Friday, February 4, 2011

Lemonade Joe (1964)

When I watched this Czech film almost a year ago I took some shorthand notes to help me summarize the plot. Unfortunately since it was year ago, I don't really know how to interpret these jottings. However, in the spirit of this wacky film, I will just presents them as it and leave it at that.

Alternate titles: Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera

Available: Netflix, Amazon

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Tinted.

Barroom brawl.

Tornado Lou makes me cry with her singing.

Doug Badman wants Lou.

Arizona revival preaches to get men off drink. Temperance.

Joe shows up and saves girl from Old Pistol. Shoots fly.

Challenges Pistol to apologize, shoots off his pants.

Bad guys show up and rob bank. Shootout in streets but no one gets hit. Alcohol makes them bad aims. Joe shoots them as they leave town.

Kolaloka Saloon. Town gets supply of lemonade.

Men duel with steady hand because no alcohol. They shoot each other and both die.

Saloon run down, no business. Badman’s brother Hugo arrives. Reminisce days of crime together. Hogofogo magician.

Arrested by sheriff in lemonade bar because he is wanted. Puts handcuffs on fake hand and Hogofogo shoots sheriff.

Saloon busy again.

Hogofogo goes after Winnifred at cemetery where she is visiting mother’s grave.

Joe sees vision of attack as he rides through desert singing.

Winnie finds out that Joe is just a lemonade agent.

Joe comes to town. Lou tries to stop him from being ambushed.

Attacked by trumpet player in black face who jumps out of piano.

Gets Hogo to sign pro-lemonade paper.

Joe drinks alcohol by accident and passes out.

Lou saves Joe, kisses him awake and admits love.

Lou joins baddies in wanting Joe dead after he rejects her.

Hogo pretends to be blind piano tuner. Winnie leads him to saloon. Knocks her out with ether.

Joe stops “man” carrying her away passed out. Claims she is drunk.

Tells him to meet in dead man’s valley at night.

Joe sneaks up on them, accidentally drinks liquor.

Lou loves him again.

Tied up and covered in food. Lou shoots baddies through camera and saves Joe who is reunited with Winnie.

Hugo gets accidental smoke signal message thinking the job is done. Doug doesn’t like that Hugo is corrupting innocent girl.

Hugo prepares for girl’s arrival.

Winnie reunited with father. Lou reformed.

Joe changes outfit. Finds out he is son of Kola.

Showdown with Hogo, poker game.

Hogo attacks with champagne and shoots him.

Everyone attacked in graveyard. Shoots Lou. Doug puts corkscrew in Hogo’s back, shot by Joe. Joe saves girl. Everyone dead, all siblings.

Everyone revived by lemonade.

Oil, gold, stock whiskola, married