Shirley Jones Movies: Innocent virgins and sex workers galore (photo: Shirley Jones and Burt Lancaster in ‘Elmer Gantry’) (See previous post: “Shirley Jones: From Book to Movies.”) I haven’t watched The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), a comedy Western directed by Gene Kelly, and starring 62-year-old James Stewart as a cowpoke who inherits an establishment that turns out to be a popular house of prostitution. Henry Fonda plays Stewart’s partner. And I’m sure Shirley Jones, as one of the sex workers, looks lovely in the film. Hopefully, director Kelly gave this likable, talented actress the chance to do more than just stand around looking pretty. But then again … For all purposes, The Cheyenne Social Club ended Shirley Jones’ film stardom; that same year she turned to TV and The Partridge Family. Jones would return to films only nine years later, as one of several stars (among them Michael Caine,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
If you could be a god, what kind of god would you be? Would you be kind and beneficent? Would you reign in terror? An astronaut is about to explore his inner deity. The Twilight Zone, Episode #93: "The Little People" (original air date March 30, 1962) The Plot: A two-man spaceship has landed on a desolate planet for repairs. Commander Fletcher (Claude Akins), better known as Fletch, is busy testing the ship's equipment and making plans for repairs. Meanwhile, his co-pilot Craig (Joe Maross) is sitting down, complaining. The man is clearly discontent. Fletch asks Craig what he really wants. "I'd like to be the number one straw boss; I'd like to give the orders," Craig states plainly. Two days later, the heavily-perspiring...
- 10/27/2011
- Screen Anarchy
American actor Joe Maross has died after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 86.
Maross, whose career spanned four decades, died on 7 November in Glendale, California.
He served in the Marines before graduating in theater arts from prestigious Connecticut university Yale and then kicking off a television career in the 1950s.
His small screen credits include guest appearances on The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five O., Mission Impossible, Perry Mason, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Charlies Angels, Quincy, Dallas and Murder She Wrote.
Maross also appeared in several feature films, including: Run Silent Run Deep, Elmer Gantry, Sometimes a Great Notion and The Salzburg Connection.
Maross was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based acting, writing and directing group, Projects 58.
He is survived by a son.
Maross, whose career spanned four decades, died on 7 November in Glendale, California.
He served in the Marines before graduating in theater arts from prestigious Connecticut university Yale and then kicking off a television career in the 1950s.
His small screen credits include guest appearances on The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five O., Mission Impossible, Perry Mason, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Charlies Angels, Quincy, Dallas and Murder She Wrote.
Maross also appeared in several feature films, including: Run Silent Run Deep, Elmer Gantry, Sometimes a Great Notion and The Salzburg Connection.
Maross was a founding member of the Los Angeles-based acting, writing and directing group, Projects 58.
He is survived by a son.
- 11/11/2009
- WENN
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