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able to speak German. Kim could only judge this film vi- sually and based on what he could surmise of the plot. I be- lieve the film gives that odd reason for the character’s col- oring initially, but finally gives another reason that makes more sense later on.
SLIPPERY MAN SOMETIMES SLIP IN OWN OIL
In his review of THE BLACK
CAMEL [VW 140:49], Kim New- man writes that it mostly “takes place indoors on patently stage- bound sets representing a blandly luxurious hotel.” Fox actually sent the cast and crew to Honolulu to shoot on location (this is discussed at some length on the commen- tary track, which I suspect he didn’t listen to all the way through). More importantly, that “blandly luxurious hotel” is in fact the his- toric Royal Hawaiian Hotel, which still stands today very much un- changed, as the photo below will attest. Last Christmas, I and a group of friends vacationed in the 50th state, and we made a pil- grimage to the Royal Hawaiian to,
as Leonard Maltin put it, “walk the very halls where Warner Oland and Bela Lugosi once stood.”
Michael Schlesinger Sherman Oaks CA
Rondo’s Monster Kid of the Year Mike Schlesinger is an old friend and good sport, so I know he won’t mind us running this let- ter, even if it means gently hoist- ing him on his own petard. Kim assures us—and you, Mike— that he listened to the disc’s en- tire commentary, and directs you to this sentence, which you somehow overlooked in his re- view: “The production stretches to an ambitious location trip (surfing, sarongs and Hawaiian guitar music figure as local color) though not enough is made of the authentic back- drops, perhaps because of the difficulties of recording dialogue out-of-doors.” So, yes, Kim was aware the film was shot on lo- cation, but remains unconvinced that all of the hotel interiors were actually shot in the hotel interi- ors. That said, cool hotel trivia, picture and Christmas story— thanks!
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel as it looks today.
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