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Girl Happy
''Girl Happy'' is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his eighteenth feature. The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965. It featured the song " Puppet on a String", which reached #14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and in Canada, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Plot Nightclub singer Rusty Wells (Presley) and his band have just closed their engagement at the club where they work in Chicago and are about ready to leave for their annual spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida—that is, until the club's owner, Big Frank ( Harold Stone), extends their stay at his club, foiling the band's plans for some sun and fun in Florida. At the same time, Big Frank's daughter, college student Valerie (Shelley Fabares) also takes her spring break in Lauderdale with her friends, which worries her father to no end. So at the suggestion of Rusty (who sees this s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Happy (album)
''Girl Happy'' is the tenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 3338, in March 1965 – the March 1 date is disputed. It is the soundtrack to the 1965 film of the same name starring Presley. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California, on June 10, 11, 12, and vocal overdubs by Presley on June 15, 1964. It peaked at number eight on the Top LP's chart. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999 by the Recording Industry Association of America. Content Excluding the singles compilation ''Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3'', this was the sixth original Presley album in a row that was a soundtrack to a feature film. Eleven songs were recorded and all were used, with " The Meanest Girl in Town" originally released as "Yeah, She's Evil!" by Bill Haley & His Comets and released on Decca Records in July 1964, though Haley actually recorded his version six days after Presley. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Sagal
Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director. Early life and career Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR (now known as Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-Jewish family, Sagal immigrated to the United States. Sagal's TV credits include directing episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'', '' T.H.E. Cat'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''Night Gallery'', '' Columbo: Candidate for Crime'', ''Peter Gunn'', and ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''. He also directed the 1972 television adaptation of Percy MacKaye's play '' The Scarecrow'', for PBS. He was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for his direction of the miniseries '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' and, posthumously, ''Masada''. Sagal directed the 1971 science fiction film ''The Omega Man'', starring Charlton Heston in the lead role, and ''The Dream Makers''. There is a directing fellowship in his name at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Shortly before his death, Sagal's miniseri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959. Career Mobley was born in 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi. After her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television. She signed a five-year contract with MGM. She made her first television appearances on ''Be Our Guest'' in 1960, followed by five appearances on '' Burke's Law'' from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she was the female guest star on the first two-part episode of '' Mission: Impossible'', in the episode “Old Man Out.” She went on to make multiple appearances on ''Perry Mason,'' ''Love, American Style,'' and ''Fantasy Island.'' She played a recurring role as Maggie McKinney Drummond on ''Diff'rent Strokes'' in the final season of the series, having taken over the role from Dixie Carter. She also played Arnold’s teacher on ''Diff'rent Strokes'' in season 2, episode 24. In Carter's later series, ''Designing Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red West
Robert Gene "Red" West (March 8, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. He was known for being a close confidant and bodyguard for rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. Upon his firing, West wrote the controversial '' Elvis: What Happened?'', in which he exposed the singer's dangerous drug dependence in an attempt to save him. West was probably best known to American film audiences for his role as Red in '' Road House'', alongside Patrick Swayze. West appeared to critical acclaim in the 2008 independent film ''Goodbye Solo'' as William. Early life West was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Lois and Newton Thomas West. West was the cousin of actor 'Sonny' West. While attending high school in Tennessee, West and Sonny met Elvis Presley. An excellent athlete and U.S. Marine, West played football for his high school and junior college at Jones County Junior College teams and was a boxer in the Golden Gloves championships. In 1961, West marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Haggerty
Daniel Francis Haggerty (November 19, 1942 – January 15, 2016) was an American actor who was best known for playing the title role in the film and television series ''The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams''. Early life Haggerty's birthplace is given as Pound, Wisconsin, and his birth year has been reported as 1942. His parents separated when he was three. Acting career Haggerty was cast in a small non-speaking role as a bodybuilder in the 1964 film ''Muscle Beach Party'' and also as a bodybuilder in ''Girl Happy''. He also worked as a stuntman on the 1966 television series ''Tarzan'', and as set builder on various other projects. More stunt work followed, as well as supporting roles in numerous low-budget biker and wildlife films of the era, such as ''Easy Rider'', ''Angels Die Hard'', '' The Adventures of Frontier Fremont'', and ''Terror Out of the Sky''. In addition to his bit part as a hippie in ''Easy Rider'', he also assisted in building the motorcycles featured in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly Adams
Beverly Sassoon (born ) is a Canadian-American actress and author. Early life Adams was born in Alberta, Canada, but was a citizen of the United States. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Adams. Raised Roman Catholic, she moved with her family to Burbank, California after the war where, as a teen, she competed in and won beauty contests before becoming an actress. She began working as a model while she was a student at Valley State College. Adams, who initially wanted to become a doctor, had a weekend job in a dress shop while she worked during the week as secretary to a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles. When the dress shop had a fashion show televised, Adams modeled some of the dresses. An advertising man saw her modeling on that broadcast and invited her to make a commercial at a local television station. Ozzie Nelson was at the station at the same time, and he invited her to play a bit part in an episode of ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''. Acting Adams ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Gilmore
Gail Gilmore (born Gail Gerber, October 4, 1937 – March 2, 2014) was a Canadian television and film actress and ballet dancer. She was from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She was sometimes known as Gail Gibson. Dancing career In 1952, at age 15, she became a member of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. In November 1963, at the age of 26, she posed in a tight-fitting sweater for ''Playboy'' Magazine, as one of "The Girls from Canada". She taught ballet in the Berkshires from 1973-95. She later changed her surname to "Gilmore". Acting career While in the midst of her dancing career, Gilmore began an acting career in 1964 when she played in four television series, '' Mr. Novak'', ''My Three Sons'', ''Perry Mason'' and ''Wagon Train''). On stage, she had the lead in the Ivar Theatre's production of ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' in Hollywood. Between 1964 and 1965, Gilmore appeared in six movies leaving an indelible impression on fans of teenage drive-in movies. Gilmore co-starred with Elvis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Noel
Chris Noel (Sandra Louise Noel, born July 2, 1941) is a retired American actress and entertainer. Noel is best known for her appearances in beach party movies in the 1960s, and for her work on the Armed Forces Radio And Television Service as the "Voice of Vietnam". A popular pin-up girl of the era, Noel made frequent visits to troops, and was at risk many times, having twice been shot down in the helicopters she was riding. She hosted the radio program ''A Date With Chris'', one of Armed Forces Radio's most popular shows. Model Noel's picture appeared on the cover of ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine when she was 16 years old, and she was painted as a pin-up model by Gil Elvgren. Won the Miss Palm Beach pageant. After moving to New York City, she became a cheerleader for the New York Giants football team. Posters that showed her holding a Kodak Brownie camera were displayed in camera stores. She also had her own modeling school in Lake Park, Florida. Noel was the cover girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fiedler
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Coogan
John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Charlie Chaplin's film classic ''The Kid'' (1921) made him one of the first child stars in the history of Hollywood. He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, the California Child Actors Bill, widely known as the Coogan Act. Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series ''The Addams Family''. Early life and early career Coogan was born John Leslie Coogan in Los Angeles, California in 1914 to John Henry Coogan Jr. and Lillian Rita (Dolliver) Coogan. He began performing as an infant in both vaudeville and film, with an uncredited role in the 1917 film ''Skinner's Baby''. Charlie Chaplin discovered him in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio Mioni
Fabrizio Mioni (September 23, 1930 – 8 June 2020) was an Italian actor. He appeared in the films ''Roland the Mighty'', ''Hercules'', ''The Blue Angel'', ''Get Yourself a College Girl'', ''Girl Happy'', '' The Venetian Affair'', ''The Secret War of Harry Frigg'' and ''The Pink Jungle''. He appeared in the television series ''Goodyear Theatre'', '' The Lineup'', ''Bronco'', ''Bourbon Street Beat'', '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'', ''Markham'', ''General Electric Theater'', ''Death Valley Days'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'', '' Breaking Point'', ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Bonanza'', ''Perry Mason'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' The Virginian'', ''The Long, Hot Summer'', ''Occasional Wife'', ''I Spy'', '' The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Garrison's Gorillas'', ''The Rat Patrol'', ''The High Chaparral'', '' To Rome with Love'' and ''Love, American Style ''Love, American Style'' is an anthology comedy television series that aired on ABC from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Talbot
Nita Talbot (born Anita Sokol) (born August 8, 1930) is an American actress. She received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1967–68 season of '' Hogan's Heroes''. Film Born in New York City on August 8, 1930, Talbot began her acting career appearing as a model in the 1949 film ''It's a Great Feeling''. She was afforded a wealth of varied screen roles, from the love-starved switchboard operator in ''A Very Special Favor'' (1965) to the sharp-tongued Madame Esther in ''Buck and the Preacher'' (1972). She also appeared in such films as '' Bright Leaf'' (1950), '' This Could Be the Night'' (1957), ''I Married a Woman'' (1958), ''Who's Got the Action?'' (1962), ''Girl Happy'' (1965), ''The Day of the Locust'' (1975), '' Serial'' (1980), ''Chained Heat'' (1983), ''Fraternity Vacation'' (1985), and ''Puppet Master II'' (1991). Television Appearing in many TV series, Talbot was seen as Mabel Spooner opposite Larry Blyden's Joe Spooner in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
