Rocky by Julia Sorel
Publisher: Ballentine
Copyright: 1976
Edition shown: 1st Printing, December 1976
Tagline: “His whole life was a million-to-one shot.”
Comments: Novelization
– Craig Zablo
Sly’s Kitchen Optioned
April 1975. Sly’s script “Hell’s Kitchen” is optioned. The title will later be changed to “Paradise Alley.”Sly’s Kitchen Optioned
April 1975. Sly’s script “Hell’s Kitchen” is optioned. The title will later be changed to “Paradise Alley.”Sly’s Kitchen Optioned
April 1975. Sly’s script “Hell’s Kitchen” is optioned. The title will later be changed to “Paradise Alley.”Inspiration Strikes
Sly attends the pay-per-view of the Muhammad Ali vs Chuck Wepner fight. This provides the spark of inspiration that leads to “Rocky.”
Sly & Sasha Marry
December 28, 1974. Sly and Sasha Czack are married. The marriage will last eleven years. They will have two sons, Sage and Seargeoh. The photo above was taken in 1971 and sent to us by Sage Stallone from his mother’s private collection.Sly Scores
Sly appears in Score, an off-Broadway play which runs for less than one month. Pictured above is a photo of the extremely rare program book. Below is the entry for Sly. – Craig
Sly Has No Place to Hide
Sly plays one of the leads in a movie about students politically motivated to change the system by bringing it down. The photo above is one of the extremely rare lobby cards for the movie. The photo below is the equally rare ad booklet for the film. – Craig
Party @ Kitty and Stud’s
Sly appears in the low budget adult film “A Party at Kitty and Stud’s.” Once Sly hit it big with “Rocky” the producers of “Kitty and Stud” offered to sell the film to Sly under the threat of releasing it and ruining his career. To his credit Sly refused to pay them. The movie was repackaged and released as “The Italian Stallion” in order to capitalize on Sly’s new found “Rocky” fame. Party @ Kitty and Stud’s
Sly appears in the low budget adult film “A Party at Kitty and Stud’s.” Once Sly hit it big with “Rocky” the producers of “Kitty and Stud” offered to sell the film to Sly under the threat of releasing it and ruining his career. To his credit Sly refused to pay them. The movie was repackaged and released as “The Italian Stallion” in order to capitalize on Sly’s new found “Rocky” fame.