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...short minutes, two stars in their 70s beat off the young and the beautiful to win two of Hollywood's most prestigious prizes, Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress. But then Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn are not just old folks, and On Golden Pond, the film that carried them to victory (see TIME cover, Nov. 16), is not just a movie. It is one of those rare and phenomenal successes that surprise everybody-including their makers. Admits Co-Producer Jane Fonda: "I thought it would be a respectable film, but not a big commercial success...
...Reds and Louis Malle's fascinating Atlantic City, Chariots was also a sentimental favorite, an exhilarating tale of two British runners in the 1924 Olympics. Though Beatty won the award for Best Director, the night clearly belonged to the little, inexpensive movies and, most particularly, to On Golden Pond...
...many ways the history of the film is as inspiring as its plot, illustrating the rewards of devotion and tenacity. Written by Actor Ernest Thompson, Golden Pond debuted as an off-Broadway play in September 1978. Transferred to Broadway in March 1979, it did mediocre business and lasted only through June. Then something unusual happened. Three new producers resuscitated the play a few months later, and it remained on Broadway until the spring of 1980. It still did not catch on, however. When the two Broadway runs finally ended, the total loss was about...
Some plays are not made for New York, and On Golden Pond is one of them. "It's a lovely heartland play," says Arthur Cantor, one of the original producers. "West of Westchester, it apparently can't miss." Despite its failure on Broadway, it has become a favorite on the regional and summer-stock circuit. The original backers' investment of $240,000 was paid off last August; an average of $25,000 in royalties still comes in to the author every month from performances all over the world; and Cantor expects at least 10,000 amateur productions...
...real Henry Fonda, who is suffering from a severe heart ailment, On Golden Pond was the next best thing to a cure. Despite having given some of Holly wood's finest performances of the past 50 years - in such films as The Grapes of Wrath, Twelve Angry Men, and Mister Roberts- Fonda had never won an Oscar...