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Carol Lynley Front/Back Covers Unveiling

September 30, 2020 by Tom Lisanti

Soon to be released from BearManor Media. More details to follow in coming weeks.

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3 weeks ago

Black Friday came early! McFarland is launching their biggest sale of the year with a special early access period. From November 15 through Cyber Monday, December 1, get 35% off their entire catalog with code HOLIDAY25! Take advantage now because after December 1, the discount drops to 20%.

All my books are available including Gail Gerber and my IPPY Award winning Trippin' with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember. On sale for $19.99 plus the discount. The former ballerina and 1960s starlet (i.e. Beach Ball, The Girls on the Beach, Girl Happy, Harem Scarum, Village of the Giants) recalls her time (1964 until his death in 1995) with the notorious author (Candy, The Magic Christian) and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid, Easy Rider). It is a Who's Who of Hollywood with stories about everyone from Elvis Presley, Stanley Kubrick, Jane Fonda, and Peter Sellers, to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Harry Nilsson, to Rip Torn, Geraldine Page, Dennis Hopper, Joy Harmon, and Peter Fonda. ... See MoreSee Less

Trippin’ with Terry Southern – McFarland

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This award-winning memoir about “the hippest guy on the planet” recollects novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern’s highs and lows, his association with the Beat Generation, and his movie cult cla...

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3 weeks ago

Sad to hear that June Wilkinson has passed away recently. She has written one of the most entertaining memoirs I have ever read. She blends her personal life with her professional life perfectly. It is refreshing to read a story about a sex symbol who was not ashamed of her body and knew her acting limitations. She does not apologize for using her "assets" to get work nor drones on how she could not be taken seriously as an actress, as a number of former glamour girls do. Minor quibbles, there are so many factual errors (i.e. misspelling of many celebrity names; Francis Ford Coppola did not direct Patton he only co-wrote the screenplay, etc.) that could have easily been corrected in the editing stage. Also, there are a few too many asides to the reader that I find distracting. Even so, I still highly recommend this lusty, busty memoir. ... See MoreSee Less

Hollywood or Bust!: The life and times of the legendary actress, model, and Playboy phenomenon June Wilkinson

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Stage and screen actress June Wilkinson, born in England in 1940, pulls back the curtain on her long career and tells it like it was. She began as a teenager performing at the famed London Windmill Th...

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4 weeks ago

Dueling Harlows - McFarland

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Dueling Harlows The Race to Bring the Actress’s Life to the Silver Screen Tom Lisanti 978-1-4766-9259-3 978-1-4766-5166-8

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2 months ago

In my Dueling Harlows book, I spoke with Jean Harlow expert Darrell Rooney. Although he preferred the Carroll Baker Harlow over the Carol Lynley Harlow, he felt Nolan Miller dressed Lynley closer to what Jean Harlow actually wore.

This got me thinking that Carol was well-dressed in most of her movies and that three received Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design. In 1963, Travilla received a nom in the b/w category for his designs in The Stripper and Donald Brooks was nominated for his designs in the color category for The Cardinal. In 1972, Paul Zastupnevich received a surprise nomination for his iconic looks for The Poseidon Adventure. Unfortunately, all three designers went home empty handed. ... See MoreSee Less

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4 months ago

This weekend on TV Confidential: Joseph Dougherty and Alexis Hunter join us for the first of a special two-part appreciation of singer/actress Joi Lansing: ... See MoreSee Less

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4 months ago

In my Dueling Harlows book from McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers:
Carol Lynley is Jean Harlow in Harlow produced by Bill Sargent in Electronovision for Magna Pictures. Carroll Baker is Jean Harlow in Harlow produced by Joseph E. Levine for Paramount. Although the producers feuded throughout the making of their movies, Carol and Carroll never met until the mid-1990s. They hit it off and remained good friends until Lynley's death in 2019. ... See MoreSee Less

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4 months ago

I went to a screening of a restored print of The Poseidon Adventure at Lincoln Center yesterday and it was such a pleasure to watch the movie with film buffs who did not joke and make fun of the movie because it is a bit dated. There were laughs but seemed more with the characters than at them. Even the hapless Nonnie, whom some modern day audiences get so frustrated with due to her helplessness, was not ridiculed. In honor of that, I present my article on her from the great magazine CinemaRetro’s special issue from 2012. ... See MoreSee Less

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