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REPORT FROM STUDIOS
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dealing with a young newspaperman's fight against organized vice, figures to be one of the year's real exploitation sleepers. And no less can be said of "Without Warning", the story of a paranoaic who tries to avange his wife's mistreatment of him, by knifing every young woman who reminds him of her. This one gets a tough break in following Stanley Kramer's "The Sniper", which has a similar theme. The Nassour brothers have completed a deal to produce three Technicolored films in England for L A release. These are in addition to "Jehad", which is currently shooting in England for the Nassours. Two new features are set to roll in April. They are: "Invasion U.S.A." (Michael O'Shca-Peggie Castle), which Alfred (ircen is directing for producers Robert Smith and Albert Xugsmith, and "Fanciulle <li Lusse", which Bernard Vorhaus is producing in Italy.
UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL
The trend at U-I seems to be increasing emphasis on outdoor action films on the production slate. "Rend of the River" is providing the inspiration. Most of the action epics will be in Technicolor — with 18 of the ci 'lor commitments already made for this year, and still more to be added. The angle simply, seems to be that there is big profit in such films, since costs are not too high and star values aren't so necessary.
Two new features went before the cameras during the final week of March: "City Beneath the Sea" (Robert Ryan-Suzan Ba'l) and "Bonzo Goes to College"( Edmund Gw'enn-Gigi Perreau). Bud Boetticher is directing "City" for producer Albert J. Cohen, and Frederick de Cordova megs "Bonzo" for Ted Richmond.
Percentage deals with established steller talent are more and more the order of the day at U-I, with at least three such pictures cither currently shooting or in preparation. Irene Dunne is mid-way through "It Grows On Trees", in which she drags down a reported fifteen percent of the gross, and Loretta Young and Tyrone Power are set to follow soon on similar deals.
WARNER BROTHERS
The hottest deal cooking at Warners, and one which seems likely to materialize, involves the possible sale to John Huston of the rights to "Moby Dick". Huston wants to do a re-make of the old classic, starring Marlon Brando, and is said to be willing to enter into a participation agreement with the Warners.
Director Charles Lamont wound the independent "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd" on March 25 — two days ahead of schedule. "Danger Forward" (Cornel WildeSteve Cochran) and "April In Paris" (Doris Day-Ray Bolger) went before the cameras in mid-March, to give the studio four pictures shooting simultaneously. David .Miller is directing the Technicolor musical, "April'' for producer William Jacobs, and Lewis Seiler is megging "Danger" for Henry Blanke.
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