Getting back from seeing Hobbs & Shaw,I felt like viewing a flick before bed. Taking a look at movies waiting to be played, one near the very top was only 61 minutes, which led to me finding out how glamour got sold.
View on the film:
Featuring a TCM intro from Alicia Malone offering a career overview, Anita Louise is the star of the show as Powell. Oozing glamour, Louise ties round her little finger Powell's naive façade with a underlying, calculating mind-set over helping cop Jim Davis investigate the escort service. Tied to the restrictions of the era, director D. Ross Lederman & cinematographer Franz Planer stay timed towards the sleazy underworld, to the point where no skin is shown,with the only glittering highlight being smooth panning shots round the glamour girls,and clients drinking (which caused it to be banned in some countries.)
Trying to turn tricks under the Hays Code, the screenplay by John Bright flirts with intrigue on the prostitutes being used to blackmail rich clients, but is tugged back by the moralising, (and a ill-fitting up-beat ending) of the Hays Code (the escort girls are hilariously sweet and innocent) stopping Powell from putting her glamour on sale.
View on the film:
Featuring a TCM intro from Alicia Malone offering a career overview, Anita Louise is the star of the show as Powell. Oozing glamour, Louise ties round her little finger Powell's naive façade with a underlying, calculating mind-set over helping cop Jim Davis investigate the escort service. Tied to the restrictions of the era, director D. Ross Lederman & cinematographer Franz Planer stay timed towards the sleazy underworld, to the point where no skin is shown,with the only glittering highlight being smooth panning shots round the glamour girls,and clients drinking (which caused it to be banned in some countries.)
Trying to turn tricks under the Hays Code, the screenplay by John Bright flirts with intrigue on the prostitutes being used to blackmail rich clients, but is tugged back by the moralising, (and a ill-fitting up-beat ending) of the Hays Code (the escort girls are hilariously sweet and innocent) stopping Powell from putting her glamour on sale.