Never Too Late (Warner Bros.) (1965)

Blue Husbands Tired of constant family bickering, Paul Ford and his young son-inlaw, Jim Hutton, go out and get plastered on Pink Ladies. Maureen O’Sullivan and Connie Stevens star as the respective wives in Warner Bros.’ comedy, “‘Never Too Late,”’ opening at the Theatre. Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, the motion picture was directed by Bud Yorkin and produced by Norman Lear. Written by Sumner Arthur Long, “Never Too Late” tells the story of a middle-aged couple about to have a baby at an age when most couples are already grandparents. Mat 2-C_ Still No. 888/73 (Special Publicity Still) Expecting Maureen O’Sullivan stars in Warner Bros.’ hilarious comedy “Never Too Late” as the sweet and rather naive matron who finds herself pregnant at a most unseemly age. The TechnicolorPanavision film due to open on yates at the ...... Theatre also stars Paul Ford, Connie Stevens and Jim Hutton. Norman Lear produced the Tandem production and Bud Yorkin directed from a screenplay by Sumner Arthur Long, who also wrote the play. Mat 1-C Still No. 888/603 Star Jim Hutton Excels As A Comic Actor And A Baby-Sitter Not often is a performer required to baby-sit for a six year old child while making a motion picture. The unusual task fell to Jim Hutton, star of Warner Bros.’ “Never Too Late,” which opens on ...... atethe kee. Theatre. Considering that the child in question was Jim’s son, Timothy, who makes his film debut in the hilarious comedy, the task was a welcome one. “Never Too Late,” is a debut of sorts for Jim as it is his first film for Warner Bros. His portrayal of Charlie Clinton, the husband of Connie Stevens and the son-in-law of Paul Ford and Maureen O’Sullivan, adds stature to his already enviable reputation as a comic actor. Hutton’s recent pictures include “Major Dundee,” “The Subterraneans,” “Where The Boys Are,” “The Honeymoon Machine,” “Bachelor in Paradise,” “The Horizontal Lieutenant,” “Period of Adjustment,” and “Looking For Love.” Born in Binghamton, New York, Hutton started acting while at Niagara University in Syracuse, New York. While stationed in Germany with the United States Army, he established the first English-speaking theatre in Berlin, the American Community Theatre. Director, Douglas Sirk saw him and offered him a part in the film, “A Time To Love And A Time To Die.” Even Kids Can Be The Hollywood Type When director Bud Yorkin needed a red-headed youngster of about eight years of age for a short scene in Warner Bros.’ “Never Too Late,” he picked a boy out of the crowd watching the filming. “How old are you?” he asked the boy. By his answer the child might have grown up in Hollywood. “What age,” he asked in reply, “are you looking for?” Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Connie Stevens and Jim Hutton star in the Technicolor-Panavision comedy opening atthe seas Theatre. “Never Too Late,” the story of a middle-aged couple about to have a baby when most couples are already grandparents, brings to the screen all the love and laughter that enchanted audiences at the famous play for over 1,000 performances on Broadway. Fresh From Video, Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin Hit The Movie Jackpot With Their Second Film Having recently completed their second feature film, Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear already possess an enviable reputation as a first-rate producer-director team. Their current offering to the entertainment public is “Never Too Late,” new ‘Technicolor-Panavision comedy starring Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Connie Stevens and Jim Hutton. Produced as a Tandem Production and released by Warner Bros., the film opens at the See Theatre. “Never Too Late,” is only the second motion picture that the two have produced and directed. The first was the Frank Sinatra starrer, “Come Blow Your Horn.” Both entered the movie world via television. In 1959, they formed Tandem Productions, and together they wrote, produced and directed a series of television specials: “Henry Fonda and the Family,” “The Danny Kaye Special,” “The Bobby Darin Special,” and “The Andy Williams Special.” The last was so well received that they packaged it for the onehour “Andy Williams Show” series on NBC. Norman Lear started his career as a New York theatre press agent following his discharge from the Air Force in 1946. Two years later he turned to television writing and wrote the “Jack Haley Ford Star Review,” a one-hour weekly musical variety series. Following that, he wrote the first three years of the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis shows for both radio and television. He then took over the third year of the George Gobel show as writer-director and followed that with a twoyear writing stint on the Ernie Ford Show. The writer-producer was born in New Haven, Conn., July 27, 1922. He attended Emerson College in Boston, majoring in drama. Bud Yorkin’s career began on the engineering staff of NBC in New York. From there he moved into programming as a stage manager and later became associate director of the “Colgate Comedy Hour,” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. He moved to the West Coast with the show and went on to direct Martin and Lewis. Following that he di | Badgered Jim Hutton portrays the badgered husband of Connie Stevens in Warner Bros.’ motion picture version of the hit Broadway comedy “‘Never Too Late.’ Paul Ford and Maureen O’Sullivan star as the couple who find thmselves expecting another child. The Tech nicolor-Panavision film which embarrassed middle-aged opens ...... at the ...... Theatre was produced by Norman Lear and directed by Bud Yorkin. Mat No. 1-B _ Still No. 888/36 (Special Publicity Still) rected such outstanding entertainments as “The Dinah Shore Show,” and “The Tony Martin Show.” In 1958 Yorkin wrote, produced and directed “A Night With Fred Astaire,” for which he won three “Emmy” awards. Winner of a plethora of coveted television awards, Bud Yorkin was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1926. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and Columbia. ‘NEVER TOO LATE ' Is A Sketch A high moment from Warner Bros.’ comic and touching film, ‘Never Too Late,” starring Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Connie Stevens and Jim Hutton, is caught in this caricature by the noted artist, Al Hirschfeld. “Never Too Late” brings to the Technicolor and Panavision screen all the love and laughter that enchanted audiences | See SE ETL AE SK ral | ey a GAO HU UT the at the famous play for over 1,000 performances on Broadway, Norman Lear produced and Bud Yorkin directed the film which tells the story of a New England couple about to have a child at an age when most couples are already grandparents. The attraction, opening Mat 3-A_ Still No. 888/C-1 au(s Gorset saeicene ey at Theatre, was written by Sumner Arthur Long and scored by David Rose. Spirit Comes By CoveredWagon, Body By Jet Maureen O’Sullivan certainly had no trouble getting accustomed to her starring role in Warner Bros.’ hit comedy “Never Too Late,” but geting used to the working hours was another matter. “In New York,” says Maureen, “T’d get up whenever I felt like it, generally sometime late in the morning. For the film version, I sometimes got up as early as 5 a.m., depending on when was due at the studio. The three-hour time difference between New York and Hollywood has its effect, too. I sometimes think the body comes in by jet and the spirit by covered wagon.” “Never Too Late,” due to open eee at the ...... Theatre, is her first film in seven years and marks a welcome return to Hollywood. Maureen re-creates the role she originated and played for hundreds of performances on the Broadway stage. She portrays a very funny and very touching New England matron who finds herself pregnant at a most unseemly age. As she did on Broadway, she co-stars in the Technicoloranavision film with Paul Ford who, as the aging and irresistably funny Harry Lambert, discovers to his horror that he has not lost his powers of procreation. Norman Lear produced and Bud Yorkin directed the film which also stars Jim Hutton and Connie Stevens. Maureen was born in Boyle, Eire, on May 17. She was educated at convents in Dublin and London and at a finishing school in Paris. She made her film debut in “Song of My Heart,” and since then has played in almost 100 feature pictures. On September 12, 1936, she married John Farrow, a writer who subsequently became one of Hollywood’s best known directors and producers. He died of a heart attack early in 1963. Maureen’s first child, Michael, born in 1939, was killed in a plane crash in 1958. Armed With Camera And Good Humor, Troupe Invades What the British Army couldn’t do almost 200 years ago, a Hollywood film troupe readily accomplished. Invading Concord, Mass., the cast and crew of Warner Bros.’ “Never Too Late” managed to make friends of the citizens. The Hollywood emissaries spent almost three weeks on location in the famous New England town, filming scenes for the comedy which is based on the hit Broadway play written by Sumner Arthur Long. A feature motion picture had never been shot in Concord. Some of the residents freely admitted that there had been misgivings when word of the Hollywood invasion got around. The misgivings stemmed from the memory of an earlier invasion of Concord, in April, 1775, when British: General Gage and his men took possession of the town. They were repulsed by the Minute Men of Concord, aided by troops from nearby Acton and Bedford. These were the first shots of what erupted into the War of the Revolution and Independence. The Hollywood crew, headed by producer Norman Lear and director Bud Yorkin, came armed only with camera and good humor. Before the location stay was over, friendships had developed between them and the Concordians. The Technicolor and Panavision film starring Paul Ford, Maureen O’Sullivan, Connie Stevens and Jim Hutton opens at the Theatre. David Rose wrote the music for “Never Too Late,” which has a title song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, sung by Vic Damone. PAGE 1 9 eevee e AL LIIG seeees