Richard Skipper Celebrates The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens: A Memoir of the Beales
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry Torre's touching and at times haunting memoir about his teenage days as caretaker of Grey Gardens, the now-celebrated mansion chronicled in the iconic documentary Grey Gardens and two feature-length films. The book, co-written with film historian Tony Maietta, is a behind-the-scenes look at "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" and their bizarre and reclusive life of squalor amidst the tremendous wealth of East Hampton, the family bond that developed between Jerry and them, and the day everything was turned upside down forever with the arrival of documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles.
What begins as a teenager coming upon what he assumed was an old, abandoned house takes on new dimensions when suddenly Edie appears on the porch draped in a shower curtain with an apron tied around her head. "You must be the Marble Faun," she tells the stunned Jerry. Rather than chasing him away as he at first feared, she invites Jerry to meet her mother upstairs. So begins a strange and unusually close friendship with the two women as Jerry takes on the task of volunteer gardener of their estate, often sleeping nights in their living room and staying out of the way of mother-daughter arguments. The Marble Faun of Grey Gardens is Jerry's look back on the filming of Grey Gardens but also how the notoriety the movie achieved changed his life along with the Beales as their private world is shared with audiences everywhere.
Tony Maietta arrived in Los Angeles in the 1990s as a fresh faced twenty-something, eager to discover the “classic’ Hollywood that he fell in love with as a child. Alas, he was disappointed. He soon realized the only way he could travel back to that magical place was to become a film historian, so he set out to live in the past. He is the on-camera host for a number of original productions celebrating classic film and television, including CBS Home Video’s award-winning presentations of Lucille Ball’s renowned television series, The Lucy Show, (in which he interviews key players from the series such as Jimmy Garrett, Carole Cooke and Lucie Arnaz) and Here’s Hollywood, an original program produced by here! media in which he discusses classic Hollywood films in the context of gay and lesbian cinema history. In addition to participating in lectures, hosting film events (2005’s Greta Garbo Film Festival in Hollywood, 2009’s Douglas Fairbanks Film Festival at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City), and writing program notes (most notably, for the prestigious Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Silent Film Gala, chaired by Dustin Hoffman), he has written and recorded six DVD commentaries for Warner Home Video. For Turner Classic Movies, he has been an advisor and participated in on-camera interviews for numerous film documentaries including the presentations Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2007), Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008), and Moguls & Movie Stars (2010), the acclaimed six-part Emmy-nominated documentary. Rediscovering John Gilbert, an original documentary which he co-wrote and produced, had its TCM premiere in January of 2010. In addition, he appeared alongside Mel Brooks, Cloris Leachman(et al.) in the documentary Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009), as well as in Murnau, Borzage, and Fox (Twentieth Century Fox, 2008), and the original KTLA production Two Modern Guys in Classic Hollywood (2008) which he also co-developed.
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The amazing one - of - a - kind, humble and loving Jerry Torre. I am a better man since I met and know Jerry. Thank you.
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Thank you for a wonderful experience, Richard!
This was fantastic. Jerry is such a beautiful person ❤
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Marble Faun of Grey Gardens Little Jerry,love him..
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Irresistibly fascinating, compassionately insightful interview/conversation that flew by... invites follow ups... what an outstanding, memorable edition. Finding universality in the idiosyncratic Beale legacy -- that is a remarkably transcendent take on the extraordinary story that indeed phenomenally endures.
Happy Birthday Week and Month to brilliantly multi-hyphenated entertainer Richard, and here's cheers to his multiple creative gifts, ever-evolving artistic endeavors, inspiring optimism, inspired realism, humane social conscience, and heartwarming connectivity.
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Thank you all for this engaging gathering: consummate host Richard, his indispensable production family, captivating guests Jerry and Tony, invaluable sponsors, and appreciative viewing community.
Alan C.
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@@RichardSkipperCelebrates You're welcome, Richard, and thank YOU for all you do! I've helped with numerous charities, including the AIDS Emergency Fund; the Entertainment Community Fund during the 2020 lockdown; the Marin Humane Society through recent years; The Little Jim Club at California/Pacific Medical Center in SF since 1984 for pediatric research and care; SF Symphony education programs; SF Symphony Symphonix during Oscar seasons with Jan Wahl; UNICEF with dearly-missed Audrey Hepburn in 1992 (we were slated to reunite annually); Natural Resources Defense Council with Robert Redford since 2001; Stars for Life with Michael Douglas; SF Volunteers (corporate employees tutoring school children) with Pat Conroy; REAF where beloved Carole Cook inimitably brought the house down repeatedly during the gala finales through the years; etc.
I'm awaiting additional results from yesterday's medical checkup appointments, and there's a possibility of the beginning of glaucoma developing in the right eye, which is already irreparably internally impaired due to hemorrhaging eroding the retina; externally unnoticeable.
I hope your week is going well! We all can't get enough of listening to remarkable Jerry Torre!
@@soshiekeys You are AMAZING! Thank you!!
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Awww, thank you and back atcha multi-fold, Richard!
wonderful interview, just wish it went on a lot longer!
I love this interview!! Filled in a few gaps for me. How they met was fantastic!
Great interview! I can listen to Jerry all day!!
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@@RichardSkipperCelebrates I watched That Summer doc. and basically everything to do with G.G popped up for me to watch afterwards! Im glad it did!
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Big Edie was in love with him she said he reminded her of her Mother and how beautiful he is
Thank you for that observation, Cathy. What did you think of the interview?
Just found this,love the ladies of gardens,you are so sweet,as is Jerry,so glad the ladies had Jerry in their life.@@RichardSkipperCelebrates
I appreciate your support and love for the ladies of Grey Gardens. It means a lot to me.
❤ thank you all for doing this, and so glad to have found the link via fb. And a much belated, but heartfelt Happy Birthday Richard🎉
Thank you so very much for this!
Great content!
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If not for RuPaul’s drag race & my favorite Queen Jinkx Monsoon winner of her season playing LiL’ Edie on the Snatch Game to a T!!! His portrayal of Ms Lil Edie lead me to researching the beautifully ugly story of the Beales. I’ve watched anything associated to these two beautiful women. I can’t get enough of them & anyone related to this remarkably fashion famous story. From poverty to fame. A dash of schizophrenia/genius singing/acting talent was remarkable!!! 💜 P.S. Their weaknesses lead them to their strengths of surviving in this very cruel world. Most would think, why I’d never set foot in a home like that, let alone lay on those mattresses covered in cat pee/feces & fleas, sooooo we think. Put yourself in their shoes & their horrific way of living allowed them to sing & dance throughout the film & their lives joyfully as if it were still the original 28 room mansion. If not for Mr. Onasis intervening via Mrs. Jackie K O, these two women would’ve perished sooner via the mold & unsanitary way they were forced to live. They were true survivors of their time. What a STORY!! What a STORY!! Who’da thought a drag show would lead me to the history of the Beales. The other documentary that included Mr. Warhol, goes deeper into the cleaning process of 7-8 rooms to avoid eviction. If this story hadn’t of made the papers, the outcome would’ve been sad. I watched the musical which gave me chills & ohhhh boy when they sang , The Corn Song I lost it, in a joyful way. It’s truly a story that needs to be shared in schools, the more you watch the more film to be found to extend this beautiful story. They lived happily & died happily (as Big Edie desired, “in her home”. Her flesh world in that home carried her into our eternal home as she so desired. If I had the chance to meet Lil Edie I would’ve sent her 100’s of eyeliner pencils & bags of makeup. I know she would’ve cherished/appreciated them all. I love the Beales & anyone associated with this story. (Excuse my grammatical errors, I had a stroke a couple of years ago & am typing on my phone with one finger) looking into getting a desktop to sit comfortably at my desk & learn how to blog & share this story with millions more. It a story that MUST be told. What life can’t supply you with can be attained in our minds. 💜 Big Edie 💜 LiL’ Edie
Thank you for taking the time to type this out on your phone, and with one finger, no less! Your last sentence says it all, in the most profound way. BTW~ you'll love a simple, laptop. You can enjoy UA-cam at your breakfast table, with music & visuals and from there, you can enjoy the music outside, entertainment through lunch & dinner, all through the day! Walmart has an HP Laptop for around $300.00 (maybe less), that works great! It's big enough to type on, but not so small, that it's difficult to see. I'd say, you should get at least a 15" screen (give or take a couple inches). Thanks again, for commenting, Ditzy K. You're a real prize! 🌞💙💚💛🧡❤🌞
What is marble faun ?
Did you watch the video?
"The Marble Faun" was (is) a story that was (is) on occasion, required reading for students in school. At least, it was, for Little Edie.