After 60 years, they have restored the original "South Pacific" and shown it in selected theatres around the country including Oahu--most of the film was filmed on Kauai at Princeville and other locations there in 1958.
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| Waiting for Ken Clark's appearance in the restored "South Pacific" tonight in the theatre had me waiting to see him in his new, red, 100% nylon tricot Ocean Champion suit in this 1958 film set in WWII. I've posted several shots of him in earlier blog posts wearing his super silky suit with the outer layer that slides (very easily) over the inner suit. I was scanning ever corner of the large screen waiting for him to appear and watch him feel the nylon tricot suit like he does in one of the stills I posted. Earlier in the film is a guy wearing a very short satin basketball short that was kind of hot, but not nylon. He was in several scenes. Well, ol' Stewpot isn't on the screen for 30 seconds in his silky suit. I'm sure he got to enjoy several days wearing it on set, but actual screen time was 30 seconds or less. Can't stop the movie and watch him moving around in that nylon suit. It was still great to see the restored film even with the annoying filters that the DP used to try and make the movie appear more like the stage (WHY??!!). Anyway, go back and find my postings of him if you want to see more of his red nylon tricot O.C. suit 'cause you sure aren't going to see him on the big screen. |
