Movie Movie (1978 Stanley Donen)

A pastiche of two Classic Hollywood genres - the boxing movie ('Dynamite Hands') and the putting-on-a-show musical ('Baxter's Beauties of 1933'), written by Larry Gelbart (MASH, Tootsie) and Sheldon Keller, sharing most of the same cast, which comprises George C Scott, Eli Wallach, Trish Van Devere, Jocelyn Brando, Red Buttons and Art Carney. The first features as the boxer Harry Hamlin, the second stars Barbara Harris and Barry Bostwick.

These are affectionate parodies with committed playing and a good line in absurd dialogue, e.g. "Your sister's eyes are below the belt" and "Now is a long time".

Photographed by Charles Rosher Jr (The Late Show, 3 Women, A Wedding.. but who spent most of his life getting married and divorced) and Bruce Surtees (in colour) who since his last Eastwood movies in the eighties dried up.

Some great stuff on bicycles in the musical, which was staged by Michael Kidd. The music's by Ralph Burns.