Escape From The Planet of the ApesArthur P. Jacobs is a former press agent (Gregory Peck, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly were among his clients) who started in the film business as a studio messenger, determined that some day he would be a producer. He achieved this dream with "What A Way To Go!" and followed this hilarious comedy with the costliest musical ever filmed, "Doctor Dolittle," with Rex Harrison in the title role. He will film "The Chairman," a suspense espionage story starring Frank Sinatra, for 20th Century-Fox later this year and is also at work on a musical version of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," to star Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. Don Taylor is proof that being on public view is not the "living end" for all actors. "Escape From The Planet Of The Apes" is his fifth assignment as a feature film director, and he has directed many dozens of television dramas. Pennsylvania-born Taylor appeared in some 20 movies and several hundred TV shows, and was one of the screen's most popular young leading men with such stars as Elizabeth Taylor in "Father of the Bride" and Susan Hayward in "I'll Cry Tomorrow." In directing he finds greater personal fulfillment and excitement. His earliest years in the business were at MGM during its heyday, and he spent every spare moment watching Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and other movie aristocrats at work. Taylor has written radio and television plays and is now completing a feature film script he hopes to direct within the next year. He feels his experience as an actor gives him particular insight into the ways actors think, and his understanding of their emotional responses helps him draw from them their very best work. |
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