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1957 Wild is the Wind Official Trailer 1 Wallis-Hazen Category: Drama Production: Wallis-Hazen Director: George Cukor Cast: Anna Magnani ...
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- Klokline Cinema
- Elvis Presley
- Hal Wallis Disagreed with Hazen Over Elvis' Acting Talent
- Elvis Could Act, But to Wallis That Was Secondary
- Wallis Let Elvis Act in King Creole But Songs Came First
- G.I. Blues
- By 1966 Hazen Didn't Think Elvis Was Worth The Money
- Hollywood Overused and Exploited Elvis
Financial problems caused the two men to legally dissolve their partnership in 1952, but they continued to work together producing films on a one-at-a-time basis. It was during this period that they produced the Presley films for Paramount. Under their agreement, Hazen was credited with being executive producer of four Elvis pictures (Fun in Acapul...
Being on the legal and financial side of the partnership, Joseph Hazen had far less direct contact with Presley than did Hal Wallis. That didn't stop him, however, from voicing his opinion about Elvis. After the initial screen test, both Wallis and Hazen agreed that Elvis could act. Hazen, however, thought Elvis had real potential as a serious acto...
The screen test that Wallis arranged proved to him that Elvis could act. In his biography, however, Dick contends that from the beginning Wallis never intended to cast Presley as a serious actor. 'Wallis knew the public would never accept Elvis in straight roles', wrote Dick. 'They wanted the singer; if they could have the actor too, all the better...
Hal Wallis was so pleased with Elvis' acting in Loving You, that he decided to give Presley a greater challenge in his next Paramount film. The producer had the perfect vehicle. It was loosely adapted from Harold Robbins's 'A Stone for Danny Fisher', the movie rights to which Wallis had purchased for a mere $25,000. Mindful that the serious story s...
A rare behind the scenes shot of Elvis talking to Producer Hal Wallis. 1960 When Elvis returned from the army in 1960, Hal Wallis was waiting with a new four-year contract that he had prepared. In addition to making four pictures for Wallis, Elvis would also be allowed to do two outside pictures the first year, one each in the second and third year...
Only when money issues arose did Hal Wallis consult with partner Joseph Hazen about Elvis. For instance, in 1966 Colonel Parker insisted that Wallis start paying Elvis $500,000 per movie, plus 20 percent of the profits. Wallis felt he could not OK the deal without checking with Hazen first. Hazen objected. By then Hazen had concluded that Elvis' Ho...
'Allowing Elvis to make thirty-one movies in twelve years (1957-1969) was blatant exploitation', biographer Bernard F. Dickcontends. So what share of the blame, if any, does Hal Wallis deserve for that exploitation? Certainly it was Wallis who created and popularized the light, musical screen formula that Hollywood eventually used to box in Elvis, ...
Wallis-Hazen, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) 41. He Drew First. Holliday and the other members of the Earp party found the Cowboys outside of Holliday’s boarding house. Believing that the Cowboys intended to do him harm, Holliday drew his revolver and opened fire on the stunned outlaws.
Wallis-Hazen. Title: Hot Spell Summary: A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart, a fact she's trying to ignore. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.
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Jun 4, 2008 · Wallis-Hazen Productions set the mold for independent Hollywood film production in the second half of the 20 th century. In 1944, with the studio system on the brink of collapse, Wallis and Hazen formed a company that was independent enough to afford them great latitude in the films they produced and yet was financially secure, thanks to its ...
A biography and filmography of Hal B. Wallis, the powerful movie producer who was associated with many of the most popular films of the twentieth century ranging from 'Little Caesar' in 1930 to the movies of Elvis Presley in the 1960's.
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