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Olympics to Hollywood: Harold Sakata
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 19, 2016
Harold Sakata in the 1948 Olympics You probably know him best as a James Bond henchman with a lethal bowler hat. But Harold Sakata’s career started as an Olympian. Born in Hawaii, Sakata competed on the United States team in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Sakata won a silver medal for read more
Esther Williams and the Canceled Olympics
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 17, 2016
What do you do when you’re an athlete and the Olympics are canceled? Become one of Hollywood’s top stars. At least, that’s what Esther Williams did. 17-year-old Esther Williams (third from left) with the Los Angeles Athletic Swim Club team in 1939. In 1939, 17-year-old Esther Williams was the read more
Olympics to Hollywood: Bruce Bennett/Herman Brix
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 16, 2016
You may know him as actor Bruce Bennett who played Joan Crawford’s ex-husband in Mildred Pierce (1945) or perhaps as yet another actor who played Tarzan. Others know him by his birth name Herman Brix, which he was using when he won an Olympic silver medalist. Before the Olympics and Hollywood, Ben read more
Musical Monday: Holiday in Mexico (1946)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 15, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Holiday in Mexico read more
Olympics to Hollywood: Buster Crabbe
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 12, 2016
Johnny Weissmuller wasn’t the only swimming Olympian to play Tarzan. There was also Clarence “Buster” Crabbe. Crabbe and Weissmuller knew each other before their Hollywood days and were competitive. Crabbe developed as his swimming (and surfing) prowess while growing up on a pineapple plantation read more
Olympics to Hollywood: Johnny Weissmuller
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 10, 2016
Today, most Olympic fans in the United States are proud of Michael Phelps, who has broken records for both swimming and amount of gold medals won in one Olympic game. But in the 1920s, the same pride and idolization was for another swimmer: Johnny Weissmuller, one of the first international swimmin read more
Musical Monday: Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 8, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Dangerous When Wet (19 read more
Review: Geordie (1955)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 5, 2016
Never have I stumbled over a more delightful film. While searching for films about sports, the 1955 British film “Geordie,” released in the U.S. as “Wee Geordie,” came up in the results. I hadn’t heard of this film or several of the stars, but I decided to give it a go and I’m glad I did. read more
Musical Monday: Sing Your Way Home (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Aug 1, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Sing Your Way Home&# read more
Review: Orry-Kelly and the “Women He’s Undressed” (2015)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 29, 2016
At 14, loving both classic films and fashion, I always kept my eyes peeled for the film’s costume designer. With 293 credits to his name from 1932 to 1963, Orry-Kelly was a name I often spotted. Dark Victory (1939), Now Voyager (1940), Casablanca (1940), American in Paris (1951), Auntie Mame (1958) read more
Review: Gidget’s Summer Reunion (1985) TV Movie
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 27, 2016
From 1959 to 1986, there were nine versions of “Gidget” on TV and film, live action and animated. I’ve refrained from calling versions made from 1959 to 1972 “the worst” of the Gidget series, because they aren’t. “Gidget Goes Hawaiian” isn’t great but it has some bright spots and is read more
Musical Monday: Step Lively (1944)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 25, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Step Lively” read more
Review: Gidget Gets Married (1972) TV movie
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 22, 2016
Gidget and Moondoggie’s romance started onscreen in 1959 on the beaches of Malibu. Though the real Gidget didn’t marry “Moondoggie,” the fictional one tied the knot in a 1972 TV movie, “Gidget Gets Married.” At the end of the TV movie “Gidget Grows Up” (1969), Gidget and Jeff get engaged. read more
Musical Monday: Top Banana (1954)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 18, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Top Banana” read more
Review: Gidget Grows Up (1969) TV movie
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 15, 2016
The world was changing in the late-1960s. The anti-authority, anti-capitalism, anti-war and free-love movements brought a shift in popular culture. The surf culture that erupted after Fredrick Kohner’s book “Gidget” hit the shelves was starting to fade with dissatisfaction of establishment. This read more
Musical Monday: Music in the Air (1934)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 11, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Music in the AirR read more
Musical Monday: Sweet Music (1935)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 11, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Music in the AirR read more
Musical Monday: Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jul 4, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Gold Diggers of 1937 read more
Musical Monday: Song of the Islands (1942)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 27, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Song of the Islands& read more
Musical Monday: It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963)
Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 20, 2016
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: It Happened at the World read more