RANDOM QUOTES – PT87

RANDOM QUOTES – PT87

September 11, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  YUL BRYNNER (1920 – 85)         ‘I had a rule when I was doing ‘The King and I’, that I never allowed anybody backstage, except after the show, because all this work went into creating an illusion and would be destroyed by a visit backstage… And one […]

TV SITCOMS – PT11

TV SITCOMS – PT11

September 5, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  THE BETTY HUTTON SHOW (1959-60)              30 EPISODES                       The talented but erratic Betty stars as Goldie, a showgirl turned manicurist. When one of her regular customers, a millionaire named Mr. Strickland, suddenly dies, he leaves her everything he owns. That includes, not only his $60 million fortune, but also his […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT31.

RANDOM QUOTES – PT31.

September 3, 2020 Alan Royle 2

  KIM NOVAK:                                              ‘The head of publicity at the Hollywood studio where I was first under contract [Columbia] told me, ‘You’re a piece of meat, that’s all’. It wasn’t very nice but I had to take it. When I made my first screen test, the director explained to everyone, ‘Don’t […]

My 50 top child actors in movies & TV history – PT 1 (50-26)

January 1, 2017 Alan Royle 0

         50          KEVIN ‘MOOCHIE’ CORCORAN (1949-2015) In the fifties he was a favorite of Walt Disney, appearing in movies such as Old Yeller (1957), The Shaggy Dog (1959) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Kevin was married to the same woman for 43 years until his death from colorectal cancer at 66.      […]