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Sinatra Enterprises Closing Deal For | First American-Japanese Co-Production ". Negotiations -are reaching final stages for the first co-production between a yanese company and a major U.S. film-maker on a feature tobe shot in ait and Hollywood, It was disclosed yesterday. poward WwW. ven executive enn -- producer for Sinatra-Enterprises, has just returned fram two weeks of ses- sions with representatives of Toho Stu- dios, one of the largest of Nipponese producers, concerning ‘‘None But the Biive,” first of three films on the Sin- af company’s deal with Warner§ cope of the nronosed agreement in- cliides Toho’s participation in the pr- tufe, loaning 15 of its male stars to the joint venture and its doing the special {Continued on Page 4) ny “The Hollywood Reporter™ 1964 Sag (oe FEB 7 Din (Continued from Page 1) effects for which it is widely noted, according to Koch who said exteriors wethttpe—tone oa the istandof Maui and interiors here. A new Corporation, Artanid. {Sinatra backwards) Produc has been formed to do the film Ahe story and screenplay for which Were written by John Twist and Katsuya Susaki, the latter an employe of Toho. ‘None But the Brave" is localed on a Pacific island inhabited by a “'forgotten” Japanese garcison during World War (1. A U.S. trarisport plane bearing combat Marines is shot down by Japanese planes and crash-lands there, and friendship and enmity between the sides alternate. Sinatra with make his feature direc-. torial bow and star in the film, on which Koch will be executive producer. Because of the growing importance of foreign grosses, Koch believes Hot- tywood producers should “tool for the overseas market’’ and take periodic trips abroad to observe entertainment trends. With big grosses coming from Japan, West Germany, England and Htaly and the domestic market contributing less and less. Koch believes that mora attention should be paid to overseas film tastes. His trip to the Orient was ant eye- opener, he declared. An old Warners drama, “East of Eden.” is stil doing tremendous business-in Japan, “‘Come Blow Your Hern,’ comedy-drama, is set ta do extremely well, and “Palm Springs Weekend,” because it shows 3 slice of Americana in easily under- standable terms, is playing to capacity in Hong Kong, he reported. Sifatra, Koch and cinematographer William Daniels leave March 1 for Mauil to set locations, with shootin scheduled to start the first week i April.” The Sinatra Enterprises dea! in addition to Sinatra’s work as speci executive assistant to WB preside Jack L. Warner, THOOTES ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED SSIFIED HERE It 18 UNCL De ATA EE BES, - anol SEARCHED ————"F en SERIALIZED_———~ Wibk D be f F