APRIL 2017 ARCHIVE
francine york memorial CELEBRATION 23 APRIL 2017
A memorial to celebrate the life of actress Francine York (who passed away in January) was held on Sunday 23rd April 2017 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood LA. Click the image below for a PDF flyer containing details of the event.
Click here or on image above for PDF of Francine's Memorial Flyer
Francine York Memorial Celebration
MONSTERPALOOZA 7-9 APRIL 2017
Piper Laurie (1954 movie Dangerous Mission) and Lou Wagner (guest on Lost in Space) will be guests at the Monsterpalooza convention in Pasadena, 7-9 April 2017.
AMAZICON 7-9 APRIL 2017
Stefan Arngrim, star of Land of the Giants, is attending Amazicon 5 in Delaware over the weekend of 7-9 April 2017.
HOLLYWOOD SHOW 28-30 APRIL 2017
Deanna Lund, Lee Meriwether, and David Hedison attended the Hollywood Show at The Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel (5400 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA) over the weekend of 28-30 April 2017. Other Irwin Allen related guests included Barbara Bouchet (guest on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), Sandra Lee Gimpel (Bill Mumy's stunt double in Lost in Space), Sherry Jackson (guest on Lost in Space and child star in Where Danger Lives), and Tom Reese (guest on Land of the Giants). Shared above is a portrait photo of David Hedison courtesy of the Hollywood Show.
EAST COAST COMICON 29-30 APRIL 2017
Lost in Space stars Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen, and Mark Goddard attended the East Coast ComiCon at Meadowlands Expo Center, Secaucus, New Jersey over the weekend of 29-30 April 2017. Featured at the event was a full size Robot and the Chariot.
LEE MERIWETHER
Lee Meriwether has long supported the charity AbilityFirst to help children and adults with disabilities. Details below of their latest event:
Stroll & Roll Set to Raise More Than $920,000 in Support of Children and Adults with Disabilities
GIANT CHAIR AT THE IDEAL HOME SHOW
If you made a visit to the Ideal Home Show in April 2017, you will have found yourself in the Land of the Giants as you walked past the main entrance. There were several pieces of giant furniture outside the exhibition hall at Olympia so they were obviously catering for giants as well as little people.
JAPANESE COLLECTIBLES AUCTION
Several Irwin Allen related Japanese Collectibles are being auctioned on eBay on 26th and 28th April 2017 including this very rare Marusan Judy Robinson doll. Thanks to Hideyuki for sharing these pictures with us.
RECORD STORE DAY LOST IN SPACE
The annual Record Store Day releases on Saturday 22nd April 2017 included a vinyl record of previously unreleased Lost in Space themes and interviews and features a Lost in Space Robot picture cover. Note that this is a limited edition release of just 1000 copies. A full Lost in Space album is planned for later in the year.
COMIC BOOK CENTRAL LOST IN SPACE INTERVIEWS
Comic Book Central are doing several interviews with Lost in Space cast members. You can listen to and download them from the 2017 archive at the Comic Book Central Website.
SUSAN BLAKELY IN DISPLACEMENT
One of the stars of The Towering Inferno, Susan Blakely, appears in the time travel movie Displacement which premieres on 28th April 2017 in the USA and also on US Video on Demand services such as Amazon and iTunes.
BARBARA HERSHEY - CHILLER THEATRE APRIL 2017
Barbara Hershey, star of Irwin Allen's Flood, was a guest at the April 2017 Chiller Theatre Expo in New Jersey.
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