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EDITOR'S NOTE: Another bit of LOLITA intelligence: I am informed that
Ferragamo (sp?), a toney shoe line, is marketing a pseudo-little-girl shoe
model called LOLITA at circa $150.
From: mlj@mantic.ho.att.com
For the Nabotriva file, from the March 12 San Francisco
Examiner:
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HUNDREDS OF GIRLS HEAR "LOLITA" CASTING CALL
Girls 12 to 21 seek teen temptress role
By Michael Dougan
of the Examiner staff
They posed and primped, perfecting their "innocent sensual beauty,"
and practiced their lines in hushed voices. They ranged in age
from 12 to 21 and they harbored hopes of becoming "Lolita."
Lolita - the name conjures up images of pubescent vamps in baby
doll clothing, lust objects for men who are exponentially older.
When 17-year-old Amy Fisher gained fame as the victim and shooter
of Joey Buttafuoco, and overwrought press dubbed her the "Long
Island Lolita."
The epithet stems from a 1962 movie by Stanley Kubrick, based on
the widely banned Vladimir Nabokov novel about a middle-aged man
who becomes erotically obsessed with a 13-year-old girl. Now a
remake is in the works - to be directed by Adriane Lyne of "Fatal
Attraction" fame. On Saturday several hundred Bay Area hopefuls
auditioned for the title role at the Ramada Inn Fisherman's Wharf.
They came with their mothers and their boyfriends, and none seemed
unclear on the "Lolita" concept.
"I know that she is kind of a sex kitten," said Amanda Rasmussen,
18, a business college student from Concord.
The script readings, conducted simultaneously in three corners of
a large meeting room, conveyed a hint of th films theme.
Casting agent Davia Nelson played the part of Humbert Humbert,
the randy gent, as S.F. State student Bricine Mitchell, 20, took
a stab at Lolita.
"I won't stick my tongue in your eye, even though it says he does,"
said Nelson in reassuring tones.
Nelson and her collegues from the San Francisco casting firm of
Nelson, Folger and Gurland had issued flyers and press releases
calling for young Caucasian actresses possessing "an innocent
sensual beauty." That "raised far fewer eyebrows than I thought
it would," said Nelson.
She admitted that acticng teachers they contacted said "some parents
didn't feel comfortable with the material" and would not bring
their daughters to audition.
But she noted that the critically acclaimed 1962 film "had a certain
integrity and class to it" and said "a lot of these girls have done
far more risque material," such as swimsuit modeling.
Still, Ruthie Rowse, who drove her daughter, Angel Kelley, 15, from
El Dorado County, confessed that, "I was a little apprehensive when
I found out what the movie was about. But I believe that I raised
her with the proper morals and values. It's just a part. She has
to start somewhere."
Kelley, who auditioned in baby doll shoes and an empire summer dress
with spaghetti straps, declared that the experience had been "really
fun."
Tracy Schafer, of Discovery Bay, two weeks shy of her 13th birthday,
had already been "dragged into a cave and stabbed to death" in the
B-move "Bloodless Scream." So, Saturday's auditions held little
horror for her.
Schafer said the producers were looking for "someone who can play
an innocent part but also be sexy."
Her mother, Tony Schafer, expressed her belief that the film is
"all sexual innuendo with nothing overt in it at all."
(Screenwriter James Deardnat has said that this version will be
"a bit more explicit" than the original.)
"I don't think there's nudity," said Vicki Gruber, mother of
15-year-old San Rafael student Melissa Gruber. "Because she's
a minor, I don't think that there are too many things they would
actually have her do." Gruber admitted she hadn't seen "Pretty
Baby," a 1978 film on a similar theme that starred a then-12-year-
old Brooke Shields, often naked.
"I think some people just want to get their daughters into show
business," said Nelson. But for Sue Lyon - the original "Lolita" -
instant fame didn't translate into a lifetime of bliss.
Though Lyon went on to star in hit films like "Night of the Iguana"
and "The Flim-Flam Man," her career dried up in a decade. She was
married three times - the last time to a convicted murderer
imprisoned in Colorado. A Denver cocktail waitressing job ended
when she was fired for giving poor service to customers.
Following a "comeback" role as a stag party stripper on the TV
series "Love American Style," Lyons took minor parts in horror
movies. She was last seen flitting across the screen in the 1984
flick, "Invisible Strangler."
Ferragamo (sp?), a toney shoe line, is marketing a pseudo-little-girl shoe
model called LOLITA at circa $150.
From: mlj@mantic.ho.att.com
For the Nabotriva file, from the March 12 San Francisco
Examiner:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
HUNDREDS OF GIRLS HEAR "LOLITA" CASTING CALL
Girls 12 to 21 seek teen temptress role
By Michael Dougan
of the Examiner staff
They posed and primped, perfecting their "innocent sensual beauty,"
and practiced their lines in hushed voices. They ranged in age
from 12 to 21 and they harbored hopes of becoming "Lolita."
Lolita - the name conjures up images of pubescent vamps in baby
doll clothing, lust objects for men who are exponentially older.
When 17-year-old Amy Fisher gained fame as the victim and shooter
of Joey Buttafuoco, and overwrought press dubbed her the "Long
Island Lolita."
The epithet stems from a 1962 movie by Stanley Kubrick, based on
the widely banned Vladimir Nabokov novel about a middle-aged man
who becomes erotically obsessed with a 13-year-old girl. Now a
remake is in the works - to be directed by Adriane Lyne of "Fatal
Attraction" fame. On Saturday several hundred Bay Area hopefuls
auditioned for the title role at the Ramada Inn Fisherman's Wharf.
They came with their mothers and their boyfriends, and none seemed
unclear on the "Lolita" concept.
"I know that she is kind of a sex kitten," said Amanda Rasmussen,
18, a business college student from Concord.
The script readings, conducted simultaneously in three corners of
a large meeting room, conveyed a hint of th films theme.
Casting agent Davia Nelson played the part of Humbert Humbert,
the randy gent, as S.F. State student Bricine Mitchell, 20, took
a stab at Lolita.
"I won't stick my tongue in your eye, even though it says he does,"
said Nelson in reassuring tones.
Nelson and her collegues from the San Francisco casting firm of
Nelson, Folger and Gurland had issued flyers and press releases
calling for young Caucasian actresses possessing "an innocent
sensual beauty." That "raised far fewer eyebrows than I thought
it would," said Nelson.
She admitted that acticng teachers they contacted said "some parents
didn't feel comfortable with the material" and would not bring
their daughters to audition.
But she noted that the critically acclaimed 1962 film "had a certain
integrity and class to it" and said "a lot of these girls have done
far more risque material," such as swimsuit modeling.
Still, Ruthie Rowse, who drove her daughter, Angel Kelley, 15, from
El Dorado County, confessed that, "I was a little apprehensive when
I found out what the movie was about. But I believe that I raised
her with the proper morals and values. It's just a part. She has
to start somewhere."
Kelley, who auditioned in baby doll shoes and an empire summer dress
with spaghetti straps, declared that the experience had been "really
fun."
Tracy Schafer, of Discovery Bay, two weeks shy of her 13th birthday,
had already been "dragged into a cave and stabbed to death" in the
B-move "Bloodless Scream." So, Saturday's auditions held little
horror for her.
Schafer said the producers were looking for "someone who can play
an innocent part but also be sexy."
Her mother, Tony Schafer, expressed her belief that the film is
"all sexual innuendo with nothing overt in it at all."
(Screenwriter James Deardnat has said that this version will be
"a bit more explicit" than the original.)
"I don't think there's nudity," said Vicki Gruber, mother of
15-year-old San Rafael student Melissa Gruber. "Because she's
a minor, I don't think that there are too many things they would
actually have her do." Gruber admitted she hadn't seen "Pretty
Baby," a 1978 film on a similar theme that starred a then-12-year-
old Brooke Shields, often naked.
"I think some people just want to get their daughters into show
business," said Nelson. But for Sue Lyon - the original "Lolita" -
instant fame didn't translate into a lifetime of bliss.
Though Lyon went on to star in hit films like "Night of the Iguana"
and "The Flim-Flam Man," her career dried up in a decade. She was
married three times - the last time to a convicted murderer
imprisoned in Colorado. A Denver cocktail waitressing job ended
when she was fired for giving poor service to customers.
Following a "comeback" role as a stag party stripper on the TV
series "Love American Style," Lyons took minor parts in horror
movies. She was last seen flitting across the screen in the 1984
flick, "Invisible Strangler."