Hollywood Studio Magazine (August 1968)

Barry Sullivan, Bearded to the chest for “Willie Boy,” takes it off - all the way off — for Quinn Martin’s “The Red Kitchen Murder.” * * * Director Paul Wendkos wrapping up Mirisch’s “Guns of the Magnificent Seven” and his documentary, “Students Around the World,” this weekend in Madrid, spent his Sundays and evenings on the documentary, filmed by his “Guns” star George Kennedy. PiRKCHESTER MOTOR HOTEL PLAN I — A Beautiful Room & Bath. $1.00 each for Slot Machine Play at the LAS VEGAS CLUB. 6 Bingo Cards and a Drink at the BINGO CLUB. The Show and a Drink in the BAGDAD ROOM of the ALADDIN HOTEL. An "around the clock" Breakfast consisting of: Fruit Juice, 2 Fresh Ranch Eggs, Hash Brown Potatoes, Toast & Coffee at the EL CORTEZ HOTEL. $12.50 for 2 persons. PLAN II - Everything described in PLAN I and 20 Oz. Porterhouse Steak or Prime Rib Dinner in the CORTEZ ROOM of the EL CORTEZ HOTEL. $9.75 per person. (minimum occupancy 2 persons) PLAN III — A Beautiful Room & Bath. The Dinner Show at the FREEMONT HOTEL. $1.00 each for Slot Machine Play at the LAS VEGAS CLUB. 6 Bingo Cards and a Drink at the BINGO CLUB. The 24 hour "round the clock" Breakfast described in PLAN I. The Show in the BAGDAD THEATRE at the ALADDIN HOTEL together with a Drink of your choice. $10.50 per person (minimum occupancy 2 persons) 110 No. 15th St., Las Vegas, Nevada (702) For Reservations . . . 382-3052 THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INDEPENDENT FILM GRANTS The first filmmakers to receive produc¬ tion grants under the American Film Institute’s “Independent Filmmaker” program were announced today by Insti¬ tute director George Stevens, Jr. Four of the grantees, Nell Cox, David Abramson, Storm De Hirsch and Thomas McDonough are from New York. Also receiving grants are Robert Russet of Lafayette, Louisiana, Paul Sharits of Bal¬ timore and Jimmy Murakami of Holly¬ wood, California. The Institute’s production plans in¬ clude a program for feature production and a $500,000 fund for the support of short films by independent and student filmmakers. The first student awards were announced in April. The purpose of the short film production program is to sup¬ port individual film artists in the develop¬ ment of their careers. Grants are an¬ nounced quarterly. A special advisory panel made up of film curator Willard Van Dyke, film critic Stanley Kauffmann and filmmaker James Blue worked with Stevens in reviewing the numerous proposals and screening the many films submitted as examples of the applicants’ work. STORM DE HIRSCH, 37, will receive $8,000 for a project “The Tattooed Man” which deals with a man’s inner thoughts. Miss De Hirsch who started as a poet said that she “wanted the imagery of poetry to jump off the page and get into action” and this led to filmmaking. Her films are currently being distributed by the Film- Makers’ Cooperative. THOMAS MCDONOUGH, 28, will re¬ ceive $6,000 to do a film entitled: “The National Flower of Brooklyn” which will combine documentary and animation techniques. He was the co-director of “12-12-42” which won the Grand Prix at Oberhausen and has been shown at film festivals throughout the world. Mr. McDonough has worked professionally in films for more than eight years as a writer, cameraman, editor and teacher. DAVID ABRAMSON, 28, will receive $8,120 for a film which will explore in dramatic and documentary form a wo¬ man’s conflicts arising from the problem of an illegal abortion. Mr. Abramson’s film “Girl on a Landscape” won a Certifi¬ cate of Merit at the 1966 San Francisco Film Festival. NELL COX, 30, was awarded $9,000 to make a documentary film on Frank¬ fort, Kentucky, and its 25,000 people. She intends to ihvestigate the mood of American today through this small town. Miss Cox has extensive experience in the documentary film and has worked with filmmakers Leacock, Pennebaker, Drew and Maysles. JIMMY MURAKAMI, 35, will receive $9,066 for an animated film “The Good Friend” which will explore the nature of friendship. Mr. Murakami has ten years of commercial experience which began at UPA Studios. His film “The Insects” won the British Academy Award and his film “Breath” won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Festival d’ Annecy. PAUL SHARITS, 25, has been awarded $1,600 to complete his dual image stereo sound composition “Razor Blades.” Mr. Sharits teaches cinematogr¬ aphy and visual design at the Maryland Institute of Art. His film “Ray Gun Virus” is in the private collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art and was part of the Museum’s sponsored “American Personal Film Anthology” at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. ROBERT RUSSETT, 32, will receive $1,500 to make an animated film explor¬ ing a wide variety of collage and mixed media techniques. He is currently teach¬ ing art at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Further grants will be awarded on a quarterly basis and the Institute is wel¬ coming new independent proposals for the awards to be made next July. The American Film Institute is a pri¬ vate, non-government, non-profit corpor¬ ation dedicated to stimulating progress and quality in the art of film. A record number of 18 major features have completed filming and are in various stages of final editing at 20th Century- Fox, it was disclosed by Richard D. Zanuck, executive vice-president in charge of production. LETTERS Continued from Page 12 and lots ot good iuck on your work with it. Having edited the “Home Magazine” of the “Los Angeles Times” a few years ago I feel its a very good job but you should hire a good proof-reader since I saw a couple of typos in some of the stories. Presently I am in Malaga with “Hard Contract” and trying to stay out of trouble. I am enclosing a few stories which I filed from here so far. Best wishes, Lou Dyer Page 15