Some Came Running (MGM) (1958)

SHIRLEY’S ADVICE TO GIRLS: DON'T COPY THE BOYS! What is a woman’s most valuable asset ? “Just being a woman,” says redhaired Shirley MacLaine. “Too many girls are forgetting that and are trying to be like men.” The actress, currently starring as Ginny, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, in MGM’s “Some Came Running,” film version of James Jones’ best-selling novel, points out her own life as an example of what not to do. “T never had a date until I was sixteen,” she says. “I played first base on the varsity baseball team, ran the hundred-yard dash and high jumped on the track team. The boys wouldn’t date me because I didn’t act like a girl. However, | must admit, in my last year I led the team in hitting with a .425 average.” However, Shirley eventually outgrew her tomboy activities, and then the boys began to flock around. “So be feminine,” the vivacious Miss MacLaine declares. “Learn what the boys are interested in, but don’t try to better them.” The character she plays in “Some Came Running” did not require this advice. As described in the screen play by John Patrick and Arthur Sheekman, Ginny is about twenty-three, pretty, but in an off-beat manner. Her hair is always tousled, looking as though she had used an egg-beater on it. Adds Shirley, “Ginny wears too much make-up, her clothes suggest cheapness in taste as well as price. But beneath her brash assurance there is a tremendous desire to be liked. Even a girl like Ginny, with no education, an unfortunate unbringing and very little common sense, knows that men want to feel that they dominate women.” Shirley is married to motion picture producer Steve Parker, who makes many of his films in Japan. When she is working in Hollywood and her husband is in the Orient, their telephone bills sometimes run into four figures during a single month. “T’m buying stock in the telephone company,” says Shirley. SINATRA IN THE SHOWER Frank Sinatra’s million-dollar voice is heard in MGM’s “Some Came Running” in a completely new presentation. He sings to the accompaniment of running water instead of to his usual slick instrumental arrangements. As a matter of fact, the only time Sinatra opens his mouth to emit a musical note is during one sequence when he is heard singing in the shower! Frank Sinatra falls in love with school teacher Martha Hyer in **Some Came Running,’> MGM film version of the best-selling novel by James Jones, author of ‘‘From Here to Eternity.” Also starred in the big cast are Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates and Leora Dana. The Sol C. Siegel Production isin CinemaScope and Metrocolor. Still 1741-105 Some Came Running Mat 1-B “SOME CAME RUNNING” ROMANTIC TEAM Shirley MacLaine, as the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, falls in love with a young writer (Frank Sinatra) in ““Some Came Running,” MGM film version of the best-selling novel by James Jones, author of “From Here to Eternity.” Also in the all-star cast of the CinemaScope and Metrocolor production are Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates and Leora Dana. Still 1741-29. Some Came Running Mat 2-A A DAY WITH FRANK SINATRA (This is the sort of day Frank Sinatra spent when he was starring at MGM in “Some Came Running” ) The alarm clock rings and rings. Then a well-groomed hand _ reaches from a king-size bed for the shut-off button. Fifteen minutes later, a clock radio goes off and a voice is heard: “Tt’s 9 am., Frank Sinatra time on the Dick Whittinghill Show. And here’s a selection from his latest album.” The melody of “One More for the Road” is heard and the slender figure rises from the bed. A day with Frank Sinatra has begun. Still groggy from sleep, Sinatra walks into the bathroom and with a grunt steps under an ice-cold shower. After dressing, he has his daily order of orange juice, toast and coffee, then looks over his messages. He sees that he is due in at MGM for make-up at 11:30. (When Sinatra is working on a picture, they film from 12 noon until 8 p.m.). A note to call Dean Martin, another from Peter Lawford. One from Capitol Records, another from his manager, Hank Sanicola. He spends the next half hour answering the messages over the telephone. At 11 am., Sinatra steps into his sports car and drives to the studio, where his wardrobe man, make-up man and secretary are waiting for him. He immediately goes to his dressing room, shaves and puts on the wardrobe for the day’s filming. When he isn’t before the cameras, he spends most of his time on the telephone. He makes recording dates, sets up his next picture for Hobart Productions, which he owns, works out a singing appearance at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, makes appointments for interviews and checks on his varied business enterprises. At the end of the day’s filming, he drives back to his hilltop home for a shower and change of clothes. Then he’s ready for dinner. “T like dinner at the Villa Capri,” he says with a grin. “I own a piece of ihe At 11:30 p.m., he goes back home, reads the scenes that he will have to do the next day, checks his telephone schedule and puts on his extra large striped pajamas. By midnight, “The Voice” is in bed. Won Film Role Because She’s a Property Owner The fact that she is a property owner won Connie Gilchrist her role in MGM’s “Some Came Running,” film version of the James Jones best-seller novel, in which she appears with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine and Arthur Kennedy. Miss Gilchrist, who recently purchased a thirty-two unit rental in Santa Monica, was helping the decorators move in furnishings when she received a call to report at the office of Vincente Minnelli, director of “Some Came Running.” She arrived sporting a pair of bruised arms, plus an injured thumb which had been unskillfully bandaged. “Mr. Minnelli thought the make-up department had ‘done me up’ for the role,” she laughed. “When he found out it was all natural, he told me to oie as bandage for a prop in the m!” When Dean Martin played his role as the gambler friend of Frank Sinatra in MGM’s “Some Came Running,” film version of the James Jones best-selling novel, it marked a return for the star to his former vocation. Before entering show business, the dapper Martin worked as a croupier in a gambling establishment. WELL, BETTY LOU CAN DRIVE NOW! For a scene in MGM’s “Some Came Running,” Betty Lou Keim was asked by Director Vincente Minnelli to drive a car. Miss Keim, who is from New York, admitted shamefacedly that she didn’t know how to drive. The director assured her that she would have several days in which to practice, so the youthful actress asked John Brennan, who plays her boyfriend in the film version of the James Jones novel, if he would teach her. They spend the weekend driving and parking Brennan’s new car, which has all the latest accessories, including automatic transmission and power steering. On the day on which Miss Keim’s auto driving scene was to take place, she announced jubilantly that she was all set. Minnelli then showed her the car she would use in the scene—a 1946 vintage automobile with standard transmission. Yes, Betty Lou started her driving lessons all over again ! In “Some Came Running” she appears in an all-star cast, headed by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy and Nancy Gates. A STAR FOR NINE YEARS, DEAN MARTIN HAS NOW TURNED INTO DRAMATIC ACTOR After nine years and seventeen motion pictures in which he had received first billing—the system by which many people rate movie personalities —Dean Martin was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. That is, according to everyone except Dean Martin. “When I was offered the role of Michael Whitacre in ‘The Young Lions,’ I saw an opportunity to be recognized as an actor, not just as a star,” he declared. “Until then, it seemed I only repeated lines. Jerry Lewis would say, ‘I’m going to the store.’ ‘You're going to the store,’ I would answer.” Asked to what he attributed his sudden rise as a dramatic actor, Martin replied, “I was given an opportunity and I grabbed it. Actually, any popular singer should have the ability to become a competent actor because a singer must be able to sell a song. And acting is essential to putting across a song—you're selling a characterization. Eddie Fisher had a hit recording called ‘You've Got To Have Heart.’ That is true of both singing and acting. If you don’t have that, you don’t have anything.” Martin points out Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby as examples. _ “Tt goes unsaid that the ‘thin Italian’ is one of show business’ most talented singers. However, Sinatra also is a remarkable actor, winning an Academy Award for ‘From Here to Eternity’ and a nomination for “The Man With the Golden Arm.’ Crosby is another winner, getting his Oscar for ‘Going My Way.’ Also they’ve sold a few records. But what makes them stand out above everyone else is heart.” Mr. Martin also has sold a few records. Four of them have gone over the 1,000,000 mark, with “That’s Amore” selling over 3,000,000. Like his close friend, Sinatra, Martin now is _recognized as a top album seller, which is the criterion on which music companies base an artist’s popularity. _ Following “The Young Lions,” Martin played another dramatic role in Dean Martin plays Bama, gambling pal of Frank Sinatra in “Some Came Running,” MGM film version of the bestselling novel by James Jones. The all-star cast also includes Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer and Arthur Kennedy. Still 1741-158 Some Came Running Mat 1-E ’ “Rio Bravos” with John Wayne. Then he won the part of the gambler, Bama, in MGM’s screen adaptation of James Jones’ controversial novel, ‘Some Came Running,” with Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Kennedy and Martha Hyer. “When Jerry and I split up,” said Martin, “I decided not to work as hard as we had in the past. What a joke. Since ‘The Young Lions’ I haven’t had a day’s rest.” JUST. BRUISED During a scene between Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine in MGM’s “Some Came Running,” Sinatra was knocked off a big easy chair when Miss MacLaine jumped happily onto his lap and threw her arms around him, Sinatra, sitting on the edge of the chair, fell over sideways with Shirley in his arms. “Cut!” called out Director Vincente Minnelli. “No,” quipped Sinatra, “But bruised.” When Minnelli Casts To Type, He Casts To Type Director Vincente Minnelli’s idea: if you need a Grayhound bus driver for a movie role—employ a Grayhound bus driver. Which is exactly what he did, in the person of William Lockbridge, during location filming in Madison, Indiana, of MGM’s “Some Came Running,” screen version of James Jones’ best-selling novel. Making his movie debut, young Lockridge plays the driver of a bus which carries Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine to Parkman, the fictional city where much of the film’s action takes place. FRANK SINATRA MEETS HIS PAL’S GIRL Dean Martin introduces his girl friend, Carmen Phillips, to Frank Sinatra in scene from ‘‘Some Came Running,’? MGM film version of the controversial best-seller by James Jones, author of ‘‘From Here to Eternity.’’ Also in the all-star cast are Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates and Leora Dana. The picture is in CinemaScope and Metrocolor. Still 1741-65 Some Came Running Mat 2-B