Another one of my favorite 60s starlets is Nancy Kwan who starred in The World of Susie Wong and Flower Drum Song among many others. She is in the news again regarding her journey back to Hong Kong recently. Click here to read more and click here to access her web site regarding the new documentary about her life.
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ALL HAIL LOIS NETTLETON!
Lois Nettleton was a very talented and busy actress during the 60s/70s/80s appearing mostly on TV. Never having that Hollywood glamour to make her a true starlet (except for her turn as one of 3 flight attendants along with Dolores Hart and Pamela Tiffin looking for love in Come Fly with Me) this worked to her advantage as she played a variety of roles throughout her career.
Click here to see a plethora of her TV guest spots, TV-movies, and features on YouTube compiled by a zealous fan. I am looking forward to watching Lois in an episode of Brackens’ World and with Carol Lynley playing kidnapped nuns in made-for-TV movie Weekend of Terror.
THIS IS A TALE OF OUR CASTAWAYS…
Well it took over 30 years but Sherwood Schwartz finally sold and Warner Bros. has greenlighted a big screen remake of Gilligan’s Island. Now everybody is playing the casting guessing game even Dawn Wells, the original Maryann. But leave it to a jealous Dawn to once again stick it to Tina Louise with her choice of a recast Ginger. Click here to read. Get over it Dawn!
SET THOSE DVRS; IT’S TIME FOR TINA
On Sunday night March 14, TCM is doing a Tina Louise tribute. First up at 8PM is Tina in her Golden Globe award winning movie debut as sexy farm nymph Griselda in God’s Little Acre (1958) from the novel by Erskine Caldwell. This is followed by the Beach Party knockoff For Those Who Think Young (1964) starring James Darren and Pamela Tiffin standing in for Frankie and Annette with Tina as a sexy singing stripper who also moonlights as a math tutor.
When I asked Pamela about Tina, she exclaimed (in Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema), “Tina Louise was one of the most beautiful females I’ve ever seen in my life. Her beauty was unearthly and just a miracle of nature.”
For Those Who Think Young‘s director Leslie H. Martinson remarked (in Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies), “Strangely enough, I have a wonderful relationship with Tina Louise. Tina had her own way of working and was very smart but she could be considered a bit difficult at times. She had her own ideas but somehow we were on the same beat.”