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4:30 It's funny that Lucy found out they were looking for a 'Lucille Ball-type' for a picture in those early days, but after telling them she was interested, they told her she was wrong for the part! I wonder if she ever compared notes with Dolly Parton who said she once entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest- and LOST! LOL
In other interviews, Lucy said that if someone had handed her a broom, and told her to sweep the studio floor, she would have done just that. She was so grateful to be given a chance to learn and advance, that she didn't dare complain.That is why, in later years, she was so impatient when crew members or guest actors would show up to the set ill-prepared, not knowing their lines, or demonstrating some other form of un-professionalism.
BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY, WE DON'T HAVE INTERESTING GREAT TALENT LIKE THESE SUPERB INTELLIGENT BEAUTIFUL LADIES TODAY. NEVER WILL. TALENT IN YEARS PAST WAS IMMENSE. BUT THERE IS TWO TALENT OF TODAY THAT ARE SUPERB. MRS. GLENN CLOSE AND MR. TOM CRUISE. THESE TWO ARE INDIVIDUAL TALENTS. WHERE EVERYONE ELSE ARE GOOD IN GROUPS.
I get one distinct impression about Lucy, from this interview...HUMILITY. Just the way she describes seeing her name typed on a script, for the first time; it's almost as if it had happened, YESTERDAY..not decades before, as it had. And, even though she was an undisputed LEGEND, at the time of this recording..it's apparent to me (just, by her overall demeanor) that she STILL, didn't think of HERSELF, as one!
Gail Patrick acted with all three of these ladies in 'Stage Door' and worked with many, many others over her long career including as the producer of 'Perry Mason.' Gail said, "Ginger was the biggest star and the greatest actor that RKO ever had."
I dearly love Ginger Rogers💕 but this was truly horrible. Of all the songs and dances this Oscar winning, unparalleled star could have done, and they gave her that one. Hell, it sucked when Toni Tenille did it (I loved it then, but I was 10, what did I know?) This is seriously damaged my memory of the late great Ginger Rogers. I truly wish I'd never seen this.
Honestly...? Try to be fred and ginger? I have never heard or saw anything more ridiculous thing. Julie maybe sing and dance but her and her partner never get even close to FRED AND GINGER. Shouldn't even try. Make themselves only ridiculous.
They took a tremendous amount of heat from the press and the public when this was produced, even though it really is a great performance. There was a lot of nostalgia for the Golden Age of Hollywood in those days, while movies like the exorcist and the godfather and dirty harry were being shown as 'true to life' but when even terrific talents like berry and andrews tried to reproduce that stuff, well they just couldn't. Julie has one of the great voices but she can't begin to act or dance like Ginger Rogers... two different levels of ability
@@brAveNewWorld-q3n She's actually an excellent actress too (much wider _range_ than GR). Compared to many, she's also a pretty competent dancer; sure, not in the same league as Ginger Rogers - but this was only supposed to be a tribute, not an imitation. It's only intended to _entertain_ (and tribute), not match.
Lucy got her start as a background extra on Ginger's movies, then moved to speaking roles, then launched on her own and blasted off to stardom. She also took acting classes from Ginger's mom, Lela. Without the two Rogers women, we might not have had Lucy, and that would be a tragedy. Eventually Lucy got Gingers "Leading Lady" dressing room at RKO years later in a twist of fate. Lovely!
According to an interview I saw a while back with Lucie Arnaz, Lucy and Ginger Rogers were somehow distantly related. (Presumably, Lela and Lucy's mother DeDe were distant cousins, or something like that.)
She's so bossy and the southern expressions kill me, LOL. She's obviously talented as a potter - such a perfectionist, even in this. Dinah is adorable.
I, personally, always thought Katherine Hepburn was more than a bit overrated. The other Hepburn on the other hand...Audrey...was not only beautiful and a grest actress but also a great person and humanitarian. In Ginger's autobiography she mentions an incident when Catherine Hepburn threw water out a window on Gingers first new mink coat. Apparently Hepburn's career was stalled as Ginger's (with Fred) was taking off.
This movie is so sad, but it has some great scenes and one of my favorite Astaire/Rogers dance numbers (the Robert E Lee number.) Though that was a short, simple number, there was something really charming and sweet about it that I still love. But I think Ginger was a little selfish to not at least darken her hair for the role. She's had other roles with dark hair. Why was it such a problem for this one? She would have been pretty either way.
