Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...

...The Hyperion Historical Alliance has a new book out, WALT DISNEY & EL GRUPO IN LATIN AMERICA, by Ted Thomas, J.B. Kaufman, and Didier Ghetz. It can be ordered from Stuart Ng Books. These are top Disney historians -- and Thomas's father Frank was one of Disney's "Nine Old Men" -- and the HHA publications are always excellent. Kaufman previously wrote another book on the same subject, SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH DISNEY; the new book has never-before-published photos and information.

...Chris Yogerst has written a brief history of Paramount Pictures for The Hollywood Reporter.

...An upcoming book by Chris Nichols and Adriene Biondo interests me: BOWLARAMA: THE ARCHITECTURE OF MID-CENTURY BOWLING. The cover alone is a mid-century feast for the eyes! It will be published in September by Angel City Press.

...Raquel Stecher has reviewed FORBIDDEN COCKTAILS: LIBATIONS INSPIRED BY THE WORLD OF PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD at her blog Out of the Past. It was written by Andre Darlington.

...Hallmark's Christmas movie schedule this year will feature 40 new films on Hallmark Channel and their streaming service, which will be renamed Hallmark+, and nine new films on the Hallmark Mystery Channel.

...Glenn Erickson's new Blu-ray reviews at Trailers from Hell include WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) and Kino Lorber's Dark Side of Cinema XIX collection, which features DARK CITY (1950), NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950), and BEWARE, MY LOVELY (1952).

...Notable Passings: Doug Sheehan, Emmy-nominated actor for his role as Joe Kelly on GENERAL HOSPITAL (1979-82), has passed away at 75. He later appeared on other TV series including KNOTS LANDING and briefly on SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH. Sheehan was very personable, and I've always wondered why he retired relatively early. He's seen here with GENERAL HOSPITAL cast members Richard Dean Anderson and Susan Pratt...Former GENERAL HOSPITAL producer Joe Hardy has died at 95, and exercise maven Richard Simmons, who also appeared on the soap opera, has died at 76.

...More Notable Passings: Actress Shelley Duvall has died at 75...Pat Colbert, who had a small recurring role on DALLAS for many years, has passed away at 77. Colbert played Dora Mae, hostess of the Oil Baron's Club...Film producer Jon Landau has died at 64...I was very greatly saddened by the passing of Joe Bonsall, tenor singer with the Oak Ridge Boys for decades. (He's seen in this photograph in his younger years.) That's Bonsall singing the lead on the classic Oak Ridge Boys song "Elvira," among others. He also wrote several books including a memoir of his parents. Bonsall was a friendly, positive presence on Twitter and will be greatly missed by many.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my July 6th column.

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