Thursday, 23 February 2012

On The Newstand - 23 February

Although there are over 700 magazines in the archives, I do not have one with Joan on the cover for today's date, so I am featuring a copy of Cosmopolitan, an English magazine that would have been on sale for the month of February 1986.

Inside is a 3 page article, "Joan Collins - What The Team Thinks"

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

On The Newstand - 22 February

Today's featured magazine takes us back 56 years. A French magazine called Mon Film, I have three issues of this in the archives featuring Joan on the cover, there may have been others, I'm not sure.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

On the Newstand - 21 February

Although there are over 700 magazines in the archives, I do not have one with Joan on the cover for today's date, so I am featuring one from America that would have been on sale for the month of February 1986.

Monday, 20 February 2012

Daily Picture - Esther and the King

Lovely publicity photo of Joan from the film Esther and the King.

On the Newstand - 20 February 1982

Today's magazine you would have seen on the Newstand 30 years ago is Titbits, an English publication which also featured Joan on their cover numerous times.

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Daily Picture - Joan Gets Lucky!!

This publicity photo of Joan with co-star Lucky Vanous was to promote her guest appearance as Christina Hobson in the short lived seried, Pacific Palisades.

On The Newstand - 19 February 1983

Today's magazine comes from Australia called TV Radio Extra. This publication, like many other countries featured Joan on their covers several times, I have 6 different issues from 1983-1987 in the archives which will be posted on their respective dates.

A pocket size TV and Radio guide, inside this issue was a 1 page article, "Enter Superbitch" as Joan made her famous entrance in Dynasty (shown later in Australia.

Saturday, 18 February 2012

On the Newstand - 18th February

Various countries featured Joan on their magazine covers on this day, so I am featuring four from my collection and they span a 50 Year period of Joan's career.

The first is from 1956, when Picture Show featured Joan on their cover with Farley Granger her co-star in the film "The Girl in The Red Velvet Swing"

The next magazine is from 1965, another English title, this time a TV magazine called "TV World", and Joan is featured on the cover with Herbert Lom star of "The Human Jungle" which she was guest starring in that weekend.

Now over to Austria, where in 1993 Joan was appearing at The Vienna Opera Ball which is an annual Austrian society event on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday.

This magazine Casino Express featured Joan on their cover in 1993.

Finally we move to 2006 and another English TV magazine called "TV Times" which followers of Joan will know have featured her on their cover numerous times.

Zoe Lucker shared the cover with Joan on this issue to launch the final series of Footballer's Wives, which Joan was to guest star in alongside her as magazine editor, Eva De Wolffe.

Friday, 17 February 2012

On The Newstands - 17 February

Staying with Germany, is today's magazine from 1984 called Neue Illustrierte Revue.

Joan is featured on the cover and the small insert picture of her with Michael Nader in the Dynasty bathtub scene refers to the 2 page article inside, "Was Joan Collins in der Badewanne trieb"

On The Newstands - 15th & 16th February

Apologies that these magazines did not appear on their respective dates, due to work commitments I was unable to write the daily post, so here is a double helping of covers featuring Joan.
The Irish magazine RTE Guide featured Joan on their cover three times. This one for the 15th February 1991 was to promote the Lifestyles series, "My Riviera" and features Joan with Sting

And on the 16th February 1990, the German magazine Gong, which featured Joan on their cover numerous times published this cover.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

On the Newstands - 14th February 1987

The magazines section of my website continues to be popular with fans searching for covers that Joan has appeared on over the years. I have featured this a couple of times on the blog, and with many more covers in the archives I thought why not start the post again.
So today it's back 25 years to 1987 and a copy of the English magazine 'Woman' featuring Joan on the cover from the mini series Sins, wearing the Golden Ball costume. Check out tomorrow's post to see what magazine was on the newstands.

Daily Picture - Dynasty Season 2 - "Enter Alexis"

While sorting through my Dynasty archive files to update the website, I came across this photo of Joan as Alexis Carrington on the stand giving evidence in the Blake Carrington/Ted Dinard murder trial from the first episode of Season 2, "Enter Alexis"

Monday, 13 February 2012

Daily Picture - Turn The Key Softly

Here is another still I recently acquired from the film "Turn The Key Softly", which I have previously mentioned is one of my favourites of Joan's early films. It shows Yvonne Mitchell (Monica), Kathleen Harrison (Mrs Quimby) and Joan as Stella leaving the prison.

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Daily Picture - The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing

This Front of House (FOH) still of Joan as Evelyn Nesbit in a scene from the film "The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing" with co-star Ray Milland is one of 4 being added to the website this weekend.

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Daily Picture - Nutcracker

Today I am featuring a photograph of Joan as Madame Carrere from the 1982 film, Nutcracker which also starred Finola Hughes, Carol White, Paul Nicholas & William Franklyn.

Friday, 10 February 2012

Daily Picture: Joan Collins Is New Face for Cellex-C

Today's rare photo was taken at Harvey Nicholls on the 22 June 2007 at the launch of Cellex-C Skin Serum range.

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Daily Picture - Joan is 'Over The Moon'

Today's picture is from October 2001, a scene from "Over The Moon" which Joan appeared in at the Old Vic Theatre in London, with American actor Frank Langella (left),and British actor Cameron Blakely. I will add other pictures from this production to the Theatre pages in this weekend's site update.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Daily Picture - Dynasty Fashion

Joan wearing one of the many creations Nolan Miller designed for her on Dynasty.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Daily Picture - Decadence

Today's photograph is from the 1993 film Decadence which saw Joan team up with Steven Berkoff and playing two roles each.
I have some other stills from the film to add on the website's next update, hopefully this weekend.

Monday, 6 February 2012

Daily Picture: Can You Recommend A Good Book, Joan?

This wonderful photograph entitled "The Author", shows Joan looking looking through a window of books she has written. You can see Past Imperfect, her beauty book, Love and Desire and Hate, Katy, Infamous, Prime Time and My Secrets.