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Tab Hunter to Reveal Dark Side of Hollywood in New Documentary

12 October 2009 1:18 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Actor Tab Hunter is set to appear in the documentary "Tab Hunter Confidential" about what it was like to live a lie in Hollywood. Titled after Hunter's 2005 autobiography, the documentary will be directed by Jeffrey Schwartz (""Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon," and "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story").

The documentary will profile Hunter as a closeted gay actor at a time when Hollywood forced their homosexual stars to hide so they could market them as heterosexuals. Allan Glaser, Hunter's longtime partner, and Neil Koenigsberg are set to produce.

A little bio about Hunter from Wikipedia:

Arthur Gelien was signed to a contract at Warner Bros. and christened "Tab Hunter" by his first agent, Henry Willson.[2] His good looks got him pegged as a screen idol. He landed a role in the film Island of Desire opposite Linda Darnell. However, it was his co-starring role as young Marine Danny in 1955's »

- Manny

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The Tide Goes Out For "Beach Party" Co-star Jody McCrea - A Tribute By Tom Lisanti

18 April 2009 8:39 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Jody McCrea, the son of Joel McCrea, passed away earlier this month. He was primarily known for his roles in cult films. In this excerpt from his book, Cinema Retro columnist pays tribute to McCrea's career. 

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Tall, strapping, square-jawed Jody McCrea who became a favorite of teenage audiences during the Sixties for his amusing performances as “Deadhead” in the series of Beach Party (1963) movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello passed away on April 4 of this year.  As the dumb surfer in the bunch, Deadhead could be counted on to say something idiotic in his slow drawl.  Though McCrea was always assured a laugh based on how the role was written, it is to his credit that Deadhead came off as sweetly naïve rather than a complete moron.

Jody McCrea was born on September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles.  His father was western star »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Real Or Imagined: Homoeroticism In 60S Beach Movies

13 April 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

By Tom Lisanti

To get in a warm weather mood with summer not approaching fast enough, here is a look at Hollywood surf movies from a different and albeit biased perspective.  Gay men are always looking for gay subtext in movies and TV, and I am no exception.  Am I reading more into these films? Probably—but it was sure a lot of fun doing the research.

The Sixties beach movie craze began with Gidget (1959) starring Sandra Dee and James Darren, a fictionalized look at teenager Kathy Kohner’s surfing escapades in Malibu during the mid-Fifties.  It was groundbreaking as the movie contributed to the mass dissention of surfers on the beaches of Malibu and started a series of surf-theme films such as Gidget Goes Hawaiian and Ride the Wild Surf.  The surf movie soon morphed into the beach-party film, whose heyday was from 1963 through 1965, where surfing was only used »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Excerpt From Gail Gerber's "Trippin' With Terry Southern"

30 March 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

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Cinema Retro columnist Tom Lisanti has paired with actress Gail Gerber to write her fascinating autobiography that details her experiences in Hollywood as a young starlet in the 1960s as well as her career as a writer and Terry Southern's longtime companion. The book, Trippin' With Terry Southern, is due out in June. Here is an excerpt:

Hollywood, summer of 1964.  I had been living in California for almost a year now and still felt like a fish out of water.  Growing up in Canada where I studied ballet from the time I was a small child, Los Angeles was mystifying to me with its palm trees, bright sunlight forever contrasting with the deep shade, and its superficial inhabitants.  But I readily admit I was sort of a snob myself and didn’t know »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Jim Carrey, Jake Gyllenhaal to Sing and Dance in "Damn Yankees"

28 February 2009 10:27 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

New Line Cinema is planning a contemporary version of the classical musical, "Damn Yankees," and they're attaching both Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal to star!

It's going to be produced by the folks behind "Hairspray," Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

The original musical was first a big Broadway success in 1955 and won 7 tony Awards! It's a story about Joe Boyd who makes a pact with the devil who transforms him into slugger Joe Hardy to help his struggling pro baseball team.

But there's a price of course! Boyd's soul!

Tan dan dan....

Carrey is going to play the devil and Gyllenhaal to star as Boyd aka Hardy.

And just for approved measure, the devil hires Lola, a lost soul, to seduce Hardy and seal his fate!

No word yet on who's going to star as Lola.

More tan dan dan...

There was, of course, a 1958 Warner Bros. film starring Gwen Verdon, »

- Manny

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Carrey and Gyllenhaal are 'Damn Yankees'

27 February 2009 3:30 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Variety is reporting Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal have joined New Line Cinema's attempt to remake the 1958 musical Damn Yankees with Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel aboard to write the script and Hairspray producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, along for the ride. Damn Yankees premiered on Broadway in 1955 and won seven Tony Awards. The story focuses on Joe Boyd, a happily married middle-aged man whose devotion to a hapless pro baseball team prompts him to make a Faustian bargain with the devil to help the team. He's transformed into slugger Joe Hardy, in exchange for Boyd's soul. Boyd can break the deal, but the deadline occurs during the World Series. For good measure, the devil engages Lola, a gorgeous lost soul, to seduce the slugger and seal his fate. The film will mark the musical debut for both actors with Carrey expected to play the devil, and Gyllenhaal »

- Brad Brevet

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Old Troy Network

26 January 2009 11:21 PM, PST | NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news »

If he's remembered at all, early 1960s teen idol Troy Donahue (1936-2001) is perhaps best known today for being name-checked in the song "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" from "Grease."

The Zac Efron of his era and a one-time journalism major at Columbia University, Donahue rose to stardom opposite Dee in by far his most famous film, the romantic melodrama "A Summer Place" (1959).

Warner Bros. had signed Donahue for the TV series "Surfside Six" and utilized him as a big-screen replacement for another contract star, »

- By LOU LUMENICK

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