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Myra Breckinridge (film)

Index Myra Breckinridge (film)

Myra Breckinridge is a 1970 American comedy film based on Gore Vidal's 1968 novel of the same name. [1]

54 relations: Andy Devine, B.S. Pully, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Black and white, Bud Yorkin, Calvin Lockhart, Child sexual abuse, Comedy film, Cult following, Dan Hedaya, David Giler, Edith Head, Farrah Fawcett, FX Movie Channel, Gay, George Cukor, George Furth, Gore Vidal, Grady Sutton, Heidi (1937 film), Jim Backus, Joanna (1968 film), John Carradine, John Huston, John Phillips (musician), Kathleen Freeman, Leonard Maltin, List of American films of 1970, List of films considered the worst, Loretta Young, Mae West, Mike Sarne, Monte Landis, Motion Picture Association of America, Myra Breckinridge, Pal Joey (film), Pegging (sexual practice), Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Richard Moore (cinematographer), Roger C. Carmel, San Francisco, Sex reassignment surgery, Shirley Temple, The Art of Love (1965 film), The Fifty Worst Films of All Time, The Miami News, Theadora Van Runkle, Time (magazine), Tom Selleck, ..., Toni Basil, White House, William Hopper, 20th Century Fox. Expand index (4 more) »

Andy Devine

Andrew Vabre "Andy" Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films.

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B.S. Pully

B.S. Pully, (born Murray Lerman, May 14, 1910 – January 6, 1972) was a New York nightclub comedian and stage actor who created the role of Big Jule in the musical Guys and Dolls.

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian.

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Black and white

Black and white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, and hyphenated black-and-white when used as an adjective, is any of several monochrome forms in visual arts.

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Bud Yorkin

Alan David "Bud" Yorkin (February 22, 1926 – August 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor.

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Calvin Lockhart

Calvin Lockhart (born Bert Cooper; October 18, 1934March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor.

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Child sexual abuse

Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation.

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Comedy film

Comedy is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a work of culture, often referred to as a cult classic.

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Dan Hedaya

Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor.

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David Giler

David Giler (born 1943) is an American filmmaker who has been active in the motion picture industry since the early 1960s.

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Edith Head

Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, starting with The Heiress (1949) and ending with The Sting (1973).

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Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Leni Fawcett (originally spelled Ferrah; February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress, model, and artist.

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FX Movie Channel

FX Movie Channel (FXM) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Gay

Gay is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual.

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George Cukor

George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director.

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George Furth

George Furth (December 14, 1932 – August 11, 2008) was an American librettist, playwright, and actor.

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Gore Vidal

Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his patrician manner, epigrammatic wit, and polished style of writing.

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Grady Sutton

Grady Harwell Sutton (April 5, 1906 – September 17, 1995) was an American film and television actor from the 1920s to the 1970s.

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Heidi (1937 film)

Heidi is a 1937 American musical drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Shirley Temple.

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Jim Backus

James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor.

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Joanna (1968 film)

Joanna is a 1968 British drama film, directed by Michael Sarne and set in swinging London.

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John Carradine

John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre.

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John Huston

John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American-Irish film director, screenwriter and actor.

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John Phillips (musician)

John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, most notably of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, a landmark event of the counterculture era and the Summer of Love.

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Kathleen Freeman

Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919August 23, 2001) was an American film, television, voice actress, and stage actress.

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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.

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List of American films of 1970

This is a list of American films released in 1970.

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List of films considered the worst

The films listed below have been cited by a variety of notable critics in varying media sources as being among the worst films ever made.

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Loretta Young

Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress.

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Mae West

Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades, well-known for her lighthearted bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual independence.

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Mike Sarne

Michael Sarne (born 6 August 1940) is a British actor, writer, producer and director, who also had a brief career as pop singer Mike Sarne.

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Monte Landis

Monte Landis (born 20 April 1933, Glasgow) is a Scottish-born character actor best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of The Monkees, most notably as "Mr.

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Motion Picture Association of America

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is an American trade association representing the six major film studios of Hollywood.

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Myra Breckinridge

Myra Breckinridge is a 1968 satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary.

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Pal Joey (film)

Pal Joey is a 1957 American Technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak.

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Pegging (sexual practice)

Pegging is a sexual practice in which a woman performs anal sex on a man by penetrating the man's anus with a strap-on dildo.

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Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer.

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Rex Reed

Rex Taylor Reed (born October 2, 1938) is an American film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies.

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Richard Moore (cinematographer)

Richard Moore (October 4, 1925 - August 16, 2009) was an American cinematographer.

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Roger C. Carmel

Roger Charles Carmel (September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986) was an American actor.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sex reassignment surgery

Sex reassignment surgery or SRS (also known as gender reassignment surgery, gender confirmation surgery, genital reconstruction surgery, gender-affirming surgery, or sex realignment surgery) is the surgical procedure (or procedures) by which a transgender person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that socially associated with their identified gender.

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Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple BlackWhile Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple".

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The Art of Love (1965 film)

The Art of Love is a 1965 Technicolor comedy film starring James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, and Angie Dickinson.

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The Fifty Worst Films of All Time

The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way) is a 1978 book by Harry Medved, with Randy Dreyfuss and Michael Medved.

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The Miami News

The Miami News was an evening newspaper in Miami, Florida.

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Theadora Van Runkle

Theadora Van Runkle (born Dorothy Schweppe;. The Guardian, 2011-11-11. March 27, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 4, 2011 in Los Angeles, California) was an American costume designer.

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Time (magazine)

Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.

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Tom Selleck

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer.

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Toni Basil

Antonia Christina Basilotta (born September 22, 1943), better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, filmmaker, film director, choreographer, and dancer, best known for her multi-million-selling worldwide 1982 hit "Mickey", which reached No 1 in several countries.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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William Hopper

William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1915March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Breckinridge_(film)

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