{"id":5245,"date":"2008-02-06T14:36:58","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T21:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5245"},"modified":"2022-09-25T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T02:08:43","slug":"all-the-marbles-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5245","title":{"rendered":"All the Marbles (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Like it or not, the three of us are a team &#8212; and we&#8217;re going to make it, or die trying.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-the-Marbles-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-the-Marbles-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-the-Marbles-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-the-Marbles-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-the-Marbles-Poster.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe manager (Peter Falk) of two beautiful &#8220;tag team&#8221; wrestlers (Vicki Frederick and Laurene Landon) tries to find work for his &#8220;California Dolls&#8221;, who aspire towards a match in Reno with their ultimate rivals: the Toledo Tigers (Tracy Reed and Ursaline Bryant).\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>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Peter Falk Films<\/li>\n<li>Richard Jaeckel Films<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Robert Aldrich Films<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>Wrestling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis semi-comedic female wrestling flick was director Robert Aldrich&#8217;s final film, and shows ample evidence of his willingness to tackle even the most unusual topics. Although it&#8217;s no longer widely available, it&#8217;s easy to understand why Peary lists <em>All the Marbles<\/em> (a.k.a. <em>The California Dolls<\/em>) as an erstwhile cult favorite, given that it stars two strong, sexy females who spend most of the film wearing form-fitting leotards and cat fighting in an arena &#8212; indeed, fans of female wrestling won&#8217;t be disappointed, as there&#8217;s plenty of girl on girl action scattered throughout. Fortunately, those of us <em>not<\/em> so interested in either t&#038;a or wrestling can still appreciate the humorous rapport between Falk (excellent as always) and his two appealing &#8220;dolls&#8221; &#8212; one of whom (Frederick) is his sometime-lover, and the other of whom (Landon) suffers from a &#8220;mild&#8221; addiction to prescription drugs. Indeed, Landon&#8217;s professed but unseen &#8220;problem&#8221; with drugs is indicative of the film&#8217;s overall attitude of glowing unreality: Frederick and Landon should by any account be black-and-blue given the thrashings they encounter in the ring, but the most they ever seem to suffer from is a hurt back or a mildly split lip. Ultimately, then, <em>All the Marbles<\/em> is more of a fairy tale fable than an expose, with the Dolls conveniently triumphing by the end. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Falk as Harry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/All-Marbles-Falk-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Believable, humorous rapport between Falk, Frederick, and Landon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/all-marbles-rapport.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/all-marbles-rapport.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5247\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The exciting final MGM match between the California Dolls and the Toledo Tigers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/all-marbles-final-match.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/all-marbles-final-match.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5248\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look. Listed as a Personal Recommendation and Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0081964\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9B04E2D81038F935A25753C1A967948260&#038;oref=slogin\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/77744\/all_the_marbles.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Like it or not, the three of us are a team &#8212; and we&#8217;re going to make it, or die trying.&#8221; Synopsis: The manager (Peter Falk) of two beautiful &#8220;tag team&#8221; wrestlers (Vicki Frederick and Laurene Landon) tries to find work for his &#8220;California Dolls&#8221;, who aspire towards a match in Reno with their ultimate rivals: the Toledo Tigers (Tracy Reed and Ursaline Bryant). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aspiring Stars Peter Falk Films Richard Jaeckel Films Rivalry Robert Aldrich&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5245\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245","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=5245"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87669,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5245\/revisions\/87669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}