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Did He Ever Make These Movies---

posted 9 years ago by hisgrandmogulhighness
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Chicago Tribune, Friday, July 22, 1960, s. 2, p. 4, c. 7:

LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD

by Hedda Hopper

. . . . Steve McQueen bought "The Golden Man" by Frances and Richard Lockridge which he'll make for his own company, Candor. He's borrowing Angie Dickinson from the Warners to co-star. In return he'll make "Savage Street" for them . . .

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Okay: I don't believe he ever did either of the films mentioned, I never heard of them . . . I also don't believe that he ever worked with Miss Dickinson, ever . . . and I thought his production unit was called Solar . . . not Candor . . . and what does that stand for?

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[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 9 years ago

callum:

Thanks, I'm just wondering if there was more significance to the names of these production companies? . . . there must've been a load of stories he was suppose to be in but never did . . . I keep running across these things . . . and some do sound most intriguing . . .

[–] rready4198 9 years ago

He never made either of those two movies. Solar came from the name of the street they bought their big house.

[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 9 years ago

Rread:

Okay, but what happened to Condor?

[–] Doc-McCoy 9 years ago

I never heard of that production company; the only one I've heard of was Solar Productions (maybe it was a pre-cursor to Solar).

"Life is a scam" - Steve McQueen

[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 9 years ago

Yes, it was 1960, so this Condor, or whatever, must be Solar in an embryonic stage . . . I guess?

[–] Doc-McCoy 9 years ago

Yeah, that could be. Early in his career McQueen owned a house in LA on Solar Drive which is where he got that name. The movies in that original article never got made, or if they did they must have been under different titles.

Around that same time he was considered for "Breakfast at Tiffany's"; I'm glad he didn't do it, although it would have been better than "The Honeymoon Machine".

"Life is a scam" - Steve McQueen

[–] hisgrandmogulhighness 9 years ago

True . . . and agreed that he really wasn't suited for Tiffany . . . alas, I always liked that crazy Honeymoon Machine . . . I thought he did a good job of it in a comedy . . .