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*Dan Resin Of ?Caddyshack? Fame Dies At 79*
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
(THAINDIAN NEWS)
*The classic comedy film ?Caddyshack? actor Dan Resin passed away last Saturday leaving his friends and family shattered. The actor was well known for his television commercial where he was shown as a dapper Ty-D-Bol man for toilet bowl cleaner. The actor was 79 year old when he breathed his last.*
Dan Resin?s family informed a reputed media source about his sudden sad demise and his daughter Elizabeth Olynick said that the actor was battling against Parkinson?s disease. When his daughter was asked about his comedy timing she said that the actor enjoyed ?notoriety? from these roles but she also mentioned that her father enjoyed his stage roles more, however, television commercials and films gave him his recognition as a celebrity and actor.
She also added that Dr. Beeper in ?Caddyshack? was the defining role of his career as through that role people associated with him more. Dan Resin appeared in more that hundred television commercials for various products like New York Lottery, Bird?s Eye Frozen Vegetables etc.
The actor has acted in many Broadway projects like ?My Fair Lady?, ?Once Upon A Mattress?, ?On a Clear Day You Can See Forever? and ?Don?t Drink Water? etc. The stage and television personality was an active fundraiser for Parkinson?s Unity Walk in New York City.
Dan Resin is survived by his wife Margaret, 55, three daughters, Elizabeth Olynick, Alexandra Carnevale and Maryanne Post, a brother, two sisters and five grandchildren. He semi-retired from his acting in late 90?s and after that he became an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church. The funeral Mass of ?The Sunshine Boys? actor is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Immaculate Conception Church, Secaucus.
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*Bond, Superman writer Tom Mankiewicz dies at 68!*
by Peter Hall
Aug 2nd 2010
Cinematical
*Tom Mankiewicz, best recognized for his work as a screenwriter on several of James Bond's 1970s films, passed away on July 31st after losing a struggle with cancer. Mankiewicz, son of All About Eve screenwriter Joseph Mankiewicz, has his name on the screenplays for Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man With the Golden Gun, Ladyhawke, and Dragnet, but that was hardly the extent of his career. In addition to being a regular Bond writer, the L.A. Native was also a television writer and director who worked on such projects as Bob Hope Presents, Movin' With Nancy, Hart to Hart, and Tales From the Crypt.*
Mankiewicz was also one of Hollywood's great script fixers, often lending his talents to movies without official receiving an official, on-screen credit. As a "creative consultant," he was responsible for various duties on The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Superman 1 & 2, Gremlins, War Games, and Batman.
The Bond-enthusiast fansite MI6.co.uk has a rather extensive and loving remembrance of Tom Mankiewicz, a definite read for fans. Our best wishes go out to his friends and family.
http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/biography_tom_mankiewicz.php3?t=&s=articles&id=02630
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*_Letty Lynton_ (1932)* .... I love the fact that _Letty Lynton_ (1932) was banned in the UK on the grounds that it "justified homicide without penalty".!
*This film is _loosely_ based on the life of Madeleine Smith, whose story was told more fully in David Lean's film _Madeleine_ (1950).*
The film has since become famous due to its unavailability.
The film is also remembered for the "Letty Lynton dress", designed by Adrian: a white cotton organdy gown with large ruffled sleeves, puffed at the shoulder. Macy's department store copied the dress in 1932, and it sold over 500,000 replicas nationwide.
_Letty Lynton_. MGM, 1932. Directed by Clarence Brown, 84 minutes.
Based on the 1931 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, which was based on the actual story of a Scottish girl named Madeleine Smith who attempted to poison her lover. Here, Joan stars as Letty, a socialite who has a vacation debauche with a South American (Nils Asther) who then returns to New York City to stalk her. Robert Montgomery co-stars as her new love interest.
*_Legal status_*
Letty is not widely available today because of a court case that MGM _lost_ in 1936. Explains Mark Litwak on the filmmaking.com site:
In Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp., MGM attempted to secure the movie rights to Edward Sheldon's copyrighted play ?Dishonored Lady.? The play was based, in part, on a true historical incident in the public domain. When MGM was unsuccessful in negotiating to obtain the rights to the play, the studio produced a movie of its own, ?Letty Lynton,? based on the same historical incidents that were the basis for Sheldon?s play. Although much of this movie was original, certain details and sequences of events were identical to those expressed in Sheldon?s play. The lower court held for MGM on the grounds that the material borrowed only involved general themes or ideas.
This film has been unavailable since a US Federal court ruled on January 17, 1936 that the script used by MGM followed too closely the play Dishonored Lady (1930) by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes without acquiring the rights to the play or giving credit. On July 28, 1939, the US Second Court of Appeals awarded one-fifth of the net of Letty Lynton to plaintiffs Sheldon and Ayer Barnes in their plagiarism action against MGM. This case was said to be the first copyright decision ever to direct the apportionment of profits on the relative basis as in patent suits where a patent has been appropriated.
On November 7, 1939, MGM petitioned the United States Supreme Court to overturn the Court of Appeals ruling, stating that the questions arising in the suit were predicated solely upon the copyright laws of the U.S., and not the patent laws. However, MGM did not prevail in this latter action, and the film is unavailable even to this day save for some bootlegged copies.[2]
In 1947, United Artists released the film Dishonored Lady, starring Hedy Lamarr and directed by Robert Stevenson, based on the play by Sheldon and Ayer Barnes.
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*Ok we can't get Hayley Mills,but a big shout out to TCM for: John Mills!!*
I have a freind who is a huge Hayley fan, & he is very excited to see a lot of these films by her father.
*I just can't believe that Sir. John Mills made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.*
*Sunday, Aug. 22 ? John Mills* - *All Times Eastern - Check Local Schedules.*
6 a.m. Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
8 a.m. Hobson?s Choice (1954)
10 a.m. Dunkirk (1958)
12:30 p.m. The Way to the Stars (1945)
2:30 p.m. Operation Crossbow (1965)
4:30 p.m. Gandhi (1982)
8 p.m. ESSENTIALS JR. ? Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
10:15 p.m. The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
12:15 a.m. I Was Monty?s Double (1958)
2:15 a.m. Ryan?s Daughter (1970)
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*'Hollywood abused me!'*
*At 77, cstar Kim Novak is back ? and the gloves are off*
New York Post
Aug 1, 2010
Kim Novak, Hollywood?s top box-office attraction for three years running in the 1950s, never got the respect accorded her less-popular peers: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly.
?I was not a favorite of the critics,? the former screen vixen recalls from her Oregon home, speaking in a smoky voice tinged with hurt half a century later. ?And Mr. Cohn used to read me all of my bad reviews.?
Mr. Cohn was Harry Cohn, the famously abusive head of Columbia Pictures, who tried to turn Novak, an insecure 19-year-old from a working-class background with no previous acting experience, into his studio?s answer to sex goddess Monroe ? and a replacement for his previous reigning star, Rita Hayworth.
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/hollywood_abused_me_sx9fzUH50kC1nnGPiM85MP
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*Kim Novak comes out of retirement for DVDs*
UPI.com
Aug. 1, 2010
*NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Hollywood screen siren Kim Novak says she knew it was time to leave show business in the 1960s when she started getting scripts for "Gidget-type beach movies."*
Despite a string of hit movies in the 1950s, Novak told the New York Post she was "not a favorite of the critics."
The Chicago native who lives in Oregon with her husband of 34 years began winding down her career in the 1960s and retired from acting 20 years ago. She recently emerged from retirement to tape interviews that will be packaged with "The Kim Novak Collection," five films she did with Colombia Pictures, which will be released on DVD Tuesday, the Post said.
In a phone interview with the Post from her Oregon home, Novak -- known in Hollywood as "the lavender blonde" -- said she has "been getting an awful lot of fan mail lately."
"I really appreciate being appreciated," she said.
Among her top films were "Picnic" (1955), "The Man With the Golden Arm" (1955), "Pal Joey" (1957), "Bell Book and Candle" (1957), "Vertigo" (1958) and "Middle of the Night" (1959).
Novak told the Post, "When I started getting scripts for Gidget-type beach movies, I knew it was time to get out.
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July 20, 2010
*Another costume drama -- Joan Crawford's only one in the talkie era -- was another Brown flop, albeit of a much less greater magnitude. Brown had directed one of Joan's biggest hits, "Letty Lynton'' (1933), which has been officially unvailable for decades because of a plagiarism suit (though I hear that may be changing in the forseeable future).*
They were reteamed for "The Gorgeous Hussy'' (1936), starring Crawford as Peggy Eaton, the scandal-prone innkeeper's daughter who prompted President Andrew Jackson to fire his entire cabinet in what history (if not MGM) termed the "Petticoat Affair.''
Even by MGM standards, the studio lined up an impressive roster of romantic interests for Joan. Robert Taylor plays her first husband, Franchot Tone (in real-life, they had just wed) her second, with a flute-playing James Stewart as an ardent beau and Melvyn Douglas as the older gent (dig his hairstyle) our heroine pines fruitlessly for.
With all those dishy guys, Joan's fans must have been disappointed that the film is dominated by Jackson, played by very hammy Lionel Barrymore in heavy makeup. This was before the actor was confined to a wheelchair, though a scene where Old Hickory shimmies down a drainpipe to avenge his backwoods wife's honor is very obviously doubled.
Beulah Bondi, who would soon begin playing James Stewart's mother in several films (most famously in "It's a Wonderful Life,'' also with Lionel B.) steals all of her scenes as the pipe-smoking Rachel by expertly underplaying, and ended up with her only Oscar nomination (Susan Hayward played a younger version of the character opposite Charlton Heston's Old Hickory in "The President's Lady'').
As you might expect, the film (based on a historial novel) has considerable invention (Peggy's first husband, who dies a honorable offscreen death in battle, in real life is believed to have committed suicide) and Peggy's showdown with Jackson's gossipy cabinet is fairly anti-climactic.
Still, "The Gorgeous Hussy'' is worth watching for Joan's many very elaborate costumes, including one she improbably wears on a hayride.
You gotta love any movie that opens with Douglas' Virginian, an an ardent supporter of states rights (slavery is never mentioned) furiously debating Daniel Webster (an amusing pre-Charlie Chan Sidney Toler, pictured above at right with Joan and James) on the floor of the senate before they retire to drink together at Joan's inn. Imagine tha happening today.
Crawford, like Garbo, was tagged "box-office poison'' in the same article (which also took a dim view of costume pictures) and both of them were gone from MGM by the early '40s, along with another superstar of the silent era, former queen of the lot Norma Shearer. Garbo and Crawford's Metro swan songs were both flops directed by...George Cukor.
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/movies/dvd_extra_brown_directs_garbo_crawford_eDADJUGSer7ZJg50zrjfNK
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The _Karate Kid_ (1984)
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*'Something Wicked' brings a darker Disney to the ArcLight on Monday*
August 2, 2010
*Something special this way comes -- and it begins Monday at the ArcLight Hollywood.*
Fourteen films spanning five decades of Disney will be screened this month at three theaters in the Los Angeles area, and the first one up is "Something Wicked This Way Comes," the 1983 adaptation of Ray Bradbury's tale of dark bargains, secret wishes and a sinister salesman. The film's cast includes Jason Robards, Diane Ladd and Pam Grier, and it marked the film debut of Jonathan Pryce, who portrayed Mr. Dark, the leader of a touring carnival and a man who lived up to his name.
The film series -- which also includes "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "Cinderella" (1950), "Mary Poppins" (1964), "Pete?s Dragon" (1977), "The Jungle Book" (1967) and "The Rocketeer" (1991) -- is part of an intriguing push by Disney to reach into its past to save, celebrate and exhibit the art and artifacts of its 87-year odyssey in American entertainment. More on that in a moment. First, a bit about "Something Wicked," a film that foreshadowed the darker-corner interests of today's Disney.
There's a bright line (or a dark streak?) that connects the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and Guillermo del Toro's planned "Haunted Mansion" film to the supernatural chills of "Something Wicked" in 1983.
"This was in an era of the company when they were trying to get into darker filmmaking," said Rob Klein, of the Disney Archives. "It was around the time that Touchstone was conceived, it was beginning to gestate, but this was a film that came out under the Walt Disney banner. You have three films there -- "The Black Hole," you have "Something Wicked," and you also have "The Watcher in the Woods" -- and you when think about them, they came out in a cluster. Those three movies had a darker vibe to them. They were a pivot point for Disney for doing something new as far as style. The company was trying to stay contemporary, and those movies have a very evocative mood to them. That's what makes them fun to watch. 'Something Wicked' has a Halloween vibe to it. And everybody loves Halloween..."
Bradbury was involved directly in the film -- a clear indication that Disney was looking for some authenticity and edge to the spooky-night experiment -- but the final film got mixed reviews, and there was some turbulence among the creative team about story decisions and, perhaps, about finding the middle ground between Bradbury's ominous prose and the studio's all-ages sensibility.
Many observers, though, found the film to be a sparkling moment for Disney, among them film critic Roger Ebert, who wrote that "Something Wicked" was something special.
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*Marjorie Main*
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James Earl Jones was in: _Field of Dreams_ (1989) directed by: Olga Kaljakin!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Olga Kaljakin!*
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*The Miramax Fight Is Over: Tutor Takes the Prize*
by Monika Bartyzel
ul 30th 2010
Cinematical
It's been a long half year for Miramax. It all started with rumblings that Harvey and Bob Weinstein were interested in buying back Miramax -- the company they founded, named after their parents, sold to Disney, and then left when they parted ways with the Mouse House. Though they now have The Weinstein Company, the pull of Miriam and Max remained. But just as that news was bubbling, a big announcement hit: Miramax was closing, and the library was up for sale. What followed was a long road of ups and downs as businessmen with heaps of cash circled the company.
The Weinsteins were only one of the bidders, and though they tried to bounce back from every financial set-back on their quest to reunite with their first studio, it wasn't enough.
Deadline reports that Ron Tutor and Colony Capital have officially won their campaign for $660 million, as Disney fires off a press release and says goodbye to the company that's offered titles like Pulp Fiction, No Country for Old Men, and Shakespeare in Love. This amount is only slightly higher than the $625-$650 million the Weinsteins were offering, though Deadline hears that, ultimately, Disney might make a little more as it collects distribution fees for the next year.
But we may hear of more Miramax squirmishes yet. As I wrote earlier this month, the brothers Weinstein made "an iron clad" exit agreement when they left Disney, giving them the right to ok or veto any sequels that come out of the Miramax library. It wasn't a bit of information that bothered Tutor, however. Sources say that Tutor's camp "don't believe they need to work with the Weinsteins to do the deal or to make sequels."
Now we wait and see what Tutor does with his newly acquired studio. It's quite up in the air at this point. We must remember that he was once partners with the money and drama-plagued David Bergstein, and he just took Nailed over from David O. Russell as the filmmaker and producers left. Russell was polite about the split, but producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher released statements that Tutor expected "unfair" concessions (sources say he wanted to cut their fees in half).
Will Tutor's hardball help Miramax? What do you think of the whole affair?
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*Mark Wahlberg: Hollywood Walk of Fame Star!*
Posted Jul 30th 2010
*Mark Wahlberg landed his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday, and brought his wife, model Rhea Durham, and four children with him to celebrate. Photos showed Wahlberg looking dapper and proud during the momentous occasion.*
"I'm so happy my kids are sitting through this," Wahlberg said, according to the BBC. "When I heard I was getting this star, I felt like it was a practical joke." The 39-year-old actor's children, from left to right, are Ella Rae, Grace Margaret, Brendan Joseph and Michael.
"I'm the youngest of nine, so the more the merrier," the 'Boogie Nights' star said on 'Ellen' in January, speaking of his sizable brood.
Wahlberg made his big-screen debut in 1993. Before that, he was a rapper and went by Marky Mark. His biggest box office successes have been Tim Burton's 2001 'Planet of the Apes' remake and 2000's 'The Perfect Storm' -- both films raked in more than $180 million. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his turn in Martin Scorsese's 2006 hit 'The Departed,' which took home four trophies, including Best Director and Best Picture.
Wahlberg, who appeared at the MTV Movie Awards in June, stars in 'The Other Guys' with Will Ferrell, out August 6.
http://www.popeater.com/2010/07/30/mark-wahlberg-hollywood-star/
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*_Above Suspicion_ (Original Theatrical Trailer)*
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*_Love lines like_:*
On their wedding night, a policeman appears at the Myless hotel room door demanding Richards depart with him immediately:
Frances Myles: This is no time for a practical joke.
Const. Jones: Its no joke, maam.
Frances Myles: Its not practical, either.
Newlyweds Richard and Frances Myles register at a hotel under assumed namesWalmer Hotel proprietor:
Mr. and Mrs. Smith? I suppose thats all right. Mind you draw the blinds.
Richard Myles: (embarrassed) Huh?
Walmer Hotel proprietor: Theres a practice blackout tonight.
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*'Escape from New York' Announced for Blu-ray*
Thu May 27, 2010
*John Carpenter's Escape From New York starring Kurt Russell on Blu-ray + DVD Combo has popped up at multiple online retailers with an August 3 release date.*
New York will join Escape From L.A. which Paramount released on Blu-ray not too long ago. Its arrival likely influenced MGM's decision to roll out the original, superior film as quickly as possible.
MGM is also planning several other catalog Blu-ray + DVD Combo releases on August 3 including Blood Simple, Bull Durham, Fargo, Kalifornia and Never Say Never Again.
http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Escape-From-New-York-Blu-ray-Bound/6784
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*_Above Suspicion_ (1943)* -Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray as newlyweds who spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon, along with Basil Rathbone as a Nazi who pursues them.
Ok ...did the director, Richard Thorpe intend for this to be a comedy of errors?!
What a great film I couldn't stop laughing. I loved the fact that Frances and Richard Myles (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) keep refering to films in Hollywood on how to be spies, all paving the way for a suspenseful race-to-the-border climax!
So what if the story is a bit far-fetched, with MacMurray playing a spy for the British foreign office while Joan is clueless about it through the first half of the film. When she finds out, she decides to join in the chase and has a ball!
Devilishly wonderful Conrad Veidt (A Woman's Face (1941), Casablanca (1942), playing a nice guy and, unfortunately, playing his last role in pictures or anywhere, dies of a heart attack soon after filming completed.
*_Did anyone else notice_:*
Felix Bressart (Ninotchka) got away from comedy to play a sneaky bookstore owner/spy.
The ?killer,? played by Bruce Lester, is a little-known actor (he has a nice role in The Letter (1940), and here he is given the chance to portray a man seeking his revenge on the Nazis.
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_XXX: State of the Union_ (2005)
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*Xie Jin* Assistant to directors Wu Renzhi, 1948, and Zheng Xiaoqui, 1949, Datong Film Studio, Shanghai; directed first film, A Crisis , 1954
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Michael Kidd was in: _Smile_ (1975) directed by Michael Ritchie!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Michael Ritchie!*
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*Canadian actor Maury Chaykin dies at age 61*
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
*TORONTO ? Canadian actor Maury Chaykin has died at age 61, his manager said Tuesday.*
Paul Hemrend said Chaykin died at a Toronto hospital surrounded by family early Tuesday morning ? the day of his birthday.
Mark McKinney, who produced Chaykin's most recent series, the HBO Canada sitcom "Less Than Kind," said the veteran actor died after battling kidney problems.
"He was one of our greatest actors," said McKinney, adding that the cast was devastated by the death. "Maury's an actor of unparalleled gifts, you cannot learn what he had in spades ? you could study for 1,000 years. He had an incredible gift, an instant quickness."
Chaykin had roles in "Dances With Wolves," "The Postman," "Owning Mahoney," "Mystery," "Alaska," "A Life Less Ordinary," and "The Adjuster." He has also been in the TV shows "C.S.I.," "Boston Legal," the HBO series "Entourage." His acting career spans 35 years.
His role in "Whale Music," a Canadian film, earned him a Genie (the Canadian equivalent to the Oscars) for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in 1994. He also picked up Geminis (the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards) for guest spots on the Canadian TV series "La Femme Nikita" in 1998 and "At the Hotel" in 2006.
Chaykin was born in 1949 in New York to an American father and a Canadian mother before moving to Toronto in 1974.
He is survived by his wife, actress Susannah Hoffman, and their daughter Rose.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Chaykin-Wolfe-1.jpg>
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*Louis Prima joins Hollywood's Walk of Fame*
*HOLLYWOOD ? ?The King of Swing? is being honored 32-years after his passing.*
Louis Prima has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His daughter, Lena, and son Louis, Jr., joined his fans and celebrities in a musical celebration.
Louis Prima?s singing partner, and wife, was Keely Smith. Together, they performed on the big screen.
Keely Smith is now 78 and has been a long-time resident of Palm Springs. (INT)
Story Date: July 27, 2010
Marilyn Monroe?s Last Weekend Alive: New Details`! WOW!
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*Marilyn Monroe?s Last Weekend Alive: New Details*
Monday, August 02, 2010
The Gossip Girls (blog)
She was the quintessential sex symbol of the twentieth century, and the only thing greater than Marilyn Monroe?s fame is the mystery surrounding her tragic death.
The ?Some Like It Hot? actress passed away on Sunday, August 5, 1962, though the circumstances leading up to her demise have been kept secret for nearly fifty years.
However, a new voice has emerged to shed some light on Monroe?s final weekend alive- Frank Sinatra?s pianist and singer Buddy Greco. Greco was at the Cal-Neva Lodge (a known Mafia haunt) in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on July 28th and 29th and has spoken up about Marilyn?s fragile state prior to her death.
Greco explained that Monroe had been treated badly by her lovers, brothers John F and Robert Kennedy, and had been invited by Sinatra to come out to Tahoe to unwind and recuperate from her heartbreak.
?When she arrived that Saturday, you'd never believe that she had a care in the world. I was sitting with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford and a bunch of other people, outside Frank's bungalow, when a limousine pulls up and this gorgeous woman in dark glasses steps out.?
?She's dressed all in green - everything green: coat, skirt and scarf. Before I realized who it was, I thought, ?My God, what a beautiful woman. No taste in clothes, but what a beautiful woman!? I knew that she'd been to my concerts and shows. She was a regular at the Crescendo club in Hollywood where I often played.?
?We'd said hello a few times, but were never properly introduced. When Frank introduced us, I said. ?You won't remember me, but I was the piano player when you auditioned for the Benny Goodman band in 1948.? She got emotional at that and hugged me. She had such warmth - and I was moved. Somebody took some wonderful shots of that moment, of us hugging.?
Greco also recalled how things changed drastically from that afternoon to the evening when Marilyn showed up at the resort?s club and was clearly having a rough time with drugs and alcohol to try and numb her emotional pain.
?It was a wonderful time, a magical weekend. It is so hard to describe now but it was maybe the best time of my life. Then suddenly the room went silent and very still. It was surreal. As if somebody had turned the sound off. I looked at Frank. I could immediately tell he was furious. His eyes were like blue ice cubes. He was looking at the doorway where Marilyn was stood, swaying ever so slightly.'
?She was still in the same green outfit she'd worn all day. But the woman I'd met that afternoon - smart , funny, intelligent, fragile - had gone. Now she looked drunk and, well, defiant. She was clearly angry and I think I heard her say, ?Who the f*** are they all staring at?"'
?It was clear Sinatra was worried. She was in a state where she could have said anything. Sinatra motioned to his bodyguard - **** - to get her out of there. ****, a big guy, escorted her out. Actually, he picked her up and carried her out. It wasn't the star we were used to seeing.'
Later in the night, Greco went to check on Marilyn. ?She was on my mind. I was worried about her. I went outside to find out whether she was okay. I knew that she had taken accidental overdoses in the past. I found her by the pool. There was nobody around. It was late and the pool was deserted.
"Maybe it was the moon but she had a ghostly pallor. It still didn't occur to me that she might be a woman not long for this world. She was distressed, out of it, but that was all. Maybe her friends were used to seeing her like that but it worried me. Anyway, we talked.?
?I walked her back to her bungalow in the complex reserved for the guests of Frank and Giancana where we all stayed. I thought that the next morning I could put her with Pat Lawford [the Kennedys' sister], who was her companion, and make sure she got back to L.A. safely. But the next day when I called, she had already left. That was the last time I saw her."
Greco also noted that it could have been Frank Sinatra who expelled Marilyn from the resort so quickly. ?That's a possible scenario. After she had created that problem, he certainly wanted her out of there. He could be quite firm with her.?
Though he couldn?t confirm any specifics after Marilyn left the Cal-Neva, Buddy Greco seemed suspicious about the correlation between that fateful weekend and Monroe?s death just five days later.