sixties

TOUGH BREAK

After reporting on the good news that Lana Wood was back in front of the movie cameras, Lana posted on her Blog that she unfortunately lost her family’s homestead and had to move. Click here to access her web site.

I’ve always enjoyed watching Lana on screen. She was fabulous to speak with when I interviewed her on the phone for Fantasy Femmes and we hung out a bit 2 years ago when I finally met her in person at the Memphis Film Fesitval. Here’s hoping nothing but good luck comes her way in 2008.

HONEY RYDER

Speaking of Bond Girls, click here to get a look at Dr. No.’s Ursula Andress today–still gorgeous as ever. Ursula was voted the #1 Bond Girl of all-time and based on appearance alone she deserves the title hands down.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

In conjunction with the newly released Otto Preminger biography by Foster Hirsch, the Film Forum in New York City is presenting a number of Otto’s movies in January. Of course I am most interested in his Sixties output and if you are too you won’t be disappointed. His masterpiece and one of the most underrated films of the decade, Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) starring Laurence Olivier and Carol Lynley (pictured) will be shown in a new 35mm print. Co-star Keir Dullea will present the suspenseful film. The question is does unwed Carol Lynley have a daughter gone missing from a London nursery school or doesn’t she?

Fantasy Femme Jill Haworth will also be on hand to introduce Exodus (1960) and In Harm’s Way (1965). And The Cardinal (1963) with Jill and Carol will also be shown. Click here for more information.

BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN

Happy to report that Fantasy Femme Lana Wood is co-starring in the new biblical epic Book of Ruth to be released next year. Click here to see the trailer. Lana plays a character named Tani. I know nuthin’ ’bout the Bible but I do know that Lana won’t be showing the cleavage as pictured from her role as Plenty O’Toole in Diamonds Are Forever.

Other familiar faces in the movie include Sherry Morris as Ruth, Dan Haggerty, and Rebecca Holden. From the trailer the movie has a low-budget Christian filmmaking feel to it but I won’t hold that against it since they were shrewd enough to cast Lana (one of the best Bond Girls of all time) in it.