Let's watch Who Killed Teddy Bear? at the Music Box

Reminder - $1 will be collected from each person at the event to cover Meetup Website costs.

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Please note: This is an early showtime--4 pm.

The Music Box is screening a new 35mm print of the bizarre gay cult classic Who Killed Teddy Bear?

This picture, released in 1965, is the apex of lurid ’60s exploitation movies and a virtual smorgasbord of Hollywood taboos: voyeurism, cross-dressing, lesbianism, pornography, masturbation, incest, child abuse, sexual violence, even necrophilia.

In sharp contrast to his innocent but equally disturbed Plato in Rebel Without a Cause, Sal Mineo stars as a porno-obsessed, body-building, proto-Travis Bickle, with Juliet Prowse as a go-go dancer/hostess whose seemingly inevitable states of undress are spied on by an unknown Peeping Tom. After one too many X-rated phone calls, it’s erstwhile comedian/game show host Jan Murray on the case, as a sex-crime-specializing cop whose research includes replaying victims’ interviews, while his 10-year-old daughter listens in next door; plus there's all-too-friendly sympathy from lesbian disco boss Elaine Stritch.

This new 35mm print of Joseph Cates’ original director’s cut, unseen in nearly 60 years, includes over 5 minutes of censored material (cut from the 1965 release prints), revealing, among other things, a deeper exploration of the Mineo character’s true sexuality.

Showtime is 4 pm. Let's meet in the lounge 15 minutes before showtime to get seats together.

Hope to see you there.