David Weisbart

Although best-remembered for Rebel Without a Cause (1955), American producer David Weisbart put his stamp on '50s popular culture in other ways as well; he produced a 3-D film for the sake of using 3-D (Charge at Feather River [1953]); four Elvis Presley vehicles, including Presley's first film Love Me Tender (1956); a Pat Boone movie (April Love [1957]), for kids who didn't like Elvis; and others featuring Errol Flynn, Guy Madison, Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Sal Mineo, Ann-Margret, Carol Lynley, etc. Weisbart produced Between Heaven and Hell (1956), comprised of what must be one of the most eccentric casts ever assembled, including Harvey Lembeck, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Frank Gorshin, and Scatman Crothers. The worst movie Weisbart has to his credit is Valley of the Dolls (1967).

~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide