Click here for some photos from the most recent Hollywood Show held in Burbank, CA. One of my childhood faves Marta Kristen from Lost in Space attended and she still is as lovely as ever as is Nancy Kwan another attendee.
sixties
IN THE INTEREST OF FAIR PLAY…
Recently I posted about Bobby Sherman and his TV show Here Come the Brides. But as a kid I also liked the show due to his co-star pretty dark-haired Bridget Hanley. She was a contract player at Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems and made guest appearances on numerous popular sitcoms including Gidget, The Farmer’s Daughter, Bewitched, Occasional Wife, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, etc. Bridget always stood out due to her comedic timing and her mod ’60s hairdos. She was always well-coiffured as the clip below from Love on a Rooftop will prove where she plays Audrey a friend of Judy Carne:
Unbelievably, Bridget never appeared in a film during the Sixties. but once she was paired with teen idol Bobby Sherman on Brides in 1968, Bridget became the most envious girl in the U.S. She was splahsed across sucn magazines as Seventeen, Teen Screen, Tiger Beat, etc. telling Sherman’s female fans what it was like to kiss the actor, what he was like off-screen, etc.
When Here Come the Brides was cancelled in 1970, Bridget continued being very popular on the small screen with guest appearances on The Odd Couple, Nanny and the Professor, Love, American Style (4 appearances), Welcome Back, Kotter, The Rookies, etc. The eighties brought Bridget another hit series playing Barbara Eden’s nemisis on Harper Valley. Though Bridget’s last TV appearance was in 1991 on the reboot of Adam-12, she has been working in local Theatre in LA to this day.
TINA HAS THE MEAN DOG BLUES
After Gilligan’s Island ended its 3 year run in 1967, Tina Louise did her all not to get type cast in sexy “Ginger Grant” roles. She succeeded admirably more so than her cast mates particularly Bob Denver and Dawn Wells who both seemed to just love knocking Tina in the media. She played one of unhappily married Jean Simmons’ friends in The Happy Ending (1969) and was the tennis-loving Charmaine, the first wife to become a robot after Katherine Ross moves to the neighborhood in the classic The Stepford Wives (1974).
Below was a clip from one of Tina’s lesser known movies Mean Dog Blues (1978) but due to copyright infringement was removed. She and William Windom play a battling rich couple who railroad hitchhiking country singer Gregg Henry take the fall for a hit-and-run caused by Windom. Assured he will get off, he is double-crossed and is sent to a desert prison from hell. Unfortunately, this isn’t available on DVD yet but since they went after the YouTube poster to take clip down maybe a release is in the works.
HERE PUSSY, PUSSY
Lucky Londoners will have the chance to see a great photo exhibit by Terry O’Neill showcasing his behind-the-scenes photos (some never seen before publicly) from a number of James Bond movies including Dr. No, Goldfinger, and Diamonds Are Forever plus photos of other iconic actors from the Swinging Sixties. Click here for more details.