Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Lucky 13

I am watching "Assault on Precinct 13" (the John Carpenter original), and haven't watched that since I was a kid. Have to say that Laurie Zimmer was hot in it in a B-movie Lauren Bacall kinda way...

Laurie Zimmer. Mrrowl.



Still shots don't even fully do her justice. Her 70s "smolderingness" is better in motion. Her apricot turtleneck amuses me, too -- so damned 70s!

Interestingly, she bailed from acting after only four movies. One of her friends actually made a documentary about her, a long time later. I think Jenny Wright (another ill-starred actress who fell out of the industry for whatever reason, at the height of her game) kind of filled in the niche Zimmer left behind -- that pouty-mouthed, sultry-eyed dirty blonde...

Jenny Wright. Mrrowl.