I've always enjoyed this film. Thanks for reminding me of it. I'll make a point of re-watching it in the next few days, possible tonight if I'm in the right mood.
It's a good film and Stephen McNally is a very strong villain. He was a versatile character actor but, like Richard Conte, was always most forceful when playing unpleasant people.
Andrea King and Leon Ames also play against type. Andrea King was often cast as a bitchy character, but she's really good here playing a sheltered virgin who's tempted to shed her inhibitions but is nervous about doing so.
Off the top of my head and as a major Cyd Charisse fan, I must inform you that the DVD of The Band Wagon contains as an "extra" the outtake of Two Faced Woman which is missing from the Blu-ray disc. In no circumstances will I let go of my DVD!
For some reason I never got around to buying the DVD and I'm more than ready to watch this film again, so I'd snap up a decent Blu-ray disc immediately. Having watched The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers twice in the past three days, I'm also more than ready for some additional Barbara Stanwyck.
I once saw Robert Mitchum on a TV chat show, and he told how he took Elvis home to have dinner with his family. He said he went up in his son's estimation after that! I'm going to watch Elvis tonight in Loving You.
I have the DVD and I'll probably watch it today. The leading lady is played by Keely Smith, one of my favorite singers. It's notable that Robert Mitchum cast another singer, Julie London, as the female lead in the next movie he produced.
I read somewhere that Virginia Mayo said that Alan Ladd was one of her two favorite co-stars. I don't know if that's true but I like to believe it it is.
In her splendid autobiography Esther Williams tells of her first visit to MGM. Louis B. Mayer, somewhat insensitively, remarked that Esther was tall. She assumed that was game, set and match and she had no chance. She turned to walk out and Louis B. Mayer shouted "Come back. You're not as tall...
I mis-spelt her name! Shame on me! I've now corrected my typo.
I re-watched the disc and I can understand why I didn't remember much about the film. It's a fairly routine story with a few plot holes. It has Dolores Moran whom I like a lot. The film was produced by Benedict Bogeaus who made...
I have the Warner Archive DVD-R of Count The Hours. It's high time I re-watched it because I don't remember much about the film. I do recommend all film noir/crime movie enthusiasts to watch this movie because it was directed by Don Siegel and photographed by John Alton. As we have one member...