Word: paramount
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...Mountain (Paramount) is a fairly interesting attempt to combine in one picture a hit and a myth. Based on the 1953 novel by France's Henri Troyat, which in turn was suggested by a 1950 plane crash in the Alps, The Mountain tells the story of an adventure that leads its adventurers to the high places of the spiritual as well as of the physical world. The adventure is intended to represent the struggle between Good and Evil, as that struggle is lived out against a symbol that expresses both the way and the goal of life: The Mountain...
Producer DeMille had trouped churchmen of all denominations to the previews, solicited their comments. Instead of the usual reviewers' blurbs ("Terrific" -Crowther. New York Times), Paramount's huge ads could now carry blurbs from churchmen ("Moving"-Spellman, New York Archdiocese). The line-up was impressive. Methodist Dr. Ralph 'Sock-man: "It brings the authentic views of the Bible's landscape to the man living on Main Street.'' Dr. W. A. Criswell of Dal las' First Baptist Church: "We are not the same after we have lived through the experience of following Moses through...
...aging (74) Nick Schenck, now honorary chairman. They have two hurdles ahead. Not only must they actually line up enough proxies to oust Schenck and Schary, but they must find a competent man to replace Vogel. They have already offered the presidency to Leonard Goldenson, president of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Abe Schneider, vice president of Columbia Pictures, and Lew Wasserman, president of Music Corp. of America. All three turned it down. Said the Lehman-Lazard spokesman: "At February's annual meeting, the two investment companies will be able to walk in and take control without a fight-provided...
...speeding the success of good old movies on TV, CBS may be setting a dangerous precedent. Topflight movies are now available to all of the 430 TV stations in the U.S.; within the past year all but two major studios (Paramount and Universal-International) have sold old films to TV. Last week 20th Century-Fox leased to National Telefilm Associates, which has tie-ins with some no stations throughout the U.S., a $30 million backlog of 390 feature films. If Oz had been presented locally in only a handful of cities across the nation, it would have clobbered such...
Back in Hollywood, the producer discovered that the Paramount lot (35 acres) was not big enough to contain his other big scene: the crossing of the Red Sea. He therefore demolished the intervening buildings, joined Paramount and RKO territory, built a 200,000 cubic-foot swimming pool, installed hydraulic equipment that could deluge the area with 360.000 gallons of water in two minutes flat. This scene alone cost more than a million dollars and took 18 months to shoot...