Archive for the ‘Feature Film Projects’ Category
Blue Lagoon (Trailer) Leave a comment
DOLPHIN FILM PROJECTS
THE BIG DOLPHIN (MOVIE); HOW KATHY MET THE BEATLES Leave a comment
The original plan was for Roman Polanski to direct The Day of the Dolphin. That would have changed the movie considerably. George C. Scott was the leading Hollywood actor, at the time of this production in Florida. Kathy was part of the crew. THE BEATLES PERFORMING IN SYDNEY – British Pathe <CLICK LINK Mute (silent) [...]
BEHIND THE SCENES – TV and CINEMA FILMS
Beginning in October 2009 the Nine Network in Australia began showing re-runs of Skippy during an early morning time slot. A friend of Kathy Troutt was hired to swim underwater with a plywood shark fin on the surface. The ‘shark’ was menacing Skippy in a boat. The place was Palm Beach, Sydney (1969). Ace underwater [...]
UNDERWATER NUDE, FIJI (‘The Blue Lagoon’ stand-in)
Kathy Troutt was hired to search Fijian waters for dolphin that might be trained to appear in a major feature film. At Dunk Island, Kathy was hired to do nude stand-in for the leading female actor. At the last moment this plan was changed and the actor performed her own nude underwater sequence – however, Kathy received enormous advance publicity.
