Underwater
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SILVER SPRINGS. Fla. -- More than 150 members of the press from New York and Hollywood, Calif., gathered in this village for the premiere of a motion picture -- "Underwater" -- underwater.
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.
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.
Comments
Why can't we hold more things underwater? Like presidential debates. Or my ex-boyfriend.
Posted by KW in Dallas, TX on 12/04/08 at 10:22 AM
I guess Jane had too much on top for the movie poster. Either that or the artist was just lazy.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 12/04/08 at 12:58 PM
Um, how did they hear the movie?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 12/04/08 at 03:07 PM
More importantly, if ALL PROTESTANTS unite, do they form a giant fighting robot?
Posted by Matt in Florida on 12/05/08 at 10:02 AM
PROTESTANT POWER- UNITE!
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 12/05/08 at 01:11 PM
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