PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN STRIKES GOLD WITH THE ALRXIS LOOK!

This rather wonderful photo features Joan as Alexis in the final season of the show which is out on region 2 dvd in January...

TV ALERT : PIERS MORGAN LIFE STORIES.. ROGER MOORE .. FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2012..

The new series of Piers Morgan Life Stories begins tonight Friday 14th at 9.00pm on ITV 1 with Joan's good friend Sir Roger Moore.. Joan has filmed some inserts for the show, reflecting on her friendship with the legendary Bond star and Unicef Ambassador.. The classic James Bond movies series celebrates 50 years and to commemerate this Roger has written a new book entitled 'Bond on Bond' which is out on October 2nd....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : IT'S NO SECRET! JOAN'S A GREAT BEAUTY!

This photo of Joan was used for the cover of her 1994 video 'Secrets of Fitness & Beauty'....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN GETS HER VERY OWN KEN DOLL!

Came across this rather wonderful shot of Joan and Michael Nader in a promo shot for Dynasty..

BGC CHARITY DAY 2012 ... CANARY WHARF LONDON.. SEPTEMBER 11TH 2012

JOAN ARRIVES WITH PERCY & SHOOTING STAR CHASE PR KAREN SUGARMAN

 To support The Annual BGC Charity Day, which helps commerate those who have died in the World Trade Center in 2001....Joan joined a host of celebrities including Tony Hadley and Michael Ball to work manning the phones at the Brokers London office.. Joan was there to support one of her favourite charities, Chase Shooting Star...Here are some photo's from the event!

JOAN GETS A HLEPING HAND FORM MICHAEL BALL

JOAN & MICHAEL FIGHT THEIR WAY TO THE PHONES!

With MISS ENGLAND 2012 CHARLOTTE HOLMES

JOAN MANS THE PHONES..

ROGER MOORE JOINS IN ON THE FUNDRAISING..

JOAN ARRIVES FOR WORK!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTO OF THE DAY : SMOKEY JOAN GETS A BREAK AT MGM!

Joan is seen taking a smoke break between shooting the 1956 MGM film 'The Opposite Sex'......

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN MAKES A SNAP DECISION!

A while ago Joan did a fabulous shoot for Harpers Tokyo, with photographer Lucas Kroulik, here is a behind the scenes from that shoot.. As you can see Joan looking sensational as she takes a sneak peak at the shots on Percy's camera...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : BEEN OVER THE MOON SUITS JOAN!

 

This photo from 2001 features Joan in costume for the play 'Over The Moon' at The Old Vic in London...

DVD UPDATE : LA CONGIUNTURA .. 2006 .. CECCHI GORI DVD

This Italian dvd release from 2006 features Joan's 1964 comedy caper 'La Congiuntura' aka 'Hard Times For Princes' & 'One Million Dollars'... This film has never got a english language video or dvd release as yet, this dvd has only the Italian soundtrack with no English subtitles.. But it is worth buying for the sleeve and you can view the acceptable print of the film.. Maybe someday we will see a release with the English track... The only extras are some stills....

PROMO UPDATE : VANITY FAIR / TIME SUPPLEMENT OCTOBER 2012..

Joan discusses her love of watches in the new issue of Vanity Fair's supplement on timepieces... As you can see it features a lovely new shot of Joan...Thanks to a longtime admirer of Joan's , Huw Evans for sharing this with me...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : IT'S HIP TO BE JOAN!

Joan is now back in London after her annual summer break, but here is a photo taken a few days before she left the Riviera..

60'S FOCUS : WARNING SHOT ... 1967...

PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Presents
A BOB BANNER ASSOCIATES PRODUCTION

WARNING SHOT
Starring
DAVID JANSSEN as Sgt Tom Valens
STEVE ALLEN as Perry Knowland
ED BEGLEY as Captain Roy Klodin
JOAN COLLINS as Joanie Valens
LILIAN GISH as Alice Willows
GEORGE GRIZZARD as Walt Cody
CARROLL O'CONNOR as Paul Jerez
ELEANOR PARKER as Mrs Doris Ruston
WALTER PIDGEON as Orville Ames
STEFANIE POWERS as Liz Thayer
GEORGE SANDERS as Calvin York
SAM WANAMAKER as Frank Sanderman
KEENAN WYNN as Sgt Ed Musso

     Assistant Director - Howard Roessel       Director of Photography - Joseph Biroc
  Music by Jerry Goldsmith    Art Director - Hal Pereira & Roland Anderson Edited by Archie Marshek
Screenplay by Mann Rubin  From the Novel - "Warning Shot -711 Officer Needs Help" by Whit Masterson
               Produced & Directed by Buzz Kulik

For Sgt Tom Valens life is never easy! Dedicated to the force, an impending divorce from his neglected wife Joanie and a wounded abdomen from a recent shootout! Whilst staking out an apartment complex, in the hunt for a killer, he shoots a doctor who he believes is the suspect, he is then suspended. The race is now on to clear his name and to find the pistol he was certain the doctor was brandishing. Nothing is what it seems and everyone is a vital witness! Who's got the gun? Freeze! It's a Warning Shot!!

DVD sleeve signed by STEFANIE POWERS

  (c)  1967  Paramount  100 mins  Color  Region 1 DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment ..

Warning Shot was Joan's first film for a few years as she had put her career on hold to start a family and had two children between roles. She did however make guest appearances on some of Tv's popular shows. She appeared in the Ben Gazzara TV show "Run For Your Life" and the now cult classic "The Man From Uncle", with her old RADA mate David McCallum. She also appeared on the popular game shows "What's My Line" and "Password" with husband Anthony Newley. She had set her sights on starring alongside Tony and Rex Harrison in the lavish screen version of "Dr Dolittle". She really wanted to play the role of Emma Fairfax, as she was sure she could play it well. However Daryl Zanuck had other ideas, as he was now back in charge of Fox and decided on a younger actress, Samantha Eggar, who is also a good friend of Joan's. The star of "Warning Shot", David Janssen had become synonymous with the hit TV series "The Fugitive" and he had hoped this film would have kick started his film career. Paramount had assembled an all star cast of Hollywood veterans, but with so many in the cast, they each had little screentime.Joan played the role of Joanie,the soon to be ex-wife of Janssen's character. She looks as lovely as ever in the film, but only appears in two scenes. Hollywood veteran Walter Pidgeon, who had been a star for forty years, complained at the time to the press about the female stars of that time.

" Today's glamour girls cant touch yesterdays stars, when it comes to generating feminine excitement. Today too many of our female stars dont leave much or anything to the imagination! There is no style, no class, no magic! The girls today handle themselves like a cheap display case, that has everything on show!"
Heaven help us if he was around today! This was Walter's 82nd film!


    David enjoyed making the film, as it was a relaxing break compared to the hectic schedule of filming a weekly series. Stefanie Powers was riding high on the sucess of her TV series "The Girl From Uncle", but before the series she had considered leaving the business. Movie legend Lilian Gish only made occasional film appearances, she only accepted scripts she liked. Before this film she had appeared on Broadway in the musical "Anya". "Warning Shot" was originally made for television, but was eventually released to theatres.The film was shot on location in Los Angeles and had the police department as technical advisors. Joan had been a good friend of Janssen and his wife Dani, although David died a few years ago, she still is friendly with Dani, who is famous for her  exclusive Oscar party, where only a select group is invited.

Viewed today "Warning Shot" is an entertaining thriller, with a top cast and is definately worth a look!

(c)  2010    Mark McMorrow..

RADIO ALERT : DAVID FROST ..HOLLYWOOD GREATS.. BBC RADIO 2 ..TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2012.. 10PM!

Just to mention Joan will be interviewed by David Frost as part of his BBC 2 radio series 'Hollywood Greats'.. Discussing her Hollywood career and the many legends she has worked with, the programme will air on September 18th at 10pm...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN GOT THE JEWELLRY BIZ ALL WRAPPED UP!

This 80's photo features Joan with a glass case of her own Jewellry line in Beverly Hills...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN DISTANCES HERSELF FROM HER SINS!

Here is Joan looking splendid in red as Helene Junot in the 1985 miniseries 'Sins'....

ON THE COVER : TV WORLD .. FEBRUARY 1964..

As the full series of the 60's drama 'The Human Jungle' starring Herbert Lom gets a dvd release on October 29th from Network.. Here is a vintage magazine cover featuring Joan and Herbert, from the episode 'Struggle For A Mind'.....

PHOTO OF THE DAY : DARLING! YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER!

Just to mention the upcoming region 2 dvd release of 'Dynasty' season 9 has been put back to January 30th.. Here is a still of Joan with Michael Nader..

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN SURE EARNS HER AIRMILES!

As Joan is back in London after her Summer break, here is one of the thousand photos of her coming through Heathrow recently...

PHOTO OF THE DAY : JOAN IS SITTING PRETTY WITH BABY BILL!

This lovely 50's shot features Joan at an event with her brother Bill.

PROMO FLASHBACK : SCOUNDREL SCENT LEAFLET

This leaflet from 1983 features Joan promoting the fragrance Soundrel which was very popular back in the day.. This leaflet is 4 pages and inlcudes scented strips for you to sample the fragrances..