20th Century-Fox Dynamo (1954)

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75% OF INDUSTRY’S BIO PICTURES THUS FAR SET FOR 195S SCHEDULED AS CINEMASCOPE SPECIALS! A minimum of 75% of 1955 productions that can be accurately characterized as potentially “big specials” slated for release next year have been scheduled by this and other major studios and 12 independent units to be Aimed in the Cinemascope process. This is, perhaps, the most significantly important and inspiring fact unearthed in any appraisal of what 1955 has in store for motion picture theatres equipped to properly present Cine- mascope pictures. More- over, this fact also re- fiects the iragnitude of in- dustry acceptance of Cin- emascope as the process that has not only re-vital- ized motion picture thea- tre patronage, but that the public, in no vague fashion, has demonstrated it prefers. The combined cost of these bigger CinemaScope projects, scheduled for public viewing in 1955, is estimated to be not much under S240,000,000! This amount, it must be borne in mind, does not represent the estimated cost of the from 125 to 150 CinemaScope pictures planned by all major studios, excepting one, and the dozen independent producers jor 1955 pro- duction or release. The 1240,000,000 concerns the cost associated with only the 75% of the industry’s bigger specials for next year's world-wide release. studios like Allied Artists, Columbia, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal-International, RKO- Radio, and Warner Brothers. Disney’s first CinemaScope super special, “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea,” is now being edited for 1955 release. Columbia has five of its 1955 Cinema- scope specials filmed: “The Violent Men,” John Ford’s “The Long Gray Line,” the musi- cal "Three For The Show” with Betty Grable, “Man From Laramie” and Jerry Wald’s “Joseph And His Brethren.” Columbia is currently CinemaScoping its costly musical, "My Sister Eileen.” MGM has filmed Dore S chary’s ‘"Bad Day At Black Rock,” "Green Fire," the musical "Jupi- ter’s Daughter" and "Many Rivers To Cross.” It has before the cameras these 1955 CinemaScope produc- tions: "The Prodigal,’’ "Moonfleet," "Interrupted Melody” and the musical "Hit The Deck." Warner Brothers has already pre- miered "A Star Is Bom” and has filmed "Drum Beat," "Track Of The Cat," and "Battle Cry." It has in production "Strange Lady In Town," "Moby Dick " and others, in preparatory stages. Universal-International is finishing "To Hell And Back" and preparing six others, all for next year’s release. "Katherine,” "The Tall Men,” "Soldier Of Fortune,” "Prince Of Players,” "The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing,” "A Man Called Peter,” "Jewel Of Bengal,” " Tigrero” and others; Universal-International’s "Chief Crazy Horse;" United Artists’ Hecht-Lancaster special, "The Kentuckian;” Allied Artists’ " The Black Prince;” Warner Brothers” "A Star Is Bom,” Producers Of CinemaScope Pictures These major 1955 CinemaScope specials include Darryl Zanuck’s own "The Greatest Story Ever Told,” a CinemaScope version of "Oklahoma” (also being filmed by R & H Pic- tures Cirporation to introduce the Todd-AO process); MGM’s " Ben Hur;” Colubmia’s "The Long Gray Line;” Walt Disney’s "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea;” our own "Alexander The Great,” "The Seven Year Itch,” "The King And I,” "Can Can,” "Daddy Long Legs,” **Untamed,” "The Enchanted Cup,” Page 2A "The Silver Chalice,” "Land Of The Pharaohs,” "Helen Of Troy” and others; MGM’s "The Prodigal,” and independently produced super specials, some, like Leland Hayward’s "Mister Roberts” and Russfield- Voyager’s "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, ” already being filmed, or scheduled for produc- tion within the next five months. This company has filming of its 1955 Cine- mascope well under way. So have other major Thus, even at this early stage CinemaScope theatre operators throughout the world know that while the source of 2-D features is consis- tently diminishing, due to increasingly persis- tent public and trade preference for Cinema- Scope vehicles, the number of anamorphically filmed product for the future is virtually daily mounting as producers acquire new story prop- erties. Actually, every major producing-distri- buting company (excepting Paramount) and leading independent’s schedule stresses this.