It is amazing what details an HD broadcast can wring out of even a turgid old item like 1953's THE NEANDERTHAL MAN, in which Robert Shayne (THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN's Inspector William Henderson, natch) regresses into a lumberjack-shirted, carved-pineapple-headed caveman. There's a legendary scene in which Beverly Garland disappears behind a shrub to change into a swimsuit, and there's a glimpse of her afterwards modelling the very skimpy, skin-toned garment.
The circulating copies of this movie have been so crummy that I can remember an internet discussion some years back in which some people were insisting that Garland appears nude in this shot. That's why I described the scene as "legendary." Well, not only doesn't Garland appear nude, but a recent broadcast of the film on VOOM's Monsters HD shows that the woman modelling the swimsuit isn't even Beverly Garland!
For some reason, another unidentified woman steps briefly into her role to model the suit! So, in essence, Shayne isn't the only change-o head in the movie, as has been so long surmised.
It would be interesting to know what happened here. Did Ms. Garland say, upon being handed the suit, "Hey, pal, you're only paying me enough for a performance -- you're getting more than your money's worth, by the way, so get some other dame to provide the cheesecake!"?
Or is there some other explanation?
The circulating copies of this movie have been so crummy that I can remember an internet discussion some years back in which some people were insisting that Garland appears nude in this shot. That's why I described the scene as "legendary." Well, not only doesn't Garland appear nude, but a recent broadcast of the film on VOOM's Monsters HD shows that the woman modelling the swimsuit isn't even Beverly Garland!
For some reason, another unidentified woman steps briefly into her role to model the suit! So, in essence, Shayne isn't the only change-o head in the movie, as has been so long surmised.
It would be interesting to know what happened here. Did Ms. Garland say, upon being handed the suit, "Hey, pal, you're only paying me enough for a performance -- you're getting more than your money's worth, by the way, so get some other dame to provide the cheesecake!"?
Or is there some other explanation?
