{"id":19315,"date":"2011-08-25T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19315"},"modified":"2021-01-26T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:58:11","slug":"jail-bait-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19315","title":{"rendered":"Jail Bait (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This afternoon we had a long telephone conversation earlier in the day.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster-155x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster-66x128.jpg 66w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster-529x1024.jpg 529w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Poster.jpg 1532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe son (Clancy Malone) of a renowned plastic surgeon (Herbert Rawlinson) is bailed out of prison by his sister (Dolores Fuller), but soon lured back into a life of crime by gangster Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ed Wood Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that while this Ed Wood &#8220;melodrama is ineptly made&#8221;, his &#8220;fans will be disappointed&#8221;, given that it actually &#8220;has a coherent plot&#8221;, &#8220;even has a clever ending&#8221;, and features acting that may be &#8220;mediocre&#8221; but is &#8220;better than in other Wood films&#8221;. With that said, &#8220;bad movie&#8221; fans will be happy to note that &#8220;the photography is dark, the sound and dubbing are horrible, [and] the music laughable&#8221;. (Indeed, the relentlessly repetitive, Spanish-themed guitar and piano score &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047127\/trivia?tr=tr0620038\">borrowed directly from <em>Mesa of Lost Women<\/em> (1953)<\/a> &#8212; is guaranteed to get on your nerves within about five minutes, and is far too often inappropriately &#8220;applied&#8221;.) Peary is dead wrong, however, in stating that &#8220;the women are ugly&#8221;: while Fuller isn&#8217;t necessarily a pin-up candidate, former fashion model Theodora Thurman &#8212; playing Farrell&#8217;s gun-toting mistress &#8212; is quite stunning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Sadly, Tim Burton&#8217;s <em>Ed Wood<\/em> skips over the production of <em>Jail Bait<\/em> altogether, moving straight from <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19295\"><em>Glen or Glenda<\/em> (1953)<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16671\"><em>Bride of the Monster<\/em> (1955)<\/a>. While this is understandable, given its already two-hour-long running time, one can&#8217;t help but wonder what juicy tidbits would\/could have been unearthed&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An amusingly inept (though occasionally surprisingly engaging) crime thriller<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Still.png 576w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Jail-Bait-Still-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though naturally Wood cultists will want to be sure to check it out. Available for free viewing on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/JailBait\">Internet Archive<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047127\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5698&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagesjournal.com\/issue09\/reviews\/edwood\/\">Images Journal Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This afternoon we had a long telephone conversation earlier in the day.&#8221; Synopsis: The son (Clancy Malone) of a renowned plastic surgeon (Herbert Rawlinson) is bailed out of prison by his sister (Dolores Fuller), but soon lured back into a life of crime by gangster Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ed Wood Films Fugitives Plastic Surgery Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary argues that while this Ed Wood &#8220;melodrama is ineptly made&#8221;, his &#8220;fans will be disappointed&#8221;,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19315\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19315"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66275,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19315\/revisions\/66275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}