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re: What an unpleasant collection of anecdotes.

Posted by:	IThespis 01:05 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to:	re: What an unpleasant collection of anecdotes. - lowwriter 09:48 am EDT 08/15/14

He told me. In CACTUS FLOWER she gave Bob Moore notes! That just isn't done. In APPLAUSE a story floated around after one performance, an understudy or swing had gone in, after the show she passed his dressing room saying "Nice try." I was to a wedding, at the groom's table for God's sake …. she was a guest of the bride … in a narrow space while passing from one side of the tent to the other, here she comes … I raised my camera straight up in the air as we squeezed by one another. I expected a pleasant smile, all of us in it together, a happy day for the bride and groom. She glanced at the camera, gave me the look of death. Larry13 has it right, throughout over 50 years Bacall stories aren't particularly likeable.

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re: What an unpleasant collection of anecdotes.

Posted by:	BruceinIthaca 12:52 am EDT 08/17/14
In reply to:	re: What an unpleasant collection of anecdotes. - IThespis 01:05 pm EDT 08/15/14

I have only one such recollection and it is actually an odd televised one. It was the Tonys, and she had won that night for "Woman of the Year." Some entertainment reporter (I can't recall who, a woman) shoved a mic in her face on the way out and said, "How did it feel to win tonight?" to which she answered (I paraphrase), "Well, you must be surprised since you predicted Chita Rivera would win for 'Bring Back Birdie'!" That seemed like such a classless moment--as a colleague of mine says, a sore loser is one thing, but a sore winner is much worse!

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