I was watching Truman Capote on talk shows in the late Sixties when I was a teenager, and was very fasinated by him. Who is this man with such a strange voice, and such good stories that everyone wants to hear. Have been a fan ever since. Now I am into finding out all I can about Evelyn Keyes. Awesome seeing them here together.
Talk shows in the 70s were sooooo good!!!! I was a kid then but i would watch all these talk shows even when i did not understand who the guests were - because everyone was so fascinating & entertaining. There is nothing like it now. And celebrities of today are not very interesting…….😊
I would love to read this book now that I’m older. I love that Steve Allen is engrossed in the book. Probably checking to see if he’s in it and Truman is giggling like a teenager. So you know all the men are impressed.
What a hoot! Steve Allen was real bookaholic. Through the whole interview he sits there READING Evelyn's book! On national TV! I've never seen anything like it.
Wow! Truman's creative mind-set and so spontaneous! He flows with metaphor and verisimilitude and his concept of what constitutes beauty. I could see Steve Allen in a sense practically levitate from his chair ha! I wish he had been conducting the interview as I was taken by Truman's unique semblance of beauty, his means of which he perceived beauty in Charlie Chaplin in his old age, of what for Truman transcended age. It was a flashing and magical moment. I think that Truman's visuals were metaphorically reaching into Charlie's soul, the depth of his character, a true creative genius. I could see Evelyn beginning to connect with it too, a connection to what for me would have developed even further into what was for me the best part of the whole interview. Thanks Alan Eichler for posting this!
Thank you Mr. Eichler for sharing this. Merv G. seemed to engage some of the most entertaining and accomplished people as guesrs. It's a pleasure to see these and I hope there are more to follow.
Her book is still relevant today. What amazes me about Chaplin is how he went from extreme poverty in London to a mansion high above Lake Geneva! What a man!
And yet back when VCR's came in Chaplin had an entire library shelf of Benny Hill shows and loved to watch him. It was the English music hall tradition he came from.
Wow! That was truly remarkable and fascinating conversations. I did wonder why Steve Allen seemed slightly uncomfortable in greeting her and didn’t shake her hand.
Thank you for posting this. I read her memoir years back in the 80s, have read many many many more bios and memoirs since, and her book still stands out as one of the funniest and most honest of the lot. Very intelligent woman.
Alan, Capote went on many television shows yet the record of his appearances isn't here on RU-vid. It's very scant, and most are only snippets. Too bad, really. I wish more people would post his appearances. I know he went on Cavett during during this period of his life, when Dick had an abbreviated half-hour show. It's nowhere to be found.
I had never really heard of this woman and only came across this because of Capote but I definitely want to read it now. I’m shocked at how candid she is, it’s nice to see someone being genuine.
She's really interesting. Griffin became bored and turned back to Truman, who took forever to recall one minor trip to see Chaplin. Wish he'd stuck with Evelyn.
Evelyn just came to a great conclusion on her life AND what's his face just abruptly cut her.off and turned to Truman and talked to him ! Never.seen such a rude cutoff,ever!
Truman was so out of it during the last years of his life, it is hard to believe that he was once a great writer. He couldn't even speak coherently at that point.
merv was a well known gay man...ava gabor only fooled the rubes....in fact if you were perceptive you would see merv put his boyfriends on camera who were sitting in the audience
@@jadezee6316 Merv wasn't the director of the show. Where the camera went during a taping was not something that Merv can control. That's why all of the cameramen have headphones on. They're taking direction from the Director.
I noticed that Keyes still never mentioned her most famous marriage - to Al Jolson. By most accounts (certainly hers when she rarely DOES talk about it) it was a marriage from Hell.
capote talks of chaplins beauty here....is not far fetched....as a young man he was described that way...ironically when he dressed as a woman.....for his art
It was another time and it’s unfair to judge her by your current cultural standards. I consider myself a feminist and I would never make that remark about Miss Keyes. And I’m sure I am much older than you are.
@@edglebennett6312 Exactly. Why do some people dwell on it? Do we talk publicly about our daily bm's ? Is that next ? Polygamy ? Very few normal people are interested in some other person's bodily functions, or fluids with other people. Sorry to be indelicate but aren't we done yet with this sad sad self-centered blather? And why did Capote talk in Baby Talk? Didn't anyone find that disturbing? He had to be 45 -50 years old !
@@gregorypalmer5403 LOL! Unfortunately, RU-vid has exposed some very less than smart people across middle America. I don't care what your sexual persuasion is or your religion affiliation. And most definitely not your political party. I just care that a person is highway decent and a kind person.
