_Bryan Forbes has been
signed by MGM to write and
direct ‘‘International
Velvet”, a uel to one of
the studio's all-time classic
films, ‘National Velvet?’, it
was announced by Richard
Shepherd, Senior Vice
President and Worldwide
Head of Theatricai
Production.

“International, Velvet"
will be based on several of

4, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Mar.

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9, 1977

‘International Velvet

the characters created by
Enid Bagnold in her best-
Selling novel which was
brought to the screen by
MGM in 1944.

A key role in the new film
will be that of a horse-loving
15-year-old girl who
becomes the ward of Velvet
Brown, the character

trayed in the earlier film
y Elizabeth Taylor.
After beginning in films as

_ RIDAY

3&6

an actor, Forbes segued to
writing, producing and
directing, achieving major
recognition for such films as
“Whistle Down the Wind”,
‘The L-Shaped Room”,
“Seance on a Wet Af-
ternoon”’, “The Wron

Box”, ‘The Stepfor

Wives” and the current
‘The Slipper and the Rose’’
which tit concluded a
record-breaking run at New’

ey

York’s Radio City Music
Hall and will open nationally
late next month. |

Forbes, who was named
literary executor in the will
of the late Dame Edith
Evans, has just completed
writing her authorized
biography, ‘‘Ned’s Girl'’
and is now in New York to
confer with Little Brown Co.
qver the book’s publication

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