tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316068874668178822024-01-05T18:04:24.008-05:00The Tall Dark Stranger There--Jack KellyRemembering
Jack Kelly--That Maverick Actor and MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger636125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-58801607579196534482021-08-22T17:31:00.007-04:002021-08-22T23:09:37.700-04:00The Traffic Cop Who Helped Contestants Shop! :)Hello Everyone!Some fantastic original publicity material for Jack Kelly's kwiz show Sale of the Century recently joined the Kellection. Here's a bio sheet for JK from Fall 1970. Note the "NBC--The Full Color Network" line on the letterhead. Color programming was now the norm on network television after years of black-and-white broadcasting:A 1970 article in The Pittsburgh Press Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-7001749881252263042021-08-08T00:31:00.004-04:002021-08-08T02:54:37.541-04:00JK Remembers "The Alamo"! Hello!Jack Kelly played movie critic in 1961, expressing his candid opinions about a cinematic epic and film award campaigns to columnist Lee Belser:"Jack Kelly shot what may be his last Maverick the other day and then trundled off with his wife to a neighborhood theater to see The Alamo."He found it 'a gigantic episode of heroism that was completely uncalled for'."'But, it is a good pictureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-80061034065247258712021-08-04T00:00:00.002-04:002021-08-08T00:37:19.840-04:00Make Room For JK! (Pt. II)Happy Wednesday Everyone!Here's Part II of Zuma Palmer's 1961 interview with JK, conducted in his plush dressing room at Warner Bros. studios:JK in a screenshot from "The Golden Fleecing" episode of Maverick, which was filming when this interview was conducted. “Jack Kelly is one person who ‘loves his job and thrives on work.’“’I like television when it on the prestige level it is now,’ he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-6437759672514794432021-08-03T21:47:00.001-04:002021-08-04T12:03:37.049-04:00Make Room For JK! Howdy!Previously in TDS, I discussed dresses which appeared in Maverick. Now, let’s take a fun and insightful visit to Jack Kelly’s DRESS-ing room at Warner Bros. Columnist Sheilah Graham had reported in early 1961 that since JK was now the top star of Maverick he'd been given "a new plush dressing room on the Warner lot complete with hi-fi, FM radio tape recorder, etc., etc.". Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-34932405377937435262021-07-31T23:28:00.003-04:002021-08-01T22:21:14.212-04:00Who Wore It Best?Hello Everyone!
A fellow Jack Kelly fan just let me know about a fascinating
Maverick-related subject which was recently a topic of discussion elsewhere. Namely, how actresses who appeared on
different episodes of the series all wore a certain dress.
I got to thinking about this, which led me to look through Maverick stills in the Kellection. And, by golly, they were right—that
little plaid Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-61922458936823502702021-07-24T10:58:00.000-04:002021-07-24T10:58:28.669-04:00Happy National Day of the Cowboy 2021! Howdy!To celebrate National Day of the Cowboy 2021, here's a magnificent pic of those marvelous Maverick brothers, Bret and Bart! (And, yes, that's Goldie with Bart in this original vintage still from the Kellection):Have a rip-snortin', rootin' tootin' day, everyone! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-67912437338788970342021-07-04T00:00:00.006-04:002021-07-04T00:00:00.185-04:00Happy Fourth of July 2021! Image courtesy VintageHolidayCrafts.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-21190737346552757012021-06-20T00:14:00.004-04:002021-06-20T00:14:47.979-04:00Happy Fathers Day 2021! :) Vintage illustration courtesy ClickAmericanaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-78242381270727036552021-06-16T00:00:00.001-04:002021-06-16T00:00:00.189-04:00JK At the Tee in 1963 :)Hello Everyone!On June 16, 1963, a charmingly tousled Jack Kelly participated in the third annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California:In 1962, JK won a trophy at the same tourney for "the longest drive off the 10th tee" (354 yards). Shown in the background is Bob Wilke, famed western bad guy who won the tourney's top prize in 1961 and was competingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-40661069441674447252021-05-31T00:00:00.002-04:002021-05-31T11:51:47.838-04:00Memorial Day 2021Vintage Memorial Day clipart courtesy of The Graphics FairyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-52236835659801660392021-05-29T23:23:00.006-04:002021-05-31T11:54:42.637-04:00Lave--It's Saturday Night! :) Hello Everyone!Original 1961 Maverick publicity still scanned and colorized from the La Bartista Kellection It's Saturday night, and rub-a-dub-dub, here's Bart Maverick in a tub! He's getting all spruced up for the holiday weekend. Yaquito (Ref Sanchez) is there to remind him to wash behind his ears.Of course, this is really a colorized original publicity still for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-73944213700758913172021-05-09T01:39:00.000-04:002021-05-09T01:39:28.115-04:00An "Incredible" Mothers Day! :)Hello Everyone!Now, it may seem unusual to post about The Incredible Hulk TV series on Mothers Day. However, I recently purchased an incredible artifact from the show which is dated May 9, 1978--an original call sheet from the episode "The Waterfront Story", in which Jack Kelly guest-starred as "Tony Kelly":Actually, JK didn't appear in the scenes being filmed that day, although he's listed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-63607650122840836762021-05-02T03:03:00.013-04:002021-05-22T20:37:05.113-04:00Remembering... Donna Lee Custer (formerly Donna Kelly, a.k.a. May Wynn)1928 - 2021Autographed candid snapshot of Donna and Jack snapped by a fan, dated May 1958.Scanned from the La Bartista Kellection Donna Custer, who acted professionally under the name "May Wynn" and was Jack Kelly's first wife, passed away on March 22, 2021, although her passing wasn't reported in the press until over a monthUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-77490736111349763472021-04-19T00:00:00.053-04:002021-05-30T12:41:09.206-04:00Remember Bob Daniels :)Hey!I recently found “Remember Lake Serene”, a 1967 episode of the sitcom Please Don’t Eat the Daisies which guest-starred Jack Kelly. Unfortunately, the video I discovered is very grainy, but I tried to get the best screenshots I could. Daisies started out as a best-selling collection of humorous essays by Jean Kerr, author, playwright and wife of famed theater critic Walter Kerr. The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-90858089719792672792021-04-12T00:15:00.005-04:002021-04-12T14:09:54.177-04:00Warner Bros. Presents a Failure -- Pt. IIIThe conclusion of our story:A Big Name in Television As per the original production agreement between Warners and ABC, "Kings Row" was replaced by a segment from a completely different genre, suspense. Titled "Conflict", the new series was an anthology without a regular cast. It opened with “Siege”, a tense tale starring Elizabeth Montgomery as a schoolteacher and Paul Richards as an escapedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-75532165341410651632021-04-09T02:17:00.014-04:002021-04-15T23:12:22.948-04:00Warner Bros. Presents A Failure - Pt II Original 1955 "Kings Row" publicity headshot from the La Bartista Kellection. Caption: "Jack Kelly, who has served an acting apprenticeship which included movies, television, stage and radio will appear as Dr. Parris Mitchell in 'Warner Bros. Presents' TV series 'Kings Row' for ABC-TV"Our examination of "Kings Row" continues:Into A SpinAside from the show’s bland scripts (which were churnedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-18967030402832511782021-04-05T01:10:00.010-04:002021-04-15T22:16:35.556-04:00Warner Bros. Presents a FailureI purchased this rare original "Kings Row" wardrobe test photo of Jack Kelly a number of years ago--sharing it here in TDS for the first timeHello Everyone!We all know that the 1955 series "Kings Row", in which Jack Kelly had his first TV starring role as “Dr. Parris Mitchell”, was a colossal flop. But, you may not know why the show laid such an egg. I’ve researched this subject and have Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-81597366679197858202021-04-04T00:00:00.008-04:002021-04-04T00:00:00.671-04:00Blessed Easter 2021 From "TDS"! :) "But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay."--Matthew 28:5-6 (ESV)(Vintage original undated postcard scanned from the La Bartista Kellection)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-27185028729638459152021-03-28T13:52:00.002-04:002021-04-03T21:36:18.962-04:00The Maverick Walking Man! :)Who is the tall dark stranger ringing the doorbell there? It might be the Maverick walking man:And such prizes he brings: Maverick western ties! Transistor radios! Air mattresses! (Just be sure you're watching Maverick or he's liable to go next door instead.)So, if your doorbell rings this evening, you could see the Maverick walking man on your porch! (But, more likely it'll be something Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-79980693642672979772021-03-25T00:00:00.021-04:002021-03-25T00:16:05.980-04:00Happy Heavenly 100th Birthday........to Nancy Kelly, Jack Kelly's older sister, who was born on this date in 1921!Colorization/titles by La Bartista from original B&W early publicity portrait (image courtesy UW)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-90016569456807619422021-03-23T00:20:00.000-04:002021-03-23T00:20:56.966-04:00A Virtual "Hong Kong" Affair! :)Hello!Well, here we are, over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic started and things still aren't quite back to "normal" yet. I'm still working from home; virtually everything is still "virtual" and anything "live" is socially distanced. Masks are still mandatory when venturing outside one's "bubble".Thankfully, COVID vaccines have provided a glimmer of hope. Case rates are decreasing&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-56758508351810893842021-03-17T00:00:00.002-04:002021-03-17T00:00:07.964-04:00Jack Kelly: Hibernian Screen Star! :)Happy Saint Patrick's Day Everyone!Vintage postcard art courtesy The Graphics Fairy On this day in 1960, Jack Kelly was awarded the annual "Hibernian Screen Star Award" at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles during the Ancient Order of Hibernians' St. Patrick's Day festivities:It's a little hard to read, but the clipping says "Annual Hibernian Screen Star Award Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-46951164308722177842021-02-27T22:57:00.004-05:002021-02-28T13:06:53.006-05:00A TV Spectacular--At the Drive-In! :)Hello Everyone!It's still February, but how about spending Saturday night at the drive-in movies? Although it may be a bit chilly outside, this 1962 line-up of TV favorites starring in older feature films (including Jack Kelly in Hong Kong Affair) will warm us up!(Of course, they could have shown The Night Holds Terror which featured both JK and Vince Edwards.) The "Why Settle for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-59154361797267940372021-02-18T01:21:00.003-05:002021-02-18T14:09:52.974-05:00"Four Into Zero"=JK Hello Everyone!The temperature where I live is forecast to dip to just four above zero in the next few days, so I thought I'd look at "Four Into Zero", an episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre in which Jack Kelly starred. Not only that, but it was on this exact day in 1965--Thursday, February 18--that "Four Into Zero" first aired on NBC-TV!JK plays "Charles Glenn", the ski-bum husband of wealthy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631606887466817882.post-26832586007350410712021-02-14T02:37:00.001-05:002021-02-14T10:41:07.936-05:00Happy Valentine's Day 2021 From "TDS"! :)Maverick still of Jack Kelly and Patricia Crowley in "A Tale of Three Cities" autographed by Ms. Crowley(colorization and caption added by La Bartista)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0