As regular followers of my Blog know, I love Miss Julie Newmar. She is one of my fave actresses of all-time and for me will be the ONLY Catwoman. She recently authored a self-help book called The Conscious Catwoman Explains Life on Earth that mixes in her insights for a better life with stories about her career. A slim 84 pages, it can be purchased at Amazon.com.

Below is Part 1 of her sit down with Connie Martinson on the local California book chat show, Connie Martinson Talks Books. It is a bit bizarre as Martinson did not do her homework in regards to Miss Julie Newmar’s career. She could have gotten some of the answers to her simplistic questions straight from a Wikipedia bio on the actress. As expected, Miss Julie Newmar is a pro and answers them politely. Incidentally, I appeared on this program in 2001 to promote Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema and hopefully will be able to get it online soon.

httpv://youtu.be/QKvpd3KfmL4

Click here to read about the financial troubles Mother Dolores Hart’s convent is in as it needs millions of dollars to meet fire and safety codes. Dolores is the former starlet who played Elvis Presley’s love interest in Loving You (1957) and King Creole (1958).

After scoring a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in The Pleasure of His Company, she returned to Hollywood in 1960. She was topped billed in the classic beach movie Where the Boys Are and went on to co-star in, among others, Francis of Asssisi (playing a nun) in 1961; Lisa (1962) as a Jewish refuge trying to get to Palestine after WWII; and her last movie Come Fly with Me (1963) as a gold digging stewardess.

Dueling Harlows: Race to the Silver Screen is available again at $10.76 for a short time on Amazon.com!

After Gilligan’s Island wrapped its second season, Tina Louise jetted off to Italy to co-star with Ugo Tognazzi in the colorful social comedy, Il Fischio al naso (1967). Below is the trailer.  The full movie (in Italian with no subtitles unfortunately) is also available to watch. Tognazzi plays a philandering married businessman whose nose whistles, so he enters a toney private hospital to get cured. As he recovers, he moves up floor by floor where each one is less elegant and the people working there less attractive. Sexy Tina is one of the doctors treating him. She is beautifully photographed and never looked so stunning.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4c7ewJUMjo&feature=related

Though Ugo Tognazzi was a huge star on the continent, he never gained a footing in the U.S. Even when paired with Hollywood actresses like Tina, Pamela Tiffin, Juliet Prowse, etc. most of his films never saw the light of day in the States. This one is no exception. Too bad because Tina alone would have made it a must see.