Born Eva Von
Fielitz on Sept.2,1937 in Orgyte,Sweden,Lynd posed for glamour girl
pin-up pics and appeared as eye-candy on television shows and in movies.
She was best known however for her appearances on the covers of "men's
sweat magazines". She was a favorite model of Norm Eastman,Al Rossi and
Bruce Minney. She was recognizable as the lingerie-clad victims of Nazi
brutality. Other times she'd be a sexy resistance fighter battling
alongside American GIs and British commandos. And on still other
occasions she was the SS She-Wolf torturing a captured P.O.W. If there
was more than one woman in the scene look carefully. Chances are it was
Eva with different hair coloring.
I was
watching the camp classic
SHE DEMONS again the other day and was struck
by how
much the story resembled something
out of a sweat mag. Only with
more of a sci-fi/horror bent.
Then I began to imagine
this flick starring
Eva Lynd
and Steve Holland instead
of Irish McCalla and Todd Griffin.
Hmmm. Irish McCalla might have
made a good model for Pat Savage
as well.
Tarzan actors like Buster
Crabbe, Herman Brix, Lex Barker
would have been
great
portraying Doc Savage. Heck
TV's Tarzan of the 1960s Ron Ely
actually did play Doc in a
70s flick.So it's not hard to
imagine
McCalla, the definitive
Sheena Queen of the Jungle
portraying Pat
Savage..
the Girl of Bronze.
Funny thing is that in the Doc Savage books the Man of Bronze and his cousin are described as having bronze-colored hair.But ever since the Doc Savage movie where Ron Ely played the character as blond a lot of artists have illustrated Doc with hair lighter than his skin.While in the books it's the other way around.
ReplyDeleteHad it not been for Bama's interpretation on the first Lancer book, I would have likely not been drawn into the world of Doc in my teens. What a great discovery that was!
ReplyDeleteI hear you Bob.Bama was to Doc Savage as Frazetta was to Conan the Barbarian.
DeleteI agree with Mr. Besco, Bama's art sold me on the Doc Savage "look". Eva Lynd was the perfect model to go with Steve Holland's male heroes and antagonists on those wonderful magazine covers.
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