"Are they going to replace me?" (Danger: Diabolik!)
Every year like the monster of Loch Ness an announcement is made that the Italian cult comic "Diabolik" is going to hit the big or small screen. Each time sadly enough that attempt ends in the gutter...
View ArticleInto the groove!
Dedicated to Jochen K. from Graz, Austria, a Marisa Mell fan with a big heart for everything Eurocult movies and music! Thanx my friend!
View ArticleDIABOLIK-La Serie! - Trailer
A few weeks ago I was pleased to announce that a new Diabolik television series was in the making and that a trailer was being made for the television markets around the world to invest in and/or buy...
View ArticleThe Two "Marisa"s by Helmut Berger
On november 1st 2012, the German publishing company Schwarzkopf Verlag situated in Berlin published a very luxurious photobook on the life of the once European cult movie star and present day always...
View Article"Doppia Coppia con Regina" - Set photos
In 1972 Marisa Mell starred in the Spanish drama production "Alta Tension" from director Julio Buchs with fellow co-stars Gabriele Ferzetti and Helga Liné. Among fans of Marisa Mell the movie is often...
View ArticleMay 16th 1992 - "Ciao Amore!"
DEATHOF MARISA MELL20 YEARSOn May 16th 2012 it will be already 20 years that Marisa Mell succumbed to her fatal illness “throat cancer” a result of her heavy jet set lifestyle for years in a deadly mix...
View ArticleThe Beauty That Broadway Won't See! (Mata Hari)
During the run up to becoming the female lead in the new musical "Mata Hari", directed by Vincente Minelli, Marisa Mell stayed some time in America. The promotion circus was in full swing in the course...
View ArticleLucifera (Fumetti per Adulti)
In the past I have written on this blog about a known fact that Marisa Mell was used as a model for the Chilian erotic spy comic Satanka. So one day while researching the life and work of Marisa Mell...
View Article"Objectif 500 millions" sur "JT" d' Antenne 2
On February 9th 1966 the second French television channel "Antenne 2" had an item in its main evening news called "JT" about a new action movie/thriller being filmed on the beaches of the coastal...
View ArticleMarisa Mell: Reality Star?
Marisa Mell lived during the height of her career in an era during the 60's, 70's and early 80's where beauty, being or looking young and make-up were important for a girl or a women but not as...
View ArticleIn The Year...1969!
This is a picture of Marisa Mell from the year 1969 promoting the scooter company "Lambretta" in Italy while being on top of her game as a much in demand actress and fashion/commercial model. Never...
View ArticleMessalina (Fumetti per Adulti)
Marisa Mell was regarded in her days as a classical beauty like Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot. Thick dark auburn hair, cat like emerald green eyes and a voluptuous sensual mouth with big inviting...
View Article"Everybody Has Something To Hide!" (Mata Hari)
Marisa Mell rehearsing her dancing steps for Mata HariDuring the autumn of 1967 Marisa Mell was rehearsing in America for her leading part as Mata Hari in the David Merrick musical with the same name....
View ArticleRuf der Wildgänse!
In the early stages of her career Marisa Mell had not the luxury to choose the kind of parts in her movies as she wanted them to be. The main target foremost was getting a major speaking role in a...
View Article"The More It Changes The More It Stays The Same!"
I often wonder how fashion houses like Zara and H&M, the number 1 and 2 in the world of pret-à-porter, are able to make almost every season a new collection. Not an easy feat but inspiration has to...
View ArticleFinally! "Ruf der Wildgänse" on DVD
On April 26th 2013 one of Marisa Mell's earliest movies "Ruf der Wildgänse" will be released on DVD in Germany with a German audiotrack for the first time ever! In the past if you wanted to see this...
View Article"New York chiama Superdrago"
During the height of the James Bond craze Marisa Mell could not escape becoming part of an Italian James Bond movie clone called "New York chiama Superdrago" . The film premiered on February 17 1966...
View ArticleNew "Mario Bava"-book by Spanish writer Carlos Aguilar
A new phantastic book about the great Italian filmmaker "Mario Bava" was published this March 2013 in Spain, by the author Carlos Aguilar. The book forms part of the publisher Catedra’s Cineastas...
View ArticleCliff Corner (Bastei Verlag)
Ok, I finally admit it! I am a pulp novel junkie since my early childhood. Thanx dad! Not only do I read pulp novels from the USA that everybody knows like Tarzan, Conan, Buck Rodgers,... but also the...
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