She signed a copy of her autobiography for me in London, where I was a student. There was a line of people out on the sidewalk waiting to see her, and she was warm, interested in these fans buying her book, and she had the MOST extraordinary eyes I've ever seen--her irises were multicolored, unforgettably beautiful. A true, one-off individual.
@deborahlangnese7645
23 күн бұрын
I met her at Gateway Fred Meyer when she was shopping there and she was looking for max factor make up. My mom and I helped her find the make up. Sold it to her. And I told her how much I loved her work she had done and she said thank you and she was being followed by someone who didn’t like her for some reason. We just ignored this other woman. Then she purchased a red lipstick. I was so in awe of her I just stared at her and so did my mom. She was so striking and so beautiful. We were looking at her immaculate outfit. An all white wool suit with wide lapels and single row of buttons gold. The skirt was also white wool fit close to her body. She had white high heels on. She was so tiny. She weighed less then 100 lbs. so petite so gorgeous. Her make up was flawless. She was perfection!❤
@Renee60722
11 күн бұрын
So nice to read this. Thank you!
@steveweinstein3222
7 күн бұрын
One of the reason why famous people are wary of the public because of idiots like that woman who hassle them for no reason.
@katmandew2152
25 күн бұрын
I lived for most of my childhood and adolescence in the same building as gloria swanson She used to buy her health food personally at a long established health food store on lexington. A very gracious and larger than life person whom i wasildly scared of as she trundled her health food. She came to visit one day to our apartmrnt to enjoy a cinima presentation and small party featuring a student remake of Hollywood boulevard that was shown. She was very gracious and do it yourself. My fears as a younger child were baseless. She was just srtiking entering the building with shopping bags filled with goodies. When i met her properly she was very radiant with strikingly original couture ,and quite gracious to me.
@_wesleyhome_
18 күн бұрын
@@katmandew2152 yes she got into macrobiotics in the 20’s and followed it for the rest of her life. You were so lucky!
@_wesleyhome_
2 ай бұрын
My father shot her for an ad for a hosiery company in the 60's. She was in a shopping cart with her legs up, crossed at the ankles to show off the hosiery (and her legs). He said it couldn't possibly have been comfortable, but she was such a pro and so delightful to work with (and he had worked with a lot of celebrities). Unfortunately he lost so many of his tear sheets in Hurricane Betsy including that. If any Gloria fans read this and have a copy, please get in touch! I'd love to see it.
@CB-zf5wt
18 күн бұрын
Such a fabulous story! Thank you for sharing this bit of history. I remember that commercial and also seeing her on the afternoon talk show circuit after I would come home from school. She and some of her contemporaries such as Josephine Baker would appear on the Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas shows. I was so fortunate to be able to see and spend a little bit of time with these iconic women and understand their place in entertainment history.
@johnventrella3403
13 күн бұрын
I have a package of the NYLONS...hard to find.
@_wesleyhome_
12 күн бұрын
@@johnventrella3403 no way!
@renesagahon4477
3 ай бұрын
Very well done documentary. I can see the resemblance. Between Gloria Swanson and her granddaughter
@marytheresejacksonlutz2533
5 ай бұрын
This was excellent. I recently read her Swanson on Swanson autobiography and Michael Shearer’s biography about Gloria Swanson. These interviews are like icing on the cake for me.
@thomase13
3 ай бұрын
A surprising but wonderful find for me! I do hope either of those books appear in audio form someday!
@voyaristika5673
4 ай бұрын
This was good! Her granddaughter is a carbon copy, I swear. She even speaks the same way, same voice. Swanson really had something, in movies and as a person. Her interviews are really good in that she projects her own character in a way that creates interest in herself that most actors never do. She seems so interesting.
@lynntownsend4457
Ай бұрын
I agree.....she said that she always had interests, personal and business outside of Hollywood. She didn't make Hollywood her everything. She seemed cool.
@MTknitter22
25 күн бұрын
Yes, she was considered eccentric about diet but she was right about so many things in that regard. She was very intelligent and will to share al she had learned!
@kathrynbellerose6216
9 ай бұрын
Loved the fascinating Gloria Swanson and miss Robert Osborne may they both rest in peace.
@w.urlitzer1869
18 күн бұрын
wasn't it Mrs Robert Osborne?
@MrQbenDanny
Жыл бұрын
FANTÁSTICO POST!!! THANK YOU!!! She deserved the best actress Oscar for Sunset Boulevard. I'm amazed at her personal life!!!
@AuntieMamie
3 күн бұрын
@@MrQbenDanny Bette Davis was up for All About Eve. Spectacular. I also adore Judy Holiday but was fascinated that she was the choice. Could have been a two way between Miss Swanson and Miss Davis? Any thoughts?
@MrQbenDanny
3 күн бұрын
@AuntieMamie Both played themselves in their movies. It's a tough call, but if I was a member of the academy, I would have voted for La Swanson. It's a historic and miraculous performance. The movie where DAVIS was truly robbed was "What ever happened to baby Jane." It was a symphonic tour de force performance by a true movie legend. Joan Crawford headed the assault out of envy and contempt she wasn't even nominated as a supporting actress, which is what Joan Crawford was. Bette Davis had top billing. Cheers.
@AuntieMamie
3 күн бұрын
@@MrQbenDanny I’m just love movies and was in the business. Gloria Swanson was Norma Desmond. Not Gloria Swanson. She loved saying that. Whatever-- it’s a truly iconic film.
@tomc8115
6 ай бұрын
Her autobiography is perhaps the best I've ever read. Certainly the best of any Hollywood star.
@beignet2012
5 ай бұрын
What's the name of that book?
@marytheresejacksonlutz2533
5 ай бұрын
@@beignet2012Swanson on Swanson
@_wesleyhome_
2 ай бұрын
Completely agree! I believe it's the best Hollywood autobiography that will ever be written. No one told Gloria's story like Gloria.
@Troyis
28 күн бұрын
I'm delighted to have a personally signed copy; she had tremendous star quality in spite of her diminutive size. Even at the book signing she had a tremendous awareness of how she was being photographed by the attendant press.
@stj971
23 күн бұрын
I read it so many yrs ago.
@catlover34fl
Жыл бұрын
This was absolutely fascinating about Gloria Swanson's life and career! Enjoyed it tremendously! Wish I could see a complete copy of the 1929 film Queen Kelly.
@mediterraneanworld
8 ай бұрын
it is on youtube
@catlover34fl
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!@@mediterraneanworld
@bobbyantonelli7978
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! I’m a huge fan of Gloria Swanson, and there’s not enough of information on her. She was the epitome of the glamorous movie star, and I’d love to watch her silent films and know more about her. A biopic would be awesome!
@davidkaplan5507
Ай бұрын
I saw her in Butterflies Are Free at the Papermill Play House, Milburn, NJ.
@MsBackstager
26 күн бұрын
Ditto but in NYC.
@churchofpos2279
10 ай бұрын
Love the mention of Niles, CA. It is actually now a district in Fremont CA. It was the temporary home of Charlie Chaplin and the Bronco Billy films , where they shot some silent movies there. Charlie Chaplin;s Little Tramp was shot there. The Essanay Studio is no longer there, but some of the cottages for the workers and a duplex for the stars of some of the movies made there are still standing.
@kamuelalee
3 ай бұрын
The San Francisco Bay Area...the first Hollywood.
@denisewright4778
Ай бұрын
Love her! I read Swanson's autobiography many years ago - it's still one of my favorite Hollywood books.
@tomc8115
Жыл бұрын
Love it. The greatest star of the silent era.
@lisamcdonald1014
6 ай бұрын
That’s what makes one a star
@andyvanm1
28 күн бұрын
Gloria Swanson was a strong woman,she survived Papa Joe Kennedy ...
@LaurenceDay-d2p
Ай бұрын
She was a survivor of the Hollywood jungle. Nothing like Norma Desmond, which was a brilliant feat of acting.
@auldreekie7768
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing these memories, I just love hearing about the stars of yesteryear ❤
@sandrakenney567
10 ай бұрын
@auldreekie7768.same here
@lorrainebrooke904
2 ай бұрын
Many thanks for this very interesting documentary. Excellent.
@heperile
8 ай бұрын
really great stories from the interviewees!
@_marlene
7 ай бұрын
great! particularly i like Cari Beauchamp's contributions here, she really feels this history :)
@MTknitter22
25 күн бұрын
She was also way ahead of her time preaching healthy diet and exercise. There were a few short videos I saw where she demonstrated in her own kitchen what she ate. It was great!
@MothGirl007
23 күн бұрын
She was decades ahead of her time.
@MTknitter22
4 күн бұрын
@@MothGirl007 absolutely. Hey Jack LaLanne too.
@automatpictures
24 күн бұрын
Hi, folks! Thanks for watching. This video is comprised of outtakes from my film "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story" which is available for streaming on multiple platforms. It's the story of Gloria Swanson's attempts to produce a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard" in the 1950s. I hope Gloria fans who have been commenting on this video will enjoy it!
@CatManCatClan
23 күн бұрын
YOU COULDN'T EVEN SHOW ONE PICTURE OF HER??? SHITTY!!!
@MoreThanAMuppet
12 күн бұрын
So good! Thank you. I’m adding Boulevard! to my watch list now.
@stevelamb5646
5 күн бұрын
I loved " SUNSET " it's my all time favourite movie , Gloria Swanson was amazing what a STAR , there are no stars anymore.
@sanfordpress8943
9 күн бұрын
This is wonderful ! Thank you !
@edgrossman8929
2 ай бұрын
These early stars knew how to be true movie stars They were appreciative of their fans
@herbertwilliams1608
3 күн бұрын
The eyes the facial features and the sweet disposition is your proud legacy. American grittiness a true legend.
@DrewWasMe
Жыл бұрын
I'm looking this up on Amazon as I'm watching.
@jonteboe748
7 ай бұрын
Excellent!!! Thanks for posting!!!
@donaldcampbell9219
26 күн бұрын
Remember seeing her on the Beverly hillbillies.
@robb7398
12 күн бұрын
I felt bad for Robert Osborne, he seemed unwell. Loved that guy.
@DearlyDepartedTours
24 күн бұрын
This is so good.
@ReneeBraxton
Ай бұрын
She and Rudolph Valentino were great together in, "Beyond The Rocks. " Thank God it was found. 🎬
@lenwelch2195
28 күн бұрын
United States doesn’t have royalty but we have Gloria.,we admired her deportment. Her style. She gave us our dreams however individualistic as they come. Gloria stayed Gloria. Beautiful soul. I would’ve loved being her friend. Her humor and sensibility. Her anti drug stance is adm8rable. Also her knowledge of harmful effects of table sugar. She was ahead of her time.
@smpeljas
26 күн бұрын
Please give my love to Cousin Arthur Whitelaw… He will remember me as Sandra Swann Grand daughter… Arthur was very kind to me! His family was my family… I have the locket Arthur gave my Grandma the last time I saw Arthur… I’m known as “Nurse Jane…or LCDR Swann, USN Retired… thank You so much…Deale, MD at Forevermore by the Bay…20751… Hi Cousin Arthur…I love our memories!
@sarahvanwynendaele2265
4 ай бұрын
when Fred Astaire came for the first time in Hollywood ,he see 2 limousines upholstered with leopard with two chauffeurs one for her dogs and the other for herself 😁
@sandrakenney567
10 ай бұрын
She did dangerous roles on film sets herself .like the one where the film she did with the lion that was her she said when doing that scene she said when she was lying down and the lion had its paw on her back the noise of the lions breathing was so noisy that the whole building echoed and was asked was she scared she said i was beyound fear that she was thaught lions could sence fear and she learnt how to control it.but 4 days after that scene the lion was killed because it killed its trainer. they should gave got Gloria to be that lions trainer.🤣.🙏rest in peace Gloria between you Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish you were all my favourites Rest in peace to Mary and Lillian too. Godbless you 🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🌹🌹🌹AMEN.💫
@davidhuss1320
17 күн бұрын
Magnificent star and personality like our Al jolson..grateful to you for creating this piece..David Huss archive director of the al jolson society
@Ebelg-v7h
6 ай бұрын
Wrong.... Her first Oscar nomination was for SADIE THOMPSON.
@beatlessteve1010
5 ай бұрын
Great interview, and bio..Gloria, admittedly was not one of my favorite precode stars, however I have grown to like and admire the women she was...I liked William Powell, Edward G Robinson, Franchot Tone who came from the stage, and I also liked Joan Crawford, Kay Francis.
@sanfordpress8943
9 күн бұрын
Fascinating
@eileen1820
4 ай бұрын
Strong genes, granddaughter lovely like her GMa.
@BaileySEA
9 күн бұрын
It's not SNA Studios, it was Essanay Studios.
@Stevebaby123
11 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@steveweinstein3222
7 күн бұрын
In her autobiography, she says that Wallace Beery was physically abusive. She was terrified of him.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
20 күн бұрын
How did I miss all those outtakes? I must be getting senile
@DistantCousin
4 күн бұрын
An interesting snapshot of a fascinating woman
@QueenOfTheNorth65
14 күн бұрын
God; I miss Cari Beauchamp.😢
@dicedchickenbig7789
Жыл бұрын
will there be bluray?
@w.urlitzer1869
18 күн бұрын
10:55 meant is Madame Sans-Gêne, (not "Madame Sanjana")
@julietrask7497
25 күн бұрын
Gloria was married 6 times! Never lucky in relationships. In my opinion she was a strange duck, a Swedish archetype.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
20 күн бұрын
Quack quack
@K98876
15 күн бұрын
Gloria, the first real femme fatal just gorgeous
@johnahern8003
24 күн бұрын
I didn’t see a single “out take”.
@automatpictures
24 күн бұрын
Hi, folks! Thanks for watching. This video is comprised of outtakes from my film "Boulevard! A Hollywood Story" which is available for streaming on multiple platforms. It's the story of Gloria Swanson's attempts to produce a musical version of "Sunset Boulevard" in the 1950s. I hope Gloria fans who have been commenting on this video will enjoy it!
@boudicca7181
25 күн бұрын
I have Gloria Swanson's memoir.
@GavinsMarineMom
4 ай бұрын
Cari Beauchamp....I can almost smell the stale smoke and nicotine through the screen. 😳
@HB-bl5mn
2 ай бұрын
So what?
@The-Malibu-Wolf
28 күн бұрын
Love it!
@sandrakenney567
10 ай бұрын
I'm 58 and people are shocked when they ask how old i am i don't mind aging ive accepted it but i find it funny telling them my age because the say you only look about 48 .I reply thanks for the complement. Maybe I look younger because im 5 foot never wore make up never dyed my hair which also has been mentioned how my hair is not thin and im not Gray yeat .I'm not been vain i never was but age is just a number .I feel young in my mind. but my body is beginning to feel its age. My moral think about today and hope for tomorrow. appricate life.👍💖.
@scronx
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this Glorious grab bag of vignettes. Miss Swanson was truly one of a kind. If she died a conservative, all the better -- more "diversity" is urgently needed in that regard in filmdom ;)
@MoreThanAMuppet
12 күн бұрын
Bending toward conservatism as we age is a common phenomena, we hold on to the past it seems, but add that nasty Kennedy experience and it’s a wonder she wasn’t driven to the right much sooner. 😉
@randallwilson7478
18 күн бұрын
She sounds like her Grandmother
@coffee-xg6my
Жыл бұрын
At 1:52 Gloria's mother Said" Let's just stay in Los Angeles, Maybe I don't want to be married to your father anymore". Jeeze, so basically, she just decided she was tired of being married. No problems in the marriage, I'm just bored. Think I'll just leave him. I've known a few men that were married to those kinds of wives. When women get tired of being married and want to leave, it's ok They're supposedly "finding their freedom and independence". But When the man gets tired of being married, then he's supposedly a terrible husband, Smh. The double standards women practice in relationships is just amazing. Why even bother getting married? Pfft.
@moonbeam2062
10 ай бұрын
@@sandrakenney567 Are you kidding? You must not have read his post very carefully. It doesn't sound like she was a "cool mother " at all. She deprived Gloria of having a father for her own selfishness motives. Like coffee said, women like to practice double standards when it comes to leaving their spouse. They were and still are just as selfish and all about themselves as they like to accuse men of being. Probably more so to be quite honest.
@beatlessteve1010
5 ай бұрын
This happens with men much more than it does with women by a large factor
@Alan-yn9fk
5 ай бұрын
I imagine the bright lights of Hollywood and the strong possibility of living in fame and luxury vicariously through the hard work and talent of her daughter was too tempting to pass up regardless to who got hurt. Stage Mothers were the inspiration to Monster movies.
@sanfordpress8943
9 күн бұрын
And the argument continues
@sanfordpress8943
9 күн бұрын
@moonbeam2062 you sound angry 😂
@AuntieMamie
11 күн бұрын
I only wish she weren’t involved with Joseph Kennedy.
@sanfordpress8943
9 күн бұрын
Why? She was an adult !
@AuntieMamie
9 күн бұрын
@@sanfordpress8943 that’s not my point. Do you know who Joseph Kennedy really was?
@lindamcdonnell2319
4 күн бұрын
So did she, according to her own book
@Ebelg-v7h
6 ай бұрын
Bobby VERNON.... Harron was with Griffith.
@allend2749
3 күн бұрын
all i know is this: we are all humans and we think of ourselves first all day long. but u might be able to make money talking about this one.
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