Lord Love a Duck

Lord Love a Duck (1966)

This motion picture is an act of pure aggression

From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene.

Date of release
1966-02-21
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
George Axelrod

Casting

Interesting facts

Lord Love a Duck is a 1966 American teen black comedy-drama film produced, directed and co-written by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. It is based on Al Hine's 1961 novel of the same name.

Production

The film was based on a novel published in 1961. The New York Times called the book "hilarious at times and often charmingly wicked."

Film rights were bought in December 1964 by Gordon Carroll and George Axelrod under the banner of their company, Charleston Enterprises. Axelrod called the book "a cross between Andy Hardy and Dr. Strangelove." Larry Johnson wrote the script along with Axelrod.

In May 1965 Roddy McDowall signed to play the lead. United Artists agreed to finance and Axelrod decided to direct. Axelrod had directed three plays on Broadway, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Once More With Feeling and Goodbye Charlie but this was his first film. Axelrod said he asked George S. Kaufman how to direct and Kaufman said "you get good actors. He was right. And if it's a comedy you don't get Actors Studio actors".

"I'm not really sure why I'm making this picture," said Axelrod. "Maybe I'm just trying to get revenge on my own teenagers. Lord Love a Duck will not be made specifically for the teenage market but teenagers will probably dig it. It puts everything down - society, vulgarity, adolescents. Teenagers like being put down."

Axelrod called the film "pop porn or Dirty Disney. It may yet give bad taste a bad name."

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