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The Emperor's New Clothes (1966)
An abridged version of the Anderson tale with musical transitions by Spanky & Our Gang.
Many of us who were in this film were chosen from the theatre department at the U. of Miami where Bob Clark (director) and Jeff Gillen (producer) had both been students. Although not credited, I played "Finagle" the sinister tailor. I fondly recall late evenings spent with John Carradine, being regaled with tales of his early days touring the coast of California doing Shakespearean plays. We were all saddened to learn that the film was languishing in some bank vault. I remember Carradine's wry sense of humor in changing his jester's name to Quat, and none of us knowing why until it came to the deliverance of his long, eloquent speech to the entire court. Carradine completed a two page diatribe, rose from his throne, raised his scepter with a grand flourish and said, "Come Quat!" whereupon the entire assembled court fell apart with laughter and the take was ruined. ~ H. Richard Greene