Former 60s starlet Gail Gerber is doing her very first celebrity autograph convention this June in New York City. She is one of the many guests (including her Girls on the Beach co-star Lana Wood, Sherry Jackson, Beverly Washburn, and Ron Ely, TV’s Tarzan) who will be headlining Captain Celluloid’s Movie and TV World Con from June 15-17 at the Holiday Inn on W. 57th Street.

Gail will be selling copies of her memoir Trippin’ with Terry Southern and autographed photos from her movies. I will be joining her with copies of my new book Dueling Harlows.

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Click here to read writer Shaun Chang’s review of one of Hollywood’s favorite genres the “three girl formula” from Stage Door to How to Marry a Millionaire to Come Fly with Me to Cover Girl Models. Below are some trailers of others to get you in the mood.

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Below is another rare clip from the Electronovision production of Bill Sargent’s Harlow starring Carol Lynley. The actors portraying Laurel and Hardy aren’t bad. Having Al Jolson in blackface on his lunch break though is a bit much. Clip also features Lloyd Bochner as ficitious actor Marc Peters and Ginger Rogers wonderful as Mama Jean.

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Hollywood lost two talented actors last week, Ben Gazzara and Zalman King. Click here to read Stephen Bowie’s wondeful tribute to them on his Blog.

I admired Gazzara and really liked him most in his TV series Run for Your Life and the TV miniseries QB VII.

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King was much less of a household name. He specialized in playing hippie radicals or tough bikers on numerous TV shows such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Land of the Giants, and Then Came Bronson. I always enjoyed seeing him turn up in these parts because he brought a real intensity to them. Stephen pays homage to King’s one season stint on The Young Lawyers (1970-71), which co-starred Judy Pace and Lee. J. Cobb. I would like to add that the Hollywood Foreign Press took note of his splendid work and nominated him for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in TV. He later went behind the camera as director and producer.