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    Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)

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    Anthony Newley’s sprawling musical fantasy, a Fellini-esque hotch-potch of dream-like sequences and irreverent whimsy, is a film that could only have been made in the 1960s.

    Heironymus Merkin sits on a beach surrounded by the flotsam and jetsam of his life, including a film biography which he projects to his family. We learn his story from the vignettes contained in the film-within-the-film.

    heironymusmerkin_001  heironymusmerkin_002

    Meanwhile, back in the present, the film company expresses its concern that his movie still has no ending.

    In addition to being the star and collaborating on the screenplay, Newley wrote nine songs for the film.

    Playboy centrefold Connie Kreski plays the person Newley is trying not to forget – Mercy Humppe – while Joan Collins, Newley’s wife at the time, shows off her assets.

    There’s also a rare feature film appearance from Bruce Forsyth. Nice to see him, to see him nice . . .

    Heironymus Merkin
    Anthony Newley
    Polyester Poontang
    Joan Collins
    Good Time Eddie Filth
    Milton Berle
    The Presence
    George Jessel
    Fat Writer
    Stubby Kaye
    Uncle Limelight
    Bruce Forsyth
    Grandma
    Patricia Hayes
    Sharpnose
    Victor Spinetti
    Producer Ron
    Tom Stern
    Mercy Humppe
    Connie Kreski
    Filigree Fondle
    Judy Cornwell
    Penelope
    Rosalind Knight
    Thumbelina
    Tara Newley
    Thaxted
    Alexander Newley

    Director
    Anthony Newley

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