Nevada Smith (Paramount Pictures) (1966)

Still NS-ART 2 Mat 2D Brian Keith and Steve McQueen are co-starred in Joseph E. Levine’s epic western “Nevada Smith,” based on the character created for “The Carpetbaggers” by Harold Robbins. The Solar Production and Paramount Pictures release opens........... at the be aindl ens! @) 0! ola Cae Theatre in color and Panavision. Nevada Smith’ Role a Natural For Rugged Steve McQueen Steve McQueen, who stars in the title role of Joseph E. Levine’s “Nevada Smith,” a Solar Production released by Paramount Pictures and also starring Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette, which opens....... at the colorful as that of the young rebels he plays so brilliantly on the screen. The handsome star’s dynamic personality is again revealed in his equally dynamic portrayal of the memorable character created by Harold Robbins in the best-seller and hit film, “The Carpetbaggers.” In the new film, produced and directed by Henry Hathaway under Mr. Levine’s executive-producership, the story goes backwards in time, and shows Nevada Smith as a young man. He is seen long before his entrance into Hollywood and a motion picture career, as a young and innocent kid in the old West, who devotes his life to a long and dangerous pursuit of the killers of his parents. The role in the Panavision-color eeeeeeees Still NS-ART 6 Mat 1A Steve McQueen as “Nevada Smith,” creation of Harold Robbins for his ‘‘Carpetbaggers,” hero and prototype of Joseph E. Levine’s ‘Nevada Smith,” opening ...... at the era eee Theatre under Paramount Pictures release. Page Four Theatre, has had a personal background as production is a natural for McQueen, for he strongly prefers to play the kind of rugged, independent character to which he himself is so close. A rebel at an early age, as Steve himself puts it, “I left Slater, Missouri when I was sixteen. Everyone knew me by my first name. I was in a lot of trouble there. I never did want to work very hard.” He may not have wanted to work hard, but he certainly tried a variety of occupations, and roamed all over the country and even into South America in quest of “something.” His restless spirit took him to the oil fields of Texas, a lumber camp in Canada, a stint as a huckster with a carnival, and finally, the U. S. Marine Corps. The idea of an acting career never even occurred to the active young man, until after his discharge from the service when he wound up living in New York’s Greenwich Village. There he met artists and actors and people who encouraged him to try acting as a career. This turned out to be the one thing he connected with immediately. Steve has been married since 1956 to Neile Adams, and they have two children, a daughter, Terry Leslie, and a son, Chad. The lovely Miss Adams is a talented actresssinger-dancer, who met her husband in New York when she was appearing on Broadway in “Pajama Game.” She is constantly beseiged by motion picture and _ television offers, and her Hollywood debut was in MGM’s film version of “This Could Be The Night.” “Nevada Smith,” with a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the character created by Robbins for “The Carpetbaggers,” co-stars Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva and Martin Landau and has a musical score composed and conducted by Alfred Newman. Hingle Role In ‘Nevada Smith’ First Since Fall Fans of movie actor Pat Hingle— and they are legion—will be glad to know that he’s back in pictures after an accident which nearly proved fatal. The handsome star will appear in support of Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette in Joseph E. Levine’s “Nevada Smith,” a western drama in the “High Noon” tradition which opens ........ at the Theatre. The Solar Production for Paramount Pictures release is in color and Panavision and was written for the screen by John Michael Hayes based on the character “Nevada Smith” created by novelist Harold Robbins for his best-seller and hit movie “The Carpetbaggers.” Hingle almost lost his life and spent many months recuperating in the hospital as the result of a fall down the elevator shaft in his New York apartment home. The door had been left open by workmen repairing the elevator. The new film, in which he is co-starred with Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva and Martin Landau, is his first picture since, although he has played a role on the Broadway stage. Hathaway Gives Find Malden Big Role in Nevada Smith’ It was only fitting and appropriate that Karl Malden should be signed by producer-director Henry Hathaway for one of the top starring roles in Joseph E. Levine’s “Nevada Smith,” the Paramount Pictures release also starring Steve McQueen, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy opens at the Theatre. For it was Hathaway, several years ago, who selected the struggling, unknown New York actor for his film debut in “Fourteen Hours.” In the intervening years Malden has become known as an “actor’s actor,” with a score of hit Broadway plays under his belt and an Oscar on his mantle to prove it. In spite of his hefty six-foot-two frame and distinctive features, he is recognized for his ability to assimilate a wide range of characters, and make them believable, whether comedy or drama. Malden, who portrays the leader of a trio of vicious killers in the Panavision-color western, was born Mladen Sekulovich in Gary, Indiana on March 22. He was a star basketball and baseball player at Emerson High School, winning an athletic scholarship to Arkansas State Teachers’ College. However, after his first year, unable to make ends meet in college, he returned to his home town and the steel mills. With a desire to do some ZN eS) NOR KM IN and Suzanne Pleshette which thing bigger in life, he soon quit, and turned to dramatics at ,Chicago’s Goodman Art Institute, playing pro basketball at nights to pay the tuition. Malden was the first person to be signed by Marlon Brando for that actor’s production, “One-Eyed Jacks.” The two first worked together in “Truckline Cafe,” then co-starred in “Streetcar Named Desire,” which won Karl his Oscar, and later in “On The Waterfront.” On Broadway, Karl’s other notable hits include “Key Largo,” “Flight to the West,” “Missouri Legend,” “Uncle Harry,” “Counter Attack,” “Sons and Soldiers,” “The Assassin,” “Desire Under the Elms” and “The Desperate Hours.” “Nevada Smith,” a Solar Production in color and Panavision, and based on the memorable character created by Harold Robbins in “The Carpetbaggers,” co-stars Raf Vallone, Janet Margolin, Pat Hingle, Howard Da Silva and Martin Landau. The screenplay is by John Michael Hayes. Available as 2-Col. Mat 2X or 3-Col. Mat 3X Steve McQueen as “Nevada Smith,” famed western character created by Harold Robbins for “The Carpetbaggers” who merits a picture of his own in Joseph E, Levine’s “Nevada Smith,” a Paramount Pictures release which opens Atte. ccs . Theatre, as seen by Hollywood Caricaturist Sam Norkin. Co-starring in the color and Panavision spectacular are Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette.