All That Chat - re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?"

HOME ALL THAT CHAT ATC WEST COAST SHOPPIN' RUSH BOARD FAQS

LOGIN REGISTER SEARCH FLAT MODE

not logged in

re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?"

Posted by:	AlanScott 05:53 am EDT 03/12/14
In reply to:	Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - bobby2 04:46 am EDT 03/12/14

In a crazy 1966 New York Times interview with Rex Reed, she said that while she was in A Thousand Clowns she signed a contract with Seven Arts for $15,000 a picture. "It sounded like a lousy deal, but I had an agent who said, 'Honey, you better grab it,' so I did. They never offered me a film but they won't let me out of that stupid contract." She went on to say that Seven Arts got paid a lot of money to let her do Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? but that the film version she did of the Actors Studio production of The Three Sisters was sitting unreleased because of Seven Arts (and to the consternation of the Studio, which had made it in hopes of making some money). She didn't discuss the Thousand Clowns film directly in the interview, but I'd guess the Seven Arts contract was the reason. Clearly the film was done on a tight budget.

reply \|

Previous:	re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - lowwriter 09:17 am EDT 03/12/14
Next:	re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - enoch10 05:41 pm EDT 03/12/14

Thread:	re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - enoch10 05:41 pm EDT 03/12/14 (6) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - AlanScott 05:51 pm EDT 03/12/14 (5) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - enoch10 06:36 pm EDT 03/12/14 (4) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - AlanScott 07:37 pm EDT 03/12/14 (3) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - pierce 02:37 am EDT 03/13/14 (2) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - LegitOnce 01:35 pm EDT 03/13/14 (1) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - TheOtherOne 07:30 pm EDT 03/14/14 re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - TheOtherOne 06:43 am EDT 03/12/14 (7) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - AlanScott 07:24 am EDT 03/12/14 (6) re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - TheOtherOne 05:38 pm EDT 03/14/14 re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - LegitOnce 07:49 am EDT 03/12/14 (4) I meant to also mention - AlanScott 08:34 am EDT 03/14/14 re: Why wasn't Sandy Dennis in the movie version of "A Thousand Clowns?" - AlanScott 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14 (2) Rosemary Murphy - Whistler 09:24 pm EDT 03/12/14 (1) re: Rosemary Murphy - AlanScott 08:37 am EDT 03/14/14

All That Chat is intended for the discussion of theatre news and opinion
subject to the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service. (Please take all off-topic discussion to private email.)