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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Director: Curtis Harrington
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From Time Out Film Guide
With a script by Henry Farrell (author of the source novel on which What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? was based), Baby Jane in effect slays again...except that this time she's directed by Curtis Harrington, erstwhile buddy of Kenneth Anger (he acts in Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome), who knows what's camp and what's not, and the difference between melodrama and expressionism. He films this as Sternberg might have, with a great emphasis on masks and facades, underpinned with gorgeous fairytale motifs. Plus he stages the best tango since The Conformist.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Curtis Harrington
Producer: Edward S Feldman, James C Pratt, George Edwards
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Agnes Moorehead, Michael MacLiammoir, Timothy Carey, Harry Dean Stanton full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 101 mins
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