Anita Ekberg, Phil Carey & Gypsy Rose Lee in "Screaming Mimi" (1958)
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- In Laguna Beach, California, beautiful Virginia Weston (Anita Ekberg) and her dog run from the beach to the bathhouse outside her cottage. An escapee from a nearby mental facility stalks Virginia. The man stabs the dog which cries out and attacks the terrified Virginia. Virginia’s screams alert her brother in his nearby cottage. He grabs his rifle and kills the attacker.
Virginia, suffering from shock, is recovering in a sanitarium. Psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood (Harry Townes), who is treating Virginia, is enamored with her. He declares her cured and takes her from the sanitarium. They change her name to Yolanda Lange, and she becomes an exotic dancer at the El Madhouse Night Club, owned by Joann 'Gypsy' Masters (Gypsy Rose Lee). Dr Greenwood, now Mr. Green, acts as her manager and maintains close control of all her activities.
One night, Bill Sweeney (Phil Carey), a reporter who covers night clubs, visits El Madhouse and is mesmerized by Yolanda. Joann takes Bill backstage to meet Yolanda. In Yolanda’s dressing room, Bill is intrigued by Yolanda and by a nude statue of a frightened, screaming woman. Green enters and quickly dismisses Bill. He reaffirms his control over Yolanda, ordering her to follow his orders carefully.
That night, as Yolanda walks home with Devil, her huge Great Dane, she is attacked by a knife wielding man who slashes her stomach. Bill arrives at the scene to find Yolanda being taken away in an ambulance.
Bill reviews the file about the murder of a dancer, Lola Lake, who was killed by “The Slasher”. In a photo of Lola, the “screaming woman” statue lies next to her body. Bill visits Yolanda in the hospital. She denies ever having the statue. Bill visits the shop of Raoul Reynardi (Vaughn Taylor) who sells the statues. Reynardi says the statues, called Screaming Mini, are made by sculptor Charlie Weston (Romney Brent). Bill buys Reynardi’s last statue. He searches Yolanda’s dressing room but does not find her statue.
Yolanda skips a party at the El Madhouse. Bill finds her walking the dog on the street where she was attacked. They go to his apartment where she stays the night. Bill wants her to live with him. She can get her things from her apartment, and he will meet her there. Green is at the apartment when Bill arrives. Yolanda has become distant and unresponsive to Bill. He leaves.
Bill meets with Weston, the sculptor of the statue. Weston tells him about the attack on Virginia and her hospitalization. Bill thinks that the statue has some link to the murder of Lola. He has a picture of the statue printed in the paper.
The police tap Yolanda’s room. They hear Green enter and chastise her for keeping the statue that is deeply fixed in her mind as part of her mania in association with the attacker. Her murder of Lola was a response to Lola’s possession of the statue. Green finds the statue and attacks Yolanda to help her release her feelings. She sets the dog on him. Green jumps back from Devil and crashes through the window. As Green lies dying on the sidewalk, he falsely tells Bill and the police that he killed Lola.
Virginia has run away with the dog. Bill tracks her to a cheap hotel. Bill confronts her with her real name, Virginia Weston. Lola had a statue, and Virginia killed her. She sets the dog on him. The police arrive and subdue Devil. As the police take Virginia to an ambulance, she lapses into an unresponsive, trance-like state. Bill leans forlornly against a lamppost.
A 1958 American Black & White film-noir thriller film directed by Gerd Oswald, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Robert Fellows, screenplay by Robert Blees, based on Fredric Brown's novel "The Screaming Mimi" (1949), cinematography by Burnett Guffey, starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes, Linda Cherney, Romney Brent, Frank J. Scannell, and the Red Norvo Trio.
Gypsy Rose Lee (birth name Rose Louise Hovick), an icon of the Golden Age of Burlesque, whose story was made into a smash Broadway musical, made but few film appearances. The bulk of her professional career was spent on the stage as the leading ecdysiast of her generation.
Ace cameraman, Burnett Guffey ("Bonnie and Clyde" (1967)) provides luminous black-and-white cinematography, which gives Mimi an aura of opulence unusual in such a modestly budgeted film.
Gerd Oswald’s father Richard was a noted director in pre-Hitler Germany; among Richard’s best films is Different From the Others (1919), a remarkably sympathetic treatment of male homosexuality starring the great Conrad Veidt.
The New York Times, wrote, "It is an effective film of its kind, thanks to some reflective dialogue by Robert Blees and a sense of suspense on the part of Gerd Oswald, the director. Anita Ekberg, who does more acting here than before, is the star. Gypsy Rose Lee and Phil Carey are also on the ball."
An offbeat lurid mystery/thriller with innovative noir-ish B/W photography by the great Burnett Guffey. Especially suited for lovers of bad-movies.
back in the late 60s Gypsy Rose Lee had her own talk show on northern CA tv. I remember her being funny, quirky and just fun to view.
Leonard Bernstein’s great score for “On The Waterfront” was used for this film’s titles.
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" great dame with a great dane"....What a line...
One life to live….Carey/Asa Buchanan
Rosalind Russell's voice is remarkably similar to Gypsy's, she was the perfect choice to portray her.
i don't remember rosalind russell's singing voice ever flat or anytime out of tune in her performances like GRLees is.
A. Top. Classic. One. 🎬 a. Fantastic. Movie. To. Watch. 🎥 whit. A. Strong. Caracter. And. Spiritually. 🎞 🎉🎉🎉 Movie. To. See. 👌 💞 anita. I. Miss. You. ❤ yuo. Are. So. Wonderful. And. Deleches. Women. 💞 God. Bless 🙌 and. Rust. In. Peace. 🙌💐🥀
Whit. Pleasure 😁
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Fun movie!
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Linda Anita 👏🎥
They called it Santa Rosa in the movie, though that city is not on the coast, not Laguna Beach.