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MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 13.

May 22, 2018 Alan Royle 3

                                         The delightful Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958) The three leads in Gigi (1958), Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, were all born in France. Unfortunately, Leslie’s French accent had completely disappeared […]

FIFTIES MOVIE TRIVIA – PT7.

April 2, 2018 Alan Royle 7

        Martin Milner The brilliant film noir Sweet Smell of Success (1957) was to have starred Robert Vaughn in his breakout role, but the draft intervened and he was sent off to do national service. Martin Milner inherited the role of Steve Dallas in this superb classic and […]

‘I Love Lucy’ & ‘Gunsmoke’ – iconic TV history.

December 24, 2015 admin 0

  Lucille Ball attended John Murray Anderson’s Dramatic School in New York City at the same time Bette Davis was enrolled there. Bette was the star pupil. Lucy, on the other hand, who would one day become the most loved comedienne in America, courtesy of her record-smashing TV hit show […]

What Happened To? ( Pt 1 )

April 9, 2015 admin 2

This category will, from time to time, look at old stars from both movies and TV, to see where they are today, and what happened to them after their days in the spotlight ended. I shall start Pt 1 with the TV western series of the 50s and 60s. Some […]