Hollywood Studio Magazine (June 1970)

FESS PARKER EXPANDS INVESTMENTS Star and co-owner of the “Daniel Boone” television series, Fess Parker has diversified business interests. He pioneered and is an owner of Rancho Santa Barbara, a mobile home park five miles from the Rancho Goleta property. The actor also is developing Frontier Worlds, a multi-million dollar amusement park in Boone County, Kentucky, and is a major investor in a Kentucky-based leisure industry company. Parker recently signed a multiple film and TV contract with Warner Bros., and maintains offices at the Burbank, Calif., studio. WORD TO THE WISE Usually a word to the wise is sufficient, but not when it’s an actor named Orville Wise, who made a one-line film debut yesterday in MGM’s Frank Sinatra starrer, “Dirty Dingus Magee.” Wise had a single scene in which he simply had to answer the phone and scream: “You have the wrong number, you idiot!” After spending practically the whole morning nervously pacing up and down, rehearsing his line, Wise figured he was really ready when his big scene finally came up. The phone rang, he picked it up, and screamed: “You have the wrong idiot, you number!” “R.P.M.*” Anthony Quinn, now before the cameras at Columbia for Stanley Kramer’s “R.P.M.*”, claims that a hat is an invaluable prop to an actor in helping him to portray a mood. When he wants to be tough, he snaps the brim down and clamps his teeth on a long cigar. When he’s puzzled, he sets the chapeau well back on his head. When he’s light-hearted and gay, he places the hat at a rakish angle and puts a glint in his eye. When he’s frustrated, he pulls the felt down over his ears and glowers. However, before you run out and buy a hat and come to Hollywood, just remember a lot depends on what goes on under the hat, too. * * * STELLA STEVENS, fresh from her coast-to-coast trip on behalf of Warner’s “The Ballad of Cable Hogue”, feels that this film is really her FIRST. It may be chronologically her 18th, but Sam Peckinpah has finally got her out of the mold of being an amusing stupid blonde. From now on its a new ball game and a complete change of image says the actress. * * * DIRECTOR PAUL WENDKOS, currently shooting “Fraternity” as a Cinema Center 100 feature for TV, has proposed to the producers that they sneak preview the film in a theatre and maybe release the produce in theaters. Wendkos believes the show is a feature and Glenn Ford his star is so enthusiastic about the result that they will be reunited for a movie later this year. * * * PAUL WENDKOS had a marvelous 15th Wedding Anniversary present with the news that the director had been signed to two pictures to be made in the STATES. Currently helming “Fraternity” with Glenn Ford, Wendkos will report to Fox for “Mephisto Waltz”. For the past five years he has been directing abroad in Spain, London, Malta and Germany. * * * PRODUCERS FRANK PEPPIATT AND JOHN AYLESWORTH, not to stand on their laurels with the hit TV show “Hee Haw” have sold another series to CBS whicl^ will debut in July. Titled “Happy Days Are Here Again”, show will be about the wonderful 1930’s including the big bands, clothes, film clips etc. * * * WOMPI OFFICERS INSTALLATION JUNE 27 The 1970-71 Officers of the Women qf the Motion Picture Industry (WOMPI) will be installed on Saturday, June 27, Crystal Room, Edna Earle's Fogcutter Restaurant, Hollywood. They are: Mrs Elena K. Vassar (20th-Century Fox) President; Miss Karen Richards (Universal Studios), First Vice President & Program Chairman; Miss Ruth Stephens (Ideal Pictures), Second Vice President and Membership Chairman; Mrs. James (Marjorie) Karl (Paramount Studios), Recording Secretary; Mrs. Susan Gottlieb (National Screen Service), Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Clarence (Marjorie) Oswald (MPH&W), Treasurer. Membership of the local group is 109 with a membership drive among the first items on the agenda for the coming year. OVERHEAD DOOR CO., INC GENIE ELECTRIC GARAGE DOOR OPERATORS 765-5678 983-0709 244-0302 Satisfied Customers Since 1938 7215 Ethel Ave. North Hollywood Page 23