The story concerns a brilliant but unbalanced young man, who. A satirical black comedy with mcdowall successfully playing a highschool senior, even though he was in his late thirties at the time. The plot revolves around the attempts of high school student alan musgrave mcdowall to win the heart of barbara ann green weld by granting her every wish. With a special gift for manipulating the outcome of any situation, highminded high schooler mollymauk roddy mcdowall sets out to help beautiful new girl on campus barbara anne tuesday weld. Released in 1966 and directed by george axelrod, lord love a duck is a quirky satirical comedydrama about a nonchalant student prodigy roddy mcdowell fascinated by a fellow senior girl tuesday weld, using his preternatural gifting to grant her dubious wishes.
Most similar movies to lord love a duck the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Movies like lord love a duck if you like lord love a duck you are looking for humorous, sexual and dark humor movies about with high school, misfit, satire, teenager, teenage life, best friends and youth themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa. Lord love a duck, movie, 1966 pictures provided by. See more ideas about pet birds, animals beautiful and cute animals. Lord love a duck is een amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1966 onder regie van george axelrod. He has appeared in over thirty films including the sergeant was a lady 1961, lord love a duck 1966, alfred hitchcocks family plot 1976, john carpenters assault on precinct 1976 and mac and me 1988. Stella barnard in lord love a duck 1966 the film stars tuesday weld as the innocent attention seeking teenager from a broken home who aspires to become loved by everyone, wears 12 colorful cashmere sweaters given to her by. I think roddy mcdowall must have based his portrayal of the mad hatter in batman the animated series from his role in this film.
It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name. Story concerns the musings of roddy mcdowall in the psychiatric ward of a prison. The mating season 1951 page 3 of 3 previous next page. He jokes in the promotional short that lord love a duck may look like a beach picture, but is actually a booby trap.
Unlike the loved one with its gothicbaroque focus on one issue, duck tackles a couple of dozen topical targets headon and with admirable accuracy. This movie had roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright in the lead roles of. Jun 03, 2010 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Britains bloodiest dynasty s1 e1 britains bloodiest dynasty. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack from 1965, 1966, composed by neal hefti. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine. Lord love a duck, writerdirector george axelrod notes that the 1966 film. Lp, mono united artists records, united artists records. Roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west, ruth gordon, harvey korman. Thats my reading anyway, although other readings may be equally or even more viable.
Yet, he plays a brainy, pencilneck geek who is valedictorian of his high school graduating class. In the 11 years before lord love a duck, axelrod wrote or cowrote. Ruth gordon as stella barnard costarring with roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld in lord love a duck 1966. The title track, sung by the wild ones and composed by ernie sheldon, features the typical monkees era hey hey hey business and even camp duck quacks. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. Lord love a duck the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
Unlike the loved ones gothicbaroque focus on one issue, duck tackles a couple of dozen topical targets headon, and with admirable accuracy. But in the case of lord luv a duck i have the gut feeling that the duck is more of a lame duck something or somebody ineffective and less than admirable so, for me, the phrase has an ironic,sarcastic or at least a derogatory undertone. Gospode voli patku je americka crnobijela filmska komedija snimljena 1966. What you see in the picture is a scan of the actual photo. Mcdowall had a starring role in lord love a duck 1966. Lord love a duck has been ranked 50 times, wins 39.
Film lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Lord love a duck is a curious title, a reference to the nickname mollymauk that roddy mcdowalls character took, because it is actually an albatross, not a duck. Tuesday weld lord love a duck 1966 out of the past. This is being sold strictly as a collectors item from one collector to another and no rights are transferred or implied. Difficult to describe and far too sly for most audiences of 1966, lord love a duck is black comedy at its very best. Is the expression lord love a duck a long winded rhyme for an expletive that has to remain unuttered in this polite company, or is there a story behind it. Based on the novel of the same name, lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy that sets out to lampoon almost everything that comes to mind when you think of. Sep 03, 2019 variant of earlier 18th century lord love you, god love us, etc.
Eccentric spoof of mid60s culture with roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. His credits also included family plot, assault on precinct and dallas. Lord love a duck and will not need an account to access the content. Neal hefti, the wild ones 3 lord love a duck an act of pure aggression original motion picture sound track. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has. Weld got a star role in lord love a duck 1966, with roddy mcdowall, ruth gordon, and harvey korman. Heres an original 8 x 10 publicity photo of lola albright in the 1966 film, lord love a duck. Complete with all of the stereotyped innuendo considered hip in 1966.
Makes anarchy of the typical teen beach comedy that was so popular at the time. She followed it playing abigail in a tv adaptation of the crucible 1967, opposite george c. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. Jun 08, 2010 lord love a duck 1966 charles kinbote. George axelrod with roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west, ruth gordon, harvey korman. Lord love a duck gym locker room scene featuring lynn carey. Listen free to neal hefti lord love a duck lord love a duck main title, the wedding and more. See more ideas about lord love a duck, phil robertson, duck dynasty. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, both lord love a duck 1966 and massacre at central high 1976 routinely played midnight shows and revival houses, exuding a similarly punkish energy and righteous nihilism to savvy audiences. The soundtrack to a fine george axelrod movie, lord love a duck combines the standard, prepsychedelic rock of bands like the dave clark five or paul revere with mod organ and blues. He also appeared in the defector 1966, and returned briefly to broadway for the astrakhan coat 1967.
Unfortunately, i have to disagree on just about all counts here. Dec 02, 2003 no quotes approved yet for lord love a duck. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack 1965. Less well known but equally audacious is his goforbroke directorial debut, lord love a duck 1966, a poisonous love letter to the movie business that nourished him and a satire of southern california culture with its drivein chapels, fast food restaurants, and selfimprovement seminars. Feb 3, 2017 explore rjpies board lord, love a duck. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom. Happening title tune performed by the wild ones and fleshy teenage video, followed by hero alan roddy mcdowall pursued by cops, opening george axelrods outlandish lord love a duck, 1966. Lord love a duck would make an excellent double feature with the loved one. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack.
Al hine 19151974 was a reporter, novelist, and movie producer who wrote numerous books including lord love a duck, which was made into a movie starring tuesday weld and roddy mcdowall, and pop novels based on the bewitched tv series and the beatles movie help. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about love and romance, youth, high school, high school life, coming of age, teenage life and lifestyle mostly in comedy, drama and romance genres. Mcdowall was 40 when this film was made, and in his 55th motion picture. Neal hefti, the wild ones 3 lord love a duck an act of. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and.
Incredible that veteran character actor max showalter can be found performing here, a long way from his role with marilyn monroe at niagara falls. The wild oneslord love a duck theme song halos heaven. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lord love a duck near you. With roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west. Lord love a duck watch turner classic movies on tcm. At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s.
Kritzerland kr 200 3 country united states format cd release date 7sep2009 upn 85725200 3 6 2 cds. The former pitches happy hatred as farce, the latter as tragedy. Released by kritzerland in 2009 kr 200 3 containing music from lord love a duck 1966, how to murder your wife 1965. Ruth gordon, martin west, lola albright, tuesday weld, roddy mcdowall. The wild ones lord love a duck 1966, vinyl discogs. One response to lord love a duck 1966 david csontos, on june 11th, 2008 at 9. Lord love a duck is really ambitious in what its trying to do, which is mostly satirize vapid socal culture, though it takes jabs at genres popular in the 60s as well, like the teen beach flicks, kitchen sink dramas, and horrorthrillers. Protagonistica, ciji lik tumaci tuesday weld, je mlada i lijepa ucenica progresivne srednje skole u juznoj kaliforniji koja nastoji po svaku cijenu postati popularna, odnosno zvijezda beach party filmova. Lord love a duck is an english movie directed by george axelrod released in the year 1966. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture sound. Martin west, lord love a duck and general hospital. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films.
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