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A video tribute to one of my favorite trashy movies.

It’s so bad, it’s wonderful.

I can’t count the times I’ve seen it…

There was as much drama off-screen as on…Judy Garland was supposed to play the Susan Hayward part of Helen Lawson, but could not be coaxed out of her dressing room.  She had already recorded the songs and done the costume screen tests.

Rumor had it, Neely O’Hara was based on Garland and Helen Lawson was based on Ethel Merman.

And, of course, it was Sharon Tate’s most famous film.  Released just a year or so before she was tragically murdered by the Manson Family.

And it’s a perfect visual representation of late 1960’s fashion.

I remember having a fit because my parents would not take me to the theatre to see it when it first came out.  I was then about 10 years old…

What more can I say?

Here are some clips:

And here’s a campy, politically incorrect re-mix that I love: