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- 1938
Paula Prentiss
Texas native Paula Prentiss was the daughter of an Italian-born oil
company labor relations man. Her reputation as a cut-up at Virginia's
Randolph Macon School would haunt her in "I knew her when" magazine
articles for the rest of her life. She buckled down long enough to study
drama at Northwestern University, where she met future husband Richard
Benjamin. In 1960, Prentiss was signed by MGM, which groomed her for
stardom in such films as Where the Boys Are (1960), The Honeymoon
Machine (1961), and The Horizontal Lieutenant (1963). Her unique comic
gifts and offbeat personality would seem to make her more suited to
screwball supporting parts than romantic leads, though she's certainly
had her share of both. In 1967, Prentiss co-starred with husband Dick
Benjamin in He and She, a TV sitcom which, despite low ratings, accrued a
loyal cult following. She continued popping up in excellent film roles
into the 1980s, as well as appearing in TV movies like MADD: Mothers
Against Drunk Driving (1983). Paula Prentiss is the older sister of
actress Ann Prentiss.
Richard Benjamin
Throughout his film career, Richard Benjamin trafficked in neurotic,
high-strung, self-involved upper-middle-class characterizations. While
attending the New York High School of Performing Arts, Benjamin made his
first professional stage appearances, and reportedly showed up in a
handful of movie bit roles. He continued his theatrical training at
Northwestern University, where he met actress Paula Prentiss, whom he
married in 1961. At first, Hollywood was more interested in Paula than
in Dick; thus, while Paula was co-starring with Jim Hutton at MGM, her
husband was still performing on stage. In 1965, Benjamin directed the
London production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park; the following
year, he made his Broadway acting bow in Simon's The Star Spangled Girl,
earning a Theatre World Award in the bargain. Co-starring with wife
Paula, Benjamin appeared in the 1967 TV situation comedy He and She,
which gained a loyal cult following but was considered too New Yawk-ish
for the hinterlands. Even so, He and She made Benjamin a
name-above-the-title star, and it was in this capacity that he made his
film adult screen appearance as angst-driven collegiate Neil Klugman in
Goodbye Columbus (1969). He went on to play Major Danby in the all-star
Catch-22 (1969), monumentally insensitive husband Jonathan Balser in
Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), the self-abusive (in every sense of the
phrase) title character in Portnoy's Complaint (1972), the
hero-by-default in Westworld (1973), ulcerated agent Ben Clark in The
Sunshine Boys (1976) and erstwhile vampire hunter Dr. Jeff Rosenberg in
Love at First Bite (1980). Benjamin participated in another cult-TV item
in 1978, when he starred in the 6-episode sci-fi lampoon Quark. In
1982, he made his film directorial bow with My Favorite Year (1982), a
rollicking nostalgiafest inspired by TV's Golden Age. Since that time,
Benjamin has favored directing over performing.
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Paulette2018
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January 3, 2024
Subject: Where the Boys Are , 1960
Subject: Where the Boys Are , 1960
Yvette Mimieux
Connie Francis
George Hamilton
I use to stay up and watch this movie on Channel 2's 'Late Late Show' on my little red b&w portable tv when I was a child
Connie Francis
George Hamilton
I use to stay up and watch this movie on Channel 2's 'Late Late Show' on my little red b&w portable tv when I was a child
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October 12, 2023
Subject: Sunshine Boys
Subject: Sunshine Boys
What a fantastic collection of films - thank you! Haven't watched "Goodbye, Columbus" since I saw it in the cinema in 1969...brilliant stuff.
"The Sunshine Boys" is also one of my favourite films - are you able to post a copy without the commentary?
Thanks once again!
"The Sunshine Boys" is also one of my favourite films - are you able to post a copy without the commentary?
Thanks once again!
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JTDIVER
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August 1, 2023
Subject: peliculas55
Subject: peliculas55
Just for you I have re-UPLOADED "The Last of Sheila" at a smaller size so it can be better streamed with IA's video player.
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August 1, 2023
Subject: Thank you so much!
Subject: Thank you so much!
You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
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