Mackennas Gold (Columbia Pictures) (1969)

GREGORY PECK OOOOH OH OOOOH OOOOH OOOS Gregory Peck today is one of only a handful of names which assure a motion picture’s international acceptance. Omar Sharif, who stars with Peck in Carl Foreman’s “Mackenna’s Gold,” Columbia Pictures release at the Be yA Theatre in Super Panavision and Technicolor, is another world favorite. Of Sharif and others in the east of ‘““Mackenna’s Gold,” Peck said one day during filming, “Just think — there are four actors in our cast who, if they never performed again, would go down in history for one individual performance—Abe Lincoln (Raymond Massey), the stage’s Willy Loman (Lee J. Cobb), Doctor Zhivago (Omar Sharif) and Little Caesar (Edward G. Robinson).” Nothing about his own memorable performance as a Lincolnesque lawyer in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which won Peck an Academy Award as best actor of the year. Actually, Peck had won four other Oscar nominations before receiving the coveted statuette, for his performances in “The Keys of the Kingdom,” “The Yearling,’ “Gentlemen’s Agreement,” and “Twelve O’Clock High.” Among his other outstanding portrayals might be ineluded “Spellbound,” ‘Duel in the Sun,” “Roman Holiday” and “The Guns of Navarone.” A native Californian, Peck today is considered Hollywood’s First Citizen. Among his activities are his work as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, member of the National Council of the Arts and chairman of the National Film Institute. (Mat IE; Still No. 64) Bandit chief Omar Sharif taunts Arizona Territory marshal Gregory Peck in this scene from Carl Foreman's giant of a movie, "Mackenna's Gold."' The Columbia Pictures release, in Super Panavision and Technicolor, co-stars Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy and Keenan Wynn. (Mat 1H; Still No. 124) In Carl Foreman's "'Mackenna's Gold,"’ Columbia Pictures release in Super Panavision and Technicolor, Gregory Peck battles Indians, as shown above; bandits led by co-star Omar Sharif; gold-hungry "gentlemen," desert thirst and heat and, among other obstacles, an avalanche of shattering destruction. Page 18 (Mat IA; Still No. 6) Gregory Peck, as Mackenna, the Arizona Territory marshal, stars with Omar Sharif in Carl Foreman's ''Mackenna's Gold," in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Their co-stars in the Columbia Pictures release include Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy and Keenan Wynn. (Mat 1B; Still No. 12) Omar Sharif is the gold-hungry bandit chief of Carl Foreman's ''Mackenna's Gold," with Gregory Peck as Mackenna. Costarred in the Columbia Pictures release, in Super Panavision and Technicolor, are Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy and Keenan Wynn. CARL FOREMAN OOOOH HOHOOH OOO OOOO OOO OF Comparatively speaking, “High Noon” was a long time ago— long enough for producer-writer and sometimes-director Carl Foreman to decide he wanted to make another Western. The “Western” he made is called ““Mackenna’s Gold,” and it’s a giant of a movie at the Theatre starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Costarred are such other Hollywood redoubtables as Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy, Keenan Wynn and, in alphabetical order as_ the gentlemen from Hadleyburg, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. Foreman, who co-produced the new Columbia Pictures release with Dimitri Tiomkin, produced such films as “The Guns of Navarone,”’ “Born Free,” “The Mouse That Roared,” “The Victors” and “The Key”. Foreman’s screenplay for “Mackenna’s Gold’ was based on the novel by Will Henry. J. LEE THOMPSON © ©© OOOH OHOOH OOO OOOOH OH HOS OO! J. Lee Thompson is the English film director who directed Carl Foreman’s “The Guns of Navarone.” Thompson also handled direction on Foreman’s current giant of a movie, “Mackenna’s Gold,” now at the..... Theatre in Super Panavision and Technicolor. “Mackenna’s Gold” is a Columbia Pictures release starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif and co-starring Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy, Keenan Wynn and, in alphabetical order as_ the gentlemen from Hadleyburg; TED CASSIDY ©OOHOOOOO OOOO OOOO OE On television, Ted Cassidy first achieved fame as the gargantuan Lurch, butler of the comically sinister “Addams Family.” Now, he makes his feature film debut as Hachita, a giant of an Apache killer in Carl Foreman’s giant of a movie, ‘“Mackenna’s Gold,” at the ..... Theatre. Gregory Peck stars with Omar Sharif in the Columbia Pictures release filmed in Super Panavision and Technicolor. A natural athlete, Cassidy was offered a basketball scholarship by Stetson University, Fla., after attending West Virginia Wesleyan College. He earned his B.A. in speech and drama and then joined radio station WJBS in Florida, moved to WESH, Daytona Beach, and then to Pensacola, where he was program director for five years at WCOA. Eventually, in Dallas, he was announcer, sportcaster, TV personality and production manager for WFFA. Cassidy’s initial assault on Hollywood included production of his own screen test. It helped to win him his “Addams Family” assignment. Co-starred in ‘“Mackenna’s Gold,” are Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn and, in alphabetical order, the gentlemen from Hadleyburg: Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. Thompson directed and coauthored “The Yellow Balloon,” which won the British Academy Award as best film of the year; he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for ‘‘Woman in a Dressing Gown,” and a Silver Bear Award for “Tiger Bay.” After “Mackenna’s Gold,’ Thompson directed “Before Winter Comes.” Foreman wrote the screenplay for “Mackenna’s Gold,” and coproduced with Dimitri Tiomkin. JOSE FELICIANO © © OOOOH OHHH OHHH OOOOH OOHOD Jose Feliciano, who emerged in 1968 as an international singing star, has his first motion picture assignment playing and singing “Ole Turkey Buzzard” on the soundtrack of Carl Foreman’s giant of a movie, ‘“Mackenna’s Gold,’ Columbia Pictures release starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif at the Theatre. It was filmed in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Previously known as a Latin American star, Feliciano burst upon the English-language market with his recording of “Light My Fire.” Jose Feliciano — the surname means “the happy one”—came to New York from Puerto Rico as a small child. His first public performance was at El Teatro Puerto Rico in New York’s Spanish Harlem when he was nine. His big break came in 1963 when he was still in his teens; he was signed to an RCA contract. Since his smash hit with “Light My Fire,’ he has cut an English-language album, “Feliciano!” which went to the top of the charts, played a sensational engagement at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, made numerous network TV appearances and released a second single hit, “High Heel Sneakers.” He caused a national controversy when he sang an unorthodox version of “The Star Spangled Banner” during the World Series. @.W 6) o/s 20 "e OMAR SHARIF )©OOOOO OOOO OHO OHHOOOSE Omar Sharif was a romantic hero in “Lawrence of Arabia,” in “Doctor Zhivago,” in ‘Funny Girl” and a number of other spectacularly successful films. INOW, atthe aecce caer: Theatre in Carl Foreman’s new giant of a movie, “Mackenna’s Gold,” Sharif plays a “romantic” villain. “Romantic,” in the sense that he makes his villainies against co-star Gregory Peck and other members of the cast, seem logical in the extreme. Sharif’s flashing eyes, elan and swashbuckling character typify the role he plays, that of a bandit chief greedy for gold, because with it he can escape to the civilized world of sophisticated Paris, leaving forever the rocky, barren wilderness of the 1870’s Southwest with its sunand gundestruction. Sharif was delighted to be playing a “heavy.” “Not just an ordinary heavy,” he points out, “but a heavy with depth and dimension, a heavy with a sense of humor—and no sense of morals.And,” he adds, “a heavy who rides away into the sunset presumably determined to keep on being a heavy.” Co-starred with Peck and Sharif in “Mackenna’s Gold” are Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Ted Cassidy and, in alphabetical order, the gentlemen from Hadleyburg: Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. “Mackenna’s Gold” was written for the screen by Carl Foreman, based on the novel by Will Henry. Foreman and Dimitri Tiomkin produced the Columbia release for which Quincy Jones wrote the music. LEE J. COBB DO OO OOOO OOOOH OOD Lee J. Cobb, currently co-starring as a frontier editor who succumbs to the lust for gold at CNeC es os Theatre in Carl Foreman’s “Mackenna’s Gold,” is considered one of the most important stage and screen stars in America today, an actor who has never given a bad performance. Cobb’s Broadway reputation includes work in such plays as “Golden Boy,” “Death of a Salesman” and “King Lear.” His screen fame rests on such films as “On the Waterfront” and “12 Angry Men.” His _ television credits include his role in the highly-successful series, “The Virginia.” Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif star in “Mackenna’s Gold,” a Columbia Pictures release also co-starring Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy, Keenan Wynn and the gentlemen from Hadleyburg, in alphabetical order: Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. ADVANCE NOTICE OOOOH OHOHOHOH OOOOH OOOH OOE Carl Foreman’s ‘“Mackenna’s Gold,” a Columbia Pictures release starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif, opens the Theatre in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Co-starred in ‘“Mackenna’s Gold” are Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Keenan Wynn, Ted Cassidy and the gentlemen from Hadleyburg, in alphabetical order: Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. “Mackenna’s Gold” was produced by Carl Foreman and Dimitri Tiomkin, and directed by J. Lee Thompson. Foreman’s_ screenplay was based on the novel by Will Henry. Quincy Jones wrote the music for the film. KEENAN WYNN © OOO OHHH OOH OOOOH OOH OOOE “As some clown once said, ‘The show must go on!’”’ Keenan Wynn says of the frustrating, and painful, summer he spent during production of Carl Foreman’s “Mackenna’s Gold,’ in Super Panavision and Technicolor at the Theatre. A Columbia Pictures release starring Gregory Peck and Omar Shariff, and also co-starring Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv and Ted Cassidy, “Mackenna’s Gold” was filmed in the wild, desolate and inordinately hot spaces of Oregon, Arizona, Utah and California. Keenan Wynn started his summer of discontent with three broken ribs, suffered when a horse fell on him. He brought the ribs with him, via air-conditioned plane, into the searing 120-degree heat of Page, Arizona, and had trouble from then on. Just breathing. His first scenes, as a psychopathic frontier killer in Sharif’s outlaw band, almost finished the character actor. They called for Wynn to dance around in high glee. Later, Wynn suffered a near sun-stroke while standing around bare-headed. He doesn’t even want to talk about what he felt like on horse-back, while racing through the desert pursued by Apaches. SILENT JULIE OOOOH OHO OOO OOOOH Julie Newmar, erstwhile ballet star who won the Antoinette Perry Award as best supporting actress of the year for her Broadway performance in “The Marriage-Go-Round,” plays a very silent, and very dangerous, Indian girl in Carl Foreman’s “Mackenna’s Gold,” at the..... Theatre in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif, “Mackenna’s Gold” casts the statuesque young beauty as an Apache girl with a love-hate attitude towards Peck, and a hate-hate attitude towards Camilla Sparv. (Mat 2C; Still No. 70) Gregory Peck, as an Arizona Territory marshal, and Omar Sharif, as a gold-hungry bandit chief with a knife and a sense of humor, star in Carl Foreman's giant of a movie, “Mackenna's Gold,"' in Super Panavision and Technicolor. Co-stars in the Columbia Pictures release are Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar, Camilla Sparv, Ted Cassidy, Keenan Wynn and the gentlemen from Hadleyburg, in alphabetical order: Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Anthony Quayle, Edward G. Robinson and Eli Wallach. J. Lee Thompson directed "Mackenna's Gold."