In 1984, Carol Lynley had one of her best TV roles on Tales of the Unexpected as an insecure older woman desperate to hold on to her young lover (MacKenzie Allen, ex-Jim Speed, Ryan’s Hope). They even off her husband so they can live off his money but her vanity does her in when the […]
1972 was a banner year for Carol Lynley. It began with her playing the supportive girlfriend to reporter Darren McGavin in the Dan Curtis-produced made-for-TV vampire horror film The Night Stalker, the highest rated TV-movie up to that point in time with over 50% of all households TVs tuned in, and ended the year as a […]
Beginning my shopping days to Christmas highlighting performers from my BearManor Media Books Today is Carol Lynley in her first fantasy role playing the lovely Rapunzel to Agnes Moorhead’s wicked witch on Shirley Temple’s Storybook. Read more in my book Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense available at Amazon.com.
Although my Carol Lynley book (it is NOT a bio, as some disappointed folks seemed to believe, but a career retrospective) focuses on her genre work, I do discuss her work in comedies, romances, melodramas, etc. One of her most praise-worthy roles was that of the ill-fated Mona Fermoyle who goes from nice Irish Catholic […]
Only 2 days left to vote! Voting ends on Sunday April 25 at 11:59 pm. If you liked my BearManor Media book Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense or want to show Carol Lynley some love then vote for Book of the Year Nonfiction from the Rondo Hatton Classic […]
With my book Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense nominated for Book of the Year Nonfiction by the Rondo Hatton Horror Classic Awards (you can vote at https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/ ) I thought I would share a nice review of my book. Thanks Shock Cinema!
I am honored to announce that my book Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy & Suspense has been nominated by the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards for Book of the Year (Non-fiction). Click here to access the ballot open to the public to vote for any and all the categories listed.
My long awaited tribute book on Carol Lynley is now available for purchase via BearManor Media.
Soon to be released from BearManor Media. More details to follow in coming weeks.
In March 1965, Carol Lynley took her new sex kitten persona to new heights when she posed semi-nude in the pages of Playboy in a pictorial by Sam Shaw entitled “Carol Lynley Grows Up.” She shocked the Hollywood establishment with Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons leading the charge against her calling her ‘young and foolish.” […]