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The Ritz is a 1976 American film directed by Richard Lester based on the play of the same name by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno, who had won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, and many others of the original cast like Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, and F. Murray Abraham, reprise their onstage roles in the film version. Also in the cast were Kaye Ballard and Treat Williams. The film, Jack Weston, and Rita Moreno all received Golden Globe nominations in the comedy category. It opened to mixed reviews.
The farce is set in a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, where unsuspecting heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci. There Gaetano stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters, including a rabid chubby chaser, go-go boys, a squeaky-voiced detective, and Googie Gomez, a third-rate Puerto Rican entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom he mistakes for a man in drag. Further complications arise when Gaetano's wife Vivian tracks him down and jumps to all the wrong conclusions about his sexual orientation.
The Ritz (1976) – A Queen With No Sense of HumorWatch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
Theatrical Trailer for the comedy The Ritz. Directed by Richard Lester and starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham and Treat Williams.
The Ritz (1976) – Chubby Chaser and Chaps Watch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
The Ritz (1976) – Tacky Drag?! Watch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
The Ritz (1976) – Everything's Coming Up Rita Watch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
The Ritz (1976) – Crisco Oil Party. Don't Bring Chuck. Watch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Willia...
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take Proclo where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse where he is pursued amorously by "chubby chaser" Paul B. Price and by entertainer Googie Gomez who believes him to be a broadway producer. His guides through the Ritz are gatekeeper Abe, habitue Chris, and bellhop/go-go-boys Tiger and Duff. Squeaky-voiced detective Michael Brick and his employer Carmine do locate Gateano at the Ritz, as does his wife Vivian...
Rates are low, décor is rococco art deco and the clientele is...convivial. As a Cleveland sanitation company owner reasons, this New York all-male bathhouse is ideal for hiding from his murderous brother-in-law. But what this new arrival and his fellow patrons get is an exercise in manic mayhem from director Richard Lester, bringing Terrence McNally’s hit Broadway farce to spicy screen life. Adding more spice are five cast members of the stage original: Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Paul B. Price and especially Rita Moreno as clueless Googie Gomez, the role for which she captured a Tony® Award. Kaye Ballard and Treat Williams add to the tasty guest list. Check into The Ritz. You’ve got roomfuls of laughter to check out.
The Ritz (1976) – Everyone Here Is...Gay? Watch THE RITZ Now! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lOXhtF Click here to try the All New Warner Archive! ➤ http://bit.ly/2lNa95u Click here to subscribe ➤ http://bit.ly/2e3N7Wu == The Ritz (1976) Directed By Richard Lester ⋅ 1976 ⋅ 91 min Nerdy Cleveland native Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) is on the run from a Mafia brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller). He seeks a calm, safe and private place to hide and ends up at the Ritz, an all-male bathhouse of very loose virtues and very high camp. Among the colorful characters Gaetano meets is aspiring entertainer Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno), who thinks that he is a famous producer, while he mistakenly thinks she is a man in drag. Starring Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
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(I will not apologize) I will not apologize
(I will not apologize) I will not apologize
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Some won't get it for that I won't
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(I will not apologize) I will not apologize
This is for all of my peoples who understand and truly recognize
Some won't get it for that I won't apologize
[P.O.R.N.]
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[Chorus: (Dice Raw) Talib Kweli]
[Dice Raw]
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[Chorus: (Dice Raw) Talib Kweli]
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[Chorus: (Dice Raw) Talib Kweli]