. . Misguided . . Some but FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploits; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs THE STORY: "A View From the Bridge" (Confl) Raf Vallone, a rugged Italian longshoreman on the Brooklyn waterfront, has brought up his motherless niece, Carol Lawrence, with the help of his devoted wife, Maureen ^ong, Stapleton. Vallone is overly protective of the 18-year-old °^^^' Carol and, when his wife's two cousins, Jean Sorel and Raymond Pellegrin, arrive illegally from Italy, he becomes jealous of the younger Sorel's attentions to the girl. All fhree men now work on the docks and despite Vallone's warnings, Carol and Sorel talk of marriage. The enraged Vallone first ridicules the boy in front of Carol and then secretly informs the authorities that Sorel and Pellegrin are illegal immigrants. Although both are arrested, Pellegrin is released on bail and Sorel wins citizenship by marrying Carol. On the day of the wedding, Pellegrin beats and kills the humiliated Vallone EXPLOITIPS: Arthur Miller's tame as playwright of "Death of a Salesman," "All My Sons, ' etc., is greater than the players. He is also noted as former husband of Marilyn Monroe and author of her "The Misfits." Carol Lawrence is currently starring on Broadway in "Subways Are for Sleeping" and Raf Vallone is one of Italy's top film stars. CATCHLINES: A Startling Tale of Violence on the Brooklyn Waterfront . . . Arthur Miller's Stage Hit Vividly Brought to the Screen, Actually Filmed Where It Took Place—on the Brooklyn Docks and Streets. THE STORY: "Make Mine a Double" (Ellis Films) During World War II a buzz bomb drops, explodes, on a farm in England. Wing Commander Brian Rix decides to go to enemy-occupied France to investigate the new weapon. He suggests that the War Office send an exact "double" of him to North Africa to divert German intelligence from his own presence on the Continent. A "double" (Rix in dual role here) is found—he's a washhouse orderly. After vigorous training, he is finally ready for the stint. But on the night of the mission, orders are mixed, and the real Rix finds himself in North Africa, and the "double" is sent to France. The "double" hides in what he thinks is a cubby-hole; actually, it's the inside of a buzz bomb. Pulling wires and .less knobs, the "double" lands in an English field, is feted, 5°t. " given a knighthood. Deciding the attention is most welcome, the "double" continues the pretense for remainder of the war. Now an air marshal, the "double" prepares to march in the London Victbry Parade. He's also thinking of ways and means of escaping matrimony with singer Liz Eraser. In a washroom, he comes upon the real Rix, hastily changes clothes. The real Rix goes off, resplendent in uniform, while the "double" happily resumes washroom duties EXPLOITIPS: Stress comedy values here. Get the most "look-alike" twins —and even triplets!—on stage for opening night contest CATCHLINES: Rollicking Fun . Misses! And Missiles! THE STORY: "Some Like It Cool" (Janus) Thalia Vickers likes to sunbathe on a lonely beach near her home, but after an. embarrassing encounter with an American tourist, she's persuaded by naturist friend Julie Wilson and others to join their club, despite strong disapproval of her fiance Mark Roland. She likes the practice of swimming and sunbathing at the camp, and hopes to get Roland to join 'her after they're married. The American tourist puts up at a hotel owned by Thalia's parents and is invited to Thalia's wedding. There he meets one of Thalia's friends and is invited to visit the club. With careful misdirection, Thalia gets Roland to head for the club during the last week of their honeymoon; Roland is converted to naturism. Later, Thalia's parents, su-re their daughter has been led into a den of iniquity, visit, only to be persuaded their fears are unfounded. Peppery old Col. Douglas Muir, owner of a prominent country club, decides to give up his place because of competition from the naturist camp. The American tourist on—as a naturist! decides to buy Muir's house and stay EXPLOITIPS: Activity should be determined on local acceptance of jis, nudi.-^m. This was filmed with cooperation of the British e Tk Sun-Bathing Ass'n, Thames Sun Club, Bristol Solorians Sun "* * Club, Minerva Sun Club and South Devon Naturist Hotel CATCHLINES: You May Like It Hot—But . Like It Cool. THE STORY: "Walk on the Wild Side" (Col) In the 1930s, Laurence Harvey, a Texas farmer thumbing his way to New Orleans to seek his form'er girl friend, '°)'~" Capucine, picks up Jane Fonda, a trampish youngster. En IQ route, they slop at a roadside cafe run by Anne Baxter and the latter offers him a job after Jane gets jealous and steals some jewelry. Through an ad in the newspaper, Harvey gets word of Capucine's present life as an occupant in Barbara Stanwyck's plush bordello. When Harvey tries to persuade Capucine to come back to him and get married, Barbara uses her influence to have Jane, now also in Barbara's bordello, testify that she was transported across the state line for "immoral purposes." Harvey is beaten up by Barbara's henchmen and, when Capucine goes back to him, she is killed in a melee between the police and the bordello owner. EXPLOITIPS: Play up the star cast, particularly Barbara Stan-wyck, who has been the star of last season's weekly drama series on TV since her last film, "Forty Guns," nearly five years ago; Laurence Harvey, currently in "Summer and Smoke," and Anne Baxter. Mention that Jane Fonda is Henry's talented daughter. Bookstores will cooperate with window displays of Nelson Algren's novel. CATCHLINES: A Side of Life You Never Expected to See on the Screen ... A Startling Portrait of the Notorious Garden District of New Orleans in the 1930s. THE STORY: "Sergeants 3" (UA) Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Peter Lawford ore inseparable U. S. Army sergeants in Indian territory in 1870. During a bar-room brawl, a recently-freed slave, Sammy Davis jr., attaches himself to them and, after they are ordered to track a tribe of fanatical Indians to their mountain hideout, the little Negro follows them. Meanwhile, Lawford plans to leave the Army when his enlistment is up to marry Ruta Lee. The Indian track-down will be his last assignment but Sinatra and Martin trick him into signing a re-enlistment paper. At the Indians' cave hideout, Martin is captured and tortured but, when Sinatra, Lawford and Davis come to his rescue, jndy the four of them manage to outwit the Indians. As the U. S. r: Cc Cavalry is riding toward the Indian cave, with 1,000 warriors "'"'" ready to ambush them, Davis manages to blow his bugle warning them off. The sergeants are decorcrted for bravery and, as Lawford rides away to meet Ruta, Sinatra, with the re-enlistment paper, tells the Army he is a deserter. EXPLOITIPS: Base the entire selling campaign on Sinatra and the four members of his famous "clan," with stress on Lawford to attract the ladies and Davis jr. to pull in the teenage record fans and followers of his nightclub appearances. CATCHLINES: It's the Maddest and Merriest Ring-a-Ding Western Ever Filmed . . . Frank, Dean, Peter and Sammy Fight the Wild Indians and Never Get Hit by Arrows. int^ed ' *'' THE STORY: "Deadly Duo" (UA) When a wealthy playboy is killed in a racing cor crash, his mother, Irene Tedrow, hires Craig Hill, a young lawyer, to contact the widow in Acapulco and pay her $500,000 to give up her little son so the grandmother can raise him in luxury. Hill meets the young widow, Marcia Henderson, who refuses to give up the boy even though her mercenary twin sister, (also played by Marcia) and the latter's husband, Robert Lowery, are anxious for the money and conceive a plot to kill the mother and thus get a fortune. Meanwhile, Hill has taken a liking to Marcia but he is fooled when the sister dons a dark v/ig and agrees to sign away the boy. Lowery plans that the young mother will have an automobile " "accident the Acapulco police learn of the plot in time. The plotters are arrested. Miss Tedrow finally meets her daughter-in-law and agrees to let her keep her son while Hill gets a promise of future happiness with the mother. EXPLOITIPS: Use contrasting photos of Marcia Henderson, as a sympathetic-looking brunette and as a hard-faced blonde, to tie in with the title. A contest, with free tickets for twins, one blonde, the other brunette, will get attention. CATCHLINES: A Double-Identity Double Cross . . . Beautiful Look-Alikes, One Evil, the Other Sympathetic, in a Fight to Win the Custody of a Small Boy. BOXOFFICE BookinGujde Feb. 5, 1962
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