RARA-AVIS: Dick Contino/Daddy-O Trivia

Diane Trap (trap@rhett.libs.uga.edu)
Tue, 5 May 1998 13:01:06 -0400 (EDT) After I read "Dick Contino's Blues" I looked him up on the web--
Ellroy said he was real in his introduction, but the Coen Bros.
said Fargo was based on a true story, too, so I wanted to make
sure.

The Official Dick Contino Web Site is:

http://www.jcmproductions.com/dickcontino/

See his picture, read his bio, send away for his latest album. He
looks a little Dean Martin-esque.

Below is information on Daddy-O from the Internet Movie Database
(www.imdb.com). Daddy-O was also featured in episode #307 of
Mystery Science Theater 3000--not one of the episodes available
from Rhino, unfortunately. One review of the film began "The
reason you've never heard of any of the people in this movie is
that they were run out of Hollywood the day after it was released."

A question about the information from IMDB--it says Daddy-O was
referenced in Pulp Fiction. Anyone know where or how?

-----Diane Trap
trap@rhett.libs.uga.edu

Forwarded message:

> [IMDb] [Critics' Choice of the 1940s, 1950s. Film Classics]
> Critics' Choice of the 1940s, 1950s.
>
> Daddy-O (1959)
>
> USA 1959 Black and White
> [*] [*] [*]
> 4.0/10 (21 votes)

> Produced by: American International Pictures (AIP) [us] / Imperial
> Language:
> English
> Genre/keyword:
> Crime / mst3k
> Runtime:
> USA:74
> Distributed by:
> American International Pictures (AIP) [us]
>
> Also Known As:
> Out on Probation (1959)
> Downbeat (1959)
>
> Directed by
> Lou Place ʼ/i>
>
> Cast (in alphabetical order)
> Robert Banas .... Sonny DiMarco
> Dick Contino .... Phil Sandifer
> Joseph Donte .... Frank Wooster
> Sandra Giles .... Jana Ryan
> Kelly Gordon (I) .... Ken
> Hank Mann .... Barney
> Joseph Martin .... Kerm
> Jack McClure .... Green, Bruce
> Ron McNeil .... Duke
> Sonia Torgenson .... Peg
> Bruno VeSota .... Sidney Chillas
> Gloria Victor .... Marcia
>
> Written by
> David Moessinger ʼ/i>
>
> Original music by
> John Williams (II) ʼ/i>
>
> Produced by
> Elmar C. Rhoden Jr. ʼ/i>
>
> Links with other titles
>
> referenced in
> Pulp Fiction (1994)
>
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