Bunny Lake Is Missing (Columbia Pictures) (1965)

t= + ———_— ~~ LAURENCE OLIVIER Today it is considered a feat indeed to lure Laurence Olivier away from the theatre to play a film role: a feat which producer-director Otto Preminger achieved when he signed Olivier to play a Scotland Yard inspector in a Londonbased thriller, "Bunny Lake is Missing," the Columbia release at the ....... Theatre in Panavision. "Bunny Lake is Missing” also stars Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson. A decade ago, Olivier was one of the world's most successful film makers, winner of Academy Awards in his capacities as producer, director and star of "Henry V"'. He went on to scoop up Oscars and other international awards for his "Hamlet" and "Richard III." During one of his rare interviews, while. on location for "Bunny Lake is Missing,” Olivier discussed the path that had taken him to the top in film-making and then led him back to his first love—the theatre. "It's not really true that I've gone back to the theatre," he said. "It has always been my real home. But let me explain; | was holidaying in France when | got a cable from William Wyler asking me to go to Hollywood to play Heathcliff in ‘Wuthering Heights.’ It was working with Wyler that first convinced me the cinema could be an art medium. At that time, my mind was running on Shakespeare and, much as | admired Wyler's skill and wisdom as a film craftsman, | still told him it would be impossible for anyone to do justice to Shakespeare on the screen. "You can do anything in this medium,’ he said, 'You've just got to be clever enough to find out how, that's all.’ "About five years later, when the opportunity came to direct and produce and act in ‘Henry V,' | thought of all Wyler and | had discussed and became fired with the challenge. "| had a wonderful time making films and | shall always think the experience invaluable to me, but I think it is all right to hope | have been of more use to my profession by sticking to the theatre. "As far as the future is concerned, | hope I'll always have the opportunity to accept the refreshing challenge that comes from tackling a screen role such as Inspector Newhouse in ‘Bunny Lake is Missing.’ This was only made possible after Otto Preminger altered his shooting schedule to concur with my full-time activities with the National British Theatre.” "Bunny Lake is Missing’ was produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by John and Penelope Mortimer, based on the suspense novel by Evelyn Piper. The music is by Paul Glass and the production also stars Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Clive Revill, Lucie Mannheim, Finlay Currie and The Zombies. PLAYS A SLEUTH Laurence Olivier stars with Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson in Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake is Missing," at the anaes Theatre in Panavision. Olivier returns to the screen after a long absence, having devoted himself exclusively to the National British Theatre during the last years. His role in the Preminger film, is a new one for the star, who numbers among his outstanding pictures ‘'Spartacus," "Hamlet," "Richard the Third,’ "Henry the Fifth" and "Wuthering Heights.” As a Scotland Yard inspector, Laurence Olivier interviews Carol Lynley in the Otto Preminger suspense drama, “Bunny Lake is Missing," new Columbia Pictures release in Panavision. Also starred are Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson. The film is based on the novel by Evelyn Piper, and the screenplay was written by John and Penelope Mortimer. Otto Preminger produced and directed. Mat JA; Still No. 19 Mat IC; Still No. 111 Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea play two young Americans in London who become involved in a Scotland Yard investigation conducted by Laurence Olivier in Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake is Missing," which also stars Noel Coward as Wilson. The Columbia Pictures release is a suspense drama based on the novel by Evelyn Piper. CAROL LYNLEY Carol Lynley, just 23, has the chief feminine starring role in Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake is Missing," the Columbia Pictures release at the Theatre in Panavision. Her co-stars include Laurence Olivier, Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson, a redoubtable trio indeed! The actress began modeling and motion picture work when she was ten. She was a star on Broadway five years later, in the Graham Greene play, "The Pottery Shed.’ Two years later, Carol became the most-discussed young actress in New York, in the controversial ‘Blue Denim," for which she won the Theatre World award. In between, Broadway's "Cinderella Girl" appeared in slightly over one hundred live television shows, and on the covers of most existing magazines, as New York's top junior fashion model. The young actress's first motion picture role was in "The Light in the Forest," for Walt Disney. Her other films included "The Last Sunset,"’ in which she co-starred with Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson, "Blue Denim," "Holiday for Lovers," "Hound Dog Man," "Return to Peyton Place," "A Woman in July," ''The Cardinal,’ for Otto Preminger, "Under the Yum Yum Tree," and "The Pleasure Seekers." Carol Lynley likes working on the stage and on television when she's in New York, and in films and television when she's in California, or on location, They're interchangeable, as far as she's concerned. She feels that the most important catalyst in her selection of opportunities is the director first, and then the story. Her role as an American girl in London caught up in a Scotland Yard investigation is one almost any young star would have given anything to play, since in addition to its being another opportunity to be directed by Otto Preminger, the film provided Miss Lynley with a chance to play opposite such world-famous performers as Ollivier and Coward. "Bunny Lake is Missing" was produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by John and Penelope Mortimer, based on the suspense novel by Evelyn Piper. The music is by Paul Glass and the production was designed by Don Ashton. Denys Coop photographed the drama, which also stars Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Clive Revill, Lucie Mannheim, Finlay Currie and The Zombies. Noel Coward as Wilson is a garrulous, eccentric London landlord in Otto Preminger's new suspense drama, "Bunny Lake is Missing," with Carol Lynley as one of his tenants. Laurence Olivier and Keir Dullea also star in the Columbia Pictures release, in Panavision, with Martita Hunt, Anna Massey, Clive Revill, Lucie Mannheim, Finley Currie and The Zombies. Otto Preminger produced and directed. Mat ID; Still No. 44 OUTSTANDING CAST The supporting cast of Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake is Missing," the Columbia Pictures release in Panavision at the .... Theatre, provides one of the strongest reinforcements to a stellar cast shown in any film of recent seasons. Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson present a most unusual international group of leading players, but the roll-call in the "follow-up" parts shows a wide variety of dramatic talent. Martita Hunt, perhaps best remembered on Broadway for her extraordinary performance in "The Madwoman of Chaillot," is seen as the founder of a children's day school who becomes involved in a Scotland Yard investigation. Anna Massey, who recently scored a London stage hit in "The Right Honorable Gentleman," is the daughter of Raymond Massey and a star in her own right. Clive Revill, rated one of Britain's most rapidly emerging young talents, was a favorite of Broadway theatrical audiences in "Irma La Douce" and "Oliver." He appears in "Bunny Lake is Missing’ as the chief aide of Laurence Olivier, a Scotland Yard official. Michael Wynne, who attracted the attention of film audiences in an earlier Preminger picture, ''Exodus,'' is also a police sergeant in the suspense-drama. Finlay Currie, one of Scotland's most durable contributions to motion pictures, appears in "Bunny Lake is Missing" as the man whose unique background provides a dramatic clue advancing the solution of the story's baffling mystery. A leading German character actress, Lucie Mannheim, is cast as a cook and, in the scenes shot in London's 200-year-old St. Charles Hospital, where an actual casualty ward was used, Megs Jenkins is seen as the nurse in charge. The Zombies, one of England's most popular singing groups, appear in a sequence of ‘Bunny Lake is Missing” filmed just before the group made an immensely successful tour of the United States. "Bunny Lake is Missing’ was produced and directed by Otto Preminger from a screenplay by John and Penelope Mortimer, based on the best selling novel by Evelyn Piper. The music is by Paul Glass and the production was designed by Don Ashton. Denys Coop photographed the thriller. AY ET ERLE TRA IS SE A CLIVE REVILL Clive Revill, who captivated N. Y. theatregoers several years ago with his brilliant Broadway performances as the narrator in "Irma La Douce" and as Fagin in the long-run musical, "Oliver," makes his film debut in Otto Preminger's "Bunny Lake is Missing," the Columbia Pictures release in Panavision at the Theatre with Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea and Noel Coward as Wilson starred. Revill, born in New Zealand in 1930, went to London when he was 20, to train at the Old Vic School and the Ipswich Repertory Company, appearing several times on the London stage. He then went on to spend two seasons at Stratford Memorial Theatre, playing a diversity of Shakespearean roles. Revill was chosen to play the narrator in "Irma La Douce’ and, after its London debut, came to the U. S. for an eleven-month Broadway run and three months in Las Vegas. Page 9