Wind Across the Everglades (Warner Bros.) (1958)

Christopher Plummer, center, as an Audubon warden, seeks the aid of Gypsy Rose Lee, who portrays the proprietor of an after dark salon, while Pat Henning, a renegade plume hunter, eavesdrops, in a scene from “Wind Across The Everglades,” the adventure-crammed Schulberg Production for Warner Bros., opening ............................ AE Hea ee Theatre. Still 432-16 EVERGLADES FILM IS THRILLING SAGA “Wind Across The Everglades,” the adventure-crammed Technicolor film saga of the renegade plume hunters who foraged for rare birds deep within Florida’s mysterious ‘Glades at the turn of the century, will premiere locally ca, ec Ne eae Ct thes A Schulberg Production for Warner Bros., the picture co-stars Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer and features in its supporting cast such celebrities as Gypsy Rose Lee, Tony Galento, Sammy Renck, Emmett Kelly and MacKinlay Kantor. An exotic newcomer Chana Eden, makes her screen debut in the film which is based on ar original screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Stuart Schulberg produced and Nicholas Ray directed the thrilling drama. Ten years in preparation before a foot of film was exposed, ‘Wind Across The Everglades” is the roughhewn history of South Florida that has never been recorded on film or in prose. A fishing trip to the Everglades ten years ago gave author Schulberg his inspiration. Burl Ives, with a. background of recent triumphs in Tennessee William’s ‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,’ and the films ‘Desire Under The Elms,’’ and “The Big Country,’ was selected by the Schulbergs to portary Cottonmouth, ruthless renegade king of a plume-hunting gang which _threatened the extinction of thousands of rare birds to satisfy the fashion whims of early 20th century women. Christopher Plummer the noted Broadway actor, who recently made his motion picture debut in “Stage Struck,’ plays the intrepid bird warden who is willing to sacrifice his life to preserve those of the birds of the ‘Glades. Plummer was widely acclaimed for his TV role in Mark Twain’s ‘The Prince and the Pauper.” ieee Theatre. Chana Eden, who portays the daughter of Miami's first merchandiser, was discovered by Budd Schulberg while singing folk songs from her native Israel in a sophisticated New York bistro. Miss Eden, who saw military action in her country’s army and navy, was Israel’s first airline hostess. Gypsy Rose Lee Gypsy Rose Lee, who is featured with Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer in “Wind Across The Everglades,” the adventure-crammed Schulberg Production for Warner Bros., opening ...... Gtuihie carer Theatre, is probably the only actress ever hired by Hollywood because of her stage fame, who had to completely conceal her professional identity when she first entered motion pictures. For her initial movie, the world’s best known stripteaser, who now is also recognized as an actress and author, was forbidden by Will Hays, then czar of the movie business, to appear in a picture using her stage name. He feared the burlesque connotation might bring protests from self-appointed and legal censors. So Gypsy had to dust off her real name, Louise WHovick, which she hadn’‘t used since leaving Seattle. Although the theatre marquees read LOUISE HOVICK, the newspapers made sure their readers knew that this same new star was none other than the one and only Gypsy Rose Lee. MEET CHANA EDEN Sultry Chana Eden, an exotic newcomer whose fantastic life includes stints as a sailor and a soldier during the Israeli fight for freedom, makes her film debut in the Schulberg Production, ‘‘Wind Across The Everglades,’’” a Warner Bros. release in Technicolor, opening... .at the.... Theatre. Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer co-star in the exciting drama which is based on an original Budd Schulberg screenplay. ‘ In the short span of her 23 years, Miss Eden has been a messenger in the Israeli underground (at the age of 10); a seaman-gunner, first class, in her country’s navy, and then a machine gunner in the Israeli Infantry in the war against the Arabs. Chana also has been a physical culturist and a skin-diver; she sails boats and rides horseback; is a polished dancer of classical ballet, a painter of promise and a deep student of philosophy and theology. The Israeli-born actress, who was her country’s first commercial airline hostess, packs all this talent in a five feet, six-inch chassis of 120 pounds. She has reddish-brown hair, brown eyes and is dark-complexioned. Her vital statistics are a spec B tacularly apportioned 36-23-35. Chana was born in Haifa, the only daughter of Menachem and Rachel Mesyngier. Her father is a druggist. Chana at an early age attended her brother's body culture institute, where she built the groundwork for the body which enabled her to survive a fighting war and now draws whistles from appreciative males from Haifa to Hollywood. Chana chose Eden as her stage name “because this chance to act in on American movie was my first step into Paradise.” Tony Galento, Actor “Two-Ton”’ Tony Galento, one of the most colorful figures in prizefighting history, has a featured role in “Wind Across The Everglades,” the Schulberg Productions release for Warner Bros., which bows ....... CAT NG ieee cists Theatre. The Technicolor drama co-stars Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer. Galento, who won acclaim for his role in “On The Waterfront” portrays a brawling ex-convict who joins forces with a renegade band of plumehunters in ‘Wind Across The Everglades.”’ Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer, one of Broadway's brightest young actors, co-stars with Burl Ives in “Wind Across The Everglades,”” The Warner Bros. release in Technicolor, which DOWS) oe ae is’ at ihes is «cae: Theatre. Born in Toronto, Canada, De cember 13, 1929, Christopher was reared in Montreal. At 17 he appeared in his first professional engagement in Ottawa. He joined the Canadian Repertory Theatre and acted in dramas for the Canadian Broadcastng Company. Plummer came to the United States five years ago after acting with leading American artists in a repertory company in Bermuda. His first substantiol role on Broadway was in Guthrie McClintic’s production of “The Dark Is Not Light Enough,” for whch Plummer won the Daniel Blum Award as the year’s most promising newcomer. The soft-spoken actor, who has established himself as a leading star at Shakespearian festivals, says ‘‘it was a rewarding experience working with Budd Schulberg (the producer and author of the original screerplay, ‘‘Wind Across The Everglades”) in Florida, because Budd can accept an actor’s feeling of a role, which can aid a motion picture tremendously.”’ Plummer is married to Tammy Lee Grimes, an actress from Boston. They have a daughter, Amanda Michael, born in mid-1957. The Plummers live in Greenwich village in a regencytype duplex apartment. THE RATTLED JOCKEY Sammy Renick, formerly the world’s highest paid jockey, who makes his motion picture acting debut in ‘Wind Across the Everglades,’’ almost checked out of the film before he got started. The technicolor drama, a Warner Bros. release, opens eee at the ......theatre. Following his arrival at Everglades, Fla., where the Schulberg Production was made entirely on location, Renick was assigned to a room in the swank Rod and Gun Club, where Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee and other members of the cast lived. No sooner had Sammy started to open his bags then the ex-jockey heard a series of clicks, for which the telephone operator disclaimed all responsibility, Renick heard the clicking again and again and finally traced it to a small balcony outside his window. There he discovered that the noise came from a cage containing two ten-feet-long rattlesnakes. Racing out of the building, Sammy was stopped by director Nicholas Ray, who told him that Renick’s nextdoor neighbor was Brad Bradford, snake expert for the picture, who kept his venomous charges in their cage outside the window when they weren't before the cameras. Sammy didn’t quit—but he did get another room. BURL IVES STARS IN FLORIDA DRAMA Burl Ives, America’s foremost singer of folk songs, legitimate theatre star, top-bracket nightclub and recording headliner and motion picture actor, stands to gain several million additional fans as ihe result of his latest film, ‘‘Wind Across The Everglades,’ a Warner Bros. release in Technicolor, opening .... at the Theatre. lves co-stars in the Schulberg Production with Chris topher Plummer. Ives, born Burl Icle lvanhoe Ives, is a descendent of Illinois farmers, river boat gamblers and circuit preachers. He learned the songs of early America from a pioneer grandmrther. Losing interest in football shortly, after arriving at a mid-western college, Burl left the gridiron. He hit the road with his guitar and 15 cents in his pockets. A year of dish washing in a New York cafeteria helped defray the cost Christopher Plummer, left, and Burl Ives co-star in ““Wind Across The Everglades,” a gripping saga of early Florida, in Technicolor, COMMNG oar ed to the Cia Sci llr ahd A ee a Theatre. Still 432-819 Mat 1A MacKinlay Kantor MacKinlay Kantor, the noted author, portrays the featured role of Judge Harris in “Wind Across The Everglades,” the Technicolor film drama opening Gt Anemrani Theatre. Kantor, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel, ’“Andersonville.”’ interrupted the writing of a current novel and donned greasepaint at the request of Budd Schulberg, his intimate friend and Sarasota, Florida, neighbor. Schulberg wrote the original screenplay for ‘‘Wind Across The Everglades.” His brother, Stuart, produced the Warner Bros. release, which co-stars Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer. Nicholas Ray directed. The film saga of the renegade plume hunters who foraged for rare birds deep within The Everglades at the turn of the century also features such outstanding personalities as Gypsy Rose Lee, Tony Galento, Emmett Kelly, Chana Eden and Sammy Renick. Burl Ives, right, as the renegade chief of a band of Florida plumehunters, confronts Christopher Plummer, the new Everglades bird warden, while Toby Bruce, a member of Ives’ gang, looks on, in a tense scene from “Wind Across The Everglades,’ 9 a Schulberg Pro duction in Technicolor for Warner Bros. release, which bows............ BEA esc er ee eae Theatre. Still 432-36 Mat 2B of singing and dramatic lessons. Two years later, In 1938, he won a featured role in the Broadway musical, “The Boys From Syracuse,’ which proved a hit and secured Burl’s future. He next had a principal role with Vera Zorina in “| Married An Angel.” World War Il saw “Ives drafted into Irving Berlin’s great musical revue, ‘This Is The Army.’ He was in uniform for four years. Following V-J day, he received his first starring role, ‘Sing Out, Sweet Land.” Burl also started making recordings. He’s since waxed 267 discs, all top-sellers. Next came some more shows on Broadway, a global concert tour, the authoring of six books and Hollywood stardom. His motion pictures include ‘East of Eden,” ‘The Power and the Prize,’’ ‘Desire Under the Elms,’’ “The B:g Country’’ and “Wind Across The Everglades.” Burl is married to Helen Ives, who is also his manager. They and their one child, 12-year-old Alexander, live in a large New York City apartment when Burl is not movie-mak'ng, concert-touring, or skippering one of the family’s two big sailboats from Manhattan to California. Top Role for Galento? Tony Galento, who has a key role in ‘Wind Across The Everglades,” the new Technicolor drama _ opening a ie at the ...... Theatre, isn’t taking just a temporay flyer into the field of acting. The Jersey Ox, who used to train on beer and was once a contender for the world’s heavyweight boxing crown, plans to continue in the histrionic aris—but not as a supporting player. “Tl want to try my hand at a leading role because | think I’m a type that will appeal to women, who represent the majority of moviegoers,”’ Galento says seriously. “When | travel around he country as guest referee at pro wrestling matches, promoters tell me that more women turn out for for my appearances than at any other time. | think if any one was smart enough to star me in a movie, we could bring back the women to the theatres.” What is even more impertant, Galento has a package deal all set for anyone with sufficient capital to back such a venture. He has been negotiating with the estate of the late Jack London for the rights to ‘The Abysmal Brute,’ one of the author’s most popular novels, which once was made as a silent film with Reginald Denny as the star. Tony likewise isn’t averse io selling his own life story for film adaptation but he hesitates to offer himself in the Galento role. “| see someone like Marlon Brando —or even Yul Brynner—as Tony Galento. If | played it, the director would probably expect me to diet for the youthful scenes,’ he explains. The Schulberg Production, ‘’Wind Acress The Everglades,”’ in which Galento has a featured role, co-stars Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer. Filmed on location in Florida, it was produced by Stuart Schulberg and directed by Nicholas Ray from an original screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Ace Clown in Picture Emmett Kelly, the world-famed circus clown, has a featured role in “Wind Across The Everglades,’”’ the Schulberg Production for Warner Bros. starring Burl Ives and Christopher Plummer, which opens ...... et tiecses en, Theatre. In the Technicolor film, Kelly, whose Weary Willy characterization is known to millions, enacts the role of Bigamy Bob, whose collection of undivorced spouses drove him into hiding as a member of a renegade band of plume-hunters. Produced by Stuart Schulberg and directed by Nicholas Ray from an original screenplay by Budd Schulberg, ‘“Wind Across The Everglades”’ also features Tony Galento, Sammy Renick, MacKinlay Kantor and Chana Eden.