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    HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!

    February 22, 2011 by sixties

    Click here for some photos from the most recent Hollywood Show held in Burbank, CA.  One of my childhood faves Marta Kristen from Lost in Space attended and she still is as lovely as ever as is Nancy Kwan another attendee.

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    Happy 53rd Anniversary to The Poseidon Adventure. The granddaddy of disaster movies was released this month in 1972. In my book about Carol Lynley, I opined how she should have took quick advantage of the film’s amazing success and work nonstop. Alas, after shooting wrapped in June 1972, Carol waited over an entire year before taking another acting role in an episode of the British anthology series, Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries.

    Carol, however, was not sitting around. She was more than a trooper and spent much time promoting Poseidon. She attended the New York premiere and did much print, radio, and TV press there and around the country. She was a co-presenter with Gene Hackman at the Golden Globe Awards; rode a float ar the Hollywood Santa Claus Lane Parade; made 4 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson plus doing The Mike Douglas Show, The Hollywood Squares, and more.

    Unfortunately, Carol garnered some notoriety along the way. She allegedly threatened to punch Shelley Winters in the nose when Shelley forgot her name while doing a talk show and made a joke of it (Carol denied to me ever saying that). She did cop to calling Red Buttons the c-word and more during an interview with columnist, Earl Wilson. Newspapers around the world picked up the story. Wilson devoted a whole chapter to it in his book, Show Business Laid Bare. Carol was mortified and regretted it deeply. She apologized profusely to Buttons who forgave her. But hey, bad press is better than no press, as they say.

    A friend shared this with me and shows that Carol would do almost anything to promote Poseidon. And it all helped since Poseidon was the highest grossing movie of 1973.

    For more on Carol, check out my BearManor Media book, Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense.
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    Happy birthday Carroll Baker! Although she declined to be interviewed for my book because she does never want to talk about Harlow again, she gave me permission to quote from her memoir as much as I wanted. She and the late Carol Lynley became great friends after meeting for the first time in the mid-1990s and currently she is friends with another Carol, former 1960s starlet Carol Hollenbeck aka Carol Holland, who is interviewed in my book about her connections to both Harlows. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/dueling-harlows/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOyMXFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAy... ... See MoreSee Less

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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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    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.
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    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

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    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 including my newest, the revised Dueling Harlows a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the rival 1965 biopics both titled Harlow, one starring Carroll Baker and the other Carol Lynley. Plus a look at the making of Harlow and HughesL Angels in Hell (1977) with Lindsay Bloom. Features interviews with Lindsay, Carol, and many more.
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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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    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.
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