The Swimmer (Columbia Pictures) (1968)

Janet Landgard Janet Landgard is a tall, leggy, blueeyed California blonde who fills a bikini beautifully. She also is considered by filmdom a remarkably talented young woman who fills her role in “The Swimmer,” which stars Burt Lancaster and also features Janice Rule; atthe v.22: Theatre in Technicolor, with an aplomb that makes her a screen newcomer worth watching. In the new Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures presentation, Miss Landgard plays a baby-sitter who has grown up. More, she was baby-sitting for the Lancaster children in the film and now, grown to the acceptable age of 18, she is able to admit to Lancaster that she then had quite a crush on the handsome, muscular star... and still does. Miss Landgard, when she was 14, wanted to be a veterinarian but her grandmother suggested she try modelling. Within four months, her blonde beauty graced the covers of 25 magazines. Janet was spotted by Hollywood talent hawks and almost immediately went before the TV cameras on the “Donna Reed Show.” Since then she has acted in more than 40 Donna Reed scripts, on several “Mr. Novak” shows, “My Three Sons” and “The John Forsythe Show.’”’ Meanwhile, she was studying acting and broadening her experience by doing a variety of roles at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, Long Island, and the ANTA Theatre in Los Angeles. Co-producers of “The Swimmer” are Frank Perry and Roger Lewis, and Perry directed from a screenplay by his wife, Eleanor Perry. The film derives from a John Cheever story. Marge Champion SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Marge Champion, who with her husband Gower, constituted the worldfamous dance team until their retirement as a dance twosome some years ago, continues her show business career as a dramatic actress in “The Swimmer,” starring Burt Lancaster at the’... wise Theatre in Technicolor. In “The Swimmer,” a Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures presentation, Miss Champion plays an exurbanite, wife of one of Lancaster’s childhood friends. Frank Perry and Roger Lewis produced the drama, which the former also directed, from an Eleanor Perry screenplay based on a story by John Cheever. THE CREDITS Mat IC; Still No. 47 Screen newcomer Janet Landgard is shown here with star Burt Lancaster in a scene from "The Swimmer," Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures release in Technicolor. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSFSSFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsSsssS THE CAST heck WMerral 3/04 sce a8 Julie Pooper ®t cen. Shirley Abbot ...4i¢ 6:2. Donald Westerhazy Betty Graham Jack Fitmey <5. be 5 % KevinGilmartin. y Sits FORSOUPRI i605 unk: / — Lillian Hunsacker ............ Cyndie so ae Riera: tae Janet Landgard ae nia: SG de Aes Janice Rule Peggy Forsburgh ............... Wes, Flalloretes: sb 5 Howie Hunsacker .............. AiGkOr SONG? 236). a Ee, LE a ee ane John Garfield, Jr. Sylvia Finney 0... Howard Graham... Mat IB; Still No. 44 Janice Rule discovers, in "The Swimmer," that she has not recovered from her years-past affair with Burt Lancaster. The Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures release is in Technicolor. Burt Lancaster Tony Bickley Marge Champion Nancy Cushman Bill Fiore Kim Hunter Sapir alee Y Rose Gregorio ea Me pees Charles Drake Bernie Hamilton er ee ee House Jameson Va ae SR a eo Jimmy Joyce Bn ee ne Michael Kearney ee aire eee Richard McMurray CEE ER Ee Nene, PRT Jan Miner Produced by Frank Perry and Roger Lewis; Directed by Frank Perry; Screenplay by Eleanor Perry; Based on a story by John Cheever; Director of Photography, David L. Quaid; Additional Photography by Michael Nebbia; Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Orchestrations by Jack Hayes and Leo Shuken; Wardrobe Designed by Anna Hill Johnstone; In Charge of Production, Joseph Manduke; Film Editors, Sidney Katz, A.C.E., Carl Lerner, A.C.E., Pat Somerset; Assistant Director, Michael Hertzberg; Casting, Alan Shayne Associates, Ltd.; Dialogue Coach, Thom Conroy; Production Assistant, Florence Nerlinger; Makeup, John Jiras; Hairstylist, Ed Callaghan; Sound Mixer, Willard Goodman; Key Grip, Al Stetson; Art Director, Peter Dohanos; Gaffer, Richard Falk; Property Master, Thomas Wright; Script Supervisor, Barbara Robinson; Scenic Artist, Stan Cappiello; Unit Auditor, Sam Goldrich; Swimwear, Elizabeth Stewart; Automobiles, Pontiac. A Horizon Picture Color by Technicolor® A Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures Release Running Time: 94 Minutes BSN NINN III IDOI OOOO Pienty BiSwanGer 3.005500. Peet, Dolph Sweet Sraca Bitwannen is fecoo ad eres Louis Troy Helen Westerhazy ooo... Diana Van Der Vlis SSS OFFICIAL BILLING COLUMBIA PICTURES and HORIZON PICTURES Present 25% BURT LANCASTER 100% in THE SWIMMER 100% with JANET LANDGARD 40% and JANICE RULE 75% Screenplay by ELEANOR PERRY 25% Based on a story by JOHN CHEEVER 15% Produced by FRANK PERRY and ROGER LEWIS 25% Directed by FRANK PERRY 25% TECHNICOLOR® 25% SSL SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Janice Rule Janice Rule’s featured appearance in “The Swimmer,” which stars Burt LanCastersat CNe ea. re ees Theatre in Technicolor, is a pleasant example of the oddities of movie-making. A Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures presentation with screen newcomer Janet Landgard, “The Swimmer” chiefly was filmed on location in and around Westport, Connecticut. Lancaster plays a suburbanite who decides to return home from a midsummer Sunday swimming pool party via the swimming pools of his friends along the way. Miss Rule, as Lancaster’s former mistress, is one of those whom he encounters in the course of his natatorial journey. All those Connecticut swimming pools in which to disport were not enough for Lancaster and the company filming “The Swimmer.” Inclement weather set in, and the picture was moved to Hollywood, where Miss Rule’s scenes were photographed. Thus, Lancaster returns “home” via California, which surely must set some kind of swimming (pool) record. Miss Rule, who began her career as a dancer, was well on her way to Broadway musical fame when a foot injury side-lined her. Unable to dance, she took acting lessons, won a few minor roles and then a Hollywood contract. She returned to Broadway to star in “Picnic,” and then concentrated on film-making. Her recent films include “The Ambushers,” “The Chase,” and “Alvarez Kelly.” “The Swimmer” was co-produced by Frank Perry and Roger Lewis. Perry also directed from Eleanor Perry’s screenplay based on a John Cheever Louise Troy SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Louise Troy, a leading Broadway and TV actress, makes her screen debut with Burt Lancaster in “The Swimmer,” the Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures release at the...... Theatre in Technicolor. Miss Troy has been seen frequently on the Broadway stage, most recently in the musical “High Spirits,” with Bea Lillie. She also appeared in “Tovarich” with Vivien Leigh and “Shot in the Dark” as Walter Matthau’s wife. She is familiar to TV audiences for her work in such shows as “Run for Your Life,” “Honey West,” “Hogan’s Heroes” and “Slattery’s People.” SSSI OSSS: THE STORY (Not for Publication) At a suburban Connecticut swimming pool party one midsummer Sunday morning, exuberant Ned Merrill decides to "swim" home, via the pools of his friends along the way. Long absent, he is welcomed at some pools; at others, he is bewildered by the treatment he receives. Mrs, Hammer chases him off her property; at the Hoopers, on the other hand, young Julie who used to baby-sit for the Merrill daughters now is a bikini-clad beauty. Admitting she once had a crush on him, Julie even goes part way with him on his "swim" home. The Biswangers call Ned a gatecrasher and throw him out of a party they are tossing; the Hallorans are relieved when he doesn't ask them for money. Shirley Abbott, his former mstriess, fights him off when he tries to revive their past. At the community swimming pool, which is along his way, town merchants remind him he owes them money. Worse, they tell him his daughters laughed at him behind his back. It is evening, and increasingly cold, when Ned finally reaches the end of his eight-mile odyssey. The gate is rusted, the house is dark, the door is locked . . . and the rooms are empty. The swimmer has come home. NONNINININENININININININ ISONIC SSIISSOSSSS SSSI SSS SSS SSS SFIS FSF SFSFSESF, h