Confessions of a FILM FOX

Confessions of a FILM FOX

“And all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas”. . .or hosting game shows. Edd “Kookie” Byrnes will be the host of the new Wheel of Fortune, debuting this month. Talking about stars that never were, Linda Lovelace found another exercise for her oral talents: this one involves a lot of lip — she just signed a $125,000 contract for a new movie, Linda Lovelace For President. Another flash in the pan, or should I say streak, is Bob Opel the man who streaked last Spring’s Academy Awards, Opel has announced his intention to run for the presidency of the USA. Now a nod from the top: Jack Lord of Hawaii Five-O walked off the set after a tiff with an assistant producer, but Hawaii’s acting governor, George Arivoshi talked him into coming back. Rock and Roll riff raff? Rory Flynn’s (the late Errol’s daughter) new boyfriend is Alan White, the drummer of Yes. At Alfred Hitchcock’s 75th birthday party, he was asked if he was planning to retire and he quipped: “Yes indeed, very early tonight because this has been a most exhausting evening for me.” Incidentally, he blew out all the candles on his cake but one. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young have turned down an offer to do an entire concert for Wide World of Entertainment. The problem with the deal is that CSN&Y want the option to kill the show if they don’t like the outcome. They would of course also return their salaries. We did hear, however, that Stephen Stills is to star in a French-English pic with his wife Veronique Sanson scheduled to start rolling this winter on location in the Caribbean. While he’s in Hollywood, Jobriath will make his first screen test for Sidney Lumet (Serpico) who is producing A Dog Day in Brooklyn, starring Al Pacino. The film is based on a true story of a Brooklyn shootout involving a homb and his boyfriend. We hope it doesn’t tarnish his spotless reputation, but Rick Nelson is going to do a movie with Andy Warhol. Ricky will play a young man from an impoverished family who becomes a rock and roll singer, who gets busted, and is in and out of prisons. David Carradine reportedly spoiled some appetites when he walked into the Old World Restaurant in Beverly Hills with his son Free sans diaper. Marjoe may have lost his touch. Evangelist-turned-actor, Maijoe Gortner wasn’t able to make his big stage debut in When You Coming Back Red Ryder because of back trouble. Seems he could have whipped up a little miracle. Alice Cooper safe for children? His live concert is rated PG. Tommy may not be so lucky. The movie may rate an R because of the murder of Tommy’s father, which the child sees in living color. The show must go on: Altho Buford Pusser failed to negotiate a curve on a country road outside of Memphis, thus terminating the life of both himself and his Corvette, Steve Forrest got a call the next day asking if he was available to take role in the sequel to Walking Tall. Gina Lollobrigida was so impressed by Fidel Castro’s hospitality during a recent visit, she sent him a Groucho Marx wristwatch, remembering that Fidel had told her Groucho was his fave comedian. Old Fido is also participating in a tv special on the late Ernest Hemingway to be filmed on location in Cuba. “Hemingway is held in great regard by the Cubans,” stated the big F...Al Green and Melba Moore will be starring in a black film adaptation of La Boheme. music by none other than Curtis Mayfield...His face is his fortune: Roddy McDowell, star of tv’s new Planet of the Apes series spends 50 hours a week on his ape makeup, so he has insured his face for $100,000. Th-th-th-that’s all folks: Warner Brothers is producing the New York Dolls in an animated/live flick called Hey, Good Lookin’. Mick Jagger wanted to be a transexual transvestite from Transylvania (I know, Peter Piper picked) in a film version of the Rocky Horror Show, but actor Tim Curry got the part; he’d been playing it on stage. Jagger’s “latest film,” written by John Kaye, is titled Joe Bunch and All That Glitter. Mick’s an ex-con who reluctantly returns to crime...sounds like Ricky and Andy’s endeavor. Alan Price, ex-Animal who scored O Lucky Man will star in a sequel to Alfie (Michael Caine) called Alfie Darling...Apple polishing? Judy Collins has made a film about her music teacher, Antonia Brico, one of the few woman orchestra conductors in the world...