The Carpetbaggers (1964) | |
Director(s) | Edward Dmytryk |
Producer(s) | Joseph E. Levine |
Top Genres | Drama |
Top Topics | Aviation |
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The Carpetbaggers (1964) was a Drama Film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Joseph E. Levine.
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on Nov 25, 2013 From Journeys in Classic FilmThe formula for a Hollywood tale is straight-forward: Watch a semi-despicable protagonist navigate the cruel waters of stardom while meeting thinly veiled representations of real stars, rinse, repeat. ?The Carpetbaggers is the foremost example of this theorem, originally based on a Harold Robbins po... Read full article
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By Brandy Dean on Oct 27, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsThe Carpetbaggers opens with a small bi-plane soaring through the clouds, accompanied by Elmer Bernstein’s gorgeous overwrought score. A solemn narrator tell us that this?the story of “the fictional and fabulous Jonas Cord Jr.” Junior, loosely based on Howard Hughes, proceeds to di... Read full article
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Rina Marlowe Cord:
I like men. Maybe I hate them. I'm not always sure.
Jonas Cord, Sr.: What are you trying to prove? That you're a man? Well, a man is judged by what's in his head, not in his bed.
Jonas Cord: What's the wildest thing you've ever done?
Monica Winthrop: I hope I haven't done it yet.
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Jonas Cord, Sr.: What are you trying to prove? That you're a man? Well, a man is judged by what's in his head, not in his bed.
Jonas Cord: What's the wildest thing you've ever done?
Monica Winthrop: I hope I haven't done it yet.
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One of the appeals of the Harold Robbins novel on which this was based was guessing which real life figures the main characters were based on: Rina Marlowe is obviously based on Jean Harlow, Nevada Smith seems to be Tom Mix, Jonas Cord is generally believed to be a thinly-disguised Howard Hughes, and Jennie Denton may based on Joan Crawford.
Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1964.
Stella Stevens was a strong contender for the role of Jenny Denton but the producers decided on Martha Hyer who at near 40 was a little old for the part but had greater name recognition and an Academy Award nomination under her belt.
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Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1964.
Stella Stevens was a strong contender for the role of Jenny Denton but the producers decided on Martha Hyer who at near 40 was a little old for the part but had greater name recognition and an Academy Award nomination under her belt.
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