Boxoffice barometer (1961)

one of the ancient world's greatest physicians and his love for the beautiful daughter of his wealthy patron. In Color. DECISION AT DELPHI (Drama). Stors: Not set. Pro- ducer: Hal Wallis. Director: Not set. Original novel): Helen Maclnnes. Screenplay Helen Mac- Innes. • Based on the best-selling novel, this is a modern suspense adventure story set in Athens and Rome. In Color. COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR, THE (Drama). Stars: Wil- liam Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith. Producers: William Perlberg, George Seaton. Director: George Seaton. Original (novel): Alexander Klein. Screen- play: George Seaton. • The true story of Eric Erickson, an American- bcrn Swedish businessman who was one of the Allies' top espionage agents during World War II, whose exploits are related in Alexander Klein's best-seller. In Color. FOXHOLE IN CAIRO (Espionage Drama). Stars: James Robertson Justice, Peter Van Eyck, Albert Lieven. Producers: Steven Pallas, Donald Taylor. Direc- tor: John Moxey. Original (novel): Leonard Mosley. Screenplay: Leonard Mosley, Donald Taylor. • British-made The true story of a Nazi spy plot which, if successful, would have enabled Field Marshal Rommel to win the Battle of El Alamein. GIRL NAMED TAMIKO, A (Drama). Stars: Laurence Harvey. Producer: Hal Wallis. Director: Not set. Original (novel): Ronald Kirkbride. Screenplay: Edword Anhalt. • To be filmed in Japan, this is the story of a young Russo-Chinese whose plans to become a U.S. citizen by marrying an American are foiled when he falls in love with a Japanese girl. In Color. GIRLS OF SUMMER (Dra>ma). Stars: Anthony Fran- ciosa, Lizobeth Scott, Dolores Hart, Rod Lauren. Producer: Hal Wallis. Director: Not set. Originai (play): N. Richard Nash. Screenplay: N. Richard Nash. • Adaptation of the Broadway play, which was written by the author of "The Rainmaker," and deals with the love of two sisters for the same man. In Color. HATARI! (Adventure Drama). Stars: John Wayne Hardy Kruger, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli, Gerard Blain. Producer: Howard Hawks. Director: Howard Hawks. Screenplay: Leigh Brackett. • The story of a group of adventure-seekers who capture wild animals in Africa for sale to the world's zoos, and their adventures in the African Veldt. In Color. HELL IS FOR HEROES (Drama). Stars: Bobby Darin, Bob Newhart, Fess Parker, Horry Guardino. Pro- ducer: Robert Pirosh. Director: Robert Pirosh. Screenplay: Robert Pirosh. • The story of a World War II combat division ordered to maintain an indefensible position, by the author of "Battleground." IRON MEN, THE (Drama). Stars: Sidney Poitier. Producer: Martin Poll. Director: Peter Glenville. Original (story): Bruce Elliot. Screenplay: Bruce Elliott. • To be filmed in Italy, "The Iron Men" is based on experiences of the famous U.S. 99th Pursuit Squadron, whose members, with the exception of a complement of ground officers, were all Negroes. LADIES' MAN, THE (Comedy). Stars: Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Pat Stanley, George Raft, Diana Dors. Producer: Jerry Lewis. Director: Jerry Lewis. Screenplay: Jerry Lewis. • The slory of the only male employee in a Hollywood boarding house for women. As a mama's boy, he is constantly fleeing beautiful women. In Color. LOVE IN A GOLDFISH BOWL (Comedy Drama). Stars: Tommy Sands, Fabian, Jan Sterling, Toby Michaels. Producers: Martin Jurow, Richard Shepherd. Direc- tor: Jack Sher. Original (story): Irene Kamp. Screen- play: Jack Sher. • The adventures of two impressionable teenagers who spend an Easter vacation together unbeknown to their parents. In Color. MISTRESS OF MELLYN (Drama). Stars: Audrey Hep- burn. Producer: Henry Blanke. Director: Not set. Original (novel): Victoria Holt. Screenplay: Eleanore Griffin. • A romantic suspense story originally serialized in The Ladies' Home Journal and a current best- seller published by Doubleday. In Color. MY GEISHA (Comedy). Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Robert Cummings, Edward G. Robinson. Producer: Steve Porker. Director: Jack Cardiff. Screenplay: Norman Krasna. • A Hollywood stor disguises herself as a geisha girl to win the leading role in a film her director- husband is making in Japon. In Color. MY SIX LOVES (Comedy). Stars: Debbie Reynolds. Producer: Not set. Director: Not set. Original (novel): Peter V. K. Funk. Screenplay: John Fante. • A musical comedy star adopts six youngsters orphaned through an automobile accident. In Color. NIGHT WITHOUT END (Drama). Stars: Debbie Rey- nolds, Lilli Palmer. Producers: William Perlberg, George Seaton. Director: Not set. Original (novel): Alistair MacLean. Screenplay: Eric Ambler. • Filmed in Greenland. The story of the mysterious crash of a British airliner near a geological station on the Greenland Ice Cap, during the 1958 Geo- physical year. In Color. ON THE DOUBLE (Comedy). Stors: Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Margaret Rutherford, Diana Dors. Pro- ducers: Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose. Director: Melville Shavelson. Screenplay: Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose. • An American Gl impersonates a top British general in the mysterious World War II maneuver known as "Operation Dead Pigeon," involving a meeting with Hitler. In Color. ONE-EYED JACKS (Adventure Drama). Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado. Producer: Frank P. Rosenberg. Director: Marlon Brando. Original (novel): Charles Neider. Screen- play: Guy Trosper, Carlo Fiore, Colder Willingham. • Two outlaws rob a bank and one is imprisoned because the other abandons him in a moment of cowardice. They meet five years later when the escaped prisoner finds his former partner has started a new life as a small town sheriff. In Vistovision and Color. PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY, THE (Comedy). Stars: Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds, Lilli Palmer, Tab Hunter. Producers: William Perlberg, George Sea- ton. Director: George Seaton: Original (play): Samuel Taylor, Cornelia Otis Skinner. Screenplay: Samuel Taylor. • Based on the Broadway stage hit, this is the story of an international playboy who returns to his ex-wife's home and tries to spirit his daughter away from her stodgy San Francisco background, as her wedding day approaches. In Color. SAVAGE INNOCENTS, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani. Producer: Maleno Male- notti (Magic Films). Director; Nicholas Ray. Origi- nal (novel): Hans Ruesch. Screenplay: Nicholas Ray. • Filmed in the Arctic wastes of Canada, this is the story of the conflict arising out of an Eskimo couple's contact with the white man's civilization, revealing many of the Eskimos' strange customs and morals. In Technirama 70 and Color. SUMMER AND SMOKE (Drama). Stars: Laurence Har- vey, Geraldine Page, Rita Moreno. Producer: Hal Wallis. Director: Peter Glenville. Original (play): Tennessee Williams. Screenplay: James Poe. • The story of the tragic love affair of a minis- ter's spinsterish daughter and a rakish young doctor, who also carries on a carnal love affair with the daughter of a gambling casino owner. In Color. TOO LATE BLUES (Drama). Stars Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens. Producer: John Cassavetes. Director: John Cassavetes. Screenplay: Richard Carr. • A story of young people in the musical world. WINSTON CHURCHILL STORY, THE (Drama). Stars. Not set. Producer: Hugh French. Director: Not set. Original (autobiography): Winston Churchill. Screen- play: C. S. Forester. • An epic production based on the early life of Sir Winston Churchill. In Color. WORLD OF SUZIE WONG, THE (Drama). Stars: Wil- liam Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding. Producer: Ray Stark. Director: Richard Quine. Original (novel): Richard Mason. Screen- play: John Patrick. • Filmed in Hong Kong. The best-selling novel, adapted as a Broadway play by John Osborne, deals with a strange love affair of an angelic Chinese prostitute and an American painter and depicts the problems which face them and adjustments that must be made. In Color. 20th Century-Fox (October through December 1960) CAPTAIN'S TABLE, THE (Comedy). Stars: John Greg- son, Peggy Cummins, Nadia Gray. Producer: Jack Janni (Rank Organization). Director: Jack Lee. Original (novel): Richard Gordon. Screenplay: John Whiting, Bryan Forbes, Nicholas Phipps. • A skipper of cargo vessels is made captain of a luxury liner, finds himself hating the assign- ment, and running a gamut of difficulties with guests and crew. In Color. Oct. 1960. DESERT ATTACK (War Drama). Stars: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews. Pro- ducer: W. A. Whittaker (Associated British Piet. Corp.). Director: J. Lee-Thompson. Original (novel): Christopher London. Screenplay: Christopher Lon- don, T. J. Morrison. • British-made Based on the novel, "Ice Cold in Alex." The plot deals with an ambulance crew trapped on the Sahara in World War II, and the trek from Tobruk to Alexandria—the commander, two nurses and a fellow who turns out to be a German spy. Nov. 1960. DESIRE IN THE DUST (Drama). Stars: Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Ken Scott. Producer: William F. Claxton (Associated Producers). Direc- tor: William F. Claxton. Original (novel): Horry Whittington. Screenplay: Charles Lang. • The daughter of a plantation owner, in a night of drunkeness, runs over her brother, and a share- cropper who is in love with her takes the blame. After six years in jail, he returns, finds her mar- ried, continues the affair, leading to intense legal involvement. In CinemaScope. Oct. 1960. ESTHER AND THE KING (Biblical Drama). Stars: Richard Egan, Joan Collins, Sergio Fantoni, Denis O'Dea. Producer: Raoul Walsh. Director: Raoul Walsh. Original Screenplay: Raoul Walsh, Michael Elkins. • Based on the Book of Esther. The King of Persia calls in all the maidens of the land to pick a queen, who turns out to be Esther, a Jewess, a turn of events which creates endless palace intrigue and revolt. In CinemaScope and Color. Dec. 1960. FLAMING STAR (Drama). Stars: Elvis Presley, Bar- bara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores Del Rio, John Mclntire. Producer: David Weisbart. Director: Don Siegel. Original (novel): Clair Huffaker. Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson. • A half-breed son returns with his white half- brother to the family ranch, to find some of the ranchers slaughtered by Indians, bringing down the wrath of the white settlers, and confronting the youth with some critical problems to solve—to stay with the White or the Redmen. In Cinema- Scope and Color. Dec. 1960. GODDESS OF LOVE, THE (Spectacle Drama). Stors: Belinda Lee, Jacques Sernas, Massimo Girotti. Pro- ducer: Gian Pauolo Bigazzi. Director: Victor von Tourjansky. • Italian-made. A love affair between a soldier and a young shepherdess, set against the war between the Macedonians and Greeks. The girl, posing for a sculptor as Aphrodite, is the key figure in enabling the Macedonians to gain a victory. In CinemaScope and Color. Nov. 1960. HIGH TIME (Comedy). Stars: Bing Crosby, Nicole Maurey, Tuesday Weld, Fabian. Producer: Charles Brackett. Director: Blake Edwards. Original Story: Garson Kanin. Screenplay: Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman. • A 50-year-old businessman goes back to college to relive a youth he missed, and his involvements with the youngsters and a more mature figure, a lady instructor. In CinemaScope and Color. Oct. 1960. LEGIONS OF THE NILE (Action Drama). Stars: Linda Cristal, Ettore Manni, Georges Marchal, Conrado Sanmartin. Producers: Virgilio De Blasi, Italo Zin- garelli (Alexandra Prods.). Director: Vittorio Cot- tafavi. Screenplay: Vittorio Cottafavi, Giorgio Crist- a 11 ini, Arnaldo Marrosu, Ennio De Concini. • Italian-made. An adaptation of the Cleopatra and Mark Anthony affair, including the battle of the Roman Legions against the Egyptians and the intriguing loves of the principal characters and associates. In CinemaScope arkl Color. Dec. 1960. NORTH TO ALASKA (Comedy Drama). Stars: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine. Producer: Henry Hathaway. Director: Henry Hathaway. Original (play): Laszlo Fodor. Screenplay: Martin Rackin, John Lee Mahin, Claude Binyon. • A spoof of Alaskan adventure stories. One of three partners in a Klondike goldstrike decides that someone else should go to the States to ■bring back his bride, resulting in some merry mixups. In Color. Nov. 1960. SECRET OF THE PURPLE REEF, THE (Drama). Stars: Jeff Richards, Morgia Dean, Peter Falk. Producer: Gene Corman. Director: William N. Witney. Screen- play: Gene Corman, Harold Yablonsky. • Filmed in the Caribbean, the story deals with the destruction of a mail and fishing boat, and efforts to reach the survivors on a reef, in face of armed opposition by the gang which had wrecked the vessel. In CinemaScope and Color. Oct. 1960. SEPTEMBER STORM (Action Drama). Stars: Joanne Dru, Mark Stevens, Robert Strauss, Asher Dann. Producer: Edward L. Alperson. Director: Byron Haskin. Original Story: Steve Fisher. Screenplay: W. R. Burnett. • Filmed in Majorca, this deals with a hunt for sunken gold coins, in which a yacht is illegally 168 BAROMETER Section