{"id":3754,"date":"2016-06-18T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixtiescinema.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2016-06-18T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T16:22:22","slug":"announcing-my-upcoming-book-talking-sixties-drive-in-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/18\/announcing-my-upcoming-book-talking-sixties-drive-in-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing My Upcoming Book &#8220;Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My new interview book tentatively titled <em><strong>Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies<\/strong> <\/em>was delivered to BearManor Media 2 weeks ago. It is my first time working with this publisher who has released a number of impressive film books at reasonable prices recently.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/E-Spinout.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3767\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3767\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/E-Spinout-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"E Spinout\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Talking<em> Sixties Drive-in Movies<\/em> is a collection of profiles, interviews, and tributes about actors and films popular with the drive-in movie crowd during the sixties. Genres covered include beach party films, Elvis Presley musicals, spy spoofs, spaghetti westerns, biker films, and alienated youth exploitation movies. Some of the chapters center on one movie or a genre while others are career profiles with a main focus on one or two drive-in movies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The book is somewhat arranged in chronological order based on the release of the genre or the particular movie the interview with the actor focuses on. It begins with Elvis Presley\u2019s three-time co-star <strong>Shelley Fabares<\/strong> and supporting players <strong>Arlene Charles, Nancy Czar, Gail Gerber<\/strong>, and <strong>Christopher Riordan<\/strong> talking about working with him during his MGM days from 1964-1967 in such films as <em>Viva Las Vegas<\/em>, <em>Girl Happy<\/em>, <em>Spinout<\/em>, and <em>Clambake<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/lpPP75GVE8k<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bobbi Shaw<\/strong> remembers making her AIP Beach Party films including <em>Pajama Party<\/em>, <em>Beach Blanket Bingo, Ski Party<\/em>, and <em>The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bobbi-Shaw-2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3757\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3757\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Bobbi-Shaw-2.png\" alt=\"Bobbi-Shaw-2\" width=\"236\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perpetual bikini girl <strong>Arlene Charles<\/strong> recalls her fun times in Hollywood working in teenage movies and her adventures in Hawaii shooting <em>I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arlene-Charles-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3759\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3759\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arlene-Charles-4.jpg\" alt=\"Arlene Charles 4\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rediscover drive-in heartthrob <strong>Steven Rogers<\/strong> from TV&#8217;s <em>Combat!<\/em> to the big screen&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Girls on the Beach<\/em>, <em>Ski Party<\/em>, <em>Wild, Wild Winter<\/em>, and <em>Angels from Hell<\/em> with brief observations from the actor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Steven-Rogers-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3758\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Steven-Rogers-3-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Rogers 3\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan Watson<\/strong> remembers what is like being a decorative Slaygirl opposite Dean Martin in the Matt Helm spy spoofs <em>The Silencers<\/em>, <em>Murderers\u2019 Row<\/em>, and <em>The Ambushers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMBU_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3760\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3760\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/AMBU_-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"AMBU_\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Irene Tsu<\/strong> recounts her time in Hawaii with Elvis Presley filming Paramount\u2019s <em>Paradise<\/em><em>, Hawaiian Style<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ParadiseStill1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3762\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ParadiseStill1-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"ParadiseStill1\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mimsy Farmer<\/strong> talks about how she went from being the Queen of the Drive-In starring in such movies as <em>Hot Rods to Hell<\/em>, <em>Riot on Sunset Strip<\/em>, and <em>Devil\u2019s Angels<\/em> to working in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Riot On Sunset Strip (1967) - Mimsy Farmer&#039;s Trip\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eyhTY7ZZoyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diane Bond<\/strong> shares memories of going from beach parties and Elvis movies to becoming a Flint Girl opposite James Coburn in the spy spoof <em>In Like Flint<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Diane-B.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3766\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Diane-B-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diane B\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Italian actress <strong>Nicoletta Machiavelli<\/strong> talks about all her spaghetti westerns including <em>Navajo Joe<\/em> with Burt Reynolds and her experience being under contract to producer Dino De Laurentiis.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/dB2jMag_H0o<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lara Lindsay<\/strong> recalls her days as a 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century-Fox contract player attending their talent school and the making of the last sixties Hollywood surf movie, <em>The Sweet Ride<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lara.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3763\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lara-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lara\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter<strong> Stephen Yafa<\/strong> explains how he came to write the script\u00a0for <em>Three in the Attic<\/em> and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this drive-in hit, while co-star <strong>Maggie Thrett<\/strong> also shares her stories about the movie and her singing and acting career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DRIVE-IN TRAILERS: &#039;3 IN THE ATTIC&#039; (1968)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ODQHWs5WDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Valerie Starrett<\/strong> relives her time making one of the most popular biker films of the sixties <em>Run, Angel, Run<\/em> where she was not only the female lead but the screenwriter as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Run Angel Run (1969) Trailer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2ndWjwYZPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the busiest young dancing actors in Hollywood during the sixties, the outspoken <strong>Christopher Riordan<\/strong> dishes on his teenage drive-in movies and his memorable role in the cult comedy <em>The Gay Deceivers<\/em>. [Photo from ChristopherRiordan.com]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ChristopherSpinout18.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3761\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3761\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ChristopherSpinout18-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"ChristopherSpinout18\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lada Edmund, Jr.<\/strong>, reflects on her career as a dancer on TV\u2019s <em>Hullaballoo<\/em>; actress, particularly her role opposite Jon Voight in the teenage coming-of-age film <em>Out of It<\/em>; and stunt woman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lada.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3765\" src=\"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Lada-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lada\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A salute to <strong>Edy Williams<\/strong> for giving a wonderfully over-the-top performance in <em>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls<\/em> with comments from fellow Fox contract player Lara Lindsay and co-star Christopher Riordan.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/g7-7SOW152M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new interview book tentatively titled Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies was delivered to BearManor Media 2 weeks ago. It is my first time working with this publisher who has released a number of impressive film books at reasonable prices recently. &nbsp; Talking Sixties Drive-in Movies is a collection of profiles, interviews, and tributes about actors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomlisanti.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}