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Finm Cmlmr Cmm9t Oftumt CrudityTuaadty, MarcJi », 1959 IKE MIAMI HOUID9-Dlt;$Wongo9Does WronsroBy GEORGE BO CURE#r»M AmMMtl MH»r*'WUd Woman of Wongo ,now «t the North Miami Theater and the Palm. Dixie and 22nd Ave. Drive-in», may do •11 right on double hill*•uch as it premiered here over t he weekend, but it ithardly fully representative of what an inde pendent producer should be abl* to do in movie-maktng in Miami.Some of the ambitious colorphotography is exrelient anddirector-producer Jamea Walcott has made ingenious use of Fairchild Gardena and Tahiti Beach and Rock Garden locations (all In the metropolitanBRIEF—Goodphotography it top qualityin f+nemlly iiwo made-in*Miami marie*naRtrisMiami area* in telling his story of the Cave Man era.But the story is ciuimllv told, performance* are little more than recittve exercises, and the physical presentation (camera angles and staging*.except In the Introduction ofsome exciting and provocative underwater shots featuring Jean Hawkshaw lighting an alligator, is Dat.Throughout the footage there •re frequent instances of supposedly enraged extras grin-Our Miamining at their own antics, or looking toward the cameraBasically the story has possibilities for a spoof of prehistoric dramas. Situation offers one tribe” in which the men are Adonis-like and the women are ugly, and another un which the wompn are beautiful but would rather go without men than mate with the ape men available to them.Kvrntually the good-lookingJoin H,Statrp GroupsNEW YORK — ifi — Thea-tar groups throughout the country' need to improve theirliaison, according to a studyhv fhp Fnrri FrvnnHatmngals go husband-hunting and capture the Adems-like boys.Mias Hawkshaw haa the lead but she. Mary Ann Webb, Adrienne Bourheau. CandiGarrard. Val Phillips andother locals in cast are given little chance except to show they are women. Ed Fury. Bay Rotello, and Buck Buckley are prominent In male rolea..Harry Walsh • camerashandled the color nicely ZuniDyer has a character role asa ruling goddess.HAP HAPPYKING OF RISOUECMZIIST ACT IN TOWNTURF DOUBLE DECK BAR
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Miami Herald
Miami, Florida, US
Tue, Mar 03, 1959
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