Word: melodrama
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Tiomkin agrees that his newest job is a tough one. The picture: a melodrama called Dial M for Murder. Says he: "I can't make theme song with title ... I think it will be little bit novelty song, a kind of song about dialing phone with little bit orchestral effect ... It will be just melody in picture, and then words will be written afterwards so melody be suited for exploitation...
...this film, Producer Stephen Bosus-tow, 42, has proved his point that "the animated film can be used for drama and melodrama as well as for humor, childish romance, pratfalls and 'hurt' gags." Canadian-born Steve Bosustow founded United Productions of America seven years ago after being fired by Walt Disney. In his own company, he operates without time clocks and gives credit where credit is due. Director Ted Parmelee and Art Designer Paul Julian get most of the bows for The Tell Tale Heart, just as other U.P.A. production teams are accorded credit...
First Person (Fri. 8:30 p.m., NBCTV) often uses the camera as one of its actors, and leans toward old-fashioned horror stories. Last week's show was a supernatural melodrama about a numbed victim and a reluctant murderer, but toward the end, the eerie quality dissolved into unexplained silliness. Sponsor: Gulf...
Stalag 17. Director Billy Wilder's rowdily entertaining adaptation of the Broadway comedy-melodrama about a Nazi prison camp; with William Holden (TIME...
Stalag 17. Director Billy Wilder's rowdily entertaining adaptation of the Broadway comedy-melodrama about a Nazi prison camp; (TIME...