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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1952)
PACK EIGHT HERAT.!) AND NKWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORKfiON THURSDAY. Al'C. 14. 1052 Danny Thomas Quits TV Loop To Stay In Theater By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD OB Interviewing Dniuiy Thomas Is not like Inter viewing Gary Cooper. You don't gel Ju.st "yep" or "nope" lor in Biihwer. Thomas hs node a fortune (ram hit. f't of gab. So I got a lull ex planation why he is quitting tele vuiion. He Is perhaps the lirst ot the top romcdlans to give up the new medium of his own free will. I asked him about it on'the set ol "The Jans Singer." In which he is playing the Al Jolson role. Then atood back and listened. "I am a stand-up entertainer," he began very elementally. "Olhcrs I could mention of this same type are Danny Kayo. Judy Garland and Betty Hutton. Go down the list about 13 and you come to Thomas. We have this in common: that we can entertain an audience alone and without props for an indclinue period of time. "I am not a clown. I paint a word picture. I can hold an audi ence in a cafe or theater for an hour and five minuter merely by talking and singing a few songs. But this type of entertainment is not possible in TV as it is now run by sponsors and advertising agencies- "A sponsor sees me in a cafe 1 Ind decides to buy me for TV. He says he wants me to do my Wail- 1 ins Syrian- act just as he saw it. j But it runs 22 minutes. The agency says it nas to oe cut down to lour minutes. Another routine runs sev en minutes; thev want it at 2'. The agency claims that the TV audience will not watch r single person on the screen for more than a few minutes." The comedian said flatly that on- Surgery Case All Confused FRONT ROYAL.'Va. (.fv-A suit charging a doctor with wrongfully sterilizing an electrician's wife was scheduled to come before the Warren County Circuit Court today. A unique twist in the case, brought by James E. Williams, Xi. was the fact that his wife gave birth to her fourth child two weeks ago. Williams asked (35.000 dam ages from Dr. Lvle J. Hansbrough. Front Royal surgeon, claiming the doctor's operation on Mrs. Williams ' had renderea her "permanently i barren." ( Williams said the operation was ! performed on Sept. 9, 1950, without : his permission and thus was il legal. Mrs. William; delivered her ' third child on that date. i Dr. Hansbrough. 43 .retorted that i (he operation was done for con- j traceptive purposes. He denied that the husband's permission is re-, quired by law. Williams has refused to say what 1 effect on the case will be caused by his wife's Hiving birth again. I There was no comment from his counsel either. ly a couple of his dozen shows last "You cant hope to create in six days what takes 10 or 13 weeks in a motion picture studio." he re marked. "Quality is bound to stil ler. Thai's why I am throwing my lot with the movies. Instead ol los ing a show together and hoping it will be good, the movie makers take tune and care, so that each name oi film is like a period picture." l.iomas listed his other objec tions to TV: "You can't appear so often and keep your audience. I revere the acting talents ol Gary Grant. Spencer Tracy and the late Waller Huston. But il I were to see tliem on the screen three times m three months. I would tire ot them. "I can't plav to a cold audience. In TV your audioiice is looking at the camera, the stage ruinds. the props, anything but the comedian. But I need those people to bounce off of and to play with. I can't get laughs from a camera. It s hard to perioral with all Ihose gadgets between you and the audience. I like to be free to move around. I imcht be getting to my best punch line, and I'll hear the No. I cameraman talking over his phone to the director: 'That's as close as I can come in; you'll have to gel him on No. 3." "Also, the TV routine gets you down. You're always worrying and attending meetings. Thev bring oul chans blue charts, yellow charts and red charts. -Terrible.' they say we lost two listeners in St. Louis last week!'" Thomas indicated he would limit his future activities to movies the has four to do lor Warners in four yearsi. night clubs and theaters. "There is a half-million dollars wailing for me in night clubs in this country every year, he re flected. "And I can't feel sorry for anybody who's playing 'The Jau Singer.'" Household Inventory book free. Hans Norland Insurance Agency. 627 Pine St. Phone J-JJ15. Heat Brings Out Old Gags BLUEFIELD. W. Va. I The they were on a street corner, a bunch of men huddled in overcoats and smirking as they sipped hot coffee. The Bluefield Chamber of Com merce was merely out-gagging the Beckley, W. Va.. Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday. 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