Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Met my first crush Stefanie Powers the other night

...after the screening of her movie "Die! Die! My Darling!" during the Sedona Film Festival.

After the film was presented, on stage Miss Powers had quite a few interesting and funny little anecdotes about her co-star in the film Tallulah Bankhead, and went on to talk for about an hour about her years under contract during the studio era at Columbia, MGM and 20th Century Fox. Being the President of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, she also touched upon that aspect of her life.

Have to say it had been years since I've watched "Die! Die! My Darling!" and had forgotten much of the film(it also features a very young Donald Sutherland) and was actually somewhat impressed with how well the very young at the time Miss Powers seemed so natural in it, And, even though Miss Bankhead really hams it up in it, a la Bette Davis in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane", a film which Miss Powers would mention inspired the Hammer Production of "Die!..", overall I thought it well directed by Silvio Narizzano, who's best known work would probably be "Georgy Girl".

Later, and after Miss Powers finished her talk on stage, she welcomed her fans in the theater lobby, and so my wife asked her if it would be okay if her husband had his picture taken with his "first crush", to which which Miss Powers said, "Oh, so YOU'RE him, eh?!", and to which I replied, "Yeah, among the million of other men my age who remember daydreaming of dating "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E." while sitting in their high school classes."



(...my hair was "a little" darker back in those days)

You clean up well Dwight. Looks like a good time. I too had a crush on her.

Oh man i used to love watching her in those little skirts with the windfield uncle car! Well now Dwight now i know what you look like.

Lucky boy, she's still beautiful. Nice tweed!

he b needin' a big ole silver medallion. he b so dapper!

Hmmm She was yummy!!! Still is......

(...my hair was "a little" darker back in those days)

"and my heart a little lighter" or words to that effect, from Lee Marvin,"The Professonals"?

You're Lucky Dwight.She's still a hot lady.Looks nice and friendly too,not stuck up.

Ok I am playing the jealousy card.

Great picture Dwight! I can't believe she is 72. I remember Stefanie from "Hart to Hart".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSn9xPnjLps

Your are a bit of a hero around here, I told a group I was on course with the past two days of the photo with you and Stefanie Powers and they suitably impressed.

Dwight, Jane is watching for you on the red carpet.

Stunning, completely Stunning......Ms Powers that is..... congrats Dwight.....

So does that mean she lifted the restraining order then?

Was it the stalker with the beard on the left?

Dwight,you seem to have a bit of the "Christopher Lee" look going on,As if you might sink your fangs into Miss Powers neck soon

[I'm kidding.I'm only jealous}

Loved the "Christopher Lee" and "Restraining Order" lines here, guys!