TopBilled Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Not sure what Kahn's background was, but maybe in the 70s they used the 'introducing' credit when bringing established New York stage performers to Hollywood. Since they were being introduced to movie audiences who might not have seen any Broadway productions. Just a thought. Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, TopBilled said: Not sure what Kahn's background was, but maybe in the 70s they used the 'introducing' credit when bringing established New York stage performers to Hollywood. Since they were being introduced to movie audiences who might not have seen any Broadway productions. Just a thought. It is a sound thought and one I wondered about as well; Similar to foreign actors being "introduced" to American audiences, we have established NY stage performers being "introduced" to American audiences beyond the narrow NY Broadway viewing audience. It could have played out like this: Bogdanovich saw Kahn on stage and was impressed. Decides he wants her for the part and agrees as part of signing her for the film that he would give her a special credit if she took the role. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said: It is a sound thought and one I wondered about as well; Similar to foreign actors being "introduced" to American audiences, we have established NY stage performers being "introduced" to American audiences beyond the narrow NY Broadway viewing audience. It could have played out like this: Bogdanovich saw Kahn on stage and was impressed. Decides he wants her for the part and agrees as part of signing her for the film that he would give her a special credit if she took the role. Yeah, that makes sense to me. Also it helps distinguish the newcomer from the veteran cast, giving him/her some extra special attention. Plus I think part of it is marketing...like if we draw attention to this "new" talent then other directors, producers and studios might ask to borrow this person and if we have this person under contract, we can make good money loaning them out when we don't need them. Link to post Share on other sites
Dommy Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, TopBilled said: Yeah, that makes sense to me. Also it helps distinguish the newcomer from the veteran cast, giving him/her some extra special attention. Plus I think part of it is marketing...like if we draw attention to this "new" talent then other directors, producers and studios might ask to borrow this person and if we have this person under contract, we can make good money loaning them out when we don't need them. You are rigth Peter Bogdonavich saw Madeline Kahn on Broadway and told her she be perfect for the part o f Eunice Burns in What's Up, Doc? She knew it was a Barbra Streisand movie and he promised her none of her scenes would be cut and so II guess he gave her special billing. She was very unhappy after seeing the film at the premier. She loved the film but was mad that she appeared to look almost unattractive. All in all she stole the film. Kust surprised she didn't get an Oscar nomination for this classic comedy. Ironically this was not the first film I saw her in. I saw her in. I saw Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Paper Moon first. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Here is another "introducing" of an actor that went on to be a major star: Kim Novak in Pushover (1954). (has this on the poster as well). Link to post Share on other sites
lavenderblue19 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Tunes of Glory is a British film starring Alec Guinness, John Mills AND Introducing Susannah York 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kingrat Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 The recent Noir Alley feature, Address Unknown: "And introducing K.T. Stevens" Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I just re-watched MASH (1970). There were a lot of "Introducing" credits at the beginning including: Jo Ann Pflug Gary Burghoff Fred Williamson Kim Atwood Tim Brown John Schuck Dawne Damon Carl Gottlieb Tamara Horrocks G Wood Bud Cort Danny Goldman Corey Fischer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Brewster McCloud (1970) - "Introducing Shelley Duvall" Link to post Share on other sites
Arsan404 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 "...and Introducing Barry Gordon" in A Thousand Clowns Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Always people we know about, if not big stars. How about introducings of people who vanished murmurless? Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I mentioned Kim Atwood and Dawne Damon a few posts up. Neither appeared in another film. Link to post Share on other sites
sewhite2000 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, slaytonf said: Always people we know about, if not big stars. How about introducings of people who vanished murmurless? And introducing ... SLAYTONF! No! No! Just kidding! It was a joke! Sorry, being cooped up is making me loopy. Link to post Share on other sites
slaytonf Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 And I am not murmurless. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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