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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

M e t ~ o - G o l d w y n - M a y e r wi l l re lease United Nat iona l ' s product ion o f

"Wick.ed, Wicked" cu,rrent ly befo re the cameras under the d i r ec t ion

o f Richard ~ . Bare who also produces . William T. Orr i s execut ive

producer .

r i f f any Bol l ing , SGot t Brady, Madeleine Sherwood and Edd Byrnes

s t a r in the su spen se - t h r i l l e r .

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GNews from MGM


David Bai ley wi l l s t a r in un i ted Nat iona l Pic tu res

produc t ion fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Wicked, Wicked"

according to execut ive producer William T. O rr and

producer -d i rec to r Richard L. Bare . Bailey i s

fami l i a r to t e l ev i s ion audiences as the bare -ches ted

man in th e Mitchum deodorant spo t s .

"Wicked, Wicked," now f i lming a t MGM Studios , also

t op l ines Tiffany Bol l ing , Edd Byrnes, Madeleine

Sherwood, Sco t t Brady and Arthur O'Connel l .

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Diane McBain has been s e t by execut ive producer

William T. Orr fo r a ro le in "Wicked, Wicked,"

a United Nat iona l Pic tu re fo r MGM re l ease .

Richard L. Bare i s producer -d i rec to r o f the

ch i l l e r . Tiffany Bol l ing , Sco t t Brady, Madeleine

Sherwood, E d d B ~ r h ~ s and David Bai ley s t a r .

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GNews from MGM


Randolph Roberts has been signed to a l ead ing ro le in United

Nat iona l ' s product ion fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer r e lease o f "Wicked,

Wickep" it was announced today (20) by William T. Orr , execu t ive

producer o f th e f i lm.

This marks Rober t s ' debut performance in a major motion p ic tu re to

be produced and d i r ec t ed by Richard L. Bare .

The fi lm a lso s t a r s Tiffany Bol l ing , S co t t Brady, Madeleine She 'r -

wood and Atthur O'Connel l .

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GNews from MGM


Roger Bowen has been s igned to a key ro le in United

Nat iona l ' s produc t ion fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer re l ease

o f "Wicked, Wicked," it was announced today (22) by

William T. Orr , execut ive producer o f the f i lm.

Bowen appeared in "M.A.S.H." and " Pe tu l i a , " and

w i l l be seen in th e forthcoming f i lm, "Stee lyard

Blues" with Jane Fonda. He was f ea tu red in the "Arnie"

t e l e v i s ion se r i e s .

"Wicked, Wicked," a t a l e o f psychot ic hor ro r , i s

being produced and d i rec ted by Richard L. Bare .

Tiffany Bol l ing , Sco t t Brady, Madeleine Sherwood

Arthur O'Connel l and Edd ' Byrnes also s t a r .

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Jack Knight has been s i gned to a f ea tu re ro le by

execu t ive producer William T. O rr in un i ted Nat iona l ' s

P ic tu res product ion fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer r e lease

o f "Wicked, Wicked."

Knight , who appeared in th e Broadway product ion o f

"The Prime o f Miss Jean Brody," was seen in "Rosemary 's

Baby," and the f i lm vers ion o f "Plaza Sui t e . " He i s

nex t fea tured in Robert Altman ' s for thcoming "The Long

Goodbye."

The f i lm, produced and d i rec ted by Richard L. Bare ,

s t a r s Ti f fany Bol l ing , S co t t Brady, Madeleine Sherwood,

Arthur O'Connel l and Edd Byrnes.

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GNews from MGM


Composer Phi l Spr inger and l y r i c i s t I rwin Levine

have be e n signed b y execut ive producer William T.

Orr and produc e r -d i r e c to r Richard L. Bare to

wr i te two songs fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Wi.cked,

Wicked. "

One i s th e title song and the o t h e r i s ca l l ed

"I'll Be Myself ," both to be sung by Ti f fany

Bol l ing in he r ro le as a n igh t club s inge r .

"Wicked, Wicked" s t a r s Ti f fany Bol l ing , Sco t t

Brady, Madeleine Sherwood, Arthur O'Connel l and

Edd Byrnes.

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NEW S C R E ~ TECHNIQUE

An innova t ive screen p roc ess , two years i n deve lopment,

has been per fec ted and u t i l i zed fo r the f i r s t t ime in the United

Nat iona l p ic tu r e , "'Wickec;1, Wicked I" fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer re l ease

s t a r r i ng David Bai ley , T i f fany Bol l ing and Madeleine Sherwood. The

r a d i c a l t echn ique , named Duo-Vi s ion and crea ted by th e f i lm ' s w r i t e r -

d i rec to r -p roducer Richard L. Bare, involves th e use o f dual sc reens

in an o v e ra l l aspec t r a t i o o f 2.65 to 1 with two contemporaneous

f rames pro jec ted s ide by s ide from a s ing le 35mm f i l m ~ No modi f i c a -

t ion of pro jec t ion equipment i s necessary and any t he a t r e equipped

with anamorphic l enses and a wide sc reen can e x h i b i t f i lms produced

in Duo-Vision.

Although s p l i t sc reen sequences and mul t ip le images have

been seen in the p a s t , t h i s i s th e f i r s t t ime t h a t an e n t i r e sc reen-

play has been designed fo r p a r a l l e l images. Used pr imar i ly fo r th e

dep ic t ion o f simultaneous p a r a l l e l ac t ion , the process l ends i t s e l f

to th e de l inea t ion o f cause and e f f e c t , the t ru t h and the un t ru th ,

f la shbacks in t ime ., v i s ions o f the fu ture - - withou t the abrupt

in te r rupt ion of the s t o r y ' s main c o n t i n u i t y . The audience i s allowed

to view s imul taneously th e pro tagon i s t and the an tagon is t , the chaser

and the chased , no mat te r what phys ica l d i s tance l i e s between them.

Dual images can por t ray th e v i t a l elements of the drama exac t ly as

they are happening and as they r e l a t e to one ano the r . They can,

with caus t i c candor , show a s i t ua t i on th e way a ch a r ac t e r b e l i ev es it

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and space a re hurd led e f fec t i ve l y and d y a m i c a l l y . "This new dual sc reen f orm i s a mind-b lo (,,) e:c.- r '- sa'8 c re a t o r

Bare . "You can say goodbye to t h e o ld c l i che 'Meanwhil e r back a t

th e ranch . ' "

Bare goes on to p o in t out t h a t only in a fi lm ( o r p ~ r h a p ~ th e t hea t re ) can a s t o r y t e l l e r o f f e r with any semblance o f orde r b i

l a t e r a l ac t ion . A n o v e l i s t would c re a t e an unnecessary burden on

the reader were he to a t t empt to d ep ic t ac t ion and events occurr ing

s imul taneous ly .He

can only do so se q u e n t i a l l y .

"I picked "Wicked, Wicked" fo r th e i n t roduc t ion fo r two

reasons ," says Bare. " I t i s a suspense drama o f th e p sy c h o -k i l l e r

genre and th e e n t i r e ac t ion i s l a id i n an anc ien t s eas ide r e s o r t

h o t e l . Natura l ly , I picked th e Hote l Del Coronado in San Diego

fo r our l oca t ions . The p l o t and th e se t t i ng combined beau t i fu l l y

to make our dual sc reens work."

When asked if th e two p ic tu r e s s ide by s ide would tend

to be confusing, Bare had t h i s to s a y ~ "You kidding? Today ' s

aud iences are made up of k ids who have been brought up on doing

t h e i r homework in f ron t o f the t e l e v i s ion se t . "

Actua l ly , th e t echn ique as it has been appl ied to "Wicked,

Wicked" involves an ac t ive sc reen - and a pass ive sc reen - - dia logue

from only one sc reen a t a t ime whi le s i l e n t footage unree l s on th e

o the r sc reen, b u t always scenes t h a t bear a r e l a t i ons h ip to one

another . For i n s t an ce , as Rick (David Bai ley) searches for Ja so n ' s

(Randy Roberts) s e c r e t hideaway on th e l e f t sc reen, the audience sees

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l e tha l looking knife . When Rick's scene ends, Jason puts the book

down, r i ses and exi t s . As he s ta l ks Lisa ' s (Tiffany Bolling) room

on the l e f t screen, we see her quiet ly get t ing ready for bed on the

r ight screen, unaware of her danger. The dynamics of the drama are

in tens i f ied as the audience becomes omnipotent in i t s comprehension

of the three-phased act ion. FlaehPacks in the old sense are jus t

tha t : old, since the forward Nin s t't .e'8m of t h e s t 6 ry remains ',

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During the years in which William T. Orr was an executive

a t Warner Brothers studios he launched the careers of dozens of

actors in a s t r ing of highly successful te levis ion ser ies and feature f

f i lms.

Recently Orr turned to independent motion picture production

and formed United National Pictures with direc tor Richard L. Bare.

For t he i r current projec t for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Wicked,

Wicked," Orr and Bare conducted a t a l en t search of w"ide proport ions,

interviewing hundreds of hopefuls for a par t i cu la r ro le .

"We knew exact ly what we wanted in the role of the ki l l e r , "

says Orr, who i s executive producer of the fi lm. "We needed intensi ty

and passion as well as innocence , a combination of qua l i t i e s we

found to be rare among the many , many young actors we interviewed. "

The search ended wi th the s igning of Randolph Roberts.

An intense and ser ious young m a ~ by nature, Randolph , a student at

the School of Performing Ar ts i n San Diego , wil l now make his film

debut in "Wicked . Wicked."

Bi l l Orr i s exci ted about h is l a t e s t "f ind."

" I t ' s impossible to bel ieve tha t th is i s Randy's f i r s t

motion pic ture , " claims Orr . "Although he has performed extensively

before l ive audiences in summer stock ; h is experience in f ront of

a camera i s very l imited . Ye t he has a presence tha t reveals i t s e l f

on film tha t I have found to be very rare."

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Director Bare i s equally impressed. "There are many

di f f icu l t scenes in which Randy, as the psychotic ki l le r , must

wordlessly and subtly express h is progression from naive handyman

to crazed k i l l e r in a matter of seconds," Bare says_ "With a l l

th i s , Randolph has s t i l l m . ~ a g e d to ~ k e h is character quite

sympathetic."

A native of F r e ~ n o , Ranqolph served in Vietnam as a m ~ d i c before returning home to attenQ Fresno s ta te College. While working

in summer stock, he was e n c o u r a g ~ d by other players to enrol l a t

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WICKED WICKED

Edd Byrnes Feature

HAPPY TO BE AGING

More than a fe w a c t o r s have been "burdened" lili t h ea r ly

s ta rdom. "Burdened" because th e ac to r becomes so permanently

i den t i f i ed with the charac te r t h a t made him famous t h a t he f inds

it almost impossible to be accept e d by th e publ ic in any o ther

ro l e . such a "problem" b e fe l l th e young Edd II Kookie" Byrnes.

Cast in a s t a r r i ng ro le in one o f America 's most

success fu l t e l ev i s i on se r i e s , II 77 Sunse t St r i p , II 'Kookie" f a s t

became a household word. The hair-combing, wise-c racking Kookie

became th e i do l o f mil l ions o f t eenager s , a symbol o f th e new

genera t i on of the II hip" young people of the l a t e f i f t i e s and

ea r ly s i x t i e s . His f i r s t record , II Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb,"

earned th e young s t a r a Gold Record.

As one of the most t a lked about and popula r young s t a r s

in the count ry , it looked as though Edd Byrnes ' c a re e r was s e t

fo r l i f e . But when th e show was cance l led in 1965 he discovered

an alarming fac t ; to th e va s t American audience , Edd Byrnes was

i nde l ib ly etched on t h e i r minds as "Kookie." Producers and d i rec t o r s

were r e luc t a n t to h i r e Edd fo r fea r t h a t he could not overcome t h i s

s t rong i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

Not one to be daunted by t h i s i rony , Edd was determined

to prove h imse l f a r e a l ac tor , not j u s t a f luke o f pe r f e c t c a s t i ng .

He headed fo r Europe where h is repu ta t ion had not preceded him. and

found t h a t t he re h is t a l e n t was much apprec ia ted .

" I t was def in i t e ly th e r i g h t dec i s ion , " says Edd. " I was




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given th e oppor tun i ty to t r u l y expand my t a l e n t s t he r e . I did

f i lms in Yugoslavia , Germany, I t a l y and Spain . Af te= 'The S ec r e t

Invas ion ' reached th e un i t ed S ta t e s , I began to g e t inq u i r i e s from

American producers as to when I migh t be re tu rn ing to th e Sta t e s . "

Edd spen t se v e ra l year s in Europe and even s t a r red in

h is own t e l ev i s i on show in Germany , "The Edd Byrnes Show" which

he also d i r e c t e d and produced.

But even tua l ly Edd d id r e tu rn to th e Uni ted St a t e s . " I

came back to the u .S . l a s t Christmas expec t ing to s tay fo r th ree

weeks and h a v e n ' t r e tu rned ye t . I guess t h e y ' r e ready fo r me here

at l a s t . "

Indeed they a re . Not only has Edd s t a r red in se v e ra l

TV se r i e s t h i s season and a Movie o f the Week, he a l so appears

in "Wicked, Wicked" in a ro l e t h a t w i l l c e r t a i n l y s u rp r i s e "Kookie ' s"

many fans . Edd p lay s a su spec ted murderer in t h i s suspense c h i l l e r ,

a United Nat iona l Pic tu r e fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer r e l ease . Richard

L. Bare i s p ro d u c e r -d i r e c t o r whi le Will iam T. Orr , th e man who

or i g i na l l y gave Edd the p a r t o f "Kookie" year s befo re , i s execu t ive

producer . The fi lm a l so s t a r s Tif fany Bol l ing , Sco t t Brady, Madeleine

Sherwood and Arthur O 'Connel l .

"I 'm probably th e one ac tor in th e world who i s happy to

say ' I 'm a g i n g . ' The l ead ing man ro l e s a re coming in now and I t h ink

I 'm about to be r e - e s t a b l i s he d in th e s t a t e s as a se r ious a c t o r .

Producers have almost forgot ten about Kookie ," Edd smi les , "Today

th e producers , tomorrow the American pub l i c . "

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Randolph Roberts Feature

STAR-FINDERS

During th e years in which Will iam T. O rr was an execut ive

a t Wa t ne r Brothers Studios he launched t he ca ree rs o f dozens o f

ac to rs in a s t r ing of h igh ly success fu l t e l ev i s i on se r i e s and

fea t ure f i lms .

Recent ly Orr turned to independent motion p i c t u re pro-

duc t i on and formed United Nat iona l p ic tu r e s with d i rec t o r Richard

L. Bare.

For t h e i r c u r re n t pro j ec t fo r Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Wicked,

Wicked , " Orr and Bare conducted a t a l e n t search o f wide pcopor t ions ,

in terv iewing hundreds o f hopefuls fo r a p a r t i c u l a r r o l e .

"We knew exac t ly what we wanted in the ro le of the k i l l e r , "

says Orr , who i s execut ive producer o f the f i lm. "We needed i n t ens i t y

and pass ion as wel l as innocence" a combinat ion o f q u a l i t i e s we

found to be ra re among th e many, many young ac tors we in terv iewed."

The search ended with th e s igning o f Randolph Roberts .

An i n t ense and se r ious young man by na tu re , Randolph, a s tuden t a t

the School o f Performing Arts in San Diego, w i l l now make h is fi lm

debut in "Wicked, Wicked,"

B i l l Orr i s exc i t ed about h is l a t e s t " f ind ."

" I t ' s i mposs ib le to be l ieve t h a t t h i s i s Randy 's f i r s t

motion p i c t u re , " cla ims Orr . "Although he has performed extensively

before l ive audiences in summer s tock , h is exper ience in f ro n t of a

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camera i s very l imi ted . Yet he has a presence t h a t revea l s i t s e l f

on film t h a t I have found to be very r a re . "

Direc to r Bare i s equal ly impressed. "There are many

d i f f i c u l t scenes in which Randy, as the psycot ic k i l l e r , must word-

l e s s ly and sub t ly express h is progres s ion from na ive handy man to

crazed k i l l e r in a mat te r of seconds," Bare says . "With a l l t h i s ,

Randolph has still managed to make h is charac te r qu i t e sympathet ic ."

A nat ive of Fresno, Randolph served in vietnam as a medic

before re turn ing home to a t t end Fresno s t a t e Col lege . While working

in summer s tock , he was encouraged by o ther p layers to e n r o l l a t

th e School of performing Arts in San Diego.

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WICKED , WI CKEDTif fany Bol l ing Fe a tu r e

I I I I M THE REAL THING"

When your f i r s t name i s 'T .i f f a ny ' and your middle name

i s ' Royce ' and you 're a young ac t re ss in Hollywood you a re ap t

to hear a lo t. o f r e mark s l i ke , "Yo u mu s t b e kidd ing . Phoney names

went ou t wi t .h th e f i f t i e s 0"

Tiffany Roy ce Bol l ing i s not k idding and sh e ' s no phoney.

"My mothe r wanted nothing but the be s t fo r me r i g h t from th e s t a r t , "

she expla ins e ach t ime she must assure someone t h a t "yes , it's my

r e a l name."

Bu t when you ' r e a na t ive Californian and th e epi tomy o f

th e wor ld ' s i dea o f a "sur f e r g i r l" you g e t used to people th inking

you ' r e no t q u i t e fo r r e a l . T a l l , sl im , e t e rna l ly t an , sun s t reaked

ha i r s t ream ing , Ti f fany r i des h e r horse on th e beaches n ea r h e r

Ma l i bu home and looks l i ke a trav e l pos ·t e r adver t i s ing the good l i f e

in Southern Cal i f o r n i a .

"Most o f th e TV ro les I ' ve had have been poor little beach

nymphs who have l o s t t heir wa y . In f ilms I ' ve been th e ear thy- funky

Cal i f o r n i a ' t ough bu t l one ly ' type . I 'm determined to break ou t o f

t h i s phy s i c a l type-casting and I wil l , " says Ti f fany .

"I must admit t h a t when I f i r s t s t a r t e d working I d i d n ' t

r e a l i z e how d i f f i c u l t i t i s to prove yourse l f as an a c t r e s s . You

could make a good l i v ing j u s t play ing people who look l i ke you do

bu t t h a t ' s not fo r me . I used to l i ve i n j e an s . Lots o f f reaky




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h a ir s ty l e s . I always looked l ike I j u s t g ot o f f th e beach. I

t hough t I wa s re a l ly some:th i ng , " Ti f fany smi les . "Now I t ake myself

a l ot more s e r i ous ly . "

And so are producers and d i r e c to r s . Recent ly Ti f fany was

awarded what she cons iders " t he b e s t ro le I ' ve ever had," She played

th e lead i ng ro le in Hollywood TV Thea t re ' s p resen ta t ion o f Li l l i an

Hellman ' s "Another Par t o f th e Fores t . " Across th e nat ion , TV

c r i t i cs raved about h e r e f f o r t and one descr ibed h er performance as

" fau l t l e s s . " Direc to r Danie l Mann confirmed Ti f f a ny ' s hopes t ha t

t h i s might be th e beginning o f a r e a l ac t ing ca ree r when he to ld he r

"when I f i r s t met you , you we r e a s t a r l e t ; now you ' r e an a r t i s t . "

Immediately Ti f fany began work on a f ea tu re f i lm in which

she spars . In "Wicked , Wicked , " a United Nat iona l Pic tu re fo r MGM

re l ease , Ti f fany p lays a nightc lub s inger who i s r e l en t l e s s ly pursued

by . p ~ h o p a t h i c murdere r . The fi lm also s t a r s Sco t t Brady, Arthur

!O'Connel l , Madeleine Sherwood and Edd Byrnes . Richard L. Bare ' i s

producer-d i r e c to r with William T. Orr as execu t ive producer .

" I ' m espec ia l ly t h r i l l e d because I g e t to s ing two or ig ina l

songs in th e f ilm. I had one album in re lease b u t it d i d n ' t do too

wel l , " admits Ti f fany . "But s ince s inging in th e fi lm I ' ve go t ten

a lo t o f encouragement to t r y aga in . Looks l ike I 'm going to be a

' r e a l ' ac t ress and a ' r e a l ' s inger a f t e r a l l . "

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WICKED, WICKED

David Bai ley Fea ture

RECOGNIZED •••

EVEN WITH HIS CLOTHES ON

David Bai ley has the leading ro le in "Wicked, Wicked,"

a ch i l l i ng t a l e of psychopathic murder . And a l though t h i s i s

David ' s f i r s t f ea tu re f i lm, and h is f i r s t s t a r r i ng ro l e , he i s

a l ready a Super-Sta r •• • of s o r t s . "Wicked, Wicked" was fi lmed in a

unique new process , Duo-Vi s i on , t h a t shows two f ace t s of th e s to ry

s imul taneously an the s c reen .

I f Super-Sta r means someone who i s i n s t a n t ly recognized

by mil l ions , r ece ives pounds of fan mai l da i ly and i s about to

have h is own Persona l i ty Pos te r fo r sa le in book s to res across

th e nat ion , then su re ly David Bai ley q u a l i f i e s . And ye t , very

few people even know h is name .

For David i s a c t ua l ly a kind o f "Pop Supe r -S ta r . " He

i s one of the legion of ac to rs who appear in TV commercia ls . But

th e th ing t h a t separa tes David from h is peers i s t ha t David appears

in a "hi t" commercial . He l i e s in bed, hal f -covered by a sheet ,

bare chested and handsome . " I d i d n ' t use my deodorant yes te rday

and I may no t today, " he proudly announces. And with these words

he has captured the imagina t ion of all the TV viewing publ ic .

" I t ' s j u s t amazing," says David, " l ive been in many, many

commercials bu t t he re i s j u s t something about t h i s one t h a t everyone

seems to r e l a t e to in some way . I l ive in New York City and v ery

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of ten people s top me on the s t r e e t bu t l im not sure why. They

never ask for an autograph . Afte r a l l , they 've never e e n seen me

r e a l l y ac t ! "

Lucki ly fo r h is many fans , t h i s problem is about to be

a l l ev i a t ed . Unlike admirers of o ther "Pop Super-Sta rs" who must

count on t h e i r luck to ca tch the 60 second performances of t h e i r

ido ls on th e smal l screen , David Bailey fans w i l l be able to see

him "r ea l l y a c t " fo r abo ut an hour and a h a l f , t h i s t ime, on the

Big Scr e en .

"Th i s i s a break f or me , " says Dav i d . "This job is a

d i r e c t re s ult of t h a t commercial . Richard L . Bare, who i s w r i t e r ,

d i rec tor and producer , saw th e commercial severa l t imes and asked me

to come to Cal i fo rn ia fo r an in te rv iew. We had ta lked only a few

moments before they to ld me 'You've got the par t . '"

In the f i lm David plays the pa r t of a ho te l de tec t ive on

the t r a i l of a murderer with a penchant fo r k i l l i n g blondes . The

fi lm also s t a r s Tif fany Bol l ing , Sco t t Brady, Madeleine Sherwood,

Arthur O'Connel1 and Randolph Rober t s . I t i s a United Nat iona l

Picture for Metro-Go1dwyn-Mayer re l ease .

"Lucki ly I d o n ' t have any nude scenes in the f i lm . l im

happy to get the chance to change my I image ,' "says David . "Especia l ly

whe n, whi le on locat ion a t a h o t e l fo r 'Wicked, Wicked I a sweet

li t 1 e lady in her s i x t i e s approached me and sa id , 'Why, I

recognized you even with your c lo thes on! '"

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CRED I TS

Wri t t en , Produced and Direc ted by ..... . . . RICHARD L . BARE

Execut iv e Producer...... .. ............•••. WILLIA M T. ORR

ORGAN MUSICf ro m the o r i g i n a l s c ore o f the

1925 s i len t f i lm

"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"p la yed byLADD THOMAS

Or ig i n a l Music by

PHILIP SPRINGERLyr ics : " I 11 Be Myself" &

"W i cked , Wicked"

by IRWIN LEVINE

Direc to r o f Photography...•••..•.••....••. FREDERICK GATELY, A.S . C.

A rt Direct ion ....•• • • •• . • • • • • . • • • . • . • • . • • • WALTER McKEEGAN

F i l m Ed itor ......••• • . • • . • • • • • . . • ... • • • • • JOHN F. SCHREYER

Set Decora t ion ..••.. • • . • • •• • . • . • . . • • • • . • • • CHARLES R. PIERCE

Proper ty Ma s t e r ..•.•.• • • • • • • • • • • . • • . . . . • • . BOB ANDERSON

Unit Product ion Manage r andAss i s ta nt D ir ec to r • • . . .• • . • • 0 •••••••• • DONALD C. KLUNE

2n d A ss i s t a n t Direc to r • • . . o • •• • ••••• •• •••• RONALD J . MARTINEZ

Elect ronic Music Ef fe c t s Consul tant . . . • • • • JIM COOPER

Sound .. . ...•.. f • ••• • ••• •• ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . • JERRY JOST

HAL WATKINS, C.A . S.

Wa rdrobe ....•......... .... . . . . ........•..• BARBARA SIEBERT

Make- Up ....••....•.. .... . ..... . . .. ..... . •• PA UL STANHOPE

Hair s ty l e s ......• . ... ..... . ... .... . ...... UDY ALEXANDER

Scr ip t Supervisor .....•. • . ..•. . . .....•.... CLEO M. ANTON

A Richard L. Bare-Wil l iam T. Orr Product ion

In DUO-VISION



CAST-

Rick Stewart ...... ,. ......••............. • .DAVID BAILEY

Lisa Jam.a . . ,. ................... .. . .. . . .TIFFANY BOLLING

Jason Gan t • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . RANDOLPH ROBERTS

5g t . Ramsey . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SCOTT BRADY

Hank Lass i t e r • • • • • . . . . .. .. . ... . . • • • • EDD BYRNES

Dolores Hamilton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • •DIANE McBAIN

Manager ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••..••••••• ROOER BOWEN

Lenore Karadyne • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •MADELEINE SHERWOOD

Genny .....•...•••••.•••••.• . •••••••••••••••. INDIRA DANKS

Hotel Engineer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • •ARTHUR O'CONNELL

Bi l l Broderick. • JACK KNIGHT

Housekeeper. .PATSY GARRETT

Day Clerk • • • • •

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..ROBERT NICHOLS

OWen Wil l iams . .KIRK BATES

Organ i s t . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . MARYESTHER DENVER

A United National Pic tu res Inc .

Produc t ion



Metro-Goldwyn-Maye r I S mys t ery t h r i l l er:, "Wlcke d1

Wi cked , "

i s h ig h l igh ted by in t roduc t ion of a unique pro j e c t ion process c a l l Hrl

Duo-Vision which presen t s two separa te ac t ion sequences s ide by S j j 0

on a s ing le screenu

Duo-Vision was crea ted by Ric ha rd L. Bare, the f i lm ' s

w r i t e r , d i r e c to r and producer , who devoted two years to de ve l opme n t

of the ra d ic a l t echnique . Al t hough " s p l i t sc reens ' have be en used

before , as fo r t e l e vised spor t s eve n t s , "Wicked, Wicked" marks the

f i r s t t ime t ha t an en t i r e dramat ic motion piccure has been p r e sented

in double ac t ion .

Duo-Vision i s employed in "Wicked , Wicked" pr imar i ly fo r

depic t ion of simul taneous p a r a l l e l ac t ion , but it a l so de l inea tes

cause and e f f e c t , por t ray s f l ashbacks in t ime and peeks in to the

fu ture . Bare c a re fu l ly has deve l oped h is s t ory so tha whi le two

vers ions a re unfo ld ing v is ual_y a t t he same t ime t here i s dialogu e

from only one s ide so the aud i e nce doas not become co nfu sed by

over lapping sound.

"Wicked, Wicked" was a jo i n t venture of Bare and William

T . Orr , the execut ive producer , fo r t he i r independent product ion

company, United Nat iona l Pic tu res . Co-s ta r red are a blend o f

newcomers and fami l i a r faces 1 inc luding David Bai ley , 'Tiffany Boll ing ,

Randolph Rober t s , Sco t t Brady , Edd Byrnes, Diane McBain , Roger Bowen ,

Madeleine Sherwood , Indira Da nks and Arthur O'Conne l l .

"We chose 'Wicked, Wicked' for the in t roduc t ion of Duo-

Vision fo r two rea sons , " Bare expla ins . " F i r s t , it i s a suspense



drama of the psy c ho- k i l l e r genre and , 3 2 o ndly , t he en t i re act ion

i s se t in an old seas ide r e s o r t ho t e l . The p l o t and the s e t t i ng

combined beaut i fu lly to wake our dual s creens work . "

The seas i de r e s o r t h o t e l which Orr and Bare se lec ted i s

the h i s to r i c Hote l d e l Coronado, the San Diego, Calif . , landmark

which becomes yet another s t a r in the motion p ic tu re .

I t s t u r r e t s , t a l l cupolas , hand-carved wooden p i l l a r s

and Victor ian gingerbread combine to g iv e the h o t e l the l ook o f a

gigant ic sand c a s t l e .

The del Coronado wa s opened fo r bus iness in the wiDt e r

o f 1888 and from t ha t day u n t i l the present it has been a favor i t e

spa fo r thousands o f v is i t o r s , inc luding f ive United Sta tes pres ident s ,

roya l ty from severa l na t ions , mi l i t a ry l eade rs , a s t ronauts and world

famous spor t s f igures and movie s t a r s . I t was here t ha t Charl ie

Chaplin played polo and Liberace began h is c a re e r . "'Charmante! "

chanted Sarah Bernhardt as she f i r s t waltzed through the en t rance .

On A p r i l 7, 1920 , a t a s t a t e d inner in h i s honor, Pr ince

Edward of Wales f i r s t met Wal i s Warf i e ld Simpson. On Christmas Eve,

1904, Thomas Edison persona l ly supervised the l i gh t i ng o f the world ' s

f i r s t outdoor Christma s t ree , on the lawn o f the d e l Coronado.

This i s t he fa sc ina t ing se t t i ng fo r the sp ine- t ing l ing

t e r r o r tha t unfo lds through the twin eyes o f "Wicke d , Wi cked ,"

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BEHIND THE CAMERA

William TQ Orr and Richard L . Bare br ing t h e i r mul t ip le

t a l en t s and exper ience t oge the r in t h i s , t h e i r f i r s t p ro j e c t , fo r

United National Pic tu re s .

Produce r -d i rec t o r Richard L. Bare i s a th ree- t ime Academy

Award nominee f o r produc t ion and d i rec t ion o f sho r t sub j ec t s and

winner o f the Di rec t o r s Guild Award fo r Bes t TV Di rec t o r i n 1959 .

A veteran o f more than 30 TV s e r i e s , inc luding a l l segments o f

"Green Ac r es , " and many segments o f "77 Sunset s t r i p , " "'l 'Nili gh t

Zone," "Kraf t Theat re , " "The Vi rg i n i an , " an d "Alias Smith and Jon e s ,"

Bare i s a lso th e author o f th e highly pra ised t e x t , "The Film

Direc tor . " Bare has a l so d i r ec t ed seven fea ture f i lms inc luding

"This Rebel Breed" and "Return o f th e Front iersman."

As vice pres iden t o f Warner Bros . Pic tu re s and execut ive

producer o f Warner Bros. Televi s ion Divi s ion , execut ive producer

William T. Orr was respons ib le for 19 long-running ' t e l ev i s ion se r i es ,

inc luding the highly succes s fu l , "77 Sunset St r ip , " " Cheyenne,"

"Hawaiian Eye" and "F Troop." Many Warner f i lms were produced under

h is superv is ion inc luding "The Music Man," "Days o f Wine and Roses"

and "P .T. 109 . " Also respons ib le fo r launching many an a c t o r on

t h e i r ca ree r , Orr reca l led two o f them, Edd Byrnes and Diane McBain,

fo r p iv o t a l ro l e s in "Wicked, Wicked."

Phi l Spr inger wrote th e music fo r "Wicked, Wicked" employing

the highly t echn ica l s k i l l requi red to c rea te e lec t ron ic sounds .

Springer has wr i t t en seve ra l h i t songs , inc luding "How L i t t l e We Know"



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and "Moonlight Gambler" and has done th e mus i La l score fo r many

.t e lev i s ion programs . His motion p ic tu r e scores i nc l ude ' "Impa sse , "

"Dra gon K i l l e r ," "More Dead Than Alive" and "Te l l

MeThat you Love

Me, Jun i e Moon" fo r Otto Preminger . Lyrios to the tit le so ng, "Wicke c ,

Wicked," and "I'll Be Myself" were wri t ten by I rwin Levi ne .

In add i t i on , the or i g i na l score of the 1925 Lon Chaney s i l en t

movie, "Phantom Of The Opera," w i l l be used to c rea te a mood fo r some

of "Wicked , Wicked 's " more dramat ic and t e r r i fy ing scenes . Th e 48-year

old score i s played o ff camera by organ i s t Ladd Thomas.

***THE CAST

David Bailey p lays Rick Stewar t , the ho te l de t e c t ive .

David had been making h is fame and for tune in the TV commercial

f i e ld . He i s bes t known fo r h is dec la ra t ion t ha t "he d i d n ' t use h is

deodorant today and may not tomorrow, " in t ha t. now famous deodorant

commercial . David has made se v e ra l TV appearances on such programs

as "Cannon" and " I rons ide , " had a running ro le in the CBS day t imer

"Where The Heart I s , " and c ur r e n t ly s t a r s in NBC's "Anothe r World ."

His ro le in "Wicked, Wicked" marks h is debut performance in a major

motion p i c t u re .

Tiffany Bol l ing p lays Lisa James, the a t t rac t ive young

s inger who appears with the band t h a t i s playing a t the h o t e l . A

na t ive o f Santa Monica, Tiffany has made many t e l ev i s ion appearances ,

inc lud ing the Hv l lywood Telev i s ion Thea t re ' s presen ta t ion of Li l l i an

Hellman 's "Another Par t of th e Fores t . " Ms. Bol l ing was fea tu red

in severa l f i lms i nc lud i ng "Bonnie 's Kids" and "Marriage of a Young

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Randolph Rober t s por t r ays the ~ v l ro l e o f Ja s on Gan t .

A s tuden t a t th e San Diego School o f Pe r forming Ar t s , Randolph won

t h i s l eading ro l e a f t e r hundreds o f o the r a c t o r s had been in terv iewed

by execu t iv e producer Will iam T. O rr and produce r -d i r ec to r Richard

L. Bare . A vietnam ve t e r an , Randolph i s c u r r e n t ly f u l f illing a one

year " in te rnsh ip" o f p r a c t i c a l ' exper ience r equ i red by th e School of

performing A r t s . He has pe r f ormed in summer s tock companie s and a

segment of t he "Banyon" TV s e r i e s .

Edd Byrnes plays Hank, an e a r ly suspec t in th e murder

case s . Edd a t t a in e d i ns tan t fame when he played th e p a r t o f "Kookie"

in the TV se r i e s "77 Sunset Str ip" and h is f i r s t recorded . :song won

a Gold Record. Edd made seve ra l f i lms in Europe inc lud ing "Sec re t

Invas ion, " "Tunis ia" and "Any Gun Can Play" and s t a r r e d in "The

Edd Byrnes Show" on German TV. Recent ly Edd has re turned to th e U.S.

and has g u e s t - s t a r r e d on many TV programs inc lud ing "Mannix," "Love

American S ty le , " and "Adam 12. II"

Sco t t Brady i s Sgt . Ramsey, a ve t e r an po l i ce de tec t ive who

he lps to solve th e mystery o f " the missing b l ondes." Since beginning

h is career in 1948, Brady has appeared in 36 fea tu re f i lms , inc luding

"Johnny Gui ta r , " "The Vanishing American" and most r ecen t ly "Doctors '

Wives" and "$." H is numerous t e l e v i s i o n ro l e s i nc lude a two-year run

o f "Shotgun Slad e ," "Playhouse 90," "The Untouchables" and a r ecen t

Movie o f th e Week. Brady appeared on Broadway in "Dest ry Rides

Again" and has made numerous off-Broadway appearances .

Dian e McBain, one o f H o l l ~ o o d ' s t rue beau t i e s , s t a r r e d in th e

t e l e v i s i o n s e r i e s , "Sur f s ide Six," and a f t e rward decided to concent ra te



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on motion pic ture ro les and t e l e v i s ion ':i :::' . _ d pe c:.rd i.'.ce :s whic h wou ld

give h e r a wider range fo r demonstra t ing her f in e ac t ing t a l e n t s .

Like Byrnes, she i s one of th e "discover ies " of William T. Orr . ,

execut ive produce t of "Wicked, Wicked."

Ma dele ine Sherwood made h e r Broadway debut wh e n she created

the ro le o f Abiga i l in "The Crucib le ." Then came he r famous por t r aya l

of Si s t e r Woman in Tennessee Will iams ' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and Miss

Lucy in Will iams ' "Swee t Bird o f Youth." She repea ted both ro les in

th e f i lm ver s io ns. Ms. Sherwood's Broadway appearances also i nc lude

" Inv i t a t i on to a March," "Camelot ," and "Night o f th e Iguana." Of f -

Broadway a ppe arances inc lude "Brecht on Brecht" and h e r Obie-winning

performance in "Hey You , Light Man." She has appeared in numerous

f i lms and segments of t e l e v i s ion programs as wel l as s t a r r i ng for four

years as th e Mother Super ior in "The Flying Nun" with Sal ly Fie ld . Ms.

Sherwood i s cur ren t ly s tudying to a t t a in a Group Counselor 's Psycho

t h e r a p i s t c ~ r t i f i c a t e .

Roger Bowen plays the nervous ho te l manager. Roger has been

seen fo r the pas t two years as th e blus te r ing Mr. Majors on the "Arnie"

TV se r i e s . His f i lms inc lude "pe tu la" with J u l i e Chr is t i e , "M*A*S*H,"

and th e recent "Stee lyard Blues" with Jane Fonda. He a l so s ta r red l a s t

f a l l o n an ABC Movie o f the Week.

Arthur O :Connel l portrays the h o t e l engineer who i s i n s t ru -

mental in uncovering th e murderer ' s hiding p lace in the ho te l . Since

he began h is fi lm caree r in "Ci t i zen Kane" OrConnell has appeare d in

over 50 f i lms and has rece ived two Academy Award Nominations, one fo r

"Picnic ," the o ther fo r "Anatomy o f a Murder." H is most recent f i lms



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inc lude "Ben," "The Poseidon Adventur e · arc: MGM's "They On l y Ki ll

The i r Mas te r s . " 0 I Conne l l , who has appe a r:e d i n n ea r ly every impo r t a n t

t e l e v i s i o n s e r i e s dur ing th e p a s t 15 y e a r s , s t a r r e d in h is own s e r i e s ,

"The Second Hundred Ye a r s . "

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D O U B L E ~ S C R E E N MOVIE COM ING - '1\,,0 mo"les p j c t i ~ g parallel' actlon. In ·thc doub1e s'cene ab ove:· 'ac tress ' r ; r , . , l < o ; l I i i " ~ thaL','i what ' l'i \1\ tile. of(ing for thcalcr pafron!i when about tn becbm e a. murder victim as David Bailey ·rushes.Ute screen. F H I \ ~ g ( J c t ' ~ wttl 'fi,ce two pictures .projected n ~ \ l l l \ n c O \ l s l y and de- Wire photo) ' . .. . t

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HOLLYWOOD . (AP) - Movie sls:nint the .action ",1th care'Cul '.'Tlle' " " ; theater'S ~ a y C : oHct:l!d evcry- balance between . the .two cutting 'thing [rom' ·three, dimen:1;ions to screens, He . r ~ a l i z e d tJlat , tne tor:" lI twra.paround · screens, '- and It viewer ' could not ·absorb' ·events to edit a 'seemed lhat nothing new could amI dialogue on both screc:ns at ing 16 . I .be ·Added . ·Now corries .a movie once,' SO, At m o ~ t ,' tim.es there nlore feet '01' . til"1"' in orderwith t\\'o ·images sfde·.by . side, w ~ an . "active'" side, Where Cdd .: . 01 th" ~ .

,It's called "Wh:ke"rl , ' Wicked," important things were happet\. ~ v o 9 ' . ~ n ~ . . . '. C: ~ ~ ~ ! ~and theater patrons will .be get- lng, and ·a · "passive'" .side. . . . .' .

• I ... ling two movle5 for the ' pl'ice oc. whel'c the action and dialogllC!Brow"ft.ld Hwy . • SQ 1m "yt . one, , . . ' '. ' ," '.,', '., were limited, . ' .,.'

$11-00

Mi ck.y Mous . Watches E : - ; ~ Th ; d On ·A.·DrJ\,e · d ~ T " l ) e · a ~ ~ : o n Is S j m : u 1 t ~ h n e o u s l : $13 .00 e evlce ' is · the ~ ' i ea of except in some scenes .w ere' ~ ________________________ :'IRichB.rd Bare;. veteral1: or" tea. go !jack lTi tlme to show 'lies 'vs.- lures and · t c c v i 3 i ~ n -:- he di: lruth,OI , :said ' Bare:" '. "For " in

recled '1'13 episodes of "Creen stance. I .have an old lady reACl'es'," He :told '.about 'his in- cOunting hoW'· grandly she oncci .spiriition: " . . ::'. ' . . lived ; .01'1 ' the : other screen ; we .

," l was dri'virig home [l'om Sei! that .she· had 'really ·been · aNewport one day after saitlng hookcr::" ·· '.:.: ... ../. " : : ' : ' " :'1'my ' yacht. As I glanced trom F o u r o l ~ n':!,? "times ' during' the :Olle sIde or lhe .freeway ·to the SC1"ipt, Ban:! made the adiooother. I noticed how my ,mind fun-screen :"Cor shock value,";WiiS taking a 'pleture over here, .... W i c k e d , · · - · . ~ V J c 'k e d ~ . ' . ' . y ~ S then. anothcl' over Ulere . Why filmed in 48 days at . the vener- .not. LQU a film story .with two able Hotel Del Coronado oea;rsimul1.anc.""9u5 image's? . • Son Dicgb: Although 1 ~ was . ac:

"1 ·playco. around , with the lualty · shoothlg ·two · cQmplcteidea ·Cor t.wo years before pu1.- Cilnls, Bal'e was ·able . td· keep

lling anytlltng on paper. Thcn I the ·bUdget. urider ~ 1 . 5 mill ion .!dec..:ided to try the double tl!ch· He : rigures ~ e cost" nnd ' shool· .

niquc with a psycho-drama I ing time was abou \50 per centowned. 'The Squirrel."· more t ~ a n they would . have- , , , ': . ' .



Two fibm; for price of oue

Double offered by•

moviecreen theatresI!y I!OB T I l 0 ~ l A S ting two movies foe the price of other, I noticod how my mind ",,'DOd, Tho SquirTe!."

HOLLYWOOD (AP) - ~ r o ' l j e 0"". was lakiDg a picture O"{. r h<re, Bare produced hia .<TIp, de-theatre:s have (lift"!ed every- Tile device is the idea or thea another over there. Why signing the action wi.th carefulthing from three dim ensions to Richtzrd &1re, veteran of fea- not t !.>il a fllm story v.ith two balance between the twov,Tap..aroWld screens, aJ'lfj it tures and televisioJl. simultaneous images screens . H ~ realized. that thes e t ! m ~ that notflJ.g: new could He told about his inspiration: 'I played around with the viewer eould not absorb events

be added. ~ o w ttmlCS a movie "1 was d..-iving home from idea for two year8 before put- and dialogUf: OIO both screens atwjth two images side by sjde. Nev.-port QDe day after sailing ling a n # ~ g O!l ~ - . 'J'"lJl'rl I once. So at most times there

It 's called Wicked, Wicked, my yacht. As I g1anctd from decided to tr J the double tech- was an 'active' side, whereand thatre patrons will ~ get- one side of the fTetway fu the roque with a 'pycOO-tlrama I important. things v,,'ere happen---- ' ------"---------- ' ---- ' ----- ' - ' ------ mg, iDd • "passi,-e' side,

v:here the action aDd dialogue"J,'ere limited

flFor imtance. I M\'e an oldlady recounting bow grandlyshe once ]j\'ed: on the otherscreen we see ' that she hadreally been a booker," Baresaid

Four or fh'e times during thescript, Bare made the action!ull-screen " for shock value. n

Bare showed the scipt, which

concerns m.urder in a resort. bo

tel. to his former b < r ~ atWareer Brother, "William Orr.T'.c.·e"l formed a c o m ~ a n : andlook the project to MG)l.

Within ~ hours tiley .cad a goa!!2ad..

Wicl:ed, Wcked was filme

4Z days at the '·.Derabl. H

Del Coro:u;do Dear San D

Alhougb be was actU-'lDy shing two complete films. Bwas able to k.ep U,e bud.<der $1 .5 milliQ,. He Jigw-escost and shooti"lg time about SO ~ cent m<r.ethey ...,:ould have been for amal film.

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T . . . . Jan . '.18'13 GREELEY (Colo.) 11IIBliNE I I

Duo-vision will be introduced in 'Wicked, WickedProducer-dircctor Richard

B"re has dl!velopcd a !lev,':

technique. duo-\'i:;iulI , tha i will

allow two contempol"nneous.frames In IJc projected s id e by

side rrom 1:1. single film .Result is haying two

storylines hCillg seensimultaneously throughout the

lC' nglh or a nhn. according to

Darc. Idea. will be ust!d for thf:first time in MGM's " Wicked.

Wicke,l , . to be released in

March.Process was in dcvcioprnCll1

stage for' Iwo yc'ln;:. Bare said."The process i r . \ ' o l v c ~ the usc

nr (Iual screens il l illl over311

aspect ra t io nf 2.n.'i 10 1 with two

c O J l t e m l l o r a n c o u ~ frame!!;

prnjcch.<i side by sitle from a

single 35 nlm film ." he sa id.

No modification nf projectionequipment il'; necessary-any

thealer eq uip ped with

unnmorphic lenses ~ I l d 1.1 wide

::;(:I'ccn C'llll !ihow it.

PI 'OC CS$ differs from sillil,

!;Creen, uscd often , in thnt the

entire sCI'cC'nph lY has been

llesi ned for par<l llel j m l l g ( ~ s ,

8are silid , Screenplay pflfl,es

Ilre divided ill half. with 3seprlra lc unt' wt:itlen for each

llalf of thc screen. SIC'rl!(Jphonit: Isound will' be used, 10 come

from the proper shk of the

screen ,

"The <ludiellcc is allolVed to

\'iew slmulHLaueuusl)' the

pl'Ohtgonist and t h ~ antagoni s t,

rhe chaser WId tile chased, no

matter what physica l dishu lI!c

lies 11l"!lwecll them, " he said .

Technique invulvl's nil active!>creeo and a pass ive scrCC I l -

diR h)ll from ollly nne screen ill a

lime while !i ilrmt lootage

ullreels on the other serMOft .

Bm'e and exec prnducer Dill

Orr a rc planning ri 1m 's

Jll'olllotion on the duo·vision

proccss. in similar f a l > ~ i o n that

~ · D was exploited ."When 3·D came oul, it was 0.

Aian t h o x o f f i ( ' ( ~ !iucceli.<;," Ui.\I'C

said. "I don'l know ho w many

film s this !cchnique is wnrth.Dill yo u need new illl-as to get

pCl'lpte into ,I the3tcr. nnd to g('!a{l (,lIlion."

I"ilm is in the cdiline l : ~ ( ! - a

\cne1hy process because both

screens hnve ttl maLch,

Bare said film was 50 p l ! r c l ~ l \ 1 mOfl! .expensive than an 01'

I . f i l l < l r ~ 1I1lC ti l :;11001 hccause ot

double negative and label'atory

cnsls. Budge t , he said. was

under $1,500,000 .

Bolh rihn s are shot

separately, and Ihen puLtogt!the.· on one ncga(\\'c,

"The public I I I l ly thillK it':;: anew mechanical thing, but it's

;::Ictua );)' just adapting existing

tcchnoloeY,"

It \ ~ S sho t in .lJ5 days.

Hare .lnct Orr, under theil'

Uni ted Ni l l ' l banner . arcplanning allolher film to UY' t h ~ process fo llow ing their CUl'rent

suspenseI'. "Oelotwr I l l d t J ~ l I t " [he new project, will deal with a

I O l l l . : ~ ; ; ! s . " i l l a l e fidel Cast.'o.



T. . . .. F . ~ ••• ,.73 GREELEY (C . ..) TRIBUNE I f

'Phantom of the Opera"original score revived ', .' 'fhc original sco re 01 the 1925

Lon Chancy silent movie,' ~ P h a n l o m or The Opera," has

been acquired by executiveproducer WilHam 'f . Orr andWritcr-di re t t (I r -pro duc er

Illchurd L. Dare ror usc ill theirMctro-Goldwyn-Mayer molion

piclure, U\Vjckcd, WlckctJ."

' The 46-year-o ld score, which\\;111 be givr.n screen credit, is

played off CJrncrn for "Wicked,Wicked" by organist Ladd

Thomas 10 crcnh! n mood fo rsome of Ihc new mystery ·thriller's mnre urnma lic andterrifying scencs.

"Wicked , Wicked ," I. rilmedin Duo-Vision, a new 'projection

procelis which presents twosepllrate h a p ~ n i n i s ,in thestory on screen a t 'the I5Ime

lime." Wicked, Wicked " stars

Dayld Bailey. Tinaoy Bolllol .Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady ,

Edd Byrnes, Diane McBa in,Roger Bow en, Madeleine

Sherwood, Indira D 4 , * ~ andArtl.uf O·Conne ll .



Monday, March 5, 1973 Th. Post .Cr.".nt, Applelun.N.enah.Manaiha, WI•. A-

Wide talent

; s ~ o r c h by Orr,:: There's an interesting story out of• Metro-Goldwyn·Mayer publicity of:: fices about the new acting find for the

: ~ forUlcoming movie HWicked. Wicked".

I. At first Jingo was a little confused, but:: with careful reading it all comes clear.

It seems William T. Orr was an execu.tive at Warner Brothers for many years,during which time he launched the

c ~ e e r s of dozens of actors in a string of" hIghly successful feature movies and

television series.

When he switched to independent

motion picture productIOn, formingUnited National Pictures with talenteddirector Richard L. Bare, he still kepthis interest in finding new actors.

For their current project for MetroGoldwyn.Mayer, "Wicked, Wicked,"

.. Orr and Bare conducted a talent search

GE invention may leadto tiny:rv camera

PHllADELP,l:IlA (AP) - A stampsized e l e c t r o n i ~ . d e v i c e invented at the.General Elec'tric Research andDevelopment Center- may lead to

development of a television camera no:: larger than a pack of cigarettes, the

company says.GE said the device. a "solid state

• imager," performs the same function as,- the large video V ~ c u u m tube currently

of wide proportions. interviewin

hundreds of hopefuls for a particularOle.

"We knew exactly what we wantein the role of the killer," says Orr, who

executive producer of the film. "Wneeded intensity and passion as well ainnocence, a combination of qualitiewe found to be rare among the manymany young actors we intervlewed:

t

Search ends

The search ended with the signing oRandolph Roberts. An intense ansenous young man by nature, Randolph, a student at the school of Performing Arts in San Diego, makes hifilm debut in "Wicked, WIcked". BiOrr is excited about his latest find.

"It's impossible to believe that this iRandy's first motion picture," claim

Orr. "Although he has performed extensively before live audiences isummer stock. his experience in fronof a camera is very limited. Yet he has

presence that reveals itself on film thaI have found to be very rare."

Director Bare is equally imprpssed"There are many difficult scenes in

which Randy, as the psychotic Iullermust wordlessly and subtly express hi

progression from naive handyman tocrazed loller In a matter of seconds,"

Bare says. 'With all this, Randolph ha

still managed to make his characte



used in television cameras.

6 The BerkShire :Eagle. Thursdai', April 26. 1973

Movie review

"Wicked, lVicked'WICKED. wlcKeo. Mf'tro rf'/UV of most notably Arthur O'ConnellRld'IM"d L B a r e - W U I f ~ T. Or(·Unift<J Roger Bowen and ~ { a d e l e i n eNlltional Pic1urH Inc., ' ~ f h X ' 1 . " written, prodvud and d irtcfld by . Sherwood, all faces that are jmeelff'. C."...,. (Mefroc:oWJ. Frl ld«· d t I ' 'bl 'IcIt GAtely; editor. John F. S<MlOfff; me ia e y l'ecogRlza e.music. Pf,Wp Spril\(J't1"1 arl dlr«fion, The leads are also held downVI.II ... Mckee<gan; .3ssl,,"'" d l,eclor, B ' II

OOc'Ia ld c. KI\rtM J 'WAd,Jf f t ' f

Jo.l. by familiar faces. 'l'"tllanyo·

H.' W.lkl ..... At tt1e Pal.n ThMtre . ing, who plays U I l ~ harassed~ ~ P ~ ~ t ~ . : I I . l l n g : PG .) Running time ; heroine ha's 'done TV lime and

RIcl{ St"",artUsa :.IatMSJason G.,.tSgt. R6ms.tvHank L,usilerD%ru HamiltonM._LMCrt'"l" Kar.wyrwGrnnyHo1el Engln.er .8111 lrodwfd;:H O U S t k t e ~ Day ClerkOwen WilliamsOrg."rsf

· . ~ l d e . l l ~ T iffany Bolling

RaoooI;::n Robet1s

scott eradyEd<I layrnu

Dione McBain. RO'ij"et" l ow en

MadeleiM S h ~ lno;ra tunk .At1hIJr O'Connell. .J-ck knight

P a ~ ) ' GilrrenRebert Nichols

Kirk BatesM.aryH!her Denver

, lIyMIKE MESEROLE

Js appropriately good,lookingarid not a ' bad singer, despitelyrics like "Wicked, wickedthat's the lic-ket." The housedetectiVe hero. Rick Stewart

played by David B a i ! e ~ ' . alsOrings ,a visual bell, but )t's ~ ountil you see him in bed WL\

Ibe girl ' thai you realize he's theantiperspj)'ant guy who may nouse .his deodorant today or tomorrow.

• • •WICKED, .WICKED," a hOr .ro,r picture .with an interesting TWO OTHER characters artwist, foUed into tlle Palace woMh mentioning: First is .:Mary

Theatre last night tor a week's esther Dezwel'• .who has thsta)', and i f YQu like the B C ~ T v nonspeaking hut musically vitacollege football ' gam. of ,the role or Adele Morrett. an organweek, this. ~ s .the flick for you. . . ist who docs nothing except play

PreSenli:!d · in a ·· ·supposerily the so und track froln "Thbrand new · concept called · Duo. :PMmtom . of the Opera (1925) ,Vision, :.uris creature .fe·atute Second there is Edd HKookieruns its enUre IS minutes'- with Brrnes: whu ··may playa l"csC?



IDoublel

double featureLatest gimmick aimed at getting

111e public back' into the movie-going

habit is ilie movie projeCted on two

screens simultaneously.

Editorial

The first teature-Iengfu film, suit- blockbuster films and movies of th

'ably ' double-named "WiCked, Wick- week they can see on TV."ed," is scheduled , for release this But i f double movies are here, ca

spring, the conception of producer double television be far behind?Richard Bare.:,, ' " ', "Two's Better Than One," an ex: i j ~ 9 ~ ~ . u f i : i ~ ~ c e c ~ o t , absorb periment in "double-channel televis

events 'and 'dialogue ,on both screens ion" in wliich viewers could see tw

at once; "at ";:;;:osttlines ' there is an different 'aspects of the same 'pro"active" side; where important things gram, was recently broadcast ove

are happening, and a "passive" side, stations WNEW and WNET in Newhere action and dialogue are, limit- York.

ed. ' This, 'too, is still in the gimmic

For instance, a lady is sho,,,,, in stage;' bu t the fact that as many a

dire distress on one 'screen while lier 60 per cent of American televisiowould-be rescuer is rusning .to 'her, homes have two sets suggestS: ,tha

aid on the other screen. the idea may be commercially aThe technique is also effective il) ,well as technically feasible.

showing ClUes versus truth/' as .wheri ' . One television manufacturer·

a character recounts a story on 'one 'TepOrtedly'already developing a gia

screen and the other shows what real- console with matched, side-by-sidly happened. TV sets.

uSure, it's a stunt," says Bare, Just in time to catch t h e f i r s t l '"but you need stulitS to get people runs of "Wicked, Wicked" on th

out of the house and away from the movie of the week?



LEisURE •ARTS, E N T E R T A I N M ~ N T

& RECREATION

Cinema: 'Wicked, Wicked' is so-soWicked, Wicked introduces "Duo-Vision," a

refinement of the split-screen technique in

filming and a method tha t can be interesting, butal\ ·too ortcn becoming confu s ing and overused.

Developed by wr.iter-producer-director

Richard L. Bare. Duo-Vision involves du alscrecns, each showing filmed action, with onescreen giving active roles and the ather a passiverole.

For example : a woman is getting ready forbed as a killer approaches. One screen shows her

undressing while the ather screen follows the .killer as he approaches her room. Or someonetells a story on one screen while the other scree n.shows what he is really thinking and what r eally·happened.

In these uses, Duo-Vision works very well atbuilding suspense and in giving backgroundinformation that m ight otherwise take too much '·time. /lut in constant use, as it is in this film, themethod becomes boring.

Despite its overuse, the Duo-Vision is the bestpar t of Wicked, Wicked. The script by Bare istrite nnd so filled with typical scr een stereotypes.and cliches that it is almost comical. Hisdirection is erratic and sloppy and acting by theprincipals is appalling. .

'The film is set at the historic Hotel del-<

Coronado in San Diego, although the name in this. movie is the Holel Grand in Los Angeles. Several

blondes who have checked into the hotel have

disappeared, causing the hotel's squeamish'manager (Roger Bowen) to think they have

skipped. House detective Rick Stewart (DavidBaH ey) suspects foul-play. .

At · the beginning, the viewer watches asshapeiy blonde Delores Hamilton (DianeMcBain) is stabbed and dismembered by anintruder.wearing' a phantom-of·theo()pera mask .Stewart investigates and Hnds his job complicated by the hotel's latest guest, singer Lisa'James (Tiffany Bolling), his ex-wife and a futu re '

.target of tpe mad killer.

Stewart' s investigation reveal many hieoussecrets about the kiUer who stalks the hotel insearch of b!ondes and only blondes (which, ofcourse, is another secret).

A supporting cast of fine character actors- .Arthur O'Connell, Madeleine Sherwood andRandolph Roberts-a re wasted in this

melodrama. Each killing is backed by theoriginal musical score from the 1925 silent film"Phantom oC the Opera" and one screen switches, from time to time, to a mysterious womenorganist whose presence is neither explained 01'

necessary.

The film builds tn the necessary climax and is

filled with cnoagh blood and gore to demand a'. "R " rating a year or so ago. But these days,

blood and decapitation bring only a "PG" and 'the film avoids any of the nudity that might bringthe more restrictive "R. "

If you expose a woman's breast, it's an "R,".blltifyoucut it off with a knife, it's only a "PG."(I n St. Louis1.

-Doug Thompson

The latest fad of the American highwayscene - the camper - is fully exploitedand lightly satirized in Slither, a comedymystery by MGM starring James Caan asan engaging ex-convict and Sally

Kellerman as a would·be Bonnie Barrow."Slither" does for the camper what

"Bullit" did for souped-up autos and"Grand PrLx" for racing machines.

. Imagine the good-guy, bad·guy chasefrom campground to campground a ndyou have a mental picture of much of

"Slither. "Caan continues to demonstrate hisconsidera ble acting talents as a happ)'-golucky, not-too·bright, onetime high schoolfootball hero turned auto th ief who is puton the trail of thousands of dollars ofembezzled loot by a dying jailhood buddy.

Caan, who was nominated for anAcademy Award for his role as Sonny in

the " Godfather" and for an Emrnyaw

1'01' his moving portrayal of Brian Pic

in "Brian's Song," shows a deft ctouch.Along his route to expected riches,

is picked up by, makes love to, desand is reunited with Sally Kellermanis enthralled by Caan's ex-convict sand is determined to become a clgunman's inoll.

Caan joins forces with the oriembezzler, Peter Boyle, and his Louise Lasser, an d the trio - later joagain by Miss Kellerman - are oBoyle's car and trailer to recovermoney tha t.Boyle and Caan's dead frstole seven years earlier.

Most of the movie scenes take placthe open road or in camper parks. Othe most hilarious scenes takes place

. campside bingo game.Caan and Boyle are constant ly foll

by the villains in sinister, tank('ampers, and the anitcipated entakes se\'eral unexpected turns.

Tile only discordant note in an owise smooth, entertaining productioMiss Kel lerman 's tendency to ham it

it couple of scenes. (In St. Louis. R·'P.G".)

-BlIILh

Her career is erratic - more or les

M

,TijjlWy Hollillg:

U 'u'iek(!d'girl

" ~ . < : "

. ~ .

... ~ (,.". ' ".

'" .

Tiffany Bolling dropped into the paddedchair of the Steeplechase Lounge of theChase-Park Pl aza in St. Louis, heaved anexhausted sigh, and ordered tomato juiceand wine.

"The tomato juice builds your body upand the wine tears it down," Miss Bolling

explained. " One just offsets the other."

At just before 3 in the afternoon, MissBolling and the producer and director ofhr latest movie, "Wicked, Wicked," hadfinished a hectic 24 h o u r ~ in Sl. Louis..

their fifth city in four days on what iscommonly called the "promotion tour ."

The promotion tour comes when thestudio sends actors, actresses and othersaround the country plugging a new film.Usually, it is just an actor or actresses ,but "Wicked, Wicked" includes a ne wprocess called "duo-vision" so MGM alsosent the producer and director along toexplain the process.

"Wicked, Wicked was a fun film tomake," she says. "We shot it at the Hoteldel Coranado in San Diego . It's a large oldhotel that is just beautiful and Ilo\'ed theduo-vision process."

Duo-\'ision. according to director

Hichard L. Bare, is a two-screen filmprocess that allows the viewer two waysto look at the action.

" I t is not the old split-screentechnique, " . Bare said . " It is tw o.creen:; -- one showinl;; the aeh\'" rule

and the other showing a passive rolFor Miss Bolling, "Wicked, Wicked

the latest step in a career thasomewhat erratic.

She won critical ra'ves for her pa"Marriage of a Young Stockbt'okalthough the film went nowhere. Becof pneumonia, she was forced to withdas StC\'e McQueen's co-star in "Ju

Bonner." a Sam Pecinpah opus.On television, she had a star ring ro

the short-lived "The New People",\B ('.

The daughter of a show business faI ller father was a dancerchoreoprapher and her mother was aband singer), Miss Bolling has also t rireco rding career, but her first albumnot sen and the company backingrecord went out of business. But she she is trying again.

" My singing was one thing that heme get the part in 'Wicked, Wicked,' said. " My new Hlbum will be a mixtuotd and new songs. "

In " Wicked . Wicked," she pla}singer who is the target of a mad k~ l i s s Boning finished her wine

lOlllato juice as the hosts from J\lGMthe Ca! ' was read\' to leave tor the air

Sh e diun't get ·up

" I think." she s a i d "that I'm tooto mo\'e."

- Duua Thom



FRIDAY. MAY 11. \973...

: ~ , : : " ,' < • ' . .

, "

TIFFANY BOLLING HOLDS HER BREATH ON HALF THE SCREEN

... A'. Ra.W" ~ fIMes, . . ._ .. Ge.ck:rHlJ

np1" nrn;prt;nn o ; m ~ i ~ ~ .i. '; V

;

t ::

8\ JOSt::PH P. 8001\:, (outer nmtS

f.atntaiamnt EditQf

~ : "Wicked , Wtcked' IS Illt latest:' film to IntrMute a I!lmmtf'k j",1\

, lJlt' l \ } \ l ~ It's calle<! Duo-VISion

Th. him tells a honor story in.....hK'h t ~ yov:nJ and b\llomb5ondf>s (bed:. into a rtsOrt hotelIHott! Coronado in San ! and then m}stenously d1S3p

ptar-baggage aod aU. When Til·lany Solhng arnves to SUIt in thet . " ' ' -'t; '" . .....- , .. ,, ;< ~ ... ."

nette . and she IS safe-until 5he

trtle song. sung by MISS Bolhnthat awxb the pomt 01 the storA1td 8 a r ~ permitted his penthafor flamboyance 10 surfact wh

~ l i s s Bolling and Batleymae It

tbe h o t e r ~ T e d d ~ RoosevsUltt'-a bo';!e sounds the ch.arg

- ~ - . . . . y 1 , . • .. . !'breaks ~ (1 rocks and ~ bom



w . a w , ~

SATURDAV, MAV 12, 1973 B U C K S C O U1..------1CAPSULE R E V I E W ~ .yJOSEPH P.BOOS blonde thIS flbn that p o r 1 r a ~ ' S man's e

EoIertaIlmeo. EdhorFIDDLER ON THE

ROOF-Topol ~ endearmgas theimpOVerwJed JewISh dal/'vman....bose love for tradition sUrrenders to filial love In thIS PIctur·esque adaptatIOn of Broadw3\ S

.Iongest-ruolllng productiontHE FRENCH CON"iEC·

TION-Gene Hackman gives atough p h ~ ' S l C a l performance as acop who thro",,'S blS .....elght around10 thIS hard-core look at mternatIOna] enme

THr. H E ~ R T 8 R F \ K KID-Less funD} than p a t ~ e t l t IS

this pretentlolJs SOCIal tomed\about acreep y,ho dumps hIS slob

\\Ife for an attractiH' but dJU

............ ..." .•"",."un-' ~ .....oToole IS Don QUIXote m searehof 'The Impomble Dream' ;;and

Sophia Loren 1S hIS \ISIOO of Ideal

beauty mlbls adaptation that hasappealing moments v.hen 1I1SD t

being a musICal

THE OI\L ASD THE PUSSVCAT-Barbra StrelSand IS somethmg else, George Segal fmds out,In IhlS offbrat corned,

THE P ' ~ I C ~ ~ E E D L E rARK-ThIS stud\ of the drug

sulKultur€ Ul Ne\\' York Cit} be

gms JS a p ~ J ' l e l r J l l ! 1 g tnp b:lt Sflon

Ot'lume;. f l p / : " l m O U ~ ! \ duJI JI

thoughIt IS ....

ell a( ted4.CE EU A\D RODGER OF

THE SKIES-Cld! Robertson and

Em Shea n the skies m therrllOOI:I('n bl plane m thIS often

a m u ~ m g dll<! fr€quf'Oti, 100abieIll'Il "boUI ~ !Jthcr c.lnd hl\ son

SLElTH-Laurem<:> Ollll"f.Jnd \lKhacl Ca:ne c.lTe bnlhant In

o\nthom Shdfier 'i buJlldnt saeenpia" \ ~ t I l C h ..... a s . ~ n l l l a n t l : - dlf\:d·

SOiLE...T GReE'\,- \ : I h o ~ g h 11 ~ Ed ... ard G R o b m ~ o n ) last

. . . . ~ . .v . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . Ul 01 . . ~ ' - U 1 U l ! \ l

crises IS hardly worth sJttmthrough

THEATRE OF BLOODcntlc \earns that the swordmightier than lhe pen m Hus \-

cent Pnce horror show deSignto make you tmgle ....

WICKED, WICKED-Separaaction sequences on a split-scre(Ii. s called Duo-Vls)Qn) don

c o m ~ n s a t e for t ~ e Yoorlhless sr: about a p5}chopath who hatblondes

THE UFE. \D GOOD TIM

OF nro"r. fV)Y B F ~ " - P a l J"\e\\man IS aself-appomted Jud

of the old West In Ihls barbarotOme(h .... hlch IS 50 s e n s e l e s ~Isn t e\en funm

STEELYARD BLUES-JanFonda, Donald Sutherland aD " . , , ~ lI,,' I .. " ~ ~ . , , . I , , , , ~ . ~ 1 ~ ~ . __ _ _ ~ , ,. . w.,, '

one of those iI·\ou-don t·baamthmg·better·to-do mO\l\\hlth "In mate IOU \\-Ish IOU h

found somethmg better to do



:UUII., May 14, 1'91:1 GH .. fo;I.I';V (Colo" ' rRIRUNE zt

HOTLINE

Mark and Susan

•solve china IssueBy NANCY ANDERSON

Copley News Service

Mark Spitz and his brideelect, Susan Weiner, chosetheir china paUern at Geary'sin Beverly Hills selecting

noyal Daulton's "Carlyle,"By coincidence, at the verylime they made their selec

tion, Richard J. Bailey, president of Royal Daulton, was inBeverly HIlls from England

\'ixilillt; Geary'x owners, the"'red Meyerx. He didn't influ

ence Mark'e; and Susan's

choice, but he was certainly

pleased by it. Nothing couldhave made him feel more welcome.

I knew Diane, Ilnuther

member of the "Wicked,

Wil'ketl" cast, su:vcral years

at;n when she wao:; starring in"Surrside Six,"

Pregnant now, she expects

a baby in June which two doclars oul of three have told her

will be a girl. As a result, she

and Rod have only picked outgirls names, Heather and Michele, so, if the baby's a boy,he'll take a ribbing at schooL

Johnny Cash popularized

"A Named Sue," but canwtwt would hap

named Michele?

Wilen I asked Diane wheth.

er her husband is an actor,

she said, "No, and I'm happyabout that. We met at a Bud·dhist meeting. We're bothpracticing Btrldhists.

"We think we are very

lucky to have found each

other."

Dw-ing the frightening film,Edd Byrnes reassured me byslipping into the seat beside

lilt! :lI1d whispering, "If it gets

too scary, you can hold my

hand."It got so 'scary I started to

sit in

at the MINI rLiCK Greeley

From the best selling novel+ + +

8i!l Orr's new movie foJ'

YIGM "Wicked Wicked"

f e a t u r ~ s a novel p r n j e d i ~ n process called Duo-Vision,

which is a split screen with asingle sound track.

I h ~ t ~ o l d over 2million topies.

HOlLYWOOD BABYLON 7 & 10:10

VERY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS 8:40Lateshowing Fri. & 5<11.11:30

Sounds confusing, doesn't

it?

atCINEMA. 35

Fil'lCollins

CLIMAX 7:00 &9:30

IANIE 8:15 &10:45late showing Sat. 11:30

And the double picture isconfusing at first, but pretty

soon your perceptiull aujusLs ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ to the technique wruch t!n- MA

anccs the action. MArr premiered his movie in

San Diego where it was shot ~ ~ for a press group transported

down by chartered bus and Uf Uoused at Hate} del Coronado, F .he marvelous, romantic hos-



6 0TIlE AB1LE:'I"E Rt:PORTr.R·:'-EWS

____ Abllflf. Tells. ~ l t D d . ) , 1i:\1'lin.a:. ~ l a ) ' It, lIil

Split-Screen Film

Value Questionable),Io\!;t'-goers In Abilene nowb;l\' l' ;'l thanet 10 p,el a PI'('\'j ""r or :l !lew l<flnN'pl in mo·tion ) l i e \ u \ ' { ' . ~ _ ··Dua-Vision."The tc('hniqllc Is us('d in the("\\1'('(' (\1 pit-lllre :1.1 the \\'(,,5 [,

wood T!tC;'IU' I',

" \\' il:kcd Wickl'd" withOtJt<In all-star' (,;l si, is ihe f{'alure

\\11ith i n I H l d l l C : c ~ this " n ~ 1 V ~ l 1 n 1 q u ( ' " which reali , l lIew 0'1 1 all. Whal Ih £> ml'thoo; 1 ( ' 1 1 I : 1 1 1 ~ ' irl\'lllvQS is a split.

serren dfel:!.

nE\\'EIlS Wltl. GET the(rclitlg 111;11 Ihey arc I it twin

rlrivc·;n Ihc:lICI". watch ing I\\'o. ~ l l i \ n I L C pictures simultaneous ly. Onp. fl'f'ls likp. hI' is

cr."!fling his IIc(;k mGSt 01 thetime, 1Ilthough really he Isn't.HI! 's just trr inc to kC[!fl up

with 111'0 thoughts a\ the same

lime. allhoul!lt Ihe Oim docsgi \'!' a shorl rc>ti('r of oneo picture occil.sioI1ally.

In ~ ~ ' C ' r a l in$t,tn rC'.<:. the

IN.:lmiljuc d('rinilt'\)' adds tothe picture- , g i v i n ~ ; ' I n in·depthidea of the thoughts of one nrthe l'hararlers. or ;Ifldinl! 10

IiiI' suspense of the film . HflW-

f'vcr, I\\Ost or the 1me thel iouhle picture du rs nol add tot'lI! filt1l . The opiniun (mm Ihiswrit!' r I!> thai Ihe lit'heme will

Jlevcr work on ·a r l l l l ' ~ C i l \ C ba·~ i s . 11 's been done on :l limited

hasis in doze liS of film s prc

violl sly, 511('h :15 durin,! Lel e·pilon !! con\'l!l'sation:; . Tl1e tech·niqlle should remiiin on a lim·iled sca le.

As for the film ill the WcstwolXi ,.Wickc:ct Wh:ked" Lhe

plot 'is no t Olle. of A C ~ d e I l l Y Award variety, hut it is bettrrIh,m il \' e ra Ii! c. 1 1 1 ~ ad ing,Ihough 110t superb, is credila-

ble. \'ou 3 ~ ' rN'ognizp. a soopera sial' or two.The picm rc is about

SI ring or lfIu l'tlers ill a cl<lsCaliiornia hole1 wbich illvohan C'mploye or tfIe hotel.

' i c ~ i m : : ; are sexy. ;!lI raclblondes. Through mosl of tfilm \"o u wilL know the Idl1hul 111e t part of \ h ~ piduis the way II explains ltie rson 01 tile killer's moti\'e,yml tan SI\'\'\\'(' U:c urg:.n m

li ic l h r u c ~ h \ l U i I h e )ILtIU

Ih£'re\ a 1,!OOd chan tt> youenjoy the movie, though ildp.fil1ilely ~ o r y . DAVID DAILEY and l,'iffa

Bolling lead the acting. wl'1'('ognil;lblc llam('.> slidlErl B y r n ( ' ~ , Mlhur O'ConnDla lle McDain and RoBawcn, io ll hUlli liar TV atlo:tddc tf to the list ul perrocrs.

_ GAny W. STHAT'lUN



Tuoodoy, May 15, 1973·

THE MARQUEEBy Barbara Biaden .

Hollywood . always On the lookout for new gimmicks whengood writing and acting would suffice to brine the public intomovie houses , has taken a mediocre melodrama horror storyand Cllt i t up for double screen image with " Wicked , Wicked,"

currently playing on the Peninsula. .It. works to keep your mind off the mindlessness of the

script until the novolty wears off . As a technique. it ha'pcssibillUes not developed by Richard L. Bore who produceddirected and wrote the story for D u o ~ V o n .

Nol meanllo be lakea seriously. lhe grolesquely sadlsllMId explicitly macabre Grand Guignol thriller has repulsiv

scenes of dismembered bodies u n s u ~ e s s f u l l y sewn tOlether 5that arms"and heads Iall €Iff as double shockers. .

The split vision effect worts as a flash forward andf l a ~ c k with one side of the screen always silent so as not toputt too much strain on the audience's perception. Today 'aud iences have the point brfore it 's even slated so this lim

mick might yet be de\'eloped into a sophisticated and.effectiv

cinematic technique. .In the horror film genre , " Wicked. Wicked" is traditionl 1 ~ ' gory and suspenseful with a thin plot about a psychoti

killer n d ~ ' Roberts) who has a lurid attrac tion fo r blonde



,,'hl! Ceot JlI.,ldl GueUe! "hun., MIiJ' 14, ',13. 2]

"Wicked, Wicked" Has

Debut of Duo· Vision"Wic/wtf, W/c/wd", williDel vic! lJalloy, 'rlffa/ly L l o U ~ 1111: (Iud Jason Hob(!rtll. ARlclwrd L. Ban.! lJrouw.;L/O/lfe/eused by MGM. At Ow

SW/,l(! 4 L/ll?uter.HollyWood 'ratftl!j': PC -

PUfctltej/ guJdcliwc l I u g g e 8 t ~ cd.

DY Douglu5 Beach

Remember how the moviesnlways used 10 split the);CL'(!Cn to slLow both ends o[ aIclcphollc convcrsaU,oll" MGMhus now taken that Idea,tossed out the telephune anddubbed the Innovation Duo

Vision.The fechnique Is introducedIn " W i c k ~ d , Wicked", a l'sy.cho·Uke tale abo", tbe myslerlliuS disappcmrance of youngblonde WOOlen rrom a resorthotel. .

While the split-screen ideaIsn'l entirely new, WrlterPl'nducer-Director RichardBare dQCS put it 10 some in

feellllg Ibat a "reat dilll If I._formaU4IR is beilill lIlH!lried intoI l Pihort Ume, ultd tll it I I •

Jf@Od .lgD In Bny film.

Tn the Blmultaneous ilctlo.u

und. chuse scenes, Duo-VI!!llongets lower marks.· Here It6 CC l l S more CQllventionaltechniques could hllvc glvcnjusl I.lS dellr u pielure of thetlcUon and done more to

. creute SUSPense.

'l'he Story

Anolilcr tblng Duo-Visionobviously eannol do is tUrn al ' u l l o ( ) r · l h ~ - m i l l story into ag r ~ . a t mOVie, and l<Wicked,WlckL:d" is II decidedly run-of

the-lnilistury.The Him's most frlgbtening

momcnt comes' atthc' verybeglnning when a p r e t tyblonde checks into the botel onone s j ~ e of the screen whilethe kUler examineS and begins sharpening an ugly collection of knives Qn the other.

From that point on, the plot



•

Statesville

Record and

LandmarkTHE COL 0 R F U L W 0 R L D 0 F ENTERT A I NMEN T

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S a t u r d a y , May 26,1973

TWO SEPARATE ACTION sequences are shown on the screen at the same time

through a unique motion picture projection process called Duo-Vision and intro-duced in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mystery, "Wicked, Wicked," The innovatiscreen process was two years in development.

Innovative Process Utilized In 'Wicked, Wicked'

Duo-Vision Bringing New Image To Movies

TIFFANY BOLLING and David Bailey playa divorced cou ··pie whose love is rekindled amid a murder and Intrigue' in thenew film, "Wicked, Wicked."

An innovative screen p r o c e ~ . two years in development. has

. been perfected and utilized for thefirst time in the United Nationalpicture. "Wicked. Wicked." forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer release

starring David Bailey. Tiffany Bolling and Madeleine Sherwood.

The radical technique. namedt i u o ~ V i s i o n and created by thefilm's wr-iter-director-producerRichard L. Bare, involves the useof dual screens in an overall aspect

ratio of 2.65 to 1 with two contemporaneous frames projected sideby side from a single 35mm film.

No modification of projectionequipment i ~ necessary and anytheater equipped with anamorphiclenses and a wide screen can exhibit films produced in Duo-Vision.

Although split screen sequencesand multiple images have beenseen in the . past, this is the firsttime that an entire screenplay hasbeen d(lsigned for parallel images.

Used primarily for the depiction. of simultaneous parallel action, theprocess len$ itself to the 'delineation of cause and effect, the truthand the untruth, ' flashbacks in

time, v'isions of the future - without the abrupt interruption of thestory's main continuity. .

The audience is allowed to viewsimultaneously the protagonist andthe antagonist, the chaser and the

chased, no matter what physical• .. ,. I "

distance lies between them.Dual images can portray the

vital elements of the drama

exactly as they are happening andas they relate to one another. Theycan, with caustic candor, show asituation the way a character believes i t to be and the way it reallyis .

In the natural limitations of timeand space 'are hurdled effectively

. and dynamically. .

"This new dual screen form is amind-blower." says creator Bare."You can say' goodbye to the' oldcliche 'Meanwhile. back at theranch .. •

Bare goes on to point out thatonly in a film {or perhaps tlie theater) can a storyteller offer with anysemblance of order -bilateral action. A novelist would create an'unnecessary burden .on the readerwere he to attempt to .depict actionand events occurring simultane- ' .ously. He can only do so sequentially.

. "I picked 'Wicked. Wicked' for

the introduction for two reasons."says Bare. "I t is a suspense dramaof the psycho-killer genre and the 'entife action is laid in an ancientseaside resort hotel. Naturally. Ipicked the Hotel Del Coronado inSan Diego for our locations. Theplot and the setting combinedbeautifully to make our dual

screens work."When asked if the two pictur

side by side would ' tend to be cofusing, Bare had this to say : "Ykidding? Today's audiences amade up of kids who have bebrought up on doing their homwork in front of the ~ e l e v i s i o n set

Actually, the technique as it hbeen applied to "Wicked, Wickeinvolves an active screen and

. passive screen - dialogue froonly one screen at a time whsilent footage unreels on the othscreen, but . always _ scen

that bear a relationship to oanother. For instance; as Ric(David Bailey) searches for Json's (Randy Hoberts) secret hidaway on the left-screen, the audence sees him on the right screesitting. immobile in his a t tsharpening a lethal looking knif

Whim Rick's s ~ e n e e n d s . Jasputs the book down, r ~ s e s and exiAs I)e stalks Lisa's (Tiffany Boing) room ~ m the left screen. we sher quitely.getting ready for bon the right screen, unaware of h

.danger.

The 'dynamics .of the drama a

intensified as the audience bcomes omnipotent in its comprhension of the t h r e e - p h a ~ e d actioFlashbacks in the old sense ajust that: old, since the forwamainstream of the story remaiunhindered.



Thursday Evenin9, June 28, 1973 -LUBBOCK AVAlANCHE.JOURNAL-A.3

'Wicked, Wicked' For Horror, ComedBy .L}:O:\' ,l-'LJ-: lJJ:'!o' (; ,S1'JI 't 1101(':' POPP:l!" jtl and (ltd "(I "Irick(>d. Iri.;:k(>d" i$ ( j f m ~ m ~ ' deodorant :.t'itC'!'dar 3n

A\'?l.:lBl·bt! •,uuroul SI;.af[ lS('crct tunne!s "s he bumps oU in a proffSS .,'oich :\l·G·)l caUs!may not todn),:'Despite the- fac t that t h ~ y u s c j o u ~ blond hHCi'ts. , "Duo-Vision," \rhich is s i m p ~ . \ · ! Tiffany HomO:;: l:s the Jove

seem to a w ~ had ITGUble mcid .! :-.tlXl'!t E IU":thniog ,," uld j ~ sptit-scrcen tt"C'hniqut'. T ! l ~ t c r e s i whn w i . ; I ~ · . ~ s ~ h c d nin g whethe r t1> ('(.Ime Uj) wi1h:J Ah. hut. his capers don' \. ('nd device can he d:!\cont'('r:in;:: ~ t l on lhClt I)tond wi:!, and

camp c o d ~ ' m' a ~ T U C S ( l C ' I ' lim :::':; , like- t ry:n:: 10 watch IW J!dcll·ior Shrr\\"ood is appeali]i t ti(' horror mo\·ic. the l l l a k ~ N • ( : i r c ~ r i n ~ s m u \ t n n c o u . o ; . l y . ls: rott!'squf' itS a down·and-vf ··Wkkcd . Wi cked" oonelhe--I a .J : lIowe\'Cr. th t! l(>chniqllc q ~ f ( > r \\ilO Ih'{'s on YC-n: p rless hin:c m:t:'la:.:cd to tu:-n ot.:t , R ' IcUcctin' in ~ ! : t h t J a c : " scql!' n o u ~ credit at th(' h O I ~ 1 . an c n t c r t : . J i n i n ~ film. , eVle\V j(>Ol'CS, o,r whh-h the-re ::Ire- 1 \ ~ \ " ( ' · ' W i c ~ ( ' ( I . Wi c-kCf:l" ~ h f ) ~ l d

Comedy. WIt black hul n ratll- Ial. and Ul allo',\ Ing the : l U d l r n : e \ ~ e ( ' n WII.h. t ~ " " l : . : u ~ m ~ h c c , ; : . N dark ~ r a y . i., th('- ff"uh. Ithe rc-. Xcxt '\,.. s('(' hill) m h : i n ~ q t o ~ w a ~ c , not o ~ l Y thc c x ~ m ~ ~ : I ~ spmt III whlrh It \ \ ~ ! t ~ . h 'r oo , '-'Il -It· d ' cmb'lImin'" !b'd the dn sta rdlY l less \lctim as she u n c o n ( : ( r n ~ 1 a,ct! ..., PS}C op.t Inc "I er t <In ~ I • ... ..... Iv ~ o c s about her busines.!i. but The film 1.<:: ('j:ls!':iH ..~ PC .

R oberts) .stnlb ; l spr3w )in,;:, pu rpo!=.c or wllIch WIll not be

l:1 h ' "r', " ld" kill ., __ _______ _ _ _

. Irc\'('alcd herC" a SO t (" Knl I.: \ \ 1(.'. m,:: cr a I,.! ' l - o f . t c - - ( , c l ' l l l ~ I ' y seasld-:- ct·... ·

1

. h" " n h he creeps nl,.a rC\' neare r elc' - ' II t I !O smacks of " T h ~ 4 an ,I ' . ' . ' I

om Of The OJ.k.' r<I ," then you. :-c Then' . art; .some, r l l r r ; ~ I O ! l ' r i ~ h t . From tim<: to ti'i"tC we faces 1Il 1 1 ~ cast. A>lh,:!r

iSce nn old crOlle si Wn; at i 1 . ! ? ' C o n n ~ 1 I ~ ' - I t c ~ t t ~ r ? y , ~ ~ ; 'multi.wnk orRil;], pla,ring Wilh 'lsmall

r o h ~ , ~ ~ ( ! Edd.

h " ~ .. 1sinister enlhusiOlsm till' ori5:;L'l ;11 Ryrnc-s oC I, Suru;et. Strip !

mU!'iic from a n Nth ' "('!Sian or Came, . . 'I" Phantom .. - Da\, ld Bailey lllarS the holel

• - ' . d c t e ~ t i \ · c - wh,:, r;""\au:-, bags th e '; .o\nd I f a CC'!'lal l show('r s ~ n e killer , 1C the nllme isn' t rami!-!,\a nd the ri l m'z· conclusion )OO!< ' iar , perhaps UlC face-OJ' 1hir familiar, just n'member .' .hiS is lll<tiry c h C ' S t - i . ~ . Hc's t h ~ man in

~ a mo,·ic a b o ~ ~ ::..:p.s::;!lO. · the ad who san. "I didn't I H ~ 1



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DUO-Y'SION••1WO MOYI.S 'OR Til. "Ille. 0 ' ONI

"<;t

""oj..o

By BOB THOMAS

lIoUn\'Ood)Ioyic tlit':1.tt.TS ha\ ' t) t)(fl'rl!d

~ \ ' t ' r \ " l t u n g frum ~ h r t " t ' diIllen-~ i t ) f l $ "to 'rraVarl)!.md $Cr€'1?1l3.

auJ H ~ \ . ' C I l ; C U \ i1..t1 n v U i ~ l l ~ new could b l ~ added, :\owc o m ~ s a m t ) \ " i ~ wil.h l . W ~ l itn

agt"s sidt:' by ~ i d t ' . I t ' s t ~ l h ' d ' \ \ " i I : ~ t : ' J . Wkked." " rod Ihealer l f < ) n ~ , · .;t ' l •. ~ t ~ ; - , - •.•." " " " " ; ~ ' " fn rt t ~ t ' pn l'e \11 vilt'.

, Tbe del'icc is tbe idea ofRichard Barf". n ."te-Tan of features and lel,,'i5ion - he di rected 173 episodes 01 "GreenAcres.'· He told about his inspirdtion:

"1 was: driylng i w m ~ from

Xewport one day- aiter sailingID \' yacht. _\3 I £ l a n ( ~ u f rm)1un-e Side oi the h ~ ~ e w a \ " lv ll h:other. 1 noticed how 1 ~ ' ; mindwas 'rakmg a p i t . : ~ u r ~ v\·t,.·rhere, then ~ m o t h l ' r o':t;;r ~ r e . Wltv not t €'ll a film $lul\ ' wii h"two simu1"iOilleOi.!5 i m a g ~ s ' !

:'1 phtYt'd around with the

idea for two " cars beforeputting anything on paper .'Illl..'!] I decided to try the d { ) u ~ vic t e c l m i q u ~ wilh a psycho d.rJ.m3., ! 'J'. ..!l?d. 'Tht"~ q u i n - e l . ~ " .

Bare pro<iueed his script, d!'signing tht- atrian with ('arcfulbalance b ~ t " e ~ n Ihe 1wos c r e ~ n s . He reatized tbat tbeyit'wf"r ("ould not absorb e n ~ D t s a . ~ t1i.J.lilJ.,'l.;t\ un out .. :">lTt't'II'"

at ont:c. So at most limes thne\\-as i,ln "a rlh 'c" sidc.,- whereimportant things were 'happening. and a p a s s i v e ' ~ s i d e ~ \\hrre ( h ~ al"lion and dialugue

"t're limill-d_'The a(:lh:m i:; : ; i n u l ! a n ~ o u s .

t'Xl."tlpt in SOInI.! scenes where I~ r ) b a ( " ~ in tirne to inuw lies \"5_

~ r u ' , i l ' - ' :--.. \ . ~ i . 1 Ban.'. " r \ l [ fn :-:t;I n .. C'. I ha\'c an old lad\" re< !lUntin( how g r ~ ' 1 d l ' : ~ h e · nnn.':I\··:d: on he other ~ ~ c r ( ' e n Wi!

~ - e e that she ilad reallY b t . ~ n a) t . k ~ r . .,

Four or five times ( i l J r ; n ~ I h t ~ !;t:lipt, Bare made tl;l' a ~ · ! l o n iuU-:->t:reen Ufor shol.:k ralut'."Bare shm\"ed, lhc Sc.Tlpr.

which concerns mUl:u{'r ili an":,'ort llntpl. tn hi=-- io rnw r IN:':

at Warner · B n : n h l r s . WiHi;i1H

T. 00'. They iurml.'t!. :i t:'H:lpa-

m' and took the D1',, :(.'\·' : . '

).iUll. Wilhin -tS ! i " ~ l r : ) :b ·y

had a go-ahead.

"Wicked. Wicked" \I"'filmed in 48 days :H (he lI'lH'r-abJr- IIDtrJ 1),.J Coranalio ;1(':1 rSail Diego_ Al'hough h .." " ~ h 3ctually sbootin.!! two t·omplc.,(t·

films. Bare was abjr to Kt>t'P

tbe budget unde-r SeLl miJlj'm .He figures Ihe COSI .and :-;h ..,t-

i n ~ lime was abuut 50 per ~ r n t n H ~ e thao the" wouJd ban'

Iwen for a Dormal film.

"Tile real work began in lhe\"utting rOQm," said the d j r e ~ · : . )f . " tt u,:;ually takes six w.eek.!:i I

't l l>U lt a IIluvit! ; Utis ulit! &; ::;0

k i t ! g 16. I a1'w had to shoot: l . t ~ J O more feet of film in onit'c

:.) i iU a yo id on O!le oi t h ~ ; , , · r ( . ~ t : ' n s . : l

\\"Il,'ll Bare finishes the side-' : " • IU t l U<... . . . . .

\\"IH uc combined on l i I g k :-:-lrip$. :·Wickt...>f.l, Wicked" will

h ~ fini shed and ready for 1'1..'.

h·.lsc Ilext spring.

J:, thl.! tluo·yision proCl:'s i ! l ~ i . ; ~ onc·shot stunt?

l':x('cutire producilr Orr,11)t.'S:!"t think so: "1 belir\"(' lh,,

',J";:1 l',m be applil'u to !lIhH

:-.hll1t.S, U U'w nght t lm's .;:..tll ik:·,uaHi. What "ou need is ::;011)(,-

1 1 l 1 l 1 ~ hkc ' D ~ l \ ' ui the J 6 . o . I r , Ii ·.\'ll kh two or more plU ts a f t'

I ) ! n g on at the same time.

·'Sur<\ ~ r ~ a siullf. hunt't'tI stulH ..: t ~ . . l gt'l P ( , l t p l t ~ (~ h c h o u s ~ ~ r . t . l awi.JY iromI ) l t l t : k b u ~ t t ' r fIlms l I u l ::'Jf I 'I '1 1 e • ('oJ;: tlh'Y , ' ;11) :-I

TI": '



I • w.. . . . 'rl.1W .2-EN Sun., April 22, 1973

KILLER RANDOLPH ROBERTS STALKS TIFFANY BOLLING IN THE NEW SPUT-SCREEN "DUO-VISION' FEATURE 'WICKED, WICKE

: .................................................. ALAMEDAN O",RS DUO-VISION: Arts Management Associates & USF Special Events : By ROBERT TAYLOR Bare moved to the Eastbay with two cameras at one timIt- PRESENTS : with his family when he was a to avoid some of those timin: • ,... Tribune Drama Writer teen-ager. He graduated from troubles," Bare said.

~ Joy of Cooking: b ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ b : ; n c ~ ~ , ~ , a ~ : ~ : ; r ~ ~ m ~ : : t ~ d g ! o : ~ ~ : 1 :n ~ : ~ ~ Editing was another head;;: *** ,.. Richard Bare asked the crit- land film lab scrubbing out ache. Bare used a double-hea

i i : ~ T ~ : : e . w ~ ~ , t e j ; t n : h ~ ~ t ~ ! E f a ; } ~ : J : e ~ i ~ ~ \ ~ : ~ : t : ; i ~ i i ~ ~ : r ~ ! ~ ! U ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ! c::;E!... ** ... h " with six weeks for the averag: * Butch Whacks & he jt: r a ~ ~ r ~ ' s idea is hardly revolu- ~ e b ~ ~ ~ ~ S ~ . ~ ' tu direct seven picture."

* GLASS PACKS ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s ~ b ~ : ; ! s ~ ~ : J : V ~ I ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ a ! ~ ~ : ~ ~ , ~ " i n ~ ~ ~ \ ~ g ' i e l ~ ~ i B a ~ ~ t i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; f a ~ ; : ! ~ o a ~ ~: d & : a novel storytelling device Breed" and "Return of the lease the movie as two sepa: *** G4 eon * which is being heavily pro- Frontiersman." He was noml- rate films, to be shown by (11,.. " POWER It- moted by Melro-Goldwyn-May- nated three times for Aeade- interlocked projectors on*' ... er IDi 'Ja new film experience." mv Awards for urod.uction and wide thea ter screen.* * Tickets: $3.50 It- It's called "duo,vision," but direction of short SUbjects.~ . I 5 U C k I : It's not at all like the three- "1 got the Idea lor duo-vision;j: A Ticketron & Maey Box Offices. A_ . . • Ber e ey It- dimensional process which one day when I was drivingIt- S.F. Ticket Center (956-6740 ), U.S_F. Center (752-1000 x 510) * was introduced in the 19505 down the highway from New-,.. It- and recently revived for sex port to Los Angeles, looking at

,.. May 4 1973 - a·oo pm ~ mms. the white line," Bare ex-* , • jt: Duo-vision Is closer to the plained_~ _ University of 5an Francisco - It- split·screen technique used to "I had a script ,thad written,.. Memorial Gymnasium It- show more than one action at called 'The Squirrel' which had* It- a time In such films as ''The been on the market but hadn't

,..++_+_*_******************************************* Boston Sirangler" and "Tbe sold, so I just cut it up andThomas Crown Affalr_" patched sceneS together here

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Since those mOVies, howev- and there to make two paralleler, the device has practically scripts.dropped from sight, except for "Twentieth Century-Foxmovie credits and television turned it down because theysports shows.

What makes Bare's duo-vi-sion unique is that the screenis split down the middle foralmost the entire length of themovie. It's like watching twoseparate films, although bothcover the same story.

It's more confusing to describe than it is to watCh, forBare has been careful to uselIlalogut On only one side orthe screen at a time. The otherside, wllet.er en the left or theright, gives another view or

the story, or a flashback orflash-forward.

The first duo-vision feature,HWicked, Wicked," is one ofthose killer on the loose melodramas. It gives Bare ampleopportunity to show the murderer creeping up on one Sideof the screen whUe the unsuspecting victim undresses forbed on the other side.

Scheduled to open in theEastbay within a few weeks,"WICked, Wicked" stars whatMGM calls "a blend of newcomers and familiar faces,"includmg Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts. Ed; "Kookie"Byrnes, Diane McBain, ScottBrady and David Bailey.

lare Is als. a familiar lace,but behind the camera ratherIhan In front of It. Aveleran ofmote Ihan 3t television series,lie dIrected six yeats - that's• 10t.1 or U8 episodes-of

thought it would be too confusing_ But I rationalized it thisway - kids today have grownup doing their homework whilewatching TV, why couldn'tthey foliow the action on twoscreens?"It took Bare only 48 hours to

sell the idea to MGM, alwayson the lookout for an exploitable product. Then the 1V0rkbegan.

"My first preblem was IInding a typewriter with a carriage wide enough 10. lake alegal-site piece of paper sideways, so I could type paraUelseripts, I Bare said. "Then. Ihad to find a duplicating machine Ihat would do the same

thing."The major production prob

lem was in timing parallelscenes so one side of thescreen would not go blankwhile the story continued on

lIut they decided that a single piece .f film would gilthem a larger market, so the. qtIeezed belli Images ORto 3

mm_ A leR! Uke the one usclor Cinemasupe s t r e l c h e ~ thImages I. lbelr full width, wit.. . aspect ratio of U5:J. Thamean. lIIe tolal plclure isDUIe men tha. two and a ha

times as wille as it is high

"I call one the active sereeand one the passive screenIt's a storytelling del'lce rather than a technical development. We're telling one multple-character story, hut therecounterpoint going on - \'

sions of the future or remembrances of the past."

Without the double-screedevice, "Wicked. WIckedmight be just another bloodmurder story with run-of-themill stabbings. and decapltatior.s in a spooky old r12sorhotel setting. But Bare believe8 he's given it a touch ohumor.

"It's high camp," he said''Nobody can take it seliousl),We call it hal! 'Grand Hoteland half grand gUIgnol."

Grand Funk

NEW YORK (AP)-GrandFunk Railroad, a rock InO, haspresented a check for $40.000to Phoenix House, a drug rellabihtation treatment program.

The check represents thegroup's earnings from two recent New York concerts and (

recent TV special. The don,tion was one 01 the 10 largestever received by PhoeniX

House and the largest ererreceived Irom a rock grollp.The members 01 the gronp.

Mark Farner Don Brewer andMel Schacher; have taken pllblie stands' against hard drugs

Documents

Wicked, Wicked (1973) Press Kit