(Third and final chapter, hope you like)
We were excited at the prospect of our newfound love. As far as John and Tommy were concerned, we would never have to do chores again. I felt differently.
Once word got out around school about our venture, there were would be actors coming out of the woodwork. We had friends we never knew existed. One guy had hounded me incessantly with a script that was "a surefire hit". He wanted to do a movie about Dracula at the beach.
I was not intrigued in the least, for I had a bad feeling where this was headed, and I hated "Beach" movies. You see, my older sister suckered me into seeing "Beach" movies, because of the handsome leading men like Frankie Avalon and Elvis. I hated them with a passion. Ever since she dragged me to see "Beach Blanket Bingo" starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. She said I would really like this, it had "Buster Keaton" in it.
She knew I had a fondness for old time comedians, like The Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Laurel@Hardy, The 3 Stooges, and so on. Buster Keaton was a legend, as well as a pioneer in the vaudeville and slient film era. But I was dissappointed because all Buster did was cameo bits, chasing around bikini clad girls on the beach, while Frankie and Annette sang stupid love songs. As you can tell, pueburty had not set into me yet!
But back to this dude and his Dracula concept. His name was Shawn, and his idea was gonna make a ton of money! According to him anyhow. It was his idea to have a Dracula type movie set at the beach, complete with Hula Hoops and a fantastic chase scene using Hoppity Hops! While he kept on and one, my mind resisted every vowel coming from his mouth. As far as I was concerned, Bela Lugosi was the ultimate Dracula. I could picture Shawn trying to sell this idea to Bela, and Bela would cast his famous evil gaze upon Shawn as he spoke with anger.
"VHAT are you doink? Trying to destroy my LEAGACY"? And with that being said, Bela would toss Shawn out on his ear in front of the castle gates, shaking his fist and muttering something about "never darken my door again". Of course, I later came to realize that Bela might have gone for that movie idea. If the price were right. In later years, Bela became down on his luck, and was a morphine addict. He had hooked up with a low budget independent film maker named Ed Wood. Together they made such bombs like "PLan Nine from Outer Space, and Bride of the Monster.
I interuptted Shawn by asking him where Renfield played in all of this. He had no idea who Renfield was. I just told him that just as Dr. Frankenstien had Igor for his assistant, Every Dracula has His Renfield. Besides, my mom would'nt let me take a bus to the beach, and you can't shoot a movie about Dracula during daylight hours. So much for that idea.
Well, as a short period of time passed, we didnt make very many more movies. We were starting to think in different paths. Gone were the days of koolaid and popcorn. I started to look at beach movies in a different way. I forgave Buster Keaton for his lousy cameos in "Beach Blanket Bingo". I had come to realize that he was'nt so stupid after all.
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