Word: blousey
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...classic sequences. Long-lashed Bugsy (Scott Baio) is a good-natured mug who hangs around the speakeasy run by Fat Sam (John Cassisi). The saloon's songbird in residence, Tallulah (Jodie Foster), cracks plenty wise but is kind of sweet on Bugsy, who has eyes only for Blousey (Florrie Dugger), a girl with heavy Hollywood ambitions. Meantime, Dandy Dan (Martin Lev) is muscling in on Fat Sam's territory, making use of a deadly new weapon called the "splurge gun." Fat Sam, lacking this latest in weaponry, must defend his holdings with that most ancient and honorable...
...chase is routed through a barn, from which the autos emerge covered with straw and squawking hens. Fat Sam's speakeasy has a janitor (played by a winning, wistful Albin Jenkins) who mops floors and dreams of being a tap dancer. Parker reproduces, in the character of Blousey. the goody-goody bitchiness that made the "nice girls" of gangster flicks such eminent candidates for strangulation. The hoofing is exuberant and surprisingly adept, even if Paul Williams' musical score is a little slick. The whole movie has an innocence that is not entirely without calculation, but on balance...
...roles. Costume Designers Monica Howe and Lorna Hillyard would buy real '20s duds from thrift shops, then spend 50 times the price tailoring them to fit the kids, who, of course, just kept growing. During the eleven weeks of filming, trouser cuffs were constantly being lowered. The original Blousey literally grew out of her part. Two inches taller than Leading Man Scott Baio, she had to be replaced by her understudy, Florrie Dugger...
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