Hollywood Studio Magazine (July 1972)
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Hoaglin’s interesting story appears on Page 6. CONTENTS TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.5 Zelda Cini THE BEAUTIFUL SOUL OF ILONA MASSEY .6 Lillian Gish studies script on “Scarlet Letter” Jess V. Hoaglin THIS IS WHY YOU WILL WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO FABULOUS DUNCAN SISTERS.8 Musical comedy stars of “Topsy and Eva” fame. STUDIO Vivian Duncan today . Robert Kendall MORAN & MACK - THE TWO BLACK CROWS . 11 Like photos and authentic stories Teet Carle about the movie stars, particularly LEE GRAHAM’S MAN ABOUT TOWN. 15 the older ones? .. unusual features Covers Today’s Hollywood pertaining to people involved in the DOWN MEMORY LANE . 19 movie industry ... stories on Where yesteryears stars are today collectors and film buffs ... then Priscilla Lane, Esther Ralston, Frances Lederer you'll tike Hollywood STUDIO Magazine. Want to keep up with SHE WAS AN EARL CARROLL BEAUTY.22 Kirk Crivello current trends in the Studios (Movie, Tv, and CAtv) ... what's INSIDE TRACK.35 happening in the Studios, Read Bea Colgan’s “inside” on major Studios and the Hollywood society and events ... people who make up the Industry. then you'll like STUDIO a special magazine with many interesting PUBLISHER/MANAGING EDITOR EDITOR features and timely columns by Dorothy H. Denny Zelda Cini well-known writers. SUBSCRIBE to CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: this different magazine and receive Frank Taylor, Teet Carle, Bill Erwin, Robert Kendall, Jess L. Hoagland, Bea Colgan, Lee Graham. it each month. ART DIRECTOR ADVERTISING MANAGER Doti Fiorello Frances Kennon NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE - HOLENDER CORP., 6769 LEXINGTON AVE., P.O. BOX M LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90038 (213) 467-4134 SHERMAN OAKS LITHO BY HANOVER ENT., INC., NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. 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One of the largest libraries of television programs available from any distributor in the U.S. will now be John Ringo Graham pinch-hitting for Zelda Cini who offered with the consolidation of TV is on vacation in Hawaii. Cinema Sales Corp. and Arthur Pickens & Associates of Chicago. The World’s largest film processing plant new combination plans to distribute Technicolor Inc. starts construction Trees, Paul Vogel, Joe Walker, and 41 groups consisting of 3,600 soon on the largest and most modern Gilbert Warrenton. On still another programs and 12 feature film packages film complex in the world to be built tape actor Gregory Peck, former containing in excess of 500 movies. A adjoining their present plant in President of the Academy of Motion number of other new series will Universal City. Donald C. McFarlane, Pictures expresses his ideas on con¬ shortly go into production for Technicolor’s president and chief temporary cinema. syndication late ’72 and early 1973. executive officer plans to consolidate all of the company’s motion picture Over 6 million spots later operations into this multi-million Fifth annual Atlanta Film Festival The painting of spots was one of the dollar motion picture film processing Fifth Annual Atlanta International biggest creative factors facing some facility to be readied by mid-1974. Film Festival will be held August 150 artists during three years of llth-20th, 1972, with an expectation working on Walt Disney’s USC’s new valuable tape collection this year of over 25,000. Included in cartoon-feature motion picture, “One Further enlarging the already valuable the festival are the competition Hundred and One Dalmatians.” collection of movie memorabilia at the screenings, seminars, symposiums, and USC Library was the presentation of production equipment exhibits. In all, there are exactly 6,469,952 the American Society of Festival theme, “TEN GREAT DAYS spots on the back of 101 Cinematographer’s generous gift of IN AUGUST” kicks off the fifth heartwarming dogs and puppies as taped interviews with famous film annual competition, one of the largest they appear in 113,760 frames of makers, some of whom are no longer film festivals in existence. Major studio brilliant color by Technicolor. living. participation will continue this year. Pongo, the cartoon canin lead, The valuable collection of 30 tapes Last year, and the Dalton Trumbo wears 72 spots, while his love, Perdita, will be housed in the library of the epic, “JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN” has 68 on her coat. The spots and all proposed USC School of Performing captured top honors. other color effects required 800 Arts. They were received on USC’s In answer to the great need for gallons of very special paint weighing behalf by Dr. Robert Knutson of Los serious recognition and competition in nearly five tons, enough to dress the Angeles (90025), head of the USC the field, a major television category exteriors of 135 average homes. Using Library Special Collections has been created. This Silver Phoenix a secret process, the studio has always Department, and Sol Lesser, Beverly Award competition has several mixed its own color in its own Hills, distinguished producer, USC divisions including: TV specials, laboratories for all Disney cartoons. cinema professor and chairman of the features made for TV, network and For “One Hundred and One USC Performing Arts Coordinating local news, TV series, public affairs, Council. The Council is dedicated to documentaries, and news film clips. A acquiring historical artifacts and new “Filmstrip” Gold Medal category documents from all the arts for future has been added. In cooperation with study in the Performing Arts Library. the Ampex Corporation and Representing ASC in the presentation WFAA-TV, the Festival will present a were Hal Mohr, Beverly Hills, special three-day seminar on videotape past-president, and Charles G. Clarke, creative and experimental techniques. Brentwood, treasurer. WFAA Productions is nationally Persons whose voices are recorded recognized as one of the nation’s most on the ASC tapes include innovative videotape centers. cinematographers: John Arnold, Jacob WETV and the ETV network will A. Baderacco, Fred J. Balshofer, carry major specials on the Festival, Spencer Bennet, Charles Clarke, and will broadcast the final awards William Daniels, Arthur Edeson, presentation live and in color from the George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Sheraton Biltmore Hotel. Reggie Lyons, Arthur C. Miller, Virgil Festival screenings are being held in Miller, Victor Milner, George Mitchell, the beautiful, 2,000 seat Symphony Hal Mohr, Roy Overbaugh, Lewis Hall of the Atlanta Memorial Arts Physioc, Ray Rennahan, Charles Center Rosher, Harold Rosson, Joseph For further information, contact: HUMPERDINCK, caught in the act in Vegas Ruttenberg, John Seitz, Henry Sharp, J. Hunter Todd, Director, Atlanta at the Riviera Hotel, in wet leather outfit, Karl Struss, Philip Tannura, James Van International Film Festival, 1584 Tullie with whips! SEE LEE GRAHAM'S MAN ABOUT TOWN 4 Dalmatians,” 1,000 different shades congressman. Wales, a resident of were produced and that’s a lot of Sherman Oaks for many years, moved to Laguna Niguel shortly before his retirement. Other tributes to Wales, who was well known as the movie industry’s spokesman, came from the California State Assembly, presented by Assemblyman Charles Conrad; the Los Angeles City Council, presented by Councilman Joel Wachs; and Mayor Sam Yorty, presented by Deputy Mayor Joe Quinn.