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The remaining cast of the 1966 film classic " The Oscar" especially Tony Bennett (Hymie Kelly) and Jill St. John (Laurel Scott).
MEMORABLE QUOTES FROM
The Oscar (1966)
Frankie: I never said anything about creaming Barney Yale.
Hymie Kelly: Birdseed!
Frankie Fane: Will you stop beating on my ears! I've had it up to here with all this bring-down!
Frankie Fane: Are you a tourist or a native?
Kay Bergdahl: Take one from Column A and two from Column B. You get an egg roll either way.
Hymie Kelly: You finally made it, Frankie! Oscar night! And here you sit, on top of a glass mountain called "success." You're one of the chosen five, and the whole town's holding its breath to see who won it. It's been quite a climb, hasn't it, Frankie? Down at the bottom, scuffling for dimes in those smokers, all the way to the top. Magic Hollywood! Ever think about it? I do, friend Frankie, I do...
Kay: Sometimes I get the feeling, Frankie, you ought to be chained up with a ring in your nose.
Frankie Fane: Tell 'em "game called on account of Oscar."
Beatles, The Who, Kinks, Bob Dylan, Byrds, Rolling Stones,
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photo by Theresa Kereakes
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Hullaballoos,David Quinton,Gerry and The Pacemakers,Crabby Appleton,The Clash
The Gentrys,The Strangeloves,Quicksilver Messenger Service,Georgie Fame, Roy Orbison,
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Kim Fowley, The Move,13TH Floor Elevators,Leaves,
Barbarians,Sorrows, Knickerbockers, Wayne Fontana and the
Mindbenders, Pretty Things,Plimsouls,The Magicians, Jackie Lomax,Merseybeats,The Nerves,Ramones,Wall Of Voodoo,
Downliners Sect,Hedgehoppers Anonymus, The Hello People, Ian Whitcomb,Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
A Clockwork Orange, Orpheus, Wild In The Streets, The Magical Mystery Tour, No Direction Home, The 400 Blows,All The Fine Young Cannibals, Fahrenheit 451,Still Crazy, City For Conquest, The Night Of The Generals,Little Caesar, Slapshot,Shake Hands With The Devil, A Hard Day's Night,Animal House, Don't Look Back, The Magic Christian, The Man Who Would Be King, Mr. Roberts,Tender Mercies, Falling Down, Gentleman Jim, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Adventures Of Don Juan,McCabe And Mrs. Miller, The Maltese Falcon,Rebel Without A Cause, Godzilla vs Megalon, The Godfather,Crime In The Streets,The Quiet Man, Head, Alaska Seas, The Oscar, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Jailhouse Rock, Dr. Zhivago, Pressure Point, Lawrence Of Arabia, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Bridge On The River Kwai, The Manchurian Candidate, A Man Called AdamThe Dead Boys "live" at the Whisky A Go-Go in LA 1980.
George Cabaniss, Frank Secich (sitting), David Quinton, Jimmy Zero, Stiv Bators and guest star Dee Dee Ramone.
Photo and story by Theresa Kereakes
The Dead Boys live show really set the bar high for punk bands. They were unpredictable, raw and menacing, all with a sense of humor. So, if you're Stiv Bators, coming from that legacy, how can you top it? You get a teenager to be the driving force of this near-train-wreck! That's young David Quinton on the drums, propelling the pandemonium that was unleashed when Dee Dee Ramone jumped on stage. But it that wasn't enough... Stiv had already kept the crowd waiting. Impatient to perform, the band just hit the stage without him.That fantastic first chiming guitar sound of the Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" opened the show. Luckily, Jimmy Zero was on hand to up the pop factor with Frank Secich. (Let's not forget they had a George Harrison on guitar in this band, too!) Their Fab Four harmonies were interrupted by Stiv when he came to the stage wrapped in a towel and proceeded with his toilette, shaving and then blow-drying his hair, and getting into his skin tight red leather jeans without removing the towel around his waist. At the point in the show when this photo was taken, all hell had broken loose and Frank's making fun of the whole thing while watching from his perch on the drum riser, and using Stiv's hair dryer for full comic effect.More at http://punkturns30.com from Theresa Kereakes
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Arthur Rimbaud, Arthur Guinness, Napoleon Bonaparte and Stephen Boyd