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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 7, 2008 1:09 PM Just found this amazing ad: "Dildo Cay"? What a title for a movie! Well, even in 1941 Paramount must have thought the same, because a quick search on imdb.com yielded no result. Digging a little deeper though, I found this, the only film Sterling Hayden made that year: "Bahama Passage" is a leisurely bit of Technicolor exotica starring Madeleine Carroll and her future husband Sterling Hayden. Based on Nolson Hayes' novel DILDO CAY, the story takes place on a remote Bahaman island where the principal commodity-in fact, the only--is salt. The owner of the island is young Adrian (Sterling Hayden), who inherited Dildo Cay from his family..... The most striking aspect of Bahama Passage is the extremely casual clothing worn by the stars: Why, one would think that Paramount was trying to get the audience's mind off the film's slower passages by showing off as much cheesecake and beefcake as possible. ~ Once Bahama Passage was in the cans, Actor Hayden enlisted in the Armed Forces. Unfortunately, none of the stills I can find of the film have him smoking a Kirsten Pipe. :( It probably was too "high tech" for the setting, and he is just posing with it for the ad. The film seems to have had a lot in common with Sterling Hayden's life: "Born March 26, 1916, in Montclair, NJ, he quit school at the age of 16 to become a mate on a schooner, beginning a lifelong love affair with the sea; indeed, it was often suggested that he was never particularly enamored of the acting life, instead preferring to sail. By age 22, Hayden was a ship's captain, but a desire to buy his own boat prompted him to begin modeling, and in 1940 he landed a movie contract at Paramount. With no previous acting experience, he starred in 1941's Virginia, followed a year later by Bahama Passage. The pictures' successes made him a star, and he also grabbed headlines by marrying actress Madeleine Carroll." Also: "Sterling Hayden was a dory fisherman in the Grand Banks as a teenager; captained a two masted brig from Boston to Tahiti at age 22; he then became one of the youngest Master Mariners at age 24; sailed around the world twice; sailed to Tahiti several times..." Sounds like HE was the original "Captain Adam Troy" from "Adventures in Paradise"! When "Bahama Passage" was released in France in 1946, it's title was "Sous le ciel de Polynésie" (!) Also interesting: "Hayden's career flagged during the years to follow, however. Saddled with a series of lackluster films, he finally left acting in 1958 to return to the sea, and spent the next six years away from Hollywood. In 1963, he even published an autobiography, "Wanderer", detailing his ocean adventures as well as his regret for cooperating with the House Un-American Activities Commission during the McCarthy era." One last note: Dorothy Dandridge played the island native Thalia in the film.

Just found this amazing ad:

"Dildo Cay"? What a title for a movie! Well, even in 1941 Paramount must have thought the same, because a quick search on imdb.com yielded no result. Digging a little deeper though, I found this, the only film Sterling Hayden made that year:

"Bahama Passage" is a leisurely bit of Technicolor exotica starring Madeleine Carroll and her future husband Sterling Hayden. Based on Nolson Hayes' novel DILDO CAY,

the story takes place on a remote Bahaman island where the principal commodity-in fact, the only--is salt. The owner of the island is young Adrian (Sterling Hayden), who inherited Dildo Cay from his family..... The most striking aspect of Bahama Passage is the extremely casual clothing worn by the stars: Why, one would think that Paramount was trying to get the audience's mind off the film's slower passages by showing off as much cheesecake and beefcake as possible. ~
Once Bahama Passage was in the cans, Actor Hayden enlisted in the Armed Forces.

Unfortunately, none of the stills I can find of the film have him smoking a Kirsten Pipe. :( It probably was too "high tech" for the setting, and he is just posing with it for the ad.

The film seems to have had a lot in common with Sterling Hayden's life:

"Born March 26, 1916, in Montclair, NJ, he quit school at the age of 16 to become a mate on a schooner, beginning a lifelong love affair with the sea; indeed, it was often suggested that he was never particularly enamored of the acting life, instead preferring to sail. By age 22, Hayden was a ship's captain, but a desire to buy his own boat prompted him to begin modeling, and in 1940 he landed a movie contract at Paramount. With no previous acting experience, he starred in 1941's Virginia, followed a year later by Bahama Passage. The pictures' successes made him a star, and he also grabbed headlines by marrying actress Madeleine Carroll."

Also:
"Sterling Hayden was a dory fisherman in the Grand Banks as a teenager; captained a two masted brig from Boston to Tahiti at age 22; he then became one of the youngest Master Mariners at age 24; sailed around the world twice; sailed to Tahiti several times..."

Sounds like HE was the original "Captain Adam Troy" from "Adventures in Paradise"!

When "Bahama Passage" was released in France in 1946, it's title was "Sous le ciel de Polynésie" (!)
Also interesting:

"Hayden's career flagged during the years to follow, however. Saddled with a series of lackluster films, he finally left acting in 1958 to return to the sea, and spent the next six years away from Hollywood. In 1963, he even published an autobiography, "Wanderer", detailing his ocean adventures as well as his regret for cooperating with the House Un-American Activities Commission during the McCarthy era."

One last note: Dorothy Dandridge played the island native Thalia in the film.

Post #365380 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Mar 7, 2008 1:09 PM