RIP Agneta Eckemyr

Swedish model, film actress and fashion designer Agneta Eckemyr died in Stockholm, Sweden nursing home on December 29, 2018 of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 68 years old. Born in Karlsborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden on July 2, 1950. Initially a model, her looks took her into film and television roles. She was photographed by Life Magazine appearing opposite the five semi-finalist actors for the role of James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Shortly after appearing in the 1974 Disney family film production "The Island at the Top of the World," Eckemyr appeared on the front cover and within the October 1975 edition of Playboy magazine, as a Playboy Playmate. After retirement from being an actress, she turned her talents to clothing design. Her most recent designs are featured at Älskling (Swedish for Darling), on Columbus Avenue, New York City; a block from where she used to have an apartment overlooking Central Park. Agneta appeared in two Euro-westerns: “And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars” – 1968 (the dead stagecoach passenger shown in the opening scene of the film), “Blindman” – 1971 (Pilar)

Spaghetti Western Locations ~ “The Big Gundown”

We continue our search for locations for “The Big Gundown”. The scene reverts back to Don Serano’s riders searching for the whereabouts of Cuchillo. Two of the men have found Rosita, Cuchillo’s wife, and are roughing her up trying to get her to talk. Suddenly Cuchillo drops from the rafters above and kills the two me with his knife. Cuchillo asks of Rosita is alright and then leaves her when he hears men banging on the door.

Filmed on a soundstage set in Madrid, Spain.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/

RIP Stan Cooper (Stelvio Rosi)

Italian film actor and video producer Stelvio Rosi died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 19, 2018. He was 80. Born in Rome, Italy on August 1, 1938, Rosi made his film debut as a child actor in 1942, in Ferdinando Maria Poggioli's “Yes, Madam”. He reprised his acting career in the early 1960s and was initially used almost exclusively in teen comedies and musicals. In 1968 he changed his image and his name and to Stan Cooper and was cast in the leading roles in a number of genre films, often adventure, war films and Spaghetti westerns. He worked several times with director José Luis Merino. In 1973 he retired from his acting career and moved to South America, where among other things he worked as a film and video producer in Rio de Janeiro. Rosi appeared in five Euro-westerns: “Paths of War” - 1969 (Lieutenant Martin/Morgan); “Another Dollar for the McGregors” – 1970 (Ross Steward) [as Stan Cooper]; “The Great Treasure Hunt” – 1972 (Sam Madison) [as Stan Cooper]; :Stay Away from Trinity When He Comes to Eldorado” – 1972 (Carter) [as Stan Cooper]; “You're Jinxed, Friend You've Met Sacramento” - 1972 (Hike) [as Stan Cooper]

Spaghetti Western Locations ~ Cortijo de Mónsul

This rustic complex is part of the properties of the Finca El Romeral and is located in a particularly striking environmental area: a basin surrounded by arid hills between the main building of the Finca El Romeral and the Playa de Monsul. The corijo, which today is in a state of neglect, was used as a set in the first sequence of “Johnny Yuma” (1966); in the first part of “Face to Face” (1967), in which it appears as the way station in which Gian Maria Volonte is convalescing, and where he is taken hostage by the notorious bandit (Tomas Milian); in ... “And for a Roof at Sky Full of Stars” (1968) (as a Wells Fargo's office run by Victor Israel); It is also seen in “The Longest Hunt” (1968); and “God Forgives I Don’t” (1968).

“Johnny Yuma” (1966)

“Face to Face” (1967)

“And for a Roof at Sky Full of Stars” (1968)

 

“God Forgives… I Don’t” (1968)

“The Longest Hunt” (1968)