On the Newstand - 7th January 1989

In the archives today we go back 25 years to 1989 and this popular UK magazine (no longer in print) called Weekend.  Joan was featured on their cover at least 8 times between 1978 and 1989.
This cover which featured her Dynasty co-stars, John Forsythe and Linda Evans was a feature on the shake up of all US soap operas.

Daily Picture - Legends and Joan

This lovely picture of Joan is from the 2007 US tour of Legends, which I saw in Phoenix, Arizona.

As I enjoyed the play and have performed in theatre myself - I had to add the script to my collection.

Here's a description of Joan's character from the play.
SYLVIA GLENN - Attractive, flashy, former movie star, now around sixty. Still lots of pep and sas. Ambitious to reactivate her career, many times married, but now broke. Beneath the rather shiny veneer, there is a warm woman who shows herself when she feels secure. In films she usually played the strong, pushy type, like Crawford. She hardly ever played "a lady of breeding" She and Aretha have a special relationship which allows them to put each other "on" without any hurt feelings.

And Linda Evan's character ....

LEATRICE MONSEE - (Pronounced Mon-say) - Leatrice is around the same age, give or take a few years, as Sylvia. She is a far different kind of movie star, one who always played nuns, nurses and saints. Her public figure was always one of "goodness" but beneath the surface, she was just as strong as Sylvia. A Loretta Young or Joan Fontaine type with a reputation for sweetness but underneath lurked what came to be known as "an iron butterfly"

Daily Picture - 1984 Emmy Awards

Linda Evans, Joan Collins and Diahann Carroll stars of Dynasty at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium for the 36th Annual Emmy Awards Dinner.

DVD News - Dynasty Season 7

The wait is over!! Season 7 got it's UK release on 30th January 2012, which is good news for all Dynasty fans. Having pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk back in December, I received mine this morning, so hot off the press are the details.

Season 7 picks up the end of the previous season, with Alexis (Joan Collins) in the clutches of Blake (John Forsythe) as in his rage at the thought of losing the Carrington mansion, he goes for the jugular and viewers were left wondering whether this time, he would kill his ex-wife? But Krystle (Linda Evans)intervenes and allows Alexis to live through the season, no doubt with a plan or two up her designer sleeve.

The Season contains all 28 episodes on 7 discs. The picture on the left is from the 2 part episode "A Love Remembered", on Disc No 4.

Daily Picture - Dynasty Catfights and Caviar

In this picture Joan and Linda Evans raise a toast to each other and the series,as they celebrate the shows 25th Anniversary in this TV special.

This is one of 6 photos added to a new page on the website. Check out the others in the TV Stills section.

Daily Picture - Dynasty 25th Anniversary Reunion

Today's picture is from a series of photographs taken at the time of the Dynasty 25th Anniversary Reunion, this one appeared in many daily newspapers carrying news about the forthcoming 2 hour special.
It was called Dynasty The Reunion - Catfights & Caviar and Joan was joined by cast members Linda Evans, John Forsythe, Gordon Thomson, Catherine Oxenberg, plus Al Corley and Pamela Sue Martin, the original Steven and Fallon.

I will be adding other photos from this special on the website very soon, and they'll be another Daily picture tomorrow.

Dynasty Daily - Blake's Women.

Today's Dynasty picture is from 1982 as Joan was just joining the cast of Dynasty. With John Forsythe as Blake Carrington, pictured from left to right are Heather Locklear (Sammy Jo), Pamela Bellwood (Claudia), Linda Evans (Kystle), John Forsythe, Joan Collins (Alexis) and Pamela Sue Martin (Fallon #1).

Dynasty Daily

Most of the e-mails I receive from fans and people round the world at some stage usually ask the same question, "What do you collect of Joan?". The answer is "most things" and they cannot believe when I tell them how the collection which started with a serialisation from a National newspaper on the eve of Joan's 50th birthday back in 1983 has grown to what you see and more on the website.

I received an e-mail some weeks ago from someone who had come across the site asking if I could do a blog feature of Dynasty photos featuring Joan.
The answer would be "Yes"

Today's is a rather unusual picture of Joan with Linda during their first catfight in Alexis' studio. As you can see Alexis would grab anything to throw at Krystle - no vase remained safe when these two came to blows .....

On the Newstand .... March 16

Today's magazine is American from 1982 and staying with yesterday's Dynasty theme, this time Joan shares the cover with Pamela Sue Martin and Linda Evans.
Inside a 6 page article, "Dynasty's Lustful Ladies"

On the Newstand - March 15th

Today's magazine is Canadian from the year 1986. Sharing the cover with Joan are her Dynasty co-stars Diahann Carroll & Linda Evans and inside a 4 page article.

JContheCover - Cine Tele Revue (1987)

Today, I am featuring a copy of the Belgian magazine, Cine Tele Revue from December 1987.
The cover features Joan with Dynasty co-stars John James (Jeff Colby) and Linda Evans (Krystle). Inside is a 5 page article with another picture of Joan, plus other soap stars.

Between 1985 and 1987 Joan appeared on the cover of this magazine another 6 times, and I will feature these covers in future posts.

JConthecover: Detroit Free Press (1991)

This American magazine from 1991 was one of many covers around at the time to promote the Dynasty Reunion special which tied up all the loose ends from the original series. I have more covers in the archives, and will also be looking at the 25th Anniversary special "Catfights and Caviar" in future posts.

JConthecover: Tele star (1987)

During the Dynasty years Joan appeared on hundreds of magazine covers Worldwide promoting the show.
This cover from French Magazine, Tele Star dated 31 August 1987 also features Linda Evans.

Awards: 1983 Emmys

This photograph of the late John Forsythe with Joan and Linda Evans was taken at the 1983 Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena in California on 25th September 1983.
The ceremony hosted by Eddie Murphy & Joan Rivers saw both John and Linda nominated for awards, John for Outstanding Lead Actor and Linda for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama series (Dynasty),unfortunately neither of them won.

As for Joan, well it wasn't until 1984 that she was nominated for the award, in the same category as Linda, and I will feature pictures of that in a future post.