Chicago American, Friday, June 8, 1962, p. 25, c. 5:
DOROTHY MANNERS
Ingrid Bergman will get first chance at the role of a Swedish movie actress in Irving Wallace's "The Prize," all about the Nobel prize awards. I'm half-way thru the book and it's a spellbinder.
I'd also heard Cary Grant is a possibility, but where Cary fits in I wouldn't know. Not unless a character is changed or rewritten.
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DOROTHY MANNERS
Ingrid Bergman will get first chance at the role of a Swedish movie actress in Irving Wallace's "The Prize," all about the Nobel prize awards. I'm half-way thru the book and it's a spellbinder.
I'd also heard Cary Grant is a possibility, but where Cary fits in I wouldn't know. Not unless a character is changed or rewritten.
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Chicago Tribune, Thursday, October 4, 1962:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Hollywood, Oct. 3---Pan Berman, who's producing "The Prize," has done no casting for the picture and won't until Ernest Lehman completes the script, but the star he hopes to get is Cary Grant. I asked if he would take some of the unpleasantness out of the story. "Yes," he said, "it will be more in the style of 'North by Northwest,' and will contain lots of comedy." He is, however, looking at some Swedish actresses on film. . . .
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Hollywood, Oct. 3---Pan Berman, who's producing "The Prize," has done no casting for the picture and won't until Ernest Lehman completes the script, but the star he hopes to get is Cary Grant. I asked if he would take some of the unpleasantness out of the story. "Yes," he said, "it will be more in the style of 'North by Northwest,' and will contain lots of comedy." He is, however, looking at some Swedish actresses on film. . . .
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Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1963, p. B2:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Elke Sommer, here to play opposite Paul Newman in "The Prize," stopped off in New York to see "The Ugly American premiere with George Hamilton. If she wows the public like she has some of the press boys, she'll be the biggest thing around. One, who's known 'em all, says he never saw anything like German-born Elke, who learned English as a mother's helper in England for seven months. She speaks five languages fluently; has done pictures in Italy, France, and Germany; and got her big break in "The Victors." She found her way into pictures during a bus trip in Italy with her mother. They stopped in the small town of Vareggio, went to dinner at a cafe where an unknown gentleman asked her to dance. That got her the title of "Miss Vareggi" and into four Italian pictures.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Elke Sommer, here to play opposite Paul Newman in "The Prize," stopped off in New York to see "The Ugly American premiere with George Hamilton. If she wows the public like she has some of the press boys, she'll be the biggest thing around. One, who's known 'em all, says he never saw anything like German-born Elke, who learned English as a mother's helper in England for seven months. She speaks five languages fluently; has done pictures in Italy, France, and Germany; and got her big break in "The Victors." She found her way into pictures during a bus trip in Italy with her mother. They stopped in the small town of Vareggio, went to dinner at a cafe where an unknown gentleman asked her to dance. That got her the title of "Miss Vareggi" and into four Italian pictures.
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Chicago Tribune, Dec. 9, 1963, p. B21:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Until I saw "The Prize," I had no idea Stockhom, Sweden, was so fascinating. I wasn't a fan of Irving Wallace's book. It seemed as if the author was trying to destroy one more of our sacred institutions. The sting of the novel has been taken out of the screen version. It's controversial but in a milder way. There are so many characters that as the story jumps from one to the other, you get confused. Paul Newman is excellent; so is newcomer Elke Sommer, as sexy a bit as we've had on screen in a long time. And it gives Diane Baker the best part she's ever had.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Until I saw "The Prize," I had no idea Stockhom, Sweden, was so fascinating. I wasn't a fan of Irving Wallace's book. It seemed as if the author was trying to destroy one more of our sacred institutions. The sting of the novel has been taken out of the screen version. It's controversial but in a milder way. There are so many characters that as the story jumps from one to the other, you get confused. Paul Newman is excellent; so is newcomer Elke Sommer, as sexy a bit as we've had on screen in a long time. And it gives Diane Baker the best part she's ever had.
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Chicago Tribune, May 30, 1963, p. C8:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Elke Sommer's mother arrives from Berlin this week-end and M-G-M's breathing easier. They didn't like the idea of their girl living alone in that big house. mama is good company and a wonderful cook, but Elke takes care of her.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Elke Sommer's mother arrives from Berlin this week-end and M-G-M's breathing easier. They didn't like the idea of their girl living alone in that big house. mama is good company and a wonderful cook, but Elke takes care of her.
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Chicago Tribune, Saturday, February 23, 1963, s. 1, p. 11, c. 1:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Paul Newman back to Metro to star in "The Prize," Irving Wallace's best seller which will be made here with backgrounds shot in Stockholm. . . .
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Paul Newman back to Metro to star in "The Prize," Irving Wallace's best seller which will be made here with backgrounds shot in Stockholm. . . .
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ChicAgo Tribune, Saturday, July 14, 1962, s. 1, p. 12, c. 1:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
I hear tell that Pan Berman and Irving Wallace are well into the latter's story, "The Prize," for which MGM paid $350,000. I read the book, and in my opinion it's a picture we can do without. More than half of it is fiction, and if the movie follows the book it will tarnish and distort the ideals Mr. Nobel spent a lifetime trying to preserve. . . .
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
I hear tell that Pan Berman and Irving Wallace are well into the latter's story, "The Prize," for which MGM paid $350,000. I read the book, and in my opinion it's a picture we can do without. More than half of it is fiction, and if the movie follows the book it will tarnish and distort the ideals Mr. Nobel spent a lifetime trying to preserve. . . .
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Chicago Tribune, Friday, August 24, 1962, s. 3, p. 11, c. 2:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
. . . . Burt Lancaster is reading the movie script on Irving Wallace's "The Prize" while making a picture in Sicily. . . .
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
. . . . Burt Lancaster is reading the movie script on Irving Wallace's "The Prize" while making a picture in Sicily. . . .
Chicago Tribune, December 1, 1962:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
Test Romy Schneider for 'The Prize' Lead
by Hedda Hopper
Hollywood, Nov. 30---Nobody keeps a secret any better than Producer Pan Berman. He let none of us know that he flew Romy Schneider into Culver City to test for the leading lady in "The Prize," which I think is great casting.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
Test Romy Schneider for 'The Prize' Lead
by Hedda Hopper
Hollywood, Nov. 30---Nobody keeps a secret any better than Producer Pan Berman. He let none of us know that he flew Romy Schneider into Culver City to test for the leading lady in "The Prize," which I think is great casting.
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Chicago Tribune, December 1, 1962:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
That Irving Wallace book has been cleaned up considerably, because they're being permitted to shoot backgrounds in Stockholm right now outside the Grand hotel and the Nobel Insitutite, and have almost concluded arrangements to film the real prize winning ceremonies Dec. 10. The entire picture will be made in Stockholm and London--in Technicolor--at a cost of 4 million dollars. . . .
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
That Irving Wallace book has been cleaned up considerably, because they're being permitted to shoot backgrounds in Stockholm right now outside the Grand hotel and the Nobel Insitutite, and have almost concluded arrangements to film the real prize winning ceremonies Dec. 10. The entire picture will be made in Stockholm and London--in Technicolor--at a cost of 4 million dollars. . . .
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Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1962:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
. . . . Karl Boehm, trhe real star of "Brothers Grimm," gets another big role from Metro. He'll play a nuclear physicist in "The Prize," Irving Wallace's new novel about Nobel prize winners.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
. . . . Karl Boehm, trhe real star of "Brothers Grimm," gets another big role from Metro. He'll play a nuclear physicist in "The Prize," Irving Wallace's new novel about Nobel prize winners.
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The hit MGM movie, The Prize, opened in Chicago on Friday, January 17, 1964, at the Oriental theatre, Randolph near State (still standing, now live theatre): the ad reads---"Paul Newman in love, in danger in the bold new look in suspense-thrillers!"
Chicago Tribune, Saturday, July 27, 1963, s. 2, p. 15:
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Metro's head censor, Bob Vogel, canceled all office appointments for next week. He'll be glued to the set of "The Prize," armed with tranquilizers, I hope. Script calls for Paul Newman to wander into a Swedish nudist colony--and join 'em. A hundred extras [the call sheet says no wardrobe required] will be cavorting with their backs to the camera--all part of a big chase scene involving Newman and two villains.
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LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
by Hedda Hopper
Metro's head censor, Bob Vogel, canceled all office appointments for next week. He'll be glued to the set of "The Prize," armed with tranquilizers, I hope. Script calls for Paul Newman to wander into a Swedish nudist colony--and join 'em. A hundred extras [the call sheet says no wardrobe required] will be cavorting with their backs to the camera--all part of a big chase scene involving Newman and two villains.
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The hit MGM motion picture, The Prize, had its New York opening at the Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, January 23, 1964. It played several weeks.
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- How long is The Prize?2 hours and 14 minutes
- When was The Prize released?December 25, 1963
- What is the IMDb rating of The Prize?6.8 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in The Prize?Andrew Craig, Dr. Max Stratman, Inger Lisa Andersson, Emily Stratman, Count Bertil Jacobsson, and Reporter at Awards Announcement
- What is the plot of The Prize?As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.
- How much did The Prize earn at the US box office?$7.7 million
- What is The Prize rated?TV-PG
- What genre is The Prize?Crime Drama, Crime, Drama, Mystery, and Thriller
- How many awards has The Prize won?1 award
- How many awards has The Prize been nominated for?2 nominations
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