Editing Pat Boone (section)

== Film ==
[[File:Pat Boone, Peter Ronson, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 1959.jpg|thumb|229x229px|Pat Boone, during a scene from the movie [[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]], 1959]]
In 1956, Boone was one of the biggest recording stars in the US. Several studios pursued him for movies. He went with [[20th Century Fox]], which had made [[Elvis Presley]]'s first movie.<ref name=":5" /> Fox reworked a play he had bought, ''Bernardine'', into a vehicle for Boone. It was a hit, earning $3.75&nbsp;million in the US.<ref>{{cite news |author=Schallert, Edwin |date=January 24, 1957 |title=Dean Jagger romances Gaynor; Deal to join Fairbanks and Dragon |work=Los Angeles Times |page=C9}}</ref>
 
Even more popular was ''[[April Love (film)|April Love]]'' (1957), a remake of ''[[Home in Indiana]]''. Boone regards it as one of his favourites, "the kind of movie I wish I could have made 20 more of: a musical, appealing characters, some drama, a good storyline, a happy ending, it's the kind of film which makes you feel good. I never wanted to make a depressing or immoral film."<ref>{{cite book |last=Verswijver |first=Leo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNQylJinyQsC&q=%22pat+boone%22+%22yellow+canary%22+interview&pg=PA13 |title="Movies Were Always Magical": Interviews with 19 Actors, Directors, and Producers from the Hollywood of the 1930s through the 1950s |date=2003 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786411290 |page=6}}</ref>

Less popular was a musical comedy ''[[Mardi Gras (1958 film)|Mardi Gras]]'' (1958), which was the last movie directed by [[Edmund Goulding]]. However, ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' (1959), a science fiction adventure tale, was a huge hit. Boone had been reluctant to do it, and needed to be persuaded by being offered the chance to sing several songs and getting a percentage of the profits, but was glad he did.<ref name="Vagg">{{Cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=September 10, 2019 |title=The Surprisingly Interesting Cinema of Pat Boone |url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-surprisingly-interesting-cinema-of-pat-boone/ |magazine=Diabolique Magazine}}</ref>

He produced and starred in a documentary, ''[[Salute to the Teenagers]]'' (1960), but did not make a film for a while, studying acting with [[Sanford Meisner]]. He returned with a military comedy, ''[[All Hands on Deck (1961 film)|All Hands on Deck]]'' (1961), a mild hit.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dorothy Kilgallen |date=March 12, 1961 |title=Rumors Have Marlon Married to Movita |work=The Washington Post and Times-Herald |page=G3}}</ref>

He was one of several names in another remake, ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]'' (1962), which disappointed at the box office. Musicals were becoming less fashionable in Hollywood, so Boone took on a dramatic role in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-distributed ''[[The Main Attraction (film)|The Main Attraction]]'' (1962) for [[Seven Arts Productions]], his first movie outside Fox. It was an unhappy experience for Boone as he disliked the implication his character had sex with [[Nancy Kwan]]'s and he got into several public fights with the producers.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news |author=Ryon, Art |date=December 15, 1962 |title=Boone Fights Use of Movie That Lacks OK |work=Los Angeles Times |page=B5}}</ref> He had a deal with Fox to make three films at $200,000 each with his production company. This was meant to start with a thriller, ''[[The Yellow Canary]]'' (1963), in which Boone would play an unsympathetic character. New management came in at the studio, which was unenthusiastic about the picture but because Boone had a pay or play deal, it was made, but with a much-reduced budget. Boone paid some money out of his own pocket to help complete it.<ref name="Robert">Mark Thomas McGee, ''Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive: The Films of Robert L. Lippert'', Bear Manor Media, 2014, pp. 271–72</ref>

Boone's next movie at Fox was another low-budget effort, ''[[The Horror of It All]]'' (1963), shot in England. He made a comedy in Ireland, ''[[Never Put It in Writing]]'' (1964), for Allied Artists. Boone's third film for Fox was an "A" production, ''[[Goodbye Charlie]]'' (1964), but he was supporting [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Tony Curtis]]. He was one of the many names in ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965) and appeared in ''[[The Perils of Pauline (1967 film)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1967), a pilot for a TV series that did not eventuate, which was screened in some theatres.  Boone's last film of note was ''[[The Cross and the Switchblade (film)|The Cross and the Switchblade]]'' (1970).