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Underwater
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The contingent was led by the star of the picture, Jane Russell. She and about forty others, wearing oxygen masks, sat on four long benches, placed twenty feet down in the clear water of the springs.
A large plastic screen, sprinkled with reflecting aluminum dust, was suspended fifty-two feet from the projection machine, housed in a glass-wall boat. Loudspeakers were scattered about the sand.
Apparently the screening didn't turn out very well. According to an RKO publicist, "Several journalists kept bobbing to the surface."
Some more trivia about the movie. That's not Jane Russell's body in the poster. The artists swiped the body from the August '54 issue of Collier's magazine.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 04, 2008 -
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Category: Movies
The Front Line
As we all prepare for our imminent minimum-wage jobs during the economic meltdown, let us study how to perform them to the best of our abilities, with a cheerful smile. Consider the job of "supermarket checker," circa 1965.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Products, Food, Jobs and Occupations, Movies, Documentaries, Retail Establishments, 1960s
Soggy, Mushy and Toughy
Who needs Iron Man or The Dark Knight, when you can watch Snap, Crackle and Pop battle their evil counterparts?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 01, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Movies, Cartoons, Children, 1930s, Fictional Monsters
Curfew Breakers, or, Hooked
If you decide, after viewing the CURFEW BREAKERS clip, to rent this film, you'll have to look for it on DVD under its alternate title, HOOKED. It's a glorious mess, but not quite as outrageously stupid or weird as some of its ilk.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 28, 2008 -
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Category: Cops, Drugs, Education, Family, Juvenile Delinquency, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, 1950s
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Opera is inherently weird: people singing their every speech. But with classical opera, one doesn't notice the effect so much, since they've always been around.But relatively recent operas, especially with contemporary settings, somehow magnify the weirdness.
Take, for instance, 1964's THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. A simple love story, it features a script in which every single line is sung. Thus, at about the 3:30 mark in the opening clip below, you can hear the immortal lyric, "Check the ignition on the gentleman's Mercedes."
Apparently, the entire film is available on YouTube in nine parts, for your operatic enjoyment.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 28, 2008 -
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Category: Movies, Music, 1960s, Cars
The Bad Sleep Well
We've been alerted to the serial killer in Japan who's taking revenge for corporate fraud, as described in this article in today's NY TIMES. But what no one seems to have noticed is that we've already seen this scenario in a film. THE BAD SLEEP WELL is one of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, and details how a man whose father was killed by corrupt businessmen exacts his revenge. Here's the excellent trailer.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 22, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Crime, Death, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Movies, Foreign Customs, 1960s, Asia
American Monsters
I enjoyed visiting the American Monsters site, a resource for cryptozoologists.But I regret that when I visited Crater Lake in Oregon, its scaly inhabitant was not showing himself.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 16, 2008 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Movies, 1970s
Take My Ambassador, Please!
It's not too soon for the new administration to be thinking about appointing some ambassadors...
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 07, 2008 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Comedians
Queen of Blood
Possibly not the movie that Dennis Hopper lists first on his resume....
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 05, 2008 -
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Category: Horror, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s
Boy With A Knife
Experience the juvie lifestyle!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 05, 2008 -
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Category: Family, Children, Juvenile Delinquency, Parents, Movies, Documentaries, 1950s
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