Cinema Retro
Entries from Friday, June 8. 2007
The following news items were reported in industry trade papers during the week of August 31, 1962: - A gross of more than $1,000,000 has been racked up by The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm since its release as a hard-ticket attraction three weeks ago, MGM and Cinerama announced here yesterday.
- MGM Records plans the biggest exploitation campaign in its history in the release of four special albums featuring Bronislau Kaper's music from Mutiny on the Bounty. The albums will be released before the world premiere of the film in November with prior ads in newspapers and national magazines.
- The Music Man ended its first week at Radio City Music Hall with a take of $207,333. It was the second highest week in the theater's history.
- A production unit headed by star Stanley Baker has arrived in Africa from London to chart locations for Zulu, adventure drama to be produced by Baker and Cy Endfield in association with Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures, which has world release. Endfield will direct the film, based on the Zulu War of 1879, from his own script in color and 70MM.
- MGM has nine releases in theaters at the Labor Day weekend. They are The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Lolita, Tarzan Goes to India, Two Weeks in Another Town, Ben-Hur, King of Kings, Boy's Night Out, The Tartars and Damon and Pythias.
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