Hollywood Studio Magazine (September 1972)

IMSIPE TRACK. ■■MOVIE & TV STUDIOS SPOTLIGHT this month is on Girls Friday of Show Business who stage their annual Angel Ball on September 23d aboard the luxurious ocean liner The Queen Mary in Long Beach. Director-actor Jackie Cooper is Honorary Dance Chairman and Gene Merlino’s band will once again provide the music for dancing. Lots of stars, entertainment, fabulous door prizes and a delicious dinner is in störe for those attending this gala charity event. All proceeds will be directed toward providing reconstructive surgery for needy children and you may obtain ticket information by calling 464-0255. AlPieces William Marshall, who plays the title role in “Blacula,” was featured Speaker at The Count Dracula Society branch of the 30th World Science Fiction Convention at the International Hotel September Ist. At that time he was also presented with an honorary membership in the Society by President Donald A. Reed. Marshall, as Blacula, and Thalmus Rasulala as a police pathologist, are excellent in the film and should both become important romantic leading men. Who says Black isn’t beautiful? Robert Quarry, who plays the title role in “The DeathMaster,” was a recent guest Speaker at the Hollywood Public Library Film Workshop. He lectured and answered questions on the problems of making horror movies. AIP driver Nate Dorfman is not afraid to get involved and proved it recently when he saw a purse snatcher bowl over a lady and make off with her bag. Nate stopped the car, took off after the man, retrieved the purse and assisted the lady in distress, garnering some torn clothing and losing a tooth in the process. The lady, Mrs. George Whitney, who was visiting in L.A., did some detecting and several days later, personnel director, Al Simms, and Nate, both received packages of appreciation; Nate for his good deed and Simms “for hiring someone as nice as Nate.” The Canadian Censorship Board banned the newsstand sale of the August issue of Playboy Magazine because of the explicit color photos appearing of the intimate scenes between Barbara Hershey Seagull and By Bea Colgan David Carradine from “Boxcar Bertha.” Barbara’s quotes in the accompanying captions are as graphic as the stills which leave little to the imagination. Enough said. Would you believe AIP still hasn’t found its “Camille”? The search has been going on for over a year for an attractive young lady who looks 20 and speaks English understandably. That doesn’t sound too difficult. Of course, it will be helpful if she is able to act. Hollywood is full of young gals who fit that description. Wonder what the hangup is? “Chamber of Tortures” is now “Baron Blood” and release date has been upped. Film, which stars Joseph Cotten and Elke Sommer, is a terror flick (what eise?) with music by Les Baxter and opens this month. Alfred Leone produced and Mario Bava directed from an original story by Vincent Fotre. Al Simms, director of personnel and facilities for AIP, has been re-elected President of the Motion Picture, Television, Radio and Recording Industries Communion Breakfast Committee. Duke Douglyn of Avco Embassy is vice-president, Dennis Winnie of Columbia Pictures is Treasurer and Miss Sammie Lanham of Walt Disney Studios is Secretary. Twenty-second Annual Breakfast will be held March 4 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. DISNEY DÖINGS Jodie Foster, who plays Samantha in “Napoleon and Samantha,” is a busy little gal. With 45 commercials to her credit as well as numerous TV appearances, she still finds time to compose songs and writes her own lyrics. She also speaks French well and her ultimate goal is to be an author. We’ll see. After all, it’s supposed to be a woman’s prerogative to change her mind and Jodi’s only eight. Fresh from completing “The Boy and the Bronc Buster,” a two-part episode for “The Wonderful World of Disney” vid-series, juvenile thesp Vincent Van Patten replaces Johnny Whitaker in “Charlie and the Angel.” He joins Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell and Kathleen Cody. Script by Roswell Rogers is based on “The Golden Evenings of Summer” by Will Stanton. Bill Anderson produces and Vincent McEveety directs. Anderson and McEveety again join forces when “A Son-In-Law For Charlie McCready” rolls in October with Gig Young in the title role. Anderson will also heim this one and McEveety will direct from a screenplay by his brother Joseph L. McEveety, based on a story by Harlan Ware. Though the McEveetys have numerous individual Disney credits, this is the first time the two have teamed on a production. Joining the voices of the animated cartoon feature, “Robin Hood,” is Ken Curtis, the drawling deputy marshal on “Gunsmoke” for many a season. Curtis will be the voice of Nutsy, a vulture guard, and he joins such distinguished voices as Peter Ustinov, Phil Harris, Brian Bedford, Terry-Thomas, Andy Devine and Roger Miller. Miller and Johnny Mercer have written the songs for “Robin Hood” and George Bruns contributed the score. The film has been in production for several years and won’t be released until Christmas of ’7 3. Wolfgang Reitherman is producer-director and Ken Anderson, who created and styled the characters, is the film’s production designer. The story was adapted by Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Gerry, Ken Anderson and Frank Thomas. Billy De Wolfe, who plays the heavy in “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” is very fussy about how his name looks in print. “There must be a space between the De and the Wolfe. In the immortal words of Samuel Goldwyn, every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Bill Jones. There is only one Billy De Wolfe” he declares. De Wolfe is making something of a screen Comeback in “Athlete,” his last film appearance being in 1965 in “Billie.” Meanwhile he has become the darling of TV talk shows so no doubt we will be hearing a lot more about “The World’s Greatest Athlete.” Vincent H. Jefferds has been elected to the newly created position of Vice-President of Merchandising and Promotion, it was announced by E. Cardon Walker^ President of Walt Disney Productions. Jefferds will supervise all foreign and domestic 35