Welcome to Sixtiescinema.com the home of
author Tom Lisanti's groovy books on 60's starlets and B-movies. Here
you'll find interesting info and gossip on beach bunnies, surfer dudes,
biker babes, Elvis girls, and spy chicks. Read catty
comments from the starlets direct from
Tom's informative, well-illustrated books. Peruse his
favorite DVDs, publications, and web
sites. Check out his Blog
for current gossip and comments on his favorite and not-so favorite 60's
actresses and actors. Purchase his books directly from
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So if you consider Beach Party, Gidget, Where the Boys Are, Easy Rider,
The Wild Angels, The Trip, Beach Blanket Bingo, Faster Pussycat! Kill!
Kill! and Blue Hawaii cult classics. Or if you are pining for the days
when Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Elvis Presley, Pamela Tiffin,
Sandra Dee, Carol Lynley, James Darren, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Aron
Kincaid, Joy Harmon, Yvonne Craig, Chris Noel, Lana Wood, Gail Gerber,
Francine York, Peter Fonda, Yvette Mimieux, and Quinn O'Hara ruled the
drive-ins across the country, come on in!
My
newest book pays homage to 75 glamorous gals of
Swinging Sixties Hollywood including Carol
Wayne, Edy Williams, Inga Neilsen, Thordis
Brandt, Jo Collins, Phyllis Davis, Melodie
Johnson, Marianna Hill, Michele Carey, Lisa
Seagram, Dolly Read, Mary Hughes, Victoria
Carroll, and June Wilkinson. As with Raquel
Welch, the Glamour Girl of the decade, these
“decorative actresses” as they were labeled,
began their careers cast in minor movie and TV
roles. Coming from the pages of Playboy,
stages of Las Vegas, runways of beauty pageants,
or the modeling world, directors were more
interested in their beauty, cleavage or shapely
derrieres then their acting talent. They could
be found shaking their bikini-clad booties on
the sands of Malibu; aiding secret agents Matt
Helm or Derek Flint; baring their cleavage for
director Russ Meyer in his next bosom-obsessed
opus; or literally towering over Barbra
Streisand as showgirls in Funny Girl. On
television they played many a male fantasy
figure come to life on such shows as Batman,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West,
Bewitched, The Monkees, The Beverly Hillbillies,
Hogan’s Heroes, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,
and many more.
