The Sons of Katie Elder (Paramount Pictures) (1965)

Still #10231/119 Mat 2D BROTHERS—John Wayne portrays the oldest of four brothers. He’s the toughest; the gunslinger. Dean Martin plays a different breed of hombre; good with a deck of cards and good with a gun when he has to be. They star with Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson, Jr., and Martha Hyer in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision open MET oo geisha tars AU ENE Lee Pies Theatre. Based on a story by Tal bot Jennings, the film was directed by Henry Hathaway. The sereenplay was written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex. Authenticity of Mexico Garnishes “The Sons of Katie Elder’ Apparently, the old expression: “Go West, young man, go West,” is due for a change. At any rate, Hal Wallis decided to film the exterior scenes for “The Sons of Katie Elder,” which ODGNS cS ess MU as ee es Theatre, on location at Durango, Mexico. A contingent of seventy-five film makers, plus two construction crews and a company of fifty laborers to make adobe bricks the way they were made in California back in the mission days, converged at Durango, Mexico. Cast in the starring roles for this Technicolor and wide-screen Panavision presentation which is a Paramount release, are John Wayne, the screen’s No. 1 Western hero, the buoyant and seemingly nonchalant Dean Martin and vivacious Martha Hyer, the latter two appearing together for the first time since “Some Came Running,” which won the lovely ash-blonde an Academy Award nomination. In the true tradition of Western Still #10231/132 THE FORBIDDING LEGACY Mat 1H envelopes Martha Hyer and John Wayne, who star with Dean Martin, in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening eifolee | @4e at the ...... Theatre. Based on a story by Talbot Jennings, the film was directed by Henry Hathaway. folklore, “The Sons of Katie Elder,” is based on an original story by Talbot Jennings, which grew out of a Texas campfire yarn of how three prodigals and their kid brother fought a stand-up battle against a town. Directed by Henry Hathaway, an acknowledged master of the Western (“How the West Was Won’), the screenplay is by William Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex. Still #10231/18 Mat iF ONE TYPE OF BREED—Dean Martin portrays a man good with a deck of ecards and good with a gun. He’s one of four fated brothers in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening a i 4 at the ...... Theatre. The film also co-stars John Wayne and Martha Hyer. Martha Hyer Plays Romantic Role In “Katie Elder” If you want to be a movie star, and you just want hard enough, you’ve practically got it made. This is on the authority of Martha Hyer, who made it the hard-wanting way. And maybe you don’t have to be fey, exactly, but listening to the lovely little ash-blonde co-starring with John Wayne and Dean Martin in “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release which opens Dee ae 6 s at the... 3 theatre, would indicate that it helps. “Wanting real hard generates a kind of electricity all around you,” she said mystically. But the girl has her practical side, too, and out it came in the next breath: “Not only all around you, but in you. It’s what gives you the drive to work for what you want. And if you’re not working hard enough that’s all there is to it.” See? And how did the Big Want come to Martha? “One day when I was a schoolgirl in Fort Worth, Texas, I sat through three showings of Janet Gaynor in ‘A Star Is Born.’ From then on, I couldn’t think of anything else. Even when an auto accident put me on crutches for a whole year, I was using the time to study and practice for what I wanted to be. And I knew my knee would get well—it had to. Who ever heard of a glamorous movie star who limped?” After zipping through Northwestern University as a speechand-drama major she enrolled at the famed Pasadena Community Playhouse, where many a star has been born, and sure enough—right away a talent scout saw the electric aspirant and signed her to a contract with RKO. “T played feminine leads from the beginning, but always just pretty-girl parts, and I knew that would get me nowhere. So I negotiated my release from RKO and began doing pictures overseas, to broaden myself. And when I came home, things began to happen.” She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance with Frank Sinatra and Martin as the school teacher in “Some Came Running,” and recently scored as courtesan Jennie Denton in “The Carpetbaggers.” The romantic role opposite “Duke” Wayne in “The Sons of Katie Elder” may not be much for histrionics—in Westerns they never are. “But this girl is different because she’s utterly believable,” she said, “she’s real, and she’s all woman.” And as for actually winning an Academy Award some day, “Well, you know,” she laughed, “if you just want something hard enough—” Yes, ma’am. And who’s going to bet against a girl with her record? “The Sons of Katie Elder’ was produced by Hal Wallis and directed by Henry Hathaway. Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, this eye-filling dramatization takes place against the sweeping landscapes of the Pancho Villa country of Mexico’s northern plateau and in its rough-hewn Sierra Madre Occidental. The tale deals with the legacy of the Elder name. Katie Elder bore four sons. The day she was buried they all return to the Texas town of Clearwater to pay their last respects. John (John Wayne) is the oldest, the toughest, the gunslinger. Texas, its bigness and its violence echoes in his empty soul. Tom (Dean Martin) is a different breed of man. He is good with a deck of cards and good with a gun—when he has to be. Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one. Nobody called him yellow ... twice. Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.) is the youngest. Whatever hopes for respectability the Elder name has lies with him. Based on a story by Talbot Jenning's, the screenplay was written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and costumes by famed designer Edith Head. Still #10231/70 Mat 1C ALL IN THE FAMILY — Earl Holliman lashes into Dean Martin in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening ...... at the .....Theatre. Holliman and Martin star with John Wayne and Michael Anderson, Jr. as four brothers who desperately try to eradicate the black mark and unfortunate legacy of their family name. Based on a story by Talbot Jennings, the screenplay was written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex. Costumes were by famed designer Edith Head. Still #10231/76 Mat 1D LOSING ODDS—John Wayne receives two smashing blows, simultaneously, in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening erie at the ...... Theatre. Co-starring with him are Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson, Jr. “Katie Elder’? was filmed mainly on location in Mexico and was directed by Henry Hathaway. The screenplay was written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex. Costumes were by famed de signer Edith Head. "The Sons of Katie Elder’ Brings John Wayne and Dean Martin Together An opulent, eye-filling Western, filmed in Technicolor and wide-screen Panavision against the sweeping landscapes of the Pancho Villa country on Mexico’s northern plateaus and other colorful backgrounds, Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” ODCRE Gy S Ae SEE oe? Starring John Wayne, _ the screen’s No. 1 Western hero, Dean Martin and Martha Hyer, the new Paramount release is in the tradition of classical folklore which has a pantheon of its own on Boot Hill. “The Sons of Katie Elder,” based on a story by Talbot Jennings, grew out of a Texas campfire yarn of how three prodigals and their kid brother fought a stand-up battle against a town. William Wright, Allan Weiss and Harry Essex wrote the screenplay. Directed by Henry Hathaway (“How the West Was Won”), an acknowledged master of the Western, the story has a dual theme; not only is this a he-man’s story, but it’s also a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, dead before the story unfolds; her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons is movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion. * * * John Wayne is making longrange plans again, this time for a TV special under his own Batjac banner, Several years ago, old friend John Hamilton, president of the Old Chisholm Trail Association, appointed him “honorary trail boss” of its annual cavalcade from Cuaro, Texas, to St. Joseph, Missouri. For next year’s centennial, the association plans a cattle drive over the 550-mile route, and Hamilton made a trip to Durango, Mexico, where the actor and Dean Martin were locationing for Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” openINO ares ators at the ga-besen Theatre, to ask him to lead it. Wayne agreed in exchange for television rights, and it’s a. deal. He hopes to round up some other cowboy stars to go along. “The Sons of Katie Elder” is a Paramount release, filmed in Technicolor and Panavision. oie ePhéatre: Dino Cooks Italian Style on “Katie Elder” Location Homebody Dean Martin, who had never worked in a film outside the United States before, fought going to Durango, Mexico, to do “The Sons of Katie Elder’ for Hal Wallis. A Paramount release opening PRA uate atthe... 2% eeoLheatre. Now he’s glad his co-star, John Wayne, talked him into it. On his first free Sunday, Martin gravitated to the Durango Country Club’s nine-hole golf course, sprawling over the cactus-studded grazing land of the Pancho Villa country, and got his first hole-inone. It happened on the 140-yard seventh hole, with the actor using an 8-iron. To celebrate, he not only bought wine for the whole company, scattered among half-a-dozen Durango hotels, but that evening cooked a pasta dinner for director Henry Hathaway and the cast, with unfortunate results. Using “the real Italian stuff,” sent him by his mother, Mrs. Angela Crocetti, he served heaping, heavily-seasoned platters of spaghetti, macaroni and fetuccini, but forgot to temper the starchy meal with vegetables. On the morning after Martin’s hole-in-one, all his guests reported to company Doctor Pedro Peres with tummy aches. Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, “The Sons of Katie Elder” was directed by Henry Hathaway. Based on a story by Talbot Jennings, the screenplay was written by William H. Wright, Allan Weiss, and Harry Essex. Music is by EImer Bernstein and costumes are by famed designer Edith Head.