Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1957 Rabbit Romeo (featuring Elmer Fudd), directed by Robert McKimson.
This short is notable as one of the few parings of Bugs and Elmer in which Bugs is not hunted throughout the entire picture (despite Elmer using his hunting rifle every time Bugs tries to escape throughout the entire cartoon), and also notable as a cartoon in which Bugs has a romantic encounter.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap would like you to share with you a special moment of edifying culture -
Won't you see this kind of entertainment every day folks.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider for today's feature. Today's choice is the 1955 taut psychological thriller Les Diabolique (The Devilish Ones) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. The film is based on Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's novel Celle qui n'était plus (She Who Was No More). Alfred Hitchcock also attempted to buy the rights to this novel; Boileau and Narcejac subsequently wrote D'Entre les Morts (From Among the Dead) especially for Hitchcock, who filmed it as Vertigo.When director Henri-Georges Clouzot bought the film rights to the original novel, he reportedly beat Alfred Hitchcock by only a matter of hours. Robert Bloch, the author of the novel Psycho, stated in an interview that his all-time favorite horror film was Les Diaboliques. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching Les Diaboliques. And please, do not reveal the ending (if you have already seen the film.)
Simone Signoret hadn't read her contract closely before signing it and didn't realize she was to be paid for only eight weeks, regardless. After sixteen weeks and a wrap, she found out Henri-Georges Clouzot was only going to pay her for the contractually obligated eight. She protested but the outcome didn't change. By the end of the shoot, according to Signoret, she, Véra Clouzot and Henri were no longer on speaking terms.
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