At seventy something, can't nobody tell him nothin'. Hoorah! Clever, clever Frank Langella decided to not write an autobiography but instead just skip to the rich, the famous, the cool and the crumby. Bliss. Mr. Langella, not always nice himself, thank God, has a specially fine eye for the thorough shits that have crossed his path; Anthony Quinn, Bette Davis, David Begelman, etc. More importantly though, he has a fine appreciate memory for every kindness -- even the ones he admittedly did not deserve -- and for the funny line, the better friend and the rare occasion. Unbelievably,for instance, his vignette of a summer afternoon in a Kennedy Camelot, the charm of which having always escaped me before, nearly made me cry. His sketches of real friends, like Raul Julia, and Anne Bancroft, are unsparing and yet deeply moving. Remarkable and very funny -- if still slightly scary -- man. A delight.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Daily Dose
From Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I knew Them, by Frank LangellaBUNNY CAN AFFORD TO
"Bunny's life is privileged beyond the imagination of most people. The wealth enormous and the perks extraordinary. But despite that, she lives by this simple maxim:
'Nothing should be noticed.'"
From Rachel "Bunny" Mellon
Monday, March 26, 2012
Daily Dose
From Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I knew Them, by Frank LangellaROBERT MITCHUM
"And he would often pass by me, tossing off a casual one-liner, as in:
'Get out your pencil, Frank, and take this down. Herewith a list of the ten dullest actors in Hollywood. They are: Gregory Peck.'"
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