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4 days ago · Independent producer Walter Wanger had only the title and two pages of the script when he approached Borzage about directing the picture. “It’s a beautiful title, it’s an intriguing title,” Borzage wrote. “But where’s the story?” When production started, just over fifty pages of the script was complete.
4 days ago · However, despite Ford having to fight hard with producer Walter Wanger, who consistently rejected Wayne as a B-movie actor in favour of Gary Cooper, he kept his promise. Ford dismissed making the film at all unless Wayne got the part.
Jun 13, 2024 · Wanger originally suggested Susan Hayward for the role, who had just won an Oscar for I WANT TO LIVE! (1958), which he had produced. When Hayward declined, Wanger offered the role to Elizabeth Taylor, who also declined, later saying the first script she received was "terrible".
Jun 14, 2024 · More recent Westerns have been romantic and thoughtful like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Dances With Wolves," and "Brokeback Mountain." Stacker compiled the 25 best Western films of all...
1 day ago · The decision to convert to Superscope was reportedly made during the film’s long post-production phase. The slightly tighter formatting only affected a few shots, most noticeably the giant choker close-ups of Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. Even in 1:85, the framing clipped chins a bit; at 2.1, the shots seemed even tighter.
3 days ago · The year 1924 saw the replacement of benches in the pit by tip-up seats, the production by Walter Wanger of an American play, Polly Preferred, with a 'cinematographic interlude', and the first West End production of Noel Coward's The Vortex.
4 days ago · It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on the story Three On a Mike by Stanley Garvey. The film involves a trio of young female singers trying to break into show business.
