Breaking News!

At the Hollywood Collectors Show this upcoming weekend, the first 50 customers who purchase a copy of my book Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies, will get a free autographed photo of cover surfer boy Aron Kincaid (at left) and maybe a chance to meet him in person. He is such a great guy with lots of interesting Hollywood stories and is always going out of his way to help me promote my books. Thanks Aron!

Quinn O’Hara of A Swingin’ Summer and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini fame will also be stopping by to say hello. Check out Quinn’s great web site for some wonderful information on her. It is chock full of photos.

Finally, I’ll be blogging directly from the show with lots of commentary on the celebrities. Stay tuned!

I have uncovered the whereabouts of another elusive starlet. Pretty blonde Corinne Cole (at left with Jerry Lewis in The Big Mouth) is alive and well. Playboy fans may remember her for her reign as Miss December 1958 under the name Lari Laine. Moviegoers will recall her amusing performances as the harried secretary of nudie magazine publisher Robert Coote in The Swinger starring Ann-Margret in the title role; Slaygirl-turned-assassin Miss January in Murderers’ Row; and an inebriated party guest in the Peter Sellers comedy, The Party.

Corinne worked as a journalist during the seventies and eighties and is the widow of renowned director George Sidney. You will be able to read more about her career in my upcoming book, Glamour Girls of 60s Hollywood.

Well, I am still on the starlet hunt for more 60s glamour girls. My last post seeking help yielded successful contact with former Playboy Playmate Corinne Cole and leads on Bettina Brenna, Suzanne Charny, Dee Duffy, and Corinna Tsopei.

So here are more starlets. Any information would be greatly appreciated. MIA are Maureen Arthur, Pamela Curran, Kamala Devi (former Mrs. Chuck Connors), Darlene Lucht a.k.a. Tara Ashton, Lee Meredith (above), Alberta Nelson, Jeannine Riley, Linda Rogers, Marilyn Tindall, and Victoria Vetri.

Just a reminder that I will be in beautiful downtown Burbank signing copies of my books at the Hollywood Collectors Show from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. The competition is going to be rough as fellow homos Richard Chamberlain and Tab Hunter will be there hawking their bios as well as Michael York, Kenny Miller, and Marjorie Lord. Pushing their autographed pictures will be, among many others, Connie Stevens, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Leif Garrett, Barry Williams, and straight from the pages of my book Film Fatales, France Nuyen (above).

But Holy Cow, Batman I am more excited that my faves Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) and Miss Julie Newmar (the Catwoman) will be there also. I’ll be in starlet heaven.