William Conrad Videos : Fifties Cheesecake Dance No. 34

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Fifties Cheesecake Dance No. 34

PLEASE READ THIS - Only Howard Hughes could produce a film in which (a) John Wayne, playing Genhis Khan as if he were a gunslinger, tears off Susan Hayward's dress in the opening scene; and (b) a seven-minute cheesecake dance sequence, consisting of four distinct parts, culminates in Susan Hayward indulging in some pelvic thrusting and Fruedian sword play. This was her very first on screen dance and it is reported that she received six weeks of dancing lessons to prepare for this epochal event. This much-ridiculed Oriental Western is"The Conqueror" (1956), which earned inclusion in the book, "The Fifty Worst Movies of All Time" by Harry Medved and Randy Dreyfuss (CBS Consumer Publishing 1978). Wayne's performance is impossible to watch without feelings of gut-gnawing embarrassment and mirthful fascination. The glorious lines of dialogue in this clip illustrate beautifully the depth's of The Duke's thespian talents as he chews the scenery as Temujin, the Mongol chief who later became Genghis Khan. Susan Hayward, plays Bortai, the hot but reluctant Tartar bride of Temujin. Pedro Armendariz played Jamuga, Temujin's loyal and wise brother, while William Conrad played their more brutish brother, Kasar. Agnes Moorehead played Hunlun, their brave and loyal mother. The film was directed by the actor Dick Powell, who sidelined as a director and producer. Wikipedia reports: "The exterior scenes were shot on location near St. George, Utah, 137 miles downwind of the United States ...

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