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Title: The Loved One - Original Trailer 1965 View count: 294 Rating: 2.6 (5 ratings) Description: The satire in Evelyn Waugh's darkly comic novel The Loved One was originally double-edged. The book was not only an attack on the Southern California funeral industry but also a lampoon of Hollywood's "British colony," those clannish, cricket-playing English actors of years gone by who bemoaned the artificiality of Tinseltown while eagerly accepting the demeaning and insignificant movie roles they were offered. The film version of The Loved One, anxious to live up to its ad-campaign promise of containing "something to offend everybody," downplays the British-colony business (save for the presence of the magnificent Robert Morley) and pumps up the "death" gags. Innocent British poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) falls in love with funeral-home cosmetician Aimee Thanatogenos (Anjanette Comer), who in turn is loved by prissy funeral director Mr. Joyboy (Rod Steiger). The latter lives with his obese mother (Ayllene Gibbons), whose eating sequence is far more hilarious (and more tasteless) than many of the film's calculatedly "black" jokes. A huge guest-star cast is headed by Jonathan Winters in a dual role as a funeral home manager and his covetous twin brother, who operates an elaborate pet cemetery. Musician Paul Williams is also on hand as a 13-year-old aeronautics genius who develops a method of sending corpses into "eternal orbit" (a plot device that Waugh neglected to include in his novel). Film historian William K. Everson has commented that The Loved One is one of the best and most underrated comedies of the 1960s. For others, especially those who might feel guilty chuckling at the sight of Anjanette Comer committing suicide with an embalming needle, it's purely a matter of taste...or lack of same. Robert Morse - Dennis Barlow Anjanette Comer - Aimee Thanatogenos Jonathan Winters - Harry Glenworthy Rod Steiger - Mr. Joyboy Dana Andrews - Gen. Brinkson James Coburn - Immigration Officer Milton Berle - Mr. Ketweof John Gielgud - Sir Francis Hinsley Tab Hunter - Guide Margaret Leighton - Mrs. Kenton Liberace - Casket Salesman Roddy McDowall - D.J., Jr. Robert Morley - Sir Ambrose Abercrombie Lionel Stander - Guru Brahmin Ayllene Gibbons - Joyboy's mother Bernie Kopell - Assistant to Guru Brahmin Asa Maynor - Secretary to D.J., Jr. Alan Napier - English Club Official Roxanne Arlen John Bleifer - Mr. Bogaloff Bella Bruck - Mrs. Bogaloff Dort Clark Pamela Curran Robert Easton Don Haggerty Chick Hearn - "Resurrection Now" TV Announcer Beverly Hills - Orgy Dancer Claire Kelly - Whispering Glades Hostesses Warren Kemmerling Barbara Nichols - Sadie Blodgett Martin Ransohoff - Lorenzo Medici Ed Reimers - Whispering Glades Minister Reta Shaw Paul Williams - Gunther Fry Tags: , Author: foxter65 |
