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NORTH TO ALASKA.

I will leave it to more experienced students of foot tickling and movie reality to establish Capucine's actual ticklishness.
Whether she was or not actually ticklish or (And this is no small feat, even if it involves small feet.) was simply acting up a hilarious storm is irrelevant to me. She certainly projected a wonderful ticklish reaction. Otherwise, we wouldn't be considering this at length.<p>

This scene in NORTH TO ALASKA is one of those mainstream rarities: a prolonged movie tickling scene that helps drive the plot. <br>It's actually hard to come up with many others. The two that immediately come to mind are F/M: WAY OUT WEST and GREAT CATHERINE.
There are any number of other lovely tickling moments in Studio Era movies. Cary Grant, hidden behind a door, nudging Irene Dunne's ribs with a pencil while she tries to listen with a straight face to Ralph Bellamy's fatuous poetry in THE AWFUL TRUTH is one. However, these are almost always just THAT: moments, and they're usually incidental to the plot. Depicting the tickling of a woman's feet seems rarer still during the period. I've always presumed the Production Code--the basis of Hollywood censorship from 1934 until the '60's--was nervous about anything approaching fetishistic eroticism.<p>

Anyway, I'm less concerned with establishing the reality of someone's ticklishness in a mainstream entertainment or a fetish video than I am simply appreciative when someone seems satisfyingly tickled. Truly ticklish tootsies or good acting? Delicious ends justify the necessary means, and if the latter include felicitous "faking," I'm cool. <br>I've never quite understood the demand that fetish entertainment be more "real" than that in the mainstream, particularly if explicit sexual activity is not presented. I've no qualms if someone merely "acts" ticklish, if the performance is diverting.<p>
I think many of us agree, at least, that Capucine was MOST diverting in that scene, eh? (And I have wondered if the film's producer Charles Feldman had a hand in the scene's existence at all, for he and C were apparently lovers....)
 
Here is proof on IMDB that talks about that very thing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054127/trivia
Also I have been tickling feet for over 50 years (im 57) and there is one thing im very good at and that's spotting fake reactions. There are tell tail signs, body language and reactions that are give aways and cant be faked by even the best actress. Are there actresses that can do an excellent job faking being ticklish? Certainly but in Capucines case there were many signs that a well seasoned tickler can spot that are non intensional sub conscious reactions. To name a few watch her hands and fingers, arms, watch her other foot trying desparately to fre itself and then watch granger thrust forward as she planted that other heel into his back. Also the look on her face is not only laughter but a slight hint of agony. At the end you can see her start to sit up to grab him and get him to stop. Watch the scene in slow motion and you'll also see the minute he digs in her toes scrunch up and her laughter is immediate. It is most definitely real.



Yes, definitely real. I agree with everything you've said. There are definitive signs, and her reactions revealed some of them. The sitting up/cut off at the end is a good sign. That's the one that first caused me to pay more attention to the clip and watch the whole thing again a few times to see if I could catch anything else. After a few viewings I noticed all those signs... if she was faking it, she must have done a lot of homework, watching ticklish women being tickled, studying like Streep preparing for a role. I doubt she did that for one scene in a movie, so yeah, I say Capucine was definitely ticklish. Plus Granger was reeallly getting her good :)

I vote Authentic Scene!
 
Leaving aside the question if Capucines is ticklish or not, I have to give you an answer, because you said something important, I think.

"Anyway, I'm less concerned with establishing the reality of someone's ticklishness in a mainstream entertainment or a fetish video than I am simply appreciative when someone seems satisfyingly tickled. Truly ticklish tootsies or good acting? Delicious ends justify the necessary means, and if the latter include felicitous "faking," I'm cool. "

Well, this is the point where you and I are differnt. For me, its the most important thing, to see a truly ticklish person getting tickled. - As you can see, its important for many people here as well.- When I realize, that a person in a video is faking, acting, me interest decreases almost the same second, even if the model is sexy or attractive... I don't know why. This is an interesting point. Its central to know or to be sure, that the person is "really" ticklish. I have no idea why, but I feel this way.
I think, this really distinguishes tickle fetish. Many here have a highly developed sense to spot faked reactions, so I'm not alone. It is important to see "the real thing".

"I've never quite understood the demand that fetish entertainment be more "real" than that in the mainstream, particularly if explicit sexual activity is not presented. I've no qualms if someone merely "acts" ticklish, if the performance is diverting."

Here is the difference between regular "normal" sexual performances in mainstream porn, and- lets say- "tickle porn". In regular porn, you might not care if a woman fakes her orgasm (maybe you even know for sure she does), it turnes you on anyway. The central thing in tickle fetish, tthe essence, (if you like), is the ticklishness itself, maybe not even the woman (if she's sexy or lovely, or has a beautiful laugh... it is secondary)

OK. I made my point;-) Maybe many will disagree, but I know a lot of people will consent to what I said. Anyway,
Everyone is free to pursue his own happiness.
Have a nice day, stubbe
 
SO Sorry, I DO NOT concede, she's not ticklish at all, just watch the pink panther movie with d. Niven tickling her foot, NO reaction whatsoever
 
SO Sorry, I DO NOT concede, she's not ticklish at all, just watch the pink panther movie with d. Niven tickling her foot, NO reaction whatsoever

He uses one finger lightly for a few seconds. That’s not what Farley Granger did to her.

And she’s not in frame. Most likely they had a stand-in for her since it was his closeup, not hers, she wasn’t on set, and that’s not even her foot. They rarely keep expensive celebs around for a close-up a body part.

That’s why in Wing Chun, Michelle Yeoh’s feet in the tickling scene are bunion-free. A body double was used. Her feet are actually pretty horrific.
 
Yeah she seemed ticklish as hell in North to Alaska. I agree it probably wasn’t her feet in Pink Panther. Who knows though.
 
Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene where Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine.

What ever it’s still one of the finest clips ever which had an ever lasting impact on me.
 
More fuel to the fire

true, but she was not ticklish,faked

Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene where Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine.
 
Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene where Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine.

Look, I don't know how ticklish Capucine is, but this statement is very light on detail. For example, which producers? Here, we just have nameless producers, and to whom exactly was this statement admitted? Moreover, when was this statement admitted to? It just says "years after the production", but which year? There is no other detail, so really this statement just sounds made up to me. Now if it had been something like this:

John Smith, a producer of North to Alaska, revealed in the September 4, 1969 issue of Time Magazine that Capucine was actually tickled on her feet and the laughs and pleas for mercy were quite genuine.

I may have been more likely to believe that statement, but the statement as written appears to be made-up bullshit.
 
In North to Alaska, Capucine is being tickled intensely for a long period of time. In Pink Panther her foot is barely being touched, and is only a few seconds. I don't know how one comes to the conclusion that she's not ticklish using the latter. It's like how there was a thread proclaiming Katy Perry's feet aren't ticklish simply because a dog licking her foot didn't make her laugh. It makes me wonder what little experience with tickling a lot of guys must have.
 
Look, I don't know how ticklish Capucine is, but this statement is very light on detail. For example, which producers? Here, we just have nameless producers, and to whom exactly was this statement admitted? Moreover, when was this statement admitted to? It just says "years after the production", but which year? There is no other detail, so really this statement just sounds made up to me. Now if it had been something like this:

John Smith, a producer of North to Alaska, revealed in the September 4, 1969 issue of Time Magazine that Capucine was actually tickled on her feet and the laughs and pleas for mercy were quite genuine.

I may have been more likely to believe that statement, but the statement as written appears to be made-up bullshit.


What's not light on detail is fiercely tickling women in your life, then watching the scene with Capucine in NTA, and seeing the incredible similarities. If that was acting, she should have taken home an Oscar that year.
 
What's not light on detail is fiercely tickling women in your life, then watching the scene with Capucine in NTA, and seeing the incredible similarities. If that was acting, she should have taken home an Oscar that year.

I have no idea how ticklish Capucine was, but I don't think it would take an Oscar-worthy performance to act as ticklish as she did. There were also probably multiple rehersals and takes, so it probably was not as spontaneous as it appears.
 
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