More on the Masked Marauders Album, Catherine Deneuve Today, and for your viewing pleasure...

Thanks to Andrea for asking about the album.  The photo did come from the Playboy March 1967 edition and yes, it was originally taken by Polanski.  The album was just a bunch of sound-a-likes of major rock stars such as Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and John Lennon.  However, it is still unknown how or why Sharon's photo--a publicity photo for "The Fearless Vampire Killers"--ended up on the cover.

You can certainly tell that the photo has been manipulated when you put the pictures close to each other:

Catherine Deneuve is looking great at the Venice Film Festival.  This makes me wonder if Sharon would have aged like one of her favorite actresses, Deneuve? :

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/9/7/112825/4330/travel/Catherine+Deneuve+Nears+Her+50th+Year+of+Attending+the+Venice+Film+Fest

There are a lot of great videos as we all know on Sharon right now on You tube but I thought I'd remind everyone about Tammy and Andrea's set of great montage videos too.  If you haven't seen them yet, give them a look! :

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/my_shared?z=409241fe839fff14f2ea96&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

http://sharontaterememberedandvideoblog.blogspot.com/

http://sharontaterememberedvideoblog2.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/rhiannon185

For Friday April 16, Photo of the Week, More New Books, New Vintage Translated Article: Sharon Tate and the "Hollywood Star System", A Dedication Video to Sharon and her baby, A Look Back at the Year 1969, End Game For Roman Polanski?

Sorry I got back a little late tonight...

Here is our lovely photo of the week:

From Photoplay magazine.

Here are some items contributed by Sharon fan Micaela:


Two new Spanish books that mention Sharon:

Polanski: Un Genio Maldito (This one is translated: Polanski: An Evil Genius).

Sangre en el Paraiso by Manuel Penella (Title translated: Blood in Paradise).

If anyone has read these please let us know what you think?

And a new vintage translated article:

King Magazine Italy 1966

$500,000 for Sharon Tate

Now look at her, this is Sharon Tate, incredibly lovely, delightfully blonde and sure of herself.  Ready to front the paths of the glory of celluloid.

Well, we must reveal to ourselves the secret: she is the classic product of the rigid "Hollywood Star System."

Sharon was, two years before, a simple lovely girl but no more.

Its luck is due to one man alone: of the noted Martin Ranshohoff, director of Filmways, a mass-producer of TV series. 

Immediately Ransohoff put the young Tate under contract for seven years and spent $500,000 (that is 300 millions of lira--Italian money).  For such a young lady Sharon began very hard work: lessons of song, dance, diction and performance.

When the $500,000 had been spent, from their ashes was born Sharon Tate, the star of tomorrow.


This is a Sharon that is beautiful everywhere and not afraid to show herself undressed.
In little time, we will see her in a film with Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale called "Don't Make Waves," a film tease of the crazy life in Southern California.

Many the shots here, all of our Sharon, show her in a small, colored bikini. 

If you were to ask the young lady Tate today what was the thing that makes her laugh about her life, the sculptural girl answers without hesitation:  "It was when, after seeing he had spent the $500,000, that Mr. Ransohoff had me do parts in five or six different series on TV with a black wig on."  *Even though he had spent so much money on her she was still starring incognito.

After "Don't Make Waves", Sharon Tate is ready for the big producers.


At present, she just finished filming "The Fearless Vampire Killers," directed by the teacher of fear, Roman Polanski.

In the latest issue of Playboy and from the set of the film, Sharon Tate appears nude.
Thanks so much for these two items, Micaela!

Here is a lovely dedication to Sharon and her baby Paul:

http://inewmovie.com/11986/in-loving-memory-of-sharon-paul-richard/

Serge Gainsbourgh and Jane Birkin: One of the great 1960s couples.

A nice article on looking back at 1969:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/1969-the-year-everything-changed-1752220.html

And an interesting new article on Roman Polanski:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/apr/15/roman-polanski-exile-ghost

Sharon Tate and Farrah Fawcett

I just got the new Vanity Fair for this month and it has a great article on Farrah Fawcett. Some of the things said in the article remind me so much of Sharon that I thought I would put them here:

"She was beautiful and likable, which is a hard combination to find," says Leonard Goldberg, co-producer of Charlies Angels. I've often heard celebrities and friends say the same about Sharon.

Goldberg continues: "I had never seen anyone have an impact like Farrah did." This reminded me of Hal Gefsky when he said he had never seen anything before or since Sharon. They would go to a restaurant and the manager would offer to pay for it. She would have "come home with a stack of cards from all the guys in town."

Goldberg goes on to say: "Cameron Diaz once said to me, 'There are two kinds of beautiful girls--the ones you can be friends with and the ones you think will try to steal your boyfriend. Farrah was the first kind." The first kind is like Sharon as well.

Fawcett's former agent Sue Mengers recalls: "When she walked into the room, she was breathtaking. She was the most beautiful woman even in a room full of other beautiful women." I bet that could have been said of Sharon.

Cheryl Ladd, who replaced Fawcett on Charlies Angels says: "There was a vulnerability about her that Marilyn Monroe had. She was sexy, but she was giggly and kind of child-like, and, I believe, unthreatening." Ransohoff compared her to Marilyn almost right away. And Mia Farrow said Sharon was childlike. Two more things she has in common with Farrah.

Ryan O'Neal says: "She was provincial in many ways, and I think she would love to have had a picket-fence kind of life, cooking and doing her art." Sharon was often said to just want a nice family life, to be a good wife, cook and mother.

Tatum O'Neal says of Fawcett: "I truly thought Farrah was inspirational and beautiful and kind." I think it goes without saying that Sharon was like that to.

Patrick O'Neal said something that can be said of both women although, he only meant it for Farrah, of course: "I have never met anybody more sweet or kind than Farrah," and, he adds, "I loved her."

More similarities between Fawcett and Tate:

Both Farrah and Sharon were born in the 1940s.

Both were born in Texas and came from families with 3 girls in them; Sharon was the first born, while Farrah was the youngest.

Both have Native American ancestory and were Roman Catholic.

Both modeled when they were young.

While both were young girls, they decided to "try their luck" in Hollywood.

Both appeared in TV shows and Motions Pictures and even in early tv commercials.

Both appeared on countless magazines around the world.

Both posed nude for Playboy.

Both were nominated for Golden Globe Awards.

Fawcett was jealous of O'Neal's skirt chasing ways as was Sharon of Romans'.

Fawcett's hairstyle was copied by millions. Sharon's hairstyle has been copied and has continued to be with shows like Gossip Girl.

Both were known as sex symbols and "the most beautiful girl in the world."

They both had sons; Farrah was able to give birth to hers but, unfortunately, not Sharon.

Both had cancer in the immediate family: Farrah had anal and her sister had lung cancer while, Sharon's sister and mother had cancer, Patti had breast cancer and Mother Doris had brain.

Both died from different but tragic deaths.

Ryan O'Neal has had a very difficult time dealing with Farrah's death as did Roman with Sharon's murder.

Ryan O'Neal and Polanski share the idea that their is no heaven but I know Farrah thought there was one and I think Sharon did to.

Both have been described by many as "Angels."

Two more quotes that speak volumes about both women are from Hugh Hefner and from Kate Jackson.

Hefner said of her: "Farrah was one of the iconic beauties of our time. Her girl-next-door charm combined with stunning looks made her a star on film, TV and the printed page."

Jackson said: "She was a selfless person who loved her family and friends with all her heart, and what a big heart it was. I will remember her kindness, her cutting dry wit and, of course, her beautiful smile...when you think of Farrah, remember her smiling because that is exactly how she wanted to be remembered: smiling."

So I'll end this with a photo of both great women wearing red bathing suits and smiling...