I was perusing some of my Amazon reviews for my older books and came across two posts from former actresses.
Linda Thorson from TV’s The Avengers and later One Life to Life commented on the Gail Gerber memoir Trippin’s with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember:
“Gerber was a wonderful story teller and she saw it all first hand. Told without sentimentality and subtle humor, I loved every minute of this book which evoked many memories of my LA days in the late 60’s and 70’s. Sadly Gail passed away last year. She had an interesting life and as a fellow Canadian, I admire her gumption, getting out and about in the world, expanding horizons but keeping her appreciation of who we are, how we were raised and the blessing it clearly was.”
Vicki London of Village of the Giants fame whom I interviewed for Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood wrote:
“I loved being included in Tom Lisanti’s fun book. Today, I especially remember this time in my life. A time I very rarely talk about. Tom checked the facts and handled my involvement in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping case respectfully and with great care.It was 1963. I was a teenage girl totally smitten with a teenage boy. A gifted boy. A musical prodigy. Sweet, introverted and so talented. Then, one night everything changed. We were talking on the phone, laughing and fooling around, when I heard a loud knock on the door. Frankie said “Hold on. It must be room service.” Then I heard voices and scuffling and the phone went dead. The next morning the Feds were at my grandparent’s front door questioning me since the hotel’s phone records showed I was the last call Frankie made before he was kidnapped. From that moment on, my life were reporters getting all the facts wrong, being subpoenaed, refusing to show up, so the court “police” came and pulled me out of a rehearsal I was doing for a musical country revue, dragging me to the trial dressed in a cowgirl’s getup. It was surreal, embarrassing and frightening. How can one ever forget such an incident?”
