Allan Carr - Hollywood Producer

Wow that is the most 70s picture ever.

Obviously it wasn't the coke or meth.

this documentary must be on Tubi or freevee or somewhere

Shades of Lana Turner. His barber puts his 8x10 up on the wall and a few weeks later he gets a call from a casting agent.

“Allan Carr saw your picture recently at Jerry Esposito’s and he’d like us to bring you in to read for the lead in his new movie.” When I called Jerry to tell him about it I said, “Thank you so much for putting (my picture) up there”

He said, “When Allan Carr looked up there he said, “who is that?” And Jerry said “That’s Russell Todd, he’s new in town…” Allan said, “He is going to star in my next movie!”

Russell Todd from Where the Boys Are

Allan Carr is DL's Spirit Animal

[quote]For a long time Grease" held the record for biggest box office with almost $400M

The first "Star Wars" outdid it. "Grease" didn't get the $400M in that first year, SW grossed over $300M in 1977 alone. Look at the numbers on Boxoffice Mojo.

[quote] why did his career take such a nose dive.

Two words: Snow White

His biggest mistake was hiring Lorna Luft, not once but TWICE!

She’s a movie killer!

His caftan loving spirit is alive and well on DL.

Bitch stole my act.

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Mark Hamill and Steve Guttenberg were two of his boys who he turned into stars.

Was Allan mentored by Ross Hunter?

They had a similar aesthetic, albeit catering to different generations.

[quote]Obviously it wasn't the coke or meth.

He was but it didn't help.

"It's called recreational cocaine. I think it's the same as recreational alcohol. And it does give you a kind of energy."

R15 That explains all your "energetic" posts but not your 300lbs dear.

R16 don't you have another useless post to make on the Nicolas Fairford thread along with some of your anti-american rhetoric?

"The Fabulous Allan Carr" is on Amazon and Youtube.

R17 Dolly aren't you being missed over at your morgue?

For years he was pissed off that Olivia Newton-John turned down a starring role in Can’t Stop The Music. A few months later she did Xanadu. They were able to smooth things over years later.

Yes and he made that quip about Olivia - Who does she think she is? Streisand?!

Bless his heart, he did try to make a star out of Lorna. That should earn him a place in gay heaven...

He helped steer Ann Margaret's comeback in the early 70's.

After Grease, he wanted to do the same with Olivia, and offered her Can't Stop the Music, which she wisely turned down, and did Xanadu instead. Carr was pissed and they fell out for years, only reconciling a year or two before his death.

He then turned his attention to Lorna Luft, trying to be Fosse to Lorna's Liza. Only problem was he didn't put her in a musical where her talents might have shown best. She had no solos in Grease 2, which was bizarre since she was the only cast member who could legitimately sing. He wanted her for Snow White at the oscars debacle, but she turned him down, wisely realizing that it might be a trainwreck. Carr trashed her over the phone to the point that she was in tears. They never spoke again.

Ann was the only one still close to him at the end, and she got his ashes.

[quote] she was the only cast member who could legitimately sing.

That’sh debatable.

Told you I was molested

[quote]After Grease, he wanted to do the same with Olivia, and offered her Can't Stop the Music, which she wisely turned down, and did Xanadu instead.

I'm not sure that Xanadu was the right choice, either. They're both some of the worst movies ever made. Xanadu ended Olivia's promising film career.

I thought this would be about the British TV host Alan Carr. Crazy how much the two look alike.

R26 Well, not entirely...she did Two of a Kind with Travolta and it was a hit. A shitty movie, but still successful.

Xanadu the film flopped but the soundtrack was a worldwide smash. Magic was the number one song over the summer of 1980 in the States.

Can't Stop the Music was just a dismal all around failure.

Russell x 3

WHET Russell Todd?

He left acting in 1997 and now runs an agency for steadicam operators and "A" and "B" camera operators.

[quote]Ann was the only one still close to him at the end, and she got his ashes.

I'd love to see SNL's version of Ann-Margret scattering Allan's ashes.

Outtakes 1.

Outtakes 2. Grease 2.

Outtakes .3 Being Gay in Hollywood.

Do we think he paid for sex?

Outtakes 4. Can't Stop the Music.

He somehow made a star out of Cass Elliott.

The R35 Lorna story about bleaching her hair for Grease 2 is funny.

Outtakes 5. Randy Jones.

Nancy and Valerie Perrine HATED each other when making Can't Stop the Music. Allan had to appoint someone to run interference between the two.

Nancy knew the movie was a piece of shit and only directed it for the paycheck. She snuck out of the premiere as the film was about to start.

[quote]Nancy knew the movie was a piece of shit She snuck out of the premiere as the film was about to start.

She should have taken her name off that turkey. Seeing it was her directorial debut, perhaps she was unable to convince Carr to try to fix the "screenplay" but she has to take most of the blame. She didn't have to do it. Did she really think it would be a feather in her cap?

I saw Can’t Stop The Music on opening day, at the cinema at the mall. Aside from me and two friends there was nobody else there.

Russell Todd now (silver fox):

R45 I still would

Wasn't Nancy Walker kind of a cunt?

Angela

R47, I seem to recall that back in the '70s, Estelle Getty was Nancy's stand-in on some project and was not very nice to her. Years later when Estelle was the star on GG and Nancy came in to guest-star as her sister, Estelle considered confronting her about her past behavior, but ultimately chose not to.

[quote]Did she really think it would be a feather in her cap?

It's been years since I read Party Animals, but I believe Nancy was a last-minute replacement for somebody else who had dropped out. It was a spur of the moment decision. I don't think she had any intentions on establishing herself as a director, but they offered her a nice amount of money, so she took it. Phylicia Rashad was supposed to be in the movie, but they wound up replacing her with Altovise Davis, Sammy's wife.

R49 Estelle was Nancy's stand in on some of the Bounty Commercials. And Estelle was thrilled about Nancy starring on GG, because she felt it was a huge comedown for Nancy, who was awful to Estelle previously.

Guest starring I mean

His career and life went down the drain due to arrogance and substance abuse.

The documentary makes the case that it was the bad reception to the Academy Awards that did him in.

Sounds like arrogance and drug use actually led to him making insane choices while producing the Academy Awards.

Those YouTube outtakes are not on the DVD as deleted scenes.

Oh man, I read the thread topic as Alien Car

At the Tonys Jerry Herman, Harvey Fierstein and Arthur Laurents all fail to thank Allan when they get their awards.

Allan rented an amazing home on the beach @ Diamond Head. I want to say it was 88 or 89....... Anyway, myself & 2 friends were invited to a party he was throwing. Had a friend of a friend who knew him. It remains one of the most bizarre parties I had ever been to. Carol Burnett, Jim Nabors, Richard Chamberlain & other celebs were there. Doris Duke blew through for 30 min. Fun memories I haven't thought of in ages....... Damn were we whores........

I ran into Allan Carr at the airport in Athens, Greece back in September of 1980. He was bedazzled out in full luxurious caftan attire and chic, strappy brown leather sandals. La dee dah

Did Cass leave all her stuff to AC?

Cass had a daughter.

Interesting that for his Oscar show he wanted to bring back more entertainment yet he cut performances of the nominated songs.

Myles O'Keefe is greased up out in the pool house. There's a line but it's moving quickly.

Next week I'm expecting Nureyev. Should be a night to remember.

Thanks for coming to my little party!

^Did Miles O’Keeffe actually have any connection to Allan Carr?

Remember it all vaguely. 10,000 midnights ago. Like Atlantis sunk beneath the waves.

[quote]Anyway, myself & 2 friends were invited to a party he was throwing.

Oh, dear.

The penises in the YMCA shower scene in Can’t Stop The Music are easily visible - there’s even a soaped up erection.

All the guys are SO sexy. That must’ve been some day on set.

"In 1966, Carr founded the talent agency Allan Carr Enterprises, managing the actors Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers, Rosalind Russell, Dyan Cannon, Melina Mercouri, and Marlo Thomas. Some of the other entertainment figures whose careers he managed were Ann-Margret, a string of whose television specials he also produced: Nancy Walker, Marvin Hamlisch, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, Cass Elliot, Paul Anka, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, George Maharis and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

Carr was responsible for the invention of the false and much-derided story that Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich. In 2020, journalist Sue Cameron admitted that she promulgated the story at Carr's request by writing it into Elliot's obituary for The Hollywood Reporter; Carr decided that the humiliating falsehood was preferable to the implication that Elliot's heart attack was associated with substance abuse."

What a blast from the past that was. I wish it could’ve finished a little “up,” Maybe being true to life is better, in terms of honesty if not for leaving the audience smiling.

I didn't know until seeing the ad for the blu-ray that Can't Stop the Music is actually titled Allan Carr's Can't Stop the Music.

In the R57 Tony's clip Jerry Herman snarks Stephen Sondheim.

[quote]Gazing upon Allan Carr lounging in his subterranean Egyptian disco

...makes me think of the Nile barge Cleopatra floated upon.

Carr WAS that Nile barge, just a shorter, stouter version of the craft.