Marooned (Columbia Pictures) (1969)

John Sturges Director John Sturges is a master of the adventure film, responsible for such outstanding examples as “The Great Escape,” “The Magnificent Seven,” “Bad Day at Black Rock,” “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” and “Ice Station Zebra.’’ He was a natural, therefore to direct Advance Notice “Marooned,” a FrankovichSturges production for Columbia Pictures release, starts at "TORS: Of iei-s-s sees Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna and David Janssen as Ted Dougherty; James Franciscus and Gene Hackman, “Marooned” is an epic drama of three American astronauts standed in outer space while the world watches and waits to see what, if anything, can be done to bring them safely back. Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack and Mariette Hartley co-star. Filmed in Panavision and color, “Marooned” was produced by M. J. Frankovich and directed by John Sturges. The screenplay by Mayo Simon was based on the novel by Martin Caidin. “Marooned,” a Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures release, which deals with man’s greatest adventure: space exploration. In Panavision and color, “Marooned” stars Gregory Peck as chief of the U.S. Manned Space Program facing one of the most awesome of all problems: how to return to earth three U.S. astronauts stranded in outer space through a technical mishap, while the whole world watches and waits. Also starred in “Marooned” are Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus, and Gene Hackman. Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack and Mariette Hartley co-star in the epic adventure at the-........ Theatre. Sturges likes nothing better than a difficult problem in filmmaking. And, in “Marooned,” he found his supreme challenge. Sturges spent more than a year conferring with U.S. space authorities to make “Marooned” authentic down to the last detail. “Marooned” was produced by M. J. Frankovich and directed by John Sturges from Mayo Simon’s script, based on the novel by Martin Caidin. (Mat 2A; Still No. 51) Tempers flare as Gregory Peck, chief of the U. S. Manned Space program, and David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, senior astronaut, come to differing conclusions as to what may be done to rescue three U. S. astronauts "Marooned" in space because of a malfunction. It's a scene from Marooned," the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and color. Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman and James Franciscus also star, as the stranded spacemen. Hero To His Son A family man, Richard Crenna likes to have his children visit the sets of his pictures. But it wasn’t until fairly recently, he admits, that his young son, Richard, Jr., age seven, thought much of him as an actor. It happened when the lad saw him at work in “Marooned,” the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures presentation in Panavision and Eastman color. “Marooned” is now at the...... Theatre. In “Marooned,” Crenna portrays an astronaut and he wears the regulation hard and soft suits used by the real space men, complete with oxygen, closed-circuit television and intercom with which he could converse with director John Sturges and the half-hundred technical men necessary to the production. When Mrs. Crenna and young Richard arrived on the massive stage where much of “Marooned” was shot, daddy Richard was floating around in space 60-feet above the stage floor. They stayed for an hour, and father Crenna was still floating, mysteriously and by secret methods. “Dick had only seen me perform in ‘The Sand Pebbles,’ and in ‘Wait Until Dark,’ ” Crenna said. “The performances meant nothing to him. But when I got home from work in ‘Marooned’ that night, the boy declared, ‘Dad, you’re really an actor.’ And that’s how I became a hero to my own son.” “Marooned” was produced by M. J. Frankovich and directed by John Sturges. He Gets Around James Franciscus, the film actor who first came to public attention as the “Mr. Novack” of television, is a man who gets around. His film roles have taken him to Spain, Malta and Norway and, as a private flyer, he’s visited most of the U.S. as well as a number of foreign countries. Now, as an astronaut in “Maroooned,” the FrankovichSturges production for Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and color, Franciscus is visiting outer space. “Marooned” is now at there ae Theatre. In “Marooned,” Franciscus is one of four astronauts, the others being Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty and Gene Hackman. Gregory Peck tops the cast as Chief of the U.S. Manned Space Flight Program who must get three spacestranded astronauts back to Earth and safety. Co-starred are three women who portray wives of the astronauts, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley and Nancy Kovack. M. J. Frankovich produced and John Sturges directed “Marooned.” sata (Mat IC; Still No. 74) Two of the three astronauts in the Ironman One, new space vehicle, explore the terror and beauty of outer space in this scene from "Marooned," the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures release in Panavision and color. Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, Gene Hackman and James Franciscus are starred. The Author Martin Caidin, whose _bestselling novel is the basis of “‘Marooned,” the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures release, also served as technical expert during production of the space epic, which stars Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman. The drama of three American astronauts stranded in outer space, through a_ technical malfunctioning, and of the desperate efforts of Mission Control to find a way to bring them back to earth, “Marooned” is now DUGRUN Gs aa aye! frei tao cae Theatre in Panavision and color. Caidin’s qualifications include more than the fact that he has written over 40 books on aviation and aerospace subjects and is regarded as one of the world’s outstanding authorities in these fields. He has twice been awarded the coveted James J. Strobig Memorial Trophy by the Aviation-Space Writers Association. Caidin has been associated with the Mercury, Gemini and related space programs as a government consultant, newsman and broadcaster. To establish complete accuracy in his novel, “Marooned,” Caidin worked closely with Thomas F. Heinsheimer, one of the designers of the Mercury-Atlas abort system and a member of the design team for Apollo guidance at M.I.T. To insure complete accuracy in the film version of “Marooned,” Caidin worked closely with George Smith, who was on leave from North American Rockwell where he worked with the Apollo Program. Award Winner Gregory Peck, who stars as the chief of the U.S. Manned Space Flight Program in “Marooned,” the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures in Panavision and color, not only won an Academy Award for Best Actor, but has so far been nominated for that singular honor four times. “Marooned,” which also stars Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman, is now at thes... 3. 4 Theatre. The Award-winning film for Peck was “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Oscar nominations were for his work in “Keys of the Kingdom,” “The Yearling,” “Gentlemen’s Agreement” and “Twelve O’Clock High.” Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack and Mariette Hartley co-star in “Marooned.” M. J. Frankovich produced the epic drama and John Sturges directed Mayo Simon wrote the screenplay, based on the Martin Caidin novel. Lee Grant Lee Grant hasn’t won every award and every honor possible to a talented stage, screen and television star but she probably will, if past performances are a criterion. Miss Grant currently is co-starred as the wife of a space-stranded astronaut in “Marooned,” the FrankovichSturges production for Columbia Pictures now at the ........ Theatre in Panavision and color. Gregory Peck is starred in “Marooned”, with Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman. Miss Grant co-stars with Nancy Kovack and Mariette Harley who also play wives of the astronauts. Miss Grant began reaping honors early in life; at the age of four, she made her theatrical debut in a Metropolitan Opera production of “L’Orocolo.” She was admitted to the Arts Stu dents League for painting, the Metropolitan Opera school for dance, the Juilliard School of Music and she graduated from high school at the age of 14. In her teens, she won a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse, and she still was in her teens when she made her Broadway bow in “Detective Story” (later winning both the Critics Circle Award and the Cannes Film Festival Award for her performance in the screen version). She has since played numerous other starring roles on the New York stage and in television, winning an Emmy for her work in television’s “Peyton Place” and an Obie for her offBroadway performance in Jean Genet’s “The Maids.” Miss Grant was nominated for the foreign press’s Golden Globe Award, as the bereaved widow in “In the Heat of the Night.” Nancy Kovack Nancy Kovack, who has been called an egg-head with sex, is properly cast as the scientistwife of a scientist-astronaut in “Marooned,” the FrankovichSturges production for Columbia Pictures now at the........ Theatre. Gregory Peck stars in the outer-space drama, in color and Panavision, with Richard Crenna and David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman. Miss Kovack appears as_ Franciscus’ wife, a woman who understands exactly what is happening and what can or cannot be done about it when her husband and two other American astronauts are stranded in space through a technical mishap. Lee Grant and Mariette Hartley also are costarred as wives of the other marooned crewmen. A native of Flint, Michigan, Nancy was 15 when she entered the University of Michigan, where she later had her own radio program. After graduation, she became active on Broadway and in television, inevitably winding up in Hollywood. In addition to her film work and television, Nancy has been an instructor for U.C.L.A. extension courses and, for two years, she taught English to foreign students. “Marooned” is her first American film in some time; Nancy decided in 1966 that she wanted to visit Iran, and did so. The visit lasted for more than two years, and she made three Iranian films which probably never will be seen in America. The visit permitted Nancy to add Persian to the half-dozen other languages she speaks fluently. Mariette Hartley The time gap between yesterday’s Shakespeare and tomorrow’s outer space can best be bridged by today’s talent. Which, in Hollywood, includes attractive Mariette Hartley who is one of the co-stars of ‘“Marooned,” the Frankovich-Sturges production for Columbia Pictures in Panavision and color. “Maroooned” is the epic adventure of three American astronauts stranded in space, and of the effort to rescue them while the world watches and waits. Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen as Ted Dougherty, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman, “Marooned” co-stars Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack and Miss Hart (Mat IB; Still No. 34) Gregory Peck stars as chief of the U. S. Manned Space Program and Mariette Hartley co-stars as the wife of one of three astronauts who are "Marooned" in outer space, in "Marooned," the Frankovich-Sturges production for Cot lumbia Pictures release in Panavision and color. The film is based on the novel by Martin Caidin. ley as the wives of the spacemen. The film is now at the ean Sate eet Theatre. An alumna of the Stratford, Conn., Shakespeare’ Festival, Miss Hartley was seasoned as an actress by appearing in many Shakespearean roles, there and on tours all over the country. Previously she had studied with Eva LeGallienne and had attended Carnegie Tech’s famed drama school where she won a scholarship to Stratford. While visiting California, she was persuaded to test for a role in a western: “Ride the High Country,” starring Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. The film turned out to be a sleeper. Her second feature film appearance was for Alfred Hitchcock in “Marnie.” “Marooned” is her third film, but she also did 34 weeks in television’s “Peyton Place” and a season in “The Hero.” M. J. Frankovich produced and John Sturges directed ““Marooned.” TV-Topper = David Janssen, who stars as a senior U.S. astronaut in “Marooned,” the Frankovich-Sturges production from Columbia Pictures in Panavision and color, won numerous awards for his outstanding acting in television’s “The Fugitive.” “Marooned,” which also stars Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman, is now at the........ Theatre. Janssen’s kudos included a TV Guide Award, and awards from TV-Radio Mirror, Radio-TV Daily, and three Emmy nominations for outstanding actor in a series. Janssen also won the Editor’s Award from Photoplay Magazine and a Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Press Association. Page 15