- Title: F-A0106
- Summary: THE SIN OF MONA KENT: EARLY 1960s EXPLOITATION FILM STARRING: JOHNNY OLSEN, SANDRA DONAT, VIC RAMOS, GIL BRANDSEN, JOY VIOLETTE, ALLAN FRANK, SAM ALFREDO. STORY OF A PRETTY COUNTRY GIRL WHO COMES TO NYC TO BECOME AN ACTRESS. HAS TO PUT OUT TO GET JOB SUMMARY: REAL-LIFE NEW YORK RADIO & TV INTERVIEWER JOHNNY OLSEN PLAYS HIMSELF IN THIS "CITIZEN KANE"-STYLE FILM TRACING THE CAREER OF A BROADWAY STAR. SHE FIRST ARRIVES IN NYC AFTER WINNING A FAKED BEAUTY CONTEST. THIS WAKENS HER TO LIFE'S REALITIES, BUT SHE CARRIES ON. SHE TAKES UP WITH AN ACTRESS & A PAINTER. THE LATTER GETS HER A JOB AS A HAT-CHECK GIRL. SOON SHE MEETS AN OLDER GOSSIP COLUMNIST WHO CHANGES HER NAME. SHE GOES TO A PARTY AT HIS HOME & THERE TAKES A SWIM DRESSED ONLY IN HER LINGERIE. THIS ATTRACTS SOME ATTENTION, & SHE STARTS GETTING ACTING PARTS IN SUMMER STOCK. AFTER SHE TAKES A NUDE SWIM ALONG A DESERTED BEACH, A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER SNAPS SOME PHOTOS OF HER. HE PROMISES NEVER TO REVEAL THE SHOTS TO ANYONE & THEY BECOME FRIENDS. WHEN SHE SUFFERS A CAREER SETBACK, SHE RETURNS TO HAT CHECKING WHILE CONTINUING TO POSE FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER. WHEN THE NEWSPAPER MAN PROPOSES MARRIAGE, SHE IS FLABBERGASTED. WHEN SHE DISCOVERS THAT BOTH HER PAINTER & PHOTOGRAPHER FRIENDS HAVE SOLD NUDE PORTRAITS OF HER, SHE ENDS UP DUMPING THEM & MARRYING THE OLDER MAN WITH THE PROMISE THAT HE'LL MAKE HER A STAR.
- Description:00:02:11 - GREAT COLOR NIGHT MONTAGE OF TIMES SQUARE CIRCA LATE 1950s-EARLY 1960s. NEW YORK CITY NIGHTLIFE. NEON SIGNS INCLUDE: CHEVROLET, CANADIAN CLUB, BEN HUR, TWA. 00:02:26 - NEW YORK CITY BROADWAY THEATRE DISTRICT. 54TH STREET THEATRE THEATER MARQUEE: "BYE BYE BIRDIE" 00:02:35 - NEON VISIBLE: CBS TELEVISION, BIRDLAND, JACK SILVERMAN'S INTERNATIONAL, HOTEL BRYANT 00:02:39 - NEON VISIBLE: LINDY'S RESTAURANT, WILFRED BEAUTY SCHOOL 00:02:48 - NEON VISIBLE: SARDI'S 00:02:57 - THE ROSELAND DANCE CITY DANCE HALL MARQUEE 00:03:11 - RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT MUSEUM 00:03:17 - TIMES SQUARE 00:03:23 - AL & DICK'S STEAK HOUSE BAR NEON SIGN 00:03:28 - RADIO ANNOUNCER JOHNNY OLSEN TELLS STORY OF BROADWAY PEOPLE. SITTING IN RESTAURANT WITH OTHERS 00:04:35 - ESTABLISHING SHOT FARM HOUSE IN THE MIDWEST, SPRING TIME. CHEVY CORVAIR PULLS UP. 00:04:52 - PRETTY FARM GIRL RUNS TO MAILBOX & HURRIEDLY LOOKS THROUGH MAIL SEARCHING FOR LETTER, OPENS ENVELOPE 00:05:08 - CU LETTER FROM BEAUTY CONTEST 00:05:27 - HAPPILY RUNS INTO HOUSE WAVING LETTER 00:05:42 - GREYHOUND BUS PASSES RIGHT TO LEFT ON COUNTRY ROAD PAST CAMERA 00:05:58 - MONTAGE OF GREYHOUND BUS SHOTS. BUS IN TRANSIT FROM COUNTRY TO NEW YORK CITY. ON HIGHWAY, ON EXPRESSWAY PAST NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE 00:06:20 - YOUNG WOMAN EXITS BUS TERMINAL & ENTERS TAXI CAB IN NYC. (MARQUEE IN BACKGROUND OF "MY FAIR LADY") 00:06:40 - TAXI PULLS UP TO BROWNSTONE. GIRL GETS OUT & CLIMBS UP STEP. LOOKS AT DOORBELLS. WALKS DOWN STEPS 00:07:20 - WALKING ON CITY SIDEWALK, ENTERS DRUG STORE 00:07:37 - CU YOUNG WOMAN ON PAY PHONE IN PHARMACY. LOOKS VERY UPSET 00:08:07 - ON SIDEWALK, GETS ONTO CITY BUS 00:08:28 - BUS STOPS AT ARCH IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. 00:08:34 - MONTAGE BEATNIK-ERA WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK & GREENWICH VILLAGE: LITTLE GIRLS ON ROLLER SKATES 00:08:38 - STREET VENDOR WEIGHS FRUIT 00:08:42 - HOMELESS MAN ON CRUTCHES. BUM 00:08:50 - BABIES PUSHED IN STROLLERS 00:08:54 - GIRLS BOUNCING BALL 00:09:01 - ARTISTS SELLING PAINTINGS ON STREET 00:09:37 - CU PICASSO SCULPTURE, BLACK CAT WALKS PAST BASE 00:10:00 - WOMAN WALKING INTO APARTMENT BUILDING, PAN UP. 00:10:06 - CU PENCIL CIRCLES APARTMENT FOR RENT CLASSIFIED AD IN NEWSPAPER. LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT 00:10:19 - TOURIST TRAM-TRAIN GOES PAST CAMERA 00:10:22 - PAN OF GREENWICH VILLAGE STREET. ESPRESSO PLAYHOUSE CAFE 00:10:27 - WOMAN LOST IN NEW YORK CITY 00:10:39 - WASHINGTON SQUARE MEWS MONTAGE: FOLK SINGER BEATNIK WITH GUITAR WALKS DOWN GREENWICH VILLAGE STREET PAST PAINTINGS, GAS LIGHT FLICKERS, IVY, BACKYARD GARDENS 00:11:06 - CHILDREN PLAY STICK BALL ON NYC STREET 00:11:14 - MAN DRINKS SODA AT HOT DOG VENDOR CART 00:11:16 - MONTAGE STREETS: DELGADO'S, THE STAG SHOP, SAM KRAMER, ROADSTER PARKED ON ROAD. WOMAN WINDOW SHOP 00:11:27 - CU SANDAL SOLES. 00:11:35 - KITTEN IN WINDOW, DOGS ON LEASHES SMELL EACH OTHER, PEOPLE WALKING DOGS, COLORFULLY PAINTED BRICK WALLS 00:11:51 - MAN CLEANING ESPRESSO MACHINE IN WINDOW OF DANTE CAFFE ESPRESSO COFFEE HOUSE 00:12:06 - GREENWICH VILLAGE STREET SCENES. FAMOUS VILLAGE LANDMARKS: MAN PULLING CART WITH PACKAGES, MUSICIAN LEAVES CLUB WITH BONGO DRUM, MARIE'S CRISIS, BEATNIK ON MOTOR SCOOTER 00:12:32 - STREET PAINTER DOES PORTRAIT OF WOMAN 00:12:53 - TOWER 00:13:08 - WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. NICE OVERHEAD OF CROWD AROUND FOUNTAIN AT PARK. 00:13:21 - MONTAGE OF FOLK SINGERS & BEATNIKS IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK HAVING SING ALONG JAM SESSION. CU HAND STRUMMING ACOUSTIC FOLK GUITAR, BANJO, BONGOS. MAN PLAYS VIOLIN 00:13:35 - PIGEONS FLY OFF OF GRASS 00:13:37 - BEATNIKS DISCUSS 00:13:41 - OLD MEN PLAY CHESS IN WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK 00:14:00 - TEENS HANG OUT IN PARK. PET MONKEY 00:14:18 - GIRL READING NEWSPAPER, CIRCLES CLASSIFIED ADS 00:14:37 - MAN FOLLOWING WOMAN. STALKER 00:14:52 - WOMAN WALKS UP STEPS OF BUILDING, RINGS DOORBELL 00:15:14 - CU SIGN "APARTMENT TO SHARE" IN WINDOW. HAND TAKES IT AWAY. ROOM RENTED 00:15:26 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:15:56 - ROOMMATE SITS ON COUCH IN ROBE READING BOOK WHILE TALKING TO OTHER GIRL ABOUT ABOUT GETTING ACTING JOBS. GIRL IN TOWEL FROM THE SHOWER. NUDIE SHOT AS GIRL PUTS ON UNDERWEAR & DRESS. GOING OUT 00:17:20 - CU PRETTY WOMAN YAWNS & LIES DOWN ON BED TO GO TO SLEEP 00:17:36 - CU CLOCK TOWER 00:17:40 - MONTAGE NYC BOOK STORES. CU MARQUEE FOR "CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE THEATRE". ARTHUR MILLER "ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" & THORNTON WILDER ON MARQUEE. GREENWICH VILLAGE STREET SCENES & STORE FRONTS 00:18:00 - CU PEOPLE RUMMAGE THROUGH USED BOOKS IN CLASSIC GREENWICH VILLAGE BOOK STORE PROBABLY ON 4TH AVENUE 00:18:09 - "POETRY TONIGHT" SIGN IN FRONT OF CAFE 00:18:13 - INTERIOR OF CLASSIC GREENWICH VILLAGE CAFE COFFEE HOUSE. MODERN PAINTINGS ON BRICK WALL. BEATNIK POETRY READING IN CAFE 00:18:32 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK 00:18:41 - MAN SKETCHING ON STEPS OF APARTMENT BUILDING. FOLLOWS WOMAN THAT LEAVES BUILDING 00:18:59 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:19:29 - WOMAN SITS ON STEPS OF BUILDING LOOKING DEJECTED 00:19:43 - MEN PLAY CHESS ON OUTDOOR CHESS BOARD IN PARK 00:19:48 - WOMAN WALKS OVER & MAKES CHESS MOVE INTERRUPTING MEN'S GAME. MAN GRABS HER BY THE ARM DRAGGING HER ACROSS THE PARK & INTO HIS APARTMENT. 00:23:29 - YOUNG COUPLE HAVE ARGUMENT. MAN TRIES TO CONVINCE YOUNG ACTRESS TO USE HER BODY TO GET A JOB 00:24:19 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:24:45 - MONTAGE NIGHTCLUBS IN THE CITY CU HAND STRUMS GUITAR 00:24:48 - CU MENU FOR "LA ZAMBRA" 00:24:49 - TABLE OF RESTAURANT, SPREAD WITH FOOD 00:24:52 - CU COPACABANA CANOPY MARQUEE. FAMOUS NIGHTCLUB EXTERIOR 00:24:54 - SHOWGIRLS ON STAGE WITH MC 00:25:02 - VERSAILLES NIGHTCLUB EXTERIOR 00:25:04 - CAN-CAN GIRLS PERFORM ON STAGE 00:25:22 - BLUE ANGEL NIGHTCLUB, NYC 00:25:24 - SCANTILLY-CLAD SHOWGIRLS PERFORM 00:25:32 - LOU WALTERS LATIN QUARTER, NYC NIGHTCLUB. SHOW IN PROGRESS. EXOTIC DANCER 00:25:45 - MAN ENTERS BAR-RESTAURANT SITS ON BAR STOOL PRETTY CIGARETTE GIRL SERVES RICH PRODUCER 00:27:29 - CU "MONA LISA" CIGAR BOX 00:27:32 - CU FACIAL EXPRESSION, WOMAN GETS IDEA 00:27:39 - CU BOTTLE OF GIN ON BAR 00:28:03 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT. THREE MEN IN RESTAURANT HAVE CONVERSATION 00:29:07 - FEMALE ROOMMATES TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN BEDROOM. READING BOOK IN BED. GOING TO SLEEP 00:30:43 - WOMAN ARRIVES AT COCKTAIL PARTY BY SWIMMING POOL ON LONG ISLAND ESTATE. PROBABLY EAST HAMPTON OR SOUTHAMPTON. THE HAMPTONS. EAST END OF LONG ISLAND. PEOPLE CHAT ON LAWN FURNITURE AT COCKTAIL PARTY. WOMAN LEFT OUT OF ALL CONVERSATIONS. SOCIAL OUTCAST. UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION 00:32:14 - LONELY WOMAN SITS ON DIVING BOARD. ANGRILY THROWS BALL INTO WATER 00:32:54 - UNDRESSED AND DIVES INTO POOL IN HER UNDERWEAR 00:33:11 - HIGH CLASS COUPLES TURN & LOOK IN SURPRISE 00:33:28 - MAID WRAPS WOMAN IN TOWEL 00:33:39 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:34:01 - WHITE CORVETTE SPORTS CAR PULLS UP TO COUNTRY CLUB 00:34:27 - SOCIETY WOMAN AT POOLSIDE BORED. LOOKS AT BOOK 00:35:11 - GETS ONTO BICYCLE & RIDES ON COUNTRY ROAD 00:35:40 - RIDING BICYCLE THROUGH SMALL TOWN 00:35:52 - LUSTY LOOKS FROM MALE PHOTOGRAPHER. HE FOLLOWS HER ON BICYCLE 00:36:04 - RIDING ON COUNTRY ROAD FOLLOWED BY MAN 00:36:24 - STOPS AT BEACH, PARKS BIKE ON SAND 00:36:35 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:37:15 - MAN PARKS BIKE ON SAND DUNES AT BEACH 00:37:34 - WOMAN RUNS NAKED INTO THE OCEAN, SKINNY DIPS AT BEACH 00:37:47 - ZOOM INTO CU MAN WITH CAMERA TAKING PICTURES. SNAPS PHOTOGRAPH 00:37:55 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:38:19 - WOMAN LOOKS AT SIGNS ADVERTISING PERFORMANCES 00:38:29 - WOMAN ON LOUNGE CHAIR PLAYING WITH GREY KITTEN 00:38:44 - MAN RIDES UP TO WINDMILL POOL ON BICYCLE. SMACKS WOMAN ON BUTT. THEY HUG & KISS 00:39:13 - JOHNNY OLSEN IN RESTAURANT 00:40:09 - MONTAGE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: SHOW BUSINESS ACTOR STRIKE 00:40:22 - SEXY FEMALE ROOMMATES: READING MAGAZINE, BRUSHING HER HAIR 00:41:25 - BOYFRIEND SHOWS UP. COUPLE LOOK AT NEWSPAPER 00:42:29 - COUPLE PASSIONATELY KISSING ON COUCH 00:44:01 - MONTAGE "NO WORK FOR ACTORS" SIGNS 00:44:55 - FEMALE ROOMMATES TALK. WEARING UNDERWEAR 00:45:26 - CU YOUNG WOMAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE 00:46:25 - MAN WITH PAINTING SUPPLIES WALKS UP STEPS OF GREENWICH VILLAGE BROWNSTONE TOWNHOUSE 00:47:45 - ARTIST ADJUSTS EASEL. PREPARES TO PAINT 00:47:49 - WOMAN IN TOWEL LEANS AGAINST DOOR. SHY YOUNG WOMAN POSES FOR ARTIST 00:48:50 - WOMAN LETS DOWN HER HAIR & DROPS HER TOWEL, NAKED 00:49:25 - PRETTY COCKTAIL WAITRESS SCHMOOZES AT BAR. B-GIRL 00:51:07 - MAN WALKS UP TO BROWNSTONE & RINGS DOORBELL 00:51:12 - PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN WAKES UP & GETS OUT OF BED 00:51:28 - MAN RUNS INTO APARTMENT, PICKS UP WOMAN & SWINGS HER AROUND 00:52:24 - COUPLE EMBRACE AND KISS 00:52:49 - FEMALE ROOMMATES IN BEDROOM, SMOKE CIGARETTES IN BED. GO BACK TO SLEEP 00:53:47 - NICELY DRESSED COUPLE WALK OUT OF BUILDING & INTO STATION WAGON 00:54:19 - MONTAGE OF WOMAN MODEL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER AT NYC LOCATIONS: COUPLE AT ZOO, STONE FENCE 00:54:58 - SHIP GOES UNDER BROOKLYN BRIDGE 00:55:02 - WOMAN SPINS IN SKIRT AS MAN TAKE PICTURE 00:55:12 - OCEAN LINER IN NEW YORK HARBOR 00:55:19 - TAKES PICTURE OF WOMAN AT DOCK IN FRONT OF SHIP "BERLIN" 00:55:25 - IN CHINATOWN 00:55:40 - MAN TAKES PHOTOGRAPH WITH CAMERA WITH CIRCULAR FLASH SHIELD 00:55:43 - SHOTS OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 1960 00:55:50 - CU PHOTOGRAPHER WITH CAMERA TO FACE TAKES PICTURES TELLS WOMAN HOW TO POSE 00:55:52 - PAN UP MODERN, GLASS SKYSCRAPER 00:56:07 - TRINITY CHURCH & GRAVEYARD ON WALL STREET 00:56:23 - SPINNING LOW SHOT OF BUILDINGS 00:56:36 - COUPLE WALK PAST FLOWERING GARDEN 00:56:43 - MODEL POSES IN FRONT OF NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 00:57:02 - THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING 00:57:27 - WOMAN ICE SKATES AT ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. SPINNING. PAN UP ROCKEFELLER CENTER BUILDING 00:57:38 - SAINT PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL 00:57:43 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE. ESTABLISHING SHOT 00:58:22 - COCKTAIL WAITRESS, HAT-CHECK GIRL TAKES OLDER GENTLEMAN'S COAT. TALK WITH HIM AT BAR 00:59:55 - WOMAN POURS TEA FROM POT. GIRLS SIP TEA IN KITCHEN 01:02:15 - ARTIST AT EASEL FINISHES UP. WIPING HANDS CLEAN 01:02:18 - WOMAN LOOKS AT NUDE PORTRAIT 01:02:25 - MAN TRIES TO KISS GIRL MODEL. 01:03:06 - WOMAN SHOWS MAN PAINTING, YOUNG COUPLE ARGUE. HE THROWS PHOTOGRAPHS AT HER 01:07:16 - WOMAN UNDRESSES IN FRONT OF MIRROR. LOOKS AT HERSELF NAKED. SMASHES MIRROR 01:07:48 - ROOMMATE COMES HOME TIRED. WOMAN SLAPS WOMAN. PUNCHES WOMAN 01:08:12 - LEAVING APARTMENT BUILDING 01:08:23 - WOMAN ENTERS PHONE BOOTH. MAKES PHONE CALL 01:08:51 - MAN QUICKLY FINISHES DRINK, LEAVES BAR 01:09:04 - CAR PULLS OUT OF PARKING GARAGE 01:09:14 - POV DRIVING DOWN ROAD 01:09:24 - WOMAN DRIVING IN CAR. PAST OLD HOME 01:09:33 - CAR SPEED DOWN BEACH ROAD, WOMAN GETS OUT 01:10:06 - WOMAN RUNS TOWARD OCEAN WATER AS SHE TAKES HER CLOTHES OFF 01:10:35 - MAN IN BERET CAP DRIVES CONVERTIBLE DOWN ROAD 01:11:30 - WOMAN SKINNY DIPPING. SWIMMING IN OCEAN NAKED 01:11:44 - ROMANTIC COUPLE KISS PASSIONATELY 01:12:14 - NIGHT SHOTS OF BROADWAY TIME SQUARE IN NEW YORK CITY 01:12:30 - PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THEATRE, UNDER MARQUEE 01:12:34 - CU MARQUEE OF PLAZA THEATRE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A0106