Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1963)

make a picture on their way of life. The police eventually turn everyone in. CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS (Italian-made; English-dubbed)— see Embassy CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS, THE (Science-Fiction Drama). Stars: Don Megowan, Erica Elliot, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle. Producers: Wesley Barry, Edward J. Kay (Genie Prod). Director: Wesley Barry. Original Story and Screenplay: Jay Simms. Distributor: Emerson Film Enterprises. • Set in the 23rd century, this depicts the universe and its inhabitants after the Atomic War, in which 92 per cent of the human race is wiped out. Tells how humanoid robots are developed by the remaining populace to rebuild and rule the world. CROOKS ANONYMOUS (Comedy). Stars: Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter Wilfrid Hyde White, James Robertson Justice, Juile Christie. Producers: Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn, for Anglo Amalgamated. Director: Ken Annakin. Screenplay: Jack Davies. Distributor: Janus Films. • British-made. A compulsive jewel thief is persuaded by his girl friend to join Crooks Anonymous and go straight. He becomes a London department store Santa Claus, but weakens when he learns that a quarter-million pounds will be left in the building over the weekend. Hilarious complications follow when he talks his fellow ex-crooks into pulling the heist with him. DAMN THE DEFIANT! (British-made) — see Columbia DAY IN COURT, A (Comedy Satire). Stars: Sophia Loren, Alberto Sordi, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini. Director: Steno. Distributor: Ultra Pictures. • Italian-made; English-dubbed A four-part satire dealing with off-beat cases in Rome's lower court. The four sections are: "Adultery in 16mm," "The Priest and the Prostitute," "Indecent Exposure" and "The Lustful Lieutenant." DR. NO (British-made) — see United Artists EMERGENCY SORTIE (Drama). Stars: Not set. Producer: Will Zens. Director: Not set. Screenplay: R. Colaizzi. Distributor: Riviera Productions. • A West Coast Naval base is evacuated when an unidentified aircraft drops an object in the shipladen waters of the harbor. In Color. EUROPE IN THE RAW! (Expose Travelog). Stars: Girls of Europe. Producer: Eve Productions. Director: Russ Meyer. Original Screenplay: Franklin Lamont Thistle. Distributor: Eve Productions. • Filmed in Europe. A tour of Europe, visiting sin centers, featuring travel sequences as well as footage on the prostitutes of Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin. In Color. EUROPEAN NIGHTS (Musical). Stars: Carmen Sevilla, Domenico Modugno, Coccinelle, Henry Morgan. Producer: Fabio Jegher. Director: Alessandro Blasetti. Screenplay: Ennio de Concini. Distributor: Joseph Burstyn Releasing — States Rights. • Filmed in Italy, France, England, Austria and Spain. An after-dark whirl through the night spots, music halls and streets of Rome, Paris, Naples, Madrid, Vienna and London. In Color. EVA (Drama). Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker. Producers: Robert and Raymond Hakim. Director: Joseph Losey Original (novel): James Hadley Chase. Distributor: Times Film. • Franco-ltalian co-production; English dialog. Story deals with the obsessional love of a film writer for a sadistic courtesan, who is unable to return his devotion. The story concerns itself with the universal problem of man-woman relations. FAMILY DIARY (Italian-made; English-dubbed) — see Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer FATAL DESIRE (Drama). Stars: Anthony Quinn, May Britt, Kerima, Ettore Manni, Umberto Spadaro. Producer: Carlo Ponti (Excelsa Production). Director: Carmine Gallone. Original (novel): Giovanni Verga. Distributor: Ultra Pictures. • Italian-made; English-dubbed. Produced in Italy in the 1950s. A young man returning to his native Sicilian village finds his girl friend wed to another man. The girl makes advances to her old boy friend and her husband, learning of her infidelity, kills the boy friend in a knife duel. FIGHTING MUSKETEERS, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Gerard Barry, Mylene Demongeot. Distributor: Colorama. • A Franco-ltalian production made in Europe. In Color. FIRE AND THE SWORD, THE (Action Drama). Stars: Jeanne Crain, Pierre Brice, John Drew Barrymore, Akim Tamiroff. Producer: Europa Cinematografica. Director: Fernando Cerchio. Screenplay: Ugo Liberatore, George St. George. Distributor: Parallel Film Distributors/Colorama — States Rights. • Italian-made; English-dubbed. Set in the Ukraine in the 17th century, the story of love, intrigue and murder as Ukrainian peasants under the yoke of Poland, leave their fields and villages to join a band of rebels being assembled along the border by a Cossack chief. In CinemaScope and Color. FLOWER THIEF, THE (Beat Comedy). Stars: Taylor Mead. Producer-Director: Ron Rice. Screenplay: Ron Rice. Distributor: Film-Maker's Cooperative. • The film follows a "beat" poet in his meanderings and adventures around Long Beach, Calif. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS (Comedy). Stars: Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins, Tilda Thamar. Producer: Bert ram Ostrer. Director: Gordon Parry. Original (play): Austin Steele. Screenplay: Val Valentine. Distributor: Schoenfeld Film Distributing — States Rights. • British-made. The story of two Russian social workers and their hilarious adventures when they visit the home of a typical British working man — a bus driver and his wife, the latter having "won" the two as first prize in a lottery. FRIGID WIFE (Drama). Stars: Jeanne Neher, Reed Hadley, Sondra Fisher, Bob Carr, Ken Elliott, Sid Noel. Producer: John Kenlo. Director: Ben Parker. Screenplay: John Kenlo. Distributor: Ken Productions. • A marital relations theme. GOD'S PROMISE (Comedy Drama). Stars: Not set. Producer: Nicholas Merriwether. Director: Not set. Original Story: Nicholas Merriwether. Screenplay: Robert 0. Wehling. Distributor: Fairway-International Films. • A strange mountaineer family clings to an ancient tradition in the face of space age living. Folk music, antique cars and whiskey create the backdrop for tongue-in-cheek comedy action. In CinemaScope and Color. GORILLA (African-made; English-dubbed) — see HertsLion International GREAT VAN ROBBERY, THE (British-made)— see United Artists GUNS OF THE TREES (Drama). Stars: Ben Carruthers, Adolfas Mekas, Frances Stillman, Argus Speare Juillard. Producer-Director: Jonas Mekas. Screenplay: Jonas Mekas. Distributor: Film-Maker's Cooperative. • A girl commits suicide. Episodes following describe the anguish of this generation. HANDS OF A STRANGLER, THE (Anglo-French made; English-dubbed) — see Continental Distributing HOLIDAY, THE (British-made) — see Columbia HONEYMOON (Spectacle Drama-Dance). Stars: Ludmilla Tcherina, Anthony Steel, Antonio, Leonide Massine. Producer-Director: Michael Powell. Screenplay: Michael Powell. Distributor: Emerson Film Enterprises. • British-made on Spanish locations. A couple honeymooning in Spain, meet Antonio, a Spanish dancer, who tries to lure the new bride into dancing, a career she gave up when she married. He succeeds briefly despite the jealous husband. Eventually Antonio gives up his campaign and the honeymooners continue their world cruise. In Technirama and Color. HORROR HOTEL (Horror Drama). Stars: Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel, Venetia Stevenson. Producer: Donald Taylor. Director: John Moxey. Original Story: Milton Subotsky. Screenplay: George Baxt. Distributor: Trans-Lux Distributing. • British-made. A story of witchcraft and murder revolving around the disappearance of a young girl student in a small Massachusetts town where witch-burning trials had taken place two and a half centuries earlier. HOT MONEY GIRL (Melodrama). Stars: Eddie Constantine, Dawn Addams, Nadine Tallier, Marius Goring. Producers: John Nasht, Patrick Filmer-Sankey. Director: Alvin Rakoff. Screenplay: Jack Andrews. United Producers Releasing — States Rights. • European-made. The post -World War II quest for a fortune in missing jewels behind the Iron Curtain, hidden during the war, and which the deceased owner's daughter now seeks with the help of an American and an avarice-minded former aide of the girl's father. HUNZA, THE HIMALAYAN SHANGRI-LA (Documentary). Producer-Director: Zygmunt Sulistrowski. Distributor: International Film Enterprises. • A film record of Hunza, land of mystery, nestled in an isolated corner of the Himalayan mountains. The natives, whose age spans easily reach the 100 mark, live in peace, harmony and brotherly love; fear, hatred and jealousy do not exist. In Color. I HATE YOUR GUTS (Drama). Stars: William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford, Jeanne Cooper, Leo Gordon. Producer-Director: Roger Corman. Original (novel): Charles Beaumont. Screenplay: Charles Beaumont. Distributor: C.D.A., Inc. • Originally titled, "The Intruder." A racial-themed story of the South, in which a violent, anti-Negro rabble-rouser, a crusading editor, and a carnival pitchman who exposes a trumped-up rape charge against an innocent colored student, all become involved in an explosive integration situation in a small southern town. I LOVE, YOU LOVE (Revue). Stars: Moissiev Ballet, Veronique, Chaz Chase, Norman Davis Dancers, the voice of Edith Piaf. Producer: Dino De Laurentiis. Director: Alessandro Blasetti. Distributor: Davis-Royal Films. • Italian-made; English-dubbed. A study of love, humor and drama in many parts of the world. The film is mainly revue and has no plot. In Ultrascope and Color. IL GRIDO ("The Outcry") — (Italian-made; English-dubbed)— see Astor IRON MAIDEN, THE (British-made)— see Columbia ISLAND, THE (Drama). Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama. Producers: Kaneto Shindo, Eisaku Matsura. Director: Kaneto Shindo. Screenplay: Kaneto Shindo. Distributor: Zenith International — States Rights. • Japanese-made; in sound, but no dialog. A Japanese family retains its dignity and happiness despite enormous hardships encountered in its struggle for bare existence on an offshore island. IT'S HOT IN PARADISE (Melodrama) Stars: Alex D'Arcy, Barbara Valentine. Producer: Gaston Hakim. Distributor: Pacemaker Pictures. • French-made; English-dubbed. Seven showgirls and a Hollywood talent scout, sole survivors of a shipwreck, are marooned on a remote island where the girls vie for the lone male's attention. The latter, after a walk in the jungle, returns feeling strange, and gradually turns into a maniacal killer. Two scientists arrive on the island and rescue the girls. JOLLY GENIE, THE (Adventure Fantasy). Stars: Robert Nash, Scotty Morrow and Animated Characters. Producer-Director: Wesley E. Barry. Screenplay: Wesley E. Barry. Distributor: Emerson Film Enterprises. • Two young children, brother and sister, receive from their grandfather a magic charm which calls up a junior genie. The genie owns a magic carpet on which he takes the children on adventurous excursions to any place in the world and back to any date in history. JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN (Biblical Spectacle). Stars: Geoffrey Horne, Belinda Lee, Robert Morley, Finlay Currie, Carlo Giustini, Mario Girotti. Producers: Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati. Director (English-language version): Irving Rapper. Distributor: Colorama. • Italian-made; English-spoken and English-dubbed. Portrays Joseph's life in Egypt as a slave to Potiphar and his young, licentious wife, who falsely accuses Joseph of attacking her. Saved from a death sentence by the Pharaoh for interpreting a dream, Joseph is made Viceroy, saves Egypt from famine and is later reunited with his jealous brothers and forgives them. In Color. JUDGE AND THE JUVENILE. THE (Drama). Stars: Heinz Ruhmann, Karin Baal. Producer: Kurt Ulrich. Di rector: Paul Verhoeven. Distributor: Atlantic Pictures — States Rights. • German-made; English language. Story of juvenile delinquency. JUNGLE STREET GIRLS (Drama). Stars: David McCollum, Jill Ireland, Kenneth Cope, Joy Webster. Producer: Guido Coen.. Director: Charles Saunders. 0riginal Story: Guido Coen. Distributor: Ajay Films. • Filmed in England. A young beatnik hangs out at a strip-joint, where he frisks the customers and spends it on loose living. A mugging leads to a murder and the boy hides out for a while but is double-crossed and caught by the police. KAMIKAZE (Documentary). Produced and written by: Perry Wolff. Distributor: Brigadier Film Associates — States Rights. • (Combo with "The Smashing of the Reich.") From camera records of Allied and Japanese forces, this details Japan's plunder in the South Pacific, beginning with the sneak Pearl Harbor attack, then moving to other South Pacific points. Shows the Kamikaze suicide attacks by Japanese pilots and bitter island-to-island and hand-to-hand encounters between U.S. and Japanese troops. KILL OR CURE (British-made) — see Metro-GoldwynMayer KIND OF LOVING, A (Drama). Stars: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird. Producer: Joseph Janni (Anglo Amalgamated). Director: John Schlesinger. Original (novel): Stan Barstow. Screenplay: Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse. Distributor: Governor Films. • British-made. Set in a Lancashire town, story centers on a clandestine love affair between two office workers which results in the girl's pregnancy and the couple's forced, loveless marriage. The humdrum life with in-laws leads to clashes and a near breakup, but the finale has a ray of hope. KING'S MUSKETEERS, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jeffrey Stone, Marina Berti, Paul Campbell, Domenico Modugno. Producer: Emanuel Rosenberg. Director: Nathan Juran. Original (novel): Alexandre Dumas. Screenplay: John Rich. Distributor: Emerson Film Enterprises. • Italian-made; English-dubbed. Based on the novel, "The Three Musketeers," the story of the king's musketeers and their attempt to safely conduct a Spanish princess to the French court. In Color. KISS OF THE VAMPIRE (British-made) — see Universal LITTLE BOY BLUE AND PANCHO (Fantasy). Stars: International Cast. Producer: K. Gordon Murray. Distributor: K. Gordon Murray. • Filmed in Mexico. Little Boy Blue runs away from home in search of his pet monkey, Pancho. He becomes involved with illegal hunters, but he and his pet are later reunited with his family. In Color. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (Fantasy). Stars: International Cast. Producer: K. Gordon Murray. Director: Roberto Rodriguez. Screenplay: Fernando Morales Ortiz. Distributor: K. Gordon Murray. • Filmed in Mexico. An adaptation of the fairy tale. In Color. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND HER FRIENDS (Fantasy). Stars: International Cast. Producer: K. Gordon Murray. Director: Roberto Rodrigues. Screenplay: Roberto Rodriguez. Distributor: K. Gordon Murray. • Filmed in Mexico. Little Red Riding Hood is kidnaped by a gypsy. In Color. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE MONSTERS (Fantasy). Stars: International Cast. Producer: K. Gordon Murray. Director: Roberto Rodriguez. Original Screenplay: Fernando Morales Ortiz, Adolpho Torres Portillo. Distributor: K. Gordon Murray. • Filmed in Mexico. Little Red Riding Hood and 132 BAROMETER Section