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maraalexandru
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Hollywood Then and Now - Tony Curtis
A decade of decadence and debauchery were coming to a close. Dad wasn't doing well either in the late 1970s. He looked worn out,...
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maraalexandru
Apr 2, 20215 min read
Liza with a Z and Me
In late 1992 I found out that Liza Minnelli would be performing at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Liza had played many big venues, and...
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maraalexandru
Mar 15, 20214 min read
A Time of Incredible Talent and Creativity
It's surprising that Brian Wilson would be the last surviving sibling of a band that defined rock music throughout much of the 1960s and...
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maraalexandru
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Turning Down A Rolling Stone
I was 18 and babysitting 8-year-old twins in the San Fernando Valley. Normally on a Friday night I would be out with friends hitting...
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maraalexandru
Feb 21, 20214 min read
LA: A Place Where Dreams are Made and Lost
LA is its own universe. It attracts monsters and angels, the forgotten and the famous. Sure it exists in the physical world. Just as...
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maraalexandru
Feb 14, 20215 min read
Dennis Wilson And Me
I had seen Dennis Wilson numerous time at parties and backstage at Beach Boys concerts in the 1970s. But it was some time before I really...
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maraalexandru
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Once Upon A Beach
I spent many days in 1976 tanning and swimming on the sun-drenched beaches of Malibu, California. I was 20. It seemed that I lived along...
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maraalexandru
Jan 31, 20218 min read
Wouldn't It Be Nice
My Summer Tour with The Beach Boys It was the summer of 1983. Dad was gone and I was was in-between marriages. Living in Marina del Rey,...
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maraalexandru
Jan 24, 20216 min read
New York, Adrian & The Donald
It was 1990. I was living in Manhattan and had only been married to my second husband for a year. A veterinarian by trade, Adrian...
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maraalexandru
Jan 17, 20214 min read
John Wayne and The Mystery of the 'Red River' Belt Buckle
Dad worked on numerous westerns, with his favorite being Red River. The 1948 Howard Hawks film starred John Wayne and was filmed in...
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maraalexandru
Jan 10, 20215 min read
"Luck Be A Lady" in Sin City
Living in Los Angeles had its perks. Not only was Hollywood a big part of my life but so was Las Vegas. My family loved to spend long...
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maraalexandru
Jan 4, 20213 min read
Salem's Lot
Barry and I were packing for our trip up to Ferndale, CA. , a long but gorgeous drive up the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). There is...
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maraalexandru
Dec 28, 20203 min read
Bond, James Bond
I begged Mama to take me to see the new 007 movie, Thunderball. I was only nine, but already had a crush on Sean Connery. Thunderball...
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maraalexandru
Dec 20, 20203 min read
M*A*S*H & More
1978 was a busy time. When I wasn't engaged on a feature film, I was working on various TV shows. M.A.S.H was the best! Barry (my ex)...
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maraalexandru
Dec 13, 20204 min read
Love & Hollywood in the Late 70s
Let's go back to 1977 for a minute. I was 21 and living with my friends in Santa Monica, CA. Parties were a plenty. Fun was the central...
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maraalexandru
Dec 5, 20203 min read
A Bee Movie
It was 1978. Dad had started production of Irwin Allen’s “The Swarm”, another disaster film with an all star cast: Michael Caine,...
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maraalexandru
Nov 29, 20204 min read
Debra Who?
When I left home, I had a feeling of freedom I'd never known. And yet I still felt pangs of guilt over leaving Mama and my beloved...
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maraalexandru
Nov 23, 20205 min read
Goodbye at Last!
One more school year to go and I would be free! By the time September of ’73 rolled around I was ready for it to be over. I was weary of...
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maraalexandru
Nov 15, 20204 min read
Dancing With Fred Astaire
It was June of 1973. Dad was on a desperately needed hiatus after working many long months on The Poseidon Adventure. "That picture was...
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maraalexandru
Nov 8, 20204 min read
Be Cool and No One Gets Hurt
Marlborough High School was interesting, challenging but not really “me”. My sophomore year in 1971-72 was more or less uneventful,...
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