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Candy (1968) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Christian Marquand and produced by Selig J. Seligman, Peter Zoref and Robert Haggiag.

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The Happiest Millionaire - Valentine Candy ( 1967 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 4, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Valentine's Day is only ten days away, so we have a clip to share of Lesley Ann Warren's beautiful rendition of "Valentine Candy" from The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 ). What has this to do with Valentine's Day? Absolutely nothing. It's just fun to listen to!... Read full article

NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER

By Dan Day Jr. on Jun 14, 2016 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

After I shared my post on DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! with the "Hammer Films NOT Horror" Facebook group, the administrator, Paul Meadez, asked if I would be interested in writing about another film on the Mill Creek Hammer DVD set--NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER, also known as NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A S... Read full article

John Candy "looks like" Charles Laughton.

By Dawn on Oct 11, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Charles Laughton (July 1, 1899 – December 15, 1962). Was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and two-time director. Laughton was best known for his historical roles in films. John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994). Best known for his role as... Read full article

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Candy Quotes:

Dr. A.B. Krankheit: You're trying to out diagnose a world renowned surgeon who has attended eight institutions of higher education and who has more degrees than a thermometer.
MacPhisto: I... am MacPhisto.
Candy Christian: Hello, I am Candy, Candy Christian.
MacPhisto: Candy... beautiful name, it has the spirit and the sound of the Old Testament.
MacPhisto: Oh for God's sake, Need can't be kept waiting. Need is here. Need... is now!
Dr. A.B. Krankheit: Good God, Harris, watch what you're doing! You're a brain surgeon, not a gynecologist!
Dr. Arnold Dunlap: I majored in abnormal psychology and I know orgies when I see them. I also know depravity and indecency and, I might ad, in flagrante delicto!
Candy Christian: I don't know what that means.
Dr. Arnold Dunlap: It means that you are to leave this place immediately.
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Candy Facts
Playboy Playmate DeDe Lind was offered the lead role, but turned it down.
Loose adaptation of Voltaire's "Candide" reconfigured for the permissive 1960s.
According to a 1969 issue of Photoplay, Pia Degermark was the first choice for the title role. Other contenders included Connie Kreski and Sydne Rome.
Pamela Des Barres writes in her landmark book "I'm With the Band" that she, too, was considered for the title role.
In one sequence, Charles Aznavour (as the hunchback) escapes the police by crawling on the mansion ceiling and jumping down through a window made of water. This is a visual reference to surrealist Jean Cocteau's The Blood of a Poet where the character jumps into a mirror made of water after crawling over a hallway of doors. (The effect was achieved by constructing the "wall" and "ceiling" on the studio floor and shooting the scene from above.) Even the sound effect at that moment, a shouted "No!", is in both films.
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