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Rowdy Roddy
With thanks to David: A YouTube user has (rather generously—he could probably license this material quite handily!) uploaded a slew of private, silent, color home movies that he got from the late Roddy McDowall (above). Shot in '65, the footage is a who-was-who of Hollywood.
The user, Luke Sacher, plans a Hollywood 1965 documentary. I sure hope it gets made...sounds great:
The stars in the footage include Jane Fonda:
...Sal Mineo (+ hot piece...who is he? Looks SO GUILTY!), which is interesting considering Mineo's lover Courtney Burr's reflections on McDowall's rather nasty actions after Mineo's stabbing death:
...Rock Hudson:
...Natalie Wood:
...Hope Lange (+ hot piece):
...Julie Andrews:
...Paul Newman & Lauren Bacall:
...Ben Gazzara:
...Robert Wagner:
...these hot pieces:
...and many, many more!
Of them all, I did manage to meet Roddy McDowall, whose passion for photography was more than a hobby; it was at a book signing of his in Chicago, post-Fright Night, so probably around 1989. He was nice, but a bit wide-eyed (I was a hot piece back then, so maybe...?) and thanked me sincerely when I told him I thought his shots of Elizabeth Taylor were outstanding. I recall he had a giant red nose, sadly. And yes, he died very young. And was said to have been nicer to some than to others.
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