None But the Brave (Warner Bros.) (1965)

Helper And The Helped As the pharmacist’s mate of a Marine group stranded on a Japaneseheld Pacific island, Frank Sinatra amputates the leg of Homare Suguro but later has fun, in this scene from “None But the Brave’’, by daubing a sketch on the bandage. ‘“‘None But the Brave”, produced and directed by Sinatra for Warner Bros. release, opens ........ at the Theatre. Mat 2-E_ Still No. 480/61 Top Singer Tommy Sands Finds Warbling A Handicap ance. I don’t know why this is. They've been proved wrong many times. Bing Crosby won an Academy Award for his acting in ‘Going My Way’ but he had a terrific job to get the role in the first place. My fatherin-law, Frank Sinatra, had to offer to work for nothing so he could play in ‘From Here to Eternity’, for which he won an Oscar.” “None But the Brave” should advance his plans to become a seasoned thespian like his father-in-law. He is starred in a role that demanded a lot from him, that of an inexperienced Marine lieutenant who has to knuckle under to a hard-headed captain, played by Clint Walker, and a booze-guzzling pharmacist’s mate, portrayed by Sinatra. Sie is Lote Tommy Sands once made a recording that sold a million copies. Yet he now says that his singing success handicaps his efforts to become a dramatic actor. Sands’ second screen appearance is in Warner Bros.’ new PanavisionTechnicolor drama, “None But the Brave”, which opens ...... at the Theatre. The first was in a Warner film, too, “Ensign Pulver”. “Around a casting office,” comments the intense dark-haired onetime teenage crush, “there’s a stigma attached to being a singer when the studio is picking actors for dramatic roles. They seem to feel a guy who can handle a ballad doesn’t have fire for a high-tension acting perform The Story in Pictures Sinatra Gags Kept The Yocks Flying On Set Of ‘Brave’ Just because he had turned director, too—he was already producer and major star—of “None But the Brave”, new Warner Bros. drama due TOLODEN tay atithevccwte Theatre, didn’t mean that Frank Sinatra would turn serious. The film may have been a multi-million-dollar production in Technicolor and Panavision, but the set rocked with laughter as he tossed the cracks for which he is famous. There was purpose in his jesting, however. He used the laugh-lines to spur the actors, to relax them and, probably, to relax himself. Besides, for anyone who’s been an entertainer as long as Sinatra, it’s natural—and irresistable—to meet the appropriate moment with the appropriate gag. For example, Clint Walker had just finished a lengthy dramatic scene. Producer-director Sinatra complimented Walker with, “That was great, Clint.’ Then, after a perfectlytimed pause, he added. “But can you do a song-and-dance?” To a young player who had spoken his one big line, then exited, Sinatra flashed, “You walk off that fast and you'll be out of pictures in a week.” He brought the boy back and _ rehearsed him in the delicate art of milking an important exit-line. Once, trying to obtain quiet on a sound-stage, he yelled, “The next guy who talks I’m going to slug with my Oscar.” As his own director, Sinatra was often dissatisfied with his top star, actor Sinatra. Playing a scene, the director would stop the actor with the incisive word, “Cut.” Or he’d go through a scene and forget a line, whereupon he would censure himself with, “Do that once more, Sinatra, and I’Jl make you turn in your Actors Guild card.” ‘NONE BUT THE BRAVE’ Cautious Going With their *plane just wrecked on an obscure Pacific island held by Nipponese troops, Tommy Sands, Frank Sinatra, Clint Walker and Brad Dexter cautiously inch into the jungle brush in this scene from “None But the Brave’, Warner Bros.’ new Technicolor-Panavision drama which opens ..... . at the ...... Theatre. All four star in the new release, together with Tony Bill, Sammy Jackson and two top Japanese screen idols, Tatsuya Mihashi and Takeshi Kato. “None But the Brave”, produced by Sinatra, also marks his debut as a director. Mat '2-A_ Still No. 480/70 Note To Would-Be Beachcombers: Many Isles Left, Says ‘Brave’ Star Men who dream of becoming beachcombers needn’t put away the dream. There are still plenty of beautiful isolated islands left in the world, says Tony Bill, starred in “None But the Brave”, new Warner Bros. drama in Technicolor-Panavision which opens ...... atithenk a... Theatre. Besides Bill, the new release stars Frank Sinatra, Tommy Sands, Brad Dexter, Clint Walker, Sammy Jackson and two top Japanese performers, Takeshi Kato and Tatsuya Mihashi. His appearance in “None But the Brave” was the second occasion on which Tony has visited the South Pacific. The film was shot on a remote Hawaiian island called Kauai. But back in 1961, when he was only 20, Tony was sailing master of a yacht which took part in the Los Angeles-to-Tahiti race. On that trip, he poked his yacht into many unfrequented places. “It’s only people who haven’t been to the South Pacific who worry that the jets will spoil them,” says Tony Bill. “Several hundred islands may perhaps lose their natural appeal, but there are thousands of others still left in an unspoiled state.” Special Publicty Mat No. |; request from Campaign Plan Manager, Warner Bros. Pictures, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York (Please enclose self-addressed label) ? “None But the Braye”, Warner Bros.’ drama of World War II, due to open ........at the +o 9. 6 jo 6) 5% Theatre, is the first film Frank Sinatra has directed. He is also the a promise that his side may share the Japanese’ supplies. leads to an agreement between the opposing forces to maintain a truce until either The successful operation producer and the major star of the new release. Clint Walker and Tommy Sands also star, and Brad Dexter, Tony Bill and Sammy Jackson co-star. Japan’s top screen thespians, Tatsuya Mihashi and Takeshi Kato, head a cast of leading Nipponese players. Photo 1, a ’plane carrying U. S. Marine crashes on a tiny Pacific island held by an abandoned Japanese patrol. Ch. Pharm. Mate Maloney (FRANK SINATRA) urges Capt. Bourke (CLINT WALKER), the ranking officer, to disregard inexperienced Lt. Blair (TOMMY SANDS) who wants to attack the enemy immediately. Photo 2, Private Johnson (RAFER JOHNSON) keeps his rifle at ready as he and two more Marines steal a boat the Japanese had built to escape the island. Photo 3, discovering the loss, Pyt.Arikawa (TORO IBUKI) kills Johnson in the water, while other Nippon soldiers burn the boat and ambush the Americans. Photo 4, taken for a medical man, Maloney is asked by the Japanese to treat a man whose wounded leg is gangrenous. When Maloney reveals he is not a doctor, he is compelled to amputate nonetheless, but earns side becomes part of the war again. Photo 5, shortly thereafter, Pvt. Okuda (RYUCHO SHUNPUTED) is attacked by sharks and saved by the common efforts of the leaders, Capt. Bourke and Lt. Kuroki (TATSUYA MIHASHI). But the truce is broken when a Nippon soldier fires upon a Marine found trying to repair the platoon radio. Photo 6, as both sides square off to resume fighting, Kuroki warns Bourke that an oncoming typhoon will require every man on the island to protect their common water-supply. Hostilities are suspended and the fresh-water pool is saved. Photo 7, the Americans have managed to get a radio message out and a U. S. warship is approaching. Bourke demands Kuroki’s surrender and is refused, but a Japanese sniper fires upon the Marines. The remainder of the group, led by Bourke and Maloney, moves into military action. Photo 8, the battle over, Maloney walks sorrowfully among the dead, which includes Lt. Kuroki. The departing Marines take Kuroki’s blood-soaked diary to deliver, at some future time, to the brave leader’s widow. PAGE 5