20th Century-Fox Dynamo (February 1960)

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WAKE ME WHEN IT’S OVER Continued WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THIS PLUSH HOTEL WAS BUILT AND OPENED BY GI'S, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, MAKE THIS THE SCREEN'S MOST HILARIOUS COMEDY. GAYEST SERVICE COMEDY EVER MADE HERE’S OUTLINE OF SCREENPLAY FROM BEST-SELLER Continued from page 41 tiny Japanese village, Shima, on an island that is a little more than a speck in the Pacific. There he is taken in charge by Hap Cosgrove (Marvin Kaplan) and Sam Weiscoff (Robert Strauss), a top-rated non-com. Arriving at the base headquarters, Gus mistakes Doc Farrington (Jack Warden) for the CO. He tells Farrington he wants to see the CO about being re- leased from service. A few moments later Capt. Stark (Ernie Kovacs), the CO, appears. Gus recog- nizes the latter as his plane commander during World War II. Stark is delighted to see him, but has only a roar of laughter for Gus’ rejoinder that he wants to get out. So, Gus settles down to a tour of duty on Shima and is given a “project” by Sgt. Warren (Don Knotts). One day, searching for solitude, Gus, in the woods, meets a pretty Japanese girl, Ume (Nobu McCarthy). She points out that if he wants his beer to cool he had better remove it from the nearby stream, because it is a hot spring. She explains that in Japan there are many hotels built at hot springs and that the Japanese find the baths very healthful. As she talks, Gus’ face lights up. He has an idea, thanks Ume and rushes off to the base headquarters. There he outlines his idea to Stark and Doc Far- rington. He wants to build a luxury hotel on Shima. Air Force regulations, he explains, permit base per- sonnel to hold jobs in off-duty hours and the island is loaded with surplus material they could buy for 10 cents on the dollar. He wants to organize a cor- poration to build and operate the hotel, with every GI a stockholder. He wants to build the hotel at the Shima Hot Springs. His listeners at first think his idea is ridiculous, but, after he persists and points out that the mainland is choked with military and civilian personnel hungry for a place where they can spend their leaves, Stark and Doc agree to go into the project. Gus calls a meeting, outlines his plan that meets 42 with the men’s prompt and hearty approval. Then things begin to hum on Shima. The corporation is formed, with Gus holder of power of attorney. Ma- terials are purchased, the site selected, the hotel design completed by a GI architect and construction about to start. But, Doc discovers the hotel site is owned not by the Air Force, but the island’s natives. Gus and Doc head for the native village to right the situation. Their efforts to open the corporation ac- count with the local bank, as a gesture of good-will, gets them nowhere. The mayor will not see them. As Gus and Doc leave the mayor’s office, they meet Ume coming in. They explain their predica- ment, but their hopes are quickly raised again when Ume informs them the mayor is her father. Through her they are able to lease the land and use the local bank. At last, the Shima Hot Springs Hotel takes shape. Then, one day, while supervising the unloading of some equipment at the air strip, Stark is amazed to see a beautiful blonde flight nurse step out of a newly-arrived C-47. When Stark identifies himself, the newcomer tells him she is Flight Nurse Nora McKay (Margo Moore) ordered to Shima at the request of Doc and is reporting for duty. Still per- plexed, Stark seeks o„ut Doc and learns from the latter that he had asked for Miss McKay because the fast-rising luxury hotel needed a woman’s touch in the decorating, etc. Stark likes the idea, and ob- viously is personally smitten with Nora as well. Nora goes to work, hiring the entire Shima fish- ing fleet, some 200 boats, to provide King crab for the hotel table. When she tries to hire a staff of hostesses, chambermaids and other female help, she learns that on Shima one cannot hire a girl to work: one must “buy” her, an innocent and old island tra- dition. So, in Gus’ name, she “buys” the prettiest native girls on the island. She introduces them to Gus and tells the girls he is “Papa-San”. Among them is Ume. With the hotel nearly ready to open for business, Gus wonders how he and his partners can let the world know of its existence. Doc has the way: an old friend, Joab Martinson (Robert Emhart), who writes on medical articles, is in Tokyo to address a convention of doctors on “miracle” drugs. Doc decides he will invent certain health-giving “properties” for the water of Shima when taken internally, and convince Martinson* to mention the water in his speech. Armed with a tiny bottle of the water, which Doc has fixed up with a pill or two, he and Gus head for Tokyo. There they meet Martinson. In response to Martinson’s queries they explain that they are not certain what the water does, but there are men on Shima who are in their late 90’s and early 100’s still having children. Mar- tinson volunteers to test the water for them and to base his speech on the Shima hotel and its magic waters—if they will just tell him where it is, so he can get more of the water. Eventually, through Martinson’s speeches and articles lauding Shima Hot Springs and its health- giving properties, the hotel begins to boom. Among the first guests are area commander, Colonel Hol- lingsworth and his wife. The hotel is now in full swing, Bikini-clad girls loll around the pool, there are fireworks displays at night, uniformed waiters rush around with flaming skewers of shish-kebab and a staff photographer is busily taking pictures of guests. Into this scene returns Martinson to get a little sun and soak up a little water. As he enters he sees an extremely old man lead 10 tiny children through the hotel. Seeing the attractive little chambermaids, Joab wonders what their duties include. Gus ex- plains they merely dust, wash dishes, greet people— “and nothing more”, he stresses to impress Martin- son. Later, after much water mixed with saki, Mar- tinson is intoxicated. He sees Stark dancing with Nora, to whom the base captain has just proposed marriage. Martinson groggily tries to cut in. When he obnoxiously persists, Stark levels him with one punch.