Martin Stower Wrote:
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> Joanne Wrote:
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> > I'm very impressed with your sleuthing
> skills!
>
> Nothing difficult so far: I found an expired eBay
> listing for this issue, with brief details on the
> content, including the required name, so I bought
> it for a not intolerable price from another
> source.
Well, I'm still impressed!
It has other points of interest, e.g.
> brief reviews of current films, including World
> Without End (also IMDB, Wikipedia), Rod Taylor’s
> earlier trip through time, which I’m not aware of
> ever having seen. Setting aside the time travel
> motif, a certain thematic resonance with another
> film will be noted.
>
> What makes this hit-and-miss is that Picturegoer
> and its like are not comprehensively indexed,
> while such indexing as there is tends to
> concentrate on the major stars.
>
> The content raises a question. Consider: one of
> Maya Koumani’s earlier credits (possibly the
> earliest, if we knew the production start date) is
> Oh... Rosalinda!!, on which the lead actress (and
> dancer) was Ludmilla Tchérina (IMDB, Wikipedia),
> whose work you have already seen in this very fine
> film. Anyway, by the time she was in Oh...
> Rosalinda!! she had been in several films,
> including a couple of Powell & Pressburger’s.
Some of the others in the cast of
Oh...Rosalinda!! are quite good. It looks off beat, but not in the same class as the others we've discussed. *sigh* I guess I should add it to the list, if I can find it. Is there some plot afoot to keep me glued to the TV watching old movies??
> Note the background. Was Maya following in her
> pointed little footsteps? Such emulation is not
> unknown.
Ludmilla's dancing is good, if you go for that sort of Hollywood-pagan-dancing-girl style. Her acting is not something to emulate. I believe she was dubbed for
Sign of the Pagan, whether it was because of her accent or something else, I don't know. The dreaded Klinton Spilsbury [
en.wikipedia.org] whose lone credit was in the ghastly
The Legend of the Lone Ranger [
en.wikipedia.org]. Even Fabio, starring a margarine commercial, managed to force out his one line, "I can't believe it's not butter!" (after some 64 takes) and continued to work...I'm not sure Ludmilla was involved in much else that required speaking. We know Maya could talk.
> > > How odd that Fire Maidens is unmentioned
> . . .
> >
> > You don't think she was embarrassed by it, do
> you?
>
> I find this hard to assess. How soon would it
> have been obvious just how bad it was? One thing
> I haven’t yet seen (and would really, really like
> to see) is reviews from when it came out. What
> would be a suitable comparison? World Without End
> looks fairly embarrassing, on a bigger budget
From what I gather, an actor's embarrassment (or not) doesn't always depend on audience reaction. But it may have been too soon to tell. OTOH, maybe she deliberately did not mention it out of revenge towards Cy, who was guilty of what would be sexual harrassment today IIRC. You posted a link somewhere about her rejecting his advances, didn't you?
> Can you see any Fire Maidens yet?
> Yes, but they’re with a less scruffy bunch of
> astronauts.
> Damn, I knew I should have brought some
> Brylcreem!
> And some gas grenades!
You know, speaking of gas grenades, I'll bet that's why Patsy Sloots faked being tied to that altar. Could Cy have really afforded insurance? Probably not...she needed to be able to get up fast, on her toes, even, possibly explaining her remaining
en pointe that intrigued you so as a tiny child.
> > It's amazing how it all works out. I still
> have
> > that annoying tune stuck in my head...
>
> What, you mean the Gliding Dance of the Maidens?
YES !! AAARRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!
> Actually, looking at the bona fide choreography,
> it is distinctly my impression that the Fire
> Maidens do a suitably simplified version of same.
> No wonder Maya was lead dancer for this bit. (You
> will, of course, have noticed that no
> choreographer is credited.)
Yes, I noticed....