Variety (November 1963)

13 A . . Rw t. 16 $PICTURES “New York Sound Track | ‘Local fim buffs 5 amused by: ‘one of Carl Foreman’ s. “inside comments” in in his recently previewed “The. Victors”: Frank Sinatra’s recording of “Have Yourself a Merry Little: Christmas” | edy... for. as the ironic background music for the-scene in which a G.I. is executed | “Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a: Pana| for desertion, The buffs-remember that several: years ago Sinatra.an-ma-Frank opus to. be produced and. nounced he was going to do-the film adaptation of the novel,.“The| directed by.-Melvin Frank as a] {UNIV ERSAL. REUNTING ~ HUDSON LOLLOBRIGIDA| . Rock’ ‘Hudson and Gina Lollo-| ‘+ brigida,who: ‘teamed for Universal 7 Will -be. . that--is,. -Foreman’s use: of reunited fora new: romantic com|. “Come. ‘September, aa the. company éalled [ Execution of Pvt. Slovak,” based on the same incident-‘which inspired | joint : venture” of Gibraltar 'Pro the “Victors” 10,”: would. write the screenplay. | “The ‘subsequent. hubbub ‘about the episode, “and. ‘that Albert: Maltz, one. of ‘the “Unfriendly } ductions: ‘and: Melnor Films. | and: Michael { Pertwee | Frank’. propriety of the: project later persuaded Sinatra to drop the whole. idea. ‘penned. the. screenplay for the pic, David Raphel, 20th-Fox’s Paris-based Continental supervisor, in ‘New; which is slated to go into -produc York for a fourto-six-week homeoffice: look-see—his first: extended | tion -this. spring immediately. fol|. The good | lowing Hudson’s next effort for U;-| local visit since the Zanuck administration took over: word from: Mexico: Shooting. on Metro’s “Night of The Iguana’’is five} “Send Me. No-Flowers,” in’ which days ahead of sked and pice is expected to. wind’ in ‘about. two ‘weeks. | Everybody still likes everybody else . to do the sereen adaptation of Julian ‘Gloag’s.. novel, House,” to be filmed in Britain next--yéar. Indie ‘publicist Phil Fried, mending. from. a broken ‘back at ‘Port Chester’s United Hospital, ‘is being fitted. with a brace which: will allow |" ....°.:. Kanawha. Films. -will| “Fhe Doll,” ‘themselves, ‘after. having |: * turned. down an offer from. another. distrib. ‘Pic was an: ‘entry: at the | him ‘to be discharged inabout two weeks. . release. their Swedish import, Frisco fest. this year, also at Mar Del Plata .~ Ralph. Nelson -will } direct 20th's “Fate Is The Hunter, ” getting underway on the’ Coast next month, ; Warners will be will: repped at the posh: eastside arties this Christmas, what with Elia ‘Kazan’s “America, America” at the. ‘Paris, and. Dore: Schary’s “Act One” at..the ‘Trans-Lux ‘East . Local: documentary: filmmaker: Richard Leacock will attend. the Festival Dei: Popoli : in. ‘notes that. cost of ° production ‘int is. considerably _ ‘lower! © | than. elsewhere (an average black: | and-white .feature’ of ..quality can| be. made, for: perhaps. $75;000 and | Florence (Italy) in January to introduce. a. number. of his: pix, including the recently telecast “Crisis.” Gordon Hitchens, editor ‘of. Film. Com-| ment, will be U.S. rep.at the fest... William Golding, author:of “Lord of The’ Flies, ” due in. from Loridon ‘next month ... . Robert Rossen and Argentine director Leopoldo Torre Nilsson were among the film people.on hand to discuss “The :Artist as} A.Citizen” at the Latin. American. Symposium: on The Arts at the Over-' seas Press Club Monday: (18) night . .. Peter Fonda‘ due to inake p.a.s: ‘in London -and. Scandinavia in. connection ‘with “The Victors” . .. The. Plaza. Theatre kicks off its. Chaplin~ Festival -néext.“Tuesday (26) “with | ““City Lights,” to. be followed: in .subsequent. months. by ‘such’ -pix-.as{ “The Great. Dictator,” “Limelight,” “Modern :‘Times,’”’ and: others: ~ Portiand. Mason, teenage. daughter of. Pamela and: James |Mason, ‘is| . reported ‘as set to star ‘in the film version of her mother’s novel,. ‘This. Little Hand, ” to be made: by Pamela: Productions for Reade Sterling release . . . Ernie Pintoff’s shortie, “The :Critic,” being. booked. around. the ‘country with Col’s “Under The ‘Yum-Yum ‘Tree. ” ™mLondon it will preem along with Col’s “‘Dr. Strangelove” . .:. Also re Pintoff: Rugoff Theatres. is planning an entire program of Pintoff creations: as. an’ upcoming bill. at.the Fifth Avenue Cinema. |". Bill (UA) Heinemann, newly elected: prez. of: ‘the: Motion: Picture. Pioneers, is learning about the headaches attendant to “casting a-dais,” referring to next Monday’s (25) fete at. the Americana. for. Darryl F.. Zanuck as the “Pioneer of the Year.’ The VIPs, who Rave: either prac| tically invited themselves’ onto ‘the dais, plis the “special list: DFZ ‘gave the committee as dais candidates, has, swelled’ the: roster. Ex-Pres, Eisenhower will be principal speaker; George Jessel toastmaster. ___. In its 12th London prerelease ‘week ‘at ‘the Dominion, Tottenham Court Road, “Cleopatra”. grossed over $37, 300 ‘and .not. $27, 300 as. eS | timated in VARIETY Nov. §.. HMian’s films to be presented at a Royal world: ‘premiere. “The Key” and “Guns of Navarone” were the two previous ‘pictures. ‘Gray: will tape the proceedings, interviews etc., and..was back last’ night (Tues.). ‘Last. week Prince Philip. attended a Royal premiere: of: another Col’ pic, “Bye, Bye Birdie,” at the Marble Arch, London. Two more. Col open| ings in London are Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr.. _ Strangelove” ‘Dec. 12. at. ‘the Columbia. Theatre. and. Otto Preminger’s 8 “The Cardinal” * at” the: _Astor -HermMan G. Weinberg has. completed English titles for ‘six new for-eign films scheduled for N: Y. premieres, “Adorable Julia”.(Lilli Palmer. . and Charles. Boyer), ¥French-Austrian caproduction, Jacque; “Mage; “Warrior’s Rest” (Brigitte Bardot and Robert: Hossein) (French). Royal International; “Les Dames du Bois. de Boulogne” (French), Brandon Films; “The ‘New Wave Story,” French expose’ of. “behind-thé-scenes” : Wien ‘he: talks of pictures which | will be‘ acceptable in the interna-|..° tional market, Greégers: emphasizes|. ~~ that he is not: thinking of “neutral: |= | ly-slanted” ‘international. plots: with}. . ‘multi-lingual . of. movie-making, originally banned: in. France; “High and Low,”. Toho: International; Italian comedy, “To Bed Or Not: To. Bed”. ‘which, ‘under: the title of. “The Devil,” won the “Best Picture” award, ‘at: the 1963 | Berlin Film Festival (Reade-Sterling). a _ . Ray Stark (7 Arts), instead of ‘casting. backers”: as “more. “often: hap“pens with new musicals, ‘hosted a-luncheon for’ play: farty agents at “21” before he took off for Mexico again where “Night ‘of the Iguana” jis shooting. Bob Merrill and Jule Styne demonstrated their words and ‘musie..toxthe party agents (“one of them was in ‘tears,” says Stark) but neither Barbra. Streisand, Sydney Chaplin,..Aleyn. McLerie or Danny ‘Meehan, the leads,. who attended, performed: “Funny Girl,” legit bio--|: musical of Fanny Brice (Stark’s mother-in-law; Fran Stark is the comedienne’s daughter), has Miss Streisand in ‘the: title role. — Dr. Kildare is ‘now in the form. of a candy. bar. Likeness of. Richard Chamberlain is on the: wrapper and a company: called: Fair: Play isthe distributor . . . Frank and Maurice: ‘King off. to. France and Spain for openings of their “Captain Sinbad,” and then to Engiand and: India anent hew productions ..... Lester Pollack, manager of ‘Loew's Rochester Theatre, Rochester, N..Y., has been named exec dir ector. of that. city’s Community. War Memorial. Alice Lee Boatwright, Universal. “eastern talent “rep, . pack in’ ‘New York after two weeks of conferences at U City ; :'. final cast ‘additions to A, C. Lyles’ “Stagecoach to Hell” include. ‘Richard Arlen (his eighth. for the producer), Carl Petty, Paul Burns, . Ralph. ‘Taeger. and Wayne ‘Peers . .. Marlin Skiles will score his 87th pic for Allied Artists with “Gunfight at Comanche Creek” ., . . Stanley Kramer’s' “Invitation. to .a .Gunfighter” completed filming in Hollywood: last week .°... Par’s. Jerry Lewis starrer “Who's Minding the Store” set for over 400: ‘Christmas. dates around the country, bowing in New York Noy. 27. at the Victoria and Loew’s Metropolitan. Among. other things, pic has. a national. ad tampaign tieup with Sealy Mattress Co. Richard d Basehart inked by John. Sturges’ for: “Satan: Bug,” a Mirisch pic for UA : .. Par’s “Circus World” . _ ‘property: man Jack Wright Jr. has decorated the set of the Landau. Co.’s “Pawnbroker’’ with 1,500. pawneditems, hocked by a réal Gotham three-balled establishment at the. Roger. Lewis’ ¥ox-Movietone location store *: : Wayne. Shanklin has” penned music and lyrics for a lullaby called. “Little, ‘Child” which Constance Towers will warble in AA’s “Naked Kiss” . Arnold ‘Schulman has novelized | i his screenplay. for Paramount’s “Love With: ‘the’ Proper: Stranger’*. for publication by Popular Library. . E. Jonny Graff, Embassy’ s tv veep, off on a ‘southern sales trip, a a visit to. the NAB convention in-Ft: Worth and. aCoast. visit... several featurettes and other items for tv being. prepared pegged to UA’s “One Man’s Way,” the biography ‘of: Pop: pulpiteer Norman. Vincent Peale]: . . + Par’s “Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed” debuts’ in Gotham. Dec. 25 at the Victoria and Festival ‘Theatres . . ..Juano Hernandez in New ‘York from Puerto Rico to begin -acting chores: in “Pawnbroker”.. . Diane Baker inked for a leading role in ‘Alfred Hitchcock's. “Marnie” for Universal. ‘repped .. “Denmark Jat” ‘the Francisco fest; -This tale of sex and: boredom~in today’s “Denmark ‘come 12-year-old German. circus performer .Katharyna..into| “he toplines: with: Doris Day and A . Eleanor Perry. signed by. 20th | Tony. Randall. Miss Lollobrigida is | “Our Mother's: -presently making | a |Straw”. ‘overseas for. United: Artists. a “Woman. | — continued’ from page “5. a : earlier this. ‘year “in Sweden, looks |. ‘great, but can all these goals -be J. attained. via. a. fund of no more | than ‘approximately. $2, 175, 000? ‘Denmark « a-color film for about’ $140,000), and that only. about 25 features are-made a-year. Aim of. the. plan | ‘is‘not ‘so:much ;to increase quantity |. of production, but -to -spur’ its ‘quality “and. ‘to: provide. a “eon. tinuity. of. production; : One’ ‘of the ‘inhibiting facts of ‘Danish © film. “production. life, ° ac-. cording to ‘Gregers, has: been ‘that because .Danish : films . have ‘ had|© little .or no. export. market, since |‘silent’ film’ days. there~ has been al ‘self-perpétuating ~ tendency ‘to pro-| © duce. only those “surefire” ‘subjects | = \ whieh. wilksatisfy the: domestic} “market, ::made -at budgets which can ‘be. Tecouped’ at. home. .Thus. the | tendency to’ depend: heavily on]... popular Danish novels (“presold |. “Danish | radio”. and} | theatre ‘personalities,’ and. parochial } | Danish themes, ‘which. have little}. ‘properties’’ ),; or no interest: to thé outside world,. ‘not.. even: ‘to. other, Scandivayian mo Barry (WMCA) Gray quickied to.London over the: weekend for “The jeount Hes. oy Victors” opening at the Odeon-Leicester .Sq.. the third. of Carl Fore|: While’ the new proposals would continue the current. practice: of]. | reimbursing ' producers a portion| Tof their domestic b.o. receipts: (and thus tend. to. encourage locally|: ‘slanted. b.o.-type pix), Gregers. feels |: that the.-new' ‘provision . for. re‘warding | features of‘quality, Danish But Exportabie -easts....Rather,. he. means -essentially _ kind of themes. which are “Tecognizable”’ around. the world. company’s film,‘Weekend, ” ween (the: frankness of which: reportedly made it ‘unaéceptable at this year’s|.. ‘Cannes fest), was-not only. able to} Tecoup its. $71. 000. budget at: home, -| but. already has: earned—Gregers ‘estimates—about $420; 000 ovérseas. Also’. :successful _ overseas has been ‘another’ SeXy. ‘Danish item, “A but =: Gregers | does not -feel‘that: the ‘only: thing Stranger =Knocks;” Denmark has. to’ offer is “un -bridled . sex.”” ‘He. has. great: hopes. for’ the. U:S. -Suecesss of: another | Rialto. ‘pic, ‘Gang,” described : asa. ‘satirical ‘ completely. Danish placeut: international’ in. appeal: formulated’ the new plan, says that ceived” by the: minister -of culture, its | ‘operation. ‘In’ actual . performance, the ‘film . institute would be | governed: by an eight-man. board, |ineluding four reps. of the govern industry. ‘Later Coon’ Rapids: ‘drive-in. also has installed ‘in-car heaters and is giving © :winter operation a. whirl, starting : out,” “however; . ‘only | with : Fridays. through. ‘Sunday: ‘weekends. of |. Gregers, ‘who thinks they. ‘can, no } matter. what. their local ‘b.o... per-| | formance, would spur more. offbeat production. Hopefully, the ‘latter| ‘might. also be successful at home, while. helping. the Danes" find : ‘ant * export. market. Danish . films, “ utilizing an increasing number of. original screenplays’ and with ‘the| ‘As an example, he’ cites. his own | eral years), “The: Vacuum . Cleaner |’ Gregers, who was.a member of. the all-industry committee which} ‘it. already. has-been. “favorably re-} whose department. would . oversee ment -.and :four. reps of the film “Tnsement, Stock Quotations Week Ended Tues. (19). 'N. 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Trio. for a one-nighter.. ence’. ‘was disappointing, ‘couraging ‘sign. ‘This ‘show was ‘open: to all’ but n no Negroes: showed Up, “Ffoliday on “Fee, " Yacial difficulties: experienced. by ‘the city... Now that. there is: beginning to be a. change in. the -climate. here,: including: a newcity administra | tion as: well: as. biracial eonimunity affairs committee, there is’ hope that. the. Ringling Circus,. as well: “as some.other kindred attractions. will be returning: to the ‘Municipal Auditorium: “only ~ a handful—approximately. a-dozen—: always. a. “drawing card in Birmingham, may return: to’ the Auditorium. -Ié¢e “show: ‘has “been. absent. fromthe. _Bham. scene’ for a‘ couple of.-sea‘sons, and ‘the reason -has been the’ ~ |THE TRAIN’ GOES LOCO: DISASTER AVERTED ’ Burt Lancaster, director’ ‘John: | Frankenheimer,’ plus cast and crew" of members ‘filming “The Train” on a. ° French location narrowly: escaped {injury ‘ last ‘week . ‘when: ‘an .80-ton | locomotive. jumped its track. and. } plunged into prepared camera: posi: | tions.” Following | “the ‘successful inte-. gration. of. the. Ballet Folkorico (which drew-over 4,000, one. of the: dargest crowds in this city for sev| . local : promoter: Don |. ‘Kirkpatrick brought into the! Auditorium the Chad © Mitchell = ‘One crewman: was. slightly: injured, ‘two. cameras ‘were. totally: ‘destroyed and a third: damaged inae the: accident: . | Incident. came. duiing lensing of | ‘a Scene in’ which members of ‘the: French. underground ‘derail .a-,loco--. motive to stop a:train loaded. with: « ‘-art treasures: looted. by. the Nazis... Although» the. size ‘of ‘the. audibecause there was a ‘conflict with the open-. ing night .of the’ Birmington Symphony, it» was. once again an en-. Five. cameras. had ‘been: set’ up to capture the scene. The train, mov-. ing at about’ 30 miles per. hour, ©: hit -the pregared .derailment. posi tion: but-:plowed directly. ahead ~. instead .of ‘turning off. at the: -premo! pared. angle.: ; Lancaster; “FianKenheimer ana” of all of. the crew except: the man who was injured, seeing the trouble, dove’ to. safety. out™.of the path -of. the train, which finally landed. 30 -feet from. its: expected’ position, The =.” scene was canned by. one of. the un-" ‘damaged cameras so no retake was | necessary. Pic, which JulesBricken is producing. for United Artists . release -costarring.. Paul Scofied:and: Jeanne Moreau; .is ‘based on. a true incident which. took. place: dure. fn, : ing the: final ‘days of ‘Nazi occupa= ~ tion of: Paris. ‘when’ the ‘Nazis: at-" tempted. to. bootleg a: ‘trainload: of. ‘modern ~ art. Jooted from private collections. ns 7 a