Veronica Lake interview 1952 - Eloise Salutes The Stars
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- 'Eloise Salutes The Stars', hostess Eloise McElhone. Guests are actress Veronica Lake and Emmy-winning director Alex Segal. Aired Sunday, March 23, 1952, on the DuMont TV Network.
I found this doing research on Ebay. It is from a kinescope that was transferred to an Apex 187 (u-matic) videocassette in the 1980's. The original tape has been donated to the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
I hope making this interview available will contribute to Veronica Lake being remembered as an actress of depth, warmth, and diversity.
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I had no idea Veronica Lake was an alcoholic, and died tragically young at just 50, in 1973. Her mother outlived her by 20 years, dying in 1992. Veronica's life was short, but it was glorious, as well as her incredible success in movies she had four children. I was shocked to learn that Eloise who interviews her here, had an almost identical lifespan to Veronica. Eloise was born one year earlier than Veronica in 1921, and died two years after her, aged 53, in 1974. How sad these two ladies would not see old age. Thanks for a fascinating upload, the interviews were better than those feeble efforts by Dick Cavett - however did he become such a star chat show host? And I just love how Eloise broke off to advertise paper serviettes, it's SO 1950s!
I saw her interviewed on Dick Cavett, and without knowing, surmised her to being an alcoholic by the way she looked and acted. She had a somewhat hard look about her and a slightly erratic manner, that reminded me of most of the people I knew who were alcoholics. Sad.
@@jethro1963 i saw that interview as well. She kept calling Dick a “twit”.
Veronica had a rough life privately. She dated Aristotle Onassis once & he said she drank so much on their date & then vomited violently - that was in the 40's - he never wanted to see her again after that. Sad. Veronica looked terrible in this interview - she looks a lot older than 30 when this interview was done.
The Hollywood Studio system's dark side is often downplayed. Any other industry that produced so many alcoholics, drug abusers, suicides, and dysfunctional children would have been investigated for abuse and/or regulated. Lake was just one of many with on-screen success and off-screen demons. Regarding Cavett...in a contest of Cavett vs Eloise, Cavett wins easily, be the voting from the pros in the field or the general public. No contest.
@@charlaville7658 Thanks for sharing ! What a sad end for poor Ms Lake... 😞
It was exactly Ninety-Nine years ago from this very day that Veronica Lake was brought into the world ... So ... Happy Birthday Veronica (!) ... You Live Forever ... Thanks for all the Great Memories ...
November 14 2021 (0048 hrs)
101 летие
The popular opinion is that Veronica suffered from undiagnosed bi polar disorder. There wasn't too much information on bi polar disorder back then. Veronica self medicated with alcohol . She was very difficult to work with and many of her co-stars expressed no desire to work with her again. She lost custody of her three children and had a horrible relationship with her mother. I have Sullivans Travels and This Gun for Hire in my DVD collection- Veronica's beauty was mesmerizing and she could act. What a sad end when she finally got her star on the Hollywood walk of fame shortly before her death. Nobody showed up. It was just Veronica along with a journalist that was interviewing her and one other nameless person.
I've just finished reading her autobiography and she says that she has been diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was still a child.
But I assume that she was misdiagnosed because as you've said there wasn't that much information about bipolar disorder back then and she never got help for whatever mental problems she had.
Beautiful women are ten a penny, but the Veronica Lakes of this world are rare. Stunning.
Send some my way
She does nothing for me. The short hair is a turn off
Not only lovely, but intelligent and charming
@@user-db6pt7vr3l She looks so old here. Her hair is what made her attractive.
@@sallywilliams5444
Никакая женщина не может оставаться красивой без волос. Это удавалось только Шинад о Коннор.
This is amazing! Seems to be a local TV interview, so interesting, I've always been fascinated by Lake, her major stardom and then quick dive into obscurity is one of those classic Hollywood tales...
+eydieandstevesongs Aired as talk show on the DuMont television network. I believe the tape I found on Ebay is the only known copy of this episode. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloise_Salutes_the_Stars
Somebody commented that she was 29 in this interview, she sure looked a lot older, like 50 years, poor lady, she must have lived a very hard life.
She didn't want to be an actress. She even told her parents that but her mother insisted and pushed her into it. Apparently, she didn't know she had cirrhosis of the liver until right before she died. She probably would have lived longer with a transplant. But it wasn't until the late 70's. that it became a viable option.
@@kalevala29
Насколько я понимаю она бы не захотела с помощью трансплантации продлевать жизнь. Её жизнь последних лет была трудной.
She was still very beautiful, although much changed, I like the shorter hairstyle; such a charming, refined and brilliant woman here at 29, shame about the serious personal issues she had to struggle with and which ultimately destroyed her.
She was 29 here 😳
Veronica Was Born On This Day 101 Years Ago ...
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This is great to see this Veronica Lake interview - the quality of this 1952 video is remarkably clear given that anything from this period would have been a kinescope. The "Doeskin Tissue" commercial is cute and (as an aside) I recall reading that singer Kate Smith once made a blunder on live television by saying; "Use Doeskin, the best Kleenex you will find." Oh well, stuff happens... Thanks for posting!
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She was very bright, she could have done much more. Thanks for posting this.
Moostang K thanks for your interest. I think you’re right :)
@@jeffronx I think she probably had a high IQ. But then many people like that have quirks. I know a few, they drink, etc. A waste.
@@Ariesstubbornbutt
Они не хотят реализации своих талантов потому что понимают тщетность бытия .
Veronica Lake is totally unrecognizable here. The voice, the style (she dresses like a much older woman) and the hair are totally different from what you'd expect, even 10 years later.
It's the drastic voice change that gets me... Heavy smoking maybe?
Sad but true !! 😞
Veronica Lake loved my late partner, ICON JOE FRANKLIN INVENTOR OF THE TALK SHOW. HE HELPED HER OUT WITH $$ RENT ETC ...I THINK THAT THIS UNUSUAL HAIR STYLE IS A CARRY OVER FROM HER STAGE APPEARANCE AS PETER PAN...
I remember Joe Franklin. I was a young boy, but I recall watching his talk show late at night on Long Island. I think he was on WOR channel 9. He had old-timey guests, some from vaudeville. Very entertaining and informative. 👍
Veronica Lake was gorgeous during her twenties.
Awww she’s still so precious here
Sad both Eloise (53)and Veronica (50) died in their early 50’s and almost to the day a year apart 😞😞Eloise July 1, 1974 and Veronica July 7, 1973
What happened to Eloise? They died very young. They never got to make it to a senior citizen, that’s very sad.
Happy Birthday Veronica ...
November 14 1922 (98)
02.10.2021
Господи!!! Как давно это было!!! Вероника Лейк🔥🌟💖💝💗💓💞💕- Целая эпоха!!! Почему пишут в источниках, что у нее был северный характер - я не верю, очень улыбчивая, скромная!!!
Как интересно посмотреть то, старое ТВ, без лишних спецэффектов, так всё по-домашнему!!! Люблю ретро фильмы!!! Привет из Сахалина Россия!!!
Wow this sort of veronica interview is so rare. Fantastic. Thanks for posting.
stellen11 It is! Afaik it's one of only two tv interviews she did. The other was the Dick Cavett show in 1971 to promote her memoir a few years before she died.
jeffronx Respectfully, she also did Phil Donohue in '71, out of Chicago.
iarla baby Thanks for the info, I'd love to see that one!
jeffronx I have it on VHS, will try to convert and send it to you, are you the author of Lake bio, Jeff
iarla baby I am not an author of a Lake bio, but I became a fan doing research. I was interested in her as a subject for a writing project that didn't materialize. Her story is one that I think a lot of people would be interested in if it could be told properly.
Omg, it never occurred to anyone that the gentleman shouldn't have be forced to sit on the arm virtually on Miss Lake's arm. Definitely a professional production!!!
Heavens to Murgatroyd ! That was a lot of fun to watch ! Thank you VERY much for sharing this bodacious "blast from the past" for us to enjoy ! CHEERS !! 🙂
Hard to believe she’s only 30 years old here and she looks about 60
Such a charming little gem.
thanks for sharing this. I have been looking for TV interviews with Veronica Lake for years.
Thank you so much for uploading this!
wow- she was only 30 at that time-she looks much older.
That's what heavy drinking does.
The hairstyles and apparel in the early 50s were ghastly...EVERYONE looked 10 years older - if you don't believe me, check out the "What's My Line" programs from the same era...
And later generations associate these styles (of behavior and apparel) with women they first saw and knew as older women.
some people just don't age well, veronica's alcoholism obvious wasn't good for her.
Peter Friend tell that to Elizabeth Taylor, Dorothy Dandridge and Marilyn Monroe.
I find Veronica totally fascinating even past her sexy glamorous siren days .. she looked amazingly older than her 29 years with her big Paramount movie career already a thing of the past
Back when America was beautiful.
Amazing view of Lake. The first talk show. Awkward to sit side by side on a couch, talk to each other, and not ignore the audience. The host's desk solution obviously came later, with the guest chair canted at an angle with the desk, so they could look at each other, and the audience could see their three quarter face.
What a pleasant and informative interview.
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Classic television. WOW
She lived her life on her terms. She became a super star early in her life and lived it the way she wanted.
Veronica is such a charming lady
Just lovely 🥰
A great lady. But I loved her long hair. It was about 20 years ahead of its time.
The Defense Department asked her to change it because women in the war factories were having accidents with it and it was mainly as a safety factor for them.
So much better than the horrible hairstyles of the 40's. 30 years ahead of her time. Off topic, did that woman just pull out some fried chicken to hawk that chappy tissue?
Wonderful, historic vid. Ty. I wonder if Veronica and Eloise went out for drinks after the show. Hopefully, Segal did the driving home. 😅
It was Veronica's 100TH Anniversary of Birth two days ago ...
November 16 2022 (2051 hrs)
Couldn't they afford a real bookcase? Love Veronica Lake!
And Alex Segal came on from the wrong side and sat on the chair handle instead of the third seat lol! Plus you can hear someone else talking on set... early days of live TV ;)
The reason it's not a real book case is because this was shot on set that was changed out based on whatever was needed at that that moment. A book case with books and other things would take at lot longer to move and change sets than just moving this back drop and bringing in something else.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH !!!
Excellent historical video.
Wow. What a surprisingly candid interview. The host WENT IN ON VERONICA! Lol. I didn't know that they did these types of interviews back then. Awesome to see! And Oprah was hooked on Barbara! This lady here does a pretty darn good job.
Boy, they don't make good products like that anymore!
Veronica Lake comes off as a very intelligent (savvy) lady who has a clear idea of what she is about (How is it I read she died in a state of depravity -- Do I recollect inaccurately?). 3/2018
patrick ryan she does come across as very intelligent and also just interesting as a person all around in my opinion. She did suffer though from alcoholism and also other mental illnesses(I’ve heard schizophrenia or bipolar, but I’m not 100% sure so don’t quote me on those). She definitely was gone way too soon
she died in Burlington, VT and her son Michael claimed her body........ 1973 1922-73... sad so short
Depravity, lol. She didn't have money. Does being poor make you depraved in America? The only reference to mental illness ever came from the book written by her mother. The mother pushed her into show business. Sued her for support. Then wrote a truly unkind biography of her daughter after she was dead. Most of the terrible stories of Veronica repeated and repeated today come from that horrid book. Seriously, why would anyone write a book that tears your dead daughter to pieces? For the money. Veronica was the old hag's meal ticket when she was alive and even after she died. De Toth's autobiography never mentions mental illness. Just that Veronica had a very unhappy childhood. If someone was mentally ill in that family I'd bet it wasn't the daughter.
@@dennispayne6537 means deprived probably, not depraved
I feel like I would be friends with Eloise - original Hollywood Talk Shows/Real Talk
She appears to be relaxed, charming and personable.
Such a pity that Doeskin napkins are no longer for sale.
You can find them on Ebay, but you will pay the price.
RIP Ronnie! Love, Kevin Taylor, Vermont.
Such a rare and great interview !!
early Tv, ya gotta love it, first time I was on Tv was 1962..
What show?
They all died too young. Veronica in 1973 for obvious reasons of alcohol. Eloise in 1974 of a heart attack at 53 and Alex in 1977 at 62..
Vic Kreitner She was 29 here in ‘52; on Cavett she said she was 17 in 1948(???)... Very sad how women “aged out” so young!!!!!!
I read Miss Lake’s autobiography, a very interesting insight into the Hollywood of the 40s.
I doubt being 'a little chubby' caused Eloise's death aged just 53. How sad, that's no age at all - and the very slim Veronica Lake dead at 50. It is just as well we can't see into the future.
lol, love how the director segal says coming for the one side had better optics because his back would be showing, but the whole time i was thinking how awkward he looked sitting on the arm chair almost on top of veronica. veronica was so personable and intelligent, obviously fame can bring a lot of pressures and if you came from unstable beginnings fame can easily overwhelm you. veronica wasn' t alone in her sad demise, it seems very common.
Ms. Lake's old co star Alan Ladd made his perhaps best known movie the next year , Shane with much older co star Jean Arthur while she is doing TV interviews on the poor cousin Dumont network . The program that Ms. McElhone briefly refers to at the beginning is Leave It To The Girls , a gabfest which a panel of four ? women debated a topic with a lone male . That's an idea I am surprised they don't have that today . Coincidentally Lake and Arthur did Peter Pan . I guess something happened on the Lake run of PP , i know that Arthur did a limited music version on Broadway with Boris Karloff as Captain Hook . Arthurs friend Mary Martin did the more complete musical version which became one her signature roles . Ms. Lake was very perceptive in her explanation of TV : a combination of the stage , radio , motion pictures . Mr. Segal actually directs a portion of his interview time . His daughter was the co star of 1980s sitcom Married With Children .
She had a lovely voice.
In the past people looked older than now, shes is only 30 years old and for older women in compaction with the current average. In addition, Verónica had alcohol problems, but i noticed it in more people of the time.
I also want to add this:
Veronica Lake 1922 - 1973
Eloise McElhone conduct 1921-1974
Chilling similarities.
Technically, she was 29 at the time of this filming
30 years old and already hit.
DuMont was not big on production values or big names either; in 1952 it was already struggling to survive against the Big Three. Alas, that was true of Miss Lake also. Demand for femmes fatales in noir movies was drying up as the postwar boom's optimism ( in Scope and stereo) chased the blues away.
Veronica had been on the hooch for several years and her marriage to Andre de Toth, the one-eyed director, was on the rocks. Both had gone bankrupt after she could not get paid for 'Stronghold', a Mexican thriller with Zachary Scott. She would not film again until 1966, some years after she was found working as a waitress in the cheap women-only hotel where she lived in NYC.
Alex Segal was more flourishing. He had been directing mostly adaptations of stage plays for the 'Celanese Theater' live anthology, and in 1966 he would collect a primetime Emmy for 'Death of a Salesman'.
Interesting! Thank you 🙂
Veronica Lake Interview
I find it interesting that who ever set up and directed this interview didn't seem to realize that virtually every shot filmed a very awkward and unflattering side angle with no full frontal face images.
She was born in 1922 and so was just 30 during at the time of the interview. Could hardly have been considered past her prime. Ironically, one could still view only the left eye.
How disappointing, wouldn't you say?
I agree, I think she looks much older. That is what drinking does to a person.
Maybe actresses at that time lied about years...and birthdays...
This was the dawn of TV. Everything is simple and plain. There is three cameras but they thought they needed all 3 of them in every shot.
30 is incredibly young. I believe Elizabeth Taylor was nearly 30 when she played in Cleopatra. However, as much as I adore and love Ms. Lake, she doesn’t look 30. Perhaps it could be attributed to the “matronly” look that was popular back in those days, that aged her.
Is there more of THESE interviews from Eloise salutes the star.. ? Please do share..
If you told me to guess who that was, Veronica Lake wouldn't not even be near my first guess.
A pioneer instance of bizarrely starkly two-toned hair. At first I thought Miss Lake was wearing a cocktail hat, black on blonde.
amazing Veronica so beautiful and that gorgeous hair
She's only 30 years old in this interview and she's treated like an old woman...
And looks like a 60 years old lady
RIP Veronca.🙏
She looks great here.
Poor Connie. Only 29o likes. She wanted to be a neurosurgeon but she had a vile stage mother. That and the studios killed her off. She was funny, talented and beautiful and deserved so much better. But we dont always get what we deserve.
Veronica Lake was a big star next to Alan Ladd and other actors, but I think it was hard for her to reconcile career and personal life. She had four children in the 1940s, and lost one of them, early in an accident in the studio. In this interview, she was only 30, but already without the great beauty that marked the golden years Hollywood .
I watched this without sound; this woman "Salutes the Stars"? The camera is on her the whole time....Does Veronica get to speak? Move the CAMERA in!
Fisherman’s dream, Veronica Lake.
Veronica is charming. And so pretty.
How charming and poised. I would have liked to see her in Peter Pan.
she is the reason why the late Aaliyah wore her hair over 1 eye
Me Jonez she also inspired Jessica rabbit
+Ben Wass I can definitely see that
Eloise mcelhone also died relatively young in 1974
The interview was refreshing, particularly seeing her sober. She came across as intelligent and eloquent. I'm skeptical about her having a mental disorder; it seems more like her mother's excuse for poor parenting. It's clear Veronica never aspired to be an actress; it was her mother who pushed her into it.
No, she looked a thousand times better with her hair long.
People back then aged terribly. 30 was 40, 40 was 60.
The pop duo Sparks have an amazing song about her on their newest album. Track #2
Wow this is fantastic. I'm searching for the episode of Eloise Salutes the Stars which aired on March 20, 1952. It's about a dog training school, and one of the guests is a relative. Does anyone out there have any idea where I might find it?
Keep google by year , by name, by show , by Eloise etc
I have a feeling Lake could've done a lot more but she chose sanity. She wasn't vain if you read her quotes like most.
Dying at 50 as a result of alcohol abuse is not what I'd call "sanity."
Wait? She’s 30 years old in this video?? She was born in 1922. Why does she look 55!?? 😮
Eloise was a good interviewer. I realize this was the infancy of television. But you'd think they could've spent a bit more on the set. This looks like a public-access cable TV show filmed in someone's basement.
After Veronica died, her mother said that she had been schizophrenic since she was a child and that's why she put her to study acting! Later, when Veronica became a famous movie star in Hollywood, her mother sued her for not giving her financial support! and to make matters worse after Veronica dies, the mother publishes a book about the life of her daughter. Draw your own conclusions!!
Hard to believe VL is 29 here. She looks and sounds about 45 or older.
Eloise certainly is saucey and never short on quips... My goodness...
Muy tierno el comercial
En 10 ans.. Incroyable changement physique dû à l'alcool 😢😢😢
she's not the same without the peek a boo hair cut
clumpyify I agree. Though very poised and articulate, she has certainly lost her sex appeal.
@@neildickson5394 I agree. She looks like a young granny.
Thanks sir!
1930
1940
1950
Nhung thu vien sach khong ton tai cho chinh nguoi vn ?
she looks and sounds fifty years old..
The image of Veronica Lake - with regards to museums and history - will outlive the image of Marilyn Monroe. I know that sounds nutty because Marilyn's iconic likeness is everywhere, but 500 years from now, and from then on, Veronica Lake is someone whose face and voice will be far more "branded" for inexplicable reasons. No one will be around to prove me wrong, but someone, ages from now, will read this and say, "That guy was right."
Véronique ou Véronika .... SONT LES PLUS BELLES FEMMES DU MONDE .
Oui'
fab
I bet the last thing Veronica would like to talk about is hair, her hair.
It would be interesting to see her as Peter Pan ...
Peter Pan Players:
Veronica 1951
Mary Martin 1954
Sandy Duncan 1979 - 81
Etcetera ...
She is about 29 and looks already like a stereotypical 45 years old housewife....
Just...49 old too.
I think she is about age 37 here. (born in 1922)
@@nursegrace7492 Nineteen fifty-two minus 1922 is 30, not 37.
@@JudgeJulieLit I don't need your mathematical "facts"!! I am a BUSY BUSY BEE, and I stand by my original scientific calculations ... though I am too busy to check them. And 30 vs. 37 - what's 7 years? Not even a DECADE off! The Defense RESTS : )
@@nursegrace7492 However graceful and (truly) humorous the nurse, patients need imprimus one who is math precise, as in administering medicines and services. Even to a "busy bee," 7 years or 10 are way more than their lifespan. Methinks the Defense rested (zzzzzz) through the whole trial and pretrial. :)
Closeups of Veronica shows she's still very lovely but that hairstyle is not doing her any justice, in combination with that dress and jewelry.
She was so hot❤❤❤
now i need those doeskin dinner napkins
Eloise sure looks like Joan Shawlee. "Beinstock!"
Good God thank you that I was not born in the 50s ugh !!!
Wow Doeskin must have shelled out a fortune for this! Here`s my Doeskin frock i`m wearing, not to mention my Doeskin broach..... lol.
The man, whoever he was, was given the right, full front angle. She? You could barely see her face and she was photographed from the wrong angle. Her hair style and attire were appalling!
"Miss Veronica Lake" (edit "Ronnie") looks unimpressed, tho' smiling. 😂
They need a bigger couch.
Little wonder Veronica Lake tanked. She didn't t age well and looking at her interviews including this one she was strange and needy. Everyone in this little program were seriously creepy. What was going on with that guy's eyes?
She looks better then a lot of 30 yr old women of today. But it was gone by 1962 from alcohol. Of course to each his own opinion.
It's called primitive, early TV production and techniques. You can read all about it... it's educational!
Was this the same Eloise that was in newspapers ?