CineSage_jr Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Anne Francis at last night's Motion Picture Academy screening of FUNNY GIRL. I regret that I forgot to tell her that my hometown of Peekskill, NY, is only about fifteen minutes from where she grew up in Ossining (oh, well, that essentila information didn't cause Peter Falk -- another Ossining native -- and me to bond, either). A lot people who've been in the entertainment business a long time get rather jaded and/or blas?, but not her. Besides being genuinely friendly, warm, funny ande intelligent, Miss Francis retains her enthusiasm for her work, admiration for the countless craftspeople who're 95% of the iceberg the public never sees and seldom think about, and the fans who either embrace an actor -- or don't. PS: In the panel discussion that preceded the film, she made a point to mention that biographies of her that claim her real name is "Anne Marvik" are wrong, as is the assertion that she sued Columbia Pictures over the way her FUNNY GIRL part was severely truncated (as though actors have in their contracts to demand that their parts not be cut, and the right to seek redress if they are). Obviously, she was very unhappy about the version of her performance that reached the screen, but that's just part of ther actor's life. You take the bitter with the sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Did you ask her about the "bilge" that she told when she was in San Francisco last month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineSage_jr Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Boy, you've got a good memory. And the answer is, no, though it does remain bilge, however innocently it is perpetrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwtwbooklover Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I'm so happy that you meet Anne Francis CineSage jr. your posting about her being friendly, warm, funny and intelligent made me think of something I saw today. On VH1 they had did a countdown on the top 100 Red Carpet moments and it showed Jamie Leigh Curtis being a BUTT! for lack of a better way of putting it. She was mean to the reporters, snobbish and rude. I was aghast since she is Tony Curtis' daughter and Janet Leigh's daughter and should know bettter. For example a reporter said to her can I ask you one ? and she says one ? one ? here you are number 27 in line in a line of reporters you're lucky if anyone talks to your ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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