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Adapter A. E. Hotchner almost managed to make it to the first commercial before introducing the killers. By the time he reached the ending of the original story, the TV play still had 41 minutes to go. Scenes minced on and off screen without coming to terms with the story or adding to its significance: a cop with a TV announcer's hairdo trying to lead a lady cashier into adultery, the problems of ambitious adolescents who want too much too soon, a priest who unknowingly gives the fighter's address to the killers...
...hard-driving TV chief. The cowboys' beef: the usual Warner Bros, contract, which binds screen hopefuls to the studio for seven years at a predetermined salary, often prevents them from reaping the customary rewards of stardom, e.g., sharing in "residual" rights from rerun TV shows. If the actors make personal appearances, Warners pockets 90% to 100% of their earnings. The studio may cancel the contract at will; the actor has no option to cancel or renew...
...geared to the slow-moving needs of the movies, the cowboys insist, but not to the hustle of TV. "In movies," says Garner, who blames his ulcer on life with Warners, "an actor is groomed slowly through bit parts until he's ready for a starring role. He makes only two or three pictures a year. In television, they slap you into the starring role in a series, and you make 26 episodes right off the bat. If the series flops, you're dead. There isn't time to build a personality...
...leave from the studio to skindive for gold, is ready to take another. Wayde Preston ($500 a week) walked off the set of Colt .45, signed up as a partner in an airplane charter service. "Worst of all," he grumbled, "is the weekly insult-the paycheck. Heck, I can make more money laying bricks than acting...
When Mrs. Eddie Fisher's singing husband opened at the Waldorf's Empire Room in Manhattan last week, she decided to make it a party. To the midnight show (the earlier dinner show is considered on the square side) she asked 72 guests, including Gloria Vanderbilt, Ingemar Johansson, aging Aly Khan and his durable friend, French Model Bettina, Arthur Loew Jr. (of the movie Loews) and his bride, who is Tyrone Power's widow. A strict seating plan enforced by flacks and headwaiters deployed the guests at six reserved tables, each equipped with three massive tins...