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Maria Callas Was To Star In "The Guns Of Navarone"

25 April 2013 4:57 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

If not for a last minute change, legendary opera star Maria Callas would have been the female lead in The Guns of Navarone.

 

Opera superstar Maria Callas was set to make her movie debut in Carl Foreman’s iconic war film The Guns Of Navarone, according to a new book, The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone launched this weekend at the Bradford Widescreen Film Festival  (April 26-29) by Scottish film historian Brian Hannan.

The singer had scandalised the world by her affair with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who would later marry Jackie Kennedy, widow of assassinated president John F Kennedy. Callas was first choice for the role of the older female Greek partisan. Producer Carl Foreman promised ‘mucho love scenes’ with star Gregory Peck.

Commented Hannan, ‘At the time, Maria Callas was the most famous woman in the world, a fiery mixture of Princess Diana and Madonna, the »

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Coming Soon: "The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone" And "The Making Of Lawrence Of Arabia" By Brian Hannan

22 March 2013 3:27 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Here are two forthcoming books by author Brian Hannan that are sure to interest Cinema Retro readers:

The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone by Brian Hannan (published by Baroliant Press May 2013 £8.99)

History tells us The Guns Of Navarone was a huge critical and box office success. But for most of the filming and the run-up to release it didn’t look that way. Us producer Carl Foreman, a victim of the McCarty anti-communist witch-hunt of the early 1950s,  lost his scriptwriter (Eric Ambler), preferred cast (William Holden and Cary Grant), director (Alexander Mackendrick), two leading ladies and very nearly one the stars, David Niven who almost died during shooting. Actor Gregory Peck turned into a potential liability after the disastrous box office of Beloved Infidel. Calling on new research material, Brian Hannan takes a fresh look at an old favourite, creating a snapshot, movie-wise, of the period.

The Making »

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‘High Noon’, ‘Rio Bravo’, and the Blacklist

27 January 2013 8:06 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

High Noon and Rio Bravo share a fascinating and perhaps singular position in the annals of American cinema as companion pieces of social commentary that also managed to succeed as two of the greatest and most influential Westerns, and indeed films, of their time. Created seven years apart, with Rio Bravo intended as a direct rebuttal of High Noon, both films explore their creators’ personal philosophies in the context of the American West. Any number of topics are explored, from gender roles to pride and self-medication, but the most prominent is an examination of American ideology and politics, specifically McCarthyism and the blacklist.

High Noon, a film about a prominent, respected, and well-liked citizen’s disillusionment when his friends, one by one, refuse to stand with him against a strong, corrupt, and unyielding foe, can easily be viewed through the prism of the Red Scare. Even setting aside writer Carl Foreman »

- Kate Kulzick

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