#operation petticoat 1959

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I liked the part with the pig(s).

This started off alright; The gags with Tony Curtis stealing things around the base were mildly amusing, but it wasn't exactly funny. Then a bunch of women entered the picture, and 90% of the dialogue and "jokes" from that point on was lazy, misogynistic, unfunny boomer humour. Some casual racism too, of course, for good measure.

There was a scene where the entirety of the joke was that one of the women was busty and people were brushing against her chest in the narrow submarine. Ha, get it? Big boobs! What a classic bit! 

Later on they were saved from friendly fire when one of her bras surfaced, convincing the US destroyer that they couldn't be Japanese, because Japanese women are too flat chested to wear such a large bra. I'd say maybe this passed for comedy in 1959, but I'm certain it was lazy garbage the moment a pen pressed it onto paper, whatever the era.

Aside from a bit where they randomly tried to sink an oil tanker weirdly breaking up the onslaught of whimsical "comedy", you'd never have known there was supposed to be a war going on. There was practically no plot to speak of, and most of it just dealt with these sleazy guys alternating between sexually objectifying the women, and talking openly about how they considered them inferior to men. 

For some contrived reason, they painted their sub pink while it was in the water, as though made any sense. Of course this lead to much bemoaning about how emasculated these manly men were by having a pink submarine full of women. Did I mention there were women aboard the submarine? Clumsy, useless women with big breasts and feminine underwear? HAHAHAHA!

This movie was fucking terrible. Don't waste your time.

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Movie poster by Constantin Belinsky for the 1960 French release of the Universal International feature Operation Jupons. Constantin Belinsky (1904-1999) moved to Paris from his native Ukraine in 1925 and began a career as a film poster designer in 1930. He was a prolific designer, creating thousands of poster designs over a career spanning more than forty years, each featuring his unmistakably style of bold, beautiful and sumptuously colored designs. He is responsible for some of the most glorious French movie posters. (Orson & Welles)

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Operation Petticoat 1959

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Classic Comedy Watch: Operation Petticoat (1959) Watched:  01/27/2024 Format: Prime Viewing:  First Director:  Blake Edwards Selection:  Me, by rec So, a colleague had recommended this one, and forewarned me that it is a product of it's time, and I could not agree more.   This is a movie with an odd framing device - a US Navy Admiral returning to the submarine he skippered during the war on the morning the boat is set to head to the boneyard.  He sits down and reads his Captain's log from cover to cover in his former bunk. By 1959 two things were apparently true:   1) the US was ready to do light, sexy comedies about the war, including starting out with making Pearl Harbor a wacky incident that happened 2) the role of women in film - especially light comedies - had changed a lot, with the "can do" spirit of women in the war or even noir There is not room in this post to discuss the rapid swing of women in pictures of the 1950's from tough-women-on-the-homefront to "don't let those daffy women near machinery.  That's for MEN." that I assume reflects the culture of the time.  But it's kind of a thing, and for as fast as it happened, it took a lot longer to eke our way back out.   This movie is the Admiral's (Cary Grant) recollections of the submarine crew's post Pearl Harbor response, lifting the boat and getting it semi-seaworthy again thanks to shenanigans on the part of a new Lieutenant (Tony Curtis), a streetwise fast talker who has joined the navy for the uniform and social ladder climbing opportunities. It's got a hint of Sgt. Bilko (which pre-dates the film) as some of the best gags are about Tony Curtis finding the materials needed.  Good stuff.  But the main feature of the film is when the sub stops off at an island and finds they have to evacuate 6 female nurses.  Who are, of course, mostly stacked.  And then it's a lot of "boys will be boys" and "women don't belong on a boat!" humor that you either are going to have to get settled in with or you're going to want to choke a boat load of US servicemen.   The humor is a brand of post-screwball wackiness that would continue to expand into the 1960's and be killed off by 1970s film while being embraced by 1970's TV, in its way.  And some bits are really good.  I did want to tell the editor to please leave Cary Grant alone and let him have his moments after something wacky happened, because that's where you get the laugh doubled down (see Grant in Bringing Up Baby).  There's not even exactly double-entendres but in an era that was sanitizing comedy, this must have felt pretty racy (you see a girdle and a bra!).   Fun bit of casting - look for Marion "Mrs. Cunningham" Ross as one of the nurses.  And, fun fact:  there was a 1977 TV show that basically remade the movie starring John Astin in the Cary Grant role and had a very young Jamie Lee Curtis as one of the nurses.  I have absolutely no idea how this premise was carried off for two seasons of network TV.   Anyway, it's a fascinating time capsule talking to the generation who was in the war now that they bought suburban houses as much as it's a comedy you can still put on and get most of the jokes.   https://ift.tt/74jsZ0Y via The Signal Watch https://ift.tt/5SVm8JY January 29, 2024 at 09:25PM

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Tony Curtis and Cary Grant during production of OPERATION PETTICOAT (1959), directed by Blake Edwards

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Cary Grant-Arthur O´Connell-Virginia Gregg "Operación Pacífico" (Operation Petticoat) 1959, de Blake Edwards.

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Can you recommend your favorite comedies/romcoms from the 50s and 60s? I'd love to watch more but I have trouble finding more than the Classics™️ (as decided by? websites in general I guess?)

Yours, mine and ours (1968)

A touch of mink (1962)

Send me no flowers (1964)

Pillow talk (1959)

Lover come back (1961)

Move over darling (1963)

The thrill of it all (1963)

Operation petticoat (1959)

Houseboat (1958)

Cinderella story (sophia loren, 1967, this one is hard to find)

it started in naples (1960)

Indiscreet (1958)

Blondes preferred (1953)

We’re no angels (1955)

Teacher‘s pet (1958)

Carry-on movies in general (throughout the 50s,60s and 70s)

Father of the bride (1951)

The countess from hong kong (1967)

Roman holiday (1953)

Sabrina (1954, tbh I prefer the 90s version more though)

Charade (1963)

My fair lady (1964)

Funny girl (1968)

Louis de funès movies in general (50s, 60s, 70s)

Strange bedfellows (1965)

Those are my favs so far. I still have a few movies left to watch with i.e. katherine hepburn, spencer tracy and shirley maclaine and others in the main cast, but there aren’t many left on my list. Additionally germany didn’t localize every movie back then, mostly those that were already successful in their home country and would promise guaranteed success in german cinema, so there‘s the chance that most of the movies I named are listed as classics. Though I do hope I could name a few that are new to you. :D

I also have german fav movies from the 50s and 60s but I dunno the region you’re from, so I listed only those that have english as main language or have subtitles.

If there’s someone that would like to contribute their fav in the comments please do so.

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Operation Petticoat (1959)

Basic Story: Lieutenant Commander Sherman remembers his misadventures aboard the USS Sea Dragon.

Fan Thoughts: Operation Petticoat is one of those World War II films from around the sixties that focused more on comedy and innuendo than drama.  While it is silly and a bit ridiculous at times, it’s a fun film with a fast pace as Lieutenant Commander Sherman (Cary Grant) tries to help his submarine the USS Sea Tiger through a comedy of errors on their way from the Philippines to Australia.  Assisting him Lieutenant Nick Holden (Tony Curtis), a former admirals aide who at first seems ill suited toeing onboard until he reveals he can scrounge just about anything to help repair the badly damaged Sea Tiger and Sherman makes him Supply Officer.  After stealing every part they can, the Sea Tiger begins limping toward Australia, engine one constantly gurgling and backfiring.  While on their journey the submarine and crew find themselves in increasingly absurd situations, however nearly all of them are loosely based on actual events: nurses were evacuated from Corregidor on the USS Spearfish, Filipino civilians were evacuated on the USS Narwhal, USS Bowfin torpedoed a bus, the Lieutenant Commander of the USS Skipjack sent a letter regarding the lack of toilet paper like the one in the film, and while obviously taken to a comedic level the pink paint was based on the USS Seadragon who had her top coat of paint burned off and fought in just the red undercoat, and the USS Harder had pink added to her grey top coat to aid camouflage at dawn and dusk.  While some of the jokes are a product of the time it was made, the film is still a successful comedy and an entertaining watch!

Warnings: mildly offensive jokes regarding women and native Filipinos

Available On: Apple TV, Vudu, Prime Video, Pluto TV

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Cary Grant, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill and Tony Curtis in Operation Petticoat (1959)

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Joan O'Brien watches Cary Grant and Madlyn Rhue rehearse, Operation Petticoat. 1959

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Comfort Movie Tag

rules: post 10 of your favorite comfort movies and then tag 10 people

Tagged by @monstersandmaw

Sky High (2005)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Near Dark (1987)

Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular (2003)

Behaving Badly (2014)

Cars trilogy (2006, 2011, 2017)

Operation Petticoat (1959)

That Darn Cat! (1965)

Donovan's Reef (1963)

Father Goose (1964)

Hardcore Henry (2015)

Okay I put 11 (technically 13 bc theres a whole trilogy lol) bc I'm indecisive af 😅 but they're all such good movies,,,, oh, also like. Anything by Mel Brooks. OH and any Scooby Doo rlly lol

Tagging @sad--tree @scarletknightmare @simsparadise3 @riotparty @riot-control @queeniequeens @sushidynasty @toobusyoverthinking @bellarad @rradraptor

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Operation Petticoat (1959) Trailer

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Original Print Ad of Operation Petticoat movie.

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Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme Easy Piano Solo arr. (sheet music)

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Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme Easy Piano Solo arr. (sheet music)

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Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series, as well as the music for The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. The Music from Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards. Mancini also scored a No. 1 hit single during the rock era on the Hot 100: his arrangement and recording of the "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969. In 1996, the Henry Mancini Institute, an academy for young music professionals, was founded by Jack Elliott in Mancini's honor, and was later under the direction of composer-conductor Patrick Williams. By the mid-2000s, however, the institute could not sustain itself and closed its doors on December 30, 2006. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation "Henry Mancini Music Scholarship" has been awarded annually since 2001. In 2005, the Henry Mancini Arts Academy was opened as a division of the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. The center is located in Midland, Pennsylvania, minutes away from Mancini's hometown of Aliquippa. The Henry Mancini Arts Academy is an evening-and-weekend performing arts program for children from pre-K to grade 12, with some classes also available for adults. The program includes dance, voice, musical theater, and instrumental lessons. The American Film Institute ranked Mancini's songs "Moon River" No. 4 and "Days of Wine and Roses" No. 39 on their list of the greatest songs, and his score for The Pink Panther No. 20 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), Hatari! (1962), Touch of Evil (1958) and Wait Until Dark (1967) were also nominated for the list.

Mancini's Filmography

The Raiders (1952) The Glenn Miller Story (1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Law and Order (1953) City Beneath the Sea (1953) Destry (1954) Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) The Private War of Major Benson (1955) The Benny Goodman Story (1956) The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Rock, Pretty Baby (1956) Summer Love (1957) Damn Citizen (1958) Touch of Evil (1958) The Big Beat (1958) Operation Petticoat (1959) High Time (1960) The Great Impostor (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Bachelor in Paradise (1961) Experiment in Terror (1962) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) Hatari! (1962) Days of Wine and Roses (1962) Soldier in the Rain (1963) Charade (1963) The Pink Panther (1963) Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) A Shot in the Dark (1964) Dear Heart (1964) The Great Race (1965) Moment to Moment (1966) Arabesque (1966) What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) Two for the Road (1967) Gunn ...Number One! (1967) Wait Until Dark (1967) The Party (1968) Me, Natalie (1969) Gaily, Gaily (1969) The Molly Maguires (1970) Sunflower (1970) The Hawaiians (1970) Darling Lili (1970) The Night Visitor (1971) Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) Frenzy (Rejected Score) (1972) The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) Visions of Eight (1973) Oklahoma Crude (1973) That's Entertainment! (1974) The White Dawn (1974) The Girl from Petrovka (1974) 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) W.C. Fields and Me (1976) Silver Streak (1976) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Angela (1977) House Calls (1978) Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Nightwing (1979) 10 (1979) Little Miss Marker (1980) A Change of Seasons (1980) Back Roads (1981) S.O.B. (1981) Condorman (1981) Mommie Dearest (1981) Victor Victoria (1982) Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) Better Late Than Never (1983) Second Thoughts (1983) Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) The Man Who Loved Women (1983) Harry & Son (1984) That's Dancing (1985) Lifeforce (1985) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) A Fine Mess (1986) That's Life! (1986) Blind Date (1987) The Glass Menagerie (1987) Sunset (1988) Without a Clue (1988) Physical Evidence (1989) Welcome Home (1989) Ghost Dad (1990) Fear (1990) Switch (1991) Married to It (1991) Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) Son of the Pink Panther (1993) Read the full article