What's The Matter With Helen????

[Borstalboy]

What's The Matter With Helen????#1

Posted: 8/13/07 at 4:55pm

Caught this one over the weekend on a DVD double bill with WHO SLEW AUNTIE ROO? I love it when they mix horror with musical numbers! Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters have a very Baby Jane relationship when they flee their hometown in shame to move to Hollywood to open a tap dancing school for children! Good, old-fashioned, high camp fun....

I'll never hear "Goody, Goody" the same way again.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

Updated On: 8/13/07 at 04:55 PM

[MrMidwest]

re: What's The Matter With Helen????#2

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:12pm

I enjoy this movie, too. I think Debbie looks quite good in it.

Curtis Harrington talks a bit about the making of the movie in this interview: http://www.terrortrap.com/interviews/curtisharrington/

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[Cruel_Sandwich]

re: What's The Matter With Helen????#2

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:17pm

Helen...Helen...Oh, Helen...*vacuum cleaner*

[VoiceAnth22]

re: What's The Matter With Helen????#3

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:19pm

Fun movie - Debbie and Shelley HATED one another - one had too much training and the other had none - however, it works great for the film!
Updated On: 8/23/07 at 03:19 PM

[tazber]

re: What's The Matter With Helen????#4

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:22pm

those midnite movie double feature dvds are awesome!

You've got to find the one with Wild In The Streets starring Shelley also.

trust me, you won't be sorry.

....but the world goes 'round

[D2]

re: What's The Matter With Helen????#5

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:23pm

I remember T.V. Guide's capsule description for this movie when it was first aired on T.V.:

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? She has a bad case of the Baby Janes.

Always made me laugh.

Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)