The "Screaming Mimi" is a little ivory statue, recreated and allegedly sent to victims of a mysterious attacker, and there's been one fatality and one brutally attacked victim (Anita Ekberg), whom we learn in the opening scene isn't exactly the poster child for sanity. She works in the avante garde nightclub run by Gypsy Rose Lee. Staid police investigator Philip Carey ("One Life to Live's" powerful patriarch Asa Buchannan) tales a fascination to Ekberg, almost an obsession, all right and it's obvious that someone else has an obsession with her too, determined to make her theirs through splashing her.
This weird film noir Sargent county is Moody and somewhat trashy in nature, but awkward is a delight to look at, even though her talent is more sensual in nature than thespian. Her attempt to do a Martha Graham like dance is rather strange, and in attempting to show her characters very dark side, her psychotic nature becomes evident.
Then, there's Gypsy Rose Lee, providing some unintentional laughs and showing why her good natured personality made her limited talents very tolerable. Her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame" from 'Gilda" and later reprised in "The Fuller Brush Girl" is unforgettable, deliciously deadpan, can just interest to fans of the musical "Gypsy" which opened on Broadway the following year.
As a film, this is unforgettable from with the performances by the two leads and only frequently shocking which one death involving a large vicious dog the most stunning. The script attempts to deal with serious mental health issues but never really delves deep into the issues and this leaves a lot of questions and no answers.
This weird film noir Sargent county is Moody and somewhat trashy in nature, but awkward is a delight to look at, even though her talent is more sensual in nature than thespian. Her attempt to do a Martha Graham like dance is rather strange, and in attempting to show her characters very dark side, her psychotic nature becomes evident.
Then, there's Gypsy Rose Lee, providing some unintentional laughs and showing why her good natured personality made her limited talents very tolerable. Her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame" from 'Gilda" and later reprised in "The Fuller Brush Girl" is unforgettable, deliciously deadpan, can just interest to fans of the musical "Gypsy" which opened on Broadway the following year.
As a film, this is unforgettable from with the performances by the two leads and only frequently shocking which one death involving a large vicious dog the most stunning. The script attempts to deal with serious mental health issues but never really delves deep into the issues and this leaves a lot of questions and no answers.