Love your website, although I have one question regarding your
banner. Who is the guy pointing the gun (the guy between Raquel Welch
and Christopher Lee)? I used to think it was Dr. Cornelius from
Planet of the Apes... Is it McQueen? If it is McQueen it's a very
unflattering picture... It's driving me crazy.
Other than that, your website is great.
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Romulo
Retro responds: First, thank you for your kind words and for being a loyal reader. In fact, the image of the guy pointing the gun in our masthead graphic is indeed Steve McQueen, as depicted on a European release poster for
Bullitt. Now, Romulo, we will admit it might not be the most life-like portrait of the iconic star...and we can understand confusing the image with that of another actor--but frickin'
Cornelius from Planet of the Apes?????? The only time McQueen might have sported that much facial hair was in the depths of his deprivations as Papillon or in the little-seen
An Enemy of the People. Besides, Cornelius was a devout pacifist who loathed using guns. Our advice is stop being sidetracked by such inconsequential distractions as your family, friends, career and the world situation and concentrate on what
really matters: useless trivia about 1960s films. We hereby sentence you to read Cinema Retro's in-depth history of the
Apes films, a book that is conveniently bundled with
Fox's Blu-ray collection. (How's that for using a legitimate letter from an innocent reader as a cheesy promotional plug?)-
Lee Pfeiffer Update: Eagle-eye reader Bob Collins points out another case of mistaken identity that I had overlooked in Romulo's letter- the woman in our masthead is not Raquel Welch, but Claudia Cardinale...