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PUBLICITY
Gary Cooper, As 'Man of the West'! Julie London Says
Movie Stripping
In Role Perfectly Suited For Him

(General Advance) Is No Cinch
In the action-packed western (Special Feature)
drama which is slated to open Getting undressed is something
..... . .. at the . . . . . . . . Theatre
through United Artists release, most of us can-and do-do in
the dark by rote, our minds occu-
Gary Cooper is starred in a role
pied with other m,tters as we
that fits him like a gun fits a
disrobe almost automatically.
holster. It is the title role in
But, as luscious Julie London
"Man of the West," in which he
demonstrated when she "took it
is starred with Julie London, Lee off"-and at gunpoint, yet-for
J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell and
Jack Lord. The Walter M. Mir- a scene with Gary Cooper in
"Man of the West," which opens
isch production was filmed. in . . . . . . at the . . . . . . . . Theatre,
color by Deluxe in CinemaScope. in sight of no less than 46
Anthony Mann directed and technicians, it isn't that simple
Reginald Rose wrote the screen- in the movies.
play. The strip, something never be-
"Man of the West," based upon
fore filmed in a western movie,
Will C. Brown's novel, is a sus-
comes about quite dramatically
penseful story of powerful per·
when the train on which she,
-,·onalities-good and bad-where-
Cooper-a reformed outlaw -
in Gary Cooper, as Link Jones,
and Arthur O'Connell, a card-
a reformed bandit -and killer
sharp, are traveling across Ari-
raised in the ways of western zona, is held up and the three
violence by his uncle ( Lee J. fall into the clutches of a robber
Cobb) , is tossed by circumstanc- gang headed by Lee J. Cobb.
es hack into the clutches of Held captive in the gang's Still MW-35 Mat 1B
Cobb's gang several years after cabin hideout, Miss London cap- Gary Cooper fights his way
he left them to go straight. tures the lecherous eye of Jack out of an ambush in the dra-
Julie London famous singer,
Lord, a particularly non-gallant
is back to straight drama in her highwayman. Lord gets a strangle matic outdoor adventure film,
"Man of the West," •• United
"Man of the West Role." Al- hold on Cooper, presses a sharp Artists release, The picture,
though she sings the title song of
knife against his throat just hard filmed in CinemaScope and
the film, her role of a frontier Still MW-17 ern>ugh to draw some blood, and color, opens . . . . . . . . .. . at
chanteuse which Rose's script Mat 2E commands Miss London to re- the . . . . . . Theatre.
prohes to some depth, calls for Gary Cooper re.,issures Julie London when they come upon a move her clothes.
:1 dramatic, non-singing interpre- gang of cut-throats in the exciting outdoor drama, "Man of Today the professional strip,
tation. the_ West." Filmed in CinemaScope and color, the United tease artist on the burlesque cir- Hard Worker
Arthur O'Connell, who por- Artists release opens . . . . . . . . . at the . . . . . . .. . Theatre. Gary Cooper not only worked
trays a card-sharp on the lam cuit can undress in a flash. About every one of the shooting days
all she has to do is sneeze once,
from the authorities, reached scheduled for color film "Man of
recognition after twenty years of Cooper Fights, Shoots, Rides shrug her shoulders, and the the West," which opens ..... at
specially-designed costume flops
obscuity in show business, with lo the floor. But not so in "Man the . . . . . . . . Theatre but he
his portrayal of the reluctant In "Man of the West" appears in every scene of the
of the West." The United Artists
suitor in the Broadway produc- film. is set in 1880 when women Reginald Rose's script.
tion of "Picnic." Jack Lord plays ( Prepared Revieu,) dressed like they were headed The actor's only rest came in
the part of Cosley, a hulking "Man of the West," which is in top form with this picture. for the Arctic Circle. the occa-ssional camera angles in
brute, lo whom Cooper admin- opened yesterday at the . . . . . . . . Cooper plays the role of a re- which he is not seen-and in
isters a terrific heating after Theatre, stars the most suitable formed gunslinger who is cata• "How much does Julie take most of these he ·is an off-stage
Coaley forces Julie London to person in Hollywood for its title pulted by fate hack into the off?" Director Tony Mann was voice.
strip at gunpoint. Lord made his role, Gary Cooper. Judging by its clutches of the man who first set asked.
"A lot:' answered Tonv.
Broadway mark as star of "Cat title, one would almost assume it him on a road of crime .. Lee J.
He might have added that she
On A Hot Tin Roof." to he the biography of Cooper- Cob plays the role of a dan- put on a lot first-four petticoats Histori~!
"Man of the West" was filmed hut it's not. It's a western with gerously evil yet sympathetic
largely in California's magnifi- scope and imagination, scripted ,·haracter. (Joe might describe over a set of cute pantaloons. Old No. 3 Sierra Rail-
cent Red Rock Canyon in the by Reginald Rose, who wrote "12 his role as that of an off-heat No wonder it isn't easy for a girl road train which dates
Lo undress.
Mojave desert. Opening sequenc- Angry Men." villain. Miss London, whose sing- back to the 1880s, car-
es wherein Cooper hoards the The film, in CinemaScope and ing voice can he heard over the Real Noise ries Gary Cooper, Julie
train were filmed near Sonora color, is Cooper's first western in , titles of the picture, Arthur London and Arthur O'-
end Jamestown, in the heart of a long while. It brings him hack O'Connell, Jack Lord and all the There's nothing synthetic about Connell in key scenes
the '49 gold rush country alon~ to the range he rides so well. It supporting players, contribute to the clickety-clack of the wheels for "Man of the West,"
the 57-mile track of the Sierra sets him on a horse, and it lets make this an exciting, r.olorful as they roar over the Sierra Rail- which opens . . . . . . at
Railroad. The ancient train i.- him walk down western streets end compelling filDL road tracks in Walter Mirisch's the . . . . . Theatre. The
real-not studio constructed. looking for trouble as only Coop- Ashton production of "Man of United Artists film was
er can. The West" starring Gary Cooper, photoraphed in p a r t
group of players whose im'Jort- How Many Slugs Julie London and opening . . ... . along the Sierra's line
Teemed with Cooper are a
Script By Rose at the . . . . . . Theatre through in California's Sonora
ance rivals the grandeur of the United Artists release. gold rush country,
Reginald Rose, muchly hon- J. Cobb, Julie London, Arthur Needed To Kill? Disdaining to use anything where the ancient choo-
story and its backgrounds; Lee
ored for his TV and film versions from existent sound libraries, choo has operated for
of "12 Angry Men," wrote the O'Connell and Jack Lord. An- Mirisch ordered direct recording close to three quarters
screenplay for Gary Cooper's new thony Mann, an old master of (Production Feature) through mikes placed both in- of a century.
fi!m, HMan of the est," which the western ( he directed many A question which has plagued side and outside the train.
opens .... . at the ... .. Theatre. Jimmie Stewart sagebrush sagas) movie producers, western actors
and many devotees of sagebrush
cinema for many years - how
many shots are required to kill
H man in a close quarter gun-
fight-has been reso'.ved.
Immediate concern of United
Artists Producer Walter Mirisch
was a sequence in "Man of the
West" in color and Cinem,Scope
which opens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at
the . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre through
United Artists release, calling
for Royal Dano to fire three shots
at Gary Cooper inside a hank,
missing him each time.
When Dano argued it seemed
unlikely a bandit would miss
thrice drawing from the hip at
20 feet, Mirisch invited Dano
and Cooper - both experienced
and excellent shots-to try it out
with live ammunition.
A man-size target was set
against a hill adjacent to the
"Man of the West" set at Red
Rock Canyon, and agitated by
means of a rope. After a hip
draw from 20 feet Dano missed
his first three shots, zeroed in on
his fourth and made a "kill" shot
on his fifth.
"We discovered the closer to
the eye the gun is held the
Still P-22 Mat 2A.
deadlier the aim," said Mirisch. Still P-17 Mat 2C
Lee J. Cobb has the role of a vicious outlaw who at the same "The closer to the hip the Julie Lo_ndon has the . leading feminine role opposite Gary
time has an inexplicably human quality about him. "The worse the aim, but hip or not, it. ~?per m . the dramatic western, "Man of the West," The
Man of the West," in which he is co-starred with Gary Cooper, always required more than one Umted Artists release, filmed in color and CinemaScope, will
opens . , , . . . . . . . . . at the . . . . . . . . . . . Theatre. shot.' open , •• , • , , ••• , • at the . • • . • • . . . . . Theatre.
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