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was unimpressed: “The scenery has a certain amount of charm, but the same can hardly be said for the people. They’re a scheming, quarrelsome lot constantly trying to knife each other, both literally and figuratively....The insecurities, the business and personal jealousies, and the riotous behavior
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The adult subject matter ran into problems with the MPAA and the conservative studio executives at MGM. Joseph Vogel, the new studio head, wanted to transform the project into a "family film" and had it re-edited without
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was deleted as well as a melancholy monologue by Cyd
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of some members of the film company are luridly depicted. The acting is capable enough, but I found it hard to care very much about any of the characters. Incidentally, the picture they’re shooting, which is the cause of the heartbreak and the one heart attack, looks perfectly dreadful.”
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