Pocketful of Miracles (United Artists) (1961)

‘Pocketful of Miracles’ apra’s Rollicking Film With Big Name Cast Still PM-ART-1 i] Mat 3C Famed Saturday Evening Post illustrator Douglas Crockwell here depicts some of the Runyonuts in “Pocketful of Miracles,”? opening at the ee ee eee o AL TEITC 2 we te we eee Theatre, through United Artists release. Left to right are Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy, Hope Lange, Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell and Arthur O’Connell. Frank Capra produced and directed the comedy, which is in Panavision and Eastman Color. Ford Stars In, Co-Produces Laff Film To Open ‘Pocketful of Miracles’ Heart-Warming (Advance Production Story) “Pocketful of Miracles,” the wackiest, most heart-warming Cinderella story ever to burst, like a joyous rocket, out of Hollywood, opens... at the tes sae Theatre, through United Artists release. Filmed in Panavision and Eastman Color, the comedy, produced and directed by Frank Capra, is in his great tradition of movie magic for which he has won three Academy Awards. It is based on a story by Damon Runyon and stars Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell and co-stars Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton and Mickey Shaugnessy. For his latest miracle, Capra rubs a magic lamp—in this case a shiny red apple—and lo! we have... Glenn Ford, as Dave the Dude, buying an apple a day for gambler’s luck, from Bette Davis, as Apple Annie, a Broadway character who writes phony society letters to her daughter in Spain until the girl’s imminent arrival causes Hope Lange, as Queenie, Glenn’s girl-friend, and more than a few Broadway guys and dolls with hearts of gold, to transform Bette into the grandest society doll of them all. This warm-hearted screenplay, with emphasis on the heart, was written by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend, based on Robert Riskin’s original screenplay, and puts the Runyon classic on wide screen for the first time. To keep the authentic Times Square setting of the thirties, art director Hal Pereira recreated yesterday’s Manhattan on five huge sound-stages and virtually all the city blocks of one of Hollywood’s most famous set-cities. Academy Award winner Edith Head designed the women’s wardrobes; Betty Davis’ costumes alone cost $25,000. Of it, $24,999.85 was spent on the evening dresses, furs, negligees and daytime costumes she wears as a wealthy socialite in the second half of the film. As Apple Annie, Bette dresses in ragged sweaters, skirts and a floppy hat from Edith’s wardrobe bin marked “Beggars — Women.” The fifteen cent charge? An extra pair of shoe laces for the high button shoes in which Bette dances a jig. Yes, you read us right. “Pocketful of Miracles” is chock full of surprises to delight up the ‘ screen ... You'll have to see it to belove it. PAGE 8 Glenn Ford, national box-office champion of 1958 and consistently at the top of every exhibitor and audience poll, makes a pocketful of news with “Pocketful of Miracles,” OPENING 2/40 agus atythemwaameer... Theatre, in Eastman Color and Panavision. Starring Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell and co-starring Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton and Mickey Shaughnessy— the comedy is a United Artists release. With this all star, all for fun telling of a classic Damon Runyon tale, Ford enters the ranks of producer-dom for the first time, teaming with veteran fun-maker Frank Capra, who also directed “Pocketful of Miracles.” Born Gwyllyn Ford in Quebec, Glenn came to California when he was eight and at Santa Monica High school the boy’s histrionic talents were developed. His first professional acting job came a year after graduation when, in 1935, Herman Shumlin restaged “The Children’s Hour,” and cast Ford in a part—with the additional chores in “Pocketful of Miracles,” opening of assistant stage manager. (“Somebody had to go for sandwiches,” he remembers. ) Subsequent roles with a little theatre group brought him to the attention of Hollywood scouts, and shortly thereafter his spectacular career before the cameras began. It flourished from the start and grew with his performances in “The Adventures of Martin Eden,” “So Ends Our Night,” “Desperados” and “Destroyer.” In 1942 he enlisted in the Marines, resuming his career in 1945, after World War IJ, with two outstanding roles. One was opposite Rita Hayworth in “Gilda,” and the other, prophetically in “A Stolen Life,” opposite his present co-star, Bette Davis. Since then he has been one of film-land’s busiest actors, with a distinguished list of films to his credit, including 1954’s sensational “Blackboard Jungle,” then “The Teahouse of the August Moon,” “3:10 To Yuma,” “Don’t Go Near the Water,” “Cimarron,” “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and now “Pocketful of Miracles.” (Use of this art restricted to publicity only. Use in paid advertising is expressly forbidden.) 23-at theses ses 3s _ (General Advance) “Pocketful of Miracles” is the newest movie-magic to arrive in aNd PI OPENSh es... ees at Re Fe he Theatre, through United Artists release. Filmed in Panavision and Eastman Color, the comedy stars Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell and co-stars Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton and Mickey Shaughnessy. All this plus a host of favorites guest starring in this all star, all for laughs caper by a Capra called Frank. cece seve The man who last gave us “A Hole In The Head” now offers this classic Damon Runyon yarn, played against that most celebrated state of mind: Broadway in the late thirties! Here gangster Glenn Ford, girl-friend Hope Lange and the screwiest bunch of Runyonuts Frank Capra has ever gotten on the screen at one wonderful time, manage to transform a rag-bag of a peddler into the grandest society ,doll in New York. She’s the legendary Apple Annie, and Bette Davis plays the part up to the heart in her most unusual and unexpected characterization of a varied and distinguished career in films. Still PM-82 Annie’s Apple On Runyon’s Broadway “Pocketful of Miracles,” opening at the Theatre, through United Artists release, is set against the backdrop of two ot the most cherished elements in Gotham’s mythology: Apple Annie’s famous apple and Damon Runyon’s zany Broadway. Filmed in Panavision and Eastman Color, the comedy stars Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O’Connell and co-stars Peter Falk, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton and Mickey Shaughnessy. Three time Academy Award winner Frank Capra produced and directed. Based on Damon Runyon’s classic story, “Madam La Gimp,” the screenplay by Hal Kanter and Harry Tugend, based on Robert Riskin’s original adaptation, retains the fairy-tale atmosphere of the story, still set in New York’s early 1930s — and Capra’s pacing and mood recreate the original flavor of the Runyon apple. Here are all his improbable guys and dolls, with Bette Davis as the most famous of them all: Apple Annie, the rag-tag Broadway gypsie who is transformed into a Runyonesque Cinderella by the oddest assortment of soft-souled, hard-headed hoods and beggars that ever broke your heart. “The screen,” Mr. Capra has maintained for 40 years, “was conceived in magic, and dedicated to the proposition that all men want to be entertained.” eeeeeeee AL LMC seer svee Mat 2A Glenn Ford co-stars with Bette Davis, Hope Lange and Arthur O’Connell in Frank Capra’s new comedy “Pocketful of Miracles” opening ...... Atte: nussccc: one re Theatre, through United Artists. Filmed in Panavision and Eastman Color, the film was co-produced by Ford and Capra. Mat 3A Al Hirshfeld, drawing board Boswell of show business, here caricatures the principal players . Theatre in Eastman Color and Panavision. The United Artists release stars, left to right, Hope Lange, Thomas Mitchell, Bette Davis, (in her dual role) Peter Falk, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy and Glenn Ford. Frank Capra produced and directed. Old Grey Stallion Is What He Used to Be Frank Capra, whose loyalty to old friends is a legend in Hollywood, opens his heart to four-footed actors also. Casting “Pocketful of MiraClesiaOpening ist snidss ss. at the | ones Theatre, through United Artists release, Capra remembered Jim, a 24-year old stallion, who, in his prime, appeared “in support” of the top stars, including Ronald Coleman in Capra’s classic “Lost Horizon.” By the time Jimmy Stewart starred in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the horse’s career had faded, but Capra faithfully inserted a walk-through for his friend, who, after all, had been as close to the stars as horses get. Now, in “Pocketful of Miracles,” Jim, uncertain of gait, cannot even walk-through, and stands hitched to a fruit wagon a long way from the west and, you should pardon the expression, the hay-day of his career. This time he appears in support of Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange and Arthur O’Connell —and will be seen for the first time in Eastman Color and Panavision. “Jim started before we had a pension plan,” Capra says. “I’m glad we had work for him. It’s his last role though. Jim is one actor who will really be put out to pasture! And he owns the pasture!” Mat IC Hope Lange co-stars with Glenn Ford, Bette Davis and Arthur Still PM-102 O’Connell in Frank Capra’s “Pocketful of Miracles,”? which opens in Eastman Color and Panavision at the toe Theatre, through United Artists release. Hope Lange Cast As Runyon ‘Doll’ Here comes Hope Lange! As The First of the Red Hot Mammas in “Pocketful of Miracles,’ opening at the Theatre, through United Artists release, the blond and beautiful actress really “comes on,” establishing herself, after seven top movies, as a screen star to be rated among the most talented and versatile. Playing opposite Glenn Ford, Bette Davis and Arthur O’Connell, Hope makes the most violent departure from her recent role of a lady psychiatrist in “Wild in the Country,” playing the hard-boiled, soft-hearted, shimmydancing doll among the assorted guys and dolls in Frank Capra’s production of “Pocketful of Miracles,” Damon Runyon’s classic Broadway fairy tale. Hope made her professional debut on Broadway when she was a pretty little twelve year old, but her family decided to let her grow up out of show business. Recognizing Hope’s talent, they sent her to Lodge Professional High School in New York and while there she was a part-time model, also studying dance with Martha Graham. After graduation she attended Reed College where she studied drama and dancing, then came back east to attend the Barmore Junior College. Now she was ready to return to the world of entertainment. Starting as a dancer on Jackie Gleason’s TV show, she soon began appearing in dramas, and as a result she was signed for the movie “Bus Stop.” Since then, Hope has appeared in “Peyton Place,” “The Young Lions,” “In Love and War,” “The Best of Eeverything” and now, as Glenn Ford’s hard-hitting and hard-loving girl-friend Queenie, in “Pocketful of Miracles.” eeece eee eee Costly Costumes For “Pocketful of Miracles,” OPENING) arias Atathiensecnss os: ore Theatre, through United Artists release, two time Academy Award winning costumer Edith Head has dressed extras in priceless gowns once worn by Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Hedy Lamarr and other stars of the era portrayed in this new Frank Capra comedy. Starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange and Arthur O’Connell, it was filmed in Eastman Color and Panavision. In addition to these priceless gowns from the ace stylist’s fabulous collection, Miss Davis wears a $25,000 costume newly created by Miss Head. The star also wears a tattered, battered bundle of rags which Miss Head had to admit was, in its own way, also priceless. Bette plays the most famous Cinderella of them all, Apple Annie, Damon Runyon’s rag-tag Broadway Gypsie,