Gloria Swanson - This Is Your Life (1957)

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  • Опубликовано: 19 фев 2012
  • Ralph Edwards welcomes Gloria Swanson to "This Is Your Life", with guest appearances by Mack Sennett, Francis X. Bushman and Rod LaRocque. Note: this is NOT the complete show (at least seven minutes of the ending are missing). However, until, and if, "This Is Your Life: Volume Two" is ever released on DVD, and if they include this show, and the Frances Farmer "tribute", I can't find these shows anywhere else.
    It would be nice if Antenna TV or MeTV would rerun these programs, as this program in particular has some historical significance.
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  • @SaxonC
    @SaxonC 3 года назад +12

    She had the look of a star and had a screen presence. Classy lady

  • @lululuna1224
    @lululuna1224 5 лет назад +10

    She was an extraordinary woman !! Not just for acting, but also who she was on the inside. Not often that we see anyone with class, elegance and charm these days, especially to find someone with all these qualities. She was a very special person. 💕

  • @thomassperduti4500
    @thomassperduti4500 4 года назад +6

    Glorious Gloria Swanson!

  • @mark-j-adderley
    @mark-j-adderley 4 года назад +10

    Well, what can one say ? A true star, a great role model, a fabulous woman and that glittering mid-Atlantic English accent. A gem and treasure with an authentic style, wit, candour and elegance.
    ... and a smile that can take down a person from 20 paces ...

    • @makyeebon
      @makyeebon 2 года назад +2

      The smile and those eyes...

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 2 года назад +4

    So nice that Ralph's show payed homage to these magnificent silent performers & producers./

  • @kirkmanning6232
    @kirkmanning6232 6 лет назад +15

    Classy, old school professional and beautiful to boot!

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 5 лет назад +7

    this should be preserved in gold , some of the most important artists of the 20th century are featured here ! GOD BLESS THEM ALL !

  • @pepperquentin
    @pepperquentin 11 лет назад +14

    She was still amazingly youthful in "Sunset Boulevard", and later in the 60's on The Beverly Hillbillies when she guest appeared in a few episodes as "Glorie" Swanson. What foresight!! I will take your advice and get her autobiography. I think the scene in "Sunset" when she prepares for her "return" to Paramount and De Mille is ALL Swanson. How could Wilder ever have thought anyone else worthy of that part? It's a treat to engage with another fan! Thanks for the repartee.

  • @mabelnormand7244
    @mabelnormand7244 8 лет назад +34

    She was really something. I want to be as confident as her!

    • @you2449
      @you2449 4 года назад

      no chance. the modern MSM wants to keep you panicked, enraged and afraid, so that you can keep voting the way they want you to. And keep the criminals in power.

  • @chrischipps7583
    @chrischipps7583 6 лет назад +12

    Gloria Swanson is my favorite actress and movie star of ALL time and always will be. She was really something.

  • @andrewthornhill7042
    @andrewthornhill7042 4 года назад +4

    Gloria was always such a class act.

  • @pepperquentin
    @pepperquentin 11 лет назад +10

    This is fabulous; I am so glad to know others appreciate those who came before us, especially those who were the titans of film, who at one time molded our societal thoughts and impulses in a heroic way. But, today's stars seem more interested in degrading themselves, rather than emulating a beacon of pure class. They had their personal issues like Frances Farmer (I have that one on VHS, I wish I knew how to download it for you), we see the pain in her face, but she faced it with dignity....TY!

  • @richiedownik6981
    @richiedownik6981 9 лет назад +31

    So Glamourous & Beautiful ...... Women of to-day can learn what elegance & CLASS mean ..... Screen Legend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @bcsurvivor4713
      @bcsurvivor4713 5 лет назад +2

      A woman that sleeps with a married man, who's wife is 8 months pregnant at the time, is not classy, in my opinion.

    • @MrJadedtom
      @MrJadedtom  5 лет назад +5

      @@bcsurvivor4713 You can judge Ms. Swanson if you want. Joe Kennedy left the woman penniless and used her to establish his Hollywood 'connection'. I see a very classy, intelligent woman. There are still women who find themselves in Ms. Swanson's situation. Unfortunately, there are still men like Joe Kennedy that spawn sex addicts like John F. Kennedy. 'Mr. Charisma' JFK used women like Bill Clinton used cigars. I feel sorry for Rose Kennedy. I feel sorry for all the Kennedy women, especially Jackie O., who knew all about her randy husband.

    • @irened.
      @irened. 5 лет назад

      Today's soyboys can equally learn what masculinity and elegance mean!

    • @pAusten
      @pAusten 3 года назад

      @Lithesome Lollies Janis Joplin?!?

    • @pAusten
      @pAusten 3 года назад

      @@MrJadedtom Fascinating. Can you recommend a good book or RUclips doc. to catch me up?

  • @temeculajoe
    @temeculajoe 4 года назад +3

    Classic Hollywood! When a star was a STAR

  • @SVDBYTHBLD
    @SVDBYTHBLD 8 лет назад +21

    She's so pretty

  • @SVDBYTHBLD
    @SVDBYTHBLD 8 лет назад +19

    Swanson was class personified

    • @bcsurvivor4713
      @bcsurvivor4713 5 лет назад +1

      A woman that sleeps with a married man, who's wife is 8 months pregnant at the time, is not classy, in my opinion.

    • @MilesBellas
      @MilesBellas 5 лет назад +3

      @@bcsurvivor4713
      She explained it in her book and nothing was hidden from anyone.
      They all went on holiday together too.
      Contrarian outrage isn't appropriate.

  • @giavannira
    @giavannira 11 лет назад +5

    gloria swanson is sooo gorgeous god shes breath taking...

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas 5 лет назад +3

    Gloria was very intelligent !

  • @sodality3970
    @sodality3970 Год назад +1

    People were of such a different caliber back then : )

  • @Ariesstubbornbutt
    @Ariesstubbornbutt 8 лет назад +23

    Anyone know where I can find the full version. Thank you. Thanks for posting this. Gloria was a character and down to earth.

  • @pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397
    @pauledelsteinstudiogallery6397 6 лет назад +4

    A real class act

    • @bcsurvivor4713
      @bcsurvivor4713 5 лет назад +2

      A woman that sleeps with a married man, who's wife is 8 months pregnant at the time, is not classy, in my opinion.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 3 года назад +1

      @@bcsurvivor4713 Nobody cares for your hateful opinion.

  • @PennsylvaniaHistoryBuff
    @PennsylvaniaHistoryBuff 11 лет назад +4

    Wow, this is the first time I've ever heard Mack Sennett speak.

  • @docmalthus
    @docmalthus 3 года назад +2

    Ms. Swanson was pushing 60 when she did this. Shows what a clean diet will do for you!

  • @johnnyb4187
    @johnnyb4187 9 месяцев назад

    She was only fifty when she played Norma Desmond, still my favorite but there are so many terrific silent ones too. All of the actors out of the past look the same especially Ricardo Cortez.

  • @eddancer1381
    @eddancer1381 7 лет назад +8

    It's sad our children don't have movies like we did in the 50'S
    Ed

    • @irened.
      @irened. 5 лет назад +1

      The 50's were trash and spelled the downfall of American civilization. It's been downhill ever since! Try 1910's to 1940s. THOSE were the years, not the filthy "rock-a-trash" 50s decade. Only the 80s rose above the trashy 50-70s filth!

  • @doctypepublic
    @doctypepublic 9 лет назад +4

    She looks older here than she did in the 1960s and 1970s. Macrobiotics and modern fashion did the woman a great deal of good. This is after her Sunset Boulevard renaissance, however, and she appeared physically as a caricature of Norma Desmond.

    • @kvylone1
      @kvylone1 9 лет назад +1

      Awesome written by you. These comments RUclips can only enrich our knowledge of the things that always liked SLE

    • @kennedygirl3698
      @kennedygirl3698 9 лет назад +5

      She never had plastic surgery! The fashions she's wearing here and the hair style is making her look older.This woman was all natural.Organic long before it was hip!

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 2 года назад

    She eas way ahead of her time!

  • @luisnatal8658
    @luisnatal8658 10 лет назад +3

    nice lady!!

  • @BettyHopper1952
    @BettyHopper1952 11 лет назад +10

    Especially, for me, interesting to see Ricardo Cortez, who was so handsome, along with the others in the audience. Do you know whi was yet to come in the missing 7 minutes? I am curious about the finale...

    • @pAusten
      @pAusten 3 года назад +1

      Im reading your question 7 yrs later 🤷‍♀️
      Still waiting ⏰

  • @simonovessimon4242
    @simonovessimon4242 8 лет назад +4

    Bit of a loner and precious type,,but worth the THIS IS YOUR LIFE,,perhaps missing were cecil de mille and william holden..thanks for explaining the missing 7 minutes..i think she was ready for her close-up.

  • @melithuh
    @melithuh 7 лет назад +4

    funny they showed a commercial for joan crawford's rain during this program

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 3 года назад +2

      Gloria did the silent version first. It was called "Sadie Thompson".

  • @scarekro72
    @scarekro72 12 лет назад +3

    Thx for sharing. Very Classy Lady. I couldn't imagine working any job for $65 per week. Wow

    • @kateSullivan3927
      @kateSullivan3927 4 года назад +1

      65 dollars a week then was unreal money.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 3 года назад

      After she became the biggest star in Hollywood in 1925 she was making $7500 a week at Paramount. Then when she went to United Artists she was making $1 million a year!

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 3 года назад

      65 a week 100 years ago. Not
      Today

  • @sarahmanuel1829
    @sarahmanuel1829 9 лет назад +1

    Oh my goodness! The commercial!

  • @malsawminbuon9220
    @malsawminbuon9220 3 года назад

    Very2 wonderulllllll

  • @irened.
    @irened. 5 лет назад +2

    7:55 His wife was Hungarian Vilma Banky? Wow! She played lead in Son of The Sheikh. I wonder if this flu was true or if there was some rivalry there. They both co-starred with Rudolph Valentino. Would have been nice to see what she looked like then.

  • @pamelacarson6458
    @pamelacarson6458 10 лет назад +13

    yeah,im reading the bio on Gloria currently and I see now mr.kennedy was not lookin out for her best intrest and yes there is just something about those kennedy men.their down right awful

    • @pamelacarson6458
      @pamelacarson6458 8 лет назад +5

      im glad you are reading her bio,Gloria was a wonderful actress but got screwed over by that man.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 3 года назад

      it takes 2 to tango. She wasnt some naive virgin.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 3 года назад

      @@sharksport01 He embezzled most of her money then dropped her. I blame him, not her.

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 2 года назад +3

    Rod was married to the Hungarian beauty Vilma Banky.

  • @pAusten
    @pAusten 3 года назад +1

    Is there a Part 2 ? This is not complete. It is so entertaining.

  • @pepperquentin
    @pepperquentin 11 лет назад +3

    You flatter me! Thank you. But, allow me to support my point further with another interview with Gloria, this one on the Dick Cavett Show. Have you seen it? Previously interviewed by him sits Janis Joplin on the post interviewed sofa...two queens from two very different worlds. Watch Gloria as Janis slings her unsolicited, vitriolic barbs. Ms. Swanson remains patrician, but Ms. Joplin? Well, you be the judge. It's worth the watch....

  • @Junctionist
    @Junctionist 3 года назад

    Mack Sennett invented Hollywood. With other visionary Canadians. Mack from Danville, Quebec.

  • @deborahcrawford9079
    @deborahcrawford9079 4 года назад +2

    She was a vegetarian and devoted to Yoga. Good habits pay off!

    • @tangajTANG
      @tangajTANG 3 года назад

      And she still died; "all is vanity"

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    11:00, good fan.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    4:54 school in Puerto Rico.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    3:17, oh ya.

  • @rivardamy
    @rivardamy 7 лет назад +1

    Did you know Gloria Swanson may still spend time in the legendary Kaufman Astoria Studios? You can hear her story here! ruclips.net/video/BEpJwJsDaLg/видео.html

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    0:37, reminds me of someone.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    1:58, interesting.

  • @MrJadedtom
    @MrJadedtom  11 лет назад +5

    That's a part of Ms. Swanson's life Mr. Edwards tiptoed past. Wonder why? Ah, the good old days of Joe Kennedy, bootlegger. I bet Gloria was a lot of fun and old Kennedy didn't deserve her. I know Rose Kennedy didn't deserve her...or him!

    • @jackmorrison7379
      @jackmorrison7379 2 года назад

      No bootlegger. That's an old discredited canard that lazy people who read nothing and simply repeat things say. The senior Joe Kennedy ran a studio for a short while after making his money in banking and selling stocks as an insider trader before there was an SEC to enforce rules against stock manipulation. Wall Street wheeler-dealer with lots of friends in high places. Swanson made up lots of stories about Catholic cardinals arranging a "divorce" to marry her. All delusional. The Church of Rome doesn't grant divorces then or now and JK had far too much to lose.

  • @MrJadedtom
    @MrJadedtom  11 лет назад +2

    Get a grip...that's all of the show we have. Have a cigarette...

  • @marcdelente2456
    @marcdelente2456 4 месяца назад

    Gloria Swanson la célèbre Norma Desmond dans le boulevard du crépuscule a été la plus grande Star femme de l époque du cinéma muet et à été aussi une actrice de film mais ça ces un peut compliqué avec le parlant . Enfin elle a démarré ça carrière dans les studios de Mack Sennette avec les belles beigneuses. Puis elle deviendra la muse de Cécile b de Mille.

  • @ceasarandrepont5331
    @ceasarandrepont5331 5 лет назад +1

    WHERE THE HELL IS THE REST?

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    1:12, detectives blood.

  • @MrVidaeverdade
    @MrVidaeverdade 10 лет назад +3

    @scarekro72, have you ever heard of inflation??? She worked for Mack Sennett in friggin' 1916. $65 in 1916 is the equivalent of nearly $1,400 today.

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 10 лет назад +1

      C'mon, $65 was a fortune back then, with far more purchasing power than $1,400 today. Case in point: The New York Times was priced at ONE CENT per issue in 1916. Look it up, if you doubt it. Compare that to today's price; that's a fair comparison to use. I'd rather have $65 then than $5,000 today. Even in 1931, a good hamburger cost five cents, as did a triple scoop ice cream cone. I saw a 'single' scoop cone at a local ice cream stand for $4.80 last year.

    • @kateSullivan3927
      @kateSullivan3927 4 года назад

      @@DexterHaven Jesus, you're so correct on all points. Can we go back in time? LOL

    • @northerncalifornia3566
      @northerncalifornia3566 4 года назад

      @@DexterHaven dairy queen in chula Vista California. One little ice cream cone $3.49

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 4 года назад +2

      @@northerncalifornia3566 Hey, Chula Vista is my old stomping grounds. I used to take Polomar St. to Third Ave for karate class. Authentic Mexican food there. I was back three years ago and ate at Los Taquitos near Target. Try the soup. ;)

    • @DexterHaven
      @DexterHaven 4 года назад +1

      @@kateSullivan3927 Only if you come with me... ;)

  • @pepperquentin
    @pepperquentin 11 лет назад +2

    Hysterrical! Had to laugh on that one. And, may I add to the emotional complexity of Miss Swanson and "Sunset", her ability to work so closely (?) with Erich Von Stroheim, her "first husband" in the film, but also her personal valet. This is the man whom she fired form her film Queen Kelly in 1929. Oh, the overlapping intrigue ! And, what was that silent film Norma Desmond was showing to Mr. Gillis as she clutched his arm with her razor sharp talons in that room fully of her personal stuff?

    • @tessloucka5475
      @tessloucka5475 6 лет назад

      The film that they were watching in SUNSET Boulevard was queen Kelly! ITs from ABOUT 10-15 minutes into the movie.

    • @SymphonyBrahms
      @SymphonyBrahms 3 года назад

      They had probably patched it up by the time they filmed Sunset Boulevard. Von Stroheim was on a collision course by the time they filmed Queen Kelly. All of his films were eight to twelve hours long and were way over budget. None of the studios would hire him anymore. The only reason he was hired for Queen Kelly was that it was an independent film which was produced by and being paid for by Swanson and Kennedy. He was way over budget on the film, but the straw that broke the camel's back was when he changed the ending from a cheap hotel to a sleazy brothel. Swanson knew that it would never pass the Hollywood film censors, so she shut down the film and fired Von Stroheim.

  • @Patrick3183
    @Patrick3183 3 года назад

    5:07 Rare closeup

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    6:30, I feel sorry for the Aries arcitypes. They need better.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +2

    7:01, this jerk arcytype still exists.

    • @brkitdwn
      @brkitdwn 3 года назад

      Why do you think he was a jerk?

    • @SailorGreenTea
      @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

      7:00, I think here it starts. The mannerisms are not nice.

  • @DA90027
    @DA90027 8 лет назад +2

    1950s fashions made EVERYONE look older the sixties were much more flattering and feminine to women

    • @irened.
      @irened. 5 лет назад +1

      WRONG! The 1920's to the 1940's were the decades of elegance.

    • @snootybaronet
      @snootybaronet Год назад +1

      60s fashions, except for rail thin women, were horrific.

  • @SailorGreenTea
    @SailorGreenTea 3 года назад +1

    4:54, seems white pursues white for white.

  • @davidjames666
    @davidjames666 6 лет назад +3

    In 1957 a 48 or 58 year old woman dressed like how a 68 year old dressed in the 1980's. Seems they held on to their fashions as they aged as a way to hold on to their youth. Today, 50 year olds are doing the same as they weir their tight yoga pants adorned with a bedazzled "JUICY" written across the ass. Sorry for the visual, but I am disgusted with people these days. They don't make it easy for honest decent people anymore. Also, someone needs to tell them they look absolutely foolish.

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 3 года назад +1

      leftover victorians thought Gloria looked half naked and trashy when this aired. Its all a circle.

  • @tangajTANG
    @tangajTANG 3 года назад

    Witchish?