The Hallelujah Trail (United Artists) (1965)

Publicity Stull HT-74 Mat 2A Burt Laneaster stars as a cavalry colonel in “The Hallelujah Trail,” opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision atthe. Theatre, through United Artists release at popular prices and continuous performances. Laneaster’s first foray into total comedy, the wild-and-wacky story is about the misfortunes that beset a wagon train carrying 1600 barrels of whiskey. Directed and produced by John Sturges, the film co-stars Lee Remick. Sturges Restless Vitality Reflected in His Action Films John Sturges, dynamic directer producer of “The Hallelujah Trail,’ a United Artists release OPENING ese see Shutiem state ds Theatre on a continuous performance, popular price basis, is an enormously restless man whose excess energy is evident in the films he makes. Most of them, like the current comedy of epic proportions set in the Old West, are vigorous films, bursting with activity. This trademark is plainly stamped on all his movies, notably “Bad Day at Black Rock,” “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” “The Magnificent Seven” and “The Great Escape.” Sturges’ latest Technicolor exercise, “The Hallelujah Trail,” costars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin and was filmed in Ultra Panavision— a wide wide-screen process necessary to catch all of what goes on in a Sturges free-for-all. In this one, he brings in cavalry, cowboys and Indians . . . with a few thousand other horses and men, not to mention the army of crusading temperance ladies, and a dust-storm to mix them all up in one_ hilarious, action-packed adventure. Sturges, a former film-editor, entered the motion picture indus Stull HT-69 Mat 1D Martin Landau, who has played almost everything else, portrays an Indian chief in “The Hallelujah Trail,’ opening in Ultra Panavision and Technicolor... at the Theatre, through United Artists release at popular prices and continuous performances. PAGE 8 eevee try in 1932. During the war he directed over 45 documentaries and training films for the Signal Corps. Following his discharge from the Air Corps, Sturges returned to Hollywood where he has since directed a long list of features, including “The Satan Bug,” “The Great Escape,” “Tamiko,” “Sergeants Three,” “The Magnificent Seven,’ “Last Train From Gun Hill,” “Escape From Fort Bravo” and “The Magnificent Yankee.” Top stars who have worked under his sure hand are William Holden, Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracy, Ethel Barrymore, Gina Lollobrigida, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Lana Turner and Burt Lancaster who reunited his talents with those of Sturges for the current “Hallelujah Trail.” The film is presented by The Mirisch Corporation. ‘Hallelujah Trail’ At Popular Prices (General Advance) John Sturges’ “The Hallelujah Trail,’ an epic comedy of the old West starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin, opens on a continuous per formance, popular price policy Bea uae M at the Theatre, through United Artists release. Filmed in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision, the film presents Lancaster in his first comedy role, portraying a U. S. cavalry colonel in charge of a wagon train of whiskey. It is his duty to guard this precious cargo against the assaults of women temperance workers, thirsty Indians, parched miners and tempermental teamsters. Lancaster’s tribulations in carrying out his unusual mission and the adventures surrounding the trek to Denver with precious liquid treasure are based on what scriptwriter John Gay says is a true incident. His wild and wacky screenplay is based on Bill Gulick’s novel, recounting the incredible events of the Battle of Whiskey Flats. Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith and Martin Landau also star in “The Hallelujah Trail,” which is a Mirisch Corporation presentation. Burt Lancaster A Comedian In ‘The Hallelujah Trail’ The last time Burt Lancaster and film-maker John Sturges got together for a motion picture the result was the classic western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.” Now they are reunited on another western, but with laughs, “The Hallelujah Trail,” opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision. ........... ate thespenunne ec: Theatre, through United Artists release at popular prices and continuous performances. In this comedy of epic proportions set in the Old West, Lancaster plays a colonel in the cavalry set to guard a wagon train full of whiskey! It’s one of the rare excursions into total comedy for Lancaster, who won his Academy Award for the more dramatic adventures of “Elmer Gantry.” Lancaster came west from New York to score with his first film, “The Killers,’ in 1946. He continued to display versatility of theme and performance in such hits as “From Here to Eternity,” “Come Back Little Sheba,” “The Rose Tattoo,” “Trapeze” and “Judgment at Nuremberg.” Formerly a circus acrobat, Lancaster’s first acting assignment came shortly after his Army discharge . . . in a war story, play FILM MIGHTIER THAN THE PEN FOR LANDAU Easterner Martin Landau went west to co-star with Burt Lancaster in “The Hallelujah Trail,” opening in Technicolor ............. at [Hc (oe reer Theatre, through United Artists release, on a continuous performance, popular price basis. Originally a cartoonist, Landau’s compulsion to act brought him to the Actors’ Studio, where he studied under Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. After three years at the Studio and in off-Broadway plays, Landau won the role of the young husband in “Middle of the Night,” Edward G. Robinson’s hit show, followed by the role of “Dr. Astrov” in Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya.” The parts continued to roll in for Landau, with good roles in “Stalag 17,” “Wedding Breakfast,” “First Love” and “The Goat Song.” Television was next, with shows including “Studio One,” “Kraft Thea tre,” “Suspense,” “U. S. Steel Hour,” “Omnibus” and “Playhouse 90.” Motion pictures followed: “North by Northwest,” “Pork Chop Hill,” and “The Gazebo.” Next came the dificult role of Caesar’s closest friend in “Cleopatra,’ and an equally important role in George Stevens’ epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” Landau has now perhaps his most prominent role—and surely his funniest—in John Sturges’ “The Hallelujah Trail,” which stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence and Brian Keith. A comedy of epic proportions set in the Old West, it was filmed in Ultra Panavision and presented by The Mirisch Corporation. Two For A Tub Many a bath has been taken in many a movie by many a leading lady, but in “The Hallelujah Trail’ opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision ccc. at popular prices and continuous performances at the Theatre, through United Artists release, both leading lady and leading man have a bathtub scene. The same tub, too, but Burt Lancaster and Lee Remick don’t share it. In fact, the regulation cavalry tub is barely big enough for one, measuring only five cramped feet long—or short, as the case may be. For Lancaster, who is well over six burly feet tall, the case was short indeed. The film is presented by The Mirisch Corporation. ing a war-weary soldier. The play was “A Sound of Hunting,” and it folded after 24 performances, but Lancaster was a great success. He received seven screen offers and was swamped by propositions from talent agents. The deal he accepted, however, was one no one else proposed. Harold Hecht, then an agent, came backstage and told Burt, “Join me and in five years we'll be making our own pictures.” They shook hands on that and began a partnership which yielded many movies, millions and Oscars. “The Hallelujah Trail” is a Mirisch Corp. presentation. 30th Film John Sturges’ “The Hallelujah Trail,’ opening in Technicolor siasiene at the ................... Theatre, through United Artists release, marks the 30th film directed by the dynamic film-maker. The epic comedy of the Old West stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin and was filmed in Ultra Panavision on a popular price, continuous performance basis. The film is a Mirisch Corp. presentation. All-Out Fun “The Hallelujah Trail” is the first foray into total comedy for Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster. The actor, who won his Oscar for “Elmer Gantry,” notes that there were moments of humor in some of his other films which tempted him to try an allout fling at fun. In Technicolor and Ultra Panavision, popular prices and continuous performances, “The Hallelujah Trail” is that fling—an epic western comedy in which he plays a cavalry colonel guarding a wagon train full of whiskey! The film reunites him with producer-director John Sturges, with whom he first worked on the straight dramatic western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.” Co-stars Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin also hit “The Hallelujah Trail’ with Lancaster, in the big, brawling saga of how the west was almost lost! The film is a Mirisch Corp. presentation and released through United Artists. Big Indian Scout —From England Dressed in buckskin shirt, coonskin hat and deerskin moccasins; behind a beard and also behind the role of a typical American westerner, is a quiet English gentleman who cannot even ride a horse! Donald Pleasence, co-starring with Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin in “The Hallelujah Trail,” opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision at continuous performances and popular prices at the Theatre, feels that some strange personality transition must occur whenever he crosses the Atlantic to make a picture in the U.S. His role of “Oracle” in this epic comedy of the Old West, casts him as a hard-bitten, harddrinking, scraggly old Indian scout. Mr. Pleasance, who had also never seen an Indian until reporting to producer-director John Sturges for his role in the film, nevertheless essays the part so convincingly that residents of Gallup, New Mexico, where the film’s location shots were made, thought he was one of the local extras. Mr. Sturges previously cast Pleasence in another unheroic mold, that of a master-forger in “The Great Escape.” And George Stevens cast him as Satan in “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” No scallywag (as he terms it) in real life, Pleasence has capped a brilliant stage and screen career with recent roles in “Poor Bitos” and Harold Pinter’s “The Caretaker,’ which he filmed as “The Guest.” The film is presented by The Mirisch Corporation and released through United Artists. Still HT-76 Mat 20 Lee Remick plays a temperance lady in ‘“‘The Hallelujah Trail,” opening io, le: Yao \@ ehie) 4: 4-8) 0050, eerie at the whe Ae OY S, O08 1,6, 8) 8,0; O10). 6. @ -i6.-'e Theatre, through United Artists release at popular prices and continuous performances. In Technicolor and Ultra Panavision, the comedy co-stars Burt Laneaster, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin and is a Mirisch Corporation presentation. Lee Remick Makes Pictures Everywhere But Hollywood Although Lee Remick is one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses, she rarely makes a film there, Costarring with Burt Lancaster in “The Hallelujah Trail,’ now at popular prices in continuous performances and opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision Fi dao aetna? Theatre, through United Artists release, Lee trav elled to Gallup, New Mexico for location filming of the epic western comedy. And before that she journeyed far afield of Hollywood for her other movies, including the one for which she won her Academy Award nomination, “Days of Wine and Roses.” That was filmed on location in San Francisco, as was “An Experiment in Terror.” Her first film, Elia Kazan’s “A Face in the Crowd,” was made in Piggott, Arkansas and “The Long Hot Summer” took her to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For Otto Preminger’s “Anatomy of a Murder,” Lee went to Ishpeming, Michigan, while Cleveland was the location site of Kazan’s “Wild River.” She flew to Spain and Ireland for “The Running Man” and went to Wharton, Texas for “Travyelin’ Lady,” which perhaps best describes the peripatetic actress. Originally a musical comedy actress, Lee has sung and danced in “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Oklahoma!” and “Show Boat.” She Stull HT-51 also toured in the stage productions of “Jenny Kissed Me,” “Paint Your Wagon” and “Seven Year Itch.” On TV, Lee starred in most of the major dramatic shows, including “Studio One,” “Playhouse 90,” “Kraft,” “Armstrong,” “Circle Theatre” and “Robert Montgomery Presents.” Her films, in addition to the ones mentioned, include “Sanctuary,’ “Operation Terror,” “The Wheeler Dealers,” “Those Thousand Hills” and now “The Hallelujah Trail,” which stars, besides Miss Remick and Lancaster, Pamela Tiff and Jim Hutton, and is presented by The Mirisch Corp. Silent Landau A veteran of Shakespeare and Chekhov, Martin Landau’s classically trained voice is not heard at all in “The Hallelujah Trail,” opening in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision at the Theatre, through United Artists release. Landau plays a Sioux Indian Chief in the epic western comedy starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffm—and he performs his role entirely in sign language! It can now be seen at popular prices at continuous performances and is presented by The Mirisch Corp. Mat 2D Donald Pleasence and Brian Keith co-star with Burt Lancaster in “The Hallelujah Trail,”? opening in Technicolor and Ultra Pana vision at the a dhe) ee) el ee <9 Ue Theatre, through United Artists release at popular prices and continuous performances. Pleasence plays the frontiersman who is most anxious for Keith’s wagon train to get to Denver: it’s carrying 1600 barrels of whiskey! The film is a Mirisch Corporation presentation.