3 things about Orson Welles’ TOUCH OF EVIL [1958]

1. Washing off the blood in the filthy water.
2. Black and white neon popping eyeballs.
3. “You’re a mess, honey.”

#3things #movies #OrsonWelles #filmnoir #MercedesMcCambridge #cinemastodon

Remembering #MercedesMcCambridge (1916-2004), the versatile, Oscar-winning film, stage, television and radio actress, born in Illinois #OnThisDay. Immortalised as the voice of Pazuzu in #TheExorcist (1973) and a notable guest star as Carlotta (her real first name) in #Bewitched (1968), she was extraordinary as Joan Crawford's embittered, vengeful rival in #JohnnyGuitar (1954).

#BornOnThisDay #BOTD #OTD

54 years ago:
99 Women (DE,ES,GB,IT,LI)
Original title: Der heiße Tod
Jesus Franco's campy women's prison film is worthwhile for genre devotees primarily due to an outstanding cast. Mercedes McCambridge is unintentionally hilarious as sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz, spitting tacky dialogue with exuberant venom in a performance so overbearing that it verges on cla...
1969-03-05
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28277
#99Women #JesúsFranco #MariaSchell #HerbertLom #MercedesMcCambridge #Film

#2marzo

#AccaddeOggi nel 2004 muore 87enne #MercedesMcCambridge caratterista di talento nota per essere stata Luz Benedict de Il Gigante e la voce di Regan ne L'Esorcista

https://www.desordre.it/desordre/2004/03/mercedes_mccamb.html

This week’s #NoirAlley leading ladies are Ruth Roman and Mercedes McCambridge
#TCMParty #LightningStrikesTwice #RuthRoman #FilmNoir #MercedesMcCambridge #DarknessAtNoon