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11B Burlington (N.C.) Times-News, Thursday, Oct. 19,1972 'Month' Show By DICK KLEINER HOLLYWOOD (NEA) You have to admire that great director, William Wyler. He's been a serious cigarette smoker for 50 years and he just quit using one of those new commercial methods. He's so proud of himself that he's turned down a couple of picture offers. He figures the pressure of working on a film would drive him back to the weed so he'd rather not direct than run the risk of smoking again, he says.

There's an experiment going on in TV programming which could change the whole business One sponsor has put together a program which does away with the middleman the networks and goes directly from the producer to the local stations. The sponsor is the Long Distance Division of the Bell System. Up until this year they have annually put on a special, via the networks, each spring. They chose that season because it was just before the summer, when traditionally, traveled, and traveling people are what makes for long distance phone calls Their research told them that people now are traveling throughout the year, not just in the summer, so they figured they ought to be on TV more often. Rather than a network series or a bunch of network specials, however, they opted for this new gimmick The show is called Top of the Month, and it is a variety show built around the theme of each upcoming month, with Tony Randall and p'eaker in charge.

They're distributing it themselves each of the 23 operating companies in the Bell System is marketing it individually, station by station, the key cities. Angela Tedesco, the company's pretty, young executive in charge, says she expects they'll wind up with a bigger bunch of stations than if they went with a network. They give the program to the stations free, with only a few provisions. It must be aired in prime time sometime during the first week of each month. And, because of Randall's presence (He does The Odd Couple on ABC) it cannot be aired by NBC and CBS stations opposite Odd Couple, and ABC stations cannot preempt Odd Couple with it.

This seems to be an economical breakthrough for TV. It's good for the individual stations they get a top quality show free, something that has all the earmarks of being a big special. The sponsor doesn't have to buy network time so he's getting his message across at a greatly reduced cost The only one who's suifciing is the network and the middleman always gets hurt when he's amputated. hake TV For Opening Of New Grand Hotel Kerkorian: 'Get Me Ask TV Scout By JAMES BACON HOLLYWOOD (NANA) When MGM's new Grand Hotel Maybe he king will want to the FBI aboyt the inner work' ings of the Cosa Nostra in the 'United States. Charlie is one of the absolute top international stars.

This picture could do it for him in his home country. But when the big hotel isirentns'movie which names real open next year, who knows? opens next year in Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian wants only one star to open it Frank Sinatra. But whether Frank will give up retirement is another matter. go back to the city he built. names and real places.

It, of course, would have conflicted with its giant grosser, "The Godfather" Big story in Harpers Bazaar A few weeks ago, Columbia about the return of ballroomi took over the U.S. Rights to dancing alter the years ot funky "The Valachi Papers Kissing Wi Killing was her hobby. And he has also vowed chicken, et al. i Accenting the gangster revival! he will never set foot in Las' It's even inspl red Abbe Lane. among fl i mg oers, "The Valachi Vegas again after the DA and to a tan and a ew Latln is being distributed, shenff turned on him in that number to her Las Vegas act with the same tough deal of DRACULA? Please help me Caesars Palace beef The two Touch dancing is big Godfather." i settle an argument at home, law officials made the unarmed'says, the magazine.

Charlie Bronson, the pride of Who was buried in his acting costume, Bela Lugosi or Boris Sinatra the heavy after a casino, Abbv wh is a Jewish girl Scooptown, plays Joe Vala boss pulled a gun on him from Brooklyn, once was thejchi, the hoodlum who sung to business. BARBARA HERSHEYc BOXCAR BERTHA Friday 6 7 2 5 9 PM Matinee 'Til 6 Si 00 The Biggest Thriller Since Bonnie Clyde PARAMOUNT Karloff Sue Klein Cicero cost the DA th election I world's leading exponent ot La-, Kariott bue Klein, In recent yearS)1 Hungarian horror-film actor, economic 1 wishes were complied with when bod oes busAin the cabbies dancing Cha cha cha SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TONY RANDALL notorious because of her connection with Clifford Irving, J. PEAKER he died in 1956 I died in 1989. Boris Karloff at the walls to tell people where his fortune was walled up. lives (as Irving used to) on I The natives came in, after POLICE SHOW Who was the star of Squad? ut Portland, Ore.

dent and the the island of Ibiza. Her house, she says, is so old nobody knows when it was built she found his death and tore the place apart looking for that treasure. But nobody tound a thing. 16th century coins the new I "One night," Nina says, "I (was sleeping I'm not the sort to scare easily, but something woke me up. There was a heavy weight of some kind on my chest.

I heard the sound of breathing. I could smell that peasant smell you know, mixture oi sweat, garlic part of the building. It was abandoned when she and her former husband, Frederick Van Pallandt, bought it. Nobody had lived it for 50 years or so. The last owner, island legend had it, died there On his death bed he was pointing Dave Clark Shows Remember Dave Clark? When.

he headed the Dave Clark Five A a lle he sensations went seme years back he was the 1 8 TM 3 There explanation, hottest thing in the pop music i I nv nc ed asuth field next To the Beetles. He' a mi back to check showed up, of all places, at on hls fortune an advance screening of the I CBS-TV movie, The Family I inn etnyo Jin 10 used to say. And it was true. At the moment, Frank is en-: joying the good life in Palm Springs socializing with the President and the Vice Presi- governor of The Academy Awards touch off a gang war this year. "The Valachi Papers," without which "The Godfather" could never have been written, opens here on Oct 25 and around the country.

in care of this news- originally was the Academy Award winner Lee Marvin starred on NBC-TV's M' California for the Chicago Police Dept.i paper The show aired in 1957 JU.S. distributor for Dino de Lau- Jut ffccn.ct BETTY'S HUBBY Could you please tell me who is Betty Whits's husband? Lynn Archambault, Methuen, Mass. Betty White is married toi a Password's host, Allen Ludden. and' dirt i "I saw nothing, only that that sound, that smell. (The TV SCOUT Staff in New York will answer your questions in this space.

We cannot answer by mail or telephone. Please! send your questions to ASK TV Rico, since he is a friend o'f, producer George LeMaire i Around Vlctor Dave is this country to casionally interrupts his concert talk over a movie deal or two. Where has he been for the last tours tor a TV appearance because I've sot LOLICC J. tiUl- L-U 1 few years? Studying acting at know Fm stll around a school in London which onh accepts 30 students per yeaVj and which boasts Sir Laurence' Olivier on the board. "I quit because I felt I had! gone as far as I could go in; the pop music field," he said, i "Besides, I had been an extra' in films before I became a sing- 1 Dave says he would be open to a good TV movie offer.

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