Heller in Pink Tights
by George Cukor
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Eileen Heckart, Margaret O'Brien, Sophia Loren, Steve ForrestDirector: George Cukor
Cinematographer: Harold Lipstein
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Producer: Lewis E. Ciannelli
Producer: Marcello Girosi
Writer: Dudley Nichols
Writer: Louis L'Amour
Writer: Walter Bernstein
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Heller in Pink Tights
DVD Review: Heller in Pink Tights
Summary: 5 Stars
One does not usually think of Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren as western stars, but they do a superb job in this movie. DVD Review: found it
Summary: 5 Stars
Haven't watched the video yet, but it arrived quickly and appears to be in great shape. sealed.
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DVD Review: AN ENJOYABLE FILM
Summary: 3 Stars
As you can tell from the other reviews, this is a film loosely, very loosely, based on one of Louis L'Amour's early western novels. I imagine the only enjoyment Louis derived from this film was the money received in exchange for using his book.
The book was published in 1955, and the book's title was Heller With A Gun, not the title of this film. The book languished in paperback from Fawcett Gold Medal mass market books for years before Bantam republished it in 1984, 20 years after being put on film. But in the book King Mabry follows the theatrical wagons after Healy has hired a killer as guide, on a hunch Mabry then follows behind the wagons assuming a 'guardian angel' role. Much different in most respects than the silver screen would have it.
For readers of Mr. L'Amour's book this film will seem very strange as the book is at its best a more serious work, however, the film, since it takes a more frivolous approach, can also be of interest. If for no other reason than with all these first rate actors now being either very old or very dead, a nostolgic air of sorts clings to it, and only the most 'die hard' L'Amour fans will find it objectionable.
Do what I did: read the book and see the movie, both in their own way are very enjoyable entertainment.
Semper Fi.
DVD Review: Rather dull, but worth it to see La Loren as a blonde
Summary: 2 Stars
"Heller in Pink Tights" is not one of Sophia Loren's best (it's kind of boring, actually) or best-known offerings, but it's certainly worth a look, if only to see what she looks like as a blonde. I don't think she quite works as an Old West entertainer, though. If you're looking for late-1800's/early-1900's period pieces starring Sophia, I think "A Breath of Scandal" is a much better bet.DVD Review: Heller in Pink Tights 1960
Summary: 4 Stars
Inspired by best-selling Western author Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) , HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS bring's the curtain up on the traveling Healy dramatic company , a barnstorming 1880s theatrical troupe that speeds part of it's time emoting on stage - and most of its time fending off controntational townfolk , irate creditors and suspicious sheriff . Desperate to find a more flamboyant act to keep their audience entertained , the ensemble's leader Angela Rossini (Sophia Loren 1934 - ) and Town Healy (Anthony Quinn 1915-2001) , Put the *Wild* in Wild West
with their comic misadventures . Directed by Legendary Filmmaker George Cukor (1899-1983) , this rollicking Western Spoof also boast a stellar supporting cast includes Steve Forrester (1924 - ) , Eileen Hackert (1919-2001) , Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) , Margaret O'Brien (1937 - ) , and Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) . High Quality Transfer .
Description of Heller in Pink Tights
Based on a novel by Louis L'Amour and full of witty exchanges and a striking visual style, the film follows a vaudeville troupe that stays one step ahead of the bill collector as it tours the frontier circa 1880. The central premise finds ringleaders Angela Rossini (Loren) and Tom Healy (Quinn) needing a more flamboyant act than normal in order to entertain the citizens of the wild West.Heller in Pink Tights features a captivating if intriguingly awkward story born of an unusual number of powerful, creative voices behind the camera. The 1960 film's screenplay was co-written by Walter Bernstein (Fail Safe), whose blacklisting following his unfriendly testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee ended the year before with Heller star Sophia Loren's wartime romance, That Kind of Woman. The equally legendary Dudley Nichols (Stagecoach) shared writing credit; Carlo Ponti (Blow-Up), Loren's strong-minded husband, co-produced; and Hollywood Golden Age director George Cukor (The Philadelphia Story) presided over the odd, Louis L'Amour-based Western.
Loren plays Angela Rossini, leading lady in a down-on-its-luck, traveling theatrical company barely held together by founder Tom Healy (a sympathetic but largely miscast Anthony Quinn). Always staying a step ahead of creditors and lawmen, the troupe stops in a Wyoming town where a hired gunman, Mabry (Steve Forrest), "wins" the reckless Angela, who has long had a romance with Healy, in a poker game. Determined to keep her even as he eludes assassins, Mabry attaches himself to the dispirited Healy's company as it rides through dangerous Indian territory. The final act finds all the principals battling their way to a resolution behind the scenes of a play at a theater Angela has built for Tom with money she stole from Mabry. It's all a little clunky, but Cukor ensures a certain vitality in the proceedings, moves comfortably between striking shifts of comedy to intense drama, makes Loren look great, and exposes--to an unexpected degree--a psychological bond between Angela and Mabry. --Tom Keogh
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