With a snide viewpoint:

She played Lila, the floral shop owner:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... 82-1190950

Not to be morbid but if you want to see what somebody was "best known for" at the time of their death, just check out their obituary at the time of their passing. History can be a bit revisionist due to changing pop culture trends and relative to ones personal exposure. Was Adam West main...

Any fan of The Twilight Zone already knew Burgess very well, considering he was a key part of some classic episodes.

Bob Furmanek wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:45 am I'd say Gorshin was already a name in 1965...he had signed for his 11th Ed Sullivan appearance.

One of his Ed Sullivan appearances delivered a huge audience. Of course, that Feb. 9, 1964 appearance also had some up-and-coming group from Liverpool on it...

mwilbury wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:58 pm On the topic of Rear Window action figures, we're almost there...

Barbie as Grace Kelly in Rear Window

Hitchcock has had several plastic avatars, so we just need Jimmy Stewart.

No Raymond Burr?

Gorshin appeared on an episode of The Defenders in which he played a killer who displays his insanity by channeling different famous people--allowing him to essentially do his nightclub act.

The Superman musical was broadcast on ABC on Feb. 21, 1975. ******************************************* Regarding Baxter's knack for Russian dialogue, this was from an interview in August 1967 during the filming: "Years ago, I learned a Russian accent from the great actress Maria Ouspenskaya. A...

Taras Bulba was also a 1962 movie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba_(1962_film)

gothosmansion wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:07 am I hate for Batgirl to be the damsel in distress, but the saber dance was fun, too.

A way to show offer Yvonne's ample dancing skills.

The problem is they're showing two eps at 6 a.m. on Saturday.

Gleason was the original Chester Riley on The Life of Riley, but the show was cancelled after one season-supposedly over season length/sponsorship issues. A few years later, William Bendix reprised the role and it lasted five years, becoming the person associated with the role. One potential product...

The entire first season is being shown:

https://www.ifc.com/schedule

Wow! Will have to put that film on our to-do list, right under "Skidoo"! Thanks A few years ago, I had the opportunity to see Skidoo and was very disappointed. Obviously, I had the idea that this was a "so bad it's good" film, but this was just dreck of the highest order. It has...

FWIW, this was the same time period that Muhammad Ali was fighting his re-classification.