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.

BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN

Happy to report that Fantasy Femme Lana Wood is co-starring in the new biblical epic Book of Ruth to be released next year. Click here to see the trailer. Lana plays a character named Tani. I know nuthin’ ’bout the Bible but I do know that Lana won’t be showing the cleavage as pictured from her role as Plenty O’Toole in Diamonds Are Forever.

Other familiar faces in the movie include Sherry Morris as Ruth, Dan Haggerty, and Rebecca Holden. From the trailer the movie has a low-budget Christian filmmaking feel to it but I won’t hold that against it since they were shrewd enough to cast Lana (one of the best Bond Girls of all time) in it.

MEOW!

I love Julie Newmar who was purrrfect as Catwoman on TV’s camp classic Batman, but I think the catnip has finally affected her brain. Click here to see an interview she did recently in Boston at a celebrity autograph show. She looks great but comes off amusingly spacey.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO TINA and CAROL

Regarding my previous post, some gossip. Per Gail Gerber, David Amram was once romantically involved with none other than Tina Louise. And who lives next door to Rip Torn in his Malibu bungalow? The one and only Carol Lynley. They have been friends for years according to Angelica Torn. Carol starred opposite Rip in the direct-to-TV movie Cotter in 1968 and then she co-starred with his then wife Geraldine Page in the hit Broadway comedy Absurd Person Singular in 1975.