If you read my Blog, you know that I am a huge fan of Carol Lynley, the adult Carol Lynley post-1962. Prior to that, teenage Carol never impressed me. However, the clip below from the Robert Altman directed episode “The Young One” from Alfred Hitchcock Presents really impressed me. Playing a manipulative teen desperate to leave her overprotective aunt and her small town, Carol actually shows some intensity and she dances too!

Upstate Manhattan, where Gail Gerber is a fulltime resident and me a weekender, has its own newspaper called The Manhattan Times and in the curent issue they have run an excerpt from the “Uneasy Rider” chapter from Gail’s memoir. Click here to read.

20th Century-Fox is once again trying to revive their successful Planet of the Apes series after the disasterous Tim Burton remake of Planet of the Apes. Click here to read about the upcoming Rise of the Apes. Since Apes is my favorite movie series I am keeping a lid on my excitement since I was just sooooooooooo disappointed with Burton’s movie.