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Published November 21st, 2012
Hollywood Stars Warm Chilly Fall Day at 15th Annual California Independent Film Festival
By Laurie Snyder
Film icon Connie Stevens positively sparkled at the 15th Annual California Independent Film Festival. Photos Ohlen Alexander

Film buffs may have shivered as they hurried from cars into Moraga and Orinda theatres recently, but they warmed quickly as they basked in the glow of Hollywood screen legends, Connie Stevens and Dawn Wells, at special California Independent Film Festival events Nov. 10.
Baby boomers and a new generation of fans enjoyed a conversation with Wells Saturday morning at the Rheem Theatre, then a select group of 25 movie lovers dined and dished with the two stars at Michael's Ristorante in Moraga. Afterward, back at the theatre, the thermometer climbed when Stevens relived her steamy kiss with heartthrob, Troy Donahue, in the 1961 film Parrish. Noting that Donahue was "the hottest thing in the world at that time," Stevens then let fans in on a secret: "We worked together so many times that we were like brother and sister." They remained devoted friends throughout their lives. Stevens also recalled times with America's first and best moon walker, Neil Armstrong, and comedy giants, George Burns, Bob Hope, and Jerry Lewis. "I got to work with two of my own idols - Eve Arden and Sid Caesar" in the 1982 sequel to Grease, she said. Stevens' two newest projects as a director-producer-screenwriter, are Prairie Bones and Saving Grace B. Jones (coming this December).
Later that same evening, Stevens and Wells received CAIFF awards honoring their achievements in film and television. To find out how you can become involved in the excitement next year, visit www.caiff.org.

See also California Independent Film Festival Slate Awards

No longer in the shadow of the professor on Gilligan's Island as Maryann, author-actress-film company executive Dawn Wells shares a moment with CAIFF founder, Derek Zemrak, before receiving her SLATE Award.
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