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Movie Movie (1978) starring George Burns,Harry Hamlin, George C. Scott, Eli Wallach, Trish VanDevere, Kathleen Beller, Art Carney
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Movie Movie (1978) starring George Burns,Harry Hamlin, George C. Scott, Eli Wallach, Trish VanDevere, Kathleen Beller, Art CarneyMovie Movie (1978) starring George Burns,Harry Hamlin, George C. Scott, Eli Wallach, Trish VanDevere, Kathleen Beller, Art Carney

Synopsis of Movie Movie

buy-from-amazon This spoof of a ‘typical’ double-feature bill of the 1930s is introduced by George Burns, who explains that we’re about to see two classic films produced by the legendary Warren Brothers. The first, ‘Dynamite Fists,’ is a black-and-white takeoff of such boxing dramas as Golden Boy. Harry Hamlin plays a John Garfield-like pugilist who is brought along by a tough-but-lovable fight promoter George C. Scott. Nasty gangster Eli Wallach attempts to compromise Hamlin by offering him the delectable Trish VanDevere, but Hamlin proves loyal to Scott. When Scott is killed by Wallach, Hamlin vows to become an attorney and bring the murderer to justice – which he does in the space of one year. Along the way, Hamlin’s gangster brother-in-law secures an eye operation for his nearly blind sister Kathleen Beller (whose bump-in-the-wall myopia is good for several laughs).

After ‘Dynamite Fists,’ we are treated to a coming-attractions trailer for a Dawn Patrol-style aviation epic, again starring George C. Scott.

The last segment, ‘Blansky’s Beauties of 1933,’ is an all-stops-out Technicolor lampoon of Busby Berkeley musicals. Told by doctor Art Carney that he is dying, Broadway impresario Blansky (George C. Scott again) determines to produce one last spectacular show before the curtain goes down for good. The highlights in ‘Blansky’s Beauties’ are too numerous to mention here.

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