SCREEN SCENES

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Joyce 41-B-1 FPE

I wrote a film review of The Christine Jorgenson Story (TVia No. 65), and it started me thinking about all of the FP scenes I had seen in movies over the years.

I thought it might be helpful to have a list of the ones I have run across. If you watch television, you might catch one of these on the Late Show or the Late Late Show or the Early Show. I knew I missed a few, but I tried to cover the ones I knew of.

DRAMAS

Psycho: This was one of the most famous of the thrillers. Like most of this ilk, the FP scenes involve a killer. This is one with a switch. Tony Perkins thinks he is his mother, and as "her" slays any woman who stays at the scary motel. It is a shocker and a good flick, but it doesn't help the FP image if people think all of us are like that.

No Way To Treat A Lady: Rod Steiger uses several disguises to get close enough to (what else?) kill women. One of the disguises is a prostitute and was used on victim four or five. It is a brief scene, but the film demonstrates Steiger's versatility.

Thunderball: This James Bond movie opens with the super spy having a fist fight with a "widow." It has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, but the resurgence of the Bond films around the country makes it fairly accessible.

In Like Flint: Another super sleuth show. This time it is James Coburn as the sleuth and Lee J. Cobb (remember Death of a Salesman?) dons a dress in order to get into Fabulous Face Beauty Spa. It is a silly show, and might have been more appropriate under comedies.

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