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Post by petrolino on Oct 1, 2017 2:52:27 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen an interview with Fredric March. Not a single one. Have you seen any interviews with March?
Thanks!
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Post by hi224 on Oct 1, 2017 6:13:05 GMT
I don't think I've ever seen an interview with Fredric March. Not a single one. Have you seen any interviews with March? Thanks! not an interview but on a game show here. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 1, 2017 10:55:44 GMT
I like watching old segments from 'What's My Line?' on youtube. Thanks. |
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Post by teleadm on Oct 6, 2017 15:54:25 GMT
Fredric March and his wife Florence Eldridge, and for some reason Mitch Miller, did do a TV interview in 1955 on Edward R Murrow's Person to Person series in 1955. I've seen there is a 3 DVD set from that series called The Best of Person to Person, but I have no idea if the Fredric March interview is included, Since the set is from CBS, it's not some public domain copy of a copy of a copy of a copy...  That episode from What's My Line? is great, he's really funny. I didn't expect that! I had totally forgot that he did many comedies too in the thirties and early forties. |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 6, 2017 18:04:20 GMT
Fredric March and his wife Florence Eldridge, and for some reason Mitch Miller, did do a TV interview in 1955 on Edward R Murrow's Person to Person series in 1955. Miller had a #1 smash hit that year w/ "The Yellow Rose of Texas". |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 7, 2017 2:01:21 GMT
Fredric March and his wife Florence Eldridge, and for some reason Mitch Miller, did do a TV interview in 1955 on Edward R Murrow's Person to Person series in 1955. I've seen there is a 3 DVD set from that series called The Best of Person to Person, but I have no idea if the Fredric March interview is included, Since the set is from CBS, it's not some public domain copy of a copy of a copy of a copy... That episode from What's My Line? is great, he's really funny. I didn't expect that! I had totally forgot that he did many comedies too in the thirties and early forties. If I see this crop up on youtube, I'll give it a watch. Thanks for the information, teleadm. |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 7, 2017 2:08:09 GMT
That episode from What's My Line? is great, he's really funny. I didn't expect that! I had totally forgot that he did many comedies too in the thirties and early forties. Elia Kazan once said that of all the actors he worked with Brando was the greatest, but March was the most fun. Kazan directed March in the original Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's, The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) and again in the film, Man on a Tightrope (1953). I heard when Rene Clair let Veronica Lake run riot on the set of 'I Married A Witch' (1942) she pulled several gags to prank Fredric March. One was riding a mini-fire engine around the set, much to March's chagrin. Their chemistry in the movie is electric; fights or not, I suspect there was deep respect for each others' roles, and dare I say a good deal of genuine affection bubbling away under the surface. |
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Post by Richard Kimble on Oct 7, 2017 8:06:58 GMT
I heard when Rene Clair let Veronica Lake run riot on the set of 'I Married A Witch' (1942) she pulled several gags to prank Fredric March. One was riding a mini-fire engine around the set, much to March's chagrin. Their chemistry in the movie is electric; fights or not, I suspect there was deep respect for each others' roles, and dare I say a good deal of genuine affection bubbling away under the surface. Apparently March and Lake didn't get along at all. In one of Leslie Halliwell's books he wrote about IMAW, and of the pair added: "Her remarks about him in her autobiography are surprisingly vicious". I haven't read her autobio, so I don't know just what those remarks were specifically. March could be less than lovable. Supposedly during the making of TBYOOL he was in the middle of a scene when he snapped at Harold Russell: "Get those G--damn hooks out of my face! I want people to listen to me talk, not watch you drink beer." |
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Post by petrolino on Oct 7, 2017 21:45:00 GMT
I heard when Rene Clair let Veronica Lake run riot on the set of 'I Married A Witch' (1942) she pulled several gags to prank Fredric March. One was riding a mini-fire engine around the set, much to March's chagrin. Their chemistry in the movie is electric; fights or not, I suspect there was deep respect for each others' roles, and dare I say a good deal of genuine affection bubbling away under the surface. Apparently March and Lake didn't get along at all. In one of Leslie Halliwell's books he wrote about IMAW, and of the pair added: "Her remarks about him in her autobiography are surprisingly vicious". I haven't read her autobio, so I don't know just what those remarks were specifically. March could be less than lovable. Supposedly during the making of TBYOOL he was in the middle of a scene when he snapped at Harold Russell: "Get those G--damn hooks out of my face! I want people to listen to me talk, not watch you drink beer." Even though Lake had troubled relationships with a few co-workers I usually hear this one cited, suggesting there was real friction between her and March. I'd never know it watching 'I Married A Witch'. I think they exhibit tremendous on-screen chemistry. It's hard to comment on the Harold Russell situation without being there. The story may be a distorted version of real events. On the other hand, March may have been a tough-talking actor on set. |
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