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'''''Common Law Wife''''' is a 1963 American exploitation film shot in [[Texas]]. |
'''''Common Law Wife''''' is a 1963 American exploitation film shot in [[Texas]]. |
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==Plot== |
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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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==Cast== |
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*Annabelle Weenick as Linda |
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*Max W. Anderson |
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*Lacey Kelly as Baby Doll |
*Lacey Kelly as Baby Doll |
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==Production== |
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The film began as a movie called ''Swamp Rose'' made in 1960 by Larry Buchanan. He said it began "as an artistically Inclined, naturalistic romance, shooting in 16MM color around Caddo Lake. But the sleaze merchants got hold of It blew it up to 35MM in black and white, and changed the title to COMMON LAW WIFE. The delicacy of our photography was lost and so were any serious intentions we might have had for the film."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Psychtronic Video|url=https://archive.org/details/Psychotronic_Video_24/page/n53/mode/1up?q=%22common+law+wife%22|volume=24|page=52|first=Michael|last=Price|title=Larry Buchanan The Life and Times of a Hungry Visionary|date=1997}}</ref> |
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The film's directorial credit goes to "Eric Sayers," whose also made ''The Garbage Man''. |
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==Reception== |
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''Psychotronic Video'' wrote called it "similar in some ways to the rural dramas Russ Meyer 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! I liked all the twisting in the club too. Mike shadows are visible." |
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<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Psychotronic_Video_15/page/n51/mode/1up?q=%22common+law+wife%22|magazine=Psychotronic Video|number=15|title=Review of Common Law Cabin|page=50|date=Spring 1993}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{IMDb title|id=0123722|title=Common Law Wife}} |
*{{IMDb title|id=0123722|title=Common Law Wife}} |
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| Common Law Wife | |
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| Directed by | Larry Buchanan Eric Sayers |
| Written by | Grace Nolen |
| Produced by | Fred A. Kadane |
| Distributed by | Cinema Distributors of America Texas Film Producers |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 81 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Common Law Wife is a 1963 American exploitation film shot in Texas.
Plot
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.
Cast
- Annabelle Weenick as Linda
- George Edgley as Shugfoot Rainey
- Max W. Anderson
- Lacey Kelly as Baby Doll
Production
The film began as a movie called Swamp Rose made in 1960 by Larry Buchanan. He said it began "as an artistically Inclined, naturalistic romance, shooting in 16MM color around Caddo Lake. But the sleaze merchants got hold of It blew it up to 35MM in black and white, and changed the title to COMMON LAW WIFE. The delicacy of our photography was lost and so were any serious intentions we might have had for the film."[1]
The film's directorial credit goes to "Eric Sayers," whose also made The Garbage Man.
Reception
Psychotronic Video wrote called it "similar in some ways to the rural dramas Russ Meyer 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! I liked all the twisting in the club too. Mike shadows are visible." [2]
References
- ^ Price, Michael (1997). "Larry Buchanan The Life and Times of a Hungry Visionary". Psychtronic Video. Vol. 24. p. 52.
- ^ "Review of Common Law Cabin". Psychotronic Video. No. 15. Spring 1993. p. 50.
External links
- Common Law Wife at IMDb
- fReview at DVD Drive In
- Common Law Wife at Letterbox DVD
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