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Overall, I had a great time in Burbank at the Hollywood Collectors Show. Hung out with cool McFarland and Co. marketing guy Adam. Got to meet and chat with George Chakiris (Bernardo of West Side Story) who looks absolutely great. He is 70 but looks 50! He is the only celebrity signed photo that I purchased though I came close to buying a pic from Laurene Landon of All the Marbles fame. She was very movie star glamorous all in lavendar. But she could not out diva Miss Julie Newmar who always arrived late and left early. Suffice it to say, she had a line of autograph seekers each day and I was only able to ogle her from afar.

One of the high points was walking into the Virgin Megastore on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood and seeing my books on display. Being the ham that I am I had my loyal boyfriend Ern snap a pic (see above). Note the book Italian Horror Film Directors is by my good friend Louis Paul. Visit his web site for more info.

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After technical difficulties I am finally back, sort of. My hot webmaster Jim deserves a spanking for this server mess but I’ll let him slide.

I returned from Burbank last WEdnesday where I attended the Hollywood Collector’s Show. It was a modest sucess for me as I sold a total of about 20 books. Lots of celebrities were there hawking their signed pics usually for a modest fee of $20 per autographed photo but some of them were outrageous. You had to fork over $40 to get a pic of Adam West and Richard Chamberlain had the nerve to sell his paperback autobiography for $40 if you wanted him to sign the book, which retails for $15. Tab Hunter was much more reasonable and sold his hardcover autographed for $27.

More soon…

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Breaking News!

At the Hollywood Collectors Show this upcoming weekend, the first 50 customers who purchase a copy of my book Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies, will get a free autographed photo of cover surfer boy Aron Kincaid (at left) and maybe a chance to meet him in person. He is such a great guy with lots of interesting Hollywood stories and is always going out of his way to help me promote my books. Thanks Aron!

Quinn O’Hara of A Swingin’ Summer and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini fame will also be stopping by to say hello. Check out Quinn’s great web site for some wonderful information on her. It is chock full of photos.

Finally, I’ll be blogging directly from the show with lots of commentary on the celebrities. Stay tuned!

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I have uncovered the whereabouts of another elusive starlet. Pretty blonde Corinne Cole (at left with Jerry Lewis in The Big Mouth) is alive and well. Playboy fans may remember her for her reign as Miss December 1958 under the name Lari Laine. Moviegoers will recall her amusing performances as the harried secretary of nudie magazine publisher Robert Coote in The Swinger starring Ann-Margret in the title role; Slaygirl-turned-assassin Miss January in Murderers’ Row; and an inebriated party guest in the Peter Sellers comedy, The Party.

Corinne worked as a journalist during the seventies and eighties and is the widow of renowned director George Sidney. You will be able to read more about her career in my upcoming book, Glamour Girls of 60s Hollywood.