We return to the realm of movies that were announced with fenthusiasm but never materialized...at least not in the version originally envisioned. This movie trade magazine article from May, 1964 announces that Robert Mitchum would be among a cast of 31 major stars to appear in 20th Century-Fox's "The Day Custer Fell". Custer would play Major Frederick Benteen. You will note that this was intended to be the studio's most ambitious American film production. Alas, for some reason it fizzled and died despite the preliminary ballyhoo (a quaint industry term for "fanfare".) Ultimately, an expensive Custer movie made it to the big screen through Cinerama Releasing's ill-fated 1968 production of "Custer of the West" starring Robert Shaw. (Lee Pfeiffer)