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... shot by moving film cameras. The Last Starfighter was the final theatrical film role of actor RobertPreston before his death. His character, a "lovable con-man," was a nod to his most famous role as Harold Hill in The Music Man. Tags: the last starfighter
Catherine Mary Stewart starred in two of the memorable films of 1984. In Nick Castle's THE LAST STARFIGHTER , released in July, she played the girlfriend of intergalactic warrior Lance Guest. Recruited by RobertPreston through a video game, he headed to the stars to save the galaxy. A favorite of many, including myself, the film was recently released in a 25th Anniversary edition on...
Catherine Mary Stewart starred in two of the memorable films of 1984. In Nick Castle's THE LAST STARFIGHTER , released in July, she played the girlfriend of intergalactic warrior Lance Guest. Recruited by RobertPreston through a video game, he headed to the stars to save the galaxy. A favorite of many, including myself, the film was recently released in a 25th Anniversary edition on...
S.O.B.: An inventor hatches a plan to turn his latest turkey into a hit. He plans to juice it up with pornography and have his spouse-megastar (Andrews) show her breasts. A glib satire on the contemporary movie scene tosses in everything from black humor to dry, with wildly choppy outcomes. This was Holden’s last film. Cast includes Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan, RobertPreston,...
... much different had Grant changed his mind. "The Music Man" with Cary Grant instead of RobertPreston would have been - truly different! Here are excerpts from another review , by Anthony D'Amato that does better justice to the subject (even as he pushes a theory of androgyny that doesn't necessarily work for me): First and most obviously, Grant was your basic bisexual. He...
Catherine Mary Stewart has worked with industry legends like Charles Bronson, Karl Malden and RobertPreston. Not bad for a former dancer who never imagined herself starring in big screen movies. Here’s part two of WWTW’s interview with the actress. WWTW: Some of your contemporaries got sidetracked with abuse issues … did you feel pressure during that time [...] Related...
Read RobertPreston's "The Demon in the Freezer". This is some really frightening stuff, on what some of these people are doing with this stuff. In 1989, the Russians apparently had enough weaponized anthrax to kill every living thing on earth 2,000 times. and it all fit and was stored in a 300-gallon vat. He's got a couple of other books and one novel on the subject worth reading as...
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... married to in 1974? George Cukor, Bea Arthur 5) Who played Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside? RobertPreston Please send your answers for this week's questions to deepdishdrama@aol.com or via a private Facebook message ( DO NOT post your answers on here where everyone can see them or they will be deleted). This week's theme is the 1975-84 TV sitcom, One Day at a Time. 1) What city...
... AND ALBERT. Last Night of the world....Micheal Ball...album..MICHEAL BALL THE MUSICALS. Right......Robert Klein,Lucie Arnez....THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG. I wanna make the world laugh....RobertPreston....MACK AND MABEL. As time goes by.....Rochester Pops Orchestra....album..CLASSIC FILM THEMES. Keep it Gay....Nathan Lane,Matthew Broderick,Gary Beach,Roger Bart....THE PRODUCERS....