Imported A's

Network televisers, regarded by the moviemakers as dangerous rivals, complain that they cannot afford Hollywood's price for anything better than westerns and ancient grade B's. Independent station WPIX, owned by the New York Daily News, has been solving the problem by importing good movies; last year, it bought from Sir Alexander Korda the rights to 24 British films. Now that the last Korda movies are being televised, WPIX is ready with a new 13-film package--a mixed bag of eleven English and two American hits of a decade ago.

Included are such classics as Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and Major Barbara, three Charles Laughton pictures (The Beachcomber, Jamaica Inn, Sidewalks of London), and the successful Dark Journey, South Riding, A Star Is Born and The Young in Heart. WPIX will begin televising the series next month, and will syndicate the pictures to stations outside the New York area.

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