Anzio (Columbia Pictures) (1968)

Robert Mitchum Robert Mitchum, who won early fame as an infantry lieutenant in “The Story of G. I. Joe,” more recently starred in “The Longest Day,” the story of the D-Day invasion of France. Now, in “Anzio,” Dino de Laurentiis’ epic drama of another World War II imvasion, at the ........ Theatre, Mitchum appears as a cynical, veteran war correspondent, “Anzio” is a Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and Technicolor, directed by Edward Dmytryk. In 1942, Mitchum joined California’s Long Beach Theatre Guild, appearing in such plays as “Rebound,” “Remember the Day” and “The Petrified Forest.” This led to his first motion picture role, that of a rough, unshaven heavy in a “Hopalong Cassidy” film. After nine Cassidy films, Mitchum appeared in “We’ve Never Been Licked” followed by ‘Corvette K-225,” “Gung Ho” and “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.” Then followed such other major films as “Crossfire,” “Rachel and the Stranger” and “Blood on the Moon.” Other important films in which Mitchum appeared include “Not as a Stranger,” “Fire Down Below,” “The Way West,” “The Enemy Below,” “Two for the Seesaw” and “What a Way to Go!” “Anzio” co-stars Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter, Anthony Steel and Wayde Preston with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. Robert Ryan QQ QQ OLLI Robert Ryan is a gentle man, but his commanding height and rough-hewn features make him the casting director’s ideal military officer or other personification of force and violence. So it comes as no surprise that Ryan has portrayed a general in three recent large-scale film re-enactments of important World War II battles. The latest of these is Dino de Laurentiis’ production of “Anzio,” starring Robert Mitchum, at the... Theatre in Panavision and Technicolor. In the new Columbia Pictures release, as special guest star, Ryan plays General Carson, commander of the American Fifth Army, whose Anzio beachhead campaign was meant to break an Italian war theatre stalemate. Instead, it dwindled into an interminable and bloody siege. Prior to “Anzio,” Ryan portrayed a general in “Battle of the Bulge,” in which the Germans made a last-gasp attempt to break through the American lines in the Ardennes. In “The Longest Day,’ Ryan played another military figure. Thomas Hunter QLOQLQL LOL LL LLL OLE Thomas Hunter, whose first important Hollywood picture was “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy ?”, co-stars with Robert Mitchum in Dino de Laurentiis’ spectacular war drama, “Anzio,” now at the ...... Theatre. The Columbia Pictures release was directed by Edward Dmytryk in Panavision and Technicolor. Hunter plays a Ranger radio operator in the battle spectacular which deals with the bloody four-month combat that followed the Anzio beachhead during World War II, before the Allies could move on to Rome. Mat 3A; Still No. 84 Allied torces swarm ashore to establish a beachhead at Anzio, in this scene from the Dino De Laurentiis war epic, “Anzio,” in Panavision and Technicolor. Robert Mitchum stars in the Columbia Pictures release and Edward Dmytryk directed. Co-starred are Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter, Anthony Steel and Wayde Preston with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. FQOQQLQLLLLLLOOLQO LO QL LL LOLOL LOIS? Advance Notice Dino de Laurentiis’ epic production of ‘Anzio,’ World War II drama starring Robert Mitchum, opens Ps ids at the ........ Theatre. The Columbia Pictures release, filmed in Panavision and Technicolor, was directed by Edward Dmytryk. Co-starring are Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter, Anthony Steel and Wayde Preston with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. “Anzio” was produced by Dino de Laurentiis from a screenplay by Harry A. L. Craig based on the book by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Anthony Steel PQQ QOQQ QQ QOL LLL Anthony Steel, the noted British actor, co-stars with Robert Mitchum in Dino de Laurentiis’ epic war drama, “Anzio,” now at the ........ Theatre. In the Columbia Pictures release filmed in Panavision and Technicolor, Steel portrays General Marsh, commander of the vaunted British First Division, part of the Allied force that participated in the bloody action at Anzio where the end of World War II began, according to some sources. Also co-starred in the Dino de Laurentiis production, directed by Edward Dmytryk, are Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter and Wayde Preston with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. Harry A. L. Craig wrote the “Anzio” screenplay from the book by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Mat 2B; Still No. 107 Robert Mitchum, as a veteran war correspondent in “Anzio,” the Dino De Laurentiis production in Panavision and Technicolor for Columbia Pictures release, finds himself trapped behind German lines along with Peter Falk, right, and a handful of other Allied soldiers. Mat 2C; Still No. 119 Peter Falk, as a Canadian commando, has his own way of preparing to take part in the invasion of Anzio. It’s a scene from Dino De Laurentiis’ “BAnzio,” which stars Robert Mitchum in Panavision and Technicolor. “Anzio” is a Columbia Pictures release. Arthur Kennedy Not all generals attain martial glory. Some are unequal to the exigencies of combat and wind up war’s victim rather than its victor. Distinguished actor Arthur Kennedy portrays one of the defeated military figures of World War II in Dino de Laurentiis’ “Anzio,” spectacular new war epic at the...... Theatre. Starring Robert Mitchum, the Columbia Pictures release was directed by Edward Dmytryk in Panavision and Technicolor. As General Lesly, fictitious commander of the Anzio forces, Kennedy cautiously orders his men to dig in after the surprise landings, instead of storming inland along the unopposed, wide-open road to Rome explored by Mitchum, who plays a war correspondent in the film. One of the most versatile stars in motion pictures and the theatre, five-time Academy Award nominee Arthur Kennedy won the first of his nominations in 1952 for his portrayal of a blind ex-serviceman in “Bright Victor.” His other nominations were for performances in “Trial,” “Peyton Place,’ “Some Came Running” and “Elmer Gantry.” Co-starred with Mitchum in “Anzio,” besides Kennedy, are Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter, Anthony Steel and Wayde Preston with special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. Harry A. L. Craig penned the “Anzio” screenplay from a book by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Mark Damon A motion picture re-enactment of the Allied landings at Anzio in World War II led to only one serious casualty ... and that happened to co-star Mark Damon during the filming of a boisterous pre-invasion party scene. Damon fractured his fifth vertebra while enthusiastically portraying an American Ranger on the eve of action, and “Anzio” director Edward Dmytryk had to shoot around him until he recovered. “Anzio,” a Dino de Laurentiis production for Columbia Pictures release at the ...... Theatre in Panavision and Technicolor, stars Robert Mitchum and also co-stars Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter, Anthony Steel and Wayde Preston with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. Damon was a California stage director when, one day, his leading man became ill and he assumed the role himself. He was seen by a Hollywood talent scout and has been an actor ever since. Wayde Preston VQLQQLL QL LLL LLLLS Television-popular Wayde Preston, familiar to viewers as the government agent in the “Colt 45” series, plays a colonel who commands American Rangers in World War II, in Dino de Laurentiis’ “Anzio,” epic war drama starring Robert Mitchum AETENE cHeitee is ays Theatre. “Anzio” is a Columbia Pictures release directed by Edward Dmytryk in Panavision and Technicolor. Also co-starred with Mitchum in the spectacular World War II drama produced by Dino de Laurentiis are Peter Falk, Earl Holliman, Mark Damon, Reni Santoni, Thomas Hunter and Anthony Steel with Arthur Kennedy and special guest star Robert Ryan as General Carson. ‘Anzio’ Compose OOOO 5 Noted screen composer Riz Ortolani, whose score for “Mondo Cane” won him an Academy citation and a Grammy award, created the music for the Dino de Laurentiis production of “Anzio,” the epic war drama starring Robert Mitchum at the ........ Theatre. The Columbia Pictures release was directed by Edward Dmytryk in Panavision and Technicolor. Ortolani’s theme song from “Mondo Cane” was recorded in 400 versions by leading artists throughout the world and has sold more than 20 million records. He has also received two Golden Globe awards, for his music in “The Yellow Rolls Royce” and his song, “Forget Domani.” Page 7