When Bendix Met Tootsie
The very fine Golden Age Comic Book Stories weblog has been on a serious William Bendix weekend bender that's showcasing lots of great movie posters and magazine ads, including this loaded-with-subtext advertisement for Tootsie Rolls from Nellie Comics, starring a purse-carrying beefcake superhero named "Captain Tootsie" who takes a group of obnoxious kids to the movies so they can cheer a scene from the William Bendix film, Johnny Holiday, that proudly features a box of the turd-like, cavity-pulling candies being given to a hospitalized mother. I've never seen this film, but I'm betting that Mom dies soon after from a blocked colon.
[Link: Golden Age Comic Book Stories][via The Cartoonist]
Comments
You're back - great! Many thanks, as usual, for the plug. Your "private" Expo story below is rather frightening, especially since I have a similar story to tell. But that's reserved for the next time we meet. :-)
Posted by: The Cartoonist | August 11, 2007 4:01 PM
You'll be able to share your story with me soon, Ralf. I've already made my plane reservations. E-mail to follow shortly with further details.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | August 11, 2007 4:05 PM
Really? Fab!
Posted by: The Cartoonist | August 12, 2007 4:29 AM
William Bendix is the man, for Old Hollywood character actor power. Great as a brutal galoot, OR a light-hearted wiseguy, OR a down-trodden regular Joe. Two picks: "The Hairy Ape" - a starring role, where he gets to go over the top over and over again as a lunk-headed ship's stoker who develops an obsessive fascination with a spoiled rich dame (catch the code-skirting metaphor in the last act). "Greenwich Village" - a rare musical-comedy role as a scheming, yet good-hearted show biz hustler. See Bendix do a song and dance number in a toga! Amazing.
Posted by: M.Ace | August 13, 2007 1:59 PM
Don't forget Life of Riley.
It's been ages since I've seen "Greenwich Village". Toga! Toga! Toga!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | August 13, 2007 5:32 PM
funny, the french favorite singer is named Johnny Hallyday.
Posted by: virani | August 14, 2007 2:36 AM