Paramount Pictures – Maria McClay

1962

*Director*	Jack Warner, Jr.
*Producer*	Jack Warner, Jr.
*Production Company*	Obelisk Productions, Paramount Pictures
*Release Date*	February 21st, 1962
*Cast*	John Ireland (Jeff), Everett Sloane (Chevern), Carl Esmond (Martin), Howard Caine (Vlad), Al Avalon (Tony), Jo Morrow (Easter), Maria McClay (Lin Chan)

Brushfire! is a low budget black-and-white jungle warfare adventure exploitation film produced, directed and co-written by Jack Warner, Jr the only son of Jack L. Warner of Warner Bros.. Warner planned on making two more films under his Obelisk Productions company but they were never produced. It was filmed at the time of the beginning of American involvement in Viet Nam and Laos brushfire conflicts.

*Maria McClay as Lin Chan with her husband Chevern (Everett Sloane).*

John Ireland as Jeff and Everett Sloane as Chevern play two American World War II veterans who have settled as farmers in a Southeast Asian nation. When a group of guerillas under the leadership of Martin (Carl Esmond) and Vlad (Howard Caine) abduct a young American couple, Tony (Al Avalon) and Easter (Jo Morrow) Banford the two vets use their expertise in jungle warfare and their familiarity with the land to destroy the guerillas and rescue the couple.

Maria plays Lin Chan, Chevern’s wife. When he explains to her that he wants to help Jeff rescue the American couple she tells him that she may not wait for him and leave with their children.

Scenes Featuring Maria

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1957

*Director*	William Dieterle
*Producer*	Frank Freeman Jr.
*Production Company*	Paramount Pictures
*Release Date*	August 23rd, 1957
*Cast*	Cornel Wilde (Omar Khayyam), Michael Rennie (Hasani Sabbah), Debra Paget (Sharain), John Derek (Prince Malik), Raymond Massey (The Shah), Yma Sumac (Karina), Margaret Hayes (Queen Zarada), Joan Taylor (Yaffa), Sebastian Cabot (The Nizam), Perry Lopez (Prince Ahmud), Morris Ankrum (Imam Nowaffak), Abraham Sofaer (Tutush), Edward Platt (Jayhan)

In the eleventh century, in the Persian city of Nishapur, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam (Cornel Wilde) meets with his secret love Sharain (Debra Paget), the daughter of his old professor, Imam Mowaffak (Morris Ankrum). Later, Omar greets Hasani Sabah (Michael Rennie), the overlord to the Governor of Gilan, who has come to Nishapur seeking a court appointment.

Though Omar has none of his friend’s ambition, Hasani reminds him of his oath to their childhood friend, The Nizam (Sebastian Cabot), who, as Keeper of the Kingdom, desperately needs people in the court whom he can trust. Brought before the Shah (Raymond Massey), Omar recites a poem which shocks many in the court, but pleases the Shah with its honesty, and is quickly appointed Court Counselor. After presenting the Shah with two beautiful slave girls (including Maria), as well as the severed heads of two enemies, Hasani is made Keeper of the Seal, a high position formerly held by Tutush (Abraham Sofaer), the Shah’s brother.

Maria plays a Chinese slave girl that is brought to the Shah as a gift by Hasani Sabah along with another, causing the men of his court to be quite distracted. After that Maria appears alongside a host of other slave and harem girls in a number of scenes throughout the movie. The film also features famous 50s exotica singer Yma Sumac as Karina.

Scenes Featuring Maria

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