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i 1 e UNITED SPATES GOVERNMENT . A hesee. Ot. “ae 4g t on sie , Memorandum eel: toro ree DATE: 19/94/78 I AMlat —- A mo. rv invae beepers 1s [titeg & com. — : Ment, _____ , FROM :Mr, Heim woractien — ‘ L J Pion. & Evel, — . __ SUBJECT:FORTHCOMING FILM CONCERNING MELVIN PURVIS Taume an AND THH KANSAS CITY MASSACRE Logs! Cove. : Tolephene An. _ ; Olewcter See'y The Los Angeles Office has advised that Twentieth ‘ Centurye. x plans to produce,a made-for-television movie this ,? - - winter tantatively entitled AMelyig Bunvis-—The Kansas City LOM i Massacre. Reportedly, this film will be patterned along the A lines of {the cheap, tasteless movie entitled "Melvin Purvis, . <‘* Ny G-Man" which was made by American International Pictures TAN several nths ago and was shown by the ABC Television Net- ~ work last} April. The Los Angeles Office has’ been informed, 1 « in fact, Rhat substantially the same production staff which ri - produced f'Melvin Purvis, G-Man" has been hired to produce ‘\ . o: "Melvin vis--The Kansas City Massacre” for Twentieth . ro Century~Fpx. of ‘ At this point, a cast has not yet been hired for re the new film. Nor is it known whether DaleyRobertson, whose x, portrayali of Melvin Purvis was both unrealistic and objection- : able in the "Melvin Purvis, G-Man" film, will play the role of former SA | Purvis in the new movie. aoe According to the Los Angeles Office, Twentieth ») UNRECOURDED COPY FILED (N we center is aware of the fact that the FBI felt that ia American nternational Pictures did a very shoddy job with a "Melvin P vis, G-Man"--however, that movie earned sufficiently , high television ratings when it was shown on ABC-TV that See Twentieth} Century-Fox feels it would be worthwhile to make > ae a second Purvis film. — BO OBSERVATIONS : ° REC-50 7: ae 4 6 pee Apparently, Twentieth Century-Fox hopes that the second ee Purvis film will prove to be a stepping-stone to a new television , mr a res es see Jans #2 fs fh, 5 _ l-=Mr. MtDermott ; JAN '7 #975 + CONTINUED” = OVER