Paramount World (May 1958 - July 1962)

Page Three WORLD-WIDE APPEAL GIVEN PRIORITY IN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW PARAMOUNT PRODUCT Key International Ciiies Synchronize With New York in Multiple Press Release PRODUCTIONS The pictures announced by Mr. Weltner and dptailed by Mr. Pickman, are listed here for the record, since all areas of the company have received full particulars through regular channels. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard; BLUE HAWAII, Hal Walt is production starring Elvis Presley and Joan Blackman; THE ERRAND BOY, starring Jerry Lewis; SUMMER AND SMOKE, starring Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page, a Hal Wallis production; THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR, starring William Holden, Lilli Palmer and Hugh Griffith, a William Perlberg-George Seaton production. I MY GEISHA, starring Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings and Yoko Tani, a Steve Parker production; HATARIi , starring John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Red Buttons, Elsa Martinelli, Gerard Blaine and Michele Girardon, a Howard Hawks production; ESCAPE FROM ZAHRAIN, starring Yul Brynner and Sal Mineo; HELL IS FOR HEROES, starring Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino,Bob Newhart, Mike Kell in, Nick Adams and James Coburn, a Henry Blanke production. TOO LATE BLUaS, starring Bobby Darin and Stella Stevens, a John Cassavetes production; THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, starring James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien and Lee Marvin, a John Ford production; THE EASTER DINNER, starring Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli and Harry Guardino,a Melville Shavel son production; THE IRON MEN, starring Sidney Poitier and Claudia Cardinale; A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO, starring Laurence Harvey, France Nuyen, Martha nHyer, a Hal Wallis production. IT'S ONLY MONEY, starring Jerry Lewis; WHO'S GOT ' TH^ ACTION, starring Dean Martin, Lana Turnet and Eddie Albert; MY SIX LOVES, starring Debbie Reynolds; r THE HOOK, a Perl berg-Seat on production; SYLVIA, a iMarrin Poll production starring Paul Newman; THE IJACKALS, starring Ava Gardnefc, Louis Jourdan and Curt Jurgens; VILLA MIMOSA, an Edmond Beloin production; NIGHT WITHOUT END, a William Perlberg-George Seaton 1 production. THE STEPMOTHER, a Henry Blanke production; THE LONG PIG, an Aubrey Baring production; REUNION, a ! Stuart Miller production; THE WINSTON CHURCHILL STORY, a Hugh French production; DEAR AND GLORIOUS PHYSICIAN, a Henry Blanke production; AFFAIR IN ARCADY, a Henry Blanke production; MISTRESS OF MELLYN, a Henry Blanke production; CARNOT DE BAL, a Perlberg-Seaton production; IT'S MUBDER , a Henry Hathaway production. NO BAIL FOR TH^ JUDGE, a Gant Gaither production; CLIMATo OF LOVc,, an Edmond Beloin production; THE ROUSTABOUT, starring Elvis Presley, a Hal Wallis production; DECISION AT DELPHI, a Hal Wallis production; FJR&VER MY LOVE, starring Romy Schneider and Karl kjBoehm, an Ernest Marischka production; SIEGE OF SYRACUSE, starring Tina Louise and Rossano Brazzi; COME BLOW YOUR HORN, a Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear production; !BECKET, a Hal Wallis production; THc, WICKED ONE; ALL THc, WAY HOMt, a David Susskind production; Bo^INGjpOilNG, a Hal Wallis production. The announcement on this page and on the page following was made simultaneously in LONDON COPENHAGEN TOKYO SYDNEY and SINGAPORE. It represents the most important product statement made by Paramount in decades. It has been received by exhibitors and the industry, everywhere, with parallel importance. George Weltner (right) Paramount vice president in charge of world sales, and Jerome Pickman, vice pres evfdence as Paramount*^ new program of product was announced to the lnd’ try on October 13th „ iHf lus ** In New York, Mr. Weltner hosted a luncheon in the Company diningroom and had a one hundred percent representation by the trade press. His meeting, which was attended also by Messrs Barney Balaban, Adolph Zukor, Jerome Pickman, Russell Holman and Martin Davis, received magnificent press coverage, particularly Paramount ’ s dedication "to producing and distributing the best motion pictures for a vast international audience." Mr. Weltner pointed out that the word 'international1 had not been used lightly. He graphically represented by his own experience how ^^£^£^_^he_^temational market has become to our in speaking to the industry company and to our industry. Chester B. Bahn, writing editorially on Page One of The Film Daily, headlined his piece: "Weltner: He Makes Sense about problem and approach..." He was writing of the international market, and of the only calibre of product that has a chance in today's market. (On the following pages are sidelights on some of the overseas meetings). press at Paramount ' s product announcement luncheon in New York home office on October 13th, Adolph Zukor stressed again and again the fact that the most 'priceless' ingredient in our business is ENTHUSIASM — enthusiasm for the making, for the selling and for the showing of our product. Paramount's founder at the same time stated that he had the same overwhelming enthusiasm for the upcoming production of "Dear And_ Glorious Physician" as he had for the making of "The Ten Commandmsnts."