Quote of the Week, New European Forum for Sharon, and How To Find Rare Sharon DVDs and More on Polanski

Here is our Quote of the Week:

From Leslie Caron:

"She was such a dear lovely girl,modest , sincere w/ a profound warmth. Blinding beauty and irresistable charm. She was also very sharp, an amazing precise, logical mind, not a fool, as some mistakenly felt, and she had alot of insight into what had happened to her. I adored her."

One of our contributors, Micaela has her own forum on Sharon now:

http://sharontate.forumfree.it/

Want to find Sharon's movies on DVD?  Like "Eye of the Devil" and "12 + 1 Chairs":

http://modcinema.com/

Some Very Rare German Lobby Cards for "The Wrecking Crew":

http://cgi.ebay.de/WRECKING-CREW-Fotosatz-MATT-HELM-ROLLKOMMANDO-lobby-69_W0QQitemZ360252914822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Filme_DVD_s_TV_Fanartikel?hash=item53e0bf3c86

Polanski called a 'Master':

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2010/04/18/Ghost-star-calls-Polanski-a-master/UPI-87871271584800/

And the victim has no say in current case?

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10399823

Rare French Sharon Tate Article Translated, Chuck Norris and "The Wrecking Crew" and that particular song by the Beatles...

Here is one of the translated articles I had done recently.  It looks to be from a French magazine but not sure which one.  It must be around the mid sixties.

I was sad for Kim Novak...

 

The other day when I was talking about Sharon Tate, one of my friends told me:  She would make a perfect Juliet, don't you think?  I'm not sure of her talent as an actress yet but she does have the body to bend over a balcony!

Anyway, Miss Tate didn't wait for that role but she has had a nice career so far.  Just after finishing the film "13",  she began work on her new thriller, "The Fearless Vampire Killers."

She discussed this and more when I interviewed her at the Ritz.  Miss Tate is an outstandingly beautiful girl with big brown eyes wide open like radars, with long blond hair and legs that won't quit, she appears ready for anything. 

Since our last meeting, I notice that her voice seems to be lower and the bottom part of her skirt seems to be higher.

"It's true," she answered.  "I'm taking voice lessons and it has become deeper now but as for my skirt," she says, jumping to her feet and turning to look at herself in the mirror, "I have many more that are way shorter."

"They're going to arrest you," was my reply.

"Not me," Sharon said, "I'm an Aquarius and Aquarian's get along with everyone."

I said, "I'm pretty sure you were engaged to someone the last time I saw you."

"With Jay Sebring," was her answer.  (Mr. Sebring is 33.  He's a Hollywood hairdresser who get paid 15 pounds for a haircut.)  "Now it is finished.  He was trying to dominate me too much.  When I was filming a nude scene in 'The Vampire Killers' he telephoned me and tried to dispute it.

"However, we have stayed friends.  I called him the other day to find out how he was doing.  He told me that now he was going out with a 15 year old girl.  I found that totally immature.

 

"I told Jay he should be ashamed--a 15 year old! When I was 15 I was still looking for red and white striped flannel nightgowns.  I was dead scared of men.  Jay told me, 'But she's very much advanced for her age.  She knows just about everything.' "

Miss Tate sighs thinking of the strangeness of life as she emptied her cup of coffee in one shot.

"I'm dating Roman Polanski now," Sharon said.  "I have to admit that I never thought that one day I would date someone so intelligent.  He is teaching me a lot of things and shares confidences with me."

She starts biting her nails with an absent look and suddenly she notices what she is doing and looks guilty.

"I should stop doing that.  It's edginess or something like that.  I have a mass of energy inside me that I'm not using."

Do you feel you have gained some maturity in dating Polanski?

"Oh yes, absolutely.  When I arrived in London last year I was terribly shy.  Leslie Caron invited me to a party and I was thinking: What can I say to people that would be interesting?"

"I feel a lot better today.  I'm taking new vitamins from America.  They are big green ones. They're fantastic.  Without them I couldn't make it."

The nude scene that you and your exfiance got into an arguement about, was it really necessary?

"Absolutely, there isn't just one in the movie but three.  I had nothing on me but bubbles (from a bubble bath) but they covered me.  We even evacuated the stage.  The technicians are not peeping toms.  Roman told me: 'You could walk all nude in front of these men and they would not be embarrassed.  They would be embarrassed only if you are yourself.' "

And you were not?

"Exactly," she answered. 

Have you seen any shots of your first movie, "13"?

"Only a few shots," she said.  I felt disappointed for Kim (Novak) that she had to leave the film."  (Novak was replaced by Deborah Kerr in the middle of shooting because of an accident.)

"That (role) would have opened a new door for her career because she can't play an innocent girl anymore and here she had a fantastic role that was made for her.  But at the same time, it hurt her to play a mother when she used to play the type of role I was playing now.  In the beginning she didn't know I was going to be playing in the movie.  She had made herself a star playing these kinds of roles and seeing me now doing them instead of her made her sad.  A few times I noticed she was looking at me and I felt embarrassed.  However, she was always very nice to me.  I really loved her.  Her accident happened at a very bad moment."

I left her on the corner of the street and saw Sharon walking in the direction of the Piccadilly.  Her black eyeglasses on and showing her blonde hair.

--By Roderick Mann

 

Happy belated birthday to Chuck Norris who turned 70 yesterday.  He was an extra in "The Wrecking Crew" and good friends with Bruce Lee.  Here is an article on him:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/03/norris/1

 

What do you think of when you hear the song "Helter Skelter"?  I agree with this man's quote:

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/03/09/opening-the-book/

When I listen to the song “Helter Skelter”, I do not think of Sharon Tate or her murderers; in fact, I try to not think at all—thinking is the road to ruin when it comes to art. If I end up thinking while listening to “Helter Skelter”, it’s usually of Bono with his perennially open yapper telling the crowd he’s stealing the song back from another crazy asshole rotting away in prison. The thing is, that song was never stolen. Maybe it was given up by Beatle fans distraught over the news that day, but it can’t be stolen—only abused and poorly adapted.

More on the Warren Beatty Biography and Articles with interviews from the stars of "The Ghost Writer", Ewan McGregor and Kim Cattrall

I looked a little into the Beatty biography on the net ( since I'm still sick and can't really go out and look at a copy ) and one reviewer says that in the book Beatty almost lived at Cielo (?) :

The infamous 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski) and others by the Charles Manson gang hit close to home for Warren Beatty. He had been approached to take over the lease from Polanski but decided against moving into the house. Had he not declined Warren Beatty might have been one of those murdered that tragic night.

So now not only Leslie Caron says she almost took residence at the place, but Beatty did also?  I hope this is not the start of one of those "I coulda been there that night" senarios. 


For the rest of the review go here: 

http://actorbiographies.suite101.com/article.cfm/star-by-peter-biskind--book-review

Don't know how Beatty feels about this book but it doesn't appear to put him in the most positive light.


Here is an interview with the writer Peter Biskind:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/14/entertainment/la-et-bigpicture14-2010jan14

Two stars from "The Ghost Writer" talk about Polanski and more:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2877246/Ewan-McGregor-on-Roman-Polanski-sex-charges.html

http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/Shes-sexy-Samantha--and-so-much-more-86275907.html

New Book on Sharon and Roman's friend Warren Beatty, Sharon Tate and a fashion show based on "The Fearless Vampire Killers", Top 10 Chick Flicks includes "Valley of the Dolls" and Polanski has art exhibit in Germany.

Apparently there is a new biography on Warren Beatty.  I'll see if I can find it and see if it says anything about Roman and Sharon.  But the blurb on the web said:

With "Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America" (Simon & Schuster; $30), Peter Biskind delivers a fact-filled, gossipy biography of one of Hollywood's most reclusive personalities.

Biskind reportedly had support from Beatty, who was interviewed for the book, but it's hard to believe the subject was aware of how far the author would go into his personal life.

The notoriously seductive Beatty had affairs with stars such as Joan Collins, Natalie Wood, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Michelle Phillips, Diane Keaton and Madonna, as well as with many non-famous women over the years, something the book notes in great detail.

Film fans should be fascinated by the background stories on Beatty's films, particularly his critically and commercial breakthrough smash "Bonnie and Clyde," which he also produced.

According to Biskind, "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) was filmed for just $1.8 million, and initially French filmmaker Francois Truffaut ("Jules and Jim") was approached by Robert Benton and David Newman, who wrote the original screenplay and saw the cinematic project as a European film.

Truffaut considered doing it with Terence Stamp as Clyde.

The foreign filmmaker, however, didn't get along with Beatty and refused to direct the film if the American actor remained as producer. (Eventually, Arthur Penn, who worked with Beatty on "Mickey One," directed.)

Natalie Wood was offered Bonnie, but she declined. The actresses considered for Bonnie before Faye Dunaway won the role included Jane Fonda, Jean Seberg, Carol Lynley, Ann-Margret, Sharon Tate, Tuesday Weld and Sue Lyon.

You can see this article on the bottom of the page here:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/177/2010/february/28/third-time-another-charm-for-these-two-franchises-2.html

Here is a blog discussing a new Fall/Winter collection that is based on Polanski's "The Fearless Vampire Killers": 

http://sallyjanevintage.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-drifters-off-to-see-world.html

The Top 10 Chick Flicks includes "Valley of the Dolls":

http://horrorhunt.com/horror-story/the-top-10-chick-flicks-that-will-make-you-cry.html

And Polanski's art and photographs from his films are on exhibit at a german gallery:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/03/roman-polanskis-photographs-drawings-and-other-artifacts-go-on-display-in-german-museum.html

I wish we could see his stuff that includes Sharon...

Polanski, Leslie Caron, Photo of the Week and More

There is an article that pretty much sums up what I feel about the current case against Polanski.  It is kind of tongue and cheek and even humorous at times but, in the end, truthful. (Even though it also says something bad about blogs :(  )  Here is the link:

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_340/talkingpoint.html

Here is an interesting interview with Leslie Caron talking about her new autobiography, "Thank Heaven..." that mentions Sharon.  I wonder if the book has more about her in it?  I'll have to check this one out:

http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-interviews/21598/interview-leslie-caron

And even biker fans appear to love Sharon.  Here is a blog with some great photos:

http://buzzkillerz.blogspot.com/2009/11/sharon-tate.html

Here is the photo of the week:

And The Sharon Tate Art Gallery Part II:

And I always save the best for last!  From the great artist Kerstien Matondang:

Hope everyone has a great weekend!