Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28

that II is a movie producers
duty 10 produce movies that
make money, he Is likely 10 win
more congratulatory notes from
the front once than Oscars. He
does not. however. deem it nee
essary 10 be trite and weave a
web Of cliches TO conform 10 a
tested formula.
What Mr.. Fuller does Is get
of the beaten path without
wandering into uncharted will
dernesses. He blends melo-
drama with realism In setting
and action. He gets a fillip Of
excitement with settings and
situations that are novel but
authentic, as In House Of Bam-
boo" China Gate" and Run
of the Arrow" None of these
was Academy Award fare, but
each had that added fillip.
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Each Of the four pictures he
will make for Columbia, Mr.. |
Fuller has let 1t be known. will
deal with controversial situa-
tons. The first of these will be
Iron Kiss" a story on which
he first set TO work two years
ago. II deals with IAN unnatural
crime" that frequently makes
the news columns but hasn't
been dealt with on stage or
screen.
The second will be "Kimono,
in which a French Chinese girl
and an American lass vie for
the affections Of a Nisei. This
will be something of a variation
on the Madame Butterfly"
theme, though how Mr.. Fuller
is going to bear Rudyard Kip
ling out with that mixed trio
remains to be seen.
AS for THE Big Red One"
the new pact will not interfere
with Mr.. Fuller's commitment |
to do that one for Warner Bros. |
The weekend announcement /
does not disclose what Samuel |
has been doing since he set out
on that location jaunt, but it
does make it clear what he has
not been doing. He has not
been filming THE Big Red
One"
He's ready to film it, however, |
as soon as he hears from John |
Wayne. Mr.. Wayne has been
asked to star in the war film
and as soon as his decision is
forthcoming, Mr.. Fuller can set
a starting date.
AFTER DARK The manage
ment of the Old New Orleans
continues to try to keep GUS
toners of both sexes happy
with the Sazerac Room enter
tainment. For the girls there is 1
Angelo Prioli. a handsome Ital-
ian balladeer, who does an as
sortment of Italian love-songs
with a fine fair. If he can do
to a movie camera what he does
to the distaff side of the Sazerac
Room audience, he has a great
future ahead. Male customers
are permitted to enjoy Mr.. Pri-
oils robust singing. of course.
but for those who don't feel
that this is enough, the man.
agement has brought back the
dancing Jemal Sisters of Egypt.
A girl who takes up their sort
OF work in Egypt can-must, in
fact-develop set of amazingly
educated muscles. And this is
time when a man owes it to
himself to learn all he can
about the cultures of the Mid
die East.
GOLD RUSH-The addition
Of a 49th state has not gone
unnoticed by the movie-makes
of Hollywood. There's quite a
rush on to get to screens with
movies with Alaskan back
grounds. authentic or repro
duced in Hollywood. David o.
Selznick and Famous Artists are
plotting one simply titled
Alaska" Warner Brothers
promises Spell of the Yukon"
John Wayne and Howard
Hawks have plans for one titled
"Klondike." Charles Schnee,
an independent producer, has
latched onto the most timely
title of the lot. He'll call his
Alaskan picture THE 49th
State"