Andrea Dromm Movies
Andrea Dromm was a model-turned-actress who became a veritable pop-culture fixture in the years 1966 and '67. Dromm was born on Long Island in 1941, the daughter of an engineer, and attended school in Patchogue and later in Greensburg, PA. At the University of Connecticut she appeared in such student productions of The Crucible and The Diary of Anne Frank. She also did modeling work on the side. Her big break came when she was hired by National Airlines to appear in a television advertising campaign that started in 1965. Over the next two years, Dromm endeared herself to millions of viewers (especially men) as the stewardess who says, "Is this any way run an airline? You bet it is!" The catch phrase later entered popular culture, along with Dromm's big expressive blue eyes, blonde hair, wholesome, eager good looks, and voice. In 1966, she also co-starred in Norman Jewison's hit topical comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, playing an ingénue role in the Cold War comedy. That same year, she appeared in the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," as Yoeman Smith. Dromm closed out her movie career by co-starring with former '50s heartthrob Troy Donahue in the spoof Come Spy With Me (1967). She was last seen as one of the stars of Hit the Surf, a 1967 ABC network special on surfing. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi- 1967
Set amidst the steamy underworld of Bermuda and Jamaica, this spy adventure chronicles the exploits of a female spy trying to investigate the mysterious murders of two colleagues before an important meeting between the world's most powerful leaders. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Troy Donahue, Andrea Dromm, (more)
- 1966
The series' second pilot episode (following the then-unaired "The Cage") is an extraordinary science fiction-adventure for its time. The starship Enterprise, commanded by Capt. James Kirk (William Shatner), is about to probe outside of the galaxy when they encounter an old-style disaster buoy from a spaceship listed as missing for two centuries. Examining its memory banks, they find that the ship encountered an unknown form of energy at the galaxy's edge, which precipitated a frantic search for information in their computer about paranormal mental powers and the captain's ordering of the destruction of his own vessel. The Enterprise proceeds on course and hits the same energy barrier, escaping with its main drive disabled, nine crewmen dead, and First Officer Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) mutating as a result of contact with the barrier. With the ship now years from any Federation base as a result of its disabled drive, the crew finds itself with a monster aboard. Mitchell quickly manifests extraordinary mental powers and an increasing contempt for the crew around him. Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) warns that Mitchell will soon be a threat to all of them, while psychiatrist Elizabeth Dehner (Sally Kellerman), who is in love with him (and, as later revealed, is also mutating from the energy blast), defends Mitchell as a potentially improved, evolved version of humanity. Kirk at first cannot face the choice that he knows he must make, of leaving his oldest friend marooned on an uninhabited planet that may also have the facilities to repair the main engines. Finally, Mitchell forces his decision when he turns on Kirk and the crew with mental powers they can't combat. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
- 1966
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Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ordered by commander Theodore Bikel to free up the sub and skeedaddle before an international incident erupts. Hoping to secure a power boat to tug the sub out to sea, Arkin and his men call upon vacationing TV writer Carl Reiner, passing themselves off as Norwegians. When this ruse fails, Arkin is reluctantly compelled to force Reiner at gunpoint to fetch his motorboat, while gentle-natured Russian sailor John Philip Law is left behind to guard Reiner's wife Eva Marie Saint and pretty neighbor girl Andrea Dromm (yes, love blooms). The plot thickens when the locals, notably bullnecked sheriff Brian Keith and superpatriot Paul Ford, spread the word that the Russians have "invaded" their little community. Several slapstick complications later, the Russians and the locals face each other down in the center of the village, weapons at the ready. Fortunately, World War 3 is averted when the Russians and the villagers band together to rescue young Johnny Whittaker from falling to his doom. Enormously popular upon its first release, The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming still works on a slick sitcom level. The film was based on a novel by Nathaniel Benchley, the son of humorist Robert Benchley and the father of Jaws author Peter Benchley. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, (more)
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