In the past half-century, Corman has produced, directed and/or distributed hundreds of movies, nearly all of them shot at breakneck speed on shoestring budgets, nearly all of them commercially successful, a rather large percentage of them - how does one phrase it? - beyond the bounds of conventional film criticism. So why wasn't Corman nominated for anything? Because in 1974, his company's premier productions were the likes of 'Big Bad Mama,' 'TNT Jackson,' 'Caged Heat' and, of course, 'Candy Stripe Nurses.' What exquisite taste, what an eagle eye for talent! To top it off, Corman himself acted in Coppola's award-winning film, as one of the senatorial inquisitors in the big Mafia-hearing scene. What they had in common was that they'd all worked for Roger Corman as wet-eared novices in the '50s and '60s.ДЇor good measure, the best foreign film Oscar that year went to Federico Fellini's 'Amarcord,' which Corman's company, New World Pictures, released in America the film for which Ladd was nominated, 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' was directed by Martin Scorsese, whose first major feature, 'Boxcar Bertha,' had been produced by Corman. But zoom in on the ceremonies for the 1974 Academy Awards: Francis Ford Coppola won Oscars for best picture, director and adapted screenplay for 'The Godfather Part II,' Robert Towne won the best original screenplay award for 'Chinatown,' and Jack Nicholson, Talia Shire and Diane Ladd were among the acting nominees. Still, he's always managed to entertain the masses, devoting a long career to answering their cry of 'Feed me!'Д¬orman's been known for several decades as 'the King of the B's,' as in B-movies - the cinematic world of papier-mbchi aliens, mad sorcerers, car chases, exploding heads and topless outdoor catfights.

Now you will do as I say.' Roger Corman's method as a director and producer has often seemed about as delicate as Audrey Junior's - logic and continuity tend to go by the board in Corman's drive to achieve maximum eventfulness.

There's a scene in the 1960 film 'Little Shop of Horrors' in which the bloodthirsty talking plant, Audrey Junior, takes about five seconds to hypnotize the hapless flower-shop assistant, Seymour Krelboin, who's a tad squeamish about supplying the plant's dinner again: 'Krelboin! Turn around! Close your eyes.

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