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Lux, your comments on Guinness and his writing, remind me of that great interview he did, which was shown on PBS. As I recall, when asked if he had even been in therapy like so many of his American compatriots in the acting profession, Guinness adamantly said that he would never consider therapy, because he did not want to ruin that inner psyche that caused him to be an actor and be inventive and creative. I've seen this sentiment of his expressed both on film and in written up interviews with Guinness and find it elucidating. Afraid of killing the goose that laid the golden egg, in essence and to my mind, the thought patterns of a very wise and intelligent man! I shall look for the book you recommend, Lux as it sounds wonderful.

looked beautiful in that film last nite! I kept looking at Granger and thinking that now he reminds me of George Hamilton, though he never did in my past viewings of the film. Your comments on her hair cutting scene are right on! Speaking of other films you might want to avoid, due to animal cruelty, don't see...the newly minted dvd release of Bresson's "Au Hasard, Balthazar" where the donkey's mistreatment might send you over the edge, or "Mondo Cane" what with the beheadings, the force feeding of ducks, and other things...or definitely not the original "Faces of Death" with that poor little monkey scene. Though it may have been fake, it was still upsetting.

for your newly revised film, would be Chastity Bono. I have a pretty good feeling that the Osmonds might not want her in their film though...

but do you print out the whole monthly schedule? I was kicking myself for missing some things when I first got TCM, and then I started printing out the schedule [pardon the obsessive-compulsive nature of this advice!] and at the end of the previous month, marking each day's films for the next month, that I wanted to see...in highlighter, so I would not forget them. If it was really something special, that I might have to end it all if I missed a film...I would even put arrows a few days before on the schedule, as a head's up. I leave it on my coffee table as the Holy Grail, and refer to it every day. TCM viewing is more important than attending to food, friends or drink you know. Now I don't miss much, and I feel much more content. There is nothing worse than waking up the next morning, and realizing that TCM showed the only copy ever found of "London After Midnight" in a one time showing... I'm sorry that you and Warren are not psychically connected!

that painting in "An Affair to Remember" and the original, was an integral part of the story and it was well done. I love Deborah Kerr! There is no one like her now. I hope they don't decide to remake "Black Narcissus", as I may have to scream. I guess it's safe though...they don't make many nun stories now. That mad nun who wore the red dress in the film, was so great too. She is interviewed on the dvd of the film, and her comments are really interesting. Thanks for the painting additions to the thread!

have you seen that film of Peter Sellers, called "Being There"? I think it was so good, but it never seems to be shown anymore. Sorry...I have no more Osmond info to impart!

that they used some parts of the Portugese Bend Nature Preserve in California. This is within the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, and has large acreage which is near the Pacific Ocean.. I think the filmmakers altered the area that they shot in, so it is not so recognizable now, but there may be some remaining palm trees. Don't take my word for this, it's just what I remember hearing when I went to a reshowing of this film IAMMMMW last year at a theatre locally, which was showing classic comedies and Cinerama.

to what you are saying. I too have been buying up those Ultralounge cd's, and my favorites are Mondo Exotica, Ultra Lounge Sampler[with the leopard cover!] , Ultra Lounge:Vegas Baby [with the real roulette wheel on the cover] and my ultra favorite, the Ultra Lounge Tiki Sampler! I also love the double cd set, "The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny" which is unbelievable and my favorite on there is "Swamp Fire". I've decided to go all out and even decorate my home in a Tiki mood. I just checked on Borders and I see what you mean about that Les Baxter cd. There were used copies selling for 140 bucks! How cool that now you can identify lounge music on Swinging Sixties movies! One could have a talent much less enjoyable. I still want to get Space Capades, Bongo Land, Crime Scene, Organs in Orbit, Cha Cha D'Amour, and Rhapsodesia..so I envy you. I recently ordered a Carmen Cavallaro greatest hits album from Borders, because it showcases his song, "Voodoo Moon" which he played in a film which was not so long ago aired on TCM, "Hollywood Canteen". I'd heard of him before of course and my family even had some of his 78's, but I had not had the good fortune to actually see film of him playing. The man is sensational, and it must be true that Liberace stole his act from Carmen. Recently I've gotten into buying up some Yma Sumac cd's but that is another story altogether. Good luck on finding the Les Baxter cd, and if you find two, give me a ring please.

I mean, "Hear, Hear!!" See how confused you have made me with these Osmond posts? What's wrong with "negatives"? Without negatives there would be no positives. Without negatives, there would be no positive color stills from the Donny and Marie show. Without darkness, there is no light. Without rain there is no sunshine or roses, paper or otherwise. When TCM shows "Coconuts" [sp?] please inform me so I can watch, as it has been a long time and I would enjoy seeing it on a triple bill with "Head" and "200 Motels".

As I recall, Van was in a serious car accident in the early 1940's. I think he has a metal plate that had to be put in his head even. I've seen him talk about this on tv, and on a TCM interview, and I believe he was signed on for the role in "A Guy Named Joe" and due to his injuries and recuperating time, they were going to replace him, but Spencer Tracy asked them to wait for him to recover. I believe that was what Van said on one of those in between movie interviews on TCM. Usually in his films, he covered up the scars with makeup, but they are still discernible sometimes...but in "The Caine Mutiny" you are right, the serious forehead scars look like they were left uncovered on purpose. The only other thing I noticed in the film, which I watched also, was that Van did not have his trademark red socks on in any of the scenes!

Tomorrow afternoon on Thursday, June 09, 2005, TCM is showing a triptych of great Guinness films, which include: 2:30 pm Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Alec Guinness plays eight parts in this hilarious Ealing film, and it showcases the British sensibilities about murder, as being good grist for humor. Also starring are the adorable Joan Greenwood, with the classic throaty voice and Dennis Price and Valerie Hobson [bride to Frankenstein and wife to John Profumo, the British politician taken down by call girls Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler]. This film is classic Guinness, with him hiding behind other personas, even a woman! 4:30 pm Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951) Another example of the dry humor of the Ealing Studio, with Alec Guinness, as a mild mannered bank clerk out to rob his own bank with Stanley Holloway. Memorable also for a small bit part by a very young Audrey Hepburn. 6:00 pm Ladykillers, The (1955) Forget the Hanks' movie, this is the real deal! Guinness is the brains, behind a gang pretending to be musicians, who move into a little old lady's house, to plan their next job but learn that Mrs. Wilberforce is more than they bargained for. Katie Johnson as the sweet defenseless landlady is incomparable and this comedy was directed by Alexander Mackendrick, of "The Sweet Smell of Success" fame. Hopefully on the next Alec Guinness nite, TCM might show "The Man in the White Suit" or "The Horse's Mouth" which are also rollickingly funny films. Enjoy!

I just watched the film last nite called "The Hitch-Hiker" which I picked up at Best Buy in a package called "Classic Film Noir" which came out this year. Disc 1 on this 3-disc collection contains "Too Late For Tears", "The Man Who Cheated Himself", and "The Stranger". Disc 2 contains "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", "The Hitch-Hiker", and "Quicksand". Disc 3 contains "Detour", "The Scar", and "D.O.A.". I'd seen "The Hitch-Hiker" on tv, but owning it on dvd is great, though all these films could do with some restoration possibly. I think this film has been shown on TCM in the past, but if you've not caught it, pick up the boxed set which is most reasonably priced. By the way, unlike the phrase "Are you going my way?" reminiscent of Barry Fitzgerald and co-star, this ain't no Bing Crosby movie! The Hitch-Hiker [1953], an unremmitting thriller from RKO Radio Pictures, was adapted from Daniel Mainwarings original story, though he was not given credit in the film, where the Screenplay is credited to Ida Lupino and Collier Young. Starring William Talman as escaped convict Emmett Myers, Edmond O'Brien as wannabe fisherman Ray Collins and accompanied by road partner Frank Lovejoy as Gil Bowen, this cautionary tale of the dangers of picking up hitchhikers, evolves into a relentless tale of noirish isolation and fate as purveyed by talented director Ida Lupino. From the opening shot, just showing the feet and legs of the hitchhiker entering the Dodge convertible, and speeding off into the distance this exciting and terror provoking highway to hysteria never slows down. When fate steps in [spoilers ahead!] and takes a seat in the auto of Collins and Bowen, by changing their itinerary from going to the Chocolate Mountains of Arizona, to instead taking a trip down memory lane in San Felipe and Mexicali..the dreaded die is cast. Emmett Myers is the personification of everything you do not want in your back passenger seat..what with his snarly grin, antisocial demeanor and paralysed right eye. As Myers says the first night they sleep outside, while holding Collins and Bowen at gunpoint and explaining the hopelessness of escaping his sight, "I got an eye that won't close..." And the close-up shot of Myers with one eye open and one closed, looking like some luciferous lizard in human form, will stay with you for many a moon. Adding to the sense of senseless isolation are the uninviting and uninhabited desert and Mexican locales, which are beautifully filmed by the great cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca. Coincidentally..this is one film where the Mexican people [whether of police rank or villager] are treated uniformly with respect. Hoping to get to the Mexican village of San Rosalia is Myers' desired destination and there are many terror filled side trips, that make this journey of predestination, one no one should miss. Take a ride on the wild side...and erase the image of prosecutor Hamilton Burger from the "Perry Mason" series, from your mind's passenger rolls forever! Deep focus....Nicholas Musuraca was born in 1890 [according to some sources]. He began his association with films as the chauffeur to J. Stuart Blackton* in 1918 and with other duties at Vitagraph, before becoming a cinematographer in the 1920's. Musuraca worked on numerous silents and early sound Westerns before becoming one of RKO's top men in the late 1930's, where he worked till 1954. His credits include Cracked Nuts, Golden Boy, A Bill of Divorcement, Stranger on the Third Floor, Cat People, The Seventh Victim, Curse of the Cat People, Spiral Staircase, Bedlam, The Locket, Out of the Past, Blood on the Moon, Born to Be Bad, Clash by Night, and The Blue Gardenia. *James Stuart Blackton was a British born illustrator/journalist for the New York World whose drawings were animated by Edison for his Kinetograph camera. Blackton later established the Vitagraph Company where he acted, directed, produced and animated, and pioneered the single frame shot, the close shot [before Griffith in 1908], and to whom he was second in being the most innovative person in films. Blackton lost his fortune in the crash of 1929, and worked on government projects and then for the Anglo-American Film Company till his death in 1941.

no answer for your question...sadly. But if you loved this movie like I did, then you would also love the Ann Margret tv movie called "Who Will Love My Children" based on a true story. Ann is married to Frederic Forrest in the film, finds out she has a terminal illness, and decides that her hubby would not be able to take care of her large brood...so decides to find homes for all of the children, before she dies. Ann was so great in this, and it is a major tear jerker...but honestly without trying to be. In the tv Emmy awards for that year, Ann was up against Barbara Stanwyck, who won for "The Thorn Birds". Stanwyck accepted her award, and said basically something to the effect that...one of the finest performances she had ever seen was Ann-Marget in "Who Will Love My Children". When has one seen one performer praise another's performance, while they are accepting the award they won over the other? Very rarely if ever. Ann-Margret was brought to tears by this magnanimous gesture by Stanwyck, and you shall be brought to tears by the film, if you've not seen it already. Good luck with finding the info on "All Mine to Give"!

What a great question, Erzbet and there are so many good answers already, all of which I would like to own also. So I'll go with some different ones and pick...Moira Shearer's red shoes in "The Red Shoes", the mirror that Barbara Bates looks into in "All About Eve" at the end of the film, that yellow hot rod driven by Paul Le Mat in "American Graffiti", the snow globe, not from CK but the one that Rhoda Penmark had in "The Bad Seed" that she got from pushing her the old neighbor down the steps to her death, and Vampira's fab dress and wig from "Plan Nine From Outer Space".

is from what I read in that book called "Salamander" which is about the bombing enthusiast/forger named Mark Hoffman, who killed some people in Salt Lake City who were unearthing his Joseph Smith, and other forgeries that he had been selling to the LDS hierachy. I will say that the story would make an excellent movie, but I doubt if Donny and Marie would want to be involved.

going for as little as 29 bucks at some discount places, and for around 49 dollars for even name brands like JVC. One does need to know though, that it helps if one's tv has the ready to use, three jack input for a dvd player, with the white, yellow and red colors. Otherwise one may need to buy some contraption to be able to convert the dvd jack connection to one's tv. I only say this, because my neighbor went and bought a player and a few dvd's and was all excited about watching them that nite, then found that she had an older tv which did not have the correct connections on the back, for easy dvd hookup.

heartily concur with you about the great performances by Anne Bancroft in "The Pumpkin Eater" and "84 Charing Cross Road". Anne was magnificent in anything, but her work in those two films is outstanding! A good friend of mine from grade school was so moved by Anne's performance in the latter film, that when we went to London she was compelled to find 84 Charing Cross Road, just to feast her eyes on it, as she had so enjoyed the movie. "The Pumpkin Eater" was banned by the Catholic Legon of Decency when it came out for acceptance of divorce and other adult issues, but has stood the test of time and is now considered one of the more intelligent movies ever put on film, much of it due to Anne's fine and moving performance. I remember seeing an interview with Anne, in which she said she started acting at four years of age. It seems funny now that when Anne played the "older" woman Mrs. Robinson, that she was really only about 36 years old it seems. Other films of hers, besides all the obvious great ones, that I have enjoyed are "Nightfall" with Aldo Ray, her bit in "The Elephant Man" when she visits John Merrick in his room at the hospital as the famous actress, "Girl in Black Stockings" [which is very similar to the tv series "Twin Peaks"], and her performance as Mary Magdalene in the tv miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth". I also admire Anne's taste in men....and she will be greatly missed!

Jimmy Clanton did do his own songs, and had some fairly big hits in the 1950's, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and is still performing on the road at many Oldies concerts. But I'm sure he was lip synching in the film, but just to his own recordings of his songs. No one sang for him, if that's what you want to know. It was obvious also that even though Richie Valens can play guitar, that he was faking it in the film, during his rendition in the club of "Ooh My Head" just like Eddie Cochran was faking it, in his number, "Teenage Heaven".

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on what can be considered "classic" and I think that Turner Classic Movies is properly named, according to the dictionary definition: "5 entries found for classic. clas?sic ?? (?P?)??Pronunciation Key??(klsk) adj. 1. a. Belonging to the highest rank or class. b. Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of colonial architecture. c. Having lasting significance or worth; enduring. 2. a. Adhering or conforming to established standards and principles: a classic piece of research. b. Of a well-known type; typical: a classic mistake. 3. Of or characteristic of the literature, art, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome; classical. 4. a. Formal, refined, and restrained in style. b. Simple and harmonious; elegant: the classic cut of a suit; the classic lines of a clipper ship. 5. Having historical or literary associations: classic battlefields of the Civil War. n. 1. An artist, author, or work generally considered to be of the highest rank or excellence, especially one of enduring significance. 2. A work recognized as definitive in its field. 3. a. A literary work of ancient Greece or Rome. b. classics The languages and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Used with the. c. One that is of the highest rank or class: The car was a classic of automotive design. 4. A typical or traditional example. 5. Informal. A superior or unusual example of its kind: The reason he gave for being late was a classic. 6. A traditional event, especially a major sporting event that is held annually: a golf classic." Every film or short shown on TCM has some connection to the above definition. Their movies are mostly of the highest rank, and often are the model for later films, and they are enduring and most definitive. Even some smaller less well known films shown on TCM, which in themselves are not noted as "classics", often have performances or elements which relate to the above, in for instance giving one a background perspective of a plethora of films starring a "classic" actor/actress...or by a director or writer, which showcase their burgeoning talent and ascent up the classic scale. Being that TCM highlights films of the Golden Age, but will still show small gems that may not have been major box office giants, showcases that a "classic" is not bound by monetary demarcations or the number of days of shooting. A classic can be made in two days by a person like Edgar Ulmer, or a year, as in a David Lean type film, or for mega amounts of money like an Erich von Stroheim film, or for almost nothing on a shoestring budget. TCM shows classics of all genres, and who else shows classic shorts like Robert Benchley educating people on "How To Eat", a short which I enjoyed recently on TCM? Whoever picks the films shown on the TCM schedule, is a real film buff, as they show an appreciation for films of all countries, time periods and genres. If this is a conglomerate of selectors, I must say they do a bang up job of picking great films to show daily, many of which never get an airing anywhere else on the tv or even at theatres in retrospectives. Okay, so I might not want to see "Parenthood" too often, but I have no problem if they showed "To Kill a Mockingbird" weekly, as there is probably always a person in the viewing audience who has never seen this classic, and why should I deny them that right? I can watch a dvd and then come back to the wonderful classic TCM schedule a couple hours later.... TCM is the greatest tv channel that ever existed!

that you have the strength of character to admit publically that you don't like Meg Ryan, being that she is "America's Sweetheart" or so I'm told. It seems to me that a few years back, a couple of actresses who were equally famous to Ryan, made some cracks about her relying on schtick in films, and not having much discernible real talent...in similarity to what you've said. Non-happy talk can provoke "slamming" though, but since directing great, Norman Jewison has now recently come out and said he thinks Madonna has little talent...you are in good company in voicing your views, and have a perfect right. Trust me on this...one can get in a lot of trouble saying such things, a word to the wise! I was told I reminded someone of Meg Ryan, and well...I had to get out my Syrup of Ipecac. But I digress... Bruno Kirby is funny in that film, just like he was in the Spinal Tap movie and I like him almost as much as I like Bud Cort, of "Harold and Maude" fame. I see nothing wrong with saying who annoys you, but I do think one must decide if the part is supposed to be annoying inherently in the script, so the actor/actress is just doing their job, OR...if the person is annoying in pretty much every film they do. Would you prefer someone else playing Hepburn's part opposite Grant, and who would you have chosen...among the women of that time? I'm thinking...perhaps Carole Lombard or Stanwyck or Jean Arthur or....?

so I can thank TCM for the Sci-Fi films being shown this month! Tonight these classic films from the sci-fi genre will be shown: June 07, 2005 8:00 pm Thing From Another World, The (1951) 9:30 pm Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 11:00 pm Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) 12:30 am Village Of The Damned (1960) 2:00 am Wild, Wild Planet, The (1965) 4:00 am Devil Doll, The (1936) All are worthy members of the sci-fi film pantheon, and the only one I've not seen...but am looking forward to is, "Wild Wild Planet" which seems to be a sort of Giallo horror from Italy from what I read, and which was directed by Antonio Margheriti [aka Anthony Dawson] who also directed the fantastic Queen of Horror, Barbara Steele in "Castle of Blood". Both "The Thing" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" are certifiable winners, and though both were remade successfully, to my mind "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is the most internally frenetic and unnerving. Adapted from the great Jack Finney tale, by Daniel Mainwaring [who himself wrote the great book, "Build My Gallows High" which was adapted into the Mitchum noir, "Out of the Past"]...one can perhaps attribute some of the adult dialogue to Mainwaring's partipation in this film. Ever since I first saw this movie on tv as a kid, if I see trucks at night on the highway, I think there may be alien seed pods in them, coming to take over my town! Seeing Kevin McCarthy still running around on the highway screaming "They're here!" in the much later remake with Donald Sutherland, was pretty frightening too. Bizarrely...music for this film was composed by Carmen Dragon, the father of the Captain of Captain and Tennile fame. Watch for the bedside manner of Doctor Miles Bennell, as he tries to work Becky, even though she got no dinner during their date! One does not have to be a member of Project Blue Book or have visited Hanger 18 at Wright Patterson Air Base to enjoy "Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers" which has wonderful special effects by pioneer Ray Harryhausen, and stars Hugh Marlowe [who rightfully got dumped by Patricia Neal for Klaatu in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" if you recall]. "Village of the Damned" is a spooky film with Martin Stephens, who is more terrifying than Damian and Jason put together. Oh yes, also the wonderful George Sanders is cast against cad type, and a good guy in it! Martin Stephens [also good in the Joan Fontaine thriller, "The Witches"] in "Village of the Damned" as one of the seemingly cloned towheads, can almost kill one with a well directed stare. Martin [who looks a lot now like the present Peter Frampton mixed with a touch of Jay North of "Dennis the Menace" fame] is retired from the screen. I've heard that the Catholic Legion of Decency wanted this Jack Finney tale banned, with its undercurrents of connubial non-bliss that created monster children, which is good enough reason to watch the film. Finally if you've never seen it, don't pass up a chance to watch the master of the macabre, Tod Browning in his direction of the film "The Devil Doll". Way ahead of its time in the special effects department, in portraying Lionel Barrymore shrink people into doll size and make them do his evil biddings, this film adds to the Browning allure, and is well worth taping if one cannot stay up that late. Excuse my ramblings, but these are films that any film buff of sci-fi would want to share with others. Are any of them favorites of yours, ones you've hoped to see, or are you looking forward to ones coming up in TCM's fine sci-fi schedule for later in the month? Enjoy!

You'd probably enjoy a documentary I saw recently on PBS, which was all about the history of the Drive-In in America. It was chockful of info on where they had first started, the heyday of the outdoor theatres, the types of films that played there, how they attracted parents who would bring their kiddies in pajamas, the sound speaker systems and the sometimes inefficient heaters, how they came to be called Passion Pits, and they even interviewed actors whose films had played in drive-ins like the wonderful Beverly Garland and Robert Fuller. They had segments on how drive-ins made money on their food, and showed all the kinds that were famous, like corn dogs, popcorn et cetera, even though those "Come on into the lobby" clips made the food look anemic. I hope PBS shows it again, and if you want to see it I think it was just called "Drive-In". Thanks for your thoughts, and "The King and I" seems way classier than most films that are typical drive-in fare.

I watched this film when it was on recently with all the other Coburn ones, and it seemed okay all the way through. Unless I nodded off for the exact few minutes you mention...I guess that's possible. I hope TCM does show this film again though, as it was a cute one.

If you had not put a time limit on this of '60's and '70's, I would have mentioned the Spice Girls and their movie as the most annoying movie music ever. You make such a good point, that what sometimes passes onscreen for rock music of the time period, was little like what was really playing on Top Forty stations of the 1950's, 1960's or 1970's. One really old film, which had hack music but in this case I think it is deliberate and not a bad imitation, was in Chaplin's "A King in New York" in which he seems to be parodying the parodies of rock music that adults tried to put in films or on tv at the time. Though the Ed Sullivan Show was a major purveyor of rock stars of the day, even so far as having Jim Morrison on, but never again due to his misbehaviour...usually the rock acts sounded great, as Ed had a rule about no performers being allowed to use prerecorded music. Only one performer ever got away with breaking that rule, which was the son of Jerry Lewis, Gary...whose singing was so abysmal in rehearsal that Ed allowed him to lip synch to his big hit, "This Diamond Ring" perhaps in fear that the audience might leave otherwise. So...as long as a rock group appearing on Sullivan's show was a complete band, able to play their their entire sound, the music things went fine. But if a singer who had a rock hit, appeared without their backup band or studio session people, then Ed's band would play behind them in a really bad pastiche of a rock and roll style. To enjoy some of these performances, get the boxed set of the Ed Sullivan Show, which has some fine examples. In films, the very clever description you give of writhing go-go booted girls [who looked like Lada Edmund, Jr. from the tv show, "Hullabaloo" who were ubiquitous in these films] reminds me of some of the Deborah Walley vehicles of that time period, like "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" which came out around 1964 or 1965. Produced by teen film veteran, Sam Arkoff and starring also Dwayne Hickman, this film had music by Les Baxter, who is pretty far from rock and roll. Being of that Hawaiian lounge sound, Les is now very collectible and I've been buying up his stuff on that Mondo Exotica line, but in the rock period, Les Baxter was a man who played adult exotic lounge music reminiscent of the South Seas, which World War II veterans admired, and it was definitely for the adults and not teens. I may have to differ with you about Les Paul, as Clapton with his slow hand even, probably would have trouble imitating him, but I think Les could do Clapton up right, but I do get your drift. Nothing is worse that a pale imitation of the real thing, just like most the Philadelphia sound had just about wrecked the rock pantheon with stagnant young Frank Sinatra type imitators wailing in tailored silk suits, and acting like they were rock and rollers. I think the film "The Trip" had a most hallucinogenic soundtrack that sounded like some Hollywood session men imitation of Pink Floyd, but it's been quite a while since I've seen it. Interestingly...most of the Elvis movies, had scenes just like you describe, when Elvis is not singing and just in the action of a club or lounge. Most movies made in the 1960's, which did not have a real rock band in a scene, were pretty lame and were usually about adult concerns, and would have a scene with the family's teenager attending a concert, and would be quite ludicrous and just would just portray rock as a caricature. Only ones like "Blow-Up" by Antonioni, which hired the Yardbirds to sing an old American rhythm and blues song, originally done by Johnny Burnette, were really believable. Please add to your topic, the worst dancing on tv or film, by a teenager, and I will add Ronnie Howard as Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show". He was the world's best kid actor as Opie, but when that boy would dance on the show, and try to do the Hully Gully or the Jerk, well...it was just excruciating to watch. Great topic!