Hollywood Studio Magazine (April 1967)

UNIVERSAL STORE STUDIO TALK by John Ringo Graham CORNER VENTURA BLVD. AND LANKERSHIM * * * # PRESCRIPTIONS PERFUMES FINE COSMETICS FREE DELIVERY to the Studio * 3799 Cahuenga Blvd. • No. Hollywood, Calif. Phones: 877-4841 — 761-3319 universal; THE 4WfDk STORE 1 ^ 5 ^ ^Iia/unacq l IMPECCABLE APPEARANCE for the man who wants his clothes tailored to perfection. Custom Craftsmanship Imported fabrics, silk, worsted, mohairs. from $85 to $125 Walt Disney Studio producer Ron Miller has been elected to the Board of Directors of Walt Disney Productions. Miller, who joined the company as an as¬ sistant director in 1957, is co-producer of the Studio's current feature release, "Monkeys, Go Home!" He is presently producing the Dick Van Dyke comedy film, "Never a Dull Moment." His appointment brings the Disney Board of Directors' membership to eight which in¬ cludes Roy O. Disney, president and chair¬ man of the board; George L. Bagnall, presi¬ dent of George Bagnall and Associates; Donn B. Tatum, v-p and administrative as¬ sistant to Roy O. Disney; William H. Ander¬ son, v-p, production and studio operations; E. Cardon Walker, v-p, marketing; Gordon E. Youngman, senior partner, Youngman, Hungate and Leopold, and S. Clark Beise, chairman executive committee, Bank of America. Girls Friday of Showbiz, composed of en¬ tertainment-industry secretaries, installed new officers during ceremonies recently at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. Presid¬ ing over rites, producer Brad Dexter. Installed are president Dee Somers; ex¬ ecutive v-p Natalie Drapkin; 1st v-p Anne Pinkus; 2nd v-p Louise Varriano; treasurer Helen Melnick; recording secretary Melinda Pfahler; corresponding secretary Kandee Arnold; philanthropy chairman Shirley Cor¬ rigan; publicity/bulletin Louise Wolf, and advisory board of past presidents: Bella Rackoff and Winifred Robertson. Terry M. Keegan has been appointed manager, promotion, West Coast, NBC. It was announced by John Scuoppo, v-p, promotion, NBC. Keegan will be in charge of the promotion and guest relations de¬ partments here. Gerald Mohr, Paul Frees, JoAnn Pflug and Jack Flounders have been signed by Hanna- Barbera Productions to provide the voice characterizations for "The Fantastic Four," a new half-hour animated adventure series based on Marvel Comics which will debut on CBS-TV this fall. A full live action musical fantasy based upon "Hansel And Gretel" is now in prepar¬ ation and is planned for early fall filming at Walt Disney Productions, reports studio pro¬ duction v-p William Anderson, who also will be the producer. Cast has not been set, as far as is known, but Norman Tokarwill direct. Original score is being composed by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, who got an Academy award for their "Mary Pop- pins" tuning. A first draft screenplay treat¬ ment has been turned in by A. J. Carothers and Tokar. As a further step in Universal's carefully planned build-up for Gayle Hunnicutt, the former UCLA drama student has been set to star in the studio's forthcoming "Pickup." Lyle Ames Trio continues indefinite en¬ gagement at Chadney's in Sherman Oaks, with Frank Brenner and Bill Chadney sharing ivories. Folk singer Dale Monroe alternates. Jim Hardiman, Screen Gems publicity top¬ per, back from Canada; Don taylor returned from directing "Jack Of Diamonds" in Munich. Jim Stewart succeeds John Connor as publicity director of Walt Disney Productions, and Connor swings over to new post of co- ordiantor of all Disney publications. He formerly was one of the editors of Collier's. Stewart joined Disney a little over a year ago, moving from Metro. He has been work¬ ing with Card Walker, v-p of Disney market- ing,y and has been doing general publicity writing, most recently unit work on "The Happiest Millionaire." NEW LIGHTING TECHNIQUE FOR 'ROSIE! 7 Universal's electrical department has perfected a revolutionary lighting tech¬ nique which is being used for the first time by cameraman Clifford Stine on Ross Hunter's "Rosie!" which David Lowell Rich is directing for producer Jacque Mapes. The newly perfected fill-in light is comprised of a bank of five matched sealed beam quartz illuminators which are used primarily to fill in shadow areas during exterior daylight filming. Replacing the old-style 10-K lamp, which weighs in excess of 300 pounds and requires a separate tripod stand, the new synchor-light, weighing less than 20 pounds, is mounted directly on the camera platform where the oper¬ ator can adjust it as desired. Each sealed beam lamp is 650 watts, giving the entire unit a total wattage of 3,250. The lights, iodized to provide proper color correction, can be used individually or in any combination of the units. Relief Fund Tee Tourney April 20-23 The 33rd annual Motion Picture Tennis Tournament, all proceeds going to Motion Picture Relief Fund, will be held at the Woodland Hills Tennis Club, April 20-23. Among the 75 participants entered are: Charlton Heston, Efrem Zimbalist, Cornel Wilde, James Franciscus, Dinah Shore, Diane McBain and Janet Leigh. Committeemen for the tourney, spon¬ sored by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Assn., are James Brown, Voltaire Perkins, Phillip Reed, Robert Taylor and Reed Hadley. 4 Continued on Page 24