Fantastic 26

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Joan Collins

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made her Hollywood debut in Howard Hawks‘s box office disaster, Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

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Bobby-soxing with bowling shoes!

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Bimbo bowler brie:

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Los Angeles television back in the day:

2 CBS
4 NBC
5 KTLA Gene Autry’s station
7 ABC
9 KHJ million dollar movie! Talk shows Don Mcguire, Michael Blodgett — don’t confuse with porn actor Mike Ranger!?!?!?
11 KTTV Metromedia –Joe Pyne, Mort Sahl!!!!!!!!!!
13 KCOP Jeepers Creepers

UHF: Fantastic 26!!!!!!!!!!!
This station showed the serials I used to read about in Screen Thrills Illustrated.
Ray “Crash” Corrigan in “Undersea Kingdom, and “King of the Rocket Men, for instance. I especially liked the Republic studio robots:

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Los Angeles had kid TV shows such as Sheriff (“put another candle on my birthday cake”) John, who was a sheriff, and Engineer Bill (“red light green light”), who was a railroad engineer, but there was also Soupy Sales, who was a sleazy dude living in a shack with a mean dog, and a nice dog –really low budget creativity like Earnie Kovacs, a radio in his shack even though he was on television, and his girlfriend Peaches,

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who was Soupy in drag!

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Mandy Tyler bobby-soxer:

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bobby-soxing:

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Brie as Shirley:

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Baby Jane

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 Joan Crawford

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requested the part of Blanch in the film “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” Joan also recommended Bettie Davis for the part of Baby Jane Hudson!

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This was perfect as in the 1930s you could argue that Joan was better looking, but Bettie perhaps more talented as an actress.

The movie was really successful, and Joan and Bettie were going to make another movie together, but the animosity level was too high. Joan, who was on the board of directors of Pepsi Cola, quit the proposed film.  

The author (Henry Farrell) of “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” is a really fantastic writer. I wish I could write that good!

Also, in the movie “Whatever happened to Baby Jane,” the nosy neighbors next door had a Keane print hanging on their wall thus:

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Holly Mccall!

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(I had a rug just like that!)

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Holly with her women’s Army uniform removed.

Was that Holly’s uniform or from the surplus store on Van Nuys Blvd.?

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The girls:

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Mandy Tyler

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Here are some photos from the best ever bobby-soxing scene in video:

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Shirley:

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