lhe «« iwo-hour dialogue Intermarriage ® of a family conflict between of Negro and White.” featuring-These men, battling for ratings to keep their shows on jea|0US mother and her son, w ,a panel of interracial married the air and keeping their jobs have too many other is finally destroyed by her. w 7 7 , , * *; problems which to them are more important. The According to Nielsen Research. Negro to them is a “necessary evil” which they will ,nt0 a Negrt> pi>y but with< the program attracted mere than come to some time, but for now, the idea is to ap- any overtones ef racial confli P™oh the subject very slowly. It is a matter of peak placed the WPIX-ll presen- conscience fighting expediency. Hairston and not an adaptnti On Local crecns pm DANCING m TEACft it : Anderson’situdio NEW ROCKiAND PALACE “The girls practice,” according , to their manager Bill Downs. (“They did not know anything about music but they had a good car for music and rhythm. They worked on their own style until they believed they were ready.” “When 1 heard them at the1 variety show at Roosevelt High! School 1 knew they had some-, thing, I took them under my }wings,” Downs continued’. “I con-, vinced the Columbia record boss! that the girls had something and after a bit of urging they listened j MALI A FIMALI SM6IRS auditions AUDITIONS RECORDING AUDITIONS NIGHTCLUB WORK AUDITIONS SOME TRAINING NEEDED TEL MU 2-2G50 2 FJM. — 4 RJA. MISS LEEDS HALLS FOR HIRE Club La Chose HARLEM'S NEWLY DECORATED SHOWPLACE AIR CONDITIONED JOSEPHINE THENSTEAD, MGR. Club Available Fer NEW YEAR'S EVE 7th Ava. Bet. 154th nod 155 Stv,M.Y.C AU 3 85OB - AU 4-75B4 Caartaaat and Efficient Service •oaraateed THIS WEEK'S ATTlACnO NOVEMBER 8 - IB REV. A. A ALLEN, EvanJl 288 W. ISSth St. (nr. 8th i Hotel DIPLOMAT Accommodations From 100-1000 Catering to the "Exclusive firmed the convictions. The or- Sunday. Monday, Nov. 10, 11. l der cited an earlier Supreme “Sword of Lancelot" also "Kiss i Court which had twice affirmed the Vampire” and "Born tn ’ the convictions. The order cited Saddle". an earlier Supreme Court deci-1 sion which had voided the convic-' The Roosevelt Theatre, for one tions of 187 NAACP youth mem- week- Wednesday thru 'Tuesday.j bers arrested for participating in November 6 to' 12. will feature demonstrations at the Capitol j Steve Me Queen, James Gar- ner and Richard Attenborough grounds "in Columbia, S.C. ^Reeeevelt i r.WE 4 STARS IN foUR GLASS! FALL CONCERT ML VWw Ay«. Valley CeMaee- Fred (The Maestro) Jeffenen with the Billy Seeker's Trie Friday, NOV. 15th BKM R.«n. Sat., NOV. 16th ItGB p.m. Sunday, NOV. 17lh 3:00 pjn. The largest selling 3 star cognac in France and in the world THREE*** STAR la Fifths, aad Handy Plaake 84 PROOF. SOLE 0.8. MEFRES MARTELL HE APPEARS NOV. 23rd EDITION _____________ in "The Great Escape.” Davis Will Portray Fred I Pliipptt Students Recital Nov. 24 Douglass Next ! “A Season of War,” dramatic study focusing on the pressures and leading protagonists of the year 1883, the ”watershed year” of the Civil War, will be broad cast on ‘'Chronicle” Wednesday. Now. 38 (7:30 - 8:30 p.m., EST) on the CBS Television Network CBS News Correspondent Charles Collingwood ia host - narrator. Canadian actor Donald Davis will portray Abraham Lincoln and actor - playwright Ossie Da- I vts will appear as Frederick Dou­ glass. great Negro spokesman of the Civil War period. The broadcast, scheduled for the day after the centennial of | the Gettysburg Address, will sur­ vey the eatire panorama of the Civil War. In particular. It will concentrate on that one 12-month period as reflected tn the words 'of Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whit­ man, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lae and Frederick Douglass, as well as letters and diaries from ordinary citizens of that era. Benefit: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commrttee rALL STAR CONCERT—SAT.. NOV. 23 at 8:30 P.M. a- OtuDAVE BRUBECK Quartet « g I • LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & BRVAN • ' • CLARK TERRY-BOB BROOKMEYER Quintet a B CA8ME81E HALL W C. I »«. ,| 1M W»st Sfth Street. N Y, I featuring Paul Desmond <We» ...... Untitled Document file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 11:01:03 AMThomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com