littlek wrote:Is Anette scratching her left breast?
Good call, littlek! After you said that I went back and examined the photo...
Now look carefully. See what I mean? That is not Annette's hand. You can see the hand coming through the screen in the background while Annette has her hand cleverly hidden by her side. They didn't have very good special effects in those days and sometime things like this can be obvious.
But whose hand is that reaching for Annette's breast?
I did some research and found out that the producer of that movie was a close friend of Vincent Price.
Vincent had a crush on Annette and was willing to finance part of the film if he was allowed to massage Annette's breast during the filming of the movie. One thing led to another, the movie was shot, Vincent grabbed her breast, and then, in every Annette Funicello movie after that, you will see Vincent's hand grabbing her breast at some point in the movie. Kind of like that thing Alfred Hitchcock used to do, except this was only the hand and not the complete person.
I found this bit of information to be quite fascinating and have rented a bunch of Annette Funicello movies to view tonight. I will be perched on the edge of my chair and when I see the hand of Vincent Price emerge from the background and grab the tit I will shout, "There it is!"
And then I will put the next movie in.
I love Saturday nights.