Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Jul 10th  
What a Way to Go!**    
(US 1964)                                    
Twentieth Century Fox/Apjac-Orchard. 111m. Cinemascope

Confessions of a serial black widow who has unwittingly married a series of humble men who then become ultra-successful.
Lavishly presented black comedy with rather obvious jokes, including snappy spoofs of various film genres (such as the writers' own Singin' in the Rain), done in a generally pleasing manner, with MacLaine appealingly steering through the various starry ill-fated husbands.

Written by: Adolph Green, Betty Comden, from a story by Gwen Davis.
Producers: Arthur P. Jacobs.
Director: J. Lee Thompson.
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings, Margaret Dumont.
Photography: Leon Shamroy.
Music: Nelson Riddle.

+ originally intended as a star vehicle for Marilyn Monroe




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