Hollywood Studio Magazine (November 1968)

shy, I guess. The “Mission Impossible” cast and crew spoke right up. August 17 was the date for Joe “The Coffee King” Leduc, Craft Service Man on the set. He was also on hand to serve some of his delicious coffee (Joe says to add salt to the grounds) for the surprise birthday party given for Barbara Bain on Septem¬ ber 13. Two weeks later to the day, Greg Morris celebrated his birthday on Septem¬ ber 27. * * * * Ken Deland, Unit Manager, had a September birthday while on location for “The Sterile Cuckoo” in New York State. At the end of the shooting day, cast and crew honored him at a party. John Law of “Ye Old Roach Coach A GO-GO—” fame (catering truck) will be appearing in an upcoming “Mission Im¬ possible” segment—gentle John will por¬ tray a Maffia gunman. The “Coach” achieved stardom in a Mod Squad Episode entitled “License to Kill”, which aired Tuesday, October 1. John’s blond daughter, Robin (a pretty little gal) has been interviewed for a role in a series at 20th. * * * A recent episode of “Mannix” called “End Game” became somewhat of a family affair. One scene involving guest star, Steve Ihnat, called for some ex¬ tremely robust action. It was evident that a stuntman would be needed—and a darn good one. The man for the job was Ron Rondell. Where does the family bit come in?? Ron’s brother Rick is 1st Assistant Director of the show. To take this story a step further, on the “Jack Benny Show” of several years ago, Ronnie Rondell, Sr. was 1st Assistant Director, with Rick as 2nd Assistant Director and Ron an oc¬ casional actor on the show. * * * Salianne “Sandy” Hetland (Publicity’s multi—lingual secretary) is an admitted “moonlighter.” It seems that when Sandy, who comes from a family of professional artists, is not giving private lessons in one or more languages, she spends her time working in creative stitchery. A member of both The London Guild of Embroiders and The Danish Handicraft Guild, she is a frequent exhi¬ bitor in Southern California art shows such as the 24th Annual Pasadena Art Fair which was held September 20-22nd. * * * HITCHED: Rick Carter and Sharon Greenwalt in Canoga Park Saturday (12). Groom is assistant to exec, producer Gene Roddenbury of “Star Trek.” Bride is non-pro. * * * BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rader- NEWS FROM WARNER BROTHERS - SEVEN ARTS ZERO MOSTEL GETS PAINTED TONGUE SONORA, CALIF. From now on Zero Mostel will be more carefull of what kind of lozenges he takes for a sore throat. Especially before he goes into a scene. Boarding an ancient, wood burner of the Sierra Railroad, being used for train robbery sequences being filmed here for “The Great Bank Robbery,” Zero, who had been complaining about a strained throat, took a lozenge recommended to him. It seemed to relieve whatever con¬ gestion was bothering him. Then it came time for dialogue. Mostel merely opened his mouth. To everyone’s astonishment, it looked like it Was on fire—the tongue was that red. The make¬ up man had to apply a dash of a harmless body make-up before filming could continue. A comedy western, the story concerns itself with the robbery of a bank which is the depositary of loot from other rob¬ beries, most of them train hold-ups. W-7 PRESENTS CHECK TO MPTR FUND Hal Holman, studio jnanager of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts and president of its Studio Club, presented a check for $2,500 to the Motion Picture and Tele¬ vision Relief Fund, through its president, George Bagnall. The sum is the proceeds from the Studio Club’s annual charity dinner dance last week at the Beverly- Hilton Hotel. MITCHUM “COOKS OUT" Robert Mitchum is doing his own cooking while living in a remote hunting lodge on Warner Bros.-Seven Arts’ “The Good Guys and Bad Guys” location in northern New Mexico. The lodge is 28 miles from the nearest village, which is Chama, population 1523, and the headquarters for the western drama. The lodge is situated on a high cliff, 300 feet above the Brazos River and is owned by G. Russell Jones, an internationally-known oil attorney who lives in Santa Fe, N. M. Mitchum isn’t dismayed by getting up his own grub and prefers it as a matter of fact. “I’m an old hand at the cook- stove,” he says. Bob isn’t entirely isolated in the lodge. Living near by is his son, Chris, and the latter’s wife, Cynthia. Chris is a pro¬ duction assistant on “The Good Guys and the Bad Guys.” DICK WATSON RETIRES Dick Watson, cashier for Warner Bros, and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts for the past 26 years retires October 31. He joined the valley studio in 1942. Popular with his fellow employees, he was honored with a dinner at Burbank’s Viva Restaurant. Watson, an amateur archeologist for many years, plans to complete studies in the subject at UCLA before joining a research group in Oaxaca, Mexico, later this year. Ardella Fisler, a member of the WB-7 accounting department, will succeed Wat¬ son. WARNER BROS. STUDIOS Malcolm Stuart, whose production company is making “The Great Bank Robbery,” multi-million dollar comedy western for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, set up his own private filming reserve in the hill country outside Sonora, California, by leasing 25,000 acres of ranch land from three different owners, and is shooting his film there sans interruptions. The territory that Stuart will control during his three week’s shooting schedule in Northern California starts five miles west of Sonora and runs to China Cros¬ sing. The land includes part of the huge Yost Cattle Ranch, raisers of Herefords, the Ed Burgson Quarter Horse Ranch, and the F.R. Cameron Cattle Ranch which has a large man-made lake on it that will be the site for several key scenes. Six miles of barbed wire fence were torn down, and will have to be replaced, to offer free passage to the more than 100 riders that will be used in the film variously as bandits, posse members, and vaqueros from across the border. Nearby is the property of Dr. Harvey Beauchamp, a 3,000 acre ranch, which features his own private railroad trestle. This has also been leased by Stuart for the filming of a key sequence. Page 19