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Originally Posted by S-2
Loved Spartacus and Taras Bulba, both starring Tony Curtis I believe. Yul Brynner and Kirk Douglas as well.
Bet Tony was gettin' tight with Janet during the Vikings, eh?  |
Actually, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were married to each other at the time. Both their children (including Jamie Lee) were on location with them and watched the movie being made.
As an interesting piece of trivia, the Hayes commission censorship on certain sexually explicit scenes was still pretty much in force. In one scene Tony has rescued Janet and her maid from Kirk and they are rowing across the Fjord. Janet claims she can't row because her bodice was too tight. Tony reaches over and rips it open exposing her bare back then orders her to row.
If Tony and Janet were not married in real life at the time, the Hayes commission would not have allowed that scene.
Also, Tony had a bit of a problem with his Bronx accent. So he tried to speak his lines with a slight Hungarian touch. Not hard for him to do since he could speak Magyar before he spoke English. Yes, Bernard Schwartz (Tony Curtis) is listed as one of the more famous Hungarians in America.