tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post2129174395548998669..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: Charles Walters' "Ask Any Girl" (1959)joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-87206152373573831032013-09-30T11:14:33.991-04:002013-09-30T11:14:33.991-04:00Hey Cheryl! Great analogy. Could we say that &quo...Hey Cheryl! Great analogy. Could we say that "Ask Any Girl" simply ripped off "Sabrina"? It seems like an urban version of the same basic material. Good catch.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-60973306849678307542013-09-30T11:13:27.899-04:002013-09-30T11:13:27.899-04:00Always loved "Ask Any Girl" but thought ...Always loved "Ask Any Girl" but thought that it was a less sophisticated (or maybe I should say downmarket?) version of the love triangle of Audrey Hepburn torn between William Holden and Humphrey Bogart in "Sabrina.Cherly M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-78362381943849338942013-09-30T11:07:28.080-04:002013-09-30T11:07:28.080-04:00It must have made some impression, because the gre...It must have made some impression, because the great songwriting team of Holland/Dozier/Holland used the movie's title for a Supremes' song title in 1964. Between that time and 1978, when I bought the 3-record Supremes anthology, the movie disappeared from the cultural radar screen, because I remember being surprised when I later discovered the song took its title from an earlier movie. Funny how these things happen. (I still haven't seen the movie, come to think of it.)Philippenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-24613901022994608572009-09-04T17:05:35.533-04:002009-09-04T17:05:35.533-04:00Where is this movie? It has not been seen or show...Where is this movie? It has not been seen or shown anywhere for decades.mtngeyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722451203961769185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-50652087997480456132009-09-02T12:01:29.627-04:002009-09-02T12:01:29.627-04:00I have fond memories of this movie. MacLaine is cu...I have fond memories of this movie. MacLaine is cute as ever but you sense that she is far too smart for this role. Day would have been, too. Debbie Reynolds is probably the only one who would have made it palatable, but it's fine as it is.Marienoreply@blogger.com