Someone commented on a previous Blog asking me who were the 3 beach girls dancing with Buster Keaton during the end credits of Beach Blanket Bingo. The tall blonde is the late Mary Hughes, Bobbi Shaw is the one in the fur bikini, and the short-haired sandy-blonde is Patti Chandler.
In the opening below, Patti is dancing with Jody McCrea and Mary shoves the ice cream cone into the face of Mike Nader.
The really cool Newseum in Washington DC just launched on exhibition on the history of Elvis Presley as reported by the press. It covers his entire career. If the exhibition is anything like their previous ones it should be spectacular. I love everything Elvis so I’ll be there in early October. Click here for more information.
TCM does it again. On Sunday March 28 at noon it is airing The Light in the Piazza (1962) starring Yvette Mimiuex as a young slightly disturbed girl on a Roman holiday with her mother Olivia de Havilland who tries to marry her off to handsome Italian George Hamilton but then gets the case of the guilts.
Below is a tribute to Yvette, once dubbed by a critic as “the poor man’s Carol Lynley.” Ouch!
Hots Rods to Hell is roaring onto your TV screen thanks to TCM on Friday night at 3:45AM EST. Sit back and watch hot rodders Mimsy Farmer, Paul Bertoya and Gene Kirkwood make life hell for traveling family Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain and Laurie Mock and annoy Christopher Riordan in the process.