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sIndian Movie Being FilmedttOnrazos Near WhitneyA crowd of nearly 1,500 Johnny Crawford fan* Invaded set-lcKation headquarter* of the young star’s first motion picture Saturday afternoon at Gene Goree's Ranch near GrandPrairie.The occasion; a pre-production party to kick off filming of Indian Paint which began Thursday. June 27 at Fisherman's Paradise on the Brazos River near Lake Whitney and Rio Vista, Teias,The movie is based on a novel of the same name byTexas-born author Glenn Raich,a native of Venus, Texas. It is the story of a young Indian boy played by Johnny Crawford, who has chosen a mare in foal as a gift from his chieftain father, and of the obstacles he overcomes and joys lie experiences in attempt trig to win the loyalty and devotion of the mare's colt, a spirited pairrtedpony.Featured in the ninety-minute film with Johnny will be Jay Silverheels, known to moviegoers for his role of “Tonto in the Lone Ranger anl “Gero-nlrao” inhrokenArrow Silver-heela will play the part of Johnny's chieftain father.Earlier in the afternoon a party of some 50 editors andpublishers (including the Waco News-Citlxen) from around the stale, many of whom were accompanied by their families, were guests of the film starsat an Informal press conference and buffalo barbecue at the Goree Ranch home, Breezy Hill Manor.A band of savages, frightening In their war paint and movie make-up, attacked the editors' bus as it approached BreezyHill. The passengers were “rescued” by Miss Lynda Duncan, the 1963 Miss Grand Prairie an l Miss Texas candidate and other’s from the cast of the movie.Other dignitaries present at the festivities were the mayors of Arlington, Irving, Grand P r a i r 1 e,Dallas, and Fort Worth.Typical Indian CountryThe area in chich the movie will t»e filmed was select# i for its Indian authenticity by Robert Callahan, executive producer and Norman Foster, director.“The Fisherman’s Paradise area is typical Indian country,” Mr Callahan observed, “It has never tmen used as a location sit# for a movie. This will be refreshing as many pictures suffer from the sea-uf-same-neis where rocks, hills and even trees become as familiar to some movie goers as the stars themselves.”Mr. Foster’s directing dossier Includes such Disneygreats as the Davy Crockett pictures and most recently tties Loretta Young television series. He also wrote the screen play to Indian Paint ami thewords to the movie's title song Painted Pony.Indian Paint represents* dream come true for Us backers, according to Gene Goree, head of the producing company.“Tejas Productions Is in the motion picture producing business to make money,” Goree emphasized. “But from the first we have refused to sacrifice quality and above all moral Integrity to achieve financial success.“We believe there is a place on the American movie scene for wholesome, family type entertainment like Indian Paint. That is why we picked a story written by a man who was acclaimed on the floor of the I nlted States Senate for his contribution to children’s literature at a time when the film Industry was tottering on the brink of moral disaster That Is why we picked a young man like Johnny Crawford to play the lead role and a man with Norman Foster’s track record todirect it.“Forty million dollars worth of Cleopatra may make motion picture history, especially with Lloyds of London,”Goree noted candidly. “But we prefer tomake history with the 47 millionviewers who enjoyed Johnny Crawford’s performances on the Rifleman. Those viewers are our type of people. They are the ones who we believe will support our type of film.”
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Waco News Citizen
Waco, Texas, US
Sun, Jun 30, 1963
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