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I know Curtis is best remembered for Some Like It Hot, and I'll agree that it's a great movie. But I have to say a word for Trapeze, which may be the most Buffista movie of the '50s.
Curtis plays a young trapeze artist, and Burt Lancaster plays his mentor. Until they fall out over a bombshell, played by Gina Lollabrigida, who wants in on the act. Except that the subtext between the two men is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- far closer to text than you'd expect for 1956.
Trapeze
A Carol Reed movie, no less.
Curtis also ruled in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and THE GREAT RACE.
Except that the subtext between the two men is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- far closer to text than you'd expect for 1956.
Oh yeah, it's gay as hell. Both Tony and Burt were rumored to be happily bi, so it's interesting that they felt comfortable to let the subtext out. It was directed by Carol Reed who also did The Thin Man and it has some amazing shots. Very innovative use of the camera up in the rigging. As I recall, Madonna modeled the costumes for one of her tours on the circus wear of Gina in Trapeze.
It was directed by Carol Reed who also did The Thin Man and it has some amazing shots.
Err, The Third Man, I think. Also Odd Man Out which is devestating.
Curtis also ruled in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and THE GREAT RACE.
True dat.
"The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river."
Err, The Third Man, I think. Also Odd Man Out which is devestating.
Oops. You're right. Slip of the brain.
Oops. You're right. Slip of the brain.
Have another martini. Nick and Nora would approve.
Or possibly wrestle the glass out of your hand and drink it themselves.
Or possibly wrestle the glass out of your hand and drink it themselves.
True dat.
Both Tony and Burt were rumored to be happily bi, so it's interesting that they felt comfortable to let the subtext out.
More than rumors, at least for Tony. He's acknowledged that, during his early years in Hollywood, he didn't worry too much about the gender of his bedmates.