Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1961)

Twentieth-Fox will make at least ten subjects and MGM eight in Britain. Thus, company by company, here is the product lineup for 1961, including both films which have been completed and those committed for production: ANGLO AMALGAMATED “No Kidding,” comedy, with Leslie Phillips and Geraldine McEwan, produced by Peter Rogers, directed by Gerald Thomas: a thriller, “The Concrete Jungle,” with Stanley Baker, produced by Jack Greenwood and directed by Joe Losey; “Konga,” spectacular thriller, produced by Herman Cohen, directed by John Lemont; “Carry On, Regardless,” comedy, produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas: “The Frightened City,” crime thriller, with John Gregson, produced and directed by John Lemont and Leigh Vance; “Payroll,” thriller with Michael Craig, produced by Julian Wintie, directed by Sydney Haynes: “On the Fiddle,” comedy, produced by Ben Fisz and directed by Don Chaffey; "Wives Galore,” comedy, produced by Bob and Jack Asher, directed by Bob Asher: “The Happy Bard,” comedy, produced by Peter Rogers, directed by Gerald Thomas; “Dentist on the Job,” comedy, with Kenneth Connor, produced by Bertie Ostrer; “The Iron Maiden,” comedy, in Technicolor, produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas; “Carry On, Yank,” comedy, produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas; “Holiday Camp,” adventure drama, produced by Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn and directed by Sydney Meyers; “The Patriots,” modern drama, produced by John Brabourne and directed by Lewis Gilbert; “Heart of a Circus,” circus story in Technicolor, produced by Julian Wintle and Leslie Parkyn. Further feature properties purchased include, “Carry On, London”; “Carry On, Farmer,” “The Black Belt,” “The Great Spinoza,” “Something About a Sailor,” “A Fool in Fleet Street,” “Raising the Wind,” “Critic on Ice” and “Dawn of D-Day.” ASSOCIATED BRITISH “Lord of the Desert,” comedy, with Charlie Drake, produced by Gordon Scott and directed by John Paddy Carstairs; “Hand in Hand,” child drama, produced by Helen Winston, directed by Philip Leacock; “The Long and the Short and the Tall,” wartime story, with Laurence Harvey and Richard Todd, produced by Sir Michael Balcon and directed by Leslie Norman; “The Rebel,” a comedy with Tony Hancock and George Sanders, produced by W. A. Whittaker and directed by Robert Day; “Don’t Bother to Knock,” comedy, with Richard Todd, produced by Frank Godwin and directed by Cyril Frank el; “The Sundowners,” outdoor drama, with Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum produced by Gerry Blattner, directed by Fred Zinnemann; “School for Scoundrels,” comedy, with Terr y-Thomas, produced by Hal Chester and directed by Robert Hamer. Four other subjects are in preparation: “Tamahine” from the novel by Thelma Niklous with Elke Sommer; a new comedy, with Tony Hancock; “Operation Cheesecake,” an original comedy and the second Charlie Drake subject under his Associated British contract. LION INTERNATIONAL “I’m All Right, Jack,” comedy with Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers and TerryThomas, produced by Roy Boulting, directed by John Boulting; “Man in a Cocked Hat,” comedy, with Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers, produced by John Boulting, directed by Jeffrey Dell and Roy Boulting; “Left, Right and Centre,” comedy, with Ian Carmichael and Alastair Sim, produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, directed by Sidney Gilliat; “The Angry Silence,” drama, with Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli, produced by Richard Attenborough and Bryan Forbes, directed by Guy Green; “A French Mistress,” comedy, produced by John Boulting, directed by Roy Boulting; “Two-Way Stretch,” comedy, with Peter Sellers, produced by M. Smedley Aston and directed by Robert Day; “Blitz on Britain,” feature-length documentary, produced by Harry Booth and directed by Roy Simpson, with commentary by Alastair Cooke ; “Honeymoon,” a spectacular dance-adventure story, with Anthony Steele, produced and directed by Michael Powell; “Black Tights,” ballet spectacular, with Cyd Charisse and Zizi Jeanmaire, produced by Joe Kaufman, directed by Terence Young; “The Night We Sprang a Leak,” farce, produced by Brian Rix and Darcy Conyers, directed by Darcy Conyers; “Suspect,” espionage thriller, with Tony Britton, produced and directed by John and Roy Boulting; “Gorgo,” science-fiction thriller, with Bill Travers produced by t he King Brothers, directed by Gene Laurie; “The World in My Pocket,” gangster drama, with Rod Steiger, produced by Dr. Greuter and directed by Alvin Rakoff; “The Pure Hell of St. Trinians,” comedy, produced by Sidney Gilliat, and directed by Frank Launder. Other subjects in preparation: “Two Living, One Dead,” drama, with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna; ‘The Gypsum Flower,” drama; “The Rent Siege,” a Boulting Brothers drama; “The Stoppable Man,” drama; “Pull Up the Ladder,” comedy; “That Uncertain Feeling,” comedy; “Heavens Above,” comedy, with Peter Sellers and Ian Carmichael. BRITISH LION In Association With Britannia “The Hands of Orlac,” thriller with Mel Ferrer, produced by Steven Pallos, directed by Edmond Greville; “Nearly a Nasty Accident,” air force comedy, produced by Bertram Ostrer and directed by Don Chaffey. Subjects in preparation: “The Daffodil Mystery,” drama, and “The Day the Earth Caught on Fire,” science-fiction drama. BRITISH LION In Association With Bryanston Films “Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,” industrial drama with Albert Finney, produced by Harry Salzman and directed by Karel Reisz; “Spare the Rod,” comedydrama, with Max Bygraves, produced by Victor Lynden, directed by Leslie Norman; “The Boy Who Stole a Million,” comedy drama, produced by George Brown and directed by Charles Crichton; “Double Bunk,” comedy, with Ian Carmichael, produced by George H. Brown, directed by C. M. Pennington Richards; “The Entertainer,” modern drama, with Sir Laurence Olivier, produced by Harry Saltzman, directed by Tony Richardson; “The Battle of the Sexes,” comedy, with Peter Sellers, directed by Monja Danischewsky; “Light Up the Sky”; army comedy, with Ian Carmichael, produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert; “Cone of Silence,” aviation drama, with Peter Cushing, produced by Aubrey Baring, directed by Charles Frend. Of the six subjects Bryanston will make in 1961, the first is “A Taste of Honey,” based on the Shelagh Delaney play which Tony Richardson will direct for Woodfall Productions. BUTCHERS “Trouble With Eve,” comedy, produced by Tom Blakeley and directed by Francis Searle; “The Breaking Point,” drama, produced by Peter Lambert, directed by Lance Comfort; “The Gentle Trap,” drama, produced by Jack Parsons and directed by Charles Saunders; “The Hand,” drama, produced by Bill Luckwell and directed by Henry Cass; “The Man Who Couldn’t Walk,” drama, produced by Jock McGregor and Unesh Mallik and directed by Henry Cass; “Rag Doll,” produced by Tom Blakeley and directed by Lance Comfort. (Continued on page 104) Peter Rogers Victor Hoare David Kingsley BOXOFFICE 93