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Tom Lisanti is an award-winning author/film historian specializing in1960s/1970s film and television. He began writing professionally in 1998. His latest books are Texas: An Oral History of Daytime TV's Answer to Dallas from BearManor Media; Dueling Harlows: The Race to Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen from McFarland & Company; and Ryan's Hope: An Oral History of Daytime's Groundbreaking Soap from Citadel Press/Kensington Books.

In 2010, Tom co-wrote with former actress Gail Gerber her memoir Trippin' with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember, which won the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal for Best Memoir of 2010. He recently made appearances on the NYC cable access talk show, The Diana Montford Show; PBS's Stev ...more

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	Ryan's Hope: An Oral History of Daytime's Groundbreaking Soap 4.51 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy Femmes of 60's Cinema: Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach, and Elvis Movies 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959-1969 by Tom Lisanti (Goodreads Author), Aron Kincaid (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dueling Harlows: Race to the Silver Screen 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texas: An Oral History of Daytime TV’s Answer to Dallas by Tom Lisanti (Goodreads Author), Caryn Richman 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1963-1973 by Tom Lisanti (Goodreads Author), Louis Paul, Eileen O'Neill (Foreword by) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy and Suspense 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carol Lynley

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Since she was a child, the beautiful Carol Lynley graced television and movie screens from 1956 until 2002. She successfully progressed from child model, to teenage idol, to ingénue in such hit films as The Light in the Forest, Blue Denim, Return to Peyton Place, and Under the Yum Yum Tree. Then her cool beauty was put to perfect use as the be Read more of this blog post »

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