today’s 1969 movie actress of the day is Tina Louise in The Wrecking Crew, which is seen in clips in the film Tina had a banner 1969 co-starring in 3 additional movies the comedy How to Commit Marriage w/ Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason; the western The Good Guys and the Bad Guys w/ Robert Mitchum; and Richard Brooks’ Oscar-nominated drama The Happy Ending. Tina is profiled in my and Louis Paul’s McFarland book Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films & Television, 1962-1973.

today’s 1969 tribute is to actors Wayne Maunder and James Stacy from TV’s Lancer. They are played in the movie by Luke Perry and Timothy Olyphant. As a kid, I was not a western fan (more sci-fi) but loved me some Lancer. James Stacy also co-starred with William Wellman, Jr. in the beach/ski movies A Swingin’ Summer with Raquel Welch and Quinn O’Hara and Winter a-Go-Go with Beverly Adams, Julie Parrish, Nancy Czar, and Linda Rogers. The films are profiled in my McFarland book Hollywood Surf & Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969.

today’s 1969 movie actress of the day is Joanna Pettet who is played by Rumer Willis in the movie. Pettet lunched with Sharon Tate the afternoon of her gruesome murder. An accomplished actress, Joanna Pettet made a splash as part of The Group before becoming a Bond Girl in the spoof Casino Royale. More films and lots of TV followed most memorably a string of guest appearances on Night Gallery. Pettet is profiled in my and Louis Paul McFarland book Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films & Television, 1962-1973.

today’s 1969 movie actresses of the day are Jeanne Rejaunier, Arlene Charles, and Diane McBain in the fun I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew co-starring Gardner McKay and Edy Williams. Lushly filmed on location in Hawaii, the gals volunteer to be Captain McKay’s crew in a yacht race to that tropical paradise. Read my interview with Arlene Charles about its making in my BearManor Media book Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies and more with Jeanne in an upcoming book.