BEST WISHES

Sad to report that Sixties Glamour Girl Phyllis Davis has cancer. You may remember her for her myriad performances in the blackout segments on Love, American Style or later as Robert Urich’s blonde assistant on Vega$. A fan of hers is collecting notes to mail to her to show their support. If you want to send her get well wishes, mail to:

Eric Householder
P.O. Box 2652
Temecula, CA 92593

THEY HEEEERE!

The Glamour Girls have arrived! My new book is hot off the presses and available for purchase. I tried to do something a bit different with Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood. The profiles are written more tongue-in-cheek and there are no credit listings as in the other books. The new interviews with 15 actresses follow the profile and are in the Q&A type format. Also be warned there a few actresses profiled from previous books included. There was no way I could have book entitled “Glamour Girls” and not include again Francine York. She would have killed me. Also since the premise is on “decorative actresses” from Playboy, the modeling world, Las Vegas, or beauty pageants who began in minor roles, I had to include a few others from the previous books with new photos and updates.

All in all I think it is a fun read and the interviews with Inga Neilsen, Thordis Brandt, Melodie Johnson, Victoria Carroll, Danica d’Hondt, Lisa Seagram, Linda Rogers, Ann Morell, Anne Randall, Lee Meredith, etc. are interesting. Plus I love the cover. Click here to purchase a copy.

KILLER BOOK

First, I have to admit I am a reverse-movie-snob. For me, movies began in 1957. I am not a fan of Hollywood’s supposed “Golden Age” or its stars and am proud to admit that I have never seen and have no desire to sit through Casablanca.

With that said, I was surpised to no end how much I enjoyed Laura Wagner’s book Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames co-authored with Ray Hagen. Laura is an expert on films of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties and her expertise shines through in the pages of her book, which profiles such tough, no-nonsense broads as Barbara Stanwyck, Gloria Grahame, Joan Blondell, Ann Sheridan, and Claire Trevor. None are favorites of mine (no surprise there as I prefer my Hollywood leading ladies bikini or miniskirt clad though I do like that 18-hour bra wearer Jane Russell who wrote the foreword), but Laura’s profiles are meticulously researched, very thorough, and quite interesting. I love a good movie profile book (you can leisurely read a chapter at random any time) and Laura’s makes for an enjoyable diversion. So much so that it almost makes me want to see some of the movies these ladies starred in.

Also kudos to McFarland for a knockout cover and crisp clear interior photos, which abound. Go to my Store to purchase a copy.