Lilith (Columbia Pictures) (1964)

(Mat IB; Still No. JSL-14) Jean Seberg stars as "Lilith" in the new Robert Rossen production with Warren Beatty also starred. Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter are others in the cast of the new Columbia Pictures release. KIM HUNTER “Kim Hunter is a very special actress,” according to writer-producer-director Robert Rossen. ‘‘She is a human being first and then a member of the acting profession.” It is as a “human being first” that Miss Hunter appears in Rossen’s “Lilith,” the Columbia Pictures release starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg at the Theatre. She plays the sympathetic chief occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, many of whose “guests” live in worlds of their own making. It also was as a “human being first” that Miss Hunter became worldfamous as Stella in both the stage and screen versions of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Dramatic training in high school plus several years of summer stock in the south brought the young Miss Hunter to California’s Pasadena Playhouse in the 1940’s. A screen test and pact with producer David O. Selznick soon followed. Selznick loaned the actress to RKO for several features and, after a year, let J. Arthur Rank sign her for the notable “Stairway to Heaven.” In 1947, Irene Mayer Selznick, who was then producing Tennessee Williams’ new play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” cast Miss Hunter in the Broadway play, opposite a newcomer named Marlon Brando. Miss Hunter won the New York Drama Critics Award and the Donaldson Award, and later received the Oscar for best supporting actress when she _ re-created her Broadway role in the movie version of “Streetcar.” Since then, Miss Hunter has starred in innumerable television dramas and_ several Broadway plays, but a preference for her New York home and family has limited her movie appearances. In “Lilith,” Peter Fonda also cotars as’one of Miss Hunter’s patients. Miss Seberg, in the title role, is another, a girl whose life is one of love, of joy, unlimited as to age or sex or numbers. ee ee eee JEAN SEBERG Internationally famous as_ the young American actress who appeared in some of the most important of recent French films, lovely Jean Seberg has returned to moviemaking in America. She currently stars at the Theatre with Warren Beatty in Robert Rossen’s “Lilith,” new Columbia Pictures release co-starring Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter. “Lilith” was filmed on Long Island and in Maryland, a far cry from France, England and the Belgian Congo where nearly all her other pictures were made. She starred in “St. Joan” and “Bonjour Tristesse,” both made in France by Otto Preminger, and she made such other “French new Wave” pictures as “Breathless,” “The Five Day Lover” and “Time Out for Love.” In England, she starred in “The Mouse That Roared,”’ the comedy with which Peter Sellers first won major American acclaim, and in the Belgian Congo she made “Congo Vivo”, a Dino De Laurentiis film which has not yet been released here. “In the French Style” was Miss Seberg’s last film before “Lilith,” her first English-language picture in three years. “In the French Style” was made in Paris. As Lilith, she plays a girl who has created for herself a world of enchanting illusion, in which love eee ewer 5 (Mat 2A; Still No. 142) Jean Seberg looks with anticipatory glee at the cotton candy bought for her by Warren Beatty in this scene from the Robert Rossen production "Lilith," a Columbia release. ADVANCE NOTICE Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg are starred in Robert Rossen’s “Lilith,” the Columbia Pictures release which opens at the ...... Theatre OiOre Ts wheree.as The provocative Centaur production co-stars Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter with a supporting cast which includes Anne Meacham, James Patterson and Robert Reilly. Robert Rossen produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for “Lilith,” based on the Book of the Month novel by J. R. Salamanca. (Mat 2D; Still No. 64) An idyllic moment in "Lilith," starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg, is shown above. The Robert Rossen production for Columbia Pictures release co-stars Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter. Rossen produced and directed "'Lilith'' from his own screenplay, based on the best-selling novel by J. R. Salamanca. | is boundless, unlimited by age, sex or numbers. It is a demanding role? and a challenge to her abilities as an actress. This, Miss Seberg feels, is due not only to the remarkable screen characterization called-for, but to the fact that “Lilith” was produced and directed by Robert Rossen, whose last film, “The Hustler,” won nine Academy Award nominations. Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, where her family still lives, Jean Seberg values one bit of advice from Otto Preminger, who encouraged visits home by explaining, “These are your roots and you must cling to them.” Despite her spectacular success abroad, when she was still just out of her teens, she visits home whenever she possibly can, She won several awards in Iowa for her monologues and her per bout the Soundtrac The musical score for formances in amateur theatricals’”"*""™ and she appeared in summer stock at the Priscilla Beach Playhouse ir Plymouth, Mass., prior to her sud. den climb to screen stardom. “Lilith” co-stars Peter Fonda anc Kim Hunter. Rossen produced anc directed the romantic drama from his own screenplay, based on the best-selling novel by J. R. Salamanca. A Centaur production, “Lilith” features Anne Meacham, James Patterson and Robert Reilly. a Rg PR OER OR DCR ION IE IGT, THE NOVEL More than 2,000,000 copies, hardcover and paperback, have been printed and sold since the 1961 publication of J. R. Salamanca’s novel, “Lilith.” Now, at the...... Theatre, Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg star in Robert Rossen’s film version of the book; Rossen produced and directed from his own screenplay. “Lilith” is the story of a girl who creates a world all her own, a world in which love is boundless, unlimited by age, sex or numbers. The success of “Lilith” was no surprise to admirers of Mr. Salamanca’s earlier novel, “The Lost Country,” but in light of Mr. Salamanca’s brief career as a writer, “Lilith” was an amazing work. For “Lilith” and “The Lost Country” were the only works in print by Mr. Salamanca. Like the “sophomore slump” for a promising rookie in baseball, the “second novel” is a literary barrier most promising writers must overcome and here Mr. Salamanca brought in a resounding triumph with “Lilith.” The publishers, Simon & Schuster, printed five editions and Bantam Books has so far circulated half a million copies in a soft-back reprint, and a further edition has been printed in connection with the Centaur production of “Lilith,” a Columbia release. J. R. Salamanca currently lives in Washington Grove, Maryland, with his wife and their young son. The surrounding area is the physical setting for the emotion-charged incidents in “Lilith.” The critical reception of “Lilith” was more than enthusiastic. Even before publication in 1961, “Lilith” had achieved a growing reputation. Good Housekeeping ran a two-part condensation of the novel; the book was the “Editor’s Choice of the Month” for the Book Buyer’s Guide; and, finally, “Lilith” was a selection of the Book of the Month Club. Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter are co-starred in “Lilith.” and conducted by Ken ing made available ij soundtrack album. Thi i i H s a Billy Costa. single been acclaimed by filmland and advance audiences for the richness she brings to her characterization of Lilith. She is a girl of wild, widely-ranging mood, sweet and sensuous in the extreme, lovable and hateful, quick to anger and to desire. “Lilith” is Miss Seberg’s first American film-making venture in several years, during which she became an international favorite for her French “new wave” performances. Probably the most important young star on the screen today, Beatty appears in “Lilith” as the aimless war veteran whose desire to help people who need help leads to the high tragedy of the film. Attracted to Lilith by her generosity and her sense of wondrous excitement, he is unable to accept the girl for what she is and wants to be; he insists on total possession. Co-starred in “Lilith” are Peter Fonda, son of Henry and brother of Jane, and Kim Hunter. Fonda plays another unfortunate young man in love with Lilith, hoping she will smile upon him favorably; Miss Hunter, the woman who is trying to help Lilith move out of her crystalline, self-contained world into the world of reality. Rossen, maker of the highlyhonored “The Hustler” and other fine films including the Academy Award-winning “All the King’s Men,” produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for “Lilith.” The film is based on the Book of the Month Club selection by J. R. Salamanca, and brilliantly retains the mood of the best-selling novel. A Centaur production for Columbia pictures release, “Lilith” also features Anne Meacham, James Patterson and Robert Reilly in other powerful performances and meaningful roles. SCENIC WONDERS An important sequence in “Lilith,” the Robert Rossen production starring Warren Beatty and Jean Seberg at the Theatre, was filmed in one of the wildest natural wonders east of the Mississippi, the Great Falls of the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. The historic river, which starts in the Alleghany highlands and flows past Washington and Mount Vernon down to Chesapeake Bay, drops 76 feet through a mile-long gorge of gigantic boulders and raging white water. It is here that Beatty and co-star Peter Fonda risk their lives on the slippery wet rocks, while Miss Seberg watches. The old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, built on the Maryland side of the Potomac to circumvent the falls, also is shown in later scenes of the Columbia Pictures release, with Beatty and Miss Seberg cycling along the towpath past canal locks and a stone toll house built in 1828. It is here that Beatty discovers he is desperately in love with the enchanting, blonde “Lilith.” “Lilith” co-stars Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter. Rossen produced and directed the romantic drama from his own screenplay, based on the best-selling novel by J. R. Salamanca. A Centaur production, “Lilith” features Anne Meacham, James Patterson and Robert Reilly. Robert Rossen Screenplay by Robert Rossen Based on the novel by J. R. Salamanca Director of Photography Eugen Shuftan Edited by......Aram Avakian Associate Editors Hugh A. Robertson Robert Q. Lovett Sound Editor..Edward Beyer Assistant Editors Barry Malkin, Lynn Ratener Production Designer Richard Sylbert Titles Designed by Elinor Bunin Costumes Designed by Ruth Morley Production manager Jim Di Gangi Set Decorator Gene Callahan Assistant to the Producer Eleanor Wolquitt | Assistant Directors Larry Sturhahn, Bob Vietro 2nd Assistant Director Allan Dennis Script Supervisor Dorothy Weshner Kanzer Camera Operator Joe Coffey Assistant Cameramen Bert Siegel, Tibor Sands Optical Effects by Film Opticals, Inc. James Shields, Richard Vorisek Hairstyles by Frederick Jones Makeup by Irving Buchman, Bill Herman, Bob Jiras Wardrobe Woman Flo Transfield Wardrobe Man George Newman Still Photographer Josh Weiner Sa The "Zoo" Music Composed and Conducted by Kenyon Hopkins A Centaur Film A Columbia Pictures Release Puppets by The Story (Not for Publication) War veteran Vincent Bruce returns to his small Maryland home town where he applies for, and is given, a job as an occupational therapist at nearby Poplar Lodge with its wealthy, schizophrenic patients. A girl named Lilith —elfin, fragile, physically and spiritually beautiful— is one of the patients; she bewitches Vincent as she does almost everyone else with whom she comes in Lilith she lives in a created, contact. world has where love is unselfish and boundless, without limit as to age, or sex, or numbers. Stephen Eshevsky, a young fellow-patient, also is in love with Lilith, whose own progress towards reality is a major concern of the Poplar Lodge managers, Bea Brice and Doctor Lavrier. Vincent is drawn deeper into Lilith's world, even as his simple excursions with her—a country fair, a picne, shopping in town—seem to be helping her. Finally, obsessed by the girl, Vincent discovers he is willing to lie, cheat, betray and destroy to keep her. His need for Lilith is directly responsible for major tragedy. And, Vincent realizes, he himself no longer is capable of determining which of the two worlds —Lilith's or his—is the sane, the “right,"' the desirable one. Running Time: 155 minutes Page ll