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My Friends; "Will the Thrill" Vaharo & his beauteous wife Monica
were on vaca from Oakland CA and we lunched together and had fun in the story
tellings : )
The next day we attended a "B Movie Roundtable" I organized at Musso &
Frank's, one of our favorite LA eateries and a real class joint. Great food,
atmosphere and martinis, authentic classic Hollywood vibe. On hand were our old
pals Raven de la Croix (of
"UP!"), filmmaker William Winckler
("Double D Avenger" and the forthcoming "Frankenstein and the
Creature from Blood Cove"); Mike Schlesinger and Susanne
Jacobson from
Sony Repertory, poised to take over the MGM library which is good news for
Thrillville moviegoers since that includes a lot of AIP titles; and the B movie
maven himself, Fred Olen Ray! It was great sitting around hearing first
hand tales of Ted Mikels, Russ Meyer, Roger Corman, Ray Dennis Steckler,
John Carradine, Mamie Van Doren, John Agar, John Ashley and many others:
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Musso & Frank's, Hollywood |
With William Winckler and Raven de la Croix at Musso's |
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With two B movie legends, Raven and Fred |
Raven and Fred Olen Ray |
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Mike and Susanne of Sony Repertory |
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2005
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