John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV

Creator of the audio drama Enter The House Between. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Many Cult-TV Faces of: Joan Collins

In the 1960s and 1970s -- long before Dynasty -- Joan Collins made the rounds on several cult TV favorites, as villains, damsels-in-distress and double-crossers. How many of the many cult-tv faces of Joan Collins can you name? Series and episode titles?

John Kenneth Muir

award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).

8 comments:

nene6:07 PM
The second photo has to be from Star Trek's "The City on the Edge of Forever". The fifth photo is from the Fantastic Journey episode "Turnabout".
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John Kenneth Muir6:33 PM
Nicely done, Nene. Correct and correct. The second photo from the top is Collins as Edith Keeler in Star Trek's "City on the Edge of Forever." The fifth photo you nailed -- Joan Collins in The Fantastic Journey episode "Turnabout."

Now, that leaves photo 1, 3, and 4 left to guess...

best,
JKM
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Unknown7:10 PM
Number 4 is Space:1999's "Mission of the Darians" in the role of Kara.
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John Kenneth Muir7:54 PM
You got it Meredith, nicely done.

We're down to two!

best,
JKM
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Dan Briggs9:50 PM
Pic # 3 is from her appearance on Mission:Impossible the episode is titled "Nicole"
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Tony Island Blog12:00 AM
Photo #1 is from Batman - the Siren.
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John Kenneth Muir6:13 AM
Dan Briggs and Tony Island Blog:

Yes! You are both correct! Mission: Impossible - "Nicole" (a third season episode) and the top picture is from "Wail of the Siren," an episode of the Adam West Batman.

Nicely done!

best,
JKM
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rassmguy6:45 PM
Joan Collins was absolutely stunning as Edith Keeler--which is odd, as otherwise, she wasn't my type. Maybe it was Edith's character that made her so much more attractive than Collins herself.

--Rich Handley
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