I purchased the magazine at a recent visit to Barnes and Noble. I found it to be rather interesting. She doesn't discuss the series much but she did make some erroneous comments about HODS. First of all, none of the film was shot in Rhode Island. Nor were she and Jonathan Frid the only two core cast members not working on the movie and the TV show at the same time. She also talks about the NYC discotheque Cheetah where some famous publicity shots of the actors in costume. Cheetah did not morph into Studio 54 in later years. Same general part of town but different streets.
DC did invite to read for his adaptation of Turn of the Screw. She knew that she would not be considered for the part because he needed someone who belonged to British Equity. The part went to Lynn Redgrave and KLS was cast as Miss Jessel.
I did not know that her parents were amateur actors. Or that she grew up poor.
She also discussed working with Ansel Faraj. He contacted her out of the blue offering her a part in a film. She frankly told him that she couldn't "make head nor tail" of his script but it looked like fun. She also takes credit for encouraging him to get Lara Parker and Jerry Lacy involved. The film was shot in Ansel's uncle's garage using blue sheets with everything else added in later. She adds she and Lara had a great time working together and still had "no idea what our roles were abour." Well, she must have enjoyed the experience enough to work with him again.
It sounds like that she had some issues with Gloria Steinem who wrote an infamous article about the Playboy Club and the bunnies back in the 1960's. I've not read the Steinem piece but it's certainly possible that both viewpoints are valid. Anyway, she plans to reissue the documentary The Bunny Years.
The rest of the interview focuses on her post DS career. I found it interesting that she was working on Brannigan with John Wayne during the day and appearing on stage with James Stewart at night. She is quite blunt about not enjoying working on the short lived series Big Shamus, Little Shamus. She liked working with Brian Dennehy but that the atmosphere was toxic with a lot of drug use.
One of her more interesting stories is about a movie called Witches Brew. It was based on Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber and had been filmed twice before as Weird Woman in the 1940's and Burn Witch Burn in the 1960's. The director was inexperienced and left a lot of plot holes. KLS found herself called back to film new scenes to try and make the story more coherent. And it turns out that the director had never obtained the rights to Leiber's book. Which may explain why the movie is largely unseen.
There are other stories as well. Including her experiences with Dirk Bogarde, Lana Turner, George C.Scott, Karen Black and Hugh Hefner. All in all, a pretty good read.
A DS bonus: Martine Beswicke is also interviewed. She briefly talks about Seizure. The film was done in Canada for very little money. The cast lived in the house where the movie was shot. As the lead, Jonathan Frid had the master bedroom. It was also where the equipment and cameras were stored at night. Beswicke described Frid as "sort of a curmudgeon but just hilarious. "
