Thank you for this interview. Kim Darby was special in this role and I admired her acting. It’s good to see her again. She was a favorite of mine and I wish she had been in more shows afterwards.
This is such a wonderful, informative interview that is a real treat for Western movie lovers. I particularly liked how Ms. Darby dispels many of the myths regarding all the “discord” in the making of the original True Grit film. She comes across as a (then) naive, thoughtful, somewhat fragile participant in a landmark film. The audience was appreciative, respectful & asked good questions.
Kim Darby was and is a class act. I fell in love with her after seeing 'True Grit' for the first time near the end of 1969. I was 12 at the time and the film made a great impact on me.
I am so happy to see you again Kim ! I so enjoyed your roles in film . At 68 here I sit once again enjoying " True Grit " You have made a permanant place in history.
As a young teenager at the time, I had a little bit of a crush on Kim when I first saw True Grit. Except for the fantastic Robert Duvall, I believe she's the last person still alive from the movie, and it's great to see her still out there and doing interviews. Pushing 55 years later later now, hard to believe sometimes. Like Maddie said at the end of the 2010 remake, "Time just gets away from us."
True Grit's playing on TV right now, and I wondered if Kim Darby had done any interviews. Really nice to hear her talking about the film. Good insights. It would be nice if somebody could transcribe things like this, so that the quotes are searchable through Google.
Westerns haven't evolved as much as you think. There were some for adults, some for kids, and some for families. Watch some of the early episodes of Gunsmoke- very grim stories with very adult themes and subtext. Many episodes of Gunsmoke could have been easily retooled into a script for Alfred Hitchcock. The problem is that thst there are no more Weaterns made for the family audience.
I actually liked the John Wayne version better than the Jeff Bridges. Bridges is a fine actor in other movies, but he kinds of mumbles through some of the best lines in the script - lines which are wonderful. Possibly he was doing that to avoid copying Wayne, but it didn't really work.
Thank you for this interview. Kim Darby was special in this role and I admired her acting. It’s good to see her again. She was a favorite of mine and I wish she had been in more shows afterwards.
This is such a wonderful, informative interview that is a real treat for Western movie lovers. I particularly liked how Ms. Darby dispels many of the myths regarding all the “discord” in the making of the original True Grit film. She comes across as a (then) naive, thoughtful, somewhat fragile participant in a landmark film. The audience was appreciative, respectful & asked good questions.
Kim Darby was so good in True Grit. A great talent. She made it one of my favorite westerns. Seen it half a dozen times.
Kim Darby was and is a class act. I fell in love with her after seeing 'True Grit' for the first time near the end of 1969. I was 12 at the time and the film made a great impact on me.
I am so happy to see you again Kim ! I so enjoyed your roles in film . At 68 here I sit once again enjoying " True Grit " You have made a permanant place in history.
Thanks for posting this. Loved kim Darby
As a young teenager at the time, I had a little bit of a crush on Kim when I first saw True Grit. Except for the fantastic Robert Duvall, I believe she's the last person still alive from the movie, and it's great to see her still out there and doing interviews. Pushing 55 years later later now, hard to believe sometimes. Like Maddie said at the end of the 2010 remake, "Time just gets away from us."
“At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time and nobody knew it”
Polly Burson was actually 49 when she worked as Kim's stunt double.
An actress I always liked ❤
True Grit's playing on TV right now, and I wondered if Kim Darby had done any interviews. Really nice to hear her talking about the film. Good insights.
It would be nice if somebody could transcribe things like this, so that the quotes are searchable through Google.
Kim Darby was just the perfect little lost spitfire in "True Grit," then an equally sweet lost girl in "Norwood"and she made those movies special.
Westerns haven't evolved as much as you think. There were some for adults, some for kids, and some for families.
Watch some of the early episodes of Gunsmoke- very grim stories with very adult themes and subtext. Many episodes of Gunsmoke could have been easily retooled into a script for Alfred Hitchcock. The problem is that thst there are no more Weaterns made for the family audience.
No mention of Glen Campbell?....they totally ignored any mention of him as if he wasn't in the film.
Her and James Casey made such a cute couple. It’s so sad all her husbands died. She is a great actress.
Kim is a vert dear person....I know!!!!
"her"gun is in a museum in Nashville along with John Wayne's.....Glen Cambell donated them to the museum
What museum please?
I actually liked the John Wayne version better than the Jeff Bridges. Bridges is a fine actor in other movies, but he kinds of mumbles through some of the best lines in the script - lines which are wonderful. Possibly he was doing that to avoid copying Wayne, but it didn't really work.
I like the interviewer....she looks great...beautiful womanly body.
First seen her in halloween 6
She as goofy as her acting in the movie.