Something for Everyone, 1970 film

[TonyDown]

I streamed Something for Everyone on YouTube, filmed in Germany and Austria, 1969, released 1970. 

A black comedy, the plot is similar to a recent wide release film.  I liked Something for Everyone much better.

IMO, Angela Lansbury and Michael York made this one a worthy watch.

 

 

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[BSR]

On 4/20/2026 at 12:21 PM, TonyDown said:

I streamed Something for Everyone on YouTube, filmed in Germany and Austria, 1969, released 1970. 

A black comedy, the plot is similar to a recent wide release film.  I liked Something for Everyone much better.

IMO, Angela Lansbury and Michael York made this one a worthy watch.

 

 

I love this movie, although it’s been decades since I saw it.  Michael York is drop-dead sexy, and Angela Lansbury does camp as a true art form.  I’m gonna have to look around to see how I can re-watch it.

[TonyDown]

21 hours ago, BSR said:

I love this movie, although it’s been decades since I saw it.  Michael York is drop-dead sexy, and Angela Lansbury does camp as a true art form.  I’m gonna have to look around to see how I can re-watch it.

Can you stream YouTube where you're at?  I watched it on YouTube.

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I'm obsessed with this little black comedy, for more than 40 years. As the Countess von Ornstein, Lansbury carries it, obviously. It is on YT, sometimes in segments numbered by sequence. There has been no remastering, so it still looks and sounds like a 1970 indy film. 

A few years ago, at the memorial for a mutual close friend with whom she had worked on Broadway, I met Jane Carr. She gives an epic performance as the Countess's bookish daughter in the film, and I mentioned how I'd always wanted to tell her in person how much I loved her work in it, and she said, "Oh, you're one of those..." 🤣  It's been relegated to cult status, I guess.  The outrageous plot twists and key performances in it make Something For Everyone live up to its promise.

It should be noted that Harold Prince was a brilliant stage director, and this was one of his two films that proved his eye for the stage far exceeded the one used for the camera. Nevertheless, it's really smart and entertaining. And Lansbury is perfection.