![]() ![]() The Var announced that principal photography had begun two days earlier in New York City. He added that his screenplay “differs sharply from the original novel.” Changing private eye Joe Leland to a police detective, Mann said, gave him “the opportunity to make several statements about the police and about society that were not in the novel.” Mann warned the LAT that the film had “shocking scenes in it, things that have never been seen in a film, things that have never been shown in a film before.” Abby Mann, known for writing socially conscious films such as Judgment at Nuremberg (1961, see entry), told the Var that as part of his deal, he would be on the set every day to revise or create new dialogue if needed. Meanwhile, as reported in the Var, Rosenberg and Douglas were going to scout New York City locations in preparation for six weeks of filming there in Oct and Nov 1967, followed by four weeks of shooting interiors at Twentieth Century-Fox Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Twentieth Century-Fox signed Frank Sinatra’s wife, Mia Farrow, to co-star with him and Lee Remick in The Detective as soon as she finished her role in Paramount Pictures’ Rosemary’s Baby (1968, see entry), which was set to begin shooting 21 Aug, according to the DV. Twentieth Century-Fox signed Frank Sinatra’s wife, Mia Farrow, to co-star with him and Lee Remick in The Detective as soon as she finished. By then, as noted in the Var, The Detective was a hot property because Roderick Thorp’s hardcover novel had sold 300,000 copies and Avon Books had just printed a first run of 800,000 paperbacks. Sinatra and Robson, who had previously worked together, reportedly did not see “eye-to-eye.” The Rosenberg-Douglas-Sinatra team had recently finished Twentieth Century-Fox’s private eye caper, Tony Rome (1967, see entry), with Sinatra in the title role, and were planning to shoot its sequel, The Lady in Cement (1968, see entry), as soon as they finished The Detective. ![]() By the following year, the DV and Var broke the news that producer Aaron Rosenberg had taken over the project from Kohlmar, and Gordon Douglas would replace Robson as director if prior commitments could be rescheduled. Abby Mann was writing the screenplay, a starting date was set for the following summer, and Frank Sinatra was signed to play Leland. Nearly five months later, however, the book’s option was picked up by producer Fred Kohlmar and director Mark Robson for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., according to the DV. Donations in memory of Norman may be made to Children’s Hospital, Development 300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 or VNA Southern Mass, 502 Bedford St., Fall River, MA 02720.The film rights to Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel, The Detective, were sold to independent producer and former actor Robert Evans, who intimated that he might himself “tackle the controversial role” of New York Police Department Detective Sergeant “Joe Leland,” the Var announced. ![]() Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service in in Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, 21 Emerald St., HINGHAM, Saturday at 10:30 AM. He was a man who was dedicated to his work and family. He was a lifetime member of the Weymouth Eagles and VFW in Middleboro. In his eariler years Norman enjoyed working on the ferry and tug boats in New York. Rich and Son United Van Lines, and Brady Enterprises before retiring in 2001. MacIver was as a long distance truck driver for over 50 years working for F.B. Also lovingly survived by 23 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. MacIver of FL, and the late Randolph MacIver and Jeanne Yannizzi. Evans of Whitman, William Henry MacIver of NY, Norman MacIver Jr. of Middleboro, formerly of Hull May 19, 2009.
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