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Melvin, Son of Alvin
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Wikipedia article
'Melvin, Son of Alvin' is a 1984 Australian comedy film. It is a sequel to 'Alvin Purple',David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p.309 but was released in the United States and the United Kingdom under the title 'Foreplay'.
Plot
A television reporter is doing an article on the sexiest man on Earth. She tracks down Alvin Purple and discovers he has a son, Melvin, who is similarly irresistible to women. However, Melvin is scared of women, and is a virgin.
Melvin begins a relationship with a young Greek-Australian girl, Gloria, whose mother is very protective of her. The television reporter reunites Melvin with his father, who is performing as a nightclub singer and is the leader of a cult called the 'Purple People'.
Cast
*Gerry Sont as Melvin Purple
*Graeme Blundell as Alvin Purple
*Tina Bursill as Dee
*Steve Bastoni as Bullo
*Irene Papas as Mrs Hasim
*Katy Manning as Estelle
*Rhonda Burchmore as Phillipa
*David Argue as Cameraman
Production
Production of the film was twice delayed when major backers pulled out prior to the filming date. Before the movie's release, three cuts were ordered to enable the movie to get an M rating.Paul Harris, "Melvin: Son of Alvin", 'Australian Film 1978-1992', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p148
Reception
'Filmink' magazine later said 'the success of T&A American comedies in the early 80s seems to have inspired this late sequel, which took the one joke concept (homely man is irresistible to women) and made it a no-joke concept by making it about a handsome male model type who is irresistible to women, replacing that with various 'Porky's'-era tropes'.
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