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THURSDAY · APRIL 16, 2009 LA JOLLA VILLAGE NEWS
Hollywood: a walk on The Dark Side untimely deaths. Gorgeous Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina in a Hollywood is the quintessential very famous story about her fear of water. Vacationing with her fantasy town. It runs on tinsel, then-husband Robert Wagner, glitter, smoke and mirrors and… Natalie slipped off a small dingy scandals. There is nothing more on their yacht and ended up on titillating than a juicy scandal, the beach. A devastated Wagner especially if it involves a movie was inconsolable because they star. Politicians have their scanhad been so much in love and dals too, but they usually involve only bedroom escapades with hat- were Hollywood’s Golden Couple since their teens. check girls. But with movie stars James Dean is included we are intrigued by many of their because he was already on his bizarre deaths. way to becoming a teen idol when Now available on DVD are two intriguing films about some of the his Porsche crashed on a lonely more notorious events of the past highway and killed him instantly. Although he only appeared in few decades. Little Dizzy Home three top Warner Bros. films, he Video (now there’s a company was mourned and turned into an name for you!) is presenting two films based on the same idea. The icon whose image has symbolized first one is “Hollywood: The Dark rebellious youth. Ironically, his film “Rebel Without a Cause” Side: Death & Scandal” and the included two other stars who also second one is “Hollywood: The had mysterious deaths — the Dark Side: Frank Sinatra and aforementioned Wood and Sal Marilyn Monroe.” Believe it or Mineo, who was stabbed to death not, pabulum singer/actor Pat outside his apartment building in Boone of the white buck shoes is Hollywood for no apparent reaone of the producers. The film company has dredged son. His killer was found later in jail on another charge, but he up old, murky scenes of some of admitted he had killed Mineo. the stars at their best and worst. Other stars chronicled in “The Some of the scenes look like Dark Side” are George Reeves mimeograph copies of an old 1950s kinescope shown on televi- (TV’s “Superman”), Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Dorothy Stratton, John sion. Production quality is not so Lennon, Buddy Holly, TV’s Bob swift with these DVDs but there are some nicely shot color scenes Crane and many, many more. The film is a good time-filler and interspersed with the black and evokes many memories. white cutting-room floor The other DVD in this series is “ sequences. But if you love movies “Hollywood: The Dark Side: and stars as much as I do, you will overlook the blurry quality of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.” With only two subjects to be some of the old film. given the biographical treatment, In “Death & Scandal,” a brief look is taken at many major stars more time can be spent on each of the individual stories. whose lives ended in sudden and
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“Hollywood: The Dark Side: Death & Scandal” with James Dean (center), Natalie Wood (left) and Sal Mineo (right). Another DVD examines Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe (left).
Sinatra was the original “bobby-soxer,” starting a frantic trend that exists to this day with teen musical favorites. Originally planted in Sinatra’s audience by his publicists, screaming girls would faint and carry on like maniacs. Soon, the publicists did not have to pay girls to go crazy. Frankie became a star even though he only weighed about 80 pounds soaking wet. He gained weight in later years, causing his wife Ava Gardner to quip, “Frank weighs 125 pounds. He’s 25 pounds of muscle and 100 pounds of (male anatomy)!” Which could explain some of his appeal with the ladies. Marilyn is more popular now 50 years after her death than when she was alive. Although I can personally attest to the fact, having met her on the set of “Some Like It Hot,” she created a sensation every day when she came out on the sand at Coronado beach for her scenes. Thousands
of fans followed her around like lemmings. Apparently Sinatra also followed her around and managed to canoodle with her secretly throughout the years. Marillyn, of course, was crazy about John F. Kennedy and was tight with his brother-in-law, film actor Peter Lawford. In fact, Lawford was one of the last people to speak to Marilyn on the phone the night she died. Was it murder or accidental overdose? I think it was both. I never believed she killed herself. Although she had recently been fired by 20th Century Fox on “Something’s Got to Give,” the studio was renegotiating her contract and she had several good films lined up. She had recently bought a new house and was buying Spanish-style furniture to complement the architecture. She was not depressed; she was happy. Take her own life at 36? I don’t think so. Visit www.littledizzyhomevid eo.com for info and ordering. I
The Bishop’s School, La Jolla High and University City High boys volleyball teams scored wins in recent action as they swing into league play. The Knights under head coach Tod Mattox scored a 25-12, 22-25, 25-22, 27-25 win last week over Tri-City Christian. Alex Sammon led Bishop’s with 16 kills, David Stotelmyre had 13 (and four blocks) and Justin Wolfe was excellent, hitting a match-high .388. Adam Wrobel was the assist leader with 38. In action the next day, Bishop’s (8-1, 2-0) rolled to a 25-14, 25-20, 25-17 win over Escondido Adventist Academy. Stephen Kaiser and Christian Lane were dominant in the middle blocker position, and Brent Rossin played some inspired defense, according to Mattox. La Jolla High comes into this week with a record of 11-7 overall, 1-2 in Western League play. The Vikings swept Mira Mesa High in their most recent action by a 3-0 score in games. Finally, University City (UC) High enters play this week with a record of 5-10 (1-3 Western League). UC competed most recently in the North County Invitational, losing to Ramona and defeating El Camino. I
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