sixties

SWEDISH DELIGHT

Just to prove that I am not the only Sixties Starlet lover around, check out this cool web blog called Starlet Showcase for a neat tribute to the late Inger Stevens. As a kid, I would watch her sitcom The Farmer’s Daughter in reruns during the mornings when I was off from school, but I was never a big fan of her movie career except for the comedy A Guide for the Married Man where she is simply charming as the dutiful wife of Walter Matthau who is determined at all costs to have an affair. Question throughout this funny movie is why would a schlep like him I want to cheat on a hot babe like her?

PURRRRFECTLY DELECTABLE

Though I never have included her in any of my books, one of my favorite actresses of all-time is Miss Julie Newmar, the one and only Catwoman. I had the pleasure of speaking to her on the phone once and was in the audience when she returned to the stage reprising her Broadway role as Stupefyin’ Jones in Li’l Abner a few years ago in NYC. Click here, to read a very interesting article and interview with her.

TO GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

In an unusual move, Paramount will be having a one day screening of the original two-part Star Trek episode “The Menagerie” along with a new documentary from creator Gene Roddenberry’s son in theatres across the nation on Nov. 13th. This is the award winning episode that combined the original pilot “The Cage” with Jeffrey Hunter with new scenes featuring William Shatner and crew. Starlet lovers are treated to Julie Parrish, Laurel Goodwin as Ensign Colt (pictured), as well as Susan Oliver as the beautiful Vina. For further details, click here.

Read what Julie and the very outspoken Laurel have to say about working on Star Trek in, respectively, Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Hollywood and Drive-in Dream Girls.