Sixties Posts

TO GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

Everybody’s favorite mini-skirted telecommunications officer, Nichelle Nichols, of Star Trek has been quite the busy actress of late. She has a recurring role on the hit NBC series Heroes and has four movies in the can. Click here for a sneak peek from Lady Magdalene’s where Nichelle plays the madam of a brothel who, with a demoted Federal Agent, stumbles on an Al-Qaida plot to blow up the Hoover Dam.

For some reason I have never included Nichelle in any of my books. I guess that is because so much has been previously written about her due to Star Trek and the fact she published her autobiography. Still in my book she is a Sixties starlet TV icon right up there along side Tina Louise and Julie Newmar.

TOUGH BREAK

After reporting on the good news that Lana Wood was back in front of the movie cameras, Lana posted on her Blog that she unfortunately lost her family’s homestead and had to move. Click here to access her web site.

I’ve always enjoyed watching Lana on screen. She was fabulous to speak with when I interviewed her on the phone for Fantasy Femmes and we hung out a bit 2 years ago when I finally met her in person at the Memphis Film Fesitval. Here’s hoping nothing but good luck comes her way in 2008.

HONEY RYDER

Speaking of Bond Girls, click here to get a look at Dr. No.’s Ursula Andress today–still gorgeous as ever. Ursula was voted the #1 Bond Girl of all-time and based on appearance alone she deserves the title hands down.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

In conjunction with the newly released Otto Preminger biography by Foster Hirsch, the Film Forum in New York City is presenting a number of Otto’s movies in January. Of course I am most interested in his Sixties output and if you are too you won’t be disappointed. His masterpiece and one of the most underrated films of the decade, Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) starring Laurence Olivier and Carol Lynley (pictured) will be shown in a new 35mm print. Co-star Keir Dullea will present the suspenseful film. The question is does unwed Carol Lynley have a daughter gone missing from a London nursery school or doesn’t she?

Fantasy Femme Jill Haworth will also be on hand to introduce Exodus (1960) and In Harm’s Way (1965). And The Cardinal (1963) with Jill and Carol will also be shown. Click here for more information.