During the 1960s, a bushel of B-movies were produced and aimed at the predominantly teenage drive-in movie audience. At first teens couldn't get enough of the bikini-clad beauties dancing on the beach or being wooed by Elvis, but by 1966 the teen audiences were more interested in the mini-skirted, go-go boot wearing, independent-minded girls of ...
This volume is a celebration of the fantastic femmes who featured in movies of the period. It addresses their film and television careers, focusing on their view of the genres, and their comments about the films and the people they worked with.
This lavishly illustrated work features profiles on 32 sizzling fun-in-the-sun teenage epics plus a few offshoots in the snow. It offers an introduction with an overview of the surf movie genre; film entries with credits, plot synopses, DVD availability, memorable lines, reviews and awards; and biographies of actors and leading actresses who made ...
During the 1960s, many models, "Playboy" centerfolds, beauty queens, and Las Vegas showgirls went on to become "decorative actresses" appearing scantily clad on film and television. This well illustrated homage to 72 of these glamour girls reveals their unique stories through individual biographical profiles, photographs, lists of major credits ...
Sean Connery began the sixties spy movie boom playing James Bond in Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Their success inspired every studio in Hollywood to release spoofs on the genre featuring debonair men, futuristic gadgets, exotic locales, and some of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses whose roles ranged from the innocent caught up in a ...
In 1964, novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of "The Loved One". Though they were both married, there was an instant connection and they remained a couple until his death 30 years later. In her memoir, Gail recalls what life was like with 'the hippest guy on the planet' as they traveled from Los Angeles to New ...
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