Hollywood Studio Magazine (June 1971)

left side of No. 3 hole is where Burma Road was filmed. Near the tee at No. 11 is the weather-beaten stable where 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor played in “National Velvet” and the hole itself is laid on the site where Mickey Rooney rode to victory in that movie’s quarter-mile race. If you’re in search of more romantic stuff, on the back nine there’s a clump of oak trees. If those trees could talk, what stories they might tell of Douglas Fairbanks dropping down onto his horse’s back in “Robin Hood.” Shucks. Everybody knows actors can’t drop down on a horse. Not even Fairbanks. Ducks drop down! *** King Vidor retrospective For the classic film buff, the L.A. County Museum on Wilshire Blvd. is still providing some memorable examples of film-making the way it was. All last month and up until June 12 the Museum is zeroing in on the works of King Vidor, a giant in his time and a giant still. In case you’re interested, here’s a fast rundown on the coming attractions: Friday, June 4, 8:30 - Love Never Dies (1921) and The Patsy (1928). This is the first time, incidentally, that Love Never Dies has been shown since its original release and it’s the only Vidor film produced by Thomas Ince. The Patsy is Vidor’s first film with Marian Davies cast as a clumsy teenager who falls in love with her older sister’s boyfriend. Marie Dressier and Dell Henderson play her mother and father. Saturday, June 5, 8:30 p.m. - Robert Young stars as H. M. Pulham, Esq. in the 1941 film of the same name, with Hedy Lamarr as the secret love of his life. On the same bill, selected clips from Vidor’s western films. Friday, June 11, 8:30 p.m. - La Boheme (1926) and Bird of Paradise (1932) Boheme was Lillian Gish’s first picture at Metro and for it she requested the cast and director of The Big Parade. Bird of Paradise, second half of the double bill, stars Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrae in the first Vidor film produced by David O. Selznick at RKO. Saturday, June 12, 8:30 p.m. - The Big Parade, (1925) one of the true classics of film-making, stars John Gilbert, with Renee Adoree as the young peasant girl he meets in France and Kari Dane and Tom O’Brien as his foxhole buddies. “Parade” shares its showing with a short sequence from The Sky Pilot (1920) starring Colleen Moore. Oh, yes. For tickets — . You can buy them ($2 for the general public, $ 1.50 for students and members) at the Ticket Desk in the Leo S. Bing Center, Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., or one hour prior to performances. To order by mail, send check and self-addressed stamped envelope to Ticket Desk, L.A. County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Cahf. 90036. *** Glittering Screen Gems At least Columbia,s Screen Gems seems to be busy. New series “The Good Life” gets under way June 17, set for Saturday half-hour episodes on NBC next fall, with filming on L.A. locations and on the lot. New series stars Larry Hagman and Donna Mills, with David Wayne, Kate Reid and Danny Goldman. Lee Rich is executive producer. Claudio Guzman produces the series. On the same lot, “master of suspense” William Castle has been signed to develop television features and series for the company, the first of many new talents due to come into Screen Gems TV production organization, according to Leonard Goldberg, v-p in charge of production. Goldberg proved his point with the addition of Douglas S. Cramer, former executive vice-president in charge of production for Paramount Television, as an independent producer of TV programs and motion pictures for Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., parent company of Screen Gems and Columbia Pictures. Then Cramer added W. L. Baumes, former production coordinator for visual effects and director of daytime and live tape programming for Paramount TV, as his associate. In addition, Lawrency A. Gordon joined Screen Gems as vice president of program development. Gordon began his film career as an executive with' Aaron Spelling with whom he co-created “The New People”series for ABC-TV. While all this has been going on. The Partridge Family began production on its second season. Whatever the formula is, it seems to be working well for Columbia. *** Signs of the times If you’ve begun to believe the movie industry is plagued by change, look what’s happening to television. Comes the recent report that Zenith Phonevision, a subsidiary of Zenith Radio Corp., has bought KWHY-TV (Channel 22), subject to approval by the FCC, of course. However, the FCC has already approved the Zenith system of Pay Television (last August). Put the pieces together for yourself. Joseph S. Wright, Zenith chairman, has indicated that L.A. will be one of the first three markets to be offered over-the-air subscription TV at least a year from now. Meanwhile, L.A. County continues to extend the allocation of franchises to CATv operators, one of the latest being the unincorporated area east of Altadena, recently awarded to Kinneloa Antenna Service. *** ISSOS ROSCOE BLVD. at San Diego Freeway SEPULVEDA 5