The Blonde In Front

was 55!!!

On August 1, 1971 “The Omega Man” was released in theaters! Directed by Boris Sagal (who directed episodes of The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Night Gallery) and starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic. It was written by John William Corrington (Battle for the Planet of the Apes) and Joyce Corrington (Killer Bees) and based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The Omega Man is the second adaptation of Matheson's novel. The first was The Last Man on Earth (1964), which starred Vincent Price. A third adaptation, I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, was released in 2007, and appropriated this film's tagline. The film also stars Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Brian Tochi, and Paul Koslo. The film's producer, Walter Seltzer, went on to work with Heston again in the dystopian science-fiction film Soylent Green in 1973.

The other is 50!!!

On August 1, 1976 “Obsession” premiered in New York City! Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, and John Lithgow. The screenplay was written by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver), from a story by De Palma and Schrader. Bernard Herrmann provided the film's soundtrack before his death in 1975. The plot follows a prominent New Orleans businessman who is haunted by guilt following the death of his wife and daughter during a kidnapping-rescue attempt gone wrong. Years later, he meets and falls in love with a young woman who is the exact look-alike of his long dead wife. Completed in 1975, Columbia Pictures picked up the distribution rights but demanded that changes be made to reduce potentially controversial aspects of the plot such as in**st.

39 and lookin FINE!!!