Question: Whose 1950s work inspired the movie parodied in Mad magazine by He Rose Tattooed ?

text: List of film spoofs in Mad
Film spoofs list -- 1950s

This list of film spoofs in Mad includes films spoofed (parodied) by the American comic magazine Mad. Usually, an issue of Mad features a spoof of at least one feature film or television program. The works selected by the staff of Mad are typically from cinema and television in the United States. The authors parody the original titles with puns or other wordplay. Characters are caricatured, and lampooned with joke names. These articles typically cover five pages or more, and are presented as a sequential storyline with caricatures and word balloons. The opening page or two-page splash usually consists of the cast of the show introducing themselves directly to the reader; in some parodies, the writers sometimes attempt to circumvent this convention by presenting the characters without such direct exposition. This approach was also used for Mad's television parodies, and came to be identified with the magazine. The style was widely copied by other humor publications. In 1973, the promotional movie poster for Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye was designed in the introductory manner of a Mad parody, including the rectangular word balloons with self-referential dialogue; for verisimilitude, the poster was written and drawn by Mad regulars Frank Jacobs and Jack Davis. Many parodies end with the abrupt deus ex machina appearance of outside characters or pop culture figures who are similar in nature to the film or TV series being parodied, or who comment satirically on the theme. For example, Dr. Phil arrives to counsel the Desperate Housewives, or the cast of Sex and the City show up as the new hookers on Deadwood.
Spoofed Title Actual Title Writer Artist Issue Date
Ping Pong King Kong ( March 1933 ) ( Genre : Monster adventure ) Harvey Kurtzman Will Elder 6 1953-08 August-September 1953
Hah ! Noon ! High Noon ( July 1952 ) ( Genre : Western ) Harvey Kurtzman Jack Davis 9 1954-03 March 1954
Sane ! Shane ( April 1953 ) ( Genre : Western ) Harvey Kurtzman John Severin 10 1954-04 April 1954
From Eternity Back to Here ! From Here to Eternity ( August 1953 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Harvey Kurtzman Bernard Krigstein 12 1954-06 June 1954
Wild 1 ( correction ) Wild 1/2 The Wild One ( December 1953 ) ( Genre : Outlaw Biker ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 15 1954-09 September 1954
Stalag 18 ! Stalag 17 ( July 1953 ) ( Genre : War ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 18 1954-12 December 1954
The Cane Mutiny ! The Caine Mutiny ( June 1954 ) ( Genre : Military ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 19 1955-01 January 1955
Under the Waterfront ! On the Waterfront ( July 1954 ) ( Genre : Crime-drama ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 21 1955-03 March 1955
The Barefoot Nocountessa ! The Barefoot Contessa ( September 1954 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Harvey Kurtzman Jack Davis 23 1955-05 May 1955
Vera 's Cruz Vera Cruz ( December 1954 ) ( Genre : Western ) Harvey Kurtzman Jack Davis 24 1955-07 July 1955
The Blackboard Jumble Blackboard Jungle ( March 1955 ) ( Genre : Social commentary ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 25 1955-09 September 1955
The Prodigious The Prodigal ( May 1955 ) ( Genre : Biblical epic ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 26 1955-11 November 1955
The Seven Itchy Years The Seven Year Itch ( June 1955 ) ( Genre : Romantic comedy ) Harvey Kurtzman Will Elder 26 1955-11 November 1955
He Rose Tattooed The Rose Tattoo ( February 1955 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Harvey Kurtzman Wally Wood 28 1956-07 July 1956
The Man in the Soot-Gray Flannel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ( May 1956 ) ( Genre : Drama ) Harvey Kurtzman Jack Davis 29 1956-09 September 1956
Morbid Dick Moby Dick ( June 1956 ) ( Genre : Nautical fiction ) ? Wally Wood 30 1956-12 December 1956
The Bad Seat The Bad Seed ( September 1956 ) ( Genre : Horror-thriller ) Paul Laikin Bob Clarke 32 1957-04 April 1957
O.K. ! Gunfight at the Corral ! Gunfight at the O.K . Corral ( May 1957 ) ( Genre : Western ) ? George Woodbridge 36 1957-12 December 1957