Ensign Pulver (Warner Bros.) (1964)

Afloat And Morose When the surly ship’s captain, portrayed by Burl Ives, falls overboard during a storm, Robert Walker, playing the name-role of “Ensign Pulver”, releases a life-raft and goes after him—with the result that both are trapped with each other on the high seas. Scene from the new Warner Bros. comedy-drama in Technicolor-Panavision shows the effects of the situation on the two men. Ives and Walker star in the new release along with Walter Matthau, Kay Medford, Millie Perkins and Tommy Sands. Joshua Logan produced-directed. TOUGHEST STINT While working on “Ensign Pulver”, new Warner Bros. comedydrama which opens ...... at the his Theatre, veteran producerdirector Joshua Logan was asked about the most difficult chore of his long years in show business. Logan had a ready answer: “It was teaching Charles Boyer to speak English for ‘Garden of Allah’.” Those Pulver’ $$$$ Flowed In Old Mexico “Ensign Pulver”, new comedydrama in Technicolor and Panavision which opens ...... at the..... Theatre, is a good example of the economic benefits a movie can bring to a foreign country. Made mostly in Mexico, “Ensign Pulver” was budgeted at $2,000,000. Warner Bros.’ accounts say one-fourth was left south of-the-border, like this: @ $250,000 for food and lodging over five weeks; @ $200,000 for set construction; e $45,000 for props; e $40,000 for rentals of equipment; e $15,000 for air freight, customs charges and transportation; e@ $5,000 in income taxes to the Mexican government; They also estimate that 60 American actors and crew members spent $15,000-$20,000 on gifts and personal necessities. And the wives of the 60 probably dribbled away another $3,000-$5,000 while waiting for the men to finish work. Total: $500,000 or thereabouts. Mat 2-C_ Still No. 880/78 Matthau Lets Others Give The Film Orders Walter Matthau, top character actor who portrays the humane ship’s doctor in “Ensign Pulver”, Warner Bros.’ comedy-drama sequel to “Mr. Roberts” which opens ...... at the ...... Theatre, has no yen to try his hand at directing like some of his screen peers. “They can have it,” says Matthau. “I directed a picture once, a thing called ‘Gangster Story’. I didn’t criticize the author because I wrote it, too. I couldn’t fault the cast, either, because my wife and I were the stars. We made it for $45,000 at Anaheim, California, and it had its world premiere in Newark. It died, but the Ansco Theatre, on New York’s FortySecond Street, which specializes in horrid and horror pictures, plays it once a year. The owner is a friend of mine. He has to be a friend of mine. Come to think of it, maybe he isn’t.” THE DESCENDANTS | The shooting of “Ensign Pulver’, Warner Bros.’ new comedydrama in Technicolor and Panavision which opens ...... at the Theatre, proved to be a sort of second-generation show business get-together. Robert Walker, starred in the name-role, is the son of Jennifer Jones and Robert Walker. Tommy Sands, also starred, is the son-in-law of Frank Sinatra. Larry Hagen, featured, is Mary Martin’s son. And Michael Daves, assistant director, is the son of famed Warner director Delmar Daves. Pleasing Sight On An Island Robert Walker, cast in the name-role of “Ensign Pulver”, witnesses the pleasing spectacle of a group of females—even if they are Army nurses—during arrival on a Pacific island. Millie Perkins (left) catches his eye but Kay Medford (center) catches his attention. Scene is from the new Warner Bros. comedy-drama in TechnicolorPanavision which is scheduled to open ..... at the ..... Theatre. Walker and Misses Perkins and Medford star in the new release, together with Walter Matthau, Burl Ives and Tommy Sands. Mat 2-D Still No. 880/43 Round Burl Ives Has Rounded Life Burl Ives, who portrays the hardhearted ship’s captain in “Ensign Pulver’, Technicolor-Panayision sequel to “Mr. Roberts” which opens as a Warner Bros. release on ...... abe LMG Aras s says Theatre, is probably the happiest guy in show business. Having made it years ago, the folk singer actor-writer-mariner-traveller accepts only those plays, films and record-dates that appeal to him. Producers, directors and record-companies wait in line for his services. His songs are in the collections of Encylopedia Britannica Films and The Library of Congress. He has been a guest performer at the White House. If he did nothing more in his life, his royalties would keep him afloat. When he finishes a chore for money, Ives gets aboard his 90-foot yacht and skippers her to the Bahamas where he lives. “I’m in a good business,” says the 300-pound performer. “Gives me plenty of time to read and think and sail. I don’t fish. I don’t race. I sit on the deck and spit in the ocean. I’ve got me a great wife and a son I’m proud of. I’ve got a lot of friends and I’ve got my guitar. What more is there in life?” Aiming To Get Hunk Walter Matthau, cast as a ship’s doctor, watches closely and hopefully as Robert Walker, playing the name-role in “Ensign Pulver’’, prepares to avenge the crew by sling-shotting the mean-spirited ship’s captain, portrayed by Burl Ives. Scene is from the new Warner Bros. comedy-drama set to open ALINE... acs vsulacs MCALEe, Matthau, Walker and Ives siar in the Technicolor-Panavision release along with Kay Medford, Millie Perkins and Tommy Sands. Joshua Logan produced and directed ‘‘Ensign Pulver’, as a sequel to “Mr. Roberts’”’. Mat 2-A_ Still No. 880/15 Young Romantic Stars of ‘ENSIGN PULVER’ (Special Publicity Mat; request from Campaign Plan Manager, Warner Bros. Pictures, New York) To tell the genial story of “Ensign Pulver”, producer-director Joshua Logan chose as the romantic leads of his film two comparative newcomers to the motion picture screen, They are Robert Walker, son of Jennifer Jones and the late Robert Walker, whose previous movie experience consisted of minor parts in only two pictures; and Millie Perkins, an ex-model, who appeared before in only one movie, “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Logan picked Walker because he believes the young actor to be brightest comedian possibility now around; and Millie Perkins because he believes the public is due to discover her great appeal. Photos, upper left and right, show Miss Perkins and Walker close up; middle, left and right, she relaxes against a palm tree during location shooting, and Walker kibitzes while Logan (seated, center) deals during a card-game; below, Walker in the name-role of “Ensign Pulver” and Miss Perkins as the pretty Army nurse he meets on a romantic tropical island. “Ensign Pulver’, in Technicolor and Panavision, opens.......at the ....... Theatre as a Warner Bros. release. Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Kay Medford and Tommy Sands star, along with Miss Perkins and Walker. PAGE rf