The new Cinema Retro magazine featuring a tribute to The Poseidon Adventure including my piece “A Nod to Nonnie” is now available for sale. Check out your local newstands.
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MR. BARNEY, SHE IS READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP!
Former 60s starlet Gail Gerber (whose award-winning memoir Trippin’ with Terry Southern I co-wrote with her) is once again heading before the cameras. This Tuesday she reports to the set of artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney for his latest project. Barney is an icon in the art world and his series of films in the Cremaster Cycle are considered to be some of the best in avant-garde cinema. So you know his latest project will be out of the ordinary.
As for Gail, her last screen appearance was in the indie film Lucky Days (2010) produced, written, and starring Angelica Page, the daughter of Geraldine Page and Rip Torn.
SURF’S UP!
My publisher McFarland and Co. is on a roll and has now released Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969 in soft cover at $29.95. This is the book that got me my appearance on Turner Classic Movies. It is a straight reprint and does not include any revisions except for a small tribute to the performers that I interviewed that passed away since the book was originally released.
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DRIVE-IN DREAM GIRLS REISSUE
My biggest selling book Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties has been revised and will be available soon in soft cover for $29.95 just in time for holiday shopping. Makes a great gift for that Sixties starlet fan in your life and you know you have one somewhere–check the attic.
The actresses interviewed are Elvis gals: Laurel Goodwin (Girls! Girls! Girls!), cover girl Sue Ane Langdon (Roustabout, Frankie and Johnny), Marlyn Mason (Trouble with Girls), Gail Gilmore aka Gail Gerber (Girl Happy, Harum Scarum), Cynthia Pepper (Kissin’ Cousins), Darlene Tompkins (Blue Hawaii); Cult actresses Lori Williams (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), Beverly Washburn (Spider Baby); plus from the world of beach/biker/spy movies Quinn O’Hara, Donna Loren, Carole Wells, Arlene Martel, Andrea Dromm, Sue Casey, Hilarie Thompson, Sharyn Hillyer, Vitina Marcus, and Luree Holmes. Plus profiles on 30 more Drive-in Dream Girls.
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