The Exhibitor (1961)

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 1962-ACCENT ON VARIETY Outstanding Lineup of Features Includes Epic "Mutiny on the Bounty," "King of Kings," As Well As First Story-Telling Film In Cinerama Process, "How the West Was Won." Product Slate Has Its Sights on World-Wide Audience. “The 1962 schedule encompasses a range and variety of entertainment that exceeds anything we have planned before,” says MGM Studio Head Sol C. Siegel. “The biggest pro¬ ductions with the top stars, writers, and di¬ rectors will give Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer an outstanding lineup of motion pictures for the ever-increasing world-wide audience.” Camera work has been completed in Ta¬ hiti for “Mutiny On the Bounty” and the pic¬ ture is now being edited and scored. The heroic story, combined with the spectacular cast, headed by Marlon Brando, Trevor How¬ ard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Hayden and Tarita, combine to make this film which is eagerly awaited. The Biblical epic, “King of Kings” has al¬ ready been launched successfully all over the world. The MGM holiday attraction, “Bachelor In Paradise,” comedy starring Bob Hope and Lana Turner, is also going top business. For Christmas, MGM will release “The Wonders of Aladdin” starring Donald O’Con¬ nor, prepared for children and oldsters alike. “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” one of the Company’s major pictures, will have key showings in special situations early in 1962. This Julian Blaustein production is the screen version of Vicente Blasco-Ibanez’ famous novel, directed by Academy Award¬ winning Vincente Minnelli and filmed on a spectacular scale on locations in Paris, with a huge cast headed by Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Henreid, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimeiux and Karl Boehm. Pictures now in the editing state or near¬ ing completion include: “Light in the Piazza,” film version of the prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Spencer. The Arthur Freed production, directed by Guy Green was filmed on locations in Florence and Rome, and starts Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and Barry Sullivan. “All Fall Down,” a John Houseman pro¬ duction, based on the best-seller by James Leo Herlihy, with the screen play by the noted Broadway playwright, William Inge, and with the cast starring Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Walden, Angela Lansbury and Brandon deWilde. It was directed by John Frankenheimer. “A Very Private Affair,” a Progefi-Cipra production starring Brigitte Bardot in her first MGM release, with Marcello Mastroianni co-starred in a story reflecting Bardot’s own exciting career. “The Horizontal Lieutenant,” a Joe Paster¬ nak production, directed by Richard Thorpe, a new comedy reuniting Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss, the stars of the widely success¬ ful “Where the Boys Are.” "How the West Was Won" is the first Cinerama film with a story. Bernard Smith produced for MGM. “Sweet Bird of Youth,” a Pandro S. Ber¬ man production of Tennessee Williams’ Broadway hit, with Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn and Madeleine Sherwood re¬ peating their stage roles; directed by Richard Brooks, who directed MGM’s blockbuster, “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.” Nearing completion are the first two MGMCinerama productions, “How the West Was Won,” and “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.” Currently before the cameras are “Two Weeks in Another Town,” film version of Irwin Shaw’s best-selling novel, directed by Vincente Minnelli, produced by John House¬ man and starring Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse and George Hamil¬ ton: “I Thank a Fool,” directed by Robert Stevens, produced by Anatole de Grunwald and starring Susan Hayward; “Guns in the Afternoon,” starring Joel McCrea and Ran¬ dolph Scott; “Swordsman of Sienna,” starring Stewart Granger; “Damon and Pythias,” based on the classic story; and “Seven Seas to Calais,” sea drama based on the life of Sir Francis Drake. In preparation is “Billy Rose’s Jumbo,” a Joe Pasternak production of the Broadway musical hit, directed by Charles Walters and starring Doris Day, Jimmy Durante, Stephen Boyd and Martha Raye. Marcello Mastroianni foils Brigitte Bardot's suicide attempt in "A Very Private Affair." 30 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR December 20, 1961