[ April 19, 2024 ]
Tonight's Saturday Night Cinema is Trapeze (1956), a circus film directed by Carol Reed (The Third Man), starring the spectacular hunkalicious Burt Lancaster, a very pretty Tony Curtis and super sexpot Gina Lollobridgida (making her debut in American films). That's a helluva lot of eye candy for boys and girls. Hubba hubba.
I love Lancaster. He is always great — always — and he performs all of the stunts himself. This, of course, is made all the more enjoyable knowing that Lancaster began learning this craft at the circus at the tender age of nine — he formed an acrobat duo with Nick Cravat ('Lang and Cravat') and joined the Kay Brothers circus until an injury forced Lancaster to give up the profession, with great regret. I imagine he enjoyed this role for that very reason.
The plot is standard and the dialogue is a bit worn, but it's still deelish. I love the film. It's a big cheesy movie of life, love and and lots of big swinging hunks hurling through the air on a rope ……
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Gina Lollobrigida, who is shapely enough, heaven knows, uses her notable bowsprit to wedge her way in between Mr. Lancaster and Tony Curtis, who are readying their act for the Paris
Cirque d'Hiver. Mr. Lancaster, as a veteran aerialist who now has a crippled leg, is about to teach Mr. Curtis how to "throw a triple," which (we learn) is the ultimate triumph of a "flyer." It is a triple somersault made in the air.
Tensions rise as an inevitable love triangle forms :)
The Cast
TRAPEZE, screen play by James R. Webb; adaptation by Liam O'Brien; directed by James Hill; a Susan Productions, Inc., picture; presented by Hecht-Lancaster and released by United Artists. At the Capitol.
Mike Ribble . . . . . Burt Lancaster
Tino Orsini . . . . . Tony Curtis
Lola . . . . . Gina Lollobrigida
Rosa . . . . . Katy Jurado
Bouglione . . . . . Thomas Gomez
Max, the Dwarf . . . . . Johnny Puleo
John Ringling North . . . . . Minor Watson
Chikki . . . . . Gerard Landry
Otto . . . . . J. P. Kerrien
Snake Man . . . . . Sidney James
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11 years ago
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11 years ago
Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge?
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How come you have to pay someone to rotate your tires? Isn’t that the basic idea behind the wheel? Don’t they rotate on their own?
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McQuillan walked into a bar and ordered martini after martini, each time removing the olives and placing them in a jar. When the jar was filled with olives and all the drinks consumed, the Irishman started to leave.
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11 years ago
I know what you mean, Pamela. I always had a serious crush on Lancaster.
11 years ago
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to watch Mr. Lancaster at work during filming of “The Midnight Man.” His presence off the screen was equally impressive.
11 years ago
The best show movie except maybe for Limelight, “that’s where it’s at” of all times. A bit over-produced, but it all fits – hey, it’s circus, man!
