Boxoffice barometer (1962)

ducer: John Temple-Smith (Hammer Film). Direc- tor: Peter Graham Scott. • British-made. Also known recently as "Captain Clegg," this tells the story of smuggling on Rom- ney Marsh in the late 18th century. A pirate is the broins behind a highly organized smuggling ring conducting its activities on the wild stretch of marsh country lying between Rye and Dym- church. Based on the "Or. Syn" story. In Color. NO MAN IS AN ISLAND (Drama). Stars: Jeffrey Hunter. Producers-Directors: Richard Goldstone, John Monks jr. (Goldaoast Prods). • Filmed in the Philippines. The true story of U.S. Navy radioman George Tweed, who hid away and became the only American to survive on Guam during 34 months of Japanese occupation in World War II. Based on the novel, "Robin- son Crusoe U.S.N." and other factual material. OUTSIDER, THE (Biographical Drama). Stars: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Bruce Bennett. Pro- ducer: Sy Bartlett. Director: .Delbert Mann. Orig- inal (book): William Bradford Huie. Screenplay: Stewart Stern. • Based on the best-seller, "The Hero of Iwo Jima," this tells the story of the Pima Indian boy, Ira Hayes, who was one of the six famed Marine heroes who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. It traces Hayes' life from the time he left the Indian reservation in Arizona, through his war experiences to his eventual disintegration as on alcoholic. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE (Horror Melo- drama). Stars: Herbert Lorn, Heather Sears, Ian Wilson, Michael Gough. Producer: Anthony Hinds (Hammer Film). Director: Terence Fisher. Original: Gaston Leroux. • British-mode. A remake of the classic horror story, which originally storred Lon Chaney. In Color. SIX BLACK HORSES (Outdoor Drama). Stars: Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Joan O'Brien. Producer: Gordon Kay. Director: Harry Keller. Screenplay: Burt Kennedy. • A widow stranded in a Western town hires two men to take her through dangerous Indian coun- try to her home. In Color. SPARTACUS (Historical Spectacle). Stars: Kirk Doug- las, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin. Producer: Edward Lewis (Bryna Prods). Director: Stanley Kubrick. Original (novel): Howard Fast. Screenplay: Dalton Trurnbo. • (General release.) A story based on the great gladiator Spartacus who led a revolt of the slaves against the Roman Legions in the century before the birth of Christ, and of his love for one of the slave girls. In Technirama 70 and Color. SPIRAL ROAD, THE (Drama). Stars: Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands. Producer: Robert Ar- thur. Director: Robert Mulligan. Original (novel): Jon de Hartog. Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, Neil Paterson. • From a new Jan de Hartog novel, about a Dutch East Indies doctor who devotes himself to stomping out diseases there. In Color. TAMMY TAKES OVER (Comedy). Stars: Sandra Dee. Producer: Ross Hunter. Director: Not set. Screen- play: Oscar Brodney. • The third in the "Tammy" series, which will continue the adventures of the young riverboat girl in the big city. THAT TOUCH OF MINK (Romantic Comedy). Stars: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Mead- ows. Producers: Stanley Shapiro, Martin Melcher. Director: Delbert Mann. Original Screenplay: Stan- ley Shapiro, Nate Monaster. • A Granley Co.-Arwin-Nob Hill Production. In Color. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Drama). Stars: Gregory Peck, Brock Peters. Producer: Alan Pakula (An- thony Prods). Director: Robert Mulligan. Original (novel): Harper Lee. Soreenplay: Horton Foote. • Based on the best-oelling Pulitzer Prize-win- ning novel. UGLY AMERICAN, THE (Drama). Stars: Marlon Brando, Eiii Okada, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Joce- lyn Brando. Producer-Director: George Englund. Original (book): William J. Lederer, Eugene Bur- dick. Screenplay: Stewart Stern. • Filmed in Thailand. The story of America's diplomatic relations with a Southeast Asian coun- try. Warner Bros. (September through December, 1961) CLAUDELLE INGUSH (Drama). Stars: Diane McBain, Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins, Constance Ford, Claude Akins. Producer: Leonard Freeman. Direc- tor: Gordon Douglas. Original (novel): Erskine Caldwell. Screenplay: Leonard Freeman. • Set in the Georgia Hill country, plot deals with a teenage form girl who is caught on the rebound from a disappointment in love, and be- gins to drift from one promiscuous romance to another, bringing tragedy both to herself and to those around her. Sept. 1961. MASK, THE (Horror Drama). Stars: Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker, Anne Collings. Producer-Director: Julian Roffman (Taylor-Roff- mon Prods). Screenplay: Frank Taubes, Sandy Haber. • Canadian-made. An adventure in the super- natural, which oenters around an ancient ritual mask unearthed by on archeologist that brings fantasies to its wearers, and the tragedy befall- ing several persons who come under its evil spelt. In depth-dimension (3-D). Nov. 1961. ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, THE (Drama). Stars: Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Lotte Lenya, Jill St. John. Producer: Louis de Rochemont. Di- rector: Jose Quintero. Original (novel): Tennessee Williams. Screenplay: Gavin Lambert. • Filmed in Italy. A wealthy Broodway actress, following the death of her husband, gives up her career to live in Rome, where she spends her time wontonly with a succession of young gigolos in her search for love. Based on Tennessee Williams' only novel. In Color. Dec. 1961. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (Drama). Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Chris- tie. Producer-Director: Elia Kazan. Original Screen- play: William Inge. • The story of young love, a broken romance and two broken' lives, which are brought about by the boy's domineering but well-meaning father. The film carries the young couple's story from the early 1920s into the depression years. In Color. Oct. 1961. SUSAN SLADE (Drama). Stars: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan, Brian Aberne, Grant Williams. Producer-Director: Del- mer Daves. Original (novel): Doris Hume. Screen- play: Delmer Daves. • Deals with a crisis in the life of a young girl who is romantically involved with three men, and her unfortunate first real love affair. In Color. Nov. 1961. WORLD BY NIGHT (Travelog). Stars: Las Vegas Rhythmettes, the Nitwits, the Tiller Girls, Alfredo Alaria's Ballet, others. Producer: Julia Film. Exec- utive Producers: Francesco Mazzei, Gianni Proia. Director: Luigi Vanzi. • An international screen tour of after-dark en- tertainment spots, covering cities of Europe and the U.S.A. Some of the places, acts and perform- ers include: California's Marineland with antics by whales and porpoises; a performance by the Nitwits in the manner of Spike Jones' musicians; Japan's famous Geisha houses, and a lavish show at the Paris Lido. In Technirama and Color. Sept. 1961. Coming ACT OF MERCY (Adventure Drama). Stars: Leslie Caron, David Niven, James Robertson Justice. Producer: Thomas Clyde. Director: Anthony As- quith. Original (novel): Francis Clifford. Screen- play: John Mortimer. • Filmed in Spain and England as a Cavalcade- Associated British co-production. In a simple act of mercy, a businessman helps a South American ex-president escape from his country after a rev- olution. In Color. ACT ONE (Biographical Drama). Stars: Not set. Pro- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada Affiliated with the A.F.L.-C.l.O. Representing Craftsmen Employed in Production, Distribution and Exhibition in the Entertainment Field RICHARD F. WALSH International President Suite 1900 1270 Avenue of the Americas New York 20, N. Y. HARLAND HOLMDEN General Secretary-Treasurer BOXOFFICE 149