STARLET ALERT! Fantasy Femme Judy Pace and Shelley Fabares can be seen in Brian’s Song televised on TVLand tonight at 8pm and hopefully rerun again. Though this is basically a tearjerker about football player Brian Piccolo (James Caan) and his roommate and friend Gale Sayers (Billy Dee “Hubba Hubba” Williams) and the agony they go […]

Comings and Goings: Gail Gerber will be beach balling back to New York from Chicago permanently beginning July 1. Glad to have you back Gail! You folks in LA make sure to check out Ray Courts’ Hollywood Collectors Show in Burbank this weekend. Among the starlets in attendance will be Francine York; Bond Girls Shirley […]

Well, I just got back from the Memphis Film Festival and it was extremely disappointing book sale-wise! Bond Girl Lana Wood wasn’t kidding when she cracked that when she walked into the convention area she brought the avergage age down to 60. This convention was the walk of the living dead! I haven’t seen so […]

Well tomorrow I am off to Olive Branch, Mississippi for the 31st Annual Memphis Film Festival. I’ll be at my publisher, McFarland & Company’s table signing copies of my books including Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies and Drive-in Dream Girls on Friday and Saturday. The convention is being held at the Whispering Woods Hotel and […]

Hi folks. The first official book review of Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies has rolled in from OutSmart, Houston’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Trans Magazine. Thanks guys for the chuckle and kind words! Check it out on the Gay and Lesbian Book Blog. Other web site news, Michael who created the Village of the Giants […]

Who was that handsome couple seen dining at a back table at Elaine’s on Thursday night? It was moi and Gail Gerber, star of Beach Ball, The Girls on the Beach and Village of the Giants. Gail was in town on vacation from writing her memoirs about life with Terry Southern and generously treated me […]

Hey folks. I’m back from my extended hiatus. Needed a break from writing but I am refreshed and ready to go again. For anyone in the Memphis area, I will be signing copies of my book at the Memphis Film Festival on June 17 and 18. Stop by the McFarland table and say hi. 60s […]

It has been awhile since my last post and I will now be posting again on a more regular basis. I am happy to report that my new book Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969 is now available. It features profiles with reviews and plot summaries on such movies as Gidget, Where […]

With great sadness, I have to report the death of Sandra Dee on Feb. 20, 2005 from kidney disease. Our sweet little Gidget has caught her last wave. I was never a huge fan of Dee‘s because she usually came off as too icky sweet for my tastes in drivel like the Tammy movies and […]