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WELCOME TO U.N.C.L.E.

Here’s the explanatory season one opener for ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’. Crisply shot, tightly scripted–this is all you need to know to launch your voyage into the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. RIP Leo G. Carroll (October 25, 1886 – October 16, 1972), aged 85 RIP Robert Vaughn

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DAVID McCALLUM & ANDY WILLIAMS

In September of 1965 the newly internationally famous David McCallum (who died earlier this week at age 90) made an appearance on singer Andy Williams network variety program. The above will show you A) that McCullum was low-key, charming and game for anything and B) that Williams, though popular in

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DAVID MCCALLUM, CONDUCTOR

The recently deceased actor David McCallum was born into a serious musical family–his father was an accomplished enough violinist to be named first chair (and thus technical leader) of the London Philharmonic. McCallum himself was trained as as Oboe player before stumbling (so it seems) into his career as an

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WEEKEND STOOGEFEST

‘Vagabond Loafers’ (1949) is the 118th short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Tuesday, January 25 through Friday, January 28 1949 and was released on Thursday, October 6th of that year (the 279th day in the Gregorian calendar). It’s a remake of one

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MONROE V. CUKOR–A BIT OF BANTER

To finish off this weeks Marilyn M. expedition, let’s view this very short but very interesting clip of film from the abortive ‘Somethings Got To Give’ shoot. It’s a brief moment just after the shot’s been slated but before Cukor has said ‘action’ (or ‘camera’ as was his habit) in

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A MARILYN MONROE SCREEN TEST (OF SORTS)

Here’s a 1950 screen test of Marilyn for a movie that apparently was never made called ‘Cold Shoulder’. The actor she’s testing with appears to be Richard Conte which leads me to believe the film was a Fox production. When I hear ‘screen test’ I usually think of a one-take

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MARILYN; SPRING, ’62

Marilyn Monroe is quicksand. Once you step into the topic it soon controls and consumes you. Witness my mention of her house Monday–meant to be a one-off blog entry–and the weeds into which I wade as I focus on the last months of her life. While living at the Helena

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12305 FIFTH HELENA DRIVE: A MARILYN MONROE JOINT (literally)

Yesterday we looked at some creepy silent footage shot the morning of Marilyn Monroe’s death at her house in Brentwood. Today we look at some equally creepy footage–but creepy for an entirely different reason. Apparently the house was offered up for sale in 2010 but for whatever reason didn’t sell–it

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THE MARILYN MONROE HOUSE: 8/5/62

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtXlX7uAlCQ I’m reading James Ellroy’s magnificent new novel ‘The Enchanters’, much of which has to do with the still mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. Most of the Monroe material thus far (I’m halfway through) revolves around her house in Brentwood, where she was discovered dead of an overdose of barbituates

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