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THE LUST PICTURE SHOW!!! BEDAZZLED (1967), || LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE: LOVE AND THE PROPOSAL (1970), || BACALL TO ARMS (1946), || THE ARTIST'S MODEL (1942) PLEASE NOTE, SCREEN TIME IS NOW 7.30pm, FOR THE DURATION!
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* LOVE,
(1970)AMERICAN STYLE: LOVE AND THE PROPOSAL  Love! Love! Love! Love! Love, American Style! Truer than the Red, White and Blu-uuu-uuuue! Love, American Sty-yyyyyyyle! That's me, and you. And on a star-spangled night, my love, (You can rest) You can rest your head on my shoulder. Or by the dawn's early light, my love, (I will defend) I will defend your right to try. Love, American Sty-yyyyyyle! That's me and you! LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE was a one-hour comedy anthology series, where each episode featured three to four 'playlets', each revolving, very loosely, around the theme of 'love'. (Short comedy blackout sequences, starring a regular roster of actors including BERNIE KOPPEL, Stuart Margolin, Tracy Reed and James Hampton, were interspersed between the playlets.) LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE's novelty factor stemmed from its stories' 'naughty' factor, and from the constant parade of has-been ( or up-and-coming ) 'stars', who appeared each week ( - along with a hefty dose of performers who were, either, appearing on ABC shows, or, who, contractually, owed ABC an appearance). By 1969, The 'Big Three' TV networks were just discovering that they could push (ever so slightly) the bounds of decorum on TV, and get away with it. What with the sexual revolution, rioting in the streets and Vietnam, American television - the executives must have reasoned - could stand a little innocent smut on their airwaves. And indeed, LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE is about smut, despite its insistence, in that insanely catchy theme song (sung for this episode - from Season One - by The Cowsills) that we, the viewers, are going to watch a comedy about 'love'. Here, we have one such playlet: LOVE AND THE PROPOSAL. Harold, a chronic 'marriage proposer' - with the help of his best friend, Vic - concocts an elaborate lie to escape his latest engagement to Linda (the great JOAN HACKETT).  JOAN HACKETT (Linda) -distinctive nose. Joan tragically succumbed to overian cancer at the early age of 46 in 1983. He hires an actress (JOAN VAN ARK) to pose as his wife - a woman lost and presumed dead for two years in the wilderness, on their honeymoon camping trip! Production Co: Paramount Television. Exec. Prod: Jim Parker, Arnold Margolin. Prod: William P. D'Angelo. Dir: Richard Michaels. Wr: Dale Evans. Cast: Warren Berlinger (Harold Gray), JOE BESSER (Restaurant Customer ), BOB CRANE, JOAN HACKETT (Linda), Ron Harper (Vic), JOAN VAN ARK (Betty Jane). 25 mins. RM * BACALL
(1946)TO ARMS 
A Hollywood wolf makes a pass at a cute movie usherette, gets slapped in the face, then settles down for the show. But his juices get flowing again when the feature - TO HAVE, TO HAVE, TO HAVE... - comes on, and he's inflamed by the hot romantic scenes between BOGIE GOCART and LAURIE BECOOL! Dir: BOB CLAMPETT. 7 mins. NFSA. * THE (1942)ARTIST'S MODEL  Here is a short, artful, musical burlesque film, performed by SALLY RAND. In THE ARTIST'S MODEL, Sally is dancing and taking classical poses to a piece of tasteful music by Lud Gluskin and His Orchestra. An American burlesque icon, RAND (April 3, 1904 - August 31, 1979) was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck, in Hickory County, Missouri, but also performed under the name Billie Beck. She was both an actress and dancer - most noted for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance - which, for both, she is credited as the originator. During the 1920s, SALLY acted on stage and appeared in silent films. CECIL B. DEMILLE gave her the name SALLY RAND - inspired by a Rand McNally atlas (!) She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1927. After the introduction of the talkies, she became a dancer, known for 'the fan dance', which she popularized starting at the Paramount Club. Her most famous appearance was at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair entitled CENTURY OF PROGRESS. She had been arrested a few times due to indecent exposure while dancing, but the nudity was only an illusion. She also conceived and developed 'the bubble dance' - in part, to cope with wind while performing outdoors. She performed the fan dance on film in BOLERO, released in 1934, co-starring with GEORGE RAFT. In 1936, she purchased The Music Box burlesque hall in San Francisco, which would later become the Great American Music Hall.  She starred in 'SALLY RAND's Nude Ranch', (a pun on 'Dude Ranch'), at the Golden Gate International Exposition, in San Francisco, in 1939 and 1940. She appeared in the late 1950s in an episode of TO TELL THE TRUTH, with host BUD COLLYER, and panelists POLLY BERGEN, RALPH BELLAMY, KITTY CARLISLE, and CARL REINER. She did not 'stump the panel' and was correctly identified by all four panelists!  In popular culture, references to RAND abounded. In TEX AVERY's cartoon HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT (1941), a rotoscoped RAND performs her famous bubble dance onstage to an appreciative crowd. A grinning 'PETER LORRE'-caricature in the front row comments, "I haven't seen such a beautiful bubble since I was a child." The routine continues until the bubble suddenly 'pops'! - with a surprised RAND ( - her nudity shielded by a strategically-positioned wooden barrel - ) reacting with shock. RAND is referred to as 'Sally STRAND' here. RAND, and her 1933 World's Fair fan-dance, were even mentioned in a 1972 episode of THE WALTONS, entitled THE CARNIVAL. She was the model of several characters in ROBERT A HEINLEIN's stories, such as the Mary-Lou Martin of LET THERE BE LIGHT. In the 1979 book, THE RIGHT STUFF, author TOM WOLFE described SALLY RAND fan-dancing for the first American astronauts and other dignitaries, and referred to the astronauts observing this sixty-ish woman's "ancient haunches". In the 1983 film version of THE RIGHT STUFF, RAND was portrayed by actress Peggy Davis. A fictionalized version of SALLY RAND appeared in Toni Dove's interactive cinema project SPECTROPIA, played by Helen Pickett, of the Wooster Group. In the 1936 MERRIE MELODIE cartoon PAGE MISS GLORY, a robustly-proportioned matron performs a parody of RAND's fan dance. SALLY RAND continued to appear on stage doing her fan dance into her sixties. She once replaced (an ill) Ann Corio in the stage show THIS WAS BURLESQUE during the 1960s. RAND appeared at the Mitchell Brothers in San Francisco in the early 1970s. Later, would appear TEMPEST STORM and BLAZE STARR. She died in 1979 in Glendora, California, aged 75. 3 mins. RM followed by: *BEDAZZLED (1967)  In 1967, PETER COOK and DUDLEY MOORE were the BBC’s shining comedy stars. It’s difficult to judge now actually just how popular they were, thanks to the Beeb’s crazy decision to wipe the tapes of most of their NOT ONLY... BUT ALSO (1965) series. As a team, COOK and MOORE’s achievements are now best marked by the few sketches that do remain from the black and white shows and from the cult DEREK AND CLIVE recording that came much later. PETER COOK is now probably best remembered for, well, simply being PETER COOK – amusing and often tipsy on numerous chat shows. But 1967 was also the year of their finest achievement. The brilliant comedy film - BEDAZZLED. Typically for a '60s upgrade from television to film, BEDAZZLED is colourful, expensive and made to last. Perhaps COOK and MOORE were aware that their television exploits were soon to be binned ( - rumour has it that PETER COOK wrote begging letters to BBC chiefs in the early '70s to save his old shows from the skips lined along Wood Lane - ), and wanted some cash thrown at their talent. But - unlike many comedy films adapted from TV in the '60s, and especially in the '70s - BEDAZZLED is far above average. This is possibly because, unlike situation comedy, COOK and MOORE’s humour was sketch-based. In difference from Monty Python’s (lazy) AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (1971) - which simply refilmed a series of television sketches for the big screen - BEDAZZLED creates an interesting and inventive frame for the - sometimes - unrestrained humour. MOORE plays Stanley Moon, a hapless cook in a Wimpy bar, besotted by a waitress (played by ELEANOR BRON). He meets one George Spiggott (aka The Devil – PETER COOK), who grants him a series of wishes in order to allow Stanley to win his girl. This is the framing device, and COOK ( - who wrote the screenplay - ) creates a way to easily weave together what is essentially a series of short sketches. Some of them don’t work so well, although the ones that do are hilarious ( - MOORE as a raspberry-blowing, trampolining nun is the funniest thing they ever did together). It’s all far from the satire often associated with COOK’s humour, although when he does attempt it – such as the spoof on '60s bands – it’s brilliantly spot-on. BEDAZZLED sometimes comes across as a film that’s been engineered to look like it belongs in the 'Swinging '60s'. There are the glimpses of Routemaster buses and red postal piller boxes, and - what always fascinates me about films made in London in this period - the locations. BEDAZZLED depicts London as half 'building-site', half 'modern office block' ( - the Post Office Tower features heavily in one scene). And oddly - like most of the location shooting from TV’s THE AVENGERS (1961) - the streets are empty and devoid of extras and traffic - as if there had been a neutron bomb attack. London is depicted as eerily empty and hassle free. In one scene, COOK and MOORE pretend to be traffic wardens, although the pre-'congestion charge' London of 1967 looks like a city where parking is never a problem. It’s worth seeing BEDAZZLED for a record of COOK and MOORE at their peak, before the respective boozing and lure of Hollywood got in the way. RAQUEL WELCH also makes a cameo appearance, as does BARRY HUMPHRIES, and MOORE wrote the theme music. Possibly it’s tongue-in-cheek music, but it’s as good as anything from similar films of the period. Just watch out for the migraine-inducing effects that accompany the opening titles. Incidentally, it’s directed by STANLEY DONEN, who’s probably best known for SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)! PETER COOK and DUDLEY MOORE went on to appear together in the films MONTE CARLO OR BUST, and THE BED SITTING ROOM, both made in 1969, although these were more ensemble pieces. The first, a caper movie, the second more of a SPIKE MILLIGAN vehicle. In 1978, they got back together for the coarser-humoured HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. As a solo performer, COOK appeared in several films, including the spy thriller A DANDY IN ASPIC (1968) and THE RISE AND RISE OF MICHAEL RIMMER (1970), which he co-scripted with JOHN CLEESE. But he was never much of a varied actor, and MOORE was left to pursue a much more successful, if ultimately irritating, film career. BEDAZZLED is by far the best thing both of them were involved in on the big screen. The script is very well written and it’s a witty and, most of all, a very charming film. And a reminder that they were a very charming and likeable double act. Prod Co: STANLEY DONEN PRODUCTIONS; Twentieth Century-Fox. Prod: STANLEY DONEN. Dir: STANLEY DONEN. Scr: PETER COOK. Mus: DUDLEY MOORE. Phot: Austin Dempster. Titles: MAURICE BINDER. Cast: PETER COOK, DUDLEY MOORE, ELEANOR BRON, RAQUEL WELCH, BARRY HUMPHRIES. 103 mins. NFSA Minor programme changes may occur due to unforseen circumstances. Feature runs last; shorts order may vary from listing. * Acknowledging ACMI Inc. & National Film and Sound Archive ;) *  ************ ********* ********* ********* ADMISSION IS RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS FOR THIS PROGRAMME THIS IS A FILM SOCIETY SCREENING OPEN TO MEMBERS
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