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    Too Late Blues (1961)

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    John Cassavetes’ second film as director marked a rare Hollywood engagement for the famously independent filmmaker. Long dismissed as a creative cul-de-sac, it’s also a fascinating “what if?”

    As non-conformist jazz player, Ghost (Bobby Darin) lets his idealism threaten his success, the film displays a similar tension between art and commerce, its B-movie material enlivened by a director experimenting with studio resources and his own embryonic style.

    The result is a melancholic affair that spills its emotions as loosely as the music.

    Ghost falls in love with a mediocre vocalist, an “easy” girl called Jess (Stella Stevens). In turn, his ideals are shaken and his manhood challenged. Despondent, he sells out to a cheap record label, becomes a gigolo to the Countess (Marilyn Clark), loses his self-respect, and finds the determination to return to his ideals.

    Whatever its flaws, there’s a real itch to break free from mainstream melodrama to something deeper.

    John ‘Ghost’ Wakefield
    Bobby Darin
    Jess Polanski
    Stella Stevens
    Benny Flowers
    Everett Chambers
    Nick Bubalinas
    Nick Dennis
    Tommy Sheehan
    Vince Edwards
    Milt Frielobe
    Val Avery
    Countess
    Marilyn Clark
    Reno Vitelli
    James Joyce
    Baby Jackson
    Rupert Crosse
    Skipper Camez
    Alan Hopkins
    Charlie
    Cliff Carnell
    Pete
    Richard Chambers
    Red
    Seymour Cassel
    Shelley
    Dan Stafford

    Director
    John Cassavetes

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