The Exhibitor (1965)

PRODUCT PREVIEW • stage hit; “Gambit,” starring Shirley MacLaine, with Ronald Neame directing for producer Leo L. Fuchs; “Texas Across the River,” an unusual outdoor adventure story to be pro¬ duced by Harry Keller. Also “Lets Kill Uncle,” a William Castle production to be produced and directed by Castle; “Rebel Troop,” an outdoor adventure story to be produced by Hal. E. Chester. Universal releases set so far for the 1966 season are as follows: January — Jean Seberg, Honor Blackman, and Sean Gar¬ rison in “Moment To Moment”; and “Wild, Wild Winter”, a rock ’n’ roll riot with Jay and The Americans, The Beau Brummels, Dick and Dee Dee, and The Astronauts. February. James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith in “The Rare Breed”; and Wendell Corey and Mark Richman in “Agent For H.A.R.M.” March: “Madame X” with Lana Turner, John Forsythe, and Ricardo Montalban; and “The Boy Cried Murder” with Veronica Turner, Phil Brown, Frazer Mc¬ Intosh, and Bebe Local’. April : “A Man Could Get Killed” with James Garner, Melina Mercouri, and Sandra Dee; and “Johnny Tiger” with Robert Taylor and Geraldine Brooks. May: “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” with Don Knotts; and “Gunpoint” with Audie Murphy. Also, the reissues, “King Kong Vs Godzilla” and “The Brides of Dracula,” with Peter Cushing. Other forthcoming Universal product is “And Now Miguel,” with Pat Cardi and Michael Ansara; “The Munsters,”with Fred Gwynne and Yvonne DeCarlo; “Arabesque,” with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren; “Incident At Phan¬ tom Hill,” with Robert Fuller, Jocelyn Lane and Dan Duryea; and “Blindfold,” with Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale. Embassy | Joseph F. Levine’s Embassy Pictures schedule for the new year has the Carlo Ponti wide-screen and color produc¬ tion, “The 10th Victim,” with Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, down for January along with “The 2nd Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World,” in color and starring Tom Adams. For late Spring, 1966, there will be Ponti’s wide screen and color production, “Paranoia,” (“Today, Tomorrow and The Day After Tomorrow”), starring Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Catherine Spaak, and Pamela Tiffin. This is a three part film consisting of “The Man With The Five Ballons,” “The Blonde Wife” and “The Right Moment.” Another Spring release will be Arthur Rankin, Jr’s, production of “The Daydreamer,” filmed in Animagic and Eastman Color, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Victor Borge, Patty Duke, Jack Gilford, Sessue Hayakawa, Mar¬ garet Hamilton, Burl Ives, Boris Karloff, Hayley Mills, Paul O’Keete, Cyril Ritchard, Terry-Thomas, Ed Wynn, and Ray Bolger as “ I he Pieman.” This is based on stories and characters created by Hans Christian Andersen. Also, “The Oscar”, a Clarence Greene production, with Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Gotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett and Broderick Crawford. Other Hollywood figures will portray themselves in this Pathecolor film concerned with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “Oscar” awards. Summer, 1966, will see the release of the Albert Band produced and directed “The Tramplers,” based on the novel “Guns Of North Texas” by Will Cook and featuring Joseph Cotten, Gordon Scott, James Mitchum and Ilaria Occhini. The Trace-Mark production of “A Man Called Adam,” co-starring Sammy Davis, Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson and introducing Frank Sinatra, Jr., and special guest star, Peter Lawford, will be released in late fall, 1966. Co-produced by Jim Waters and Ike Jones and directed by Leo Penn, the film was made in New York. United Artists M The year 1965 has proven to be the most successful in the history of United Artists. The belief at UA is that strong business can only be accomplished by strong product and that is exactly what the powers at UA are planning for the nation's theatres for 1966. UA will have at least three potentially powerful road¬ show presentation for 1966. “Cast A Giant Shadow” will have its three-theatre reserved-seat World Premiere in the New York area on March 29, 1966. With this unique kick¬ off, FT A will be introducing its film version of the colorful life of Colonel David Mickey Marcus, the American who was to lead the Israeli 1948 War of Independence. Kirk Douglas will play Marcus with support from Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, Luther Adler, Stathis Giallelis and others, plus the special appearances of Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and John Wayne. Mel Shavelson directed, wrote and co¬ produced with Michael Wayne this Mirisch-Llenroc-Batjac Production in color and Widescreen. For June, UA is planning to roadshow “Khartoum,” starring Charlton Heston, Sir Laurence Olivier and Richard Blaustein Production under director Basil Dearden. In October of 1966, the Mirisch Corporation will present through UA the long-awaited “Hawaii,” based on James A. Michener’s top best-seller. Academy Award-winner Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow and Richard Harris head the giant cast of this color-widescreen film. George Roy Hill directed and Walter Mirisch produced. Also receiving major playoff in 1966 with UA’s three big year-end releases, namely, “Thunderball,” “Viva Maria” and “A Thousand Clowns.” The latter two, in fact, will open in New York and Los Angeles only before spring of 1966. In February, 1966, UA will release George Axelrod’s “black comedy” of capers on a Southern California campus, “Lord Love A Duck.” This color film stars Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld and Lola Albright with a terrific supporting cast. “The Group,” Mary McCarthy’s sizzling best-seller, will hit America’s screens in March and the Charles K. Feldman presentation is expected to make stars of its eight girls who play the collective title role: Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, Joanna Pettet, Mary Robin Redd, Jessica Walter and Kathleen Widdoes. Sidney Lumet directed from a screenplay by producer (Continued on Page 58) 56 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR December 29, 1965