Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Celia Brummell

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Cecellia ‘Celia’ Kapp was born in South Africa in 1943. She was a model, author, singer, songwriter and actress. She was married to singer, director, writer actor Beau Brummel (Michael Bush) [1942-2020]. The couple were married from1967 until Beau’s death in 2020. The couple were also nudists and ran a nudist colony resort in South Africa called Beau Valley where he produced many naturist films which featured Celia and their two children Nevada and Cheyanne. Cheyanne later became a writer.

Celia appeared in only one Euro-western along with her husband in 1970’s “3 Bullets… for a Long Gun”.

BRUMMELL, Celia (Cecilia Kapp) [1943, South Africa -     ] – model, film actress, married to author, writer, songwriter, actress, singer Beau Brummell (Michael F. Bush) [1942-2020] (1967-2020), mother of model, actress, author Cheyanne M. Bush, Nevada Bush.

3 Bullets… for a Long Gun – 1970

A new British Blu-ray, DVD release of “Hanie Caulder”

 

Hannie Caulder

(1971)

 

Director: Burt Kennedy

Starring: Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Brognine, Strother Martin, Jack Elam

 

Country: England

Label: 88 Films / Tigon Collection series

Region B

Blu-ray, DVD

Resolution: 1080p

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1

Language: LPCM 2.0 mono English

Subtitles: English SDH

Running time: 85 minutes

Extras: Girl Power Goes West - Adam Scovell on Hannie Caulder; The Account of the Accountant - Interview with Maurice Lansberger; Original Trailer; Stills Gallery;

Limited Edition glossy o-ring, booklet notes by Barry Forshaw & Lee Broughton; Reversible sleeve featuring new artwork by Sean Longmore & original poster.

ASIN: ‎B0CVBKR5ZN

Release date: May 13, 2024

Spaghetti Westerns Locations Then and Now – “For a Few Dollars More”

In the 1965 film "For a Few Dollars More" the gang breaks Indio out of prison.

This location was built by Carlo Simi in Taberna, Spain which sat on an empty filed which today is across the street from the parking garage of Oasys/Mini Hollywood. 

European Western Comic Books – Avventuroso Film – Le grandi firme

 

Film Adventures – The Big Firm

This comic book series was published in continuous photo novels. It debuted with the western Arizona Kid created by Damiano Damiani, “The Oasis of the Dead City” and “The Adventures of Peter”, written by Guido Martina. The complete the magazine it was illustrated by Corrado Caesar. This was followed by film novels in installments ends with a long complete film novel, of which the latest found is #303 entitled “Divine Madness”. From #126 (March 1952) the title is Le Grande Firme”. 

This series premiered in 1949 with issue #1 released on October 23, 1949 and ending with issue #303 on February 1, 1956. It was published by AMO under the direction of Luciano Pedrocchi in Milan, Italy. Each issue contained 16 black and white pages with black and white covers.

Special Birthdays

Carlos Riquelme (actor) would have been 110 today but died in 1990.

Enzo Andronico (actor) would have been 100 today but died in 2002.

Harvey Keitel (actor) is 85 today.

Nicola Di Gioia (actor) would have been 80 today but died in 2017.

Albu Ioan (actor) is 75 today.

RIP Mark Damon

 

American producer and actor Mark Damon died in Los Angeles on May 12^th he was 91. Damon, who was born Alan Herskovitz in Chicago on April 22, 1933, won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for his starring role in 1960’s “House of Usher” for director Roger Corman, who died May 9th at 98, then went on to appear in numerous Spaghetti Westerns and other B-movies shot in Europe, from “Johnny Yuma” to Mario Bava’s “Black Sabbath.” Among the firms Damon led as an international sales agent were PSO, Vision International, MDP Worldwide and Foresight Unlimited. He is survived by his wife, Maggie Markov Damon; son Jonathan; daughter Alexis Damon Ribaut and son-in-law Mathieu Ribaut. Damon was a star of ten Spaghetti westerns: “Death at Owell Rocks” as Harry Boyd/Jeffries; “Johnny Yuma” as Jonathan Tomadaro Jefferson Gonzales/Johnny Yuma; “Ringo and His Golden Pistol” as Johnny Oro/Johnny Ringo) all in 1966; “Kill and Pray” as George Bellow Ferguson; “A Train for Durango” as Brown/Samuel Lee Barrett/Elias MacPherson both in 1967; “Dead Men Don’t Count” as Johnny Dannon Dalton and “Go for Broke” as Johnny Sweet/West both in 1968; “Pistol Packin' Preacher” as Slim in 1971; “The Great Treasure Hunt” as Dean Madison and “They Called Him Veritas” as Verità/Veritas/Verity both in 1972.

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