![]() Gypsy Rose Lee and Phil Carey are also on the ball." įilm critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a C, describing the direction as lackluster and the story as so nonsensical that it entirely cripples the film. Anita Ekberg, who does more acting here than before, is the star. Nason, film critic for The New York Times, wrote, "It is an effective film of its kind, thanks to some reflective dialogue by Robert Blees and a sense of suspense on the part of Gerd Oswald, the director. ![]() ![]() Red Norvo as Red Yost (as The Red Norvo Trio).Anita Ekberg as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange.Lee performs "Put the Blame on Mame," the classic noir theme from the 1946 film Gilda.Īll the while, Virginia is being stalked by a serial killer. Virginia ends up dancing at El Madhouse night club run by Gypsy Rose Lee. He fakes her death, and they go on the lam. He stabs her dog, attacks her and is shot to death by her stepbrother, Charlie, with a rifle.Īfter the attack, Virginia is committed to a sanitarium. In Southern California, while Virginia Wilson is taking an outside beach shower, an escaped madman from a sanitarium arrives. ![]() The story originated as a 1949 novel of the same name by Fredric Brown. Screaming Mimi is a 1958 American film noir directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey and Gypsy Rose Lee. ![]()
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