Thank you so much for posting this, Beaton is fabulous and the interviewer is exceptional. We need a return to more sensitive interviewers, intelligent and eductated interviewers.
Well definitely they stand far more intelligent, the interviewers and the personality being interviewed. But, I would rather question the time they are thats in itself a representation of slow media comparing to the bombarding global, viral advertising communication channels, a relatively showcase of consumption and production vicious cycle that we are a part of, in which so much is trafficking, that it barely becomes impossible to get come across, rather relatively still moments to get yourself immersed into.
Great Cecil. The first time I knew about him it was because My Fair Lady... The Ascot Gavotte stands as a milestone in Cinema History. It was more Beaton than George Cukor.. Who was the Director of the Film
@@aalexjohna . . What a disgusting reply.. I suggest you choose your words more carefully if I were you ! .. This is slander, he was not a cumtaster.. he was a CUMGUZZLER hahaaa !
What a life Cecil Beaton lived with a rather sad and lonely ending. His photos in 1939 of The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon are exceptional and almost "painted her in a new light". His photos are a great snapshot of History and will live forever.
Oh dear. CB appears exactly as he was described to me by one of his contemporaries - incredibly self absorbed, disdainful of others and with a cultivated persona that permits no access to the real person.
Whatsoever a wonderful mind. Such a beautiful individual To see the limitations of his Father's life Then love him for those limitations. A Great Mindset.
@kimsherlock8969 his dad does all the boring stuff. Holds down a steady job turns up every day no matter how boring and puts a shift. Finances his sons very expensive education. Son cheats at exams doesn't do any work fails at university luckily his dad is able to indulge his idle son in his whimsy because dad is loaded. Business takes a downturn and still his lazy son is forced to help out. Cecil's life would have been very different without his father's money
Oh dear! What an uncomfortable interview. Beaton extremely defensive and obviously didn't want to be there (he says as much at the end). With homosexuality illegal in 1962 the interviewer couldn't ask what he really wanted to, other than making one or two very veiled allusions. Good manners on both sides prevented us knowing anything much at all about the man and a minimum of information was conveyed. If you compare this with the Edith Sitwell interview you'll see that she is forthcoming, open and relaxed, while Beaton is the exact opposite. Interesting to compare Beaton's and Quentin Crisp's relationships with Garbo.
He is very much like Quentin Crisp only difference is that this man found his calling early thanks to his background and it took Quentin a live time to find his calling mostly because of his background
I never thought of that and you are so right I spent a bit of time with Quentin crisp it was only at a party one evening we spoke for about 10 minutes and he did most of the talking which was fine with me just listening to it was wonderful but I do see what you mean if mr. Beaton were still living I wonder if he would agree?
The English have difficulty in answering a question with unequivocal certainty. They shift from left to right, backwards, forward and make a soft landing somewhere in the centre.Maybe this is why they so like the tipple.
That sounds rather anglophobe since you are writing in generalities. In the year of this interview when homosexuality was illegal both parties were certainly circumspect in their conversation, but the fact that Beaton didn't have a single vocation and that his multifarious talents all contributed to his great creativity simply makes him a complex man. During that era, the Brits did not approach self-revelatory conversation comfortably, which is what made Monty Python so hilariously satirical. But I don't think you could say that now about British society. And as far as so liking the tipple, I associate that kind of excess with fans of Manchester United who have no problems expressing themselves unequivocally on whatever subject is on their tiny minds.
The portraits show Cecil Beaton made the subjects feel "comfortable" one can't do that unless they like the people they are photographing. it takes a long time to get the right shot, the right lighting, sometimes pose or expression.
Evelyn Waugh didn’t like human beings and lived a reclusive life in his latter years! Was he gay, probably, and being a catholic, could have had a problem with it himself.
@Paul Gavin This is silly. He had a homosexual phase at Oxford, as did very many English men of his class. He then had two wives and seven children, one dead at birth.
Ransom Coates Marriages and children prove nothing in re to being heterosexual, especially until more present times. I'm not claiming to know who was what; I don't even care. But don't be fooled just bc someone marries/Has children.
@Paul Gavin did you ever meet him? Did you have any in-depth conversation with him? Or were you his confessor? His relationships with Diana Mitford was painful at times for him, he probably was in love with her.
@@christrinder1255 he was what he was, and later in life he converted to catholicism. Why on earth has everything in human life to be put down to sex??? It is really boring. Could you come up with more imaginative reasons for character traits, moods, personality or behaviours ?
We now live in a world where people have a limited vocabulary . Political correctness , has killed off true critics , CB could be wonderfully vicious , having read all his diaries .
He was a brilliant talent, and an interesting man, but by all accounts a vicious snob and a daunting enemy. How Kin Hoitsma fitted into this mannered, affected world is quite beyond me. I can only imagine that on Cecil's part it was a fantasy, as was his chaste relationship with the famously lesbian Garbo. I would think that underneath this arch, nasal posturing is pure steel. The interviewer is very good however. If you are really interested in Beaton, 'Cecil Beaton at War' is a stunning book of his war photographs, and another book which is hard to find, of his diaries when he was in Hollywood during the filming of My Fair Lady is surprising. To my amazement he loved it, and thought the speed an professionalism of the set builders and reproductions of his designs were astonishing. Thanks for this post.
Yes, he was talented and creative. I have never understood what made him think that Greta Garbo would ever marry him. He was certainly delusional in that regard.
He was a longstanding friend of Garbo from the 1920's - so she knew him much younger. He was one of the English 'Bright Young Things'. Garbo was androgynous both sexually and personally and so to an extent was Cecil. He reminds me of Bowie too.
@@bazzbazz6517 Yes, he and Garbo had been friends for many years until he talked about her in his diaries. It was then that she eliminated him from her life. If you betrayed her trust you never got a second chance with her.
This is a fabulous interview and Mr. Beaton is a wonderful subject. The give and take is there and actually Beaton is very forthcoming. Waugh in his interview is just an SOB. Thank you for the upload.
floskate that’s very interesting. My native language is not English and we have a completely different articulation, so when learning English we have to adjust to the nuances of pronunciation of what is called standard English. While listening to native people speaking, I hear the differences, I really love the way educated and probably upper middle class guests sound in those old interviews, it differs so much even from the way BBC presenters speak, and I’ve noticed also that in most of them the upper lip practically does not move! Is it where the expression “stiff upper lip” comes from? For instance, I’ve noticed that Kate Middleton or David Beckham used to speak differently to how they speak now, probably after lots of training and drills their pronunciation has changed completely, and I’ve noticed almost no movement in their upper lip...
Thank you so much for posting this, Beaton is fabulous and the interviewer is exceptional. We need a return to more sensitive interviewers, intelligent and eductated interviewers.
YES Absolutely
I couldn't agree more
Yes I totally agree
Mr. Freeman was
One of the Best
Well definitely they stand far more intelligent, the interviewers and the personality being interviewed. But, I would rather question the time they are thats in itself a representation of slow media comparing to the bombarding global, viral advertising communication channels, a relatively showcase of consumption and production vicious cycle that we are a part of, in which so much is trafficking, that it barely becomes impossible to get come across, rather relatively still moments to get yourself immersed into.
Well said!
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He was tough🖤
He reminds me, somewhat of Quentin Crisp
what a wonderful gentleman.
Great Cecil. The first time I knew about him it was because My Fair Lady... The Ascot Gavotte stands as a milestone in Cinema History. It was more Beaton than George Cukor.. Who was the Director of the Film
He was a creative GENIUS.
He was a CUMTASTER.
@@aalexjohna . . What a disgusting reply.. I suggest you choose your words more carefully if I were you ! .. This is slander, he was not a cumtaster.. he was a CUMGUZZLER hahaaa !
@@aalexjohna what a weirdo you turned out to be
His photographs of Marilyn Monroe were among Marilyn's favourites.
Spectular drawings! Love the drawings also of Evelyn Waugh and Dame Edith Sitwell too. Love these interviews-all so enlightening.
wonderful interwiew. thank you for posting it!
He was strong, and gives so little away
one of a kind, he was great
What a life Cecil Beaton lived with a rather sad and lonely ending. His photos in 1939 of The Queen Mother Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon are exceptional and almost "painted her in a new light". His photos are a great snapshot of History and will live forever.
Thank you for this. CB is such a fascinating person.
I like how he referred to Princess Margaret as as a ‘hairy brute’😃
She was a drunken sot
@@MikeMike-hx3gm Part of the boil family.
I love how they’re both dancing around saying ‘gay’. Lol. How times have changed.
He sounds like Malcolm McLaren
Wonderful. Thank you for sharing ❤
60 years ago Friday. Really enjoying these.
This was the nasty piece of work that said very horrible things about Jackie Kennedy.
Well done to the interviewer....great interview
I really enjoyed this. Very interedting. I love his work.
The classic Freudian homosexual childhood scenario.
Oh dear. CB appears exactly as he was described to me by one of his contemporaries - incredibly self absorbed, disdainful of others and with a cultivated persona that permits no access to the real person.
Whatsoever a wonderful mind.
Such a beautiful individual
To see the limitations of his Father's life
Then love him for those limitations.
A Great Mindset.
Probably because his father financed him
@@quintonbroster2994 maybe 🤔 😕
Your right or
Maybe you are wrong.
Lyrics Johnny Rotten .
@kimsherlock8969 his dad does all the boring stuff. Holds down a steady job turns up every day no matter how boring and puts a shift. Finances his sons very expensive education. Son cheats at exams doesn't do any work fails at university luckily his dad is able to indulge his idle son in his whimsy because dad is loaded. Business takes a downturn and still his lazy son is forced to help out.
Cecil's life would have been very different without his father's money
@@quintonbroster2994 yes this usually the scenario.
Money is security and shelter
what poorer people usually do not have.
Security.
Seems like a nice boy
A cat, with any number of ‘lives’ led. Subbed.
'I could have wild, I could have been free, but nature played this trick on me' Morrissey
Oh dear! What an uncomfortable interview. Beaton extremely defensive and obviously didn't want to be there (he says as much at the end). With homosexuality illegal in 1962 the interviewer couldn't ask what he really wanted to, other than making one or two very veiled allusions. Good manners on both sides prevented us knowing anything much at all about the man and a minimum of information was conveyed. If you compare this with the Edith Sitwell interview you'll see that she is forthcoming, open and relaxed, while Beaton is the exact opposite. Interesting to compare Beaton's and Quentin Crisp's relationships with Garbo.
Are you kidding
Thank you very much for the upload
He was as Camp as Christmas.
He is very much like Quentin Crisp only difference is that this man found his calling early thanks to his background and it took Quentin a live time to find his calling mostly because of his background
I was thinking the same thing while watching this interview.
I never thought of that and you are so right I spent a bit of time with Quentin crisp it was only at a party one evening we spoke for about 10 minutes and he did most of the talking which was fine with me just listening to it was wonderful but I do see what you mean if mr. Beaton were still living I wonder if he would agree?
The ultimate starfucker.
So true.
The English have difficulty in answering a question with unequivocal certainty. They shift from left to right, backwards, forward and make a soft landing somewhere in the centre.Maybe this is why they so like the tipple.
That sounds rather anglophobe since you are writing in generalities. In the year of this interview when homosexuality was illegal both parties were certainly circumspect in their conversation, but the fact that Beaton didn't have a single vocation and that his multifarious talents all contributed to his great creativity simply makes him a complex man. During that era, the Brits did not approach self-revelatory conversation comfortably, which is what made Monty Python so hilariously satirical. But I don't think you could say that now about British society. And as far as so liking the tipple, I associate that kind of excess with fans of Manchester United who have no problems expressing themselves unequivocally on whatever subject is on their tiny minds.
@@evelynbaron2004 Brava! Well put.
Very interesting video, nice share.
The portraits show Cecil Beaton made the subjects feel "comfortable" one can't do that unless they like the people they are photographing. it takes a long time to get the right shot, the right lighting, sometimes pose or expression.
Wow. He REALLY minded being teased by Evelyn Waugh......
Evelyn Waugh didn’t like human beings and lived a reclusive life in his latter years! Was he gay, probably, and being a catholic, could have had a problem with it himself.
@Paul Gavin This is silly. He had a homosexual phase at Oxford, as did very many English men of his class. He then had two wives and seven children, one dead at birth.
Ransom Coates Marriages and children prove nothing in re to being heterosexual, especially until more present times. I'm not claiming to know who was what; I don't even care. But don't be fooled just bc someone marries/Has children.
@Paul Gavin did you ever meet him? Did you have any in-depth conversation with him? Or were you his confessor?
His relationships with Diana Mitford was painful at times for him, he probably was in love with her.
@@christrinder1255 he was what he was, and later in life he converted to catholicism. Why on earth has everything in human life to be put down to sex??? It is really boring. Could you come up with more imaginative reasons for character traits, moods, personality or behaviours ?
Brilliant Interviewer
We now live in a world where people have a limited vocabulary . Political correctness , has killed off true critics , CB could be wonderfully vicious , having read all his diaries .
I love the way he tilts his head, every so often, then rubs his lips together
He was a brilliant talent, and an interesting man, but by all accounts a vicious snob and a daunting enemy. How Kin Hoitsma fitted into this mannered, affected world is quite beyond me. I can only imagine that on Cecil's part it was a fantasy, as was his chaste relationship with the famously lesbian Garbo. I would think that underneath this arch, nasal posturing is pure steel. The interviewer is very good however. If you are really interested in Beaton, 'Cecil Beaton at War' is a stunning book of his war photographs, and another book which is hard to find, of his diaries when he was in Hollywood during the filming of My Fair Lady is surprising. To my amazement he loved it, and thought the speed an professionalism of the set builders and reproductions of his designs were astonishing. Thanks for this post.
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Yes, he was talented and creative. I have never understood what made him think that Greta Garbo would ever marry him. He was certainly delusional in that regard.
He was a longstanding friend of Garbo from the 1920's - so she knew him much younger. He was one of the English 'Bright Young Things'. Garbo was androgynous both sexually and personally and so to an extent was Cecil. He reminds me of Bowie too.
@@bazzbazz6517 Yes, he and Garbo had been friends for many years until he talked about her in his diaries. It was then that she eliminated him from her life. If you betrayed her trust you never got a second chance with her.
A contrived persona and a raving....you choose the best epithet in this PC age....
Friend of Dorothy perhaps?
Such an elegant pleasent man, he was
This is a fabulous interview and Mr. Beaton is a wonderful subject. The give and take is there and actually Beaton is very forthcoming. Waugh in his interview is just an SOB.
Thank you for the upload.
The hat says it all. Gaydar screaming. Voice confirms it.
Which is his accent?
We call it an old fashioned upper class English accent with a large dose of camp.
It is called 'received pronunciation' or 'Queen's English' colloquially.
Hooterville, I'd say...by way of Pixley.
floskate could you please explain why it is good to use an upper lip? I see it with some English people.
floskate that’s very interesting. My native language is not English and we have a completely different articulation, so when learning English we have to adjust to the nuances of pronunciation of what is called standard English. While listening to native people speaking, I hear the differences, I really love the way educated and probably upper middle class guests sound in those old interviews, it differs so much even from the way BBC presenters speak, and I’ve noticed also that in most of them the upper lip practically does not move! Is it where the expression “stiff upper lip” comes from? For instance, I’ve noticed that Kate Middleton or David Beckham used to speak differently to how they speak now, probably after lots of training and drills their pronunciation has changed completely, and I’ve noticed almost no movement in their upper lip...
Of cours. Just another homosexual. Creativity typically. Oh well.
Ritchie Negrea AND YOUR POINT AESOP is what ??? Are ya gonna bring this in or FLY AROUND THE AIRPORT IN YA GLIDER ??
Fuuuuuuuuck yoooouuuuuu, jackass.
not 'just another heterosexual': beware of facile dismissals.
He was a gorgeous man.