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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Excellence in Casting: All Fall Down

Male enough to attract a dozen women...not man enough to be faithful to one!

I first saw the 1962 drama All Fall Down last year on TCM.  I've been meaning to post about the film since.  This week seemed the perfect time.  First off, there was a lot of press last week for the 100th birthday of one of the film's stars, Eva Marie Saint.  Secondly, TCM is running the film again this Thursday.  If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you check it out.

Prior to getting over my distain for old movies, especially black and white films, I wasn't really a fan of actor Warren Beatty.  Growing up in the 80's, the only Beatty films I saw were the ones my parents rented on VHS.  As a kid, I couldn't sit through Reds, Ishtar or Bugsy, and although I made it through Dick Tracy, I didn't love it.  Thanks to TCM however, I've grown to love many of many of his films and appreciate what a stunning man, and talented actor he was and is.

In All Fall Down, Beatty was both incredibly hot, and incredibly unlikable.  He was also really great as troubled son Berry-Berry who mistreats almost everyone he encounters, including his family.  Berry-Berry is hot, and he knows it, and he uses his looks and charisma to use and abuse several women he encounters throughout the film.

The casting director deserves an award for this film.  In addition to Beatty, the entire cast including; Eva Marie Saint, Carl Malden and Brandon Wilde all put in high caliber performances.  I first developed a crush on Wilde after seeing him int he Paul Newman movie Hud.  I previously featured him on the site HERE:

Angela Lansbury is as always a stand out as Annabell Willart, mother to Berry-Berry and his younger brother Clinton. (Wilde)  Although she's playing much older, Lansbury was only in her thirties while shooting the film.  That would have made her only about 10 years older than Beatty who played her son.

There are no scenes of male skin in the film, but the film is beautifully shot, and Beatty's beautiful face and body more than make up for it.  So does the story and the family dysfunction so skillfully written, directed and performed.   If you're in need of a little Beatty skin, you can check out my previous posts on FH HERE:


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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Favorite Face of the Day: Cyril O'Reilly

When I catch a re-run of Murder She Wrote on TV, I usually skip the episodes in which Jessica is traveling.  I like her firmly planed in Cabot Cove Maine solving mysteries by the seashore.  I especially avoided her trips to Ireland, which for some reason I never enjoyed.  I know the show's Maine scenes were shot in California, but some of the scenes from 'Ireland' were especially poorly shot.

Murder She Wrote (1988)

A few weeks back however, I stopped when watching a 1993 episode entitled 'A Killing in Cork.' I stopped not because of the story or the Irish countryside, but because of the handsome face lighting up the screen.  The actor was Cyril O'Reilly, who appeared in 3 episodes of the old CBS mystery show.  Even appeared shirtless, (above) in one, but not the Ireland set episode that I recently caught. 

Splendor in the Grass (1981)

I actually featured O'Reilly before in a small piece back in 2009 (HERE:)  One of my summer reads that year was Melissa Gilbert's autobiography, and she spoke glowingly about the actor.  The two dated briefly back in the early 1980's around the time they were making the television re-make of the classic Splendor In The Grass.  O'Reilly played Bud, the character Warren Beatty played in the original.


When I did that first post, I hadn't seen the re-make, but since found a copy and enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.  I usually hate re-makes, especially of classics, but O'Reilly was both engaging and compelling in the role. I also enjoyed the classic shower scene with Bud's friends. I posted about the original shower scene. (HERE:)  

In the original actor Gary Lockwood played Alan 'Toots' Tuttle, and in the re-make he's played by actor Jim Youngs.  I'm a big fan of Young's work in the 80's and previously featured him on FH (HERE:).  There is no nudity in either scene, and the re-make mostly focus's on faces, but those faces are incredibly hot.

Dance of the Damned (1989)

I've seen O'Reilly in a few of his old television guest roles the last year. In addition to Murder She Wrote, I also recently caught his appearance as prisoner Mike Kinney on repeat of a 2002 episode of ER.

ER (2002)

Porky's (1981)

Of course one of O'Reilly's most famous roles was in the Porky's series from the 80's.  O'Reilly played Tim in both the original Porky's and Porky's II, The Next Day.  Tim was sort of the groups 'leader' and was a part of the infamous 'cabin scene.'  I saw the Porky's series on VHS when I was a kid, and have loved looking back at the many scenes of male skin from the trilogy. 


You can't see much of O'Reilly in the DVD version of the cabin scene, but it does appear he was fully nude during the filming.  The old VHS version showed a bit more, and it appears there's a brief frontal when the guys walk to the back door at the end of the scene.  

Although the film does deal with issues of race and antisemitism, the cabin scene doesn't really hold up that well.  If you want to check it out though, I uploaded it on Sendpace HERE:  Below, O'Reilly is the one naked closet to the dressed man on the stairs.  Look closely and it appears to be a penis peak


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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

John Daniels in Black Shampoo

'Oh my God! Mr. Jonathan, it IS bigger and better!'


I love looking back at nudity in cinema, and as FH readers know, one of my favorite decades to explore is the 70's.  I love the way nudity is so casually displayed in so many softcore films from the decade. In the 80's, 90's and beyond, nudity seemed more contrived, and set up.  So often, it appeared designed to tease viewers and simply added to grab attention.  A few fleeting seconds of skin was pushed in promotion and ads and movie goers were ultimately left disappointed when viewing the film.


It's been difficult to find many scenes featuring actors of color. They were sometimes there, but not usually in the nude scenes, and not cast as the hero and lead.  Thanks to KC at DC, I was introduced to actor John Daniels, the hunky lead in 1976's Black Shampoo.


According to wiki, Black Shampoo, (later released as Sex at the Salon), is described as an American blaxploitation drama film. The movie, directed by Greydon Clark is said to be based on the film Shampoo with Daniels taking on the Warren Beatty role.  Black Shampoo must have been put together quickly as it was released just one year after the original was released in 1975.


Daniels plays Jonathan Knight, (Mr. Jonathan) the owner the most successful hair salon for women on the Sunset Strip. Mr. Jonathan is extremely popular with his clients, especially the white women who come in to have more than their hair blown out.  Things take a turn when Jonathan gets involved with his receptionist Brenda. (Tanya Boyd from Days of our Lives)  I didn't watch Miss. Boyd on Days, but she is incredibly beautiful in this film, and it's understandable why Jonathan would be so infatuated, I certainly was.


The movie transitions from a sexy romance to an action film with he needs to protect Brenda from her former boss whose connected to the mob. I personally liked the films first half over the last, preferring to watch the beautiful beefy Daniels having sex and not running around with a chainsaw in his hands.  All in all though, it's a fun film with several opportunities to enjoy Daniels wearing very little to nothing.  There is even a very quick frontal after Mr. Jonathan gets up from the couch after his night with Brenda.


As with many movies from the 70's, negative stereotypes are often on display.  Maybe the most obvious were the other two Hairstylists who work with Jonathan at the salon.  They are depicted as incredibly flamboyant, which I'm  guessing was pretty par for the course at the time.  If there was a plus side, our lead and hero Mr. Jonathan interacted respectfully with his gay employee's.  They're over the top behavior was mostly 'filler', almost like the court jesters, providing a bit of what must have been considered 'comedy' in between the romantic and action scenes. 


If you want to download the clip, I've added to SendSpace HERE:

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Saturday, August 6, 2022

Archives: Blast From The Past

Peter Barton

When I started FH, one of my goals was to only featured some of today's hottest and most talented hunks, but also feature men who impacted my, and others in the past.  So many sites are all about the men of the moment, the current and hottest bodies and moments.  As we all know however, it's hard to stay front burner for too long, at least not without burning out.


Blast From The Past began as my way of spotlighting some of the models, actors and singers who I grew u with.  It soon became so much more.   Although I had connections with many of the men that I featured, I also included actors who I discovered later in life.  There are many actors, who I either didn't like or didn't notice that I looked at differently when I got older.  


When I was a kid, I remember thinking that Tom Selleck was sort of 'gross'.  He seemed old, and I hated his moustache, and how hairy he was.  Then... when I hit my thirties, I started looking back on all those shirtless shots of Selleck with a different perspective...   There are also several classic stars from the 40's, 50's and 60's that I never heard of when I was a kid.  Thanks To TCM, I quickly began crushing over actors, many of whom are in their 80's, 90's or no longer with us at all.


This list includes most of those actors, performers, singers and models that I've blasted back to the past with.  I say most, as there are many former heart throbs who showed up in my birthdays or movie section that I have yet to include.  I hope to add them in once I have time to fully research the blog, but this list is a pretty good beginning.   Looking back at some of the posts, especially those from the site's early days, I realize many need an update.  Some were done before I had the ability to cap and create images on my own, and before learning how enlarge an image.  Hoping to update a few of my favorites soon.


Willie Aames | Bruce Abbott | Jeb Adams | Steve Antin | Richard Dean Anderson | Christopher Atkins | Scott Bakula  | Jimmy Baio | Scott Baio |  Lajos Balázsovits | Christopher Daniel Barnes | Doug Barr | Peter Barton | Steven Bauer | Randall Batinkoff | Warren Beatty | John Beck | Michael Beck | Dirk Benedict | Tom Berenger | Helmut Berger | Kevin Bernhardt | Michael Biehn | Hunt Block | Brian Bloom | Steve Bond | Jesse Borrego |  Joseph Bottoms | Timothy Bottoms | Bruce Boxleitner | Greg Bradford | Brady Boys | Beau Bridges | Woody Brown |  Tom Byrd | 











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