Noel Marshall


Noel Marshall was an agent in Hollywood, California in the 1960s.[1] He later became the executive producer of the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.[2] He wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in the film Roar (1981), which also featured his then-wife Tippi Hedren, stepdaughter Melanie Griffith, and his sons from a previous marriage.[3] "Roar" is an accident-ridden film that featured tigers and lions.[4][5] The film took eleven years and $17 million to make, and brought in only $2 million worldwide.[6] Marshall was also an executive producer on two of Tippi Hedren's films: Mr. Kingstreet's War and The Harrad Experiment (both 1973).[3] One of his later films where he was credited as executive producer was A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), starring River Phoenix.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Myra/Raquel: The Predator of Hollywood". Time. November 28, 1969. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840435-2,00.html. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 
  2. ^ Hammer, Joshua (March 21, 1983). "A shadowy figure says he was Frances Farmer's lover, but a lawsuit claims different". People Weekly 19: pp. 38-40. http://people.virginia.edu/~pm9k/libsci/FF/shadow.html. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "Tippi Hedren". ROAR The Movie. http://www.roarthemovie.com/html/tippi.html. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 
  4. ^ "1969 - Tippi Hedren". gorongosa.net. Parque Nacional da Gorongosa. http://www.gorongosa.net/en/page/1969_Tippi_Hedren/1969--tippi-hedren. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 
  5. ^ Worden, Leon (March 6, 2005). "SCV Newsmaker of the Week: Tippi Hedren". scvhistory.com (SCV Press Club). http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/newsmaker/sg030605.htm. 
  6. ^ Dirks, Tim. "Greatest Box-Office Bombs, Disasters and Flops: The Most Notable Examples". filmsite.org. http://www.filmsite.org/greatestflops5.html. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Noel Marshall". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/989183/Noel-Marshall. Retrieved on December 1, 2008. 

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