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- October 16th, 2007, 9:43 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
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I would agree that Pickford and Ford worked hard to conceal their true nature, especially Ford. Mayer not so much - he was just constantly shifting emotional tactics to get what he wanted in a given circumstance. And Lubitsch - I know, I know, you haven't read it - wasn't like that at all. He was th...
- October 16th, 2007, 9:32 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 16th, 2007, 9:17 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
Hi Mr. Eyman, I noticed you had written a book on Bergman. I'm curious to know your thoughts on the Rossellini films, especially Europa 51 (1952) and Voyage to Italy (1953). Where would you rate these two in the scope of the rest of her work? I like the Rossellini films a great deal although they ob...
- October 15th, 2007, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 15th, 2007, 2:05 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 15th, 2007, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 15th, 2007, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 15th, 2007, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
Mr. Goodheart, True on both counts. Pickford screen tested for Life With Father, but WB chose Irene Dunne for what I would guess were commercial reasons. It was an expensive picture, they had borrowed William Powell from MGM, so they probably figured it made more sense to spend the extra money and h...
- October 15th, 2007, 10:33 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
- October 15th, 2007, 10:05 am
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Questions for Scott Eyman
- Replies: 78
- Views: 48312
I would agree that Pickford and Ford worked hard to conceal their true nature, especially Ford. Mayer not so much - he was just constantly shifting emotional tactics to get what he wanted in a given circumstance. And Lubitsch - I know, I know, you haven't read it - wasn't like that at all. He was th...