Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
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| - | '''''Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies''''' (2001) is a documentary by [[Ray Greene]] about the [[American exploitation]] and [[sexploitation]] films of the 1950s and 1960s. It features [[Nurmi]] alongside cult filmmakers [[Roger Corman]], [[Doris Wishman]], [[David F. Friedman]], and others. | + | |
| - | ==Full cast== | + | '''''Tonight for Sure''''' is a 1962 American [[sexploitation]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and Jerry Schafer. It was Coppola's feature directorial debut and combined two existing projects: an unreleased [[Western (genre)|Western]]-themed [[nudie cutie]] directed by Schafer called ''The Wide Open Spaces'' and a short film directed by Coppola called ''The Peeper''. The cast features [[Playboy Playmate]] [[Marli Renfro]]. The score was composed by Coppola's father [[Carmine Coppola]] and the cinematography by [[Jack Hill]]. |
| - | [[Samuel Arkoff]], [[Roger Corman]], [[Peter Bogdanovich]], [[Vampira]], [[Doris Wishman]], [[David F. Friedman]], [[Harry Novak]], [[Dick Miller]], [[Forrest J. Ackerman]], [[Dean Bruce Lemon]], [[Doug Blush]], [[Anders Falk]], [[Johnny English]]. | + | |
| - | ==Film historians== | + | ==Plot== |
| - | *[[F. X. Feeney]] | + | On the [[Sunset Strip]], two unlikely men rendezvous: Samuel Hill, an unkempt desert miner, and Benjamin Jabowski, a [[John Birch Society]] dandy from the city. Intent on some sort of mayhem, they enter the Herald Club before the burlesque show starts, and they wire something to the electrical box, set to blow at midnight. They sit at the back of the club to get to know each other. As they drink and glance at the stage, Sam tells of a partner driven mad by visions of naked women in the sagebrush; Ben tells a tale of trying to rid his neighborhood of a pin-up studio. As they get drunker and the clock ticks toward midnight, they pull their chairs closer to the women on stage. |
| - | *[[Michael Copner]] of Cult Movies magazine | + | |
| - | *[[Joseph McBride (writer)]] | + | == Cast == |
| - | *[[Michael Bowen]] | + | * Karl Schanzer as Benjamin Jabowski |
| - | ==Film excerpts== | + | * Don Kenney as Samuel Hill |
| - | *''[[The Brain That Wouldn't Die]]'' | + | * [[Marli Renfro]] as Lucy Mae |
| - | *''[[Carnival of Souls]]'' | + | * Virginia Gordon |
| - | *''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' | + | *Barbara Martin |
| - | *''[[Mom and Dad]]'' | + | *Linda Gibson |
| - | *''[[Nude on the Moon]]'' | + | *Sandy Silver |
| - | *''[[Tonight For Sure]]'' | + | *Pat Brooks |
| - | *''[[Garden of Eden (1954 film)|Garden of Eden]]'' | + | *Electra |
| + | *Exotica | ||
| + | *Laura Cornell | ||
| + | *Karen Lee | ||
| + | *Sue Martin | ||
| + | *Marcelino Espinosa | ||
| + | *Anita Danchick | ||
| + | *Linda Lightfoot | ||
| + | *Bill Freed | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[American movies]] | + | * [[List of American films of 1962]] |
| - | *[[Secret history]] | + | * ''[[The Party at Kitty and Stud's]]'', the debut of [[Sylvester Stallone]] |
| - | *[[Schlock]] | + | * ''[[Sugar Cookies (film)|Sugar Cookies]]'', a film produced by [[Oliver Stone]] |
| - | *[[Clap operas]] | + | * ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'', with [[Malcolm McDowell]], [[Peter O'Toole]], [[John Gielgud]] and [[Helen Mirren]] |
| - | *[[Kroger Babb]] | + | * [[Abel Ferrara]], former pornographic film director |
| - | *[[Russ Meyer]] | + | * [[Jerry Stahl]], former pornographic screenwriter |
| - | *[[Sennett Bathing Beauties]] | + | |
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Tonight for Sure is a 1962 American sexploitation comedy film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jerry Schafer. It was Coppola's feature directorial debut and combined two existing projects: an unreleased Western-themed nudie cutie directed by Schafer called The Wide Open Spaces and a short film directed by Coppola called The Peeper. The cast features Playboy Playmate Marli Renfro. The score was composed by Coppola's father Carmine Coppola and the cinematography by Jack Hill.
Plot
On the Sunset Strip, two unlikely men rendezvous: Samuel Hill, an unkempt desert miner, and Benjamin Jabowski, a John Birch Society dandy from the city. Intent on some sort of mayhem, they enter the Herald Club before the burlesque show starts, and they wire something to the electrical box, set to blow at midnight. They sit at the back of the club to get to know each other. As they drink and glance at the stage, Sam tells of a partner driven mad by visions of naked women in the sagebrush; Ben tells a tale of trying to rid his neighborhood of a pin-up studio. As they get drunker and the clock ticks toward midnight, they pull their chairs closer to the women on stage.
Cast
- Karl Schanzer as Benjamin Jabowski
- Don Kenney as Samuel Hill
- Marli Renfro as Lucy Mae
- Virginia Gordon
- Barbara Martin
- Linda Gibson
- Sandy Silver
- Pat Brooks
- Electra
- Exotica
- Laura Cornell
- Karen Lee
- Sue Martin
- Marcelino Espinosa
- Anita Danchick
- Linda Lightfoot
- Bill Freed
See also
- List of American films of 1962
- The Party at Kitty and Stud's, the debut of Sylvester Stallone
- Sugar Cookies, a film produced by Oliver Stone
- Caligula, with Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud and Helen Mirren
- Abel Ferrara, former pornographic film director
- Jerry Stahl, former pornographic screenwriter
