Monica Blom absolutely elegant! Even in the 60s she looked like a goddess! I live in NYC and there is a theater that has her footprints in the cement, it’s off saint marks place. And every time i walk by i put my foot next to hers and her shoes were like child sized. She may have only been 5’1 but she always seemed like a giant to me.
Gloria Swanson was one of the few actors who made a graceful transformation from silent to talkie. Her eyes carried her across the great divide. She knew how to "listen" in a scene. Watch her reactions within scenes to see how well she supports any film she was in.
This is the real Gloria. What a great find! was this from her own 1960s local NY TV program? It certainly looks like something that was broadcast locally as opposed to nationally. She was just like this in real life right up till the end. A Great Dame.
Seeing Gloria in 'Sunset Blvd' and then 20 years later on 'Dick Cavett' it almost looks as if she was younger in 1970. A tremendously talented, wonderful, and beautiful woman.
She played an Older Woman in Sunset Blvd and the makeup was applied to make her that. By the way, Eric von Stromheim, the director of Queen Kelly, played the Butler in Sunset Blvd.
Compare Gloria to the "stars" of today, no comparison! Amazing to think she was only 50 when she filmed Sunset Boulevard. Gloria recalling the 20s here is the equivalent to us in the 2010s recalling the disco era of the 70s!
It's the 2020s and I remember the disco days as if they were yesterday, but your comparison puts it in perspective. She was in her 50s and in some scenes they had to age her because she looked so good.
Agree 100% I never followed MS Gloria but I'm so sorry I missed her movies then , She is so cool n def aged gracefully ! Very honest n down to Earth. Very bohemian in this video
@rommanos Oh you're so very welcome! I am glad it helped you to understand more about what messed up with the production. I wish it could have been completed...
You know you see all these modern stars today in holloywood Agilina joile etc... but no one has the class and calabor of the original stars of holloywood. at least in my opinian
This clip is not from the 40's or 50's. It's definitely from the 60's judging by her hairstyle and her clothes. Also TV was still black and white until the mid, late 60's.
It's odd how she speaks of herself and her era as if it were ancient and yet her period - the 20s and 30s - were only as old then as the 70s and 80s are now and she herself was only in her 60s.
I thought something similar while watching Sunset Blvd. The film's stars of 20 to 25 years earlier, Norma Desmond and the "waxworks," are all but forgotten, and their real-life analogs were too, which is why the film worked. But in our time, stars of 1992 or 1997 are still people we're going to see in movies. The world has changed in some ways since 1992, but that past doesn't seem as distant. I don't think it's entirely about the silent-to-sound transition in movies. A decade or two used to "weigh" more. Less was recorded and preserved; the past was more "remembered" than something easily revisited. And of course, Swanson here is looking back on a time before a Depression and a World War.
You have to understand. Time passes so much more quickly than it did back then. There weren't the constant distractions of the internet or smart phones to stimulate them when life became mundane. They only cinema and theatre to rely on for larger than life experiences. That's why 30 years seemed so much longer back then it does today. Nowadays people are stunned when they look up and realize that 20 years have passed, but back then life moved slowly so in 1950, being a star of the 1920's did seem like a millennium. Like Simon says above, a decade "weighed" much more and also people didn't expect to live as long so years had more value.
Because most silent film stars were regarded as relics of a bygone era. Remember how popular Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey and Mike Myers were? They ruled Hollywood in the 1980s and 90s, now the only way they gonna get in the movies is to buy a ticket!
can someone do a translation into Italian of what she says? can someone give a brief summary of what she says in English? Please I do not understand English very well
I'm guessing this originally aired in the 40's to 50's. I say that because this is in black and white which ended in the 60's she was born in 1899. this would put her 40- 50. She is beautiful. she is not 65. on the dick cavett show in 1970 she is noticeably older. amazing women regardless.
For someone who doesn’t like “talking about the past”, she seems to have reveled in it... She was most like Nora Desmond than she admits, while blowing her own horn. Still, a great actress. And a good reminder of what was great about the early days of Hollywood, and the stories behind it.
May Gloria Swanson be blessed for eternity. Love to her! No one will ever replace her magnificence.
She has such a crisp voice. She was incredible.
In a word: stunning.
My favorite actress and movie star of ALL time.
Gloria: "And I said, 'no, no. Ya can't kill me.."
LMAO!
What a fabulous woman.
god i loooovvveeee this woman!!! so classy n gorgeous...her body of work is untouchable noone in hollywood today can hold a candle to this legend...
She was very intelligent from what I've read. She is such a ease with the camera.
Such class, such elegance. The woman was a goddess they simply do not make refined beautiful woman like this anymore.
Gloria Swanson is, besides being a great actress, a really good storyteller. I love her overall look here.
Monica Blom absolutely elegant! Even in the 60s she looked like a goddess! I live in NYC and there is a theater that has her footprints in the cement, it’s off saint marks place. And every time i walk by i put my foot next to hers and her shoes were like child sized. She may have only been 5’1 but she always seemed like a giant to me.
@@JL0ndon She got taller?
@@akrenwinkle well her height online sources ranges from 4’11 to 5’1
@@JL0ndon These things are hard to know, but my guestimate is 5 feet even... maybe.
Gloria Swanson was one of the few actors who made a graceful transformation from silent to talkie. Her eyes carried her across the great divide. She knew how to "listen" in a scene. Watch her reactions within scenes to see how well she supports any film she was in.
Real jewels. She had tons of them. The great stuff
and THIS is what a star looks like!
That’s what makes one a star
Wonderful upload! Gloria Swanson's was so mesmerizing. Her voice was so beautiful. Almost as wonderful as her acting.
Such a lovely, clear, crisp voice
She was so elegant, soft, so beautiful. Not a sharp edge about her.
jane a sinner rite on
She's such a great storyteller, I wish she would've recorded an audio book of her autobiography she wrote😊📽🎬🎥🎤📖
Such a lovely, crisp, clear voice
This is the real Gloria. What a great find! was this from her own 1960s local NY TV program? It certainly looks like something that was broadcast locally as opposed to nationally. She was just like this in real life right up till the end. A Great Dame.
Seeing Gloria in 'Sunset Blvd' and then 20 years later on 'Dick Cavett' it almost looks as if she was younger in 1970. A tremendously talented, wonderful, and beautiful woman.
Stephen Pike lol that’s what you call ‘surgeons ‘🥴
She played an Older Woman in Sunset Blvd and the makeup was applied to make her that. By the way, Eric von Stromheim, the director of Queen Kelly, played the Butler in Sunset Blvd.
The lady could work a look. Perfect dictionary and a lucid story telling.
Compare Gloria to the "stars" of today, no comparison! Amazing to think she was only 50 when she filmed Sunset Boulevard. Gloria recalling the 20s here is the equivalent to us in the 2010s recalling the disco era of the 70s!
It's the 2020s and I remember the disco days as if they were yesterday, but your comparison puts it in perspective. She was in her 50s and in some scenes they had to age her because she looked so good.
This. Is. Awesome.
Loved "The Trespasser."
She is an excellent storyteller!
Thanks for this posting. They don't make them like this anymore, what a gorgeous woman. And the stories she could tell.
I don’t think there will be anyone like her no more
Extraordinary!
Love her.
What a beauty the way she looks with her eyes, and speaks even at her age I would fall in love.....
WOW! She looks GREAT for her age. Must have been years of health food.
"for her age" lol nice
She was a vegetarian
Class class CLASS.
Agree 100% I never followed MS Gloria but I'm so sorry I missed her movies then , She is so cool n def aged gracefully ! Very honest n down to Earth. Very bohemian in this video
This woman....sublime
she could wear that today! she aged VERY well. her voice, her teeth were extremely youthful.
She was on a Macrobiotic diet for many, many years.
@84ccipollini
yes, Miss Swanson was great narrator!
Very interesting self-conducted interview.
An extraordinary woman ...wish she made 100. Her book is amazing...
And I want that necklace and dress it's Poppin!
Thanks so much for posting it.
What an amazing historian!
"Many in America felt that Hollywood wasn't what it should be..."
Nothing changes.
This personal account is priceless.
Fascinating woman actress ❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💛💛💛💛💛💛💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
very good story teller.
@rommanos
Oh you're so very welcome! I am glad it helped you to understand more about what messed up with the production. I wish it could have been completed...
@cuttock
I understand what you mean ;) She was a gorgeous woman at any age!
You know you see all these modern stars today in holloywood Agilina joile etc... but no one has the class and calabor of the original stars of holloywood. at least in my opinian
This clip is not from the 40's or 50's. It's definitely from the 60's judging by her hairstyle and her clothes. Also TV was still black and white until the mid, late 60's.
💜💜💜💜💥💥
It's odd how she speaks of herself and her era as if it were ancient and yet her period - the 20s and 30s - were only as old then as the 70s and 80s are now and she herself was only in her 60s.
I thought something similar while watching Sunset Blvd. The film's stars of 20 to 25 years earlier, Norma Desmond and the "waxworks," are all but forgotten, and their real-life analogs were too, which is why the film worked. But in our time, stars of 1992 or 1997 are still people we're going to see in movies. The world has changed in some ways since 1992, but that past doesn't seem as distant.
I don't think it's entirely about the silent-to-sound transition in movies. A decade or two used to "weigh" more. Less was recorded and preserved; the past was more "remembered" than something easily revisited. And of course, Swanson here is looking back on a time before a Depression and a World War.
You have to understand. Time passes so much more quickly than it did back then. There weren't the constant distractions of the internet or smart phones to stimulate them when life became mundane. They only cinema and theatre to rely on for larger than life experiences. That's why 30 years seemed so much longer back then it does today. Nowadays people are stunned when they look up and realize that 20 years have passed, but back then life moved slowly so in 1950, being a star of the 1920's did seem like a millennium. Like Simon says above, a decade "weighed" much more and also people didn't expect to live as long so years had more value.
Because most silent film stars were regarded as relics of a bygone era. Remember how popular Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey and Mike Myers were? They ruled Hollywood in the 1980s and 90s, now the only way they gonna get in the movies is to buy a ticket!
@scottyfilmbuff
You vare right, she was one of a kind!
Swanson is great, but as for the RUclips provider of this clip: More info, please. What exact date? What exact program?
@atlan61
I totally agree with your every word!
@susannebass
awww Susanne this is probably the sweetest comment I ever seen and I agree with every word!
She sounds like Betty White, who was also from Illnois, as was Gloria.
yes...a good looking lady with a nice body as well.
can someone do a translation into Italian of what she says?
can someone give a brief summary of what she says in English? Please I do not understand English very well
The 20s fashion and glamour should come back in 2022. Today there is no style,no glamour ,music and not good movies…
@rommanos
I wish I knew, dear! I wish I knew! :(
sadly i discovered her in 2019 , Sunset Boulevard
Better late than never!
Why on earth were they using Stravinsky's "Ragtime" as title music?!
I'm guessing this originally aired in the 40's to 50's. I say that because this is in black and white which ended in the 60's she was born in 1899. this would put her 40- 50. She is beautiful. she is not 65. on the dick cavett show in 1970 she is noticeably older. amazing women regardless.
Why on earth were they using Stravinsky's "Ragtime" as title music? Bizarre.
Strange sort of title music
For someone who doesn’t like “talking about the past”, she seems to have reveled in it... She was most like Nora Desmond than she admits, while blowing her own horn.
Still, a great actress. And a good reminder of what was great about the early days of Hollywood, and the stories behind it.
Her Royal Highness.... Gloria Swanson. Ummmm.....