Pepe (Columbia Pictures) (1960)

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Holt, whose career is on the skids, hopes to use the non se in an effort to obtain financing for a new picture from Edward G. Robinson, who In Hollywood, Pepe meets Suzie Murphy, a girl with acting ambitions; he falls in love with her; she falls in love with Ted. In the course of his aeavels with Holt and Don Juan in the worlds of Hollywood, Las Vegas and Acapulco, Pepe of the entertainment world such as: covets the animal. also meets many famous stars the proper way to manage a love affair. Michael Callan, Suzie Murphy’s dancing partner in a Hollywood beatnik cafe where Bobby Darin and Andre Previn also entertain. Ann B. Bing Crosby who unthinkingly autographs a tortilla which Pepe immediately eats. Sammy Davis, Jr., who can’t win a reaction from Pepe, and Zsa Zsa Gabor whose Hungarian accent is too much for him. Jimmy Durante who tries to take Pepe over at cards. il Greer Garson who also wants Don Juan. ill Ernie Kovacs as an immigration inspector. In time, Pepe’s || Suzie stars in the hit Taina. —— ==> =— —— = — — ————————— — 2 Maurice Chevalier who advises Pepe on e Jack Lemmon in his “Some Like It Hot” costume (and role!). Janet Leigh who mistakes Mexican film festival official. TV favorites like Joey Bishop, Jay nis the Menace” North, Donna Reed and “Schultzy Kim Novak who helps Pepe pick out an engagement ring. Debbie Reynolds, who dances a happy dream sequence with Pepe. Frank Sinatra, some advice on gambling, and such other “Las Vegans” Lawford and Cesar great good nature helps persuade Robinson to finance Holt’s Suzie gets Dan and Pepe gets Don Juan. (George Sidney) Director-producer George Sidney possesses the perceptiveness of the true creative artist and the instinct of the showman who knows what the public likes, two qualities that form an unbeatable combination. With “Pepe,” the new George Sidney production for Columbia release starring Cantinflas and co-starring Dan Dailey and Shirley Jones with 35 guest stars, Sidney registers another hit in a long line of quality productions. Said to add a new excitement in screen entertainment, SPepe!is|mowat the...) see. ee Theatre in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, a worthy successor to such other of George Sidney’s artistic and boxoffice successes as “Who Was That Lady?”, “Pal Joey,” “The Eddy Duchin Story,” “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Show Boat.” A native New Yorker, Sidney was born into the motion picture business. His father was Louis K. Sidney, an M-G-M vice-president, and Sidney himself served as a messenger boy at the M-G-M studio, moved into the production department, served as an assistant director and then was assigned to directing film tests. This in turn led to an important post with Pete Smith, for whom he directed many short subjects. Sidney’s first feature was “Pacific Rendezvous” in 1942—and the hits—musicals, dramas and adventure films — have continued in a steady flow since that date. Written for the screen by Dorothy Kingsley and Claude Binyon from a screen story by Leonard Spigelgass and Sonya Levien, “Pepe” was directed and produced by George Sidney. Jacques Gelman served as associate producer of the G.S.—Posa Films International production. The 35 guest stars include Maurice Chevalier, Bing Crosby, Michael Callan, Richard Conte, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jimmy Durante, Zsa Zsa Gabor, The Voice of Judy Garland, Greer Garson, Hedda Hopper, Joey Bishop, Ernie Kovacs, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Jay ‘Dennis the Menace” North, Kim Novak, Andre Previn, Donna Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Frank Sinatra and many, many more. Pepe for a “Den * Davis. who tries to give Pepe as Richard Conte, Peter Romero. s picture. (Mat 2-B; Still No, R80) Cantinflas, as ““Pepe,”” keeps pace with Dan Dailey, left, and Maurice Chevalier, center, in George Sidney’s for Columbia release in CinemaScope and Eastman tion of “Pepe” produc Color. Shirley Jones co-stars with Dailey in support of Cantinflas, and Chevalier is one of the film’s 35 guest stars. (35 Guest Stars) One of the most imposing arrays of top flight entertainment personalities ever to brighten a motion picture have been assembled for George Sidney’s production of “Pepe,” starring Cantinflas, the international favorite, and co-starring Dan Dailey and Shirley Jones at the ........... Theatre. The Columbia release, in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, has 35 guest stars importantly cast in the story, such names as Maurice Chevalier, Bing Crosby, Michael Callan, Richard Conte, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jimmy Durante, Zsa Zsa Gabor and The Voice of Jude Garland. Also, Greer Garson, Hedda Hopper, Joey Bishop, Ernie Kovacs, Peter Lawford, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Jay “Dennis the Menace” North, Kim Novak, Andre Previn, Donna Reed, Debbie Reynolds, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Frank Sinatra and many more. (That Jones Girl) Shirley Jones co-stars with Dan Dailey in support of international favorite Cantinflas in “Pepe,” the George Sidney production for Columbia release. The new motion picture extravaganza at the...... Theatre in CinemaScope and Eastman color also has some 35 guest stars. For “Pepe,” leading Hollywood clothes designer, Edith Head created a new image of Shirley on the screen. Under Miss Head’s guidance, the lovely blonde actress has 16 different ravishing changes of outfit. Shirley at the outset affects “beatnik” clothes but when her career as a movie actress flourishes in the film, she assumes a more glamorous bloom, far different from her period costumes in “Oklahoma” and “Carousel.” (Opening Notice) Cantinflas, the comedy sensation of “Around the World in 80 Days,” returns to the..... Theatre screen s “Pepe,” in the new George Sidney production for Columbia release in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. Co-starred with the international favorite are Dan Dailey and_ Shirley Jones and some 35 guest stars. Sidney directed and _ produced “Pepe” from a screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley and Claude Binyon, with screen story by Leonard Spigelgass and Sonya _ Levien. Jacques Gelman was_ associate producer of the G.S.—Posa Films International production for Columbia release, (Dan Dailey) Hollywood, with its sometimes peculiar logic, has dancers who don’t dance, and singers who don’t sing. So nobody was surprised when Dan Dailey, a recruit from the Broadway musical stage, was cast as a brutal Nazi storm trooper in “A Mortal Storm,” his first film role. He received an Academy Award nomination for his initial screen acting stint, but this has nothing to do with the fact that Dailey’s resources as a musical entertainer were not utilized until much later. Dailey currently can be seen dancing, singing and acting at the rane Kado Theatre in George Sidney’s spectacular new production of “Pepe.” “Pepe” stars Cantinflas, the sensation of “Around the World in 80 Days,” and co-stars Dailey and Shirley Jones and some 35 guest stars in CinemaScope and Eastman color. Bedazzled as a boy by vaudevillians who stopped at his father’s Long Island hotel during engagements, Dan made up his mind early that theirs’ was the life for him. He had the frustrating experiences not uncommon to people trying to break into show business, and finally landed a part in “Babes in Arms,” which had a year’s run on Broadway. After. a summer season in the Federal theatre, he left for a featured spot in “Stars in Your Eyes.” His reputation fairly established at last, Dan was next offered, and accepted, the juvenile lead in “I Married an Angel,” with Vera Zorina. It was this show, in its Los Angeles engagement, which brought him his first movie contract. In “Pepe,” he plays a Hollywood film director who is helped by Cantinflas to make a comeback. “Pepe” was written for the screen by Dorothy Kingsley and Claude Binyon, from a_ screen story by Leonard Spigelgass and Sonya Levien. The film was directed and produced by George Sidney and Jacques Gelman served as associate producer of the G. S.Posa Films International production. (Dancin’ Dan) Dan Dailey returns to the...... Theatre screen, after a TV series stint, in George Sidney’s production of “Pepe,” starring Cantinflas, the international favorite, and co-starring Dailey and Shirley Jones. A facile actor, Dan plays a Hollywood director, and is given full opportunity for his singing and dancing talents. ‘““Pepe” was filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman color; it is a Columbia picture, (Cantinflas) Probably never in the recent history of entertainment has there ever been a star personality like the wispy-mustached, pants-dragging Cantinflas, an actor who enjoys the respect, admiration and love of his own internationallyfamous colleagues. Cantinflas is the one actor who can probably out-sing them, out-dance them, out-mime them. In addition, of course, he fights bulls! But the bullfighting is just another phase of Cantinflas’ tremendous abilities as a showman, abilities he demonstrated in “Around the World in 80 Days” and which he again joyously demonstrates in his performance as “Pepe” in the new George Sidney production for Columbia release at the... Theatre in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. As “Pepe,” Cantinflas co-stars with Dan Dailey and Shirley Jones and there are some 35 guest stars in the warm, wonderful story. The list of guest stars probably illustrates better than anything the manner in which the world of show business respects Cantinflas. They are the 35 lucky ones, chosen from the many who sought to match their own special abilities against those of the inimitable little Mexican star. In the title role of “Pepe,” Cantinflas is seen as a lovable, garrulous peon ranchand who, through circumstances arising from his love for a horse and his friendship with the world, mingles with famous folk of the stage and screen and becomes comically entangled in love, intrigue and the mysteries of motion picture-making. The Cantinflas comedy character is always that of a poor man who succeeds in spite of himself, rising above frustrations to emerge triumphant from the most trying situations. “With my comedy, I express only optimism,” Cantinflas once declared. “My little guys meet the buffetings of life with luck, a sense of humor, a happy philosophy, a native shrewdness and the ability to deal with situations and people that would otherwise get them down. Audiences always love to witness the triumph of the underdog.” Perhaps the final word on Cantinflas was said by another rather good comedian, Charlie Chaplin, who once described him ag “the greatest comedian in the world.” The “Pepe” screenplay was written by Dorothy Kingsley and Claude Binyon from a screen story by Leonard Spigelgass and Sonya Levien. “Pepe” was directed and produced by George Sidney, and Jacques Gelman served as associate producer of the G.S. — Posa Films International production. IMPORTANT! A number of the advertisements on pages 4-12 of this pressbook contain reproductions of the cartoon Cantinflas as figure showing “Pepe.” This drawing is key art |in the campaign, and it can be “used successfully as a publicity plant. Simply make the appropriately sized advertising mat available to your newspaper editor with the request the drawing be used as editional matter. Caption it: ‘’Artist’s drawing of Cantinflas as ‘Pepe,’ in the George Sidney production co-staring Dan Dailey and Shirley Jones. Some 35 top |entertainment personalities guest star in the CinemaScope-Eastman Color film.’