tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post8425988034786717070..comments2024-03-24T20:01:47.103-07:00Comments on Hell On Frisco Bay: The Violent Years/Dance Hall RacketBrian Darrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-40025303080756134072011-05-31T16:15:13.388-07:002011-05-31T16:15:13.388-07:00I think Lenny was still very much in the lower, sl...I think Lenny was still very much in the lower, sleazy end of show business at the time the film was made, basically a burlesque comic. Johnny Legend introduced the film at the Roxie, and he said that Lenny was running scams at that time, raising money for fake charities and pocketing a large percentage of the money. <br /><br />Jean Moorhead is obviously a very beautiful woman, and not a horrible actress. I think she could have had some sort of career in movies, if she'd caught a break.sprattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-30689233161863381882011-05-28T02:47:38.119-07:002011-05-28T02:47:38.119-07:00As for Bruce`s intentions, I think he sort of gave...As for Bruce`s intentions, I think he sort of gave up on this puppy in the middle somewhere. Throwing the jacket to draw fire in the shoot out scene seemed to sum up his attitude about the film. Having collaborators and financial constraints must have been tough for someone used to working solo in stark circumstances which characterize a career as a night club comic.Mirinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-80536631398132476182011-05-27T19:31:25.386-07:002011-05-27T19:31:25.386-07:00Great, now I`m a pusher of bobby-sock porn! I`d l...Great, now I`m a pusher of bobby-sock porn! I`d like to point out that when I`m not at the movies, I am a grandmother of 3 and a federal employee! (I miss the days of pre-gyno fanstasy fodder, I admit it.)Mrs. Montagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-21851963732790543442011-05-25T12:50:35.518-07:002011-05-25T12:50:35.518-07:00Peter, thank Miriam, who inspired me to go looking...Peter, thank Miriam, who inspired me to go looking for that image! Wouldn't normally link to something NSFW, but that's the most SFW centerfold I've ever seen, as well.<br /><br />Sprattle, I missed Monday's screening myself, to my regret. Thanks for the comments.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-47899133909418059362011-05-24T09:52:26.167-07:002011-05-24T09:52:26.167-07:00To me, the most amusing plot twist in THE VIOLENT ...To me, the most amusing plot twist in THE VIOLENT YEARS is the idea that "foreign interests" (aka communists) would be willing to pay the girl gang to vandalize a classroom. First they vandalize our classrooms, then they take over our cities.<br /><br />DANCE HALL RACKET is just a sad experience, watching these old strippers and burlesque comics go through the motions as they descend into poverty. The screenplay is so incoherent, I could never tell whether Lenny was parodying the cliches of a mental hygiene film, or just repeating them. Ah, what men went through in the '50s for a brief glimpse of nudity!sprattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531345904528580427.post-81033354693989284732011-05-22T21:36:42.625-07:002011-05-22T21:36:42.625-07:00Wow! Granny panties and bobby sox. I've neve...Wow! Granny panties and bobby sox. I've never seen such an overdressed Playmate of the Month. Thank you Brian.Peter Nellhaushttp://www.coffeecoffeeandmorecoffee.comnoreply@blogger.com