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Who did the gymnastics for . . .

posted 17 years ago by cwoliver-1
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Who did the gymnastics for Olympia La Pere?

[–] HoferPM-1 17 years ago

Hope Emerson, isn't she great???? She did a lot of prison pictures and was she ever tough !!! Great actress.

[–] ekeby 17 years ago

I agree--she's great . . . but it was probably a stuntman doing the flips . . . .

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[–] nyctom 17 years ago

And if you look closely, you can see the wires holding up Tracy when Emerson does her "one-arm lift."

Ah, movie magic...!

[–] Mkeydude 8 years ago

She was such a large woman it would have been easy for a man to dress in her drag and do the back flips and I'm quite sure that's how it was done.

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