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Where hot blonde shiksas go, trouble follows

posted 12 years ago by bcrumpacker
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SPOILER ALERT! Premise: nice Jewish boy confused by hormones chases hot blonde pagan temple prostitute, er, love goddess, so disasters predictably ensue and he ends up with the Jewish girl he'd dumped beforehand. Conclusion: where hot blonde shiksas go, trouble follows. Comment: Liked the pagan rituals, slinky outfits of Lana Turner, and gold lampshade hats of Louis Calhern. Otherwise, oy.

[–] mspatera 12 years ago

Gee, I really enjoyed it. It's a comedy, right?

Loved your comments.Twenty years later, it would have been Cybill Shepherd. Come to think of it, it was...

[–] bcrumpacker 12 years ago

Ironically, Lana Turner was Jewish in real life, so he was trapped either way.

[–] mspatera 12 years ago

I've never heard this and I don't think it's correct. However, several of her husbands were Jewish!

[–] padraigodurcain 12 years ago

in her autobiography she states - proudly - that she is a catholic.

[–] BlondeVixen 11 years ago

<Ironically, Lana Turner was Jewish in real life>

I don't know where you got that from, but it's incorrect.

[–] mylesag 8 years ago

Love your synopsis of this film!!

[–] thesnowleopard 8 years ago

You gotta watch out for those hot blonde gentile chicks....

This film was so dumb. A shame, since doing the literal biblical story of the Prodigal Son is pretty interesting. This film wasn't.

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