Word: raquel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...posters than in our pictures," admits Founder and Chairman Sir James Carreras, who was knighted last year for his philanthropies but is still better known in the film trade as "the High Priest of Horror." It was the One Million Years B.C. poster of a barely wolf-skinned Raquel Welch, not her grunting rendition of the femme sauvage part, that led to her wider exposure...
...instantly known or if we choose a symbolic cover instead of a likeness. In May of 1968, when Robert Kennedy was near the crest of his primary election campaign, we selected Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein. He depicted Kennedy as an all-American hero in a comic book motif. When Raquel Welch was the cover subject in 1969, we might have chosen a glamour specialist. Instead, the assignment went to Frank Gallo, a sculptor with a satiric streak. He rendered Raquel lifesize, in a style reminiscent of a 19th century ship's figurehead...
...because it was unresponsive to his ambition." Lofton predicted that the Lindsay switch would doom the candidacy of Senator George McGovern: "Hoping McGovern will hold on to the left-liberal youth vote in a primary contest with Lindsay is like hoping the fraternity brothers will prefer Snow White to Raquel Welch...
...match time at the Chelsea, a Chicago pub that draws dart players he way Raquel Welch attracts glances, and after several hours of steady practice, the first competitor toed the line and braced to throw. "He was really tired from all that practice," remembers Manager Joe Cassidy. "On that first throw, his follow-through was beautiful. But the dart stuck...
Mike Nichols had spent six months looking for the right girl to play the part. He had considered and rejected Raquel Welch, Jane Fonda, Dyan Cannon, Natalie Wood. One night Critic Kenneth Tynan's wife suggested Ann-Margret. Nichols smiled, but a screen test convinced...