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Sandra Dee and Dean Stockwell in The Dunwich Horror (1970).

#the dunwich horror #sandra dee #dean stockwell #1970s movies #horror #h. p. lovecraft

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Quantum Leap premiered on March 26, 1989. In New Mexico in 1995, Dr Sam Beckett fearing he would have his project shut down made a test run of his time machine. He "leaped" into the body of test pilot Tom Stratton in September 13, 1956. ("Genesis", Quantum Leap, TV Event)

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The Dunwich Horror will be released on Blu-ray on January 10 via Arrow Video. Luke Preece designed the new artwork for the 1970 H.P. Lovecraft adaptation; the original artwork is on the reverse side.

Daniel Haller (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) directs from a script by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential), Henry Rosenbaum (Lock Up), and Ronald Silkosky. Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley, Lloyd Bochner, and Sam Jaffe star. Roger Corman executive produces.

The Dunwich Horror has been newly restored in 2K from the original camera negative with original lossless mono audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by Guy Adams and Alexandra Benedict, creators of the audio drama Arkham County (new)

The Door into Dunwich - Film historian Stephen R. Bissette and horror author Stephen Laws discuss the film (new)

Interview with The Innsmouth Legacy author Ruthanna Emrys (new)

Interview with music historian David Huckvale

Theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Booklet with new writing by film critics Johnny Mains and Jack Sargeant (first pressing only)

Dean Stockwell stars as Wilbur Whateley, a mysterious young man who travels from the small town of Dunwich to the library of the Miskatonic University which holds one of the only copies of the Necronomicon, a legendary book of occult lore that Wilbur hopes to borrow. Graduate student Nancy Wagner (Sandra Dee) falls under his malign influence and travels with him back to his home where Wilbur has plans to use her in a ritual to raise ‘The Old Ones’, cosmic beings from another dimension. But who, or what, is in the locked room at the top of the stairs? And what will happen if they get out?

#the dunwich horror #dunwich horror #hp lovecraft #h.p. lovecraft #h p lovecraft #h. p. lovecraft #arrow video #dvd #gift #daniel haller #curtis hanson #sandra dee #dean stockwell #lloyd bochner #luke preece

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hollywoodoutbreak · 1 year

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With new episodes of Quantum Leap continuing the story that was started 33 years ago, some fans have been going back to discover (or rediscover) what made the original version both fascinating and heartwarming. Of course, some of the credit goes to creator Donald P. Bellisario's unusual concept, but without the tremendous performances by Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, the show wouldn't have been nearly as good as it was. Bakula, though, is a little more modest than that -- back when the show was originally on the air, he told us it was Bellisario's concept that sold him on the show immediately.

The original Quantum Leap is currently streaming on Peacock.

#Scott Bakula #Dean Stockwell #quantum leap #Donald P. Bellisario #TV #TV News #television #Entertainment #Entertainment news #Celebrities #Celebrity #celebrity news #celebrity interviews #Television News

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unionjackpillow · 9 months

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Today "Quantum Leap" series creator Donald P. Bellisario joins Ars Technica to answer once and for all the lingering questions we have about his enduringly popular show. Was Dr. Sam Beckett really leaping between all those time periods and people or did he simply imagine it all? What do people in the waiting room do while Sam is in their bodies? What happens to Sam's loyal ally Al? 30 years following the series finale, answers to these mysteries and more await.

Transcript from the website under the cut:

00:03 [mysterious music]

00:04 [Ziggy] Theorizing that one could create

00:06 a time-travel series set within his own lifetime,

00:10 Don Bellisario created a groundbreaking television series,

00:13 Quantum Leap.

00:14 Now nearly 30 years later,

00:17 Don finds himself answering

00:19 the unsolved mysteries of Dr. Sam Beckett's journey

00:22 striving to put right what once went wrong

00:25 and hoping each time

00:27 that his next answer will be the leap home.

00:31 [gentle techno music]

00:42 Oh boy.

00:43 [Ziggy] Was Sam really leaping or was he imagining it all?

00:47 Wasn't in Sam's mind.

00:49 He was actually leaping.

00:50 That's what I felt, anyway.

00:52 It wasn't something he was imagining.

00:54 It was real.

00:56 [Ziggy] What do people in the waiting room do

00:58 while Sam is in their bodies?

01:00 It's interesting to think about the waiting room.

01:03 The waiting room came from a novel that I had read

01:09 that had a waiting room in it,

01:11 different sense of Quantum Leap,

01:13 but in Quantum Leap, people in the waiting room

01:17 would be a little disturbed

01:19 by what had happened,

01:20 would not understand what was going on, of course.

01:23 Their interactions with each other

01:25 would have been interesting.

01:27 I don't think that they know

01:29 or remember anything that Sam felt

01:31 when he was in their body,

01:33 but I think that they leap back into their body

01:36 and remember being in the waiting room

01:40 and don't understand what has happened.

01:43 At one point, I thought about

01:44 maybe that's where all the stories come from about aliens,

01:48 that people felt there were aliens when they came back.

01:51 I think that when Sam leaps into someone's body,

01:55 doing his thing, when he leaps back out

02:00 and they are there left without Sam,

02:03 they don't remember what Sam did,

02:06 but they do have a sense of confusion

02:09 about what's gone on with them

02:12 during the time that the leap happened.

02:16 It could drive somebody crazy,

02:18 now that I think about it.

02:21 [Ziggy] When did you decide that Sam was married?

02:25 Did adding Donna to the series

02:27 create complications for the characters moving forward,

02:31 besides me?

02:33 Adding Donna created complications for Sam

02:36 because suddenly he has a wife

02:38 and that's complicated in itself.

02:40 Donna was very much in love with Sam

02:43 in a way he could do no wrong.

02:45 She understood what was going on with his leaping.

02:49 She wasn't very happy with him sleeping with other women,

02:51 but she understood why.

02:53 Sam was the love of her life

02:55 and I think she went on and lived her life

02:58 but she didn't hook up with anybody again, Sam was it.

03:03 And I think she always hoped that Sam would return,

03:07 but Sam was too busy helping other people

03:10 than to help his own wife.

03:13 [Ziggy] What were your touchstones

03:14 in designing the future?

03:16 Lights in blue boxes

03:18 and red boxes and yellow boxes [laughing]

03:21 work very well for the future.

03:24 The technology in the future was, of course,

03:26 far in advanced of where we were.

03:29 Sam designed Quantum Leap, that was his baby.

03:33 Al was part of it.

03:34 [Ziggy] You always have answers, Don.

03:37 When designing the near future,

03:39 why does everyone wear glowing lights?

03:42 Well, it was the future.

03:43 So you had to have something glowing,

03:46 like here in front of me now.

03:49 And in the very first episode Sam's accoutrements,

03:53 I had some part of it glowing and flashing.

03:57 [Ziggy] We know Al spends much of his time

03:59 covering for Sam.

04:01 But when, or if the details ever got out,

04:03 would the Quantum Leap project be considered a success?

04:07 The government see it as a success?

04:09 Well, they kept financing it.

04:10 So it had to be successful to the government on some level.

04:16 Al was very good at raising funds from Congress

04:20 and he had to explain Quantum Leap to them

04:23 on a level they could understand.

04:25 And he had to put out some teasers

04:28 that in Quantum Leap uncover something

04:31 that would be very positive

04:33 for the government and for the country.

04:35 He kept on that track when he met with Congress

04:39 and that's how he got the money.

04:41 He was a good talker

04:42 For $43 billion he could at least

04:45 have altered the results of the last presidential election.

04:49 I didn't tell any stories

04:50 where he would radically change history

04:53 because we know what goes on in history.

04:56 And that would have been as if the show was a pure fantasy,

05:01 which, I didn't want the audience to feel that way.

05:04 I wanted the audience to feel

05:06 that there really was Sam out there leaping through time.

05:10 There were certain things,

05:11 he could only leap into people that were ordinary.

05:15 That was what we started off with, that rule,

05:18 which I broke a couple of times later in the show.

05:21 The reason he could only leap into his own lifetime

05:23 was to make the show believable.

05:26 I didn't want it one day he'd leap into Rome

05:29 and Caesar's time.

05:31 I didn't want that.

05:32 I wanted every show to feel like it could really happen.

05:35 And that's why it had to be contemporary.

05:38 [Ziggy] What kind of challenges did you face

05:40 in producing a show that relied heavily on guest actors?

05:45 The show was an opportunity to use a lot of actors.

05:50 I never found that to be a challenge,

05:52 I found it to be an opportunity.

05:53 I liked the idea of being able

05:56 to pull different actors in from the acting pool.

05:59 The stories that we wrote gave us that opportunity,

06:03 which I think was very positive for the show.

06:06 [Ziggy] Is it true that the format of the show

06:08 was intentional and allowed you to use

06:11 existing resources, sets, and costumes?

06:14 Because we could leap into

06:16 just about any place in any time

06:19 we did use a lot of the sets that existed at Universal.

06:23 We'd drive around and see a set and think,

06:25 how can we put that into a story?

06:28 And we did it quite often.

06:30 It gave the show production values

06:32 that it would normally have,

06:34 using sets that had been paid for by another show.

06:39 My favorite set was the bar.

06:42 What d'ya got on tap?

06:43 By the way, my dad had that bar,

06:45 that bar was exactly replicated from the bar I was raised in

06:49 until I was 18 years old and went off to college,

06:52 including the beer taps, which were from my dad's bar,

06:56 which was a real time trip for me,

06:59 to be standing on that set

07:01 as if I was standing at home 18 years or 20 years before.

07:05 [Ziggy] How controversial was it

07:07 to produce the Lee Harvey Oswald episodes?

07:10 First of all when I created the show

07:12 I wanted to use ordinary people

07:14 because if you use ordinary people,

07:17 you can't, you're not changing history

07:20 with somebody famous.

07:22 But I got to the point where

07:23 I wanted to do Lee Harvey Oswald,

07:25 because I had served with Lee Harvey Oswald

07:29 in the Marine Corps.

07:30 And I knew Lee Harvey Oswald.

07:32 There were so many stories about multiple shooters

07:36 and multiple people behind it

07:39 that I believe that Lee Harvey was the only guy that did it.

07:42 And I knew that his type would react that way.

07:47 So I decided to do the show.

07:49 That episode was a little different for me

07:51 because I started the same way I do any episode,

07:54 I just start writing and something comes out,

07:57 but here I knew I was going to use Lee Harvey Oswald,

08:00 and I knew that he was going to

08:01 kill Kennedy in his lifetime.

08:03 So I had to work around all that.

08:06 It was an interesting episode to write,

08:08 dealing with somebody who actually lived,

08:11 killed the precedents.

08:13 [Ziggy] Was the evil leaper storyline

08:15 planned from the beginning?

08:17 Evil leapers were only in, I believe,

08:20 about three episodes.

08:22 I didn't have any plans to continue them.

08:25 They were put in an episode by another writer.

08:29 And so I let it go on for the three episodes,

08:32 but I never really felt comfortable with the evil leapers.

08:36 That's just a personal thing.

08:37 I don't know why I didn't feel comfortable with them,

08:39 other than they were evil.

08:41 So maybe I'm not too comfortable with that.

08:44 It didn't feel the same as the other episodes to me,

08:48 it felt different and it was different.

08:50 And I don't know that it was different in a good way.

08:53 Alia is not gone.

08:58 [Ziggy] What were some of your ideas

08:59 for a potential season six?

09:01 I didn't have a plan for season six.

09:04 It was going to be the same thing,

09:05 to tell all the stories that we could tell.

09:08 Quantum Leap had the great ability

09:11 to tell any kind of story.

09:13 There was no a running line that you couldn't get away from,

09:17 you have to just go with whatever story was being told.

09:21 I just planned to do a lot more individual stories

09:24 [Ziggy] Was Bruce McGill intentionally cast

09:26 in the series finale, Mirror Image,

09:28 as a callback to the pilot episode, Genesis Part I?

09:32 Bruce was an actor that I loved working with

09:35 and I wanted to work with him again.

09:38 And so that final episode I put Bruce in it.

09:42 He was in the first one

09:43 and put him in what turned out to be the last one.

09:46 It was a, he's a delight to work with.

09:49 Purely the producer's desire to have him in the show.

09:53 [Ziggy] How would you envision

09:54 a modern reboot of Quantum Leap?

09:56 I think if I did Quantum Leap today

09:58 I'd do it just the same way I did it decades ago.

10:02 I would tell the same type of stories,

10:04 doing stories of individuals, their challenges.

10:08 I would be able to use more sets from other shows

10:13 and more modern sets,

10:15 but it would basically be the same show.

10:17 What made the show great was the stories

10:20 and the interaction of the people,

10:22 not the sets or the costumes or anything.

10:25 How today's audiences would view the show,

10:27 I don't think that view it any different

10:29 than they did when we created it.

10:32 It's the stories that were so good.

10:35 And the people that I cast in the roles

10:39 that made the show come alive.

10:41 And I think the same thing would happened today.

10:43 Wish I could do it again.

10:45 I wouldn't serialize it.

10:47 I got away from that.

10:50 Never did it in the old show

10:52 and I wouldn't do it in doing it again.

10:55 I'd follow the same format.

10:57 [Ziggy] What happened to Sam after the finale?

11:00 Will he live forever, leaping at will,

11:03 or will he eventually die?

11:05 If he dies, what happens to his body?

11:08 I think Sam went on leaping through time.

11:12 I don't think he ever went home.

11:14 When that last episode ended

11:18 and the show went off the air,

11:20 fans were of two sections.

11:23 One section was that Sam went on leaping forever.

11:27 And the other section was that no, Sam leaped home

11:30 and they wanted him to leap home.

11:32 The fans have wanted him to leave home were upset with me.

11:35 I got a lot of, not nasty,

11:37 but I got a lot of negative letters from fans like that

11:40 because I said that he went leaping on.

11:44 Sam leaping on is the way the story has to go.

11:47 Can't stop, it's his life work.

11:50 He's making a choice to leap on

11:52 because he has so many people to help,

11:55 which every episode he helped somebody

11:58 and he had to keep doing that.

12:00 So he made a very conscious choice to keep leaping.

12:04 He could have chosen to leap back home,

12:06 he had that ability.

12:08 I'd like to think that Sam could live forever

12:10 but I doubt that would happen.

12:12 I don't think anyone can live forever.

12:14 So I think at some point his life had to come to an end

12:18 but maybe along the way,

12:21 Sammy Jo, daughter that he had,

12:24 [Sam] What's yours?

12:25 Sammy Jo.

12:27 There's a 91.9% chance

12:29 that Sammy Jo Fuller is your daughter.

12:33 She could take up the mantle and it would continue.

12:36 She has an IQ of 194.

12:40 So she got her brains from her father.

12:42 Potentially I saw that,

12:44 that Sammy Jo could take his place

12:46 and it would be a different show,

12:48 but she would keep leaping the same way that Sam did.

12:51 But I couldn't have done it

12:53 because Scott Bakula was so integral to the character

12:59 and so important to the show

13:02 that without him

13:03 I don't think the show could have gone on.

13:06 [Ziggy] What do you think happened to Al

13:08 when Sam was left leaping forever?

13:10 Well, that's an interesting question.

13:12 What happened to Al? [laughing]

13:14 I hadn't thought what happened to Al.

13:17 Dean Stockwell probably did.

13:18 But I think Al would have been traveling along

13:22 into the future along with him,

13:24 would still be there as a sidekick.

13:28 It would have to continue the storylines just as they had.

13:31 Sam's connection to Al was like an umbilical cord.

13:36 I don't think you could separate the two.

13:39 Where Sam went Al would follow.

13:42 Al wouldn't pass away, it's television.

13:45 It's a dirty job,

13:48 but somebody's got to do it.

13:50 Thank you for all the questions.

13:52 Hopefully someday Dr. Beckett will return home,

13:56 but probably not.

13:58 Quantum Leap, may it come back again.

14:04 [bright music]

#quantum leap #Donald p. Bellisario #unanswered questions #scott bakula #dean stockwell #evil leaper #lee harvey oswald

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cultfaction · 1 year

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Preview- The Dunwich Horror (Bluray)

Riding high on their successful adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe, Roger Corman and American International Pictures took on that other titan of literary terror, H.P Lovecraft, in The Dunwich Horror! Dean Stockwell stars as Wilbur Whateley, a mysterious young man who travels from the small town of Dunwich to the library of the Miskatonic University which holds one of the only copies of the…

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#Daniel Haller #Dean Stockwell #H. P. Lovecraft #Roger Corman #Sandra Dee #The Dunwich Horror

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davewachter · 1 year

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Ben, played by Dean Stockwell, in his iconic scene from Blue Velvet. A commish for a friend from last year I neglected to post. #bluevelvet #bluevelvetben #deanstockwell #watercolor #inkwash #inks #originalart #davidlynch #davewachter #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2t2SAsVnF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hplovecraftmuseum · 8 months

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Movie poster for the 1970 flick, THE DUNWICH HORROR. Calling this film a 'camp classic' might be extremely generous. However, this was the first movie production from a major studio of a Lovecraft tale. Particularly it was the first that actually gave him credit for the origional story inspiration. It's probably not surprising that this movie came out at the height of the Psycedelic era in America. Sandra Dee, a minor 'Blonde Bombshell' actress of the era starred as the hapless victim of the sexually charged demon/creature/ cosmic entitiy (Yog-Sothoth in Lovecraft's origional story) Dean Stockwell -who was always a bit quirky as an actor anyway - plays Wilbur Whateley. His Wilbur is quite a bit better looking and a little less repulsive than Lovecraft's origional concept. Probably the highlight of the whole mess was veteran thespian, Sam Jaffe. Jaffe takes the part of old "Wizard Whateley". Jaffe is perhaps better known as the professor in the origional, DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Unquestionably the many near psychedellic-type "trips" various characters experienced in Lovecraft's stories contributed to his sudden greater fame during the 1970s. In fact almost exactly following the death of August Derleth on July 4, 1971, a whole underground explosion of interest in Lovecraft's works and life began. Lovecraft inspired stories appeared in SKULL COMICS, on Rod Sterling's THE NIGHT GALLERY, and inspired several underground publications including, WHISPERS, NYCTALOPS and the landmark 'H. P. L.' THE FIRST WORLD FANTASY AWARDS convention was held in Providence, RI in the mid 70s too and was essentially dedicated to the life and works of H. P. Lovecraft. How and why this sudden interest occurred is something that is not easily explained and even now is open to debate. It might be important to note that even though some of the characters in Lovecraft's stories used drugs or had fantastical experiences prompted by the use of them, Lovecraft plainly stated in his letters that he had never used mind altering substances of any kind. He also insisted that his lips had never touched alcohol. (Exhibit 396)

#lovecraft #the dunwich horror #Lovecraft and the drug era in America #dean stockwell #Sam Jaffe as WizardvWhateley

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libraryofthephantasmagoira · 1 year

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Recently saw The Dunwich Horror (1970) An AIP Pictures, H. P. Lovecraft adaptation, following on from ‘The Haunted Palace.’ Dean Stockwell is good at quiet menace as Wilbur Whateley, seeking to manifest the Old Ones. Director Daniel Haller uses quick edits and film negative effects to suggest wrongness with his budgetary limitations. A link between the colourful 1960’s gothics and the 1970’s Devil movies. Worth seeing if you get the chance

#arrow video #dunwich horror #hplovecraft #lovecraft #horror #horrorfilm #aip pictures #dean stockwell #1970sfilms #1970shorrorfilms #film #filmreveiw

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Sexual health

As a part of the vulnerable population, homeless women are exposed to challenges around the integrity of their bodies and health (Barbosa, N. G., 2022). Sex/intercourse is a natural part of most living things life whether it be for the purposes of reproducing or pleasure. People experiencing homelessness share the same desires but this can get particularly dangerous if safe sex practices are not maintained. Young adults of the homeless population tend to engage in sexual activies earlier in life, have multiple partners, and have unprotected sex due to many reasons (Adedze, M., 2022). This opens up numerous opportunities for them to be at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In fact, homeless people have an increased risk of contracting STIs (Stockwell, S., 2015). These bodily infections can be very harmful, especially to women. Bacterial infections such as gonorrhea and syphilis can increase the risk of acquiring HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) which is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. In the homeless population, HIV is a major cause of morbidity & mortality (Marshall, B. D., 2016). HPV (human papillomavirus) can cause genital warts and/or cervical cancer (CDC). Some more examples include genital herpes, chlamydia, bacterial vaginosis, and hepatitis. For a population whose priorities do not include visiting the doctor's office to receive routine check-ups and medications, contracting such STIs can lead them to live very uncomfortable/painful lives while the infection causes detrimental harm to their bodies. For example, lots of STIs can also lead to infertility later in life as well (CDC). While sex may be a voluntary and pleasurable act for many, a lot of the times, living on the streets can push people to trade sex for shelter or survival (Adedze, M., 2022). This unfortunate scenario can result in individuals having to live with a physical illness for the rest of their lives. Attached below is an infographic from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) which shows the rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea & syphilis infections in Canada. You may also click the image to visit the website. To learn more about STIs, link the CDC link below.

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Adedze, M., Osei-Yeboah, R., Morhe, E. S. K., & Ngambouk, V. P. (2022). Exploring sexual and reproductive health needs and associated barriers of homeless young adults in urban ghana: A qualitative study. Sexuality Research & Social Policy, 19(3), 1006-1019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00724-9

Barbosa, N. G., Hasimoto, T. M., Michelon, T. M., Carvalho Mendes, L. M., Gustavo Gonçalves dos Santos, Juliana Cristina dos Santos Monteiro, & Gomes-Sponholz, F. A. (2022). Attention to Women’s sexual and reproductive health at the street outreach office. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10885. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710885

Marshall, B. D., Elston, B., Dobrer, S., Parashar, S., Hogg, R. S., Montaner, J. S., Kerr, T., Wood, E., & Milloy, M. J. (2016). The population impact of eliminating homelessness on HIV viral suppression among people who use drugs. AIDS (London, England), 30(6), 933–942. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000990

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Information from CDC. (n.d.). CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm

Stockwell, S., Dean, G., Cox, T., Tweed, M., Poole, J., Hume, G., Nicolson, S., & Hutchinson, L. (2015). P224 The sexual health of the homeless – an outreach sexual health screening project. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91(Suppl 1), A90-A90. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.268

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byneddiedingo · 2 years

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Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in Anchors Aweigh (George Sidney, 1945) Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, José Iturbi, Dean Stockwell, Pamela Britton, Rags Ragland, Billy Gilbert, Henry O'Neill, Carlos Ramirez, Edgar Kennedy, Grady Sutton, Leon Ames, Sharon McManus. Screenplay: Isobel Lennart, Natalie Marcin. Cinematography: Charles P. Boyle, Robert H. Planck. Art direction: Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons. Film editing: Adrienne Fazan. Music: George Stoll. Anchors Aweigh is not in the top tier of MGM musicals. It doesn't have the smooth integration of story with music found in Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and An American in Paris (1951) or Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain (1952). What it does have is Kelly in his breakthrough film, blazing with his uniquely muscular dancing style in some great set pieces, not only the famously beloved sequence in which he dances with Jerry the Mouse, but also in the charming "Mexican Hat Dance" with little Sharon McManus and the spectacular "La Cumparsita" that has him doing stunt leaps and swinging from a curtain to a balcony occupied by Kathryn Grayson. Kelly did the choreography for these numbers, and they depend heavily on long takes that show the dancing to best advantage. But the film also has Frank Sinatra, still in his skinny idol-of-the-bobby-soxers phase, which earned him top billing -- Grayson is billed second and Kelly third. He's in fine voice, and the phrasing that would make him one of the best singers who ever lived is already in evidence; he was also coached by Kelly into being a more-than-passable dancing partner. Unfortunately, the film also has Grayson, the least charming and talented of the run of Hollywood sopranos that began with Jeanette MacDonald and encompassed singers like Grace Moore, Lily Pons, and Deanna Durbin before fizzling out with Jane Powell. Plus there's José Iturbi, the pianist and conductor whose movie stardom remains a mystery (at least to me); he hashes up the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in a number shot at the Hollywood Bowl where he's accompanied by a stage full of young pianists. The plot, such as it is, hangs on Kelly and Sinatra getting Grayson, with whom both have fallen in love, an audition with Iturbi at MGM and then figuring out which of them will get Grayson. The whole thing unaccountably earned an Oscar nomination for best picture, but it also landed Kelly his only nomination as best actor. It was also nominated for cinematography and for Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn's song "I Fall in Love Too Easily," which Sinatra introduced, and it won for George Stoll's scoring.

#Anchors Aweigh #George Sidney #Gene Kelly #Frank Sinatra

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Another great Dean Stockwell moment. One of the best bits from Battlestar.

I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine!

#dean stockwell #battlestar galactica #tv #television #r. i. p.#cylons #Youtube

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alcalavicci · 3 years

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1988 article talking about the mid/late 80s production boom, which helped Dean's career.

14 movies (and one TV movie) in 3 years! Wow!

#Dean Stockwell #p sure he had some smaller roles in some of those though

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ilcovodelbikersgrunf · 3 years

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“Tutto ebbe inizio quando un esperimento su di un viaggio temporale che stavo conducendo finì in modo strano. Nello spazio dell’orologio cosmico mi sono offerto all’aeronautica per un test che da solo non avrei mai superato. Fortunatamente quasi sempre, ho un aiuto vicino a me, si chiama Al, ma lui è un ologramma, quindi materialmente non può fare nulla per me. Comunque eccomi qui che rimbalzo nel tempo sistemando le cose che non vanno per il verso giusto, una specie di sceriffo che viaggia in compagnia del suo assistente e che assume sembianze diverse… Oh mamma…”

#quantum leap #fantascienza #1989 #Donald P. Bellisario #scott bakula #Dean Stockwell #Youtube

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