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New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Mia Farrow recalls abruptly leaving ‘strange' Joan Crawford's apartment: ‘I was scared'
Mia Farrow was not a fan of Joan Crawford. In a new Interview magazine piece, Farrow, 80, spoke to fellow Broadway star Cole Escola about Crawford, calling the 'Our Dancing Daughters' actress 'scary.' 'And she was scary in person as well,' Farrow added. 8 Mia Farrow attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event on May 8, 2025. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions 8 Joan Crawford in 1944. Getty Images The 'Alice' star recalled that she interacted with Crawford as a teenager while filming 'Peyton Place' on the Fox lot in California. At the time, Crawford — who was almost 40 years older than Farrow — was married to Pepsi-Cola president Alfred Steele. 'For whatever reason, she started sending a whole refrigerator of Pepsi Cola for my trailer 'cause I was in a TV series called 'Peyton Place,'' Farrow explained. 'I don't particularly like Pepsi Cola, but a lot of Pepsi Cola kept coming to my trailer, more than anyone would ever want. And then she came over to see me and I got a strange vibe from her.' 8 Dorothy Malone and Mia Farrow on 'Peyton Place.' Bettmann Archive 8 Johnny Mack Brown and Joan Crawford in 'Our Dancing Daughters' in 1928. Getty Images Farrow described another weird moment with Crawford at her mother Maureen O'Sullivan's house in New York. 'So I'm back in New York, and she knew my mother. I hung up people's coats for my mom when they came into the house,' Farrow shared. 'And I hung her coat and out falls a flask of alcohol. She grabbed it like that, and she put it in her handbag. She drank quite a lot.' 8 Joan Crawford in a promotional still from 'The Best Of Everything' in 1959. Getty Images Additionally, Farrow recalled that she was 17 she had an unpleasant experience at Crawford's NYC apartment. 'I thought it was a party, but I arrived, and I was the only one there,' Farrow said, adding, 'I was 17, and everything was green in her apartment. It just had very low lighting.' 8 Mia Farrow at the 2025 Drama League Awards in New York City. Bruce Glikas/WireImage 'And there were no other guests, just Ms. Crawford and me,' Farrow continued. 'And I just wasn't very comfortable. So I just made up a lie that I wasn't feeling very well and I didn't want to give her any diseases. I think I said the word 'diseases' as I walked out of the room. I was scared of Ms. Crawford.' Crawford died in May 1977. The legendary actress had an infamous feud with her 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' co-star Bette Davis. 8 Joan Crawford in 1936. NBCUniversal via Getty Images Farrow, meanwhile, was close friends with Davis, who died in 1989 at age 81. 8 Bette Davis in 1968. Getty Images In the Interview magazine story, Farrow slammed Davis' daughter B.D. Hyman's 1985 memoir, 'My Mother's Keeper,' and called it 'a trashy book.' 'B.D. betrayed her mother in a horrible way, wrote a trashy book and stuff,' said Farrow. 'So we've known each other since childhood but I lost all respect for her. I really loved her mother, by the way.'
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Mia Farrow reveals 'strange vibe' she got from Joan Crawford: 'She was scary...'
Mia Farrow was "scared" of Joan Crawford when she met her. The 80-year-old actress was working on the same lot as the late Hollywood legend - who suffered a fatal heart attack in 1977 - in the 1960s, and recalled getting a "strange vibe" from her at the time, and this was escalated when she received an invite to her apartment. She told Interview: "She's scary. And she was scary in person as well. " I more than met her. I forget what movie was shooting, probably that one with Bette Davis, the scary one. If ['Whatever Happened to Baby Jane'] was shot at Fox, then that was what they were shooting. And for whatever reason, she started sending a whole refrigerator of Pepsi Cola for my trailer 'cause I was in a TV series called 'Peyton Place'. "I don't particularly like Pepsi Cola, but a lot of Pepsi Cola kept coming to my trailer, more than anyone would ever want. And then she came over to see me and I got a strange vibe from her. "So I'm back in New York, and she knew my mother. I hung up people's coats for my mom when they came into the house. And I hung her coat and out falls a flask of alcohol. She grabbed it like that, and she put it in her handbag. She drank quite a lot. "Then she invited me to her apartment. I thought it was a party, but I arrived, and I was the only one there. The 'Great Gatsby' star - who was famously married to legendary crooner Frank Sinatra for two years in the 1960s - didn't feel comfortable in Joan's presence when they were alone together and made up an excuse to leave straight away. She added: " I was 17, and everything was green in her apartment. It just had very low lighting. And there were no other guests, just Ms. Crawford and me. And I just wasn't very comfortable. "So I just made up a lie that I wasn't feeling very well, and I didn't want to give her any diseases. I think I said the word 'diseases' as I walked out of the room. I was scared of Ms. Crawford."
The Courier
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Courier
Montrose set for mighty music festival weekend
Montrose Music Festival is all set to take its place at the heart of Scotland's music scene this weekend. Almost 100 acts are due to perform at 15 venues across the town. These include hometown favourite Ben Walker, who will close the High Street stage on Saturday. And the line-up features a host of names from across Angus. The festival team has also added a Sunday family fun event at the town's new Union Park Community Hub. Once again, the High Street stage is expected to be a huge hit, with fingers crossed the weather will play ball. After an absence of a few years, the popular event returned in 2024. A spokesperson said: 'The team has worked hard to make it bigger and better than our comeback last year. 'We have 97 acts over 15 venues and our High Street event, as well as our brand new family fun day at Union Park Community Sports Hub. 'We have secured some amazing acts at both the High Street and Union Park. Making a return to the High Street stage will be Peyton Place and Emerald Sunday. Young Arbroath band The Westways are also set to appear there. And Saturday will be a big day for Montrose lad Ben Walker when he closes the programme. The host for the day is Original 106 DJ Claire Kinnaird. The festival team added: 'At Union Park we have five amazing artists, including 14-year-old Islay Crowe, Josh Moncreiff, Stephen McCaffery and the False Summits.' They say Sunday promises to be an action-packed family event. 'There is a fantastic selection of acts in our official venues, including festival favourites such as Sorella, Calum Campbell, Remedy, Cover Daddy and Late Landing. 'We have some great cover bands and have introduced a lot of young up-and-coming talent to continue to support them as much as we can.' More details of the programme and bands are available on the festival Facebook page.
The Guardian
22-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues director George Armitage dies aged 82
George Armitage, director of 90s indie hits Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues, as well as Hit Man, the 70s blaxploitation remake of Get Carter, has died aged 82. His former agency Gersh confirmed the news to Deadline. Armitage started out in TV, working on the celebrated TV soap opera Peyton Place, then broke into features via Roger Corman's micro-budget studio New World in the late 1960s. He subsequently specialised in crime films: Grosse Pointe Blank, which starred John Cusack and Minnie Driver, was his biggest commercial hit, and his final directorial credit was the Elmore Leonard adaptation The Big Bounce in 2004. Born in Connecticut in 1942, Armitage moved to California with his family in 1956, and got a job in the mailroom at 20th Century Fox. He quickly moved into production, and became an associate producer on Peyton Place in 1967. He was keen, however, to work on something more cutting edge, and after getting to know Corman was assigned a project with the concept: 'Everybody over thirty died.' Armitage wrote the script that became Corman's 1970 post-apocalyptic satire Gas! Or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. Corman then gave him sexploitation thriller Private Duty Nurses to direct, and a year later he was asked to write and direct Hit Man, which Armitage said later he wasn't initially told was a reworking of the Michael Caine thriller. Armitage also said he was reluctant to make the film as a black director would have done it better, but agreed to direct it after Corman felt the leading actor, Bernie Casey, was too inexperienced to take the job on. In 1976 Armitage wrote and directed action thriller Vigilante Force for Corman; it was about a group of mercenaries who take over a small town, and starred Kris Kristofferson and Jan-Michael Vincent. Aside from the 1979 TV movie Hot Rod, inspired by his teenage experiences in California, Armitage concentrated on writing for the next decade; his next opportunity to direct came via his former Corman compadre Jonathan Demme, who passed the Charles Willeford adaptation Miami Blues to him. Starring Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miami Blues was an indie hit and led to John Cusack, who had optioned Grosse Pointe Blank from writer Tom Jankiewicz, asking Armitage to direct. Released in 1997, Grosse Pointe Blank starred Cusack as a psychologically troubled hitman who returns to his hometown and attends his high school reunion; Armitage later said he insisted on cutting the script, which Cusack and his collaborators Steve Pink and DV DeVincentis had rewritten, down to 100 pages, but his improvisatory directing style allowed the cast to restore much of it. Armitage followed it up with The Big Bounce, which starred Owen Wilson and Sara Foster; he said he was disappointed with the result after cuts were made in postproduction – as was Leonard, who called it the worst movie ever made. The Big Bounce was Armitage's final credit; he subsequently acted as an uncredited mentor and script doctor on other people's projects. Armitage is survived by his son Brent Armitage, also a film-maker.
