#operation petticoat 1959

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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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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)

Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme Easy Piano Solo arr. (sheet music) Henry Mancini Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you! Best Sheet Music download from our Library. Mancini's Filmography

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

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Manobra de Saias

(Operation Petticoat)

EUA, 1959

Blake Edwards

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O Submarino Cor-de-rosa

Uma comédia despretensiosa sobre a guerra do pacífico.

Blake Edwards começa a dar nas vistas como realizador de comédias, tendo ao seu dispôr uma dupla de peso nos papéis principais, Cary Grant e Tony Curtis.

Edwards nunca foi talhado para obras-primas, mas a verdade é que ficou associado a algumas das comédias de maior sucesso de Hollywood, sobretudo a série A Pantera Cor-de- rosa.

Divertido quanto baste, é um filme de puro entretenimento, com um ligeiro toque romântico, que também foi característica do realizador.

The Pink Submarine

An unpretentious comedy about the war in the pacific.

Blake Edwards begins to stand out as a comedy director, having at his disposal a strong duo in the main roles, Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.

Edwards was never cut out for masterpieces, but the truth is that he was associated with some of Hollywood's most successful comedies, most notably The Pink Panther series.

Fairky funny, it is a film of pure entertainment, with a slight romantic touch, which was also characteristic of the director.

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GEORGE SANTOS DRAG QUEEN

GEORGE SANTOS DRAG QUEEN - https://keywestlou.com/george-santos-drag-queen/George Santos has been many things. Some true, some false. His most recent background item appears to have been his time as a drag queen. Bess Levin is an excellent investigative reporter. She comes up with some beauties. She reveals one which Santos has failed to list. Perhaps because this one is true. Levin spells it out in her 1/18 article in Vanity Fair titled "Report: George Santos, Supporter of Anti-LGBTQ + Laws, Participated In Drag Shows And Went By The Name 'Katara' In Brazil." Levin wrote, the "serial liar" has more. What she further shared adds to the veracity of her article. The article contains a photo of Santos in drag. Not bad looking! Levin adds: "Meanwhile, he's aligned himself with deeply bigoted members of the far right." She describes Santos' switch from drag queen to opposing gay rights as "flagrant hypocrisy." Debt ceiling problems begin kicking in today. Slowly at this point. Nothing but talk will occur. Impacts will slowly rise into June. The government knows how to borrow from Peter to pay Paul to pay debts till then. I spell out again some of the areas in danger: Social Security, Medicare, salaries of government employees, Veteran benefits, and a crashing stock market. Whacko statement of the day: "Not all students who menstruate are female." So sayeth Minnesota Democrat Rep. Sandra Feist. She wants napkins/tampons available in school male bathrooms as well as female ones. She introduced a bill to that effect: The Menstrual Equity Bill. Reaction to her bill was all one way. Buried Feist's position with fact and ridicule. The oldest person in the world died yesterday. A French nun. Sister Andre. She was 118. Records kept in the U.S. estimate that 1 in 5,000 people are above the age of 100. Eighty five percent are women - a phenomenon not well understood. The new "oldest person in the world" today is American Maria Branyas Morers who is 115. Two movies filmed in Key West in the late 1950's. One is the Rose Tattoo. Written by Key West's own Tennessee Williams. Filmed on Duncan Street in a house 2 doors from Williams' home. Lisa also lives on Duncan 1 1/2 blocks away. Filming began this day in 1956. Anna Mangani and Burt Lancaster starred. Mangani won the Academy Award for Best Female Performance for the film. Lancaster was a guest in Williams' home during much of the filming. Another movie filmed in Key West is Operation Petticoat. Filming began this day in 1959. The movie starred Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. A World War II submarine comedy. The movie continues to be run on TV on a frequent basis. It's that good! Another Steve Thompson story re Key West of another day. Steve had a taco shop in the 200 block of Duval across from Sloppy Joe's. Stan was an owner of Sloppy's at one time. Stan was the owner of Sloppy Joe's in 1973. When he took an option to sell to Walter Perry. I enjoyed visiting with Stan at the bar. We were both open late and he wasn't far. He said he only hired female bartenders. I guess they attracted more big spenders. I asked him what happened to the other pool table. He said he had a fight there last week was nearly fatal. He said we never have trouble but when we do you can be sure it's someone playing pool. Stan said Walter exercised the option on the very last day. He thought the deal was off, he thought they couldn't pay. So that was the end of Sloppy's for Stan, but every tourist still goes there if they can. Enjoy your day!