Sunday, February 15, 2009

The Girl Who Laughed At The Moon

THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED AT THE MOON
1953 Young Pictures
PRODUCERS: Zhiyong Wu, Ken Chu
DIRECTOR: Jinfu Xu
SCREEN WRITER: Qin Yasuda
Based on a childrens book written by real life, death row convict Yue (the Seraphic Strangler) Yang. Set in the 1800's where a weepy child from a dreary town over comes her fear of the sun by laughing at the moon. An awkward, all American cast in China with seemingly endless footage of Wee Donna Durkee crying and Laughing. With David Nutter, Candy Rollin and introducing Wee Donna Durkee.

"What depth, what meaning! I cried...I cried like a baby."
Mario Stavoli
Film critic for The Silent Fish

  In later years, Donna Durkee would begin a professional relationship with Philip Roscoe of Roscoe Entertainment Inc. and tour for seven weeks starring in Rubber Nose, the longest running one/woman show in staged history, based on the true adventures of the legendary American tax lawyer - Maria Belle Bonds. 

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