The Prize (MGM) (1963)

Paul Newman, as he appears in ‘The Prize’ as a young American novelist who comes to Stockholm to accept a Nobel Prize and walks into both murderous danger and an uninhibited love affair. The suspenseful Metro-GoldwynMayer picture, in Panavision and Metrocolor, also stars Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer and Diane Baker. Still 1808-30 The Prize Mat 1-B HE STARTED CAREER WEARING CORSETS! Richard LaMarr, the man who wears Edward G, Robinson’s shoes, started in show business 55 years ago wearing Pearl White’s corsets ! LaMarr is Robinson’s stand-in and their association is one of the longest in the business. They have been a team for the past 30 years. LaMarr started his career in 1918 as Pearl White’s stunt man. Despite his experience, he is continually surprised at the marvels of movie techniques which he witnessed during filming of Metro-GoldwynMayer’s “The Prize,” his latest film with Robinson. His stories are filled with such memories as jumping off fast-moving trains for “The Perils of Pauline,” while tightly corseted in Miss White’s stays, and tripping over his high heels to tumble headlong into an inferno of flames. Or breaking through the thongs which bound him to the railroad ties just in time to miss the crushing wheels of an onrushing train. LaMarr first met Robinson in 1933 during the filming of “Little Caesar” in which he played Robinson’s bodyguard, A year later, they again were associated in “The Whole Town’s Talking.” “T played two roles in that film,” he points out, “and Mr. Robinson and I have been together ever since.” PAUL NEWMAN SAYS HE'S TWO PEOPLE: FIRST A HUMAN BEING, SECOND AN ACTOR Schizophrenia isn’t something most people readily will admit to but Paul Newman, who feels strongly about his own identity, admits it holds great interest for him, “I’m two people,” he declares. “I’m Paul Newman, the human being, and l’m Paul Newman, the actor. The first one is not for sale. When they hire the second one, I do the best job I can. But nobody has the right to tell me how to live, how to dress or how to think.” Newman is one of Hollywood’s new breed of stars. A top box-office name throughout the country, his most recent picture is “The Prize,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s screen version of Irving Wallace’s controversial best-selling novel set against a background of the awarding of the Nobel Prizes, Controversy holds no terrors for Newman. “Just because I’m a motion picture personality doesn’t mean that I’m supposed to ignore everything that happens around me outside of a film studio. My responsibilities as a citizen do not disappear because I happened to choose acting as a career. As an American citizen I feel a responsibility to civil issues. As a father I feel a responsibility in many fields, particularly that of education. As an actor I feel a responsibility to my profession.” In support of the last-named, Newman plans to return to the New York stage in a series of off-Broadway oneact plays, for which he will receive the base pay of $150 per week. “There isn’t any sacrifice in this,” he says. “Joanne (his wife, Joanne Wood ward) and I are doing something we want to do, A good play or a good part is just as good off-Broadway as on. You LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS It was like the days when “cost didn’t count” when Metro-GoldwynMayer filmed the Nobel Prize presentation sequence of “The Prize” in an elaborate replica of Stockholm’s Concert Hall. $50,000 worth of rented jewels, a quarter of a million dollars in furs, and more than 1,000 medals and decorations from 24 European countries helped “dress” the set, with 535 extras in formal clothes appearing in the sequence with the picture’s stars. These included Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Leo G. Carroll, Micheline Presle, together with 60 featured players. Diane Baker and Paul Newman in a scene from “The Prize,’? Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s exciting drama combining romance and suspense set against a backdrop of Sweden’s Nobel Prize awards, Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor, the story revolves about a young American novelist who comes to Stockholm to collect a $50,000 prize and walks into murderous danger and an uninhibited love affair. It was directed by Mark Robson. Still 1808-19 The Prize Mat 2-B can’t measure a role in terms of money. The Actors Theatre is interested in keeping the theatre alive. So are we.” In addition to his enthusiasm for the theatre, Newman has worked with the U.S. State Department. He has been active in USIA programs and recently narrated a USIA film on Ecuador. “There are any actors eager to take part in such programs,” he says. “The State Department doesn’t take full advantage of Hollywood. Many film personalities would be happy to do whatever they can to aid world problems, but they have to be asked. Hollywood films are shown throughout the world. Its stars are household names. Why not turn these facts to advantage?” The Newmans live a conventional DOCK CHASE SCENE BRINGS OUT “HAMS” The exciting chase sequence of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “The Prize,” in which Paul Newman narrowly escapes being killed, was filmed at the docks in Terminal Island, California. Union rules required that authentic stevedores be hired to unload 26 Mercedes Benz autos from a_ freighter anchored in the channel, which was part of the action in the scene. When the stevedores reecived their call they only knew that they were to unload a shipment of new cars. But when they discovered they would be working in front of movie cameras, Director Mark Robson found himself with a problem, Instead of going about their work in the usual way, they insisted on smiling and “emoting.” Pe © y bd "g y ry “ . . home life—away from Hollywood. “In It took some time and patience before Robson could convince the camerahappy “hams” that he didn’t require any more actors! Filmed on a lavish scale in Panavision and color, “The Prize” is based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace, unfolding a story of intrigue, adventure and romance set against a back drop of the presentation of the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm. Co-starred with Newman are Edward G. Robinson, the exciting European star Elke Sommer, in her screen debut, Diane Baker and a group of international artists. Hollywood, we’re renters,” he says. “Tt’s a place to work.” Their rented home in Beverly Hills has plenty of garden space for children, dogs, swimming, tennis and go-cart racing paraphernalia. But their permanent residence is New York. Here they have an apartment, recently purchased, for use when starring in a Broadway or off-Broadway play, and a 150-yearold converted barn in Connecticut, within commuting distance of New York. “That’s where the other Newman lives,” says the actor, with a grin. “The human being Newman.” Paul Newman, who has just experienced a curious adventure with a Swedish nudist cult, gets a cover-up from Micheline Presle in this scene from ‘“‘The Prize,’’ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s exciting drama combining romance and suspense. Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor, the story revolves about a young American novelist who comes to Stockholm to accept a Nobel Prize and walks into both murderous danger and an uninhibited love affair. It was directed by Mark Robson. Still 1808-20 PROVING ACTING IS NOT A SISSY GAME Anyone who thinks acting is a sissy game should have been around for a chase sequence in Metro-GoldwynMayer’s “The Prize,” in which Paul Newman was given an arduous workout. He had to jump from a dock onto a rope-net hanging from the side of a freighter, miss the water by a fraction of an inch and the edge of the dock by a prayer, and climb the rope-net onto the deck of the ship. But not before he lost a shoe, hit his head against the side of the freighter, rope-burned the skin of his left hand and bruised his shoeless foot. Newman refused to use a “double” for the tough sequence. The Prize Mat 2-C Elke Sommerand Paul Newman hide from pursuers in a tense scene from Metro-GoldwynMayer’s *“*The Prize.”’ Filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor, the story revolves aboutayoung American novelist who comes to Stockholm to accept a Nobel Prize and walks into both murderous danger and an uninhibited love affair. THE ADDITIONAL SCENE AND PLAYER MATS, SHOWN IN THE COMPLETE CAMPAIGN MAT ON ANOTHER PAGE, MAY BE ORDERED SINGLY. Still 1808-87 The Prize Mat 1-E Diane Baker plays a mysterious girl who gets Paul Newman into plenty of hot water in ‘**The Prize,”” Metro-GoldwynMayer’s suspense-packed drama of a young Ameritan novelist who comes to Stockholm to accept a Nobel Prize and walks into both murderous danger and an uninhibited love affair. The exciting picture, in Panavision and Metrocolor, also stars Edward G. Robinson and Elke Sommer. Still 1808-25 The Prize Mat 1-A DIANE SHATTERS TEEN-AGE IMAGE “Nobody stays fourteen forever.” Diane Baker was referring to friends who greet her with: “My, how you’ve grown,” and to business associates who are surprised to find she’s old enough for adult roles on the screen. “Everyone seems shocked when I tell them that in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s ‘The Prize,’ I play a girl with, shall we say, devious ways, and that I share some very exciting love scenes with Paul Newman.” Miss Baker is that rare commodity of the Holywood film industry, a homegrown product. Her screen image has been sweetly feminine rather than flamboyant. “Tmages are often set by an actor’s initial screen role,” she says, referring to her film debut as the sensitive sister in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “The Prize” breaks the image. In the screen version of Irving Wallace’s best-seller, Miss Baker leads Newman through an exciting chase, hobnobs with a Communist gang, double-crosses her Nobel Prize-winning uncle, played by Edward G, Robinson, and does her best to thwart the romance between Newman and Elke Sommer. Despite her fragile, brunette beauty, Diane has a surprising amount of energy. Previous to “The Prize,” she went to India for location filming of “Nine Hours to Rama.” Of the cast and crew she was the only person who chose to live with an Indian family and share a room with a group of Indian girls to learn at first hand about a country which is a mystery to much of the world. As a sub-teenager, she had the spirit of independence to work as a schoolgirl model in order to pay for dramatic coaching. Following her high school graduation, she was selected as one of the six Miss Rheingold finalists. At her family’s insistence, she enrolled at the University of Southern California, her father’s Alma Mater, but summer vacations found her back in New York. Here she resumed her modeling and also enrolled in Nina Fonaroft’s ballet class. Returning to Hollywood, Diane was auditioned by several film companies and was given a screen test by 20th Century Fox. As a result of this test, Director George Stevens gave her the sister role in “Diary of Anne Frank.” It looks like a busy future for Miss Baker. “MGM has signed me to a five-year contract for one film a year,” she says happily, “and Mark Robson, who directed “The Prize,’ is talking to me about a starring role in “The Centurions.’ Then I’m slated to play the lead in Alexander Ramati’s independent production, ‘Rebel Against the Light,’ which will be filmed in Israel early next year.” It seems Diane’s “image” is definitely altered. 15