{"id":3681,"date":"2015-11-14T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixtiescinema.com\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2015-11-14T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T14:09:10","slug":"6-essential-pamela-tiffin-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/14\/6-essential-pamela-tiffin-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"6 ESSENTIAL PAMELA TIFFIN MOVIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cover-Tiffin.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3651\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Cover-Tiffin.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Tiffin\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For fans unfamiliar with 60s\/70s actress Pamela Tiffin the subject of my book <strong>Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1916-1974<\/strong>, below is my personal choices of her best movies or her most memorable performances. Three are from Hollywood and three from Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>One, Two, Three<\/em> <\/strong>(1961) d. Billy Wilder<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Tiffin\u2019s second motion picture contains her most memorable performance (she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress) and catapulted her to the top of the sixties starlet heap destined for stardom. A fast-paced, hilarious satire set in Berlin and poking fun at Communism and Capitalism, it was directed by Billy Wilder and written by him and I.A.L. Diamond fresh off their Academy Award wins for <em>The Apartment<\/em>. Tiffin plays impetuous Southern belle Scarlett Hazeltine who, while under the care of Coca-Cola\u2019s man in West Berlin C.R. MacNamara (James Cagney delivering a brilliant rapid-fire performance), sneaks across the border into East Berlin and marries Communist Otto Ludwig Piffl (Horst Buchholz) causing all sorts of comedic trouble for MacNamara. He first undoes the marriage only to have to turn Otto into a capitalist son-in-law in good standing once the boss\u2019 daughter\u2019s pregnancy (\u201cScarlett is going to have puppies,\u201d his daughter announces) is discovered. Pamela truly excelled in the movie. The scenes where Scarlett nonchalantly reveals her marriage plans and introduces Otto to MacNamara are some of Pamela\u2019s best ever on film. She plays dumb so sincerely that you cannot help but laugh. Her lilting Southern drawl coupled with her slow delivery compared to Cagney\u2019s fast sharp-tongued comebacks make her performance even more humorous, as dim-witted Scarlett seems to be in a world of her own oblivious to everything around her. She makes a wonderful foil to Cagney\u2019s frustrated businessman who bemoans, \u201cI\u2019d rather be in hell with my back broken.\u201d For Pamela Tiffin fans, this hell is heaven.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"One, Two, Three - trailer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCAMJoj9uM8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Pleasure Seekers<\/em> <\/strong>(1964) d. Jean Negulesco<\/p>\n<p>Though <em>One, Two, Three<\/em> proved Pamela was a talented comedienne, the studios typecast her as the innocent virgin in a string of popular drive-in movies including <em>Come Fly with Me<\/em>, <em>For Those Who Think Young<\/em>, and <em>The Lively Set<\/em>. <em>The Pleasure Seekers<\/em> is her second three girls looking for romance travelogue and is a standout due to the glossy production values, beautiful on-location cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp in Spain, and a standout performance by Pamela Tiffin who looks stunning and steals the movie. This was a remake of 1954\u2019s <em>Three Coins in the Fountain, <\/em>from that film\u2019s director Jean Negulesco<em>, <\/em>about three girls looking for love and romance this time in Madrid. Here Tiffin is na\u00efve Susie Higgins newly arrived in Spain who falls for caddish playboy Emile Lacayo (Tony Franciosa). College friend Maggie Williams (Carol Lynley), working for a news wire service, pines for her married boss (Brian Keith) while ignoring her true feelings for loyal playboy reporter Pete (Gardner MacKay) while aspiring singer\/dancer Fran Hobson (Ann-Margret) falls for a poor Spanish doctor (Andre Lawrence). Ann-Margret sings\/dances well and cries atrociously, while Lynley pouts prettily throughout leaving the real acting to Tiffin. She has the most rounded part and juggles the dramatic, comedic, and romantic scenes quite well. She also gets the best exterior scenes in Spain and the viewer does not mind looking at a vision as lovely as she in front of some gorgeous Madrid and Barcelona scenery. One of Tiffin\u2019s most amusing scenes is when Susie attends her first Spanish party and Maggie schools her friend on the caddish ways of Emilio. The beautiful Tiffin elicits laughs with just the quizzical look on her face or a quick quip as the conflicted Susie knows she should not care about Emilio, but cannot help herself from being attracted to the no good playboy. Her romance culminates with a meeting with his mother (the elegant Isabel Elsom) where a touching Tiffin\u2019s mortified Susie realizes she was duped by Emilio\u2019s fake marriage proposal and faces him while his mother apologizes profusely for the behavior of her cad of a son. <em>The Pleasure Seekers<\/em> is a movie well worth seeking out especially for fans of these sixties starlets at their loveliest, if you want to watch these movies at your home, you should get the <a href=\"https:\/\/eagletvmounting.com\/home-theater-installation-atlanta-ga\/\">home theater atlanta georgia to call for expert now<\/a> to install a great setup at your home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"THE PLEASURE SEEKERS\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fkadt-dNJCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Harper<\/em><\/strong> (1966) d. Jack Smight<\/p>\n<p>Released during the mid-sixties spy boom when secret agents James Bond, Matt Helm, and Derek Flint were ruling the box office, <em>Harper <\/em>was a throwback to the forties tough private eye yarns. This was Pamela Tiffin\u2019s biggest hit and one of her best movies\u2014not surprising since her leading man was Paul Newman. Based on Ross MacDonald\u2019s novel <em>Moving Target<\/em>, this intriguing twisty mystery yarn has Newman\u2019s gumshoe Lew Harper being hired by icy paralyzed equestrian Elaine Sampson (Lauren Bacall) to find her hated missing industrialist husband, which leads him to mix it up with a colorful cast of suspects including Robert Wagner, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris, and Robert Webber. Pamela Tiffin finally gets to act the vamp as the missing man\u2019s spoiled hot-to-trot daughter who first appears on screen when Elaine instructs Harper to speak with Sampson\u2019s young pilot Alan Taggert (Wagner) the last to see him before he vanished after disembarking from his private jet in Los Angeles. Alan is poolside with Miranda wearing a white polka-dot bikini. She is dancing on the diving board and gives a nonchalant wave over her head when Alan introduces her as she keeps shimmying to the music. Pamela is quite a vision of loveliness and elegance and her diving board shimmy has become one of sixties cinema\u2019s most iconic images. The actress plays off Paul Newman quite well during the entire movie with her rude insights delivered in a droll manner as she accompanies him first to LA and then a mountaintop retreat to find clues to her father\u2019s whereabouts. Though Miranda was spoiled, privileged, and insensitive, compared to the other vile characters Harper meets in his investigation, the brazen Miranda comes off the most likable due to Pamela\u2019s ability to get the audience to feel some empathy towards her due to the disappearance of her father and how shabbily she is treated by Elaine and Alan. Pamela proved she had the acting chops to go toe-to-toe with acting legend Paul Newman and more than held her own with him on screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"HARPER (1966) Trailer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMD4XixVjhQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kiss the Other Sheik<\/strong> <\/em>(1968) d. Luciano Salce<\/p>\n<p>Not Pamela Tiffin\u2019s best movie by far, but it is notable for changing her life when asked to go blonde to act the sexpot in this Italian sex comedy starring Marcello Mastroianni. She would remain a blonde working in Italy for the rest of her career severely curtailing her chance for super stardom. A re-edited version of 1966\u2019s three-part <em>Oggi, domani, dopodomani<\/em> (never released in the U.S.) with newly filmed scenes, Tiffin\u00a0 plays sexy, \u00a0ditzy housewife Pepita whose husband Mario plots to sell her to a Sheik for his harem, but discovers his wife is shrewder than he thought. You may ask why Mario would want to dump a wife as beautiful as Pepita until you see scenes of the wife lazing in bed while the maid cleans up around her or dumping the dinner dishes over the balcony because she is too lazy to wash them. The film is recommended just for the visage of newly blonde Pamela Tiffin. The sweet dark-haired Hollywood ing\u00e9nue of <em>State Fair<\/em> only a scant three years prior is long gone. Watching her pose with nothing but a straw hat or seductively trying to entice her husband into the boudoir or dancing in a tight gown for a sheik, Pamela is a stunner. And although she is badly dubbed, her knack for comedy comes through with her facial expressions be it surprise running from sword-wielding guards or satisfaction in her revenge on her louse of a husband. After seeing her in this movie, her decision to remain blonde makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Oggi, domani e dopodomani - Trailer originale\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/032TOSrw4QA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Giornata nera per l\u2019Ariete<\/strong>\/ <strong>The Fifth Cord <\/strong><\/em>(1971) d. Luigi Bazzoni<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Pamela Tiffin\u2019s best Italian movie is this stylish entertaining giallo from director Luigi Bazzoni. As with <em>Harper<\/em>, Pamela is once again part of an ensemble cast and once again is a highlight. And once again she has an excellent leading man this time Franco Nero who plays Andrea Bildi a reporter investigating a series of murders that begins after a New Year\u2019s Eve party. He soon becomes the assigned police detective\u2019s number one suspect since he is acquainted with all the victims. Pamela played Bildi\u2019s no-strings attached paramour Lu. Though this role is by no means an acting stretch for Pamela, it is wonderful to see her play a sexy contemporary vibrant role with a bit of mystery. Pamela also has wonderful chemistry with Nero. Her character brings out the playful side of Andrea (despite his mistreating of her) rather than his gloominess seen throughout the rest of the movie. In fact, she is perhaps the only character who is happy and perky, as the other characters must deal with the death of friends. Considering her forte for comedy, it is no surprise she would be cast in the most lighthearted role. This violent suspenseful thriller (featuring impressive cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and a memorable score by Ennio Morricone) will keep suspense game players guessing to the end and is highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Fifth Cord Trailer 1971\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYn8XC4ni5A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Deaf Smith &amp; Johnny Ears<\/em> <\/strong>(1973) d. Paolo Cavarra<\/p>\n<p>Pamela Tiffin\u2019s swan song for American audiences was this late-in-the-cycle violent spaghetti western from director Paolo Cavara that reteamed her with Franco Nero. Pamela Tiffin delivers a feisty performance as Susie a whore with a heart and mine of gold who falls for gunslinger Johnny Ears (Nero), the companion to the hearing-impaired Erastus \u201cDeaf\u201d Smith (an effective Anthony Quinn) working for the state of Texas to stop a rebellion. Johnny becomes caught between the demands of his new love who wants to run away with him and his commitment to the deaf Erastus that needs him\u2014or does Johnny need Erastus? Arguably this is Pamela\u2019s best performance after <em>One, Two, Three<\/em>. She is well-matched with Franco Nero and play off each other expertly. She is wonderfully funny in their early scene at the whorehouse as she tries to fight him off as they climb and tumble up the stairs. <em>Deaf Smith<\/em> really gives her a chance to show her range as an actress. Amusing in one scene complete with pratfalls, and tough and hardened in the next, as she pushes and flings Nero\u2019s Johnny away from her only to wind up in his bed where the two realize they are in love. Her character has many nuances and reminds one of Tiffin\u2019s excellent turn in <em>Harper<\/em> where her Miranda was a woman of many emotions. On its own, the western is quite entertaining. Its premise, with one of the leads being deaf and mute, is a novel and intriguing idea. There are some nice touches as seeing the action through Deaf Smith\u2019s eyes with no sound. Though quite stirring for the most part, the plot is a bit implausible expecting moviegoers to believe that the fate of Texas is left in the hands of only two men. It is also full of plot holes and a longer than necessary shoot\u2019em up finale. Despite these minor shortcomings, <em>Deaf Smith &amp; Johnny Ears<\/em> is buoyed by the three lead actors and a special treat for Pamela Tiffin fans.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/MFTPWG0Lmaw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For fans unfamiliar with 60s\/70s actress Pamela Tiffin the subject of my book Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1916-1974, below is my personal choices of her best movies or her most memorable performances. Three are from Hollywood and three from Italy. One, Two, Three (1961) d. 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