dermuk

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

Modern Screen (October 1950): "Stag Night at the Steam Room"

[hereallalong]

Hugh O'Brian

[facialhairy]

Hugh O'Brian

[gatabella]

Natalie Wood on the beach during the Thalians Beach Ball in Malibu, California, 1956

[gurumog]

Game of Death (1978) Golden Harvest Dir. Robert Clouse / Bruce Lee / Sammo Hung

Kim Tae Chung (doubling for Bruce Lee) as Billy Lo Hugh O'Brian as Steiner

[rosen01]

No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.

[sosooley]

Throughout the entire series, I felt that the actor playing the role of Wyatt constantly experiences back pain which is understandable, such gorgeous shoulders are hard to carry and therefore cannot properly stand straight or sit on a chair. And the fandom joke was born that he could use a corset. No kinks, everything is purely for medical purposes no, of course, for the sake of kinks, damn that waist

[moorheadthanyoucanhandle]

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WOMAN

In 2000, I got to briefly interview Gena Rowlands for Phoenix New Times ahead of her appearance at a showing of A Woman Under the Influence in Scottsdale.

At the beginning of this chat, I indulged in a rather shamelessly unprofessional bit of gush:

"You know, I talk to famous people all the time, so I don't get starstruck much any more," I told her. "But talking to you is an exception."

She acted very girlishly flattered. Maybe she really was, or maybe she was just acting. Either way, it was an honor to be on the receiving end of it.

The word awesome gets thrown around a lot, but Gena Rowlands was awesome.

She did a lot of routine roles that seemed like they were just to pay the bills, and she was good even in that stuff, but when she worked with John Cassavetes--in A Woman Under the Influence, in Minnie and Moskowitz, in Gloria, in the underrated Tempest (directed by Paul Mazursky, but opposite a brilliant Cassavetes as her leading man) or in the grueling Opening Night--she was luminous. Potent as they are at their best, the films that Cassavetes directed can also be overwrought and exhausting, but her classic performances make them indispensably worth it.

Just a few days ago I happened to see her, very young, in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour called "Ride the Nightmare," opposite Hugh O'Brian.

One of O'Brian's criminal cronies, who he betrayed years earlier, has come seeking revenge, and is holding him at gunpoint. But when the crook gets a load of Rowlands, as O'Brian's wife, he can't help but remark "You did alright for yourself; she's a winner."

Indeed she is. Rest in peace and joy goddess.

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Hugh O’Brian on his birthday #botd

[midnightcowboy1969]

Search (TV 1972-1973): Adonis

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

ABC's Western stars Hugh O'Brian (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), John Lupton (Broken Arrow) and Clint Walker (Cheyenne) in 1956 publicity stills.

[gameraboy2]

Hugh O'Brian Sings

[gatabella]

Natalie Wood and Hugh O'Brian attend the Jimmy McHugh party in Los Angeles, 1955

[gurumog]

Game of Death (1978) Golden Harvest Dir. Robert Clouse / Bruce Lee / Sammo Hung

Kim Tae Chung (doubling for Bruce Lee) as Billy Lo Hugh O'Brian as Steiner

[thelifeofniy]

My first year as a HOBY Facilitator!

Celebrating their 65th anniversary, this year's HOBY Los Angeles theme was Origin Stories.

I had the honor to witness my group of youth ambassadors begin their weekend as caterpillars and fly away today as butterflies; taking the new ideas and leadership skills they learned back to their homes, schools, and communities.

It is a pleasure to be a part of their HOBY story. Super excited to see how they'll go on to change the world.

[sosooley]

Good morning, I guess

sometimes the family is a sexy cop and a half-dead gambler-dentist and his badass wife