TV WESTERNS – PT34.

TV WESTERNS – PT34.

August 19, 2022 Alan Royle 2

                THE ROUNDERS (1966-7) 17 EPISODES                        MGM churned out this series in an endeavour to capitalize on the popularity of the 1965 comedy western of the same name that starred Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda. Unfortunately, the series did not feature stars of […]

‘RANDOM QUOTES’ – PT49.

‘RANDOM QUOTES’ – PT49.

October 2, 2021 Alan Royle 0

  SOPHIA LOREN: (1934 – )                          [On why she, although being a nominee, could not attend the 1961 Academy Awards]: ‘I decided that I could not bear the ordeal of sitting in plain view of millions of viewers […]

The loves in the life of Marilyn Monroe Pt 1.

April 10, 2016 admin 12

  Jim Dougherty was Marilyn’s first husband back when she was known simply as Norma Jean Mortenson, and long before her transformation into the iconic sex symbol that was Marilyn Monroe. ‘I never knew Marilyn Monroe’, he told United Press International in 1990. ‘I knew and loved Norma Jean.’ They […]

What’s in a name Part One?

August 2, 2015 admin 0

Back in the good old studio days it was customary for studios to come up with snappy nicknames for their female stars. Well, they thought they were snappy, anyway. For some reason these were seldom given to male actors, although that is not to say that some of these guys […]