‘Skaterdater’ keeps rolling on

Filmmaker Noel Black and his daughter Nicole Black Gonthier embrace. Ms. Gonthier is trying to fulfill her father?s wish that his first film, ?Skaterdater,? is added to the Library of Congress Film Registry. COURTESY PHOTOS
Filmmaker Noel Black and his daughter Nicole Black Gonthier embrace. Ms. Gonthier is trying to fulfill her father?s wish that his first film, ?Skaterdater,? is added to the Library of Congress Film Registry.
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A year ago Noel Black died at age 77 in Santa Barbara.

He left behind a filmography filled with television episodes – “The Twilight Zone,” “The Baby-Sitters Club,” “Hawaii Five-O” “Kojak” – TV movies and theatrical releases, the most famous being the Anthony Perkins and Tuesday Weld vehicle “Pretty Poison” from 1966, and “Private School,” starring Phoebe Cates.

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