Boxoffice barometer (1963)

foreign notion, setting off a chain reaction of events. In Color. WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED? (Comedy). Stars: Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carol Burnett, Jill St. John, Martin Balsam, Allison Hayes. Pro- ducer: Jack Rose. Director: Daniel Mann. Original Screenplay: Jack Rose. • Dean Martin portrays a bachelor TV doctor idol who acts as marriage counselor to the wives of the neighborhood while their husbands play poker. In Panavision and Color. WHO'S GOT THE ACTION? (Comedy). Stars: Lana Tur- ner, Dean Martin, Eddie Albert, Walter Matthau, Paul Ford. Producer: Jack Rose. Director: Daniel Mann. Original (novel): Alexander Rose. Screenplay: Jack Rose. • From the book, "Four Horseplayers Are Missing," in which a successful woman writer turns bookie to cure her lawyer-husband of his horse-betting habits, but runs afoul of a ruthless underworld syndicate in the process. In Panavision and Color. WIVES AND LOVERS (Comedy). Stars: Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Martha Hyer, Shelley Winters, Jeremy Slate. Producer: Hal B. Wallis (Hal Wallis Prod). Director: John Rich. Original (play): Jay Presson. Screenplay: Edward Anhalt. • A writer finally makes it big after being sup- ported for most of his career by his wife, a dental technician. His success brings romantic complica- tions in a comedy of errors. In Color. 20th Century-Fox (October through December, 1962) GIGOT (Comedy Drama). Stars: Jackie Gleason, Kath- erine Kath. Producer: Kenneth Hyman. (Seven Arts Prod). Director: Gene Kelly. Original Story: Jackie Gleason. Screenplay: John Patrick. • Filmed in France. A mute janitor, buffeted by fate, befriends a little girl and her streetwalker mother. The town, which once jeered him, learns to love him. In Color. Dec. 1962. LONGEST DAY, THE (Drama). Stars: Richard Burton, Red Buttons, Fabian, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Jeffrey Hunter, Curt Jurgens, Peter Lawford, Roddy McDowall, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Robert Wagner, Stuart Whitman, John Wayne, others. Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck. Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki. Original (book): Cornelius Ryan. Screenplay: Cornelius Ryan. • The story of D-Day in World War II as seen through the eyes of the Americans, French, British and Germans, with an all-star cast of players from those countries. In CinemaScope. Oct. 1962 (Special engagements only). LOVES OF SALAMMBO, THE (Spectacle Drama). Stars: Jeanne Valerie, Jacques Sernas, Edmund Purdom. Director: Sergio Grieco (Fides-Stella Prod). Original (novel): Gustave Flaubert. • Italian-made. Mercenaries hired to defend the ancient city of Carthage revolt after their leader steals gold given as ransom for the city. General Hamilcar arrives in time to save the city and his daughter who has fallen in love with the leader of the mercenaries, bringing about his pardon. In Cine- maScope and Color. Oct. 1962. Coming CLEOPATRA (Spectacle Drama). Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Pamela Brown, Hume Cronyn. Producer: Walter Wan- ger (Walter Wanger Prod). Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ran- ald MacDougall, Sidney Buchman. • Filmed in Italy, England, Israel and Egypt. The story of Cleopatra, Caesar and Mark Antony, their rivalries and loves. In Todd-AO and Color. CONDEMNED OF ALTONA, THE (Drama). Stars: Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner. Producer: Carlo Ponti (Titanus Films of Rome Co-prod). Director: Vittorio de Sica. Original (play): Jeah-Paul Sartre. Screenplay: Cesare Zavattini, Ab- by Mann. • Filmed in Germany and Italy. Based on the fa- mous Sartre play, the story tells of the aftermath of World War II on a German family and of the frus- trating guilt felt by a Nazi officer. In CinemaScope. DAY MARS INVADED EARTH, THE (Science-Fiction). Stars: Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, William Mims. Producer-Director: Maury Dexter. Screenplay: Harry Spalding. • A set of doubles for a prominent scientist, his family and his assistant, is the fiendish device utilized by the Martians to help conquer the earth. In Cinema- Scope. HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (Drama). Stars: Ronald Fos- ter, Merry Anders, Richard Crane. Producer-Director: Maury Dexter. Screenplay: Harry Spalding. • In CinemaScope. LEOPARD, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: Burt Lan- caster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon. Producer: Goffredo Lombardo (Titanus Films of Rome Co-Prod). Director: Luchino Visconti. Original (novel): Giuseppe di Lampedusa. Screenplay: Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Francoisa, En- rico Medioli, Luchino Visconti. • Filmed in Italy. Based on the novel by Di Lampe* dusa, set in 1860 against the background of Italy's bloody Risorgimento. In CinemaScope and Color. LION, THE (Adventure Drama). Stars: William Holden, Trevor Howard, Capucine, Pamela Franklin. Pro- ducer: Samuel G. Engel. Director: Jack Cardiff. 0- riginal (novel): Joseph Kessel. Screenplay: Irene Kamp, Louis Kamp. • Filmed in Africa. Story of a young girl, living with her mother and stepfather in Africa and her ex- cessive attachment to a lion. When her real father visits, the situation explodes. In CinemaScope and Color. MARILYN (Compilation). Stars: Marilyn Monroe. Pro- ducer: Richard Zanuck. Narrator: Rock Hudson. • The career of the late actress with highlights of her life and clips from her motion pictures, climaxed by scenes from her last, uncompleted film, "Some- thing's Got to Give." In CinemaScope and Color. NINE HOURS TO RAMA (Adventure Drama). Stars: Horst Buchholz, Jose Ferrer, Valerie Gearon, Diane Baker, Robert Morley, Don Borisenko. Producer-Di- rector: Mark Robson. Original (novel): Stanley Wol- pert. Screenplay: Nelson Gidding. • Filmed in India and England. The story of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and of the man who did it, his reasons, his background, his story. In CinemaScope and Color. QUEEN'S GUARDS, THE (Drama). Stars: Raymond Massey, Ursula Jeans, Daniel Massey, Robert Stevens. Producer-Director: Michael Powell (Imperial Films Prod). Screenplay: Roger Milner. • British-made. Depicts the way in which young men are trained for the Queen's Guards and how it affects one particular family. In CinemaScope and Color. SODOM AND GOMORRAH (Biblical Spectacle). Stars: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podesta, Anouk Aimee. Producer: Goffredo Lom- bardo (Titanus Films of Rome Co-prod). Director: Robert Aldrich. Screenplay: Hugo Butler. • Filmed in Italy and Spain. The story of the last days of the infamous Biblical twin cities and of Lot and his wife, lldith. In Color. STRIPPER, THE (Drama). Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Gypsy Rose Lee. Producer: Jerry Wald (Jerry Wald Prod). Director: Franklin Schaffner. Original (play): William Inge. Screenplay: Meade Roberts. • Story of a burlesque dancer who comes back to her small town and falls in love with a boy younger than she. In CinemaScope and Color. 30 YEARS OF FUN (Comedy Compilation). Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Harry Lang- don. Producer and Screenplay: Robert Youngson. • Excerpts from great comedies of the past with the comics of that era. YELLOW CANARY, THE (Suspense Drama). Stars: Pat Boone, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Jack Klugman, Jesse White, Jeff Corey. Producer: Maury Dexter, for Robert L. Lippert. Director: Buzz Kulik. Original Story: Whit Masterson. Screenplay: Rod Serling. • In CinemaScope. YOUNG GUNS OF TEXAS (Western). Stars: James Mit- chum, Alana Ladd, Jody McCrea, Chill Wills. Pro- ducer-Director: Maury Dexter. Screenplay: Henry Cross. • Offspring of famous stars are featured in this story of young people and their lives in the Old West. In CinemaScope and Color. United Artists (October through December, 1962) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Romantic Drama). Stars: Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, Merry Anders. Producer: Robert E. Kent (Har- vard Film Prod). Director: Edward L. Cahn. Original Screenplay: George Bruce, Orville Hampton. • Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is the story of a young duke who is the victim of a sorcerer's curse which, each night, transforms his face into that of a beast. The love of a princess saves the nobleman and breaks the spell. In Color. Dec. 1962. COURT MARTIAL (Melodrama). Stars: Karl Boehm, Christian Wolff, Klaus Kammer, Hans Nielsen, Sa- bina Sesselman. Producer: Helmuth Volmer. Director: Kurt Meisel. Screenplay: Will Berthold, Heinz 0. Wuttig. • Three survivors of a German ship, sunk by the British in World War II, are returned to Germany as heroes. Discrepancies in their stories lead to court- martials and it is revealed that the sea battle had lasted three hours after they were in their life raft. Despite a strong defense counsel plea, the death penalty is ordered for the trio. Dee. 1962. HERO'S ISLAND (Adventure Drama). Stars: James Ma- son, Kate Manx, Neville Brand, Rip Torn. Producer- Director: Leslie Stevens (Daystar-Portland Prod). Original Screenplay: Leslie Stevens. • The story of a family of indentured servants who get their first taste of freedom on an island off the Carolinas in 1718. In Panavision and Color. Oct. 1962. MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (Spy Drama). Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, An- gela Lansbury, James Gregory. Producers: John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod (M. C. Prod). Di- rector: John Frankenheimer. Original (novel): Rich- ard Condon. Screenplay: George Axelrod. • Story of a Korean War veteran who was brain- washed in a Communist prison camp and sent back to the U.S. to carry out certain diabolical schemes. Nov. 1962. PRESSURE POINT (Drama). Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Anne Barton. Producer: Stan- ley Kramer. Director: Hubert Cornfield. Original: Robert Lindner. Screenplay: Hubert Cornfield, S. Lee Pogostin. • A young psychiatrist has reached an impasse with a mental patient and his superior tries to help by detailing a similar problem he once faced. The prob- lems are outlined in a series of flashbacks, culmin- ating in release of the patient from prison and his subsequent commission of a brutal murder and his execution. Oct. 1962. TOWER OF LONDON (Horror Drama). Stars: Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman. Producer: Gene Corman (Admiral Pictures Presentation). Director: Roger Corman. Original Story: Leo V. Gordon, Amos Powell. Screenplay: Leo V. Gordon, Amos Powell, James B. Gordon. • Upon the death of Edward IV in England, Richard covets the position of Protector of the Realm and devises sinister plans to do away with all persons standing between him and the throne. The princes are murdered in the Tower of London and Richard has nightmares bringing visions of doom. A rival army takes to the field and metes out justice to Richard in the way predicted by his nightmares. Nov. 1962. TWO FOR THE SEESAW (Comedy Drama). Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shirley MacLaine, Edmon Ryan, Elisabeth Fraser, Eddie Firestone. Producer: Walter Mirisch (Mirisch-Argyle-Talbot-Seven Arts Prod). Director: Robert Wise. Original (play): William Gibson. Screen- play: Isobel Lennart. • A slightly square lawyer from Omaha, after a broken marriage, goes to New York where he meets and becomes involved with an off-beat Greenwich Village girl. In Panavision. Dec. 1962 (Prerelease). VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA, THE (Horror Drama). Stars: Helene Remy, Maria Luisa Rolando, Walter Brandi, Tina Gloriani. Producer: Bruno Bolognesi. Di- rector: Renato Polseili. • Italian-made; English-dubbed. Two ballerinas and a young man, rehearsing near a supposedly haunted castle, become lost and take refuge in the castle which is inhabited by a beautiful countess. Vam- pires attack the trio before they finally find that the countess and her servants are the vampires, and bring about their destruction. Nov. 1962. Coming BUDDHA (Drama). Stars: Kojiro Hongo, Charito Solis, Shintaro Katsu, Machiko Kyo, Raizo Ichikawa, Fu- jiko Yamamoto. Producer: Masaichi Nagata (Daiei Prod). Director: Kenji Misumi. Screenplay: Fuji Yahiro. • Japanese-made. The story of Prince Siddhartha, who gave up great palaces, wealth and a beautiful wife nearly 3,000 years ago to become Gautama Buddha and to wander into the desert seeking spiritual relief. He formulated the Buddhist religion, one of the most powerful ethical forces in the world today. In Technirama 70 and Color. CALL ME BWANA (Comedy). Stars: Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Alastair Sim, Lionel Jeffries. Producers: Albert Broccoli, Harry Saltzman (Eon Prod). Director: Gordon Douglas. Original Screenplay: Nate Monaster. • British-made; filmed largely in Africa. A spoof on big game hunters in which a noted author who writes on big game hunting in Africa finally goes on his first safari. In Color. CARETAKERS, THE (Drama). Stars: Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Joan Crawford, Janis Paige, Diane McBain, Robert Vaughn, Sharon Hugueny. Producer-Director: Hall Bartlett (Hall Bartlett Prod). Original (novel): Dariel Telfer. Screenplay: Henry Greenberg. • A study of doctors and nurses at a leading mental institution, depicting their lives and loves and the conflict that arises when a doctor attempts to intro- duce controversial new methods of treating patients. CHILD IS WAITING, A (Drama). Stars: Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands, Bruce Ritchey, Ste- ven Hill. Producer: Stanley Kramer (Stanley Kramer Prod). Director: John Cassavetes. Original Screen- play: Abby Mann. • The story of the people whose lives are involved with mentally retarded children, and the effect mental retardation has upon the lives of parents, teachers and others. DR. NO (Adventure-Suspense Mystery). Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord. Producers: Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli (Eon Prod). Director: Terence Young. Original (novel): Ian Fleming. Screenplay: Richard Maibaum, Wolf Man- kowitz. • British-made; filmed in Jamaica. A British Secret Service agent meets and befriends a beautiful girl while he is tracking down a paranoiac and ruthless scientist in a Caribbean hideaway, who seeks to de- stroy any persons balking his sinister plans for power. In Color. FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT (Suspense Drama). Stars: So- phia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young. Producer-Di- BOXOFFICE 129