Cash McCall (Warner Bros.) (1960)

Actor Wanted To Be Lawyer, But Plays Part On Screen Henry Jones, the actor, once wanted to be another Clarence Darrow —a forensic gladiator in the courtroom arena—but now he’s happy this boyhood ambition was thwarted. The way his career worked out he has still made numerous film and stage appearances before the bench and, outpacing even the great trial lawyer, has an unbroken record of victories. In his current role with Natalie Wood and James Garner in Warner Bros.’ Technicolor “Cash Mc Calle opeminig jie. seks a eines 2 at hei tie. eae BORED ene Theatre, the actor is seen as a combination attorney-business-consultant. His sagacious words of advice help Garner, who plays the title character, amass a fortune through the judicious buying and selling of faltering business empires. Jones, a Philadelphian by birth, was sidetracked from his original goal of studying for the law by a circumstance beyond his control— the lack of sufficient money to finance his schooling. Indifference Secret Of Attracting Girls Six-foot-three Jim Garner—the screen’s newest No. 1 Lady Killer — makes no claim to being an oracle on the behavior of the opposite sex but says he learned one lesson, during bachelor days, that he’s glad to pass on to the guys. “When you’re trying to attract the attention of a beautiful doll and every other approach has failed,” he counsels, “the thing to do is take the tack she least expects—feign complete indifference.” The ruggedly handsome star, teamed with vivacious Natalie Wood in Warner Bros.’ “Cash Mca WIG) OP OTIS 5 oin sus sdinnaibices ae Eo (lege ies ae eee ik Theatre, hastens to explain that although this gambit in the game of romance goes contrary to most of the rules it usually works, for a strictly feminine reason. “Tt’s an attitude,” he elucidates, “that very few women can bring themselves to understand—that it’s possible for the male animal to be oblivious to their charm and graces.” Once the gal takes the bait, he avers, chances are she’ll resort to every feminine wile in the book to open your eyes to the beauty she knows is so obvious to everyone else. In “Cash McCall,” a Technicolor production, in which he is playing the title character, a boy wonder The Cast... CasH McCati . Lory AUSTEN . Mauve Kennarp Grant AUSTEN Winston Conway Git CLARK Witt ATHERSON . GENERAL DANVERS . Harrison GLENN Mr. Pierce Miriam AUSTEN . Harvey BANNON That he made a fortuitous choice in diverting his interests to the theatre is graphically attested in his spectacular Broadway _ triumphs. Jones has chalked up an enviable record of three solid hit plays in unbroken succession. The first of these was “The Solid Gold Cadillac,” in which he portrayed the company treasurer with the Midas touch. Next in the triumvirate was “The Bad Seed,” in which he was the sly, nagging, neurotic janitor, the same role he played in the screen version of the drama. His most recent New York success was “Sunrise at Campobello” in which he created the role of Louis Howe, President Roosevelt’s unswervingly faithful press secretary and personal confidante. ? “Of course,” smiles Jones, “these are the plays I like to talk about. I ran about a year in each. But in all fairness I suppose I should mention that previously I was in in an embarrassing eight flops row.” James Garner and Natalie Wood are teamed for the first time in Warner Bros.’ “Cash McCall,” Technicolor film version of Cameron Hawley’s best-selling novel, due ............ atthe...) Theatre. MAT 1-B of modern finance, Garner doesn’t get a chance to practice any of his preachings. Natalie, portraying the young artist daughter of Dean Jagger, a plastics tycoon, realizes when she first sets eyes on him that he’s the buy for her. She briefly plays hard to get but it soon becomes abundantly clear that she doesn’t really mean it. Getting back to his basic premise, Garner adds that it is only fair to point out the obvious risk involved. “There’s always the danger,” he cautions, “that the girl will simply ignore you entirely and never give you another chance to make amends. “But this is an outside risk— and well worth the gamble.” James Garner, Natalie Wood and Dean Jagger star in “Cash McCall,’? Cameron Hawley’s best-selling novel brought to the screen by Warner Bros., and opening ................ FRA iL 0 Coo se aM HE Theatre. Nina Foch, E. G. Marshall and Henry Jones also star in Technicolor production. Soaked On-Screen, Strips Off-Screen There’s a Brigitte Bardot type of scene for lovely Natalie Wood in her role with James Garner in Warner’s “Cash McCall’ — but with a significant difference. She gets drenched to her alabaster skin during a summer squall and, at Garner’s solicitous suggestion, deems it best to peel off her soaking garments. The difference between the Miss Wood technique and that of Bardot is that Natalie accomplishes the deed entirely off screen, so that all that any spectator can read into the action is wholly imaginary. “Cash McCall,” a Technicolor DLOCUCUOMsN OPENS soiec-cceevesenen wont at (at tee Seay el eet Theatre. Actor Learned To Save While Young Dean Jagger says that, like most other folks, he has assorted financial extravagances—but he’s never learned to be comfortable about them. During filming of his Warner Bros. Technicolor picture, ‘Cash MicGalll 223 opening: ps2 eee ee Sbrthey anise pa meee Theatre, he explained the reason: “All during my _ growing-up years I helped out on my father’s farm. My job was weeding the onion patch, and I got paid ten cents an hour. When I worked from sun-up to sun-down and earned the total sum of $1 I later found it awfully hard to part with it— and it’s a lesson I never forgot.” “Cash McCall,” starring James Garner and Natalie Wood, opens Ya urea Cal LG abe tage at the The Credits... JAMES GARNER NATALIE WOOD NINA FOCH DEAN JAGGER E. G. MARSHALL HENRY JONES Director of Photography . Art Director Film Editor Music by Ortro KruGceR Orchestrations by Sound by . Set Decorator RoLaNp WINTERS Epwarp C. Piatr Epcar STEHLI Costumes Designed by Linpa WATKINS Partey Barr Produced by Directed by . Screenplay by From the novel by Dialogue Supervisor Makeup Supervisor Assistant Director Max STEINER STANLEY JONES Henry BLANKE JosEpH PEVNEY Lenore Correr and Marion HarcGrove CamERON HawLery GerorceE Forsry, A.S.C. Matcotm Bert Puitie W. ANDERSON Murray Currer GrorcE JAMEes HopxkKINs Leon CHARLES Howarp SHOUP Gorpon Bau, S.M.A. CuarLtes HANSEN MAT 2-B Christmas Tree Sale Helped Career James Garner recently divulged Alan Ladd’s unique role in first getting him interested in motion pictures. Garner. now starring with Natalie Wood in Warner Bros.’ Technicolor “Cash McCall,” openMIT Seca ae Un eu a ae eee aa at the One of his very first customers— at least one of the first Garner recognized—was Ladd. After that when he was 15 he got a Yuletide job helping to sell Christmas trees on a Beverly Hills lot. Garner had helped him select a tree the actor generously rewarded him with a fat tip, amounting to much more than the cost of the TLee. Needless to say,” observed Garner, “I was tremendously impressed—and that’s when I first got the bug about some day trying to get in pictures myself.” Acting Not For Those Who Like To Sleep Late, Says Nina Foch One of America’s finest young actresses, talented Nina Foch, says that speaking from personnel experience she has a gentle word of warning for would-be mummers. The ash-blonde, blue-eyed star, currently teamed with James Garner and Natalie Wood in Warner Bros.’ Technicolor “Cash McCall,” which opens ..........-.---at the Theatre, says she’d like to mount a _ soapbox long enough to make clear that acting is definitely the wrong career for anyone who’s a lazybones. “If you’re the sort who’s sooner sleep late in the morning,” she puts it, “the kindest advice to give is—you might as well stay in bed.” The Holland-born actress, who has distinguished herself in almost every phase of show business, including the Broadway stage, television and motion pictures, holds that unlike some professions, acting is never completely mastered. “The actor who is worth his salt,” she contends, “never stops studying. He is constantly observing other people, constantly trying to decide what particular set of impulses makes a person do a certain thing, or use a particular pattern of speech.” Transparent Dress Natalie Wood’s “rain” dress— the one in which she gets soaked to the skin for her role with James Garner in Warner’s “Cash McCall” —underwent a quick substitution following initial tests for the sequence. Turned out that the white dacron material used for the original outfit, deceptively opaque when dry, became so translucent when doused with water that it showed much more of the provocative star than the code allows. Result: The replacement looks appropriately soggy and bedraggled—but nothing more. “Cash McCall,” a Technicolor production, opens atthe (ie Ose es ay Theatre. Hailed as one of the most articulate members of her craft, Miss Foch —daughter of an _ actressmother and an orchestra-conductor father—makes no secret of the fact that her own goal in her profession is to become a director. “There is simply no escaping the fact that motion pictures are a director’s medium. He is the one in a position to call the turn on almost every nuance of character interpretation, with comparatively little creative effort being left to the decision of the actor himself.” In “Cash McCall,” in which she is Miss Wood’s rival for the bountiful affections of Garner, Miss Foch has a role not too unlike the portrayal in “Executive Suite” which won her an Oscar nomination. Both stories are the work of Cameron Hawley, a former corporation executive turned best-selling novelist. The actress says she never wants even to consider the possibility of calling a halt to her spade-digging in the theatrical vineyard. “The moment an actor is content to stand stil,’ she believes, “he isn’t doing that at all—he’s really on his way down hill.” Lucky Dressingroom One of the first congratulatory messages Natalie Wood received when she inherited Joan Crawford’s former dressing rooms at Warner Bros. was from Crawford herself. Natalie, starring with James Garner in the Technicolor “Cash IMic@aliz7)-opening tics eee naieccuscee Gb Ee ee ee Theatre, got a wire setting forth: “Tt was right after I moved in that I got an Oscar, for “Mildred Pierce,” and I just hope that place is as lucky for you as it was for me.” The quarters are among the most lavishly appointed in all of filmland. Bette Davis was one of the first to occupy them. The Billing. . . Warner Bros. Pictures Presents JAMES GARNER NATALIE WOOD in “CASH McCALL” Also Starring Nina Focu Dean JAGGER E. G. MarsHatu Henry JONES with Orro KruGErR RoLANpD WINTERS Epwarp C. Piatr LinpAa WATKINS ParLey BAER TECHNICOLOR® Screenplay by LENORE COFFEE and Marion HaArGROvVE Produced by Henry BLANKE Directed by JoseEPpH PEVNEY Music by Max STEINER Page 11