Word: raquel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last of Sheila. Slick but interesting. A murder mystery on a yacht. Don't even try to figure out the plot, which is convoluted almost beyond the limits of credibility. Most of the fun comes from watching James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, and Raquel Welch play themselves, with plenty of witty Hollywood quips and elaborate sets. Paris. 1:45-9:45, every 2 hours...
...When Raquel Welch, 33, slipped and fell on the Madrid set of The Three Musketeers, grimacing from the pain, was it because she was smarting from Producer Ilya Salkind's remark, "Raquel is very big in all the small countries"? Or was she simply making sure of getting attention in an all-star cast that includes Charlton Heston, Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Chaplin and Michael York? Filming was halted briefly to determine that Raquel, who plays the heroine, had only sprained her arm. No strategic areas were damaged...
Last of Sheila. Slick but interesting. A murder mystery on a yacht. Don't even try to figure out the plot, which is convoluted almost beyond the limits of credibility. Most of the fun comes from watching James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, and Raquel Welch play themselves, with plenty of witty Hollywood quips and elaborate sets. Cheri...
...RAQUEL WELCH is the only miscast member of the company. She is asked to play a good actress, but Sheila is her opportunity to prove that she is not. The two scenes in which she is called upon to act, and not merely pose in a bikini on the sundeck, are painful to watch...
...performers, should give the most incisive critique of the film. Arriving at the airport, she and her husband are beseiged by prying newspapermen. Her annoyed husband (Ian McShane) deftly shifts the bag he is carrying and belts an offending photographer in the jaw, knocking him down. Sensitive Raquel is affected. "Why can't we just go on a vacation like normal people?" Indeed...