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I invented a lot of new characters—the Pat Boone part, the part of the professor's wife played by Arlene Dahl, the [part of the] villain—and the fact that it all played in Scotland. [7] Pat Boone was the first star announced. [8] He said he was reluctant to make the film because it was science fiction, even after Fox promised to add some songs.
Boone's third film for Fox was an "A" production, Goodbye Charlie (1964), but Boone was in support of Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. He was one of the many names in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
In 1961, Pete Levathes, head of 20th Century Fox, authorised the studio to pay $200,000 for the rights to Whit Masterton's novel Evil Come Evil Go.The film was always envisioned as a vehicle for Pat Boone, who had made a number of movies for Fox; he had a three-picture deal with the studio at fee of $200,000 per movie, which would be credited to his production company, Cooga Mooga Productions.
Pat Boone's casting was announced in February 1958. [9] Shirley Jones , who had co-starred with Boone in April Love , was meant to play the female lead but had to drop out due to pregnancy. [ 10 ] Instead the studio cast French actress Christine Carere, who has just made A Certain Smile for Fox.
State Fair is a 1962 American musical film directed by José Ferrer, with music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and starring Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin, Ann-Margret, Tom Ewell and Alice Faye. It is a remake of the 1945 film of the same name , in turn based on the novel by Phil Stong .
Ann-Margret on swimming in baked beans, nibbling Pat Boone, serenading JFK, dancing with Elvis, and still rocking and riding motorcycles at 81: 'I love a bit of danger' Lyndsey Parker April 10 ...
The film, however, was reworked as a vehicle for Pat Boone. In 1956 Boone was one of the biggest music artists in the US. Several movie studios pursued him and Adler was successful, signing him to a multi-picture contract with Fox. Bernardine was to be his first film. [4] Boone tested for the roles of both Beaumont and Sanford.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyPat Boone—as in the long-ago teen idol, Hollywood heartthrob, and 1960s-era TV star turned right-wing activist and evangelical ...