Confession of a FILM FOX
Frankenstein is here to stay... for a while. Horror shows are making a comeback. Why shouldn’t someone else rake in some of the loot that is making The Exorcist’s money belt swell. Paul Morrissey, who has long made films for Andy Warhol (Flesh, Heat, Trash), is currently making horror films in Italy.
Confession of a FILM FOX
Frankenstein is here to stay... for a while. Horror shows are making a comeback. Why shouldn’t someone else rake in some of the loot that is making The Exorcist’s money belt swell. Paul Morrissey, who has long made films for Andy Warhol (Flesh, Heat, Trash), is currently making horror films in Italy. His first two are tagged: Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein (starring Joe D’Allesandro). Paul is a little worried how his interpretation of the timeworn tales will be taken. You see, he allowed Dracula to move around in the daylight, something no classic vampire would do for fear of disintegration. No, Paul wasn’t just being avant-garde, he just had enough time for night shots, so it was necessary to alter the story. .. Another version of Dr. Frank will be made by Twentieth Centruy Fox, Young Frankenstein. The lead will be played by Peter Boyle with Marty Feldman and Cloris Leachman coscarring. . . Ever wonder where Haley' Mills is these days? You can find her in court. She has just been ordered to pay $110,000 on the money she earned as a child star. . . Bob Dylan, after cleaning up to the tune of 5 mil on his recent concert tour, turned down an offer from an independent film company for the film rights of the tour. His answer was that he didn’t want to be “overexploited”... For two solid years those working behind the scenes for Sonny and Cher have been trying to line up a Vogue cover story for Cher. Finally, they wangled it. Vogue sent their crew of snap photographers to California to do the layout. Trouble was, the party of the first part didn’t show up. Seems Cher had a date. .. Otto Preminger and son are in Europe scouting for a location in Europie for their new movie Rosebud. It’s described as a suspense thriller about the kidnapping (ala Patricia Hearst) of five beautiful daughters of wealthy families by terrorists. You know, Citizen Kane snatches the girls from The Group... “Why take the real thing when you can have the imitation.” It seems neither Dustin Hoffman nor director Bob Fosse wanted anybody to look like the real thing in Lenny. For instance, they were having trouble finding someone to play the Milton Berle part even tho Milton was available. They didn’t want Milton because he IS Milton. Get it?.. . Ex-Exorcists. Linda Blair has now been paged for the feature One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Linda’s “mom,” Ellen Burstyn, will star with Kris Kristofferson and Harvey Keitel in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (he lives on 77th Street). Martin (Mean Streets) Scorsese will direct... Motown is cancelling all of Diana Ross’s personal appearances for the time being to quick start her new film Mahoganny Rush; she plays a Canuck who’s the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix. . .Beauty and the Beatty. Warren Beatty is huddling with Columbia to finance his next picture, Shampoo. It will be his first producing effort since Bonnie and Clyde. It’s about a Beverly Hills hairdresser whose clients get more than tonsorial attention (go look that up in your Webster’s). It’ll star Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn. . . Did you know that Redd Foxx owns a line of record stores called Target Records?.. . Eva Gabor has two juicy parts coming up. One is the voice of Minnie Mouse in an upcoming special, and the second is a rich lesbian in Jacqueline Susann’s Once is Not Enough.. . We heard Charlie Chaplin is fuming because some of his pictures are on double bills with X-rated films. Modern Times playing opposite Behind the Green Door... The film that was made by and about ELP is being currently bid on by American TV for a one hour time slot this Spring... Gunsgunsguns. Bond is back as Man With the Golden Gun. Roger Moore will repeat as 007. .. Dino Martin, Dean’s kid, has been nabbed by the feds and ordered to appear on trial for the illegal possession and transference of firearms. .. Clint Eastwood has a fabulous gun collection, too. Richard Boone offered hint six figures for it, but no sale. The Feds don’t mess none with Dirty Harry. .. Don’t mess with me, either, cuz I’ve always got the last word, and here it is. &
