Pushover (Columbia Pictures) (1954)

Mat 1-A; Still No. 94 KIM NOVAK makes her film bow in Columbia Pictures’ ‘“Pushover,”’ starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey at the. ......0:.; Theatre. Sultry New Star Seen in ‘Pushover’ When a Jean Harlow, a Betty Grable or a Marilyn Monroe appears on the Hollywood horizon, it is an event of the first magnitude to filmdom, There’s nothing more potent or more evocative of movie magic than a_ beautiful blonde with a saucy personality and a sultry approach to life. Kim Novak, who is introduced to movie audiences in Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover,” starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey at the............Theatre, is the new est charge of “fluorescent” blonde dynamite to hit Hollywood with the force of an atomic explosion. The giveen-eyed beauty recently set eyes and flash-bulbs popping when she appeared at a public function, in Hollywood, attended by motion picture dignitaries, newspaper reporters and photographers. Kim again drew the attention of the press boys and movie celebrities when she was introduced as Columbia Pictures’ “Star of Tomorrow” at the first annual Hollywood Makeup Artists’ and Hairdressers’ dinner which took place after the 21-year-old former model signed with that studio. The result of these two appearances, and the subsequent national magazine and newspaper publicity, created a Kim Novak fan following rarely achieved by a Hollywood newcomer before she has appeared in at least a halfdozen films. It was only natural then, that Columbia cast Kim Novak in a motion picture that would best display her talents, both physical and histrionic. This was ‘‘Pushover,” wherein Miss Novak appears as a sultry blonde for whose love a detective turns killer. Dorothy Malone is featured. Out of Uniform Phil Carey has made so many Westerns of late that it proved a refreshing change for the fastrising young actor to be seen in a costumeless part in Columbia Pictures’ ‘‘Pushover,” also starring Fred MacMurray and introducing blonde Kim Novak at the.............. Theatre. Carey is seen as a detective, MacMurray’s partner on a tough assignment to track down a killer. ‘Fluorescent Blonde’ Kim Novak, Columbia Pictures’ exciting new blonde discovery who is introduced to movie audiences in ‘“Pushover,” starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey at the Seis unit Theatre, has hair so light it has been called “fluorescent blonde.” Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak Team As ‘Pushover’ Duo (General Advance) Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover,” new suspense drama _ starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey and introducing blonde and beautiful Kim Novak, arrives.............. ENN ots See ae ere Theatre, Dorothy Malone is featured in the principal supporting role. MacMurray, who gave one of the surprising performances of the year as the “brain” of “The Caine Mutiny,” again plays a “heel,” but this time one of the brass-knuckled variety. In ‘‘Pushover,” the star is cast as a tough detective assigned to catch a bankrobber killer. Instead he succumbs to the charms of the killer’s beautiful girl friend, wipes out the killer to grab his $200,000 loot and, inevitably, finds himself on the wrong end of the police guns. Carey, who became one of Hollywood’s fastest-climbing younger stars by winning himself an enviable reputation in Western dramas, plays MacMurray’s sidekick on the stake-out assignment which has them watching, through binoculars, both the blonde bombshell who is their stake-out assignment and the nurse in the next apartment, who isn’t. Newcomer for whom Hollywood has great hopes, Miss Novak is a seductive, sultry young woman who reportedly gives a fine performance in a tailor-made role. As the expensive girl friend of a gangster, she is attired in elaborate gowns and furs and appears to advantage in the torrid clinches with MacMurray. Miss Malone, in wholesome counterpoint to Miss Novak, is seen as the nurse who becomes romantically involved with Carey and, in the exciting climax, is used as a living shield by MacMurray in his desperate effort to break out of the tightening police cordon. Richard Quine directed ‘“Pushover,” from the screen play penned by Roy Huggins. Jules Schermer produced the suspense drama. ‘Pushover’ Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover,” starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey and introducing blonde Kim Novak, opens................ at the ay, Saale a Theatre. In the new suspense drama, MacMurray, who surprised Hollywood with his performance as the “heel” of “The Caine Mutiny,” reportedly gives another off-beat characterization, this time as a crooked detective. Dorothy Malone is featured in the drama penned for the screen by Roy Huggins. Richard Quine directed. Jules Schermer produced. “Pushover” Mat 2-C; Still No. 29 FRED MacMURRAY and PHIL CAREY, left, star in Columbia Pictures’ suspense drama, ‘“‘Pushover,” as detectives who “stake-out” blonde Kim Novak’s apartment in the film at the Phil Carey Plays ‘Pushover’ Sleuth Movie actor Phil Carey works both sides of the Hollywood street; sometimes, he’s a specialist in violence and crime; sometimes, he’s on the side of the law. Now starring with Fred MacMurray in Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover,” exciting new thriller which introduces blonde beautiful Kim Novak Bt EDO. ces Theatre, Carey has yet to be seen on the screen—on either side of the law—without a gun. In “Pushover,” Carey teams with MacMurray as a plainclothes detective in tracking down a murderer. Carey made his Hollywood debut as a combat officer in ‘Operation Pacific,” and followed that with the role of an FBI agent in “I Was a Communist for the FBI.” He went back to being an Army officer in “The Tanks Are Coming” and was a gangster in “This Woman Is Dangerous.’ . In Columbia’s “Gun Fury,” Phil was a bandit. Three times cast as a Cavalry officer with plenty of shooting, in “Springfield Rifle,” “Massacre Canyon” and the forthcoming ‘“‘They Rode West,” Carey’s role in “The Outlaw Stallion” was that of a Westerner who pursues horse rustlers. “The only picture in which I didn’t carry a gun,” says Phil, “is ‘Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison.’ I was a convict in that one, but I guess it can be presumed I used a gun to get into the place.” BLONDE KIM NOVAK turns Fred “Pushover’ Mat 2-A; Still No. 38 MacMurray into a ‘“Pushover” for trouble, and menaces Dorothy Malone, right, in Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover,”’ suspense drama at the Praha ah ee edges Mn ate eae Theatre. Rape Mba da ai, fauiaeia ial g emu Moai Theatre. ‘Caine’-Famed Heel Stars in ‘Pushover’ “The notion that movie stars lose fan favor by playing unsympathetic roles is sheer nonsense,” says Fred MacMurray, the handsome six-foot-four star who, after more than 20 years of playing the “good guy” in about 50 big pictures, is currently starring as a “heel” in Columbia Pictures’ “Pushover.” Phil Carey co-stars CS 2: | Ra Theatre, and the film introduces exciting blonde newcomer Kim Novak. MacMurray is convinced that today’s moviegoer has reached a maturity that was not in evidence years ago. “When it was announced I would play the part of Lt. Keefer in ‘The Caine Mutiny,’ for example, I was flooded with fan letters congratulating me on the role,” explains Fred. “As you know, Keefer is the stinker whose action instigates the mutiny.” Several other “big name” stars had refused the Keefer role in “The Caine Mutiny” because they had felt that, playing a cad, they would lose their fans, “I’m so convinced they were wrong,” says MacMurray, “I’m even following that role with another unsympathetic part, in ‘Pushover.’ “Today’s movie audience appreciates good acting in good pictures. They’re with you 100 per cent if you do a job—hero or heel. I know. I’ve been both.” “Pushover,” in which MacMurray plays a cop who turns killer in order to win a gunman’s girl friend and the loot from a bank hold-up, features Dorothy Malone in support of MacMurray, Carey and Miss Novak. The film was directed by Richard Quine and produced by Jules Schermer. ‘Heel’ Clicks Fred MacMurray’s career as the leading man in light-hearted romantic comedies seems to be about over. His off-beat role as Lt. Keefer, the instigator of ‘“‘The Caine Mutiny” proved so successful, he’s again playing a “heel” in Columbia Pictures’ ‘Pushover.” “Pushover” is a suspense drama also starring Phil Carey and introducing blonde Kim Novak at TAG thee Theatre. MacMurray is seen as a detective who turns killer for Kim. Two additional scene mats—onetwo-column column Mat 1-C and Mat 2-B—are also available. See page 10. Blonde Kim Novak Makes Screen Bow As ‘Pushover’ Girl (Review) Fred MacMurray, the “brain” of “The Caine Mutiny,” deservedly won tremendous critical and audience praise for his penetrating “Caine” portrait. In so doing, he established himself as an actor of stature, breaking sharply with his screen record of innocuous, if likeable, romantic leads. Now that he has scored in a role with bite, MacMurray obviously has no intention of letting go. His follow-up movie assignment, in Columbia Pictures’ suspenseful new drama, “Pushover,” also starring Phil Carey and introducing beautiful blonde Kim Novakoat the. oi. Theatre yesterday, is another sharply-etched portrait of a “heel.” In “Pushover,” MacMurray is seen as a police detective who heads a stake-out detail covering the apartment of a killer’s girl friend. The girl, played by the seductive Miss Novak, persuades MacMurray to kill her bank robber boy friend so they can have each other and the killer’s $200,000 loot. “Pushover” plot complications include the death of a suspicious brother officer and the necessity to silence a nurse, played by Dorothy Malone, who has _ spotted MacMurray’s liaison with the sultry Miss Novak. As the doomed detective, MacMurray delivers another entirely believable performance. Carey, who has been show-cased in a number of Westerns, plays the plainclothesman’s partner who finally comes to realize that his best friend on the force has gone over to criminal pursuits. As for Miss Novak, the more said the better but suffice it, for now, to hope that we will see and hear a lot more from this dynamic and delightful newcomer, Miss Malone gives a sincere performance as the nurse who finds romance with Carey. “Pushover,” penned for the screen by Roy Huggins, was directed by Richard Quine for producer Jules Schermer. Plays Nurse Again Dorothy Malone, who played a nurse in Columbia Pictures’ “The Killer That Stalked New York,” is back again as one of the “women in white’ in the same studio’s “Pushover,” suspenseful new drama starring Fred MacMurray and Phil Carey and introducing sultry blonde Kim Novak at the Mat 1-B; Still No. 68 SEDUCTIVE KIM NOVAK snares Fred MacMurray in Columbia Pictures’ ‘“‘Pushover,” also starring Phil Carey at the....... Theatre.