Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1963)

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why « I made that movie Very early in my motion picture career, 1 once asked for time out to consider a director's request that I kiss my leading lady. 1 simply wanted to talk it over with my wife Shirley. Before 1 could tell the studio that I'd agreed to do this scene, papers all around the country were dutifully reporting that I had refused. A hard-working press agent at 20th Century-Fox figured It was a better story to simply say I refused — which wasn't the case at all. But if that bit of trivia was regarded as news, you can imagine what happened when the story recently leaked out that the movie-censoring body (The Shurlock Office) had refused a seal of approval to my latest film, "The Main Attraction.” I wish I could pass this off as another publicity stunt, but the basic facts are true. But like any controversy that’s fed into the Hollywood gossip mill, the story has been blown up out of proportion and once again the studio — in this case Seven Arts Films — has obviously decided that they can sell tickets if the public Is duped into thinking that Pat Boone has made a film that's larded with sex and steaming dialogue. Well, I'm afraid this kind of fan Is in for a big disappointment! W’hile "The Main Attraction” is a far cry from the roles I've been playing, and still contains one scene that I am morally opposed to, I would have never accepted this film If I hadn't thought it had a moral and a point of view that made sense and I still think it's a whale of a film. But I must retrogress and start at the beginning. There comes a time in every actor’s career when he must take inventory and decide where he is going. I felt I had ( Continued on page 89 ) by Pat Boone