The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Samuel goldwyn studios 7200 santa monica boulevard, west hollywood, california, usa see more. The story concerns a brilliant but unbalanced young man, who. Lord love a duck the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Lord love a duck 1966 not rated comedy, drama, romance. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of lord love a duck with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. From his prison cell, young alan musgrave roddy mcdowell relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and selfabsorbed high school senior barbara ann greene played by tuesday weld.
Lord love a duck original motion picture sound track. The former pitches happy hatred as farce, the latter as tragedy. Save lord love a duck dvd to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Vandalizing their new high school, miscreant alan roddy mcdowall explains his nickname to barbara ann tuesday weld who offers her depraved ambition, in george axelrods lord love a duck, 1966. Overview of lord love a duck, 1966, directed by george axelrod, with roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, at turner classic movies. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its. Stella barnard in lord love a duck 1966 the film stars tuesday weld as the innocent attention seeking teenager from a broken home who aspires to become loved by everyone, wears 12 colorful cashmere sweaters given to her by friend and mastermind roddy mcdowall who was 36 at the time playing a teen. Lord love a duck bluray disc details highdef digest. Lord love a duck 1966 one of my alltime favorite movies and tuesday weld at her best. Lord love a duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect.
A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Lord love a duck is a curious title, a reference to the nickname mollymauk that roddy mcdowalls character took, because it is actually an albatross, not a duck. Lawyers from the office of the senate president files a petition at the supreme court in manila. With roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west.
An unusually gifted high school senior, alan musgrave roddy mcdowall, decides to direct his mental powers toward helping an innocent new student, barbara ann greene tuesday weld, achieve her goal of popularity. Tuesday weld, 1966 in lord love a duck the swinging sixties the most gorgeous woman of the who starred alongside steve mcqueen, elvis, and gregory peck. It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name. Makes anarchy of the typical teen beach comedy that was so popular at the time. At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies. Lord love a duck movie trailer and videos tv guide. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, both lord love a duck 1966 and massacre at central high 1976 routinely played midnight shows and revival houses, exuding a similarly punkish energy and righteous nihilism to savvy audiences. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine.
Voiceover by the late mason adams, who you might have seen on lou grant. Martin west, who starred in lord love a duck and other 1960s teen comedies before appearing in alfred hitchcocks family plot and john carpenters assault on precinct, died on new years eve, his family announced. I think roddy mcdowall must have based his portrayal of the mad hatter in batman the animated series from his role in this film. West also is known to veteran general hospital fans for playing dr. This motion picture is an act of pure aggression overview. Malibu 1983 tv movie frankenstein meets the spacemonster 1965 frankenstein general hospital 1988 lord love a duck 1966 fireball 500 1966. Listen free to neal hefti lord love a duck lord love a duck main title, the wedding and more. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices.
From his prison cell, young alan musgrave roddy mcdowell relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and selfabsorbed high school senior barbara ann. Lord love a duck 1966 0221 1966 us comedy, drama 1h 45m user score. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and ruth gordon. Synopsis this motion picture is an act of pure aggression. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture. The plot revolves around the attempts of high school student alan musgrave mcdowall to win the heart of barbara ann green weld by granting her every wish. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. If youre one of those people who wanted to hug ferris bueller rather than. He was the fourth and last actor to play the role that. At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party.
Watch lord love a duck movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. A satirical black comedy with mcdowall successfully playing a highschool senior, even though he was in his late thirties at the time. Lord love a duck would make an excellent double feature with the loved one. In united artists wacky lord love a duck 1966, directed by george axelrod, west portrayed the love interest of dreamer tuesday weld. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. He jokes in the promotional short that lord love a duck may look like a beach picture, but is actually a booby trap. Again, desire proves empty, and, at her behest, alan makes a series of. Mcdowall was 40 when this film was made, and in his 55th motion picture.
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