Going Green! Tom Lisanti On His New Book, Ryan’s Hope: An Oral History of Daytime’s Groundbreaking Soap
New Interview on Out NW, read more here. With this being St Patrick’s Day, I wanted to remind people that there once was a soap that would be celebrating the holiday in the most festive way possible. Even when the show, Ryan’s Hope (1975-1989), after 13 years, went off the air. Who could forget the […]
Tom Lisanti & Ilene Kristen “Ryan’s Hope: An Oral History of Daytime’s Groundbreaking Soap” Chat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkGmUnjT18M
53 Years Ago…
[amazon_textlink asin=’B00005AUK5′ text=’Village of the Giants ‘ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sixtiescinema-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’43aa1e10-d606-11e8-a210-c71af4365299′] opened in 1965 starring [amazon_textlink asin=’B0000DZ3G3′ text=’Tommy Kirk’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sixtiescinema-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5ab3074f-d606-11e8-b482-d1b70128975c’], Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges, Ronny Howard, Tim Rooney, Bob Random and 60s starlets Tisha Sterling and Joy Harmon (Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Hollywood), Gail Gilmore aka Gail Gerber ([amazon_textlink asin=’0786441143′ text=’Trippin’ with […]
SHE MADE COOL HAND LUKE LOSE HIS COOL
Reviewing my Blog stats below is an encore presentation of my most popular Blog post to date. Below is a great clip from the great movie [amazon_textlink asin=’B00UGPWQS8′ text=’Cool Hand Luke’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sixtiescinema-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0ec273b8-c127-11e8-b3f4-094c3dbd7245′] (1967) starring [amazon_textlink asin=’B001EBV0MG’ text=’Paul Newman’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sixtiescinema-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’4434b479-c127-11e8-8480-e75ad49a6b68′] and [amazon_textlink asin=’1557837821′ text=’George Kennedy’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’sixtiescinema-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5875a448-c127-11e8-858b-fba931c15bbe’] highlighting [amazon_textlink […]
Beach Blanket Homo: Gay Moments in ‘60s Beach Movies
The Sixties beach movie craze began with Gidget (1959) starring Sandra Dee and James Darren, a fictionalized look at teenager Kathy Kohner’s surfing escapades in Malibu during the mid-fifties. It was groundbreaking as the movie contributed to the mass influx of surfers to the beaches of Malibu and started a series of surf-themed films such […]
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY
To my friend and former 1960s starlet Gail Gerber (1937-2014). Gail lives on her in beach and Elvis movies and her award-winning memoir Trippin’ with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember. We miss you Gail! http://youtu.be/vSBsMVt8Zd4
Coming in 2015!
Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961-1974 pays tribute to the stunning beauty that is Pamela Tiffin. Critics adored her. James Cagney hailed her “remarkable flair for comedy.” Turner Classic Movies dubbed her “Hollywood’s favorite air-headed ingénue in the Sixties.” Yet super stardom evaded her due to contractual obligations and self-imposed exiles in New York […]
RIP Arlene Martel
Overshadowed by the sad loss of Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, 1960s starlet Arlene Martel also passed away this week from a heart attack. I had the pleasure to interview Arlene for my book Drive-in Dream Girls. Below is an excerpt from it including some of her quotes. She will be missed. Arlene Martel was […]
ANOTHER HARROWING MEMOIR FROM A 1960S ACTRESS
If I thought Diane McBain had a harrowing life that she wrote about in Famous Enough, it does not compare to what her 1960s contemporary Sharon Farrell revealed that she went through in her fascinating memoir Sharon Farrell “Hollywood Princess” From Sioux City, Iowa: The “Bad Girl’s” Story. First the simularities: both are pretty blondes […]