Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Photo of the Day

Amanda Blake watches as Elaine Stewart and John Derek are strung up
 to die in THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA.

To say that this film is a bit, eh, odd is putting it mildly. A truly campy Sword & Sandal from 20th Century Fox that goes in every direction. It's entertaining, for all the wrong reasons: the story doesn't make a lick of sense; the Princess, the beautiful Elaine Stewart, is a truly annoying character. I wanted to strangle her. There's a group of desert Amazons (!!!) who are as pale as can be. The leader of the Amazons (Blake) looks like she's just stepped out of a film noir, with blazing curly red hair! Handsome John Derek plays a barber/adventurer. Nat King Cole sings the title song. The whole thing is wacky. Beautiful (but not convincing) location filming though.

1 comment:

purpletc said...

Miss Kitty...an Amazon!