I am forever grateful that others there that day managed to get a couple of photos of me introducing Grant to Kelly. It was such a nice gesture and I’ve kept all the cards I received from them. For a few years after the film came out I got Christmas cards from them. Bud and Ruth Reno were good people all the way around and made my job easier. He was still a kid but he was relaxed and natural in every appearance he made.
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A casino at the racetrack was later named after him.Ĭonsidering this was Kelly’s first time doing movie publicity I was very impressed by his professionalism. Grant was on the racetrack’s Board of Directors and spent many years at Hollywood Park. Behind them on the right you can partially see Ruth Reno beaming at them both. You can see in my photo that Grant is looking at the reporters but Kelly is looking at me (because he knew me). I managed to grab my camera and take a photo of the two when they posed for journalists that were there. Grant was so genuine and complimentary to Kelly, telling him how much he admired his work in the film. Kelly was immediately gracious and respectful. I turned to Kelly and said “Kelly, there is someone here who would like to meet you.” Now, Kelly was maybe 12 or 13 at the time so I’m still not sure if he really knew who Grant was. It was my immense honor to introduce them both. Grant smiled and gestured at Kelly, asking for an introduction.
I turned around and much to my surprise it was the actor Cary Grant. I was standing there, chatting with people, when a man walked up behind me.
Kelly, his parents, and I spent time before and after his appearance in the racetrack’s private club house. I took some photos with it and also handed it off to other people to take photographs of me with folks I’d been working with so much. I brought my camera with me that day which I generally never did. He hurriedly changed into them and luckily they still fit and his appearance went off without a hitch. Fortunately, shortly before Kelly was due to appear at the racetrack, the racing silks showed up. She was also concerned that Kelly had grown so much they might not even fit anymore. Kelly and his parents flew out to California and when I met them Ruth was worried because the airline had lost the suitcase that had Kelly’s racing silks (the originals from the movie) in it. Teri Garr, who portrayed Kelly’s mom in the movie, was also in attendance. Kelly was scheduled to ride Cass Ole on a section of the track, parading in front of the crowd between races, while wearing his racing silks from the movie. The t-shirts were given to everyone in attendance at the racetrack that day. The racetrack printed out 10,000 t-shirts that proclaimed “Hollywood Park Presents the Black Stallion”. Perhaps one of the bigger publicity events at the time was The Black Stallion Day at Hollywood Park Racetrack. Kennedy was so kind and decent to Kelly and proclaimed, on air, that Kelly deserved an Academy Award nomination for his acting in the movie. The actor George Kennedy was another talk show guest that day. Mike Douglas was concerned at having such a large animal on his set with its slippery floor so Cass Ole’s performance was cut short. His trainer had him rear up and do tricks and the audience was thrilled being so close to the horse. I had Kelly as a guest on The Mike Douglas Show and Cass Ole was brought out in front of the audience for a bit. It was also arranged for Cass Ole (credited as Cass-Olé in the movie), the magnificent Arabian horse that starred as The Black in the film, to come to California for various publicity events. I escorted them all around Los Angeles as I took Kelly to different talk shows and interviews. Part of my job included working closely with actor Kelly Reno (Alec, in the film) and his parents, Bud and Ruth Reno. I helped work on publicity and marketing for the movie THE BLACK STALLION.
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