#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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Cary Grant, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, and Tony Curtis during filming of OPERATION PETTICOAT, directed by Blake Edwards and released in December 1959.

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Cary Grant and Tony Curtis during filming of Operation Petticoat, 1959 

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

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Tony Curtis photographed for Operation Petticoat (1959).

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

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