I've written here abt the ability of film to evoke place.
watching "Come Live With Me" last nite brought back memories of meeting some of the cast members.
when I encounterd Hedy Lamarr on Schubert Alley it was 4 years after she'd made her final film & 4 years before her notorious shoplifting arrest. she was nearly unrecognizable in dark glasses & babushka. welllllllll I guess Hedy wd never wear a babuska. make that a scarf. but clearly not the silk turban she demonstrates for Stewart in the film.
the dashing but forgotten Edward Ashley was at my table for the AFI salute to Alfred Hitchcock. it was at another of those lifetime achievement award dinners that the film's cinematographer George Folsey was at a nearby table.
irascible character actor Fritz Feld who has an uncreditd bit in the film was table-hopping with his wife at a party for the cast of "Bubbling Brown Sugar" at the Brown Derby where the Cobb salad was invented. how sad that that historic restaurant cdn't have held on. right now Hollywood & Vine is once again becoming chic.
& how many times over the years did I see Jimmy Stewart?
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Stewart filmd "Strategic Air Command" at the base in Fort Worth. maybe he spent his off hours at the zoo?
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