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

COLUMN ITEMS A FAVORITE! Where Duke Wayne goes, Parker goes. His faithful servant from Pat Jones’ stables in the valley traveled along in a 6-horse van to carry the boss a-galloping in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder” at Durango, Mexico ... And the Duke, it’s nice to know, took the 6,000-ft.-plus altitude in stride. “The Sons of Katie Elder,’’ which Opens Sra. ae DtUthe ase we Theatre, also co-stars Dean Martin. Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, it was directed by Henry Hathaway. THE VANISHING MUSTANG— In the last area of Mexico, according to the government tourist bureau, where as many as 20,000 horses are obtainable for motion pictures, 2500 were rounded up by the vaqueros of a single rancho and turned over to Hal Wallis wranglers for the wild-horse-drive sequence of “The Sons of Katie Elder,” which opens ........ at GIO ve. oo. aie thogs och Sh sis Theatre. John Wayne and Dean Martin star in the Paramount release filmed in Technicolor and Panavision under direction of Henry Hathaway. “VIVA ‘DUOOUE,. “DING. — ARRIBA!” John Wayne and Dean Martin, sequestered in a _ motel on the outskirts of Durango, Mexico while locationing for Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release opening .... Esher et the 0 sivaes) Lheatre, were taken to dinner in town by director Henry Hathaway for the first—and last—time. The plaza filled up for a band concert while they dined in the arched and patioed former home of Dolores Del Rio, now the Posada (hotel) Duran, and when they came out the whole mob descended on them with cries of “Viva Duque, Dino—arriba!” Only the arrival of police prevented them from being lifted bodily to the crowd’s shoulders and got them back to their hotel. “Confidentially,”’ says Duke, “we loved it.” But Hathaway didn’t. “I had visions,” he says, “of losing both my stars.” “The Sons of Katie Elder” was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision. HYER HIGH ON ART—Martha Hyer discovered her reputation as an art patron had preceded her to the heart of Mexico, where she and a horse named Parker were competing for the affection of John Wayne in Hal Wallis’ Technicolor and Panavision production of “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release opening .......... at the seode wen OF Theatre. Art students at the local Juarez University put on a special exhibition of their work for Martha alone, on Sunday and during fiesta time, at that. She brought back two paintings, half a dozen throw rugs made to her order, and a crateful of pottery and glassware for her house. The art college, by the way, is housed in a confiscated monastery — El Sagrado (The Asylum) — built in 1697. “All arches and patios,” she says. “How I’d love to have brought THAT back!” THE LAST TRIP—Old 650, a Stevenson-model steam locomotive built in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1892, and the four cars it pulled for 70 years between Durango and the silver-gold mining town of Tepehranes in the Sierra Madres, made their last trip doing a role with John Wayne and Dean Martin in “The®Sons.of ,. Katie : Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening ........ EURO UNO cars se elec Avent Theatre. The train with its two coaches, flatear and combination baggage car-caboose was reprieved from retirement as a museum piece for a week’s work in this Hal Wallis’ Western. It will now be enshrined in concrete in the nearby town of Gomez Palacio. And with her, Juan Ortega, her engineer for the last 80 years, her fireman for six years before that, also goes into retirement. Diesels are not in his line. THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKEUP—In Durango, Mexico, director Henry Hathaway sent for Wally Westmore to come down quick and deglamorize Martha Hyer for her Western-gal role opposite Duke Wayne in “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release openTIVO ci vene ctkeesacee BE cb ae ec cies reacts Theatre. The makeup artist missed plane connections at Mazatlan, spent the night crossing the Sierra Madres by car ((brr!), and arrived at 2 a.m., but was ready with his little magic art at 9 in the morning. TURN THE SOUND UP—In Mexico, Duke Wayne discovered that they turn down the sound of U.S. movies so it won’t distract from the Spanish sub-titles. But Wayne made them turn it up full blast when he took the troupe from Hal Wallis’ ‘The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release opening .... shesgualie BE CMe: os)... che co, LACAUre, to see “Hatari”’ in the Mexican town of Durango. “The noisy actors aren’t important,” he tried to explain, “it’s the other animals.” Wayne stars with Dean Martin in “Katie Elder,” which was directed by Henry Hathaway and filmed in Technicolor and Panavision. “ELVIS WHO?” That’s the title of a Frank Sinatra-Sammy Davis, Jr. recording you'll never hear. The two made it privately and sent it to Dean Martin in Durango, Mexico, where he and John Wayne were doing Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,’ a Paramount release: Opening) ssc. te a at the Seas Skee ria Theatre. It was meant as a rib inspired by 45,000 teenagers who selected Dean as their favorite male entertainer. Martin credits his popularity with the younger fans to the booming hit of his Reprise record, ‘“Everybody Loves Somebody,” which is neck-and-neck with Barbra Streisand’s “People” and Louis Armstrong’s “Hello, Dolly” for this year’s Grammy Award. As a drifting Texas cowpoke in “The Sons of Katie Elder,” filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, he doesn’t sing a note. Now director Henry Hathaway is trying to talk Wallis into having a song written in for him. The fans in the 12-to-24 age bracket constitute 70 per cent of the movie customers, after all. SPECIAL PUBLICITY LAYOUTS Available as 8 x 10 Still #KE/Spec/2 SPARKED BY INJUSTICE, four fated brothers face the violence of an angry town in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision OPORING 2) io.k CHARS s..Sicck secrete Theatre. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film stars John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr. and Martha Hyer. Available as 8 x 10 Stills #10231/14, 21, 18 Mat 3A CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF FATE—John Wayne and Dean Martin star with Martha Hyer in Hal Wallis’ “The Sons of Katie Elder,” a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision opening ................6 abthe s, .20siiom. Theatre. Based on a story by Talbot Jennings and directed by Henry Hathaway, the film deals with the determined efforts of four brothers who attempt to reverse the legacy of a blackened reputation. Available as 8 x 10 Still #KE/Spec/1 THEY CHALLENGED THEIR LEGACY—John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson, Jr. star as the four fated Elder brothers in Hal Wallis’ moving production of “The Sons of Katie Elder”, a Paramount release in Technicolor and Panavision OPODING \isvsss scvvesvanczesd GEE MAD 6 csc dees ccgseesos Theatre. 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