Fast, Alvin Lewis

Alvin Lewis Fast
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Name	Fast, Alvin Lewis Gender: M
Birthname	Fast, Alvin Ludwig
born on	29 December 1923 at 06:30 (= 06:30 AM )
Place	Ceylon, Canada, 49n28, 104w36
Timezone	MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source	Rectified from approx. time Rodden Rating C
Astrology data	06°49' 20°13 Asc. 16°38'

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Biography

American film maker and promoter of beauty contests and talent shows, a screenwriter and minor journalist writing for The Hollywood Reporter.

Raised on the Canadian prairie, he left home at 16, hitchhiking with his brother into the U.S. He joined the American Marines in 1942 and served for three years in the South Pacific, learning to kill instead of shaping teenage goals.

On the G.I. bill, he majored in English literature at Stanford University, CA. Due to his brilliant studies, short stories and poetry, upon graduation he was offered a professorship. His interest lay more in glamour than academia, and he moved south to Hollywood.

For the next 45 years, Fast promoted shows, wrote and produced documentaries and features, and played in the show biz scene. With an optimistic zest for life, he savored both the sensual and the intellectual experience. He made exploitation films, sex, horror and violence just short of an "R" rating, including "The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant," "Satan's Cheerleaders," "Brothers," "Hard-Rock Tunnel," and "Death Trap."

Fast married Dorothy King in 1946; one daughter, Lahna; divorced. He married Ruth Weiss in 1965; one daughter, Alexis; divorced.

While at the Cannes film festival, 1991, he began to feel tired and unwell. Over the next six months he lost up to ten pounds a month and was diagnosed with lung cancer in August. He closed out his business, sold everything, and moved in with his sister in November. He died 2/08/1992, c. 7:15 AM, Redlands, CA.

Relationships

• sibling relationship with Rodden, Lois M. (born 22 May 1928)

• business associate/partner relationship with Clark, Greydon (born 7 February 1943)

• business associate/partner relationship with Lee, Sheldon (born 1 April 1941)

Events

• Financial : Inherited money May 1949 (Dad's estate settled)

• Death by Disease 8 February 1997 at 07:15 AM in Redlands, Ca (Lung cancer, peaceful end)
• Social : Joined group 1942 (Marines)

• Relationship : Marriage 1946 (Dottie King)

• Health : Chronic illness 1991 (Feeling unwell, losing weight)

• Death of Father 17 October 1940 (Dad hit on head, died a week later)

Source Notes

LMR quotes his mom for "shortly before daybreak."

Categories

• Traits : Mind : I.Q. high/ Mensa level (Mensa level: tested top tenth of one percent)

• Traits : Personality : Opportunist

• Traits : Personality : Optimist

• Traits : Personality : Personality robust

• Traits : Body : Hair (Balding by 40)

• Traits : Body : Handedness (Right)

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Lung, terminal)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Took heart medicine to control palpitations)

• Traits : Body : Constitution hardy (Seldom ill, ate and drank everything)

• Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Dad murdered)

• Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Second of three; second son)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Relationship : Stress - Extramarital affairs (Consistently; liked young black and Asian girls)

• Family : Parenting : Abusive - Neglectful (Fairly indifferent father)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two daughters, both ambitious and capable)

• Lifestyle : Home : Neighborhood (Apartments in city)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Inheritance (Relative to half the price of a middle class house)

• Passions : Sexuality : Extremes in quantity (Hundreds of women; loved women and the game)

• Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Atheist

• Personal : Birth : Labor short less than 3 hrs (Easy, fast birth)

• Lifestyle : Work : Loves job (Loved Hollywood and show biz)

• Lifestyle : Work : Work alone/ Singular role (Always solitary work or boss in the team)

• Lifestyle : Work : Self-employed (Always)

• Lifestyle : Work : Work at Home more than 10 yrs (Always, seldom had an outside office)

• Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Documentaries, features, shorts)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer (Wrote the book for musical Our Town)

• Vocation : Military : Combat (South Pacific, WW II)

• Vocation : Military : Honors (Battle ribbons)

• Vocation : Military : Military service (WW II)

• Vocation : Sports : Games - Bridge/ Chess/ Other (Social Bridge)

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Hollywood Reporter)

• Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Screenwriter)

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Motivating/Selling (Skilled at hyperbole)

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Social skills (Could fit in anywhere)

• Family : Childhood : Family close (Very close to his mom)

• Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports (Tennis player)

• Lifestyle : Financial : On the edge (Always short, in debt)

• Lifestyle : Home : Same location lifetime (Hollywood for 45 years)

• Lifestyle : Home : Many moves (Never owned a home)

• Vocation : Business/Marketing : Advertising (Produced and directed commercials)

• Vocation : Business/Marketing : Public relations (Promoted talent shows, beauty pageants)