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Creative Casting Director Marvin Paige paves the comeback trail t“A successful motion picture begins with a good script and demands a skilled director,” Marvin Paige of Marvin Paige Independent Casting explained the other day, “but a boxoffice winner must also rely upon the chemistry of creative casting.” That Paige possesses intuitive know-how to cast well is verified in a quick glance around his Sunset Strip office walls where colorful posters such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Take the Money and Run,” “If He Hollers, Let Him Go,” “Devils Brigade,” and “Beach Red” appear. Currently Paige is busily casting the feature film, “The Honkers” and the Bill Holden starrer, “The Revengers” and the ever popular teevee series, “Lassie.” “Through the years,” Paige continues, “I’ve tried to simplify casting chores for such major producers as Martin Rackin, David O. Wolper, Martin Jurow, Levy-Gardner Laven as well as the companies of National-General, Paramount, United Artists, Warners, and ABC as well as CBS teevee.” Leaning back in his chair, Paige smiled, “You know there is a great deal of misapprehension among industry people concerning what the actual function of an independent casting office is. Some people think we are agents, but we are the opposite. We deal with the agent for the actor’s services.” One entire wall in another room of Paige’s office has an alphabetized file containing thousands of photographs of actors and actresses. “We’re geared to service the needs of the independent producers as well as the major studio which no longer maintains a year-round casting staff. We are a company that negotiates and buys talent for the producers and takes over the time consuming details that complicate a producer’s casting chores. The keynote of good casting, according to Paige is casting creatively and keeping within budget limitations. Paige feels that one of his great values to a producer has been his knowledge of the talent market, his awareness of both newcomers, today’s names and the long established pros and where to find them. Stars as well as films have flopped with poor casting. “Often a performer comes Blonde and beautiful, Carol Lynley, JEAN HARLOW look alike appeared in one of two film biographies on the celebrated beauty. Paige, (right) shown with Miss Lynley, and Efrem Zimbalist set-side. 7