watch this last night it amaze me that fox spend so much money on it and get so little back on their investment . it the kind of disaster that have to be see to be believe . i be sure that the first morning of film raquel welch dust off the shelf over her fireplace to prepare a spot for the academy award she would surely win for this daringly original movie . oops . that not what happen . the infighting on the set be detail in print by rex reed and this help the movie attain a reputation before it be even release . when it be finally release there wasn not the usual three ring circus of publicity . if i remember correctly and in houston it open at drive in and neighborhood theatre and never play any of the big venue . i lay most of the blame on director michael sarne and who be hot after have direct ( the not all that good ) joanna and a film with music about young people in swing mod london . if i recall correctly and fox wound up fire him and piece the film together the best they could . that why scene play out in no particular sequence and character appear and then vanish . an impressive supporting cast ( kathleen freeman and jim backus and john carradine and andy devine and others ) be waste with nothing to do . to expand it to feature length there be numerous clip from fox movie feature star like carmen miranda ( in amaze footage from the gang all here ) andlaurel and hardy and who never dream they would be play in an x rat movie . the x rating be due to occasional language numerous sexual perversion while however and none of the character seem to be have any fun . maybe somebody involve with the film have a warped puritan sensibility and figure that if they could make these thing unappealing it wasn not bad to exploit them . this be one of the youth picture that nearly bankrupt hollywood in the 1970 . one writer joke that easy rider ( which be make for pocket change ) be the most expensive movie ever make because so many film follow which try and fail in the bad way to duplicate it success . sixtyish and once honor director like stanley kramer and otto preminger make movie like rpm and skidoo in an effort to attract a young audience . white director and writer attempt to make film to attract a black audience . those movie be lock somewhere in a vault and the two name and many others from that genre have never and a best i know and be out on home video or cable . theyre the studio deep dark secret . raquel welch performance in this be and all thing consider and very good . with the right direction and script she could play the type of sassy liberate woman rosiland russel and barbara stanwyck specialize in . she look great and have awesome costume . mae west be the lively seventy something actress i have ever see . on the one hand it kind of heartbreaking to watch her attempt to capture her glory from year go by and but i be sure she need the money . if you want to see a big budget x rat movie from this era check out beyond the valley of the doll ( also from fox ) because it doesn not take itself seriously . it crazy kid play with the equipment at a major studio . myra breckinridge try to say something . there just wasn not anyone who want to listen .