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Show Now at Holiday Village Cinemas Heir salt Lairg to PsurM O tty a sound stage. Exterior sequences were photographed at the actual Greenwich Village site. Sequences involving a raging tenement house fire and daring rescue of tenants were created on a back lot at MGM during a week of all-night filming. Off-duty Culver City fire-fighting personnel and equipment were recruited to accent ac-cent the realism of the fire scenes. 'Other colorful New York settings included scenes at Broadway and 47th Street with Times Square as a ' backdrop: an elevated train station in Coney Island; the Greenwich Theatre, Greemvich Village, and the Elmwood Theatre on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, where .John Ritter, as the actor hired to promote the New York openings of the movie-within-the-movie. "Captain Avenger," makes ap pearances in his colorful superhero super-hero costume; Park Avenue ; between 28th and 53rd. where all-night all-night shooting captured a wild auto chase and crash. "Hero At Large" is a Stephen FriedmanKings Road Production. David Walsh was director of photography. : .v.v.-. . . . .v.'.v.v.v.'.v.sv.v.v.: .-.v.v.v.w.viv.v. v-.v.-.w. -.-.-.v.:.x.;.:.:--.:-v .::. v.-.w .v.v. v - 5 , Vi JET "w -" W- '"V Moving far afield from what some historians have called America's Amer-ica's Me Generation, "Hero At Large" spotlights the life, loves, : adventures and misadventures of a member of that generation a ; struggling young actor with an overwhelming urge to help others, no matter what the cost After emulating em-ulating a fictional hero. Captain Avenger, to help promote a New York movie opening, he tries in his own unique manner to transform the imaginary do-gooder into reality real-ity for the benefit of those around him. Somehow, without leaping buildings or flying through the air, he manages to capture the attention atten-tion and the heart of America's greatest metropolis. -: Produced by Stephen firiedman and directed by Martin Davidson from an original screenplay by A J. Carothers. "Hero At Large" also stars the versatile Bert Convy and the veteran Kevin McCarthy. The, film is released by United Artists, a Transamerica Company. , Filming on "Hero At Large'' was divided between sets at MGM and on location against real-life backgrounds back-grounds of New York City. The main setting for "Hero At Large'' is an apartment house in Greenwich Village. After deciding on the ideal building at 26 Grove Street. MGM built the interior areas, including halls, entrances and two complete apartments, on . . Still .1943-19 N.Y. Mayor Woodson (Leonard Harris) and his political advisor, Calvin (Kevin McCarthy) talk prior to a political rally. Mil W wfTyJ w -z .Jsf jj nil I I J Still 1943-17 - Still in his Captain Avenger publicity promotion costume, actor (Steve) saves Mr. and Mrs. Rothberg (Michael Gorrin, Henrietta Jacobson) from a knife-wielding punk (Mike Leon). MGM's "Hero . At Large," a United Artists release |