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Damn Yankees. A devilishly good Hollywood remake of the Broadway musical about baseball and Beelzebub, with Dancer Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston...
Damn Yankees. A devilishly good Hollywood remake of the Broadway musical about baseball and Beelzebub, with Dancer Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston...
From Hollywood Damn Yankees. Gwen Verdon, as the nimblest dancer in this or other worlds, and Ray Walston, as a button-down Beelzebub, in a bouncy remake of the Broadway musical...
...please the moral conscience of the degenerate movie-going public, Miss Verdon does a burlesque on the art of burlesque in the seduction scene. Apparently, movie producers believe the only accepted approach to the pursuit of life is a humorous one. Nevertheless, in the words of a modern bard, wherever Miss Verdon goes, "there's a whole lotta shakin' goin...
...parts of the movie are entertaining, thanks to Walston's antics and Miss Verdon's talent for moving about, but this isn't enough to provide the film with the success the musical enjoyed. Even embittered Milwaukee fans won't pay for the sadistic pleasure of seeing the Yankees lose--though some might bargain for their souls if an offer were made...