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Our local PBS channel just ran this 1941 movie the other day. It stars Gary Cooper and a young Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea.
The tickle scene occurs about five minutes before the film's end. A bunch of older male professors have two younger gangsters tied up in the back of a delivery van. Professor Gurkakoff (Oscar Homolka) is fashioning a small feather duster while Prof. Magenbruch (Humphrey Bogart's concierge in "Casablanca") looks on approvingly. Magenbruch finally says: "Are we ready? Shall we start the torture now?"
Another professor objects and gives the main gangster one last chance to talk. The gangster says defiantly, "Listen monkey, I've been given the third degree by all kinds of cops...all over!"
Magenbruch replies, "But not by us. You will see I am an authority on Chinese tortures."
One of them pulls up the gangster's shirt to expose his bare ribs and the gangster starts giggling and saying, "Look out, that tickles!"
Professor Gurkakoff twirls the little feather duster against the gangster's ribs and of course this induces much squirming and a fit of hysterical laughter, ending with the gangster shouting, "Alright, I'll talk. I'll talk!" and him revealing the secret location of a wedding ceremony.
The entire scene clocks in at 53 seconds. Is it realistic? No, not really, but this was a screwball comedy from the 40s. Despite its shortcomings, it remains an effective scene overall. So if you are into m/m tickling or you're a woman who likes seeing a guy get tickled for a change, it's worth checking out.
For foot lovers, there's a much earlier scene where Barbara Stanwyck (dressed in a leg-revealing showgirl outfit) removes her stocking and extends her slender and shapely right leg out (and upward) to Gary Cooper. "Alright, feel that. Go on, feel that foot," she commands. He reluctantly takes her foot in his hand but quickly lets it go. Stanwyck says, "Okay Tootsie Bell, whaddya say?" Cooper says, "It's cold." And she says, "It's cold and it's wet." Hmmmmm...no tickling but it's a sexy little scene with plenty of innuendo and a hint of fetishism. Not bad for a 1941 flick.
The tickle scene occurs about five minutes before the film's end. A bunch of older male professors have two younger gangsters tied up in the back of a delivery van. Professor Gurkakoff (Oscar Homolka) is fashioning a small feather duster while Prof. Magenbruch (Humphrey Bogart's concierge in "Casablanca") looks on approvingly. Magenbruch finally says: "Are we ready? Shall we start the torture now?"
Another professor objects and gives the main gangster one last chance to talk. The gangster says defiantly, "Listen monkey, I've been given the third degree by all kinds of cops...all over!"
Magenbruch replies, "But not by us. You will see I am an authority on Chinese tortures."
One of them pulls up the gangster's shirt to expose his bare ribs and the gangster starts giggling and saying, "Look out, that tickles!"
Professor Gurkakoff twirls the little feather duster against the gangster's ribs and of course this induces much squirming and a fit of hysterical laughter, ending with the gangster shouting, "Alright, I'll talk. I'll talk!" and him revealing the secret location of a wedding ceremony.
The entire scene clocks in at 53 seconds. Is it realistic? No, not really, but this was a screwball comedy from the 40s. Despite its shortcomings, it remains an effective scene overall. So if you are into m/m tickling or you're a woman who likes seeing a guy get tickled for a change, it's worth checking out.
For foot lovers, there's a much earlier scene where Barbara Stanwyck (dressed in a leg-revealing showgirl outfit) removes her stocking and extends her slender and shapely right leg out (and upward) to Gary Cooper. "Alright, feel that. Go on, feel that foot," she commands. He reluctantly takes her foot in his hand but quickly lets it go. Stanwyck says, "Okay Tootsie Bell, whaddya say?" Cooper says, "It's cold." And she says, "It's cold and it's wet." Hmmmmm...no tickling but it's a sexy little scene with plenty of innuendo and a hint of fetishism. Not bad for a 1941 flick.