Subj : Re: Carol Cleveland photo To : All From : RW Date : Tue Mar 22 2005 08:39 am From: AchterQuack@gmail.com (RW) larsen525@mindspring.com (Erik D Larsen) wrote in message news:. ... > In article <423A2622.4B5BB47@bellsouth.net>, Dan Santoro > wrote: > > > I saw in another newsgroup a jpeg of what looks to be CC on stage > > topless about to embrace someone........one breast is visible....... > > > > Is this actually her? > > x-no-archive: yes > > The picture Dan refers to is a still, originally published in a mid-1970s > issue of "Cinema X" magazine, from C.'s lost film, "All I Want Is > You...and You...and You." The story, in a nutshell, is this. > > I've been searching for this film, on and off, for the last few years. > According to director Bob Kellett, the film was withdrawn from circulation > because of a legal dispute: he hasn't kept a copy, and knows of no one who > has. Since then, it seems to have been lost. Distributed by British Tigon, > it wasn't handed over to Euro London Films in 1986, when ELF took over > Tigon's back catalog (therefore was lost sometime between 1974, when the > film was produced, and then). It's not in storage at the lab where the > film was originally processed, nor is it at any of the film archives in > Britain. The production company was a fly-by-night outfit, most likely set > up to produce that film only, and probably consisted of two fellows in a > Soho walkup. > > Tony Tenser, the founder of British Tigon, is still alive (and in fact > working on an as-told-to autobiography). However, he sold his interest in > Tigon in 1972, and therefore has no knowledge of the film. > > I've been to the British Film Institute in London several times, to see > what could be found out about "All I Want...". During my most recent trip, > last month, I consulted with their head of research: it was his opinion > that the film had probably been "thrown in a skip" (i.e. Dumpster) > somewhere. > > The two books I know of on the history of British sex films ("Doing Rude > Things" by David MacGillivray, and "Keeping the British End Up" by Simon > Sheridan) make no mention of the film. > > The only further possible lead I could think of, would be via one-time > starlet (and now photographer, I think) Koo Stark. Daughter of the film's > producer, Wilbur Stark, who died in 1996, she had a bit part in the film. > The rights may have reverted to her, but I think it unlikely that she'd > have kept a copy. > > In the halcyon, bygone days when C. and I were on friendly terms, she told > me a bit about the film. She described it as "a load of rubbish!" going on > to say that it was intended to be a sexy comedy that "wound up being > neither sexy nor funny," and that it was so bad, the actors made jokes > about it while filming was still taking place! > > - Erik "Still Not the Comic Book Artist" Larsen > > Undistinguished Professor of C@rological Research (Retired) > Ex-Founder (etc.) C@rol Cl*veland Appreciation & Jockstrap-Throwing > Society (1997-2002) > > aka And now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and commit suicide... OK, good luck, I guess. There also lots of stuff whose whereabouts are known, but that will never go outside the studio archives... --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5 * Origin: FidoNet MONTE <--> alt.fan.monty-python (1:379/45) .