Tag Archives: Columbia Pictures

September 2021
Dimitri Tiomkin options Will Henry’s novel and co-produces Mackenna’s Gold, part two

READ Part one: August 2021 Dimitri Tiomkin options Will Henry’s novel and co-produces Mackenna’s Gold A new approach to scoring A composer “who scores a film should be involved in everything about it from the very beginning,” maintains Dimitri Tiomkin to a … Read More…

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August 2021
Dimitri Tiomkin options Will Henry’s novel and co-produces Mackenna’s Gold

by Warren M. Sherk As 1964 draws to a close, Dimitri Tiomkin secures an option from American novelist Will Henry for the motion picture rights to his Western novel, Mackenna’s Gold, published by Random House the year before. With a penchant … Read More…

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Lost Horizon

Adventure-fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. In the 1930s Tiomkin met Frank Capra at a party and a personal friendship blossomed. The two first worked together on Lost Horizon. The score helped make Tiomkin’s reputation as a creator of music on a grand … Read More…

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Mackenna’s Gold

Western co-produced by Tiomkin, starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sharif. The film was scored by Quincy Jones.

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Guns of Navarone, The

World War II action drama directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman. The film stars Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn.

READ: Guns of Navarone now in Blu-ray

READ: Guns of Navarone suite in concert performances

READ: Tadlow Music to release The Guns of Navorone recording

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Young Land, The

Western directed by Ted Tetzlaff, starring Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O’Herlihy. Read More…

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Bullet Is Waiting, A

Drama directed by John Farrow, starring Rory Calhoun, Jean Simmons. Read More…

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My Six Convicts

Prison drama. Read More…

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Happy Time, The

Historical comedy directed by Richard Fleischer. Read More…

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Four Poster, The

Comedy-drama directed by Irving Reis. READ: The Four Poster soundtrack released

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