Two Midnight Movies

A text only post, and about history, afield from fauna and flora, sort of...and grim, so dear readers, a caution to read on...

I'll put the search strings in bold, these are the beginning of a quote, and the link(s), the ulr(s), which are highlighted too, will be the quote(s) end(s)...

Bogart Beat The Devil

It is a parody of Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941) and films of the same genre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_the_Devil_(film)

I thought to watch a Bogart movie, and on youtube found this one, Beat the Devil movie...awhile back, I watched 20 Million Miles to Earth, and my favorite parts, being grown up, were the scenes of the fishing village in Sicily of the  1950s...don't know but I've become fond of Mediterranean fishing villages, as  it was the fishing village that was the star in Beat the Devil too!...

Beat the Devil Salerno

There is an ancient legend, still recounted by tour guides in Salerno and Amalfi, that it was to Ravello, with its scenic view of the Mediterranean and the dramatic Amalfi coastline, that Satan transported Jesus during His second temptation to show the beauty of the world's kingdoms. (Luke 4: 5-8)^{[citation needed]}
The 1953 film Beat the Devil, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida in her English language debut, was shot in Ravello.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravello

Villa Cimbrone is a historic building in Ravello, on the Amalfi coast of southern Italy. Dating from at least the 11th century AD, it is famous for its scenic belvedere, the Terrazzo dell'lnfinito (the Terrace of Infinity).
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Right at the edge of the crag there was a terrace commanding an enchanting view; it was surrounded by horrible marble statues which, however, from afar, had a sort of appeal.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Cimbrone

I had the same thought when I saw Bogart on the Terrace...'those are really lousy statues!'...a far away dreamy place that attracts the rich and famous...hereabout, for a couple bucks bus ticket, one can go to Laguna, our kind of 'wanna be Italy' community...

Beat the Devil is a spoof, a parody, and it has some sardonic views about how the world works, and my sub conscious must have been digesting this as I got this compelling need to go watch the current movie:

Hail, Ceasar!

It's a spoof too!...and a too long sardonic view about how Hollywood worked in the fifties, and maybe now...I went to the 7pm showing in a multiplex...three other people showed up...I don't know how movie houses are going to keep going!...almost went to sleep...movie house seats nowadays are plush!...briefly got up and left, but gave it another try...best actor in the movie was the singing cowboy...and I've seen that gag where the raggedy drunken cowboy tries to embrace the moon's reflection in the watering trough somewhere before...this while the song is being sung...

and the house on the rocky beach...is that a real place?...brb....no luck...all the reviews refer to it as the 'Malibu beach house', or mansion/palace...it's a neat house...keep an eye out to see if it is real!

:)

DavidDavid