Dynasty Adverts

Back in May, I posted one of the adverts for Dynasty from the US TV Guide magazines, and mentioned there would be more of these in future posts.

With Season 5 now available in the UK, over the next few days, I will post those relating to story lines in this Season.

Today's is Episode 4, "The Rescue" and is dated 24 October 1984

JConthecover: Bild+Funk

This German magazine ties in with today's post for the UK release of Season 5. Featured on the cover is Joan as Alexis behind bars for the murder of Mark Jennings.
Inside a 2 page article.

DVD: Dynasty Season 5

A first for all UK fans, as this season has NOT YET been released in America.
I was advised by Amazon UK, that my pre-order of 2 May 2010 had been despatched and it arrived today. I'm speechless - the cover artwork is amazing.

At the end of Season 4, Fallon was seen driving off in a torrential thunderstorm minutes before going ahead with her wedding to Jeff Colby, and Alexis was arrested for the murder of Mark Jennings and left in prison amongst prostitutes and other women inmates, wearing a fabulous red off the shoulder evening gown.


This Season picks up where that all left off and contains 29 episodes ending with the Royal Wedding and the famous Moldavian Massacre. Who lives and who dies was left until Season 6.
Look out for guest appearances from Rock Hudson, Ali Macgraw, and Billy Dee Williams in this Season. Total running time is approx 1296 minutes.

TV: Batman

Among the many TV shows that Joan made guest appearances on in the 1960's and 1970's was Batman. She appeared in 2 episodes (no's 96 and 97 of Season 3) playing a villainess called The Siren.

Episode 96 which also starred Frank Gorshin as The Riddler, Joan's character was part of the storyline, which spilled over to the following week when she was the main villain in the episode called "The Wail of the Siren".

Original air dates 21/9/1967 and 28/9/1967. Watch out for more on these episodes in future posts.

JConthecover: Picturegoer (1953)

A British film magazine first published as "The Picturegoer" on 11 October 1913. It changed its name twice between 1914 and 1921 and in the January of that year it became a monthly magazine and continued in that format until May 1931 when it was relaunched as "Picturegoer Weekly".

Each issue featured a star portrait on the cover and Joan actually appeared on 5 of its covers from 1953-1959. This cover is the first of those five, dated April 18, 1953. We have the other 4 issues in the library and these will be featured at later dates.



After 1296 issues of the magazine, it was on the 23rd April 1960 that Picturegoer appeared for the very last time.

Awards

Over the years Joan has won and also been nominated for many awards. This post will look at some of these starting back in 1956 when Picturegoer magazine announced Joan Collins was their "Girl Of The Year" The picture is from "The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing"

JConthecover: Grand Hotel (1987)

The magazine we have chosen from the archives today is Grand Hotel, an Italian magazine from June 1987, which featured a 2 page article about Joan, "Nonna Cosa Si Fa Per Te"