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Vera Cruz was also the first production to use the SuperScope widescreen process, which was designed to achieve anamorphic prints from standard flat 35mm negatives. [13] Shot at a conventional 1.37:1 aspect ratio, the film was cropped to 2:1 in post-production, given a CinemaScope -compatible (2x) squeeze, and blown up to normal frame height.
In 1950, Darcel had a Vaudeville act, which was panned by at least one reviewer. About Darcel's performance 5 May 1950, at the Strand in New York, the Billboard review said: "Denise Darcel showed her well-stacked chassis ... but her heavily accented English sounded like so much gibberish; it got laughs instead of attention. ... her singing is inadequate, her over-use of hands and arms is ...
Cast Genre Notes 3 Ring Circus: Joseph Pevney: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joanne Dru: Musical comedy: Paramount: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Richard Fleischer: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre: Adventure: Disney; based on the novel by Jules Verne; winner of 2 Academy Awards: About Mrs. Leslie: Daniel Mann
They followed it with another Western in 1954, Vera Cruz, co-starring Gary Cooper and produced by Hill. Both films were directed by Robert Aldrich and were hugely popular. United Artists signed Hecht-Lancaster to a multi-picture contract, to make seven films over two years. [ 23 ]
Aldrich subsequently directed Hecht-Lancaster's next film, Vera Cruz. [14] The film earned $3.25 million in American and Canadian rentals during 1954, [15] and it went on to generate total gross receipts of $10 million in the United States and Canada. [3] In France, the film sold 1,216,098 tickets at the box office. [16]
Her talent for playing a variety of characters helped pave the way for Mexican actresses in American cinema. [2] She was the first Latin American actress nominated for an Oscar , as Best Supporting Actress for her work in Broken Lance (1954), and was the first to win a Golden Globe Award , for her performance in High Noon (1952).
He was then cast as George Taggart, "a former gunfighter who has become a U.S. marshal", in the 1963–1964 NBC/WB series Temple Houston. [ 19 ] In 1966 Jack Elam was cast in his first comedic role by Paramount Pictures , playing Hank in the Western film The Night of the Grizzly starring Clint Walker . [ 20 ]
His Majesty O'Keefe is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster. The cast also included Joan Rice, André Morell, Abraham Sofaer, Archie Savage, and Benson Fong. The screenplay by Borden Chase and James Hill was based on the novel of the same name by Laurence Klingman and Gerald Green (1952). [3]