The Big Cube (1968)
6/10
Lana Turner Was A Great Movie Star
16 December 2020
Lana Turner the great star of the Postman Always Rings Ywice, The Bad and the Beautiful, Peyton Place, Imitation Of Life, Love Has Many Faces and Madame X made this film and I wish Lana hadn't. Lana was a superb actress and a most beautiful woman. I always felt that her hard partying ways and the Stompanato Murder ( Lana was 'dating' a Mafia hod who was beating her and Lana's daughter Cheryl claimed she knifed this raging mafia mobster and he died. That is the official story , I feel her partying ways and the Stompanator murder ruined her chances- even if years after the murder- for an Oscar nom if not the Oscar itself for Madame X her greatest performance.)

Lana Turner went to Mexico City and maybe the altitude of that great City got to everyone making this mess of a movie The film's titles are sloppy. The film open as Lana a great Stage Star announces her retirement Lana is supported by two acting professionals: Dan O Herlihy and Richard Egan.

Lana had Billy Travilla who designed clothes for great stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Susan Hayward do her clothes for this film but in this film. Lana wears Travilla's outfits that are down right ugly.

Lana Turner is supported by Oscar Winner George Chakiris and others trying to murder her with Drugs hence the title "The Big Cube." This movie finished off Lana Turner as a star.

Thought: What is someone ran a double bill Lana Turner "in The Big Cube" with Jennifer Jones in the atrocious "Angel Angel Down We Go" . Two Great Stars in films that are disgraceful. Both were made in 1969.
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