#Frederick de Cordova

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Donna Douglas-Elvis Presley "Frankie y Johnny" (Frankie and Johnny) 1966, de Frederick de Cordova.

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Yvonne De Carlo in Buccaneer’s Girl (1950) || Dir. Frederick De Cordova

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I'LL TAKE SWEDEN Frederick De Cordova USA, 1965

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Blu-ray review: “The Desert Hawk” (1950)

“The Desert Hawk” (1950) Adventure  Running Time: 77 minutes Written by: Gerald Drayson Adams Directed by: Frederick De Cordova Featuring: Yvonne De Carlo and Richard Greene Omar: “Wench or princess, a woman is only a woman, and always needs a master.” Critical Commentary In the realm of captivating cinema, certain films manage to transport audiences to distant lands, offering an…

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If there's one thing Elvis lacked working on in the entertainment business was a Broadway musical, but in "Frankie and Johnny" (1966 movie) we can have a little idea of how that would look like in scenes such as this one.

"Frankie and Johnny" was released on March 31, 1966. Directed by Frederick de Cordova. Screenplay by Alex Gottlieb. Story by Nat Perrin. Produced by Edward Small. Elvis Presley as Johnny Donna Douglas as Frankie Sue Ane Langdon as Mitzi Nancy Kovack as Nellie Bly

Elvis filmed “Frankie and Johnny” in the spring of 1965 (May 11 to June 24) and he recorded the soundtrack in May 1965.

'Frankie and Johnny' (1966) Elvis and Donna Douglas.

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Ford Star Jubilee: “Blithe Spirit” (January 14, 1956)

Episode Summary: Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Ruth, are haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost.

Directors Noël Coward and Frederick De Cordova

Writer Noël Coward

Stars

Lauren Bacall

Claudette Colbert

Noël Coward

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Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982)

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Dianne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Sherick. Screenplay: Paul D. Zimmerman. Cinematography: Fred Schuler. Production design: Boris Leven. Film editing: Thelma Schoonmaker. Music: Robbie Robertson.

Is there anything scarier than Robert De Niro's smile? It's what makes his bad guys, like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) or Max Cady in Cape Fear (Scorsese, 1991), so unnerving, and it's what keeps us on the edge of our seats throughout The King of Comedy. Rupert Pupkin isn't up to anything so murderous as Travis or Max, but who knows what restrains him from becoming like them? As a satire on the nature of celebrity in our times, Paul D. Zimmerman's screenplay doesn't break any new ground. But what keeps the movie from slumping into predictability are the high-wire, live-wire performances of De Niro and Sandra Bernhard as obsessive fans and the marvelously restrained one of Jerry Lewis as late night talk-show host Jerry Langford, the object of their adulation. And, of course, Scorsese's ability to keep us guessing about what we're actually seeing: Is this scene taking place in real life, or is it a product of Rupert's deranged imagination? That extends to the movie's ending, in which Rupert, having kidnapped Langford and engineered a debut on network television, is released from prison and becomes a celebrity himself. Are we to take this as the film's comment on fame, like the phenomenon of Howard Beale in Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976) and any number of people (many of them named Kardashian) who have become famous for mysterious reasons? (Incidentally, the odd thing about Rupert's standup routine is not that it's bad, but that it's exactly the sort of thing that one might have sat through while watching a late night show in 1982.) I prefer to think that we are still in Rupert's head at film's end -- it seems less formulaic that way. I don't know of a movie that stays more unbalanced and itchy from scene to scene.

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For the Love of Mary

In 1948, critics were scandalized by the plot of Frederick De Cordova’s FOR THE LOVE OF MARY (1948, TCM), in which four Supreme Court justices and the president play cupid for a White House switchboard operator (Deanna Durbin, in her last film). They thought it trivialized the government. Today, their involvement in Durbin’s love life seems almost benign. That doesn’t redeem an overly coy and contrived script. Not even Durbin’s charm as a comedienne does that. Mary Loos was one of the original writers assigned to the film, and it’s a pity Universal didn’t keep her on it, because a little wit would have helped. Anyway, Durbin is caught between former fiancé Jeffrey Lynn, the president’s appointed date (Edmond O’Brien) and a whacky ichthyologist (Don Taylor), and we should all be almost that lucky (O’Brien and Taylor are good; Lynn is there). You can’t tell how tired Durbin was of playing what she called “Little Miss Fix-It who sings,” and her vocalizing is wonderful. Choreographer Nick Castle even staged a surprisingly specific and funny rendition of Rossini’s “Largo al Factotum” for her. The supporting cast includes Harry Davenport as a Supreme Court justice, Hugo Haas in the S.Z. Sakall role as a restaurateur studying to become a citizen, Louise Beavers as his chief cook and Ray Collins, bringing a welcome acidity to his role as a sympathetic presidential assistant. He can say, “I’ll take care of everything, Mary” and make it sound like a threat, and that’s a welcome break from the film’s relentless niceness.

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Remembering Donna Douglas on her birthday September 26.

She is best known for her role as Jed Clampett's (played by Buddy Ebsen) only daughter, Elly May Clampett, in the CBS television series, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1971). Douglas made her only starring motion picture appearance, cast as Frankie in Frederick de Cordova's Frankie and Johnny (1966), opposite Elvis Presley.

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100+ Films of 1952

Film number 135: Yankee Buccaneer 

Release date: Sept 16th, 1952 

Studio: Universal 

Genre: adventure 

Director: Frederick de Cordova 

Producer: Howard Christie 

Actors: Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball 

Plot Summary: In 1832, US Naval Commander David Porter is given a secret mission- he and his crew on the Essex must go undercover as pirates in order to catch a group that has been raiding American merchant ships. 

My Rating (out of five stars): ***¼  

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I might. I’ve seen several seafaring films from 1952, and this one holds its own with most of the better ones. It’s far from a cinematic masterpiece, but it is an entertaining adventure with a solid plot and a good cast. (minor spoilers)  

The Good: 

Jeff Chandler. He was one of my favorite discoveries of Project 1952. First of all, he’s a seriously good actor! He’s also kind of intellectually hunky- he gives off that sensitive thinking man’s vibe. His deep voice and curly hair also send me. 

If you’re looking for many hallmarks of pirate films, look no further! We get kegs of rum, storms at sea, scurvy in the crew, shark attacks, sword fighting, walking the plank, exotic islands, a mysterious beautiful woman... even a bit of a bromance! Impressively, none of it felt particularly tacked on, either. Maybe the shark fight? It was all good fun, though. 

The costumes were beautiful. I especially liked the men’s “pirate” gear, which was brash and colorful. I doubt the historical accuracy of it, but when you put Jeff Chandler in those outfits, I could care less! 

The plot was interesting and kept me entertained almost from start to finish. 

In general, the acting was good. 

There were island “natives” in the movie, and I feared they might be horrible stereotypes... but it wasn’t too bad. Most of the natives looked like they weren’t white men in darker makeup, which I appreciated. It was also emphasized that they were friendly, not antagonistic. 

The Bad: 

Even though the two main characters, Porter and Farragut, were real people, apparently the historical accuracy is negligible. I didn’t really mind this, but if you came into it expecting a true historical drama, you’d be disappointed. 

For a pirate movie, there aren’t any actual pirates in it! Again, this was something that didn’t especially bother me, but it might be a letdown for some. 

The amount of pirate costume changes Porter and Farragut was utterly ridiculous! How they could have fit such large wardrobes on the ship is beyond me! I loved the costumes, though, so I savored looking at them, but it was still ludicrous. 

The shark fight scene, where Farragut literally wrestled with and stabbed a shark to death would be laughable in any circumstance. It was made so much more hilarious because the shark Farragut was fighting was clearly a prop dummy! It was kind of deliciously bad, but still bad. 

The Countess always wore large amounts of immaculate makeup, which was anachronistic, but it also managed to stay on her face perfectly after swimming in the ocean! 

There were more than a couple of improbable things that happened, including the world’s most unalert guards and the fact that a guy was strung up on a rack and hopped off it perfectly fit and ready to fight! 

One of the most obvious Chekov’s gun moments I’ve seen in a movie. Farragut was warned more than once to get rid of a medallion he kept as a lucky charm, because it could give away that he was an American. So... yes, we all knew what was going to happen in the final act! 

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Ronald Reagan-Diana Lynn "Bedtime for Bonzo" 1951, de Frederick de Cordova.

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''AMOR AL ESTILO SUECO''

(I'll Take Sweden)

Año: 1965

Dirección: Frederick de Cordova

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Frankie and Johnny, Frederick de Cordova [1966]

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The King of Comedy (1982)

Director - Martin Scorsese, Cinematography - Fred Schuler

"Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime."

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Frankie and Johnny

Frederick de Cordova USA, 1966