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4 days ago · Death. Curtiz died from cancer on April 10, 1962, aged 75. At the time of his death, he was living alone in a small apartment in Sherman Oaks, California. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Legacy
May 4, 2024 · Hal B. Wallis, who produced nine of them, said, “A Presley picture is the only sure thing in Hollywood.” In 1961, Blue Hawaii was a typical example of the formulaic vehicle Presley was ...
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4 days ago · Martha Hyer (1924–2014), actress, widow of Hal B. Wallis; I. Wiard Ihnen (1897–1979), art director and production designer, husband of costume designer, Edith Head; Rex Ingram (1892–1950), Irish director; George Irving (1874–1961), actor; J
4 days ago · A finding of accidental death was reached. Highly distraught, Davis attempted to withdraw from her next film Mr. Skeffington (1944), but Jack Warner, who had halted production following Farnsworth's death, persuaded her to continue.
Apr 26, 2024 · Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, and Vic Morrow, and follows a nineteen-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women.
May 10, 2024 · These movies were commercial triumphs even though they received little critical praise and were frequently accused of having thin stories with cheesy musical padding. Nine of these projects were produced by the renowned producer Hal B. Wallis, who once said that an Elvis Presley movie was “the only sure thing in Hollywood.”
Apr 27, 2024 · On December 27, Presley received a 60-day deferment. Filming took place between January 20 and March 10, 1958, mostly at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, and on location in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, while the scene of the bayou was filmed at Lake Pontchartrain.
