Maureen Gaffney Movies
- 1966
Coasting on the reputation of his golf-champion wife Alma (Phyllis Hill), Chick Farley has landed a job as resident pro at an exclusive golf club. To supplement his income, Chick begins blackmailing club official Erwin Brandt (Harry Townes), and also embezzles money from the club's pro shop. Intending to place the blame for a $3000 deficit on his assistant Jim Harrell (Alan Hale Jr.), Chick makes a phone call to club member Hamilton Burger--only to be bludgeoned to death with a sand wedge as Burger listens in! Naturally, Harrell is charged with the murder, and just as naturally, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) defends the poor sap. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
This melodrama exploits racial tensions with the tale of a light-skinned African-American who impersonates a Caucasian and joins the notorious Ku Klux Klan to get revenge on the bigots who bombed a church and killed his daughter. Soon after joining, the vengeful father begins having sex with the clan leader's daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Gilden, Rima Kutner, (more)
- 1965
Hurriedly assembled to capitalize on the Paramount feature of the same name, Magna Pictures' Harlow was shot in less than two weeks, utilizing a glorified TV-kinescope process called Electronovision. Carol Lynley is physically an excellent choice to play 1930s Hollywood "platinum blonde" Jean Harlow, though she has little of Harlow's casual charisma. Pushed into a movie career by Mama Jean (Ginger Rogers) in order to support her dysfunctional family, Jean rises from 2-reel comedies to big-budget features in the space of a year. Though one of the highest-priced stars at MGM, Jean's fortune is rapidly depleted by her high-living (and, it is hinted, incestuous) stepfather Marino Bello (Barry Sullivan). Seeking happiness and security, Jean marries producer Paul Bern (Hurd Hatfield), only to have him commit suicide due to his impotence. Just when her misery is about to be ended by her marriage to movie star William Mansfield (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.)--a thinly disguised William Powell, who refused to allow his name or likeness to be used--Jean dies of uremia at the age of 26. If you can get past those miserable Laurel & Hardy imitators at the beginning of Harlow, you might be able to survive the rest of the picture, which gives a whole new meaning to the word "cheap." Watch for boxing champ Sonny Liston in a one-scene bit. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., (more)
- 1964
Two numbskull housepainters get into a real fix when they inadvertently mix vanishing cream into their paint and set off to decorate a building full of nubile females. Sexy slapstick chaos ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
