The Right Approach
{{Short description|1961 film by David Butler}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Right Approach
| image = The Right Approach FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = David Butler
| based_on = {{based on|The Live Wire
1950 play|Garson Kanin}}
| screenplay = Fay Kanin
Michael Kanin
| producer = Oscar Brodney
| starring = Frankie Vaughan
Juliet Prowse
Martha Hyer
| music = Dominic Frontiere
| cinematography = Sam Leavitt
| editing = Tom McAdoo
| studio = 20th Century Fox
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = {{Film date|1961|05|17}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross =
}}
The Right Approach is a 1961 CinemaScope drama film directed by David Butler and starring Juliet Prowse, Frankie Vaughan (in his final film role) and Martha Hyer.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/88290/the-right-approach#credits|access-date=April 24, 2016|work=Turner Classic Movies|title=The Right Approach}}{{Cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/work/the-right-approach-107967|title = The Right Approach (1961) - David Butler | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}
It was known as The Live Wire.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190740403 |title=Snippets from Hollywood |newspaper=The Biz |issue=2844 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1960 |accessdate=21 November 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Plot
Army buddies return home to Pasadena, California, and convert a restaurant known as The Hut into a five-man bachelor pad.
One of them has a brother, Leo Mack, who will stop at nothing in his desire to succeed as an actor. Leo cons the guys out of clothes and money. He also conspires with a carhop, Ursula, who hopes to seduce one of the roommates. The young man happens to be from a wealthy family, so Ursula and Leo intend to split whatever they can get.
A magazine writer, Anne Perry, is romanced by Leo and persuaded to do an article about The Hut, which is mainly about him. Leo gets an agent and Hollywood offers, and seems on top of the world until a scorned Anne exposes him publicly for the cad he is, as does Ursula, who is pregnant with his child.
Cast
- Frankie Vaughan as Leo Mack
- Martha Hyer as Anne Perry
- Juliet Prowse as Ursula Poe
- Gary Crosby as Rip Hullet
- David McLean as Bill Sukolovic
- Jesse White as Brian Freer
- Jane Withers as Liz Fargo, Life Magazine photographer
- Rachel Stephens as Helen
- Steve Harris as Mitch Mack
- Paul von Schreiber as Granny
- Robert Casper as Horace Wetheridge Tobey III
Production
The film was based on Garson Kanin's play The Live Wire which debuted on Broadway in August 1950.{{Cite news|title=AT THE THEATRE|author=B. A.|date=Aug 18, 1950|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|111647104}}}}
Film rights were bought by 20th Century Fox who originally announced it as a vehicle for Elvis Presley once the latter got out of the army.{{Cite news|title=20th's 'live wire' will star presley|date=Aug 21, 1959|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167516043}}}}
The film was announced by Fox executive Bob Goldstein in September 1960.{{Cite news|author=Hopper, H.|title=20th busy with many films rolling.|date=Sep 12, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167738404}}}} It was turned into a star vehicle for Frankie Vaughan who had just made Let's Make Love for Fox.{{Cite news|author=Scott, J. L.|title=NIGHT LIFE SCENE|date=Oct 1, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167810321}}}}
The title was changed to No Right to Love.{{Cite news|author=Scheuer, P. K.|title=Juliet prowse new 'live wire' at 20th.|date=Sep 30, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167738566}}}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0055373}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=88290}}
- {{AFI film|id=22426|title=The Right Approach}}
{{David Butler}}
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Category:Films directed by David Butler
Category:Films scored by Dominic Frontiere