This 1961 publicity still of David Janssen and Joyce Taylor from the forest fire thriller Ring of Fire works on so many levels. I mean, there's the whole "starlets with No Pants" thing and the "Gun Love" subcategory business, the "Behind Ya" and "Uniformity" stuff, the WTF telephone pole pretending to be a tree and the sky backdrop to the studio floor, and the David Janssen-Fugitive tie-in. If she was smoking a cigarette and talking on the telephone, that would ring the bell on two more Starlet Showcase categories. If David Janssen was a girl, we'd have a Girl-Girl entry. And a red 1961 Pontiac convertible might help some. His shoes are all wrong for a forest ranger movie, but that of course is not the point. I found a few more stills from Ring of Fire. I've never seen it. The movie simply couldn't be as good as this publicity photo. But I guess we'll have to keep an eye out for more Joyce Taylor photos. Have a good weekend.
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I'm not at all familiar with Joyce Taylor, but she seems to have a wonderful overbite. As always, I'll search further. Thanks!!
Just saw Ring of Fire on Turner Classic Movies this morning. The film started as a typical early 60s hooligan movie that I was literally counting the seconds to find something else to watch.
Oddly something kept me watching, it wasnt the cliche and very dated slang. It seemed a spark with Joyce Taylor, rough around the edges at first but the on screen duo drew me in.
Before long the movie morphs into a kidnapper power struggle, and somehow morphs into a forest fire public service announcement for smoky the bear. (The film sets a record for anti smoking comments in an era where smoking was still very in vogue)
The film wraps with a ringing endorsment for statutory crime that would have a modern officer thrown in jail. (In the films defense they would do the same then, but they just saved the entire town so a little lovin must be OKAY then.
Overall not a bad film.
I was sad tho to see little on Joyce Taylor online. Credits on movies but no Wikipedia entry, limited info elsewhere.
It seems a shame that her careeer legacy be relegated to such a dim spotlight.
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