IpAuctions to Sell Rights to The Judy Garland Shows Oct 21, 2009
This historic collection of 26 one-hour-long episodes includes an unprecedented list of guests including Barbra Streisand, Mickey Rooney, Count Basie, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Ethel Merman, Bob Newhart, Donald OConnor, Peggy Lee, Steve Allen, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Vic Damone, Jack Jones, and Garlands daughter Liza Minnelli, among others. Judy Garland also performed solo concert performances as part of this amazing wonderful TV show. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Country Curmudgeon A shadow of doubt Oct 16, 2009
In retrospect, it was clear shed been having an affair with the late president since perhaps 1960 whom shed met through his brother-in-law Peter Lawford. Its equally clear that after her fling with JFK she next had an extramarital affair with JFKs brother Bobby. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
The destiny of a dynasty Aug 30, 2009
Edward's sister Patricia had a troubled married life with alcoholic Rat Pack actor Peter Lawford. They had four children before they divorced in 1966. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Kennedys split morality and duty Aug 28, 2009
Did his brother-in-law, the actor Peter Lawford, really pimp openly for him with the acquiescence of the security services. Was Marilyn Monroe handed back and forth between John and Robert Kennedy and did their cavalier treatment contribute to her death. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Hollywood Homicide? Jul 28, 2009
HANNITY: That phone call was reported to be around 7:15 p.m. Just 30 minutes later Marilyn was said to have received another phone call, this time from her friend, Peter Lawford, a fellow actor who was married to Pat Kennedy, sister of Jack and Robert Kennedy, and she wasn't sounding quite as clear-minded anymore. MEL AYTON, AUTHOR, "QUESTIONS OF CONTROVERSY": Her words were slurry; she sounded extremely disturbed, according to Lawford. (Fox News)
40 years later, we all see the same moon Jul 20, 2009
No, I had always looked up at the full moon and seen Peter Lawford, the British actor with the sad, soft face and big, bushy eyebrows. Strange, but true. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Sherlock Holmes’s staying power Jul 19, 2009
Christopher Lee, Michael Caine, Peter Lawford, Christopher Plummer, Patrick Macnee (best known as John Steed, on The Avengers - and who, in another movie, pulled off the neat trick of playing Watson), Raymond Massey, Clive Brook, and John Barrymore. Dr. Watsons have been no less varied. (Boston Globe)
Movie series to feature beer, Flash Gordon’ serial May 20, 2009
The movie stars Fred Astaire, Jane Powell and Peter Lawford. Aug. 21 Over the Hedge. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Martin Scorsese To Direct Sinatra Biopic May 14, 2009
He was part of the Rat Pack that included Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford. Sinatra "was indisputably the 20th century's greatest singer of popular song," according to Rolling Stone. (Click2Houston, TX)
HE HOSTED MORE THAN TV SHOWS May 6, 2009
There was Peter Lawford, Robert Walker, Gordon Scott the then-Tarzan. And lots about Merv's prolonged sexual tryst with Marlon Brando. (New York Post -- Gossip)
`Battle of the Bulge' director Annakin dies at 94 Apr 28, 2009
Adapted from Cornelius Ryan's D-Day best-seller, "The Longest Day" featured an all-star cast led by Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery and Peter Lawford. Annakin's other films include "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines," whose screenplay earned him an Academy Award nomination, and the similarly titled action comedy "Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies." He also directed "Call of the Wild," a 1972 adaptation of Jack London's adventure starring... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
