Martin Stower Wrote:
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> De Poiple Mask . . . I find, for some reason, that
> (doubtless to your considerable surprise) my mind
> has gone off on a tangent. Do you remember a film
> which included a mad fight in a belfry? Our hero
> versus some villainous bandit from darkest
> Averoigne (or something), hanging from ropes and
> swinging axes? Do you remember the name of the
> film?

I don't think I've seen this one either -- you keep finding things I've missed! Unless I just don't remember it.
Robert Taylor was not a bad actor, so this may not be in the Tony Curtis/ Victor Mature league. Anyway, I have three to watch now.


> > Did I forget to mention Michael Ansara --
> before
> > he played Cochise or any Klingons -- is a Hun
> in
> > this film? A sort of battlefield
> administrative
> > assistant Hun: "My lord awakes, not knowing
> where
> > he is, but calling for you..."
>
> I’m afraid you’ve overlooked what must surely be
> considered an important transitional role:

He did have some awful roles in the 60s -- he guest-starred as the evil Blue Genie on his wife's TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, IIRC. He was a very good Klingon, though, my favorite of all the original Klingon Kommanders.


> > Importance is in the eye of the
> nit-picker...Note
> > that the original (50 foot) has this note:
> >
> > "Runtime: 65 min"
> >
> > while the remake (50 ft.) has this note:
> >
> > "Runtime: Germany: 85 min / Spain: 89 min /
> UK: 89
> > min / USA: 90 min"
> >
> > I suppose being dubbed could account for the
> > difference, but then why are Spain and the
> UK
> > identical and both 1 minute shorter than the
> US?
>
> The missing minute contained vital military
> secrets, not for export?

Conceivably; however, Germany lost a full five minutes, while Spain and the UK lost only one...very odd...


> > Now that's an important question and we have
> no
> > answer!
>
> Scandalous.



> > I'm not sure, but in the Allison Hayes
> version, I
> > think she created a sort of bikini out of
> sails or
> > bedsheets from the hospital, or balloon silk
> or
> > some such...but maybe my mind is playing
> tricks on
> > me.
>
> Now that you mention it, this does accord with my
> recollection. This (I must say) is where an
> otherwise plausible scenario began to degenerate.

Actually, there are other problematic concerns here. Did you notice that her manicure enlarged with the rest of her. If she expands from five feet to fifty, her nails should be about five or six inches across by about eight or nine inches in length...How did the nailpolish stretch like that??

Not only that, but in films involving shrinking women, e.g., Dr Cyclops, nail polish shrinks down with the woman. They must have special elastic polishes in Hollywood. Can this be one of the vital military secrets that had to be blocked from the exported films??


> > Places where you can be seen with a Fire
> Maiden on
> > your arm?
>
> Monte Carlo, apparently.
>
> Koumani-tastic facts to follow.

I'll look forward to them.

Meanwhile, I suspect you are a bit of a heightist, Martin. Granted, Allison in heels could possibly be 55 ft. tall, but where is she going to get heels? I am willing to bet that you are not even 49 ft. tall yourself. Am I right?