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229:"crosses the line" like crazy, and the old and new footage cuts back-and-forth with absolutely no sense of rhythm - but as an example of what can sometimes happen to a film to make it "more commercial," it's a fascinating diversion for cinephiles. You see, Sayers was able to retain the services of some erstwhile cast members like Anne MacAdams and George Edgely, but Lacey Kelly was no longer available for reshoots. Therefore, the all-important role of "Baby Doll" is played in the final cut, with Buchanan's color footage dumbed-down to grainy black-and-white, by two completely different women. Ms. Kelly's unnamed replacement is disguised in some early shots with sunglasses and a series of preposterous hats, but it's ultimately a fact impossible to cover up. 213:
was about to make, with good dialog (written in this case by a woman), but minus the comedy" and said Lacey Kelly "is great as the sarcastic, wild beauty who uses the (married) sheriff and “Bull” out in the swamp to get what she wants and plots murder. Linda fights back and the ending is outrageous!
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who played her. Thus, the lead character in this disorienting backwoods fable changes indiscriminately from one person to another, in some cases quite obviously, lending the finished product a certain schizophrenic air. As one might imagine,
178:. But the sleaze merchants got hold of it blew it up to 35MM in black and white, and changed the title... The delicacy of our photography was lost and so were any serious intentions we might have had for the film." 203:
comes across as a choppy and confusing experience, which is not helped by the fact that a great deal of the footage seems to have been shot silent and overdubbed hastily afterwards."
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Shug, a rich old man, has been living with his mistress Linda for five years. He kicks her out and replaces her with his niece, Baby Doll, a former stripper in New Orleans.
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Buchanan later said the film began "as an artistically inclined, naturalistic romance, shooting in 16MM color around
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I liked all the twisting in the club too. Mike shadows are visible."
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wrote called it "similar in some ways to the rural dramas
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Larry Buchanan
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Larry Buchanan
Caddo Lake
Russ Meyer


"Something Weird Video's BACKWOODS DOUBLE FEATURE Reviewed"
"Larry Buchanan The Life and Times of a Hungry Visionary"
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978-0786429820
"Review of Common Law Cabin"
Common Law Wife
IMDb
Review
Common Law Wife
Common Law Wife
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Larry Buchanan
Grubstake
The Naked Witch
Common Law Wife
Free, White and 21
Naughty Dallas
Under Age
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Eye Creatures
High Yellow

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