Mamie Van Doren & Mickey Rooney in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)

The National Legion of Decency gave the film a "Class C" or "condemned" rating, saying it was "blasphemous and sacrilegious". Mamie turned 94 on 2/6

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Wikipedia: In July 1957, Albert Zugsmith announced he would make a film about Adam and Eve as part of a multi-picture deal he had at MGM. George Peck was reported as working on the script. It was then reported that Richard Matheson would write a script based on a treatment by Robert Smith. Its working title was Flesh and the Devil.

Photo: Albert Zugsmith

The movie wound up not being made at MGM. It was a co-production between Famous Artists, the company of Albert Zugsmith, and Fryman, the company of Mickey Rooney and Red Doff; Universal distributed. Filming started on 7 July 1959.

Auditions were held for the seven dancers in the film. African American dancer Barbara Walden was the selected. She was told, however, that during the dance scenes she could not touch Rooney. Later, it was noted one of Walden’s dance scenes was so “torrid” in the final film that it was cut from the US version, but kept for the European markets.

Shooting was temporarily suspended when Rooney came down with German measles. Shooting finished in August.

"I pick my titles to get 'em into theatres", said Zugsmith. "Thousands of exhibitors say amen to that."

Paul Anka released the title song as a single. Watch the film:

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The National Legion of Decency gave the film a "Class C" or "condemned" rating, saying it was "blasphemous and sacrilegious" and resorts to "indecencies and pornography" that are "blatant violations of Judeo-Christian standards of modesty and decency."

The film was released nationally on 11 January 1961

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