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I examined her film/t.v. credits and I've never seen her works. However, in this photo, she really resembles Tall Guy's Wife, who's name will not be listed here for privacy.
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I remembered her on The Wild Wild West:
“The Night of the Feathered Fury” (season 2)
“The Night of the Winged Terror, Part 1 & 2” (season 4)
She was once on Mission: Impossible: the season 4 “The Brothers”.
I also enjoyed her in three 1973 telefilms:
"The Norliss Tapes"
"Savage"
"Wine, Women and War" (aka the second Six Million Dollar Man pilot)
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Dec 11, 2018 - 12:27 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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In 1967's EL DORADO, "Cole Thornton" (John Wayne), a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, "Sheriff J.P. Harrah" (Robert Mitchum). Together with an old Indian fighter, "Bull Harris" (Arthur Hunnicutt), and gambler "Mississippi" (James Caan), they help rancher "Kevin MacDonald" (R. G. Armstrong) and his family fight a rival rancher, "Bart Jason" (Edward Asner), that is trying to steal their water. Michele Carey co-starred in the film (and received her first poster credit) playing the rancher's feisty daughter, "Joey MacDonald."
The film is often criticized as a lesser remake of Howard Hawks' own, earlier RIO BRAVO (1959), which Hawks probably recognized (although he denied it). Robert Mitchum initially played the alcoholic Sheriff as a weak and pathetic character, but Hawks decided this was too similar to Dean Martin's portrayal of the drunken deputy in RIO BRAVO. Thereafter, it was decided that Mitchum would play Sheriff Harrah mostly for laughs.
The film's release was delayed by Paramount, so that Paramount's NEVADA SMITH (1966) would not have to compete with a John Wayne film at the box-office. This meant, to Wayne's dismay, that EL DORADO was released at the same time as his next movie, Universal's THE WAR WAGON (1967). Nevertheless, despite EL DORADO receiving generally poor reviews, and being seen as old-fashioned and out of tune with the times, both movies proved to be hugely successful at the box-office.
Nelson Riddle re-recorded his score for EL DORADO for an Epic Records LP, which has not had a legitimate re-issue on CD.
John Wayne and Michele Carey in EL DORADO
Michele Carey in a publicity photo for EL DORADO
Michele Carey and James Caan in EL DORADO
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Dec 11, 2018 - 11:31 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE SWEET RIDE begins as a brutally beaten and molested young woman is dumped on a highway in the Malibu Beach area peopled by surfers and drifters. Police investigation reveals that the woman, actress "Vicki Cartwright" (Jacqueline Bisset), was dating surfer "Denny McGuire" (Michael Sarrazin), a young wastrel who shares a beach house with "Collie Ransom" (Tony Franciosa), an aging tennis hustler, and "Choo-Choo Burns" (Bob Denver), an unemployed jazz pianist. Michele Carey co-starred as Choo-Choo's girlfriend, "Thumper Stevens."
Harvey Hart directed this 1968 film, which Daily Variety said should be titled "Hell’s Angels’ Bikini Beach Party in Valley of the Dolls Near Peyton Place." Pete Rugolo's score was released on a 20th Century Fox LP, but has not had a CD re-issue.
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Dec 12, 2018 - 12:02 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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In Elvis Presley's LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE, Elvis plays "Greg Nolan," a photographer who loses his job, apartment and freedom to do what he pleases when he meets "Bernice" (Michele Carey). To pay for a new apartment that Bernice finds him, Greg works two photographer jobs at the same time while trying to keep his bosses (Rudy Vallee and Don Porter) from finding out. Elvis personally requested that Michele Carey be cast as the female lead after seeing her on a 1965 episode of the TV show "Burke's Law."
The 1968 film was originally titled "Kiss My Firm But Pliant Lips," after the 1965 Dan Greenburg novel upon which it is based. Although originally announced as a Columbia project, the film ended up with MGM, and became its eleventh starring vehicle for Presley. When Norman Taurog was named as director, the project marked Taurog and Presley’s ninth collaboration. It was also Taurog's final film. Elvis performed four songs in the film, including the popular "A Little Less Conversation."
Elvis Presley and Michele Carey in LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE
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Dec 12, 2018 - 12:54 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Writer-director-producer Hall Barlett self-financed CHANGES, which cost somewhere between $1 and $2 million. Hoping to make a film that captured 1960s youth culture accurately, Bartlett surveyed teenagers around the country, and eventually formed a committee of around thirty people to advise him on the script. One of the committee members, Bill E. Kelly, was credited as Bartlett’s co-writer. An article in the 25 June 1968 Los Angeles Times described Bartlett’s advisers as “a strange disparate group ranging from squares to acid-heads by way of pre-med students, the common-law wife of a pop singer, and the daughter of a call girl.”
The picture was basically a road film. Alienated from his family and friends, "Kent" (Kent Lane), a West Coast student, drops out of college and takes to the road in his sports car. After crashing his car, he hitchhikes aimlessly. Finally, Kent wanders into a carnival, where he meets "Julie" (Michele Carey), an independent young woman who gets him a job and allows him to move into her apartment.
Around eighty-five percent of the picture was said to have been shot in sequence. Although the chronological approach was more expensive, Bartlett believed it necessary for the largely non-professional cast.
Folk musician Tim Buckley, who composed songs for the picture, did not read music. Instead of notation, his process entailed watching 16mm dailies and improvising on his guitar. The title song, “Changes,” was credited to songwriter William “Mickey” Stevenson. However, the film’s soundtrack album, on Nocturne Records, credited Kim Weston as singer and songwriter. The film was scored by Marty Paich.
The film was ready for release in the fall of 1968. Cinerama Releasing Corp. agreed to release the film with no substantial alterations, and to arrange preview screenings in major markets as well as a promotional tour for Bartlett and the four leading actors. A slow release pattern was planned, with the film to debut at single theaters in key cities.
CHANGES opened on 11 February 1969 at the 68th Street Playhouse in New York City. There, the picture set box-office records two weeks in a row. After receiving mixed reviews, the picture was chosen as the U.S. entry to the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Michele Carey and Kent Lane in CHANGES
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Dec 13, 2018 - 2:03 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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One of Walt Disney's lesser-known films is 1971's SCANDALOUS JOHN, starring Brian Keith. The film begins one morning as "Francisco Torres Martinez" (Alfonso Arau) sneaks across the border from Mexico to New Mexico and arrives at the dilapidated ranch of old cowboy "John McCanless" (Keith). The cantankerous McCanless, mistaking the intruder for a “mortgage monkey,” ropes the unfortunate man and hogties him. "Amanda McCanless" (Michele Carey), John's spunky granddaughter, rescues the captive, whom she calls Paco.
The film was directed by Disney veteran Robert Butler. Most of the picture was shot in the state of New Mexico but a small amount of filming was also done in Old Tuscon, Arizona and on a railway in South Dakota. On its initial release, the film did not have a New York City play date, but was shown extensively throughout the rest of the country.
Rod McKuen scored the film and composed and sang its numerous songs. And he received an honor accorded to few film composers--a representation of his likeness on the film's poster. Buena Vista Records released the soundtrack LP, but it has not been re-issued on CD.
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