DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress, author and sex symbol. In 1959, Welch played the title role in The Ramona Pageant, a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California, which is based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson and Bob Biloe. She became a weather forecaster at KFMB, a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule, she decided to leave her studies at San Diego State University (then known as San Diego State College). Her first marriage broke up and she moved with her two children, Damon and Latanne, to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, intending to move on to New York City from there. Instead, Welch moved back to California, found a place in Los Angeles and started making the rounds of the movie studios. She was cast in bit parts in two films and in the television shows Bewitched, McHale’s Navy, and The Virginian, as well as on the weekly variety series The Hollywood Palace as a billboard girl and presenter of acts. Welch’s first featured role came in the beach film A Swingin’ Summer, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She was subsequently cast in a leading role in the sci-fi hit Fantastic Voyage (1966), which made her a star. She was the last star created under the studio system. On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, Welch starred in the remake of One Million Years BC striking an iconic pose in a prehistoric …

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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 — July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel. Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the US Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the “first and only honorary veteran of the US armed forces.” Bob Hope appeared in or hosted 199 known USO shows. Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress, author and sex symbol. On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, Welch starred in the remake of One Million Years BC striking an iconic pose in a prehistoric animal-skin bikini. Her publicity still for the film became a bestselling poster, and helped her be seen as one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. After her appearance as lust incarnate in the hit Bedazzled, she returned to the US and appeared in the Western film Bandolero!, with James Stewart and Dean Martin, which was followed by the private-eye drama Lady in Cement with Frank Sinatra. Her looks and fame led Playboy to dub her the “Most Desired Woman” of the 1970s. Welch’s most controversial role came in the notorious Myra Breckinridge. She took the part as the film’s transsexual heroine in an attempt to be taken seriously as an actress, but …

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