Monday, August 11, 2008

The Sound and The Fury







In a perfect world, Ed Fury would have become a megastar. Instead, he had to settle for Wild Women of Wonga (1958) and Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1964). It's a shame -- even by today's standards, we'd Pitt him against Brad any day of the week.

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  1. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. That bar photo is the hottest thing I've seen... well, certainly the hottest thing I've ever seen that has Ginger Ale in it.

    My, my, my. Perhaps it was the name that did him in? It's a sort of dark obverse of names like "Tab Hunter" and "Troy Donahue".

    Having IMDBed him, I'm going to have to do a few scans of "South Pacific", "Bus Stop", and "Female on the Beach" (!) to see if one can find him in the crowd.

    OOOOOOH - do you suppose there any stills based on that last picture, of him with Miss Joan? That would be To Die.

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  2. An ex stole my treasured copy of "Female on the Beach," damn him.

    Apparently, Mr. Fury also made a guest appearance on "The Odd Couple," as "Buffed Patient."

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  3. I'm sure I'd be wild about his wonga too.

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  4. Let me get this straight. They had this on contract and didn't make him strip more often?
    Well, at least on screen.

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  5. I sent the second photo to the General Manager at our catering company but couldn't convince him to use it as the model for new bartending uniforms. ALAS!

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  6. If he ever does acquiesce, remind me to throw dinner parties more often.

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  7. I didn't do all those damn sit ups for nothing!

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  8. Oh God. Sit ups. I used to do 600 crunches daily -- 200 forward, 200 backward, 100 each oblique.

    And then I realized how many blow jobs could be given in the steam room in the same amount of time it took to do 600 crunches. Works the same abdominal muscles, too.

    Twitter! I jest, of course!

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  9. Given my druthers, I'd switch regimens in a second. Your plan sounds much more fun. Alas and alack my gym provides no steam room and even if it did whatever gypsy curse I've fallen under currently prevents me from finding any willing "tango" partners.

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  10. Oh, you've run into that gypsy, too?

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  11. I understand 26 year old Ed was balling 61 year old Mae West around the time of these photos, circa 1954. I'm curious if he balled Joan Crawford when he was working with her in "Female On The Beach" in late '54? I can't imagine him getting away without some overnighters at her home.

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