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I’ve never cared much for love—or lust—from afar, but there have been some actresses who certainly got my attention. Our Girl Friday a British film released in 1953 (when I was 10 years old) was sort of a forerunner of Gilligan’s Island with a ship-load of Howell-like dandies and one able seaman, Kenneth More, ship-wrecked on a desert island. The one thing I remember to this day about that movie is that Joan Collins just barely wore a bikini in almost every scene. She and pieces of that bikini kept showing up in my dreams for years!
Another actress that I thought was about the hottest thing I ever saw on film was Kim Novak. Saw a lot of her films in my early teens. Her with that cat and that purring sound in Bell, Book, and Candle still drives me up the wall.
I also enjoyed watching Annette Funicello growing up—and out—on the Mickey Mouse Club. My second wife looked so much like her that they could have been sisters.
I also spent a few years with a lady who strongly resembled Marsha Mason.